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Evening star., 1946-07-06

ton. II an attempt is made to hold up
and coerce the picture will be very
different, particularly as there is now a
law against such practices that pre-
sumably can be enforced.
This new law to prevent extortion was
long overdue. 1t had been fought for
years by labor union leaders-and so
potent had been their political strength
the Hobbs bill languished in Senate
committee pigeonholes The labor lead
ers did not mention eXtortion. They con-
tended that the bill, if enacted into law
would operate to halt legitimate activi-
ties OF union members. That was lot
OF hokum, and Democratic admins
tration, against its will and because of
growing public opinion, was finally
forced to let the bill become law, al
though the CIO and the AFL were
shouting against it until the very end.
and demanded that President Truman
veto the measure.
Other changes IN the laws relating
to labor are long overdue, too. Not
changes that would hamstring labor
or interfere with its legitimate rights
and practices. but changes that would
Ailoho AoOoA lilOic lCopOilSlDlc. COulp6l II
to live up to contracts freely entered
into, and define in the law unfair labor
practices by labor unions-as we'll as
by employers. Many of these changes
were included in the Case bill. which
President Truman vetoed The Hobbs
bill was a section of the Case bill when
it went to the President. Perhaps other
parts of the Case bill will be revived
and put through Congress. At least
beginning has been made.
The recent railroad strike. the coal
strike and the strikes of the automo-
tive industry and hundreds of others.
have aroused resentment in this coun-
try. The people are sick of labor
conflict that has prevented production
and retarded reconversion by many
months. Labor's threats to unseat mem
bers of Congress who supported legis-
lation opposed by the unions have borne
little fruit in the primary elections to
date. The temper of the people-in-
cluding many of the rank and file of
labor itself-has been aroused. 1t may
bring results
Evening star., 1946-07-06

broad general policies of the Nation
But if this first amendment admit
ting military officers to membership in
the Atomic Energy Commission may
be considered ill-judged. the second
amendment permitting the armed serv-
ices to manufacture atomic weapons
without reference to the commission
can only be described as vicious.
1t makes mockery of the whole svs-
tenn of atomic control as set UP in the
Mcmahon bill. Either we are going to
nave centralized responsibility for the
control of atomic energy in this coun-
try, or we are not. If the commission is
to have full responsibility. it must have
full authority. If the Army and Navy
are going to run their own atomic
plants, subject only to the orders of the
President-as this amendment permits
they will have under their control most
of the atomic facilities now existing.
There will be little left for the atomic
energy commission to deal with, despite
the imposing list of its responsibilities
as set forth in the bill. Under these
conditions no man of any standing or
oSiA-ACcPCSt SoulA pOoSIUly dCCGpt HELL
bership on the commission, for he would
be accepting solemn responsibilities
which he would be quite powerless to
discharge.
The issues at stake are much too
grave, and the need for a sound and
workable system of domestic atomic con-
troll much too urgent, for such monkey
shines as the House Military Affairs
Committee has been indulging in. It
does not matter much whether Chair
man May and his associates were mo-
tivated by pique, prejudice or panic:
What does matter is that the House
should correct their errors and restore
to something resembling its original
form the very satisfactory atomic con-
troll bill as passed by the Senate. All
the points raised by the House Commit
tee were fully considered and exhaus-
lively debated by Senator Mcmahon and
the Senate Committee on atomic energy,
and on the Senate floor. The result
was good bill-a bill which has the
support of the President, of the armed
services, and Of the country.
Copyright, 1e46)
Evening star., 1946-07-06
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lfncofn

The operation of the Hobbs Anti
Racketeerlng Act, finally approved by
President Truman, will be watched with
interest. 1t places heavy Jail and fine
penalties for interference with inter-
state commerce-whethe the interferer
holds a Teamsters' Union card or not
1t is designed to protect farmers who
own trucks and seek to deliver their
produce in New York and other cities
from being compelled to hire members
of the Teamsters Union, whether they
want to hire them or not. 1t equally
protects the owners of trucks who cross
state lines.
Representatives of the Teamsters'
Union have been quick to say that the
Hobbs law Is not going to put an END
to the insistence that local truck drivers
be employed. Indeed. they have been
quoted as saying that any attempt to
end the practice which has grown up
particularly in New York, will cause
lot of trouble
They argue further, that many truck
ers are under contract to use local
drivers for deliveries and pick-ups in
New York. In other words, they con-
tend, there has been peace. But it is a
pCdSC tlldb lIdS pCCll lttCtu Ol1 tIuCk6IS
and shippers and producers-first by
strong arm methods and threats. and
more recently by a decision handed
down by the Supreme Court of the
United States. 1t was to get away from
this court decision that the Hobbs bill
was first introduced.
X y
Contracts have a way of running out,
and new shippers have way of CROP
ping up. The time undoubtedly is COM
ing when the potency of the Hobbs law
will be tested. Union members and
leaders who undertake to force their
demands on farmers and truckers COM
ing into New York-or into other cities
from other states. will find themselves
facing prosecution by the Federal Gov
ernment. Teamster Union members
who hop running boards and seek to
force their services on truck owners
and shippers, either by threat or force,
will put themselves outside the law.
Unions have def1ed the Federal Govern
ment on occasion during the last year
but that was work or no work PROPOSE
Evening star., 1946-07-06
Was 1t Wire Tuppinq'?

Inc Old and very controversial
subject of wire tapping" has popped
up again in Congress as result of
the disclosure that Army officers re-
corded conversations which Chair
man May of the House Military
Affairs Committee had with them
about certain war contracts. Al
ready the cry that "there ought to
be a law" is being raised by indig-
nant legislators, as they try to recall
whether they have ever said any,
thing over the telephone that might
come back to haunt them in the
form of transcription.
AS matter of fact, there is law
covering wire tapping, in the ordi-
nary sense of the term, but it appar-
emily does not extend to the widely
popular practice--in private busi-
ness as we'll as in Government de-
partments-of f1icking switch on
ones desk and recording on wax a
permanent record of any particular
incoming telephone call. The Fed
eral Communicate tions Act of 1884
makes it illegal for any unauthorized
person to intercept and divulge"
telephone, radio or other communi-
cations by wire or wireless. The
Supreme Court has ruled that this
prevents law enforcement officers
from introducing in court any evi-
dence secured by wire tapping.
Shortly after announcement of this
stand, Federal agents were in
structed to discontinue wire tapping
even outside the field of evidence,
but when the Roberts report on
Pearl Harbor cited how our intelli-
gence agents had been handicapped
by this restriction in checking on
suspected japanese spies, President
Roosevelt directed the Attorney
General to permit FBI agents to
tap the wires of known or suspected
saboteurs or espionage agents. This
was done, although none of the evil
dence so obtained was used In court.
But Congress in enacting the FEC
restriction certainly did not have in
mind the use of telephone attach
mentS for recording business con-
verSations. 1t was seeking to pre-
vent what the late Justice Holmes
once described as the dirty busi-
ness" of third person eavesdrop-
ping on the private affairs of others.
The use of standard recording
equipment by one or both parties to
telephone conversation obviously
is not "interception" by an "unau-
thorized" third person. 1t is, rather,
the modern, scientific way of re-
membering what ones caller said,
with the advantage of preserving &C
curacy and avoiding misunderstand-
ings. The use made of such record
ings is another matter. Whether a
record of conversation supposedly
to be held in confidence should be
made public through a congressional
committee involves at least ethical
questions which probably will be
debated at length in connection
with the current developments. To
outlaw the use of recording devices
for legitimate business purposes,
however, would be farfetched in
deed, Government officials, subject
to pressure from various sources,
UNDERSTANDABLE rely on such records
for their own protection-as the
May case we'll illustrates.
Evening star., 1946-07-06

than, say, few hundred dollars.
The new catalogue lists many ad-
hesives at five or ten cents each.
And a surprising number of these
issues are notable for their artistry
of design. Long prior to the tri-
umphant achievement of the Wright
brothers, the idea of human flight
through the skies had engaged the
genius of painters and sculptors.
That is the reason why some of the
airmail stamps of Greece, Canada,
Switzerland, Uruguay and other
countries feature winged men and
the winged horse Pegasus.
Evening star., 1946-07-06

sible troublemaker, especially when
linked with other embittered Euro
pean nations, including emphati-
cally Germany itself. We should not
overlook tragic symptoms like the
leaflets distributed during the recent
Polish elections by extreme oppo-
nents of the present Moscow -domi-
mated government in Moscow. Those
leaflets read: Long live the atom
bomb, Poland's ultimate guarantee
of freedom!"
Evening star., 1946-07-06
Letters to The Star
Sees Politics in Presidents SLAM

Sees Politics in Presidents Slam
at Senator Taft
To the Editor of The Star
The attempt by President Truman
in his recent veto message to shift on
to Senator Taft's shoulders the onus
forsour present and future economic
ills Is a groundless and unfair effort
to put the blame where it doesn't be-
long.
For the past 13 years the United
States Senate has been dominated by
members of the Presidents own party.
During all of that time the Democratic
party has had sufficient votes to defeat
any measure advanced by Republican
member. Senator Taft became a mem
Der in 1885, and l daresay no other
solon has introduced and had defeated
as many bills, amendments and sub
stitutes as he. The moral of all this is
that the Democrats pass only those
measures which they want to pass.
If, therefore, Mr. Taft finally pro-
poses an amendment which meets with
success, we can only conclude that the
Presidents party wanted it so. Bob
Taft is a very able gentleman but his
gilt for mesmerism Is not such that he
can make any unwilling Democrat do
his bidding. The probability is that If
the Ohio Republican had not intro
duced his much discussed amendment.
one of the many Democrats who saw
considerable merit in it probably would
have done so.
l personally feel that the amend
ment is a sound one and would have
encouraged the production we so badly
need by permitting manufacturers to
realize the same profit on items now
produced as they made in 1941. Pos
slbly the base year is not the proper
one, but the idea that our capitalistic
system requires a profit, If it is to sur
vive, is compelling. Certainly our Demo-
cratic Congress thought so when it
adopted the Taft amendment.
The columnists. editorialists and COM
mentators can ramble on about other
possible hypothesis, but they always
must come back to the real cause of
our present economic ills-the admins
tration policy of a freeze on everything
but wages
Mr. Truman probably won't admit
that that policy is the real reason for
low production and black market opera
tions, and I rather imagine he's appre-
hensive about consulting the record, for
If he looks, there he will find Mr. Taft
lined up with Mr.. Baruch on the "stabl-
lze everything" theory. Only then, SEN
ator Tafts amendments failed of pas
sage. Now that the damage is done
and he seeks to find and apply a cure.
his efforts meet with a presidential
broadSide.
Politics, it's wonderful
JAY HENRY,
Evening star., 1946-07-06
Italian Aftermath

The decisions regarding Italy ar
rived at by the Foreign Ministers
Conference in Paris are arousing
repercussions from the Italian peo-
pie which portend grave legacy of
trouble. This is especially the in
depreciation of informed circles in
London, but apprehensions are
shared by other qualified analysts
Of Italian affairs. 1t should be un-
derStood that the inherent equity or
practicability of those decisions do
not touch the heart of the problem,
which is baSically how Italian public
opinion regards the matter and will
continue to do so in the future.
There can be no doubt as to how
nearly all Italians think and feel.
They passionately, regard themselves
as the victims of gross injustice and
brutal spoliation. The loudest cries
naturally come from the Italians of
Venezia Giulia, either handed over
to Yugoslavia or placed under some
sort of international arrangement in
Trieste which they fear will be
merely the prelude to future Yugo-
slav annexation. But in this bitter
protest they are backed solidly by
their compatriots. Even the Italian
Communists dare not defend a deci-
sion which infiames the national
spirit to the boiling point. Trieste
may thus become again what it was
when it was Austrian before World
War 1.-The slogan of a bellicose and
reckless nationalism.
Perhaps the bitterest pill for Ital-
ian national psychology is the Paris
decision to detach the frontier dis
trictS of Briga and Tenda from
Italy to France. To most Italians,
this violation of a long standing
border is psychic insult which far
outWeighs the actual injury 1t is
to them symbol of their present
helplessneSs which rankles their
massive inferiority complex like salt
rubbed into raw wound. This is
why many foreign observers in Italy
believe that Italian public opinion is
today more bitter against France
than any other country, though
such bitterness is felt against Brit
ain, the United States and the Soviet
Union, in about the order named.
And with fresh injuries in prospect,
such as the loss of the colonies and
the exaction of war reparations from
a bankrupt economy, this general
lied bitterness may be expected to
wax still further.
The prospect of a sullen, frus-
trated Italy, nursing secret desires
for revenge regardless of conse-
quences, is not one to be taken
lightly for the prospects of future
European stability. There is an
ominous parallel to be drawn from
the mood of Germany after what
most Germans considered the Dix
tat" of Versailles, which paved the
way for Hitler and his Nazi creed.
Granted that Italy has no such war
making potentialities as Germany
after World War I, it is still pos
Evening star., 1946-07-06

From distance the many sun
bathers adorning the Capitals parks
are rather decorative. appearing to
have been carved out of ivory of
various shades. A closer approach,
however, too often discloses the fact
that good many of them resemble
"Spam -
Evening star., 1946-07-06
Wholesale Considerations

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A New York judge gave bargain
rate to twins in flning them for riding
bicycles on a boardwalk. This is prob
ably a very bad example for the Dionne
quintupletS.
Evening star., 1946-07-06
And Necessity for Weedino!

From the Christian Science Monitor
The Department of Agriculture is
working on new grass spray that will
kill weeds, fertilize the ground and
eliminate insects Now, if they could
figure out something that would elimi-
nate the laWnmower!
Evening star., 1946-07-06
What Russians Wont

From the Arkansas Gazette
No one ever knows exactly what the
Russians want until they already have II.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
.4,381 Veterans Aided
BY Service Council

The Prince Georges County Vet
erans' Service Council has aided
1881 veterans since it's establish
ment last fall, it was announced
today.
The council maintains two Offices,
one in Hyattsville, and the other in
Upper Marlboro. Mrs. Emily Wat
SON is executive secretary of the
former, while Miss Esther Phelps u
executive secretary of the latter.
OF the $1,000 allocated to the
council by the Prince Georges
County commissioners, approximate
ly $4,500 has been spent for salaries
and equipment, it was reported.
Daniel J. Burke, in charge Of the
councils ION the job" training pro-
gram reported that the average en-
ployer in the county has from to
10 veterans in training, while the
Engineering g. Research Corp. has
more than 500 veterans.
The University OF Maryland, DR..
Harold F. Cotterman, educational
adviser to the council, announced.
is educating about 1900 veterans
under the CT Bill of Rights and is
planning to make room for 5000
more.
Mr.. Burke also asked that county
employers contact him so he could
help place veterans.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
Tuck in D. E. Today;
Faces Busy Week
. BY fhs Asseeioisd Press

RICHMOND, Va, July GA busy
calendar faces Gov. Tuck this week,
beginning today with q conference
in Washington with Secretary of the
Interior Krug on the proposed York
town bridge.
Accompanying the Governor to
Washington are Highway Commits
sioner James A. Anderson and M. w.
(BilD Armistead II, the Governors s
executive secretary. .. -5
Tonight, the Governor will at
tend a lawn party for Senator Byrd
at the home of Harry X. Green,
Arlington County commissioner Of
revenue, and tomorrow morning the
Governor will have breakfast with
Senator Burch, his appointee as in
terim successor to the late Senator
Glass.
Returning to Richmond tomorrow,
the Governor will leave by plane
Thursday to attend the virginia
Night" program at the Barter
Theater at Abingdon. He will re-
turn to Lynchburg by plane on Fri
day and will 60 by automobile to
Holiday Lake for the noontime
speechmaking in behalf of Senator
Byrd's candidacy for denomination
and to- the Byrd rally at Bucking-
ham High School at 8 pm.
The Governor will return to Rich
mond Friday night, and leave the
following day to attend a home
coming celebration and memorial
service for war veterans at Fort
Story, at which former Gov. Darden
will speak.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
Maj. Long Heads Greenbe|t
Mutual Housing Group

Residents of the federally owned
housing project at Greenbelt last
night elected Maj A. c. Long as
president of the Greenbelt Mutual
Housing Association, which will con-
slider purchase of the community
from the Government.
Meeting for the first time since its
organization last week, the group
also elected William Nicholas vice
president, Sherrod E. East, secretary,
and Thomas B. Ritchie, treasurer.
Committee chairmen named include
Mrs. Cyrilla O'Connor, membership;
Ralph j. Miller, publicity and educa-
ton; Walter r. Volckhausen, legis-
lative, and Mike Salznan, research.
The association said its first goal
would be to obtain a IS per cent
representation of dwelling units in
the community in the membership.
There are now 100 members.
The organization also voted to
meet on the second and fourth Mon
days of each month.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
|CondidotesAsked
|ToRemovePosters
In Prince Georges

The Prince Georges County Gen.
eral Civic Improvement Committee
has issued an appeal to candidates
In the recent primaries to see to it
that campaign posters are removed
from poles in the county.
Members of the committee, who
are striving to improve the appear
ance Of the county, say the posters
are an eyesore. They urge candi-
dates to post no more Of them on
poles in the general election cam
paign.
Committee members asserted that
posting signs on poles Is in violation
of State law that provides a fine
Of $40 for each sign posted may be
imposed against the person adver-
tised. Former State Senator Oliver
Metzerott, q member of the commit
tee, was responsible for amending
the State law so that the person who
is advertiser is liable for posting the
sign. Mr.. Metzerott said he recently
noted candidates poster on a pole
that had been there since the 1914
election.
Joseph c. Longridge, College Park,
Is chairman Of the Civic Improve
ment Committee.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
Arlington Chest Board
Accepts Area Bylaws

The Board of Trustees of the
Arlington Community Chest has ac-
cepted proposed bylaws creating a
federation of the five Metropolitan
Area chests with the Washington
organization.
Only minor changes were sug-
gested by the Arlington group and
will be considered with, those of
other communities at meeting to-
morrow Of the federation's interim
Executive Committee headed by
Frank Jelleff. The chief change
recommended was to strike out the
rule that board members be limited
to q five-year term.
Member chests in, the new Ma
tional Capital Area Community
Chest Federation include Arlington,
Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. Alexandria and
Washington.
Each member chest will have two
basic representatives on the board of
directors, plus one member for
each $4,000 population and one
member for each five~ major agen-
cies. BY this formula Arlington will
have 10 members: Montgomery. 10;
Fairfax, T.. Prince Georges, Z; Alex
andria, 8, and Washington, Al.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
Falls Church Council
] Approves: D, / ''!':. Permit III for i =.
ResiaurantforCoIored

The controversial question Of
whether a colored restaurant should
be re-established on North Wash
ington street, Falls Church, was
settled last night when the Town
Council voted to issue q permit for
the proposed building.
At the same time the council in
structed its attorney to drop a pend
ing appeal from a ruling of the Fair
fax Circuit Court which had re-
quired the town to issue the permit.
The action of the council, which
was based on report Of a commit
tee of II citizens urging that the
appeal be dropped, brought to an
end several months OF legal maneu-
vering between Henry M. Taylor and
other colored citizens represented by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, and
town authorities.
e The town had taken the position
that the plot Of land on which the
restaurant, was located was too small
to meet the requirements of the
zoning ordinance which required a
l5-foot front setback and adequate
on-street parking.
During the discussion at the meet
ing Councilman Edward c. Knouse
said that he regretted the towns
action" and felt that it would ire
suit in making it more difficult to
get proper setbackS for other build
ings." He added he was "disap-
pointed" in the action of the Citizens
Committee in failing to work out
any other solution Of the problem,
which would have necessitated the
moving Of the restaurant to some
other site.
Evening star., 1946-07-23
Lightning Destroys
Historic Mansion
Near Glenn Dale

Fire caused by lightning yesterday
destroyed the 200-year-old Duckett
mansion on Enterprise road near
Glenn Dale, Md, resulting in dam
age estimated at $4,000.
The historic 14-room colonial
house was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion Duckett, their son, Brice;
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Perry, and the
Perrys' 6-year-old son.
Only Mrs. Duckett was at home
when lightning struck the roof
about pm. The rest of the family
arrived shortly afterward and saved
most Of the downstairs furniture,
including valuable antiques.
The Gem Dale. Bowie, Riverdale
Heights, West Lanham and Marl-
bore Volunteer Fire Departments
responded. They were hampered by
lack Of water since the nearest
hydrant was almost five miles away.
Brice Duckett, assistant treasurer
Of the Prince Georges Bank & Trust
Co., Hyattsville, said insurance on
the house was very little" He
is staying at the neighboring farm
of Walter Addison while the rest
Of the family is staying with Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Thomas, Hillmeade.
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