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Pupertroopers
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the Navy but to the Army and to
our Allies.
Police Band to Lead.
The Police Band will lead the
school children who have qualified
as Supertroopers by collecting 1000
pounds Of paper each since last
September. About 1000 are ex-
pected to be in line.
The ceremonies at the Monument,
which will be broadcast by Station
WMAL starting at 3 pm. will open
with The Star Spangled Banner
followed by the Oath of Allegiance
to the Flag.
After the introduction of the
guests on the platform Fleming
Newbold, vice president and general
manager of The Evening Star, local
sponsor of the Papertroopers, will
give brief summary of the accom-
plishments of the Washington
effort. Commissioner J. Russell
Young, president of the Board of
Commissioners of the District, will
respond for the District government.
A message from President Truman
to all Papertroopers in the country
will be read by Chairman Ran
dolph of the House District Com
mittee who will also lay stress on
the need for further effort through
out the summer and until Japan is
defeated.
Lee A. benson, a Papertrooper
from the Horace Mann School, will
give pledge to continue collections
after which the pledges now being
signed by thousands OF Washington
school children will be presented.
Tom Cathcart to Speak.
The originator of the Papertroop-
er plan, Tom Cathcart of the United
States Victory Wastepaper Cam.
paign set up by the American News.
paper Publishers Association, viii
be introduced and extend his com.
! pliments to the local brigade for the
efforts which have resulted in thu
collection of more than $1,000 ,00t
pounds of wastepaper through the
schools in Washington and Mont.
gomery County, Md.
A former Army Signal Corps of
f1cer, Maj. John K. Shawvan, will
extend the greetings of the Amer.
ican Congress of Pigeon Fanciers
which has presented the so pairs o1
pedigreed, registered racing pigeon.
which will 60 to the top so Paper.
troopers.
From Hollywood will come greet.
ings delivered by Andrea King an6
Helmut Dentine, stars OF "Hote.
Berlin" both of whom will speak
briefly. Miss King will present the
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Salaries
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be on the same pay level with cabi-
net officers, who now get 5000 a
year more than the lawmakers.
Vice Presidents Pay "Is Crime"
In explaining the Jump to $25 900
for the Vice President, Senator
Bridges said he deems it "a crime
that the second highest official of
the Government gets only $4,000
with no provision for a home in
Washington"
The two Senators pointed out that
the salaries of members of Congress
have not been increased since 1925,
when the rate went up from $500
to $4,000. The $500 salary had
prevailed since 1907, when it was
IS 900.
Mr.. Truman told his news con-
ference the lawmakers should be
paid more to prevent Congress from
becoming a rich mans club, and
cited his own flrst-hand experience
as Senator on the present $4,000
salary.
He recalled that Mrs. Truman had
served as his secretary in the Senate
because he needed the money to
meet his bills. Repeating what he
has said before in answer to critics,
he added that his wife was a valu-
able secretary and he needed her
services.
Morse Hits Approval.
The Chief Executives promised
approval of the $4,000 House ex-
pense item drew sharp words from
Senator Morse, Republican, of Ore
gon. former member of the War
Labor Board.
"The President cannot escape the
fact" Senator Morse told reporter
that the action taken by a $4,000
subterfuge wage grab is in direct
violation Of the wage stabilization
program Of this Government.
II wonder If the President is ready
to ask Congress to increase the
salaries and wages Of every man.
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Veterans
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the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Disabled American Veterans.
The three "old line" organizations
had asked an opportunity to present
information they gathered on vet
erans' hospitals.
Representative Rogers. Repubh-
can, of Massachusetts, asked that
the new organization, known as the
American Veterans Committee, also
be invited
Chairman Rankin said this and
some other new organizations were
being investigated by the commit
tees counsel and until a report was
received. he did not think their rep
resentatives should be heard.
This organization is made up of
veterans of this war" Mrs. Rogers
said, land certainly should be heard.
I'VE are not going to pick out just
any organization and hear it,
snapped the chairman. I'VE don t
know enough about this one"
Mrs. Rogers moved that the Amer
lean Veterans Committee be heard
MIR. Rankin suggested that the mo-
tion be tabled. 1t was tabled by a
vote of 10 to /.
Representative Philbin, Repub-
ican, Of Massachusetts,, whose airing
of complaints about veterans hos
pitals helped to bring on the in
quiry, expressed to newspapermen
earlier the hope that Gen. Bradley
would revise the whole rehabilita-
ton program for veterans from top
to bottom"
A bill to reorganize the medical
division of the Veterans Admins
tration, which Mr.. Rankin and other
members Of the Veterans Commit
tee are pushing, will be pressed, re-
gardless of the change in the
agency's direction, it was indicated.
This measure is designed to take
the appointment of physicians out
Of civil service and provide for a
surgeon general and staff within the
Veterans Administration, ernpow-
cred to run the medical service
without interference.
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and the Japs are dug into caves and
pillboxes.
Domei reported later that Kami-
kaze pilots resumed their attacks
and claimed two American ships
were sunk 1t said the attacks were
continuing The Nimitz communique
made no mention of suicide assaults
yesterday, when Domei said they
occurred.
There is similarly rough terrain
all across the Yaelu-Dake escarp-
ment, where American troops may
have to wipe out the Japanese in
small groups.
Maj. Gen. Pedro A. del Vale s
1st Division Marines cut off Oroku
Peninsula when they advanced to
within sight of the west coast. Ad-
vance elements of this division and
of Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd,
Jr.s, 9Th Marine Division were press
ing from opposite direction on the
Japanese in the Oroku pocket.
The 7th regiment. of the 1st Ma
rine Division, led by 1t. Col. Edward
w. Snedeker of Washington, D. c.,
gained as much as 1000 yards.
Battalions of 1t. Col. James c. Nc
Ghee, jr.. also of Washington. and
1t. Col. Edward H. Hurst of Pensa-
cola. Fla, seized the villages OF
Dakiton and Shindawaku and now
are probing into the outposts of the
1toman- -Gushichan hill masses.
Marines Reach Gushi.
Gen. Shepherds Marines reached
Gushi, more than a mile southeast
of Naha airf1eld. Gen. del Valle's
Leathernecks captured Hill 108,
mile west of Dakiton. while advance
elements pushed on to the coast
To the east. both Mai Gen.
James L. Bradley's 9oth Infantry
Division and Maj. Gen. Archibald
" Arnolds 7th Infantry Division
met intense machine-gun and NOR
tar fire as they closed in on the
Yaejudake heights.
The 32d Regiment of. the 7th
Division captured little o Island in
Minatoga cove of the southeastern
coast of Chinen Peninsula. There
was only light resistance. The
Doughboys had been using the island
for amphibious delivery Of supplies
because Of muddy roads.
Aircraft and tanks supported
ground operations as weather i'm
proved. ,Tank-led columns of the
96th Division in ,o0O-yard advance
through hills northeast of the town
OF Yuza, 2 miles due east of Itoman.
Navy planes sank two small cargo
ships off Kyushu and destroyed
cargo vessel in the East China Sea.
Three other ships were damaged.
Col. Snedekers wife, Mrs. Minnie
Snedeker. and their four daughters.
live at 1928 Thirty eighth place NV.
A native of Peoria, Ill, and a grad
uate of Annapolis. Col. Snedeker
served in the Pacific early in the
war. He was awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry in action at Guadal-
canal. He was Returned to this
country in February. 1914, and re-
turned to Pacific duty last October.
The Star was unable to learn any
address for Col McGhee.
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Schools
Continued From First Pa.

'COntlnueQ from First Page.)
Mattingly, Larry Bulls and Richard
Higgins.
Takoma Park, Nd, Wallace John
son, David Spangenbere. Mary Ann
Warren.
Taylor, Bobby Walker.
West. Jack Rosenbloom anc
James Hughes.
WeStbrook. Edith Baum.
jefferson. William Scott, William
Schaffer. George Ntiros. Allen Dins.
more, Charles Redmond and Blan.
ton Bowen.
Stoddert. Edward Lewis. Priscilla
Schneidegger. Billy Dupre anc
Rover O'Donnell.
Brookland, Ernest Clayton. James
Coble. James Madsen and Donald
Keinisch.
Murch, Stanley Koch.
Blow, Wallace Hurley.
Oyster, Joyce Demet.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
By NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Gen. Omar N. Bradley, who
commanded the 18th Army
Group during the German coun-
terattack in the Belgian bulge
and the American capture OF
the Remagen bridgehead, de-
clared today these two opera
tions had brought the European
war to a speedier end.
At War Department press con-
ference, his first since his return
to Washington from the European
theater yesterday, Gen. Bradley was
prevented by Secretary of Wal
Stimson from discussing any affairs
connected with his appointment as
administrator of veterans affairs.
Secretary Stimson told the press
conference that Gen. Bradley had
been asked to discuss events of the
past and for this reason ruled out "
any questions or answers on his new
assignment
For the record, Secretary Stim-
son pointed out that the deputy
under Gen. Eisenhower had COM
manded more Americans in a COM
bat Army than any other previous
American general.
Technical Military Briefing.
Gen. Bradley gave a technical
military briefing to the room full OF
correspondents on the most inter-
esting' of his campaigns that start
ed February 10 on the Roer River
and ended on the Elbe on We day.
He disclosed that the sudden cap
ture of the Remagen bridgehead had
shortened the war by many weeks
maybe and had made 1t unneces-
sary to put into execution pre-
viously made plans for tremendous
air-borne operation beyond the
Rhine.
In discussing details of the Ger
man counterattack in the Bulge, he
said he had full confidence" at the
time in the ability of the American
forces to keep the German advance
from spreading too far. He cited
the counterattack as marking the
beginning of the end of the Wer-
macht on the western front.
Gen. Bradley, who is known as
the "doughboy's general" had the
highest praise for his men and their
leaders. Il think they were the best
trained and best equipped army that
any nation put into the field" he
said.
He declared the American forces
never had any intention of going
into Berlin, but he could not say SO
at the time for that would have
given the Germans a tip on where
to move their troops.
Tells Of Allied Problems.
Gen. Bradley never tried to parry
any questions during the hour and a
half interview and discussed with
candor the problem imposed on the
American forces by the millions of
displaced civilians and 5000, 900
German prisoners.
He was asked at one point about
complaints from Russia that the
Americans were mistreating Rus
sian prisoners and also was asked
how we had happened to take Rus
sian prisoners
Gen. Bradley replied we had cap
tured about 10000 Russians who
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and the Japs are dug into caves and
pillboxes.
Domei reported later that Kami-
kaze pilots resumed their attacks
and claimed two American ships
were sunk. It said the attacks were
Evening star., 1945-06-08
Gen. Bradley, WhoLed
Million GIs, 10 Direct
Their Home Affairs

Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley, the
be-spectacled Missourian who
commanded the mightiest field
force in American history when
he led 100000 men in the final
onslaught against the Germans,
is going to direct CT affairs on
the home front now.
appointment of the 52-year -old
Bradley to succeed Brig. Gen. Frank
T. Hines as veterans administrator,
was announced by President Truman
at news conference late yesterday.
The change will be effective when
Gen. Bradley-who will retain his
rank and continue on active duty
status, can be relieved of his duties
by the War Department-probably
within month or two, President
Truman said.
Gen. Hines, who has headed the
veterans agency for % years, is be-
ing offered another post, the nature
of which was unspecified.
The President also disclosed two
other official changes, announcing
the designations of Chairman H. A.
Mills of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, and of Undersecretary
OF Agriculture Grover B. Hill.
Herzog Succeeds Mills.
Mr.. Mills is to be succeeded by
Paul M. Herzog Of New York, once
NLRB secretary, and now a naval
lieutenant, while the agriculture
berth goes to j. B. Hutson, deputy
for agriculture in the Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion. His
predecessor, Mr.. HILL has been in
the Agriculture Department six
years.
The appointment Of w. Stuart
Symington, St. Louis businessman
to succeed Guy M. Gillette as chair
man of the Surplus Property Board
also was announced by the President.
Mr. Gillette resigned several days
ago. Mr.. Symington heads the
Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis.
In telling of the Veterans Ad-
minlstratlon shift, Mr.. Truman re-
peated an earlier statement to the
effect that the agency is to be
"modernized
Gen. Hines has been serving in
dual capacity, having been designat-
ed also as administrator of the Re-
training and Re-employment Ad-
ministration in the Once of War
Mobilization and Reconversion. but
President Truman said these latter
duties would not be given to Gen
Bradley.
Bradley Plans European Trip.
Gen. Bradley. called at the White
House with Gem George c. Marshall,
Chief of Staff, shortly after his ap-
pointment had been made known.
He is to return to Europe before
assuming the new position, Gen.
Marshall said
The general, noted both as an
organizer and strategist. first came
into prominence in the Tunisian and
Sicilian campaigns. when he COM
maanded the I'd Corps.
He last commanded the 18th Army
Group.
To Visit Missouri Home.
Gen. Bradley arrived here yester-
day afternoon from Philadelphia
with Mrs. Bradley. and plans to go
to his home in Moberly, Mo, tomor-
row for short visit.
In connection with the change.
Mr.. Truman made public Gen. Hines
letter of resignation. and his own
acceptance, in which he said:
Il am accepting your resignation
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the Navy but to the Army and to
our Allies
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registration certificates to the pigeor
winners. Following the presenta
tions, Miss King will toss a pigeon
into the air to start the exhibition
race by approximately 500 pigeons
to various cities in the East.
AS the concluding part of the
ceremony, the new War Production
Board Distinguished Service Medal
lion and campaign bars will be pre-
sented to the troopers who have
qualified by collecting ton or more
of paper.
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20 Yonks Hurt in France

| LYON. France, June 8 tP.-
Twenty American soldiers were se-
riously injured near here last night
when a railroad locomotive explod-
ed. piling up the cars of q train.
The engineer and fireman were crit
ically burned.
Evening star., 1945-06-08
Bradley Asserts Battle of Bulge
Helped Shorten European War

had been fighting with the German,
in South Europe.
He said he had heard of no com.
plants from Russian authoritie.
and doubted If any were made fol
obvious reasons.
Il don't think the Russians care
how those prisoners were being
treated and I don't think they have
much of future" he commented
dryly. Gen. Bradley joined heartily
in the laugh that followed his re.
mark
Difficult Rebuilding Job.
The general said he had heard il
would take Germany 20 to so year,
to rebuild her destroyed industrie,
if left alone
However" I am a bit skeptica
about that" he added. I'VE know
how fast they rebuilt areas burned
out but it will take Germany a very
long time to rebuild cities"
Gen. Bradley said the largest par,
Of the 100000 prisoners of wal
taken by the Allies are being helc
in camps east of the Rhine. The
feeding and care of these prisoners
he said, entailed tremendous bur.
den on the Army.
He caused considerable merrimenl
when ne remarked that when the
last batch of German prisoners came
in voluntarily they were told that
the Americans didn't want them un-
less they had their own means OF
transportation food and supplies,
Gen Bradley said German prison.
ers are being discharged now at the
rate Of about $4,000 day, with pref.
erence being given to farmers
miners and rail workers. 1t has
been decided best to give each of the
enemy prisoners discharge paper
which shows that he is being con-
verted from military TO civilian
status. This machinery is just now
being set up, he said. but will have
to be speeded up considerably so as
to get the Germans of our hands.
Prisoners Clear MinefieIds.
He disclosed that German prison
ers are being made to clear known
areas of mines whenever that is
possible and they also are being used
to clean up the debris in cities.
The clearance of mine fields is a
difficult problem, he said, because
the retreating Germans had sewn
them promiscuously and there was
no record of them.
Gen. Bradley said that one reason
for the successful operations of the
American forces under Gen. Eisen-
hover, oficially stated as so di-
visions, was the f1exibility Of COM
mand.
He cited one corps through which
rs divisions had passed, although
the corps had never more than four
divisions at one time. I'VE were
able to shift troops very quickly and
keep the Germans thrown of bal
ance," he said.
Another reason for success, he
said, was because "all our officers
and staff spoke the same language
and were able to transfer divisions
from corps to corps efficiently"
Gen. Bradley meant by this COM
mon language the complete under
standing of American tactics as
taught to staff officers at the vari-
Gus service schools established in
this country after the World War.
woman and child in the country by
a corresponding amount. I, for one,
believe that the same rules should
apply to Congress as to the rest Of
the people"
Senator Morse said that sometime
in the future, when conditions are
stabilized, Congress could give at
tention to increasing the pay and
allowances of its members, but that
II cho,1l5 mt do en- hofore than
Evening star., 1945-10-29

j and turn down his request for I
loan. All the while my former COM
manding oficer, the janitor, struts
around the place, barking COM
mands at people to straighten the
line In front Of the teller's window
and telling important clients to butt
ton their coats. What can I do?
Two Solutions.
A. You have q most trying situ-
alton. But I have solution. Erect
a small building across the street
and hang sign outside 1t which
reads "Omcers' Club" Your janitor
will spend so much time in there
that you won't have to bother about
him any more. Or, II you don't
want to go to that expense, simply
hang sign over the bank door read
ing, Enlisted Mems Powder Room, =
and he won't come in.
@. I have lost touch with my
former first sergeant, and am very
anxious to find him. He Is one OF
the jolliest. kindliest, dearest, most
lovable fellows I have ever known
Every second I served under him
was a real pleasure. His name is
Slug O'Jazwiczkli. Can you help
me?
A. BY return mail am sending
you fruit cake. Enclosed In the
cake is q file. You'll have to saw
your own way out of the nuthouse
you're obviously in.
@. My wife keeps insisting that
I re-ennst in the infantry. Can
Evening star., 1945-10-29
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How is cargo parachute
opened?-G. r. w.
A. Cargo parachutes are con-
structed In manner similar to the
man-carrying type. They are usually
opened by the weight of the cargo
pulling a long rip cord attached to
the aircraft.
@. Was the building in Moscow
designed to be the largest in the
world ever completed?-K. S. E.
A. The Palace of the Soviets was
not completed before the war, but
work is to be resumed. The building
is to be 1855 feet high and topped
by statue Of Lenin. 1t will house
government Offices.
@. Where are the War Bonds
printed2-H. H. E.
A. All the War Bonds are printed
by the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing.
@. What portion Of the whole
United States potato yield is pro-
duced in Maine?-D. B. G.
A. Maine now raises nearly Is per
cent of the potato crop, ranking
first among the States in number
of bushels produced.
@. Was there particular signifi-
canoe in the position that a knight
carried his spear?-A. E. @.
A. If he kept the point of his
spear forward when entering
strange land he came as an enemy;
if he carried the spear against his
shoulder with the point back it was
a token OF friendship.
@. How small a particle can be
seen through an electron micro
scope?-V. A. r.
A. With the electron microscope
particles as tiny as one -millionth
Of an inch can be detected.
@. Who was the Father Of the
Bicycle"?-W. F. o.
A. The title Father of the BIZ
cycle" is usually given to a German,
Karl Drais, who in 1916 invented
a "velocipede" The rider of this
machine rested his weight upon the
frame and moved by kicking the
ground with his feet.
@. Would the fact that a veteran
took up hazardous occupation in
civilian life have any effect upon
his national service life insurance?-I
K. L. D.
A. No. Regardless of his job, extra
hazards do not affect his national
service life insurance. which is
issued without restrictions as to oc-
cupation. travel or residence.
Evening star., 1945-10-29
McLennore-
Some More Replies
To 81 Questions
By Henry McLemoys

The response to my offer to help
former GIs with their problems has
been most heart-warming. BY let
ter, wire, heliograph. smoke signal,
wig-wag,. and, In some instance, a
corked bottle dropped into the
ocean, hundreds have turned to me
for counsel. So far as I know only
three have gotten jail sentences for
following my advice.
So today reached in the cubby-
hole of my desk marked aspirin
and pulled out the following ques-
tions:
@. My former commanding officer
is now the janitor Of the bank of
which I am president. This stu
alton Is leading to high confusion
Out Of habit, address him as Sir u
and come to attention when I speak
to him. Out Of habit, he keeps me
picking up cigarette butts of the
floor and refilling inkwells. As a
result, don't have time to attend
to my business as president. 1t has
been a full month since I have been
able to snarl suspiciously at q man
Evening star., 1945-10-29

and use the long handles for wind
socks. They make perfect ones.
q. was . WAC. / am ~ years Of
age, 5 feet 2. . natural platinum
blond, with big blue eyes. I weigh
Ito. and have Z sizable bank ac-
count I have a problem would
love to discuss with you personally
at your convenience.
A. Sorry, but my Community
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arsenic be bought without 1 pre
scription?

arsenic be bought without 1 pre-
scription2
A. Your lack Of enthusiasm about
re-enlisting appalls me. The only
reason didn't re-enlist was be-
cause / didn't want to be selfish
about it-wanted to give q chance
to some of the men who weren't
lucky enough to serve In the in
fantry during the war. AS for the
arsenic. why be so subtle. Didn't
you learn to shoot when you were
in the infantry?
Recipe for Cook.
@. was a cook in the Army. AS
a result. my wife thinks I can cook,
and insists on my doing most Of
the cooking for the family. How
can ! change her mind?
A. Cook her a meal.
@. have IL pairs Of CT long
underwear. Can you suggest a use
for 1t?
A. Yes. Buy yourself an airport
Evening star., 1945-10-29
The Great Gameof Politics
Administration Leanings Seen Weighing
Management.La Farley on Union Side

rogance and encourage strikes. If
as a result Of this conference labor
emerges, as it Is determined to do,
with concessions Of ooe sort or an
other wrung from industry, they will
not constitute a solution Of our In
dustrial-labor problem. They are
more likely to be a prelude to fur
ther demands.
Evening star., 1945-10-29
THE EVENING STAR washington D. C.. A
MONDAY, ocTosER 104

Chest and Boy Scout work keep mel
SO busy that / won't be able to see
you. On second thought, let the
Community Chest and Boy Scouts
hustle for themselves. Meet me In
Detroit right away. You won't have