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Show SOUTH CACITE COURIER. HYRIJM. UTAH Merchant Marine Academy Develops Fighting Officers CHILDS Funds Would Help Restore Production and Stimulate Exchange of Goods in THE Postwar Era, Treasury Says. cial double action. Its home d . . . the w remedy forreliev- - a gm f ing miseries of V T childrens colds. V VapoRub time-teste- 4 Wm 1 $ WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. Upper: Graduating regimental commander, Willard B. Kitchen and other cadet officers salute as taps is blown in honor of former lost or missing in action. Left: Training vessel, Emery Rice, under full sail. Right: taking observations for longitude during training cruise. cadet-midshipm- en Cadet-midshipm- ... n cadet-midshipm- n ever-expandi- n cadet-midshipm- Cadet-midshipm- an ts fast-wanin- cadet-midshipm- one-thir- d OHara, Distinguished Service Medal Hero the personnel manning one after gun installation were killed or wounded by one explosion. OHara took over this gun by himself, and managed to fire it five times, with every shell striking the enemy vessel at the water line. O'Hara was credited in the D.S.M. citation with sinking ' this raider. The was mortally wounded in the action, however, and went down with his ship. single-handedl- cadet-midshipm- y one-thir- BARBS, One reason why Stalin a on how the money or credit is to be handled. Relief for U. . f S. Bankers Risks One of the chief arguments as to of the program for the United States is this: it is estimated that in the postwar period, the United States bankers will have. to do the bulk of the world lending. Estimated on the amount we did after the last war, perhaps as much as 90 per cent. Rather than have the lenders risk the loss as they did last time, it would be better to have the government and the governments of the rest of the naof the risk. tions bear This they would do under the international bank. It is pointed out by treasury officials that not only will most of the money be borrowed from private bankers in this country for the next five or ten years (since we have most of the money to loan) but most of it will likewise be spent here since we have most of the things foreign countries need. There are two chief reasons why such an international financial program will be to the disadvantage of the private banker although by no means all bankers oppose it One is that the governments of nations will control the world fiscal policy and not the leading pfivate international bankers who had the control before. The second is that in the long run, as sponsors of the plan admit, it will lower interest rates. Those two reasons are not stressed by the vocal opponents of the measure before members of congress. Many other objections, some highly technical, are set forth. The main suggestion in the report of a committee of the American Bankers association is that because of unsettled political conditions throughout the world, any action ought to be postponed until these conditions stabilize. They say that the nations should agree to certain changes in the program before it is presented to the congress. Some of the changes suggested are prompted by honest conviction, some are due, according to treasury officials, to a misinterpretation of the program. There is a group in the United States which says that the United States will come out of the little end of the horn under the arrangement and that the British sold us a bill of goods. There is a group in England which says that Britain will come out of the little end of the horn and that the United States sold their representatives a bill of goods. That is one thing which.vquite aside from the arguments pro and con on the various disputed parts of the program, demonstrates that it must be pretty good. the direct value two-thir- SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER There are two big "unknown" In trying to anticipate the eventual balance of power" between natural and synthetic rubber, In the opinion of John L. Collyer, President of the B. F. Goodrich Co. These unknowns are respective production costs and the relative value of these types of rubber In different kinds of products several years hence. During the manufacture of one variety of synthetic rubber, materials must be kept at a temperature of 100 degrees below zero. Use of rayon has Improved the performance of synthetic truck tires as much as 3 75 percent compared with tires made of cotton cord, some Industry authorities report. Some weeks ago in this column I tried to explain why Germany came back after its defeats in France. May I be permitted to explain the Nazis couldnt come back for the second time? Once again we have to consider, not the military organization of Germany alone, but the civilian organization as well. Nazi discipline, because it was built on an entirely n foundation, finally collapsed. It was a discipline of (1) deceit, (2) force. Both were bound to fail in the end because it failed to take into consideration one thing which the Nazis refuse to admit exists the human souL Naziism with threats, brute force, and an organization which could carry out the threats and exercise the force, was effective up to a certain point. Then it failed. Its strength was in "bending the as I tried to point out in my twig, earlier analysis. Youth worshipped the false god of Naziism as long as its clay feet could be concealed. Youth knew no other god. But the moment the clay feet crumbled in the defeat of its armies (i.e. force failed) youth deserted. Even the older people, despite the numbing fear of the espionage of the gauleiter, the fear of the concentration camp, fear of the firing squad, began passive resistance. The Volkssturm (the military unfit drafted by Himmler) refused to fight, refused to assemble when ordered, hid. Regulations were evaded. Taxes went unpaid. why anti-huma- , by Baukhage cant leave d, best-kno- home-prove- News Analyst and Commentator, I have just come from a luncheon of creamed chicken and rice, green salad and trimmings. The food was not, however, the interesting part of the affair. The "food for thought that went with it, was. And so was the setting. We were served from a from easy in order to live up to the our vicinity. One had our number large oval table in the conference room of the United States treasGot to make sure on it and struck the ship creed, squarely ury. The hosts were Secretary of that no boys ghost will ever say, in No. five hold, killing seven solIf your training program had only diers of the stevedore crew and a the Treasury Henry Morgenthau and a squad of his fiscal experts. done its job. . . . merchant seaman." The of the conversation Because of the sea duty requireSteedley was busy helping to was thesubject one which was dissame ments, every cadet midshipman man an antiaircraft gun on the at cussed many of the more than at Kings Point actually is a vet- bridge, and Wood was to 200 conferences which took place eran of sea warfare and many wear extinguish a fire on deck.assisting When the war-zon- e ribbons indicating service fire was out, Wood went below to around that same table and which led up to the Bretton Woods monearound the world. boats. help remove the dead men from the tary conference last July. Today The United States merchant mahold. Among several Conrine cadet corps includes the U. S. who participated in the invasion of The concussion had ripped large that same subject is before merchant marine academy. Kings France were Louie B. Wood Jr., of holes in both sides and the bottom gress in the form of pending legislaPoint, L. I.; a basic school at San Atlanta, Ga., and John F. Steed-le- y of the ship, and she settled fast, tion which would authorize AmeriMateo, Calif.; one at Pass ChrisJr. of Tallahassee, Fla., who the stern resting on the bottom in can participation in an international tian, Miss.; and a revolving group witnessed all the fire and action of seven fathoms of water," he re- bank of reconstruction and development and an international monetary of 2,600 to 3,000 American warships and planes and counts. serving at sea at all times. Upon adThe order to abandon ship was fund. Upon the passage of this legislamission to the cadet corps, a given after as much gear as posis assigned to one of sible had been removed to nearby tion and the creation of the bank on and fund, the master-mind- s the basic schools for training of vessels. matters tell me, money depends about four months, after which he Next day, it was tnought that goes to sea for a minimum of six there might be a chance to save the success of any world security organization which may come out of months. This sometimes lasts as the ship, and an emergency volun12 as because the months, long teer crew was sought to go aboard. the United Nations meeting at San Francisco. ' ship may be in the Both Wood and Steedley volunIndian ocean when his six months is teered, but after a few hours all Aim to Stop completed, and he, of course, must hope of saving the vessel was abanEconomic Warfare serve until his ship returns to the doned. The two The reason for that statement, United States. were returned to England and were boiled down to its essence is this: back in New York on July 7, one lias Sea Training First. cant stop international warfare After sea duty, a month after participating in the you unless you stop economic waris assigned to Kings Point for greatest invasion in history. Their fare. advanced training during which he ship had been lost, but the precious Economic warfare in this sense assimilates knowledge acquired in cargo of soldiers, jeeps and guns means international trade practices classrooms and laboratories with had been put ashore in France. not in the common good speat that which results from sea trainTheyre Kings Point now. cifically some of the practices ining to qualify himself to become a Dudley Example of Sea Heroes. in by nations competing for dulged deck or engine officer in Americas Almost two years earlier, on the foreign trade before and after the fleet. merchant other side of the world, another grand smash of 29. Upon graduation a How is this warfare to be rehad played a drais licensed as third mate matic part in a landing operation. strained? or third assistant engineer and is He is Robert H. Dudley of Yonkers, Quid pro quo, of course. In the appointed an ensign in the U. S. N. Y., who was assigned to a transvicious fight for trade after the maritime service and in the U. S. port in the task force which took war a large number of nations will naval reserve. Many of the 5,000 first contingent of U. S. marines have three strikes on them to start. the graduates to date have gone into to Guadalcanal. Dudley was placed They are wrecked, some physically active duty with the navy. in charge of landing boats from and a great many more financialThe U. S. merchant marine cadet his vessel, and the disembarking ly, politically, economically. Those corps, authorized by the merchant laying aloft was proceeding successfully when which will emerge less affected by act to of is marine be a per1936, the main mast. 23 Japanese torpedo planes atthe war scourge, like the United manent institution, serving the naStates, will be equally affected if and coast artillery tacked the ships. tion just as do West Point, Annapo- German have nobody with money or they Antiaircraft on merchant gunners or the first four three lis and the coast guard academy. during days credit enough to buy their goods. vessels and warships alike went The academy at Kings Point is of the historic landings. Therefore in exchange for an into action and skipimmediately, situated on Long Island Sound, Our ships moved into the Engpers of the various vessels ordered agreement to abide by certain fair two miles from Great Neck, on what lish channel on carrying maneuvers to dodge the torpedoes practices as we might call them, was previously the site of several trucks, jeeps, small arms and about and contributions in cash or its from the accuThe enemy estates. planes. d There 400 are swanky soldiers, and we, of course, Woods fire of the from American new and modern buildings on the were exposed to the German bomb- racy guns equivalent, under the Bretton a nation would receive agreement of excelled that the which aviators, Jap also We includes coast and campus ers, artillery. in an international parade grounds, an athletic field and didnt worry about the Nazis too however, and every one of the 23 membership bank which would guarantee priwas down. shot an obstacle course which is quite much, though, when we looked up planes vate loans make some direct for One ship in the landing force tough. At the academys private and saw our own fliers in action and dock, there are half a dozen vessels and watched American and British was lost when a flaming Jap plane the purpose of reconstruction facstruck on its deck and set it afire. development so they can build This was Dudleys vessel from tories and do other things necessary which all marines and cargo had to create goods to sell and earn money to buy. These loans would been disembarked. Dudley was assigned to another be loans in which the risk is too ship loaded with provisions bound great for a private institution to for Tulagi, and a few days after take, and which if they were made the Guadalcanal episode, Dudley and bonds offered to the public the again heard the order, "Abandon public wouldnt touch. But guaranship!, as this vessel was torpedoed teed by the international bank over a long term, private bankers would and sunk on August 21. Dudley and 12 members of the lend the money and the public, with crew spent the ensuing 14 days the word of '44 nations behind the in a lifeboat with the most meager bonds, would hardly be skittish. The monetary fund would be supplies of food and water. "On the 14th day, we sighted land, created for the purpose of stabilizand naturally exerted every ounce of ing exchange, and facilitating the g our energy to pull growth of international trade. The "We members would agree to tie their ashore," Dudley reported. landed on a coral reef, and every exchange to the gold standard and not change it unless the governors man fell face forward, exhausted. and directors of the fund apThe sharp edges of the coral inflicted severe cuts about the body of prove. This would stop, among other every one of Us, but we just didnt things, what amounts to imposseem to have the strength to move ing hidden tariffs on foreign goods by changing the rates of exchange again, so we lay there on the reefs, of a countrys currency in terms of almost unconscious, for several hours. The natives found us and other nations currency. In their mad efforts to export goods at any brought us water. two the price and get credits abroad, the next months Dudley spent Germans had all sorts of different in army and navy hospital before returning to Kings Point, where he kinds of marks that had one value Man overboard rescue practice at Pass Christian, Miss. here and another there. graduated on February 3, 1943, reAs to the administration of the which afford the best possible means warships taking care of the coast ceived his license as third mate, and and fund, a very careful bank of learning that multitude of subto went sea as an back officer Wood relates. helpemplacements," A day or so after the initial system has been worked out regujects and details embraced in the ing deliver the goods. lating the amount of financial Laboratories term, "seamanship. Saved Shipmates Life. landings, we were ordered to anare equipped with actual Liberty chor a quarter mile off Normandy responsibility each country would An example of valor and disship engines and boilers, Diesels, and discharge our cargo into LSTs. regard of his own safety was shown have. The figure would be based on the trade of a nation over a certain radio and other signal equipment, This job took about 12 hours, he by William M. refrigeration units, and machinery said, "and the ship pulled away and Thomas Jr. of Alameda, Calif., who past period with some other modifications. For instance, the United and equipment of all types en- anchored to await formation of a was awarded the Distinguished d States would assume roughly countered aboard ship. Administo return to medal Service President Rooseconvoy by England. of the financial responsitrative officers of the cadet corps "On plus four, ME 109s velt for his heroism in dramatically d of the votes make the training thorough and far were dropping bility and have bombs in saving the life of a shipmate. No name is regarded with more respect in the U. S. merchant marine cadet corps than that of Edwin J. OHara of Lindsay, Calif., who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service medal. One morning late in the fall of 1942, just at dawn, two enemy surface raiders appeared through the mist and started firing on O'Hara's ship. The gun crew immediately responded. The enemy fire was effective, however, and all the-miser- of the cold is gone! Remember ONLYVAPORUB Gives You this spe- By BAUKIIAGE battle-experienc- Cadet-midshipm- Most young mothers use this modem way to relieve miseries of children's colds. At bedtime they rub Vicks VapoRub on throat, chest and back. Grand relief starts as VapoRub . . . PENETRATES to upper bronchial tubes with its special medicinal vapors, STIMULATES chest and back surfaces like a warming poultice. Often by morning most of Seen as Boon to Trade Combat Training Is Part of Extensive' Cadet Requirement newest service nation sends its undergraduates to sea as part of their normal course of training. During war, they go to sea just the same, consequently, theyre participants in sea warfare. Theyve withstood torpedoes, bombings, strafing, coast artillery, and fire from enemy raiders. Theyve performed heroic acts under fire which would do credit to veterans. in the United States merchant marine cadet corps have participated in every landing and. invasion operation of the war and have reflected creditably upon the cadet corps while serving aboard merchant vessels. Seven have won distinguished service medals; more than 600 have been forced to abandon ship as a result of enemy action; more than 150 have been killed in action; many have been credited with saving lives of shipmates and others have spent as many as 40 days In life- Colds World Monetary Plans Russia to meet even the worlds bigwigs was revealed at the Yalta conference he makes ail the military decisions himself. In spite of the shortage of nurses, doctors, dentists, the health of the nation, according to OWI, shows no serious decline. Pjobably just a case of supply and demand. The Japanese government has taken ever ail the airplane factories, giving the Jap industrialists who want peace another reminder that there isnt much profit in war. General De Gaulle says that France needs 12 million "fine babies in the next 10 years. He may not get 12 million but they will all be "fine ask their mothers. . delicious NEW breakfast idea Good? 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