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WASHINGTON
SCENE
BY GEORGE DIXON.

other sounding boards from
which the voice Of the turtle
backed bureaucrat is heard in
the land
II seems all this was brought
about by a football game be-
tween Army and Navy. Appar-
emily every one here with a
dimes worth Of drag-which
means quite a few of our resi-
dents. reading from left 10 right
attended this contest and
-cdr1e away convinced the Army
team can do anything.
Many have been carried away
TO the point where they profess
10 believe Army can even whip
the best professional eleven.
They keep telling each other a
post-season game should be ar
ranged 10 settle the question.
II ] have heard the proposal
once this week / have heard 1t
hundred times:
That Army should meet the
East.WeSt winner OF the Ma
tonal Football League.
THE idea sounds alright in
l. conversation, but actually
il is absurd The best football
team any college could possibly
get together under scholastic
rules couldn't beat the worst
outfit among the major profess
siOnalS.
After all. colleges with all
their proselyting. are restricted
20 enrolled students, but the
pros can go out openly and hire
the best among graduates,from
all the colleges in the land
Whether you like the idea or
not. colleges. footbalhcally
speaking. are the farms for the
pros. Footballers come up from
schools like ball players come
UP TO the majors after con-
dItioning and seasoning in the
minors.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
One Word Led To Another
No Room TO Turn Around In
for two?
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER-

No Room TO Turn Around In
n nOOMs in New York are scarcer than pouts in Ubang.
n We advise you to stay if anybody is talking TO you
fellow pale they put him in the linen closet
But all the others camping out in hollow trees
- You haze much trouble getting into a hotet
O, into an apartment. One out -of-toWn guest did
manage crash the SWeIdcrf-Fullcker ne had a
grocer package hin, neatly and delver him at the
tr1desnen's entrance Would hdUe got IN, too, n the
string had not busted
When you look for apartment, remember they don't
children dogs Some exclusive they don't even
want people.
WHAT greepx all the stoddwufed is when the
w agent exclusive than the landlord owner
says e" would like tenants in the apartment The
agent air the landlord equal quantities and
Mister only family got into this family apart
in the last six months
they do that" the naturally wanted 70
be educated. why said the agent consulting his list Of
snubbed wnded pleban "hey used the Tformaon wit
the unbalanced line
you want a small apartment uith large
,nses you get four folding rooms at 100
sfnackers per cubcle. The graduated
sizes and slide INTO each other like Chinese trick
They about the size of packing case Utthout
the piano. That makes it conUenient for the agent
20 bring the apartment out on the curb for you to
inspect.
T SUGGESTED renting space in office buildings during
the housing pani You would then read society note,
The Electric Derrick and Crane company the
debutante their subsidiary, the Hudson Bay Nut
Bolt and Axle Corporation"
That sounds silly, of course, but try and locate
stashaUay for your laundry in NeW York this neat
autumn semester There three people for eUery
And that's alUays croUd
1t in October with 10000 sailors in town
The boys made really exclusive beachead before the
rolca indicated they busted. The could
have broken by renting hammock the batescows
to visiting buyers
I'll know the shortage is when the desk clerk again
hands you the pen instead of the back Of his neck
IS,
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
bull Halsey
Paid the Bet

After a session with Monday
morning coaches on Capitol
Hill, / managed 10 get an inter-
view with Mr.. George Preston
Marshall, owner OF the Wash
ington Redskins. This is a very
difficult. achievement in itself
as Mr.. Marshall is practically a
hermit, under vows Of silence.
And any one who has seen the
get-up he wears at football
games understands the origin OF
the expression, "sackcloth and
ashes.
Mr.. Marshall said he would
give me the situation in a nut
she'll. ] do not know what kind
ef nutshell he had in mind, but
If there are any nuts that big
they could be scraped out and
used for dirigible hangers.
The difference between a
college team and a professional
team" he said. after the first
$1,000 words Of preamble. sis
the difference between a Little
Theater play and a Broadway
production. The Little Theater
play IL often amusing and lots
of fun. but 10 can't compare
with the professional offering.
"Or It's the difference be-
tween an inferno and an ex-
perienced surgeon. Or col
lege newspaper and a big daily
with experienced reporters and
wire services. Or the difference
between you and writer
capable OF passing a sanity
test"
At this point begged per-
mission TO withdraw from the
presence. But I would still like
10 see Arny's Blanchard and
Davis charge down upon Mr..
Marshall.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

regard 10 that question Is not
the people. Who then is II?
Take another example Who
decided that all wages are 20 be
raised by 80 per cent without
raising prices?
No figures have been pro-
duCed by an authoritative body
TO prove that it must be 30 per
cent and not any other percent
age. Who decided that?
Who is calling out workers in
plant after plant on strike for
this 30 per cent increase?
Are you even sure that no one
has designs upon our economy.
that these strikes are fomented
not for higher wages but as
sinister political conspiracy? l
am not sure one way or the
other. l don't know. / can't
find out.
All that know is that We are
in a very bad way and that we
seem TO have no leadership out
of our troubles, that our poll
ticians are frightened Of some
thing.
But why should a sane and
courageous approach TO our
economic and social problems be
feared? Whom do they fear?
Maybe there is no answer.
Maybe nobody is actually run
ming the United States.
Maybe We are CongcricS OF
individuals who coaleSce and fall
apart, day by day. on issue after
issue, without plan or long-view
purpose. hut as the spirit moves
us. Maybe that is why we get
so mixed up.
When one looks at the cur
rent Pearl Harbor investigation,
IL certainly becomes clearer that
II is easy to fool us because OBJ
viously what was told to the
American people for a month
before Pearl Harbor and for
nearly three years afterward
was neither the whole truth nor
even the truth.
Somebody was running things
very badly. But who was il?
That apparently is what the
investigating committee does
not want to have brought out
Who knows
Copyright. ls4S, sy Kins Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
LET'S EXPLORE
YOUR MIND
Answer TO Question No. l.

NHSWNf w euN'tiOH ~'V'
Hard 10 define short of a
volume, but essentially a per-
son with a compulsion neurosis
feels inferior, yet feels COM
PEELED 10 assert very positively
his superiority. He may wash
his hands constantly-not to be
clean, but to show his superior
purity. He may murder a per-
son, not because he hates him,
but TO show his courage. He
may even assert strong de-
sire to kill, or jump out the
window. but refrain to show his
heroism in conquering his i'm
pulses. An adolescent may
commit suicide or develop i'll
ness 10 spite his parents for
Furnishing him, and thus prove
his power over them. So 1t
goes, endlessly.
Answer TO Question No. p
A recent survey among
women workers showed that in
their opinion the ideal foreman
should have the following traits:
Must have full understanding
of his job; plan work carefully
in advance; be neat, clean and
we'll groomed; be pleasant.
sociable, good natured; criticize
quietly and constructively."
Glenn Gardiner, authority on
foreman training, says in his
famous weekly letter. Manage
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
By DAMON RUNYON

McAllenan would look IL you
took a ton of gratitude into the
MeAlienan loan establishment
some morning and said:
"Maje, can you let me have .
dollar eighty on this?"
YVIE monumental Mencken
l. production confirms my long
standing impression of the au-
thor that he does not care for
money. This impression was
first formed years ago when
one Of the Hearst editors was
saying to me that he would
like to hire Mr.. Mencken, then
flourishing like a green bay
tree, a situation. l would ex-
plain more fully 10 you II Mr..
M. had thought to include a
definition of a green bay tree in
his book.
"What do you think he'd
WhHt III tnC way vi Nht6fN w
do a column for us?" the editor
asked. "HOw much would you
offer him as starter? I've
got an engagement with him
tonight to talk terms with him."
I'D offer him the top price
you have I'm mind without any
shilly-shallying," / said. 81 hear
you are willing to 20 to $50, 900
n year. Offer him that at
once"
l met Mr.. Mencken some time
after that and asked him If he
had met the editor and had re-
ceived an offer and he said:
"Yes. I met him. We had
talk but I don't recall that he
said anything about an offer
to me-"
Later asked the editor how
come and he said:
"Well. he didn't impress me
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
t. Y. DURLING -

How many Kisses do ! ask
kow you set me to my tdsk.
First, swset girl, wM you tell ma
How many waVss are in the ssa7
HoW many stars are in the sky?
HoW many lovers you make sigh?
How many sands are on the
shors7
! shall Wdnt just one KISS more.
WILLIAM STIRLING MAXWELL
A NEW YORKER says:
"A "In the eighties you could
get n big juicy steak at Smith
a. McNeills restaurant near
Washington Market for 25 cents,
and a generous drink OF fine
bourbon at Perry's on Park Row
Tor a dime"
No doubt you could. But in
the eighties the average work
ingman was being paid a dollar
"A day or SO week. Office
workers were not paid much
more. SO in those days a quar-
ter and a dime was of much
greater Importance 10 the pos
SCISSOR than now.
Asking
QUERIES from clients. O.
S l claim there was a stage
actress whose first name was
Gypsy playing on Broadway be-
fore Gypsy Rose Lee made her
first New York appearance. Am
/ right?
Al think you are, sir. You
are probably referring To that
charming actress named Gypsy
-0'BFieH.
Q-What is the flower OF
people born under the sign Of
SaggitariuS?
A-The florists say IL IL the
p0insettia. However, my CARL
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

7 STAND, head barred. In awe
i and admiration before a
stack of printed pages higher
kthan a cats back which are
1|labeled Supplement One. the
American Language It seems
to me an afterthought Of nigh
onto a thousand pages to a lit
erary effort by II. l.. Mencken.
one of the three wise men of a
city that Is called Bal'morMur-
rylan' by Friend Horse Thief
Burke, one Of its citizens.
A statement on the jacket OF
this Gargantuan accumulation
states that so much new ma
terial has accumulated since the
publication of the fourth edition
OF The American Language"
in 1886 that a separate volume
was deemed advisable to contain
II. Hence this Supplement
One, tnougnt IL is nevertheless
an independent work and may
be read without reference to its
predecessor.
Not alone is il the prodigious-
ness of Mr.. Mencken's work
that awes me. There is the fact
that al finnif belt. or S. per
copy. the volume would not
Seem calculated for large circu-
lation and the great revenue
that is always so pleasing to an
author. II might happen, Of
course. and / hope il does but
the chances are against IL.
Mr.. Mencken was surely
aware of this when he started
10 work. He must have known
that his greatest reward viii be
In the gratitude Of writer's and
Librarians and photographers of
the future, but you would be
surprised how disdainful Maj.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
as a man who would take
$4,000"

as man who would take
$4,000"
7 HAVE long revere Mr..
Il Mencken for two reasons:
first, his tremendous writing
ability which when he was ex-
ercising it in newspapers made
any columnist you can think OF
past or present, seem like a
sophomore by comparison, and
second, because he used TO pub
lish my doggerel and pay me
money for same.
That was when he was run
ming the Smart Set magazine
with George Jean Nathan, now
popuiariy accounted one or the
last barriers of erudition be-
tween dramatic criticism and
complete illiteracy. Remember,
boys, / say oneO l I h n X
Mencken and Nathan may have
been the greatest literary bat
terry we have ever had. l do not
know why they split up. / dis
credit the rumor that IL was be-
cause Nathan felt he could do
better with the DANES single-o.
Maybe il was the result OF a
row between the ones publish
ing my verse.
But, anyway, Nathan went of
on his own 10 become a white
haired, Florida dramatic critic
in the tradition Of the greatest
writer's on theatrical topics we
have ever known, and Mencken
became a lone wolf newspaper
commentator and a great hand
for Baltimore boyhood reminis-
cence and the foremost author
ity on words that American
literature has vet produced.
Copyright. le45. By King Festuro
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

friend was born under Saggi-
tarius, and though a flower en-
thuslast, she doesn't like poln-
settlas.
That shaggy Dog
HAVE been asked. what is
H the original shaggy dog
story?" Couldn't definitely say.
First one 1 heard, which was
during World War /. was as
follows:
"A New York newspaper
carried an advertisement read
ing: 'Wanted--a shaggy dog
4 man I'm Omaha who had q
shaggy dog brought IL to New
York 10 sell but found the ad-
vertiser had left for London.
The man with the shaggy dog
went to London and found the
advertiser had left for Paris.
In Paris he learned the adver-
tiser had left for Berlin. After
having a number OF similar
dlsappointments in other cities,
the Omaha man finally caught
up with the New Yorker In
the Balkans and proudly dis
played his shaggy dog. The
New Yorker looked at the dog
and said: Sorry. I don't want
him. He's not shaggy enough"
Sldelights--
before the war Japan pro-
~ dueed oUsr 95 per cent Of
the silk used in the United
States. Now the Nipponsse
are going TO lose much OF that
business. Coiifornians claim
they can produce three crops
of silk annually to Jdpan's
one. And that IL WiI be bet
ter silk.
The British Marrisd
Women's Assoeiotion eontin-
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

CADET ROBERT DUNCAN.
~ plebe at West Point, had a
rather unnerving experience the
night before the A6my-Navy
game. He was having dinner
with Miss Lucy-Ann Burns,
daughter OF Col. J. r. Burns.
now with Macarthur in Japan,
and announced ne would Ike TO
get a bet on the contest.
Miss Burns looked around the
= room
here are somr Navy MEN
over there" she said. Maybe
n you needed them enough they
would bet YOU
Cadet Duncan agreed the idea
was brilliant. He strode over 10
the Navy table. bowed with ex-
acgrratcd courtesy, and inquired
il any one in the gathering
would be interested in wagering
on Nays chances.
one officer looked at the
plcbe and said he would make
TIRE traditional Arrrry-Navy bet
one cuff link. But a gruff
voice interrupted, saying:
NO. I will take up the bet"
Cadet Duncan reached out a
hard 10 the grIff one 10 seal the
wager. but pulled back as If he
had been Stung.
The bet-taker vas Adm. Bull
lialSey,
Furthermore, the admiral paid
OF.
THIS has been an extremely
i trying week for US serious
political experts 1t has been
almost impossible TO pin down
Washington blgwIgS TO discus
sion OF the large issues Of the
day. All they want 10 talk
about is football
The halls OF Congress reSound,
not with the names Of Truman
and Reuther, but Blanchard and
Davis. And the same goes for
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

United States by Christmas.
And If Congress truly and
completely represented public
opinion. they would support that
idea. But they do not. Nor is
the government straining itself
10 demobilize our army and
navy. The center OF power with
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
THESE
DAYS

WHO runs the United States?
w Obviously, the answer is the
people. But what people ?
Where is the center OF power? ?
I'll wager that If a referen-
dunn were held the people would
support the idea of bringing all
the boys and girls back to the
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
Jane Withers'
Heart ThrOb

(only the week before) had
barred his wife's wolf!
MANHATTAN MURALS:
DLACARD in an Z. 56th St
l. candy store window: swell
come Home, Tony, You Phony!"
The CSC packages Of Jap SOU
venir invasion money sold at
newsstands in Penn depot.
Jimmy's Sawdust Trail where
the cover charge is 10 cents.
The mo Dogs Allowed" sign
outside the Flea Circus on 42nd
Street.
The tiny restaurant near
Toots Shor's on w. 51st Street,
which advertises: Lunch Csc
Positively No Celebrities!"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

sss aetiOs. This ovsaniEotior
Which campaigns for better I
break for Dioss 10 very ss-
srsssiVs. HeDsVsr, practically
oil its erusadss seem 20 deal
LDith the question Of hov
much Of his salary a man
should giOs has wifs.
Passing BY
CPENCER TRACY. Milwau-
~ KEGS gift TO Hollywood and
Broadway. The critics didn't en-
thuse over The Rugged Path"
in which he Is starring but it's
a smash hit at the box office.
Reason is that Mr.. Tracy is
extremely popular with the
feminine theatergoers. He draws
the ladies TO the box office like
the matinee idols of the yester-
year such as James X. Hackett.
Robert Hilliard, Henry <. Dixey.
John Barrymore and Forrest
Stanley. The last name was
matinee idol No. l on the Pa
cific Coast. Especially in San
Francisco. He never became a
New York heart throb though
he did appear on the Broadway
stage.
Over There
WHEN a British bettor tries
w to put over "a double" it
is by attempting to name the
winners of two great stake
races such as the Caesarwitch
and the Cambridgeshire. On
such doubles some Britishers
have won as much as the
equivalent of 100000. On this
no income tax is paid. II a man
won q 500, 900 race bet in the
u. S. A. at this time, he would
have to pay an income tax Of
around $4,000 on it.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
By WALTER WINCHELL

the reason the husband said he
thought he was a friend and
found out he wasn't.
"Be more explicitw said the
proprietor. whats wrong?"
"Well," said the aggrieved
husband, "you haven't treated
us well lately. You used to be
30 affable and make us feel we
were as good as the others who
come here, but lately you avoid
us as though we were not good
enough to come here"
The owner said he was sorry;
he didn't mean TO be Indifferent,
etc.
But the husband couldn't be
appeased and has taken his
business elsewhere.
The irony of it &. The owner
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
BROADWAY
RHYTHM

HEADLINE that explained
IL much: Congressman Re-
signs TO Become Head of the
Natl Fertilizer Assn"
Jane Withers left Hwood for
Cleveland because that's where
actor John Dali, her heart, is.
Virginia Naples now dec
crates barrister B. Ryan's arm
instead of G.. Rats.
After % years the n. Har-
rises (he's the mgr. at the
n. Y. Latin Quarter have
parted.
Their chums think that Alf.
G.. Vanderbilt, the multi-mil-
lionaire, and Jeanne Murray
won't we'd because of her faith,
but their romance is now be-
yond control. InSeparable
almost.
The wife Of a best-seller
novelist-war correspondent will
establish residence in Reno.
THE ORCHID GARDEN:
DILL SPITALNYS recording
L Of Rock of Ages" Diane
Courtney's thrushing at Cafe
Madison.
Hildegarde'S one-woman show
at the Persian Room.
Ballerina Jane Deering in
Are You with IT."
Dwight Fishke at the Ver-
sailles.
Evelyn Knights Decca reccad.
Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry.
James Mason Humphrey Bo-
CART with an Oxonian accenD
in The Man in Gray"
SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT:
IN THE Metropole: waiter,
Il bring me skirtch and
soda"
AZ Endure, "She stays out
until the WOO hours of the
morning"
At Arnando'S They've just
been divorced. She got custody
Of his money"
At the Henry Hudson Ter
race, "He's a heeluva guy"
AT Lum Fong'S "She used To
be his heartache. Now she's
just his earache."
In the Stork Club: "Mayor
LaGuardia will be the first guy
I'm show business, who knows
enough about horses not To bet
on them"
At the Chateubriand: "Oh,
well, here's mud In your mind"
NEW YORK NOVELETTE,:
THE husband of young lady
Il told a swank cafe owner
that he was never coming 10 his
place any more. When asked
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07

ment Information" that every
boss of women should take
these suggestions to heart If he
wants to be a real ladies
man."
Answer TO Question No. s.
No. Seyenty-six firms fired
1000 workers for the following
reasons, stated in percentages:
CarelessneSs, ID; non-co-opera-
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-07
Many jobs Lost
by Carelessness

tiveness, 10: laziness, 10: dis
honesty, 8; outside distractions.
8; lacking initiative, z; lack of
ambition, z; disloyalty, 8; lack
Of courtesy, 2; miscellaneous.
IA; lack Of skill for the job, too.
Years Of training for the Job
saved only 10 per cent. Lack
of personal development failed
80 per cent.
Copyright. 1s4s. John y. Ollie Co.