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Show t (1 D D 0 0 An Ugly Word Absenteeism has come to have ugly connotations because most discussion dis-cussion has concerned wilful, inexcusable inex-cusable failure to report for work-Monday work-Monday morning hangover, laziness, disinterest, pique, general irresponsibility. irresponsi-bility. 9 These are the causes of much absenteeism, ab-senteeism, and they deserve all the harsh things that have been said about them. Whether they account for a quarter, a third, a half or two-thirds two-thirds of the 423,000,000 man-days lost last year through absenteeism, nobody knows. The best available information in-formation suggests that considerably more than half of all absenteeism is due to causes for which the nation and the community are to blame, rather than individuals. Inadequate, housing in war boom communities; requiring long, arduous ardu-ous daily travel, often in overcrowded overcrowd-ed trains and buses, on top of overtime over-time work, may well be the most important im-portant cause of absenteeism v This combination of evils promotes overfatigue and sickness. It interferes with normal home life, thereby injuring injur-ing morale. It prevents workers-many workers-many of them women who are trying try-ing to keep homes going outside factory fac-tory hours from doing necessary shopping when stores are open, from working in victory gardens, and from taking in the movies. Probably, in the hectic drive for ever-increasing production with an ever-lessening force of accustomed workers, it will not be possible to eliminate all of these causes of absenteeism. ab-senteeism. Obviously we shall not be able to provide housing so that all workers can live near their factories. It will be difficult, if not. impossible, to supply sup-ply sufficient transportation everywhere every-where to do away with overcrowding overcrowd-ing in rush hours. A certain amount of reshuffling of -personnel might reduce the burden of available housing and transit lines. Stores and recreational facilities might arrange to be open at the hours when workers can do their shopping. If there is labor hoarding, which leads workers to disbelieve the existence exist-ence of a manpower shortage, so that they can see no harm in taking a day off when they see fit, the Manpower Commission should establish the facts and set free surplus workers where-ever where-ever they are found. 2. There is much that could be done, in addition to hurling invective at deliberate de-liberate malingerers. The first need, however, is to ascertain the facts. Can't some Washington department spare the manpower to do that? Out of the Frying Pan v For the first time since war production pro-duction began rolling, we have an adequate supply of steel for ships, ianks and other weapons. Steel no longer is the bottleneck behind the most serious of all bottlenecks that is shipping. ; We have left the hot frying pan and are falling into an equally uncomfortable un-comfortable fire. High labor turnover has caused a labor deficit of 70,000 workers in the shipbuilding industry, which is threatening attainment of our expanded goals. - This is serious. The Nazis are stepping step-ping up their U-boat campaign faster fast-er than the public has yet been informed. in-formed. The deficit has not yet been "reflected in production figures, but .will be soon unless it is overcome. Gracious Gesture ' Wisconsin is to be congratulated on the generous instinct of its legislature legis-lature in voting to return battle flags captured in the Civil War from Mississippi Mis-sissippi Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas- and South Carolina regiments.- ' . - -' VWe .are all Americans now, and have been for decades.iThe action of the .Wisconsin solpns is fine gesture to emphasize thejomplete unity of J our people. ''V PROVO (UTAH) it 5 f - fTHE WASHINGTON TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1943 Trade Question To the Front f "Himmel! Vot.Can't Dey Do?" By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent Lead-off man for opposition to renewal of Secretary of State Cor-dell Cor-dell Hull's pet reciprocal trade agreement policy would appear to be the Hon. Roy Orchard Woodruff Wood-ruff of Bay City, Mich. It was Congressman Woodruff who asked the most questions when Secretary Secre-tary Hull appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee Commit-tee to make the initial, official appeal for the third three-year extension of congressional authority author-ity to keep in. force the 27 international inter-national trade agreements now on the books. Opposition to the trade agreement agree-ment policy isn't really serious, but from the nature of the questions ques-tions which Woodruff put to Secretary Sec-retary Hull, it is possible to get an inkling of what's bothering the people who try to make a casei against what is really one of the' most constructive, the most helpful help-ful to business programs of the entire Roosevelt administration. Wouldn't the United States be better off, asks Congressman Woodruff, if, after the war is over, our hands were not tied by any trade treaties? Since we've been in the war, the Woodruff thesis continues, the costs of labor have gone up and the United States has reached a wage standard that will be pre-' valent for a long time to come. This leads to the belief that the. American standard of living now being raised still higher than its previous levels and that poses the question of how this country can continue to compete against the lower costs of production in other countries, after the war is over, unless new trade .barriers are erected ? At The Tariff Crossroads From there, the question leads to offering a choice to the American Ameri-can government of either following follow-ing a policy that will give manufacturers manu-facturers of this country absolute control over domestic markets, or further experimenting in trade policies in an effort to bring peace to the world, even if the cost of that action is to be the loss of the American standard of living. As a matter of fact this whole issue resolves itself ultimately into in-to the old argument of high tariff low tariff and in any such I IS I 3 Once News . Now History 23 YEARS AGO TODAY vs. are argument, the Republicans traditionally supposed to be high church while the Democrats are supposed to be low church. Today's reciprocal trade agreement agree-ment policy isn't a partisan issue and is not an "experimental1 policy either, for it has worked to increase American exports and in crease American trade with every nation that has signed an agreement agree-ment with this country. Trade In The Post-War World The contention that renewal of the' trade agreements policy would tie the hands 6f the United States government in promoting world trade after the war is worth pretty close scrutiny. When the war is over, the United States will unquestionably be the strongest nation in the world, physically as well as commercially. com-mercially. It will have the least war losses, the greatest production produc-tion capacity. But if the United States is to say at the end of this war that it is to be bound by no rules now on the books, it doesn't take much imagination to figure what kind of a cut-throat, chaotic world competition there will be. Every agreement that tends to promote international trade will be something to hang onto for dear life, as a stabilizing influence. Every one of the 27 nations with which the United States has a reciprocal trade agreement in force will know what it can expect as treatment for its exports, as long as these agreements , remain in force. If the agreements are to be repudiated by a change in American trade policies, however, here will be the most disrupting influence, working against any restoration of world trade. The American living standard need not suffer by retention of the reciprocal trade agreement policy, either. By providing a market for the exports of other nations, the United States through trade agreements agree-ments is insuring that there will be a market for American exports in - the foreign countries with which we do business. But the contention that the United States is a self-coontained nation which can shut its doors against the products of other na tions dies hard. Even the short ages of rubber and tin and hun dreds of other strategic materials have not taught us that, the United States, too, is a "have-not" nation In manyrespects, and must go out into the world market places and bargain t for . the very things it needs to maintain' its much-vaunt ed high standards of .living. Provo WAAC Eeaves For Training Camp Lorraine , King,' who has made her home in Provo most, of her life., has 'jointed the'WAACS and is leaving for a training center the first of June. . . A daughter of Mrs. ; Irene Woods of Redding Califs Auxil iary King is - a graduate of Provo high' school and has many friends nere. or the past year she has been" employed in Salt Lake City, ana has left : to visit' friends "In Spokane. Wash.. - ... -- . Mrs, Woods has i,leen visiting her. daughter jhere and is. leaving isr . uautornia, - Wednesday, From the Files of The Provo Herald Apr. 19, 1920 Only 432 votes were cast at the school bond election at Which issuance issu-ance of $150,000 in bonds to complete com-plete and expand the Provo high school building setup. A total of 325 voted for the bonds. The rest were opposed. -55- BYU's tenth annual relay carni val was being planned. For the first time the invitation was extended ex-tended to schools beyond the boundaries boun-daries of Utah county. A tennis tournament was slated in connection connec-tion with the meet. Athletes were to be guests of honor at a grand 1 ' rf f In Vleite Hall in the wr.rr.on'a trvm I Vli lVCX T ISliO President Heber J. Grant was present at a Utah stake priesthood conference attended by 1884 persons, per-sons, or, according to the stake clerk, 54 per cent of the priesthood priest-hood membership in the stake. T. N. Taylor, stake president, presided. presid-ed. President Grant said this was the largest priesthood representation representa-tion of any stake that he had ever attended. . ' Burglars entered the Christen-sen Christen-sen clothing store and got away with 20 men's suits, 15 top and raincoats, and various other articles. In Spanish Fork SPANISH FORK Cadet Robert B. Barber, son of Mr.and Mrs. L. U. Barber, is spending a few days here after completing his advanced advanc-ed training at Stockton, California. Califor-nia. He was a member of the class of student officers who were graduated recently and commissioned commis-sioned in the Army air force reserve. re-serve. He received the coveted wings, symbolical of a pilot's rating. rat-ing. Before entering the final advanced ad-vanced course at Stockton Field, Cadet Barber completed 18 weeFfs of training at Merced, California. He was a student of the B.Y.U. "Old Big Foot"i known . as the at Provo before' entering the Air "Peavine Wolf" and the "Outlaw," j Forces. had inflicted great damage to stockman in the San Juan country, coun-try, was at last captured and his pelt delivered to the-, commission ers. There had been a standing reward of $1000 for capture of the wolf . . - j . - - SERIAL STORY DARK JUNGLES 8Y JOHN C. FLEMING Cr LOIS EBY COPYRIGHT. 11 MCA SCR VICE. INC. TUB STORY t Barry Fielding: kaa come to Guatemala la search ef a qafrkallver mine operated by the Qoicae Iadlaa tribe, who are aoatlla to white men. After a loajr aid arduous Journey he aad hi Mexteam a-uide. Jose, naally reach Qaleae territory. The chief aad his eoaaeil llstea to Barry's Blem that America needs quick-Silver. quick-Silver. They nromise to grive him an answer la 'the morning;. Dmr-iug Dmr-iug the night mm Indian girl Is attacked and Barry's letterease Is found la her tent. There Is an Immediate trial. The srlrl Is sentenced sen-tenced to death. Barry nnd Jose are held prisoner hat mnnnare to escape. On the trail ajcaln, Barry feels a sadden surge of fever and knows he's been strlckem with malaria. i MUCH-NEEDED kEST CHAPTER XIII ONCERN shadowed Jose's dark face. "Malaria!" he echoed dismayed. Even before Barry's short laugh of self-disgust ended, his knees buckled tinder him. Jose caught him and helped him to a seat against the trunk of a giant tamarack. tama-rack. "Stay here," he commanded. "I will; findvyou bed." Jose - sjtrode off, tb return soon with his arms piled with fragrant pine needles. On the floor of a shallow cave in the rock ledge by the waterfall he spread them, then came' back for Barry. Barry was pulling a box from his coat pocket. He handed it to Jose with trembling hands. "Good thingr-they weren't .left in . saddle sad-dle bags,'.' he grinned unsteadily. Jose opened the box to frown in, perplexity at the unfamiliar tablets. "But these are not quinine," qui-nine," he objected. "Atabrine," Barry, toldtim with effort. "Give them to me . Instructions' . on box." Jose shook his head. "Y ou should have quinine," he mourned. Apprehension rang- warningly through Barry's blurring senses. It would be typical of a jungle rhan like Jose to throw away the medicine because it was different. He realized it would soon be too late to rdo anything about it. Already Al-ready his mind was wandering under the heat of , his fever. He forced himself to concentrate on the problem. He tried to fix his glazing' eyes on the powerful man kneeling beside ; him. "Jose!" ; 1 "Si, senor." : Those tablets. They are better than quinine: Do you hear me?' "Si." "But the man's voice was still mournful and unbelieving.' ' . "Do you promise -on your word ot honor to give me the tablets two each .hour?" i i For a ) long minute Jose : didn't answer.- Then, ; just as Barry's whirling senses told him he had failed, he beard; the man's, mum-, mum-, bled. "Si, ' senor." , Relieved;: he ? collapsed against Jose's- arm." CLOWLY, he floated back to con- some of his hallucinations were facts. The sound of cascading water wa-ter continued after he opened his eyes. And another fainter sound wind sighing through trees. He felt soothed and peaceful, though he could see almost nothing in the dim light about him. He raised himself on an elbow and his head struck against the top of the cave. Dimly he recalled the trip Jose. He crawled from the cave and got to his feet. His head whirled and he leaned against the srock ledge for support, while he looked about him. It was a dazzling morning. Sun sparkled on the cascading water at the cliffs edge, and lay molten over the rocky ledges and dark trees of the mountainside. Evi dences of Jose's vigilance were all about. Tamarack branches had been laid over the; entrance to the cave. The remains of a fire still smoldered on the rock ledge. Roughly hewn " wooden cups dried in the sun. "As he watched, the huge figure of Jose, himself, strode out of the forest of pines, game slung ' over his shoulder. At sight of Barry, he waved an arm and hurried ' to join him. "You feel betterl" he smiled warmly. "Thanks to -you, Jose," Barry muttered, returning . the smile. "You gave me the. medicine, eh?" Jose . pulled the small box from bis pocket and showed Barry it was almost empty. . "It is good medicine like you say," he acknowledged. ac-knowledged. "Each two hours I make you take like you say. So I cannot go back to plantation and tell where we are." .; "How long havelwe been here?" Barry demanded. .!- . The Mexican ' counted wi his stubby fingers. "Five days, he said. - ; i Barry moaneLHow have you lived all that time?" Jose swung, the "animals he had killed from his shoulder. Two red squirrels! ."Very: good,? he" , said simply. He took at folding tin cup from his pocket and . opened it proudly. "I make1 broth for "you in this," he added. As Jose gathered brush for a fire, Barry asked; ? What about the Quiches?. Did they follow us?" . Jose knelt to blow, on the small flame. . "They did not find us," he said. , "We are very fortunate.? When the 1 flame f swept: through the twigs, he took the two squirrels squir-rels and ' went to ! kneel - at the water's edge with murderous looking hunting '. knife., . - . - -; - ; TU : have to go back, Barry worried aloud. You will fo with me, .won't "you.' Jose?-1 have to prove to that chief-1 was framed. I've got to get those mines!" . JOSE listened impassively as he Y skinned. and cleaned the squirrels. squir-rels. He cut - a small chunk of meat and dropped , it into the water-filled cup. "We eat," he said stolidly. 'Then we try to make plantation before you feel sick again. You need -more good medicine medi-cine before you go back anywhere." any-where." Barry's head was beginning to ache again. His body felt stiff and weak. Jose gave him the last two atabrine tablets, and later i a cup of the steaming broth. ' Then h stretched out on the soft, fragrant bed of pine needles. ; Barry marveled at the patience and gentleness of: the big Mexican. Mexi-can. The man had' saved his life all right. He was lucky to h&ve had such a . guide. If he had only been as lucky with the, Quiches, he thought bitterly. ... rpHROUGH half closed eyes he watched the Mexican as h made neat rolls of their blankets,, led the mules up from the thicket where they had .been tied to graze, took brushes and stroked ' their gray coats until they shon in the sunlight. , , Barry dozed off then and. must have : ' slept fyar several hours. When he awakened the sun was low and the pine trees were casting cast-ing " long shadows up the slope. ' Jose was sitting by the carapfire fixing some more broth. "Barry felt cool now and refreshed. Jose turned as he heard hia voice. -; ' "I . feel much better, Jose," "he" said.' "Maybe tonight we could go back to the Quiche country." Jose looked grim and shook his head. , "No, senor, that would be folly." "But I must clear myself with them!" "This is not the time," Jose said quietly. "You feel better now because be-cause of the - medicine you' have taken. Iater when that wears -off you might feel worse again. This' fever, is very bad stuff. We can not take chances of your, getting sick again out here." ... :'But, you said tonight .we. could travel again!' . , - ; .- - "SI,- senor, we travel,' but r&it to the lQuiches. We go back to the plantation where,- - you can . rest from your sickness." , . - ' ; Barry felt a tide - of keen, disappointment dis-appointment surge through hm as he - thought of delaying his - business busi-ness . with .the Quiches. v : :) -. ."You1 rest now r until thetmoon cqmes out," 4 Joser said. Then :i glve-ybumore roth and'we .,will. sUrt. - HEALTH COLUMN Don'tTry to f Stop Cough That Produces Results By DIt. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA A, cough that begins after ah obvious "cold" and lasts for two or three weeks can be regarded in a different light than the cough that begins insidiously and lasts' for a. longer period. The latter cough calls for careful care-ful investigation and attention from a physician. But the ordinary ordin-ary cough, familiar to us all, is susceptible to home treatment, and can. safely be taken care of without professional attention particularly in these wartime days when the busy doctor's time and energy must be conserved. The cough is nature's design and mechanism to rid the respiratory respir-atory tract of material that does not belong there. It is not desirable, desir-able, therefore, to stop a cough that is productive of sputum. Coughing is the best possiMe way of eliminating undesirable material ma-terial from the infected area. The act of coughing is accomplished accom-plished by filling the lungs with air, closing the glottis (located at the top of the trachea, in the throat), and thus increasing the pressure of the air contained therein. At the peak of the tension, ten-sion, the glottis is opened, and the air explosively released, carrying car-rying with it the offending material ma-terial within the air passage. When the cough no longer produces pro-duces sputum, it is wise to try stoppng it. Coughing may be an extremely distressing phenomenon, phenomen-on, especially in an infant, who1 can readily look as if he were choking to death. It is always a wearing, irritating, and depressing depres-sing experience when continued after and beyond its proper function. func-tion. In addition, it is annoying and unpleasant for others to be around a person spasmodically wracked by a cough. AVOID THROAT IRRITANTS The simple treatments for a cough are as follows: Avoid such irritants as cold air, tobacco smoke, and other pungent odors. Increase the intake of fluids, which soothe the throat as well as help in clearing the system of any lingering traces of the respiratory respira-tory infection. " If possible, seek a warm, humid environment. An artificial set of humid conditions can be achieved by introducing steam into tlfe room, either with or without further medicament such as benzoin. ben-zoin. Counter-irritants , are also useful in the form of heat applied to the chest by mustard plasters, a hot-water bottle, or an electric pad. Many simple coughs may be relieved re-lieved by ten grains of sodium-citrate sodium-citrate in hot lemonade. In more persistent coughs, the nervous reflex re-flex must be depressed. Besides a deliberate effort on the part ci the patient to control and quiet his cough, codeine in elixir of terpine-hydrate will usually prove effective. (To Be CcntliZi Q's and A's Q Do Army officers have to get by on three pairs of shoes a year? A First they must use their coupons. If these are insufficient they may get special purchase certificates to cover real needs. Good shoes are vital to fighting men. Q How many members are there in the Cabinet of the United States? A Ten. They include heads of the executive departments. Each is appointed by the President, Presi-dent, subject to confirmation by the senate, but responsible only to the President and they may be removed by him at will. The Cabinet meets at the White House at the President's call; no records of its meetings are kept and proceedings pro-ceedings are not officially made public. Q What step has Switzerland taken to guard aerainst violation of its neuartlity by Germany or A-The Swiss have placed high explosives in the Alpine passes ana rauway tunnels, especially St tiothard and Simplorv so they could disrupt speedy contact be tween uie Axis partners. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUTJULEPf MERHY-GO- A Daily Picture o! What's !TX VTUUiy UU Ul nuuwuui miuno astir aaty) WASHINGTON Big question-mark about Rommel is will he be able to evacuate his forces from Tunisia? Here is the answer given ty War Department Depart-ment top-flight experts. Rommel has a great concentration of antiaircraft anti-aircraft artillery in the northern corner of Tu-niKia Tu-niKia to which he has withdrawn. This includes not only his own stuff, but also the artillery of Gen. Von Arnim's units. He will be able to put up a blanket of anti-aircraft fire so intense that Allied air attacks will be ' costly. In addition, the Germans will try to bring an air umbrella from Italy, to cover Rommel's evacuation. This is the same strategy adopted by the British for the evacuation from Dunker-que, Dunker-que, when they withdrew their planes from the continent, repaired, refueled, then whipped back across the channel, cleared the skies, and kept an umbrella over the British forces until the evacuation was accomplished. But, foreseeing this, Allied planes already are strafing Sicilian airfields and knocking out Axis planes on the ground, to prevent the air umbrella from ever unfolding. Also Rommel must begin partial evacuation evacua-tion at once, regardless of whether he tries to hold Tunis and Bizerte. He has so many men. in that small area that they get in their own way. This partial evacuation can be accomplished, accom-plished, under cover of night, across the short waist of the Mediterranean, between Tunis and Sicily. But to evacuate his entire force of nearly 200,000 is regarded impossible. The judgment of War Department experts is that he will deliver de-liver safely about one-tenth of his men, or 20,000. The rest a force of 180,000 will be killed or captured, in a catastrophe of such magnitude that Tunis and Bizerte will come to rank alongside Sebastopol and Stalingrad. But because of Rommel's terrific .anti-air strength, the losses will not be on one side alone. SECRETARIES OF THE NAJ Y North Carolina's able Congressman Graham Barden is not only an expert on, naval -affairs, but has a sense of humor. Once he sent Secretary Secre-tary of the Navy Knox a clipping from the Raleight (N. C.) News and Observer, published by former Secretary of the Navy Josephus D'aniels. The clipping contained a picture of Knox and Secretary of War Stimson with the caption "Ambassador and Mrs. Litvinoff." Under another an-other picture of the Russian Ambassador and his wife were the names of Knox and Stimson. Congressman Barden facetiously suggested that Secretary Knox should take this up with his predecessor, ex-Secretary of the Navy Dan-ields. Dan-ields. Knox, a newspaper publisher himself, played play-ed it straight-face. He replied in a very formal letter that Josephus Daniels doubtless .had made a tyopgraphical rrror and meant no harm. RATIONING THE ZOO Confronted with the food shortage, National Zoo Director Bill Mann, is trying to fool the monkeys. Bananas are scarce, so Dr. Mann has devised a paste made of sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and a little honey all mixed up together to-gether which he passes off as a substitute for bananas. The soft-bil! birds take to it all right, but the monkeys look at him with one eye shut as they eat, indicating they know what tricks he is up to. The meat problem is not as bad as you might suppose, for the lions have been getting horse meat instead of beef for a long time-ever time-ever since the price of beef began to rise several sev-eral years ago. What's more, horse meat comes closer to the lion's natural diet of zebra. Like any housewife, Dr. Mann is driven to resourcefulness. What to do about those ant eggs he used to get from Germany and Japan? The birds loved them, and some of his fancy creatures have the most eclectic tastes. Well, Dr. Mann has turned to the Good Neighbor policy, and is importing a substitute delicacy in the form of dried Mexican flies. Since the days of the Aztecs, the folk below the Rio Grande have been supping on a certain type of water bug (philopods) which scamper in great numbers across the lakes of Mexico. They are caught in nets, made into a paste (it looks like pate do foie gras) and served without with-out seasoning. For the moment at least, there is no rationing of dried Mexican flies. NOTE: Peanut-tossing visitors do not solve the feeding proWem. Says Dr. Mann, "rt's jus as unhealthy for the monkey to eat continually between meals as it is for the little boy whe feeds the monkey." DOCTORS FOR FARMERS , Current attacks on Farm Security Administration Admin-istration threaten to undo one of the most effective ef-fective programs of the New Deal. If Congress succeeds in stripping FSA of funds, there will be an end of the medical care program, which has brought "group health" to 117,000 families in the lower income classes of the country. At first, this program was bucked by the American Medical Association which worried about "socialized medicine." But after six years a recent report of the conservative Medical Association views the experiment with - favor. Reason for the change is that state medical associations, in the proportion of about four to one, declared that the group health program did not destroy the independence of doctors but actually gave them more business. The Farm Security medical plan is a "prepayment "pre-payment plan," under which families in farm areas pay a fixed fee for a full year's medical care for the entire family, regardless of what ailments may develop. The fee ranges from $15 in the poorer areas, upwards to $40. But the farm bloc, now running wild in Congress, probably will sweep aside this aid 1 communities, though it now operates r, f ,countief- Incidentally, most Congressmen Congress-men don t even know this medical service exists (Copyright 1943 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) "She's over forty sind she " . ays- she -never cooked sv meal in her life, T&: as soon admit not knowin ; how to take a bath." . . ' it Six Wives All-at-Once A University of London philosopher, Dr. C. E. M. Joad, has admitted in print that he would like to have several sev-eral wives. He wants one to go out to dinner with, another to cook for him, one to attend him to , church and another to play games with, one to mother him and another to make love to. ... . ' " ' ' - It is no news' that Dr. Joad would prefer a different woman for .each of these uses. Millions of 'men have had similar ideas. The news is that the good professor has nerve to tell about his desires in print unless could this be possible?-he now hp:sLnpt even one wife : to resentj pspexsjpns upon her ability to satisfy. ."r I : r I i |