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Show TRUMAN COMMITTEE CARRIES ON Senators KUgore of West Virginia (Dem.) und Brewster of Maine (Rep ) had an interesting experience experi-ence while probing conditions in Germany for the Mead committee, formerly the Truman committee. Calling at the headquarters of Lt. Gen Alexander M. Patch, they were received courteously by the general himself, who talked with them for , ten minutes, then went off to Keep an appointment. The two senators then proceeded with their usual investigation. Settling Set-tling down in one of the U. S. mill- j tary offices, they called in witnesses, and cross-examined them with a Stenographer taking down every-thing every-thing that was said. This continued for nearly three hours. Unlike most visitors, Sen- j ators Kilgore and Brewster seemed intent on really finding out what was happening in that part of occupied occu-pied Germany. Finally, Gen. Arthur Ar-thur White, chief of staff to General Patch, appeared nervously in the background. "Gentlemen," he said, "ahem . . . this procedure . . . it's a little un-usual. un-usual. I'm not sure that we car permit you to continue." "It's the same procedure we've always followed," replied Senator Brewster. "Yes," continued Kilgore, "It's tin? same procedure followed fol-lowed by this committee under former Chairman Truman." "You probably recall him," added Brewster, "he's now President of the United States." Next day General Patch himself him-self Invited the two senators to dine with him at the villa which he had taken over from a German Ger-man princess. JUDICIAL EXIT There was a day when everyone in and around the Roosevelt administration admin-istration wanted to be a Judge. This ambition was largely precipitated by the Supreme court fight and the fact that the courts in those days had put several obstructive decisions squarely across the path of the New Deal. But now It is just the opposite. There is a growing exit from the courts. Judge Schwellenbach has just resigned from the bench to be secretary of labor. Judge Sherman I Minton is itching to get off the circuit cir-cuit court of appeals in Chicago. ! And there will soon be four vacancies vacan-cies on the court of appeals of the 1 District of Columbia, considered one of the most important courts in the country. Judges Vinson and Thnrman Ar- nold have already made two vacan- : ! cies on this court. Two other va- I cancies will occur when Chief Jus-tice Jus-tice Duncan Groner and Judge Jus- ! tin Miller resign. It may keep the White House busy looking for good men to take their : places. ITALIAN UNDERGROUND It is not often that anyone can get a first hand report on the results of psychological warfare direct from his own family in an enemy country. coun-try. However, Ugo Carusi, director of immigration and naturalization, has had that experience. Carusi came to this country as a small boy from the marble quarries-of quarries-of northern Italy, went to work in the marble quarries of Vermont, and got to know Harlan F. Stone, j who brought him to the justice de-; de-; partment when Stone became attorney attor-ney general under Coolidge. And during the war, Carusi has been broadcasting to the Italian ; people urging them to surrender. With the end of the war, Carusi has received letters from his relatives in Italy telling how his broadcasts helped inspire the battle against the Nuz:s. "Ugo." wrote a cousin, "you can really be proud of your relatives here in Italy. From the oldest down o that little, charming young lady (Carusfs 10-year-old niece) you were always so happy to hold In your lap while in Carrara, they have proven themselves to be great patri- "One of your cousins, the brother of Enrico, was the colonel who led Partigiani band in the capture of I Carrara from the Germans last No-vember. No-vember. From that time on. the Partlg!anl controlled all the public offices n the town. The caves with which you are familiar were used andthVdMan,3Seby the PrtilHl. and the Nazls refrained from reentering re-entering the city." WAR NOTES C Despite the heavy bombing of the Schwe nfurt ball-bearing p,,,,, s,de source reveal that it , in reasonably good condition and with n one month could be producing 50 Pfr cen,onts wartime schedule Jh Nazis had removed a lot' oi Schweinfurfs intneat. - !r before th , nlriCa,e machinery before the air raids, and hidden It Jhe manager of the plant told u S officials that within three , a -th he M be ;XOrou,20 atrinrtheTar. baU beari"S |