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
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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.
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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.
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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
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'he nsoviea—th e y 're a ixury.
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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.
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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.