Show iT ftP A MW DREW PEARSON congress must control rats THE T HE united states probably could save bushels of grain annually ann bally by two measures alone control of rats and eliminating weevils from grain bins elevators and freight cars few people realize the tremendous waste from these sources alone rats and other rodents for instance eat or waste around million bushels ot of grain annually the wate waste in some corncribs com corn cribs Is terrific and in order to undertake an effective rot rat tion campaign it Is almost necessary tor for every tanner farmer in a community to exterminate at the same time lime otherwise the rats leave one tann farm tor for another last year congress so drastically cut the funds of the bureau of wildlife that its campaign against rats was knocked cold weevils and other insects in grain bins and grain elevators destroy another million bushels a loss which could be eliminated by proper spraying and fumigation plant diseases also take a tremendous toll but can be partly controlled troll ed the wheat crop in montana was increased 25 per cent by spraying weeds what congress should do immediately Is to pass the appropriation requested by secretary ot of agriculture anderson anderon for or insecticide control and soil conservation this should be voted hand in hand with foreign relief in fact one is essential to the other WALTER WINCHELL notes of a bystander former ambassador joseph P kennedy has more than the U S mint he sold the somerset distilleries tor for 16 million cash and baat the furniture mart in achl the treasury department Is blued blueprinting binting a campaign to sell U S businessmen the idea not to expect any reduction in taxes at least before 1919 1949 it costs only 16 to replace the entire side of a 1948 mackidd less than the cost of repairing a bumped tender fender on an ordinary car many small acts are going to puerto rico where the loot is mucho more and band performers are treated like royalty royally the railroad traveling public now may be seen entering and leaving depots with a pronounced list to starboard moaning low and whispering profanely women travelers look especially sore going it is due to the fact incredible as I 1 it t may seem that the railroads have upped redcap fees again this time to 15 cents per bag or bundle with the blessing A yard trip for a little old lady with a suitcase a handbag and one bundle too many now w will ill set her back 45 cents exclusive of tip the only traveler who is in a position to take it with a smile As a matter of litt titular ilar history it is interesting to note that alme ame magda lupescu ou ranks the duchess of windsor whom so many social climbing americans are anxious anxious to cultivate the duchess hat has never rated higher than duchess and has never even had the additional distinction of being addressed as your grace lupescu Lupes cn bor however rever married an ex kirg whose whon title has never been less than ex king magda therefore has gained the title of ex queen furthermore if king caal returns to so the throne his wife wilt will be the queen whereas the duch ess of windsor can never be queen for the simple reason that her du duke fifteen e groom was demoted theoretically I 1 then st in a drawing room or a night nig 7 I 1 club if there is any curtseying to be done the duchess would have to do the knee bending before the ex queen magda anyhow let emily post unravel it WALTER ALTER IT SHEAD SHE AD P protection protection of civil rights W WITH ITH the electoral votes of nine key states probably hangi hanging ng in the balance california illinois indiana michigan missouri new jersey new york ohio and pennsylvania leaders in both parties are seeking a way to enact some ot of the provisions proposed by president Tr civil rights committee before the next session of congress adjourns tor for the 1948 elections these states account for out of the electoral votes needed to name a president and negroes and other minority groups may hold the balance of voting power in all of them hence it is conceded that legislation for a fair employment practices commission voting restrictions such as the poll tax and an anti lynching law will be pushed in the next session pushed squarely up against a southern senate filibuster unless strength can be found to adopt a cloture rule role by majority instead of the present two third vote necessary president truman already has committed himself on these and other proposals of the civil rights committee and is expected to endorse more such legislation in his message on the state of the union on the republican side speaker joe martin has pointed out that the house passed an anti poll tax bill last july and it is now in the senate for action he told a meeting recently that the anti lynch bill also will be brought up with early hearings sen irving ives of new york Is chief sponsor of an measure along with senators aiken of vermont taft of ohio ban ball of minnesota murray of montana and pepper of florida H I 1 PHILLIPS moral always travel light Is the fellow who steps off the train signals a porter and points to a bass violin a sack ot of cement and an iron deer a 0 0 0 A new auto with only three wheels Is on the market news item new the roads have been full of that kind ever since pearl harbor VIEW approached from afar or looked it t much nearer its a pretty sad view im a boarding house rier pier WESTBROOK PEELER x he loves the poor and steaks WELLES is a dear roguish boy forever up to mischief if he 0 ORSON setting the whole united states upside down with a broadcast ol of an invasion of martians he Is growing a beard and jutting it in the faces of the great big humo humorous tous irish doormen at the waldorf sure and now he the one his whole nature seems to chiller and cheep in the language of the elves and it was just like him to say yes that he did have his steaks flown out from iowa to california because with his asthma he requires an amount and kind of protein not found in tat fat western beet beef it was just like his bis honest sweetly impudent character to maintain this absolutely legal position even while he might set up anost lugubrious wail for the children of the poor in california who might have rickets or scurvy or punkin head for the lack of all that hungry children need after all his own personal steaks spread far among many and if they were so apportioned then all too soon the asthma might still the voice of protest As precious himself endeavored to explain the public a horrid brute in some aspects lacks the intelligence to note that a great heart which aches for the poor with a special pang for children every hour on the hour needs nutriment to endure this anguish and anyway even though a man is rich and flicks his ashes in the butter on the chip who but a fascist would deny his right to deplore the wretchedness around him what about his freedom of thought and speech WRIGHT PATERSON PA money alone wont work THE rhe final amount of americas Ameri cag A aid to the rehabilitation of 0 europe will not be known tor for a considerable time whatever the amount may be il if the european nations do not establish stable governments it will not be enough to do the job it if such stable governments were established and it if they would forget 4 the rivalries and jealousies of the past working together tor for a new and better europe private american capital would do the rehabilitation job there are billions of idle capital in this country at this time capital that Is 13 seeking a reasonably sale safe investment it will not invest in a socialistic europe |