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buster rests and the bills to which
they have given lip service have had
to be withdrawn.
The story may be different during
the coming Eightieth Congress. For
one thing, lynchings have become
too numerous. AS said on Sunday
Iby DR.. Joseph L. Johnson Of the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare, 80 Negroes died by lynching
within one year after our victory
over fascism."
There is little question that many
Negroes in the North gave the Re-
publican candidates their votes on
November 5. And there is little
question that their leaders, at least,
are determined to obtain payment
for these votes before l948 rolls
around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19

caused the inde- Doris Fieeson.
cision. Mr.. Truman naturally in
clined to the Krug side but Mr.
Clark. apparently relying on his own
Solicitor General, George Washing
ton, pleaded for a yield and then
bargain" policy. Verbally, Mr.. Clark
upheld Mr.. Lewis contention that
the contract could be re-opened. In
the end and reluctantly he SUBJ
mitted formal opinion along the
legal lines formulated by Messrs
Gardner and Clifford.
On the Sidelines.
On the sidelines during the three
way parleys-Messrs. Krug and
Gardner, Truman and Clifford
Clark and Westinghouse Re-
conversion Director John r. Steel
man. who has been hitherto advising
the President on labor matters. Mr.
Steelman's old friendship with Mr.
Lewis has received q good deal oil
airing lately. nor has publicity or
his acts in reconversion been i'm
pressive. In any case he was not
called in.
Secretary OF Labor Schwellenbacf
got what Is known in the venaculal
here as the Fanny Perkins treat
ment. He was by-passed completed,
and there is evidence that after the
decision was reached last week ent
he was not informed Of 1t. (Mis,
Perkins friends aren't bitter; they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19

Georgia. Only through such men
viii Georgia, or any other State,
learn to hate them and to appre-
ciate the men who stand against
such things.
Note to Southerners: Please note
that I did not use the capital ~" in
spelling "damyankees" in an earlier
paragraph. ] still know where my
blood came from, so just save your
postage stamps and don't write
that ! am traitor. I don't believe
I am.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19

Bnbo MiSSiSSip-
PTS missing link,
from taking his
seat In the new
Congress.
I, for one, was
eq u a lily dis
tressed to hear
that a recent
meeting of the
Colunbians in
Att ia was
broken up by
the throwing Of
a tear gas bomb
through an open
window of the
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House h oil e Is
President Tru-
mans personal
counsel, CLARK
Clifford. From
the start Mr..
Clifford told Mr..
Truman tn a t
M essrs. Krug
and G ar d n e r
were right and
stood with them
during the days
Of indie cision
which followed.
Attorney Gen.
eral Tom Clark
oos.raA to- .a
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to
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McLer,nore
Suggests BiIbo
Stuy il Senote
BY Henry McLemors

NEW York;, for one, was dis
tressed to read that the Republican
steering committee was considering
an attempt to prevent Senator
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meulDeFS Oh the
S e nate Cam
paign Investiga-
ting Committee,
where the battle
to bounce Bilbo
from the club
will begin. They
are in position
to put the en-
phasis, not on
charges t h a t
Bilbo a accepted
improper CAM
paign contribu-
lions - which
would reduce the
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LoweH Melletf
On the Other Hand
Says Negroes to Demand Paymen,
For Votes They Cast November S

The Republican Party out to reclaim ly-
vote which they inherited long Abraham
lost In recent to Mr. and Mrs Roosevelt Repub-
can Senators planning to bar Theodore Bbo
Senate.
They have put their strategy in the hands Bridges
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Doris Fleeson
Battle Against Lewis
Krug Lines Up Legal Brains in Fight
To Out Tough Tough Coal Leader

The man whose decision to utough tough
being put TO the test Secretary
hef baby Of the cabinet Mr. Krug will Saturday
before the court hearing his requested injunction
Secretary Krug relying the legal
clerk TO the late Chief Justice Stone Warner Gardner
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UI NSW IIHItiEySIII6 dIlu IdCkEu-
looper of Iowa and the strategy is
bound to be, good. Both men are
forcefU and keen and they are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-14
Speedy House Action
On D. {. SIum Areas
Pledged 10 Delegation

A citizens delegation today was
informed by Chairman McGehee of
the Judiciary Subcommittee Of the
House District Committee there
would be speedy action on the Dis
tricts slum clearance and develop
ment bill. - ~. - =
Hearings will start at 10 am.
next Thursday, he said.
II hardly think they will last
more than few days." the Missis-
sippi Representative explained.
The committee. appointed by the
Citizens Council on Community
Planning, with which SO local or
CARNATIONS are affiliated, consisted
of the Rev. Francis McPeek. Charles
T. Penn, president of the Washing
ton Building Congress: Miss Harlean
James, executive secretary of the
Committee of 100 on the Federal
City, and C. F. Preller, president of
the Washington Building Trades
and Construction Council.
In a statement issued after the
meeting in Mr.. McGehee's Office,
the committee said the Representa-
tive told them he was largely salts
fed with the bill but that he wanted
to make sure private enterprise was
protected.
I'm not going to have any left
wingers coming up here and telling
me what to do" the committees
statement quoted him as saying.
The statement then explained Mr..
McGehee was told 'the protection
of private enterprise has been amply
assured in the bill and that home
building and real estate interests
have given their approval"
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Assembly 10 Receive
Arlington S Charter
Measure Today
By Alex R. Preston
Stor SfoH Correspondent

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 14.-Ar-
lington's charter bill to permit resi-
dents of the county to vote on be-
coming a city under a plan of gov
eminent already prepared by a local
charter commission, is scheduled
to be introduced in the General
Assembly today.
Senator William D. Medley and
Delegates George Damn and j.
Maynard Magruder said the pro-
posed city charter will be intro
duced in the House of Delegates
this afternoon after the required
two copies have been turned over
to them by the Division of Statu-
tory Research and Drafting.
The division, which prepares
nearly all bills and resolutions be-
fore introduction, checks the legality
and constitutionality of measures
as routine duty. No changes have
been made in the form of govern
ment proposed by the charter COM
mission, headed by Commonwealth
Attorney Lawrence w. Douglas, the
Arlington delegation said, except
some minor technical phrasing sug-
gested by the drafting division. The
provisions for referenda for adop-
ton or rejection of the city plan, tc
determine the method of naming
the school board and whether the
proposed city council shall con.
tain five or seven members are re.
tanned as submitted.
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OK.
.30O-Ft. Tower for
.Bamberger IeIeyision

The Commissioners today ap-
proved the application of Bam-
berger Broadcasting Services, Inc,
for a 300-foot television transmit
ter tower at Fortieth and Brandy
wine street NV. Under the law the
Commissioners have to pass on the
height of such towers. Previously,
the application was approved as to
height and location by the Board of
zoning Adjustment, after almost a
years efforts by the applicants.
Action followed a conference sew
eral days ago with opponents of the
proposal-property owners around
the proposed site.
The Bamberger firm, along with
five other applicants, is awaiting
decision of the Federal Communica-
tons Commission, alloting four tele-
vision frequencies to Washington.
FEC rules provide that television
towers serving Metropolitan Area
should be minimum of 500 feet
above the average altitude of the
area served. Altitude of the pro-
posed Bamberger site is slightly
more than 400 feet, as compared
with a 200-foot average for Wash
ington as whole. The 300-foot
tower will thus enable the corpora
ton to meet the FEC minimum.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission at its last
meeting recommended that the Com
missioners approve tower heights
which the FEC considers necessary
for good service but 70 higher.
The Bamberger firm was repre-
scented before the Zoning Board,
the Commissioners and the FEC
by Attorney Harry S. Wender.
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United Adds Fourth Flight
To D. C.-Chicaqo Schedule

United Airlines will bring its daily
service between Washington and
Chicago to four round trips daily
with addition of another flight
Saturday. it was announced today
by o. c. Enge, traffic manager here
for the airline. The new flight will
depart at $40 pm.
United Plans the addition soon
OF two four-engine planes with a
seating capacity of 40 each, to more
than double its traffic in and out OF
Washington. A further increase in
space will result from termination
4of the Federal program to bring
home Pacific veterans by reseryjng
10 per cent of seats on eastbound
planes.
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Police Official Warns Motorists
With Miniature Tombstones

never been used in traffic branches
in any other city. His opinion was
shared by several court officials, in
GLIDING Judge Ellen K. Raedy, re-
Gently chosen by the Municipal
Court judges to examine Cleveland's
traffic system and who is consid-
cred an authority on traffic regu-
lations.
Typical of the verses inscribed on
the tombstones are these two:
At 80 miles
Drove Eddie Shawn,
The motor stopped
But Eddie kept on.
Beneath this stone
Sleeps William Raines.
Ice on the hill
He had no chains.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Robert Wise. in charge of the Mu-
nicipal Court office, said he was very
enthusiastic about the tombstones.
Hundreds of motorists see them
daily and are reminded to be care
full. They realize that If they are
not they may end up under full
sized tombstone"
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Veterans Housing
Group 10 Meet

The Commissioners Emergency
Committee on Veterans Housing,
under the Craftsmanship of A. Jul
liam Brylawski. will hold its first or
ganizational meeting at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow in room 760. Earle Build
ing.
Mr.. Brylawksi announced all in
vitations to serve on the committee
have been accepted and the meeting
tomorrow will be devoted to discuss
sion of program and policies for
future activities. It is expected that
the Commissioners will be present.
Recent action of the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee in re-
moving provision in the Patman
pill authorizing ceiling prices on
existing homes has been criticized
BY the American Veterans of World
War II.
In letter to Wilson w. WYATT
national housing administrator
Frank D. Scriven, executive secre-
tary of the veterans organization
said that unless price ceilings are
extended to include existing homes
Imitation will continue to result
with shortages being as critical as
they are in housing"
The veterans official added:
We hope the Presidents approval
OF your entire program will give
weight to reconsideration of this
particular provision Of the Patman
BILL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-14
zoning Board Ruling
On Nursery Awaited
After New Hearing

Mrs. Ethel E. Bonbrest today
awaited decision OF the Board OF
zoning Adjustment on whether she
can continue to operate a nursery
school at 1901 Fprty-fourth place
Sc.
An earlier decision of the board
allows her to operate with a max
imum Of 40 children but citizens
of Bradbury Heights, who opposed
the granting of the permit several
weeks ago, returned to demand yes
terday'S rehearing on the ground
OF new evidence.
The new evidence, board menu
Der disclosed previously, related to
operation Of the nursery school by
Mrs. Bonbrest at liza Branch ave-
nue. Sc. prior to purchasing the
house on Forty-fourth place.
Pictured as Asset"
Mrs. Bonbrest and her attorney
Donald S. Caruthers, presented wit
nesses and affidavits that the school
on Branch avenue was efficiently
run and an asset to the neighbor-
hood.
However, one witness, Mrs. L. M
Mullens, of 1142 Branch avenue
testified for Joshua Lyman, attor-
ney for the opponents. that the
school was noisy. Mr.. Lyman said
if Mrs. Bonbrest is permitted to
operate in a restricted neighbor-
hood, ANY one can get a station
wagon and a few gallons of milk
and set up similar establishment
Mr.. Caruthers said the opposition
to Mrs. Bonbrest was organized by
several members" of the Bradbury
Heights Citizens Association. He
indicated it did not necessarily
reflect the opinion of the entire area
and that some of the names on the
petition of protest had been told a
change in coming was proposed
rather than making the proposed
exception for his client.
Other Cases Postponed.
Mrs. Bonbrest said she had con-
sidered withdrawing from the area
when she found people in Bradbury
Heights were narrow enough to
consider nursery a nuisance" She
told the board she was moving from
Branch avenue to bigger house
and had been urged by the parents
of the children in her school to con-
tinue the fight. She said she had
bought the house on Forty fourth
place on the strength of the boards
previous action and needed the
school to help pay for it.
Because Of the large number of
witnesses and the lengthy testimony
Chairman Theodore I. Coe post
poned the rest of the 18-case docket
until Tuesday. Many of the persons
in the other cases sat through the
entire session hoping to be heard
Opponents of Mrs. Bonbrest tes-
titled that the introduction of the
school would lower property values
in the area. They included Frank p
Randolph, president Of the Brad
bury Heights Citizens Association;
Andrew Crawford, vice president
and Mrs. Samuel Peake, president
of the Parent-Teacher Association
Of the Adelaide Davis School.
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Writ 10 Bar Razinq
Of Building Refused

Lewis Frank, operator of res
taurant at 1921 II street NV, today
lost his fight in District Court to
prevent the restaurant building or
a part of building next door being
torn down to make room for a new
building, when Justice Alexander
Holtzoff denied a temporary injunc-
ton against Jerry Maiatico, builder.
Argument against the prelimi-
nary injunction was made by Mr..
Maiatico's attorney, George p.
Lemm. A temporary restraining
order entered previously against Mr..
Maiatico is due to expire tomorrow.
Mr.. Franks attorney, Mark p.
Friedlander, said he will seek ac-
ton in Municipal Court to prevent
the building being torn down, pend
ing action on possession suit.
The restaurant and an adjoining
building are on a site on which q
12-story Office building is to be
erected. An RFC loan of 81 $50, 900
has been approved. The building is
to be rented to the RFC. it was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-14
By Jerry O'Leory, Jr.

This is st. Valentines, Day when
grouchy bosses rip open the morn
ing mail and find illustrated dog
gerel addressed to some unknown
soul named "Horseface."
Anxious to conform to custom, the
writer-who also is blessed with a
boss-sought vainly in a number of
stores to buy at least one comic
Valentine and found only sweetness
and light, literally garnished with
lace.
Everybody noted the trend. Comic
valentines for "Puddinhead" and
"Brd-legs" were harder to find than
whiskers on a fish. They had all
been bought up. Reactionaries were
aghast.zs
One store, undoubtedly managed
by man who has never been scold-
ed, had a plethora Of be-hearted
valentines for parents and ones
darling husband or ever-loving wife.
There had been comics. All sold, he
said. It was the same story in most
of .othe other downtown emporiums.
During the war, shop managers
agreed people were too taken up
with the serious things to insult one
another-without fear of legal
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lretribution-with comic valentines.
Shopkeepers, moreover, sturdily
maintain that boy still loves girl.
A quick visit to the domains of
City Postmaster Vincent C. Burke
confirmed the assertion. On Mon
day, Rover-harried carriers de-
livered 2,183,0 900 letters to Washing
tonians, according to postal authori-
ties, heck of a lot more mail than
the Nations Capital gets every day
in the week.
A downtown store chief of staff
said that his clerks had sold more
than $500 worth of "Roses are red,
violets are blue" valentines to calf
eyed citizens, male and female, in
the past week.
Experts disagree on the question
whether people yearn more to mail
things to one another on Christmas
than they do on Easter, or whether
they post sweet nothings more on
Valentine Day than they do on either
OF the aforementioned.
Tradition tells US that the first
Valentine Day happened in the year
207 AID, when a certain prisoner
named Valentine-who later became
a saint-whiled away the idle hours
sending messages to his jailer's
daughter.
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Nine miniature tombstones, with
epitaphs cautioning motorists to
drive carefully, now adorn desks
in the corporation counsel's Office
at Municipal Court and the terse
warnings are seen by hundreds of
drivers daily.
Made of wood and measuring
about 2 inches wide by 3 inches
high, the tombstones were made
in the Office of Inspector Milton
D. "Chinny3 Smith after his sug-
gestion for them was accepted by
E. S. Waller, a clerk in the corpora
ton counsels Office.
at was just a brainstorm of
mine," Inspector Smith commented
when I was giving road tests way
back in 1916, I had an old card
board tombstone on my desk, and
flock of verses written by some
body, I don't know who. I was
having lunch with Mr.. Waller about
three months ago and the idea
came up. The tombstones and the
verses followed"
Inspector Smith said that as far
as he knew, such reminders have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-14
Alfred ContweII to Head
Red Cross Safety Work

American Red Cross headquarters
here yesterday announced the APP
pointment of Alfred w. Cantwell of
Fails Church, Va, as administrator
|of its First Aid, Water Safety and
Accident Prevention Service. He
succeeds Harold r. Elbows, who re-
tired January after Is years
service.
Mr.. Cantwell, who has completed
more than 20 years of service in
this type of work. came to Washing
ton in 1889 from st. Louis. where
he directed first aid and life saving
activities in the Red Cross Midwest
fern area. He served as assistant ma
tional director until 1943, when he
was named assistant national adj
ministrator Of the service which had
then been expanded to include acct
| dent prevention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-14
Score Slightly Injured
As Streefcars Collide

More than a score of passengers
were slightly injured, police re-
ported, when two streetcars collided
on U street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets NV. last night,
Fourteen persons were treated fof
bruises and =. examined at Freed
mems Hospital.
Five were given first-aid treat
ment at Emergency Hospital and
three were treated by private ply
sicians. ALI were released. OPP
orators of the trolleys were listed
by police as James H. Porter, 80
of 425 d street Sc. and Mark B
Thrailkille, 80, Of 642 Seventh
street NV.
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.HeariingIsCdIIed
February Is on
U. 5. Pay Raise
Jackson Will Head
Committee During
Absence Of Randolph
By Joseph Young

House Civil Service Committee
hearings on the Federal pay bill
will get under way February Is
under the Craftsmanship Of Repre-
sentative Jackson. Democrat, of
Washington.
This was announced today by
Chairman Randolph Of the COM
mittee following a meeting of the
group to arrange final details on
holding the session.
Mr.. Randolph will leave this week
end for two to three week inquiry
for the House Roads Committee and
chose Mr.. Jackson to conduct the
hearings.
+ Mr.. Jackson, co-sponsor Of last
July's pay act which gave Govern
ment workers an overall l5.9 per
cent wage increase, was chairman of
the House subcommittee which held
hearings on that measure last
spring.
1t is recalled that under his
Craftsmanship the committee report
ed out a bill much more favorable
than that reported by the Senate
Civil Service Committee. Federal
employees groups hope that history
will repeat itself this time. The
current Senate-passed bill calls for
II per cent wage boosts for Federal
workers and union groups here are
hoping that the House will pass a
more generous measure.
MIR. Jackson is understood to be
favorable to fat Is per cent wage
increase for Federal employees. He
expects to have speedy hearings on
the measure for early passage 1t
is expected that the entire hearings
will not take more than four days.
Mr.. Jackson plans to hear one
representative from each of the
Federal employees union groups, In
addition to officials from the Civil
Service Commission and key Gov
eminent departments, such as the
War and Navy.
Following completion of the hear
ings the committee will study the
testimony during the next week
and will meet again the week OF
March II to take final action on
the measure, Mr.. jackson said.