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< THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, <' MISSOURI SNOW SHOVELERS WASHINGTON. — The problem of snow removal from the sidewalks around the “Summer White House” created something of a problem just before President Truman paid his Christmas visit to Independence, Mo. At first nothing was done about the snow around the Truman man sion. Secret service agents guard ing the house said it was their job to guard, not to shovel. Finally James T. Hopkins, aged 59, got out his horse Dick, aged five, and with a home-made snow plow cleared the snow from the North Delaware street side of the Truman home. But he didn’t have time to clear the West Van Horn road side because he had to clear the walks used by children. One day before Mrs. Truman ar rived, however, George Dodsworth, president of the Independence chamber of commerce, called out the chamber’s six new directors. He told them that the snow around the “Summer White House” would have to be cleared and their initi ation into the chamber would be to do the job. They did a good job. The walks around the Trumaq home were thoroughly shoveled. They did not, however, tackle the drive in the rear of the house. So next morning, two employees from the highway department arrived to clear the driveway. They had shov eled for about 20 minutes when the first lady appeared on the back porch. “You are shoveling gravel on the grass,” admonished Mrs. Truman, always a meticulous housekeeper. There were some explanations that they had been sent by the high way department to clear the snow. “I don’t care who sent you,” re plied Mrs. Truman. “I want you to quit.” Which is exactly what they did. Mrs. Truman left instructions with a secret service agent not to let anyone scoop snow, from the drive. And no one has. THE OTHER LaFOLLETTE. When the name LaFollette is men tioned in Washington, most people think of the senator from Wis consin, who succeeded his crusading bull-moose father. But another La Follette, from Indiana, not Wiscon sin, who sits in the house of repre sentatives, not the senate, is also attracting more and more attention. Empty chairs fill up quickly when Rep. Charles LaFollette takes the floor for a speech. Colleagues may sometimes disagree with the two- fisted Indiana Republican, but they agree that what he says usually is interesting and never fails to pack a wallop. In fact, one of his recent speeches packed such a wallop that conserva tive colleagues on the Republican side almost swooned. For LaFol lette attacked that super-sacred cow, states’ rights, and before he was through had virtually de-horned the animal. “There are no such things as states’ rights,” declared the red-headed Hoosier. “There are rights of citizens who live with in a state. The man who speaks of state sovereignty speaks the language of totalitarianism. There is only individual sover eignty.” Colleagues on both sides of the nisle listened in amazed silence. Only congressmen to answer were two Republicans: Jensen of Iowa and Bates of Massachusetts. Signifi cantly, no whimpers came from southern Democrats. “Did not the sovereignty of the states exist long before the fed eral government was established?” asked Bates. “Yes, but man existed long before the state of Massachu setts,” shot back LaFollette. “The state of Massachusetts did not create its citizens and does not own them. The citizens own the state. In the continental con gress and the convention which created the constitution . . . the issue was not states’ rights. “The issue was, ‘Shdll the people determine that they can be better served by a (federal) government with power over the state.’ That is the constitu tional answer, and it is the only answer that parallels with any idea of the innate dignity and honor of mankind. From that premise I do not yield, nor shall I ever yield, God giving me the strength to retain my intellectu al, moral and spiritual integ- / rity.” CAPITAL CHAFF. Since publication of General Mar shall’s letter to Governor Dewey telling how we were cracking Japa nese and German codes, every ma jor government has been changing its codes almost daily. In addi tion, the best cryptographers in the world are now hard at work in ev ery capital trying to figure out new unbreakable codes. All suspect we have broken their codes too. . . . The row between Mayor Maestri of New Orleans and Jimmy Comiskey was patched up at a secret caucus. lUeJtame *l04AAH> in WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU Corfspondfit WNU Washington Bureau, 1616 Eye St., N. W. Sale of Government Bonds to Continue IN ALL probability no other war- 1 time agency reached closer to the people of the nation in the home towns and onto the farms than the war finance division of the treas ury department. It was responsible for the «ale of more than 184 bil lions of dollars in government bonds. This agency is now in process of liquidation, reducing its Washington personnel from about 400 to a skeleton force of about 40. Its vast state organizations are being trimmed to small groups which are to continue the sale of government bonds to the investing public. This decision of the treasury de partment to continue sale of govern ment bonds as an investment comes about as the result of two factors. The first is to reap the benefit of 398 million dollars worth of adver tising which has made the Ameri can public war bond conscious. Sec ondly, a recent treasury survey shows that 82 per cent of the peo ple who have consistently bought war bonds thiough the four war years, want to continue doing so, if the bonds are available. A third factor is the inflation angle. These billions of dollars in vested by the people in war bonds have had a steadying influence on the economic condition of the nation, and have helped probably more than any other one influence to prevent run-away spending. Burec.a Being Streamlined Already termination of employ ment notices have been sent to hundreds of these wartime em ployees, and from glamorous Ted R. Gamble, the young director of WFD, on down the line, there is a general exodus. Gamble is succeeded by Verne Clark, state director of the Iowa war finance committee, and Indiana sends Lou Carow, its director of public relations, to take over the job of director of press, advertising and radio for the new peacetime bond selling agency. Purchase of government bonds through the payroll savings plan will be continued by the treasury, and it is expected that special benefits will be awarded to those companies which, during the war, set up special bookkeeping arrangements to keep track of the sale of millions of dollars in bonds through weekly de ductions from pay checks. Holdings of these government bonds by the American people, more than 70 million people, pro vides a back-log of security never before enjoyed by such a large seg ment of the population. Of the 184 billion dollars’ worth sold, approxi mately 53 billions were in the small E, F and G bonds held largely by individual investors. And sale of these government bonds accounted, roughly, for about one-third of the cost of the war, the other two- thirds having been raised by tax ation. New Drive in Spring The treasury department is ex pected to get its new campaign for the continued sale of these govern ment securities underway early in the spring, just as soon as the new organization is set up. Then those folks to whom regular purchase of government bonds has become a habit, a thrift habit, may resume their purchases with the same ob jectives in mind that caused them to invest during the war. Mr. Clark, the new director of the bond division of the treasury, made a splendid record in Iowa during the war, particularly among the farm and rural sections of this rural state, and his record no doubt accounted for his selection to head the peacetime agency. His selection also gives rise to the implication that the treasury also plans to lay particular stress iu its selling pro gram on the value of government bond purchases to farmers and resi dents of the rural areas, since Mr. Clark’s experience was concerned principally with farm areas. Weeklies to Aid Campaign It would also give rise to the be lief that the treasury plans to go to the weekly newspapers and small town dailies in the rural areas to carry the message of the new bond program to the people. Both secre taries of the treasury, Morgenthau and Vinson, have paid high trib ute to the weekly press as being “the strong right arm” of the treas ury for the tremendous job they did' during the war in carrying war bond appeals to the people. The treasury feels the war bond thrift habit inculcated in the people so strongly during the war is too good a trait to eliminate, hence, al though the old war finance division is in process of liquidation, the new ! division is at the same time in proc ess of getting underway for a new government bond campaign. They feel that these 82 per cent of the people who want to continue their bond purchases should have the opportunity, although there is no expectation that bond purchases will be on the proportions of the war time drives. PATTON’S FAITHFUL FRIEND . . , The saddest dog In the entire European theatre of operations s “Willie,” the late Gen. George S. Patton’s pet bull terrier. “Willie,” shown here lying beside his late mas ter’s personal belongings, misses the general, whose passing has deeply affected the dogfe once active and lively spirit. “Willie” was ever at Pptton’s side during the 3rd army drive into Germany. CROSS NATION SECOND TIME ... Harry Arisohn, Los Angeles cab driver, is shown as he starts return trip from New York City to Los Angeles. He left Los Angeles with six servicemen who wanted to spend Christmas in the East. Riding with Arisohn are Shipfitter S/2 James E. Powers, Brooklyn; Cpl. Anthony Tucci and Coastguardsman Angelo Rossi, Los Angeles. Two more servicemen were picked up at Chicago. ADVISORS TO GENERAL MAC ARTHUR . . . Members of the 10-nation Far Eastern advisory commission, shown as they boarded plane for Japan. At left from top to bottom are: Sir George Sansom, Great Britain; C. A. Berendsen, New Zealand; R. R. Saksena, India; Francis Lacoste, France; and Lt. Gen. Chu Shih-Ming, China. At right: Maj. Gen. Frank R. Moody, U. S. A.; Dr. De Mat Angelino, Netherlands; Col. L. M. Cosgrave, Canada; Maj. J. Plimsoll, Australia, and Nelson T. Johnson, secretary general. UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES SAIL . . . Standing on the gangway as they boarded the Queen Elizabeth are (left to right) Sen. Tom Con- nally, Texas; Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan; former Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr., and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The four are members of the American delegation to the United Nations general assembly which starts its meetings La London this month. Final selection of headquarters will be made. PEARL HARBOR QUIZ . . . Seth W. Richardson, Republican, former assistant attorney general, now a Washington attorney, who has been appointed to succeed William D. Mitchell as chief counsel for the Pearl Harbor committee. GOTHAM’S NEW MAYOR . . . Wil liam O’Dwyer is shown as he was sworn in as mayor of New York City. The new mayor succeeds the colorful Fiorello La Guardia, who has been the city’s chief executive for 12 years. Mayor O’Dwyer an nounced' that the improvement of subways were more important than new airport and would be his first problem. UNO ADVISOR . . . Lt. Gen. Mat thew B. Ridgway, native of Fort Monroe, Va., and commanding gen eral of the Mediterranean theatre of operation, who has been appointed to represent General Eisenhower on United Nations staff. He will also serve as advisor to the American delegation to the United Nations Organization. HEADS COAST GUARD . . . Rear Adm. Joseph F. Farley, chief per sonnel officer of the U. S. coast guard, has been named by Presi dent Truman as commandant of the coast guard for a four-year term. SERVES ON WARSHIP . . . P/Mate Edith Cramp, daughter of Major and Mrs. Edmund Cramp, Chester, Pa., is the first girl to serve aboard a U. S. warship on active duty. She is with the transport Hendry, and is shown before sailing for the Pacifis T'HE Pacific coast baseball * league was recently turned down in a major league bid. It is quite possible that the West coast stretch isn’t entirely major territory as far as all its cities or teams are con cerned. This also applies to both the American and National league, which in many places carry a strong minor league touch, as everyone connected with baseball knows. But the main point is that in a general sporting way the Pacific coast in many spots has more of a big league touch than the East, Midwest or the South. And the argument isn’t even close. The only way to prove, this point is through facts and figures, not by words that are? always unim portant. For a few ex amples — after a bad football year where both South ern California and UCLA were beat en two or three times, they outdrew Army and Navy. The western rec ord count was 103,000 and this isn’t the first time 100,000 has been beat en on the West coast. Under the same conditions Southern California and UCLA in the East, Midwest or South would have drawn from 30,000 to 40,000 at the limit. Now we come to racing, which in terests more millions than most people know—more than almost any other sport or business or whatever you care to call it. Richest Purses in West Those who follow racing know the purses offered in New York, Chi cago, Maryland, Florida, New Or leans and Kentucky, all among the leading racing states, rarely top $50,000. Here are some of the purses to be offered at Santa Anita; Calif.: One hundred thousand dollar Santa Anita handicap—March 9. Richest all-age race. One hundred thousand dollar Santa Anita Derby—February 23. Tops for the three-year-olds. Fifty thousand dollars for the Santa Catalina, San Pasqual, Santa Margarita, San Antonio and San Juan Capistrano. Five in all eight $25,000 stakes. A stake total of $650,000 for the all-time average of $43,333 per stake. No purse is under $3,000. Can the East, South or Midwest approach these figures? You know what the answer is. No. New Baseball Territory All this is further proof that the two lopsided big leagues, which need unlimited night baseball for many teams to keep going, can no longer overlook a new country in the way of population and general sporting interest. Los Angeles and San Fran cisco are far ahead of most of the big league cities in the matter of population and enthusiasm for sports. It is generally realized by those who know their sport that St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia are one major - league - club towns. Cin cinnati, Washington and a few others don’t belong in the same class with Los Angeles and San Francisco on the sporting side. The fact is that California and Florida are our two best climate states, unless you happen to like colder weather. It is all a question of facts, fig ures and fair play. California merely happens to be the best foot ball state, the best racing state, the best track-and-field state in the country. Neither New York nor Chi cago could even approach the Olym pic games of 1932 which Los An geles held. Both cities know this. One trouble is that too many peo- ply shy away from facts and truth. Especially those interested only on the side of the dollar. For one example, New York has neither the football nor racing facili ties to be ranked in the same class with Los Angeles, unless you enjoy looking at football games back of a thick pillar or being trampled under foot at a race track. In the course of too many years, your correspond- . ent has worked in the border states, the deep South, the East, the Mid west, the Far West and the South west. Pride of section is a good thing, but the United States is much more importaht. There was a time when the At lantic and Pacific coasts were many days apart. Now they are only a few hours apart. This also goes for the South and the North. The Gulf and the Great Lakes are now only a hop, step and jump away. But up to date the Far West has taken all the worst of it from big league baseball and big league pro football. The South’s major problem has been spectator capacity where only the New Orleans stadium can handle 70,000 people. And no South ern city has a population around the million mark. This, in time, will be taken care of. Certainly the South’s contribution to every form of sport has been enormous, whether this be baseball, football, golf or other sports. The South, plus California, has the jump in those games, with practically 12 months of play. Grantland Rice CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT HELP WANTED—WOMEN INSTRUCTION ADVANCED PIANO COURSE. Sl.M W. A. OTTO 4215 Park Avenue - Union City. N. J. Sample Lesson 10c. MISCELLANEOUS !F YOU ARE INTERESTED in unusual Hooks send for free list to B. SMITH Box 202 - - - Shortsville. New York. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! 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