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Small Business Worries
T HE DEFENSE agencies and the
various control agencies set up
under the national production act
maintain they are giving every con
sideration to small business firms
in the letting of both prime and
sub-contracts, giving them full in
formation and bid opportunities,
even permitting a price differential
so that small business may get a
part of the government business al
though unable to compete price-
wise with some of their larger com
petitors.
The defense production adminis
tration has just issued a 31-page
booklet'called a 4 ‘Mobilization Guide
for Small Business." It tells them
how they can obtain defense con
tracts and procure materials, in
forms them on loan and tax privi
leges, gives them assistance on
management and on conversion
from civilian to military produc
tion. DPA is an over-all policy or
ganization on the production front
and it says that through June 30,
1950, small business provided
$1,319,615,000 or 24.5 per cent of the
dollar volume of all military pur
chases of supplies, services and
construction. And since that time,
with military purchases heavier, the
contention is that small business is
getting an even greater per cent
But former Sen. Jerry Voohis
of California, who is now the ex
ecutive secretary of the Coop
erative League of the USA,
. maintains this is not so, that
smafl business is "faring even
worse in this emergency than it
did in World War II.” The for
mer senator is pushing for the
establishment of a small de
fense plants corporation, similar
to the smaller war plants cor-
portation which was in existence
during the last war. He says that
most contracts for war ma
terials are being awarded on a
negotiated basis rather than by
publicly advertised competitive
bidding.
A few weeks ago DPA, through
its small business executive com
mittee placed into effect a four-
point program for increasing par
ticipation of small business in de
fense production. They included:
(1) To bring into the defense effort
on a prime contract, sub-contract
or purchase part besis every quali
fied producer who can be used so
that orders can be spread across as
wide a base as possible; (2) to find
out and put to work the productive
facilities of small firms; (3) to give
small manufacturers all necessary
information concerning government
needs and the steps they should fol
low in obtaining sub-contracts as
well as prime contracts, and (4)
to develop and install procurement
procedures which will encourage
prime contractors to subcontract
to small firms the maximum
amount of business possible.
• • •
Favors Boof Controls
It may or may not be significant,
but the National Farmers Union, as
opposed to the Farm Bureau Fed
eration and the National Grange,
strongly favors price controls on
beef cattle. And the Farmers
Union is strongest in the plains
states of the Dakotas, Kansas, Ne
braska, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado
and Montana where a large per
centage of beef cattle is raised.
An official of the Washington
office of the National Farmers
Union told this reporter he
weald like nothing better than to
have enough money to buy cat
tle and have r range to feed
them on at OPS ceiling prices
for live cattle. He thinks there
is plenty of incentive In OPS
prices for an ever-increased
production of beef herds.
# # •
Common Courtesy
When politics takes a hand so does
bias and prejudice. The manner
and attitude with which some sen
ators questioned Generals Omar
Bradley and Marshall before the
joint senate committee has almost
become a Washington scandal.
Whereas these same senators ques
tioned General Mac Arthur with
courtesy and deference, and never
questioned his refusal to answer a
question, the same senators fumed,
and yelled and sought to browbeat
Generals Bradley and Marshall and
did not even treat them with com
mon courtesy. When General Brad
ley, rightly, refused to answer a
question he was even threatened
with contempt And yet these two—
Bradley and Marshall—-are of equal
rank and the superiors of
icArthur. Both are national
heroes with a long record of distin
guished military service to our
country.
• • •
Powtr Funds Slashed
Tfte state department has just
worked out tariff cuts with 17 other
nations under the Reciprocal Trade
Act which will result in greater ex
ports for American producers. But
the house has voted several crip
pling amendments to extension of
the act and it appears the senate
may concur. And almost while the
country's back has been turned
watching Kefauver, Mac Arthur and
other Interesting shows, the public
power program has been slashed.
Many Farm Homes
Need Remodeling
Over 50 Per Cent Are
At Least 30 Years Old
Most American homes—and farm
homes in particular—were erected
more than a quarter of a century
ago.
Nearly 23,000,000 of the estimated
42,000,000 homes in the nation are
at least 30 years old. Millions of
these older homes are in need of
modernization and repair.
The expected cutback in new
home construction as a result of
Remodeling of this previously
unused barn provided much-
needed space for livestock and
hay storage and at the same
time improved the over-all ap
pearance of the farm property
and increasing its value. The
completed barn (bottom) with
new asphalt shingle roof, new
siding and other alterations,
contrasts sharply with the di
lapidated structure (above) as
it appeared before start of the
work. Here's proof that re
modeling pays when the struc
ture of an old building is basi
cally sound.
credit restrictions and other con
trols stemming from the defense
program will make materials, such
as asphalt roofing, siding, insula
tion and paints available to meet
the pent-up demands for moderniza
tion and repairs on the farms of the
nation.
Farm Families Know Type
Oi Home They Will Build
Farm families know the type of
house they want to have if, and
when, they build. But building is
more a question of ‘‘when" than
"if", according to a recent survey
of 12 north-central states.
Approximately nine hundred
families took part in the survey.
They were selected to give a cross-
section of the wants and desires of
2,270,000 farm families living in Ill
inois, Indiana, Kansas, Iowa, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota and Wisconsin.
A one-story house with six or
seven rooms, a sloping roof and
central heading was first choice.
The house must have one or more
porches, a spare bedroom, a base
ment or cellar, coat closet on the
first floor, a separate dining room,
first floor workroom, and a drive
so planned in relation to the house
that callers will come to the front
door.
Most families wanted to have a
dining area in the kitchen, but
many of them wanted an additional
dining room which could accom
modate six or more persons.
'Farming’ Coach
Adolph Rupp, coach of the na
tional champion University of
Kentucky basketball team,
studies his crop of hereford heif
ers with the same sharp eyes
that he looks over a freshman
basketball player reporting for
his first practice. In his pro
gram to improve his hereford
herd, the ‘farming' coact will
keep most of the heifers on his
first team providing they de
velop as expected.
New Jersey Farm Prices
Behind National Average
New Jersey farmers have gained
less from increasing prices than
have the nation’s farmers, accord
ing to Rutgers University agricul
tural economists.
Farm prices in the state have
increased 13 per cent since the start
of the Korean war compared to 26
per cent for the nation as a whole.
Most important New Jersey com
modities are milk, eggs, fruits and
vegetables.
BOOK OF FREEDOM
U.S. Society Has Distributed
406 Million Bibles in 135 Years
This year, the American Bible
Society will celebrate 135 years of
service in promoting wider circu
lation of the Bible. It was in May,
1816, that a group of Christian
leaders gathered in New York and
founded the national society for
the distribution of the Bible .
America was embarking on a
great period of expansion when the
Bible Society was founded. New
York was a small city of some
100,000 people clustered around the
Battery, but the country was
spreading westward. Already set
tlements of hundreds, then thou
sands of homes were dotting the
wilderness. It was the era of the
American pioneer, and along with
the need for roads and schools
came another—the need for, Bibles.
Although there were local socie
ties for this purpose in their own
communities, none was able to
fulfill the needs to the west. It
was Samuel J\ Mills, "the father
of the foreign missions,” who was
most instrumental in calling to
gether the historic meeting which
brought about the formation of a
national Bible society. Many nota
bles of the day were in attendance.
Among them were Dr. Lyman
Beecher, "the father of all the
Beechers,” James Fenimore Coop
er and Elias Boudinot, who as
president of the Continental Con
gress had signed the peace treaty
with Great Britain in 1789.
Boudinot was elected the first
president of the society. His vice-
president was John Jay, the first
chief justice Of the United States
supreme court. In later years, still
another great supreme court chief
justice was to serve as vice-presi
dent of the society, Charles Evans
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Dr. Frederick W. Cropp, gen
eral secretary of the American
Bible Society, holds in his right
hand a ’ copy of the Scriptures
which the society distributed to
soldiers during the Civil War.
In his left hand is the edition
being distributed to servicemen
today.
By INEZ GERHARD
P ARAMOUNT, as some other film
studios were drawing in their
horns financially, launched its new
Golden Circle, three young men and
eight girls destined for future star
dom. Nine were brought to New
York to meet the press; it was ex
citing to look at Barbara Rush,
Pierre Crossy, a young Frenchman,
BARBARA RUSH
Mary Murphy, who looks like a
young Margaret Sullivan, and the
others, and predict their careers.
1939’s Golden Circle included Susan
Hayward, William Holden, Evelyn
Keyes, Betty Field, Patricia Mor
rison, Ellen Drew, Robert Preston,
Janice Logan, Joyce Matthews,
Judith Barrett, Joseph Ellen and
Louise Campbell. 1951'8 crop is as
promising.
Hughes.- The first treasurer was
Richard Varick, the second mayor
of New York City.
• • •
AS AMERICA expanded, so did
the society. From their first small
headquarters in the offices of a
printer, they moved into their own
establishment. After repeated en
largements, the society moved to
their own building on Astor Place,
which was then so. far uptown as to
be considered almost a suburb of
the city. The Bible House, which
was the only building of its day to
occupy an entire block in New York,
was the show place of the city. To-
| day, although the Astor Place Bible
House is still being used, main
headquarters for the society is
housed in a modern building on
Park Avenue and 57th Street in
New York.
The number of Bibles, whole and
in portions, printed by the Ameri
can Bible Society since their first
edition of 10,000 Bibles in 1816 is
staggering. During the Civil War
period alone it issued in the United
States 5,297,832 Scriptures, most of
which were New Testaments for
soldiers fighting on both sides. In
its first 50 years, the American
Bible Society had distributed 21,-
409,996 volumes; in one hundred
years, 123,292,359 c Q p i e s of the
Scriptures had been distributed. At
the end of 135 years, 406.422,004
volumes of the Scriptures were
distributed in 1,000 languages.
And yet the distribution increases
each year. "Never before has the
Bible been so wanted,” said Dr.
Robert T. Taylor, general secretary
of the society, at the 135th annual
meeting held in New York recently.
"The 1950 reports show a record
distribution in almost every part
of the world. In my ten years in
the Bible Society I have been nur
tured on emergencies, but I have
never seen anything like the present
opportunities.”
Today the American Bible Society
is a prime factor in making the
Bible the least expensive and most
widely distributed book in the
world. In many languages, a Gos
pel may be had for as little as one
cent and if the penny isn’t avail
able, it may be had for nothing.
It is America’s most purchased
book. It is the world’s best seller.
But it is more than that. Horace
Greeley once said, "It is impossible
in any wise to enslave a Bible-
reading people.” The Bible is a
book of freedom.
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notice
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a mosque
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part
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sayings
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twitch
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metal pots
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THE
FICTION
CORNER
WROHG AND RIGHT
By Richard H. Wilkinson
O F COURSE it was wrong- for
Johnny to kiss her and it was
right for Jinny to slap his face.
They stood there with the desk
-chair between
them, staring at
each other for a
full moment
Jinny recovered
first. She turned
away and walked to the door „with
her head high and went out.
Johnny sighed and sat down at
his desk. He was amazed and dis
gusted with himself. Ten minutes
ago he had been the practical ex
ecutive. He had rung for his secre
tary, Miss Alyne, and a girl with
titian colored hair and blue eyes
had appeared instead.
*T’m Jinny Alison,” she explained
matter-of-factly. "Miss Alyne is ill
today and I’m taking her place.”
She had stood looking at him from
the other side of the chair, and
without saying a word he had
reached out and pulled her toward
him and kissed her, and she had
slapped his face.
Sitting at his desk Johnny
wondered why he hadn’t noticed
Jinny Alison before. She must
be new, he told himself. Te
gestured angrily. What a fool
he’d made of himself.
He didn’t believe in mixing busi
ness with—well, with things like
that. And, he told himself fiercely,
he wasn’t going to begin now. Miss
Alison would have to be dismissed.
He couldn’t have a girl around
whom he’d kissed and who might
think of him as—well, in that way.
He stood up, grimly determined.
The matter had better be attended
to at once. Half way to the outer
GRASSROOTS
Mac Could Have Left UN Command, Kept Japan Job
By Wright A. Patterson
N OW THAT we have heard both
sides I am convinced that Gen
eral MacArthur has the best of the
argument, and it would seem that
General Marshall, as spokesman for
the administration, largely con
cedes that. What I still do not under
stand is why it was necessary to
summarily relieve General Mac
Arthur of all of his duties in the
far east, where his opponents admit
he had done an outstanding job.
If the United Nations took excep
tion to his proposed methods, that
organization could have asked Pres
ident Truman to have made a
change in their field commander,
for he was employed by the United
Nations as supreme commander of
its forces in Korea.
That would have left Mac
Arthur In Japan where he had
done a remarkable job, and
where he was needed, at least,
until » Japanese peace treaty
was completed. That would
have saved for us a man who
General Marshall says is better
qualified to advise on military
and diplomatic lines than any
other man in the world to-day,
and whom we need In directing
and formulating a far eastern
policy.
Through the senate investigation,
the President may have molified
many members of his party, to an
extent that they will accept the ver
dict, whatever it may be, if any.
But nationally, he has lost with the
people much of the leadership he
had previously enjoyed.
If he had to fire a general, why
did he not exercise his authority
on Gen. Harry Vaughn. His passing
would not have been considered a
serious loss, or regretted by any,
other than the recipients of deep
freeze units.
The whole MacArthur incident
has resulted only in a loss to the
nation of a valuable, and specially
talented administrator and soldier
at a time when we are in sad need
of such talents.
*
While there are only seven Civil
War veterans still living, the govern
ment is paying out $6,000,000 a year
in Civil War pensions, most of it
going to 9,500 widows, and to 1,331
children of veterans.
*
Many of our ills are caused by
feeling sorry for ourselves.
*
D e f e r s e mobilizatiqn director,
Charles E. Wilson, a President Tru
man appointee, has made a new
move in the way of socialistic cen
tralization of the government. He
has instructed the governors of all
states, the mayors of all large cities,
and the governments of «11 counties
that they can not borrow money ta
excess of one million dollars with
which to finance new, or uncomplet
ed projects, without first getting a
clearance from his office.
The first of such notices should
have gone to the White House. The
one individual most prone to start
new, and unneeded projects is Mr.
Wilson’s big boss. President Tru
man. The next of such notices should
have gone to congress.
The states, cities and counties are
but small fry in the matter of un
necessary spending. How about the
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St. Lawrence waterway and the
deepening of the Missouri river
from Sioux City to Kansas City,
just to mention a couple that call
for many millions.
The tax payers would enthus
iastically applaud his efforts, if
successful, when applied to the
President, and to congress, and
especially to the congressional
"pork” bill. Wilson holds a fed
eral job. Hia direction to the
state, city and county govern
ments is a violation of the Con
stitution, and abridgement of
the rights of local governments,
Inclnding those of the states.
I know of some comities where
that edict, if it could be made to
stick, would be valuable to the peo
ple of those counties, but the prin
ciple is wrong. The place where it
is most needed, and the people with
whom it is most needed, are right
there in Washington.
*
How can we reconcile the World
War III wolf cry of to-day that is
followed tomorrow with the optimis
tic assurance of approaching global
peace? We have had such state
ments at intervals since the fight
ing stopped in Germany. So many
times has the wolf cry been sound
ed, that the American people no
longer believe in either. We do not
get excited about them. To-day Joe
Stalin is a deep-dyed villian, tomor
row he is a fine old fellow, with
only peace in his heart. We have lost
our fear of the big, bad wolf.
*
We are spending billions on war
preparations, but should the conflict
come, we will not be ready.
"I’m Jinny Alison,” she ex
plained matter-of-factly. "Miss
Alyne is ill today and I’m taking
‘ her place.”
office he stopped short Suppose
Miss Alison had already quit?
Probably she had. The possibility
that this might be the case brought
on a sense of panic. He rushed to
the door and opened it, was vastly
relieved to discover a titian-colored
head bent over a desk close by the
door.
He went back to his own desk.
Well, she hadn’t quit and he
wouldn’t fire her. No, he decided to
let her stay and ignore her entirely.
During the remainder of the
morning he put Miss Alison'from
his mind. When he had letters to
dictate he rang for a stenographer
in exaggerated unconcern. And
when prim Abby Nathan appeared
he told himself he was relieved.
T HAT night Johnny went to sleep
putting Jinny out of his mind
The next morning he reached the of
fice before nine. At 9:15 he opened
the door of the outer office and
breathed easy again when he saw
that Jinny was at her post. At noon
he looked toward her desk on his
way out, caught her eye and felt
strangely sick when she turned
coldly away. During lunch he be
came pretty grim, admitting to him
self that he was making rather a
mess of his resolve. Miss' Alison
would have to go. There was no
use, he just couldn’t concentrate
with her on his conscience. It would
solve the whole problem to have her
out of his sight.
His first act on reaching the of
fice was to call Miss Nathan and
ask her to send in Miss Alison.
Jinny, notebook in hand, entered
and stood looking at him from the
other side of the interview chair
just as she had the day he had
kissed her.
"Miss Alison,” he began, and
stopped. He cleared Ms throat
Importantly, "Mias Alison, I’ve
called yon in to—to apologise
for what happened the day be
fore yesterday.”
"Oh,” said Jinny.
"I don’t want you to think,” John
ny went on, scarcely recognizing his
own voice, "that I—er—kiss—er—
act that way with all—with other
stenographers.”
"Oh, I don’t,” said Jinny, her
eyes wide.
"In fact,” said Johnny, “you’re
the first one, I mean, well—” He
stopped, desperate, panicky, angry.
"Miss Alison, you’re fired!”
"Oh!” said Jinny.
Johnny gulped. “No. I don’t mean
that! What I mean is, I can’t con
centrate unless—unless—we have an
understanding. Oh, the devil I That
wasn’t what I intended to say at
alL I mean. Miss Alison, would
you like to go out to dinner with
me?”
"It might be nice,” Jinny agreed.
SHOPPER'S
CORNER
By DOROTHY BARCLAY
THAT SWEET TOOTH
ttOW’S YOUR sugar supply?
You’ll be needing plenty for the
canning season that now looms on
the horizon! Remember what hap
pened last summer with all that
scare buying at the last minute?
You thought your
grocer was respon
sible for the short
age, but the poor
man had nothing to
do with it. The large
shipments of late
summer were go
ing, not. to your
canning uses, but to sudden mili
tary use, and you had a hard time
getting your sugar for canning!
That won’t happen again, if you're
the thrifty, patriotic, wise shoppfr
we know you to be. No . . . you’ll
stock up now, while supplies are
flowing freely to your grocers’
shelves, and you’ll save some for
your canning, by an occasional use
of a substitute, and still have plenty
to satisfy that family sweet tooth!
Let alarmists warn that the
American sweet tooth is public ene
my number one to good nutrition!
Let ’em fear that over-indulgence
in sweets may crowd out more
wEblesome foods! But 1 ask you,
what youngster, after a long day at
school, doesn’t have a yen for a
candy-bar or a large piece of cake,
or that after-school pickup of an
earlier day, bread and butter and
sugar? There you’ve got something!
Bread and butter to repair the day's
fatigue, and sugar to stimulate that
quick energy for playtime!
It is well to remember when you
buy sugar not to buy more than you
can possibly use. Over a long period
of time it will cake and become dif
ficult to use.
As to substitutes, what’s the mat
ter with honey, which you can find
in plenty in both clear and comb
form, very reasonably priced?
Honey is a natural, all-purpose food,
rich in all the simple sugars from
levulose to dextrose, easily digesti
ble by the youngest little stomach.
Even the baby’s 'formula accepts
it as a milk modifier, say the pedi
atricians: Honey is a safe and
wholesome food, too, because bac
teria to whiejv humans are prey,
simply can’t grow in it. Honey
looks good, it tastes good, it is good,
and children especially love it And
it’s plentiful almost the year around
—just ask your grocer! It’s not for
naught you say "busy as a bee.”
Many homemakers combine honey
with other foods. Honey-butter, for
instance, is delicious on toast or
pancakes or waffles. Honey-milk,
made by warming tfie two together,
your whole family will love on their
breakfast cereaL
Delightfully Cool Sun
Dress in Sizes 6 to 14
Leitchfield Quads Seek
MacArthur's Autograph
LEITCHFIELD, Ky. — Four of
the most eager seekers of General
and Mrs. MacArthur’s autographs
when the couple visited Mrs. Mac
Arthur’s home town of Murfrees
boro, Tenn., were the 10-year-old
Lashley quadruplets.
The quadruplets, Martin, Beulah,
Mildred and John, drove from their
father’s 131-acre farm to Murfrees
boro to see the general and ]tf»
lady.
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Cool Sun Dress
yOUR young daughter will
lighted with this cool sun
that’s cut on simple princess
Trim waist top and pocket
eyelet. For cover up there’s a
bolero.
Pattern No. 1976 is a sew-rite
rated pattern for sizes 6, 8, 10,
years. Size 8. dress, 1% yards of *
bolero, % yard.
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Honey has a way of bringing out
the flavor of fruits, too, especially
the citrus variety so plentiful right
now. Lemon, as the tartest at the
citrus fruits, combines ideally with
honey in many ways. Lemon juice
and honey in water make a pleasant
and healthy eye-opener to start the
day; and a honey and lemon sauce
on tonight’s cottage or bread pud
ding, ends the day with complete
satisfaction. That sweet tooth will
be so wholesomely appeased, it
couldn’t even spell public enemyl
FRUIT BUYS
As the berry-ful summer ap
proaches, we can look forward to
lots of choices among the fruits.
But while we wait, the citrus fruits,
rhubarb, pineapples and pears are
growing more plentiful and are
moderately priced at your store.
And to tide you over, your grocer
has plenty of canned fruit. Pears,
for instance, have a larger pack
each year, and various size cans are
at your fingertips on the store
shelves. The most common size can
is 2V4, containing about 2 pounds or
about 3ft cups of fruit. Other sizes
are No. 303, measuring about
cups, the No. 1 tall. No. 2, and the
little 8 oz. cantifor combination with
other fruits for salad or compote.
So* look ’em over, and stock qp
while the supply is good!
Navy Chlaf Solvu Mystery
Of Woman Fraa With Dollars
NEW YORK—The mystery of the
woman who happily passed out dol
lars and pep talks to navy recruits
has been brought to light by a chief
petty officer who received $150
from the lady to distribute among a
contingent of 130 bound for New
port, R.L
Petty Officer Steven Kotelas, Sr.,
Bridgeport, Conn., was approached
by a woman asking how many men
he had ih his charge. Not knowing
who she might be, he refused to
answer.
"She says maybe I got a hundred
men,” he relates. "She peels off a
$100 bill and tells me to divide it
among my men. It’s then I tell her
I got 130. She gives me $50 more.”
The next night same time, same
place, same routine. Kotelas had
135 men, the lady gave him $135 and
also gave the recruits on the train
a fine pep talk. The petty officer
then had a heart to heart talk with
the generous donor and discovered
that she was Mrs. Muriel McCor
mick Hubbard, sister of Chicago In
dus tralist Fowler McCojnmick and