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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Washington, D. C. SNARL OVER RECONVERSION One of the worst legislative snarls awaiting the senate when it returns, is reconversion. It has hardly got started on the tremendous task of putting America back to work at peacetime production. Difficulty began last February with publication of the widely publi cized Baruch - Hancock report. Though this at first was hailed as a blueprint for peacetime conversion, many senators now admit it is woe fully inadequate, provides excellent protection for capital and profits, but little protection against unem ployment. Only comprehensive plan so far for real unemployment prevention during the reconversion period is contained in the bill written by Sen. Harley Kilgore of West Virginia. Kilgore had hoped to see his bill sent to the progressive committee on education and labor, headed by scholarly Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah. But Assistant President Jim my Byrnes, Bernie Baruch, and Wall Street’s John Hancock, aided by army-navy big business elements, pulled the wires and switched the bill into the military affairs com mittee. There it comes under re actionary, egotistic Chairman Rob ert R. Reynolds of North Carolina. The Kilgore bill is an all-embrac ing measure designed to insure full production and full employment aft er the war, all within the framework of private enterprise. Surplus prop erty disposal plans are included; also employment training, coordi nation among government agencies and—most objectionable to the re actionaries—emergency federal un employment insurance. Lehman Brothers’ John Hancock, who opposes this, has even stated flatly that he thinks a little unem ployment after the war will be a good thing—to depress wage levels. A deal was made by its enemies to place the Kilgore bill under Mon tana’s Senator Murray, who has been pressured by Senator George, Hancock and Baruch to kill it. Meanwhile, the unhappy Murray has been receiving brickbats on the oth er side from labor because of his stalling. Adequate plans for reconversion should have been completed before the congressional recess. But se date, scholarly, unhappy Senator Murray is still sitting on the eggs. • • • PIGEONS AND PICTURES Anxious to insure the speediest possible handling of pictures of the fighting in France, one American public relations officer prepared spe cial cases to hold single rolls of 35- mm. motion picture film. These were to be sent to London from the front by carrier pigeon. A test was made in England, with 20 pigeons sent out one day. Nineteen of them have never since been heard from. . . . Deciding roles of 5-mm. film were too heavy, the officer then de vised a special carrier for single three-by-five-inch negatives. No test was made with this carrier, however because G-2 stepped in and ruled the pigeons out. . . . Too easy for the Nazis to intercept, said G-2, with the possibility that negatives containing valuable military infor mation might fall into enemy hands. • • • HITLER’S HEALTH Although intelligence officers aren’t saying much about it, Adolf Hitler’s health has been attracting considerable attention in Washing ton lately. Fact is, the Allies have several ways of checking on Hit ler’s physical condition. Captured newsreels and still pictures are closely compared with previous films for clues. Likewise, record ings of Hitler’s latest speeches are compared with earlier talks. Recently, Hitler made two speeches in one week. Both were broadcast by the German radio. A group of Intelligence officers and diplomats who heard him were sur prised at the tone of his voice. , “Hitler sounded listless,” com mented one expert. “He sounded weary, tired and solemn. There was no power in his voice, no fire, only a dispirited tone of dejection. He seemed to be reading his speech. He stumbled and went over words and sentences several times before get ting them straight. Another expert saw the latest newsreels of Hitler last week, was surprised at how paunchy and pale he looked. “Hitler has taken on weight,” this expert said, "and it’s not flattering to him. He seems to be letting him self go and apparently isn’t getting as much exercise as a lot of his men who are running backward. His eyes also look hollow. The war isn't agreeing with Adolf Hitler.” • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C Howard Costigan, founder of the Washington Commonwealth federa tion, has started a new movement on the West Coast called the “Party of the Pacific,” and stands a chance to win a seat in congress, come No vember. C. Congressman Jennings Randolph of West Virginia is trying out a new wrinkle in campaigning. He is hav ing produced some one-minute films of himself making a campaign speech, for distribution throughout his congressional district. VyHEN golf contributed $42,600 v “ to the Red Cross from its Wykagyl, N. Y., show which Byron Nelson won in a gallop, the ancient game kicked in with its full share. Tennis did the same thing at For est Hills, when ghosts of the past haunted the famous turf of the ten nis capital. By ghosts of the past I am re ferring in the main to Big Bill Tilden, the greatest tennis player of all time — and don’t let people tell you anything different. Bill Tilden must take his place as one of the most re markable stars of them all, no matter what the game. When Big Bill first came along Babe Ruth was a pitcher — not a home-run hitter. Jack Dempsey was at least two years away from his Willard knockout. Ty Cobb was still in his prime. Rogers Hornsby hadn’t started his star career. No one had ever heard of Man o’ War. Red Grange was still years away. Bobby Jones was only IS years old. At that time lean and lanky Bill Tilden was just getting under full steam. He wasn’t quite at the top, but he was heading in that genera) direction. BUI Tilden The Top of Them All At various times in the last 10 or IS years, I’ve asked any number of famous tennis players to pick the all-time top. In this list I can give you such names as Vinnie Rich ards, Frank Hunter, George Church—on and on. The vote was solid for Big Bill, the lean, lanky, galloping, hard-hit ting star with the best of all tennis brains. Tilden combined power and speed with the finest type of court general ship. There were times, even through a championship final, when he was still practicing strokes. No one ever knew in his prime Just how good he was. Here’s an example. Years ago against one of the Kinsey brothers, Tilden had won the first set of a championship match at 6-2. He had lost the second set at 6-4. An old timer took all the bets he could get on Tilden for the third set. The bettor was Eddie Conlin. He told Big Bill about his 12 bets. “What’s the bet?” Tilden asked. “I’m betting you to win the third set 6-0,” Eddie said. Tilden won 6-0. He could have won most of his sets at 6-0 except for his desire to practice and try out vari ous strokes against opponents who were completely outclassed. I’ll never forget the final match he had with Little Bill Johnston at Forest Hills for the title. Little Bill, as usual, had given Big Bill a hard and hot afternoon. In the final set dark clouds swept across the sultry scene accom panied by thunder and lightning. There were only a few minutes or perhaps second^ left before the storm was due. Tilden’s answer was quite simple. He delivered four service aces that practically blasted Little BUI off the court. He might as weU have used a rifle. Another Tilden Story Years ago Ellsworth Vines was touring the country with Tilden and at that time winning most of the matches. Youth against age. “There’ll never be anyone like Til den,” Vines told me later. “A short while back we played in upper New York. I finally won after five tough sets and I was many, many years younger than Tilden. I was completely ex hausted after the match. Later that night I happened to glance up and saw Tilden hurrying out of the hotel lobby. “ ‘What’s the idea?’ I asked. " 'I’ve got a golf date at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning with a pro in Cincinnati,’ BUI said. ‘I’U have to drive aU night, but I can still make it.’ “Tilden made it,” Vines con tinued, “and then carried me to five sets late that afternoon. Tilden had more stamina and vitality than any two athletes I ever saw.” It was Tilden who introduced the phrase “tournament tough.” “Tournament tough” appUes to every game played, from war to any sport you know. Big Bill has proved this for weU over 20 years. His return to Forest Hills for the Red Cross was some thing no tennis lover should have missed. The Old and the New Our army and navy is composed largely of younger fighters. But we also have many older men. These two sections seem to get into many arguments as to whether or not the past was better than the present. The older ones take you back to what has been known as sport’s Golden Age, the twenties. AU we can say is that everything in sports that can be measured or timed has shown a steady advance. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. f The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF PRIVATE PURKEY Dear Harriet— WeU, the first thing I am going to do when I get home from this war is to get on a Hudson River ferry boat and ride back and forth on it to break myself of the army habit of jumping overboard and wading ashcre. ♦ The army don’t land nowheres no more. It swims or paddles ashore. • If we was dressed for it it would not be bad, but we do all oiir swim ming and wading all dressed for dry land and mountain operations. • Half the time I do not know if I am in the army, the navy or a BiUy Rose bathing spectacle. I am aU mixed up on whether I am a soldier or a saUor. I am too wet to be a soldier and too dry to be a sailor. Except sometimes Uke in these beachhead operations when I am wetter than they even let saU- ors get except when they get ship wrecked. Lesson for July 30 (ected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. GIDEON’S FAITHFUL FEW LESSON TEXT—Judge. 7:4-7, 13-11. GOLDEN TEXT—There U no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.— I Samuel 14:8. Man power is said to be the secret of victory. Our nation is concerned about the shortage of man power in critical manufacturing centers. The armed forces are calling for more and more men and women. That wiU all make it a little strange to study and teach the les son for today, for here is the story of a crucial miUtary campaign in which the leader, Gideon, was told by God to cut down his forces. This happened again and again, until he had less than one per cent of his original force, which was none too large, humanly speaking. What singular thing was going on? God was at work and He did not I never knew Europe and Asia was so short of docks and piers. It seems like no matter what place we got to land on we got to get off the boat out in the middle of the ocean where nobody never got off of no boat before except he was thrown off. • X should of joined the navy. It is drier and swimming is not so com pulsory. Also when a sailor gets off a ship he waits until it has docked. If he gets off before it docks he is dressed for it. I wish Mr. Stimson would design army pants so a G. I. can shake them off in the water like a sailor can do with them sailor pants. • I been all over this war and I have not yet seen no sailors try ing to swim from the sea to dry land wearing clothes for a north pole expedishun and loaded down with everything on their backs but the ship’s anchors and trying to car ry a anchor chain in one hand and a rudder, steering wheel and barrel of hardtack in the other. • The real secret of the American army’s success on these beachheads is this. The G. I.s is so fighting mad when they get ashore that they can lick anybody and they espeshully hate anybody who is there ahead of then! all nice and dry. • It gets to be a habit. If my shoes ain’t full of water now I don’t feel the battle is offishul and if I can unbutton my blouse and not have a barrel of water gush out I know something is not regulashun alright. . Remember how yon warned me to keep warm and not get my feet wet on account of I used to catch cold coming from the subway to the fiat in a April shower with no rubbers on? Them was the days! I can’t understand why being half-drowned all the time now don’t put me in bed. Maybe I got double-pnen- monia all the time and don’t even feel it no more. * want Israel to look to the arm of flesh, but to Him. Three questions are raised and answered in this interesting story: I. Quantity or Quality? (7:4-7). The Lord is looking for men to do His work, but He cannot use men who are afraid or careless. This was the lesson Gideon learned, and it applies to our day as well. When Gideon started out he had 32,000 men (Judg. 7:3). Not willing that they should glory in their own strength and knowing that many of them were cowards at heart, the Lord told Gideon to let those who were afraid, go home. When the mob had left there were only 10,000 left. How sad it is that so many are “fearful and afraid” (v. 3) when it comes to going into battle for the Lord. They sing cheerily, “Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldier* of the cross; let courage rise with danger,” etc.; but when the bomba of Satan begin to fall, or the bugle calls for an advance into the enemy’s territory, they have dis appeared to places of comfort and safety. What good are such sol diers? The Lord told Gideon to send them home; perhaps the church should do the same. Then came the second test which appears in our lesson. Those who took the comfortable and easy way to drink (v. 6), were not alert end ready. Down went the number to 300; but these were men who were ready to obey, who were alert and courageous. The church needs to learn that large numbers are not the answer to her problems. God is interested in numbers, be sure of that, but He is more concerned about quality than quantity. Let us get more peo ple who are truly regenerated into the church, and not just more peo ple. H. Man’s Power or God’s Power? (vv. 15-18). Strange as was the plan for re cruiting, the plan of battle was even more unusual. Lights, broken pitch ers, and trumpet blasts qre hardly the accepted weapons of warfare, nor does the method sound like mili- Well this is going to be a great war to get out of and take up a life where I will have some idea if I am a man or a duck. Being a hero is okay but it feels better to be a hero who is not always feeling like he was a basket of wet wash. I hope all the folks at home are dry. All my love— Oscar. The New Uncle There’s a new man in that high plug-hat And those clothes red, white and blue— There’s a new ehief in there at the bat. And he’s Uncle Sockeroo! Of those whiskers there is not a trace— Of the wrinkles it’s the same; There’s a new guy with a younger face— Uncle Sockeroo’s the name! Gone the long white locks and fore head high Now he’s young and tongh and fit; There’s a brand new tag for a fa mous guy— Uncle Sockeroo is it! • • • Since a gambler left $27,200 in a New York taxi and had it claimed both by the city and federal govern ment the suggestion has been made that taxi drivers can make a hit by advertising “Bankrolls left in this cab will be held in strict con fidence.” • “War cannot be measured by the events of a single day. In so gigan tic a struggle isolated successes or failures can’t play a decisive role.” —Herr Hitler. • Yah, Adolf, that’s exactly the thought that sustained the Allies through the tougher years. Remem ber? • • • “Package Thought to Hold Bombs Held Only Old Letters.”—Headline. There isn’t a lot of difference sometimes. tary strategy. This was no time for questions, for logical arguments, for the usual organization of war, for now God was about to work. He was ready to show His power quite apart from the ability of man, and He had a right to work as He would. Wise and blessed is the church which knows that there comes. a time when the thing to do is to put plans aside and let the Lord work. No one will question the value of organization and proper church “machinery,” but we need to ask ourselves whether we have not be come so organized that we impede the work of God. Observe on the other hand that it was “the sword of the Lord and of Gideon”—not just the sword of the Lord. God is all-powerful. We must not hinder His glorious working. But He works through men, do not forget that! He used Gideon, and He used Gideon’s little band. God’s power must accomplish God’s work, but that power flows out to the world through yielded and obedient men. III. Running or Standing? (w. 19- 21). The enemy “ran and cried and fled." The sword of the Lord and of Gideon had put them to rout. Well may the enemies of God be terror- stricken when He begins to work through His servants. All this was done “by faith,” for we find Gideon’s act of turning “to flight the armies of the aliens” list ed among the exploits of faith (Heb. 11:34). Now, see what Gideon’s host was doing while the enemy ran (v. 21). “They stood every man in his place.” No need for frantic hurry with them, no fear, no excitement. God works that way. Remember the children of Israel at the Red Sea? The water ahead, and Pha raoh’s host to the rear. What to do? “Fear ye not, stand still and see th« salvation of the Lord.” (Exod. 14:13). Perhaps the word is coming to us just now—Trust God rather than the power of man! Stand still and see what He will do, for His own glory I A BRIEF sun-suit or tiny dress is made twice as gay by means of a bright cherry spray ap plique. The matching open air bonnet is made perfectly flat and then buttoned together to form a hat. Whole set takes but little ma terial and is a summer joy for any youngster. Pattern includes sizes 2, 3 and 4 years. • • • To obtain complete applique pattern and cutting pattern lor aun-auit. dress and bon- J Uh i That’s Tongh “Isyour Sergeant-Major tough?” “Tough? If he wants to crack a nut he just puts it in the comer of his eye and winks.” Expectancy Scout Master—Why didn’t you answer “Present’ tohm l called the roll? Jasper—t answered “presenf yester day, and you didn’t give me assy I Figure It “Do you know, dear, my hus band says I look 10 years younger in this hat.” “Really. And how old are you?” “Thirty.” “No; I mean without the hat.” Onee upon a time there was an eccentric professor. He was so ec centric that the other professors noticed it. 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