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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
WAR NOT EXPECTED
WASHINGTON. — That the Tru
man cabinet is not looking for war
in the near future, despite warlike
talk, was indicated at a secret ses
sion of the senate military affairs
committee recently.
When Secretary of State Bymes
and Secretary of War Patterson
testified in favor of an extension of
the selective service act, the figures
they presented on planned strength
of the army and navy were exactly
the same as those presented early in
January. In other words, they pro
posed an army of barely over a mil
lion men by July of 1947.
The senators had expected that
because of the complicated inter
national situation a larger army
would be asked for, but the war
and state departments made no
such request. When one senator
asked how it happened that there
was no “emergency” planning. Sec
retary Byrnes refused to answer.
He passed the question to Secretary
Patterson, who also did not reply.
* * •
WALLACE SPEECH CENSORED.
It wasn’t supposed to be known
outside the cabinet, but Henry Wal
lace’s speech at the Jackson Day
dinner was censored — by President
Truman himself. Wallace had one
line in his speech which he
thought would answer Republicaa
critics. It read:
“Abraham Lincoln was not a
member of our party. But he
was certainly a fellow trav
eler.”
Truman thought such a reference
to the martyred Lincoln might be
misunderstood and cut it out. Wal
lace was glad to concur.
MEN’S SUITS
It still looks like a long wait be
fore veterans can get the clothing
they need. The office of war mobili
zation and reconversion will soon
bring out a report on men’s cloth
ing showing a need for 40 million
suits this year but production plans
for only about 28 million.
The report will also show that
first quarter production has been
only about 5 million, and officials of
the civilian production administra
tion are worried sick that even the
goal of 28 million suits for 1946 will
not be met.
There is no sign yet that the
increase in prices granted this
month by OPA will mean more
men’s suits. There are indica
tions, however, that large stocks
of suits are being held off the
market in the hope that price
control will not be extended be
yond June.
JOHN L. LEWIS*
For years John L. Lewis has been
one of labor’s top negotiators. Usual
ly he has his facts cold. Recehtly,
however, while arguing safety pre
cautions with Harry Moses, an im
portant Pittsburgh mine operator,
he said:
“Why, Harry, your father is a
good illustration of why we need
these safeguards. Everybody knows
him as a veteran coal man, and
we’ve all seen him limping around
for 50 years because of a mine acci
dent. So how can you sit there and
deny us the safeguards to pre
vent the same sort of thing from
happening to other miners?”
“John,” replied Moses, “1
don’t know where you got your
information about my father—
but it wasn’t so good. I’ll tell
you how he hurt his leg. It
wasn’t in a coal mine. It was
playing baseball. He broke his
leg sliding into second.”
NOTE — Bureau of mine officials
heartily endorse Lewis’ demands for
better safety precautions in the
mines.
* * *
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY
During the heyday of the Roose
velt administration, Vice Pres. Jack
Garner gave a dinner for the late
Will Rogers at which the cowboy
humorist, commenting on a forth
coming international conference,
said:
“This country has won every war,
but lost every conference.”
Recently, however, one inter
national conference closed at Savan-
nah, Ga., at which the United States
won every single round. It was the
first world monetary confereuce,
and the man responsible for the
American victory was hard-hitting
Fred Vinson, secretary of the treas
ury.
His chief battle was o^cr the loca
tion of the international bank and
the stabilization fund to be estab
lished under the Bretton Woods plan.
The British wanted the bank and
fund located in New York, but Sec-
re’ary Vinson wanted them in Wash
ington. When the vote was taken,
there was only one vote against
Washington — Lord Keynes’ vote.
• « •
CAPITAL CHAFF
Two movie companies are bidding
for “Saints and Strangers,” the new
best seller written by George Wil-
lison. . . . Former Democratic Sen.
Clarence Dill of Washington is be
ing urged for one of the vacant
assistant secretaryships of the inte
rior department. . . . Jim Landis
may be beaded for a new impor
tant administration job soon. . . .
New Mexico’s Gov. Jack Dempsey
decided after two talks wilh Pres
ident Truman that he would not op
pose Sen. Dennis Chavez, N. M. . . .
An Innocent Bystander:
The conflicting stories from Iran
recall a quip that was popular with
overseas newsboys during the war:
It concerns the Ministry of Infor
mation carrier pigeon, leisurely fly
ing to its destination, when it was
jostled by a second pigeon that
shouted: “Get a move on. I’ve got
the denial I”
A N. Y. editorial writer stated
that Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. can
not hope to be President because he
was born in Canada and a Chief-
Exec must be a native-born Amer
ican.
Overwhelming weight of legal
opinion: Anyone who is born of
American parents in a foreign coun
try and properly registered can be
President. . . . Ho, hum. Any other
questions? ”
Another reason for our tense rela
tions with Russia is that the Amer
icans Russia respected (and trust
ed most) can no longer help us Iran
out differences: FDR, Harry Hop
kins and Wendell Willkie.
It happened at the Brooklyn in
come tax bureau recently. . . . Two
men named Thomas McNally and
Joseph Sweeney were having their
tax forms filled out by an agent
when they suddenly began speaking
to each other in Yiddish. . . . Ques
tioned by the startled income tax
agent—McNally and Sweeney ex
plained they were Dublin-born Jews.
Talk about blazing red faces: A
few days after Lord Halifax public
ly opined that Goering was anxious
to prevent war—Goering testified
(at the war crimes trial) and took
every opportunity to praise Hit
ler—the Nazi system—and every
thing the Nazis did.
A quip causing tee-hees in seme
of the back rooms in Argentina con
cerns the recent incident when Mrs.
Peron turned up at a social soiree.
. . . During the evening one of the
guests turned to his neighbor and
remarked: “Well, there sits Argen
tina’s First Lady.”
“That’s no lady,” was the retort.
“That’s his wife!”
The State Dep’t has been shoved
around like a revolving door. But
now it has been complimented—the
Rankin Committee plans to probe
■the SD. . . . Rankin’s witch-hunt
ing spree recalls the time a Dies
Committee member (Cong. J. Par
nell Thomas) ranted that the WPA
theater was a “hot-bed of commu
nism” and demanded the investiga
tion of a play titled “Prologue to
Glory.”
The play concerned an American
named Abe Lincoln.
Quotation Marksmanship: John
W. Raper: A man picks a wife the
same way an apple picks a farmer.
. . . D. Yates: Bold as the bark of
a puppy. . . . Voltaire: The ear
is the road to the heart. . . . Muriel
Gaines: His wrinkles are overload
ed with decisions. . . . Singapore
Sal: The only difference among
women is their faces. . . . James
Kelly: She walked as though she
were carrying a chip on her hip.
. . . Nancy Donovan: An actor,
full of hambition. . . . Chinese Prov
erb: The broadminded see the truth
in different religions; the narrow
minded see only their differences.
. . . Seaman Jacobs’ opinion of a guy
with no initiative: He’s always in
there catching. . . . Wm. Schiller:
Our friendship with Russia seems
to be strictly platomie. . . . Eileen
Deneen: War do we go from here?
Sallies in Our Alley: A Broad
way showman walked up to a new
comer-lovely last night and asked:
“Want to work in my night club as
a showgirl?” ... To which her
companion (agent Paul Small) said:
“I offered her a receptionist’s job
only today at $25 a week and she
laughed at me.” . . . The showman
indignantly rejoined: “You’re not
offering people $25 a week these
days?” . . . “Who are you to talk?”
barked the agent. “You’d offer it
to a star!” . . . Ozzie Nelson says
when a show’s a success the pro
ducer knocks wood. When it isn’t,
he knocks critics.
Midtown Vignette: At the Ber
nard Baruch dinner for Mr. Church
ill, Cardinal Spellman was also an
honored guest. . . . Baruch is a tall
man—Churchill is a shorty—and
they were having quite a time of it
with the microphone. . . . Until, that
is, a volunteer got up to help. . . .
The mike-adjuster (raising it high
or low) was the Cardinal.
Years ago when a double-talking
official told newsmen, “I never said
that!” (although a dozen reporters
knew that he had), one editor ridi
culed him by sending him the fol
lowing note:
“Sir: You may recollect we print
ed yesterday your denial of having
retracted the contradiction of your
original statement. Would you care
to have us say that you were mis
quoted in regard to it?”
Confucius: Warmongers Making
Mountain Out Of A Churchill,
OKLAHOMA WINS NATIONAL BASKETBALL TITLE AGAIN . . . For the second year in a row, Okla
homa A. & M. college, Stillwater, won the NCAA basketball championship by conquering North Caro
lina at Madison Square Garden, 43 to 40. Photo shows the winning team circled around their coach,
Henry Iba, as he accepts the St. Clair memorial trophy from Mrs. Jimmy W. St. Clair, widow of the
late basketball committee chairman, in whose name the award is granted annually.
AT OPENING OF UNO SECURITY COUNCIL ... A general view from the rear of the council chamber
as the momentous opening session of the United Nations security council got underway at Hunter Col
lege, New York City. U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is addressing the delegates. He declared
flatly that no nation has the right to take the law into its own hands. Governor Dewey welcomed the
delegates.
SPRING HAS TRULY ARRIVED . . . When the youngsters forsake the
nursery for a day of fishing in New York’s Central park lake. The
gentleman, Bruce Fitzgerald, 2, has had nary a nibble as yet, but he
doesn’t fret so long as his lady, Eleanor Jessup, 3, is by his side.
Eleanor has an apple in reserve, just in case they are not able to
catch any fish for their lunch.
REUTHER ELECTED . . . Walter
Reuther, former vice president of
the United Automobile Workers of
America, who was in charge of
General Motors strike, defeated R.
J. Thomas for the presidency of
the union during a heated elec
tion. After election they both
pledged united support to CIO.
WORLD’S CHAMPION HEN . . . Ernest B. Parmenter, Franklin,
Mass., shown with “Miss Massachusetts,” Rhode Island Red hen,
which established a new world’s record at official egg laying con
tests by producing 351 eggs in 357 days. During the past 14 years,
Parmenter’s Reds have won 20 official egg laying contests from Maine
to California. This champion may end up in the New England Mu
seum of Natural History.
URGES INCREASE . . . Bernard
M. Baruch, 75, financier and coun
selor of Presidents, urged the
granting of increased wages and
prices as an immediate incentive
to production.
Swank and the Ball Parks
“Get me a table up front at the
ball game!” . . . “How’s about a
reservation for six at the double-
header. And will you put on four
quarts of champagne! . . . Never
mind who’s pitching; what 1 wanna
know is who’s in the floor show!”
•
These may be routine cracks in
American big league ball parks this
season. Two private club rooms
with bars and 400 boxes to which
members only will be permitted will
be a feature of the games at Yankee
Stadium.
I
The boxes and club rooms will
be open to members paying from
$600 to $900 a season, and most of
the memberships have already been
grabbed by bankers, brokers, busi
ness men, theatrical men, etc.
*
Thus will exclusiveness, social
distinctions be introduced to that
stronghold of democracy, the Amer
ican nation?.! game of baseball.
Down through baseball history the
millionaire hus rubbed elbows with
the street cleaner at the ball parks.
“Take your coat off, let your hair
| down, relax and be one of the
gang!” has been the traditional cry.
*
All men may not have l^pen posi
tive they were equal but at the ball
game they felt closer to it than any-
i where else.
*
I And now—of all places—the base
ball park is to find class conscious
ness, the upper and lower levels of
aociety, financial distinction and a
touch of the night club and country
club flavor. One club room will be
modernistic with chromium fixtures
and red leather chairs; the other
will carry the mood of an old Eng
lish inn of the Heathcliff-on-Finch-
ely-Finchely type. The bar and res
taurant will be a deluxer.
»
Bleacher fans »rise!
We demand that the bottle of
beer, the poo bottle, the frankfur
ter and the cause of democracy re
main intact at American baseball
parks never to give way to the
breast of chicken under glass, the
magnum of vintage wine, cafe so
ciety, tie gossip columns and special
privileges for the bourbons!
* • *
The seer shortage may be so
serious this summer that we will be
applying for priority to get a small
glass of suds. But we can stand
anything up to the point where, in
order to get a schooner of beer, we
are compelled, through a tie-in sale,
to buy a crate of sweet cider.
r * *
A rich New York landlord and real
estate speculator who worked the
old game of charging a war veteran
several thousand dollars for a few
bits of cheap furniture in order to
get a small apartment, got ten days
in jail and a fine of $100 the other
day. Our idea, if that is the max
imum penalty, would be to make the
landlord come across with at least
$5,000 for the chair in his cell.
• « *
A. A. Milne says that years of
war have hardened the British so
that they “are -jiow immune from
the scourge of victory.”
• • •
It seems more and more appar
ent that what UNO needs more than
anything else are bumpers front
and rear and a bullet-proof wind
shield.
VANISHING AMERICANISMS
“Bock Beer, Five Cents.”
*
“Here’s a quarter. Go get a
quart of ice cream.”
*
“I don’t make a lot of money
but I can get all I need and have
some fun.”
*
“Let’s buy him two new suits
for Easter.”
HERE AND THERE
They say General Marshall, back
from China, took one look at the
American scene and exclaimed,
“And I thought it hard to under
stand Chinese!” . . . Are-We-Gonna-
Get-Inflation Item: the $3.50 filet
mignon without vegetables
Bakery inquiry, now that the size of
the loaf of bread has been cut, “Do
you want the small loaf or the in
visible one?”
• • *
Winston Churchill, getting still an
other degree, must wish he could
repeat his famous line, “This may
not be the beginning of the end, but
it is the end of the beginning.”
• • •
Shopper’s Lament
The shop windows bulge with the
loveliest things;
A feast for the greediest eyes!
It seems to hurt more with rare ob
jects galore
To find that they don’t have your
size.
REMEMBER—
When a woman’s complain “He spends
his weeks salary on liquor“ implied that
he got more than two drinks?
Back when it wasn’t necessary to begin
each day by checking to tee haw far away
the nearest war was?
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