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Roosevelt Bars
U. S. Worker
Commissions
Enlistments Also Out;
New Manpower Plan
To Protect War Plants
President Roosevelt today temporarily
banned enlistments or
commissioning of Government
employes following the rush of
Federal workers to get into the
service on the heels of his Tuesday
order excluding Government
employment as a basis for draft
deferment.
The Chief Executive told his press
conference that many Federal employes
In Washington are really essential
on their present jobs and
should stay where they are instead
of going into uniform.
The process of finding out who is
essential to the Government may
take two or three months, he explained.
In the meantime the President
has directed the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy not
to enlist or commission any present
Government employes without
approval of the head of their
agency.
Mere Uniformity Sought.
The President also disclosed he
expects to announce soon a new
national manpower setup to extend
the orderly process of getting men
into uniform to workers in all industries.
The new set-up, he said, would
prevent the drafting or the enlisting
of persons out of munitions plants
where they hold essential jobs and
are irreplaceable.
Declaring it was now difficult to
get any uniformity in classification
of essential workers through thousands
of local draft boards, Mr.
Roosevelt said the new arrangement
would provide for more uniformity,
perhaps by arranging for factory
managers to designate irreplaceable
men to their draft boards before
cases reach the appeal stage.
Not Enough Consultation.
He said he believed the management
element could provide a partial
solution to the problem of uniformity.
There is not enough consultation
with factories now, the
President asserted.
Although he expects the new
manpower organization to go into
action soon, the President said he
could not say finally yet whether
legislation would be required. He
added, however, that he did not believe
much legislation would be necessary
in the beginning at least.
It is still an open question, he
said, whether contemplated registration
of women to determine how
many are available for w-ar jobs will
be compulsory or voluntary.
The President maae public his
memorandum to Secretary Stimson
and Secretary Knox, which explained
that through exceptions to
his blanket order against the deferment
of Federal workers solely because
of their Government employment
he hoped “to make sure that
no one who is really irreplacable
shall be separated from an essential
position.”
Arsenals, Navy Yard Covered.
“This should be an orderly process,
carried through in the regular way
by the selective service system,” he
added in the memorandum. “It
should not be done by the haphazard
enlisting or commission of
people now in the Government
service.”
All Government departments and
agencies will be given opportunity
“to present applications for exemptions
to the blanket order,” the
President said. He explained that
these applications will be submitted
to him and “passed upon by my
representative.”
It was his intention in the November
17 memorandum only to exclude
Federal employment as basis for deferment
as such, Mr. Roosevelt
added, leaving the other grounds for
deferment untouched.
While the process of determining
just what men in Government work
are essential is underway, the President
w'rote Mr. Stimson and Mr.
Knox they should see to it that present
Government employes who have
been deferred are not enlisted or
given commissions without release
by the head of their agency. This
applies to employes in Army arsenals
and Navy yards as well as to regular
civilian employes of the Government,
he explained.
Cite* Draft Board Differences.
Asked at his press conference to give
an example of an essential job in a
war plant, the President said persons
who had accompanied him on his
recent inspection swing around the
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-4.)
Busy Coast Town Doctors
Deliver Babies in Offices
Bt the Aisoeiated pres*.
BREMERTON, Wash., Nov. 20.—
Medical service and hospital facilitiei
at this Navy Yard ciiy have
become so limited, that some doctors
are delivering babies at their offices
and sending the mothers home the
next day, the Kitsap County Health
Department reports.
Even at the 109-bed Bremerton
Hospital, Health Officer Russel H.
Wilson said, mothers usually go
home within four or five days after
child birth.
In an effort to alleviate the situation
the department has established
classes for pregnant women, where
they learn in detail matters of diet
and prenatal care which their overworked
physicians can give only in
the sketchiest fashion.
Allies Throw Back
TanksinTunisia
By the Associated Press.
Allied advance elements
were reported today by the
War Department to have
driven back enemy mechanized
columns in Tunisia while
British and American heavy
bombers successfully attacked
airfields at Bizerte and Tunis.
The War Department issued
this communique, No. 244:
“North Africa:
“1. There were engagements
between enemy mechanized
columns and Allied
advance elements in Tunisia
as a result of which the enemy
was driven back. United
States and French units have
participated with the British
1st Army In these preliminary
actions.
“2. Royal Air Force bombers
and United States Army B-47
heavy bombers of the 12th Air
Force have successfully attacked
the airfield at Bizerte
and Tunis. In bombing and
strafing attacks on our forces
between Bone and the Tunisian
border on November 18,
four enemy aircraft were shot
down by anti-aircraft Are
and five by Royal Air Force
fighters. Six RAF aircrafts
are missing.
“3. The French North African
Commission has published
the following: There is
granted full and entire amnesty
to all persons who favored
Allied action in Africa.”
Four Children, Woman, 14 Men
Afloat 19 Days on Raft
By the Associated Press.
AN EAST COAST PORT, Nov.
20.—A story of four children, a
woman missionary and 14 men afloat
on* a raft in the Caribbean for 19
days after their ship had been sunk
by a submarine in late summer was
told here recently by a group of 11
crewmen returning to their homes.
Joseph W. Greenwell of Pulaski,
Tenn., first assistant engineer on
the sunken ship, said that because
of the hardships suffered by the
survivors, many of the details had
been fogged in their memories. He
said the captain of the vessel and
a naval gunner died while on the
raft.
A previous story of the sinking
was released by the Navy Department
on October 26.
Greenwell said they were attacked
in broad daylight, but that the
raider had remained undetected until
two torpedoes crashed into the
ship and ripped her wide open. The
vessel turned over quickly and sank
within a minute.
Four rafts floated free, and the
survivors who had been swept from
the decks climbed on them.
Two of the children, a girl of 7
and a boy of 14, lost both their
parents in the sinking. The boy
said the parents had been missioni
(See SINKING, Page 2-X.) j
Cardinals Get $6,192
As Player Shares
In World Series
Yankees Draw $3,351;
First Division Team
Members Receive Slice
Bs the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—Winning the
World Series was worth $0,192.53 to!
each member of the St, Louis Car- J
dinals voted a full share of cash, ]
Commissioner K. M. Landis reported
today in an official recheck of the
distribution of series receipts. Each
New' York Yankee received $3,351.77.
Approximately 10 per cent was given j
each player in War bonds.
Here's how the players’ pool of
$427,579.41 was divided, showing
each team's total and the value of
a full share for each player (all firstdivision
teams share World Series
receipts!:
Team Player
share. share.
Cards .$179,583.35 $6,192.53
Yankees. 119,722.24 3,351.77
Dodgers _ 32,068.46 858.61
Red SOX. 32,068.45 1,040.28
Giants _ 21,378.97 686.42
Browns ..._ 21,378.97 712.64
Reds ...* 10,689.48 356.32
Indians.. 10,689.48 334.05
SPARS Is New Name
Picked for Women
In Coast Guard
“SPARS” is the new name
for the prospective women’s
reserve of the Coast Guard, vice
Admiral R. R. Waeshe, commandant,
announced today.
SPARS stands for “Semper
Paratus-Always Ready,” and
was suggested as a name by
Lt. Dorothy C. Stratton, who is
slated to be director of the
new unit. The earlier name of
WARCOGS has been discarded.
Completion of 4,000
War Housing Units
Seen by July, 1943
ADA Project's Should
Be Occupied by That
Time, Planners Say
(Earlier Story on Page B-l.)
Federal planners revealed today
that the District Alley
Dwelling Authority’s program of |
4,000 housing units for war
workers should be fully completed
and occupied by July 1,
1943.
Of this number, it was disclosed,
3,200 units are of the demountable
type and 800 others are permanent
structures undertaken by the ADA
before the war. Many of the latter
are now occupied.
A general study of war housing
needs is being made by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission.
which also today approved
plans of the ADA to utilize available
sites along the Fort drive for temporary
housing.
Limitations Studied.
The Planning Commission initiated
a new study to determine limitations
in the city for the construction
of new private residents. This
need was brought about by the recent
order of the War Production
Board, which holds up building materials
generally for new construction.
The Planning Commission indicated
that a study is being made of
“preferred areas” where further
construction would not conflict with
restrictions on critical materials and
where the areas would be convenient
to places of Government employment.
No specific areas were mentioned
by the commission at this
time.
John Nolen, jr., director of planning,
disclosed that the commission
is making an extensive survey in.cooperation
with District officials leading
up to the possible construction
of under-ground air raid shelters in
the city. J
Late News Bulletins
5 Killed, 10 Trapped When Factory Roof Falls
WELLAND, Ontario W*>.—Five men were killed, 29 were
injured and 10 men were believed trapped in the wreckage
of a building which collapsed today at the plant of the Atlas
Steel Co.
Seven Killed in Army Bomber Crash
DAYTON, Ohio <£*).—An Army medium bomber crashed
near Versailles, about 40 miles northwest of here, today killing
seven occupants, Wright Field Air Force officers reported.
The ship was out of Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Ind., and officers
said identification of victims would have to be made there.
Details of the accident were not reported immediately.
Ecuadorian President in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (/P).—President Carlos Arroyo Del, Rio of
Ecuador and his party arrived here by airplane from Guatemala,
en route to the United States, at 10:31 a.m. (12:31 p.m.,
Eastern war time) today.
Indian Disobedience Leader Taken Into Custody
BOMBAY </p>.—Purshotam Tricumdas, Indian leader who
police said carried on the leadership of the Congress Party’s
civil disobedience campaign after the arrest of Mohandas
Gandhi August 8, was taken into custody today in a suburban
Bombay bungalow. He had grown a beard and dyed his hair.
Nazi Tanks Reported Flown to Bizerte
LONDON <>P).—The Germans have landed reinforcements
at Bizerte, Tunisia, including tanks transported by air, the
Morocco radio a$ Rabat reported tonight.
Organized Foes
Of Gas Rationing
Hit by Jeffers
Rubber Czar Lays
Opposition to
Civic Agencies
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—National
Rubber Director William
H. Jeffers said today that opposition
to Nation-wide gasoline
rationing “is an organized opposition
using funds furnished by
people who should know better.”
"The gasoline rationing in the
East saved rubber,” he told the annual
meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers
of America. "Nation-wide
gasoline rationing, which goes into
effect December 1, is only a means
to an end.
“It will go into effect regardless of
the organized opposition in the
West. That opposition is based on
the theory that there is no shortage
of gasoline in the West.”
Defines Essential Driving.
After his address, which was a
complete departure from his prepared
speech, Mr. Jeffers told newspapermen
he had in mind as “the
opposition group” organizations similar
to Chambers of Commerce and
other “well-meaning civic agencies.”
Mr. Jeffers said there were more
than 6.000,000 farms in the Nation
and asserted that “if we can keep
the men on the farms and keep
our rubber, we can produce food
and get it to market.”
After the needs of the armed services,
Mr. Jeffers continued, rubber
can be used for essential driving.
He defined the latter as “getting j
men to and from your factories, I
doctors and farmers to produce and
market their crops.”
Cites Boom in New York.
He said he did not sympathize1
“with the Nation that we handled
farming once with horses and wagons.”
adding that it would be just
as reasonable to say that New York
City’s transportation problem could
be handled with horses and hansom
cabs as well as with taxicabs.
"We had better take care of our
(See GROCERS. Pagr2-X.)
Two Workmen Killed
In Du Pont Planf Blast
B> the Associated Press.
FAIRCHANCE, Pa., Nov. 20.—An
explosion destroyed a small building
and killed two workmen today at a
plant of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours
<fc Co. near this Southwestern Pennsylvania
community.
Supt. E. I, Brown identified the
victims as Edward Myers and C.
James Edwards. 48, both of Fairchance.
Mrs. Edwards, who had
been ill, collapsed and died upon
learning of her husband's death.
The explosion rocked an area of
several miles and blew windows out
of nearby homes. Agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and
Army officers went to the plant from
Pittsburgh to investigate.
A company spokesman in Wilmington,
Del., estimated damage at
$15,000.
Safety Pin Removed
From Baby's Throat
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.—An
open safety pin was removed from
the throat of a 9-month-old baby
today at Chevalier Jackson Bronchoscopie
Clinic. Physicians said
her condition was fair.
The child, Lorraine Henriquee,
was flown here Wednesday from St.
Andrews, Kingston, Jamaica. She
swallowed the pin while playing
Sunday.
Airline officials estimated the
distance from the West Indies to
Philadelphia via Miami at about
1,800 miles.
NEW GUINEA.—THE GENERAL GETS CLIPPED—Brig. Gen. Hanford McNider, former Assistant
Secretary of War, perched atop this pile of rocks in lieu of a barber chair to get his hair trimmed
by an American soldier at the United States base here.
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Gasoline Rationing
Delay Is Opposed
By Rubber Czar
Legislative Bloc
Seeks 30 to 90 Day
Stay on Dec. 1 Order
Ey the Associated Press.
A spokesman in the Office of
Rubber Administrator William
Jeffers said today the office was
“unalterably opposed” to postponement
of Nation-wide gasoline
rationing as a bi-partisan
congressional block sought a 30
to 90 day stay of the order now
effective December 1.
The spokesman said:
“The Baruch report clearly demonstrated
the necessity of Nationwide
rationing to keep passenger
cars on the road for essential driving.
Any impartial and thorough
study of the situation will arrive
at the same conclusion.”
Representative Johnson. Democrat.
of Oklahoma, chairman of
the congressional caucus of 75 members
and chairman of a special
committee set up by the caucus,
earlier had said it would meet with
Mr. Jeffers tomorrow.
Must Have Coupons.
Inquiry at the Office of Price
Administration as to reports from
Representative Boren. Democrat, of
Oklahoma that hundreds of residents
of Oklahoma were refusing to
register for rationing brought the
reply:
“They just won’t get gasoline or
tires after December 1 if they don’t
have coupon books.”
Members of the congressional
committee expressed the view, in
general, that the only way they could
get a delay was by persuasion, rather
than compulsion, because the December
l deadline was so near.
Representative Hope, Republican,
of Kansas, a member of a special
committee formed to gain a delay in
the order through legislation, expressed
belief that a further study
(See GASOLINE, Page" 200
Marching is tough on generals, too. Here Gen. McNider had
to pause to give first aid to a pair of sore and aching feet after
a trek through the rugged country of New Guinea.
—A. P. Wirephotos.
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 (JP).—
Stocks firm: leaders resume upturn.
Bonds irregular: leaders
narrow. Cotton quiet; mill buying
and hedge selling.
CHICAGO. — Wheat higher;
small-scale mill buying. Corn
about steady; fair shipping business.
Hogs slow; 15-25 lower;
practical top, $13.70; load, $13.85.
Cattle, cows predominated and
sold at steady prices.
OFFICIALS INSPECT ROOKIE MOTORCYCLE SCHOOL—While Commissioner J, Russell Young
(left) watches, Maj. Edward J. Kelly, superintendent of Metropolitan Police, rides in the sidecar
of the motorcycle driven by Sergt. Anthony Richitt, instructor of the rookie motorcycle school.
The sergeant is showing his chiefs what rookie policemen must learn when it comes to handling
a machine with a sidecar in bad weather. —Star Staff Photo.
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Green Brands NLRB
Complaint on Kaiser
As 'Axis Victory'
AFL Head Plans Fight
In Congress to Oust
'Unfair Administrators'
(Earlier Story on Page B-10.)
By the Associated Press.
President William Green of
the American Federation of Labor
today said that the “action
of the National Labor Relations
Board in issuing a complaint
against three Henry J. Kaiser
shipyards on the West Coast is
the outstanding Axis victory of
the month.”
He said the AFL would fight any
interruption in war production, and
if necessary would request Congress
to enact legislation which “will
throw the present incompetent, unfair
and unrealistic administrators
of the National Labor Relations act
out of office."
Mr. Green issued a formal statement
on the NLRB order for hearings
to start at Portland, Ore., December
14 on charges brought by
the CIO marine and shipbuilding
workers and William King, an individual,
that three Kaiser shipyards
had made illegal closed shop
contracts with AFL unions. < The
NLRB complaint, and an unusual
accompanying statement, said AFL
contracts were signed for the yards
when only a very small fraction of
the workers now employed in them
had been engaged for work.
Hails Kaiser as Employer.
Mr. Green said in part:
“Henry J. Kaiser is unquestionably
one of the most decent employers
in America. * » •
“Now the National Labor Relations
Board accuses Mr. Kaiser of
unfair labor practices and threatens
(See KAISER. Page 2-X )
Naval Victory
Followed by
Land Drive
Eastern U. S. Flank
Saved; Planes Sink
Foe's Cargo Ships
About half of approximately
1,500 Japanese troop reinforcements
who landed near Tetere on
Guadalcanal during the night of
November 2 have been killed, and
the remainder dispersed into the
jungle, the Navy announced in
a communique today.
Tetere is a point on the northern
part of Guadalcanal about 11 miles
east of the Japanese-built, but currently
American - held Henderson
Airfield. It is about three miles
farther east than Koli Point, which
with Tetere have been the scenes of
Japanese landings within the last
few weeks.
The Navy communique, which
brought this news of the virtual
wiping out of this new invasion
force, also said that a group of Army
Boeing Flying Fortresses attacked
Japanese cargo ships in the Buin
area at the southeastern end of .
Bougainville Island in the Solomon
group on November 18. Two hits
were scored at this time and 10 Zero fighters
and two float byplanes were
shot down.
Cargo Ships Attacked. *
On the same day a group of Army
Martin Marauders also attacked the
cargo vessels in the same area and
shot down two additional Zeroes.
The land action east of the Airport
is in the locality where the Japanese
have repeatedly tried to build up reinforcements
that eventually would
overwhelm our forces and retake the
airport. The action announced today,
in Communique 180, indicates
our forces have followed up the
naval action of the last week with a
complete land clash that has annihilated
or driven away the newest
Japanese landing force.
Text of Announcement.
South Pacific (all dates are East
Longitude!:
1. On November 18:
(A! A group of Army “Flying
Fortresses” attacked Japanese cargo
vessels in the Buin area at the
southeastern end of Bougainville
Island in the Solomon group. Two
hits were scored and 10 Zero fighters
and two “float” biplanes were
shot down.
<B> A group of Army “marauders”
also attacked the cargo vessels
in this same area. Two Zeros were
shot down.
2. It is now estimated that about
1.500 Japanese troop reinforcements
were landed near Tetere during the
night of November 2-3 as announced
in Navy Department Communique
No. 180. About half of these enemy
troops have since been killed and
the remainder have been dispersed
into the jungle.
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Torpedo Survivors Land
The Navy announced today that
survivors have now been landed at
a United States East Coast port „
from a medium-sized United States
merchant vessel which was toroedoed
and sunk by an enemy subma- „
rine in the mid-Atlantic during the
latter part of September.
President Feels
Dec. 7 Should Be
Day of Silence
' President Roosevelt feels that December
7 “should be observed as a
day of silence in remembrance of a
great infamy,” the White House announced
today.
The announcement said the President
will not take any official notice
of the anniversary of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor, although
he does not believe his attitude
need interfere with any programs
arranged under private auspices.
The White House explanation of
the President's feelings about December
7 was issued in a formal
statement shortly after Mr. Roosevelt
conferred with Elmer Davis, director
of the Office of War Information.
He told a press conference
earlier today he was going to discuss
the matter with Mr. Davis before
answering any questions about
how he would observe the day.
The text of the White House statement
follows:
“The President will not deliver an
address on December 7, nor take any
official notice of that anniversary.
The President does not feel that
this attitude on the part of the Govjrnment
need interfere with the carrying
out of any programs already
arranged under private auspices.
But in so far as notice of December
7 by the President is concerned, he
feels that it should be observed as
a day of silence in remembrance of
a great infamy.”
Late Races
(Entries, Earlier Results, Page Z-X.)
Bowie
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $1,000; claiming:
3-year-olds and up. H« miles.
Chaldon Heath (Tmaro) 7.60 3.80 2 80
Over (Cllngman) 7.40 4 10
Rough Pass (Mora) 4 an
Time. 1:36 Bu
Glno50 ran—KeT Rin*' Rodln and Blua
Rockingham Park
SIXTH RACE—Purse. $800: claiming"
3-year-olds and upward; 1miles.
Plying 811ver (Turnbull) 8.20 4 40 3 on
Pl»mini High (Daniels) 4.40 3 oft
Miss High Hat (Austin) U 6 60
Time. 1:49Sj.
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