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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE. UTAH It's lime to Send Your Presents to Servicemen; 'Christmas Mail Month' Is Sept. Changing Times Call for Various Interests Favor Special Agencies For Own Problems; Patronage Plums Sought by Political Parties. By BAUKIIAGE Pints Anulyst and Commentator. Bingham, was the technical revolution, another name for the indushas made d The question of trial revolution which mass production and all the wonstates rights as against the in ders of the machine age possible. of government Billion-dolla- r corporations required is which lumped neatly Washington some government control; various into the one word bureaucracy is due for a thorough airing in the industries, notably those producing and using the automobile and the coming political campaign. airplane called for highway and skysenate in the The recent debate encouragement, regulation and way over reconversion, especially in the of contest over whether the federal guidance. The huge department commerce with its many activities the government should administer conducted to aid business became unemployment payments during the a separate entity in 1903 and has change-ove- r from war production to grown steadily since. excivilian production, is a good And right here we might assert ample. that the common man, and, if you There will be much sound and will, the less common man, worker, in the index much thundering fury, farmer, artisan, executive or entreon this subject. Little will be found preneur, although he joins merrily to have been accomplished when the dust settles. For in this question we in the chorus denouncing the in general, doesnt want behold an interesting paradox. New bureaucrats the particular bureaucrat who is Dealers as well as Republicans, leftready to help his particular interdewingers as well as If he does not est, disturbed. plore the growing centralization of demand the services of actually as in federal the government power a bureaucrat, he may create a a threat to democracy. And yet, all such which his competitor, or of them, when they sit down to look situation who may become his victim, those at the facts, admit privately that there is little or no chance of check- insist must be controlled by the government ing this trend. Of course, Mr. Binghams answer The very groups which oppose the to all this is that a growing extendency toward the creation of of governmental powers is pansion more federal machinery and denounce the bureaucrats the loudest, all right, so long as it is Without debating that quesare insistent that enough of the how badly the bureaucrats who handle their spe- tion lets seeis exactly hated. bureaucrat really cial interests be spared whenever But you will find that there are the axe threatens to fall. and bureaucrats. bureaucrats It !s upon this little inconsistency You will find no complaint about that President Roosevelt always hangs his rebuttal whenever Sena- the civil servant who carries out the tor Byrd and other critics of his lav- decrees of the people's duly elected ish government spending call for a representatives, provided those dereduction of the government pay- crees have been sponsored, not to say lobbied, through congress at roll Of course, the war badly dis- said complainant's request. Let us consider the following stateturbed the traditional democratic institution of checks and balances and ment concerning one bureau, prelifted private enterprise right out by sumably administered, if I read my the hair and sat down in its place Webster aright, by bureaucrats: with the brutal indifference which is Federal aid in building and sssociated with Mars. The federal maintaining highways, as carried government today finds itself doing out under Republican administrabusiness on a scale larger than all tions and since continued, is a sound peacetime enterprise put together. and comparatively narmonious proSome of these activities are bound gram. to stick when normal times finally but the trend toward COP Hat Some Kind return, bureaucracy started even before Wordt for Bureaus that. "Federal responsibility (regardAccording to Alfred Bingham who ing agriculture) should be directed stabilization aas written a book called "The to such economic Practice of Idealism, which you through disposition of surpluses, asought to read whether you can agree surance of fair market prices. . . . with it or not, the trend toward Who says this? The 26 Republican bureaucracy is due largely to two governors assembled in St. Louis of five revolutions which he says early this month to back Mr, are going on now. Deweys presidential campaign. Bingham says that revolution re- They represented, we opine, both sults from the pent-u- p pressure of the common man" and likewise, delayed social change." He believes the uncommon man." it can that, like water-poweAnd if you want further support either sweep in a destructive flood for Mr. Binghams thesis that the over peaceful cities and farms, or leaders In the world of technology, it can be controlled and turned to the men who own the machines and beneficial use. supervise their operation, like some 1 of the bureaucrats, note the stateRevolt of Common Man ment from authentic sources that Encourage s 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 to 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. Bingham says it was the call of We can boil down the debate in the common man for social and eco- congress over unemployment insurnomic security which was one of the ance and the effort to put the adtwo chief causes of the growing cenministration of the payments into tralization of government He cites the hands of the states, into a much as two examples, the labor group more immediate and practical queswhich demanded that their interests tion than the broad principle of 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) handing out the says that the vast organization un- benefits directly, sets up the ofder the 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 supmands of which brought about addiport in return? tional federal activity, according to Im sorry but that's the way it is. WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. much-moote- s, ... r, B R I E FS . . . by 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 mes- sages delivered from servicemen in staging and combat zones to their families. 15 Baukhaze Army postal officers are preparing their organization to move about twice as many Christmas parcels as were handled in 1943, when 20,000,-00- 0 holiday packages were sent ' abroad. The navy mail service expects nearly four times the volume of gifts handled in 1943 through fleet post offices In New York and San Francisco. A total of 7,480,000 packages went through the fleet post offices last year, 3,480,000 of them to advanced bases or ships at sea and 4,000,000 to ships putting in at American ports. The service postal organizations can handle this enormous volume more easily with a little assistance from friends and relatives of soldiers and sailors. In 1943, the army post office transmitted more than 20 million holiday packages and an additional 75 million to 100 million pieces of miscellaneous mail. The navy moved approximately 3,480,000 parcels overseas last Christmas and approximately four million packages to personnel on shore stations in the United States, and more than 80 million letters and Christmas cards during the Christmas mail period last year. The army and navy intend to make every effort to deliver every Christmas gift overseas on time and intact. But a sailor will not be cheered if the gift he receives from his mother for example: an expensive wristwatch proves to have been ruined because it was completely buried in a box of cookies that have crumbled in transit, the navy said. Distances, heat, cold, sand, dampness, fleet or combat operations, and the fortunes of war are hazards that complicate the delivery of all mail overseas, even without the Christmas rush. The only factor in Christmas gift delivery over which the sender has control is the type and condition of the parcel when it leaves his hands, the army and navy emphasized. Mail Regulations. 1. Christmas mail month will comprise the y period from September 15 to October 15, 1944, for ail those in the armed services overseas. This period is the only time during which packages may be sent to soldiers overseas without a specific written request from the soldier or without an APO cancellation. Only one package may be sent by cut-thro- Whenever the presents arrive is Christmas to soldiers across the sea. Sometimes the army and navy postal services deliver the goods sooner than expected, as happened last year in Italy, when packages from home arrived late in November. The boys opened them up at once, since they didnt know what theyd be doing or where theyd be on Christmas Day. Its safest to mail early, however, because unforeseen delays can come along any time. inches in length and 36 inches in length and girth combined. The army recommends that the package container be a box of metal, wood, or solid doublefaced, corrugated fiberboard, reinforced with strong gummed paper tape or tied with strong wine or both. Standardized boxes for mailing Christmas gifts to military personnel overseas will probably be on the market by September 1, the War Production board reported. Approximately 16,000,000 special applications for the purchase by retailers and box jobbers of these boxes have been filed with WPB. WPB said that the standard boxes to be manufactured of 175- tested corrugated paper-boarpound 12 by 6 by 4 inches, in regulation slotted carton style with taped manufacturers' joints. The post office department has recommended that gummed flaps be supplied with the boxes for sealing the parcels, WPB reported. Blanks for address and return address will appear on the panels of the box, also the statement this box to be used only for sending merchandise to a member of the armed forces outside the United States. 4. Address the package completely and legibly. Print the address so that it will not run, streak, smudge or fade. Place an additional copy of the address and return address inside the package, so that if it comes apart, or the wrapper is torn, soiled, or lost, the additional copy may be used. Do not use gummed labels for addressing. The army and navy point out that they know what not to send overseas for Christmas, on the basis of past experience. But what to send is another thing altogether. In general, soldiers and sailors and others like gifts that are unobtainable where they are and remind them with special significance of home. What Not to Send. The services advise generally against sending articles that may be obtained by sailors in ships service stores, or by soldiers in post ex- d, changes. But soap, for example, which is available in most post exchanges, is a valued gift, particularly for soldiers on the move, for in advancing they sometimes outdistance for hours or days even mobile post exchanges. Perishable foods, intoxicants, weapons, poisons and inflammables. Including matches and lighter fluids, are taboo and will not be accepted for mailing overseas. A navy postal officer stationed overseas wrote: During the Christmas rush we kept a considerable force of men busy rewrapping parcels and salvaging everything fit for ' forwarding. A very great service could be rendered to us out here if the widest possible publicity could be given to these matters. The people should be warned not to send liquids of any kind. They should use every possible precaution in packing powder of any kind. Fruit is not only dangerous to their own mail but it causes serious damage to the other fellows mail. Warn them about candy melting, fruit, cakes and cookies crumble and decay. Above all the fact should be stressed that mail sacks can be baked in the hot sun and drenched in transit, all in the same day. The navy has found that unsuitable gifts include: leather goods (these mold in the tropics) ; chocolates (these melt) ; cigarettes (obtainable more cheaply in ships stores); cameras (forbidden); electrical equipment (there may be no electricity available); food, unless tinned; liquor; clothing, unless requested. Fragile articles and soft candies and pastries are poor gifts for obvious reasons, the army reported. Gifts Poorly Wrapped. The army cautioned that boxes of miscellaneous should be gifts packed carefully. Razor blades, for example, require extra wrapping. Numerous cases have been recorded of improperly wrapped razor blades working through packages. In 1943, approximately 15 per cent of the Christmas mail handled by the navy was delayed in transit because of incorrect or incomplete addressing, the navy reported. One navy postal officer wrote from the Pacific theater: It needs no considerable stretch of your imagination to understand how mail. looks after it has been shipped for thousands of miles by water, then worked and shipped again, reworked and reshipped until it arrives at a Fleet Post office for directory service. By this time, any of the parcel post that was at all inclined to be perishable is thoroughly decomposed, causing damage to mails adjacent. Only today we dumped up a sack containing the contents of a parcel which had come entirely apart There were rotten apples, decayed oranges, melted candy and stale cake erumbs throughout the entire sack. This happens all too frequently. "A great deal of it was originally poorly wrapped. Many parcels have sticker addresses. The sacks may have become wet in transit, causing the labels to come off. Frequently these stickers have been hurriedly slapped on, leaving tiny air pockets beneath them. Friction in transit causes these to wear off in spots. All too often addresses are in pencil, or, if in ink. the ink has become wet and illegible. Again this year soldiers overseas will be able to select gifts for the folks back home from the mail order catalogue operated by the army exchange service, special services division. Listed gifts include: mens toiletries, leather haberdashery, goods, luggage, games, including playing cards, books, magazine subscriptions, dolls, toys, doll dishes, stuffed animals, smokers supplies, candy, perfumes, cosmetics and lingerie. 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. A Go To School drive has been On August 28, 1864, George B. Armopened by the United States office of strong, then assistant postmaster of education, the federal security Chicago, sent his first railway post and the of childrens bureau agency office on its way over the Ciiicago the department of labor to combat and North Western railway from the nation-widdecline in nigh Chicago to Clinton. Iowa. Within a school enrollment few years the new system of expediting the mails spread to include Students in 550 school the principal trunk lines of the are busy bleeding rabb.u io pru Practically every nation in the vide clothing for soldiers. Jap-mes- tur-noi- Packages get rough handling all along the way, and unless they are securely wrapped and tied, they may be damaged in transit. Here Is a scene In the New York postoffice, showing how busy sorters toss The big pile in the rear consists of packages parcels into the hand-truck- s. that are coming undone the string working off, or the wrapping loose. By the time your gifts have made the long trip in a mail sack, they have been subjected to a lot of bouncing around on the railroad and boat. The last stage may be made in a Jeep or airplane. or on behalf of the same person or concern to or for the same soldier In one week during this month. 2. Mark the package Christmas Parcel, using a label that does not resemble a postage mark or stamp. 3. The package must weigh not more than five pounds, wrapped, and must be no longer than 15 e na-bo- Washington, D. C, JAPANESE BLOW-UP- ? Dont be surprised if there is a ilow-ubrewing in Japan not unike that which nearly bumped off dr. Hitler recently. This columnist las reason to believe that things are leething inside Japan right now and hat the die is cast against the fascist military clique at the top. It was groups of young Fascist ifficers who shot Tokyos leading noderates back in the days when t was not yet definitely decided hat Japan should conquer Asia. Jow the moderates are able to say I told you so," and are beginning 0 get the upper hand. The Emperor probably will not be l, 1 victim of the revolutionary for two reasons: (1) He is a noderate himself, never did go as ar as the young Fascists, vas kept more or less a palace irisoner by them; (2) he is better uarded than any other man in the vorld. High walls, moats, trained, rusted bodyguards surround him. d 4ot even his personal tailor is to touch him. Unrest inside Japan has not had time to be communicated to Jap troops at the front, nor is it likely to affect outside war areas much. The Jap soldier away from home can be counted on to fight to the very end, because be cannot come home unless he is victorious. The code of Bushido does not permit it. The big thing to watch, when and If things inside Japan reach the boiling point, is the Jap fleet. Its officers will be faced with the alternative, under the code, of all committing suicide or sailing into the enemy, no matter what the odds against them, and fighting it out. IWhile Welter Winchell Is A u.tn This Month, His Column V ilifa Conducted by Guest Columnist' p The volume of Christmas mail going overseas to men and women in the armed forces this year will reach a new high, the office of war information predicts. Approximately 33,000 uniformed men and women in the army and navy postal services are preparing for their biggest job that of moving an estimated 70,000,000 packages of Christmas presents (three times as many as last year) to the military men and women overseas. e l to Oct. Privilege Granted On Overseas Gifts During This Period Creation of U.S. Bureaus right-winger- 15 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 he 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 of 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 tc meet local emergencies and no plan operated more than a year. per-nitte- HOOVERS CHILDREN Bachelor J. Edgar Hoover, who las jailed more desperate criminals han any man in history, has a weakness which not many chii-ireleople know about. He likes On many an afternoon you vill find a group of boys going hrough FBI headquarters, getting joints on crime detection. If he is lot too busy. Hoover himself will .ake time to say hello. Hoover has spent much time itudying children, feels that a lealthy younger generation is the lest insurance against crime, once ven wrote a magazine article, If Had a Son. Here is some of the advice he lave: If I had a son, Id probably le frightened. Ive never feared iriminals, but if I were a husband ind father I might be afraid. So much would depend on me. If I had a son. Id do one thing. Id tell him the truth. Id never let lim catch me in a lie. And in return Id insist that he tell the truth. . . . When children go astray it isnt the fault of the children but of their A spoiled boy grows parents. . Id try to into a spoiled man. . oe a pal to my boy. Id encourage him to join the Boy Scouts and poys clubs, but before he joined fd make it a point of getting acquainted with the leader of the troop. Id have my son go to church. Whats more, Id go with aim. . . . But above everything else. Id try to understand my son. For if I didnt I'd be a failure as se-:r- 1 ... ... . ... a dad." STALIN-CHURCHIL- L CORDIALITY Those who have watched the diplomatic wheels go round from the close-u- p inside, report that Stalin are now getting and Churchill along famously. This is important because it was not the case at Teheran, where Roosevelt and Stalin did the getting along and Churchill didnt. That was when the present Second Front in France was the topic of considerable argument and when Churchill, bidding farewell to Stalin, said: Well, goodbye. Marshal. Ill see you in Berlin. Yes, replied Stalin; I in a tank and you in a Pullman car. Churchills friends point out that at Teheran he was in the early stages of a very severe illness ard definitely not himself. Since then, Churchill seems to have got over any complexes regarding Stalin, and Stalin takes a like position toward Churchill. There has been complete teamwork between the two for some time. Both British and American diplomats also pay tribute to the cooperation of the Russians in recent months on most subjects, even including Poland. The general view in diplomatic circles is that Stalin has been reasonable regarding Poland. MERRY-GO-ROUN- C. D While big Georgia textile opera- tor Scott Russel advises Senator Georges committee on reconverEastman Kodak executive sion, Marion B. Folsom advises Congressman Colmers house committee on postwar planning. to be picked up from C. Bargains surplus property disposer Will Clayton: $5,000,000 of ma chine tools, to be sold at junk prices; 10.000 airplanes to be sold ai not more than 65 cents on the dol 'ar. RFC-owne- d Nightlife Murders Baseball Says Babe By the Home-Ru- Ruth King Himself cot in a hosp i Tt Propped up on a dam for several weeks recently, folio." sour ing an operation for the removals? fact from knee,;! a cartilage my right fear spent a lot of time considering m mac future of baseball. j vali Lets start with that nocturne The nuisance, night baseball. Its mm. whn with the the help of tht sport dering she magnates, who art l killing the source and substance df the game by neglect of the kids, s whom it cannot exist. Night baseball is strictly a bust ness proposition an offshoot of war conditions. One or two games a week to give the defense workers a break is OX But now both major leagues art?' planning four and five a week. Tha I will spell the end of the sport. cradle-robbin- g The magnates wont give up the gravy of Saturdaj regular week-enand Sunday daylight games. That will mean a layoff Monday and four night contests. To the players, this will be a drastic and unhealthy way of life. Eye trouble will develop. Right now night games are compelling some ami moi eve sen P exp ana try ous of ?anc ha cot tha d to wear em. Babe Dahlgrenf fell bla wh na I to vs sit . example. Irregular meals and sleep is other disadvantage. An athlete can't get along without regular sleep and that will be impossible under a da; and night schedule of games. as-- Danger of Catching Colds In Night Games bi ai w Imagine what will happen to the veterans, pitchers in particular. A? pitcher perspires profusely during i game. In the daytime, usually with the sun shining, there is less danger fl bi d fa ui of catching cold. I know what I am talking about I caught one of the worst colds of m; career in a night game, merelj acting as a coach when I was with Brooklyn. What it is doing to those pitchers can well be im- li le lr h A t two-inni- b s agined. As for the fans. Its a mistake to think the men of the family are g; oing to attend four night games d regu-- larly each week. Mothers, wives and I girl friends will soon stop that! Much publicity already has been y given to the fact that night bayfc. will take the game away fromyes sters. Kids are the backbone the game. Smart baseball officials have done everything possible in the past to promote the interest of these future audiences by admitting them free to week-dadaylight games. Boys, as prospective big are not getting a square shake from organized baseball. The major clubs show no interest in a boy until bes 16 anil can get working papers. Then, if hes got the stuff, they send him out to a Class D league where they squeeze what they can out of him as a hired band. leag-ner- s, Softball and Baseball Just Dont Mix There seems to be a growing apathy toward basebalL The village, town and former hot neighborhood teams and rivalries are fading. This cannot be attributed to the war, be cause the boys who made up those teams were usually under draft age. I hate softball, though I approve any game that gets kids out in the sun, but softball has ruined many a potential big leaguer. You cannot ( play softball and excel at basebalL Progress is also pushing baseball aside. Bit, by bit, we see the growth of cities and towns wipe out sand-lots and semi-pr- o ballparks. Even ; in small villages you will discover j cornfields that once were baseball diamonds. No efforts are made ta. save the diamonds. Where are the kids going to tiQ.; to for aid? The kids themselves tossed the answer to me at one of my recent Saturday morning radio broadcasts on the A. G. Spalding program. Devise i plan whereby the big leagues would sponsor baseball schools throughout the country, using retired star players as instructors. Boys start playing the game at eight years and, until they become 16, get little or bad schooling in the sport So they acquire unbreakable habits in batting, throwing, slidinf and fielding unless they are natural-borplayera like the Otts, Cobbs, Goliins, Speakers, etc. With professional coaching, the kids would be fit for league play anytime they were needed. I played during the last war and can vouch for the fact that few of the players who saw active service ever reached top form again. Some of the aces like Capt. Hank Greenberg and BUI Dickey, who are along in years, may never return to the game. Chaps like Joe DIMag-glo- . Bob FeUcr, Ted Williams and Terry Moore, depending on the type and length of their service, may take as long as three years or more to hit their former stride again, if they ever hit It 4 .0 again. 5$ |