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single contribution received by the
special gifts division.
The $241 900 pledges consisted Of
ISL 900 from the ladies group, $40,-
600 from utilities, $28, 900 from retail
stores and $13,O0O from newspapers.
Additional sums are expected to be
reported at special meeting of the
special gifts division Monday at
noon at the United States Chamber
Of Commerce.
The local campaign, embracing
the four nearby counties of Prince
Georges. Montgomery, Arlington
and Fairfax for the first time, will
continue through March Is.
The amount sought, 1855 400, is
three times the sum raised last year
Calls Drive . 'War Effort"
Mr.. Neal emphasized this 1943
drive is not a dollar enrolment
campaign, but war effort, calling
for larger contributions If we are to
be successful"
Mr.. Neal, who is president of the
Potomac Electric Power Co.; 8. H.
Kaufman OF The Evening Star
and Francis G.. Addison, president
Of the Security Savings and Com
mercial Bank, said their respective
institutions would request their en-
ployes to make part-time payments
of contributions in order to secure
larger gifts. Mr.. Kaufman and
Mr.. Addison said their companies
would advance funds to the Red
Cross to cover total pledges re-
ceived from employees.
Mr.. Neal added that Pepco, which
under War Labor Board decision
has granted a wage increase to its
employees. retroactive to November
l., would request those receiving
wage boosts to increase their Red
Cross support.
100 Star Solicitors.
Mr.. Kaufman said experience
had proved that larger aggregate
gifts result from part-time pay
ments than through a single cash
transaction. He said 100 group
leaders among employees of The Star
would solicit their fellow workers,
on basis of one leader for each
10 employees.
Mr.. Folger emphasized that mere
doubling Of last years subscription
still would find the local quota only
two-thirds successful.
The man in the street." Mr.. Fol-
ger said, 'is thinking of four things
in connection with the Red Cross
prisoners of war, blood plasma, wom-
en- making bandages for the armed
forces and the direct aid given by
the Red. Cross to the boys at the
front.
I'VE all have to live with our
selves the next II months. The
going will be hard, difficulties will
be encountered, but Washington
simply must do its part. We simply
can't fail again"
Factors Favoring Drive.
Commissioner Guy Mason OBJ
served there Is greater aggregate
payroll and purchasing power here
than ever before in Washington's
history. I'VE have these factors in
our favor: Greatest employment
fewer jobless and less appeal for
public relief funds" he remarked
In my 40 years experience here I
have never known the city to have
SO much money. This campaign
should be successful"
Harry S. Wender, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations
pointed out that the Federal Gov
ernment, the Districts largest en-
ployer, does not permit part-time
payments deducted from employe
payrolls. He said some such plan
is essential to secure maximum re-
suits from Federal employees. Chair.
man Folger said this possibility was
discussed, but added the plan doe,
Evening star., 1943-03-06
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to forestall, II possible, an Allied
offensive against Europe through
the spring and even the summer.
May Be Preparing Drive.
Rommel, fierce advocate OF
offensive fighting, such as he used in
his recent incursion into Central
Tunisia. may be preparing to lash
out similarly at the Eighth Army,
observers believed.
II he could strike as i1eavy a blow
as he landed on the Allied army at
his center, he could delay the smash
Ing OF the Germans in Tunisia by
weeks and even months, these OBJ
servers thought.
Observers here saw a thrust by
Italian troops four days ago six
miles south of Mareth as a probing
action by Rommel to test the
strength of the forces in front OF
him.
CThe italian high command re-
ported that $500 Allied prisoners,
including So officers, were taken
IN Tunisia between February 26
and March 3, but said there was
nothing OF importance" to report
from that war theater yesterday.
cThe communique,, broadcast
from Rome and recorded by the
Associated Press, declared that
German bombers had sunk three
Allied ships totaling $4,000 tons
out Of a convoy northwest of
Tripoli and had damaged two
others. An Italian submarine
was said to have sunk an Allied
destroyer and tcrpedoed cargo
ship in the central Mediter-
ranean. There was no confirma-
tion Of these declarations from
Allied quarters.)
Heavy bombers of the Middle
East command attacked Naples
again Thursday night, an Allied
communique at Cairo said today
Fires were started in the harbor
the announcement said.
Naples has been bombed steadily
by both Raj and American All
Force planes. 1t was last hit b,
American bombers Monday ant
both Naples and Crotone were tar.
gets the last week In February.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
industrial Democracy
Speakers Consider
Postwar Problems
PIons for Work for All
Advanced; Conference
Closes Tomorrow
Closes Tomorrow

DR.. Eveline Burns, chief Of the eco.
nomic security and health section
Of the National Resources Planning
Board, last night urged postwar work
for "all who are able and willing to
work" and q minimum Of security"
for those unable to work.
Speaking at the opening session
Of a League for Industrial Democ.
racy conference in the Friends Meet
ing House, gill Florida avenue NV.
DR.. Burns urged the minimum Sc
curity against Interruptions that
threaten economic life.
Donald H. Davenport, chief Of tfs
employment and occupational OUT
look branch, Bureau Of Labor Static
tics another speaker at the meeting.
said one Of the big postwar prob
lens will be the demobilization OF
boom" areas 50 persons working IN
them will not be stranded.
Two More Sessions Slated.
He predicted that some 5000, 900
persons now working In industry viii
withdraw, return to their homes and
retire once the wartime emergency
is over. suggesting that this factor
would be an aid to the demobiuzA-
ton.
j. Raymond Walsh. director Of
education and research for the C1Q,
developed the thought that this ma
tion's rationing program, through
which persons obtain equal amounts,
regardless Of wealth, will go far
toward more equal distribution Of
products among persons Of all classes
after the war is over.
While the opening session Of the
conference last night was devoted to
consideration Of postwar problems.
international economic problems are
to be considered at session In
Friends Meeting House at 8 O'Clock
tonight. At closing session there
at 3 pm. tomorrow means Of &C.
complishing suggested objectives
are to be discussed.
Norman Thomas to Be Speaker,
Speakers tonight will be Walter
Nash, the New Zealand Minister;
Norman Thomas, Socialist leader,
who now is a member of the Ma
tional Executive Committee Of the
Socialist Party and chairman Of
the Postwar World Council, and
Haakon Lie, secretary Of the Nor
wegian Federation Of Labor, who
came to this country several months
ago from Norway.
Scheduled to speak at the sessiou
tomorrow afternoon are Paul sH-
ton, director Of labor relations for
the National Farmers Union; Mark
Starr. educational director Of the
International Ladies Garment
Workers Union, AFL, and Samuel
Wolchok. president Of the United
Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Employees international
Union. CIO.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

not At in with the national Red
Cross policy, which is not a collec-
tiop agency and makes its fund ap-
peal only once year."
The role that the Red Cross blood
bank has played in dramatizing the
Red Cross was discussed by Lee D.
Butler, chairman of the blood donor
unit, and T. Moran McConihe. real
estate dealer. Mr.. Butler empha-
sized that the blood bank-giving
from ones heart to save lives on
the battle le-fronts-has a dramatic
appeal to the rank and file of Red
Cross contributors.
Process Costs Money.
1T will help this fund campaign, :"
he remarked, IF people are reminded
that 1t costs money to process blood
donations into the life saving
plasma. Recently I sat next to a
man who paid $125 for a blood trans
fusion. Our cost is between 81 and
81 per pint. We are going to need
more money for this Red Cross
errand of mercy, because the Navy
wants the Naval Hospital, present
donor site, for its own use and we
must secure new and larger quar-
ters to meet the demands for plasma
made by the Army and Navy"
Mr.. McConihe, who came to the
meeting at the Statler Hotel direct
from the donor center. where he
gave donation, said 1t would be
horrible If our wounded servicemen
die for lack of blood we can so easily
give"
Election Of officers and appoint
ment Of chairmen Of the District
Red Cross volunteer services to serve
for the next year was announced,
meanwhile. At a recent meeting of
the board of directors the following
officers were elected:
Gen. John j. Pershing, honorary
chairman; Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer,
chairman emeritus; John Clifford
Folger, chairman: Wayne Chatfield
Taylor, Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
Charles H. Robinson, Mrs. Reginald
S. Huidekoper and 1t. Col. John
Saul, vice chairmen; John Spaulding
Flannery, counsellor; Frederick p.
II. Siddons, treasurer. and Phillip
o. Conn. secretary. '~' ''s.''
Volunteer Leaders.
Mrs. c. B. Micklewaite, staff as
sistantj corps; Mrs. J. Douglas Jones,
sewing; Mrs. Harry c.. McCarty,
knitting; Mrs. Grace s. Wright, sur
gical dressings, routine; Mrs. Brown
Harbold, surgical dressings, war
relief; Mrs. Sherman Trowbridge,
canteen and nutrition; Mrs. William
E. Leahy, motor corps; Mrs. Hugh w.
Rowan, nurses aide corps; Mrs.
William A. Walters, home service
volunteers; Mrs. John E. Ewell, hos
pital and recreation corps (Gray
LADIES': Mrs. David E. Finley, camp
and hospital services; Mrs. Charles
B. B. Bubb, Army and Navy auxili-
aries: Mrs. Robert c. Hibben, home
nursing; Mrs. Milton E. Miles, nu-
triton committee; Nelson Dean Jay,
chairman of home service; Charles
c. Koones, chairman disaster relief;
John F.. Brougher, chairman Junior
Red Cross; Earl Nash, chairman
public relations. and Sister M. Olivia
Gowan, nursing service.
The finance committee consists of
Admiral Charles Conrad, chairman;
Victor B. Deyber, Frederick p. H.
Siddons, Charles H. Doing and
Joseph H. Hines. Serving on the
executive committee are Edgar
Morris, chairman; Mrs. John B. Gle
land, jr., MRS. C. c. Glover, jr., Miss
Elizabeth Houghton, Nelson Dean
Jay, A. G. Neal, Ernest Draper and
C. B. Dllcan.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
La Toilette 10 Resume
Fiqht for broadened
Rehabilitation Bill
Substitute Act Passed
By Senate Omits His
Stute Gront Plan
BY the Associated Press.


Senator La Toilette, Progressive,
Of Wisconsin, said today he was not
abandoning his fight for q broad
ened civilian rehabilitation program
despite the Senate's passage Of q
substitute measure Offering Job
training and placement for disabled
veterans of the present war.
BY a voice vote late yesterday, the
Senate sidetracked the La Toilette
proposal in favor of a measure spon-
sored by Senators Walsh of Massa-
chusetts and Clark of Missouri, both
Democrats. Theirs applies only to
war veterans.
The Walsh Clark bill, which now
goes to the House, provides for re-
habilitation Of the handicapped vet
erans in facilities of the Veterans
Administration, as far as possible
and under the supervision of that
agency. The men would draw pen
sions and allowances while they
learned their postwar jobs-$8O q
month in the case of single men, 500
for married men, and IS for each
child.
Senator Clark contended that SEN
ator La Toilette was trying to give
his wide purpose bill "a free ride on
the coattails Of the veterans"
The veterans provisions Of Sena-
tor La Follette's proposal were es-
sentially the same as those In the
Walsh CLARK bill, but in addition he
proposed to increase Federal reha-
bilitation grants to States, now on
a dollar-matching arrangement, to a
proportion Of two Government dol
lars for one State dollar. He also
proposed that the Federal Govern
ment pay the entire cost of rehabih-
tating persons injured carrying out
their duties In the aircraft warnine
service, civil air patrol, merchant
marine and similar war-connectet
enterprises. rls7--~ r -i+4z :.
Because Of tangled parliamentar,
situation, Senator La Toilette said HI
might soon reintroduce . new bill
covering civilian aspects Of the pro.
gram.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Lovett Halls Battle
As Tactical Lesson
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Allied victory in the Bismarck
Sea was perfect demonstration of
air power properly used and thus
was one Of the great tactical lessons
Of the war, Robert A. Lovett, Assist
ant Secretary of War for Air, said
yesterday.
This battle" he said, was one of
those rare cases in which a perfectly
planned enterprise was perfectly ex-
ecuted. The outstanding lesson was
that If you use air power properly,
you'll get dividends"
At a special press conference, as
sisted by Maj Gen. George E.
Stratemeyer, chief of the air staff,
and members of the air intelligence
staff, Mr.. Lovett presented a de-
tailed report on the battle, which
he described as being about as near
football coach's dream of the per-
feet play as you can imagine"
The entire attack against the
Japanese convoy was carried out by
American land-based planes of vari-
GUS types, Mr.. Lovett said. except
for a few Beaufighters of the Aus
tralian Air Force which joined in
the "mopping up"
Viewed in relation to the entire
Southwest Pacific campaign, Mr.
Lovett, said the victory was "just
one round in a very long battle
and don't think anvhodv ought
to get too excited about it."
AS tactical lesson, however, he
ranked it with the battle of Britain
| which set the pattern OF air defense
and with the battle of Midway, a
demonstration Of specialized air.
surface operations.
This" he said, was the first
case of land-based aircraft going
out as team and just smearing
the boys who were trying to get in
1t was whale of job"
Evening star., 1943-03-06

founded 1t In =. Carey Brown.
1884. Following his fathers death,
George K. King became q partner In
the business which Is operated q
the r. N, Brown Co.
A native of this city, Mr.. Brown
was educated in local public schools
and at Emerson Institute.
He was member Of Lafayette
Lodge, F. A. A. NJ; Washington Com
mandery, Knights Templar. and
Almas Temple of the Shrine. He
also belonged to Lodge No. I,
Knights of Pythias. and the North
ern Seventh Street Business Mems
Association.
He IS survived by mis- sister, Mrs.
Ivan j. Riley, this city, and broth.
er, Fred r. Brown of Detroit.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

Remembcr-your contribution
to the $1,555, 400 war drive Of
the Red Cross in the Metro
politan Area will 90 to help
maintain such wartime services
as those described in this story.
Last month the Red Cross
Home Service acted in 1884
separate cases, some Of which
required three or four visits.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Allies Mop Up Barges,
Lifeboats and Rats
From Blasted Convoy
Other Air Units Attack
Lac, Setting Fires
Visible 40 Miles
BY the Associated Press.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, March 6.-Bits OF
wreckage and oil stains on the
water were all that remained to-
day of the 22-ship Japanese con-
voy and its aerial cover destroyed
in the Bismarck Sea and Huon Cult
by Allied Air Forces.
After mopping-up operations, the
Allied headquarters noon commu-
nique wrote this footnote to the
japanese effort to ship $1,000 men
to reinforce their garrison at Lac,
New Guinea:
Our long range fighters and
bomber units swept the entire area
completing final mopping-up OF
barges, lifeboats and RATS from
sunken ships of the Bismarck Sea
convoy.
Efforts at escape were largely
fruitless and practically all were
destroyed. There was scarcely q
survivor SO far as was known"
Attack Started Tuesday.
The Allied attack on the convoy
steaming from New Britain toward
New Guinea began Tuesday.
1t ended yesterday when an
Allied airman dropped his bombs on
three lifeboats containing 200 Japa-
nese soldiers, and messaged his base
mo survivors.
The four-day score:
The In m raca 1nc% IN o~,,:o>~.
destroyers sunk, IL transports and
cargo ships sunk, moro than. "a
planes destroyed or put out of com
mission, an estimated $1,000 troops
destined for the base at Lac lost
personnel Of the ships and Japanese
fighter plane pilots lost.
The Allies lost one bomber And
three fighter planes.
(No comment about the Bis
marck Sea battle had been heard
from the Japanese up to an early
hour todayD
Methodical in Cleanup.
The cleanup in Huon Gulf was
methodical. Bursting bombs and
machine-gun fire tore apart the
crude log-rafts and troop barges
which were put over the side after
the ships wrecked and set af1re by
bombs delivered by American, Dutch
Australian and British crews.
While these attacks blotting out
the Japanese force progressed yes
terday, other units in the Allied air
command integrated a series Of at
tacks on Lac itself and started fires
visible for 40 miles, headquarters
said.
Weak enemy forces attempted in
Perception but were dispersed by our
top covers" 1t was declared. Three
enemy planes were shot down."
The airdrome at Gasmata, New
Britain. was bombed again, and jap
anese shore positions in the Waria
River area, below Salamaua and Lac,
were machine-gunned by attack
planes, the communiQue said.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
NyIon Aircraft Tires
Used on Combat PIunes
By the Associated Press.

BY the A080ctated Press.
DETROIT, March g. United
States Rubber Co. announced yester.
day new type Of nylon aircraft tire,
which it described as 100 per cent
stronger than any previously known.
Attributing the increased strength
to the use Of nylon reinforcement,
the announcement said that the
amount Of that material used In one
medium sized tire would make 1o6
pairs Of hose.
The new tires, the company said,
now are In use on the fighting fronts.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Excess U. 5. Buying
Held Cause Of Hiuh
Point Cost Of Foods
Bought Nearly 40 Pct.
OF 1912 Production.
Institute Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March GA report
Of the American Institute of Food
Distribution, Inc, says that the Fed
eral Government has made "exces-
sive" purchases OF processed foods
and that this together with hoard
ing by millions of private families is
responsible for the high ration point
value of canned and dried foods.
Contained in the institutes weekly
digest, the report was signed by
Gordon c. Corbaley, the organiza-
tion's president, and was mailed yes
terday to its 5000 members.
Declaring that the Government
has purchased nearly 40 per cent of
the canned vegetables and fruits
packed in 1912, the report also as
serts that the Government bought
larger quantities of canned tomatoes
and probably of canned corn and
string beans than its reqWsitioned
IS per cent. The report continues:
mot to exceed Is per cent of these
packs, possibly II per cent was
needed actually to supply men in
our fighting forces until the autumn
Of 1943."
Taking into account the fact that
consumption of the 100000 men in
our armed forces had increased
about one-flfth and that there were
heavier purchases by families with
more money to spend, the report
contends that the record produc-
ton In 1912" was sufficiently large
adequately to supply civilian con-
sumers and furnish the dried fruits
needed by our Allies who are TAX
ing practically no canned vege-
tables or fruits and no frozen
foods"
The report states that the Army
and Navy have satisfactorily fed
their men to date. It asserts that
the Government has accumulated
millions of cases in public ware
houses and abroad, with Gamers
still holding 40 per cent to more
than IS per cent of Government
purchases from 1912"
This indicates the Government
took probably Is to 80 per cent"
more than was needed from the
1912 packs, the report adds.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
, Jews Reported Executed

STOCKHOLM, March 6 lP.-Nine
Jews were executed In Berlin Thurs
day, reports reaching here said last
night. It was said they were charged
with starting q "communistic organ
ization" and Of making preparations
to commit high treason.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Rites for R. Carey Brown
10 Be Held Monday

r. Carey Brown. 66, for many
years engaged In the retail paint. oil
and glass business here, who died
Thursday night in Garfield Hospital,
Evening star., 1943-03-06
FOUND.

DOG. brown, young male short hair, long
tail; vicinity Stonewall jackson School
Phone Glebe 1854
IRISH SETTER, female. has collar with
name on it Elisha Hanson" Call Chest
nut 1915.
KEY, 3 lobed, w. w. Kimball CO. vicinity
New YORK ave. and H sts. NV. IL S57s
REPORT ABANDONED STRAY ANIMALS
TO the Animal Protective Association for
Humane Disposition. Hillside 1918. Present
facilities limited to these only.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

WA4 F." Jul AC0
Monday in Glen
wood Cemetery,
following serv-
ices at Hysong's
funeral home at
2 pm.
Mr.. B ro " n,
whose death fol-
lowed q long ILL
ness, went into
business with his
father, the late
r. M. Brown,
from whom he
inherited the
hrm and who
Evening star., 1943-03-06

War bonds make bombers to bomb
the Axis and lower our taxes. Why
not buy some and help yourself?
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Sale Of Furniture

There is = big demand for used fur
niture. Now 10 the time to turn into
cash that which you are not using.
An "Ad' in The Star with full deserip-
tion and price will sell 1t.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07

All That!

Mrs. Reed-Pm going shopping to-
day, dear. What does the paper say
about the ,oeather?
Hubby-Rain, hail, sleet, thunder and
lightning!
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell Syndicate-wNU Features.

IN EATH-BED promises are
almost as old-fashioned
- as cutting your favorite
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07

Admlrals may be admirable, but
that isn't where the word comes
from. It comes from an old Arabic
word "amir-aP' meaning conn
mander Of" That's what the Ad-
miraT is, the top-ranking officer In
the Navy. Top-ranking cigarette
with our Navy men is Camel-the
favorite, too with men in the Army,
Marines, and Coast Guard, accord
ing to actual sales records from
their service stores. Camels are
a top-ranking gift, too. And though
there are Post Office restrictions
on packages to overseas Army
men, you can still send Camels
to soldiers in the U. S., and to
men in the Navy, Marines, and
Coast Guard wherever they are.
ADV.
The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
0REW 6EARSQN
Washington, d. C.
OUEZON ON THE JOB


It's bad news for the Japs that
President Quezon of the Philippines
is back in Washington. They knew
though it was not generally real
lied in Washington-that Quezon had
suffered a relapse of his old illness,
tuberculosis, which has plagued him
off and on for 20 years.
Quezon was well man at the
time of Pearl Harbor. But confne-
ment in the dampness of Corregidor,
during the Jap attack, brought the
illness back again. That was one
reason Macarthur urged him to re-
turn to the U. S. in a submarine.
When he came to Washington, Que
zon was advised to take things
easy. Instead he rushed into the of
fetal activities of Philippine Com
monwealth affairs, not sparing HIM
self.
His physicians advised him not to
remain in Washington during the
summer of 1912, nor last winter.
But he remained nevertheless. Re-
suit was that last spring he suffered
a further relapse.
Specialists were summoned, and
Quezon was given the stern advice
that he would have to get out of the
humid climate of Washington imme-
diately, if he wanted to live. Yield
ing to pressure, he went to Saranac,
N! Y, and submitted himself to a
rigid discipline during most of the
past summer.
Quezon led the life of an invalid,
sitting in the sunshine in a wheel
chair, listening to the radio, or to
his nurses as they read to him. Re-
suit of this regime was that the tu-
berculosis was arrested, and Quezon
gained IL pounds.
When the Japs heard of his re-
lapse, they were ready to say to the
people of the Philippines, where
Quezon is still highly popular:
Look, this is the skeleton you pin
your hopes to-"
But today Quezon is back on his
feet and back at his desk, still hoping
to realize his one great ambition, to
see U. S. and Philippine forces
march into Manila.