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Show The Cache American. Lojran. Cache County, Utah Iaire T wo It's Time to Send Your Presents to Servicemen; 'Christmas Mail Month' Behind By PaULMLL0M3-- v Privilege Granted On Overseas Gifts During ThisPerioc k T Sept. 15 to Oct. ' . ii ' T'J. Relented lif Wetter Rewtpepei Union. Is .v f V - 5- : III1 l 15 Changing Times Call for Creation of U.S. Bureaus 'Xjr i '' i The volume of Christmas VOTERS ARE DOINO mail going overseas to men THEIR OWN THINKINO i WASHINGTON. The heavy toll In and women in the armec a the primariea reflecU some dogged, forces this year will reach '-''i inside fighting which does new high, the office of war in at appear on the surface. formation predicts. Congressmen returning from the Approximately 33,000 uni political battlefields back home conmen and women In the formed little Interest. tinue to report public One senator says people thought It army and navy postal serv 'V"' an Imposition for him to talk at all. ices are preparing for their i They did not listen to speeches, and biggest Job that of moving ' - 'sa. voting everywhere Is light an estimated 70,000,000 pack Yet those citizens who era of Christmas presents Interested in politics, and oges times as many as last (three I . also those who make It their trade, J to the military men and year) ra anything but apathetic. Judging CL . from the senatorial mortality rate. women overseas. if officers era and difficult are Army postal preparInterpretations ing their organization to move about confused. Soma authorities are InterWhenever tbs presents arrive la Christmas te soldiers serosa the sea. n as many Christmas parcels as Sometimes twice defeat of recent the preting the army and navy postal services deliver the goods sooner were handled In 1943, when 20,000, Sen. Bennett Clark to his Isothan expected, as happened last year in Italy, when packages from 000 holiday packages were sent home arrived late In November. The lationism. It msy have been that, boys opened them op at ence, since abroad. but it also may have been an acthey didn't know what they'd be doing or where they'd be on Christmas which of The navy mail service expects Day. It'e safest to mall cumulation personal things early, however, because unforeseen delays can damaged his popularity, possibly nearly four times the volume of gifts come along any time. also the fact that he was In with handled In 1943 through fleet post National Chairman Hanncgan now, offices In New York and San FranInches In length and 38 Inches In including matches and lighter fluids, which teemed a slight change of cisco. A total of 7.480.000 packages length and girth combined. are taboo and will not be accepted went through the fleet post offices character for him. The army recommends that the for mailing overseas. Most probably, the Influence of last year, 3,430,000 of them to ad- package container be n box of A navy poital officer stationed a St. Louis newspaper waa Imvanced baaes or ships at aea and metal, wood, r solid doublefaced, overseas wrote: "During the Christ4.000.000 to ahips putting In at Amerportant against him, claiming fiberboard, reinforced mas rush we kept a considerabls corrugated ican porta. he would vote against any postwith strong gummed paper tape or force of men busy re wrapping pan war settlement because of his cels and salvaging everything fit foi The service postal organizations tied with strong tnlne or both.' father' grudge against Wood-ro- w A very great servlet can handle this enormous volume forwarding. Standardized for boxes mailing could be Wilson. I suspect It was to us out here i rendered more easily with a little assistance Christmas to military personthe widest mainly because he was seldom from friends and relatives of sol- nel overseasgifts publicity could possible will probably be on the on the Job. be given to these matters. diers and sailors. In 1943, the army market by September War the 1, Familiar Cotton Ed Smith's defeat post office transmitted more than 20 "The people should be warned not Production board reported. Approxiwaa attributed to hit opposition to million to send liquids of any kind. They holiday packages and an ad- mately 16.000,000 special applicathe New Deal (and unquestionably ditional 75 million to 100 million tions for the purchase by retailers should use every possible precaution the New Deal won that race), but I pieces of miscellaneous mail. and box Jobbers of these boxes have In packing powder of any kind. Fruit suspect the fact that he is over 73 The navy moved approximately is not only dangerous to their own been filed with WPB. years of age had much to do with 3.480,000 parcels overseas last mail, but it causes serious damWPB boxes that standard the said It He Just could not organize as ha Christmas and approximately four age to the other fellows maiL Warn re to be manufactured of formerly did against the million packages to personnel on them about candy melting, fruit, tested corrugated paper-boarNew Deal bulk organizing shore stations in the United cakes and cookies crumble and deStates, 12 4 in by Inches, by of Olin Johnson. and more than 80 million letters slotted carton style with cay. Sen. Rufus Holman lost In Oregon, and Christmas cards the regulation Above all the fact should be during manufacturers Joints. The taped Is too to a be said and this victory Christmas mall period last year. stressed that mail sacks can be recomoffice has post department gainst Isolationism, but it also may The army and navy intend to mended that gummed flaps be sup- baked in the hot sun and drenched have been due to personal presmake every effort to deliver every plied with the boxes for sealing the in transit, all in the same day. tige. The navy has found that unsuitChristmas gift overseas on time parcels, WPB reported. Score Stands Even. able gifta Include: leather goods and intact But a sailor will not be Blanks for address and return adAs far as Isolationism versus Inter(these mold In the tropica) ; choconationalism is concerned, the score cheered if the gift he receives from dress will appear on the panels of lates his for melt); cigarettes (oban mother expenexample: the box, also the statement this tainable(these 10 far stands exactly even. Defeated more cheaply in ships' to sive wristwatch have proves to for box be used or not running for reelectlon are the only sending cameras (forbidden); elecbeen ruined because it was commerchandise to a member of the tores); to - called anti internationalists, trical (there may be no in equipment of a box cookies buried armed forces outside the United Clark of Idaho and Reynolds of pletely food, unless electricity available); in crumbled the have that transit, States. North Carolina, as well as Holman nnless retinned; clothing, said. Uquor; navy 4. Address the package completeand Clark of Missouri. quested. Distances, heat cold, sand, damp- ly and legibly. Print the address so But the successful list of antiFragile articles and soft candies internationalists includes Nye, Gil- ness, fleet or combat operations, and that it will not run, streak, smudge and pastries are poor gifts for obfortunes war the of are hazards or fade. Place an additional copy lette of Iowa, Gurney of South vious reasons, the army reported. of that all the complicate delivery of and return the address address Dakota, Tobey of New Hampshire Gifts Poorly Wrapped. (and notably Rep. Ham Fish, whose mail overseas, even without the inside the package, so that if It Christmas in comes rush. The factor The only Is or the to the attributed army cautioned that boxes ol torn, is wrapper apart, mainly victory Christmas gift delivery over which soiled, or lost, the additional copy miscellaneous b gifts should personal sympathy engendered by bis heavy opposition which made the sender has control is the type may be used. Do not use gummed packed carefully. Razor blades, foi example, require extra wrapping. him an underdog). Mrs. Caraway, and condition of the parcel when it labels for addressing. The army and navy point out that Numerous cases have been reon the other hand, who supported leaves his hands, the army and navy emphasized. the FDR policy, was defeated. they know what not to send over- corded of improperly wrapped razor Mail Regulations. seas for Christmas, on the basis of blades working through packages. What this plainly shows Is that In 1943, approximately 15 per cent 1. experience. But what to send compast Christmas will mail month la waa This dead. the argument of the Christmas mail handled by In another is geny thing altogether. evident before the primaries, in prise the period from September 15 to October 15, 1944, for eral, soldiers and sailors and oth- the navy was delayed in transit befact before the war when both all those in the armed services over- ers like gifts that are unobtainable cause of incorrect or incomplete Nye and Tobey announced they where they are and remind them addressing, the navy reported. seas. were for world cooperation. One navy postal officer wrote with special significance of home. The stands taken by Roosevelt This period is the only time durfrom the Pacific theater: What Not to Send. and Dewey for the national fray ing which packages may be sent to needs no considerable stretch "It also show the only remaining soldiers overseas without a specific The services advise generally of to understand your written request from the soldier or against sending articles that may be how mailimagination argument may develop between looks after it has been ideallstio or practical cooperawithout an APO cancellation. obtained by sailors in ships servfor thousands of miles by shipped tion with the world, not whether exOnly one package may be sent by ice stores, or by soldiers in post water, then worked and shipped there should be cooperation. again, reworked and reshipped unMeny false symptoms, therefore, til it arrives at a Fleet Post office Two into results. the re being read for directory service. By this time, real ones stand out truly, in my of the parcel post that was at any orare Primaries largely spinion. all inclined to be perishable is thorganizational fights. oughly decomposed, causing damThe man with the best organiage to mails adjacent sation usually wins, especially "Only today we dumped up a sack when voting is light and interest containing the contents of a parcel low. which had come entirely apart It is plain from the results that There were rotten apples, decayed inner political organization has deoranges, melted candy and stale we have far what veloped beyond cake crumbs throughout the entire known before. (This will be true also sack. This happens all too frenationally with Dewey spending the ' quently. ' ' bulk of his labors so far in organizaA great deal of it was originally and Democratic Chairman tion, poorly wrapped. Many parcels have S' J for Hannegan calling sticker addresses. The sacks may canvasses.) have become wet in transit, causBut wherever the organization exing the labels to come off. Frehold not does the true, planation quently these stickers have been is a sign people are heavy turn-ove- r hurriedly slapped on, leaving tiny thinking things out, for a change. Packages get rough handling all along the way, and unless they are air pockets beneath them. Friction The new political figure, Sidney securely wrapped and tied, they may be damaged In transit. Here in transit causes these to wear off Hillman of CIO, has been statement-bi- g is a scene in the New York postoffice, showing how busy sorters toss in spots. All too often addresses are almost daily that s. The big pile in the rear consists of packages in pencil, or, if in ink, the Ink has he is not trying to capture Mr. parcels into the are the undone that coming string working off, or the wrapping loose. become wet and illegible. Roosevelt, the Democratic party, Again this year soldiers overseas and the congress in this election. . . . By the time your gifts have made the long trip In a mall sack, they will be able ta select gifts for the on railroad the aronnd to of been lot and a have subjected bouncing to He is only trying "cooperate folks back home from the mail orwith them. . . . Any suggestion oth- boat. The last stage may be made in a Jeep or airplane. der catalogue operated by the army erwise is "distorted and unprinor on behalf of the same person or changes. But soap, for example, exchange service, special services So he says. cipled. concern to or for the same soldier which is available in most post ex- division. Listed gifts include: mens The facts of the matter are these, In one week during this month. changes, is a valued gift, particu- toiletries, leather haberdashery, as near as I can ascertain them: 2. Mark the package "Christmas larly for soldiers on the move, for goods, luggage, games, including . The secretary of the Democratic a label that does not in advancing they sometimes out- playing cards, books, magazine subParcel, congressional campaign committee resemble using a mark or stamp. distance for hours or days even mo- scriptions, dolls, toys, doll dishes, postage the front has says 3. The package must weigh not bile post exchanges. stuffed animals, smokers supplies, backed about 75 congressional can- more Perishable foods, intoxicants, candy, perfumes, cosmetics and than five didates firmly and directly. Ail oi and must be nopounds, wrapped, longer than 15 weapons, poisons and Inflammables, lingerie. these are Democratic, except one. r.rs rft Various Interests Favor Special Agencies For Own Problems Patronage Plums Sought by Political Parties. By BAUKIIAGE M 9 : t t- - if i r- well-know- d long-plann- d, 6i 30-da- house-to-hou- honest-to-good-ne- ss hand-truck- ... n In an editorial, Labor charged $6,000,000 would be spent by the Hillman groups to elect men frequently representing causes of no concern WNU Service, Union Washington, The much-moote- Analftt and Commentator. Bonding Tnl D. C. question d of tales rlghta as against the of government In Washington which Is lumped neatly Into the one word "bureaucracy la due for a thorough airing in the coming political campaign. The recent debate In the aenate over reconversion, especially In the contest over whether the federal government should administer the unemployment payments during the from war production to change-ove- r civilian production, la a good example. There will be much sound and fury, much thundering In the Index on this subject Little will be found to have been accomplished when the dust settles. For in this question we behold an interesting paradox. New Dealer as well as Republicans, leftdewingers as well as of centralization the growing plore power in the federal government as a threat to democracy. And yet all of them, when they tit down to look at the facts, admit privately that there is little or no chance of checking thli trend. The very group which oppose the tendency toward the creation of more federal machinery and denounce the bureaucrats the loudest are insistent that enough of the bureaucrats who handle their special Interests be spared whenever the axe threatens to falL It la upon this little inconsistency that President Roosevelt always hangs his rebuttal whenever Senator Byrd and other critics of his lavish government spending call for a reduction of the government payright-winger- roll Of course, the war badly disturbed the traditional democratic Institution of checks and balances and lifted private enterprise right out by the hair and sat down in its place with the brutal Indifference which is associated with Mars. The federal government today finds itself doing business on a scale larger than all peacetime enterprise put together. Some of these activities are bound to stick when normal times finally but the trend toward return, bureaucracy started even before , that Bingham, waa the technleal revo lution. another name for the Industrial revolution which has made mass production and all the wonder of the machine age possible, Billion-doUa- r corporations required some government control; various industries, notably those producing and using the automobile and tha airplane called for highway and skyway encouragement, regulation and guidance. The huge department of commerce with its many activities conducted to aid business became a separata entity In 1903 and baa grown steadily since. And right her wa might assert that the common man, and. If you wilL the less common man, worker, farmer, artisan, executive or entrepreneur, although he Jolna merrily in the chorus denouncing tha bureaucrat! In general doesn't want the particular bureaucrat who la ready to help bis particular InterIf he does not est, disturbed. actually demand the aervices of such a bureaucrat, he may create a situation which his competitor, or those who may become his victim. Insist must be controlled by the gov- ernment answer Of course, Mr. Bingham to all this la that a growing expansion of governmental powers la all right io long as it is Without debating that question lets see exactly how badly the bureaucrat is really bated. But you will find that there are bureaucrats and bureaucrats. You will find no complaint about the civil servant who carries out the decrees of the peoples duly elected representatives, provided those decrees have been sponsored, not to ay lobbied, through congress at said complainant request. Let us consider the following statement concerning one bureau, presumably administered, if I read my Webster aright, by bureaucrats: "Federal aid in building and maintaining highways, as carried out under Republican administrations and since continued. Is a sound and comparatively harmonious program. ... COP Has Some Kind Words for Bureaus "Federal responsibility (regard, ing agriculture) should be directed to such economic stabilization through disposition of surpluses, assurance of fair market prices. . . Who says this? The 26 Republican governors assembled in SL Louis early this month to back Mr. campaign. Deweys presidential They represented, we opine, both the "common man and likewise, the "uncommon man. And if you want further support for Mr. Binghams thesis that the leaders in the world of technology, the men who own the machines and supervise their operation, like some of the bureaucrats, note the stateRevolt of Common Man ment from authentic sources that Encourages Bureaucracy after the war industry is going to The first of the revolutions he encourage the perpetuation of some names, and one of those which of the functions of the OPA and the has encouraged bureaucracy and in- WPB because it is thought they can creased the demands on the fed- help stabilize industry. eral governments manpower, is the On the other side of the medal, "revolt of the common man. Of again, just to preserve a nice balcourse, that revolt has been going ance, what about the GI Bill of on lustily with the start it got at the Rights? That law puts into the barricades in Paris and the events hands of the federal government which occurred between Lexington the administration of the greatest and Yorktown, but the depression of welfare program ever framed. I 1929 moved it ahead quite a peg in take it that high, low and middle this country, to say nothing of what are willing to pay for the bureauhappened after World War I all over crats So run this program out of the world, including the birth of the federal treasury. It was passed communism, fascism, and all their unanimously by congress. freak So it goes. ' We can boil down the debate in Bingham says it was the call of ecoand social for man insurthe common congress over unemployment nomic security which was one of the ance and the effort to put the adtwo chief causes of the growing cen- ministration of the payments into tralization of government He cites the hands of the states, into a much as two examples, the labor group ntore immediate and practical queswhich demanded that their interests tion than the broad principle oi be looked after, and the farmers. states rights, centralization of gov(The labor department which had ernment or the growth of bureaucbeen a part of the department of racy. It is a simple matter here commerce since 1903, was created of whether the administration (any a separate unit in 1913.) Bingham administration) banding out the says that the vast organization un- benefits directly, sets up the ofder tlie department of agriculture fice holders who do the handing out, was the result of the insistence by or whether the state governments farmers that agriculture be recog- (state political machines) assume nized and assisted. these gracious functions. In other The second revolution, the de- words, who gets the political support in return? mands of which brought about addiIm sorry but thats the way it is. tional federal activity, according to According to Alfred Bingham who has written a book called The Practice of Idealism, which you ought to read whether you can agree with It or not, the trend toward bureaucracy is due largely to two of five revolutions which he says are going on now. Bingham says that "revolution results from the pent-u- p pressure of delayed social change. He believes it can that, like water-powe- r, either sweep in a destructive flood over peaceful cities and farms, or It can be controlled and turned to beneficial use. First Railroad Post Office Carried Mail to Soldiers Eighty years ago the first permanent railroad post office was established to speed up mail for soldiers. to the working man. On August 28, 1864, George B. Armsee the true pic- strong, then assistant Thus you may postmaster of ture. As far as congress is con Chicago, sent his first railway post cerned, Hillman is trying to estab office on its way over the Chicago bloc of at least 7f and North Western g lish a railway from list will endorsement his (I suspect Chicago to Clinton, Iowa. Within a Demothe within be much larger) few years the new system of ex-- 1 cratic party. This may or may no! pediting the mails spread to include control the party in the house, de the principal trunk lines of the naDemocrat tion. Practically every nation in the pending on how many elected. are ClOers and left-win- JVne world adopted the idea eventually. Armstrong instituted the service with approval of the postmaster general as a means of facilitating distribution of mail, particularly to men in the army. From the first, Armstrong envisioned a national system and lived to see his plan become a success, despite public doubts and ridicule when be first announced his plan. On the first trip 80 years ago prominent Chicago newspapermen. bankers and civic leaders went along to witness the initial operation. One banker refused to be convinced oi the plans practicability, remarking that "all the mail would blow out of the car. Although Armstrong is generally credited with the first permanent railway post office, others preceded him by a few years with similar plans. All. however, were devised U meet local emergencies and no plan operated more than a year. More bituminous coal is being produced for World War II than was mined during World War I, with apd fewer miners. proximately one-thir- In spite of difficulties imposed by battle conditions, the Red Cross has increased by 10 per cent the messages delivered from servicemen in staging and combat zones to their families. A Go - To - School drive has bee opened by the United States office oi the federal security education, agency and the childrens bureau ol the department of labor to combai the nation-wid- e decline in higl school enrollment. Students in 550 Japanese schooli are busy breeding rabbits to pro vide clothing for soldiers. |