The Ironwood Times from Ironwood, Michigan • Page 7

October 14, 1942 THE IRONWOOD TIMES, IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN Page Seven Harry F. Kelly Relaxes With Family Keenly interested in world affairs, the family of Harry F. Kelly, Republican candidate for Governor, looks up the scene of the latest action in the South Pacific. Standing from left to right: Joanne and Mrs. Kelly.

Seated from left to right: Lawrence, Roger, Mary, Harry F. Kelly, and Harry. Jr. The exprmed in thU column MW not necewarily the views of The Timw. This column to a weekly releue the Michigan Preai Association.

Why doesn't the government do something about it? There IS an answer. Take it from Schuyler L. Marshall, weekly publisher at St. Johns, a community in Clinton county that has never been over enthusiastic in recent years about the way Washington does things. Clinton county regularly votes Republican, but there is politics to this story.

Spare a minute or two if you have a question about the scrap metal drive. Listen to this country editor as he "talks" in his editorial column to his readers: A tali, tired-looking man stood at the end of a hotel room. There were about twenty newspaper publishers there. The tall man, his face lined, turned his tired eyes toward a sharp-tongued critic. "Why don't you move the scrap we have piled up for you?" the critic demanded.

"We've done our part. The people have done their part. The government fellows are the ones who are falling down. No wonder the people are fed up etc." The newspaper man quit talking and glared. Patiently, as if he 'had told it a thousand times, the government man started speaking quietly.

"You are right and you are wrong. Listen. You have done your job. The people have done their job. I want you to believe that we are doing our job, just as fast and as well as we can.

But there are a lot of things you don't know. I'll tell you about them if you will be patient and listen. "You have done a good job, but you are going to do a better job. We need more scrap metal. We need it right now, before snow flies.

If we don't get it now, we will not get it winter. We are 5,000,000 tons short of our needs, and that's counting what you have already piled up. If we fail to get that tons, we may lose this war and I'm not trying to fool you or scare you. "Stop and think a minute. Thousands of tons of scrap is piled up all in a week or two in a thousand or more widely separated points.

The woven wire fencing coming from farms must be baled, before it can be shipped or used. The old auto bodies have to be cut before they can be shipped or used. We are short of metal balers. We are short of equipment. We cannot do that all at once in a thousand different spots in 8j3 counties in Michigan." The tired looking government man went on.

"Scrap metal does not walk to the steel mills. It has fo be shipped. That takes freight cars. It takes trucks. It takes manpower.

You know, without me telling you, that the railroads are being rushed. You know about trucks and their tires. You know about men how many of them are already in service. "Be patient, mister. I have been working twenty hours day hard work without much sleep, and eating when and where I can.

Have you been doing that much? I'm asking you and all the people everywhere, in every county and every neighborhood, to take our word for it when we say we need more' scrap metal. We want it now before snow flies or we won't get it this winter. "Yes, I know. There have been 1 mistakes. I've made 'em.

Maybe you've made 'em. I know you are wrong when you think no effort is being made to move this scrap. It is moving right now, but we can't move it ajl at once. We will move it, all of it, in the next three or four months. It is now being dumped in huge quantities at the mills.

We want enough to keep those mills going full blast 100 per cent capacity all winter. "Yes, I'm tired. I've been damned uphiH and down. I don't blame people who do not, understand. That's why I'm here talking to you fellows today.

I want you newspapermen help them understand. I want you to help me. I want you to help your own boy in service. I want you to help lick Hitler and the Japs. "If you don't The tall, tired-looking government man's voice trailed away and hejust stood looking into the THE BOYS IN SERVICE GENUINE ENGRAVED SERVKE STATIONERY FOR ARMY NAVY MARINE ARMY AIR NAVY AIR AND COAST GUARD Whatever his service here's the stationery with the proper insignia for himl Fine white bond paper, size with insignia engraved in rich blue matching envelopes.

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