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Evening star., 1945-08-05

was worth the tuition just to learn that it's
legal to write simply. had always suspected
it, had always wanted to write that way, but
I'm damned if could ever find anyone in
Government who agreed with me-"
why is the course necessary" I asked
him. Il know you've been to couple of
universities; didn't they teach English to you
in school?"
eyes," the bureaucrat said, ga kind of
English. 1t was the kind of English that
confused me and it must have confused
my teachers. When came into the Govern
ment, found that everybody was writing
that kind of stuff, only more 50. Everything
had to be impersonal. 1t had tt. be escapist or
pass-the-buck writing 1t wasn't 'dignifed'
to write simply"
One of the women, Ph D. by the way, hada
smoke with me in the corridor during recess.
I'VE meet once week." she explained.
This is the first or primary class. Next
semester, Doctor Flesch will take some of us
into an advanced class to do projects" She
laughed. Seems funny doesn't it, an ad-
vanced class in simpli6cation?"
call this effort to clean up government
language great step in democracy. If you
are civil servant in government who has to
write for the common man, or if you are the
common man, you will be glad that Rudolf
Flesch has come to Washington.
Evening star., 1945-08-05

his guns to bear on the target of Government
writing, the language of the Federal con-
fusionist, right at the source - Washington.
OPA brought him to Washington to translate
the language of some of that agency's law
yers into 'level of language" that Sim
Perkins at a Vermont crossroad or Felipe
Sancho at San Juan could understand.
Doctor Flesch breaches the concrete word
for the abstract, the short sentence for the
long, the elimination of jargon, the reduction
of suffixes and prefixes, the use of the per-
sonal reference, more verbs, fewer nouns, still
fewer adjectives.
Our Censxation Waited
SCHoPENHAUER preached the same lesson in
his essay on style. The Fowler brothers, great
grammarians of England. preached it but
rarely practiced it. But our generation waited
for Doctor Rudolf Flesch to implement" it.
ITO implement" is favorite bit of jargon
with the writers of Federalese. 1t ranks"
right along with "of a magnitude up to the
optimum.'
talked with some students One said, 1T
Evening star., 1945-08-05

nouncement? These Washington bureaucrats
some of them Ph.D. s. are going to school
at night to learn your kind of English and my
kind of English - the plain English of the
common people.
The teacher is Rudolf Flesch, Ph.D., once
Viennese now American, famed exponent of
simplified writing Doctor Flesch, is bringing
Evening star., 1945-08-05

Artist and Model: Viola's cream
soft skin, auburn hair, inspire
her artist-husband's brush. I'm
going to help my skin keep its
softer, fresher look" she avows,
with the Camay Mild-Soap
Diet" YOU can TOO! Just follow
instructions on the Camay wrap
per for ysur daily beauty care.
Evening star., 1945-08-05

READ MRS. ERIcKsoN's STORY
couftshlp fun for Viola and Pat
meant long rides over California's
high hills and Viola's skin spar
kles fresh as mountain air! Il care
for my skin always with Camay,"
she says, for the very first cake l
used left it softer and clearer.
Evening star., 1945-08-05
Bureaucrat jargon is being
replaced by plain English.
Now we'll understand 'em .

Jobbledyeook" is a word coined by Mau1y
Maverick 10 describe loo-bombous governmental
language. Now important Washington office
holders are taking a course in simple English
- to cure "gobbledyeookitis." This article, BY
one of them, was done as school exercise"
A TEACHER is writing on a blackboard in
EAyellow chalk. Twenty eight Washington
bureaucrats are sitting eagereyed around a
table Among them are an expert on nutrition,
a lawyer a management man, an editor. an
architect and other graduates of the best
American colleges.
They are Washington ''bureaucrats"
and they are all studying English!
1t seems odd that it should be necessary
to study ordinary English when we use it
every day of our lives But have you ever read
an OPA regulation or a Civil Service an
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-01
VET PINS CRITICIZED
Rep. DingelI Terms Discharge
Buttons Cheap

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-RH
Rep. Dingell D-Mich.) today crit
icized what he termed the cheap,
insignificant discharge buttons"
issued to returning war veterans.
In a House speech, Dingell said
the "gilded, plastic (buttons) are
about on a par with products here
tofore made in JAPAN" and called
upon the War Department to do
something about It.
Dingell blamed 'penny-pinch-
ing' in the War Department for
issuance of the buttons he call
ed "too small, indistinctive and
inexcusabily cheap" He declar-
ed Congress should see that some
thing be done to give veterans
medals worthy of the patriots
valor and sacrifice Of these citi-
zens who have given more than
their share for America"
Rep. Bender (R-Ohio) told the
House the discharge buttons have
"met with great resentment and
added, Il trust that some proper
action will be taken to remedy, the
situation"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-01
GERMANS ATTACK
BRITISH EIGHTH

ROME Jan, 81. -(P)- German
patrols stabbed at Eighth Army
positions in the Adriatic sector to-
dav in an effort to learn about
present Allied dispositions and
future plans and another series
of unexplained explosions behind
German lines aroused curiosity.
Similar explosions recently,
caused speculation whether Ger
mans were preparing new fort
ifications or carrying out demo-
litions.
Flying for the first time In ten
days, strong forces OF U. S. 10Th
Air Force Fortresses and Liber-
ators bombed the Moosierpaun oil
installations % miles northwest OF
Vienna and rail facilities at Graz,
80 miles southwest of Vienna. 1t
was estimated that between 500
and $50 bombers took part. They
were covered continuously by Tn
Tican fighters.
Increased artillery activity on
both sides was noted along the en-
: tire front and the Germans con-
tinued their sudden squirt of air ac-
tivity. Bombs were dropped at scat
tered points.
Allied planes met the German
2 aircraft, destroying or damaging
three.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-01
RED CROSS GOODS
FLOWN TO YENAN

CHUNGKING, Jan. 81 Up -
Nearly ten tons of American Red
Cross supplies, including sulfa
drugs and surgical equipment,
have been flown to Yenan, Chinese
Communist headquarters, with the
approval of the Central Chinese
Government here, American head
quarters announced today.
The China wing of the Air Trans
port Command handled the job.
: The first air delivery OF medl-
zeal supplies to the seat OF the
Communist administration was
sent to the Bethune Memorial In
ternational Peace Hospital, which
like most installations in Yenan,
is housed in series of caves.
The supplies were received by an
American doctor from North Caro-
line, who mas been with the Com
rnunists since his arrival IN emma
in 1887, cloaking his identity I'M
der the Chinese name OF Ma-Hal-
ten.
The supplies will be used to
treat both civilians and Commun-
list soldiers. Part of the shipment
: will be held in Yenan and the rest
transported by mules and human
carriers to Communist field hos
pitfalls in northeastern China, Tar
behind Japanese-dominated areas
Crew members on the delivery
plane included Sgt Tommy ).
Eldridge of Dunn, La, radio OPP
orator, and Cpl. Wander S. Morrl'
son of Midland, N. c., engineer.
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Unless the Republican leaders II
the Senate are bent upon proving
that they can make an even bigger
blunder than the President, they
will pass the George bill and Their
confirm Mr.. Wallace as Secretary
of Commerce. 1t was a great er'
ror for the administration to ask
that Mr.. Wallace be made both
Secretary of Commerce and Fed
eral Loan Administrator. 1t will be
at least as great an error, and
in the long run very dangerous,
for the opposition to reject him
when the two offices have been
separated.
The basic reason why Mr.. Wal
lace ought not to administer the
government loan agencies is that
high-level employment is novel
and complex undertaking which
can be carried forward success
fully only by leadership and per
suasion, not by compulsion n d
command. The general program
which Mr.. Wallace outlined to the
Bailey committee is one which re-
ouires the willing cooperation OF
CONGRESS, of all departments OF the
Government. and Of the people. II
Mr. Wallace we're in a position
where he could call the tune be-
cause he paid the piper, he would
produce only discord and resist
ance. To have confirmed him IN
the control Of these immense lend
ing powers, once he had declared
his program, would have been tan
tamount to giving him authority
to carry out the program when ne
ought only to have authority 10
propose a program.
But if, now, the opposition not
only deprives him of the lending
power but also rejects him as Sec
rotary of Commerce, 1t Will put
itself on record as rejecting IN ad-
vance the whole effort to formu-
late a policy of high-level employ
nent. That would be very reck-
less thing to do. Yet that would
be the Interpretation put upon It,.
The Republicans, with some Dem
ocratic supporters, would be vot'
ing against the ideas which Mr.
Wallace represents. For there are
no charges against Mr.. Wallace
and to reject him when there are
no charges against him would be
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To-Day and TOMORROW
Bv WALTER LIPPMANN

to reject the things he is striving
to accomplish.
Senator Taft, Who is leader
in the attempt to reject Wallace,
has made it quite clear that he
will fight the whole conception of
full employment as national OBJ
legation. Senator Taft is entitled to
take this position if he likes. But
he is not entitled to speak for the
Republican party when he takes
it.
The true Republican position
was stated by Governor Dewey in
his acceptance speech to the Chi
cago convention: 1--WE Republicans
are agreed" he said, that full
employment shall be the first OBJ
jective of national policy" 1t will
be impossible to believe that the
Republicans in the Senate are
faithful to this declaration if they
reject Henry Wallace as Secretary
of Commerce.
For without the lending power
under his control, Henry Wallace
can only propose measures to
achieve what Governor Dewey
called the first objective Of ma
tional policy. Without the lending
power these measures cannot be
put into effect by Henry Wallace S
order. They can only be debated,
and then put into effect it Con-
gress and Mr.. Wallace's col
leagues approve. The Senate can
not in good conscience deny to the
President the right to appoint a
man who stands for the fulfillment
of his campaign pledges and the
Republican campaign pledges as
we'll.
To deny Mr. Wallace the oppor-
tunity to propose a program would
be fantastically reckless thing to
do. 1t would be an act of arbi-
trary prejudice which could only
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-01
Cigar Manufacturers
Want Higher Ceilings
On Handmade Stoqie.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-RH
The Cigar Manufacturers Associa-
ton of Tampa, Fla, mas engaged
council in an effort to obtain high
err ceiling prices for handmade
cigars.
Norman Littell, former as sistant
U. S. Attorney General recently
dismissed by President Roosevelt
following controversy with At
torney General Francis Biddle,
said today the association has re-
tanned him to represent it before
the Office of Price Administra-
ton
Littell said apparently the ex-
istence of some of these small
manufacturers is threatened by
OPA regulations.
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WATCH OUT !

Winter ills are prevalent. If you sre
constipated you may be sure you are
more susceptible to certain Of them,
and you should do something about It
right away. And while you are about
it why not do THOROUGH job by
taking a Calotab tonight? Nothing
acts Just like good old Calotabs to re-
Iieve temporary constipation and help
sweep out virus-laden mucus and
other putrefactive waste matter. Use
only as directed. (adv)
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SKIN E isFITAJ.oe eSu Sc

Eczema, acne pimples, simple ringworm,
letter, salt rheum, bumps (blackheads),
and ugly broken-out skin. Millions re-
lieve itching, burning and soreness of
these miseries with this simple homatreat-
ment. Black and White Ointment goes
to work at once. Aids healing, works the
antiseptic way. Is years success. 10c,
25c. Soc sizes. Purchase price refunded
if you're not satisfied. Use only as d.
rected. Vital in cleansing is good soap.
Enjoy Black and White Skin Soap daily.
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BABY GETS HER BUNTING

HAMMOND, Ind, Jan. 31.-UP)
When Cpl. Clarence H. Callahan
of the AAF left home, he promised
his two-year-old daughter that he
twas going hunting to get bunt-
ing to wrap his baby in" Callahan
lived up to his promise by sending
tiny Sharon Sue Japanese para
chute, which he had taken on New
Guinea, to wrap herself in.
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divide the county and envenom the
division that must mot, for the
public good, be allowed to become
irreconcilable.
Copyright, 1945 New York Tribune,
Inc.
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At present, the only coast-to-
coast rail line in South America is
the route from Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina to Valparaiso, Chile.
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Evening star., 1945-08-04
Nuremberg Trials
To Start September |
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NUREMBERG, Germany, Aug. 4
The former German Palace of
Justice at Nuremberg, one time Nazi
shrine city, has been chosen for
the trials of arch war criminals,
which will begin September /, a
spokesman for Justice Robert H
jackson, chief United States coun-
sci on the Allied War Crimes Com
mission, announced yesterday.
Major defendants such as Reichs-
marshal Hermann Goering and
Joachim Won Ribbentrop will be held
in the Nuremberg municipal Jail
during the trials, which are ex-
pected to last several weeks, the
spokesman said.
Justice Jackson will establish
headquarters here August Is, the
spokesman said.
An advance party is now trying
to obtain billets for an estimated
300 persons who will be here for
the hearings.
German laborers already have
started remodeling the courthouse
which was damaged by bombing and
shelling before Nuremberg was cap
tured April 20.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Newsmen in Contempt Case
Released Pending Hearing
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Aug. A.
Three Corpus Christi newspaper
men, sentenced to serve three days
in Jail for contempt of court
charges, were free on bond today
after spending yesterday afternoon
in a cell.
Conway C. Craig, publisher of the
Caller Times; Bob McCracken,
managing editor, and Tom Mulvany,
a reporter, were freed on a tenn
porary writ of habeas corpus from
the Court of Criminal Appeals at
Austin which will have hearing
October 10.
Earlier in the day, County Judge
Joe D. Browning had affirmed cita-
tions holding them in contempt Of
court and sentenced them to Jail.
The case was the result of news
paper coverage of suit of forcible
entry and detainer, tried before
Judge Browning.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Truman Insists Surplus Sales J..
Must Follow Provisions of Law

President Truman is insistent
on all surplus property being
handled according to the policies
laid down in the Surplus Prop
erty Act, holding that piece-meal
disposition is "detrimentap to
the Governments interests.
This was emphasized today In a
message to the House vetoing legis-
lation which would give an old
Weather Bureau station at North
field, VT, to Norwich University.
It was explained in the message
that the university had given land
for the station to the Government
many years ago and that q $4,000
establishment had been built which
is now surplus to the needs of the
Department of Commerce"
In refusing to permit the build
ing to be turned over to the uni
versity, the President said: by the
adoption of the Surplus Property
Act Of 1914, the Federal Govern
ment provided, within the frame
work of single enactment, for .
co-ordinated system for disposal Of
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Truman Proposes
Washington as Site
Of Big Three PorIey
N the Associa.ed Press.

~ the Associated Press.
WITH PRESIDENT TRU-
MAN ABOARD U. s. S. AU-
GUSTA, Aug. 4.-If another
Big Three meeting Is held,
President Truman wants it to
be in Washington.
1t was disclosed today that
he made that specific sugges-
ton to Premier Stain and
Prime Minister Attlee when the
three were bringing to a close
their historic conferences at
Potsdam last Thursday.
Good natured exchanges
marked the windup, according
to those present, and when
Mr.. Truman spoke of another
possible get-together and nomi-
mated Washington In that
event. Premier Stain responded
with a smile: God willing"
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Some Cheaper Shoe,
To Be Ration-Free;
End Of Controls Seen
WPB Official Expects
Army and Navy
To Trim Demands
By the Associated Press.

6y tDt hSSOCldtGQ ITeSS.
A generous supply of inexpen-
Sive shoes is slated for ration
free tags later this month in a
move probably heralding the enc
of all footwear rationing early
next year.
OPA today formally announced
the temporary release from ration
ing of wide variety of shoes re.
failing for $3.50 a pair or less. The
release will be effective from August
~ through October 13 and will apply
to mems and women's shoes in that
price group. Stocks of children's
shoes are not large enough to be
included. it was stated.
Meanwhile, War Production
Board official predicted that shoe
rationing probably will end alto.
gether early in 1916.
IF Japan surrenders sooner, shoe
rationing will 60 out the window
shortly after VI day." said this
official, who asked that his name
not be used. He said prospects fol
terminating the program early in
1916 were very good" even if the
war still is going on at that time.
Deep cuts in military requirements
are the basis for the optimistic
forecast, the official explained, add
ing that it seems logical" that the
Army and Navy shoe needs may
be trimmed again before the veal
Is over.
At the same time he termed "toe
rosy" report by the trade paper
National Footwear News yesterday
(See SHOES, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1945-08-04
This Years S Victims
OF Polio Have Better
Chance 10 Recover
81 Pct. of 240 Stricken
Lost Yeor Recovered
Fully, Survey Shows
BY MARION WADE DOYLE.

This summers polio victims
have better than average
chance for complete recovery
within a year, Children's and
Gallinger Hospitals indicated to-
day in a survey of 240 persons
stricken last summer.
About $50 OF last years victims
81 per cent of the 240 studied-now
are entirely well, the hospitals re-
ported in the Medical Annals, pub
lished by the District Medical So
ciety.
The remaining cases are improv-
ing to the extent that in another
year 30 per cent will be entirely well
and only 20 per cent will have some
form Of paralysis, DR.. P. A. Nc
Lendon, chairman of the Children s
Hospital Polio Committee, said.
d. C. Cases Rise to 20.
Meanwhile, the Health Depart
ment has announced one more Dis
trict and three more county resi-
dents have contracted polio, bring
ing the total this year to % District
and 81 county residents hospitalized
here.
The new cases are a 27-year-old
woman from the 370O block of Liv-
ingston street NV. and a 19-year-
old girl from the TOO block of North
Edison street, Arlington, Va, both
at Gallinger, and 9-year-old boy
from Glen Echo Heights, Md, and
a 5-year-old girl from darlington,
Va, both at Children's Hospital.
OF 162 of last years cases studied
by the five-man Children's Hospital
committee, only 10 per cent have had
poor" recovery. About IS per cent
of the IS cases studied at Gallinger
similarly showed only slight" re-
covery.
In several of these Gallinger
cases, however. the paralysis is not
severe, DR.. Jane Howell, staff
physician, said. She prepared the
report with DR.. Henry Feffer.
About 18 per cent of the Chill
dren's Hospital cases and about 81
per cent of the Gallinger cases are
showing moderate improvement
under treatment continued at theil
homes by private doctors or through
the hospital clinics.
A considerable number" of these
patients eventually will be in the
ranks of the completely recovered
DR.. McLendon and DR.. Howell com.
mented.
Some of those with a defect from
the disease manage so well only q
Evening star., 1945-08-04

its surplus properties under uni
form policies and procedures.
"If the Government is to succeed
in its efforts to maintain a fair and
impartial program for the disposal
of its surpluses HI the days ahead
I think it is important that the
operating principles and standards
of action governing such disposals
should be kept confined within a
single instrument. If we should dis
cover, from experience with the
statute. that its present policies are
too narrow or inadequate, any
changes found desirable should be
accomplished by amendment of the
act itself, so that all properties
similarly situated or in particular
categories may be disposed of under
general prescriptions of the law.
Individual enactments to provide
relief in specific situations, or te
govern special cases, which, In effect
are exceptions or amendments tc
the present law. it seems to me
should be discouraged as detrimental
to sound governmental policy In 8
government Of this character"