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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C- APRIL 17, 1942 Washington, D. C. STANDARD OIL LOBBY Lobbying will always be practiced in Washington. Recently, however, it has reached new heights. In the pre-New Deal days, lobby ists lobbied to get land grants, lum ber concessions, and Teapot Dome oil leases. Under the New Deal they lobbied for Public Works con tracts, WPA grants, and steamship routes. Today they lobby for war con tracts. But perhaps the most avid, rapacious and lustful lobbying is for priorities on the purchase of materials. In this connection. Standard Oil has just managed to get a remark able priority rating for the shipment of $14,500,000 worth of steel to Vene zuela. The story illustrates how a job can be done if you have the lobbyist to do it. In this case Standard Oil is ably represented by Washington attorney John N. Bohannon, who knows his way around, even to the White House. What Standard wanted was steel for its oil wells in Venezuela, and it had the plausible argument that it must keep up Venezuelan oil pro duction for the American and Brit ish navies. However, other Ameri can oil companies also wanted steel for wells in Texas, Louisiana and California. Also they had the ad vantage of producing oil which does not require a long and hazardous tanker haul. However, they did not have the advantage of an A-l lobby ist. For Mr. Bohannon went to Ad miral Stark, then chief of naval op erations, and practically scared him to death about the danger of losing Venezuelan oil. Stark called Donald Nelson, boss of War Production, and put the pressure on him. Mean while Bohannon and friends pres sured the state department, lend- lase administration, board of eco nomic warfare and finally the White House. If there was anyone Standard Oil forgot to high-pressure they were sick in bed. So Standard Oil got what it wanted, a priority rating of A-l-C, higher than that of domestic oil companies, and the materials have now been shipped. * • • LEWIS PAYROLL The Washington Merry-Go-Round wishes to correct an earlier state ment that John L. Lewis had three relatives on union payrolls whose salaries, plus his own, gave the family an annual “take” of $48,500 from the collections of union dues. We regret to say that on further investigation we find we erred griev ously. We apologize to Mr. Lewis for underestimating his capacities and print below the full Lewis fam ily payroll showing that the miner czar has not three but nine rela tives in cushy jobs and that the family “take” is not $48,500 but $70,500: John L. Lewis, president. United Mine Workers $25,000* Kathryn Lewis, daughter, secre tary - treasurer. District 50, U.M.W 7,500* Denny Lewis, brother, head of United Construction Workers organizing committee 10,000* J. R. Bell, brother-in-law, C.I.O. controller 6,000 Orin Miller, brother-in-law, su perintendent of the U.M.W. of fice building in Indianapolis ... 5,000 Dan Collins, brother • in - law, C.I.O. organizer 3,600 William Thomas, cousin, super intendent U.M.W. building in Washington ;. 5,000 Margaret Lindig, sister-in-law of Denny, U.M.W. stenographer .. 2,400 Ann Miller, daughter of brother- in-law Orin Miller, U.M.W. stenographer 2,400 Son-in-law of Floyd Bell, another - ' Lewis brother-in-law, District 50 organizer 3,600 Total Lewis family payroll . .$70,500 (*Ih addition to their big salaries, Lewis, his daughter and brother also have fat expense accounts. What they spend is their secret. No fig ures have ever been revealed, even to union members.) And Still More. Imposing as is this payroll list, it still does not tell the whole story. There is one Lewis relative who is not on n, union payroll but who garners a nigh-bracket income from unions controlled by John L. He is brothertin-law Floyd Bell, an in surance agent. Representative of a surety company, Bell has what amounts to a monopoly on the busi ness of bonding all national, district and local U".M.W. officers and all C.I.O. officials. His commissions are estimated at $40,000 a year. This sum, plus the payroll listed above, would bring the total “take” of the Lewis family up to $110,500 a year. V * » MERRY-GO-ROUND Wayne Coy, brainy young White House assistant, is slated for a pro motion. The ex-Indiana newsman will be made assistant budget di rector. Coy will also continue as head of the Office of Emergency Management. Good news for the cotton grower. Under war stimulation, cotton con sumption now is around 1,000,000 bales a month, is expected to reach an estimated total of 13,500,000 bales for the year. This is nearly 3,000,000 bales more than last year. ELMER TWITCHELL OFF TO CO-ORDINATE "I’m off to Washington,” declared Elmer Twitchell in an unusually high state of ex citement. “What for?” we asked. “I wanna be a co-ordinator,” he replied eagerly. “What do you wish to co-ordi- aate?” we hopefully asked him. “I ain’t particular,” said Elmer. “Squat tag or leap frog would be up my alley. I was national open squat tag champion in 1928, and I have written several books on leap frog which are standard works ev erywhere.” “But I am no slouch at lariat throwing or sack racing, either,” he resumed after a moment. “Nor at Indian club swinging, apple bobbing and blind man’s buff.” “Are they co-ordinating such ac tivities?” we asked. “Oh, yes,” snapped Elmer. “Yes indeed. They are co-ordinating ev erything. Haven’t yon been read ing about the testimony before Sen ator Byrd’s committee? And this is no minor co-ordination, it’s an all- out co-ordination. We are the Ar senal of Co-ordination, from what I read.” • • • “Do you think you’ll land a job?” we asked. “Why not? Ev erybody else has. A friend of mine who has been good at card tricks has been named National Co - ordinator of Parlor Games un der the OCD and Wilbur Jones, an alligator wrestler by profession, has landed as National Co-ordinator of Alligator Wrestling.” “Really?” “Not only that but an appropria tion is being asked for $150,000 for alligator pools and $75,000 for alli gators.” “Can you get alligators for that money, the kind that will really do any work?” we asked. “Yes, alligators are as a class willing to sacrifice a little for the cause,” explained Elmer. • • » “What does Mrs. Twitchell think of your working as a federal co-ordi nator of rope tricks, squat tag play ing and so forth?” we asked. “Oh, she’s too busy to care,” he replied. “What’s she do ing these days?” “She’s a co-or dinator,” he said. “Of what?” “Either magic lantern shows or eggplant culture, I am not sure which,” said Mr. Twitchell. “She’s doing well. Great for morale, she says.” • * * “The whole Twitchell family is ir, on it,” we observed. “Yes indeed. Uncle Chidsey has been in from the start. He’s U. S. Co-ordinator of Kite Flying at a pretty good salary. He is opening kite flying centers everywhere and thinks he may get a million dollars for kites. He says that nothing bolsters up a people’s morale like running around with a kite on a string. And Grandpa Lem is co-or dinating, too. He’s the one who nev er did amount to much at anything.” “What’s he co-ordinating?” “Top - spinning, I understand,” snapped Elmer, grabbing a train. CIVILIAN CASUALTY Helena Hollingsworth Honeybun To air raid meeting goes on Mon. Her bunions burst right through her shoes At fire-warden work on Tues. When Red Cross work arrives on Wed. Her limbs feel like a ton of lead; Helena’s mind seems full of burrs From salvaging all day on Thurs.— • Fearless femme, she bats no eye Practicing home defense on Fri.— Won’t someone send on Sat. and Sun. First aid for our Miss Honeybun? —Sam Michael Gevins. • • * An insurance company has re ceived a claim from Corregldor for losses of watches and other items at the post exchange. And we can imagine the insurance company ad juster looking it over and demand ing severely, “Just what happened there?” And, perhaps, after being told of the Jap attack, adding, “You will have to send us more proof.” * * * Ima Dodo found her typewriter so hard to operate that she just threw the cover over it with the exclama tion, “l guess the War Board froze it.” And it is Miss Dodo who has been using one typewriter riblan so long that she could be accused of hoard ing. * • • Sign spotted by Tompkins Harris in Joe Brocato’s restaurant: It’s Tough to Pay 55 Cents for a Steak, but It’s Tougher When You Pay 35. Uncle Sam’s Stingers Guard Panama Canal These are the first pictures to show the maneuvers of the patrol-torpedo (FT) fleet that is guarding the Panama canal with the co-operation of the army and air forces. In picture at left Charles Kiefer keeps a tight rein on a .50 caliber anti-aircraft gun aboard the command boat of the mosquito fleet. Upper right: A gunner vigilantly scans sea and sky for the approach of enemy forces. Below: The fast traveling 77-footers of the navy skim through the sea looking for trouble. Horse Finds Place in U. S. War Effort The horse is not yet “through,” as far as war is concerned, his value having been demonstrated this winter on the Russian front. These pictures show two phases of cavalry action in a day’s training of the cav alry soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. Above, the horse artillery is awaiting the command to move forward to their gun positions. Below, men are demonstrating the speed at which they ride their horses. All Ready to Dynamite Bridge and Japs ‘Landing Field’ This photograph was taken somewhere in the embattled Philippine Islands. It shows Filipino soldiers who are determined to see that the bridge is completely destroyed, if necessary. The soldier in the fore ground is distributing sticks of dynamite to be placed all over the bridge to play havoc with Jap troops, if and when they come. At one of the tire company plants a huge hydraulic device has been installed which simulates the actual speed and pressure of a landing airplane. Here a pair of airplane “boots” is being tested. Danny’s Great-Great-Grandparents Learns Lathe Only about one baby in a million could pose for a picture like this one of wee Danny Michael Flanigan, of Memphis, Tenn. Shown are his moth er, June Flanigan, 16; his mother’s mother, Mrs. Alice Pickle, 35; his mother’s mother’s mother, Mrs. B. Kidd, 52; and his mother’s mother’s mother’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Hawkins, 70. Working on a small crankshaft grinder adapted to a lathe is Colonel Stilwell of Camp Shelby, Miss. The colonel expects to put the knowledge gained at this school to a test in the near future. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for April 19 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. GROWING TENSION WITH FALSE LEADERS LESSON TEXT—Luke 11:37-48, 62-54. GOLDEN TEXT—He that Is not with me Is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.—Luke 11:23. Opposition to Christ and to Chris tian teaching has come down through the centuries practically un changed. Hence, we find in Christ’s dealings with the enemies of His day helpful indication of what may be done in our time. It is sad to note that the chief opposition came from those who professed to be religious leaders. It is expected that the world, the flesh, and the devil should fight God’s truth, but one might expect better of those who profess His name. The difficulty is that there is only pro fession, with no real life. I. Hypocrisy Unmasked (w. 37- 44). The Pharisees professed great in terest in the observance of religious laws, but their concern was for the outward appearance, while God judges the heart. First we note a false profession of cleanliness. Christ came to the Pharisees’ table ;with clean hands, but He had not observed all their ceremonial wash ings. When rebuked He struck home with terrific force at the heart of the whole matter (v. 39); namely, that inward filthiness of heart which often makes folk meticulous about outward cleansing. This leads to a substitution of technical observance of the letter of the law that ignores love and judgment (v. 42), which are so precious to God. There can be a dead, dry, and technical ortho doxy which entirely misses the point. But worst of all is the covering up of spiritual death (v. 44). Some times we speak of those who are “dead and don’t know it,” and that may actually be true spiritually. There may be death within and yet a brave and sometimes self-delud ing outward show of life. n. Theological Deadness Con demned (w. 45-52). The lawyers of that day were those learned in the Mosaic law, hence were really the teachers of theology and ethics. They came un der the rebuke of Christ as He pro nounced three “woes” upon them. First, they were guilty of heap ing upon others burdensome require ments which they did not them selves keep, and which they did not help the people to keep. There are such teachers today who set up standards they do not themselves observe, a sort of signpost pointing the right way, while they are not themselves going that way. Then there are those who present high ethical standards without the spir itual dynamic needed to live up to them. To tell a man to be good without telling him of the Saviour who can make him good is mockery. Then, those of Christ’s day were condemned for hating God’s wit nesses. They were willing to build sepulchers for the dead prophets (killed by their fathers), but were not willing to hear the living proph ets. How true to life that is! The very ones who hate and hinder those who are preaching God’s Word, speak and sing smoothly of the faith of our fathers, and claim as their own the witnesses of a past day. Christ also pointed out that while professing to interpret the law they obscured its meaning. They threw away the key to knowledge so that neither they nor their people could learn—and yet they continued to teach. Have not the false teachers of our day done likewise? They deny the integrity and authority of the only infallible Word—the Bible; they reject the deity of our Saviour, Christ, and yet they talk about be ing Christians and preachers of the truth. Woe be unto them in the day of God’s judgment and wrath! What happens when such men are condemned or unmasked? We find— III. Enmity Intensified (w. 53, 54). The scribes and Pharisees had two approaches: they sought vehemently to provoke Him to overspeak, and they craftily laid in wait for Him. The writer of these notes has seen both methods at work in our day. Liberals, or modernists as they are called, profess for the most part to a suave courtesy which makes them speak smoothly and gently about the conservative and orthodox believer or teacher; but if one only has eyes to see, there is often the strong and cruel hand of iron hidden under the velvet glove. 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