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Evening star., 1946-03-28
Labor Council Probes
Charge K. & ". Firm
Used Nonunion He|p

The American Federation of La
Dor District Council has launched
an investigation of reports that K.
& w. Construction Co. of Alexan-
dria allegedly used nonunion labor
during the past year.
The Alexandria commissioner of
revenue listed as licensees for the
company j. Fred Kirchner, North
ern Virginia labor inspector, and
Thomas C. Wicker.
Mr.. Kirchner, who brought
charges of assault and battery
against George D. Hardman and
James c. Turner, jr., Alexandria
Central Labor Union officials, said
the company dissolved IL or IS
months ago. He said operators of
the company were o. E. Barnes and
o. S. Mason and that the con-
Germ built only one structure, a
restaurant on Duke street extended.
Both Mr.. Barnes and Mr.. Mason
were involved in the January 7 al
tercation at a Central Labor Union
meeting, which resulted in $400 fines
for Mr.. Hardman and Mr.. Turner
Mr.. Wicker also appeared as prose-
cution witness in the trial that ended
Tuesday in Alexandria Corporation
Court.
Mr.. Hardman confirmed reports
that Carpenters Union Local 1865
had withdrawn Mr.. Barnes and Mr.
Mason as its delegates to the Gen.
trail Labor Union ito avoid any en-
barrassment which might result
from the AFL investigation"
Mr.. Kirchner also is business agent
for local B699, International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers whose
members are scheduled to strike
Monday if a dispute between the
union and the Virginia Electric &
Power Co. is not settled by that time
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Jim Crow Legislation
Defended by Virginia
As Safety Measure
BY the Assoeioted Press

The right of a State to require
segregation of white and Negro
passengers in buses which crossed
State lines was challenged before
the Supreme Court yesterday and
defended as safety measure.
Two Negro attorneys contended
that Virginia Jim Grow" law was a
"capricious application of provincial
nations" and a regulation of an
aspect of interstate commerce which
was beyond State control.
Abram P. Staples, Attorney Gen.
eral of Virginia, replied that the
State law was primarily intended to
avoid racial friction.
Hastie Attacks Law.
Disorders or disturbances sud-
denly breaking out on a rapidly
moving bus are fraught with :
dangerous consequences" he said.
William H. Hastie, recently nomi-
mated for Governor of the Virgin
Islands, declared that Virginias law
was inconsistent with "a national
policy" which was opposed to
racial distinctions" Further, he
said the United States had "recog-
nized by solemn subscription to the
Charter of the United Nations our
duty to eschew racism."
But" said Mr.. Staples, I'VE must
not deceive ourselves by idealistic OF
Wlshful thinking. Virginia, along
with many other States, is con-
fronted with a condition, not q
theory.
Argument on Appeal.
IF this condition could be re-
moved by the passage of law or a
decision Of court, there would be
none to oppose it. But laws cannot
alter human nature or erase racial
antagonisms. Only the Great Master
who created and endowed mankind
with these inf1rmities can eradicate
them. Until that occurs, our Gov
ernment must be based upon the
recognition that they still exist"
The argument was on an appeal
by Irene Morgan, colored, who was
fined $40 because she had refused to
change her seat on request of q
Greyhound bus driver. The bus was
travelling from Norfolk to Baltimore
She was elected from it and was
fined in the Circuit Court of Middle
sex County, Va.
The Virginia Supreme Court, In
upholding the fine, said that the
Virginia law requiring the driver to
segregate passengers was a valid
exercise of the States police power
and did not burden interstate COM
merce.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Propinquity Is Path to Altar,
Everett Advises LoveIorn Girls

community guidance and the right
kind Of chaperones, he explained.
Secretary Prospects Best.
Your chances of finding the altar
in Washington (or any other place.
are better If you're somebody's Sec
retary, Mr.. Everett went on.
Next most popular marrying vo-
cation is the dramatic field. Then
come stenographers, bookkeepers
airplane hostesses, sales clerks and
the like"
Mr.. Everett thought the fact that
nurses, lawyers, teachers and dieti-
clans are least likely to marry proved
that too much learning, like too lit
tie, is dangerous thing.
Girls, don't spend too much time
considering which prospect is the
best bet,'" the speaker urged.
Il knew nice-looking girl a few
years ago who seemed to be search
ing for a combination of Einstein
Jose Iturbi and Gary Cooper. Now
seven years later, she would settle
for Wallace Beery."
Don't waste too much time on
those not ready to take the right
steps, he advised. Size up their as
sets, and if they fall short, drop
them for another. He suggested a
reasonable engagement period.
Other bits of wisdom: The belief
that opposites should marry is bunk
and those with something in COM
mon are happier; some girls still
think they can reform alcoholics BY
marrying them and drinking with
them-a false and dangerous con.
cept; women are finding out more
than ever how bossy men can be
since some GIs, returning from long
periods Of being bossed, now want
to give the orders.
The second of four remaining lec-
lures and discussion periods is
scheduled next Wednesday,
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Montgomery
COP Lists Slate
OF Candidates
Rockville Caucus
Names Dr.. Davis
For Stote Senator

A slate of 16 Republican candi-
dates for Montgomery County Offices
was announced last night after a
caucus Of more than 100 precinct
leaders and party workers in the
Rockville Courthouse.
DR.. Roy Tasco Davis formerly head
of the National Park Seminary and
now State Department adviser on
Latin American Affairs, will lead
the ticket as candidate for State
Senator.
Johnson to Seek Reelection.
Brooke Johns, retired Ziegfeld
Follies entertainer, will seek the
county commissionership in the first
district, representing Olney and
Sandy Spring. Walter johnson, in
cumbent, will be a candidate for re-
election in the second district of
Germantown and Clarksburg. Ace
Esworthy is a probable candidate
for the third district of Rockville
and Poolesville, although he has not
definitely accepted the nomination.
In the fourth district of Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Potomac, Wesley
I. Sauter, building contractor, will
be the candidate, and in the fifth
district of Takoma Park and Silver
Spring, there will be a contest be-
tween o. w. Youngblood and M.
Kenneth Macknet.
For the House of Delegates a full
ticket is announced: Mrs. Leona
M. Rush of Colesville, r. Duncan
Clarke of Chevy Chase, John r..
Reeves of Bethesda, Francis Taylor
Of Four Corners, Julian King of
Cedar Grove and Judge H. c. Hefner
OF Takoma Park.
Additional Candidates.
Other county candidates include
Walter Dawson of Rockville, States
attorney; Mrs. Alma T. Opal of
Takoma Park, register OF wills;
Charles C. Squire of Chevy Chase
and Millward Taft of Takoma Park.
orphans court. Candidates for other
county offices will be announced
before April IS.
In his first campaign speech
which followed the caucus, Mr..
Johns said he would put my banjo
in mothballs from now on" and set
tie down to serious campaigning
He said he reserved the right to
compose his own speeches.
The caucus was conducted by F.
Bernard Welsh.
Evening star., 1946-03-28

have been taken. Each of the lock-
ers is capable of holding about 25C
pounds of food and nearly all are
filled.
In Rockingham County, where the
largest cold storage plant east OF
Omaha, Nebr., is situated in Tim
berville, with a capacity Of 2,O00,-
600 pounds, there are two sources
Of power, and the problem could
be met by switching to Rural Elec-
trification Administration lines.
Those areas which have publicly
owned and operated power systems
cannot be affected by a power
shutdown-not even by a SYM
pathy strike-by terms of a new
law enacted by the General As
sembly and which was signed by
Gov. Tuck only yesterday. Mr..
Tuck placed his signature on the
Moncure-Locher bill which black
lists for one year any employe of the
State or any Of its political sub
divisions who strike.
AhC tOoW1 "a MdlldSSdS dllu SOl1lc
rural consumers being served by the
Prince William Electric Co-opera-
tive and other similar groups sup
piled by the REA, will not be af-
fected,s town officials declared.
Retroactive Pay Dispute.
Lucien F. Rye of the United States
Cancellation Service, said the cur
rent strike threat centers solely on
the question Of retroactive pay
increases agreed to by the labor
and management.
In effect, the company has agreed
to retroactive pay amounting to
about $l25 for each of 1900 en-
|ployes affected, he said, but this is
half of the back pay sought by the
union.
The Virginia State Guard has
been alerted throughout the State to
step in II Mr.. Tuck declares an
emergency, although Richmond did
not elaborate on what manner of
intercession would be expected of
the State military units.
Evening star., 1946-03-28

And so they were married and
lived happily ever after-even in
Washington.
It's not that easy, girls, but it can
be done with the correct approach.
The authority is Ray H. Everett
executive secretary of the Social
Hygiene Society, a specialist in the
art of telling people how to run their
private lives.
Mr.. Everett brought a fresh mes
sage of hope to the lovelorn last
night with a sparkling prelude to a
lecture series at Central Branch
YMCA.
In capsule form, what the pro-
lessor OF long and lasting romance
said was this: Girls, you, too, can
be married in Washington by follow
ing few simple instructions. But
the law of supply and demand is
still with us. If you can't get your
man, leave Washington for a town
where the premium on masculine
gender isn't so high.
GO Where Men Are"
For those of courage and daring
who stay, Mr.. Everett offers these
tips:
The best way to land man is to
60 where the men are. Where are
the men? Well, F street is a. good
place to start, Mr.. Everett mused,
and quickly cautioned a tittering fe-
male auditor not to take that too
literally.
TRY athletics and games which
have the participation of both
sexes" he advised. Learn to dance
take trips, do something socially
useful for Others"
A lot of Government girls would
be better off where they came from
Mr.. Everett suggested.
Many girls would be better of
back in their home towns with
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Laundry in Arlington
Is Held Up by Youth

A youthful bandit yesterday held
up the Clarendon Hand Laundry in
the HOO block of North Irving street.
Arlington, about three hours after
ne had "cased" the establishment,
and escaped with approximately $40.
Police said the youth, described
as about Is and wearing light blue
trousers and a tan sport coat, first
entered the laundry at noon. He
left Immediately, explaining, I've
come in the wrong door"
He returned at $3.50 pm. and
thrust note at Lucille Gee, "a, an
employe. The note read, Don't you
holler or I'll shoot" Miss Gee
complied and the bandit took the
money.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Silver Spring Chapter
Names AVG Officers

Donald B. Cook was elected tenn
porary chairman of newly organ
lied chapter of the American Vet
erans' Committee at a meeting last
night at the home of Truman Kee-
sey, % Boston avenue, Silver Spring
Other temporary officers named
are Comdr. A. w. Beale, United
States Maritime Service, vice chair
man; r. N. Levy, secretary, and 1t
Warren Wilhelm, treasurer,
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Even so Cents Will Help Make
Wives Happy, Husbands Told

A marriage adviser has a hint for
young husbands trying to keep
their wives happy on a low salary
in Washington.
Every wife ought to have some
money-even If it's only so cents
or dollar-that she doesn't have
to account for" the Rev. Thomas
M. Steen told a marriage clinic at
the Young Women's Christian As
ISOLATION last night.
The only man in the audience of
200 girls looked at his date" and
stirred uneasily.
DR.. Steen said he pitied the wife
who has to beg for money and
must cook an extra good dinner
before she even dares mention the
subject.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Officials and Po|Iinq
Places in Alexandra
Named for Primary

Election officials and polling places
for the Democratic primary to be
held in Alexandria Tuesday have
been announced by James N. Cola
santo, secretary of the Electoral
Board.
Mr.. Colasanto pointed out this is
the first election in which the new
ward divisions will be observed.
Letters have been sent to all voters
affected by the redistricting, he said.
The present first and second wards
have been virtually incorporated into
the first ward and to avoid con-
fusion, two voting precincts have
been established in the locations
formerly used for the first and Sec
ond wards.
The new second ward now is what
was formerly the upper sixth, and
voters will use the polling place
formerly used by the second precinct
of the sixth ward.
The election is to name the Dem
ocratic candidates for the six ward
City Council seats, the three at
large seats, the city attorney and
the city collector The following
candidates will appear on the ballot.
First ward, Thomas A. Hulflsh
Paul Delaney and Raymond Gala
CHER; second ward, Charles L. Nash
unopposed; third ward, John Ewald
and Ernest L. Mankon; fourth ward
George K. Bender AND R. L. Fox;
fifth ward, Everett A. Hellmuth and
Marshall Beverley; sixth ward, Ed
ward Downey and william Sellers;
at large, Mayor William T. Wilkins,
John A. Logan, John w. Tulloch,
j. c. Crump and Walter Smith. City
Attorney Joseph M. Pancoast and
City Collector C. Page Waller are
unoFposed.
The following officials and polling
places have been announced by Mr..
Colasanto, who said the polls will
open at 5.5l am. and close at
6:32 pm.
First ward, precinct /, Armory
Hall, 200 block South Royal street.
Scott Grimm, chief judge; George H.
Evans and C. c. Batcheller, judges:
G. Raymond Gaines and John T.
Davis, clerks; precinct 2, City Hall.
100 block North Royal street, Rich
ard M. Wright, chief judge; Frank
Brewer and Claude Haines, Judges:
Bernard Fagelson and Homer Bar
rett, clerks.
Second ward, George Mason School
260l Cameron Mills road. John r.
Edgerton, chief Judge; Trice GRAY
atte and Harold c. Hernley, judges;
Ferris Filley and Harris Whalen
clerks.
Third ward, firehouse in 100 block
North Patrick street, ]. Norman
Legg, chief judge; Oliver Stone and
Charles Sherwood, judges; Irene
PancoaSt and Thomas Graham
clerks.
Fourth ward, Friendship Fire
House, 100 block South Alfred street
Clarence F. Dyson, chief Judge: :
Smith Chauncey and Stanley Dreifus,
judges; Harry P. Child and Mar
garet Dreifus, clerks.
Fifth ward, Maury School, Russell
pad, Harry Fedder, chief Judge;
James Armstrong and Franklin P.
Backus, judges; Robert Green and
Thomas Fately, clerks.
Sixth ward, Mount Vernon School
annex, Mount Vernon avenue, Hay
wood Hamilton. chief judge; w. B.
Fulton and w. T. Gary, judges;
Alvin Schreiner and Gertrude E.
johnson, clerks.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Towes Supporters Rally
At Kensinqton Saturday

A rally honoring State Controller
Millard Tawes, who is seeking the
Democratic nomination for Cover.
nor of Maryland, will be held at the
Kensington armory from to pm
Saturday.
Mr.. Tawes will be the principal
speaker at the annual banquet OF
the Cabin John Volunteer Fire De-
partment that night at Cabin John
The rally has been arranged by
Charles c. Jones of Kensington, who
is handling the "Tawes for Cover
nor" campaign in Montgomery
County.
Evening star., 1946-03-28

A 25-year-old New Orleans girl
blind since birth, who was graduated
with honors from Mississippi South
ern College and has taught blind
servicemen how to type, play the
piano and clarinet, will demonstrate
her ability on the piano tonight in a
concert in Gadsby's Tavern, Alex
andria.
The pianist. Winifred Moore, was
brought to Washington by Capt. and
Mrs. L, Leigh London, 1900 Six
teenth street NV, with whom she
is staying. She was discovered by
the Londons while they were on a
recent trip to New Orleans, and it
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Cobey May Join Maryland
Attorney-GeneraI Race
BY the Associofed Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Mar. 28.-
Political circles reported today thai
W. Earle Cobey may be candidat,
for attorney general as a running
mate of j. Millard Tawes, who seek
the Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor.
Mr.. Cobey, who recently resumed
practice here after returning from
naval service, has announced h,
would be candidate for the Demo.
cratic nomination for associate
judge Of the fourth circuit, but HI
has not filed papers.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Gardeners Hear
Wallace Outline
Need for Food
More Reason to Work
This Yeor, Secretary
Of Commerce Says

The Victory gardener has more
reason to work this year than he
had in the past three. This was the
message from Henry Wallace which
delegates to the National Garden
Conference were to take home with
them today after viewing the won-
ders of the Agriculture Departments
Beltsville Experimental Station.
The Secretary of Commerce was
truant from his garden this
morning to play his first 1916 game
OF tennis with his brother -in-law,
Charles Bruggmann, the Swiss
Minister, on whose Woodland road
estate Mr.. Wallace gardens.
But he worked from $50 am. to
8 am. in the garden yesterday, he
told the delegates yesterday after
noon in the Agriculture auditorium,
and he has 10 rows of peas up, each
30 feet long, and his first strawberry
blossoms have opened.
Russian Strawberries.
The strawberry plants were grown
from seeds from the center of the
USSR, he told the delegates. adding.
"Precocious, these Russian straw
berries"
Mr.. Wallace hastened to say that
was not the kind of gardening most
Victory gardeners do, but" he said,
every Victory gardener is a little
crazy IN one spot or another
The only sad thing about the end
OF the war, Mr.. Wallace said, was
that the pressure went off the Vic
tory gardener. Every gardener
thought he was doing something to
win the war" the speaker said, then
suddenly gardening seemed to lose
its Importance.
Tells of World Needs.
But unfortunately a lot of things
nave gone wrong in the world food
situation" he continued. "It seems
that 1t never rains but it pours.
There was the French drought and
the North African drought and the
South African drought. The failure
OF the monsoons in India turned out
TO be much more serious than we at
hrst thought. This has changed a
bit for the better recently. but still
mliilonS Will starve to death there
IN the next few months. The need
Tor wheat is twice that which can
be produced by the exporting ma
tions.
More people will be hungry in
Europe in the next three months
than In any other three months in
history" -
At this point Mr.. Wallace said
tnere was more reason for Victory
gardeners to work this year than in
the past three
Recalls Diet Experiment.
He called attention to recent ex.
pertinent at the University of Min
nesota where conscientious objectors
voluntarily lived on a 1700-caloxulI|
day diet resulting in the deTe Telol,-
ment OF "all kinds of psychi-neurotic
disorders, and loss of 20 to 40 per
cent of their weight.
Il estimate" he said, "that 15oy-
100000 persons in Europe are going
TO have to get along on less
AS for the joys of gardening, he
said, There are two parts of the day
TO me. The early hours when the
birds are singing, when there is dew
on the unfolding leaves and you can
work up gentle sweat, seem totally
different from the rest of the dav
when you are hearing the woes of
'humanlty-not that that isn't good
thing to do if your work is doing
something about adjusting them.
I do say for the sake of psychic
health it is necessary to be doing
something out-of-doors some of the
time
Evening star., 1946-03-28
80 Fuirfux Forest Fires
Reported Lost Year

Berlin Eye, district forester, re-
ports that there were 80 forest fires
in Fairfax County last year, which
burned over ZIG acres of woodland
Causes of the fires are listed a.
follows: Smokers, Is; brush burning
1; 'campfires, 2; incendiary, 2; mis-.
cellaneous, 2; railroads, l; and un-
known, 7.
Evening star., 1946-03-28

was suggested that, while here, sht
could see an eye specialist with tn,
hope of an operation to give hel
partial sight.
Tonight Miss Moore will present
musical works by Bach and Brahms
her own Creole Suite" BLACK Key
Cakewalk" and Concerto in {
Major" selections from 1852 compo.
Sitions she knows.
What the audience won't see, how
ever, will be her performance ol
reading musical Braille with hel
toes while playing the piano. She
wants some of her music recognized
and tricks won't do it, she says.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Hutcheson Rites Saturday

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 28 (F.-Funeral
services will be held in Edinburg,
Va, Saturday for Joseph Clarence
Hutcheson, 78, former member Of
the Virginia House of Delegates,
who died at his home here Monday.
He came to Miami to live four years
ago.
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Cancer Fight Aide Named

Mrs. B. Peyton Whalen, Bethesda,
has been named chairman of the
Montgomery County District, Mary
land State Division of the American
Cancer Society's Field Army in con-
nection with April being proclaimed
by President Truman as Cancer
Control Month"
Evening star., 1946-03-28
Social Survey Named

The Prince Georges County Com
mittee for the Washington Social
Survey will meet the surveys staff
at 7:30 pm. tomorrow in the Ad-
ministration Building auditorium at
the University of MARYLAND.
The Western news., 1946-05-02

''You mean that it took eight
years of patience and waiting for
that tree to grow that Size?" Your
correspondent asked Peter Huchala
while meandering over the Huch-
ala grounds this week.
The tree, which Mr.. Huchala as
sured the writer was eight years
old, was a beautiful blue spruce,
which he had grown and cultivated
from seed The care and know
ledge of horticulture which went
into that one small blue Spruce,
was multiplied many times in the
hundreds of other spruce, ball
Cedar, Cedar hedges, tall Cedar
and Rocky Mountain Juniper that
Mr Huchala has in his nursery in
South Libby
Mr.. Huchala takes great pains
with his nursery plants, pruning to
give each plant the most desirable
end beautiful shape The greatest
change appears to take place in the
blue Spruce, which at three or four
years is a rather Spindly diScoWa-
ged appearing specIman. but at
six or eight years, following Mr..
IuchaldS tender care. CmorgcS in
ta q beautiful, bushod tree of an en-
chanting SILVER bUe color
Net only is the spruce bed. one
bat cnthra,ls the lover Of eNer-
greens. but every nook and corner
of the Huchala yard has been d.H-
gently and knowingly handicapped
Over i'm the cOutboqSt CorUor Is tho
The Western news., 1946-05-02
.HuChaIa Nursery is Place Of
Beauty and Pleasure 70 See

fore there were any homes in that
district. Above the bridge. one.
eye scans a small part OF Flower
creek which winds its way along 2
rock -piling bank that is lined with
hydringia bushes, that Mr.. Huch-
ala transplanted there many wears
ago, and which give off their sweet
est perfumes when in full bloom
The nursery lies west of this with
its aforementioned evergreens.
Coming west one encounters sew
eral beehives, with the busy little
bee doing his bit to gather the
honey from. the numerous flowers
scattered about the place
In front of the house. one espies
more blue Spruce, with the prize
standing majestically, although not
tall, in its place in the center Of
the lawn As the strollers 90 a.
round the other side of the neat
white Huchala house, they are
greeted by large rock garden COW
cred with the blue Lup.ne. with q
wild columbine the Fire eater,
Tiger lilies and What-not growing
hither and yon
This. rs is the rest of The grounds.
sprinkled tY an intricate system
Of underground Weter pipes that
tie oWno. has SkiifuHy installed
Not TO so unuouced is a peach
tree. with gorgeous deep pink
blooms. q tree which in it's four
tcenth year has paid dividends in
The Western news., 1946-05-02
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this way OF
thanking the many friends and
neighbors for their sympathy and
kind deeds shown us after the death
of our husband, father and brother,
Mike Skranak. We would also
thank those who furnished the
beautiful floral offerings. The
thoughtfulness of all our friends will
always be a source of comfort to US,
and our thanks are heartfelt.
Mrs. Mike Slranak and family
John SlTanak.