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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
TRUMAN DUCKS QUESTION
OV SECOND TERM
WASHINGTON. — Pres. Harry
Truman isn’t sticking his neck out
on the 1948 political race—yet.
Democratic Rep. Edward Herbert
of Louisiana and Mayor Robert
Maestri of New Orleans discovered
this when they called at the White
House the other day.
Maestri reminded Truman that
the Louisiana delegation was among
the first to support him fcr vice
president at the 1944 Democratic
convention in Chicago. Then he
added:
“We hope to cast our votes
for you for President at the next
convention.’*
Truman chuckled good-naturedly
but that was all.
"All I can say to that,” he
replied, “is that I’m just doing
a job here from day to day and
letting the future take care of
itself.”
CLOTHING FOR VETERANS
Chief dilemma faced by the re
turning war veteran when it comes
to new clothes is that either he will
get clothes or his wife and sweet
heart will get them. There aren’t
going to be enough for both.
In this choice between man and
wife there is no question as to
where the U. S. government stands,
at least in theory—on the side of
the man. He has been away fight
ing, his old clothes are moth-eaten
and he deserves something to wear.
Getting them for him, however,
may be another matter.
Bottleneck of the entire problem
boils down to linings. Wool cloth
ing for men must have linings. This
means rayon and cotton. At present
the wool and worsted situation is
improving and there probably will
be almost enough for 1946.
But rayons and cottons are differ
ent. In the first place most of their
production was allocated to war
uses and it takes some time to get
mills reconverted. Second, and here
is where the sex problem comes in,
most of the rayon and cotton now*
available for civilian use has been
going to women.
In other words, women are
getting the rayon blouses, the
slips, the undies and other things
they like to wear. Meanwhile
the much more prosaic bu' ab
solutely necessary lining for
men’s suits is left out in the cold.
In addition, the hosiery man
ufacturers are even asking for,
and getting, a lot of rayon pound
age for stockings, despite the
fact that nylon is coming back.
WHY WOMEN GET BREAK
Chief reasons for this channelling
of clothes to women, despite the
needs of veterans, are:
1. Higher prices and more profits
in women’s apparel. Men’s clothing
manufacturers blame this on OPA.
2. The War Production board last
fall issued priorities on cotton and
rayon in order to spur production
of medium-priced clothing, but for
some strange reason entirely
omitted the bottleneck of men’s
suits—linings.
Since then the WPB has been abol
ished, but its successor, the civil
ian production administration, if
anything, perhaps, has done a little
worse. Well-meaning Herbert Rose,
head of the CPA textile division,
who has sublime faith in the ef
ficacy of priorities under any and
all circumstances, has proceeded to
grant priorities to “hardship” cases
for coat linings. By the end of No
vember, 160 “hardship” cases had
received lining priorities from
Washington alone with scores of
other priorities issued by CPA
branch offices, making the whole
situation more snarled than ever.
Meanwhile, Frank Chester
Bowles, who has done more to
protect the American consumer
than any one else in Washing
ton, readily admits that he has
made a mistake in clothing. His
problem, however, is whether
to get an army of women’s
elothing dealers on his neck by
decreasing the ceilings on wom
en’s clothes, or whether to boost
the price of clothes for men by
allowing higher price ceilings
on their clothes.
One or the other probably will be
necessary even in addition to the
plan for voluntary rationing of
men’s clothing and the issuing of
clothing certificates to men at sep
aration centers.
Now we in this country have a
great form of government and a
great basic concept of getting along
with our neighbors. And it’s time we
went out as Christ did and tried to
sell our American religion.
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The first step In ridding kitchens
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poisons. Apply very sparingly along
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door sills and other places where the
roaches run at night. Keep the poison
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in WASHINGTON
By Walter Shead
WNU Correipondenf
WNU Washington Bureau,
1616 Eye St.. N. W.
Congress Should Listen
To Voice of the People
I^OW that a new year has begun,
L ^ it is a good time to take stock
of the Washington scene and the
position in which the government
finds itself. Scanning the record,
that position looks none too good. In
the first place, out of the 21-point
program which President Truman
sent to the congress back in Sep
tember, only three points have been
acted upon by both houses.
These three include the bills to
create a single surplus war prop
erty administrator, about which
more will be written later; to pro
vide for limited tax revision; and
for government reorganization.
Since September, the President in
special messages, has asked for uni
versal military training, for com
pulsory health insurance, and for
fact-finding panels and cooling off
periods to head off industrial strife.
Aside from the three measures
passed, all the other presidential
proposals have either been emascu
lated, held up in committees, or
completely ignored up on Capitol
Hill. The President has been criti
cized in some quarters because he
has not gone to bat with congress
and fought harder for enactment of
his program for reconversion and
postwar economy.
What of War Powers?
And this criticism brings up an
important question which the peo
ple most ce rtainly should consider
if we are to get the most out of our
democratic form of government.
President Truman still holds his al
most unlimited power under the
wartime act. Most folks will agree
that during wartime it was neces
sary that the chief executive exer
cise this dictorial power reaching
into almost all phases of our na
tional life and national economy.
But now that the fighting is over
and the country is attempting to get
back onto a peacetime basis, the
question is: “Shall the President
continue to exercise that wartime
power?” In other words, the Pres
ident could seize all industry tied
up in strikes and operate them;
he could direct the foreign policy of
the nation; he could fix wages and
set prices; he could do all these
things and many more under the
power that he now holds, but will
lose next June 30.
President Truman, however, as
was President Roosevelt before
him, is loathe to use this power be
cause, if he did so, this government
in peacetime would be operating as
a dictator nation and not as a de
mocracy governed by the consent of
the governed. And the very organ
izations and individuals who are
now loud in their criticism of the
President, who claim he is lacking
in program and initiative, would be
the first to raise their voices in pro
test over the first dictatorial act.
Public Opinion Rules
This country and its democratic
institutions must of necessity be
guided by public opinion. No law,
no act of our leaders will long with
stand the force of an opposing pub
lic. The point is, however, what is
the opinion of the public on these
vital domestic and foreign ques
tions?
Here in Washington are heard
only the voices of the vocal minority
and pressure groups. We hear these
voices on foreign policy, we hear
them on elimin^ion of price and
rent control; th§y are heard on
farm questions, surpluses, parity
prices, conservation, the Missouri
Valley authority; the question of
strikes . . . what about Russia . . .
wage increases . . . the cost of living
. . . so-called socialized medicine
. a thousand-and-one questions.
Are these loud and consistent
voices from minority groups here in
Washington the considered opinion
of the American public ... of the
men and women in the 16,000 home
towns of the nation ... of the 52,-
000,000 farm and rural area folks
. . . of the millions in our teeming
cities?
It would seem to your home town
reporter that now would be a good
time to really let our legislators
know what the folks back home ac
tually think about all these vital
questions. It all boils down to the
question of whether the nation, un
der our democratic form of govern
ment, is to be guided by a unified
spoken, public opinion on both for
eign and domestic affairs, or wheth
er the decisions of the congress and
the President are to be controlled
by the minority lobbies.
Danger of Lobbies
These lobbies, however, are so
powerful and persistent, that a real
crisis can break out any time. All
this talk about the “invisible govern
ment” that we used to hear is not
merely wild imagining. There are
hundreds of well-paid, shrewd lob
byists in Washington, all skilled at
getting the legislation they want
passed for the interests they repre
sent. Many are highly successful.
They constitute a real danger to our
traditions of government, and could
arir.g ac a disastrous reaction.
WITHOUT HANDCUFFS ... Irma Wright, Canada’s premier typist, handi
capped herself with everything but manacles in a demonstration at To
ronto. She wrote 126 errorless words per * ; nute blindfolded, with gloves
on and typing through a silk handkerchi over the keyboard. Without
such impedimenta she hit 136 words per minute.
1 oyou who answered the call of your
JL country and served in its Armed
Forces to bring about the total defeat of
the enemy, I extend the heartfelt thanks of
a grateful Nation As one of the Nations
finest, you undertook the most severe
task one can be called upon to perform.
Because you demonstrated the forti
tude, resourcefulness and calm judgment
necessary to carry out that task, we now
look to you for leadership and example
in further exalting our country in peace.
TESTIMONIAL FOR G.I.S ... All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines will be presented with President Truman’s testimonial. The
testimonial, shown above, will be given with discharge papers in the
future. Those who are already out of service, but who served during World
War II, will receive their copies in the mail. Very few will be mailed
out until the holiday post office rush is over.
JAPS SIGN PETITION TO MAC ARTHUR . . . Toichiro Araki is shown
addressing a crowd of Japs on Tokyo’s Ginza, pleading with them to
sign a petition to General MacArthur to save Lt. Gen. Yamashita from
the hangman’s noose. The sign across Araki’s chest reads: "I am re
sponsible for the movement to save General Yamashita.”
TEAMS FLY TO GAMES ... For the first time in the history of a basket
ball league, teams are flying to each others’ eities by chartered airplane.
Instigators of the project are the nine teams of the American basketball
league. The San Diego team is shown aboard plane en route to Salt
Lake City. In one week they played in Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas
City, and Bartlesville, Okla., returning in time to finish the week with
a home game at San Diego.
WASHED ABOARD . . . One of the
luckiest of men to arrive in New
York City recently was Fred Mc
Carthy, Boston. Homeward bound
he was washed overboard. Another
wave tossed him back on the deck
of the SS George Washington.
RADIO GENIUS . . . Morris Isom,
17, Miami, Fla., former merchant
marine ship radio man, youngest ra
dio station technician in the world,
shown as he left New York City
for Tangiers, where he will set up
a radio station.
WIDOW RETURNS . . . Mrs. George
S. Patton meets her son, West
Point Cadet George S. Patton in, as
she returns from Luxembourg, fol
lowing the funeral of General Pat
ton. The general was buried with
full military honors.
SETTEN’ PRETTY . . . This Irish
setter, of high degree, has no use
for weather of low degree. So when
the temperatpre hit eight below, he
did something about his comfort.
His master’s hunting cap and muf
fler came in mighty handy.
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NO-HIT ACE . . . Johnny Vander
Meer, former Cincinnati pitcher of
no-hit fame, photographed as he
was discharged from the navy. The
southpaw is now 31 years old.
A PPARENTLY only a minor por
tion of football followers, ad
dicts, old grads and others under
stand just what a football schedule
means.
For example, playing Army in
these days means you haven’t a
chance to be even
close. Playing Navy
means you are like
ly to be beaten. Not
always. But nearly
always. That is as
of today. Army and
Navy had the two
best teams in 1945
and they will have
the two best teams
in 1946.
But so far as any
national ranking
goes we’ve drawn a
flock of complaints, especially from
the Midwest, about the quality of
many southern schedules.
“I recall some years back,” one
Midwesterner writes, “when Bob
Neyland at Tennessee took no
chances of defeat. Neyland was a
great coach and he had great teams.
But he rarely played over three
hard games a year, with many soft
spots planted in between. *
“In my opinion this has been true
of Alabama this season. Everyone
knows Frank Thomas is an excep
tionally good coach and that Ala
bama is one of the best teams in
the country. But there was no way.
to prove this by playing only three
hard games—L.S.U., Tennessee and
Georgia. I would like to have seen
Alabama tested by Army, Navy, In
diana, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma A.
and M. or Michigan. That’s why
I don’t think Alabama should have
been rated over Navy and Indiana,
or Oklahoma A. and M. After all
a national ranking gets you nowhere
while a Bowl game gets you from
$30,000 to $100,000.”
Alabama will tell you the Crim
son Tide could get no stronger out
side schedule. This is true. But
many of their opponents, east and
west, will also tell you they are not
interested in southern teams that
have so many football scholarships,
and Bowl-developed teams.
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The Bowl Complex
VICKS VATROKOI
I have the feeling that the Bowl
complex has set southern football
back in a schedule way. For ex
ample two of my favorite southern
teams are Clemson and Auburn,
whose elevens go back 40 or 45
years. Once they begin winning,
they are too often dropped from
southern schedules. The reason—
“too tough.” Tennessee dropped
Auburn after a close 7-0 margin in
1938 that almost kept Tennessee out
of an Orange Bowl meeting with Ok
lahoma. Georgia Tech, I under
stand, has dropped Clemson after
Clemson’s late mop-up. The South
has given Clemson and Auburn all
the worst of it, and yet, traditionally
they belong high up.
The various Bowls, apparently,
are here to stay. But they have built
up two armed, hostile camps. The
Midwest, including the Big Ten plus
Notre Dame, have no Bowl aspira
tions. Neither has the Ivy League,
plus Army and Navy.
This leaves Bowl selections to the
West coast, the South-west, the South
and one or two stiay eastern or
northern teams, such as Boston Col
lege and Holy Cross.
From the South the teams willing
to play a tough schedule and take a
chance are Duke and Georgia
Tech. Duke has been willing to face
Army and Navy. Duke was unbeat
en outside of these two games. Geor
gia Tech has been willing to meet
Navy and Notre Dame, always tough
customers. And Duke and Georgia
Tech also meet. The last time a
strong Alabama team played Geor
gia and Georgia Tech, Alabama lost
both games.
Tulane Also Takes Risks
Duke and Georgia Tech play by
all odds the hardest schedules in the
South. Tulane is also willing to take
a bigger gamble. The Southwest
also sticks with its own, from Okla
homa to Texas, although Tulsa is
willing to move away from its own
home area. Tulsa played Indiana
this last season.
But outside of Duke and Georgia
Tech, no other southern team, in
cluding Alabama, played a schedule
even close to Indiana’s test with a
menu that included Michigan,
Northwestern, Illinois, Nebraska,
Iowa, Tulsa, Minnesota, Pittsburgh
and Purdue.
The South has turned out too
many great football teams, too
many leading foot' - 11 coaches and
too many football stars, to permit
the various Bowl collections to dom
inate its schedules and its play.
The Bowls, taken in their stride,
are all right as postseason fill-ins
but completely unimportant • contri
butions to any national ranking.
But the Bowl games should not be
used in making schedules to insure
Bowl invitations, especially in the
South, which has contributed too
much to football to give much of its
attention to any Bowls in its sched
ule arrangements. After all, Duke
and Georgia Tech are not the only
good football teams in the South.
The North and the Midwest will nev
er get to see Gilmer and Mancha,
two of the country’s best.
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