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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
WAIXGREN AND LUMBER
WASHINGTON. — Lumber price
ceilings topped the agenda of the
President’s conference the other
day with his old friend Gov. Mon
Wallgren at Washington.
However, Wallgren also took oc
casion to invite Truman to spend
a vacation this summer in the north
west aboard the presidential yacht.
“The people of my state
would be delighted to have you
as a guest, and you can also
take a trip up to Alaska on the
Williamsburg,” Wallgren told
him.
Truman accepted tentatively,
saying he would go if he could
possibly make it.
Wallgren’s main business, how
ever, was to strongly urge an in
crease in the price ceilings on lum
ber. He maintained that 'this was
necessary in order to increase lum
ber output for the housing program.
“We are facing a serious job crisis
in our lumber mills, Harry,” said
the Washington govemor. “We have
a model unemployment compensa
tion law in my state, but many un
employed workmen are swiftly us
ing up the 26 weeks they are en
titled to draw as compensation. Both
from the labor standpoint and the
housing shortage, inventories in our
mills must be built up as quickly
as possible.”
IDLE WAR PLANTS
Governor Wallgren also urged the
sale of government-owned light
metal plants, now idle in his area,
to private operators as another
means of increasing employment.
Two idle plants in question are the
Aluminum Rolling mill and the
Aluminum Ingot companies at Spo
kane, operated by Alcoa during the
war. Henry Kaiser wants to buy
the former for the production of
aluminum-built automobiles and pre
fabricated housing.
Wallgren told Truman that the
lumber situation has been aggra
vated by a neat little device of
certain big timber outfits, including
the Weyerhauser interests, which,
calculatedly or otherwise, has been
stifling competition. Under the
Washington constitution, the state
government must sell timber to the
highest bidder, but some big out
fits have been bidding over the
price ceilings. This causes all bids
to be thrown out.
The President said he would talk
to the RFC about the plants, but
suggested that Wallgren thrash out
his lumber price problems with
price control boss Chester Bowles.
BUTTER BLACK MARKET
The office of international trade,
now under the commerce depart
ment, is planning to ask U. S. cus
toms officials to investigate some
strange shenanigans in the re-sale
of butter this country has been ex
porting to Mexico.
Despite the serious butter
shortage, which has caused the
American housewife to turn
to substitutes and jam for her
table, we sent 5,500 pounds of
butter to Mexico in the last quar
ter of 1945.
Some of this is now winding up
at Tiajuana, the Mexican resort
town across tjie from San
Diego, where^the butter is being
sold to American tourists for the
fabulous price of $1.25 a pound.
Under export price ceilings, en
forced by the OPA and the depart
ment of commerce, this same but
ter was sold to Mexican dealers at
from 47 to 49 cents a pound. The
price varies a couple of cents a
pound, depending on the type of
packaging.
In other words, we are now buy
ing back American-made butter
from Mexico for triple the price
Mexican dairy dealers are paying
us for it. Commerce department of
ficials can only guess how much
smuggled butter may be involved
in this cross-border black market,
but the customs office will be asked
to make a thorough probe.
NOTE—Mexico is also one of
our biggest purchasers of ex
ported nylon stockings. Out of a
total of 9,110 dozen pairs of
nylons exported in November
—the last monthly figures avail-
ble—Mexico bought 5,010 dozen
pairs. Cuba received 2,603 doz
en pairs.
CAPITAL CHAFF
One reason for the current inter
national food shortage is that Leo
Crowley, when FEA boss, refused to
heed the warning of Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson last summer,
when Anderson argued that FEA
should help increase plantings of
winter wheat, cereals and proteins in
South America. The South Ameri
can crop was hit by drouth, or it
might have been larger.
Sen. Tommy Hart, the only ad
miral on the senatq military affairs
comm'itee, recently asked commit
tee members if there were a dicta
phone in the walls. He complained
that the Washington Merry - Go-
Round had quoted him all too ac
curately when, at a secret session,
he defended the war department re
garding demobilization. . . Rep.
Clare Hoffman of Michigan, who
considers himself an expert at anti
labor legislation, was miffed be
cause he was not consulted in the
writing of the harsh Case bill passed
by the house recently.
Fun to Stay Home:
A drive in the country has its per
ils. The parade of sappy billboards
is bound to affect your nervous sys
tem. And there is always a lunk
head on the road, who will send you
to the nearest hospital babbling that
he had the right of way.
Nothing can top a home-cooked
meal. The cuisine in swanky spots
is usually tangy, but a glance at the
steep fees for food is bound to give
anyone not on the columnist “cuff”
indigestion.
Locking paws with a cutie-pie or
patting her knees under a cafe ta
ble is a popular form of recreation.
Yet the privacy of the home pro
vides the coziest atmosphere for cu-
pididoes. Besides, you can e ar
rested for playing Post Office in
public.
There is plenty of danger in night
clubs. The air is usually foul, the
music is brassy and the emcees’
inept cavorting is invariably piti
ful. Making goo-goo eyes at the doll
across the room is more perilous
than smoking hop. She might have
a boy-friend who packs a wallop like
Joe Louis. Or what is worse—she
might know a good lawyer.
Traveling has many advantages
but the scenery is never as com
pelling as it appears in travelogues.
All you are certain to acquire while
romping around the globe is an
acute case of homesickness.
Strolling in the street isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be. Mendicants clut
ter every block, and you risk run
ning into bores you’re trying to duck.
Then there are the sadistic motor
ists who have declared war on ev
ery pedestrian.
The politicos have tipped their
mitt for 1946. . . . It’s going to be
reckless racism—pitting the Poles
versus,the Russians—the Irish ver
sus the British, etcetera. . . . Cut
ting up Europe’s quarrels to fan up
ballots is what too many office-
seekers try to peddle as “Amer
icanism.” As the lady in “State of
the Union” observes: “I thought
the Poles voted in Poland!”
Faces in the Dimout: Judge Fer
dinand P ;cora, Bernard Gimbel,
John Gunfher and reporters trying
to decipher the Mayor’s closing
proclamaticn to Sherman Billings
ley at the Stork Club. “All I know,”
said the famed host, “is that this
is the first time I ever got hit by an
atomic bomb!” . . . Keenan Wynn,
just in from Movietown, getting
caught in a 59th St. spot’s free-for-
all. . . . Jane Wyman and her
groom, Ronald Reagan, impressing
local yocals with their pleasantries.
. . . John Steinbeck, the book-writ
er, trying out his Spanish on the
Havana-Madrid crowd. . . . Lovely
Alexis Smith elbowing her way
through the Radio City signatour-
ists. . . . The Joe Cottens at the
Carnival, a gay spot. . . . Augustin
Duncan, who attracted sugary no
tices for his performance as the
blind parent in “Lute Song." He is
blind.
Sallies in Our Alley: Peter Don
ald (he was among the recent White
House entertainers) told it at the
Singapore last night. Margaret
O’Brien, the moppet, asked the
President: “Was the White House
like this when America was born?”
. . . “No,” said the President. “In
those days they didn’t have rich
young ladies such as you to pay
taxes.” ... At Sardi’s, Mrs. John
Wildberg remarked: “Money is
worthless today.” . . . “Unless,”
said her producer groom, “you have
none.” . . . Buddy Lester says that
with the shirt shortage—it is amaz
ing how many people are still will
ing to risk losing theirs in Wall St.
Manhattan Murals: The swan in
Central Park, which accepts food
only from males—refuses to come
near the gals. . . . The lingerie
shop on 5th, which calls its very dar
ing negligees: “indiscreations.” . . .
The Lincoln, the only hotel in town
that plays Negro orchestras. . . .
The Embassy’s powder room at
tendant who owns a 24-room man
sion uptown.
The Funnies: Lincoln was rest
ing in a hotel lobby after a campaign
speech when some of the villagers
gathered there. One remarked:
“Mr. Lincoln, your speech was
good, but there were some points
quite beyond my reach.” . . . Abe
chuckled: “I’m sorry for you; I
once had a dog that had the same
trouble with fleas!”
Quotation Marksmanship: E.
Howe: Make a woman mad and
she is no more polite than a man.
. . . Vincent Sheean: Churchill’s
personality is like an army with
banners; your first impulse is to
get out of its way. . . . M. B. Gree-
bie: Beautiful young people are ac
cidents of nature. But beautiful old
people are works of art. . . . N. Cow
ard: It’s surprising how many are
shocked by honesty and so few by
deceit. . . . Alf D. Runyon: The
nearest thing to perpetual motion is
a mother with a child.
UNITED STATES DELEGATES TO UNO RETURN . . . Arriving at LaGnardia field. New York, the Amer
ican delegation to the United Nations organization expressed high hopes for the organization when it next
meets in the United States. Left to right as they leave the UNO Clipper are Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward Stettinius, head of the delegation, John F. Dulles, New York international finan
cial advisor, and Sen. John Townsend. They aU seem encouraged by progress made at the first meeting.
NATION’S BIGGEST SURPLUS GOODS SALE . . . Square miles of surplus war goods, ranging from spools
of thread to giant road scrapers and derricks, are being readied at the Port Hueneme navy depot, California,
for what will probably be the biggest surplus goods sale in the nation. Shown in photograph are some of
the tractors which will be sold to the civilian market. Only one kind of goods will be offered for sale in
one day.
JAPANESE SILK TO THE RESCUE . . . The drastic nylon hose short
age in the U. S. may soon be remedied, in part, by the shipment of silk
or silk hose from Japan. Photograph shows plant at Mimata village, as
manager checks the stacks of “books” of raw silk awaiting shipment.
LONESOME G.I. ... As the first
snowfall of the year bits the dismal
city of Tokyo, this U. S. soldier, far
from home, with no knowledge of
the language, looks like he would
rather be some other place.
INVESTIGATE ESPIONAGE . . . Justice R. Taschereau, left, and Justice
R. L. Kellock, right, memberj of the Supreme court of Canada, who have
been appointed by the dominion government to act as members of a com
mission to hear evidence on the espionage ring that disclosed wartime
secrets to a foreign mission in Ottawa. United States officials have stated
that material information on the atomic bomb could not have been re
vealed.
CHINA’S BEST FRIEND . . . Often
referred to as China’s best friend,
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer has
been active as chief of staff to Gen*
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and fac
tor in industrial development of
China.
T HE best pitched ball game isn’t
always a matter of what the
pitcher figures, but what the oppos
ing batter knows. For example, Joe
DiMaggio has faced more than his
share of great pitchers, including
Bob Feller, Bob Grove, Tex Hugh-
son and the pick of the National
league.
When I asked Joe the best pitched
game he had ever seen, DiMaggio
hesitated about one-fifth of a sec
ond.
“That’s ~asy,” he said. “It was
the game Dizzy Dean pitched
against the
Yankees in the
1938 World Se
ries. Pitching
consists of four
important details
— an arm, a
head, a heart
and control. The
arm is supposed
to be the most
important. I
guess maybe it
is—if you have
an arm like Wal
ter J ohnson.
Lefty Grove or
Bob Feller. But in this World Se
ries game Dizzy had no arm. It
was gone. We watched him warm
up and he could just about get the
ball up to his warm-up catcher. This
was to be our day. We figured we
ought to get about three hits apiece
from that daffy-dill Diz was pushing
over. It was something pitiful.
“Well, anyway,” DiMaggio con
tinued, “here was our pushover.
And we all knew that Dizzy Dean
had been one of the great pitchers
of all time. One of the tops. But
he was a crippled duck now. He
had no arm.
Just ‘Head and Heart*
“So what happens? Here come
these dinky-dinks floating up to the
plate. No speed at all. Not much
of a curve. Just a shot put. But
they would come at tough spots.
Low and inside—around your shoul
ders—just balls you don’t like. Balls
that are hard to hit solidly. And
we swing and pop up or go out—
and there’s Diz grinning at us and
getting by with only a head and a
heart. No stuff at all.
“And if those two Cub infielders
hadn’t collided early in the game
to give us two runs on a weak, drib
bling infield roller, Diz would have
had us shut out 3 to 0 up to the
8th and I think would have beaten
ns.
“This game convinced me that
Dizzy Dean was one of the great
est of all time. Think what he must
have been when he had his arm.
I’m glad he was in the other league
when he was right.”
More About Pitching
At this point DiMaggio and your
correspondent became involved in a
discussion.
"What do you figure the toughest
boll to hit?” I asked.
“What’s your answer?” Joe said.
“A low curve ball over the in
side corner,” was my reply.
“Any low curve ball,” Joe said,
“inside or outside. I hit on a level
plane. So did Hornsby, Bill Dickey
and Babe Ruth. But when you get
one of those low ones around your
knees, you have to swing in a dif
ferent way. It’s a great thing for
the hitters that only a few hurlers
can handle this type of pitch. For
it takes perfect control to make this
low throw. Here’s a funny thing.
A low curve breaks much faster and
sharper than a high curve. Why?
I don’t know. But it does. After
all we have to deal with facts, not
with ideas. You know, Grant, from
the pitching distance, that ball
comes up to you in less than half
a second. Johnson’s speed was
130 feet a second. You don’t have
time to do much figuring in half a
second. It’s different with just a
fast ball. You can time. that. But
you can’t time a fast breaking curve
around your knees.”
• • •
Strong Hands Needed
You read in various gazettes the
number of earnest and enterprising
athletes who are now working to
build up their legs and arms. Such
men as Louis, Conn, Greenberg
Dickey, DiMaggio, Ted Williams,
etc. But too many of these, and a
great deal too many of the youthful
competitors just getting under way,
overlook a section of the body just
as important. This happens to be
the two hands. Hand strength and
hand action play a big part in base
ball, football, boxing, golf, tennis,
riding, basketball, fishing and other
sports. Especially in baseball, box
ing, horse racing and golf.
A pair of big, powerful hands was
Hans Wagner’s crowning glory.
Jack Dempsey’s two iron fists, al
most never injured, were a big help.
Two of the strongest looking pair of
hands I ever saw belong to Tommy
Armour, the golf star, and Bill
Dickey, the Yankee catcher.
It isn’t everybody who happens to
be born with Wagner, Dempsey, Ar
mour or Dickey hands. But this
defect can at least be partially
cured by the right sort of hand
exercise. One of the best methods
is to use rather small, hard rubber
balls, squeezing one in each hand.
Dizzy Dean
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