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Evening star., 1941-05-25
Giant Power Pool
Created 10 Relieve
Threatened SHORTAGE
Southeastern Consumers
Asked to Economize
On Electricity

The Federal Power Commission
late yesterday announced a gigantic
power pool has been created to re-
lieve threatened shortages of cleo
tricity due to drought in the South
eastern part of the country and
adjacent areas where many vital
defense production projects would
be affected.
Chairman Leland Olds said the
power pool, which he described as
the greatest co-ordinated effort
ever undertaken in the power in
dustry," was formed largely because
power shortages particularly jeop-
ardized output of aluminium in large
plants of the Aluminium Co. of
America at Alcoa, Tenn, and Badin,
N. c.
All power facilities in the South
east and even generators in Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania and Kentucky have been CO.
ordinated to interchange power, Mr..
Olds said.
Appeal to Consumers.
Further to relieve the situation,
defense agencies joined in an appeal
to power consumers throughout the
Southeast to exercise strict volun-
tary economy in use OF electricity.
The appeal for conservation of
power was signed by the War De-
partment, Power Commission, Office
of Production Management, Ten
nessee Valley Authority and by nine
power companies. 1t made no spe-
cific suggestions, but a commission
spokesman said this could be ac-
complished by using fewer lights
in homes, cutting down on sign and
window lighting and curtailing
ornamental street lighting.
All Available Plants Used.
Mr.. Olds said every available gen.
Grating plant was being utilized, in
Guiding an old steam plant at
Birmingham, Ala. and numerous
small plants owned by factories but
which have not been used for years.
The South's aluminium plants pro-
duce almost one-half the Nations
total supply of this metal, on which
aircraft production is directly de-
pendent.
The commission said the flow of
many streams in the South was the
lowest ever known. critically re-
ducing the output of hydro-electric
generators. One report received
here said the flow of the Tennessee
River was only IS per cent Of nor
NAL.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
PART FIVE.
Features.
Aid-to-China Attorney
EXPLAINS Actions Here

Allan Taub. attorney for the
Washington Committee for Aid to
China, made public at his New York
Office Yesterday the circumstances
surrounding the appearance of his
clients, officers of the committee,
before the Dies Committee here on
May 81.
Newspaper reports TO the effect
that I was a witness before the
committee, that I was elected from
the stand. that I refused TO testify
or produce records. are all IN er-
ror,T Mr.. Taub said.
Il was not subpoenaed by the
Dies Committee. I was not called
TO appear before it. l am an at
torney and I appeared as such, rep
resenting my clients. Mrs. Muriel
Koenigsberg. executive secretary
and Arthur B. Hersey. treasurer OF
the Washington Committee for Aid
TO China.
Il arrived IN washington but a
short while before the hearing
opened and had had no opportunity
to consult my clients. When the
hearing opened, I asked Chairman
Joe Starnes for a short adjourn
ment for the purpose of conferring
with the witnesses.
Chairman Starnes began rap
ping vigorously with his gavel and,
in the resulting confusion, I was
excluded from the room.
After repeated requests by me
for an apology or an explanation,
Mr.. Starnes complied with state
ment making clear that the whole
incident had grown out of a mis-
understanding and that no un-
pleasant inferences should be
drawn
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Seattle Bans {. |. 0. Rally
Outside A. F. |. Plane Plant
RH me Assoclated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. May 24.-Police Chief
William H. Sears TODAY banned the
c. I. O.-United Automobile Workers
of Americas meeting Tuesday out
side the A. F. L-organized Boeing
Aircraft Co.'S plant No. on the
ground it was for the purpose OF
inciting riot.
simultaneously, Mayor Earl Mill
kin, acting on the chiefs reports,
ordered cancellation of the U. A. W.'s
sound truck license.
Chief Sears wrote Wyndham
Mortimer, regional subdirector for
the U. A. Ws aircraft division, you
will not be permitted to hold an or
ganized mass meeting Tuesday or
any other time at the Boeing plant
on any defense operations"
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Heed of Bankers Urges
U. S. Entry in War
By the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. May 24-P.
D. Houston. president of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association, today eX-
pressed himself in favor of the
United States open participation in
the European war, saying the world
must be brought back to normalcy
and it seems 10 be the apparent duty
of this country to lead the way"
Mr. Houston, Nashville banker,
declared he had found it the con-
sensus among people with whom he
had talked in frequent trips across
the Nation that the sooner America
gets into this war the sooner its
end is assured"
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Pope Plus Will Speak
Over Radio Next Sunday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, May 24.-The
Vatican radio announced today Pope
Plus would speak over the radio on
Pentecost Sunday, June l, in cele-
bration of the golden jubilee of the
encyclical "Rerum Novarum."
The encyclical, which treats with
the condition of labor. was issued
by Leo XIII on May Is. 1881
The Pope's address is to be broad
cast at II am, Greenwich time
t6 am. E. S. T)
Evening star., 1941-05-25
New York City to Spend
S1,827,470 Per Day
BY the Associated Press.

BY me AsSoclsteu Press.
NEW YORK. MAY 24.-Control-
Ter Joseph D. McGoldrick said TO-DAY
it would cost sl.827470 a day to
run New York City during the cur
rent fiscal year.
The city's s667 .026, $50 budget IL
cludes 10000 salaries.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
58 Will Graduate
In Madeira School
Exercises June ;
Commencement Program
Opens With Horse Show
At Z PM. Saturday.

Fifty-eight girls at the Madeira
School will receive diplomas from
Mrs. David Laforest Wing. head
mistress. at commencement exer-
ciseS June at pm. at Greenway,
Fairfax County. Va.
Mrs. Wing also will deliver the
commencement address. The pro-
gram is to be in the Outdoor Theater
unless bad weather forces change
TO the Sports Building.
The commencement program will
open with a horse show at 2 pm.
Saturday. One Of the judges will
be Mrs. Esther Palmer Of Falls
Church. The other is yet to be
named.
Events In Horse Show.
Events will include advanced and
intermediate workmanship, two pair
classes. equation class, jumping
over outside course. handy hunter,
red and white team competition
with teams Of three, championship
jumping class and championship
horsemanship.
The seniors will hold their banquet
that night.
Dr.. Peter Marshall Of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
will preach at the vesper service
at $50 pm. Sunday, after which
q buffet supper will be served for
seniors and their parents.
Class Day exercises with the
presentation of athletic awards will
be at pm. June 2. Glass songs
will be sung and a tea will follow
at pm.
List of Graduates.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.

Weather Conditions Last 81 Hours.
The extensive mass OF cool dry air
has spread eastward and southeaStWard 10
the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic
Coast following the passage OF the dis
turbance which is now central about 100
miles east OF Eastport, Me. with lowest
pressure near 9a7 millibars c29.44 inches.
The showers have ended, except in portions
of Maine and Northern New Hampshire.
The highest pressure in the cool ar mass
is 1O2Sl millibars t3O36 inches at MI
waukee. Wis. Pressure is low and falling
over the Rocky Mountain and Plateau
regions, Fort Peck Mont. 0O2 9 milllbarS
90 50 inchesl and Boise, Idaho, and
Blythe. Calf, lOO64 millihars '2H.i2
inches, and local showers have occurred
from Idaho and Nevada southeastward
TO Western Texas The temperature has
risen almost generally between the Rocky
Mountains and the MISSISSIPPI River, Whlle
cooler weather has overspread the Northern
Plateau region and the North Paclhc
States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry today.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Weather Report

by the Unite tai
District of ColmbaFir with highest about II deere
today tomorrow fair and warmer gentle norhery winds becoming e
variable tonight
today
with slowly rising today;
Uarrner
Evening star., 1941-05-25

BACKGROUND
One OF series OF stories on
progress OF the Nations pre-
pdredneSS program uhich began
officially a year ago this 1ceek-
trith appointment OF the National
Defense Advisory Commission on
May 2S. 1910.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Record Until 10 Pm. SATURDAY.
Highest, Il. at $50 pm. Yesterday
year ago, So. Lowest. So, at 5.45 am.
Yesterday year ago, 56.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, q6. on May %. Lowest 15.
on March is.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Readers Guide
and
News Summary
Foreign.
e Sunday Star, May 2
PART ONE.

PAKI ONE.
Foreign.
Italian King escapes assassln's bull
lets in Albania. Page AS
National.
Mead suggests U. S. negotiate with
France for bases. Page Az
Convoy now or fight later" warns
Senator Guffey. Page Az
Invaders hurled back in desperate
battle, Iraqis say. Page A-4
Radio chains may appear before
congressional hearing. Page B-6
Representative Jenkins asks data on
expenditures cuts. Page ALP
In ter-American Bank plans held up
by Glass action. Page BIB
Washington and Vicinity.
Children appear in Junior Star Of
the Air" Page Ala
Precedents are curse Of law, says
Justice ODonoghue. Page ALI
Districts needs hit by defense pri-
critics. Page B-1
Masonic Might of Thrills" queen to
be named Saturday. Page B-5
Sergt. Alvin York to lead Memorial
Day exercises here. Page B-6
Miscellany.
Obituary. Page AIS
Travel and resorts. Pages B-4-5-6
Sport news. Pages BILL
Evening star., 1941-05-25
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capita! tcurrent month TO date;
Evening star., 1941-05-25
List of Graduates.
Jackson Ella G.

Those to receive diplomas and
certificates are.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Report Until 10 PM. SATURDAY,

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clea
at Harpers Ferry today.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Tide Tables.
Coast and

weather in Various Cities.
Temperature -PreClp-
Max MIN. Sat ltstIon
Sat- Fri. 7.3O to 80
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Americas Rights" Stressed.
THE offending of Hitler is no
justification for the abdication of
our rights" said Mr. Guffey. The
simple answer is that we have
already given Hitler sufficient rea-
son for annoyance. If he has not
retaliated it is not for lack of desire
but for lack of opportunity. Should
Britain fail, his opportunity will
come.
I'VE have right to manufacture
arms for Britain, and we are doing
it. If Hitler could stop us, he
would. We have a right to our
commerce on the seas, outside of
all war areas which are not effec-
tually blockaded by belligerents. We
are not exercising that right. If
we choose to exercise it, Hitler can
stop us only by acts of aggression
in other words by making war on
US"
Senator Guffey pointed out that
use of conveys does not necessarily
mean that this country will be in
volved in the war. He said that
in the days of President Adams, this
country conveyed ships to Britain
when France attempted to blockade.
The American conveys fought when
necessary, French ships were sent
to the bottom, and French ships
were taken as prizes. But France
did not declare war even after
Americans had bombarded French
ports In the West Indies.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

italian King escapes assassin's bull
lets in Albania. Page A-6
Evening star., 1941-10-24
US. Ships Repeatedly
Bombed in Red Sea,
American Reports
Poor Morkmonship Of =.
Germans Suved Crew,
Quortermoster Says
By the Associated Press.

HONOLULU, Oct. IA quarter
master of an American ship which
carried supplies to Britain's Middle
East armies said today that freight
ers flying the United States flag had
been repeatedly bombed, flercely and
deliberately, in the Red Sea by Ger
man and Italian planes.
THE only thing that saved our
lives" said John Stowe of Brooklyn,
was that the Nazis didn't seem able
10 hit a bull with bass fiddle"
Mr.. Stowe told interviewers of 81
days "ungodly terror" in the Red
Sea, one raid by 300 planes lasting
six hours.
While the crew huddled below
decks, bombs fell all about the ship,
rocking the hull and littering the
vessel with steel splinters The only
casualty in that raid was one sailor S
black eye, received when he stum-
bied during the blackout.
Seven or more American mer-
chantmen were in Suez Harbor two
nights later during another terrific
raid which damaged the Ibervllle
and the West Zita. The following
week German planes sowed the har-
Dor with mines which tore holes in
the American freighters Steel Sea-
farer and Steel Inventor.
He added that tug towing the
Steel Inventor to drydock struck
mine and blew up, killing all its ma
tive crew.
Evening star., 1941-10-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.-Forty
years in prison Is enough, says Joe
Buzzard, self-styled second best
horse thief the country ever had,
and he VOWS he's not coming back
this time when released.
Just turned 81. Joe hasn't enjoyed
two consecutive years of liberty since
he first was sent to Jail at the age
of II.
His time at Eastern State Peni-
tentiary is up in II months and Joe
is anxiously ticking off the days.
Every man likes freedom" he
went on. II want to get out. All
told, I've spent 40 years behind Jail
walls and still I don't like it. Me
and four of my brothers did a total
of 158 years, but none of us was bad.
We Just got started wrong"
He was sent here from Lancaster
County to serve 18 months to three
years on larceny charge, after tell
ing the judge: IF I have to go to
jail, don't want to serve any time
in the county jail. want to go back
to the Eastern Penitentiary, where
the food is good and Warden Her
bert Smith is the best of the five
Wardens I've served under.
Me and four Of my brothers,
constituted the notorious Buzzard
gang which raided through placid
Lancaster County in Southeastern
Pennsylvania a half century ago.
While the record attributes all man.
ner of thefts and burglaries TO it,
little crime of violence is listed.
Brother John died up in the
mountains when he was ga" Joe re-
Evening star., 1941-10-24
Lehigh Called Victim
OF Hit-Run Submarine

FREETOWN. Sierre Leone. Oct
a. CpD.-The United States-owned
freighter Lehigh, sunk rs miles west
of Freetown, is pictured by her
skipper as the victim Of hit-and-
run torpedo attack from a subma-
rine which none of the crew ever
saw.
Capt. Vincent Atkins, the COM
nnander. said last night the torpedo
struck the Lehigh at 8:55 am. Sun
day on the starboard side of No. 5
hatch, blasted down the main top
mast and injured two of the A men
aboard.
A falling hatch beam cut of four
toes of a seaman, and junior assist
ant engineer, Joseph Brady, was
shaken up by a fall when the deck
plates were torn apart beneath him.
Neither before nor after the at
tack. Capt. Atkins said, was the
submarine seen, and there was no
offer of aid.
All four libefoats were manned
and launched by the men aboard
the crew of 80, one man working
his way and four Spanish stowa-
ways-5o minutes after the explo-
sion and headed east to Freetown.
The men were picked up by British
vessels.
The Lehigh. with two large Amer
ican flags on her sides and 30-ton
cargo consigned to New York from
Bilbao. Spain, went down "a minutes
after the last boat had pulled away
She was to have loaded manganese
for the United States at Takoradi,
on the Gold Coast.
Evening star., 1941-10-24
Horse Thief in Jail 40 Years
Vows He'll Never Return

called. He was always a quiet boy
and all he served was three years.
He drove an ambulance at one time
for Gen. Custer.
Then there was Brother Ike. He
did long stretch in Eastern Peni-
tentiary here and was al invalid in
a wheel chair fer l3 years. Brother
Abe died in here and so did Brother
Mike.
' AS horse thief, Joe considers
himself second only to Brother Abe,
who got religion and conducted re-
vivals in prison before he died at
the age of IS.
A little sadly, the old man spoke
on:
When a young man serves time,
he may as we'll be put away for the
balance of his life. There were
nights when I stole because I
needed the money. It's all right
for people on regular pay rolls to
scoff at those who stole, but many
of us make mistakes when we're
desperate"
Evening star., 1941-10-24
Bold Venture Survivors
Believe Missing Men Dead
~ the Associated Press.

~ Tne hSSCIlhtcO fIcSs'
REYKJAVIK. Iceland, Oct. "a
The II known survivors of the crew
OF the United States-owned freighter
Bold Venture believe that the tor
pedo explosion which sank her in
the North Atlantic last Thursday
killed the 10 men listed as missing.
A Canadian corvette, light war
vessel. was credited with saving the
lives OF the II. The corvette crew
maneuvered her alongside their
foundering hfeboats and picked
them up from a cold. rough sea two
hours after the Bold Venture went
down.
THE Canadians gave us every
thing we needed-food, clothing and
rum" a sailor said following the
arrival Of the survivors here.
The Bold Venture. former Dan
ish ship under Panama registry,
went down 10 minutes after she was
hit. survivors said.
There was no real fire" the chief
engineer reported I'VE couldn't
zee anything, just an explosion"
There would have been only 16
known survivors Of the 36-man crew
had not Donald Mcleod, a British
subject from Boston, known how to
swim.
He was left behind when the two
hfeboats were lowered and cast of
from the rapidly sinking freighter.
He leaped over the rail and swan
about so yards to one Of the life
boats.
Evening star., 1941-10-24
Sit Down Strike HoIts
Trains for Hour

Workers on the National Railways
in Mexico halted all services, includ-
ing trains, for an hour, by staging
a sit-down strike as protest against
the company's refusal to grant
double wages on holidays. The
workers offered to work on fixed
annual holidays provided they re-
ceived double pay, it was reported in
Mexico City.
Evening star., 1941-10-24

A Sierra Leone railway hauled 246
tons of ginger in a recent month.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-26
Executive Board
Continued from Page One)

Turnpike, the famous super highway.
This new, modern road starts Just
east of Pittsburgh at Erwin and ends
just west of Harrisburg. Some will
undoubtedly go through the Pennsyl-
vania capital while others will cut
down to Route 80 west of York.
Members reelected to the F,Xecu-
tive Board during the recent election
will be installed at the convention.
James Slaven, chosen by the trade
to take over the duties of third vice
president, is not a delegate and will
probably be installed later. The new
term begins August /.
With no conference scheduled this
year, discussion of wage adjustments
will have no place in the 19ll con-
vention, but many matters important
to the smooth running of the organi-
zation will be up for consideration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-26
NORMAL COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING IS AMERICAN
WAY, AFL SAYS

Washington, D. C. GLNS).-Nor-
NAL collective bargaining is the
American way and under it, American
Federation of Labor members have
made Outstanding gains in wages and
conditions as their rightful share in
the new income created by defense
work." the A. F. of L. says in its
newest "Labor's Monthly Survey" ):
The survey presents graph tt
show that time lost by A. F. of l..
strikes delaying defense has amount
ed to less than one hour per man.
year of work since the start of the
program.
"Strikes," it adds, "are sometimes
necessary as a last resort, but the fol-
lowing examples of gains won entire
ly without strikes show the Ameri-
can way of action: A. F. of l.. Build
ing Trades won wage increases vary
ing from cents to 5712 cents an hour
for 250,OOO members in the year end
ing June !, 194l; A. F. of l.. Ma
chinists won $l3, 100000 in annual
income for their members in the six
IllpiiIliS cliUlliSs MAY, IJ4l, ny wage
increases averaging II cents per
hours.
"We know that the right to strike
as a last resort is the basic guaran-
tee Of free labor in free nation. And
we know also that when the Just de-
mands of labor are submitted to col
lective bargaining between RESPONSE
ble representatives of labor and man
agement, with the will on both sides to
reach a satisfactory agreement and
the help Of government mediation
agencies, there is no controversy
which will not yield to honest efforts
for settlement. The record is ample
proof that the American way works
out in practice"
The survey denounced ''minorit,a,
strikes needlessly holding up defer1s,~',.
production" and emphasized that the
a. F. of l.. Islands strong and united
behind the policy of no strikes on de-
fense work until mediation and arbi-
tration have been exhausted"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-26
THE pOTTERS HERALD
Uniform List Aim
OfLocul Union 1876
Members Give Prdise To
ll3's George Pace For
Work in Organization

Los Angeles, Cal.-Members of Lo-
cal Union No. 1856, employees of the
j. A. Bauer Pottery Co. here wish to
give Brother George Pace of Local
Union No. 113 hearty vote of thanks
for the work he has done in the in
terests of our organization.
He spent much time in hard labor
making it possible for us to have a
local union and we know he will be
able to do the same for many other
employees on the coast if given the
opportunity.
The Pacific Clay Products should
fall into line soon, the Gladding Nc
Bean employees said, to be affiliated
with the AFL, should soon transfer to
the Brotherhood
An uniform price list must be at,
tanned for store, art and tableware il
the near future, also. The plants
here use tale body with some stone
ware clay. A list should be accom-
plished rather easily.
We are all set to be credit to the
n. b. of o. P. with an excellent SCI
of officers to lead us. o. c. 1856.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-26
Many Refugee
Bodies Found
Red Dominufed
Communist InfluencesB Being
Fought By Labor On
British Isles

London.-All affiliated trade unions
and trades councils have been eau
toned by the British Trades Union
Congress to be wary in their dealings
with refugee organizations, some of
which have been found to be under
Communist influences.
Some time ago the attention Of the
T. U. c. General Council was drawn to
the activities of a group of organi-
cations which were ostensibly under
taking welfare (including education
al and recreationaD work among in
ternees and refugees in general.
Careful inquiries were made and
evidence was found which confirms
the belief that these organizations
were Communist inspired or Commun-
ist controlled.
1t was found that the majority of
members were non-political, or in any
case not Communist, but the policy of
the organizations was in the hands of
persons who were either known Com
munists, or although not definitely tC
be labelled as such, nevertheless asso-
ciate with known Communists.
The organizations which come into
these categories are:
Free German League of Culture
Free German Youth; Austrian Centre
Council of Austrians in Great Brit
ain; Young Austria; Working Refu
gee Women; Refugee Teachers Asso
citation; Made Ceskoslovensk(
young Czechoslovakia).
Many of these organizations were
associated in body by the name O
"Internees Christmas Help Commit
tees" which issued appeals to th'
movement, and which was under Com
munist control.