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Show Truman Answers Taft TtJTHEN MEMBERS of the nation-" nation-" al labor relations board dropped in to see President Truman the other oth-er day, they found him seated at ais desk writing a letter in lontf-nand. lontf-nand. Looking up, he said: "I'll bet you don't know whom I'm writing to." Then, without waiting wait-ing for an answer, he added: "Ser-a'tor "Ser-a'tor Taft." Continuing, Truman read Taft's 'otter, 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 ditfer 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 heln 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 thjnk that fel low wanted Dewey to win, after all " One-Man Lobby Congressman George Bender of Ohio. Republican, is the man who gave his friends Christmas presents of new brooms when the 80tl 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 Ihe G.O.P. presidential presiden-tial candidate, with the admonition admoni-tion "do it with Dewey." Furthermore, the resourceful Border Bor-der has already found a job. He has appointed himself a one-rran lobby for the American people, and plans to appeir at all congressional committee meetings to read sone 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 cayHal of the United States. His troops arrived ar-rived at a point of Wisconsin Avenue Ave-nue where niw stands the Sears Roebuck store, and if Jubal hai'n't stopped for a round of mint juleps it the farm new occupied by Eugene Jasey of Gaivhersburg, Md., the :apital would have fallen to the Confederacy. Immediately afterward the M?ry-and M?ry-and area which his troops occupied ust outside 'the city was captured hrough peaceful politics by the temocratic narty, and has remain-d remain-d Democratic ever since. In the succeeding years, it also las become the second largest city if Maryland. Actually a suburb of Vashington, D. C, the mushroom ity of Silver Spring ranks second nly to Baltimore in the size cf Vlaryland cities. Silver .Spring and sprawlinp tensely populated Montgomry county around it for a long time were governed and rather well jy a Democratic boss, E. Brnri: Lee, Then the Republicans huu!rj "or power, two years ago persuid d local Maryland voters to install i system of nonpolitical government )y council and county manager. This has proved an important experiment. One aspect also l:a proved amusing. For, although the county .supervisor has givn the area the best, cheapest inj most efficient government in years, the (Jepublican eommis sioners now want to get rid of the whole system. Reason: Their brief taste ot rur ling the secend largest city ii Maryland an;l its surrounding ore las whetted their appetite foi morr Successful Experiment This amusing aspect, howev' mly helps to emphasize the ?!' ency of the experiment ta.'h' lace under Ihe nose of the til .vhich governs the rest of the L'n ;ed States. It is an experi'ne. .vhich already has grown to 8' ither cities of the U. S. and ! 15 counties. What's nappened in Marylnr.'i' Uungomery rounly is that scr.o cachers, onre woefully undrrpriii tow are better paid in some ."aw han those in the District o? Cnlitm lia. The meiu.ly sum of S12.500 nr.i pent annually lor school mainten .nee has oee.i ir.cteased to S128.0C i'he amount ct new roads liuilt ev ry year has been tripled. The po ce system tri been revamped a"0 Modernized "urscs' salaries h?''(. ieen raised. And the mushruon irea which thrives on the dge oi he capital hae become ono of ihr 'lost progressively governed in thi '"a st. I |