Leader of Zionists honored at banquet
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WLB develops ‘pattern’ on closed shop
Official statement indicates maintenance of membership clauses will be required
By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent
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Defer my aide, Wallace says
23-year-old stenographer ruled non-essential
By Martha Strayer, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Carol, Magda take life easy in new exile
Americans call ex-King ‘High Nibs’ in sociable bridge games
By Edward P. Morgan, United Press staff writer
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Senate to resume probe of Alaskan highway route tomorrow
By Thomas L. Stokes, United Press staff writer
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British are happy over Americans’ new friendliness
Improved relationship probably result from RAF and commando raids and progress of battle by English forces in Libya
By Helen Kirkpatrick
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Chinese clash at Jap drives
Admittedly grave situation eased by counterblows
By Robert P. Martin, United Press staff writer
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Midway pilots describe first taste of battle fire
Airmen go into fight as boys, but come out full fledged veterans, and heroes
By Frank Tremaine, United Press staff writer
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Ferguson: Air power!
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson
“Victory Through Air Power,” by Maj. Alexander Seversky (Simon and Schuster), is a man’s book – but American women should read it just the same.
Since we shall be forced to live in a world whose future probably will be dominated by air power, and since we shall have to pay for the stuff besides, we may as well become acquainted with the subject. Huge sums have been spent for battleships which, according to airmen, have lost most of their protective power. Maybe we’d better put our bets on another card.
If you have a mechanical turn of mind you’re bound to enjoy the Major’s arguments, and he doesn’t spare his blows. He peels the hide off everybody for being so listless about building a separate air force.
Yet this book has become a best seller in the last few weeks. What more proof is needed that the thought of the American people is concentrated upon military matters? Terrified by stories of European bombings, we are in a receptive frame of mind for the Major’s scoldings.
It’s easy to imagine how the Navy big shots feel about his scathing rebukes. Probably there’ll be an angry admiral before this domestic tug-of-war ends.
My guess is that the people will demand exactly what Maj. Seversky asks for – a separate air force under a separate command – a third strong arm for American defense. We all want what is best for the USA.
Only, if you feel as I do, you’ll be hoping that, with the expansion of the air fleet, there will be a corresponding curtailment of unnecessary items for the Army and Navy. It is bad form to speak now of savings – but in time, I’m sure the people will favor it.
Background of news –
Post-war planning
By Editorial Research Reports
Representatives of commercial and industrial organizations say that the rising interest in specific post-war plans for absorbing persons now engaged in war work, civil and military, is a “grass roots” movement, and comes from local Chambers of Commerce and business men, as well as public officials.
The newly elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Eric A. Johnston of Spokane, Washington, is expected to make stabilization of employment by private enterprise the main objective of the Chamber during his term of office. His announced thesis is that “never again will the American public permit long periods of unemployment,” and that “industry and labor, together with agriculture, working with government” can solve such problems.
Ten years ago, the Chamber of Commerce contemplated economic planning but at that time most business men felt that price-fixing and other agreements among competitors would be required, and that such were forbidden by the anti-trust laws. The Chamber now has a new committee on the subject which expects to institute a post-war planning campaign among business men.
Unless a business concern which employs a very large number of persons is particularly sure of its future, long-range planning is more difficult for proprietors than is long-range planning by a government agency with taxing powers, yet uncertainties confront both if work relief is an objective. Certain public improvements can be deferred for a time, but others may not be held up until an unemployment period is at hand. Likewise, industrial plant expansion may have to be undertaken at times when there is full employment of the type of workers required.
The first assault, insofar as large enterprises engaged in production of war materials is concerned, is in advance planning for reconversion of plants, and the utilization of workers now employed in factory production in such reconversion work. One of the points which government planners stress is that business men provide some sort of forecasts of employment, so that government officials can be informed as to when public work relief may be demanded.
It happens that one of the seven cities in which preliminary or “test” studies were made by the National Resources Planning Board before the Public Work Reserve was set up is Spokane. The other six are Winchester, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Fargo, North Dakota, and Sacramento, California. The PWA supplied engineers and clerical help for the NRPB demonstration studies, each of which required about three months. Experts in the various fields of municipal government cooperated.
The five steps taken were: To make a financial analysis of each city, to determine its capacity to pay for projects; to list needed improvements; to review and weigh the lists and frame a program; to submit a capital budget to the local governments; and to hold public hearings and otherwise explain the plan.
In the case of Nashville, for example, a summarized list of needs was prepared, showing improvements which would cost $17,670,201, together with a listing of the sources from which the program would be financed. Listed in the summary are projects under the following classifications: Auditorium, aviation, board of education, streets, sewers, general engineering works, fire department, flood control, health department, drug dispensary, hospital board, humane and juvenile commission, public library, light plant, police department, sprinkling and sanitation, and waterworks department.
Detailed plans and specifications were completed for schools, streets, sewers and general
engineering improvements and a number of other items, and other plans and specifications are in preparation – so that work can be started when materials and manpower become available.