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Editorials and Comment
LAFOLLETTE OVERLOOKS
SOME MAJOR FACTORS
Senators Robert M. LaFollette and El
mer Thomas want to extend social secur
ity, collective bargaining and all other
industrial labor benefits to workers in
what they call the “industrialized farm
ing’’ industries. These would include
practically all agricultural enterprise in
Imperial county.
The two senators, dignified as a senate
committee on which the other members
did not take part in the agricultural
hearings and so did not concur in the La-
Fol lette-Thomas recommendations, issued
a report which was directly in line with
others under their committee's procedure.
It is not our intention here to discuss the
committee’s experimental theories as ap
plied to social advancement, however,
but only the practical aspects of the
situation.
The committee based its recommenda
tions on the theory that congress exempt
ed agricultural labor from the social se
curity and labor union legislation with
the “farmhand” type of labor in mind,
industrialized farming, the committee
argues, does not partake of the farm hand
variety of labor, with year-round em
ployment, but is extremely transient. So
industrialized farming should he legislat
ed into the same brackets as the heavy
industries, the committee says.
The committee, we believe, is laboring
under a fapse of memory. It was this
very transient nature of a large segment
of agricultural labor which caused con
gress to declare it exempt, if our own
memory serves us correctly. If all farm
labor were of th? farmhand type, social
security and collective bargaining rules
undoubtedly would have been applied at
the time the legislation was under con
sideration.
It is the very transient nature of labor
in industrialized farming which creates
problems that cannot be met under exist
ing laws which apply to heavy industry
with a fairly stable year-round employ
ment.
YOU CANNOT FIT ONE
THEORY TO ALL FACTS
What the LaFollette committee wants
to do is to remodel industrial agriculture
to fit existing laws. That is obviously
impossible.
In a melon season such as imperial
valley has, for instance, there is not time
for such collective bargaining confer
ences as sometimes require six months
or a year in the heavy industries.
In the valley’s farming fields, it would
require a back-breaking staff of book
keepers to maintain up-to-the-minute so
cial security records on the hundreds of
employes who come and go many times
a year.
As we said before, we do not intend to
discuss whether social security and col
lective bargaining should be extended to
industrialized agriculture. What we do
want to point out is that, if these benefits
are to be achieved at all, they cannot be
achieved by cramming agriculture into
a pre-conceived form which does not fit
its operations.
Agriculture, even industrialized agri
culture, is a thing apart, with problems
found no place else. The same rules
that apply in automobile making and
plane manufacture cannot apply in agri
culture, no matter what kind it is.
If LaFollette and his kind are to achieve
their objectives, they’re going to have to
clear their minds of preconceived notions
and start by studying agriculture first,
and social legislation second. If they
do that, perhaps the legislation then can
be made to fit the needs it is intended to
fit.
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orials are presented as interesting opin
ions voiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
THROW HIM OUT
(San Bernardino Sun)
On the occasion of the order for his
deportation. Harry Bridges issued an
amazing statement.
What is in the mind of this alien who
sought to promote the cause of commun
ism in this country, it is not difficult to
comprehend from the reading of Bridges’
statement.
He said:
“The International Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s union, of which 1 am
president, will continue its all out war
effort in spite of this decision.
“I am urging all union men and women
to redouble their fight against Hitler to
make up for the damage Caused by this
decision.
“I am confident the millions of workers,
who always have supported me, will re
spond in this way.”
What Harry Bridges is saying is that
if it were not for his appeals the union
men and women of the United States
would sabotage the war effort because
of their resentment of the attorney gen
eral’s order of deportation.
That is the mental attitude of the man
who supported an organization that ad
vocated the overthrow of this government
by violence.
Millions of union men and women who
are giving patriotic support to the war
program will not approve of Bridges’
intimation that their future conduct will
depend upon what happens to his depor
tation case.
Nor will they agree with his declara
tion that there has been a slow down in
war work because of the decision in his
case. Just reread the lines: “I am urging
all union men and women to redouble
their fight against Hitler to make up
for the damage caused by this decision."
Bridges is saying that those union mem
bers who slowed up their work must re
double their efforts in order to make up
the damage or the lost time caused by
the decision.
So Bridges thinks that the outcome of
the war may depend upon whether he
remains in the United States or is thrown
out on his ear. He is pretty good for an
alien.
The union men and women whom he
represents in such a statement should join
in the decision to throw him out.
A BOX FULL OF MISERY
(Marysville Appeal-Democrat)
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Germany is storing to the full a Pan
dora’s box that will some day release its
contents to bring misery to its own peo
ple. The recent addition to its contents
is the black ferocity with which ven
geance has been meted out in reprisal
for the assassination of Heydrich, includ
ing. in latest reports, massacre of the
male population of an entire village.
The Hitler brand of cruelty has not
been confined to any one country. All of
the occupied lands have felt it, although
it probably reached a climax in Poland.
Utter ruthlessness may inspire terror
and keep captive people under subjection,
but it also creates hatreds so deep that
treaties of peace will not obliterate them.
When Germany is conquered its great
est menace will not come from the Unit
ed States, or even Russia, although it is
to be hoped the allies will march into
Berlin before they stop. The real dan
ger to Germany will come from the peo
ples now suppressed, who will rise, with
murder in their hearts, to repay their
debt in coin of lead.
Responsible authority, including our
own nation, will have a task to prevent a
bloody reign of terror. One way to curb
and perhaps prevent it is to promise
punishment of the German leaders.
IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS, EL CENTRO, CALIF.
Axis
Claims
Victory
LONDON, June 16—(UP)—Italy
and Germany joined today in claims
of a major victory in a naval-aerial
attack on two big British convoys
in the Mediterranean, but Italy ad
mitted that one of its heavy cruis
ers was sunk, and an unidentified
“unit" and two destroyers were
damaged.
Italian radios claimed that Ital
ian battleships had joined in an ac
tion which constituted "what is al
most certainly the greatest air
naval battle of the war." and said
that about 30 Allied ships had been
sunk or damaged, the damage in
cluding hits on a British battle
ship and two British aircraft car
riers.
BERLIN S CLAIMS
Berlin asserted that a German
submarine had sunk a British
cruiser and damaged a steamship in
an attack on a convoy, consisting
of cruisers, destroyers and trans
ports. in the eastern Mediterranean.
The Italian high command, slight
ly less excited than the Italian
radios, mentioned no Italian battle
ships as having been in the actions
but said two of its light cruisers
and five destroyers had won a big
victory in a ferocious attack on one
giant British formation.
The Italian command also said
that the engagement had ended
last night.
The British admiralty refused to
comment on the Axis claims and it
was said that until the engagement
had been ended finally, and ships
in convoys had arrived at their des
tinations, it was unlikely to issue
a communique. In the past, ad
miralty communiques have com
pletely exploded Italian claims.
SUBS SIGHT PREY
Today the Italian command, fol
lowing up claims of yesterday, said
Italian submarines had sighted a
big British convoy as soon as it
left Gibraltar and had torpedoed
and sunk two British “units."
At dawn Monday, it was said, two
Italian light cruisers and five de
stroyers “violently" attacked the
convoy as it steamed toward Malta,
and "beat it into retreat” even
though it was escorted by two cruis
ers and 12 destroyers.
In close range fighting, the com
munique said, an Allied cruiser blew
up and sank under concentrated
fire from the Italian cruisers Eu
genio di Savoia and Raimondo
Mcntecucccli, and two Italian de
stroyers were “gravely" damaged.
ATTACK CONTINUES
The communique said that an
"additional" Allied cruiser and a de
stroyer were damaged by Italian de
stroyers.
Thereafter the Italian navy con
tinued its attack throughout the
day, sinking a second destroyer,
sinking four merchantmen and set
ting fire to a tanker, it was re
lated.
A second convoy from Alexandria,
Egypt, was attacked by bomber and
torpedo planes, the communique
said, and one destroyer was sunk
and “seven other large units" hit.
"An Italian heavy cruiser was
lost when hit by an aerial torpedo
and later by an under water tor
pedo," the communique confessed.
It said that another Italian “unit”
was hit but "could reach base," and
that a large part of its crew were
saved.
The communique reported 25 Al
lied planes shot down in the east
ern Mediterranean and another 19
shot down yesterday. It reported
a total Italian loss of four planes.
New Air Front in
Europe Reported
ANKARA. Turkey. June 16. 'UP*
—Vichy French sources reported to
day that big Allied planes had been
bombing Axis targets in southeast
ern Europe for several weeks be
fore four United States army bomb
ing planes landed in Turkey Friday.
Informants asserted that the raids
had been made intermittently but
that the Allies had remained silent
regarding them, and the Axis com
mands in turn had decided to say
nothing.
Allied military sources said there
was but one clear point regarding
the United States plane raid—that
there were plenty more big new
United States bombers where the
four which landed in Turkey had
been based.
They said the bases would be kept
secret in order to keep the Axis
guessing.
Opinion here was still that the
American planes had bombed the
Rumanian oil felds from Middle
Eastern bases and military sources
said the attack—or attacks—meant
the opening of a new aerial front
which might force the Germans to
spread their air force still thinner.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTIC E TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to
all creditors of and all persons
having claims against the Peoples
Finance and Thrift Company of
Imperial Valley, a corporation, that
within four months after the first
publication of this notice that they
file their said claim with the nec
essary vouchers in the office of
said corporation, located at 759
Main Street, in the City of El Cen
tro, California, whether such claims
or demands be due or not yet due
or contingent or unliquidated or
sounding only in damages.
All creditors and claimants fail
ing to make and present claims
and proof within the time herein
above specified shall be barred
from participation in any distribu
tion of the general assets of said
corporation.
Dated, El Centro, California, this
25th day of May. 1942
PEOPLES FINANCE AND
THRIFT COMPANY OF
IMPERIAL VALLEY
BY L J. GOREE, JR.
Secretary
(,No, 22) J2-9-IG)
Aleutian Battle Raging
WASHINGTON. June 16 (UP'
A third great naval-air battle in
the Pacific within six weeks is in
progress today off the Aleutian
Islands.
American airmen—both Army and
Navy already have damaged at
least six Japanese vessels, maybe
seven, and sunk another. One of
the damaged vessels was an air
craft carrier
The battle apparently has been
going on intermittently since Jap
anese bombers attacked the naval
base at Dutch Harbor on June 3
Japs Gain Control
Of Vital Railway
In South China
CHUNGKING. June 16—(UP)
The Japanese have gained control
of ’ all the 400-mile Chekiang-
Kiangsi railway except an 80-mile
middle section between Yingtun and
Shanghai, but Chinese demolition
made the road virtually useless, a
spokesman said today.
He said the destruction was so
thorough that the Japanese had
been unable to utilize any of the
railroad they have recently taken
over.
"Rails have been moved away,
road beds torn up and bridges blown
up," the spokesman said.
JAPS ADVANCING
The Japanese, he revealed, have
concentrated 150.000 men in a pin
cers movement from the east and
west.
He acknowledged that the Japa
nese were advancing steadily, but
said Yingtun and Shangjao still
were in Chinese hands.
"We are calmly resisting the
enemy's pincer movement accord
ing to prearranged plans," the
spokesman said.
Against the Chinese infantrymen,
the Japanese were sending two
plane-supported columns, attempt
ing to crack the Chinese hold on
the Nanchang-Hangchow railway's
vital middle section.
From Chekiang province, virtual
ly overrun by the Japanese, one
enemy column estimated at 100,000
men was pressing westward at Chi
nese positions around Shangjao.
about 50 miles inside Kiangsi pro
vince.
The second column of possibly
50,000 men was driving southeast
ward against Yingtun, 80 miles
from Nanchang.
The most heavily bombed points
in eastern China since the Ameri
■ can raid on Tokyo and other Jap
anese cities have been Shangjao
and Yushan. Yushan, near the
Kiangsi-Chekiang border, has fall
en to the Japanese.
German Offensive
Expected By Reds
MOSCOW. June 16. (UP)—A new
German offensive by at least 500,000
men, with every plane and piece of
mechanized equipment they can
muster, was believed imminent to
day on the Kharkov front, where
the Russians knocked out 180 tanks
yesterday.
Fierce fighting still raged at the
Crimean port of Sevastopol, and
last night's Soviet communique in
dicated that fighting of major pro
portions had been resumed on the
Kalinin front, northwest of Mos
cow.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
No. 20065
SUMMONS
Harry W. Horton and George R.
Kirk. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff,
Vs.
ED CALLENDAR and JANE DOE
CALENDAR, his wife, WILLIAM W.
SCHONE and JANE DOE SCHONE,
his wife. ETHEL S. McARTHUR,
SECURITY FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF LOS ANGELES, a Na
tional Banking Association, as Trus
tee, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA SEND GREET
INGS TO Ed Callcndar and .lane
Doe Callcndar, his wife, William W.
Schone and Jane Doc Schone, his
wife. Ethel S. McArthur, Security
First National Bank of Los Angeles,
a National Banking Association, as
Trustee, Equitable California Hold
ing Corporation, a corporation, Suc
cessor to Thorne-Hill Investment
Company, a corporation, R. M.
Howland and Jane Doe Howland,
his wife, Charles A. Clark, W. A.
Saunders. David H. Bradley, John
Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Roc, John
Doe Company, a corporation, Rich
ard Roc Company, a co-partner
ship, J. Doc, as Executor of the
Estate of R. Roe, Deceased and J.
Doe, as Administrator of the Es
tate of R. Roe, Deceased, Defend
ants.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
plaint in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on you of
this Summons—if served within this
county; or within thirty days if
served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the said plaintiff
will take judgment for any money
or damages in the com
plaint, as arising upon contract, or
it will apply to the Court for any
other relief demanded in the Com
plaint.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Superior Court of the
County of Imperial. State of Cali
fornia this 16th day of September,
1941.
w. J. McClelland,
County Clerk.
By CITHA LAMSON,
Deputy Clerk.
(SEAL)
No (J) (Al4-21-2H; M -
Vi-W-W, J3-9-W
Admiral Ernest J. King said on
June 7 that a battle was going on
in that area but that the situation
was obscure. Last week the Jap
anese landed on one of the Aleutian
Islands.
REPORTS CONFUSED
Only fragmentary reports on the
Aleutian area have been released
British Back Up
On Desert Front
CAIRO. June 16. (UP)—The Brit
ish have abandoned coastal El Gaza
la. the westernmost point and north
ern anchor of their original Libyan
desert line. : .nC are concentrating
now on the defense of Tobruk,
famed city siege 40 miles to the
east, it was revealed today.
A Middle East headquarters com
munique said Lieut. Gen. Neil M.
Ritchie had withdrawn his forces
! from positions south of El Gazala,
| frustrating an Axis attempt to split
1 the British aflny and isolate troops
I remaining in the exposed coastal
sector west of Tobruk.
It said the withdrawal was ac
complished under the cover of a
“magnificent fight" by Imperial
troops holding threatened positions
around Acroma. 13 miles southwest
of Tobruk.
The communique did not. clarify
the present status of the Acroma
stronghold toward which Col. Gen.
Erwin Rommel’s desert tank army
was reported driving in an attempt
to cut the vital coastal road stretch
ing 4o miles west from Tobruk to
El Gazala.
(Berlin radio, quoting a special
Italian communique, said Rommel’s
forces broke through the British
defenses at Acroma and reached the
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and they are confused now by dif
ferent versions by the Army and
Navy of the damage inflicted on
the enemy.
The Navy version Army and
Navy airmen have damaged at least
three cruisers, one destroyer, one
gunboat and one transport, "some
of them severely.”
coast, 10 miles to the north, thus
spliting the British army.)
The British first armored division
beat off "determined" enemy attacks
throughout Sunday, the communique
said, enabling Ritchie to withdraw
his first South African division and
50th British division from their El
Gazala positions.
"General Ritchie has completed
new dispositions of his forces," it
added.
Sea Water Sales
Lead to Trouble
SAN FRANCISCO. June 16. (UP)
Michael Lee, 65, Alameda, must
pay a SI,OOO fine and spend five
years on probation for selling sea
water for .S2O a gallon.
Lee manufactured ‘‘Merlek" which
was supposed to cure “all the ills to
which the human race is heir.” He
testified that the process of manu
facturing the product, which has
earned him a net income of $30,000
a year, and the apparatus used in
its manufacture came to him in a
dream.
TUESDAY, .JUNE Ifi, 1912
The Army version Lieut. Gen.
Henry H Arnold, air corps chief,
said' in a telegram to the Glenn
L. Martin Co., aircraft manufac
turers, that Army medium bombers
attacked the Japanese task force
in the Aleutians three times, sink
ing a cruiser and scoring three
torpedo hits on an aircraft carrier.
VERSIONS UNCLARIFIED
There was no attempt as yet by
either the Army or Navy to recon
cile these two versions, but a Navy
spokesman, commenting on Ar
nold's message, slid the full extent
of the Navy <Vrivrtment's "ac
curate information” to this time
was contained in its communique.
There was a possibility that the
sunken cruiser Arnold referred to
was one of those reported damaged
by the Navy.
Despite the confusion and lack
of information, these things stand
out in a recapitulation of official
statements on the Aleutian action:
There has been no specific men
tion to date by the Navy depart
ment of any American surface ves
sels in the Aleutian area: all action
reported thus far has been by air
craft
The Japanese force in the north
Pacific is a big one—probably far
greater than the public has been
elven reason to suspect It was re
called that Admiral King recently
said that the Japanese were not in
the habit of sending a "boy on a
man's job.”.