May 27, 1946 (4 pages)

MONDAY, MAY obs . 946 cokes [ NEVADA CITY. NUGGET PAGE THREE (Political Advertisement) + YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST WORLD WAR VETERAN ATTENDED NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK and POLICE SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and TREASURY DEPARTMENT SCHOOLS OF INVESTIGATION Jersey: Mexico PENNSYLVANIA STATE Former Member of New State Police Former Government Agent Private Investigator For "__SUPPORT— William F. Pohley FOR SHERIFF Political Advertisements CANDIDATES ELECT WILLIAM E. WRIGHT Superior Judge Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 —— VERNON STOLL af Superior Judge Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT JAMES SNELL Superior Judge of Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ae seca ~~ ELECL THOMAS J. BARRETT Sheriff Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 \ \ ᐀刀䔀ⴀ䔀䰀䔀䌀吠᐀ CARL J. TOBIASSEN Sheriff of Nevada County —THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE— ELECT WAYNE BROWN Sheriff Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT FRANK G. FINNEGAN District Attorney—Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 RE-ELECT H. WARD SHELDON (Incumbent) District Attorney—Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT B. (Bap) TOCCALINI Constable Nevada Township PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT JACK CURRY Constable Nevada Township PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 406 Broad Street ANTIQUES BOUGHT AND SOLD Call At DEER CREEK INN —FORMERLY NEW YORK HOTEL— OR PHONE 107 ‘. fession or on Nevada City POST WAR LABOR . EFFICIENCY DROPS * TO LOW LEVEL By Ralph H. Taylor One of the knottiest problems-confronting post war business, ly at the industry . and agriculture was tackled recent. entitled to “action on it. spring production econfer-} ling out not be lifted arbitrarily above . of the man who must in consequence . be held down below his true earnhis earning capacity at the expense ing “ages and severe be underA Beet r day’s . days pay should be the slogan in . this’ crisis period. of reconversion. . . The nation needs action on this slogan desperately—and the men who . excels his fellowssin-~ production is . ence of the American management . Warrant Issued For association in New York. It .is the! Path er Who Kidnans Son problem of law ivity, man hour which means, less output per man which has spread like an economic plague. Thousands of California are disiurbed by this trend, farmers The Ford Motor Company reports . that its post war labor efficiency is 34%. lower than. pre war a report typical of the many submitted. Wage increases have proved no solution. The granting of higher wage scales has not resulted in an appreciable step up in man hour output. The resultant lag in production at a stage in reconversion when only markedly increased production. will halt inflation, stabilize the nation’s economy and assure maintenance of a high standard of living is of serious import to the American people as a whole. ‘News of how this conference proposed to deal with the problem is of major significance for two reasons: 1 The 700 participants included union delegates as well as industrial engineers and management representatives. It was not an occasion for bootless fault finding—for either labor baiting or management baiting. The approach was constructive. 2 Most of the delegates agreed upon a simple, basic solution: incentive for ambitious, superior workers. That is to say better .pay for better work. In brief reaffirmaition of the American principle that every man whatever he does, should have opportunity for adequate reward for individual initiative and willingness to give all he’s got to his job. Various wage interesting of them of sucessful oulttcome, One was a gang bonus plan applicable to firms with large employe groups doing virtually the same type of work. The process is to work out a standard task requiring 10 men. Ifa group of eight men can do the task they receive the pay of 10. That plainly is not a speedup (so objectional to workers) whereby the employer profits at the expense of the worker. For management pays exactly the same total in wages for the work except that the sum is distributed in wages among fewer men so that each man automatically earns a bigger paycheck. ‘Perhaps one of the worst drawibacks of the flat scale pay rate set by union demand is that it penalizes the superior workman. If for instance 50 men are working in a plant as machinists all getting exactly the same fixed wage irrespective of how much work each turns out the interior man, the lazy and the Hrones, inevitably set the pace of production. The swift and skilful and ambitious man who knows he cannot expect any higher wage than the incompetent man at the next machine very naturally gets discouraged: The system forced into the economic framework by his own union classes him with the drones and robs him of incentive to do his best. Indeed in many closed shops a fixed man per day out put is set by union decree and the worker who exceeds his quota is subject to criticism and even to punishment by his union for the offense. Other factors over a long period of years have tended to dull the spirit of enterprise in superior workers, During the make work, feather bedding years of the depression workers were led to believe that it was right to do as little as possible for as much as possible as a means of spreading the work to relieve unemployment. ‘But to carry on that . negative theory today is as destructive to the welfare of all workers as it is to the welfare of all the rest of the American people. Unless the nation produces to the utmost with every man doing his best in his job or his prohis farm America’s economy will collapse and a more dreadful spectre of unemployment and privation than was ever dreamed of in 1933 will stalk the land. There is a limit to the percentage of any business’s overhead that can ibe allocated to labor costs—if the business is to prosper and provide full employment. And this percentage should be divided among the workers in accordance with their rerespective contribution to production. Every man should have opportunity to earn all he is capable of earnin gbut not be lifted arbitrarily above product. in simpler terms . ;mento formerly Mrs. iby Mrs. ed the boy a family father been. issued far Lemons. Nevada City and ,, at services held in Forest Hill, experimen‘s . along this line were reported most curity of Mrs. Dorothy M. Russell of Sacrathe Grass that her Valley township court former husband had stolen . Jack Lee Lemons. The actoin was instituted Russell as soon—as she learn felony who had been*left wiih west of Grass Valley for safe keeping allegedly had been spirited away by husband, A warrant has her former of the boy. Mrs. Ida Sweeney Funeral Is Held Funeral services were held this morning in. Holmes Funeral .Home for Mrs. Ida Isabel Sweeney who died Friday in San Jose. conducted by Rev. Angus Miller, rector or Trinity Episcopal Church. Interment was in the Pine Grove Cemetery. 2 Services were ‘Mrs. Sweeney was born in Nevada City and only in recent years had removed to San Jose following the death of her husband. Surviving are three children, Mardelle of San Francisco and Benjamin and William Gweeney both of San Jose. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Clara Phillips of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson of Oakland. Earl Covey veteran,of World War I will be the Memorial Day speaker Placer County. Mrs. Diane Popovich of Sacramen. to was.a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smith overnight last week. work for a better} jfway, for Jack W. Lem-} ons, charged in a-complaint filed in. ! Nevada City Airport — Greatly Improved Charies Veale, chairman of the} \INevada City Chamber of Comme2-ce airport committee and ¢ity ¢counci man reported yesterday that the first phase of the work on the municipal . airfield is practically completed. John Hilliard contractor who undertook to remove a humm and fill ja hollow in the east and west run$2000 is rapidly nearing ithe end of his contract. ‘Ther vill still remain the task of surfacing th field. but for the present use it needs ‘a packed earth covering. MEMORIAL Donations PLAQUE. DONATIONS totaling $125.50 have received by the committee headed by A. S. been the flag pole to be erected in the Memorial Grove of Pineers Park. Bates for placing 2; plaque containing the names of Ne-! ,; vada City’s war dead at the foot of is visiting her eect aiey me 8 Will Ask Rivoliion . Of Liquor Licenses . Russell Farley, law enforcement officer for the State Board of Equalization, declares he will ask. the board to revoke the beer and wine license held by the Nevada Hotel in Tru due. ato repeated . violation of the law by the hotel operators, Jeseo Gilman*and Ida Gilman, alias Ida Gilman. The pair were arrested for selling whiskey while possessing only a beer and wine license. They pleaded guilty before Justie of the Peace Jesse Gilman and Ida Bohlman &lias fined $500 it was his second offense, affd Ida-Rohiman was fined $190. Both fines were paid. Mrs. Evelyn Brown of San Leandro grandmother, Mre. Augusta Miller of this city. . livery Phone 41 SRX. H. D. HOYT ELECTROLUX CLEANERS Air humifiers are coming through every month in increasing numbes. If you waht demonstration or June de435 West Main Street, Grass Valley o corner — and handy! Corner Main and Auburn Streets BLUE RIBBON WINNERS OUR CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, in quality and moderate price. Shop at the GOLD PAN— its right on the GOLD PAN LIQUOR STORE PAULINE AND JOHNNIE ZUGNONI BUILDING 244 Boulder Street Grass Valley OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M. TO 8 P. M. NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY ‘ “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD" i Telephone 500 MATERIALS . Nevada City, Calif. if. lect DON HOFFMAN Top Business On Hoffman’s Card:— 1 (Represent 2nd _ District. 2 ‘Guarantee the peace and seAmerica by every means available to us. the people of the » 3 Retain every single advantage . in war or trade that ‘we have won. 4 .Clear the way and get back to business: on the American standard, with people at the wheel that know how iit can be best and most quiekly accomplished. 5 -Elimination of the heavy bureaug of government, putting their chiefs to work on the accomplishment of their mission rather than the assumption of legislative control over our economy. 6 Reorganization of our armed forces at the earliest possible date, correcting many conditions efifecting the morale and leadership of the Army and Navy. Make the services attractive to American youth by affording technical training and pay comiparable to the same skill in civilian life. Afford men and women. of the services increased opportunities to round out their education including many subjects leading to college credits. Continue and strengthen the War Department Industry teamwork, that will permit a changeover to defense production at a rate even more speedily than was accomplished in the present emergency. 7 Maintain a constant and-vigerous interest, in congress, of veterans affairs and speed up action on all accomplishing ‘preslegislation for ent and future commitments to exservice people. The 2nd Cong. district comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta,=Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity ‘and Tuolumne. A Californian Don Hoffman was born in StockCivil School at Camp Custer Political Advertisement DON HOFFMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS, 2ND CALIFORNIA DISTRICT : PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 4, 1946 WORLD WAR II VETERAN MAKES BID FOR CONGRESS ON REPUBLICAN TICKET ton, California, ip 1898. His parents were also natives of this state. coming from Nevada County, his father was active in mining activities for some years, before entering the newspaper field, where he completed a thirty year career. Pp from Aimy Ranks Hoffman enlisted in World -War I as a private in the Corps of Engineers, and was discharged in 1919 as a Sergeant Ist Cl. He then entered the Reserve Corps and in the ensuing years, was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and to Major in 1940. He resigned his’ position as County Engineer in 1940, to again enter the Army in connection with the’great defense program then started. He went to Washington, D. C. where he was engaged in the design of new plants,-and writing of contracts for the construction of them. In 1941 Hoffman, then Major, was engineering officer on the construction of the $37,000,000 Elwood Ordnance Plant, and when this plant was brought into operation he was made Commanding Officer. with rank of Lieut.-Colonel. Upon tha evxnansion of the Office of Chief of Ordnance, Hoffman was assigned as . Chief of Administration of all shell and bomb loading plants in the U. S. with offices with the Field Director at St. Louis Selected for A. M. G. In 1943 Colonel Hoffman was selected for the group to organize and train the new organization for American Military Governnient and Affairs in the European theatre. He attended the University of Virginia, the Provost Marshall’s and studied German and French languages at the University of Wisconsin, before going overseas. His regiment, the Ist Civil Affairs -Regiment was staged and trained in England, and assigned to First Army for the invasion, This regiment was later also attached to the Third, Seventh and Ninth Armies, and to the 12th Army Group. Detachments of Hoffman‘s regiment set up the civil and military government of practically every city taken and occupied in France, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg, and part of Germany. The organization was an unique one, comprising American, French, British and Rus‘Sian officers and men. Hoffman was promoted to full Colonel in 1943. He was awarded the Legion of Merit at Supreme Headquarters in Frankfort, Germany. In Paris, Colonel Hoffman was decorated by Gen. DeGaulle with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He also was awarded the Belgium Military Cross first class and the Courrone de Chene of the Duchy of Luxemburg. Hoffman is now on terminal leave from the service and holds the permanent rank of Colonel in the Organized Reserves. Is Civil Engineer Hoffman is a Registered Civil EnSineer of the State of California. Hs . has had a wide and varied experient> where!in the field of both civilian and military engineering. He was for over ten years engaged with the federal government being with the U.S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Service, the Public Roads Department, and the Federal Power Commission. Practically all of his work was closely related to the counties now embraced in the 2nd Congressional District and included mapping, mining investigations, hydro-electric power surveys, and construction of roads. During this period, Hoffimar headquartered with the Regional of-— fices in San Francisco. Forest Experienced in Business In 1929 Hoffman resigned ‘fronz Federal Service to ‘enter the . business field and was District Manager of the Northern California dnd Nevada district for the Edw. R; Bacon Comipany of San Francisco, with offices in Sacramento. This work involved design, sales and services to the construction industry: and tothe cities and counties of the district. ; . In COC SESS In 1933 Hoffman then Captain. reseryes returned to the Army in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps program as Construction Engineer and built many installation Engineer and built many Nevada and California. He was later made Commanding Officer of several camps, aH in the Sierras of ‘California. Entered Politics in 1988 Hoffman returned to civilian tite in 1938, to run.for the office o% County Engineer of Bl Dorado Senne ty in which campaign he was successful. Under Hofman’s guidanes many county projects were complet: ed in El Dodado County including) bridges, roads, airports and _ fairgrounds. He held this post until 1940 when he resigned his office to go to Washington, D. C. in the present emergency. ? All of Family in Service Two sons, Bill 25, and Jim, 18. had foreign service with the U. § Army. Bill served in Italy, North Africa and Eritrea, and after a shor leave in the states, served two more years in Burma and China. Jim, entered the service in 1945, and is now a private in the U. in China. Mrs. Hoffman spent 2 yearr. in Burma and India in charge of th: Red Cross Canteen units at the “jum — off of the famous “hump” betwee Assam, India and China. Hom in Placerville Don Hoffman is registered ag 2 Republican in El Dodado Count» where he hag madt his home for th: past 12 years. He holds membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers and has been active in Lions. ty and in many sous aay ities S. Marine Corps. *

MONDAY, MAY obs . 946 cokes [ NEVADA CITY. NUGGET PAGE THREE (Political Advertisement) + YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST WORLD WAR VETERAN ATTENDED NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK and POLICE SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and TREASURY DEPARTMENT SCHOOLS OF INVESTIGATION Jersey: Mexico PENNSYLVANIA STATE Former Member of New State Police Former Government Agent Private Investigator For "__SUPPORT— William F. Pohley FOR SHERIFF Political Advertisements CANDIDATES ELECT WILLIAM E. WRIGHT Superior Judge Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 —— VERNON STOLL af Superior Judge Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT JAMES SNELL Superior Judge of Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ae seca ~~ ELECL THOMAS J. BARRETT Sheriff Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 \ \ ᐀刀䔀ⴀ䔀䰀䔀䌀吠᐀ CARL J. TOBIASSEN Sheriff of Nevada County —THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE— ELECT WAYNE BROWN Sheriff Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT FRANK G. FINNEGAN District Attorney—Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 RE-ELECT H. WARD SHELDON (Incumbent) District Attorney—Nevada County PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT B. (Bap) TOCCALINI Constable Nevada Township PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 ELECT JACK CURRY Constable Nevada Township PRIMARY ELECTION, JUNE 4, 1946 406 Broad Street ANTIQUES BOUGHT AND SOLD Call At DEER CREEK INN —FORMERLY NEW YORK HOTEL— OR PHONE 107 ‘. fession or on Nevada City POST WAR LABOR . EFFICIENCY DROPS * TO LOW LEVEL By Ralph H. Taylor One of the knottiest problems-confronting post war business, ly at the industry . and agriculture was tackled recent. entitled to “action on it. spring production econfer-} ling out not be lifted arbitrarily above . of the man who must in consequence . be held down below his true earnhis earning capacity at the expense ing “ages and severe be underA Beet r day’s . days pay should be the slogan in . this’ crisis period. of reconversion. . . The nation needs action on this slogan desperately—and the men who . excels his fellowssin-~ production is . ence of the American management . Warrant Issued For association in New York. It .is the! Path er Who Kidnans Son problem of law ivity, man hour which means, less output per man which has spread like an economic plague. Thousands of California are disiurbed by this trend, farmers The Ford Motor Company reports . that its post war labor efficiency is 34%. lower than. pre war a report typical of the many submitted. Wage increases have proved no solution. The granting of higher wage scales has not resulted in an appreciable step up in man hour output. The resultant lag in production at a stage in reconversion when only markedly increased production. will halt inflation, stabilize the nation’s economy and assure maintenance of a high standard of living is of serious import to the American people as a whole. ‘News of how this conference proposed to deal with the problem is of major significance for two reasons: 1 The 700 participants included union delegates as well as industrial engineers and management representatives. It was not an occasion for bootless fault finding—for either labor baiting or management baiting. The approach was constructive. 2 Most of the delegates agreed upon a simple, basic solution: incentive for ambitious, superior workers. That is to say better .pay for better work. In brief reaffirmaition of the American principle that every man whatever he does, should have opportunity for adequate reward for individual initiative and willingness to give all he’s got to his job. Various wage interesting of them of sucessful oulttcome, One was a gang bonus plan applicable to firms with large employe groups doing virtually the same type of work. The process is to work out a standard task requiring 10 men. Ifa group of eight men can do the task they receive the pay of 10. That plainly is not a speedup (so objectional to workers) whereby the employer profits at the expense of the worker. For management pays exactly the same total in wages for the work except that the sum is distributed in wages among fewer men so that each man automatically earns a bigger paycheck. ‘Perhaps one of the worst drawibacks of the flat scale pay rate set by union demand is that it penalizes the superior workman. If for instance 50 men are working in a plant as machinists all getting exactly the same fixed wage irrespective of how much work each turns out the interior man, the lazy and the Hrones, inevitably set the pace of production. The swift and skilful and ambitious man who knows he cannot expect any higher wage than the incompetent man at the next machine very naturally gets discouraged: The system forced into the economic framework by his own union classes him with the drones and robs him of incentive to do his best. Indeed in many closed shops a fixed man per day out put is set by union decree and the worker who exceeds his quota is subject to criticism and even to punishment by his union for the offense. Other factors over a long period of years have tended to dull the spirit of enterprise in superior workers, During the make work, feather bedding years of the depression workers were led to believe that it was right to do as little as possible for as much as possible as a means of spreading the work to relieve unemployment. ‘But to carry on that . negative theory today is as destructive to the welfare of all workers as it is to the welfare of all the rest of the American people. Unless the nation produces to the utmost with every man doing his best in his job or his prohis farm America’s economy will collapse and a more dreadful spectre of unemployment and privation than was ever dreamed of in 1933 will stalk the land. There is a limit to the percentage of any business’s overhead that can ibe allocated to labor costs—if the business is to prosper and provide full employment. And this percentage should be divided among the workers in accordance with their rerespective contribution to production. Every man should have opportunity to earn all he is capable of earnin gbut not be lifted arbitrarily above product. in simpler terms . ;mento formerly Mrs. iby Mrs. ed the boy a family father been. issued far Lemons. Nevada City and ,, at services held in Forest Hill, experimen‘s . along this line were reported most curity of Mrs. Dorothy M. Russell of Sacrathe Grass that her Valley township court former husband had stolen . Jack Lee Lemons. The actoin was instituted Russell as soon—as she learn felony who had been*left wiih west of Grass Valley for safe keeping allegedly had been spirited away by husband, A warrant has her former of the boy. Mrs. Ida Sweeney Funeral Is Held Funeral services were held this morning in. Holmes Funeral .Home for Mrs. Ida Isabel Sweeney who died Friday in San Jose. conducted by Rev. Angus Miller, rector or Trinity Episcopal Church. Interment was in the Pine Grove Cemetery. 2 Services were ‘Mrs. Sweeney was born in Nevada City and only in recent years had removed to San Jose following the death of her husband. Surviving are three children, Mardelle of San Francisco and Benjamin and William Gweeney both of San Jose. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Clara Phillips of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson of Oakland. Earl Covey veteran,of World War I will be the Memorial Day speaker Placer County. Mrs. Diane Popovich of Sacramen. to was.a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smith overnight last week. work for a better} jfway, for Jack W. Lem-} ons, charged in a-complaint filed in. !

Nevada City Airport — Greatly Improved Charies Veale, chairman of the} \INevada City Chamber of Comme2-ce airport committee and ¢ity ¢counci man reported yesterday that the first phase of the work on the municipal . airfield is practically completed. John Hilliard contractor who undertook to remove a humm and fill ja hollow in the east and west run$2000 is rapidly nearing ithe end of his contract. ‘Ther vill still remain the task of surfacing th field. but for the present use it needs ‘a packed earth covering. MEMORIAL Donations PLAQUE. DONATIONS totaling $125.50 have received by the committee headed by A. S. been the flag pole to be erected in the Memorial Grove of Pineers Park. Bates for placing 2; plaque containing the names of Ne-! ,; vada City’s war dead at the foot of is visiting her eect aiey me 8 Will Ask Rivoliion . Of Liquor Licenses . Russell Farley, law enforcement officer for the State Board of Equalization, declares he will ask. the board to revoke the beer and wine license held by the Nevada Hotel in Tru due. ato repeated . violation of the law by the hotel operators, Jeseo Gilman*and Ida Gilman, alias Ida Gilman. The pair were arrested for selling whiskey while possessing only a beer and wine license. They pleaded guilty before Justie of the Peace Jesse Gilman and Ida Bohlman &lias fined $500 it was his second offense, affd Ida-Rohiman was fined $190. Both fines were paid. Mrs. Evelyn Brown of San Leandro grandmother, Mre. Augusta Miller of this city. . livery Phone 41 SRX. H. D. HOYT ELECTROLUX CLEANERS Air humifiers are coming through every month in increasing numbes. If you waht demonstration or June de435 West Main Street, Grass Valley o corner — and handy! Corner Main and Auburn Streets BLUE RIBBON WINNERS OUR CHOICE LIQUORS represent the very finest in selection, in quality and moderate price. Shop at the GOLD PAN— its right on the GOLD PAN LIQUOR STORE PAULINE AND JOHNNIE ZUGNONI BUILDING 244 Boulder Street Grass Valley OPEN DAILY — 10 A. M. TO 8 P. M. NEVADA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY ‘ “THE PIONEER LUMBER YARD" i Telephone 500 MATERIALS . Nevada City, Calif. if. lect DON HOFFMAN Top Business On Hoffman’s Card:— 1 (Represent 2nd _ District. 2 ‘Guarantee the peace and seAmerica by every means available to us. the people of the » 3 Retain every single advantage . in war or trade that ‘we have won. 4 .Clear the way and get back to business: on the American standard, with people at the wheel that know how iit can be best and most quiekly accomplished. 5 -Elimination of the heavy bureaug of government, putting their chiefs to work on the accomplishment of their mission rather than the assumption of legislative control over our economy. 6 Reorganization of our armed forces at the earliest possible date, correcting many conditions efifecting the morale and leadership of the Army and Navy. Make the services attractive to American youth by affording technical training and pay comiparable to the same skill in civilian life. Afford men and women. of the services increased opportunities to round out their education including many subjects leading to college credits. Continue and strengthen the War Department Industry teamwork, that will permit a changeover to defense production at a rate even more speedily than was accomplished in the present emergency. 7 Maintain a constant and-vigerous interest, in congress, of veterans affairs and speed up action on all accomplishing ‘preslegislation for ent and future commitments to exservice people. The 2nd Cong. district comprises the counties of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Inyo, Lassen, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta,=Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity ‘and Tuolumne. A Californian Don Hoffman was born in StockCivil School at Camp Custer Political Advertisement DON HOFFMAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS, 2ND CALIFORNIA DISTRICT : PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 4, 1946 WORLD WAR II VETERAN MAKES BID FOR CONGRESS ON REPUBLICAN TICKET ton, California, ip 1898. His parents were also natives of this state. coming from Nevada County, his father was active in mining activities for some years, before entering the newspaper field, where he completed a thirty year career. Pp from Aimy Ranks Hoffman enlisted in World -War I as a private in the Corps of Engineers, and was discharged in 1919 as a Sergeant Ist Cl. He then entered the Reserve Corps and in the ensuing years, was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain and to Major in 1940. He resigned his’ position as County Engineer in 1940, to again enter the Army in connection with the’great defense program then started. He went to Washington, D. C. where he was engaged in the design of new plants,-and writing of contracts for the construction of them. In 1941 Hoffman, then Major, was engineering officer on the construction of the $37,000,000 Elwood Ordnance Plant, and when this plant was brought into operation he was made Commanding Officer. with rank of Lieut.-Colonel. Upon tha evxnansion of the Office of Chief of Ordnance, Hoffman was assigned as . Chief of Administration of all shell and bomb loading plants in the U. S. with offices with the Field Director at St. Louis Selected for A. M. G. In 1943 Colonel Hoffman was selected for the group to organize and train the new organization for American Military Governnient and Affairs in the European theatre. He attended the University of Virginia, the Provost Marshall’s and studied German and French languages at the University of Wisconsin, before going overseas. His regiment, the Ist Civil Affairs -Regiment was staged and trained in England, and assigned to First Army for the invasion, This regiment was later also attached to the Third, Seventh and Ninth Armies, and to the 12th Army Group. Detachments of Hoffman‘s regiment set up the civil and military government of practically every city taken and occupied in France, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg, and part of Germany. The organization was an unique one, comprising American, French, British and Rus‘Sian officers and men. Hoffman was promoted to full Colonel in 1943. He was awarded the Legion of Merit at Supreme Headquarters in Frankfort, Germany. In Paris, Colonel Hoffman was decorated by Gen. DeGaulle with the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. He also was awarded the Belgium Military Cross first class and the Courrone de Chene of the Duchy of Luxemburg. Hoffman is now on terminal leave from the service and holds the permanent rank of Colonel in the Organized Reserves. Is Civil Engineer Hoffman is a Registered Civil EnSineer of the State of California. Hs . has had a wide and varied experient> where!in the field of both civilian and military engineering. He was for over ten years engaged with the federal government being with the U.S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Service, the Public Roads Department, and the Federal Power Commission. Practically all of his work was closely related to the counties now embraced in the 2nd Congressional District and included mapping, mining investigations, hydro-electric power surveys, and construction of roads. During this period, Hoffimar headquartered with the Regional of-— fices in San Francisco. Forest Experienced in Business In 1929 Hoffman resigned ‘fronz Federal Service to ‘enter the . business field and was District Manager of the Northern California dnd Nevada district for the Edw. R; Bacon Comipany of San Francisco, with offices in Sacramento. This work involved design, sales and services to the construction industry: and tothe cities and counties of the district. ; . In COC SESS In 1933 Hoffman then Captain. reseryes returned to the Army in connection with the Civilian Conservation Corps program as Construction Engineer and built many installation Engineer and built many Nevada and California. He was later made Commanding Officer of several camps, aH in the Sierras of ‘California. Entered Politics in 1988 Hoffman returned to civilian tite in 1938, to run.for the office o% County Engineer of Bl Dorado Senne ty in which campaign he was successful. Under Hofman’s guidanes many county projects were complet: ed in El Dodado County including) bridges, roads, airports and _ fairgrounds. He held this post until 1940 when he resigned his office to go to Washington, D. C. in the present emergency. ? All of Family in Service Two sons, Bill 25, and Jim, 18. had foreign service with the U. § Army. Bill served in Italy, North Africa and Eritrea, and after a shor leave in the states, served two more years in Burma and China. Jim, entered the service in 1945, and is now a private in the U. in China. Mrs. Hoffman spent 2 yearr. in Burma and India in charge of th: Red Cross Canteen units at the “jum — off of the famous “hump” betwee Assam, India and China. Hom in Placerville Don Hoffman is registered ag 2 Republican in El Dodado Count» where he hag madt his home for th: past 12 years. He holds membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers and has been active in Lions. ty and in many sous aay ities S. Marine Corps. *