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PAGE S!X Repeal Asked of Hatch Act by Educators L:.nd Grant Institution Professors Decry Law's Scope Re phrasing Urged MADISON, Wis. (UP) Repeal of the Hatch law prohibiting political activity by federal employes because it "gagged" educators and land grant schools during the presidential cam paign is favored by Howard Becker, University of Wisconsin sociologist. lie urged repeal of the "entire law" before the 1044 presidential election and said h; was "willing to be an unwilling test case if someone has to decide the question." Wiscon sin, like most state universities, is a federal land grant school. The trouble with the Hatch law, Eerker said, is Its "failure to distin guish distinctly between academic and ordinary political freedom." "I have a certain duty when I am before a class in the university." he explained. "No professor has a right to use a class as a sounding-board, to lend himself to influencing un duly those students who by tradi tion can't effectively talk back." Wants Free Speech Outside the classroom, however, i Pecker believes he should be allowed "to do and say exactly what I please." Betker planned to seek support of other American sociologists for re peal of the Hatch act during their annual meeting at Chicago in De cember. Another University of Wisconsin faculty member, Elizabeth Brandeis Rni!shenbus"h. lecturer in economics and daughter of the retired U. S. supreme court justice, Louis D. Brandeis, advocated a test to "deter mine just what the courts' interpre tation of the bill is." "I don't think any of us really knows v hat the art means," said Mrs. Rnusher.busch. conceding that the lav- phouUl "draw the line between legal and illegal activity some where." Dean Lloyd K. Garrison of the Wisconsin law school, first chair man of the national labor relations board, criticized the bill for absence of what he termed "clear-cut mean ing." Re-Phrasing Urged "But then," he said, "I'm not sure it's possible to phrase any statute in telligently with regard to an educa tional Institution especially one ROWING "JIIIS Is no accident victim being rowed home. It's a ship-to-shore lelivery, at Arlca, Chile, of birth lay presents destined for a lovely lady in La Paz. Bolivia. It sounds eorplicUed and It is, more or less! :.a Paz, highest capital in the world, rests 12,000 feet above sea level in a republic which has no sea coast and must needs use ports in Peru and Chile for communication with other part3 of the world. In the first lap of the journey be tween New York and the skytop capital, this automobile traveled 1,500 miles without turning a wheel In the hold of one of the luxuri ous ships which carries passengers nd freight each fortnight betweeu New York and Chile. At Arica the automobile was swung over the lido of the liner and drooped Into Traveling Around America k H r:. '1 1 ' i : SurpriseMeatPie ! -and tcatch it keep 9em passing back for more! "by Dorothy Greig GUESTS usually look politely baf fled when this pie arrives on the table as the meat course. You bcc, the pie is not a deep dish at fair filled with chunks of meat. It is a flat two-crust pie. like an apple pie. When cut into smoking hoi ! VtJv1 ft 1 , k.ii'tS':.; and fresh from the oven, each wedge shows brown and crumbly and glistening. The secret of its flatness is ground meat. This is cannily sea soned with onion and condensed tomato soup, and topped by a crust rich, short and flaky as you can make it. Cauliflower, broccoli, carrots or peas are suggested as suitable vegetables to serve with it. The pio is put together this way: 4 tablespoons minced onion 1 pound ground beef 1 can condensed tomato soup -i teaspoon salt , teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon butter Pie pastry for two-crust pio Cook the onions in a little butter until soft. Add the ground beef and cook until barely brown. Blend in the soup. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper and mix. Line a nine inch pie plate with short pastry, rolled Y inch thick. Moisten the edges of the crust with cold water. Fill the pie shell with the meat mixture Cover with the top crust, prick top, brush with melted butter,' and bake in a 375 oven for 1 hour.i or bake in a hot oven (450) for 15 minutes and then decrease heat to 350. and bake 15 minutes loncer. that wouldn't do more harm than it would good. Such a thing is just too hard to draft." Carrison expressed "sympathy" for the Hatch law's major objectives but said lawmakers "let their orig inal impulses roam too far astray." One university educator, Asher ITobson, agricultural economist, de fended the Hatch "clean politics" law, terming it "a good thing." "I suppose," he said, "the argu ment could be held that a university 'educator has two separate entities, 'but I do believe there was some I necessity for curbing the political activity oi federal employes." A CAR! this over-sized rowboat for the trip to shore for at Arica large ocean liners cannot discharge freight or passengers direct to the dock, but must use lighters. The transfer of the automobile to one of these little boats bobbing around on the waves below is a thrilling feat to watch, particularly if the seas rough. Often a sudden wave swings the boat out of position just as the car i3 being lowered into it and the latter Just misses being 'dropped into the sea. Somehow, though, such cargo always arrives safely on the dock. Thence it makes the 278 mile, 20-hour journey b'rail to the Bolivian capital. Such are the expe riences of a shiny new car destined as a birthday present for a lovely lady in La Paz. 1 Britain Draws any Seamen from Canada Appeals for Volunteers to Man Mer chant Ships Answered Many From Lake Fleets. By EDWIN E. IjOWELL United Press Staff Correspondent TORONTO, Ont. (UP) Hundreds of Canadian seamen and officers from the Atlantic to the Pacific are an swering the call of the British mer chant marine service. Thousands of British sailors in ports over the world vere recalled to man positions in the British navy following the outbreak of war. To fill theso gaps, Britain looked to her Do minions. Canada answered the call with 2,000 of its most able seamen, of whem it is estimated more than half this number are from Toronto. Britain needed oil and gasoline to lubricate and operate the machinery of war and a fleet of tankers was brought under British charter to car ry these vital cargoes. Only a few hours after the call went out for men, more than 200 Toronto sailors vol unteered for the emergency and were soon on their way to Atlantic ports to join their vessels. Many From Lake Fleets The men who r.nswercd this call, in many instances, left lucrative jobs on shore and aboard lake steamers. They came from all walks of life. As nation after nation yielded to the German onslaught, hundreds of ocean-going vessels ranging from 1,000-ton tramp steamers to igiant 20,000-ton passenger ships escaped to the safety of British waters. And as the demand increased for more men, England again turned to Canada. This time more than 500 Toronto men volunteered, lining up in frcnt of shipping offices minutes after the call went out. In a few hours, they were en route eastward. Many were placed on board ships of other nations, including vessels of Swedish, W - f V THOUSANDS of jroung men, volunteers and draftees alike, are today swelling the ranks of the U.S. Army as the nation's gigantic defense program moves rapidly forward. And in the Army, America's young men are finding an entirely new kind of life, different from any they have previously known. Regardless of his background in civilian life, the young recruit shares his tent or THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS of the Army maintains 12 echool3 for bakers and cooks where a four-month course is given to train mess officers. Keeping up to the American standard of food consumption, the U.S. Army makes liberal allowance for an unfailing supply of healthful food. No scrimping is encouraged, and today's soldier finds that his daily fare is varied and substantial. BASIC UNIT of every army is still the infantryman, and his rifle is still a powerful weapon. Not until he has mastered its use, with other fundamentals of combat, -will he be taught the mysteries of the more complicated arms. The lessons that American Army men have learned from the wars in other lands are being put into practice today, the latest March cf Time film, "Arms and the Men U.S.A." reveals. The film, which shows how the young men in Uncle Sam's new citizen army live, what they are learning, PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUENAL Polish, Belgian, French and Nether- lands registry. j Officers Meet - Emergency In seme instances, many lake of ficers who never had sailed out of St. Lawrence river were placed in re sponsible positions aboard ocean-going vessels. A former captain of a C. N. R. passenger boat is now com mander of a Canadian convoy ship. An engineer from a Toronto-owned ship holds a similar post on a Belgian vessel. , Seme of these seamen have made their final trips, victims of enemy raiders patrclling the seas in search of cargo ships. With the close of another lake sea son only a few weeks away, many seamen in Toronto are preparing to move into tha merchant marine ser vice for the winter. Others already have obtained berths and are await ing orders to sail. A returning Toronto seaman sum wed it up this way: "If you want to find out who is boss of the seas, ask the man who sails the ships in convoy." SECRET WEAPON" IN TRUCK TI1ERMOPOLIS, Wyo. (UP) A Hot Springs country rancher has a "secret, weapon" he leaves in his truck cab when he parks in city streets. The "weapon" is a four foot bull snake which rides in the truck bed on long trips. HOMING PIGEON FORGETS SELF CUSHING, Okla. (UP) A car rier pigeon settled down at a farm home near dishing and has made no effort to go about its traditional business of returning home. The bird's leg is banded with a cryptic "Aug Bel 423." STRAY CATS AEE HEIRS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UP) A home for stray cats and other ani mals will be established with 5300 left for that purpose by George W. Lane of Newton whose will was pro bated here. H 1 America's Yo :mg Men Find a New Kind of Life in the Army ttx V-VrCa" ' : zJ k i - o A fv vi v sj1 v J -. .ftrarai 1.-4 . t Ada . JUii: 1 X sggggl'.- - v- TODAY'S PROFILE By UNITED PEESS Time ha3 mellowed Jack Kirk land, playwright and Broadway pro ducer, for the critics the other day gave only a lukewarm reception to his new production, "Suzanna and the Elders," and there wasn't a single punch tossed. There was an era when Kirkland was less phlegmatic and once he walloped a critic who was unkind to one of his plays but in recent years he has grown to care little for the opinions of theater writers mainly because his "Tobacco Road" which was soundly panned is now in its seventh year an all-time record. Kirkland thinks "Suzanna and the Elders" will be a hit despite the crilics since, as in "Tobacco Road" he writes for the mass audience and not particularly for the theater-wise. It is a play about the cult colonies of the middle ISSOs and like most things written or produced by him gets fairly elemental at times. Kirkland, now 38, who has made more than $1,000,000 from "To bacco Road" once was a barefoot boy in the Ozarks and got his first job as copy boy on a St. Uouis news paper. He saved $3 and ran it up to $10S on a roulette wheel. With this he bought a ticket to New York. He got a job on the Daily News and in 1924 married Nancy Carroll who was then hoofing in a chorus. Less than a year later he was hired by Tom Mix to press agent his tour of Europe. He took his wife along and on their return they headed for Hollywood. Kirkland got a job as a scenario writer, Nancy got a bit In a stage show where she was spotted by film scouts and rose to be a star. They were divorced and Kirkland came to New York to launch his first play, "Frankie and Johnny." The censors forced him into the courts to save the show and just when he got a favorable decision his money ran out. barracks with five or more other men whom he has never seen before, learning the theory of soldiering and the reality of the comradeship of men in arms. Most important single individual to the young recruit is his drill sergeant, who supervises practically all of his activities, is sometimes severe but always a teacher, The Quartermaster Corps buys food in large quantities and then distributes it to the various posts. Eggs, milk, vegetables and other fresh foods are bought in the area of each Army post. Average cost per day of feeding a soldier is about 42 cents, with variations depending upon local prices. how thev are being trained, and many other phases of the nation's defie p"gram, joints out that the U.S. has but recently begun to Trachanife its army. Young Americans take an .absorbing interest in everything mechanical', and today they are being taught the comDlex details of tanks and planes along with the new thnTquePs of baSe? In dress rehearsal, the m shows every man plays again and again the, part he may some day be called vgoo. to take in deadly earnest. He returned to Hollywood and fash-' ioned several screen hils. j About this time- he read a novel j by Erskine Caldwell called "Tobacco j Road" and was so impressed be took i passage on a freighter for Majorca, j Spain and there wrote a stase adap-! tatien. Producers turned it down but Kirkland took his last $0,000 and put. it on himself with some out side help. The show opened in De cember 1033, one day before the re peal of prohibition and long since has shattered every record in the atrical history. Kirkland also was the author of'ing "Tortilla Flat" and "I Must Love Som-one- the first named being the own resistance and hasten the speed inspiration for the poke at the dra-jof crofts by as much as 10 per cent, matic critic- "Suzanna and the Eld-j is boing developed for the govern ors" features his present wife. Haila Iment by Prof. .b!in R. Weske, of the Stoddard. MILLS CLOSED DOWN SEATTLE, Dec. 3 (UP) A united front of AFL and CIO unions, acting on their threat to spread "as broad a tie-up as possible" through the northwest lumber mills and logging ramps in a drive for increased wages, closed six addition mills at Everett, Washington, today. Almost 4.000 workers already were out and it was indicated that other mills would soon close unless they could bo supplied with logs. RECOGNIZES FRENCH REGIME LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP) Great Pritain has recognized "de facto" both Gen. Charles De Gaulle, head of the "Free French" movement, and his defense council, an authoritative source said today. It was said semi officially that they were recognized as ""allies." but not as the French government. SCHOOL BUSES SAVE COUNTIES Montgomery! Aia. (fp) Thirty-three of Alabama's C7 coun ties are saving approximately $350, 000 a year through county and muni cipal ownership of school buses. Dally Journal Ihc x weev. v. I Pi ' - n JgURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1940. Plane E: lane fcxnert A Sees Air Drag as Speed Aid : Super- trcamlinins- Effect Mav Tr-rn Resistance to Acceleration Would Increase Speed. I v ROBERT I. FITZ HENRY CLEVELAND, O. ( UP) A revolu tionary nivthod Of "sU!erstrrimliTi. i 1 ""'" i:ie il 11" Hm'U is put !to work as an a cent to cut dmvn t Case School Attacking the streamlining prob lem from an entirdv new ancle Prof. Weske found that air streams pushed under pressure along both (the wings and fuselac enu.,! m j immediate and substantial drop in atmonheric resistance, as the plane sprd through the air. .-naie air vumn an inch and a ihIf of the plane's surface he dis covered, was doing most of the dam age by piling up in eddies and cre atine a hish skin friction. Eddies "Washed Of!" Prof. Weske employs a swift air coiiimn from a nozzle like aneiture t o "wash" oiT the eddies, thus kcep ng the surfaces of the atmosphere i i n contact with the plane smooth and fast-moving. The National Advisory Committtee for Aeronautics, which is sponsoring the research, believes thnt the new "airlining" may Increase the combat ransre of bombing and fighting planes by hundreds of miles, enabling in creased quantities of both explosives rnd fuel to be carried. "The airlining" operates through a series of holes, or slits, an eighth of an inch wide and three inches long, through which air, sucked in from the rear of the plane, is blown under pressure. Trof. Weske says the holes would be arranged in long rows extending across both the fuselage and wing areas. In addition to enhancing the speed and "pay load" or aircraft, he be lieves the new principle will have an application to marine transpor tation. High pressure streams of water coursing along a shlp'3 hull, he says, will reduce substantially the retarding skin friction caused by turbulent water currents. "The bis problem in putting it in rhips is to make certain that it. doesn't detract from the strength of the hull and I think this (an be worked out." The 4 0-year-old graduate of Han over Tech (Germany) and Harvard University labored on his "airlining" scheme alone for three years ' and then turned it over to the govern ment. "I think it's coming into universal use, and that'll be rich enough re ward for me," he said. YOUTH. 18. rUYS STORE WITH LIVESTOCK PROFITS STAPLEHURST, Neb. (UD Earnings from 4-H club livestock activities have enabled Arden Aeger ter, Seward county farm youth, to purchase a half interest in one of Staplehurst's three grocery stores. Aegcrtcr, who is 18, had the re serve grand champion Hereford in 103G, grand chamion lamb in 1934. reserve grand champion lamb in 1937 at Ak-Sar-Ben shows. At state fair exhibitions, he had a grand champion in 1937 and generally showed the champion or prize pen of lambs. Aegerter said his gross earnings and winnings have been about 3, 500, for a net of approximately $500. Arden and his brother, Harold, 23, pooled their finances and bought the store in the town of 300 population. JUDGE, TAGGED, FINES SELF SANTA CRUZ, Cal. (UP) Police Judge William A. Deans was tagged for overparklng. His honor, who fixes bail on all traffic cases, fined himself $1. 3 Seven Room, AH Modern Home ialS Situated in good residential district. Terms reasonable. Call 8 Phone No. 6 During the Day or No. 643 8 at Night! bsGOOCOOOeOOeCOGGGOOSGOOM I FOR SALE I ri m v 3