Laurel outlook., 1948-05-12
Subject
Of Rotary Speaker
Continued from Page One)

from Montana, so we had to make
the usual change and lose the 81,
or eight hours time.
"We left Chicago at $3.50 in the
afternoon and arrived at Washing
ton, d. c., the following morning
at 9:15. After registering at the
hotel, We went directly to the Capt.
tol. We looked up Senator Zales
Ecton and our Congressman Wes-
ley D'Ewart. They told US that an
important meeting was to be held at
noon. 1t was a joint session of the
House and Senate and the speaker
would be President Truman-the oc-
casion being the celebration of the
50th Anniversary of the Independ-
ence of Cuba. Tickets were ex-
tremely difficult to get but the boys
finally seucred a couple of reserve
seats for us and we were privileged
to attend this meeting. The House
Chamber was crowded and the
President was given a big ovation as
he entered, escorted by a committee
from the House and Senate. His
Lave was MISdllltu III SillleS anu llc
appeared to be in the best of health.
His address was clear cut, in
spring and we'll received. We felt
very fortunate in being able to at
tend this meeting.
"The paramount question in the
minds of the people of Washington,
d. c., as well as elsewhere, is "Are
we approaching a third world war;"
This nation is not going to precip-
itate war. We do not know what
plans Mr.. Stain has nor what is
going on behind the Iron Curtain,
so the answer to this question rests
with Russia. The consensus seems
to be and maybe we should follow
through the thought, that Stain
will not strike in the immediate
future. Even if he does not, there
is grave danger of an unfortunate
incident brought on by stupid peo-
pie that might create a spark that
would ignite the powder key of
Europe. Our officials at Washing
ton are well aware of this grave
danger and are moving as rapidly
as possible to put the nation on al
wartime footing. 1t is sickening
to think that we have to go through
all this again instead of enjoying
the permanent peace that was prom
ised during the recent war.
"The second question is, of course,
the outlook for, business. Here the
picture is definitely brighter. The
depression or rather recession that
has been predicted for the last half
of this year may not occur. To
the large unsatisfied demand here
at home, there has been added a
large ~unsatisfied demand abroad, so
the political observers believe that
the wheels of industry will continue
to move at a rapid rate for some
time to come. On the farm it is
expected that the happy combina-
ton of big yields and high prices
will continue to prevail. There
seems to be a rigid resistance
against the further increase in
The officers of the big
corporations feel more disposed to
reduce prices to the and
this way, they hope to check
inflationary spiral. The bust
ness and political impressions l re-
,eived in Washington were later
confirmed in New York City.
"In a lighter vane, l would like
20 tell you about the league ball
game Saturday afternoon between
he New York Yankees and the
Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium =,
,efore a crowd of 81 thousand ,
i%pectators. Reynolds took the mound ,
or the Yankees and continued =,
throughout the nine innings. Man ,
lger Mccarthy picked Dobson for
he first pitcher and he was knocked =
'ut in the third round; in fact, Nc 4
used four pitchers and even 4
hen did not check the Yankee on 4
Taught. The game was highly in 1
eresting but the result was never 1
n doubt. The final score was 7 1
o 2 in favor of New York. The I
GLOWING day, April 25, the same =
played again to an audience 1
f about 70 thousand people. An I
Interesting play developed in the 1
irst inning. Base runner RuzuttO i
on first base. Tommy Hend- I
icks hit a long drive to left field. !
remained on first until Ted t
Williams caught the fly and then t
ndertook to steal to second. Will T
ans held the ball momentarily and =
hen threw to second base. 1t was I
ecessary for the shortstop to relay :
ball and Ruzutto was declared :
afe at second. The Life Magazine :
eemed this play of sufficient i'm :
ortance to reproduce it in the May :
9th issue of Life as the outstand- =
lg picture of the week. On page ;.
6, you will find the full page J.
icture of this play together with J.
description of it. The game was !:
ard fought and at the top of the J.
the score stood 5 to 0 in \
avor of the Yankees. Here the :.
oston battery seemed to take a .