Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Washington Letter

PAGE RALPH HENRY BARRoURI
The Football Rules Committee of
the National Collegiate Athletic As
sOcAatiOn, after a three-day hassle
in st. Petersburg, Fla, outlawed by
unanimous vote the two platoon
system" in organized schOOl-bOy
mayhem.
While the new regulation is too
involved to go into here, the net
result is that a college football
team can now be just one team in
stead of two. Coaches at a number
of the big schools were screaming
in panied surprise when the news
broke, but some of them were more
philosophical, rejecting the atti-
tude of Coach Bud wilkinson Of
Oklahoma. 1T will be disadvan-
,tage to US" he said, "but definite
advantage to smaller schools. q.
The two-platoOn system has a ten
dency to make big teams better and
little teams weaker"
But regardless of the attitude of
coach or spectator, or player for
that matter, something was wrong
with good clean American sport"
to cause more than fifty colleges
to abandon football in recent years.
It had simply gotten too rich for
their blood. With fOotball-you had
to be in business or else.
WAR ON THE WATERFRONT
They've been fddling around
with it long time and not getting
anywhere" said Senator Charles
w. Tobey, (Rep) of New Hamp-
shire, in speaking Of racketeering
on the New York docks, which he
termed a national scandal and a
national disgrace"
The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee (Of which he has since
become chairman) has Jurisdiction
since New York is a twO-state port
he said, and he would like to see il
conduct an inquiry +. and on tel.
eYision, too.
HYes," he said, "I'll go for tele.
vision, / like it. 1t is only a little
more elaborate reporting and
think the people have q right to SEE
LUElL .EuNELMulEML WOLhAAAEs
And the Senator will also have
the help of all the ALL maritime
unions in the New York area, if h,
wants it. The Greater New Yorl
Harbor Port Council, a new organ
ization, has been formed by 20l
members of AFL unions represent
ing lOngshoremen, Sailors. licenseG
deck and engine-rOOn officers, ant
radio operators who have declares
war on waterfront crime, viOlenc
and union rule-breakers.
With all due respect to the Sen
atOr from New Hampshire, we sub
NIT that this Port Council viii
prove as mighty a force in this re
form as the miracle of televisiOr
Unions are growing up, and cOmin
to understand their real power an
how to use it, when they organic
to defend the society of which the
are a part, as we'll as to contrC
erring members.
THERE'S A CATCH IN IT
AS an example Of a first-clas
slogan, Trade. not Aid" is reall
it. See it or hear it once, an
you've got it. And it seems so sen
sible unless you are willing t
undergo the pain of seriOu
thought. Why should we go on giN
ing away billions, when a bris
foreign trade (such as the worl
enjoyed in the good old days) wOul
solve the problems Of all nations
So what do you do to stimulai
this international exchange {
goods? 1t would appear, on exam
nation. that you do just exactly II
things we have already done. 70
build up the facilities 10 expedii
trade, and you tear down the baI
riers Of protective tariff BY the en-
of the present fiscal year, and sinC
the end of World War II, we wi
have contributed nearly 40 billie
dollars to foreign nations in Il
interest of world trade stabilit
according to G. G. HertWig, chai
man of the Foreign Trade Commi
tee Of the American Cotton Mani
facturers' Institute.
America has also taken the. lee