Show 7 7 phillip r 6 wl JIM PARLEY FARLEY AND BASEBALL HM IM PARLEY FARLEY chairman of the democratic national committee and postmaster general Is reported among others interested in an attempt to buy the new york yanks jim is reported in some quarters as declining to comment and in others as denying tee die story but we can all understand how after the last seven years it would seem to him to be out where it necessary to depend on rumor to find who was pitching jim was a baseball player in his youth back in haverstraw N Y anda and all 11 his experience since must have convinced him more than once that one inning in the diamond is more refreshing thin than decades la in politics for one thing the rules remain the same nobody thinks it would be better if the player got tour four strikes instead I 1 dicey ot of three there are no suggestions that three balls should entitle seal or a player to w walk alk and nowhere is it proposed that all unemployed shortstops short stops be sent to a federal shortstop camp jim has announced ann that his name will positively go before the democratic convention as a candidate for the presidency he would have two strikes on all the other candidates if he could bring the yanks into the convention hall what chance aou would id a candidate depending wholly on a voice a program and a record have against one who could face the convention with the number one ball club a h host ost of loyal rooters and a new type of windup we can even see jim la in the white house getting the peoples minds back to baseball and away from slumps economic experiments and programs to remodel society we can see him with bill dickey replace mg ing secretary brank ausem on harry hopkins job and charlie play playing ing madam perkins Per hins old position jim as a real baseball man would have a deep regard for the immortal bambino the former r yank star and would perhaps 9 get et the babe on the bench of the LABOR supreme court he would see that the NLRB got at least some pitchers with a change ol of pace and he would stop anybody in the administration from using the bean ball deliberately era tely he might retain the fireside chat idea but if so he would include u de the baseball scores an and d a short talk on the league situation and who can tell he might arrange to have joe DiN dibaggio DiMagg aggio lo write IM my y day CAMPAIGN YEAR last night I 1 heard upon the air A can candidate d bdate who there H he e there again today I 1 wish that he would go away advance models of the new spring 9 and summer hats for women ar are e here don dont t say you warneal the attitude of europe Is of course we want peace but somebody has got to suffer for it police commissioner valentine of new boik urges his traffic policemen to be more polite to motorists ile he says the days when they could bark hey wheres the fire are over well this department thinks he Is wrong motorists have become accustomed to the rou rough gh approach they have even perfected their answers theres Th there ereIs is a certain excitement in wondering how tough a cop will be the day when a motorcycle cop says sweetly pardon me but would you mind pulling over to the curb I 1 have an idea you have broken the speed regulations ions sir air we will get even we will stop speeding so therel washington is said to be considering si a return to the gold standard there comes a time when the business of using it only for the purpose of decorating a hole in the ground becomes at least monotonous 0 the revolt is being led by the broadway association of new york which asks the city to ban radios in cabs this summer in new york on the ground there are squeaks enough in any cab STREET SCENE two fellows were all over the gutter in a terrific fic fest fight they rolled and struggled and twisted fighting with fists feet arms legs and even teeth all the row asked a bystander protecting each other replied the cop a constant european war news reader 0 there was this about the last war you could at least tell what nations were NOT in it |