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THE NEWBERRY SUN. N EWBERRY. S. C. BARUCH PREDICTS INFLATION WASHINGTON. — Elder States man Bernie Baruch revealed some interesting figures on inflation re cently in an off-the-record session with 14 younger congressmen at his Shoreham hotel apartment. Baruch’s prediction was that the nation was hell-bent for inflation—and soon. Piecemeal increases in wages, profits and the cost of living have been uneven, Baruch said, with wages lagging behind. For that rea son he no longer favored his prewar idea of a freeze on both prices and wages. Our only hope, said the el der statesman, is that we can weath er the next six lo nine months with out running into serious inflation. If we do that, our chances of a strong recovery from the war boom are good. “The huge pent-up demand for products which we will see dur ing the next nine months is a very serious threat,” said Ba ruch, stressing the importance of holding prices down. He amazed his listeners by say ing that he is completely opposed to tax reduction of any nature at this time. “Not only does the govern ment lose needed revenue, but it is an unhealthy thing for our general economy,” argued Baruch. Rep. Andy Biemiller of Milwaukee asked what Baruch thought of the statement by General Motors’ pres ident C. E. Wilson that if wages are raised 30 per cent, prices must go up 30 per cent. Baruch talked at some length on the general question of ris ing prices, but gave no direct an swer. Finally, Biemiller repeated his question. “I’m afraid I can’t agree with Mr. Wilson," Baruch said. WAGE NOT PRICE INCREASE "Isn’t it true that industry can give a 30 per cent wage increase without having to raise prices more than about 7% per cent?” Biemiller persisted. “You are approximately right,” Baruch agreed. “I believe the fig ure you may have heard is actually 8% per cent.” Baruch also told his guests that he felt we were making a mistake in speeding manpower demobilization. “With the world in its present situation,” he said, “it seems to me it would be wiser to proceed slowly with de mobilization. in order that we not weaken ourselves at a time when power is apparently still an important thing.” He agreed also with an idea pro posed by one of his guests, Estes Ke- fauver of Chattanooga, to have cab inet members and other high of ficials appear on the floor of con gress where they can be questioned by congressmen. Such a practice would make for much greater co operation between the executive end legislative departments, Baruch said. Present in addition to Biemiller and Kefauver were Representa tives Albert Gore and Percy Priest of Tennessee, John Sparkman of Al- . abama, Mike Mansfield of Montana, Henry Jackson of Washington, Jer ry Voorhis and Chet Holifield of Cal ifornia, Bob Sikes of Florida, Mike Monroney of Oklahoma, Bob Ram- speck of Georgia, and Jamie Whit ten and Arthur Winstead of Missis sippi. • • • CHURCHILL IN DEFEAT Winston Churchill recently told friends how he felt after his defeat in the British elections. The first few days after his defeat were ter rible, Churchill confessed. The very next morning he arose and fretted because there were no diplomatic ca bles to read. Through the war, his first morning chore was to read the top-secret military and diplomatic cables from all over the empire; and he paced up and down intermittent ly for days, fretting because there were no cables coming in and be cause, though he felt things were going wrong, there was no one to whom he could send cables to straighten things out. “Finally I went down to the south of France,” Churchill confessed. "They treated me well there. I painted several pictures and they fed me some .wonderful food. But still I couldn’t get over this idea of no cables coming in and no cables going out. Each morning I fretted when I read the papers. But finally one morning I felt better. It sud denly dawned on me that I wasn’t prime minister any more and it wasn’t my worry, and I’ve felt bet ter ever since.” Note — Churchill’s health is touch and go. His doctor has ordered him to cut down on his food and drinking. * * * SENATE ELDER STATESMEN Here are the ages of the elder statesmen of the senate: Bankhead of Alabama, 73; George of Georgia, 67; Thomas of Idaho, 71; Willis of Indiana, 70; Capper of Kansas, 80; 1 Reed of Kansas, 74; Barkley of Ken- i tucky, 68; White of Maine, 68; Walsh [ of Massachusetts, 73; Bilbo of Mis- . sissippi, 68; Murray of Montana, 69; ! McCarran of Nevada, 69; Bailey of North Carolina, 72; Moore of Okla- j homa, 74; Green of Rhode Island, 78; Austin of Vermont, 68 and Mc- Kellar of Tennessee. 76. Man About Town: Marshall Field, again rumored dickering for a New York eve’g paper, probably won’t get it. If the Dewarts sell it to anyone, it would likely be upstate publisher Gannett. . . . The Roney-Pleasure (Miami Beach) is open but very little else is. The hammering, painting and banging depressed some too-early birds, who took the first “Champion” back to the Stork Club. But don’t ever let anyone ever tell you that sun doesn’t erase sinus clouds im mediately. Magic for us. . . . The Ford firm will soon announce blan ket wage raises up to 15 p. c. to insure complete harmony with the United Auto Workers. That’ll leave Gen. Motors and Chrysler holding a large bag unless they ditto. Kathryn Grayson, the star, had to summon neighbors the other sun down to help her eject a gun-carry ing torch-carrier. . . . Chi now has a law which calls for a $25 fine for any woman driving with a hat that covers one orb. . . . They allege that Einstein told FDR (years ago) that the atomic project wouldn’t click. FDR then discussed it with Univ. of Chi’s Salazer, who reversed Ein stein’s opinion. Wireless Phones Tested in East Shown atop the New York telephone building are the antennas used during demonstration of a secret army radar microwave relay system. The demonstration, conducted by Bell telephone laboratories, included a two-way voice transmission carried out successfully over links totaling 1,400 miles. It was announced as entirely practical and successful. Juke-box Makers, who anticipated a big market in England pubs, learned they are a flop there. . . . Jacques Diamond, the coast publi cist, showed Admiral Halsey’s daughter Marion the Hollywood sights. . . . Sun Valley reopens to the public July 1. . . . Kaltenbom and L. Thomas are tiffing. . . . Mag editors are getting squawks from people that prices are too high. Newsstands hear there will be more than 100 new mags in the next few months. . . . Bill Mauldin, whose book (“Up Front”) is dedicated to the wife he is now suing for divorce, is having the dedication changed to read: “Dedicated to Wives Who Have Been Faithful to Their Hus bands.” The Magic Lanterns: Diplomats fattening Nazi rodents on legalistic cheese can learn how to build a bet ter rat-trap by viewing the Russky release, “We Accuse.” This is a pictorial record of the Kharkov war- guilt trials. The Russians provide nooses for killers pronto, instead of giving them enough rope to skip. . . . “Scared Stiff” is frothier than a bubble-bath. Jack Haley’s refresh ing spoofing keeps it bubbling. . . . “First Yank Into Tokyo” whams across a bing-bang-up meller tailored in the Errol Flynn style. . . . Rcneat boost: “Kiss and Tell” comes through in a blaze of guffaws. Word Juggling: Ma Villepigue, the 49th St. restaurateur, was re calling when she had that colorful spot at Sheepshead Bay in the race track sector years ago. One of her regular patrons was Diamrnd Jim Brady, who not only ate like a horse but also showed some horse sense in his talk now and then. “In pat terning your life,” Jim once advised a table full of folk, “you have to de cide whether you want to be liked by people of wealth or by a wealth of people.” Quotation Marksmanship: Sarah Lorimer: Dignity is the one thing that cannot be preserved in alcohol. . . . Thomas Wolfe: She opened hearts as though they were lockets. . . . Corneille: The man who par dons easily courts injury. . . . Jessy- ca Russell: The clay feet of my idols—some day I shall use them— to powder my weeping face. . . . H. G. Wells: What on earth would a man do with himself if someone did not stand in his way? . .. Charles Lamb: Not many sounds in life (and I include all urban and rural sounds) exceed in interest a knock on the door. . . . R. M. Hutchins: Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes. The Radio City tailor who displays all the colors of the rainbow for men’s fashions. . . . The happy tipsy at the Prometheus fountain in Radio City getting himself splashed. . . . The retired air force lieutenant-col onel running a high speed elevator in a midtown skyscraper. . . . Police men directing traffic, with the furi ous wind-swept rains scratching their faces. There must be an easier way of making a living. . . . The misers who spend misery days (such as Monday and Tuesday were in New York) counting up the bonas and G-notes in their safety-deposit boxes. . . . Jacqueline Dalya, the actress, who requests and invariably gets room 711 in the hotel she dwells at from here to Mexico City—“711” be cause it rhymes with Heaven, she says. Faces About Town: Ex-Secy of the Treasury H. Morgenthau (with his son in uniform) at the Stork. The FDR cabinet member lost his hat-check and asked the girl: “Don’t you trust me?” . . . Hank Green berg, the Detroit Tigers star, being adored by pawtograph-seekers. . . . Eddie Foy Jr. continuing in “The Red Mill” with a damaged ankle, which Mrs. Foy said was “as big ! as his head after those wonderful I notices.” . . . Joan Crawford going | for her daily session with a Christ- , ian Science practitioner. Convalescent Soldiers Turn to Art Soldier-artists at Torney General hospital, Palm Springs, Calif., enjoy Instructions from noted artists. Pfc. Johann Kacsorak of Lorain, Ohio, center, and Pfc. George Pearl of Menard, Texas, are sketching Joyce Rosenberg, New York City artist, who varies a period of teaching as she poses for the two soldiers in a life class. ‘Little David,’ World’s Largest Gun World’s largest cannon, a 36-inch mortar known as “Little David,” Was developed as a secret weapon by the U. S., and ready for action when war came to an end. Air photo shows mortar in firing position. It was capable of hurling 3,650-pound projectile. It was considered far more dan gerous than “Big Bertha” in World War I, used by Germans against Paris. Every Day Fishing ",ay in Maine F aer and son admire their catch, a nice string of salmon. Father- and-sen teams are becoming quite popular in the Maine forests and lakes, where sports enthusiasts are giving their sons an early start in the pleas ures of hunting and fishing. Young Joe deserves as much credit for the catch as jloes his father. Wants A-Bomb Secret Soviet Foreign Commissar Molo tov, shown in air photograph as he addressed the Soviet council and an nounced that the Soviet “will have atomic energy” and that the atom bomb “must not be kept secret.” The request is not being met in U. S. Said to Be Kidnaped Three-year-old Dickie turn Suden, now believed to have been kidnaped from his home near Downieville, Calif. His parents, who are of prominent mining family, report that they have been unable to con tact kidnapers. Prisoners Broadcast Grantland Rice In an unusual broadcast within in Quentin penitentiary, California, e prisoners shown before the nike” have since been executed, ive condemned men competed with re others on a quiz program. The ngram created considerable inter, it in the state. Joins Smith Pickets Edward G. Robinson, shown in ;h school students’ picket line out- e the Polytechnic High school ere Gerald L. K. Smith was leduled to speak at open meeting. W HETHER or not he is the greatest, Harry GUmer of Ala bama is beyond any argument the most amazing back that football can show today. Doc Blanchard, army’s brilliant back, weighs 205 pounds and can run the 100 in 10 flat. Glenn Davis, another army bril liant, 180 pounds, is the fastest man in football. Harry Gilmer, barely 19 years old, weighs 158 pounds and he has no such speed as either Blanchard or Davis can show. And yet I saw him pass and run Ala bama into 26 points against Duke last winter, while tack ling all over the field. This fall he threw three touchdown passes against a strong L. S. U. team to carry Alabama into a 26 to 7 victory over the team that wrecked Georgia. He then passed and ran Tennessee dizzy to win by 25 to 7. Gilmer has already proved him self to be one of the best passers of all time. I’d rank him as the greatest passer in football today, col lege or pro. But the most amazing part of this 158-pound kid is that he is one of the best all-over-the-field tacklers you’ll see in many years, that he is a fine ball carrier who is not only elusive but who can hold his feet with a 190-pound back. Also that he is one of the most accurate kickers in the game today. Batters Big Linesmen Against Tennessee he kicked out of bounds on the Volunteers’ 4-yard line. The play was called back. On his second shot Gilmer again kicked out on the 4-yard line. Also against the big forward walls of L. S. U. and Tennessee he drove his way through the lines as well as he cut around the flanks, carrying 200- pounders for 4 and 5 extra yards. How often do you see a star pass er, a fine ball carrier and a good kicker starring in a defensive role? After the Duke-Sugar Bowl game last winter I ran into Tom Davis, Duke’s fast, 190-pound back. “Gilmer?” he said. “He is no 158- pounder. He must have nailed me 10 times today, and I thought he was going to tear me apart.” But 158 to 160 is Gilmer’s weight, with which he does the job of four men. For example, in three big games against Duke, L. S. U. and Ten nessee, he was largely responsible for the 77 points Alabama scored. Gilmer’s three main ingredients are poise, timing and skill. The Ala bama star has thin shoulders, a rather thin chest, but he also has a pair of powerful legs and two big, strong hands. . Knocking on wood for the sake of Frank Thomas, he is also as durable as hickory. He can handle a heavy battering without slowing down. The kid is as cold as an ice berg. You never see him rattled or hurried. He has a pair of blue-gray eyes that get the picture before him in a flash—even when he is in mid air throwing a pass. Handling the ball from center on a running or a passing play, he always seems to be taking his time, and yet he gets the ball away or starts his run with out any waste of time. Coolness and Timing Frank Thomas teUs me that no breaks of the game ever upset him in the least. “I’ve never seen any one,” Thomas says, “who knows better exactly what to do under all conditions. He can whip a bullet pass as Baugh does, or give you a 50- yard arm throw of the Luckman type. And he rarely misses his tar get. If he ever made a single bad or wild pass, I never saw it. But it is his coolness, his timing, his dura bility that makes his skill stand out. He throws his shorter passes with a wrist flip that can’t be intercepted. And he can also nail a receiver 50 yards away, after leaving his feet for the jump.” While Gilmer has been a leading factor in carrying Alabama to vic tory, he isn’t the only football play er Frank Thomas has on his squad. Big Mancha, one of the best centers in football, heads a strong, fast charging line. Tew and Hodges are two hard running backs. This is the best team Alabama has sent into action in some years, and Ala bama has had more than her share of winning games and winning years. Also such stars as Don Hutson, Pool- ey Hubert, Mack Brown, Howell, Hurry Cain, Jenkins, Whitmire and now Gilmer and Mancha. Fumbling All Around If you happen to look over vari ous accounts of football games around the map you will run into stories o. constant fumbling. This is partly due to the shape of the mod ern football which is fashioned largely for a passing attack. It is built more like a short javelin than anything else, being narrow and pointed. 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