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Show 1 n I D D a D Pacific Imperialism . .lmost without exceptions Americans Ameri-cans say, truthfully and proudly, that we.xlo not seek any new territory out of, this war. Wayne W. Parrish chal- leriges this assumption in the magazine maga-zine American Aviation', of which he is editor, and discusses a different viewpoint. ; "Why not face the issure frankly?" he asks. "The United States not only should want more territory, but should make no apologies for going out and insisting upon securing that additional addition-al land." Acquisitions urged by Mr. Parrish include every non-American island in the Pacific "as far south as New Zealand and the East Indies," which are vital as air bases for future defense de-fense against attack from the Far East. "There should be no exceptions' says Mr. Parrish, "for he who insists upon compromise in the Pacific has x no understanding of airpower or the . ramifications of world air commerce." Insofar as this argument rests upon commercial ambitions, we do not believe be-lieve that the American people will agree with Mr. Parrish. Right or wrong, we are committed to the thesis that our nation is big enough, rich enough, diversified enough so that we need not seek territorial expansion. ex-pansion. Many would prefer to contract con-tract the area we must defend in time of war, rather than spread out further. But from the military standpoint the situation is different. Already huge long-range aircraft with enormous carrying capacity have brought us too close to peoples who hate our philosophy and covef our riches. We have planes building that make Fortresses and Liberators look like pygmies. It is reasonable to assume as-sume that nations which hate us now, and may continue to dislike us for generations, are not far behind. This war is going to cost dearly before it is won. Another like it might wreck our economy. We are entitled to do anything within reason which might help to assure against repetition. repeti-tion. American possession and fortification forti-fication of unsinkable carriers islands across the Pacific from which we could blast future Japanese aggression ag-gression from its beginning might be invaluable. Are we going to permit japan to keep islands she now is using against us? Or should we take Mr. Parrish's advice and make them American? Trade Names When England was jorced to concentrate con-centrate industry by forcing producers produc-ers of civilian goods to convert to war materiel, she safeguarded valuable trade names. The products of .converted .con-verted factories are made for them by unconverted, plants, so that as little lit-tle as possible shall be lost. When Governor Tugwell took jurisdiction juris-diction over imports to Puerto Rico because of shipping shortages, he promptly eliminated trade names and labels and substituted his own brand marks, which mean nothing as to the contents of the package. Thus manufacturers were deprived of the fruits of their initiative, within $4r. Tugwell's jurisdictiofi. !iln! England winning the war comes .first. Good Example .eptfnited Steelworkers, C. I. O... have .met squarely public demand for urubrt ifinancial responsibility. This organization second largest on the., American labor front has presented pre-sented an independently audited financial, report. - T .r : Initiation costs only $3, dues not rhore thdri $1.50, There are 725325 members. The union's net worth is $1,774,905. Of $3,552,342 collected from members, $947,139 was returned to local units and $2,304,015;spenl for district, and international operations. r This interests the public mildly, the members intensely. It is their money. :They are entitled to an accounting. From the Steelworkers they received cno, - ' ' PROVO (UTAH) 0 oTHE WASHINGTON MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1943 Ideas Develop By P9TER ED SON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent One of the jobs given Elmer Davis's Office of War Information Informa-tion was to determine what the U. 3. people were thinking. Idea of this assignment was obviously to provide some basis for determining deter-mining what war information should be given to the public, correct cor-rect mistaken impressions, reveal information needed to support the war effort, clear up doubts and shape the government's war propaganda for home consumption. consump-tion. To get this picture, there have been a series of continuing studies stud-ies going back to last June. Public Pub-lic opinion surveys were made by Princeton University and University Uni-versity of Denver research organizations organ-izations and some contracts for survey work were let to commercial commer-cial market analysis outfits. For opinions of the war workers, work-ers, tJere were intensive .interviews .inter-views in northern industrial centers. cen-ters. One report on post-war opinion was based on correspondence correspond-ence with newspaper editors, and so on. Interest in post-war problems increased in the United States right after the invasion of North Africa and the military and naval successes in the Pacific. Up to the end of 1942, however, few people were found to have any definite ideas on the subject, other than a general negative hope no more wars, no more depressions, de-pressions, no more revolutions. POST-WAR FEARS There was found to be little doubt that the United States would eventually win the war, but there was a very definite expression of fear fear that the post-war world was going to be terrible, fear of the responsibilities responsibili-ties of having to police the postwar post-war world, fear-that U. S. peacemakers peace-makers would lose the peace, fear of England and Russia, fears that fuller collaboration with other nations would mean lowered tariffs, lowered immigration immigra-tion restrictions, more competition competi-tion from foreign labor resulting in a lowered standard of living in the United States In other words, the basic fear was of post-war unemployment, depression, continuing higher costs of living. People in general seemed to be; interested in world security only after assurance of economic security at home. This point of view found its extreme statement from a vigorous vigor-ous minority advocating American Ameri-can domination of the world. While six of every 10 persons sampled favored U. S. partieipa-f uon in a world organization to maintain peace and the same number favored setting up such an organization before the end of the war, the extremist posi tion or the minority was that of many former isolationists who would now support the world organization only if they could be sure that U. S. would domin ate it. sjc sjt DECLINE OF ISOLATIONISM By December the surveys be gan to show that isolationism no longer spelled security, and few-erxthan few-erxthan 20 per cent were opposed nrmiy to the principle of inter national collaboration. Thinking on post-war subjects was still pretty muddled, however, 40 per cent of the people interviewed having no suggestions whatever on a better post-war world. Pew people were found to believe in free trade, many favored protec tive tariffs, and about 10 ter cent thought America shouldn't trade with any foreign countries at all. A striking discovery was the degree of ignorance on the extent to which alienations and the United States: in particular denended on foreign trade. By January, February end the early part of March, opinion was crystallizing and a few definite ideas were taking shape. Seventy-seven per cent favored complete disarmament of . the enemy and U. S. participation in a world police force. Seventy-eight per cent thought U. S. should continue to feed and! help rehabilitate other countries. even if it meant continuation of rationing at home. Fifty-seven per cent thought that if the United .Nation won the war, U. S. woujd dominate the peace. Seventy-two per cent insisted U. S. should start making plana for post-war full employment now. : . Sixty-two per cent felt the government would exercise more control or business after the war. though , only 3? per cent, felt it snouid. But the whole susblect of nost war planning was still a confused Jumble, of hopejj and fears and repetitions of a lot of the thinking think-ing of the 1920's. Need for clear Statements of post-war, policies ana aims is therefore obvious. There Won't Be Much Room For Isolationists rVTHZ&tlA - BEA PEACEFUL WORLD, ' JyStL UXKS LIKE TVE CiOTTo jCfSS V "PLAY BALL WITH THS J MERRY-G0-R01D Q What can be done if one buys a can of rationed food and find that it is spoiled? A Take it back to the dealer and ask him to exchange it for a can of the some food in jrood condition - or for a can of food with the same point value. Q - American troops recently were reported arriving in Thys-ville. Thys-ville. Where is that? A In the Belgian Congo. American Am-erican troops already have been reported in Leopoldsville, also . in Belgian Congo. Q What' is "fraudulent enlistment" enlist-ment" in the Army? A EnTistmejit by means of wilful misrepresentation or concealment con-cealment as to one's qualifications. Punishment for such offense is at the discretion of a court martial. It T M r: X txri ' By Drew P r lUUy ntlUie OI VVilUlS (Major Robert' Going on in National Affairs Ic if. nd,t' w WASHINGTON The all-important question of the nation's health plus the current shortage of doctors has been the object of some back stage footballing. Meanwhile the Public Health Service warns that we may be in for disease epidemics. worse than those of the last war. Two diseases, tuberculosis and influenza, already are on the upswing in certain areas. To remedy this the PuMic Health Service -is working on a plan for the re-location of doctors doc-tors creating a medical pool, from which doctors would be "drafted" 'and sent to parts of the conutry where they are most needed. However, the American Medical association, which operates a powerful lobby in aWshington, frowns on th;.s plan as a step toward "socialized medicine." They argue that the relocation program pro-gram would brak down state licensing laws. (Their critics claim that actually AMA's state and local units don't want outsiders coming in and competing with local doctors.) Manures for Victory Gardens DR. THOMAS L. MARTIN I cause of the large amounts of Brigham Young University (Fifth in a Series") There are many remarks made now-a-days about the fertility of soil. A fertile soil may become an accomplished fact in a garden gar-den if we gather together all the refuse we can find. Leaves that are raked up this spring wet gxrbage and manure, no matter what the condition, all mixed into the soil, and a small amounu of nitrogen fertilizer added to it, is a very good thing. If, however, how-ever, we have some good manure available such as sheep, cow, horse, or poultry manure,- containing con-taining small amounts of straw, no nitrogen fertilizer will need to be applied. Sheep manure is expensive, ex-pensive, but is very valuable. Poultry manure is good, too, be- plant fqpd it contains, but it is a little hard to handle. If you use poultry manure, be sure it is well mixed with soil. Clay soil reacts well to horse manure and fresh manure. Sandy soils do better with rotted manure and cow and hog manure. If one has access to an old bam or an old cow shed he should go there and scrape up all the old manure he can get hold of. Some people oftimes think that old manure should be burned as a waste. It is not a waste. It has a wonderful influence in improving im-proving the workable conditions of the soil. It also contains many of the rarer elements such as zinc boron and manganese, elements ele-ments which we are finding now to be very stimulating to crop production. So get manure from any source, and of any kind. Use manure at the rate of about 10 tons per acre. If a man is the least bit mathematically inclined, he may calculate how much he will need for his city lot. There are 43560 sq. ft. in an acre. Whatever the size of the city lot, determine the square feet, divide that number into the 43,560, and whatever the quotient is, divide it into the 10 tons of manure required, and one will then know how much manure to apply to his soil. The next article will have to do with the purchase of manure and value' of. each kind. This will serve as a guide to the purchasing pur-chasing of manure. (Sponsored by the agricultural committee, the Provo Chamber of Commerce.) BEGINS COURSE i FAYSON Robert D. .Barney, son of Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Barney of Payson, has arrived at . Kan sas. City State Teachers College for a course of Army Air Force instruction to las 5 approximately live montns. je .will the be, appointed ap-pointed an aviation cadet In the air forces. He is a brother of ' Pilot--Ross Barney, lieutenant -senior grade in uie navy Air corps. T . , i Dy OREN ARNOLD , Copyright, 1943 NEA Service, Inc. SKY HARBOR WEDDING CHAPTER XXIV JORAINE STUART saw Ed Bry an ana .Fat leave tne luncneon table, but she made "no protest. She shifted her lovely, sultry eyes back to Captain Carr. ' "You must understand that I think of you constantly," Jimmy was saying, and his voice had a desperate tone. ".Lorry, you and I why, good grief, Lorry girl, we're like that!" He held two fingers up, side by side. Loraine said nothing. Food on the table went untouched, but she opened her bag for a cigaret. Jim Carr, who didn't smoke but Who usually held a match for her, apparently didn't see the cigaret. at all now. He was that-intent. "Little girl, I'm as serious about this as possible. I won't have you or anybody else imply that I two-time two-time you! I'm not that kind of a heeL Don't you understand?" Lorry squirted smoke out the side. The motion screwed up her pretty lips unprettily, and her eyes were narrowed, watching his. You believe me, don't you, Lorry girl?" Jim begged, low tone. "We we had everything understood. under-stood. Didn't we? . . . Didn't we? . She finally deigned to speak. "What about this Friday person?" Jimmy was struggling harder than ever. "I won't belittle Pat Not in the slightest. Matter of fact, she's swell, but well, look, Lorry, I " .' Thta you still want to marry me. "Lorry! Of course!" "All right. Will you? And if so when? "Why-why -well, look look, you say itl" . Jimmy swallowed, and his eyes were wide now. "You name the date yourself! You're the one, not me! When ever and wherever you sayl He was, like a soldier going to do a duty it. it killed him, and shrewd Loraine Stuart did . not miss that fact.;'. . ;She tamped her cigaret out and "Said, "Tomorrow, at noon Bight uere. .' "H-Here?" She nodded. "There's a cute outdoor chapel right here at the Phoenix Sky Harbor. Where a great many movie stars are married mar-ried after flying over from Hollywood. Holly-wood. A Spanish arch, under palm trees and a climbing pose. Okay, Jimmee?" This had become be-come business-like now. A strictly business contract, arranged by the party of the first part while the second party was willing. "Absolutely!" said Jimmy. "Ab solutely, Loraine!" pAT'S breakdown of sobbing passed in a very few minutes. She wiped her eyes on a huge ker chief, gave it back to its owner and stammered, "T-thanks, Ed. You are so kind." "Do you good, crying a little," said he. "All right now?" "All right. Only I'm ashamed." "Forget that, part. Nobody saw you. Wot even me." "Thanks, Ed." "You wanta eat anything else? Or you wanta go back to that of fice? You better eat! You got to fly in a sky train at 4 o'clock. That ain't but a few hours." "I'll get a malted milk later. And a sandwich. Everything is so horrible now and oh!" He turned to follow her gaze. Jimmy and Loraine were coming out on the terrace, toward them. "It's all right," Ed comforted. "Just don't try to talk for a little while." Loraine, surprisingly to Ed, had all her old verve and sparkle back. She strode toward the canvas can-vas swing -like a 'conqueror, like an imperious7 dress model on a stage, like a woman of absolute purpose and poise. Jim Can's face was set. ' "Well," Ed Bryan began, rising, "Well, uh it's not 1 o'clock yet, but maybe we" "Sit down! Do sit down!" Loraine directed them, brightly. "There toay be something you two people want to knowl" esm," JEdr agreed, nervously. ' Neither Jimmy. nor Pat spoke. But Loraine now said. "You're both going to be a little surprised, I'm sure. But the truth is, the romantic old southwest has got ten into our bones, in a measure. Jimmy's and mine." "'Ma'am?" Ed looked at her. "Capt. James Carr, U. S. Army, and Miss Loraine Stuart of New York City and Elmira, wish to announce plans for their wedding, to be held tomorrow at high noon!" TVOBODY else spoke. Ed and . Pat both looked frozen. "We really can't stop and visit just now, children," Loraine went on, triumphantly. "So much to do, you know. But you'll both be there? Tomorrow at noon, right here at Sky Harbor, at that darling little marriage shrine! We'll want Mr. Bryan and Miss Friday by all means, won't we, Jimmy deaf?" "Yep," said Jimmy, lips still tight. "Sure." Ed tried to catch his eye, but Jimmy looked past him. Their Loraine led her man away. They really made a fine-looking couple going down the terrace here; the distinguished young Army aviator avia-tor and soaring expert, and the statuesque, blond girl. When they were out of sight, Ed exhaled again. He turned to Pat Friday. 1 "I I better get back to work," she said, nervously. He took her to Major Hale's of fice without another word. People Peo-ple were waithig to see her. Ed went on away, a whipped, angry man. Pat did not go at once to the desk she had borrowed. Rather. hastily she went on through to a small -anteroom. She just had to have a moment alone! She didn't cry any more. Not now. Control nad to be forced at any cost, because of the after noon's task before her. . . . But for an ageless minute or so she did think. The old hope within her of course lay completely dead. She had tried everything. Everything! Kindly Ed Bryan had sought to help her; it just Simply hadn't worked. She had tried slaving for Jimmy. She had tried being honest, sweet, girlish. She had' tried once back in Elmira El-mira being sophisticated, and that had been terrible. Today, she had tried a cooing, . purring technique which Loraine herself used so- effectively on Jimmy Carr. Nothing had .worked. Pat whispered a quick little prayer. "Please take care of Jimmy! Please take care of him, God. Always!" Then she hastened back to her assigned job. J " ... ' (To Be Continued) Q Does a woman who enlists in the WAVES or SPARS have to pay an income tax? A Enlisted women have the same status as men in the seagoing- service. Income taxes may be deferred until six months after the war or discharge from the service. Q Can I buy three pairs of shoes my year's supply, at once to get variety and space wear? A No. Thus far, up to June 16, you can buy only one pair, unless un-less you get special permission from your local rationing board because of unusual conditions. SPRINCVILLE Mrs. Fred Jacobsof Provo, gave an interesting talkoir her experiences exper-iences while residing in New Quinea, at a meeting of the Mothers Moth-ers Study club Friday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Ronald Bear-dall. Bear-dall. The program was ufider the direction of Mrs. A. G. Peterson, Peter-son, club president. Mrs. J. W. Blanchard left Saturday Sat-urday for her home in Long Beach, Calif., after spending two weeks with relatives and friends here. Members of the Versatility enjoyed en-joyed an hour's reading given by Phyllis Weight Tttursday evening, when Mrs. Helen Rowland was hostess. A luncheon concluded the party, and was served to 12 members and Mrs. Mildred Men-denhall Men-denhall of San Francisco, Calif-Mrs. Calif-Mrs. Naomi Gardner, Lola Jensen and Mrs. Fern Senior, guests: Mrs. Mildred R. Mendenhall of San Francisco, Calif., is spending a few days with relatives and friends in Springville and Maple-ton. Maple-ton. Keith "Bud" Kennedy has returned re-turned to the army camp at Camp Forest, Tenn., following a few day furlough spent with his mother. moth-er. Mrs. Emma Kennedy and other relatives here. He also visited friends in Mt. Pleasant. Capt. Elden Richardson visited friends in Springville the past week prior to his leaving for foreign for-eign service in the Manufacturers Representative Corps. Mrs. Ed Dunn and daughter, Mrs. Frank Iarabee, have returned return-ed frbm an enjoyable trip to California. Cali-fornia. They attended the wedding wed-ding of their son and brother at San Francisco, and also visited other points of interest. Mrs. Ida P. Flom left Friday for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she will meet her husband, who has been in foreign government service.. ser-vice.. Mrs. W. H. Brown was hostess to members of the Social Twelve club at her home Thursday evening. eve-ning. Three tables of contract bridge were played and the game prizes in the form of defense stamps were won by Mrs. W. G. Phillips and Mrs. Bert Rowland. Luncheon was served during the evening to twelve members. A number of members from the various clubs are meeting, as a club group at the surgical dressing dress-ing room of the Red Cross in place of their regular meeting date or on alternate dates. Among such at meeting the past week was the, W.N.O. club, members of which were entertained at a luncheon after their work, at the home of Mrs. Maurine Mortensen. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILLEW "life must "o' been wonderful won-derful in the old days. Most o'.my friends are poor, but I never hear one mention any ancestors that wasn't rich?ii:; To get to the bottom of all this Senator Pepper Pep-per of Florida proposes a thorough investigation by the senate education and labor committee. Meanwhile the Office of War Information has made a preliminary probe of its own. This together to-gether with soundings already made by Senator Pepper discloses the following vital facts about the nation's health: 1. There will be an average of only one doctor doc-tor to every 3,500 civilians by the end of 1943". 2. Despite the sharp birth rate increase the Arjny and Navy are commissioning a large number of obstetricians and pediatricians. 3. The quota of doctors for. the armed services has been over-suUscribed by as much as 40 per cent in some parts of the country. 4. The medical shortage is not only acute in rural areas, but also in industrial areas where there has been a heavy influx of labor. 5. One reason for desperate doctor shortage in certain sections is the fact that the Manpower Commission's medical procurement and assignment assign-ment branch has been resisting the relocation of doctors, atthe behest of state and local medical societies. Note: The Manpower Commission's medical branch is influenced by two important members of the American Medical Association, Dr. Frank Lehy former President of the AMA, iow chairman chair-man of the Manpower Medical Division, and Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA Journal. CAPITAL CHAFF "On" trouble with Washington," says Bernie Baruch," is that they wait till tne patient needs the OXVPfin font hffnri thfu hrirnr in tho ,1r.tw ' . ' n - - - 7 j . i w iii uit. uui klI . . . .Harry Hopkins complains: "A ' lot of the. President's admirers on the Hill attack McisMiti or Wickard or someone else, not realizing that by doing so they were hurling their best friend the President." fcemardo Ibunez, secretary General of the Chilean-1 ederation of Workers, received a rare tribute while visiting in the United States the warring AKL and 00 gave a joint luncheon for him. Ibanrz is making a tour ot Detroit, Chicago, New York and other industrial cties to meet U. S. Labor leaders . . . The two best men being urged as Admiral Standley's successor as U. S. Ambassador Am-bassador tq Russia are Karl Bickel, ex-head of . . . Aiiuna Lilt Xk.U301lIlS HOIU the steppes up; and General Philip R. Faymon-ville, Faymon-ville, U. S. Military Attache in Moscow, who long was scorned by other army officers because he praised the Red Army. I N LM) TUM PEST Current hullabjoo-over Pnrrt-n r?i n..H tvia Tugwell Administration there is more important man a tempest in an isjand teapot. Trouble irr i uerio k,co nas its repercussions on the good neighbor policy in Latin America. Also it stymies OCU.UUI mi 1 0CK.-111 rowing at Jnuia. Inside fact is that the senate committee winch investigated Puerto Rico found Governor Rex Tugwell doing a better job than the papers indicated. Particularly significant was the fact that he got more kind words from Republican senators than Democrats. Conservative Senator Taft of Ohio championed champion-ed Tugwell's idea of breaking up at least one of the big sugar centrales in order to take land! away from lig owners, divide it among little farmers. Taft thought this might help solve Puerto Ricos food problem, but that Tugweil should try it out on one centrale before proceeding proceed-ing with others. Senator Brewster of Maine, Republican, also was sympathetic with Tugwell's almost impossible impos-sible problems. He and Taft noted several far-- far-- sighted steps. For instance, Tugwell saw ahead to establish a bottle industry on the island, so rum distillers now have their own bottle. Other-, wise they would have folded, because ships now have no room to carry empty bottles. However, Tugwell, idealistic, honest, persevering, perse-vering, has three enemies. One is himself, and hia inability to observe political niceties. Never a politician, Tugwell hates to talk, think or act politically. Second enemy is Boliver Pagan, Peurto Rican commissioner in Washington, who sits in congress and knifes Tugwell at every turn. Third enemy, though she doesn't mean to be, is his wife. Formerly his secretary, Mrs Tugwell Tug-well appears to run the governor as she once did hir, office as undersecretary of agriculture She is reputed to tell local politicians who should be appointed, to" be the petticoat ruler of Puerto Rico. Unimportant, but significant was Mrs. Tugwell's Tug-well's remark when the senate investigating committee com-mittee was entertained at dinner at the governor's mansion. A servant .brought in a roast of beef, placed it before the governor. "Bring that down here," commanded Mrs. Tugwell, "I'll cane the roast." MERRY-GO-ROUND Harry Carey, who starred as the very human, hard-hitting sergeant in Warner Brothers "Air Force," studied law at New York University in the same class with Judge Ferd Pecora. For years he has been one of Hollywood's best loved cowboy actors, runs his own ranch outside Hollywood, Holly-wood, will not slaughter his old cows for beef. They are buried on his ranch . . . Lt. Col. Harold Hinton, ex-New York Times correspondent, was talking wi(th his old friend Cordell Hull, whose biography he wrote. Hinton mentioned the name of columnist Walter Lippman. Hull froze. Not till later did Hinton discover that Lippmann had been highly critical of Hull's North African policy . . . 36-year-old Dr. Patterson French, once a $3,000 professor of Public Administration at Yale, now gets $8,000 as CPA rationer of shoes . . French's predecessor for shoe rationing was 31-year-old Professor Richard G. Getell, also a $3,000 professor pro-fessor at Yale, -who got $8,000 from OPA.-- Unitd Feature Syndicate, Inc.) |