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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15
ChriStmoS Trim innings Going Up

workmen have begun erection of poles which vii support the strings of Christmas garlandS and lights which will decorate the downtown shopping areas during the shopping and holiday season. IL Is expected that the lights will be turned on for the first time about Nov 30.
 Louis PaSquariello. New Haven, whose firm has installed Christmas decorations here for years past. is supervising the work. which started yesterday morning. The decoration and lighting program. sponsored by the Merchants Bureau of the Cham ber of Commerce. is paid for by merchants along the streets where lights and greenery are placed.
 Due to shortage Of available la bor. Mir. Pasquariello this year is. working with a smaller crew than usual. For this reason. no definite date for completion Of the installa- ton has been set.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15
Scientists
 ChortV-2 MeteoriteS

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. is-CUpl -Amerioan scientists hope to obtain new information about the paaen- ofnena Of the upper atmoxphere as result of observations to be made during 90 seconds of an Army Vs2 rocket ascent next month.
 pr. Fred L. whapple Of the liar yard College observatory revealed yesterday that the experiment will take place Dec. l7 at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. II will feature a rocket equipped with an explosive device for producing man-made meteorites.
 When the rocket reaches a height of % miles, it vii begin throwing of the "meteorites" at the same speed natural fneteorS enter the ate moSphere. Thus, whipple said. the experiment will attempt to dupli- cate the natural phenomena of fall- ing extra terrestrial bodies.
 Two of Harvard's huge aerial cameras will record from the ground the flight Of the cast-of1 missiles on a photographic plate. Calculations later made from the plate may enable scientists to de- termine the actual size of meteors by comparing the brightness Of the artificial with that of the natural ones.
 Ii the experiment is successful, whipple said, it vii virtually elinli- nate guesSwork about the actual size of natural meteors Ii also will provide concrete data on their height.
 The experiment is being conduct ed under the auspices of the Army Ordnance Department. John Hop- kius University. California Institute Oa Technology and Harvard Unl- Nerslty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15
lIyo Ehrenbourg Soys Americans Noive in Politics

Moscow. Nov. lS-(UPp-Ilya Ehrenbourg, writing in the labor newspaper Trud. said today that the victory of the Repub- Hcans legalizeS the triumph Of reaction but do not think the victory of evll will be for long
 The average American has no political maturity" he said. He is naive and in politics he k a child. But though he Is perhaps overconfident he is moi sn evil or a stupid man. He doesn't want war
 He saic that Americans slept through the birth Of inn perialiSgn" and are unaware that President Roosevelt's suc- ceSSorS have altered one course "of the ship oS state behind his back"
 However, .Ehrenbourg felt certain that the era O. dema- gogery and adventurists is com ing to an end and at least some Americans are reaching for the truth"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15

Twenty-seyen cases of brandy dis appeared while .n transit to firms in Dunedin. New Zealand. either al a port or aboard ship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15

'QOlceae~ measure after Congress meets Jan. for an immediate 90 percent reduction ln personal the come taxes The cut would be re. troactive to Jan, and would re. daee treasury incolAe by some tS,. 500. oe,eo0 e year,
 The second bin win deal with exs else taxes and administrative sec. tons of the present tax laws. No reduction in corporation taxes Is contemplated next year,
 KnOtSon did not say when he ex. pected excise reductions to become egfeetive but his aides said it probably would be with the start of the new fiscal year next July l. The only wartime excise tax re. pealed thus far was the Ss auto use levy, ft was abolished last July |.
 The Truman Administration has been reluctant to undertake early reduction of excise taxes on grounds they are eifective barrier against imitation. In the fiscal year ended last June, the 90 percent tax on theater admissions alone returned the Government slls. .267 900. The % percent iewelry tax returned SIPS. s24,ooo, and the IS percent levy on passenger transportation, S226,- 7teooo.
 The following table shows items and services on which excise taxes are applicable. together with the amount Of wartime tax and the ore. war tax The latter probably will be the levels to which the taxes will be pared by the new Congress:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

Alumni Party
Saturday evening. Mar. 80. the
Lincoln Consolidated School Alum
nj are planning an Alumni Family
Night" 10 be held at the school
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
S. E. augusta NerCS

with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Markgran,
Carleton.
Mrs W. T. Melbourne, Detroit,
spent several days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Horton.
Mrs. Walter Wright and Harry,
Whitaker Rd.. visited with Mrs.
Orlo Wright and Sharon Rose, Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Albert Eliza and Darts visit
cd nth Mrs. Ormund Minick,
Willis, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Bles and
Nancy, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester FEES.
Ear and Robert, Wayne, and Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Nowak and
Thomas BelleYille, were Saturday
evening supper guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George Polzin and family.
Miss Lucille Corners, Ypsllantl,
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. 2.
Notar and Viola and Mrs. Anna
Beard.
Miss JuYa Trausch and Mrs.
Viola Notar spent Sunday evening
in Ann Arbor.
Sunday afternoon guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Webster Hardy and fam
lily were Mr.. and Mrs Fred Lehman
and daughter Dixie, Fiat Rock. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pennar and
children, Milan.
Mrs. G. H. Brewer and grand
sons, Michael and Pat Smith, spent
Saturday with Mrs. Ralph Sayre,
Ypsilanti.
Mrs. Otto Schrock visited with
Mrs. BERTHE Powers, Arizona Rid,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Van Dam,
New Hudson, were Monday dinner
guests OF Mr. and Mrs Lynn Hor.
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Wright and
Sharon Rose visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wright. Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald lennon and Mrs. George
Wright, Stony Creek, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy and
Judith, Ypsilanti, were Sunday din
ner guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
Hardy and family.
Mrs. Otto Schrock and Mrs Vic
tor Sieloff attended the Ladies' Aid
meeting at the home OF Mrs. Grace
Oerther, Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Penny,
Dearborn, spent Monday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. U. L. Berlien
and Nellie.
Albert Elka and Fred Rupsloff
visited friends In Toledo Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Risch and
family, Oakville. spent Sunday az.
ternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Koss and Carolyn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

Mary McNulty was also a supper
guest at the Miller home.
Mrs. Nellie Parsons returned
home Sunday after spending the
past week with Mrs. Addie Hslla-
day, Clinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Simon, Ana
LA, and Miss Elsie Kraftchick,
Ann Arbor, we're dinner guests Sun
day OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Dysinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hitching-
ham, Whitaker. visited Thursday
with their daughter and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Squires.
Mrs. Marietta Myers and son and
Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Myers and
daughters. Leipsic, o., visited Sat
urday night and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. William Stroup and
daughter, Mrs. Mae Myers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

WASHINGToN-AP-Two Vet.
Grams Administrators cautioned
veterans today against buying
homes az present prices. saying
they should level on eventually.
Asa D. Groves, acting chief APP
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

praiser OF the VA loan guarantee
service, said he issued the advice
in anticipation Of a sharp rise in
applications for CT loans" as a re-
suit OF recent liberalization OF loan
guarantee and insurance regula-
lions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

The stony Greek Grange we're
sponsors OF public card party at
the Grange Hall, Wednesday eve
ming. There were six tables OF
progressive euchre In play with
prizes being won by Mrs. John
Wright. Thomas Williams. Mrs.
Harriet Collins, John Wright and
Miss Anna Doss. Following the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Birthday Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. George Schechter,
George, Jr, Stanley Sankowski and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Roberts. Ypsi-
lanti, were Sunday birthday dinner
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Goodnough and Melvin, Maybee.
The occasion was Mrs. Goodnough's
birthday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER

Southeast Augusta, Mlch.-Miss
Viola Notar was hostess at a mis-
cellaneous shower Tuesday eve
ming at her home for Mrs. Vernon
Walworth, Whitaker. The eve
ming was spent socially and playing
games. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess and Mrs.
Walworth received many lovely
and useful gifts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowles en-.
tertained Mrs. William Royal and
David Lee, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Townsley, Marshall and
Kenneth, Jacksonville Rd., Satur-
day evening. Technicolor pictures
were shown OF the wedding OF Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Bowfes. Ice
cream and cake were served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
BROTHER DIES

Stony Greek, Mich.-Mrs. l.. T.
searles and daughter. Mrs. Ruth
Kirk. received word Saturday III
the death of Mrs. Searles' brother.
Rev. William II. Fuller, at San
Diego, Calf Funeral services
were he Sunday In San Diego.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Seriously M

Mrs. Fred Rathson, Willow Rd.,
was taken TO Boyer Hospital Sun
day She is seriously i'll.
William Royal Is seriously I'll at
ST. Josephs Hospital, Ann Arbor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Attends MlsslonarY conferenee

Rev. Lloyd Hansen was In Cadil-
lac, Mich, from Thursday until
Saturday attending conference
Of the State Missionary American
Sunday School Union.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Party at Lincoln School

nv u LTTTNVTTT NNTVVT
The Lincoln Consolidated School
is planning a Lets Pretend" night
for tonight to be held in the school
gymnasium. under the direction OF
Miss Alice Beal and Lawrence Dun.
ming. physical education directors
at the school. Bernard Smith is to
be the announcer. The program
will include songs. resnactments
Of nursery rhymns, relays, rope
skipping. tumbling, rope climbing.
cage bsll tap dancing, Czechoslo-
yakian dances, polkas. social dane
ing, a ladder act and basketball.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
RenelXea piaeharne

Sgt. Edgar Hardy. Indiana. viii
receive HIS discharge and be home
within a few days.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Stony Creek NeIVS

games. refreshments we're served
by the committee In charge. Mr..
and Mrs. George Rlttray and Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Wizard.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-29
Hememakers Club

Mrs. Otto Schrock and members
OF the Homemakers Club attended
the motion picture Leave Her to
Heaven" at Ypsilant. Tuesday eve
ming. On their return home they
enjoyed a lunch a the home OF
Mrs. Gladys Bellmore, Bunton Rd.
Harry Maleski, Willis, and Miss
Doris Elka were Sunday evening
dinner guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Hinzman, Whitaker.
Mr.. and Mrs George Polzin and
family visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerome Bles and Nancy and Mr..
and Mrs Chester F'leszar and
Mrs. William Prelss and Mrs,
Mrs. William Preis sand Mrs.
z. Notar spent Thursday in Tole-
do.
Miss Caroline Pool, Ypsilanti,
spent the week end with her moth
er. Mrs. Helen Pool.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. l.. Berlien and
Nellie visited friends in Carleton
Wednesday.
ME- AlDtIl Elhh anu DOl 10 bpthb
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Ed
ward Seleska and family, Milan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arther Kawalski
and Arther. Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hagness and family, Detroit,
were Sunday guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvester Savage.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Oelka and
Kenneth Carl, Scofeld. we're Sat.
urday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs Rob.
ert Oelka and Normagene.
Mrs. Albert Elka and Doris visit
ed with Mrs Henry Cox and Julius
Oelke, Ypsilanti, Wednesday af-
teruoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Koss and
Carolyn spent Saturday afternoon
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
TAX
FROM PAGE ONE

ty tax would jump automatically
January l from one percent to 2.5
percent against employees pay and
employers payrolls.
The compromise, worked out
Thursday night by a 14-member
conference committee, was ap-
proved overwhelmingly on voice
votes by both houses. It broke a
long deadlock on old age benefits
provisions of the bill.
In addition to the tax freeze and
old age benefits increase, the bill
provides:
Survivors Insurance
I. Survivors insurance for farn;.
lies of World War II veterans with
out cost for three years. This
means that the survivors Of a
veteran who dies within three
years from discharge would re-
ceive the same benefits as il he
had been working in covered en-
ployment at $3.50 a month. A
widow would get about $32 a month
and a child about SIG. This is az
pected to involve government az.
penditures Of SITS, 900, 600 from now
to 1859.
2. Blanketing of zoe, 900 MARTINI.
employees under unemployment
compensation protection for the
tlae' The estimated cost to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
VETERAN SERVICE
GROUP MAY QUIT
Committee Reported Ready
Ia Disband After Bud
get Action

The Wilmington Veterans Service
committee, the group which spon-
sored the Veterans Service center,
may be disbanded soon, a usually
reliable source disclosed yesterday.
The proposed service center was
virtually killed Wednesday when
the city council and county COM
mission, meeting in joint budget
session, turned down a committee
request for $4,000 to finance the
project.
Object Nulled
According to the source, there is
little need for the service commit
tee to keep operating now that the
prime object of its existence has
been nulled.
The executive group of the COM
mittee is scheduled to meet Mon
day on the matter, Chairman Lloyd
Moore said yesterday. This group
is composed Of E. L. White, Rich
ard Rogers, Mrs. Emma B. Howell,
Donald King, E. G. Snead, and H.
r. Emory.
Operating Center
Snead, commander of the James
A. Manley Post No. 2573, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, has meanwhile
established a separate service cen
ter at WV headquarters, l21 IL
Princess street. The center, open to
all ex-service men and women, is
operating in the same manner as
the proposed center would have.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
BEAUTIES
FROM PAGE ONE

to Atlantic City, N. J. on Labor
Day to vie for the title Miss
America 1916 in competition witt.
beauties from the nations 48
states and y. District of Column
bia.
Parading before the seven
judges selected to pick the win
ner; the girls are expected to
wear identical and official Gaia
lima bathing is similar to those
they will be required to wear at
national finals in Atlantic City.
The % girls terminated their
flve-day vacation at Carolina
Beach as guests Of the resorts
Junior Chamber yesterday after
noon with their flight to Wilson.
One Missing
Martha Dean ChildkAss, Miss
Gastonia, was scheduled to join
the group and would have made
the 23rd beauty, but a last-minute
hitch in her plans prevented her
arrival.
1t is understood. however that
Miss Childress will compete in
the state finals tonight.
The contestants and the towns
and cities they represent are:
Miss Jarnan, Miss Wilmington;
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
THE CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

404 Northern boulevard. Jimmie
did his catching over the phone.
The third party was Mr.. E. E.
Page, of Acme. Mr.. Page not only
called u bluff but also proved
himself to be, at long last, THE
owner of THE oldest United States
coin in this vicinity.
The date on MIR. Pages cham
pion penny is Enthusiastically legib..e.
1t reads 1898. Mr.. Page says he
thinks the first coins minted by
the United States were dated 1888,
but he doubts that anybody here
abouts has one.
ALONG THE NILE-Mr. Page
also showed us another coin which
almost made us change our
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR title
to ALONG THE NILE. This coin,
you see, is Egyptian, and it was
made by hand by some coin-maker
about 1000 years ago.
We're just wondering whether
this coin caused any trouble and
worry to the historical columnist
of the Alexandria Morning Papyrus.
If so, he has u sympathy retro
active to 1000 years ago.
Mr.. Page also has a 2~,00o-year-
old Roman coin and an Irish coin
made in 1859. The latter, Mr.. Page
says, was manufactured from a
cannon with which Oliver Crom-
well shot at his enemies and in
Inundated his friends. We congrat-
ulate Mr.. Page on owning this
coin-and we hope 1t doesn't ex-
plode in his pocket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE BOU
COMPILATIONS
FROM PAGE N

this advanced transport airplane
will carry on the great safety re-
cord Of U. S. aviation, which has
been achieved by continuous CO.
operation of manufacturers, airlines
and government" Wright said.
A CAA spokesman said the first
Consultations should be in service
again within the three-week period.
Principal Changes
Principal changes to be made in
the aircraft are:
l. Replacement Of bulkhead
electrical connectors with re-de-
signed assembly and Of aluminium
conductors in generator circuits
with copper cables. A faulty wir-
ing assembly has been established
as the cause of the fire which re-
suited in TWAS "Star O. Lisbon"
crash.
2. Insulation Of circuit breakers
to eliminate short-circuits or re-
placement Of the circuit breakers
with copper fuzes.
Fire Extinguishers
j. Additional fire extinguisher
protection in the rear section of
the engine installations.
4. Installation Of improved ex-
haust collector rings.
The CAA said other changes in
volve re-de signing certain items in
the electrical and hydraulic sys-
stems.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
THE WIZ MINcTON MORNING STAR, N. c
the government is So, o00, 900 during
the reconversion period.

the government is 50, 1000, 900 during
the reconversion period.
3. A 100 percent increase in
federal expenditures, from So, 000,-
900 to $18, 600, 900, for maternal
health, crippled children and child
welfare programs.
Here is how the increase federal
benefits for needy persons will
work, beginning Oct. l:
AGED and BLIND-The govern
ment will put up $40 a month and
the state S. Of the first SIS paid IS
relief to these needy persons. The
government will match on a 5o-5O
basis any state payments above 50
a month. This departs from the
present dollar-for-dollar matching
program. The new bill raises from
$40 to SIS the limit the federal
government will put up for any one
needy person. Thus the top amount
these persons can receive monthly
under the federal-state program is
increased from $40 to $45.
DEPENDENT CHILDREN-The
government will pay Sc of the first
SO relief and the state SO. Sums
the state pays a child above So
will be matched $3.50 by the gov
eminent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
GREENFIELD
FROM PAGE ONE

Preliminary plans for the pro-
ject have already been drafted by
Robert Sturdevant, a Vanderbilt
university landscape architect from
Nashville, Tenn, DR.. Moore said.
They include, in addition to the
southern shore work, tiny islands
to be constructed throughout the
lake and handicapped with azaleas,
camellias, dogwood, and other flow
ers and vegetation.
The association, composed Of DR..
Moore. Miss Allie Morris Fechtig,
Louis Woodbury., and John Spill
man, plans also to inaugurate an
annual Azalea Festival next year
with the lake, Orion plantation,
Airlie gardens, and the Whining
ton street plazas as the featured
tourist attractions.
The city council and the general
public r urged to beautify the
street plazas and front yards
throughout the city we'll in advance
Of the proposed festival, Dr.. Moore
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
ALSOP
FROM PAGE ONE

Of more interest than the best
guesses.
Item One: The exile Of the great
Zhukov to the command Of the
garrison at Odessa is only the most
spectacular development in the
retreat of the generals into obscu-
rity. Long before Zhukov, limo
shenko had also been exiled to
the command Of a distant garrison.
Rokossovsky, who was already un-
der a political cloud before the war,
is now tipped by the wiseacres as
a good prospect for public or
private extinction. He has talked
too much, too often with foreign
ers, and too critically Of the re-
gime. And just to add the correct
note of ironic comedy to this grim
process, the aged Voroshilov is re-
ported to have been transferred
from the sphere Of war to that Of
culture and the arts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03

Evelyn Totherow, Miss Asheville;
Maxine Aldridge, Miss Elkin; Dot
Hunsucker, Miss Carthage; Caro-
lyn Aaron, Miss Thomasville; Peg
gy Anne Terry, Miss New Bern;
Susan Uhl. Miss High Point; Kitty
Norton, Miss Fayetteville; Virginia
Skies, Miss Shelby; Betty Brewer,
Miss Rocky Mount; Iris Taylor,
Miss Mount Holly; Hilma Chad
wick, Miss Beaufort; Jackie Bar
field, Miss Goldsboro; Trudy Riley,
Miss Wilson; Della Frances Perry,
Miss Greenville; Helen Cameron,
Miss Kinston; Miriam Mountfe- d,
Miss Roanoke Rapids; Catherine
Nichols, Miss Washington; Mario
RE Dunn, Miss Williamston; and
Betty Crisp, Miss Durham; Ann
Gillikin, Morehead City and Avis
Mae Warlick, Kings Mountain.
Wilmingtonians to attend the
beauty pageant and ball tonight
include Jesse B. Sellers, president
OF the Wilmington Junior Cham
Der; Hal Love, Eastern North Car
DINA vice president; R. B. How
ard and Mrs. Howard; Mrs. Wal
lace West. Miss Marjorie Franks,
Miss Jarman's companion, who
left yesterday afternoon, and Ben
Malard, president of the Caro-
lima Beach Junior Chamber who
will leave today to be present at
the pageant and tomorrow at the
meeting of the board Of directors
Of the North Carolina Chamber.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
MEAD
FROM PAGE ONE

The committee decided against
holding further public hearings un-
til after Sept. l Except for an
emergency"
It announced that:
l. The first case to be heard pub
licly after that date by the full
committee will be on the results of
its inquiry into defective 4.2-inch
mortar shells which killed Ameri-
can soldiers.
2. Second priority" will be COM
pletion of its investigation of the
Alaskan highway which will re-
quire field studies by a subcom-
mittee.
All Industries
3. SIN its public hearings, the
committee will undoubtedly deal
publicly with cases Of war procure
ment in all of the principal indus
tries" Chairman Mead (D-NY)
has said that these will include the
automotive, aircraft, aluminium
and shipbuildin$ industries.
The committee declared that its
study will cover tax laws, amor
tization provisions, renegotiation
and termination of contracts, cost
plus type of contracts, conversions
from cost-plus to fixed price con-
tracts, the auditing of the expendi-
lures of public funds, the payment
of middlemen's profits and broke
age fees in war procurement.
To Probe Disloyalty
These points would be in addi-
ton, it said, to its investigation Of
"disloyalty and dishonesty on the
part Of public officials, and the
slip-shod business practices gener-
ally which have tended to increase
the cost of war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-03
MORE ABOUT
CONGRESS
FROM PAGE N

Mimi and LANCER n. mi
On the domestic scene, there was
a row between the senate and
house over increased federal bene-
for needy persons. The pro-
vision vas contained in a bill
freezing the Social Security tax
at one per cent for employers and
employees for another year. A con-
ference committee finally worked
out a compromise, however, and
the two chambers shouted it
through during the day on voice
votes and sent it to the President.
Another piece Of last-minute
legislation adopted was a provi-
sion for special automobiles for
veterans who suffered leg amputa-
tons. This also was sent to the
White House.