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L E W IS IN R EA L ESTATE W A SHINGTON —Just how vigor ously John L. Lewis plans to enter his battle to recapture the CIO came out at the A F L executive board meeting in M iam i, where the bushy-browed labor thespian joined his form er enemies in a holy war against his form er friends. Phil M urray and the CIO. One of Lewis' first moves was to persuade the A F L to move out of its shabby 30-year-old h e a d q u a r t e r s to a modern streamlined building near the White House. Lewis was named chairman of an A F L committee to acquire the new building. Some years ago John paid a quarter of a million for the U ni versity club, once the home of W ash- ington elite, and made it his United Mine Workers headquarters. TRUMAN’S CABINET FORCED SECRETARY BY R N ES’ HAND •VO TED AGAINST V E TE R A N S ' WMi Veterans are considering a new ax. ON T H E IR D IA M O N D W E D D IN G D A Y . . . Seventy-live years of wedded bliss, spent In theJog eabln home symbol which may become as fa which thev constructed them »-Ives when they were first m arried. Is the proud record of M r. and M rs. mous as the label "M ade by Union George Turner. Viroqua, Wis. They were m arried by a Methodist circuit rider and have four m arried Labor." It w ill probably take the children who live in the surrounding countryside. M r. T urner Is 9« and his wife. M ary Jane, ia 9 . years old. form of the initials "V A V .” When these initials are used immediately following a con gressman's name, it will indi cate that he “ voted against vet erans." Congressmen, already sensitive about this year's elections, are wor ried sick about the recent vote on housing for veterans, especially the vote on subsidies which would have permitted low-cost homes at a price- range which veterans could afford. This worry was why congress ducked a roll-call vote. If each congressman had been forced to stand up and be counted, it would have been political sui cide for some. The Democrats, despite a plea from President Trum an himself, plus telegrams from Bob Hannegan, split ranks. Here are the Demo crats who in the future w ill be labeled “V A V H ” (voted against vet erans’ housing) in this important test vote: Barden. N. C .; Brown, Ga.; Camp, G a.; Colmer, Miss.; Cox, Ga.; Cravens. A rk.; Dough- ton, N. C.: Durham , N. C.; Earth- man, Tenn.; E rvin, N. C .; Gath- ings, A rk.; Gibson, Ga.: Hare, S. C .; Lanham, Texas: M cM illan, S. C .; Manasco, Ala.; M ay. K y.; Mills, A rk.; I.Iurdock, A riz.; M urray. Tenn.; Pacen, Ga.; Page, Texas; R iley. S. C.; Roe, M d.; Russell, Texas; Slaughter, Mo.; Smith, V a.; Sumners, Texas; T arver, Ga.; Vin H IR O S H IM A KNOWS E F F E C T S O F A TO M IC BOMB . . . Seven months after the atomic bomb hit H iro son, Ga.; Whitten, Miss.; Whitting shima what was once a thriving city still lays in ruins except for an emergency housing project which Is ton, Miss. attem pting to provide shelter. Shown in the photo is one of the GOO homes which are arising from I e • • • rubble of what was once w ar factories. These natives know the real power of atomic bombs. N Y E ’S R E S ID E N C E Ex-Senator Gerald Nye took a set back in his first attempt to return to his old senate seat. People in N orth Dakota didn't like the fact that Nye continued his residence in M aryland, though running in North Dakota, and he didn't get far in the first Republican primaries. • • • S T E E L H EA D A C H E One of the biggest reconversion headaches is lack of steel. Hun dreds of smaller firms, including Henry Kaiser’s new auto company, can’t get steel, while strike-struck General Motors was gorged with it. Recently General Motors officials traveled to Washington, wangled a promise from OPAdm inistrator Jack Sm all that he would not confiscate the thousands of tons of strategic m aterials which General Motors is hoarding. Small has cracked down on sm aller companies hoarding ny lons, but General Motors appears too big to touch. • • • C A P IT A L C H A F F Democrats were wrangling last week about the right of Chicago’s Representative Sabath to be heard as much as Mississippi's Represen tative John Rankin. Meanwhile, GOP Leader Joe M artin went over to Democrat Mike Monroney of Ok lahoma and said: “ M ike, the next tim e you Democrats get into a scrap like this and it comes to a vote, w e’re just going to vote ‘present’ and let you Democrats fight it out yourselves." . . . Atlanta's new con gresswoman, Mrs. Helen Douglas M an kin , has been assiduously cul tivated by the Georgia delegation— with long visits on the floor of the bouse even from the two Georgia senators—George and Russel. But the first chance she got she voted 3g.}.nst Rankin. . . North Caro- Iin a a C hairm an Bob Doughton of the house ways and means com m it tee nnt only believes that people should continue paying the w artim e excess-tax ra*es on luxuries such as ft^rs but also that children should continue paying the w artim e tax on m ovie t.c<et,s A fter a ll,” says Dough.ton. k ds don't have to go to 'he nsoviea—th e y 're a ixury. * • • Capitol B»H today M "»**« be- «leged by MhhvWM th *» a t any Hete IN y e a r’ . « « w < are wev*»*< »<***"< * * » * * er<W*e e* fed eral * " » * * • * * * * a y k w - • * < •**< ***» w tv-» to Th* Aaaevtea* L*g**w * •e tw ta ra M faver sad * e r*W r**d fa*»* nt AM lb* ra b re a d * fr**» MW ***** *** F A M IN E E M E R G E N C Y C O M M IT T E E A P P O IN T E D . . . With Ches ter C. Davis, upper left, as chairm an, President Trum an has named the executive group of the Fam ine Em ergency committee. Other members are Eugene M eyer, publisher, vice chairm an, lower left; George H. Gallup, upper right, director of the American Institute of Public Opinion, and Miss Anna Lord Strauss, lower right. B R IN G IN G G .M . S T R IK E TO AN E N D . . . W eary and exhausted a t the end of the 113-day General Motors strike, federal conciliator Jam es Dewey, with strike term s in his hand, reads the term s which aewt the workers back to work. Millions of dollars in wages and arMHs were loo» while the strike waa being conducted. In addition U an hsrreaoe of l» '/i cents an hour, other benefits were secured by the awtow m em bers. H E R LAST V IS IT . . . M rs. F.rna Haupt, whose son was executed as a spy after he landed by sub m arine from G erm any, visits her husband prior to her deportation to G erm any, an d ,to start of his life sentence, for aiding son in his spy work. IIIS BOLOMETER SEES IN D A R K . . . The ab ility to see ob jects in the dark as fa r away as 15 miles, without being seen In return, is made possible by the invention of the bolometer by Dr. Donald H . Andrews of B altim ore. Peacetim e use w ill range from fire a la rm to cancer weapon. Reflecting the need for Increased hospitalization facilities and the pushing of the Veternns' adminis tration hospital construction pro gram, Is the fact that at the begin ning of Februury a total of 17.015 veterans were on the hospital list nwulting entrance nnd the number was increasing at the rate of ap proximately 4,000 per month. As a m atter of fact, however, less than 4 per cent of those awaiting treatments had service - connected disabilities, although it Is the policy of the administration to provide hos pital facilities for all non-service disabilities wherever room Is avail able. In his effort to provide more hos pital space. Gen. Omnr Brndlcy has obtained the use of six arm y hos pitals and in addition, navy has agreed to make available 9.850 beds In navy hospitals. The army has agreed to supply up to 10.000 beds if they can obtain the neces sary personnel to service them. M aj. Gen. Paul R Hawley, who recently resigned from the army to tnke over full charge of the vet erans' medical and surgical division, asserts that more than 13.000 veter ans discharged from the service have their hearing affected and have gone through rehabilitation programs. He estimated that in the next 20 years there would be from 200.000 to 400.000 hard-of-hearing veterans as a result of war service. W ASHINGTON The story Is told —I do not know how truly—that S tu te S e c r e t a r y B y r n e s fa c e d a verbal firing squad in the cabinet ue- fore his recent firm ing of international policy aguinst en c r o a c h m e n ts by Russia around the world In th e In n e r group It is re lated that Pres ident Trum an allowed his cabinet advisers to express plainly to Itrynea their dissatisfaction at the total lack of results front his position as a diplomatic neutral. Indred. a m ajority ia said to have pointed out to him that to be a neutral In conflicts between democracy and totalitarianism Is to be in effective. Some of M r. Byrnes’ friends are trying to stamp out the story, con tending he wrote one or two of his firming notes before the date of the meeting at which the execution of appeasement, if not of M r. Byrnes, took place. PURPOSE OF CHUKCIIILL‘8 MISSOURI ADDRESS I am Inclined to believe the story because Mr. Trum an stepped out conspicuously on the same platform from which the Churchill address, urging an Anglo-American alliance, was presented. M r. Trutnun did not commit himself, except by his pres- Q u e s tio n s a n d A n s w e r s (}. My son was In the army for 3 years, overseas 18 months. Be fore going, he took out an allotment for my three children, but I never received it. He also sent J39 to me out of his check. but I didn't know it at the time, thinking It was the allotment to the children. When he came home, he told me I was not receiving the allotment. I would like to know If I can still get It.— Mrs. L, R. 8 „ Wasola, Mo, A. The arm y says that if the al lotment was actually deducted from your son's pay he Is entitled to a refund of the amount deducted W rite to the Office of Dependency Benefits, U. S. Army, Newark 2. N J . giving all details, son's full name and serial number. Q. I am a veteran of this war and was wounded November 19, 1944, and since have been unable to do much of anything. 1 got dis charged two weeks ago and decided I had to have money so I went up to see about getting a G .I. loan. They told me the only things you could get a loan on was to buy a home or a business. Now I have been misled, for I thought I eould get a loan on anything your local banker would let me have the money on, so I am stuck. I want to buy a tractor and equipment so I can farm , also build on my house I already have paid for. Now how can I do it?—E. T. M., Arlington, Kan. A. The G .I. law provides you may obtain money for both these pur poses, either a tractor for furthering your business of farming or to re pair, remodel or make alterations to your home. The law also pro vides. however, that you must first obtain a lender who will make the loan and that the lender is the judge of whether or not you are a good risk. Would suggest you obtain from your nearest veterans' admin istration a list of approved lenders in your town and seek out one who will agree to make the loan. Q. I have sugar diabetes 100 per cent. Was Inducted before the war and spent three months and was discharged in January after war was declared. They sent me to the veterans’ facilities for application for compensation, but they turned me down, said the fact was on my induction papers. I appealed to Washington and was turned down there. Please tell me how I can get some help from the government. —L. W., Poplarville, Miss. A. I am afraid there is nothing you can do since your disability was evident when you were inducted, unless you can present evidence it was aggravated by your short serv ice, or that you have some other disability. Q. I would like some information regarding the whereabouts of my brothers. One Is with the 600th Port, company, APO 562. The other with the 54lh Reif. Bn. APO 772. Could you tell me where they are located and If they may be home soon?— Mrs. G. R. R.. Arcadia, Calif. A. Th 600th Port, company a r rived In New York last August 18 and the 54th Reif. Bn. was inactiv ated In France on November 4, 1945. I f they have not arrived home, they may have been transferred to other units. President Truman ence, hut when a Missouri univer sity grunts an honorary degree to anyone you may be sure Mr. T ru man arranged the affair. Indeed, he Is supposed to have read the ad dress In advance. You may recall Mr. Churchill paid a final visit to Washington a week or more before they both went out together for the historic occasion. The union of these two men for the occasion, however, should not li* Interpreted as a definite forecast that all M r. Churchill wanted will come to pass. Immediately or even soon. Indeed, common interpretation around the country, judging by the comment and reaction, was that M r. Churchill was inspired by a desire to give a boost Io the proposed loan-gift of more than four billion dollars to the British government. No doubt this is true, but the deeper meaning of his words should not be lost in such an obvious de duction. The important thing Is he spoke out against Russia. He removed the diplomatic velvet from his tongue and talked of realities. He dropped pretense nnd said what he thought. DIPLOMATIC TRICKERY HAS NO PLACE IN U. 8. Such plain words hove not been much in order around here lately. The Byrnes policy hod been found ed on other factors than plain speak ing, to say the least. I think it is fair to say the advocates of the Byrnes school of tactics (largely confined to The left-wing groups) were timid In their fear to face truth. The mere facing of it in these new diplomatic ventures there fore represents progress. The confused world cannot find sta bility and peace in diplomatic trickery, appeasements, spoken words without meaning, written and sworn words not to be car ried Into effect, or any of these devices— all lacking confidence, security and good faith neces sary to sound understanding. Agreement must be built upon these ingredients as a foundation, or they are meaningless and danger ous. To fear that w ar will come is in itself a position of weakness. It w ill come either way, if it is to come, because It can come only through action of our adversaries. If we face the fact3, we will know what the score is and we w ill be prepared. If we dodge the issue and retreat from position to position in the face of m ere diplomatic pres sures, and delude ourselves Into be lieving surrender la peace, our fata la In the hands of our adversaries.
