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Evening star., 1942-11-19
Bendix Aviation Corp.
Accused Of Violating
Trust, Tariff Laws
Justice Department Suit
Says Firm Conspired to
Restrict Competition
BY the Associated Press.

NEWARK. N. j.. Nov 19-The
antitrust division of the Justice De-
partment filed suit in Federal Dis
trict Court today charging the Ben
dix Aviation Corp. of South Bend,
Ind. with violating antitrust and
tariff laws through illegal interna-
tlonal agreements in the manufac-
ture and sale OF aviation equipment.
The suit, filed by Samuel S. Is
seks. head Of the antitrust divi-
sion's New York Office, named three
individuals as co-defendants and Is
firms as co-conspirators, the ma
jority Of them fore..>
The co-defendanvs. all Of New
York, were listed as Vincent Ben
elk, former president of the Bendix
Corp; Charles Marcus, former vice
president, and Francis A. Stanton, a
patent attorney.
The co-conspirators included
firms and individuals in England,
Germany. France, Italy and Japan
as well as the Eclipse Aviation Corp.
of East Orange, Bendix subsidiary
which was dissolved July l, 1898,
and the Eclipse Machine Co. of Ell
mira. N. Y.
The 55-page complaint contained
seven counts charging that the Ben
dix Corp. conspired to divide world
sales territory, exact non-competi-
tive prices, restrict competition and
restrain trade in aero-photographic
apparatus, rate-of climb indicators,
carburetors. de-icers. fuel injection
nozzlers. superchargers and "other
various aircraft devices"
The suit asked the court to er1join
the company from entering into
further agreements and carrying
out present agreements.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Durocher
CONTINUED From First Page.

and this move we felt necessary to
make"
Il knew Durocher liked Dresser
very much" Hickey added, and I
want to point out that like Charlie
personally very much
hickey then turned to another
Dodger coach, Fat Freddy" Fitz-
simmons veteran of 18 years Of
pitching in the major leagues, and
revealed that Freddy was "reluc-
tant" when he was offered the job
as manager Of the Dodgers Inter-
national League club at Montreal a
few days ago
Il gave Montreal permission to
deal with Fritz" Hickey said. since
l like to get my managers out of my
own organization and develop them,
l have great admiration for Freddy
as having the qualifications for a
manager, although he has had no
experience. But Freddy was re-
Iuctant about the job and indicated
to me a disposition to stay in the
big leagues.
However. even II he turns the
Montreal job down I am going to
keep it open for him as long as I
can. I told him l would make the
Job at Montreal much more attrac-
tive financially for him than if he
remained here with us as coach"
After II years of pitching service
with the New York Giants and
Dodgers he was removed from the
active player list this year and was
named coach.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
konpower
Continued From First PAGE

OF War Labor Board machinery with
regional and local boards handling
many cases in order to save time
and long trips to Washington by
those involved go 9'' --.1
MI Green said he and Mr.. Muir
ray had assured the President that
organized labor would go beyond
even the limit" in cooperating with
solution of the manpower problem
through executive orders and the
administrative process, although
firmly opposed to legislative action.
Farm Labor Problem.
He added that special considera-
ton was necessary to avert threat
ened shortage of farm labor and
suggested this problem might be
eased through granting of more
draft deferments to agricultural
workers and arranging for a larger
number of women workers on farms
and dairies.
Registration of the Nations wom-
anpower is becoming a pressing
matter he added. in order to find
out just what is the available sup
ply OF female labor.
He said the question of whether
women would be required by legis-
lation to register or be asked to do
so voluntarily was discussed, but
without any decision being reached
Mr.. Roosevelt has said previously
that the contemplated registration
OF women might be compulsory. but
that the registrants would not be
compelled to take war jobs.
Arbitration Machinery Urged.
Mr., Murray said that in asking
for something to be done to expe-
dite disposition of cases before the
War Labor Board, he and Mr..
Green had pointed out that thou
sands of voluntary collective bar
gaining agreements, each requiring
separate scrutiny by the board were
pending now.
They suggested, he added, that the
board require employers and labor
organizations to set up arbitration
machinery for prompt disposition
locally or regionally OF as many
cases as possible.
Mr.. Green pointed out that the
War Labor Board already is setting
up regional boards to handle wage
questions arising under the economic
stahilization program, and that the
authority of these boards might be
enlarged to permit them to consider
disputes.
Mr.. Murray said the labor con-
ferees also had raised with Mr..
Roosevelt the poll tax legislation
pending in the Senate, and "decried
the reprehensible conduct" of those
Senators conducting the filibuster
against the bill.
Asked Mr. Roosevelt's reaction on
the poll tax question, Mr.. Murray
said the President had nothing to
say.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Farley Fails 10 Agree
On 5ix-Day Week
In Soft Coal Mines
Overtime Is Big Issue;
Operators to Renew
Price-Increuse Efforts
By the Associated Press.

by lne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 United
Mine Workers. led by President
John L. Lewis, and soft coal opera
tors of the Appalachian Joint Wage
Conference, headed by Charles
O'Neill, have failed to agree after
long negotiations on proposal for
six-day week for 400, 900 bitumi-
nous miners.
Solid Fuel Administrator Ickes
requested in September that the soft
coal industry go on six-day basis
in order that 600, 100000 tons be
produced in 1943. Operators and
miners have since been trying to
work out satisfactory formula for
a six-day week.
Mr.. Lewis said yesterday when
negotiations ended that the miners
were willing to adopt the six-day
week under the current wage con-
tract, which provided for time and
a half for overtime, but the opera
tors insisted that six-day week be
contingent on an upward revision in
the ceiling price of coal. Both Mr.
Lewis and Mr.. ONeill conceded that
this was the principal stumbling
block.
Mr.. Lewis said the miners had
agreed that each district organiza-
tion OF the UNIV is privileged to
arrange locally with groups of oper-
ators, associations or companies for
a six-day week at time and one-half
for the sixth day"
Mr.. ONeill said the operators
would resubmit their case to Wash
mgton in an effort to get a coal
price increase sufficient to cover
increased cost of operations.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Five Woman Coal Miners
Fired After Union UItimutum

the women from the payroll under
threat Of closing down the mine,
President George J. Titler Of UNIV
district 20 said:
There is a lot of difference be-
tween women working on an as
sembly line in clean plant and in
the black fog of coal dust"
He contended the employment of
women violated the union agreement
because the wage classification set
out in the contract Is for men and
not women"
The union leader first set Novem-
ber 16 as the deadline under penalty
of calling q shutdown Of the oper-
alton but this was changed to today
to permit an investigation by the
Labor Department.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Union Pacific Loses
oil Land Suit 10 j. ).
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 19.-The
Union Pacific Railroad lost a suit to
the Government yesterday involv-
ing uncounted millions of dollars.
In 1908 and again in 1918 the Los
Angeles and Salt Lake Railway, now
the Union Pacific, granted the Gov
ernment deeds to permit construc-
ton of channel connecting inner
Los Angeles Harbor with East Bay.
Subsequently oil was discovered in
the area. The railroad approved
leases for drilling on land adjacent
to what is now Los Cerritos Chan
mel. but resisted the Governments
claims to oil under the strip, 600 feet
wide and several miles long. The
railroad contended that the deeds
were not a grant of title, simply an
easement for the channel.
United States District Judge Leon
Yankwich ruled in the Govern
ment's favor today and Assistant
United States Attorney Irl D. Breet
said he would 60 to Washington to
confer there on possible actions de-
manding an accounting OF oil taken
from the land.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
All Shells Sold Out
As Hunters Await
Opening Of Season
Ammunition Gone
For Durotion, Survey
In Virginia Shows,
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Nov. 19.-Veteran
and foresighted sportsmen have
laid in their shotgun shells for
the general hunting season,
opening tomorrow in Virginia,
but from now on for the duration
the every-now -and-then hunters
are going to cry pass the am
munition" without any luck.
Hardware and sporting goods
stores in a number of Virginia cities
reported today-in survey made by
the Associated Press - that their
shelves had been cleaned of shells
and that no more would be available
from manufacturers for the dura-
ton. Ditto on certain types of rifle
and pistol cartridges, especially the
.22s.
oAy ouu ALuSo ASIAA0AHs
Danville, Richmond, Petersburg,
Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Lynch
burg and Winchester stores reported
generally the same situation-no
shotgun shells except odd lots and
particularly no 12-gauge ammuni-
ton.
Typical was the situation at Fred
ericksburg where one store, which
had a large stock. said it sold its
last box of l2-gauge shells Monday
That was the end of 10000 shells
sold by that establishment in the
past few months, some to sports
men who had come there from
Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk
for that purpose. A few Is and 20
gauge shells were still in the store,
but 1t was expected these would be
gone by Friday.
The season on quail, rabbits,
grouse, turkeys and ring-necked
pheasants opens tomorrow in Vir-
ginia to run to January S, but no
shooting of grouse will be allowed
in more than so counties lying east
of the Blue Ridge.
Daily Bag Limits.
Approximately Is counties scat
tered throughout the State will be
closed to turkey hunting this year,
and pheasants can't be shot in six
counties.
The daily bag limits will be:
Quail, 10, rabbits, six; grouse, three:
turkeys, two, and ring -necked
pheasants, four.
Observers at Winchester, Peters,
burg and Roanoke said quail and
rabbits were plentiful this year and
that shooting probably would not
be greatly curtailed this season in
the cases of those who hunt regu-
larly. They bought their ammuni-
ton we'll before the seasons start.
But after this year there will be
practically no hunting until the
war is over.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Shipyord Holding Speed Record
Has Failed to Deliver d Ship

yard agreed to deliver one ship per
month beginning In July this year,
the commission charged
The commission Is not satisfied
with the performance of the Pacific
Bridge Co." Rear Admiral Howard
L. Vickery, commission vice chair
man, said. Its contract calls for
the company to furnish all materials
and the commission has done every
thing possible In performance Of
contract.
Launching of ships means little.
1t Is the delivery of completed YES
sells that counts In this all-out war
effort
Admiral Vickery said the an
nouncement was made In fairness
to American shipyards which are
setting records by delivering into
service completed vessels ahead of
contract schedules.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Deferments
Continued From First Page.

1868 still deferred on occupational
grounds.
Senator Tydings emphasized that
his committee did not attempt to
go into all Government deferments,
pointing out that he had seen the
total number in the Government
estimated at $4,000.
The Senator expressed the belief
that if go per cent of the 888 sample
cases reviewed were found to be
Improperly deferred, there must be
a considerable number, even though
a smaller percentage" among the re-
manning cases.
Senator Tydings said he had
great confidence" in Gen. Hershey's
desire to "do an impartial job" and
believed the difficulty had arisen in
local boards throughout the country.
The Presidents recent order was
broad in its terms, providing for
cancellation of past deferments as
well as laying down policy for the
future. 1t provided for appeals to
him in special cases involving highly
specialized or technical work in the
Government.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Demobi|ization Employees
Given Transfer Option

The 300 civilian employees of the
War Departments demobilizat ton
unit, which has been ordered to
move from Washington to High
Point, N. c., have been given the
option of going along with the unit
or transferring to other Govern
ment positions here. Secretary of
War Stimson told his press con-
ference.
The rehabilitation unit, he
added, will move next week and the
War Department, believing that
many Of the civilian employees will
go along, is making a housing sur
vey in High Point to find living
quarters for the workers.
The press conference was the first
Mr.. Stimson has held in his new
quarters in the War Departments
Pentagon Building in Arlington.
Acoustics In the room was so poor
reporters and Army officers in the
rear were unable to hear and Mr..
Stimson invited them to move for
ward.
That's score one against the
Pentagon Building" he remarked.
Evening star., 1942-11-19

The Maritime Commission an
nounced today that the Pacific
Bridge Co.. Alameda, Calf. which
recently claimed shipbuilding rec
ord by launching 4 small cargo ship
80 hours after keel laying, Is ap-
proximately f1ve months behind
schedule.
The commission stated that al
though the company has main
tanned its schedule in launching
ships, it has yet to complete and to
deliver into service any of the nine
vessels that have been launched.
The first vessel launched by the
yard May 81 was contracted for de-
livery by July 7. The company ex-
poets to make delivery of this ship
in December. the commission stated.
According to the contract signed in
october last year for construction
OF nine ships known as coasters, the
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Montgomery Ward
Told by Roosevelt 10
Obey WLB Order
President Overru|es
Company Objections
To Contract Clause
By the Associated Press.

President Roosevelt directed
Montgomery Ward a. Co. today to
comply without further delay" with
a War Labor Board order that the
big Chicago mail order Arm should
include maintenance OF member
ship clause in = contract with a
union.
The Chief Executive. in a letter
to the company's president, Sewell
Avery, said he considered such a
course OF action essential in the in
terest Of our war effort
Montgomery Ward had rejected
the boards order, handed down No.
vember S, which called for a union
maintenance contract and also for
compulsory arbitration and a guar
antee of wages and working condi-
tions for year.
The firm said. however, that if
the President as Commander in
Chief directed that the company
accept the WLB's rulings, it would
obey. 1t contended the rulings were
Illegal and uneconomic.
The firm had particularly objected
to the maintenance-of-u union mem
bershlp clause, saying this was but
a form OF the closed shop.
Held Form of Closed Shop.
The maintenance clause gives en-
ployes who are union members Is
days to withdraw from the union if
they do not wish to be bound to re-
main members for the life of the
contract.
But. argued the company. "the
employees who are members of the
union would not be free to resign
from the union without being dis
charged, and Wards would not be
free to retain a competent worker
who had resigned from the union"
The Labor Board order was issued
after hearings had been held in
volving some $500 employees and the
C1O United Mail Order, Warehouse
and United Retail Employees Union.
WLB Grammar William H. Davis
said parties to the dispute had been
given full and fair hearings and that
the case did not differ materially
from others in which board orders
had set forth union maintenance,
arbitration. seniority and contract
duration clauses Identical to those
in the Montgomery Ward order.
The company had contended that
If the boards order was enforced
the pattern would be established for
all unions in all industry to obtain
a form of closed shop and checkofI
simply by appealing to WLB.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Poll Tax
Continued From First Page.)

FORM but proponents would have to
start all over again In the next ses-
sion.
There was little evidence on the
surface during the maneuverings
OF the f1are-ups which marked some
recent sessions. as Southern Sena-
tors criticized Senator Barkley and
his conduct Of the poll tax fight.
Senator Bilbo discussed Missippi
politics at length, then told his COL
leagues that letter from Philip
Murray, president of the Congress
OF Industrial Organizations, urging
passage OF the legislation, was a
request to Senators Ito violate their
oaths to uphold the Constitution.
The Mississippian said he could
not recall any outstanding legisla-
ton which ever had been defeated
as result OF a filbuster. He also
asserted that men who now are
trying to force this legislation down
the throats Of eight States" had
never done anything to give the
vote to residents of the District of
Columbia.
Would Solve Own Problems.
You gentlemen who have not
lived in the South where three
fourths of the Negro population lives
know not what you are doing" Sen
ator Bilbo asserted, adding:
If you'll let us in the South work
out our own salvation. solve the
racial issue in our own way, you'll
have no trouble in the South.
But if you attempt to take ad-
vantage Of your power and in a Hit
ler-hke way attempt to give the vote
to every Negro in the South before
we have educated him to their re-
sponsibility, there1l be some truth
to the old saying: 'Hell's going to
break loose in Georgia"
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Civil Service Threatens to Tell
White House of |nefficiency

The Civil Service Commission to-
day threatened to report lax per-
sonnel practices to the White House
If administrative officers failed to
take action when such conditions
were brought to their attention.
The Commissions intention to
adopt this unusual course was dis
closed in the annual report made to
the President and transmitted to
Congress.
Declaring that Eve can no longer
afford to talk about the desirability
of utilizing the personnel on the
Federal Government payroll in an
emcient manner" the Commission
said that when reports of inef1i-
cheney are received we intend to
Evening star., 1942-11-19
WARC0G5 Measure
Passed in House and
Sent 10 Roosevelt
President Expected to
Sign Bill Tomorrow;
Buns Overseas Service

The bill creating the Women's
Reserve of the Coast Guard was
signed at noon today by Speaker
Sam Rayburn of the House. The
bill now goes to the White House,
where President Roosevelts sigma
ture will make it law, probably to-
morrow.
The House acquiesced in the
Senate's action conf1ning members
of the Women's Reserve to duty
within the shores of the continental
United States-the same restriction
imposed on the WAVES, against
the wishes of the Navy Department.
1t. Dorothy C. Stratton, WAVES
officer, was assigned two weeks ago
to duty in the ONCE of the Com
mandant of the Coast Guard, where
she has prepared the groundwork
for creation of the new Womens s
Reserve.
According to present plans, the
WARCOGS. as the new Womens
reserve has been tentatively named,
will be recruited by Coast Guard
recruiting stations, but will be in
doctrinated and trained for their
specialties by the WAVES.
The Coast Guard was transferred
from the Treasury Department to
the Navy before our actual entry
into the war. Like their naval
counterparts the Coast Guard
women will replace Junior officers
and enlisted men engaged in ad-
ministrative and clerical work, as
storekeepers and in communica-
tions, thereby releasing the men for
sea duty.
According to plans discussed
some weeks ago, the Coast Guard
hopes to enroll 5000 women imme-
diately and will aim for total
enrolment of 5000 as the first goal
Secretary Of the Navy Knox an
nounced a month ago that the
Coast Guard then included 10000
officers and men.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Raj Bombers Set Fires
At Airdrome in Burmu
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India, Nov. l9.-
Wellington bombers of the Raj
loosed many bombs last night across
the runway of Japanese airdrome
at Meiktila, in the Sittang River
Valley of Burma, and started large
fire, a British communique said
today.
A japanese night fighter which
attempted to intervene was reported
damaged and driven off.
This operation followed further
raids Tuesday night ON the main
japanese air field at Rangoon and
the Magwe airdrome, All RAF
planes returned, the communique
said.
Evening star., 1942-11-19

call the situation to the attention
of the heads of agencies concerned
and ask that changes be made. II
this suggestion is not acted upon,
we will call the matter to the at
tention of the Presidents liaison
officer for personnel administration. !"
The commission recently charged
in a special report to the President
and Congress that the time and
talent of thousands of Government
employees are being wasted because
of inadequate supervision.
In the report today. the Commis-
sion said that the authority 1t re-
Gently was given to enforce trans
fers to bring about efficient use of
manpower would be fully exercised.
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Diuz-Gurcio to Wed
Miss MINER Saturday
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1s.-Six
nations will be represented at the
wedding Saturday Of Miss Annette
Miner. daughter Of M. and Nine.
Maurice Miner of Paris, France,
and Alfonso Diaz- Garcia. son of
Octaviano D. Valenzuela, Colombian
consul in Philadelphia.
Other members of the wedding
party are from Cuba. India, Hawaii
and the United States.
Miss Miner is a graduate student
at the University of Pennsylvania
Mr.. Diaz-Garcia is construction en-
gineer at the United States Naval
Training Station, Fort Deposit. Md,
and Is awaiting call Of the Army Air
Forces. =
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALGOMA, w. Va, Nov. 19.-The
feminine touch to coal mining was
terminated abruptly today-by union
ultimatum.
Conforming with an edict from
United Mine Workers district %
headquarters at Beckley. w. Va,
General Manager william Beury of
the. Algoma Coal 6s Coke Co. said he
had discharged five women en-
ployed several weeks ago as tipple
workers to solve partially a man.
power shortage.
"They have ruled against U.s." Mr..
Beury said, announcing his action.
He declined further comment.
Issuing orders last week to remove
Evening star., 1942-11-19
Mrs. Luce to See Army
Production of Women
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP LEE, Va, Nov. 19.-Mrs.
Clare Booth Luce, who wrote the
play, THE Women" without q male
character, will visit Camp Lee FRI
day, November ~. and meet the ac-
tors who viii stage her play without
q woman.
She probably will 90 to Richmond
to see her comedy performed at
the Lyric Iheater by a Camp Lee
cast.
Mrs. Luce, wife Of Henry L. Luce,
Time and Life publisher. was elect
ed to Congress this month from
Connecticut.