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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1944
MANPOWER SHORTAGE AGAIN
Slowing of vital war production due
to lack of manpower keeps cropping
up, in one field or another. Latest is
in the men's garment industry, where
manpower shortage is delaying deliv
ery of 5,000,000 of the Army field
jackets, used in combat.
Deliveries are reported to be about
60 percent behind schedule. Spokes
men of the industry say the armed
forces have taken about 25 percent of
the needle workers. Other workers
have gone into the higher pay wo
men's garment trades. Another retard
ing factor is that the jacket is a new
model and technical difficulties have
retarded production.
Shortage of labor, however, is the
biggest factor in holding up delivery
of jackets, pointing back to the Amer
ican Federation of Labor warning of
March, 1943, against taking too many
skilled workers to build excessively
large Army and Navy forces. The
soundness of the warning has been
proved in a number of industries,
"again and again and again," to quote
President Roosevelt in his recent po
litical speeches.
Further proof of the soundness of
the warning will undoubtedly be given
in future months. In view of this, why
is it not time for a reconsideration
of the numerical relation between the
armed forces and the home front pro
duction army? "Brass hat" opposi
tion will of course develop to this, but
the people, who do the fighting, the
producing and the paying in war,
should have a big say in the matter.
STRONG UNIONS A NECESSITY
Marion L. Van Valkenburgh, Yon
kers, N. Y. clubwoman, recently made
an effective argument for a strong
labor movement, in addressing the
American Women's Association.
"A strong, united and democratic
labor movement means increased buy
ing power for the masses as well a3
progressive social legislation and a
front line defense against totalitarian
ism," Mrs. Van Valkenburgh said.
"Union members^ and their fami
lies," she added, "represent one-third
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Despite the terrible ordeals which
the population of the occupied Neth
erlands must face in the immediate
future unless the allied armies find
themselves in a position to enforce,
without much further delay, a general
German withdrawal from the Low
Countries, there is nothing in the re
ports from Holland pointing to any
weakening in the determination of
inhabitants to see it through to the
bitter end.
Rather to the contrary. The near
ness of liberation appears to have in
spired them with that all-sacrificing
heroism which renders them immune
to the usual intimidation of mental
and bodily terror, and enables them
to defy even the most disastrous con
sequences of the German lvst for an
nihilation.
To us, Hollanders and Americans
alike, who follow the desperate life and
death struggle in the Netherlands
from a safe and well-ordered vantage
ground, far from the scenes of battle
and devastation, there is in that mass
contempt of death and destruction
something which utterly confounds us.
Perhaps the Dutch in Holland them
selves would not have understood it
before the supreme and terrible hour
had struck in which they were put to
the ultimate test of water and fire,
of death and starvation.
We honor them highly for their in
credible bravery, for their unlimited
sacrifice, for their entire self-denial,
for the stoic courage with which they
face a morrow which may be incom
parably more terrifying even than to
day. This, however, is not the proper
time for analysing the multiple sen
timents inspiring a nation into ac
ceptance of the most desperate fate
in the interest of ultimate victory and
deliverance.
Instead we must consider that a peo-
the total population of this country,
and by keeping up their demand foo
goods they assist the rest of the nat
ional community in preserving its own
income."
BULLDOZERS CRACK NAZI LINE
Aurelio Tassone, Seabee and AFL
union member, really started some
thing when he crushed a Japanese
pillbox with his bulldozer during the
invasion of the Treasury Islands. In
the battle for Germany, the 'dozers
now are as much a combat weapon as
tanks.
Army engineers are neutralizing
particularly stubborn enemy defense
positions in the Siegfried Line, say
press association reports, by grinding
their machines right up in front of
the pillboxes and shoving smothering
mounds of earth against the doors.
WHAT NEXT?
James Gallacher and William Henn
of Brooklyn, N. Y., have made a ro
bot short order cook which turns out
,500 sandwiches an hour. The machine
is expected to facilitate preparation of
school lunches. Sliced bread travels a
belt to a conical spreader, gets a coat
ing of meat paste, jelly, marmalade
or cream cheese, then picks up the top
slice on the way out.
WISDOM
ARE YOU READY with plenty of cash to attend
the public sales in your community? No need to
pass up something you need for the lack of ready
money. Hold onto your bonds. Don't sacrifice a
thing. Simply get extra cash anytime you wish
at The City Loan.
While democracy must have its or
ganization and its controls, its vital
breath is individual liberty.—Charles
Evans Hughes.
MONEY
to bid at the
Farm Sales
$1,000,000 has been set aside for rural residents this fall.
$1,000 or less for anyone who can use it. Special terms.
Reasonable cost. See us for cash anytime. And when you
go to buy implements or whatever you need, ask your
dealer for The City Loan plan. It's made to order for you.
THE CITY LOAN
ana Guaranty Company
118 High St. Phone 3663 Hamilton, Ohio
O E S A O V E O I O
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS
pie, displaying such heroic virtues and
unshakable fortitude under such de
vastating circumstances, cannot be de
stroyed—even by those master de
stroyers of the human race, the Ger
mans. Their dikes may be pierced and
their factories demolished their ma
chinery carried away and broad acres
of their once fertile soil rendered
sterile for years to come, but they will
be as strong and brave in l'ebuilding
their country and its prosperity as
they are now, in these days of readly
visitation.
That great task of reconstruction,
perhaps from the very bottom up
wards, must sooner or later begin.
When they set to that task, the Dutch,
knowing that their future life de
pends upon its accomplishments, will
put all their strength and energy, all
their courage and patience in it. They
will need no pity the one thing they
will then be in need of, is tools.
Give them the tools, and they will
do the job. The earlier they get them,
the better they will do it. They will
need the tools of machinery and the
tools with which to rescue their dying
acres.
And they will need the tools with
which to revitalize their perishing
bodies, the indispensable tools of
nourishment and health. For though
their spirits be strong and undaunted,
their bodies are undermined by hun
ger, want and cold, and may well be
come exhausted.
Their deliverance may be a matter
of another few weeks it may, on the
other hand, be a matter of many win
ter months which count double for
deadly want and privation. When it
comes, may the tools come in its
wake: the tools of labor and the tools
with which to rebuild bodily strength
and health.—B.
THE
CHERRY TREE
Where with ear Little Hatchet we toll
the troth aheut Many things, saaethaes
prefsnndly, seatetiaies llppaatly, saaie
times recklessly.
Now that the election is over more
and more attention will go to the over
all question of what will people buy
when there are things to buy and how
fast will factories begin making these
things.
There shouldn't be a lot of pressure
to get out of making war tools. The
public should not clamor for civilian
commodities as long as there is the
slightest need for the making of im
plements of war.
But people do not do always as they
should do nor can one very well set
himself up in judgment over another.
People do want new things and they
will buy them as soon as things are
there to buy. They will, moreover,
urge that things to buy be made as
soon as possible.
Manufacturers, too, urge hasty re
conversion so that they may get back
into the field of private business
quickly and start before competitors
grab too much.
It must be obvious that some re
conversion has taken place. More is
in process.
But it is surely to be hoped that we
do not too quickly cease making the
tools of war, because no war is over
until the enemy stops fighting.
Today the average family has more
money than ever to spend—and a great
stored-up appetite for buying. Almost
anything will sell today.
Families will go first for refrigera
tors, ranges, electric irons—and cars
as soon as they are to be had.
The pent-up wish for homes is
enormous and there, too, the money
will flow as soon as materials and
men are available.
But there are some things about
which buyers ought to go slow, if they
can. Refrigerators built a year later
will be better. Ditto with ranges. And
homes designed a year later will be
better and different. About such
1 lings wait, if you can.
In these months that have
we have* heard much about jobs—the
"ifs" about jobs.
There will be jobs. But there may
be a lot of re-location of workers.
Many war industries will demobilize,
all or in part, or their work forces.
Men and women will move. But they
will move to jobs.
Never has there been such a back
log of money in the pockets of the
average American.
This is money that will go headlong
into the market to buy and that can
tide over and pay fare to the old home
town, or some other town.
More ready money is stacked up in
the loans that will be available to dis
charged service men—loans for farms
and for homes and for businesses.
Taken all together, there is an en
ormous amount of money to j?gyr hark
into circulation.
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Some of this money will be blown
in to little purpose. Most of it will
go for useful and usable things—and
for travel, which surely does spread
money around.
When Germany is finished, the big
swing-over to civilian things will get
under way. But it may be a year from
now before a lot of things get to the
retailer for you.
The danger period will come, not
with the end of the war, but perhaps
five years afater that, when the back
log is gone.
The time to create a more near
ly perfect economy, to prevent a
down-swing, is when the up-swing
is on, in the flush and lush period
after the war with Germany ends.
We shall still have a tough Pacific
war to fight and win, but we will do
well to put some attention on the
building of an economy that will not
run down at the heel when there is no
artificial stimulant, like war, to keep
it going. That's something to think
about, beginning now.—CMW.
Legal Status Of FBI
Raids Before Federal Court
New York City (ILNS).—If an FBI
man ransacks a house without a war
rant should charges be filed in state
or federal courts, was the question
before the Federal Court of Appeals
in San Francisco recently in a case in
volving raids on the homes of "Man
kind United" workers in Los Angeles.
Judge Ralph E. Jenney of the Los
Angeles District Court had held that
the case belonged to the state courts.
The "Mankind United" members, rep
resented privately by A. L. Wirin of
the Southern California Branch of
the American Civil Liberties Union,
contended that the case belonged in
the federal courts.
The "Mankind United" associates,
charged with "sedition," said that the
FBI searched their homes without
search warrants while they were un
der arrest, and that many documents
were carried away by the agents. The
legal question involves a ruling by
Judge Jenney that a suit for damages
for unlawful searchers does not raise
a federal question, even though the
officers charged are federal agents.
Thanksgiving Work Asked
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Chair
man J. A. Krug of the War Produc
tion Board called for a full work sche
dule in all war plants on Thanksgiv
ing Day and the Thanksgiving week
end.
Devine Public Sale
James Devine will hold a public
sale on the farm, located on the Beis
singer road, 4 miles north of Hamil
ton, Tuesday, November 21st, begin
ning at 11 o'clock a. m. Two good
work horses, 45 head of extra good
Jersey cattle and farm implements
will be offered for sale. Harry Honer
law, will be the auctioneer and Oscar
Johns will act as clerk.
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AFL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS
Pictured above are the members of the AFL Executive Council who will report to the Conven
tion Nov. 20 on the big issuer lading the nation.
Union Head Sees
Permanent FEPC Deterrent
To Racial Conflict
New York City (ILNS).-^Citing
the assertion by Leo Cherne, in his
book, "The Rest of Your Life," that
"increased tension, discrimination and
intolerance are inevitable in a post
war America suffering from unem
ployment," A Philip Randolph, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, AFL, declares that a per
manent Fair Employment Practice
Commission is "the only legislation
which can sharply decrease race con
flict when reconversion gets under
way." Randolph's statement is con
tained in a letter to the Workers De
fense League Bulletin.
Randolph declares believers in fair
play for racial minorities can pass the
permanent FEPC bill by insisting on
approval of the bill in Congress. He
urges the following action:
1. Wire or write your two Senators
and Representatives, urging them to
support the bill without amendment
as to coverage and enforcement.
2. Secure similar action from your
church, union, lodge, social club,—and
your friends and neighbors, too.
You may glean knowledge by read
ing, but you must separate the wheat
from the chaff by thinking.
RATION TABLE
SUGAR
Stamps 30, 31, 32 and 33 (Book 4)
valad for five pounds indefinitely
stamp 40 (Book 4) valid for five
pounds for home canning through
next February.
SHOES
"Anrplane" stamps 1, 2, and 3,
(Book 3) are good indefinitely.
CANNED GOODS
Blue stamps A-8 through Z-8, and
A-5 through W-5 (Book 4) are valid
indefinitely. Worth 10 points each.
MEATS
Red stamps A-8 through Z-8 (Book
4) and A-5 through P-5 are valid in
definitely. Worth 10 points.
TIRES
Tires of commercial vehicles must
be inspected every six months or
every 5,000 miles, whichever is first.
Passenger tire inspections are re
quired only when applying for tire re
placements. Inspection records must
be retained for use when tire or sup
plemental gasoline applications are
made.
GASOLINE
A Coupon 13—Valid for 4 gallons
through December 21. B-4, B-5, C-4
and C-5 stamps are good for 5 gal
lons each until used.
VILLAGE GARDENS
100% Union House
Central At South Avenue
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32$ South Second Street
VFW State Commander
Hails Labor's Record
Portland, Ore.—Strong support of
labor's war record was given by State
Commander Peter Frederickson of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in the de
partment's official publication, "The
American Veteran." He wrote:
"The principle behind the VFW and
union labor is the same—namely, to
organize for the purpose of securing
by unified strength rights and condi
tions which we could never secure as
individuals."
Criticizing attempts to "smear" la
bor for wartime strikes, he declared
that "a careful analysis would show
that many of them were the direct re
sult of actions by the employing com
panies."
"We of the VFW have refused to
damn the entire labor movement be
cause of a few isolated instances of
abuse," he said.
"Money may be the husk of many
things, but not the kernel. It brings
you food, but not appetite medicine,
but not health acquaintances, but not
friends servants, but not faithful
ness days of joy, but not peace and
happiness."
There is a big difference between
blazing away and blazing a way.
Mileage rationing records must be
retained and forwarded to the board
with supplemental gasoline applica
tions.
R-l and R-2 non-highway-use cou
pons ai-e good for 5 gallons each and
E-l and E-2 non-highway-use coupons
for 1 gallon each until invalidated.
FUEL OIL
Periods 4 and 5 coupons are valid
through August 31,1945. Period 1 cou
pon of 1944-45 heating season is valid
indefinitely. All coupons have 10-gal
lon unit value, with most coupons
worth several units each.
All change-making and reserve cou
pons are now good.
LIQUOR
Current period expires Nov. 18,
with whisky and domestic gins as the
only spirits rationed
USED FATS
Each pound of waste fat is good
for two meat-ration points.
A man rushed into the newepaper
office and demanded to see the editor.
"Sir," he cried as he walked around
the room, "your paper has libeled me.
You have called me the lightweight
champion."
"But that is true," returned the
editor. "You are Mr. Fightwell,. aren't
you
"Yes, yes," cried the other, "but it's
my brother who is the boxer. I'm a
coal merchant."
Edgar K. Wagner
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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