The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-04-28
THE BIG RACE

Square, ana Drought ABOUT by an
exchange of pleasantries between
Mayor H. l.. Mills, of Hagerstown,
and Mayor Tommy D'Alesandro, of
Baltimore, was run on Tuesday eve
ming, and here is what happened:
The Starters: Citation-Bike, rid
den by Baltimore's leading jockey,
Tommy D'Alesandro, and Coaltown-
Mule, ridden by Hagerstown's up
and-coming apprentice rider, Her
man Mills, who had his first mount
in 1.-THE Governors Handicap"
The Betting: There was no betting
allowed, due to the fact that Police
Commissioner Ellinger was one of
the race officials.
And now, folks, the two "horses"
are nearing the starting gate. There
goes Citation-Bike into his stall, but
CoaltownMule is acting up a little
and it takes two assistant starters to
get him to enter the gate.
And there they go! Citation-Bike
Immediately takes the lead, hugging
the rail all the way, but Jockey
Mills is getting everything he can
out of Coaltown-Mule, even to
loosening up on the budget little
in the hope of getting little more
speed out of his mount
Now they're at the head of the
stretch-but something's gone wrong
1t seems that Coaltown- Mule doesn't
like that Economy" whip that
Jockey Mills has been using on him
and has slowed down to walk, with
the result that two of the assistant
starters had to run down the track
and literally shove him the rest of
the way.
The Winner: The Washington
County Cancer Drive, which bene-
flied by some five hundred dollars
through the auction of the mule after
the race, and the other festivities of
the evening.
/ got a kick out of seeing Leo
Miller and Ed Oswald, Jr, holding
legal conference on West Wash
ington Street on Tuesday afternoon,
using the top of an automobile as
writing desk.
Ho hum! Because | criticized the
Mayor and Council for not taking a
little time to discuss the proposed
increase in fares of the Potomac Ed
ison Company city BUSES before
voting disapproval, have now been
accused of coming out in favor of
the increased bus fares. It's funny
what some people can read into a
simple sentence, isn't it?
You know, I've got sneaking
suspicion that Mayor Mills is get
ting ready to run for Governor in
1850. l wonder if I could be right?
And could it be that Mayor
D'Alesandro has the same notion?
One hears a lot these days about
prices coming down and things get
ting back to normal.
While it's true that there are some
slight reductions in some items, I
for one, cannot see how things can
get back to normal while q great
many big corporations are raising
prices and great many labor I'M
ions are demanding higher wages.
Recently we had an increase in tel
ephone rates; this was followed by
an increase in gasoline prices, and
now we have the proposed increase
in city bus fares.
And referring to the recent in
crease in gasoline prices, isn't it
strange that this increase came Just
at the time when the sale of fuel
oil was just about over for the sea-
son!
1t seems to me that sooner or la
ter big business will have to be sat-
isfed with a little less profit than
they have been making, instead of
insisting on keeping their high pro
fits and passing on all increased
costs to the consumer. It is true
that some wage earners are getting
high wages, but it is just as true
that the majority of wage earners
in the United States (and you must
remember that union members con-
stitute minority of the working
people of the nation) are making
less money now than they made a
year ago, and yet with the excep-
ton of few items, they are paying
just as high prices as they paid last
year.
And it also must be remembered
that even with the reduction in some
items, they are still away too high.
For instance, 81 cents pound for