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Show Truman Answers Taft WHEN MEMBERS of the national nation-al labor relations board dropped in to see President Truman the other oth-er day, they found him seated at his desk writing a letter in Ions-hand. Ions-hand. Looking up, he said: "I'll bet you don't know whom I'm writing to." Then, without wailing wail-ing for an answer, he added: "Senator "Sen-ator Taft." Continuing, Truman read Taft s letter, which went somewhat as follows: "As I leave for Europe I want to send you my best wishes 'or your new administration. "You and I have differed on some things in the past, ani no doubt will differ again in the future. But I want you to know that in such cases where we agree. I hope you will call on me for whatever helo I can give you in the senate of the United States." Looking up from the letter, Truman Tru-man winked at the labor board members and said: "You know I don't think that fel low wanted Dewey to win, after all." One-Man Lobby Congressman George Bender o Ohio, Republican, is the man who gave his frier-.ds Christmas presents of new brooms when the 80th congress con-gress came into power exactly two years ago. Today Congressman Bender finds himself swept out of office by popular reaction to the Ke-publican Ke-publican broom; so this Christmas, Christ-mas, Bender who has a real sense of humor, has been sending send-ing his friends a different kind of Christmas present. It consists con-sists of Dewey campaign neckties, neck-ties, and sweatshirts featuring a picture of the G.O.P. presidential presiden-tial candidate, with the admonition admoni-tion "do it with Dewey." Furthermore, the resourceful Bonder Bon-der has already found a job. He has appointed himself a one-man lobby for the American people, and plans to appear at all congressional committee meetings to read some interesting literature to the Democrats. Demo-crats. The literature he intends to read will be: the Democratic platform. Mushrooming Maryland During the last year of the Civil War, Gen. Jubal Early came within a few hours of capturing the capital of the United States. His troops arrived ar-rived at a point of Wisconsin Avenue Ave-nue where now stands the Sears Roebuck store, and if Jubal hai'n't. stopped for a round of mint julpps at the farm now occupied by Eugene Casey of Gaithersburg, Md., the capital would have fallen to the Confederacy. Immediately afterward the Mrry ' land area which his troops occupied just outside the city was captured through peaceful politics by .the Democratic narty, and has remained remain-ed Democratic ever since. In the succeeding years, it also has become the second largest city of Maryland. Actually a suburb of Washington, D. C, the mushroom city of Silver Spring ranks second only to Baltimore in the size of Maryland cities. Silver Spring and sprawlinp densely populated Montgom"ry county around it for a long time were governed and rather well-by well-by a Democratic boss, E. Broni: Lee, Then the Republicans hungry for power, two years ago persuid-ed persuid-ed local Maryland voters to install a system of nonpolitical government by council and county manager. This has proveU an important experiment. One aspect also has proved amusing. For, althone-b the county supervisor has givrn the area the best, cheapest ind most efficient government in years, the Republican commis sioners now want to get rid of the whole system. Reason: Their brief taste of 'run ning the secend largest city in Maryland ami its surrounding ore.i has whetted their appetite for more Successful Experiment This amusing aspect, however only helps to emphasize the 5lf-v iency of the experiment taKinf; place under Ihe nose of the city which governs the rest of the Cni ted States. It is an experimon which already has grown to 812 other cities of the U. S. A and tc 15 counties. What's nappened in Maryland". Mongomery r-ounty is that scr or teachers, once woefully urderp.-'n now are better paid in some .-:ase-than those in the District ot Colnm. bia. The mea-.lj sum of $12,500 or.., spent annually for school mainten -jnce has bee.i increased to S128 00C The amount of new roads iiuilt pV ?ry year has been tripled. The oni ice system h been revamoed a-c modcrnized. ;u"es' salaries l.fv, been raised. And the mushroo., area which i drives on the -dge o-the o-the capital las become ono of i'-v most progressively governed in th, |