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Evening star., 1943-03-10

A short, stockily-built man, Mr.
Sherman has kindly blue eyes, On
his face patience, industry and kind
ness are indelibly etched.
AS he spoke Of the Russia he left
in 1904, to come to America, his
eyes became moist, his voice barely
audible.
Every American, healthy or Grip
pied, must do something to help our
great country" he said
Came Here 40 Years Ago.
II came to Washington nearly 40
years ago. I worked hard, I was
honest, l minded my own business.
The people here have been good to
me. l bought and paid for my home
and have enough to live on. I have
three fine daughters whose success
fills me with pride"
A smile lighted the face of his
wife, Mrs. Esther Sherman. Her
husband had struck a tender note.
One daughter, Mrs. Frank Resh,
holds two degrees from George
Washington University and is
principal of the Dennison Vocational
School. A second daughter, Mrs.
Annie Eisenburg, was secretary to
former Treasury Secretary Ogden
Mills. The youngest daughter, Ada,
is doing clerical work at Franklin
School.
Those who don't like America can
go back to the old country Mrs.
Sherman said. This is wonderful
country. Look what has happened
to u.s."
The Red Gross means more to
the Shermans than a. flaming SYM
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Food Distributors Fear
Spoilage Of Dried Fruits
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 10.-The As
ISOLATION Of Food Distributors, Inc,
protested high point values placed
on dried fruit yesterday in q tele-
gram to the OPA, asserting accumu-
lated stocks were Threatened with
spollage' because housewives were
unable to absorb them.
There was no consumer hoard
ing of dried fruits prior to March
l." the association said in its pro-
test "and none is possible now be-
cause Of high perishability."
M. r. Ellis, president of the as
sociation, issued a statement declar-
ing that buying and selling have
practically stopped in the dried fruit
industry.
according to the best informa-
tion In the trade there are huge
stocks In the hands of wholesalers
and retailers" he said.
Those with contracts to buy are
trying to cancel those contracts.
Those who have supplies are trying
to unload stocks. Consumption is
so retarded that we are faced with
the prospect that supplies on hand
will not enter into consumption
during the normal consuming sea-
son, excepting. through a black mar
ket which is already prevalent"
He predicted almost certain
prospect of large spoilage and de-
terioration" and added this condi-
ton is exaggerated because of the
lack of cold storage facilities, most
of which are now strained by war
requirements"
Evening star., 1943-03-10
owl Given Control
Over All American
Foreign Propaganda
Presidents Order Limits
OSS to Functions of
Military Nature

President Roosevelt today issued
an executive order putting all
foreign propaganda activities of the
Government outside of the Western
Hemisphere under control of the
ONCE of War Information, subject
TO military approval In areas of
actual or projected war operations.
Presidential Secretary Stephen r.
Early said he understood the main
effect of the order was to transfer
some propaganda activities from the
Office Of Strategic Services. leaving
the OSS functions of a purely mill
tary nature.
The executive order provided that
OWL will plan. develop and execute
all phases of the Federal program
OF radio, press, publication and re-
lated propaganda activities involv-
ing the dissemination OF informa-
ton"
The program for foreign propa-
ganda in areas of actual or pro-
Jected military operations" it added
Will be cO-ordlnated with military
plans through the planning agen-
cleS OF the War and Navy Depart
ments, and shall be subject to the
approval OF the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Parts of the foreign propaganda
program which are to be executed
IN theater of military operations
Will be subject to the control of the
tnpnter comm " dor
Evening star., 1943-03-10
u. 5. Planning 10 Appeal
Order for Draft Hearinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 10
Philip Mancuso, 25-year-old father
of 7-month-old twins, is officially
delinquent in the draft today, and
the Government plans to appeal inn
mediately from a United States Dis
trict Court decision requiring his
draft board to give him a full and
fair hearing"
Board No ruled him delinquent
yesterday after he failed to report
for induction. just before the board
acted, State selective service head
quarters upheld his IA classifica-
ton.
Mancuso admits he married after
the national emergency was pro-
claimed and thus cannot be con-
sidered by the board to have de-
pendents He contends, however,
that the board did not ask him ques-
tions at hearing before he was
reclassified from 3-A.
District Judge George A. Welsh's
order for full hearing was said by
court attaches to have established
an important legal precedent.
Evening star., 1943-03-10

Dol on white cloth. 1t means Amer
lea and all it stands for,
Mr. Sherman has been making
bathrobes, overalls kit bags for SOL
diers, bedroom slippers and girls
coats. I'm a tailor" he remarked
with pride. Il can make anything.
The Red Cross gives me the mate
rials, do the rest"
Miss Ethel Bland, dressmaking
teacher in charge of Red Cross work
at Dennison Vocational School, is
credited by Mr.. Sherman with
teaching him the mechanics of
power machine operations. He
learned quickly, mastering the proc
ess in a half hour.
Garment making is one Of the
chief activities of the District Red
Cross, no less than $4,000 women
voluntarily preparing knitted and
sewn garments for needy families,
children of servicemen and foreign
refugees. Layettes, dresses, coats,
suits, bathrobes, sweaters ard other
items are made by women from new
material.
| Under the Cars Mr.. Sherman
drew a salary of As kopecs each two
months, OF 111a cents a month. Five
cents OF that amount went to the
church. Today he works for the
Red Cross free of charge.
1t is a saga of America, melting
pot which makes the Shermans
fierce defenders of our liberty.
Healthy or crippled, we must
help the Red Cross
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Legality Of Meat Ceilings
To Be Argued Next Week
By the Associated Press.


NEWARK, N. j., March lo.-The
constitutionality Of ceiling prices on
meats will be argued before three
Federal judges next Wednesday.
This was announced in Whining
ton, Del, yesterday by Federal Cir
cult Court Judge John Biggs, jr.,
who appointed the panel after con-
sidering petition by group of
butchers under indictment on
charges of violating price ceilings.
Named to the panel were Circuit
Judge Albert B. Maris and Federal
District Judges Guy l.. Fake and
Thomas F, Meaney.
Judge Biggs said the hearing
probably would be held in Newark.
The petitioners are five butchers
charged with selling meats at prices
higher than the ceilings set by the
Once OF Price Administration.
The petition stated The act is
unconstitutional because live stock
Is exempt or given preferential
treatment. This is unjust and un-
reasonable and in conflict with the
fifth and sixth amendments of the
Constitution
Three other butchers charged
with violations Of the regulations
appeared yesterday before Judge
Sen Moore and pleaded innocent.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Pageant Mourns
100000 Jews
Killed by Nozis
nv TIE Aksnciated PRES

6y tEt Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, March donaldson
Square Garden, transformed into
huge temple Of mourning, filled,
emptied and rehlled with $4,000 per-
sons last night who attended me-
mortal meeting for the 10000
Jews killed by Nazis in Europe
A cast Of more than 1000 persons,
including such stage stars as Sylvia
Sidney, Luther Adler, Jacob Ben
Ami, Herbert Rudley and Kurt
Baum Of the Metropolitan Opera,
participated in a commemorative
pageant.
Narrators Of the memorial drama
were Paul Mum and Edward @ Rob
inson. The drama was written by
Ben Hecht, directed by Moss Hart
and produced by Billy Rose.
Divided into three parts, the pag-
cant opened with the blowing of the
shotar and was followed by the ira
Gltional Yom Kipper music.
1t dTamatized the Jewish contribu-
tions to civilization from the days
Of Moses to the present Jewish par
ticipation in the armed forces Of
the United Nations and the peace
conference to come, with the Jewish
dead OF the nations enslaVed by
Germany pleading with the confer
ses, Remember US"
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Crippled Tailor, Once One of Capitals Best,
Now Spends Days Sewing Red Cross Clothes
Labor Of Love- Says
Ev-Czurist Soldier
Aaron. Sherman
mo. II OF a Series. J


Aaron Sherman is one of several
million reasons why there is an
America and the American Red
Cross.
You may not have heard of Aaron
Sherman. But the Red Cross knows
him, and in the battle zones Ameri-
can warriors know this land of ours
will stay free as long as Aaron
ShermanS livei
At 64 he is too old to fight. In
fact, he has only one leg. A heart
filled with love of America, however
atones for this physical handicap.
An ex-soldier of the Czarist army,
tailor by profession, Mr.. Sher-
man is making garments for the
Red Cross. Every day finds him
sewing on his power machine in his
home, 1921 Fourteenth street NV.
Labor of Love.
"It is labor of love for America,
which treated me so kindly I
am so grateful"
Members Of Congress and prom
Evening star., 1943-03-10
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.
Star STAFF Cnrresnnnd dfnt

LONDONDERRY (By MaiD In
a little more than year an Ulster
bog has been transformed into the
largest United States naval operat-
ing base outside of the United States.
This station, one Of the most STRAIT
egic in the battle Of the North
Atlantic, is under the command of
two former Washington naval off,
cers-genial Capt. Van Leer Kirk
man, wearer of the Navy Gross, who
was in the Office of the chief of
Naval Operations until two years
ago, and Comdr. John E. Williams
of Annapolis, formerly of the Bureau
OF Engineering at the Navy De-
partment.
Here American destroyers and
coast guard cutters and Canadian
corvettes, battered by storms or shat
tered by shell fire, come by the scores
for repairs and refitting. 1t Is
field hospital for both ships and
men where. as Capt Kirkman says,
I'VE furnish everything from a
handkerchief to a torpedo"
Unsung heroes OF War.
Both the, base and the work 1t
does are striking tributes to the
ingenuity with which the Navy is
meeting its problems. The shops,
turning out everything from ash
trays to armor plate, are manned
almost entirely by naval personnel,
among them some OF the best skilled
mechanics to be found in the United
States. They are among the many
unsung heroes of the war.
Look at these men," says Capt.
Kirkmal, surveying a shop so busy
that the workmen scarcely look up
at the passage of an official inspec-
ton party. There is hardly one of
them who couldn't make SIS to $40
day in any big factory at home.
Here a good many of them are
getting from SIS to 500 a month
and they are working with q tre-
mendous enthusiasm. They don't
have to be here. They are here for
only one purpose, to take a swat at
Hitler"
Among them are expert radio men,
Evening star., 1943-03-10
WPB Staff Frozen
As Wilson Issues
EconomyEdict
Bon on New Employees
Moy Affect Current
Shoke-Up in Agency
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

War Production Board person.
mel was frozen" today when Ex-
ecutive Vice Chairman Charles
E. Wilson notified all division
chiefs to cease hiring additional
employees either in Washington
or for field Offices until further
notice.
Mr.. Wilson initiated the economy
step in special memoranda in
which ne told the WPB staff that
new employees would not be hired
at this time even to fill vacancies.
He also told the officials the or
ganization must trim expenses for
travel. telephone and telegraph and
printing.
Budget Request Deferred.
WPB was said to be running very
low on funds for this quarter. Mr..
Wilson said request to the Budget
Bureau for additional money had
been deferred. He pointed out that
the Bureau has allowed WPB s21.- -
500 900 for each quarter and that
figure was expected to remain
static, at least until the new fiscal
year begins July |.
The hoard's total personnel is now
approximately 81, 500. including en-
ployes in Washington and field
Offices.
Just how much the economy move
would affect Mr.. Wilson's current
reorganization of WPB could not be
learned. 1t was said he had planned
to add number of experts to the
agenCY'S industry branches in an
effort to strengthen them.
Expenses to Be Cut.
In the memoranda Mr.. Wilson
said that new employees could not
be taken on even though the ap-
pointment had been approved by
the Civil Service Commission. He
also stressed the necessity for cut
ting travel declaring that division
chiefs should not approve any trips
unless absolutely necessary.
He also urged that WPB's huge
telephone and telegraph bill be cut
down. All printing expenses, includ-
ing the printing of many forms
which are sent out to industry, like
wise will be watched closely.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Two FormerD. C.. .NovdIOfficers
Command North Ireland Base
Operating Hospital for Sick Ships Speeds
Repair Work in Bottle of the Atlantic
Star Staff Photo.

experts on ship sounding apparatus
and expert moulders of metal parts.
Many of these are standardized so
that shops always are turning out
extra supplies in case of an emer-
gency. But usually there can be no
prediction as to what part of ship
will be damaged and the experts
must be prepared to turn out almost
anything made out of metal at a
moments notice.
Hospital for Sick Ships.
This hospital for sick ships serves
all smaller United Nations naval
craft and has been particularly a
godsend for Canadian corvettes, es-
sentially undersized destroyers, used
as convoy escorts. These small, fast
craft take terrific beating from the
North Atlantic and the facilities
provided by the United States often
save them from limping trip back
to home ports. They probably call
more frequently for the facilities
of the base here than any other
type of ship. There is little which
can go wrong with corvette which
cannot be fixed here in a few days.
Not only are the ships them
selves repaired but their lost or
damaged equipment is restored or
replaced, such as the kitchen stoves,
the iceboxes for food, the chairs and
tables.
Necessarily, with increasing activ-
ity In the Atlantic, the base has ex-
panded rapidly. 1t is made up
almost entirely of the Nays galva-
nized iron, pipe shaped houses.
Thrown together in one form these
make workshops, in another form
foundries, In another living quarters
for the men. There Is even a
chapel and a theater made OF this
design. Altogether, officers here say,
they have proved almost ideal for
most Of these purposes, especially for
living quarters in the rather trying
climate of North Ireland. They
make it possible to expand the base
As rapidly as needs increase. These
vary as the battle of the North
Atlantic shifts from sea lane to sea
lane, but generally Londonderry is
the nearest port of call for the ships
in need OF machinery doctors"
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Influenza Outbreak
Next Winter Called
Definite Possibility
Authority on Disease
Urges Precautions at
War Plants
BY The Associated Press.

DS INC hsSOCiateG EIfAs.
NEW YORK, March l0.-An out
break Of influenza comparable to
the epidemic in l9I8-which cost
more American lives than were lost
on the battlefleld--is a definite pos
sibility next winter, in the opinion
of DR.. Thomas Francis, jr., one Of
Americas foremost authorities on
the disease.
The elements which are thought
to have been largely responsible for
that dreadful epidemic are present
today, to an even more marked de-
gree" DR.. Francis said.
He Is preparing paper on the
subject for delivery to the National
Conference on Planning for War
and Postwar Medical Services.
which will be held here March Is.
DR.. Francis, who Is professor of
epidemiology at the University OF
Michigan's School of Public Health,
said the great hazard of today-as
in 19l8-is overcrowding.
When great masses of people are
brought together as they are in de-
tense plants and IN military opera
tions, the disease has a far greater
chance to become epidemic than in
normal times
Influenza flares up with explosive
suddenneSs, he continued, and
sweeps through thousands of homes
and camps.
Great care should be taken" DR..
Francis urged, ''in our huge war
| production plants where thousands
are working long hours at top speed
so that their resistance Is reduced
to a minimum.
1T Is difficult to imagine a greater
blow to the cause of winning the war
| than another sweeping outbreak of
this disease. Americas paramount
duty Is production. An epidemic Of
influenza would be worth many di-
visions Of troops and thousands OF
planeS tanks and sbins to Hitler -
Evening star., 1943-03-10
J.P. Morgan Improve,
After Heart Attack
AT Cottage in Florida
international Banker
Shows Definite Coin,
Representatives Report
BY the Associated Press,


BOCA GRANDE, Fla, March 10
A Slight but definite improvement"
in the condition Of the f1nancier, J.
P. Morgan, who is suffering from a
recurrence of an old heart ailment,
was reported by his representatives
today.
A bulletin issued at 1880 am.
(EWT) in New York read:
There has been slight but def
mite improvement over the past "a
hours in Mr.. Morgans condition"
The first word to come from
Gasparilla Inn, where three doctors
are in attendance at the bedside of
the 75-year-old international banker,
was from Jack Velelly, the manager,
who said Mr.. Morgan was resting
easily, although his condition con-
tinued grave.
1t was week after he had been
stricken that the first news of Mr..
Morgan's illness was made public
yesterday in a New York bulletin
from % Wall street, where his simple
desk is the hub of huge financial
enterprises.
Associates Concerned"
That bulletin said Mr.. Morgan had
been IN critical condition but had
shown improvement, although his
associates were still concerned"
Mr.. Morgan's New York physician,
DR.. Patterson, came here to attend
him, joining DR.. William C. Blake
of Tampa and DR.. D. A. P. Burns of
Boca Grande.
Indications that Mr.. Morgan was
making progress came from the fact
that his son, Henry Sturgis Morgan,
had left Boca Grande after visiting
his father. Still at the bedside, how
ever, is Mrs. George Nichols, Mr..
Morgan's daughter.
Mr.. Morgan came here two weeks
ago to fish, and had employed a
guide to take him to the famous
tarpon grounds in the Gulf.
Big Figure In Last War.
Mr.. Morgan's activities in this war
are vastly different from the last.
Then, agent for Great Britain and
other Allied countries, he astounded
the financial world by floating a
loan OF $500,000,000, the largest ever
negotiated in America up to that
time. Mr.. Morgan formed a syndi-
cate of 1900 banks to handle the
transaction.
He served other foreign countries,
and in the postwar period helped
them sell bonds for billions in the
American market.
AS a result of his activity in be-
half OF the Allies, he was attacked
and wounded by sympathizer for
the German cause.
In this war, lease-lend has re-
moved the necessity for foreign
countries seeking private loans here.
The resources of the House of Nor
gan" have been made available to
the Government in its financing
program, and Mr. Morgan's latest
public utterance was in behalf of
the sale of War bonds.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
WPB Unit Chief Named

Sidney r. Rosenau, formerly
partner in Rosenau Brothers, New
York manufacturers OF childrens
dresses, has been appointed chief OF
the newly dress unit in the
War Production Boards children's
clothing section.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Homemukers Elect

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md,
March 10 (SpeciaD Mrs. Victor f.
Freeland has been named president
OF the Plum Point Homemakers
Club. She has appointed a Wedding
Anniversary Committee of Mrs,
oscar Carpenter, Mrs. Norris Line
weaver and Miss Geneieve Ander-
son. The club will meet at the home
OF Mrs. Glenn Bowen March %.
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Labor Members Chosen
On WLB Printing Panel
By the Associated Press,


CHICAGO, March 10.-President
Leo j. Buckley, New York, and Vice
President Frank R. Adams, Chicago,
Of the International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers' Union of North
America (AFL) Yesterday were
named alternate labor members of
the Advisory panel for the daily
newspaper publishing and printing
industry of the National War Labor
Board.
Either Mr., Buckley or Mr.. Adams,
the regional board announced here,
will represent the craft in each labor
dispute Or voluntary wage agree
nent case involving union mem
bers,
Evening star., 1943-03-10

inent Washington businessmen will
recall Aaron Sherman. For 35
years he was their tailor, located
first at 2l00 Fourteenth street NV,
and later at 34O7 Fourteenth street
NV.
Seven years ago 1t became neces-
sary to amputate his left leg, be-
cause OF poor blood circulation. No
longer could he operate foot
machine. He retired from business
last year.
Idleness made him unhappy. 'I
couldn't sleep at night, was restless
during the day" he said. Then
the Red Gross interceded to make
me happy. They gave me work
to do.
"Of course, I don't accept any
money for it. My satisfaction comes
from doing my little bit to help those
at war"
His story is that of other immi-
grants who found freedom and op-
portunity in America.
Began Work at Nine.
Born in Kiev in the Ukraine. Mr..
Sherman had to go to work at the
age Of nine. He had practically no
schooling. Life under the Cars is
not fiction to him; he lived it. Three
and one-haf years he served in the
Russian army.
Our army ration was three pieces
OF black bread and one meat served
on a stick each day." he said as he
fondled a child's coat, almost COM
pleted. I'VE had no forks. The
Russian ruling classes didn't want
the people to be eduacted. They
wanted us to stay drunk and dumb.
How different it is today. The Rus
sian peasant now has something to
fight for"
Evening star., 1943-03-10
Eden Says Britain
Favors Conference
On Postwar Aims
Welles' Plea Welcomed
He Tells Commons;
Wallace Plan Backed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 10.-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told the
House of Commons today that the
British government welcomed the
proposal made by Sumner Welles,
United States Undersecretary of
State. for a conference now on post
war aims and economic problems.
At the same time, Vice President
Henry A. Wallaces proposal that a
satisfactory understanding e
reached by the Western democra-
cies and Russia before the war ends
received emphatic Endorsement from
most or the influential sections of
the press in Britain, which now has
20-vear treaty OF collaboration
with the Soviet.
Mr.. Eden said there had been a
number of informal meetings with
Allied governments represented in
London and there were continuing
conversations with the Dominions
and India on financial questions.
Welles' Statement Displayed.
Replying to a query by Emanuel
Shinwell, Laborite. whether Russia
had been consulted in such postwar
discussions, Mr.. Eden declared that
Mr.. ShinWeu apparently was refer
ring to Mr.. Welles' staetment on
United States and Soviet consulta-
4l,tc tey 1,o
two governments concerned.
Mr.. Welles had advanced the pro-
posal February Is, in an address at
the University Of Toronto.
Regarding an understanding with
Russia" the London Times devoted
nearly three columns in It's war
time edition Of only 10 pages to an
exhaustive argument for truly
close collaboration" among Britain,
Russia and the United States.
Nearly all the newspapers gave
prominent display to Mr.. Welles'
statement that Ambassador William
H. Standley's assertion in Moscow
that the Russian people are not
being told the full story of American
aid was made without consultation
with Washington.
Wallace Speech Hailed.
The Daily Mail termed Mr.. Wal
iaces address at Delaware, Ohio,
"the most useful speech of his
career" The News Chronicle printed
a personality sketch of the Vice
President.
The Mirror cartoon pictured Mr..
Wallace exhorting a "reactionary"
to accept the outstretched hand of
peaceful cooperation for the we'll
being of mankind" instead OF the
bloody hand of more wars"
Mr.. Eden, in replying to sug-
sestion from the House of Com
mons that the Forthcoming United
States-British conference at Ottawa
on refugees be held at once in Lon
don and not be merely exploratory"
said that mo time will be lost" and
the meeting would be held "at any
mutually convenient place"