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PORT ORFORD. OREGON. POST TRAILER GIRL By VERA BROWN Transformation of Grain’s Old Buffet Bruckart’s Washington Digest Unusual Strike Shows Fallacy Of Broad Government Rulings Ry RUTH WYETH SPEARS V/OU have heard quite a good * deal in these articles about Grandmother, who is just "Grain" to her family. Also about her favorite grandson, Bill, and his up- and-coming bride, Marty — the same for whom Gram made the stunning rag rug in Sewing Book 3. Then there is Bill’s kid sister, Betsy, who streamlined the old iron bed illustrated in Book 3. You WNU Service THE STORY THUS FAR CHAPTER Ill Lynn Morrow. boautUul blonde New York *lrl. la «trended In Pelm Beech In her bethink cult with only SO cent« when her employer, Mr« Helen Warren. dl«- eppeere with cer end trailer from a camp where ahe. Buddy, her eon. and Lynn had been living A note from Mra Warren advlaea Lynn to call at her New York attorney'« office for her clothe« and wage« She la rescued by Terry McNair, whom ahe met at the beach She goes to hl« home, where he has a meld provide her w'ith aome of hu elater « evening clothe* They then go to a beach club Hta slater appeara and a quarrel ensues. Lynn accepts the help of a stranger to escape He lakes her to his home where he Identifies himself ss Raymond (Wlldi Austin He sccuses her of trying to blackmail him. Rene Bouchier drove his flivver on in silence. After another ten min utes Rene turned off the main high way north, drove down a dirt road. "1 park off the highways. Can’t afford camps. Hope you don't mind kerosene lamps. I don’t dare run my batteries down any more," he explained. Another 200 feet and Rene's yellow trailer loomed bright in their headlight*. "Here we are. You don't mind roughing it a bit?” "I'm *o grateful." Lynn began. "Cut it!" He unlocked the door of the little house on wheel*. "Come on in and TH show you how the bunk* work." Lynn did not explain she was well aware of trailer living. The house was hidden among the palm trees, a pleasant spot. It was lonely here, but somehow Lynn was not afraid. After all she had been through noth ing now seemed terrifying. Rene went into the trailer first. "Wait until I find the light," he called to her. leaving her standing on the step in the moonlight. He fumbled about for a while and Lynn could hear him strike a match. A sickly flame burned. "Come on in. it's a bit of a mess. I'm not much good at this sort of thing, I guess " Lynn stepped up into the door way. Inside the oil lantern dimly lit the interior. It was decidedly a mess as he said. Paints, brushes, canvases, dirty dishes, left-over food cluttered the place. Lynn thought of Mrs. Warren's immaculate roll ing house and shuddered inwardly. At least she could clean the place up for him. Lynn suddenly realized she was completely exhausted. She made up the bed. slipped out of her dress and finally found the promised pajama*. She gave up about the toothbrush. In five minutes she had crawled into her bunk, another five she was in a deep sleep. It was seven hours later when Lynn opened her eyes. The bright sunlight blinded her and the motion of the trailer rocked her comforta bly. She pressed her face against the screened window above her bead. The trailer was moving bris) ly through the Florida landscape. Bouchier had started north in the night, while she slept She jumped out of bed and dressed hurriedly. She was very hungry and wondered what time it was. Rene'» only clock had »topped, of course. If »he was ever to get breakfast she must clear things up A little. Accustomed to working in a moving trailer. Lynn set about her task. She struggled with the stove, put some water on for coffee. There was a neat little gadget to hold the tea kettle in place. Briskly she made up her bed. be gan piling up canvases. In half an hour, she had the little trailer look ing fairly tidy. “I can't scrub with the thing moving." she decided. Lynn hunted about for some means of signaling to the driver. Mrs. Warren had such a contrap tion. and at last she found Rene's. A wire came through from the front She pulled on it vigorously. The trailer began to slow down. Rene pulled over to the side of the road. Rene got out stiffly, and came around to the door. "Good morn ing." he called. "Breakfast is almost ready,” she replied as she put some eggs on to boil. Rene came into the trailer. “Whew! You have been working! The place looks swell!” He grinned. Lynn had set the little table, the coffee was sending out a delectable odor. At that moment. Lynn was squeezing oranges, and her blond hair curled about her warm flushed face. "This is going to be great.” He paused. "I hope you're not mad because I started last night. I got cold feet. Thought that guy might come back.” Lynn nodded. "Where are we?” "Tve done all right. We’re about thirty miles south of St. Augustine. Nice going.” He was scrubbing hia face at the sink. “You must be very tired,” Lynn said contritely. "I won't miss one night's sleep. Can you drive?" "Indeed I can." “Maybe I can teach you to run this thing: then we’U get to New York quicker.” They sat down to breakfast, the strange young painter and the girl, and as they drank their orange juice Rene laughed: "I don’t mind telling you I’m glad to have somebody along. There was a guy came down with me and he did the cooking. But he met a girl in Florida and got married and sailed off and left me.” Lynn smiled at him over her coffee cup. "If you’ll consider that I’m earn ing my way, I’m 'crew.' I'll really try to help.” “You have already, and you’ll really work unless you eat hot dog* all the way to Manhattan!” It was a gay meal, and Lynn was happier than she had been for month*. The weather was gorgeous, hot sun, white sands, bright palm*. (TO BE CONTINUED) "Where do you work?)' he asked. "I don’t.” "Where do you live?” i More tears. "I’m stranded, here in Florida! If I only couli get back to New York. I haven't: even any clothes." "I say, that's bad.” | "Yes." 1 "What are you going to Jlo?” "I don't know. I've g^t just 20 cents to my name.” “I haven't much more." Bouchier got out a vile-smelling pipe and lighted it He pulled away medita tively. "I'm not much help to a lady in distress. I'm just a mug ’ He CHAPTER II—Continued straightened his shoulders. “But 1’11 do what I can,” he added. Lynn’s sobs were quieting down The maid went off shaking her head at the ways of the young wom now. • "If you stop crying, you can sleep en of today. Lynn stood there for a long time in my trailer tonight I’m out at after the maid left. Then she went the edge of town. I'm going north to the clothes closet. With sudden in the morning. By then, maybe determination she chose a gingham you can think of somebody who can dress which she was sure cost little help you.” Lynn looked at him doubtfully. He and she found some white low-heeled sandals. She put on the simple was a slim, dark, young man. but frock and went over and looked at he had a kind face. "Trailer?” Lynn shuddered at the herself in the mirror. "There, Mr Wild!" she said aloud word. If only she'd never heard of sticking out h«r tongue as she spoke. a trailer. It only she'd never gone That seemed to relieve her feel to work for Mrs. Warren and agreed ings tor a little, but soon she dis to come South with her. At least she would feel better starving in solved into tears again. New York than here in this strange "I can’t stay here!" She turned country which was so beautiful, and suddenly. It could not be so terribly so unsympathetic. late. Not more than midnight She "Sure, a trailer. Ever been in looked again out into the night. She could get back to West Palm Beach one? They’re swell." Lynn did not answer him. somehow. Then what? How could "I'll do the handsome thing, turn ahe get back to New York? And if over my bunk to you. I’ll sleep in she did? Lynn paced up and down the room the flivver." He banged his hands for a while. It seemed to be smoth ering her. She opened the door out into the hall All was quiet. No matter what happened, she was go ing! She got the 50 cents out of Hel en s purse, put it carefully in her pocket Then sne went to the desk and wrote a note: "Please see that this frock and bag are returned to Helen McNair. Thank you" That was all. She put the note and the garments on the bed. walked to the door and tiptoed quietly out When ahe got to the street she felt quite forlorn. She began walk ing It would be a long hike across the bridge. On that long promenade toward Royal Palm Way many can drew up beside the slim little blonde. Finally a taxi came along. In de spair she hailed it "How much to lake ma across the bridge?" she asked. "Twenty-five cents across. 25 cents in West Palm Beach," be said. Desperate, she got in. Once she thought she saw Austin’s car drive by. Then she decided she was wrong. What a horrible person he was! She shut her eyes and tried to They sat down to breakfast, the rest a little. It took the cab only a strange young painter and the short time to get across the bridge. girl. ”1 haven't enough money for you to take me further," she called to down on the steering wheel. “We the driver. down-snd-outers have got to stick "I'll be a good sport and drive together " you home, girlie, just for luck." be Then-he added by way of explana retorted. tion: "I'd give you money tor a ho "No, thank you!” But she was tel. but I've got just about enough touched at his kindness Home! If to buy gas and grub to get me anybody else said that word to her back in New York.” He stepped on she’d break down completely. the starter. In a panic Lynn began to wonder. The driver let her out near a street car. She paid him. and kept her She couldn't go back to that tourist precious quarter. It was now well camp. Not with this strange man! "Are you in a camp?” toward one o'clock. Lynn felt un "Lord, no. can't afford it I'm out comfortable on the street when she passed a police officer, who looked in the country.” Then they both at her curiously. So alarmed was lapsed into silence. They hadn't she. she bolted into the first restau gone far when Lynn remarked. "There’s a car following us.” rant she saw and sat down at the ”1 thought that, too.” He turned counter. "Coffee," she said. Here would to Lynn. ' Anybody likely to take a go another nickel That left 20 cents. pot-shot at me?” “Oh. no!” the car was gaining on She could go from one restaurant to another, then maybe when day them. Lynn was suddenly afraid. light came she might have courage It might be that Austin coming to to go to the Y. W. C. A. and tell her demand the dress she'd stolen! “Oh, it might be a man I'm running away story. But who would believe it? The waiter brought the coffee and from,” she said in a weak voice at waited for his money. Lynn tried last “It might might it?" Rene to drink the scalding stuff, but it roared. "Say, w-hat’s the idea?" choked her. "No. no! I don't even know him, Tears began to run down her cheeks, and her fatigue made it but I ran out on a party I didn't impossible for her to control herself like. Please believe me!" "AU right, crawl over in the back She had not noticed a young man In a turtle-necked sweater who had seat and pull my coat over you, come in and was sitting beside her. quick." Lynn had hardly got settled on "What’s wrong?” he asked. the floor in the rear of the car when Lynn could not answer. The tears Austin's fast automobile overtook came faster. Rene and he blew his horn. "Better drink that coffee and get “Hl, there! I want to talk to you," out of here. Come!" he said in a Wild called. Rene slowed down. matter-of-fact voice. "Seen a stray blonde any place?" Hypnotized. Lynn walked out be Austin asked. "They told me in side the strange young man. deeply that restaurant she left with you." grateful to have somebody to walk “Yes, I dropped her at the Y. W. along the street with her. C. A.,” Rene called back. "Sorry, are you in a jam?" “O. K. Thanks.” Austin, with a “Yes.” screech of brakes, swung hi* car “Why don't you go home? I’ll take about and was gone down the road you!" again in a flash. "Oh!” Lynn stopped. "Please "You can come out now," Rene don't say that!" yeUed above the rattle of his car "Here's my Lizzy. Get in. You as he hurried on in the opposite di can sit there until you stop crying rection. Gingerly Lynn climbed back You can't walk around West Palm over into the front seat. Beach weeping all over the place "Not that I'm curious, but you without people noticing it.” That might tell me what this Is aU about,” seemed logical enough. Lynn was Rene remarked. grateful for the dark and the quiet. “It’s a long story—” "My name's Lynn Morrow. I sup "So I should imagine. But Is this pose I ought to tell you that,” she guy likely to turn out the gen managed between her sobs. darmes7 I don't mind helping a "Mine's Bouchier, Rene Bouchier. lady—” "How can he come back? How I paint.” can he find us?" Lynn asked. "Paint?” __ _ "He found us once, didn't he? I’m "Pictures.” " not Interested in getting shotl” "Oh." 1 I < , । *uch an extent they left a cock-eyed slant on the double corral. They left too definite an impression that the American league was the whole •how, including the pink lemonade, the big tent, the elephants, the hard blue seats and the side-show after the main act. It was never quite that way It wasn't the American league which dominated the dia mond. It was merely the New York Yan kees. They won something like 28 out of 31 World Se ries games, dating from 1927. So, natu rally. the National league must have been a flock of sand lotters. But don't forget that during that four Grantland sPe11 the Yan' Rice kees were also an nihilating, assas sinating, murdering, manhandling and mauling the Boston Red Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Cleveland In dians and the remainder of their league. I recall a certain Yankee slump in the Midwest a year or two ago. They lost six out of eight games. I asked one of the Yankees about this cave in. “No,” he said, "we were not ex- actly loafing. But why run for a car you’ve caught. We knew we were from 12 to 15 games better than the rest of the league. We knew we could loaf and still gallop in." But Not Today Dispute Over Proper Classification of Workers Results In Stopping All Construction Work in City and Ties Up Supplies for Public Buildings. I I ’ * ' ! I : By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Pre«» Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. — Probably, not one of the readers of tills column ever have heard the name of the Smoot Sand & Gravel company. There is no reason for anyone outside of the city of Wash ington having any knowledge of the concern. It operates within the national capital community, serves its clients sat isfactorily, as far as I know, and goes on its way much as any legitimate business operates in the Unit ed States. Moreover, it represents the ful American system of private enter prise—or did represent that princi ple to most of us. Lately, however, the Smoot Sand & Gravel company has been much in the public prints of the city of Washington. It was in the news because its 250 workers went on strike. When those workers quit, the cessation practically stopped construction in the city, which is to say that the strike suddenly choked off the supply of materials for all new federal government buildings. This was no ordinary strike, not the usual walk-out. That's why the name of the Smoot Sand & Gravel company gained a place in the sun, small as is the business when com pared with other great corporations. This strike was, in effect, a strike against a federal law—the wage hour law—the fair labor standards act as it is most inappropriately named. The details substantially are as follows: employees of the concern have been classified as maritime workers, because they operate barges and tugs and cranes and such like in connection with the movement of the sand and gravel. This movement begins in the Po tomac river and, of course, carries through to the site of the building construction. But it’s all different today. The Yankees of 1940 are far and away from the Yankees of 1936, 1937, 1938 ) and 1939. And with the dizzy descent of the Yankees from their old . heights, so the dominance of the ■ American league has ended. I saw the National league win its all-star game in Tampa last March. I saw National league pitchers tie American league sluggers into an assortment of true lovers’ knots. The same thing happened in St. Louis recently. Once again National league pitchers put silencers on American league bats. In the last 18 innings of all-star play, from March to July, Ameri Bu»ybody Decides It’s can league sluggers have ham Improper Classification mered. exploded, thundered and Having been classified as mari mauled one flabby, run across the time workers, these employees were plate. There was a time when the A. L. able to work as many hours a day had most of the dynamite. It may or a week as they desired. They had a union contract with the com have the jump in pany to that effect It is a matter long-range shooting of record that the employees did today, but not work sometimes twelve hours a day against the pick of and seven days a week—and they National league were reaping the harvest of busy pitching. No set of times because the demand for their home-run sluggers product was extraordinary while the are going to make government building program was any headway against continuing. The workers had no Paul Derringer, quarrel with their employer, yet Bucky Walters, Carl they went on strike. Hubbell (that'srighti Why? Some busybody in the wage or many others I hour administration decided that the could name. The Yankee* Paul Derringer workers of the Smoot Sand 4 Grav el company were improperly classi from 1935 through 1939 were an exception. They bad fied. They were not maritime work practically everything—the hitting, ers—not entitled to work all of the the fielding, the pitching, the confi time they desired—and they had to dence and the poise. They had amaz be reclassified. The result was that ing balance, which Is something that most of the workers found them time works on in its leisurely way. selves restricted to 42 hours per week. The net effect of this, of The Two Leagues course, was to cut their wages, and American leaguers will tell you the men had no hankering for that. As these lines are written, the that Detroit, Cleveland, Boston and New York all could win the National conclusion is not yet in sight. It league pennant, with something to is always difficult to get a bureau crat to rescind an order. To do so, spare. National leaguers, now lifted from of course, is admission that the bu the gloomy abyss of the years that reaucrat was wrong. That is not knew defeat, are telling you the Red« an admission which any one in gov and Dodgers would run away with ernment office is in a hurry to make. In the meantime, thousands of oth an American league pennant “What do you suppose," one vet er workers are unable to work and eran National leaguer asked me, earn, because a union leader filed a “would happen to that American complaint with the wage-hour ad league if their hitters had to move ministration. I have gone into this case in de out against Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Junior Thompson, Jim tail because it so thoroughly exem Turner, Whitey Moore and other* plifies the fallacy of broad govern day after day? There wouldn't be mental rulings. It demonstrates be a team in that league hitting .240 yond a shadow of a doubt what can and usually does happen when against Red pitching.” This is moving a trifle fast the a national government horns into fields where it does not belong— other way. The two leagues now are better where government attempts to regu balanced than they have been in late the private lives of individuals. tome years. Again this is largely due to the Yankee drop. “Where are my Ruffings and Dick eys and Gehrigs and Gomezes and Gordons and Rolfes and Crosettis?” Joi McCarthy also might be asking Uday. Baseball, In losing the four-year Yankee* — losing them *o far, at least—baa built up additional inter est through both leagues, especially the American league. Strike Directs Attention To a Serious Problem This particular case is of more than ordinary importance in another way. Doubtless you have heard of the defense program, that great hys terical drive to defend ourselves from something that is due to strike us on next Tuesday—or maybe it is on November 5. Anyway, about >1J,- 000,000,000 has been appropriated for building up our national defense, and 7// Wind,’ Etc. The present campaign may be an ill wind for the Yankees, but It has been a southing summer breete for the other clubs which have been shivering in the Barren Lands since 1935. Now we have two great pennant races, two well-matched leagues, and two great stretch runs on ahead. Who can ask for more? Barring, of course, the Yankees, who still can't understand who swung the lead pipe and just what has bap« pened. BUTTING IN Busybody butt* in on question of classification of worker*—re sult is stopping all building work and the furnishing of needed sup plies. Bruckart points out the danger when the government horns into fields where it does not belong. Strike directs atten tion to one of the most serious problems that confronts this country. Expansion of army and navy is directly involved. Look what happened tn France. somebody has to do the work. The Smoot strike, therefore, di rects attention at one of the prob lems that confronts this country. It is a serious problem. It has got to be faced, and government must face it. That is, government must face it if this country is to carry out the policies of expanding the army and the navy, of developing an air force second to none and of equipping these forces to shoo un seen enemies back to the foreign shores from which they are expect ed to come. No better illustration is possible than what happened in France and England. Their war preparation was limited to lip service for months, be cause the government leaders Ivere unwilling to bear down and tell rack eteering labor leaders that the time had come for co-operation. Had French government leaders adopted a firm policy with the communistic labor leaders and had those leaders been told to keep their men at work, France would have lasted longer against the Hitler "blitzkrieg.” In stead, France refused to abandon the 40-hour week and its govern mental officials chose to coddle la bor leaders because of politics. We have something of the same basic situation in this country, right now. It is well known, of course, that Mr. Roosevelt has favored the labor leaders who could control votes. He was not alone. Others have done the same thing—Republi can as well as Democrat. LEGS, MIRROR, DOOR CARVING ANO HANDLES WERE REMOVED SCREW HOLES FILLED WITH PUTTY-PL AIN KNOBS AND A BASE OF fx4” LUMBER AOOEO CHEST PAINTED BLUE TO MATCH - CURTAINS AND CHAIR SLIP COVER all know "Mom,” too. She has be come almost famous because of her curtains and slip-covers and "The Rug That Grew Up With the Family.” And there is "Dad" who is handy with hammer, saw and screw driver. Well, recently the family have "ganged-up” on Gram about her fancy out-of-date buffet. They think she deserves and can afford something new. Gram decided to get rid of the buffet, then Marty said that she wanted it I This sketch shows you one of the things she and Bill did with it. Watch next week for what became of the mir ror and legs. NOTE: That is white rick-rack that trims the blue chambray cur tains and slip-cover. The chair is the one made over from an old rocker described in the new Book 5. To get your copy send order to: Policy on Shorter Hours Will Not Be Modified Only lately, Mr. Roosevelt said at the White House that, come war or peace, there would be no modifi cation of the New Deal policy re specting shorter and shorter hours of work. This New Deal reform was to stand, he said, and he is evidently going to stand on that declaration, just as the French did some months ago. Since the President is so firmly committed to this policy, I am won dering when this nation is going to draw its belt tighter and get down to war preparation. I think, too, that attention might be called to the recent appointment of Sydney Hillman as a pert of the national defense council and his des ignation as head of the agency which will have charge of training Ameri can boys and girls for war work. It was Mr. Hillman who broke through and organized the textile workers of this country into a strong, well-knit union. He deserves commendation for that job, since most of the textile manufacturers were about as rotten in their treatment of workers as the record of this country can disclose. But, according to reports, Mr. Hill man has lost none of his antagonism for the “employer class” and that does not bode well for a prepared ness program. There are some stories floating around now to the effect that Mr. Hillman has been snuggling up to some labor leaders whose penchant for stirring up trouble is well known. Indeed, if one may believe the re ports here in Washington, Mr. Hill man has given some indications that he believes the federal government should clamp down further on the employers, war preparation or no preparation. 1 MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedlord Hills New York Enclose 10 cents tor B ook 5. Name .................... •••••• Addres* ..................................................... Kool-Aid Q KW j To Know Others He that knoweth himself knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.—Colton. ; NO MORE CANNING WORRIES! , , ' ; Cause for Fear in War And Navy Departments Around the war and navy de partments these conditions are cre ating considerable fear. Army and navy officers, charged with the job of expanding the services, are say ing privately that there will not be supplies in anything like sufficient quantity unless the labor that is will ing to work is allowed to produce as far as it desires. This means, of course, elimination of the racke teers whose salary as labor leaders depends upon how much trouble can be created among the workers. Un less they can find conditions upon which to base a strike call, every now and then, labor officials are deemed not to be doing their job. Thus, as a rail fence guess, I am looking forward to quite a few strikes. And thus, again, the business of the country is in the middle between the upper and nether millstones. All of the war contracts are being awarded in a manner that amount* to a command from the federal government. The owners of the plants are not being hurt; don't get that idea. They will make a profit. But the owners are being told what to do while the work ers are being assured that this is a land of the tree. As one observes these things, how ever, one cannot fail to look around for signs of this national unity about which there has been so much talk. National unity, under the American system of government, implies enthusiastic co-operation of all It is difficult to see how it can be achieved when half of the program is going forward half slave, and the rest not only free but en couraged to be arrogant. All busi ness is not good. Neither is all labor good as the defe-se program 1 proceeds, new developments will ' offer ! .eresting studies. 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