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Show : THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Egg Glut Calls Attention To School-Lunc- h Question House of Representatives Decides Against Spending Taxpayers' Money on Food for School Children After July 1. By BAUKIIACE Nnv$ Analyst and Commentator, i Mil WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. You have often heard the lament when guests came and the larder was bare: "If we only had some ham and had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs." If we had the man power and the machinery, equipment and distribu-tion, we could step up American food production until, by 1954, we could feed 380 million people. That Is what the Department of Agricul-ture says. Last year, we raised enough to feed 170 million. Today, Washington is worrying over two problems brought Into focus by that little "if." This time we have n of one food product: eggs. Government agents are hurrying around trying to find a means of absorbing them. America has more the four or five million school chil-dren won't get hot lunches after July 1 of this year. Not all the parents of all of the four or five millions of school chil-dren are taxpayers. In fact, the truth is that many of them are too poor to buy a decent, or in some cases any, lunch for their children. The richer ones who can afford a lunch will have to be satisfied with a cold one and the chances are they won't get nearly as healthy a one as If It were provided by a school where parent-teach- er and other groups have seen to it that a bal-anced diet is provided. Educator Worried This worries the Office of Educa-tion which is still working on con-gress to get an appropriation through to continue the school lunch idea. eggs than were ever laid on these fair shores In our history, enough to have rolled some on the White House lawn on Easter Monday if the President had permitted such a wastage, which he wouldn't. The government Is buying eggs right and left (600 thousand cases of shell eggs, 13 million pounds of pow-dered eggs since January 1) to sup-port the farmer's price, and giving some away and here Is where problem number two, which I said Washington was worrying about, comes In. We are giving away eggs to state and federal institutions and also for school lunches. After July 1, school lunches, supported by the federal government, will be no more . if the senate follows the action of the house and refuses the appropri-ation for that purpose. And re-gardless of eggs, there is develop-ing the other situation over which certain people In Washington are School lunches started as "made work" back in the days of depres- - sion and the WPA. The original idea j was to provide employment for women. But as the idea developed, It was discovered that here was an ' opportunity to do two things; to lm- - prove the health of school children ' and to absorb farm surpluses. So the WPA furnished the woman power and some equipment and the j Department of Agriculture the food. For awhile, the de- - partment took the actual responsi- - j bility of buying the food and de-livering it. Later, when the WPA went out of business, and in many cases local sponsors took care of the service, the Department of Agricul-ture merely contributed a certain amount of money (nine cents per child, matched by nine cents from the local community). This came out of funds provided for the pur-chase of surplus commodities and worried. I'll go Into that later, but the school bought the food first, let us look at the egg glut We are told that we could feed a lot more people if we had the man power, equipment and machinery to produce the food. In the case of eggs, we could consume far more if we had the man power to run the drying equipment te produce the powdered eggs for the military forces and lend-leas- e although those Institutions now consume 400 million pounds of egg-powd- er a year, and eggs run about three dozen to one . pound of powder. itself. The proponents of the school lunch point out that on the principle that as a twig is bent the tree is in-clined, furnishing a balanced lunch to school children will build good eating habits which will affect the whole community. It also points out that now that so many schools, espe-cially in rural areas, have been con-solidated with one school and bus service drawing children from many distant places, children can't go home to get a good hot lunch. Many can't afford to bring food with them. Of course, the community ought to look after this question itself and in most communities great interest has been shown and local authori-ties have cooperated. But in the poorer communities which have the greatest need, it is impossible, and even in the richer locations it isn't easy, to get money for things per-taining to the schools as school teachers' salaries all over the coun-try testify. Unless the appropriation bill now before the Senate Appropriations committee ' is accepted and passed by both houses, the next time the hens step up production, the school children won't benefit nor will they feast at federal expense even if other farm products are so plenti-ful the government has to buy them up to protect prices. About Hen Power In this case, the man power doesn't match the hen power. A con-traption called a cyclone drier dries eggs. All you have to do is to crack the egg and drop it into a container and let the artificial breezes blow, but it's hard to get crackers. One Kansas City drier who has a wage ceiling of 50 cents an hour for his crackers, has to compete with an airplane plant in the neighborhood which has a 50 cents an hour ceil-ing, for work no less attractive to young ladies than breaking eggs. Right now, the country boasts the biggest hen population it ever had and egg production is 80 per cent higher than it was Just before the war. Ever since March, something has gotten Into the hens that has made them step up their produc-tion feed was supposed to be News From London The London Daily Mail sets up a little special edition for the United States a digest. It is photographed in London on microfilm, flown over to this country, enlarged to a four to six page brochure, about the size of ordinary typewritten sheets. I do not know how large a cir-culation it has obtained so far or whether it is achieving its purpose of mutual understanding but it often contains some rather interesting items. For instance: John Henry Jones, a steel smelter, came to America with other British trade unionists to visit our war factories. The Daily Mail quotes his reply to one of his wife's questions when he got back: "How about wages? Is the American worker really better off than the British worker?" And this is what Mr. Jones replied: "Taking a chap with the same size house, same number of chil-dren, doing the same job as his counterpart over here No. Our house here would cost $18 a month clear, in rent. A similar house in the States would run away with $30 a month." nara to get so It couldn't have been something they ate. Maybe It's . Just patriotism. Anyhow, the War Food administration is buying all the eggs it can, and now it is giving egns to schools for school lunches and to state and federal institutions, not entirely because it has a gen-erous heart but because it wants to support the price to the farmer who (as usual) hasn't been getting the benefit of the retail prices which, in many places, have stayed up even in the face of the greater supply. Washington, however, was able to buy eggs for the Easter rabbit this year, 18 cents a dozen cheaper than they were in March. This egg glut has brought into sharp focus the school-lunc- h ques-tion which is of considerable con-cern to the Office of Education as well as the War Food adminis-tration. The present laying spree of the hens will not last forever, and there will be no eggs to throw around later on. And anyhow, the house of representatives has decided that even if there were a surplus of eggs and other food products, it does not approve of spending the taxpayers' money on school lunbhes even if Handicapped MadeSelf--Supportinplappy Through Work in Industries for Blind Sightless Can Make Many Things, Such as Sheets, Belts, Mops By AL JEDLICKA Releaaed by Western Newspaper Union, On September 8, 1942, the Illinois Industries for the Blind, incorporated four months earlier as a non-prof- it organization, opened opera- - cases where such Institutions are partly financed by private contribu-tions, like the Illinois Industries, they are not expected to sell their goods below the market price, al-though they can sell above it. Employment for 125. A visit to the Illinois Industries for the Blind plant in Chicago at once impresses one with the capability of the 125 blind, partially blind and crippled employees. At one time, the factory had a peak employment of 230 people, many of whom have since gone to accept positions in various war industries. On all three of the floors, one will find the handicapped busily en-gaged in different forms of work suited to their capacities, with the blind chiefly employed on jobs where some form of mechanical guides are provided, the partially blind on ob taining her partial sight on the work. Because the blind could not inspect the finished goods and the bright glare of the white material cou d not be withstood by the partially blind, d people are em-ployed for this work. Since undertaking government work, the Illinois Industries for the Blind has delivered over 2,000.000 sheets and pillow cases to the serv-ice- Make Wooden Mats. Up on the fourth floor of the plant, one sees a cripple and the blind combine to produce colored wooden mats under the supervision of a par-tially blind foreman, Gerard Harolr" Canadian born and English edu-cated, who once ran a coffee im-porting business in Africa. Cut to size by a cripple, the wood-- Jects large enough for their limited sight, and the crippled on tasks not requiring complete freedom of move-ment. On the second floor, one sees the blind engaged in folding paper caps for permanent wave outfits, and in assembling wooden doll sets. tions in an old four -- story structure at 1310 South New-berry St., on Chicago's his-toric east side. Established by Edward S. Molineaux, the institution was designed to provide regular employment for the blind, partially blind and crippled, rather than the usual devices for passing away time or mer-iting a dole. By May 1, 1943 nine months after having been opened the success of the Illinois Industries for the Blind was confirmed when the United States maritime com-mission awarded the plant an "M" pennant for outstanding production of sheets and pil-low cases for Liberty ships, the first ever given to an in-stitution of this nature. Six months later, the maritime commission added to the hon-ors with the presentation of a gold star, for bettering the ' jTTS j? rrrow-- L - riM 'SIlrMfe Lj . & tLkiVt . W 2 CfTw SL,' i y& ?Vt r lMSMJ I previous production and ab-sentee record. The enviable performance of the Illinois Industries for the Blind merely established Mr. Molineaux's long-tim- e con-viction on the capabilities of the blind, partially blind and crip-pled if properly encouraged. Par-tially blind himself, Mr. Molineaux's conclusions probably were inspired by his own experience of over 25 years, dating back to his education at Illinois' Jacksonville State School for the Blind, and his subsequent life work among the sightless. i ''i nmr nil anmii m l en rods forming the skeleton of the mat through which the different col-ored pieces are strung, are drilled by a blind person, who possesses a remarkable mechanical touch, to Mr. Harold. Because of this touch, Harold said, the blind man can sense any imperfection in the operation of the machine, and then go about correcting it. The mats themselves are strung by the blind, who figure how many pieces go into each one, and thereby are able to judge just where the colored beads are to be placed, Trained in three or four weeks, a Leaving Jacksonville, Mr. Molin-eaux took up the task of placing blind switchboard operators in Illi-nois, and then he went to the east, where he joined the Brooklyn As-sociation for Improving Conditions for the Poor. Over 100 years old, this institution specializes in the assist-ance of the blind and crippled. Eight Institutions In U. S. Among those in the forefront of the work to restore the blind, par-tially blind and crippled to useful positions in society. Mr. Molineaux On the third floor about 40 women turn out sheets and pillow cases at good speed, despite their handicap. After two months of training, a wom-an can put scams in about 66 dozen pillow cases a day. The hemmers, who must have 10 per cent or better vision, can finish about 90 dozen cases dally. An "electric eye," shown below, protects the operators from Injury by stopping the sewing machine when fingers get too close to the nee-dle and interrupt the beam of light blind person can average about 40 mats daily. Also on the fourth floor is the leather department, worked by crip-pled and blind. Using discarded leather scraps from shoe factories, the crippled punch out fancy strips, while the blind make holes, as for the insertion of elastic bands for suspenders. Also on the fourth floor, the plant had received old looms, which it was contemplating setting up for the future production of yarn for mops, using handles produced by the Illi-nois Industries, Mattoon, 111., broom factory. In the office of the plant, one met Ethel Heeren, blind executive sec-retary, and Earl Barrett, partially blind general manager. One also met partially blind Wells Mori, ac-tive little public relations officer of has seen the idea take a slow but sure hold throughout the U. S., where eight such institutions now op-erate, some under state supervision, others, like the one in Illinois, un-der private management aided by popular contributions. The restoration of the sightless and disabled to useful citizenry re-ceived its greatest impetus in 1936, when congress passed legislation set-ting up a list of products for the government to purchase from blind workshops. To facilitate the pro-gram, the American Foundation for the Blind inspired the organization of the National Industries for the Blind, to act as a clearing house for contracts to the various blind workshops. In passing the legislation, congress set up certain production standards to be met by the blind plants, and in that must shine constantly while the machine is running. Those proficient in folding paper caps can turn out as many as 986 a day and average around $5.50 for eight hours' work. There is not so much skill required in cap making, as there is a familiarity, or feel, of the paper. Turning from the paper cap fold-ers, one comes to a long assembly line of blind filling little cardboard boxes with parts of wooden dolls, and then packing these along with containers holding different water colors into single sets. Holes in the body of the wooden dolls into which the head, arms and legs are in-serted are drilled ty blind on me- - chanical equipment up on the fourth floor of .the plant. Ten workers can assemble about 1,000 sets a day. Sheets and Pillow Cases. the plant. Earn $25 a Week. From Mori, one learned that am-bitious employees of the plant av-erage about $25 weekly, which with their useful work, gives them posi-tion in society. "Younger handicapped people coming to us who are broken in early into useful social occupations, de-velop a healthier point of view than the older people who have always more or less been felt to be a bur-den," Mori said. "Sometimes, the most diffirnit One of the most interesting and Important of the plant's operations is on the third floor, where blind and partially blind women produce sheets and pillow cases. Under a full-sight- supervisor, 40 impaired women keep the latest type sewing machines with necessary ad-justments buzzing at top speed. First, there are the women who put seams into the pillow cases, be-ing able to turn out about 66 dozen daily, after two months of training. Machines are equipped with a "see-ing eye," which stops their opera-tion when the workers' fingers stray too close to the needle. Then there are the hemmers, with partially blind with at least 10 per cent vision being preferred for this more exacting work of turning the problem is inculcating the work habit into some of the older people," Mori continued. "Laxity in coming down on time, or sometimes not at all, and of not producing at their capacity are shortcomings of many handicapped people which can only be ironed out by careful handling, since you cannot push them. "We do not take all of the handi-capped, of course," Mori continued, "but most of those that we do take develop the work habit and become proficient workers. "Because of differences in apti-tudes and the need for stimulating their efforts, workers are paid on a piece-wor- k basis," Mori said. "But even though their production rates are high, they still usually fall below the sighted standards. In those t - ' V Sl'i i material over, smoothing and then securing it. After six months' train-ing, a good hemmer averages 90 doz-en a day, but a blind person could produce only half of this. At the time the plant was visited, a young woman was being broken into the overlocking process of over-stitchin- g on the outside to give bet-ter strength and appearance. Time and again, she practiced guiding the material to the needle, patiently cases, our products must ell at higher levels on the market." As an indication of the skill and earning power of many of the Illi-no- Industries for the Blind em-ployees, some have been hired by the nation's busy war plants to assist in the battle of production, while a goodly number were only too proud to take their place in line and pay Uncle Sam an income tax for the first time out of their wages. Blind John Dent has learned te punch, assemble and rivet small leather goods, such as belts and suspenders. 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Name Address SNAPPY m Navigation Is Impouibli n anoe on tome of Ihi tins In th Amazon headwotn remote Bolivia rubber com transport Is now serving in! ber development in Tappers cut their way lb jungle, with from 100 to I! rubber frees serving otiei per's route. Tire experts hold tints' mileages are returiw truck tires if, when lb new, they are "brtii for several thovwel under normal er svh conditions. Using Mwli front wheels befori them to the rear li w of "seasoning" tins, REGo .OfAPEP- - Sooth., f nAoii "ant FERRY'S When you garden for bo" plant Ferry'i Seeds. M" log vegetable varieties' It t your local Ferry's dealer- FERRY-MORS- E Sc DETROIT DON'T Iff CONSTIPAJ SLOW YO0J When bowels feel irritable, headachy." laxati v. 1 2EN-A-MIN- T befori r. taking only in accordana. j direction. - sleep witW turbed. Next rooming relief, helping you fed FEEN-A-MIN- Tartesip and economical.A genero FEOM-MIH- I Candid Shot of a Man Doing a CoVm: Harold Lloyd Is no sissy, but he plays with a doll. The toy has an interesting and tragic history Har-ol- d was a long-tim- e friend of Lillian Leitzel. the lovely circus aerialist. Sh fell to her death In Copenhagen several years ago while performing her famed act . . . Her mother took the costume in which Lillian was killed and cut it up into me-mentos for the star's closest friends Some received s, others got similar tiny tokens . . . Lloyd was sent a little doll from the material. It is one of his treas-ured possessions. Groucho Marx was singing the praises of one of the movie firms re-cently. "They're absolutely tops!" he said. "When they make a lousy picture none of the other film com-panies can come near it!" Have a Debunker: Novelist Rose ' Wilder Lane told a reporter she isn't earning money because she doesn't want to pay income tax to support government agencies, Including the Writer's War board . . . Lady, the writers who work for that board take no fees for their work. The taxes may pay salaries of people you dislike, but taxes also support the armv. navv and marine corps, which protect Americans such as Rose Wilder Lane. Have some irony: "Strange Fruit," the exciting novel which has been banned in Boston (the cradle of ), was written by a Southern-er and preaches equality . . . The current Magazine Digest credits Sid Sheldon with the anecdote about "Tootsie Rolls" being on a Russian menu. "Tootsie Rolls?" asked the guest. "What's Tootsie Rolls?" The reply: "Lend-Lease!- " . When it appeared here months ago the locale was Italy . . . Will Mr. Sheldon kindly forward the check he took for that one to the Red Cross? . . . That's peachy. "The Adventures of Mark Twain" movie makers had considerable ma- - terial to go on because Mark Twain is one of the few modern authors who had more books written about him than those he wrote. Mr. Twain wrote 24 volumes. He had 305 writ-ten about him . . . Bert Six, the movie photographer, was taking a likeness of a character. "Okay," said Bert, "I've finished. You can look unpleasant again" . . . Jimmy Starr's book, "The Corpse Came C. O. D.," is a click . . . Paul Hen-rei- d and Hedy Lamarr were re-hearsing love technique for scenes in "The Conspirators" . . . Mrs. Henreid was watching with others . . . She got a howl when she called out: "Paul, you ought to try that kissing technique at home some time!" ... Of all things: Radio station KPAS in Hollywood inter-rupts their midday preacher with race results! Love Letter Dep't: The colyum thanks the Poly Spotlight's Instruc-tor of Journalism (of Riverside, Cal-ifornia) for the press pass. It reads: "Press Club, Poly Spotlight. Re-porter's Pass. This certifies that Walter Winchell is a member of the Journalism classes of The Riverside Polytechnic High School, and a staff reporter for 'The Spotlight' All cour-tesies extended for obtaining or for-warding news will be appreciated. Signed: F. Wayne Coons (Journal-ism instructor) and Bill Cornwell editor. ' The pass expires in 1950. Thank you very much. But by 1950 you boys and girls will be mak-ing and writing the news . . . How-eve-r, I will always treasure it, and tack it on the back of my wheel chair. Bob Dunn, one of the better car-toonists, sends this Bed-tim- e Story to Keep the Baby Awake: A Big Front Door who was a Daddy Door had a Little Son who was a Little Door. So the Daddy Door wanted to meas-ure the Little Door to see if he was growing. So he stood the Baby Door up against a Boy and marked on the Boy's neck, how high the Baby Door was. And that's why all children should wash their ' necks. Now go to sleep, d'ya hear? At a stuffy motion picture party Rosalind Russell was approached by a grande dame who said malicious-ly- , "What lovely pearls! Are they genuine?" Rosalind nodded. "Of course, you can always tell by biting them," said the cat., Were, let me see." ,J?i!adly,",Said Rosalind. jewels. "But remember, you can t tell real pearls with false Tims."1!""'' WarnCr'S ",D 0u' reTds- - "W See mtsome 'ocal heaters) love." When this is flashed someone on Te greens all the unescorted girls out groan . . . starlet Eleanor Parker of that studio has a that performs a cute trick. She to it. "Which-- you rather be!?. DreaK ..r.a" ac-!- waiting for, The dog Plays dead. . "Diplomacy.",";; Jack Warner, "is Sthrat iin. str" Broaden at W Men usually begin tc in height after the age Speed and Complexity of Modern Living Imposes Strain on Eyes Unknown to Primitive Peoples eye! The almost miraculous prog- ress that has been made in recent years in artificial illumination has driven men more and more indoors. Sunset no longer marks the end of the day. The quest for recreation and comfort continues with little thought to the needs of the eyes "Of all human possessions sight is among the most precious. As with most of nature's gifts we take sight for granted. Only when it is injured do the majority of us sud-denly make frantic efforts to regain it." Long working hours and difficult visual tasks are imposed upon the eyes by modern civilization, says an educational bulletin issued by the Better Vision Institute, New York. ."Man has had to pay a price for many of the advances of civiliza-tion. While he remained in the primitive state he lived according to nature's plan. He rose with the dawn and fished during the day light hours, and slept when it was dark," goes on the bulletin. "Eye-strain was practically unknown. With the invention of the printing press, thousands began to read, and not always by the light of the sun. Eyes which for centuries had become ac-customed to distance vision were now suddenly called upon to adapt themselves to close range focusing. New work, new problems for the BRIEFS...&V Raukhage Gasoline needs in this war are 80 times greater than in the last one, according to the U. S. Petro-leum Administration for War. Since Dunkirk, more than 14,000,-80- food packages have been sent by or through the British Red Cross to British prisoners of war in Europe, the British Information services report. Fifty per cent of the outdoor ad-vertising space in the city of Madrid must be reserved for the use ol Spain's totalitarian party to present messages of the Phalangists. One million fewer work accidents in tlie next 12 months is the goai set by Secretary of Labor Francts Perkins for attainment by American labor and management. |