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People with their faces in neutral, who sit in cigar store windows all day weaving (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) TRANSLATING FIGURES, INTO ACTUALITIES IN A NEWSPAPER heading I saw the, for these days, insignificant figure of 11 "billion dollars. The billion I passed over as of no consequence to me and as something I Washington, D. C. WARY You can write it down GRAVY-TRAINE- R that Secre- tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard is going to be very chary about usveto power the ing that gravy-trai- n farm lobby voted him in the price control bill. He knows that the White House is still sputtering over his unauthorized endorsement of this lobby scheme at a crucial moment in the senate fight over the legislation. Also, that if he attempts to exercise the power he is liable to be slapped down even harder than when he fronted for the Actually, under cover, Wickard has promised in effect to be a good boy. It didnt leak out at the time, but during the secret deliberations of the conference comjoint senate-hous- e mittee on the bill, he wrote the committee a letter repudiating his previous endorsement and saying he didn't want the veto power over farm prices. Wickard wrote this letter under White House pressure. He knew he was in bad and he tried to square himself. But for the administration, the backdown was too late. The damage had been done, for the amendment was in the bill and the lobbys pals on the joint committee were in a powerful position to stand pat. In this final bitter fight, two Alabama Democrats and a Michigan Republican were responsible for the retention of the gravy-trai- n provision They were Sen. John H. Bank-hea- d and Rep. Henry B. Steagall of Alabama, and Rep. Jesse P. Wolcott of Michigan. As the amendment originated hi the senate, under the rules, it was necessary for the house conferees to propose deletion. Steagall, chairman of the house group, publicly makes a great show of being a red But behind hot Administrationite. closed doors of the committee room he adamantly refused to heed Roosevelt's pleas for elimination of the lobby amendment. Backed by Wolcott, who fought the vital war bill from the start, and with Bankhead running interference in the senate group, Steagall forced the retention of the provision. Note: The administrations fight was made by Sen. Prentiss Brown, Michigan Democrat, and Sen. John Danaher, Connecticut Republican. Another Row. Wickards fronting for the farm lobby in the price control bill isnt the only row hes had on this score with inner administration leaders. The papers are full of stories about a big crop expansion program this year to meet the food needs of U. S. war allies. Frequent press releases issue from the busy publicity staff of the agriculture department about grandiose plans. The real inside is that Wickard didnt get busy on these plans until he was practically ordered to do so by Vice President Henry Wallace as head of the Economic Warfare board. Wallace sent Wickard two sharp letters demanding prompt action to expand crop production and only then did Wickard bestir himself. Certain farm elements are against crop expansion, on the ground that scarcity makes for better prices. Working through politically minded Triple A officials, who have a lot of Influence with Wickard, the kept him on the fence until Wallace jarred him off. Note: Secretly, the AAA politicos also had a lot to do with Wickard's endorsement of the gravy-trai- n amendment in the price bill. The AAAers are jealous of Price Administrator Leon Hendersons authority, want to elbow their way into the war set-u- p as big shots. F.D.R. AXES LEWIS The inside reason why John L. Lewis was not named a member of C.I.O. peace committhe three-ma- n tee was because President Roosevelt personally blocked It. When he and C.I.O. President Phil Murray discussed the counter plan that scuttled Lewis blitz scheme, Roosevelt advised that the new A.F.L. and C.I.O. peace committees be limited to three members each. That would avoid turning the joint committee into a mass meeting, he explained, and also make it easier to keep hostile Lewis out of the picture. If you have too large a committee. Phil, the President added with a smile, you may appoint Lewis. I guess youre right, Mr. President, laughed Murray. Note: Lewis intimates say he would not have accepted appointment to the committee if it had been offered him. GENERAL MARSHALL You weren't seeing things if you saw the news picture of Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, attired in the uniform of an air corps officer. It was him all right and he had on an air corps uniform. Marshall is not a flier. He is an infantryman. But outside of the air corps, he is the flyingest officer in the army. Whenever possible Marshall always travels by air and is an authority on planes and aerial tactics. sea-bor- Forming One of the Worlds Smallest Island Groups, About 150 Miles Southwest of Italys Toe Enough Vitamins For All in U. S. And Attacked Over 200 Times. Just Eat the Right Food Despite the continual pounding by the Nazi air force during the past six months, Malta still remains to fight back as one of Britains important naval bases. This hot spot of the Mediterranean ocean, lying athwart sea lanes between Gibraltar and Suez, the and Africa, has been called the most bombed spot Europe on earth. News of United States army and navy forces fighting on the other side of the world from Malta have dwarfed in significance the daily reports of bombing raids at this Mediterranean base. Military authorities, though, seem to think that Hitler will marshal all his military might for a knockout blow here. criss-crossi- And You Have Them. ng ar The Multa islands form one of the worlds smallest island groups. ern fortifications of Malta are closeMade up of three islands, an islet, ly guarded secrets, its general deand a rock, it covers a total area fensive strength long has been recof only about 122 square miles. The title island of Malta itself, whose Grand Harbor of Valletta is big enough to accommodate the entire British fleet, is less than 100 square miles in extent Geography Makes History. Yet these Mediterranean stepping stones have figured in history and legend since before the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked on their shores. The Maltese say that Ulysses came Phoethis way. Ancient nicians founded on Malta's deeply indented coasts useful pots from which to base their trade and exploration activities in the western Mediterranean. The Carthaginians moved in six centuries before Christ, followed by the conquering Romans. Greeks, Saracens, Normans, and Spaniards all had a hand in the rule of the strategic Mediterranean islands and left a share in its mixed heritage of blood and culture. It was under the Maltese Cross of the reigning Knights of St. John, however, that Malta saw its most colorful and romantic period. For nearly 300 years this Crusading Order upheld its rich and feudal aristocracy of casUe, church, and fortress. In the famous battle against the Turks in 1565, the besieged Knights, with 10,000 followers, turned back some 50,000 would-b- e invaders. On Napoleons Path. Napoleon was one of the conquerors of Malta. On his way to Egypt in 1798, he took the islands from the declining Knights as an easy prize. Soon afterward, following an uprising against the French which was assisted by the British fleet, they were annexed by Great Britain, and finally were awarded that country in 1814 by the congress of Vienna. During World War I, Malta again became an important place name in international annals. It was not only a leading base of Allied military operations but also a hospital and recuperation center. The entry of Italy into the present war saw the island among the first enemy objectives. In six months the Maltese capital of Valletta suffered more than 200 air raids. It is only 58 miles south of Sicily, according to the National Geographic society. While the intricacies of the mod sea-goin- g The United MINNEAPOLIS. States, unlike Europe and Japan, is richly supplied with all the vitamins necessary for health, vigor and morale; Americans need only eat the right foods in order to get them. campaign Japan, after an in food producfor tion, is still a desperately undernourished nation. German research has been driven to the limit to improvise ersatz foods and to find new sources of necessary vitamins. Britain is importing vitamin concentrates and vitamin-ric- h foods from the United States. Reports filtering out of the occupied countries indicate that deficiency diseases there are already widespread. But in the United States, vitaminbearing foods are abundant and many are still cheap, a study by the Northwestern National Life Insurance company says. Americans can practically eliminate danger of vitamin deficiencies merely by eating enough of the simpler foods, and by getting enough sunshine. or other Milk, and whole-whewhole-grai- n breads and cereals, contain between them practically the entire list of needed vitamins and minerals, and in ample quantities except in the cases of vitamins A, C, G, and D. Inexpensive green and yellow vegetables furnish the extra A, C, and G. Sunshine will furnish the D, except in the case of growing children, who need a little extra in the form of fish liver oils or other D concentrates. Prevent Eye Trouble Epidemics. The expansion of our already vast dairy production is being pushed so as to take care of our armed forces, build reserve stocks for army and navy bases, and meet lease-lenrequirements, without too great a reduction in the domestic supply. We have an enormous reserve of wheat in storage. Now available to the many who prefer white flour is the new "enriched kind, which approximates many of the values of whole wheat or graham flour. There has been some worry over the growing scarcity of vitamin A concentrates. Chief source is cod liver oil, and trade with Norway, our major source of supply, was cut off early in the present war. Butter is another important source of vitamin A; Denmark exported practically all her dairy products during the last World war and suffered epidemics of eye troubles and blindness as a result. Germanys The old castles and fortresses were reported reinforced; and secret anchorages and submarine bases set up in outlying inlets. Like Gibraltar, Malta has innumerbatterable coast and shelters and ies, bomb-proo- f galleries where men, munitions, food, and water supplies may be stored. Beneath the islands surface, a network of ancient underground passages and catacombs also is reported now put into service as part of the defense and fortifications system. Although its status as a vital British base carries the wartime penalty .of enemy attack, Malta, in peace, enjoys the economic advantages of heavy payrolls there for workers and soldiers. The islands (which must support a population of nearly 270,000 people) are themselves far from even in normal times. Intensive cultivation gf the thin but ognized. anti-aircra- ft rock-tunnel- nt at d scene in the harbor of Valletta, capital of Englands island of Malta, showing a few of the vessels of the British Mediterranean fleet at anchor. Hidden in the hills in the background are important defense weapons which would make any attempt to take it suicide for any enemy fleet. A er policy resulted in similar epidemics there during the of years preparation for the present conflict However, two carrots will deliver a whole days supply of vitamin A fertile soil provides crops of grain, for one person. So wiU half a cup of vegetables, and fruits, but the sup- cooked kale, turnip tops, spinach or ply is inadequate to meet domestic other greens. A small serving of needs. In one recent prewar year, liver (beef, pork, lamb, or poultry Malta imported nearly $20,000,000 liver) deposits A to last two worth of goods, compared with ex- or three days. enough Apricots and peaches which amounted to less than canned or fresh, are rich ports sources a million and a quarter dollars. So are cantaloupes. Potato and Citrns Crops. In many instances where galvanizTHE ARMY TRIES The German potato crop is the ing has been the standard finish, SUBSTITUTION zinc is being conserved by using backbone of that nations food sup-plthe Nazis have also caused In its campaign to conserve ma- paint, porcelain enamel, synthetic the of great stretches of plantmg terials classified as "critical and enamel, and black japan as the finwild bshes alon8 their railroad the army quartermas- ish. As a base material in a few strategic, , not for ter corps has introduced substitutes quartermaster procurements, zinc is rights-of-wa- y spiritual beau-tbut because the wild rose for 800 articles in the past six being replaced by galvanized iron hips-- the seed part of the plant-h- ave months. or steel. been found to be a rich source of C Critical materials are defined as As a substitute for nickel plating, concentrate. those available in this country but in paint or synthetic enamel is being In this country we have enormous insufficient quantities to meet our widely used and bronze or porcelain 8nd V3St emergency needs, while strategic finishes are being used in place of productin of YT and vegetables. The materials are those which must be monel metal, which contains much other daily grapefruit, orange or tomato nickel. imported. juice is the most enjoyable source y; y. saic vyweigh v this dead-s- i t his na weigh' :took hir extra I out Jed t can ike it 0 Bake K Ibn Saud, king it chatti ! of sometimes gives a in his palace in a large number o served whole, having in giant vessels that tire carcass. much d nicke irk, yea ,e.Itwil much L i b 1 tni nibs th jailed before it was DONTin time. lie Bi first CONSTIPATE In the course of time those small savings accumulated until they amounted to $1,100. While that was wealth undreamed of but a few years before, I could still understand and comprehend it as applied to myself. It meant a on a modest home. Over the years I have learned to realize what 11,000 might mean, but my conception or imagination had not carried me on to 11 million, when millions became obsolete and the talk was only of billions. I cannot visualize one billion, any more than 11, 50 or 100 billions. I cannot imagine what such a sum could be used for. Because I cannot apply it to myself, it is very impersonal and does not mean me in any particular. But when I pause long enough to think a bit seriously, I know that it does. I know that as one of 130 million people, I must assume my share of the 100 and more billion that must be paid by that 130 million people, their children and grandchildren. And my share is something more tHan $1,000, a sum I can visualize. That and more is what either I, or my children or grandchildren must pay. Billions? No, I do not know what they mean. Let us get away from them and talk in terms you and I can understand the sums each of us or our children and grandchildren must pay. If congress would just put appropriations on such a basis, we would know what we are getting in for, and we might call a halt on some of the unnecessary spending. If you have the time these busy days, since most all America is busy, for a little diversion, you could sit down and try to figure out just what your part of the national debt is. down-payme- g. the nam lias the hive week. Even though the United States army and navy fighting forces have been battling far to the other side of the world, and thereby shadowing the importance which Malta (see arrow above) has in its pivotal point in the Mediterranean, this regularly bombed spot is, like Singapore and Gibraltar (other very important British life line links"), constantly on alert orders. This map also shows how almost all important north and south and east and west sea traffic Is within striking distance from this island. On the left edge of the map is shown Gibraltar. South of Malta, in North Africa Libya, is the territory where the Nazi and British have been thrusting and counter-thrustin- up waded ground, while the not all of which could not comprehend, but the 11 stuck as something I could apply to myself. As a small boy, my money was counted in pennies and wealth was figured in what pennies would buy. For 11 pennies I could get 11 penny suckers or 11 sticks of chewing gum, or on the Fourth of July, 11 firecrackers with a louder than normal bang. Then came the early teens, the first girl stage, and money was counted in dimes. With the 11 dimes, I could buy two tickets for the movies, with two ice cream sodas after the show. When working age came along and I found $11 in a pay envelope, I had really arrived at mans estate and could carry "folding money. I could put a bit of it in the bank each lobby. 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