CAPITOL LOBBYING AT ALL-TIME HIGH
French Dampen Nazi Hopes
For Rebirth as Red Check
By BAUKHAGE
News Analyst and Commentator.
WNV Service. 1616 Eye Street, N.W.,
Washington. D. C.
The ghost of Adolph Hitler, report
ed to have been executing a little
clog dance of joy
on Europe's po
litical rubble
heap, like the
one he performed
after signing the
armistice of de
feated France, is
probably not quite
so cheerful to
day.
His prediction
of chaos or com
munism in Eu
rope, a wishful
apros mois le
deluge." hit a Baukh**e
setback for the second time when
the sturdy, middle - of - the - road
Frenchman got behind the middle
of-the-road Republican Catholic
party, and defeated the Commu
nists, just as an earlier vote killed
the constitution which the Reds
wanted.
Because Hitler knew his greatest
hope for a Nazi rebirth was a Com
munistic Germany, his spirit prob
ably rejoiced when the iron curtain
went down on Germany’s eastern
frontiers, and one of Russia’s bor
der countries after another were
bulldozed into one-party, leftist
front rule.
With France turned Communist,
Germany would be an island in
a red sea, and would soon have
to take on protective coloring, it was
assumed. The next step, according
to Hitler's hope, was the reaction
to Naziism.
Now, for the first time since V-E
Day, France seems to have shaken
off her carmine shackles. Before the
recent election, some quarters
were predicting that if the French
middle class and peasants could not
get rid of the left-wing domination
with ballots, they would try it with
bullets. The left-wingers themselves
were warning of a reactionary revo
lution, and as late as the spring of
this year dire warnings were be
ing sounded.
Donald B. Robinson, former civil
affairs officer in France, wrote in
the April Mercury magazine that:
"In no nation of northwestern Eu
rope are there such distrust and
loathing between classes and groups
as in France today. The bitter dis
sention which has driven General
de Gaulle into retirement, and con
u. J.
stantly threatens the precarious
equilibrium maintained by the left
coalition, is rooted in implacable
hate between the moderates, cen
trists and rightists on the one hand
and the Communists on the
other. . . .”
This situation complicated the Al
lies’ problems in regard to Ger
many. However, with France now
staggering to her feet, there is a
chance for more harmony among
the western Allies, and it is possible
that Germany, with proper controls
and minus a huge slice of the rich
mineral land of the Saar in French
hands, may have her three zones
sufficiently united to begin to sup
port herself; to start to pay some
of her bills with the consumer goods
that her neighbor nations want from
her, and can’t get anywhere else.
The results of the French elec
tions are particularly gratifying
from the standpoint of the western
Allies because they appear to have
established a degree of harmony
among the more conservative
French elements without revealing
a reactionary trend.
MRP Seeks Unity
Against Class War
The triumphant Popular Repub
lican movement (MRP) had a plat
form which, according to French
authorities, went beyond the politi
cal field to take a moral stand. The
platform stressed the need for re
enforcing unity among the newcom
ers (the right wing elements of the
Socialist party made up of mem
bers of the old resistance), and all
those opposing the efforts (by the
Communists) to incite class hatred.
At the same time, the MRP dis
avowed all connection with the
Radical Socialists, who, despite
their name, are considered too con
servative by many members of the
resistance who formerly had joined
in a common front with the Com
munists.
The election results may mean a
change in Russian policy, for in
spite of themselves, the western Al
lies have been forced to take uni
fied action if an action at all was
to be taken. It is possible that Rus
sia was merely stalling, hoping to
establish her influence in Eu
rope, including France. Now that
this strategy has failed in regard
to France, she may be more co
operative. Either that ... or resign
herself to taking an Allied western
bloc and liking it.
Lobbyists Fill 14 Columns
TOc lobby barometer of the pres
ent congress has run up a pres
sure rec^d this session which is
probably an all-time high. Never in
the history of the capital have
there been more pressure groups
operating, as the listings under "as
sociations” in the classified section
of the Washington telephone direc
tory testify.
The "associations" fill 14 columns
and very few are not interested in
some kind of legislation, pending or
prospective, and interested enough
to have an office in the capital or
at least a telephone number. There
are a lot more with offices under
the hats of their representatives,
which prefer to remain anonymous
to the public.
Alphabetically speaking, the
American Automobile association
leads the list, and the Zionists and
George Zook conclude it.
One newcomer has nudged itself
right up to second place—the Am
vets, one of the 26 veterans organ
izations listed, including the Ameri
can Legion and the Buck Privates
association as examples of the old
and the new.
Alcoholics Anonymous appear,
not so anonymous this time. There
is the Association of University Pro
fessors, and right next door, the
University Women, which makes it
congenial. There are bakers, bank
ers, members of the bar, and (no
relation) bottlers of carbonated
beverages.
The "antis" are present—four of
them: Anti-Cigarette alliance; Anti
Defamation league; Anti-Poll Tax
committee; and, of course, the Anti
Saloon league, to balance the Liquor
dealers and the Distillers institute
further on down the page.
Certain happier combinations sug
gest themselves. Take the National
Caterers and Sandwich Makers as
sociation and the Mayonnaise and
Salad Dressing manufacturers who
together symbolize a fine old Amer
ican institution.
There is specialization in lobby
ing, too. Don’t think the National
Association of Ornamental Nonfer
rous Metals manufacturers lets the
National Association of Ornamental
Metal manufacturers tend to their
6peeial needs.
And when it comes to boxes, you
cannot put them all in one pile
either. The weatherproof, corru
gated variety, the weatherpoof fi
ber containers and the plain fiber
boxers, each hoe their own row, not
to mention (though you had better,
if you are a congressman, unless
you want to fill one of their prod
ucts) the ordinary NaUonal Wooden
Box association.
• • •
The president of the United Hat
ters, Cap and Millinery Workers In
ternational union says uninterrupt
ed production is necessary today if
enormous inflationary pressures are
to be repelled. He must have no
ticed the general swelling of many
crania of late.
• • •
Buses that glow In the dark
will minimize the stalled-vehi
de hazard to night driving, says
Business Week magazine. On the
principle that if you gotta stop, you
gotta glow, I suppose.
• • •
Politics wrap Mr. Truman as
tightly as the Lilliputians tethered
the sleeping Gulliver.
• • •
The average life of American
business concerns, says the 20th
Century fund, is five years. Prob
ably that's what they were refer
ring to when they used to talk about
infant industries.
TEEN-AGE VOTERS ... In Athens, Ga., where age for voting is
set at 18, high school and college students actively participate in
political campaigns. The above shows the teen-agers campaigning
for James V. Carmichael, candidate for governor of Georgia.
NEWS REVIEW
Park Visitors Greater
Than Officials Expected
U. S. PARKS:
Visitors Increase
Americans are going to take va
cations this year in such numbers
that the national park service may
have to revise its 1946 travel esti
mate upward, Director Newton B.
Drury of Chicago observes. In
March this year, 1,269,064 persons
visited national parks and monu
ments, as compared with 664,442
in March, 1941. In April, park visi
tors were more than double a year
ago.
Statistics for the first seven
months indicate that the early esti
mate of 25,000,000 visitors this year
may be entirely too low, although
it is 4,000,000 above the record
breaking season of 1941. The park
season is figured from October to
October.
FLOUR MILLS:
Grinding Slowly
Flour mills in the U. S. except
those in the Southwest, will not be
able to grind their normal or full
amount during the month of June,
due to the scarcity of wheat sup
plies, the Millers’ National federa
tion has declared.
Many mills in the Kansas City
area are closed down, and soft wheat
grinds on the Pacific coast and in the
Middle West are as much as 50 per
TWO JOBS . . Rev. Charles F.
Tame of McDonald, Pa., is pastor
of the First Methodist church in
his home town. Also he is umpire
of the Greater Pittsburgh league
five days eaeh week—Sundays ex
cluded, of course.
cent below normal. Texas and Okla
homa mills, located in the heart of
the new crop, are operating about
75 per cent total capacity.
AUTOS:
For Disabled
The Chevrolet division. General
Motors, has reported that special
driving equipment for physically
disabled persons soon will be avail
able in all models. This will in
clude installation of vacuum-con
trolled, hand - operated brakes,
clutches, throttles, starters and dim
ming switches which will make op
eration possible without the use of
feet.
None cl the usual foot-driving
equipment will be removed, how
ever, allowing operation in the nor
mal manner. Other manufacturers
have similar projects on the way
APPLES:
Higher Prices
In Washington, the OPA has al
lowed new maximum prices for ap
ples from the beginning of the 1940
season through October 31 to allow
for increased production and pack
ing costs. The order was made ef
fective June 12.
SPRING WIRE:
Holds Up Autos
Why can’t you get that new car?
The National Automobile Dealers’
association lists a number of rea
sons, including coil springs. Worst
of material shortages is hard-drawn
high-carbon spring wire used in
the construction of upholstered seat
cushions and backs. It was this
shortage which caused several
plants to curtail production for sev
eral days.
Many of the limited number of
passenger cars now being deliv
ered are coming off assembly lines
without bumpers. Auto manufac
turers estimate they will not reach
normal production volume until the
end of 1946.
OATS CROP:
Loan Program
The department of agriculture has
announced that the 1946 crop oats
loan program will have an average
national loan rate of 53 cents a
bushel, reflecting 75 per cent parity
as of February 15, similar to the
1945 program.
Only oats grading No. 3 or better
will be eligible. Grain grading
weevily, smutty, ergotty, garlicky,
or containing more than 14.5 mois
ture is excluded.
AVOID ACCIDENTS
Farm Safety Week July 21 to 27
By EDWARD EMERINE *
WNU Features
Annual “Farm Safety Week” will be observed this year
during the week of July 21 to July 27, the National Safety coun
cil has announced. And to me it seems like one of the best
ideas yet advanced and one that should be stressed in every
rural community.
It was my mother who used to
say: "Be careful, son." Sometimes
I thought she stressed her warning
too often. But maybe she didn’t,
for I lived 20 safe and sound years
on a Colorado ranch without an
accident. Other lads were not so
fortunate. •
There was a neighbor who lost his
hand in a threshing machine. A
cousin of mine had his foot man
gled by a mower. There were
broken arms and legs from falling
off windmills and barns. A warm,
personal friend was crushed by a
tractor. I realize now that farming
and ranching are two pretty dan
gerous occupations. There may not
be so many accidents because of
runaway horses as there used to
be, but almost every machine on a
--
farm can cripple—or kill.
No Doctors Close to Farms.
I remember one hunting accident
on a neighbor’s farm. A young man
was badly Shot. His life might have
been saved had a doctor been avail
able. That’s one of tlje dangers of
farm accidents—doctors are always
in a town, often many miles away.
Farm Safety Week is a worth
while movement which is gaining
impetus each year. Governors
of many of the big farming states
issue timely proclamations calling
attention to it. Farm, implement
manufacturers and dealers feature
posters and displays, and in some
places safety demonstrations are
held.
As everyone who lives, or has
ever lived, in a farming commu
nity knows, farm accidents—though
apparently rare — happen entirely
too often. Most new machinery has
safety devices which should be
used. Proper clothing is more and
moi’e important in mechanized
farming.
Urge farm safety, not only during
Farm Safety Week, July 21 to July
27, but every day of the year.
Fishermen 9s Luck
JASPER. MO —Fishermen's luck
as shown by the cartoonists actual
ly happened here. Two local resi
dents, Roy R. Boucher and Clar
ence E. Brown, went on a fishing
trip to Grand Lake, Okla., where
they spent a full day fishing and
returned with one tiny fish each.
Mrs. Eli W. Scott, a neighbor
woman, met them, displaying two
large catfish which she had caught
in a small creek on Boucher's prop
erty. not more than 100 feet from
his house.
IT WILL be interesting to note
what will happen when baseball
returns to a more normal way of
life. We took up this somewhat
twisted matter with
Bill Dickey, the
Yankees’ new man
ager.
“This has been
one of the strangest
seasons. I’ve ever
run across,’’ the
loose-jointed “Ar
kansas Traveler"
said. “Suppose, for
example, we had
known back in
rioriaa aurmg our Bill Dickey
training* season that
the Yankees were going to get good
pitching. That was supposed to be
our weakest spot because so many
of our men were troubled with bad
arms. We would have been picked
as one of the surest things of the
year, rated well in front.
“But suppose we had known that
after six weeks of play our team
batting would be around .240 with
such fine hitters as Joe DiMaggio
and most of the others hitting be
low .260. Then, we would have been
picked far down the list. Hard hit
ting has been the Yankees’ main
factor in winning ball games, but
as a team we haven’t been hitting
a half lick.”
“You don’t think this hitting
weakness will last?” we asked.
“I certainly don’t,” Bill said. "No
pitchers are going to keep such
hard hitters as DiMaggio, Keller—
who has been our best—Stirnweiss,
Etten, Lindell, Henrich, Gordon and
the others bottled up much longer.
Those fellows can hit. They are
naturals. I happen to know that
Joe DiMaggio was banking on this
season being his best year. I’ve
never seen any one work harder,
or try harder or train harder. His
fielding and his home-run hitting
have been exceptional. I don’t be
lieve this slump in hitting can last.
“We may have more trouble with
our pitching, with so many really
good pitchers bothered with bad
arms or backs, but we are due to
get much better hitting—and we’ll
have to get it if we are to win
again. We can’t win the pennant
the way we’re going now.”
Dickey and the Red Sox
We asked Manager Dickey what
he thought of the Red Sox and the
chance the Yankees and other
American League clubs had of clos
ing the gap.
“I’ll tell you exactly what I think
of the Red Sox,” Bill said. “I never
like to underestimate an opponent.
In my opinion, they have a first
class manager in Joe Cronin, who
failed in the past because the win
ning material wasn’t there. Cronin
isn’t going to lose any pennant for
his club. Joe will do his share.
“The Red Sox have the strongest
team they ever have shown. They
have a fine infield and a strong out
field. They have had the hitting
and the pitching—and I honestly
think that so far they have out-hus
tled the rest of us.
in resKy ana uoerr, me tveu oux
have a great mid-infield combina
tion, both on offense and defense.
Pesky today is a greatly Improved
ballplayer. He means a lot to that
club. Cronin certainly has a much
stronger pitching staff than anyone
looked for last March—Hughson,
Harris, Ferriss and Dobson are
about as good as any manager
could ask for.
“This doesn’t mean,’’ Dickey said
with a grin, “that I am picking the
Red Sox to win the pennant. I think
we can catch them, but I know we
can’t wait too long. They are too
good to be given any big lead, and
I believe the Yankees are just be
ginning to realize this. They have
been strong on both offense and de
fense and they’ve fine spirit.
“What about the rest of the league
so far?” we asked.
"You can’t overlook Washington,”
he said. "This is a good, steady,
consistent club all along the line.
You also will see Detroit get much
better pitching than the Tigers have
known thus far Their pitching has
been like the Yankees’ hitting—too
far below normal to remain that
way. When their pitching gets as
hot as it can get, and they begin
to hit nearer their stride, you’ll see
a big change.”
Dickey, who has the full support
of Larry MacPhail, and who has
enjoyed so many years of training
under Joe McCarthy—the manager
Bill ranks far above all others in
baseball—is giving everything he
has to the job of making good. With
a cool head and a stout heart with
which to work, he doesn't expect to
pick up all the needed managerial
details in a few days or in a few
weeks.
Bill has the complete affection and
respect of his players, and it is my
opinion that he will make few mis
takes in directing up to the hilt the
material he has at hand. Like
other great catcher-managers—Bill
Carrigan and Mickey Cochrane, for
example—he has been in the best
1 spot to know what is going on, espe
I eially in the direction of a pitching
staff that still is uncertain.
No one knows better than Larry
MacPhail and Bill Dickey that the
Yankees need one or two more ball
players to carry anything like an
even chance to overtake Boston.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
IT’S good news for jazz lov
ers that Benny Goodman
will be back on the air regu
larly. Beginning July 1, he’ll
have the 9:30-10:00 P. M. spot
Monday nights on NBC. The
famous sextette will top the
BENNY GOODMAN
16 instrumentalists backing up Ben
ny and his clarinet, and two sing
ers will be featured, a boy and a
girl. The boy is 6 feet 4 Art Lund,
whose effect on the bobby soxers
stopped the show recently when the
Goodman band performed at New
York’s Paramount Theater.
-*
After Hugo Hass spent a couple
of months growing a walrus mus
tache for his role in Loew-Lewin’s
“Bel Ami,’’ with George Sanders,
he was ordered to shave it off be
cause it didn’t look authentic! Now
he pastes one on every morning, to
look natural.
-*
A lot of people have been trying
to get Danny Kaye for the one out
side picture he’s permitted to do
away from the Samuel Goldwyn fold
during the next six months, and
right now they’d probably like to
muzzle Frederic March. Kaye, in
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,”
was working on a stage adjoining
the one where March was starring
in “The Best Years of Our Lives”—
and Frederic, who did “The Royal
Family” on the screen, suggested
that Danny go back to New York
and do a musical comedy version of
it on the stage. Danny liked the
idea.
-*
The return of the beloved O’Neills
to the air has been so successful
that American Broadcasting decid
ed to put them on four nights a
week instead of two, the original
schedule. And Columbia Pictures
likes the series so much that Vir
ginia Van Upp has been working on
a series of family pictures based on
the characters. Michael Fitzmau
rice, the experienced actor who
plays Father Danny O’Neill, the
young priest, would have the same
role. Incidentally, Michael wanted
to be a priest, but the lure of the
stage was too strong.
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Some of you movie fans who have
written to Robert Young may see
your own missives in his latest pic
ture, “Lady Luck,” in which he co
stars with Barbara Hale and Frank
Morgan. One scene in the comedy
shows a hotel lobby, complete with
clerk’s desk and pigeon-holes for
mail. And all the letters used in
that scene were sent to Young, from
all over the world, by his fans.
-*
Twentieth Century - Fox has
named Celeste Holm, a darling of
the New York stage, for a top sing
ing role in ‘‘I Wonder Who’s Kiss
ing Her Now,’’ based on the life of
Joe Howard. She’ll be seen soon in
“Three Little Girls in Blue.” ’
-r
Joan Crawford, whose new pic
ture, “The Secret,” has just gone
into production at Warners’, is hav
ing fun. She’s on top in her career
again, she’s being pursued by the
Hollywood wolves, she’s doing just
what she pleases. When a New
York hat designer showed his col
lection in the movie colony, she
bought hats like mad—“Most of
them horribly unbecoming!” com
mented a friend.
-*
William Wyler, directing Gold
wyn's “The Best Years of Our
Lives,” has banned make-up for
male actors, including Dana An
drews and Frederic March, and
asked the girls, including Teresa
Wright, to use cosmetics sparingly.
She’ll use only what she wears for
the street. The grease paint ban is
part of Wyler’s campaign to achieve
documentary realism in the film.
ODDS AND ENDS—Beverly Roberts
of “Life Can Be Beautiful” began her
career on stage, screen and radio at the
age of 5, when, weuring green bice, she
sang “How Ireland Got Its Name” at a
woman’s civic club function. . . . The
slute of louxi thinks so well of Mere
dith fF illson’s song “Iowa” official
centennial ballad, that it's being used
for theme music in a movie of the state.
. . . Back in the ’30s Conrad Nagle
turned down three aspirants for roles
in one of his pictures, on the ground
that they weren’t good for talkies—
they were Bette Davis, Humphrey Bo
gart and Rosalind Russell. Could he
have been wrong?
Tables and Benches
For Use Outdoors
VOU NEED sturdy tables and
1 benches to make back yard
picnics a success. The set shown
here is unusually easy to make.
PATTERN
GIVES EXACT
SIZES FOR
ALL PARTS
LARGE TABLE
HAS A STORAGE
BIN UNDERNEATH FOR
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
The six-foot table seats three people
on each side and has a bin underneath
for extra things. The benches may be
pulled up close with plenty of knee space,
and the extra table may be used for an
end bench if needed.
* * •
Pattern 279 gives illustrated directions
for cutting out and assembling the set
with list of materials needed. Price of
pattern Is 15c postpaid. Send order di
rect to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills, N. Y. Drawer 10
Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 279.
Name___
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