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y / WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated Features—WNU Service.) Boost Baruch for Driver of U. S. Defense Machine EW YORK.—When he made his first million at the age of 30, Bernard M. Baruch said he would indulge himself from then on by be ing a sort of doctor or di agnostician of politics, government and finance, rather than a self- interested participant. Although he did gather a few more millions, as a speculator, as he has frankly said, it was in the same mood of detach ment with which he has appraised the social scene, and it is in this mood that he has been the adviser of every President since Taft. * Each day in the news brings some new demand that the tall, pleasant, snowy-haired Mr. Ba ruch, surely our elder statesman of such bottleneck urgency as that of today, be given a free hand, in the chartroom, or per haps the wheel-house, to steer our emergency defense course. Some of these nominations come from the established school of Baruch men, such as Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Herbert Bayard Swope and George N. Peek; others from those who remem ber Mr. Baruch’s achievements as head of the War Industries board, and his alert, specula tor’s awareness of what has been going on in Europe for the last few years. As to this business of being a spec ulator, Mr. Baruch says, “I make no apologies. I am a, speculator. The word comes from the Latin word ‘speculari,’ meaning to observe. I observe.” Like all seasoned speculators, he never pounds his desk or runs a tem perature or inclines to high blood- pressure, although he is 70. He keeps fit by his own system nf calis thenics, pragmatically arrived at, like his financial operations. As head of the War Industries board, he tooled the 20-mule team of labor, industry, raw-materials and government deftly through many a narrow defile and hazardous pas sage, and a large section of his pub lic would like to see him again in the driver’s seat. Naturally a skeptic as to the grand solution, like most specu-, lators, he has stood at few, if any false dawns. He was a prophet of doom for the Dawes plan, from the first. In 1927, he predicted that it would be scrapped within two years. “A demand might be morally rea sonable as a business proposi tion,” he said. As a foe of paternalism in Jbusi- ess and a stanch states’ rights lemocrat, ‘he has insisted that a leans must be found to mobilize n national Pragmatic, Never Emotional, as the Good Speculator en ergies with out taking on the crushing overhead of crippling and self-destroying bu- eaucracy. He has expounded these nd kindred subjects in many eco- omic treaties in dry-as-dust jour- als, for here is a Wall Street specu- itor who also wears the golden key f Phi Beta Kappa. He is an able vangelist of the school of prag- latism in government and busi- ess—again the speculator, whose idgments, if he is a good specula- >r, are never emotional. yri« early definition of his atti tude as that of a diagnostician might have denoted a sympa thetic identification with his dis tinguished father, Dr. Simon Ba ruch of South Carolina, a widely known surgeon and health author ity who took a leading part in developing the Saratoga spa. Born in South Carolina, Bernard M. Baruch took an earned de gree at the College of the City of New York in 1889 and subse quently six honorary degrees from various other colleges. For the last few years he has been calmly, but earnestly prescribing preparedness. Returning from Eu rope in 1937, he said, ‘‘Europe is hopeless.” In January, 1939, he offered to supply from his own funds $3,300,000 which the army lacked for certain equipment. An adjustment of an appropriation bill made this unnecessary* He has been friendly to the New Deal, but has chided and warned it on many occasions. T HIS reporter, on occasional trips to Washington, has noted that some of the heaviest hitters there are the least publicized. Here today is the amiable Harold N. Graves in charge of the new defense loan drive, which will start May 1. Mr. Graves, in his 33 years in the government service, has showed singular ability in getting things done without a lot of fuss and feath ers. He is assistant to the secre tary of the treasury, 54 years old, educated at Knox college and George Washington university. McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1941 New Might for the U. S. Navy Arrive in U. S.’ A striking photo of two powerful arms which go far towards making our navy the world’s greatest. The submarine Triton, sister ship of the Squalus, and one of the navy’s newest underseas craft, is seen from the navy Blimp, G-l, off Barnegat, N. J., light. One of the blimp’s motors covers the upper part of picture. The East Indies situation is be coming more tense each day. Above is Eelco Van Kleffens, foreign min ister of the Netherlands in exile, shown on arrival in New York with his wife. He is on his way to dis cuss East Indian problems with President Roosevelt. Foreign Propaganda Fed to Furnace ‘Tummy’ Victim This is a scene at the Roncon Annex post office in San Francisco, Calif., as postal employees burn a big load of foreign propaganda con sisting of magazines, pamphlets and books. Officials have been watching incoming propaganda for many months and thought it about time to consign it to the flames. Gail Grochowski, 6K’-pound girl, of Worcester, Mass., youngest vic tim of the “upside-down” stomach malady on record. She is now re covering, following an operation. P/ie~4MGW4' United States to Observe Army Day Gymnasts 1863 (wion, 2,128,948 1918 (NOV. 1918) 3,673,888 I 1939 187,886 1HH. 1941 (mar> 1,003,500 ^ ■ The rapidly growing armed forces of the U. S. will be on review on Army day, April 7, when troops will hold open house to visiting citizens. Upper left: Gen. George S. Marshall, army chief of staff. Upper right: A recruiting poster of World war days, which is again being widely used. Lower right: H. H. Arnold, chief of the army air corps. Collegiate gymnasts will compete at the National Collegiate Athletic association championship at the Uni versity of Chicago April 12. Co-cap tains Delver Daly (top) and Bob Hanning of Minnesota are favored for top positions. A 6 Big Shot’ for Uncle Sam Chemist U. S. NAVY Built Building 15 Battleships 17 6 Aircraft Carriers 12 37 Cruisers 48 159 Destroyers 166 104 Submarines 81 The North Carolina, (above) first new battleship of the U. S. navy in 20 years, is to be commissioned April 11, five months ahead of schedule, has nine 16-inch guns, which can fire a broadside of 20,000 pounds for 20 miles. Its displacement is 35,000 tons, the biggest in the U. S. navy. It was launched June 13 at New York. W. L. Evans (above) will preside when some 3,500 chemists gather in St. Louis, April 7, for the Ameri can Chemical society convention. Subject, chemistry and defense. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) M arcel henri reb- IERE, a Frenchman and a cameraman for the March of Time, has recently come to this country, to focus his cameras on interesting subjects in the Western Hemisphere. Although he speaks no English, he has an uncanny sense of what the American public likes — he has filmed many outstanding March of Time subjects during the past few years, including “The Vatican,” “The Maginot Line,” and Finland. Born in Paris 45 years ago, Reb- iere took up photography before he enlisted in the French army in 1914. After being wounded in battle he was shifted to the Army Cinematograph ic service; after the war he made documentary films for the French government in Siberia, French West Africa and the Near East; in 1925 he became chief cameraman for the Compagnie Universelle Cinemato- graphique of Paris, for whom he made instructional, sociological and MARCEL HENRI REBIERE experimental films until 1934, when he went to work for the March of Time, becoming their chief Euro pean cameraman. His tact and ex perience in working with diplortfats and important government leaders and his amazing news sense make him a notable figure in his line of work. * The other day Claudette Colbert ran over to the “Pioneer Woman” set between scenes of her own pic ture, “Skylark,” being made on a neighboring stage at Paramount^ She wanted to deliver well-wishes to her friend, Barbara Stanwyck. She passed right by a little old lady sit ting in front of a portable dressing room, but the little old lady said “Hello, Claudette”—it was Barbara, all made up for her characterization of a one hundred year old woman. * Almost every set at Metro at pres ent has a dog of its own who’s a member of the cast. The ritziest is Buttons, a member of the “Lady Be Good’'troupe; half beagle, half fox terrier, he’s very important—he does a tap dance with Eleanor Pow ell. So he rates a portable dress ing room. On the “Billy the Kid” set there’s an old farm collie who is supposed to follow Ian Hunter around; he just gets a rug to lie on between shots. The two little terriers in “Blossoms in the Dust” have to be taken while walking when they’re not working— they’re true camera hounds; want to be playing on the set whether they’re scheduled to or not. • * With more aspirants than tried to play “Scarlett.** the coveted role of “Marge” in the popular CBS radio serial, “Myrt and Marge,” has final ly been filled. It was given to Helen Mack, whom you’ve seen in many a film and heard on evening radio shows. She had just returned from Hollywood, where she played impor tant roles in Columbia’s “His Girl Friday” and Paramount’s “Power Dive.” She takes the place of Mrs. Donna Flick, who died recently, who had for years been “Marge,” her mother playing “Myrt.” * After playing dramatic roles in 61 pictures, Robert Young will become a song and dance man in “Lady Be Good,” the Metro musical in which he’ll star with Ann Sothern and Eleanor Powell. 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