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Irregular habits, improper eating and drinking—its risk of exposure and infec tion—throws heavy strain on the work of the kidneys. They are apt to become over-taxed and fail to filter excess acid and other impurities from the life-giving blood. You may suffer nagging backache, headache, dizziness, getting up nights, leg pains, swelling—feel constantly tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs of kidney or bladder disorder are some times burning, scanty or too frequent urination. Try Doan’s Pills. Doan’s help the kidneys to pass off harmful excess body waste. They have had more than half a century of public approval. Are recom mended by grateful users everywhere. Ask youT neighbor! Doans Pills Seers Silent on Commodity Trend ALyf/i of Current Price Dip: 'Truman Planned That Way' By BAUKHAG’ News Analyst and Comnu ,., i>h. WASHINGTON.—It is still open season for economists, financial experts and market wizards. It took about a week after the first drop on the commodity market to send them into their holes. Up to that time, you could get a prognostica tion anywhere from the Chicago stockyards to/Broad and Wall streets or Pennsylvania avenue and 15th street. But along about the sixth day of the dip, anybody who would teU you whether we were facing a permanent nose-dive or just weathering the Butter of a few yards of ticker tape was as rare as a vote against tax- reduction (that issue, itself, had changed after the sixth dip). The reason no expert would talk<S>- was that all of them had been mak ing wrong predic- Baukhage tions ever since Coolidge’s per manent plateau of prosperity of pre - depression days or Hoover’s corner around which prosperity was always duck ing. The most silent man in Washing ton was Secre tary of the Treas ury Snyder. He knew that too many people re membered what he and others had said two years ago last fall. Snyder, at that time reconversion director, had predicted that by the spring of the next year (1946) eight million people would be unemployed. In fact, so many others believed that that Henry Wallace, already dream ing of a home with white pillars on Pennsylvania avenue, decided to make “Sixty Million Jobs” a come- hither plank in his platform. He wrote a book with that title and it became a best seller. His book set a goal of 56,500,000 to 57,500,000 civil ians employed by 1950. * But somebody must have stolen the idea or else they wanted to play a mean trick on Wallace—and on Snyder—any how there were 57,149,000 per sons employed in this country as of January, 1948 — two years early, and 10 months before presidential campaign time. Likewise, in October of 1946, sev eral astute Washington inside-stuff letter writers were saying privately to their thousands of clients, and the AFL monthly survey was' saying in public print, that by early 1947 prices would come down. One could say on January of 1947, with con siderable accuracy, that there was a general agreement on recession beginning soon and followed by more a little later. Other writers predicted it a little later, and some, by summer, were insisting that deflation already was here. But what happened? In the very year of that doleful proph ecy, prices started on the up- shoot that took them into their all-time high. Many other similar bad guesses might be mentioned, all of which contributed toward making the prophets reticent, and so when the slide came in February of this year, nobody would even whisper “fox” for fear that not even a kit would appear. They knew that nobody would believe them after all the without-the-wolf-wolfing that had been going on. In any case, this dip, drop, de pression or delusion, whichever it turns out to be by the time these lines reach print, or later, will have its garland of myths and legends entwined about it The best myth, of course, is that Mr. Truman “planned it that way.” The blueprint is simple enough if you are good at reading a blueprint between the lines. Prices were get ting too high. At worst, they might bring on a real depression before election; at best, they would bring a series of strikes and work stoppages which might seriously hamper the Marshall plan on the one hand, and add to the discontent of the voters on ’the other. It would be like any operation, not dangerous from the surgeon’s point of view. Just a little amputation of credit, at least so said doctors who work on the body economic, which would let enough blood out of some businesses to cause a lijtle unemployment. Enough to scare off strikes and make busi nessmen a little more cautious about expansion. There was some evidence that this may really have been intended because the President did ask in his November 17 message to congress for credit controls and increased bank Reserves. However, when con gress said “humph” to that along with the President’s other recom mendations, he turned around and demoted the man who is said to have written the deflation prescrip tion from the chairmanship of the federal reserve board (Marriner Eccles), and put in a man supposed to have more sympathy with an op posite course. However we mustn’t spoil a good story by facts. There are other points which can be intro duced to give a touch of verisi militude to an otherwise not-too- convincing narrative. The sooth sayers say that several methods were pursued, some of them successfully. For example, the President slam-banged at what he called the “gamblers” in commodities who were driving up food prices by speculating in grain and other futures. That did open a Pandora’s box, and some of the plagues released alighted on the very rooftree of the White House. But it also threw a scare into the marketeers and the markets. Then came the day of a White House press and radio conference when the President made a remark —credited at the time by some of his friends as an unhappy slip — when he said that if the cost of liv ing was not controlled, there would be a crash. That got headlines, frightened a lot of little fellows who pulled out - their chips, and, combin ing with other evil Jinns released from the economists’ Jinn bottles, did the trick. There are many others of these tales which will grow, such as the creating of sun-spots by the admin istration’s atomic-energy experts. But one is enough for the moment. Anyhow “it was planned that wayl” Taft-Hartley Issue Losing Its Potency There has been a lot of noise over the Taft-Hartley act lately, and on the surface it looks as if the law might become an issue in the presi dential campaign. If that should happen, it certainly would help the prestige of Senator Taft. But the old-timers say it can’t happen. As you know, last autumn, right after the act went into effect, a lot of people felt its provisions would decide the votes in the bye-eiections. But those elections came and went, and it was hard to adduce any sta tistics to prove that T-H had figured very much, if at all. Later on, animosity against the law died down. But now both the CIO and AFL have announced their preliminary plans for campaigning against the men who voted for it; Taft has used it in his campaign speeches in Midwest centers where labor is strong; Philip Murray was indicted under its provisions, and both Murray, representing the CIO, and the International Typographers’ union have charged it is unconstitu tional. But the issue still fails to command any real dramatic in terest. This is another proof of how a controversial issue that calls forth bitter debate and stirs up nationwide interest at the mo ment, can fade into the back ground as time passes, and by election day have little or no effect on votes. It is much like a fire that makes Page 1 because it breaks out just as an edition of an afternoon paper is going to press. It may get a banner on Page 1 if the news is light, but by the next edition, it may have shrunk to a single head on an inside page. Recency expands the importance of all events. You may recount excit edly at dinner how you almost got hit by a truck on the way to work. But by tomorrow night, you’11 be telling with much more gusto about a fish you caught last summer. • • • The City of Washington always quaffs before a real snowstorm like a pup with the hose turned on it FOR DISTINGVISdED SERVICE . . . Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt presents the national achievement award, one of America’s highest honors, to the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, England, for her “distinguished services to her country which have been an inspira tion to the women of other countries.” NEWS REVIEW Aid for China Asked; Senate OKs Budget Cut Although it was obvious that his<S> heart wasn’t in it. President Tru man presented congress with a re quest for 570 million dollars to be sent to China as a prop for the foundering economy of Chiang Kai- shek’s Nationalist government. White House and state depart ment sources admitted that the re quest was something less than a half-measure and claimed that the President had acted under pressure from the Republican congress which has insisted that the U. S. must support Chiang against the Communist revolution in connection with the European recovery plan. At best the 570 million dollars is a token gesture—just a chip in rela tion to the vast amount of timber that would be needed to restore the rotting derelict of Chiang’s govern ment. Theory behind this latest exten sion of aid, which will be used to finance Chinese imports of cereals, petroleum, coal, fertilizer and so forth, is that the money will enable Chiang’s government to free other resources for purchase of arms and ammunition to continue the fight against the Communist guerrillas. But that is more of an idle hope than a valid theory, because the government forces, despite their American arms and equipment, are being bested consistently by the Communists. BUDGET CUT: Indifferent With little discussion and a good deal of outright indifference, the senate adopted a resolution to cut President Truman’s fiscal 1949 budget by 2.5 billion dollars. How much significance the sen ate resolution would have in the final analysis was questionable, in view of prevailing uncertainties which might affect both sides of the ledger. The 2.5-billion-dollar reduction would leave an estimated 10 billion dollars for tax cuts and debt reduc tion. Republicans, therefore, were feeling increasingly confident that an income tax slash of up to 5 bil lion dollars could be enacted. Brevity of the senate discussion and its lack of apoplectic oratory was in direct contrast to last year’s strident contest over the budget committee’s recommendation of a 6-billion-dollar cut in the 1948 budget. Democrats made no effort to block the proposed spending slash which had been recommended by the house-senate budget committee. It still requires house adoption. Biggest bug in the senate’s budget recommendation was the fact that it probably embodied a number of inaccurate estimates. Republican sponsors of the measure admitted that accurate estimates of budget needs were impossible at the time. Sen. Styles Bridges (Rep., N. H.), chairman of the budget committee, compared the estimates with “a pre-game guess at the final score.” But Sen. Alben Barkley (Dem., Ky.) called the procedure "a step in the dark.” IRELAND: New Premier Even to members of the Eire as sembly who had helped defeat him it was strange to $ee Eamon De Valera, premier of Ireland for 16 years, sitting quietly on the opposite side of the house as leader of the opposition. In his place as premier was John A. Costello, former attorney gen eral, whom the assembly had voted into office after a new six-party co alition had taken control of the leg islative group as a result of the previous elections. Costello, in a dignified speech to the assembly, explained his sudden emergence as premier of Ireland: “I consented to this nomination at the request of a number of parties who felt that the interest of the country required that there should be an inter-party government and that the premier of that govern ment should occupy a position in political life detached from the con troversial bitterness of the past.” The “inter-party government” whose choice Costello was is com pounded of six political parties of apparently divergent ideals: Re publican, United Ireland, Labor, Na tional Labor, Independent and Farmers. Just how long a government made up of so many diverse com ponents would last was the subject of much speculation in Ireland. In their present cooperative mood the parties of the coalition may carry on for a year or two, but few were prepared to give the government a much longer span of liie. CAT FEET: First a Dream Like the fog that “comes on little cat feet,” Carl Sandburg, honored and honorable free-verse poet and voluminous biographer of Lincoln, was creeping into the senatorial race in Illinois. A hitherto almost imperceptible drive supporting Sandburg as a pos sible candidate for senator picked up considerable impe tus with the release of a public opinior p -ill indicating that he might become a popular choice over the Democratic candidate, Paul H. Douglas, and the Republican candi date, Sen. C. Way- land Brooks. As far as the question of how a poet can turn into a politician is concerned, those favoring him say he is a “good man,” he understands the common people and Is educated and well-informed about the coun try’s needs. The opposition claims he is politically inexperienced and, since he is a writer, is an impracti cal dreamer and an idealist. But Sandburg, the poet, once wrote: "The republic is a dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream.” SANDBURG TUNE IN TOMORROW Soap Operas Benefit Society Relax, ladies. Don’t feel guilty about listening to the great and grievous trials of “John’s Other Schmoe” every day at 11:15 a. m., brought to you through the courtesy of Philbottom’s Ossified Sheep Dip. The news is now out that soap operas, as presented interminably on the radio, actually might do you some downright good. An anthropologist. Prof. W. Lloyd Warner, and a psychologist, Dr. William E. Henry, tuned in on a (laytime radio serial over a long period and arrived at the ponderous solution that soap operas are “of considerable value to our society.” The two scholars, consultants for a research organization which di rected the study for Columbia Broadcasting system, based their report on a detailed analysis of the serialized drama, “Big Sister.” Women being the chief listeners, it is they who derive the greatest benefits from these daytime dirges by having their egos bolstered and their spirits strengthened by hear ing stories of fictional women going through problems and experiences that parallel their own, the scien tists pointed out. “The basic and primary theme is that good and noble women who are wives and mothers are invincible within their own arena of life, the American family," said the report. “Men, who are superordinate elsewhere, are subordinate and de pendent (in the story) on the wis dom of the wife. This primary theme always triumphs over the second theme which runs counter to it—that family ties can be broken and a woman’s security threatened chiefly by the loss of the husband to other women, and, quite seconda rily and obliquely, by death.” Moreover, the social scientists said, the program, among other things, provides its women listeners with “moral beliefs, values and techniques for solving emotional and interpersonal problems — and makes them feel they are learning while they listen.” In brief, the report added up to a clear-cut spiritual and moral vic tory of the soap opera over its hard ened and blase critics. Healthful Breakfast Will Appeal to Family If Menus Are Varied All those in favor of bacon and eggs have the right idea for there’s no denying the importance of a substantial breakfast. In, addition to bacon and eggs, the pattern should include fruit or fruit juice, toast, butter and a beverage. You can’t expect a first-class health rating if you skip breakfast frequently. And you can’t do your best work, be you business man, farmer, house wife, career girl or school child, it mid-morning hun ger pains bother you. The remedy? A well - rounded breakfast that gives you foods essential for health. You say you can’t eat breakfast? Nonsense. Of course, if you’re one of those skip-breakfast people, it may take you a little time to get used to eating it, but little by little you can do it and really like it. It’s worth it, if you feel better and can work better, isn’t it? Afraid of gaining weight, you say? No, notTf breakfast includes a citrus fruit, soft boiled or poached egg, dry toast and coffee or tea without cream or sugar. You won’t have nearly as hard a time resisting the snacks which put on weight if you’re forti fied with a nicely balanced break fast. We have variety in lunches and dinners, why not plan to have it in breakfasts? It will make them ever so much more interesting. Prepare eggs in several different styles, scrambled, poached, soft boiled, coddled, fried, baked or creamed. Have interesting breads ana spreads. Don’t forget that meats add va riety, too. Try sliced or frizzled ham as well as bacon, sausage, Canadian bacon or dried beef. Then, too, you can find interesting variations for pancakes and waffles. Why not this: Bran Griddle Cakes. * (Makes 15 cakes, 5H inches in diameter) 2 eggs H cup sugar 2% cups milk 3 cups sifted flour* 2 tablespoons baking powder 1)4 teaspoons salt % cup melted shortening H cup bran Beat eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. Add milk and mix well. Sift flour with baking powder and salt; add to first mixture, stirring until flour disappears. Add shortening. Fold in bran. Bake on a hot griddle, turning only once. You’ll find that Dutch pancakes will do a nice fill ing job during vi breakfast, as well as contributing the valuable pro tein of eggs for this meal. Dutch Pancakes. (Serves 4) 4 eggs H cup sifted flour H teaspoon salt 34 cup milk 2 tablespoons soft butter Confectioners’ sugar Jam Beat eggs thoroughly. Sift flour and salt together and add to eggs al ternately with milk to make a smooth batter. Spread butter over bottom and sides of cold frying pan. Pour in batter and place in a hot (400 de gree) oven. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, reducing heat gradually to moderate (350 degrees) during the baking. Pancakes should puff up at the sides LYNN SAYS: Remember These Facts , About Yeast Breads Rising time on bread or rolls usu ally follows this pattern: Dough made with one cake of yeast and two cups of liquid will take three hours to rise. Each subsequent rising takes less time. Rising may be hastened by using more yeast. However, not more than two cakes of yeast should be used in the average recipe for fear of giving too much yeast flavor. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Baked Salmon Loaf Goldenrod Egg Sauce Lemon Wedges Browned Potatoes Green Peas Apple, Pineapple Salad Broiled Grapefruit Cookies Beverage and be crisp and brown. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar and spread with jam. Roll like an omelet and serve immediately from a hot plat ter. Eggs and Pork Sausage. (Serves 6) U pound bulk pork sausage 3 cups dry cubed bread 6 eggs, beaten 6 tablespoons milk 34 cup grated cheese Saute sausage in skillet until well browned. Pour off most of the fat, then add bread cubes and brown. Combine eggs, milk and cheese and add to sau sage mixture. Cook like scram bled eggs. Serve at once. Shirred Eggs and Sausages. (Serves 6) 6 link sausages 1 cup catsup 6 eggs Cut sausages into one-inch pieces and brown lightly. Place in a shal low baking dish and cover with cat sup. Break eggs over catsup and bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for 15 minutes. Sour Cream Coffee Rolls. 2 cups milk 1 cup sour cream % cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 4 beaten eggs 2 cakes yeast 34 cup warm water 13 cups flour Scald milk and cream. Add short ening, salt and sugar, then cool. Add the eggs and the yeast which has been softened in lukewarm water. Add the flour to make a stiff dough. Blend well. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down. Cover the bot tom of large muffin tins with 34-inch thick pieces of dough. Cover with filling and place another piece of dough on top. This may be baked as a coffee loaf in the same manner, covering the bottom of a loaf tin with dough, putting on the filling and covering with another piece of dough. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Bake rolls in a hot oven 25 minutes. For bread, use a hot oven for 10 minutes, then reduce to mod erate for 40 minutes. Hardly anyone can resist piping hot pancakes with butter and syrup for breakfast. For those with sub stantial appetites and large caloric needs, serve pancakes often. Or, use them to add variety to the breakfast pattern. Filling. 1 cup cooked, chopped prunes 34 cup sugar 34 cup chopped nuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon 34 cup raisins Mix together thoroughly. The sour cream coffee dough will make three loaves of bread and sev eral dozen rolls. Banana Soar Cream Bread. (Makes 1 large loaf) 34 cup thick sour cream >4 cup brown sngar 134 cups mashed banana 1 cup bran 134 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 34 teaspoon salt 34 teaspoon soda Blend the first four ingredients. Add, sifted together, the dry ingre dients. Place in a greased loaf pan and let stand 20 minutes. Bake in g moderate (350 degree) oven foy about one hour. Make this the day before, and toast for breakfast. It’s delicious. Released by WNU Features. Sugar is yeast food and it also gives flavor to bread. Too large amounts retard the yeast growth. Sour, heavy bread is caused by too high temperature during the ris ing time. Crisp crusts on bread are made by brushing the top with slightly beaten egg white 10 minutes before the baking. This also will give a browner crust. Soft crusts can be achieved by brushing with melted fat just befora baking. tfStuffyHttse ods Tonight A little Va-tro-nol In each nostril quickly opens up, nasal passages to relieve 8tuIIJt| transient congestion. Invites rest* ful sleep. Relieves snlffly, snees*, distress of head colds. Follow direct tions in the package. Try iti VICKS VA-TRO-NOli /*~^f/NEFM SCUTCmS 'BIG MOROLINE PETROLEUM JELLY SPEEDED-UP COMFORT! tor so-called KIDNEY SUFFERERS Backaches, leg pains, broken sleep, painful pr esages usually go so much quicker if you iwitefc to Foley (the new kidney-bladder) Fills. Thar stisnulate sluggish kidneys: then ALLAY BLAD DER IRRITATION. That'® the cause of moat pains, aches, urges ones thought entirely one f® Kidneys. 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