Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 4

Landis Confirms That Actor Douglas Works Withoui Pay $8,000 Salary Figure Was ‘Theoretica!,’ Says Kirby of O. C. D. James M. Landis, executive direc- tor of the Office of Civilian Defense, today backed up the statement of Actor Melvyn Douglas that he was serving without compensation and not making the $8,000 a year which roused & storm of protesi in Con- gress. James Kirby, O. C. D. press offi- cer, who had verified reports of the $8,000 salary, today said he “didn’t know all the detalls” when he dis- closed the salary. The question of salary for Mr. Douglas arose last Tuesday at the press conference at which Dean Landis announced the appointment of Mr. Douglas as director of a newly-formed arts council for O. C.D. Asked About Salary. Dean Landis was asked by a re- porter what salary Mr. Douglas would receive and sald that had not yet been worked out, but he assumed Mr. Douglas would serve on the same, basis that he had—travel ex- penses and subsistence, He said he did not think Mr. Douglas would mind that arrange- ment. When a reporter suggested that Mr. Douglas’ living expenses might be higher than that of some other people, Dean Landis said the subsistence wage was fixed by the Government. Thursday morning a Star reporter called Mr. Kirby to verify a pub- lished statement that Mr. Douglas would not be on a subsistence ar- rangement, but would receive $8.000 a year, or $22.50 a day while actually working. Mr. Kirby said the report was correct, but asked the reporter to use the word “disclosed” instead of “announced.” Called “Thevretical Figure.” After Mr. Douglas’ denial that he was getting $8,000 a year, The Star reporter who had confirmed the $8,000 salary report last Thursday with Mr. Kirby, today called him by telephone at his home. Mr. Kirby sald the $8,000 was a “theoretical figure” and when it was pointed out that the word “theoretical” had not figured in pre- vious discussions, Mr. Kirby re- sponded: “Well, I didn’t know all the details at the time,” and referred to a statement issued this morning by Dean Landis on advice from the Civil Service Commission. He said, however, that he understood Mr. Douglas would still get subsistence while working and traveling, ex- nses. The statement from Dean Landis follows: “All W. O. C. (without compensa- tion) appointments in the Office of Civilian Defense must be classified— e, must be allocated to the ap- propriate salary grade that the position would carry if a salary were paid. This is done because the salaries of subordinate peid em- ployes in the same unit are affected by and have a relationship to the salary grade level of the top posi- tion and unless the theoretical level of W. O. C. positions is determined, it becomes difficult to appraise the work of the paid subordinate posi- tions in the same organization. For this reason, Mr. Douglas’ position was classified and was theoretically allocated to the P-8 ($8,000) level despite the fact that he is actually serving without compensation and it was this fact that caused the cur- rent misunderstanding regarding his supposed Government salary.” Mr. Douglas in his statement said: “1 don’t mind being criticized. But what began as a personal attack upon me has grown into an attack upon a job which needs to be done— a job which is an essential part of the civilian defense program. “Here is the job which Dean James Landis, executive director of the Office of Civilian Defense, de- scribed to me, and which I accepted. All over America there are actors, writers, playwrights, radio stars, song writers, band leaders and sing- ers who want to do their part in the war effort. For weeks their re- quests have been pouring into Wash- ington. They want to know “what can we do How can we serve?” Can Contribute Talents. “The people in the entertainment world can contribute their talents and abilities to the civilian defense am. They can dramatize de- fense, they can dramatize the war effort, they can bring home, to com- munities all over our land, the meaning of America at war. “It is necessary for the Office of Civilian Defense to have a clearing house which will help, encourage and inform the men and women of the entertalnment world who are volunteering their talents and who want to put their talents to use in our common cause. “This is everybody's fight. No group of citizens can be excluded from taking part in the war effort. The personal attack upon me has broadened into s generalized attack on a fundamental issue: Whether or not thousands of Toyal Americans who work in the creative or enter- tainment world shall, because of their profession, be denied the privi- lege of helping to win this war. They want to help win the war, and they have as much right to con- tribute their energies and talent as a businessman or a manufacturer. The Broadway leading man and the Hollywood extra girl have as big & stake in this war, and as sincere a desire to serve their country as the boomtown businessman and the fac- tory girl. Don’t Have “Glamour.” “A few of these men and women are stars. But most of them are the folks of the small-town theater in Kansas, the 100-watt radio station in Montana, the county fair circuit in New England. They don’t have *“glamour,” but they do have talent —and they want to place that talent at the service of their Government. They are in fact, demanding the right to do their part. “Merely for the sake of the record: “I am not ‘director of information’ of the Office of Civilian Defense. “I am not being paid a salary of $8,000 & year. “In civil service language, my title s “‘expert consultant,” P-8, “I am working on & W. O. C. basis, w means without compensa- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1942. THREE HAPPY CUSTOMERS—Civil Service Commissioner Lucille Foster McMillin entering one of the emergency pickup taxicabs today in front of her home at 2400 Sixteenth street N.W. 8har- ing the cab with her were Miss Elisabeth Wright (in rear seat), who was going to the British Purchasing Commission, and Mrs, Mildred Kaiser (in front seat), who is employed in a hat shop at Twelfth and G streets N.W. (Story on Page B-1.) —Star’ Staff Photo. Girl, 22, Year Out of College, Receives $2,600 From O. C. D. to Co-ordinate Youth Activities With the Office of Civilian De- & fense a focal point of both con- fusion and controversy, The Star has assigned a reporter to inter- view key flgures in the organiza- tion and report what he discovers, what he is told and any mews- worthy experience he has in thus attempting to bring an under- standing of the eristing civilian defense setup to the public. At 22, attractive Jane Seaver has gained the title of co-director of youth activities in the Office of Civilian defense, and has been given the task of leading millions of young Americans—{rom college age down— into active posts in the civilian war | effort. Declaring that she does not know just why she was selected, or who chose her, Miss Seaver jumped into her $2,600-a-year post from a sum- mer camp job. Last year she was still a student at Mount Holyoke College. Sharing responsibility with Gil- bert Harrison, 26, who gets $3,200 as co-director, she works under guid- ence of Mrs. Roosevelt. About three times a week Mrs. Roosevelt and the co-directors have been conferring on duties of American youth, according to Miss Seaver. They Fear Communists. It is impossible to say just how much is being done by youth in the war effort because few reports are made back to O. C. D., Miss Seaver said. Just how much credit the youth division should get for any results also is hard to discover, she points out, since “the kids are crazy to do something.” “We're scared stiff that they will be captured by the Communists or some ‘silver shirt’ outfit,” she said. With this 1n mind, she and her col- leagues have asked that every city and State appoint a youth member to its defense council and set up a “youth defense auxiliary” to co- ordinate all activities by young peo- ple. Political groups would be ex- cluded from the auxiliary. Sponsors “War Councils.” The O. C. D. also is sponsoring “war councils” in colleges, and to boost these William Norton, 23, is employed at $2,000 to send publicity to 850 college papers. O. C. D. sub- scribes to 75 of these papers to watch results. The younger members of the O. C. D. staff travel all over the country to make speeches. Samuel Ericsson, 27, employed at $2,600 to organize youths from 12 to 18, was in Min- neapolis at the time of this inter- view to talk to the American Camp- ing Association. Miss Pauline Red- mond, 29, colored, a University of Chicago graduate and former N. Y. A. worker, had just returned from a community meeting in Cincinnati, sponsored by & colored sorority. 8he gets $3,200. Miss Seaver has traveled to Minnesota, her co-director has MISS JANE SEAVER. —Underwood & Underwood. gone to California to address college gatherings. Miss Seaver, daughter of a Na- tional Association of Manufacturers executive who lives at White Plains, N. Y., says she first met Mrs. Roose- |.velt about a year ago. As head of Mount Holyoke student government, Miss Seavers was hostess to the President’s wife when Mrs. Roose- velt arrived to speak before a de- fense conference of representatives from seven girls’ colleges. Surprised at Appointment. Last summer, while assistant di- rector at Camp Sloane, a Y. W. C. A.-Y. M. C. A. camp near Lakeville, Conn., Miss Seaver was surprised to receive information that she had been nominated as sole youth mem- ber on the O. C. D. Volunteer Par- ticipation Committee, an unpaid Little printed material has been sent out recently by the youth di- vision because Government print- ing agencies are jammed by sugar rationing coupons and selective serv- ice material, it was stated. Two bulletins were released Jan- i | uary 1, however, and these covered the questions of youth in local de- fense and at college. One bulletin | listed 103 things that young people might do—ranging from volunteer- |ing for air raid or fire watcher service to less obvious and more in- | genious suggestions. Draft Age Organization. Local youth organizations were asked to “organize young men of draft age to secure physical exam- inations and to correct defects.” It was sald they could “organize in- formal parties, folk dances, athletic teams, swimming events for farm vouth and young factory and office ‘workers.” “Rural youth can organize travel- ing lbraries, puppet shows, folk dance squads, movies, etc.” Young people can “act as leaders for citizenship, art, current events and music appreciation classes.” “Publicize ways to make clothing last longer.” it was suggested, and conduct forums on subjects such as “methods of propaganda and sabo- Promotion of “Bull Sessions.” College students were asked to en- list blood donors and sell Defense bonds. For morale, they were told to promote “dormitory and frater- nity bull sessions.” There have been no reports on the total national response to any of these ideas, because support is voluntary and under direct charge of regional defense organizations, it was explained. Individual responses have been impressive. Hunter Col- group of 45 advisers. Miss Seaver says she does not know the source of this nomination—but it appar- ently came from Civilian Defense Director La. Guardia or straight from President Roosevelt. In Septembper she moved up to the paid leadership of youth-in-de- fense, arriving before Mrs. Roosevelt was appointed assistant director. At that time, she declared, she did not know the President’s wife well. Edited School Newspaper. Asked to describe Mr. Harrison's qualifications, Miss Seaver reported that he was editor of the school newspaper at the University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles and chairman of the student religious body there. He graduated in 1937. Afterward, lege, New York, sold $12,000 worth of Defense stamps and bonds within a few weeks after Pearl Harbor, it was said. The Youth Division has had to straighten out confusion in other institutions, Miss Seaver declared. In one college in the Washington area faculty and students were work- ing at cross purposes, she said, but at a suggestion from the O. C. D. resolved their differences. In another school the defense activity was domi- nated by a few fraternities and the 0. C. D. “democratized” it. Sixty per cent of the colleges now re- portedly have “war councils.” Like other O. C. D. bureaus, the Youth Division has plans that have not yet hatched. Two men are now he was radio director for the Uni- versity Religious Conference. His outstanding achievement, she seid, was as speaker in a “trialogue,” made up of three young people who toured the country speaking on the Australian Army Minister Congratulates MacArthur By the Associated Prees. SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 9—On behalf of the Australian people, Army Minister Prancis Forde broad- cast a message to GensDouglas Mac- Arthur today congratulating him and his men for their courageous stand against the Japanese on Luzon Island. “We take pride in your superb courage and skill, and all Australia prays for your army's triumph,” Mr. Forde declared. “We understand and share the democratic spirit in which you fight and the things for which you fight. The commonwealth will always re- member with the deepest gratitude the strong hand of friendship held out to us by the great democracy of the United States. “It is not in our power to send you help in your immediate trials, but our fighting men look forward to the honor of joining forces with :tmerlcan fighters in other theaters war.” MacArthur Boulevard Bill Reported in House The House District Committee to- day favorably reported a bill to change the name of Conduit road to MacArthur boulevard as a tribute to Gen. Douglas MacArthur for his leadership in the “gallant defense” of the Philippines by American and Pilipino forces. The House is expected to consider the legislation later in the week: 'The bill was sponsored by Repre- sentative Luther Johnson, Demo- crat, of Texas. Reich Checks Tools Makers of machine tools in Ger- many have been ordered to report to the government every change in production. President Asks Change In Neutrality Act By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt asked Con- gress today to amend the 1939 Neu- | s s trality Act promptly to legalize financial transactions “essential in the effective prosecution of the war.” Mr. Roosevelt sent a three-para- graph message to the Capitol asking that section 7 of the act, which he sald, now, in effect, “prevents es- sential financial transactions be- tween persons within the United States and our co-belligerents,” be amended 8o that it will be inopera- tive when the United States is at War, In his opinion, the President said, reported working on script for a radio show for which no time on the air has yet been assured. A third article dealing with the further O. C. D, activities will appear tomorrow. there was never any intention that this section should operate during our belligerency. Congress in Brief Senate: Routine session. House: Resumes consideration of $160,- 000,000 deficiency bill and contro- versy over appointment of actor and dancer to Civilian Defense post. Rules Committee studies measure to extend life of Dies Committee on Un-American Activities. Weather Report (Furnished by the United District of Columbia—Continued States Weather Bureau. cold again tonight, with lowest tem- perature about 18 to 20 degrees; gentle winds. Maryland—Continued cold tonight. N Virginia—Continued cold tonight, followed by light snow in south- west_portion by morning. ‘West Virginia—Not quite so cold tonight, followed by light snow in west and south portions by Report for Last 48 Hours, Becord for Last 24 Hours (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 39, at l:sfi p.m. YEIJQYQIY. am. todsy. Y mm;.;"' 20 at ear Record Tomperatures This Year. Highest, 65, nuary 18. Bt D Humidity for Last 2¢ Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon todas.) Highest, 82 per cent, at 7:30 Lowest, 30 per gent, at 1:30 The Ssn fl.fi'luu. el 08 8: Sem $i2pm, be tiirned on one- ibles. States Coast and ey.) Sun, today B, “iodie™ nfi“h?u"“ lights mt igh i8] Low River Report. and Inln’:m Rivers muddy Perry: tomac very muddy 'alls today. Prectpitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date Month. 1 fl}':% "'}f’%{'" =% tomae at Harpe at Great s Clties. west Highest Precipita- Iast 24 isst 12 tion last = }wu;u. hours. 24 hours. lof ouh 0.10 inch are not pul cfigé'ldl.lfllons less than 8 question that her continuation| ? |organized under Dr. John Reed % | funds. The District previously had % | at approximately $35,000, Mr. Young Roosevelt Vetoes Bill Tightening Control of Alien Propaganda Asks Redraft of Measure Designed to Protect Nation in Peacetime President Roosevelt today vetoed: 4 bill providing stricter control over alien propaganda in the United States because, he indicated, it would have hampered the co-operative efforts of the United Nations to de- feat the Axis. Viscount Halifax, the British Am- bassador, it is known, has pointed out to the State Department that a strict construction of the measure would have interfered seriously with the function of British information offices in the United States and humpered the travel of British mil- itary and official people to the United States. e Even ton Churchill would have been required to register under the act, it is thought, should he have visited the United States when the law was in operation. * Mr. Roosevelt recommended that the bill be redrafted so as to grant broad discretionary powers to the Attorney General during the em- ergency. “This bill,” the President said in his veto message, “was drafted in peace time to protect a nation at peace. It was properly designed to force the disclosure of the activities of foreign agents who may abuse the hospitality of our country or weaken our national unity by fostering discord and distrust. “The bill, however, obviously was not drafted with a view to the situation created by the Axis assault upon our country and our entry into the war. * * *” Mrs. Roosevelt (Continued From First Page.) doing, and because she has wider contacts with the people who would have to be brought into the pro- gram as volunteers than some one teaching recreation might have. Mrs. Roosevelt sald she was not ac- quainted withe Miss Chaney's work and suggested that reporters get in| touch with John Kelly, head of the | Physical, Fitness Division. Asked whether she would abide by the ruling of Congress if it should adopt the amendment that would | bar dancing from the O. C. D, she responded that there was time to| meke such decisions when she was faced with them. When a reporter commented that the Children’s Bu- reau now has experts doing much the same kind of thing, Mrs. Roose- velt said that many programs of | existing agencies are not able to do a whole job and that Mr. Kelly, as far as possible, has tried o supple- | ment the work that is now being | done, slanting it toward the war pro- | gram. Mrs. Roosevelt said in gnswer to as assistant director of O. C. D. in charge of volunteer participation will depend on whoever succeeds Mayor La Guardia as directot of O. C. D. She also said that the President had not ‘discussed attacks on the O. C. D. with her and that when he did discuss the situation, it would be with Mayor La Guardia, O. C. D. director, or James M.| Landis, executive director. Mrs. Roosevelt expressed belief in | a radio broadcast last night that the Nation's people might be looking to the future with greater percep- tion than some members of Con- gress. If that should be the case, she added, then “we will find our Repre- | sentatives trying to dig out some | scapecoat to take the blame if things haven't been done.” That is an old habit with all of us, she sald. Her remarks regarding members of Congress followed a reference to a recent statement of Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, that the military branches of the service never asked Congress to fortify the Pacific Island of Guam, a United States possession now in Japanese hands. | “I wonder why he finds it neces- sary to make that statement,” Mrs. Roosevelt said. “It is possible that the Senator may be wondering whether the people are awakening and moving faster than Congress? It isn't very profitable to discuss whether several years ago the mili- tary branches of the service recom- mended something or not. There must have been discussion about it, or it would not be brought up by the Senator.” Mrs. Roosevelt sald “perhaps he is coming to realize that the people of the country, because of the stress of the times, are going to take more minute interest in what actually happens, not only in the fortification of Guam, but in all the things which concern our Nation and the rest of the world.” At his Clinton (Mass.) home, Sen- ator Walsh said, on learning of Mrs. Roosevelt’s remarks, “I don’t think they call for any answer from me.” He sald that he did not hear the broadoast. s District Expects Share In Civilian Defense Fund The District may share in the $100,000,000 Office of Civilian De- fense appropriation request included in the first 1942 deficiency bill now before Congress, it was disclosed today. Commissioner Young, co-ordinator of civillan defense for the metro- politan area, said he had received assurances from Mayor La Guardia, ©O. C. D. director, that some alloca~ tion of funds for District defense materials would be made. Mr. Young said no amount was specified, but indicated materials for the emergency medical services might be purchased with O. C. D. estimated the cost of these ma said. The Commissioner said defense American Industry Goes E War— Magic Gifts of U. S. Chemists Invaluable to Armed Forces Home Industry Has Developed Mightily Since Days of First World Struggle (Ninth of By THOMAS R. HENRY, Star Staff Correspondent. WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 9.—A major contribution of the| chemical industry to the war efficiency of America is digging the colors of the rainbow out of coal By juggling the molecules of the red of the robin’s breast or the elusive green of meadows in spring—in forms which will combine chemically with cloth so they will not come out in the wash. Take, for example, an olive drabs— uniform. Before the last war many experiments had shown thab it was almost an ideal camouflage for a man. It combined with a back- ground of green grass or trees so that at a little distance a marching regiment was nearly invisible. In 1917, as veterans can testify, olive drab was apt to be anything from mud-brown to pea-green. To- day an expert hardly could distin- guish the color of one uniform from another in this best-dressed Army in the world. Processes Are Secret. ‘The change is due to better dies— the materials and processes used being & military secret at present. ‘The synthetic dye industry before 1917 had been largely a development of German chemists. America im- ported tons of their materials and had practically none of her own. Shortly before the United States entered the war the astute Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador in Washington, advised his Gov- ernment that by putting an embargo on dyes it could cause a major in- dustrial dislocation by throwing about 4,000,000 Americans out of work. The British blockade did shut off dye imports. This was a major cause of anti-British feeling in this country. The Government itself appealed to Great Britain to let Dutch ships through. Otherwise it could not print its stamps or its money. One of the biggest news stories of the war was the appearance in Baltimore harbor in July, 1916, of the German submarine Deutsch- land, carrying a cargo of dyes. It was & week's supply for America. It was predicted that this would soon be “a nation in gray.” Prices of dyes rose to fantastic heights. Germans Matched in Own Art. As soon as the war was over American chemists started to rem- edy this situation. They matched the Germans in their own art and chemical factories began turning out dyes by the carload. This coun- try soon exported dyes to Europe and elsewhere in direct competition with the German industry. Now, it is safe to say, there is hardly a color in nature which the chemist cannot duplicate almost perfectly. Dozens of delicate new shades appear every year. This has been only in small meas= ure an appeal to the vanity of American women. The significance of dyes in a thousand activities of daily life hardly can be overesti- mated. The only possible shortage envisioned by officials of the Du Pont company is in cases where | some of the chemicals are badly | !needed for war purposes. A few shades, at the most, are likely to disappear. A similar example is urea. It is one of the waste products of the animal body. About a century ago a German chemist succeeded in synthesizing it. This was perhaps one of the major events in the his- tory of science. For the first time a Series.) mines. coal tar the chemists can match | man had succeeded In producing outside the body a substance which had been considered purely a prod- uct of living tissue. Uses Are Diverse. ‘The military, industrial and medi- cinal uses of urea are manifold. It is a raw material for some of the most necessary plastics. It is es- sential in fertilizers. It is used in treatment of lumber for Army and Navy purposes. It heals some types of wounds with magical speed. In the last war Germany had a/ monopoly on urea. In 1920 imports cost §1,100 a ton. Today urea, syn- thesized from coal, air and water, is being produced at one of the Du Pont plants for $85 a ton., In the last war the Army appealed to civilians to give up their field and opera glasses. There was a des- perate shortage of optical glass for military uses. This also was a Ger- man monopoly. The chemists got busy. Today this country produces the largest quantities of the finest optical glass in the world. Perhaps the most significant of all chemical contributions to this war is nitrogen. This gas constitutes about three-fifths of the air we breathe. It is absolutely essential in making all kinds of explosives. It is absolutely essential in fertilizer. There are about 70,000,000 pounds of it over every acre of ground in| the world, but few crops can make any use of it in its gaseous form. Lacked Fixation Process. In 1917 America was dependent on Chilean deposits for almost every pound of nitrogen used. So, for that matter, were all the Allies. Ger- many alone had developed a means of extracting nitrogen from the air, thanks to the genius of one of her chemists, Fritz Haber. . Before his invention, scientists | had predicted that the civilized world was doomed to starve to death when all the Chilean nitrate had been used, a prospect then seemingly not far distant. So Fritz Haber can be credited with saving the world from eventual starva- tion, though probably if he had not hit on the secret somebody else very shortly would have. Haber happened to be a sincere and honest man. Also he had a trace of Jewish blood in his ances- try. He was one of the first vic- tims of Nazi oppression, dying in exile in Swifzerland. Now American chemical com- panies can turn out nitrogen by the thousands of tons. DuPont and others spent millions on nitrogen fixation plants. Additionally, a chaim of Government-owned plants are now being rushed into produc- | tion. The process requires, how- | ever, an enormous amount of highly complicated machinery and the vital need for nitrates in the explosives industry and for other war pur- poses makes necessary a certain economy in their use. Shipments from Chile, by the way, have just been resumed. Philadelphia Block Is Ravaged by Fire With Million Loss Boy Reported Seen Plunging Into Flames; 200 Treated for Injuries BY the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9—The city’s most destructive fire in 18 years ravaged a large block of busi- ness buildings and homes last night and early today, causing damage firemen said would exceed $1,000,000, A woman spectator—one of nearly 50,000 who crowded into the thickly populated area at Columbia and Ridge avenue—said she saw a ’teen- age boy plunge from a rooftop into the flames when a wall collapsed, but police reported no one was missing. A 30-mile-an-hour north wind sent flames hundreds of feet into the air. Eight alarms were sounded. Forty fire companies and 75 pleces of apparatus joined the fight. Four buildings were destroyed and 13 others were damaged before the swift-spreading flames were brought under control. Approximately 200 persons—most of them firemen—were treated for injuries at the scene. Eleven per- sons were taken to hospitals. Most seriously hurt was a fireman who ;mlved & broken back and crushed oot. “It was the worst fire T have ever experienced,” said Fire Chief Wil- liam Cowden. “I don't see how we ever stoppec it.” Fifty families were left homeless and 1,000 were driven from their homes temporarily by smoke and fear of the fire spreading. Many ran into the streets in scanty clothing despite the 24- degree temperature. Power and light lines fell under coatings of ice. Neighbors said an explosion pre- ceded the fire which started in the | four-story warehouse of the Acme Furniture Co. Owners of the com- pany said their damage alone was more than $200,000. | Guy E. Parsons, the city’s chief | ar-raid warden, called out 250 dis- trict wardens to handle the crowds. He praised their work, but said, “This would be some mess if it were a real bomb attack.” , 0.C.D. (Continued From First Page.) rate of $8,000 a year, but only for | the time actually spent on the job. | His supposed salary was one of the considerations which led the House to prohibit last week use of any of the O. C. D.'s appropriation |to finance “fan dancing, street | shows, theatricals, or other public entertainments.” The other main topic of debate was the appointment of Miss Chaney as head of children’s activitles in the physical fitness division. Miss Chaney, defending her job last week, said she had not yet recelved any of her $4,600-a-year salary. | chemical industry 1s contributing not only to the fighting forces but to the essential civilian health and morale, without which armies soon collapse. Its advances over the past | 20 years have resulted from the work of 70,000 research workers in 3,500 industrial laboratories. Their | work costs about $300,000,000 a year. 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