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Evening star., 1946-01-10

knocked down by a taxicab at a
street intersection early today and
then was fatally injured by another
automobile which ran over him as
he lay helpless.
Police identified him as Ralph T.
ODonnell, son of a Navy command
er stationed at Virginia Airport,
Norfolk.
Mr.. O'Donnell was taken to Roose-
velt Hospital with a fractured skull
and fractured left leg. He died short
ly afterward.
Police arrested both drivers on
charges of vehicular homicide. They
said the taxi swerved in an attempt
to avoid hitting the youth, but
grazed him and knocked him down.
The second car was unable to stop
before running over him.
Evening star., 1946-01-10
New-Car Prices 10 Prevail
For Used as Models

BY the Associated Press.
Temporary retail price ceilings on
used 1945 and 1916 model passenger
automobiles will be the same as the
price for such cars when new.
Announcing this yesterday, the
OPA said the ceilings, effective
January IA, would be replaced soon
Evening star., 1946-01-10
Elimination Of Profits
In Federal cafeferias
Urged by AH Council

The AFL Government Employees
Council today was advocating the
sale of food in cafeterias in Govern
ment buildings at actual cost and
the elimination of all profits now
being divided with the Government.
Government Services, Inc, which
operates the 54 cafeterias, pays the
Government half of its net profits
as rent. The company said today
it paid the Government $203, ,661 for
the calendar year of 1912, 1924, 1863
for 1943, and $341,412 for 1914.
In 1945 the net profit would be
low. for the company has been oper-
ating at loss in the last four
months of the year, a spokesman
said. 1t was pointed out that the
company's labor costs now have in
creased 20 per cent because of wage
raises, and it is operating at even
more of loss than in the last part
of 1945.
In addition to urging the reduc-
ton of food prices to actual cost,
the Government Employees Council
had other recommendations. The
council urged full compliance with
OPA's price adjustment regulations.
1t advocated con1plete fact finding
on the feasibility of operating the
cafeterias on aefully cooperative
basis, with Government employe
representation on the Board of Di-
rectors.
The council also asserted that
obstructionist tactics to its proposals
should be countered by steps in the
direction of. Government ownership
and operation, with an advisory
board of Government employees.
General Manager Frank w.
Hoover of Government Services said
some one would have to show the
company how to reduce prices with
out going into bankruptcy. He also
said that as fer operating on a
cooperative basis or under Govern
ment control it was his personal
opinion that if enough people IA
vored such course it should be
given a trial.
Evening star., 1946-01-10

afterward by schedule of dollar
and-cent prices.
OPA said prices for these late
used models will be less than CELL
ings on reconditioned used 1912
models.
Prices for the latter cars, OPA ex-
planned, include charges which
dealers were permitted to add dur
ing rationing to cover storage of
new cars. These charges may be
reflected in prices for used 1912
autos.
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Tracy studied her for moment
and then said jerkily, COX, Clay
ton, have it your own way. Let's
see what you can do towards
whacking out a few inches from
these notes on that new City Hall
project"
He flung some clipped notes to
her, and the telephone screamed
at him and he scooped it up as
Ann went back to her desk.
Her story appeared in the morn
ing paper. And, surprisingly
enough, it created rather an i'm
preston. Before noon three
churches had offered, through
their pastors, burial in their own
churchyards and funerals from
their churches, for the pathetic
unknown; contributions were Of
fered to pay for burial expenses;
the first pastor who called was
given the right to the small, pa
thetic ceremony; and late that
afternoon, the unknown white
man, aged about sixty" was laid
decently to rest in neat, dark
casket, covered with flowers sent
by people touched by AIMS story
of his plight, in the churchyard of
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! III! LADY 81

sweetly, ooh, well, we're both
pretty new on our jobs, Miss Mar
ven. But if I don't make good on
mine, I'll trade with you'll"
LISA smiled. ''I'll hold you to
that, Miss Clayton" she said
gently, and smiled up at Tracy
and said warmly, $50 I'll be up
stairs with you soon, lamb"
Thanks lot for being so sure
I can't make the grade, both of
you," she said when she had fin
ished counting ten and could make
herself smile pleasantly.
LISA laughed as though she
found that extremely amusing.
Ann turned to Tracy and said
CURLY, "Shall we go? I think you
said something about a steak?"
Tracy put his hand under her
elbow and turned her toward the
door, saying over his Shoulder to
LISA, "Be seeing you, Chick"
AS he propelled Ann through
the door he said, puzzled, ''It beats
ne why it's utterly impossible
FOR two pretty girls to be friends. :"
Just around the corner from the
big, dingy red brick building that
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housed the Courier plant, there
was small basement restaurant,
beloved by Courier employees. It
was a cheerful, dark-paneled.
smoky place, with the inevitable
booths along one wall, red-and-
white checked tablecloths, and a
long bar that ran down one side.
AS he ushered her to one of the
ooth-tables, he said pleasantly,
"Of course, I know this is nothing
like the sort of place you are used
to dining in, but I thought it
might do you good to see how the
other half lives, occasionally"
Ann looked about her, wide
eyed, entranced, the color soft in
her cheek.
Before he could say anything
more, stout, swarthy middle
aged man wearing a floor-length
white apron tied about his gener-
Gus middle, came hurrying up to
the table, wiping his hands on his
apron, beaming joyously as he
greeted Ann like a long lost
friend.
''Mees Ann! They tell me you
are here! But that is good-that is
YER fine!" he chuckled happily.
Long time no see, as your Papa
used to say. It is good to see you
again!'
Thanks, Nick, I'm glad to be
here" Ann told him, her hand in
his that held it warmly for mo-
ment. and very carefully not look
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(zNH-

Young Ann Clayton races down
Ito breakfast one morning, eager
to get started on the first day OF
her job on the Courier. Grand
smother Sarah, lovable but severe,
hoes not approve. The tClaytons,
long a distinguished Southern
family, have lost many of their
holdings. Ann insists on bucking
tradition and going to work. AT
the Courier office she meets Tracy
Driscoll, the editor, and says she
is going to work for him. He is
very rude to her. Ann points out
that there is a contract stating
that Clayton could work on the
paper if he chose. To discourage
her, Driscoll sends her to the city
morgue for her first assignment.
Outside the 'morgue Ann meets
an old friend, Lyn Frazier, who
gets the story for her. Ann types
it off at the office and drops it
into the basket marked Copy"
Driscoll does not believe that she
wrote it
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ing at Tracy at all.

ing at Tracy at all.
"And the little grandmamma-
how is she?' asked Nick cozily.
"Oh she's fine, Nick. TIL bring
her in for lunch one day." Ann
promised and Nick beamed at the
thought and eventually went
away.
Tracy said sternly, why the
heck didn't you tell me?"
Ann faced him, wide-eyed, in
nocent, puzzled.
''Mr. Driscoll, sir, I've had lunch
here every Saturday of my life
since I was eight years DID," she
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town. The funeral was well at
tended and there was a follow
up" story the next day.
People on the paper became
aware of Ann and assured he1
she'd done a good job. She was
flushed and pleased about it, and
almost pugnacious when she laid
story on Tracy's desk one eve
ing a few days later.
He ran over it swiftly, while she
waited, thrust it at the copy boy
and stood up.
'Pick up your hat and coat" he
said carelessly, "and I'll buy you a
dinner"
Ann stared at him, open
mouthed.
you'll buy me a dinner?" she
gasped, and added uncontrollably,
''Why?"
Tracy grinned that boyish, al
most endearing grin that did such
crazy things to his age and his
ordinary gruffiness.
well, even a city editor must
occasionally eat something besides
reporters" he admitted, land gal
newspaper men have to eat, too.
So is there anything wrong in
their eating together?"
AIMS eyes were frankly suspl-
cious.
mo arsenic in my soup?" she
demanded.
"We-e-ll, maybe just drop or
two-but not a lethal DOSE" he
assured her cautiously. And as she
still hesitated, he said rather
briskly, Here, get on with it be-
fore that telephone yells at me
and l get tied up for an hour-l'm
starving!"
It was absurd, of course, but she
I admitted to herself as she went up
to get her hat and coat, to wash
her hands and powder her pretty
nose, she was a little excited about
having dinner with him.
Tracy came to meet Ann, his
hand cupping her elbow, turning
her about, marching her out of the
room and towards the elevator
even as he asked, Ready"
eff were not, would it matter?
Ann asked lightly, and laughed a
little as he all but lifted her into
the elevator. "Are you always So
so impetuous?"
Tracy scowled down at her and
said sternly, Don't you flirt with
me, Clayton-I'm out of practice!'
Ann colored but laughed. The
elevator descended slowly to the
main floor, and there as they
stepped out they faced a big half
moon of a desk, above which hung
a sign that read classified Ad
Department" Back of this half
moon. half a dozen girls were
dawdling. One, a really luscious
blonde, was doing nothing except
examine her long, rosy-tinted
nails with a sort of absent admir-
alton.
Tracy said quietly, lover here a
minute"
The luscious blond beamed at
Tracy.
Tracy smiled warmly and said,
'Hiya, Chick?"
Then to Ann he said, his tone
formal and polite, Miss Clayton,
Miss Marven-you two should
know each other"
Should WEI" asked Ann pleas
antly. "Why?"
Because" said the blond be-
fore Tracy could speak, you've
got my job-one could fill better
than you. While you could do
more justice than l to the one
I've got
The two girls eyed each other
LISA Marven's hair was shining
golden silk done on an artful and
very sophisticated upsweep; her
eyes were as blue as grape hya-
cinths in early spring; her Skin
was perfect and the figure, shown
off to perfection by a powder
blue cashmere sweater and a
darker blue skirt, left nothing tc
be guessed at.
Ann drew deep breath, care
fully counted to ten and said
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FACE

He Lit q cigarette. flslsAea -
tardily offered her one. and -
mitted frankly. 'I'll have 20 naen
my manners they're in . sAaA1A>
ing state"
(TO BE cONTNUEnl
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"Well, don't!' she warned him
icily. you've tried to get rid OF
me by being tough; now you're
trying to get rid of me by going
soft and friendly and sneaking up
on my blind side. But it won't
work, mister-it won't work! I'm
here to stay, as long as 1 can make
the grade; and when I can't, then
the contract says you can fire me,
with a clear conscience"
pTFR TIT
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hon. marry y. truman
President of the United States
The White House
Washington. D. C.
Dear MIR. President: ..-
Your proposal to me in Washington last
evening that the wage demand of the United
Steelworkers of America-CIO be settled on
the basis of wage increase of 1872 cents
an hour, retroactive to January 1896 can
not, regret to say, be accepted by the
United States Steel Corporation for the rea.
sons set forth below
AS you must be aware, your proposal is
almost equivalent to granting in full the
Unions revised demand of a wage increase
of 1912 cents an hour which was advanced
by Philip Murray, the President OF the Union
at our collective bargaining conference with
the Union in New York week ago today
In our opinion. there is no just basis from
any point of view for wage increase to our
steel workers of the large size you have pro-
posed, which, if put into effect, is certain
to result in great financial harm not only to
this Corporation but also to users of steel in
general.
AS have tried to make clear to you and
other Government officials during our con-
ferences in Washington over the past few
days there is limit in the extent to which
the Union wage demands can be met by us.
We reached that limit when we raised our
offer to the Union last Friday from a wage
increase of 1912 cents an hour to one of Is
cents an hour. This would constitute the
highest single wage increase ever made by
our steelmaking subsidiaries Our offer of
Is cents was equivalent to meeting 500 of
the Unions original excessive demand of a
81 a day general wage increase. Our offer
met 1919 of the Unions final proposal of q
wage increase of 1912 cents an hour. A wage
increase of Is cents an hour, such as we Of
fered, would increase the direct labor costs
of our manufacturing subsidiaries by ap-
proximately $60,000,000 year. That is
most substantial sum, and does not take into
account the higher costs we shall have to pay
for purchased goods and services, when large
wage increases generally become effective
throughout American industry, as is newt
able after substantial increase in steel
wages.
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informed him gently.

Tracy nodded, and admitted re-
luctantly, i see ! had you pegged
wrong. sssssss-sas sas--,sae e-ss
Wide-eyed, she asked, you're
not really admitting It'll"
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A Letter to the President
of the United States

AS you know, collective bargaining nego-
tiations with the Union broke down at the
White House yesterday afternoon, because
Mr.. Murray then refused to bulge from his
position that a countrywide steel strike
must take place, unless steel workers are
granted general wage increase of 1912
cents an hour. Our offer of wage increase
of Is cents an hour was again rejected by
the Union.
The Union threatened to go ahead with
it's program for a national steel strike at
midnight next Sunday, although such
strike will be a clear violation of the no
strike provision contained in our labor con.
tracts with the Union, which continue by
their terms until October Is, 1916.
From the outset, we have recognized how
injurious a steel strike will be to reconver-
sion and to the economy of this whole coun-
try. Most industries are dependent upon a
supply of steel for their continued opera
tons We have done everything reasonably
within our power to avert such strike. If
a strike occurs, the responsibility rests with
the Union.
When the Government at the eleventh
hour informed us about week ago of it's
willingness to sanction an increase in steel
ceiling prices. we at once resumed collective
bargaining negotiations with the Union. Such
price action by the Government was rec
ignition by it of the right of the steel in
dustry to receive price relief because of past
heavy increases in costs, something which
the steel industry for many months has un-
successfully sought to establish with OPA
should like again to point out some per-
tinent facts relative to the wages of our
stee! workers.
Since January, 1941, the average straight
time hourly pay, without overtime, of our
steel workers has increased more than the
1870 increase in the cost of living during
that period, recently computed by Govern
ment authorities. Steel workers wages have
kept pace with increased living costs. Such
average straight-time pay in our steeLpro-
ducing subsidiaries was $1.14 an hour in
each of the months of September. October
and November 1915, excluding any overtime
premium and any amount for correction of
possible wage inequities. An increase of Is
cents, in accordance with our offer, would
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raise such average straight-time pay to 81 %
an hour, placing such pay among the highest
today in all of American industry.
Under our offer of Is cent increase, the
average weekly take-home pay of our steel
workers for forty hour week would amount
to $3.50, assuming that no overtime is in.
volved. This figure is only $4.54 less than
the actual average weekly earnings of these
employees. including overtime, in the last
full war year of 1914, when the average
work week was 46.1 hours. The difference
is really less, because we will undoubtedly
continue to have overtime in the future, just
as we have at the present time. In Novem.
Der, 1915, overtime premiums to our steel
workers aggregated more than $500, 600.
Such reduction of $4.54 in weekly take-home
pay is the natural consequence of shorter
work week of forty hours, and therefore one
of lower production.
Much as we desire to avoid steel strike,
we cannot overlook the effect both on this
Corporation and on our customers and
American business in general, of the 1914
cent an hour wage increase which you have
proposed Such a wage increase must result
in higher prices for steel than have pre-
viousy been proposed to us by the Govern
ment. Great financial harm would soon fol-
low for all users of steel who would be obliged
to pay higher prices for their steel higher
wages to their employees. and still have the
prices for their own products subject to OPA
control. Such high and unjustified wage
scale might well spell financial disaster for
many of the smaller steel companies and for
a large number of steel fabricators and
professors. The nation needs the output at
these companies. Increased wages and i'm
creased prices which force companies out OF
business can only result in irreparable dam.
age to the American people.
In our judgment, it is distinctly in the
public interest to take into account the in.
furious effect upon American industry of an
unjustifed wage increase in the steel industry.
After full and careful consideration of
your proposal, we have reached the conclu
sion above stated
Respectfully yours,
Benjamin F. Fairless,
President, United States Steel Corporation
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January 18, 1916

Hon. Harry S. Truman
President of the United States
The White House
Washington. D. C..
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-09
Anton Jdnkovjch imu seduj
tudi feIefon

Mas z~aStopnik, "vecni popot-
mix" Anton Jankovic V Cleve-
landu 81 je koncno dobil V svoj
dom telefon, ola mu V BODICE ne
DO treba "a Vsako besedo il hiSe.
Pa tudi drugi ga lahko pokli-
cejo.
Sploh Sc je "a to moderno ma
pravo trudil re dolgo casa, a so
bile vojne in povojne zapreke,
in tako je slu5alo in telefonski
zvOnec Sele nedaVno dobil.
Njegova telefonska stevilka
je Liberty 6603. In njegov ma
SLOW pa pc starem-14214 West
ropp Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-09
GrSkim roioIistom ne
DO sIo gIadko

Grski kralj George II. Sc je
ISrecno povrnil nazaj ma tron in
ST skuSal pod vodstvom pref
|Snjega premierja rojalista Kon-
statina T~saldarisa ustanoviti ne
kakSno "koalicijsko" Waldo, da
hi izgledala sal ma videz demo-
kraticna, z zaslombo med ljud-
IStvom.
Y ia namen je bill povabljen
V Waldo vodja konservativne re-
publikanske 'liberalne" stranke
Themistocles S%ophoulis. Vstop
" Vlado pod pref omenjenim
toremierjem je odklonil. Vrh te-
ga je "a pogoj vstopa V Waldo "a
,,hteval razpust sedanjega parla-
menta, ceS, da SO bile nedavne
Volitve poslancev vanj "dvom-
live. Kralj je zahtevo odbil in
Itako ina Grcija Waldo il 18TH
faSisticnih in drugih reakcio-
narnih krogov, XII SO Sc pref dru-
|zli pod kraljevim vodstvom.
Medtem Sc civilna vojna v
malem V severni Grciji NADIA
Iljuje. Ker SO kraljeve cete mo-
Iderno opremljene, z angleSkim
in ameriSkim orozjem, in ina
kraljeva vlada zaslombo angle
Skin Get ter anglo-ameriSke di-
Iplomacije, je naravno, da Via
dino VojaStvo "zmaguje". Ven
dar pa sc ameriSki novinarji ma
GrSkem mnenja, da Sc sedania
Ivlada ne DO dolgo vzdrzala. Oh
enem SO 0 bojih V severni Grciii
|poslali svojim listom porocila,
Xxi "a novo grSko "demokracijo"
in anglo-ameriSko diplomacijo
ma GrSkem MISC mic kaj prija-
Una. Sc cello porocevalec cikaSke
Tribune Sc je zgrazal mad po-
Icetjem grSke vladujoce reakcije
ter njenimi vnanjimi zavezniki
in Tribuna je njegova porocila
priobGila.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-09
SvoriIo liz Palestine
oIinim drUzbum

Zidovski podtalni radio v Pa
lestini, XII ga obratuje teroristi-
cha zionisticna organizacija r.
gun Zvai Leumi, je sporocil, da
DO V bodoce napadala tudi anne
riSke, ne samo angleSke oljne
naprave V Palestini in kjerkoli
drugje V Sredozemlju jih DO do
segla. To DO pocela, dokler ne
bosta ameriska in angleSka VIA
da spremenile svojega stalisca
napram zionizmu.
Naravno, ola so oljne druzbe
V skrbeh, ceprav imajo svoje &C.
vi il oljnih poll V pristanisca "a
strazene in enako tudi proge ter
druge naprave. A teroristom
Sc je mnogo napadov ma Wake
in cevi ter ma cistilnice Ola W.
lie temu posrecilo in napravili
Veliko Skode.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-09
Nov rekord v zrukopIovstvU

Letalo ameriSke vojne norma
rice "Truculent Turtle" je dose
glo nov distancni rekord. Di-
stanca, XII 10 je preletelo, ne da
Sc bi kaj spustilo ma tia. znaSa
1926 mill direktne zracne crte;
toda ker je morale vsled vre-
menskih neprilik pc ovinkih, je
V resnici preletelo vsega skupaj
V 55A urah 1892 mill.
Polet Sc je pricel il Pertha V
Australia in Sc koncal V Colum-
busu, O. Gill letalcev je bill
Washington, D. c., a SO Sc mo-
rail- vsled tehnicnih vzrokov
pref spustiti ma tia. V proSlosti
bi vzela TAXA pot tedne in mese-
&c, sedaj pa je bila izvrsena V
dobrih dveh dneh in pol.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-09
Nekai liza kuIis westinghouse ter
druge taine diplomaciie pc svetu

ia s%vetovne trgovine vSepovsod
pc svetu -. NaSa vlada mora
dajati posojila, XII bodo omogo-
ella drugim dezelam, ola izgra-
de svoje industrije in urede svo-
je gospodarstvo. Podpirati mo-
ramo tudi zasebne investicije
ameriSkega kapitala v zunanjem
sVetu.
$50 ljudje, XII hocejo, da hi
morali zahtevati politicnih kon-
cesij "a svoja posojila. Mole ma
ziranje je, da morajo biti VISA
posojila, tako zasebna kot dr.
zavna, strogo gospodarskega
znacaja, ter da ne velja meSati
vanje politicnih pogojev. Ako
bono izboljsali zunaj v svetu
gospodarski polozaj ljudstev in
dezel, bono dosegli vec tudi ma
politicnem polju kot z najvec-
jim politicnim pritiskom.
"Moznost imamo, da pomaga-
mo svetu do blagostanja, XII DO
izviralo il iz~boljsanja trgovine
med narodi. To je nasa velika
prilika. Stojimo ma zgodovin-
skem krizpotju. Odlociti mora
mo, ali bono hodili pc potu vse-
sploSnega svetovnega sodelova-
MIA ali pc stezah gospodarskega
nacionalizma -. Toda mi Anne
rikanci smo prakticen narod.
Mislim, da bono pravilno ukre-
Mill, ako bono lie pomislili ma
ugodnosti, katere nam DO prime
sci razvoj svetovne trgovine."