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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
9Million Homes
Needed By Poor
Low Cost Building Impeded
BY High Interest Rates.
Report Finds

Washington, D. C.-Urgent need
for vast extension Of low-cost housing
construction was stressed in report
by economists and housing experts on
the staff Of Senator Joseph C. O'Ma-
honey's Monopoly Investigating Com
mittee.
More than 100000 American fam
lilies with incomes below $500 a
year need new homes, the report de-
clared. If these homes were built, the
depression would be cured to "sur-
prising" extent by getting idle men
back to work" and "fnding an outlet
for idle investment funds" it was
found.
The report is a reminder that the
national defense program is not the
only way to put men, money and ma
chimes to work, because this can be
done by clearing slums and providing
decent homes for the American peo-
pie.
"The difficulty, however," the re-
port says, "is that under the present
set-up the housing industry is geared
to provide homes primarily for fam
lilies earning $4,000 or more per year.
"We build largely for this limited
group because the home building in
dustry has followed traditional prac-
tices and failed to keep up with pro-
gressive methods that have enabled
other industries to extend their mar
kets to low-income groups. Moreover,
many of the raw materials of the
building industry are concentrated in
a few hands, with a controlled and
infexible pricing system"
1t points out that construction costs
are highest in some cities where build
ing trades wage rates are lowest, and
lowest where labor costs are highest.
Other important facts disclosed at the
O'Mahoney committees hearings are
cited to explode the idea that "high
wages" are the cause of the high
cost of housing.
On the other hand, the report ex-
plains that high interest rates are a
real obstacle to home construction,
and that rental housing for the
lower half of the middle income group
$1,000 to $4,000 might we'll be stim-
ulated" by reducing the rate of in
terest charged on the money invested
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
New Army Trouble
Continued from Page One)

of this character are traceable to la
bor.
These delays have the department
worried. They frankly admit they
don't know what is causing them in
most cases.
McGrady has been prominent in the
labor movement for more than 40
years. He worked as a newspaper
pressman in Boston, became president
Of the Boston Printing Pressmen' s
Union and later was elected president
Of the Boston Central Labor Union
and the Massachusetts, State Fedora
ton of Labor
For many years he played large
part in the organiZational and legis-
lative work of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Served Under Baker
his new one when he became special
adviser on labor relations to Secre-
tary Baker in 1917 and 1918.
Besides his governmental work in
the Department of Labor and the
NRA, McGrady earlier in his career,
was member of the Boston Com
mon Council and of the Massachu-
setts House Of Representatives
In recent years McGrady frequent
ly has advised the War Department
on labor relations.
Press Halls Appointment
Typical of press approval Of Nc
Grady's appointment was that of the
Washington Daily News, which said
editorially:
"When labor disputes threaten de-
fcnse production, it will be satisfac-
ton to know that this veteran trou-
ble-shooter, domestic diplomat and
practical philosopher, who has served
labor, industry and government with
equal success, is on hand"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
Pay Boost Pact Gained
By Pocketbook Workers

New York, n. Y.-President Rein
lib of the International Ladies' Hand
bag, Pocketbook and Novelty Work
ers Union, A. F. of L. affiliate, re-
ported that he had signed a contract
with the c. F. Rump & Sons, Inc, of
Philadelphia, Pa, providing for a
closed union shop, a general weekly
wage increase Of 81 to So, a ma
jority of the employees receiving So,
with all the increases retroactive to
November Ia, one weeks vacation
with pay for all workers and time
and one-half for certain holidays and
overtime work.
The company was established in
1850 and this is the first time it has
ever dealt with a union, Mr.. Reinlib
said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
Christrnds PdrtY
Enjoyed By Wives
Women Elect New Officers
For Coming Year At
Evansville

Evansville, Ind.-Tuesday, Decem-
ber 10, a one o'clock luncheon and
Christmas party was enjoyed by the
Potters Wife's Pleasure Club in Her.
mans hall. Twenty-three ladies were
present.
The committee in charge was COM
posed of Mesdames N. Winters, Frank
Polster, VIM. Ruprecht, Sam Huffine,
George Clewlow, John Monical, Leon
ard Clewlow. Everyone had an enjoy
able time and was wishing Santa
would come more often.
Mrs. John Monical, president call
ed the meeting to order. This was
election of officers meeting with the
following being elected for the COM
ing year: Mrs. Henry Mayer, presi-
dent; Mrs. Herman Titzer, vice pres
ident; Mrs. Earl Perigo, secretary and
Mrs. P. H. Clemens, treasurer.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
Continuous Show SUNDAY
U. S. Stomp Plan Creates
Few Jobs In Food Trade

Washington, D. C.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture received re-
port from three Government experts
that the food stamp plan begun in
Rochester, N. Y, in May, 1889, has
stimulated consumption of surplus
foods among low-income groups, but
as yet has had no apparent effect on
employment in the food industry.
The food stamp plan makes avail
able to persons on relief certain speci-
fled surplus products in exchange for
blue stamps which they receive free
if they accept part of their cash re-
lief allowance in orange stamps good
for the purchase of any food item.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
Continental Life Agents
Choose Athlete Of AFL

Washington, D. C-The insurance
agents employed by the Continental
Life Insurance Company in Richmond,
Va, in an election held by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, voted
for the American Federation of La
Dor to represent them in collective
bargaining, George l.. Russ, A. F. Of
l.. organizer, announced. The agents
voting in the election are members of
Local Union No. 22264, Insurance
Agents in Richmond. The company
has it's home office in Washington, d.
c., and operates in North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland and the District
Of Columbia.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
USHA RENT LOSSES LOW

washington, D. C.-Rent delinquen-
cles in 40 public housing projects in
the United States Housing Authority
program have amounted to only four
tenths of one per cent, over period
of more than two years. Vacancy
losses for the same period amounted
to only nine-tenths of one per cent.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
TOUGH

The customer was busy saving on
the steak he had ordered-and a diff
ficult time he was having.
at is tough?' queried the waiter,
solicitiously.
The customer was exhausted. He
turned to the waiter with defeat in
his eyes and said "When | order
beef and get horse, | don't care, but
next time take the harness off before
YOU start serving"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19

Workman-Would you increase my
wages? was married yesterday.
"Sorry," said the foreman, "but we
are not responsible for accidents out
side the factory"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19
CALORiES

Neighbor: 81 heard your kid bawl-
ing last night"
Parent: eyes, after four bawls he
got his base warmed"
New York University Medley.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-12-19

"Those are my brothers ashes in
the jar on the mantle"
$50 the poor fellow has passed to
the great beyond ?"
'Heck, no! He's just too lazy to
find an ash travr--~Utah Humbug.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
100 Underpr'ivi|eged
Children 10 See
British Relief Play
Members Of Embassy
Stuff and Others
Donate Tickets

The British War Relief Society an
nounced today that 100 underprivi-
legged children in the Nations Cap
ital will be entertained at the We'll
lesly College Club of Washington s
benefit performance of Maeterlinck' S
Seven Wishes" at the National
Theater.
The tickets have been donated by
the members of the British Embassy
staff and others in the society, it
was said, so that "some of the
money being sent to the relief of
British children can first give pleas
ure to American children
Will Come From Homes.
The children will come from the
Capital Health House for Crippled
Children, Children's Hospital, the
recently established Hampshire Set
tlement House and list of 20
youngsters caught entering theaters
without paying and turned over to
the Woman's Bureau.
The crippled children. most of
whom will have to be brought to the
theater in wheelchairs. will be given
places of honor in the front rows Of
the orchestra.
In addition to the children being
sent free to the performance by
the British War Relief Society, a
large number of Americans are do
mating free tickets, 1t was said, thus
bringing the total of children to
see the play up to about 800.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Be Present.
Mrs. Neville Butter, wife OF the
Charge d'Affaires at the British
Embassy, and Mrs. Roosevelt will
occupy opposing boxes at the per-
formance. The boxes will be deco
rated with British and American
flags.
Many persons of prominence are
expected to attend in company with
children. Among them will be JUS
tice Frankfurter, with the three
British refugee children: Secretary
of War Stimson with his three
grandchildren, Justice Black with
his daughter and Leon Henderson
member of the National Defense
Committee, with his children.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Central High Alumni
Hold 32d Annual
Banquet Tonight
Merit Certificates to Go
To Five Prominent
Former Students

Hundreds of Central High School
alumni from Washington and vicin-
ity are expected to attend the 32d
annual reunion at o'clock tonight
at the school.
The program includes basket ball
and swimming meets between stu
dents and alumni, dance, election
of association officers and awarding
of merit certificates to five alumni
who have achieved prominence in
their respective fields. Those who
will receive awards include:
Ralph E. Renaud, class of go,
author and playwright, member OF
the editorial council of the New York
Times and formerly an editor of the
Washington Post and New York
Herald
Miss Leila Mechlin. 81. art critic
of The Evening Star, secretary of
the Washington Society of Fine Arts
and a fellow of the Royal Society OF
Arts of London.
Gen. Oliver L. Spaulding, U. S. A.,
retired. 81, commander of the 161st
Field Artillery Brigade of the lst
Division in the World War and au-
thor of several books on military
history.
w. w. Everett, '88, general man.
ager and vice president of Woodward
g. Lothrop; director of the American
Security g. Trust Co., and the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.,
and past president of both the Wash
ington Board of Trade and Rotary
Club.
Dr.. Waldo La Sale Schmitt, OF,
member of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Excitement Leading 10 War
On Britain, De Valera Fears
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Prime Min
lister Eamon de Valera of neutral
Ireland (Eire) in a Christmas mes
sage recorded by G. B. S. declared
his countrys "overshadowing anxiety
at the moment seems to be today's
possibility of incitement which would
force our people once more to battle
against Britain and the British"
Addressing Americans in broad
cast from Dublin, Mr.. De Valera
declared that, at the beginning Of
the European war, Ireland pro-
claimed her neutrality as the only
course possible in our circum-
stances" and added that his country
wanted to buy weapons from the
United States to help maintain her
neutrality.
That neutrality would bring spe-
cial problems and difficulties of its
own was we'll recognized, he said.
Mr. De Valera said the Irish Army
and other lines Of defense had been
greatly strengthened as precaution-
ary measures.
1--WE want for these forces the best
equipment We can get, and We
are, of course, ready to pay for what
we get" he said
Stocks of food and raw materials
"are being steadily exhausted" by
the blockade of the islands, and Mr..
de Valera asked Americans "to help
us, should the blockade grow tighter.
to secure the supply of foodstuffs
which are essential to our people"
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Man Goes 10 Hospital
After Fight Over Arrest

William Koch, 2S, of 1852 Kenyon
street NV, is in Gallinger Hospital,
possibly with fractured skull, after
he was hit by an off duty policeman
last night attempting to arrest him.
According to Capt. jeremiah Sui
Ivan of the second precint. Pvt. B.
F. Howe was going home in his
own automobile when he saw car
ahead of him in the 100 block of
Twelfth street NV. driving in what
he considered an erratic manner.
He drew up alongside and at
tempted to stop the car. AS Mr..
Koch, the driver, got out of the car
and started to run, according to po-
lice, Pvt. Howe grabbed him. A
tussle ensued in which the police
man hit the man over the head with
the butt of his revolver.
Both the policeman and Mr.. Koch
were taken to Sibley, where Pvt.
Howe was found to have broken
thumb and Mr.. Koch lacerations to
the forehead and possibly a skull
fracture. Mr.. Koch was charged
at No. 2 precinct with failure to
exhibit his registration card and as
sault and was removed to Gallinger
Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
S50,OO0 Fire Sweeps
5.Story Loop Building
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-An extra
alarm fire caused damage estimated
at $50 900 to a five-story Loop build
ing at 178 West Randolph street, to-
day. clouded a corner of the Loop
with smoke and put on two-hour
fire lighting show for office-bound
workers
Anthony ]. Mullaney. first deputy
fire marshal, said the fire started in
a grease chute in a restaurant and
cocktail lounge on the ground floor
The building is two doors west OF
the one housing the Chicago Asso-
ciated Press Bureau.
Lack of wind kept the smoke close
to the ground and it spread through
adjoining buildings and at times it
was so dense that persons standing
in Randolph street could not see the
sky.
Tons of water we're poured through
the windows and it was feared water
seeping into Easements of nearby
buildings might cripple their electric
power. The two adjoining buildings
suffered smoke and water damage.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Rain Will Continue
Here Until Tomorrow

Occasional rain tonight and to-
morrow, with little change in tenn
perature, was forecast for Washing
ton after the warmest Christmas in
eight years.
The mercury rose to 81 degrees at
pm. yesterday. the highest tenn
perature here on Christmas Day
since the temperature reached a
record high of 68 degrees in 1882.
The lowest temperature yesterday
was "a degrees at 6 am.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

Drastic Restrictions
On Campaign Gifts
May Be Proposed
Gillette Asks Committee
To Study Measures to
Limit Expenditures
BY the Associated Press.

BY ire Associated Press.
Drastic restrictions on individual
political contributions may be recon-
mended by the Senate Campaign
Expenditures Committee in an effort
to curb the expense of national
elections.
Chairman Gillette has asked
committee members to study a va
riety of proposals for limiting both
individual gifts and the total ex-
penditures by party organizations.
Although the Hatch Act fixes
So 100000 as the maximum expen-
diture for party committees in one
year and specifies that individual
donations must not exceed $4,000,
Senator Gillette has estimated that
more than $2O,00O0OO was spent
in the November presidential elec-
ton.
Fiscal Agent Proposed.
This came about, he said, because
of multiple organizations for can
didates. Each organization, he ex-
planned, contended that the only
limitation on its expenditures was
the 100000 set by the law.
Furthermore, contributions to local
and State campaigns were ex-
empted from the $4,000 individual
limitations.
Chief among the suggestions for
stopping up these loopholes has
been proposal for law similar
to that which governs elections in
England. This would call for ap-
pointment of a fiscal agent, who
would be responsible for the ex-
pendltures in behalf Of each can
didate.
While such system would pro-
vide Federal enforcement agencies
with a quick check on the amount
OF money spent, Senator Gillette
said that 1t would not solve the
practical difficulty of determining
how much should be apportioned
to any office seeker on a long
ticket.
Limit on Individual Gifts.
Senator Adams, Democrat, OF
Colorado, another committee men,
Der, said it appeared to him that
the problem of limiting expenditures
would have to be approached from
the standpoint of individual gifts
If contributions by individuals
were limited drastically and the
present exemptions removed, he
said, 1t might be possible to cut
the total outlay on elections with.
out attempting to fix unavoidable
maximums for party organizations
Committee members plan to &C
to work next week on their report
to the Senate The report is ex-
pected to cover their investigation
of complaints in IS States, involv.
ing 80 specific allegations of elec.
tion irregularities. as well as recon-
mendations on proposed changes ir
Federal laws.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Plane Wreckage Reported
Seen, but Hunt Is Futile
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Dec. ga
searching party reported today it
had been unable to find trace of an
airplane which railroad engineer
said apparently had crashed" on a
mountain near the Pennsylvania
Railroad about six miles west of
Johnstown.
Although continuing the hunt,
searchers said an hour and a half
survey of the vicinity of Conemaugh
Furnace Station, where the engineer
reported he believed the plane
crashed, was fruitless. Railroad
workmen and police formed the
searching party.
At Pittsburgh, airlines Offices re-
ported none of their planes was
missing.
The engineer, plotting an east
bound Pennsylvania Railroad train,
saw what he thought to be the
wreckage of a plane near Seward
and made the report to police upon
arrival here.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
WiIIkie Host to Children
On Holiday in Florida
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HOBE SOUND, Fla. Dec. 90
Wendell L. Willkie spent Christmas
quietly with his family.
With the Republican presidential
candidate at their winter vacation
home were his wife; his son, Philip,
and his mother -in-law, Mrs. Cora
Wilk of Rushville, Ind.
The family attended a midnight
candlelight service at Christ Chapel
to start the Yuletide observance.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Willkie
looked over Christmas cards ad-
dressed to him from every State. He
later went swimming, then ate
Christmas dinner with his family
He was host in the afternoon to
the children of the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Beth ShoIom Children
To Present Three Plays

Three short Chanukka plays will
be presented by the Hebrew school
children of the Beth Sholom Syna-
gogue at the auditorium of the syna-
gogue, Eighth and Shepherd streets
NV, at 8:15 o'clock tonight.
The playlets, to be given in He
brew, Yiddish and English. will de-
pict the Feast of Lights, which COM
memorates the rededication of the
temple in Jerusalem in 165 BIC.
after triumphant three-year
struggle against Syrian oppression.
A quiz program in the three Ian
guages, to be conducted on the sub
ject Of biblical history, and choral
music by the children also will be
presented.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
10 Coast Guardsmen
Missing in Storm
Lashing California
Crew Sought After Futile
Attempt to Reach
WoterIoeeed Ship
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26-The
Coast Guard searched the stormy
Pacific by sea and air today for 10
Guardsmen missing since they went
to the rescue of the schooner STAN
wood l30 miles northwest of the
Golden Gate More than 100 men
were in the search.
Two amphibian planes took off
from the Coast Guard air station
this morning to join the cutters
Ariadne and Shawnee in the search.
Poor visibility, however, forced the
planes to return. The Shawnee was
pounded severely in aiding the
Stanwood before the 627-ton lumber
schooner was taken in tow by the
cutter Shoshone.
The 10 missing Coast Guardsmen
left Point Arena in a 30-foot motor
lifeboat Christmas Eve after the
Stanwood was reported in distress.
They were last seen at 1925 am.
Christmas Day. Mountainous waves
thWarted their attempts to force
their small craft back into port.
Sea Remains Rough.
Weather reports said the sea re-
manned exceedingly rough" in the
area where the 10 men were missing.
Mrs. Cecil Thomas, wife of the
officer in charge of the Coast Guard
craft, expressed belief her husband
would try to find a small cove for
refuge.
Seas were running so strong they
washed out Wharves at Point Arena.
The Stanwood, carrying a crew of
%, took terrific beating before
Coast Guard vessels could reach her.
The schooner was kept afloat mainly
by her deckload of lumber.
The Shawnee was pitched roughly
about in crossing the Humboldt Bay
bar on her way out from Eureka,
Calf, to the stricken Stanwood,
walloWing helplessly about IS miles
off Fort Bragg.
The Shawnee found the StanWood
and stood by until the Shoshone ar
rived and put line aboard the
1 schooner
| Storm Still Pounds Coast.
No let-up was in sight for the
storm which has pounded coast
lines of California, Oregon and
Washington. Strong southerly
winds and occasional gales were
forecast from San Francisco to the
Canadian border.
The tug Active cruised out of
Puget Sound, hunting for the Cana
clan f1ve-masted schooner City of
Alberni,I which reported itself in
trouble 500 miles west of Cape
Flattery. The vessel is en- route
from Australia to British Columbia
! with sugar cargo.
In California heavy combers swept
away summer homes at Stinson
Beach, smashed in boardwalks and
piers and undermined foundations
OF homes at Redondo Beach and
rolled over seaside cottages at Shell
ter Cove below Cape Mendocine.
In Oregon, high seas driven by a
50-mile-an-hour wind Uttered the
Tilamook Coast Guard station with
debris, washed out a section of the
Cannon Beach highway, tore down
part of the seaside seawall and
forced four freighters to put back to
ports for repairs or to reload shifting
carpOes
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Relatives Identify Slain
Apartment Intruder

The colored intruder who was
slain by hail of bullets Christmas
Eve as he fed from an apartment
at 4043 Grant street NE. with
purse containing 81, was identified
at the Morgue yesterday by relatives
as Robert w. Hill, 81, of the $500
block of Linwood place NE.
He was shot by Robert c. Camp
bell. building manager at the Grant
street address, who surprised the
prowler as he was coming out of a
rear window. A revolver was found
on Hills body.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said that an inquest will be held
tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Quortermoster Supplies
Awards TotuI 8 Million

Contract awards totaling $8,346,-
08O, all of them for quartermaster
supplies, were announced today at
the War Department.
Nearly 100000 summer under
shirts we're ordered from mills scat
tered throughout the country. 9th
er orders included several million
yards of khaki cloth, large numbers
of motorcycles and hundreds OF
thousands of coats and trousers.