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Show w,.tr,y.,.l,l.P' "S ''t; 4'' "A ' 1Y rYC. j! PROVO, UT MAY 31, 1944 , ! Editorial .. . . Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor 1 separated from hi neifiuor oven is:. V Monty la & rood servant but a poor, master.-- juhourf. e Price M Going Up , of relatively Ught resistance m c engagements, w days or tne "fanatical" defense are not overi ke Island Droved that and gave prohrisd f a lot more hard fighting betweeiKpresent ' A . . V 'Jlfi Jl fj T..i. Ylr. Jl,. T iuiea position ana 4yo. xuv yujmsao" land also proved that the Japs are paying more and more dearly as defenders. ' x It took two days for the American landing force to win Wadke after the little two-oy three-mile island had been subjected to a nAnifin fhaf sAimHa vn fiercer than what ... vmmv nwm4w ' y ,1 -. -1 Cassino received. Almost 2000 tons 01 oomoa - were dronned on it before the actual opera-l ' tion started. This was followed with a day- anamgnc uiasun oysmp tuiu uwu. uuikij and by neavy, meaium ana ngnter oomDers. But a battalion of Japs survived to fight .with every crafty trick i& their book. They sniped from caves, pillboxes and treetops. They infiltrated into our lines in the uni- sorms of fallen American soldiers. Kit. was fiercer suicidal fighting. It delayed the taking of a small but important object tive. But when the firing ceased not one ox the seasoned defenders remained alive. . j How lone can Toio afford to Pay these prices in Order to delay the inevitable? . The 5 . m.JI.. 11 U V.i.4- zorce on waae w buioii, w w bi& wui the total casualties in these last-man stands! :are growing more impressive. In the month! following the Hotiandia landing April 22,! Americans killed 76 Japs for every one of our men lost. It should be apparent to To jo that, for many months now there haa jbeen no question ques-tion of the outcome of his engagements ncrfnt the AmeHcans. Admiral Halsev X was not speaking idly when he announced "the virtual completion of the Pacific cam paign, except for mopping-up and starving-out starving-out operations." The Japs are up against superior equipment. equip-ment. They "are being Outfought on land ana sea and in the air. t The Japs in Burma have discovered how well they taught their American -adversaries,, the tricks of jungle fighting on Guadalcanal Guadal-canal and the Papuan peninsula. All this has happened in the "beat Hitler first" phase of the war against Japan. Surely Sure-ly no amount of fanaticism or boasting can now ease Tojo's mind .as he contemplates the full weight of Allied might that is combing com-bing later. IV Sponsored News There is one disturbing item in tne gen erally good communications bill which has been drafted by Senators Wheeler of Mon tana and White ot Maine, j .This provision : would ban commercial sponsorship of news broadcasts, bycompelling networks and stations sta-tions to pay for such broadcasts. This implies an irresponsibility which we do hot Jhink the broadcasting industry mer its. . No one would think of banning the news fronv newspapers because the bulk of newspaper news-paper operating costs are met through advertising ad-vertising revenue. Yet the! Wheeler-White ' proposal would have the same effect in com-- com-- mercial broadcasting, where the bills are paid by sale of time to advertisers. Such a proposal, if it becomes law, would establish a dangerous precedent inconsistent with freedom of speech and press. Picture From Belgium A news picture out of occupied Europe shows the Belgian quisling,; Leon Degrelle, standing in a Nasi armored car during a demonstration in Brussels. He is bedecked in a Nazi uniform, complete with iron crosses. cross-es. His arm is outstretched in a Nazi salute. He flashes a movie-star smile. Beside him are his little son and daughter. ' We wondered, as we looked at the picture, what those two youngsters would think if they should come upon it in, say, 1960. We Wondered if Degrelle had als4 thought about it, and about the shame that they probably will feel at having innocently shared his moment of cheap, treacherous triumph. We wondered if Degrelle isn't perhaps a little relieved that the Belgian underground will see to it that he does not survive to face the old, inevitable question "Daddy, what did you do in the. war?" j . Bureaucratic Immunity A New York housewife hired a young iv woman as part-time maid tnrougn tne I United States Employment Service. A few I minutes after the maid reported for work the housewife went up to the roof for a sun bath. When she returned- both the maid - and a purse containing $18 ere gone. The housewife, who had forgotten the maids name, called the USES. She was told that it would be against regulations to tell either the name or address. Only in the . event ofan infraction of the Social Security : Act, violation of the Federal Income Tax ; law, forging a Social Security benefit-check, benefit-check, or illegal action by a (Social Security r: employe could that information be given out. Not even theFBI could budte USES from , that firm stahd, which was backed up by the 'War 'Manoower Commission. Miyor IiaGuardia called ihe regulation "cock-eyed.- " We agree, and then some. We also think that the regulation should be The Washington Merry-G p- A Daily Picture of. What's Round ; Going On in National Affairs where Stalin, Churchill and. most of all. the weath Haf em4idnno tomnfoH hv thi were the deciding: factors. I feel certain that (.,.;- if . .U. o. puiiiics was cumpiekeiy oui 01 me mciare jaia, au.v.. - ...- . f.....u - i is me invasion DianKeis news or uie VjUI' con eriOUS crime mat Ul3 tneil oz 910, venuon, it win be accidental (Cm. BtMM WASHINGTON '- We other day, thla column carrledx a story involvinfit Charles E. Wilson, ex-. ecu tive Vice chaitmsn of the wmr production board ana a line puDuc aervani; a story which- I now una nas done him an Injustice. The story warn that over a vear aero, drain? the neat 01 uie war production Doara row Between thr WUson-Nelson forces and the Armv-Naw-Eberstad' forces, WUsbn Nby accident had picked up, wlthf a new jong-oistanee listening device, a conversation in which Bernie Baruch. Undersecretarv of War t-anerson. unaersecreiary of , tne Jvavy Forres tal ana otners .were criucai or the W?B and of the president Chief point and occasion for the story was that tne president was a forgiving; person and had appointed ap-pointed Forrestal secretary of the navy despite the fact that he knew about this critical conversation. This main point howfever, seems to have been obscured ob-scured in, all the speculation as to whether pri vate conversations can oe safe in the future. So further fur-ther elucidation is in order. First, however, the main Doint I want to .make here is that I now find Mr. Wilson did not use any long-distance listening device or any other device to listen in on the above conversation. This columnist has often paid tribute to Mr. Wilson, and is delighted to take this opportunity to do so again, and to say that, if any false impressions were given, it is deeply regreted. Mr. Wilson had absolutely nothoing to do with the Incident. He informs me that his former company, General Gen-eral , Electric, has not "developed any long-distance electronic listening device. .Neverthe-less, other people have, so It looks as If the privacy M the nation might not be too sacrosanct In the future. One phase of the idea was first developed in Hollywood when movie companies wanted to take a long-distance angle shot and did, not want the microphone to appear in the picture. So they used a directional beam microphone which can pick up conversations a. short distance away: The radio companies developed the idea further for baseball games in order to focus the microphone on nrst or inifa oase rrom tne roor of tne stadium and pick up an fergument with the umpire. This device de-vice will not work at long" distances. However, ; electronic experts say it is possible to focus a microphone from the top of a fairly tall New York building and pick up conversations in the street below. ; Also, a most uniaue listening device Is re ported to have been developed by Col. H. O. Blxby, now of the U. S. Signal Corps, who also developed amazing underwater listening devices. By a small microphone, placed in a book or a briefcase and. without any wires, it is reported that conversations conversa-tions can be transmitted to a receiving set some distance away. This device was developed outside tne signal corps and; if tne Army is using this or a similar device today, it remains a military secret. so wnat with radar and television, we may soon be walking around both listening in and watch- t 4 A. a. iTi. .a m m. 1 ing peopie ai uie .ouier ena 01 tne diock. Regarding the transcript of the5 critical Baruch- Forrestal-Patterson .conversation, there is no ques tion but that this happened. Their conversation was' reported and the- general content of it reach ed the White House, although by whom and how will have to remain one of those ' Washington mysteries. It was so mysterious to Secretary of the Navy Forrestal that a year ago, when he heard about this whole thing, he had Commander Ray Whitely of naval intelligence search his house to see where the microphones were located. All of which brings us Pack to tne original for gotten point of the original much-controverted story that the president can be a very forgiving man. Churchill's recent "powerhouse" speech before Commons didn't click with persons high up in the administration.Actually, it brought out the growing differences between him and the president, also ms bpats with Foreign Minister Anthony Eden, also the importance of overhauling U. a.-Brttish political relations. re-lations. (Administration permanent peace ideas are much nearer those announced by Eden the -day after ChurchiU, when he went out of his way to emphasize the cooperation of smaller countries with the Big Four). Here are some of tne difference wrucn reai- istlct advisers inside the Administration have been wanting to have straightened out with Churchill for some time: . 1. American boys will never fight to protect India in the future, so it is foolish to let Churchill think that Britain and the U. S. A., through al liances with Russia, can help guarantee the Empire. The only protection to India must be a healthy Slndia wining to protect herself. When FDR talked to Churchill about India two years ago, tne p. IM. was almost insulting. 2. The United States will Insist on giving Hongkong and other former Chinese possessions back to China. When this was proposed oy me President af; Cairo, Churchill flatly refused 3. An alliance of ibg powers as proposed py Churchill cannot keep permanent peace in the world any more than the Congress of Vienna, which livided up Napoleon s empire In 1815 among jRUs-lia, jRUs-lia, Austria, England and Germany. i, 4. President, Roosevelt so far as he ' has hought things out favors a peace machinery ased on cooperation with small powers as well as big. He doesn't go for ChurchlU's Metternleh Idea of balancing the world among heavily armed big towers. 5. The old British Empire for which Churchill i ought fifty years ago in the Indian northwest 1 'order wars, and in the Sudan1 and the Boer wars, will never come back despite his youthful memories. And the United State can never assume the drag, anchor of helping to protect that kind of an Empire Em-pire in the future. 1 Finally, every time the British have been puUed into a war in the last half century, we have helper pull them out Therefore we should have a large Vote lii the set-up which may make or prevent warK in the future. V MAIL BAG j Mrs. Judge Edward C. Eicfier, Washington, E. i C. Got the message that your husband learned patience from living all these years with ou. While I don't quite believe that the judge sure las -real patience to preside over that bumptious t evy of pack-in-the-bdxes who are trying to change t he most serious sedition trial of the war into a dircus Darryl Zanuck, HoUywood Congratulations cn bringing out one of the most important pictures pic-tures of all time, "Woodrow Wilson" when it will really help us to build a new and permanent peace. Nothing could be more timely. ... Mrs. Laura Foss, Los Angeles A summary df how we paid part of the Alaskan purchase money to Russia in return for her placing the Russian fleet in American waters to offset the British during the Civil War, la on, Page 292 of the world Almanac. ..... George D. Baird, New Orleans The presi dent probably could have scheduled the highly- successful North African landing a week before the November. 1942 elections, when it would have won votes for tne Democrats. Instead, the landing took place one week after elections. The timing of the second front was first determined in Teheran, I '! - 1 " -I " Italian Hand : A, K v A- - Ca-ssfJ -v u ; ; ; i i . -. CIO Political Machine Seen 1 HIT THE RIVET, SISTER By I A mm DM4Uiu. Ciyrl:fct. IMS. 1fwfl. Mkl, lae.i fnn renqieton mtrtbmtrt, im, ea srvie, ie. The real-life adventures of a society gxn who goes to pork m a war plant. BENCH VI JENCH has reorganizedj, There is a new Boss and f 4ur new girls have been taken in, and I am ope of the four. It is a little like our earlier lessons alt Simp son's a sort of handicraft class. At Simpson's everyone v as very solemn and fearfully painstaking about it here, in what S mpson's referred to in reverent ones as "actual Shop practice," ere is a pleasant happy-go-lucky attitude. At Simpson's our firs;' lesson was to learn the proper n;,mes for new- tools-our flnishinK hammers, ham-mers, our mallets, our six-inch scales, not "rulers." Here 1 1 Kerry Kraft practically any to 1" is, in the language of the me i, "that there," and in the langttage of the girls, a "jigger." "Say, Annie, lend me your jigger" You have to-stop and see e what your companion com-panion is doing,' figure out what tool she may want, then scrabble through your toolbox and produce it At Simpson's borrowing was considered one of the major sins; lere at Kerry Kraft we could hot live without it. Alas, there is a good deal of unauthorized borrowing, bor-rowing, too a vicious circle, for if someone has lifted your hammer, ham-mer, you lift someone's else's. . My gun-sets for riveting; rrty beautifully polished and , satin-smooth satin-smooth bucking bar (which I had nicknamed my "Marvel Magic), my little case of drills, are put away. In Bench we need only hammers, mallets, files and, the more punctilious of us, our scales. Bench 'is a large department of the Plant, for in; Bench are made all the small pieces which Subassembly Sub-assembly and Final put together. But it is split up into small divisions divi-sions which are scattered through the building. In ours. Bench S-2, lake j involved, in a love affair. I dont, j know the particulars but I gather j that the path of love is not too j smooth. Quite often our lunch ; period is spent in silence, with 'Eunice, off in a dream, coming nose-ribs for elevator- f twi? .Ultle i urn a ibuici suceuisu . einue. we make tabs, a tab being part of an elevator, ele-vator, and an elevator being the hinged-on. rear part of 4he plane's tail, which lifts or lowers ta make the plane1 head up or down. After considerable questioning, I learned that our pieces belong to a Navy pursuit for which Kerry Kraft does sub-contracting. IVTAKING our nose-ribs' is not very different from other hand metal-work: you file and bend and hammer, and polish off the edge with an emery cloth. When , you've done a rackful you take them across the aisle to Inspection, In-spection, and when Inspection has decided they have no cracks and are more or less the right , size, "Don't take it as no thin' personal if I don't, tell you all what my mind," she said one de There atroears to be some reason fwhy the identity, of the lad on whom her affections are Centered must be kept secret. Can Eunice be doing a little poaching? I wonder, but I do not ask, and this is appreciated. "One thing I like about you for a friend is you don't ask no questions, "i. Eunice has told me more than once. Neither .does, she. I doubt if any other two lady-workers in Kerry Kraft know as little about each other's pasts. ! ' "One thing-1 like about you for a friend is yon dont ask no questions.' Inspection puts its stamp on them and halloos to you to take them away. Then, down the aisle, past other sections , of Bench and past the Paint-shop, we leave them with Gus, of the Heat-treat Department De-partment I Eunice and I, lunch companions now for two months, are accepted as "girl friends." 'Say, who's your good-looking girl friend?" one of the "fellers" asked me the other day. "How's about a little introducin'?" It wouldn't do him much good, for Eunice is already y PETEB EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent The surprise of . some peoble forcr -ww apparent, wjy uvcespea of tne c I. o. political Action Committees is really more sur prising than the results. For all that Sidney HlUman's organization has done Is steal hot -only a leaf buttJiftywhoIe "book . of . tricks based on the experiences Of very well-organized political machine; from Tammany Hall up. down orj OUt ! j - For a fair sample of what this line of education amounts to tak a look at a typical ''Guide to Political Po-litical Actipn," put out by the Ci I. O-, United Electrical Workers and distributed in" quantity by P. A. C. and N. E. headquarters. The introduction is a lunch-time conversation between a couple of the boys,. Marty and Joe, lh rich, native vernacular, with a sprink ling 01 grammatical errors to make It ring true: . - "It'ii a -war We're ell in," says Marty, jhot pinochle game." "Sure it's a war," answers Joe. K"Haven't I got a boy over in Italy uus very minute? sure it'swar, and that's why I say to hell Swith politics." , . j GradutOly, however, Marty fats Joe interested, x - "But what can be done how?" asks Joe. 'How do we get, rid of some of those guys we got in offjee ?"rhey ought to pickle a few of those congressmen ; and then ration picklesV "its not So easy, Joe. but It's got to. be done., ThaUs why we're setting up those Political Action Committees everywhere so we can beginto bargain Coksctlvely with our Congressmen.'.' Another half-page of dialogue and Joe is convinced. can ceunt on me." he says. The whole damn world is ounting on yost" Marty tells him. and the pair go back to work. Catechism, Technique . ; Corny?- Sure it's corny. But it's lingo people understand and it is red light; "NCE, catching some betraylr v, remark ,1 ha4 made; Euni it ng Eunice turned to me with a sudden suspicion sus-picion in her eyes. "Say; Annie, how much schooling did you have?"' When I said lightly that believe it or not, il had got through fourth grade, Gert took it up. "Serious now, how many years?" I tried to escape. "It seems like' (hundreds, looking back. . That annoyed Eunice. "Doh't so- cettin' smart again. What's fwrong with tellin me?" "Well, I finished high school!' I must have sounded boastful. What's so wonderful J 1 ! - J 1 J At V inau " jeri , aeraanaeo. jeeze,,,' " tii you did, too, didn't ; you. Eunice?'" ".h KZZ X .. Action a getting results. It is the first reader approach, and the simple question and ans,wer technique of the catechism. Here are typical passages: "Aren"t politics too dirty?" 'Certain politicians may be 'too dirty.' The quicker these-are out of public office the better." "Does political action mean a third party movement?"' ; "No. . In words of Sidney Hill-man Hill-man . . 'the C. L O. does not plan a third party at this tame.' "Will labor stay ta politics aftertr ''' tha iimn?" -wear, "Yes. Labor is in politics for keeps." There are a number of sections of the handbook devotedto registration regis-tration of voters, canvassing, selection se-lection of candidates, 5 running of campaigns. How to obtain vdters' lists from the city hall or county clerk is explaineakin deUll. Prer paratlon of Usts forli shop stew-s ards is advised,; for a checkup on workers who are not registered. - ' "Many big companies have found that there is no substitute fr Desk Ghat On Of Klnlintf'a hmt hnf nAf mA i WIII-knnum nnaMi that -artn luUf: ' 1 iu west 10 au wno Know ana ukb If 1 V V ; ' - - . ' . - ft. There is sorrow enoutrh In the -natural way , .) From men and womta whe UI ZJ wr ay, ..... But when we are certain of 4wr J ' row. in store,. ' . - ' ' Why do we always arranrtf tat 3 more?' ' . Brothers and sisters, I bid jrou ; w giving your neart va m uog w year. v Buy a pup and your money jwiil V buy ' . ,.: .. Love, Unflinching that cannot He Perfect passion and worship fed ' '' By a kick in the ribs or pat on the head. Nevertheless it is hardly fttfr j To risk your heart for a dojf; ; 'to tear .- ! ; Jv. '7, When the fourteen years which nature permits . Are closing in asthma, or turn' .' ors, or fitSyX ; And ,the vet's unspoken , pre- .' scription runs" : ) '' To lethal chambers or i loaded vguns,-,' ' ' ; j.,. j, Then jrou wiu find ItV your . . own ftffeter- 7 ': ," But you've given your heart to :. a .dog' to tear. .- ,--' ' When the body that ' your single will. When the whimper of welcome is stilled (how still!);! f When the spirit that answered your every mood ', Is ,gone wherever it goes--for . gOOd, ' Tou will discover how much you care," And will give your heart to- aog 10 tear: -oOo . : Jimminy Crickets, our crab, was driving alone street the other day at the height of the traffic, and- .stopped for a. CAnleKl Te car behind him; incidentally driven by a very sweet young lady. prompuy gave ms car a s00 bump. At the next red light be stopped and again, his car got 4, liowuuuiitg wuuiy, au ei ava"y . , . .aaiiic WTCiv iau ' f. f At the third red lfeht III 1 pened again and Jiminy, his pa ence exnausted, got out of machine ahd walked back to thi offending tar and scowilngly de manded. "Wjaat do you mean b; conunuauy bumping into m i: door-to-door salesmen," Xti hand nnntr Avmoinn "it im A fc UWUUfcVU. UBl-rt A V otaMM rt.llll a I thought we would veer off in- "L" "1- ,..OUHCa.1 to rPminiPnr ' hut ICnfr w .nuweWUl Organise On "i "i v .;.r: "i in iock oasis." s 1.111 iiufc liee.ui. suspiciuu, una sne Geneva Steel Co. Gets Price Relief In OPA Schedules The Geneva Steel company has heen granted permission by OPA to sell . steel' at prices above the established ceiling, levels it was revealed in Washington, recently.. recent-ly.. The authority was given because be-cause of the inability of the company com-pany to produce steel at costs whicH will allow it to sell at the ceiling prices. On carbon plates, .the company was' authorized to charge $&20 per 100 lb. f.o.b. Pacific coast ports. This $64 per ton price is the same as that previously fixed 1 for the Kaiser plant at Fontana, j Calif., and is $111 a ton over the estabiished ceiling price of $53 per : ton, or $2.65 per 100 lb. j Above-ceiling prices per gross ! ton, f.o.b. Pacific ports were also' established by the OPA for the Geneva company for rerolling; quantity billets, blooms and slabs, ; at $58.64 and for forging quality j billets, blooms and slabs at $64.64. : The established ceiling at Pa-' cific ports on rerolling quality 1 blooms, billets, and slabs at $52. j On sales made in 'areas govern- ed by basing , points other than the Pacific coast ports, base pric . lllb 111 UL uie lUUUWUlg prices, f.o.b. Provo, may be charged charg-ed by Geneva: Carbon steel plates, $2.60; rerolling qt ality billets, blooms and slabs, $42.50; forging quality billets, blooms and! slabs, oj.zu. unaer me scneauie, rrovoi becomes a basing point on- ship-j. menta moving east from the Geneva, Ge-neva, plant.. , The : excess ' cost of production at Provo which necessitated the increase in prices arises primarily primar-ily from the' high .Wartime construction con-struction cost of -the new plant When the excess . cost of construction con-struction Is charged as' depreciation, deprecia-tion, it offsets the ability of a company f to produce steel economically eco-nomically with Jnodern equipment equip-ment , Sunset Crater National Monument Monu-ment Arizona, was ' visited by 11,888 persons during 1940. sat looking at me appraisingly. Finally, "You didn't never go to no college, did you?" There was a sort of uncertainty in her voice, a hope for reassurance. "Me?" I didn't have to say any more. Gert settled it "Jeeze, are you nuts?" she asked Eunice. "Her, college?" She turned to me. "If I was you, . Annie," she said, "I'd slap her eats down for that one." Saved! j (To Be Continued) Booklet's Goal Plainly Stated As a tip-off at what all this detailed de-tailed organization is heading for, a couple of passages wiil suffice 1 "What is needed are about 10 tnew congressmen," says the book. And earlier, where Mart is talk- ine' to Joe;. h maw "Down In Washington we know that Roosevelt is having a tough time trying to keep Congress in line .' . . Wouldn't it be a help to us, Joe, if President Roosevelt had more people in Congress who really real-ly wanted to help him win the war "Why are4 you stopping all th time ?" pertly questioned the vweet young lady. VWhat's the big idea?" -uanrc . you see mose reoj lights,?" questioned Jiminy, Tve got to stop for them, haven't IT? . ''Good Heavens! If you stop for tose'. silly things ell the time, ever get anywhere:" And speaking of brave .men... which we weren't. . .how about the chap who took a taxi to the bank ruptcy court and then instead of paying his fare, invited the driver in as a creditor? 1 1 and settle , the peace like It should oe?" . All thla mav not be exaetlv - . . . f A . news, out is presented nere as s sample of Prettv smart : politics which certain parties may hae to get busy and do something about If they intend to beat it August, oae of the year's hottest months, is the busiest season for fur dealers In, normal times, with January second. MINOR 1 nnnnnnp BURN$ BCTDniCIIM ItllVMl cuts 1 v;;ins,rzzxLi Lire Have a wCokewEto Zdorovo (HOw GRAND!) ; C3Kr' m SBT ivw..-r H. jJr . HllSfe-kaa. w M- MX TT '-"'ill -I (j, ' or making foreign flyers friends - To visiting Russian and British allies it's good news to see fighting planes pouring but of American plants. 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