Show t MA Ite leased by newspaper I 1 mon A YEAR HAS PASSED AT SEA ARE THE SHIPS A YEAR AGO illness confined me to a hotel room through the windows of 0 which I 1 looked out on the waters of the broad pacific I 1 watched the constantly moving panorama on a rainbow pie pi erthe r the procession of cars and pedestrians the platforms filled with dancers or with religious reviva revivalists lists or at tir times with both there was evidence only of the amusement or occupations ofa of a peaceful people but beyond that pier was a more interesting and impressive sight there swaying at t anchor or moving in from or out to sea was a magnificent battle fleet the pride of america there were the great battle wagons the aircraft carriers the cruisers and the always restless destroyers with an occasional sub with its strange shape and devilish purpose seto to add to the interest I 1 knew the name of no single one of those fighting ships I 1 did not know which battle wagon was named for which state which cruiser was named tor for which city or the name of what wha t hero heio wai was carried by any desti destroyer oyer but each one had an individuality and though each of its class looked much like all oth ers era ot of that class I 1 soon learnia learned to distinguish one from another they seemed always on the alert always there wog was smoke rom their escape valves their crows crews were and from shore and officers gigs passed from one ship to enother othor other that fleet was an inspiring sight it wag iome something thing more than great 5 misses masses af of steel it was steel plus plu men an the men made it the he s soul 0 ul of america the ships kilps and the crews were tho the guardians of tle tile pence peace rand pleasures ot of those people on the pier and ot of the people all up and down the nation it represented the might and the pride of a great nation my nation A As a I 1 watched any one of them i weigh anchor and sail out to se sea ai to disappear beyond the horizon 1 I could imagine it U going to meet an ail enemy my enemy seeking to destroy the peace and liberties of a nation my nation when after hours or days that ship returned I 1 could imagine its purpose of destruction st accomplished an enemy destroyed I 1 am again writing within a stones throw of the pacific there Is IB the same panorama to be seen on the rainbow pier the same line of cars and pedestrians the same groups of dancers and religious enthus enthusiasts lasts but the ships are gone this Thi slime time I 1 donot do not have to imagine I 1 know they have gone to meet an enemy my enemy and our ene iny byon on the tar far side odthe broad pacific it Is because they are gone that I 1 have no tear fear of that enemy reaching me on the american shore of that ocean it if la Is because they them ore are gone that the cars and pe destri ans ana the dancers and religious ex holters are still found on rainbow pier the might and pride of ki america is in the for far east to destroy that enemy who so treacherously attacked a peace ceacle desiring nation TROUBLES SHIPYARD OWNERS on the west coast aye between the devil devi liand and the clep deep blue pacific they were forced to sign a closed shop agreement with the A F of L under which they must disc discharge hargea lony ny pin employee who tolls fails to pay his dues to th tho euMon union when failure to pay ha has s bce been reported to the company now the emPlOY employees ets walk out to force the re employment of men the union says must bo be fired employers find it a case of damned if you do ond and damned it if iou you dort dont 1 in the meantime government war orders ordera for or badly needed ships are tied up ond and we are still at war FEDERAL PAYROLL ON OCTOBER 31 there were on the me federal governments civilian I 1 payrolls a total of i employees besan an increase of ov over er sep demter tem ter sr theuay of these employees for october amounted to that october number was two thirds greater than the peak reached during world war I 1 and at that time wo were not in the war A little less go government v might bea be a go good od thing 0 0 monopolies CONGRESS passes legislation to prevent monopolies in commodities and also passes legislation to create labor monopoly the closed shop thit that forces every worker in an in austry to pay for the privilege of working is a monopoly s LICENSE PLATES california is saving tile the cost of the metal involved in supplying IM 1842 automobile license plates by the use of a small strip fastened to the plate the saving effected means thousands of dollars to the taxpayers and many thousands of pounds of greatly needed metal for 1943 why should not till all states use a windshield sticker the savings w would run into millions that is one of the countless ways to leduca taxes aa 1 A |