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Evening star., 1946-05-10
Westinghouse Locals
Asked TO Speed Vote
By the Asaoeiofad Press

PITTSBURGH, May 10.-Twenty-
three CIO-United Electrical Work.
ers locals in a dozen States today
were asked to meet mot later than
Sunday to ratify a contract that
would end the 115-day-old walkout
of 10000 Westinghouse Electric
Corp. production employees.
The proposed new contract,
agreed on yesterday by union-ma
agement negotiations, provides an
18-cent-an-hour wage increase. The
electrical workers originally sought
$2-a-day boost, then reduced their
demand to 1872 cents hourly on the
basis of the steel settlement at that
figure.
Other provisions of the contract:
l. Company to establish a fund
of l cent an hour per employe to
be used to narrow differentials be-
tween mems and women's wage
rates.
2. Fluctuating bonus discontinued: {:
Day workers to get a fixed bonus
representing 42 to rs per cent bonus
paid In December, 1945.
8. Lamp division incentive system
changed to provide equitable
standards for workers and give them
general wage increase.
The company and union also
agreed that any employe who wishes
to withdraw from the union may do
so between March "a and 81 of each
year without loss of employment
status.
The Westinghouse strike-longest
major walkout since the war-ex-
ceeded by two days the CIO-United
Automobile Workers strike against
General Motors.
Company officials estimated the
strike cost Westinghouse employees
$642, 900 in wages each working day
or a total of $73,83O, ,0OO-and as
serted the firm lost more than
$100,00,000 in business.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
81 in Liberty Ship Crew
Held in Cargo PiIfering

SEATTLE, May 10 (P.-Thirty-
four officers and men on the Liberty
ship Frank Kellogg were under ar
rest today by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation as the War Ship
ping Administration announced a
drive to curtail pilfering of cargoes
in the Pacific.
The officers and men were charged
with conspiring to steal cigarettes
on the high seas. The War Ship
ping Administration accused the
crewmen of taking 300 cases of
cigarettes from the ship and selling
them in Batavia for as much as
$400 a case.
The 27-year-old captain, Louis
Guillemette, Woonsocket, r. l., said
cargo pilfering was common in the
South Pacific and authorities at
Batavia from the colonel on down
the line were hustling something or
other on the black market"
The captain told newspapermen
he had no knowledge of the alleged
cigarette deals until he reached
Seattle, but "as captain I am
responsible for everything the crew
does" He said cargoes were dis
charged into open fields In Batavia
and left unguarded.
All but four of the men arrested
were held in the county Jail on
5000 bond each. The four, includ-
ing John j. White of Philadelphia,
were given hearing before United
States commissioner.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
BY the Assoeioied Press

ATLANTA, May 10.-The Georgia
Legislative Council today demanded
an investigation by the Treasury
Department and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation into the activities
of the resurgent Association of
Georgia Klans.''
The council, which includes repre-
sentatives of the AFL, CIO and
various independent unions, charged
that xxx, Inc, had announced
suspension of activities in 1914 be-
cause of unpaid Federal taxes
amounting to more than half q
million dollars, but had continued
to use its original application and
reinstatement blanks.
A spokesman for the council said
officers of the Klan were known to
travel from State to State on Klan
business.
The investigation was demanded
following cross burning ceremony
on nearby Stone Mountain last
night.
During the ceremony two United
Press men. Bernard Brenner and
Robert Holloway, were searched and
their Aim conhscated by half a
dozen men. Oscar Goodman, Para
mount News Reel cameraman, had
his camera seized. but it later was
returned. Life Magazine had been
given permission by the Klan to
make exclusive" photographs of the
ceremony.
A thousand OF the white-robed
and hooded Klansmen, assembled
from Georgia and surrounding
States, turned out in full regalia to
initiate several hundred newcomers.
Initiation fee Is So
More than a thousand spectators
witnessed the ceremony.
Beneath the regalia Of some OF
the participants were seen feminine
ankles, hose and shoes.
License plates from adjoining
States were numerous. Chartered
buses brought many of the Klans-
men and initiates from Tennessee
Uniformed policemen were on hand
to unsnarl the traffic jam.
The grand dragon, DR.. Samuel
Green, Atlanta physician, last
night disclaimed for the order any
racial or religious prejudice, but
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Presbyterian Women
Convene at Bethesda

One hundred two delegates to
the Women's Auxiliary of the Po-
tomac Presbytery Synod of Virginia
are registered for the 34th annual
meeting now being held at the
Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
Personal Evangelism" was the
subject Of two addresses last night
following a fellowship dinner in the
dining room of the church. Several
hundred women of the local Pres
byterian churches joined the dele
gates for the occasion.
Miss Earline White, honorary
president of the National Business
and Professional Women's Club, and
the Rev. j. Blanton Belk, pastor OF
st. Giles Presbyterian Church in
Richmond, spoke. Both stressed the
Importance of rediscovering a sense
of God.
Yesterday afternoon the Rev
Balmer H. Kelly. professor of Old
Testament at the Union Theological
Seminary, discussed the book OF
Isaiah.
Today, DR.. j. B. Bisceglia, Kansas
City, Mo-, will speak on home mis-
sion work being done in that city
Mr.. Kelly will give further discus
sion of the book Of Isaiah and there
will be an installation of the new
president, Mrs. Donald w. Richard
son of Richmond.
Mrs. Joseph E. Beard is the out
going president.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Suit 70 Void Cotton Margin
REGULATION Dismissed
BY the Associoted Press

Saying it lacked jurisdiction, Dis
trict Court today dismissed a suit
to void Government regulation
which raised margin requirements
for trading in cotton futures.
This court is without jurisdiction
to pass on the validity or invalidity
of the regulation involved in this
suit" said Justice Jennings Bailey
in a memorandum accompanying
the dismissal action.
Justice Bailey asserted the case
is matter solely within the juris-
diction" of the Emergency Court of
Appeals, special court set up under
the Price Control Act to hear ex-
clusively complaints against OPA
regulations.
This same contention had been
advanced by the Justice Department
in requesting dismissal.
The suit to set aside the margin
regulation was filed by a group of
cotton planters, members of cotton
exchanges and j. E. Mcdonald,
Texas State commissioner of agri-
culture. 1t named as defendants
OPA Administrator Porter, Stabin-
zation Director Bowles and Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Anderson.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Mother Of Two Dies
From Burns Received
lin Auto Accident Fire

A 38-year- Rockville mother of
two children died yesterday in Sub
urban Hospital, Bethesda, as the re-
suit Of burns and injuries received
from an automobile accident on the
Rockville pike early last Friday.
The dead woman, Mrs. Beatrice
Thomas Pineo of Falls road, Rock
vile, and her husband, Victor c.
Plneo, were taken to the hospital
by passer-by few moments after
their car collided with another, over
turned and caught fire. according to
Montgomery County Police.
Mr.. Pineo, who is an employe of
the Bureau of Standards, was later
released from the hospital after re-
ceiving first-aid treatment.
The driver of the other car, Jesse
Neal, 81, also of Rockville, had been
held under $3.50 bond on charges of
reckless driving, police reported.
Now, he will face manslaughter
charges. but no bond amount or
hearing date has been set, police
said.
Mrs. Pineo was a native of New
Brunswick, Canada, and came to
Montgomery County about five years
ago. Besides her husband, she is
survived by two children, boy, Will
liam, S, and a girl, Dawn, 9. She
also is survived by her mother and
stepfather, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
German; sister, four stepsisters
and three stepbrothers, all of New
Brunswick.
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. Sunday at the Potomac Meth
odist Church, with the Rev. Elgar
Soper officiating. Burial will be in
Canada.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Forest Hills Group Backs
Commercial Rent CeiIinqs

Approval in principle of legislation
placing ceilings on business property
rentals was voted Wednesday night
by the Forest Hills Citizens Associ-
alton, meeting in the Ben Murch
School,
A resolution approving daylight
saving time for the District also was
adopted. Other actions by the as
sociation included requests for street
repairs on Linnean avenue between
Davenport and Chesapeake streets
NV. for survey of an alleged
traffic hazard at Thirtieth and AL
bemarle streets NV and for the in
stallation of a trash receptacle at
Thirtieth and Brandywine streets
NV.
George T. Bowman was chosen
president in the annual election.
Others named were j. Sanders, vice
president; Franklin T. Baldwin, sec
retary, and j. N. McCollun, treas
urer; Mrs. Leslie B. Wright and E.
l.. Springer, outgoing president,
were chosen delegates to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations
Mrs. Swager Sherley, Lester E. Boy
kin and DR.. G. w. Warburton were
appointed to the Executive Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Police in Cairo Fire
On MosIems Hur|inq
Stones From Mosque
By the Associoted Press

CAIRO, May 10.-Police fired
buckshot among a crowd of more
than 200 one-throwing Mos
lens who had assembled on the
roof of Azhar Mosque today in a
demonstration against the Brit
ish-American Commission report
on Palestine.
The police also dispersed a crowd
OF thousands in the square who had
gathered on the Moslem Sabbath.
The battle was an outgrowth of a
general one-day strike called by
Moslems and Arabs in support of
their Palestine colleagues which
tied up many of the larger cities of
the Middle East.
While police continued to fire
shotguns at persons on the roof, the
crowd was dispersed from the
square. 1t took refuge on side
streets out of range. At least one
policeman was injured.
Police Forced to Retreat.
Attempting to block demonstra-
tions when the crowd of worshippers
came from their monday prayers
armed police on foot and horseback
held several thousand inside the
mosque in the heart of the Cairo
bazaar district. Three times the po-
lice in front of the massive stone
mosque, one of the oldest in the
world, were forced to retreat under
hail of stones and other missiles.
Reinforcements arrived and the
police entered the mosque and ar
rested more than 200. approximately
40 of them were injured, mostly by
police clubs.
Three persons, including the po-
liceman, were taken to hospitals,
Ambulance crews gave first aid to
others.
Police then began clearing the
area in front of the mosque of spec
tators. The square was left Uttered
with thousands of stones.
A police officer expressed the be-
lief that the stoning was started by
members of the Misr Ell Fatah youth
organization, which also is known
as the Green Shirts. The govern
ment has forbidden the wearing of
green shirts.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Major Middle East Cities
Tied Up by Arab Strike

LONDON, May 10 [P).-A general
strike of Arabs protesting the
British American Inquiry Commit
tee recommendations that Palestine
be opened to 100000 Jewish immi-
grants from Europe halted business
activity in most important cities of
the Middle East today.
Two bombs exploded in Jewish
stores in Beyrouth last night, caus-
ing heavy damage and wounding
four persons, but elsewhere there
was tense quiet.
Police and troops took extraordi-
nary precautions against any out
break of violence and Egyptian
Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha,
accompanied by an armed escort,
toured the streets of Cairo, alert for
any sign of trouble.
The work stoppage was almost 100
per cent effective in Alexandria,
where large forces of police and SOL
diers, some of them patrolling the
main thoroughfares IN trucks, were
on duty. Diplomatic sources in
Cairo said the strike was nation
wide in Iraq.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Treasury Inquiry Demanded
Into Resurqent XXX in South

bi-racial, politico-labor and church
groups quickly disputed this.
DR.. Guy Johnson, executive direc-
tor of the Southern Regional Coun-
Gil, a bi-racial organization of
Southerners working for better racial
relations in the South and it's
economic development said:
1T (the Klan is not likely to
get far in the awakening South.
1t tries to make us believe that the
Jew and Catholic and the Negro
and the labor union are the cause
of our problems"
DR.. Green, who says the Klan
has a membership of more than
10000 in Georgia alone, comedies
the Klan is against communism
and stands for white supremacy,
but is as law-abiding as any other
secret order.
"The Klan has as much right to
exist as the Masons, Rotarians or
any other organization" he adds.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Young
Continued From First Page J

tonstall voted the proxies of Sena-
tors Smith of New Jersey and Buck
of Delaware, Republicans, and
Chairman Hoey voted the proxies of
Senators Tydings of Maryland, Nc
Carran of Nevada, Huffman of Ohio
and Briggs of Missouri Democrats.
Chairman Hoey said he realized
the present Congress was drawing
to close, but that he would like
to have the Commissioners report
and recommendations for action as
soon as possible. though congress
sional action might have to be de-
ferred until next January.
Higher Levy Advocated.
Senator Johnston said he believed
several million dollars" in addi-
tional taxes could be obtained if
higher levies were made on issuance
of liquor permits. The levies here,
he said, are low compared with those
of many States. AS much as 100000
is reported to have been paid for the
transfer of a license from one re-
taller to another.
Senator Capper broke in to say
that many people feel Washington
is a pretty wide open city" as to
liquor and that the question was
worth looking into"
Senator Young said it was his OBJ
servation that the liquor business
was better controlled in the District
than in most of the large cities.
The Kansas Senator then de-
clared that the payment of 100000
for a transferred liquor permit
could not be justified from any
point of view.
Senator Johnston said he had re-
ceived a great many complaints
about the liquor license situation,
that many of these came from re-
turned war veterans. He said he
had concluded from his investiga-
ton, which included an interview
with Commissioner Young, that I'VE
can't lay this question on the door,
step of any one of the Commits
sioners."
Blamed on Limitation.
He emphasized it was a question
Of policy which might be determined
by the Commissioners or by Con-
gress, and that he thought Congress
ought to investigate the situation
and do something to relieve it. Pay
ment of big prices for transferred
licenses, he added, grew out of the
Limitation on the number of class A
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Arab Higher Committee
Gables Bio Three Chiefs

JERUSALEM, May 10 (P).-The
Arab Higher Committee announced
today it had cabled the Big Three
nations that recommendations of
the British-American Committee on
Palestine would enable Jews of the
world to invade our country under
the protection of the armed forces
of Britain and America"
The message, sent to Prime Min
lister Stain, President Truman and
Prime Minister Attlee-and to So
Wet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
who is attending the Foreign Min
listers Conference in Paris-threat-
ened to oppose the recommends
tions ito the last man"
Jamal Efendi Husseini. trustee
for the Higher Committee, signed
the cables, which closed with an
appeal ''for human justice"
Coincidentally, the Higher Com
mittee cabled the Foreign Ministers
Conference in Paris a demand for
the abolition of the British man.
date in Palestine and for the grant
ing of independence to the Arabs
there.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Sander|in Denies Neglect
In District Jail Escape


Policeman Oscar C. Sanderlin
pleaded not guilty today when ar
raigned before Chief Justice Bolitha
j. Laws of District Court on a
charge of negligently permitting
Joseph D. Medley and Earl Nc
Farland, convicted murderers, to
escape from District Jail on April 8.
Sanderlin appeared in court with
his attorney, H. Clifford Alder.
Policeman Hubert c. Davis, who
was jointly indicted with Sanderlin,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
yesterday.
Justice Laws set June 10 as a
tentative date for trial of the two
men, but indicated the date may
be changed early next week if it is
not satisfactory to both parties.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Navy Supervised Gambling Hall
At Pearl Hurbor, Senators Told

I 3: The case of Comdr. Lawrence
H. Blodgett, charged-and later &C
quilted by a Navy court-martial-
with diverting $500 pounds of Navy
meat and 500 pounds of butter for
private use, which Senator Mead
said included picnlcs
4. Complaints that employees OF
naval ships stores were stealing
merchandise and selling it to Hawai-
ian merchants.
S. Diversion of serviceable lumber
to dump, from which enough was
salvaged by individuals to build a
house and carry out some other pri-
vate construction.
Blodgett Case Outlined.
Senator Mead told an interviewer
that the Blodgett case unlocked
the whole thing" He gave this ac-
count of the matter:
The meat and butter, tagged
Comdr Blodgett's property. were dis
covered in warehouse refrigerator
by Marine 1t. Col. Iven H. Stickney.
Col. Stickney reported the incident
to his superior officer and shortly
was transferred from the station
A board of investigation absolved
Comdr. Blodgett.
Col Stickney later presented the
matter to the Secretary of the Navy
Comdr. Blodgett was court-martialed
and acquitted last August. Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz, on reviewing the
case, called the acquittal "a mis-
carriage of Justice
Admiral Doyle, who conducted a
subsequent investigation, said he
concurred in that opinion. Secretary
Forrestal made Col. Stickney full
colonel and awarded him the Le-
gion of Merit. Comdr. Blodgett
still is on duty in Hawaii, Admiral
Doyle told the committee. He said
there is possibility Comdr.
Blodgett may be tried again on diff
ferent charges
Evening star., 1946-05-10

now prevails-for the first time
since April %.
1t. Col. A. Dumlao Of the MPs
said news of the truce agreed on
here this week had not reached
Central Luzon in time to prevent
yesterdays clash. He expressed the
hope today's calm indicated the end
of sanguinary fighting that has
taken so or more lives since the
April % elections.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Ten Filipino Guerri|Ios
Are Wounded in Clash
BY the Associoted Press

MANILA, May 10-Ten USAFFE
guerrillas were wounded in a three
hour clash yesterday with 500 Hulk
balahaps in Nueva Ecija province,
Filipino military police headquar-
terS reported today, but it said quiet
Evening star., 1946-05-10
Civitun Club to Elect

Election Of officers of the Civitan
Club of Bethesda will be held at a
luncheon meeting Wednesday. Dr.
Bruce T. Benjamin has been
nominated as president.
Evening star., 1946-05-10
BY the Associcfed Press

An account of a Navy supervised
gambling hall at Pearl Harbor spe-
clalizing in no-limit craps, black
jack and poker was laid before the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee today by Rear Admiral Austin
K. Doyle, deputy inspector general.
Admiral Doyle said chief bos'n
mate was stationed in the hall ito
keep order, regulate the gambling
and see that only the proper per-
sons were admitted"
The "sky's-the- limit" games were
played in the recreation hall of
civilian housing area No. 8, adjacent
to the Navy Yard. during 1943 and
1914, Admiral Doyle said.
He testified the organized gam
bling was permitted as the lesser
of two evils. He described the
civilian employees of the yard as "a
rough element" few of whom had
their families with them, and added
that the atmosphere of the housing
area was kind of like that of an
old-fashioned lumber camp
Chairman Mead read into the
record that Vice Admiral D. W.
Bagley was commandant of the naval
district at the time
WAS there any rake-of1?" Senator
Mead wanted to know.
81 would prefer not to go into that
at this time, as we are still inveSti-
eating the case," Admiral Doyle re-
piled.
When pressed by Senator Fergu-
son, Republican, Of Michigan, Ad-
miral Doyle conceded that I'VE are
very suspicious there was some rake
off,"
He testified at hearing called to
investigate charges of widespread
theft and mismanagement of naval
property in Hawaii during wartime
Earlier, Chairman Mead told a
neWSman that a skeleton report"
from the Navy inspector generals
Office listed five specific instances of
irregularities in the way Govern
|ment goods were handled at the
Pacific outpost.
He referred to the contents of the
official report by Admiral Doyle
made public yesterday.
High Navy officers, ranging up to
vice admiral, were criticized for
alleged negligence and inefhciency
in Admiral Doyle's report.
They were Admiral Bagley, Rear
Admiral William r. Furlong, Rear
Admiral E. w. Hanson, Rear Ad-
miral (then captain) r. w. Paine,
Rear Admiral c. o. Kell and Capt.
John H. Kangeter.
The report said that Admiral Fur
long was negligent, careless, indif-
ferent and inefficient" The allega-
tions concerning the others fell
within the same general categories.
Before summoning Admiral Doyle
and other Navy witnesses for addi-
tional data today, Senator Mead
made the following summary of
official Navy findings thus far filed
with the committee.
l. "A housing scandal" Senator
Mead said that so far as we know
about 100000 worth of Navy housing
was diverted and rented to civilians.
2. Shipment of goods to Honolulu
merchants from the mainland in
Navy bottoms, at time, Senator
Mead said, when we were conduct
ing war and ships were scarce"
Evening star., 1946-05-10

permits With the intention OF get
ting down to 300.
Though fixed some years ago
when the number was about 400, the
District has never been able to get
down to that figure, he brought out,
adding that today there are about
$50.
The Commissioners held a public
hearing January 81 on the proposal
of the ABC Board to remove the
limitation. The city heads rejected
it early in March. AS Senator
Johnston brought out, this was
shortly before President Truman
on March 81 submitted his nomina-
ton for third term and he, there
fore, received the full weight of
prospective liquor dealers who were
irate over the Commissioners de-
cision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-16
JUDGE WILL HEAR
ROAD BLOCK CASE
Judge Burney Signs Order
For Defendants To Ap-
pear Here

Superior Court Judge John j.
Burney will be called upon Friday
morning to hear suit in which the
plaintiffs allege that one OF the
defendants has threatened to bar
them at gun-point from use OF a
road going by yher property.
Judge Burney yesterday signed
an order against Sallie = WICK
and her husband. J. T. Wick, and
Elizabeth Capps to appear in court
Friday to answer charges that they
had blocked Hinton avenue in Sea-
gate from passage by five plain
tiffs.
The plaintiffs are j. T. West, W.
H. Smith. I. D. Dexter, Ralph Gil
lette, and Will Marshall.
The complainants charge that the
defendants have FABRICATED road.
which they yelaim was ditched and
rebuilt from relief funds under the
supervision Of the welfare depart
ment, and that the defendants nave
ocnspired to block the highway
permanently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-16

HOLD MEET HERE
Seventy-Four Representa-
tive, Attend Annual l.
Day Fall Session

Representatives Of "a Southeast
ern North Carolina Presbyterian
churches met yesterday for their
annual fall meeting in the Pear
sail Memorial Presbyterian church
in East Wilmington.
The Rev J. V. Axtell, Of More
head City, delivered q sermon at
10 a. m. opening the one-day
gathering.
The group then discussed plans
for raising funds to be used in
Home Mission work.
J. B. Huntington. secretary Of
the Wilmington Young Mems S
Christian association and chair
man of the committee on Evange::
lism, made a report on his COM
,nittee' work for the past year.
The meeting was the 15eth regu-
lar gathering Of the group, which
makes 40 Wilmington Presbytery
its headquarters. The Presbytery
consists of 40 ministers and ruling
elders.