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Evening star., 1950-12-03
VFW Officers in New Quarters

The headquarters of the Veter-
ans Of Foreign Wars Of the Dis
Hict Of Columbia Department
have been moved to 1735 I street
NV. The telephone is ME. 4489
and ME. 3848. Department con-
tact officer, Charles Amber, will
be on duty daily except Sunday.
Other department officers will be
available after 7 pm.
Officers of the National Honor
Guard will be installed this month.
They are now arranging a dance
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and r streets NE. with Depart

and r streets NE. with Depart
ment President Margaret Wardle
presiding. A Christmas party will
follow at 10 pm. Each member
is asked to bring a small gift for
exchange, wrapped for Christmas,
also canned goods for baskets.
Dept. Comdr. George F. Nc
Williams and other members are
invited to attend.
Members of Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and auxiliary are requested
to help fill baskets and assist in
delivery. Contact Past Depart
ment President Edith Hiser, Sligo
5479 for information.
Mrs. Martha Reynolds, Ways
and Means Committee chairman
of Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary,
will sponsor a lingerie party We'd
Evening star., 1950-12-03
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Evening star., 1950-12-03

Meetings this week:
Sunday - Gen. Vincente Linn
Post, 1919 K street NV.
Monday-Council of Administra-
ton, District Building.
Tuesday-T. N. T. No. 1, moo,
423 Sixth street NV.
Wednesday-United States Ma
val Gun Factory Post, 730 Eleventh
street Sc. H. L. Edmonds Post,
1919 K street NV.
Friday-Washington Post, 1919
K street NV.
Auxiliaries.
A meeting of the Ladies' Aux
iliary will be held Monday at
Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth
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and Washington Auxiliary

and Washington Auxiliary %
Friday at 1919 K street NV.
The department president will
entertain at a reception in honor
of Mrs. John w. Larsen, outgoing
president of Council Of Veterans
Auxiliaries, December 10, from S
to 7 pm. at 1886 Massachusetts
avenue NV.
The Council of Veterans Aux
iliaries. will have installation Of
officers today, 1909 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Beulah Waller will
be installed as treasurer.
Evening star., 1950-12-03
No Fresh Air There

The only known constituents of
the atmosphere on the planet
Jupiter are menthane and am
monia.
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nesday. at 8 pm, at the home Of
President Ruth Friday, % Quincy
street NE. All are welcome
The Christmas party of All
American Auxiliary win follow
the meeting December is. Each
member is asked to bring a git
for exchange.
The auxiliary and post will
hold a joint birthday party at
419 Seventh street NV. OF
December IA.
Front Line Auxiliary will meet
D e c e m ber IL. Bring gift
wrapped for Christmas, also
canned or staple goods.
The department president will
make her official visit to Naval
Gun Auxiliary at 73O Eleventh
street Sc, Wednesday at pm.
Evening star., 1950-12-03

The December 26 meeting has
been Cancelled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Urban League Plans
Opportunity Drive

The Washington Urban League
will conduct an all-day vocational
opportunity campaign tomorrow
in the auditorium Of the Federal
Security Agency. Third street and
Independence avenue S.W.. in CO.
operation with public schools here.
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, assist
ant to Oscar R. Ewing, Federal
Security Administrator, will give
the keynote address at 10 am.
More than 900 colored youths
are expected to take part in the
eighteenth annual campaign. Bus
inessmen and Government officials
will discuss employment trends and
occupational outlook.
At II am. a Government panel
will discuss "Job Opportunities in
the Federal Government" On the
panel will be Catherine East, ex-
aiming division, Civil Service
Commission: Victory DAILY, District
personnel officer, United States
Employment Service: Thomasina
w. Norford, minorities consultant,
Labor Department. and others.
"Occupational Trends in Bush
ness and Industry" will be dis
cussed at 1880 pm. with number
OF educational leaders among the
speakers. The final session will
cover employment opportunities
generally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
ADVERTISEMENT.
NOTICE
TO The DEAF

Do you know that costs for
the deaf can be lowered? You
can join an association to &C
complish this.
If you have an old instru-
ment lying around, and it is
worth anything, take it to the
Clinic. They will check it and
If it is repairable, it will be
delivered to the needy of the
church of your choice; or you
can get a new hearing instru-
ment for seventy-five dollars
and your old hearing instru-
ment.
Another needed service has
been inaugurated; you can try
the instrument in your home
before you decide, and no high
pressure. You can get more
information about this Won
derful instrument by phoning
National 9729, or making a
friendly call at the Washing
ton Hearing Clinic, 319 Colo
RADIO Building, corner of 18th
and G Streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

who answered the QUESTIONABLE
only II voted against it.
The Rogers proposal has hard
road to- travel. The first hurdle
it must clear in the House is the
Rules Committee, where it awaits
hearing. After that it confronts
the historical fact that changes
in the rules of either House or
Senate are few and far between
and seldom made unless the lead
ers take the initiative.
The mere introduction of the
Rogers resolution is further EVIL
dence. however, of a growing con-
| seriousness on Capitol Hill that
deficit spending cannot continue
indefinitely. with the national debt
already at 1885 billion.
The fact that the House Appro-
priations Committee is planning
an experiment this year with one
omnibus money bill for all Gov
eminent departments Is further
evidence of this search for a bet
ter approach to budget making.
Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee believes
the omnibus bill will make for
economy. 1t is sure to do one
thing that has not been possible
heretofore. 1t will force members
of Congress to look at the whole
picture of Government spending
as one panorama. They will see,
for example, how much confronts
them for national defense before
they decide how much should be
allotted to agriculture, reclama-
ton or other domestic purposes.
1t will be interesting to observe,
when the omnibus bill reaches the
House floor next month, what
voting procedure will be followed.
Presumably, the bill will be made
up of separate sections for each
department, or according to gen.
eral categories of government.
Under House procedure, bills
first are read for amendment in
Committee of the Whole, where
roll-call votes are not possible.
At that stage there are three ways
of voting on amendments: /, a
voice vote: 2. a standing vote. and
8, vote by tellers. None of these
methods places the membership
on record by name. On a teller
vote the members mass in the back
of the chamber and march down
the center aisle to be counted.
After the entire membership has
perfected a bill. sitting as a Com
mittee of the Whole, it is reported
to the House. This means the
same members, seated in the same
chamber, consider it again. AT
this stage roll-call votes are pos
sible. but only on amendments
which were adopted in Committee
of the Whole, either to strike out
or add to the bill. Motions which
fail in Committee of the Whole
are closed issues.
To force a roll-call vote In
either the House or Senate, only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Mai. GIeiser Named
Veterinary Unit Chief

Maj. Chester A. Gleiser. Takoma
Park, has been named chief of the
Veterinary Chemistry and Animal
Unit, Army Medical Department
Research and Graduate School.
Maj. Gleiser previously had been
chief of the First Army Medical
Laboratory's veterinary section in
New York. He replaced Maj. Will
liam H. Dieterich, who has trans
ferred to the First Army Area
Medical Laboratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
By J. A. O'Leory

Representative Rogers, Demo.
crat, of Florida has come forward
with a new proposal to make Con.
gress more conscious of how il
spends the taxpayers money.
He wants to make roll call vote.
mandatory on all appropriation
bills. His resolution would apply
only to the House, since each
branch makes its own rules. But
if adopted in that body it should
in all fairness and logic, be made
part of the Senate rules also
To point up the need for his
new rule, the Florida Representa-.
tive has prepared statistics which
show the 1949 session of Congress
passed II money bills. carrying q
total of $29 billion, without a rec
ord vote in either house.
Out of four other bills authoriz-
ing another $6.4 billion, the House
took record votes on three and the
Senate on only one, Mr.. Rogers
pointed out.
This means that the voters have
only meager information as to
who voted for what in the spend
ing program for this fiscal year.
Would Show Spenders.
Conceding the Importance of re-
curing all members to answer
yes" or mo" on the passage of
appropriation bills, however, it
would be a more effective economy
measure to require record votes
on all preliminary motions to re-
duce or increase the items that
make up money ,bill. The roll
calls on these amendments would
show who is for and against econ
omy in Government.
Mr.. Rogers has tried to cover
this point. in part. by providing in
his resolution for mandatory roll
calls also on amendments the
Senate adds to appropriation bills
and on the compromises finally
reached by conferees.
Once a regular annual appro-
priation bill has gone through the
amendment stage, it's passage is a
foregone conclusion. If a majority
of either body is still dissatisfied
with it after all sections have been
acted on, they have way out by
moving to recommit the bill to
the Appropriations Committee for
revision. But that step is rarely
taken.
Would Watch Early Moves.
Assuming the Rogers rule was
in effect, many members undoubt-
eddy would hesitate to vote against
the final passage of a depart
supply bill in its entirety,
even though they believed some
of it's items were too large.
A strong argument in support
of the Rogers rule, however. is
the fact that If members knew
in advance that a roll call vote
on final passage was mandatory,
they would be more concerned
about the preliminary motions
that determine the ultimate total.
Mr.. Rogers is reasonably sure
the voters in his own district ia
vor requiring members of Con-
gress to answer to their names
on all appropriation bills. An
nually for three years, Mr.. Rogers
has tried Systematically to find
out what the folks at home are
thinking about major issues. He
prepares a list of 10 questions and
asks the newspapers in his dis
trict to publish them in ballot
form. S.
This year he included on his
QUESTIONABLE his appropriation
roll call resolution. Out of 1.400
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
Roll Calls on All Spending Bills Proposed

one-f1fth of those present at the
time must hold up their hands or
stand. This ratio of one-fifth,
incidentally, was written into the
Constitution by the founding IA
theirs.
They provided in Section of
Article l that each house must
keep journal of it's proceedings
and the yeas and nays of the
members of either house on any
question shall, at the desire of
one-fifth of those present, be en-
tered on the journal"
Evening star., 1950-09-07
On the Other Hand
Four Disguised Democrats Make
A New Bid for Excess Profits Tax

re-enact the excess profits levy as
part of the general tax bill is in
defensible on any grounds-moral,
economic or political. Most House
members want to wind up the ses-
sion as soon as possible and take
up the serious business of re-elect-
ing themselves. Election day Is
only two months distant.
Best They Can Hope For.
House conferees, on the likely
assumption that the general tax
bill will have to go to conference,
will have nothing to take hold of
If they should desire to add pro-
vision for excess profits taxes.
There was none in the original
House bill, which in fact was de-
signed primarily to eliminate Ger
tain excise taxes. And. Of course,
there is none in the Senate bill.
The conferees cannot offer new
That would seem to be the sit
uation, at least. with no possible
parliamentary procedures" capable
Of getting around it. A determined
Democratic leadership, assured of
solid support. might devise sue
cessful parliamentary maneuver,
but the announced willingness of
President Truman to have the is
sue deferred until January rules
out any such attempt on the part
Of the leadership.
The best the four Representa-
tives can hope fora faint hope
in itself-ls quick action by the
Ways and Means Committee on
their bill as new legislation and
equally quick action by the House
There would still remain then the
Senate, which has exposed the ma
ture of its tax philosophy and could
not be expected to reverse itself.
What else the House may do to
the Senate bill is uncertain. II
may seek to revise it more In keep
ing with the principle Of ability to
pay. Candidates this fall will have
difficulty in justifying the fact that
under the Senate bill individuals
of low income will suffer a greater
percentage of increase than those
Of high income. Also that instead
of closing ali tax-evasion loop
holes, the Senate managed to
widen a good many.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. G. Al
THURSDAY,

or more men and women seated
inside and outside the cafe. and
good SO per cent of them could
have taken right off for a mas
querade party without even part
ing their hair.
The two men at the table which
crowded our own little knock
kneed table may have been two of
the worlds most original think
ers, whose opinions on art, the
theater, literature, sculpture and
politics cause repercussions all the
way to the Himalayas and back,
but surely they didn't look it.
One of them had on an outfit
that required imagination of the
very highest order. His trousers
were rolled up above his knees,
exposing sockless legs and a pair
of cowboy boots. To complete
this harmonious ensemble. he
wore a voluminous, plaid lumber
jacket. fastened across his chest
with an enormous safety pin.
This outfit didn't stand out par
ticularly.
This is only one example
of many. And don't get the idea
that the patrons of Les Deux
Magots are poor, hungry souls.
Because they aren't. Most of them
were having wine. beer. or coffee,
and doing all right by them
selves.
All Have One Economy.
They all have one economy,
however. That is saving by not
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prominence when he was fired
as Chief of Naval Operations for
joining the revolt of the ad-
mirals: he has campaigned on
the national defense issue.
Opposing him are various Re-
publicans who over the years
have held State wide Office, shaken
hands, kissed babies and obeyed
the other normal rules of the
game. The admiral has even had
to contend with the charge that
he is not properly a resident Of
the State.
Outcome in Doubt.
Advices to politicians here are
that the outcome is in doubt. II
the admiral wins it will be con-
sidered extremely significant and
very ominous for the Democrats.
The fact is that the Democrats
have begun to ask themselves
whether Mr.. johnson is really
necessary. with more and more
outspokenness. 1t was at first
widely assumed that for the
President to fire anybody would
be sign of weakness. That atti-
tude has altered subtly of late.
Dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which the Defense Secre-
tary Is handling himself under
fire Is expressed in circles close
to the President where people
generally sneeze II Mr.. Truman
has cold. 1t Is noticeable that
Evening star., 1950-09-07
This Changing World
Optimists Seen Ludicrous in Talks
Of S. Military Situation in Korea

able to do so. The Reds have
sent us reeling back several times,
but they did not exploit their
lightning victories. Moreover. they
did not have even semblance
of air power to oppose our planes,
which have been so helpful to the
ground forces.
Offensive Is Different.
The offensive which started
September / appears to be diff
ferent from those launched in the
past. The Reds strike at several
points at the same time and
make the shifting of Allied forces
more difficult.
Some optimists have compared
the present all-out Korean Of
fensive with the desperate Ger
man action in the Battle of the
Bulge in December, 1914. Nothing
could be more foolish. The Ger
mans at that time were exhausted
and had to scrape the bottom of
the barrel to get enough good
divisions to make that final su-
preme effort. They were fighting
on two fronts. Moreover we had
enough forces in France to close
the gap, even if the strategic op-
erations of the German high COM
mand had been more successful.
The Koreans do not worry about
their rear. The man who pulls the
strings somewhere in the North
is Col. Gen. w. Shtykov. an able
Russian commander who knows
that the Korean divisions he is
sending to attack and suffer
casualties-sometimes in what
to massacres-can be
replaced by other divisions from
Manchuria.
The Korean campaign is not
contest between American and
South Korean forces on one side
and North Koreans on the other
It is fight between the United
States and the eastern prong of
Soviet power. With this in mind
we must realize that Moscow will
not let down its guard, particularly
when it does not need to use
Russian forces themselves.
While the so-called North Ko-
rean Peoples Army is a vast reser-
Voir of reserves-all expendable
for the greater glory Of Stain
we must fight with whatever the
United States can provide from
its partially mobilized forces.
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OF throwing us Constantine Brown.
into the sea. We have enough
power there now to expect to hold
the important port of Pusan. But
what worries most military men
here is what our situation will
be in the next two or three
weeks if the Reds receive mass
of reinforcement troops from the
north and continue their present
studied but reckless attacks.
Continuous Battle.
The 9th Army has been fight
ing a continuous battle, far more
strenuous than any we fought in
World War II, with a relatively
small number of men. We have
had severe casualties, but have
been able to fill the gaps with re-
placements from the United
States.
The number of trained troops
available i'm the United States at
this time has dwindled consider
ably and we cannot expect ade-
quate reinforcements until some
time in November, when some of
the National Guard divisions and
reservists already called up have
received necessary combat train
ing.
Thus, while 1t. Gen. Walton w.
Walker still has enough men to
shift his forces from one front
to another, nobody can predict
what might happen If the North
Koreans receive sufficient addi-
tional troops to exploit their
breakthroughs quickly.
In the past they have not been
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visiting barber shops. Nine tenths
of these young intellectuals were
Americans, and nine tenths Of
them hadn't shaved since they
waved farewell to American shores
days, months, or years before.
1t was easy to spot the new ar
rivals. Their boards were only
an inch or so long, and few Of
them ashamedly wore shoes with
bit of shine still on the tips.
AS most of the patrons were
speaking English. was fortu-
nate in being able to do a little
eavesdropping and thus learn
what the young American intel
lectual in Paris talks about. And
they all seemed interested in when
they'd be able to get the latest
edition of those two smart Pari-
sian magazines, Time and News
week. And not few of them
spoke with nostalgia of a cold
bottle of those world-famous
French vintages, Schlitz and Bud
weiSer.
After Les Deux Magots. we
visited other intellectual centers,
including Rotonde and the Dome.
and found that they all are very
much alike, meaning that one
must keep a tight hold on ones
senses when visiting them, lest
one become convinced that the
world has gone zany.
Come to think of 1t, maybe it
has.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc.)
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j
saying they intend to use "all
possible parliamentary procedures
to insure that the House has
an opportunity to register its
will on enactment of an excess
profits tax before adjournment
of the 81st Congress" And they
have introduced identical bills to
provide for such a tax. 1t would
be pretty much the same as that
in effect during World War II.
The effective date would be June
80, 1850.
Spontaneous Action.
The action of the four men
appears to have been purely
spontaneous, growing out of an
informal discussion of what they
regard as both bad government
and bad politics. While all are
members of the powerful tax
writing Ways and Means Com
mittee. no effort was made to line
up other members of the COM
mittee in behalf of the bill be-
fore its introduction. Having
tossed 1t into the hopper. three
Of them lit out for home to dc
little recess campaigning. Repre-
sentative King doesn't find this
necessary. having won both the
Democratic and Republican nomi-
nations in his California district
But the others are making 1t a per-
sonal issue and have some hope OF
making it a party issue. That is
particularly true of Representative
Carroll, now seeking the Senate
seat of Eugene Millikin, one OF
the most vigorous opponents of an
excess profits tax.
At this stage of the proceedings
the cards appear to be stacked
against the four Representatives,
as well as the considerable number
of other House members who be-
lieve the failure of the Senate to
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But, under Henry McLemore.
the prodding of my wife, who con-
siders me the very smartest man
she is married to, I made my way
across the Seine and along the
Boulevard st. Germain until the
lettering of the canopy of a side
walk cafe informed me that I
was at Les Deux Magots.
Know / Look Odd.
I know I look odd but try not
to look any odder than I can help.
Cafe Les Deux Magots habitues.
however, give the appearance Of
making a career of looking crazy.
There must have been a hundred
Evening star., 1950-09-07

stormy Sec
retary of De-
fense johnson.
G h o o s.
ing from a field
of six, Massa-
chusetts Re-
publicans on
that day will
show what they
think of Ad-
niral Lou | S
Denfeld'S bi d
for Governor.
Admiral Den
field S pr a n G
into national
Evening star., 1950-09-07

heart of Paris
Left Bank, and
that to get ver~
mouth one must
all but sit. in
the lap of JEAN
Paul Satire, the
high priest.
To sit among
or even be
near h os e
thinking pro-
found thoughts
causes me to
break out In
spots.
Evening star., 1950-09-07

may upset Cne
action of the
Senate in the
matter of an
excess profits
tax. The four.
r e pr e S e n t.
a tives Eber-
h a r t e r of
P e n n S y J.
vania, King of
California. Car
roll Of Colo
r a d o and
Young of Ohio.
have issued a
inirE ckn%nnnnnf
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38th Parallel OF
S top t h e r e
S e e m S almost
ludicrous.
We still have
e n o u g 4
strength left in
the peninsula
to ward off the
major b w S
W h h the
G r e a t ! y
S tre n gthened
K ore an Red
army is deliver
ing in the hope
Evening star., 1950-09-07
Wur Takes Rubber

LOS ANGELES.-A 35.000-ton
battleship requires 10000 pounds
of rubber. enough to equip 1000
passenger automobiles complete
with spare tires.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
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