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Evening star., 1943-01-10
Lack Of Funds May End
School Lunch PROGRAM
Jan. 81, Haycock Says
lonhom Act Money
Needed to Meet Salaries
OF Cooks and Mattresses

The emergency school lunch pro-
gram will be halted January 81 un-
less Lanham Act funds can be pro-
cured to save it, Assistant Super
tendent Of Schools Robert L. Hay
cock announced yesterday.
Mr.. Haycock said the decision to
appeal for Lanham Act funds was
made when Works Project Admin
istration officials notified schools
they would discontinue the central
hot lunch kitchen as a project on
January 81. WPA personnel have
been preparing food at the kitchen,
delivering and serving it In the
schools to necessitous children.
Board of Education consent Is re-
quired for an appeal for Lanham
funds, Mr.. Haycock said, and the
board members will be polled on
the problem tomorrow. The, plan
is for the Board of Education and
the Board Of Public Welfare Jointly
to ask the Federal Works Agency to
allocate Lanham Act funds to pay
cooks and mattresses until June.
There Is certain urgency about
this matter" Mr.. Haycock said
You see, we have money to buy
food until June and the Works
Project Administration will permit
us to use their equipment at their
kitchen on Wisconsin avenue where
they have been preparing the
lunches.
But the money to pay cooks to
prepare the food, drivers to deliver
it at the school and mattresses to
serve it must come from some
where" The volunteer help of Pa
rent Teacher Associations to aid in
serving, he added, would still be
greatly appreciated by principals
Of schools involved.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
28 in District Area
Awarded CAA Wings
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclal dispatch to Inc Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Jan. 9.
--Tweny- eight residents of Wash
ington and nearby MARYLAND and
Virginia were among 33 Civil Aero
nautics Authority student pilots
from Southeastern University in
Washington who received their
wings at ceremonies here today.
Representative Randolph Of West
Virginia acted as master of cere-
monies.
Those from Washington are: John
j. Allen. jr., Maurice ]. Cunning
ham, Edwin w. Kent, Robert B.
Doyle, Marvin E. Gore. jr.: Charles
I. Rembar, John S. Nolan, George
w. Bodkin, jr., Donald Lee Carter,
Warren P. Morrow, Fred D. Hen
son, James Maynard, Claud K. Bitt-
ner, John Paul Dessey, William A.
Kline, Frederick T. Eavenson, Je-
rome Mentzner, John P. Martyr,
Arthur j. Clawson and Kenneth
Wayne.
Those from Arlington are: Fred
Earl Shirk. Harry w. Smith, jr.:
Herman E. Holloway and Charles
H. Knox.
Others are Clifford N. Stretmaker
jr., of Takoma Park, Md; Gordon
E. Muck, Garrett Park, Md: Ralph
j. Raum, Alexandria, and John
Wagner, jr., Cottage City, Md.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
7,4O0 Women From D. C.. Area
Run Machines at Navy Yard
Workers From 18 to 50 Toking Mems Places
In Precision Jobs to Help Turn Out Guns

the workers in all shops. Men and
women work intently at their lathes.
The tone among employees is courte-
Gus and cooperative. There are no
idling groups Of gossipers. Bright
ness and variety are injected during
the lunch period by recorded music.
Gay dance tunes and stirring
marches give the workers an up
lift"
Some Are Better Than Men.
While feminists agitate for equal
work for equal pay" there are some
shops In the yard where women are
unable to do equal work" They
are not used in the foundry and
forging shops where conditions are
too rough" they cannot lift heavy
objects and because of their inex-
perience, many cannot read blue
prints and operate intricate ma
chimes. There Is class in blue
print reading and experienced men
machlnlSts are always on hand in
the shop for advice.
There are many jobs which women
do better than men. Some women
have outstanding mechanical abili-
ty. Give me any machine in the
shop, I'll do anything" said one
woman as she breezed in for the
first time. And she turned out to
b ahatural born wizard with ma
chimes.
Men in the shops were skeptical
about women at first, but have
gradually come to accept them. Now
everybody is happy.
A young officer stationed at the
Navy Yard who was employed as a
civilian in Midwestern machine
shops before the war says the Wash
ington women ordnance workers
maintain an unusually high stand
ard of neatness and cleanliness and
are Of very high type They wear
clean, creased slacks, fresh blouses
and kerchiefs wound tightly around
their heads to keep stray locks from
catching in whirring wheels.
One half Of the designations among
women is caused by family difficult
(See WOMEN, Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Downey Is Expected.
To Head Senate's
Civil Service Unit
Announcement Of His
Appointment May Come
Tuesday or Wednesday
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

Senator Downey. Democrat, Of
California, is slated to be named this
week as chairman of the Senate Civil
Service Committee, it was reliably
reported last night. He will succeed
former Senator Bulow, Democrat, of
South Dakota, whose term expired
January 3.
The announcement is expected to
follow a meeting of the Democratic
Steering Committee Tuesday or
Wednesday, at which many other
changes in assignments will be de-
cided.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi, is said to be scheduled for
the Craftsmanship of the Pensions
Committee, and Senator Ellender,
Democrat, of Louisiana, to head the
Claims Committee. Both commit
tees were left without chairmen by
the November elections Claims was
headed by former Senator Brown of
Michigan, and pensions by former
Senator Schwartz Of wyoming.
Il, as appeared likely, Senator
DoNney takes over the civil service
post he will have a busy session
ahead of him.
Pay Bill First Task.
The committees first task will be
to draft new wartime Government
pay plan to take the place of the
temporary salary increase legisla-
ton passed in December, and which
expires April 80. The temporary
law is based on the principle of
overtime pay for work in excess of
40 hours, with most agencies op-
Grating on a 48-hour week. This,
in effect, means increases of about
q cent for those on a 48-hour week.
For groups whose work cannot be
figured on an hourly basis the
present act grants temporary 10
per cent raise.
In addition to the wartime pay
Evening star., 1943-01-10

problem, Senator Byrd, Democrat,
of Virginia has signifled his belief
that the basic structure of the Sal
airy Classification Act should be
reviewed to determine whether i'm
provements could be made in the
system of rating salaries to fit the
type OF work and to govern promo
tions.
Senator Byrd was prompted to
suggest such a study by testimony
given last week before the Joint
Committee on Essential Fed
eral Expenditures, of which he is
chairman. Officials of the Federal
Works Agency told the committee
too much emphasis is placed on the
number Of employees a supervisor
has under him in fixing his classi-
fication rating. In some cases, the
committee was told, this has tend
ency to encourage supervisors to
build up their staffs, as the only
method of obtaining promotion.
Helped Draft Temporary Law.
Senator Downey was not at the
Capitol yesterday for comment. In
any event, he is not expected to
outline any program until commit
tee assignments are completed and
approved by the Senate. The Cali
fornia Senator has been member
of the Civil Service Committee since
he entered the Senate four years
ago. and took part in the drafting
Of last months temporary pay law.
So far as could be learned yester-
day. no changes are contemplated
in the Democratic roster of the Dis
trict Committee, of which Senator
McCarran of Nevada is chairman.
Other Democratic members are
Senators Glass of Virginia, Tydings
Of Maryland, Bankhead Of Alabama,
Reynolds of North Carolina, Bilbo,
Overton of Louisiana, Clark Of Idaho
and ODaniel of Texas.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Miniature Village TO
Be Bombed in 0CD
Practice Raid TODAY
Rescue Squads to Get
Taste Of Real Thing at
Catholic U. Stadium

Squads of OCD civilian protection
workers who have been fed diet of
theory and practice for many months
will be given an opportunity to face
something like "the real thing" this
afternoon at Catholic University
stadium.
While sound effects give the i'm
preston Of an actual raid, bombs
placed earlier in the buildings of a
miniature village will be detonated
to simulate conditions the workers
may some day have to face.
In the first wave of attack one
building will be hit by a mustard
gas bomb, another by a fire bomb
and high explosives will blast wreck
age into the model street.
High Explosives.
High explosives will demolish q
building in the second wave of at
tack and while the various services
are combating the effect of the first
two actions, the enemy aircraft theo-
retically will return to create further
destruction with an oil bomb, Wri-
Gus typessof incendiariessand high
explosives. s? z
A control center set up in the
stadium will direct fire fighters,
rescue crews, road clearance crews,
gas decentralization squads, AWVS
workers. nurses aides and emer-
gency food and housing personnel
to the scenes OF the simulated dis
asters.
IL Units to Parade.
Preceding the actual bombing"
there will be a parade Of IL civilian
defense services at pm. and train
ing episodes directed by William G.
Sweetman, the chemical warfare ex-
pert who is in charge of the spec
tacle, The training episodes will
include new and old methods of
fighting incendiary bombs with STIR
rup pumps and a-acid ex-
tinguishers; demonstrations of the
blast effect of high explosives, ther-
mite bomb action, phosphorus
bomb action, how to control the new
type German "burster" fire bomb,
what not to do and the controlling
of incendiaries by men and women
volunteers.
OCD announced yesterday that
District OPA Administrator Whit
ney Leary had ruled that motorists
might drive to the stadium, since
they were going for educational rea-
sons in connection with the war
effort and could not be considered
pleasure drivers.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Lady Ann Dill to Speak
To Mt. Pleasant Groups

Lady Ann Dill, wife of the British
Chef of Staff. will tell of her war
time experiences in London at a
meeting sponsored by the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association and
the Bancroft Parent Teacher Asso-
citation at pm. tomorrow at the
Bancroft School, Eighteenth and
Newton streets NV.
Richard M. Barr, chairman of
the Mount Pleasant Civilian De-
tense Committee, said that recent
motion pictures taken on the battle
Fronts will be shown at the meeting.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Tin Use Ordered Cut
To Half of 1941 Figure

By the Associated Press.
An additional reduction Of 10000
to $4,000 tons in the Nations tin
consumption in 1943 was ordered
yesterday by the War Production
Board, cutting consumption to
about half that of 1941.
The order, amending previous
curtailment regulations, provides for
the principal saving through a re-
duction of the tin content of solder
from 80 to 20 per cent.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Confederutes to Honor
Memory Of ; Leaders

Pleasant D. Gold. member of the
Board of Appeals Of the Veterans
Administration, will give an ad-
dress at 8 pm. Tuesday at a meet
ing sponsored by Confederate Or
ganizations of Washington.
The program will commemorate
three outstanding Southern heroes
Of the Civil War, whose birthday
anniversaries are in January-Gen
Robert E. Lee. Gen. Thomas Jona-
than (StonewalD Jackson and Com
modore Matthew Fontaine Maury.
The exercises will be held at the
Confederate Memorial Hall, 1872
Vermont avenue NV.
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under the name of military ne.

under the name of military ne.
cessity. The moment Amgot en-.
tiers an occupied town it must
deal with the mayor. the school
teacher, the police. the right
people,, who may profess to be
weary of Mussolini while still
the servants of the Fascist men-
tally and system. If they are
allowed to consolidate their pow.
er under Amgot, who shall say
that any election can really be
free in a country where t h e
courage and spark of freedom has
been bieached out of the people
far more effectively than anyone
on the o u t 8 i d e can realize?-
Christian Science Monitor.
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fewer in number, the average car
now has 4 % per cent greater ca
pacity. The fewer locomotives
of the present war travel Sc per
cent farther in a day and pull a
so per cent heavier load than did
the greater number of locomo-
tives in the last war; and the av-
ersge freight train does twice as
much work in an hour.
No small factor in these extra
ordinary exploits is the railroad
employee. Though railroad en-
ployees number nearly one-third
less than during World War l.
they are better trained and are
maneuvering to maximum c a.
pacity the fewer but improved
facilities with which the railroads
have provided them. They also
are proving that free men work.
ing under private ownership and
management accomplish NOR e
than men working for govern
ment-owned or managed enter
prises.
One would think that such su-
per-service would be expensive,
but such is not the case. The
general level of railway travel
costs is below that of the First
World War, while freight rates
are only slightly higher than in
1918. This is true despite the
facts that taxes on the railroads
are 81 times higher than in 1918
and that the lesser number of en-
ployees are receiving in excess of
300 million dollars more annually
in wages.
1t is good to know that our
Railroad Front" is in such ex-
cellent shape, running so smooth
ly and performing so perfectly,
for the railroads are an essential
indeed a vital-cog in our war
machine. Without this record.
breaking and epic movement of
freight and men on the part of
the railroads. the production of
war materials and the training of
our armed forces would have
been slowed down greatly per
haps to danger point.
And 80 this column saIutes the
owners, the management and the
employees of the American rail.
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BOON TO CHILDREN

The appointment of Mrs. Clara
S. Withee as probation officer tt
serve the ninth judicial distric,
comes as boon to both the pres.
ent and ultimate welfare of hun.
dreds o f children # Glacier
Toole, Pondera and Teton coun
ties.
With her splendid background
as social welfare administrator
in the last decade in sections of
the nation where juvenile and re.
lated problems were Of no little
magnitude, she will have the OBJ.
portunity to do great good.
A probation officer these days
has duties above and beyond that
of the officer two decades ago. In
a word, the Office is not that of
the pound-nlaster. 1t seeks to
correct evils that beset those of
tender age that society may not
be burdened by them in their
wrong-doing when they have at
tanned adulthood.
Since the home life of children
is fundamentally t he cause of
most delinquencies, a probation
officer these days | a rs heavy
stress upon the responsibility of
parents and guardians.
AS the twig is bent, so is the
tree inclined. As applied to the
upbringing of children, it is in
deed appropriate.
In Mrs. Withee's work in the
ninth judicial district. she gets
the full support of its citizens.
The only person who may Iogi-
cally take exception to her work,
perhaps. is the one who has no
interest in decency. He is like
the fellow who took exception to
the Commandment, Thou Shalt
Not Steal" Finally he was in.
vestigated. the reason being
found in his pocket-he was q
notorious thief,
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fs' 'Aieno SeHfCn Dy n0Ced
authorities definitely proves that
more vitamins are saved by the
steam method.
Here's how you do it: Use a deep
cooking utensil with a tight-fitting
cover. Tor, if your range has a
deep-well cooker, use that.) Put
boiling water about an inch deep
in bottom Of utensil. Place vege-
table to be blanched in q wire
basket or colander, place in utensil
and steam. Steaming will require
anywhere from five to Is minutes,
depending on the vegetables and
the method of putting them up. For
safety'S sake, consult Q 1913 pro-
esssing timetable.
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Although we speak of "blanch-
ing" fruits, all we really do is scald
them to make it easier to remove
their tough skins: Put them in a
wire basket, plunge into boiling
water for one minute and then into
cold water.
Because it seems selfish to use
a heavy syrup for fruits this year
when the supply of SUI gar must be
shared by many more Gamers than
usual, I'm using this syrup recipe
for all my fruits: One cup of sugar
to three cups of water; bring to a
boil and cook until sugar is dis
solved.
Spinach and Egg Casserole
e Savory Potatoes
Tomatoes Stuffed with Chopped Celery
Graham Scenes Butter
Oatmeal Rhubarb Crumble
Milk
Spinach and Egr Casserole Recipe
., spinach 'tbsp. enriched
y cups all-purpose flour
mayonnaisa hot hnrd-cookcd
X tsp. salt eggs, sliced
u cup liquid off bacon. crumbled
Cook spinach only until tender. Drain.
Chop eoarsely and sprinkle lightly with
salt. Place IN two-quart casserole, cover
to keep hot. Place salad dressing in
saucepan. add salt and pepper. Combine
flour with the LIQUID and gradually add
70 the salad dressing. stirring constantly.
Cook minutes. Arrange sliced eggs over
spinach. cover with the SAUCE and sprinkle
with the bacon. Serve Immediately.
Serves 6.
NEYT wETH. lEEAT DIAM
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Rabbit Brush for Rubber?

Studies of the rabbit brush as a
source of rubber are being made by
federal scientists. A desert dweller
like guayule. it is distributed over
ten western states. 1t grows well
at elevations around 1000 feet, fire.
quently on inaccessible rocky hill
sides, and rarely occurs in solid
stands. Authentic analysis of the
rubber content, together with cur
rent estimates of the existing stands
OF rabbit brush, indicate that not
more than 10000 tons of rubber could
result from the slaughter of this
shrub, the do1nestication Ct which ia
not favored by plant scientists.
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CorrodeS Metal
Flue gases from furnaces burning
customary fuels are highly corro-
sive of metals.
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Number, Please,

Do you have trouble remembering
numbers? If SO, you should call on
Corp. John Crapp of Fairbanks, Pa,
who is stationed at Keesler Field,
Miss. Corporal Crapp makes hob
by of remembering army serial
numbers and at one time could rat
tie off those of $50 of his friends with
scarcely a pause for breath-and
most army serial numbers run into
eight. digits.
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Horse Taken Up

The following described estray
horse has been taken up and may
be recovered by identifying cwn-
er on the condition of paying ex-
penses incurred:
One sorrel gelding saddle horse
with roach main. 7 or 8 years
old, branded heart bar on LETT
shoulder and lazy A on left jaw.
Inquire at Chief office.
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The TEST OF ITALY


people, every anti Fascist. every
critic of the State Department s
policy in Vichy, Spain and French
Africa, will be watching the de.
but of Amgot as if the future Of
the war depended on it. And
the future of the peace as we'll
The actions OF this new Allied
Military Government of Occupied
Territory will show whether the
lessons o f Vichy and Algiers
have been learned. And it can
be said that Amgot has started
out promisingly.
At least the promise of its pub
lished aims is hopeful one. The
Fascist Party and all its affiliat-
ed organizations are being dis.
solved. The potential de Gaulle.
Giraud conflict which will have
to be faced in every occupied
area-in Italy it will be a choice
between the conservative semi
Fascists and h e underground
anti-Fascist leader-has b e n
postponed in the name of military
necessity. T h leadership o f
Amgot promises to GUST active
members of the Fascist Party"
from their public posts. T h e
more general aim is declared to
be the deliverance of the Italian
people from the Fascist regime.
So far so good.
But it might as we'll be recog-
nized that a statement OF inten-
ton is one, and the detailed &C.
tions of Amgot another. Every.
thing depends upon what "active
Fascists' are removed from their
positions. There 8 a tremen-
dous gap between ousting a few
active party members and *
pressed aim of delivering t h e
people from Fascism. A few
ringleaders can be removed from
a town or city and the Fascist
system remain virtually intact.
That system is a coalition of
conservative middle class and up
per-class groups, allied to a Ger.
tain Fascist element among the
workers, whose aim is to control
political and economic power for
themselves. and to purge out
every liberal element which
would challenge them. This is
both a Fascist system a n d a
Fascist mentality. and its roots
have more than twenty years of
growth deep into Italian individ.
ual and public life.
As leading anti-Fascists such
as Gaetano Salvemini h a We
pointed out, the conflict between
Fascism n d liberalism cannot
really be postponed. no matter
how much we would like to do so
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Between Italians ard British

OF all Frances once vas: overseas
empire, only barren. hard-baked
French Somaliland, in northeast AT.
RIGA, had not been severed from
Axis-captive Vichy by early Deem
Der. This colony between Italian
Eritrea and British Somaliland has
100 miles of northeast African coast
line at the vitality important Strait
of Bah ell Mandeb that leads from
the Red sea into the Indian ocean.
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Miracles Of
Movement
Rv CEORCF pECK
By GEORGE PECK

| A~ AAAASAASN" NAsA VANS q L =
putting on a remarkable perfor-
nance. Beg pardon! Making
use of that adjective remark
able" is a masterpiece of under
statement. Miraculous is tn e
term that really applies here.
Will 100000 fewer freight
cars in this war than during the
last; $4,000 fewer locomotives;
23.259 fewer miles of road; and
I571.O00 fewer employees. h e
Am erican railroads are now turn
ing in the following performan-
ces as compared With World War
II:
Movement of troops four times
heavier.
Passenger traffic. measured by
passenger miles, doubled.
Moving twice as many tom
miles OF freight.
What makes this all the more
remarkable is that this heavier
| a d is being handled W tn
smoothness and dependability of
the flow and movement of troops,
freight and passengers, in pleas
ant contrast with almost con-
slant congestion and bottlene cks
which were the thorns in the
flesh of the railroads and of the
war effort during the first World
War.
Seems impossible, doesn't it?
Well: then how is it being done?
What magic wand h as bee n
waited to galvanize the railroads
into performing such feats o f
traffic movement! 1t is no sec
ret. There are a number of fac
tors that have contributed and
are contributing to these mir
acles of movement"
In our opinion the greatest of
these is that during the last war
the railroads were government
operated and controlled, while
during this war, they are being
privately operated. If this ma
ton needed an example of the
advantage of private over gov.
eminent operation, the railroads
most certainly are now providing
it.
The second greatest factor in
the Renaissance of the rails is
the years of preparation for emer-
gency on the part of railroad in
vestors and management. AS far
back as 1923. the railroads eru-
barked upon a ten-billion dollar
program Of rehabilitation nd
modernization. When the Japs
struck at Pearl Harbor they had
built increased capacity and eff
ticiency into their plant. had i'm
proved their plant, had improved
their methods of operation and
their organization for cooperation
among themselves. They h.a d
learned to work together.
Whereas in World War l there
was only $4,000 of railroad plant
for each employee, there is now
$40, 600. While freight cars are
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Well, there's been
a change for the
better.
Whether vege-
tables are to be
canned, dehydrat-
ed or frozen, they
s till m u S t b e
blanched, for it
stops enzymatic
action, sets the
color, improves
the flavor and
S a v e s vitamins.
But recent re-