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2 O19 (Rev. $-27-63) ¥ ) mo The Washington Merry-Go-Round _. Bra ao Ua PUSS 2a ais 5 By Drew Pearson IF YOU WANT to see why a the brass hats of the armed forces get what they want out of Congress and why armed service appropriations continue 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 i { Army-Air Force game in Chi- i cago. { 1 It was as detailed as the: schedule for the Normandy | qf landing on D-Day. | | The football schedule, | however, was brimming over 3) with VIP treatment. a} The Couzsessmen farited af by the Army and Air Force 4S} to take the free flizht to Chl- age were members of the Armed Services Committee and. the military subcom- j mittees of the appropriations 1 t t i Ag | committees. The first com- 2 mittee sets military policy for the Congress; we second. 4 votes the money. i V i schedule read: “0830 EST Guests arrive: 2 ‘ N and escorted to aircraft. “0850 EST All members of party on board aircraft. Seat- ing as desired. “0900 Wheels up. Flying time: 2 hours, 55 minutes. Light luncheon served flight. ve } The carefully prepared Andrews AFB and are met: s Shine Up to Congress— desired. Buses will wives on ane payroll, I have marked by Army Mule ant Air Force Falcon. “1200 Arrive Soldier Field. Escorted to seats by Army or Alr Force escorts.” + Then after the game the same details were outlined for the VIP's trip back to Washinston with dinner served en route. At the bottom of the sched- ule were these significant notes: “Army and Air Force lecis- lative liaison offices will arrange sedan transportation for accompanying members of Conzress and ail personnel ‘to and from Andrews AFB as required. “Office, C of S, Army and cifice, VC of S, Air Force, will arrange or coordinate transportation for all mombéers of the party other than Congressmen end L and L personnel to and from An- drews AFB as required. “Bicnkets and raingear will be available in the stadium.” All this is one reason why the generals can run up to , Congress to sell the boys on “the Hill regarding TFX con- ‘acts or big bombers or the ;Skybolt when their civilian ‘ chiets in the Pentagon over- ‘Tule them. . Ir’s All Relative ; REP. RON CAMERON, in} newly re-elected California Democrat who defeated John “1058 CST Arrive Midway: Birehite John Rousselot in Alrport, Chicago. Met by CG,; Nixon’s home town, Whittler, Fitth US Army. i writes: rd charter buses! “Have just read your for Soldier Field. ‘Seating as, column on, 1—songressional . i vs u ido DN { \ \ i f i 1 Fayre at 6 two comments: 1—You ieft off my wife, Connie. She re- ceives about $245 a month. 2 —I believe that a column such as 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 doing the best jab.” re seen Congressman 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 tiem 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- 7 ERS have received permis- sion to send four repre- sentatives and an airplane load 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-McCiure a7mteotonine. The Washington Post ond — 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 Nationa! Observer ___ Date