THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
A Return# of Governmental Hap
penings in the National Cauital
Washington, Aug. 28 ? The govern
ment's pattern for reconversion to
peacetime living has been announc
ed in detail? but it is evident that
many shifts in the blueprints will
be necessary as ijew problems pre
sent themselves.
The aims of the government pro
gram are: to see that every man has
a Job (although government spokes
men admit that this will be impos
sible during the rest of 1945), to
keep peacetime production and
peacetime wages at a level equal to
wartime and thus raise our nation's
standard of living, to get rid of war
time restrictions as rapidly as pos
sible, and to prevent price inflation.
Jobs is definitely the biggest prob
lem. Millions of men already are
out of work as a result of the can
cellation of war contracts and it is
expected that unemployment may
reach a peak of 8,000,000 by the end
of this year. The only immediate
answer for these unfortunate work
ers seems to be unemployment in
surance ? although, through tlje U.
S. employment service, it is the gov
ernment's hoRe that they will be
quickly absorbed into peacetime in
dustry. Special efforts will be made
to find immediate work for veter
ans. But during the period while
large industries are shifting from
wartime to peacetime manufactur
ing there will be a large group of
men in the cities who will be un
able to find work.
It is the general opinion here that
our nation can have a short period
of unemployment without having a
business depression ? but if it lasts
long the whole plan for prosperity
may blow up. In an effort to be
sure that reconversion is brought
about in the quickest possible time,
the War Production board is mak
ing materials available to industry
immediately and is eliminating all
possible red tape which might slow
up the process.
Inflation ? which could wipe out
all of our savings if it ran wild ? will
be controlled with an iron hand. Al
though rationing has ended on many
items, price ceilings will be enforced
more actively than ever in an effort
to prevent prices of scarce goods
from soaring. And wage controls
will be kept in force until the time
comes when the supply of goods is
equal to the demand.
The public was pleasantly sur
First U. S. Occupation
Troops Land in Tokyo
Manila, Aug 28 ? The first Amer
ican occupation forces landed in
Japan today at 9 a. m. Tokyo time
(8 p. m. Monday, Eastern War time).
Forty-eight {wo and four-engined
transport planes and Flying For
tresses began landing at that hour
at Atsugi airfield, 18 miles south
west of downtown Tokyo, with 150
technical specialists.
The momentous first arrival of
ground personnel, to prepare for
mass arrivals two days hence, oc
curred as powerful fleet units,
headed by the 45,000-ton battleship
Missouri, rode at anchor in Sagami
bay.^nine miles south of Atsugi.
The advance party at Atsugi im
mediately set about arranging for
American signals and landing pro
cedures ^or the air armada due
Thursday.
prised when gasolina rationing and
canned food rationing were sudden
ly ended on the day following the
Jap's surrender. Most everyone saw
in this action the promise that the
government would release its con
trols over our lives as rapidly as
possible. By the end of 1945, it is
hoped, practically all wartime regu
lations will be eliminated. At pres
ent, however, there are good rea
sons why the rationing of meat,
shoes, butter, tires and sugar must
be continued.
Informed opinion here expects
that shoe rationing will end within
a few months, cheese and canned
fish rationing may end any day,
butter rationing should end before
1946, and tire rationing may end in
the fall. Meat and sugar rationing
will probably be the last to go ?
sometime in 1946.
? ? ?
Letters to congressmen indicate
that there is considerable disap
pointment among the people over
the time it will take to return the
men in the armed forces to their
homes. But analysis of the situation
here makes it apparent that the job
will be done as rapidly as is human
ly possible. In the first place, large
armies of occupation are vitally ne
cessary and a large number are
needed to supply those armies. As
for those who are scheduled to be
sent home, the problem is largely
one of transportation. If the aver
age transport carries 1,000 men, it
would take 6,000 ship loads to move
an army of 6,000,000.
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State College Hints
To Farm Homemakeri
By RUTH CURRANT
CN C. Slate Colleca)
A summer vacation for curtains
that have been on the job all winter
is recommended by textile specialists
this year when curtains are almost
impossible to replace.
Open season for windows is a hard
season on curtains, the specialists
explain. In strong summer sun
light, draperies may fade, and glass
curtains rot. Blowing against screens
and dust and rain from open win
dows are all hard on curtains.
When draperies and glass cur
tains are taken down, a light sum
mer set may be put up. Or, an old
set may be used. Minor repairs won't
show when these old curtains are
pushed back to let in as much air as
possible. Or, as a third .possibility,
particularly where summers are hot,
many families prefer to leave win
dows curtain less.
Cotton draperies may be washed
if they are unlined, fast color, and
preshrunk. Try to have other drap
eries dry cleaned. A good way to
keep draperies from wrinkling or
crushing in storage is to fold length
v?tee and hang over the horizontal
bar of a coat hanger padded with
f
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paper. Several pairs can then be
slipped into a large paper bag.
Fold up and pin the open end of
the bag. Then hang the draperies
in a closet where the paper covering
wont get torn.
It is best to have fragile net and
lace curtains-*-either cotton or ray
on ? dry cleaned. IX they must be
laundered at home, the specialists
advise washing them in a large mus
lin or mesh bag, using mild, luke
warm suds.
Unless curtains can b e rolled
smoothly for storing, it saves work
to put them away without ironing
or starching, because folding makes
creases that necessitate pressing or
stretching when the curtains are
hung. Wrap in plain paper.
Try B1SMAREX
for Acid Indigestion. Insist
on genuine BISMAREX and
refuse other so-called Anti
acid Powders, recommended
to be "just as good." BISMA
REX is sold in Watauga
ty only at
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