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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
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1dxaiion Issue
Raised in Fight
Over Charter
Friends and Foes
Of Plan Discuss
Potential Costs

T. Il Il.
Two issues On the question Of
saontsomery county taxes under
tne PROPOSED cnarter form Of GOV
e1nmens we're discussed n state
menus Isl nlgnt ~ spokesmen Tor
tne CnArter committee and the
Casi1ens Oommigtee TO Defeat
Cnarter.
Inc Cnarter Committee, In =
statement Dy Frederic Z. Lee. chair
man o. the poard That drafted the
smarter. denied that speech taxing
areas would or could be abolished
under the charter.
Charter opponents, In . state
.ns..s " s. A.ns Muiafkey' cnar.
Charter nronhessed ~ t,rr s.s,ets
and contin,ino incr.a.a q, t.~ MI
II the charter /. .dort.d ~ '
w.-.
Ws increased Coss.
Aoohsning the ofices Of six elect
ca ana TWO appointed county Of
ncials, MI. Muiarkey asserted. the
cnarter would set up another series
OF pubic omciais whose annual sal-
ares VIII create . new payroll Of
$i5S,o2O year to 40 the same work
that Is now being done for $46,100. "
inese omclais, ne said, could,
unoer PROVISIONS OF the charter, be
gwen NE terms, ana none are TO be
directly elected or voted on by the
citizens. As experts IN their par
ticuiar neids, the statement de-
clared, they obviously will re-
REEVE similar salaries Tor work in
the montgomery County suburbs
mat experts command IN the Fed
erai Government and In the gov
ernments OF large cities"
Raises Tax Issue.
Mr.. Lee declared that even II the
board legally had been able to vest
the County Council under the char
ter with authority to abolish or alter
existing special taxing areas In the
county. 1t would not have done 50.
Mr.. Lee said the board would not
have done 30 because "the towns
and special taxing areas are the best
fittcd and most efhcient agencies for
doing the job Of providing special
services which their communities
demand"
The Charter Committee also cited
. legal opinion by Dean James j..
Hayden of the Columbus University
Law School.
After explaining that the county
council would have no power TO
repeal or change the powers now
exercised by special taxtnO aree.
Dean Hayden added that "as =
matter Of common sense 1t seems
clear that whatever Is prohibited by
the letter OF the law is prohibited
also by the spirit Of the law"
.Fund.ment.l purro.. -
e.. .,
t,s 10y. a.oa.nentai puipose OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Park Police Force, Cui
By War, Has s. Men 10
Patrol 1000 Acres
200 Officers Needed,
Chief Says; Their Beet
One-Seventh Of City's Area

Sixty-six policemen of the Ma
tional Capital Parks have 1000 acres
of park lands within the District
to patrol each "A hours. That
is roughly one-seventh of the city's
total area.
A force Of about 200 men Is con-
sidered by park officials as the mini
mum number required for covering
the network OF parks, scene In little
more than year Of three brutal
murders.
Total personnel Of the park police
Is 70, with of these police women.
Seventy-two men are assigned to
patrol duty. OF this total, are
regularly assigned to the Mount Yer
non boulevard in Virginia and the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Mary
land. This leaves only 66 men for
patrol Of Washington's parks.
1,5o6 on Metropolitan Force.
The Metropolitan Police force
number 4 sos. Proportionately, the
city force is nearly four times the
size of the park force for the
area to be covered. Park ON
Gals point ont. however, that is
not the best comparison as city
police have more intensely
developed area to patrol.
Nevertheless, Capt. j. B. Lawler,
commanding ofIicer OF park police,
believes the present force of 70 is
definitely not adequate" He said
the force has dropped from a total
Of "a men a year ago and told of
difficulties of finding men for the
force.
One park official pointed out that
Congress had authorized a force
Of 108 men. He said this still would
be inadequate, asserting 1t should
be increased to 200.
The Hams Point area, scene Of
the Staying Of Dorothy Berrum
Thursday night, is covered by park
cruisers, lieutenant Of the watch
and sergeant, all making separate
rounds through the night. Ofncials
thus estimate that the area is COW
cred ION an average Of every 30 min
utes.
Decade without Staying.
Until the murder in August of
last year of Mrs Grace G. Groome,
81, in a Rock Greek Park picnic
area, there had been no slayings in
Capital parks for more than q dec
ade, according to a park official.
Park Policeman Milo Kennedy was
beaten to death in Logan Circle in
the summer of 1892 while arresting a
colored man.
A third park murder, still un-
solved, is that of Miss Frances w.
Erickson, IS, architectural assist
ant, stabbed to death in Rock Greek
Park August 6.
Another area covered by park po-
lice is that adjacent to the Penta-
gon Building. It was in this So
called mo mans land" between the
Potomac River and Virginia that
the body Of Mrs. Margaret Fitz-
water, So, was found slain Septem-
Der "A.
Jurisdiction Still Unsettled.
Because the Jurisdiction question
has never been settled, the FBI took
over this case.
District police patrol the High
way Bridge and the park police pa
trolmen cover the whole of CO.
llmbia Island, between the lagoon
and the boundary channel and the
Mount Vernon highway and ad-
jacent territory.
The Virginia police use the area
only as facility to connect d.
|vided sections In their jurisdiction.
Military police and Navy shore pa
troll squads handle their own per-
sonnet in all parts Of the section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
Woman Held on Chorqe
|Of Starving Horse

Prince Georges County police yes
terday arrested Lucille Roebuck, 81
colored. Of near Laurel, on charges
Of cruelty to animals after 4 war
rant accusing her OF starving q
horse was sworn out by John r
Brown Of Lanham, member OF the
Prince Georges Animal Rescue
League.
The woman was held In the Hy-
attsville jail under $500 bond, ac-
cording to police. A hearing wa
set for tomorrow.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

after both had been arrested and
lodged in a cell al 18th presinct
station.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
AppointMrs.Funn
To Action Group
In New York City

NEW YORK ClTY-Appointment
OF Mrs. Dorothy Funn Of New York
CITY as field representative was
announced this week by Miss Char
lot,e Carr, director OF Region II
New York State) Of the ClO
Political Action committee.
Mrs. Funn. a former New York
school teacher. has been active in
PROGRESSIVE movements In the Ne
gro community for several years.
4 native New Yorker. She j. we'll
acquainteo with the political and
economic issues IN the region which
she VIII cover
Mrs Funn headed he womcn's
division in the primary campaign
Tor the Rev a. Clayton Powell.
which resulted IN his nomination
for Congress by all three parties
in the Twen,y-ScCond District She
has been the legislative representa-
i've Of the National Negro Congress
since November, 1913
Many women arc joining tho
WAC 10 serve with the Army Air
Forces. II YOU arc between the
ages OF 20 and 40 with no depend
cn,S under the age Of a. YOU may
be able 10 qualify FOR one OF the
many vacancies that now exist
Room 500 Buul building. Detroit
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
TzETT
EEPC. Adjusts 127
Cases During July

WASHINGTON Satisfactory adj
justment of 1T cases marked the
work of the Presidents Committee
on Fair Employment Practice dur
ing the month Of July, Chairman
Malcolm Ross announced today.
Included among these settlements
we're number involving war
plants that had hitherto neglected
10 use available qualified minority
group workers, M. Ross said. In
one midWCStcrn plant producing
vital war material, the employment
and upgrading OF Negro men and
women workers. which was brought
about after conferences with FEPC
representatives. is doing much To
relieve the plants labor needs, the
chairman added.
A Heavy Schedule
The FEPC report for the period
July l-3l, 1914, shows that 3l4 cases
were docketcd during the month
and pa closed. In addition TO the
l27 satisfactory adjustments the
closed cases included 81 dismissed
on merits. II closed because Of lack
Of jurisdiction, Is Withdrawn by the
compliments, y closed for lack Of
sufficient evidence and p for 9th
er" reasons.
AS Of Aug. !, 1914, the committee ;
total case load was 2,l43, an increase
of 1872 over the total case load Of
Aug |. 1913
or the new cases dOckctCd during
July 1913 per cent involved alleged
discrimination because OF race.
Complaints Of bias based on reliG-
ION approximatcd seven per cent,
about two per cent charged diScrlm-
nation because of national origin,
and the remainder involved com
plants of aliens.
Alleged discrimination in hiring,
dlsmiSSalS upgradlng and help
wanted advertisements totalcd 500
per cent OF the new cases. The re-
maindcr involved such practices as
inferior working conditions, UNI
equal pay for equal work.
OF the satisfactory adjustments,
approximately 81 per cent involved
Ycfusalto hire. including allegations
" racial religious, national origin
and aNcnage bias. Questions Of UNI
fairness in upgradIng, dlSmiSsalS
advertising for help. working con
ditions were involved in the re-
maindcr.
Mr.. Ross cited several cases as
typical Of FEPC adjustments:
- In a small Eastern company
dong war work the employer wa,
hcStant about employing a quail.
fed Negro applicant. fearing resent.
mcnt from his white workers After
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

comforting with FEPC. however. tho
man was given a tryout, made good
and enjoyed excellent relationships
with other workers from the outset.
~ Complaints of several Ne
gro women that they had been laid
Oft at a mid-weStCrn war plant be-
cause OF their race, in violation Of
their seniority rights, were settled
when the management, after con-
ference with FEPC, investigated the
Women's cases and promptly re-
stored them to their jobs
80 Another midWeStern W ar
plant needing women workers. had
not considered Negro women. With
the aid of FEPC representatives,
the company introduced Negro
women workers into the plant. met
with great success and now plans
further expansion of its policy in
this respect
~ A steel manufacturing firm,
approached by FEPC after COM
plants had been received by the
committee, started hiring, for the
first time, Negro women WcldCrS
As result Of their experience with
them. the company has indicated j.
IS planning greater use of qualified
Negroes
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Truckers Threaten
Strike, Blame Bias

with the -FEPC operating
agreement. The invest CATION re-
yoaied the companies We're wiling.
but tho Transfers union. Local 229,
AFL, refused 20 comply. They were
willing 20 have Negroes as helper
90 unload and load trucks but not
as drivers Of SemI-tTailcrS.
The VINO, on It's own volition.
several weeks ago. suspended max
ing reterrals 10 the companies. Last
week the companies sought a
hearing IN an effort 10 get the sus-
pension lifted.
The drivers are saying their
strike threat is based on the com
panIes not furnishing sufficient
help for loading and unloading;
bu, the companies maintain they
can get available help only from
Negroes, who they must hire for
all cstegories according TO the VINO
priority referral plan.
Every effor, has been made TO
avoid strike which in some ways
would parallel the Philadelphia
Transportation company str c
early this month. The companies do
the hauling Of critical war materials
between war plants.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Liberty Club In
Cherbourg Opens
For Race Troops

CHERBOURG Delayed The
American Red Cross Liberty club,
officially opened here recently and
accepted on behalf of the soldiers
by Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis,
is stated by three OF the FIRST Ne
gro Red Cross workers 10 arrive IN
France.
Club Director Claude Walton
30l5 California street. Denver, Colo.
and his assistants. I.aVcrne Birch
l06 Harrison street, Roxburv, Mass,
and c. GLADYS Martin, Rural Route
,, Topeka, Kans., Will operate the
club.
Gen. Davis was flown from Eng
land in order to be present al the
opening ceremonies. Also partici-
pating were 1t Gen. John c. H
Lee, commanding Service Of Sup
ply; Maj. r l.. H. Num-, represent.
ing the British Army. and Dr.. Pau
Renault, Mayor OF Chcrbourg.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26

Free medical care. good pay.
clothing, and a chance 20 prepare
yourself for postwar career.
avail, women VINO enlist in the
WAC. You may choose 10 serve
with the Army Air Forces in Michi-
gan Room 600, Bull Bldg. De-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
RANDOLPH IN
MESSAGE FOR
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nv 4. PHILIP RANDOLPH

NEW YORK Y Y This Labor
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VINO mas gwen any coi'S'u,'" L'o', ~
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gro lot JuS'lce ~ INC o"utn' tnd'
states r,.hN ~ Ju'' dHo''''l Ic'l'l
10Y dh'I-Negro ana "'''i-'"oo' ~ 'e-
aces
baS'e S'uggf
One other basic struggle that the
workers Of America must not IAN
10 make during these hectic times
and that is 10 enact the Scanlon-
Observation-Disclosures Bill in the
House and the Wagner-Capper-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bill in the
Senate into federal law which VIII
make the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice perma-
ncnt. Without this legislation the
country is sure 10 come upon the
evil days Of race riots and confusion
among minoritics in the post war
period. Not only will FEPC help
70 eliminate barriers Of racial dis
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Agriculture Dept.
Opens At Lincoln

JEFFERSON CITY Mo - In
keeping with the general program
~ Post War Planning At Lincoln
University Mo-. the Department Of
Agriculture announces three curric-
ular patterns open 20 regular stu
dents and especially designed TO
meet the need Of veterans who
might be interested IN this phase
~ training
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Ry HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON. D. { - rNNPAl
A peep :, postwar problems Of
employment unless strong national
safeguards are provided was al
forded by threat Of a strike last
week Of truck drivers Of the Nichi-
gan Trucking Association in De-
troit !, was revealed here that ,he
drivers have voiced objection 10 the
companies hiring e.g. Die Negroes
TO drive semi-,ra.lcr trucks Most
Of The eligible Negroes are dis
charged war veterans with ex-
perience in handling heavy vehicles
The FEPC regional Office in De-
troit. several months ago, asked the
War Manpower Commission 10
make preliminary invest CATION OF
complaints OF discrimination IN hir-
Ing Of Negro drivers, in accordance
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Garfield st. Man
Promoted In S. p.

L. S. ARMY FORCES IN THE
SOUTH PACIFlC--Adolph Wilson,
husband OF Mrs. Rose 3 wilson
pa Garfield, Detroit, Mich, has
been promoted from Technjcian
Fifth Grade to Technician Fourth
Grade.
Tech. 4,h Wilson is a cook with
a battalion stationed at an air base
IN the South Pacific, and has served
more than sixteen months overseas.
Prior 20 his entering the T. S
Army on July "a. 1912. he was en-
ployed by saw-mill company in
Alabama
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Prisoners Fight,
One Is Injured

A reported fight between two OF
several persons arrested this week
IN a raid at 643 Adelaide street re-
suited in a possible skull fracture
TO Albert Hentz. 81. Of 6l5 Z. CO.
lumbia street.
Police say that the night between
Hentz and Henry Daniels took place
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
LAUNCH ANOTHER Sun SHIP

CHESTER. Pa tANP)-The s.
Marine Owl was launched at the
sun ShipbulldinG Yard No. 4. Tues
day. marking the sixth vessel sent
10 the waves between June "a and
August Is. Yard No. 4 has pre-
dominantly Negro personnel under
the supervision OF DR.. Emmett J.
Scott. noted educator
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
HELD FOR ROBBERY

Charles =. Clark, p Of 266O Hast
u2s street was returned to Detroit
las, week 20 answer charge Of
robbery armed. He was apprc-
hcndcd IN Springfield. Ohio
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-08-26
Music School To
Enlarge Studies

JEFFERSON CITY. No 49, The
Department OF Music II Lincoln
university IS widening It's horizons
and cnrIching lis offerings 20 meet
the needs OF today and the demands
of the postwar world Full and
varied currlcula in applied music
and education leading To degrees
are maintained for those Interested
IN the study Of music as an area of
major emphasis. Instruction is I'M
der the direction Of music faculty
Of distinguished artists and teach
CrS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
Beauties Hints Good Reading Is Sometimes a
 Personality Aid
BY ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

There is as much need of renew your mind as there is to renew your wardrobe. hair-style and house furnishings. ou;moded ideas. pat. terms cf thought and vocabulary will date a woman just as quickly-if not more quickly-than past-yintage clothes and a bun on top of her head.
 Best way to equip your mind with new mental furnishing is to read. Keep abreast of whats happening in the world today. Using your newspaper as guide, follow though on topics in books on history, foreign policy. personalities in the news, air power or geOpolitics that will give you a comprehensive knowledge of special subjects,
 While you're reading, gather 10" gether Q new vocabulary. And while you're at 1t. retire any threadbare slang that dates your speech, Friends have been known io stray from a fayorite tea table. because the hostess collection of slang phrases dulled her conversation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
WE, THE WOMEN -- Women Want Equal Rights To Jobs In Postwar Era
WE, THE WOMEN

Maybe she is tenperamentally ursuited to making housework full time job. Maybe her children are grown and she still has many active years ahead Of her. If she could get a job she would have an absorbing interest in life.
 Men are told they shouldn't give up their work when they are still active in mind and body. yet many women could get through the late fifties and sixties hap- oily if they had work to subs'i- tute for the full-time job Of home making that swas theirs when their children were small.
 RIGHT TO COMPETE
 And then there are hte talented. gifted women who have something special to bring to a job. They shouldn't be discriminated against, simply because they are women.
 There are many reasons why wo- men want and need to work And the right to compete freely for jobs shouldn't be denied them simply because they are women. or because they happen to be married.
 If q is true that they are hap- pier and more needed at home than anywhere else, the majority of them will continue to stay there. But the ones who don't want to stay at home shouldn't have to. if they are capable of getting out and earning a pay check.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
WAVELETS T s
Ry SD LEAMY

webster, the famous Syndlcated cartoonist occasionally does a draw. ing of a series entitled, The tn. seen Audience" !" These drawings de- pict various types of people llsten- ing to various types oi radio pro. grams. and various types of an- nomcements. The other day his ces. toon, Of this series was sub.titled: Why Is it that static Never Beaks into Commercials" question many of uS have asked ourselves often In the past, and undoubtedly will often ask in the future For it does seem that freuently In static infested areas. interference occurs at the moments when it can be least excused Which reminds me oi a story:
 My home at the time was in a little New York upstate town which was a Republican stronghold, and that year Al Smith was running for President against Herbert Hoover. Both spoke over the radio. The night of Mir. Hooycr's talk reception was not very good. But the night that Al smith delivered his address conditions were different. The next day. with little amused malicious. ness asked a staunch GoPcr friend of mine fl he had heard Al Smith the night before. He bridled d knew that that's an old fashioned term. but my friend was an old- fashioned manD He became slightly apopleciic "I did" he said with heat. T certainly did. But the rec ception was much too good" And that should put you in the humor 10 learn that thcrell be no sarongs. but there will be liberal helping Of hit songs when Dorothy Lamour. the little girl with the great, big blue-grey eyes pays call on Dick Haynes and his Everything for the Boys show. Tuesday. August 22nd, at T:30 D. m. over NEG.
 It's another of the Haynes Tues day night musical frolics. with maestro Ricardo and his lovely guest vending their way through a aclid half hour oi harmonizing. for seTvicemen here and overseas. or Dick Mooney of the HanEegan out fit is giving me bum steer.
 In the band department, Gordon Jenkins and his mclodic 3l will spotlight more of the toe tingling Jenkins arrangements and help out here and there with vocals
 The broadcast will include a mov- irg twO-way. short-wave talk with a pair of CTS abroad, and a musical salute by Haynes. Miss Lamour and the Gordon Jenkins orchestra to the oonyaloscent fighters at the Oliver General Hospital. Augusta, Georgia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-18
Current RatiOning Regulations
MEATs AND BUTTER

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 PR0CERREU FOODS Blue "Ae through 'ze and "A through H5 Book w worth 20 points Vsd ndente Blue tokens WoF one pn each msy be used as change
 SHOES AEpans stamps end No m Ration Book III valid lnds lniey oE one ps1 eg shoes
 FUEL OIL 2-Lat f0T Period Four and Period coupons Al eol worth 70 gallons unit New le4eb fuel 0 coupons VII become good for 70 gallons upon te receipt W e consumer rom a oFA Boards,
 GASOLINE Number vald for purchase Of tFes gaens un tN Nov, s. R.S B.L c-s coupons valid sanens each