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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-03-01

kin 80 stale zelo veliko, da bi
/ ne zrnogla nikoli toliko pA-
cati. Take sole MISC "a delavca,
kot 81 Ii in moi alta, ampak "a
millionaire. Kako sem JAZZ prisel
do teh Sol, ne vem sam in mai
brze tudi ne bonn 4aikoli izvedel,
pa to me ne zanima; sedai bonn
poizkusif civilno zivljenje "a
diva meseca in pridem domov;
kdaj sicer natancno se ne vem,
ampak uparn, de v januarju.
Kakor nitro bonn v USA Te bonn
poklical. Il mi pa pripravi ja-
bolcni strudel, orehoYo potico,
peeeno kokos, ''roast beef" (the
way you make it,, zmeckan
krompir IN seyeda,. kar spada
k celemu kosilu. Pazi ma svoje
in ma atovo zdravie.
Tretjega decembra so well
mojega moza v bolnisnico, Sc
stega decembra pa sem prejela
IL Washingtona brzojavko, da
je moi sin, Ludvik pogresan
skupno S "a drugimi vojaki, XII
so bill ma potu domov IL Alas
ke. T.
Tedaj Sc je vse zru5ilo v me-
nj. Jeklena VOLTA, XII me je
spremljala v vseh mojih potih
je popustila. NADIA, XII sem jo
gojila, je splavala po vodi! -
Danes Sc mi pojavlja misel: Ali
mi je Sc vredno ziveti?! Zakaj
maj Sc zivim?"
Da nisem nikdar v druzbi po-
tozila mojih bolecinah, je bill
pac vzrok "a to. A veckrat mi
je bio stavljeno vprasanje, "a
kaj SO mi lasje popolnoma osi-
veil, vzlic mojim mladim letom,
ker moja navidezno vesela ma
rava nj nikcli pokazala notra-
njih bolecin. .
Danes OBJ 25-letnici mojega
zakonskega zivljenja, ko hi ime-
la obhajati JUBILEE v druzbi 81
ma in hcere - kaj vidim pred
seboj - sin, NADIA in up -- nj
ga! Mixer glasu cd MEGA. Kaj
ga je doletelo? - to vecno ca
kanje, ia negotovost - kako to
boil - ne We nihce drugi, kot
tisti, XII izkusi sam.
Noci brez spanca te vodijo
po puscavi Ia tvojim izgublje-
MIN sinom. v sanjah pa Sc spu-
Seas po vecnih ledenikih, preis-
l
kujes vsak najmanjsi prostor,
da bi kje izsledila NIGGA ali ME-
govo truplo. 70 je muka, XII je
ne bi privossila nobenemu live
mu bitju, Sc mani pa cloveku.
Nisem prevec verjela v sim
'patija, toda danes moran pri-
znati, da nisem prav pojmovala
in sem bila v zmoti, ker oh ta-
KEN udarcu, ii pride dobra be-
seda tvojega prijatelja ali So
rodnika v veliko tolazbo.
Mogoce Sc bo uresnicila vasa
leila, da sc mi vrne sin, "a kar
vsem najlepsa hvala. Ne born
vas imenovala po imenu, ker
vas je proved, Tvoje ime draga
Anica ga moran imenovati, ker
81 bila sama ma TAXI poti in yes
kaj pomenijo take boleeine. Ako
bi mi bilo mogoce, bi Te obiska-
la in bi Sc ustmeno pomenile,
kakor je bill moi namen, toda
start pregovor Sc vedno drzi: -
me delaj racunov brez kremar-
ia"
Torej Sc enkrat vsem hvala
"a tolazbo!
Oh zakljueku pa prosim Pro-
gresivne Slovenke, delajte Sc
nadalje "a sirotne otroke v do
movini, kakor bonn skusala po-
magati tudi JAZZ. Sal v deIu "a
lajsanje trpljenja nasim biz
MIN pozabljamo nase lastne
bolecine in tezave.
Prihodnjo jesen, 20. oktobra
DO obhajal mas krozek st. 3 de-
setletnico, obstanka in takrat
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Bankers. press
and politicians

HOW was insult able to stay in
power as long as he did?
With the help of Chicago's
bankers and his silent partner,
the stock brokerage firm of Hal-
sey, Stuart & Co.; with the COIL
nivance of both the Republican
and Democratic machines of the
city; and last but not least, the
subservient Chicago monopoly
press, which always presented
insult in the best possible light
these forces kept insult going.
When Insults empire tumbled
in 1882, his former friends tenn
porarily retreated. Soon after
wards, however, they began to
work behind the scenes, in the
form of stockholders committees,
bondholders' committees, etc.
BY 1896, the entire affair was
Settled" Under the managership
of the respectable Abner Still
well, the Morgan dominated
Bankers Trust Company of New
York ran Insults Middle West
Utilities Co. through the wringer,
re-organized it, and came cut
owning 568,000 shares of the new
company.
The two giant Chicago banks,
Continental Illinois and First
National, ended up with $780,
900 shares each. Even the
federally- operated RecOnstruc-
ton Finance Corporation took
over 100000 shares, holding
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Utilities
reformed?

DIRECTORS of these five COM
panies are represented on the
boards of the Big Four Chicago
banks: Continental Illinois has
four, Northern Trust three, First
National two, and Harris Trust
one. 1t should also be remember.
ed that on the boards of these
banks sit representatives of large
industrial companies which are
at the same time important Gus.
toners of the utilities.
Today, the utilities-monopolists
try to sell the idea that the days
of insult are gone forever, that
the utilities have reformed. With
righteous gesture, they point
to the Public Utilities Act of
1885, although they spent mil
lions of dollars in trying to pre-
vent passage of this same Act.
The fact is, however, that con-
troll of the utilities is still in the
hands of the old gang. Names
such as Armour, Field, and Avery
dot the directorates. Men who
were involved up to their necks
in insults deals before 1882 are
still in positions of authority.
IN 1929, Edward ]. Doyle was
Vice-President of Commonwealth
Edison, as well as director of
three other insult companies. In
1886, four years after the expos
ure of Insults manipulations,
Doyle hadn't been denoted or dis
charged in the so-called "clean-
up"
On the contrary, he had been
promoted to the presidency, rs
well as being made a director
of Commonwealth Edison. He
still holds these posts at pre-
sent!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

George r. Jones is another sue
cess story. In 1929, he was only
assistant to the president of
Western United Gas. Came the
crash in 1882, and by 1886 he had
been promoted to the presidency.
Solomon A. Smith, president and
director of the Northern Trust
bank, has also been a director OF
Commonwealth Edison since 1929,
with or without insult.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

that though the insults are gon|
from 20 North Wacker DrivI
their spirit fingers on"
SENATOR Hill disclosed thd
when a new national power lobb|
was started in Washington, cal
ing itself the National Associ]
ton of Electric Utilities, til
monopolists looked around tH
country for talent" to head il
They soon turned up with a pres
dent and director in the perso|
of Purcell L. Smith, a director 4
the old insult firm Middle Wed
Corporation, with offices at 4
North Wacker Drive.
Early in 1913, the power mol
opolists needed a hatchet-man 1
do a job on IVA. They locke
no further than the luxuriol|
Chicago suburb of Kenilwort|
and found Edwin Vennard, vic|
president of Middle West Servid
Co., another old insult corporl
ton. In August of 1913, VennaI|
published his Cease Again.
TVA".
The country was still bei1l
Insulated"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Their spirit
fingers on

ILLINOIS public utilities are
tied up closely with the two large
national Morgan holdings, United
Corporation and Commonwealth
& Southern, the corporation that
spearheaded the drive against
IVA. AS one authority puts it:
United Corporation owns
26.7 per cent of United Gas
Improvement, and this in turn
owns 2.8 per cent of Common
wealth & Southern United
Gas Improvement has 1872 per
cent of Midland United Com
pany, of which 1873 per cent is
held by Commonwealth Edi.
son, which indirectly controls
80 percent of Public Service
Company of Northern Illinois.
Speaking from the floor of the
U. S. Senate on June 18 of this
year, Senator Lister Hill warned
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
BY M. MEYER

THE "old gang" is still in
control of Chicago's utilities.
The light, gas, power and
other essential services are still
i'm the tight grasp of the plum
der bund typified by the late
Samuel insult.
Previous articles in this series
showed the tie-up of banking and
industrial capital dominating the
city's financial and industrial
machine.
IN the field of the utilities,
however, another group shows
up prominently. The politicians
were cut in for a juicy slice OF
the take.
Here we will show that it is no
mere coincidence that Chicago's
City Hall is located on LaSaue
Street = the Street of Big Money.
And we will show why it is that
the Republican and Democrat
parties owe their souls to the
Big Four banks of Chicago.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Who owns Chicago?
How the City Hall Gets q Cut
in the Giant Utilities Ho|dUp
them for Charles Dawes bank.

them for Charles Dawes bank.
In Illinois, the insult empire
remained practically untouched,
except that the bankers frightened
the reins. Here the main compa-
MES are still doing business to-
day. They are:
1. Commonwealth Edison.
2. Peoples Gas Light &
Coke.
8. Public Service Company
of Northern Illinois.
4. Illinois Northern Utilities.
5. Western United Gas and
Electric.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

After more than a years work
by accountants, the truth came
out.
In many cases, insult had
faxed large profits; he had con-
spired with his bOOkkeepers to
keep up the Illusion; he had
used company funds for per-
sOnal purposes; many thou
sands of dollars had gone to
politicians as brides.
After these disclosures, one In
sull bankruptcy followed another.
Total losses hit more than $780,
100000.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
insult buys
q Senator

INSULT and his fellow R1d
opolists did not ignore state al
local politics.
Until 1926, Frank L. Smith WI
chairman of the Illinois Col
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
Who owns Chicago?

This is the fourth Of a Sc
ries ON "WhO Gums Cilicdgo?"
Ne1t week Mr.. Meyer will
sho1U hoD Big Money con-.
trolls the city's political ma
chimes.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27

julius Str"icher nset) Hitlers arch Jewbaiterj
From Nazsm he built fortune and established an
immense farm where he lived in luxury while thd
victims of his terror went to concentration camps
Today, Streicher is prisoner trial as crimi
nal. But 100 young Jewish and women rescued
from concentration camps, learning to start l
anew on Strecher's farm. The Joint Distribution ConI
mttee operates the farm training center. Helej
Witkin upper Left of Chicago, field Representative
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-07-27
The insult :
E mPire

CHICAGO monopolists are old
hands at finding front men for
their fortune rebuilding. And they
never found more obedient
servant than Samuel insult.
In less than twenty years, with
little more than a shoestring bat
with the backing of Chicago's
monopolists, insult manipulated
gas and electric companies from
Texas to Maine. Working mostly
with promises and ballyhoo, he
ended up at the head of 273 COM
panies, many of them existing
only in insults dreams.
BY the early 1920's, insult had
succeeded in forming his empire.
Small businessmen, teachers,
doctors, pensioners, and even
few highly-paid workers trans
ferred their life-savings into the
tender hands of insult. Year after
year, his companies showed pa
per profit. The name of insult
seemed to be a guarantee of
sound investment.
n II n
THEN came the dawn.
In 1882, his financial hackers
suddenly withdrew support.
Banks refused to extend any
more loans. insult was caught
with his 273 companies down.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
CITY'S NEW POLICE
DESK IN OPERATION
SS.435 Gamewell Radio
Control Equipment In
stalled In Station

Slightly less than one year after
the Gamewen company was award
ed city contract for the pur-
chase and installation of So, 49,
80 police desk, the equipment went
into operation at IL am. yester-
day.
The desk, as described in the
contract, is constructed of furnl-
lure steel, highly finished, with
two rows Of drawers. On top OF
the desk is an operating cabinet,
equipped with the recording, tele-
phone and signal operating ap-
paratus for the various circuits.
The Gamewell company was
awarded the contract April Is,
1916, when L. T. Garren, at that
time city electrician, reported
that $3,947 Southern Switch and
Signal company bid did not meet
specifications.
Garren has since resigned as
city electrician. He quit in pro
test when the City council failed te
accept his emphatic recommends
Continued on Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
.IND0NESIANS AND
DUTCH NEAR PACT
Negotiations On lndepend'
ence Demands Transfer
red To The Hague

BATAVIA, Java, March 30-P)-
Dutch and Indonesian leaders have
come so close to an agreement on
Indonesian demands for independ-
ence that the negotiations will be
transferred to the Hague, it was an
nounced today.
'Only loose ends remain to be
tied up" one. official said.
Acting Governor-General Hubert
us J. Van Nook, the Netherlands
East Indies, three Indonesian off
Gals, and Sir Archibald Clark Kerr,
special British envoy, will leave
Thursday.
The chief negotiators, including
Premier sultan Sjahrir of the I'M
recognized Irdonesian e pu bl i C,
held their fourth plenary session
this afternoon, discussing report
by a subcommittee assigned to
work out some principal questions.
The formal conferences began
March IS after Sjahrir had formed
broader. cabinet with sweeping
powers to conduct negotiations.
Sir Archibald said Il do not think
I need to return to Java"
Il am now going back to England
for a holiday" he said. '"Taen to
Washington, where 1 expect to as
sumo my duties in the latter part
of May" as new British ambassador
to the United States.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
GREEKS RIOTINC
AS VOTE NEARS
Four Communist Demon
strators Injured When po-
lice Fire Into Crowd

ATHENS, March 30.-U.H-Four
Communist demonstrators were
wounded tonight when police fired
into riotous crowds on the eve OF
Greece's general election. SEIZED
uled to begin tomorrow amid fears
of irregularities and possible
coup to restore the monarchy.
The Leftist-EAM demonstrators
staged pitched battles with police
following a political rally attended
by 10000 and a march through the
streets during which they shouted
1--WE do not want another cccupa-
ton"
Three policemen were wounded
by stones hurled by the demonstra-
tors. They retaliated withr black
jacks, Wounding an estimated 20,
but in two places-Omonia Square
and Socrates street they used
their guns.
The rioting followed mass meet
ings by both the Fam and the
Rightist parties, held in the same
street but separated by a police
block to prevent disorders.
On the eve of the fateful vote
insisted on by blunt-speaking Brit.
ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Be-
vim and opposed by Greek Pre-
mier Themistocles Sophoulis, all
Greek political parties, except
Right-Wing Extremists, and Rus
sia-a threat emerged to the le
gality of the poll.
Tension was higher in Greece
than at any time in recent years
despite the presence of thousands
of heavily armed British troops
with instructions to preserve order
and on-the-scene teams of Anglo
American observers to report OF
the conduct of the balloting.
The threat to the validity Of the
election arose through action of the
state council which suddenly an
nulled the Electoral court" which
must approve the results CT thu
voting.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
U.S.. Appoints
Mediator For
= oal Walkout
:
SchwelIenbach Gives Up
Hope OF Pre- venting
Start OF Strike Monday
CONTRACT EXPIRES
Labor Secretary Expresses
Hope That Shutdown
Will Be Short One !.

WASHINGTON, March 3o.-B-
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach,
giving up hope of preventing a ma
tionwide soft coal strike scheduled
to begin Monday, appointed a
special mediator tonight and ex-
pressed hope the shutdown will be
a short one.
The secretary told a news con-
ference that after talking with
John L. Lewis, United Mine Work
ers president, and the operators he
had concluded that the controversy
could be settled better without
forcing a commitment to extend
the old contract.
Lewis, at a brief news confer
ence, after Schwellenbach's state
ments, said "the situation is I'M
changed"
1.-THE contract expires at mid
night Sunday. The production o.
coal will cease. The miners will
stay at home with their families
and take a rest next week.
No Picketing
"There will be no picketing
Everything will be normal. AL
the mines will be manned witt
maintenance men and miners will
Just wait for a fair deal to be
given to them by the operator!
and a fair contract will be ne
gotiated.
mo matter how long it take!
they will wait long enough to In
sure that that be done"
The coal operators negotiating
committee later issued a state
ment in which they said:
'Mr. Lewis is repeating himself
In a virtual ukase to the industry
and the government, he is demand
ing a blank check that woule
amount to $50 or $50 millions o
dollars yearly for undisclosed use
before he will even discuss his de
mand for wages and hours affect
ing the 100000 workers he repre-
sents.
HE also would force the op
orators under similar conditions
to approve abruptly by contrac
terms which would substitute rul
ings of the Federal Bureau O
Mines over state mining laws, ever
though congress has refused to d.
that very thing.
On Shoulders OF Public
"After gaining these two points
he generously says he will advise
what the rest of his bill will add tt
the cost of producing coal-krow
ing full well that all Of this cost
Continued on Page II; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
Proposed Po1uer Strike
Called off In Virginia
Seattle Wages Broad
War Against Smallpox

SEATTLE, WASH, March 30.
up - A shipment of 125, 200
smallpox vaccine points arriv-
ed today as city officials plan
ned to step up their vaccination
program which already has
reached a rate Of $4,000 persons
a day.
On Monday the city's fire
stations will be manned with
doctors and attendants and eff
forts will be made to reach So
900 vaccinations daily.
Canada has barred all persons
travelling from Seattle to Vic
toria, B. c., by boat who are
unable to show a certificate at
testing they have been treated
within the last year.
The disease has claimed five
lives here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
EWING IS ORDERED
RETURNED TO JAIL
Ju d &c Williams Refuses
Petition For Release Of
Fayetteville Man

FAYETTEVILLE, March 30. -
UR-Wall C. Ewing, Cumberland
county democratic chairman and
business leader, went back to jail
here tonight.
Earlier this afternoon, Judge
Clawson Williams turned thumbs
down" on a habeas corpus pc
tition for Ewing's release. He has
been kept in custody since a cor
oner's jury held him responsible
for the death of his wife on March
IS.
The writ Of habeas corpus was
filed by defense attorneys on the
grounds that Ewing was not served
with any papers requiring him to
be present at the coroner's hear
ing, and that he was given no
opportunity to cross-examine wit
neSSeS.
At the inquest, DR.. Richard H.
Follis of Duke hospital, Durham,
N. c., testlfled tnat an autopsy
showed the death of Mrs. Ewing,
48-year-old Cumberland county So
cialite, was due to an internal
hemorrhage caused by an external
force.
Other witnesses said that Ewing
had beaten his wife frequently
over period Of some two years.
In denying the petition, Judge
Williams said he had reviewed the
testimony, and since no denial was
made Ewing would be held for
Grand Jury action.
Meanwhile, the middle-agsd de-
fendant, a native of Dillon, S. c.,
and former member of the North
Carolina Senate and House, today
resigned as manager of WING,
Fayetteville radio station.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
WILL ARBITRATE
Governor Rescinds Order
Drafting Workers Into
The State Militia

RICHMOND, Va, March 30
R)-The threatened strike of pro-
duction workers of the Virginia
Electric and Power company was
called off late today and Governor
William M Tuck Immediately
rescinded his order drafting its
workers into the State militia with
instructions to maintain service.
Company and union officials
agreed to arbitrate their differ
ences, including retroactive pay,
some 80 hours before the strike
was scheduled to shut down fac1ll-
ties serving some 100000 people
in Virginia, West Virginia ana
North Carolina.
Sign Stipulation
They signed fouu-page type
written stipulation which PROVIDED
among other things that the hour-
ly rate of each employe In the
bargaining unit for the coming
contract year should be increased
by not less than IS cents an hour.
The negotiating committees OF 1he
company and the international
brotherhood of Electrical workers 5
(AFL) also agreed to meet Aplll
9 here to work out an agreement
governing all matters not proVloeo
for in the stipulation. 49,.
Governor Tuck was Immediately
informed of the agreement and ae-
clared ended the emergency winch
he had proclaimed Thursday prior
to issuing his order drafting the
electrical workers into the ota!e
militia in a move to MAINTAIN
service. The workers were us so
missed honorably and returned "
their former status in the unol-
oanized militia which all 11laieS
Is to SIS are classified.
81 am immensely gratltled aho
relieved to learn that the proposes
strike of union employees OF the
VIRGINIA Electric and Power com
INV has been called "off, GOV
ernor Tuck said. II know that sne
two and three-quarters million peo'
nle of this state who woulo hav ~.
fa1+ the disastrous consequences o.
an interruption in the electrlc ST..
p VII upon which they have become
So dependent will be equally L.
lieved. xo,,,o+.nce
md onlv because of the tremendous
,. of my offlce al
g W. involving as they do the
duty to protect the people Oh W.
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31
CUT IN AUTHORITY
OF FORECAST
House Banking Committee
Completes Hearings
On Federal Agency

WASHINGTON, March 3o-P-
The House Banking Committee
wound up its hearings on OPA to-
day with members predicting freely
that the price agency would be
shorn of some powers.
They expressed this opinion IN the
face of assertions from Economic
Stabilizer Chester Bowles and other
administration officials that such
action might make it impossible
to curb initiation.
Bowles told the House Banking
Committee today that if price con-
troll were not continued beyond
June 30, its scheduled expiration
date. It might become impossible
to prevent initiation.
eff uncertainty develops about
the passage of the act or it it is
| frl.J ~, pace Three: Col, a.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-03-31

Naval Reserve training of ottl-
GERS and men in Wilmington is
contingent upon adequate docking
and armory space and facilities
Capt, H. C. Daniels, USN, Charles
ton navy yard, said yesterday.
In a telephone conversation with
1t. Henry C. Bost, Wilmington
Port director, the captain explain
ed that if such facilities were avail
able, the Navy would train Is Of
ficers and 200 men all reserves
here.
The group, Captain Daniels point
ed out, would comprise one dlvi-
sion of men recruited from Norm
Carolina. Additional units. he ex