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Segura and Bundy Top
River Forest Net Field
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 8.-Franclsco
tPancho) Segura, national collegiate
champion from the University of
Miami, and Dorothy Bundy, Santa
Monica, Calf, star, top the list of
seven seeded players in the River
Forest Open Tennis Tournament,
which opens tomorrow.
Four other men are seeded, in
cluding Bill Talbert of Indianapolis
No. 2: Thane Halstead OF Glen
Ellyn, Ill, No. 3; Gene Wash of Chi
cago, No. 4, and Norman Bickel of
Oak Park, ILL.,, No. S. Miss Bundy
and Mary Arnold, Los Angeles, were
the only women seeded.
The tournament replaces the Chi
cago city championships and offers
the James Simpson Trophy to the
mems singles champion.
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fuckers Stick Slump
A New Chisox Worry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 8.-The
Chicago White Sox aren't having
much success on their current East.
ern trip, but the players have ar
added worry - Thurman Tucker
American League leading hitter, Is
in slump.
The Sox center fielder, who a week
ago was hitting 1916, was some IS
points of that mark today and he
hasn't got hit in his last 40 times
at bat.
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Comp Springs Suffers
81 Licking by Canoes

Cameo Furniture handed a 60 de-
feat to Camp Springs as Tex Will
liams hurled six-hit ball and struck
out 10 in their Industrial League
game yesterday at Camp Springs
Cameo clinched the game in rounc
! when it registered five runs.
Next league game is Monday when
Naval Receiving Station meets
Cameo on its home field.
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Buksi and SuvoId Billed
For Rubber Match
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July S.-Joe Baksi
slugger from Kulpmont, Pa, anG
Lee Savold, Paterson IN. j. battler
will continue their bitter heavy
weight feud at Comiskey Park or
August 8. The Illinois State Athletic
Commission has approved the bout
probable l5-rounder to be stagec
by Promoter Jack Kearns.
Baksi and Savold tangled at Madi.
son Square Garden May q, wher
Baksi pummeled the New Jersey
fighter to avenge trimming by
Savold last March.
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Chicago Charity Turf
PROGRAM Sets Marks
BY the Associated Press.

bs tne Associated PTeSS.
r CHICAGO, July 8. - Chicago's S
five-day charity program of racing
at Washington Park, the first in
midseason in American turf history,
drew a total attendance of ll4,00O
far in excess of all predictions.
New Illinois State wagering rec
ords were set on two days, while the
weeks total for the parimutuel ma
chimes was IS $40 98o
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Win,Lose or Draw
By JOHN LARDNER.


Many clean-vng children any
President of the United States the
pedicament The schools
do not teach baseball history least not until the eighth
Mccarthy pennan e4o
figure that the American League left to the
Yankees somebody's will Back the of non stockings
course phase only 1896,
President Roosevelt coping his second election But
that time the life of they around
Naples make the Yanks practically
stutonal My children who than they
Shaking that amboune the has aged them beyond
their felt their first quams of doubt about the Yankees
These quams somewhat sharper than the first doubt
Santa Claus and to take form similar stomach
strappng me to chair the tots in while
the others took notes.
His Kids Fool Him With Their Pennunt Fucts
"Guvnor said the oldest whom though
not her right the told
ington a pennant.
TITS lie began shout raning bonds,
ond child tB slenced me with cold look
He also claimed said tB) that the Athletics finish
top"
What's more said CO. sobbing slightly young
did not reply for moment What has society
the street minds innocent children
destroying with word the parental protection making them
and cynical before their time?
"Chdren said at last shaking (B off thumb which
bending backwar action If this character had
will not deny it All that he true And Pen
have also been by Chicago, Boston, Cleveland"
Not St. LOUISE? said A Take easy noW Guv nor We want
facts, hysteria."
old Association back pin
faith on st. Louis
Refuses to Give Tip on This Years Race
year?" ugly scovl. had
Anything this year. said and sumped forward
Gods hands
Apparently this saked their thirst knowledge for they of
to play friendly of permutaons with couple of quiz kids
point.
believe has be faced everywhere
If Yankees do win the pnnnt this questions going
will Roosevelt
when it. The Yankee
Detroit took
unnoticed
willing overlook five
will explaining
every the country ready to talk fast
America
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Nostalgia Swoys Fans as War
Relief Benefit Nets $17,374

| Nostalgia scenes were many last
night at Griffith Stadium as the
Washington ball club staged its
War Relief benefit, but perhaps the
one that gripped the old time fans
among the 1898 in the stands and
convulsed them with laughter as
we'll was the act put on by Nick
Altrock, veteran coach of the Mats.
And that Notwithstanding the bat
terry performance of Walter john
son. the greatest pitcher of all time
and Herold Muddy Ruel, the bat
terry mate of the Big Train in Wash
ington's pennant-winning years of
1924 and 1925.
| When Nick, with knees trembling
faced the former smokeball hurler
to dispute violently every strike
called by Umpire Bill MCGOWAN
himself celebrating his Goth ami
versary as an American League
arbiter-and to handshake vigorA
ously with the official whenever q
favorable decision was given on a
pitch, he really brought down the
house.
The 67-year-old Altrock still is
the clown prince Of baseball-with
none to contest his reign.
That johnson and Ruel battery
however, evoked memories of that
18th inning in the seventh game
of the New Work Ciants-NatS Series
In 1924 when Frankie Frisch led
off with a triple and Walter. with
the stalwart assistance of Muddy
never allowed a New Yorker to reach
the plate. Luke SeWell, Ossie
Bluege and Joe Kuhel, all World
Series veterans of the 1888 Nat club
and Bluege was with those 1924
and 1925 outfits. too-merely were
going through the motions as they
stepped to the plate against the
old smokeball pitcher last night. but
~ y,ol1St hoyo haoy, troot ta
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Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

BattinR-Tucker. Chicago. $40
Runs-Doerr and Johnson Boston, SO
Runs batted in-Stephens. St. Louis So
Hlts-Doerr, Boston, a6
Doubles--Cuilenbine Cleveland. "a.
Iriples-Lindell. New York
Home. runs-Metheny. New York. Gull
lenbine, Cleveland Doerr Boston;
Hayes Philadelphia, and Stephens
St. Louis. O.
Stolen bases-Stirnweiss ba New York.
and Case. WASHINGTON, 20
Pltehlng-Maltzbereer. Chicago. 81,
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Fights Lost Night
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO-Willie Pep, 127A, Hart
ford. Conn, outpointed Willie Joyce,
I34, Gary. Ind. 10; Bobby Gunther.
1854, New York, knocked out Jimmy
Santora, 1873. Chicago, /.
LONG BRANCH, N. Joe Carter,
15S. Rome. N. Y, stopped Bob Wade,
1911, Newark, 3: Larry Kellum, l7o.
Perth Amboy. outpointed Ben Russ,
ITO, Atlantic City. 8.
WORCESTER, Mass-Cocky Davis,
la5. worcester, knocked out Tommy
Hlordan, 1851, Brockton, &; Willie
Valentine, 129, Holyoke, and Ralph
walton, l341a. Canada, drew. &.
Los ANGELES. Boyle. 144ha,
cutpotnted Nick Moran, 141r Jalisco,
SAN FRANCISCO. .--Auriei Ooutoure.
' sfasoT i5s f..siamssa ns satIRSinised IRsii 1o oc'orss
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Washington fans to see the 57-year-
old veteran come through with that
smooth side-arm motion. 1t surely
was to the old-timers.
1t was good show the Touch
down Club and the District Depart
ment of the American Legion put
on before the game. The parade.
led by the Marine Band, most ia
nous of military musical organiza- =
tions in the United States, and the
massing Of colors by the Legion
posts, the Legion auxiliary and the
Red Cross was An inspiring sight.
The crowd thrilled to the introduce
ton of the Congressional Medal
winners, Tech. Sergt. Charles Com
mando) Kelly and 1t. Ernest Chill
ders, an Indian from Broken Arrow.
Okla. 1t applauded literally the
Army swing band and its soloist
and Bob Simmons. president OF the
Touchdown Club, and Clark Griffith,
head man Of the Mats, got generous
hands. And through it all Arthur
'AN"Si' DSi iSiiidil. loI IIltI dtnleLIC
director at Catholic University and
coach OF Washington's pro football
Redskins, now a radio sports COM
mentator, went along smoothly as
master OF ceremonies. 1t was a top
notch show.
So far as the ST. Louis Browns are
concerned, the Mats take the palm
for speed. In 50-yard dashes Mike
Guerra won the event for pitchers
and catchers of the clubs in So Sec
onds and Johnny Sullivan got the
special race in SIS. Allen Zarilla
saved the Browns from a shutout
by taking the sprint for infielders
and outfielders in So.
Out Of the game the War Relief
Fund netted $l7,37405. And Uncle
Sam got a cut. too. the tax going
his way was $3,548.75. J.B.K.
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Richmond Player Called

RICHMOND, Va, July 8 (R.-
Gene Petty, 22-year-old Richmond
right fielder, has received notice to
report to the Marine Corps for
training next Friday,
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BeIvoirs, Euqles in Tie

Fort Belvoir and the Alexandria
Eagles softball teams ended their
eight-inning battle in a 90 tie last
night, while United Typewriter girls
shutout U. S. Marine Corps girls,
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Coast Guard Nine Wins

Curtis Bay Coast Guard defeated
the Camp Lee nine, 81, yesterday
on its own diamond.
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DODGERS Sian KuboIe

Edward Kubale, former coach of
Centre (Ky) College, has signed as
line coach Of the Brooklyn Dodgers
in the National Football League.
Evening star., 1944-07-08
buffers Golf Tourney Cleanup
Scored by Mrs. O|msteud

98-20-78; Mrs. Harry Carragher,
98-2O-78, and Mrs. M. Hale Dineen,
10l-23-78. after the WDGA draw
system determined their positions in
that order.
Evening star., 1944-07-08
Brown Bombers Costino

Any unlimited baseball team In
terested in a game with the Brown
Bombers tomorrow should call North
1924.
Evening star., 1944-07-08

/ Runs-Myatt t2). Kuhel t3b, Spence,
Candini. Errors-Gutteridge .2o, Hay
80, Torres Two-b ase hit-Spence
Three-base hit = Spence Stolen base
II u hel. Sacrif1ce - ORTIZ Double
plays Myatt to Sullivan to kuhel:
stephens 10 Gutteridse to McQuinn: Sulh-
van to Myatt to Kuhel. Left on bases
ST. Louis, s. Washington, 10 Bases on
halls-On Kramer, /: of Zoldak. . OF
Candiri, /. Strikeouts-By Candini. /; by
Zoldak. l. Hits-Oh Kramer. ! in & in
nings none out in SEVENTH: on Zodak. >
in > innings Losing pitcher--Kramer,
Umpires-Messrs Stewart. MCGOWAN and
pipgras Time--l.43
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Sports Program
For LocoI Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.

Baseball.
st. Louis at hington
might, $50.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic mems doubles
and finals, Edgemoor Club, Be-
thesda, $50.
Evening star., 1944-07-08
League Statistics
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1914.

AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
WaShlneton. :; ST Louis, q IN.
phliadelphia. 4 Chicago, 3 tn.b.
New York, 3; Detroit. l..
Cleveland. s; Boston. (
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Games To-day. Games Tomorrow.
81 L. at Wash ,n) ST L. at Wash ,2l.
Chicago at Phila. Chic at Phila t2I
Detroit at N Y Detroit at n Y (2)
Cleve. at Boston. Cleve. at Bost (2)
Evening star., 1944-07-08

NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Pittsburgh. ID; Brooklyn. =.
Boston, 10; ST Louis. 5 fn).
Philadelphia, 3: Cincinnati, ..
Chicago, 3-2; New York, o-6.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
7 he Price of
Unemployment

Widespread unemployment means tragedy to individuals and to
nations.
Who of us can forget the dark days of 1882 depression, the chill
of the poorly heated rooms, too thin clothes, the desperate hope that
sickness would not strike our underfed children, the everpresent fear
that we might be laid off next week, or the hopeless feeling that the
plant was never going to open up again?
What community does not remember the long relief lines, the
growth of slums, the closed and silent factories?
LOST FOREVER
lost to the nation through unemployment. We failed to create goods
in 1943.
What specifically did we lose as a nation? We missed a chance to
build is million new houses, to bring our educational system up to
"a truly desirable standard" as defined by the National Education
Association. We could have spent the $11 billion dollars required for
the health program advocated by the Technical Committee on Medical
Care, and the $5 billion so urgently needed for forest, soil, fuel and
power conservation.
this, the people could have spent more than twice whath they did each
year on recreation. Three million more automobiles could have been
produced. And there would have been $35 billion left, to pay for COM
munity improvements and better food for millions.
Needed Now
All this is split milk, of course. But we must not continue to
waste u resources and our opportunities. Our needs now are urgent
The 1910 Housing Census reported almost seven million of u houses
in need of major repairs, 100000 without central heating or stoves.
Over 80 million of our people live in houses below reasonable minimum
standards of health, safety, decency Dr. convenience.
Fewer than half of the Nations youth who are able to do accept
able college work now continue their education beyond high school,
In the majority of instances the chief difficulty appears to be an
economic one Thrty-fve million Americans have no library service
We need Immediately half a million hospital beds for civilian use
Prevention in all fields of medicine is one of our most imperative needs.
This is only a sample of what needs to be done, what must be done
We cannot allow unemployment to blight millions of lives and rob us
OF these goods again. - The Economic Outlook.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
FACING the c
With PHILIP PEARL

Suppose that Germany surrendered tomorrow. Suppose that Japan.
realizing the hopeessness of resisting the combined might of the United
Nations, were to give up the next day. What would happen?
The answer is that we would lose the peace.
Lord knows, everyone is hoping and praying that our enemies will
collapse quickly and that the war will end in the shortest possible lme.
But the dangerous fact remains that we haven't prepared for such a
contingency.
That is why the American Federation of Labor has opened a re
newed drive now and is pushing with might and main for immediate
passage of the Kilgore Bill. This measure is needed to set up the ma
chinery for speeding reconversion and it is preferred over other bills
dealing with postwar readjustment because it seeks to protect human
needs a IS well as property needs
Of course, we don't really know how 500 victory will come. The
lighting may still be prolonged for another year O more. But there are
increasing indications that the Nazis n on the point of collapse. Mill
tay leaders, fearful of over optimism, -decry such reports-but they
persist. And should they turn out to be true. our country will be asleep
at the switch-unless Congress wakes up right now.
CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE
Let's look for a moment at the possible consequences of sudden
peace for which we have is yet made no adequate provision.
Overnight, at least ten million war workers would be thrown out of
their jobs. Contracts would be cancelled almost automatically. Fac
after, the army of unemployed might swell to fifty million within a few
weeks Returning soldiers, looking for a job, would find breadhnes on
the street. #
In fact, if Germany and Japan wished to strike their most effective
blow of the war against America, they could do nothing more catas-
trophic than to give up at once and together.
Isn't that a sorry state of affairs to contemplate? Isn't it a serious
reflection on the common sense of the American people? Can't they do
something about it?
mediate job of winning the war that it has neglected thus far to prepare
for winning the peace. That's a natural and normal oversight. But it
must and can be corrected at once.
The first thing to do is to learn the name of your Congressman.
Most Americans, to their shame, don't know it. The next step is to
write O wire your Congressman and your Senators a wel-urging
Kngore Bill.
If this bill is enacted into law before Labor Day, a it should be,
the Government, industry and labor "a get started in time the
tremendous problem of readying our country for peace when it comes
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
About War Debts

An editorial, written by James H. McGraw, Jr, president of tho
Publishing Company, has reached our desk. 1t points to
he war debt Which, MI. sMcGFaw says, will be at least two hundred and
fifty billion dollars when the war ends.
Mr.. McGraw sees danger in that debt. He also sees the necessity
for greater production after the war is over as a means of paying the
% encourage the entry of private capital into productive pursuits
We wonder what ordinary workers will think about Mr.. McGraws
Will the people of tomorrow be willing to produce more and mora
wealth in order to pay for the dead horse of past war? And will they
,onSent to tighten the tax burden on business as a means of coaxing
he owners of industry to use their war profits for industrial expansion?
If the American people are not willing to meet the nations obiga-
tons in ways satisfactory to the owning-employing class, then they had
better start learning about the Socialist program.
Socialists don't want to await the profit or convenience of private
capital before making the things the world needs. They are against
business refused to produce for more than ten years beginning in 1929
people will be all that is necessary to call forth the fullest possible pro-
duction. When people produce for use instead of for profit, then thew
Just won't have to care how much waste was caused by the folly of
past generations.
We're not SO much concerned with paying debts as with seeing to
it that everybody has a chance to produce and enjoy abundance. If the
debts never get paid-welL, the boys who died in battle will never come
back either. So what? Are the dollars that were put into the war
more important than the lives that were destroyed?
We multiply the national debt by running this war under the rules
of the privateprofit system. If the people of America ha> established
a Socialist cooperative commonwealth before the war began they could
they could pay as they go.
It's been a costly mistake to reject Socialism; the world wouldn't
have this war today if all the nations engaged in it had abandoned the
capitalist way of life at the close of World War 1.
And capitalism will be equally costly to those who live IN the future
children. yet unborn r forced to live and work and pay for the
fight again to secure the markets S necessary to a expand
ing system of human expotation-The Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
AND WHY WE WORK

To guard against slackening of
effort by war workers, who are
unconsciously influenced by talk
about the var being over soon, the
Army Service Command has re-
leased its closely guarded docu-
mentary film, "Why We Fight" for
showing in war plants.
Few civilians have seen the pic
ture, which is shown to every sol
dier as part of his military train
ing. Even official visitors at Army
posts have had to have special per-
mission to see it. The first showings
under the new program will be for
plant directors and officials, by in
vitation from the commanding Of
ficers of the nine service com
mands.
Workers will see how the ma
terial they make is used against
the enemy in all war theaters.
why We Fight" has been des-
cribed as terrifying realistic, but
the Service Command chiefs be-
lieve the actual combat pictures
will pep up workers who are in
clined to let down on the strength
of rumors that fighting in Europe
is nearing the end.-Edited by Bas-
com N. Timmons.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
ITU TO REAFFILIATE
WITH AFL IN AUGUST


have been made completed for the
formal reaffiliation of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union with
the American Federation of Labor
in August.
The members of the union voted
to return to the AFL fold in a re-
cent referendum election. Pres
identelect Randolph, Of the ITU,
notified AFL Secretary-Treasurer
George Meany that 60 days must
elapse before the union act on the
result of the referendum. He said
that he would forward a check for
per capita tax on $4,000 members
next month. This means the union
will be represented at the ALL
convention in November.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
Out! Here's Mr.. Ruml Again

Mr. Ruml has another plan" The last time he persuaded Congress
and President Roosevelt to forgive 81, O00 OO0, 900 O So 900, OO0 600
in income taxes. That made Mr.. Ruml the most glamorous Santa Claus
the very rich have ever seen.
With that experience fresh in mind, we naturally have our fingers
crossed on Mr. umls latest plan. fgfse
It's an after-the-War idea. AL taxes n corporation profits are to be
wiped out, and a uniform levy of 5 per cent, called a franchise tax, sub
stltuted. There would be no Federal sales tax. Taxes O individual
incomes would rise $13,0Oo,OoOo00, and the total Federal budget
would be $18,O OO OO00 900. Extra billions would have to be raised to take
care of social security and payments the public debt.
MIR. Ruml says there must be full employment after the war,
with a national income of $145,000 O0O 600 and Sc, 900, 600 persons on
the payroll That part of the scheme we can raedny accept. Putting
the burden on individual incomes might be all right if there yer proper
higher brackets. car-c
But MrtRuml is a clever salesman: !" He doesn't always reveal
his real purpose. That's why we have u fingers crossed-Labor. =
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
MEXlCANS TO GET
WATER

MEXICO CITY. - In Mexico,
where the climate is warm and
often excessively dry, water for
drinking and washing in the home
has long been one of the worst
lacks. The federal government,
however, working thru the Minis
try of Health, is launching a great
ly accelerated program by which
S. ,000,0 900 will be spent in the next
year, with large sums also approp-
rated by state authorities, for the
development of tap water resour-
ces BY the end of 1914, this un-
precedented appropriation is ex-
pected to make tap water avail
able for most of the communities
in the Republic.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-08-09
FIRST COOP AND
LABOR INSTITUTE RUN
OFF SUCCESSFULLY

MADISON, Wis.-(CCD)-Men
and women of organized labor and
the consumer co-ops joined hands
to make a whopping success of the
first Coop and Labor Institute held
here this month as a part of the
noted University of Wisconsin
Summer School for Workers.
The Institute consisted of four
daily sessions during the two-week
term on the history of consumer
co-ops, the history of the labor
movement, co-ops business admin
istration, coop organization and
education methods, and labor and
coop relationship. Staff lectures
and discussion leaders were drawn
from The Cooperative League of
the USA and regional co-ops in
Superior, Minneapolis and Chicago.
Attending the Institute were
workers of steel, auto, railroads,
teaming, maintenance and con-
struction unions (AFL, CLIO and in
dependent) and from women's
auxiliaries of various unions. The
session drew persons from Con-
necticut to Colorado. Workers
School Director, Professor Ernest
Schwartztrauber, has announced
that a second Coop and Labor In
stitute is being planned for 1945.