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Show What Price 1 Patriotism? i lly RL'TII TAYLOR What do you think of strikes in arms plants NOW? What do you think of workers in essential industries leaving their jobs NOW;1 What do' you think of evasion of war restrictions NOW? I know what you're thinking and those are my sentiments, too ? But do you know that the fat salvage drive has slumped? Somebody is getting careless. Somebody thinks the war is about over. Somebody isn't doing her share. I hope it isn't me. I hope it isn't you. The war isn't over yet in Europe or -in the Far East. Our men st.il! nppH munition,. on, - medicine. And the one way ai: women can help is by saving and turning in all waste fats. When a woman takes her con tainer of used cooking fat to a meat dealer, she is putting a vital raw material to work. Used fats are no longed waste. They are vital in industrial product-ion of war materials and civilian necessities. The most spectacular uses made of salvaged kitchen fat are for explosives and medicines medi-cines for fighting men, but there are many other ways in which this household product serves the armed forces-Women forces-Women who save and turn in used fat make more tires available avail-able for trucks, jeeps and planes. They furnish a necessary ingred- I ient for making rubber rafts and j boats for flyers forced down at sea, and all the rubber fittings and supplies fighting men need. The fighting man's safety is protected pro-tected in many ways by the products and by-products of fat One tablespoonful of used fat every day from each kitchen in the land wiU fill the quota of 230,000,000 pounds set as the 1945 goal of household fat salvage. Let's stick to the job until 'the day of victory' |