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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. JANUARY 9, 1942 Washington, D. C. WILLKIE AND F.D.R. Seldom in political history has a President of the United States re ceived such wholesome support on major foreign policy from a defeat ed candidate as Franklin Roosevelt has received from Wendell Willkie. Few people know how active Willkie has been behind the scenes. For instance, Willkie has even done some missionary work on Joe Martin, chairman of the Republican National committee and opposition leader of the house. Willkie remains on very friendly terms with his old campaign manager, even though they differed on foreign policy. Shortly after the congressional vote to repeal the Neutrality act, in which the Republicans nearly de feated Roosevelt, Willkie phoned Joe Martin. “Joe,” he said, “those Republi cans who voted against repeal of neutrality are going to have a tough time being re-elected. They’re go ing to find the country is behind Roosevelt on this.” The Republican national chair man replied that he would not only re-elect all the Republicans who voted against Roosevelt, but he would also elect a lot of new Repub licans to fill the seats of the Demo crats who had voted with Roosevelt. “Listen,” said Willkie, “if you re elect 80 per cent of those who voted against the President you’ll be the greatest political genius of all time.” “And,” said Willkie, in telling the story to a friend afterward, “a few days later there was Joe himself voting with Roosevelt for a declara tion of war.” —Buy Defense Bonds— SHIP BUILDING PROGRAM The action of the house naval af fairs committee in slashing the pro posed expansion of our two-ocean navy was due chiefly to shortages of materials and construction equip ment. However, Rear Admiral Samuel Robinson, chief of the bureau of ships, ran into a blunt barrage of questions about the worth of the battleship under modern combat conditions. Committee members sharply suggested that in view of the battleship’s record in this war, the navy might be wise to build no more. Robinson contended that this would be impractical, since the United States neeaed battleships “if our enemies continue to use them for combat purposes.” “What is your honest private opin ion of the battleship?” he was asked. “Do you think this type of ship is worth all the money it costs and the time and labor required to build them?” “I’m sorry, gentlemen, but it’s not my function to answer that ques tion,” sidestepped Robinson with a smile. “I’m not a policy man. My job is to build ships after it is de cided they are needed. However, I have my own ideas about the bat tleship.” This drew laughter, and the ad miral was pressed no further. Robinson also was quizzed close ly about the h:gh cost of certain vessels which the navy proposed in the expansion program, chiefly an aircraft carrier at an estimated $85,000,000. “Higher labor and material costs are the biggest factors,” Robinson explained. “For instance, we have a new type of armor plate for our ships which is far stronger than that used by any other nation. It costs $60 a ton, three times as much as the armor plate we formerly used.” “Hoy about the labor supply?” “We have plenty of labor to carry out our shipbuilding program,” Rob inson said. “Also plenty of facili ties. Getting materials and ma chine tools is our big problem right now. However, the shortage doesn’t amount to a bottleneck. In fact, production is running a little ahead of schedule and will be greatly ex pedited by next spring.” —Buy Defense Bonds— CAPITAL CHAFF The outbreak of the war obscured the incident, but the house ate crow in a big way on its action last sum mer barring David Lasser, former head of the Workers Alliance, from government employment. After a careful investigation, the appropria tions committee completely exoner ated Lasser of any Communist af filiations. Representatives John Ta ber, N. Y., J. W. Ditter, Pa., and Everett Dirksen, 111., who made the original accusation ducked the com mittee session when Lasser was cleared. Puerto Ricans wryly recall that U. S. navy’s radio towers at Cayey, 25 miles from San Juan, were dis mantled three years ago and sold as scrap iron to the Japanese. Office of Civilian Defense is pre paring a handbook on “What You Can Do For Civilian Defense.” Au thor of the handbook is Eleanor Pierson, wife of Export-Import Bank President Warren Lee Pierson. Australia’s able Minister Richard G. Casey drives about Washington in a British car with a transparent top and right-hand drive. Apparently not having enough to do with the war, representatives of the Pure Food and Drug adminis tration now ask drug firms the ques tion: “How much business did you do last year?” ll.Phillipr WNU: ALL FOR THE BEST Apathy has flown the coop. Unconcern has hit the floor ; Selfishness has looped the loop. Dopiness is now no more; Silent are the “gimme” boys. All obstructors get the “bird”; Gone is all light-hearted poise— REALISM is the word! II. Now it isn’t mere routine, When the dangers round us roll. Just to gambol on the green Waiting for a Gallup poll; Nutty rallies now are out. Stilled are antis this and that; On soap-boxes few now spout . . . We’re a nation AT THE BAT! III. Sleeping at the switch is not Now the leading enterprise; Mikes no longer get red hot From the breath of wild-eyed guys; Arguments are down the sink. Discord’s had a run-out pill; And no little hink-dink Tries to thwart a nation’s will. IV. Now committees full of men Who are anti-everything Take the count of “eight . . . nine . . . TEN!” (Though some paid officials cling); Pussyfooting nbw is out. Half-baked ranters stop their acts All the country, there’s no doubt. Sees the truth, and faces FACTSI V. Hedgers crawl into a crack, Compromisers slink away; Ten per centers now fall back, Trimmers haven’t much to say; Racketeering labor rats (And a lot of bosses, too). Cease their very costly spats Under the red, white and blue. VI. Critics crawl into their shells, Know-It-Alls now take the skids; Experts have bad dizzy spells, Grown-ups do not act like kids; Sunk are armchair leaders all, Hooey has been booted far; Now at last we stand Or fall SEEING THINGS JUST AS THEY ARE! • * * ON THE SPOT (“In case of an air raid alarm: Lie down immediately on your stom ach . . .”) About his paunch Dad was always defiant, But now he wishes he was much more pliant! —Debchi. * * • New York will attempt to jail any body refusing to get off the streets during an air raid warning. If this is really tried we predict that all traffic will be tied up by long lines of Black Marias taking folks to the hoosegow. * * * THE CALL Remember the Arizona!— The Cassin, Downes and Shaw! For every one the Japs got Let’s make it three or four! Remember the Oklahoma— And good old Utah, too! Each hit makes more efficient Old Yankee Doodle-do. • * • FLEET SHAKE-UP (With apologies to F.P.A.) Kimmel and Martin and Short—they are out! Heeding the umpire’s cry; Out, one-two-three as the scorekeep- ers shout “Tinker to Jacobs to Pye!" • * * PEGGED You must pay the piper Is what I was taught, And I’ve always found it A distressing thought. But now, with costs soaring, I think it is nice To know that the piper Cannot raise his price! —Anne Linn. * • * If the rubber shortage gets serious what will this country do for chicken sandwiches. And clam chowder? • * * AIN’T IT SO Of all poor friends on whom to call The “friendly neutral” tops ’em all. * • * Elmer Twitchell says that nothing unnerves him as much as Mayor LaGuardia urging everybody to let nothing disturb them. • • * The Wright brothers 38 years ago at Kitty Hawk first proved a heavier than air machine could fly and it is this department’s guess that if the brothers could have foreseen the future, they would have scrapped the thing before the try-out. • • • “Golf and Tennis Balls to Be Rationed.”—Headline. How can we make these all-out drives without them? • * * * Bathing suits and rubber bathing caps are to be rationed, too, begin ning next month. This was the first news to arouse Ima Dodo to a reali zation the country is really at war. * * • Yale has pledged its support of the country in the war. But a lot of football fans will put more faith in Harvard and Princeton. Kathleen Norris Says; Teasing Is Innate Cruelty (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) When Maude and her husband came to us for their first dinner party as mar ried people Dave, my husband, began teasing her. To my horror, he mentioned the name of the man with whom Maude had been in love. I "HREE years ago, when j I was 18,” writes Janine, “my chum Maude and 1 thought we were deeply in love. Our two boy friends took us everywhere, dancing, ski ing, to movies and night clubs, and we felt there’was no harm in the intimate relationship that naturally resulted. I can truly say that no thought of hesitation or guilt ever crossed my mind. “When I became engaged last year, however, I told Dave of that early affair. He immediately assured me that he was no angel and had not expected me to be one, and that he felt that sort of thing ought to be forgotten. “Maude was also married some weeks ago, and after her honey moon she and her husband came to us for their first dinner party as married people. We had a table of eight and everything went perfect ly, except that Dave began to tease her, and to my horror mentioned the • name of the man with whom Maude had been in love and asked her if she ever saw him. “All this mystified Maude’s hus band. Maude called me up in a perfect panic the next day, saying she had not told Rod anything of her early affair and that Dave had simply infuriated her by his teasing talk. Immediately I told Dave he said that he would of course not go on with it, and added that he would never have thought Maude was thaksort of a girl. Caused a Quarrel. “You can imagine how this made me feel! I was so mad that we had what Dave called our first knock-down-and-drag-out fight, but we got over it and were friends again and decided to forget the whole thing and start fresh. But a day or two later he asked me how long my intimate relationship with my first sweetheart had gone on. I answered only for about three months, and nothing more was said. “Yesterday morning the paper mentioned the fact that Maude is on the women’s committee to pro vide amusement for the men in camps, and Dave made a sneering reference to it; he said this was only in fun. But later Maude sent me a brief cold note, saying that they could not come to a buffet party that we are giving after the big football game, and I know they have given two dinners at least in the last month, but we have not been asked to their house yet, I am afraid David has carried his fun too far. “Maude is my oldest friend, and we have talked for years of the pleasure we would have as brides doing our shopping and discussing our housekeeping together. Can you make any suggestion that may save me from losing her friendship and influencing Dave not to tease her or remind her again of the past? A Fatal Flaw. A teasing husband, my dear Janine, is a much more serious matter than it sounds. Impulses toward murder, theft, arson and forgery are kept in order by the law, and by a man’s natural fear of punishment. But teasing is a fatal flaw in the relationship between married persons, and I don’t know of any cure. Teasing is innate cruelty seeking an outlet. It veils its intention ITS NOT FUN No one—not even the teaser himself — escapes the cor se quences of the hints that are dropped “all in fun.” It’s not fun for anyone concerned, when a husband begins to suspect that the jokes about his wife may have some basis in truth. It’s not fun for anyone, when a wife loses her best friend because her husband just can’t resist the temptation to make personal re marks. Kathleen Norris believes that those who enjoy teasing others have in their makeup a streak of real cruelty. “Teasing,” she says, “is innate cruelty seek ing an outlet.” Don’t be deceived by the fact that it is supposed to be a joke. to sting and hurt under a merry mask of fun. It is always “just fooling.” When he carelessly and laughing ly has threatened the actual founda tions of a marriage, as Dave in his light-hearted banter with Maude, he retreats, coward-fashion. Dave pre tends not to realize that he may have started suspicions in the mind of Maude’s husband, May Regret Her Secrecy. You were smarter than Mauds in that you made a clean breast of your own early weakness in the safety of engagement days, when Dave was so anxious to win you that nothing you could have done as a girl would deter him. Maude chose to keep her secret, and she may yet live to regret the deception. You had better give up the hope of continuing your friendship with Maude; young wives almost always have to sacrifice their school-girl friendships to the claims of hus bands, and you will be no worse off than the others. Make new friends, devote yourself—as I am sure you are devoting yourself—to the full time job of keeping Dave happy and building for you both a sound and successful marriage. But if he continues his teasing, and extends it pretty generally to all your friends, one way to spike his guns is to acknowledge cheerfully that David isn’t happy unless he’s teasing someone. Say something like “HeTl tell you that your children are undersized, Tom, and that if you’d been as smart as he is you wouldn’t have had to pay that speeding fine, and that he knows you and Betty came here to dinner to get our insurance, but don’t take it seriously. Dave is a darling in spite of it all.” No Perfect Solution. This makes what ammunition Dave has in store decidedly wet. But it is not a perfect solution. There is no perfect solution for so serious a fault except the solution that must come from the tease himself, a gen uine resolution to be considerate of the feelings and misfortunes of others. In New York some years ago there was a complacent wife who couldn’t sufficiently impress all of us, who had suffered in the general financial collapse, with the fact that she and her husband were luckier than ever and richer than ever. "Isn’t it wonderful?” she would babble happily, “Harry just got out of This in time and into That when it was going to make that sensa tional rise, and just before the crash he sold our place for three times what it would bring today!” by, Eleanor Roosevelt ACTIVE ASSIGNMENT In the paper, a few days ago, I read that our second son, Elliott, was asngned to an aviation unit and will be off on active duty again. This time it will not be, I am sure, [ over the wilds of Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland that he will fl^ as he did all, last summer. I thougnt he was still taking a training course and secretly rejoiced with his wife in the comparative security of rou- , tine flying. Shortly, apparently, i there will be three boys whose whereabouts for us are wrapped in , mystery. I left Washington one night on the night train and found my cousin, Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, waiting for me in New York at a very late hour to talk over certain changes in the organization for which she has done so much work. “Young America j i Wants to Help” has been a part of the British War Relief. Now, I , imagine, they will redouble their ef forts to help not only young people | in England, but young people any- : where in our country who need it. I love the photograph which re cently appeared in some papers of young Colin Kelly and his mother. , I think many people will be touched as I was, by the letter addressed to the "President of the United States [ in 1956” by my husband. He asked that this little boy be given an ap pointment to West Point because of the services which his father had rendered to his country. Colin Kelly has a proud heritage and though pride can never remove the sense of loss which Mrs. Kelly and this little boy have suffered, still, in the future, it will mean much to both of them. Perhaps a child brought up in the shadow of heroism may find it always a motivating force in his young life. —Buy Defense Bonds— INFANTILE PARALYSIS In stopping at the headquarters for the celebration of the President’s birthday for the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis, I found that Mr. Kieth Morgan was pleased and deeply stirred by the telegrams which he has been receiving from his chairmen throughout the coun try. Apparently, being at war has not in any way lessened their interest in the war against this dread dis ease. They feel more intensely than ever that they must save the chil dren by finding out how to prevent epidemics and how to care for those who are stricken. The strength of our children is the strength of our nation. The heavy epidemics of infantile paralysis during-, the past three years have brought us 26,000 casu alties in this particular war. We can ill afford such losses as these, and so, no matter what we give in other ways this fight must go on. —Buy Defense Bonds— SEEDS TO ENGLAND It seems queer, in winter, to be thinking about shipping seeds to England, but England can think about gardens earlier than we. I received a notice today that the New York Home bureaus had sent more than $2,000 for the purchase of vege table seeds to Mr. Donald Neville- Willing, who allows his home at 18 East 70th street. New York city, to be used as headquarters for the committee working for American Seeds for British Soil. Mrs. A. W. Smith, the state leader of the Home Demonstration Agents in New York, writes me that one dollar’s worth of seed will provide enough vegetables for a family of five. I can only believe that the English are better gardeners than we, for I am sure that the vegetable seeds that I buy for my own use cost me far more. I am not, how ever, a very good gardener, even by proxy. —Buy Defense Bonds— COUSINS APLENTY One night we had a rather large gathering of various family groups at Christmas dinner. The number of cousins was really quite amusing. I think the complications cf family relationships, as regards my husband and myself, became completely baf fling to our English guests. When you tell some one, that the lovely lady sitting opposite him ia your husband’s half-niece, that she married your first cousin, and that he was her sixth cousin, whereas you are married to your fifth cousin once removed, and are also her sixth cousin and that her children, in order to simplify life, say “Uncle Franklin and Aunt Eleanor,” when the relationship is really only that of a half great-uncle, you may well imagine that you have led anyone, no matter how great his interest in genealogy, through a maze from which there is no emerging! | A few old friends were here with us as usual, and we drank the usual toasts to absent family and friends, | adding one toast in tribute to our British guests. After dinner, we had newsreels, featuring both the prime minister and the President, and then sang together for a while It will be quite impossible for me, of course, to thank the many people who have sent the President and me Christmas cards and telegrams, but I want to say here how grateful we are for their thoughts and the con fidence and affection which so many of them expressed E. R A SHORT while back we collect- ed the opinions from over 40 well-known football coaches and trainers along the line of physical fitness — of getting back in shape. With out exception they featured the legs and the stomach, especially the lat ter. As Tom Keene, the veteran trainer at Syracuse told me, “When the bel ly’s okay you don’t have to worry about the rest of it, for Grantland Rice here’s the center of most good health and most bad health.” We’ve printed their diets and their suggestions — plain foods, simple foods—and not too much of it. But many of these coaches and trainers, who know their trade, brought in an other angle—this was the mental side, which has direct bearing on the all-out war today. “The best football player,” a lead ing coach wrote me, “needs some thing more than size and speed and physical fitness. He must be able to sacrifice himself for the good of the team. He must be able to take punishment—and like it—for the cause he is fighting for. He must be willing to give up all outside pleasures that conflict in any way with the main idea, which is to win. Only those who have this frame of mind or really worthwhile- The others are only good when things are rolling their way. “Football is no game for those easily discouraged. Mental fiber is ever, more important than phys ical fiber—and mental fiber means giving all you have in the direction of victory, no matter what the odds. We might call it ‘intestinal forti tude,’ a phrase the late Dan Mc- Gugin of Michigan and Vanderbilt invented.” The Big Word Words, as a rule, are unimportant, when the air is full of flying steel. But in this same connection we still recall a conversation with a hard bitten colonel of the First division in France early in 1918, when the German army, apparently, was about to break through. I happened to bring up the matter of courage. The First division colonel gave me a cold look. “Courage,” he said, “is secondary. Most people and most nations have courage. The big word is ‘fortitude.’ This is a far more important word than courage. “Fortitude, of course, includes courage. But it goes far ' beyond. Fortitude means both physical and mental stamina. It means the abil ity to carry on a job that might be dull and uninteresting. It means giving all you’ve got to give, out side of the spotlight. In a football way, it means the blocking back, who clears the road for the ball car rier. It means sacrificing yourself for the cause. “In this war, those up around the front may get killed, but they get all of the excitement. Those back of the lines get the drudgery, minus the thrills. You’ll find that almost all of those back of the lines would much rather be up where the ex citement is. It takes more fortitude to do your work in a place where there is little chance for any thrills, little chance for any publicity or any reward.” A Leading Example Some years ago I was talking with Bobby Jones about the brilliant golf record he piled up from 1922 through 1930. Bobby made no claim to any superior skill with wood or iron. “Tournament golf,” he said then, “is a game in which you just can’t afford to be easily discouraged when you step into trou ble, as everyone does. So I had to make up my mind to take a hard nerve beating— not a physical beating, of course. No one will ever know the time I felt like chuck- Bobby Jones in 8 * aU - and may be wait for another chance. “I may be wrong, but I believe you can take more of a beating on the mental and nerve side than you can on the physical side. When I used to pick up those sevens in a championship round, and I got more than my share of those, the tempta tion to ease up and forget it all was pretty strong. You get the feeling there’s no use fighting it out at that particular time.” This is all trne. I recall Gene Sarazen, one of our finest golf com petitors, once saying you can’t win a big championship with ‘sevens.’ “I battle to try to keep from get ting any sixes,” Gene said. But Bobby Jones’ championship cards were studded with sevens. He had a seven at Hoylake in his Grand Slam march—when it took him five strokes to get down after he was only 40 yards from the green in two. He had a killing seven at Scioto, but he won. 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