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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FEBRUARY 6, 1942 Washington, D. C. UTILITY SENSATIONS The hard-hitting Truman commit tee hasn’t got around to the matter yet, but some hot sensations are in store when the committee digs into the dollar-a-year-man han dling of the power phases of the war production program. For years one of the hottest issues in Washington has been the power lobby. It has been repeatedly inves tigated, and several years ago, aft er fierce legislative battles, the fed eral power and holding company laws were enacted to curb the lobby. The Truman committee has con fidential information that today this lobby is more powerfully entrenched in the capital than ever before. For months, it has been operating directly inside the government, for mulating and running the power pol icy of the OPM, which was until last week the key war production agency. The OPM power division is not only manned with utility officials, but they are still on the payrolls of private power companies. In other words, while presumably working for the government, they are actu ally paid employees of the utilities. After being deluged with com plaints that the utility-ruled OPM power division was secretly aiding independent rural power co-ops, the house appropriations committee questioned J. A. Krug, head of the division, on these charges. Krug defended his staff, but the committee, unconvinced, ordered him to submit a detailed report on his dollar-a-year assistants, includ ing the amount of salaries they are drawing from utility companies while working for the government. Two months have elapsed since Krug promised to produce this im portant information and so far he has not done so. All the committee has received was a cagey letter from John Lord O’Brian, former corporation attor ney who is OPM general counsel, giving a list of the power division’s personnel, but has nothing about their private salaries. However, the little information O’Brian did dis close speaks volumes. It shows that no less than 18 key officials in Krug’s division are dol lar-a-year and “WOC” (without com pensation) men, who are still on private utility payrolls. Note: Appropriation committee members estimate that the total pay these men draw from power com panies is more than $250,000 a year. War Production Chief Donald Nelson has privately indicated he will houseclean Krug’s unit. BAD FILMS FOR GOOD NEIGHBORS Young Nelson Rockefeller, who on the whole has done a good job for Pan - American cultural relations, has bogged down badly on films for our Pan-American neighbors. His Museum of Modern Art, which was supposed to do this, has been labor ing for nine months at a cost of $15,000 per month to the govern ment—and finally has brought forth a mouse. Rockefeller and Jock Whitney are getting a large dose of criticism about this because they personally are interested in the Museum and have permitted an amateur group to run the show—into the ground. Without benefit of competitive bid ding or any system of checks and balances, amateur after amateur in the Museum has tackled the job of deciding what kind of films should be sent to Latin-America. Here is a cross section of the results so far: “Better Dresses Fifth Floor,” “A ChUd Went Forth," “The City,” and “Power and The Land”—all utterly unsuited and without objective for South America. Some reasonably good commer cial films have been donated, such as “U. S. Steel,” “Greyhound Bus,” "General Electric Excursions in Sci ence,” and “The American Can Company’s Silver Millions.” Also Hollywood has handed over a group of pictures, such as “Eyes of the Navy,” “Soldiers of the Sky,” “The Battle,” which are the best pictures that have gone to South America. Meanwhile the amateurs continue to chatter and muddle over uplifting the films for our Good Neighbors— all at the expense of Uncle Sam. MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Navy Secretary Knox has a bust of Theodore Roosevelt on his desk. C. Bakers in the army quartermas ter corps are experimenting with “tomato bread,” made by adding to mato juice or canned tomatoes (rich in vitamins) to the baking dough. New York air raid wardens are complaining that every order they receive is countermanded five min utes after it is given. C. E. B. Craney, Montana radio man who is a close friend of Senator Wheeler, recently promoted, financed and successfully completed a Red Cross relief drive netting over $60,- 000 in 24 hours. C. Rep. William S. Hill of Colorado tried to drum up trade for pinto bean growers during his recent visit to Britain. He took with him a large bag of the beans and distributed them among British officials. “I hoped they might include pintos in lend-lease orders,” Hill grins, “but the British still prefer their white beans.” AUTO RATIONING Q.—Why do you want a new car? A.—It’s the only way I can get five new tires. Q.—Are you aware of the restric tions? A.—No, but I knew something was all wrong. I called up several auto salesrooms yesterday and in no case did a salesman show up at my home inside of five minutes. • • • Q.—You already have a car? A.—Yes. Q.—What’s wrong with it? A.—Nothing. Q.—Then why do you wish a new model? A.—My wife thinks our next-door neighbor’s car looks better. Q.—The kind of car your neigh bors have is of no importance. A.—That’s what YOU think! * * * Q.—Only certain classes of people are eligible for new cars. Are you a doctor? A.—No, but my feet are just as tender. Q.—Are you a farm veterinarian? A.—Is this a car rationing bureau or an Information Please program? Q.—Are you engaged in fire fight ing? A.—No; that’s just an impression some people get from the way I drive. * * • Q.—Are you engaged in crime pre vention? A.—No, but if you’ll let me have a new auto I’ll give any cop a lift from now on. Q.—Are you engaged in law en forcement? A.—Yes. I’m a lawyer. Q.—I said “enforcement,” not “evasion.” A.—I didn’t come here to be in sulted. Q.—That’s all right; we don’t mind doing it. Listen, do you re gard a new car as a necessity? A.—Positively. Q.—Give three reasons. A.—Well, first of all, I live four blocks from my office, and without a car I would have to negotiate the entire distance on foot. Second, we use the car to go to church. Q.—How far is the church? A.—It’s almost an eighth of a mile! Q.—What’s your third reason for regarding a car as indispensable? A.—My third reason is the most important of all. Q.—What is it? A.—If I didn’t have an automobile where would I store all those out dated road maps and useless tools? • • • RIMES ON PUBLIC DUTY Folks who buy Defense stamps gladly Speed the day Our foes run madly. Those who buy Bonds make more certain Hitler’ll get An early curtain. • * * Ed Pearson, who has evidently been flat hunting, says he can’t un derstand why the ads don’t group apartments under three headings: furnished, unfurnished and under furnished. • • • The United States department of agriculture is working on a motor fuel made from corn and potatoes. Juliet Colt says it is going to seem funny to ask the station attendant for six bushels of high test. * • • CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRING SQUAD A guy on whom I’d pour hot gravy Is always asking, “Where’s our navy?” • • • CAN YOU REMEMBER— Away back when a post-office clerk sold nothing bat postage stamps at the stamp window? • » • Ima Dodo bought one of those U. S. auto tax stamps today and she says she is going to buy one every day and save them until maturity. • • • Canned beer may be discontinued due to the need for tin. It is okay with us. We never did like reach ing into the icebox for a glass of beer and coming out with a can of tomatoes. • * * Moe Berg, Boston Red Sox ball player, has retired from the dia mond to become a government good will ambassador to Pan America. This is most encouraging. We have long had a distinct impression that our team in that area was weak both in the field and at the bat. Mr. Berg speaks nine languages. But the umpires were always able to defeat him in one. • • • We favor more baseball players in our diplomatic forces. You can’t name one in twenty in our entire diplomatic service who has color, speed, punch or even a good throw ing arm. We will never think an envoy is really good until we see some kids surround him and ask for an autograph. ♦ * * Why ban those radio quiz pro grams? If the enemy gets as much wrong information from them as the American people do everything i will be just ducky. First Meeting of War Labor Board First meeting of the new National War Labor board. Among the members attending (seated, left to right): vice chairman, George W. Taylor; Chairman William H. Davis, chairman of national defense mediation board, and Frank P. Graham. Standing, left to right: E. J. McMillam; Matthew Woll; Walter C. Teagle; A. W. Hawkes; Roger D. Lapham; George Meany; Thomas Kennedy and R. J. Thomas. Eyes of Navy Look Down on a ‘Ward’ The tanker far below (shown in picture at left can feel somewhat safer now. It is under the watchful eye of the navy bHmp squadron, an important adjunct of the U. S. navy which patrols the Atlantic from dawn to dusk. Right: the interior of Uncle Sam’s blimp roost on the Atlantic seaboard, with patrol blimps seemingly lording it over the smaller training ships. The blimp squadron carries bombs and some machine guns. Both Have Hearts in Right Place Brings Cheer Maj. Bernie Bierman of the U. S. marines (left) who has generated several Minnesota teams to football titles, is shown here ready to join the Leathernecks at Quantico, Va. Right: Because the navy already has a Thomas Hart, and also because this Thomas Hart of Reading, Pa., is only 10, he will have to wait until Admiral Hart retires. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt makes her annual visit to Children’s hos pital in Washington, cheering up the tiny victims of infantile paralysis. Photo shows Florence Speis, seven- year-old victim, showing Mrs. Roosevelt her toys while being treat ed in a whirlpool tank. Largest Mobile Gun Starts East His Biggest Bout The giant 240-millimeter portable howitzer built in a Milwaukee fac tory is shown as it was being prepared for its trip east to the ordnance proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md. The howitzer is the largest fully mobile gun ever built. Private Joe Louis puts on his army brogans at Camp Upton, L. I., as he begins army life routine. The champ entered the army day after he ninned back ears of Buddy Baer (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) He'd Bow to No Jap! N FEBRUARY 1, 3824, a little boy was born at Fort George (formerly John Jacob Astor’s post of Astoria) on the lower Columbia river in the Pacific Northwest. His father was Archibald McDonald, a young Scotch clerk in the employ of the Hudson’s Bay company, and his mother was the former Koale Koa, or Raven, daughter of Chief Com- Comley of the Chinook Indians. February 1, 1942, finds the United States and Japan engaged in a life- and-death struggle. Although, on the face of it, there is no connection between these two events on dates 118 years apart, the fact is that such a connection exists. For this little boy, to whom his parents gave the name of Ranald, grew up to be a great adventurer, went to Japan and became the first teacher of English in that “Hermit Kingdom.” “Indeed, it may be said that Ranald MacDonald, halfbreed son of Oregon, owns a place among those who introduced Japan to the ways of the western world, a world of ideas Japan has never fully un derstood and with which she is now at war.” Those are the words of a Portland, Ore., historical writer, M. Leona Nichols, whose book, “Ranald Mac Donald, Adventurer,” published by the Cairton Printers, Ltd. of Cald well, Idaho, is the first full-length biography of this little-known but significant American. In 1848, he was a sailor on a whaler, the Plymouth, commanded by Capt. L. B. Edwards. When the RANALD MacDONALD (From a woodcut by William Klamm la “Ranald MacDonald, Adventurer’’ by M. Leona Nichols.) / Plymouth reached Asiatic waters near Japan, he determined to visit the “Hermit Kingdom.” Although Captain Edwards warned him that he might never get out of the coun try alive, MacDonald persuaded the captain to give him his discharge and supply him with a small boat and enough supplies to reach land. Nearing the shore, the daring young American capsized his boat and allowed himself to be rescued by some Japanese fishermen. Taken before the governor and other court dignitaries, MacDonald was ordered to bow low before them. He refused, saying “I kow-tow to no man!” Then, according to Mac Donald, “I looked the governor full in the face, so did he me; man to man . . . say for 20 or 30 seconds, in dead silence, at length, rising slowly, from a sitting position, to his knee, leaning toward me, he ad dressed me in a few words I did not understand.” Later the Ameri can learned that the governor had said “You must have a big heart.” Instead of being punished for his boldness, MacDonald was treated respectfully and given a house in which to live, although he was still looked upon as a prisoner and close ly guarded. The Japanese authori ties realized that he could be useful to them so they sent some of their most intelligent and promising men to him to learn to speak English. For seven months he served as their teacher. Then he was set free. “The seeds sown by this first teacher of English in the Land of the Rising Sun were planted in soil that was fertile,” writes Mrs. Nich ols. "The harvest came during Com modore Perry’s visit to the island empire, when he made his memora ble treaty between Japan and the outside world in 1854, when Ran ald’s pupils acted as important links between the Americans and the Jap anese, serving as interpreters and liaison officers.” At Macao MacDonald left the ship which had rescued him and went to Singapore. He became a sailor on a ship bound for Madras and although it was wrecked he managed to reach land in safety. Eventually he went to Australia, made his fortune there and, once more succumbing to the wanderlust, took ship for Italy. From there he went to Paris and London, then decided to return to America Arriving in Canada, he learned that his father had retired from the serv ice of the Hudson’s Bay company in 1844, settled near Montreal and died there in 1853. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FILMS DEVELOPED Roll developed and 8 lustrous distinct fin ished permanent Velox glossy prints with one 5x7 enlargement. 35c coin. 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