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Evening star., 1943-06-09
EchoIs, Pistol Champ,
Now Naval Officer
Rv tho Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
TUCSON. Ariz., June 9.-Lee
Echols, 36, Calexico: Calf national
individual pistol champion, will COM
plete 6O-day indoctrination course
at the Naval Reserve Officers Train
ing School here Friday. He has the
rank of lieutenant, Junior grade.
Formerly customs agent, he was
a member of the Treasury Depart
ment pistol team which holds II
world records.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Little Rock, 5; Knoxville, 3.
Chattanooga, 10; New Orleans, 5.
Birmingham, 2: Atlanta, ..
Nashville, z: Memphis, g.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Portsmouth, "a: Richmond, %.
Norfolk, 3; Roanoke, 2.
Lynchburg at Durham, postponed
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Scranton. II: Utica, g.
Elmra, 4; Hartford, 3.
(Only gameS)
Evening star., 1943-06-09
TickIed Gotham Scribes

The silver-haired,- red-faced Con-
zelman's fame as speaker was born
more by accident than design. Not
until he took over the Cardinals did
he achieve distinction by opening his
mouth except for eating purposes.
With one vocal test, however, Jimmy
gained national recognition as a
wit
But that was when the Cardinals
visited New York to tangle with the
Giants. The New York writers, out
of courtesy called on Councilman to
say something, expecting a few mo-
ments of dull conversation. The New
York writers were accustomed to
such funny fellows as Nal Stevens
and Jimmy Crowley. so Councilman
wasn't getting on his feet to face a
group likely to laugh at anything.
But Jimmy literally rolled them
in the aisles. He merely told them
some of his funny stories, inserted
an occasional infectuQus grin, and
captured 'em. That one speech made
a startling success of him, for the
New York writer's wrote so glowingly
of his talk that lecture bureaus
clamored for his services.
Conzelman's fame mushroomed
with every speech. Soon he was in
stalled as vice president of the Car
dinals, taking over many business
details. A trucking concern made
him an official during the off season.
Evening star., 1943-06-09

Today q year ago - Jimmy
Dykes, manager of Chicago White
Sox, fined $3.50 for stalling tactics
in second game Of double header
at Boston on previous Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-06-09

sptdkeI 1Ie Is UIIe OF C1Ie INdCIU1I 5
noted and some idea of his business
acumen is cleaned from the fact he
once purchased the football fran
chise of the Detroit Lions for $50
and some years lated peddled it to
Fred Mandel for $225 900.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
League Statistics
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1943.
AMERICAN.
Results YESTERDAY.
No games scheduled.
Standing Of Clubs.

~ q Ir y 1I 81 III 5r2315I .605T--
Wa q 81 81 2L 81 I'll 2I24Ils.571l ]
DetI u 81 q u 81 ~ 42OI19I513 81.
Phi! 2 81 81 2L III 3L 5I22L2l .5l2! 81
Chi 4 q q OI-I ~ ~ 2I17I1s.4s6I Ala
Gle 81 2I q 81 81 | 1I2O22I .476I
Bos Il 2 81 3 81 A. 42OT23 1853 81
st.LL q OF y 2L 4L q 2I-I13I23I. .36lI 9
l. L-t15I1sL19I21I1sl22l 23I23I-I-I
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at Boston. Wash. at Boston
Chi. at Det. t'Ggh) Chicago at Detroit
ST, L. at Cleveland. St. L. at Gle. (nigh,
Only games. New York at Phila.
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
No games scheduled
Evening star., 1943-03-14

Brig Gen. Patrick j. Hurley has lived
the kind of life many an American boy
has dreamed about.
Just off on another secret mission,
President Roosevelts rowing envoy in the
span of his 60 years has been a boyhood
chum of Indians a mule driver in the
mines, cowboy. soldier lawyer, banker,
oil operator, Secretary of War, foreign
minister, Virginia landowner, world
traveller.
Handsome and of imposing physique
he's foot 2-this colorful Irishman has
an agile mind (Phi Beta Kappa, an ad-
venturesome spirit an impelling sense OF
action, wit, and homespun philosophy
akin to that of his friend the late Will
Rogers
On his recent brief trip back home
from a secret mission in the Orient and
Russia, he was awarded his second Dis
tinguished Service Medal for courage
and high efficiency" He won his first
in World War for meritorious service
as judge advocate, Army artillery, 1st
Army, and for negotiating with the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for passage
of American troops on their way to the
Rhine after the armistice.
He was promoted to major when he
was first sent to France with the AEF
and he managed despite his assignment
to the Judge Advocate Generals Depart
ment, to earn a silver star of gallantry
and promotion to lieutenant colonel.
Across his broad chest too are two
rows of campaign ribbons and soldiers
decorations, and, in addition, the Aztec
Eagle, highest award of the Republic of
Mexico.
On last January 10 came his promotion
from colonel to brigadier general fol-
lowed shortly by his assignment as Min
lister to New Zealand. He was this coun-
trys only soldier diplomat in the service.
His first secret mission, now widely
known, was to fly to Australia with his
pockets full of gold to hire venturesome
sea captains to run the japanese blockade
and pass the ammunition" as we'll as
supplies to the men on Bataan.
Next heard from, Gen. Hurley was in
Moscow talking with Stain. The gist
of the conversations as well as the pur-
pose of his fight to Russia are still hush
hush stuff
He won the admiration of the Russian
guards division, with which he toued
the Russian 'front.' with the Indian war
whoop he learned as boy in Indian
Territory where Choctaw lads were his
playmates.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
By Charles Fem,
Associated Press Writer.

sell because of low prices. The values
pools" which have seen fit to establish
prices below the prewar cost. The
Ethiopians must not only meet these
lower prices, but also include in their
delivered price the freight and insurance
costs, which are now constituting up to
three-quarters of the final price on some
commodities.
'Unessential' exports have been virtu-
ally stalemated. Leopard skins, for in
stance, used to bring in tidy sum, but
the Ethiopians can't get freight space for
them now. Clvet was another luxury
item bringing in fat returns, because of
a glandular secretion used for a musky
perfume much in favor in America One
exporter got around the freight difficulty
by sending packets by registered airmail
and even got his packets sealed by the
Minister of Finance But cluttering up
the mails in this way was soon stopped
Halle SelasSies government has de-
cided that trade must be balanced. I'M
portation of goods must follow export
of an equivalent amount. Ethiopia wants
cotton goods badly.
1ronware, from nails to ploWshares,
comes next on the list, followed by salt,
sacks Qor bagging grain) soap and
sugar.
These might be paid for with the ex-
Evening star., 1943-03-14
By Jane Eads,
Associated Press Writer.

Gen. Hurley has served in every mill
tary rank from buck private up to one
star general, as we'll as Secretary of War
in 1929-1933. He saw his first military
service with the militia of the Choctaw
Nation of Indian Territory (now Okla
homa). A cavalry captain at 10, he won
notice for diplomacy in persuading a
rebellious Indian chief to surrender. He
served four years as captain of the
National Guard.
He entered the War Department as
Assistant Secretary in 1929 when Presi-
dent Hoover went into Office, and on
December 9, 1929, following the death of
James w. Good, he became Secretary.
While in this Office he headed the War
Policies Commission.
He won the Aztec Medal from Mexico
when, as attorney for five American oil
companies whose property the Mexican
government had appropriated, he nego-
tiated a settlement.
Though Hurley, Republican, has been
a critic of the New Deal and the Presi-
dents domestic policies, they apparently
see eye-to-eye on foreign policy.
Twice he has flown the Atlantic and
the Pacific, and no doubt his present
mission will up this number to thrice He
has travelled North America, South
America. Europe, Africa, Asia and Aus
tralia
He Is man of action, knowing what
he wants to do and what he must do and
Evening star., 1943-03-14

ported grain. But the grain lies at
depots while transport priority is being
given to thousands of tons of scrap iron.
The Emperor looks largely to the
United States to help him solve these
and other difficulties He not only hopes
they will buy, but that they will help put
his factories on their feet.
American capital and technical ad-
vice" he told me ARE greatly needed in
my country and would be Welcomed"
Regarding security, the Emperor re-
minded ME that his country is recover
ing from six years of war and that too
much should not be expected.
Business has been further handicapped
py poor communications, letters taking
weeks to reach places even as close As
Aden, and one important telegram to
London took three weeks.
NOR is the currency situation as clear
as crystal. Basic money is the Maria
IhereSa dollar, g yilver coin about as big
as an American dollar but rather less
tnan nall It's value. The effigy of Maria
1hereSa has been continued since the
18TH century because the people have
learned to recognize that plump lady as
indicative of genuine coins Most of the
coins were minted in Bombay and they
are all dated $780,
Said the Emperor, The scarcity of this
medium of internal exchange, due to the
rise in the price of silver and the me-
Chanical difficulty in arranpinp for mint
ing during wartime, is causing grave
embarrassment"
Meanwhile, East African currency is
rather freely accepted in large towns.
In villages, payment often may be made
in kind: Sometimes cattle, sometimes
salt, sometimes cartridges. man walk
ing around with two belts of cartridges
encircling his middle is graduating from
the lower classes to the middle. An upper
class snob rides a fat mule richly capar-
lsoned and is followed by string of
servants.
Mussolini left the Ethiopians some nice
factories and plenty of skilled Italian
technicians. Too bad that security was
not consistent with leaving these tech
nicians in their jobs. Only 500 were al
lowed to stay.
The factories creak There are cotton
mills, sawmills, cement works, shoe fac
tories, cigarette plants. The British don't
want Italians in them and the Ethiopians
don't want anybody except themselves
and maybe some philanthropic Ameri-
cans.
Evening star., 1943-03-14

must be every possible aid to labor, every
device to avoid unnecessary fatigue
In recent memorandum to all war
industries, Bevin indicated broad and
general outlines for cures, asked employ
ers, arrangements, works production
committees and trade unions to seek the
best remedial action Ito mitigate difficult
conditions and to bring public opinion to
bear on those who are careless in attend
ance or punctuality."
Included in the remedial schemes are:
l. Factory records of absence and all
relevant data to be discussed regularly
before works production committees and
arrangements. un previous investiga-
tions one stumbling block was the lack
or unsuitability of factory recordsJ
2. very high rate of sickness absence
Is to be checked by medical examination;
high accident rates to be Immediately
investigated.
3. Absence backed by what appears to
be a reasonable excuse to be watched by
welfare officers, in whose hands should
be such cures as transport improve
ment, additional nurseries, better hostel
arrangements, tastier and more regular
meals, suitable leave for shopping.
4. Rotated schedules to give workers
another day off weekly besides Sunday;
workers to be encouraged to use hostels
and billets near the factories where
travelling is hindrance to attendance.
Works productions committees, per-
sonnel departments and such other
bodies" said Bevin can and should settle
absenteeism locally and without any
governmental interference"
Bevin also put on record that "prosecu-
tion of young people for absenteeism
should be undertaken only as a last
resort. I always try to examine these
cases in the light of what I might have
been at IT,"
Prosecution of workers for absentee
ism average about one in 10000, i'm
prisonment one in $4,000. Fines range
from 81 to a possible maximum of $400,
imprisonment up to three months.
Prosecution is generally ordered by the
national service officer for the area, but
in many instances the offenders own
workmates have observed, reported and
insisted on prosecution.
Evening star., 1943-03-14
HURLEY, MAN OF ACTION, SERVES U. S. WELL
Former War Secretary Goes Envoy Many Fronts

impatient to get it done. He will have
no yes" men around him and dislikes
'mollycoddles.
Once he complained he was always
missing the excitement" but thrice
within the last year he has barely es-
capped death. In March year ago, he
was slightly wounded during the fierce
Jap bombing at the North Australian
port of Darwin. Previously, while the
general was flying from the embattled
Dutch Indies island of Java, the bomber
on which he was aboard was beset by a
swarm of Jap fighters. The bomber's
crew. by acrobatic flying and effective
shooting, Tended off the enemy until
fighters arose to protect the plane and
drove the Japs away.
In December, while returning to Mos
COW from the Russian front, along
newly-captured road, his car came so
close to hitting land mine that it was
showered with parts of two trucks that
did.
In peacetime Hurley has been a law
yer, an oil operator and a banker. In
1899. he was reputedly one of the 10
highest-paid lawyers in the country.
The general likes to read aloud and to
recite poetry-both of which he does
pleasingly and often at the request of his
friends. He loves good story and finds
relaxation in conversation.
Imposing and unapproachable in ap-
pearance-before you catch the twinkle
il, bjc merry hlue evec-hiS inform O litu
is great characteristic.
Hurley was married in 1919 to Miss
Ruth Wilson, statuesque and beautiful
daughter of Admiral Henry B. Wilson of
the United States Navy. They have four
children. The eldest daughter Patricia.
is married to DR.. Henry Beall Gwynn.
There are two other daughters, Ruth
and Mary. The son, Wilson, in his Sec
ond year at West Point, has had himself
called Pat" after his father-a fact
which makes the general proud and
happy.
Before the war, the Hurleys lived at
Belmont, their 1,200-acre farm near
Leesburg, Va Now while the general is
flying around the globe on special mis-
sions for the Government, Mrs. Hurley
has established herself at the Hurley
home near Santa Fe, N. Mex.
You have to go through narrow
canyon to get to the house." the general
said.
Its so narrow that had to teach
my dog to wag his tail fore and aft, in
stead Of sideways"
Evening star., 1943-03-14
ETHIOPIA SEEKS TO BUILD LASTING ECONOMY
Caught in WhiI Of War se|osse Ahead

Adds ABABA-A year has passed
since the Ethiopian government was re-
stored, and Ethiopia still is struggling
with problems bequeathed by centuries
of internal strife, five years of hated
Italian occupation and six months of
mistrusted British officialdom.
His Imperial Majesty Halle Selassie
again heads this government by divine
right of kings. Under his oversize sun
helmet are the best brains of Ethiopia
The Emperor told me that it is his
governments wish to help the United
Nations in the war effort Immediately
and effectively.
ITO do this said his majesty, I'VE are
putting at the disposal of the Allies all
surplus cereals and other produce. The
production of rubber, oil, seeds and
timber is being energetically stimulated"
He said all machinery and agricultural
equipment not vital to the needs of
Allied use, as well as troops and other
manpower for service abroad
Il speak with especial pride of the
Ethiopian Army" said his majesty. I'VE
have 10 regular battalions with all ancil-
larry services under training. and plans
completed for the creation of a militia"
Speaking of social reforms, the EN-
peror mentioned schemes for resettle-
ment on land provided by the state. and
said that the Ethiopian Women's Work
Association is establishing centers for
child welfare throughout the country
He was reluctant to discuss economic
problems, a natural result of a setup as
complicated as a four -engine bomber and
potentially as dangerous.
Ethiopia is trying to establish herself
IN the import-eXport markets amid &
wartime world economy offering unnatu-
raj markets that will disappear with the
passing Of the war.
Yet these war years must be the
springboard from which Ethiopia is to
s-art her race against older, better
equipped nations
BY selling grains for troops in the
Mldeast, Halle SelaSsie may establish a
firm grain export market But the de-
nand for this grain will dwndle with
the war end because Canadian wheat
can be delivered in Cairo far cheaper
than can Ethiopian wheat.
Ethiopian coffee has given way to
hides in priority for export simply be-
cause hides are more essential to the
war effort. Yet the hides which the
Allies want, Ethiopia can Ill afford to
Evening star., 1943-03-14

N-Absenteeism, a mounting
problem to the war industries of the
United States, is also problem in Brit
ain: but the government here believes it
can be remedied by internal rather than
external measures.
Labor Minister Bevin puts the view this
way: The cure is more likely to be
found by those establishments who look
for the solution within themselves than
by those which tend to rely more on ex-
ternal powers of discipline or punish
ment."
At the end of 1912 there were about
100000 persons in Britain engaged on
essential work." and of these about 10
per cent (800000) were absent from their
work each day from one cause or an
other
In industries under the essential work
order" labor movements are definitely
restricted; an employer cannot discharge
man from his job, nor can an employe
quit without Government permission.
(The Office of War Information, in a
report issued February Is, said job
absences in the United States now may
be twice" the rate of per cent com
mon in industry" before war industries
got under way, and that the rate may be
even higher in some plants which expe-
rience difficult working and transporta-
ton problems.
Philip Murray, president of the CIO,
reported that normal prewar absences in
industry was % per cent and has now
increased among men to As per cent
and among women to 65 per cent.
tAccording to the CIO, more than half
OF the absences are caused by illness, in
adequate health, transportation and
housing difficulties, labor boarding and
inadequate planning of ALLEGATION of ma
terials; to draft board examinations. ap-
pearances in court, blizzards and flood)
In the official view, malicious absence
accounted for about 2 per cent of the
British absentees; the workers who, nurs-
Ing some sort of grudge, stayed out for
days on end or were persistently late.
Some, in the careless" class, excused
themselves with missed the bus" "away
for the week end" alarm clock didn't
work" and the like.
hort-period absences reached their
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Coffee for Patriots

A number of towns and villages in Bel
gium had pleasant surprise few weeks
ago when they found charming little
bags of coffee upon which labels, printed
in Belgiums two national languages, in
formed them that The Belgian Congo
does not forget you
Never" continues the label, has the
Belgian Congo shared your feelings your
hatred, your hopes, SO closely. 1t is our
colony which, at the request of the
ministry of colonies, has sent you small
quantities of its best coffee, and you will
surely have understood that this gesture
is the expression of its attachment to
you and its solidarity.
ITO release these bags to you, the Bel
gian government found friends in the
Air Ministry and the Raj who afforded
them their closest collaboration. To you
they brought coffee; farther on, they
bring 40oO-pound bombs. And this is
only the beginning. you may believe
1t. -"
Evening star., 1943-03-14
Standley's Comment Clarifies
RusSia's Relations With Allies
Present Association Held to Be Only Temporary
Coalition Rather Than Full Partnership
In United Nations
BY Felix MorIev.

whether or not calculated indiscre-
tlon the outspoken observations made by
Admiral Standley in Moscow have served
one desirable end They have brought
home to most of us the hard fact that a
temporary coalition is not welded into a
permanent combination of United Ma
tons' merely by repetition OF that pleas
ant phrase
In simple fact the United Nations are
heterogeneous group of governments
Whfch are at war, or have severed rc!a-
TONS with, one or more Of the Axis pCw-
erS. Many Of these governments are in
exile and may or may not have postwar
standing with their people The coalition
has no central organization, no unified
command and no common policy beyond
mutual antagoniSm to the aggression
from which its members suffer.
There is hope, but it is at present no
more than a hope, that these govern
ments may work out some plan of per-
manent collaboration, thus creating the
nucleus of an eventual and, this time, eff
fective international organization That
hope, however, is retarded rather than
advanced by assumptions that it will
automatically become a reality. AS the
Undersecretary of State indicated in his
recent Toronto speech, the difficult
spadeWork in this direction is still to be
accomplished.
Until the United Nations become united
In something more than dependence on
lease-lend, it will continue to be dam
,icln 10 toll
enduring program has already been
achieved. Picturesque displays of en-
twined flags, which could in few min
utes be arranged in wholly different but
equally colorful combinations, are very
far from providing basis Of unity
worthy of the name.
Stalin's Viewpoint.
That answering realist, Premier Sta
lin of Russia. has from the outset demon
strated that he regards his country as
member of temporary coalition rather
than as an integral part of the United
Nations lineup.
Soviet opportunism was emphasized
when Russia, having defeated and dis
membered Finland, associated herself in
a temporary marriage of convenience
with Nazi Germany. 1t has been further
evinced by Russia's careful relationships
with Japan, continued after Hitlers no.
torious intuition led him to break with
the Communist dictatorship. And all of
Stains recent speeches have further
emphasized that he regards Russia not
as one of the United Nations, as we use
the phrase, but as power Professionally
associated with Great Britain and the
United States alone, for the single pur-
pose of destroying the Nazi regime in
Germany.
So shrewd is Stalin's diplomacy that
he has been able to establish logically
untenable position. Russia is never pub
licly urged to open second front against
Japan, even though that would seem the
most effective way to bring aid to China
and to prevent the japanese from con-
solidating the huge empire they have
conquered. But Stains refusal to let
Russia gamble on second front does
not restrain him from openly criticizing
Great Britain and the United States for
failing to attempt prematurely what