Show 6 9 U DR W washington D C ARMY DOCTORS it was lost in the news shuffle but dr john 11 II musser of the tulane university medical school a member of a special committee named by secretary of war henry stimson to study medical conditions in the army made some startling admissions recently at a senate committee hearing on the utilization ol of doctors by the war department testifying before the pepper subcommittee on wartime health and education at a hearing in pasca goula miss musser was asked if the army had too many doctors yes he replied there has been too much indiscriminate recruiting cru cr itina 0 of medical men without due regard tor for civilian needs do you think that the army has utilized its doctors properly he was asked definitely no replied the tulane professor the present system of medical service in the army is based on a procedure that dates back to the spanish ame american rican war and calls for the recruiting of a disproportionate number of physicians from civilian life to illustrate his point doctor musser pointed out that tulane uni vers itys unit of doctors in the army medical corps had spent more than a year twiddling their thumbs at camp benning georgia while awaiting a call for overseas duty at this time doctor musser said there was a crying need for doctors by civilians doctor musser said he realized that the need for doctors was far greater than in the last war but that the army medical corps making the fullest use of its pers personnel W nel 0 0 WILD ANIMALS HOLIDAY since al the e army has a priority on guns and shells there been much hunting for two years with the resu result it that wild animals are creeping up on civilization both farmers and state officials are demanding cartridges to drive off this invasion war production board has received urgent messages from state officials in every part of the country pennsylvania is alarmed at the boldness of bears and deer new york says rabbits eat victory gardens louisiana needs shotguns to drive off the flocks of rice birds this explosive situation was the last task handled by maury maverick before he left gave government M division to become vice chairman in charge of the small plants division he tried to raise the civilian cartridge quota from 12 per cent cf f normal to 50 per cent at first the army was willing but that was before cairo teheran after the big three powwow the army hinted that it would need everything for the invasion and declined to pass the ammunition when the news reached the backwoods says maverick the deer did a dance and bears celebrated with big bear hugs 0 0 0 cosmopolitan CONGRESS the farm bloc is all powerful in the house of representatives but never guess it to judge by the number of members who are real active farmers there are only 30 lawyers because a of f their natural natura bent for politics continue to dominate the house membership by an overwhelming majority out of a total members are lawyers lawyer S business men rank next with a delegation of GO there are 27 teachers and professors 23 writers and newspaper men 9 former government officials 9 insurance agents 4 doctors 2 engineers 2 dentists and 2 certified public accountants only one minister holds a congressional on seat rep charles A eaton of new jersey former rector of the madison adison M avenue baptist church in new york city although rep walter H judd of minnesota was a medical missionary in china for several years the sports world is represented chiefly by congressmen joseph obrien of new york former professional f fess eSs ional wrestler and football player samuel weiss of pennsylvania a football referee who still officiates in in national pro league games and la vern R dilweg of wisconsin former all america footballer at marquette university the rest of the membership hails from a miscellany of trades and professions fes including a number of laboring a men miners and mill mil workers two druggists representatives carl durham of north carolina and harve of pennsylvania and a veterinarian congressman george georga W gillie of indiana Inc liana CAPITAL CAPIA baff CHAFF fl 41 D 13 robertson president of the brotherhood of locomotive e firemen privately denounces bill B ill greens statement that the rail railroad roa d strike would never have b been e en pull pulled d robertson says he and his men meant ever word of it L because of his interest in communism singer paul robeson has been prevented from making USO concert tours of U S army camps the ie s tate state department even denies hin a 8 passport as sPort to go eo to england wr where he is immensely popular |