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4 CapHal Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1943 I
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Reparations in Manpower
That hard-headed realist, Josef Stalin, is not interested in
any money reparations from Axis nations because he knows
they are all financially bankrupt and their currency worth
less without a Gestapo terroristic enforcement. The les
sons of the first world war, when money reparations were
imposed and Germany simply refused to pay, are remembered.
' Stalin insists upon direct labor tor Germans and their satel
lites, over a period of years to repair the damage done to
Russia by German armies. Professor EuRene Vargin, head of
the Kussian rehabilitation bureau suggests that it will re
quire the labor of 10,000,000 Germans in Russia for 10 years
to reconstruct the destroyed cities, industries, power plants,
dams, railroads, bridges, and other facilities the Germans
have deliberately destroyed. The estimates are probably high
but they afford a bargaining base when peace arrives.
Work is the base of Russian values, not money. Unemploy
ment consequently doesn't exist. Work builds Russia and
work is the prime requisite for rehabilitation and restoration
and will be needed on a great scale. Forced labor does not
necessarily mean enslavement as it has in Germany. The
Axis countries can be permitted to draft the workers needed
and payments can be made to the workers when they return
to their own countries. Such service will be an improvement
for the individual over military service in foreign conquest,
for life will be protected.
Probably Chiang Kai-Chek will also insist upon Japanese
.labor in rebuilding China, for in the orient as in the Occident
work is essential in restoring the destroyed wealth of
shattered continents. The forced labor draft will be more
merciful than the forced army draft has been.
"Labor leaders in this counrty, such as Willaim Green of
,the AFL are viewing with alarm the Russian proposal. It
'will be remembered that it was the objection of French labor
lUnions to the use of Germans in rebuilding France that im
posed money reparations. They feared, as Green fears, heavy
'imports of goods. But Germany has no gold to pay, we already
lhave most of the world's supply buried in the ground, and
goods and labor is the only way Germany and Japan can pay
ifor the damage wrought. '
Johnny Rebel's Widow
Officials of the CIO union who presume to dictate the hir
,'ing and firing of workers at the Bell bomber plant in Atlanta,
Ga., find they have a real "Johnny Rebel" on their hands
,and in their hair in the person of a spirited little lady well
lalong in her nineties, who refuses to be fired or quit her job
as a riveter or join the union. She is Mrs. Helen D. Long-
istreet, widow of Gen. James Longstreet of confederate fame,
j Refusing to concede any disability to perform her job and
charging that the union seeks to oust her because she de
ifies it, Mrs. Longstreet is resisting a request by plant of
ficials for her resignation, declares she has the eyesight of a
20-year-old and otherwise perfect health, and says she won't
quit. She says a union group called on her one day and so
licited her views on unions. .
"I told them I did not believe a union had a place in a war
plant during time of war," she said. "I might add that I am
an American and entitled to my opinions and the right to
express them as I may and that many others hold my same
ielief.
Press despatches say that Mrs. Longstreet is the "real old
lady" referred to in a CIO publication last week as responsible
for "an awful uproar going on among workers" in one depart
ment of the Bell plant. The article charged that she was hired
last October for publicity only, adding that a woman work
er had been relieved of a productive job to make room for her,
Mrs. Longstreet, who lived in a trailer near the plant while
taking a riveting course, said all of her work had been mark
ed 100 some of it even 100 plus by my immediate foreman."
Reasonable Rationing
Finally taking cognizance of a farcial situation existing
s regards food-point allotments for public eating places,
OPA has revised its rules so that after March 1 ration points
for vpstsinrnnlu Vlnfnlu ,1 H, lib., tt-111 Iw, nUnln.l .... Knn;n
of the actual food served, eliminating all food points for sales
of beverages and non-food items.
Price Administrator Chester Bowles announces thnt after
that date food rations for eating establishments will be based
on me numncr or persons to wnom food Is actually served
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and of liquid refreshments, and that their allowances of food
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jn,uii lit: unsi?u un inusu records,
Heretofore, as the Capital Journal pointed out several
months ntm. lP.sl HI 1111 tlt niiH nllinv antim, nlnito, tV,l
ed soft drinks and beer had an unfair advantage over those
serving meals and lunches alone. This has been due to the
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of customers served, no matter what they were served, and
xoiai casn saies over a given period. As Bowles explains
the new plan will reduce the food allowances of soda foun-
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get mote food points than regular eating places although
thev serve loss fnnrl.
, The housewife also has reason to rejoice in the new ruling,
for Bowles says that the savings in fond accomplished by
curtailing eating house supplies will be added to the home
,1000. uimgei 01 tne naiion.
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New Bolivian Regime Pledges
Adherence to United Nations
La Paz, Bolivia, Doc. 21 U.fi The new revolutionary govern
ment of Bolivia was pledged to full adherence to the United Na
tions cause today under a manifesto that charged the deposed
regime with fascist tendencies.
The manifesto, issued by the
rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent.
(Note Durlnc the trmporirr ibsenct
of D.Wttl Maekenm. this column u b
Washington bureau.)
By William Frye
(Associated Press War Analyst)
The great red army offensive
now rolling southwest of Nevel,
whatever its immediate tactical
airs, is clearly a major blow
aimed eventually at collapsing
the German left flank.
It is, moreover, in all likeli
hood only the first of a series
of winter drives by the Russians
calculated to speed up con
siderably the probable inten
tion of the German staff to with
draw by spring to the so-called
Riga-Odessa line.
The power of this northern
lunge is indicated by German
confession of losses long before
the Russians disclosed progress,
or even admitted the drive had
started. And the Russians prob
ably expect to keep moving,
with growing momentum, until
the red army, reaching the Bal
tic, has relieved the long siege
of Leningrad and Isolated Fin
land from her nazl ally.
There is in some Washing
ton circles rather strong be
lief that the "main" Russian
show, presumably timed to co
incide with invasion of western
Europe, is still to come, and
will come in the south, aimed
through the Ukraine and toward
Rumania. Such an offensive
probably will be launched.
Initiative Probably Lost
But that should not minimize
the importance of the push al
ready undertaken in the north.
The truth is that the Germans
probably used up their last real
armored striking force in the
counterattacks in the Kiev
bulge, and now that those have
failed, have lost the initiative
to the Russian's along the en
tire front.
That calls for some line
tightening by the Germans. It
calls for It particularly because
the nazis are scraping the bot
tom of the manpower barrel,
and cannot replace their lost di
visions with equally strong
fighting units. Already men
past 40 have been thrown into
action on the Russian front, a
sufficient indication of Ger
many's manpower straits. The
figure of 300 divisions still is
used for German army strength,
but many of them are no longer
first rate divisions.
All of this points to the likeli
hood that the nazi high com
mand will pull back, partly by
Last Rites tor
Mrs. Eberhard
Funeral services for Mrs. Isa
belle Eberhard, who died at her
residence at 2162 North Church
street, December 17, were held
from the Clough-Barrick chapel
this afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Rev. M. A. Getzendaner officiat
ing and interment was in Bel
crest Memorial park.
Isabelle Neal was born in
Dallas county, Iowa, February
13, 1883, and while still a baby
moved to Missouri with her
parents in a wagon drawn by
oxen, from which state the fam
ily migrated to Colorado. In
1873 the family removed to
Ashland, Oregon, where they
resided until 1880 at which time
they came to Salem to reside.
In 1880 she was married to
Henry L. Eberhard and the
couple took up their residence
on French prairie near Cham
poeg, Ore., where they lived
until 1889, when they returned
to Salem. Her husband preced
ed her In death several yean
ago.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Myrtle Phillips of Ala
meda, Calif., and Miss Elda Eb
erhard, Mrs. Bertha Chambers
and Mrs. Wilmot Curtis, all.jW
Salem; a son, Walter EberhiJl
of Salem; two brothers, Elmer
Neal of Elmlra, Ore., and
Charles Neal of Grants Pass;
two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Williams
and Mrs. Cassie Brophy, both of
Salem; five grandchildren and
four great grandchildren,
One of the oldest schools in
the world is Moslem university
of Cairo, Egypt. It was founded
in 970 A.D.
plan but obviously as the re
sult of Russian pressure, to a
line pegged on Riga in the north
and the Dniester river in the
south. By shortening their line
that much, the nazis probably
could man the Russian front
with 30 less divisions.
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Center A Liberty
revolutionary junta following
ts ouster of President Enrique
Penaranda and his government
in a swift military coup yester
day, apparently was calculated
to allay allied suspicions that
the revolution was pro-axis in
nature.
It proclaimed the govern
ment's intention of maintaining
"constitutional normalcy" and
asserted that the new president,
Maj. Gualberto Villaroel, and
his cabinet had "sincere and
Novelties
In the News
(By the Asnoctntfd Press)
Let George Do It
Washington. Conn. The Red
Cross women of this town had
an Impressive quota of bandages
to roll by January 1, feared
they wouldn't make it. Someone
suggested they have a party, in
vite the men, serving refresh
ments. About a dozen men
showed up, ate, rolled bandages.
Result quota filled two weeks
ahead of time.
Lay That Piano Down,
Memphis Henry Reynolds,
commercial appeal sports writer,
saw a blonde lugging a huge
parcel into the post office. Chi
valrously, he volunteered his
services. The weighty package
taxed his 150 pounds but he fin
ally made it after three stops
for breath. She said sweetly:
"Thanks. Would you like to
come out to the matches to
night? I'm Mae Young, the wo
man wrestler."
OPA Flouted the Law
I The chief linl advisor of the OPA recently admitted at
a congressional hearing- he knew by February 1943 that the
special wholesale prices for beef fixed in December 1942
were illegal because the fixed prices resulted in an inequit
able margin, banned by the law, but no change was made un
til October 1941!, and only made then under fear of an im
pending adverse court decision.
This bureaucratic assumption of power was to blame for
the shortage of beef and to demoralization of the market.
It is a clear case where official directive supplanted law.
But it is not the only instance where the OI'A has evaded the
mandate of the emergency price control act.
The law provides that the secretary of agriculture must
approve ceilings on agricultural products. The war food Ad
ministrator opposed the ceilings fixed for livestock and the
secretary of agriculture was not. consulted about them. To
justify its adoption of these ceilings despite the opposition,
OPA contended it was not a price-fixing order,
R. V. Gilbert, economic advisor to the OPA, said on the
witness stand: "This is not a regulation. Let me make this
very clear. This is not a price regulation issued under our
statute. This is a modification of the subsidy program "
Chain Cheer
Tulsa, Okla. In 1930 Maur
ice Luther, St. Louis, sent an
expensive Christmas card to H.
E. Pope, Tulsa. The next year
Pope scratched out Luther's
name, signed his own and mail
ed it back. Luther returned it to
Pope the third year.
By 1938 the card was a bit
battered and so lammed with
signatures that they began writ
ing on the back.
They figure someone will
have to buy a new one by 1953.
War Stamps Used
On Christmas Cards
Shreveport, La., Dec. 21 UP)
Something was wrong, officials
decided, when Christmas cards
came through the Shreveport
postoffice bearing 25 cent war
stamps instead of the one cent
postage stamps.
They investigated, learned
that both types of stamps have
the same hue of green, which
contrasted nicely at the Christ
inas season with the color of a
red-faced temporary clerk at a
post office sub-station who had
sold $400 of the stamps as one
cent stamps.
Hurried patrons had stuck the
stamps on Christmas cards with
out noticing the difference.
permanent faith in democratic
ideals and absolute solidarity
with American interests."
(Reports reaching Santiago
from Arica, Chile, said Penar
anda and his entire cabinet were
being held prisoner at La Paz..
(The leader of the revolution
ists, Victor Paz Estenssoro, In
an exclusive telephone inter
view with United Press Staff
Correspondent William Horsey
at Santiago, said the coup had
"purely internal significance."
He was not and will not be. con
nected in any way with the re
cent army coup in Argentina, he
said.
(Dispatches from other Latin
American cities, however, said
that the membership of the new
junta was such as to not Inspire
confidence in its pro-allied in
tentions.) The junta's manifesto charg
ed Penaranda, who signed the
United Nations -pact for Bolivia
at Washington last May and who
paved the way for the country's
declaration of war against the
axis earlier this month, with
copying his principles "from the
fascist copybook."
The manifesto said the Penar
anda regime "made a mockery"
of democratic principles by can
celling the municipal elections
which constitutionally should
have been held on the second
Sunday in December. (Penar
anda explained the cancellation
as due to the state of war be
tween Bolivia and the axis.)
One Man Lost in
Boat Collision
Seattle, Dec. 21 UP) One man
was drowned, an army tug sunk
and an army freighter damaged
yesterday when the two vessels
collided near the entrance to the
Lake Washington ship canal.
The victim was Frank Bana
zak, 23, listed as from Pitts
burgh, Pa. Three other inem
crs of the tug's crew Master
Carl E. Anderson, Tacoma; Oil
er Joe Schlitz, Alexandria. S. C,
and Cook Irvin Scharf, Monroe
were rescued.
Col. John A. Barthrop, super
intendent of the water division
of the Seattle port of embarka
tion, said preliminary investiga
tion indicated trouble with the
tug's steering apparatus was re
sponsible for the collision.
The freighter was secured to
shore after it developed a bad
list.
Some states it the union le
vied tariffs against one another
before the adoption of the Con
stitution in 1789.
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