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'Business As Usual' on Capitol Hill I _ Busy Washington Knows No Rest Even in Summer By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. WNC Service, 1616 Eye Street. N.W., Washington, I). C. I WASHINGTON.—As soon as La bor Day is passed the business woria semes down with a sigh of relief. The summer slump is supposed to be over. Most peo ple, I suppose, consider that Washington in the summer is even more dor mant and desert ed than the ordi nary city. If you believe the ac companying car Qaukhage loon Dy ncrD,OCK ‘ which the Wash ington Post permits me to repro duce, you will be sure we sleep. But don’t let Herb spoof you. True, it did seem that way for awhile but actually this summer it was pretty much ’’business as usual’’ In the Capitol, the house and senate office buildings, the of fices of the White House and the state department and other execu % that if "Old Hickory" were here in this hectic period, his old flesh, blood, powder and brimstone self, he would have charged right up to the state department steps when he heard of American planes being shot down in Europe. The United States has gone a long way toward world leadership since the year 1781 when a little, 14-year old boy named Andy Jackson, along with his brother "continentals” was fighting the armies of the greatest nation of the day—Great Britain. Andy’s two brothers were killed and he was captured but he lived to turn the tables when he led his "long-rifle” heroes to victory in the battle of New Orleans, 31 years later. "Old Hickory” must be a little confused as he gazes across to the White House, beyond it to the Po tomac and the Pentagon and be yond that and the Atlantic to Eu rope today. As I pass Lafayette park in the twilight these days I seem to hear him rattling his sword and saying: "When these United States were in their swaddling clothes we re ttve branches of the government, to say nothing of Washington’s marts of trade, limited in comparison to other cities though they may be. Government isn't all congress, and the President and Washington aren't all government. A year or two ago, William Kip linger, gathering material for his book, "Washington Is Like That,*’ stood in front of the Willard hotel at Pennsylvania ave. and 14th street and asked 20 people going by who they were and what they did. Of the 20, only five worked for the govern ment and none had jobs which were interrupted (except by vacations) in the summer any more than in any other season. I have no idea how many mem bers of congress or members of their staffs go down to the Capitol to work every day in the summer months but many offices on the "hill” are open. The regular departments are as busy as they ever are. The very week that the cartoon came out showing “Congress gone home,” a sign on the White House door, “Back Labor Day,” and another on the state department, “Gone to Par is,” the state department was mak ing public two of the most impor tant communications it has dis patched in many a day. One was the ultimatum to Yugoslavia pro testing the shooting down of our planes and the other was the re fusal to accede to Russia's demand for joint control of the Dardanelles. At the same time, the investiga tion of the war surplus sales was going on; the other Investigation into war contracts had just closed end the department of justice was taking up the work where the Mead committee had laid it down, and the decontrol board of the OPA was holding hearings in preparation for its first and highly Important de cision which put controls back on meats and other products. These were only a few of the ac tivities—not to mention the bubbling campaign kettles assiduously at tended by political chiefs behind closed kitchen doors. No, Washington doesn’t hibernate in the summer. Herblock’s concep tion of General Jackson, chin on chest, hunched up against his horse, like a lazy pup, is pure poetic li cense. Herblock probably chose that par ticular figure for contrast because it is one of the most belligerent statues in Washington Jackson sits there in Lafayette park, across from the White House, (as he does in New Orleans) waving his saber, his rear ing charger with its front feet paw ing the atmosphere. And I Imagine fused to let the greatest nation of the earth Interfere with our sailors on the high seas. Who is this im pertinent upstart who shoots our soldiers out of the air?" Let us hope, even if Andy sleeps, that his spirit doesn’t. • • • Profits or Wages— Which Come First? Recently I received a postcard saying: "Thought OPA was sup posed to reduce prices, not increase them." It was signed “Dumbbell." Well, a lot of us dumbbells thought that was what it was for. But when congress tore OPA to bits and then reshaped it nearer to its heart’s desire, it laid down specific orders for raising prices. The law was written on the logical theory that you can’t expect a farmer to raise, or a manufacturer to make, things that cost so much in the rais ing or the making that there is no profit in the game. Who is to blame for high prices? The manufacturers who made so much out of government contracts, or the workers who got higher wages for making the things the government needed? If you know which came first, the hen or the egg, you know the answers. • • • A new rival of DDT has been dis covered which not only kills pests but keeps them away for a week or 10 days. Of course, I wouldn't com mit murder but I know a lot of pests whose absence for 10 days would be a Godsend. LEADS DOG’S LIFE . . . It’s not only the children but also the school teachers who occasionally must lead a dog's life as schools reopen In September. Enable to find a home for himself, wife and four young children, Roger K. Poole, new superintendent of Templeton, Mass., schools, pitched a tent on the high school grounds. Trailer Is used as kitchen; army pyramidal-style tent has six cots. NEWS REVIEW Trouble Flares in Greece; Vet Housing Gets Boost GREECE: Big Stakes Greece forged to the front of the troubled European picture as the scene of the latest tug of diplomatic war between the western allies and Soviet Russia. Working boldly to establish su premacy throughout eastern Europe and adjoining Asia Minor, Moscow recalled Amb. Konstantine K. Rodionov from Greece as a mark of displeasure against the holding of a plebiscite to return King George II to his throne. Because Britain, supported by the U. S., favored both the restoration of the monarchy and the Populist party government now in the saddle, Russia’s move really was pointed against Anglo-American policy. The presence of 40,000 British troops in Greece has acted as a lever against a Communist-inspired, seizure of power, and the visit of U. S. war ships to Grecian waters before the plebiscite was seen as a gesture of friendship for the rightist regime. The tussle between the Anglo American and Russian blocs in Greece is for big stakes: A govern ment friendly to the British would assure them of a toehold in the Bal kans and an advance base for the Near East and Suez canal, while Russian domination of the country would result in complete Soviet hegemony in the Balkans and a pro tected flank in the event of trouble in Asia Minor. HOUSING: Aid to Vets In ordering a 27 per cent reduc tion in commercial building and iiictuiii'iuig {(reditri amounts of materi al to new housing, the government sought to increase the construction of new dwellings and to reduce the time for their comple tion. Housing Expedit er Wilson W. Wyatt W. W. Wyatt and Civilian Pro duction Administra tor John D. Small worked out the new controls after the building in dustry had warned of a serious bog ging of the whole emergency hous ing program for vets. Leaving a meeting with govern ment officials prior to the announce ment of the new program, Joseph MyerhofT, president of the Nation al Association of Home Builders, de clared that the industry had failed to get the flow of materials neces sary for the completion of 200,000 to 300,000 homes under construction, and that the shortages have length ened the construction time from 3 to 4 months to 9 to 12 months. With Small agreeing to the trans fer of all housing control to Wyatt, the government in stituted sweeping directives to an swer the wide spread complaints. Non - residential I construction was cut back from over 48 million dollars i weekly to 35 million I dollars to divert I more materials lor home building. J. D. Small Twenty - seven more materials, including stoves, linoleum and light fixtures, were added to the list of 25 already sub ject to vet priorities. MEAT: Production Incentive Taking advantage of the new OPA act empowering him to set live stock ceilings. Secretary of Agri culture Anderson' called for substan tial boosts in cattle and hog prices to encourage feeding this fall and to assure adequate supplies of beef next winter and spring. Declaring that prospects pointed to plentiful supplies of feed grains this year, Anderson stated that it was necessary to bring stock prices in line with feed costs to spur farmers into fattening stock. Other wise, he said, large numbers of lean animals would be butchered, creat ing a serious shortage later. Anderson’s recommendation for a boost in the cattle top to $20.25 per hundredweight, Chicago basis, and in the hog ceiling to $16.25 ran counter to OPAdministrator Paul Porter’s desire to establish prices around the old level of $18 and $14.85. As a result of the boosts, re tail ceilings were scheduled to rise from two to eight cents on beef and about three cents on pork. SAFE—IN MOTHER’S ARMS . . . A refugee mother, her face bear ing the strain of years of oppres sion, holds her sleeping child as ship docks in New York harbor bringing 852 passengers from Greece, Palestine and Egypt. GET YOUR SHARE? Per Capita Income Hits Peak WASHINGTON. — Average per capita income in the United States reached an all-time high of $1,150 in 1945, a department of commerce report discloses. The figure represents an increase of 2 per cent from the 1944 level of $1,133 and a gain of $575 per capita over the 1940 level. Wages and salaries, income from unincoporated businesses and farms, net rent, dividends, inter est, royalties and other items such as veterans’ benefits, military and dependency allowances are comput ed in the per capita income pay ments. New York Leads. New York led the states with a per capita income of $1,595. Mis sissippi was low with $556, There was relatively little change from 1944 to 1945 in the per capita income of the various states. South Dakota with 16 per cent recorded the largest increase and Michigan with 6 per cent the greatest de cline. The 1945 income payment by states: Connecticut, $1,449; Maine, $1,051; Massachusetts, $1,321; New Hamp shire, $971; Rhode Island. $1,268; Vermont, $1,023. Delaware, $1,381; District of Co lumbia, $1,361; Maryland, $1,212; New Jersey, $1,373; Pennsylvania, I $1,199; West Virginia, $839. Alabama, $700; Arkansas, $564; Florida, $996; Georgia, $745; Ken tucky. $735; Louisiana, $785; North Carolina, $732; South Carolina. $633; Tennessee. $813; Virginia, $903. Arizona. $918; New Mexico, $812; Oklahoma, $889; Texas, $917; Illi nois. $1,360; Indiana, $1,152; Iowa, $1,109; Michigan, $1,212; Minnesota, $1,061; Missouri, $1,063; Ohio, $1,289; Wisconsin, $1,161. Colorado, $1,100; Idaho, $1,054; Kansas, $1,113; Montana, $1,172; Nebraska, $1,117; North Dakota, $1,123; South Dakota, $1,083; Utah. $1,023; Wyoming, $1,096. California. $1,480; Nevada, $1,243; Oregon, $1,266; Washington, $1,407. The Wild Animal Crisis Wild animals are now on the “we can’t get the stuff” list. Inflation has struck the jungles. Reconver sion snafu rages on the veldt. The waterhole needs ceiling prices. _•_ The highest prices in history are being quoted to zoos seeking beasts of the fields. You may think you are being soaked for cowmeat, but suppose you wanted elephant-steak! _•_ African lions are bringing $10 a snarl, Bengal tigers are being sold by the stripe, giraffes are higher than ever and camels are quoted at $2,500 for single humped ones. A doubie-humper brings twice as much and no deliveries until 1947!! _m A seal with no ear for music is up 80 per cent and one that can only toot three notes of “My Country ’Tis of Thee” sells higher than used to be asked for a seal that knew Irving Berlin’s repertoire. _•_ “Why is this?” we asked John Kieran, the well-known animal, fish, bird and bug man. “Production line troubles,” said Kieran—presto, like that!—“Africa hasn’t reconverted yet at all. It’s the old story of supply and de mand.” "What, no OPA in the bush or at the waterhole?” we asked. “They sent some OPA fellows into the lion country to study the situa tion, but nothing further was heard from them,” he replied. “A lion can resent that sort of thing,” we suggested. “You just try to put a ceiling on one,” said the Sage of the Airwaves. “Once when I was on a safari I encountered. . . .” “But what about elephants?” we interrupted. “What about ’em?” he repeat ed. “Why should it be hard to get a good elephant now that the controls are off?” “An elephant with his controls off is harder to get than any other kind,” he said. "In 1927 I was bi cycling through India when I en countered—” “What will happen to American economy if it can’t get elephants?” we put in. “Oh, the GOP can’t get back any how, I fear,” he replied, “I remem ber one night encountering. . . _•_ “Have you been able to get any wildcats lately?” we asked. “No, but a friend of mine got one.” “How?” “He says it was in a hamburger.” _•_ “What do you hear about black panthers?” we asked. “You can get ’em, but not in col ors. Black is as hard to find as white.” “What do you think about the wild animal market for the next few months?” we inquired. "I dunno. There may be a big animal backlog, but on the other hand it may all be due to a slow up on the production line.” _•_ “Do you suspect anybody is hold ing back wild animals?” “Not the really wild ones.” “Is there anything in the story a scientist is making a rhinoceros out of the soybean?” “I consider that as unlikely as the plastic hippopotamus.” “Any chance to get a porcupine in the present situation?” "Only with points.” _•_ Kieran was pretty depressed. He suggested sending some fact-finding board into the jungle. The deep jungle. By night. Blindfolded. And with no weapons. Good here! • • • We understand Byrnes and Molotov made a big error at Baris. They went into action without sending mine-find ers ahead. 0 0 0 Charming Pollock is dead. One of the first of our assignments as a cub reporter back home was to go to the old New Haven house at Col lege and Chapel street and inter view Pollock. He was there for the opening of one of his early plays, “Such a Little Queen.” Somebody had broken into his room at the hotel and taken a pair of his pants, including a roll of money, as we recall it. Pollock, the papers say, wrote a drama called “The Pit.” If this was a dramatization of a Norris novel with Wilton Lackaye ; in the leading role, then we were in it. For with a mob of youngsters from around the Webster school area, including John Quigley, Herb | Moeller and Mike Sarasohn, we managed to get in as "supers” in the big wheat market scene. • • • Maybe in the Weather Dunder, a race horse named after one of Santa's coursers in "A Visit From Saint Nicholas,” won a race the other day, surprising the ex pert who pointed out that it had never finished better than eighth, beating only Blitzcn in the famous i verses. . • . Fiorello LaGuardia is reported fairly sure to get a nomination for the United States senate. Good! We think every really funny man on radio should be encouraged. 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It began when the Boston A L. entry of 1903 came from behind to whip the able Pirates with such stars aboard as Hans Wagner, Tommy Leach, Fred Clarke, Sam Leev i er. Deacon Phil 1 lippe, Jimmy Seb 1 ring and a few oth | ers. Apparently Kanton + Vi a P a e. GrantlandRice t0nian delegation rallied to ride home on the stout right arm and the stouter heart of Big Bill Dineen. That was victory No. 1, although the world series of 1903 was on the unofficial side. Nine years later the Red Sox found John MeGraw and his Giants in the road. This series went to eight games, where in the final spasm Giant support blew wide open as Christy Mathewson lest a contest he should have won in a common canter. Earlier in this meeting around the fifth inning. Harry Hooper saved the day for Boston with the most spectacular of all world series catches when he pulled down Larry Doyle’s almost sure home run over the right field fence. The ball al ready had passed over the fence when Hooper made the miracle catch, crashing into the crowd. He must have used a net. Speaker Clinches Flag Alter that Fred Snodgrass dropped Clyde Engle’s easy fly to center that popped into his glove— and then popped out again, Engle reaching second. That was a bit discouraging. But a moment later on, Matty led Tris Speaker a slow floater and Tris lilted the ball on a high foul pop-up near first base that Fred Merkle lost. Chief Myers made a futile chase as Merkle was vainly looking in various direc tions for the ball. The high pop-up dropped between these two only 10 feet from first base. Then Speaker broke it up with a single scoring Engle. Two years later the Braves crashed into the big show by beat ing the Athletics four straight. Rudolph, Tyler and James did it. The famous Athletics curled up like a feather attached to a burning match. In these three world series Boston was three up. In 1915 the Red Sox broke back into the great white spotlight again. They lost to Alexander, one of the great pitchers of all time, and then won the next four games. In 1916 they won the pennant again and took on the Dodgers. The main feature here was Babe Ruth’s extra inning victory over Sherrod Smith. The Babe was then a great left-hander in the box. Ruth’s Last Hurling In 1918, the Red Sox returned to the post-season carnival for the fifth time. That year they whipped the Cubs where Babe Ruth, dating back to 1916, turned in 29 scoreless innings. Babe was the master of that party, his final as a pitcher before he turned to home-run hitting at Ed Barrows’ suggestion. Babe usually carried the world series along with him, using his pitching or batting eye for this worthy pur pose. It has now been a matter of 28 years since Boston saw its last world series. In the last 10 years, Tom Yawkey has spent enough money to win three championships, but this hap pened in the era or epoch where the Yankees had too much stuff. It is only natural that Boston sup porters are looking for another world series mop-up, making it seven in a row. This time they have the best team the home of the bean and the cod ever has sent into action. It is an even better team than the 1912 outfit that knew Speaker, Lewis and Hooper for the finest defensive outfield in baseball history. Plus Smoky Joe Wood in the box. Plus Bill Carrigan back of the bat. The 1946 Red Sox carry base ball’s two essentials — hitting and pitching. But the Red Sox road rec ord proves that Joe Cronin’s young men are far from being invincible. They are the best team in baseball, anyway, although their man-against man selection doesn’t leave any wide margin over the Dodgers or Cardinals, who also can play their share of baseball. • • • Query and Comment Bystanders and non-combatants can think up more questions than 1 can answer. But here are a few de lated attempts from recent mail: Sldeliner — Among the more im portant and leading college football games of the coming season you can list Army-Notre Dame; Army Michigan; Illinois-Notre Dame; Ala bama-Georgia and Georgia-Okla homa A. and M. There will be many others, but these will be among the best