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when she asked to sell the breach.
He stalled around and finally Of
fered her ten dollars. Silently An
ma put the pin back in her purse.
Her last hope was gone.
"1t's something like the earrings
Lillian bought here last week." the
jeWeler told her.
Anna never knew what she an
swered. So Lillian was decking
herself out like - totem pole
and meanwhile letting her mother
60 next to ragged on her trip! The
fact that she had not shown the
earrings at home proved that she
was ashamed of her own greed.
1t was evening, at last, the fami-
ly sat relaxed and contented after
one of Annals usual good meals.
Relaxed, all but Anna
Il don't know how we will man.
age without you," Jim said from
the davenport.
And only week until the fifth
of August Ruth chimed in.
Anna was silent. Her mind had
been scurrying, trying to think of
an excuse not to go. She wondered
if she should plead a sudden sick
spell. The familys thoughtlessness
was sufficient cause for a sick
spell
Lillian went to the hall and came
back with a loud humping noise.
There was moment of silence
and then the three shouted almost
in unison, ''Surprise!" Anna
turned in her chair slowly.
Suitcases, the newest kind, were
in Lillian's hands. "Open them,"
Lillian said gleefully. The two
suitcases we're carefully packed;
full of new dresses, long house
coats, satin slips, flmy underwear.
Anna even saw three pairs of new
shoes wrapped in towels. She
gasped and looked at the label of
the top-most dress. 1t was too much
to expect that the things would
fit.
"Oh. they'll fit" Ruth told her
proudly. 1--WE certainly checked
and rechecked." She unfolded one
dress and Anna saw it was the
companion dress to the one she
had forced Jim to view. Trust Jim
to remember the wrong one!
Anna was stunned She tried to
say, You were wonderful" but
the words stuck. Lillian was open
ing jewel case to display a pair
of earrings. To match your good
breach" she explained.
That brought a tear to Annals
eyes. They had tried to help. They
had been thoughtful, in their way
The anxiety they had caused her
they would never know.
Ruth was proudly showing her
the fussy silk underwear that An
ma didn't like. Jim was beaming all
over the place.
Anna still couldn't find words.
"We thought we would save you
time" Ruth told her.
Lillian felt playful and teased,
why you wouldn't even have
thought Of your clothes until Au-
gust fifth"
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H0 III ais
TOun @!;'
nepoRzER4
Some Old Jobs Lost
IN WASHINGTON


w HEN the gavel sounds at
w high noon Monday, Janu-
airy 8, for the converting of the
new 81st congress in what
promises to be a memorable
session, there will be mixed re-
actions and a variety of emo
tons from the members them
selves, from relatives, friends
and the curious or interested
spectators in the packed gal
leries, from the hundreds of
employees who form the work.
ing force of a congressional
session and from the millions
of citizens generally in the
country at large.
In the membership is an unus-
ually large number of freshmen
representatives and senators who
are cutting their eye-teeth in the
legislative branch of the govern
ment, eager to make their mark,
ambitious to write a name for
themselves. There will be misty
eyed wives, proud and happy for
their husbands who come to Wash
ington for the first time, and others
more or less cynical and bored at
the seeming routine performance.
To the millions of voters the
mixed reactions will be based
on their votes at the polls on
November 2, but to the major
ity of American voters the hope
will be that this congress will
undo much of the work done by
the preceding congress.
But this reporter, as the new
congress convenes, elects to look
beneath the surface at the hum
dreds of just plain employees who
will be affected by the advent Of
the new Democratic-controlled con-
gress. For perhaps half of these
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| A NINA FARRANT read the letter
"A three times. 1t didn't seem be-
ievable. Nothing, she decided, had
made her so happy since the day
the war ended.
But it was like Anna Farrant to
fold the letter neatly and 60 on
about the business of getting din
ner for Jim, Ruth and Lillian with
out even so much as taking time to
call one of them on the phone to
tell them the good news.
It was after dinner that she told
them. 1t came all in a happy rush
of words. Belle Mandrel has asked
me to visit her. Imagine!-cle
across the country"
There was long silence. 1t was
Ruth, the librarian, who spoke first.
Ruth was as proud of her knowl-
edge of Important People as of
books. Almost reverently she
breathed, mot the Belle Mandrel
p"
Anna felt cross for an instant.
Her memory of Belle Mandrel was
the happy-go-lucky girl of their col
lege days. Ruth was thinking of the
Belle Mandrel who was an impor-
tant adviser to the politicians and
who last week visited the king of
England.
Fuss and feathers" said Anna
lightly, "I'm not afraid of Belle
Mandrel. In fact 1 think m"
The words hung in the air.
"Of course you'll CO." Jim fin
ished heartily. 1.-THE girls and I will
manage. Do you good!" He gave
her beaming smile that after
twenty-five years still gave Anna
a thrill.
"Think of all you'll have to talk
about, too" Lillian chimed in. 1t
was like Lillian, the teacher to
think of that! Anna knew that Lii
lian's fifth graders would be told
the big news early tomorrow.
"When is the great day?" Jim
asked.
"The fifth of August" Anna an
swered almost like a pronounce
ment. 1t had been easier than she
had hoped. They were the finest
family ever to be in favor of her
going on that long trip.
In the days that followed Anna
was to retell her plans for the trip
dozens of times. Everyone was in
terested to find that she was a
friend of the great Belle Mandrel.
There was short write-up in the
newspaper about Annals trip.
Lillian worried over what she
would do without a big supply of
the satin slips her mother made for
her. In her competent way Anna
told her that she would make an
extra supply before she left. Fuss
ing over the satin, she knew she
could have told Lillian to buy her
slips at the store but Lillian had
been babied too long, Anna told her
self with happy smile.
Very shortly Ruth, knowing she
would be cook while her mother
was away, fretted that she would
be left with lots of canning. Anna
assured her she would get it in
before she left. The house, of
course, must be spotless.
1t was in one of the few breath
ing spells Anna allowed herself
that she rummaged around in her
clothes closet and decided that
scarcely any of her clothes were
suitable for the fifth of August. They
were fine for small town. church
societies but Anna wanted to look
nice when she started on the trip.
The family would want her to look
well too. She wondered if one of the
girls-or Jim would slip her a nice
check and suggest she buy a new
outfit. 1t was going to be fun!
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MSggY
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He's on TOP

Asked where her husband might
be found, the wife replied that he
had gone fishing.
"Just walk down to the bridge"
she suggested, caustically, land
look around until you find a rod
with worm on each end"
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Welcome Suggestion

An old 1rishman collapsed in the
street and a crowd of neighbors
gathered around him, all trying to
help and each making suggestions.
One, Maggie Riley, kept shout
ing. Give the poor man whisky"
but little attention was paid to her
amidst the excited babble.
Then the agonized voice of the
1rishman rose above the din:
xviii the lot ov We hould yer
tongues and let Maggie Riley
speak"
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End OF a Career

But one man on the senate side
about whom little is ever heard
and who has had as much influence
in that body as any man on the
floor of the senate is Carl A.
Loehler, secretary of the 80th con-
gress, who will be succeeded likely
by Leslie Biffle, former secretary
of the 10th congress. Carl Loeff1er,
whose home town is Lock Haven,
Pa, came to the United States
senate as page boy in 1889 dur
ing the administration of President
Benjamin Harrison.
"When l 60 out Of here" he
said to this reporter, Il will
take an accumulation of notes
and memOs, and l hope some
day before long to write my
memoirs Of those So years."
Carl Loeffler is a self-effacing
sort of man, efficient and friendly,
who has Stunned publicity, and
he has had the confidence of scores
of men high in political life. He
served as doorkeeper, sergeant-at-
arms, and secretary of the minor
ity and majority parties under the
Republicans.
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For Sale: Garage business with good shop
equipment and a large stock of parts and
accessories in a good live small town on
highway to Yellowstone Park. Write
BOX No. BRIDGER, MONTANA
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-01-07

Prior to election Washington
hotels were swamped with res
ervations from Republicans who
wanted to come and see Cover
nor Dewey inaugurated. Now,
however. thousands of Demo-
Gratis want to see President Tru-
mans Inauguration but the Re-
publicans won't release their
reservations. They're coming
anyway.
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Naturally

Naturally
EmPloyer-Surely, Miss jerks,
yon know the Kings English?
Typist-Of course. Whoever said
he wasn't?
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Trimmed Honey

You may stretch honey by thin
ming it with water. Trimmed honey
is excellent for sweetening fruit
and cold drinks. 1t is we'll to re-
member, however, that thinned
honey will ferment unless it is
kept in the refrigerator.
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1 MeFICTIONc0RMER
THE fifth OF AUGUST
BY Helen Longworthy

Anna had always been devoted housewife came as
shock to her hot her family could be Indifferent her
when she felt they should be generous and helpful.
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PILGRIMS Succumbed

OF the 102 people who went to
America on the "Mayflower" only
40 were alive eight months later,
which rather explodes the hardy
pilgrims" story.
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employees it will mean the loss of
their jobs, for political patronage is
a tickle mistress.
For instance, for John Andrews
of Salem, Mass, it means short
pose in the spotlight and then per-
haps political oblivion. For to John
Andrews, the chief administrative
officer of the house, goes the honor
and responsibility of presiding at
the opening session.
There are many officials in the
machinery of congress who hold on
to their jobs as administrations 60
and come Many of them have been
there for years on end.
Take H. Newlin Megill of
Washington, the assistant to the
clerk. He has been in the
clerks office since the Seth con-
gress back in 1920. Eugene F.
SharkOff, the journal clerk, has
served since 1919; J. C. Shanks,
the disbursing clerk, has been
paying the congressman since
1926, and there are many 9TH
erS.
But there are scores in the clerks
office alone, where there are ap-
proximately IS employees, who
will be replaced by deserving
Democrats. Ralph Roberts Of In
d ana bv the way. is slated to
succeed Andrews as the new house
c.elk He is former chief door
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations furnished by the
ntsa st.sss s Of
6fsssv,! boxes; u ,...t 3 lS y Inches up Gualess
sieSs o6ehfs so' ssS; eSe'n y6sfs. 1fE
s.1e,zS eof,to.a mostly N.it. S.5 duu. ,oo-nound
kasshdns mGsss ased sac sseks. segpsS
s1 found dGuatEz saaEs is 1885, peT T. sseks e. s Is cents s
snls bnshel aIdsn: baskets: MaTylana n d Wiz:
225: Nancy Halls mostly a.25: White yams,
$50; nearby. half-bushel hampers,
Poultry Quotations.
soR resepts h a0qqs }rsers steas 5sd poands
and up. 1894; fowl coiored: 4o-42 iiaht.
weights Isghornsl mostly 80; other sup
plies insufficient to quote.
Grain Market
WReatEReceipts, .6,5i5 bushels; Ship Ship.
mepts, 1900 bushels; stocks. sol .s6s
Fsd Sa vess5 reSlusEe E9reMts M B
cornNReseipts, s47,s7s Bushels ship;
ments;, 10000 bushels; stocks 5,20s,ss0
oats-Receipts. 1904 bushels; ship
ments.. none; stocks, 497,39s bushels; no
Barley-Receipts 653 bushels: ship
ments, 22667 bushels: stocks. 22S.2S9
Rye-Receipts, 2s.447 bushels; ship
ments, 94.713 bushels; stocks. 217,361
bushels.
Soybeans-Receipts, 24.337 bushels
shipments. none: stocks. 637.5S6 bushels
Millfeed-Receipts, 211 tons.
Butter and Eggs.
Esg-Market steady; demand moder:
ate: receipts liberal; A large, 4S50: A
mediums, 45-47; large, 45-47; current
receipts, ungraded, 43-45
Receipts-Butter, 11s,1s1 pounds; eggs
I 1,0O6 cases.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Chicago Grain
CHICAGO. Feb. 25

CHICAGO. Feb. 25 R.-Grain dealers
appeared to be in mood a.. Of awatchhivl tchiI
Priee eha1aes Da 'n did 0Gsaa not am~nt to much
and dealings were light. Trends were
mixed with corn showing a little easiness,
Only '36 cars of cash corn arrived
sss Re1t us1s WseE Gr Traders ns h
arrivals very small in view Of expectations
that the partial pri ice recovery from the
early February break would cause an In
Wheat near the end Of the first hour
2.16ss: corn was 1s-as lower; May, 80;
eens ea ,oxs2 sGy0faaf March ~srs ss UNCHANGED TO
Price making influences in yheat ap-
peared to have about balanced one an, an
one side was the obvious desire Of the
Government to get cash grain for export
On the, other was an equally obvious slow
Late yesterday the Commodity, Credit
store at Galveston. The Government loan
rate there is 332 a bushel -. Storage o5sse
amount to around 10 cents a bushel,
cash dealers estimated.
Although the Government price is get
ting ePse b to-, to the may Level where ges
said there still was not much attraction
for farmers to sell But one house said
i was getting little more wheat from
not been placed in the loan.
Meanwhile domestic mills were reported
to be offering price cuts on flour In
to AVOID
reported. The current rate Of -four sales,
trade sources said. was only 20 to 80 per
cent of mill capacity.
was 4 i5.5 Compared comps ed with 14.s q week aso
and 1O.2 year ago.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
A. & P. Conviction
In Trust Case Upheld
BY the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals
yesterday upheld the antitrust
conviction of the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Co., and officers
and subsidiary companies.
The appeals court said the A. &
P. used it's large buying power to
coerce suppliers to sell to it at
a lower price than to competitors
on the threat that it would place
such suppliers on it's private black
list If they did not conform, or
that A. g. P. would 60 into the
manufacturing business in COM
petition with the recalcitrant sup
pliers"
The original case was heard by
Federal Judge Walter c. Lindley
in Danville, Ill. in 1916. Judge
Lindley fined the defendants a
total of $175,000 after hearing %
weeks Of technical testimony on
A. & P. operations.
In addition to antitrust viola
ton, he found them guilty Of
Illegally favoring certain individ-
uals and companies in business
transactions.
Among the defendants was Carl
Byoir, public relations counsel of
A. & P. and Business Organization,
Inc, a corporation through
which Mr.. Byoir conducted public
relations for the company
The appeals court said evidence
showed that Mr.. Byoir was
thoroughly familiar with the pol
licies of A. & P. Mr.. Byoir is no
babe in the woods, likely not to
understand what goes on around
him -
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb. 25 ur CUsDA).-Sala-
BILE hogs, 1000; active. mostly % cents
higher than Thursdays average on weights
under 23O pounds; heavier ,weights and
sows $3.50 cents up: good and choice 10
230 pound butchers, 21 .O0-21 so; mostly
21.25 up; choice quality hogs under. 220
pounds practically absent; few choice
closely sorted around 200-pound weights
at 21.75, extreme top; bulk 240-270
pounds, 20.00-21.00; most 2S0-330
pounds. 10000 90; few choice 300-350
pound sows. 1s.5O-1925; most 400-50O
pound syegases: II ;oo:1s;0O: 100000
ance.
salable cattle. o,oo0 salable calves. 300;
slow; most slaughter classes steady to so
cents lower: bulls so cents to- ]. 90 lower
vealers about steady: several loads me-
dium and good steers 1900 pounds down.
81 .O023.15; medium and good heifers;
$50 pounds down, Oo-24.25.; load good
and choice 997-pound weights. 2425;
good cows scarce: common and medium
Is 50-15.5o: mostly 1900 down late; most
medium and good sausage bulls, 5000
$3.50; odd head. 22.75-23oo: vealers
| salabie sheep. 800: slaughter lambs
steady to weak; no high choice offerings
here; loadlot top. $3.50: few small lots,
1915; short load heavy lambs unsold:
slaughter ewes steady to weak, very
scarce; choice liRhtwelghts uuotable to
IA m: heaVieS. O 90 down.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
president Will Press
His Health Program;
Substitute Studied
By the Associated Press

President Truman stuck to his
proposal for compulsory health
insurance yesterday. but COM
promise plan caught attention on
Capitol Hill.
The President told a news con.
ference he plans to send his ma
tional health insurance program
to Congress in a special message
within the next several weeks.
The new compromise, aimed at
making medical care less expen-
sive for and more accessible to
low and moderate income fam
lilies, was drafted by DR.. Paul B.
Magnuson as substitute for the
Truman program.
DR.. Magnuson is medical direc-
tor for the Veterans Administra-
ton, but he said he drafted the
plan as an individual, not as q
Government official. It would pro-
vide:
/. Clinics for thorough diagno-
sis of patients-at pay rates de-
pending on the patients income
to prevent disease or catch 1t in
the early stages.
Weak Links in Problem.
2. Medical treatment at regular
rates by family physicians and
local hospitals. The. Federal, State
and local governments would make
up the difference between the
established rate of medical serv-
ices and the rate low-income or
moderate-income patients are able
to pay.
DR.. Magnuson told reporters the
weakest link in today's chain OF
medical care is the lack Of dag
nostic and public health facilities.
particularly for people who are
neither INDECENT nor wealthy.
He told reporters his plan, on
which he worked for six months. Is
being considered by influential
members of Congress.
He said half a dozen fellow
regents of the College of Surgeons
have read. discussed and approved
the plan, and it has also been
indorsed by DR.. John Fairfield Sly.
professor of political science at
Princeton University, and others.
The cost to the Government.
DR.. Magnuson said, would be
about the same as at present.
about half the Nations total med
ical bill-and far less than the
administrations proposal.
Cooperation on Stats.
1.-The income of our doctors
from their patients is about ST.
700 900 900 a year, and the Gov
ernment pays about $1.960, ,000,-
900 in medical assistance to States,
municipalities and through Fed
eral hospitals" he said.
DR.. Magnuson proposed that the
medical schools, State and local
public health agencies and pos
sibly the Veterans Administration
cooperate in stating the health
examination clinics.
A National Science Foundation
would train all classes Of scientific
personnel-laboratory technicians.
biochemists. physical therapists
and the like. The trainees would
, pay for their education-after re-
ceiving it-by serving in the clinics
for a period equal to the length
of their training.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
New York Produce

NEW YORK: Feb. ,25 LP-Butter,, 25s.-
701. easy. Wholesale prices on bulk car
(AA). s4h cents; a2 score a.. "a; 90
Cheese. 2s9.577 steady; prices un-
changed.
Wholesale egg market. Receipts, totaled
12;774 cases: Spot quotations follow
weights. ,47h-4sla; extra, large. 4;
pullets, Az; current receipts, 45-4s;
dirties, As: checks, ,43is-44; no.
extra ! large, 471a:. extra 2 large. 46h;
extra medium. 46h. o
extra ! large sssi,,a 47z ae extra 2 large 4eh;
white and brown eggs represent highest
wholesale selling prices for the finest
marks available, and not paving prices to
producers or .shippers;) Whites--Extra
sass Mssss neasyEssnss as4s msdums le4s
Browns-Exart fancy heavyweights; 30
81: fancy heavyweights' 4s-49; mediums,
Evening star., 1949-02-25
rails Lead Recovery
On Stock Market,
Trading S|ackens
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Railway
stocks paced a rally in today's
market, the first advance in six
sessions.
Prices headed downward at the
opening, but almost Immediately
the trend was reversed.
Buying enthusiasm, lukewarm
at best, cooled off after gains of
fractions to more than a point
were scored. Here and there ad-
vances were narrowed a bit or
even wiped out.
Trading was about on a par
with recent slow sessions.
Brokerage quarters found moth
ing special in the news to account
for the upturn, but 1t was pointed
out that many key issues have
declined to prices at which the
current and prospective yield is
highly attractive. The general
price level is now at the lowest in
nearly a year.
| CurtlSS-Wrlght was one OF the
most active issues with a rise of
12 point or so, good move for a
stock priced around 9.
Also up were Santa Fe, Nickel
Plate. Illinois Central, Great
Northern preferred, Southern Pa
cif1c. Youngstown Sheet, Douglas
Aircraft, American Telephone,
Radio Corp, American Woolen.
International Paper, Standard OH
Of New Jersey and Loew's.
Balky spots included Firestone
Caterpillar Tractor, Electric Pow
er 81 Light, Phelps-Dodge, Du
Pont. United States Gypsum and
American Tobacco.
Bonds moved narrowly. United
States Governments held steady
IN over-the-oounter dealings.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
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