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Washington Di9est
Parapsychology Could Do
Just Fine on Election Bets
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WASHINGTON.—It won’t be long now before you’ll be
able to settle those election bets.
A few days after the release of the official record of the negotiations
with the Russians over the Berlin situation, I was sitting in the club with
a couple of members of the Democratic administration. Talk had grown
pretty tall in Paris and that morning, every other person I met, it seemed,
asked me: are we going to have war?
BAUKHAGE
But Washington was as calm as
a sleeping tabbycat. The club dining
room window was
open, and a lazy
autumn sun
sweeped down
through the trees
of the park.
Squirrels loafed
around, showing
little or no inter
est in preparing
for the winter, and
when I repeated
the question I had
heard so often
that morning to
my two Demo
cratic friends, it
aroused very little
interest. Said they: “The Russians
want Dewey. So we won’t have war
now. The Soviets know if they start
ed a war at this time, it would
cinch Truman’s election.”
Naturally my friends didn’t
indicate that they had any
donbts as to the ontcome of the
election, but when we started
talking odds, I noticed the con
versation was confined largely
to the race for the senate. After
ail, said my friends, even some
Bepubiicans concede that Dewey
might face a Democratic up
per house.
It wouldn’t take much of a push
either way. The Democrats have 45
■eats now, and the Republicans
only 51. The Democrats are con
fident that only one or two of their
candidates are in danger.
On the other hand, there are a
number of stiff state fights in prog
ress in which the Republicans are
being pushed pretty hard. The
Democrats feel that if they can get
out a large vote in these uncertain
states, they have a chance of win
ning the four seats that would give
them the edge.
In other words the count then
would be: Democrats 49; Repub
licans, 47. That two-vote margin
wouldn’t assure Democratic domi
nance on all senate policy matters,
of course, because too many sen
ators are given to leaping, out of
the party corral these days. On the
other hand, many issues are bound
to be settled along purely partisan
lines. But far more important, the
party of the majority gains control
of the senate committees.
The pre-election battles in
which the Democrats seem to
have the edge are in Oklahoma,
West Virginia, Wyoming, and
Kentucky. About in that order.
Also Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa,
and Idaho.
The Democrats admit their weak
est points are in Montana and
Colorado. The Republicans by no
means concede New Mexico, Rhode
Island, and Tennessee, but the
Democrats don’t seem too worried
about those states.
At this writing, it is useless to
make predictions, for even between
this calm moment and the time
these lines are in print, skies may
fall or some individual may stub
his toe. Bets are collected after,
not before, elections.
It is fortunate, of course, that
all writers as well as all bettors
are not equipped with extra-sensory
powers. If and when the day comes
when we are, the fun will be taken
out of reading, writing, and betting.
And that day may come, believe
It or not. I feel quite positive from
the scientific proof offered, that
most of the various forms of the
supernatural are untenable. But,
after attending a couple of lectures
and reading considerable material
on “parapsychology,” I have be
come convinced that certain things
MAY exist which are at present
considered impossible.
I refer to extra-sensory per
ception, clairvoyance, and psy
chokinesis. And I see no reason
why more scientists shouldn’t
give these subjects a more thor
ough looking-into than they
have deigned to indulge in up to
now. Some have.
Dr. J. B. Rhine, director of the
parapsychological laboratory at
Duke university, has been conduct
ing experiments along these eerie
lines for nearly two decades. He is
a very modest map, and he leans
over backward to avoid offering
any conclusions or making any flat
statements concerning these experi
ments.
I have read his book( heard him
speak to an intimate group,'take
part in a forum and later answer
questions at a private gathering
under the auspices of the Wash
ington Society for Parapsychology.
, For almost two decades, as I said.
Dr. Rhine and his assistants have
been trying to determine whether or
not there is a scientific basis for
telepathy (the transfer of thought
from one human brain to another);
clairvoyance (the ability to visualize
things or events taking place be
yond the vision or knowledge); or
for that ability which may involve
both of the former, precognition—
the ability to predict things which
will occur in the future.
And also psychokinesis, the
hardest one of ail for the cynical
to swallow. That is the power
of mind over matter, e.g. abil
ity to make dice fall the way
you want them to by thinking
at them.
Roughly, this is an example of
what has been done by Dr. Rhine
and others. After long experiment
and mathematical calculation, it is
determined that by chance alone
anybody can pick correctly five
cards out of a pack of 25. That is
just guessing, and it is even money
the subject can do it.
If he is right oftener (and may
have been right consistently more
often than five in 25) that is MORE
than chance. If he is right often
enough, it is said that he has extra
sensory perception. In other words,
he is able to perceive what the
card is without the use of his senses,
but rather by some undefined, un
measured, unclassified ability which
science as yet cannot explain.
Clairvoyance is a common expe
rience. An example might be of the
mother who has a vivid and alarm
ing impression of a train wreck. It
may be a nightmare, a waking hal
lucination, or Just an intuition. The
wreck seems to be connected with
her son, perhaps with some definite
place like a tunnel. It turns out
later that her son was actually in
jured in a wreck at the spot where
her dream assigned it.
Careful checking of such ex
periences is now going on, and
Dr. Rhine feels that the re
sults in these cases too, appear
to show that some unknown
process is involved, unexplained
in terms of our ordinary senses.
As to psychokinesis, experiments
have seemed to prove that dice
rolled in a mechanical cage could
be made to fall, oftener than they
would by the laws of chance, ac
cording to thd way the subject
wished them to fall.
Dr. Rhine and his associates are
trained psychologists. They say
they are not trying to convince
anyone that the above-mentioned
qualities are actually possessed by
certain individuals, but they are
trying to investigate their apparent
existence.
• * •
And Now a Book
On John Garner
I had another adventure which
might be called parapolitical. There
was nothing psychic about it, but it
included a piece of hindsight that is
interesting.
The hindsight is that of former
Speaker of the House and Vice-
President John Nance Gamer. He
said he wished he had never left
the house of representatives to run
for vice-president. He felt that if
Franklin Roosevelt had had a man
like Speaker Joe Cannon in the
speaker’s chair—a no-man—Roose
velt could have avoided some of the
mistakes Gamer thinks he made.
In other words. Gamer would have
liked to play Cannon to Roosevelt.
This came out in connection
with a gathering of a few of
the news friends of that over-
six-feet-tall-Texan who looks
like Abraham Lincoln and talks
like Will Rogers. A man who
was brought up on a ranch, but
thought cows were a novelty
until he was 10 because all they
raised' on his father's ranch
were buffalo. He is Washington
correspondent for more dailies
than any one I ever heard of,
and once we wangled him one
vote for the vice-presidential
nomination for the lark of it.
Now he’s author of a book.
I’m talking about Bascom Tim
mons and his book, “Gamer of Tex
as,” the only complete record of
that fiery gentleman from Uvalde
whose record for integrity and po
litical ability in the hopse of rep
resentatives is one few can rival.
“Timmy” wrote it from his own
notes and absolutely free hand. He
probably knows Gamer better than
anyone on earth. It’s a good book.
It contains many interesting things
including the “hindsight” I quoted.
Timmons is not only popular
among newsmen, but he’s popular
with congressmen, presidents, cops
and cats. One of his cats had its
portrait painted by Howard Chand
ler Christy; another was operated
on by a specialist at Johns Hop
kins, both thereby setting up feline
records in their respective fields, as
their master has in his. If you’re
interested in "Gamer of Texas,”
you’ll be Interested in what Tim
mons of Texas has to say about
him.
HONOR FLIERS . . . Lt. Fran
cisco Tejeda lifts a Berlin child
so that she can touch his plane
at Templehof airport. It hap
pened when Berliners honored
airlift fliers on 100th day of the
operation.
FOLIO TRAGEDY . . . Mother
is dead, a victim of bulbar polio,
and her two-months-old brother
is in the hospital suffering from
the dread disease, while bewil
dered by it all is Claudia Gene
Kitchen of San Francisco.
“FELIX” . . . Sgt. William B.
Hollman of Daniels, Md., makes
an adjustment on “Felix,” the
new air force bomb which is de
signed to guide its own fall onto
targets giving off heat such as
enemy ships, factories and oil
refineries.
CROCHET CHAMP , . . Erwin
Prager, 59-year-old Dorseyville,
Pa., farmer, is shown giving his
granddaughter, Joyce Houggy, a
lesson in the womanly art of
crochet. His tablecloth won first
prize at the county fair.
DA PREEM PERFORMS . . .
Yes, it’s old satcheifoot himself,
Primo Camera, former heavy
weight boxing champion of the
world. He’s now wrestling for
the entertainment of Brazilians
in Rio and doing well at it.
HELP ALLIED AIRLIFT .... In order to increase the potency and
efficiency of the Allied airlift Into beleaguered Berlin, more air strips
had to be built. Scores of German women, like those pictured above,
are aiding the Allies by helping to build a new runway at Tegel,
in the heart of the French sector of Berlin. These new strips relieve
the heavy burden from the Tempelbof airport.
SOLID AND SOUR . . . James Caesar Petrillo, czar of the musicians
union, tries his delicate touch on a harmonica while two virtuosos
of that windy instrument bend a couple of pain-wracked ears. It
happened in Chicago after Petrillo had admitted the harmonica troupe,
known as the Harmonicats, into, his musicians’ union. Left to right
are Jerry Murad, Petrillo and Don Les.
SMILES—BUT NO APPLAUSE . . . Russia’s United Nations dele
gates Jacob Malik and Andrei Vishinsky may smile at photographers
but they refused to applaud after the U. S. delegate. Secretary of
State Marshall, made his first speech at the Chaillot Palace meeting
of the United Nation’s general assembly. In his speech MarshAU
served notice on Russia that the U. S. would make no compromise
on basic principles.
HANDICAPPED CAMPAIGNER . . . Representative William E. Hess
(Rep., Ohio) was not as young as he thought, and when he tried to
play ball with some small boy friends he wound up in bed at Bethesda
naval hospital in Maryland. Amidst a nightmarish effect of pulleys,
ropes, and exercise gadgets he conducts business as usual. He an
swers his daily mail and also directs his campaign for re-election.
New Job for Leahy?
P RESIDENT Truman has been
privately turning on the heat to
ease out his chief of staff, 73-year-
old elder statesman, Adm. William
D. Leahy.
Mr. Truman, who hates to fire
anyone himself, recently called in
Leahy’s close friend, Adm. Louis
Denfeld, chief of naval operations
and the man who really runs the
navy. Addressing Denfeld as
“Lou,” though he usually calls him
“Admiral," Truman said:
“Lou, I want you to do something
for me. I want you to ask Leahy
to retire.
“I like the old man,” the Presi
dent continued, “but he’s outgrown
his usefulness. I just hate to do this,
but you can find a way of suggest
ing it to him. When I first came
here, he offered to resign and I
said no. Then last year he offered
to resign again, and I asked him
to stay. So it’s very embarrassing
to me and I can’t very well ask
him myself.”
Admiral Denfeld, who has known
Leahy all his life, demurred.
“I suppose Secretary Forrestal
has been telling you that I have
two votes in the joint chiefs of
staff—mine and Leahy’s,” he
said. “But just look at the rec
ord. You’ll find Leahy voted
against me most of the time.”
“He’s gotten to» reactionary,”
countered the President. “He and
George Marshall are hardly on
speaking terms. Everything Mar
shall proposes, Leahy tears to
pieces. Clark Clifford tells me the
public reaction to him is bad.”
Denfeld replied that he didn’t see
how he could possibly ask 'Admiral
Leahy to retire.
“He’s my superior,” he said, “and
I can’t go to him with a proposal
like that.”
“Well, figure out sotne big job we
can give him,” countered the Presi
dent I want him to retire in a
blaze of glory. After his career he
deserves it. Think up some impor
tant mission we can send him on—
something really important.”
Admiral Denfeld promised to
look into the matter, came back
a few days later with the idea
that Admiral Leahy be appoint
ed U. S. ambassador to Spain.
Leahy had. already served as am
bassador to France and governor
of Puerto Rico, has something of
a diplomatic background and Tru
man was delighted with the idea.
However, he overlooked the fact
that we have no diplomatic rela
tions with Spain, and have agreed
not to appoirt an ambassador until
the Franco government is recog
nized by the United Nations.
This fact was promptly brought to
Mr. Truman’s attention when he
suggested that Leahy become am
bassador to Spain. The state de
partment was emphatic and ada
mant. No ambassador, it said—not
even Admiral Leahy—would be sent
to Madrid.
Mr. Truman is still looking
for a job for Admiral Leahy.
Ex-Ghost Writer’s Opinion
Judge Sam Rosenman of New
York, who used to write speeches
for both Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry Truman, gave a private diag
nosis of Truman’s campaign talks
the other day that would have de
lighted the ears of Dewey forces.
Chatting with a close friend, Ro
senman declared: “I don’t know
who Is writing this stuff the Presi
dent has been delivering from the
platform, but it will lose him more
votes than he will win.
“In my opinion, the President
is harping on that Wall street-
against-the-farmer and capital-
against-labor theme too heavy.
That type of appeal doesn’t reg
ister any more, except maybe
with the Wallaceites. The fann
ers are too well off this year to
be frightened by Wall street.”
Judge Rosenman said he would
have been glad to have offered his
advice on Truman’s speeches, "for
whatever it was worth,” but added
that “some people around the Pres
ident apparently think I am a bad
influence.”
Rosenman didn’t name names,
but it was jealous Secretary of the
Treasury John Snyder who eu-
chered Rosenman from riding on
the President's train.
“I helped prepare the President’s
convention acceptance speech and
his message to the special session
of congress.” Judge Rosenman told
a friend, “but I haven’t been called
in since.”
• • •
Wainwright’s Name
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, hero
of Corregidor, will start selling life
insurance to servicemen—just as
soon as he can get some more big
name generals and admirals to go
into business with him. He has ai-
ready invited the retired air chief
of staff, Carl Spaatz, to join him.
Financial backing for Wain
wright's new firm already has been
put up by Lincoln National and Mu
tual Life Insurance companies, but
the general claims his firm will be
nonprofit He will call it the Armed
Forces Mutual Life Insurance com
pany.
THE GARBLE SISTERS
“Didja see where we’ve got con
trols back on installment buying?”
“Yeah. You can't make time pay
ments any more without you put up
50 per cent margin.”
“What was the idea putting ’em
back again?”
“With daylight saving ended there
will be more inflation or something,
I guess v “
•
“People are tightening up. It’s
being felt in the auto business so
much that the big dealers have de
cided to cut out two colors in 1949
models. Did you read about the
new car with a luminous body?”
•
“You mean a car made out of
luminous metal?”
“No; it’s a paint that makes
a car glow at night.”
“What’s the idea?”
“You can see another car
miles away without just depend
ing on its headlights to blind
you. It’s going to cause a lot of
trouble in water-front parking
spaces. Luminous necking will
never be popular, no matter
what colors it Is in.”
*
“What do you think of the Hydera
bad situation?”
“Notre Dame is always changihg
quarterbacks. I lose track of the
names.”
“Didja see where the Palais de
Chaillot meeting is on with a record
attendance?”
“Yeah. If it’s a success over in
Paris they may bring it to this
country.”
*
“What do you make out of Clay’s
air lift?”
“I don’t think Harry Truman can
get in even if he uses it.”
“Are you following the political
campaign?”
“Only by hearsay. It’s good to
see the railroads neutral. They’re
giving both Dewey and Truman all
the locomotives they can be photo
graphed in.”
“How’re you voting?”
“I dun no whether to vote for Tru
man and less snow on the video
screens or go for Dewey and the
-etura of the two-dollar dinner.”
*
“What about Henry Wallace?”
“He’s all right, but only in a
Disney short.”
“Are you paying much atten
tion to that spy probe? I see
they grilled a millionairess on
giving money to Communist
agents.”
“I see she refused to answer
on new grounds.”
“What grounds?”
“On the grounds what she
takes off her Income tax is her
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“What do you think of the U. N.
doings in Paris?”
“It looks like it will go the full
seven games.’’
“I see where the un-American
committee is still probing scien
tists."
“Yeah. And I can’t understand
why President Truman in that west
ern speech said Wall street was
sticking a pitchfork in their backs.”
• • *
“FOR SALE—I have perfect
ed an electric lock pick which
will open any tumbler, night-
latch, padlock or auto lock in
two seconds. Would like to sell
patent to person who will mar
ket It. Keystone Key Shop,
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•
The trend being what it is these
days, the demand should be temfic.
* * *
Ben Gold of the Furriers’ Union,
C. I. O., admits he is a Communist
but says he would give his life for
the U. S. A. if it is ever attacked.
He resents any implication that he
would save his “skins.”
• • •
7e Broadway Bugle
A1 Bimey's the funniest perform
er we have yet seen on video, . . •
We liked his ones about the Brook
lyn girl who had a double chin “but
you wouldn't notice it; her lower
Up hid it.” . . . Laugh of ihe week
in cinema houses, the stem cau
tion “No smoking!” from an usher
at the Robert Mitchum picture “Ra
chel.” . . . “Magdalena.” which
has everything from South and Cen
tral America in it except the Pan
ama canal and Mrs. Peron, is the
talk of the town and is worth see
ing and hearing. . . . Mike Todd and
Lee Shubert are teamed now as
musical show producers. . . . Bob
Hope’s new air routina strikes us
as the best his competitors ever
had.
“WILL the party who bor
rowed my ladder from my yard
please return it, because I have
to return it. Larry Carr.”—Liv
ingston Republican.
*
The most pathetic plea of the year.
• • •
In an exhibition at RockefeUer
Center thousands watched a dog
herd and direct a flock of sheep.
And not a person in the crowd
didn’t wonder how the idea would
work out if appUed to New York
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