J 1 r 6 y LP c sm DIALOGUE ON POSSIBLE INFLATION demanded Hello hows how's tricks Elmer Twitchell who was paying 18 cents for a cigar that used to cost costa a nickel and addressing Senator Dumm who had just bought a box of headache pills piUs for twice what they cost ost ago Hello Elmer returned the Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator cordially Keeping you pretty busy down in Washington asked Elmer Do you think were we're going to have inI inflation inflation in in- I I HI dont don't think so so said Senator Dumm as he pulled on a pair of gloves worth about which had set him back the day before II How about you Im afraid we may get it in a mild form said Elmer as he hesh sh shifted ted to his other arm a box of new shoes which cost him 1650 as against the 9 he paid for the last pair t They left the drug store and walked down the street together t Theres always a chance of inflation but I feel eel that we will avoid it in America continued the senator By the thc way I think Ill I'll drop in here herc and get a shave They charge 75 cents for it itin itin itin in there said Elmer Theres Theresa a shop further on where you can get one for 60 As I was saying resumed the senator we are spending a alot alot alot lot of money and will we have to be smart to a avoid void inflation but I have every confidence we will do so Here they attempted to cross a street and were knocked back by a milk wagon delivering the same milk for 18 cents a quart that cost only 12 not long ago S We can avoid it if we are constantly constantly constantly con con- on guard I suppose chirped Elmer as h he stopped and paid 15 cents for an apple from a vendor who had once made money by selling selling selling sell sell- ing them for a nickel Other countries did not take proper preventive measures and so inflation engulfed em We Ve are alert I am sure sure argued Senator Dumm as he dodged a barrel of beer being rolled roBed into a cafe where a glass half the size of the old-fashioned old five-cent five schooner would be passed out for 15 I guess this country sees the danger and has taken steps in time agreed Elmer as he stopped to adjust adjust adjust ad ad- just his necktie by his reflection ina in ina a window full fuU of eggs selling a at about eight cents each x S The bartender rang up a check for Of course it may engulf us before beCore we realize it admitted Elmer as they paid and left Yes theres there's always a chance admitted the senator If we had a decrease of 50 per percent percent percent cent in absenteeism in factories we could get 10 per cent greater production production production pro pro- of war needs The largest percentage of absenteeism is in airplane airplane airplane air air- plane shops Much of it is on Mondays Mondays Mon Mon- days and is attributed to Monday morning sickness Donald Donald Nelson The Thc only cure would seem to tobe tobe tobe be an alarm clock which would tou touch h off instead of a bell a record which would scream Hey you fellah In Guadalcanal Guadalcanal Guadal Guadal- canal they work Mondays There is nothing in the book to confirm sta statements by starry-eyed starry vice admirals that one American can lick two Japs and that the war is isas isas isas as good as over Book Book critic of the New Yorker Ol 01 starry eyed Dill Bill alsey as lJ it ta were i iThe i The National Association of Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Res Res- Men has protested the abolition abolition abolition tion of sliced pre bread Having to slice it in restaurant kitchens involves involves in in- waste they say News News item Oh Ob dont don't be bc redick Nobody can slice bread thinner than a restaurant man Except a delicatessen delicatessen delicatessen deli deli- man Ed REJECTION We cant can't adopt th that t Ruml plan plan plan- We want no part of it Because it is so simple that Its It's made a great big hit We must not give it any chance chance- Our verdict must be No No I Because it would work easily And ease the publics public's woe We C cannot pass the Ruml plan Just put it in the file It doesn't complicate a tax In our accustomed style S FURORE Theres terrific excitement in Washington ton said Elmer Twitchell Twit- Twit chell today What about we wc asked Theres a rumor Mr and Mrs Roosevelt are arc going to visit the city he replied i HAD BAD YOU NOTICED IT Stoppage in Dress Industry Likely Like Like- ly ly Headline The length of skirts had caused a widespread belief belie that there had been a stoppage all along