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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
Dean West Advocates
Retirement Pay for
Members Of Congress

Lack Of q system OF retirement
for members Of Congress has weak
ened their Independence in relation
to the executive departments, the
Joint Committee on the Organisa-
ton Of Congress was told today by
Dean w. Reed West of George
Washington University.
Dean West was the ANAL witness
IN the many heard In recent months
by the La Toilette Monroney Com
mittee which has amassed q huge
file Of recommendations Is to how
Congress might reorganize itself to
meet today's complex responsible
ties.
A professor Of political science at
the university, Dean West adyo-
Gated retirement for members OF
Congress.
Hard TO Resume Private Life.
"A member who serves, say, fol-
six years and then Is defeated may
return to his business or law prac-
tice with enhanced prestige" he
said. But II he serves for 4 dozen
years he may ind 1t difficult to pick
up in private life again. II defeated
he may hope to receive q Federal
appointment.
Now no man, however upright,
can avoid under such circumstances
. desire to have the favorable
opinion Of the executive. In an
indefinable way, the system may
tend to break down the sturdy
independence Of members.
Retirement pay for members,
based on age and long service would
be . means Of overcoming this
almost inevitable tendency Of indi-
viduaS to weaken In their indie
pendence of the executive"
Put Speaker on Rules Committee.
Dean West also suggested steps
be taken to strengthen the leader
ship in the House. First Of all, he
proposed that the Speaker be re.
turned to place on the Rules Com.
mittee, which controls the now Of
legislation to the body for action.
TT Is ridiculous" said Dean West
tnat the man VINO, more than any
other person, has the confidence Of
the House, Is barred from serving
on the committee that has most Il
do with the overall control Of thu
business OF the House"
When the House, about - year,
ago. overthrow the domination O.
Speaker Joe Cannon, he said, 1,
went "too far" In it, corrective
measures.
Other witnesses at the concluding
hearing were Representative Phil.
lips. Republican. Of California: DR.
Harvey Mansfield, YaA University
Prof. Joseph p. Chamberlain, Co
lumbia University. and Robert X
Lamb. National legislative repre-.
sentative Of the Go United Steel.
workers of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
Return Of Mississippi
Land Asked in Suit

District Court Is asked in Z suit
dled there yesterday to order the
Government to return more than
$4,000 acres Of land In Mississippi to
persons from whom it was purchased,
The suit claims the Government
never has legally acquired title to
the land, located in Franklin and
wilkinson Counties, and challenges
the constitutionality OF the Week,
Act Of 1911 and its amendments
under which the land was obtained
by the Government and which
created the National Forest Reserva-
ton Commission.
It further claims that the act
provides that the Government may
acquire lands for the preservation
Of navigable streams with the ap-
proval Of the Legislature Of the
State in which the land Is located
Such approval never was obtained
As to the land involved, 1t was said.
The suit, fled by Mrs. Alice M.
Young Of Madison, Wis, wife Of a
prominent lumber man Of that State
names Secretary Of Agriculture
Wickard and other officials Of the
Agriculture Department as defend
ants. The suit says Mrs. Young is
seeking the court action in her own
behalf and as a stakeholder Of the
Miss-Wic Timber and Land Co. at
the time 1t was dissolved In 1898,
and IS other stockholders at that
time.
Mineral rights to most of the
property, which were preserved by
the plaintiffs in the suit for q 10
year period, are scheduled to expire
on July l. according to the suit.
The suit seeks to enjoin Secre.
tary Of Agriculture Wickard ana
other o1acials Of the department
from leasing the mineral rights on
public bids, pending . final decision
IN the case. It offers to return the
purchase price Of the land, plus in
terest. to the Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
lice Allen purdY Dies;
III Railway Mail Service

Lee Allen Purdy. "a, Of 1880 Euclid
street NV. an employee In the
railway mail service Of the District
Post Once for a. years, died OF Z
heart attack Tuesday in st. Peters
burg, Fla, where he was spending
q vacation.
Private funeral services will be
held at the 8. H. Hines Co. funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street NV.
At 10 am. tomorrow. Burial in Ar
lington Cmetery at II am. also will
be private.
A native of Washington, Mr.
Purdy was Z veteran Of the World
War.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Gloria M. Purdy; . daughter, An.
Meta L. Purdy; his mother, Mrs. J
Herve Purdy, and 4 brother, Eugene
H. Purdy. al Of Warrington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
Randolph 10 Demand
Basic Solution Of
Teachers Pay Issue

Hope that Congress will PASS
q bill giving Washington school
teachers and officers q basic pay
raise before the House recesses for
q summer vacation was expressed
today by Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee.
Once the bill reaches the House
moor. said Mr.. Randolph. the author
Of the bill. II feel sure 1t will
encounter no opposition. am con-
vinced the citizens Of Washing
ton al are united in support OF ade-
quate pay scales for the personnel
Of our public schools.
I'VE, therefore, will offer no stop
gap legislation. We are concerned
with q basic solution Of this
problem"
His statement came after it be-
came apparent the bill could not
be brought before the House for
action before the end Of this week
With the beginning Of the new
flscal year. the present $500 wartime
bonus expires.
This Will mean . cut In pay for
some 400 officials OF the school
system who are paid during II
months OF the year, until new legis-
iation Is enacted, but Mr.. Randolph
said this would be covered In the
bill by making pay raises for these
employees retroactive to July /
Teachers and other employees are
paid during 10 months Of the year
on the basis Of full year service, and
1t was brought out yesterday at 8
meeting Of the Senate District Com.
mittee these employees would suffer
no loss in pay by reason Of expira.
ton Of the temporary wartime bonu.
Sunday-provided the pay bill were
enacted before the opening OF thu
new school term next September.
Hearings on the teacher pay bill
have been concluded by the Educa.
ton Subcommittee of the House
District Committee, headed by Rep.
resentative Feighan, Democrat, Of
Ohio, and the Fiscal Affairs Sum.
committee, headed by Representa-.
tive Murphy. Democrat, Of Penn.
sylvania.
Members Of the subcommittee
had planned to meet In executive
session yesterday afternoon, to draft
recommendations on the bill, but
House business interferred. Chair
man Feighan said the question
would have To 60 over until next
week,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
Charter
Continued From First Pare

stark reality, becomes a three-power
military alliance between Russia,
Britain and the United States, since
they will become It's chief instru-
ments Of peace enforcement when
the need for force arises. So far
as peace enforcement Is concerned,
I agree that there is substance to
this contention.
But hasten to assert that so
far as force is concerned, the world
is at the mercy Of Russia, Britain
and the United States regardless of
whether we form this league or not.
Those happen to be the facts of
life. But submit that the world
is even more at their mercy with
out the San Francisco Charter than
with 1t. Without the Charter there
is no curb upon these great military
powers except the rivalry between
them-and military rivalry has
never yet been the harbinger of
peace. With the Charter there is
at least the restraint of q peaceful
contract, for whatever that may be
worth, and the grim assurance that
the aggressor who breaks this con-
tract will stand in naked infamy
before the embattled conscience of
an outraged world.
II wish we might have a different
plan in which there could be more
decentralization Of enforcement
power. But that Is simply equiva-
lent to saying that wish we might
have a different kind Of world. The
truth Of the matter Is that We con-
front q condition and not q theory.
The San Francisco Charter deals
with this condition. # 1t did not
deal with the condition it would
not be worth the paper 1t is written
on. The condition Is that Britain
Russia and America control the
dominating force-fsctors Of the
earth and are calculated to thu
continue for the foreseeable year,
ahead. To ignore this realism II
our peace plans would be to wander
In q wishful dream. To accept THU
realism and then to seek to harness
Ito thus make . virtue of neces.
sity-is to embrace the only concrets
hope which logic can defend. Never
forget, furthermore, my thesis that
the use Of force Is wholly secondary
to the use Of the pacific tools which
this Charter primarily provides
That Is the vital point ut which oil
the United Nations stand ct par
Force" y only the last resort. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29

Don't save IN the future, but FOR
the future. Duy boAAs through pay.
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Super Forts
Continued From First Page.)

21st Bomber Command. while fleet
headquarters was disclosing new
successes Of search planes against
supply shipping In enemy home wa
tiers. Eight vessels were sunk and
eight more damaged Wednesday and
Thursday between Japan and Korea
by planes which have accounted for
approximately 400, 900 tons Of ship
ping in recent weeks.
Large Fires Observed.
The B-29 crevmen observed large
fires at Nobeoka. on Northwestern
Kyushu, and 1T industrial Okayama
on Honshu. 100 miles west Of Osaka
The clouds required instrument
bombing and obscured accurate ac-
counting Of results at Sasebo and
Moji.
Halt Of the formation attacking
OkayaYna was able to bomb usually
through . broken undercast.
The ground fire ranged from weak
and moderate In most places to In
tense over Moji.
Chief among the targets as the
B-2os raised the total Of japanese
cities hit to 10 was Sasebo, with
It's shipbuilding and ship repair
yards. Moji u the southern terminus
Of q tunnel under Shimonoseki
Strait. linking Honshu and Kyushu.
The fiery devastation wrought
added to total Of lis square miles
already burned and bombed out Of
japanese cities by the B-29s.
Jap Vessels Destroyed.
In their successful ship hunting
between Korea and Japan Wednes-
day and Thursday, search planes of
Fleet Air Wing sank 4 small tank
er, q small cargo ship, an unidenti-
ned vessel, four small craft and
freighter. They also damaged
small freighter- transport, five small
cargo ships. small coastal cargo
ship and lugger.
Although these achievements were
not spectacular. they At into the
strategy of constantly whiting
down the enemy supply lines.
On Wednesday, planes Of the
Tactical Air Force set aflre small
enemy cargo ship and q coastal
vessel OF the Amami Islands, north
of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. and
also damaged two coastal vessels
and . barge. The following day,
two luggers were sunk by Army
Ihunderbolts OF the Sakishima Is
lands, south Of Okinawa.
Japs Try to Raid Okinawa.
Enemy planes feebly attempted
to raid Okinawa Wednesday, head
quarters reported today, but caused
no damage. One was shot down.
In Manila, Gen. Macarthur today
announced new, air blows against
Formosa and the Asiatic coast.
Black Widow night fighters carried
jellied gasoline bombs Monday night
to the Ensuih alcohol refinery on
Formosa and started fires there
which could be seen for 100 miles.
lLiberators pounded the TanShi re-
finery, halt way up Formosa's west
coast.
Armed reconnaissance patrol
bombers Of the United States 18th
Fleet hit the Wampoa docks at Cam
ton and fuel stores at Nanking,
China. Other planes destroyed two
coastal freighters and several oil
tanks at Quantan, on the east coast
OF Malaga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
U. S. Seeking Quarters
For Envoy TO Poland

MOSCOW, June 10 tR.-Ameri-
can representatives left Moscow to-
day to consult with officials Of the
new Polish provisional government
OF unity on quarters for the United
States Ambassador to Poland.
An American source said Arthur
Bliss Lane, who was named by
President Roosevelt last year as
Ambassador to the exile Polish gov
ernment. was expected to arrive in
Poland shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
FEPC

ratio would be required to adopt the
motion OF Senator Chavez, Demo-
crat. of New Mexico to give the anti
discrimination group $466, 200 for the
coming fiscal year. Ordinarily funds
are approved by majority vote, but
the rules must be suspended for the
FEPC item this year, because the
House did not put it In the pending
war agencies bill.
While Senator Bilbo held technical
possession of the floor virtually all
day yesterday, he frequently gave
way for the transaction of other
essential business with the under
standing 1t would not deprive him
OF the right to resume.
Attempts to apply cloture bob up
almost every session, but the last
time 1t was applied was February 10,
1927, on . bill to create q bureau
OF customs and prohibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
% District Men Report
To Armed Forces TODAY

Another 70 District men are SEIZED.
uled to report for induction into
the armed forces TODAY. They are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-29
Chinese Recapiure
Airlield Abandoned
IBy Yanks al Liuchow
By the Associated Press.


CHUNGKING, June ga
Chinese Army spokesman an
nounced today that Chinese
troops had captured the main
airfield in the southern suburbs
Of Liuchow, which Maj. Gen.
Claire L. Chennault's 18th Air
Force was forced to abandon to
the Japanese last November 7.
The spokesman said Chinese
forces also had retaken the city's
south railway station.
Fierce fighting was reported raging
In the western and northwestern
suburbs 6f Liuchow where other
Chinese forces were battling their
way toward the center Of the i'm
portant Kwangsi Province city.
Liuchow In Flames.
Tho spokesman said Liuchow had
been Stunning since June a. and that
the else Of the city was destroyed,
He samated that fewer than 1000
Japanese remained In the city.
Approximately 100 miles north
east q Liuchow, Chinese forces
were closing In on Kweilin, another
former American air base site. Dis
patches from this front said one
Chinese column was engaging jap
anese troops ut points 10 to 12H
miles north Of Kweilin and another
was about IL miles northwest Of the
city.
Between Liuchow and Kweilin q
japanese force was reported pocket
ed by two groups OF Chinese. one Of
which had reached point ; miles
north Of Liuchow while the other
was closing in from Is miles farther
north.
The Chinese spokesman said al
japanese remnants west and south
Of Liuchow had been cleared out,
This meant that virtually the whole
Kweichow-Kwangsi Railroad had
reverted to Chinese control-the
first railroad occupied partly or en-
tirely by the enemy to be restored
to the Chinese since the war began
In July, 1887.
tn line. however, needs repairs
and rebuilding.
The Chinese high command an
nounced that the Chinese recap
tured Langnan and Tngnan, COM
munication centers In Southwestern
Kiangsi where the enemy had
launched a drive to smash the
Chinese potential for a counter
offensive against Canton and Hong
Kong. Both towns are within an
arc Of 40 miles northeast Of Canton.
Japs Retake Pingsiang.
The spokesman admitted, however,
that the japanese had recaptured
Pingsiang on the Liuchow-Dong-
dang Railway about II miles from
the French Indo- China border. but
he quoted an unconfirmed report
that the Chinese had retaken Kwei-
ping on the West River, IS miles
southeast Of Liuchow.
In the maritime province OF Che
hang the Chinese said they were
pursuing . force Of about 1000 JAP
anese withdrawing northward from
the abandoned port Of Wenchow
The Chinese were reported adyanc-
Ing from Hwangyen, which they re-
captured June 40. toward Nfnghai
70 miles south Of Ninspo,. toward
which the Japanese apparently are
retreating. @'5 y 'vtA. ~
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New York to Rename
Street After Roosevelt
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2o.-The City
Council voted yesterday, IL to 5, to
change the name of the East River
Drive to Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive
IN honor OF the late President.
Dissenters expressed the belief thai
the city could provide more fittine
memorial. The resolution now soef
to Mayor La Guardia, whose ap.
proval Is required before 1t can be.
come effective.
Post script., 1945-06-15

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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18

Pink Of feondition-thot'S me! In our ar plant,
learned about 'Sanforized' from the gals. Since
then, none Of my cotton clothes can lose their
good looks, because fabrics can't shrink even
lG5. And believe me-my colorful but careless
family is going To learn to insist ON 'Sanforized'
labels on ALL NASHABLES!
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18

"BIUe-thot's my kid brother. He simply loves
Wcstcrns-but he has awful Nightmares! Thinks
the redskins tying him To the stake, and
choking him. Poor kid-his pajamas are too tight.
Well, he'd better tell Nom to hunt down the
'Sanforzed label on every washable she buys!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

rode the harbor waters like ghost ship until it's blackened hull was lowed to port.
 The Vivi also burned from stem to stern. It's llfeboats caught fire and crcWmen were forced to leap Into the blazing waters and swim to res cue craft who could not approach the ship too closely.
 The ships were identified by sur yivors as the liberty ship Bernard Carter, the tanker Spring Hill and q Norwegian tanker Viyi.
 One tanker was burned out, with only It's blackencd hull still afloat, riding like ghost ship on the smoke-hung waters.
 Some lifeboats caught afire, and crewmen had to jump from the flaming ships into the flaming wa ters.
 Several of the dead were landed at pier l3, Stapleton, Staten Islnad, by crews of small harbor crafts which picked them from :he sea.
 Flames at one time shot more than 100 feet in the air
 Six of the dead were said to have been killed instantly in the tinder- box explosion which set off the fire. The Coast Guard believed that many others may have been trapped aboard the ships, their bodies un- recovered yet.
 A small tugboat also caught fire when going to the aid of the ships.
 Commuters on the Manhattan Staten Island ferry said smoke hung densely over the harbor. obscuring the scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
Coal Embargo Seen BIunder

Boston, Feb. 5-CUP)-Presiden John l.. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of AmeTsa charged in a telegram to Gov. Maurice J. Tobin Of Massachusetts today that the recent embargo on coal was a "blunder of major magnitude on the part of government bureau- cratS
 In replay to a telegram from the slx New England governors asking for his cooperation in relieving the critical coal shortage, Lewis replied:
 "The mine workers are in no man. ner responsible for the shortage of coal in northeastern and other northern states. Interruptions to transportation from various weather conditions have been frequent dur ing the months of December and January. Tn addition the recent em- bargo for several days of coal was a blunder of major magnitude on the part of government bureaucrats.
 Hundreds of mines" were com pelled to shut down from one to three days as result of the embargo, Lewis said, adding that the miners now are working 54-hour week which is longer basic shift than is worked in any other war indus try"
 He said the mine workers will continue their attitude of complete cooperation with the war effort and the vital and imperative public needs"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
Last-Man Battle
 In Capital Looms
Continued from Page l)>

largest land-locked harbors was re- ported graveyard of sunken ships. most of them destroyed by Ameri- can aerial bombs but some scut- tied by the Japanese.
 American Liberators attacked en- cmy installations on Corregidor island in Manila Bay Friday and next day hit the Cavite naval base, just south Of Manila, causing many fires and explosions.
 Attack bombers struck enemy de- lenses at Balor Bay on the east coast Of Luzon, while fighters badly damaged two enemy destroyers of the north coast.
 Light naval units strafed coastal installations and damaged seven beached barges in Salomague har- Dor north of Vigan on the north east coast of Luzon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
Recommend Two Billion
(Continued from Page D

Pensions -e05s, ,2S2.OOO to tlOs0.- ISOOOO.
 Q. I. Bill of Rights benefits From nothing to $205 900, 900.
 The Veterans Administration also received 47o o339, ,886 for construction projects to provide IS new hospitals and 14,i0O additional beds.
 Concerning the Maritime com- mission, the committee said 1t was estimated that funds and contract authority already available would be sufficient for the shipbuilding program now contemplated by the joint chiefs of stan.
 The Maritime Commission since le87 has been provided with $l5,- 741 ,OlO,O0O in appropriations and I0,926, ,650, 900 in contract authoriza- tions, the committee said, and by the end of the 1946 fiscal year will have unobligated contract authority of q, 1,167. .350, 900 and a cash balance of 4ly629, ,650.0 900.
 Providing 8 $9,850 900 appropria- tions for the Tennessee Valley Au- thority, the committee approved proposal of the IVA directors to eliminate the present single fund for both operations receipts and government appropriations and to set up separate funds for the two sources of money.
 Other agencies provided for in the bill, together with the increase or decrease over l945, included:
 Executive office of the President, 43,270,l45, down $550 786; Civil Serv- ice Commission, $264, 1881 .520 up $45,- 678,020; Federal Communications Commission. $5 ,005 400, down $l.- 306,043; Federal Trade Commission, &l,942,833, down SHEET; Federal Works Agency, $139,978 657, down 416,175, ,420; Interstate Commerce Commission, $7,890, ,529, down $l BOA 206; National Housing Agency, ST. 600, 600, down $l6,900,000; Securities and Exchange Commission, A,l77," 500, down $519204; Federal Power Commission, g, 439, 500, down $33l,- 533.
 NewingtOn Approved
 l1IC lIIOGDClldEIlJ OlIlCCD uIplOPlI- ation bill paproved today by the House Appropriations committed carried $84 100000 for construction and improvement of veterans ad- ministration hospitals
 The proposed construction to provide 14,10O more beds--to make G total of 26,413-included
 Beds Cost New Hampshire .. 150 $l,164 157 Rhode Island .. 400 2,439,8 ,864
 Additions to existing facilities: Rutland H'g'ts, Mass. 150 TIC. .670 West Roxbury, Mass. 400 2,07l ,l24 Nevtngton, Conn. =. 14O 724 ,893 Maor Improvements to existing facilities would include:
 Bedford, Mass, addition to admi- istrntion building at $lO0,000 cost.