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SOUTH BEND PUBLIC LIBRARY. 304 S.MAIN ST.I CITY. Victory for U.S. Cannot Be Won by Interne •s—~————--—-— Squelch the Squabbles FRIDAY, JANUARY 23rd, 1942 Economical and Political Advantages Go Hang HAT new (12-man) War Labor Board with three "super-arbitors" and "umpire", successor ELIEVE It to the Defense Mediation Board, (which didn't work from lack of enforcement power), must Tdo its job effectively, or it is up to Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president, to see that the ! job is otherwise done, and done efficiently, for defense; no more monkey business. It is time for Or ELSE! Uncle Sam to stop monkeying with the industry-labor problem, as related to defense, and to stop (On Page Three) MEAT O' THE COCONUT / By Silas Witherspcon Elsewhere in "COMMERCIALIZED The Mirror this week is PATRIOTISM" HAS an advertise ment — con EVOLVED "RACKET" tributed—by us, and the Better Business Bureau of the Association of Commerce, warning against the sundry commercializations of patriotism, that are springing up to garner the public's pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters, through the sale of sundry contraptions calculated to enable you to do something for your coun try, and tell4the world of your superior con cern for your country's safety. Amen! But! There are other commercializations of pa triotism, some of a more high-toned, and "business as usual" order, that the Better Business Bureaus, in the name of real patri otism, might well put their foot down on. Reference is made to the exaggerations of government orders, and contemplations, of the "come on" vari.ty; better buy now (without saying it), for scarcity lurks "just around the corner,"—which publicity agents, for various lines, are constantly getting across through the news columns to scare the public into a panicky caution and consequent recklessness of expenditure. There is excuse for a certain amount of pessimism but not for panicky pessimism. There is something enormously "rotten in Denmark" or even our tire problem isn't go ing to be as serious as painted. Priorities, MORE ACTION AND LESS RAG-CHEWING NEW WAR POLICY when you deserve them, and there are no shenanegans, are not so difficult to obtain as OW it is Supreme Director Donald M. Nelson, WPB (War Production Board), and Lt. Gen. most pessimists would make believe. The William S. Knudsen, OPM (Office of Production Management), and the era of "dictator priorities division of OPM is less concerned N ship" in war production is at hand, unless,, perhaps, the unions under WLB (War Labor about holding up purchases and sales than in Board) are stronger. Doubtful, however, if Director Nelson will permit the latter, or if Lt. Gen. seeing to it that the purchaser does not over Knudsen will have to. The production director, makes the load; stop hoarding, at the expense of com contracts, prescribes what for, and gives the orders—including petitors, of materials for which there is war priorities and allocations, and the lieutenant general, who is use. What is wrong about that? k/eelc *$ Wat,"i n the army now," sees that the orders are carried out. These public relations men, hired to keep WLB can quibble about wages, hours, "open" or "closed" the public in line with the businesses that shop, but the work will probably go on while they quibble. they represent, know their mob psychology." OVER WEEK-END Awards will date from the start of the rumpus but meanwhile The other day a story appeared in the papers President Roosevelt made Donald M. —production. Nelson dictator of war production and that there would soon be a shortage of pep It makes it look as though America might get somewhere, appointed William S. Knudsen director per, and the next day there was a run on the of production for the War Department. and shortly. Director Nelson's administrative and executive grocery stores for pepper. Then there was Knud$«9- will be nominated as a lieu ability, seems to tower him like "Saul above his brethren," a story against hoarding sugir; it was to be tenant general Monday. and Lt. Gen. Knudsen has a record for production engineering rationed, if hoarding didn't stop, and imme Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles of much' the same altitude,—but this is not a matter of men. diately it seemed, everybody started hoarding asked the Conference of American For It is men of matters.. Congress hit the right trail in com eign Ministers to set up a hen_-_qg_-ere- —or trying to. The story that new radios wide "G-man system" to combat acti plaining that war production has been too slow to date, but might soon be unavailable put it into mil vities of enemy aliens. Brazil and Uru of course, congress had to mess the complaint then by out- lions of heads that they must have a new guay were reported ready to force the moding the products. - {On Page Two) (On Page Four) H-P i (On Page Three) Page Two THE MIRROR the size of the job ahead may be had Annapolis and West Point Appointments ULIEVE IT fittof. the fact that the airplane goal is six'times our 1941 output. Even though it's a big job, indus Announced by Congressman Robert Grant B^RELSE try's past record indicates that it's WO South Bend students have won pointment given Middleton, Congress not too big to handle. It will take man Grant named James Wayne of 1017 Mat Shells DeUxt appointments to the United States hard work, of course, and long TNaval Academy, Cong. Robert A. Pa-tam street, E.krtart, and Ralph Har- rell of 1721 S. Douglas street, Soti_B hours. We'll all have to get aong Grant announces. Ervin Derda, 1805 S. Fellows street, South Bend, a senior Bend. (From Page One) with fewer of the comforts and con at Washington High school, was named Subjfect to the regular academic en radio right away. It heats all how veniences we accepted so casually in a principal for one Annapolis vacancy, trance tests and physical examinations, the demand for new tires bounded peace time. We'll all have to make and Wade L. Hardy, Jr., 010 E. OaksScfe the prfncifwii appointees will begin their upward when it leaked out that Un sacrifices and do oar share. But, Blvd., South Bend, and now at Purdue Work with the beginning of the new cle Sam needed lots of rubber for his with a continuous flow of materials University, Won the second appoint tfJtining year, July 1, 1942. ment, Congressman Grant's third An war machines. and the co-operation of all groups napolis appd_i_tment went to Bernard If we are anywhere near as smart concerned, the job can be done. Pankowski, of 527 E. Lincoln Way, La as the research divisions of sundry And it shall be done. That is the Porte, a senior at Cathlcf-fc High school in Michigan City, and the single ap WINDOW industries, universities and founda important fact. The industrial sys tions, claim we are, there are a mil pointment available for. the Military CLEANING tem that in former years gave us the Academy, at West Point, went to Harry lion substitutes to be had for these highest standard of living in the Richard Middleton, of Nappanee, also a various things they tell us we must world can now give us the most student at Purdue. The South Bend Window soon go without — and our civilian weapons. In»peace time that system Three alternates were named for each Cleaning Company life isn't going to be choked off right was the envy of our enemies. Now Annapolis appointee, to step up in turn 129 North Main Street away. At its worst it Will be better m war time it will be their final de if the principal should, for any reason, Phone 4-3251 than it would be, if Hitler had us, struction. fail to qualify in the formal entrance tests or the physical ex__rhinations which and at most, will only be for the ;•. >Jc 5j_ 5j. follow. Alternates named for Derda in duration, if we win, instead of for the order of their seniority, were Myron ever is it might be if We lose. Com W-Sie 3(10 W06 come to us from Ekhart, Jr., 2205 S. High street, South mercialization of this mob psychol Bend, C. James Paris, 2313 Dixieway N., Glasses Correctly Fitted ogy, at the expense of patriotism, is South Berid, and Brice Bender, Jr., of about the most damnable racket just May Afford Us if Tiir^ Wakarusa. Est. 190« now going the rounds. I actually For the Hardy appointment, Congress propose a button for everyone to Bit of Wisdom 2_pS.£ man Grant named as alternates GeOjrge J. Burke from it. It may take some of the Munich, Jr., 216 E. Broadway, Misha wear who refuses to be humbugged waka, Richard W. Granger, 319 N. Stkte W. 6. Begardut —but I'm not going into the busi "cockiness" out of us and help us to street, Mishawaka, and Ervin Kalpa, E. C. Beery ness of selling them. appreciate more what it has been that 843 S. Brookfield street, South Bend. Optometrists & Mfg. Opticians made us so "cockey." America has Alternates for Pankowski, again in 828 S. Michigan Street always been a wasteful country. Na the order of seniority, were Robert Drive Safely and Save a Life. Despite fault- Sproul Lichtenberg, 518 Spring street, ture has been so lavish and mass pro Job Not Toofindin g in con Michigan City, and Earl M.

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