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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION ---s - zz , m m ur rh a r Social Security Program, Labor Laws Face Congress Proposed Legislation to Bring Unions Under Definite Restrictions; New Insurance Plan To England's Program. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. ( x m WNU Service, 1343 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Ase ship of state pulls out of the holiday doldrums, skipper and crew are setting their jaws for rough weather. There are cross currents ahead in the new congress which are going to set the old ship rocking. Symbolic of conflicting move-ments, the debate of which will soon be filling the Congressional Record, are these two: A proposed bill to oring labor unions into the restricti-ng pale of legislation such as busi-ness has to contend with under the anti-tru- laws, and a social security program which some say will England's new Beveridge plan. That program, its author, Sir William Beveridge says, is "in some A'ays a revolution." The "holiday doldrums" I men-tioned were not entirely a seasonal affair this year. There was the usu-al letdown while congress went home ind the nation turned to festal relatives; would provide a working woman with a bonus when she mar-ried so she wouldn't be penalized for enjoying connubial bliss. All this would be done on the principle of ordinary commercial insurance except that the government would run the .machinery, both labor and capital would contribute as such and the people as a whole, in accordance with their income, would pay a share through taxes. The plan is not new. But it is a considerable extension of the present security laws such as Britain has had for a long time and such as the New Deal brought to America. No sane American politician, no matter how far he leaned to the conservative side, would suggest re-pealing America's social security laws. It couldn't be done. But the controversy will arise in congress when attempts are made, as they will be, to extend the benefits, both o in amounts nniH finrf to new Noughts. There was also a pre-- j meditated lull which was necessi- - ;ated by the turnover in the last ilection. The administration knew liat no matter what was done in he interim between November and January, it would, in some measure, 5e undone when Democrats and the increased Re-publican minority got together in the jew congress. Mop-Ga- p Arranged Since manpower is the prime con-sideration of the moment, a stop-ga- p was arranged. With much fanfare Manpower Commissioner McNutt was given new powers and a far-lun- g program was ballyhooed. But .t was mostly ballyhoo and just be-fore Christmas wide publicity was jiven to a document which was ob-viously the forewarning that much itricter regimentation of labor was n the wind. The jut inevitable, national service act , ,'aised its head again. The document was a draft of a Dill made by Grenville Clark, an at-torney who suddenly emerged as a presidential advisor. It was an-nounced that he made a special trip xi England to study the British man-low-setup. Clark remained silent intil just before Christmas and after jongress had gone home, but every congressman received a copy of the proposed legislation. About two weeks earlier, shortly ifter the Beveridge report was nade public, a cabinet officer was leard to remark: "We've got to get jusy and draw up a program that its America's needs a little better Jian the Beveridge plan would." But the lull was still lulling then nd when the President was asked it a press and radio conference If le were preparing a message for .ongress on the subject that was ibout the time of the remark of the :abinet member he said "no." The Beveridge plan was the nat- - , iral result of the Battle of Britain. Then a common danger brought the British people closer together. The categories of workers. Such exten-sions are contemplated in the plan now cooking in Washington. Labor Regulation That is one trend we can look for. Running counter to it on the surface, but really also shooting at the ''greatest good for the greatest num-ber" is the trend toward regulation of organized labor. Probably a dozen bills have been drawn up, all of which tend to put the screws on labor unions. Many liberals feel that the unions have it coming. The growing number of strikes in wartime, when maximum production is a matter of patriotism as well as necessity, the existing union rules which tend to interfere with maximum produc-tion, the various "restraints" con-sidered as evil as the "restraint of trade" resulting from monopolies, all have been highlighted by war conditions. Bills will be presented to root out these ills. Much of the restriction of unions could b avoid-ed if the unions cleaned their own house. In America, as in England, when a nation is called upon to make the sacrifices demanded by this war, it can be expected that the people will insist on a democratic distribu-tion of opportunity and reward of effort when peace comes. The war will also have taught that maximum production means maximum pros-perity. There are plenty of people to consume peacetime products; there are plenty of natural resources whose development can furnish the jobs for the consumers and provide the pay which makes it possible for them to buy what is produced. Any group or institution farm, la-bor, management which stands in the way of this maximum production is bound to have its wings clipped. Meanwhile, the people will demand and get greater "assurance" against rainy days, which come even when prosperity is with us. And in pro-viding it, if Britain comes along, America cannot be far behind. mderfed, underclothed and under-louse- d had to be taken care of. lass lines don't exist in the sham-le- s. A bombed-ou- t duchess can e as cold and hungry as a waif. The poor suddenly realized that if hey could be taken care of as well r better in an emergency, they ught to have a little better distribu-io- n of the ordinary decencies of life n prosperous peace times. Wise eaders didn't wait until the war was jver to face angry demands which night turn into real revolution. Sir ffilliam Beveridge's committee drew lp the blueprint for what they called 'a British revolution" In the coun-iy'- s economic setup under which, is one spokesman described it, "the people would contribute by their iwn preference, to a national insur-inc- e fund rather than take a hand-ni- t from the state." Assurance' ' The goal of the Beveridge plan is .0 lay the ghost of insecurity by neans of "assurance." Assurance s the British word for what we :all "'insurance" and which really lefines the commodity better than jut word assurance that men and ffomen would have a subsistence hrough sickness and unemployment ind old age; would have money to ake the baby through its difficult !arly stages; enough for a decent jurial without burdening friends or Sightless Workers Lockheed officials report that 13 blind workers who are helping build fighting and bombing planes in the California plant are in some re-spects better than average and turn out more work than their fellows because of higher concentration. In-cluding two women, these sightless workers passed a month's placement test in the Lockheed factory and are now working as tubing assem-blers, burring-rol- l operators and as-semblers of switch boxes. One is a parts handler on a conveyor in the paint shop. Guide dogs bring the blind em-ployees to the plant each morning and doze all day beneath their mas-ters' benches. Miss Hazel Hurst, sightless president, of a foundation for training blind persons, worked at every job before selecting the blind worker to be placed In it. However, the number of jobs they can perform with safety will always be limited, she said. Lockheed hopes to find jobs for more sightless work-ers. It's Uniforms Now! The importance of Harry Hopkins' bathrobe conferences with the Pres-ident are on the wane as far as their importance goes. The President is paying more attention to advisors in uniform. n Pattern No. 8283 Is Z" 18, 20; 40 and 42. Si"e 1! S sleeves, requires 4 yards 39.L1''1 ' Send your order to: ' SEWING CIRCLE PATTPT 149 New MonttomerjS". San Francisco Enclose 20 cents la Col., , Cti pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address ' soothe chappedWoj;:. Raw, biting weather dries si , leaves them "thirsty." Skin i. raw may crack and bleed s Mentholatum acts medicinsil V 1) Revive those thirsty cell's can retain needed moisture- ,v tect chapped skin from further:..!' tion. 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It's delicious, it takes but five minutes to cook ) nnfrllU Pr?Vlde thC femily important ( elements-Vita- ' min B, Vitamin A, V Phosphorus, and Calcium in their natural V-e-af tl ' 8 flavor M its wn and the oftener ! - it better you wiU like it. IJAMCEREAL CO. gminggj n n ADVERTISERS OFFER CONSV 4 FREE CHOICE OF A WIDE RJ$:j OF DEPENDABLE MERCHA0 I JL-- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Soviet Offensive Stretches Westward; French Cooperation in North Africa Paves Way for Unified Allied Drive; Fierce Buna Battle Marks Pacific War (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they ere those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysis and not necessarily of this newspupci- I Released by Western Newspaper Union. J TAXES: Record Year of the new Early on the agenda consideration of some congress was form of tax paymen indi plan. There were increasing of the many pro-posed cations that one methods for eUug 'S year's income tax out of this year s income would be adopted. Most widely discussed was the pro-gram advanced by Beardsley Ruml, Reserve bank of-ficial. New York Federal Under this setup one year s taxes would go by default, and tax-payers would meet 1943 taxes out of 1943 income rather than pay 1942 taxes this year. Well might congress study tax plans because this year brings in-creased income tax rates, the 5 per cent Victory Tax and larger levies on many everyday living items. And the treasury department indicated that to meet the rising cost of war even greater sacrifices may become necessary. But U. S. citizens were taking the new situation in stride. Most people realized that it takes a great deal of money to win a mod-ern war. GIFT: Of 20 Million In 1939, Walter P. Murphy, head of the Standard Railway Equipment Northwestern uni-versity company, gave $6,735,000 with which to es-tablish a technological institute on the Evanston, 111., campus. When death came to Walter Mur-phy on December 16, 1942, he had not forgotten Northwestern. A pro-vision of his will, announced at the end of the year, gave the univer-- Ann nnn Itnrt rloircl. f ' ; I " jv"-- . ; I '' ' ' N . I ;. . : l ; 'y-- : ? v. ' f " " ' ' 1 1 " f " - "i i - ') x Gen. Henri Giraud, newly designated high commissioner of French North and West Africa, reviews American fighters soon after his appoint-ment as successor to Admiral Darlan. The appointment of the French general, famous for having twice escaped the Nazis, did much to satisfy the elements discontented over the "deal" with the assassinated Darlan. sity more tnan ;u,uvv,wu u- -. op, maintain and operate the tech-nological institute. Beyond this re-striction the will placed no limita-tion on the use of the bequest. The gift raised Northwestern uni-versity to fifth place in amount of endowment among the universities of the country. Harvard, Yale, the University of Chicago and the Uni-versity of Rochester lead. DRINKING: And the Army Drinking conditions In and around army camps do not constitute a se-rious problem for officials, accord-ing to a report made by the Office of War Information after an ex-tensive coast-to-coa- investigation. This survey was undertaken to de-termine what truth if any there ex-isted for some of the rumors among U. S. citizens about excessive drink-ing among the nation's armed forces. In all U. S. history, the OWI says, no army has been so orderly. The sale of 3.2 beer in army camps is described as a "healthy and sensible" arrangement. This is listed as the main reason for the vastly less amount of drinking by soldiers in this war as compared to- - World War I. Security Planner AFRICA: Cooperation World-wid- e cooperation of all French leaders not captives of the Axis powers was deemed almost a certainty when Gen. Henri Giraud, successor to the assassinated Adm. Jean Darlan as high commission-er of North Africa, named Gen. Juin as commander in chief of the French forces in Africa. Juin commanded French African forces at the time of the Allied oc-cupation in November and had since been collaborating with the d French regime. The previous appointment of Gi-raud had a unifying effect which was missing under Darlan. French North African civil and military forces ral-lied around the new commander, as did Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Fighting French, who would have no part of Giraud's predeces-sor. Battle in Tunisia Although the Allied North African headquarters acknowledged that British and American forces had withdrawn from a hill position six miles northeast of Medjez-el-Ba- b which they held for less than a week competent observers said that the Allied position as a whole was not materially affected. In another area of operations it appeared as though Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was intent? only on getting his broken Africa Corps to Tunisia for the Axis final stand on the African continent. Rommel had three possible lines of defense on the Libyan coast. But British eighth army patrols broke through the first one at Wadi Bei El Chebir, 55 miles west of Sirte and 185 miles east of Tripoli. Rommel's chances were lessening. And above all, the Mid-dle Eastern command appeared con-fident. , Plot Nipped An assassination plot against Gi-raud and Robert Murphy, President ANOTHER LESSON: For Adolf Last winter Adolf Hitler learned his first lesson about Russian win-ters: That they are plenty cold and plenty inhospitable. This year he is learning another lesson: Russian soldiers fight equally well (and in some cases better) in winter as in summer. Russia's drive on the southern flank of the vast eastern front has now reached proportions of a major campaign. As the Nazi forces fell back before Rostov, Soviet troops had succeeded in capturing Kotel-nikovs-a vital link in German po-sitions and a point which Hitler had commanded be held at all costs. Ninety miles below Stalingrad, loss of this point meant the extermina-tion of Gen. Hermann von Hoth's sixth army or what remained of its 22 divisions surrounded near Stalin-grad. What was even more important, however, was that the net was clos-ing more surely on the million Nazis in the Caucasus. With Rostov's cap-ture Adolf would have had a sad looking report card and his next les-son in Russian would begin. CHINESE MISSION: Ordered Home Gen. Hsiung Shih-fe- i, head of a Chinese military mission to this country, and a majority of his staff have been ordered home by Gen-eralissimo Chiang Kai-she- it was announced in Washington. The mission was sent here 10 months ago to contact the joint n military staff and to confer with U. S. military off-icials. Chinese sources said the return was prompted by the apparent de-cision of the joint staff to concen-trate the efforts of the United Na-tions on sectors other than the China front. Dissatisfaction in Chungking was reported over what it consid-ers the minor role assigned to China ! tWa,.tfJ..wf..tt.11MBj.- -- - J. ..i&jattgMajj itooseveu s minister vu ciKumi Si-rica, was nipped in the making when Giraud announced the arrest of 12 persons, including two who helped the American landing at Al-giers. Brief initia dispatches said that Giraud has announced that 12 per-sons were arrested to prevent "fur-ther assassinations." He said that "it is better to prevent than pun-ish" and that those arrested were not going to be shot. "RATIONING: Little Hoarding Despite the fact that more than 200 canned food items will be ra-tioned soon, American housewives have made very little attempt to stock their cupboards in advance, Office of Price Administration spokesmen have pointed out. The absence of hoarding was tlue to two factors: Consumers must de-clare all canned goods on hand, on the basis of which deductions will be made from the ration points alloted each person; the feeling that hoarding would be emphatically un-patriotic kept many a person from ordering more than the usual supply of foodstuffs. Even though a tremendous print-ing job is yet to be completed, OPA officials expressed hope that the g program would get under way some time in February. in Allied strategy. It was said that Hsiung and his colleagues have de-cided there is no likelihood of a large scale offensive against Japan in the near future. The closing of the Burma road was an important fac-tor in the Allied-Chin- a plan of strategy. SOUTH PACIFIC: Advance in Buna Japanese tenacity was nowhere in greater evidence than on the bitterly fought Buna front in New Guinea. Allied headquarters spoke repeated-ly of advances against stubborn Japanese resistance. Striking at Jap coastal fortifica-tions, ground troops eliminated' a triangular enemy strongpoint of 13 bunkers, then were forced to beat off a counterattack. The desperately defended bunker triangle, approxi-mately 1,500 yards from the coast, had been bypassed earlier in the Al-lied drive toward the Buna govern-ment station. It was surrounded sev-eral days before, after tanks and in-fantry had gone ahead to smash through to the coast and thence turn west to advance on the Buna air strip. Up the coast from Buna, Allied bombers hit at the Lae airdrome and at Kavieng in New Ireland. Fires were started at both places. Bomb-ers also struck at the Gasmata air--i field in New Britain. Pictured with his wife, Sir William Beveridge attends a luncheon at the Savoy hotel, London, in the interest of his social security plan. Sir Wil-liam is the author of a financial as-sistance plan which protects the peo-ple of Great Britain from the cradle to the grave, It has received con-siderable publicity in the United States. MISCELLANY: RECORD: American shipbuilders in 1942 turned out a record number of 750 merchant vessels, totaling 8 million tons, according to the Na-tional Council of Shipbuilders. STRIKES: Man-day- s lost from war production as a result of strikes dropped to 91,925 in November the lowest since Pearl Harbor. SALVAGE: A Jap radio broadcast reported that engineers had refloat-ed and repaired an 11,000-to- n U. S. floating dry dock which It said American forces scuttled last April at Port Marivales, Bataan. DRAFT: 3Vz Million in '43 Approximately million men 18 through 37 years old will be called to the armed forces during 1943, draft officials have announced. They will be called at an average rate of 250,000 or 300,000 a month. About half of the quota will be drawn from the 18 and 19 year olds who completed registration in De-cember. The other 1,750,000 will be childless married men since the pool of unmarried men available for mili-tary service is practically exhausted. United Nations' Armies The United Nations entered 1943 with armies totaling approximately 15,000,000 men, according to a mili-tary correspondent for Reuters, British-new- s agency. This total does not include China's army. In addi-tion, he said, Allied air personnel is approaching the 5,000,000 mark. At its peak the German army num-bered about 8,000,000 men, he said. But Germany has suffered heavy casualties in Russia, losing perhaps 4,000,000 men. Japcn has an effective army of from 5 to 6,000,000. GANGSTERS: Action in Chicago Described by J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, as the toughest mob in the nation, Chicago's Roger Touhy gang, which escaped from Illinois Stateville prison in October, .was rounded up by the Five of the seven who escaped were taken alive while the other two died un-der FBI bullets when they tried to escape a carefully prepared trap. Hoover personally led some 50 in the final round-u- p of the criminals. AUTO RATIONING: Under recently announced liberal-ized automobile rationing regulations persons engaged in any gainful oc-cupation (who can show need) can now purchase new 1941 or earlier model cars. Also available to such persons are 1942 model cars with a list price of more than $2,500. According to the Office of Price Administration it is hoped that this move will improve the transporta-tion of persons buying these cars and will also release their old cars in the used car market. IMPREGNABLE: According to French radio reports, Adolf Hitler has nearly finished construction of a "new, impregnable Siegfried line" along the Atlantic seaboard of France. ORDER: The Finnish Information Center in New York has been or- dered by the state department to cease issuing news releases and pamphlets, and the American lega- tion in Helsingfors has stopped send-ing out bulletins. This development followed reports that Finnish off- icials joined in a toast to the Japa- nese Pearl Harbor success. ADVICE: College students who are perplexed about their military status have been advised by Dr Francis J. Brown, consultant for the American council on education to go back to school and stay there until called into military service BURMA RAF bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the Jan air drome along the Chindwin river in" Burma, scoring hits on runways and dispersal bays. Offensive patrols were reported to have been carried out over the Mayu river district where British troops have been working their way toward Akyab Finishing the Foe In the First World war, K airmen often crippled an : plane by lowering a into its propeller. T Soviet fliers frequently Er,:;r damaged German ship by from behind and sawir.g - tail with the blades of their peller. ' j I ASK MS ? ANOTHER I A General Quiz ?? ch. c-- e. o-- c-- e-- e c-- c-- c-- c-- - o- - e-- The Questions 1. How many countries have a larger population than the United States? 2. Why does an owl stare? . 3. What gives the color to the "red" snow? 4. What is the average life of a dollar bill? 5. What is the oldest living thing in Florida? 6. Is Sirius, the dog star, bright-er than our own sun? 7. What continent receives the most rainfall? The Answers 1. Three (China, India and So-viet Russia). 2. Because its eyes are immov-able in their sockets. 3. Microscopic plants. 4. The average dollar bill is in circulation, but nine months. 5. "The Senator," a cypress tree near Orlando, 3,500 years old. 6. Sirius is more than 30 times brighter than our sun. 7. South America receives near-ly twice the average rainfall of any other continent. Light Wood Wiliwili is a Hawaiian v is used by the natives f riggers of their car.OLS a.; light as cork. B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage The use of aerial bombs as air-ai- d warning devices are frowned lpon by the war department in a itatement to OCD officials. Not only s the sound of aerial bombs easily :onfused with that of antiaircraft ire, but "they have doubtful value tor warning purposes." Communi-- des now using aerial bombs should liscontinue the practice. Buy War Bonds In response to repeated requests, (he OCD editorial section has establ-ished a file of human-intere- sto-ries on civilians in the war effort, rhis file is composed of anecdotes f individual and community ichievements, sacrifice, heroism, in genuity and neighborly In Milford Center, Ohio, Carl Kauf-xia-n was treated for chills after be-ing trapped in a packing house re-frigerator for four hours. Three Hours later he was treated for bums when his truck caught fire. A houseboat on the Nile has been opened as a club for warrant and noncommissioned officers serving with American army forces in Egypt. At Camp Livingston, La., Sergt. Robert Sullivan, grandson of John L. Sullivan, gives rifle instruction to Pvt. John W. York, cousin of Sergt Alvin C. York. The best known and loved of all army mobile equipment, the Jeep, got its name when the first of the bouncing buggies was rolled off the freight car by a soldier who noticed the initials "G.P." stencilled on the side to signify "General Purpose." a A trucking pool saves gasoline, tires and time for farmers in the volcano district of Hawaii and on the island of Oahu. A fixed sched-ule of transportation is made out eliminating half loads in getting produce to market. |