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Washington, D. C. —Both political
parties have issued statements that
politics must be disregarded in the
1942 congressional election, but there
is little doubt here that as the time
approaches there will be more and
more of the usual name-calling and
mud-slinging concerning subjects not
directly related to the war.
It is not expected that the Re
publicans will criticize the Presi
dent’s war program directly—but
they will make plenty of capital of
such material as the recent ap
pointment of a dancer pal of Mrs.
Roosevelt’s, Miss Mayris Chancey,
and a movie actor, Melvyn Doug
las, to positions in the Office of
Civilian Defense.
This was evident following the in
troduction by Republican Rep. Le
land Ford of California, of an
amendment restricting the appro
priation of funds to OCD for physi
cal training land entertainment
work. Before the vote the wires
here were kept busy by Republican
leaders to get party members in
Washington to vote against the
amendment and’ by Democratic
leaders to get their men here to
vote for it. The Democrats believe
that the whole issue (was brought up
to embarrass the administration.
The “party” significance of the
amendment was emphasized by
Representative Ford himself when
he showed his unconcealed pleasure
over the opportunity to embarrass
the administration by saying:
“Win, draw or lose, it will put a
hell of a lot of them on the spot.”
Although there was some ques
tion in the minds of members of
both parties whether there was any
necessity for expenditures for a di
version of this kind, it was evident
that the attention given to the sub
ject was all out of proportion to its
importance. It was primarily in
volved with a salary of $4,600 for
Miss Chancy to be in charge of a
physical fitness program. Mr. Doug
las said that he had offered his
services “without compensation.”
Mr. Douglas defended the job as
signed to him—that of forming a
clearing house for utilizing the tal
ents of actors, writers, radio stars,
etc. —by saying:
“They want to know, ‘what can
we do? How can we serve?’ The'
people of the entertainment world t
can contribute their talents and
ability to the Civilian Defense pro
gram. They can dramatize defense;
they can dramatize the war efforts;
they can bring home to all commu
nities all over the land the meaning
of America at war.
“The personal attack upon me
has broadened into a generalized
attack on a fundamental issue:
whether or not thousands of loyal
Americans who work in the crea
tive or entertainment world shall,
because of their profession, be de
nied the privilege of helping to win
this war.”
While the issue was being debat
ed, Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director of selectiwe service,
stressed his belief that the enter
tainment world could play an im
portant role in our war program
by ruling that men essential to the
movie industry should be deferred
from the draft. He said: “The
continuance of motion picture pro
duction is in certain respects es-|
sential to the national health, safe
ty and interest, and in other phases
essential to war production.”
Although Washington last week
was buzzing with talk on the Mel
vyn Douglas-Mayris Chancy sub
ject, which also included a general
xe-hashing of all other faults which
have been found with the activities
of the First Lady, the less politi
cally minded members of congress
were more concerned with the prob
lems of price control, Washington
housing and a proposed Women’s
Aijny Auxiliary corps.
Although the price control meas
ure is now law, the farm bloc in
congress is seeking changes in it
to permit further increase in farm
prices. The senate is considering
a measure to prevent federal agen
cies from curbing prices before
they have reached partity as well as
a proposal to prevent the govern
ment from selling surpluses as a
means of keeping prices down.
The plan for a Women’s Auxiliaryl
for the army has long been under i
discussion in the war department
and is being sponsored in the
house by Representative Edith
Rogers of Massachusetts.
Following the President’s plea
for the “parasites” to get out of
Washington to make room for those
who must be there for government
work, additional housing has been
proposed and a measure is expected
to go through authorizing the
expenditure of $550,000,000 for addi
tional housing. A fire in the big
Statler hotel, which is under con
struction, is going to further com
plicate the problem since the gov
ernment was planning to make use
of this mammoth building for office
space. The fire is expected to de
lay completion many months.
Since Donald Nelson has been in
chirge of the war production board,
there has been a general feeling
here that our war production pro
gram now is making rapid head
way. Red tape is being eliminated,
incompetent executives are being
replaced and all forms of war work
are being put in charge of the
men best equipped to do the job.
Many business men, known to be
authorities on different phases of
the war program, have agreed to
give up lucrative jobs, at Mr. Nel
son’s request, in order to go to
Washington to contribute their abil
ity to the all-out war effort.
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PURE LARD—6-lb. bucket 95c
DRY LADY FINGER PEAS ____ 2 lbs. 25c
MATCHES—6-5c boxes 23c
GRITS (Aunt Jemima) 3 for 25c
CRACKERS (Sodas)—2-lb. pkg. ____ 20c
VANILLA WAFERS—B-oz. pkg. ____ 10c
POTATOES—No. 1 4 lbs. 19c
... MEATS ...
Bacon (sliced sugar-cured)—Lb. 23c
Steak (best cuts) —Lb. 35c
Country Sausage (pure pork)—Lb. __ 30c
Weiners or Smoked Sausage 2 lbs. 45c
Steak (rib or chuck) —Lb. 25c
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