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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-17
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-09-17

vfsamtn O IN Tomatoes
Studies indicate that the amoucA
sS ascorbic acid "A tomatoes, thu
most important vitsmin Of this fruit.
va=ies directly with light intensity
n the growing areas.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Services Tomorrow
For Maj. {. |. Gi||ett

Funeral services for Mai. Cort-
land I. Gillett, 81, attached to the
Armed Forces Special Weapons
Project at the Pentagon, will be
held at 9 am. tomorrow at Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Maj. Gillett died Thursday of a
heart attack at his home, 1911 Key
boulevard. Colonial Village, Ar
lington.
Since 1946 he had been in
charge of photographs of atomic
phenomena.
During World War II he served
overseas from 1912 through 1945
as a press officer in charge Of CEN
soring letters and photographs for
the 5th Army in North Africa.
Italy and France.
Born in Ogilvie. Mimi. he at
tended public schools in Fremont,
Nebr. Later he worked as a clerk
with. the National Park Service
and lived for a short period in
Washington before going to
Omaha, Nebr. >..
He moved to Washington in
1899. and was graduated from the
National Law School in 1910.
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Winifred Gillett. and an g.
month-old son, John Cortland Gil
lett, both of Arlington; a sisteS.
Mrs. John J. O'Brien of Bancroft
Apartments. Arlington. and his
father. George Ivan Gillett of
Fremont, Nebr. ,-
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A native of Carnegie, Pa, Mr..
Bracken graduated from the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. Since
1889, apart from his war service,
he has been associated with the
Philadelphia law firm of Morgan,
Lewis and Bockius and has been
it's Washington representative
since 1947. He was formerly presi-
dent of the Reserve officers of the
Naval Services, which merged a
year ago with ROA.
ROA comprises officers Of the
Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines
and Coast Guard and has national
headquarters here at 2517 Connec-
tout avenue NV. The organiza-
tion's 1850 convention will be held
in Washington.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Vintage Music Concert
At CupitoI Toniqht

A program of vintage" music.
reminiscent of Gay Nineties band
concerts. will be presented by the
United States Air Force Band at
8 o'clock tonight on the steps of
the Capitol, with members of
the Association of Oldest Inhabit-
ants and the Society for the
Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing in America in the
audience.
AS an added souvenir of ."the
good old days" the Driftwood Four
will appear as guest soloists. The
quartet is composed of Ray Tor
rillo, tenor; James Ewin, lead;
Jesse Nussear, baritone, and Ed
Place, bass.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
VIC. Armstrong; Dies;
Retired Lawyer and
Writer on Politics

Wlllldul NdlIlpUcll hllllSIl UllS
retired lawyer and writer, and
former legal adviser to the late
Dwight F. Davis when he was
Governor General of the Philip
pines, died yesterday afternoon
at his home, 7215 Massachusetts
avenue NV. after an illness of
several months. He would have
been IS years old today.
He had retired from private
law practice in February, 1916.
and had been living in Washing
ton since last September. He had
practiced law in New York and
in the Government service.
Mr.. Armstrong had Travelled ex-
tensively in Europe, Africa and
Asia and was the author of
numerous articles on politics and
international affairs, published in
newspapers and magazines peri
odically for the last IS years.
Served on Mexican Border.
From 1929 to 1882 he was legal
adviser to Mr.. Davis, who also was
a former Secretary of War.
Born at Nyack- Hudon, N. Y,
he spent his early life in New
York City. In 1904 he received
bachelor of arts degree from
Princeton University and bache-
lor of laws degree from New York
University Law School in 1905.
From that year until 1929 he was
associated with Philbin, Beekman
& Menken and successor law firms
in New York City.
He served on the Mexican bor-
der with the New York National
Guard in 1916. During World
War I he served overseas as a
lieutenant with the 306th Field
Artillery.
Was With RFC in 1884.
In 1884 he went with the Re
construction Finance Corp. as
lawyer for two years. and then
went back to private law practice
in New York until 1941, when he
moved to Washington as princi-
pal attorney in the Office of the
Chief of Army Engineers. In 1914
he returned to New York with
the law firm Of Stewart & Shearer,
retiring two years later.
Mr.. Armstrong was a member
of the Princeton Club of Wash
ington, the Army and Navy Coun-
try Club and the University Club
of New York City.
Surviving him are his widow,
Mrs. Rhoda Forbes Armstrong of
the Massachusetts, avenue address;
three daughters, the Misses Rhoda
E. and Cynthia Alexandra Arm
strong of Washington. and Mrs.
Jean s. Cornwall of San Fran
cisco; a son, Peter Forbes Camp
bell Armstrong, a student at
Princeton University: sister,
Miss Elizabeth H. Armstrong Of
Washington, and two brothers, S.
Howard Armstrong and George
Alexander Armstrong of New
York. He also is survived by three
grandchildren.
Funeral services and buriel will
be held in Arlington Cemetery at
a time to be announced later,
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Normandie Apartments
Rent Increase Approved

A rental increase of approx
mately $50 per cent for SO units
at the Normandie Apartments.
6817 Georgia avenue NV, has
been approved by the District
Rent Control Administration.
An increase was requested by
the H. G. Smithy Co. which would
have amounted to 1923 per cent
of the monthly rentals on grounds
of a substantial increase in oper-
ating costs and in real estate
taxes and water rent since Janu-
ary /, 1941.
Rents under the approved in
crease would range from s4S.15 a
month for two-room and bath
units to $90.40 a month for five
room and bath units. The for
mer rents ranged from $45 to
S84.50 a month.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Democratic Harmony
On Money and Jobs:
Reached al PowwoW
By the Associoted Press

House Democrats disclosed yes
terday that quiet party powwow.
with the White House represent
ed, had brought informal agree
ment on vexing patronage prob
lens and campaign flnancingaa
Some administration critics
were pictured as gratified. Demo-
Gratis talked confidently of picking
up at least 20 more seats in next
years election as result OF the
understandings"
The agreement was diScussedat
a supposedly secret meeting a-feW
nights ago in the caucus room OF
the Old House Office Building.
Those attending were Cd men,
bers of the Democratic Congress
sional Committee, (2) representa-
tives of the Democratic National
Committee, and 90 Matt Con-.
nelly, presidential secretary and
one of President Truman's right
hand men.
Kirwan Heads Committee,
The Congressional Committee is
composed of one Democrat from
each State having Democrat in
the House. Its job is to look after
the party's interests in House elec-
tions every two years. Represent
ative KirWan of Ohio is chairman.
Democrats already have 261
House seats against l72 for the
combined opposition.
Because the meeting was sup
posed to be strictly off -the-rec-
ord. members refused to identity
themselves publicly in discussing
it.
But it was agreed, they dis
closed, that from now on the IN
dividual members of Congress m
terested will be consulted when
party patronage is dispensed and
the Congressional Committee will
have more say about who gets
financial help and how much.
Affects Minor Posts.
The patronage agreement does
not apply to major presidential
appointees but affects so-called
minor plums.
In the past there has been>ill-
feeling because some of these posts
were passed out without prior con-
sultation with the Democratic
House member in whose district
the appointee resided. ..
There have been cases in which
people appointed to jobs were pp-
litical foes of the House menber
from the District" one Democrat
said. This won't happen any
more"
Even Southerners Happy.
On finances, the Congressional
Committee in the past has raised
and dispensed finances indepen-
dently in House elections. Here
after. infonnants said, there may
be some money aid from the Ma
tional Committee and it will be
channeled through the Congress
sional Committee.
The new agreement pleases even
some of the Southern States.
ERighters who attended.
I'VE are not going to have any
trouble over patronage or finances
in the future" one Southerner
said. I'VE are going to pull to-
gether to keep the Democratic
Party in control of the house next
year. Good Democrats will be
taken care Of. And all Democrats
are good Democrats. .
Evening star., 1949-08-07

turned to the
Army Medical
Center to as
sumo duties as
a radiochemist
in the schools
isotype labora-
tory.
Col. Maxwell,
who was execu-
tive officer from
October, 1916.
to February,
1947, has been
a ppoi n ted as
chemist in a re-
c O arch team
Evening star., 1949-08-07

not adopt the methodS OF tne
very philosophy we oppose the
civil liberties group asserted.
Such methods "can only serve
as grist for the Communist propa-
ganda MILL" the ACLU added.
The civil liberties group asked
Senator McGrath to eliminate
the practices of denying to the
accused the right to cross-examine
his accusers or even to know their
identity"
Also. the appointee was asked
to abolish the present list of sub
versive organizations used in con-
nection with the loyalty program
and not to publish a new list until
the groups affected were granted
a hearing and a chance to dispute
the charges. The letter was signed
by Arthur Garfield Hays, ACLU
general counsel.
The Senate is expected to act
soon on the nomination of Senator
McGrath, who will succeed Attor-
ney General Clark.
Whether the new Attorney Gen.
eral will revise the Governments S
loyalty program is a matter OF
conjecture. FBI and other Fed
eral officials connected with the
loyalty program have opposed any
changes in basic procedures, as
serting that such moves would
weaken the Governments hand
in dealing with subversives.
II
FEUD-Congress in all proba-
bility will have to enact another
stop-gap bill to make sure that
Government employees get paid on
time during the second half OF
this month.
Congress has failed to COM
plete action on most Of the i'm
portant 1850 fiscal appropriations
bills and only recently passed a
stop-gap measures to carry agen-
cies through August Is.
It's now apparent that final
action on the money bills won't
be accomplished by that date
which means that Congress will
have to adopt another stop-gar
measure carrying the agencies
through the end Of August. .T'r,
This day-to-day procedure could
have been avoided if the Senate
had, followed the Houses lead in
approving stop gap legislation
that, would have carried agencies
to the end of the month. But
Evening star., 1949-08-07

Association OF
the U n | t e d
States. He was
chosen by ac-
clamation a t
the recent con-
v e n t | on at
Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Mr.. Bracken
now commands
the First Bat
talon of the
Organized Re-
serve of the
Navy in the
Evening star., 1949-08-07

years has con-
cerned i t S e | f
with protecting
civil liberties in
t his country,
d e C | a red the
present loyalty
program meth
ods "are totally
a lien to our
democratic way
of life"
"Our Govern
ment, in it's de-
sire to root out
to t a Ii t a rian
dangers, should
Evening star., 1949-08-07

NEW YORK.-AILING VET
ERAN'S FIANCEE-Ly Elyse
Broeckmann of Ober-Ram-
stadt, Germany, arrived at
La Guardia Field yesterday, to
Join her fiance, Charles Ellers,
27, of Fresno, Calf, a war
veteran who has been III with
pneumonia and tuberculosis.
He will fly here to meet his
bride-to-be. They became en-
gagged while Mr.. Ellers was In
the Army. He became i'll and
was returned to the United
States, but Ly Elyse missed
the 1948 quota deadline. Mr..
Ellers then offered to sell al.
eye to pay her passage. When
the couples plight became
known, Fresno citizens raised
funds to help bring them to-
gether and a radio program
paid her fare to New York.
-AP WirephOto.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Gave Awuy 90 Per Cent

CHICAGO. Andrew Carnegie
distributed nine-tenths of his for
tune In gifts, among which were
5000 church organs. 5000 libraries
and 500 universities and colleges
Evening star., 1949-08-07

the Senate, for some reason or
other, insisted on voting funds
for only the first is days of the
month, and the House had no
alternative but to agree. Other
wise the departments and agencies
would have had no funds.
Insiders say the lack of agree
ment stemmed from an i'll feeling
existing this year between men,
bers of the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees. They
say this is also the reason why
some of the various appropriations
bills have been tied up so long
in House Senate conference.
RAY-The House Civil Service
Committee meets Thursday on
Federal pay reclassification legis-
lation and an attempt will be
made at that time to increase
the $l10 average pay raise re-
classification measure proposed by
Chairman Murray.
Those seeking to liberalize the
measure will point to the fact
that the committee recently ap-
proved a postal pay measure of
$3.50. They assert that. since pos
tai employees got a bigger pay
raise than classified employees last
year, it would be unfair to give
them more money again this year.
However, these committee men,
bers are making no predictions
as to whether their move will
succeed.
TOMORROW'S EXECUTIVES
The Civil Service Commission
has announced the names of the
IA Federal employees who have
been selected for the Tenth Ad-
ministrative Intern Program that
will begin in September. These
employees, who are rated the best
prospects to become future Gov
ernment officials in important
jobs, comprise IL men and two
women.
They are: Seymour Steiglitz,
Agriculture Department; Lorenz
c. Armstrong, Commerce Depart
ment; William L. Wooten, Federal
Security Agency; Lillian M. Bana-
han, National Labor Relations
Board: Judson H. Bell. Edward
N. Bowen, Walter B. Goldflnger,
Boyd w. Kinds and Thomas R.
McEntegart, Navy Department;
Malcolm A. Burrows, Martha j.
Harris and Herbert E. Leonard,
Veterans Administration, and
Walter A. Dryja and Maenner B.
Huff, the Panama Canal.
(Be sure to listen in today at
11:15 am. oper, WMAL, The
Star station. for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast.
featuring additional news and
pieps OF the -, Government
scene.) .
Evening star., 1949-08-07
1T. Col. Roy D.; Maxwell
Back, al Medical Center J

1t. Col. Roy D. Maxwell, for
mer executive officer of the Re-
search and Graduate School al
Walter Reed Hospital, has re-
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Territory Now 4 States

SALEM, Oreg.-When the Ter
ritory of Oregon was established
in 1848 it included the present
States of Oregon. Washington.
Idaho and sections of Montana.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
u. ). Reserve Officers Elect
D. {. Lawyer as President

John P. Bracken, 37-year-old
Washington lawyer and Naval
commander is the new national
president of the Reserve Officers
Evening star., 1949-08-07
1000 Riders q Second

NEW YORK Every second OF
the day and night 1000 persons
board a steetcar, trolley coach or
bus either in the United States or
in the Dominion of Canada.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Civil Liberties Union Requests
Revision of Loyalty Program
By Joseph Young

Civil Liberties Union has written to Senator Nc
Rhode Island newly nominated Attorney
declaring that the Governments loyalty des
peraey in need" of revision and reform.
employees been severely shaken
Evening star., 1949-08-07
Hioh Bride Prices Fought

In the Tort district OF the
Sudan, a local court is trying to-
peg the price of brides at $50, and
publicly condemning "avaricious
fathers" for sending up the price.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

studying radioactive isotypes. &C
cording to an announcement by
Mai. Gen. Paul H. Streit, COM
manding officer of the center.
For the last two years, he has
been studying radiochemistry at
the Crocker Radiation Laboratory
of the University of California.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

rent loyalty Investigations" Sem
ator McGrath was informed.
The ACLU, which for many
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Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny with highest near 88. Clear
tonight. Fair. and continued warm
tomorrow nr"4 &
Maryland-Mostly sunny today
and tomorrow. Highest today 81
to 88.
Virginia Partly cloudy and
continued warm today and to-
morrow, with chance Of scattered
showers in southwest. Highest to-
day IS to 90.
~ River Report. ar S'sf 2
From q. 8 EnEineers.)
Evening star., 1949-08-07

HigA and Low FOR YesterGay.
High, 81, at 400 pm.
Low, 50, at 6:36 am.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. a6, on July 20.
Lowest 81, on January 80.
Tie Tables,
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The sun and Moon

treeipfta lien.
Month. precip1tst ton IN inches In {
Capital (current month to date):
Evening star., 1949-08-07

BE sure to listen in today at
11:15 am. oper WMAL, The
Star station. for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast,
featuring additional ne1Ds and
piews OF the Government
scene.)
Evening star., 1949-03-10

greatly facilitated.
No final decision has been taken
yet, but it is probable, according
to sources close to the White
House, that Mr.. Truman will de-
eide to replace Jefferson Caffery,
American Ambassador to France,
with an official of the American
Federation of Labor.
All American chiefs Of mission
throughout the world rendered
their designations. according to
custom, when Mr.. Truman was in
augurated January 20. Because
of the pressure of other work he
has taken no steps to replace any
of those who represent the United
States abroad.
Nav Name Paris Envoy.
1t is known, however, that IN
addition to the post in Moscow.
which 1t. Gen. Walter Bedel
Smith has vacated, the appoint
ment of new ambassadors in Paris
and London will receive Mr.. Iru-
mans early attention, as will the
selection of an envoy for Madrid.
The action on Spain is likely to
come in April, after the United
Nations has rescinded its 1946 res
olution which directed U. N. mem
bers to withdraw chiefs of mission
from the Spanish capital as an
expression of dissatisfaction with
the Franco regime.
Some wears ago. before World
Evening star., 1949-03-10

ing the Fair Lowell "ehe"'
Deal Is doomed to be remembered
only as nice political phrase. if
not forgotten entirely.
These are men who resented
the New Deal and all its works,
They are the more conservative
members of both the Republican
and the Democratic Party. They
believe that President Roosevelt
made the New Deal; they refuse
to believe that the New Deal
helped make MIR. Roosevelt. And
they've convinced themselves that
in the case of President Truman
and the Fair Deal. neither will
ever make the other. The coun-
try's return to conservatism, in
their opinion, was merely inter-
rupted for brief time by the No
vember election. So they think.
Hard to Repair Damage.
They may be right. The situa-
ton doesn't look good just now.
from the standpoint of the FAIR
Dealers. If the filibuster is Sue
cessful, the political damage will
be difficult to repair.
The conservative trend had be-
gun long before President Roose-
velt's death. Whether he could
have stopped it or even checked
it had he not been compelled to
give his full attention, first to the
for war and then to
the war itself, there is no way of
knowing, but it seems doubtful.
Evening star., 1949-03-10
Tough and Visionary
Johnson's Fight for Preparedness
Is Found Startling in Retrospect

plan. He urged upon President
Roosevelt an expanded air force
and passed him word that Goering
had more men working in a single
airplane factory in Germany than
America had in it's whole airplane
industry. Mr.. Roosevelt was i'm
pressed; he said the National
Youth Administration would train
10000 airplane mechanics and
pilots. Mr.. Johnson said he ought
to make it 100000. Mr.. johnson
went on the Hill and admonished
Congress to buy and store strate-
gic materials like tin.
Meanwhile, he had routed Army
officers from their comfortable
chairs and dispatched them to
10000 factories for a look-see. He
then designated 10000 OF these
factories for future war purposes
and had them taught how to
adapt their facilities to make
shells, powder and rifles.
Sought Mass Plane Output.
He revived the Armys list OF
wants and came up with the
famous 55-55 items that peace
time industry did not make and
would not have the tools or expe-
rience to make in wartime. He
demanded educational orders for
these materials.
He began to press for a mass
production airplane industry and
mass production OF munitions
generally. Crediting him with
sincerity, a liberal weekly moaned:
He is honest. he only wants to
build as many planes as Col. Gen.
Goering. He is envisaging war
equal to World War /; he does
not even exclude the sending OF
a great citizen Army to fight in
Europe or Asia"
BY this time Secretary OF War
Woodring was writhing. the isola-
tionfsts were furious. President
Roosevelt, knowing the score, had
determined to get rid of Secretary
Woodring and Mr.. johnson was
to inherit. But trapped by time :
1910, a presidential year-Mr.
Roosevelt sacrificed him. On the
eve of the Republican convention
he shrewdly appointed Republi-
cans Stimson and Knox to War
and Navy.
Mr.. johnson resigned. But he
left his monument. The Congress
he had educated fixed by statute
the procurement powers OF the
Assistant Secretary Of War. 1t
was under this legislation that
Robert Patterson so successfully
operated throughout the war.
Evening star., 1949-03-10

whom oot tn Henry McLemore.
each of them was rush out and
purchase a wardrobe Identical to
that of the local citizens. AS q
result, I have enough useless cos
tunes stored away to make me
look ridiculous every day in the
year for quite a spell, were I
ridiculous enough to put them on.
One of my dandiest outfits is a
Tyrolean mountain climbing suit.
complete with everything but
yodel. 1t now rests among the
moth balls with the gondolier'sI
garb which I bought IN Venice. l
don't believe there is psychla-
trlst in the country, even If 1
stretched out on his office couch
for full year, who could explain
my buying this rig.
Bought Inca Costume.
South America opened new and
fertile fields for this strain OF
madness of mine. I spent money
which my creditors could i'll afford
draping myself as an Argentine
Gaucho or a Peruvian Inca.
Before we left on our trip
around the world last year was
asked to give my solemn promise
that would not spend all our pin
money decking myself out in the
costumes of the Far East. I
promised. but it was as the prom
ise of a child that he will not slide
down the bannisters or eat too
much ice cream.
My promise slid down the BAN
mister when I hit India. I bought
a pair of those tight-fltting white
pants like Pandit Nehru wears. a
Gandhi cap to go with 1t, and a
Sikh turban, which I have never
learned to wind.
Good Buys in Japan.
I left China with a wardrobe
that Fu Manchu would have en-
We'd. All sorts of unbecoming
robes and jackets. slippers that
weren't comfortable, and crazy
shaped little black hats that a
circus pinhead would not wear IN
the privacy Of his boudoir.
There was no end Of good buys
in Japan. I specialized in kimonos
that didn't f1t and zoris. the latter
being without a doubt the most
uncomfortable form Of footwear
ever devised. unless you were born
and brought up a Japanese.
: My only hope Of ever getting
any good out Of my collection OF
outfits Is to abandon working and
spend my life going to costume
parties. Please invite me to the
next one you have.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc.)