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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
COlmer Gives Aid
To REA Program

Today many farm wives In South
Mississippi are enjoying convenient
ces that their mothers never
dreamed of having. For them there
are no mor smoky, eye-straining
lamps to be filled. For them many
kitchen tasks have been made easy.
Like their sisters in town, they
can turn their radios to their ia
vorite program and go about their
business while listening to the
further adventures of Johns
Other Wife" or big Sister" or
Bright Horizons" as the case may
be. The kids enjoy the programs
at night, and, of course, the
whole family is interested In the
news. For all the family life has
been made better, nor livable, by
The magic of electricity.
A firm believer and advocate Of
the program to carry electric pow
er to rural people, Congressman
Colmer has actively supported the
REA appropriation bills and has
cooperated fully in the prosecution
of projects In South Mississippi.
itEA projects have been approved
for all OF the sixteen counties in
the Sixth District.
Speaking in behalf of an increase
of 10000, 900 In an REA appropri-
alton, Colmer said:
These are intelligent rural peo-
Pile; they enjoy the benefit of good
schools, churches, and so forth, and
are fairly prosperous; they have
the benefit of transportation In
the form of automobiles. But SIM
ply because they live in the coun-
try they cannot enjoy the benefits
of what we regard as a household
necessity in the towns and cities
In the form of electricity.
"The rural population of Ameri-
ca is the best bulwark that the
country has against the various
'isms' that are bearing down up
on and destroying the democracies
of the world. 1t is incumbent upon
us to make that rural life as at
tractive as possible.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
COLMER OFFERS COUNTY AID
BILL ON FOREST LAND

sos, 1913 .96; while in 1914 the to-
tai net receipts for the fiscal year
was $243 ,036.19. There was also
collected Sal. 484.48 for oil and
gas leases in Mississippi during
1874. If Congressman Colmer's
bill becomes law 1t would increase
the receipts of the counties af-
fected by more than 100 per cent,
except those counties having oil
and gas. Such counties receipts
would be increased several times.
Mr.. Colmer has been working
on such legislation for several
years. and as far back as 1887
sponsored similar legislation
jointly with the late Senator Har-
rison OF Missippi. Senator Cor
don of Oregon Is sponsoring the
companion bill to this measure
In the Senate. The Senator and
Mr.. Colmer are working with the
Department of Agriculture on
this particular legislation and
therefore feel much encouraged
about the enactment of this bill
within the near future.
In the words of a prominent
Agriculture Department official,
Mr.. Colmer has pioneered in this
form of legislation. He was also
largely responsible for writing a
provision in the Lanham Act pro-
viding for payments of substanti-
al amounts to municipalities in
lieu OF taxes where large housing
projects have been constructed.
Mote: Since the above ap-
peared the Department of Agri-
culture has endorsed the Col
mer-Cordon bill and early con-
gressional approval of 1t Is in
prospeet.)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
P.A.C OUT TO TRY TO
R BILL COLMER

House should remain Democratic
in the next Congress, from Con-
servatism to extreme Radicalism:
If this bulwark of old-fash-
toned Americanism should be cap
tured by the Left Wing, radicaiism
would then run flood tide In the
new Congress to be elected In No
vember.
These four Conservative DEM
ocrats are E. e. Cox, Of Georgia;
Howard w. Smith, of Virginia;
william M. Colmer, of Mississippi
and Roger C. Slaughter, Of Mis-
souri,. All are on the CIO-PA(
purge list.
The force, skill and money OF
the Political Action Committee Il
being hurled against this group
whose crime is steadfast adher-
ence to the ancient American ira.
dition against the alien idealogy
of an arrogant and subversivs
radical labor dictatorship.
Every good American shoulc
stand by these Members of thu
House Rules Committee In thil
years primaries and at the poll
in November.
The Rules Committee is the ke!
to the House itself. From thu
origin of the Congress under thu
Constitution it has been given thu
power to determine which bill
shall be given the preference o.
consideration from among thu
many thousands of measures In
troduced at each session.
The Rules Committee stands TO
orderly government. 1t protect
the House against pressure group
that might otherwise prove to b.
too strong to be resisted.
Once captured by VIM
radicalism. 1t would become tn
master OF the House and the die,
tator of the nation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
From Jackson Daily News, April
Is. 1945)

rs. 1945)
Congressman VIM. NJ. Colmer
Miss has introduced q bill In
the House to authorize annual
payments to the states for the
benefit of their local political
subdivisions based on the fair
value of the National Forest
lands located therein.
Under existing law the counties
receive Is per cent Of the ben
efits resulting from the sale of
natural resources, such as timb-
er and other income. including
gas and mineral rights from the
lands owned by the Federal gov
eminent within the boundaries
of the counties.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Col
mer would change the set-up and
would provide a flat $50 per an
mum payment of the fair value
of the National Forest lands as
determined and certified by the
Secretary of Agriculture, except
In cases of income from gas and
minerals when the counties would
receive 37k% thereof.
The Secretary of Agriculture
must value Or appraise the lands
within three years from the en-
actment of this legislation; but,
pending that. provision Is made
for the payment as now provided
by law.
The total acreage OF National
Forest lands In Mississippi is l.
O03. ais acres. for which the Fed
eral Government paid $s,5s7,-
$500. The net receipts collect
ed In Mississippi In 1913 was
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
(By George Rothwell Brown, New
York Journal American).
WASHINGTON, May IA, 1916

The Political Action Committees
drive to purge Southern Conserva-
tive Democratic Members of Con-
gress-"Operation Dixie" the
Communist Daily Worker calls it,
is not only heavily financed with
Northern Lefty Wing money, but
1t is being carried out with the
precision of a military offensive.
Its objective Is not merely the
conquest of the Southern Demo
cratic political machines, with a
view to ultimate control of the
next Presidential National Con-
vention, but the domination of le-
gislation in the House of Repre-
sentatives through control of the
powerful Rules Committee.
Conservative Americans In thi:
country probably do not realize
by what a slender margin of safe
ty they have been protected BY
this all-impOrtant Committee from
a devastating riot of Wins
legislation by the present Cong
resS.
The Rules Committee is COM
posed of eight Democrats and foul
Republicans.
For example. the coalition ha!
prevented the Permanent Fail
Employment Practices Bill-most
extreme of all pending Wins
proposals-from coming to a vott
on the floor of the House by
majority in the Committee of ONLY
one.
There are four determined Con.
sentative Democrats on this Com.
mittee, all of whom are marked
for political slaughter, but SO clos
IS the division within the Rule.
Committee that the defeat of an.
one of the four would transfe
control of the Committee, If tn
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
SERGEANT COLMER" BECOMES
CHAIRMAN COLMER"


ASSOCIATED Press, Jan. 81, 1944.)
Twenty-Five years ago, a regi-
mental sergeant shed his puttees
and overseas cap and hopefully
posted q shingle, "Attorney-at-
Law" In the quiet, gulf town of
Pascagoula. Miss.
For his first months work, the
new lawyer collected SIS, and the
going, he will now admit, was
pretty tough,
The name on that shingle-
william Meyers Colmer-today
heads q list of IS men forming the
newest and one Of the most i'm
portant committees of the House.
Sergeant Colmer. of World War
/, is Chairman Colmer, of World
War II. key man Of the House
Committee on Postwar Economic
Policy and Organization.
Six-foot red haired Colmer has
represented Mississippi's sixth and
Gulf Coast district In the five
congressional terms since 1882.
He Is a Mississippi product-i0O
per cent-in birth, schooling. law
and q great love for Mississippi
sausage 49,.
Born at Moss Point in Jackson
county, Colmer studied at Millsaps
College. taught school at Lumber
ton, Mass, high school.
During the Lumberton era, from
1914 until 1917. almost every night
the young principal "read law" In
1917 he passed Mississippi's bar
examination.
The two-year interruption Of
law did not stop the law career
and after the first, postwar strug-
gle. Lawyer Colmer looked ahead.
BY 1921. he was county attorney
for Jackson county; by 1928, dis
trict attorney; in 1892 a member
of Congress.
Mrs. Colmer is the former Miss
Ruth Miner of Lumberton, and
the Colmers have three sons, Will
liam, Jr., a cadet in the Navy
Medical Corps at Nashville, Tenn;
James. apprentice seaman, now In
an officer training course at Jack
son., and Tommy a senior at
Washington's Western High school.
His sons are three. personal rea-
sons. Colmer says. why the postwar
committee plans to see no "hol-
low victory"--international or ma
tional-will follow World War II.
An important figure in the
House with announcement of his
new craftsmanship, Colmer has
been a steadily outstanding Con-
gresham since his first term In
the 73rd Congress.
To take a place on the Rules
committee, which allows its MEM
bers no other committees, Colmer
resigned the three committee as
signments he then was holding.
His resolution to create q COM
mittee for postwar study was In
troduced March 8, 1943.
The new chairman has no illus
ions about the undertaking. In his
speech presenting the new commit
tee. Colmer told the House:
I'm setting up and operating
the machinery Of the peace-time
conversion, there will be none of
the glamour, the patriotic emo
ton and the human thrill that
characterizes the preparation and
execution OF our wal effort"
NH Mind nNUNED
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
REA ALLEGATION

The REA mas allOcated o the
purpose of constructing lines a
total of $3,s78,O 10000 in the Sixth
District. 1890 members are be-
ing served at the present time
and there are lines under con-
struction to extend service to an
additional 1850 people by the con-
construction Of an additional A.
225 miles of line. BY July 1st an
other GAO miles of line to an adj
ditional 270O consumers will be
approved adding to the expendi-
ture by REA of 81, 200. 900.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21
representative Has Served APP
premiership; Can Now Render
Greater Service

The Sixth District of Mississippi
has an investment in Bill Colmer-
years of training and experience.
1t is a well recognized fact that
any Representative, no matter
what his ability or industry, must
serve an apprentice period, a per-
iod of learning the ropes" of
making friendships with his col
leagues, of winning the respect
and confidence of the House Lea
ders. of acquiring seniority on
committees and the prestige that
goes with length of service.
That this must of necessity be
true is apparent when one consid-
ers the makeup of Congress. 1t is
an institution composed of two
bodies-the Senate and the House.
The Senate has SO members and
the House 435, or a total of 531
members, representing every part
of the 48 states of the Union. In
the House, with its large member
ship. representing the varied in
terests of a highly diversified coun-
try, it takes a Member ordinarily,
two terms of two years each to be-
come familiar with the workings
of the Congress and the Govern
ment and to become acquainted
with his colleagues.
Knows His Job
Once a member has served his
apprenticeship, 1t is a well known
fact, recognized by all who are ia
miliar with the workings of Con-
gress that the longer a man is kept
in Congress by his constituency, as
Stunning that he has ability, the
better able he becomes to represent
his people.
This thought was best expressed
by that great Democratic Speaker
of the House a few decades ago,
the Honorable Champ Clark, who
served for IS years in the House of
Representatives and who just mis-
sed being President of the United
States. In a speech entitled, "The
Mixing of a Representative" he
said:
"a man has to learn to be a
Representative just as he must
learn to be a blacksmith, a carpsn-
ter, a farmer, an engineer. q law
yer, or a doctor.
"Poeta naScitur non fit"-a poet
is born, not made-says Horace;
but Congressmen-that Is useful
and influential Congressman-are
made largely by experience and
practice.
Unwise To Change
"It is an unwise performance OF
any district to change Representa-
tives at short intervals. A new
Congressman must begin at the
foot of the class and spell up. OF
course, the more brains, tact, en-
ergy. courage. and industry he has
the quicker he will get up. If he
possesses these qualities, and II his
constituents will keep him In the
House, he is as certain to rise as
the sparks are to fly upward. No
human power can keep him down.
It is only fair and rational to as
sumo that every Representatives
constituents desire to see him a.
mong the topnotchers.
Let us take the present House
and see how long the men who hold
the high places have served =.
you will find. with few exceptions.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

Colmer has served the people Of
Jackson county as County Attorn-
ey, District Attorney and Congress
man. His home-folks have given
him and overwhelming endorse
ment at every opportunity.
Colmer has never received less
than 70R of his home vote.
Colmer's majority has consist
emily increased with each race.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

In order to obtain information on the problems of reonvewon to be passed IN to the vMms leg
mmntes6 the House, teC omer Committee on postwar economic policy heard witnesses
representing business labor agriculture and veterans Among the outstanding witnesses who as
Naed beue the Committee were Bernard Bauh, unofficial advisor to the Committee; Ed ONemM
the Farm Bureau Federation Secretary of State James F. BYnes; Renveson Director Snyder;
Seuetny of the Interior A. Krg Ohn Chairman War Production BoMd); Paul Hoffman, resi-
dent of Stuhhakera and Chmmmo the omheeo Economic Development; d p Cameron of Hat
temrpr ep4seningS Small BUSINESS: General Eisenhowr:m and General Hines at tati inn head of
the Veterans Administration
Chamber of miner and at right with VIM Green, of the American Moderation of labor, on the DC
aston of Tappanceb before the Committee
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-21

Submitted to and approved by
W. M. Colmer.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Man Running for Hat
Hit by Car and Killed; !;
z Hurt in Accidents

Frank Pontorno, rs, of 2s12
Alabama avenue Sc, was killed
shortly before 10 o'clock this
morning when struck by an au-
tomobile at Thirtieth street and
Alabama avenue Sc.
Police said Mr.. Pontorno was pre-
pairing to board q bus neaf the
intersection when, according to wit
nesses, his hat blew OF. The
witnesses said he was hit when he
ran in front Of the bus and into the
street to retrieve 1t.
The car was driven by William S
Ferrall, 80, of Waldorf, Md, who
will appear at a coroner's inquest
according to police.
The death was the 9Th from
traffic causes 50 far this year, COM
pared to 80 at this time in 1945
There was q total of 96 deaths last
year.
Mrs. Betty Wilde, 26. of 1421
Chapin street NV, suffered head
injuries yesterday when she was
struck by an automobile near her
home. Police said the driver was
Elsie Sterzer, IS. Of Bethesda. Mrs
Wilde is in fair condition at Garfield
Hospital.
Richard Herman Green, So, Of SIC
Third street NV. was in fair condi-
tion in Emergency Hospital with
head injuries suffered when he was
struck by a streetcar as he attempted
to cross Pennsylvania avenue at
Eleventh street NV. yesterday. His
injuries had been termed critical by
police Immediately following the
accident.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Action by Baltimore Council
Affects District Expresswoy
RECOMMENDED MARYLAND
PARKWAY CONNECTIONS

A complete reversal in the Balti-
more City Councils attitude toward
the Baltimore Washington park
way, which is to link up with the
East West expressway proposed in
the Districts half-century transpor-
tation improvement program made
public today, threatens to hold up
construction Of the intercity road
link.
Oficials of the Public Roads Com
mission said today they were as
tonished" at the action Of the Bal
timore Council which Monday re-
fused to appropriate $500, 900 as Bal
timore share OF construction money
for the road.
Under present law, if the council
does not@make the funds available
before June 80, 1947, a $1,700, 900 in
Federal aid funds to start work on
trans-city expressway in Baltimore
linking the Baltimore Washington
parkway with U. S. Route 40 to
Philadelphia, will be unused.
Surveys Authorized.
The City Council authorized sur
veys for right Of way for the vital
road link four months ago, it was
learned. Then on Monday 1t re-
fused to back up the authorization
with money.
Private groups who fear demoli-
ton of historic churches and other
Evening star., 1946-12-13
BIowtorch Sets Fire
To Historic BUILDING

Fire started by workman's blow
torch today caused damage estim-
ated at $2,500 to "Elizabeth's De-
light" historic home of James Nc
MILAN Gibson and part of the
Met Cormick- -Goodhart estate, .Clif-
ton Park, near Chillum, Md.
The blowtorch used by painter
working on. the outside Of the 200
year-old three story structure
burned through the wall, Mr.. Glib
son said. Flames ignited the living
room wallpaper, quickly spreading
to furnishings.
Firemen summoned by Mr.. Glib
son from Takoma Park and Silver
Spring laid more than $500 feet of
hose to reach the house, situated
on Carroll avenue extended. Famed
by a stiff wind, the flames also DAM
aged portions of the outside wall OF
all three stories before being
brought under control in about half
an hour.
Mr.. Gibson said the house was
situated on land originally granted
to Lord Baltimore by the English
King. His wife, Mrs. Patience Glib
son, is q daughter Of the late F.
Hamilton Mccormick -Goodhart.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Mrs. William Spilker
Gets Limited Divorce

Justice F.. Dickinson Let's in Dis
trict Court today granted Mrs. Dor
othy r. Spilker, TOO block Of Nine
teenth street NV, a limited divorce
from William j. Spilker on grounds
of mental cruelty. Both are music
teachers and singers, formerly with
the washington Grand Opera Co.
Mrs. Spilker was known under
the professional name Of Dorothy
Remington and Mr.. Spilker as Will
liam webster. The divorce ruling
was made by Justice Let's. The
hearing started last month, but was
postponed while counsel and clients
discussed a property settlement.
Mrs. Spilker brought the original
divorce action, charging her hus-
band with cruelty, and Mr.. Spilker
filed an answer and cross complaint
accusing her of cruelty.
Under the property settlement
agreement, which was expected to
be made an official part of the di-
vorce decree when the formal order
is signed, Mr.. Spilker is to convey
to her any interest he has in a
house in the 170O block of Nine
teenth street NV. Mr.. Spilker
however, is to rent a studio there
for 80 days. Mrs. Spilker is to pay
him $4,750.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
Catholic War Veterans
To Meet on Membership

Twenty State commanders OF the
Catholic War Veterans will meet al
pm. tomorrow at the Mayflower
Hotel in two-day session to discuss
plans for enlarging national men,
bership.
At a meeting last night in the
knights of Columbus Hall, Tenth
and G streets NV, of the District
Chapter, Comdr. Joseph Rogers
U. S. N, complimented the group
on its efforts in organizing six addi-
tiqnal posts in Washington and two
each in Virginia and Maryland in
the last five months.
At the close of the two-day ses-
sion Sunday night the State COM
manders will attend a flag ceremony
at ST. Anthony's Church, Eleventh
and Lawrence streets NE.
Announcement of the 1947 ma
tional convention of the Catholic
War Veterans on June 1921, 1947
was made last night.
Evening star., 1946-12-13
u. n. Workshop Hears Russia
Praised by y. S. State Official

the world, Otis E. Mulliken Of the
State Department said, would be
faced with many obstacles. He said
prevention of discrimination among
nations was not yet established
throughout the world or even in
the United States.
He announced that the Human
Rights Commission of the United
Nations, on which the United States
Is represented by Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, would meet next month.
The gathering, sponsored by the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
tion, was also to be addressed by
DR.. Charles Malik, Minister from
Lebanon and q delegate to the
United Nations Assembly; Judge
Dorothy Kenyon, United States rep
resentative on the United Nations
Commission on the Status Of
Women, and the Right Rev. Angus
Dun. Bishop Of Warrington.
Evening star., 1946-12-13

buildings were largely responsible
for influencing the Council In Its
reversal, Maryland State Roads
Commission Chairman Robert M.
Reindollar told The Star today.
Public Roads Administration Of
flcials said that there would be nc
point In building the Maryland
State section Of the Baltimore
washington parkway from Jessupe
to the Baltimore City line II II
could not be connected up with the
through express route now being
held up by the Council.
They added that there would be
little point in the Federal Govern
ment running a great parkway from
the District line to Jessups If the
delay continued, nor would there
be much point In building the Dis
trict's East-West expressway If II
ended at the District line.
A Key Section.
Thus the Baltimore Councils at
titude affects not just Baltimore
but Washington, Maryland and the
whole Middle Atlantic section, since
the vital Baltimore route would be
a key section of an express route
from Philadelphia through WASH
ington and to the South.
Mr.. Reindollar said he understood
Mayor McKeldin was going to ask
the Council to reconsider Its stand.
Evening star., 1946-12-13

Districts half OF the money, to be
repaid over a period of 20 years
with interest not above per cent.
3. Provide that the Capital Transit
Co. assume the cost Of all track
work except for the paving in con-
nection with the work.
1. Fix limit of $40, 900 900 on tho
project to allow some leeway over
the s35.ooo.ooo suggested by the
engineers.
The proposal represents q change
of viewpoint from the earlier
Greiner-De Leuw reports which
favored subway Of rapid-transit
type.
Denies Program Too Bold.
In a statement analyzing the re-
portss Of the consultants, Capt.
Whitehurst told the Commissioners:
Some may think. if the recon-
mendations presented herein are
approved, that we have been too
bold in meeting the transportation
problems Of today and tomorrow.
On the contrary, we may have un-
derestimated the seriousness Of the
situation.
I'VE have not been near so bold
as others and our plan Is much less
costly than has been advocated.
even In cities OF much smaller size
than Washington.