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Show I i LEU I FREE PRESS. LEHI. UTAH I Europe Looks To U. S. Farms For Food in '42 NATIONAL AFFAIRS Rt vie wed by CARTER FIELD G.O.P. Leaders Plan- (Bell Syndicate . WNU Service t the human in breast." Certainly the gentlemen are not concerned about past performances. The notion that history repeats itself, especially in politics, should make them smile at their own antics, but apparently they are very serious indeed. At this time, when the pattern of America slowly drifting into a war being repeated after twenty-odyears, an outsider would think men with political ambitions would be trying to project the present situation to his own advantage. Some of the Isolationists, especially in the senatorial group, are trying to do just that. It would seem to observers that, if one studied the situation of each with regard only to selfish ambition, the lads are not acting shrewdly. Cast your own mind back to that list of the "little group of willful men" denounced by Wood row Wilson less than a month before this They country entered the war. were the Isolationists of their day. Did any of them achieve their burning personal ambitions? One of them, years later, in 1924, was nominated for President but on the third party ticket. That was Robert M. LaFollette, father of the His present Wisconsin senator. ticket, on which Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, leader of the present Isolationists, was the candidate for vice president, carried precisely one, state LaFolIette's own Wisconsin. None of the others enhanced his political stature after that, though one of them, George W. Norris of Nebraska is still in the senate, and cruhas lived to see his sade grow and blossom. d anti-utilit- y Reminiscent of Another Day But let's revert to the Republican leaders now plotting for somewhat reminiscent "Grass Roots" Republican conclave held in Illinois during Roosevelt's first administration. It would be easy to recall names. Anyone can remember them, but to name a name requires an explanation of that particular case history, each one of which would require at least a column. Suffice it to say that no one who was prominent in that gathering got anywhere as a result of it even in the Republican convention which met in 1936. Soreness over several of these disappointments spotted the bad apples in the barrel which made the Republican National campaign of 1936 one of the most maladroit in recent political history certainly since that for Charles E. Hughes in 1942. It is of the ed 1916. Not that Alfred M. Landon had a of beating Chinaman's chance Roosevelt anyhow, even if his campaign had been well managed, but many of the personal jealousies which literally infested G.O.P. national headquarters while Landon was a candidate were the fruit of that Grass Roots convention. Let us turn back to a successful campaign of the Republicans, that of 1920. It is true that Will H. Hays built up the most efficient organiza-- ! tion the party ever had. That was due to the ability of Mr. Hays. But did any of the men who did that job, the men who planned what the party should do back in 1919, get their wishes in 1920? Hays, as everyone knew, hoped for the nomination himself. The platform, so carefully worked out in advance, was thrown on the scrap heap by the Chicago convention. And Warren Harding was nominated. Increa-e- d Despite strikes, inefficiency in high places, and lack of preparation when everybody ought to have known it was necessary, America's war machine is moving. It will move faster and faster. Leon Henderson complained that the machine tool industry is operatof its capacity. ing at only This is not as bad as it sounds, because he was thinking in terms of three shifts, seven days a week. Experts who know the machine tool industry tell, the writer, production of machine tools can be doubled. This is of the utmost importance as more and more factories are being converted from peace time to national defense "business. All of them, almost without exception, need retooling. In fact, it has not been long since the real bottleneck of national defense was machine tools. Most of the plants now engaged on war orders have been retooled. The work yet to be done by the machine tool industry involves plants which are being completely changed over for instance from electric re trigerators to d armament If the beaten ejg i: with milk that is when making custarcL tard will not be water'. THIS WEEK - lie- - - fm The above picture shows a group from the first American civilian technical corps as they arrived "somewhere in England." recently, for duties in the British armed forces. They are all trained automobile and radio technicians, and seem happy, despite the rain which falls frequently in the British Isles. .g Soldiers Depend on Quartermaster For Food, Shelter and Transportation ATLANTA, GA. The army has a name for the vast, intricate and vital Quartermaster corps activity. They call it logistics. For the man on the street, the term is readily understandable when translated as a design for living. How soldiers live, are quartered, supplied and, in this day of mechanized warfare, how they are transported is something John Q. Citizen can comprehend when he puts it on the same plane which he designs for his own comfort and ability to move about. What the Quartermaster corps does for more than a million and a half soldiers John Q. Citizen must do for himself. His design for living is only multiplied by the army but somewhere in the multiplication the army tacked on the term logistics, which the dictionary defines as "that branch of military art which embraces the details of transport, quartering and supply of troops." So John Q. Citizen begins to understand logistics when he compares it to the possession and operation of his motor car; tenting and furnishing of his home; supplying his family with clothing, groceries, meats, vegetables and other necessities of life, even down to the ice box in summer and filling the coal bin for the winter. Not many citizens who maintain and own their own automobiles could orient their daily lives in these times to a new design for living which did not include control of their motor cars. The housewife, to whom the Quartermaster corps often has been compared, recognizes the necessity of having the automobile ready for instant use when it comes time to meet the 5:15 bringing hubby home from the office. Mrs. Citizen isn't at all in favor of calling her neighbor on the telephone and asking use of the neighbor's motor car to fulfill a responsibility which she has long recognized as her own. The army in its plan of logistics calls for a simplified system on the service of supply to the front lines with Quartermaster corps not only responsible for assembly of supplies, but to insure their arrival responsible also for transportation. Motor Service Station. To meet this motor transport problem the Quartermaster corps is moving with tremendous speed in establishing regional motor maintenance districts throughout the country. Facilities are being installed at a central point in interlocking hundred mile circles to keep each motor vehicle in first class condition and uphold the Quartermaster corps slogan, "Keep 'em Rolling." Farm Conditions Improve .LaSalle Map of Business Conditions- Like the housewife who demands her automobile be ready when she wants it the Quartermaster corps has pledged that no motor vehicle shall remain out of service because of damaged or worn out equipment. Instead the quartermaster will remove the damaged part and install in its place a new one, sending the damaged equipment to the regional depot for repair but keeping the motor truck in service for the troops and live up to the demand to "Keep 'em rolling." Logistics, or design for living, so closely links the operation of the transportation with the service of supply that there is scarcely a citizen who d.oes not see the parallel to his daily life in the activities of the Quartermaster corps. Variety of Duties. The quartermaster not only is the ice and coal man, but he is the haberdasher, the restaurant man and the hotel keeper. He runs the taxi service and operates the trucking, transfer and storage business as well. He is the garage man and the operator of the gasoline filling station: the railroad ticket agent in addition to being the train dispatcher. He is the garbage collector and the second hand salvage dealer. He operates the laundry and shoe repair shop in addition to conducting the clothing store and managing all the five and tens. All of a city's public utility facilities the Quartermaster corps furnishes for the soldier much in the manner which a city manager, or the mayor and board of selectmen or aldermen of a city, conduct those functions in a community. He provides the water supply, and the sewage disposal; he runs the electric light plant, paves the streets in camp, builds parkways and operates the fire department. e essentials of Only the these duties does the Quartermaster corps take with it in providing the design for living for troops in a theater of action. To execute behind the lines these requirements of transport, quartering and supply the army always has selected the highly trained Quartermaster corps and given to the duties demanded under that selection the term logistics which comes from the Greek word "logostikos" which has as its root the word "lego" which means to select. war-tim- Claim Gifted Child Neglected hy Schools EW YORK. years, in tinder-surfac- e pre-wa- fanatic." .;. A - r a- .- . tT-.- G For October. 1941 Kit JNicmi Ml V. Plans for increased farm production, in all major products, except cotton, wheat and tobacco, which will lag due to surpluses and present lack of market, are prevalent over the entire country. In the front rank will be livestock, dairy products, eggs and vegetables, present chief source of farm income. Plan Shops to Repair Army Clothing and Equipment WASHINGTON. Clothing and equipment repair shops designed to serve from 20,000 to 40,000 men and operated by 50 civilian experts soon will be opened at 26 army camps. Divided into five sections, the standard repair unit will handle clothing and textiles, leather footwear, rubber footwear, mattresses and pillows, and tentage. Most of the shops will be established in existing structures at the army camps where they are to be In the above clinical studies, Dr. Hoover does not find dictatorships d in any patterns of societal evolution. They can be fended off if we're "up and at 'em" without losing too much time but, above :aii, tney must nrst De understood. blue-printe- bo Ai anl curtains t dan, weather, dampen the r p and cover them with a thir coaUa cf cf salts lemon. Let s r.d umj the stains disappear. When baking candied tatoes turn them freque;: mit even browning. t po. - to per. A damp cloth placed abound head of lettuce will keep it fresh and crisp. Leather - covered chairs that sticky sh u'd be cleansed with a cloth moistened in gasoline, benzine, cr a'.cohoi. Then apply olive oil, let hours and wipe thoroughly with cheesecloth. Mildewed leather can be restored by appl.catioa of petroleum ointment. become have If you have a relative cr frend in the service and have ar.v doubts about .what to send him is your problems are over. The serv' ice men have solved it for you by naming tobacco as their tint choice in gifts. Actual sales records show the favorite cigarette with men in the Army, Navy, Ma. rine Corps, and Coast Guard is Camel. Prince Albert is the popu. lar smoking tobacco. With these preferences in mind, local tobacco dealers feature Camels by the carton and Prince Albert in the pound tin as ideal gifts to the men in the service from the folks back home. g-- j Adv. 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BRAGG, manufacturer pALEB of the new young genius in your home? There could be, whether your income tax airplane, which meets successis thousands of dollars a year or you ful tests at Roosevelt field, was the don't know where the next month's rent is coming from. This is the report of Dr. W. Dray- n Airplanes, Now auto racing ton Lewis, assistant professor of Cuts Cost of 'Em and aviatpsychology at Murray State Teachion. A handers college, Murray, Ky. some chaji, rich, venturesome and a Dr. Lewis studied 50 of the most Yale man. In 1912, he won the Fourth brilliant children in a group of 50,000 International Grand Prix automoselected from schools all over the bile race, and was awarded the lt country each a cup, by covering 409 miles at child on the basis of intelligence 69.3 miles per hour. In that day, a tests. All had IQ's over 145100 is mile a minute had been put down as "normal." the limit of safety for automobiles. "It is tragic," Dr. Lewis said, Newspapers threw a fit over "that these gifted children are so Mr. Bragg passing this deadmistreated in the schools. Our eduline and living to tell the tale. cational system neglects the most Time flivvers on. In 1918 he left students. promising Only one boy the country breathless by flying in five and two girls in five of the from Dayton to Washington, 430 outstanding group were characterimiles, in 2 hours and 50 minutes. zed by their teachers as being preIn 1919 he set a new altitude cocious or mentally quick. Two of record of 20,000 feet for seathem were even called dull or menplanes. tally sluggish. These children, who rate one in a thousand among their He was born in Cincinnati in 1886, classmates, are not even recognized the son of a manufacturer and busiby their teachers as bright, because nessman, and was graduated from the educational system keeps them Yale in 1908. down to the level of the average." He is a former head of the Early The economic status of the chil- Birds, an organization of aviators dren's homes, Dr. Lewis reported, who flew before 1916. At one time varies from poverty to affluence, and beat Barney Oldfield in a race he in the social status is equally diver- California. He had the crowds gent. for him whenever he en"These exceptionally intelligent whooping a race. In 1920 he helped tered children," he said, "can be expected finance the Glenn L. Martin comin any type of home. The fathers come from all levels of society. They pany and moved into less exciting are high school principals, army off- but no less exacting details of sciHe and many icers, doctors, ministers, mercantile entific men, government employees, farm- engineers think he has pioneered ers, barbers, truck drivers, mill new strength and economy in airplastics-and-mahog-'a- rszz c. used, and floor layout plans will vary. To make the necessary adjustments as easy as possible, all items of machinery to be used at the shops will be equipped with individual motors. The repair of shoes is one of the biggest jobs for the new units. Next in amount of repair work to be done is the clothing and textile section. The repair- of overshoes, hands, factory workers, and complane construction with his soybean tentage, mattresses and pillows, will mon laborers." In fact, they are or whatever it is. job demand relatively small space. from all walks of life. plane-buildin- - cut fruit ski rusted on tne rods cur.r.g FEEN-A-MINTl- These studies were not phillipics against Naziism. They were searching and studious inquiries into the origins and inducements of dictatorships. They now provide invaluable analyses of the Nazi cultural, economic, military formula for world conquest. Dr. Hoover, born in Berwick, 111., in 1897, was conditioned to patient, methodical work by working on farms and railroads in his youth. He attended Monmouth college and received his Ph.D. degree at Wisconsin university in 1925. When he was an undergraduate at the former school, he joined the National Guard and served two years in France in the World war, taking part in two battles. He joined the Duke university faculty in 1925, becoming a full professor of economics in 1930. Van-derbi- -- fresh If washable I preparing for their world aggression. Devising ways and means to meet it on many fronts, military and political, our government belatedly discovers Dr. Calvin Bryce Hoover, dean of Duke university, who was away out in front in studying dictatorships, trying to understand them and find out what to do about them. Dr. Hoover is an important member of Col. William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan's new diplomatic brain trust, which recruits men of specialized knowledge who have disclosed a timely awareness of the more or less declared war against civilization. Colonel Donovan's title of coordinator of information does not reveal the exciting character of his bureau which is in reality a somewhat mysterious ideological and political Scotland Yard, studying the origins and techniques of Nazi power, evolving plans to meet it in its penetration everywhere in the world, recruiting against the dictators some of the same psychological forces which they employed. So far as the public record shows, Dr. Hoover scored a clean beat on our lavishly staffed state department in trying to understand dictatorships and to make an accurate appraisal of their intentions and possible outreach. It was in 1931 that he wrote "The Economic Life of Soviet Russia"; in 1933, "Germany Enters the Third Reich"; and in 1937, "Dictators and Democracies." r Through the years of planetary complacency, he was writing, in his books and articles, an outline of Adolf Hitler as "genius and 0 - WSC Service. It has been only in the last vear or two that this country began to realize that the Germans had done a vast amount of research Blueprinting Ways and organi And Means of the zation work, Dictators His Job over many T far-flun- i remove stained part over a By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Corsol;iatd Feature t . To President, LaSalle Extension University NEW YORK CITY. "Arsenal for the Democracies" is the role which is being enacted by the United States in the present world conflict. The g industrial activity which has resulted has made itself felt in every section of the country and in every type cf enterprise. So far, the effect felt by the farmers has been principally the ind.rect result cf increased purchair.g power created by the in industrial production. Prospects for the immediate future, however, are that the American farmer will be called upon to contribute just as directly as do the munition makers today. According to the department of agriculture estimates, 10.000,000 persons abroad will be dependent upon exports from the United States for their sustenance. In 1942, farmers will be asked to increase production in certain crops even beyond that of 1941, one of the most productive years in history. With the exception of certain crops such as cotton, wheat and tobacco, which will continue to be curtailed because of large surpluses and loss of some important foreign markets, most major crops will be needed in larger quantities. The leaders will be livestock, dairy products, eggs and vegetables the very products which have been adding most to the increased farm income of 1941. With the gams experienced during the first six months of this year and the estimated $1,000,000,000 increase in farm income estimated for the last six months, the total farm income for 1941 will exceed $10,500,000,000 compared with only slightly more than $9,000,000,000 for 1940. It is expected that present price levels will at least be maintained if not increased to some degree. Even based on today's prices, the increased production schedule will boost the farm income in 1942 to a higher figure than any year since 1920. Dairy farmers have been averaging 20 per cent more income this year than a year ago and the goal for 1942 in this branch of agriculture is a still further 8 per cent increase. The schedule for 1942 hog production is for better than 11 per cent increase over 1941, or 80,000,000 head as compared with the 71,000,-00- 0 pigs slaughtered this year. Seventeen per cent more cattle are now on feed in preparation for the new increased markets. It is not expected that the new demands for farm products will result in the dislocations which are bothering some lines of manufacturing and some communities where manufacturers have had to curtail operations because of their inability to secure certain raw materials. The industrial picture as a whole is deThe national cidedly favorable. trend is still upward and payrolls as well as production are steadily Many industries such as rising. steel and machinery are not only operating at close to present capacity, but are constantly adding new plants. The effect of industrial prosperity is felt directly in the cities and the resultant better markets still further increase the demand for manufactured items as well as farm products. At the present time, approximately 20 per cent of the income received by all persons emanates from defense spending. This now aggremore than $1,000,000,000 gates monthly and the next few months will see this increased to a still higher figure. Machine Tool Production Problems one-thir- NEWS ' WASHINGTON. Those Republican '"leaders" who recently rr.et in Chicago and planned "details" of the 1942 congressional campaign are a living proof of the old saying that "hope springs eternal WHO'S By L. G. ELLIOTT Machine Tool Pro. . 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