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» Ool9 (Rev. $.27-83) 1) : : The Washington Merry-Go-Round rs te Qhins _. Brass USO LLU WJieeree Seren ee j R , 5 iN By Drew Pearson ‘ ~\ IF YOU WANT to see why a Sy | the brass hats of the armed | ' | forces get what they want desired. Buses will be marked by Army Mule and Afr Force Falcon. “1200 Arrive Soldier Field. Escorted to seats by Army or Air Force escorts.” ; Then after the game the same details were outlined for the VIP's trip back to Washington with dinner served en route. At the bottom of the sched- ule were these significant notes: out of Congress and why armed service appropriations eontinue to soar, despite the ~} efforts of Secretary of De- _. fense McNamara to hold ‘y them down, take a look at the schedule worked out for Congressmen at the recent | are -Air Force game in Chi “army and Air Force legis It was as detailed as the (lative liaison offices will 4 echedule for the Normandy |@7ranse sedan transportation <1 landing on D-Day. for accompanying members he The football schedule, of Congress and ail personnel however, was brimming over ‘© and from Andrews AFB as with VIP treatment. Tequired. 3g The Cotzsessmen tnvited ,Olfice, C of S, Army and sf by the Army and Air Force citice, VC of S, Air Force, to take the free flicht to Chl. Will arrange or coordinate eage were members of the transportation for all = Armed Services Commitee “°™~75 of the party other ‘and. the military subcom. S12" Conzressmen end L and mittees of the appropriations y er to and from An- 4 committees. The first com- ee MEE as required, mittee sets military policy lenkets and raingear will for the Congress; te second. be svailabie in the stadium.” : votes the money. All this is one reason why t the generals can run up to » sncitie carey prepared) Congress to seil the boys on “0830 EST Guests arrive ; the Hill regarding TFX con- _.* Andrews AFB and are met: tracts or big bombers or the ~~ and escorted to aircraft. | Skybolt when their civilian [ aN _ “9350 EST All members of ‘ chiefs in the Pentagon over- i { vA Sh i 1 I 3 ae See - v y, ae _ party on board alrcraft. Seat- ‘Tule them. ’ ing as desired. 9 . “9900 Wheels up. Flying Irs All Relative 7 time: 2 hours, 55 minutes.; REP. RON CAMERON, + Light luncheon served inj newly reelected California * flight. Democrat who defeated Joha ‘ \ ‘ “1055 CST Arrive Midwav: Birchite John Rousselot in Alrport, Chicago. Met by CG,, Nixon’s home town, Whittler, Fifth US Army. 1 writes: rd charter buses! “Have just read your for Soldier Field. Seating as, column on }SSnREssioual “ i ' we t H ° { | it ‘ 1, 2 Up to Congr nee wives on the O on I have two comments: 1-—You Ieft off my wife, Connie. She re ceives about $245 a month. 2 —I believe that a column such aes this serves exacily the opposite purpose from which you stand ... There are many Congressmen whose families make the best help they can hire and who could be hurt by such a column, They are generally the ones who are dolng the best job.” Conzressman Cameron 1s correct. Some of the wives and family members do perform the best job—as I have frequentiy noted, They are familiar with the Con- gressman’s work and his po litical position, therefore can operate more efficiently than an outsider, Among them are Mrs. George Miller and Mrs, George E. Brown Jr., both of California. There are others. But also there are relatives who never come near the office, some of them even students in college, drawing the taxpayers’ money for work they never perform. Cuban Aid The AMERICAN QUAK- >ERS have received permis- sion to send four repre- sentatives and an airplane Joad of food and medicine to relicve hurricane sufferers in Cuba. They will deal direct with the Cuban people. The State Department was more cooperative in giving this permission than Fidel Castro, @ 1963, Bell-McClure writteoten ine. ce ee GTLESS—. “e « bemamemtiied ttn et ee ~ * MY. The Washington Post: ‘and —. Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune — New York Journal-American New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times —__. The Worker The New Leader . The Wall Street Journal —— The Neattona} Observer —__. People’s World Date