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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

56-hour standard work week for
seamen constitutes an "inexcu-
sable discrimination" against
workers in the industry. Infor-
nation submitted by the N.M.U.
to other organizations outlining
the story behind the strike en-
phasizes the threat to all indus
trial workers in the continued
existence of the Sc hour week
off shore.
Expecting a prejudiced anti
labor press coverage of the
strike and its issues by the big
commercial papers, the NMC is
making arrangements for a
series of public meetings to ac-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

quaint the public with the is
sues. The first of these meet.
ings will be held in South Chi
cage Wednesday evening Aug.
IA at 8 pm. at Barney's Hall,
1921 S. Houston Ave.
Similarly, an educational
picket line" has been stationed
daily in front of the Lakes Car
riers' Association to appeal 10
seamen shipping out of this a.
gency to support the strike.
Pickets have reported good re.
Spouse to the demonstration,
and expect full support from
the Seamen on unorganized
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10
Won't pass Picke+s

Chicago railroad yard crews
will cross no picket lines.
Viewed as part of the railroad
brotherhoods' campaign to &C.
ment labor unity among all I'M
ions, the resolution to recognize
all picket lines was passed this
week by the Association of To-
cal Grievance Committees in the
Chicago switching district of the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men.
The Association represents the
yardmen of % of the "a railroads
entering Chicago, according TO
Secretary Duane Beeler.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

The strike committee is max
ing a public appeal for beds and
and cots for the duration of the
strike. They have asked for
them to be brought to the head
quarters at 1925 E. 91st ST.,
rather than to the downtown
office reported earlier.
Latest organizations voting
support to the strike, said Ed
enberg, are the Chicago Area
Council of the American Vet
Grams Comm. and Local 1929 of
the United Steelworkers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10
vessels.

STRESSING the importance
of support from "shoreside" or
CARNATIONS, Chicago Port Ag-
ent Frank Daily told the STAR
that expressions of support are
coming in daily to NMU head
quarters at 3O25 E. 91st st.
One of the problems facing
the Lakes strikers will be ac-
comodations, said Irv Eden
berg, publicity chairman, as
many of the men have no reg
ular pls ce to stay on shore.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

Declaring that educational ia
cilitiec for vete~r~s il Illinois
must be open to all veterans with
ou ,espect to race, creed or
color" six veterans organizations
sent wires to Mayor Kelly and
VA Officials which stated:
despite guarantees under
the CT Bill of Rights that all
Veterans are eligible to attend
any school approved by Veter-
ans Administration, COyne by
its own admission, openly and
'fIagrantly practices discrimiE-
alton against Negro veterans
by refusing them admittance
on the grounds of race.
1--WE expect you to Immediate
ly inform Coyne School that this
discrimination must cease on
penalty of being removed from
the approved list for the veter-
ans program"
The wire, which grew out Of
the STAR expose of Chicago
trade schools reaping huge pro
fits under the CT Bill of rights
yet practicing racism, was signed
by:
William r. Simms of the
American Veterans Commit
tee; Jerome Gilman of the
Jewish War Veterans; Leon S.
Brown of the United Negro
and Allied Veterans; Irving
March of the Veterans Com
mittee of the American Youth
for Democracy and John Da.
wilson of the Chicago Council
of Labor Veterans.
A. 4 n
1T was sent to Mayor Edward
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10
'reot Lakes seomen SET to walk out August Is

Great Lakes seamen will hit
the bricks this coming Thurs
day for a 40-hour week.
Unless current negotiations
between the National Maritime
Union and shipowners in the
office of Secretary of L Dor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach bear
fruit, the strike goes on at
1901 am. on August Is.
According to local NMU lead
ers, however, the stubborn re-
sistance of the lakes carriers to
the 40-hour week offers slight
hope of peaceful settlement.
r. Il n
SEAMEN point out that the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

To take a cross section of the
cab business on the South Side
reveals all the corrupt practices
in vicious form.
South Side drivers, many OF
them war veterans, were unpro-
tected in any way until recently
and fell victim to every racket in
the business.
SOUTH SIDE cab monopolies
hold $40 of the 405 licenses avail
able to companies other than
Checker and Yellow. Though
most of the South Side drivers
own their own cabs, they can op-
crate them only by renting H.
censes from the companies.
The license rental ranges from
$54 to S75 week.
The drivers pay their own op-
Grating expenses. buy their own
meters, pay their own meter in
Spection, pay their own liability
insurance. The companies dictate
where the drivers can buy gas
Perhaps a cut back. on the gas
might explain the companies IN
terest in gas purchases.
x r 4
THE COMPANIES require that
the drivers sign over to them the
title to their cabs-with no re-
ceiDts, nothing to show that tho
driver is the rightfu1 owner of
the cab.
Each year, each cab driver
must nay the companies a "Secur-
ity deposit," which averages
about $3.50. The deposit consti-
tutes the companies assurance
that they will get their full rem
tai each week. If the driver is i'll
and cannot operate his cab, the
rental is deducted from the secur-
ity deposit. etc.
The exploitation. of licenses oy
the South Side companies is a
logical part of the total picture
of corruption and Illegal practice
in connection with cab licenses.
THEORETICALLY a cab H.
cense, when issued by the city.
is assigned to cab owner for a
charge of $3.50. But licenses
haven't been known to go out
LEGALLY for the past Is years.
By prevailing practice, licenses
come under the off-the-record
jurisdiction of politicians, who
sell each license to the highest
bidder. The price ranges from
$1,000 to $1,000.
Cab insurance provides another
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

SOUTH SIDE drivers under
stand this situation and refuse 70
be pawns any longer in the cab
companies divide and conquer
game.
Vet drivers on the South Side
have fairly accurate grasp Of
the problem too and are not like
ly to allow themselves to be play
ed against the other drivers.
South Side drivers have applied
for charter in the Transport
Workers Union. They have made
rapid progress in organizing
themselves.
THE DRIVERS, want to reach
a peacable agreement with the
companies. But if the companies
refuse to negotiate or refuse %
agree on better working condi-
tions, the drivers will know how
to fight - and will be able 10
fight. In addition, they can count
on substantial community sup.
port in any campaign they under
take.
The demands put up by the
drivers are extremely reasonable
under the circumstances.
To make the barest kind of Iiv-
ing, the drivers say, they must
get license rentals cut at least 10
$40 a week. They want a union
contract with the owners, which
will guaranteed their job secur-
ity. They want the right to buy
gas where they please, and they
want the return of their security
deposits.
THEY WANT assurance that
the companies, who hold the IL
censes, will not start operating
their own fleets, leaving indie
pendent cab owners high and dry
with an expensive. cab and no IL
cense to operate it.
If the South Side companies
are smart, they will rush at The
chance to make an agreement
on such modest demands.
These companies are small fly
in a very vulnerable position.
Publicity isn't good for them.
No one connected with the city
administration of licenses would
hesitate to crack down on the
South Side companies, using
them as a smoke screen to hide
the big crooks who are more
highly placed and operate on a
bigger scale.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10
Inside story of
South Side cab racket

BY 10 SCHLESINGER


political
exploitation in the handling of licenses Chicago
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

interesting angle in the business
THE FIRST veterans cab driv
ers illinois Veterans Associa.
tom came on the streets without
licenses late in 1914, insured by
Citizens Casualty company. They
were picked up by the police and
prevented from operating.
The same vets came back or
the streets without licenses but
insured by Manhattan Mutual
Auto Casualty company. They
are still operating, unmolestcd.
without licenses.
Citizens Casualty formerly han.
died practically all cab insurance
at the rate of $25. month per
cab.
NOW MANHATTAN Mutual
dominates the cab insurance bust
ness and charges S64 a month
1t seems unlikely that cab own
ers would jump at a chance 10
more than double the cost of
their insurance without some
kind of compulsion behind it.
Edward j. German, brother-in
law of Mayor Kelly. is public We
hicle license commissioner. Re-
gional director of Manhattan
Mutual is James Veitch.
In the whole license fight, av-
cry effort is made to play the
veteran cab drivers against the
rest of the drivers. The com.
panies hope to secure their own
position by keeping the drivers
fighting among themselves. This
is especially true on the South
Side.
THOUGH THE vets must fight
for licenses, temporarily they
hold a favored position. Those
who can't get licenses operate
without them. They own their
cabs and run them at minimum
cost. This gives the vets a big
edge over drivers who must pay
the exorbitant license rentals.
However, the vets are at the
mercy of anyone who decides it
is strategic to run them off the
streets.
The vets fight for licenses is
part of the same problem faced
by the other drivers. Both groups
must fight the administration of
licenses which allows graft, lille
gal use, and monopolization of IL
censeS.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10
Vets demand ban
on lin crow school

Ripped from the Veterans Administration
lodged drop racehae
the CTS approved
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

SEAMEN point out that the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-10

1T was sent to Mayor Edward
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
NEW BERN OFFICIALS
TO BE MAIN SPEAKERS
AT GREENSBORO MEET

NEW BERN, March 25-Vernon
L. Clark, new director of the Saw
ings Bonds division of the Treasury
Department, and Mrs. Nancy Rob-
inson, recently promoted from
southeastern regional adviser to
the post of director of the women S
section of the Savings Bonds divi-
sion, will be the chief speakers,
Tuesday afternoon and evening at
meetings of state bond leaders to
be held at the O'Henry hotel in
Greensboro.
State vice chairmen and region
al chairmen will meet in the after
noon with Mrs. Karl Bishopric,
of Spray, state chairman of the
women's division, to draft plans
for reconversion of work from a
wartime to peacefime basis in
the sale of bonds to encourage
thrift and savings.
At $50 there will be a joint
dinner meeting of men and women
leaders from all the regions OF
the state to hear Mr.. Clark and
Mrs. Robinson explain various
features of the new national pro
gram. Also on the program WILL
be Allison C. James, of Greens
boro, state director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
baltimore SPEAKS
TO CLINTON FARM
LOAN ASSOCIATION

CLINTON, March 25.-Sam c.
baltimore, vice-president of the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
was the principal speaker at the
annual meeting of the National
Farm Loan Association held in the
Community building on Monday,
according to Dewitt Carr, secre-
tary-treasurer of the association.
Mr.. baltimore is a native of Shell
by, and has been connected with
the Farm Loan system for the
past % years.
The business session of the meet
| ing included reports on operations
during the year 1915 by vice-presi-
dent A. G. Warren, and secretary
treasurer Dewitt Carr. Two di-
rectors were elected to serve the
association for a term of three
years.
The Clinton Association handles
long-term loans in Sampson. Dup
lin, Fender, New Hanover and
Fender counties. Officers and di-
rectors of the association in addi-
ton to Mr.. Warren and Mr.. Carr
are W. E. Russell, of Clinton, G. D.
Murray of Warsaw, and Luther w
Register of Wallace, directors.
Miss Edna Lee Smith is assistant
secretary treasurer. Headquarters
of the association are in Clinton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
ATTLEE DECLARES
VISIT UNTIMELY
British Premier Says Trip
To Moscow Now Would
Not Be Advisable

LONDON, March 25-U.H-Prime
Minister Clement R. Attlee told
commons Monday he did mot con-
slider it advisable at the present
tirne'' to visit Moscow to discuss
security questions with Premier
Stain.
Independent Vernon Bartlett ask
ed in commons whether Attlee
would 60 to Moscow for frank talks
with Stain, seeking chow and tc
what extent Soviet preoccupations
with security can be reconciled
with. Britain's."
II am ready to adopt any means
likely to improve relations between
the great powers" Attlee said.
However, since the UNO Secur-
ity council now is holding a meet
ing in New York, I do not consider
it would be advisable for me to
make proposal of such far reach
ing Importance to Marshal Stain
at the present time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
bladenboro Principal
Tenders Resignation

~; BLADENBoRo, March ga. A.
whlte, principal of the Bladenboro
puollc schools for the past nine
years, recently resigned his posi-
tlon IN order to devote his time to
MS private business interests. The
resignation becomes effective at
the end Of the present term.
White has been granted a fran
chlse by the State Utilities Com
mission to operate public buses
from Tabor City via Chadbourn
and Bladenboro to Elizabethtown.
BY lease with the Queen City Coach
company, White plans to extend
the route from Elizabethtown via
White Oak to Fayetteville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
BOAT OVERTURNS,
DROWNING YOUTHS
IN WALLACE POND

WALLACE, March Is. - Two
Negro youths, Waddell Lewis, age
10, and Tom Miller, Jr., age ..
were drowned Sunday afternoon in
Boney's Mill pond located near the
city limits of Wallace, when the
boat they were riding in capsized.
Their bodies were recovered
Monday afternoon. Ralph Jones.
Duplin county coroner, who investi.
gated the tragedy, said the drown.
ings were accidental.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
Lady Nearly Clicked
While Lying In Bed
Due To Stomach Gas

One lady said a few days ago
that she used to be afraid to 60 to
bed at night. She was swollen with
stomach gas, which always got
worse when she went to bed, and
the gas would rise up in her throat
after she lay down and would near
ly choke her. She couldn't lie flat.
Had to prop herself up on pill
lows. Recently this lady got IN
NER-AID and now says gas is
gone, stomach feels fine, bowels
are regular and she can go to bed
and sleep soundly.
INNER-AID contains II Great
Herbs: they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't 60 on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all drug stores here
i Wilmington. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
IIIMBERTON MAN
shot IN ARRAY
Rudolph Willard In Serious
condition From Wound
In Back

r11MBERTON, March Is. -Ru.
dolph Willard, former local tex.
t;Ie mill employee, was shot in the
hack with a shotgun allegedly in
the hands of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
P RI Jones Gibbs, during an ARRAY
81 house occupied by Mrs. Gibbs
ond his estranged wife, Mrs. Emma
Willard, on highway "a just east
=, tbe city limits around midnight
Saturday according to Sheriff E. c.
Wade,
condition at a local hospital, while
tbe TWO women are held in Robe
am iail without privilege OF bond.
Witnesses Held
Placed under $500 appearance
bond also were H. Cecil Bennett
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
WORKER INJURED

CLINTON, March Is. Thorn
as Odom, recently discharged
war veteran, was painfully in
jured here this week when a
knife he was using to cut meat,
slipped and cut his hand, COM
pletely severing the middle
finger and mangling the others.
He was carried to a Fayette-
vile hospital for treatment
where it was thought for a
time that he would lose the en-
tire hand. Odom had reported
to the Sampson County Freezer
Locker, for his first day at
work, and the accident hap
pened before noon Of the same
day. His condition is reported
as satistactor
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26


hn la hiram Hewett, both of Bladen.
h boro, VINO were admittedly in the
1aease When the ARRAY took place.
aLa was badly bruised and cut
""ou' 'he face, one hand and leg.
. According to various versions
tha IN, tne sheriff, Willard went to
ho nome OF his wife, from whom
me mad been separated several
d deeAs, and beat loudly upon the
h bool late Saturday night. After
ed IaAlng the door down, he report
Guy dragged his wife out of bed
al ana attacked Bennett with his
:; it0:s ana knuckles. Mrs. Gibbs then.
49, 10 reported, reached for shot
gun and aimed it at Willard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
ELECTS ELECT

NEW BERN, March IS. -
M. Bynum Smith, local depart
ment store co-manager, has
been elected exalted ruler of
the New Bern Elks lodge, sue
ceeding Nelson I. Bowden. He
will be installed April 2. Other
new officers are Thomas J.
Mitchell, III, leading knight;
W. F. Dowdy, Jr., loyal knight;
T. M. Grice, lecturing knight;
T. c. Daniels, reelected secre-
tary; W. C. Moore, reelected
treasurer; Eugene McSorley,
reelected tiler; and Harry Lip
man, reelected trustee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
CATFISH

NEW ORLEANS, La, March25-
-W.H-A supposedly rare, mummi
fled fish was presented to the Tu.
lane University Museum.
1t was removed from an excava.
ton near Cairo and sent to the
college by Khan Khalil, an Egyp-
tan explorer, university officials
said.
Faculty scientist X-rayed the fish.
1t was a catfish, as common as
cornbread in Dixie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
SEEKS OFFICE

NEW BERN, March IS. -
Raymond Pollock, Jr.. local
embalmer and funeral director
and service station proprietor,
has announced his candidacy
for the office of coroner Of Cra-
ven county. He is a former
president of the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce and in 1914
won that organizations gold
key as the outstanding young
man Of the city. He is now
president of the Craven Coun-
ty Tuberculosis association. U.
W. Daugherty, who is now coro-
ner, has filed for renomina-
ton in the April primary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
NEW MANAGER

NEW. BERN, March IS. -
Harry E. Reynolds has be-
come manager of the New
Bernian hotel, succeeding c.
L. Knight, who will be assign
ed to another hotel of the Gre
noble chain. During the war
both of the men were in mill
tary service. Reynolds has
been with the Grenoble organi-
cation for ten years and has
managed the George Wythe
hotel at Wytheville, Va, the
Royal hotel at Fort Royal, Va,
and the Stonewall jackson hotel
at Staunton, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
CONSIDER OFFER

RALEIGH, March Is. -tR-The
Wake Forest college board of trus-
tees will meet in Wake Forest
Tuesday to consider a conditional
gift from the Reynolds foundation
and other Reynolds interests which
may lead ultimately to an endow-
ment totalling as much as S25, 000,-
900 to $40, 100000, a reliable source
said here Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
WINS COUNTY AWARD

ELIZABETHTOWN, March
Is. - Miss Kathleen Rayfield
of White Oak won the Bladen
county award in the American
Legion Oratorical contest held
in Elizabethtown recently.
Miss Rayfield will compete in
the district championship this
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
JUDGE TO RETIRE

ELIZABETHTOWN, March
70. - W. Leslie johnson, judge
OF the Bladen county Record
er's court for the last six years,
has announced his intention
not to be a candidate for re-
election in order to devote his
time to private business inter-
ests,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

elected president for the 1916
Al term at a meeting recently.
Mrs. Claiming Glenn was nam
ed vice-president and Miss
Glayds Pittman, secretary.
Mrs. Herman Jessup is treasur-
er of the association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
OVER TOP
CLINTON, March Is. The


CLINTON, March Is. The
Sampson county Red Cross
drive went over the top last
week with the announcement
from A. P. Winfrey, county
chairman, that $6,138.65 has
been turned in with two town.
ships still to report. Clinton,
with quota of $2,125 today
had raised 50, 9e9.67 and is ex-
pected to cross the $1,000 mark.
Meanwhile, the major portion
of reports are in, and chairman
Winfrey states that a large
number of the townships have
exceeded their quotas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
ENLISTMENTS HIGH

NEW BERN, March IS. -
A record-breaking total of 81
enlistments in the navy during
the month of February has been
reported by the New Bern ma
val recruiting station. During
the first two weeks of March
Al young men joined the navy
through the local Office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

F. H. Mcfarland, steeple-
jack with the Southeastern
Steeplejack company of Dur
ham, negotiates the d zzy
heights to the top of the flag
pole atop the Murchison build
: ing without benefit of sky
hooks. He is painting and re-
conditioning the flagpOle.-
STAR STAFF PHOTO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

secretary. Both are democrats.
The third member of the board
is Mrs. W. B. Rouse, republic
can.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

It will take more than eight
years to restore European cattle
herds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26


Tor generations the imagination OF
American youth has turned to adven-
ture in far-away places. Now today
-. those dreams can come true.
A 3-year enlistment in the Regular
Army means that you can choose your
arm or branch Of service and your over
seas theater. Itmeans thorough training
in one of over 200 skilled trades. And it
means that, under the CT Bill of Rights,
you will be able to complete your educa-
ton when your term of enlistment is up.
You can get the complete details, with
out obligation, at your nearest Army
Recruiting Station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
DUNN REELECTED

NEW BERN, March Is. -
William Dunn has been reflect
ed chairman of the Craven
county board of elections, with
William M. Bryan renamed
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
P. T. A. ELECTS

ELIZABETHTOWN, March
IS. - J. H. Powell, president
of the ElizabethtoWn Parent
Teacher Association for the
past year, was unanimously re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

In July of 1915, automobiles
were being scrapped at the rate
of 1000 daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26

3. An increase in the reenlistment bonus to
$50 for each year of active service since such
bonus was last paid, or since last entry into
service.
4. Up to 90 days paid furlough, depending
on length of service, with furlough paid to
home and return, for men now in the Army who
reenlist.
5. A 3o-day furlough every year at full pay.
6. Mustering-out pay Chased upon length
of service) to all men who are discharged to
reenlist.
7. Option to retire at half pay for the rest
of your life after 20 years service-increasing to
tbree-ouarters pay after 80 years service. (Re-
tirement income in grade of Master or First
Sergeant up to $155.25 per month for hfe.)
All previous active federal military service
counts toward retirement
z. Benefits under the CT Bill OF Rights Tor
men who enlist before October 3, 1910.
9. Family allowances for the term CT enlist
ment for dependents of men who enlist OF TO
enlist before July 1, 1916.
10. Choice of branch of service and overseas
theater on 3-year enlistments.
II. Reserve and 4. u. S. commissioned Of
6cers released from active duty may be enlisted
in Grade / master Sergeant) and still retain
their reserve commissions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-26
MUTUAL DEFENSE

BELGRADE March. 25-P -
Marshal Tito, Yugoslav premier,
said Monday upon his return from
Prague that the Yugoslav and
Czechoslovak governments have
agreed to sign a mutual defense
and friendship alliance similar tc
the 20-year treaties Yugoslavia
has concluded with the Soviet
Union and Poland.