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Illinois Valley News, Thursday. September 13, 1945 »<** At c I MEwmf-Go-aouND drew P earson (Note—hile Dr eu Pearson is on i acation, Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson contributes a guest column.) By CLINTON P. ANDERSON Secretary of Agriculture WASHINGTON. — The first Sun day after V-J Day, a friend came by with an automobile to take my family and hfs for a drive into the country to have dinner with another friend Nothing like that had hap pened in years. We were all de lighted at the chance to ride through country lanes, to talk about the height of the corn, the possibilities of crops, and the probability that we would enjoy meat for dinner. But as we started back into Wash ington, we could not help but notice that the roads were filling up. There was a long line of traffic and many folks drove by at speeds which seemed reckless to us. They were perhaps driving 40 or 45 miles an hour and we had become accus tomed to the 35-mile an hour leisure ly gait. When one speeding car swirled past us, I heard my wife murmur, “My, what I wouldn’t give to have gasoline rationing back.” I began to wonder how many of the things that war had brought to us as sacrifices or privations we would soon come to appreciate as blessings in disguise. I began to wonder how long it would be before people would sometimes sigh for some of the real advantages of the days during the war when we all lived a little closer together, a little more simply, and perhaps a little more in the traditional Ameri- can pattern that had started this country on its way to becoming a great nation. Real Values of Life. Do you remember back in the years of the depression that Henry Ansley out in Amarillo, Texas, wrote a book entitled, “I Like the Depression"? Frankly, I liked his little book, because he told of the blessings that had come to him with a reversal in his financial situation. He told of the discoveries that he had made as the period of wild pros perity passed and the long months of depression set In. He told of the farmers who had gone back to liv ing on their farms instead of living off their farms. The war has done something to all of us. It made us appreciate some of the real values of life that many of us had lost sight of. We all complained a little about the war, didn't we? We were a little disappointed when we found that the stocks of new cars were frozen, but we dis covered that the old car was a lot better and would run a lot longer than we had thought. SERVICE X BUREAU EDITOR'S NOTE: This neuspapei through special arrange.neat uith the U' ashington liureau of U estern Vews- By P aul M allon paper I num at 1616 Eye Street. V. U ., U ashington, I). C... is able to brine Released bv Western Newspaper Union. reader, this weekly column on prob lems of the i eteran and serviceman and FUTI RE OF LEND-LEASE his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Hureau and they will be NOW HELD IN DOUBT answered in a subsequent column. No WASHINGTON. — Shenanigans replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which uill a[e are starting for the dispensing ol credit-and-loan billions abroad to re pear in this newspaper regularly. place lend-lease. Mr. Truman an nounced the good news about the let-down in lend-lease spending, and Because of the much greater per Mr. Crowley simultaneously took the centage of survival irono gun- credit to taxpayers for the news shot wounds of the brain, chest and that Britain. Russia. France. China abdomen in this war than in World and the rest of the world were com War I and because of new disabili ing in with their hands out to him ties incident to service in the trop now. Every news reader is naturally ics, the Veterans administration has asking himself the question what adopted a new rating schedule in kind of a bargain did we get. or are determining the degree of disability we going to get? It should be a good bargain because the rest of the suffered by veterans of this war. world is politically non-co-operative The schedule, which has been in with us in certain glaring examples preparation for two years, replaces Photograph shows part of the landing party which accompanied General MacArthur when he arrived in of foreign policies, but must have and liberalizes many provisions of Japan to set up headquarters in Yokohama as Nippon’s military ruler and to receive the official sur our financial help. one prepared in 1933 and lists, for render of that country. General MacArthur landed by air accompanied by a large force of paratroopers. The answer is nowhere apparent example. 176 separate disabilities of Their first duty was evacuating American prisoners of war from a "black hell hole.” bones, joints and muscles with nu yet, in front of or behind the news, but some doubtful aspects are dis merous gradations within each, as compared to 126 listings in the pre cernible to those in the financial know-how. vious schedule. Disability Rate Change Special attention has been given in the new service-connected dis ability ratings to scars resulting from explosions, oil burns and the residuals from frozen or immersion foot. A number of tropical diseases have been listed as cause for dis- ability with special ratings adapted for each, although only malaria and filariasis have been encountered among discharged veterans. Changes in the medical concept of the relationship of specific dis eases to other conditions and to their service connection are also reflected in the new schedule. This has re sulted in the inclusion cf many new disabilities, some of which are rated as high as 100 per cent on a temporary basis where they are not expected to produce more than a 10 per cent permanent disability All changes are designed to facili tate more accurate and more equita ble rulings for the various types of disabilities. In using the new rating schedule, however, the basic policy of the Vet erans administration remains un changed and the veteran is allowed the benefit of the doubt as between the higher of two ratings, in deter mining whether or not a disability is service-connected Questions and Ansiver» Q. How does the death rate of wounded soldiers In the present war compare with that of the First World war? A. According to the war department announcement June 1. the death rate of our wounded soldiers In this war is fl per cent. The death rate of wounded soldiers, who lived long enough to reach surgery in the First World war was 24 per cent. Q. Would transfer to a different outfit overseas account for the de motion of a corporal to a private? Car-I'ool Neighbors. I remember my first experience with a car pool We had two auto mobiles at our house; our next door neighbor had two automobiles at his place. We were not well acquaint ed. mostly because it wasn't neces sary, until the war came along. Then my next door neighbor and I and two others, who heretofore had gone to our offices by separate means, found ourselves fused to gether into a car pool We were ir revocably tied to each other, We had to rise at the same time in the morning, leave at the same hour for work, and return home together in the evening. I am sure that at first we all re- sented a little the fact that we lost our freedom of action, but we gained a great lesson in neighborli ness. We found out that the people who lived next to us might be just as interesting and attractive, just as pleasant and just as companionable as the people whom we had always known who lived down the street or across the city. A. One star has been authorized to be worn on the Asiatic • Pacific area service ribbon for participation in one or more of the following actions- Vella Gulf action. August 6 and 7, 1943; Vella Lavella occupation. Au gust 15-October 16. 1943, and action off Vella Lavella October 6-7. 1943 <L How soon after tiling applica tion for a pension can the widow of a war veteran expect payment? ' Ictory Garden Blessing, How many women improved their figures as they walked to market! And think what Victory gardens did for the men! Like Drew Pearson, I will perhaps be away from Washington w hen this column is printed, away on a short vacation. While 1 am gone, someone will be mowing my lawn. During the war I had to mow my own lawn I couldn't find anyone interested in taking care of my par ticular little piec of property. And a strange thing happened I found that I could mow it as well as ¡i any- one else, that ! could mow it quit kl.v, and that I could learn with- in a short time exactly how each particular section could he best mowed to develop the best cut of grass And I found out also that u hen I mowed It myself, I not only Improved the lawn, I improved my own digestion. A. There would be no way of tell ing the exact time which would elapse, but the pension would be retroactive from the date of appli cation. Q. Mould you advise dropping government Insurance policy? A Most service officers believe it advisable not to drop government in surance. especially if you have a service disability and likely will not be able to pass a physical examina tion for private insurance A ma jority of veterans are converting their government insurance into 20- pavment or other form of private life insurance At least, the veteran should permit his insurance to run its present term until he has a chance to analyze his ability to keep up an insurance schedule of pav- menta. We suggest that you con- suit your local draft board, veterans administration or your private in surance company. I ll miss that now that the war Is over, because I’ll tell myself that I'm too busy to do it when I can hire someone else for the job. I suppose that my wife will miss something, too. because she used to walk to market and carry her gro ceries back home in a basket. As for myself. I reflect upon the fact that an automobile salesman used to be able to sell me a new car each year. But when the war came I learned that automobiles will go 50.000 or 100.000 miles and still be pretty dependable as a means of transportation. N ews B ehin MacArthur Forces Landing on Japan Homeland A. The war department says that a soldier could be demoted, without prejudice, to the grade of private if he was transferred into an organiza tion where there was no vacancy In his grade. Q. Is a former member of the Sea bees, who participated in the action at Vella Lavella entitled to a star? Take Britain first, the biggest and most-easily-seen case. An American letter to business men purporting to carry official British viewpoint though it does not always say justifies large loans to London the ground that the proposed cialism for the British mines and transport (their purchase by the government) is to be financed by self-liquidating bonds — so we na turally can have no interest in them. That is the kind of propaganda to appeal to the American business mind — self ■ liquidating loans are sound. They pay themselves off from profits. So, concludes the prop aganda letter, there could not pos sibly be able objection to them ir the United States. Nothin»; Left on Corregidor \\ hen U. S. Heroes Fell & The propaganda neglects to reveal to our people the one sal ient fact of the matter which would knock that whole appeal into a doublecocked Homburg, namely that British Socialism contemplates also taking over the Bank of England, which, of course, is the most important consideration in her future cred it standing. Any American business man who thinks of that fact (he will have to WAVs and U. S. engineers examine a portion of the ruins of “topside” barracks. Corregidor, Philippine think of it himself because the islands, showing the complete destruction that resulted before the gallant American forces were defeated by propagandists will not tell him) will the superior Japanese arms. There was nothing but ruin for the Japs to take over and there is nothing immediately say to himself: “Why, left of the strong prewar fortification now that the island is back in the hands of Americans. if the Socialists are to abolish the standards of credit of Capitalism in their best, and perhaps change it from day to day, or run it in any di rection they want. I would not make them a loan. I would make them 1 give me some unchangeable assur- I a ace of flnancial good faith before I would even consider it.” Youth to Spur Drive on Crime Under Sec. of State A Cancelled Last Loans. Now their argument (the British) is that they had to have the John son act repealed to cancel their last war debt; the London economist was put up to say that a 50- cents-on-the-dollar settlement is nee- essary to pull them out of lend- lease red (although no one else said anything officially about paying any thing), and they are in a desperate financial plight for dollars, credit and internally from their terrific war debt—but they want more debt from us and want to increase their internal debt untold billions more for Socialism and make their people pay the interest. That sounds like a one-sided proposition. 1 ■Ì X » I 7 To put it in its simplest terms: Britain wants us to pull her out of the red and yet have her way. way, Interests in In exclusive of our interests anv particular. I Her government told parliament It would be aw- aw ful for us to interfere with her wishes in any way.) This same proposition is being sold to the public in an equally clev er political way. The news accounts out of the Crowley press conference (quite plainly presenting off-the-rec ord material) said a $3,000.000,000 loan to Britain was being discussed but British officials were anxious to make some arrangements “concern ing eternal debts incurred during the war before taking on additional outside debts." Not a word was mentioned about Britain taking on more internal debts by purchasing her own industries — ones which she already controls in the public inter est. Our officialdom just let it be known "some way would have to be found to carry Britain over the bumpy road ahead," but not a word that I see about what we would get out of it in any particular. Q. Can a veteran of either thia But one day the news from abroad war or the First World war enter a quotes the British brain truster. hospital In another state to take ad Prof. Harold Laski, as suggesting vantage of a better climate, or must the new British government does not he remain In the hospital within the have the interests of the United state in which he lives? States at heart in any respect but A According to the Veterans ad- ' would work closer to the Russian*, ministration, it is possible in some developing Socialism throughout cases to be transferred to a hos Europe, revise England throughout, pital outside his state His transput < and enough other things to drive any tat ion would not be paid for unless creditor away, and then days later the physician I in charge ordered comes Foreign Minister Bevin, be such a transfer You should refer latedly. agreeing that maybe some the matter to Die regional office of of the Balkan elections and plans arc the Veterans administration which not on the level, or our level Have rated you and is handling your case we any guarantees In this condition* r Fearful of a possible increase in juvenile delinquency, civil, religious and business leaders asked the youth of Chicago to redouble efforts for the welfare of youngsters. The Chicago Youth conference is given credit for a 25 per cent reduction in juvenile crime for 1944. It has a membership of 1*6.000 parochial and public school students. Being sworn in as under secretary of state to replace Joseph C. Grew, Dean Acheson takes the oath of of fice. Acheson served as special rep resentative between the White House and congress. Truman Gets a Hat When General MacArthur landed in Japan to map the future course of conduct for that country towards the rest of the world, he was not the first American to do just that. In 1854. Com. Matthew Perry of the V. 8. navy made the Japs cry “Uncle" when he forced the Mikado to open Japanese porta to American shipping and establish commercial relations. President Truman was presented with a “five star beaver hat,” by a delegation from Maricopa county, Aris., when they called upon him to discuss a hospital project.