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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.
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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.
Besides Breadon, only Larry Mac-
Phail and Horace Stoneham seem
to think that part of the duty of the
new commissioner should be that of
trying to rebuild the waning enthu
siasm for the game in the high
schools and the colleges, and even
they can’t agree as to how that
should be worked out.
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