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ndide Indianapolis By Lovell Nusshaun|

MICKEY M’ CARTY, chief mogtl over at the News, is convinced there's no aceounting for fate. Mickey, got back home recently after an -aerial junket on which as the guest of the navy he toured the Pacific battlefront. He was lucky, first, in getting the : trip and, second, in flying the entire 24,000 miles in a navy plane through all sorts of wartime conditions without the least mishap. But once home his luck ran out. ' He started walking on Monument circle and right away he was divebombed. “Darn those pigeons! They're worse.than Japs. . . . Pfc. Ray Bredell has had many interesting experiences over in Germany. But the ore he got the most kick out of occurYed back in April. “We captured 30 Jerries,” he writes me, “and as usual asked if one could speak English. To our surprise, the guy that ansWered spoke with a -pronounced Brooklyn accent that would have turned Leo Durocher green with envy. He had lived most of his life in New York but never became a citizen. And he returned to Ger-' many in 1939 at the insistence of his parents.” . , . Another tin can salvage collection will be started Monday. The one last month wasn't so big. One of the explanations given for the dropoff in collections was that people weren't using as much canned goods because of fresh vegetables peing available. A glance at some of the trash baskets at the curb provides anotiier explanation. Many housewives apparently have given up salvaging tin cans, or are getting careless about it, assuming that the war’s about over and our boys can do it all—without our help—from now on. Well, sir: it's not true. The Japs still are a long way from being licked. A lot of our boys are going to give their lives between now and then. It won't

hurt us to keep on helping here at home,

Back in Civvies BACK HOME again is Capt. John Rickles, the lawyer, who was placed on inactive status by the air corps last Friday. He took over this week as general eounsel of the Indianapolis Legal Aid society, succeeding George Eggleston, who went with the Union Trust Co. Capt. Rickles served 18 months in England, then returned to this country and took a contracts termination course at-the University of Michi gan, served as legal officer for the Wright Aeronautical Corp. in Cincinnati, and the last three months

Hoosier Reporter

FORTY-THIRD HEAVY BOMBARDMENT GROUP, Luzon.—Second Lt. Chuck Wilt is 21. He graduated in 1942 from Altoona (Pa.) high school and

at 18 enlisted in the air forces. He isn’t married, but it will only take a minute once I get home,” he said. Chuck is a B-24 pilot in the Lucky Dice squadron of this veteran bomber group. He and his crew left the States only last Feb. 9. They had three missions from a New Guinea base—against Wewak and Rabaul—as curtain-rais-ers before coming on to Luzon. From here they had made one run to Canton and a couple to Formosa. Then they went on another strike to Formosa, and four of the 11-man crew didn’t come back. Neither did the airplane. They were over the target area on Formosa when the plane was hit simultaneously by flak and by fragments from a disintegrating sister ship which had taken a direct hit in its bomb load. “Those Jap gunners had our altitude exactly and they tracked us all the way in,” Lt, Wilt said. “They hit us just as our bombs were away. I don't know whether we hit our target. Nobody had time to look. “Flak flew through the waist of the plane. Some fuel lines were shot out. The engineer (Cpl. Rosario “Sammy” Declarlo of Philadelphia) tried to stop the leakage but the fuel kept on flowing and vaporizing. It looked like smoke. ; “It was burning our eyes so badly we could hardly see. “I told the co-pilot to call the Cats and give our position, and I told the crew to prepare to bail out,

Jumped from 6000 Feet

““ONE ENGINE was already out and another was acting up, Two Catalina rescue planes appeared and circled as we jumped. Some P-51s stuck around too, and kept betweén us and four Jap barges moored to an island. “We jumped from about 6000 feet. 'It went off just the way we had been trained. No, none of us had ever jumped before. But there wasn't any reluctance about getting out. That gasoline was getting bad, and we were afraid of fire. “The radio operator served as sort of a jump master. Five. men went out the bomb bay and six

World of Science

WHILE UNCLE SAM'S Superfortresses are burnIng down the cities of Japan with incendiary "bombs loaded with jellied gasoline, ground troops are using the same stuff in improved flame throwers to drive

the Japs out of caves, strong points and pillboxes on the island approaches to Japan. Maj. Gen. William N. Porter, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, reveals how the technical experts of his department, in conjunction with scientists of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the big industrial laboratories, started work on an improved flame thrower as soon as jellied gasoline had demonstrated its efficiency in bombs. Jellied gasoline, as I have previously explained, is ordinary gasoline into which a white powder known as “fire roe” has been stirred. The powder thickens or jellies the gasoline, making a gelatinous mass that burns with intense heat and sticks to whatever it touches,

Mixture Can Be Varied : THE PRACTICE has been to ship the fire roe in small packages to the battle area. Troops operating flame throwers mix it with the gasoline just before going into action. The consistency of the mixture can be varied to suit the type of flame thrower in use and the conditions of the battle. The original flame throwers, as their name indi-

My Day :

NEW YORK, Thursday. — As the international scene unfolds before us day by day in San Francisco and in other parts of the world, it becomes increasingly clear that the meetings of statesmen; the articles written in papers and magazines, which frequently reflect not just the thoughts of the authors, but the points of view of those who control the various publications; the speeches of men representing various groups and sections of thought in various countries; all of these, .added together, are not going to give us a peaceful world. The statesmen may succeed in setting up some machinery through which spokesmen for various countries can be called together and even take action in certal situations in the future. in gi object for which our men are fighting and dying today is a peaceful world in the future, 1’ think. it is as well that the people of ‘the various nations of the world face the fact that this object is going to be achieved only when the peoples of the World sufist suk ib. shail be fhe sre objective So : ‘businessmen, the

press and come world

was in the judge advocate's offibe in Detroit. : His

brother-in-law and law partner, Fred Shick, just has |

received his majority, over in Germany. .,. . The recent item about the annoyed householder who.ate a bothersome squirrel struck a responsive chord .in the breast, of a reader who has similar trouble. She writes: “I would do the same if I could catch a] squirrel that’s been annoying me two years. This] year I planted gladioli and cannas twicé and thes squirrel dug them up as fast as I planted them. .He scratched patches off the roof all over the house, and has done all sorts of other things. I'll take the

pigeons any time.” . The appeal for golf clubs for use by servicemen at Ft. Harrison and Stout field brought a fine response. But the Red Cross tells me they could use about 100 more clubs—and some golf

“The Indianapolis

SECOND SECTION

THE JAPS AREN'T GOING TO LIKE NAVY'S LATEST FIGHTER-BOMBER—

Tigercat: Something New Has Been

By MAX B. COOK Seripps-Howard Aviation Editor

BETHPAGE, L. 1., June 7 —“Here it co - - goes!”

Times

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945

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‘top of your head. Dandruff causes that, but I can

.D. Grey picked Chuck up after he had been in the | navy is always conservative.

“cally.

bags, too, if they're available. How about putting] A photographer's assistthose unused clubs—oiie or a whole set—to a good | ; Ss i use? Leave them at the Red Cross chapter house, | ant, alerted to inform his or phone Mrs. Strickland, RI. 4301, and the Motor | boss when to get a “shot” at

Corps will call for them. 'navgis new Grumman Tigerlcat FTF two-engined fighterbomber, just announced in

No Harmonizing Here BARBER SHOP salesmanship seems to be at a new high around here. barber who got annoyed when a patron declined to te d have his hair washed. Something similar happened stead. : ne to Yeoman 1-¢ R. G. Gilbert yesterday. He found a| Down over the half-mile landing

‘vacant chair in a certain downtown shop and asked |strip here, the fastest ship the navy

for a haircut. Nearly through with the haircut, the|ngs in action to date, shot like a barber said: “I see you don’t need a shave. But,| . {winged bullet—only 50 feet above Jee ‘re getting bald. There’ big bald spot on | . gee, yOuTe going > P the ground—then straight up into

the clouds. ’ Veteran aviation writers gasped

clear it up with a good shampoo.” Yeoman Gilbert, who has a thick head of hair, unmarred by any bald spots, said; “No, I always shampoo it at home” Irri- and, a few minutes later, ducked. tated, the barber warned heatedly: “Well, that's okay ame 5 with me, but you'll be bald as the devil.” . . . One of | For “Corky” Meyer, Grumman the interesting ideas being studied by the local post-|test pilot, came -right back down

Yesterday I mentioned the|gction, twisted his neck in-

war planning committee is the idea of having our and “buzzed” the field, doing half

public buildings grouped: in two places, one east of the monument, the other west. George Kuhn, chairman of the committee, gave a brief discussion of the idea in a recent talk before the Rotary club. Under the: plan, the state would have a sort of “campus” extending west from the present statehouse. One or’ more new buildings would be needed to replace the the top, with the plane coming back space now rented for state offices. Then, in the gen- down right-side up.) eral vicinity of the courthouse or city hall would be | oo one or more new buildings housing city and county offices, including police station, jail, perhaps a. new city market house, and maybe even a civic auditorium.

By Lee G. Miller

out of the camera hatch. Yes, T jumped last. [the U. S. marines. “The parachutes of the nose gunner *(Cpl. Robert| It's the fourth of a line of great C. Hansen, Kenosha, Wis.) and the bombardier (he is | Grumman navy fighters, the Wildmissing so his name can’t be used) had been partly | Cat fighter, TBF Avenger (now spilled and they jumped holding the chutes in their | TBM) torpedo bomber and the arms. That was all right, but.the bombardier couldn't | famed Hellcat F6F fighter, which find his Mae West. It may have blown out when the have been knocking down Jap flak knocked off the top of the nose turret. | planes, sinking ships and strafing “He.and one of the others jumped at the same |Jap installations throughout the time and figured that one Mae West might help keep | Pacific and over Japan itself. Eastthem both afloat in the water. But the wind drifted | etn division of General Motors now them apart and nobody saw the bombardier hit the is producing the Wildcat and water. He hasn't been found. | Avenger. J, »

Gunner Had Trouble | HALF AGAIN as heavy as the, “THE TOP TURRET GUNNER (Cpl. Billie J. Hellcat, the Tigercat is powered | “Cactus” Cole of Sterling, Tex.) had some trouble | with two 2100 h. p. Pratt & Whitgetting out of his chute when he hit the water. He |; ney Doubie Wasp 2800 “C” enmade the mistake of opening the chest strap first, so|gines. It has tricycle landing gear. | he hud aifficulty getting one of the leg straps unfas- It climbs at a mile-a-minute and tened but he made it. lis faster at sea level than anything “The risers on my chute had got kind of wound | the Japs have. It has 100 miles per up, so the chute spun me around and around.” I un- | hour more speed than the Avenger fastened the three straps on the way down, nd just | and is equipped with water injecas my feet touched the water I held my arms. up | | tion to give added bursts of speed straight and the chute floated off the way it’ $*8UP- | to its engines. posed to.” | Navy says it's “in the 425-mile per A 5th air force Catalina piloted by Capt. Gordon hour class at critical altitudes” and

rolls, stand by inches and ended up with a perfect Immelman turn seconds

later at 4000 feet. (This is a power half loop upward, a half turn at

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SOMETHING new has been added to this powerful Tigercat, and the’ | Japs aren't going to like it. It is the first two-engined job available for carrier use, altgough {all Tigercats for a time are “being | flown off land in the Pacific by

water art hour and a half. The sea was choppier than is sate for a Cat, but Grey and his crew picked up | six men, counting Chuck Wilt, and a second piloted by Lt. Walter R. Griffith rescued a seventh, Cpl. Hansen, after four nours. The Cats had dropped some rubber boats before alighting, and a B-17 rescue plane dropped one. of those new’ wooden rescue boats.by triple parachute. Some, of the men were rescued from these. : Wilt's Mae West had failed to inflate automati- | HE surviving widows and unSo he had to blow it up while treading water.| A der-i8 children or orphans— Meantime he had released his yellow dye marker,|and sometimes the dependent parwhich helped save his life by guiding the Cat but | ents—of workers who have died made. him good and sick when he swallowed a lot|while fully or “currently” insured of it while inflating the Mae West. " |under social security, are entitled Capt. Grey let Chuck fly the Cat home, after he under certain conditions to draw and the others had been given a hot meal in the air. monthly survivors’ benefit checks. A member of the Cat crew turned out to be a’ Those who are not getting these townsman of Chuck’s—S. Sgt. Thomas J. Rankey, should check to see whether they Altoona, Pa., and they had many mutual friends. lare missing something. Chuck is clinging to hope that some of the four survivors’ benefits go to widows missing men of his crew may be picked up. {of currently or fully insured work-

ers, regardless of age, who are supBy David Dietz

porting unmarried - dependent children under 18; to widows, regardless of child status, who themselves are cates, were gigantic blowtorches that shot out tongues | over 85; to orphaned children utider of flame.. These had a large number of defects. : For example, the early flame thrower, known as| If none of these exist, dependent the M-1, shot out a stream of burning Diesel oil, The | Parents of 65 or over may Tegeive range was only about 50 feet, The flame consumed | benefits. most of the oil before it reached the target. And finally the weapon, in a strong wind, was extremely dangerous to the operator since the flame might flare back and envelop him.

Shoots Around Corners

n » » A WORKER is currently insured provided he had been paid. as much as $50 of old-age-taxed wages for each of at least six calendar quarters during the three, years preced-

cat YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY RIGHTS

missing the photographer's §

The Tigercat . , .

the ‘navy’s newest and most powerful fighter and fighter bomber, now in action.

FOUR THOUSAND pounds of | the lines of the huge Lockheed and navy—have a terrific array of

bombs or a full-sized marine tor-| Constellation, It can be Joaded with rockets or bcth rockets | i more fire- | power than either the Hellcat or the | {home on one engine. another | " » u s

pedo can be carried. and bombs and has Chance-Vought Corsair,

fast marine fighter. It has much more

with its regular gas supply.

Asva night hunter the Tigercat] Ghdi carries two men and is being used| andings aboard carriers.

range than| either fighter and mange 300- | used aboard the big, new 45,000-ton| the famed P-51

gallon drop gasoline tank along | aircraft CAITiers,

much like the P-61 Black Widow take off from carriers easily be- | A-26" Invader soon .may be avail-|

night fighter.

Right now squadrons of Tigercats| are smashing Jap strong points with | heavier loads of bombs than any

fighter ever. carried into action.

They are affording fine bomber] cats go through maneuvers

can) d outfly .and outfight anything the | BTOUN

cover and, when attacked, Japs can offer, according to navy experts.

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IN THE SKY, the Tigercat looks | $2 much like a stick equipped with!

|able from the European front. Increased climbing speed makes| Light and medium bombers -and [ | them perfect interceptors of at-|torpedo bombers include the | tacking enemy aircraft, {Avenger torpedo bomber, Curtiss] We watched a squadron of Tiger- SB2C Helldiver. dive bomber, the! here | B-25- Mitchell and B-26 Martin | t the Grumman ‘plant. On the! medium bombers. stood Brig. Gen. Lewie a8

{ Merritt, commanding general of] THE HEAVY bombers are repre- | the Cherry Point, N. C. marine air sented by the noted B-29 Boeing | | base. | Superfortress and the Consolidated | | B- 24 Liberator. Each type of | “OUR BOYS will take on any- | tighter and bomber has its own in-|

j sause of their great power.

two engines and wings, because its | thing at any time or place with|dividual job to do.

fuselage is so narrow and stream-|these fighters,” said Gen.

lined.

Merritt.{ But each in its own way has | “They're just like the marines—|developed extra duties on both ot:

Prom the side, with its curved plenty of guts and reserve power—|fense and defense.

pointed nose and fairly large tail] it has the appearance of -a small whale, along’ Tigercat,

surface and rudder,

(Third of a Series of Articles by S. Burton Heath)

Widows and Orphans Entitlec

and they just seem to like to fight.”| Each has its place in an almost] With the addition of the new|perfect picture pointing to site} the armed forces—army'tion of the Japs. od

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to Benefits

their families, or the survivors

following amounts: Old Age Single worker, retired Retired worker and one depend

Survivors

Widow, aged 65 or over.......

One or two orphans........ nv Three orphans Four or more orphans......... One or both dependent parents

MONTHLY RATES The social security act now provides that if retired workers,

any benefits at all, the monthly rates shall not bg less than the.

Retired worker and two or more dependents

Widow, any -ege, and one dependent child..... Sr rieseieners Widow, any age, and two dependent children Widow, any age, and three or more dependent children....

titled to 12 each of the dead work-. er's primary benefit rate. i There are minimum manthly | rates, shown in an accompanying table. Survivors entitled to anything af all are entitled to at least | s the amounts shown in that table. | 5 » » |

‘of dead -workers- are entitled to

Insurance

THE maximum benefit that can | be drawn on account of the insurance of any single worker, either for retirement or survivors, regarddess of the number of beneficiaries, | are limited to whichever ‘is smallest | among the following three figures: | 1. Twice the worker's own bene-| fit rate, 2. Eighty-five dollars a month. 3. Eighty per cent of ‘the worker's average monthly wage. (This rarely

ent (wife or child)

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THE WIDOW, if she is 65 or over, is entitled for life to

rate computed for her late hus-|for the child 3 of her late husband as described in the preceding |band’s primary benefit. That would

article.

Let's take the same hypothetical

3% of a benefit|entitled to draw for herself % .nd|"“28¢S combined with very

is the governing factor, but can be| in cases of very small average | large | 1

unmarried child under 18, she is

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be $41.42 for both. - WHERE there is no survivor enFor each other such child she|titled to benefits, a small lump sum

WORK WAS STARTED to develop a flame thrower that would use jellied gasoline and much of the research for it was done in the laboratory of the Standard Oil Development Co. at Bayway, N. J, This resulted in the M-1-A-1 flame thrower, which shot a stream of jellied gasoline to.a distance of about 150 feet. By the middle of 1942, the device had been improved to the point. where it could throw a narrow stream of jellied gasoline with about the same accuracy that one might direct the stream of water from a fire hose. By aiming the stream at the sides of the opening of a pillbox it is possible to cause the flame to ricochet into the interior. When our troops landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, the M-1-A-1 flame thrower was among their weapons. The ' device proved so effective in’ the Sbdlomon Islands that early in 1944 the technical division of the Chemical Warfare Service developed a new model known as the M-2-2 or the “jungle flame gun.” This model, incidentally, was waterproofed for tropical use.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Only people can bring this home to their leaders. They alone can say: “What will it profit us if we acquire a better oil supply in some part of the world, or to be assured of trade with this country or that? If our standard of living goes up, but our neighbors’ standard of living goes down; if we eat, but our neighbors starve, we may have power for a little while, but we will not have assurance of peace and security for all.” It is generally conceded that there cannot be peace in the world unless -the three rations which fought together and won the war in Europe continue to work together for such conditions in the world as will keep us at peace. ' That being the case, we should be making far greater efforts to under-

stand the particular situation which each one of!

these nations confronts. We know they want security as we do—freedom from fear and from want. Security is: not a matter of armed forces alone. We can build those up at great cost and still'not be able to stand alone, or even form a group to battle the rest of the world. . Security from fear of aggression is really a matter of god faith and trust among nations and their people. Security is also a matter of economic re-

-Jouress a of ability,. through trade and producMon, ve peoples the world over the things which they need may feel their lot

ing the quarter in which he died.

~ For example, a worker died May

20, 1945. That is the second calendar quéirter, beginning April 1. The three years used as a guide, therefore, run from April 1, 1942, through March 31, 1945. If, during those three years, there were as many as six calendar quarters for which the worker was paid as much as $50 each, he died currently in-

sured and his survivors are entitled | 22 benefits.

worker we created yesterday, but|gets a further 12 of her late hus-

assume that instead of reaching 65 band’s primary rate, or $16.57, with|of the worker's death.

and retiring on May 20, he died on the provision that the total for her.| Survivors’

benefits arise

settlement is provided for in case

from

that day. His primary benefit rate|self and all children cannot exceed |P2ld insurance features of social

is calculated exactly as described twice the primary rate, or in :his Security. yesterday, and amounts to $33.13. [case $66.26 a month. (If the pri-

They are absolute rights, pro-

He was both fully and curreritly mary rate were over $42.50, the vided the conditions are satisfied.

insured when he died. If his widow maximum receivable would stop at is 65 or over, she is entitled to 3% |$85.) of $33.13, or $24.85 a month for life.| , This widow's benefits would stop|®d federal nw.» when the youngest child reached |8€neral funds, IF HIS widow, regardless of her|l>» Was married or became inde. {demonstrate need, age, is supporting one dependent | Pendent, unless in the meantime

This C Curious World

INTHE CIVIL WAR,

HIS PLACE.

A MAN DRAFTED FOR MILITARY SERVICE HAD THE LEGAL RIGHT TO HIRE ANOTHER TO SERVE IN

Tomorrow: {she herself had reached 65. If it did | Murray-Dingell (stop, her own benefits would re- | 4

By Ferguson commence at 65. {sldage and

How bill would survivors |covernge, rights. and benefits,

They are entirely distinct from the assistance provided by government, for those who can |

states out of

the Wagnerchange insurance

Rez THE WIDOW'S benefits will oo CLES: for life at any time she should]

remarry, but if there still were!

>HANNAH<

|children entitled to benefits at that! |time, their checks would continue to come through. In the absence of widow or ehil- | {dren entitled to benefits, surviving | | dependent parents over 85 are en-|

FINAL POINT NEED SOON TO BE FIXED

PARIS; June 8 (U. P.).—-The results of a “discharge point survey” among American soldiers in the European theater have heen flo to Washington, where the war de-

IN LOUISIANA EEE |

partment. will determine the final basis upon which an estimated], 2,000,000 troops will be released

“WHEN YOU ORDER A STEAK RARE AND IT 45° RARE, IT'S WELL DONE,” Says E.T. DARLINGTON, . Collingswood) New Jersey.

from the army, it was announced today. Brig. Gen, Ralph Lovett, adjutant general for the European theater,

said army veterans throughout the world probably ‘will know within the next three weeks the fingl point score needed for discharge. : * The critical point score is to be! based .on this and similar surveys! ‘| being conducted in other theaters. . Meanwhile, men with the interim score of 85 points are returning to [the united States M

PAGE 17 Labor ; Schwellenbach Faces Bitter Union Battle

By FRED W. PERK]|NSw -DETROIT, June - 8:—Whgn Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach becomes secretary’ of labor next month he is likely to be greeted by a stiff inter-union labor row of national importance heralding the dawn of industrial re- EEGERTTT" conversion. id This becomes almost a cer=tainty through attention being given in Chi=cago by the executive board of the C. I. O. United Automeos= bile, Workers to plans for freezing the American Federation of Labor building trades out of the work of dismantling, removing and replacing wartime machinery in factories of the Detroit area. Here in Detroit the A. F. of L: leaders, who say they speak for 25,000 building craftsmen, are preparing to do some freezing-out for the benefit of their own members.

They declare that any automobile company which doesn't give its plant changeover work to private contractors with A. F. of L. - workmen will find itself in trouble in other cities. ” o ” 2 THE COMPANIES may be un-. able to get qualified workmen for plant additions or alterations of any character, according to two determined men—Ed Thal, business agent of the Detroit Bnilding Trades Council, and Morton Zimmerman, an officer of the DeAroit and Wayne County Federation of Labor.

They cite an agreement reached here May 17 with Herbert Rivers, of the National A. F. of L. building trades, pledging the support of {wo million building craftsmen if the A. F. of L. fails to get the reconversion jobs in Detroit.

“If those C. I. O. fellows are smart,” said Mr. Thal, “they will let. the reconversion alterations go ahead under A. P. of L. contracts so that their idle plant production men can get to work.” #2 a a . IN CHICAGO the C. 1. O.U. A. W. leaders are considering, in addition to the reconversion job question, a modification of their wartime no-strike pledge. A strong right-wing group led by Walter ‘Reuther is reported working toward a revision, so the pledge will not apply to plants in civilian production and eénly to plants making munitions for war against Japan. This has two dbjentives<io put pressure behind the fight with the A. F. of L. building trades, and to beat the Communists in the U. A. W,, who are said to be preparing .to start some strikes on their own hook—Russia not being officially concerned in the Japanese war so far as anybady knows this side of Moscow.

—— We, the Women — Domestics Are Star Boarders

In Households

By RUfH MILLETT

THE USES domestic headquarters in New York recently turned out a group of. certified housemaids who had completed a course in scientific methods of housework. One member . of the group | summed up. their attitude toward employers with: “Now that I know how to

walk in and & take over 1 Rng won't go back : { to the lady A

who forgot the time, didn't have the money for an extra hour, and got it as charity.” It looks as though they are needlessly asserting their new independence. The “ladies” they are talking about haven't had maids or cleaning women for so long they are by now used to doing their own work. - ” ” ” THE ONLY women who have maids now vie with each other in making the lives of their “help” as pleasant and as soft as possible.

They put ads in the papers asking for maids who won't have to do the washing, needn't wait at night to do the dinner dishes, have a day and a half or two full days off each week, etc.

And. once they lure a maid to their door and get her promise to take a job on trial, they whip ‘their families into line so ae Susie or Mary isn't imposed .on in any way, A . 5 1 MARY seals at the § mention of dinner guests—they get taken to a restaurant. If Mary doesn't like fish, she can. cook | something special for herself, If ' the children bother Mary when

she 1s cleaning they are whisked i

out of doors. °’

For Mary is the family's star &

boarder today—instead of the disregarded tirgdge she su often was in the past. Household workers. don't. need to assert their rights n al