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Show PAGE THE WO PR TIMES-NEW- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By experiment stations, carried scientific agricultural methods direct to the farmer and applied them directly to each individual farm. We had a market for our increased farm production through, and for, two or three years after the close of the first World war. When we stopped lending European nations money with which to buy, they stopped buying and the American farmer suffered. We will not again have a farm market capable of absorbing all of our potential farm products until we can find new uses for those products, or produce those things for which new uses can be found. Industry must come to the relief of the American farm by a utilization of those things that can be produced on the farm, as well as by a utilization of those things that now are considered farm waste. It is through the comparatively new science of Chemurgy that these things can be, and are being, accomplished, thanks very largely to the efforts of one man. Wheeler Mr. McMillen is urging the enactment of legislation that will provide for investigations of new crops which can be grown in the United States, and also for new industrial uses for crops now grown on our farms "or from the present waste from these crops. To the agricultural committee of the house of representatives, Mr. McMillen recently made the statement that of the 300,000 known species of plants, not more than 500 are known to have commercial value. He said that of the many vegetable products imported from foreign countries and of which we are now suffering a severe shortage, most of them could be produced from crops that can be grown on American farms. Mr. McMillen sees agriculture as the next great expanding industry in the United States, with opportunities for every small farmer, and in this he sees a safeguard for the American philosophy of government. AMERICAN SYSTEM GIVES ALL A CHANCE GOVERNMENT CAN PROVIDE, Washington, D. C. IMPORTING COTTON? For years the United States has had a huge surplus of cotton. The idea of importing cotton seemed fantastic. Yet that is exactly what is about to be done, as the latest development in the Good Neighbor policy. Oscar Johnson, leading Mississippi cotton planter and former official of the AAA, will go to South America to buy surplus cotton from Peru and Brazil. He carries a checkbook of the Commodity Credit corporation, whose funds for domestic and foreign crop purchases amount to Establishment of Price Control Plan Emphasizes Need for All Out Effort; War Office Spokesmen Propose Plan To Eliminate Class '3' Draft Group $4,000,000,000. Both Peru and Brazil are suffering severely from loss of foreign markets. Brazil's cotton was sold in Europe. Peru's to Japan. Both Latin American countries wholeheartedly backed the United States at the Rio conference and now Uncle Sam is returning the favor. For some time, department of ag riculture officials, fearful of out cries from the cotton belt, were timid about buying foreign cotton. They thought they might get away with purchases for storage in South America but not for imports into the U. S. But two agriculture officials John B. Hudson, president of Commodity Credit, and Sam Bledsoe, aide to conSecretary Claude Wickard ceived the smart idea of putting the plan squarely up to southern congressmen, with Oscar Johnson as the choice for buyer. This worked like a charm. Cotton congressmen have full confidence in Johnson, and they even approved importing some cotton, especially the long staple variety from Peru, which does not directly compete with U. S. cotton. Meantime, plans are being made to purchase other Latin American agricultural surpluses, including beef and vegetable oils. But Argentina, which is suffering more than any other country, will get no U. S. help while President Castillo remains on the neutrality fence. as MERRY-GO-ROUN- D President Roosevelt has indicated Democratic chiefs who urged him to tour the country, that he may take a transcontinental trip this summer if the war permits. Democratic candidates facing tough election battles are eager to have him visit their states. Also the President long has wanted to inspect several army camps and war production centers. to HOPKINS LOOKS AT WAR Following his trip to England, Harry Hopkins is giving close friends a very optimistic picture as our Constitution says, equal op- about the war situation. portunity for every man. GovernHe is convinced that Hitler is ment cannot provide equal ability, alarmed at the tough resistreally ento succeed will or the initiative, ance of the Russians, the growing to success. ergy with which pursue war strength of the United States, Government can so discourage ini- and the fear of an invasion on the tiative and ability as to make the continent. achievement of success almost, if European One of Hitler's greatest weaknot entirely impossible. By doing so, it does not raise the standard nesses, Hopkins believes, is manof the incapable, but by limiting the power. German industry has done activities-othe capable, will lower a great job hitherto. But now with an increasing drain on both industhe standards of all. treHenry Ford was born with no try and the German army, the more opportunity than were mil- mendous losses at the Russian front lions of other men, but few had the are having a definite effect To his close friends, Harry ability, initiative, the will to succeed and the energy of Ford. With Hopkins is known as one of the suca these qualities, he achieved most optimistic men In the adcess that has been beneficial to the ministration. Bat even discountpeople of the nation. Directly and ing this natural optimism, other indirectly, that success has created war chiefs in a position to know hundreds of thousands of jobs. It seem to have a fairly bright look has made homes and the comfortain their eyes recently. ble support of families possible. It It will be a long time before we farmthe has provided markets for ers' products. It has raised ma- can begin to do any real crowing, the situation in the Near East terially the living standard of all for America. When Henry Ford is gone, is almost as sour as the very, very what he has created will continue. sour situation in India. It does look, I knew two farmers who settled however, as if the spring had defon adjoining claims in Nebraska. initely brightened the war picture. Each had the same number of acres, MLSSOLINTS DOTAGE the same soil, the same rain and Inside word brought back from the same sunshine. They had equal opportunity. One succeeded, the Italy by those in the know gives a other failed. One had ability and desolate picture of Benito Mussolini. He has been pretty well isolated energy, the other did not. from the war command and from , Three men of my acquaintance, three brothers, were educated at direction of the government, both the same university. Each had of which are dictated, directly or equal opportunity. One became an indirectly, by Nazis. "Mussolini has gone in for reminisefficient, successful business executive. The other two became clerks. cing on his younger days when he There was a difference in the abili- was a militant young socialist, par ty, initiative and energy one, or all of the time exiled in Switzerland. of these, attributes to success. He has even sent for his old so The success of no individual benecialist friends, including some prefits only himself. It is the cumulaviously exiled to France. And they tive results of success which cause have sat around talking about the us to prosper as a people. It is good old days when they were success that creates wealth and young. jobs. The success of one docs not Maybe this is insanity. Maybe it condemn another to the morass of is just getting back to sanity after poverty and want. It raises the gen- 20 long years of delusions of eral standard of all. grandeur. f SOYBEANS-TOD- AY WE MAKE automobile automobile upholstery, steering wheels, and other parts of the cars wt drive, out of soy beans. In 1914, we produced only 2.000 bushels of soy beans, but because of a market created ly industrip! demand, that increased to 106.000.000 bushels in 1941. and this year the government is asking for a 50 per cent increase in that very profitable crop That is one of the Unrigs the organic chemist has done for American TOWER PROBE A powerful lobby is again back on the Washington scene. Driven out of the capital a few years ago by the blasting investigation of Justice Hugo Black, then U. S. senator from Alabama, the util ity fones have quietly resumed their undercover pressure operations. Inquiries at this office elicited the explanation that the purpose of the power interests was to "facilitate with the government in ne war effort." (EDITOR'S NOTE When aplnisaa are expressed In these eolusans. they rs thsss ef the news analyst ana net necessarily sf this newspaper.) . (Released by WestemNewspaper Union.). 1 ','!. 2 I " D iwiii'iii""1 f" I 4 W ik,, ' II W&fl L jLtlsffi'tfiSiarisii-T- 1 V II llj 1.1' 11 If .. , ..;.. s Ml lift ,., JWiaaasaajJ The setting of price ceilings on practically every conceivable commodity in the country had been expected by the business world, hence it was received with little shock. The impact on the public had been terrific, however, and it is certain that business men were surprised at the drastic rules to be adopted by Leon Henderson to put "teeth" into the price control plan. Henderson had made ; it "life or death" for business by a very simple procedure. He proposed licensing all retailers and wholesalers, and if found violating a single one of the price ceilings, they would face an instant loss of their license to do business. This was a form of control which was not familiar to anyone living in this country, in fact without paralthe busilel in history, and it fell-oness ear with a sickening thud, and the merchant could now say "I know what it is to be at war." German and Italian commentators picked this up gleefully, and called it a terrific blow "to the American way of life" as indeed it was, and the President promptly and frankly had admitted it. The American answer was, however, that the American way of life was but being placed in abeyance for the time being, pending the winning of the war, when it would be back again in full flower once more. The sugar commercial users had turned out in force to register, and the nation was on the threshold of the rationing of this commodity. Restaurants were planning to meet the shortage by changing their cookery and bills of fare; ice cream makers were going to have to shorten their output, the candy makers were in for a tough time. But in general the spirit was excellent, and while there was some talk of a growing "black market" in tires, and the nation was going to have to cope with that sort of thing. Henderson's penalties were expected to be sufficient to meet the need, and the future was being faced with a good heart by the rank and file of the country, whether consumer or producer, whether buyer or seller. WAGES: Hold Still ARMY: Dependency An effort to get into uniform larger numbers of men with dependents, on the ground that men with somebody at home to fight for ought to make as good if not better ighters than any, was being made by the army with the suggestion that allowances ought to be made for men with dependents who are with the armed forces. This was a revolutionary idea, b"t its proponents declared it was just as sound as the reverse procedure, which gave a man exemptions on his income tax for dependents. Selective service leaders pointed out that Class 3 was the largest class in the entire draft, and this was the class they should eliminate. Allowances for dependents, they said, would accomplish this. The spokesmen for the war "department had been Maj. William S. g Richards, and Maj. Francis V. of the selective service system. Keesling had said: "Sixty-fiv- e per cent of all registrants are in Class 3. In our planning for the future, we have contemplated the advisability of further distinguishing between men in this class." "If congress should pass allowance and allotment provisions for these dependents, then Class 3 could be abolished altogether. "Under such circumstances single and married men could be inducted in accordance with their numbers only." 1 TROOPS: Down Under With the President giving the green lifiht to the program to set ceilings on prices and incomes, setting $25,000 a year net as the latter, the question of ceilings on wages came in for much comment but no action. The President had taken a strong week public stand for the continupnee, revealed that labor in war industry was constantly working at least 48 hours, and pointing out that as price ceilings were not but were fixed at retroactive, March's highest levels, he did not favor a program which would reduce the weekly paycheck. While there had been much talk and some proabout the work-weeposed legislation, nobody had so far had the temerity to come forward with a program to cut everybody's wages in war industry. Labor itself had voluntarily foregone the double time for Sundays and holidays, while holding out for the time and a half for the sixth day of work, and the same for a seventh if necessary. It was the attitude of the White House that with rents held to a ceiling, and with the cost of living stabilized through commodity price ceiling, there could be no excuse for increases in wagrs. The average weekly wage in industrial lants now stood at $35 a week, a revolutionary Increase, and it was seen that if the White House and the administration stood itrong. ly for no wage increases, then labor trouble In industries, should l vanish. Wages would automatically hold still, it was held losses. by authorities. n Sala-mau- V'mfim to 1 m ftOU3ljf Bombers 'Speak'; The American airmen finally delivered a message which Tokyo Not from an inkwell, but from a bomb rack. The American fliers reminded Japan that the open city of Manila was not a closed grave but an open wound. London, Warsaw, Shanghai ..and Nanking are avenged beeause""tha. burning sea of Pearl Harbor is, ry still burning in American-earts- . Japan is" entitled to receive wha,t she gave. Japn gave no warning at Hawaii and she gave ncTmercy at Bataan. These are cruel words, but these are cruel times. The blazing cities of the Axis nations are,the only lighthouses to civilization. The way to bring peace to our cities is to bring war to theirs. The foundation for international justice must d be dug with bombs. This is the lesson they have asked for and we must drive it home with bayonets: Where our planes can fly, our armies will march. And where our armies can march, their dic2.000-poun- Turning to the three Axis governments, each of them was showing serious signs of unrest. The Japanese had been jittery since the bombings of their cities by American planes, and the certainty that it would happen again and again in the future. The Germans had found Hitler suddenly calling the Reichstag in session, not for democratic purposes, but simply to vote him, in fashion, practypical rubber-stam- p tical life and death power over everyone, and really placing the Gestapo in such a position in the Reich as even it had never enjoyed before. Mussolini publicly was admitting serious disorders in Italy. He cited lack of discipline being reported from many prefectures, and that widespread fraud and "chiseling" was rearing its ugly head. London was advising caution in accepting reports that there had been an open break between Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel. But Mussolini, according to neutral press centers and to Italian broadcasts picked up had spoken bitterly of the Italian food shortage, and had called it Italy's most serious problem. It was from Switzerland that the report had come that King Victor Emmanuel had decided to ask both Kee-slin- Heavy reinforcements of Ameri-catroops in Australia had been acknowledged by Prime Minister Curtin, and there had been a redoubling of the air attacks by American and Aussie planes on Jap bases. Most observers believed that the Japanese had abandoned any hope of ever setting foot on Australian soil, but the communiques from Melbourne and Canberra still stressed Japanese concentrations of air power to the north, and a studied effort svas being made, apparently, to dispel any idea that the menace had been removed. Whether this was Just a program of "playing safe," or to give more point to the strides the American-Australia- n forces were making with their offensive, was hard to say. The British seemed to feel that the Japs were making their biggest play on the Burmese front, but admittedly, if the Burmese campaign were to be won. then the danger of Australia being next would be greater. But the dispatches seemed to show that whatever advantage of numbers or equipment there might be on the Australian front probably rested with the Allies not with the Japanese. The constant raids on Lae, a and New Britain seemed to be wreaking increased damage, and the supply lines from the United States to Australia still failed to report any sinkings of American vessels, hence had to be presumed to be open and successfully moving supplies and men. The Australian front, on the whole, had so far been a comforting and successful section of the battle for our side. Tojo had warned his people that In spite of successes so far, they must be prepared for a long war, that the victory bad not yet been won, and that many sacrifices must yet be made. This was addressed to a people which had for years been watching with disquiet the failure of their armies to quell or overcome the Chinese, and now, with the whole civilized world on their trail, to see still more shiploads of wounded coming home, and to get constant additional reports of heavy air and land By RUTH WVKTH BPEARg W Men of industry told the nation that as far as they were concerned, regardless of what might be the news from the fighting or training fronts, the battle of production was being won. The top industries in the United States, with representatives meeting in Chicago, had reported: Airplanes on schedule. Ships Ahead of schedule. Coal Adequate. Even on petroleum the reports were that production was more than adequate, and that the distribution problems were being solved. Power and construction projects were reported working on schedule. The machine tools were said to be adequate in supply. As to our steel output, it was called 50 per cent greater than the capacity of Germany, Japan, Italy and all the nations controlled by the Axis put together. f- - NEW IDEAS FOB I AXIS: Unrest Evident Planning their battle strategy, members of the Allied War council sit in a conference at Canberra, the capital of Australia. Left to right: Maj. Gen. Richard Sutherland, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, J. A. Curtin, prime minister of Australia, and A. W. Fadden, former prime minister and present member of the war council. CEILINGS: Cover Nation Thui FACTORY: America Winning Battle of Production Edward C. Wayne -- (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) CHEMURGY AND AMERICAN FARMS SOME 30 years ago, James Hill proposed a method for increasing American farm production. At that time we had a foreign market for the surplus of all of our farm products. The Hill proposal resulted in the enactment of legislation for the employment of an agricultural scientist in each county in the United States the county agent. The plan worked. These trained experts, placed by state agricultural Thursday, May 7, 1942 NEPHI. UTAH S. KING VICTOR EMMANUEL Break with Mussolini? Mussolini- and Ciaqo to resign, and to take over the reins of govern- ment himself. Other neutral circles, however, had viewed the Mussolini talk as a simple prelude to a purge of high tators will kneel. f many chintz THE today isof hand sewn to the chair padding. Such cover have trim lines and may be ripped off easily for cleaning or washing The sketch at the lower left shows how covered cord welting is bast-e- d and stitched to outside pieces covering JBtSn BUCK COVfcH IichsI isf j.J f.i chair t-a.-X PwddetTIy weutin H side piece II lof the cover which have been cut on me cnair witn an accurate seam allowance. When the seam edges have been pressed back the piece is pinned on and sewn with matching heavy duty thread, as at the lower right. NOTE: Clip and keep this article as this sketch Is not in any sf the homemak-inbooklets prepared by Mrs. Spears Icr our readers. But Book 8 contains directions for making the chair frame as well as 30 other things to make from what the average household has on hand, or from Inexpensive new materials. Send your order to: g Vho are the legislators holding up passage of the bill that would raise the pay of soldiers and sailors? . . . Ha., Ha Dep't: The Japs can now join the other saps who thought the oceans could protect them. , MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS New York Bedford Hills Drawer This Is New York: 10 Enclose 10 cents for Book 8. The private houses on West 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues where the veteran New Yorkers pull down the blinds every eventide to shut out "Swing Street" . . . The J. P. Morgan mansion covering an entire block of Madison Avenue real estate. Boasting one of the most sordid facades this side of a "Dead End" movie . The emergency case internes at Bellevue Hospital, who read detective stories between assignments . . . Times Square the "glamorous street" where the corners are occupied by a drug store, a brauhaus, a cigar shop and a hot dog stand. Name Address ALL-BRA- '. N FUDGE N BEST SQUARES YOU EVER TASTED! to Every mother In the land will want bake these scrumptious cookies. Children will demolish a elate of them in rave about thelrfj a wink. Grown-up- s "dlflerent" taste and new cranchy tex-ox ture. They're made, course, witn. tne famous cereal, Kellogg'a 7 n. The pure-whiSquibb Bldg. on fingFifth Avenue, a The er-tip pointing at a star Riverside Drive jitterwhacky set that dance on the grass to the rhythm from nearby Claremont Inn . . . 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Imut on factory tested stcLafe f I f t If I Tomco i uwraiiioK, owsKAi Mcoamtnt Br Park Avenue's sore spot at 59th Fascist officials. The Hitler talk had been seen in Street, where the swanky sector sudthe same way, and neutral reports denly goes Brooklyn with a large pet shop, a butcher store had been that one of the first acts garage, under Hitler's new powers had been and a cigar store . . . Mrs. Katzen-berr, the affable who the cashiering of the general charged with the Leningrad area of rarely misses a premiere. They'd the Russian front where things had hold the curtain if she were tardy been going very badly with the . . . George S. Kaufman, one of the town's wittiest, who wears a spring offensive of Germany. In fact Russia had claimed that melancholy look . . . The big bows on this front German-Finnislosses on Moss Hart's neckties . . . Lucy Soprano-tablMonroe, the had averaged 500 deaths a day. who is also ready to sing the Chinese National Anthem or the JewRUSSIA: ish anthem, Katikvah Popular And RAF Danny Kay's giggle. The Royal Air force and Russia had begun to work like a team on Scrambled Eggs: Germany, and the evidence was pilVox poppers have to be good to get ing up that Hitler was faced with a their letters printed. Too many prooffensive that might at any fessionals are spring crashing the dailies, moment kick back in his face. the country's welfare. discussing Moscow told of her troops making The smallics the first roban "important advance" of 45 miles in didn't havereporting a look-i. . . The in four days on the Leningrad front, public has overruled the reviewers with terrific Nazi resistance over- on "The Moon Is Down." It is buycome in crossing a vital river. ing it big . . . Wonder how harsh At the same time the Bertfr) and and your voice has to be Vichy radios were admitting that before you can get a job as a combig battles were in progress in the mentator in the newsrecla. Some Kurk and Orel sectors, and that a of the femmes could saw their way large-scal- e Russian attack, well sup- out of jail with those pipes . . , plied with tanks and armored cars, It's a snide trick to quote part of in had succeeded breaking through guy's remarks to make him look the German lines northeast of Orel. silly, take it from one who's done it. 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