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and Labor Council of Middletown, O.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2,1945
ACCIDENTS ARE PREVENTABLE
About 2% million persons were dis
abled in 1944 because of industrial
injuries, Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins reported in summarizing pre
liminary estimates made by the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics. "This exper
ience marks the end of a continuous
upward trend in work injuries which
began in 1938, and represents a sub
stantial decrease from 1943," she said.
"Injuries in 1944 were nearly 8 per
cent lower than in 1943 and the actual
loss in working time was a least 10
million days less. This is equivalent to
full annual employment for 33,000
workers.
"Here is additional proof that at
tention to unsafe working conditions
and the elimination of unsafe work
practices through adequate instruc
tion and supervision of workers can
bring about marked decreases in work
injuries. During the 4-year period end
ing June 30, 1944, the field safety ex
perts of the U. S. Department of La
bor brought a working knowledge of
industrial safety technique to nearly
30,000 plants engaged in the produc
tion of war materials.
"During 1945 the Department of
Labor will continue to render every
possible assistance to management,
labor and organized safety groups.
Through the consulting service of its
volunteer and full-time field safety
force, through its safety drives for
special industry groups, through its
safety training program, the depart
ment hopes to enable industry to make
the 1945 record another witness to the
fact that accidents can be prevented.
NO HELP TO LABOR DRAFT
Henry L. Stimson has done an ex
cellent job as Secretary of War but
that doesn't necessarily make him an
expert on industrial production and
labor relations. In fact, Secretary
Stimson showed that he was far from
being such an expert when he urged
adoption of national labor service leg
islation, specifically the May-Bailey
bill, in his recent radio address.
Instead of helping the cause for
which he pleaded, he did exactly the
opposite, judging from reactions in
HANDY LOANS
Offices In
aciaoietown
Cincinnati
niBOHAL LOAII
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As nearly a dozen small Dutch vil
lages in the southern part of Limburg
province were recently added to Hol
land's liberated area, each place re
vealed identical examples of terror and
executions carried out by the Germans
during the days of battle.
The story of what went on in the
village of Susteren before its capture
by the allies was told by 3 miners
from near-by Roermond who had been
brought to the town by the enemy
to do forced labor on defense work.
When the Germans were driven from
the villages, these men hid and saved
themselves from the fate that befell
the other inhabitants. Along with the
civilians, the Germans had also ship
ped off to Germany all the horses and
cattle they could lay their hands on in
these villages.
The miners reported that 10 in
habitants of Susteren had been exe
cuted for refusing to work on the de
fense projects, while every made be
tween the ages of 17 and 53 whom the
Nazis could not use for forced labor
in Holland was shipped off to Ger
many. The enemy also carried off all
unmarried women and girls, not only
in Susteren but also in other near-by
communities.
The remaining population was evac
uated to Posterholt, a border town 6
miles from Roermond, where they
were forced to live 4 and 5 families
to a house and on extremely short ra
tions. The 3 miners themselves were
in starving condition when the allied
troops found them. They were almost
the only civilians.
Similar conditions were found in
Echt, where deportations were begun
by the Germans Nov 7, but—unlike
Susteren and Schilberg which are now
little more than collections of rubble
—the pleasant little red brick houses
of Echt are comparatively little dam-
Congress to his plea. Senators and
Representatives declared that he had
failed to give proper credit to the
record-breaking achievement of labor
and management in war production
and intimated thai his talk had
strengthened instead of weakened
their opposition to a labor draft.
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of
Wyoming summed up what seemed to
be the genex-al feeling. by asserting
that the Stimson speech gave "an ut
terly unbalanced impression" of the
war production picture to the soldiers
and their families.
Secretary Stimson urged that un
necessary absenteeism, and labor turn
over could be prevented by service
legislation. If there were sufficiently
heavy penalties for violation, it is
probably true that absences from the
job and quitting would be largely pre
vented. But what of the effect on the
workers' state of mind? If they were
sullen and resently over being held in
virtual labor slavery, would not effic
iency and consequently, production,
suffer severely? There is only one
answer to that question. This is a mat
ter that Mr. Stimson did not touch on
at all, though anyone with the slight
est knowledge of human nature knows
that it is of vital importance.
WHAT NEXT?
To meet adverse weather and trans
portation conditions overseas, machine
gun cartridges now are being "can
ned" in hermetically sealed metal con
tainers, it was announced at the Pi
catinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J. The
"canned bullets," developed by the
Army's Ordnance Department, are
Fmr Personal C/se
Farm folks and town folks all can use
our handy money service to advantage
right now. It's time to pay taxes, old
bills and make your spring plans. You
can arrange a cash loan at once of
$500 or $800, for example. You can
then repay in convenient payments as
your income permits.
Loans to farmers are gladly carried
until after harvest or longer or may
be repaid a little at a time out of milk
checks or other regular income. These
special straight-term loans to farmers
are low in cost, earning a 25% cost
discount. Just ordinary personal secur
ity, the kind 'most everyone has, is all
that's required to get ample cash for
your needs.
Simply phone, write or stop in our
office. Find out without a bit of obli
gation how quick and helpful City
Loan service can be. Carl Sanor, Mgr.
THE CITY LOAN
ma Guaranty ComqMmy
118 High St. Phone 3663 Hamilton
puvcKAss raruront
•10 TO 910,000
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COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS
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aged, and it was learned that 3 em
ergency hospitals full of old people
had remained there until quite re
cently when they were removed to
Vlodrop on the German frontier. Al
though the Germans attempted to
carry off inhabitants of the town, 30
families managed to escape deporta
tion by hiding in cellars and they
came out to greet the allied troops
when Echt was liberated.
Almost a year ago, on Jan. 25, 1944
the Nazis shot 5 of Echt's citizens
for refusing to work on German pro
jects. Twenty more were carried off
to the notorious concentration camp
at Vught in which at the present time
Germans and Dutch Nazis are impris
oned.
Russia will produce still more of
her own vitally needed food this year
due to 20,000 tons of seeds that have
been furnished by the U. S. for Soviet
spring planting. The 20,000 tons of
seeds, largely for vegetable and field
crops, comprise the first half of the
agreed-upon yearly delivery to Rus
sia. The seeds will be used on vast
areas of the recaptured Ukraine reg
ion—hichest Soviet agricultural dis
trict. Very hardy, early maturing vege
table seed has been especially develop
ed to suit stern Ukraine climatic con
ditions.
While large collective farms will
use the bulk of the U. S. seed sent
to Russia, home "Victory Gardens"
will also be grown. In terms of vital
shipping space the saving is enor
mous when seeds cai. be shipped and
grown locally instead of shipping the
foods that the seeds will produce. The
20,000 tons of seeds for Russia will
require the full space of about 2 car
go ships for one trip. Many thousands
of vessels would be required to trans
port the foods that can be produced
from 20,000 tons of seeds.
opened with a key similar to that used
on coffee or sardine cans.
WISDOM
Tolerance is the only real test of
civilization.—Arthur Helps.
McFarland Now
Maintenance Officer
West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 28.
Assignment of Lieutenant Colonel
Jefferson D. McFarland, former own
er-manager of the McFarland Motors,
Inc., as Division Operations Mainten
ance Officer, Headquarters, Caribbean
Division, Air Transport Command,
USAAF, has been announced here by
Colonel Cortlandt S. Johnson, Division
Commander.
Colonel McFarland, who had follow
ed aviation both professionally and as
a hobby some years before the war,
was commissioned a captain in the
Air Corps on April 12, 1942, and was
assigned to the San Bernardino, Cali
fornia Air Depot. In September of
that year he was ordered to Alaska
for service in the Alaska Wing, Air
Transport Command. The following
year he became assistant aircraft
maintenance officer for the Wing at
its headquarters at Edmonton, Al
berta, remaining in this capacity un
til September 1944.
From October 27, 1944 to January
15,1945 Colonel McFarland served in
India with the India-China Division,
Air Transport Command, as an air
craft maintenance officer. His wife,
Mrs. Ethel McFarland, and their two
children reside at 723 Milliken St.,
Hamilton, Ohio.
The Caribbean Division to which
Colonel McFarland now is assigned is
the organization which processed more
than 9,000 tactical airplanes, destined
to the China-Burma-India, Mediter
ranean and European Theatres of Op
eration, during 1944. In addition, more
than ten million pounds of supplies
consigned to the CBI Operations were
dispatched by Continental Bases of
the Division.
Women Strike At Champion
Approximately 175 women em
ployees of the Champion Paper & Fiber
Co. went on strike Tuesday morning
when they learned that the War Labor
Board had refused their request for a
12-cent-an-hour increase in pay.
The walkout is the result of simi
lar action last Friday when 450 left
their jobs for a short time over the
wage dispute. After conferences Fri
day night, a delegation was sent to
Cleveland to confer with the WLB in
an effort to settle the controversy.
Labor Aid For Red Cross
Los Angeles (ILNS).—AFL mem
bers in the Los Angeles area will con
duct a solicitation of funds for the
Red Cross from Feb. 26 to Apr. 1. The
standard of giving will be 6 hours pay
per member which should meet, the
labor goal of $777,600.
POLL TAX GOING
The Georgia state senate has pass
ed a bill to repeal the state poll tax,
recommended by Gov. Arnall.
Rationing At A Glance
Meats, Cheese, Batter, Fats, Canned
Fish, Canned Milk
Red stamps (Book 4) Q-5, R-5 and
S-5 good through March 81 T-5, U-5,
V-5, W-5, and X-5 good through April
28 Y-5, Z-5, A-2, B-2, C-2, and D-2
good through June 2.
Processed Foods
Blue stamps (Book 4) X-5, Y-5, Z-5»
A-2, and B-2 good through March 31
C-2, D-2, E-2, F-2, and G-2 good
through April 28 H-2, J-2, K-2, L-2,
and M-2 good through June 2.
Sugar
Sugar stamp 34 good through Feb
ruary 28 for five pounds stamp 35
good through June 2 for five pounds.
Shoes
Numbers 1,2 and 3 airplane stamps
in Book 3 valid for 1 pair each until
further notice, thirty days in ad
vance. Merchants will positively not
accept loose stamps.
Gasoline
Stamp A-14 valid for 4 gallons
through March 21. B-5, B-6, C-5 and
C-6 valid for 5 gallons until further
notice. Write state and license num
ber on each coupon IMMEDIATELY
upon receipt of book. Mileage ration
ing records must be submitted with
supplemental gasoline applications to
the board.
Tires
Commercial vehicle tires must be
inspected every 6 months or every 5,
000 miles whichever is first. Passen
ger tire inspections are required only
when applying for tire replacements.
Fuel OH
Last season Period 4 and 5 and new
season Period 1, 2 and 3 coupons now
good. Unit value 10 gallons. All
changemaking and reserve coupons
good throughout heating year. Con
sumption in Cincinnati area as of Feb
ruary 1 should not have exceeded 61
per cent of season's ration. Period 4
and 5 valid February 5.
Stoves
Certificates to purchase most heat
ing and cooking stoves that burn oil
or gas must be obtained from local
boards.
Price Information
Obtain price information from the
Price Clerk of your local War Price
and Rationing Board. Report any
overcharges.
WDL Replies to Mrs. F. D. R.
On Compulsory Service Bill
New York City ,ILNS).—Replying
to a statement made by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt at her news conference that
she would like to see a labor draft bill
passed now "only because it would
help us to see what war is like in the
rest of the world," the National Ac
tion Committee of the Workers De
fense League charged Mrs. Roosevelt
with "muddled thinking."
"Using such muddled thinking, we
should have the Army drop some
bombs on our homes as well as on our
democratic liberties in order to find
out what war is really like. Mrs.
Roosevelt is a great American, but
we think she does a disservice to de
mocracy by urging a slave labor bill."
Los Angeles Labor
Assails Peacetime
Military Draft
Los Angeles (ILNS). Because
peacetime military conscription "has
been used repeatedly in Europe as a
weapon against labor," the Los An
geles Central Labor Council has of
ficially denounced the proposal that
peacetime conscription be continued
after the war. The resolution says
that the conscription criticism is bas
ed on the idea that the individual cit
izen is merely a "pawn" in the hands
of unlimited state power.
Bonds
Over America
DEVIL'S TOWER
The first national monument, Dev
il'i Tower in Wyoming, stands as
sturdy emblem to this nation's pole
icy of creating parks for the free
enjoyment of citizens. The purchase
of war Bonds keeps supplied the
fighting forces engaged in protecting
this land of ours and its glories.
More than 20 million years old. the
"lava blister" rises W5 feet above
surrounding terrain. Its diameter
at the base is about 1,000 feet. Sage
brush, ferns and grass flourish on
the summit. Will Rogers and his
wife, natives of the vicinity, climbed
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Graft in Many War Orders,
Congressman Charges
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Rep
resentative Rich of Pennsljr/ania
charged that "downright graft" exists
in the handling of many war contracts,
in testifying before the House Com
mittee on Executive Expenditures.
"This graft occurs in the form of
kickbacks and gratuities paid by sub
contracts in return for work," Rich
said.
The committee is considering a bill
by Chairman Manasco to make such
payments illegal and to provide for
audit by the General Accounting Of
fice of contractors' and subcontractors'
books.
Conscription Declared
'Breeder of Distrust*
Pittsburgh, (ILNS).—The Pitts
burgh Presbytery of the Presbyterian
Church has condemned peacetime con
scription as an "instrument of war"
and breeder of distrust.
"History demonstrates that peace
time military conscription does not
protect any country from unjust at-
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asserted:
"Peacetime conscription would breed
distrust among the nations and would
start another vicious circle of com
petitive armament. It would plunge
our own nation into a course that
could end in militarism which has
plagued Europe.
"Conscription is not an instrument
of good-will but of war. We urge that
every instrument of good-will be used
in accordance with the spirit of the
Prince of Peace, under whose guidance
our nation has thus far been richly
blessed."
HOSPITAL CARS
The Navy Dept. has ordered 50 hos
pital cars from the American Car &
Foundry Co., and the War Dept. has
ordered 50 from the Pullman Co.
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