SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 4 ThuiHday, July 16, 1942 In Pe ABOVE luomtn BY JANET CUPL4B WOMAN of the Week: You may never have heard of Eleanor Smith, who died recently in Michigan at the age of 84. She was a great woman. The late Jane Addams called her one of the three “crea- tive geniuses" who helped make Chicago's Hull House, founded by Miss Addams in 1889. one of the most helpful and forward-looking settlement houses in the country. Not content to merely keep under­ privileged children off the street, the Hull House group has always stressed the need for developing their skills and talents. Miss Smith established the settlement's music school, the first of its kind in Amer­ ica. in 1893 and continued to direct its activities until 1936, when her sister succeeded her as director. OPA EXPERIMENT: The Office of Price Administration is trying out, in New York, a volunteer housewives’ brigade to see to it that .local merchants selling “cost-of-liv- |ing commodities” post their ceiling prices. Whether or not the experi- iment will be tried elsewhere de­ pends largely on the outcome of the New York group’s work. OPA officials say, however, that this does |not mean a change in the OPA's attitude toward unauthorized "med- Idlers.” You will be called when, and if, your services are needed. JOB BLUE BOOK: If you want to know __________ what war «____ jobs (and non- _ _____ ferar jobs) are open to women and ow your war training influences your chances ol post-war employ­ ment you will find the answers in 'a book compiled by the U S em­ ployment service and called "Occu- ipations Suitable for Women.” It is now in your public library, or will ne soon. I • • • NO MORE XXXX: Be careful, say the censors, about those xxxx you send to service men overseas. you know and he knows that they have nothing whatever to do with sailing schedules, gun emplace­ ments or the price of tobacco in Timbuktu. But the position of an "x.” or the number of symbols used, has been known to reveal im­ portant information when used by clever spies. Washington, D. C. (NWNS>— ’T. ¡ties more than ever” seems t have replaced "politics as usu in both the house and the senate with the arrival of the election» v. inc season. litis was clearly demonstrated in the senate in the recent vote con- | ’~ming Thomas F. Meanev as a j i -deral district judge of New Jcr- ! • ey. Mr. Meaney had been nomi- t ated by President Roosevelt clear- j y because the President wanted the election backing of boss Frank •4igue. powerful New Jersey politi- cal machine leader, who wanted Meaney appointed. In a three-hour speech in the sen­ ate. Senator Norris said: "This is no local matter; this is a national issue. Confirmation of th;s nomi­ nee of the notorious Hague machine will be received with shame and condemnation by the liberty-loving people of this nation." Those favor­ ing this nomination were challenged to give their reasons, but except for a few remarks by Senator Me- Carran of Nevada, they remained silent. Senator Smathers of New Jersey, chief supporter of the can­ didate. said that he would not make a two-hour speech he had prepared in order to save time and permit the senate to vote. When the vote was taken, only one Republican vot­ ed for Meaney and only one Demo­ crat voted against him. The nomi­ nation was therefore confirmed by a vote of 39 to 20. An equally pointed example of “politics first” was displayed in the house of representatives when its members agreed to lop off more than half of the appropriation re­ quested for the Office of Price Ad­ ministration. Leon Henderson, head of the OPA. had estimated that he would need $161.000.000 to carry on the work of his office during the next year, but after only a cursory analysis of his needs the house vot­ ed to cut his appropriation to $75,- 000.000. It was evident that this cut was made, not as a means of reducing government costs, but to punish Mr. Henderson for his unwillingness to play politics. Mr. Henderson now employs 34,- 576 people in Washington, in the field and on rationing boards and estimates that to do his job ade­ quately he will need to employ 88.- 000 people during the coming year. But Mr. Henderson, in handing out these jobs, is accused ot the un­ pardonable practice of picking peo- -------------- •---------- SAME OLD STALLS A Denver. Colo., dairy, return­ ing to horse-drawn wagon deliv- I eries. decided to install a 40-horse j bam. In a junk yard dairy offi­ cials found the same iron-partition stalls that the dairy had sold to the junk man about 20 years ago SUNNY SIDE UP: You can buy when it abandoned its horse equip- a protective hand cream that's I ment. greaseless and can be rinsed off -------------- •-------------- with water. When it is removed, The man-made Lake of the O- the dirt comes off with it . . . The WPB, unable, apparently, to resist zarks in southweqt Missouri has the charms of the very young, has more shoreline than Lake Mich- agreed to allow ruffles on some irait. types of children’s clothing . . . Now you can eat your proteins and wear ’em, too. Some of the new “victory fabrics” are said to con- tain as much as 40 per cent pro- tein fiber. SUGAR BOWLS BACK One large restaurant in Denver is putting sugar bowls back on the tables. The management dis­ covered that when the sugar was doled out in paper envelopes some persons who didn’t use it for cof­ fee or ceteal took it home with them. -------------- •-------------- VICTORY LITTER Each kitten in a litter of five bom to a cat owned by an Ath­ ens Ohio woman, had a “V" on its forehead. -------------- •-------------- according to their ability u • id of their party affiliation: I e politically minded house men»- cis can't see permitting such a po- i entially juicy vote-getting orguni- | zation to be kept out of politics. Mr. Henderson said that the dras­ tically reduced appropriation would necessitate his cutting his present staff and that "unless additional staff is available there will be ut­ ter disorganization and anarchy in the distribution of scarce commodi­ ties as supplies run out." "I am convinced that I failed." he said, "in presenting the budget to the appropriations committee, to [ bring home to the members n full realization of the enormous admin- i istrative job embodied in rationing scarce goods to 130,000.000 people, in fixing rents for 90.000,000 peo­ ple. and holding down the cost of living by price ceilings affecting 3.000.000 business enterprises." But Mr. Henderson, and practi­ cally everyone else in Washington, realizes that the funds were cut off, not because house members thought they weren’t needed, but because Mr. Henderson ____________ hasn’t been "playing ball” with the politicians. Realizing the eye-on-the-election attitude of both houses of congress, and knowing that congressmen think taxes hurt votes. Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau recently re­ leased a clear presentation of the state of the nation’s finances and pleaded for higher taxation during the coming year. He said the expenses of the gov­ ernment in the fiscal year winch ended June 30 had been $32.397.000.- 000, about 80 per cent of which was for war activities. Net revenue re­ ceipts during the year were $12.- 799.000,000, leaving a deficit for the year of $19,598,000,000. He estimated, because of the greatly increased war expenditures planned for the new fiscal year, the deficit for the year ending June 30. 1943, will be almost three times as much as this year's deficit, based on revenue from taxes now on the books. "The magnitude of this figure." he said, "emphasizes the urgency of obtaining additional revenue This indicates clearly that the tax bill now before congress should be the start, and not the conclusion, of the wartime revenue program. It is evident, however, that no matter how vigorous the tax policy, it will still be necessary to borrow many billions luring the fiscal year 1943.’’ PIG A YEAR Divide and Conquer’ If someone harshly criticizes un internal, or inter-allied, friction, Is Ally during wartime, it docs not "out" for the duration, It Is not necessarily indlcute that that some­ difficult to Imagine how the people one is a saboteur in the direct pay of Germany feci about their Ally of the enemy und that he should Italy or vice versa; but the prob­ be shot before breukfust But if ability is that these feelings are that criticism tends to weaken the not even discussed in the bosom of unity which must exist between Al­ n fumily. lies. if they arc to be successful; Americans don't need to be shot then It aids the enemy to the ex- iiguinst walls to stop them "dis­ tent that It Influences those who cord breeding": All they need is hear it. the knowledge and realization that While the British were fight in« the Axis cuii win this war if th.-y Maj. Gen. Dwight I). Elsenhower, u desperate unci successful battle can create a sufficient amount of tank warfare expert, who, accord­ I to prevent an invasion of their nntugonlsm between the Allies, or ing to a war department communi­ I homeland, they were all "super­ if they can breed serious Internul que, has been placed in command men" and "superwomen” but at discord in one of the more power­ of American troops In the "Euro­ the time of this writing it is the ful of the Allied countries pean theater of operations. It is very difficult to refrain from popular pastime to abuse them daily and vitrlolicaliy for their fail­ jumping all over an Ally when he ure to stop the drive of Rommel '1 tukes what seems to the layman forces in North Africa In fact the to be an avoidable beating from "picking" has at turned u volume the common foe. It must huve been und a complexion out of all reason­ difficult for the British to refrain able proportion, and it Is quite pos­ from subscribing to the very sum« sible that subversive persons are self-criticisms in which we indulged It must be I trying to make a regular campaign after Pearl Hurbor. hard for the Russians und the Chi­ out of it. nese to "lay oil'* the British und This sort of thing is one of the the Americans for the mistakes most troublesome enemies a na­ which they muke It must be an tion has to combat in time of war awful strain on the Germans to In a Democracy, where free speech keep their mouths shut every time is fortunately still the vogue, it can the Italians "flop." But it is dor.e only be controlled by the efforts in the other countries und it has of the individual patriot with the got to be done here: und the soon­ common sense to realize that wars er we leurn this oldest lesson in are won by creating discord in "the warfare—the sooner we will win to camp of the enemy." victory We Americans would much In a nation like Germany, where rather go without sugar und gaso­ instant measures can —and are line for the duration than stop talk­ —taken against an>c ,e who inter­ ing But if we don't stop talking— feres in any way with the war ef­ thoughtlessly—we may never huve fort. the solution to problems such uny sugar or gasoline. as this is quick and simple. The It is up to the individual Each government merely lets It be known one of us should constitute himself that the act of breeding or fostering or herself a "hot-air raid-warden " J Not with guns and bullets and tanks and planes alone are wars won. Typical of the 8.000,000 Ameri­ can farmers holding the line on the food front today is John Stiles of Rockville. Md„ who Is shown In this symbolic photo which might be en­ titled "The Man With the Hoc, 1942.” 1. If you see an army officer with a gold leaf on his shoulder he is a (1) captain, (2) colonel, (3) major, (4) lieutenant colonel? □ 2. One of the following agencies was killed recently by con­ gress: (1) PWA, (2) ODT, <31 CCC, (4) OPA. Which one was it? □ 3. Of the eight Nazi saboteurs caught by the FBI, four landed on Long Island, and the other four landed at (1) Miami Beach, Fla., (2) Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., (3) Shoal Landing, Fl»., (4) Jacksonville, Fla.? □ 4. The length of the Suez canal is (1) 35 miles, (2) 85 miles, (3) 54 miles, (4) 104.5 miles. 5. Last year, which one of these baseball teams ended in fifth place in the National league? (1) St. Louis, (2) New York, (3) Cincinnati, (4) Chicago. □ ANSWERS: 5— i QUESTIONS QUESTIONS 1. What great European pire arose in the 8th century 2. What wax the purchaxe of the Panama Canal zone’ 3 What country produces newsprint than any other? 4 How many miles i 9 em­ 7 price more rail- has Egypt ? A Who Invented the sewing machine 7 8. Name four famous writers of mystery stories. 7 Who first discovered the law of gravity. 8. What wax the first book printed with movable types'* 9. Where did the Society of Erlends or Quakerism, grow up’ 10 How