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Show EDITOR Dww( The Salt New take I A Writer Reveals 'Real War Cabinet' LS By Jack Stinnett WASHINGTON Since we got May 13, 1943 CHy, Utah Into this war, almost a billion words have been written about war cabinet the president's Commentators have written reams of copy and spent hours on the air tell. lng about how thin authority was spread; . about how nee- 1 essary. it la to ted We stand for the constitution of the-UStates with its three departments of govern ment as therein set forth, each one fully independent in its own field. ni The. If State Lends Helping Hand At Tooele concentrate -- W UCH of Utah will watch with in- -' merest the results obtained from a highly laudable and rather unique experiment to be undertaken'by state and Tooele City officials in an effort to solve an acute manpower shortage problem that has become chronic. The Utah State Industrial Commission and the Tooele City Council are sponsoring a meeting of business house employes at 8 p.m. Friday In the Tooele is to City Hall. The meetings purpose workers- -! or the r ecruitsbme" International Smelting & Refining Company operations. International and subsidiaries are engaged almost solely in the production " of metals sorely needed by the war But constantly7f6r a year or more now, their mines and smelter near Tooele have been short of men . . . and not' 'just short, but drastically short About 300 men are needed in the district And if they can be added the companies' production of vital copper, lead and zinc can be Increased tremendously, virtually overnight The mining and smelting Industry in the Tooele district long has suffered from a shortage of help, partially attributable to the draft and to the lure of some better paying jobs at the ordnance depots near Tooele and St Johns. International and subsidiaries have tried nearly everything to build their working forces up sufficiently to a balanced operation which would mean much higher production. But their crews still are short Utah has No city in all undergone a more rapid' transition or growth than has Tooele From a population of 5,000 persons at the beginning of 1942, this city has Increased to a population of about 13, 000. now. This is a gain of 160 per cent in slightly more than a year. But still Tooeles war-vitmining and smelting are very short of -- e' Nearly 1,000 new dwelling units have been or are being constructed in Tooele and environs. Because of the great importance of its work, about250 of these dwelling units have been earmarked for new workers in the mines and smelters. These new houses are proving to be a drawing card. But still the crews are short. . This chronic shortage of manpower in industry important has just about become a public problem. The State Industrial Commission and Tooele City are to be praised for their recognition of It and for their attempts to do something Abbut 'ar this-hlg- hly correct-JngritZ- ' j in a few responsible Individuals. There were periods when thia was so but out of the muddle of divided authority the true picture of the war cabinet is beginning to shape up.- It .started when 'Associate Justice James F. Byrnes was pulled off the Supreme Court bench to become director of economic stabilization. It was put a bit forwarder when Charles E. Wilson, was-giv- en added powers in WPB that made him actually the superior of Donald Nelson In most executive matters; and when Prentiss Brown was placed at the head of OPA, The presidents war cabinet - V part-tim- that authority - Z today actually consists of: (1) President Roosevelt, whose decisions are tupreme In the matters of global war strategy, and insofar as the executive branch of government is concerned,, su'n matters of economic, preme pr- - action, labor and manpower controls on the home front. (2) Little Jimmy Byrnes, who is esar of the home front ' end probably exercise npore authority than any man in the country other than the pres- ident. (3) The War Department, personified b Secretary Henry Stimson and. more importantly. Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall. (4) The Navy Department, per- I sonified by Secretary Frank Knox and Commander In Chief ' Admiral Ernest J. King. (5) The State Department, personified by aging Secretary Cordell Hull and, more importantly. Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. You will note . three instances, that In the last I have named the phrase CZniflJ Tv used Thaif ,bfcailve the departments are vital In the war cabinet, but no observers here believe .the men at the head of them have been entrusted with g authority to anywhere near the same extent as Byrnes or the president. policy-makin- ef-fo- rt - war-boome- d - s help. ( r j The recruiting efforts to be launched at the Friday evening meeting appears ' -- to be a good Idea. There are a great many people working in the various mercantile establishments at Tooele who have had some experience in smelter work. These people and others will be asked to put in shifts, mainly at the smelter, starting at 6 p.m. after the regular city business hours. Much of the work does not require much physical exertion so that it would be possible for dowiitown business employ t to put in night shifts at the smelwr, at least two or three nights a week, without impairing their health. Naturally they will be paid the regular -- hard-presse- d fellow-countryme- n non-existe- kP scale. If the plan works in Tooele, the industrial commission will undertake Similar programs in other Utah areas where labor shortages are hindering the war effort and management is in need of assistance to" recruit additional workers. And, for the whole countrys good, let us all hope that the plan works in Tooele. It takes seven tons of copper alone for one minute of combat by 50 fighter planes. g inch-thic- k e, clans were giving out in fine style last Saturday in back of the City. Bulldtng during The annual ouung of the safety patrol members from county schools. Justice might be blind but she evi dently isnt deaf, so Judge FJlett, de- elding that court room procedure eras . impossible because of the noise, finally dispatched a bailiff downstairs to soften the music with a warning, backed np by a suggestion of contempt of court. Members of the sheriffs staff, sponsors of the outing, were included In the warning. and-Cou- nty . A soldier, employed in a downtown army office, 6howed up at the Bonneville golf course No. 1 tee after hia golfing companions had been waiting Tor 60me.Ume. Where yon been? they chorused. . Working, retorted Tm working for Uncle Is Lewis. the soldier. Sam, . not John anti-aircra- ft J r ' anti-air-cra- ft i, w m I "Give to every human being every right you claim for yo u rie I f." Robe rt Ingersoll. Flashes Of Life d, By the Associated Press Long Practice We Need Sound Statistical Study For By George E. Sokolsky In my business It is necessary to devote considerable time to the study of statistical information. Figures issued by the various departments of the government of the United States used to be and - checking authoritative, against the gatherings of private 'agencies, one got at a figure which was more or less reliable and generally guiding. Today all figures are In a hodge-podg"The Little for instance, Take, Steel Formula about which the WLB makes such a to do. This formula relates wages to the cost of living. The assumption is that as the cost of living goes up, wages hould go up ti meet it, which, of course, means that the addi titude of mind is the highest compliment ever paid by a people to a production and distribution system for consumptive goods. We hadbecomeso accustomed to a system that relieved the consumer of all thought or worry about satisfying his desires, whether It was a paper of pins or an automobile, that it was a practical impossibility to believe that any other kind of a system could exist. But now that shortages and ration coupons are a reality, we can begin to appreciate the worth and efficiency of our private system of manufacture and distribution of goods. If you have forgotten how nice it was, think back and try to remember. Lets not lose sight of it We want it back, because that is one of the big tilings we are fighting for. -- Anti-Inflatio- n tional wages will be added to costs and therefore costs will go up. Instead of a spiral in. flation, that system will produce an escalator inflation. But here Is the real trouble with that formula. It was fixed alter wages had risen tremendous-l- y in some industries and not at. all in others. That means that there must be constant trouble while the wages are being brought up to a level. Meanwhile, the high wages boys demand more because they see others getting an Increase. Thus. Phil Murrays steel workers get a hidden raise through the camouflaged 48 hour week, while John L. Lewi? miners get more through the six day week. And everybodys doing it. OFF THE RECORD not-at-a- ll By Ed Reed "The Three Bares" firt'' mind whether it wants a certain friend of ours, and every time they recon-ke another 'physi- cal examination. When he got an order to take another physical this week he commented: About two more physicals and have taken so much blood out theyll of me ril be too anemic to fight e -e e UP I, to-ta- DISILLUSIONMENT The OPA "rescues BRAZIL, Ind. Lightning made a practice blackout in Jackson Township, Clay County, a stark reality by striking an electrical transformer and blacking out the district a few minutea after the practice had begun. Some folks complained, however, that Mother Nature had been a bit overenthusiastic in her The electrical cooperating." power was not restored, for seven hoars. SOIIOLSKY ByJTheron Liddle of young Magna Garfield must some-Conditio- ns nt - Equally grim, Imberto Guglielmotti, political commentator, saidvpn the Rome radio, All Italians feel that the battle has drawn closer. Meanwhile, the European fortress is massing more and more energies to face any eventual threats from the enemy. Mussolini and his party leaders made no mention of the Italian Empire which once consisted of Somali-lanEritrea, "Libya and Ethiopia," all now lost Endangered directly are Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. Remaining are Nice and Savoy in Southern France, Mussolinis reward for the stab in the back at France when that nation was already on its knees. So Italy celebrated 'Empire Day," and Mussolini, remembering an empire already lost though war has not yet ended, undoubtedly spent the holiday bemoaning the day his path crossed that trod by A. Hitler. Around Town 'A group Situation e Lest You Forget Yhat Ve're Fighting For DEFORE tackling this bit of contem- porary philosophy, it is suggested that you set your mental stage by count-Jnyour. food, ration stamps,, cinching-u- p your belt and taking a peek at your old tired out refrigerator and gas buggy. With your mind intently focused on the glamour and the horror of war, until very recently you paid little or no attention to the rumblings that you soon would have difficulty buying such commonplace things as a new car, an an egg beater, a 6tew kettle, a pair of shoes, a .sheet or most anything else you wanted. Stories about Impending shortages meant little because you and most everybody else- - figured that the store would have what they wanted, when they wanted it. This is the point That at CLAPPER anti-Naz- Mussolini 'Celebrates' An Empty Holiday C UNDAY was "Empire Day" in Italy, and Mussolini and his henchmen to keep found themselves the minds of their off II Duces now empire. To the Italians' minds off Mussolinis vanished dream empire, 11 Duces cohorts reminded their countrymen of the danger of invasion of the Italian mainland an unnecessary warning, fbr that thought was alreadyuppermost in " every mind. Virginio Gayda, Mussolinis official echo, wrote: The exigencies of tomorrow have made .us restrict the use of our war material to the absolutely necessary minimum. Today this phase of the war has come to its epilogue. Today it seems the battle is coming nearer to Italy. All powers of resistance are necessary. This is the most dramatic moment of Italian history." I dont mean that there are not other powerful figures in Made to The Deseret News Washington. There are those men Close to the president, his adnewspaper boys and subscrib- -. visers: the Harry L. Hopkinses, -' BerL Samuel Rosenmans, ers for their patriotic support, Judge - nard Baruchs, etc, and there Is of the War Savings Program. that most important fellow. Director of the Budget Harold p. Smith. By being right more often than a "curmudgeon" (as he calls himself) has any right to be. Interior secretary and oil czar Harold L. Ickeg has more respect In Inner circles than he ever had Swedish Eased, By Nazi Move J before. v ' Wilson, Brown, Attorney Gen. motor torpedo boats, built here By Raymond clapper , eral Francis Biddle, Manpower STOCKHOIjf (By Wireless) , We cruised at 40 knots, , Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, here will be tonwe made nearly 50 and and the nations No. 1 home-froslderably eased by the action of times the engines still were not fully lender,. Secretary of Comin to Germany agreeing permit merce Jeese Jones all have their open. They carry two torpedoes, resumption of niches. also limited ship Vice President Henry Wallace guns. Sweden has built at least unmovements has one, too, and It may well be 16 and has more under construcconder safe that Food Administrator Chestion. duct through! ter Davis will almost make the blockade. We. saw. part of the aubmarine her f wartime varsity. Maybe Wilson Next will come y fleet, 'which has at least 25, plus will too. ; more under construction. Those d 1 scuasionsi Yet none of these others realare the two chief elements of among Sweden, ly belongs to the steering comHer Swedish naval strength. mittee that has the final say Britain and the cruisers, orcoastdefense ships, e down. Not -U- nited States chiP 88 to what guns; they are at the present writing, anyway. carry four h 7 over age and of little practical Never since, national defense move through ' use except as floating started have the reins been in our blockade so few hands. carriers. Into Sweden, "" (The eplnloo mmmi herd ar the Swedthe submarines and mo- But writer' two an art pobliaha la order ish ships, all or Mr, tor ta pr wit an aidaa at nuraat eatatioar. boat are tuefnl to torpedo Clapper Thar do aot oeeaaaarllr npraaaat tb partly loaded. protect Sweden against water oplnloaa of tbit paper.) -are veady-t- o come in. They invasion, as the natural barriers should begin arriving in about w the archipelago form s nat two weeks. Theywlll be the first ural defense. since early January. They are N Oil, however, is essential, and rice and bringing fodder,-cottonone is obtainable except from oilcake, all badly needed. America. Our government has Incidentally, one ship is bringing raw American movie film, been cautious about releasing oil. which has been the subject of It Is not a question of tankers, as much anxiety here.. Swedish Sweden has her own, but of the movie Interests are out of raw advisability of such a policy. Our film. Germany offered to supply War Department strongly questhem on condition that they show tions the advisability. The U. S. Nazi instead of American films. State Department takes rather a Now Swedish movie interests can milder view. The whole attitude print up American films, includ- - of Washington has beenIn under The Moon Is Down," be- - "reconsideration recently cause Swedish audiences go for aration for new discussions with Allied films, especially American, the Swedes shortly. rather than for Nazi pictures. It is difficult for ona so new The hit plays, books and films here to size up these complicated are considerations. or strictly AmericaEvery day " I n-such as "Gone With the gather new evidence of Swedish friendliness for the united States. Wind. e We would not Jiave been shown e Not much Is said about It, such restricted military activities as they have opened to us, unless but oil is the big thing in rethat friendship were genuine. sumption of sea traffic. The Sweden must have some oil ta Swedish navy Is running low on reserves. I spent a day with the keep her military establishment Swedish Baltic fleet and learned going. Civilian needs do not figure, much, as charcoal wood that maneuvers and training are on inadequate scale, due to -- burners are used to run automov bileg and even many military ve-the necessity of conserving fuel hides. for emergency. Another tipoff on the real sitThe question, however, is whether-wuation here is the fact that Amerwould want any ican journalists were allowed to considerable accumulation of visit restricted areas not before stores here. Because, while the Swedes opened to any foreign correspondmight resist - with ents. Accompanying us was the everything they have, they American naval attache, Cmdr. would hardly last very long if Walter Heiberg, who in three the Nasls went all out againat them. But nothing of that kind years had not been allowed to Visit the area which guards the seems imminent. approaches to Stockholm. This is oplnloo upmiri bmii in tk (! to Nazis or anywriter not being shown order ip4 u to prtot oil oidoo of rarrwt fwmtlao. body else. Thw do not MrtMtril wptwhiiI tho We rode on new, spectacular ini on of thi poper.F jHCaCEr-J DEPARTMENT our family budget by announcing meat price 'ceilings" that average two or three cents a pound higher than, prevailing e market prices. e e Finest Cbmpliment ever paid the . American Indian was uttered Saturday Mussolini when he said: . North Africa has become the thea-v-tfor the shameless prowess of Amer-- -leans who are revealing their primitive Redskin strain." -- Fight He seems very patriotic The real trouble Is that all cost of living statistics are based up- on Index numbers issued by the government which show a 19 per cent increase on all commodities. The reason for this figure is that the Bureau of Labop Statistics bases Its data on ceiling prices which anyone who shops knows Is a figure or speech for many essential commodities. My own guess Is that it. is costing this family about 35 per cent more than last year this time to eat and if you had the stew we put down a few nights ago, you would become a vegetarian for life. The only way to get at tig- ures is to sample the budgets of average families right through the country, because govern-mefigures cannot recognize illegal charges. If a ceiling had been put on everything correlated on a aclen-tifi- e basis back in 1939, there would by now be a uniform lift but It would not hurt. The year 1942 was too late to start this 6ort of thing, because all statistical relationships were too much out of level to be readily adjust, able. And too much damage has already been done by rushing commodities particularly meats to the markets prematurely. It would seem to me that un-.- .. less we can get precise factual flgures-o- n this .situation we can find no solution to It, And from-th- e way the OfA and other government agencies are Acting, it would appear that their figures are all sc re wry; otherwise why do they keep shifting their points around until both housewife and storekeeper are suffering from dementia pointlsit, if that Is good pig Latin for the nuttiness of ketchup up a point and hamdown a point or vice burger versa. In word. It la bow essential that we start all over again and get some figures to guide our judgment. at Hes conserving his shoes." (Th oplnloaa axpraaaa herds or tb writer' awa and r publlahe Is ordes to proaest all aide at current otiena. They de sot street arlly repreaeat th opinion of thi popar.) 4 - Loot High-Price- d CITY Thieves ransacked the office of the Hue. action Auto Trim Company, finding nothing But worried company offi-riawonder where to get the manpower to repair the pried basement window, the forced inside door and the jammed cash register. e KANSAS - ls , er F. Astholz was awarded $20 monthly for support of the couple's two horses. Yesterday her attorney explained to Judge William S. Baird that, 6ince her husbands horse had been put to pasture, she needed only $7.50 a month to feed the other. The reduction was ordered. e Resourceful It took a CARLTON, Ore. lot of sprinting, but Farmer John Kirsch solved the manpower shortage. He had two tractors and only himself to run them. He set the controls of one and started it driverless, across the . field. Then he Jumped aboard the other and followed. Before the first one reached the fence he ran It down and turned it around . . . And so on for 300 acres., Equine Economy men a LOS ANGELES horse is turned out to pasture, a court has ruled, alimony should be reduced. Suing her husband recently for separate maintenance, Mrs. Helen Legal Possession DES MOINES Attorney Ted Hartung almost became a triple threat man of the legal profession. First he had a client. Thea he was appointed city prosecutor. Finally his name was drawn for jury duty. He had visions of both prosecuting and defending his client, then hopping into the jury box to help reach a decision. But hla confusion was resolved when he was excused from jury duty and another attorney took over defense of his client, whom Hartung now will prosecute "to the full extent of the law. At your grocer Feel fit a at low prices I KP rrery mmbrf your family o Majorl ilya daily diet with vitamins Major--B Natural of guaranteed po- - and approved by the tency American Institute of Food Products. aumlir J'Jrmj. ' ' |
