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nounced for the men and women
bowlers. Broadway alleys Ia hold
ing 4 handicap doubles tourna-
ment on Saturday and Sunday
nights. starting 1T 8 o'clock each
evening.
Class A mea bowlers Win be
In seattle saturday and SUM-
day nlghts for The big annual
I1eai Singles Classlc On the
1dcal alleys.
Three postponed matches have
been announced for the Broadway
alleys. Central Bank and Beaver
Lumber. Of the Class B womcn's
league win roll off a league TIT
at 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Postoffice pinmen win meet
Langcland Furnaces at l o'clock
Sunday and will then take on
Jordan's Bread at $50 In two
postponed Commercial league
matches.
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SeabiiscuitSet
for Comeback

ARCADIA, Cal.-Seabiscuit, for
the first time in his career, seems
to be rid of his gimpy leg and will
start his comeback in about two
weeks.
The Biscuit will be entered in a
tuneup at Santa Anita
park, according to Trainer Tom
Smith.
Even In his great races, Sea-
biscuit ran with a suspicious
way Of favoring his left knee,
according to Smith. Finally
last February. the Biscuit
broke down at Santa Anita and
hasn't raced since.
Now, according to Smith, Sea-
biscuit Is running for the first time
with both forelegs reaching out
strong.
Owner Charles S. Howard, in an
nouncing the Santa Anita come
back, sank the rumors that Sea-
biscuit would run in the $50, 900
Widener challenge cup race.
For the 100000 Santa Anita in
March, Seabiscuit is given 1870
pounds against Kayak IFS 129 and
Challedon's 12S. The Widener
weights are Seabiscuit 1872, Challe-
don $50, Kayak II 12s.
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Basket Schedule

Park Church-Fraternal basket
ball league games tonight at Bell
armine:
6:45. Falkland Trinity Luther
an vs.. Central Lutheran: 8. Mes
siah Lutheran VS.. Epworth Metho-
dist: .. First Methodist VS.. Latter
Day Saints.
Friday night. Bellsrmine. 6;45.
Puyallup Christian VS.. knapps
Business College.
The Psrk-Industrisl Basketball
league will open its 1910 offensive
tomorrow night at Bellsrmine gym
with two games.
8 o'clock. Northern Pacific
Shops VS.. Tahoms Camp w. o. w.
and at . O'Clock. Peterman Manu-
featuring VS.. Northwest Door.
These are the first games In 9
five round series. split into g first
and second half 10 decide the In
dustrisl championship.
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High School Grid,
Basketball Star
Is Husband, Dad

SPARTA, III. - College athletes
with wives and families are rare
enough, but here's high school
athlete who comes In that cate
CORY.
Seventeen-year-old Walter Blind,
star halfback for the Sparta high
school team, is married and has a
three-months-old daughter, Pa
tricia Lee. Blind, junior who
also stars in basketball, is the first
football father in the schools his
tory.
Little Patricia's parents are both
athletes. Mrs. Blind is a senior,
and a member of the varsity girls
high school basketball team at
Dyer, Tenn, where she and the
baby live.
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Results Of the other matches
Were: CArstens Packers 3. Cas-
well optioal 1: Columbia Brewery
3 Coast Drush 1; Pioneer Beer 2.
0riffin Fnel 2; Pacific Match 3.
pales servios !.
1>AN0DON m0m
Virgil Langdoa rolled 50 in the
matches Of The HIN Top league on
the K strsst Recreation alleys for
the best total In the weakly
matches q that circuit. His 20l
Was the high single game.
Tncsuna nalry Starred ~
sscsad half strong by winning
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ArmstrongPuts
Title On Block

ST. LOUIS - Henry Armstrong
defends his welterweight title to-
night in a 15-round bout with the
veteran Joe Ghnouly of st. Louis.
Plans for Armstrong to meet
Ceferino Garcia next month for
the middleweight crown have been
shelved because of weight difficult
ties. Armstrong said Garcia had
refused to get down to $50 pounds.
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HoOPSC0RES
BY UNITED PRESS

BY UNITED FhESs
Fordham 81, Columbia 81.
Ohio State -. California Is.
Long Island University 46, But
ler a..
New York University IS, SYRIA
cuse 80.
Creighton SO. Colorado state Sc.
Miami tOhio) 40. Dayton IS.
Penn State So, Kent State 81.
Furman 30, South Carolina Is.
Santa Clara ~. Montana State
rs.
Western Washington Al, British
Columbia IS.
Miles City, J. c. SO. Eastern
Montana Normal 80.
Bethel IS. Mcpherson 20.
Pennsylvania IL, Maryland 81.
Ohio 50, Scranton as.
Mount Union Sc. Case IS.
Detroit University IS. Grinneii
80.
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COOPER SUBS
AGAINST CONN

NEW YORK - Henry Cooper.
New York heavyweight. has been
substituted today for Steve Dudas
n an opponent for Light Heavy
weight Champion Billy Conn in
Madison Square Garden on Jan. 10.
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. WINNING BASKETBALL.
Oklahoma A. and N. Sets Smooth Blocks
Eighth of n series Of basketball
plays used by top-notchers.

Here is fast-breaking, quick
blocking formation used by Okla
homs A. and NJ. perennial power
in the Missouri Valley conference.
The play starts from a two-in-
three-out setup.
No. 4 passes to 3, who in turn
whips back to s.
No. goes up and sets block on
rs man, allowing ? to break down
the outside.
No. ! breaks back down center
after blocking. and if open at
Point A, passes to him; If not
open, / blocks SIS man, allowing S
to swing off the block in a scor-
ing attempt
simultaneously, 4 steps over and
blocks SIS man. allowing to
break down middle
No. S. after breaking off Is
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FRENCH REVIVE
SPORTS DESPITE
CLOUDS OF WAR

PARIS-After being virtually
abandoned Mt the start Of the
war. sports are being revived
IN France. Thirty football
games were played In one day
in the Paris area. with free adj
mission to soldiers. Cross-coun-
try, bicycle races and basketball
games are being renewed.
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BILL MCLAUGHLIN AND Don WILLIAMS JOIN L0GGERS
Hot Battles
On Jarlboree

YELM--opening and closing
with ding-dong Embarrassing bat
ties. Pierce County league has
keteers staged their second annual
four-ply hoop jamboree at Yelm
last night before a packed house Of
1000 fans.
Orting Cardinals, EatonviIle
Cruisers, Fife Trojans and
Federal Way Eagles, all rep
rcsenfing the East quartet Of
teams, each outscored their
West rivals to give the East
. 75-4s aggregate score VIC
tory.
Two of the East victories could
be considered as surprises. Eaton
vile Cruisers outplayed Roy Tro-
jams all the way and Federal Way,
newest league member, came from
behind to nose out Kapowsin.
The score by periods:
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Herdman's Pin
Team Tops Loop

There annss OF saasfacon Bin Herdmans
n RACE the city
1ng ieasua having potnt In two nights play
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Mel Eagen's Orting eagers bat
tied on even terms with Frank
Bowers Yelm Tornadoes until the
last three minutes when a furry
Of baskets put the red-shirted
Cardinals ahead.
Bill Lemmon's Eatonville Cruis-
ers outhustled Ole Olson's Roy
Lynx. A complete new Cruiser
team midway In the contest scored
eight points to sew up the contest.
Bill Wilson's Fife Trojans,
defending champions. were too
nifty ut passing for Maurice
Owens Clover Park Warriors
and turned In q much greater
win than anyone had antici-
pated.
George Cronquist's Federal Way
Eagles let the whole league know
they will be a factor in the PEN
nant race when they hung on the
heels of Ernie Cope's Kapowsin
Loggers most Of the way until
John Sterrenberg potted foul
shot to tie the score and q basket
to give the Eagles their only lead
Of the game but good enough to
win.
Based on jambOree results
Fife, Federal Way, kapowsin
and Orting will he contenders
In the league race that opens
Friday but Roy, Clover Park,
Eatonville and Yelm will win
their share Of games.
Bands from Yelm. Fife, Federal
WAY. Clover Park and Eatonville
were on hand.
orting tes) Yelm u6l
Martin ,2) .....F..( az e. Mcoloud
Humphreys 20, ...F....;aa; 90 Alongi
Rounds CD ......C....t CD Gallagher
Albright t6l 80. G...... to) EIDE
Johnston 90 =. @. 80. M. McCloud
sbs.: orting. Stevenson: Yelm.
Hinrich Herness. G. McCloud. Weber.
Brunette.
Eatonviile u6) Roy up
Hitchcock d6) ....F ....... Loveland
saito ............F... cd SNOW
Rotter t3l ......G ..,....... Olson
Theno (2) .......G. 90 Kobieski
Subs: Eatonviile. Corbitt t2). An
derson a., Hamilton C2l. Hamreus,
Nordstrom: Roy Peters D. Newman,
Miles. Larsen "a.
Fife (201 Clover Park t6)
Mello ca ........F..... CD Staples
spear s4) ........F...... Al ssxton
Rowe (5) ........C...... I'D Lopez
Bisig "a ..G.......:.... Hill
Robbins .........G...... hasemelef
subs: Fife, Reyes, Kubo. uchida,
Evancich: Glover Park. Jersey. Nc
| Clenaghan.
Federal Way u6) kapowsin uoD
Feaster ca .......F. -. !e) Borden
Rinker ca .,...F.... 90 Erickson
Sterrenbere 30 ...C.... STANLEY
Borgia t5) ..... G.......,.. boyce
Subs. Federal Way, Frye; kapow-
ain. Adamson.
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Listen /.

Listen =.
CIXDAY bicycle racngsis slowly passing the pro
sports field Dates for the getting fewer each
Still 20 ago told that wrestling would be
gone forever only the reach its greatest
arty later Professional football Now there is
game that's going Eg Seven of the 10club major league
attendance record. The make the cOegians
look exactly as arenovices The pros trying
please succeeding Fifty per cent of the fans
never football game until they became rOoters for
teams All in ALL the colleges learn plenty from the
gridders =.
Attorney joined the Ed Hodge-Fed kann
coffee shop Pretty good
u-that his bowling
game Studying pracng Crimmins Strikes feature
In fish hunt together
Elmer fellows Here's hoping OIL
wing really for the Giants
q versatile still
sports and plays whale of golf game VIII
difficult find enough suitable preliminary ma
terial hereab to complete n card
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On the Lam
with -
Elliott Metcale

TWELVE gears after losing his heavyweight throne Jack
Dempsey today remains top boring attraction. Drew
500 rage for Manila referee job record price,
qchch is not hula skirt grass, either -.
'Scuse, Please, or Oregon
DEAR MET: In your column of Tuesday, in which you
upon the victory of Southern California over
Tennessee in the Rose Bowl game you state with regard
to the Jonesmen "Ye they tied by u c. L. A. and
barely edged University of Washington and make no
mention of the fact that owy Oregon likewise secured tie
with the of Troy
Oregon the humiliation of several
considera
finally able
much publicity possible WILSON JOHNSON
Washington Bldg.
NEAR WILSON, Haste makes waste. Simply
~ good achievement No slight
I begrudge The state better
half z.
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The Loggers Will Gain

DOB DAVIES, cOrkng former Stadium athlete turns his
- scholastic steps toward College of Puget Sound He
may be eligible for basketball. That hasn't been decided
His participation in u. of W. football hinder athletic
activity at the Logger school this year
Which brings to mind belief that Davies departure from wash
dissatisfaction Bob part Tacoma
their breaks at the u factor
stars to other schools
thing his but something unusual
place eveheaded far from
ebug and the best grdmen Stadium ever
despite his medium physical appearance
basketball and football when his eligibility
quantity he'll do the Loggers much good and will
aid in drawing fandom the Loggers
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Glover PARK f6)
kapowsin u5)

Subs. Federal Way, Frye kapow-
ain. Adamson.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-06

Leon Frost
Victor Gnsu
Dr.. James B. GoRgins
Mrs. Rosa Grsgg
Cornelius Henderson
Mrs. Louise Henderson
George R Hoagland
Frank Isby I..
Absalom N. Lake
Atlas D. Lee
Donald Marshall
]. Edward Mccall
James L. McCrary
Or. james ]. McClendon
Mrs. Mary Morton
Mrs. Vivian Nash
Benjamin Pelham
Hugh S. Peterson
Richard W. Reading
George W. Reed
Clifton Russian
Dr.. Guy o. Saulsberry
William L. Sheriff.
Mrs. Adrenah L. Stephens
lie Bron Simmons,
Attorney
Mrs. Sylvia Tucker
Lent D. Upson
willis Ward
Rev Alfred c. Williams
Wilbur woodson
Arthur Wright
International Advisory
Committee
Bishop NJ H Davis
Baltimore, Md.
Bishop N. W. williams
St. Louis, Mo.
Bishop W A. Fountain. ST..
Atlanta Ga.
Bishop S. L. Greene
Little Rock. Ark.
Bishop G. B. Young
Waco, Texas
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-06

70 1EAKS Of NEGRU PItUGRESS EXPOSITION
$50 Gratiot Ave,
Detroit Michigan.
Phone Cadillac 1865
Gentlemen
We believe in "The Negro Worlds Fair idea and
show product along with the other United States Bust
Leaders the hundreds of thousands at the
rs Years of Negro Progress Exposon-Nay 10th 18TH
1870 We could use w. square feet of floor space.
Please send your preliminary prospectus outlining full
particulars of this progressive activity
.4et
Address observation-disclosures
CITY ........'........... Firm
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Endorsements

The rs Years OF Negro Progress
Exposition to be held in Detroit
next May has been endorsed and
approved by many state and educa-
:ional leaders.
Governor Dickinson, in a letter
addressed 10 DR.. George W. Baber,
general chairman, said. Mark. :
as it does an epochal period in the
advancement OF the Negro people
in America, the Seventy-Five Years
OF Negro Progress Exposition has
ny beSt-WiSheS.- emphaSizins
achievements OF the past, it set
new goals for the future, which
am confident the Negro people will
reach in their characteristic man
ner."
Frank Cody, superintendent pub
lie schools, said, Il take great
pleasure in approving in every way
the program for the Seventy-Fifth
Anniversary of Negro Freedom and
Progress. Hoping that it may be a
great success in every way" '-'
Because of the educational char
acter of the rs Years of Negro
Progress Exposition which will be
held in Convention Hall, May 1919,
and its strong contribution to the
achievements of the Negro. the
executive committee has worked
n,it a Snecial nlan whereby school
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Kemper Harreld
Atlanta, Ga.
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Kemper Harreld
Atlanta, Ga.
J. R. E. Lee
Tallahassee. Fla.
Frank Murphy
Washington. D. c.
Benz. F. Hubert
Industrial College. Ga.
James E Shepard
Durham, N. c.
Dr.. J. l. Leach
Flint. Mich.
s. A. T. Watkins
Chicago III,
Rev. c. B. Wheeler
Des Moines, Ia.
Rufus f, Clement
Atlanta. Ga.
Dr. Phil Edwards
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IAN arrav of national famous
screen radio and STAGE talent attn
letic entertainment and educational
features will snnnlemert exbibits NJ
various nroducts and activities
Lwhite- several thousand zquare feet
of floor space will be devoted TO
automobile companies that will
illustrate the progress he Negro
has made in this great industry"
c.
wy anu ''~e Hu
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-06
NEGRO PROGRESS EXPOSITION SUCCESS ASSURED
21O Organizations
Back Exposition

Two hundred and ten nationwide
organizations have joined in the
support of the rs Years OF Negro
Progress Exposition, which will be
held il Detroit May 10 TO 10, a check
Friday disclosed.
List OF endorsers for the EXPOSE
ton is as follows:
National Negro Congress OF Wash
ington, Urban League, Booker T,
Washington Trade Association. Ma
tional Federation OF Women's clubs,
National Association for the Ad-'
vapcement OF Colored People, De
troit Convention and Tourist Bu-
reau. Detroit Board ot<Education,
Detroit Board of Commerce. Com
mon Council OF the City of Detroit,
United States Senate, Wherefore
Alumni Association, United Grand
Commsndery Knights Templar, AS
socjstion of Colored Railway Train
men and Locomotive Firemen. Ma
tional Medical Association, National
Association of Graduate Nurses,
Kentucky Negro Education Associ-
alton, Negro Newspapers Of the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1940-01-06
Exposition
Matches

Arrangements have been COM
pleted with the American Match
company to put out an Exposition
Match. This book OF matches will
carry the emblem OF this Exposition
on one side and the name OF Negro
business cooperating with this
movement on the other. This job
will be done in three colors.
Orders are being taken daily by
the wide awake Negro business men.
You are urged TO hurry and place
your order as only a few days re-
main before they go TO press.
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held at Convention Hall, May 1913,
are being completed by Nose L
Walker, chairman OF the executive
committee. Pie system will be an
uounced in ten days. Walker said
1t is hoped that an advance sale OF
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DR.. GEORGE W. BABER
General Chairman
EDDIE TOLAN
Executive Director
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Animated Exhibits To Dramatic
Race Progress Since 1865

Detroit is to have Negro World Fair" r.
Dates have been set for May 10th 18th and the site will
be Convention Hall, Detroit.
For the first time" said Dr. George w. Baber, general
chairman, business and manufacturers will be able to
contact buying force that ten per of the
nations population Negro men and women who have made
making important contributions to the various fields
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Nation Leaders VIII
Show At The Exposition

Is YEARS OF NEGRO PROGRESS EMP
$50 Gratiot Ave,
Detroit, Michigan.
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COMPLETE EXPOSITION COMMITTEE

Louis c. Blount
Genera Mgr. and Sec.
Great Lakes Mutual
Insurance Co,
Moses L, Walker
Vice-Pres. Great Lakes
Mutusl1nsurance Co.
Dr.. George W. Baber
General Chairman
Eddie Tolan
2 Executive Director
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Hon. Charles Digs
Senator. State OF
Michigan
Snow F. GriEsby
John C. Dancy
Exec. Sec. Urban
League
Mrs. Sadie Lindsay
Pres. Colored Women
Federation Clubs Of
Detroit
Louis E. Martin
Editor. Michigan
Chronicle
Charles Mahoney
State Labor
Commissioner
Charles Roxborough
Commissioner of
M.U.C.C.
Carlton Gaines
Pres. Booker T WASH
ington Trade Assn
Honorary Committee
Gov. Luren D Dickinson
Governor Of Michigan
Murray D Van WaFoner
Michigan Highway
Commissioner
Harry Kelly
Mich. Sec. OF state
Vernon Brown
Mich. Auditor General
Senator william Bradley
Senator Felix H.H, Flynn
Senator Allen Ludington
Rep. Joseph Warner
Advisory Committee
Mayor Edw. J. Jefries,
Jr.
Fred Alien
Harold Bledsoe. Attorney
Rev. Richard T. Brown
Wilbur Brucker, Attorney
Fred VI. Butzel, Attorney
Mrs. Beulsh Carter
]. Will Cooper
Russell Cowan
Joseph Craigen. attorney
Rev. Henry Hit Crane
Charles DAILY
Ralph Doherty
Mrs. Madeline Fowler
Rabbi Leo NJ. Franklin
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For additional information
please write Executive Com
mittee, $50 Cratiot Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan, or call
CADILLAC 1865.
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John o. Lewis
Seattle. Wash.
Arthur R. Smith
Phoenix, Ariz.
c. W. Rice
Houston, Texas
William o. Walker
Cleveland. Ohio
Charlotte A. Bass
Los Angeles. Calf.
Robert s. Abbott
Chicago. III.
Dr.. NJ. o. Bousheld
Chicago, Ill.
W. s. Scott
Savannah. Ca.
j. n Lewis
JACKSONVILLE ria
c c Spsulding
Durham. N. c.
Waiter White
Nev, york
, 1,,
Lucy ), bulIoCh
Elmer r. Dotson
Kansas Clty' MO
joan P. Davis
washington ~ l
Z. W. D. Isaac
nashville rem,
Joseph H. B. Evans
" ASH ing ION u l.
Mrs. NJ. l. Hill
casper wyoming
Joseph Bull
NeIoourhe' AustrSl''
E. X. Jones
we" iorh' N I
Bishop R R Wright, Jr
SCUM AlLlea
b hop z. J. Howard
west Ati'od
John X DeveauN
havana Cuod'
P Vas Putten
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Ticket
Sale Is Planned
By The Officials

Plans for an advance sale of $50,
GOO admission tickets throughout the
city and state for the IS Years Of
Negro Progress Exposition TO be
Evening star., 1940-12-20
Memher of the AssocIated Press.
District Employees

Basing his remarks on an ad-
mittedly incomplete investigation,
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois has expressed the belief
that substantial reduction in the
total of District employees might be
made without impairing the func-
tioning of the local government and
with a possible annual saving OF
$1,OO0,OO0.
Mr.. DirkSen arrived at these tenta-
tive conclusions after learning that
1000 Of the Districts 14,456 employees
were on leave on December 10, a
percentage of absentees which, in his
Judgment, makes it amazing that
the municipal establishment can
function. On closer study of the fig
ures, however, it does not appear that
there is anything abnormal or un-
reasonable about the December 10
statistics.
The picture is complicated some
what by the fact that there are
CUOU per ultlll WOl hc1o Oll VIC Liz
trict pay roll, and the exact status
of their leave is difficult to determine.
But if a conservative allowance is
made for these employees, and if
police and firemen, who have one
day a week off, are included, it ap-
pears that there are, on an average,
about 1850 District employees who
are entitled by law to twenty-six
days of leave each year. On the basis
of 800 working days year, and again
taking an average, 996 employees
would have to be on leave each day
for the District workers to have the
time of to which they are entitled.
If Mr.. Dirksen conducts the ex-
haustive study of this matter, which
he says he contemplates, he may
arrive at some slightly different aver
ages, but there is nothing to indi-
cate that he will find anything alb
normal or amazing" about the fact
that 1000 employees were away from
their Jobs on December 10.
Evening star., 1940-12-20

force today. The condition Of the
Mexican railways is deplorable. Not
only have there been too frequent
disastrous accidents, but practically
all the roads are in bankruptcy.
There is serious lack of locomotives
and rolling stock, the rights of way
are in poor condition, there are too
many employees, and there is a laxity
of discipline and lack Of organization.
A highly integrated system such as
a railway cannot operate successfully
with such defects.
Whether governmental controAas
the new setup will provides the
answer, only experience will tell.
But there is no denying the urgent
need Of some change from worker
management. President Avila Cana
cho, recognizing this, is taking
the first steps to correct a deplorable
condition, which is a serious i'm
pediment to hemisphere defense, the
railways being a first line of internal
strength against attack from abroad.