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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne March of Dimes President Sketches World Strategy; tReieaMd by Western Newspaper Union.) ALL OUT FOR WAR MEANS JUST THAT DURING World War I, a manufacturer friend, whose plant was working to capacity on a government order, said to me: The government needs my product. It cannot get it elsewhere. I can, and propose to raise my price, and the government will pay." "Does your present price meet your production costs? I asked. "Yes, and more, but You have a son in France. He is offering ail he has, including life, to serve his government, and not asking a price, but you The tears came to his eyes as he No, he said, I had stopped me. not thought of it in that way. The price will not go up; it will come down." That should be the attitude of all of us in this war. All out war means a total sacrifice on the part of all of us to defeat the enemy. The men in our armed forces offer that total sacrifice without thought of gam. They offer life when needed. The manufacturer who demands a profit on his product, the farmer who insists on higher prices for his crops, the workman who demands excessive wages, who refuses to work long hours, or ftrikes because he can enforce unreasonable demands, are not fighting an all out war. They refuse to sacrifice for the cause. SOCIAL GAINS ANI WAR PRODUCTION IF AMONG social gains are to be counted the support of people who do not want to work, or the working of short hours, or short weeks, we are going to sacrifice before we some social gains achieve a maximum of war production and defeat the enemy. Amer- ica has something more important than "social gains to think about today. Should Hitler win, those are not the only gains that would be lost. ' Washington, D. C. NEW SELECTEES It needed no mind reading to fathom what was behind that war department announcement of the purchase of 700,000,000 feet of lumber and 240,000 kegs of nails the biggest order of its kind in U. S. history, The materials are for the construction of numerous new army cantonments and the enlargement of existing ones. Army strength, down to 1,600,000 after the demobilization of 28 to 35 year olds last fall, is due for a big increase at least another 1,000,000 after the next draft lottery following the February 16 registration of men between 21 and 44. An estimated 24,000,000 will register next month, and on the basis of past experience only about 5 per cent will be rated that is, subject to immediate call. Heretofore the army has inducted only men in good physical condition, with no dependents and not engaged in essential production. However, as the need for military standards manpower develops, will be broadened and many thousands of and deferees standards will be called by 2-- pre-w- up. For the present, the army still is placing primary emphasis on youth. The February 16 registration is expected to list around 2,000,000 youngsters and the largest proportion of new inductees will come from this group. Registrants in the 36 to 44 group will have to be in top condition to get in the army at this time. However, big scale inductions from this age group can be expected by fall, particularly those with no dependents and with previous military service. For the present the army will take its older-ag- e recruits from the 28 to 35 year olds who were exempted because of dependency or defense work. 20-2- 1 hide-boun- d d war-tim- court-rrjarti- al X g The President of the United States has announced a completed objective. It is: The United Nations. nations have united to Twenty-siwin a war and to keep the peace that follows war. What the nations refused to learn from concentration camps and torture chambers of one continent, they have learned on the bitter battlefields of alL Dictators fight for power; diplomats for prestige; and militarists KDirOR'S NOTE Hbea pinions arc expressed in thsss eolomos, they Uioso of lbs sews snaist aod sot necessarily of Ibis newspaper.) -- (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) sis x Alma F. Borgmeyer, clerk in the mail room at the White House, opens mail bags jammed with March of Dimes letters addressed to President Roosevelt and designed to aid in the fight against infantile paralysis. The mail was reaching its peak just before the Presidents Diamond Jubilee Celebration on January 30. SUB ATTACKS: Intensified 2-- B ar Hating Hale: Nelson Speeds Up U. S.War Production A REDTAPE BUSTER Ordnance is the haughtiest and most branch of the army. So much so that it has been the object of much bitter private criticism by civilian defense chiefs. But there is one notable exception to this Ordnance rule. He is William Van Antwerp Kemp, a tall, husky, dynamic engineer, who made a big success in private business and volunteered his services when the national emergency arose. Since then, as an Ammunition division executive, he has been making history, busting redtape in tradition-boun- d Ordnance. There are many tales of Kemps unconventional exploits. The latest is one of the best. Asked by a general to suggest a manager for a new government munition plant about to begin production, Kemp recommended a crack expert who had been loaned to the British to build a plant in England. He ought to be finished with his job over there by now, said Kemp. If he is, get him, was the order. SOME OBSERVATIONS From the British, Kemp learned ON BLACKOUTS the expert had completed his work ON MONDAY, Tuesday and Wedand was available. So Kemp picked on the attack following nesday Jap Hawaii, it rained, and rained hard, up a phone and called the state dethroughout southern California. All partment. I want to talk to the guy, who could had remained indoors to he avoid a ducking. Late Wednesday said, "who gets guys back from Engafternoon the storm broke, the sun land." set clear and by seven oclock peoThere was a gasp, but the operator ple of the cities, towns and farms switched Kemp to someone who were out en masse to see the asked him who he was and what Christmas displays in the streets he wanted. and in the shops. Im Kemp of Army Ordnance, Then bing! street lights and the he said. Theres a guy in England decorative Christmas lights were we want to run an ammunition plant out. The sirens were sounding an for us. Get him back here right air raid warning. Over the radio away, will you? the interceptor command was orderSix days later the expert reported ing all lights out in all1 homes, mo- to Kemp and left for his new job. torists were instructed to stop at A few days later the general again the side of the road wherever they summoned Kemp, asked what had might be, put out all lights, and re- been done about the expert. main there until the "All Clear sigIts all taken care of, general, nal was given. said Kemp. Hes been on the job It was a blackout Californias at the plant two days. first hint of the meaning of war. How did you get him back here The interceptor command reported so fast? the possibility of enemy planes beNo trouble. I just called up the ing in the offing. state department, asked for the guy Winter nights can be chilly in who gets guys back here and he southern California. To sit for three arranged it." hours and more in unheated, unKemp, said the general severelighted cars; to sit for three hours ly, "do you know who that guy ia and more in unlighted homes or to the state department was? find the way to bed in the dark, No, sir. takes more of something than the He wa3 the undersecretary of American people usually display state. but they did it. Note: rehas Whether the interceptor com- fused to Kemp an persistently commisaccept army mand had heard the drone of a fleet sion. Finally, pressed by the genof Jap planes or the sound of a eral for the reason, he retorted: flock of hoot owls, that alarm demSome day I may want to come in onstrated that the civilian popula- here and blow up. If 1 do, as an e tion will obey orders and officer you could me. that we have the spirit needed to But as a civilian, all you can do is win this war. fire me. Im remaining a civilian. JAP SCHOOL LESSONS SPENDING 56 BILLIONS After three years probing of subFIFTY-SIBILLION DOLLARS versive activities, it takes a lot to for war expenditures in 1942. Car excite Rep. Martin Dies, but the othwe spend it? That is far more thar er the rangy Texan hit on a day to it cost run the federal governthat took his breath away. ment for the first 100 years of oui discovery His committee has been making national existence, including the a sweeping inquiry of Jap cost of three major wars and some on the West coast, includsmaller ones. It means spending ing subversive teaching in Japanese approximately $153,000,000 each one language schools located all over of the 365 days of 1942; $6,350,000 southern California. Investigatori for each one of the 8,760 hours. My found that from the grades guess is that there will be some ol up students in these primary schools are in the 56 billions left over at the end doctrinated with militarism and the eI 1942. ideology of their Jap ancestor. DEBT DECREASE THE COMMERCE department at Washington reports a decrease in state and local debts by a total of $42,000,000 for the 12 months ending last June 30. That is not much out of a total indebtedness of for local and state governments, but at least it is a step in the right direction. The present bonded indebtedness of local, state and federal governments amounts to $77,434,000,000. That does not include the debts of the various corporations and administrations chartered by the federal government and for which we guarantee their bonds, which means we must pay them. It also does not include the money loaned to the democracies under' the lease-lenlaw, or much of our own cost of preparedness and war. America will not kick about any necessary war cost, but most of us may complain a bit about the cost of unnecessary civilian activities. Australia Is Periled by Japanese Army Invasion of Its Key Island Outposts; Submarines, probably German were pressing their attacks along the East coast of the United States, but the Navy department conference at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is had reported that strong counter gation to the cheered by spectators as he waves his hat from the Tiradentes palace, measures were being taken. The whereabouts of the navys scene of the historic meeting. chief strength was being kept a closely guarded secret, but all PRODUCTION: BLUEPRINT: authorities from the President down OPM Finally Dies Of World Battle continued to insist that the navy The OPM, over which William was extremely active, and was disWhile the nation girded itself for in such a manner as best to victory production on a scale never S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman had posed hitherto dreamed of, and while presided as twin genii for many meet present threats. The sinking of a Japanese cruiser American soldiers were arriving on months by to navy bombing planes was anunAmerican to do into battle fields the prior foreign entry ready and there had been a numnounced, til victory, while still others were war, finally died, Production Chief ber of sinkings of supply ships, filling the news with their heroic ex- Donald Nelson supplanting it entireploits, President Roosevelt gave ly with his new War Production some of them close to Japan. Most dramatic had been the exnewsmen a hint of the blueprint of board, probably to be known as division commandWPB. battle. ploit of Mr. Nelson, however, had port- er Lieutenant Bulkeley, who shot The President, following the close of the Churchill conferences, and the folios in his new series of divisions his own boat at 80 miles an hour into the Bay of Olongapo, sent a safe return of the British premier for most of the key men in OPM to London by airplane from Ber- for it was not so much a junking of 5,000-to- n Japanese vessel to the muda, had told little to newsmen an old organization as a revamping bottom and escaped unscathed. save that there was a complete ac- of it on a streamlined basis. speedBulkeleys boat, a cord among the united nations. The placing of one man, Nelson, ster, carries heavy machine-gun- s Now he had begun to give them at the head of the war production and torpedoes. He was bethe picture, a portrait of battle car- effort, also necessarily called for a ing hailed as a hero almost on a par with Colin Kelly. ried on simultaneously in every part change in organization. of the globe by the soldiers of all The cruiser sinking lacked details, This was undertaken fearlessly by nationals working in concert with Nelson, who created five primary but the navy said it was sent to the each other. divisions, most of them utilizing as bottom 100 miles off the island of Thus were found American aviheads former members of the organ- Jolo, one of the nearly 8,000 isles of ators fighting in the Singapore area, ization of OPM, SPAB and other the Philippine group. with the Dutch in the East Indies, groups. Where the American bombers in the Philippines, over the Seven Leon Henderson still was in which did this trick and achieved Seas, and most lately arriving in charge of civilian supply; Hillman other victories were based was a Britain and other points for service. still had the labor job; Stacy May closely guarded secret, but there The President said one could look was progress reporter, and so on were many possible bases in terriat the map of the world and assume down the line. tory within reach of the location that the' group was doing Probably the first and most vital where the sinking occurred. something at almost every strategic job, almost coincidental with the PRICE CONTROL: point. naming of Nelson himself, went to He said that joint technical comKnudsen. The big motor man beJoker mittees were busy, covering the came a Lieutenant General, in diThe price control bill, sulking in subjects of production, of transporrect charge of the speeding up of the house and senate conference untation of produced supplies to factory production in general, that der the baleful displeasure of the every part of the globe, also to the is, as far as Army procurement President, continued to bog down as assignment of fighting men and ma- was concerned. prices continued to soar. chines to points where they were But the man who was to be most The farm relief joker most needed. in the in the public eye for the next few bill had met with condemnation, not While all of his information had weeks was Ernest Kanzler, a new only from the White but been of a general nature, the nearfigure in the picture, who was from many leading House, est he came to giving out details named automobile production czar agricultural was when he said that excellent not of automobiles, but of what the centers, and this remained the main point of controversy in the bill. progress was being made in auto factories are going to make. In the meantime, Secretary of the in forces Allied strengthening the Pacific. MAC ARTHUR: Agriculture Wickard came out with a statement that there probably This latter statement was taken Resistance would be a shortage of sugar, just the to be an by press attempt by As if to prove that the defeat of after all the refinery men had gone the President to allay Chinese fears that the Allies were not going to his army had been prematurely pre- out on a limb with the opposite premake a vigorous enough battle dicted, General McArthur sprang a diction. distinct surprise on Washington and Sugar hoarders, and other puragainst the Japs. The President had finished a con- the countrys newspapers when he chasers of foodstuffs were continureing to storm grocery stores and carference with Dr. Hubertus Van reported that American-Filipinwas sistance on the toons were published under the capcontinuing Mook, lieutenant governor general island of Mindanao in the vicinity of tion this little pig went to market of the Netherlands Indies. Dr. Van Mook came out of the conference Davao. showing hoarders at their deadly An all-oroom beaming. Japanese effort to turn work at the grocery counters. the Luzon defenders right flank had Administration circles were at earlier been turned back with heav- their gloomiest over the situation, JAPS: iest Jap losses, and yet the danger one source saying we had hoped to Extend Fronts was far from over, for the Japanese get an improvement over the house The Japs, far from being licked were reported returning to the at- bill when we got to the senate, but or even stopped, were constantly ex- tack again with vigor. the senate bill was worse than the tending their front, and with reports It was reported that an entire Jap- house bill, and now most of us of their continued advances spread- anese army estimated by some as would be calling it a victory if we ing out with attacks on all fronts, many as 300,000 men had been could get the house bill enacted. came dispatches telling of two new thrown into the battle for Luzon and ventures. These were the invasion the whole Bataan peninsula front of New Guinea and the Solomon is- blazed into action in a renewal of MISCELLANY: land area; and an invasion of Bur- the Japanese attempt to crush the ma by the Siamese as a measure to defenders. aid Japan. But the word from MacArthurs Bern: German rationing has cut Indicating a threat to Australia headquarters that fighting was con- men down from five cigarettes a day itself, the New Guinea invasion was tinuing in Mindanao came long after to three. Women are allowed no topaced by air attacks and a move- official Washington had given up bacco ration whatever. ment of naval forces. The Solomon Mindanao for lost, and simply islands lie in a chain northeast of showed how difficult communicaVichy: A German soldier was shot Australia and east of New Guinea. tions were in the area. and killed outside a Paris night club. The Burma invasion had started It was believed possible that Police were able to arrest a young at Myawaddie on the Burma-Tha- i himself had thought Min- girl said to have been a witness. frontier. This lies at the northern danao gone until he received belat- She was confronted with a dozen end of the Burmese panhandle bored word from the southern island suspects and ordered to pick out the that the battle was still in progress. man who fired the shot. dering the puppet country. It had not been unexpected, and General Wa veils headquarters some CRITIQUE: Batavia: The Dutch admitted the A dual report on profiteering came loss of Minahassa, the northern time before had told of Chinese reporinforcements to the Burmese troops, before the legislative bodies of the tion of the Island of Celebes. It was apparently sent there for just such congress, the Truman report and the second severe loss of a contingency. the Vinson report named for their islands in the N.E.I. The invaders also seized the port committee chairmen, the former of Tavoy, which bisects the pan- rushing into print and into the London: press Already work was in handle and gave the a few days ahead of the latter. progress reviving the "scorched a good advantage in opening the That congress, aware of the huge areas of Soviet Russia retaken by fighting. character of the hurling of 56 bil- the Red army. It was announced Jap fliers were reported to have lions into war production in two that Sir John Russell had been occupied a flying field at Tavoy, and short years, and of what this might named advisor to the board, and roared out to attack with bombs the mean if profits were allowed to go would go to Russia with American, n important cities and ports of beyond certain limits, intended to Canadian and British help to put and Rangoon. Russian production back into being. clamp the lid down was evident. ts, Pan-Americ- hard-workin- hard-fightin- g, g PT-bo- at 77-fo- ot 18-in- anti-Ax- is o ut Mac-Arth- ur Jap-assiste- rs Moul-mei- for victory. But the Common People always fight for peace. Not an armistice between nations, but peace of soul between men. That is why the present struggle is a total world war, because the dictators New Order is a campaign against world conscience. The panzer attacks to break a military line are less important than the propaganda efforts to tear the fabric of law and order. The Common People today are fighting for their stake in law and order. Men from all over the world are fighting side by side for their countries. Because they want to live in dignity side by side for their God. And when final victory comes, it will be the job of the diplomats not only to bring peace to nations but peace to men. For the Common People of the world are awake. Their enemy is out in the open. It is not a man. It is a creed. They know there is nothing to hate but HATEI Innocent Bystander: Judge Joseph Guthrie, of Kansas City, tells the one about the show that came to town and was pretty bad. The audience almost to a man groaned and grumbled most of the evening. Except, that is. one spectator, who just kept staring at the stage. His neighbor who kept growling, This is awful, finally turned to him and said: You havent had anything to say what do you think about it? I am here on a free seat, was the dry reply, but if this thing gets any worse I am going to buy a ticket and raise hell. Old razor blades are being collected to supply steel for tanks. Don't forget No blade is too dull to cut Hitlers throat Jessie Royce Landis, star of Papa Is AH. the Theatre Guild comedy about the Pennsylvania Dutch, had to spend a great deal of time around Lancaster learning dialect, customs, etc. She passes along this legend, typical of the people there. To appreciate it even more, she says the Dutch rarely keep money in banks. They usually hide it around the house or in the bam. Anyway, this concerns an elderly pair who arrived at a real estate office before April 1 Settlement Day for the Dutch. They were buying a farm, the price of which was $17,000. Papa brought forth a huge stocking packed with folding money and patiently counted it It only comes to $14,000, Mama, he said unhappily. What happened? I guess, Mama said blandly, we must have brought the wrong stocking. How courteous is the Japanese I He always Excuse me, says, please. He climbs into his neighbors garden And smiles and says, I beg your pardon. He bows and grins a friendly grin. And calls his hungry family in; He grins and bows a friendly bow: So sorry, this MY garden now. Ogden Nash, March, 1938. All the Axis citizens are Aryans now. Hitler issued an order admitting the Italians and the Japs to A British soldier in membership. Libya, a dress designer in private life, was a little confused by all this. The other day his sergeant sent him on patrol duty. The captain, he instructed, wants you to catch him an Aryan prisoner. said the private. "Veriwell, Bleached, olive or snuff colored? -- While negotiations were going on between Japan and the U. S. durKurusu preing the Kurusu-fictio- n sented this plan: Why could not the two nations peacefully divide the Pacific? Secretary Hull smiled agreeably. Encouraged, the Japanazi continued. Which part would you want the north or south? Mr. Hull is supposed to have replied: "As long as we are dividing the Pacific, we'll take the top; and you take the bottom. Over at the new Club 181, they were talking about the magazine writer who disappeared for weeks. Wonder where he is, somebody said. Oh, hes very busy, explained a Winchell fan, "blowing up a rumor and two untruths into a article for his mag." full-leng- th The harsh reviews on "Johnny revealed there were two MacArthurs under bombardmecV the General and Helen Hayes Charlie, the author. on a Spot 1 |