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The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27
On TheScene
In
Washington
By Virginia Gardner

WASHINGTON - The Iow-down
on Sen. Robert r. Reynolds Cd.
N. CD announcement that he would
not run for reelection, is that he
couldn't get a single important
North Carolina paper to support
him and he couldn't even get a cam
paign committee.
Rumors are that pro-1abor Cameron
Morrison, whom he defeated for re-
election in 1882, probably will run
against Clyde Hoey, conservative
Democrat and former governor, with
administration support.
But if Reynolds is without honor
in his own state, he is not among
American Firsters. He was invited
to head the America First Party
ticket in next years Presidential
election by the prO-fascist rabbit
rOuser, Gerald K. Smith.
Smith came here this week to urge
Reynolds to run and to hob-nob with
other defeatists such as Clare Hoff-
man Or. Mich.), who has introduced
more anti-labor bills than anyone else
| in congress. He was seen lunching
with Hoffman in the house dining
room.
Reynolds said he appreciated Smiths
invitation and added that ito be spoken
of as presidential timber is great
compliment. A third party may be
necessary, said Reynolds, unless both
the Democratic and Republican parties
build their platforms on solid Ameri-
can planks."
Smith also urged Reynolds to make
a series of speeches over the country
for the America First Party. Reynolds
said whether he accepted depended on
what Congress is doing at that time. ;"
He claimed that he and the other
four senators who voted against the
Senate Postwar Foreign Policy Re-
solution incorporating the Moscow
conference decision on future deci-
sion on future collaboration for
peace and security, actualIy ex-
pressed the views of ''the ma jority
throughout the country
Jerry Voorhis Cd. CALI has the
disadvantage of always being able
to see both sides to question. Thus
he signed the Smith committee re-
port demanding immediate RENE
dial legislation against OPA, which
was timed to set the stage for
showdown battle on subsidies. But
he told me woefulIy: ''I'm afraid
it will be interpreted as a report
on OPA as whole, while actually
it's just a report on one method of
enforcement. It's unfortunate :"
His tired voice trailed off.
I asked him if it didn't represent
a departure for him, even if he said
it didn't attack. OPA. l pointed out
that the Congressional Committee for
Protection of the Consumers thought
it attacked OPA and thought it help
ed those who were fighting the ad-
ministration's authorization program.
II would fight to the end against
cutting OPA appropriations" said
Voorhis in ringing voice. "But |
have to be concerned when | see so
much of the judicial and executive
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27
BARS HATE ADS

NEW YORK-The New York
County Medical Society-largest local
doctors group in the u. S.-voted
recently to remove one symbol of
racial and religious prejudice from the
practice of medicine. From now on
its official weekly Journal" will bar
hate ads specifying religious or racial
qualifications for medical positions.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27

We're it not for the labor press,
the labor increment would not be
sOhGt it is today, and any man sUhO
tries to injure a labor paper is a
traitor to the cause.
Samuel Compers.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27
Big Building Boom
After Shooting Ends

NEW YORK-If manufacturers of
building materials and equipment
meeting here this week have their
hats on straight, construction will go
a long way in taking UP the employ
ment slack in the postwar period.
They reported that a survey had
disclosed "the unprecedented average
level of $16,000O00,000 of new build
ing annually for the five years be-
ginning about II months after peace
comes"
It was claimed this work will pro-
vide jobs for about 6,45O,OOO men on
and off the building sites, or 100000
more than in 1888.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27
Continued from Page One)

Ell. McLACHLAN & CO., which
almost a year ago was forced to
pay 16 Danbury hatters $ll, 500
for discriminating against them
during the Hatters' organization
drive, has gone and done it again.
This time the firm has been order
ed to pay a group of workers i'm
East Brookfeld $7,25O-again for
discriminating against union mem
bers. Some people just won't learn.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-11-27

War production is a union-made
job. Eighty-five per cent of the
workers in war industries are men,
bers of unions.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Smart Washington Wears

The holidays may have been a
bit more restrained than usual
for many reasons, but it seemed
that women took even greater
pride in looking their most
charming and festive. Colorful
ensembles Wed with dark-toned
clothes trimmed with glitter" in
most cases. For "at home" en-
tertaining, the short, "fussy"
dress seemed to predominant, al
though there was an appreciable
smattering Of the hostess gowns
and robes that were so obviously
Christmas gifts.
Looking like the spirit of
Christmas was Mrs. Charles Nc
Innes when she entertained a few
friends the other evening. Her
bright red dress was perfect
background for white camellias.
One of the new pastel wool
frocks was most becoming to Mrs.
George Huguely, hers soft blue
green made on simple lines.
Pretty Mary Howard sets oil
her trim figure with q black
crepe dress trimmed In pale pink
Evening star., 1943-01-03

APRIL-WPB began a cosmetic
survey and stores pronounced
the new Thursday night openings
more than successful. Furlough
wedding dresses were discussed.
A review of LBS, the new fashion
reoalations, was given and ex-
perts decided it wasn't so bad
after all. Hardly had the order
been issued when Charles Cooper
was pictured cutting an L-85
dress on beauteous model. Net
tie Rosenstein went to Seventh
avenue to design moderate-priced
dresses and several authorities
declared that there was a time
and place for slacks. Scientists
were working on spun nylon and
new rayon fabrics. We went to
New York and saw the first short
dinner dresses worn.
MAY-The first clothes made
under WPB rulings were shown
at the Museum of Costume Art.
Florence Reichman began design
ing dresses as well as hats. Leg
makeup was discussed, simple
non -crushable costumes were sug-
gested for travel and the i'm
portance of fashion as an in
dustry as well as an aid to morale
was cited. Lipstick cases and
hair curriers' began to be saved by
sighted women, green nail
enamel was vetoed by men and
cottons for sophisticated town
wear were shown.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
A Backward Glance Reveals

Somewhere In the whimsical
manner of that bird who flies
backward to see where he's been,
we've been leafing through the
pages of last years scrapbook.
1t develops that it was quite a
year in the fashion world, what
with new regulations, shortages,
developments and what have
you. And just to refresh your
memory, here's what went on:
JANUARY-The feather bob"
was very much in evidence,
cruise clothes were featured un-
der another name and women
were asked not to wear so many
unnecessary uniforms on account
of the fabric shortage. There
was talk of material made from
soybeans and much excitement
about aralac, plastic jewelry, and
girdles with less elastic. We
mentioned a Threatened curtail-
ment of nylon'-believe it or not.
FEBRUARY Spring shoes
tended toward lower heels,
Charles Armour presented a
dress collection sprinkled with
porcelain buttons and other nom
priority features, and New York
fashionists approved rayon stock
ings. Readers wanted night
openings for the stores, and Hat
tie Carnegie presented fashion
show in Washington. Stacks were
causing a great deal of excite
ment in style circles.
MARCH - Erik, the milliner
came to town and expressed his
desire to make hat for Mrs.
Roosevelt. Molyneux collection
was shown and college girls be-
gan to fear shortage Of sweaters
and rubber soled shoes. john
Frederics predicted more colorful
hats with a forward look and
WPB froze the fashion silhouette.
Experts declared that the girdle
supply was plentiful and asked
women please not to hoard.
Walter Florell, famous milliner,
was also around, predicting the
return of Paris as a fashion in
fuence after the war and declar-
ing that he intended to stay right
In this country.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Victory Book Campaign
BY Betsy Cas,ceH

matters of today, that are dis
cussed and call for more discus
sion. Use your sense Of values
think beforehand what should
appeal to our fighting men. and
enlist the aid of the family for
suggestions. Remember, the
books are destined to amuse and
to inform-and choose them &C
cordingly.
When you have picked out your
books, take them to the nearest
collection box. These are to be
placed in local public libraries.
Maybe you'll only have one or two
books to give-but multiply all
the families doing the same and
you can see what this second Vic
tory Book Campaign will accom-
plish for those swell guys that
are going to do the fighting for
us all.
incidentally, it is a good thing,
before you give books away to 60
through the pages carefully, to
make sure that no old letters or
snapshots or memorandums are
tuced inside. Somebody we know
once gave away a book that her
brother had been using as hid
ing place for his Christmas saw
ings. The first person to read
the book must have been richer
by some seven dollars!
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Turn this frock out in the
fresh new cottons which are Just
reaching the stores now. 1t will
look so fetching you'll be tempted
to save it for summer, when you
can wear it on picnics and for
~seashore visits!
The button-front favorite is a
dress which is always fun to plan
in q crisp cotton, chambray tging-
ham, seersucker or percale. Gay
buttons down the front and .
bright belt to match are al the
Evening star., 1943-01-03

satin. A large-brlmmed black
hat in halo effect completes a
flattering ensemble. Mary Bas-
night in a simple brown crepe
frock with beading at the high
neckline adds an old-fashioned
pin watch in gold as a striking
and effective note. . . Daughter
in-law Margie also goes in for
dramatic jewelry, including q
mammoth green enamelled ring
as smart as it is unusual.
Glimpsed at the theatre the
other evening was pretty Mrs.
Roy Sexton in a simple black
crepe dinner dress with plastron
effect of cranberry red and gold.
Charming with her fair hair
which is full of gold highlights.
.. Also in the audience was
daughter Jean Sexton wearing
one Of the smart and youthful
wool dresses in winter-white
trimmed with gold-colored kid
belt and appliques.
One Of the most exquisite din
ner dresses of the season Is
Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock's long
sleeved version In red lace, the
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Decoupage Is Enjoying Revival
old Fashioned Art Requires Panakne Care and Eye for Color

should be most carefully cut with
delicate, fine -bladed scissors. Wisps
of grass and other slender detail
may be cut with a razor blade.
After the whole picture is plan
ned, the cutouts are pasted in
place. Starting with the back
ground, it is built up toward the
foreground just as the wings,
props and actors might be placed
on a stage. Wall paper paste is
best as it sticks thoroughly and
does not show on the surface
when dry. After the entire ar
rangement is complete, the de-
sign is fixed in place with white
shellac or colorless lacquer.
In using shellac, thin it one
half with alcohol. Many thin
coats will build up fine surface
and look better than one or two
thick coats.
A pair of decoupage pictures
will add much to the charm of a
room. Selected with care as to
color, they may be the focal
point of decoration. Desk ap-
pointments decorated in this
manner are as lovely as fine
inlay or enamel work.
Don't think for an instant
that this is a simple matter to
be turned out in an hour or two.
The painstaking care in ccIor
selection that goes into fine
needlepoint is demanded here,
and the proper attention to de-
tail and precision in technique
results in work of art that may
become an heirloom.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

was modelled. Helen Cookman,
designer, and Fay BANTER, actress,
came to Washington for brief
appearances.
OCTOBER-Among the visiting
celebrities were Helen Hayes,
jeanette Mcdonald and Antoine
the hairdresser. The last Molly
neux collection for the duration
was shown and long underwear
for modern maids came into the
limelight.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to be
donned by night made hairdress-
ing news. Women were en-
couraged to do home sewing, and
millinery rose to great heights,
literally. Walter Florell and Helen
Leibert took a hint from other
milliners and created hats to be
copied at low prices. Celanese
rayon stockings took the town by
storm and Designer Valentino
approved dark-toned opaque
hosiery. priority dress fas-
Jennings replaced the upper, the
stores featured Minute Women
at War Week" to sell bonds and
StamnS and service insignia was
named the ideal Christmas gift
for women.
DECEMBER Christmas sug-
gestions took up all our time
and attention, with just a peek
at spring shoes under the new
rulings.
1t was quite a year for fashion.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Nineteen hundred and forty
three is well on it's way. Our
eyes are now turned to the future
and the big things our energy,
money and efforts are going to
bring. No more looking back
and signing for the past, but a
big push toward the new life
ahead.
All OF this is the sum total Of
the thinking and doing that
goes on within every home in the
United States and finds its way
down into the minute details Of
how we spend our few leisure
hours.
1t is difficult these days to ar
range a foursome for bridge on
moments notice. The evenings
which used to be spent at the
theater or the movies are passed
Evening star., 1943-01-03

skirt a mass of f1attering
"rhumba" ruffles. ;. Lace is also
the choice of Mrs. William H.
Vanderbilt who wears a decollette
gown in black and white with
deep flounces on the skirt.
Black velvet in off-the- shoulder
style is immensely becoming to
Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss who is
also receiving compliments on
her smart daytime ensemble, q
hunters green suit and matching
hat worn with a luxurious mink
coat.
"Suit news" is made by Mrs.
Jerauld Wright, whose famous
husband is making other head
lines these days. Phyllis wears a
trim black suit with a pale blue
blouse and lovely silver fox furs.
;. Mary Du Bose does daring
and effective things with color
when she wears a bright green
suit and brilliant red blouse.
Something new in smart chap
eaux is the choice OF Mrs. Court
landt Barnes who drapes q gold.
trimmed black scarf Nmartly
around her tresseA
Evening star., 1943-01-03
There's New Hope for Silk
South American Worm Spin Thread in Eight Colors
Bv Rebecca Woodscard

By Rebecca Woodzcard
In American laboratories and
given a top quality" rating-3A
triple extra.
OF great interest is the fact
that these remarkable silkworms
can spin thread in eight fast
colors and 18 shades, as well as
the standard white, yellow and
creams. For thousands of years
silkworms have spun their CO.
coons in the latter shades only.
To DR.. Vartan K. Osigian,
famed silk expert of Armenia
now at work in Venezuela, goes
credit for this startling achieve
ment. Backed by some of Vene-
Zuela's leading citizens, DR.. Osigi-
an has been doing research and
experimenting on new types Of
silkworms and mulberry trees for
nearly 16 years. BY using graft
ed saplings he has succeeded in
bringing his 2.500,0O0 mulberry
trees-all-important in the diet
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Recovering
Umbrellas

A yard of 39-inch plain cloth
will cover an ordinary umbrella.
A waterproof finish is always
more desirable, of course, and
fabrics with this water-repellant
finish are still available. But
If the desired fabric doesn't hap
pen to have this finish, firm,
tight weave can be relied on to
give protection.
If you want to recover your
umbrella, here's how to 60 about
it. Secure one yard of 39-inch
plain cloth, or slightly more if
plaid is used. Try to get show
erproof finish, although a tight
weave will repel water and serve
we'll. Then take the umbrella
apart by removing the end tip
and rib tips. If they are very
tight, loosen them with pliers,
but be careful not to break them.
Take off the shirred circle be-
meath the tip. Clip the threads
that hold the rib tips to the
cover, and be sure to note how
they were sewed in. Remove the
cover, the fiat circle Of cloth
between cover and frame, and
the shirred one tackled over the
hinges next to the handle.
To manage a pattern for a
new cover, rip out one section of
the old one or cut exactly on
the seam lines. Press. Cut a
paper pattern with u inch
seam on each Of the two sides.
Add 3-16 inch for the edge hem.
Plan the pattern layout on your
material with the sections dove
tailed to avoid waste. If the
material is plaid, the sections
must be cut so the pattern
matches around the umbrella.
Cut three circles, using the
one that was not shirred as a
pattern. Cut a u Inch hole in
the center of each. Cut 1-inch
circles of cloth, one for each
rib In the frame.
And do be as careful as you
are conservation minded.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

quietly at home. The wide circle
of friends who travelled 20 miles
for a few minutes visit, and
thought nothing of it, now find
that their own busy days and
curtailed means of transporta-
ton give them leisure at home
for other effort. Many Of the
delightful household accessories
we were in the habit Of pur-
chasing are no longer available;
the table delicacies and special
foods which used to be delivered
within 30 minutes of telephone
call are not on the market nor
able to be delivered.
1t is typical of American wom-
en- that they would do some
thing" about it. Ingenuity and a
needle and thread will provide
the interior decorations so that
the house will not suffer in care
and appearance as the months
go on. Cooking becomes a fine
art when imagination and sub
stitutes must be whipped up into
appetizing concoctions to re-
place the food which used to be
obtained so readily All of these
details bring back the house.
hold arts which were famous
hundred years ago. Sewing, en-
broidery, patchwork, needlework
of all kinds, are again as much
of an accomplishment as they
were In grandmother's day.
Homecrafts have become the
fashion.
One Of the most enchanting
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Of silkworms-to the worm-feed-
ing stage in six months instead
of the usual five years. A feat
which has been hailed in some
quarters as "the most amazing
development in economic botany
since Luther Burbank"
At present DR.. Osigian is
awaiting the go-ahead signal.
Given the necessary financial
help, he says he can produce
100000 pounds of silk this year,
100000 pounds next year with
correspondingly high increases
each year thereafter.
The Osigian development may
prove of real value to the war
effort. 1t is no military secret
that there is a shortage of silk
in this country. For several
months the Government has been
urging women to take their worn
and discarded silk stockings to
hosiery collection centers, where
they will be turned in as salvage.
Reclaimed silk can be used in the
making of various war materials.
Silk is needed principally for
parachutes and powder bags for
large-caliber guns.
In the past the United States
has experienced a number OF
brief silk blooms s"-climatic and
soil conditions are favorable, es-
pecially in the South and Mid
south. But growers were never
able to produce raw silk at q
profit and interest in the venture
always Waned. Latin American
countries have tried, many times.
to establish the industry-with
little success. Unfortunately, so
many of these attempts have been
of the gold brick" variety, spon-
scred by unscrupulous. fly-by-
night promoters who have always
looked upon silk, along with
other exotic and unusual prod
ucts, as fair game for their
crooked dabblings.
Principal stumbling block,
though, to American sericulture
(the technical name for silk pro-
duction) has been the high cost
of skilled labor as compared with
the abundance of cheap labor in
Oriental countries. Here, again,
DR.. Osigian has cleared the way
by perfecting an automatic worm
feeding device and cocoon -reeling
machine which repeatedly cuts
labor costs to a minimum.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
South merican

For some months past all signs
have pointed to completely
"silk stockingless" existence -
sooner or later. What with this
rather unpleasant state of af-
fairs practically upon us it might
be we'll to point out that the
silk picture" is not all gloom
and stagnation. From South
America comes word via Stanley
Ross, New York Herald-Tribune
correspondent in Venezuela, that
a new silkworm species has been
developed which is three times as
large as the japanese variety and
able to spin a much finer, more
resilient thread. 1t reaches ma
turity in Is days and can produce
10 to II cocoon crops a year,
whereas the japanese insects
need go days to develop and have
no more than two or three cocoon
crops year. Thread of this new
super" silkworm has been tested
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Bp Marqaref NoweIl

arts of grandmother day was
decoupage. This is nothing in
the world but a grown up ver-
sion" of the kindergarten rage
for cutting out" but some of the
pictures and decorated furni-
ture of the 1850's are museum
pieces today. If you don't care
to sew, knit or tat after you
have spent grueling hours at the
Red Cross or the hospital, you
might try decoupage as a leisure
pastime. You will find informa-
tion on this at the library and
the results are limited only by
your own imagination and skill
with the scissors.
Try your hand first at picture
or tray, something not too COM
plicated or large. The ideal de-
coupage has every inch of surface
covered with design. A scenic
design has clouds in the back
ground, birds flying against the
sky, middle distance of hills and
trees, foreground of plants, flowers
and animal or human figures. 1t
is all the fun of paper dolls and
stagecraft rolled into one. The
true artist is the one who can
select colors, arrange composition
and select items in true scale so
that the finished effect of various
cutouts superimposed on one an
other looks like picture a fine
artist might paint.
Cutouts are available in maga-
zines, old prints, wall paper,
advertisements, almost any source
where illustrations are used. They
Evening star., 1943-01-03

trimming necessary for Pattern
No. l648-B.
Barbara Bell Pattern No.
1648-B is designed for sizes IA, Is,
1S, 20; 40, AZ. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, 36, 38, 40, AZ.
Size 16 (34), short sleeves, re-
quires 4 yards 39-inch material.
For this attractive pattern send
IS cents, plus l cent for postage
in coin with your name, address,
pattern number and size wanted
to Barbara Bell. Washington
Star, Post Once Box Is, Station
o, New York. N. =.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
By Helen V0ef

JUNE-Women were asked to
carry their own packages and the
milliners sent Mrs. Douglas Mac
Arthur a complete that ward
robe" Cosmetics appeared In
wooden, plastic and cardboard
containers.
JULY-The new girdles made
with less elastic were approved.
Lilly Dache, Sally Victor and
John Frederics formed Millinery
Fashion Inspiration, Inc" and
created hats to be copied at low
prices. The price ceilings pro-
vided headache and Walter
Floren announced a veil ration
card. Women were asked to con-
serve cosmetics by careful use
and the buying of large sizes.
AUGUST-Fall clothes made
under LBS rulings appeared.
Shoes had wooden soles and trim,
and warm clothing for fuel
rationed houses was suggested.
SEPTEMBER-W talked with
girls in the Navy Departments
Bureau of Ships and got some
ideas about career clothes. The
uniforms of WAACS and WAVES
were thoroughly discussed, and
the short evening dress was pro-
NOTED by the stores. Charles
Armour came back to town with
sane and sensible" clothes. WPB
issued shoe regulations and Hattie
Carnegie had fashion show here
at which an ermine trench coat
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Bv Peggy Roberts

rates the center Of the spread;
three large stars decorate the top.
Pattern envelope contains hot
iron transfers for one design,
about II by % inches, and three
stars each about 4 by 4 inches;
color chart, stitch illustrations
and full directions.
Send II cents (coin for Pat
tern No. 1856 to Needle Arts De-
partment, washington Star. P. o.
Box 172, Station D. New York.
N. Y.