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Hindis V alley N ew s. Thursday. February 13, 1947 Touch-Typewriting Self-Taught at Home New Legislative Setup Is Effective M EfifW-GOROUND MJ Congre D ss Putting Its Reorganization to Test D R E W PEARSON C i m ByBAUKHAGE N e tti A n a li/ il e n d ( o m m t n l a l o r . tend the life o f these tw o "specials'* —and they won. B u t so m uch a tte n tio n was d ire c t W ASHING TO N - The 80th con ed to w a rd the issue th a t Senator gre«« has been o p e ra tin g long T a ft hastened ‘ to m ake it c le a r enough under the new reo rg a n iza la te r th a t crea tio n o f fu rth e r spe tion plan to note some o f the la t c ia l co m m itte e s w ould be a ve ry te r's virtu e s and d iffic u lt Job. Net re s u lt o f the whole s h o r t c o m i n g s. discussion was to strengthen ra th e r The firs t h o tly than weaken the reo rg a n iza tion . One of the m ost im p o rta n t steps debated issue in the senate had a to w a rd in cre a sin g e fficie n cy of con gress was e lim in a tio n of o ve rla p fo rtu n a te effect on the plan. I ping co m m itte e s but, lik e atte m p t- re fe r to the fight 1 ing to abolish the s e n io rity rule, it over retention of Just co u ld n ’t be accom plished. As a two of the stand- . m a ,te r o f fact, when the b ill ing co m m itte e s I Anally was passed, the house reject- — the co m m it- ' ef* the senate-approved p ro vision tees on w a r in | w hich did away e n tire ly w ith spe cia l co m m itte e s. I t was a d m itte d at vestigation and sm all business. the tim e the re o rg a n iza tio n act Despite the fact , was passed th a t it fe ll considerably that the 80th con sh o rt o f the o rig in a l recom m ends* Kaukhage gress had ex* i tions by the va riou s bodies which pressed the in tention to abide by the had m ade u n o fficia l studies of the reorganization plan accepted by the situ a tio n. Indeed, the act did not c a rry out a ll the recom m endations 79th congress, and th a t one of the of the re p o rt of the jo in t congres purposes o f this plan was to e lim sional co m m itte e created to e x inate the special com m ittee, the sen a m ine va riou s recom m endations ate R epublicans fought hard to ex- and then to m ake its own. WNU Service, 1616 E y e S tre e t, N. W., Washington, I). C. F < E x p e r ts I o A d v is e S u lo u s i « i i T i l m i i n i j u ia REDS M A Y H A V E A-BOMB W ASH IN G TO N . — I t took b re a th ta k in g Bob G ros o f C a lifo rn ia to do w h a t no d ip lo m a t o r new sm an so fa r has done re g a rd in g the A -bom b and Russia. He got a h in t fro m So v ie t Am bassador N o v ik o v th a t Rus sia has e ith e r the secret o f the A -bom b o r an adequate defense against it. Gros, a C a lifo rn ia le c tu re r who a n n u a lly in te rv ie w s m ore W ashing ton b ig w ig s in 24 hours th a n the average new sm an does in one week, c a lle d on Am bassador N o v ik o v the o th er day and a t the end o f his in te rv ie w asked: "D o you have a n y th in g you w ish to say to the A m e ri can peo ple? " iO L L O W O I.I) A D A G E . . . B e lie v in g in the old adage about the way to a m a n ’s h e a rt, 16 Chicago w a r brides are le a rn in g to cook "th e A m e rica n w a y " in a Red Cross n u tritio n class. T h e ir No. 1 request is to le a rn to bake apple pie. W ar brides from Scotland, E ngland and E g y p t a re shown above w ith a Red Cross in s tru c to r. news review Packers Equalize V\ ages; U.S. Wit lid raws C liina Aid LABOR: CONGRESS: ‘ ‘Y e s ," re p lie d the am bassa do r, "Y o u A m e rican s should not re ly too m uch on the A-bom b. A g a in st F rance, Ita ly , G er m an y, yes. B u t against Russia, No. You should not depend on it . ’ ' "T h a t, M r. A m b a s s a d o r," sug gested Gros. "sounds as i f the Rus sians have developed a defense against the A -b o m b ." “ Yes,” re p lie d Am bassador N o v i kov, " th is and m ore. I do not wish to say a n y th in g f u r th te r ." T his s ig n ific a n t statem ent ended the in te rv ie w . M O R E W O M EN IN G O V E R N M E N T P re sid e n t T ru m a n 's fa ilu re to ap p o in t m ore wom en to high office was ta c tfu lly la id before the P re s i dent by a g ro u p o f wom en. M rs. La F e lle D ickin so n , p re s i dent o f the G eneral F e d e ra tio n of W om en's Clubs, headed the delega tion and to ld M r. T ru m a n q u ite fra n k ly th a t wom en g e n e ra lly were d istu rb e d because he h a d n 't ap pointed as m a n y wom en to g o ve rn m en t jobs as M r. Roosevelt had. She re m in d e d the P re sid e n t th a t the state d e p a rtm e n t had b u ilt up a ro s te r of 80 w e ll-know n A m e ric a n wom en capable o f h a n d lin g im p o r ta n t g o ve rn m e nt w o rk and urged h im to b rin g the lis t up to date. D r. K a th e rin e M c H a le o f the As sociation o f U n iv e rs ity W omen, was e q u a lly strong in u rg in g a p p oint m en t o f m ore wom en to g o v e rn m ent. M r. T ru m a n re p lie d th a t he would lik e to a ppoint m o re wom en to jobs but it was d iffic u lt to get the rig h t person fo r the r ig h t job. P robably the m ost Im p o rta n t The staffing, how ever, that has change yet to be made is to p rovide been done is in va lu a b le Now fo r /VfV Equality Retain L uxury Levies add itio na l help fo r m em bers That the firs t tim e there w ill be expert» A nnouncem ent by the d e p a rtm e n t is, p ro v id in g a d d itio na l experts to instead o f a new inexperienced ac» of labor th a t a special co m m issio n Bent on trim m in g incom e taxes. advise co m m itte e ch a irm e n and brought in w ith each chairm an. had s im p lifie d jo b cla ssifica tio n s the Republican congress m oved to com m itteem en. 1 rece n tly heard it M ore are needed. and ironed out ra te in e q u itie s in preserve other sources o f revenue to rem a rked th a t: "Senator T a ft usual the B ig F iv e p a ckin g plants pointed c a rry the huge 1947-48 budget and Some phases of the reo rg a n iza ly knows what he is ta lkin g about up the g ro w in g acceptance of the reduce debt by e xte nd in g w a rtim e when he tukes the floor. You m ay tion plan p robably w ill prove im p rin c ip le of equal pay fo r equal w ork rates on lu x u ry item s. h&t agree w ith his policies but when p ra c tic a l. One o f its o b je ctive s was in U. S in d u s try . As a result, taxes on liq u o r were It comes to facts he seldom m akes to reduce the n u m ber of m easures C onsisting o f rep re se n ta tive s of scheduled to re m a in at $9 a pro o f | passed by unanim ous consent. This erroneous or m isleading statem ents gallon: 20 per cent on fu rs, luggage, was recom m ended because freq u e n t the public, go ve rn m e nt, in d u s try and This Is la rg e ly because T a ft has the je w e lry and to ile t p re p a ra tio n s ; 1 ly im p o rta n t le g isla tio n was adopted labor, the co m m issio n cleaned up best stair of advisers in congress cent fur each 5 cents charged on in th is m anner w ith only a sm all i differences between S w ift, W ilson, —he hire» and pays fo r them out th e ate r adm issions; $8 a b a rre l on Cudahy, A rm o u r and M o rre ll and num ber of senators on the floor. o f Ins own pocket.” the A F L , C IO and independent un beer; 25 per cent on long distance The ro ll is not called — m ere ly It is im possible to expect that telephone calls and 15 p e r cent on "n o o b je ctio n s.” Various steps were ions over ra te in e q u alities. The com m ore than a few m em bers of e ith e r local service; 15 per cent on tra n s taken to check this custom but panies and unions had agreed on house can devote enough tim e to conditions fo r 90,000 jobs in c o lle c portation, and 20 per cent on lig h t there is a hum an elem ent involved any single subject to become expert I bulbs and tubes. that has to be taken in to considera tiv e b a rg a in in g procedure, and the on It. I t is tru e that we have had M eanw hile. Republican ran ks were com m ission acted on the re m a in in g tion. some outstanding exam ples of men sp lit on the proposal of C h a irm a n 10.000 jobs. One th in g which helps attendance and women who have been uble to Knutson 'R e p .. M in n .) o f the house " I watched P re sid e n t Roose The n u m b e r of la b o r grades c a r specialize and s till c a rry on th e ir considerably is the red u ctio n of the ■ ways and means co m m itte e to re v e lt w o rk fo r a long tim e .” T ru ry in g v a ry in g pay rates was cut other duties F o r exam ple. Senator num ber of com m ittees upon which duce incom e taxes 20 per cent on m an continued. " I knew then, fro m 250 to 25 under the negotiations George on finance and M rs. Rogers a senator serves T his gives him earnings up to *300.000. In c re a s in g but d id n 't rea lize fu lly , ju s t how and wage boosts a ve ra g in g 1.8 cents ! fa v o r was shown fo r the sugges • on veterans' affa irs, to name two tim e to p a rtic ip a te in debate. la rg e a p o rtio n o f the P re s i an hour were aw arded to a p p ro xi- widely d iffe re n t fields tio.- o f R epresentative Engel (R e p , It ts not im probable th a t the f ili d e n t’s tim e was taken in fin d | m a te ly 75,000 w o rkers to iro n out It is na tura l that m ost congress buster w ill be c u rta ile d , pci haps M ich .) that exem ptions be increased in g the r ig h t people fo r the in e q u alities. In general, packing men got into p o litics by way o f the this session, if not e n tire ly ruled out. to c u t the taxes o f lo w incom e fig h t jo b . I w a n t you to know ... house em ployees doing the w o rk in legal profession, which is a good ' But th e re never w ill be "a lim it to , h groups ra th e r than o ffe rin g broad re th a t nobody m akes m y appoint same geographical area now basic tra in in g , but today, when debate” and "d e b a te ” e a sily can be- i lie f w h ich m ig h t chieffy benefit the d ra w equal pay. m ents fo r m e. I m ake them on upper brackets. m any of the most im p o rta n t issues I come la rg e ly a m onologue when I the basis of m y own ju d g m e n t.” P re vio u sly, the C IO -U nited Steel are economic ra th e r than p o litica l, D e c la rin g there are n e a rly 86 addressed to few hearers except a no piofesslonal tra in in g is in its e lf j p a tie nt v is ito r or two in the g a l W orkers and U. S. Steel co rp o ra tio n : m illio n people dependent on in d iv id M rs. D ickin so n s tro n g ly urged ap had ironed out wage in e q u a litie s for ual o r fa m ily incom e of *2.500 o r p o in tm e n t o f a wom an to the e x is t bioud enough. lery. 175.000 em ployees. R e tro a ctive to ! less a ye a r. Engel said th a t K n u t in g vacancy on the F e d e ra l C om Ja n u a ry «, 1944, the cost of re a d ju s t son's b ill w ould re s u lt in a ta x cut m u n ic a tio n s com m ission, but d id n 't m en t was e stim a te d at 30 m illio n o f on ly 72 cents a week fo r a m an suggest any names. The w om en's d o lla rs, w ith m an y w o rkers re c e iv e a rn in g th a t m uch o r less On the c lu b leader p ointed out th a t wom en in g the e q u iva le n t o f a H4 cent an o th er hand, a person d ra w in g *300,- m ake up the o v e rw h e lm in g m a jo r hour wage increase. ity o f d a y tim e ra d io liste n e rs, ye t 000 a y e a r w ould g a in $942 a week. fe It G allow ay, sta ff direc* " I f the Knutson b ill is passed." E n had no re p re se n ta tio n w hatsoever the Monroney • L a F o lle tte ' CHINA: gel said, " i t w ill place into the hands on the FCC sional co m m itte e which drew M rs. D ickin so n also proposed th a t o f the D e m o cra tic p a rty the m ost ef corgam zation le g isla tio n , re- V. S. Out fe c tiv e ca m p a ig n a rg u m e n t any p a r a w om an be nam ed a ssistant secre wised seven new fields of ta ry o f state, because o f the e n o r D ip lo m a tic e y e j turned anxiously ty can have; an a rg u m e n t w h ich w ill ia! re fo rm : m ous in te re s t and gre a t stake th a t to the O rie n t fo llo w in g the U S. de appeal to 86 m illio n people in the I t i o i i l legislation deadlocks the wom en of the c o u n try have in cision to abandon its peace m a kin g low incom e group . • ml prom ote better te am w o rk keeping the peace. M r. T ru m a n in China and w ith d ra w m ost o f the between congress and the P res said the suggestion was in te re s tin g 12.000 m arin e s on d u ty there. tdent, C oncern w as expressed lest U S IE ant More Cars NO I A M E -D E C K JOBS ?. Create unified, c le a rly Io w ith d ra w a l w ould in v ite Russian in F o r the fifth tim e in three years. H ere's some, bad news fo r Dem o eat« il. responsible Ica d em lllp In te rv e n tio n in C hina on behalf o f the Senator Reed (Rep., Kas.) acted to congress lo r the leg isla tive pro Chinese C o m m unists W hile Sec a lle v ia te the shortage of box cars c ra tic congressm en and senators de g ra m . . * r e ta r y of State M a rs h a ll had d ili in the West caused by the rete n feated in the la st election who have g e n tly sought to b rin g the N a tio n a l tion o f ro llin g stock in the East by been p rim in g the W hite House fo r 3. R< din e the non leg islative fe d e ra l jobs: ists and Reds to g eth e r d u rin g his seaboard railro a d s. work load on congress so ss to P re sid e n t T ru m a n has adopted a spe cia l peace m ission, the U. S. had free < o n ir r is m e n fro m erra n d As e le va tors and m ille rs cla m ore d proceeded on the assum ption th a t 1 fo r cars to m ove g ra in stacked In new p o lic y — no lam e-duck a p p o in t running and p e rm it them to eon m ents, b a rrin g exceptional cases. the N a tio n a lis ts constituted the legal : the West, Reed threatened to d ra w « é n trale upon th eir leg isla tive T h is is the s to ry behind the hope g o vernm ent. In su p p ortin g the N a up perm a n e nt le g is la tio n to re lie v e duties. tio n a lists. the U. S. has advanced an w hat has developed in to a pe re n n ia l of Sen. J im M ead's frie n d s to land 4. Choose c o m m itte r c h a ir e stim a te d m to 3 b illio n d o lla rs of p ro b le m in recent years. On p re h im a d ip lo m a tic post o r some oth er m en other than on the basis of lend-lease. and also p rovided te ch vious occasions, the ra ilro a d s s h ift top job. seniority. T ru m a n and M ead are o ld and n icia n s fo r tra in in g th e ir m ilita r y ed cars west upon Reed's dem ands close friends, fo u gh t shoulder to forces 5. I llm ln a te the filib u s te r In The shortage of ro llin g stock re shoulder in m a n y senate b a ttle s and the señale. Since the U S p ulled out of Chinn s u ltin g fro m inadequate additions when T ru m a n becam e v ic e p re s i w ith o u t m a k in g any stra te g ic a r d u rin g the w a r years has figured in 6. Solve the problem of the d e n t in 1944. M ead succeeded h im rangem ents. the Russians m a in ta in the s cra m b le fo r cars between East powers and pi overture of the as c h a irm a n o f the w a r in v e s tig a t a d is tin c t advantage in view o f th e ir and West. Once cars ro ll in fro m house co m m ittee on rules ing c o m m itte e . H ow ever, several h a lfin je r e s t in the M an ch u ria n r a il :he West w ith a g ric u ltu ra l products, tim e s re c e n tly when W hite House 7. E stablish adequate safe road and th e ir Joint co n tro l o f P o rt eastern ra ilro a d s have sought to Gideon I M e ttle r, w e a rin g a a d vise rs raised the question o f p u t guards against extension of the A r th u r and D airen. Russia's s tra hold onto them as long as possible fatigu e cap and fondling niilo patronage system to the new te g ic position thus leaves Moscow fo r sh ip m e n t o f in d u s tria l goods to tin g the able N ew Y o rk e r some n ia lir , cleaned up *40.000— w here on the fe d e ra l p a y ro ll, T ru professional c o m m itte e staffs in a key po sitio n if it wishes to sup- seaboard points. Because the r a il *20.000 (nr h im se lf and *30.000 m an re p lie d w ith a fia t " n o .” p ly Chinese C om m u n ists entrenched roads also Rre loath to send the cars tor hl» fa th e r—on HO acres of I t w ill be a ere all " I f the people of a state or a irrig a te d land near M c F a rla n d , in the n o rth o r a ctu a lly in te rve n e back e m p ty, valuable tim e is lost lese suggcstioi)» are adopted. congressional d is tric t have de C a lif.. In h i. first year out of the on the p re te x t of sta b iliz in g co n d i by sh unting them w estw ard w ith [canw hile some of those a lrea d y a rm y. cided th a t they don’t w a n t a tio n s In the O rie n t the law w ill b<i- n ii Idled s lig h tly short loads. m an In W ashington by v o tin g i use, Just ss an autom obtla o r ship h im out of office, w hy should I ih a kcs dow n’* a fte r a ce rta in go against th e ir ju d g m e n t by nnunt of mt leage has been a p p ointin g h im to some jo b as thieved. * re w a rd to r being defeated?” One th in g that sim p ly won't w ork the P re sid e n t said. and p ro b a b lj never w ill In the So fa r. none o f T ru m a n 'a advisers has thought up a good answ er. s loo muc h fr e t- • • • M eat p ro d u ctio n i in 1947 m ay set a new record and oth er hand, p rices o f low er-grade WASHINC•TON much dee ply in this ye a r wiill a p p ro xim a te 23 b illio n is lik e ly to be la rg e in 1948 and t.-d c a ttle and stocker and feeder M E R R Y -G O -R O l N l) courtesy ,to pre- pounds» pr<(ividm g 150 pounds fo r possibly 1949 But la m b and m utton, c a ttle pro b a b ly w ill continue re la C iv ilia n s e cre ta rie s of state who from ob (Mining each r iv iltä n a fte r allow ! ng fo r m ill- | w h ich u su a lly account fo r less than tiv e ly high, re fle c tin g seasonally fo r years have rid d e n tn o rd in a ry aside ta ry re q u in rm e n ls and <■xporta. ac- S per cent o f to ta l m ea t supplies. sm a ll supplies. P u llm a n s are w o n d e rin g how come M t .1luce an co rd in g to ii d e p artm en t o f a g ric u l- , I lk er this ear The d e p a rtm e n t said hog p rices the m ilita r y get the use o f p riv a te th a n last p re d ictio n , re»,expected to re m a in near present ra ilro a d c a rs — in peacetim e Gen P o rk pr< in w ill not be great- high levels in the s p rin g and sum e ra l M a rs h a ll rode in a p riv a te c a r rs tim a te Liiat t he advantages out* 1946 tproduction ly d iffé re r a la st year, the de- m er. as m a rk e tin g s w ill d ecline fro m C hicago to W ashington a fte r tie nr In o r disadvantages t t pre d icte d , bow m ore than seasonally. his a rm y plane was forced down pounds or a per Ing a tone even though not ply of 145 pound se in the 11-month M ea t purchases by the arm e d by bad w eather, whereas H e n ry L. out to the fu ll is a tre- fo r the 1937 41 p< I O ctober I forces and o ther w a r agencies last Stim son. tw o tim e s s e c re ta ry o f w a r gain. E x p e rt guidance of pounds w h ile hig it said p rices o f fed 'e a r w ere estim a te d at about 870.- and once s e c re ta ry o f state, never s wh o know th e ir Jobs record was set ii e c ia lly top grades, '00,000 pounds com pared w ith 3.000,- got a n y h ig h e r th a n a d ra w in g not suibject to p o litic a l In- OOO (XXI pounds. i de clin e som ewhat 00.000 in 1945 and • peak o f 4 200 • room . . . , G e n era l Eisenhow er also fro m has a yen fo r p riv a te cam. la ry levels On the 00.000 ia 1944 M o i’P I tc f o i'I llS I{ C<‘<HIIIHCIHI Makes Farming Pay FREIGHT: RIGGER III RGERS Increase Seen in Meat (h iip u i Z ' - ' - s T ,,, co»« - * “ ’ — I««!-» ••S tH * M ' l " 1UOk K JO , "h u n t and peck” typing has 1 no place in a busy, efficient of fice. If you’re a fte r a good job you m ust know touch-typing. • • • What to do? With a ch a rt ot the keys and a tew sim ple instructions, teach It to yourself at home—it's easy. 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