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Evening star., 1946-12-04
Labor Law Session
Asks Minimum Wage
IOf IS Cents an Hour

An increase to rs cents an hour
In the minimum wage of workers in
interstate industries was recon-
mended today by the National Labor
Legislative Conference.
Winding up its three-day session,
the conference declared that despite
general prosperity and high en-
ployment, there still are many
thousands of workers employed
under substandard conditions and
at low wages.
The action recommended would
be carried out through revision Of
the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Act.
Importation Of foreign workers
instituted as war measure -
should be discontinued Immediately,
the conference asserted. 1t further
recommended that great care be
taken to see that local labor Is
fully utilized before migrant labor
is recruited"
The conference, called by Secre-
tary OF Labor SchwelIenbach, was
attended by more than 200 State
labor commissioners and represent
atives of the AFL, CIO and the
railroad brotherhoods.
Extension of the Federal unem-
ployment tax to cover employers of
one or more workers and of State
unemployment compensation laws to
cover all employers was proposed by
a conference committee yesterday.
The principle Of equal job oppor-
tunities, regardless of race, also was
recommended by the committee to
be urged for all individuals seeking
work through the United States
Employment Service.
Sharp objection was Immediately
voiced by Georgia and Arkansas
delegates. Virginia CIO and AFL
representatives stood with the COM
mittee and urged the conference to
approve the report.
Another committee report urged
the Labor Departments Division of
Labor Standards to take necessary
steps to develop a practical con-
struction industry safety code to
keep pace with the industry's ex-
pansion and high accident fire.
quency rate"
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Macarthur Pursuing
|Reaciionary Policy,
Soviet Writer Says
BY Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

5p
MOSCOW, Dec. 4.-The political
aims which Gen. Macarthur is pilr-
suing in Japan were assailed as
''reactionary" and conditions of the
Allied Council in Tokyo were de-
clared abnormal today in one of
the strongest protests over the jap
anese situation to appear to date in
the Soviet press.
Political Commentator A. Sibirya-
kov said in Red Star: 1.-THE policy
conducted by Macarthur tof course
not without the knowledge and ap-
proval of the State Department.
purSues far from democratic aims
and sharply departs from the policy
planned by Allied leaders for
Japan"
Expresses SERIOUS Alarm"
Expressing serious alarm" over
the present situation in Japan,
which he characterized as one of
daily rising tension caused by
Premier Shigeru Yoshida's govern
ment's inability and lack Of desire
to solve internal problems such as
unemployment and demilitarization,
Sibiryakov declared:
"The present situation in Japan
not only is proof of the complete
failure of the policy of Yoshida's
government, but the natural conse-
quence of the line pursued by Mac
Arthur, without whose support the
reactionary policy of the present
Japanese government would be abb
solutely impossible. Evidently the
main reason for the situation which
has been created lies In the very
character of political aims pursued
by the Americans in Japan and, we
would say, in the Far East"
Charging that not one important
proposal or recommendation made
thus far by the Allied Council had
been adopted by Gen. Macarthur,
Sibiryakov wrote:
1.-THE abnormal conditions of the
Allied Councils activity have
evoked dissatisfaction of all its
members except, of course, the
United States representative"
Endless Talks Declared Aim.
The writer interpreted a proposal
made by the American representa-
tive, George Atcheson, jr., last Sep
tember that the Council be ex-
panded as a sign 1t Is becoming
harder for the Americans to ignore
the Allied Councils decisions and
that the Americans would like to
convert the Council into a cumber-
some, clumsy organ in which the
representatives of many countries
would enter" into endless talks.
Referring to recent Soviet pro-
posal in the Council to count all
former Japanese Army and Navy Of
hcers, Mr.. Sibirayakov said:
"A census registration of former
Japanese officers would expose be-
fore the whole world the fact that
they are being employed in aims
very far from the principle Of the
Potsdam agreement"
The writer asserted that talk was
spread "in American aggressive cir
cles that the Japanese Army should
fight in a future war dressed in
American uniforms
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Gardner, New Envoy to Britain,
Recalls Tramp Athlete Days
Former Governor
Was Forced to Retire
Under 4-Yeur Rule
By Chris Mothisen
By Chris Mothisen

A self-styled former tramp
athlete" with a Carolina drawl is
going to the Court of st. James's as
United States Ambassador - the
Senate willing.
President Truman late yesterday
announced his nomination of Under
secretary of the Treasury o. Max
Gardner as envoy to Great Britain.
The post has been vacant since w.
Averell Hartman became .Secre-
tary of Commerce. Mr.. Gardeners
successor has not been chosen. the
President said.
Reminiscing at press conference
following the announcement, Mr..
Gardner recalled he not only had
been a tramp athlete but also had
served on rugged Atlantic cross
ing as "chambermaid to 394 Mon
tana steers"
The former Governor of North
Carolina played fullback and was
captain of the team at North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanic
cal College tnow North Carolina
State College,, from which he re-
ceived bachelor of science degree
IN 1908.
Continued Football Career.
Graduation didn't stop his foot
ball career, however. He remained
at the college as an instructor in
chemistry, and. in 1905, he entered
the law school Of the University of
Carolina, where he played tackle
and was named to an all-Southern
team. He was elected captain of
that team for the 1905 season.
At this point, however, Mr.. Gard
ner told reporters, University of
Virginia authorities decided it was
time he and certain other long
time players of opposing teams re-
tire! The four-year rule was placed
in effect. banning further competi-
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which he held ownership interests.
Although inactive, he still is
senior member of the law firm of
Gardner, Morrison and Rogers,
which has oflces in the woodward
Building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner live at the
Mayf1ower Hotel, as does one Of
their sons, Ralph w. Gardner, who
is associated with the law firm. He
served in the Army during World
War II, part of the time in India.
Another son, o. Max Gardner, jr,,
also an Army veteran who was with
the infantry in Japan, is completing
his studies at North Carolina State
College. A daughter. Mrs. N. E.
Burgess, lives in Short Hills. N. j.
Evening star., 1946-12-04

Clon py men VINO naQ played rour
seasons.
He went to Hampden-Sydney as
head coach for one season, dis
tinguished principally by absence Of
football victories, he added.
Mr.. Gardner said news Of the ap-
pointment did not come as sur
prise to him. He said he had no
plans for early departure for Eng
land and expected to await his con-
firmation when Congress convenes.
No Comment on Government.
"I don't believe you represent the
full power Of the ofice until you're
confirmed" he commented.
He said he preferred not to COM
ment on the present British gov
ernment and had not had oppor-
tunity to discuss his duties with
Secretary Of State Byrnes.
Asked his views on importance of
Anglo-America cooperation, he said
be thought the matter too obvious
for comment and characterized 1t
as lone of the essentials of our
future"
Mr.. Gardner assumed his present
position last February, succeeding
Daniel w. Bell, who resigned. In
July, Mr.. Gardner resigned as chair
man of the Advisory Board of the
ONCE of War Mobilization and Re-
conversion, explaining he felt he
should not hold the two posts.
He was Governor OF North
Carolina from 1929 to 1888. In
earlier years, he had served as
State Senator and as president pro
tenn of the State Senate and Lieu
tenant Governor.
Long active in councils of the
Democratic Party, he headed his
States delegation to the national
convention in 1882 and was Demo-
cratic national committeeman from
North Carolina for several years.
Now "a, Mr.. Gardner was born in
Shelby, NJ C. His father was a
physician and veteran of the Con-
federate Army. Prior to entering
college at 16, MIR. Gardner saw serv-
ice in the Spanish-American War
as teamster with the End Illinois
Regiment.
Tt was during his college days that
he had his experiences with the
steers. A classmate, former Senator
Robert r. Reynolds. told great tales
OF the pleasures of travelling to
Europe by cattle boat, according to
Mr.. Gardner. He was one of q
number of husky fellows who signed
on for a trip to England, caring for
the beef en- route.
Mr.. Gardner remembered yester-
day attending a memorial service
in London for John Hay, one-time
Secretary of State and Ambassador
to Great Britain. This was in 1905.
Asked if he had visited the Embassy
while in London, Mr.. Gardner re-
piled:
II think I went around there to
get Identification to cash a check"
Heads Law Firna. y,
He saw England again in 1927 and
1884 during tours ON which he was
accompanied by his wife, whom he
married in 1907.
Prior to his election as Governor
Mr.. Gardner practiced law in North
Carolina for many years, often en-
gaging in friendly courtroom battles
with brot,er-in-law, Senator
Clyde r. Hoey.
When the National Recovery Act
was passed, Mr.. Gardner moved to
Washington and established a law
Office here, representing numerous
textile interests. He said yesterday
he had Invested himself OF all ex-
ecutive connections with textile pro-
d1,cers. Including several firms in
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Man and Girl, 5, Hurt
In Streetcar Accidents

Two persons we're injured In
streetcar accidents here yesterday.
Neither was reported in serious con-
dition.
George ]. Boxberger, So, of 919
Shepherd streets NV. was struck
last night at Georgia avenue and
Randolph street NV. by streetcar
which police reported was oper-
ated by D. P. Brennon, 28, of the
1400 block w street Sc.
Mr.. Boxberger was taken to Gar
field Hospital to be treated for a
possible fractured skull. His con-
dition this morning was reported
good.
Earlier, 5-year-old Carol An,
Brown, 68l5 Eighth street NV.
ran into the path of streetcar,
police said, in the 600 block of
Butternut street NV. She was ad-
mitted to Children's Hospital with
cuts and bruises.
Police listed the operator as
George G. Stevenson, n, of the 500
block Tenth street S.W.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Nurses Fund Contributors
To Be Listed on Honor Roll

All contributors of 81 or more to
the Nurses National Memorial Fund
will receive honor certificates and
have their names placed on the
honor roll to be kept at the Me-
mortal home, it was announced by
Arthur n. Johnson, campaign chair
man.
The funds s2.50o. 900 goal is for
construction and endowment Of .
home and center in Washington for
nurses and medical women OF the
armed services. The campaign viii
continue until after the new year.
Plans call for the home to accom-
modate at least 800 nurses with
living quarters, in addition to q
library, assembly rooms and conn
plete dining and kitchen facilities,
Evening star., 1946-12-04
UNRRA Extension Asked
BY China Lioison Officer

LONDON, Dec. 4 Pt-H. j. Tim
perley, UNRRA naiso1l officer with
the China National Relief and Re-
Mobilization Administration, ap-
pealed today for retention Of "a
nucleus OF UNRRA' until all sup
plies allocated to China reached
that country.
Mr.. Timperley. who said he would
see British officials here and then
carry the appeal to Washington,
told q news confeyence that only
one-third of the supplies sllocated
had arrived In China, leaving
1900, 900 tons still to be dispatched.
He said Chinese port facilities al
lowed maximum absorption rate
of only 10000 tons a month.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Herbert {. Moore Dead; !;
Was Retired RuiIwuymun

Herbert e. Moore, So, Of s15 But
ternut street NV. died yesterday
at Bethesda Naval Hospital after
an illness Of three weeks.
A veteran Of the Spanish Amer
ican War, Mr.. Moore was born in
st. Clair, Pa, and had lived here
for six years at the home of his
son, Herbert M. Moore, Of the But
ternut street address.
MIR. Moore retired nine years ago
after 81 years of service with the
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad.
He was a member Of the Spanish
American Veterans Association and
the National Association of Retired
and Veteran Railway Employees.
Funeral services and burial will
be conducted Saturday at Pottsville,
Pa, where Mr. Moore lived for many
wears
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Food and Clothing Prices
Rise | Pct. inWeek

The Bureau Of Labor Statistics re-
ported today that food and clothing
prices throughout the country had
gone up 1 per cent last week over
the preceding week.
Advance fn food prices was led by
butter. poultry, canned fruits and
vegetables, the Labor Department
bureau reported. The increase in
clothing prices was largely for
articles which continue scarce, such
as mems suits, shirts and shoes.
There was q seasonal decline In
the price of oranges in most cities.
The drop in the District averaged 4
cents a dozen.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Army Officially Ends
'Hote Germuns' Policy
By fhs Assesiaisd Press

FRANKFURT, Dec. THE
United States Army's wartime pol
icy Of hating the Germans" was
reported officially halted today as
all occupation troops in Germany
were ordered TO help the Germans
rebuild their devastated country.
The new Army attitude toward the
Germans was announced in the
ofhcial newspaper of the Armys
European headquarters. Spokesmen
said details Of change of ofhcial
attitude to be fostered among Amer
ican troops would be announced to-
morrow by Gen. Joseph T. McNar-
ney, European theater commander.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Most Unwed Mothers
Between IS and "A,
Health Institute Told

Approximately rs per cent Of the
$4,000 illegitimate births reported
annually in the United States in
volve girls between the ages Of IS
and "a years, DR.. Dorothy B. Fere-
bee OF the Howard University med
ical staff told the second annual
Health Education Institute at the
university today.
In the District, she noted, In
1874 there were 1,776 illegitimate
births, of which 48o were white and
1,296 colored. She said that ap-I
proximately 20 per cent of all COLI
ored births In the District are il
legitimate as compared to 2.8 per
cent among the white people.
DR.. Ferebee pointed that made
quate parental, supervision in homes
where both the father and mother
work, the lack of proper training
for marriage and parenthood, the
failure of sex education for young
people and the lack of wholesome
recreation facilities are factors con-
tributing to this situation.
Cancer Program Urged
DR.. G. c. Rutland, District health
officer, outlined plans forEa cancer
control service in the District. He
pointed out that cancer was next
to heart disease as the leading cause
of death, and said plans to combat
this disease should be carried out
by the community.
Pointing out that death rates in
general have fallen approximately
80 per cent in the District within
the last 10 years, DR.. Ruhland
warned that this decreaSQ should
only be admitted as stimulating
further efforts rather than as an
excuse to relax. He noted that in
FAINT and maternal mortality and
such preventahle illnesses as tuber-
culosis and diphtheria have de-
creased more than the 80 per cent
in the same period
The Rev. Francis w. McPeek, di-
rector of the social welfare depart
ment, Washington Federation of
Churches, told the meeting that
health and religion were bound
closely together. He declared it is
the ministers task to educate their
congregations in the relationship of
health to God. He also pointed out
that ministers are responsible for
helping the community solve some
of the conditions that lead to dis
ease. MIR. McPeek. said the clergy
men should bring to their congre-
cations the facilities available to
the residents Of the city in all as
poets Of health.
Hospital Executive Speaks.
Charles L. Burhridge. assistant
superintendent of Freedman's Hos
pital, told the institute people should
be convinced that they go to hos
pitals ito live" rather than ''to die. "
The Rev. Robert Anderson, pastor
of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church,
presided at the session this morning.
The concluding meeting win be
addressed by Rabbi Norman Gers
tenfeld of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation at q dinner at 7:30
this evening at Shiloh Baptist
Church.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Man Ordered to Earn
Enough for AIimony
Or Go to Jail
BY fhe Assoeioied Press

REDWOOD CITY. Calf, Dec.
4.-Get a better job by Deem
Der 80, Superior Judge Edmund
Scott told Malcolm A. Nichols,
or go to jail.
Mr.. Nichols appeared before
Judge Scott yesterday to answer
his divorced wife's complaint
that he no longer paid her $3.50
a-month alimony awarded last
June when he made $640
monthly.
Since then, the former Mrs.
Nichols charged, he switched to
a job paying only $500 and her
share dwindled to $50.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
80 Prominent Persons
Score U. s. Policy on
Food in Statement
BY the Assoeioisd Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. r.. Dec. Ar
Ninety prominent Americans put
their names to a statement today
asserting the United States Govern
ment Is preparing to use food "as a
weapon of foreign policy" In the
war-wrecked nations.
The statement was issued through
the Office of UNTsRA Director Gen.
eral La Guardia, who also said that
throughout the past week he has
received copies of similar protests
from n national organizations.
The protests are in answer to re-
fusal from washington to enter any
further plans for international dis
tribution of food after UNRRA
closes shop this month for Europe
and in March for the Far East.
S4oo, 100000 Fund Urged.
Mr.. La Guardia has suggested q
$4Oo, ,000, 900 international purse to
meet the needs, with the food to be
allocated through a United Nations
committee without consideration for
political advantage. He was strong
ly supported here by some 20 nations.
The United States in reply pro-
posed that food needs can be met
through loans or outright grants,
but the distribution of American
food through those means would
then be at the discretion of the
United States Government.
The statement today said of the
American proposal:
This Is q reversion to power
politics, the use Of food as q weapon
of foreign policy--an approach to
world problems utterly opposed to
the concept Of the United Nations.
"UAhappily, the United States
Government, despite the generous
attitude of the American people,
indicates it will follow the course
of politics"
Signers Of Statement.
Signers of the statement include
Bishop g. Bromley Oman. president
of the Federal Council Of Churches;
Mrs. Lafell Dickinson, president OF
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs; Oscar Cox, former assistant
solicitor general: Mrs. j. II. Welt.
president of the National Council OF
Jewish Women; James G. Patton.
president of the National Farmers
Union; Evans Clark, director of the
Twentieth Century Fund; Freda
Kirchwey, editor Of The Nation;
Dorothy Canf1eld Fisher. novelist;
DR.. Mary B. ellison, Wellesley pro-
fessor of economies: Mrs. Dorothy
Groeling of the YWCA National
Board; Mayor H. H. Humphrey OF
Minneapolis: Roger Baldwin OF the
Civil Liberties Union; Rabbi S.
Lazaron of Baltimore; Yehudi
Menuhin, violinist, and Or. Helen G.
White, president OF the American
Association of University Women.
Bishop Oman has notified Mr..
La Guardia that the bishops and
district superintendents of the Meth
odist Church have been asked to
mobilize their membership to tele-
graph the Secretary of State urging
that the delegation to the United
Nations support the La Guardia
play
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Britons Expecting
Gardner to Serve
JuIeps at Embassy
By the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Dec. 4.-British
newspaper readers were told to-
day to expect at least one thing
new in the way of hospitality
from the New American Am
bassador, o. Max Gardner, and
his wife.
Mint juleps-the standard
drink of North Carolina-will
most likely be part Of their old
fashioned Southern hospital
ity,'" the Daily Herald COM
mented.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Koreu Leader Coming Here

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (PlDr. Syngman
Rhee, Democratic leader Of South
ern Korea, was en- route to America
today hoping to persuade the United
Nations to abandon the Moscow
decision dividing Korea and provide
ing q Russo-American trusteeShip.
Evening star., 1946-12-04

Plenty Of shopping days left to
Christmas II you decide to give .
U. s. Savings Bond rs gift that's
sure to grow bigger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
WHAT'S AN INCH
 MORE OR LES5 IN
 W0MEN'S 5klRTS!
Moot Question Is Causing Government Circles
 Many Headaehes

WASHINGTON, April 18.-If it gives women's skirts an inch, pom ders the government, will they take a foot?
 And, if so, will it bring on de- pression?
 This is the momentous issue now before the Civilian Production Ad- ministration, which decides such things as how many buttonholes and pockets a female gets these days.
 Women's skirts, normally as skit- tish as stock market, have been hanging around the same length for four years, all on account of a oictum known in government cir cles as L-85. L-85 says, for instance, that the dress of a size 16 Miss shall mea- sure 43la inches from back of the neck to hemline.
 OPA got its postwar problem hlitIl IL CdiiCQ III aisASOAS ASSSAANty to give L-85 a once-over. Every body was satisfied but the womens dress committee.
 If the order must stay, said the committee, at least give every Am erican woman a one-inch margin on her skirt.
 With the one-inch issue squarely before them. OPA's experts male) in the women's dress division are grappling with these questions:
 CD Will one inch lead to an- other?
 @ If 53,oO0,OOO American wo- men take an inch apiece, how many miles of cloth will they use? t3) Is it true what they say aboct women's skirts-that when they're up, we're prosperous; when they're down, so is the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18

and Main streets. Mrs. Soldin and Mrs Edith Lee will be hostesses.
 Twenty-three passengers came in on the train at noon today to take passage on the Norah. The trains are on their early schedule, leav- ing at a. m. and arriving at noon until danger of slices is past. The boats dock at a. m. during this period.
 The Woman's Club will present a Hill Billy" drama on Saturday eve ing at the Recreation Center. The play takes about two hours to pre- sent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR
 DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION

DEAhEE OI DAo tASS 1AO&t In the Commissioner Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Num-
 Der One. Before Felix Gray, Ccm-
 missioner and Ex-officio Probate
 Judge, Juneau Precinct.
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 ADRIAN vERNAL ROFF, de-
 ceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HELEN E. ROFF has filed her final report in the matter of the estate of Adrian vernal Rolf, de- ceased, and has petitioned the Court for a determination of the lawful heir of deceased.
 A hearing will be held on said re- port and petition before the under signed on the 5th day of June, I946, at which time all persons ob- jecting to the manner in which the estate was administered, the deternl- ination of Helen E. Rolf as the sole heir of deceased, distribution of the assets or the closing of the admin istration, may appear and be heard.
 GIVEN under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court this 3rd day of April, 1946.
 (SEAL) FELIX GRAY, U. s. Commissioner and Ex-officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. First publication, April 4, l946. Last publication, April 25, 1946.