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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17
Congress- Should Probe
DOubIe-DeaIins

WHEN President Truman submits the proposed
w $4, 400, 100000 loan to Great Britain for ap-
proval, Congress should thoroughly probe all the
implications of the bizarre transaction.
There is strong obligation to call spade
spade If, in truth, the new operation is to be
grant-in aid as the British desired it should be so
named and should not be mis- labeled loan.
The public has been confused by the double
dealing of bureaucrats who call themselves fnan-
cial experts.
When the Breton Woods plan was submitted
it was understood that Britain and all the other
Allied nations would feed at this new financial
trough and would not seek additional inter-gov
ernmental financial aid
ASA MATTER of fact the u. S. treasury crowd
"A opposed a bankers proposal to clear up the
pound dollar relationship first rejecting what was
termed the "key currency" plan.
Now the treasury is advocating that the
United States put new and additional billions into
the key currency plan, on top of an investment of
S5, 1925, 100000 in the Breton Woods machinery.
And Britain is borrowing 169 per cent of her
maximum capital contribution to the Breton
Woods bank and fund combined.
If members Of the House and Senate want a
clear revelation of the episodes of concealment, all
they have to do is read the illuminating para
mentary debates on the subject of the loan which
took place in London in December.
Under the Breton Woods agreement Britain
was to have five year grace period before assum-
ing responsibility for free convertibility of sterling
into all other currencies But under the new loan
agreement, the period is reduced to one year.
IN EXPLAINING the change in the House of
Commons on Dec. IL, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer Dalton let the cat out of the bag when he
frankly revealed:
THE Americans argued strongly that the
fUe-yeor period had been introduced into the
Breton Woods agreement at the time tOhen there
NO THOUGHT OF ANY LARGE LOAN
FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THIS
COUNTRY such IOe are noD discussing"
Lord John Maynard Keynes, who master
minded the whole scheme, in his appearance before
the House of Lords on Dec. 18 exposed how the
terms of the so-called loan were concocted as
window dressing to fool congressman and others
Keynes, the yorlds number one money ma
nipulator, disclosed:
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17
WHAT DO You KNOW?

between those OF Mars and
Jupiter.
(which American author was
the first To utilize the sur
prise ending m the short
story?
S-Out Of what political up
heavsl did the metric system
come?
(Answers on Page 2D
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17

Give yourself ONE for each ~ the first
five questions and FIvR for the last ques-
tion. Score, $40, brilliant; 10, bright;
A-s, sverage; Oh, dull.
If you are rapaceus, you
must be: (a) harrel-shaped !;
tb) hour glass-shaped; (c)
turnip-shaped.
2-Traditional for friendship
with David is the name of;
fa) Joseph; (b) Jonah; (c)
Jonathan.
"a tallith is a: (s) prayer
book; (b) prayer shawl; tc)
prayer song.
Are you sure how many ar
rows there are in the eagles
talon on the Seal Of the
United States? (a) 13; (b)
48: (c) 100.
5-"Au Revoir' and "Auf Vie
dersehn" both mean: (a)
Come home again; (b) Till
we meet again; (c) My ship
comes in again.
Snatch these columns:
ta1 Rambouillet fvl dog
,bl vsndyEe twl Tea
tcl Assam txl pine
Cd hmarsck ~ beard
tel spoyed til sheep
(Answers on Page 21)
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17

service in the Pacific. At
what college was White a
famous football star?
with what famous fighting
ship do you associate the
name of Capt. Isaac Hull?
6-Asteroids are: (a) enlarged
masses of tissue which OBJ
struct breathing; tb) a
hardy flower: tc) the group
Of small planets with orbits
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL
w MoNha Nolt upilt cav 4 am

WASHINGTON. Jan. IL
w Maybe you will say l am
crazy, but it's a fact
When Congress left here for
Christmas, President Truman'S
proposal for fact-tinding and
cooling-off on strikes was being
scuttled by the CIO-New Deal
ing congressman.
Their Murray OF Montana,
as chairman of the Senate
labor committee. did not take
up the plan before the holi-
days as MIR. Truman had
urged. CIO people called IL
slavery"
Now the condition and the
words are running exactly OPP
posite. Murray strangely let
leak from his office certain let
ters from his constituents show
ing overwhelming support for
fact-finding. and has opened his
committee hearings on it. while
Some others IN the Gf0-New
Deal clique are saying fact
finding would not be too bad.
The silent, perplexed bulk
OF Congress, conversely. Is
showing unmistakable signs
that the Truman solution has
lost ground outside the labor
groups during the recess.
QEHIND this Chris TN s
- double-miracle of politics lay
plain unanswerable disclosure
of the fact-rootS of the labor
management issue.
Since Christmas CIO has re-
versed itself in the General
Motors case, and accepted the
17.5 per cent pay raise which
fact-finding proposed. but the
company had turned against the
plan when Mr.. Truman'S fact
ferreters wanted TO let the
union in on their private busi-
ness profits secrets Whatever
these may be, beyond the filed
public records).
This new opposition to fact
finding has not been vociferous
in announcing or explaining its
position. at least in Congress.
My information on this turn is
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17

based on two points particu-
larly:
(A) The President. amen
abis to political influences, of
which the unions are most
potent, can appoint any one
he chooses in particular eases
and thus assure just about
the result he wanfs, and Cd
such system WW work the
union way inevitably by dis
closing company financial Sc
erets 10 the union, but no
union financial secrets to the
company.
THUS, when you arrive at
l. these root-facts of the mat
ter, you can plainly see the diff
ficulties of establishing a fair or
effective solution of a national
crisis. The same solution, which
was Slavery" to labor three
weeks ago, has become meat
balls TO some extent Today
Labor has not lost a fact-find-
ing case. a congressman who
went into the matter tells me3
The judicial basis of fact
finding (the Railroad Brother
hoods experience of l3 years Of
just, amicable settlements with
only one strikel therefore is
losing ground.
What them Well. IL sp-
pears II anything at all IL
done, fact-finding program
will be enacted, but amend
ments, are threatened, tho
nature Of which are not ac-
ceptable to labor. Thus labor
Is still stalling the Truman
plan.
CTILL threatening are the
~ amendments predicted in this
column published Dec. 20, for
preventing political donations
by unions, preventing the break
ing of contracts at will and
steps TO establish union respon-
sibility otherwise commensurate
with its power.
These steps may go much
further when the debate starts.
Certainly the fight for them will
be harder than three weeks ago.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-17
knowledge Test
DIR. SABINA III. CONNOLLY

Give yourself ONE for each ~ the first
five questions and Five for the last ques-
tion. Score, $40, brilliant; 70, bright;
As, average; Oh, dull.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Tribes Tag on Ke|tner 7 90 High,
But Deal Isn't Off, Says Griff
By Burton Hawkins

keep Joe Grace on the bench
Griffith recalls, but he bruised his
hand and had to get out of the
lineup = when he returned he
couldn't do anything right
next season he'll play regularly
if not for us, then with some
triple-A club"
Shortstop Johnny Sullivan is out
of the Army and will report to the
Mats at Orlando. I'm not
counting on him much" reveals
Griffith, "but he could be a pretty
good player. =. Sullivan has shown
some ability, but when he left us
the fans were riding him and 1t
made him worse it got so he
couldn't pick up a grapefruit if it
was rolled to him"
Bucky Harris. the Yankees man
ager, conferred with Griffith on
Thursday and Friday at Griffith S
Office. Stymied in his bid for
First Baseman Mickey Vernon
Bucky would relish a New York
outfield of Charley Keller, Joe Di
Maggie and Stan Spence, which
would permit him to employ Tom
my Heinrich at first base.
Pitching Key to al Mats.
Griffith says pitching is the Key
to the Mats success or lack of it
in 1947. "If our pitching comes
through we can have a good team u
he predicts, but there would be
other question marks. One
would be the ability of Travis legs
to bounce back. Another con-
Germs how well Gerry Priddy could
make the transition from second
base to shortstop and still another
would be whether brittle George
Myatt could take steady punish
ment at second base.
The Mats front Office is receiv-
ing more than 25 applications daily
for opening day tickets, which won't t
be available for a month {. Grif
fifth says his efforts to obtain Sam
Chapman, right-handed hitting
outfielder, from the Philadelphia
Athletics have been SO futile he
has abandoned the idea.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Alexandria Five Tops Merrick
OnLote StoIen-BoN Goal, 77-76

The big thrill of yesterdays COM
petition in the Boys Club of Wash
ington Christmas basket ball tour
nament was provided in the 90
pound class game won by Alexan-
dria Boys Club over Merrick Boys
Club, 17-16. Winning point in the
game was scored by little Dickie
Lewis, who stole the ball from an
opponent and sank goal with only
10 seconds remaining.
In another 90-pound game, Ma
tivity romped over Georgetown
Grays, 52-14. Buddy Proels of Ma
tivity alone scored 81 points. In a
l05-pound contest. Eastern National
Caps defeated Hayes A. c., 40-28.
Seven games are scheduled to-
morrow at Eastern Branch Boys
Club: ...
so-pound class-3:ao pm. Eastern Br,
Quins. VS.. Nativity.
115- -! pound pc s,.l slasTI2so pm Eastern Br
e. RsWfs vs. Tenieytown. coo tsA p.
Alex. Rockets VS. Alex, B. C.
15o- pound ciassSs:oo pm. Lakewood
B. G.. No. vs.. St. Patricks.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Sports Program
ForLocuI Fans
TODAY.

TODAY.
Hockey.
Washington Lions at New York
Rovers.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Washington Capitols at Detroit
Gallaudet at Quantico Marines.
TUESDAY.
Hockey.
New York Rovers VS.. Washing
ton Lions, Uline Arena, $50.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
Washington Capitols at Detroit
THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
Washington Capitols at st.
Louis (pro).
North Carolina State VS..
Georgetown, Uline Arena, $50.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Maryland at Quantico Marines.
st. Johns at Coolidge, $50.
Hyattsville at Western, $50.
Portsmouth at George Wash
ington High, Alexandria, 8.
Hockey.
Boston Olympics VS.. Washing
ton Lions, Uline Arena, $50.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Cleveland VS.. Washington Cap
itols, Uline Arena, $50.
Maryland at North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N. c.
Norfolk at George Washington
High. Alexandria, 8.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Clark Griffith insists the Cleve-
land Indians are demanding too
much for Ken Keltner, who is being
sought by the Mats boss to play
third base for Washington :. 1--WE
offered Cleveland a good price for
him and I'm willing to throw in
Outfelder George Binks," declares
Griffith, "but they want Stan
Spence =. I'm not going to give UP
Spence, who is in his prime, for
Keltner, who may be past his peak
I'm willing to gamble that
Keltner will have a good year, but
I'm not going to give Cleveland one
of our regulars for him :. No, the
deal isn't off-we're still talking
Infelder Cecil Travis will have
the softest time of any Nat In
spring training camp f. Manager
Ossie Bluege outlines a routine for
Travis which will require him to
play only a few innings of the
games Washington will play at
Orlando, and Bluege doesn't plan
to take Travis on any trips while
the Mats are in the south
Travis was hitting 300 up until
the time of the All-Star game last
season." explains Ossie, "and by
saving him a bit at Orlando I be-
Iieve he'll have a better chance to
stage a comeback ... If the Mats
land Keltner, he and Travis will
alternate at third base.
Wynn or Newsom In Opener.
Bluege's choice to face the
Yankees here on opening day al
ready has narrowed to Early Wynn
and Bobo Newsom "Newsom
isn't very effective in the spring, p"
says Ossie. but he rises to an occa-
sion and with that opening day
crowd cheering for him he'd be
tough Wynn can be almost as
good as any pitcher in the league,
but he's inclined to get fat and un-
less he's in shape he's just another
pitcher If he's in good condition
he'll beat those Yankees"
Outfelder Gil Coan next year will
play regularly or. be farmed out,
says Griffith. For a short
while last season it seemed he would
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Yates in QuarterfinaI
OF National Tennis;
BogIey Idle for Day
SpecioI Dispotch 10 The Sfor

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-zGilbert
Bogley and Jack Yates. who COM
prise a doubles team for Landon
School of Washington, D. c., today
found themselves in the quarter
final rounds in the national boys
and junior indoor singles tennis
championships here.
Yates, former Washington Eve
ming Star boys tournament cham
pion and also runnerup in the
Middle Atlantic Junior tournament
last year. advanced to the quarter
final in the junior championships
by defeating Jeffrey Hart of New
York, 6-1, SO, in third-round
play.
The 16-year-old Yates, playing in
national junior ranks for the first
time, teamed with Marvin Mantin
of New York to move past the sec
ond round in doubles competition.
They won by default from Thomas
Gardiner of Annapolis. Md, and
Peter Goldenberg of New York in
the first round. then disposed OF
Robert Haft and Philip Bennett,
both of New York, 6-1, 60.
Meanwhile, Bogley, who yesterday
won his way to the quarterfinal IN
the boys division, had a day OF
rest. He did not play in singles
competition and he and his partner,
Keston Deimling of River Forest,
ILL.,, took a defaulted match from
David Setter of Newark. N. j., and
William Burden of New York.
Richard Squires Of Bronxville,
N. Y, earned spot opposite top
seeded Bogley in Mondays quarter
final round by blasting Paul Vein
stein of New York, 60, 60. The
other boys quarterfinal on Monday
is between second-seeded Deimling
and Philip Maloney of Quincy,
Mass. Deimling won today over
Roger Young, Oyster Bay, N. Y,
81, 6-3. and Maloney stopped
Don Thompson of New York, 60,
g..
There was one upset, first OF the
tourney, in Junior play, as Malcolm
Fox of Baltimore trimmed sixth
seeded Alex Hatzeck of Hamtramck,
Mich. 1913, 60.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

and from to III per cent OF tne
attendance at Redskin games has
been from Baltimore and vicinity.
Larger Crowds at Games.
The Maryland city has produced
crowds Of from 10000 to $4,000 for
exhibition games between the Red
skins and NIL rivals, an exhibition
series that will be continued for six
years per a contract between the
sponsoring Variety Clubs and the
Park Board.
Rodenberg, who also is minor
stockholder in the Washington
Baseball Club, announced his f1nan-
cial partners as his brother, Will
liam r. Rodenberg. lawyer; Karl
Corby, real estate and construction
executive; Mrs. Agnes Nee Shevlin,
co-owner of the P j. Nee Furniture
Co., and j. c. Herbert Bryant, Alex
andria manufacturer. Bryant, who
was graduated from the University
of Virginia in 1882, was one of the
Cavaliers all-time grid greats and
won letters in boxing and baseball,
Mrs. Shevlin was represented by
her brother Maury Nee, at the
meeting.
Rodenberg said contractual rights
| to the players of the forfeited Miami
Seahawks' franchise cost around
100000" He said he positively was
not responsible for any debts in
CURED by the defunct team. The ex-
Washington newspaperman said it
had not been decided as to whether
the team would accept the Park
Boards terms of a fiat $1,000 guar
antee per game for the use of the
stadium, or Is per cent of the gross
receipts with $4,000 minimum.
Rodenberg left Immediately fol-
lowing the meeting for New York
where he was to meet man he
identified only as one Of the ma
tion's outstanding football coaches.
I'm in the market for the best
available coach and this is one of
several I have in mind" he said.
Jack Espey of Washington was
named general manager, as ex-
pected.
Draft List Announced.
Crowley and Rodenberg an
nounced the list of players drafted
for team x" at the meeting in
Cleveland, which were turned over
to the Baltimore owners. Baltimore
will compete with the National
Football League teams for the serv-
ices of the players.
Tommy Mont, Maryland quarter
back who is the property of the Red
skins in the NFL, was chosen with
other prominent players including
Arnold Tucker of Army, Ernie Case
quarterback of UCLA's Rose Bowl
team, and from the All-America
team lists, Weldon Humble of Rice
Hubert Bechtol of Texas and Elmer
Madar of Michigan. In addition
Baltimore and Buffalo will get one
player from each team in the league
with the exception of a few select
"untouchables"
Others on the list:
Backs-Leo Daniels. Texas A. and M.
Jim Canady. Texas; Gerald Doherty. Della
ware: Rudolph Mobley. Hardin Simmons;
Tex Reilly. Colorado; Vic Schwall. North
western; John Sims, Tulane: Howard Tur-
ner, North Carolina State.
Ends-Bill Baumgartner. Minnesota
Franklin Hubbell. Tennessee; John North
Vanderbilt.
Tackles-Russ Deal Indiana: Jim Kek-
Don Malmberg, u C. L. A.; Tony Stalloni
Delaware
Guards-Harod Brown. Indiana; Caste
Dt,rn 0yc T,Yla Tar
State: B. Vandercute. Wesleynn.
| Center-James Brieske, Michigan.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Y HundbuII SemifinuIs
Scheduled Tomorrow

The semiflnal round of the YMCA
holiday handball tournament will be
held tomorrow night at the Central
YMCA, with Dan Bennett meeting
Sam Papandrew and Al Hulon fac
ing John Mozur in singles matches
at 7:45 o'clock.
Finals in singles and doubles will
be played on New Year Day. Ben
nett and Paul Pearlman will battle
Mozur and Papandrew in the dou-
bleS final.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Greatest Offensive ShowIs Due
In Sugar Bowl, Records Indicate
By Austin BeoImeor
Associated Press Sports

struggle between two powerful lines.
In fact, the general swing in the
1947 Bowl games is more toward the
defense than usual, with fewer of
the Nations offensive leaders in the
holiday classics than ever before.
OF the top Is offensive teams, only
Georgia, who was runner-up to
Notre Dame in the country, and
U.C.L. A., the No. team, landed
Bowl bids. But four of the first Is
defensive leaders are Bowl teams
Oklahoma, No. 2; North Carolina
State, No. 4; Rice, No. S, and Lou
isiana State, No. IL.
Oklahoma held it's opponents to a
total of 80 first downs and an aver
age of SO yards per game by rushing
and 155 yards by both rushing and
passing to lead all the bowl teams
in those departments. North Caro-
lima State was second best in all of
them, yielding 81 first downs in 10
games and an average of IS yards
per game on the ground and 1871 by
Misleading Figures.
Probably the most misleading OF
all the figures are those for the Rose
Bowl teams, which are rated about
even despite the fact that U. c. L. A.
has a far better record than Illinois,
both extensively and defensively.
Big Nine partisans claim, of course,
that the Illini's averages were chop
ped down by the caliber of the op-
position. =
U.C.L. A. averaged 1893 yards per
game with it's ground attack during
the season-best mark among the
bowl clubs-and 118.1 through the
air.
Illinois averaged 175.6 yards with
its running attack and only SOB by
forward passing.
Other figures among the IL top
bowl teams show that North Caro-
lima had the best punting average,
1913 yards; North Carolina State
looked at fewer enemy passes, al;
st. Mary's held opponents to the
fewest pass completions, 43; Rice
yielded the least yardage to passes,
So per game, and had the fewest
points scored against it. 62; Arkansas
had the best average on kickoff re-
turns, 29.4: L.S.U. held opponents
to the fewest number of rushes, 345;
and Georgia Tech returned the most
kickoffs, 80.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Yunk HurIer Back on List

NEW YORK, Dec. % (P.-Charley
Wenslof, the last name on the
New York Yankees National de-
fense list that once included about
so players, was restored to the ac-
tive roster today. The 30-year-old
right handed pitcher from Sausal-
ito, Calf, last pitched with the
Yanks in 1943, winning 13 and
losing II with an earned run aver
age of 254.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Record Turnout
Sees Local Five
Win Is in Row
Feerick's II Points
Spark Impressive
Victory Over N. Y.
By George Huber

The Washington Capitols poured
it on their erstwhile greatest rivals,
the New York KnickerbockerS, in
the Basketball Association of Amer
ica last night at Uline Arena, sink
ling them beneath a N-49 score be-
fore an amazed record sell out
crowd of $50. The 81 points diff
ference at the end was the greatest
margin the Caps have beaten a
rival this season as they went all
out to show the Knickerbockers
just which team really is the best
in this league.
1t also was by far the greatest
margin the Knicks' have had poured
at them this season. their worst
previous defeat being by only six
points. The one-sided triumph
gave the Caps their sixteenth
straight victory and an overall
record Of Is wins and only three set
backs. 1t increased their margin
over the second-place New York
club, which now has a record of ID
wins and eight defeats. to Az games.
It started as a close game and
early in the second period the
Knicks had a one-point lead, but
it lasted only momentarily as the
Caps found the range and tightened
their defense, Waiting to 1926
halftime margin which increased
steadily thereafter.
Caps Shine on Defense.
AS usual the Washington Club
played great team game, with
scoring spread right down the line
Capt. Bob Feerick, playing his sec
ond game after recovering from ar
ankle injury, was individual high
with II points, followed by Johnny
Norlander and Fred Scolari with Il
apiece.
T So good was Washington's defense
that the Knicks at the start of the
game got the tipoff but couldn't
make a shot in minutes and 5
seconds, finally losing the ball. A
pair of field goals by lanky Bones
Mckinney helped the Caps into
their slim 1873 first-period lead.
To start the second frame the
Knicks came along strong, Bob
Cluggish getting a foul shot and
Ossie Shechtman following with a
hook basket to tie the score. Sonny
Hertzberger made good with char
ity toss when fouled by Mckinney
to put New York in front for a few
seconds, but Feerick dropped in a
layup to put the Caps ahead, l4-13.
They never were headed thereafter
Ahead by 80 Points.
Feerick gave grand exhibition
of long range scoring in this period
getting three more goals from far
out. Irv Torgoff, diminutive guard
also accounted for three field goals
as Washington steadily moved away
to it's halftime edge.
There was no letup in the third
frame. All Washington players took
part in the steady advance. At no
time was New York closer than l3
points, and Torgoff's side shot gave
the Caps 23-point lead, 56-33, to
carry into the final IL minutes.
Three goals by Norlander helped
the Caps into their greatest margin
early in the last quarter, one OF
his shots putting them 80 points
ahead, 67-37. Coach Red Auerbach
sent his subs in shortly after that
and during the remainder OF the
game they displayed fancy ball
handling, trick shots and occasional
comic passes without bothering toe
much about scoring.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Lions Tie Clippers,
Take League Lead
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.-Wash-
ington's Lions moved into undis-
puted possession of first place in
the Eastern Amateur Ice Hockey
League standings tonight by tying
the Baltimore Clippers, A.
The tie gave Washington 81 points
in the standings, a point ahead of
Baltimore and the New York
Rovers.
Washington rolled into 80 lead
in the first nine minutes of the
game and added another point in
the second period. Baltimore scored
cnce in the first period, twice in
the second and added their final
goal in the last frame.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Louis Bout Report Denied

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec. %
(P.-Al Softer, who holds the At
lantic County boxing license, today
branded as ridiculous the announce
ment that Joe Louis would fight for
his title here in Convention Hall
next spring. Herman Taylor, Phila-
delphia promoter, said earlier he
and Mike Jacobs of New York would
sponsor the proposed fight jointly.