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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. COMING COAL CRISIS President Roosevelt got back from his notable achievements at Yalta to And serious problems awaiting him at home, particularly on the la bor front. Some of his advisers felt, however, that these problems, espe cially the coal crisis, could have been averted by beginning to pre pare for it earlier and by appointing a new secretary of labor. The President left for Yalta al most immediately after his inaugu ration. And, up until a day or two before his inauguration, he had not made up his mind what to do about appointing a new secretary of labor. In the end, he did nothing and Miss Perkins continued, despite her very firm desire to resign. Meanwhile, various moves could have been made to head off the coal crisis. One of them, discussed in the background but never brought forward, is an annual wage for min ers. If the miners knew they would be able to work all the year around, especially in peace times when they have been laid off for about one- third of the time, they might forego wage increases now. Another move, proposed back- stage, was to appoint coal mine representatives on local OPA boards to make sure the cost of living did not go up, or if so, under circum stances they understood. But the most important move was to have appointed a new secretary of labor, with a new, fresh outlook, untarnished pres tige, who could have tackled the Job firsthand, and, if necessary, gene out to the mining areas to meet with the miners them selves. No one is looking for this thankless job. But senate col leagues say the one man who could do it, if willing, would be forthright, fair-minded Senator Harley Kilgore, who comes from the great coal state of West Vir ginia, is known and trusted by labor but also would not hesitate to oppose labor when it is wrong. * • * FARM BLOC FUNCTIONS Sometimes the congressional farm bloc feels its oats to such an extent that it demonstrates its power just for the fun of it. That was what happened when the house passed the Flannagan resolution — which does nothing more than say that congress considers a law it passed two years earlier still should be observed. This law is the Tydings amendment to the Selective Service act which pro vides for the deferment of farm .vorkers. The house spent several hours trying to decide whether it should pass the new resolution, even though everyone knew it would go through. Hard-hitting congressmen like Ed Izac of California, Gene Worley of Texas, and Ewing Thomason of Tex as pointed out that all the resolution did was remind the nation that 340,- 000 men from 18 to 25—the age group the army wants most for fight ing—are being denied the army. El Paso’s Thomason declared his support for the Tydings amendment, but said he saw no reason to pass further legislation on the subject. San Diego’s Izac, a wounded and decorated lieutenant commander in the last war, came out against the Tydings amendment. “If we turn this resolution down, maybe the senate will have back bone enough to %irow out all legisla tion that interferes with the winning of the war,” Izac continued. “The 340,000 boys on the farm are no more precious to their fathers and mothers than are the other boys who have been taken away and are now serving in the army and the navy.” After several hours of debate, however, the house passed the resolution by a voice vote, but not before the author of the res olution, John Flannagan of Vir ginia, was called upon to define what he meant by an “agricul tural occupation.” Republican Congressman Clason of Spring- field, Mass., was afraid the words might be interpreted as referring only to men growing or handling crops. Flannagan assured him it included also poultry farmers and livestock farmers. / * * * CAPITAL CHAFF C. Col. Harry Vaughan, now military aide to Vice President, was former ly his secretary. Vaughan is now virtually back on the office staff—in uniform. fi. There are about 375 baseball play ers in the American league, of which 130 are 4-Fs. Baseball moguls say: “If the 4-Fs are barred from base ball, the game will have to be played by old men.” C. Quoth Senator Tom Connally of Texas during prolonged hearings on the Mexican waterways treaty: “The flood of oratory in this com mittee room is as hard to control as the notorious floods of the Colorado river.” C. Not as many people know about Elmer Irey as know of J. Edgar Hoover, but Irey is being talked about for Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’ job as dean of baseball. Con gressman Cochran of Missouri says: “If baseball gets Irey, they won’t have to worry about gamblers. He knows them all.” Things I Never Knew 'Til Now: That Uncle Sam lost 10,500 sol- iers, sailors and marines in 1944— not by Jap or Nazi bullets, but by accidents in the U. S. . . . That when soldiers and sailors actually take heed of their superiors’ acci dent warnings, the accident rate in camps drops 60%. . . . This column is dedicated to saving the life of some soldier, sailor, marine or worker in the war effort—and the statistics prove that it probably will. . . . Every life lost to this country is one less fighter against Hitler. Your country needs your life—to protect its own. . . . This is the breakdown of your chances of liv ing this year: That 30,000,000 Americans have been injured in home-front acci dents since the war started. . . . Work accidents last year caused the loss of 900,000 man-years of labor, and more workers were killed OFF the job than on the job—25,000 to 18,000. First Marine Flat Top Fliers That drinking on the part of either the driver or the pedestrian is in volved in one out of every five fatal traffic accidents, and that, even in wartime, one or both drivers in fatal accidents violate a law in two out of every three cases. That about 7,000 persons were drowned in the United States last year. . . . Smokers cause nearly a fifth of all fires in the U. S. A. . . . Accidents kill one out of three school-age children who die. . . . Three out of five fatal traffic acci dents occur at night. . . . Nearly 2,000 persons were killed in grade crossing accidents last year. (So, Look, Listen and Live!) That thousands of hunters will be maimed this year—and nearly 1,000' will be killed in hunting accidents unless the hunter is extra careful. . . . 17,000 people in farm families were killed by accidents last year— and only mining, construction, trans portation and public utilities are more dangerous industries than ag riculture. . . . About 80,000 hospital beds are occupied today by persons who have suffered accidents. (This is roughly 10% of all beds, and the pity of it is that accident cases usu ally require the immediate attention of several doctors and nurses, as well as the use of anesthesia appara tus, operating rooms and hospital beds. And this at a time when they’re talking about drafting nurses!) The first marine carrier-based squadron looks over a chart planning the attacks on Formosa and Okinawa Jima, in which they participated. Lt. Col. William A. Millington of Seattle, squadron commander, points to the target area. He was the first to draw Japanese blood of this crew, when he shot down an enemy plane during the attack which foRowed. Filipino Children in Huddle These Filipino children huddle in the debris of war left in the wake of the American and Nip fighting, and are shown bleeding and ill from lack of food and shelter. They were cared for by the liberating Yanks, after the Japanese garrisons in the city had been wiped out. All chil dren showed lack of proper nourishment. Red Cross Saved Another Life That Benjamin Franklin was one of the first safety advocates in America. Remember? He said: “Haste makes waste” and "Care lessness does more harm than want of knowledge.” That the Chicago fire of 1871, the Johnstown flood of 1889, the Galveston tidal wave of 1900, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the Boston night club fire in 1942, and all the other major disasters since 1865 have killed less than 25,000 Americans. (And yet day-by-day accidents killed 94,000 in 1944 alone!) That accident figures prove the safest people in the U. S. are little girls between the ages of 5 and 14. . . . There is an accidental death in the U. S. every 5% minutes—and an injury every 3 seconds! . . . Acci dents are the fifth cause of deaths in the U. S. . . . And cost $141 per year per family in America. That the Seaford Nylon plant of E. I. duPont de Nemours St Com pany has the best no-injury record in American industry, having gone nearly 17,000,000 man-hours without a single lost time injury to one of its employees. (And at the last re port, the record was still running.) That even if more than 700,000 women drivers were involved in traffic accidents in 1941, there is no conclusive evidence that women are more reckless than men when it comes to driving automobiles. . . . A speed violation is a factor in about % of all fatal traffic accidents. . . . Approximately 4% of drivers involved in fatal accidents are hit and run drivers! (The rats!) That communications is the safest industry and mining the most dangerous. . . . One per son in 14 will have an accident in the United States in 1945, if the 1944 pattern prevails. . . . Nearly 10,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic accidents yearly. (And walking is so easy.) That peanuts, coins, medals, mar bles and such simple things can be and are killers. More than 600 children under five years of age are killed every year because small objects like these are so easily sucked into the lungs. . . . Falls were the greatest single cause of acci dental deaths in 1943, the last year for which figures are available. The number killed by falls in 1943 was 27,400. And 92% of all persons killed by falls are 25 years of age or over; two out of three persons killed by falls are 65 years or older. Wounded by a Jap bomb hit on a navy carrier, a navy officer is given a transfusion on the deck of the warship by fellow officers, somewhere in the Pacific. On-the-spot transfusions, such as this one, have saved the lives of countless servicemen in this war. The collection of this blood'is only one of the many ways in which the Red Cross is serving. Allies Agree—'Never Again! U. S. 9th army signalmen repair wires while standing under a sign painted by Germans as part of a propaganda program in Echt, Holland. Translation: “1918? Never Again.” The Allies have pledged themselves to this slogan—that never again will a peace be made that will permit Germany to conduct another world war. Watch on the Rhine A 9th army combat infantryman, the 1945 version of Germany’s his toric anthem. The wrecked Dussel- dorf bridge acts as lookout station. Soon after this picture was taken the G.I. and his unit moved forward into German territory with advanc ing armies. Army mountain trooper keeps in trim on passage overseas. He goes aloft in practice to keep sharp for altitudinous action up the cliffs and peaks on European battle fronts. Agility from long training in session of “Rappelling” is shown. Led Marine Heroes Maj. Gen. Graves B Erskine, commander of the 3rd marine divi sion, shown outside his quarters while directing his division’s part in the capture of Iwo Jima. His unit has been making history in the Pacific, as one of the hero divisions of the war. Giant Blimp Wins Martin Levy, 640-pound “Big Blimp,” shown before he met and defeated the Irish Giant, Pat Healy. Strange as it may seem, the Big Blimp is given credit for speed, promising a sensational season. Breadon, owner and president of the World Champion Cardinals, re marked to me re cently. “I am re ferring to the mil lions of kids from 12 to 16 years old who would like to play baseball, but who get no help or en couragement. “This is true even in the big Southwest —from the Ozarks to Texas—the Cot tonwood trail that gave baseball such men as Tris Speaker, Rogers Horns by, Dizzy and Paul Dean, Carl Hub- bell, Pepper Martin. I could name a hundred others, including Bill Dickey from Arkansas and Lonnie Warneke, the tobacco chewing champion from Mt. Ida. “Soft ball, football and other sports have started replacing base ball as a recreation for the young sters. They like baseball and would rather play it if they only had the chance. This will be the big job of any new commissioner we might name. He must offer and work out a plan that win give youngsters all over the country this chanee.” We have been hammering with what punches we had left along these same lines, receiving no sup port except from Pittsburgh and De troit and a few individuals like Jack Coombs, the old Colby Carbine, baseball coach at Duke. Neglect Schoolboys Baseball, year after year, has gone to sleep in this important de velopment—and this includes base ball’s Big Three. These three have run the game ably in other respects. But they have all fallen down on building up and bringing baseball to the kids from the ages of 12 to 16, many, many thousands of whom would rather play baseball than any other game, but rarely get the chance. Crowded cities—lack of space— lack of any help or cooperation on the part of baseball leaders—these have all figured in the decay of the game’s so-called “grass roots.” They have either forgotten all about the kids, or else they have been too shortsighted to face the major prob lem of the game. The new commissioner must be one who can rebuild baseball for the kids—and that will be his most im portant job. It will be a job no one in baseball has even approached, barring the few places I have men tioned. There are millions of kids who would like to play baseball—who never have the chance. And any one with a half grain of intelligence knows that if a kid from 12 to 15 years old doesn’t have the chance to play baseball, he will never get anywhere in the game. Football is different. You can take a husky young fellow around 18 or 19 who never saw a football and turn him into a great tackle or a great guard. Especially if he is big and fast. You can’t do that with a base ball player—or a golfer. The great baseball players come up as kids— who played the game. The great golfers came up as caddies—Hagen, Sarazen, Ouimet, Nelson, Hogan, Chick Evans, Goodman, McSpaden, Johnny FarreU, Harry Cooper. Must Start Early Baseball and golf are games you must learn in early youth. Football can be picked up later on. Golf has been given a big break. Baseball hasn’t. I don’t care whether the new com missioner is Jim Farley, Edgar Hoo ver or Ford Frick—or some one else who has the respect of the ballplay ers and the spectators. All I know is that his first job will be to or ganize a new youth movement for baseball, which (outside of Pitts burgh, Detroit and in certain loca tions where the American Legion has been an active sponsor) has been almost completely overlooked, al though the two big leagues have each contributed $20,000 to this fund. Certainly there has been no help from the two major leagues outside of this contribution and little help from any of the minors. In many big cities, it must be admitted there is little room left where the kids can play—except along cobblestone streets or those haunted by automobiles. But there is still space enough left in the Unit ed States to give boys from 12 to 16 a chance to play basebaU. It is still a national crime that out of 100,000 18-year-old boys caUed to the draft, over 25,000 are turned back as physically unfit. But it is a difficult matter to get anyone interested in this problem. Army and navy say they are too busy trying to win a war to bother about the situation. And this group is too young for sport promoters to use as money-makers. 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