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Evening star., 1946-09-05
Hevedores Stop Loading
Relief Ship for YugosIavia
By the Associnfsd press


NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Stevedores
deciding to take our own action. "
today stopped the loading of relief,
Army and Red Cross supplies aboard
the Government-owned Baltlesville
Victory, scheduled to sail for Italy
and Yugoslavia.
Bernard Tickey, 81, spokesman for
the l20 men, in six work gangs, said
the loading of the 10,000-ton ship
was about half completed and the
men had expected ''the Government
to step in" to prevent the ship from
sailing.
Mr.. Hickey said when there was
no move to cancel the sailing I'VE
decided to take our own action
we would rather see the cargo going
to Greece or any other country that
gave us some help in the war;
Mr.. Hickey said the union, Local
824, International Longshoremen,s s
Association (AFL), had no part in
the work stoppage.
The Brown Victory sailed yester-
day with a 5,500-ton cargo, chiefly
American relief supplies for Yugo-
slavia, despite protests by Senator
johnson, Democrat, of Colorado
and war veterans following the
shooting down of two American
planes over YugoslaVia.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Truck Strike to Last Week
At Least, Union Head Soys

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (P).-The
strike of New York City truck driv-
ers will continue for at least another
week, even if employers accept COM
promise proposal advanced by Mayor
William ODwyer as a basis for
settlement, teamsters union official
predicted last night.
John E. Strong, president of Local
BOT, AFL Teamsters Union, said the
Stoppage would continue at least
until Wednesday because the union
would not hold it's membership meet
ing until Sunday and that it would
take several days for the men to re-
turn to their jobs if the Mayors
plan were approved by both sides.
Mayor ODwyer's proposal calls
for settlement on the basis of an
181a cents an hour wage increase,
reduction in the work week from
A to 40 hours and improved vaca-
ton benefits.
The employers group and the
union agreed to attend a meeting
tomorrow at the offices of the State
Board of Mediation.
Frederick H. Bullen, the Stats
Boards executive secretary, said the
conference would not discuss the
wage dispute responsible for the
three-day-old strike.
Instead. he said. it will attempt
ito see what sort of cooperative
effort can be made to move emer-
gency supplies
Mr.. Strong said telegrams had
been received from It's of the 400
involved in the dispute.
to sign agreements on the
basis of the ODwyer plan, adding
that some of the wires were from
members of the Motor Carriers As
sociation of New York, which is di-
rected by Joseph NJ Adelizzi, chair
man of the Employers Negotiating
Committee.
Mr. Adelizzi, however, denied Mr..
Strong's statement that ITS employ
ers had agreed to Mayor ODwyer's
plan, declaring it to be more
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Mon Held for Assault
After Street Dispute

Roy Wilson, 33, colored, 600 block
New Jersey avenue NV, was
charged with assault with a dam
gerous weapon at No. l precinct to-
day in connection with the shoot
ing and wounding of Oliver B. Cor
ley. 26, colored, first block G street
NV. Capital Transit employe.
Corley is in serious condition in
Casualty Hospital with q gunshot
wound inflicted during a dispute
last night behind house in the 600
block New jersey avenue NV. Will
son was arrested shortly thereafter.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Widow Of Policeman
Receives $1,000 From
sympathetic Friends

Contributions from sympathetic
citizens and policemen continued to
pour in today for Mrs Beulah F..
Downs, widow of Policeman Donald
w. Downs, and her four small chill
dren, Inspector Clement Cox said,
with the latest tabulstion of the
money standing at more than $1,000.
The 27-year-old policeman, who
was run down and killed by SOL
dier driving stolen car Saturday
night, will be buried at Fort Lincoln
Cemetery with honors of the Police
Department tomorrow following
funeral rites at Holy Comforter
Church at 8 am.
Answering Maj. Harvey G. Gala
hans plea for contributions to make
things easier for Mrs. Downs and
her children, fellow officers at No.
4 precinct contributed $l,700, Inspec-
to Cox said. Other precincts sent
In about s2,400 and private citizens
made up the remainder of the fund.
Checks or cash for the slain police
mans family should be made out to
Inspector Cox and sent to Police
Headquarters.
OF yesterdays reported contribu-
tions. largest single amount was sent
by Milstone's Liquor Store, 927
Pennsylvania avenue NV. Another
contribution was given by woman
who had just paid a traffic violation
fine A-.-
The Metropolitan Police Band and
Color Guard and every officer of the
Fourth Precinct who is off duty will
attend the last rites for Patrolman
Downs. Six fellow officers will serve
as pallbearers: Pvts. P. v. Minnick,
F. L. Brown, e. L. Musselman, j. w.
Davis, H. E. Cheney and F. Clair.
The funeral procession will pass
No. 4 Precinct, 492 E street S.W.,
where the men on duty will stand
at attention in honor of their dead
comrade.
Meanwhile Brig. Gen. Claude B.
Ferenbaugh, commanding the Mill
tary District Of Washington, de-
clared the Army cannot be RESPONSE
BILE for soldier on pass in the
District. His comment came in ref
erenee to a statement earlier by
Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
condemning military personnel who
get loaded down with beer and
whisky and drive through WASH
ington streets"
Gen. Ferenbaugh said he knew
Of no reason why military personnel
should be considered separately.
"The Army feels the seriousness
of the situation probably even more
than civilian because we are, in
a sense, responsible for the soldier" !"
Gen. Ferenbaugh said. But when
a man is on pass we cannot be
responsible for him."
Pvt. James Oliver Claire, 81, sta
toned at Fort Belvoir, Va, has
been charged with murder and a
long list of traffic violation charges
in connection with the death Of
Policeman Downs.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Trucking Strike
Not Yet Felt in
District Area
Prolonged Stoppoge
In New York Would
Cut Freight Flow

The strike of $4,000 truck drivers
in New York City and New Jersey
has had little effect on Washington
so far, but prolongation of the STOP
page would reduce drastically the
flow OF goods other than food and
essentials into the city, trade off,
cials said today.
A. W. Stream, president of Local
639 OF the AFL Teamsters Union,
estimated that freight deliveries
here had been reduced less than 5
per cent. He said the local union
had no plans to walk out in SYM
pathy with New York and New Jer.
sey teamsters.
Mr.. Stream said freight deliveries
will be progressively reduced if the
strike continues This would sharply
reduce stocks of all types of goods
which the teamsters around New
York refuse to haul and those COW
cred by the accompanying Govern
ment embargo on railroad freight
shipments.
Francis j. Kane, head of the Board
OF Trades Committee on Railroads
and Transit Lines, pointed out that
the strike and the railroad embargo
had halted movement to Baltimore
of everything except about 20 ex-
empt items, including food. Wash.
ington will feel the pinch, he said,
when stocks accumulated in Balti-
more and other points are depleted.
This would happen lin a week or
tWo," he added. Truck terminals in
Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
points already are closed
Mr.. Kane said most of the Cap
ital's goods come from the affected
areas.
| The Government railroad embargo
covers shipment to and from the
Atlantic seaboard area to the north,
but Goes not include this city.
Raymond Briggs, chairman of the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation food division, discounted
effect of the strike and embargo on
/ the citV's fond sIlpp1v
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Man Who Fled Hospital
Sentenced on Is Counts

Bernard l.. Downey, Al, who re-
portedly escaped from Gallinger
Hospital while under mental obser-
vation last month, was sentenced
yesterday to serve As days in Jail on
each of 13 counts of false pretenses
involving bad checks totaling more
than $3.50. The sentences run con-
secutively.
The sentence was imposed by Mu-
niciapl Court Judge Thomas D..
Quinn. Police said Downey was
apprehended August 10 at Soldiers
Home Hospital after saving his way
out Of Gallinger a day previously
and sliding down q drain pipe.
DoWney was committed to Gal
linger by the court August 2 after
pleading. guilty to the check charges
and subsequently was declared sane.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
McGarraghy Fofesees
D. {. Private Hiring 10
Offset u. ). Job Cuts

Greatly increased private employ
ment opportunities in Washington
to offset declining Federal jobs were
foreseen by Joseph C, M. McGar-
raghy, president of the Washington
Board of Trade, in a luncheon ad-
dress today before the Junior Board
OF Commerce at the Annapolis
Hotel.
In 1910, before the war, Mr. Nc
Garraghy pointed out, there were
AIS private employees to Fed
eral employe.
Ratio Dropped During War.
During the war the ratio Drop
ped to approximately 1.18 to ], he
continued, but trend toward in
creasing the ratio already has begun.
Even If this movement reaches 2.16
private to / Federal employe, he
said, there will be ample oppor-
tunities for all those who wish to
work"
MIR. McGarraghy conceded gravity
OF the housing problem, and said
the Board Of Trade was closely fol-
lowing the situation with a vew to
taking maximum steps to con-
tribute toward relieving the housing
shortage"
Downtown Area A Problem.
Another serious District problem,
Mr.. McGarraghy continued, is the
potential decentralization of the
central business district" Unless
travel to and from the central busi-
ness district is made reasonably
rapid and comfortable" he said,
"the establishment of branches in
outlying districts by major business
houses will be accelerated"
Mr.. McGarraghy lauded the
Junior Board for it's fine spirit of
cooperation and support" and
promised the support of the Board
Of Trade in ifc rrooror,oc
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Order Is Issued Opening
East Executive Avenue

President Truman today officially
ordered East Executive avenue
opened to public travel Monday.
An executive order signed by the
President said:
by virtue of the authority in
vested in me as President of the
United States and as Commander
in Chief of the Army and Navy, I
hereby order that East Executive
avenue in the District of Columbia
be opened to public travel on and
after September 8, 1896"
The White House announced
Tuesday that this action would be
taken. The street, flanking the
White House between Pennsylvania
avenue and the Mall, was closed to
the public as a wartime measure.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
PiIkerfon Denies
UsurpingPoWer
0fRe|ief Agency
Auditor Declares
Compliance With Low
Is Only Interest

Auditor A. r. Pilkerton today
denied he is "usurping" relief ad-
ministrative functions from the
Board of Public Welfare, as charged
in recent report of the Social
Survey for the District sponsored
by the Council of Social Agencies.
The report charged that through
the exercise of a pre-audit, Mr.
Pilkerton was in effect controlling
relief administration and urged that
this power be removed.
1t further charged that the activ-
tiles of the auditor constituted a
demoralizing influence on the social
working staff.
Must Meet Requirements.
Back from his vacation, Mr.. Pill
kerton said today that he had no
interest in administering relief and
that his sole concern was that
expenditures be made in accordance
with the law.
"All I want" he said, "is some
affirmative showing that the legal
requirements are being met"
For example, he said, the various
relief statutes require certain resi-
dence here for eligibility. He said
that before authorizing a payment
he wanted some record to show that
the residence requirement was being
carried out.
He added that he was opposed to
any change in this pre-auditing
procedure which he said applies to
all District Government branches
with the exception of the benefits
paid out by the District Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board. These
are post-audited under provisions
of the statute covering unemploy-
ment compensation, he explained.
Central Office Urged.
The social survey report also sup
ported formation of a central busi-
ness office by the welfare board,
which has been opposed by the
auditor.
Mr.. Pilkerton pointed out, how
ever, that the Office is authorized in
the 1947 welfare budget and hence
he has nothing more to say about it.
Separation of the adult penal in
stitutions from welfare into sepa-
rate department of corrections last
July /, he observed, removed a prin-
cipal objection to the welfare busi-
ness office as far as he was con-
cerned.
The prisoners. he pointed out,
have an industrial program operat-
ing which requires detailed cost ac-
counting which he felt should be
done on the spot, rather than here.
% miles from the Virginia institu-
tions.
Recommendations on the basis of
the survey report have been SUBJ
m1tted to the Council of Social
Agencies by its Committee on Fam
lily and Child Welfare, but no action
has been taken. s~
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Commissioners Pick Board
To Cut Contract Red Tape

In a move to cut throughsthe "red
tape" surrounding the handling of
District government contracts, the
Commissioners today named seven-
member committee to study current
procedures.
-
Supt. David v. Auld of the Water
Department was named chairman of
the investigating group which also
includes Highway Director H. C.
Whitehurst, Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West, Auditor A. R..
Pllkerton, District Sanitary Engineer
Harold Kemp, Chief Clerk Porter M.
Lumpkins and ElWood johnson of
the Highway Department.
The inquiry by the committee was
ordered after Engineer Commissioner
Gordon r. Young said he felt the
present procedures too cumbersome.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
u. 5. Motorists Advised
OF Mexican Oil Strike

The American Automobile Asso-
citation today warned motorists
against driving to Mexico on receipt
of word from its border Office at
Laredo, Tex, that all oil refineries
in Mexico have shut down, with
workers planning a general strike
Sunday.
Mexico has almost no surplus
gasoline, the AAA explained, and
failure of the refineries to produce
more would make it all but irnpos-
sible for motorists to obtain any.
The motorists association advised
postponement of trips to Mexico un.
til the situation has cleared UP.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Disabled U. S. Freiehter
Taken in Tow by Tuq
By the As,oe;oied p,e,,

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Coast
Guard headquarters here today re-
ported the tug Edmund B. Moran
of New York had taken the disabled
liberty freighter Samuel F. B. Morse
in tow about $50 miles east of the
Azores.
Third district headquarters said
the Morse lost propeller on August
% about 240 miles northeast of the
Azores and had drifted $50 miles
east when the Moran reached her
yesterday. The Moran radioed it
was towing the 7,2O0-ton freighter,
en- route from LIE Harve to Balti-
more, to Ponta del Gada.
On August 80 an Army plane drop
ped two packages of insulin to the
freighter which asked for it to re-
lieve a diabetic patient aboard.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Clark Collection of Art
To Be Put on Exhibition

An exhibit Of American etchings,
woodcuts and Autographs from the
collections of the late Addie Burr
Clark will open next Wednesday at
the National Gallery of Art, it was
announced today.
Mrs. Clark. who was born in Wash
ington and who died last March, was
considered one of the foremost COL
iectors OF American prints, particu-
iariy the etchings of Joseph Pennell.
she was the wife of John C. Clark,
former chief justice of the New York
Supreme Court, who died in June.
There are 259 prints in the COL
lection to be shown here.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Coe Reappointed Head
OF zoning Appeals Board

Theodore I. Coe. Washington
architect, today was named by the
Commissioners to another three
year term as chairman of the Board
Of Zoning Adjustment effective
October /.
Mr.. Coe has been a member of
the board since its creation in 1898.
The body holds monthly hearings
on appeals from District xoning
ordinances.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Arlington Construction
Permits Top 81 900, 900

Permits for construction valued at
S1279,755 were issued in Arlington
during August, it was reported to-
day by Andrew Jenson, county
building inspector.
One-family house construction,
with 80 out of a total of 1893 permits
issued, was the leading classification
at cost of $780, Other items
included one duplex, $4,000; 4
apartments CAT units. SITE, 900; 5
business structures. $4,000: 10 ga
RACES, $4.475, and So alterations and
repairs, $l43,580.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Lamp Post Topp1ed
When Hit by Plane
lowed by Tractor

An airplane struck and
knocked over a lamp post while
being towed In the 400 block M
street Sc, late yesterday, ac-
cording to report at No. 5
Precinct Station.
Police said the post was hit
by a wing of the plane when it
veered from the center of the
street while being towed by a
Navy-operated tractor-trailer.
The plane had been exhibited
at the ordnance show at the
Washington Monument Grounds
and was en- route from there
to the Anacostia Naval. Air
Station.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Do You Know That
At Children's Hosni.

At Children's Hospital the
sun porches can no longer be
used by convalescents only?
The space is needed for beds
of sick children.
Help Children's Hospital
reach its goal in its new build
ing fund drive.
Amount needed 81, 800 900 90
Contributed to date 1,026, ,040.31
Received yesterday 1,160 90
Still to be raised 272, ,799. SO
Please send contributions to
Children's Hospital, Thir-
teenth and v streets NV.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Judge Gallagher Thonks
Trumun for Numino Her

Judge Nadine Lane Gallagher, re-
Gently named to Municipal Court,
called at the White House today to
thank President Truman for her
appointment.
Judge Gallagher will serve 10
years.
Evening star., 1946-09-05

Entering an intersection where
stands a school building, motorist
sees groups of children playing at
recess time. Driver is proceeding at
about Is miles per hour, the legal
limit. On noting the children at
play, should he:
l. Turn of the street so as not
to pass the school?
2. Slow down to Is miles per hour
and continue on?
3. Redouble his vigilance but con-
tinue at the same rate of speed?
4. Stop and wait until children 90
back into the school building?
Answer 2 is correct. Paragraph
tc). of Section 81, District traffic and
motor vehicle regulations. warns mo-
torigts mot to exceed Is miles per
hour when passing school building
or the grounds thereof during school
recess or while children are going
to or leaving school during the OPEN
ing and closing hours"
The sub., 1946-07-04

Not much has been written about the personal life of O'Neil who is not only a great playwright, but also one of the foremost men in the field of literature. this century has produced. Perhaps this is be- cause from a very young man. when he worked on the staff of the New London Telegraph, Eugene O'NeiI never wished to have his private life exploited in any sense Of the word!
 He was born October 18th, 1888, the son of James O'Neil, a popular actor of that day. He travelled around the country with his par ents until he was seven, when he was sent to boarding school and from there to Princeton, where he was ''kicked out" in his Freshman year.
 On his own O'Neil tried several jobs ccessfully-never remain ing long at anything, until he was fired with an all consuming desire to go to sea! This he did. And for seven long years he worked as both stoker and seaman, at times touching the very dregs of life it. self. Then he landed@Work on the New London Telegraph and liked his job as reported, but was ob- liged to leave in 1912 as his lungs had become affected and he was sent to Sanitarium.
 This proved to be a determining factor ill Eugene O'NeiPs career He had time to think, to plan and to dream. The year 1916 found him here in Provincetown on Cape Cod, working with group of play
The sub., 1946-07-04

best known play was banned in Boston and received much publicl- ty. It was later made into movie with Norma Shearer and Clark Gable in the leading roles.
 l. His success in writing for the theatre was not because he could write dialogue, create characters, and contrive situations, but be- cause he knew the theatre and the public both so well. And then, too, HE WAS DIFFERENT!
 Eugene O'Neil combines the poet, mystic, the psychologist, with the dramatist in all his works. He has often been referred to as the FRIEND OF THE THEATRE. Most of his plays have been pro- duced under the banner of the Theatre Guild. This Association which grew famous through O'Neirs cooperation has some times complained that his plays lacked cheeks appeal" Like the plays of the great Irish playwright, Bernard Shaw, they were not al- ways box office hits.
 Eugene O'Neil has travelled ex- tensively, has been thrice married. The present Mrs. O'Neil, being the former Carlotta Monterey, the actress. At present he is living in Northern California, presumably writing play based on the life of an American family from Gen e1ation to Generation, 1906 to 1882. The fact that he works slowly, also ill-health, account for the fact that he has been absent from Broadway for seven years.
 He ranks as famous playwright. rather than as popular one. But even his severeSt critics cannot help but say that he will leave an indelible mark in the annals of the theatre, and ranks as an hon. ored son in the tercentennial pro- gress of New London, Connecticut
The sub., 1946-07-04
Last Ditch Battle To Put Through
 Minimum Pay Bill

A last ditch battle of over 100 CongreSsmen to get the 65-cent-an hour minimum wage bill through Congress before it adjourns for the summer has been launched by over a hundred Congressman who have banded themselves together as a steering committee to push the measure.
 However, the struggle is an up- hill one and it will not be won un- less stronger backing comes from the public, Congressman Andrew J. Biemiller (Dem., Wis), secretary of the committee, declared this week in national radio broadcast. The House Labor Committee re- ported out the bill last week, and is is now before the Rules Com mittee for a rule to permit House debate on the measure. Biemiller called upon the Rules Committee to adopt rule promptly" and up- on the House to legislate on the proposition without delay.
 Failure of Congress to act prior to adjournment would doom three to four million Americans to ''the obsolete and disgraceful minimum wage of 40 cents,' which is now the floor" in the Wage Hour Act, Biemiller said.
 He insisted that the bill "is not and should not be a controversial or party measure" The sole ques- ton, he declared, is whether mil lions should be forced to continue in Semi-starVation"
 With current living costs, no one can argue that 65 cents an hour-or $1, 300 a year, if a full 5 weeks are worked-will yield a wage which will support an American family in health and decency," the Badger congressman contended. ''AlI that it will do is to raise these three or four million American families from the very brink of starvation to meager subsistence level" Biemiller warned the public also to be on the alert against attempts in the House to "scuttle" the bill by crippling amendments.