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Evening star., 1946-11-01
zacharias AWAITING
Navy Request 70 Cut
Paris Of Manuscript

Navy Capt. Ellis M. Zacharias
said today he still awaited letter
from Navy Department sources
which, he was advised, requests him
to delete portions of his unpublished
book, Secret Mission" dealing with
his experiences as naval intelli-
gence officer.
He refused to speculate on what
his reaction to the letter might be
until I have seen it,"
The fact that such a letter had
been mailed was confirmed by
Commodore Ernest r. Eller, director
of the Naval Office of Public In
formation, following report in
the current issue of the unofficial
but authoritative Army and Navy
Bulletin that the Navy Department
has refused to clear the manuscript
for publication.
Capt. Zacharias said the book was
submitted to the department last
August and that he has received no
communication regarding it.
The Bulletin reported that some
of the naval officers who have seen
the manuscript have objected to
passages dealing with the Pearl
Harbor attack and the manner in
which the japanese codes were
broken. The publication also said
Capt. Zacharias had been asked to
rewrite these and other portions OF
the book and fatty declined to
do so.
Capt. Zacharias has been credited
with having predicted the Pearl
Harbor attack long in advance of
it's occurrence He speaks japanese
fuently and was organizer and di-
rector of the psychological warfare
program against the Japs. He COM
manded the cruiser Salt Lake City
in 1912 and the battleship New
Mexico in 1943 and 1914.
His manuscript was believed to
be in the Office of Rear Admiral
Thomas B. Inglis, chief of naval in
telligence, although Commodore
Eller said he did not know just
where it was.
Evening star., 1946-11-01
Terms of Hotel Agreement

three years employment, the same
to accrue as follows-one"half day
for each month up to II months
but none for less than six months;
eight days after two years, 10 work
ing days after 21a years and II
working days after three years.
6. Wages-The wage scale in ef-
feet September 30, 1916, to be ad-
justed in the following manner:
a. Nontipping employees to re-
ceive an increase of 6 cents an
hour with a minimum rate of $50
for a 48-hour week and with the
understanding that, where meals
are furnished, they shall be
valued and credited on minimum
scale at the rate of 2 cents per
meal per hour.
b. Tipping employees to receive
an increase of 8 cents per hour.
(This applies to persons called in
for part-time work.
7. Extra wage scale-To be in ac-
cordance with a fixed schedule.
8. Miscellaneous-All other union
demands to be withdrawn except
those which were agreed on in the
course of negotiations and which
will be incorporated in the contract.
9. Tenure-Contract to be effec-
tive October /, 1916, for period of
one year.
the 18 hotels affected by the hotel
ment approved yesterday, original
,Hore fNlIotu.
Evening star., 1946-11-01

settlement. You wouldn't know
from looking in our hotel today that
there'd ever been a strike" Mr.. Mer-
rick commented.
At the Raleigh, the cafeteria was
opened this morning, and the bar
and cocktail lounge will be in opera
ton late today. Meetings sched-
uled next week will be held.
At the Willard, the coffee shop
and dining room were to be opened
today. They have been redecorated
during the strike.
The Hotel Washington tap room
was to be opened this afternoon and
the dining rooms tomorrow.
At the Harrington, the tavern was
open last night with the announce
ment that the dining room would be
In operation today.
AS the progress toward normalcy
was made, Mr.. Levine estimated the
$50 a week guaranteed minimum for
nontipped hotel employees will mean
a boost from IS cents to 6212 cents
in their hourly wage.
Meal Deductions Continue.
A deduction of 16 cents a meal will
be made from the salaries of mini
mum wage workers in some claSsif1-
cations, as has been done in the
past, Mr.. Levine added.
He went on to explain that non
tipped workers previously earning
more than the 55-cent-an-hour
minimum would receive enough to
bring them up to $50 a week or at
least six cents an hour.
About 1000 employees stood to gain
between 6 and III cents, he said
Mr.. Levine estimated the smallest
boost - three cents - would 60 to
approximately 1000 tip receiving
workers.
Labor Department Conciliator
Clyde Mills was among speakers at
yesterdays mass meeting and drew
enthusiastic applause and cheers
when introduced. ~ He told the
workers the settlement offered them
had his fun Endorsement. 4
Leaders of the unions represented
on the Joint Executive Board which
conducted the strike urged their
members to approve the agreement
unanimously. Several pointed out
9 new effort could be made to gain
further advantages when the con-
tract expires next year.
Cites Fair Treatment.
Union heads emphasized in their
remarks that the workers should
return to their jobs with heads
high" but without spirit of win
dictiveness." Employees were re-
Evening star., 1946-11-01
Terms of the agreement tOhicT

Terms of the agreement tOhich
resulted in settlement OF the
Washington hotel strike tollotD:
l. Abolition of the split shift-The
hotels to agree to discontinue the
split shift among kitchen employees
by February 15,, 1947.
2. Arbitration of discharges-Pres-
ent contract provision to be amended
by adding the following: provided
further that discharges resulting
from guest complaints shall not be
subject to arbitration, but manage
ment will discuss each such case
with union representative prior to
making the discharge final"
8. Group insurance-Management
to agree to give further considera-
ton to this subject but without the
same being made a contract condi-
'tion of employment.
4. Division of banquet gratuities-
Present contract provision to be
changed to provide that 10 per cent
of the gratuity shall be retained by
the officers in charge and 80 per
cent shall be sent to the union to be
divided equally among the employees
serving the banquet, including cap
tains.
S. Vacations-For steady employees
as follows: One week after one
years employment; two weeks after
Former wages Of employees in
strike. new wages under the agre
union demands and original hotel
Evening star., 1946-11-01
Chest
Continued From First Page

conveniently, voluntarily and gen.
erously" to the campaign was an.
nounced today by Herbert L. Willett
IT,, executive director of the Chest
Federation.
Now II Units
Both of the new units, which have
been designated as Special Unit"
and Unassigned Unit" will function
directly under Mr.. Bell. These two
groups bring to II the number OF
units now engaged in raising funds
for the 125 agencies which are MEM
bers of the Chest Federation.
In every campaign" Mr.. Wilett
said, there are a number of large
gifts which may be for one year
only because they are made by tenn
Evening star., 1946-11-01
Cousins Are Born
Five Minutes Apart
BY the Associoied Press

LOS ANGELES.-Pamela Baker
and Leonard Begg are not only first
cousins-they're very close cousins.
Pamela was born at $50 am. to
Mrs. Virginia Baker. Leonard was
born at 5:55 am. in the same hos
pital to Mrs. Dorothy Begg. The
mothers are sisters.
Evening star., 1946-11-01
SIiqht Butter Price Rise
Seen; Milk Boost Unlikely

Butter may increase slightly in
price in the near future, but
threatened one-cent-a-quart retail
milk boost will not materialize, Dis
trict area dairy products spokesmen
indicated today.
Wholesale butter prices dropped
7 cents last Tuesday in Washington.
This decrease is just being passed
on to the housewives, it was said.
Since then, however, there have
been two 1-cent-a- pound raises in
wholesale butter, a spokesman for
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association butter and egg division
pointed out. These will be felt short
ly, he predicted
Allowing 90 conversations at once,
telephone cable less than one inch
thick is heinp made in Britain.
Evening star., 1946-11-01

Union heads emphasized in their
remarks that the workers should
return to their jobs with heads
high" but without spirit of win
dictiveness." Employees were re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
More Sugar - Same Ration

Decreasing military demand coupled
with the prospect of larger-than-ex-
pected beet sugar production are
given by the Commerce Department as
reasons for expecting 341 900 tons
more sugar for American consumption
this year than last. Hawaiian and
Puerto Rican imports also are expected
to be larger. In this case the excess
over 1915 would be greater.
But the trade is inclined to doubt
that housewives will enjoy much les
sening of r~ationing restrictions, if any,
despite the increase in the available
supply. This view is based on the prob
able increase in allotments to COM
mercial users and the addition of some
100000 veterans to the lists of civil
ian consumers.
The current ration of fifteen pounds
for person is liable to be maintained,
although there may be a slight in
crease for home Gamers.
This is just one more case when
what appears good news isn't so good
after all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
More Flowers By Plane

Following the successful earlier ex-
pertinent of shipping jonquils to distant
cities by plane, Castle Haynes flower
growers now plan to ship the bulk OF
their immense gladioli crop, expected
to reach it's peak in about two weeks
and remain at a high bloom rate for a
month or five weeks thereafter, by the
same means.
Because the crop promises to be
heavy and local and nearby markets
will require little more than 1 per cent
of the total, the growers count on
moving up to 90 per cent by plane.
Additional shipping costs will be offset
by higher prices which may be charged
because the flowers will reach distant
markets much fresher, and last much
longer, than by any other method OF
transportation.
First it was bulbs, then jonquils,
now gladioli. Flowers obviously are
destined to have an important part in
air freight traffic from the Whining
ton. airport. In addition, it has been
demonstrated that the areas fish can
also be moved by air. Several ship
ments, one direct to Governor Cherry.
have proved the fact beyond dispute.
So successful has it been that regular
shipments are in contemplation.
Thus it is easy to see that Blue
thenthal airport is destined for heavier
and heavier freight transportation,
which in combination with mail de-
l~iveries and passenger patronage as
sures it a large measure of success.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
House Poll On Draft
By ARTHUR KROCK

WASHINGTON, May 10. - Sometimes the
analysis of a roll-call in Congress reveals
that one party or geographical section, or one
bloc or pool of blocs, effected the majority.
A motive-economic, social, partisan or an
other-can then usually be tracked down. But
the House vote this week by which the Sc
lective Service Act was denatured before it
was briefly extended to July l eludes any
such finding.
Both major parties, and all factions and
groups within them, contributed to the result.
Twenty-seven more Republicans voted for the
crippling amendments than Democrats did,
and twice as many Democrats voted mo"
as there were Republicans who voted mo"
But on per centages the Democratic party di-
visions was not as favorable to the existing
draft act as numerically it appears to be. And,
since the Democrats represent the party in
power anc of the President who opposed the
House action, and since the go Democratic
votes for the amendments assured their sue
cess by a much larger margin than was re-
CURED for a majority, that party cannot es-
cape a great share of the responsibility.
Beyond that conclusion. and the further
testimony of the ~roll-call that the affirmative
votes came from all sections and all the large
States, analysis Of the ballots on the Sheridan
amendments leads nowhere. Perhaps it is
more accurate to say that it leads every
where and gets nowhere except to the OBJ
s%ervation that Representatives from the whole
nation united to deal this blow to security.
to foreign policy and to the obligations as
sumed by the United States in victory.
This deduction is sustained by a sore de-
tailed breakdown of the vote made by Mr..
c.. P. Trussell of the Washington staff of this
newspaper. But the compilation he made dis
closes other interesting aspects of the combi-
nation formed to exclude youths and fathers
from the draft in the period of extension to
July l.
In favor of the amendments were 90 Demo
Gratis, 119 Republicans and 2 members OF
minor parties. Against them were 1903 Demo
Gratis and 81 Republicans. pairs, abstentions
and vacancies account for the SO members
whose names do not appear on the r~oll-call)
The 213 Representatives who voted "aye''
came from AZ states. Only Arizona, Della
ware, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota
and Vermont-with a small portion of the
country population - supplied no votes for
the amendments.
In 20 States, all, or a majority, of their
member in the House, irrespective of party
or faction, were recorded in favor of exclud-
ing youths and fathers from the draft. These
States, and the division of their member
voting, are:
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
RUSSIANS POINT
TO FOOD RELIEF
Radio Commentator An
swers Proposals That
Reds Donate More

LONDON, May 18.-U.Pl-A So
Wet radio comm entator today di-
rected attention to the food supplies
Russian hos made available to
European nations despite its linn
tied resources in what appeared
to be an answer to suggestions that
the SoVie, increase its contribu-
lions to meet the world food crisis.
The statement appeared to indi-
cate that the present Soviet food
contributions would not be increas-
ed materially. However, it was
understood that the British govern
ment has directed new representa-
tions to Generalissimo Josef Stain
along the lines of Those made by
President Truman.
The Soviet commentator was Pet
er Orlov, speaking in English over
Radio Moscow. He noted that Rus
STA had provided Finland, Poland,
Romanla and France with more
than LOO, 900 tons of grain.
Nations to which the Soviet
Union has rendered brotherly as
sistance do not forget that the
USSR suffered inestimable man
power and material losses in the
war;" Orlov said. "Tney know that
the food resources of the Soviet
Union itself r still limited.
He said that the willingness with
which the Soviet people respond
to the needs of other nations is all
the more valuable" because of
the paucity Of Soviet resources.
saidibnsgnimntoAe dhesthoAETSH
These n>tions," he said, "can
see that after playing the leading
role in the defeat of Fascism the
Soviet Union marches today in the
Vanguard OF the struggle for the
peaceful cooperation of nations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
Rail Strike Postponed

A five : day p~ostponement of the
strike of railroad trainmen and engi-
neers, agreed to by the heads of these
brotherhoods at President Truman's
personal request, does not guarantee
there will be no strike. But the time
gained may we'll bring the lines and
the brotherhoods into agreement on
the wage controversy. Then there
will be no interruption in train service
and no government operation on the
Presidents seizure order.
When negotiations were broken off
last Thursday the difference in the
brotherhoods' wage demands and what
the carriers were ready to pay was
only about 16 cents per hour. An
Emergency Board had recommended
\ minimum increase of SIPS a day, on
which the carriers stood pat. A modi-
fled demand by the unions for a mini
mum raise of $1.44, represented a de-
crease from the workers original de.
mand of a $3.50 minimum.
Surely in five days this difference
ought to be disposed of. That would
be the reasonable thing to do. But, as
noted, the resumption of negotiations
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
LETTER BOX
FOR A

10 the Editor:
I wish to thank you for your
editorial in the Saturday Star call
ing attention to the need for a
tuberculosis sanatorium and the
reason why the effort to build one
was blocked.
A majority of the people are
awake to the important role the
sanatoriam plays in the lives of
those who are victims of tubercl,-
losis and the protection it is to
the public. Therefore the public
should be given a chance to ex-
press their wishes at the polls.
They yer denied that right by a
three-to-two vote of the Board of
County Commissioners. The right
to vote is a privilege that is sacred
to any good American citizen.
Saturday, May 25, is election
day in I'll county, and it will be
we'll fol voters to consider well
carefully how the candidates for
all offices stand in regard to q
sanatorium and other matters of
public interest.
1 believe he Red Cross Sanatori-
UNI accomplished more good fo,
the money spent than any insti-
tuition in existence.
D. F. WEAVER
Wilmington, N. c.,
May 10, 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
TOP o. MORNING

The Lord | love went on ahead
To make a home for me. He said
He would come back again, and He
oh, gracious love-He wrote to me!
He knew | was so weak and blind
And foolish that l would not find
The read alone. He told me things
That all earth's wise men, and its kings,
Have never guessed, yet 1 foreknow
If | but read His Word.
What would He think Of me
If when l saw Him I should say:
81 was too busy every day
To read what Thou didst write to me;
really hadn't time for Thee!"
Martha Smell Nicholson
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
Active Duty Offered
Army Reserve Officers

WASHINGTON, May 1877 =
The Army today offered active
military duty to 6,4O0 National
Guard and Reserve officers VINO
volunteer to serve at home Oh
abroad at least until mid-1947.
The quotas include 4,4OO 81
forces and service force officer
in addition to 1000 who will BE-
accepted for the ground forces
The air force quota, however, cor
sists only of $50 non-pilot techni'Si
specialists.
The War department explaineg
that the officers accepted woila
replace those who we're eligible 1oi
separation and added that it wa!
planned to follow this policy,
service until the army ATTAINED
permanent postwar status.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19

This reveals that while in the following
States-in addition to the six that were re-
corded solidly in the negative-majorities of
the House delegations were cast against the
amendments, most OF these delegations con-
tributed literally to their adoption:
Alabama, A r k a n S as, Connecticut, Idaho,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.
To what degree do thes e divisions represent
the views of the people who elect the mem
bers of the House? Some popular test not
yet formulated may disclose the answer. The
Senate majority opposed the amendments,
and agreed to them only because the Sc
lective Service Act would have lapsed other
wise. Therefore, it can be argued that the
Senators, not the Representatives, truly re-
Elected the attitude of their constituents
throughout the nation. But against that theory
is the evidence of the roll-call in the branch
Of Congress where in contrast tWo-thlrdS
of the Senate which remains in office, all
the membership must stand for reelection
this year.
Another detail of the House vote is that
Representatives who have violently opposed
each others positions on almost every subject
found common ground in favor of the amend
ments. Here are a few pairs of those strange
bedfel1ows: Marcantonio and Rankin: Adam
Powell and Eugene Cox; SABBATH and Rich;
Coffee and Hoffman; Biemiller and Knutson;
lac and Short. Their duels in the House
have been continuous.
The division of the female members leads
to a conclusion. Eight - Douglas of Illinois,
Douglas of California, Rankin, Woodhouse,
Bolton, Luce, Rogers and Smith of Maine
opposed the exemption OF youths and fathers.
The only other woman in the House-S1mner
favored it. But even this conclusion is re-
stricted by an odd fact. The eight who voted
mo" are married or are widows. Miss Sum-
ner is a spinster.-New York Times.
Life was simple for me when / was an
isolationist.-Sen Arthur H. Vandenbere (R)
of Michigan, at Big Four conference in Paris.
Acute labor shortage exists in some of the
very industries where OPA restrictions are
accused of limiting productlon.-Prof sumner
H. Slichter Of Harvard U.
There is plenty of evidence that the pan
Germanic idea is still going strong, not only
in Germany, but in places where the Nazis
have found refuge-Spain, Argentina and
other countries. So long as German assets
remain under their control, either in Germa-
nv or abroad. there will be real danger that
thew will try a comeback.-Sen Glen H. Tay-
lor CD Of Idaho.
The Communist Party gives lip service tc
democracy but It is essentially undemocratlc
The methods bv which it seeks to gain power
disregard altogether the obligation to man.
tain the standards of conduct which Woulo
make life possible in a civilized society,"
British Prime Minister Clement Aff'eH-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19

The Communist Party gives lip service to
democracy but It is essentially u~ndernocratc
The methods by which it seeks to gam power
disregard ALTOGETHER the obligation to NAM
tain the standards of conduct which would
make life possible in a civilized society,"
| British Prime Minister Clement Aft'eA-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-19
For A Fort Fisher Park

VI "A Il vi x0AhNA
New England may not be more cogni-
zant of it's historic past than the South,
but has taken better advantage of it,
Travel where one will Down East, he
is continually confronted by buildings
in which history was made, parks
where battles we're fought, wayside
inns where notables of other days
either lived or spent some time-all
adequately marked by memorial tab
lets and advertised by one mean or
another to attract visitors.
Being a thrifty people, New Eng
landers have curio stands, souvenir
booths, fruit stalls-commercial en-
terprises of varied sorts to reap a fl
nancial harvest or at least a few dimes,
from visiting tourists. They me-
morialize and inevitably commercialize
their historic assets. They are proud
of the part their region played in the
drama of Americas early development,
and, as noted, pass up no chance to
turn an honest penny.
1t is unfortunate that succeeding
generations in Wilmington have not
shared the New England viewpoint,
but instead have allowed many equally
important landmarks in Americas de-
velopment to be destroyed or marked
only with curbside signs that few
tourists stop to read and only a hand
full of permanent residents know what
they say.
What a great opportunity has been
passed up, for example, at Fort Fisher.
One of the most important engage
ments of the War Between the States
was fought there. Glory was won
there, even in defeat, by Confederate
forces. Yet the best that has been
done is to raise an inadeqate monu-
ment, with no parking. Changing
ocean currents have been permitted to
encroach at will. There is little to in
dictate that a great combat once took
place there. What little effort at i'm
provement there has been over the
years stems from the Historical Society
which, without adequate funds has
been under an insurmountable handi-
cap.
By any reasoning, Wilmington, New
Hanover county and the State of North
Carolina have woefully neglected one
of the truly interesting historic sites of
the entire Southland.
Now that in a manner of speaking
peace has returned to the country, and
in view of the fact that a legislative
session is not so far ahead, is it not
time for preparing a bill appropriating
a large sum of money for Fort Fishers
permanent development as a battle
park that visitors may be attracted in
large numbers and the historic signi-
flcance of the site be given it's proper
place / N the understanding of residents
as we'll as tourists?
If the Battle of Fort Fisher had
been fought in New England the peo-
pie whereabouts would have had a park
years ago. Certainly New Englanders
can do nothing we of the South can't
do, once we put our minds and efforts
to work on a given undertaking. Let's
have a real Fort Fisher Park.