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Evening star., 1945-02-09

| civilian population Of liberated Eu-
rope already was dangerously late. y
"It Is difncult to avoid the con-
clusion that something more than
military necessity has impeded e.
sential relief ana rehabilitation" !" he
told q luncheon Of the refugees re-
| lief trustees.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who was appointed
chairman Of the group, = private
agency. succeeding L. Hollinssworth
Wood, added:
Seemingly the Big Three have
never seen eye to eye on the ques-
tion OF the best method Of facilitate
ing the restoration OF the ravaged
countries. Differences Of national
policies, acknowledged and unac-
knowledged, have inpeded the car
rying out OF the vast progress OF the
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration.
"The Black Sea conference will
not have completed It's Job unless
these differences are ironed out.
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trapped New Deal Recommendation
It read:
~ : The American people fee
that the sacrifice Of freedom Is toe
high q price to pay for the kind Of
economic security that is possible
under q completely regimented econ
omy.
Labor sees only one alternative
q broad social security program
which will protect our free enter
prise system from its own short
comings and which will provide safe
insurance for the individual against
the evils resulting from temporary
unemployment. old age, illness and
disability"
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Lewis Return 10 AFl
Appears Assured as
Council Shapes Pact
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON,
Star Staff Correxpondent.

MIAMI, Feb. 0--John L. Lewis re-
turn to the AFL in q matter Of days
seemed assured today as the feder-
ation's executive council for q Sec
ond consecutive session discussed re-
Cancellation with the bushy -browed
mine leader.
Only minor details of agreement,
lit was understood authoritatively,
remained to be worked out before
formal reafiliation of the United
Mine Workers and Mr.. Lewis with
the big labor group he helped build
and left angrily nearly decade ago.
Mr.. Lewis himself could block the
peace move by interposing some
presently unforeseen obstacle, and
other labor leaders long since have
given up predicting his actions. But
there was general agreement among
the council that the miners should
be brought back.
Final word In the Lewis matter
was not expected before Monday.
Here Is the situation today: Ma
jority sentiment among the IS coun-
Gil members was that the UNIV
should be readmitted Immediately
to the federation with the provi-
sion that controversial questions Of
jurisdiction be left to the council for
settlement as they arise.
Would Expand Social Security.
Meanwhile, the council asked Con-
gress to adopt Immediately the pend
ing Wagner -Murray-Dingel amend
ments which would expand the So
cial Security Act.
A council statement doubted at
tainment Of President Roosevelt's S
go 100000 postwar jobs, saying 1t
recognizes the fact that the best
economic security for the worker is
a good job at good pay, but it is i'm
possible under our free economy to
guarantee jobs for ALL"
Another part of the statement
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BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is the narrowest railroad
gauge in the United States?-D
w. M.
A. The narrowest gauge is 2 feet
on the 6-mile Monson Railroad ir
Maine.
Q. Is it difficult for human beings
to breathe in extreme cold?-K. J. S
A. Apparently it is not. In place.
OF extreme cold, as, for instance
Verkhoyansk, Siberia, the breath
freezes and falls as white powder
@. How many foods are made from
soybeans?-C. E.
A. More than so different foods
made wholly or in part from soy
beans are on the market, but these
products still represent only minor
use of soybeans.
@. What artist painted innumer-
able portraits of hinlself?-S. T.
A. Rembrandt. It is estimated
that he painted between so and 60
self portraits.
Q. What is the name of the bird
the female species of which is more
brilliantly colored than the male?-
A. A. L.
A. The eclectus parrot is an ex-
ample.
Q. Who was the original of the
Gibson man?-E. L. H.
A. Charles Dana Gibson SUD-
posedly modelled his Gibson man on
Richard Harding Davis.
Q. Does a soldiers wife have to
pay tax on her family allowance to-
gether with the rest OF her income?
L. s. F.
A. The Government family allow
ance check is not taxable income.
Q. Is merchant seaman. who is
honorably discharged from the Ma
val Reserve, entitled to the $500
mustering-ou pay?-E. B. L.
A. The Maritime Commission says
that a merchant seaman who has
been honorably discharged from the
Naval Reserve is not entitled to the
$500 mustering-out pay unless he
was on active duty with the Navy.
@. Would 1t be possible for a SOL
dier to be discharged from the Army
while overseas?-I. N. D.
A. The War Department says it is
hardly probable at the present time
that soldier of the Army of the
United States would be honorably
discharged while overseas.
O. When did the first National
Guard unit go into combat in the
current war?-J. L.
A. The 200th Coast Artillery, 192d
Tank Company and l94th Tank
Company, all National Guard units,
were in the Philippines at the time
of the attack upon Pearl Harbor and
remained until the fall of the Phil
ippines.
u. Are the rules Tor connrm1ng
victories of pilots the same In the
European and South Pacific theaters
of operations?-L. T. T.
A. The War Department says that
in general the rules with respect to
credit given for planes destroyed
probably destroyed and damaged by
the Army Air Forces are essentially
the same in all theaters of opera
tions. To receive credit for aircraft
destroyed, there must be either a
witness who actually saw the enemy
plane go down, or q gun camera
photograph.
@. Is it still possible to apply for
Navy Via training in medicine?-
D. G.
A. In order to be eligible for the
Navy Viz training man must have
completed a premedical course and
must be enrolled in a recognized
medical college.
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Congress Heights Citizens
Back Teacher Pay Boost

The Board Of Education bill pro-
viding for increases In teacher SAL
aries IN the District public school
system was approved by the Con-
gress Heights Citizens Association
last night.
Suggested by Benson Taylor, the
resolution was adopted after J.
Louis Gelbman proposed an amend
ment calling for salary increases
for "other school employees, as GUS
todians," rs well as for teachers.
Mr.. Gelbman also reported the
Post Once Department had ap-
proved construction Of q post ofnce
Evening star., 1945-02-09

@. Is it still possible to apply for
Navy Via training in medicine?-
D. G.
A. In order to be eligible for the
Navy Viz training man must have
completed a premedical course and
must be enrolled in a recognized
medical college.
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We o u r S e | yes
cannot intelli-
gently explain
the conflicting
elements within
the two great
parties, or clear
ly define a prin-
ciple which d.
vides them. or
analyze the ties
that hold them
together.
For example
there is the IL
logical. continu-
GUS support of
Mr. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
The Great Cameo Politics
Communists Support of Work Measure
Is Another Strange Turn in u. S. Politics

| Is for anything that does that. And
SO are the American Communists
who, now as before, get their policy
from Russia. That is the party line
anything to beat Hitler. They
would be for any measure no matter
how conservative or constructive
that does that.
But that does not mean they have
| fundamentally changed nor that
their effort, in the future as in the
past, will not be to promote the eco
nomic chaos in this country out Of
which communism has so often
arisen.
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In Congress Heights and that bids
were now being received.
After eight members were ad-
mitted. refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McCauley
showed technicolor filins Of Florida.
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Head Of Refugee Group
Attacks Delay in Aid
~ the Associated pres..

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.--James G..
Mcdonald, chairman Of President
Roosevelt's Advisory Committee on
Political Refugees, said yesterday
that governmental assistance to the
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Answers to

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact BY writing The Eve
street N. E., Washington 2, D. c. Please
inclose cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
b. Frank r. Kent

No wonder the strange and con-
fusing currents Of American do
mestic politics battle the foreigner
who attempts to understand them.
Evening star., 1945-02-09

Both military and humanitarian,
considerations demand Allied unity
In this Held"
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ing had shifted to the "Esztergom
area"
While asserting that armored
elements had driven to the ap-
proaches Of Bicske and Dorog,
the Hungarian command reported
the re-capture OF Tatabanya, Also
gala and TARTAN, all 81 to Is miles
west OF Budapest, and among 9TH
er places. claimed to have rewon
lNyergesujfalu, on the south bank
OF the Danube, "a miles northwest
Of Budapest.
The enemy indicated that Nyer-
gesujfalu either was seized in a
nine-nnile advance along the Dan.
ube bank-where Moscow conced.
ed three days ago the loss of sew.
eral unidentified villages-or by
enemy forces whic hthe Hungarian
command said had crossed from,
the north bank Of the Danube tc
the south
The Russians, however, appar
emily were continuing large-scale
attacks against the right flank o:
enemy forces. The enemy said the
Red Army was carrying out large
scale counter attacks north of Nor
IS miles southwest of Budapest.
Meanwhile, within Budapest
Moscow dispatches said the Ger
mans were setting fire to hun
dreds Of buildings in an effort t,
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with the status of the men as
signed to work units and to the
possibility of using them in indus
try after their induction.
The legislation specifically pro-
vides that the men shall be SUBJ
ject to the same supervision, dis
cipline, obligations and punishment
as other persons indicted into the
land or naval forces, but they
shall not, while so serving, or
thereafter, be entitled, by reason
of such service" to benefits pro-
vided by the soldiers and sailors
civil relief act, the allotment and
allowances act, the National Serv-
ice Life Insurance Act, mastering
out pay or advantages of ANY
low administered by the Veterans
Administra tion.'
With those provisions, May ex-
planned, it probably will be unne-
cessary to exercise the law be-
cause of it's coercive effect on the
men involved.
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NATURALIZATION
CAMPAIGN SLATED

.aro1nced in proclamation by
.,.or W. Ronald Lane and en-
IoreAd in statements by leading
,o.s1 commercial, industrial and
n.snciai organizations, Whining
.,n,s Grocer-Consumer Anti-infla-
vim campaign will get under way
...,,rrow when merchant-aide
nembers of the Junior Sorosis
.,nb begin store-to-store distribu-
t,on of 900 intimidation kits. SINH
IT, distribution for New Hanover
county will be handled by whole
sale grocers.
The kits, containing pledges for
.rocers signatures and posters
which pairs of merchants aides
vill place in stores, were received
At the New Hanover county War
Price end Rationng Board from
beadquarters in Washington of the
office OF Price Administration.
OPA heads the list of government
agencies and food trade associa-
tons sponsoring the move against
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RUSSIANS DESTROY
66 GERMAN TANKS
CONTINUED from Page One)

German tanks had been destroyed
on the Eastern Front. IS Of them
northwest of Budapest. There was
NO indication where the remaining
81 had been destroyed, no major
battles being reported elsewhere by
Moscow OF Berlin.
The Hungarian communique as
serted that "our tanks are stand.
ing before Bicske and Dorog." The
two vital rail and highway juno
tons are Is miles west and le
miles northwest Of Budapest re-
spectively.
There was NO confirmation from
Moscow Of the enemy-claimed sue
cess and front dispatches relayec
through the Soviet capital sale
that, following slight retreat
along the south bank Of the Dan
uoe river. the Red Army had with
stood five days Of massive enemy
blows, launched by six enemy divi
sions and large infantry forces.
Dorog is four miles south of tn.
Danube river crossing town O
Esztergom, and the Nazi DNE
agency asserted tonight that figh'
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ALLIED COMMAND
REMAINS INTACT
Continued from Page One)

(COntinued from rage One)
Hodges veteran First Army that
was hit by the counteroffensive
through its long, thin right flank
while it's left flank was beating to-
ward the Roer river Some rumors
had been heard that there might
be a change in his command.
But these reports were met at
headquarters with a flat and au-
thoritative denial and correspon-
dents were told that Hodges was
regarded as having worked Won
ders in the difficult switch from
offensive to defensive.
The two army group comman-
ders to whom Eisenhower gave the
job of stopping Won Rundstedt and
wrestling back the impetus of the
attack were given high praise
which clearly originated with the
Supreme Commander himself.
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery was declared to have
started moving his reserves around
to new positions SO quickly that his
realignments was shaping up neatly
at the end of the first IL hours after
the German attack assumed coun-
teroffensive proportions.
1t. Gen. Omar Bradley was given
credit for spot decisions which
afterward proved crucial in hav-
ing halted Won RundstedtNthrow-
ing reserves into Bastogne in time
and sending 1t. Gen. George S.
Patton's Third Army swiftly to the
counterattack.
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DAubour
the Southern Ballet Helen Rene dance studio be
dent performers will include Joaa Gobet Carl Sanders J Bar
Betty Singleton Hazel Lacky Geraldine Wilson Marlene Morgan
Johnson Beverly Fisher Mary Helen alton Billie May
Helen Tudor Betty johnson, Sron Har
r r Bracry, Shirley Allen Dorothy Smith, Nancy
Robinson, Mary Lilies, Cynthia
Thomas Landep Camille Mathews
Permenter Shirley Ann Dolly Lillian Doo Bobby
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lessened consumer vigilanc. md
increasing price ceiling evasion.
Mayor Lanes proclamation ash.
ed frank and friendly" cooper..
ton in the proceeding nroor.no
Similar sentiments were exnressad
IN endorsements from a. r Jonss
spokesman for the Tide Water
Power Co., J. G. Thornton Of the
Wilmington Savings and Trust ~
and r: B. Roebuck, president 81
the Wilmington Retail Grocers, AZ.
ISOLATION. '
All hailed the anti-inflation cam.
palgn as a needed precautior
against a repetition Of the ruinous
economic aftermath of World Va
I, with its poverty, Unemployment
and wave of bankruptcies.
Ot prime necessity in consume,
cooperation in anti-inflation &C.
tivity, War Price and Ration;ns
board officials said, is vigorous in.
slstence on maintenance and post.
ing OF ceiling prices and resolution
on the part of individuals not to
pay more than ceiling prices in ct.
forts to evade rationing restric.
tons.
-W-
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slow the Russian advance toward
the center of the city and gain
time to entrench themselves in
new positions.
The Soviet newspaper Pravda
said that Mar shall Rodion Y NAL
inovsky's End Ukrainian army had
occupied most of Budapest's cas-
tern suburbs but that German Pam
|zers and elite guard units still
were counter-attac king strongly.
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DRAFT BOARD
APPROVAL TO
GOVERN MOVE
Continued from Page One)

Iistrants for general service, but at
the same time specified numbers
of men who do not meet the ply
steal standards for general service
but who are acceptable for mill
tary service under the lower STAN
dards because they left the jobs
for which they were deferred with
out local board permission" it
was stated.
Men in the 10 through 81 age
group equally are liable for serv-
ice in the armed forces" the an
nouncement stated. "Deferments
are granted not for the benefit of
the individual, but in the interest
of the Nation as a whole.
Irrational welfare demands strict
Interpretation of the provisions of
the act that no deferment shall
continue when the reason for the
deferment ceases to exist"
Local boards we're instructed to
classify as IA, LAO, or 4-E any
Class-2 registrant who voluntarily
leaves the employment for which
he was deferred, unless it has
been determined in advance that
the change is in the best interest
Of the war effort or that there
are adequate personal or family
reasons justifying the transfer.
The provisions were not made
binding upon veterans honorably
discharged from the Army or Ma
Wy, and provision was made for
other registrants whose job trans
fer could be justified for special
reasons.
The local board were instructed
that they could accept a United
States Employment Service refer
raj card as evidence that a job
switch would be in the interest of
the war effort.
Selective Service estimated there
were approximately 4,256,000 reg
istrants in classes IA and 2-B,
and about 1000 persons in class
es PAL, 2-AF, DBL and 2-BF.
1t was understood that draft
boards would not be required to
fill these special quotas if ''job-
keepers" were not available; in
other words, if the action produces
the desired deterrent effect, few
men will be indicted under it.
It also was disclosed unofficially
that the Army would not take men
with defects which obviously dis
qualify them for any form of mill
tary service.
The men indicted under tonight's
order presumably would be assign
ed to work battalions and other
tasks for which they are deemed
fitted, although the order did not
say.
There was talk on Capitol Hill
of depriving such inductees of the
right to normal veterans benefits,
but the order was silent on that
point.
Meantime Chairman May (D-Ky
introduced for the House Military
Committee 'work or fight" mea-
sure aimed at all men between
10 and IS.
Mays bill also would require
every male between 10 and IS to
work at some job listed as neces-
sary by Selective Service officials
or face induction into the armed
forces.
The legislation introduced by
May followed closely the recon-
mendations made to the committee
by Col. Francis V. Kessling, Jr.,
of Selective Service headquarters.
Similar legislation was being pre-
pared for Senate introduction.
1t would implement the new Or
ders to local draft boards and re-
movewhat Kessling called "misun-
derstandings" over similar legis-
lation introduced but not passed
last year.
These misunderstanding" dealt
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COTTON MILL
PLANT CLOSED
AFTER STRIKE

HENDERSON, Jan. 6.-P)-The
number one plant of the Harriet
Cotton Mills here was idle today
because OF a lack OF material
which mill officials said was caused
by strike of three shifts of work
ers in one section Of the card room.
Some $50 men were reported at
fected by the walkout.
The work stoppage began when
two men, who company spokes-
man said refused to operate new
machine, were replaced by utility
man late Thursday.
The first shift reported to the
card room Friday morning but left
the plant after a couple of hours
and the other shifts received their
pay and walked out. The entire
plant then was closed for lack
of material.
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liquor with another person by blue
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tons led to fine of "a cents, one
half of which went to the informer.
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Air Force has trained more than
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BLOCKHEADS

AAERvATT0N. There's a man in
1erre Haute, Indiana, who owns an
Indian tribe. He's Mr.. A. w. Pender-
gast and he has the largest collection
of wooden Indians in the country.
The last time Pendergast counted he
had over 24O- on the lawn, in the
basement, in his home, in storerooms.
The stock description wooden
Indian" incidentally, includes lot
more than just red men. The figures
represent kings, clowns and even
great people of state and theater. One
specimen standing on Mr.. Pender-
CASTS lawn is a replica of colored
preacher who once lived on the estate
of Allan Pinkerton. the famous detec-
tive. When the preacher died, Pinker-
ton had wooden effigy made, kept it
until his own death in 1884.
Many of the figures stretch histori-
cal accuracy: For example, it is COM
mon to find squaw Indians wearing
the full-feathered headdress of the
braves. But Mr.. Pendergast attrib-
utes such discrepancies to the fact
many wooden Indians were carved
by seafaring men not too familiar
with the fine points of tribal costumes.
PATRIOTS. Pendergast uses the
Collection as an attention-getter for
War Bond drives, conventions, hobby
shows. While the collection is mod
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NMENMxr

CHARACTER. Major Frank Owen
("Soldiers of Glory" pages 4-6) is
straight from kipling. Only stream
lined. For the past l8 months he's
been in Burma with Britain's Four
teenth Army and its U. S. allies. And
he looks as if he had just come out of
the jungle. He's huge and his hair,
chin and personality all bristle.
The Major is Welshman. comes
she should - from long line of
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estly insured, Pendergast isn't sure
Just what their total value is. He be-
lieves they are worth, on an average,
$500 each. He gathered them slowly.
Some were picked up for just hauling
them away, Others were gifts and the
rest were. purchased all over the
states. The cheapest cost him five
dollars and the most he paid was $500.
The crowning achievement of
wooden-Indian art, Mr.. Pendergast
believes, is a seven-foot Indian chief,
entirely unpainted. 1t has weathered
to glossy black, is the high spot of
his collection.
MIR. Pendergast. takes good care of
his tribe. He oils them through a hole
bored in their heads, which assures the
braves healthy stay in their happy
hunting ground. w. J. WALKER