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Evening star., 1942-09-17

Social Security Tax
Freezing Sought
By vandenberg
Senote Gets Plan;
Measure Would Block
Plan to Boost Rote
~ the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
A resolution to freeze social Sc
curity taxes at present levels was
introduced in the Senate today by
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan.
Senator vandenberg said the
measure not only counters an
anticipated Treasury proposal to
increase these taxes to total of 5
per cent, but will, ii adopted. pre-
vent the automatic doubling jan
uary / Of present leyies of l per
cent on employers and per cent
on employees.
Randolph Paul. Treasury general
counsel, recently told the Finance
Committee that after Congress had
acted on the pending tax bill the
Treasury planned to ask for a
broadening of the social security
program and a boost in payroll
levies to total of per cent.
Not Necessary.
Asserting that there was no pres
ent necessity for increasing these
taxes. Senator Vandenberg said he
had learned that present levies
would pour $919, 900 900 into the So
cial security reserve fund in 1943.
He said that fund already exceeded
by 30 times the amount Congress
had said must be maintained to
keep sociAl security benefit pay
ments on a sound actuarial basis.
"Of course" the Michigan Sena-
tor told reporters, social security
taxes are a form of compulsory
savings. I can see why the Treas
ury wants to increase them, to get
more money into its vaults to aid
in financing the war.
Against More 1. O.. us. L
But I am against putting more
l.. o. us into the social security
reserve fund. There is a moral
principle involved that we ought
not to violate. If we are to have
compulsory savings let's have COM
pulsory savings as such and not
disguised as a social security tax"
Chairman George of the Senate
Finance Committee said it was his
understanding that the Treasury
planned after passage OF the tax
bill to submit a proposal which
would call for broadened coverage
Of social security benefits to in
clude persons in business for them
selves. domestic workers and farm
laborers. Those classes now are
not covered by the law.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Parole Board Reports
Housing, Not Jobs,
Becomes Problem
24o Prisoners Released
During Lost Fiscal Year;
70 Are Reurrested

The war has proved a boon and
headache to prisoners awaiting re-
lease from District penal institutions
on parole, according to the annual
report of the Board of Indeterminate
Sentence and Parole, filed today
with Commissioner Mason.
Frank R. Jelleff, board chairman,
reported that under present condi-
tions the problem of finding en-
ployment for PAROLES is becoming
less serious, but that the housing
problem is growing very much more
serious" He continued:
While formerly we had many
men at all times awaiting release,
after parole had been granted, be-
cause no job was available, men now
often are being held because no
home satisfactory to the board can
be found
Mr.. Jelleff reported that 900 pris-
oners became eligible for parole in
the last fiscal year, and that 671, or
"A per cent, filed applications, as
compared with Sc per cent the pre-
vious year.
Paroles were granted in the fiscal
year ending June 80 to 24s, or "a per
cent. Mr.. Jellef said the board had
under supervision last year 534 pa
rolees, an increase of 116 over the
total for the preceding year.
OF the 534 total, 121 completed
their parole terms and were dis
charged from supervision. The board
issued 10 warrants for the re-
arrest of paroled men-for viola
tions of parole conditions, 13 for
conviction on misdemeanors and 7
for felonies.
Mr.. Jelleff said the number who
committed felonies was l3 per cent
of the total under supervision, and
that total failures" was approx
mately 13 per cent, an increase of
IL per cent over the previous years
violation rate.
Mr.. Jelleff said contributing fac
tors to crime in the District con-
tinue, as always, to be slum areas,
broken homes and the migration
to Washington in search of jobs of
persons who have been unable to
adjust themselves in other sections
of the country, especially Negroes
from nearby Southern States"
He renewed the, boards recon-
mendation for the employment at
the Lorton ,Reformatory of a psy-
chiatrist to give the board the bene-
fit of expert advice.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Toni Served at Embassy
In Capital With Togo

Masayuki Tani was junior first
secretary at the Japanese Embassy
here when his predecessor as For
eign Minister, Shigenori Togo, was
senior first secretary. His chief was
Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi.
An authoritative person here IA
miliar with Tani's work In Asia saw
In his appointment confirmation of
indications that the ONCE of Foreign
Minister In Japan has become a
minor post, since the sphere In
which japanese diplomacy can op-
crate during the war is strictly linn
tied.
Tani was said to have been un-
happy during his term as counselor
of Japanese Embassy in Manchukuo,
where the Ambassador was COM
mander in chief of the army. Tani
was at odds with the army. The fact
that In the present militaristic re-
gime in Japan Tani has become
Foreign Minister was taken as a
sign that he has composed his diff
ferences with the army.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Senate Group Ready 10 Act
On D. {. Tax EXEMPTION Bill

The Senate District Committee
was to convene at O'Clock this
afternoon with hope of taking final
action on the proposed law to gov
ern tax exemption for the property
of religious, charitable and educa-
tional institutions in Washington.
The committee has before it
tentative draft that would restore
exemption to a substantial per-
centage Of the institutional prop
erty declared taxable by the Com
missioners during the last 18
months under strict Interpretation
of the present law.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Shelby Smith, D, Dies
|0f Injuries After
Auto.Truck Crash
Retired GPO Employe
Wus Pioneer Editor
In North Dokotu

Shelby Smith. 70. retired Govern
ment employe, died in the Marine
hospital at Dahlgren. Va, yesterday
afternoon, three hours after his
automobile and gravel truck col
lided near Dahlgren.
Mr.. Smith was driving from his
summer home at Colonial Beach to
visit relatives in the District when
the accident occurred. The col
lision was at the intersection Of the
Dahlgren road and the highway
leading into Washington.
Native Of Illinois.
Mr.. Smith, native of Paris, ILL.,,
worked for years in the Government
Printing Once, and at the time of
his retirement. about eight years
ago, was chief of the Division of
Publications and Supplies. Labor
Department.
He was the father of Frank B.
Smith of Mount Rainier, Nd, q
member OF the Washington Subur-
ban Sanitary Commission and the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee, representing Prince Georges
County, Another son, Royal S.
Smith, st. Petersburg, Fla, and a
daughter, Mrs Alta M. Madden,
Washington. also survive.
Funeral services will be at pm
Saturday at the Nalley funeral
home, Mt. Rainier. Burial will be
in GlenWood Cemetery.
Since his retirement, Mr.. Smith
lived at Colonial Beach during the
summer months and at st. Peters,
burg during the winter.
He was a newspaper editor in the
pioneer days of North Dakota and
later published labor papers in
Philadelphia. He was q member of
the Typographical Union for more
than so years and was one of the
earliest residents of Mt. Rainier. at
one time serving as councilman
there.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Critics Forum Sets
Three Review Dates

Three dates for the Critics
Forum reviews were announced last
night when the forum held its
first business meeting of the fall
season at the rectory of the Church
Of the Immaculate Conception.
The Rev. Dr.. John Keating Cart
wright, founder and director, said
the season will open October at
the Mayflower Hotel when the
Rev. James M. Gillis, c. S. P, of
New York City, will review Franz
Werfel's "The Song of Bernadette. :"
The second review will be held
November 4 at the Mayfiower, when
DR.. Cartwright will review The
Problems Of Lasting Peace" by
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson.
The third and ANAL review will be
held December 2, the subject and
speaker TO- be announced later.
Evening star., 1942-09-17

that he resented such curtailment
Of his powers. q
Aoki, So, came up through the
finance ministry and was Japan's
finance minister for q few months
in 1889 before going to Nanking as
financial adviser to the puppet
regime there. He was also for a
time head of the Toxic cabinets
Planning Bureau, which works out
details of innerial n0licY
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Revision Proposed
On Reneeotiation
OF War Contracts
PIon Designed to End
Present Uncertainty
On Profit Margins
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Revisions of the present war con-
tract renegotiation law which
would relieve business of uncer-
tainties caused by frequent actions
to scale down profits may be pro-
posed to Congress by the Army,
Navy and Maritime Commission.
Chairman George said representa-
tives of the three agencies would
appear before the Senate Finance
Committee Monday when 1t studies
the question of repeating or amend
ing the statute.
Agree on One Renegotiation.
Although Senator George said he
had no advance knowledge OF what
they would propose, other commit
tee members said 1t was their under
standing that the three agencies
had agreed the law ought to be
amended to provide for only one re-
negotiation of a contract, except In
cases of fraud.
At present the agencies are au-
thoriZed to reopen contracts as
often as they deem necessary to
keep profits in line with what they
consider a reasonable level. Although
this level has not been publicized, 1t
is generally accepted to be about 5
per cent net profit on the amount
of the contract.
Beyond that, the agencies were
said to be in agreement on shorten
ing the length of time In which con-
tracts may be reassessed. Under the
present law, contracts may be re-
opened as late as three years after
the close of the war to determine II
excess profits were made.
Profits Taken Into Account.
In some instances, the Army, Navy
and Maritime Commission were said
also to have taken into account the
profits made by company from ci-
william as well as military production
"a practice the agencies were said
now to be willing to abandon.
Characterizing the present law a.
''one OF the most vicious ever passed
by Congress" Senator George told
reporters he felt some action must
be taken Immediately to preserve
the sources of private credit for
many manufacturers who needed
operating capital to continue their
production under war contracts.
His attention had been called, Sem
ator George said, to the fact that
many manufacturers had been de.
MED private financing because their
earnings were uncertain and subject
to downward revision through the
reassessment OF their contracts. He
said this fact undoubtedly had
slowed war production.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
All Men in 4 Serb Towns
Reported Slain by hazis
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. ia Reuters
dispatch from Istanbul today quoted
Belgrade reports that the Germans
had shot all male inhabitants Of
four Yugoslav villages and sent the
women and children to concentra-
ton camps in reprisal for the blow
ing up Of German military train.
The train, carrying troops and
war supplies, was blown up by Ser
bian irregulars son September 10, 1t
was stated, and many young ofh-
GERS on their way to reinforce Mar
shall Rommels Africa Corps were
killed. -
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Manassas P-TA Plans Fete

MANASSAS, Va. Sept. II tSpe-
eiaD The Manassas Parent Teach
Or Association will hold its annual
reception for the teachers Of the
Bennett and Osbourn Schools at 8
e'clock tonight in the high school
Mrs. A. o. Beane, president Of the
association, is in charge.
Evening star., 1942-09-17
Thief Tukes Button

TOPEKA, Kans (P.-"Button-
button" with a different twist at
Frank Cohman's house. Detectives
said Mr.. Coffman discovered all the
buttons in a closet full OF clothes
had been cut of and stolen. Moth
ing else was missing.
Evening star., 1942-09-17

Turn trash into cash and use II 70
smash-the Axis. Collect that junk
metal now.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
By Dorothy Murray

Happy birthday to you! We're
never too old to have cake with
"the trimmings" although after we
reach a certain age we're tempted
to use one candle to represent all
the years instead of one for every
year. Cake decorations such as
candle holders and plaques are now
being made of candy. They resemble
the old style holders in appearance,
but instead of being equipped with
pins by which they are placed on
the cake, these are just put on while
the icing still is soft or fastened
later with q little butter. An as
sortment of colors is available and
they come neatly boxed. Candy
flowers in various sizes also can be
found to make dainty decoration
when placed around the edge Of
the cake. -.
Have you ever watched and
listened in fascination to a demon
stration? We are almost ashamed
to admit the length of time we re-
Gently spent doing just that. The
article on display was specially
treated piece of material for use
when pressing garments to keep
them from becoming shiny. You
don't even have to press the article
on the wrong side. which is tire
some trick most of us know. The
cloth is inexpensive, can be used
indefinitely and would be q great
help when you undertake to press
"hubby's" trousers. ...
Keep "birdie" happy and in a
singing mood by placing a clean mat
in the bottom of his cage each
morning. Twenty mats included in
a package absorb moisture and pre-
vent your feathered friend from
getting sore and calloused feet.
A metal soap chip dispenser and
large match box container are ex-
cellent articles to add to your kitch-
en- equipment. They come in almost
all colors and are inexpensive.
You can save minutes of fumbling
by using tiny but powerful fash
light attached to a key chain. It's
useful when you're trying to find
the door lock or when diving into
purse for key or compact. The
light is chromium plated with
leather covering. -.
Serve tiny tomato chips at your
next party. They are made Of
wheat flour, puree of tomatoes,
shortening, sugar. spices and other
really delicious ingredients. -.
Dust pans and refuse containers
made Of rubber are going to be hard
to get in the future, but almost all
of the large stores still have good
supply. The nice feature about these
ruStproof articles is that they will
not scratch the sink or floors. -.
Sets of three small casserole
dishes are excellent for serving such
delicacies as individual potpies.
Each dish in the set is a different
color and all fit snugly into q metal
rack. ..
Evening star., 1942-02-24

screaming, creating panic, is helping
the enemy, and in that way be-
comes an enemy. We take orders
from those authorized to give them,
and in that way help our cause.
It Is especially important that we
remember the children. Fear and
panic are contagious. Grown people
catch them quickly from the atmos-
phere. Children catch the thoughts
of those about them and react to
them instantly.
If you are afraid, think Of them
your responsibility to them, and that
in itself will strengthen you. Then
keep calm. Move resolutely when 1t
Is time to move, sit calmly when
that is called for so the children can
depend upon your courage and
strength.
Bet the school people take care OF
the school children during school
time. You can rest assured they will
do their utmost to defend and pro-
tect their charges. Don't run to the
school to get your child should an
alarm be given. You endanger your
life, the lives of others, and espe-
cially the lives of the children. Do
your duty where you are and rely
on other folk to do theirs, as they
surely will.
Brighten the home for the family
in spirit and in actuality. Add extra
touches of color; cook your special
ties; dress with an eye to style and
color; brush up your best stories;
welcome music; provide games and
books.
These are what help keep people
from worrying too much about
things that are not likely to happen.
Try to follow the usual routine OF
life as closely as possible. Any
change in that troubles and worries
the children. If you have to make
marked changes, explain them as
matter of factly as possible. Don't
overdo precautions, especially In the
presence of children. Do nothing
too much these days.
Take things easy for the chill
dren's sake. They are so easily
alarmed, and yet 50 easily com.
forted and strengthened by our at
titude OF courage and control.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
|WhyGrow
Old?
By JOsetkine L0wman

y
Nervous tension can actually
amount to q disease. Physicians
readily spot it in a patient. When
a man or woman lives in state Of
this sort he or she wastes tre-
mendous amounts of energy. This
habit of feeling tense can slip upon
us because of the strain, competi-
ton, hurry and complexity Of mod
ern life.
AS a matter Of fact, the ability
to relax is an art which can be
learned with practice. We become
so tense nervously that our muscles
may also have tension in them.
The very feeling of hurry which is
left over after a strenuous time
may tense the muscles. Notice this
sometime. When you are in a taxi
or on a bus hurrying for an ap-
pointment, deliberately relax every
muscle. When you are waiting to
see some one, do the same thing.
Most of us are very sensitive to
atmosphere. 1llOSC VI Us WllO live
in cities are cheated of the wonder
full feeling of peace which soothes
the nerves in the country when dusk
arrives. Light causes tension.
We should do all we can to over
come this handicap. We can draw
the curtains against the glaring
lights outside or on passing cars;
we can have restful lights in our
house, except those especially
planned for reading; we can wear
binders when we sleep, and we can
eat by candlelight. Try candle
light at your dinner table and see
what a feeling Of relaxation it gives
you and how it improves converse
ton as well as digestion!
If you wish to have my exer-
else for relaxing, send . 3-cent
stamped, self-addressed envelope
with your request to josephine
Lowman In care Of The Evening
Stax.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

is comfortable to wear, too-it ac-
commodities your figure perfectly. .
This is a dress, too, which can
be made in a very short time in
case you are looking for design
to add Immediately to your ward
robe.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1519-B
is designed for sizes "a, So, 38, 40,
AZ, A, 46 and 48. Size SO requires
AZ yards 39-inch material, 21a yards
edging for neckline, A yard con-
trast fabric for cuffs.
The Fashion Book is our COM
plete review of pattern styles. Send
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study at home at your leasure. 1t
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For this attractive pattern send
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wanted to Barbara Bell, Washing
ton Star.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
DurnplineS

Dumplings
Dumplings come into their own
in the winter. Mix soft biscuit
dough, drop positions from spoon
Frequently dipped in cold water
to prevent sticking) on top of cook
ing stew. Cover tightly, simmer for
Is minutes. Do not uncover during
this time or dumplings might fall.
Crunchy Goodness
Diced apples give crunchy good
ness to cabbage or vegetable salad.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Honey

Honey
Honey that has granulated or
solidified can be liquified by placing |
the container in a bowl Of warm |
water.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
Manners
of the
Moment

This question of women's hats has
been a theatrical problem for gen.
erations, I believe.
Even if you're wearing beany !
think it's better to take it off. Then
no one can lodge any complaint
about you. You can't help it If your
head or your hair blocks the view Of
the person behind you.
But if you have any hat on at all
and it has the slightest bit of feather
sticking up-no matter how thin a
to get mad.
So here's my tip-of to all fem
mime theater and moviegoers: Never
sit through even a newsreel with
your hat on. JEAN.
Evening star., 1942-02-24

lis used, and although there are fewer
patterns, there is, correspondingly,
more economy in the designing of
spring woolens. All of them are
planned to wear better and be
adapted to more occasions so that
fewer suits will be needed. Casual
suits now are approved for town, too,
which eliminates that formal" need.
At the Retail Mems Wear Coun-
Gil in New York, color was much dis
cussed and the boys 'in the know"
agree that brighter, lighter tones
will be popular. Such colors as
aluminium" a clear chrome gray,
golden cedar" and starlight blue"
are among the favorites, with acces-
sories In what is called barn red"-
and literally named, we are told!
Biggest news in fabrics is India
whipcord, which is said to be COM
bination of gabardine and covert.
Since the former is a spring mate
rial and the latter a fall one, the
combination should produce an ex-
cellent all-year-round fabric. This
one is done in a soft khaki-tan, one
of the few military notes of the
season. With these suits, colorful
shirts and ties are suggested to give
interest.
Younger men, particularly the COL
lege crowd. are expected to make
much of the vestless suit in India
whipcord or flannel. They like the
casual, 3-button, single-breasted
sack suit which they mix and
match" as the ladies do with skirts
and jackets. Sleeveless sipovers or
odd vests may be worn on chilly
days.
Topcoats and rainwear. necessities
for spring days, include the "shortie"
or popular raglan sleeve coat with
stitching around the bottom, and
these come in longer lengths, as
well. Some of these topcoats are
designed in a new processed fabric
that's impervious to showers. The
wedge-back town coat, which looks
fitted, but actually is straight, is an
important note, and that India
whipcord comes in coat weight, too.
There's also a new angora and wool
fabric which is much like camel's
hair in appearance, but Is said to
wear better. = -
Aside from whipcord with its olive
drab cast, golf jacket which is ru-
mored to have epaulets and full belt,
and play shorts for summer adapted
from the French Foreign Legion uni
form, the military influence is not
greatly discussed by best dressed
men and their tailors. Instead, the
emphasis is on practicality, both
from q structural standpoint and in
wearing qualities. There's plenty Of
color, which in feminine circles we
call natural reaction to the war
and q morale builder" Don't know
what the name for 1t Is among the
stronger sex.
Evening star., 1942-02-24
By Barbara Bell

Based on simple princess lines,
pattern No. 15l9-B can be used for
street or house dress. In every
day cottons, such as percale, calico
gingham or broadcloth, it makes
up as lovely house dress-and can
be attractively trimmed with lace
ruff1ing or braid at the neckline
Or, you may make this same pattern
in rayon or silk prints or in sophis-
ticated shantung as street dress
and dress for business.
Designed for slenderness. this
dress carries a number of straight
lines from shoulder to hem, thus
emphasizing your height and mini
mizing your width. The side panels
in front are fashioned with smooth
shoulder yokes, beneath which are
the gathers which allow the easy
bodice fullness. Not only is this
frock streamlined for slinness, it