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Show Thursday, I'HU WBKKI.Y KKKI BX PAGE TWO JawM Kathleen Norris Says: Social Security Program, 9 Dont Say 7 Never BeU Labor Laws Face Congress The p Syndicate WNU Features. WU5 Washington, D. C. LORD HALIFAX ENTERTAINS British Dignified Viscount Halifax, Proposed Legislation to Bring Unions Under Definite Restrictions; New Insurance Plan To Englands Program. ambassador and former foreign enminister of Great Britain, was British the at dinner at tertaining ome for embassy. The time bad his guests to go into dinner, but they were so busily engaged in conversation that it was difficult for the ambassador to attract their atten- Out-Beverid- ge By BAUKIIAGE Pinvt Analytt and Commtnlator. WNU Service, 1343 H Street, N.W., Wuhlnfltn, D. C. At the ship of state pulls out of the holiday doldrums, skipper and crew are setting their jaws for rough weather. There are cross currents ahead in the new congress which are going to set the old ship rocking. Symbolic of conflicting movements, the debate of which will on be filling the Congressional Record, are these two: A proposed bill t& bring labor unions into the restricting pale of legislation such as business has to contend with under the laws, and a social security program which some say will England's new Beveridge That program, its author. Sir plan. William Beveridge says. Is "in some ways a revolution." The "holiday doldrums" I mentioned were not entirely a seasonal affair this year. There was the usual letdown while congress went home and the nation turned ' to festal .thoughts. There was also a pre- -' meditated lull which was necessitated by the turnover in the last election. The administration knew that no matter what was done in the Interim between November and January, it would, in some measure, be undone when Democrats and the increased Republican minority got together in the new congress. anti-tru- st ge Stop-Ga- p Arranged Since manpower is the prime consideration of the moment, a stop-gawas arranged. With much fanfare Manpower Commissioner McNutt g was given new powers and a program was ballyhooed. But It was mostly ballyhoo and Just before Christmas wide publicity was given to a document which was obviously the forewarning that much stricter regimentation of labor was In the wind. 'The but inevitable, national service act raised its head again. The document was a draft of a bill made by Grenville Clark, an attorney who suddenly emerged as a presidential advisor. It was announced that he made a special trip to England to study the British manpower setup. Clark remained silent until Just before Christmas and after congress had gone home, but every congressman received a copy of the proposed legislation. About two weeks earlier, shortly after t the Beveridge report was made public, a cabinet officer was beard to remark: "Weve got to get busy and draw up a program that fits America's needs a little better than the Beveridge plan would." But the hill was still lulling then and when the President was asked at a press and radio conference if he were preparing a message for congress on the subject that was about the time of the remark of the cabinet member he said "no." The Beveridge plan was the natural result of the Battle of Britain. Then a common danger brought the British people closer together. The d underfed, underclothed and had to be taken care of. Class lines don't exist in the shambles. A bombed-ou- t duchess can be as cold and hungry as a waif. The poor suddenly realized that if they could be taken care of as well or better in an emergency, they ought U have a little better distribution of the ordinary decencies of life in prosperous peace times. Wise leaders didn't wait until the war was over to face angry demands which tnlght turn into real revolution. Sir William Beveridges committee drew up the blueprint for what they called "a British revolution" in the countrys economic setup under which, as one spokesman described It, "the people would contribute by their own preference, to a national insurance fund rather than take a handout from the state." p far-flun- d, ' under-house- - j ; relatives; would provide a working woman with a bonus when she married so she wouldnt be penalized for enjoying connubial bliss. All this would be done on the principle of ordinary commercial Insurance except that the government would run the 'machinery, both labor and capital would contribute as such and the people as a whole, in accordance with their income, would pay a share through taxes. t The plan is not new. But-- it is a considerable extension of the present security laws such as Britain has had for a long time and such as the New Deal brought to America. No sane American politician, no matter how far he leaned to the conservative side, would suggest repealing Americas social security laws. It couldnt be done. But the controversy will arise in congress are made, as they will be, to extend the benefits, both as to amounts paid and to ' new categories of workers. Such extensions are contemplated in the plan now cooking in Washington. when-attemp- That is one trend we can look for. Running counter to it on the surface, but really also shooting at the "greatest good for the greatest number" is the trend toward regulation of organized labor. Probably a dozen bills have been drawn up, all of which tend to put the screws on labor unions. Many liberals feel that the unions have it coming. The growing number of strikes in wartime, when maximum production is a matter of patriotism as well as necessity, the existing union rules which tend to interfere with maximum production, the various "restraints considered as evil as the "restraint of trade" resulting from monopolies, all have been highlighted by war conditions. Bills will be presented to root out these ills. Much of the restriction of unions could be avoided if the unions cleaned their own house. In America, as in England, when a nation Is called upon to make the sacrifices demanded by this war, it can be expected that the people will Insist on a democratic distribution of opportunity and reward of effort when peace comes. The war will also have taught that maximum production means maximum prosperity. There are plenty of people to consume peacetime products; there are plenty of natural resources whose development can furnish the Jobs for the consumers and provide the pay which makes it possible for them to buy what is produced. Any group or institution farm, labor, management which stands in the way of this maximum production is bound to have its wings clipped. Meanwhile, the people will demand and get greater "assurance" against rainy days, which come even when prosperity is with us. And in providing it, if Britain comes along, America cannot be far behind. , Sightleet Workert Lockheed officials report that 13 blind workers who are helping build fighting and bombing planes in the California plant are in some respects better than average and turn out more work than their fellows because of higher concentration. Including two women, these sightless workers passed a months placement test in the Lockheed factory and are now working as tubing assemblers, burrlng-rol- l operators and assemblers of switch boxes. One is a parts handler on a conveyor in the paint shop. Guide dogs bring the blind em ployees to the plant each morning and doze all day beneath their masters' benches. Miss Hazel Hurst, sightless president of a foundation for training blind persons, worked at every job before selecting the blind worker to be placed in it Assurance ' The goal of the Beveridge plan is However, the number of Jobs they to lay the ghost of insecurity by can perform with safety will always means of "assurance." Assurance be limited, she said. Lockheed hopes is the British word for what we to find Jobs for more sightless work- call insurance" and which really ers. defines the commodity better than our word assurance that meri and It's Uniforms Now! women would have a subsistence The importance of Harry Hopkins thrbugh sickness and unemployment bathrobe conferences with the Presand old age; would have money to ident are on the wane as far as their take the baby through its difficult importance goes. The President is early stages; enough for a decent paying more attention to advisors burial without burdening friends or in uniform. The use of aerial bombs as airraid warning devices are frowned upon by the war department in a statement to OCD officials. Not only is the sound of aerial bombs easily confused with that of antiaircraft fire, but "they have doubtful value for warning purposes." Communities now using aerial bombs should discontinue the practice. Bay War Bonds t turO IF HOSE: Being n newspaper ealumnisi and reporter ia a new experience for me. However, I feel that I can give you a Reporter Report to the Nation" from West Point, which should be of Interest to every tion. How shall we do this? he ap- American. pealed to delightful Mrs. Thurman M wish that everyone could visit (3) relieves tranSE? Arnold, wife of the Justice departWest Point for just one day, and an would You get see. ment's famous trustrbuster. I what see Sheathing cotf1ortjt8,,t "Down in Missouri where I come inspiration that you cannot help but thu complete we sing feel when you aee the men of the directions she suggested, I. from, In folder. are They out Come and get it!' " doing. what and they Corpa SO hia lordship sang out to hia are not only fitting themselves for winassembled guests: winning this war, but also for if and "Come and get it! preventing, the pece, Mystery Sprisj ning anauch of recurrence the The Blue Hole of possible, TRUMAN COMMITTEE FIGHT other world conflagration as we are Ohios mystery spring the in is always at the same passing through today. , A hot fight la shaping up n of tha temperature never senate over continuation of the TruAs "you know, a all from selected is man committee. American youth Friends of Jesse Jones, WPB parts of the country to come to West boss Donald Nelson and others who Point They are aelected by the have been criticized by the commit- motdemocratic of methods, many tee have quietly been lining up sup- of them by winning competitive exI port in the senate to force a termi- aminations. nation of the Truman investigation Starting with these young men, we after the next session of congress aim ieves painSn to develop a rigorously trained convenes, f" a Job which ia greatfa relief from IheUrtZJ Enemies t the committee thought facOJtated by the fact that the fUea. FAZO aintmral haakL ly when the were tkaa thirty fe they won a great victory Cadets themselves sincerely desire Flee. FAZO ointmeel Mill" senate voted, two days before ad- to make the most of the opportunity araaa. relieres paia aad ha- -? FAZO ointairnt lubrireta to journment, to abolish all of its in- they have here. With the rapidly dried Parte brlpa prr,M JT vestigating committees on January changing weapons and new methods ereaeea. Third, PaZO 1943. to redact eaellinf aad etow, 31, in modem warfare, we developed ta ut. Fearth, Senator Scott However, weal'a perforated Pile p are constantly working to keep up Lucas of Illinois, chairman of the to date Uea plica tharaark. most fZi ample, and give the latest, caa toll pea abaat PAZO enate audit and control committee, and information accurate training who handled this legislation, agreed to the Cadets. TruS. privately with Senator Harry man of Missouri that his committee will get more funds. WALTER WIN CHE LL i, m i too Caesars ShorthaM Furthermore, one of the first at doty autrii Cantiaaatal V. S. During There have been more fix hi abaaaoa, caatributart will auhatituta. things the Truman prober will exsystems of shorthand, the amine when the next congress conto the days of Julius Jug venes will be the administration and dowere learned nation-wid- e and Cadets raThe of gasoline necessity ing everything a thoroughly trained tioning. enlisted man ought to be able to do, and before the Summer was over, PASS THE AMMUNITION FACI It hasnt been officially announced they looked like veterans. Summer maneuvers dont end the yet, but when Madame Chiang "Generalissimistress of China" story of tough training at West Point. RUB!:' emerges from the hospital, the plana Summer maneuvers are Just a phase to come to Washington and camp at of the d program which la the White House until she has per- built to train fighting leaders. suaded FDR to pass the ammuniday Every minute of the tion. (6 a. m. to 10 p. m.) is filled by a Madame Chiang ia a very tight schedule of instruction, study, person. She combinea ori- and athletics plus tactical training ental charm with a Wellesley edu- in the arma'and branches of the cation. Unquestionably the will beService. The program la designed come Chinas "ambassador-in-effect- " Tkendiec tapper, at to turn out officers schooled In all f " 1 3 BraaU Urea partly ad tha ball in Washington. Already Chinese type of army operation, and each fltf TS raapea ia aaarch ol wild taktol ia Wet Ambassador wondering Cadet ia familiarized with the use of abobyaa aad wacbeta at to hto I tooaal aqoipwaad. whether he or Madame Chiang real- every weapon from the pistol to the I J Aawdr ly represents the Chinese governairplane. tbe bed aee to YU that ment bilm Se eoe caa aee the West Painter rbaawatlew It to atop aIH But while there may be tome Is ato too arooad tbe wtto. j I TOUGH physically and mentally. doubt on that there is absolutely no He has to be. Wbaa dual Brae ate ab add doubt that China wants more planes larvae bra eemee aodddebd and wants them quickly. This time, era era ad be tread abawaJya At close ef tbe the the Summer, faila early dae to Ike eaaWaa it is not the appeal of a desperate aaoaw beat la Cadets came back into the classpeople, but of a people ready to take ' rooms we for what call academic!. It la aaetwtoal the offensive. Chinese military ex1Z part the Winter months emphasis perts declare that they could do During la aae aad Is academic instruction upon placed more damage to Japan with one plane' than British and Americana while the schedule in tactical training is somewhat reduced. could do' with two in the Solomons A reporter probably would say or the East Indies. Reason Is that they can engage that we have a highly mathematical the enemy in great numbera, for all and stiff engineering course. Pereastern China is occupied by Japan, haps that is right, but the West Point whereat her forces in the Pacific curriculum aims at teaching a man are scattered from island to island. to think, to reason, and to draw sound conclusions expressed clearly Immediate objective of the Chinese drive if they are allowed to and concisely. Mathematics and the sciences provide this training of the make it will be Hankow. Madame Chiang will argue that mind which we believe ia so essential in order to produce the finest capture of Hankow would disorganize the entire transportation system military leaders. by which the Japanese ship supplies I am happy to announce that this a overland to and Burma. week the West Point instruction is 1944 la Toe Late. d being given a inspection Madame Chiang also has another by some of the leading educators in powerful argument up her sleeve our country. I have invited Doctor that 1944 will be too late. The sched- Compton, President of- the Massaule now adopted by the United Na- chusetts Institute of Technology, and tions high command to knock off Hit- Doctor Hopkins, 'President of Dartler first and then turn on Hirohito in mouth, along with the principal miliHOTEL BBI 1944, ia regarded by the Chinese as on training in our Army tary experts a dangerous and unsound strategy. today, Major General Bull of the ReMonth by month, the Japanese are placement Training Center of the consolidating. They are bringing Ground Force, Brigadier Huebner together the rubber, tin, and oil of the Training Division of the Servof the East Indies, with the iron and ices of Supply Brigadier General coal of north China, and welding an Edwards of the Training Division of industrial system which will be able to run indefinitely. No longer will the War Department General Staff, and Colonel Schlatter of the Flying scrap Iron be necessary, from the Command of the Army Air Training outside world. Forces, to meet, confer and review If given time, Madame Hei Chiang will our plans for the new course argue, the Japs will complete the at the Military Academy. With thia gaps in the rail lines between Singacourse we propose to produce a and pore China, and thus have an overland transportation route, safe graduate of West Point who will have from submarines. Then no matter the finest education and training it is possible to afford in the time how strong the British and American navies, they will be no more able available. By constantly keeping to dent Jap supply lines than the abreast of the latest developments, -t m Japs can dent our. communications we aim to do the job which America Saawa for 4 Fawllr and Americans have asked us to do. between San Francisco and New In the days of Robert E. Lee and York. DUailaaa Cede M U. S. Grant, West Point That roughly is the powerful arguproduced men to meet the challenge of that ment Madame Chiang will era. John J. Pershing fulfilled his intake. bawbee at Caww J task in the days of the Kaiser. GLOSS IIP' red-blood- Touioin, sacw.igsj Ki soldier-office- r, 1 7 dilike filing tha man of the houi one kind of a moot and tha my mother and mytelf another. By KATHLEEN NORRIS great trouble with ONE of us is that we dont our own minds. We may go along for years in the firm conviction that we dislike something heartily; we may cut a great deal of Innocent pleasure and beauty out of our lives by this imagined dislike, only to find in the end that it was that very thing that we needed most, and would have enjoyed most of all. Henry James wrote a wonderful short story many years ago about the man who was ?onvinced that some misfortune was going to darken hia life. He felt it ao strongly that when he fell in love with a fine woman he told her of it; he aaid that a man to sure of approaching calamity had no right to ask a wife to share hia blighted career. So she took her broken heart one way and he took his another, and they did not meet for a long, long time. She was happily married then and the mother of but he was still alone, carrying his obsessive fear still with him. It was when they were talking love that together of their long-agIt suddenly came to him that It was the losing of her, her beauty, wisdom, devotion. companionship, that was the misfortune. A lonely man who lived in a little mountain studio in California was sure he hated dogs. He could not sneer enough at and at the responsibility a mischievous, disorderly dog could be to his master. One Christmas some friends, as a Joke, sent him a small police-do- g puppy in a crate, intending to follow up the gift with a telegram in a day or two to say that the dog would be called for Immediately and given back to his real owner. But the owner had to buy another dog; "Perro" had scrambled with his big clumsy puppy paws right into the heart and there he has been enthroned above all other affections ever since. Children Caa Be Gaided. And ao it is with the child who has an aversion to bananas, carrots, "the creepy feel" of cereals; the child who fusses over one type of hat and doesnt object to another. With children we may use authority, back and pushing the spinach-spoo- n back into the rebellious litUe mouth, decreeing "no blue hat, no circus." But grown-up- s have delusions just as silly, and some of them are driv- children, o dog-lover- s, dog-hater- 's pot-roast- s, r Yoj-k- I cross-sectio- "When your husband." writes Martha Williams of Troy pathetically, "won't eat vegetables or salads, doesnt like many sweets, .and hates stews, minces, heavy soups and egg dishes, what on earth are you to do, in these difficult times? Charles is amiabilitys self when there is steak for dinner with baked potatoes, or chops, or liver and bacon, or roast chicken, with plenty of macaroni and beans and Boodles. But try to give him a black boon soup, a cheese souffle, string beans, combread and baked apples and he sits back from the table, sighs, and watches the children and me cat our dinner. by Baukhage "We are prospering ncjw, our Income baa risen from $145 a month A houseboat on the Nile has been to a little more than twice that, but fowl every opened as a club for warrant and even so, to have steak-ononcohmissioned officers serving night for a family of six costs too with American army forces in much..,. Besides that. I don'4 think a meat and starch diet i good tor Egypt Charles. Last yearrtTifwas moving At Camp Livingston. La.. Sergt. pianos, hard work, exercise that Robert Sullivan, 'grandson of John brought him home physically tired L. Sullivan, gives rifle Instruction every night, and sent him off to to Pvt John W. York, cousin of sleep no matter what he ate. Now it . U different, he stands or sits in one Alvin C. ert .. . . BRIEFS B. Wllby By Maj. Geo. Francis Feta West Aeademy) at (fast, . ts Labor Regulation West Point at War V Until . century, whcnP into favor. 1 . far-sight- ed " The word " hat become an important part of our social vocabulary, be- cause most people learn sooner or later that they can't successfully live for themselves alone. But there are still a few like Martha Williams' husband who, perhaps, don't realize that they are being uncooperative, but who insist upon having their own way. in union there is strength" was never truer than if is today. And we cannot afford to let waste, extravagance and selfish indifference destroy the strength without which we cannot win the tcar or build the foundation of a just and generous peace. spot all day long at a lathe, gets and is even more set than ever against anything except broiled meat, coffee, and plenty of biscuits or fried potatoes. Separate Meals Unsatisfactory. dislike the idea of giving the man of the house one kind of meal and the children, my mother and myself another. Of course I could put what he likes before Charles every night, serving the rest of us plenty of the green food,- cheese dishes, salads, fruit pastries with which we American women are fillBut ing up gaps in our I hate to do It and it makes me mad to aee other women In the market buying lamb shoulders, beet tongue, brains, pigs feet, sausages, fish everything that the limited budget suggests, while I go on pricing roast beef and turkey. A big turkey ought Jo give us three meals; roast, stew, and a thick soup, but Charles only eats It once. A pot roast, when we were first married, was the basis of five meals, but' not now! Has any other woman,- Marthas letter ends, "ever written you of this predicament, and if the did what did you say? Charles now ought to prove his patriotism by setting a good exe ample of adaptability to his children. Let him lunch tomorrow on a glass of milk and a tingle mall sandwich, and then come home and settle down to clean his plate of frankfurters scalloped in Spanish macaroni, creamed cabbage, corn bread, sliced oranges and oatmeal cookies. Tomorrow let him lunch the same way, and show hia appetite for a dinner of lamb stew, baked sweets, mashed yellow turnip and apple pie. He may find indeed, he will find, that the balanced rations are full of good flavors, that he feels better afterward, and that when Dad praises. Mothers management and cooking the atmosphere at the dinner table is infinitely pleasanter than it has been. All this nonsense about "always hating .boiled puddings" and "never having been able to touch anything with celery In it," ought to be swept away now, before the realities of the struggle in which we all are engaged. Careful Preparations Necessary. But tor one thing. Martha, have the vegetables and and piping hot Have the less expensive cuts of meat carefully cooked; a tough stew or a watery mince are enough to set anyone against stews and minces for life. Put hot crisp triangles of buttered toast around humble dishes; garnish the Eggs Florentine with s chopped bacon; make Charles of the haled vegetables very light, to begin with. Sometimes, especially with children, a plate will destroy appetite, and tiny portions will be eagerly eaten from dolls dishes, to the third and fourth helping. no exercise, - bills-of-far- e. -- - war-tim- well-draine- d well-season- ed help-ing- too-heap- en SNAPPY Kai-she- k, year-roun- 16-ho- ur per-uasi- ve Ll da I BEGoo&l Indo-Chin- first-han- - 1C If a- Kai-she- k CAPITAL CHAFF Milton Eisenhower, brother of the U. S. North African commander is a strong possibility to become assistant to Manpower Chief Paul McNutt. Eisenhower, now chief of the War Relocation authority was born in Abilene, Kan.r eight after his army officer brother,years who was born in Denison, Texas Another strong possibility as" assistant is John Steelman labor conciliator who however, cannot well be spared from his present job. the-cra- ck During the past Summer over 2,000 West Pointers went through the most rigorous field maneuvers that have been held in the history of the Academy. Every phase of combat training wai given the Cadets. They worked, they sweated, they maneuvered over the hills and the rivers of northwest New through York State, as well as here at West Point They had a good taste of how modern campaigns are fought During these maneuvers some of tbe toughest combat problems wer carried out by the Cadets, Hotel Ben oenef. n1 Babwt. f'MT SlflG A Jf"' KirCHEHr sat 'iff SAVIN55 STAMPS |