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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-02

Labor Must Clean]HOuSe!
ABoR unions were not established this country for the
IL purpose of creating nests of corruption and crime and
agencies Of tyranny and eXtoruon.
Nor have the people permitted them to be fosteed during
several decades by benevolent and discriminating legislation
for any such degraded and degrading purposes.
Yet it is to such base purposes that many labor unions
being prestltuted.
referred to; some of them may be entirely free.
of them vCIoUSLY ANTISOCIAL- antsocial to-
which the
rank and file of the workers whom they profess toward the
public whose interests they consider toward the
ment itself
That has been the performance crooked labor leaders who
and employers equally dsrepa patron
and of poon and worthless politicians and who have not
revealing example of this reolng condition has been brought to
light testimony which these grating unioneersthe
Willie Bofhas been giving the New York federal court
RIoFF dhfted Labor unsavoy back
- ground Chicago conviction chageand unseved Jail
term
According his testimony he and assOciateGeorge Browne
president Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees and then business agent for the Chicago
kitchen for members at the time of the depression.
They hoOk down employers to support the charity the gue of
making donations
the reduction Bioff and Browne
Bof, accepted
The
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the reasonable legislative
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-02

EDITORS NOTE FOf0Wmg IS the second Of
three articles Which William Randolph Hearst Junior,
discusses the men and the Work of the Eighth Army air
force fighter command UhoSe Job includes escort.hg
Flying FortreSSes their bombing raids over the Reich
BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, JUNIOR
Publisher, New York Jonrnal-Ameriean
LONDON Nov 2-I thought-and imagine you
covering the distance but reducing its speed to that
of the bomber That is not The fighter is so much
faster that it just cant slow up to Fortress speed and
still remain efficient weapon of defense.
Consequently they have to fly around like big letter
SIS the Forts and you readily that for
100 miles that the Forts do the fighters probably
twice that distance. Even with their long flying range
they cannot keep this all the way at certain
point the fighters which started out with the Forts must
back and another group which flew straight there
takes This goes until the extreme range of the
Thunderboits has been reached.
Sometimes the Forts 60 beyond that and have to fly
unescorted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-02

esss l6-IUssdsy, November Z, 1919
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Baby Brokers
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fare, who would act as chairman:
a member of the staff of the Health
Department. a member of the staff
of the Board of Public Welfare and
one representative from each of five
charitable organizations having an
organized program for placing chill
dren in family homes"
The bill requiring labelling of horse
meat, having previously passed the
Senate, will now go to President
Roosevelt for signature. A futile
effort was made by Representative
Case, Republican, of South Dakota
to amend the measure to prevent
the sale of horse meat in the Dis
trict.
Il am opposed to the sale of horse
meat anywhere" he declared. "un-
less it is matter of starvation"
Free Parking Lots Bill
Chairman Lanham of the Public
Buildings and Grounds Committee
piloted the bill through the House
providing for establishment of free
public parking lots east of Union
Station. There are now two vacant
lots in the area, he said, which
could be used for parking purposes
to relieve congestion around the
station. '~
Another bill on the District calen-
dar, providing for reinstatement Of
William F. Fey as a member of the
Metropolitan Police. was not called
up for consideration.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
British Credit Mines
For Blasting Of 400
Enemy Vessels
Explosives Placed by
Aircraft Damaged 10 Pet
Of Ships, London Says
BY the Associated Press.

by tne hSSOCldLeC PFeSS.
LONDON, June 2S.-The Brit
ish announced officially tonight
that mot less than" 400 Axis war
ships, supply ships and small
craft have been sunk or damaged
by mines laid in European waters
since the war began.
A joint communique from the Ad-
miralty and the Air Ministry said
the true figure probably was con-
siderably higher than 400, since the
nature of mining operations ohscur-
ed many results.
The statement said more than 10
| per cent of the shipping damaged
| by mines were victims of the explo-
sives laid by aircraft Other mines
were planted by surface ships and
| submarines.
Successes Pointed Out.
! One Of the recent successes was
/ the previously reported sinking of
the 18,000-ton German liner Gneise-
nau. the l1000-ton tanker Eurosee,
the 7000-ton transport Wuri and
the 8,400-ton transport Consul Horn.
the communiQue said. 1t listed also
the mining Of the train ferries
Starke and Malmo. Of $500 and
1,600 tons, respectively.
| Certain successes against T.
boats are known: others are probable
but very difficult to trace" the state
ment said, in one case, however, an
aircraft on patrol over the Bay Of
Biscay had the unusual experience
of actually seeing U-boat destroyed
by mine off Lorient."
The communiQue said mining has
| forced the enemy TO close many
of his ports from Oslo Norway to
Bayonne France from time to
| time and have interrupted traffic in
important waterways such as the
Kiel Canal.
Battle Cruisers Damaged.
Both the battle cruisers Scharn-
horst and Gneisenau were damaged
by mines laid by aircraft of the
bomber command during their es-
cape from Brest. in addition to the
damage they received by torpedo
and bombing attacks"
Many mines have been placed
| within a few miles of the enemy's
coastline. The statement attributed
to such operations the sinking Of
such supply ships as the 2.700-ton
Melila and the 1850 Hogland. The
mines were declared to have cut
down the enemy's coastal shipping
markedly, thus contributing seri-
ously to the destruction of supply
lines on which his armed forces de-
pend in their attempt to hold down
occupied territories"
The operations were credited with
depicting AXIS naval strength. fore
ing the maintenance of large feet
of mine SWeeperS.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Weather
Continued From First Page }

North Carolina avenue NE. He was
removed to the hospital in a police
scout car.
Mrs. Ida Potts. 81, of 1904 B street
NE, collapsed at the National Gal
lery of Art and was treated at
George Washington Hospital and
later sent home.
Margaret A. Roberts, 18, of 1855
Wilson boulevard, Arlington, was
treated at Providence Hospital and
Charles Kimp, 55, colored, of 1919
Forty-first street NV, was treated
at Emergency. Both were dis
charged.
Two persons seeking relief from
the heat were victims Of swimming
accidents in nearby Maryland.
Fay Walker, 81, 1911 Fairmont
street NV. struck her head diving
in the pool at Glen Echo Park.
Brought to Emergency Hospital she
walked into the emergency room un-
assisted, but her injuries were dag
nosed as a possible fractured back
and neck injuries.
Linwood Meador, 16, of Glenn
Dale, Md, was injured while SWIM
ming in the Patuxent River near the
Bowie race track and brought to
Casualty Hospital by the Glenn Dale
Rescue Squad. He suffered a pos
sible dislocated vertebrae.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Attacks on Jap Ships
Earn Citation for Officer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 2S.'-
Navy yard officials announced today
that 1t Comdr. Charles M. Hender-
son. USN. of Baton Rouge. La,
would receive tomorrow the Nays
Silver Star Medal for gallantry and
skill in the performance of duty
aboard a submarine which sank IAN
important amount of japanese ship
ping"
Comdr. Henderson will receive the
award from Rear Admiral Thomas
Withers, commandant of the yard, in
shipyard ceremony before officers
and men of a newly constructed sub
marine.
In a citation signed by Admiral
c. w. NimitZ, commander of the
Pacific Fleet, Comdr. Henderson is
credited with courageous and skill
full performance of duty as damage
control and assistant sound officer
and is cited for GOODNESS under fire
in enemy waters.
Comdr. Henderson was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1894.
Evening star., 1943-06-28

economy, they were able to divide
world markets, to undermine the
good neighbor policy by allowing
South America to become in many
instances the exclusive market of
Axis economic interests, and to with
hold processes and products neces-
sary for the conduct of the war"
In New York Mr.. Rockwell said
the company had been indicted for
actions under business contracts dat
ing back 20 years which, he said,
had resulted in great wartime ad-
vantages for the United States.
"At the time these transactions
were made" Mr.. Rockwell's state
ment added, ''they were considered
legal and proper. Today. under cur
rent conceptions Of law enforcement
they are considered Illegal by the
Justice Department"
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Rails Face Postwar
Slash in Earnings,
Wage Hearing Told
Bureau Official Declares
Deferred Maintenance
Backlog Is PiIine Up
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 28.-Rail-
roads face a rapid decline of the
present high earning level after
the war, and will be burdened
with costs of war-deferred main
tenance, DR.. J. H. Parmelee testi-
fed today at a railroad wage
hearing.
DR.. Parmelee. director of the Bu-
reau of Railway Economics of the
Association of American Railroads
testified before the emergency board
Of the national railway wage panel
after five railroad brotherhoods
seeking a 30 per cent wage increase
for nearly 100000 railroad workers
completed their case. He was the
first witness for the railroads.
Declaring that a deceleration in
the rate on increase in railroad
revenues already has begun, DR.
Parmelee said:
LAS soon as the abnormal stimulus
Of the war effort is withdrawn
traffic due to war activity will rap
idly decline to the vanishing point
while other traffic will be subjected
to more intensive competition than
ever before"
A backlog of deferred main
tenance has been piling up to be
taken care of in future years be
cause of shortage of critical ma
terial and the pressure on railroads
in 1912 and l943 to handle the heavy
traffic thrust upon them by the
war" DR. Parmelee said.
He added that it was entirely
probable that the net railway op-
Grating income for the second half
of 1943 will fall below that of the
corresponding period of 1912"
Preceding DR.. Parmelee on the
stand. w. P. Kennedy, vice presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen told of workers increased
costs of living. Prices of meals at
eating places have jumped from so
to 100 per cent, he said, and rail-
road men away from home must
pay $3.50 for lodging which former
ly cost them only rs cents.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Synthetic Tires Will OutIost
New Autos, Chemist Predicts

American Institute of Chemists, said
the spur of war has speeded up re-
search so that more has been accom-
plished in the past two years than
had been achieved in so pre-war
years. ,... .. ~
He said that new metals and al
loys and new techniques for using
them will also make the automobile
more durable than have been the
models of the past.
There is a danger. he said, that
things may last too long"
Our invention and technique will
advance so fast that todays models
may be hopelessly outdated tomor-
row." he added. People who refuse
to discard what they have because
it is not worn out. will deprive them
selves of much greater benefits they
could gain by adopting the new
benefits that will outweigh the ex-
pense of replacing the DID,
Evening star., 1943-06-28
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. MONDAY JUNE 2s 1e4s
Forty Plants 10 Meet
All Rubber Needs by
Year End, Jones Says
U. S. Bought Huge Stock
Of Raw Product Before
War Started. He Reveals

BY the Associated Press.
Americas $7O0,00O,00O rubber
industry by the end of this year
will be capable of meeting all
essential civilian as we'll as mill
tary requirements, Secretary of
Commerce Jones said today. ,
Manufacturing capacity of the 40
plants throughout the country by
December will be in excess of 300, 900
tons year, which is more than we
have ever used and sufficient for
our essential purposes" Mr.. Jones
declared in an address prepared for
made in America rubber" lunch
con at Houston, Tex. Telephoned
from Washington, his address was
broadcast over a Texas State net
work.
Reporting on his prewar stock
piling program, Mr.. Jones declared: &:
about this time in 1910, 18 months
before we were drawn into the war,
your Government began protecting
our rubber supply. In July, 1910,
President Roosevelt asked the Re-
construction Finance Corp. to build
up stockpile of rubber. Between
that time and the capture of the
Dutch East Indies by the Japanese,
we bought every pound of rubber we
could possibly get.
Much Still in Stockpile.
GAS result, when we entered the
wa we had accumulated the largest
rubber stockpile the world has ever
known. We have drawn upon that
stockpile for all our essential needs,
as well as for those of the United
Nations, and we still have several
hundred. thousand tons. We have
been stimulating the production of
natural rubber in South and Gen.
tral America and in Africa by every
means possible, and we are getting
some natural rubber from these and
other sources"
OF the synthetic program. he said
"the task has not been an easy one
Those in charge of the program
have had to overcome not only such
plOU1tiIlS dS SIlOi ldScS vi IldGc ldl
and manpower, but also the con-
fusion created by critics who sought
not always unselfishly-to question
means and methods, without knowl-
edge of all the facts,
Industry Well Integrated.
Now that the storm of words has
subsidized and Government, together
with industry, has been allowed time
to do the necessary work, we have
what we set out to get when forced
into the war-a completely inte-
grated rubber industry"
Mr.. Jones paid high tribute to
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers
asserting "his insistence and de-
termination that construction mate
rails be made available, that all
phases of the program be thorough
ly checked, and that speed be the
watchword, have been responsible for
the early completion of the plants
He drove the program through
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Very Heavy Blows at Jops
Due Soon, ChennouIt Asserts

'We aren't forgotten men out
here by any means" he said.
THE President and military
leaders are carefully planning to use
American resources and mappower
in the true global sense. Due to
careful planning and coordination
of efforts with our Allies, certain
priorities are necessary in the vari-
Gus theaters of combat. The war
with Japan is certainly receiving
the deepest consideration"
Mr.. Chennault said he found that
the American people and the
authorities ARE extremely war con-
scious, exerting tremendous efforts
for the production of war materials
and manpower for winning the war
both in Europe and in the Asiatic
theater."
Evening star., 1943-06-28

heartedly support the program to
hold down the cost of living.
There can be no disagreement on
the program for 1914 which you re-
Gently discussed with me. Every
body is agreed that far greater
efforts must be made to increase
production next year.
However, the result of such a
program for crops maturing in 1914
will not make itself felt until at
least year from now. What I am
concerned with is the objective of
keeping the cost of food down for
the next II or IA months. That, it
seems to me, is of immediate con-
Germ to the country. For the pay
envelopes of tens of millions of our
citizens will not compensate them
for great increases in their food
bills.
Ends Davis Planning.
"In regard to the program for
next year, I do not think it would
be advisable for you to determine
and announce it. Whoever takes
over as food administrator would
then be called on to administer a
program which he had no part in
determining. That would be really
a case of dividing authority"
The Presidents letter once more
makes it clear that he has no in
tention of yielding to congressional
insistence for creation of food
car with overall control over pro-
duction, distribution and prices.
Congress has insisted that it was
necessary to centralize control to
bring order to the complicated foood
situation, but the President has
been insistent on controlling prices
by the subsidy and rollback method,
which now is facing practical aboli-
ton in Congress. q
The announcement of Judge
Jones appointment as food admins
traitor was made by Stephen T.
Early, the Presidents secretary,
when the letters between the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Davis were given out.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
BY the Associated Press

by tne ASSOCIATED Press.
DETROIT, June 28.-Dr. Gustav
Egloff, director of research of the
Universal Oil Products Co, Chicago,
predicted today that automobile
tires of the not very distant future
will have a minimum life Of 100000
miles and that the motorist instead
OF buying new set of tires for his
car may buy new car for his tires.
Addressing regional conference
of the National Association of Man
ufacturers, DR. Egloff asserted that
the 100, 0,000-mile tires will become
possible because they will be made
of synthetic rubber, designed by man
TO meet exact specifications and
produced from American petroleum
in American refineries."
synthetic rubber" he said, ''is
here to stay and fulfill our every
need"
. DR.. Egloff, who is president Of the
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Spy
Continued From First Page.)

| TlISJ Hdkc.J
roy said, was one secret message
reporting that transports were leav-
| ing with thousands of our troops,
some destined for Australia and
others for England and Africa. The
report included the number of ships
in certain conveys, their destination
and description Of their cargoes,
Mr.. Conroy said.
The same message reported that
an aircraft factory working at full
capacity, "a hours daily, produced
three planes day, he said.
Lehmitz also furnished informa-
ton gained through his work as
an AFRAID warden, Mr.. Conroy
noted, in pointing out that one mes
sage carried information concerning
AFRAID precautions, shelters and
domestic preparations against bomb
ing
Undesirable confusion" was the
way Lehmitz described AFRAID pre-
cautions here. Mr.. Conroy said.
Timed Invasion Landing.
Lehmitz's printed messages be-
tween the lines Of typewriting con-
tanned much information concern
ing Allied invasion plans, Mr.. Con-
roy said, adding that In one letter
he wrote, place and time of the
intended landing attempt not pos
sible to confirm, whether the con-
tinent of Europe, from Great Britain
or Spanish and Portuguese islands"
In the typewriter letters whose
lines hid the secret writing, Mr..
Conroy said he wrote on such Amer
lean subjects as Victory gardens,
WaShington's Birthday and straw
berries and cream.
Mr.. Conroy said that Lehmitz was
schooled in espionage and became
a part of an international spy ring
operated by the German Abweher
when he went to Germany in Octo-
ber, 1888, ostensibly for his health
and to visit sick sister. He re-
turned in March, 194l.
One pretext which Lehmitz used,
Mr.. Conroy said, was that he was
the owner of button patent and
received royalties which the FBI
said was means of his receiving
money for his espionage work. On
one occasion he received S1,447 in
royalties" Mr.. Conroy said.
Listened in Taverns.
Lehmitz' arrest contains a lesson
for the American public" Mr.. Con-
roy said, adding:
'Lehmltz was known to have fire.
quented bars and restaurants where
members of the armed forces and
defense workers gathered. He is
known to have gone into as many as
flVe or six taverns in a single day.
each time listening carefully for any
scrap of information which he might
oVerhear from merchant seaman
or defense worker.
The lesson is that we must be on
our guard against such specialized
agents as Lehmitz whose highly
trained minds can reconstruct the
entire makeup of convoy or troop
movement from fragmentary infor-
nation obtained at random but with
definite purpose in mind"
Mr.. Conroy said that Lehmitz was
born in Hamburg, Germany. and
first entered the United States in
1903, but later returned to GERMANY
where he was schooled for work
with the German consul in New
York City. Mr.. Lehmitz worked for
the consulate from 1918 until Amer
lea entered the first World War
when he was classed as danger
GUS enemy alien" the FBI added,
Evening star., 1943-06-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY Lhe ASSOclated Press.
AT UNITED STATES 14th AAF
HEADQUARTERS IN CHINA. June
q Delayed Maj. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault declared today at his
first press conference since return
ing from vital discussions in WASH
ington, Il anticipate that Japan will
receive very heavy blows, if not
decisive ones, within a reasonable
time"
The general declined to specify
what he meant by reasonable time,
but said Il was greatly encouraged
by the attitude of the people and
the authorities back home"
Gen. Chennault looked better
than he has in months. He puffed
steadily on pipe during the in
tervieW.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Deaths Mount to 33
From Detroit Riots
Earlier Story on Page A-2)

Earlier Story on Page A-2)
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 28.-The death
today of Chester Chairman, AZ, col.
ored. raised the official police count
of race riot fatalities here to 80
with two other cases listed as pos
sibly caused by the fighting.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Hotel Owner Pleads Guilty
To DisorderIy House Charqe

Samuel Ishkanian, So, owner of
the New York Hotel, 612 F street
NV. raided by police last week,
today pleaded guilty in Municipal
Court to a charge of operating a
disorderly house. Date of sentence
was set for July 81 by Judge Hobart
Newman.
Jack Magrell, Sc, night clerk,
pleaded not guilty and asked for a
jury trial. The cases of Bill Hill,
38, relief night clerk, and Alfred
Austin, janitor, were set over until
next month.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Heot Sets OFF Riggs Alarm

Heat set off the burglar alarm
this afternoon in the Friendship
Branch of the Riggs National Bank
at Wisconsin avenue and Warren
street. The alarm was relayed to
police headquarters and radio cars
converged on the banks branch in
response to directions of the police
announcer
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Army Air Cudet Killed

ALBANY, Ga, June % tP.-Avia-
ton Cadet Robert Celko of Perth
Amboy, N. j., was killed near here
Friday while on a routine training
flight from Darr Aero Tech, pri-
mary Army Air Forces flying school
here. the public relations Office an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Monkey Is Recaptured
After Southeast Spree
Earlier Story on Page B-1.)

Earlier Story on Page B-19
A pet monkey with a strong dis
like for cats was recaptured by his
caretaker today after a morning
spree during which he drove a
goodly percentage of Southeast
Washington felines to cover.
The monkey is owned by Mrs
Christen Lantz, 1916 B street Sc,
police said. A small colored boy
who does household chores around
Mrs. Lantz's home, in addition to
tending the monkey, caught his
charge in the basement of a house
on c street, near Fifteenth.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Roosevelt Nominates Hay
As VINO General Counsel

President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated Charles M. Hay of St. Louis
to be general counsel of the War
Manpower Commission, replacing
Bernard Gavit, who recently re-
signed.
Evening star., 1943-06-28
Davis

tContlnued From First Page.)
anything approaching these condi-
tions."
Presidents Letter to Davis.
The Presidents letter to Mr.. Davis