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pj# #r r. T-> ^ ^ ^ "'• ' - ;*« p, i»? W*f- - s f ^ r» * *# %#* ; j* .r Kj T-; > ,a«.r- "^RH'- *' ' y.\" life '^>.-' uw *>•« - Washington Letter B -•;_ Washington, March 22?-- It so happens that a majority of important Congressional committees functioning this week in a routine manner offer a direct contrast between the democratic find totalitarian forms of government tVhile the world is aflame with issues #f armed conquest and trampling the tights of minorities, the unusual numof public hearings on proposed legislation demonstrate the fundamental right of petition and remon. - * trance offered by our particular form V; Of government. While events abroad have again projected our foreign pol- V" icy to the forefront, the matter has ' «ot seriously interfered with the orbinary conduct of the legislative busi- ' * aess. The small group of lawmakers "Who pride themselves on their knowledge of foreign policy have neither . fhe desire fior the influence to sidetrack their colleagues in their chores . '«f getting advice from the people out-. :; iiide on pending legislation. . It is true, of course, that only a j --Small percentage of the bills introduced in the Senate and House ever »ach the hearing stage. Politics plays a vital part in relegating other v measures to the limbo provided by ttiese committees operating as an arm of the main legislative body. It is a pretty good sign that the advocates of certain proposals have mustered considerable sentiment in a committee or among the Senate and ITouse leadership for a bill to be placed in a committee or among the Senate and • "House leadership for a bill to be placed in a portion wherein the committee seeks information from the public --to be presented orally or in writing1. There is never any assurance that this procedure indicates favorable committee reports for sometimes opponents overcome advocates by the character of testimony -'adduced at these public sessions or by other less open means. As an illustration, the House Committee on Ways and Means has granted extended hearings to the Townsend plan groups at a time when < word was passed out that the bill #>uld not emerge to the floor of the House. ; While committees have performed wiring the morning hours, the Senate (•id House meeting in legislative assembly have concentrated their attention this week on a debate covering appropriation bills and the controversial departmental reorganization Measures. Congress has been subjected to high pressure methods not by business lobbies but from bureau officials -- government employees -- and ti>e'r armies of office-holders. The contemplated remodeling of the govf »..ment structure would presumably ejjrtail or abolish many activities which alarms those on the agency pay* rolls. As a matter of fact the most ardent proponents of reorganization have privately conceded that the transfer of functions as authorized under the proposed law will not actually result in any large measure of economy. The economy would be realized in the abolishment of duplicating services. Many Presidents have stated that it is far easier to - create a_ bureaucracy than to extinguish it Tae 1940 elections have figured prominently in the discussions as to the powers granted the present Chief Exewtive and his successor. ^President Roosevelt's renewal of his liquest for another 150 million doflare has provoked another" political storm on Capitol Hill. Solons, pledged fight for economy in government, *re on their high horses about this spending. The trend in thinking is to "take their own time in uncovering ^re facts about the relief question. The smoldering resentment against methods used by regular Federal departments in circumventing refusal of Congress to augment their appropriations through a tin-cup appeal at the back door of the Works Progress Administration has burst into flame. W- P. A. officials realize they are oncc Ifiore on the defensive. They are protesting that chances are against curtailment of unemployment this year through absorption by private indus- : try resuming operations on a large ^iieale. A national income of 68 bil- . lions in 1939 is the most optimistic igure estimated by Federal fiscal ex jerts. Survivors of the Roosevelt • *purge" against rebellious Senators are on the warpath. Senator Tydings in particular, recently told W. P. A, Administrator Harrington that "too many are treated like a very unloved stepchild." r Many conservative Democrats on the Hill are warning that their Republican colleagues gained heavily at the last • election in farm areas for many reasons not the least of which was the competition of relief pay with regular farm wages. Renewed demand is heard for tightening the certification and eligibility requirements for the W.P. A. weighty arguments are presented for elimination of bene- >; fwiaries of other forms of Federal re- [. lief like Social Security, from W. P. \ A. rolls. Others call for drastic reg- ; r, ulations to remove the type which ref; gards the W. P. A. roll in the light of a career. Col Harrington has stated t that at least ten per cent of the W. P. A. enrolees are in this category. The political activities of this agency are under examination as a result of the President's new request for funds. ^ And so it .goes from day to day. ;•&»••• Poets Referred to as Swans * Porta sometimes are referred to as swans. The word swan is applied in allusion to the mythologi* ' cal stocy of Apollo's being changed . f into a swan. Ban Jonson referred to Bhsfcaapssro as the Swan of Avon; Virgil was known as the Hantaan. v/;!Vr" flhvSBjp, * Thnrsd*j,16u^2S>19» A Matter or *> rt ;; Menu* By 8MITR JONES I. J. Walsh--WNTJ Servl*#^ PICTURE TRIMMING V/IRS. CHARLES BURTON was becoming very unhappy. She was growing suspicious that1 her husband no longer loved her. It wasn't the perennial doubt of the too recently married. It was a solid, conviction based on the fact that he seemed distrait at table. And* Charles Burton had a good, hefty appetite. Carolir"» Bv-ton «vns a good cook, Indeed the stalwart Charles had made certain of this fact before he asked her to share his $50 a week. He was an abstemious man. . But he loved his food. Caroline could roast and bake and make most creditable pies. Heir lemon pie had always (until this recent strange silence had fallen on her rriate) evoked enthusiastic comment. Now, although she served it three times weekly, Mondays, Wed* nesdays and Saturdays, it passed unpraised. N , • SHORT SHORT STORY Complete in This Issue if * - Her heart was broken. She spoke to one of her neighbors but regretted it instantly as it brought down oft her a flood of invective--on mer» in general and their fickleness ill particular. Her neighbor was ail ailing woman who had nearly driven her husband to distraction with her perpetual nagging. Caroline deter* mined to write to the newspaper.' Surely ^'Marise Marion" (could her name really be as pretty as that? she wondered; and was she as~ "lovely" as she wrote?) might solve her problem. v So she wrote a laborious letter. She found her "year in high school" of which she bragged sp proudly, had ill-fitted her for composing letters to lovely ladies who wrote advice for newspapers. It was pathetic to see her watch the paper for her reply. "I've told her how I feed him'lemon pie," she*: said to hersilf. "Surely she'll see he is well treated." At last "Perplexed" received her answer, and she was surprised to see that her letter had been referred to the cookery expert. "You are not giving your husband sufficient variety in his dinners," wrote that Olympian, and poor Mrs. Burton was delighted to see that menus were appended from which she might vary her lord's menus. "Flavorings?" she declared to herself, "I doubt if poor Charlie knows about them, but I'll try. Let's see, calves' liver is fairly cheap, I'll try him with liver and onions, and afterwards, apple dumplings. I must learn to 'balance' foods, I suppose, though for all the world it sounds to me like a juggler, and I never did like to see jugglers; seems as though they were tempting providence throwing plates and good useful things around. But I can't lose my Charles' affections, and if balanced meals will do the trick, why, balanced they're going to be,; that's all." .. . And she was rewarded. For Charles gave an audible sniff of appreciation *vheh he entered the house and he smiled as he kissed' his little wife instead of looking bored. When he sat down to table he , fairly beamed at the succulent liver' and onions .before him and the large baked potatoes, topped by paprika, a thing that poor Caroline had never! heard of prior to her letter from the enchantress on the Morning Griffin. And when the apple dumplings appeared he melted completely and suggested a movie that very evening, telling his wife that he had been given a raise "at the office antf t™ asking her why she had never thought of such a dinner before. "I tried to give you what you liked, dear," she said, "I thought' you were just crazy about lemon pies." "Don't speak of them," he cried? "I've been kind of anxious--well, itseemed we had lemon pie every night. I never want to see another;. Plum pie, now, or raisin, but let's have some variety . . . " Mrs. Burton glowed. Her respect for her morning paper soared and soared. Never again would she gig* gle over the silly girls who wrote to lovely newspaper ladies for advice. She felt like writing her gratitude to, what was her name? O "Constance Conversant" . . . She WOIK dered if all newspaper ladies had marvelous names like that--but perhaps it would not be necessary. Writing was such a trial! No. She would just put those ideas into practice. She ptft on her hat and coat for the movie in <a glow of delight. Forty wasn't so Old! And anyway, she wasn't sickly like poor Mrs. Squibbs, so why shouldn't she manage to keep her 'husband from "straying" with the best of them? "Here, how much longer are you going to be primping?" called Charles. She hurried down and shook hands with herself all through a weepful movie (Caroline loved weepful movies) on accomplishing,happy domestic life by a change in Trimming Improves many pictures. Beleet best part--hav* it enlarged, with remainder maaked out. On* picture may contain many, as sketches at right show. Experiment with your pictures, find compear1 tlon you like best--then enlarge.- . THE effectiveness 6t a picture often depends on Its proportipns > In relation to the faatural composi* ftlon of the subject. Snapshots made with the same camera are necessarily the same shape--but that does ' not mean that the exact proportions C produced by the camera are the best for each picture. Sometimes a picture will look better if portions on the Sides are trimmed away, leaving a long, nar- ' row panel. In other cases, a vertical picture may be improved if it is trimmed down to a horizontal shape. And often, a picture is best if it is cut almost square. Don't accept your pictures just as they come from the camera. Try this. Cut two L-shaped pieces of white cardboard, and use them as _ movable masks over your prints. Move the two L-masks about, excluding various parts of the picture, and experimenting with different shapes. Tou are likely to find one shape which is Just right for the subject. And you may find that there are two or three attractive, wellcomposed pictures in one not-sogood snapshot. Frequently, you will find that the "heart" of a picture--the real picture-- is just a small part of the --.NotNattraef _ „ ^According to authentic records, Gohimbiai brought orar a few hraail tof hog* on his aecond voyage to X Cuba, In 1IM. Great Britain had hogs baforo thia, however, and the United Btatea antf Qreat Britain have produced all the leading breads in recant times. A. & Nye 114c. It. Faal A. Schwabe Waet Mdbarv OPTOMETRIST Pfcern: JfeHevy THURSDAY MORNINGS w AiraaflOfT ONLY •fr " "l \ 'fa? 1 •* '•Ar " If v - -V «*" * ' l ' A . . . . .. < . r . whole! In that case, trim out the essential part, and have an enlargement made, using it as a guide. Generally, a subject with strong horizontal lines, such as an open landscape, calls for a horizontal pto» ture. On the other hand, a picture with strong vertical lines, such aa a forest scene with tall straight tree-trunks, calls for a vertical piO^** ture. Watch this point when you are taking snapshots. If a subject is best suited to a vertical picture, hold the camera in the vertical "taking" position. Again, if the subject looks best in a horizontal composition, take it that way. With this method you will not need to trim your prints so severely to make them perfect. Often, by trimming to a different shape, the whole atmosphere and "feel" of a picture can be changed. Try it--and when trimming brings out a really outstanding picture, have an enlargement made so thait the picture can be enjoyed in a mora comfortable, easy-to-view size. John van Guilder USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOB QUICK RESULTS i- * ' V : - iv.'Vir:-.-'ft* Eajoy the taste <rf Spring # ^ IN OUR SMOOTH, CREAMY Being served in taverns all over town, on draught and in bottles ! •-5S •is fy .-<4 mmmmmm tm Glory than „ ,< - * 4 M Tht m»del illuitmttd it tkt Bmiek SPBCIAL inuttl 41 four-d--r tmring ttd»* $996 dtlivtrtd at Flint, Mick.* Yes, it looks like a million-t and if you've ever put hand to this brisk beauty's wheel, you know that it handles and travels end behaves the same way! 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