The Washington times., 1937-03-27
LUCKY PASSES
GIVEN 60 TO
BIG GAME
BY ]. EARLE MOSER

LUCKY Baseball Rings" program
on behalf of Government EN-
ployeS drew to a close, exactly 7s
servants of Uncle Sam we're in pos
session Of reserved grandStanc
tickets emitting them to see
Washingtons Nationals open the
American League baseball season
against Philadelphia's Athletics
April 10.
Two others, one the husband
and the other the wife of Govern
ment workers, likewise held the
priced stubs because they were
included in pictures taken at ran
dom of Federal folk along "Gov'
ernment Row."
And up to this morning, IS diff
ferent Federal agencies had seen
their workers thrilled by the magic
touch of the Lucky Rings" this
total including numerous subsidi-
ary bureaus and divisions. Farm
Credit Administration continued
to lead the race with an even
dozen awards to its personnel,
while General Accounting Office
had benefited by two less, other
units ranging downward in order.
Three more weeks remain for
distribution of the tickets, and
including today, there are 20
available week days on which Fed.
eral folk will have the chance
to see if they have been visited
by Lady Luck. This computation
also includes the afternoon of the
opening game, although whether
or not publication of the Lucky
Baseball Rings" will be continued
over the weekend to the Big Day,
Monday, April 10, hasn't yet been
decided.
A word to readers, however, as
the week ends:
Tickets should be claimed as
promptly as possible from the
writer. While the seats do not
vary greatly in desirability, the
slightly better ones are given oCt5
to the first comers. Those who
are NOT Federal employees are
nevertheless entitled to seats II
they find their photos ringed.
Finally, the writer has no control
over where the Lucky Rings"
land, racially or otherwise, merely
identifying the winners and Civ.
ing them their prize stubs. It's
all a matter of luck. However,
those in a building not yet visited
by a Lucky Ring" cameraman
might do we'll to phone. YeSter-
days box score:
No. 76-FRANK P. CULLEN, accoun-
No. 77IoHS THoMAs FITzGER-
AID, contract assistant, Veterans Ad-
ministratiOn, 44o5 Ord st. n. E. (Ar.
No. 7s-MAUNIDA s. WALES. as
sistant Clerk.StenOGrapher. Procurement
Division, 211O Nineteenth st. n. w. (No.
No. 7s-RUTH McMAHAN, secretary,
No. so-NORMAN 4. PLUGGE, prin:;
Gipal clerk. War Department 1890
SUMMARY
FCA, 12; General Accounting Office.
lVs hLSI o. Navy o. 4IFdsuESJ
terror, !; Agriculture, 8; FDIC, 4; War,
4; Commerce, 2; Labor. 2; Non.FederaI,
2: Civil Service Commission, 1; Marine
Corps, l: Veterans Administration, 9.
Unclaimed tickets-21. Men honored.
48; women hOnored, 81. Umpire
Messrs. Chance (hOme rlate), Fate (first
basel, Luck (third basel. Weather
day. Time-Hurrying onward.
One by one the Capitals clerk
veterans, who were serving Uncle
Sam long before the World War,
when Washington was a tree,
shaded, quiet city, and Govern
ment employees had not even
thought Of organizing into mill.
tant unions" are leaving the serv
ice via retirement's none.toocom-
Portable path.
Yesterdays loSs-both to the
Government and the Department
OF Labor-concerned Robert S.
Billups, Of whom it can be safely
said that he did not make single
enemy in the 81 years that he
served Uncle Sam so efficiently as
to approach perfection.
Billups, during his lengthy
tenure, never failed to have
friendly word for those he knew
which means the entire Labor
personnel. And particularly for
those who might be considered as
his subordinateS, something rarely
found among Government men
who rise above the herd.
Labor folk are glad he'll drop
around every dav or so to assist in
advisory work which he is to carry
on until the end of the fiscal year.
The Green Room of the Govern.
ment Printing Office will be the
scene Wednesday of Unit No. /,
United Veterans of American
Wars, who will convene at 3:45
p. m. to discuss a beer, shrimp, oyS-
ter and kraut party which they
plan for April 4. with dancing,
at the Plasterers' Union Hall.
More details later.
The recen- epidemic of sit-down
strikes has caused the League of
Women Voters to take steps for a
better understanding of the prob
lem and all that it involves. With
the idea Of inducing members to
give special study to all aspects
Of collective bargaining, the league
is distributing a study guide of five
lessons drafted by Mrs. Marion A.
Cheek Of Buffalo, economic vel
fare chairman of the organization,
who remarks on the subject:
"A hot subject has this ad-
vantage-that none need be told