U. S. Government
Bookkeeping
“Very Sloppy”
WASHINGTON, (#*)—A former
official of the general accounting
office declared yesterday the gov
ernment keeps its books so badly
that “no one yet knows” whether
it had a surplus or a deficit in its
income last year.
T. Coleman Andrews, former di
rector of the GAO corporate aud
its division, said that actually the
“budget surplus” of $757,000,000
announced by the treasury when
the 1947 fiscal year ended last
June 30 was “just a balance of
cash.”
Even businesses which are
broke and operating at a deficit
usually have some cash on hand,
Andrews said in a statement pre
pared for a House executive ex
penditures sub-committee.
Andrews said he was told that
the supposed budget surplus “did
not include billions of dollars of
disbursements by the army and
navy that were made prior to June
30 but not reported to the treasury
uojil later.”
The same was true, he added, of
unpaid vouchers “covering more
billions of dollars for goods and
services purchased and used by
the hundreds of departments,
agencies and other organizations
of the government during the fis
cal year.”
Andrews asked:
“How on earth can anyone say
whether there was a surplus or a
deficit for that year unless and
untli they are taken into account?”
The former GAO official was
the first witness called by the sub
committee in a discussion of book
keeping practices by the Recon
struction Finance Corporation as
a prelude to a full dress investiga
tion of government purchases dur
ing the war.
INFORMAL TEA HONORS
MRS. HARRY N. BURKHALTER
An informal tea was held last
Monday afternoon in the foyer of
the guest house on the air base in
honor of Mrs. Harry N. Burkhal
ter, wife of the new commanding
officer who arrived recently from
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The tea was given by the offi
cers’ wives and included several
of the towns women. ,
Pouring during the afternoon
were Mrs. A. Darling, Mrs. Tho
mas H. Schnebly, Mrs. Robert
Knowles and Mrs. Darwin E.
Swanson.
Do you want to see some color
movies of Alaska? Come to the
Pioneer Hall Thursday, Dec. 4,
7:30 p.m.
King Denies That
Royal Engagement
To Be Announced
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (/Pi
Dashing young King Mihai I of
Romania and beauteous Princess
Anne of Bourbon-Parma, his dis
tant cousin, will announce their
engagement probably within a
month, a source close to the Dan
ish royal family said yesterday.
The 24-year-old Danish-French
princess, who once worked in a
hat shop in New York with her
royal mother, and 26-year-old Mi
hai are together now in Switzer
land. They arrived Sunday from
London after attending the marri
age of Princess Elizabeth.
The British royal wedding had
revived rumors of a romance be
tween Mihai and Elizabeth’s sis
ter, Princess Margaret Rose. Mi
hai’s name also had been linked
with that of Princess Thereza,
member of a family which claims
the non-existent throne of Brazil.
(King Mihai’s secretary, advised
in Lausanne of the report, said
“We have to wait for an an
nouncement from the govern
ment.” The king and the princess
are staying at the hotel Beau Ri
vage in Ouchy, a fashionable Lau
| sanne suburb. With them as the
king’s mother, Queen Helen, and
his aunt, the Duchess of Aossta.
j The king’s secretary said the king
planned to leave at the end of this
week for Bucharest and that Prin
cess Anne expected to return then
to Copenhagen^.
The informant said it was ex
pected the engagement would be
announced simultaneously by
King Mihai in Bucharest, King
Frederick IX of Denmark and
Princess Anne’s parents, Prince
Rene and Princess Margarethe, in
Copenhagen.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (A*)—
King Mihai of Romania today de
nied Copenhagen reports of his
imminent engagement to 24-year
old Princess Anne of Bourbon
Parma.
j “There is absolutely nothing to
it,” the king told an interviewer.
“I hear this story everywhere, and
everybody knows more about it
than I do.”
Sources close to the Danish
royal family said yesterday in Co
penhagen betrothal of the 26-year
old king and the beauteous Danish
princess, would be announced
j within a month.
Employees at the exclusive hotel
where the king is staying with his
mother, Queen Helen, and his
aunt, the Duchess of Aosta, said
Princess Anne was constantly in
the company of the royal party.
An old porter said the king and
princess “are quite friendly, even
if they are not engaged.”
DOROTHY’S
9
%
For The Baby - - -
Buntings - Under Shirts - Receiving Blankets
Snow Suits - Wool Blankets - Comforters
Gowns - Robes r Hoods
Helmets - Rings - Bracelets
Gift Items
Roselane Pottery - Juniper and Myrtle wood
Bridge Sets - Salt and Pepper Sets
Ever Last Hand Wrought Aluminum
DAR Is Vigilant
For Communists
Among Its Ranks
(By Jane Eads)
<I/P) Newsfeature>
WASHING TON, </P) — The
Daughters of the American Revo
lution say they may have a few
Communists in their ranks but
that they are “trying to weed
them out.”
The society also has a few "ultra
liberals” or “fellow travelers,” its
top officers revealed at a press
conference held by Mrs. Roscoe C.
O’Byrne, newly installed president
general.
Mrs. Grace Brosseau of Green
wich, Conn., new editor of the
DAR magazine, said she prefers
Communists to fellow travelers or
ultra liberals.
“At least,” she confided, “you
know where the Communist
stands. Those ultra liberals and
fellow travelers ... I could sink
them.”
Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, of
Athens, Ga., immediate past presi
dent, said they never let fellow
travelers in “if they see them
first.”
Mrs. Brosseau said that to date
only one member has been ex
pelled from the DAR for alleged
subversive activities. She is said
to have distributed pamphlets that
were “against.the principles of the
DAR.”
Mrs. Brosseau went on to ex
plain that it would “take a lot” to
have a member expelled from the
society.
Mrs. O’Byrne, who was in town
from Brookville, Ind., to preside
over the society’s fall board meet
ings, said that one of the main
projects this year is to round up
about 42,000 new members to
bring the total number of daugh
ters to 200,000.
Mrs. Talmadge said that requi
sites for membership are desira
bility and eligibility. She explain
ed that the national society did not
define desirability . . . that actu
ally the admission of a candidate
depends upon the decision of indi
vidual chapters.
First the candidate is nominated
to membership then she must be
endorsed by two people to whom
she is known personally.
“But she can be completely
black-balled in a chapter meet
ing,” one of the daughters put in.
This daughter couldn’t remem
ber, she said, what actually consti
tuted desirability in her own chap
ter out in the midwest, but she
said a candidate had to be able to
trace her lineage straight back to
the Revolutionary War.
“As I remember it, I believe ‘de
sirability’ means that the candi
date has to be moi'ally all right
and not a well-known trouble
maker.”
The woman who was expelled
came from up New England way.
“After it was all over,” Mrs.
Talmadge said, “we decided to for
get the incident, and we did.”
The daughters said they cbuld
not even remember the lady's
name.
Board members and state re
gents from every state in • the
Union were in*town for the meet
ing, at which the year’s program
was discussed.
“In accordance with DAR pol
icy,” Mrs. O’Bryne said, “national
defense was stressed.”
Delivery Man—Marriage makes
me think of a busy cafeteria at
noontime.
Stock Clerk—Why?
Delivery Man—You simply grab
something that looks nice and pay
for it later on.
Wages Will Rise
Unless Congress
Cuts Cost Of Living
(Continued from Page One)
proposals “if he’s not just talking
for political purposes.”
In a speech in Philadelphia
Monday night, Senator Taft <R.-'
Ohio), also dropped a broad hint
or two that he thinks politics has
figured in the administration’s
economic proposals.
When Congress convened two
weeks ago in special session, Pres
ident Truman outlined a 10-point
anti-inflation program. This in
cluded authority for the adminis
tration to put on selective price
and wage controls if it decides
they are needed.
Cabinet officers and others are
now engaged in giving Congress
more details of what they have in
mind.
On wages, Schwellenbach sug
| gested a board be created to
i "watch and report” when press
! ures were developing for wage in
; creases which might in turn force
| prices higher.
He said he thought there would
be “very few cases” where wage
curbs would be needed.
Schwellenbach told the House
members he believes that organized
labor will cooperate in an anti
inflation campaign "if given some
real assurance that price rises will
be checked.”
Listen Juniors:A true story of
I a boy that was kidnapped, will be
I told at the Pioneer Hall. Thursday,
DeA 4, 7:30 p.m.
Arabs Violent
In Protest Over
Palestine Partition
(Continued From Page One
authorized the government * >
pay a first installment of the
equivalent of $920,000 into i )
Arab league fund for the ‘‘liebr. -
tion” of Palestine. It referred ‘ >
the national defense committee •
measure for compulsory military
service. At Aleppo, Syria, a m< >
broke into the Jewish quarter, at
tacking and burning.
At Baghdad, Iraq, business w. ;
at a standstill as demonstrators
for the second day violently ex
pressed their opposition to part -
tion. They shouted slogans against
the United States, Russia ar i
other nations who voted in favor
of the partition plan.
Demonstrators in Beirut, Leba -
on, paraded through the streets for
the second day, but there were r >
reports of violence.
In London, a British govern
ment source said it is “safe to as
sume” Britain would authorize at
least a 50 per cent increase in the
rate of legal Jewish immigratio ^
into Palestine between now ar I
Aug. 1, when British troops are
scheduled to leave the Holy Lan 1.
Britain now admits 1,500 Jews a
month into Palestine.
THE YOUNG OF THE EURC
pean eel travels about 2,000 mik ;
over a two and one-half perio I
from its breeding grounds near
the West Indies to the coast of Eu
rope, according to the Encyclopae
dia Britannica. »
BERING SEA CLUB
Open 10 A.M. to Midnight
Dancing — Cards — Liquors
LEWIS CAB CO.
Phone MAIN 144
Stop! Look! Listen!
BIG SOCIAL EVENT OF 1947
Pioneer
Roof Garden
Diversified Entertainment
Re-Enactment of Scenes from Gold Rush Days
as well as Latest in Modern Hollywood Styles
RAFFLES—Gold Nuggets, Furs, Etc.
GAMES - REFRESHMENTS - DANCING
Saturday, December 20, 1947
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM
Adults $1.25 Children, 12 and under, 50c
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