Show A A M sAe WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By Lemuel F Parton V v rv NEW YORK Big YORK Big Big square head f ed ham fisted Ernest Bevin czar of right wing British labor lost losi his first big fight at the Bourne Bourne- Bournemouth mouth conference Left Wing Win g of 01 ofas as gg the Labor par British Labor ty voted greater representation for Gains Gain Power its left wing political political political cal elements Mr Devin Bevin Is the Sam Gompers of British labor opposing political activity labor theorists philosophers communists and intel intel- intelligentsia and relying solely on the economic squeeze for far tying knots In Inthe inthe the lion s tall tall and and on occasion he has made the lion yelp resoundingly The s Bournemouth showdown lightly touched In American news dispatches Is a victory for or the wilted united front for tor such uch left wing ascendancy as that of Maj Clement R Attlee and Sir Stafford Scripps it marks a potential schism in Brit BritIsh lab ish labor and It reveals distinct sim similarity to nascent political and ide trends trend In American laborne labor He ne is head of the powerful Trans Transport port Workers union a large lorge element ale ele element ment of which clamored for a boy boy- boycott boycott cott against Japanese goods and threatened to refuse to handle them England notes all this with acute memories of 1928 19 8 when Mr Bevin and his dock workers gave BritainA Britain A severe case of jitters with their paralyzing strike lie He was similarly obdurate when he pulled the big London bus strike at the tha time of the coronation Innocent bystanders cheer his roundhouse swings at the reds but wonder who 11 bell Mr Bevin a the cat if it he gets Bad Case of more power and power and Power Itch Mr DevIn Bevin has an aggravated case of t the e power Itch In the tho present roughly Issue roughly comparable to the dIsagreement between John LLewis L LLewis LLewis Lewis and William Green Green conservative opinion Is being heavily mo mobilized behind Mr Bevin DevIn lIe He is from the Limehouse dis an expounder oC ot traditional trades union doctrine such as Campers Cam Gom- Corn pers taught based chiefly on Re Reward Reward Reward ward your friends and punish your enemies and never mind the phi pW- philosophy or politics Bulky moon moon- moonfaced moonfaced faced and belligerent he is not only a a fighter and organizer but a clever strategist As in 1924 battling the ship owners for tor a shilling a day raise in dock wages Professors Professor l ata ata at ata a a conference showed charts proving a a worker could get fa tat fat t on the cur cur- current current rent wage He Ho stepped out and translated a n day s a wages Into bread and It was a pitiful showing They won their Increase MUSSOLINI and littler Hitler oiling up upi upi-l- the Rome Berlin Derlin n ls a ds didn t hesitate to let the world know they can t lose They might ponder what happened to Slip ns j Mr Mali MadIgan San Madigan when heLies he Lives Lies Up to broke loose from Nickname the thc traditional inferiority in- in inferiority in complex of it football coaches Recently set set- setting setting ting ing a precedent he said St Mary s was going to trounce California and there here was no use making any bones about It Then California trimmed it Marys Mary's 30 to 0 his Gal Gal- Galloping Galloping Since Mr Madigan and loping Gaels were last seen here here- hereabouts hereabouts the bankers have grabbed old rid alma mater but they are still going strong a lurid spot of color on n this year s a football horizon It cems to be something new new-a new a top top- top hole sole hole football outfit touring for or a fore fore- foreclosed foreclosed closed college In the tho 10 16 years In which Mr lVIr Madi Madigan Madigan tan gan coached the little college of at Moraga valley California 20 mlle miles east ast of ot Oakland he pulled it up uproot from root a dejected little hangnail squad quad to a roving ravening band of if man eaters The Mad Magician of f Moraga alliterated the football scribes referring to Mr Madigan who was not only coach but trainer rubber handler doctor dietitian and pants mender I remember looking on In 1920 1910 I think it was when California beat beatr- beatr St S1 Marys Mary's toy to r Early barly Earl y Days Day 0 y The rhe college was waso of o oSt St Mary Marys Mary's a dingy little red brick building in a Sad One Ones sleazy little side street They took like that every year Then came Slip Madigan from Notre Dame via Oregon Ills His main assets were a law degree several pink shirts and an unmatched In instinct instinct for tor showmanship He set the place on fire with football fervor Two years ears eara later they licked California Cali Cali- California California fornia just as if it Ethiopia should lick Italy today Flam then on there was no stopping them The college got cot plenty of ot funds and moved to a nice home In the Moraga valley The Moraga Maulers with candy colored pants tills this year ear and red silk next year ear car pounced and devoured all over the country The Tbt Tb financial crack up focused on SUp Slip Madigan s salary Last FebruarY February arY bondholders charged the tho col college collego loge lege had bad t timed over to him all of the 38 15 receipts from the game came Last July the col col- college college lege was u sold told at auction but but col- col college college col college lege or no college the Gaels keep on Just a fast fast year lb-year Ib running start and they cant can't slowdown slowdown slow down 0 C Consolidated t News New Features Feature u Service |