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THE NEWBERRY 8UN. NEWBERRY, S. C. A REPORT ON GERMANY Hard-boiled Leon Henderson did some tough talking to President Roosevelt when he arrived back from his economic survey of occu pied Germany. Henderson was sent by the White House to consult with General Eisenhower regarding the economic setup in Germany after the Armi stice. But, while the former OPA administrator has kept very mum about it, he was quite critical in his verbal report to the President re garding negligence on the part of the army, the state department and the Anglo-American-Russian com mission in London regarding plans for running Germany. Henderson told FDR that neither the U. S. military nor the state department had done any thing except the sloppiest sort of planning about running the difficult German civilian econo my after the armistice. U. S. Ambassador John Winant in London, Henderson indicated, had been sitting on his haunches as a member of the tripartite eommission supposed to look into this, but doing nothing. Henderson reported that the plan for cutting Germany up into three different sections under the British, American and Russian armies simply would not work economical ly. He pointed out that the Ger man railroads were set up to work as a unit, not in three different sec tions. Likewise with German indus tries. Henderson proposed, there fore, that German civilian economy be run by a civilian commission representing the Allies which would have charge of the entire country. He also proposed that the military take orders from the civilian high commission. What the President will do about the Henderson report remains to be seen. When he suggested that Hen derson go back to Germany, the hard-boiled ex-OPA administrator refused. He said it was impossible to work under the present setup. In stead he will go to China to make a study of price controls for Chiang Kai-shek. (Note — What some White House advisers fear is that the same chaos and inflation which killed democratic government in Germany after the last war once again will become so ruinous that the German people will fall back on another Hitler or Kaiser.) • • • G.I. JOE AT PEACE TABLE More and more state legislatures and members of congress are urg ing that a G.I. Joe sit at the peace table; also that he begin by sitting in at the important San Francisco United Nations conference. Some further propose that Sumner Welles, former undersecretary of state and the man who originally planned for the peace machinery, attend the San Francisco conference, perhaps as ad viser to the soldier delegate or as an unbiased observer with no ax to grind either for or against any one political party. The Maryland and Rhode Island legislatures are the latest to push the idea of a G.I. Joe at the peace table, resolutions being introduced by Charles M. See of Cumberland, Md., and Joseph Mills of War wick, R. I. The Texas and South Carolina legislatures have already passed resolutions, while Senator Johnston of South Carolina and Rep resentative Jackson of Washington have introduced resolutions in the U. S. congress urging that the G.I. Joe attend the San Francisco con ference as a starter to the final peace session. They propose that he be no higher than the rank of ser geant. Note — The Iowa poll, con ducted by the Des Moines Sun day Register, found that an over whelming majority of lowans, 83 per cent, favored having a member of the armed forces at the peace table. « • • DEMOCRATIC JOE STILWELL Gen. Joe Stilwell has always Crated high with his men. Now that he’s stationed in Washington as chief of the army ground forces, he still has the reputation of looking out for them. The other day, Washington realtor CoL Gus Ring, who is used to get ting phone calls from all sorts of im portant apartment hunters, was surprised to find General Stilwell walk in his oTice and ask for an apartment. Stilwell didn’t want the apartment for himself, but had trav eled all the way across Washington to try to get an apartment for the widow of one of Stilwell’s junior of ficers who had been killed in action. Note—He got the apartment. • • • CAPITOL CHAFF <L Henry Wallace and Loan Adminis trator Fred Vinson are getting to gether to discuss plans for coordi nating the 60,000,000-job program. C. As Wallace looked around the room in Jesse Jones’ old loan office, he said: “I just want to see where the bodies are buried.” C Credit Republican Senator Austin of Vermont with doing one of the best jobs at the recent Mexico City conference. Though not a trained diplomat, Austin was a tower of sound advice to the U. S. delegation. New York Picture Postcards: Crowds rushing away from the Main Stem after curfew as if it were a pal who could no longer do any favors. . . . An all-night beanery’s electric eye peering into the early ayem darkness—showing that one part of the town has insomnia. . . . /i ballet of spring breezes dancing through the streets. . . . The parks' trees sprouting tiny buds clenched like a baby’s fist. . . . Tips of sky scrapers providing exclamation points for the city’s exciting scenic story. . . . Torch-carriers suffering from high-blonde pressure, attempt ing to kill a heartache with a hang over. . . . The sign in a bar: “Time Tells on a Man—Especially a Good Time.” . . . The warm poetry of Broadway friendship which can turn into the cold prose of enmity over night. An interesting and disheart ening phenomenon. . . . Dawn com ing out into the sky to put the stars to sleep. Among the town’s little heroes: Civilian defense workers who are still carrying on their duties. . . . Gigantic fingers cf silence gripping the city at dawn. So quiet you can hear the click of traffic lights as they switch colors. . . . The touch ing goodbyes between soldiers and their loved ones at depots. “I’ll write you every day, honey!” . . . Sabbath morning church-belloquence which seems to fit the silence rather than break it. ... A scoop of after noon sun being served on a platter of whipped cream clouds. . . . Broadwayites clogging all-night caf eterias—sipping coffee while nib bling on a side-dish of conversation. . . . Rockefeller Center gal guides who are more arresting than any of the sights they point out. Regal Fifth Ave. shopwindows crowned with luxuries—a fitting tribute for the Queen of Big Town streets. . . . The hams who are walking showcases for their own personalities. . .. Garments arrayed on 10th Ave. clothes lines swaying to the tune of breezes humming by. . . . The sky coated with glowing twilight, exhibiting a visual wink which brings out the smile in anybody’s spirit. . . . The enameled self- assurance of Main Stem movie ushers who have all the dig nity of generals.. . . Hushed con versations which cushion the vel vety atmosphere of the sumptu ous Music Hall lounge. ... A gay wind holding on tight to the dress of a chorine as it goes around her curves. Comely Travelers’ Aid ladies who greet strangers with a bouquet of bright smiles. . . . The Hudson Riv er cob-webbed with streaks of moon light—a view that tattoos itself into your memory. . . . Sunrise tinting the sky with a Paradise of colors as the world hands people its most priceless gift: A new day. . . . The theater’s best-dressed mr>n: The ticket collector—garbed in & tux. . . . A rustle of silk heralding the ap proach of first-nighters coming down the aisle and leaving a trail of per fume. . . . The Empire State Build ing at noon—cellophaned with sun shine. . . . Midtown canyons at dawn filled to the brim with hush. . . . The smell-binding aroma of roast ing coffee tickling nostrils as you ride over the Brooklyn Bridge. Mountains of clouds cruising over the city and making mammoth buildings insignificant. . . . Head lines on newsstands gleaming with bright war news which lights up the dimout. . . . The Flying Fortress whizzing over the Statue of Liberty and dipping its wings in a salute to the grand lady who carries a torch for Uncle Sam. Train announcers’ voices yawning out their remarks as if they wished >hey were elsewhere. . . . Workers gulping a quick breakfast of oran- juice, coffee and doughnuts—like bit ter medicine they didn’t want to taste. . . . Broadwayites straining talk through their cigars as they stand on street corners tossing away precious minutes they can never hope to retrieve. . . . Movie stars rushing around town convoyed by a fleet of press agents. The slanty penmanship of rain scribbling its unruly signature on window panes. . . . Darkened sky scrapers putting shadows on stilts as they stand guard over the streets all through the night. Cool, clear nights when you can even see baby stars staying out all night. . . . Agonized cries of fog horns along the waterfront sandpa pering the hush of the night. The lady garbed in a flowing white gown who strolls along Sixth Ave. distributing religious pamphlets. A decade ago she was a well-known actress. . . . Mobs rushing to stores (where ciggies are being sold) as if it were a gold rush. . . . Feminuis- ances chin deep in mink lolling in swanky eateries where they turn the private lives of friends inside out. . . . The hackrobatics of cabbies jeeping their way through traffic. . . . Table-sitting orators in cafes trying to breathe the life of an idea into a mquthful of dead words. Nine New U. S. Four-Star Generals THOS. T. HANDY B. B. SOMERVELL GEORGE C. KENNEY The above nine lieutenant generals were nominated by President Roosevelt to be full generals in the U. S. army. They are: Jacob L. Devers, commanding general, 6th army group, Euro pean theater. Mark W. Clark, commanding general, 15th army group in Italy. Walter Krueger, commanding general, 6th army, Philippines. Carl Spaatz, commanding general, U. S. strategic air force in Europe. Joseph T. McNarney, supreme deputy Allied commander, Medi terranean theater. Omar N. Bradley, commanding general, 12th army group. West ern front in Europe. Thomas T. Handy, deputy chief of staff, U. S. army. Brehon B. Somervell, commanding general, army service forces. George C. Kenney, commanding general. Far East air forces. American Street and Mayor The ancient Rhine city of Coblenz has a new mayor. He is Brig. Gen. Frank J. Culvin of Tucson, Ariz. Left: At Krefeld, Germany, Sgt. George A. Kaufman of Fort Smith, Ark., is changing a street sign from “Adolf Hitler Strasse” to “Roosevelt Boulevard.” The 9th army is eras ing all marks of Nazi rule in captured Germany. „ Wounded Vets Join Ball Clubs Left, Lt. Bert R. Shepard, who lost his right leg on his 34th mission over Germany, is shown as he batted them out at the Washington Sena tors’ training camp. Upper right, Emer Durrett, discharged marine vet eran of Guadalcanal, now a Brooklyn Dodgers’ outfielder. Lower right, Bright Whiteside, Boston Red Sox catcher, received navy medical dis charge, having been wounded in action. France Pays Lend-Lease Debt The French provisional government presented the United States gov ernment with $40,000,000 as a further installment on the accepted out standing billings for shipments of materials made to French North and West Africa during the last two years. Leo T. Crowley is shown receiving one check from Christian Valensi of French supply council. Four Awards in Day Pilot of a navy scout bombing plane, Lt. Kenneth Roy Miller of Hutchinson, Kan., is shown after he had been presented with four deco rations in a single day in a cere mony at the naval air station at Patuxent River, Mo. Emblems of Honor Here are sketches of the new em blems to be worn by soldiers and sail ors who are honorably discharged from the service but still wear their uniforms, pending reconver sion to civilian attire. Top, army, a golden yellow eagle; bottom, navy, blue on white. Joins Flying Club Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace, together with 91 mem bers of congress, has seriously taken up flying. He is shown as he steps from cockpit of plane in which he was taking flying lessons for post war flying days. Pin-Up Bride Puss This kitty with the soulful expres sion of an expectant bride is the pet of Miss Roslyn Stock of Bronx, N. Y., who dressed puss in brida’ finery for pin-up pictures. / NLY a few years ago, almost the entire country started pulling for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers were the people’s choice, or cherce. But this season as a lone bystander or spectator. I’m pulling for Connie Mack’s Athletics. Which means Connie Mack. With the respect in which Connie Mack is held in this country, with ail the publicity he has drawn, I still doubt that the Unit ed States quite ap preciates what Con nie Mack has meant to the integrity, to the cleanness, to the all-out sportsman ship of baseball; virtues which should belong to all games. I don’t believe the • majority of the peo- Connie Mack pie know or under stand the great job Connie has done through more than 60 years in promoting these ideals, which are far above the nine pennants and the many World Series his teams have won. There have been many smart managers and many smart owners. But no one else who could match what Connie Mack has contributed to baseball and to sport in general, as player, manager and owner—or one who could say with Victor Hugo: “The snows of winter may be on my head, but the sunshine of eter. nal spring is in my heart.” Forty Years Ago Coming up from the south, I first met Connie in the World Series of 1905. That was the year when Christy Mathewson wrecked the Athletics with three successive shut- outs s Connie Mack was then well over 40 years old. He was supposed to be past his prime, over four dec ades ago. But after that 1905 Series I found that Mr. Mack had no alibi of any sort to offer. He had only praise for the great pitching of Matty, who held his hard-hitting team to 13 singles in 3 games. “What a pitcher,” Connie said then. “What a pitcher.” He had nothing to say about the absence of his great pitcher, Rube Waddell, who had been injured before the series and couldn’t even throw a ball. It may be the younger genera tion doesn’t know so much about Mr. Mack. Well, at the age of 82 or 83, or whatever It is (who bothers about the years, anyway), Connie is a lean, tall, gray-haired fellow as straight as a south Georgia pine. The last time 1 saw him was the 1944 World Series in St. Louis—between the Car dinals and Browns—when he looked to be the keenest of all the flock that follows any World Series show. We talked of the days when he dug up the greatest bunch of left-hand ers that ever worked for any ball club. Connie was always partial to southpaws — Rube Waddell, Herb Fennock (rated by Bill Hanna as the greatest of them all), Eddie Plank (the Gettysburg Guide), and Lefty Grove—certainly one of the best. It was also Connie Mack who dug up one of the great infields of base ball—even if you have forgotten their names—Stuffy Mclnnis, Eddie Col lins, Jack Barry and Home-Run Frank Baker. Kindly name me a greater infield? A Great Sportsman In these last 40 years I have never seen or met Connie Mack when he wasn’t kind and considerate of all concerned — ballplayers, baseball writers and the public at large. He merely happened to be a great sportsman. And we can use a lot more great sportsmen than we have today. He has nothing to cover up—nothing to explain. For 60 years he has stood four square against all the winds that blow in sport, and many of these are adverse winds. There was never any “dead pan” about Connie. He had a quaint sense of humor. The tough breaks never bothered him. “It all belongs in the game, v he used to say. “You get the good ones and you get the bad ones. It ail averages up.” Some time ago I was kidding Ty Cobb as to whether he or Babe Ruth was the greatest ballplayer. “Why pick on Ruth or me,” Cobb said. “Why not turn to Connie Mack? Mr. Mack has done more for baseball and sportsmanship in gen eral than any two men that ever lived. 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