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through special arrangement u ilh the
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paper I man at Iblh Eye Street. V If ,
II ashinglon. D. C„ i« able Io bring r, ast­
ers this weekly column on problems of
the veteran and serviceman and Ins fam ­
ily. Questions nun be uddressed to the
above Bure,nt and they u ,II he ansuered
in u subsequent column. \<> replies van
he made direct by mail, but only in the
column uhich te ll appear in this news
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H E R B E R T HO OVER H E S IT A T E D
W ASHING TO N. — S ecretary of
A g ric u ltu re C lin to n Anderson had a
h a rd tim e at firs t persuading H e r­
b e rt Hoo*’**r to come to W ashing­
ton fo r the food conference A n d e r­
son caught the e x-P resident at Key
West, F la., w here he was fishing.
“ I ’ ve prom ised m y fa m ily fo r sev­
en years to take them fish in g ,”
Hoover told the se cre ta ry o f a g ri­
c u ltu re , “ and now at last here I
a m .”
Anderson, however, em phasized
the urgency of the food crisis.
“ We need y o u r experience and ad­
vice, M r. P re sid e n t,” he said. “ You
can go back to yo u r fishing im m e ­
d ia te ly a fte rw a rd . B ut th is is a
tim e when yo u r co u n try needs
y o u .”
H oover fin a lly consented to come.
B R IC K B A T S W IN E LE C TIO N S
Two of the b itte re s t opponents
on the house floor and in the in te r­
state com m erce co m m itte e are Rep­
resentatives Clarence Brow n, con­
s e rva tive Republican o f Blanches­
te r, Ohio, and V ito M arcantonio,
A m e ric a n L a b o rite of New Y o rk
C ity O ff the floor, however, the two
respect each o th e r’s a b ility and get
along well.
S ittin g in the house lobby the
o th er day they s m ilin g ly concluded
an agreem ent w hich w ill p robably
never be c a rrie d out.
They were ta lk in g about ca m paign
expenses, when Brow n proposed:
“ V ito , I ’ ve got a suggestion. Why
don’ t we both cut our ca m paign ex­
penses to the bone’ H ere's how to
do it:
“ You go Into m y d is tric t and
m ake three speeches against
me. C u ll me a re a ctio n a ry
llo o v e rite , an iso la tio n ist, an
econom ic ro y a lis t — and any­
thing else you can th in k of.
T h a t’ll elect me.
“ Then I ’ll go into your d is tric t
and m ake three speeches. I ’ ll
c a ll you a Red, a Dago, a new
dealer and an a n tl-R a n kin ite .
F a c to rs T h a t D e te r m in e
V e t e r a n ’s P en s io n R a te
B O W L IN G C O N Q U E R E D B Y W O U N D E D VE TS . . . F o r thousands o f w a r w »unded, the Red Cross
in sig n ia is a badge o f m e rc y . T hey g ive th e ir se rvice s and p ro v id e fa c ilitie s to aid w h ile aw a y tedious
hours o f h o s p ita liz a tio n . H ere, aided by M rs. L u c ille C a re y, M rs . M a ria n Lee i nd Capt. L . J. Sheaffer,
a re le ft to rig h t, Sgt. Paul Jackson, Sgt. R o b e rt A b a jia n and P v t. George R odriguez, who are given a
(fia n c e to c on tinue th e ir b o w lin g in Los Angeles a lle y . R e p o rts indic ate th a t m any of the w ounded have be­
com e e x p e rt bow lers, w h ich also aided in th e ir ra p id re c o v e ry .
Q u e s tio n s a n a A n s w e rs
“ W ith the p roper lite ra tu re about
you in m y d is tric t and the pro p e r
lite ru tu re about me in yo u r d is tric t,
both of us are a cinch fo r re-elec­
tio n when we do th a t.”
M a rc a n to n io agreed that the idea
had m e rit, and they shook hands on
it
NAZIS REMAIN IN GERMANY
A secret re p o rt on fa ilu re to de-
N a zify G erm any has been m ade to
the w ar departm ent, but is consid­
ered so shocking th a t it p ro b a b ly
w ill be destroyed It is now in the
office of B rig
Gen
F ra n k
A.
Meade
The re p o rt shows complete*
fa ilu re Io clean out h ig h -ra n k­
ing N a ils . I t also shows a su r­
p ris in g num ber of so-called G er­
man “ la b o re rs ” who have sec­
re ta rie s and stenographers as­
signed to them .
T his is one of the latest dodges to
get around the em ploym ent of Nazis
by the A m e rican a rm y A ccording
to a rm y rules, no fo rm e r Nazi can
be em ployed in any job m ore im ­
po rta n t than that of a “ la b o re r.”
Result is that m any Nazis are used
in im p o rta n t Jobs, but liste d on the
books as “ la b o re rs.” T ha t is why
they are assigned secretaries and
stenographers
These "co m m o n la b o re rs” are
then put in charge o f im p o rta n t
m a n u fa c tu rin g plants. The re p o rt
now in the hands of the w a r d e p a rt­
m en t was m ade by the public safety
and Inspection d ivisio n of m ilita r y
gove rn m e nt It m ay never see the
lig h t o f day
F A M O U S F IG H T IN G F A M IL Y R E U N IT E D . . . The fam ous fig h tin g fa m ily of M r. ?nd M rs. Leon
O stle r, C helsea, M ass., are to g e th e r fo r the firs t tim e since P e a rl H a rb o r, w ith the exception of the
oldest son, Pfe. C harles, 32, who was k ille d in a c tio n in Ita ly . The group around th e ir fa th e r and m oth e r
includes tw in s, Roland and R o b e rt, tw in s R ic h a rd and L a w re n ce , G eorge, D onald, A rth u r, H ow ard. Leon
and siste r M a r y lln a t piano.
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HOW W Y A T T D ID IT
If there were m ore men lik e Hous­
ing Ex|«editer W ilson W ya tt around.
P re sid e n t T ru m a n would have eas­
ie r sa ilin g The other day in C h i­
cago. W ya tt was guest speaker at
a banquet of the N a tio n a l Associ­
ation of home bu ild e rs. 3.200 strong,
a ll hostile, a ll prepared to boo at
the m an who proposed re v o lu tio n a ry
b u ild in g refo rm s in o rd e r to co m ­
plete 3.(MX).000 homes in tw o years.
As W yatt arose, the atm osphere
was charged w ith h o s tility .
How­
ever. he told stories, explained his
p ro g ra m ,
m ade no a n tag o n istic
statem ents.
“ I f you gentlem en are against this
p ro g ra m , then you don’t understand
it . “ W ya tt said “ I t ’s m y fa u lt fo r
not m a k in g it c le a r.”
A fte r 45 m inutes, ha vin g won over
a considerable p a rt o f the audience,
he stopped Then fo r 45 m inutes
m ore h r answered questions E ve ry
inch of the way he fought fo r his
p ro g ra m o f low-cost housing fo r v e t­
erans
F in a lly , when he finished, ev­
e ry b u ild e r in the huge d ining
room ro te to his fr e t and
cheered
NOW M ill IF
E G Y P T IA N S T U D E N T S R IO T IN C A IR O . . . W ith dem ands th a t the
B ritis h leave E g yp t, students and s ym p a th ise rs ta ke possession of pa rt
of the c ity of C a iro w ith o u t opp osition fro m p o lit e. The rio te rs te r­
ro riz e d the t a p ita l, m a n y fire s w ere sta rte d and co n siderable dam age
re su lte d . S im ila r rio ts la te r b ro ke out in A le x a n d ria , site of a great
B ritis h n a ta l base. W hile the rio ts d id not have g o ve rn m e n t backing,
lit t le e ffo rt was m ade to p re ve n t o r c o n tro l the d e m o n stra tio n s against
the B ritis h g o ve rn m e nt.
PARIS OBJECTS . . . Against
F ra n c o executions of 10 a n ti-F a s-
e lsts. T h is mass d e m o n stratio n
was held in P a ris d e m anding an
im m e d ia te break w ith F ranco.
SPAG HETTI
Some o f the strongest opposition
to the P re sid e n t’ s “ d a rk b re a d ” o r ­
der is com ing fro m an unexpected
q u a rte r — spaghetti m a n u fa ctu re rs
Spaghetti, m a ca ro n i and noodles
are m ade fro m sem olina, a g ritty
flo u r made, in tu rn . fro m d u ru m
wheat
Sem olina m ille rs , as w ell as
spaghetti m akers, are up in a rm s ,
about the “ d a rk b re a d ” o rd e r, de­
c la rin g it w ill d riv e them out of
business.
A n u m ber o f sem olina
m ills have flled an exception.
Closest to the h e a rt o f e v e ry v e t­
eran who wears a wound s trip e is
adequate m ed ica l care. Gen. O m ar
B ra d le y , a d m in is tra to r of veterans'
a ffa irs , sh o rtly a fte r his a p p oint­
m ent, picked as his assistant to
have charge of the m e d ic a l and su r­
g ic a l d ivisio n o f VA , a m an who
is no stran g e r to wounded vets.
He is M a j. Gen. P aul R. H aw ley,
who was ch ie f surgeon of the E u ro ­
pean th e ate r o f w ar. and as such
had under his d ire c tio n 254,000
m e d ic a l d e p artm en t men, in c lu d in g
16.000 doctors. 4,500 d entists and 18,-
000 nurses. U nder his a d m in is tra ­
tio n m ore than 1.500.000 patients
were a d m itte d to a rm y hospitals
in the E uropean th e ate r and o f this
n u m b e r 340.000 were b a ttle casual­
ties. So G eneral H a w le y has had
broad experience in c a rin g fo r our
fig h tin g men in tim e o f w a r and
has been chosen to head up the
m e d ic a l branch of VA because of
th is experience and g re a t success.
U nder the expanding h o sp ital p ro ­
g ra m of VA G eneral H a w le y is c a ll­
i n g upon the best m ed ica l and s u r­
g ic a l b ra in s of the nation to take
a hand in the g re a t re h a b ilita tio n
p ro g ra m of d isabled veterans. The
idea to take ve te ra n s’ hospitals close
to the m e d ic a l centers of the na­
tio n reflects one of G e n era l H aw ­
le y 's plans to de ce ntra lize and b rin g
tre a tm e n t as close to the home
towns o f the co u n try as possible.
HIGH - PRICED
TIIRIA MILLIONS IN G O LD T H E IR G O A L . . . Ir w in A W illia m so n ,
fa m e d e x p lo re r, is shown« le ft, w ith C'apt. E d w a rd E rikse n . as they
planned e x p e d itio n to re co ve r a rep u te d SJO.OM.MO in gold fro m the
« ursed Spanish galleon “ Santa Rosa.** w h ich has been on the sea’s
bo ttom »luce 1?M. W illia m s o n d isco ve re d lo ca tio n In 1M1 and b ro u g h t
up the « h ip ’s hell. L o ca tio n is som ew here off the coast o f C'sha.
SPARKPLUGS
. , . H a ro ld Newhonser, le ft, p itc h ­
e r. and H ank G ree n b e rg , s ta r
slu g g e r of the D e tro it T ig e rs ,
shown together d u rin g tra in in g a t
L a k e la n d . F la. T h e ir com bined
s a la rie s a re said to exceed SIM .00t.
R e lea sed bv W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n
C O M M U N IC A T IO N SY STEM S
O P E R A T IO N CO STLY
W A SH IN G TO N . — T he degenera­
tion o f the s u p e rio r A m e ric a n e ffi­
ciency in business in to som ething
lik e E u ro p e before the d ic ta to rs —
w here tra in s d id not run on tim e,
telephone se rvice was w h im s ic a l and
te le g ra p h messages and a ir m a il
m ig h t be expected to a rr iv e tw o or
three days la te —was observed p a in ­
fu lly by me in m y tr ip dow n througn
the southeastern states.
The ra ilro a d s a re not ye t a
m onopoly in th is c o u n try , p e r­
haps the people a re ge tting
fro m them as good s e rv ic e as
the d eficiency of m a te ria ls and
men w ill p e rm it—o r a reason­
able a p p ro x im a tio n in general
thereof.
H ow ever,
telephone
se rvice is a m onopoly. I f the
c itiz e n cannot get s e rv ic e on one
lin e , he cannot w a lk a c ro s j the
stree t and tr y an o th e r. The com ­
pany has a m onopoly of the
business; the w o rk e rs have a
m onopoly of the w o rk w ith th e ir
unions. T his im poses upon them
a p u b lic re s p o n s ib ility beyond
other
businesses
and
oth er
w o rke rs, to p e rfo rm th e ir pu b lic
se rvice e ffic ie n tly .
I am not now c o n sid e rin g the
s trik e th re a t issue. I have not in ­
vestig a te d m e rits o r d e m e rits o f op­
posing contentions. Y e t y .iu r hous ?
m ay b u rn to the ground causing yon
g re a t and needless loss, if Are calls
are not handled p ro m p tly because
o f s trik e , negligence, in e ffic ie n c y c.r
any o th er reason. Deaths m ay b®°«
caused by delays o f a fe w m om ents
in am bulances, ope ra tio n s o r blood
transfusions. Robbers m a y m ake
good escapes. A ll the p ro p e rty as
w e ll as the v e ry life o f the citize n
rest h e a v ily upon the e ffic ie n c y of
th is s in g le m ea iu o o f s w ift c o m m u n i­
cation between people. No com pany
and no group of w o rk e rs have the
r ig h t to cause dam age and (Anath
am ong the people as a w hole ta r
any reason, w h e tu er ju s t o r unjwei.
To do so is a v io la tio n of e v e ry m -,
tu ra l law o f m a and ecM K i»« vs-
cency. W ith the rig U i c ' iwgwcf '. v
in business and /w r w o iti (clnswi*
sho p >jg o e s a p,ub!ia
w hich cannot be i^rzeredl ac
.
fo r any hu m ; v puriteeie.
Q. O ur boy was taken in to the
ar..mp We are fa rm in g 52l acres
of land, m ilk in g 12 to 20 cows by
hand the year round, ra is in g over
350 head of hogs a year.
I am
p h y s ic a lly u n fit to
any
a rm
w o rk . T h is w o rk is a ll up to two
boys 19 and 20, one a 4-F.
We
m ust h ire a m an to replace the boy
th a t is gone, lie has set aside $30
of his w ;es to help pay fo r this
help.
W ill the governm ent m atch
>'.(>• t.l'l ; v I K ! ! - M f f
th is, and if so how do we go about
IM 1 i i liV E V I I A I , M T « I 1.
g e tting it?
T his boy was re a lly
I was forced to snuew KpxMS <HgWN
needed.— L. U., G ladbrook, Iow a.
A. Y our lo ca l selective service .g -rio u t considerations c(f vjty.4 (inn-
board had the re s p o n s ib ility
de­ a lie n a b le? ) lig h ts , by m y m ince <•»>
c id in g w hether o r not y o u r boy was periences o f tr y in g to h a n ilie MF>
u n im p o rta n t
l<«vt-
needed m ore on the fa rm than in c o m p a ra tiv e ly
the a rm y . I f they had decided he ness th ro u g h telephone,
o
was needed there, he w ould have and a irm a il w h ile aw a y fr-si-a u w
been given an a g ric u ltu ra l d e fe r­ office fo r a few weeks. I Can?. 1 fe
m en t under the selective se rvice telephone and a ir m a il w lv tlly ui>.
law . No, there is no p ro visio n fo r perciable. The, a lrw ia .t, b i m c i e , ic
the gove rn m e nt to m atch the $30 a g o ve rn m e n t m e h e y * <**• .
per m onth. I f you can prove a h a rd ­ ciency is to tjp eg ;«ait «-l fr-« .. [•«■«<•
ship case, w hich is u n lik e ly , the boy experience. I-5Ut I Scxn •] J' A a ir :« c &
could ask fo r a d ischarge on th a t special d e liv e ry Itvthwpi, m a ilM b »' j
ground. He w ould have to in itia te the sam e tim « each day at tkw mmmk
the case th rough his co m m a n d in g ooint o f o rig in , v. --'J a rr iv e a-t SOr-d»
d e stin atio n on s c ! - . ’, i\e <-,?<,’ y mss
o ffice r.
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Q. Is the w idow of a W orld W ar tim e out o f th r i« . Ttae sOks» tw»
vote
I v e te ra n e n title d to a pension if tim es, the m a il s ■*! tie
the husband's death is n o t-co n n e ct­ to tw o days la te I un»it»rstst»»sl Assnt
ed w ith the w a r? Do W or.a W a r I w hy so m a n y new spapers "fvece caste-
.
ve te ra n s re re iv e pensions? If a p la in in g about la te a r r iv a l o f
d is a b ility allow ance was d is c o n tin ­ copy The post office has pila.WH.-
ued and the case review ed and re­ | fa ile d Io reco ve r ye t fresx the 'csss.
fused again w h a t ra n one do? Is
Telephe
4m»aMM* an id!'-
the w ife of a W orld W ar I vete ra n
h J i n t e r e s t i n g am uscnictj:
e n title d Io m ed ica l ca re ? — M rs . J.
Each ucca?it«|n furwlvbe.il- » u n i»
II.. T ow e r. M in n.
th iijg novel. O ut o f 10 c a lls «8»
A. Yes, the w idow o f a W orld W ar
W ashington. I eventnall-v g<.
I vete ra n is e n title d to a penQon
three
(’
was p 'o rr.p ’
although death is not se rvice con­
The o ther re«!..1had fiMum an koni
nected. O nly disabled veterans re ­
of e ffo rt Io get a supervltM o,
ce ive pensions
In case / - d is a b ility
who p u l it t 'g w jt h fo r maw, a iw »
allow ance is discontinued and re ­
m y o rig in a l c a ll and the operas
view ed and refused again, the v e t­
to r ’s p ro m ise ft» “ r a il you fraiflP
eran has the rig h t to appeal to a
in 20 m in u te s .“ Both had beeom r
board o f the VA. W ives o f W orld
lost so deeply th a t no one
W a r I veterans are not e n title d to
around the exchange had hea-d
m e d ic a l care.
of It. The th ird r a il in the a fte r­
Q. I have a lot on a m ain high­
noon was com pleted the fo llo w ­
w ay. I'd lik e to put up a business
ing m o rn in g . The o thers never
hut in o rd e r to do this I nerd around
got th rough fo r fv axons w hich
$2,000. Could you send me fu ll In­
are not re p o rta b le a u th o rita tiv e ly
s tru c tio n s on how to go about this
by m e. but I was to ld a varievy
m a tte r and ju s t w hat I m ust do?—
of th in g s ; “ There w ill be a delay
M r. II. F. 8., Selm a, Ala.
of 30 to 40 m in u te s ," or "y o u r
A. Go to y o u r bank and ask if
lin e is busy,** and then a few
th e y w ill m ake you a G I loan on the
s rro n d s la te r: “ it does not an­
pro p o sitio n . I f they consider it a
sw e r.” I ro u ld n e ve r find out
good ris k , they w ill ta ke care o f all
w hy it ro u ld be busy and then
the details.
in a few seconds d id not an-
Q. When and how is tra n s p o rta ­
sw er. I soon found out ro m p la in -
tion fo r se rvicem e n 's k in a v a ila b le
ing accom plished nothing . E le c­
and w hat are the chances fo r the
tr ic a l noises would e ru p t in the
w ife of a PFC whose husband is
phone and deafen m y ear if I
stationed in R rgensberg, G e rm a n y?
even suggested such a th in g to
— M rs. C. O. B.. C h a m b e rla in , S. II.
m y se lf. The o n ly w ay you could
A The se rvicem a n m ust in itia te
get a su p e rviso r was Io w ork
the request w ith his co m m a n d in g
th ro u g h a frie n d ly o p e ra to r on a
o ffic e r
I f the request is granted
p riv a te sw itc h b o a rd who could
you w ill be notified o f a ll d e tails
m ake ju s t as loud noises as the
O r ly wives are e lig ib le
telephone m onopoly.
Q. I was discharged fro m the
The sending of a te le g ra m I found
a rm y in Ja n u a ry , 1944, because
to be less o f an adve ntu re , and
of wounds received when I stepped
could be done in less th a n a day. In
on a land m in e. I had te m p o ra ry
fa c t, I have o n ly one c o m p la in t
am nesia and head in ju rie s .
Have
against the te le g ra p h
m onopoly
on ly a 45-degree extension of m y le ft ) I they a p p a re n tly gave m y te le g ra m
a rm .
O therw ise am in p e rfe ct
to the w ro ng p a rty on the phone).
shape How do I go about g e tting
I w ill say te le g ra p h se rvice is at
back in to the a rm y ? — M N „ Eu­
least b e tte r than when the Postal
gene. Ore.
va ca ted the field.
A The a rm y has low ered its regu*
B u t w h a t o f the people who deal
labor.« som ew hat upon p h y s ic a l re­ j in im p o rta n t figures o f m oney,
q u ire m e n ts and w ould suggest you m en o r p e rish a b le m a te ria ls ? T his
discuss the question w ith y o u r local is a big nation d e a lin g d a ily in big
re c ru itin g office, o r you tn a y con­
m a tte rs W hat o f the n a tio n a l la b o r
ta c t y o u r d ra ft board.
leader« tr y in g to c a ll o ff strikes?
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