Washington. D. C.
WILLKIK AND F D R.
Seldom in political history has m
President of the United States re
ceived such wholesome support on
major foreign policy from a defeat
ed candidate as Franklin Roosevelt
has received from Wendell Willkie.
Few people know how active Willkie
has been behind the scenes.
For instance, Willkie has even
done some missionary work on Joe
Martin, chairman of the Republican
C\mmTmmS? and opposition
leader of the house. Willkie remains
on very friendly terms with his old
campaign manager, even though
they differed on foreign policy.
Shortly after the congressional
vote to repeal the Neutrality act,
in which the Republicans nearly de
feated Roosevelt. Willkie phoned
Joe Martin.
"Joe," he said, "those Republi
cans who voted against repeal of
neutrality are going to nave a iuugS'i
time being re-elected. They're su
ing to find tho country is behind
Roosevelt on this."
The Republican national chair
man replied that he would not only
all the i'cpubiicans who
voted against Roosevelt, but he
would also elect a lot of new Repub
licans to fill the seats of the Demo
crats who had voted with Roosevelt.
"Listen," said Willkie, "if you re
elect SO per cent of those who voted
against the Fresident you'll be the
greatest political genius of all time."
"And." said Willkie. in telling the
story to a friend afterward, "a few
days later there was Joe himself
voting with Roosevelt for a declara
tion of war."
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SHIP BUILDING PROGRAM
The action of the house naval af
fairs committee in slashing the pro
posed expansion of our two-ocean
navy *as due chiefly to shortages of
materials and construction equip
ment.
However, Rear Admiral Samuel
Robinson, chief of the bureau of
ships, ran into a blunt barrage of
questions about the worth of the
battleship under modern combat
conditions. Committee members
sharply suggested that in view of
the battleship's record in this war,
the navy might be wise to build no
more.
Robinson contended that this
would be impractical, since the
United States needed battleships "if
our enemies continue to use them
for combat purposes."
"What is your honest private opin
ion of the battleship?" he was
asked. "Do you think this type of
ship is worth all the? money it costs
and the time and labor required to
build them?"
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but it's not
my function to answer that ques
tion," sidestepped Robinson with a
smile. "I'm not a policy man. My
job is to build ships after it is de
cided they are needed. However,
I have my own ideas about the bat- 1
tleship."
This drew laughter, and the ad
miral was pressed no further.
Robinson also was quizzed close
ly about the high cost of certain
vessels which the navy proposed
in the expansion program, chiefly
an aircraft carrier at an estimated
$85,000,000.
"Higher labor and material costs
are the biggest factors," Robinson
explained. "For instance, we have
a new type of armor plate for our
ships which is far stronger than
that used by any other nation. It
costs $60 a ton, three times as much
as the armor plate we formerly
used."
"How about the labor supply?"
"We have plenty of labor to carry
out our shipbuilding program," Rob
inson said. "Also plenty of facili
ties. Getting materials and ma
chine tools is our big problem right
now. However, the shortage doesn't
amount to a bottleneck. In fact,
production is running a littie ahead
of schedule and will be greatly ex
pedited by next spring."
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CAPITAL CHAFF
The outbreak of the war obscured
the incident, but the house ate crow
in a big way on its action last sum
mer barring David Lasser, former
head of the Workers Alliance, from
government employment. After a
careful investigation, the appropria
tions committee completely exoner
ated Lasser of any Communist af
filiations. Representatives John Ta
ber, N. Y.. J. W. Ditter, Pa., and
Everett Dirkscn, 111., who made the j
original accusation ducked the com
mittee session when Lasser was
cleared
Puerto Ricans wryly recall that
U. S. navy's radio towers at Cayey,
25 miles from San Juan, were dis
three years ago and sold
as scrap iron to the Japanese.
Farm
Topics
FARMER WARNED
ON WAR BUYING
Bargains for Cash Will Pre
vail After Emergency.
By H. C. M. CASK
(Head of Agricultural Economics. College
Ot Agriculture. University o/ Illinois )
There will be plenty of bargains
for those having the cash when the
war emergency is over and farmers
facing rising pr.ccs should keep this
in mind.
As improvement costs increase it
may be well to postpone some im
provements until costs are lower and
labor and materials are easier to
obtain, rather than pay a high price
now. In fact, future construction of
this kind will help prevent a post
defense depression.
Farmers will be tempted to over
cspar.d their ""orations and invest
ments in response to high prices,
but nothing is more important to the
farmei than careful financial plans,
especially to farmers burdened with
mortgages and other financial obli
gations. Farmers free of indebted
ness with money to invest may still
make some wise investments but
should avoid heavy new obligations.
The inflation of land values <tuu of
prices of other things farmers
bought during the last war, is re
called, which later were paid for
with farm products at greatly re
duced prices. Many farmers lost
title to their property because they
were unable to meet their obliga
tions.
Current low interest rates, which
are not assured for a long time in
the future, may lead some farmers
to overpay for land. While low in
terest rates bring a lower annual
payment, usually they have the in
fluence of raising prices of land and
other commodities bought. Hence
the purchaser in the end has a much
larger principal to pay. For ex
ample, a 5 per cent $60 mortgage is
much more favorable than a 3 per
cent loan on $100. Although the an
nual interest paid is the same, the
principal is $40 more in the latter
case.
In order to avoid the ill effects of a
post-war depression, farmers were
advised to consider seven points:
(1) Avoid land inflation by not pur
chasing at high prices; (2) avoid
long term debts or obligations that
fall due in large lump sums; (3)
pay oft current debts; (4) improve
land to meet more easily post-war
low prices; (5) provide better living
conditions in the home; (6) create
reserves by prepaying interest and
principal on debts, as well as to
provide good cash reserves; (7)
postpone high-cost purchases until
after the emergency, if possible.
Dairy Cow Requires
Protein Supplement
Overfeeding farm grains to dairy
cattle in the food production pro
gram in an attempt to supply suf
ficient protein and avoid the pur
chase of a high protein supplement
is false economy, explains J. G.
Cash, extension dairy specialist of
the University of Illinois college of
agriculture.
For example, a cow requiring 10
pounds of a 15 per cent protein mix
ture a day to meet her needs could
get the same amount of protein
from 15 pounds of a mixture of
equal parts of corn and cob meal
and ground oats, but the cost would
be greater and the cow probably
would not produce as well because
of the lack of balance between the
protein and carbohydrates.
A suitable mixture containing 15
per cent total protein could be made
with 600 pounds of corn and cob
meal, 400 pounds ground oats and
200 pounds soybean rr.eal, at a cost
of $1.47 a hundred pounds (figuring
corn at 70 cents a bushel, oats at
45 cents a bushel and soybean meal
at $2.50 a hundred pounds, and
adding a grinding charge of 10 cents
a hundred pounds for <?>rn and oats).
Ten pounds of this mixture would
supply Vk pounds of protein and
would cost 14.7 cents.
Around the Farm
Farm boys and girls are being en
couraged to increase supplies of
foods needed in this country by rais
ing pigs, calves and cfcickens.
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Oats, barley, wheat or rye grass
pasture is so high in protein that
very little protein feed is needed in
the grain mixture for dairy cows.
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Rubber tires will last longer if
rubber-tired machines and imple- i
ments are blocked up. when not in
use. to keep the weight off the tires. |
A SHORT while back we collcct
ed the opinions from over 40
well-known football coaches and
trainers along the line of physical
ntness ? of getting
oack in shape. With
, out exception they
I featured the legs
I and the stomach*
especially the lat
| ter.
As Tom Keene,
I *U _ * *_ - !
???? v civi an udiiici
at Syracuse told
me, "When the bel
ly's okay you don't
have to worry about
the rest of it, for GrmntlandRice
here's the center of
most good health and most bad
health."
We've printed their diets and their
suggestions ? plain foods, simple
foods ? and not too much of it. But
cf th^s? ?oachss inJ frainprs,
who know their trade, brought in an
other angle ? this was the mental
side, which has direct bearing on
the all-out war today.
"The best football player," a lead
ing cuach wrote inc, "needs some
thing more than size and speed and
physical fitness. He must be able to
sacrifice himself for the good of the
team. He must be able to lake
punishment ? and like it? for the
cause he is fighting for. He must
be willing to give up all outside
pleasures that conflict in any way
with the main idea, which is to win.
Only those who have this frame of
mind or really worthwhile. The
others are only good when things
are rolling their way.
"Football is no game for those
easily discouraged. Mental fiber is
even more important than phys
ical fiber ? and mental fiber means
giving all you have in the direction
of victory, no matter what the odds.
We might call it 'intestinal forti
tude,' a phrase the late Dan Mc
Uugin of Michigan and Vanderbilt
invented."
The Big Word
Words, as a rule, are unimportant, ;
when the air is full of flying steel. |
But in this same connection we still !
recall a conversation with a hard
bitten colonel of the First division
in France early in 1918, when the
German army, apparently, was
about to break through.
I happened to bring up the matter
of courage. The First division
colonel gave me a cold look.
"Courage," he said, "is secondary.
Most people and most nations have
courage. The big word is 'fortitude.' :
This is a far more important word
than courage.
"Fortitude, of course, includes I
; courage. But it goes far beyond.
Fortitude means both physical and
mental staJjiina. It means the abil
ity to carry on a job that might be
dull and uninteresting. It means
giving all you've got to give, out
side of the spotlight. In a football
way, it means the blocking back,
who clears the road for the ball car
rier. It means sacrificing yourself
for the cause.
"In this war, those up around the
front may get killed, but they get
all of the excitement. Those back
of the lines get the drudgery, minus
the thrills. You'll find that almost
all of those back of the lines would
much rather be up where the ex
citement is. It takes more fortitude
to do your work in a place where
there is little chance for any thrills,
| little chance for any publicity or any
reward."
A Leading Example
Some years ago I was talking with
Dobby Jones about the brilliant golf
record he piled up from 1922 through
1930. Bobby made no claim to any
superior skill with wood or iron.
"Tournament golf," he said then,
"is a game in which you just can't
afford t.o be easily
discouraged when
you step into trou
ble, as everyone
does. So I had to
make up my mind
to take a hard nerve
beating ? not a
physical beating, of
course. No one will
ever know the time
I felt like chuck
ing it all, and may
be wait for another
Bobby Jones
chance.
"I may be wrong, but I believe I
you can take more of a beating on j
the mental and nerve side than you j
can on the physical side. When I
used to pick up those sevens in a
championship round, and I got more
than my share of those, the tempta- '
tion to ease up and forget it all was
pretty strong. You get the feeling
there's no use fighting it out at that
particular iirmr.-"
ASK ME 7 A quiz with answers offering
ANOTHER I information on various subjects
The Questions
1. What is the mile-high city in
the United States?
2. Why do air travelers have
trouble with their fountain pens in
higher altitudes?
3. What country is called Miz
raim in the Bible?
4. During the war with Spain
who was commander-in-chief of
our forces?
5. The core of the earth is be
lieved to be composed of what?
6. What is perique?
7. When did Benjamin Franklig
reccivc his first airmail letter?
The Answers
1. Denver, Colo.
2. The air in the pen (if pen Is
but partially full) expands, cau&
ing a leakage of ink.
3. Egypt.
4. William MeKinlcy.
5. Nickel and iron.
6. A strong flavored tobacco.
7. In 1785, when in France. It
was sent from England by bal
loon.
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A Long War
The question arises, what is a
long war? A long war is regarded
as spanning a decade or more. If
this war lasts 10 years, it will be
the longest war in the past three
centuries. The Thirty Years' war
lasted from 1618 to 1648. Several
Greek and Roman wars extended
well over 20 years, and the Hun
dred Years' war, between France
and England, lasted from 1337 to
1453.
Wars in which America has en
gaged since it became a nation
have lasted, on an average, less
than four years, although the Rev
olution officially lasted eight
years.
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Anger is an oflected madness,
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and an intention to do common
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all passions which actually die
turb the mind of man, it is most
in our power to extinguish, st
least, to suppress and correct, our
anger. ?Clarendon.
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Tour Troubles
Do not grieve upon your own
troubles: you would not have them
if you did not need them. Do not
grieve over the troubles of "oth
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Working to Forget
I do not value fortune. The lov?
of laboi is my sheet anchor. 1
work that I may forget, and for
getting, I am happy. ? Stephen Gi
rard.
Charm of Life
Illusion and wisdom combined
are the charm of life and art. ?
Joseph Joubert.
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