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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WORLD LEADERS PICTURE By the thread of one man’s life hung personal relationships which affected nations. Prime ministers and potentates, once close to Frank lin Roosevelt, now must learn how to get along with an unknown gentle man in the White House. Certain army-navy officials, who always knew how Roosevelt would react on this and that, now must do business with a man they once criticized. To illustrate how the pendulum of fate has swung, here are some of those who will miss Franklin Roosevelt most: WINSTON CHURCHILL — was able to call the late President on the telephone at any time night or day. Their. relationship was more intimate than with most members of their own cabinets. When Church ill couldn’t get Roosevelt, he talked to Harry Hopkins. Their friendship was equally close. Hopkins and Churchill used to stay up late at night sipping brandy long after FDR had gone to bed, and it was those late-hour talks that sometimes worried U. S. army-navy men. For vital policy sometimes was moulded after midnight. Churchill had planned to hold na tional elections, probably in June, and Roosevelt's friendship would have been one of his great cam paign assets. That asset is now out the window. Instead he must do business with a man he doesn’t know and who chairmanned a committee whose members were quite critical of certain British lend-lease and in ternational air policies abroad. Some political observers believe that makes Churchill’s political fu ture very uncertain: ADMIRAL ERNEST KING—The Commander of the Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations really ran the navy under Roosevelt, and he ran it with a high hand. He ignored the late Secretary Frank Knox when ever he felt like it, knowing he would get a sympathetic ear at the White House. He even overruled Knox on such a trivial matter as a gray-blue summer uniform for the navy, though Knox had decided it would cut too heavily into the consumption of textiles. Knox’s successor. Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, has played in with King. He had to. If King didn’t agree with him, the admiral came out bluntly in press conference and said so. But now there is a new man in the White House who wrote a caus tic report bitterly critical of the way the admirals slowed up the war by failure to build adequate landing boats. The new President also did not hesitate to throw his hooks into the navy whenever the brass hats got inefficient, especially on their in excusable procrastination in build ing destroyer-escort vessels. So fellow-admirals are watching to see just where King now sits. GENERAL B. B. SOMERVELL— No army officer clashed with the Truman committee more frequently and more head-on than the tough- talking chief supply officer of the army. Somervell differed with Tru man on all sorts of things, and the Truman committee reports are stud ded with criticism of the army’s sup ply job. Truman is not a man to nurse personal grudges and won’t demote or transfer Somervell. General • Marshall always maintained that de spite mistakes he was the best man they had. But Somervell will never become chief of staff, or rise any higher in the army. HARRY HOPKINS—Of all those around Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins will miss him most. Their’s was a very close personal relationship. Although Harry has been criticized vitriolically, sometimes even by oth er presidential intimates, FDR nev er wavered in his devotion. In a way, Harry took the place of Roose velt’s eldest son, Jimmie, whom he once hoped would be his secretary. So Harry will miss his old friend terribly. The critics will say that Hopkins will miss him because of the glam our, the power and the prestige. But actually there was a love and devo tion between the two men which few realized and even fewer understood. Noil—Several years ago, Roose velt gave Hopkins permission to take notes on their discussions and write his memoirs. “You have no money, Harry,” he said, “and you’re foolish if you don’t take notes on our con versations. You have my full per mission to use them later.” But Hopkins, always too busy, always engrossed with winning the Chief’s next objective, never had time to take notes. He knows more about Roosevelt than any other living man, but most of the secrets will go with Hopkins to the grave. BERNARD BARUCH—The man who talks with Presidents, no longer has the key to the White House. During the bitter battles between the War Production board civilian group and General Somervell’s military clique, Baruch always backed up Somervell. In fast, he was one of Somervell’s most vigorous support ers. Truman, on the other hand, fought in the WPB civilian corner. Also Bemie was for Byrnes, not Tru man, at the Chicago convention. So he may not be such a close friend tn Presidents any more. AX/HEN this war is over, and the expected boom in every form of sport comes along, there is cer tain to be a big need for much stronger supervision than we have today. This includes baseball, rac ing, football, boxing and basketball above most of the others. For these are the major spec tator and big money games. This isn’t a mat ter of today or next week or next month. It is a mat ter of the big tangle and scramble that is coming after the war is over when there will be al most countless prob lems to face and handle, including the return home of motions of serv icemen, many of these hoping and expecting to make a living out of professional sport. You can see what happened when three or four unknown basket ball players, in a New York college almost totally unknown in a na tional way, almost wrecked basket ball. You can figure what will hap pen if the same thing occurs to baseball, boxing, racing and football on a bigger scale. Four Big Sports U. S. Delegates to Conference The United SUtes delegates to the San Francisco World Security conference are shown above. Top, left to right. Secretary Stettinius, Senator Vandenberg, Representative Bloom, and Cordell Hull. Lower, Commander Stassen, Representative Eaton, Senator Connally and Vir ginia Gildersleeve. Center, official emblem and view of home of the con ference. Flag Heroes Visit Truman We can take them up in order: Baseball — In my opinion, base ball needs a ruling commissioner who will be given full authority to act; who will be well known and respected around the country; who can pick up where Judge Landis left off. A commissioner with out these qualifications, without complete authority, would be use less. It will be too late in case some scandal breaks. Baseball can’t look for any such supporting combina tion as Judge Landis and Babe Ruth to restore public confidence. Racing — Racing is a tougher problem to tackle, due to the jealousies of competing states and the tremendous taxes they gather in. Yet it is a well-known fact that even before racing was stopped, many chiselers, crooks and gangsters were edging their way into the richest fi nancial harvest of all sport, where well over a billion dollars was bet through 1944. Where more than a few jockeys were not above suspi cion and where general larceny was on the verge of breaking out at any moment. This applies to all racing states. Only a J. Edgar Hoover eonld help here, where an annual salary of $100,000 would be excellent insur ance. It would take a direct order from Washington to bring this about. Bnt it might be badly needed at any given time later on. Pro Football and Boxing Football—It would be almost im possible to have any ruling commis sioner for college football, as so many sections have their own com missioners who have different and conflicting ideals and opinions. Bat pro football faces as many problems as any sport. For one thing, there is the probability of at least one rival league. Be yond that is the problem of many returning stars, who still have a year or two years of college play left. Any number of these will de cide to play pro football and leave their college careers to the bosky deU. This can not only bring about open warfare between pro leagues, but also a civil football war between the colleges and the pros. It can also lead to any number of scandals. Boxing—Here is one of sport’s greatest needs. Boxing, like racing, has been largely a matter of state regulation. As it is, we have no real boxing control. Champions in one state may be thrown out in another. Boxing and racing are the easiest contests to throw, with more money involved in the throwing. Especially in the general direction of the gam blers — and I mean the crooked gamblers. Boxing needs a com missioner or a supervisor more than any other single sport. And it may need more very badly later on, much more than it needs one at the moment. Heroes of flag raising on Iwo Jima look at oil painting of historic picture displayed by President Truman. Left to right: Ph. M. 2/e John H. Bradley, Appleton, Wis., Secretary Henry Morgenthau, President Truman, Pfc. Rene Gagnon, Mass., Pfc. Ira Hayes, Bapchule, Ariz., as they visit in the President’s office in the White Honse. Substitute for Horse Power Hooking his pet tiger to a plow, Melvin Coontz, Chatsworth, Calif., gentleman farmer, proceeds with his spring planting regardless of gas rationing or manpower shortage. Coontz declares the most primitive of the animal family takes to dirt farming like a veteran. The tiger, however, is not generally recommended as a farm animal. Russian Army Invades Berlin 1 I have only mentioned four of the major public sports — baseball, rac ing, football and boxing. In each instance they all need a commis sioner who is nationally known, who has the respect of the country at large, who has both honesty and proved ability, and who will also be given possession of “the iron hand,” when the iron hand is needed. Any form of figurehead or front man would be a useless under taking. • • * Bob Feller Returns Now that he is back in the states. Bob Feller will be allowed to pitch for his Great Lakes team after two or more years service in the South Pacific. Feller deserves his break at Great Lakes, after a fine war record. He has had little chance to get any active pitching since he won 25 games for Cleveland in 1941, striking out 260 hitters. A lot of rust can develop in that time, but he will have the chance now to iron out a few kinks. With infantrymen hanging on superstructures, powerful Red army tanks rumble through devastated streets of Berlin under a pall of smoke from burning buildings. This photo was radioed from Moscow to New York to Chicago and shows the damage done to the heart of Germany’s greatest city. Much of the city was left in ruins. Opens Conference Photo shows Secretary of State Stettinius as he opened the United Nations Conference for World Se curity in the San Francisco War Memorial opera house. Delegates from 44 nations were present at the opening session of the conference. Outstanding Mother Mrs. Esther Stoinick, Brooklyn, who has been chosen as the out standing mother of 1945. She is the mother of nine sons and two daughters, eight of her sons are in the armed forees. She is shown hold ing some of their decorations, in cluding the Purple Heart. To Head Air Forces Man About Town: San Franciscans are talking about: The more than 200 G-Men (not including the numerous state department confidential agents and New York City, Chicago, New Or leans, etc., ace detectives) to guard the delegates and diplomats. The Big City “dicks” are assigned to spot well - known pickpockets, "dips,” rogues galleryites and “can nons” — as big-time crooks are called by the gendarmes. . . . The heaviest protection is for Russia’s Mr. Molotov. ... As one John Ed gar Hoover man put it: “He’ll be guarded by nearly 200 Russian se cret servicemen so an FBI agent won’t get within 200 yards of him.” FDR’s pal, Charlie Michelson (he was 75 the other day), raising eye brows with the prediction: “Mayor LaGuardia may be the Democratic nominee for governor of N. Y.” . . . John Metcalfe, the Washington correspondent, here for a New York gazette. He’s finishing a book called “Tin Cup Diplomacy,” which will please the underpaid working in our state department. . . . The re turn of Joe Rosenthal (this is his home burg). Joe is the AP hocus- focuser who took that wonderful picture of the flag being planted on Iwo Jima. . . . Kent Cooper, the AP boss, is offering reproductions of the famed photo at $1—the profits to go to the Marines via Navy Relief. WALTER WINCHELL IN SAN FRANCISCO The renowned rivalry between Los Angeles and the San Francisco correspondents, which George Polk carries on from his Washington beat for his L. A. paper. George won’t refer to it as the San Francisco con ference. He calls it the California conference. . . . The “real reason” Cong. Clare Luce'returned to Italy. , They say she wrote a book there in which she does “a job” on Edda Mussolini. Mike McDermott, the popuiar special ass’t to Sec’y of Statetenius. He arranged hotel rooms for over 900 newspaper men, newsreel cam eramen, colyumists and radio prima donnas and then wound up with no | “decent” space in which to sleep himself. . . . The musical show, | “Watch Out Angel,” which folded at the Curran theater Satdee night after a three-week run. Too bad. Some of the score was very good and several people in it are tal ented. . . . The Alcazar theater re named the United Nations theater. Its new marquee was arranged via the War Production board—via re quest of the state department. Glenn Allvine of the Will Hays zoo is in charge. The Hollywood films there will be changed daily for the dele gates. “Going My Way,” frixample, will be heard in Czech for the Czechs. In Portuguese for the Bra zilians, etc. Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, upper, appointed commanding general of the army air forces in the Pacific, replacing Lt. Gen. Millard F. Har mon, reported missing on flight. Lt. Gen. Ira A. Eaker, lower, is the new deputy commander of the army air forces. G.I. at Conference At the request of Secretary of State Stettinius, Pvt. Alfred Lilien- thal, New York City, has been se lected by American Veterans com mittee to represent them at San Francisco. Jack’s for Big Town food, better than most spots in New York. . . . The two Stork clubs. And S. Bil lingsley can’t do a thing about the name piracy, either. Seems they registered the name in Calif, before Mr. B. got hep. . . . Barbara Burke, ex-Follies dolly, recently di vorced, who becomes a bride again shortly. She’s the prettiest gov’t worker in town. . . . Ralph Ober’s comment: “The passing of FDR was the shock heard around the world.” . . . Ernie Pyle, who died with the Americans he loved. But he will live in the hearts of Ameri cans who loved him. The plight of S. F. restauranteurs and swank hotels trapped between OPA rules and the confabbers. No butter, no steaks, etc. . . . But you have little trouble getting what you want in the small restaurants along Market street. Archibald MacLeish who has put up his Alexandria, Va., house for sale on the cue-tee. He’s asking $65,000. . . . Jimmy Byrnes’ report on mobilization and reconversion which has all England talking. It’s on their best-seller list. . . . The sug gestion that FDR’s profile be put on dimes. Good idea, especially for the March of Dimes drive. 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