Show 1 1 W K I 1 P released by western news Newt paper pap union INFLATION A SERIOUS PROBLEM INFLATION IS MORE bjone T THAN HAN A TIME THREAT AT it Is a very serious danger which we face should it come coma in tho the wild form experienced by germany and to a large extent by france following world worl d war I 1 it would in all proba probability ability cause us to lose the war germany recovers recovered largely because to a considerable extent we fed the german people we nye loaned her per cent americ american an dollars with which to buy amer american ic a food products she never repaid those dollars we could not find finc I 1 a friendly people who would be able to teed feed us under inflation conditions in an effort to avoid the evils of inflation wo we can certainly y accept a limitation on profits a limitation on wages a ceiling on prices and pay heavy federal taxes tor for war wai r purposes tor for the duration wo we con can do do these arub e things much more cheerfully for a limited time than be sla slaves ves to the huns for generations we are engaged in an all out war and that means either cither sacrifices for the period of the war or slavery 0 0 0 BUSINESS AND ADIE AMERICAN RICAN PEOPLE WE THE RANK AND F FILE ILE of the american people are a part of american bus business iners we are chesl the sl lent partners it makes no difference as to what our job may be whether that of a mechanic mer chant clerk member of a profession a farmer or what have you the continua continuance nce of that job Is de pendent directly or indirectly upon business business conducts an intelligent effort to sell its products it buys newspaper and periodical space time on the air billboards and other forms of advertising in which to tell of the adv advantages antares to the pur chaser of those things business pro duces in its advertising it does not toll tell of the advantage to bustness business gained by the sale of its products it tells only of the value to the purchaser but bu business makes no effort to sell itself to the people its silent partners business takes it for granted that we know all about this american institution in which we are so vitally interested that we are familiar with our relationship to that institution and that it can call upon us whenever it is in need of assistance not realizing our relationship to business not realizing how vital the continuance of business Is to our personal welfare we do not heed its call to us the rank and file of the american people business Is an enemy that will prey upon us if we do not arny upon it it Is our part to take from business all it is possible to collet collect not realizing that in doing so we a e c taking from rom ourselves what business needs Is as competent nn an advertising manager and staff of copywriters copy writers tor for itself as it has tor for its products it needs to sell its silent partners on its value to them the tact fact that business has not done this has not shown us our relationship as silent partners Is 1 largely responsible for our present attitude of soak business FARM LABOR IN california THE governments of the united nations nation inc including ud ng our own are calling on american farmers tor for greater quantities of food the farmers are asked to produce more at a time when they like all other industries are short of help because of the call to the colors ot of hundreds of thousands of farm boys california proposed to solve or at least partially solve the farm help problem during the fruit and grain harvest season by inducing school boys of 15 years and over to forego their summer vacations and volun teer tor for work on the farms arms and in the canning plants high school teachers encouraged the idea and some thousands of boys volunteered then the united states employ ment service stepped into the picture with a statement that the boys could work provided they paid for union membership cards and paid union dues tor for the period of employment these california boys will be per milled to do a patriotic job if they pay the unions for the privilege of 0 doing it and agree to work not more than 40 hours a week that at a time when hundreds of thousands of farm boys are for the liberties of the american people for our cherished philosophy of government for our very life and this is amer leal ical 0 WEST COAST AND JAP JAI ENE ENEMY FIRST the defense of england and the defeat of hitler is the strategy of our military commanders and we should and must let them thein make the decision but people on the west coast feel the japs are thinking the defeat of the united states is the first object to be accomplished to the of the west coast eng land and hitler are a long way off but without straining themselves they can see the japs peeping over the western horizon |