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Evening star., 1946-05-31

TODAY'S SALES
Reported in DollarsbI
Domestic z ITO 600
Foreign $50 900
y 8 Govt ) 900
TREASURY. Close
2Has 72-j7 Dec lob 26
NEW YORK CITY
Is 80 l2lZa
FOREIGN. Close
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Braz 324s % ser 64Ns
Colombia IS 70 GIN
Copenhagn $3.50 100
Costa R;ca 7s51 55Zs
Denmk 4Aas 62 lcCLs
SerbsCtsSl rs 81 Ia
DOMESTIC. Close
Am IL FP5s203O 1ooiA
Am TIT IS 56 1874
Am T&T 2a4S75 1854
AmTobacco3s69 1859
B&O 1St m As lO2lh
B&O 95 A 6olA
BIO 1000 D. seAI
B&O cv so IS
B&O So Wsn so 9ola1
Bang A CIV As 81 lo2NeI
Bost Me 4has 10 II
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Can Nat 41as57 l22iIaI
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C B & @ 2Ms 70 100
Chi CT Ws As SIS o3iA
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Hud Coal 5s62A 87l5
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Evening star., 1946-05-31
Business Briefs

Retail Trade continued to rise in
the last week. despite the railroad
strike. and averaged 22fo to 26%
above a year ago-Dun & Bradstreet.
Bank Clearings in "a leading cities
declined to S10,637 100000 in the
week ended May % VS.. Sll 1888, ,lO8,-
900 in the previous week, but were
far above s8,5O2 1856 900 in the like
l945 week when Memorial Day was
included-Dun & Bradstreet.
Freight Loadings in the week
ended May 25 totaled 571,574 cars, a
drop of 17go from the previous week
and $3.50 below year ago-ASso-
ciation of American Railroads.
Auto Production in the United
States and Canada was estimated at
32,48O units this week VS.. 5000 last
week and 106,395 in the like l94l
week-Ward's AutomotiVe Reports.
Gasoline Stocks on May 25 totaled
95,769.OOO barrels VS. 97,O50,000 a
week earlier and 83,361, 900 a year
ago-American Petroleum Institute.
Greenfield Tap & Die Corp. de-
clared a quarterly dividend of 30
cents a common share, payable June
10. Previous payment. on an an
nual basis, was go cents plus 20 OF
a common share.
Homestake Mining Co. declared a
dividend of 35 cents a common share,
payable June 90 Previous payment
was 25 cents on March 20, first since
1912.
United States Hoffman Machinery
Corp. stockholders will vote June 10
on proposed amendment authoriz-
ing 10000 shares of new cumulative
preferred 500 par value stock.
Thatcher Mfg. Co. stockholders
will vote June 27 on plan to re-
duce the annual dividend on lib 909
shares of convertible preferred from
$3.50 to S2.40 share.
General Motors Corp. will start
producing its own parts now un-
available for suppliers, stockholders
we're told. A new light car bearing
the Chevrolet name is expected to
reach the market by the end Of 1947
Cities Service Oil Co. will spend
s18,000,000 in expanding its East
Chicago refinery.
Emerson Radio & Photograph
Corp. merger with General Instru-
ment Corp. has been approved by
directors of both firms
National City Lines directors ap-
proved 2-for-1 split of common
stock.
Missouri Pacific Railroad was au-
thorized by Federal Court to pay in
full S23,300,000 of loans and interest
to the RFC and Railroad Credit
Corp.
Allied Stores Corp. earned $780,
4o1 or $4.05 a share in II months
ended January 81 VS.. $7,230,407 or
S3.42 in the previous year.
American Safety Razor Corp. and
subsidiaries reported profit of $685.
1877 or 81 80 for the March quarter VS..
S287 ,498 or 81 cents in the same 1945
period.
Pullman. Inc, earned $320,990 or
10 cents in the March quarter VS..
$2,571,8l8 or 80 cents a year ago.
Cherry -Burrell Corp. net for six
months ended April 80 was $466, ,069
or SO cents VS.. $235 ,563 or At cents
in the same 1945 period.
American Type Founders, Inc,
earned 1892 ,096 or ST "a in IL months
ended March 81 VS.. $857630 Or S151
in the previous year
HI. X. Porter Co. profit for l945 was
S653,09 or SLAB VS.. S346,436 or 70
cents in 1914. 49,
Briggs Mfg. Co. loss was S407 ,037
in the March quarter VS.. profit of
$1,131, ,234 year ago.
Reynolds Metals Co. deficit for the
March quarter was S227,580 VS..
profit of $1,419, ,406 in the same 1945
period.
Evening star., 1946-05-31
Foreign Exchunoe

change rates follow (Great Britain in DOL
lars, others in cents): ava
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ke1. s.s per cent discount or 96 62h Unit
ed states cents, UNCHANGED
Europe-Great Britain. O3k un-
changed: France ffranc), .s4h4 up \. OF
Latin America-Argentina free. a sa
Gown 02 Of cent; Brazil. free, 5o5:
Evening star., 1946-05-31
N. Y. Bond Markell
FURNISHED BY the Associated Press.l
SELECTED LIST OF ISSUES

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Int GIN lst 6s52 93
Int HydroElBs44 eess
Int Paper 5s AZ lolM
Int TIT 4hs 52 1914
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Leh vi 4Has2003 57N
Itch VI IS 2nO3 531s
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MKT As 62 B 9oi4
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mo Pac IS n F S7Lz
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INYCHR 3hs 97 loAih
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PennRR4 AsS4E127h
Peoria&Est4s60 87ih
Phila Ell 2As "a 1o5ih
PCCStL 5s rs B 1854
PittsStl4 kas50B 1o4
Reading 3Kas 95 lo2
StLSnFr $3.50 B 66is
StLSnFr 4Eas7s 45M
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! So Ry gn As SO 1861
,SWBellTl2 AsS5 1o55ye
! Tex&Pac3 hss5 lo4
Third Ave 5s 90 6oi/a
Third Ave As 80 lo23A
} UnOilCal224s7O 1o3A
IVA El&P 2a4s75 loAiA
Wabash As 81 o5
West Md As so lo6
'iWest Un 5s 81 1o1M
i West On rs 60 1921
! West Un 4las50 lo3Ls
. Wise Cent As 40 a6
Evening star., 1946-05-31
District Business Borometers

Business the Capital during
a leading barometers indicated
exceeded only January of this The number
daily telephone calls were never equaed in other month
The sales index
cline In mail the armed forces
The following monthly comparisons with reflect
Capitals steady expansion
Evening star., 1946-05-31
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. May 3l-The Associatet
Press weifhted wholesale price index Of
35 commodities tosav advanced 10 ia as
new 1a46 hish. Previous day, iIa,5d
week ago, l1s.9s: month ESQ, ii6 SIS
year ago, los 81. based on 1926 as 100
Evening star., 1946-05-31
Stock Seat Price Down

NEW YORK, May 81 (P,.-Sale OF
a New York Stock Exchange mem
bershlp was reported Wednesday at
S88, 1000, a decrease of $4,000 from the
last transfer.
Evening star., 1946-05-31

Hourly Sales on the Exchange Today:
II 90 am 31o 600 -. un noon $50 600
100 pm 73o 600 200 um $50 600
Approximate Total 31o COO
tUnit OF trading. 10 shares; sales printed
IN full I'm bankruptcy or receivership OF
being reorganized under Bankruptcy Act.
or securities assumed by such compa nies
Rates OF dividend IN the foregoing tabis
are annual disbursement based Oh the last
less otherwise noted special or extra divi.
dends are not included xEx dividend
xr Ex rights, a Also extra or extras Plus
clared or paid 50 far this year Payabis
In stock, z Paid last year Payable In
Canadian funds X Accumulated dividends
Evening star., 1946-05-31
Washington Exchange

WASHINGTON Gas common-4o al "a. 10
al :i3
Capital Transit lst ref 4s--SI coo at 1O6.
Potomac Electric Power 512s pfd-I0 at
10Si7
Mereenthaler LinGtvpe-l00 at -
BONDS
Evening star., 1946-05-31
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

SAIes-
Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. CO. High. Low Close chge.
Curt-Wrlght 25Ls 2x1b 25A I IA
Cutler-Ham zoe 45M 45M 43M IL
Evening star., 1946-05-31

"Ex dividend. tPlus extra. a Paid SO
far this year e2T extra t So extra
h $500 extra 10c extra. . Paid in
Evening star., 1946-05-31
Chicago Livestock

Mlddling Sp
n Nominal.
Evening star., 1946-05-31

TODAY'S SALES
fReported in Dollars
Domestic z 77o 600
Foreign $50 900
u 8 Govt 600
Evening star., 1946-01-04
,een Gallo In character instead OF

been Gallo In character instead OF
Iberian.
Other accidents, however, shaped
the destiny of Texas and her neigh
bors as much or more. The genius
of Stephen F. Austin was one of the
forces involved. A map which he
drew and colored and a book of
observations" which his cousin.
Mary Holley, wrote to encourage
immigration in 1883 are shown in
the Library's selected display. The
letter which Austin addressed to
President Jackson in 1895, the Texan
Declaration of independence printed
by Gales and Seaton In Washington
during the same year, the Constitu-
ton OF the Republic Of Texas and
supplementary papers relating to
the struggle to set up a new nation
in the Southwest are shown in
chronological order.
Then follow documents, books and
newspapers concerning the gradual
growth of the movement for the
annexation Of Texas, eliminating In
the passage Of a resolution by the
House of Representatives signed by
President Polk on December 20, 1845.
It is an understatement to say that
the sequence is dramatic.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Calls for Station Queues

To the Editor OF The Star:
Aside from the regrettable accident
that resulted In injury to Sergt. George
Timko at Union Station, .why isn't action
taken to handle in orderly manner the
crowds there and elsewhere in this
bulging city?
To me the answer seems simple, and
1t was suggested recently by polite
Englishman who cemplimented the
otherwise eficient work of employees at
Union Station.
1t didn't take American soldiers, ae-
eustomed to the Arny's never-failing
queueing system in mess lines, dis
pensaries, etc, long to fall uncomplain-
ingly INTO civilian queues in England.
France and other European countries.
They even learned to like the system,
as 1t protected them against human
hogs" and the only sensible system In
moving crowds to their destinations.
We have always understood the neces-
sity OF queueing at post Office and
theater windows, yet it virtually ends
there. However, the Capital Transit
people recently learned the value Of
queueing, which has been adopted at
certain transfer points.
I have been able to board train at
Paddington Station. London, within is
minutes from the tail end of queue
that wound almost quarter of a mile
through the station corridors and out
side. And I never was showed or had
to shove anybody else. Are we SO
untutored in this young Nation of ours
that we cannot undergo bit of orderly
regimentation to facilitate our move
ments about large city9 We must do
1t when driving on city strets or high
ways Human ambulation is just another
kind of trafie. Let's fall In line!
. L. II. BURST,
Major, A. g. d.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

what Is needed In the war between
General Motors and the automobile
workers union is not a Government
taet-nnding commission, but a princi-
pie-nnding commission. What is at
Issue is not the financial status of Cen
erai Motorists ability to pay"-but
the question on what principles wages
are to be set. That Is the source of
the deadlock, and that is why the mat
ter cannot be settled by collective bar
gaining" 1t is not susceptible of bar
gaining. Bargaining always implies
prior acceptance of certain basic prin-
eiples by both parties, within the Frame
WORK OF which adjustments can be made.
In the present issue, however, each
party has fatty rejected the principle of
the other. Walter p. Reuther, UAW
vice president, has, In fact, rejected the
principle which has been as basic 10
trade unionism in the past, as it has
been to employers. General Motors and
Mr.. Reuther cannot both be right, or
both be partially right. One view or
the other must prevail. Either the prin-
ciple will be settled by Government or
the courts or 1t will be settled by test
of force: Which side can hold out long,
est. If it Is settled on Mr.. Reuther's
principle, radical innovation will have
occurred, with certain inevitable results,
some OF which may logically be foreseen.
The facts are not obscure. Fact
finding" is just a slogan. General
Motors is not secret society. 1t could
not, If 1t wished, conceal the details of
past profits-they are on record for tax
purposes, for OPA, SEC and stock
holders. Mr.. Reuther is asking for data
available to neither owners nor Govern
ment, without suggesting that GIN is
deceiying either. A hunting expedition
among the books can only be for pur-
pose Of gaining further irrelevant argu-
ments for an attack on the prevailing
principle.
Past or accumulated profits are irrele-
want. GIN, during the war. made rad
ical conversions and produced, not for
consumers, but for the state. In the
state-induced boom, all shared. EXCESS
profits were determined by Government
and taxed away. Stockholders did not
strike nor sue GIN for retaining un-
distributed earnings for reeonversion
purposes. Now Mr.. Reuther is ask
ing that, In the future, labor shall be
granted the right to tax such earn
ings and add the tax to its wage.
Nothing so rational as profit sharing,
in which labor, oyer and above its
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Cripples at Union Station

Brig. Gen. Robert N. Young, COM
manding general of the Military
District of Washington. and Union
Station officials have taken ap-
propriate and commendable steps
to prevent recurrence of any such
trampling incident as that which
sent a crippled war veteran back to
the hospital during the holiday rush
at the terminal, Properly shocked,
as the city at large was. by the un-
fortunate fate of Sergeant George
T1mko, whose leg was broken when
surging crowds knocked him from his
crutches as he sought to board a
train to spend the holidays at his
home in Pennsylvania, General
Young acted promptly to consult
with station authorities regarding
means Of safeguarding wounded
Servlcemen at the crowded depot.
Under a plan finally adopted. the
station will broadcast through loud
speakers a frequent request that
disabled veterans report to the
nearest military policeman or to
the MP booth so that they may be
given priority in boarding trains.
While 1t has long been the custom
OF railroad and station officials to
accord special courtesies and assist
ance to invalids who make advance
arrangements, it came as q surprise
to many persons to learn through
the Timko incident that no special
plan existed for aiding wounded
veterans arriving at the station un-
announced. Now that attention has
been directed to this problem, why
not extend the announcer system
to include all disabled persons.
whether veterans or not? Civilians
could be advised to seek the aid of
station police or. other attendants,
1t is to be hoped that station offi-
cials will give consideration to the
civilian phase of the crippled tray-
eler problem.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
DismontIing the Tree

So often hare stripped the Christmas
tree
OF what surpipes the seasons acct
dent
That nop my fingers almost reperentty
Dctach each foolish little ornament.
This small red horn--it is not beautiful
And yet Its touch Is like the light
cdyeSs
OF childish hands; It seems to chronicle
So many years OF family happiness.
The upper half OF Santa Claus Is here
With snowy turbnn and benignant
smile:
We cherish him for one who held him
depr.
The little brother, lost to US awhile.
Paups bright-uinced angel. Davie's
Bethlehem stdr--
In the old bor tuck them all awap,
Symbols endued NTH almost mystic
pO1cer
OF knocking Gt ths heart on Christ.
mas Day
INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1946-01-04

wage, participates In profits or losses
unoer some such system as that lust
introduced by Eric Johnston, is de-
manded. Demanded is that the exist
ing system OF fixing wages shall be
abandoned, and that rich, highly cap
ltallzed and efficient members of in
dustries shall pay on principle a higher
price for labor than others.
This Is break with all previous trade
union policy. Unions have worked to-
ward fixing uniform rates or wages for
all members OF an industry. Histor-
lcaliy, they have insisted that IL a pro-
ducer Wants to stay In business he must
meet the going wage, and it has been
considered proper to let those who could
not do SO retire. But they have seen
danger in situation where the more
emclent producer is asked to pay a
niener rate than others. Policy has not
peen to break everybody except the
most eflcient producer. 1t has been to
staoiilze on reasonable averages.
- *#
GM Is doubtless accurate in saying
that the principle enunciated by Mr..
Heuther viii work toward monopoly.
FOR the wage rate of GIN, calculated
on It's particular ability to pay, will pre-
vail with other members of the indus
try, regardless of their ability to nav.
Weaker producers viii be under hard
ship. On principle, OPA grants price
increases to cover costs that cannot
otherwise be met, Weaker producers.
trying to meet an ability to pay wage
level without price increase, will have
to raise the price of cars or produce
worse ears for the same price. in un-
equal competition. GIN, confronted by
higher costs and having to absorb past
profits, will think itself able to do SO
only through absorbing a larger share
OF the industry and the market. Small
er producers viii be priced out.
Why any one should think this will
benefit labor as producer or consumer
In the long run is difficult to see. The
ability of Alfred p. Sloan, jr., GIN chair
man, and his corporation to pay is re-
nected In the fact that he and it nav
more actually and percentually in public
taxation than does Joe Doakes, or weak
er corporations. But Mr.. Sloan must
not pay more for loaf of bread than
Joe Doakes, nor should his corporation
pay more for the services of an Office
boy than Joe Doakes' union must.
though GIN might well share on a
bonus basis.
The issue Is hardly matter OF fact"
but of principle.
tReisassd BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc,
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Getting Ready
BY David Laurence

From Quebec LEvenement-JeurnaI
1t is important to direct young people
toward the calling, the profession or the
activity which suits them best and is
best adapted to their talents and sur
reundings. From now on this directional
work is based scientifically, in view Of
the multiple charges confronting in
dustry and the new discoveries which
alter the economic system of a country
transformed by war. Instruction and
guidance have accordingly become in
dispensable for young people who pro-
pose to play useful role In society and
to serve their country in the best way.
Our soldiers have thoroughly UNDER
stood this, since, before the war was
won. at least 5000 enrolled in CORE
spondence courses and 1000 attended
lectures and talks on readaptation which
experts offered regularly in the camps.
Here are young people who will not
Just fold their arms upon demobiliza-
tion,
Evening star., 1946-01-04

will apply to Washington for long-term
loans which may never be repaid.
A cuFsoKy estimate indicates that, II
the British loan Is granted, the United
States on the basis OF playing no fa-
yerjtes, may have to advance between
SIS 90o, 900 900 and 20DOoy y000 900. This
money would have to come from the
pockets OF the American taxpayers, re-
gaFdiess OF whether they wanted to lend
the money or not.
The suggestion that each individual
country be permitted to appeal to the
American financial market to obtain
the necessary sums appears to the
American legislature to be fairer prop
ositiOn. There Is much money floating
around America these days. Many in
diyiduals and corporations are looking
for good investment.
The loan promoters can put out q
prospectus for their various clients de-
scribing the financial status OF each
foreign applicant. And it would be
up to those American citizens who have
surplus capital to decide whether they
wanted to invest their monies abroad.
Besides the actual investment angle
there are many citizens who are rnoyed
by ideoiogies. They will be able in this
manner to support the ideologies not
only with words and speeches but also
with cash. Those who say truthfully
that we must continue to help Britain,
out OF her present pred1cament-which
Is real, indeed-would be able to trans.
late their preachings into deeds by SUBJ
seribing voluntarily to a British loan
on the open market.
~
The same applies to Russia. Those
Americans who say the fate of the world
depends on the closest possible political
and economic cooperation with the
U. 3. s. r. can prove their contention
by subscribing in full to a loan to
Russia. So could the friends of all
other countries which are expected to
send representatives to Washington to
negotiate important loans within the
next II months.
The legislators who intend to fight
the granting of loans from the United
States Treasury maintain that there
is no reason to burden the taxpayers
with loans which they may not desire
TO make. Those who have the money
to spare and are convinced that they
either are making good investment or
are willing to make financial sacrifice
TO support their political or theological
views would be able to do so by putting
their dollars in the bonds of their ia
Vofite foreign nation.
Evening star., 1946-01-04
Texas Exhibition

Not Texans only will be interested
In the exhibition of rare books,
manuscripts, maps, drawings and
photographs relating to the Lone
Star State now on display at the
Library Of Congress. The centenary
of the admission of the largest of
all the federated commonwealths
to the Union supplies the occasion
for the show, but it is five hundred
years rather than merely ten brief
decades of American history and
culture that are represented in the
material made available for public
inspection.
Many different influences are
manifest throughout. Several dis
tinct Indian periods had developed
and disappeared before the first
Europeans landed on the Gulf coast
in 1928. These pioneer Spaniards
were the survivors of an expedition
which had come to grief by ship
wreck. How they wandered across
Texas to Sinaloa in Mexico is told
in the Relation" of Mvar Nunez
Cabeza de Vaca - the earliest
printed volume OF Texan signifi-
canoe, published at Valladolid in
1855. A copy of this work is among
the most important Of the Library's
treasures exhibited.
Francisco Lopez de Gomara's
Historic General de las Indias,"
produced at Antwerp In 1854, like
wise Is displayed. It contains the
fascinating chronicle of Coronado's
quest for the seven cities Of Cibola,
never found. The effort of the
French to establish a colony at
Lavaca Bay and the resultant enter
prise of Spain to a similar and more
successful purpose are described in
Henri Joutefs Journal Historique, .
Paris. 17l3, and eiguenzay dongora's s
''Trofeo de Ia Justicia Espanola,' y
Mexico, 1891, respectively. Had La
Sale been fortunate, the whole
course of events west OF the
Mississippi certainly would have