Show U P POR OR r EA ON w Washington D. D C. C FATHER BARUCH Gaunt gray Bernie Baruch whose relentless prodding of the war effort effort ef d. ef- ef fort has saved more lives than anyone anyone anyone any any- one can estimate is worried over a alot alot alot lot of things besides tanks airplanes and machine guns Among other things he is worried over the human problem of r readjusting adjusting the lives ol of people who have flooded the cities clUes who have been thrown out of Joint join by the war Sitting on his park bench in Lafayette Lafayette La La- fayette byette park where he holds office office of fice flee conferences lie Bernie sees the stream of girls thousands of them from all over the U. U S. S A A. dumped into government offices into crowded crowd crowd- ed boarding houses and wonders what will happen to them when the war is over Baruch wont won't tell you you but but his friends will will about about how he handled this problem after the last war He had employed several thousand clerks and stenographers in hi his War Industries board and after the Armistice he be began to worry about whether these girls were going back to their homes or would remain inthe in inthe inthe the exciting cities s. s So he sent each girl a letter thanking thanking thanking thank thank- ing her for the time and loyal work she had given her country And as asa asa asa a hint that she should go back to her mother he suggested Anyone Anone who will apply at my office can receive receive receive re re- re- re a railroad ticket back home Baruch also attached to each letter letter letter let let- ter a 10 bill The railroad tickets were paid for forout forout forout out of his own pocket packet since the government government government gov gov- does not pay for personal transportation and it cost Baruch many thousands of dollars He was wasa a little fearful that some of the girls might have taken the tickets then turned them in to the railroad However However However How How- ever he hoped that he might have helped to get at least a fair proportion proportion proportion tion out of th the city and back home a a The high cost of living which the coal miners have complained about recently was substantiated by an n nOP OP OPA A survey of company stores In western Pennsylvania John A. A Fath who made the survey survey survey sur sur- vey came back with a report of exorbitant exorbitant ex prices and ups mark and insisted that company stores which do no advertising or sales promotion promotion promotion promo promo- tion should sell their goods at lower prices than other stores rather than higher He found suits selling for which cost the store 12 1250 50 He found I a shoe box marked but inside the box he found the shoes themselves themselves themselves them them- selves marked with crayon Result of the survey already has been a voluntary price roll-back roll inthe inthe in inthe the company stores Now that the government has taken over the mines the OP OPA A Is moving to make this company store price roll back not voluntary but universal Note Note Note-Fath Fath was once a storekeeper er himself in Millville N. N J. J hometown hometown hometown home home- town of Leon Henderson He gave Henderson his first job S HONORS FOR WORKMEN IEN The Office of War Information Is arranging a de program for next Labor day hailing the contribution contribution contribution tion of American workmen in hi the drive for victory Producing for Attack will be th the theme of the program program program pro pro- gram and it will include inspirational inspiration inspiration- al broadcasts by President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt and other top-ranking top war lead lead- ers However this Isn't the only labor show on the OWL schedule this year Another special celebration for Labor Labor Labor La La- bor to be known as On to Victory day also will be observed within the next two months It was conceived by Maj Paul Hines chief of the labor branch of the Fourth Service command at Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta At At- lanta Ga and promoted by Hervey Hervey Hervey Her- Her vey Allen author of Anthony Ad Ad- verse All war plants will be asked to declare an hour off orr on On to Victory Victory Victory Vic Vic- tory day at which time special War Merit emblems will be awarded Climaxing the On to Victory programs will be a wide nation-wide broadcast in the evening evening according according to OWL plans plans featuring featuring such speakers speak speak- ers as President Roosevelt Winston Churchill Generals MacArthur Eisenhower and Doolittle and Admirals Admirals Ad Ad- King and Halsey Joseph Stalin and General Chiang Kai Kai- shek of China also may be Invited to take part All the speakers will have a special message for American AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican labor The evening broadcast will conclude conclude conclude con con- clude with the sounding of taps from the steps of the Ule nations nation's Capitol in memory of our war dead and an answering taps by U U. S. S buglers in Europe and the South Pacific S ROUND MERRY-GO-ROUND q CI LOne One thing President Roosevelt talked to President Avila Camacho about while hile in Mexico was permitting permitting permitting permit permit- ting Polish refugees to enter Mexico from Europe Mexico has consented C C. Con Congressman Mike of Oklahoma is Js trying to rent Bill BBl Bal palatial Washington house now that the ambassador ex-ambassador will run for mayor of Philadelphia C. C John Carlson's book Under Cover Cover Cover Cov Cov- er on American fascism is really going coing places place t t r t r t i |