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Show Boom Towns Airing of Blanket Charges May Result From Nazi Torpedoing of American Vessels In Coastwise Trade. i J ' 1 ' LaLiLj By BAUKIIAGE .Yen, Analyst and Commentator. .M Service, 1343 H Street, NW, Washington, D. C. said an "You commentators, earnest young lady to me recently, talk about sinking ships and shooting down planes as if you were talking about somebody moving inanimate chessmen on a board. I hadn't thought of it that way We do. We have to. And the people take it that way. They are a long stay off from actual combat. You just can't translate a war into personal experience untJ it hits you. That Is why It has taken the reverberations of the A ail torpedoes that are sending down ships within eyesight of our coast ao long to reach Washington. But they have reached at last and there promises to be a resounding echo In the Maritime commission and in the shipyards of America. The need for ships is the greatest need the allied nations face today for the boats are going down faster than they are being built. They are not being built as fast as they might be. Those we have are not being used to best advantage. Those are the blanket charges soon to be aired, if certain people in Washington have their way. The details of these charges may appear before this reaches print. The story seems to be exactly the same story that lay behind the delay in the manufacture of tanks and planes and guns which resulted In The of the OPM. overhauling charges which were made In that case, you will recall, were that industry did not want to change over from the manufacture of ci llian goods to war products; that labor refused to that the government failed to crack down on industry and labor and, m the case r of the OPM, retained men in its service who put the business they represented ahead of the cation's needs. W1 ether or not these charges can be made to stick and their causes removed in the case of the Maritime commission and shipbuilding (management and labor) remains to be seen, but the chances are they will. These are the things you hear: More bananas were shipped to the United States in (hi first three months after Pearl Harbor than there were last year (before Pearl Harbor). ' Couldn't those boats have been pul to belter use? Why wasn't the pipeline, suggested a year ago, built so that necessary oil could be sent through It Instead of aboard tankers that are being sunk at the rate of three a day? Couldnt the railroads have been forced to cut down on their passenger traffic earlier to haul some of that oil? What was done about the men loafing in the shipyards after Admiral Lpnd, bead of the Maritime made the commission, public ' , -- t hN two ships be,rg torpedoed with.n s ght of shore. The other one went down at midnight and there were so many Bares from lifeboats that it looked like Greek Bre on the Fourth of July Small boats . . . brought them asnore "The survivors of this ship (another one which was surk in the same vicinity) said that the safest run in the world today is between New York and Liverpool. The worst stretch is... (a portion of the Atlantic coast). This particular ship passed nine wTecks between . . and . . (a stretch of some 450 miles) The coast guard is doing a wonderful job around here but why the . . . (the rest deleted, for other than military reasons). That is the picture which is staring in Washington's face today. ... . Tax Normal Facilities in Smaller U. S. Cities. Irulu-trie- s Released by Ueatero Newspaper Union. In the turbulent economic wake of conversion and war production, a thousand patriotic towns and villages anxiously seek answ ers today to a multitude new problems concerned with accommodat- if ing Uncle Sams mobile armies of war workers. There isnt anything tn ! ut . these problems that are keeping village presidents up nights and putting furrows in the brows of town councils and boards. Theyre Because of insufficient living accommodations, these weary workers as commonplace as dishwater, hosin a small Virginia town are forced to sleep aronnd the stove of a pital beds, school desks or fire engeneral store. This condition exists in many other crowded defense areas. gines. But their solution is very important indeed in the nation's fight In a Pennsylvania town, jammed of public works or to smash the Axis. equipment for with war workers, a pumper and fire public works necessary to the Populations Doubled. were required health, safety or welfare of perThings aren't the way they were fighting equipment immediately to reduce the hazard of sons engaged in national defense exbefore Pearl Harbor in these thoua possible general conflagration; a ists or impends, FWA is authorized, towns sand war Chicle Situation production has turned scores of them literally Kentumy hamlet had to arrange for with the approval of the President, All Gummed Up an extension of its facilito relieve such shortage This auovernight into 1942 versions of boom ties or suffer the sewerage My jaw dropped the other day consequences; a thorization is conditioned on eviareas. Crossroads hamlets have had Colorado town, a Wisconsin city, dence that the necessary works or when I learned that the United their doubled between and a Texas county were confronted services could not "otherwise be obStates government was currying on one populations sunup and the next with the need for new schools at tained when needed, or could not be negotiations which might interfere War boom towns in Illinois, Michionce. with tiie chicle importations to the provided without the imposition of gan, Alabama, Washington, Ohio, United States. My jaw dropped The patriotism and morale of an increased excessive tax burden, have had to figure and California, and if I were in the habit of chewor an unusual or excessive increase plan as they never did before to these workers are high, but so are in the debt limit of the taxing or their American standards of living ing gum, the gum might have provide the most meager housing, For their families, these war work- - borrowing authority," dropped, symbolically. For what transportation, health and educawould the millions of jaws Of the tional facilities for Need for Construction. needmillions of American gum chewers ed to man the new machines of FWA Assistant Administrator do If the chicle supply stopped? war. Even large Industrial cenBaird Snyder, acting for AdminisThey would stop, too, and so would ters have felt the pinch of providtrator Philip B. Fleming, has pointan industry which earned $61,000,000 ed out that; "Inseparable from the ing decent accommodations on the the year of the last census and home front for the new lives of modern industrial workers legions who probably much more since. are taking their places behind the and their families from transportatmen behind U S. guns. Why should this trickle of chlcia ion, education, health and recreatbe stopped? Well, the answer is, it From 5,000,000 workers directly ion are prosaic roads, sewers, wont be stopped but it may be employed on war production as of schools, hospitals and many other reduced slightly. It seems that a last December 7, the number has types of public construction chiclcro, one who makes the chicle risen to more than 8,500,000 today War as an industrial process, says trickle from the tree down in Cenand minimum requirements by the Mr. Snyder, means that community tral America and Mexico, could If end of 1942 are expected by federal facilities have to be built not only to be wofild, apply his art to the Casofficials to exceed 15,000,000 accommodate armed expanded tilla tree, aa well. And the castiila American towns and villages are forces, but to take care of the motree produces a very good brand of daily demonstrating that they are bile and Increasingly numerous arrubber, something which we cannot more than willing to do their part mies of war workers. in the effort to produce the eschew, even tf we cannot chew It. Without such construction, those Do not chuckle at my tale of tools for victory for the United Nawho have studied the problem chicle. It is based on hard facts tions But the doing often is beyond the efficiency of Industry which are these: the means of an individual locality, would be seriously impaired and laand the A large group of men called problems are complex and bor would float from one town to chicleros collect chicle from trees many. another in fruitless search for deSerious Medical Problems. many of which are located in the cent living conditions In the last In a Michigan town, medical auforest of Central America and four months, FWA has quickened the thorities Mexico. They are experts. recently warned that an The pace of work in response to Imchicle trees grow frequently near epidemic of tuberculosis was breedperative war needs. Today, throughthe castiila tree. If the chicleros ing In the very heart of the suburout the nation, this federal agency ban factory district, 10 miles from were Induced to do so they might is building or ready to build all the .MM tap the castiila as well as the a huge bomber plant A report on war works that can be provided Baird adminisin assistant the area Snyder, stated chicle and thus obtain for America that overcrowding with $300,000,000 worth of federal of trator the Federal Works "more than 450 agency. funds 4,000 patients, of some of the raw material needed to plus whatever local contributhem tubercular, are jammed into make raw rubber. tions are available. ers for ask livable quarters, good hospital space designed for 2,500. This might cut down the chicle A great deal of red tape has been Officials pointed out that added to water and sanitary facilities; there Nevertheless negotiations supply. must be classrooms for their chil- cut In FWA since war was declared. are about to be concluded to this the danger from this source is a lack of suitable sanitary facilities dren, recreation, beds in hospitals The Man with the shears in the end. Great Lakes region and Middle for them when they fall sick. If they are successful It will be for the mushroom community. West, for instance, is Markley Shaw, has The both the authorities of an Illinois vilCongress recognized another achievement of the Board of former assistant to the director of Economic Warfare with the aid of lage suddenly awoke to the fact that needs of the mobile armies engaged the old FWA defense housing divimany of their wells no longer In war production, and the problems the state department reached the water table in that area, of the localities affected through the sion, who casts as personal, representative of the administrator. Rubber Clasaificationa due to the emergency drilling of nu- enactment of the Amended Lanham Wartime Basis. In ' of hands the merous the act Federal wells other war There are three classifications of by producPublic works are now being hantion plants surrounding the village Works agency the legislators have rubber, all of which although allied site on three, sides; a village in placed a great part of the job of dled on a wartime basis, in their uses are different charge? ahead of the vast commuexplained Mr. Shaw, whose headare crude They rubber, reclaimed Minnesota found that the increased keeping Ditto concerning foremen who number of war workers and their nity requirements of these industrial quarters are in Chicago. "My inwere said to have been Instructed rubber and synthetic rubber. of Joneses, Cohens, Murphys struction are to let nothing stand Crude rubber comes from our fast families moving into the community legions to tell the men to slow down? in the way of prompt, efficient denecessitated the hiring of another and Kozlowskis. But nothing will be done until the diminishing stocks on hand, from e and the teacher, a Title 2 of the Amended Lanham velopment of war projects. Under janitor the trickle that come of smoke those burning ships gets from the may purchasing of new supplies of books act provide that in any area or new regulations no federal funds castilla. from the wild rubber and and into the public's eyes. It has alother equipment. , locality where an acute shortage will be allotted for the construction ready gotten into some eyes and I other similar trees of South Amerpf a permanent building under the am pissing along that personal ica and from general plantings of war public works program, if a trees and shrubs as in the It Western was told to me. story exactly f one temporary or The most Here it la in the worker hemisphere. exact Important will suffice. This applies even source in this third words except for deletions which are classification is though the applicant proposes tq the guayule plantations whic will a military necessity: contribute the full amount of the be coming into yield in a yetTr with difference. Eyewitnese Story more in succeeding yeaVs The Except where a structure is an I have just been watering my department of agriculture is superaddition to an existing facility, neand in with cool this the of the helping garden producevening vising gotiations will be opened on the baand, looking up from the petunias tion. sis of simplified standard plans of Of reclaimed rubber the sources and carnations I was able to see the the Federal Works agency., Elimithick, greasy smoke billowing up are the scrap piles. There is a cernation of all building material befrom a ship that was torpedoed a tain amount already collected. This s yond absolute necessity in war pubfew hours ago. A good many men is already in the hands of reclaimers V r i lic works construction recently has were killed on this particular ahip. and declarers been ordered throughout the nation, The rest were brought into the coast J4 The third classification of rubber V ' and this step is expected materially vr guard station; some of them sent to is synthetic rubber. The manufacto reduce the use of critical war mathe hotel and the rest to the local ture of synthetic rubber Is the quicks terials as well as to free hospital, whose ward Is again filled est potential source of supply. Its of labor for other war production. with shipwrecked survivors, In Is the period of demanufacture Assistant Administrator Snyder There are various "I have a special Interest m that velopment. has listed the following types of projI watched her methods of obtaining it and recently ship because ects directly attributable to war acSecretary of Agriculture Wickard lying off shore all through the moon-ligtivities as eligible for federal allotnight. She was three miies off urged a program for the making of ment of funds. Schools, hospitals, shore and she got under way just at sjntbetic rubber from alcohol made health centers, detention hospitals, corn from and wheat. sunup steamirg south in the prefire department buildings and cersumed safety of day ght. We . . . We have plenty of corn and wheat tain equipment except radio equipquit watching her at 7 a. m. and and a number of distilling plants war production bas brought living conditions such as these ment, recreation buildings, water half an hour later, off the . . . she If these are sjpplemented with othIn a midwestern town to hundreds of communities from coast to coast. and sewer facilities, and maintewas blown up. ers and we can start soon, the Many trailer communities lack proper sanitary facilities and a nance and operation of schools and large It has been a comparatively chicle sup; ly may not be endannumber of them try to accommodate too many trailers for the space. hospitals where necessary. quiet 24 hours in this vicinity only gered at all. In recent months, the Federal Works agency bas built or contractTop-Kick- s k Trained in Eight-WeeSchool ed to build scores of community by WASHINGTON -- A school which field Its first graduates are now facilities in every section of the nation where production wheels prepares soldiers for the exacting serving with Signal corps units. For approximately six weeks, the turn The U. S Public Health ServThe newest army jeep is an Fort Benntr.g, Ga , has the only job of top sergeant in the American men are tiained in FoTt Monmo ith ice, In with the state model and takes to sea like parson paratrooper in the army He army has won its chevrons at the classrooms and drill fields Besides departments of health, is Intensifya dock to a millpond. Signal Corps Replacement Training is Chaplain Faymond S. Hall. cjmpany administration, they study ing the application of general health center at Fort Monmouth, N J. u fantry drill and physical training, plans In strategic loc; lit.es. "Why arithe FJipino people figbt-lrThe U. S Office o Education has Withm an eight-weeperiod, this defense against chemical and air in the general plan with such v.gor? I can give puthshed a new chart, TrainJob school transforms soldiers into attacks, sanitation and hjg.ene, to assist individual localities and you the reason for this The people ing for Victory. an index to proV the able with cope first aid, training methods, basic provide living facilities for war of the Phili, rmcs have someunrg to grams offered by federal agencies varied problems of adminisworkers is the National Housing signal communications, map readCommusiorier Elizalde to tram men and women for work fight for leadtration, supply, and company ing and sketching, and morale and afency, which is building thousands of the Phll.ppme Commonwealth. in war Industries, governmental which will face them in the supervised athletics of bouses and dormitories Sj Stafford Crpps. please note!) agencies, and the armed services, t ership All-o- dollar-a-yea- all-o- e, Full-Sca- part-tim- A n- man-hour- . All-o- BRIEFS ' Daukhage k "tnp-kick- end-less- y I0USEH0LD - : 1 A on a pie will new f.aor if left-ovcoffee , is substituted"?"- - half the milk. er RCSERTACltN imlnilni Washington, D. C. WON'T BE LONG NOW Macon Reed, news man, now a private in the army has this to say about the new mill tary machines which Uncle Sam u so swiftly whipping into shape: How la It to be to the army! There la a breath-takin- g exhilaratioi in swinging across a parade grounc and teeing and feeling the other col unins moving in the effortless smooth, free march step of thi American army marching, march Ing, marching to heaven knowi where. At such a moment, am only at such a moment, one gets t flash perception of the true strengtl of America, a boundless sweep o Irresistible power and I chuckle ti mjself and think What is everybod; in Washington in such a fret am worry about? Mandalay? Lashio' Trifles, bos, mere trifles. We bean the news of their fall with a and got on with our work. yawi Jus wait till we get started. It won't bi now! long WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WAR? At six one morning, Henry Wal lace up and began thinkinf about the speech he was t make in New York. Ideas goingturn kept bling Into his mind Quietly, so ai not to disturb Mrs. Wallace, he reached for the dictaphone and be gan speaking into it. He dictated to the length of one cylinder, Mrs Wallace still slept. 0 Next morning, he woke again ai six, and did the same thing Or the third morning, he woke at 3 3a This time, he dictated the remainder of the speech, which ran to 3.00C words. Mrs. Wallace slept on. The vice president still had two weeks to spare before the speaking engagement, but the thoughts had been simmering in his mind, and he wanted to get them down. He wanted to say not in words hurriedly thrown together on the way to New York what he felt about fighting the war to a finish, then making a peace that will stick. Peoples Revolution. The general applause to that speech is still reverberating In Washington. Because it was one of the most important speeches of the war. Titled. "The Price of Free World Victory, it was a forecast of world freedom after victory. Wallace has turned out more words than any other member of the Roosevelt family, including the President. But none of his words have been more significant than this speech before the Free World association In which he said: "Every where the common people are on the e march." It included words of dire warning to Hitler, and also words full of meaning to the future of imperialists, such as: "No nation will have the right to exploit other nations . . . The march of freedom of the past 150 years has been God-give- n peoples revolu- tion." But especially significant were the words: Those who write the peace must think of the whole world. There can be na privileged peoples." le full-scal- e ju - IfiTS .or D0chocolate take " War L EM 1912 Emergency Model StrueuleWitli Labor Influx Coast Shipping Losses May Bring Investigation t Grand Hotel ENEMY ALIENS Some significant things are going on in the Justice With the savageness department. of a commando attack, Attorney General Bid-Uhas now launched an offensive against all enemy agents In the U. S. A., has given the green Hoover to mova light to Big wherever he wants. This came after Biddle had been prodded by the White House for dawdling. Now, however, he has gathered large dossiers of sensational and Incontestable evidence, and it looks as If several U. S. Fascists would end up behind the bars. Biggest problem Biddle now faces Is German and Italian national along the Atlantic seaboard Army brasshats have been demanding that everyone born In Germany or Italy and still unnaturalized be moved west of the Allegheny mountains. However, this would mean a mas trek numbering perhaps a million. And along the Pacific coast, even the movement of 100.000 Japanese proved a terrific headache. Therefore Biddle la working on the policy of picking out the dangerous groups among Germans and Italians, bat leaving those whose loyalty seems OK. Many of them are oldsters who left Europe before the daya of dictators. Many even have sons in the U. 8. army. However, the job of sorting the loj al from the disloyal is going to be one of the tonghest jobs the justice department ever faced. behind-the-scene- s MERRY are doing so well that government credit agencies reU. S. farmers port taking in more money In mortgage payments than they are lendAlso, many farmers are ing out building up reserve funds against r dibts in the period. The marine corps has quietly abandoned its drive to recruit star athletes Reason: Many of them didn't measure up to the high physical standards required of marines; bad fiat feet, bad knees, enlarged bearts. post-wa- d Uitlers St heme diplomatic ind.sputable sources your reporter learns that the Nazis hope to win, with their fifth and sixth columns, what they could not win on the battlefields. If the Russian campaign fails, is to be deposed and the German General Staff pose as the savior of the world from Bolshevism. There is only one rub Hitler is planning It all to save himself from the allied armies and the armies of Germany. The only thing Hitler has to offef the civilized world is his death. The only people more double crossed than the conquered are the appeasers. The only people more brutally treated than captured civilians are the German industrialists, who gave Hitler his first money. Hitler believes he can bribe American business men with their own bank deposits and the American people with the deeds to their own homes. The American answer will be with American scrap-iro- n not on Nazi scraps of paper. Hitler's offer will be seventh heaven for the sixth column. But American business will not be fooled by Hitlers profit in dollars. The United State Constitution has paid too many dividends in peace and dignity. MacAr-thuStilwell, O'Hare, Wheless and Bulkeley are budding a firm foundation for peace with a wall lor Hitlers back. From r, Scrambled Eggst The picture If the surface cf your stove looks rough, it probably is due to an accumulftion of stove blacking. Sandpaper rubbed over the sur- face make it as smooth as Will when new, When pressing or ironing, keep a damp sponge m a saucer, close by. It can be used for giving extra dampness to articles, for opening seams or sponging collars t and cuffs. Have a brush especially for scrubbing pastry boards and tables. Wash and wipe dry, and be careful not to allow the dough to accumulate in the cracks. A stick of cinnamon broken into the milk beaten into custards gives the custards a faint cinnamon color but does not darken them. The hreadbox should be frequently washed out, dried and thoroughly aired by keeping the lid open a little. Thus, the bread never will get a musty taste. To keep it from becoming too dry, place a small washed potato in the box. Moisture is given off by the potato but not enough to cause mildew. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT. of wrecked Rotter- dam, in the Times mag. is something the United Nations must remember to bring to the treaty table. It's a convicter. An unarmed town, destroyed to show how tough the Nazzys are. And a good argument for a deal that will keep them from ever getting tough again . . . correspondents have a phrase for colleagues who will square social obligations by plugging their hosts angle In their sheets: They can be bought for a canape. PERSONALS Demand )Pr RffHi BHnB Is&uilldt-E(atl pare loonwlf Dow for any rrn IwmNqr kulldpfJtoUi Swmws. It ncHHm&ry W. U OurCbg Aw, 75 CaMfc The problem of what to send a service man has been solved by the men themselves. Tobacco tops the list of gifts service men prefer from the folks back home, according to numerous surveys. If you have a friend or relative in the Lots of Congressmen would be armed forces Army, Navy, Maor Coast Guard who smokes jumpier than they already are If rines, a pipe, or a pound of they knew their letters were being shown around. These are the sore- his favorite tobacco is very much in order. A big favorite with many heads who are being y In men is Prince Albert, the g as ever service largest-sellinpublic but as g In private. Its the old racket of world's smoking tobacco. Local dealers now are fea- trading their face for a few vote turuig Prince Albert in the pound , . , Its going to be very Interesting to see what the dallies, that have can for the men in the service. been warning there wont be any Adv. Wash-ingto- n rolls-his-ow- goody-geod- Bund-lovin- elections, will do about sponsoring candidates. They have a choice of admitting they have been lying or skipping all mention of the balloting. Which Isnt a very smart limb to get yourself out oa. Bud. AYAYGQ COnnS Pain yroee qntrlc, corns speedily removed when you use thin, soothing, cushioning Dr. Scholl Try them I Archibald MacLeish, in an Interview, discussed hi hecklers, who have grown since he took over the Office of Facts and Figures. The criticism most often expressed against me. he said, is the fact that I am a poet. Not that I am a bad poet. Simply to call a man a poet is, apparently, to throw a bad He might have egg at him" , been answering a whq columned a crud about winning the war with poetry, sock em with a sonnet. Thats the crackerbarrel style of satire, the easiest kind to write. It appeals to the dopes by ridiculing education very small time. KILL ALL FLIES ly anrvbers. DaNy Uf attracts and Ldtf 0ms. Coanuiuwd. eflwttT. Neat, oot vejueni W UitK noil orlBjur anything Iajaj ail wwaoil oo at aU driers Harold Bomera, lac , ... Uyaji y. small-timer- An editorial writer keeps repeating that we should win the war as quickly as possible, because peace is better than war Do you have to have brains to figure that out? . . . How come nobody ever gives medals to critics for going to so many dull shows all season? This 'one was so dull both the Critics Circle and Pulitzer Committee agreed no show was worth a prize . . . This gives you an idea how temporary fame Is. If DiMaggio doesn't get a hit one day they boo him . . . Whatever happened to those people who said they had proof Hitler was dead? . . . Here's one to make you dizzier: Blithe Spirit, the play. Is barred from Army camps. Too So what hapnsgay, they said pens? . . . Blithe Spirit gives a performance for youd never guess . . . West Pointers! ... ... Italy has celebrated the sixth anniversary of its empire which has ceased to exist. A lost people clinging to a lost dream It takes great men to look big in defeat Willkie. who missed the Presidency, and ODwyer, who ran second for mayor, are still good men for those offices . . . Did you bear why that New Yorker writer was The rejected for military service doctors found out he had a brain ... murmur. Sad to read about Graham M Namres death. He pioneered a lot of things on the networks. He was the first to get all het up about his subject. He had the kind of pipes that could convey excitement, as too many of his mockers haven't He also was one of the few laughing m. c.s who got away with it The usual g ggling feeder is an ear torturer. The straight man who laughed at the act's sallies never hit the b.g time. He was a sensation at Loewa Wichita but never played the Palace. DON'T LET CONSTIPATION SLOW YOU UP When bowel ere tluggiah end you feet irritable, headachy and everything you do i an effort, do ea aulhona FEEN-A-M1Nthe modem chewing gum laxative. Simply chew FEEN-A-MIN- T before you go to bed-el- eep without being disturbed next morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you fed awell yam, full of your normal pep. Try FEEN-A-MINTavtea good, ie handy and economical. A generous family supply FEEII-A-f.IlIIT- To , |