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FARM WAGE DELIRIUM
WASHINGTON. — Live-wire Re
publican Sen. Ralph Brewster of
Maine recently telephoned hard
working Assistant Secretary of La
bor Carl Moran, also from Maine,
but a Democrat.
“Portland is among the nine dis
tress cities of the country,” Sena
tor Brewster reminded Moran. “As
you know, Portland shipyard work
ers have been dismissed from their
jobs wholesale. Meanwhile, farmers
up in Aroostook county can’t get
anyone to bring in their potatoes.
What can you do about it?”
“What are they paying for farm
labor in Aroostook county,” asked
the assistant secretary of labor;
"still four cents?”
“No,” replied the senator from
Maine, “There’s a guaranteed wage
of $12 a day.”
Assistant Secretary Moran said he
would do his best to switch some
wt-rkers up to the potato farms.
However, he might well have re
plied that the labor department was
that in name only and that it
actually had almost nothing to do
with labor.
For the fact is that, under
Miss Perkins, the labor depart
ment was stripped of most of its
labor duties. The War Labor
board is separate and independ
ent, and, most important of all,
the U. S. employment service is
under the War Manpower com
mission. Thus, Assistant Secre
tary of Labor Moran had to turn
to an outside agency, the U. S.
employment service, to try to
get discharged shipyard work
ers to help harvest the Aroos
took potato crop.
This, in turn, has brought out an
other difficulty affecting not mere
ly Maine but the entire nation. Most
war workers, drawing $1 to $2 an
hour plus overtime and bonuses,
don’t want to go back to the farm
and farm wages. The labor short
age on the farms, even after V-J
Day, is as acute as ever. Farm
wages are higher than ever, though
still a long way from shipyard
and aviation factory pay. So,
somehow or other, either farm
wages must go up, or war workers
must go back to less money on the
farm. In the former case, the farm
ers will have to get more for their
crops, which, of course, means a
higher cost of living in the city.
Ambassadors’ Wives.
Last week this column reported
that Mrs. Ed Pauley, wife of the
U. S. reparations ambassador to
Moscow and former treasurer of the
Democratic national committee,
was listed to receive $25 a day ex
penses while accompanying her
husband to Russia. Since then, I
have received further information
that Mrs. Pauley, although listed by
the state department as an official
member of the party, declined to
accept the $25 per diem.
However, I still believe it a
highly debatable point, when a
million or so G.I.s are not per
mitted to have their wives come
abroad, that American higher-
ups should take their wives with
them to overseas war areas.
After all, the average American
soldier now occupying Germany
or Japan has not seen his wife
for more than a year.
When the Pauley reparations mis
sion arrived in western Europe, the
party was split up, because of lim
ited accommodations in Moscow.
One group, including some of the
best experts on reparations, were
told to remain in Frankfurt, Ger
many, because there was no room
to house them in Moscow. But Mrs.
Pauley, despite limited accommo
dations, went on to Moscow.
Later, she also visited Potsdam
for the Big Three session. She was
the only American wife present.
Mrs. Truman and Mrs. Byrnes,
wife of the secretary of state, re
mained at home. And during the
last session of the Big Three, Mrs.
Pauley sat in the gallery, a priv
ileged witness to the historic cere
mony. Many U. S. and British ex
perts who had spent weeks prepar-
ir for this big climax and who had
burned midnight oil whipping th«
agreement into shape, were barred
from seeing the windup.
NOTE—On August 4, this column
reported that the office of war in
formation had given Mrs. R. A. Mc
Clure, wife of General McClure, a
privileged job as receptionist in
OWI’s Paris office, thus permitting
her to be near her husband in Ger
many. Immediately after publica
tion of this disclosure, the OWI re
ceived an order from the White
House for Mrs. McClure to come
back to the United States. ^
* Capital Chaff.
The shortening of the congres
sional recess, which was to last
until October 8, has forced several
congressmen to look for temporary
lodgings in Washington. They had
leased their homes for the antici
pated recess period. Some, like Los
Angeles’ Chet Holifield, were fore-
sighted enough to make arrange
ments to have at least a bedroom
available if they returned. . . .
Congressman Karl Mundt of South
Dakota, one of the most vigorous
Red-hunters of the old Dies commit
tee, is traveling in Russia. . .
Portrait of a Man:
The namby-pamby treatment ac
corded Japan has become a bone in
the throat of peace. Hirohito has
become thtf fair-haired rat; Jap
propagandists drool he is solely re
sponsible for making peace, while
the American conquerors sit around
twiddling their bayonets. That is
just another form of discredited ap
peasement which incited the war!
. . . The impression is being created
that the Mikado was just an inno
cent bystander. Hell, you would
think Killer Hirohito was Lord
Fauntleroy. Such horse-radish! . . .
On Dec. 7, 1943 (the anniversary
of Pearl Harbor), the Jap Emper
or sent this cable to Hitler: “I ex
press joy to see our goal realized
step by step.”
Not only is Hirohito being cod
dled, but the whole Imperial Jap
family has been absolved of any war
crimes. However, the blood on their
Pithy paws shows through the white
wash. . . . One of the most bestial
crimes in history was the rape of
Nanking. Prince Asaka was in com
mand at Nanking when that un
speakable atrocity took place. . . .
Asaka is the Mikado’s brother!
It is a crazy world. The Greeks
who were supposed to be liberated
got tougher treatment than the Japs
who are supposed to be conquered.
Japs are being treated as chums.
Indicted seditionists continue their
pro-Nazi sprees. Nazi war prisoners
are coddled. Nothing is being done
about the Argentinazis and Spanish
fascists who aided our enemies. Our
diplomats are leery about punish
ing all war criminals. ... At the
same time, isolationists are sling
ing slime at FDR. Our Russian ally
is being rapped. Some politicos op
pose plans to make certain Ameri
cans will have jobs.
WHOONELL WON the war?
Berlin newsboy Gladwin Hill re
layed this striking contrast between
the Soviet’s stem realism in Nazi-
land and America’s hemming and
hawing. . . . While the Americans
were working out the fine points of
a long range program to provide
Germans with non-Nazi movies, the
Russians blandly authorized Ger
man movie houses to reopen with
the implicit warning to every Ger
man exhibitor that if he peddled any
Nazism he might turn up missing.
Using their own ugly hatred in
stead of facts, some jack-asstrich
rags are attempting to pin the
blame for Pearl Harbor on FDR.
. . . However, none of them raise
their voices about the fact that
Gen. MacArthur was caught nap
ping at Manila. Almost our entire
airforce in the Philippines was de
stroyed on the ground TEN HOURS
AFTER the PH attack.
Some of us wondered why Cole-
paugh and Gimpel, who were de
posited on the Eastern shore by a
Nazi submarine, had their death
sentences commuted to life in pris
on. . . . The col’m leams that Cole-
paugh (the American) “was of con
siderable help to the U. S.” (with
information), which is why his sen
tence was commuted. . . . But Gim
pel gave no help whatever and he
was spared, too.
You’ve gotta hand it to those ter
rible Russians. When they capture
spies they fix it so they never
again have toothaches.
When Admiral Halsey visited the
U. S. it was said he came for a rest,
which isn’t the fact. . . . Halsey was
beached for sassing a Big Boy from
the Navy Dep’t. . . . This exec
had flown to Halsey’s ship to probe
something that had to do with los
ing a ship. It turned out to be short
age of shells, which was not the Ad
miral’s fault. The blame rested with
the supply men in SF and San
Diego. ... At any rate, this
biggie arrived on Halsey’s birthday
and as the ship’s officers gave
Halsey a surprise birthday cake
with candles, the Mam from Wash
ington put a damper on the party by
saying: “A birthday cake? With
people starving? You all ought to be
ashamed!” ... To which Halsey,
whose men love him for his cour
age and war record, said: “I’m
very sorry, sir, you are unhappy
about us all having a little cake.
Tell me, how’s the food been lately
at the Stork Club?” . . . When Mr.
Big got back to Washington Halsey
was beached.
President Truman’s warm humil
ity has been his most striking char
acteristic. Perhaps it is best illus
trated by his favorite motto: “It’s
what you learn after you know it
all that counts.”
Incidentally, when the U. S. Navy
broke the Jap naval code (just be
fore the Battle of Midway), what
has never been revealed is that the
Japs broke ours. The damage and
casualties that resulted in the next
hours (before we had a new
code) is something for the his
torians. . . . Gen. MacArthur is
among those due for attack. From
what source and when 1 don’t
know now. He will be charged with
being one of the first advocates
for a soft peace for Japan (not
many months ago).
Tokyo Lying in Ruins Struggles Back to New Life
This bombed-out area in the heart of Tokyo, near the imperial palace, shows the devastating results of
American fire bombing attacks. Each section of the city is responsible for clearing away its own debris
and the Japanese have been ordered to do a good job.
Defense lines, Bases Desired by Army in Pacific
Proposals by Air Gen. Henry H. Arnold for manSt?nance of a series of defense lines in the Pacific for
future national security is receiving growing support in congress. The latest proposal would provide major
fleet bases at Pearl Harbor, Guam, Saipan, Manus and Noumea, with a main naval air base at Mactan island in
the Philippines. The whole would provide chains of security far from the United States shores. The house
committee said the bases are needed to maintain peace.
Hurricane and Fires Strike Florida Keys
Back to the Islands
More than 200 persons were reported injured in a fire at the Richmond
navy blimp base as a tropical hurricane reaching a peak velocity of 143
miles per hour swept across the Florida Keys. More than 50,000 persons
were driven to seek emergency shelter in South Florida alone. Hundreds
of homes were reported damaged and destroyed in the Keys.
Paul V. McNutt, shown as he was
sworn in as commissioner of the
Philippines, a position that he held
before the fall to the Japanese after
Pearl Harbor attack. His appoint
ment met with the ‘approval of the
Philippine government and people.
Promise Delivery of Thousands of Tires
Tires, thousands of them, are shown moving out of the huge plants
of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company, Akron, Ohio, to civilian users
everywhere. The reconversion from military to civilian tire production
was almost immediate, and first line tires will flow, in ever-increasing
quantities, to the civilian market.
Recruiting Head
To Brig. Gen. Harold N. Gilbert,
USA, has been entrusted the direc
tion of the greatest recruiting cam
paign in the history of the army.
A LEADING expert on brain and
muscular action has announced
that man’s mental and physical
prime or peak is around 33 years—
that most of his good work is done
before he is 40 and little of it after
50.
Bjll Tilden
But the expert
The expert admits that there are
certain exceptions, but he is taking
the general aver
age. He fixes the
physical peak
around 33 years in
the matter of age.
The mental peak
around 40. He may
be entirely correct
in sizing up the
mental side of the
argument. So many
golden autumns
have slipped by
since we were 33
that most of the de
tails are a bit hazy,
uses up too many years in calling
the athletic peak.
Here are just a few leading ex
amples—
1. Jack Dempsey was just 24 the
day he manicured Jess Willard and
in this Massacre of Maumee Bay,
Dempsey was at his peak. He was
better that hot July afternoon than
he ever was later on. He earned a
one-round knockout in that Toledo
assault, bell or no bell.
2. Ty Cobb was 25 when he turned
in his greatest season. This was in
1911, when Ty delivered 248 base
hits, 147 runs, 83 stolen bases and
a batting average of .420. He was
almost as good a year later with
a .410 average, but not quite up to
his 1911 collection. The two ages
of 25 and 26 found the Georgia Peach
at the top of a great career.
-3. Babe Ruth was 33 years old
when he blasted his 60 home runs.
This was in 1927. But the Babe fired
59 four base blows in 1921 when he
was only 27. But it should be re
called that the Babe was a pitcher
until he reached the age of 25. He
was around 24 when he came to his
pitching prime.
Jones a Champ at 21
4. Bobby Jones found his best year
in 1930 when he ran into his Grand
Slam. He was then 28 years old.
A “Boy Wonder” at the age of 14,
he was 21 before he won his first
championship in 1923. While Jones
was only 28 when he retired from
active competition, he still had
known 15 seasons of hard, tourna
ment golf.
5. Big Bill Tilden was 26 before
he won his first major crown. His
top years ran from 26 to 31, although
he remained a star through another
decade. But you could name his
peak at 28 or 29 and not miss the
mark by many weeks.
6. Jim Thorpe, greatest all-around
athlete, came to his best year in 1912
when he was in the general neigh-
Lorhood of 25 years. That was the
year Old Jim won the Olympic all-
around championship while also
playing his best football and base-
ball.
You’ll find this cross section gives
you man’s athletic prime around 26
or 27. I mean the top ones. I could
name other examples. Walter Hag
en was 21 when he bagged his first
U. S. open crown in 1914 and he
was 26 when he'won his last one at
Brae Burn in 1919. But after that
his British campaign was just as
brilliant.
The war cut into any Joe Louis
rating but you could name his 27th
year and not be far wrong.
And there’s the case of Mel Hein,
the Giant center now facing his 19th
or 20th football season, adding in
his college years at Washington
State. Hein’s peak was in the vicin
ity of his 27th or 28th year.
Value of Experience
The eminent expert in sizing up
the mental and physical side over
looked one important detail—it is
the physical side that collapses or
takes the first dip.
Many veterans still hang on, vet
erans with fading legs and fading
arms, through greater experience
and the smartness that only the
years can bring. These men have to
offer their brains against younger
legs and younger arms.
Jack Quinn was a winning pitcher
well beyond 40, after 26 years of
pitching. When some one asked Jack
how he could hang around sp long
his answer was quite simple—“A
wife and six children.”
But the golden age of sport is still
youth—those years that run from 23
to 27. At the ages of 26 and 27 we
have the winning combination of
physical youth and experience. Pos
sibly the ages 22 or 23 would be the
big years physically, but they lack
the experience which later years
bring.
Knute Rockne never liked sopho
mores and John McGraw never
cared for rookies.
After all, there Is no substitute
for experience, eight times out of
ten. In this diagnosis we must stick
with the general average—not with
the exceptions. In sport the best
physical years would be around 23—
the top mental years around 28.
“As a matter of fact,” several well
known trainers tell me, “the ideal
physical age, minus experience, is
around 21 or 22. It is experience
and the know-how that make 26 or
27 the better years.”
l ASK ME O ’
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The Questions
1. On January 1 the earth is
how many miles nearer the sun
than on July 1?
2. Why will the new giant airlin
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helium?
3. What king wore high heels to
increase his height?
4. What is meant by the right of
angary? •
5. How many colleges were
founded in America before the
American Revolution?
The Answers
1. Three million miles.
2. To reduce the weight so that
more payload may be carried.
Twenty pounds of helium will do
the work of 180 pounds of air.
3. Louis XIV.
4. The right of a belligerent na
tion to seize the property of neu
trals.
5. Nine.
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