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![H OME AFFAIR S POLITICS Truce Wrote Democratic Chairman Ed Flynn: "In the face of war politics are adjourned. I suggest that [the Democratic and Republican committee organizations] be made available immediately to the President and the departments engaged in defense preparations Replied Republican Chairman Joe Mar tin: "The Republican organization... will gladly answer any call to national service to enter into national defense. Wrote President Roosevelt: "Let me thank you both personally and on behalf of our country. In this exchange of letters-following the memorable scene when Republicans and Democrats walked arm in arm into Congress to declare war on Japan-the Chinese HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE J--- Of these four faces of young men (above) and middle-aged men (below) the two on the left are Chinese, the two on the right Japanese. There is no infallible way of telling them apart, because the same racial strains are mixed in both. Even an anthropologist, with calipers and plenty of time to measure still try to win the 1942 Congressional heads, noses, shoulders, hips, is sometimes stumped. A few rules of thumb- two U.S. political parties formed a united front on winning the war each other's arms. The Republicans woul elections, would fight hard on any domes- not always reliable: tic issues they could find. Some prospec Some Chinese are tall (average: 5 ft. 5 in.). Virtually all Japanese are ve issues: I) non-defense spending 2) tax and monetary policy, 3) Adminis-Tapanese are likely to be stockier and broader-hipped than short Chinese. Japanese-except for wrestlers-are seldom fat; they often dry up and grow lean as they age. The Chinese often put on weight, particularly if they are prosperous (in China, with its frequent famines, being fat is esteemed as a sign tration efficiency in conduct of the war Fallen Citadel The stronghold of U.S. isolationism fell almost with the first shots. The America First Committee quietly dismantled its 0 aChinese, not as hairy as Japanese, seldom grow an impressive mustache. Most Chinese avoid horn-rimmed spectacles. makes them look almond-eyed), Japanese eyes are usually set closer together. more positive, dogmatic, arrogant. guns, took down its flags, mustered outAlthough both have the typical epicanthic fold of the upper eyelid (which Said Chairman Robert E. Wood, a good Those who know them best often rely on facial expression to tell them apart soldier: "The period of democratic debate the Chinese expression is likely to be more placid, kindly, open; the Japanese on the issue of entering the war is over [The committee] urges all those who have followed its lead to give their full support to the war effort of the nation, until In Washington, last week, Correspondent Joseph Chiang made things much easier by pinning on his lapel a large badge reading "Chinese Reporter-NOT Some aristocratic Japanese have thin, aquiline noses, narrow faces and, ex- Japanese are hesitant, nervous in conversation, laugh loudly at the wrong Japanese walk stiffly erect, hard-heeled. Chinese, more relaxed, have an cept for their eyes, look like Caucasians CONSUMERS Nowhere in the U.S., for love or monev could a motorist buy a new tire this week. easy gait, sometimes shuffle Wartime rationing had begun The days of profusion were over. No longer would the U.S. be a cornucopia land with store counters piled high with merchandise, its storehouses bulging, its lesmen struggling for a share of the consumer's dollar. Not again, till the Axis was beaten, could the U.S. citizen buy anything & everything for which he had the money or credi In Washington the old argument of s v. butter collapsed like a ten-year-old tube. The tire ban proved how swiftly the Government could and would take away from Peter civilian to give to armed forces Paul The Office of Price Administration's J. Kenneth Galbraith got the idea at 4:35 one afternoon, worked out details in TIME, December 22, 1941](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/000/625/526/b33.jpg "This Was an Article in Time Back in 1941")
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