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The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent


INDIANAPOLIS The first
post-election meeting of the Re-
publican National Committee
made one thing very clear:
Chairman Herbert BroWnell did
not become a figure-head when
his friend and sponsor, Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, was defeated
by President Roosevelt.
Brownell is by no means a
national party boss" but for
the moment, at least, he has the
support of a large enough ma
jority in the Committee so that
he can try to revitalize the
COP in his own way. That be-
came apparent as number of
members, who had ideas either
in conflict with Brownell's or
that went beyond his, found it
advisable not even TO take their
grievances out of the packages
in which they had brought them
to Indianapolis.
There were, for example, the
friends of John w. Bricker, who
think they might get the Presi-
Dental nomination for him in
1948. They did quite a bit of
talking about making sure that
Brownell should not use the
chairmanship to hold open
door for Governor Dewey
When the meeting was in ses-
sion not one of them said a
word.
Supporters of former Cover
nor Stassen of Minnesota went
little further. Former Senator
f.'thur E. Nelson, present on a
proxy, raised a question about
Brownell's availability and de-
manded chairman from the
middle west, who would be las
pure as Caesars wife" His We
hement talk was received with
frigidity by the members.
If anybody else had in mind
expressing similar sentiments,
he found the subject neatly
turned by one Mr.. Baker,
holding Washington state
proxy, who seized the moment
to recommend TO the Commit
tee a current book that he
thought they would enjoy.
Another quite sizeable group
of members disagreed with the
Chairman Brownell's decision
that party policy is no business
of the Committee, which he be-
lieves is limited to selling to the
voters whatever policy elected
COP officials state and ma
tional legislators, governors,
etc.-may formulate.
Most vocal in support of that
viewpoint was Clarence Bud
lllStOll NClldllO, iiit llONCllSt
who is National Committeeman
from Arizona. Considering
Brownell's eight-point program
splendid, but much too general,
KellandI introduced a resolution
calling upon the chairman and
the executive committee to pre-
sent specific plans by April to
and to call another national
meeting by May TO act on
them.
When Kelland drafted his res
olution, he supposed he had the
support of at least a few fellow
members, some of whom had
been outspoken in lobby COR
ners, in condemning the Brow
nell program as too vague. In
the showdown, Kelland found
himself, In his own words, "all
alone in the midst of a vast de-
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

The Japanese have always
tried to do so much to so many
with so little. - Barclay New
man, biologist, on Jap bacterial
warfare.
People say that management
has done a splendid war job.
But it has been a one-sided Job,
with tremendous emphasis on
quantity. 1t has been a weight
lifting job, and weight-lifting is
apt to make one muscle-bound.
- j. II. Van Deventer, presi-
dent Iron Age.
On the nature of liberal edu.
cation in the next 25 years de-
pends, in a measure. the future
of American civilization and, so
much are we involved in the
world, perhaps of the world it.
self. - Prof. Irwin Edman of
Columbia u.
The life giving source of COM
petition cannot be effective un-
der bounties, special privileges
or political advantages. II will
be far more wise to measure our
strength in terms of service,
skill, efficiency and courage.
With such attributes, competi-
tion can indeed be the spark
plug of progress. - Henry j.
Kaiser.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

Q-Of what royal family is
King Michael of Romania
member?
A-Hohenzollern.
Q-How long does bomb run
last?
About a minute-from the
time the bombardier starts the
bombsight to the time he releases
the bombs.
Q-What is d-tubocurarine?
A medicinal made from
purified curare, the deadly ar
row poison of South American
Indians. Curare paralyzes the
muscles.
Q-Are there fewer automo-
biles on the highways now than
a year ago?
A-1,5OO,O0O fewer.
Q-Are there standards for
bull ring bulls?
AIN Spain a bull which has
already fought or gored man
or seen a cape is deemed too
dangerous for the ring; the bull
must be totally ignorant Of men
on foot, must have horns of a
specified length or longer.
Q-What is historically note
worthy of Sigmaringen, Ger.
many, seat of the Vichy govern
ment-in-exile"?
A-The Hohenzollern family
originated there, governing
small principality in the 18th
century which was parlayed into
an empire.
Q-Is Tokyo, capital and "lo-
tus" of japanese civilization. a
manufacturing city?
Ayes, with more than $4,000
factories and 10000 workshop
factories.
Q-What is "aviator's ear?
A-Aero-otitis m e d Ia - in
flammation of the middle ear
caused by pressure changes. AZ
fected flyers are grounded.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Corresponds nt

HULL w NlJlJlJ - AleTle-OD-
eron, the press agent said, was
taking milk bath.
, Would you like to come out
and :"
Universal studio is IL miles
from our house but we were
there before the press agent
hung up (OPA, traffic officers
and that P-38 we passed, please
ignore)
Wearing only a nice smile
and a fleSh-colored, strapless
bathing suit, Merle was reclin-
ing in 80 gallons of milk in a
mother -of-pearl bathtub built in
the shape of swan.
The swans eyes, we are hap
py to report, were closed, al
though we caught him peeking
a couple of times.
But the cameras eyes were
wide open. with an extra big
lens. SO were the eyes of every
electrician, carpenter and tech
nician on the set.
We were a little pop-eyed
ourself. 1t was the first time
we had ever interviewed lady
while she was taking milk
bath. Or any kind of bath.
We talked to Lana Turner once
while she was taking a shower
but that doesn't count. 1t was on
the telephone.
"Hello-o-o," Merle. cooed,
skimming her finger around in
the skinned milk.
WARM But STICKY
1t was a good thing, we
thought, that the old master OF
celluloid bathroom scenes, c. B.
Behfifie, was not present. He
would have turned green with
envy id-that- $l-to- o-AFRA,
and shot himself.
Its nice and warm Merle
said, but it's sticky"
Director Arthur Lubin was
looking through the camera and
said:
"A little more milk, please.
About two quarts. ---------
Cameraman Hal Mohr looked
through the camera.
Il think three quarts would
be better - 4
Lubin whispered that he was
raising the milk level just to be
sure the Hays office censors
would be happy. We couldn't
see why, because the milk al
ready was up around Merle's
neck. But the prop man warm
ed up three quarts and dumped
it into Merle's bath, anyway.
The crowd behind the camera
grew larger as we talked and
looked. Word was getting
around the lot that Merle was
taking a bath for scene in the
movie, Might in Paradise" in
which she plays Persian prin-
cess.
1t didn't take long to shoot
the scene-just couple of shots
of Merle splashing in the milk.
Cameraman Hal Mohr stopped
the camera shots, during close
up, to wipe the lens. There was
milk in the cameras eye.
Then they shot scene OF
Merle stepping out of the tub
and two maids helping her into
a fluffy robe.
MISSED SOMETHING
Everybody on the set said we
should have been there when
Merle first stepped into the tub.
Tl same crew recently filmed
a scene OF Maria Montez taking
a bubble bath, and they couldn't
get over how different this was.
Merle just stepped into the tub
and that was that.
q With Maria it was different,
their spokesman said.
"She was. wearing more than
Merle IS wearing now but she
made everybody shut their eyes.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

they decided TO invite every
celebrity and near celebrity they
could rope, tie or otherwise lay
hands on, to the number of 1000.
No tickets would be sold, the
food would be free, and they
would build up lot of good will.
THE CHECK: S6l55
By actual count, there were
I'LL tickets put out. The breast
of guinea hen dinner cost SIS a
plate, or $685., plus $375 for the
Presidential banquet room and
SITS for the Congressional ban
quet room adjoining. Sum total,
$6155.
The programs were the size
of a news magazine, though not
so thick. AT that, these menu
cards" were 16 pages plus a
four-page bristleboard cover.
Printed in blue and gold (the
club colors?) and bound by a
red-white-and-blue cord, they
must have cost at least half a
buck apiece and that line, This
book was printed in compliance
with wartime regulations on pa
per conservation was conspicu-
ously absent.
That wasn't the only thing
conspicuously absent about this
program. A whole raft of the
distinguished Guests" whose
names and stations were printed
in the program were also con-
spicuously absent. Nine columns
of membership list revealed only
about a dozen names of national
prominence.
Mrs. Roosevelt was there and
General and Mrs. Marshall. The
new Vice-President was there
and on his very first day and
night in office got broken in on
his long four years of being a
distinguished guest and a maker
of brief remarks at banquets.
Henry Wallace for a change had
his first night off and how he
must have enjoyed it.
But the Honorable Justices Of
the Supreme Court stayed away
en- masse, the Navy was repre-
sented by the mere Commandant
of the Coast Guard and Secre-
-tary- Agriculture c a d e
Wickard, bless his Hoosier heart,
was the only cabinet member so
loyal or so innocent that he
didn't join those who stayed
away.
George Jessel presided as mas
ter of ceremonies and said he en-
joyed the dinner because he had
been to the White House for
lunch and never had so few
chickens got mixed up with so
much celery. Mrs. Roosevelt
topped that one later by saying
she was glad to know there had
been any chicken at all in that
salad because by the time she
and Mrs. Truman sat down for a
bite after the thousands of in
vited plate luncheon guests had
left, she couldn't find anything
but celery.
NO SINATRA
Frank Sinatra was another
celebrity who-was- supposed to
be there but wasn't. Weather
not dogs-kept him from flying
in but it was no loss because the
372nd Infantry glee club sang
war songs and the Star-Span-
gled Banner much better than
frankie could ever have done. If
somebody had started swoon at
that $1,000 guin e a-hen.in-the
rough atmosphere, there's no
telling what might have hap
pened.
There still remains the little
matter Of finances. If the 1000
Club had only $4,000 surplus to
begin with and this affair cost
approximately double that,
somewhere, somehow, som e.
body must have dug down to
foot the difference. Sic transit
gloria 1000 Club and reotIiescat
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
RECEPTION COMMITTEE

ImpuIsve Adolf He couldn't wait for the Allies
to coll on him at Berchteseoden He had to toke
mond of his orn,ies and rush forth to meet them.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Fifteen years ago Herbert
Walker of NEA Service hired
me to write a bridge column. In
all those years / had never
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Then she said the water asked hr why she
hot. Then it too cold made the fellows shut their
Then she said of the she said Il afraid of
tricians peekng When what husband will think.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
. BARBS

Playing the piano by ear is
nice but apparently the boy
next door uses his feet.
Due to the critical housing
situation in one area in the east,
hen coops are rented as homes
- which is nothing to crow
about.
Getting down TO hard work TO
pay the doctor would cure some
people.
It's reported a brain special
ist has been called to Hitler's
hi'cout. To examine what?
Robbers took S286 In stamps
from a store in an Illinois town.
Now is good time for them to
reform and open a drugstore.
You can't expect money to
talk very much until it grows
up. Put yours inWar- Bonds
The VIA has put 47,000,000
eggs on the market over the ma
ton. And not peep out of them
we hope!
There are no ifs and ands
about the cigaret shortage-and
very few butts.
The boy who doesn't want to
eat things that make him sick
is sick.
Reformers likely already are
worrying about what the bathing
girls won't wear this coming
summer.
Remember your red points
when serving a course dinner
don't try to make both ends
meat.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What new use is being
made of rhododendron burls?
A-They have been made into
pipes since Mediterranean briar
imports were cut off.
Q-Where is Nicholas Horthy,
former regent of Hungary?
A-Interned in Bavarian cas-
tie, reports have it.
Q-Who are Army's five-star
generals?
A-Marshaii, Macarthur, Els
enhower, Arnold.
Q-What is Anthony Eden's
first name?
A-Robert.
Q-Who is Sean Lester?
A-Acting Secretary General
of the League of Nations. He's
an Irish Free Slater.
Q-What rank in the u. S.
Army corresponds to the British
air marshal?
A-Lieutenant general.
Q-Has any head of state ap-
proved the proposal of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau that
German industries which can
make war material should be
suppressed?
A-President Ramon Grau
San Martin of Cuba okayed it,
and also says Germany should
be broken up into separate
states.
Q-What is cobalt-imports OF
which have been increased -
used for?
A-Alloy ingredients for MAX
ing high-speed cutting tools. AL
so for permanent magnets for
meters, small motors, appliances,
etc.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

Reformers likely already are
worrying about what the bathing
girls won't wear this coming
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

Q-What is "aviator's ear?
A-Aero-otitis m d | a - in
flammation Of the middle ear
caused by pressure changes. AZ
fected flyers are grounded.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01

Remember your red points
when serving a course dinner
don't t. to make both ends
meat.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-02-01
Rowing Reporters

sert," so he withdrew the reso
luton.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06
Billions in Bills From 500 TO
Some Of Even $4,000 Are
Being Hoarded Somewhere
and fhe Government Wonfs
Them Boek In Circulation

the day of the fight, Greco was
strongly favored. Then ton Of
money showed up for Ruffin. Mean
time, agents were busy in every large
city spreading the false report that
Ruffin had a bad hand.
Ruffin won the fight easily after
Greco was seized with a violent
attack of nausea in the ring.
The racing branch Of the book
making industry is two-billion-
dollar-a.year business. Even though
theirs is an Illicit enterprise. the
Government expects bookmakers TO
pay an income tax on their earnings.
OF course, in order TO collect the
tax, the Revenue Department must
first prove the income. Since most
bookies don't make their bookkeeping
system public Uncle Sam seldom
catches up with them.
If Senator Bushfield's proposal
is carried out there will be an unpre-
cedented regurgitation Of hundred.
five-hundred and one-thouSand dollar
bills from muSty strong boxes and
safe deposit vaults and a subsequent
reconverSion of the big bills into
mountains of little ones.
Then, what will a poor man use
to tip a waiter with after feaSting on
a five-dollar black market porter
house with an after-dinner cigarette
graciously thrown in by the house?
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06
BY DAN PARKER


bills now gathering mildew In
secret caches were a red blood
corpusclc the United States currency
system would be in the last throcs
of perniciouS anaemia.
In these days when whole cities
disappear from the face Of the earth
overnight. it isn't surprising that
someM here along the route al 100000
bills in denominations ranging from
500 TO even some of $4,000 should
have vanished.
Indeed, the phenomenon is ex.
traordlnary enough for the Govern
ment . investigate, hence Senator
HARLAN J Bushfield of South Dakota
tly proposed that the President
49, IN executive order calling in
all larCc denomination bills.
Another suggestion was that all
large denomination bills be called in
and replaced by new currency with
an orange yellow tint overprint.
And the panic was on. Shifty
little men with large bulges In their
pockets began trying 20 make deals
with small banks TO change a few
large bills each week for the humble
ones, fivcs, tens and even twoS. But
the banks, of course, refuse to play
the game. The big bills still stuck
10 the hoarderS' fingers.
Where, oh where could all this
bankroll OF whale-choking proper
tions have gone? Where oh where
could it be? With its comparatively
few ten-thousand dollar bills, 1000 900
one-thousand dollar notes; its 500 900
five-hundred dollar bills and Its 40,-
100000 take a lifetime off and count
'em) one hundred dollar greenbacks? =?
Racketeers, most of whom are now
black marketeers, could produce the
greater part of the telephone number
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

from the prying eyes
OF the tax collector in
safe deposit boxes IS
in bills of large de-
nomination. In the,
first place. it makes
a small bundle that
way.
Incidentally, il the
Government wants 20
know where the deuce
all the two-spots are,
they're in the indus
trial towns Of New
England where the
war boom workers
from the hinterlandS
haven't heard yet that
a two dollar bill is
supposed to be un-
lucky.
Underworld sure
thing gamblers who
manipulate big bet
ting coupS on sport
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

where the body of the unstamped
steer lies.
1t Is easy to understand why SO
much Of the Illicit Wealth concealed
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

ing events such as prize fights, horse
races and, of late, basketball games,
could tell where many of the miss
ing grand, half grand and yard notes
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

their transactions. Likewise, II black
market butchers deposited large
sums of cash in their banks, the Gov
ernment could follow the trail to
May d, 1045
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

NNA wv
Eating places deal
ing with the black
market and a sur
prisingly large mum
Der of them are doing
that in preference 10
trading with so-callcd
legitimate food mer.
chants and being
forced TO purchase
commodities they do
not want in order TO
get those they really
need-pay cash on the
line for unrationed
steaks and chops.
Like amateur ath.
Id of the old school,
b~ marketeers
won't take checks even
under the third arch
of the bridge in the
wane Of the moon. as
the Income Tax But
reau could then trace
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-06

are. 1t is perhaps superfluous to
explain that grand is a thousand
dollars and yard is one hundred
Last winter, two major betting
coups on prize fights were engi-
neered by a New York racket man
who specializes in prize fights. One
of these was a fight in Baltimore in
which the heavy favOrite managed
under cover by the racket king) sud
denly became the underdog as last
minute flood of money for his
opponent poured in. Naturally ~
the racketeers' fighter was -
knocked out. C
That was only small change
cleanup however. compared u
with the rich haul made in the y
Evening star., 1945-02-24

Representative Of the services
testified, however, that these objec-
tions usually were in "borderline"
cases, where the union local con-
tended a service band program COM
peted with local musicians.
Col. E. M. Kirby Of the Army
Radio Service, said local union
protested the appearance of a serv-
ice band at one of the early Army
Navy "E awards" and threatened
lreprisals if the program was broad
cast. But. he added, the Army held
that such program was military
| function. Col. Kirby did not say
what action. If any, the union took.
The Army and Navy officials de-
detailed their musical operations
during House Interstate Commerce
Committee consideration of legis-
lation to curb the activities of James
c. Petrillo, president of the AIM.
Asserting that the services oper-
ate under regulations against COM
peting with local civilian musicians.
they said the bands are permitted
to appear at patriotic and noncom-
mercial functions.
Capt. William F. Loventhal. in
charge of the Navy Band, said these
service musicians had been broad
casting for 20 years land to my
knowledge there has been no pro-
test from the union
Evening star., 1945-02-24
Maverick Defends
|SWPC, Under Fire
|0f Resigning Director

Maury Maverick. chairman of the
Smaller War Plants Corp. and target
of an attack by one of his resign
ing directors, is willing to stand on
the record of the agency in helping
small business during the war.
S. Abbot Smith announced his res
ignation from the corporations
board of directors yesterday, assert
ing that too much attention is be-
ing paid to getting headlines-toc
little to doing the job Mr.. Smith
is returning to his position as head
of the Thomas Straha1 Co., Chelsea
Mass. He had been director oi
SWPC since July, 1942.
To charges of confusion and inef-
fciency," Mr.. Maverick said: We're
getting along well as far as / car
see." AS to Mr.. Smiths charge thai
many major questions of policy are
not being referred to the board fol
decision" Mr.. Maverick commented
that 1--WE nevef denied corporation
to any competent member of the
board"
However, I appreciate the criti-
cism and We'll do our best" he
added. Il might point out that in
the II months since I became chair
man small business got 81, 100, ,000, ,0O0
in loans from SWPC, compared with
aid amounting to 81 Zoo, ,000, 900 In
the previous 16 months"
Mr.. Maverick said Mr.. Smith had
not been active in SWPC for three
month:.
WPB Chairman J. A. Krug ac-
cepted Mr. Smiths resignation early
this month. Another director, Albert
Carter, resigned about the same
time to return to Illinois as Assist
ant Secretary of State. Two new
directors have been named since
then. They are Patrick Mcdonald,
Oakland, Calf, small ship builder
and Louis Arnold, Newton, ILL.,,
banker.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
3 Of 4. Big Plants
Running on Schedule

By the Associated Press.
Three of the four plants making
B-29 Super Fortresses are ION
schedule or ahead"
WPB Chairman j. A. Krug, max
ling this assertion at a news con-
ference yesterday. added that the
tagging plant is the Boeing factory
at Renton, Wash. He said its failure
to meet its schedule was due to a
combination of circumstances" in
|cluding a large labor turnover.
Mr.. Krug will leave this week END
for Renton to determine with Army
Air Forces officials what steps car
be taken to improve production.
In addition to the labor turnover
Mr.. Krug said the combination oI
circumstances includes the fac
that Boeing is unable to use as
many woman riverters in B-29 con.
Istruction as in the building of the
Bit Flying Fortress. This results
from heavier aluminium used in the
larger plane.
The Boeing plant, Mr.. King re-
ported, is hiring about 5000 workers
monthly, but $500 leave each month
They just don't stay put" hi
Other plants building Super For
tresses are Boing at Wichita, Kans.
Martin at Omaha, and Bell a,
,, Marietta, Ga.
Evening star., 1945-02-24
MRS. FRANCIS G. ULEN.
Roosevelt and Churchill
Fe|icitate Soviet Army

President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill felicitated Pre-
mier Stain yesterday as the Red
Army celebrated its 9th anniver-
Sary.
President Roosevelt told the Rus
sian leader that the "far-reaching
decisions we took at Yalta will
hasten victory and the establish
ment of firm foundation for last
ing peace"
Prime Minister Churchill, in a
message from London, said the Red
Army was ION the threshold Of final
victory" and had sealed the doom
of German militarists.
Future generations will acknowl-
edge their debt to the Red Army
as unreservedly as we do who have
lived to witness these proud achieve
ments," the head of the British gov
eminent said.
Evening star., 1945-02-24

ribbons, the Pacific one with one
campaign star.
After nightfall thin stream of
people moved up the mountainside
toward the wrecked plane and cars
clogged the narrow road leading
to the main highway and made the
path of ambulances difficult.
The first definite information as
to the fate of the plane was when
a search plane spotted wreckage
about miles south of Rural
Retreat, Va, in the heavily wooded