The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-20
Washington
Report
BY HELEN ESSApv

behind the Grecian columns of ~
Supreme Court building there ~
reasonable friction instead of nor
feet peace somehow pleases mo
For is not the courts reason for
existence - Justice? And should
Justice be stodgy?
On the contrary. Justice is
rare state to be reached only after
anguish and hard labor.
Therefore, it is good xio.
and certainly one sympathetic VIII
the time to learn that the membar,
OF the court like most families an
nations do not agree always. Whoa
I tried to get to the cause of III.
disagreement and had been told
again and again, Felix FranE
furter," I was solemnly given ths
extra information.
You can say with authority that
not only does Justice Frankfurter
run the court, he runs everything
else in Washington"
Query: Does he also run Winsto,
Churchill?
READING OVER a few recen.
news releases convinces me that
the gov'nmen' is a kind of bene,,-
olent octopus with its eight arms
full. For example, l learn the d.
partment of labor is begging four
and one-half million women Ia -
to work in restaurants. stores
laundries and communication ev'
changes. Also that 1856 ships ars
about to be constructed bv the
United States Maritime Commits.
sion.
The shortage of registered nt,rses
is troubling the War Manpower
commission, for one-fifth of all ar.
tive nurses are with the armed
forces.
But edible peanuts are available
again! You may salt, fry and roast
them, says the department of agri.
culture, which is also toiling at thu
job of persuading the ows in
drought areas OF Delaware, Mary.
land and neighboring states to fur.
nish more milk for you and me.
Freight and passenger cars are
being repaired, and 1888 new
freight cars are being built. Prices
are set for certain grass seed and
the WPB needs idle coat hangers
There is going to be a ceiling on
live hogs and prunes and raisins
are now on the ration list.
You can buy single shoe with.
out a ration coupon if you are a
shoe man in need of scrap leather.
But if you are a ,000-pounds-a
month customer of rayon yarn you
will not be granted a discount. If
your eyes are very big and hard
to see with you may not be able
to get spectacle frames large
enough to suit.
Radio tubes for home sets are
available but you can't get table
rice if you are a brewer producing
beer and ale. There is new dep
uty rubber director, name L. D.
Tompkins, from Wilton. Conn, and
GA coal mines have been released
from the Coal Administration to
their owners.
Oil burner repair men have been
set a ceiling for their charges.
Cotton flannel shirts can't be as
high as they used to be, but ice
cream prices will stand.
Well, life goes on and so dc you
if you can run, somersault and
stand on your head.
CONGRESS is lobbying within
it's own walls for a recess. The
members of the House and Senate
want to go home on Nov. IS and
do not come back until Jan. l.
In cloak rooms and offices they
tell each other, There's not much
to do here now. Let's take tina.
little recess we badly need"
BERNARD BARUCH, friend and
advisor of World War Presidents
Wilson and Roosevelt, has SUI
perb pride in himself. mis- country,
his race and in his own ability,
1t was a pleasure to watch him
testify recently at the COMPRESSION
al hearing on the father draft.
A splendid quality is proper
pride. Loyalty is a fine gift, too.
1t is a particular talent of Col.
Edmund Startling, who is about to
retire after 80 years as head Of
the White House secret service.
Colonel Startling has guarded the
safety of Presidents Wilson, Hard.
ing, Coolidge, Hoover and Roose'
welt. Even his intimate friends,
however, cannot persuade him to
reveal one critical incident Of
thought concerning his White House
charges.
Several publishing houses and a
score of ghost writer's are at work
on the colonel trying to beguile
him into giving his "reminiscences
to the public But the colonel keeps
on saying, mo, I don't believe
ought to tell anything about that
Besides, there isn't anything spe-
cial to say"