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Show PAGE TWO PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940 ? ' i i i in I'fiiMn mm m an rfrjjMrtiB Ul TM "BUM M if n yf:.vv tfcrouth all tfea land" T I.llvarty Aflarnvoa (EseaptlBi Satardar aaa Bnndar) vaday Herald Publtahrd Randajr Horolni rablUbad tor ta Herald Corporation. t South Fir Wait titreet. I'rov. Utah. Entered ft second elaaa matte at the ponotriea la Proe, L'tah, andrr the act of Hut , Jt7. Oilman. N'tevi Rathmaa, National Advertumc rapre-HDItllvu. rapre-HDItllvu. New York, fan rnnrlKH, Pevrolt. Bofton, lxx Antrelra. Clilrajo Member United Preaa. N. E. A. S-rYlca. EJItora' Kxehasce, the hrrippe l.eeue of Naa-apapera and Audit Bureaa ai Circulation. Subscription term by carrier Id Utah count?, to cent the month, tt 0 for all month la advance; .7a the rear, fn advance; by mU la eoanty. II 00; outelde county the year fn idrtnce, IteraJd will o aaa me financial reapwnalblllty for any error which M appear ta adTertleementa puhlahe4 to Ha eoiamna I tBoa utatancaa wkara Uva paper la at fault, it will reprint taat em a ua mt.h-. IM ty porrap nicaj mmaaa oera. All Together, Now Pull! , Speculation about the American defense effort may now be put aside. We have the verdict of the man best qualified to know. And his verdict is "Not good enough." William S. Knudsen, production member of the Defense Commission, has made, so to speak, his report on the first six rnonths of the arms production program. And his considered verdict is that, particularly in the vital field of airplane production, pro-duction, we have fallen 30 per cent short of the goal. The basic reason for this shortcoming, Knudsen says, is that industry and labor, "the two most important elements," have not been "sold" on thr; gravity of the situation. -m Knudsen lielieves that there are certain fields in which the only way a marked and immediate increase in production can be shown is by working six or seven days a week! instead of five. When such specific situations are uncovered, it should be done. There are plants not yet working three shifts which can be placed on this basis. Every situation is its own problem, with varying degrees of urgency and vary-:ng vary-:ng degrees of unused productive capacity- It seems certain that more centralized power must be established to iron out quickly specific kinks in the production line.- This does not mean that all social gains of shorter hours and better conditions must be thrown down the drain at once. But the power to increase the pressure at certain points where the bottlenecks are narrow must be granted soon. The situation has become such that unused capacity can no longer be tolerated. Knudsen is dead right when he says that the public generally is 100 per cent behind the defense effort. And he is right again when he says that "the only way to get this program going is to get a concerted effort and a co-operative effort an incentive fired with the spirit of sacrifice from evervbodv from the bench to the manager's desk." Knudsen hit is again when he said that our problem is to 'prove that a free people are capable of self-discipline and of productive work superior to that of a dictator's subjects. It is not too much to sav that the whole future of free government hangs on what the United States is able to accomplish ac-complish dunng the next six months. We believe that the American people are prepared to make any required sacrifices sacri-fices to win through on this front, provided that the sacrifices sacri-fices are evenly distributed. - The armament effort is the joint effort of all the American Ameri-can people, not of classes or groups. It is for their joint safety as a people. Th.ey have never failed before to do what was necessary to be done- They will not fail today. On the Tax Trail The ever-sharpening hunt for more tax money is now blowing its hot breath on the back of the neck of property long considered as tax-exempt because it belongs to religious, relig-ious, educational or charitable institutions. Such exemption i a matter of state action. States are tightening up. The North Carolina Supreme Court, for instance, in-stance, has ruled that property owned by an institution must . be used for institutional nurposes to be exempt, from taxes. The National Association of Assessing, Officers has noted the trend toward such tfehtening-up, citing properties as valuable as the Chrysler Building in New York, which belongs be-longs to Cooper Union and escapes taxes as a result. Such tendencies in times of higher government costs are inevitable and thev suggest that in coming years assessors and legislatures will have a job cut out for them to make rulings that will be alike just to the general taxpayer and those who have become accustomed to a privileged position. Funny Business v L (Si i 1 C'wn io by hi srovicr me -Hey, Joe, wotta ya say we quit an' call it a clothes dryer?" 11 V7Q fD 1 ' .V mm . auaaiiil this mm PGGII ELEQTDI3 -lfi North University Avenue Phone 418 OUT OUR WAY By Williarn? V it V .... v V""' V L ' MO SACaCASTlCS MOW, NJO CRJT1CI5MS--I WOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE. STUFF IM SUCH PLACES. IF I D!DNJT UVE IM 5UCH A NOSEY FAMILY ... . A. ' ta I IZ. V 1 -t- - . M. KEG. U. 6. Fl. Of cc. imv nr. 6f icf. Use. m-' mm-,. 1 7 SilSS " " WHV MOTHERS GET CRAy fmi,-. - 7M3- nwmw z?2h mmn a A h - id mm ' Z-23 Wasliingtcn Itlerry-Go-Rbund (Continued FroiC' I'iige Dne) the cabinet in a Democratic administration, ad-ministration, naturally is a regular regu-lar attendant at the Jackson Day Dinner every January. To attend at-tend this dinner in Washington it is necessary to pay $100. which poes to the Democratic deficit. Since some members of the party cannot raise $100 at one stroke. $25 deposited in cash is sufficient to reserve a seat, and they can pay the $75 balance later. This, apparently, is what Miss Perkins has been doing. Qn the day of the dinner last January, she sent her $25 to the Democratic national committee. However, committee officials, checking their books, were forced to call up the secretary of labor and inform in-form her that she had paid onlv $25 for 1939, and owed them $75 on last year's dinner. Furthermore, they . told Miss Perkins, as politely as they could, she could not attend this year unless un-less the $75 were forthcoming. So the secretary of labor sent her check for $50 This, added to the $25 sent earlier in the day, made $75. But again the Democratic national na-tional committee had to call Miss PerVjns back and inform her that while the dinner bill for 1939 was now paid in full, she still had to pay $25 in order to secure her place for 1940. Miss Perkins protested pro-tested a bit at this, but finally sent round her third check, this time for an additional $25. Up until recently Miss Perkins had not paid the $75 balance still due the committee for 1940, and officials are wondering whether Miss Perkins will be on deck again for the dinner next nonth. Note Miss Perkins contributed $300 to the Roosevelt campaign fund during the recent election, explaining that she would give more later. But she never did. UTAH VERSE Contribution to thin column should lm sent to Mrs. Anna 1. Redd, 107li Kust Center freet. KncloHO htajiip for return of iiiaaiiNcript. . , . CIUU ST IS ISOKN One silver star, a bright and glowing flame, ' Above a stable where a baby lay, Hung low to light the dark and lonely way Of shepeid3 as they left their flocks and came Across the Judean Plains to Bethlehem. An Angel from above had come to them From out the brightly lighted sky to say, "Fear not for unto you is born this day A Savior Who is Christ your Lord and King ? They found him in a humble manger bed; There was no other place to lay his head. Too young to know the joy His life would bring, Our Lord and Savior came upon the earth While Angels sang hosanna to His birth. (Took first prize in the Christmas Dixonion for 193G) , -DONNA MAE, JENSEN Provo, Utah I NEW JOBS FOR OLD i The approaching third term will bring with it a number of important job shifts. Some have already been decided; others are still being mulled over by the president. Here are some of them being considered: Robert Patterson, Assistant Secretary of War, for promotion to the newly created post of under secretary of war. John J. McCloy, prominent New York attorney and old friend of Secretary Henry Stimson, may step into Patterson's place as assistant as-sistant secretary of war. Donald Nelson, Procuremeit Director, may be made a member of the defense commission to do the much-needed job of coordinating coordin-ating the defense program. ' Senator Sherman Mlnfmi. dA. feated Indiana New Dealer, to be named a White House secreta ly to act as Roosevelt's liaison man with congress. This has lonf hnpn a weak snot in the White House staff. ( Paul McNutt, Federal Security Administrator, to succeed Jose- DhUS Daniels ni Amhassnrtni- fn Mexico when he retires.. Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior, to takA McNutt's present post. Oscar Ewins-. New Vnrlr Hnr. ney, close friend of McNutt and assistant of Democratic National Chairman Ed. Flvnn. to be marto the paid executive director of the nauonai committee. Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., liberal member of the famous North Carolina tobacco family, to ruc-ceed ruc-ceed Oliver Quayle, Farley intimate, inti-mate, when he steps out of national na-tional treasurer. Charles Michelson. veteran nn chief of the national committee, lu reure ana De succeeded by Ulric Bell, brilliant, hard - hitting Washington correspondent of The Louisville Courier-Journal. . ! ANNE LINDBERGH SPEAKS by Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, in favor of sending food to Nazi-occupied Nazi-occupied Europe. She will talk at 6:45 EST over an NBC network. net-work. - Their retlcense is even more remarkable re-markable in view of the-faet that this will be ' Mrs. Lindbergh's first appearance on the air, although al-though she is credited with being the brains behind the pro-appeasement radio talks of her flyer-husband. ' Mrs. Lindbergh is the author of "The Wave of the Future." This is the book which never once uses the word "democracy" and which is rapidly becoming the Bible of the appeasement groups. Her Christmas Eve broadcast for feeding Europe is under the auspices of the Friends Service Committee. (Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.). Woman Greeted On 80th Birthday " V a. i' I Ulll clll- fornia-on the west. New York Citv .r u i nr. . . . " me cdM, wasningion, u. J, for the central part of the U. S. came telegrams and letters of congratulations congratu-lations to Mrs. Hilma Hales Simpson, Simp-son, whose friends and relatives gathered Thursday afternoon at the Third ward L. D. S. chapel Industry Wage Rates May Be Tied to Lumber Price Cranium Crackers I 1910 IN THE U. S. A. I Here are five general questions j dealing with some of the biggest news stories of the nation in the past year. How many can you answer. ans-wer. -. 1. . '?l'';v -"f- ;'- ' '! ;"- 1. The 1940 census revealed sizable gains in the nation's population. popu-lation. Can you tell approximately approximate-ly what the population was revealed reveal-ed to be ? 2. What is the "rule of thumb" as applied to the defense pro-grom pro-grom ? 3. Who is Marc de Tristian, Jr.? Why was his name in headlines during 1940? " . ; 4. Who drew the first number in the selective service lottery in Washington? What was the number? num-ber? . 5. How many states did President Presi-dent Roosevelt carry in the November No-vember . election? Approximately Approximate-ly how great was his popular majority? ma-jority? ) Answers on Page Eight BY BRUCE CATTON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 There never was a stranger last act to a strike than the transcontinental telephone conference which ended the troublous northwest coast lumber strike. The strike had dragged on for weeks, and peace was being restored re-stored by degrees. A formula was finally worked out for a 5-cent-per-hour pay raise and vacations with pay, and the struck mills were brought into line one by one. It at last got to a point where 12 strike-closed mills in Tacoma remained. These strikers were willing to settle provided a settlement could ao be reached at two logging log-ging camps back in the hills. The loggers had walked out more or less In sympathy with the Tacoma mill hands, and the mill workers insisted they wouldn't sign until the loggers wero taken care of. Chief trouble was that the heads of the two logging camps were out of town and couldn't be located. 4-WAY HOOKUP It developed, then, that one of them L. T. Murray, president of the West Fork Logging Co. was in New York, attending the convention con-vention of the National Manufacturers Manu-facturers Association. Learning this, Conciliation Commissioner Com-missioner John Steelman of the Labor Department explained the situation to E. D. Bransome, president presi-dent of the Vanadium Corporation Corpora-tion of America, and industrial representative on the labor advisory ad-visory staff of the Defense Commission. Com-mission. Bransome hunted up Murray Mur-ray in New York, told him what was up, and sold him on Steel-man's Steel-man's idea for a long-distance conference. con-ference. Next day a four-way. telephone hook-up was arranged. Steelman got on the phone in Washing-, ton. Murray picked up his phone in his New York hotel. On separate separ-ate phones in Seattle were E. P. Marsh, Sleelman's west coast representative, rep-resentative, and Earl Hartley, president of the Puget Sound district dis-trict Council of the United Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Carpenters and Joiners. These four men talked for 50 minutes, at an approximate cost to Uncle Sam of just about $100. When they got through, they were in agreement. Murray accepted ac-cepted the 5-cent raise, and in lieu of paid vacations which just aren't feasible in logging camps offered a furtfier increase in pay to make up the difference. This in turn satisfied Hartley, who agreed that the remaining logging log-ging camp could be taken care of later. Result was that the last of the struck mills reopened next day. NEW IDEA FOR WAGE CHANGES ' Steelman is elated by the settlement set-tlement for more reasons than one. First, he is tickled by the way industry-, labor and the defense commission worked together to-gether "It was really Bransome who made the conference possible." he remarks and second, he sees possibilities of vast importance in one clause of the agreement which ended the strike. This clause, in brief., says that there will be further negotiations concerning wapea next March, by which time a special study of conditions con-ditions in the Douglas fir industry indus-try is to be completed by Dexter Keezer, president of Reed College. Dr. Keezer is to make this study for the workers and employ ers together, assisted by experts supplied by Dr. Isadore Lubin of the Labor department. The hope is that it will be possible to tie wage rate3 in 1 the industry in with the price of lumber in such a way that the worker can automatically automa-tically get his share of price increases, in-creases, and pay his .share in the form of reductions down toward to-ward a basic, agreed-on minimum) when hard times come and prices go down. If this can be worked out, there is a chance for enduring peace in the northwest lumrx-r industry. Democratic Group Elect Officers SPANISH FORK Mrs. Kath-ryn Kath-ryn Williams was elected president of the Democratic Ladies Study , group, at a recent meeting. She Succeeds Mrs. Malcolm Green who ha.s served the past two years. ! Other officers and committee chairmen elected include, Mrs. Cora McKell. vice president; Mrs. Jenevieve Williams, secretary arid treasurer; Nelda Christensen and ;Mrs. Helen Partington, music dill di-ll ectors; Mrs. Elsie ICeele, organ-list; organ-list; Mrs. Milda Bingham, parliamentarian; parlia-mentarian; Mrs. Lorin Olsen, 'chaplain, Mrs. Blanche Tadd, Democratic Digest; Mrs. Lyle jCreer, sergeant-at-arms. Mrs. Ida J Hone, publicity chairman. The meeting was held at the home of iMrs. A. O. Ellett with President 'Neva Green in charge. The ladies !of the Leland district were host esses at the meeting. Tn.1918, England's national war expenditure amounted to $35,000,-000 $35,000,-000 a day. Springville Sets Budget Hearing SPRING VILLE There will be a hearing on Springville proposed budget for the coming year, at a special meeting of the city council coun-cil in the city hall at 7:30 p. m., Monday, announces City Recorder William Bringhurst. The public is invited to attend. f w m m m n t ! KIT . i ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U UUULO b At a treacherous time like this, with contagious colds all around you, what you do today may save you . and your family a lot of sickness, worry and trouble later. Follow these simple rules of health: Live normally. Avoid excesses. Eat simple food. Drink plenty of water. Keep elimination regular. Take some exercise daily preferably outdoors. Get plenty of rest and sleep. Then use these two time-tested treatments when needed. AT THE FIRST SNIFFIE, SNEEZE OR SIGN OF NASAL IRRITATION . . . put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril right away. This helps to prevent many colds from developing, develop-ing, because Va-tro-nol is expressly designed to help Nature's own defenses against colds. (If a head cold causes stuffiness, you'll find tliat a few drops of Va-tro-nol helps clear the clogging mucus and makes breathing freer and easier.) IF A CHEST COLD OR COUCHING COLO DEVELOPS (some colds pet by all precautions) pre-cautions) depend on Vicks VapoRub to relieve miseries. Rub VapoRub on throat, chest and back and cover : with a warmed cloth. VapoRub acts to bring relief 2 ways at once. It stimulates surface of chest and back like a warming poultice. At the same time it releases helpful medicinal vapors that are breatlied direct into the irritated air passages. Both Va-tro-nol and VapoRub have been tested through years of use in millions of homes. When you use these two medicines you are not experimenting, you are not taking needless chances. Remember: If the condition of the cold fails to respond quickly to treatment or if more serious trouble is indicated call your family physician right away. In the meantime be prepared! Get a bottle of Vicks Va-tro-nol and a jar of Vicks VapoRub today have them handy, ready to use. (Adv.) to honor her eightieth birthday anniversary. During the afternoon 112 friends called. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Eva Simmons, Sim-mons, Mrs. Fred Stevenson and Grace Hayward. A beautiful birthday birth-day cake trimmed in roses was the gift of a daughter, Mrs. Evan Simmons. Radio publicity men have been uncommonly slow about announcing announc-ing thwt the Christmas Eve airwaves air-waves will be featured by a talk B it a u 1 I u m J? m m X'' a 'r a at Enjoy- THE HOLIDAYS MORE IN FRESH CLEANED CLOTHES 3 n n a ts P. ? n i .7 ;.i u I TT li a m 'it If you want to look your best for the festive fes-tive season rahead (and who doesn't?) you better send them to Madsen's and have them cleaned and renewed and made to look like new. Just Phone 473 Madsen Cleaners '" : ' i 'r "e'J "v v v"1- mJr o-- -Q o m-J . -" v. V ( m OELIUEO YOUR 6SFTS Free Packaging and Delivering We make it easy to buy your gifts at any of our stores. Just make your selection and instruct us vhat credit arrangements you wish. 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