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By Walter Shead
WNU Comspondfti
WNU Washington Bureau,
1616 Eye St.. N. W.
‘Little People’ Protest
Crippling of OPA
A/I EMBERS of congress are now
reaping a whirlwind of mail
from constituents condemning ac
tion of the house in passage of the
bill crippling OPA so badly that it
cannot survive. Members of the
senate now considering the measure
are receiving mail in a ratio of
about 25 to 1 urging that body to
correct the house action, and to ex
tend OPA another year without
crippling amendments.
Probably the most bitter denunci
ation of the house action comes from
the “Army Times,” national weekly
newspaper for the United States
army, giving congress something to
think about. For this paper gives
the stand of the fifteen million re
turning veterans on this important
issue of continued government con
trol of prices and critical materials.
The “Army Times says: “Afraid
to dare public wrath by voting
against such postwar necessities as
emergency housing for veterans,
extension of the draft act and con
tinuation of price control, the mem
bers of the house have adopted a
pattern of cutting the heart out of
the laws and leaving only a skeleton
and a tombstone bearing the origi
nal name. Then after destroying
the effectiveness of the laws, they
vote a resounding ‘aye’ ostensibly
to provide emergency housing, ex
tension of the draft and continu
ation of price control.
"Actually, however, most of those
congressmen voted against veter
ans housing, against extension of
the draft and against continuation
of price control. Nevertheless, on
the record they can go before the
electorate this fall and insist that
they voted on such legislation.
“They are hypocrites at heart.”
Inflationary Danger
The newspaper further warned
that extension of the OPA price con
trol for at least another year is the
only way in which this country can
bypass a wild inflationary period
and that end of price control now
“would make a mockery of the pay
raise now pending for the armed
services; it would devalue terminal
leave pay for enlisted men, de
crease the value of mustering-out
pay, void the worth of a possible
early bonus and engulf the civilian
wages of newly returned veterans.”
Accusing both Democrats and Re
publicans, “Army Times” placed
the major blame on the GOP which,
it said, "is seeking to capitalize on
the petty discomforts which all of
us suffered during four years of
OPA control.”
“It is a vicious and stupid at
tempt to gain power at the cost of
the little people . . . the guys who
make up America . . . the workers,
the veterans, the masses. We’ve all
railed at OPA,” the editorial says,
“we’ve cussed it for everything.”
Still, in the long run, it would be
hard to find an American family
of low or moderate means that
wouldn’t vote to continue price con
trol if the vote was theirs.
“Unfortunately, however. they
delegated their vote to a bunch of
job-r Peking politicians who now
prov. themselves to be representa
tives, not of the people, but of pow
er-conscious political machines and
mercenary and selfish interests.”
And this reporter would like to
point out that during consideration of
the full employment bill certain
senators led by Senator Taft of Ohio
declared it to be the policy of the
government that they could not
guarantee anybody anything in the
economic field, particularly employ
ment.
Protect Dealers
They were very careful, however,
to place in the OPA bill an amend
ment which guarantees to manufac
turers and dealers a profit on each
item of manufacture and prohibits
the OPA from requiring wholesal
ers and retailers from absorbing
part of the higher costs.
If government as a matter of pol-^
icy cannot guarantee jobs for work-'
ers then how can it guarantee profits
for industry? It may be that the
senate will eliminate these two fea
tures of the OPA bill as it passed
the house, although opposition to
CPA in both house and senate would
like to see the bill so loaded down
with inequities and so impossible
of administration that the President
would be forced to veto the meas
ure . . . then they could pass the
onus on to him as they have done
in the draft extension bill.
Many business men are now be
coming alarmed at the inflationary
features of the house OPA bill. They
foresee disruptions of their budgets
for operations. Their buying prices
getting out of hand and their wage
costs unstable. As a result of this
chaos they see a continued shortage
on commodities instead of full pro
duction, as flambouyantly predicted
by the National Association of Man
ufacturers. The N. A. M. is flatly
contradicted by Frank Rathje, pres
ident of the American Bankers’ as
sociation. He does not believe high
er prices would boost production.
A HUMAN tidal wave, headed for
1 ' almost any sort of sporting
competition, has struck baseball in
a record sweep. All past records are
being submerged in the way of at
tendance figures, even on the part
of those teams who are conceded
nothing better than sixth place.
It would not be surprising to see
the newly bedecked Yankee sta
dium, under the
operation of Larry
MacPhail, crowd
the two million
mark before Octo-
b e r reports. The
Yankees are prac
tically sure to set
an all-time count at
the busy turnstiles,
with the Tigers not
too far away. The
Cubs and the
Dodgers also should
surpass their best year, with many
thousands added to the list.
A sporting crowd is willing to
take a heavier beating than any
other section of the human race.
All these frenzied multitudes ask is
a chance to buy a ticket, then let
nature take its course. These
crowds make the sardine look like
a rover in the wide-open spaces,
with room to spare.
The Kentucky Derby set a new
high in several directions. So prob
ably will the Louis-Conn inter
mingling at the Yankee stadium in
June.
The Rush to Sport
We have been asked to explain
this overwhelming rush to sport.
After all, we have few who car.
match in ability and color the
headliners of the Golden Age fol
lowing the First World war. I am
referring again to Babe Ruth, Jack
Dempsey, Bobby Jones, Man o’
War, Bill Tilden, Tommy Hitch
cock, Devereux Milburn, Walter
Hagen, Rogers Hornsby, Earl
Sande and Red Grange. We have
no such galaxy of famous names
with which to conjure, although Di-
Maggio, Williams, Nelson, Hogan,
Arcaro, Blanchard, Davis and a few
others may be just as good.
It may be that the glamour of
past years takes on too keen a hue
and glint. But that Golden Age of
Sport produced a pretty fair col
lection of talent and color. No such
talent has been proved in this pres
ent postwar era up to date, but it
may happen later.
It may be that the coming season
in various sports will give us cham
pions that can match the Old
Guard of the lost and golden era.
We uon’t believe so. But we know
that sport will give us greater
crowds than ever were known in
the past.
We know that there will be more
money than ever before wagered on
the races through the mutuels and
the bookmakers — a total surpass
ing 2 billion dollars. New York
alone will pass 500 million through
the mutuels.
In this era of peace following the
blackness of the world’s greatest
war, there are two details that
make this possible: (1) the reach
for release — the excuse for taut
nerves and (2) more widespread
cash than this country has ever
known previously. It is the same in
England, even more so. This is no
knock against the human race. It
is only a natural reaction, even if
it isn’t the wisest and the sanest
reaction. When was the human race
ever sane or wise?
* • •
Some Big Questions
The season will soon begin to un
roll a number of answers to vari
ous important questions.
No. 1. How will the Yankee pitch
ing staff make out? Will it be con
sistently good enough to be even
fairly close to the .pitching strength
of Tigers, Red Sox or Indians? Or
the Senators?
No. 2. Can the Tiger infield hold
up well enough to give Steve
O’Neill’s crack pitching staff the
chance to win again?
No. 3. Can Leo Durocher find
enough pitching to keep his Dodgers
up with the Cardinals and Cubs?
Especially the Cubs.
No. 4. How far will the Cardinals
be in front by the first of August?
No. 5. Will the Giants’ some
what jittery defensive play crowd
Mel Ott’s team out of the first divi
sion?
No. 6. What about the season’s
impending pitching duel between
Bob Feller and A1 Newhouser?
No. 7. Also the A. L.’s all around
batting championship among Ted
Williams, Joe DiMaggio and Dick
Wakefield?
No. 8. How many home runs can
Hank Greenberg deliver to offset
the natural and expected deficit in
foot speed?
No. 9. To what ball clubs are a
few of the Cardinals’ pitching sur
plus headed?
No. 10. How will Pesky and
Doerr of the Red Sox compare with
Rizzuto and Gordon of the Yankees?
No. 11. What are the odds on
either Phillies or Athletics leaving
the ancient and moldy cellar?
No. 12. How will the old New
York - Boston argument concerning
the all-around ability of Joe Gor
don and Bobby Doerr work out?
No. 13. How far up will Billy
Southworth be able to lift the
Braves in his first Boston season?
Grantland Rice
Woman's World
Flour Sacks Aid Seamstress
As Fabric Shortage Continues
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IF YOU’VE! tried to do any sewing
* lately and have scoured the
stores in a vain attempt to find suit
able material for yourself, then you
will welcome any suggestion that
gives material easily. Long before
we had the wealth of fabrics found
in prewar times, many homemak
ers were making good use of those
large, clean, readily available flour
or sugar sacks.
Some of the department and no
tions goods stores still carry them,
and you might well look to them as
material for a cheerful morning
dress or cover-all apron. Cheerful?
Why yes, of course. Just get out the
package of dyes and dyeing kettle
and go to work. Since these sacks
are cotton, they take dye very eas
ily, and of course you do not have
to bleach them first. You can have
any color you desire—a bright kelly
green, rose pink, aqua or robin’s
egg blue.
Depending on your size, it will
take from two to four of the large
size flour or sugar sacks to give
you the material you want. Take
out the seams first, and make cer
tain the sacks are clean. Use the
directions for the particular dye you
have on hand and go to work. After
the fabric has been dyed, dried and
ironed, lay it out for the pattern,
making sure that no materials will
be wasted.
Checking Measurements
Considered Essential
Some of you may say, “Well, it’s
not so important that my house
dress fits so perfectly.” Why
shouldn’t the dress you do your
work in, the one you spend most of
the daylight hours in, be well fit
ted? Actually, good fit is important
here as in a dress-up dress. Then
too, these dresses are relatively sim
ple, and you can learn good fitting
from making them—a thing of im
portance when you begin sewing on
the “more important” articles of
clothing.
Select or make a pattern that
comes exactly to your own bust size.
Adjustments of an inch or so can
be made easily, but remember it is
easier to make a pattern one size
larger—a little smaller, than to cut
slits in a pattern that is too small
to make it fit. *
A good way to get this fitting
problem in hand is to take your own
measurements and pencil them
down side by side with the pattern
measurements. Then you will know
exactly the amount of adjustment
needed, and can allow accord
ingly.
In cutting a dress from a flour
sack, bear in mind the grain of the
material and place the pattern cor
rectly on the lengthwise grain. Mark
all sewing guides either with stitch
ing, tailor’s tacks or chalk. This
makes the work move along much
faster.
Here Are Tips
For Sewing
There are usually some parts of
dressmaking that are more tricky
than others. Take the sleeves, for
Convert them into a morning dress.
example. Just how are they to be
eased into the garment without ugly
gathers where they should not be?
The best way I know is to take small
basting stitches around the fullest
Here’s a newsworthy print in
spired by a newspaper girl’s
bright idea. This cool attractive
dress from Herbert Sondheim’s
collection has brief sleeves and
simple lines that keep you cool
and well dressed at the same
time.
part of the sleeve that fits to the
dress, and draw these gently until
the sleeve fits the armhole. Un
less you are experienced, do not try
to sew the sleeves on the machine
before basting.
After the sleeve has been basted,
try the dress on and see how the
sleeve feels. If it does not give the
fullest comfort, adjust the basting
until the dress looks and feels ex
actly as you wish.
Another thing you may have no
ticed in buying ready-made gar
ments is the waistline. If this does
not fall exactly where the natural
waistline is, the dress is uncom
fortable. You can determine the
natural waistline by putting a tape
measure around the waist and bend
ing to see that it is exactly in place.
Then mark the natural waistline on
the garment with chalk.
Even in morning dresses, the fit
over the bust is important. You
might try underarm darts, even if
they are not marked on the pat
tern. These darts, you know, are
found on the most expensive clothes
just for the sake of fitting.
Sheer Materials
Now that warmer weather is
here and you are sewing on the
lighter weight materials, keep in
mind these pointers to make the
sewing easy.
1. When sewing on sheer fab
rics, use tissue paper or obsolete
patterns to place underneath the
garment when sewing with the
machine. The tissue paper comes
off almost by itself and insures
a seam that is not too tight.
2. A double stitched seam is
the simplest type to use for finish
ing sheer fabrics. The fifst row
of stitching is on the seam line,
and the second an eighth of an
inch outside it.
3. A lapped seam is often used
on bulky net or closely patterned
lace material. The surplus edges
of the seam are trimmed after
the ,es are overlapped.
4. vercasting is another neat
method for finishing seams on
sheer fabrics. In this case, make
a plain seam first and then press
it open. Overcast both edges.
5. The fabric which you use
determines the type of hem. For
chiffons, organdies and geor
gettes, use a rolled or picot hem.
Cotton achieves new importance
this season by being handled not as
cotton, an inexpensive fabric, but
like silk or rayon.
Open-crowned bonnets, rather like
the old-fashioned poke bonnets, are
new, too. You’ll notice that lots of
them are of rough woven straw
we haven’t seen for a long time,
and they are flirtatiously trimmed
with embroidered pique or the like.
Border prints offer an attractive
suggestion for your play clothes. The
gay colored bands may appear in
the skirt, in the bodice or on the
sleeves.
If you’re planning on wearing a
print blouse with your suit or skirt,
a neat touch is to put matching print
on the cuffs of your gloves. This is
especially effective with black or
brown or navy.
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WHEN VALUE OF CURRENCY
DROPS, DISASTER FOLLOWS
EXPRESSED IN the simplest
possible terms, inflation is nothing
more than runaway prices caused
by a depreciation of the nation’s
currency until it has little or no
purchasing value. That is especial
ly true where the currency has no
basis of value other than the gov
ernment’s promise to pay.
In the stock market, but not in
commodities, we had inflation in
1927, ’28 and ’29. That was an infla
tion President Coolidge might have
largely prevented or stopped, by
a simple request to the Federal Re
serve banks to raise the rediscount
rate to such a point as would have
made it impractical for people
to borrow money with which to
gamble in stocks. Politically it
would have been a decidedly unpop
ular move. People thought they
were getting rich at the expense of
the other fellow. They learned dif
ferently when the crash came in Oc
tober of 1929.
On a day in July in 1929, I was
having lunch at a club in Chicago.
With me at the table was Hayden
Harris, then vice president of the
Harris Trust and Savings bank, one
of the large and substantial finan
cial institutions of the city. A mem
ber of the club came into the dining
room, accompanied by a guest. The
guest was introduced to Harris.
“Yesterday I made an investment
of which I am sure Mr. Harris w'll
approve,” said the guest. “I pur
chased 50 shares of Harris bank
stock.”
“At what price?” asked Harris.
“Eleven hundred dollars per
share,” replied the guest.
"Sell It at once,” said Harris. “It
is not worth anything like snch a
price. The bank never has, and
never can, pay dividends on snch
a value. I do not approve of that
purchase. The bank stock is listed
on the exchange, and we cannot
control the price foolish people
will pay tor it. If you can buy at
aroifnd S300 a share it will be a
good buy.”
That was but an instance of the
inflation of that time. Without
such inflation the Insull stocks
would not hav< soared to such im-
• possible heights, and the Insull col
lapse would not have caused the
losr of their all for many thousands
of toolish purchasers. It was not
values but cheap money that
brought on the debacle.
The government’s efforts to hold
down prices and wages have done
much to prevent a general runaway
inflation, but the danger is far from
over.
• • •
UNION LEADERS MUST
RECOGNIZE PUBLIC
SO MANY YEARS AGO the pres
ent generation does not remember
the conditions, the railroads were
operated on a “public be d—d”
policy. Tariffs, passenger and
freight were set at figures as high as
the traffic would stand, regardless of
costs. In the end an aroused pub
lic Remand resulted in drastic regu
latory legislation. So drastic that
it broke many of the roads, and
put even the strongest in a precari
ous position for many years. What
the railroads did r generation ago
the labor union leaders are doing
today. Union membership repre
sents less than one-eighth of the
population of the nation, but that
one-eighth is disregarding the inter
ests of the seven-eighths that is the
general public. Labor must recog
nize the public interest or public de
mand will result in drastic regula
tory legislation, as it did in the
case of the railroads. A continu
ance of recent methods will result
in solidifying public opinion against
the labor movement. The public
will not consent to “be d—d” for
any great length of time.
* * •
BEFORE THE WAR he was but
another Mexican boy, tolerated but
not encouraged by the Americans
of the community. His place in life
was that of a wielder of a pick and
shovel. Hir social standing was
zero. The war has changed all that.
I saw that Mexican boy as an hon
ored guest at a community service
club luncheon. He was wearing the
uniform of an officer in the United
States army. The war had provid
ed opportunity for him and he had
improved it. Out of the horrors,
the carnage and hardships of waj -
hundreds of thousands of American
boys have found themselves. They
accepted the responsibilities war
placed on their shoulders; they
learned the need of obedience, and
the rule of authority. From these
hard lessons have come a new man
hood, and, to them, a new meaning
of citizenship. The war had some
measure of gain for those boys.
* • •
FRANCE IS the spoiled child of
Europe, and has been throughout
modern history. She has had many
spankings, but they have never
cured her arrogance and willful
ness. That included the last one
administered by Hitler, but she is
as willful today as she was after
the English and Americans had
saved her from the Kaiser. She
should be shut up in a closet for a
few years to learn, as Germany is
to learn, Vhat defeat really means.
She needs discipline, not pamper
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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATiONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for May 26
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
FINDING A NEW SENSE
OF VALUES
LESSON TEXT—Luke 12:19. 20: 18:24-30;
19:1-10.
MEMORY SELECTION—The kingdom ol
God is not meat and drink; but righteous
ness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost
—Romans 14:17.
Money, riches, possessions—that’s
what men are living and striving
for in our day. It is going to seem
a bit strange, but it will be very
salutary to stress once again the
eternal truth, best summarized by
our Lord Jesus when he said, “A
man’s life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things which he
possesseth” (Luke 12:15).
I. Don’t Depend on Riches (12:19,
20).
The rich man increased in selfish
ness as he increased in, wealth. He
began to feel secure because he had
laid up much goods. Now he be
came proud and boastful. He
thought he saw years of comfort
and ease ahead. Evidently he had
not read, or did not believe, the
words of Scripture, “Boast not thy
self of tomorrow; for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth”
(Prov. 27:1; see also James 4:13-
17).
Well, can a man depend on
riches? The answer is no. They
are here today and gone tomorrow.
Man himself is here today and gone
tomorrow. When he goes, he leaves
all that he has unless he has invest
ed it for God.
Money is like a broken reed. The
man who leans on it will not only
fall, but will pierce himself through
with many sorrows (I. Tim. 6:9, 10).
Don’t depend on riches—they will
miserably fail you in your hour of
need.
II. Beware of the Snare of Riches
(18:24-27).
The rich young ruler had come
running to Jesus to seek eternal life,
but had turned away sorrowful
when he found that a man cannot
love money and love God at the
same time.
Jesus improved the opportunity to
point out that it is impossible for a
rich man to be saved, except as the
grace of God gets hold of him and
sets him free from dependence on
his wealth.
Apart from the grace of God, it
is so easy for a rich man or woman
to trust in riches, and to feel no
need of God.
Look again at I Timothy 6:9, 10
and you will see th&t even the de
sire to be rich leads a man into a
temptation and a snare. The man
of God is warned to “flee these
things; and follow after righteous
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness,” and thus to be able to
“fight the good fight of faith” (I Tim.
6:11, 12).
We repeat that all this has a
strange sound to modem ears, so
accustomed to the worldly philos
ophy of trust in things and in dol
lars. We need to warn our young
men and women about the avful
danger of loving money.
There is something infinitely bet
ter than riches, and that is what we
find in our next point.
III. Seek True Riches in Christ (18;
28-30).
Peter and the other disciples had
forsaken all the things of the world
to follow Christ, and now as he re
minds the Lord of that fact, he re
ceives the assurance that there is
a higher level of riches and reward
for the loyal disciple.
God will never be in debt to any
one. There is no sacrifice made
for his glory which does not find its
glorious recompense, and no bur
den borne for his sake which does
not bring its rich reward.
All this is not the result of some
kind of a “deal” with God. We do
not serve him because we expect a
reward, but the assurance of the re
ward is there to encourage and spur
us on in life and servicei for him.
The fact is, spiritual .pirrency has
far higher value than the gold and
silver of this world.
IV. Ask Christ to Deliver Vou
From Riches (19:1-10).
Zacchaeus was a man well versed
in the devious ways of the extor
tioner. He knew money, and how
to make it. But he was not satis
fied. He knew there was something
more worth while than riches. His
life was empty.
He sought Jesus. One look from
the Master and he knew that he
must lay his sinful heart open be
fore him in confession. Salvation
came to Zacchaeus that day.
Here, then, is the way to be de
livered from the snare of riches—
take Jesus Christ as your Saviour
and Lord. He may then entrust
riches to your care to use for him,
but he will deliver you from a
love for gold and from the folly of
putting your trust in it.
The person who lives for riches
is lost (v. 10), caught in a snare
(I Tim. 6:9, 10), trusting in some
thing that will fail him when most
needed (Luke 12:19, 20), and trust
ing something which will keep him
from God (Luke 18:24-27), unless
there is grace to flee from it and turn
to God.
Comfortable Chair
For Your Lawn
\/fAKING this comfortable lawn
or porch chair is a good
week-end project. Just three stock
widths of material, simple cuts
with the hand saw, and you are
ready to nail or screw the pieces
together. A pattern gives bill of
materials, large cutting diagrams
and illustrated construction steps.
• * •
When you are assembling materials for
.outdoor furniture this year be sure to ask
your dealer about the new water-proof
E lastic glues developed during the war.
' this type of glue is spread on both
sides of a joining, the piece will have a
longer life.
This lawn chair is made with pattern
269 which readers may get by return
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MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford HUis, N. Y. Drawer 19
Enclose 15 cents for Design No. 269.
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