Show U 0 W 0 ON Waskin washington gion D 0 ARMY DOCTORS rt it was lost in the news shuffle but dr john 11 musser of at the tulane un university Iver sity medical school a member ot 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 of doctors by the war department testifying belore before the pepper subcommittee on wartime health and education at a hearing bearing in pasca goula miss musser was asked if the army had too many doctors yes he replied there has been too much indiscriminate recruiting cr af 6 medical men without due regard for or civilian needs do you think that the army has utilized its doctors properly he e was asked definitely noo no ll 11 replied the tulane professor the present system ys of medical service in the army Is based on a procedure that dates back to the spanish american war and calls for the recruiting of a disproportionate number of physicians from civilian life to 70 illustrate hla his point doctor musser pointed out that tulane lin 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 or doctors by civilians dr musser said he be realized that the need tor for doctors was far greater than in the last war but that the army medical corps making the fullest use of its personnel WILD ANIMALS HOLIDAY since the army has a priority on guns and shells there been much h hunting u lor for two years with the re result u 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 r 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 Louls louisiana lara needs shotguns to drive off the flocks of 0 rice birds this explosive situation was the last tusk task handled by maury maverick before he left government division to become vice chairman in charge of the small plants division he tried to raise the civilian cartridge quota from 12 per cent of 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 tor 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 bugs cosmopolitan CONGRESS the farm arm bloc is in all powerful to in the house of representatives but never guess it to judge by the number of members who pre are real active farmers there are only 30 0 lawyers because of their natural bent for politics continue to dominate the house membership by an overwhelming majority out of a total members are lawyers business men rank next with a delegation of 60 there are 27 teachers and professors 23 writers and ne 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 gressional seat rep kep charles A eaton of new jersey former rector of the madison avenue baptist churchin new york city although rep kep walter H judd of minnesota was a medical missionary in china tor for several years the sports world is represented chiefly by congressmen joseph obrien of new york former professional fess ional wrestler and football player samuel weiss of pennsylvania a i football referee who still officiates in national pro league games and lavern la vern R dilweg of wisconsin former all america footballer at marquette university the rest of the membership halls atom a miscellany of trades and professions fes including a number of laboring men miners and mill workers two druggists representatives Representative i carl durham of north carolina and harvi harve of pennsylvania and a veterinarian congressman geor george e W gme gillie of indiana CAPITAL CHAFF C E D B robertson president of the brotherhood ot of locomotive firemen privately denounces bill greens statement that the railroad strike would never have been pulled robertson says he and his bis men meant ever word of it 4 because ot his interest in communism singer paul robeson has been prevented from making USO concert tours of V U smarmy S army camps the stati state depart department mini even denies him a passport to go rehe is immensely popular |