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Russia Winning Coid t*ar in East,
Persona) incomes Rise in Nation
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I GOP Seeks Unity
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n pjrty seems most unlikely to
fmd and' that is unity.
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What Make: Champions?
THERE ARE TWO thipgs that,
make a great or an unusual
heavyweight champion. The firgt
is his own ability. The second is a
competitor or an opponent who can
help build the headlines.
This is no a!ibi for Ezzard
Charles. Charles might be the
greatest heavyweight of al! time,
but how can he prove it with the
present crop of chaHengers?
Suppose we look back a few
years. Jim Corbett had a Sullivan
to beat. Fitzsim-
mons had a Corbett
to handle. Fitz had
a Jeffries in the
road and Jeff had
a Fitz and a Cor-
bett. Also a Tom
Sharkey. And the
old sailor was no
squash. He could
fight.
Grantland Rice Jack Johnson had
Jim Jeffries for his build-up. al-
though Jeff was then fat and part-
ly bald.
Jack Dempsey, a great fight-
er. had the best break of them
all. Jack, weighing 183 pounds
the day before the Willard
fight, had a 260 pound giant to
face, a fighter who, after all.
had won the title from the great
Jack Johnson.
A^ter that Dempsey had Carpen-
tier, the great French war hero,
his ability as a heavyweight far
overpublicized. But the bu'ld-up
was on. Then Dempsey was lucky
enough to come upon the massive
Firpo, the wild bull of the Pampas,
the fighter who threw rocks.
After Firpo the old mauler from
Manassa had two other good
breaks as far as crowds, excite-
ment and reputation go. He had
Gene Tunney and Jack Sharkey.
Tnnney was the dead game
young heavyweight just out of
the war. He could hox, punch
and take his share. He was bad-
ly underrated. So was Jack
Sharkey on days or nights he
wanted to fight. Which wasn't
too often. This Sharkey was the
most temperamental fighter the
ring ever saw. Hut he couid
box and punch — when he
wanted to.
Dempsey had all the fight game j
Heeded—great ability to start with
—a flaming spirit—and at least
five opponents who could draw $1,-
000,000 gates.
Dempsey was responsible for the
two great Tunney crowds. No one
knows this better than Gene, al-
though he added his share. It was
entirely different when Tunney had
to face his ring future without any
Dempsey around. I think Tunney
retired when he did for many valid
reasons.
Mew Order
Now we begin to see what Ezzard
Charles is up against, what any
heavyweight champion might be up
against. This includes Joe Louis. It
Is certain to work heavily against
Ezzard Charles.
Tunney had * sorry lot to
face after Dempsey lost his
second start. He had Sharkey,
Risko, Heeney and one or two
more. They were alt terrible.
Tunney picked Heeney, a short-
armed pushover. ! know Rick-
ard wanted Sharkey, who had
lost to Risko.
After Tunney had completed his
operation on Heeney, there was
nothing left—just as there is noth-
ing left today—Sharkey, Schmeling,
Baer, Camera, Braddock—flotsam
and jetsam. Both Schmeling and
Baer were dangerous punchers at
times. Braddock was smart, game
but all through—while Camera was
a 265 pound joke.
Here was a spot in which no
great heavyweight could have
proved his rightful place. There was
nothing but inferior fighters to
face.
Then Joe Louis came along. Joe
Louis has been a great fighter. A
hard puncher and a fine boxer but
only fair on the receiving side
where head punches have hurt him.
Louis has never drawn one of
the head liners to beat. Most of i
those Joe stopped had been beaten
by somebody else. Braddock out
pointed Baer. Baer knocked out
Schmeling. Baer wrecked Camera,
a joke from start to finish—Louis
was forced to get his reputation
from a second-rate group—headed
by Billy Conn, a light heavyweight.
But Schmeling was the best fight-
er Louis had to meet through his
career.
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20 Game Winners
As usua), the crop of 20 game
winners will be quite thin this sea-
son. Only a trifle over two months
are left and there are still only five
of six pitchers who are in fnirlv
close shooting range. The three with
the better chance to land in thij
promised territory are Ken Heint-
zelman of the Phillies. Howie Pollet
of the Cardinals and Vic Raschi
of the Yankees.
Heintzelman has done the best
job of the year.
Justice Murphy
T HAVE PAID TRIBUTE many
^ times to Frank Murphy when
he was living, but it seems difficult
to write about him now that he
is dead. One reason is that it is
hard to realize that he is gone. A
lot of people will miss Frank Mur-
phy. His family will miss him. His
liberal friends on the supreme
court will miss him. But most of
all. the little people of the world
will miss him.
Shortly after Frank was ap-
pointed to the supreme court, he
took me into his study in the Wash-
ington hotel, and pointed to a stack
of law books.
"That's where 1 spend my
evenings." he said. "The news-
papers say that I'm no lawyer.
They make fun of my legal abil-
ity. Hut they're going to be dis-
appointed. And you're going to
he proud of my opinions." he
continued.
There was something of the boy
in Frank Murphy—to the very end.
He loved praise, hated criticism,
and was always a little worried as
to what kind of supreme court jus-
tice he would be. He shouldn't have
been, for I am sure that some of
Frank's dissents will stand up—as
he so ardently hoped—alongside
the ringing defenses of freedom
written by Holmes. More important,
Frank Murphy will always be
known as one of our great cham-
pions of the common man.
Murphy became attorney genera!
in January, 1939. and immediately
launched the biggest political clean-
up this country has ever seen. U.S.
Judge Martin T. Manton. of the
second circuit court in New York,
had been getting away with graft
for years. Many people knew this,
but other attorneys general had let
it pass.
In Louisiana, this column had ex-
posed shocking graft by the old
Huey Long gang. Frank Murphy
took the columns, with supporting
affidavits, called a grand jury, flew
to New Orleans himself, and in rec-
ord time convicted Gov. Richard
Leche. the Democratic national
committeeman, the head of WPA,
the president of the state univer-
sity, and several others.
!n Missouri, the newspapers
had tatked about the graft of
the Pendergast machine, hut
Washington paid no attention.
But. under Frank Murphy, a
tough district attorney—Maur-
ice Milligan of Kansas City—
got justice department support,
and Tom Pendergast ended up
behind the bars.
Murphy also moved into Atlantic
City against G.O.P. Boss Nucky
Johnson, and started to move
against Boss Hague in Jersey City
and Mayor Kelly in Chicago. The
latter two were democrats.
Kicked Upstairs
It was widely rumored when
Frank Murphy retired as attorney
general to join the supreme court
that he was "kicked upstairs" in
order to protect the Democratic
bosses. I have a personal reason for
believing this was true.
However, it should also be noted
that with the death of Justice Pierce
Butler, a Catholic, in November,
1939, Roosevelt wanted a Catholic
to take his place. Likewise, it was
true that FDR's fair-haired boy,
Robert H. Jackson, was being
groomed for the presidency, and
the White House wanted the justice
department spotlight to play on
Mm.
I am convinced, however, that
the first factor-^calling Murphy off
the heels of the big-city bosses-
was the most important. And here
I* my reason for thinking so.
By this time—early in 1940—most
of the Louisiana scandals had been
cleaned up, and a grand jury was
considering the indictment of Mayor
Robert Maestri of New Orleans on
a hot oil charge. Suddenly. Chief
Prosecutor O. John Rogge was
called out of the jurv room to
answer the telephone from Wash-
ington. Returning to the jury room,
he suspended the grand jury pro-
ceedings.
Learning of this mysterious move.
I went to Frank Murphy and asked
for an explanation. Murphy told
the truth. Mayor Maestri was not
to be indicted, he said. He had re-
ceived orders from the White
House.
That was 1940—a presidential
year. In order to get the nomina-
tion. FDR needed the support of
the big-city bosses, and in Louisiana
the only man who could deliver the
delegation was Mayor Maestri.
Ironically, when Frank Murphy
went up to fhe supreme court to
he sworn in, he asked Felix Frank-
furter to accompany him. Murphy
had recommended Frankfurter's
court appointment to the White
House, and they were close friends.
But in a short time, however,
they were bitter enemies. Frank-
furter's scathing sarcasm hurt
Murphy, and they scarcely spoke.
Murphy was also bitter against
brain-trustcr Tom Corcoran, once
his closest friend, but who he felt
had conspired to block his prose-
cution of city bosses.
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SALUTE TO ISTANBUL . . . The U. S. sixth task fleet ar-
rived in [stanhul recently for a five-day visit. One of the ships,
the USS Fargo, a cruiser and fiagship of the group, is shown fir-
ing a salute to !stanbul city. !n middie background can be seen
the aircraft carrier Coral Sea.
fRP ft/ND;
5.75 Bittions More
The European recovery program
appeared set for another year. The
senate, by a vote of 63 to 7, voted a
5.75 billion dollar appropriation to
take care of European recovery
needs and pay U. S. occupation
costs abroad. Final action came
after two weeks of debate.
THE SENATE voted a' full 12-
month program, with no authority
of the spending agency to expend
the money in a shorter period. At
the same time, it approved an out-
lay of $344,000 for a congressional
watchdog committee to keep a
check on foreign spending.
The upper chamber of congress
gave tacit approval to nationaliza-
tion of industries—in England, that
is—by knocking down an amend-
ment which would have withheld
recovery funds from any nation
which in the future nationalized an
industry. This was aimed directly
at Great Britain.
The bill provided:
One hundred and fifty million
dollars for ECA loans to Europe.
A billion. 740 million dollars for
ECA's May-June operations.
NINE HUNDRED MILLION
for army occupation costs in Ger-
many, Austria, Japan and the
Ryuku islands.
Forty-five billion for Greece and
Turkey.
In its struggle with the bill, the
senate beat off efforts to earmark
500 million dollars for a loan to
Spain and to require the ECA and
the army to earmark two billion
dollars for surplus U. S. farm prod-
ucts.
CH/NA.-
Lost Cause
Accusations, name-calling, re-
crimination did nothing to distort
the picture—if the United States
was winning the cold war in the
West, she was losing it in the East.
The United State's "white pap-
er" on what had happened in China
and why charged vigorously that
Communist victory over the Chin-
ese and the disintegration of the
Nationalist government were all
the fault of Nationalist Generalissi-
mo Chiang Kai-Shek.
SAID DEAN ACHESON, U. S.
secretary of state: "Fuli. blame for
the ominous result of the Chinese
civil war accrues to Chiang Kai-
shek and other Nationalist leaders
because they lost no battle as the
result of a lack of American aid."
In obvious contrast to the firm
policy in dealing with Russia on
problems affecting the West, Ache-
son said of China's future and U. S.
aims in that direction: "Future
U. S. policy must concentratc on
relieving China of the Moscow-in-
spired foreign yoke of Commu-
nism."
That appeared easier said than
done, however. There was no pact
and no arms program to warn off
the Reds, and, anyway, the Com-
munists were on the ground and in
control. Even the most optimistic
among the diplomats in Washing-
ton would realize that throwing the
Communists out of China would be
a long, hard fight.
A FORMER AMBASSADOR
to China, Major Pat Hurley, was
quick to charge that the state de-
partment's "white paper" was
nothing but an alibi for U.S. failure
to stem the Communist tide in
China.
Radio Jam
According to reliable reports,
Moscow's jamming of radio pro-
grams has tuned down the "Voice
of America" to a mere whisper of
tts former seif.
THESE REPORTS declare that
Russian interference with pro-
grams beamed to the Soviet has
been so effective as to cut to 10
per cent the American broadcasts
which now permeate the region
around Moscow.
Two official American protests
against these jamming tactics
were made last year, but in each
case Moscow disclaimed any know-
ledge of such interference.
The Kremlin aim is obvious. Rus-
sian leaders are making every ef-
fort to isolate the Soviet people
more completely from the west.
Hcccption of American-originated
broadcasts would have no ptace in
that objective.
f.S. tNCOMFS.-
Higher Than Ever
The status of consumer buying
power in the nation was good. In
fact, personal incomes, which are
the mainspring of such buying, in-
creased in June, according to re-
ports of the federal department of
commcrce.
THE RISE helped push incomes
for the first six months of 1949 to a
level 2.6 per cent higher than the
first half of boom-time 1948.
The report estimated that the
flow of personal income from all
sources reached an annual rate of
213.5 billion dollars in June. The
commerce department's study
showed the upturn had been con-
tinuing for three months, April
through June, and that the gain ac-
celerated as it continued.
An increase in farm income was
cited by the department as the
main cause of the June increase in
personal income, as compared with
that of May.
THE DEPARTMENT regarded
as more significant, however, the
fact that factory payrolls were
credited with a slight increase in
June after having declined steadily
since last September.
COM/C BOOKS.-
New Approach
The impact of so-called "comic
books" on juvenile minds and their
influence for good or evil has re-
cently been a subject of wide-
spread controversy in these United
States. Some municipalities banned
sale of the more objectionable
books, others contented themselves
with talking; but San Diego, it
pears, has come up with a
sensible approach.
That southern California city has
started what it calls a "comic book
of the month club. " It's purpose is
to "put the fun back into funny
books, from whence it has been
conspicuously absent all these
years.
The movement was launched aft-
et many San Diego fami
came disturbed about
at l)<ime. there
thn*totis little disposition to changc ad-
ministrations. The long tenure of
the Republicans and the even long-
er tenure «f the Democrats with
Roosevelt and Truman point up
that fact.
Therefore. if the GOP failed to
attain unity in the [^presiden-
tial race, how could the party ever
hope to win? There was an outside
chance that, under a unified cam-
paign, the party might win in '52.
That chant - lies in the fact that a
lot <ifHepul'litans have been vot-
ing with the Democrats simply be-
cause they w< re at odds with their
own party's candidate and fed up
with the "me. too" policies of
twicc-contendcr Thomas E. Dewey.
HUT the chance for any real
harmony within the party was
slim. This was indicated by the
bitter split in factions when Guy
George Gabriclson of New Jersey
was selected to replace Hugh D.
Scott. Jr.. ef Pennsylvania, as the
party's national chairman.
The changeover served merely to
}stir up new party turmoil and to
} pose the more immediate problem
"f unity in the congressional races
now just 15 months away. Whether
Gabrielson can bring this about is.
of course, wholly conjectural; but
it should be remembered that if
the COP would not run hitched to-
gether when the White House was
the desired destination, there is
little reason to expect them to hold
tight in congressional contests
Nation of Mcndicants
THOSE OF Ht'HOPP ,
sought libcrt-.
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"PPWutity
S'
GHOS7 S708Y.-
Boyts 'Haunted'
Because of the myriad uncertain-
ties which beset his existence, man
always has been fascinated by the
macabre, the supernatural, the
weird beliefs and stories concern-
ing ghosts and spiritual manifesta-
tions.
THIS is evidenced by the fact
that the prominent part played by
spirits of the dead in the lives of
the living has been recounted and
extolled since the days of the most
ancient tribal existence.
And through most of the scoffing
which greets such tales in this en-
lightened century there runs — if
the truth were ascertainable — a
tiny thread of credulity. It's rather
like the old classic remark of the
man who said that while he didn't
believe in ghosts, he certainly had
no desire to encounter one.
So the story of the Washington,
D. C. boy "haunted" by "mid-
night manifestations " would bring
the same scoffing, elicit the same
secret thought, however fleeting,
the same hidden wonder: "Could
it be so?"
A local clergyman said it was so.
This pastor told the Society for
Parapsychology that he had the
boy spend a night at his home. The
minister said that during the night
the bed on which the boy slept
shook so violently he could not
sleep. The boy moved to a heavy
chair. The pastor said that while
he stood over the chair it fell over,
throwing the lad on the floor. The
minister then put some bedding on
the floor, told the boy to lie on it.
Soon after the boy fell asleep, the
minister saw the bedding and the
boy slide slowly across the floor
and under the bed.
Shakespeare said there are more
things twixt heaven and earth
than are dreamed of in our philoso-
phy.
Beauty Abroad
ap-
most
tes be-
the subject
of 'he comic books
THL project depends upon co-
operation of the comic-book pub-
l'shers. If that can be obtained
publishers would submit the books
to a board of review <n advance of
publication. Bonks that were an
proved would be mailed to club
subscribers, who would be divided
into different age groups
'JOHN BULL' fRKFD
Rehe Shopp, American's 18-
year oid first !ady<tf beauty,
shown leaving the Savoy hotel
London for a tour of the Brit-
in
and settled on the r."'
of America
getic. capable and
WW-
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British Resent Po!icy Criticism in U.S.
Word from London was to the
effect that the British are no little
perturbed at the mounting criti-
cism in the United States of Eng-
land's recovery efforts. Official
British sources said they believed
many of the complaints are based
on lack of knowledge of Britain's
problems and achievements since
the e'ld of World War 11.
Tes British were rather perpep-
tive in partial interpretation of the
cause of criticism here Some in
formants expressed tin. belief
much ofit may Mctn from dislike
of President Truman's overall eco-
nomic policy, and added this may
be the reason Britain has become
Llf" Republicans
and others who seek to pile
capital in America by Jin
tinuing to criticize the British.
ish capital. A tour of London,
Paris and Home was a part of
her prl:es as winner in the
"Miss America" contest of
IMS.
BAB/fS;
Moy Steep More
Parents who pace the floor with
their infants during the night hours
' <in now !onk w ith hope to a new re-
search project at the University of
Chicago. Scientists there are en-
gaged in a study of the sleeping
habits of babies.
these gentlemen will seek to
'earn what part diet plays in the
slumber habits of babies through
test feedings of proteins and es-
pecially-prepared meats.
class of sons and tighter- fm
many nations and of , .
Their descendant".
born, possessing th. .....
parents, were the ]
pushed westward th: uti 'J
cm mountains, nrr^ t'-r. 41!
centra! valley, o.<rth<
mountains to the P. ific" Th,
turned the sod and
to create the Anierir.,nf;,r:y.<; ti.i,,
built towns and cities in ^
millions could live ;tnd pr^ccr
they erected schoeh an.)
that they, and their i.^pr.tiarts
might enjoy a culture tt-.'.'hrdMt]
known; thev built f '^riM R
which to uti]i7er('"t]r.so;t^l
land they had conqucrcd.
They did those things on thfir
own. They did not asti for. or
expect, help from any sourct.
They achieved hy thfirnwii
energy and thflr own cap9bili.
ties.
From the dangers and hardships
they endured without complaint
those pioneer ancestors nf our!
carved for themselves nnd built a
nation, the mightiest and n.n.st pros-
perous on earth to-day. in which
their progeny enjoy the world'!
highest standard of living of this
or any previous time.
From whom we have inherited so
much in wealth, in comfort, in cul-
ture and comfortable livinK, it
could naturally be presumed we
should have inherited some of their
virtues—their energy, ability, and
self sufficiency. But have we''
They asked for no help In ac-
complishing their tasks. To day
more and again more of us,
their descendants, arrnotwill-
ing to carry on when doing so
means work, effort and thrift.
Millions of the descendants of the
hardy, capable, self-sufficient,
thrifty pioneers are demanding
a hartd-out from government.
They hope for, and are being
promised, governmental tare
from the cradle to the grave,
with no help on their part
needed.
Those descendants of a race of j
hardy, capable, self-sufficient,]
thrifty, pioneers want comfort, yes.
but they do not want to work for
that comfort; they want culture,
but they expect it to be handed to
them without effort on their
they want the pleasures and the
good things of life, but they want
these provided for them by govern-
ment, while they bask in the sun-
shine of park bcnches.
The only compensation the ever
increasing number of "gimme
mendicants offer for the luxuries
they ask for is votes, but for those
promised votes our electcd public
officials seem willing to sacrifice
the wealth, the liberties, the op-
portunities that were built for us
by our pioneer ancestors.
To pay for votes they would tear
down the structure we have inner'*
ted. It is only by continued exertion,
by an ever-watchful ncruttn}' '
events happening from day to a.
in Washington, coupled with
protests when called for, that
can maintain the liberties, thf
vantages, the opportunities we n
inherited. ,
It is not alone the impoveri^
or the improvident who 3*^'j.
government handouts, but tM
lions include the "haves" as
the "have nots," the younK ^
as those of mature years. ^
all too many, government c '
are going to the well-to-do an ' .
wealthy, and to those young enough I
to work for what they want.
* * *
The people of each
awards a hero's crown to
representatives in
who succeed in bringing
a slab of that
"something-for-nothing 3' '
* chunk of coin from the r<
treasury.
The people glory in 'is
looting that nation's strong
an example: California
ceeded in securing "^"\,;<-tian<i
from Washington for 'r^" ,n!y
flood control projects of , 33
to California. It at' repr< ^^ ^,^.
the people believed, *1,
for-nothing." The fact ts ^
ot the state pay for it a*!
For each $1. the nationat
ment spends on those ^
projects, it collects frotn
of the state $1.28. There
rake off for the bureaucrat''
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and raw materials ^ and
will not accept English ! ^ n
snilhngs but demand
dollars. England's P'"'" , ,,re
of manufactured
too high to enable
with American-produce
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we would pay , is -
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