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Show tlll'ikiiiii...:r.....Vr.i..,ri : Washington, O. C. ! DISCHARGED VETERANS President Roosevelt has just re ceived a suggestion from CUicago't Mayor Ed Kelly designed to aid in the rehabilitation of ex-servicemen. Kelly, acting on a proposal from his wife Margaret, head of Chicago's tremendously popular servicemen's aid organisation, has urged FDR that men be permitted to wear their uniforms uni-forms for three to six months after they are discharged, if they want to. Kelly pointed out that 30,000 Chicago boys have been discharged from service and that many return home, after a year or more's absence, feeling thoroughly out of place in the community in civilian clothes. Many folks don't even know the boys have been off to war serving their country, Kelly has pointed out. Discharge buttons, promised many months ago, are still not Issued to men everywhere. Even though disabled, dis-abled, they no longer can enter serv-; serv-; icemen's centers for recreation, no longer receive special rates in theaters. Kelly also wrote the President that, during the last war, men were allowed to keep wearing their uniforms uni-forms for some time after their discharge. dis-charge. Many walked the streets in uniforms hunting jobs and received preference because they were veterans. vet-erans. Note Chicago's servicemen's centers cen-ters have done one of the best jobs in the U. S. A., have served more than 12,000,000 meals free. CONGRESSIONAL SOLDIERS It's not nearly so bad as in the last war, but several younger members mem-bers of congress are having trouble as they seek reelection, because they are in congress and not in the army. In most cases, the "slacker" charges are simply whispered. In one case, political opponents are whispering about a congressman who has received the navy's Silver Star for gallantry in action. He is Lyndon Johnson of Texas, who saw his bunkmate killed beside him In the South Pacific. Representative Albert Gore of Tennessee, who is 36, is another who has been smeared in a whispering campaign. A father, Gore .waived his congressional immunity last winter win-ter and was Inducted into the army as a private. However, at the request re-quest of the President, he returned to congress before he began training. train-ing. Others who have felt the lash of criticism because they are serving their country in the office to which they were elected are Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, Jamie Whitten of Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, Lindley Beckworth of Texas, Tex-as, and even Representative Warren G. Magnuson of Washington. The 39-year-old Magnuson, now running for senator, has seen more of the western Pacific theater than most soldiers and sailors in the area, was serving on the aircraft carrier from which General Doolittle's planes took off for the first bombing of Tokyo. AIR-COOLED CONGRESS While war workers swelter in movie theaters and while government govern-ment officials suffer in Washington's flimsy temporary buildings, the high-ceilinged house and senate office of-fice buildings enjoy air conditioned comfort even with congress adjourned. ad-journed. Although the capitol air-conditioning equipment is being geared to use the smallest possible amount of freon gas, the Tact remains that it took a special deal with WPB to release the 14,000 pounds needed. Meanwhile, movie theaters serving war workers in the South have been denied freon because of military demands. de-mands. Capitol Architect David Lynn says he's the man to blame, not members of congress. He says not a single member has taken the matter up with him. Probably no one is directly to blame, unless it is the WPB officials of-ficials who played favorites in releasing re-leasing the freon. No one begrudges the congressmen their air-conditioning, but their buildings, because of thick walls and high ceilings, would be cool even without air-conditioning. In the army's huge Pentagon building, the freon supply has been cut to the bone. The result, according accord-ing to workers there, is that the atmosphere is slightly warm. Last i year they claimed it was far too chilly, with many colds resulting, i I CAPITAL CHAFF ' c. NBC's popular "Labor for Victory" Vic-tory" radio program will be suspended sus-pended for the summer after nearly two years on the air. Reason is the AFL won't cooperate with the CIO in putting it on. C. Insiders report that the recent visit vis-it of Polish Premier Mikolajczyk to Washington was highly successful. The Polish government is now expected ex-pected to purge itself of anti-Russian leaders such as Beck and Pilsudski. In return, Russia Will sign a treaty of cooperation with Polnnd similar to that with Czechoslovakia; also will give the Poles more territory i around Lwow. C. Taxpayers will get some jolty reading in Prof. Harold Groves' "Production Jobs and Taxes." published pub-lished by McGraw-Hill for the com-j com-j mittee on economic development 'S |