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...Agriculture, he pointed out. was distributing a booklet telling the housewife how to wash dishes. "Now someone whose salary is paid by the taxpayer's money made a remarkable discovery and put it right in the booklet," said Candidate Eisenhower. "He says dishes should be washed in a dishpan, not just any dishpan, either. The Department of Agriculture says you will want a pan large enough to accommodate your dishes. But it must also fit into your sink if that is where you use it . . .*These things are a symbol of the shameful wasting of tax funds...
...Sutton and Ayres offer no cure-all for dishpan hands, but advise their fellow dermatologists: 1) eliminate physical irritants, along with nervousness ("practice amateur psychiatry"), and cut down coffee, tea and cola drinks; 2) eliminate chemical irritants and use only the mildest ointments or dressings. Many a case of dishpan hands, the doctors warn, is made worse by overzealous treatment...
...green cups and saucers and the cutlery provided by Dean Cronkhite of Radcliffe are washed in a small, round dishpan as the occasion arises...
...than he realized, because "look at what I found out: the Department of Agriculture . . . has already prepared a 32-page booklet on the subject of dishwashing. Now, someone whose salary is paid by the taxpayers' money made a remarkable discovery . . He says dishes should be washed in a dishpan; not just any dishpan, either, [but one] large enough to accommodate your dishes. [The booklet] can be bought from the Superintendent of Documents in Washington for 10?. If you are having any trouble with your dishwashing, ladies, why not take advantage of the bargain...
...Whittier College (present enrollment: 1,200), mostly by helping out in the family store as cashier and delivery boy. Occasionally he helped his mother do the dishes. She recalls: "Richard always pulled the blinds down tight so that people wouldn't see him with his hands in a dishpan...