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Evening star., 1946-09-06
HARRY Bridges Seeks
Hawaii Sugar Strike
Aid From Caribbean
BY the Associated Prsss

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. s.-Ths
New Orleans Item said yesterda,
in a copyrighted story that Harry
Bridges. the West Coast union labor
leader, is in New Orleans to line ur
a strike of longshore workers In
Cuba and Puerto Rico.
If his plans materialize, the item
said, the United States will be vir.
tually isolated from offshore sugar
producing countries.
Mr.. Bridges conferred here yes
terday with Caribbean labor lead.
ers on strike now In effect In
Honolulu.
'The Hawaiian boys are out" Mr.
Bridges said. They are not ship.
ping the sugar. And our purpose
is to bring In with them the long.
shoremen from Cuba and Puerto
Rico
with Hawaii the three are tn,
largest sugar exporters in the world.
Mr.. Bridges, president OF the CIO.
afhliated International Longshore.
men and Warehousemen's Union
said further:
Our whole idea is to get tn,
boys on the docks more closely
together"
1T isn't that we are trying Il
deprive this country of its sugar,
Mr.. Bridges added. I'VE are only
trying to equalize the wage for oul
workers"
He did not give the wage dema nds
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Parley Fails 10 Settle
Pittsburgh Power Dispute
BY the Asssciotsd Press

PITTSBURGH, Sept. s,-Negoti-
ators and mediators gathered to-
day for new round Of conferences
on the Pittsburgh areas threatened
power strike in 4 pessimistic At
mosphere.
Last nights session ended after
midnight with George L. Mueller
president Of the independent Union
OF Duquesne Light Co. employees, de-
cIaring:
Everything is just as before. The
company wants master arbitration
that is, arbitration of all matters
but they say a master contract for
all afiliated companies q union
demand) would be illegal. That
doesn't make sense"
Mayor David L. Lawrence. acting
as mediator in the dispute, said:
''1'hey tthe union and company
are not any closer together than
when they started meeting in Joint
conferences yesterday afternoon"
Yesterday Afternoon the union and
company representatives were to-
gether for the first time since Fri
day and Mayor Lawrence was in
an optimistic mood. He said then
arbitration still was possibility
although earlier in the day the union
had fatty rejected q company pro-
posal to submit the controversy to
either arbitration or , fact-flnding
board.
The union demands 20 per cent
wage increases, q profit-sharing
plan, q master contract and many
other points. The company has said
union demands would cost $22, ,5O0,-
600 year.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Henry w. Pike Dies:
Lived Here 81 Yeors

Henry W. Pike, 90, foreman Of the
shipping platform ct the John Il.
wilkins CO., Warrington whole-
saler, died yesterday ct the Homeo-
pathic Hospital after an Illness sof
several weeks.
A native Of Wichita, Kans., Mr..
Pike was Z resident Of the District
for 50 years and was IN employe 'of
the wilkins company for more than
as years. He was . Mason, member
Of the Hiram Lodge. He lived ct
320l Twelfth street NE.
Mr.. Pike Is survived By his widow,
Mrs. Leslie =. Pike: . son, William:
. daughter. Mrs. Marion p. samp-
son, and two sisters, Miss Evelyn 8.
Pike and Miss Frances r. Pike.
Funeral services win NJ held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Lee funeral
home, Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue NE 1triai wil1 Be
In Cedar mn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
West Virginia Black Market
Offers Sugar at 40 Cents
BY the Associated Press

HUNTINGTON, w. Va. Sept. g.
Existence of sugar black market.
prices being 20 to 40 cents a pound
with promises of ''five-minute de-
livery was disclosed today by the
area Price Control Board.
The board refused to discuss tbs
investigation other than to report
1t had been completed and the in
formation forwarded to the Once
of Price Administration Enforce
ment Division.
The report said the illicit deal
inss had been investigated by three
OPA agents who found the black
market centered in the city market
area, retail distribution point for
fruits and vegetables. The agents
reported Huntington housewives
buying fruit for canning had been
approached by dealers offering un-
limited supplies of sugar for IS cents
q pound.
Some of the sugar was sold d.
rectly from trucks bearing no identi-
fication beyond license plates. the
complaints said
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Woman Sues U. 5. in Asking
100000 for Injuries

In what was believed to be the
first suit here under the recentlv
passed Federal Tort Claims Act, per
mitting the Government to be sued
without its consent, was brought
yesterday afternoon in District
Court by Miss Deborah Burke, TOO
block Of Princeton place NV, who
asked $100,00 damages for injuries
suffered in q traflc accident last
December.
Filed In Miss Burke's behalf by
Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer. the suit
names as defendants both the
United States and Capital Transit
Co. 1t says Miss Burke suffered q
permanent head injury, cuts and
bruises, when a Government truck
and streetcar on which she was
riding collided at New Jersey avenue
and o streets NV. The truck was
owned by the Procurement Division
OF the Treasury Department, the
suit said.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Atlanta Entrant Holds
Lead Over Field in
Miss America Contest
BY the Associofsd Pres,

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. s.-Janey
Miller of Atlanta. Ga, whose op-
cratic voice thrilled 10000 spec
tators, had commanding lead over
~ other beauty competitors today
In the 1916 Miss America pageant
Tallest of the entrants-5 feet
p inches-Miss Miller became q
double winner last night in pre-
liminary contests designed to elm
mate all but Is girls for final
selection as Miss America" She is
an inch shorter than Bess Myerson,
Miss America in 1945.
Dressed in an off-the- shoulders.
blue marquisette evening gown, the
1S-year-old Miss Atlanta" sang
Vice Doce" from the opera, Tosca,
to win first prize in the talent
division of the second preliminary
Of the pageant.
Shares Bathing Suit Honors.
Miss Miller's victory last night
followed her selection Wednesday
night when she shared bathing suit
honors with Eileen Henry of Brook
lyn, Miss New York City"
Rebecca Jane Mccall, 18-year -old
Miss Arkansas" from Blytheville,
took top honors last night in the
bathing suit division. Miss Mccall
is to compete tonight in the talent
division and is scheduled to sing a
popular song. She appeared We'd
nesday night in the evening gown
division
The 4a entries. representing 81
States and II cities, were divided
into groups of is to vie for honors
in the talent, bathing suit and
evening gown divisions. The groups
rotate during three nights of pre-
lininaries with the finals scheduled
for tomorrow night.
Miss Miller is to appear tonight
In the evening gown division.
Wins Talent Prize.
Marguerite McClelland, %, of Mem
phis, Tenn, entered as Miss Louis
lana" appeared last night in the
evening gown division. The Louis
lana State University graduate, who
won the Wednesday night talent
prize, was scheduled to appear to-
night in the bathing suit division.
The winner of the Miss Amer
lea" title is to receive 5000 schol-
arship. The fourteen runners up
and the girl with the most talent
not in the finals are to share SIC, 900
in scholarships.
Evening star., 1946-09-06

was that the port will be estab-
lished as free territory.
Since this is the prevailing view -
Mr.. Winiewicz declared, "the or
ganization and the statute of the
future internationalized territory
y are of paramount Importance. -
He urged closest possible" ties
with Yugoslavia and asserted that
the Italian wave may again sweep
away part of Yugoslavias ethnolog-
ical region"
Let us beware of creating another
danger spot in Europe" he added.
Listen to Byrnes Speech.
Peace conference delegates, despite
their preoccupation with the vital
problems of Trieste and Italian rep
arations, listened intently today to
what Secretary of State Byrnes said
to the German people at Stuttgart.
With Soviet Foreign Minister Mol
otov back at the conference after
flying visits to both Moscow and
Berlin. and Mr.. Byrnes addressing
Germans. on American views toward
the future occupation of Germany
there was growing feeling in Paris
that the Big Four was rolling up its
sleeves In readiness to tackle the
problem Of what to do about beaten
Germany.
But the business still at hand for
peace conference delegates was to
get on with the treaty drafts-and
the more than 300 amendments pro-
posed-which are intended to bring
an official end to the war with de-
feated Bulgaria. Finland, Hungary
Italy and Romania. And one of the
toughest problems was that of Ital-
ian reparations.
De Gasperi Voices Alarm.
Italian Premier Alcide de Casper
issued formal statement last night
from his governments Paris EN-
bassy expressing alarm" at repara-
tions demands exceeding $20, 900 .000.-
600, which he said. were affecting
the value of Italian currency"
"a Foreign Office spokesman
in Rome said earlier that the
$40 600. .000, 900 in claims roughly
approximates Italy's entire ma
tional wealth.
Poland, Yugoslavia and Belgium
were to present their reparations
claims against Italy today.
Yugoslavia's claim of 81 300 600 900
was expected to pose tough decision
for the Italian Economic Commits
sion, although it was far from the
highest claim. Greece yesterday
asked reparations in excess of six
billions.
Belgium claims $l,370,000 for
damages done to civil aviation in
italy at the start of the war and
another S580,0O0 for damages done
in the Belgian Congo. The only
claim thus far approved is Russia's,
for 500 900 900.
Mr.. de Gasperi said the effect these
demands already have had on Italian
currency should provide a clear
indication of what would be the
consequences in the event that these
reparations which up to now have
been only announced should really
be taken into serious consideration. I"
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Conference
Continued From First Page

administered under control of the
United Nations
If some countries are thinking in
terms of barbed-wire frontiers which
can be moved by force to their ad-
vantage, 1t will be a failure Mr..
Mcneil said
Aware Of Imperfections.
Discussing Yugoslav demands for
control of the administrative ma
chinery OF the free territory and
for a major voice in railway and
port facilities, Mr.. Mcneil declared.
IF the statute is so weak that the
independence OF the free territory
be impaired, my government re-
serves the right to review not only
the free-territory agreement but as
sociated subjects"
Turning to Mr.. vishinsky's state
ment yesterday that the Big Four
agreement on venezia Giulia con-
tanned minimum of justice" Mr.
Mcneil declared that Britain hac
never any doubt about the imper.
fections" of the so-called French
line chosen for the Yugoslav-I Ital-
ian frontier.
Mr.. Mcneil declared that Mr.
Vishinsky's statement was lacking
III international spirit and addec
that we just can't shut the dool
ON Italy or any other nation ol
the world"
Mr.. Moiotov was sitting at the
E.conference table for the first time
since his return yesterday from
Moscow, as Mr.. Mcneil spoke us
sharply against building walk
around countries"
Neither the Soviet Union. Great
Britain or any other nation car
shut themselves off from the world.
Mr.. Mcneil said. I'VE must l1avs
an international spirit to acheiv.
! peace"
New Danger Spot Feared.
Poland told the conference tina,
Observation-Disclosures of Trieste might
create another danger spot ir
Europe.
Recalling the downfall of the free
lcities of Danzig and Fiume Gre
ated after World War /. Polish dele
gate Wincenty Winiewicz urged tina,
Trieste be united by closest pos
sible" ties to Yugoslavia to prevent
resurgence of Italian aggression.
Mr.. Winiewicz declared that Dan.
zig must serve as a warning Of what
might happen to Trieste" and saic
the Italian seizure Of the free city
of Fume provides very sad les.
sons from which conclusions may
be drawn
The Polish delegate declared thai
Trieste geographically and eco.
nomically belongs to YuRoslavia. hul
acknowledged that predominant
| opinion Al the peace conference
Evening star., 1946-09-06
NFFE
Continued From First Page.)

complete action on resolutions and
policy without having to hold an
extra session Saturday.
Arbitrary Ceilings Opposed.
The most important issue still
facing the convention is the prob
lem of liberalization of some of the
features of the Civil Service Re-
tirement Act.
The convention Yesterday de-
clared its opposition TO sbitrary
personnel ceilings set up by the
Budget Bureau. emphasizing that
essential Federal agencies should
pe adequately stated to perform
their functions In the public's be-
half Substantial reductions In
Federal personnel have to be made
but it should be done judiciously
and not indiscriminately, the con.
vention held.
Another important policy adopt.
ed by the NFPE was strenuous op.
position TO the use Of military per-
sonnel in civilian positions in the
War and Navy Departments. NFFE
officials regard this practice as .
very serious one, asserting that II
seriously impairs the merit system
Numerous complaints have beer
received from War and Navy De.
partment employees that they are
subjected to administrative abuses
not In accord with the civil service
procedure when their immediate
superiors have been military per.
sonnel. NFFE ofIicjals declared.
Simplified Ratings Urged.
In another action, the delegates
urged that the entire Federal ef-
f1ciency rating system should be
simplified and made far more .equi.
table than it is at present, and calico
for the establishment of mandatory
training courses for Federal of.
ficials who administer efficiency
ratings.
The practice Of attaching riders
TO congressional legislation affect
ing Federal employees was deplored
by the convention, which pointed
out that under such circumstances
fair and sound consideration o1
personnel problems, legislatively, i,
loften impossible.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Veteran Returns 10 Wed
Bride-EIeci He JiIied
~ The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH. Sept. s.-william
Erickson, Z former Marine ieuten-
ant OF Minneapolis, and Dottie Ed
wards. II, OF Pittsburgh. daughter
OF A Navy commander. were mar
ried yesterday after 1 sudden patch
ing up Of the difference which
broke on earlier plans to marry
Tuesday night.
Less than 10 hours before the
scheduled ceremony Tuesday, the
bride said. Mr.. Erickson telephoned
to say "he wasn't going through
with It,"
Mr.. Erickson left the city-desti-
nation unknown-while at the Ed
wards home gifts continued to ar
rive, congratulatory telegrAms were
received and one out-of.town guest
from Cleveland showed up for the
wedding.
Yesterday as Miss Edwards pre-
pared to return sifts. Mr.. Erickson
appeared. TWO hours later. they
were married. They left imme-
Hdiately on 4 honeymoon but their
destt] ation VAS not disclosed.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
COP Congress Members
Named 10 Strategy Board
BY the Asseciatss Press

A 14-man strategy committee to
help in a drive to win control of
Congress was named last night by
Representative Brown of Ohio, di-
rector of the Republican congress
sional campaign.
Mr.. Brown picked seven Senators
and seven House members. He said
he will consult them on general
strategy, speeches, statements and
other matters pertaining to the Ma
ton wide campaign to elect Repub-
hcan candidates to both houses"
The members:
Senator'S Taft of Ohio. Brewster OF
Maine. Wherry of Nebraska, Know
land Of California. Brooks of Illinois
Milhkin of Colorado and Robertson
Of wyoming.
Representatives Martin of Massa
ehusetts. Halleck of Indiana, Arends
Of Illinois, Hope of Kansas, Andre
sen of Minnesota. Hall Of New York
and Hinshaw OF California.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Moves
Continued From First Paeeo

Of Bavaria. Each had brought his
full cahinet~of rs men.
After his speech, Mr.. Byrnes was
the luncheon guest Of 1t. Gen. Luz
cius D. Clay. American deputy mill
tary governor. He will stay in Ger
many probably until Sunday as the
generals guest. The Secretary is
expected to seize the occasion to
take brief rest from his ordeal ut
Paris, but he doubtless win see some
thing Of what is going on in Ger
many at first hand at the same
time.
The minister presidents talked
briefly with the press after Mr.
Byrnes finished speaking. Their re-
action. as might be expected, was ia :
vorable.
Mr.. Byrnes' support of French
claims to the Saar drew the only ex-
preston Of disapproval.
The Byrnes address received ex.
tensive coverage from the German
press. It was broadcast in German
even while he was speaking.
The opera house in which Mr.
Byrnes spoke, one Of the few large
buildings In Stuttgart to escape
heavy damage, swarmed with mill
tary guards both within and with
out. Tanks were drawn up before
the entrance, their guns pointed to-
ward the building.
Inside, the Secretary Of State
faced his audience, which included
nearly 200 German offlcial, from a
fiower-decked platform on which
were two American fiaes and 4 bat
terry OF microphones. Behind him
sat Senators Connally and Vanden-
berg, and Robert Murphy. who has
the rank OF Ambassador as political
adviser to Gen. Clay.
His audience included representa-
tives Of the French and British oc-
cupation forces. Russian officials
had been invited, but they were
conspicuous by their absence.
Mr.. Byrnes was briefly introduced
by Gen. Joseph T. McNarney. His
words were heard In silence rs
cameras ground and flash bulbs
flashed, but the audience applaud
ed warmly ut the end.
Before Mr.. Byrnes and his four
American colleagues walked un-
heralded onto the stage at I o'clock
Stuttgart tine) an Army band
kept early arrivals happy with rem
ditions including 4 medley OF patri-
otic American songs and 4 special
arrangements Of Stormy Weather.
The audience rose to It's feet to
greet Mr.. Byrnes, and stood again
altar his speech for the playing Of
The Star Spanflad Danner.e
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Bridges Tells Coast Paper
He Is Not Seeking Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept.
(Pt-The San Francisco Chronicl,
last night quoted Harry Bridges q
saying in a telephone interview
from New Orleans, Il am not try.
ing to organize strike of docl
workers or sugar workers in Cubs
or Puerto Rico.
II am here comforting with sugar
workers in those islands to get sup.
port for the Hawaiian sugar strike
because all these sugar problems tis
together" the Chronicle quoted Mr.
Bridges as saying.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Pullman
Continued From First Page, /,

conductor is credited with more
than 23S hours work in q month
"hs y paid overtime at pro rata
hourly rates up to 235 hours and
time and Z half in excess Of 235
hours"
Now assume that q Pullman con-
ductor earns 40 credited hours the
same g do the employees who have
heen granted the $4z.zo per month
increase" he continued. I'm that
svent he would receive I 44T.SS IN
crease In pay for the 40 hours
credited a. against 444.40 received
~ the other employees Tor 40
,efedited hours. : 1
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Philadelphia Fire Kills
Two Men; 9 Are Injured
Sy The Assssie,sd P,sss


PHILADELPHIA. Sept. s.--Two
men were burned to death and
nine other persons were injured
early today in 4 fire which insulfed
. four-story apartment building q
half-block west OF Rittenhouse
Square. trapping all 10 occupants
before 1t was discovered.
Firemen wearing gas masks found
William Stokes, 26, and Charles
Krantz, So, burned to death in their
apartment on the third floor where
hremen believed the fire started.
One man leaped from q second
floor window and Was injured. A
fireman, carrying an aged woman
down Z ladder from the third floor,
fell when the ladder slipped, crash
ing into park guard on the ground
All three were hospitalixed. The
guard had just handed to safety
. baby passed to him from q first-
hoor window.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Minisier-Presidents
'0fU.S. Zone W We|come
Address by Byrnes
By The Associated .,ss.

STUTTGART, Sept. e.-Three
Minister Presidents Of the Amer
lean zone states heard Secretary
Of State Byrnes' speech today
and welcomed 1t as zone which
win warm the hearts Of the Ger
man people"
They expressed hope that merger
of the American and British zones
would be completed quickly and that
Germany would not lose the Saar,
as Mr.. Byrnes said was likely.
Or. Wilhelm Hoegner Of Bavaria,
DR.. Reinhold Maier Of Wuertem-
berg-Baden and Or. Karl Geiler Of
Greater Hesse met Allied and Ger
man correspondents after the
speech.
Or. Hoegner said Mr.. Byrnes was
speaking to us not as 4 defeated
nation but Is = friend to whom he
wanted to show the right road
|again."
Or. 0eiler said the most important
point was that concerning the need
for an immediate peace treaty, since
until we see clearly how we stand
We cannot 80 on"
Hepe fer Unification.
DR.. Maier said the German people
would welcome the speech and =
glad to know that American mi :
tary government Is going to stay il
Germany.
The minister presidents expressed
hope the British and American zcne
unification would move the other tx
zones to follow 4 similar plan.
DR.. Hoegner said the British zone
was at least year behind the Amer
lean zone Economically and that
they would do everything to make
the British zone adopt the American
parliamentary system.
On the question OF the Saar valley.
they opposed . plebiscite, ut least at
this time, asserting local selfish
interests would override real and i'm
portant reasons why the Saar should
remain German"
DR.. Maier recalled that 4 plebiscite
in 1885. closely watched by Allied
observers, showed Saarlanders want
! ed to stay with Germany,
Evening star., 1946-09-06
VFW
Continued From First Page.

call a special session of Congress
to decide on the measure.
The proposal to place sole control
of the Nations construction pro-
gram In the hands of National
Housing Administrator Wilson
Wyatt was adopted without opposi-
ton. 1t asked Mr.. wyatt be given
these widespread powers:
!. To order every branch of the
Federal Government, including the
armed forces" to Immediately re-
port the amount of housing ma
terials and equipment they have
on hand and to order sale of any
which in his opinion are not
needed for the immediate national
defense or effective funetioning of
the Government"
2. To control sale or condemna-
ton of any structures erected under
the Lanham Act to be used for
veterans housing and to authorize
those immediately necessary to
relieve the congestion"
LAtCU0S ncDt OOutf0I.
). To determine whether any pub
lie lands can be used for veterans
housing before authorizing tneir
sale b ythe Government for other
uses.
4. To make certain veterans
housing priorities cover adequate
building material.
5. To keep rents on sll HOUSING
units owned by the Government "a,
g minimum and to order that nc
deposits be required.
6. To regulate OPA controls on
necessary materials" and to con.
troll rent ceilings lin any area"
Z. To establish citizens commit
tees in each community, including
veterans. to rule through the MIA
on authorizing any commercial O.
industrial construction to certify
the building will not create ar
unwarranted impact on the home
building program"
g. To control standards OF sd
praisement for veterans homes u
be followed by the Veterans Ad
ministration.
Only One Election Fight.
The election today shows no In
dicstion OF a fight except for tn
third highest post of junior vic
comrnander-wfich also will deter
mine whether a World War II vet
eran will be entrusted with q lniri
ofics.
Louis e. Starr of Portland. Greg
senior vice commander, Is the onl,
nominee for commander in CHIEF
and Ray H. Brannaman of Denve
has no opposition in his move t.
succeed Mr.. Starr. Barring furthe
nominations from the floor, thi
World War l men will step up tn,
ladder according to VFW precedent
Quickly organizing late yesterday
however, World War II delegate
representing Is States nominate,
Herbert E. Nunnery, Mississippi
department commander, for the Nc
3 position. The New Jersey dele
cation proposed a veteran of boil
wars, Capt. John j. Mullin Of At
hntic City; Michigan representa-
tiyes nominated Lyall T. Beggs
vFW Judge advocate general an,
. World War ] veteran of Madison
Wis, and Massachusetts, delegate
put forth two candidates. Franci
K. Carter and T. e. Fitzgerald
War / and II members, respec
saveg' II