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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10

n olso would tuke much of
ocruilc South and lessen the pr,
ship as a stepping stone 10 q
presidential nomination by ei.
her mdior party.
The Proposed amendment. Of
frged by Rep. Clarence r. Lea
% Calif1. would make the cleo
tufal vote of each state CORES
pond 81 the popular vote. II a
presidential candidate received
two-fifths of the popular vote of
a state he would get two-fifths
"a its electoral vote.
an OF Nofhins
Under the present system a
presidential candidate who re-
ceives a plurality Of a states
papular votes gets all of the
states electoral Sotes. II works
that way regardless Of whether
BE- leads ms opponent by i,000.-
COO az b. 10 votes.
In 1914 President Roosevelt
Wun al Of New York's AZ cleo
toFal votes when he received g.
90. 500 popular votes 20 Govern
or Dcwey's 2.s77.s55.
II the electoral vote had been
counted IN proportion 10 the pop
ular vote. Mr.. Roosevelt would
have had 24.68 electoral votes
end Mr Dewey 2232. a margin of
a little less than 2 IL electoral
votes instead OF AZ.
Governor Dewey won Kansas
eight electoral votes when he
captured 43s,2 popular votes to
2a5.020 for President Roosevelt.
Under the proportional system,
Dewey would have received 430
and Roosevelt $50 electoral
votes.
Because Of the prospects that
he can capture the states big
block u AZ votes. a New York
governor IL additionally consid-
cred a prominent possibility for a
presidential nomination. IL the
electmal votes Of the state were
Eiven on percentage basis. the
governors prospects of being a
presidential choice would be con-
sidcrably diminished.
7o-Year Battle
Representative Lea has been
battling for his proposed change
for 20 years. His suggested am
endment would abolish the pre-
sidential electors but the states
would be entitled. as they are
now. to electoral votes equal the
number of their United States
senators and representatives.
A house judiciary subcommit-
tee 10 considering the proposed
amendment Representative Rob-
isOn OR. KY. chairman of the
subcommittee. says there is con-
siderable support for II. He says
u would result in a larger vote
being cast in states which nor
mally were regarded as sure"
Republican on Democrat. because
minority votes would feel their
vutes would count.
Mr.. Lea says the present sys-
tenn makes for IAN unwholesome
concentration of efforts to win
the doubtful states while the
other states are on the side
lines IN presidential contest"
Rep. Estes Kefauver ID. TENN.
says the proposed change would
tend 10 prevent presidential adj
ministrations of both parties ia
voring the key" states by grants
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10

jects, but said there "Was bunch
OF them, way up in the sky"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22
YARD BOYS ENJOY
WV AUX. PARTY

VIEW. Post 1911 Auxiliary en-
tertained the boys in Ward B
and D at the Naval Hospital Fri
day night, December 10, between
the hours of 7 and 8.
A bingo party and songfest
were held and Larry Eschon &C
companied the singers on the
piano.
V.FW. Auxiliary President
Vanessa unders, Collette
Young, Edna Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. j. Trombley participated
in the party and songfest.
The party was so we'll enjoy
ed that plans for a party each
month for one of the wards will
be held during the year 1948.
A short skit kid Named Joe"
will be shown Tuesday and
Wednesday, December % and "a,
at the Strand Theatre, to ac-
quaint the public with the work
being done at the VIEW. Or
phans' Home for Veterans Chill
dren. These youths are taken
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

and are willing to hustle all the
time.
The college boys helped base
ball a lot, but today I'd just as
soon have the sandlotters. You
can depend on them. They have
a great pride in their work.
Years ago players were of a
differtn class from today. They
received little salary, were not
so serious about the game and
they, ah-h, dissipated.
l don't think we're likely to
have many more fellows like we
did in the old days. Those fell
lows had to be wonderful men
physically to do what they did,
and it's tougher now. But they
were great showmen.
, / remember RUDE Waddell one
time when we were playing an
, exhibition game at SteeltOn
dSdlIiSt OH dll-SOllCSC CSdiIl. we
were far ahead in the ninth and
RUDE was pitching. He sent all
the rest of the team to the
bench; there was no one on the
field except RUDE and the catch
err, Schreckengost, who sat
! down on the ground behind the
plate.
RUDE struck out all three bat
tiers. l don't know what would
have happened if one of those
boys had tried to bunt. @
RUDE never did that in a big
league game. Sometimes, when
1--we were awawy ahead in the
last inning and he was pitching,
the outfielders would come in
and talk with the infielders
while he struck out the side. But
they didn't leave the, field. You
| See that Wotfdrf -be allowed in
a championship game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

Goodness gracious he was a
hard man to keep track of. Once
in training camp at Jacksonville,
Florida, l found Waddell leading
band in parade. He had the
big, high drum majors hat on
and was having wonderful
time.
Hi, Connie!" he yelled to me.
One season l even arranged
with the police to keep him un-
der bail all summer because of
a fight. Then l told him all sea-
son to sec that he didn't run
awawy.
He did behave. pretty good,
until one day in St. Louis. l was
talking to The RUDE In tine no.
tel lobby and l could just tell
he was itching to go somewhere.
l knew, see, he was ready to
go.
. While we were talking I sort
OF pointed to a man standing
nearby and wondered what he
was doig there, ad who he was.
The RUDE turned around, looked
at him a minute. Then he tap
ped me on the chest.
II know who he is" The
RUDE said, without mentioning
police or detective. AS much as
to say he knew if l didn't. And
right awawy he went upstairs to
his room and stayed there. That
was. a pretty, good season e. for
him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

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can tell.
Last year / enjoyed more than
any other season. While we had
no stars to lead the team we
were hustling, fighting all the
time, I never saw such spirit.
When man made a timely hit
or a good fielding play he found
q reception waiting him in the
dugout, the fellows patting him
on the back, telling him they
liked it. That was the reason we
had such a good year. (The team
finished a close fifth in the Am
erican League)
{ / figured at the start we were
a tail-end club. We were close to
20 games behind seventh place
the year before and couldn't
see how we could catch even
one club. But, my golly, we not
only caught up with three of
them but the only club to beat
us in the season series was the
Yankees. We beat Boston and
st. Louis and broke even with
the others.
Y Next season we'll have practi-
cally the same team. Our farm
system just got started, really,
last season. Some of the teams
lost lot of money. And it will
be three or four years at the
least before we can count on
anyone from these teams.
So we're trying to watch the
sandlots for material now. The
sandlotters are just coming into
their own and in the years ahead
the major leagues will come to
Aeped on them great deal.
These boys probably don't have
the education of the high school
and college boys. but they. have
aadiffefent feeling for the game.
They want to get somewhere
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

Things don't happen like that
in baseball any more. And it. was
not always like that in the old
days; you just keep being re-
minded of something and before
you know it there's a story.
My biggest thrill, | guess. was
Howard Ehmkc winning that
first game of the 1929 World
Series.
Some folks thought l had lost
my mind, starting Howard with
such great pitchers on my staff
as Bob Grove, RUDE Walbcrg.
George EarnshaW and Ed Rom
mel.
But Howard, who | had told
two weeks before to scout the
Chicago Cubs( did it SO we'll he
struck out l3 batters and beat
Charley Root 3 L.
Lots of things like that have
happened. guess that's part of
why l really love this old game.
like to remember the re-
mark of the late Charles Ebbets
(former president of the Brook
lyn Dodgers) that baseball is in
its infancy"
1 feel there's more interest
today than ever before and the
game is improving all the time
in skill, equipment and the char
arcter of the players.
~~ 1u.Want to stay in baseball
long time. It's a wonderful game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22
FOOD PACKAGES
FILTERED In JAPAN

:. TOKYO. - (AP). - Japanese
postal and customs employees
are pilfering food and clothing
from packages sent for Japan's
needy families, the Tokyo press
complains.
The system is to tear off the
customs declaration from incom-
ing packages so no one can tell
what they contained. Then the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22
MEETINGS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VIEW Aux;I;arv Meo+e r,

VFW Auxiliary Meets Tonight
VIEW. Post 3911 Auxiliary
meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the
home of Collette Young, 1921
Flagler avenue. This will be the
last meeting of the year 1947 for
the Auxiliary, and all members
are requested to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

thieves remove some but not all
the articles. The Nippon Times
says so far the government
hasn't arrested anyone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22
ELDERLY PHILADELPHIA As MANAGER, CONNIE
MACK WOULD LIKE ZONE MORE CHAMPION"

(EDITORS NOTE: BoseboHs Grand Old Mon
Connie Mack, ottons his 85th birthday tomorrow, De-
cenber %. looking ahead to onother season. with all
the sparkling enthusiasm OF rookie ocng his first
big League ryout. Mock's nome-he was born Come
ieus McGilicuddy in East Brookeld Moss.-first op-
peored in organized baseball catcher at Meriden.
Conn.,. in 1884 become manager of the Pittsburgh Pr
rates in 1894 and has been since 1901 the only
ger the Philadelphia Athletics have had Mack. in
ceIent health works dolly in his trophy-fed Shibe
Park office. In the following story written for The
Associated Press he tells something of his prospects.
hopes and belefs) j.. ,,,ss., .s.,ss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22

in and cared for until after COM
pletion of their high school
studies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-22
BY CONNIE MACK

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!. Written especially for AP NewsfeottKes ~
FIVE getting the brackets but hope
II years. depending whether feel I'm
a help the team not.
that help hope to be able to
be the first recognize it,
l have been handicap When the time
comes that feel I'll be perfectly willing to retire and let
Earle take charge.
(Eorle is of Comics three sons himself for
player and manager. the field captain OF the
Athletics his foher and his designated sue
cessor in charge of the club the Mack fomly ownsJ
have the championship team-and al
have the pitching and must have that
Right feel team lit
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
New Liberal Body
HOnOrs Union Head

Philadelphia (ILNS). - Sal b.
Hoffman, president of the Uphol-
sterers' international Union has
been asked to serve on the execu-
tive committee of the newly organ
lied Americans of Democratic Ac-
ton. Serving with President Hoff-
man, who has accepted the invita-
tion, will be Wilson w. Wyatt,
former Federal Housing Admins
TRAITOR, and now president of the
ADA; Leon Henderson, Franklin
ID. Roosevelt, Jr., and others of
prominence.
The new liberal organization has
pledged itself to, among other
things, condemnation of the Re-
publicans for ignoring President
Truman's economic report and to
full endorsement Of the plan to aid
Greece and Turkey.
The group, which has attracted
the support and active interest of
more persons of prominence than
any other group since the war; has
pledged itself to militant political
action, from the grass roots right
on through the national level" 1t
will not, however, turn into a third
Darty
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
.Spurns Pldn
To Vote On
Affiliution

Miami Beach, Fla. PA)-The
first convention of the Communi-
cation Workers of America rejected
a proposal last week that a refer
endum be held on affiliation with
either the AFL or CIC.
The referendum plan was reject
ed by a vote Of n, $3.50 to S5,055.
Previously, the more than 200 dele
gates from 80 chartered CWA di-
visions, voted down a proposal to
amend the CWA constitution to
make possible affiliation with the
AFL or CIO easier. Action of the
delegates on this was conclusive,
96111 per capita votes being cast
against lowering the requirements
and 63,655 in favor.
Representatives of both the CIO
and AFL were at the convention
to persuade delegates to vote for
affiliation. The CIO men button
holed the CWA delegates on behalf
of the newly organized Telephone
Workers Organizing Committee
which was formed by number
of unions formerly affiliated with
the Natl Federation of Telephone
Workers. the CWA's predecessor.
The AFL also made a strong bid
for CWA affiliation by sending
President Dan Tracy, of the Init
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Tracy carried new proposal to
counteract the first IBEW offer
last year which would have given
the NFTW "Class B" membership.
Despite these pressures, how
ever, the convention decided that 1
the important thing now is to build
up and strengthen the newly-born |
CWA. A CWA official declared
that "there was considerable feel
ing among some delegates who,
while opposing immediate affilia-
ton, were willing to see the issue
go to the membership in referen-
dun, feeling sure of its outcome.
This feeling, he said, accounts for
closeness of the vote which is |
therefore not a real indication of |
the sentiments of those who favor |
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
$500 Million
Proposed For
Education Aid

Washington LPA)-The calen-
dar was working against proposals
for federal funds to aid state anc
local educational systems last week
While a Senate Education Sub-com-
mittee has drafted bill provid-
ing $30O,OO0,O00 for this purpose
for the year starting July 1, 1913
no action has yet been scheduled
by the full Labor & Public Welfare
Committee, which would have to
pass it on to the Senate which
plans to quit work some time in
July until next January.
In the House, there has been no
indication of when the Educational
Subcommittee, chaired by Rep.
Edward o. McCowen (R., Ohio)
will report.
The Senate meausre, which is far
below the level of spending and
the standards proposed by AFL
and CIO witnesses before the sub
committee, still is expected to face
rough shedding. 1t has the sponsor
ship of a bipartisan group includ-
ing Senators George d. Aiken (R.,
VT, Lister Hill d., Ala.), Allen
J. Ellender 3D., La, Ebert Thorn
as 3D., Utah), H. Alexander Smith
(R., N. J.) and Irving M. Ives (R.,
N. W.
Under the bill, each state would
receive at least $5 per child be-
tween the ages of and II. Beyond
this, funds would be apportioned
so that the richer states, with high
er income per person, would re-
ceive less than the poorer states.
Those with the lowest per capita
income could receive federal funds
up to $2S per child.
The only federal controls over
how funds would be spent would
be requirements that there be no
racial or other discrimination in
distribution of the money, and that
the money must be used for cur
rent expenditures. To encourage
further state and local appropria-
tions, the bill requires that each
state at the end of four years spend
at least $50 on each pupil in every
school district or become ineligible
for further federal money. States
must spend at least 2aS of their
annual income on education by the
end of four years, or be ineligible
for funds appropriated under the
bill.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
Thomas, Morse
En+er Labor
Extension Bill

Washington (LPA) - A bill
which would, in its authors words
"really promote healthy and peace
full industrial relations" was rapidly
collecting dust in a Senate Labor
Committee pigeonhole last week.
Strenuous efforts are expected
to be made by union leaders to get
action on a bill which would set up
a Labor Extension Service in the
Labor Dept, similar in form and
purpose to the Agriculture Dept
Extension Service for farmers. The
bill was introduced two weeks ago
by Senators Wayne Morse (R.,
Ore.) and Ebert Thomas d.,
Utah).
"At this moment, when the Con-
gress is about to send to the Presi-
dent bill purporting to promote
industrial justice and peace and to
do so over labor's unanimous pro-
tests" Sen. Thomas asserted, "all
of organized labor challenges us"
to consider the Labor Extension
Bill.
$50 long as we do not move to
accept the challenge to aid labor"
Thomas warned, ain the use of
facts and reason while at the same
time we move with awful force to
regulate labor with all the vast
power of the state, so long do we
run the risk of suggesting to labor
that its remedy and relief are to be
found, if at all, not at the bargain
ing table, but on the battle lines of
desperate industrial warfare such
as we witnessed in the twenties
and the early thirties. This, am
sure, is not suggestion we would
wish to make to the working men
and women of the nation"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
Bakery Workers Pay Boost

New York City (ILNS).-A pay
increase of So weekly has been won
by $500 speciality bakers, Henry
Mayer, union counsel announced.
Mayer said the Speciality Bakery
Owners of America, representing
5000 small shops in this city, had
granted an increase of 12hc an.
hour for 48-hour week to the
members of locals of the Bak-
cry and Confectionery Workers In
ternational Union.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
AFL or CIO affiliation now"

AT II VI WV dllllldtloIl ilOW.
NFTW President Beirne, who
was unanimously elected CWA
president at $4,000 year, predict
ed an eventual merger of the CIO
and AFL and said the CWA would
probably join such a combined or
ganization.
The convention set per capita
dues at 25c per member per month
and called for review of the dues
structure by each CWA division
with view of providing adequate
financing for all emergencies in
addition to normal expenses for
operation of the union. The con-
vention also recommended that
each division set aside at least sc
per month in an emergency fund to
finance strike action. Collective
bargaining plans for 1948 were
placed in the hands of the execu-
tive board, and the negotiating
committee was instructed to de-
velop plans for 1948 bargaining.
The committees major job will be
to break the resistance of the AM
erican Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
parent company of the Bell system,
to nationwide bargaining.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19
BACK INDIAN JIMCROW FIGHT

Marysville, Wash.-AFL unions
here have pledged their support to
American Indians who are segre-
gated in a Jimcrow section of the
Marysville Theater. The Indian
people, whose ancestors have re-
sided in this region for centuries,
are being backed by Local BAG Of
the United Brotherhood of Carpe L
ters (AFL), and the AFL Lumber
and Sawmill Workers Council and
others.
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19

Not one man IN thousand and
not one woman in million can
resist an invitation to free meal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19

You can't balance your budget
unless you buy Union-made goods
with your Union-earned money!
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-06-19

All of us fail often the only
vital failure being not to try again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12

MOVING AND GENERAL HAULING.
Dependable service. Reasonable. J. K.
Dean. Dial 5311.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
170-Wanted

LOAD OR PART LOAD GOING ANY.
where. Dial 1928.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
Broadway Critics Hit
Most Hollywood Shows.

made me determined to show
EN-" >
Montgomery's flooperoo was ''The
Big Two" which he directed and
co-produced with writer Elliott Nu.-
gent. The production lasted about
five weeks On the road, where
everyone agreed it was a smash
hit, but died after three weeks in
New York, where most everyone
agreed it was a total washout.
II couldn't understand It," he
told us. THE play made a mint
Of money in New Haven and Phil
aoeipnla and other East Coast
cities. We got good reviews, too"
Even playwrights Russell Grouse
and Howard Lindsay dropped
around during the road tour and
pronounced "The Big Two" the big
success.
But when the play opened in New
York, it laid the big egg.
"We had a good first night
Montgomery insisted. EFT h e audi
ence liked the show, but the critics
didn't, and that's what counts"
One critic jabbed that the play
was "a hack job Of comedy, corn,
melodrama and sex"
Bob allowed as h O W maybe it
was.
But what really hurt, he said,
was that another play, street
Scene" did a miserable business
on the road, opened in New York
a week after 1.-THE Big Two" and
was a hit.
Because the critics said it was
Well, said Bob, that's Broadway
But h e s not dragging out the
crying towel about the system. The
critics always h a v e ruled Broad
way, he said, and he knew that
before he started his venture. He
has just one point to make.
"Some critics think no play
brought in from the coast Is any
good,'' he said. Hardly 4 Holly
wood actor has EVER produced 4 hit
on Broadway"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-12
ACL SAFETY MEET
PLANNED FRIDAY
Doss OF Wilmington Ia Be
Main Speaker Al
Savannah

The Annual System Loss and
Damage Prevention meeting OF the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad to be
held in Savannah, Ca, Feb. IA
will be attended by more than
$50 officials, supervisory officers
and agents of the railroad.
The meeting, scheduled for 8 4,
m. in the assembly hall Of the
Coast Line building on Liberty
street, is under the direction OF
A. l.. Bats, ACL freight claim
agent of Wilmington. The principal
speaker will be r. j. Doss, also
Of Wilmington, traffic vice-presi-
dent.
The program will also include
addresses by: w. D.. McCaig, vice
president; ]. D. Lofts, general
superintendent motive power; M.
M. DesChamps, superintendent OF
police, all Of Wilmington; J. N.
|Needham, assistant supervisor
transfers, of Rocky Mount; and
others.
Other officials expected to attend
from the Wilmington office are:
General Manager c. G. Sibley;
W. H. Henderson, freight traffic
manager; P. Nichols, treasurer;
L. F. Ormand, comptroller; Robert
Scott, director of safety and in.
surance; A. r. Howard, general
agricultural agent; H. NJ. Kendall,
assistant general superintendent
transportation; also S. e. Jones,
general manager, Virginia and
Carolina Southern railroad, Lum-
berton, and C. l.. Burpee, ACL
e e e supervisor terminals,
Rocky Mount.
Following luncheon, Robert Scott
will present the presidents 18th
annual safety awards for 1916 to
10 supervisory officers whose de-
partments achieved the best safety
records based on chargeable in
juries per million man-hours.
The engraved parchment certifi-
Gates, signed by President G. Med
Davis, are awarded annually to
departmental winners in a three
way contest between the lines
three divisions.