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Evening star., 1939-06-05
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY JUNE
Bill IS Introduced
To Create Budget
Officer for Congress
Measure Provides
For Devils Advocate
On Appropriations

The first definite move to give
Congress a budget officer of its
own to make an independent in
vestigation Of all appropriations
asked for by Government depart
ments was taken today by Senator
King, Democrat. of Utah, who in
troduced a bill authorizing the
creation of congressional Agency
on Appropriations.
The agency would be headed by
a director appointed jointly by the
Vice President and the Speaker, at
$500 year He would have author
ity to employ other experts and
personnel to dig into the need for
all items requested in the execu-
tive budget.
Want Devils Advocate"
Senator King and several of his
colleagues contend that when the
House and Senate Appropriation
COMMITTEES take up departmental
supply bills only Government Off
cials supporting the funds asked
for are ever heard.
Accordingly, they want this con-
gressional budget officer to fill the
role of "a devils advocate" by pre-
senting any evidence that may be
available to justify reductions in ap-
preparations.
The King bill provides that "in
any case which the director deems
any such reduction or elimination
of expenditures to be feasible, il
shall be his duty to present the
arguments for such reduction or
elimination without regard to
whether he deems such reduction
or elimination desirable"
Access to Records.
The director and his staff would
have access to the records of all
Federal agencies and all executive
officials would be required to CO.
operate in furnishing information.
Senator King believes adoption OF
this system would result in a grad
ual reduction in the national budget
Senator Adams, Democrat, of Col
orado, member of the Appropri.
ations Committee, recently came out
In support of the proposed plan.
Evening star., 1939-06-05

were 1t. G. F. Woods, Chief Stoker
w. C. Arnold and Frank Shaw.
Relating the escape attempts
about am. q am. E. S. ID Fri
day. Mr.. johnson said that after
Capt. Dram and 1t. Woods sue
ceeded in reaching the surface four
men tried to follow them into the
escape hatch with lung" devices.
Three died and were taken back
into the submarine The fourth was
stricken gravely. Arnold and Shaw
succeeded in escaping about two
hours after Capt Dram and 1t.
Woods, but no one else was able to
ascend
! OF the three who died in the at
tempts to escape, Mr.. johnson said:
Whether their hearts failed or
whether they were drowned we do
not know
Alarming Experience.
81 understand from the descrip-
ton I have had from those who
have escaped that it is rather alarm
ing when you get into this escape
hatch and feel the water rising
gradually.
You put something over your
nose and unless you have very
strong nerves and are more or less
accustomed to that sort of thing 1t
is very alarming to feel the water
creeping right over your head. 1t is
possible the men were unable to
carry out the instructions"
Under regular procedure, seamen
don the Davis gear and go into the
escape compartment by twos. They
are supposed to stand in the COM
partment until water is slowly flood
ed in to equalize the pressure of
water outside the hull. Then the
hatch is opened and the men ascend
to the surface.
"The first two men came up (Oram
and Woods. because they were the
most useful men to direct the rescue
operations" Mr. johnson said. 1T
was very brave thing to do. They
came up with the knowledge that
they might be in the open sea with
nobody to receive them. AS it hap
pened, they came up near the de-
stroyer Brazen"
Experts pointed out that flooding
of the two forward compartments
gravely reduced the space for the
men, virtually double the number
normally aboard submarine of that
size, and reduced the air available
for each.
Evening star., 1939-06-05
Workers Alliance
Will Launch Probe Of
Congress Committees
Right-to-Work Group
To Make Counter Inquiry
Into Disclosures

The Observation-Disclosures Con-
gress, convoked by the Workers
Alliance, which is the w. P. A.
union. this afternoon plans to
launch an investigation" of the
House committee investigating the
w. P. A. The committee appointed
to conduct the counter inquiry will
formulate program when the con-
gress convenes at 2 pm. at the
Departmental Auditorium, Consti-
tuition avenue and Twelfth street
NV.
The investigating committee was
established by passage of a resolu-
ton put before the work congress
yesterday. 1t plans to look into
not only the w. P. A. Committee,
which is a subcommittee of the
House District Committee, but the
Dies Un-American Committee, the
Surpless cBaby Dies~ Committee
in New York City and the workless
inquiry now under way at the Cali
fornia State Legislature.
Hearings to Be Held.
The committee, according to the
Workers Alliance, will hold hear
ings, call witnesses and study the
records of the House Committee
The first hearing probably will be
tomorrow.
1t will seek to determine, as
some of its members have charged,
whether the w. P. A. Committee
"has abused its authority, infringed
upon the constitutional rights of
citizens, permitted false testimony
to be given against citizens and
organizations without permitting
those involved to refute and
whether it has been biased and
prejudiced in its investigation of
the w. P. A. program"
1t is expected, the Workers Alli-
ance reported, that the committee
investigating the investigators will
be composed of delegates to the
Right-to- Congress and "a
number of other distinguished citi-
zens"
Representatives to Speak.
Two members of Congress will ad-
dress the meeting proper this aft
ernoon - Representative Coffee,
Democrat, of Washington and Rep
resentative Geyer, Democrat, of
California. Representative Geyer
plans to introduce an old-age pen
sion bill in the House this week in
cooperating the Workers Alliance
program.
Representative Casey, Democrat
of Massachusetts yesterday urged
the members of the Congress to
push for action on the Casey-Mur-
ray bill, providing 100000 Jobs on
public works for the next fiscal year
for unemployed relief.
Evening star., 1939-06-05
Fy TIE Associated Press.

l.
LONDON, June 5.-The tert q
Prime Minister Chamberlain
statement on the Thetis disaster
in the House OF Commons today
tollo,US:
The following is a full account, so
far as the facts are yet known, of
this lamentable disaster.
On the first of June his majesty's
submarine Thetis. a vessel built by
Cammell Laird, Ltd, was carrying
out acceptance trials in Liverpool
Bay. She was accompanied by tug
belonging to the firm and carrying
naval submarine officer on board.
There were on board full COM
plement of naval personnel. In COM
mand was 1t. Comdr. Bolus.
Capt. Dram, commanding officer Of
the fotilla. and Engineer Capt.
Hackson, on the staff of the ad
miralty for submarines, were also
on board, together with a party of
admiralty officers and certain con-
tractors personnel normally car
ried in such acceptance trials.
Four other naval officers were on
board to gain experience in handling
submarines of similar class now
| building.
Failed to Reappear.
Presence of these additional per-
sonnel in no way contributed to
the sinking of the submarine. At
l 40 pm. she dived for three hours.
She failed to reappear at the ap-
/ pointed time.
1t is evident that the accident
occurred while the vessel was sub
merged.
So far as can be ascertained, the
sinking of the Thetis was caused
by flooding of the two forward COM
partments through one of the bow
torpedo tubes.
The rear door of one of these tubes
Evening star., 1939-06-05

JazZihorn is 10,55O-feet high
mountain in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1939-03-13
Yale Professor
Studies G. A. O. Chonqes

The General Accounting Office,
excluded from the terms Of the
pending reorganization bill after
contributing largely to the defeat
OF the legislation a year ago, is
the object of critical study by
Harvey C. Mansfield of the depart
ment of government of Yale Uni
versity, to be published tomorrow.
Prof. Mansfield collaborated in
drafting the plan for revamping the
accounting Office and doing away
with the controller generalship
which was embodied in the last
reorganization bill. and the present
study is an amplification of one
prepared at that time.
The General Accounting Office,
Prof. Mansfield says, has become
highly institutionalized with all the
trappings of cult that has out
lived its usefulness-a mythology of
origin and destiny, high priest, a
fanatlcal devotion to empty ritual
and legalistic formulas. 1t speaks
an esoteric and ungrammatical jar
gon. 1t holds itself aloof from
other establishments lest its follow
ers be contaminated. It responds
to Illustration by developing marty
dom complexes. In its crusade to
subjugate the heretics who dwell in
the turmoil of the executive
branch'-the phrase is Mr.. McCarl's
(John R. McCarl, former controller
generaD-no innuendo is too un-
warranted, no construction of law
too fantastic to be employed"
Evening star., 1939-03-13
President Reported
Pleased With Action
On Reorganization
Dispute on Technically
May Slow Progress
In Upper House

President Roosevelt was repre-
sented today as being well pleased
with the favorable House action on
the reorganization bill. It now is
before the Senate, where an argu-
ment over technicality is in the
making, which may slow its progress
toward final passage.
Representatives Cochran, Demo-
crat, of Missouri, chairman of the
House Select Committee on Govern
ment Reorganization, and Warren,
Democrat, of North Carolina, author
of the bill. called at the White
House to discuss the measure with
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Chairman Cochran said that the
President appeared pleased with the
progress made so far, but the Rep
resentative declined to predict the
fate of the legislation at the hands
of the Senate.
The bone of contention in the
Senate calls up ghosts of old fill
busters.
Policy Not Involved.
1t is an argument over a techni-
cality-not dispute over policy.
Even Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, who has had as much to
say about reorganization as any
other Democrat, does not complain
very loudly over the basic provisions
of the bill which the House passed
last week.
Senator Byrd says that most of
the objectives for which he had
been working have been included in
the House bill. It specifies that
economy shall be one of the prin-
cipal purposes for remodeling the
Government. 1t leaves with Con-
gress the acceptance or rejection of
changes proposed by the President.
The manner by which Congress
accepts or rejects these changes,
however, is the breeding ground for
future arguments. More than one
Senator is inclined to favor a plan
being put forward by Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana
Under the House bill, when the
President would shift an agency
from one branch of the Govern
ment to another, his action would
become effective in 80 days unless
formally voted down by both Houses
of Congress.
The bill does not specify, however,
that no flibuster shall be counte-
nanced in the Senate in behalf of
one of the changes. House rules
are such as to prevent such q talk
ing match there, but Senators can
talk as long as they please.
The House might adopt a resolu-
tion disapproving of reorganization
changes. A majority of the Senate
might be in favor of such a reso-
luton. Yet, it might be talked to
death unless tWo-thirds of the Sen
ators voted to restrict debate.
The Wheeler plan requires affirm
ative action by Congress before any
of the reorganization changes could
60 into effect, but it provides that
such action would be obtained
promptly. Within a specified time,
it requires that resolution legal
izing suggested changes be brought
in, debated for one hour and
voted on.
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
Combine Modern With Period Furniture
By BETTY WELLS

If you have been going around
thinking that modern furniture
would not speak to early American
things, it's time to shift your gears.
Because in one of the newest ex-
hibitions of modern rooms that we
have seen, dining room demon
strated the use of modern furniture
in a colonial background with good
effect
An informal friendly room it was
with lowered wall paper with quite
a bit of green on a white ground
with hooked rugs on a floor
painted in terra Gotta red and spat-
ter-dashed with furniture that
was modern in simple direct way
combined with pair of Hitchcock
chairs. The arrangement was not
at all orthodox In that the dining
table was not in the center of the
room but on one side. That left
space around the big window for a
pair of easy chairs and a smaller
table between them. The window
curtains were very fresh looking
with yellow organdy curtains on the
inside and pair of white organdy
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Clothes Pins. - When clothes
pegs are new they should be
plunged into boiling water and left
to soak overnight. This softens
the wood and prevents the pegs
from splitting when first used.
Boiled acknowledgements,
if allowed to stand in water after
they are boiled, become soggy.
Drain off water they are boiled in
and use for soup stock.
Sandwich Filling.-Flaked sal
mon and chopped cucumber pick
les moistened with mayonnaise
make tasty sandwich filling.
Stockings.-Add a teaspoonful of
malt vinegar to the rinsing water
when washing black woolen or silk
stockings or socks. This will pre-
vent the stockings from turning a
rusty color.
Baking Ham.-The best oven
temperature for baking ham is be-
tween $50 and 275 degrees Fahren-
heit. This gives a most delicious
ham which slices well. If a glazed
appearance is desired, use left
over sweetened fruit juice for
basting the ham. This also adds
to the flavor.
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19

bottom.
Thus some athletes (wrestlers) eat
nothing after p m. with their bout
at 8 q. m. If hard exercise has
been taken, there is a lack of de-
ficiency of oxygen in the blood (the
system has gone into debt for oxy-
gen for minutes or hours) and so
oxygen will be needed in a shorter
time than if the blood contained
its usual amount of oxygen. The in
dividual just has to breathe sooner
under these circumstances.
OF course, practice enables one to
hold the breath for longer periods;
some swimmers are able to hold
their breath under water for minutes
at time.
The thought then is that if you
are young and healthy and try these
simple tests when you are rested
and have not recently eaten, you
should be able to hold your breath
40 to IS seconds after deep"
breath inward, and 20 to IS seconds
after an ordinary breath outward.
When one has been without food
for many hours, an acid condition
arises which lessons the oxygen in
the blood and breathing must be
done more often.
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19

front you with Captain Norwood and
let him demand that letter."
What if I destroy it?"
81 will have you arrested"
II am leaving tonight, said
Aunty Harding, firmly.
"Oh, yes? 1t is a long way from
here to the station. You have a lot
of luggage. You propose to catch
the midnight train?"
II have made my own arrange
ments with a native contractor,
thank you"
Il understand, then, that you pro-
pose to go away at midnight, leav-
ing your niece to her own devices"
Yes
well, that is perhaps outside my
province. But there is no question
about my responsibility in connec-
ton with Captain Norwood. He is
distinguished young officer, in tenn
porary difficulty, who needs all the
legitimate help he can get. He is
well connected, and popular. He is
the younger brother of the very dis
tinguished Earl of Ashlawn Num-
bers of people would be shocked if
Norwood were disgraced. You have
a letter belonging to Captain Nor
wood, that he possibly needs. Think
that over, Mrs. Harding. It is now
up to you. Good evening"
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
cast nnD wesT
BY TALBOT muNDY er4o AnDr-~,w SERVICE

seal it, I will have il sent to him
by very reliable messenger"
lone more effort to make of me
a mere convenience! I won't do it. !"
The Resident, having felt out Mrs.
Harding's punches, countered. He
began his attack:
Mrs. Harding, it is quite true
that you don't know what is going
on. If it weren't that Captain Nor
wood, who is a gentleman whose
opinion respect, has assured me
that your niece is thoroughly nice
girl"
How does he know" Aunty in
terrupted.
He is an officer of unblemished
record, and a gentleman who has
never done shabby thing in his
life. That is why I value his opin-
ion."
Aunty interrupted: 81 have my
own opinion of an officer and a gen.
tleman' about whom even babus and
servants gossip. If Lynn had wished
to associate herself with common
graft and bribery, she might better
have remained in America. We have
plenty of corrupt officials-mostly of
foreign extraction, I am thankful
to say. Many of them Irish," she
added.
The Resident smiled: Eyes, Mrs.
Harding. I confess to being Irish.
So look out! I will take no nonsense
from you. If necessary, I will con-
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
CHAPTER XVIII

Norwood went the round of the
sentries. There were only four of
them. They had already received
orders from Sergeant Stoddart Nor
wood repeated the instructions:
There are thieves in the neigh
borhood, and there is a rumor that
there might be a raid on the camp.
It isn't likely to be anything serious,
but look out for it. Don't kill any
one if you can help it. In any
event, you are to challenge three
times and then fire your first shot
in the air. I am expecting visitors,
who may perhaps approach STEALTH
ly, because their business is secret.
So look out for them, and be care
full not to mistake them for thieves. /"
He returned to his tent, where
O'Leary sat holding an empty glass
with futile optimism.
Get out of here, now, and make
yourself useful"
.'Me-useful?"
Eyes. Those Brahmins with whom
I talked down near the waterfall
this morning"
''Yeah, they slipped one over on
you! I heard all about it,
Hold your tongue then. I expect
they'll be coming to talk to me
about my visiting the mine"
"You need nurse" O'Leary an
swered. YOU'D never get your
brass hat one of these DAYS If If
weren't for your Uncle Moses. Them
there Brahmins are as likely to
come and talk to you tonight as /
am to kiss the Queen of England.
They figure they've bought you. And
they figure they can prove it on
you, if you don't come across.
They'll sit quiet, them Brahmins
will. What you're up against is
what ! warned you. That Bengali
doctor was too scared for his own
skin to be telling me lies. Set your
lamp to one side of the tent and
eat your supper in shadow, if you
can't eat In the dark. Watch out
they don't chuck no more cobras
at you. They've guns. They've au-
tomatoes. And there's Gulbaz in
back o. this, so watch out. Gulbaz
and woman"
Norwood stared at him. 'sWom-
an?" he said. 'sWhat do you mean?"
'You told me to mind my own
business. This amt my business. "
Talk"
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
Peptic Ulcer
Tendency Found

A few years ago there was much
controversy between physicians and
surgeons as to which was the best
treatment for ulcer of the small in
testine-peptic ulcer. Physicians
were able to show that by resting
the stomach as much as possible,
by use of soft foods and preventing
formation of too much acid digestive
juice, many cures were obtained.
Surgeons, on the other hand, ad-
vised new opening from stomach
to small intestine.
Recently a physician discussing
peptic ulcer with a prominent sur
geon, head of surgical service in
a large hospital, was surprised to
hear the surgeon say: Il don't op-
crate on as many cases of peptic ul-
Ger as I did some years ago, as you
medical men are curing and pre-
venting this condition. Of course,
when medical treatment fails, still
operate and also have to operate
when an ulcer has healed but has
left a mass of scar tissue blocking
the passage of food from the stom-
ach to small intestine"
The reason that more cures are
being obtained by medicine, and
fewer operations are being per-
formed, is that both physicians and
surgeons now realize that it is not
the ulcer that needs to be treated
but the patient himself
No Treatment All-Inclusive.
DR.. Joseph Daily, Toronto, in the
Canadian Medical Association Jour-
nal, states that it is now admitted
that no treatment is suitable for all
peptic ulcers. ''The, physician no
longer aims to treat the ulcer but to
direct the management of the pa
tient who has an ulcer diathesis
(predisposition or tendency to ul-
cer) and the surgeon confines his ef-
forts to correcting the complications
that arise during the course of the
disease"
That there is tendency to peptic
ulcer in some individuals and fami-
lies who are of the very nervous Or
emotional type is shown by the fol-
lowing:
81. Ulcer patients have a tend
ency to excessive worry.
''2 The symptoms disappear or
become less when there is pro-
longed period of relief from the
wear and tear of life.
''3. A return to usual work, worry
or mistakes in diet brings a return
of ulcer symptoms"
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overcurtains. A valance about 10
inches wide was of ruffled gingham
in yellow and brown plaid. This
same yellow and brown plaid was
repeated in the chair seats around
the dining table The two easy
chairs were covered in chintz in two
tones of green and of a rather prim
colonial pattern that was satisfying
to the eye.
Besides the dining table and
chairs, which were stained nat
ural honey color, there was a mod
ern cupboard in white enamel fin
ish, but in place of modern china on
its shelves it held a set of old
fashioned scenic ware and was
fianked by the pair of Hitchcock
chairs in black with their gold STEM
ell designs and rush seats.
We think modern furniture is
really going places when it has de-
veloped to the point where it is thor
oughly at home with other types of
furniture and with appropriate ac-
cessories.
CONSOLIDATED Features-wNU Seryice.D
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19

moderately hot oven (375 degrees)
for 20 to IS minutes.
Quick Butterscotch Rolls.
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
" teaspoon salt
"a cup shortening
"a cup milk
Melted butter
l cup light brown sugar
"a cup butter
" cup pecan nut meats
Sift -four, baking powder and salt.
Cut in shortening and add milk. Roll
out and brush with melted butter.
Sprinkle with 1s cup brown sugar.
Roll firmly like jelly roll. Cream
together the remaining "a cup of
sugar and "a cup butter. Spread
this mixture, together with the Pc
can nutmeats, over bottom of bak-
ing pan. Slice biscuit roll in 1z-inch
slices and place cut side up in the
butter-sugar-nut mixture. Bake 20
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
No,U Everybody Nose
To What Success Is Due

Much of the success of the local
flower show had been due to
Smith, who'd organized it, and,
being an ardent horticulturist, had
won quite a few prizes.
Later on, he was reading the re-
port in the local paper when he
jumped to his feet, with an angry
below.
"Why, what's wrong?" asked
Mrs. Smith, dropping her knitting.
"Listen to thisi" he roared. "It
says here: AS Mr.. Smith opened
the show, all eyes were fixed on
the large red nose he displayed.
Only years of careful cultivation
could have produced an exhibit Of
such brilliance.
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
PalatiaI pisanpearanee Act

The palace at Herrenchiemsee,
which probably has the most sump-
tuous rooms in the world, has a
novel dumbwaiter on which the
dining-room table rests. Press a
button, and the table disappears
below; when the dishes are changed.
the next course rises with the table.
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19
Send for .Household Hints.

Here is homemaker' reference
book which gives you tips on every
thing from mending net curtains to
arranging cut flowers. How to wash
feather pillows, quick method of
baking potatoes, and how to test
the fabrics that you buy-you'1 find
these and many other suggestions
in Household Hints" by Eleanor
Howe.
To get your copy of this clever
book send 10 cents In coin to
Household Hints" care of Eleanor
Howe, 9l9 North Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
ReIeased by Western Newspaper Union,
The Ely miner., 1939-10-19

'Hurry-Up-Meals" s"-those prob
lens of the present-day busy
homemaker, will be the subject of
Eleanor Howe's column next
week. Miss Howe will give you
menu plans and recipes for meals
that can be whipped together al
most in less time than it takes
to tell about it.