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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940 FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS The congressional hullabaloo over the census questionnaire was a sad disillusionment to census bureau of ficials, many of them career Repub licans. When the questionnaire was being drafted last year, Secretary Hop kins called a conference of busi ness, labor and statistical experts, including Dr. Louis Dublin of Met ropolitan Life; Gen. Robert E. Wood of Sears, Roebuck; Noel Sargeant, secretary of the Manufacturers as sociation; and Dr. Stacy May of the Rockefeller foundation. Among the questions discussed were those regarding income, now the cause of congressional uproar, and the conference went on record as endorsing them. “Satisfaction was expressed, particularly with the inquiries relating to migration, em ployment, unemployment and eco nomic status,” the statement said. Later, the National Bureau of Eco nomic Research, among others, did likewise. But when the shooting started and the census bureau needed friends, the business lead ers ran for cover. Only man who spoke up was Gen eral Wood. All the others refused to say publicly what they had advocated privately. The Man ufacturers associa tion, which had offi cially urged its members to co-op erate with the busi ness census in Jan uary, requested that its letter be kept confidential. Note — Because of its secrecy rules, the census bureau cannot make public the name of a Texas business man for whom its January census saved a large sum of money. Shortly after the census his estab lishment burned and all his rec ords were destroyed. He asked the bureau for a copy of his question naire and as a result was able to supply the insurance company with a comprehensive inventory on which to base his recovery claims. • « • A. F. of L. Peace. There was a lot of hidden sig nificance in that statement of John P. Coyne, head of the A. F. of L. building trades department, urging his unions to agree to a flat $9 to $10 a day wage on small home con struction. Behind the scenes the A. F. of L. is trying to make peace with the justice department on its anti-trust prosecutions of a number of big-shot A. F. of L. moguls. Despite the blasts of some of the leaders, the inside fact is that the rank-and-file are strongly behind the justice department. It has received hundreds of letters from A. F. of L. unions and individual members voicing approval of the prosecutions, and some of the central labor coun cils have asked the department to come to their cities and launch grand jury proceedings against lo cal A. F. of L. chiefs. This undercover support extends right up into the A. F. of L. execu tive council. It’s an A.. F. of L. secret that an effort was made at the meeting of the council in Wash ington last December, and again in Miami in February, to pass resolu tions denouncing the justice depart ment, but both times they were turned down. Chief obstacle to an agreement with the government is William Hutcheson, aged czar of the carpen ters, who is under three indict ments. • • • Hull on Hull. Is Cordell Hull a candidate for President? Newsmen have asked the secre tary of state this question so often that it has become a standing joke. Hull always has the same answer, something like the President’s “Go put on the dunce cap.” Hull says, “I will ask Mr. Fitz- maurice to give you a statement on that.” And he smiles a thin smile. Walter Fitzmaurice is a newsman who first tried to smoke out Hull on his plans. Failing to get a direct answer, he got from a source close to Hull a statement that he was more interested in his trade agree ments program than anything else in the world, and would give no en couragement to any movement to make him a candidate. Fitzmaurice wrote the story and it has become the standard refer ence on the subject. Once a week, someone raises the question in Hull’s press conference, but the old hands tnow what the answer will be. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND Few know that Civil Aeronautics Chairman Robert Hinckley, to pro mote interest in aviation among stu dents, offered three prizes at the last annual meeting of the National Intercollegiate Flying club, $300, $150, and $50, for the best essays on the subject of “The Cultural Value of Flying." Judges of the contest are a group of aviation experts . . . Trust-busting Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold is writing a book on the history of the Sher man Anti-Trust law. General Wood GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON United Feature* ‘DONALD DUCK’ IN CALIFORNIA Several letters have come in ask ing: “How about reports of Mr. Ickes’ highly successful peace mis sion in California?” I didn’t know. It seems a marvel to me, but I have no leg-man who legs that far and later press re ports have been scant and incon clusive. However, a volunteer scout has just air-mailed me the following which is better than I could do—so I quote it almost verbatim: “Your sparring partner, ‘Donald Duck” Ickes has had little luck in playing the pigeon of peace in the Democratic dovecote in California. “High in the fog, at the Mark Hopkins hotel on Nob hill, he gath ered the lads together, the Olsonites and the McAdoodles. Much to ev eryone’s surprise—it was announced that the waddling one had been suc- SECRETARY ICKES—“ ‘Donald Duck' has had little luck in playing the pigeon of peace . . .” cessful, that the liberals and the conservatives had agreed to lie down together like Isaiah’s lamb and lion. “Ickes departed. The fog lifted. The fun began. Feathers began to fall from discontented doves. Man chester Boddy, Los Angeles publish er, was the first to have himself in cluded out. Too much Washington influence, declared the liberal An geleno. J. Frank Burke, California radio station owner and political commentator, who was the gover nor’s campaign manager, was the next to go. C. I. O. and Workers’ Alliance members next prevailed upon California’s lieutenant gover nor, Elli E.- Patterson, to get off the ‘harmony ticket.’ “Popular Patterson is now head ing a slate of his own and the ticket could not have been redder if the names were illuminated with crim son neon. With Patterson now thumbing his nose at the Ickes list of harmony loving lads, it is ex pected that Cong. Lee E. Guyer will be the next to take a walk. (He has already done so since this was writ ten.) Finally, word had come from McAdoo himself. ‘I’m out of poli tics and am unwilling to re-enter.’ “The self-elimination of McAdoo from the Olson-McAdoo slate now leaves the ticket headed by Gover nor Olson and Olson is headed for political oblivion what with a recall staring him in the face: more than 200,000 signatures of the necessary 300,000 have been secured on recall petitions dejnanding a new guberna torial election. With leading Demo crats and Republicans secretly backing the movement, the election will be coming along—about July. “In other words, the old quack- wack-Ickie, has waddled himself into about the worst situation imag inable. He has left at the head of his Roosevelt-for-third-term-ticket a governor whom more than 200,000 registered voters have expressed a desire to yank out of office before his term expires. “As if that were not enough, two million ham and eggers, seeing a chance for more nationwide atten tion, have entered their own slate to contest the nomination. “When Horrendous Harold first came to California, there was a pos sibility of only two slates, the Gar ner delegation and the proposed Roosevelt ticket. Now there are four: Garner, Olson, Patterson and ham and eggs.” • • • ‘LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE’ Unless the country becomes more alert, congress is going to cut the heart out of the appropriations to modernize the army. That could re sult in national tragedy, but the army is a sort of combination Cin derella and little Orphan Annie in our house. The navy gets what it asks for. The army takes what it can get. On present plans, our navy will eventually be able to deal with any possible combination of naval ene my powers in either the Pacific or Atlantic, but not against any possi ble combination in both at the same time. With uncertainty over the out come of this war and the final line up and strength of the dictator pow ers—Germany, Italy, Russia and Ja pan—a two-ocean problem is a pos sibility. A two-ocean navy is not, within the time-limits involved. There undoubtedly is, therefore, a possible great gap in our first line dafense. Allies’ ‘Iron Cavalry’ Ready for Possible Offensive Though all is quiet on the western front, the ever-present threat of a fair-weather offensive has caused British and French army units to be prepared at all times for any eventuality. Here a squadron of tanks is pictured during combat maneuvers behind the Maginot line. Inset: French engineers at work on one of the gigantic ditches they have constructed as a barricade against German tanks. Both the allies and Germany have thousands of these juggernauts in their “carburetor cavalry.” Spring Scene: Big Top Prepares to Hit the Trail Unmistakable sign of spring is the circus’ preparation for the long trip north after a winter hibernation in warmer climate. Here a big show prepares to leave winter quarters in Florida. Left: The ringmas ter, symbol of the big top, has readied his “spiel” for the season. Center: An elephant (known as a pon derous Pachyderm) goes through his act, supported by an attractive aid. Right: The equestrian acrobatic act goes through practice session for the coming year’s work. Cromwell Rebuked for Canadian Speech High Pressure An official rebuke to James H. R. Cromwell, right, United States minister to Canada, was administered by Secretary of State Cordell Hull recently when Cromwell, in a Canadian speech, lauded the war aims of the allies. Hull informed Cromwell that he had “contravened instruc tions” in his talk. Pictured with Cromwell are his wife, the former Doris Duke, and H. G. Hengstler, United States consul-general. Cromwell’s speech was made before the Empire and Canadian clubs. Three million pounds pressure per square inch—greatest ever created by man—was produced in Washing ton recently in a machine invented by Dr. Roy Goranson. It was first demonstrated in the Carnegie insti tute’s geophysical laboratory. The demonstration was made at the coif ference for theoretical physics. A house-to-house census, ordered by the ministry of home security, is under way in England. Wardens have been instructed to visit every home to find if residents still have their gas masks, and whether or not they are in good condition. A lost or damaged gas mask is replaced without charge. Here a checkup is being made in a typical London home. ‘Miss Print’ Miss Susan Shaw, most photo graphed model, is crowned “Miss Print” by illustrator McClelland Barclay at a New York banquet. Miss Shaw’s regal robe is a paste up of advertising illustrations. “The Name Is Familiar— BY FELIX B. STREYCKMANS and ELMO SCOTT WATSON E. H. Garrison A Garrison Finish r I 'HEY said you couldn’t possibly do it, that you hadn’t a ghost of a chance to win. But in the last mo ment you “came through” and won —and that was a “garrison finish.” It’s called that because it’s the way Edward H. (“Snapper”) Garrison, one of the most famous jockeys in American turf history, won a race in 1886 when he came from nowhere with an outsider, to take the Great Eastern handicap at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. The term stuck to “Snapper,” who never liked “front runners.” He held ’em back until they reached the stretch where, as he was accus tomed to remark, “the money is.” Garrison’s most famous race was his victory on Boundless in the World’s Fair Derby in Chicago in 1893. On one pretext or another, such as fixing his straps and his saddle, he delayed the start for an hour and 42 minutes. He spent most of this time on the ground, thus keeping the weight off his horse, while the other jockeys fumed and their horses wore themselves down prancing and plunging. “Snapper” was fined $1,000 for de laying the race but he didn’t care. He booted Boundless, a 15 to 1 shot, home in first place and that “garrison finish” was worth just $60,000 to his owner! • * • Silhouette T HE silhouette got its name from Etienne de Silhouette, who was not an artist but the French minister of finance in 1759. By sheer economy, he tried to remedy the evils of a war that had just ended, leaving the country finan cially exhausted. He enforced so many rules that only very plain liv ing was possible for even those who had money. Clothes were made without folds or frills, snuff boxes were of plain wood and table plate had to be melted down to provide money. So it was that everything came to be a la Silhou ette, which meant very plain and in its simplest form. And about this same time there originated the fad for having portraits done merely in outline—no colors, no details—in other words, just in their plainest and simplest form. They were known as pictures a la Silhouette. Etienne de Silhouette’s rules were too strict and the people rebelled. After only nine months Finance Min ister Silhouette was forced to re sign and the people went back to their customary ornate ways of life. But the outline pictures remained in vogue and they were called silhou ettes in memory of the man who tried to take away all the color and glamour from the French people. A Silhouette Morris Chair 'pHE next time you sink back into the comfort of that old morris chair, you might remember grate fully the man who made it possible for you. He was an Englishman named William Morris. Born in 1834, he was successively—and suc cessfully—a poet, an architect and a painter. He built a house in which furniture, wall paper, drapes and household utensils were all specially designed. That suggested a new occupation —interior decora tor. With several others, Morris organized a firm which did all sorts of interior decorating. Out of the work of this firm, devoted to the “revival of sounder ideas of construction and workmanship” and to winning the English “back to the massive simplicity of plain oak fur niture” came the chair which bears the name of this "painter, designer, scribe, illuminator, wood engraver, dyer, weaver and finally printer and papermaker.” Oh, yesl He was also interested in politics, first as a Liberal and then as a Socialist, for whom he wrote a rallying song, “Chants for Socialists.” But when they drifted toward anarchism, he lost confi dence in the movement and went back to his first love, the arts, to which he devoted himself until his death in 1896. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) William Morris National Park Visitors Travelers from 22 foreign coun tries, five United States possessions, the 48 states and the District of Columbia were among the 361,787 visitors to Mount Rainier National park last year. It was the second largest number of visitors in history. Here’s an Easy V/ay To Do Smocking By RUTH WYETH SPEARS A MOTHER writes: “I have en- Cs. joyed using the embroidery stitches in SEWING Book 2. I find a great deal of pleasure in handwork for the dresses of my little five-year-old, and am partic ularly interested in smocking.” Here is a trick that is useful for making honeycomb smocking in points without a special pat tern. The fullness of any dress may be basted into tucks of grad uated length, as at A. Even a little fullness in the center front or at the neckline may be smocked in one or two points. Always baste the center front tuck first and then work each way from it. The smocking starts at the left and is done with colored thread. Begin at the top of the second tuck. Catch it to the tuck at the left with three stitches. Work from the top down along each tuck as shown. The stitch at B is made by sliding the needle along inside the tuck. • * * NOTE: If you like to do hand work you will want a copy of Mrs. Spears’ Book 2. It contains direc tions for making 42 embroidery stitches with their authentic names. Also illustrations of five processes of mending fabrics; making doll clothes, and gift items. Books are 10 cents each— please order by number—No. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Each book contains an assortment of 32-pages of cur tains; slip covers; rag rugs; toys; gifts and novelties for bazaars. With your order for four booklets you will receive a FREE set of three Quilt Block patterns of Mrs. Spears’ Favorite Early American Quilts. Send orders to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York Enclose 10 cents for one book, or 40 cents for four books and set of quilt block patterns. Name Address Lady, lady... 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