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Ths CZZGOU CTATECI IAII. Cclasv Oregon, Tuesday MoroingI lay 12, , 1 13 1 i . t ; : ; r f i tl. 1. i f- . ' M T 1 . S I a ' IS - : I - M - - n v stn,Tn?Na Fekr Shall Aw - ' ' I. - w-.'aI lTI'5 V Chapter 19 Contlaned THE CHARLES A. SFRAGUE, Editor' and' Publisher t .-' f : 1 ' - JJember el The. Associated Press - - Y . ; The Associated Press 1 exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. No Holiday ' What, no holiday lor' state employes .on tht day of Gov. Snell'a victory .celebration?! t -'- - i With a lull-dress proclamation like that sure ly it should rate a full day's holiday, or at least a half, lor the hard-working employes of the state. Think how valuable it would be" for vic tory gardening, now that weeds are crowding the plants, And what about a little trip to the coast, with the weather turned more favorable? . No holiday, huh; what kind of a celebration Is this anyhow? ' That's hard to answer. When it broke, page one Oregonian, .with art", it looked suspicious ly like an Ogn promotion. And Kaisertown seems to be about the only place which is throw ing a party for the day. Great Britain, much closer to the scene and more intimately concern ed with it, recognized the victory; with church prayers last Sunday. . ; i - But if North Africa is a long way off, and if victory over Hitler is still a long way off in terms of blood and materiel as well as in time, maybe we can celebrate some other victory the conquest of Attu, for instance.? It would be. well-timed if the army-navy could announea the Japs were driven off Attu, say in tomorrow morning's paper. f : r It reminds one of the story they tell to illus trate'the speed of shipbuilding in Kaisertown. A women was selected to christen a new Liber ty ' ship. ; She mounted the platform, looked around and remarked: "There must be a mis take; there's no ship here." The master of cere monies replied. "Don't worry; there will be. Start swinging." So if the victory at Attu could be announced it might help validate the gov ernor's proclamation. Just who sold him the idea we do not know; but over the state it ran into a killing frost. The general sentiment seems to be that expressed by the Bend Bulletin, which quoted with real pertinence the remark of General MacArthur a short time ago: "Let's get on with the War." Prison; Camps? , Dillon js. Meyer, director of the war relocation authority, in charge of the ten Jap centers in the west, says he is convinced the relocation centers are undesirable institutions and should be removed from the American scene as soon as possible.! Of the 110,000 persons located there, some 80,000, he estimates, may safely be re turned to society. The- others should be intern ed Nas trouble-makers. Why not bbnvert the relocation centers Into prison camps for Germans and Italians and Japs? They are located inland, are fenced, have all essential facilities for housing. With seven million dollars invested in the Tule lake camp alone, it shouldn't be abandoned and left to go to ruin, if it can be used for a cartp for war pris oners. The sooner we can disperse the dependable Japanese Americans over the country, giving them a chance to work and earn and contribute, the better off they will be, and the country too. They should not return for settlement in the coastal area while the war is on, but there are plenty of places where their services are needed and where they will be safe. Then the camps may be used to house captured enemies until the war is over. Radar A Philca corporation advertisement explains "Radar" as radio detection and ranging, the name being made up from the first letters of those four words. It states that through ultra high frequency radio waves it is possible to lo cate enemy targets and determine the distance ti them. It has great value in detecting ap proach of enemy planes or ships. The technical description will probably not be fully explained until after the war, though it is reported that radar equipment has probably fallen into ene my hands so its secret is out. From such reports as we have heard Radar is an uncanny device in its ability to record sounds a great distance off. Undoubtedly it has been ah important fac tor in the mechanics of this war. ' : . i Our swivel-chair barometer points to no new all-out German offensive aimed at Russia this year. Hitter could mount one; but if he did it would expose his other flanks,, and just now Hitler needs a fly's eyes, which can see in all directions. Germany is definitely on the defen sive and must conserve his men, his weapons and above all his planes. He may not be kept on' the anxious seat- very long. The allies may be knocking at his front and side doors soon, settling all doubts about whether . he , should make a fresh effort to knock out Russia. He failed at the trick in 1941; he failed again, in 1942. And Stalingrad and Tunisia are poor springboards for a new victory. British Columbia has a post-war council, and -- one thing it proposes is reforestation of a xnil - lion acres of timber land. That is one of the best , opportunities for Oregon. We could make tha Tillamook burn a great project; also the cut over and burned-over forest lands of northeast Oregon, Columbia, Clatsop and Washington . -counties. This is perhaps the best timber grow- ing area of the-state. Get the neglected lands Into state- forests, than restock them and keep out the tire. The project will call for a reat deal of labor and build up economic values for the future. It is a lot better than boondoggling, v showy public works and political gimcrackery. . ' " . - - , ' 1 -. i . .";. , Owing to a shortage-jjf medical supplies in ; . ' Belgium, bandages are sometimes sterilized and used four or five times. All hospitals are using paper surgical dressings in place of unavailable fabrics. Doctors estimate that in the lower and lower-middle class groups, 80 per cent of the ' children are tiow in a pre-tubercular condition. ' . "News from Belgium. ' - J ' Gen. Giraud deposed one Bey and set up an other in Tunisia. It remains to be seen which one the'Arabs will o-bey. STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. HeIp Wanted . ' ' " : President Carl sZXAl.k i mmm uogg put plenty oi puncn in ; his talk at the chamber, of commerce luncheon Monday. He was emphasizing personal respon sibility of townspeople for the harvest and care of food crops In this vicinity this year. Tht chamber of commerce, through a committee, is ' seeking to make a muster roll of volunteers who will work full or part time in fields, orchards or canneries to meet the emergency caused by lack of farm labor. There is no more, urgent task' ahead of us; nothing more vital as a contribution to victory, as far as the great majority of people residing here are concerned. It is one contribution they can make that will be valuable and immediately productive. . While much will depend on organization, a lot will depend on publicity to get the people in formed. It takes quite a while to get a great community undertaking to rolling. In the war loan drive during April, about midway things looked rather blue, as though we were going to fall down on the job. But then the tide turned. The working committee became more active. More ' than that the cumulative effect of tha publicity, the advertising, the promotion was felt, until people responded voluntarily, in. great numbers. . .' .' ' ' " So it will be with recruiting of workers for canneries and fields. It was easier in 1942 not merely because the organization was better, but ' because the previous and persistent publicity got more people interested. This year we can do the job here, through the cooperative help of the organizations, public and private, coupled with plenty of punch in publicity to inform peo ple of the serious need for workers. ' '- And we mustn't wait on Washington to do the job for us. The old rule still holds: the Lord helps those who help themselves. News Behind News By PAUL MALLON - lOtotrfbuttoB by King Featuraa Syndicate, Ina. Bopr. duct ton In wool or to part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON May 17 For a man who Is supposed to be despised by the government, John I. Lewis has received the nicest possible treatment from it in little ways. In fact, he has been getting more consideration from the new deal than many of its best friends. - After all those naughty words he called the war labor 'board and the clearly contemptuous at titude he took against it, refus ing! to appear at Its hearing of his case, the board could not have been more considerate of him if he had been a friend of Faul Mnoa Mrs. Roosevelt. If an employer ever politely challenged the board and mildly refused to appear, he probably would lose his business and his property. - It so happened in the Toledo railway case.' Mr. Lewis lost nothing. In appointing a panel to hear his case, the board went out of its way to ask Mr. Lewis to submit three names of persons from whom one could be chosen to represent the labor side. Mr. Lewis snub bed the board again, refusing to name anyone. The board nevertheless appointed D. B. Robert son, of the railway brotherhoods, to represent him. An employer is never asked by the board to suggest a man to represent him. The board always appoints one. y But, as if this were not representation enough, the board also appointed Prof. N. P. Felnsinger as a sort of devil's advocate, an arguing lawyer for Mr. Lewis in absentia. Nothing like this was ever done before. The hearings as a result assumed a unique tone. When operators made any point, the board would turn to Professor Feinsinger (University of Wiscon son and an employee of the board) to see what Mr. Lewis thought about it Apparently all that Pro fessor Feinsinger knows about what Lewis thinks is in the record of the Lewis negotiations with the coal operators in New York. M Prof. Feinsinger thereupon would thumb through those hearings to a certain page and announce that according to what Mr. Lewis once said to the op erators, his position was such and such. ; Nobody laughed. Washington is a very humorless place these days. k: Over the last weekend, betting was running three to one that Mr. Lewis' miners fully intended walk ing out again what the Lewis truce ran out Tues day night. They let the government know their intentions. ..v'-t.i' -: l-3:: hA.-- ' : The same odds then prevailed that if the govern ment again called the miners back to work, they would go but not much work could be expected of them. . . "- J; "r4f--.. The republicans did not say all they thought of the Hull trade extension in the open debate. : The top-heavy house vote of approval (342 to 65, with 143 republicans joining in favor) may have sug gested that they .are splitting on their historic Ut iff policy., T - ; ; - . . ; . , This erroneous off-hand conclusion has" been strengthened by the surface Indications, that Na tional chairman. Spangler upset. Republican House Leader Joe Martin's plans of opposition with a pub lic letter It did not happen that way. . . Republican. tactics were due to a common under standing amongst them. There is no foreign trade now.. If they defeat Mr. Roosevelt next year, they will make whatever tariff policy they desire when trade is resumed. " If they do not succeed in defeating the fourth term, there wd be nothing they , can do to stop the Hull method. Therefore, they merely made a rec ord of opposition in a rather routine way to await :tfae outcome of the elections. '--t-.;;"i.7;i:: Neither did Mr; Spangler upset Mr. Martin's baby. The Spangler letter of . opposition was dated last February 23, and it was in the form of a private' note to Representative Baldwin (R-N. Y.). Mr. Baldwin did not consult Spangler before making it public 12 weeks later in the house debate. In fact,- when newsmen called Spangler office to ask if he had written such a letter, he said he had not, and did not remember it until his secre tary found it by rummaging through the files. No hard feelings were left between Spangler and Martin. They-had dinner together the same niht the letter was made public, although the engage ment was made several days earlier. - , : It'd Better Be More Than flowers ! Today's Kadi 3 IPirogramnis KSLM TUESDAY 139 K. 10 New. ts &-' Shine. t30 News, i 7:45 Morning Mood. KM Orchestra. S : New Brevities. MM Tang Ttm. SrOO Pastor CaU. SUS Unci Sam. a rarro Esnt Programs. AS Round-up Time 10.-00 World in Review. lOios A song and A Dance. 10 JO Music. U 0KSU ; Present. 11 ao MiUamett U. Chapel. 13 M Organalittea. IS US News. 1230 HiUbbUIy Serenade. 1235 Matinee. 1:00 Lura'n' Abner. ISO Music. S:00 late of Paradise. US Announcer's Choice. S 30 Four Novelette. S:45 Broadway Band Wagon. S SO KSLM Concert Hour. 4.-00 Mexican Marimba. 4:15 News. 4 30 Teatime Tunes. - SHW Homespun Trio. JS Stop! Look! Listen! S:30 Novelettes. .-SO Tonight's Headline. :1 a War News Commentary. 30 Evening Serenade. .-45 Soldier of the Press. - TSft-Ntm. v - , . T AS Texas Jim Lewis. ' T30 Keystone- Karavan. ' tao Mischa Russell. :00 War fronts in Review. 30 SUtcb. Henderson. AO News. '- :1S Don Allen and HI Orca. 30 Guest Night. 10 AO Let' Dance. 1030 New. KOrN CBS TUESDAY 47 Ke. .DO Northwest Farm Reporter, as Breakfast Bulletin. 820 Texas Ranger. 45 KOIN Klock. 7:15 Wake Op News. 730 Dick Joy. News. 7:45 Nelson Pringle. New. .-00 Consumer New. 1:15 Valiant Lady. 830 Stories America Loves. . S.-45 Aunt Jenny. S.-00 Kate Smith Speaks, i :15 Big Sister. 9 30 Romance of Helen Trent. 9:45 Our Gal Sunday. 10 :00 Life Can Be Beautiful. 10:15 Ma Perkins. 1030 Vic and Sade. 10-45 The Goldbergs. 11 AO Young Dr. Maiona. 11 :15 Joyce Jordan. 1130 We Love and Learo. 11:45 News. 12 US Bob Anderson, New 1230-rWiOiam Winter. News. 12:45 Bachelor's Children. 1:00 Home Front Report. 130 Uncle Sam. SAO Newspaper of the Air. Onterpreting The War News :-r By GLENN BABB AP War Analylst for Tb Statesmaa The United Nations are fining- In this lull between Tunisia and whatever comes next with some of t the most spectacular aerial feats of the war. Sunday night British bombers- wtu over both Berlin and Rome, although the Italian capital was spared after this reminder of Its vul-. nerabflity. - The RAFs blasting: of those dams in the Ruhr . .country by mines loosed against the Sluice gates belongs among the most ' remarkable ' exploits of this conflict. ,. American heavy bombers have contributed heavy blows with - daylight attacks on four of the last. fiveX days. - s ' The week since the axis col lapsed in Tunisia has been fiUed wiih such proofs of the rising, power of the allies in the air. The tremendous output of American and. British industry at least ir making. Itself felt di rectly against , the enemy, an actual, immediate raetOTf-no Ion- 'fer' Just a 'potential. '::'T-;::: There Is little room for doubt that both in Germany and Italy . - fhe sustained allied ; air offen sive is producing important ef fects, both psychological and in the crippling of the industrial and transportation systems that support the war effort The cracking of the Ruhr dams ob- ..viously has caused widespread devastation ' and ; dislocation In the heart of the Belch's chief war producing, area. It is likely that it also caused a considerable loss of civilian life. This Is in evitable in total war of the kind Next day's program appear eemics page. ' - - . J-30 Thi Life of Mine. S.-00 Symphonettes. -3:45 News. 40 Raffle. 4 as Sam Hayes. . 4 30 American Meledy Hour. SAP Songs. S30 Harry Flannery. 5:45 News. SSS-Ceeii Brown. , SAO Burns and Allen. 30 Suspense. T40 Jazs Laboratory, f 730 Congress Speak, t MS Frazier Hunt. AO i Love A Mystery. :15 Harry lames Orchestra. - , 30 Lights Out. . 0 Al Jolson. - 5 News. i 30 For Mutual Benefit ' 18 AO Five Star Final. 10:15 Wartime Women. - 1030 The World Today. 10.-45 Air-Flo of the Air. 11 AO Henri Buss Orchestra. 1130 Manny Strand. Orchestra. 1135 New. 13 AO to a. m Music and New. nnaoasBpsisBnsl KKXBN VUESDAT Ufe K. AO We're Up Too. as Victory Garden. 30 National rann and Heme. S:45 Western Agriculture. , , ... f 7:00 Lif and, the Land. 7:15 Music of Vienna. 730 News. 75 Music of Vienna, a AO Breakfast Club. AO Meet Tour Neighbor. :15 Music 30 Breakfast at Sardi's. 10-00 Baukhag Talking. . 10 as The Gospel Singer. ' 1030 Andy and Virginia, r 1 10:45 Funny Money Man. 11 AO Woman's World. -11U5 Science of Travel. 1130 The Victory Bow. 12U5 News. -1230 Livestock Reporter. 12:45 News. 1 AO Blue Newsroom Revue. 2-00 What's Doing. Ladies. 230 Undo Sam. -235 Labor New. - aas Knees With the New. 330 Club Matinee. 4 AO My True Story. 430 News. 4:45 The Sea Round. SAO Terry and tha Pirate. 6:15 Dick Tracy. - 30 Jack Armstrong. 5:43 Captain Midnight. " SAO Hop Harrigan. S:15 New. 30 Spotlight Bands. 35 Little Known Facta. 7A0 Raymond Gram Swing. - -7:15 Grade Field. 730 Red Ryder. SAO Earl Godwin. New. B:15 Lum and Abner. ' that Germany ; loosed upon the world. It will : help bring;' the German people to a realization of what such ,war involves. V For three generations of Ger mans war has been something that happened in foreign ' coun- : tries. That was true even of the disaster of 1918. Another gen- " eration may not be so ready to invoke it N - But thi United , Nations, can not count on knocking any of - their major enemies out. of the war by bombing, or psychology, not even Italy. In ur admira tion for the feats of our airmen we are likely to- lose, sight of the , fact that afl the British American successes, against the European end of- theaxis thus far: have been ww outside Ea- rope. The allies still have to test their new and increasing: power in one of the most dif ficult of all military operations, ( a landing. on a -hostile coast in the face of determined resist ance. ' , Kv; 5 , ; They can not afford to expect anything else. The Italian soldier on his home soil may prove si very different' fighter from the. rather , forlorn figure lie cut in Africa.; If the allies count too -much on the collapse of Italy they iaay be Inviting disaster. .It may be a case of falling for our -own propaganda. It is safer ; to act on the assumption that Italywill fight and that Ilitler will contribute all he can spare to her defense, rather than aban don her and fall back. on the line of the Alps- 30 Thiffy". AO Talent , Time, 30 News. MS Down Memory Lano, 10:15 Mary Bullock. Pianist. ' 10 30 This Nation at War. 11 AO This Moving World, lias Bel Tnbarin Cafe Orch. 11 30 War News Roundup. KGW NBC TTJKSDAX Ke. CA0 Dawn Patrol. 3ft Labor New. AO everything Goes. 30 New Parade. 35 Labor Kews. 7 AO News. 70S News Headline Js HlghBghta. 730 News Parade. 7:45 Sam Baye. A0-4tar of Today. SOS James Abba Covers th New. 30 Hobo Room. . . .-45 David Harum. A0 The O'Neill. S a5 Louis P. Lochner. S:45 Kneas With tb News. 10A0 Mirth and Madness. 10 MS Homekeeper Calendar. ' 11 AS Light of the World, lias Lonely Women. 1130 The Guldink Light. 11 M5 Hymn of AH Churches. 42 AO Story of Mary Merlin, 12:15 Ma Perkins. 12 30 Pepper Young's Family. ISMS Right to Happiness. , 1 AO Backstage WU. 1:15 Stella Dallas.. i " 130 Lorenzo Jones. 1.-45 Young Wldder Brown. S AO When a Girl Marries. aas Portia Faces Life. S3 Just Plata BUI. SMS Front Page FarrelL - 3 AO Road of Life. 3:15 Vie and Sad. 330 Snow Villag. 3 MS Judy and Jan. 4 AO Dr. Kate. 4:15 News of the World. -430 Frank Hemingway. 4:45 The Personality Hour. -5:15 H. V. Kaltenborn. - 30 Horace Heldt Treasure Chest. AO Battle of the Sexes. 30 Fibber McGe and Molly. 7 AO Bob Hope. 730 Red Skeiton. SAO Fred Waring In Pleasure Tim a., S:15 Fleetwood Lawton. 30 Johnny Present. AO Mr. and Mr. North. 30 Salute to Youth.. 10 AO News Flashes. 10:15 Your Horn Town News. 1035 Labor New. ; 1 -1030 Tb Taylor Maids. - 11 AO Unci Sara. ' , 11 as Biltxnore Hotel Orch. 11 30 War News Roundup. 12 A0-3 B4 nv Swing Shift. , KALE MBS TUESDAY 11M K. . 5 Unci Sam.. 7 AO Around the Clock. 7:15 Texas Ranger. 730 Memory - Timekeeper. SAO Haven of Rest. 30 News. , :45 Old Songs. - AO Boak Carter. S:15 Woman's Sid of th News. 30 US Marin Band. 10 AO News 10:15 Stars of Today. 1030 This and That. 11 AO Buyer's Parade. 11:15 BUI Hay Read th Bible. 1130 Concert Gents. 12 AO Music - 1230 News 12:45 On the Farm Front . 1 AO News. - 1 as Music. - IMS Music. , 2 AO Sheelah Carter. 2:15 Texas Bangers. 230 All Star Dane Pared. - " 1 2:45 Pat Neal and the News. SAe Philip Keyne-Gordon. I 3:15 Wartime Women. ! 330 Hello Again. :; 3:45 Concert. 4A0 Fulton Lewi. Jr. 4 as Salmon Swing. 430 Johnson Family. : :-: 4:45 News. AO Sunny Day, as Superman. 530 Hi-way PatroL 5 5 Norman Nesbitt. ' AO Gabriel Heatter. OS News. ' 3e Marie Parade. " r .7 AO John B. Hughes. . - 7 as Pass in Reriew. , 7-45 Music ' SAO Jack McLean Orchestra. ' 30 Manpoww Limited. - AO News. - as Manhattan. ' . . " S3 General Barrew. r5 Fulton Lewi. Jr. -1A0 Orcbeatra loas Treasury Stag Parade. 1930 News. 11 AO My Psrt to This War. ; lias Return of Nick Carter. : Us Music. ; v;,,::''f..; KOAC TCXSDAY H Ke. - 1 10 AO New. - ' lttns The- HoTOemaxerr" Hour. '. .11 AO School of tha Air. - li an Must of th Masters. . l:O0 . New. - 1SJ5 Noon Farm Hour. -12:45 Neighborhood Leaders Ques tion Box. '- - las War Commentary. . . 130 Variety Tim. SAO AAUW Half Hour. 30 Memory Book of Must. . SAO New. ' : as Adventures m Rsearch. . , iia The Concert Halt , 4 AO Neighborhood Call. . a5 Kcnoe of WaikuU. 439 Stories for Boys and Girl. . AO On th Upbeat. 5:15 On the Campuses. " r 30 Vesoera 5 :45 Education for' Freedom. :15 News. -30 Evening farm ITour. 73 Lstm American LXelodies. ' : 7H- Neiftrhood News. ,-. r-:-)-;- Tb World In Beview.. J: S.-1S School of t:ucie. -: iy .er r lucauon In Wartime. - J J- 1-a. J hrwa Elevators would be something of a hurdle too, to say nothing of revolving doors. She revolved a number of doors daily on her job-hunting expeditions, which , brought her to the inescapable U issue of transportation. No more busses, so more subways; it ; would be either taxis or shank's mare. As for the job itself even - if she succeeded in landing : a position before Rowena tore the office to pieces there would come that moment when the . would hare to gay, "You would n't mind if I brought my dog alonx every day? . Chapter 11 Her "thoughts were distracted . by the winding streets of New "TtnVtMm an4 than hr slowed progress was stopped entirely by the traffie lights at one of those three-way Intersections. . Three- . , way intersections always got her down. There were too many ar rows and lights and little squares . which said WALK and GO. This one was particularly complicat ed because it also had a large assortment of additional signals: TURN RIGHT, TURN LEFT, STRAIGHT AHEAD, NORTH BOUND and SOUTH BOUND. Ann ' crumpledV She decided to just stay put : until something . happened. But after a moment or two ' horns began to toot. on all sides of her, and with an air of know ing exactly, what she wanted to do, she- drove around the inter section,' only to end. up in the same spot. If I keep this up, Rowena will get car sick; she - thought, as . she embarked upon the circular journey, for the third time. Then suddenly it came to her that there was something fa miliar about this intersection. One way I led to New York, but if you bore. right it would lead you Into the short cut to Myles. Why not? She ought to see the farm anyway, before it was 'sold, check up! on its general ; condi tion and go over accounts with -, Tompkins. V;j. '-:V;; ':4.'i Besides; it would, be a. good place to get in touch with Paul Freund and tell him that she had been too impulsive in accepting' Rowenati land that perhaps she had better wait a year or so be fore taking on the responsibili ties of Great Danes. With her xnlnd made up, she bore across the pedestrian lane, -which iwas fortunately empty at that moment, took a diagonal course bisecting., the North and . South bound lanes, and then straightened out on the RIGHT . TURN channeL - : s v "That .was quite a Lbusiness," she t r em a r k e d to Rowena. "i Towns with such traffic sys terns ought to provide pilot ser vice. jrif- . Someone was shouting her to a stop. A burly policeman poked his head in at the window, and drew out his book. "All I did was turn right! said Ann. "Yes, lady, the officer agreed ' in a voice like hot syrup, Mand you broke about thirty-seven laws doing it. .Obstructing traf fic" he began to enumerate the charges ' upon his fingers Turning j against the lights Crossing on-coming traffic Crossing pedestrian thorough- ' fare Making a lefthand turn around a right-turn traffic mark er.w' ' 'I ' ';-;- ' "Did I do all that?" Ann mar ' veled. tf - Before , the officer could- re- . ply, a horn began to blow loud and long! from the car behind and, in the midst of the din Row - ena decided. to add her voice to . the ccntroversy. There was an answering bark from some dog near by, and then the car jolt ed Ann's bumper. It was a sharp, abrupt jolt, carrying with it the authority of purpose and- inten- -tion. It was followed immediate ly by a second bump. . "Why don't you pull that piece of junk aside and let traffic move! a masculine voice called out. Ann, speechless with rage, stuck her head out to look back. "If you bump into- me- once more! she sputtered. Then she saw who! he was. And at the same Instant - Gretel and Row ena identified each other and began to yelp like a pair of sep arated orphans. Trine Safety! VaBvo Letters from Statesman Readers CITES FACTS ON stACES - - To - th filter: Ex-congress-. man Walter Pierce made a speech this week before- the Ro tary club, as reported in the papers,: which seemed, to be based on errors or zact plua his- personal belief that blonde white men are superior to all comers. The most noticeable error re lates to th American Japanese birthrate. He would have us be- lieve that it is enornously lugh, expressing himself in terms of animal reproduction, whereas the United States census shows a steady decline in their popula tion for many years. . ( . The speaker also implied that a : white t man would die if he tried to live on their diet. Even if it were true, it would hardly be a matter for blame or alarm, but it happens not to be true accorclki to the scientists. Our own ration boards and dieticians are directing us to more vese fables," rice, fish, beans, pretty larjely a Jjpanese diet, tellin Christopher Wain lifted his hat "What did you say?" he shouted above the canine vocal - reunion, which by this time had attracted quite a crowd of spec tators. ; '- "Will you please listen to what rm ULjlnzT the cop bellowed ia despair.' "Will you get raov "ing, lady? , Will you get out of hereT Will you get going?" t v There was a very gentle ten tative bump froia the rear." If bumps could convey significance, it whispered: "Go ahead or well land in the jug ; With the full desire to have the last word, Ann put her coupe into reverse and let the' clutch -'out quickly. Her head tilted for ward, Rowena kissed the wind shield, and there was a crunch : of ! fender. ,' "My goodness, that old rattletrap of his must be hea vier than I figured,- she thought. - "The smash sounded like my fender, not his!" Oh, well. It was . too late to do anything about it. She started forward, and safely made the turn about the monu ment of the Civil War hero who sighted steadily across New Lon don's harbor, disdaining sucht petty contretemps as were oc curring about bis feet. ; (To be continued) " V (Continued from Page 1 -to trust it, or wOl we (and the other nations too) want to keep a big military establishment as an insurance policy at least? I do not think we can give the answers offhand. They will depend in considerable measure on what the world climate is after the war. Will the aggressor powers learn the lesson that "crime doesn't pay? Or will they bind their wounds, bide ' inpir 1 1 rr i. wm u f 1111 uie uiuu and then try again?' , Here again : the answers de pend on what kind of states manship Is exercised in writing the peace. , It seems to me we will keep a greatly enlarged military es tablishment for some years to come. We will certainly not scuttle, our warships and im mediately disband our army. , There,, will be no grand re yiew. as- Jhere was in Washing ton at the. end of the civil war, after which the army was speedily dissolved. Demobiliza tion will be gradual and there will be as much griping from officers and men anxious to get out of the army as there was eagerness' to get in probably more, if the job is wound up neatly, like that in North Africa. It also seems clear to me that unless we are ready to carry the load of a vast military es tablishment as a permanent thing we will have to develop international cooperation for world. . ; What I should like to see would be, instead of compulsory . military training taking the youth for a year or two straight, an extension of military train ing in schools or summer camps, . for so long as it seems necessary to train for large armies. And. greater emphasis should be put on continued training of the re serves either through the nation al guard or summer camps. I certainly hope we can avoid militarizing this country on the European modeL It Is, not necessary, to post- j pone consideration of these questions until the war Is over. In any event our post-war policy win have to be pragmatic: fash ioning our military force to meet . the conditions as they appear, mustering out 'our forces as rapidly as possible to give the men a needed rest, but main taining a level of strength to guard against possible blitz, un til such time as. a council of nations does prove its com petence to preserve world peace. us we will be even better off physically. : ; Indignation was voiced that American Japaaese should spend weir savings to buy homes and -farms. Is. It not good American ; tradition to wast to get ahead, be thrifty, educate the children, keep off tee bread line? And it is an old American custom to buy that which is for sale. Not only waa the gentleman excited about the American Japanese, but he dislikes having xne people or Southern Europe come in. Dalem won't be dis turbed, however, for she has had in her midst hl-Uy esteem ed families of Armenian, Syrian and other brunette stock, who have acquitted themselves quite as well as the blue-eyed blondes. Incidentally, to give himself a lCOo record, the speaker was. fearful lest the negroes secure full enfranchisement! t (to which being American citizens, the Constitution entitles them.) r u . MAit:o:r Dovrrrj