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Claims for Back Travel Pay
Pass V 2 Billion; Farm Chiefs
Call for Protective Tariff
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PORTAL TO PORTAL:
Claims Mount
As union claims against industry
for back pay for walking to the
job or preparing for work on com
pany property mounted to over half
a billion, tax experts opined that
Uncle Sam may have to bear the
burden of the settlements if the
firms are permitted to obtain tax
credits for such disbursements.
Although John L. Lewis first
pointed up the question of so-called
“portal to portal’’ pay for miners
traveling to the coal faces under
ground, the principle was given in
dustry-wide implications with the
Supreme court’s decision upholding
such compensation retroactive to
1938 for employees of the Mount
Clemens, Mich., Pottery company.
The Supreme court verdict was
followed by a rush of the major
CIO unions for such retroactive
back pay, with the United Farm
Equipment and Metal Workers su
ing International Harvester for 100
million dollars. Since employees
have been paid for a 40 hour week,
the unions are asking for overtime
pay plus damages.
Firms may be able to charge off
back payments to Uncle Sam under
provisions of the income tax law
permitting companies to carry back
net operating losses into the two pre
ceding years and also apply such
losses in two succeeding years.
Meanwhile, the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce polled its member
ship on congressional amendment
of the fair labor standards act of
1938 under which portal to portal 1
pay has been based. The chamber i
proposed (1) observance of custom, 1
practice or agreement in different
localities or industries as to work
ing rules; (2) provision for relief
for unwitting violation of the law,
and (3) permission of companies
and unions to make compromise
settlements.
GEORGIA:
Gubernatorial Mix-Up
Ability of the late Gene Tal
madge’s following to muster full
S strength when the
convenes was to de
“Old Gene’’ him
self was scheduled
unparalleled in
Georgia’s history.
Gov. Arnall Because neither the
new or old state constitutions pro
vided for such a contingency, ad
herents of Gov. Ellis Arnall and
“Old Gene’’ jockeyed for the posi
tion.
While Governor Arnall disavowed
any intention of taking advantage
of the uncertain legal situation to
remain in office, he
the gubernatorial
Gene’s” followers
hoped to muster H. Talmadgo
sufficient strength
to declare the post vacant at the
election canvass when the assem
bly convened, then name his son,
Herman, governor. Although only
“Old Gene’s” name was on the bal
lot at the last election, his son re
ceived a number of write-in votes
to provide for just such a contin
gency as occurred. Thus, the legis
lature could turn to Herman as the
nominal choice of the people.
TARIFF:
Seek Protection
Historically for free trade, the
deep south reversed its position in
petitioning President Truman and
Federal Trade commission for a
strong protective tariff for Ameri
tan agriculture.
Signed in behalf of the elect
ed commissioners of agriculture
of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Texas, Tennes
see and Virginia, the petition
reached Mr. Truman as the gov
ernment prepared for renegoti
ation of existing rates in recip
rocal trade treaties drawn
under the act of 1934 and sub
sequent extensions.
Declaring that industrially unde-
U. s. HEALTH:
Shows Improvement
After getting off to a bad start
in the early months of the year, the
health record among life insurance
policyholders in the United States
was excellent for the year 1946 as
E whole.
At the start of the year, there was
a rise in the death rate among
policyholders, but by the second
quarter this trend was reversed and
a marked improvement was shown.
For the entire year, it appears
that the overall civilian death rate
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veloped nations could pay for
American manufactured goods
only wuth agricultural products, the
commissioners warned against sub
jecting U. S. farmers to a flood of
foreign commodities and reducing
their living standards to a subsist
ence level. Calling for a trade pro
gram fitted into the American
economy, the commissioners advo
cated the exchange of such export
able products as wheat, lard and
cotton for rubber, coffee, tea and
bananas.
Wisely, the commissioners’ pe
tition was national rather than
sectional in its nature. Although
professing concern for the future
of cotton in competition with for
eign rayon, nylon and other ar
tificial fibers made in reconvert
ed armament plants, the com
missioners also warned that a
further lowering of tariff rates
would adversely affect cattle,
oleomargarine, butter, cheese,
fish, eggs, grains, potatoes, pea
nuts and vegetables.
Dramatically pointing up the ef
fect of cheap foreign competition on
American products, the commission
ers declared that whereas white and
sweet potato starches had been used
for the adhesives on the back of
stamps and the flaps of envelopes,
the adhesive on the stamp bearing
the petition was made of imported
cassava roots.
Men of Mars ....
At Johnsville, Pa., naval air
technicians develop deadly guid
ed missiles of future warfare.
Photo shows scientists testing
ship-to-shore weapon designed for
pin-point bombing at 100 miles.
Traveling hundreds of miles an
hour, missiles are directed to tar
get through television, radar, ra
dio or devices sensitive to sound,
heat and magnetism.
ITALY:
Postwar Troubles
Despite substantial assistance
from the U. S., Italy has been tread
ing a rocky road to postwar re
covery.
Italy’s troubles are not all econom
ic, although shortages of foodstuffs
and widespread unemployment re
sulting from industrial stagnation
have contributed to the political tur
moil. The left and the right are pull
ing against themselves for political
advantage and a rising wave of anti
clerical propaganda threatens the
traditional spiritual unity of the peo
ple.
On the economic front, Italy is
short of wheat, and spaghetti and
macaroni rations have been cut in
half. Pig iron production is down to
28 per cent of the prewar level; tex
tile fabrics, 56 per cent; chemicals,
66 per cent; mechanical goods, 76
per cent; cotton thread, 88 per cent.
Imports are almost three times ex
ports.
Helping Hand
Since Uncle Sam has dealt gen
erously with Italy, it is looking con
fidently for more assistance from
the U. S. Thus far, the U. S.’has
agreed to compensate Italy for
supporting American invasion troops
and furnishing war supplies, and
has extended credits for purchase
of overseas surplus. In addition,
Italy has profited from U. S. contri
butions to UNRRA and the interna
tional bank.
Despite the difficulties present
ed by shortages of both foodstuffs
and industrial materials, both the
left and right wings have made
political capital of unrest. Latest ex
ample was the food riots engineered
by Communists in southern Italy.
As a result of the political bickering,
there has been a resurgence of Fas
cist sentiment, with Mussolini’s for
mer followers growing increasingly
bolder.
Leftists also have backed the at
tacks on pope and church, with the
intention of weakening respect for
the Catholic doctrine of authority,
family and property. However, the
rightist dominated government has
been quick to fight abusive criti
cism of the clergy. An editor
charged with publishing phorno
graphic cartoons of a friar and un
clad woman was sentenced to two
years in jail.
Salvage Army Equipment
At repair shops in quartermaster
depots throughout the United States
thousands of different kinds of worn
or damaged military items ranging
from mess kits to mobile bakeries, ]
from shirts to typewriters are being
restored to usable condition in one of !
the biggest peacetime repair jobs
ever known.
Savings of $150,000,000 have been
accomplished at labor cost of sl3,*
000,000.
Clothing and textiles constitute
about 67 per cent of the total sal*
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY. GEORGIA
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
Red Tape
The sullen Russians continued to
keep overseas relations with U.v S.
military personnel on strictly a for
mal basis as illustrated in their or
der to an American naval vessel to
clear out of Dairen, Manchuria,
within the prescribed 48 hours.
The LC-3 1090 entered Dairen as
a diplomatic courier ship to bear
supplies and mail to the U. S. con
sul. Legally, the vessel was per
mitted to remain only 48 hours, and
the Russ ordered the Americans to
leave or accept the consequences
when it appeared they might be de
layed over efforts to obtain landing
clearance for a Standard Vacuum
Oil company employee, a newspa
per correspondent and a magazine
photographer.
Russian authorities in control of
Dairen had given the U. S. consul
the run-around in his attempts to
secure permission for the three
to land. However, their action
stemmed from a fear to grant the
clearance without prior approval
from their masters in Moscow rath
er than personal feeling.
QUAKE:
Rocks Japan
As hundreds of thousands of Jap
anese made homeless by earthquake
and tidal wave shivered in the win
try air, the U. S. rushed relief to the
distressed areas.
Having become used to the shock
and terror of wartime B-29 raids,
the Japanese accepted the catastro
phe with resignation, calmly count
ing their dead and injured in the
thousands and their property dam
age in the millions. No less than 24
of the 47 prefectures felt the trem
ors, with the coastal regions of
southern Honshu, Shikoku and Awaji
islands swept by seven foot walls of
water rushing in from the sea.
All of the horror and distress was
portrayed by the Tokyo newspaper
Asahi in an eyewitness report from
Shikoku; First, startled people felt
the ground shaking beneath them,
then they could hear a great roaring
sound. Stumbling from their quak
ing houses, they rushed for high
ground, but many were overtaken
by a surging wall of water and their
screams rent the air. Some people
saw a little girl with a doll crying,
“Save me, gentle Buddha,” but
when they returned to search for rel
atives the tearful child was miss
ing and all they could find was the
doll, wedged between planks on the
beach.
INDO-CHINA:
Imperial Headache
France was the latest European
power to suffer an imperial head
ache, with Indo-Chinese natives bat
tling French forces for extension of
self-government.
Under a compromise effected last
March, France granted self-rule to
several provinces but retained con
trol over the rest of the country as
a lever for continued dominance.
Availing themselves of a well-oiled
machine developed under Japanese
auspices during the wartime occu
pation, the native leaders of the Viet
Nam (Independence party) have
pressed for an extension of their
self-rule.
Not yet able to grant all of French
Indo-China independence and be as
sured of the protection of its com
mercial interests in the rich Far
Eastern country, France has been
forced to use troops to retain a grip
in the absence of an agreeable com
promise.
Lift for Milady
Now, we have seen every
thing in ladies’ hats or have
we? Latest creation by Edward
Stevenson of Hollywood, Calif.,
where one can expect almost
anything, utilizes Christmas
wrappings, etc., which other
wise might go into the waste
basket. This chic number is
fashioned from cellophane and
metal foil paper, cellophane
straws, holly, bells, pine cones
and tabs.
RAW MATERIAL:
U. S. Reserves
Huge demands during two world
wars have drawn heavily upon
United States reserves of metals
and minerals although the country
still has abundant resources of the
most essential, according to the
! New York Trust company.
Great as are its resources, United
States reserves of some important
metals and minerals have been de
pleted by unprecedentedly high pro
duction during the last five years.
Woman's World
Sew Children’s Clothes at Home,
Say Women Who Would Save
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*« T DON’T know how I’d manage
the budget if I didn’t sew the
children’s clothes at home," is what
many women say to me. The saying
of a few years ago, that it wasn't
worth the effort to sew at home
because things were so inexpensive,
no longer holds water. It’s just the
other way around now, so buy your
material, lady, and get busy at the
sewing machine.
Pajamas, nighties and even robes
are really so simple to make at
home, that even the novice can
whip through one of these garments
in about two or three hours. The
material and fit of the garments to
say nothing of the workmanship is
bound to be superior to what is now
available in the finished product.
Materials are now coming to the
market more readily, and it’s fairly
easy to find cottons, percale, broad
cloth, seersucker, muslin, flannel or
flannelette, challis and knitted wool
ens for pajamas and gowns. Pat
terns are easy to follow, and you
can even make them yourself if
you’re experienced at tracing from
worn underwear.
Pajamas are one item where you
can economize on sewing at home
for the whole family. For the young
sters you may choose the two-piece
kind inasmuch as they’re the
simplest to construct. I say this
merely because one-piece pajamas
necessitate buttons and buttonholes
and you can save a half an hour of
time in sewing if you use the two
piece type.
Here is a wonderfully simple way
for making nightwear. First of all,
have patterns and material ready
If you want to economize . . .
find make sure you know just what
steps to follow. A good idea is to
brush up on the instructions the
evening before so you’ll know exact
ly what comes next.
Assembly Line Technique
Easy to Use for Pajamas
Cut all the pajamas you are go
ing to make and pin each one to
gether as you cut it. As you are
pinning them, sort them into the
piles you have to sew first, sec
ond, etc. In another pile, place fac
ings and bands, pockets and cuffs;
in other words, those pieces that
are applied flat. Join shoulder
seams, apply neck bands, sew in
sleeves. Do all your hemming and
basting, if necessary, at one sitting,
then all machine sewing at another
sitting.
Work on a large table and cut
out several garments at the same
time while you have all your equip
ment out. Work goes much faster if
you can "specialize” a bit on your
different tasks.
Fabrics for pajamas and night
gowns should be selected primarily
for their durability and ease of
washability. Any of the fabrics
named previously will do the job
thoroughly. Unless you really have
time to spare, these fabrics need
not be ironed before wearing. Just
Make children’s clothes at home.
make sure that they are washed
clean, hung properly, and then fold
ed and tucked away in drawers un
til the next wearing. If desired, you
may add decorative stitches or sim
ple trimming like ric rac or col
orful binding to these clothes. Little
boys don’t go for this sort of thing,
but your daughter might like some
pretty feminine touches on her gar
ment.
Active youngsters as well as the
oldsters should have pajamas that |
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Fash ion Flash os
Look for less tailored dresses
in the casual line. One-piece dresses
with surplice necklines seem to be
the coming thing. These are not
quite so tailored, and may be just
the thing for busy afternoons of shop
ping or calling.
Designers are more and more in
terested in easy fitting in their new
gowns, so look for this feature when
ycu are purchasing your next dress.
Copper Felt Hat
This hat, called Bronze Lily by
designer Peg Fischer, is an ele
gant creation of copper felt
trimmed with bronzed feathers.
The matching bronze muff com
pletes the ensemble.
are cut generously. There are bound
to be restless nights when the chil
dren toss and turn while sleeping,
and their garments should be de
signed to give them freedom of
action. Let the armholes particular
ly be large and roomy, the legs
wide enough without being too
baggy. Avoid having the legs too
long as they will only get in the
way.
Consider Comfort First
In Making Pajamas
If however, the children seem to
be sprouting more quickly than you
can keep them in clothes, you may
have generous hems on the pajama
legs which can be taken down as
they grow.
For the younger children it may
be practical and even advisable to
make pajamas with the feet. Many
mothers feel that this comes in
handy if the child should unwittingly
throw off his covers during the
night. For smaller children it is
nice to have a back belt that can
be slipped through the side seam
belt, loops to tie in front. The young
ster can adjust this type of garment
easily, and it eliminates buttons.
There’s nothing so important as
good stitching, especially where it
concerns a much worn garment
such as the pajama. Set the ma
chine correctly with thread and fab
ric so that stitches will be even.
You’ll save a lot of time mending i
if you take this little precaution.
To finish the pajama properly, use
a pinking shears on all simple
seams. This may be employed dur
ing the cutting, and then this part
of the garment will be finished. Cot
tons are easy to cut with pinking
shears and no problems will arise
if the shears are in good condition.
For the seams on the inside of
the pants, a french or flat fell seam
is best because it lies flat and will
b$ more comfortable than any other
type. True, it takes slightly longer
to make, but the pajama will be !
more comfortable for it.
Knitted Lingerie
By laundering carefully and
ironing the fabric of your knitted |
lingerie intelligently, you can }
preserve its good looks and add !
to its life.
Always iron on the wrong side,
using a well padded ironing
board. Follow the grain of the
material as you let your iron
sweep over the garment. Never j
pull or stretch the fabric.
Lace and embroidery should be
pressed on the wrong side, and
this is best done over a soft towel
or a pad.
When you iron an unfamiliar
fabric for the first time, beware
of the temperature of your iron. [
Start with a warm iron, and if ;
the wrinkles don’t come out eas
ily, gradually increase the heat
until the iron glides smoothly
over the garment, pressing out j
the wrinkles readily.
For rayon crepe and satin, use |
a moderately hot iron. The fab- j
ric should be almost dry when I
ironed.
Soft, spun rayons take a hot
iron, but the fabric should be i
bone dry.
Just as the winter dress is ex
quisitely simple in its cut and line,
so are the classics soon to appear !
in the stores. The dresses already j
seen, especially those in linen, are 1
beautifully tailored.
You’ll be seeing white combined
with an interesting array of prints,
among them batik and paisley!
These are bound to be flattering to
young and old alike.
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I,
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of Tho Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for January 12
Lesson sublects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted hy International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—John 2:1-16.
MEMORY SELECTlON—Whatsoever ho
salth unto you. do It.—John 2:5.
The witness of John concerning
Jesus as the Son of God had been
attested by the divine knowledge of
Jesus and his personal call to his
disciples. Now the time had come
for him to declare his authority as
God by an overt act which all men
could see and understand.
It is interesting to note that for
this, the first of his miracles, he
chose a festive occasion in the home.
He had been invited to be a guest
at a wedding (v. 2). Those who ask
him to be present at their marriage
may confidently expect him to be
present and to add greatly to the
real joy of the occasion.
The authority of our Lord shows
here in three different ways:
I. He Commands (vv. 1-8).
He was neither host nor was he
the one charged with responsibil
ity for the serving, but when the
time came for him to do his mighty
act the servants were ready to
obey the admonition of his mother
and do what he said.
Mary may have had some respon
sibility for serving the guests. Why
then had she not looked to the sup
ply of wine? Apparently she who
knew of what had taken place at
the baptism of Jesus and immedi
ately after, and having in her heart
the memory of what occurred at his
birth (Luke 2:14), thought it time for
him to do some great miracle.
He was indeed ready to do so, but
In his own way. “What is that to
thee?” in verse 4 really carries the
meaning: “This is a matter which
I must care for in my own way,”
and he did.
We do well to seek grace to be
like the servants who did what
the Lord commanded, even though
it did not seem to be a sensible solu
tion to fill the jars with water. Obe
dience without hesitation and with
out question is the price of blessing!
11. lie Creates (vv. 9-11).
The act of creation was already
done, but now the fact came to light.
He had changed the water into wine,
the juice of the grape. This was not
a case of adding something or dilut
ing the remaining wine. Here the
water, as he decreed it even with
j out the use of a spoken word, was
no longer there, but the best of wine.
Jesus was and is the Creator. He
j was present at the beginning of all
things (note the “let us” in Gen.
1:26), and it is declared that “by
I him were all things created” (Col.
1:16, 17). In fact, “without him
was not anything made” (John 1:3).
What he created was good, so
good in fact, that the one in charge
of the feast remarked about it. The
l Lord never does anything by halves,
nor in a careless or defective way.
He made a great quantity of wine
(probably more than 100 gallons) and
it was of the greatest excellency.
Some would read verse 10 as
though our Lord wore here helping
along a drunken wedding party, but
of course that is not true. The stew
ard was simply recognizing the ordi
! nary rule of serving whereby one
uses the best one has until there is
I no more like it, then takes the in
ferior provision. To use this verse
to excuse drunkenness is only pos
sible for those “eager to mar, if
by means they could, the image of
perfect holiness which offends and
rebukes them” (Trench, quoted by
Lenski).
111. He Controls (vv. 12-16).
After a few days with his family
and his disciples, he went down to
Jerusalem for the great feast of the
Passover. There he found his Fa
ther’s house being misused and de
filed. His holy indignation kindled,
he spoke and acted with authority
as he drove these “racketeers” out
of the temple.
People like to hear about a God
of love, one who knows their weak
ness, and Is kind toward their in
firmities. But we must not forget
that God shows his love by a great
and holy hatred of sin, and a desire
to deliver us from that sin. This
means that he must and will deal in
drastic fashion with those who per
sist in their sin.
This is a majestic picture. The
Son of God and Son of Man steps
into the center of this unholy traffic
and with mighty, holy indignation
(not anger) drives it out.
Why did these men who were so
deeply intrenched and so eager to
i make money flee before the wrath of
| a lone man? It was only because
! they recognized divine authority. He
j has a right to control men, for he
i is God.
It is not a mere matter of re
form, for here he was cleansing the
temple, the very heart of the life
of the Jewish people. He dealt With
a present situation to establish an
eternal .principle.
We cannot help but admire this
magnificent Jesus, but the question
comes to us today, Has he been
given his proper authority over and
in our lives?