Thursday, September 17, 1942
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And now for the workers in war
factories.
I don't agree that they are. all
overpaid. Some of them are still
earning a wage on which I would
not like to try to support my|
family.
But in most cases they are
earning more than they have for
many years.
Not long ago there was a strike
in a plane factory because the
workers wanted a dollar a day
more. Maybe they should have had
it. Maybe the company’s earnings
were high enough to pay it and
still make a profit. But the fact
that they considered their selfish
demands more important than the
lives of the men who needed those
pianes can never be forgiven.
1 admit it is almost Impossible
for those of us who are far from
the war fronts to measure our
actions In terms of life and death
—but any worker or employer
who lets anything interfere with
war production can put this down
as a certainty; every delay in
production is being paid for wlith
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By DON ROBINSON
DEATH
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"Suppose you're ordefed to hold I '
a position until you're killed or
captured; the precious minutes
you can hold up the enemy's ad-
1 vanes is woTtn a gun and a man.
You're expendable. You know the
situation and you don’t mind. But
wnen you come back here, after
lives to save minutes and see
people here waste hours and days
^,iu even weeks , .
Inals Lt. Bulkeley speaking,
heio of the Philippines, who res
cued General MacArthur, who
escaped death a dozen times only
by miracles and who, when inter
viewed for an article published
in Readers Digest, told the most
heart-rending story which so far
nas come out of this war.
Trial last sentence, about sol
diers giving their lives to save
minutes, wane people here aie
I wastuig days and weeks, should
be posted on every building in
Washington. And not only in
Washington. The full meaning of
it needs to be brought home to
i men in factories who consider
striking because they'd like more
money or don't like their buss, to
employers who delay production
to wrangle with the government
over some inconsequential clause
in a contract- and to the people
all over this country who want
to help but are not doing all they
can because of social engagements
or just plain .laziness.
They Work Together and Eat Together
WASHINGTON
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Tomato Juice
for Breakfast
And it's not just Washingtoi
and labor and employers wh
should take the blame for bloo<
being spilled.
Every one of us could nroh’’-’'
do something we haven't done
which would save lives.
Take scrap iron. Whenever a
sttel company has to let a blaa
furnace gq out because of a short
age of iron, it means that the pro
duction of planes, tanks and gun <
will be delayed.
Right now steel companies ar '
not turning out all the material
they could because of the shortage
of scrap iron.
Perhaps the government isn't
calling tor materials loud enough
to make us realize the importance
of them. But we all know there is
a war on and we are not as well
tquipped as we should be Let's
not wait for the government to
come and get the scrap we might
turn in—let's make It our busi
ness to find out what is needed
and see that every ounce of it
available in our neighborhood is
put into the war.
General Marshall Reviews Icelandic Troops
laxity
Let's talk about Washington
first.
Out in the Pacific, in Egypt, in
planes over France and Germany,
, the finest of our nation’s young
men are jiving their lives every
day—perhaps every minute — to
protect our country and our lib
erty. We are sending supplies to
, them, but if even one gun, one
tank or one plane, which might
be added to their force is delayed
by Washington inefficiency, it
means lives are unnecessarily lost.
In war times we become hard
ened to death unless it is the
death of some loved one, some
close friend, husband or son.
Take a case of a mother who
has spent over 20 years raising
her son. sacrificing to give him
i an education and an opportunity
to make good in the world. To
her that son becomes her life.
Imagine how she must feel if she
realizes, when she gets the notice
of his death, that it could have
been prevented if—if what?
If he had had the support of a
tank or a plane which desk men
in Washington didn't order in
I time. Or of a plane, out on the
high seas ,had started out a day
earlier instead of being delayed by
some government worker having
to leave the office early to have
cocktails with one of his girl
friends.
I don't blame Washington par
ticularly. We all still have a lax
attitude about this war. But it's
Line we realized that the very de
lay costs lives.
American and British troops are working so close together in the
Egyptian desert aa they prepare for an eventual defeat of the "desert
fox," General Rommel, that they even ahare the aame food. Here’s a typ
ical acene at lunchtime. The Yanka are (second left) Staff Sergt. Mont
gomery of Middletown, Ohio, and (right) Staff Sergt. Tindall of Kentucky.
the blood of American soldiers.
SCRAP.............................. bullet-
Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U. 8. army, in center
of picture, is shown as be reviewed the American troops in Iceland.
Up here in the ' land of the midnight snn" the men are now seeing the
real Iceland, after it has shed its coat of winter snows.
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LEEPY SUE or Chirpy Charite—which are you when you get up in
the morning?
In either case, a tall glass of fresh, cold tomato Juice for breakfast
Is a glowing start on the day. It wakes up the Sleepy Sues, keeps the
Chirpy Charlies chirping
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But all Joking aside—we need tomato Juice. We need It because it’s
rich In Vitamin C.
A big glassful of tomato Juice for breakfast—and we re all set tor
the day on Vitamin C. It’s as simple aa that.
It’s one Juice that’s suitable for every meal of the day. For break
fast, we’ll probably serve It chilled. Just as it pours from the can—or at
the most with a small wedge of lemon.
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For other meals we can get fancier. For Instance, at dim
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this way:
Tomato Juice with Celery
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1 can (14 ot )) tomato Juice
% teaspoon salt
1 cup celery
> tablespoon lemon Juice
Grind the celery in the food chopper; then add to the torn: > Juicel I
and salt. Let chill In the refrigerator for at least one hour. Strain;]
then add the Ismon Juice and serve chilled.
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