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YOU'VE HEARD it ‘before, and youll probably
‘hear it again, when some political 'big-wig says:
“So-and-so has a perfect right to say anything he pleases.” 3
That attitude appears particularly = appropriate
when applied to A. V. Burch, the Evansville Republican who talked out of turn just in time to get himself dubbed “Governor Gates’ Wallace.” From a political standpoint, A. V. (nobody calls him Alvan) has three loves—Abraham Lincoln, the
“constitution of the United States and the Republican
party. There are those who .feel strongly that he ver-emphasizes the constitution, about free speech. His love of Lincoln goes far beyond the consideration of speech material and manifests itself in a high degree of emulation, Mr, Burch occasionally refers to himself as a “log cabin” politician, in fact, insists he was born in a log cabin in Crawford county, Illinois. His favorite theme for political speeches is “I want the Republican party to.be a leader, not a follower.”
especially the part -
V. Burch , , , Gates’ Wallace, the man with
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the band.
But it was still the constitution that got him a ,f state and the auditor responsible for the building.
lot of notoriety and at the same time a lot of trouble. Because he believes it a constitutional fundamental,
Later the law was found to have been repealed, leaving the governor solely responsible for cleanup de-
Mr. Burch recently advocated the direct primary tajls but Mr. Burch seemed to be enjoying the job,
method of nominating all party camdidates. : His ideas did not meet with approval from high party quarters, For one thing, the primary business bore the “odium” of being a Democratic party platform plank. But Mr. Burch tucked his copy of the
- constitution under one arm, the primary plank under
the other, and bolted away on what may become a one-man political campaign. From his log-cabin start, Mr, Burch ran through
him to » walk by now—he’s 58. But instead, he goes at things with an energy which exhausts much younger associates.
Machine Gun Conversationalist
HE'S BEEN A laborer in an ax factory, a railroader, an insurance man, a merchant, an industrialist, a member of the state highway commission and currently is head of the Blount Plow Works of Evansville in private life while serving as auditor of state. He's running for re-election as auditor in the current eampaign but fellow Republicans have a feeling he plosed his eampaign for auditor and opened his 1948 paign for governor with the recent primary break. Possibly one of his most noticeable personal cHaracteristics may be attributed to his: varied career— he speaks with a rush of words which at timeg, become almost unintelligible. To his machine-gun speed in eonversation, he adds a sort of “Mr, Everyman's” persion of a Harvard accent. A. V, wasn't doing something foreign to his nature when he “stole the ball”? on .the matter of a direct primary system of nominations. It's a habit. Even relatively simple things are converted into political assets by this versatile man, When the present administration came into office, plans were laid to clean up the statehouse under an old law making the governor, the secretary
Puerto Ricans
SAN JUAN, Sept. 21.—“Wanted: 200 women, 20 married couples. Transportation paid to Chicago. Wages, $60 per month for women, $130 for couples, with room and board. Servants, cooks, nurses, housemaids. Contracts for one year. This advertisement, which appeared this week in San Juan's leading newspaper, explains why steamship lines have” a backlog of thousands of Puerto Ricans awaiting passage to the United States and why every plane to New York is full. These wages are luxury to the working people of Puerto Rico, where even some white-collared workers make as little as $12 to $15 a week, and field laborers less than that. Though this overcrowded island has Be possession for nearly 50 years, its standard of living still remains lower than any of the states. “Wholesale migration long has been advocated by xperts both here and in the states. But it isn't easy as it looks. ’
. Not Eager to Leave
ONE REASON is that Puerto Ricans don’t want to leave their homeland. They will, for opportunities like those advertised, but the chances are that when the year is up they will be back. Even those who go to the states insist on living among their own people; that is why there are more Puerto Ricans in Harlem and the Bronx of New York than there
Science
I BELIEVE that the record of war years supports my contention that national security requires the creation of a board of top-ranking scientists to deal with this problem. Let us look at the record. The atomic bomb is credited with having brought the war against Japan to a quick close. It is clearly the most powerful weapon in the history of the
~ world.
Had the decision “been left to the admirals and generals, it is entirely possible that we would not have had the atomic bomb before the end of world war IL The story is told in the famous “Smyth report,” prepared by Prof. Henry D. Smyth of Princeton university and released by the war department a few days after the bombing of Hiroshima. Here is how Prof. Smyth tells the story: “The first contact with the government was made by Pegram of Columbia in March 1939, Pegram elephoned to the navy department and arranged or a conference between representatives of the navy department and Fermi. “The next attempt to interest the government was stimulated by Szilard and Wigner. In July 1939 they conferred with A. Einstein and a little later Einstein, Wigner and Szilard discussed the problem with Alexander Sachs of New York. “In the fall Sachs, supported by a letter from Einstein, explained to President Roosevelt the desirability of encouraging work in this field.”
Names Are Familiar to Many
I THINK the names mentioned by Prof. Smyth will be familiar to most readers.
My Day
NEW YORK, Friday.—To me, it seems unfortunate that the words “tough policy” were ever used in regard to Russia or any other nation, since I think that neither our representatives nor our people mean by those words anything more than that they want to adhere to the democratic principles in which we believe. We want to see a worid organization where economic conditions are improved for all people and where opportunity is given for continuéd improve-
ment. We hope to see increased the freedom of people.
everywhere to choose their form of government and register their wishes. We hope to see freedom of religion for all people. We believe that free intercourse among nations and a free press are essential to a growth of mutual confidence, Better understanding will gradually lessen the need for the use of force, and will give the peoples of the world a greater opportunity for happiness and for security from fear of aggression and from fegr of want,
Commends Wallace Letter
SINCE THE PUBLICATION of Secretary of Commerce Wallace's letter to the President, I have read it very carefully. I do not agree with it in every detail; but it is a good letter. Most of his analysis of the easons why tensions exist is worth reading with care, for I think any fair-minded person will say that it is a fair analysis. The test of any situation is to put yourself. in the other man's place—and we have not done that very successfully in our attitude toward Russia. . ~ - : oo The basic thing to be held in mind is that we want peace and that it cannot exist if the United States
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sp Governor Gates just let him have it. ' Now, at the risk of a mammoth though figurative case of housemaid’s knee, A. V. has converted the statehouse into something neat and shining, Except for a Barnum & Bailey touch that slipped in when he guilded the eagle over the southern en concerned agree he's donewa good job—with the help of statehouse employees, of course.
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Bizarre Campaigning
HE NEVER shuns conventional campaign methods, and is known as an able exponent of the handshaking, back-slapping school of grass-roots politics. He yields, however, to a flare for the bizarre and takes with him on most political trips an accordion band which gives out at the slightest provocations with ditties and parodies built around “the boss,” Mr. Burch. He knows the value of a standout performance, and nays close attention to his “ap political meetings. On jobs like the statehouse cleaning or on the business of state in the auditor's office, he misses few bets to slick up the efficiency .of the operation or improve the method.
A normal, Hoosier family man with three sons and six grandsons, A. V, likes to add a little variety to the Hoosier approach in public. strictly un-Hoosier forms of: address such as “old fruit,” or “old sweet”! He likes to make tear jerker speeches, especially along patriotic lines on his pet subjects of Lincoln or constitution, and won't hesitate to swing dangerously close to the “ham” to achieve the desired effect. The Evansville politico doesn’t shun publicity, either, If he lives up to his reputation of keeping the ball, once he gets it, his constituents need not fear he will hide his light under a bushel or in a back room, somewhere,
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(By Robert Blo¢m)
By Douglas Smith
are in San Juan, but why the rest of the United States has almost none. The United States has not encouraged large-scale immigration - of Puerto Ricans. peak of the war boom did this island have full employment; yet the U. S. government imported many thousands of Mexicans, Jamaicans and other West Indians as contract laborers. The reasons why more Puerto Ricans- were not taken is that they could not have been ordered back home at the end of their contracts: As U. 8. citizens they have the right to enter the country freely and remain as long as they wish.
Population Too High
THE CONTINUED shortage of chéap labor in the U. S., not foreseen by government experts during the
Not even at the
has changed the picture somewhat. It is
common knowledge here now that any Puerto Ricam who wants to work can get a job in the states, at better pay than he can get here. ‘Experts say that the island’s population should be about 1,500,000, a half-million less than it is now, in view of its limited agricultural land area and lack of natural resources. Otherwise they see little hope for realization of the hopes of island leaders for full employment ‘and higher living standards. Actually, the population pressure is growing. The high birth rate indicates an increase of over 50,000 a year.
By David Dietz
Here is further identification however: Dr. George B. Pegram is head of the physics department at Columbia, Dr, Enrico Fermi, Italian-born Nobel prize winner, made the fundamental discovery of the slow neutron technique which led to the discovery of the uranium “fission. L. Szilard and E. Wigner are likewise foreign-born physicists, forced to leave Europe because of the Nazis. . Alexander Sachs is an economist whom President Roosevelt consulted on occasion. - Albert Einstein is known to everyone. ?
Would Not Accept Rebuff
NOW TI think that almost anyone would interpret Prof. Smyth's account to mean that the navy gave Fermi what is sometimes referred to as “the brush
That old business about being interested and
“keep us informed of what you do” is a well-known formula, Of course, if Prof. Fermi and his refugee colleagues
had proceeded to. develop an atomic bomb on their own they might have been able to get the navy to look at it. : The atomic bomb became a reality because this small group of refugee scientists, who saw its possibilities, would not accept the rebuff of the navy. They were ablé forunately, to get the matter to the attention of President Roosevelt and he gave the go-ahead
Thus it was that a civilian, the President of the United States, consulted, launched the atomic bomb project.
and the civilian advisers whom he
By Eleanor Roosevelt
»and Russia do not find a way to live together in ohe
That is the basis of Secretary Wallace's whole
thesis, and also the basis of the President's and of Secretary of State Brynes’. pSlicy.
Armament Race Unthinkable
IT WOULD BE entirely futile to think that, by going out to destroy Russia now, we would insure peace in the future. .In that I entirely agree with Secretary Wallace. people in the United States would agree that to set out deliberately to destroy another nation would be against all of our principles and could lead us only to disaster. ' An armament race in an atomic world is unthinkable. On this subject Secretary Wallace gives us a very excellent and true picture. is that, in time, atomic bombs can be manufactured almost anywhere. The, only advantage would be to that nation which used them first, so we would live in a neurotic, fear-ridden world. Peace—and a peace which will lessen individual armaments throughout the world—must be our aim. Force, if it MUST be used, must be used only through the one organization which can use it collectively and function for us all. 3 I think that, on the whole, the debate which has taken place because of Secretary Wallace's speech has not done anyone any real harm. It certainly will not hurt the peace negotiations for:the Russians to know that in this country, while we do not want to be a tail to their kite, we do want to co-operate with them in order to give Russia and ourselves greater security—and to attain greater security, coupled with better economic conditions, throughout the world.
And I think the majority of the
The crux of the matter
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SECOND SECTION
SIX MEN, including a governor, a
[university vice president, two |foreign correspondents, a leading
Jewish scholar and a Chicago soci ologist, were listed today as the
i {Indianapolis Open Forum speakers
for the winter season. They are Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, Frank Gervasi and Leland Stowe, well-known foreign correspondents; Dr. Neil Jacoby, vice president of the University of Chicago; Prof, Salo Baron of Columbia University, and Saul D. Alinskys Chicago sociologist. * The Open Forum series is a nonprofit project of the Jewish Community Center association, to-<bring to Indianapolis recognized authorities in various fields to discuss vital problems of domestic and ‘Inter-
national concern.” Lectures are held
on Sunday evenings at the Kirshbaum Community Center, 2314 N. Meridian st. . » » MR. GERVASI, foreign correspondent and at present chief of the Washington office for Collier's magazine, will open the series on Oct. 20, speaking on the current critical situation in Palestine, During his extensive travels throughout Europe and the Middlé East, Mr. Gervasi has made a thorough study of conditions in Palestine, He has written a number of magazine articles on the subject and also a recent book, “To Whom. Palestine?”, the title of! which will be taken as his lecture | topic. | On Nov. 3, Goverrior Arnall, who has gained a national reputation as one of the South's most progressive leaders, will present his views on the major social and economic problems facing his section of the country. Governor Arnall has been a leader in the effort to bolster the economic position of the South through changes in the freightrate structure, and to improve interracial relations within his state by waging an all-out fight against organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. His subject will be “Whose Country Is: This, Anyway?" 88 8 . FOR ITS third lecture, on Jan. 19, the Open Forum will present Dr. Baron, professor of Jewish history, literature and institutions at
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~The Indianapolis
. «SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,*1946
Frank Gervasi . . + chief of Collier's Washington bureau
Prof. Salo Baron . . . Authority on Jewish history and literature.
heading, “Liberalism and the Jew," field of international relations in a
Dr. Baron will discuss the historical relationship between the growth of the democratic spirit and ihstitutions and the modern development of the*Jewish people, The important role being played by organfzed labor in the national scene will be the subject of the fourth lecture by Mr. Alinsky on Feb. 16. Mr. Alinsky, who is executive director of the Industrial Areas Foundation in Chicago, is the author of the current hon-fiction best-seller, “Reveille for Radieals,” a study of the development of “people’s organizations” in the “back-of-the-yards” area in Chicago. The topic.of his lecture will be “Organized Labor and the Future.” » - » ON MARCH 2, Mr. Stowe, one of the country's best-known war correspondents and former Pulitzer
SIX ENGAGED FOR OPEN FORUM SERIES—
irshbaum Lecturers Announced
Ellis Arnall . . . Georgia governor and progressive leader.
Leland Stowe... War correspondent and Pulitzer prize winner,
lecture on “Russia, the Far East, and World Peace,” His newspaper assignments during the war and after have taken him to nearly every important capital In Europe, Africa and Asia. His latest book on’ the international situation, “While Time Remains,” has just been published.
“How to Avoid a ‘Boom or Bust’ Economy” will be the subject of the final Open Forum lecture on March 30. The speaker, Dr. Jacoby, is professor of finance and vice president of the University of Chicago. He has been a frequent economic consultant to the secretary of the treasury and is a member of the research advisory board of the committee for economic develop ment. 0 : » 5 8 AS JS customary, following each lecture members of the audience
Columbia university. Under the
prize winner, will cover the crucial
will be invited to question the
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Dr. Neil Jacoby . . . University of Chicago vice president,
Saul D. Alinsky . . . Chicago sociologist and labor author,
speaker “on matters relating to his subject. Arrangements for the Open Forum this year and the sale of season
tickets are being handled by a com= mittee composed of Julian A. Kis r, chairmAn; Theodore Dann, president of the Jewish Community Center association; Irvin Larner, execu~ tive director; Mrs. Philip Adler, Mrs. Harry Alpert, David M. Cook, Mrs. Charles Efroymson, Julian Freeman, Robert Greenberg, Harry 8. Joseph, Martin Larner, Lewis Levy, Mrs. Lewis Levy, Mrs. Walter Lichtenstein, Carl Lyman, Benjamin Paller, Gerald Paul, Mrs. Nathan Regenstrief, Mrs. Joseph A. Rothbard, Mrs. Max Selig and Mrs. Victor Teixler. .
Tickets are available at the Kirshbaum Center: and at the downtown ticket office in the Meridian Book 8hop, 134 Monument circle.
town, where Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Co thousands of boys and girls in the
outsider I stood In need of a special “bid” to the event, but found myself no outsider to the sentiment and pleasure of people returning to their alma mamma.
I never such shaking of hands, Such greetings and such cheer, "Twas quite enough to fill the heart |
And last the live-long year. "Twas “Mother Reed!” and “Howdy, Ed!” “Good heavens, here's old
Glen!” “I've not seen Fay and Sallie Maze For goodness-sakes knows when!”
Some one would say, “I know
you, Cob, But ‘you don’t ‘member me,” And Cob, he'd squint across! that face,
Like up a "possum tree, And turn and say, ‘I'd ought to know . Just let me set my sight... Well, dog-my-cats! Well, I'll declare, You're the twin Wright!”
They ate and laughed, and talked old times, And asked each
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much, They walked around the lake - and grounds, They looked at rooms and
such. From ten o'clock till almost|
five Ww They didn’t do much but
talk, And said they'd come again next year, “If the blamed old car
don’t balk!”
” » » ‘AND DID they talk! They talked about the" Torn Cob, a peculiar shaped curve in the creek, which made deep water where the boys swam, out of season many times, and without permission. They remembered the Half Tree, a large oak, half way to the river which helped them judge the time necessary fof reaching “home” before curfew. Half Tree was cut down several years ago to make way for an improved road to the home, and many was the expression of regret at its passing. . They talked about the Home Woods, where they dug caves, raised tents, built shacks, set traps
ONE OF THE greatest home-comings in the Hoosier state is the one at, the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home at Knights-
rtner have been dad and mother to twenty-three years of their super-
intendency. Last Sunday was the big day at the home. Each student of the past years is on the invitation list for this gathering. Being an
cold drinking water Valley. : They recalled the winter nights of _ coasting on Bell's hill, near Knightstown, and on Barn hill, in their own grounds. They reminisced about the lake and Town hall, the latter housing their store, dance hall, gym and recreation rooms. But of all places mentioned, The . Tunnels received most attention. Radiating from the power ‘plant these concrete areaways to the various buildings made fine secret passages for those bent on disapproved errands, such as seeing a sweetheart or getting into the home pantries. Some members of the Tunnel Rats gang were. present at this homecoming, and became centers of kidding and loud laughter. » “ » BESIDES places about events: Easter - with its early morning service in the chapel, the robed choir cantata, the egg hunt on the lawn for the younger children.
They recalled the rides, horse shows, carnival booths and good eats on American Legion day; when thousands of Legionnaires came to entertain. them, They were all bountiful in their praise of Halloween and Valentine parties, junior and senior proms, and the homecomings, but most of all, best of all, dearest of all , .
in Spring
they talked
BARTON REES POGUE . + . Times Roving—Rhyming Rerarior
Home-Coming at Knightstown
Christmas . . . marching to the candlelit dining room on ChHristmas morning, singing carols . . Waiting in the division rooms for Samta Claus to come . . . the whole rapturous day begun at 4 a. m. by carolers moving from dormitory ‘to dormitory on the campus! Deep snow and candle light, carolers and gifts, merriment and clatter . . . what a day! » ” »
CHRISTMAS means a lot to the children at the home. Gifts are not bought in job lots. I had an idea that some salesman got the order for so much of this, so many dozen of that and a lot of them, but nothing of the sort is permitted. Mrs. Cortner supervises the buying of each gift for each child. She knows them all name, knows their wishes, knows their sizes Aided by her American Legion auxiliary committee she gives infinite care to the hundreds and hundreds of purchases. In 23 years she has ‘been a most thoughtful mother to thousands on Christmas day! » u ¥
YES, they talked of places, of events, and they talked about people: Balky Mayo, Cob Means, Chalky Byers, Big Boone Van Bickle, Little Boone Van Sickle (lost in world war II), Moose Saunders, Pee Wee Bise, Monty Blue, Tiny Gerbig, Mousy -McCarrick, Zeb Walker, Sal Leavitte, Shorty Wertz, Skurge Innes, Spud Baker, Rip Noble, Fish Wilson, Icky Wimmer, Tubby Wilson, Speck and Bill Wert and Ed Wilson. They talked reverently of Pro-
fessor Graham,
superintendent
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and went many times for a sly smoke. v . 2 ~ ”
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MoApELL SSATUASA
from 1892 to 1938; Jimmie Rounds a primary teacher;
Negro night watchman; Miss Banta, retired elementary teacher, and Mother Reed, who had charge of the home hospital for years. There just isn't room to mention ull who have helped so much through the past decades. ~ ” » BUT MOST of all they talked about the Home , . . I felt they wanted me to say for them:
It may seem like to you, who have Your houses and your folks, :
home Is hiding, with his jokes, The loss of things that children love, Like Christmas fun and "= fuss, But we are honest when we say, “The HOME is home to us.
That is not said to make effect, We say it from the heart; We fear it when we come to stay, We love it when we part; From Corn Cob swimmin’ hole and Lake To the buildings and the bus, From Barn Hill to the Tunnels, friends,
The HOME is home to us!
Why else do you suppose we come By hundreds, year on year, Unless it ‘be The friends we make Are very near and dear? From Balky Mayo and Cob / Means To little Gloomy Gus, From Monty to the “Tunnel : Rats” The HOME is home to us!
We get a full-grown appetite, A roaring hungry spot To see the people and the scenes We learned to love a lot; Home-coming day is food to
wo US, Our hearts all find it thus, Our hunger feeds on memories '. .. -' The HOME is HOME to us! :
It was a good day for the good Hoosiers of a good home; it was the sort of day that makes melody
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|ment—as the still faithful cham-
printer at the home for- over 50 .Jyears; Ernie Cvuy, engineer since early 1900's; Mrs. Wray, 20 years Miss Knight, former secretary to the superintendent; Lonnie Messick, home gardener for 30 years; @assious Roberts,
That anyone who calls this
Will Wallace Firing Hurt Democrats?
_ By CHARLES T. LU Times Foreigh Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept, 21.—Democratic political strategists picked” themselves up off the carpet today and began to seek new ways of selling their party — with Henry . ~ Wallace now outside the govern.
pion of Franklin Roosevelt's libera] doctrines. i
Their great fear was that left-of-center voters might decide the conservative wing had captured the Democratic party and stray from the fold in the all-important November congressional elections, Their great hope was that, by way of compensation, President Truman had recovered some ground with the rest of the country in facing up to a tough issue, firing Mr, Wallace and pledging new support to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. There wasn't much fear that the liberal-leftist crowd would go over to the Republicans. The third idea 13 still a future question, But the danger to the Democrats, as some leaders agreed, was that the liberal-leftists might stay home from the polls on Nov, 5. : ~ » ~ THE QUANDARY of the party strategists was indicated by the fact that neither National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan nor others aroind Democratic headquarters, . wanted.to do any talking. The only word was that Mr. Wallace would not speak under the aegis of the national committee. ; i All week, despite the furore over Mr. Wallace, national committee people professed to believe that he still would be the big drawing card in the party's fall campaign. Bus some of Mr, Truman's advisers disagreed. Available information today indicated Mr. Hannegan had not known in advance that Mr. Wallace was to be fired. .
” ” - SOME DEMOCRATIC héads said reports received from out in the country in the last day or so indicated the Wallace-Byrnes foreign policy fight—with Mr. ‘Truman caught in an embarrassing middle, —Wwas causing greater damage po~ litically than had been estimated at first. en : 2 They expressed a view that the number of congressional districts. in which Mr. Wallace's position could represent the difference between victory and defeat probably was limited to four or five in New York city and few elsewhere. To *1lose Secretary Byrnes and turn the whole administratien -into a new. uproar would have vastly more serious repercussions for the Democrats, those with this view reasoned.
” ~ ~ C. I. 0. PRESIDENT Philip Murray was considered by some Demo~ crats to hold a big piece of the answer, He has spoken bitterly of President Truman in the past. Now some of the C. I. O.-Political Action committee people view the firing of Mr. Wallace as untimely and unfortunate, and a departure from old Roosevelt policies. But the eampaign will be fought on issues other than foreign policy, and some C. I. O.-P. A, _C. people think the Democrats still are likely to do more for labar, for housing, against inflation, and so on, than the Republicans.
We, the Wome | Housewives ] | Often Forget | War ls Over
By RUTH MILLETT : MRS. AMERICA, in absent. minded moments, still occasionally uses the phrase “when the war is over.” But that is understandable. This . isn’t quite the beautiful, stream-lined postwar world she was looking forward to." True, she has her man back home, if she is one of the lucky ones. So she no longer has to live in con= stant fear for his safety. But the old uneasiness hasn't really left her. It is constantly stirred up by talk of another war, » - n SHE 18 STILL pounding - the pavements looking for scarce ar= ticles, and she is still reading daily such discouraging bits of news as that meat is going to be increasingly scarce snd that soap may yet be rationed. Her family is now suffering from a new kind of scarcity. Plenty on the shelves doesn’t necessarily mean plenty in the ‘cupboard, When prices soar, familles have to ration themselves. Butter at the current prices is used more sparing ly in many a home today thems if was when wartime rationing was in effect.
. > » »r HOUSING CONDITIONS are worse than they were before the men came home. And even if Mrs. America could, by some miracle, build a house, it wouldn't be the kind described so glowingly during the war years as “your post-war / home.” It would likely be something rigged up not from America’s X t from any thing available, Most of the services she gets still “wartime”—and waiting is her lot.