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A—2 %% Par With 1941 Fund Indicated by Final Rush at Mile o' Dimes Over $2,000 Taken in Yesterday; Tracks. to Close Books at 6 P.M. ‘With contributions large and small flooding the red, white and blue ‘Washington Mile o' Dimes stand at Fourteenth street and New York avenue N.W., the fund raising cam- paign for the fight on infantile paralysis will close today at 6 p.m.— assured of success. If the last two days of the cam- paign are an indication, last year's figure of $27,400 collected through the drive may be duplicated or sur- passed, according to Mile o' Dimes officials. More than $2,000 were received during two broadcasts over Station ‘WMAL yesterday. The money came from Government employes, business concerns, school children and just folks who stopped by from a trip downtown to place dimes on the line. $1,700 From Two Agencies. Two largest single contributions eame from workers of the Federal ‘Works Agency, $862.26, and the Agri- culture Department, $843.67. Secre- tary of Agriculture Wickard made the latter contribution and pointed out there was “still more to come.” Stressing the importance of con- tributing to the fight on the disease, Mr. Wickard declared, “We are all rejoicing that we have the Presi- dent with us.” Representative Patman of Texas appeared on the same program, bringing a check for $20 collected at the Texas State Society dance Thursday night. Representative Patman is president of the society. Earlier in the day numerous dona- tions were received at the stand, in- cluding $428.40 from Government Printing Office employes which was presented by August Glegengack, public printer, and $1§0 from the Y.M.C. A Other Contributions. Other contributions received were: ‘Washington Gas Light Co. em- ployes, $105; the night law achool at National University, $25; Ladies’ Auxiliary of Hebrew Home for Aged, $100; Washi: Rotary Club, $24; National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, $31; Smithsonian Institution, $32.20; Peoples Drug Stores, $137.61; additional from Office of Price Ad- ministration, $102.85; Chestnut Parms Dairy, $66; additional from Federal Security Agency, $67.29; Daughters of American Revolu- tion, $30.50; Sidwell-Friends School, grades one to eight, $19.40; Kiwanis Club, $31; students of the American- ization School, $15.75. Among the many school children appearing yesterday was Charles Schultz, & student of the Gonzaga High School, who brought along $30 collected from the boys. Charles apologized for the amount, saying it was collected during the last half hour of school yesterday. Another contribution eame from Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith of the Westchester Apartments who marked their 51st wedding anni- versary on Wednesday. The sum was 1. ‘STWQ broadcasts were o be held over Station WRC today, one in the morning and the second at 1 pm. Price Control ¢Continued From First Page) section by amending the law, farm bloc members made it plain any such proposal would provoke a bitter controversy. Senator Gillette, Democrat, of Yowa sald he would oppose any change of this nature and predicted that it would be defeated. That latitude of 10 per cent, he told re- porters, was the only means of assuring farmers they actually would get parity for what they produced. He said most farm prices were fixed on trading markets, and added that no one who expected to make a re- sale profit would bid a price up to full parity if he felt that a ceiling was to be placed on the product at that point. Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming asserted further that parity, as it has been established in the past, had lost its practical re- lationship to agricultural prices be- eause the major share of industrial production soon would be in war goods and not the things that farm- ers buy. Face Quiz on Veto Power. Secretary Wickard faced extensive questioning from Agriculture Com- mittee members determined to learn how he intended to use the veto power he possesses over the fixing of ceilings on farm products. Under terms of the new law, Leon Hender- son, who is to be named adminis- trator, cannot establish any farm price which Secretary Wickard does not approve. Senator Gillette said committee members especially wanted to learn if the Agriculture Department was going to use its power to throw Government - controlled crop sur- pluses on the market in an effort to keep prices down. Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama said he was convinced that Secretary Wickard had no intention of making surpluses available before prices reach parity. In signing the bill, President Roosevelt warned that enactment of the legislation did not mean that the fight against inflation had been won. He called for vigorous enforce- ment of its provisions, adding that undoubtedly the toes of a great many people must be stepped on in administering it. Conservation of Paper Every citizen is called upon to see that not a pound of paper is wasted. Demand from every clerk that any unnecessary wrapping of packages or un- necessary use of paper bags be dispensed with. ‘Waste paper for paperboard is vital to the packaging of a great quantity of war equip- ment. Do not burn newspapers, but, when you have saved enough for a bundle, give them to the school children who are co- operating in the defense pro- gram with the parent-teacher organization in The Star's campaign for reclaiming old newspapers. Society. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1942. OFFICIALS AID MILE O’ DIMES—Secretary of Agriculture Wickard added his contribution yesterday to the thousands of dimes being collected at Fourteenth street and New York avenue N.W. for the benefit of the infantile paralysis fund. Also con- tributing are Miss Gertrude Rest of Mr. Wickard's office and Representative Patman of Texas, president of the Texas State —Star Staff Photo. By the Associated Press. Some questions and answers on the price control bill signed by President Roosevelt yesterday: Q. When is the bill effective? A. It was effective immediately, but no price regulations can be issued until Mr. Roosevelt has ap- pointed an administrator—he an- nounced his choice of Leon Hen- derson—and until after Senate confirmation of the appointment and Mr. Henderson's oath-taking. be expected? A. The Office of Price Adminis- trator says “nothing sweeping or radical” will be done in extending price roofs over commodities not already covered. Control will con- tinue to be piecemeal; that is, one commodity will be handled after another, as rapidly as they develop inflationary tendencies. Price Ceilings Provided. Q. Does the bill put oeilings on retail prices? A. That power is given the ad- ministrator, but O. P. A. officials say it will not be exercised fre- quently for the time being, unless such emergencies arise as the recent rush on flashlights. O. P. A. prefers to work at the factory or wholesale level, counting on these to stabilize retail prices. Most ceilings are on raw materials. Q. What about later on? A. There inevitably will be more retail price ceilings, O. P. A. believes, as stocks of durable consumers’ goods—radios, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and the like— dwindle. Storekeepers having little prospect of replenishing supplies are under temptation to jack prices up. Q. Are the present price ceiling orders carried over automatically into law? A.No. Each of the 80 price schedules will be re-issued as a “price regulation.” They will then be backed by legal status instead of what O. P. A. calls its present “jaw- bone authority.” Q. Will new price orders appear at a faster rate than formerly? A. Probably not faster than in January, when more than a dozen orders appeared. Food Not Yet Affected. Q. Are retail food price ceilings expected? A. O. P. A says none is in prepa- ration at this time. Q. Will all businesses operating under price ceilings have to get licenses to do business? A.O. P. A. officials agree that licensing will come ultimately, as authorized under the act, but have not yet decided on the form of licensing machinery. Q. Can a seller be put out of busi- ness if he violates the price maxi- mum? A. His license may be suspended or revoked through court procedure, but only upon a second offense after a warning has been given on the first offense. Q. What other penalties are pro- vided for violations? A. Up to $5,000 fine and 2 years imprisonment. Q. What can a buyer do to re- cover sums paid in excess of legal ceiling? A. He may sue in civil court to recover three times the overcharge, or $50, whichever sum is larger. Pacts to be Preserved. Q. Will the existing voluntary agreements, by which about 100 in- dustries maintain stable prices, be transformed into price regulations? A. Not as long as they work. Mr. Henderson finds that method the “most satisfactory and least trou- blesome” form of control. Q. Is any general price level for all commodities stipulated? A. Congress said the administra- tor should give “due consideration” to the level of October 1-15, 1941, as a period on which to base prices, or the nearest two-week period on which prices were representative. Q. Will the October prices be an invariable guide? A. No. They are not typical in a large number of cases, because of seasonal supply factors which af- fect prices and because some prices have to be set higher in order not to dry up foreign sources of some scarce items, and for other reasons. Q. Will rent control begin im- mediately? A. It cannot, because the law pro- vides that the administrator must first make formalfecommendations as to rent levels i®#boom areas and Q. What immediate results can | New Price Bill Explained Application of Regulations Awaits Senate Action on Administrator | give local and state officials 60 days |to carry them out. Rent Program Explained. Q. Is the control effective the country ower? A. No. Only in defense rental |areas to be designated by the ad- ministrator. Q. Has O. P. A. decided on any communities for such designation? A.No. It is conducting rent sur- veys in 230 places, and will send letters to the mayors of 170 cities within a few days, asking their sug- gestions on rent control. Q. If the State or local agencies do not carry out O. P. A’s recom- mendations for rent control in any community, what happens? A. O. P. A will issue a formal order, specifying in some detail what it considers to be fair rents and directing that they be applied. Auto Industry Halfs Civilian Production; 300,000 Face Idleness Workers Not Expected To Be Recalled Until Midsummer By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Jan. 31.—Indefinite periods of unemployment con- fronted approximately 300,000 work- ers today as the automotive indus- try halted civilian production for | the first time in its 40-year his- | tory. Assembly lines will be carrying | implements of war as soon as re- tooling can be completed. Union and company officials say that this job is the ‘“kernel” of the whole armament production problem. Indications are the bulk of the ‘workers now being laid off will not be recalled until midsummer when this unprecedented production—es- timated for this year at upward of $8,000,000,000—is well underway. “Trainee Wage” Urged. R. J. Thomas, president of the U. A. W-C. I. O, has urged con- gressional action on a proposal to pay a “trainee wage” up to $2¢ a week to the idle auto workers. He | estimated that the shutdown would mean, in many cases, unemploy- ment lasting from several months to a year. | A continuation of medium and heavy truck manufacture and the building of some buses and trailers have been approved. A six-month job of accumulating a stock of re- placement parts for cars and light trucks also will be undertaken im- mediately. Some car manufacturers have es- timated that material to be allo- cated to the parts replacement pro- gram would provide for all normal demands for two years. Medium and heavyweight trucks to be produced during the coming two months are to be delivered to dealers. They are to be supplied with tires and tubes only for de- livery to dealers. Presumably, when the trucks are sold to purchasers under the ration- ing program, tires and tubes will be provided on order of the Gov- ernmental control agencies. Newspaper Operation | 0f Radio Sations Defended by Hays Civil Liberties Counsel Argues Curbs Would Restrict Free Press Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel for the American Civil Libgrties Union, has become the latest witness to defend the licensing of radio sta- tions to newspapers before the Fed- eral Communications Commission. Mr. Hays told the commission yesterday that a newspaper had the same right to operate a radio sta- tion as a preacher, a church, a de- partment store, a movie theater, a school or anyone else. Restrictions against newspapers, he said, would be “an interference with free speech.” Holds Free Speech Involved. Mr. Hays told the commission he had been actively interested in mat- ters involving free speech since the last World War. “I think a question of free speech is involved here and a very funda- mental one,” he said. “It is hard to see how democracy can survive if there is discrimination among people because of their economic interest.” Mr. Hays argued that the commis- sion’s only function in passing upon applications for broadcast stations was to determine the question of public interest, convenience and necessity from the standpoint of the public without regard to an appli- cant’s other economic interests. Says Monopoly Doesn't Enter. He contended that monopoly was not a question to be considered in passing upon applications, but that the commission should report to the | Department of Justice and possibly to Congress if it found monopoly existed. The monopoly laws, he said, are general laws, and do not apply to any particular class. For the Government to discrimi- nate against any class in the licens- |ing of broadcast stations, Mr. Hays | | said, would be a denial of “equal rights under the law” and “setting "n precedent that would be very | hazardous.” Welders (Continued From First Page) ‘Welders’ Council and a member of the newly organized United Brother- hood of Welders and Burners, an independent union, said approxi- mately 1600 welders at Seattle would refuse to report to work at noon shifts today. Paul R. Porter, chairman of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Commit- tee, issued an appeal to the patriot- ism of the welders, asserting he had confidence they would “put loyalty | to the Nation and to our besieged soldiers in the Philippines above | all else.” metal trades department, said he was certain the rank and file of the welders would “repudiate the | leadership which has been deceiving them with false propaganda.” Mr. Basor responded that the United Brotherhood of Welders was anxious to get all welders back to work in vital industries. He said several hundred badly needed men were available in the Northwest for shipyard and aircraft jobs but would not come to Seattle or Tacoma if they had to pay A. F. L. union initiation fees. Climax of Nation-Wide Strife. The work stoppage here was the local climax of Nation-wide strife | between the welders and the A. F. L., which began last fall when the A.F.L, in international convention, declined the welders’ plea for estab- lishment of an international union. Welders previously had been affili- ated with various A. F. L. unions and claimed that many of their number had to maintain multiple union cards in order to work on various jobs. Subsequently, welders announced establishment of an independent union and began a series of work stoppages, particularly in West Coast shipyards, aimed at forcing recognition of the new organization despite closed shop contracts which the shipyards hold with A. F. L. unions. The contracts provide that A. F. L. dues must be kept paid up. The strife was halted temporarily after the outbreak of war by an O. P. M. order which shipyards and A. F. L. unions interpreted as sup- porting the status quo. 22 Get Dismissal Notices. ‘Welders, disputing that interpre- tation, have in some instances con- tinued to refuse to pay A. F. L. dues. The nine men at the Tacoma ship- yard were dismissed for that cause yesterday. Mr. Brinkerhoff said 22 others had received notices of dis- missal. He declared he had tele- graphed Donald M. Nelson, director of war production, and others ask- ing intervention to halt the dis- missals. In Seattle, Mr. Basor estimated that about 300 welders had lost jobs for similar reasons recently. At the Boeing plant, he declared, 47 welders had already quit work in protest against the firing of seven. He predicted that 100 of 123 Boeing welders would join the walkout today. Gray Cotxm president of the AN L ronautical Workers’ Union, countered that the seven dis- missed men had been replaced and that the union expected no serious difficulties at the Boeing plant. Postal clerks today were prepared for the last-minute rush to buy motor vehicle use tax stamps, the deadline for which is midnight to- morrow. Postmaster Vincent C. Burke esti- mated approximately 62,000 vehicles in the Metropolitan Area had not been provided with stamps at the close of business yesterday. Sales up to that time totaled about 158,- 000. To give motorists, truckers and other vehicle owners every oppor- tunity to obtain the stickers in time, Mr. Burke announced that all post- office stations would remain open until 9 o'clock tonight execpt those in Woodward & Lothrop's and the Treasury Department. Thereafter, the stamps can be t Post Offices Ready to Handle Last-Minute Auto Stamp Rush bought at any hour before the dead- line in the main postoffice, Massa- chusetts avenue and North Capitol street, and the Benjamin Franklin Station, Twelfth street and Penn- sylvania avenue N.W., which are open 24 hours a day. The stamps cost $2.09—plus 1 cent postage on the card each purchaser must send to the Collector of In- ternal Revenue as a check against registration records. Beginning July 1, new stickers, costing $5 and good for a full year, must be dis- played. Three stickers were reported stolen here yesterday. The thefts were notified to police by Walter Higdon, 1604 D. street N.E.; Dr. J. N. Novick, 1726 I street N.-W., and the John Frey, head of the A. F. L.|. Repr NAVAL PICTURES TO BE SHOWN AT CORCORAN—One of some 75 water colors and pen and brush pictures of Naval shore activities to be shown beginning tomorrow at Corcoran Gallery The pictures are the work of Vernon Howe Bailey, celebrated artist. The ship above is the Duke of York, great British dreadnaught, of Art. The exhibit is to contin ue through February 19. which brought Prime Minister Churchill to the United States. % Parasites (Continued From First Page.) Minister to Norway, protested against treating the matter in any way as a joke, and declared that “anything the President thinks nec- essary is all right with me” She lives at 1800 Foxhall road N.W. *If he (Mr. Roosevelt) wants to move a lot of us out of Washington, I'm willing to go,” she commented. Legislators’ Comment. A survey of members of the House proved almost conclusively that no parasites have recently come to Washington from any State. Typical comments: Representative Hoffman of Mich- {gan—"“There are no parasites from my district . . . except those who have been here a long time and may have become inoculated with the virus” Representative Manasco of Ala- bama—*I definitely know that there are no parasites from my dmnct;' Representative =~ Ramspeck of Georgia—"If there are any from my district . . . I don’t know. it.” Representative Cannon of Mis- Bouri—“Unfortunately, ‘we haven't any people in my district who have the means to come to Washing- ton®ee®.” Ocoasion for Speeches. A number of members of Congress indicated they will take this oc- casion to make a speech. Among these was Mr. Hoffman, who de- clared that he knows one way of acquiring space for defense offices. “Secretary Ickes might give up his private dining room and bath room,” he told a reporter. “So might Madame Perkins.” This assault upon the Secretary of | the Interior was swelled by Repre- sentative Taber, Republican, of New | York, who said he will make a| speech “when the next deficiency appropriation bill comes up.” “I will have a long list of indi-| viduals and some of their operations | which clearly establish their un- American attitude,” he predicted. “We can make room both in the departments and in residences for those whose loyalty to this Govern- ment is unquestioned. I expect to mention Secretary Ickes, the great totalitarian, and some other mem- bers of the cabinet.” Fish Backs Principle. One Republican who supported the President’s view that persons should not remain if they are here merely for social reasons or to ob- serve the excitement of war days was Representative Fish of New York. But he protested that he does not think “it was called for for the President to denounce these persons as parasites.” Mr. Roosevelt particularly men- tioned what he called non-essential family groups to be found in 20- room houses on Massachusetts ave- nue. Senator Hill of Alabama, who lives in an apartment at 2540 Mas- sachusetts avenue, said he would not want to be put on any parasite com- mission to determine which of his neighbors should go. “T don’t know enough about them —couldn’t even name them,” he said. He suggested that people who have no contribution for their country should leave Washington volun- tarily. Fort's Name Changed Fort Custis has been selected as the new name of the shore battery near Cape Charles, Va., guarding the Virginia Capes, instead of Fort Winslow, previously selected, Sec- retary of War Stimson informed Representative Bland, Democrat, of Virginia, yesterday. Red Tape Bogs Affidavits for Lost Auto Stamps Red tape appeared today to have bogged down the promise the internal revenue collector for this area made last Wednesday to the luckless ones who already have lost their automobile tax stamps. Wednesday H. Hampton Ma- gruder, collector in Baltimore, said that those who had lost the stickers, on receipt of adequate evidence, would be furnished let- ters showing they had paid the tax. Today he said several weeks would be Fequired to check such affidavits against the post cards mailed in when the stamps were Meanwhile, he suggests re- Hance on the doubtful reason- ableness of any policeman who asks why the stamp is missing. And the penalty is $25 or 30 days in jail, or both. | | Equipment Co., 220 L The ‘Mflm is midnight to- night. —Star Staff Photo. Shore Activities of Navy To Be Shown in Art Exhibit An exhibition of paintings and|the emergency program. It was be-| drawings by the celebrated artist,| lieved that paintings rather than depicting | photographs would be more suitable naval shore activities, will open to- | in view of the fact that the latter morrow at Corcoran Gallery of Art | might reveal secrets to the enemy. Vernon Howe Bailey, for a showing to continue through | Jones Says Greatest Business Forces of Victory Unorganized Advisory Council of Commerce Department Elects R. R. Deupree The forces of business that are not yet organized are the “greatest potential forces for winning the war and saving the peace that exist today,” Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of Commerce and Federal Loan Ad- ministrator, told the Business Ad- visory Council of the Commerce Department at its first meeting of the year yesterday. Pointing out that 1942 will be & “tough year” Secretary Jones declared that the council can be of great value to the country in organizing effective participation by business and industry “in a cam- paign to explore and develop the use of the Department of Commerce as an instrument for the common g00d.” “By virtue of its statutory func- tions, the Department of Commerce should concern itself with as many of the innumerable angles of daily life as can be discovered,” Secretary Jones sald. Cites Organization. The Commerce Department has an organization equipped to inter- pret business to the Government, he continued. This organization consists of three divisions of the department—the Bureau of Foreign ‘md Domestic Commerce, the Bu- | reau of the Census and the National | Bureau of Standards. | “These divisions and the depart- | ment are prevented by laws, by regulations and by inadequate ap- propriations from even adequately informing America of the services which they have to offer,” he said. “These organizations can be the center of a commercial service essential to preserving the maxi- mum amount of individual economic initiative while developing the max- imum of universal economic satis- faction.” Mr. Jones appealed for the sup- port of American business in achiev- ing two major objectives—perform- ing the jobs essential to winning the war and keeping America strong in war for peace. Subjects were chosen at Navy February 19 under sponsorship of | Yards from Bath, Me, to Norfolk, the Navy Department. The collection, which will have a | private showing for critics and the | press tonight, includes 75 water | colors, pen and brush pictures, sepias | and lithographic crayons. Mr. Bailey was commissioned last | May by the Navy Department to| make a tour of the shore establish- | ments to picture them in action on! Va. There are pictures of submarines at New London, ship building at Kearney and airships at Lakehurst. Mr. Bailey performed a similar commission for the Navy during the last World War. He also has con- tributed illustrations to many lead- ing newspapers and magazines, and havs traveled extensively in Europe to broaden the scope of his work. Curfew for Girls Sponsor a Former Hoosier Teacher Yo REPRESENTATIVE WILSON. —Underwood & Underwood. Representative Earl Wilson, the “curfew man,” is a 35-year-old na- tive of Southern Indiana, who for- merly was a school teacher. Born near Huron, Lawrence County, and reared on & farm, he was educated in the Huron public school, according to the Congres- sional Directory, and received an A. B. and M. 8. at Indiana Uni- versity. He also obtained a diploma from the Coyne Electrical School in Chicago and studied at Purdue. He taught in the high schools of Dubois, White and Decatur Coun- ties, and was principal of Jackson County High School. Mr. Wilson is married, a Repub- | lican, a Baptist and a member of the Vallonia Lions Club. His home is | in Huron. This is his first term in the House. Curfew (Continued From First Page.) and still do more work than some others who sleep all night.” Miss Matthews pointed out that she had just volunteered to dance with the soldier boys for the United Service Organizations. A Duty to Dance. “I guess he wants me to walk off and leave those poor soldiers, too, huh?” she asked. “Why, that’s in line of duty! And what a line!” Miss Donna Bodenstein, another ‘War Department employe, brought up another angle. “Well, if we've got to go in by 10, ‘why not the men, too? Some of them look pretty sleepy the next morning. Personally, I'd just as soon be in Jail as to have to work under such conditions.” Miss Justine Sebastian, a Justice Department employe, thought it was & pretty good idea in a way. “It would give you a good excuse to go home,” she commented. legislation that would provide money for public works and homes for Government war workers, charged that girls left home too late to put on their makeup, and spent an hour doing it at work. Mrs. John Cullinane of the F.B. I. thought this was partly true, but others who expressed .an opinion on the story emphatically denied the charge. A number of them pointed to the overtime they frequently work turn- ing out rush defense jobs. Not Finished by 10. Snorted one, “In bed by 10 o'clock! He ought to come down to my office and watch us working, not until 10 o'clock, but to midnight!” Another defense worker who had just arrived here exploded: “I know I'm going back to New York now!” Bill Green of the Office of Emerg- | ency Management reacted with a | ‘Don’t make me laugh.” However, it doesn't really make a lot of dif- ference to him. “You see,” he ex- plained, “I live in a boarding house with nine girls. I'd just as soon stay in, I guess.” One girl who was rushing out of the Social Security Building was asked to say a word or two about the story. She hardly paused when approached. “Can‘t,” she flung back over her shoulder without even knowing what she was asked. “Got a heavy date tonight.” Widow of Discoverer Of Klondike Gold Dies BY the Associated Press. AUBURN, Calif, Jan. 31.—Mrs. Marguerite B. Carmack, 68, widow of G. W. Carmack, the prospector who made the original gold strike in the Klondike in 1896, died yes- terday. She owned the Carmack gold mine and the Pacific Blue Lead mine in Westville. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Appropriations Committee con- siders $26,494,265,474 naval bill. Agriculture Committee questions Secretary of Agriculture Wickard on his farm price-control policy. House: I In recess. “The first objective must be tackled by obeying orders which delegate some part of the war effort to any one of us, or to the organi- zations of which we are a part,” he explained. “The second objective must be approached on the sound basis, the department believes, that the common denominator of the American economic system is that we are all customers for each other's goods and services.” | Points to Peace Problems. | “On all sides today is the evidence | that we can produce in quantities far beyond any previous concep- tions. But when the war is w-n we must also win the peace. Today business should begin to think and plan, not just to solve the problems of the peace, but to be ready to make the most of the productive plant which we are building. That opportunity of making the American | system operate at war levels, in peacetime, should fire every man’s imagination.” | R. R. Deupree, president of the Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was elected chairman of the council for the coming year at yes- terday’s meeting. The following were named vice chairmen: Ralph | E. Flanders, president, Jones & Lamson Machine Co., Springfield, Vt.; Paul G. Hoffman, president, the Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind.; Arthur Kudner, president, Arthur Kudner, Inc., New York, and Walter C. Teagle, chairman of the board, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. In replying to Secretary Jomes, Mr. Dupree promised that the | council would support the program of the Commerce Department dur= | ing the coming year. | Assistant Organist Named Appointment of R. Wayne Dirk- sen, Freeport, I, as assistant to Paul Callaway, organist at Wash- | ington Cathedral, has been an- nounced by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. Mr. Dirksen will begin his new du- ties tomorrow. Communiques Japs Fail in Thrusts At MacArthur’s Lines The text of War Department com= ! munique No. 86, covering the situa- tion as of 9:30 a.m. today, follows: 1. Philippine theater: There was sporadic fighting on the Batan Peninsula during the past 24 hours. Determined enemy attempts at infiltration through our lines were frus- trated. Some Japanese prison- ers were taken. Practically no hostile air ac- tivity was noted. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. Weather Repo rt (Purnished by the United States Weather Bureau) District of Columbia—Little change in temperature tonight; fresh to occasionally strong winds. Virginia—Light rain on ooast and extreme south portions. tonight, somewhat colder southwest Maryland—Light rain in extreme east portion tonight, snow flurries extreme west portion toward morning, little change in temperature. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Recerd for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 39, at noon todsy, Year ago, 41, Lowest.’ 28 at noon yesierday. Yeaf “That depends on Wwho you're| ago, 3 with,” put in Miss Marion Sawyer, her co-worker. No Hour for Retiring. Miss Rachel Stephens of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation was highly indignant. “It would deprive us girls of our social life entirely!” she exploded. “Besides, how are they going to make us go to bed? They might make me go home, but they’re o not going to put me to " But to one employe of the General Accounting Office it makes no dif- | LoV ference what time they set the cur- few. She gave her name as Mrs. Edna Garland. = tative Wilson, who made Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 65, on January 18, Lowest, 6, on January 11. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) t, cent, at 7:30 a.m. today. Tide Tables. (Purnished United States Cosst and Burvey.) Today. TomOITOw. J20am. am. 7GR 2:07 pm. High 208 Low 140 am. 8:22p.m. 2:46 p.m. 130 ts during s hearing on ¥ E3 | ed hts must be turn —_— Preeipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Cobiel (Gurrent MOBE 10" dAte) }N‘Z. Average. Record, 90 355 783 '3 e e 4. 4 4 3. 2 2. 3! November December & 3 River Beport. e by Sl Weather in Variews Citles. ture. . tion Fostlo Albuauerque, N. Mex.+ 46 2§ I ta, Ga. 8 New Orleans, New York, N. LRSRURLARENNG NEREE Waskington b ¥,