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Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer decided to get rid of two top employees who had become politically embarrassing. Last week he abruptly ordered 32-year-old Economist William Remington and 42-year-old Michael J. Lee, chief of Commerce's Far Eastern division, to quit or be fired. Both men were currently in the middle of new Government checks on their loyalty, and Economist Remington was under investigation by a federal grand jury in Manhattan, but Charles Sawyer said his dismissal notice was "in no wise intended to reflect in any way on the loyalty of either of these...
Pleasure & Surprise. Meanwhile, the Phillies were winning ball games on hustle, good pitching and the best club batting average in the league (.270). Among their assets, which the rest of the league had to worry about whether Sawyer saw his team as a pennant winner or not: a hard-hitting outfield consisting of brawny Dick Sisler† (.367), fleet-footed Richie Ashburn (.296) and clutch-hitting Del Ennis (.304), and a bustling infield steadied by First Baseman Eddie Waitkus, recovered from his shooting by a deranged girl last year (TIME, June 27). With young Pitchers Curt Simmons (21), a lefthander...
...Sawyer was never good enough to make the major leagues as a player, but as a minor-league manager in the Yankee chain he learned to recognize young talent, to respect spirit as much as ability. "I'll trade a lazy .300 hitter for a .250 beardown guy any day," he says. Sawyer is no bench manager, works on the third-base coaching line ("It gives the boys confidence"), works hard in his office ("I'm always available") and on the field ("I never humiliate...
Give & Take. Carpenter has presented Sawyer with a batch of bonus beauties, including Pitchers Simmons ($65,000) and Roberts ($25,000), Catcher Stan Lopata ($25,000) and Third Baseman Willie Jones ($16,000). Others on the club were also costly, but Sawyer must play these youngsters (who, under bonus rules, may not be returned to the minors for seasoning) in order to justify their price. Other managers with pennant contenders use risky bonus players as bench blankets, take no chances...
...Manager Sawyer is showing confidence in his youngsters, by giving them chances and taking them himself, but he is sticking to his own time schedule. Borrowing a time-honored Brooklyn line of a few seasons back, Sawyer says: "We're still a year away, but wait till next year...