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to provide such care without over
taxing our limited number Of trained
physicians and other medical re.
sources"
Unless waste is eliminated, Mr.
Hoover declared, veterans, service.
men and civilians alike will suffer.
The committee suggested among
other things that a health insurance
system be set up to care for veteran!
with temporary ailments not a result
of their service. The Government
would pay the premiums for vet
Grams unable to do so.
Health Insurance Urged.
Another proposal was that thu
Government either provide similal
health insurance for many OF thu
dependents or arrange to pay To-
their care in community, rather
than Federal, facilities.
The report said some 100000 Arm!
and Air Force dependents alone re-
|ceive complete government medica
care ION no basis other than al
appropriation act passed more thar
so years ago authorizing medica
officers to care for dependent
whenever practicable"
Among suggested remedies tn
task force proposed that all govern
ment medical activities be integratee
into two major systems; one mill
tary, the other non-military.
The non-military system woule
embrace q national health bureau
which also would deal with educa'
ton and security. This bureau woult
take over all medical functions Of
the veterans administration as vel
as many general and station hos
pitfalls of the armed services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Dutch EnvoyC Calls U.N
Suckers for Russia
On Indonesia Issue
BY me Assoeiofsd Press

TOKYO, Dec. N.-Dutch Am
bassador Hendrix Mouw said today
the United Nations has become
suckers for Russian propaganda" In
dealing with the Indonesian fight
ing.
In a press conference Mr.. Mouw,
head Of the Netherlands legation
here, said the United Nations was
playing the Russian game" by its
cease-flre orders.
The big question" he said, lis
whether the Dutch Indies, the vul-
nerable part of Southeast Asia, can
resist the Communist tide In the
Orient. Instead of blaming Holland
for the present action, I think the
world in the future will thank Hol-
land"
Blames Russia.
The Ambassador said the basic
fight in Indonesia is over the ques-
ltion of returning economic stability.
Throughout the world whenever
first steps are taken toward stabil-
lily, Russia Immediately steps in"
he said.
Given peace, the Indies would in
crease their economic position by
leaps and bounds, he added.
Instead, Mr.. Mouw went on, Pres
ident Soekarno and other 1ndo-
nesian Republican leaders had be-
come tools of the Communists" and
were trying to perpetuate economic
unrest.
He said this was part of larger
pattern in Southeast Asia whereby
Russia was attempting to capitalize
on nationalism and make satel-
lites Of weak states"
Failed to Keep Promises"
He said the present police &C
ton" in Indonesia resulted when
the Republican leaders failed to
carry out their promises" Plans
were completed to begin the po-
litical organization of the Indo-
nesian federation on January /, he
said, but the Republican leaders
continued to delay.
Meanwhile killings continued on
the periphery (of truce ines).
Neighboring states (of the fedora
tom did not want to wait and soon
every one was asking whether the
Dutch were capable of putting the
federation across"
He said the Dutch will fulfill
their promises" An election will
be held possibly In 1949 and even
II President Soekarno Is elected "he
will be recognized"
For the Dutch, Mr.. Mouw con-
cluded, "colonialism Is as dead as
a doornail We are not so foolish
as to miss the signs of the times
e but communism now Is the
most modern imperialism"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Two Crewmen Overcome
As Tug Burns in Baltimore
BY tho Asseeietsd Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 27.-Fire
burned out the interior OF the tug
William j. Scott in Baltimore Har-
Dor early today before the flames
were brought under control by its
crew and a fire boat.
Two crew members were overcome
by smoke. Erwin Miller, so, Of
Philadelphia was admitted to a hos
pital for treatment Of smoke poison
ing, Howard L. Carter. 81, of Dan
vile, Va, was treated and released
Firemen said the blaze apparently
started from the tugs heating ap-
paratus In the engine room, which
they said was demolished. The tug
Is owned by the s. C. Loveland Co.
of Philadelphia,
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officials in the department. Another
official answered the phone and
seemed to have considerable diff
Guilty in speaking, let alone under
standing what we were trying to
ask him. He finally said:
I'm sorry but I just don't seem
to get your question. You see, we're
having a party here and we've all
had a lot to drink. -
FTC-Douglas Hartman, admins
trative assistant to Senator Brew
ster, Republican, Of Maine. is q
candidate for the commissioner va
cancy In the Federal Trade Com
mission.
A Republican, Mr.. Hartman would
like to fill the vacancy left by the
resignation of Commissioner Rob-
ert E: Freer, who is returning to
private law practices.
Mr.. Hartman has many friends in
the Government where he was
formerly employed. An attorney,
he has served in important jobs in
the Commerce and State Depart
ments and the ETC. He is resign
ing his job January / to prac-
tice law, but friends say he Is
hopeful Of the ETC appointment.
4
DELAY-Copies of the new Con-
gressional Directory will be delayed
for more than a month.
The were scheduled to come
out during the first week of jan
uary, but unavoidable production
and editing difficulties will set the
date back to sometime in February.
4 4
STILL GOING UP-Federal en-
ployment in Washington continues
to climb. During the past month,
Government employment here in
creased by 1900 workers, bringing
total Federal employment in Wash
ington to 211,000.
The largest increases occurred in
the Army, Navy, Air Force and Post
Office Departments and the Vet
Grams Administration. Together with
District Government, legislative and
judicial employees, the total Federal
Government payroll in Washington
now numbers over 100000 employees.
(Be sure to listen in Sundays al.
1915 am. oUer WMAL, The Star
Station, for Joseph Young's
broadcast uersion of the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
neDs and pie,Ds OF the Govern-
nlent scene.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
School Book Accuser
Charges 'Whitewash

Franklin T. Miles, Chevy Chase
attorney, today accused DR.. Thomas
G.. Pullen, jr., Maryland superin-
tendent of education, Of attempting
to "whitewash" the Montgomery
County school system.
Mr.. Miles commented on report
by DR.. Pullen on the attorneys
charges that Communistic ,propa-
ganda Is contained In county school
textbooks.
In the report, made public Satur-
day, DR.. Pullen devoted considerable
space to Mr.. Miles refusal to ap-
pear before him in Baltimore and
repeat his charges under oath.
Mr.. Miles said today that the
State school superintendent has
no power to put any one under oath
since he is not a court Of law"
The attorney charged DR.. Pullen
with bad faith" by refusing to dis
cuss Mr.. Miles charges at an open
hearing AT which the public could
determine whether there is any
truth In them"
Mr.. Miles asserted he planned no
further action until he was able to
obtain copy Of DR.. Pullen's report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Austin Denies Intention
To Quit as u. n. DELEGATE
BY the Assosiotsd Press

~ INS SSSo&tQt9o ffV3S
KEY WEST. Fla, Dec. 27.-War-
rem Austin said yesterday he had no
intention of resigning as head Of
the United States delegation to the
United Nations.
The former Senator arrived at the
Little White House" here a week
ago from Paris to rest and recuper-
ate from an unspecified illness.
His reply to a question about the
possibility Of resigning was an ex-
plosive mol"
THE work to which I consecrated
myself on resigning from the Senate
is only in its beginning" Mr.. Austin
said.
with the help Of God and skill
full surgeons and physicians as vel
as the wonderfully generous hospi.
tally of the naval station and hos
pital, I expect not only restoration
but an increase Of my strength fol
the cause"
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin are staying ir
the same house used by President
Truman on several Key West vaca-
tons.
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ranking minority member OF the
group, told reporter that he, too,
would not favor top-bracket raises
until the little fellows are also
taken care Of"
Both men will not insist that
rank-and-file pay raises be COM
bined with the top-bracket measure
although Senator Johnston said a
few days ago that he would insist
that the District Governments en-
ployes get $3.50 pay increase in the
same measure that provides salary
increases for the Government S
highest executives.
But both men want assurances
from President Truman and the
administration that, once the top
bracket pay measure Is enacted, the
White House will go down the line
in favor Of substantial rank-and
file pay increases. Senator john
son has indicated that he favors
a $3.50 pay measure.
It remains to be seen whether
this sort Of strategy will be effec-
tive. Some representatives of the
Governments classified employees
favor such a move. But others say
that nothing should stand in the
way of the enactment of the top
bracket salary bill, regardless Of
whether the White House makes
any commitments on rank-and-f1le
salary increases.
This is their reasoning: If Con-
gress approves the bill which would
increase President Humans COM
pensation by $4,000 a year and
that other Government official by as
much as 5000 to $4,000 annually,
Mr.. Truman and Congress can
hardly be in the position Of denying
the average Government employe a
raise of $50 or thereabout to Offset
the cost Of living.
+ y
GOOD VIEW-It appears that
Government employees will be able
to get fine vantage point to view
the inaugural parade on Thursday,
January 20.
That day will be q holiday in
the Government, but the Federal
Works Agency has given permission
to the Government buildings along
Pennsylvania to keep their doors
open during the day.
This will permit Federal employees
working in those buildings, and
probably other Government workers
as well, TO see the parade from the
windows overlooking Pennsylvania
avenue. Final decision on keeping
the buildings open rests with the
individual departments and agen-
cies, but all of them are expected to
do so.
Employees will be admitted into
the building upon presentation Of
suitable Identification cards.
BAD TASTE-Some Government
and agencies forbade
their rank-and-1 file employees to hold
pre- Christmas parties, yet top Of
ficials in many of these units held
parties in their Offices at which
liquor poured freely.
One Of the largest Government
departments issued an order for
bidding office parties for rank-and-
file employees. Checking on this, we
called the Office Of one of the top
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Pig Slated to Fill Deep Freeze
ESCAPES at Christmas Party

And the pig got up and slowly
walked away.
That's exactly what happened to
a plump little Christmas present
vino refused to let Henry H. Harper
put him in his deep freeze at 936
Shepherd street NV.
1t started Christmas eve when
w. Paul Hamm, who runs a service
station at 4130 Wisconsin avenue
NV, gave Mr.. Harper, his station
manager, a deep freeze. Steve Cor
man, who runs a farm at Potomac,
Nc. decided the freezer wouldn't
be complete without a ham in it.
Mr.. German arrived at the Harper
home with the 40-pound ham on
hooves right in the middle of party.
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Mr.. Hamn, his deep freeze, and a
dozen other guests were waiting In
the living room.
steve didn't have to ring the
door bell" said Mr.. Hamm, you
could hear the pig block away.
He turned It loose in the living
room. We didn't try to catch him.
We were having a good time and so
was he. He lay down under the
dining room table"
The pig evidently stopped having
a good time, however, when he was
put in the basement. He scurried
through the basement door, squeezed
through a backyard fence and Is
now shivering somewhere between
here and Potomac, Md.
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First Day Of Chanukah
Being Observed Here
by Parties, Services

Jewish residents Of Washington
today were observing the first OF
eight days of the Chanukah, or
Festival Of Lights, celebration.
The holiday period. which started
at shutdown last night and will
continue to shutdown next Monday,
commentaries the victory Of the
Maccabees In 1877 BIC. over the
Syrian Emperor Antiochus and the
rededication of the temple.
Services will be held today through
Friday at synagogues and temples
Of the city commemorating the
holiday. The Washington Hebrew
Congregation will conduct its serv-
ices at pm. during this period.
Hospital Service Planned.
A candlelight service and social
hour will be held at 8 pm. Wednes-
day at the National Jewish Welfare
Board headquarters, 1887 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. Army Chaplain
Henry Travel will ofhciate.
At 4:45 pm. Wednesday, Veterans
Administration Chaplain Morris
Sandhaus will officiate at a Chanu-
kah service at Mount Alto Hospital.
Gifts donated by the Deborah Re
bekah Lodge No. IL, Odd Fellows, In
cooperation with the Jewish We'll
fare Board. will be given to the
patients.
Gifts also will be distributed dur.
ing the week to patients at Walter
Reed Hospital, the Naval Medical
Center and Soldiers Home by the
Hebrew Sisters Aid Circle. the Jew
ish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary
No. So, and the Deborah Rebekah
Lodge. No. II.
5000 Raised for Israel.
A party for patients at st. Eliza
beths Hospital. sponsored by the
Hebrew Sisters Aid Circle, will be
held at 1880 pm. next Monday.
More than 5000 was raised fol-
Israel last night at a Chanukah
party at the Indian Springs Country
Club Of the Louis D. Brandeis Dis
trict, Zionist Organization OF Amer
lea. Omcials of the organization
said this brings the total money
raised by the group for the new
Jewish state to $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Study Finds Po|Isters
Used Poor Judgment,
Acted in Good Faith
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Poil takers
who failed to foretell the outcome
Of the recent presidential election
acted in good faith but showed
poor judgment" a Social Science
Research Council committee says.
The committees report, released
yesterday, said a study disclosed
that the forecasters could have
seen the possibility of q close con-
test had they looked more closely
at their data and past errors" TO-.
The council is a privately main
tanned organization, with reports on
social and economic matters.
Expressing doubt that election
predictions can be consistently &C
curate lin the present state Of
knowledge" the report added:
I'm interpreting the results of the
prediction polls and presenting
them to the public the pollsters
went far beyond the bounds of sound
reporting. They attempted
the spectacular feat of predicting
the winner without qualification.
The committee headed by Prof.
Samuel L. Wilks of Princeton said
its survey showed these errors on
the part of the pollsters:
Errors of sampling and inter-
viewing.
Errors of forecasting, involving
failure to assess the future behavior
of undecided voters and to detect
shifts of voting intention near the
end Of the campaign"
The pollsters. the committee said,
were led by false assumptions into
believing their methods were much
more accurate than In fact they
are. The election was close.
Dewey could have won by carrying
Ohio, California and Illinois, which
he lost by less than / per cent of
the vote"
George Gallup, head of the Gallup
Poll, said in a statement that the
committees findings represent "a
painstaking and an impartial job
In which he was glad to cooperate.
Mr.. Gallup declared. however, that
a careful study Of the committees
findings shows no conclusive EVIL
dence that different interviewing
methods or sampling systems would
have indicated the election of Tru-
man."
Elmo Roper said that to him the
major finding of the committee lis
the need for more work in the realm
of determining turnout. The ques-
ton of which. groups will vote in
the greatest proportion Is the un-
solved problem"
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not vote to give
the top-bracket
pay measure the
green light until
he is assured
that the Gov
ernment's other
e m ploy e S are
taken care Of II,
a subs e q u e n t
bill.
nd Senator
LANCER, Repub-
lican, Of North
Dakota, the out
going chairman
who in January
will become the
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'Goering's Brother-in-Low
To Be Tried for Treason
by the Associated Press

VIENNA, Dec. 27-Herman 0oer-
ing's brother-in-law will 60 on trial
tomorrow on charges Of high
treason.
DR.. Franz Hueber, 81, was Austrian
minister Of justice in 1880 when he
married Goering's sister. After the
1888 Anschluss he was undersecre.
tary Of justice in the German cab.
met in Berlin. In 1913 he was pro-
noted to chief of the German ad-
ministration court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
New Martin 'MauIer'
Given Carrier Tests

The Navy is testing its big. hard
hitting carrier plane, the Martin
"Mauler," in flights from the carrier
Kearsarge OF the East Coast.
The single-engine, 22,00o-pound
"Mauler" is armed with torpedoes
rockets and machine guns and is
one of the heaviest planes ever built
for carrier operation. It has range
OF more than 1000 miles and a
speed faster than 800 miles an hour.
The Navy said the tests are ex-
pected to last several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
Wosn't q Bank Shot Either

SAN MATED, Calf. Dec. a (F.
Thieves made q 81 900 billiard ball
shot today. They tossed the ball,
wrapped in paper, through o jewelry
store window and grabbed jewelry
valued at that amount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
z Key Senators May Block
Raise for Executives Only
By Joseph Young

Democratic and Republican members of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee apparently all set to try to block
Federal raises unless the White House gives
that will support file Federal salary increases
Senator Johnston Democrat of South Carolina who slated
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Weather Report

High and Low for Yesterday.
High. ~ at 1928 pm.
Low, Is at 7:22 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
sHighest, 90. on August ~.
Lowest, 8, on January 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-27

10 be the committees new chairman,
has indicated to friends that he will
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
EXCEPTION

''Where are your" some one called
family.
After the stranger had found q
ladder and helped him out, Thorn
ton said, II should have fixed that
long ago. Way back when was
In the second grade wrote in my
copybook about 'leven hundred
times, NEVER PUT OFF TILL
TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO
TODAY and I've certainly found
out now how wise that isl
II suppose that makes good sense
always" agreed the other, ''rnless
there's an exception to prove the
rule"
''Well, If every rule has an excep-
ton, this was no exception, any
way" Thornton said, adding sud-
denly, "Say, how did you happen to
Gomez"
81 represent the Valley Farmer.
Your subscription has run out"
Thornton laughed. There's the ex-
ception we were talking about. I got
a letter from your paper a month
ago asking me to renew. I've put
off sending the money again and
again, but if hadn't put it off, you
wouldn't have come today"
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
LET'S TALK
ABOUT NoM
BY CHARLES B, ROTH
Why Be a Negative?

Why Be a Negative?
There are some persons - too
many, I am forced to declare-who
live under the handicap Of per-
sonality that has a negative tinge.
In psychology we recognize them
as a definite and an unpleasant
group. We classify them. We name
them. We call them negatives. and
the disease from which they suffer
for it is really a chronic mental
state of unhealth-we call negativ-
ism.
A person with a negativistic per-
sonality always is ready to argue
the other side of the question. You
make q statement. He says: "Oh, ]
don't know about that. Listen" And
then the battle is on. For an exhibi-
ton Of downright contrariness, the
negativistics always are on hand.
They do not really know that they
handicap themselves by this trait.
To the contrary. They are proud Of
their bold, contrary attitude. They
will tell you it is sign Of courage
and strong will. All of which is piffle.
A regativistic tendency, far frori
being . sign Of strong will and in
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
Girls Plea To Marry Slayer
Saves Him From Death Chair

NASHVILLE, TENN.-A 2O-year-
old girl who pleaded for permission
to marry a killer before he went
to the electric chair saved her sweet
hearts life.
Gov. Jim McCord commuted the
death sentence Of Daniel Budzynski,
IS. to SO years Of Imprisonment But
he sternly disapproved a marriage
between the convict and Jeanne
Lucas. a Pittsburgh Sunday School
teacher.
Miss Lucas was undismayed.
''There will still be a wedding" she
said.
Budzynski was to have died in the
electric chair with Richard Reilly,
trigger-man in holdup in which
a Beale street merchant was killed
in Memphis in 1946. Reilly still
faces the chair but McCord is con-
sidering his case.
Miss Lucas showed up in Nash
vile accompanied by Henrietta
Budzynski. Daniels sister. They
borrowed 5000 from a Pittsburgh
grocer to come here and make a
desperate plea for Budzynski's life
or. failing that. obtain permission
for Miss Lucas to marry him before
he went to the chair.
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
By PAUL TULIEN

about-like worrying about the crops
or planning something else. Such
worries looked pretty inconsequen-
tial now. And. unless he could get
out of the well, there wouldn't be
any more planning.
Thinking Of the line made him
think of the boys who had been
his schoolmates and playmates In
those long-past days - Tom.
George, Cecil, Jimmy. Fred and
many others whose names he
could not even recall. Where were
they now? He hadn't seen one Of
them for years.
Dimly their faces appeared out Of
the past, and then the line came
bobbing back, blotting them out.
NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMOR-
ROW WHAT YOU CAN DO To-
DAY." Why couldn't the line stay
away, he thought angrily. 1t couldn't
do him any good now.
His dog began barking-at a
squirrel maybe. Or was somebody
coming? He shouted for help, hope
fully at first, but as the minutes
went by, despairingly.
The dog continued to bark. Prob
ably at a squirrel, for there were
many of them about.
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
Workers with Pedixrees

Few people realize that the drafS
horse carries . pedigree. Many of
the farm horses working in America
today are proud bearers Of the pur-
pie and blue, won at outstanding
fairs. The grand champion perche-
ron stallion at the 1916 Inter-
national Live Stock show was an
Ohio plow horse fresh of the fields
when he took the silver cup. These
pedigreed work horses, although
they cost their owners a little more.
still are considered to be more eco
nomical, because they are easy keep
ers, intelligent and more adaptable.