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Evening star., 1946-06-06

WOIkSlS "~A AASAA>ss'
threaten, in that case, to draw their
fellow workers in foreign ports into
the strike and they have received
fairly convincing assurances from
abroad that it can be done.
This would really be war or would
have many of the desperate con-
sequences of war, including the
paralysis of world commerce.
ILO Study Important.
In Seattle, Wash, different sort
of conference concerned with the
same general subject-Wages and
working conditions of seamen-has
gotten under way, 1t is the maritime
conference of the International La
Dor Organization and it would be
regarded as of great Importance
even if the present strike threat
were not hanging over American
shipping. Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach is there as the prin-
cipal Government delegate from
this country, despite the conflict in
Washington.
The international Labor Organi-
zation was set up as part of the
League of Nations and, since it
admitted nations which were not
members of the League, the United
States joined in 1884 and has taken
an increasingly active part in its
affairs. John G. Winant was its
director from 1888 to 1941. One
half OF the delegates represent their
governments, the other half being
divided equally between employers
and employees. Decisions taken by
the ILO become effective in any
member country when ratified by
the government of that country.
OF these decisions, or conven-
tions, great number have come
into effect through the required
ratification; Is in the field of mari
time labor. These have had to do
with the employment of children
at sea, facilities for finding en-
ployment, articles of agreement and
other phases of seaman's life.
Wages Primary Problem.
Now, at Seattle the present mari
time conference is taking up the
basic question, underlying all the
other questions-wages. Before the
delegates is a proposal for fixing an
international minimum wage and
preparatory meetings have indicated
that this will be accomplished.
Starvation wages have long been
the curse of the sea, not only for
the men who go down to the sea
IN ships, but for the operators of
ships in countries like America
where seamen have won something
approaching decent wages. Ameri-
can operators are forced to COM
pete with low-wage foreign ships.
They are enabled to do so largely
through Government subsidies.
If an international minimum is
achieved, it is the belief of many
of the delegates at Seattle that a
new day will have dawned on the
sea and new era in international
commerce. They believe further
that it will be the beginning of the
end of pauper labor everywhere,
the end of that kind of competition
In commerce. Decent wages in the
ports, they argue, will bring up
wages in other industries.
Reasonably soon the ILO expects
Evening star., 1946-06-06

Army Navy Task Force No., l..
Washington has announced that
the actual sound of the explosion
of the bomb will be broadcast by
shortwave. A microphone will be
aboard the Pennsylvania, one Of
the capital ships serving as a tar
get. It Is considered highly likely,
according to my atomic bomb au-
thority, that the microphone on
the Pennsylvania will be disinte-
grated, so it will have a ticking
metronome in front of it. When
and if the metronome's ticking
ceases, 1t will mean that the entire
apparatus has been destroyed.
The party should be lot of fun.
In the first place, there will be an
element of suspense present from
the moment the radio is turned on.
Who knows but what the explosion
which disintegrates the Pennsyl-
vania will not be Of sufficient vio-
lence to knock out all the radios
in America and send them flying
through the living rooms of the
Nation? AS precaution against
such a happening, guests at my
party are requested to wear the
garb in which they care to be de-
stroyed by this aptly-named Cross
roads Operation. I, myself, plan to
wear double-breasted seersucker.
When whoever remains after this
explosion which might bring an end
to the world excavates me, I want
to look cool, comfortable, and smart.
Doubt on Refreshments.
We are still in doubt as to the
proper refreshments to serve at the
party. With man monkeying around
with the coSmic forces, such usual
tidbits as cucumber sandwiches, a
light punch, deviled eggs and
shrimp impaled on toothpicks seem
to be bit out of order. 1t seems
to me that punch of ether would
be appropriate, to be taken while
nibbling on sandwiches spread with
some tasty, but rather deadly, poison.
How will the broadcast be han
died? 1t undoubtedly will be spon-
sored. I imagine that some soup
company, or some purveyor of cos
metics, or an outfit dealing with hair
tonic already has made a bid for
and won the broadcasting rights. 1t
Is fairly safe bet, too, that the
commercials have already been
written and that some announcer
will tell of how his product is proud
to be able to present what might
well be the end of civilization
probably a singing commercial, too,
to add to the natural gayety OF the
occasion. d.
Has Ideas on Announcer,
The name of the announcer who
will be aboard the Pennsylvania has
not been announced, but I have
heard the wish expressed that he
will be chosen from that large group
OF announcers who talk as though
they had acquired their accents
from listening to an English bulldog
|yawn and whose mouths drip with
honey and butter and who make
you want to part their hair with a
fire ak.
Games will be played before the
time for the explosion. Again, I
am at loss as to what games to
play. But something appropriate
will be worked out. It might be a
good idea for all the guests, just to
get in the spirit Of the atomic bomb,
to beat one another over the head
with blunt instruments, or cut one
another's throats or join in singing
Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward
Men"
Anyway, do try to come to the
party. It might be the last one
you'll get to attend in long, long
time.
Distributed by MeNaueht Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1946-06-06

@. When did Mount Lassen last
erupt?-J. S. T.
A. Lassen began to erupt in 1914,
after having been dormant for
about 200 years. It has been esti-
mated that the next outburst may
occur about 1880.
Evening star., 1946-06-06
dramatized some

Vandenberg May Reconsider.
Some curiosity is also being ex-
pressed as to whether Senator Ar
thur Vandenberg, Senator Connal-
ly's co-worker in the international
vineyard and like him, a candidate
for reelection, may now toss his
clean shirts back into the bureau
drawer and forget Paris.
Senator Connally's friends pooh
pooh the whole story and assert tina,
Texas is proud, sub, of its distin-
guished son.
A different story comes from
sources close to Mr.. Stevenson, the
Evening star., 1946-06-06

@. Is the ocean deeper in the
North or South Polar regions?-
w. 7. H.
A. A sounding of 1880 feet is
recorded in the Arctic and one of
l4,274 feet near the Antarctic con-
tinent, in the South Pacific.
Evening star., 1946-06-06

r a t h er wide
spre ad grum-
bling from Tex
ans that Roma
mia was getting
more of the
Connally atten-
ton than Texas
since he became
chairman of the
Foreign Rela-
tions Committee
of the Senate.
To date, Sena-
tor Connally has
not announced
whether he will
or will not un-
noak hic nHix,
Evening star., 1946-06-06

to be absorbed into the Social and
Economic Council of the United Ma
tions. 1t will bring with it actua.
proof that an international organi-
zation can be made to work effec-
lively on the basic causes of most
of the worlds wars-human poverty
and distress.
Evening star., 1946-06-06

house. We are
giving a party to
C e ! e b r ate an
event which un-
doubtedly W i'll
60 down in his
tory as one of
the most mo-
nentous S inc e
the dawn of
what is jokingly
called civiliza-
tion.
L refer to the
dropping of the
atomic b o m b
over Bikini Atoll
bv tho ioipt.
Evening star., 1946-06-06

UdS become somewhat frantlc {
are threatening what amounts to
war. The seamen and dock work.
ers threaten, unless they obtain sat-
asfactory adjustment of their de-
Evening star., 1946-06-06

uldnQS, 10 Tie up
all American
ships S a v e
those carrying
troops and re-
lief supplies
with a strike be-
ginning June Is.
The Government
t h + e a t e MS to
operate the ships
and docks with
Army, Navy and
Coast GU ar d
personnel, If the
s trike occurs.
The ship and
dork workers
Evening star., 1946-06-06
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE,


@. How many layers of wood art
there In plywood? What makes il
so strong?-E. c. S.
A. The number varies. Standard
building grade has three layers, but
during the war some five-ply ply
wood was manufactured. The sheets
of wood are glued together with the
grains placed at right angles to each
other. This gives the plywood great
er strength and rigidity than ma.
tural wood of the same thickness.
@. What was the name of the Su.
per Fortress which dropped the first
atomic bomb?-LeR. A.
A. The name of the Super Fortres.
which dropped the first atomic
bomb on Hiroshima was Enola Cav
Q. What is the correct name OF
the present world organization OF
nations? Is it United Nations OF
United Nations organization?-
w. L. H.
A. On June 7, 1945, during the
San Francisco Conference, the new
world organization was officially
christened the United Nations.
@. When did Mount Lassen last
erupt?-J. S. T.
A. Lassen began to erupt in 1914
after having been dormant TO,
about 200 years. 1t has been esti.
mated that the next outburst may
occur about 1880.
@. Is the ocean deeper in the
North or South Polar regions?-
w. I. H.
A. A sounding of 1850 feet Il
recorded in the Arctic and one OF
1921 feet near the Antarctic con.
tinent, in the South Pacific.
@. What is the name of the lar.
gest flower that grows in the West.
ern Hemisphere?-L. c. A.
A. 1t is malodorous flower, Aris.
tolochia grandif1ora, that grows ir
the West Indies and Central Ameri.
ca and is known variously as the
pelican or goose flower. The i'm.
mense flowers are often 20 inche.
across, with a tail-like appendage
OF 3 feet or more long.
@. Why is a fire irydrant called 8
fire plug?-L. L. Y.
"A. In the early days, water pipe.
were made Of wood. In case of 8
fire, the firemen dug down to the
pipe and chopped a hole in it tt
obtain water for the pump. After
the fire, the hole was stopped with
wooden plug. The place where
the opening had been made was
marked for future use, hence the
name fire plug. The first cast-iror
water main in the United State:
was laid in Philadelphia in 1877
with pipe imported from Europe.
| @. If soldier married while
overseas without obtaining permis.
sion from his commanding officer, il
the marriage recognized in the
United States?-H. J.
A. If a soldier or former soldier
was married overseas, either in g
religious or civil ceremony, he i.
legally married whether he did se
with his commanding officers per.
mission or not.
@. What does the name Confucius
mean?-W. r.
A. Confucius is the Latinized form
OF K'ung Fu-tze which means, "the
ralailncoxalaat. a.. ac4ax Lima
Evening star., 1946-06-06
|McLemore
All Invited to Drop In
For Atom Bomb Purty
By Henry McLemore

MONTREAL, Canada. - If you
haven't anything to do one day in
July (eXact date to be announced
later) I wish you would drop by my
Evening star., 1946-06-06
ANSWERS to
Questions

A reader can get the answer 10 any
question Of fact by writing The Evening
Star Inform alton Bureau. 316 I street
N E.. washington .. D. c. Please in
close 3 cents for return postage
Evening star., 1946-06-06
Doris FIeeson
Trouble Faces Senator
Connally's International Responsibilities
I eaxza Sor,aa Holae -, liz ,To.zoe Eoxooe
Doris FIees0n

The pers Of being world statesman these United States
again being demonstrated this
Senator from Texas the Hon. Tom Connaly.
The Hon. Tom about to pack his another Paris
and the treaties surprise
that two formidable have entered against him in the
Evening star., 1946-06-06
LoweU MeHett -c
On the Other Hand
Sees Promise for United Nations
In International Labor Meetin6

opposite ends of the country there in session
conferences likely to have important bearing world peace
In Washington ship operators, ship workers
ernmen endorng to together wages conditions
OF work difficult undertaking under circumstances this
has become somewhat frantic effort all three Sides sides
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Landlords Attorney Denies
Urging Tenant 'Freezeout'
By the Associofed Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Nov. 2-Frank Mobley, attorney for
the Ell Paso County Landlords Asso-
citation, declared today he had been
misouoted in a story saying he sug-
gested that landlords protest rent
ceilings by shutting off the gas and
letting the tenants freeze to death. y
Regarding a speech he made to
the association Thursday night, he
said he referred only to tenants
who may have wrongfully taken ad-
vantage of landlords.
st still, assert that it is fair to let
such tenants freeze" Mr.. Mobley
said in his statement. Il did not
and do not, of course, advocate that
tenants who are acting Justly should
freeze. Neither did I say that any
one should freeze to death"
He also denied having said that
State law makes freeze-out pos
sible by its provision that a tenant
who has had an eviction notice for
10 days is no longer legally tenant.
In Denver, regional OPA en-
forcement attorney said in release
that shutting off the gas or other
wise decreasing essential services in
the Colorado Springs area would
subject landlords to criminal prose-
cution, whether they acted as indi-
viduals or groups. The area, he
added, still is under OPA rent con-
trolls.
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Labor Gains 159 Seats
In British Councils.
By the Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Nov. 2.-Britain's Labor
Party scored net gain of 159 seats
in yesterdays municipal council
elections in 800 cities and towns,
final results showed today.
Building up its local control in
many cities to a point where it
almost matched the party's par
liamentary strength, the Laborites
gained 257 seats and lost 98.
Conservatives scored net ad-
vance of four, gaining 1876 seats and
losing 1872. Liberals gained Is and
lost 36, for a net loss of 20; Inde-
pendents gained 81 and lost 1879, for
a net loss of 1873, and Communists
gained one and lost six, for net loss
Of five.
Final apportionment of the 2,31s
council seats at stake was Labor
1,0A1, Conservatives CAT, Independ-
ents 534, Liberals Sc and Communist
one
Labor Party Secretary Morgan
Philips said the absence of sizable
Conservative gains indicated there
was mo sign of the nauch-vaunted
Tory comeback, and indeed, the tide
is still flowing away from the Con-
servatives, instead of, as they had
hoped, with them"
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Big -Four Gathering
For New York Session
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Big Four
foreign ministers converged' on this
city today to decide the final peace
terms for Germany's five defeated
European satellites.
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
and French Vice Foreign Minister
Maurice Couve de MurVille were to
reach New York aboard the Aqui-
tania during the day. Secretary OF
State Byrnes is to fly from Wash
ington tomorrow.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov
has been in the city since before the
opening of the United Nations AS
senlbly last week.
The four will meet Monday at
the Waldorf to complete and
sign peace treaties for Italy, Ro-
mania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Fin
land, working from drafts produced
in the 21-nation Paris Peace Con-
ference.
Later they may begin preliminary
discussions of the treaty for Ger
many.
The Big Four will confer around
an oval pine table in the 37th-foor
drawing room of Lucius Boomer, the
Waldorf's board chairman.
More than 10 hotel rooms have
been turned into Offices for the Brit
ish and French delegations on the
sixth floor and the Russian and
American on the seventh floor, and
a special switchboard will be used
with operators speaking three Ian
guages.
Strict security was clamped on
both floors last midnight. American
soldiers are to guard the council
chamber.
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Rent Control Staff Expanded
As Other OPA Units Disbund

81 1000 of these workers hold jobs
outside of Washington.
The price agency appeared GER
tain to whittle its force below U.s.
600 this month. Some 10000 OPA
workers already have 30-day dismis-
sal notices as result of an order
closing out all local price control
boards next Monday.
Still to be determined is the
status of another $500 who have
been controlling food and meat
prices, as we'll as jobs involved in
the decontrol of shoes, leather,
hides and a long list Of minor
items this week.
May Be Transferred to Rents.
Some surplus workers in these
fields may be transferred to the
Rent Division.
Congress gave OPA SOL ,000, 900
for salaries and other expenses when
it extended the price agency in
July in modified form until June 80
OF next year.
OPA fiscal officers have estimated
that the cutback in local boards
and their paid clerks should re-
duce costs 100000. Because Of
Job transfers within the agency,
however, the overall saving viii be
a lesser sum.
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Star Will Accept
Funds to Assist
Hamilton Family

The death of Detective Harry E.
Hamilton yesterday left his wife,
three minor children and 74-year-
old mother without means of sup
port. He was killed in crash while
trying to arrest the driver of a
stolen car.
The Star will contribute $100 to a
Police Department fund to assist the
family, and will accept for the
Police Department any contribu-
ton which readers of The Star wish
to make.
The Police Department will set up
a committee for administration of
the fund, similar to that created
for the family of Policeman DON
aid w. Downs two months ago.
{ additional Story on Page A-12)
Evening star., 1946-11-02
BY the Associated Press

A determined fight to main
tain rent controls was signaled
by OPA today with disclosure
that the price agency is expand
ing it's rental staff.
Even while knocking OF other
price lids by the dozens, OPA has
recruited 200 new rent employees and
expects to hire another 400 this
month, an official said.
The field and national force al
ready working exclusively on rental
ceilings numbered 6,114 today.
Many other OPA workers spend part
of their time on enforcement, ac-
counting and administration.
President Truman gave White
House backing to the continuation
of rental controls indefinitely when
he started the recent decontrol
wave in other fields by freeing meats
and livestock.
Dismissal Total in Doubt.
OPA personnel heads said they
will not know before November Is
just how many of the 34,700 OPA
employees will be dismissed as re-
suit of the decontrol moves. About
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Steak Selling as Low
AS 58 Cents;;.' Strike
OF Buyers Continues
Still Further Reduction
Expected os Supplies
Arrive From Packers

Better grades of steaks were
selling today in most of the large
retail outlets between So cents
and SO cents, in the lowest prices
offered by Washington grocers
since the end of price controls.
And the possibility increased that
consumer resistance to recent high
prices and plentiful supplies arriving
from packing centers would send
the price of meat tumbling even
further.
The lowest price of any of the
city's chain stores was reported at
the Acme Stores, where grade A
sirloin steak was being offered at
So cents pound. Double A sirloir
was selling at 62 cents a. pound.
Hamburger at 80 Cents.
Hamburger prices also have
dropped, a check showed. Many
stores were selling it for around SO
cents a pound in contrast to recent
prices that ranged as high as 80
cents a pound. With the end of
ceilings last month. the few stores
with steaks were asking as much as
$150 a pound.
In addition to Acme other chains
selling steaks at new low prices were
Safeway Stores, Giant Food Stores
and Food Fair. They were listing
SO cents pound for A and AA grade
porterhouse and sirloin steaks.
An official of Food Fair said his
six stores had been selling steak at
this price all week. Giant Food
announced its lower prices on Thurs
day and Safeway followed yesterday.
Prices Near Old Ceiling.
The 69-cent charge for steaks in
most chain stores was only cents
above the OPA ceiling that was to
have gone into effect october IA.
That night President Truman an
nounced his decision to end all con-
trolls on livestock and meat.
Z Meanwhile, the Washington Com
mittee for Consumer Protection was
offering maximum price pledges to
weekend meat shoppers at 40 loca-
tions in the District and suburbs.
Leaders of the drive believed
housewives were signing at rate
well above the estimated 5000 an
hour reported yesterday, first day OF
the campaign.
Meat shoppers were being asked
to promise they would not pay more
than so cents a pound for any cut of
meat.
Mrs. Kathleen R. Cliff, president
of the League of Women Shoppers,
was to address a meeting Of the
Association of Retired Federal En-
ployes in the National Museum
(See MEAT. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Late News
Bulletins
TruiiIIo's Nephew Slain

|uJHioS NS0nC" Si0"
MIAMI, Fla. (P. - Consul
Jose nj. Noel reported today
that a nephew of the Presi-
dent of the Dominican Re-
public, Jose Adrian Trujillo,
had been shot and killed by a
policeman at Bunnell, Fla,
last night.
Estonions to Stoy in u. S.
President Truman said to-
day the 48 Estonian refugees
who recently landed in Florida
without immigration visas
will be permitted to remain in
this country.
Evening star., 1946-11-02
Cruiser NOT Attacked
By Albania Batteries,
British Officers Say
Correspondent, Inspecting
Leonder, Fails to Find
Evidence Of Damage
By MichoeI Goldsmith

Associufed Press Foreign correspondent
TRIESTE, Nov. 2.-The British
light cruiser Leander docked to-
day and officers came ashore to
hear with incredulity reports
spread abroad that the ship had
been hit by Albanian shore bat
terieS.
This correspondent, in personal
inspection of the cruiser, failed to
find any evidence of damage to hel
superstructure.
CThe United Press, in Trieste
dispatch last night, quoted British
officers as saying Albanian shore
batteries had opened fire on the
Leander and damaged her with a
direct hit on her superstructure)
Arrived Yesterday.
The Leander arrived in Trieste
harbor yesterday and docked today
Senior Royal Navy officers ashore,
as well as officers and men of the
crew, were categorical in describing
as absolutely untrue" the reports
that the Leander had been fired on
en- route up the Adriatic to Trieste
Members of the crew said that
on October %, when two British
making their way into
Corfu struck mines and suffered
heavy damage, some watchers on
the Leander lying half a mile away
thought they saw several tracer
bullets fired from the Albanian shore
at the destroyers.
But they were emphatic in saying
no fire-small arms or other-Was
directed at the cruiser.
Hole Seen in Funnel.
A half inch hole in funnel at
tracted this correspondents atten-
ton.
"I don't know how long that's
been there" one crewman said, but
it's long time. Certainly the
Albanians didn't do it,
A British newspaper correspondent
aboard the Leander bore out the
assertion of the ships personnel
that nothing untoward had hap
pened since the october % affair
in the channel between Corfu ano
the mainland.
Evening star., 1946-11-02
West Virginia Coal WoIkouts
Laid to misunderstanding
U. S. Officials Blame Action on Confusion
Over Order; Talks Recessed Until Monday
BY jones Y. Newton

Federal officials expressed be-
lief today that scattered walk
outs of soft coal miners were
caused by misunderstanding over
termination of the wage agree
ment.
This explanation came as Govern
ment officials fought a delaying ac-
ton with John L. Lewis on the ex-
plosive issue as to whether the mine
workers contract is being reopened.
An estimated 5000 miners in West
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
were off the job today, forcing the
closing of about 60 mines. Reports
indicated that the strikes were
caused by recent confusion as to
whether Mr.. Lewis would declare his
work agreement with the Govern
ment void. A union spokesman in
dicated the men had been ordered
back to work Monday.
The Williamson (W. Va) coal
field was hit hardest. Twelve more
mines closed there today, bringing
to 27 the total suspended by walk