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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
Vote YES on bonds;
beat housing foes

The giant hatepeddlng real estate interests
major bout to the people Nov when Chicago
two $15ooo00o public bond for housing
While the big realty boys publicly the issues
political believed opposition
light the of the elections.
full appeared in the Tribune, opposing
the grounds that the Chicago Housing Authority
which will handle portion Of the housing funds
"Un-American subversive, and inefficient"
SPONSORS of the ad the Civic
Organization other such civic
ently parroted the non-dscrnnatoy
public housing
Several community newspapers, including the
Economist and The Calumet Index
Last week Aid Reginald Dubois 9D, who has led the
fight the city council against public housing
investigation of the Chicago Housing Authority attempt
to the CHA thereby casting suspicion issues
downed when the investigation aside until Nov
20.
Complete unoffcaD returns issue vote showed:
Yes.
Slum clearance .3s3.l62
Hehousing 345.005 1895
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
IN THE LIST ward. for example.

IN THE LIST ward, for example,
1856 per cent of the straight bal
lots cast went to the machine tick
ct, while the Progressives received
only z per cent.
In the nearby 3rd ward, where
Oscar DePriest, Republican ward
committeeman, was helping to pro-
tect the Progressive vote, "a per
cent of the straight ballots went
to the Progressives, while the ma
chine received only 21.2 per cent.
In A of the city's so wards, the
Progressives won 1000 or more
straight ballots.
Behind Carey, Earl b. Dickerson
and Sidney A. Jones Jr. ranked
among the top four on the Prog
ressive ticket. The third Negro
candidate on that slate, Richard
E. Westbrooks, won the sixth high
est tally among the Progressives.
HEAVY voting in the Negro
community, brought about by
high degree of unity, was respon-
sible for the large number of votes
they received. Dickerson went
over the 100000 mark, while
Jones won some 175,000 votes and
Westbrooks got $4,000.
The Republican and Democratic
parties had refused the request of
Negro leaders that they give the
Negro people representation on
the bench.
An unusually large number Of
women voted, according to reports
from precinct workers.
Pearl M. Hart, the only woman
candidate, received some 10000
votes to rank third among the
Progressives. The women's vote
was credited with part of her
total.
AT Democratic Party headquar-
tiers in the Morrison Hotel, ma
chine leaders were frankly wor-
ried.
As Mayor Kennedy shook hands
with J. M. Arvey, Democratic
county chairman, and Crowley, at
the request of news photograph
ers, he warned:
Don't print this unless, he
tCrowleY) wins"
Amid the general gloom, party
worker rushed in to tell Arvey that
the Democrats were winning IN
Kentucky.
Well. were winning here
loo. aren't we?" ArveY demand
ed.
They were winning, but the
heavy Progressive vote bore deep
significance and they knew it.
Il SUPPOSE this vote for the
Progressives is a protest. the
Democrats public relations chief,
Spike" Hennessey, admitted.
IFS surprising. We only en-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

tIfIS WCChs
In the eruption a new party
was born, as more than 100000
voters cast their ballots for one
or more of the Progressive Party
candidates for Superior Court
judge.
OF these, more than LOG, 900
threw their whole hearted sup
port to the new party by voting
the straight Progressive ticket.
SEMI-OFFICIAL returns, an
nouneed before the canvass by the
Board of Election Commissioners,
indicated that Wilbert F. Crow
ley, candidate on the machine
ticket, had won out over the high
est Progressive candidate, Homer
F. Carey, by slim margin of TO-
900 votes.
Well-substantiated reports of
vote frauds in some areas made
the Progressives consider contest
ing the vote count.
I'VE do not concede that Carey
is not elected to the Superior
Court" Zal Garfield. Progress
sive Party campaign manager.
declared.
In the event that he IS not
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

Corporation dividends for June
August 1947 totaled 81, 233, zoo, 600
an increase of 14qe over the same
3-month period a year ago.
An indication of skyrocketing
living costs: installment purchases
have increased 48% in the last
year.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

declared elected. the strong
evidence of steal will cause
the Progressive Party to make
every effort TO see that justice
is DONE"
, A STUDY of the election re-
suits showed that at least so per
cent of the voters cast ballots
for one or more Progressive can
didates.
In certain sections of the city
and county. a majority of the
straight ballots were cast for
the Progressives. In one 3rd
/ ward precinct. for example. the
Progressives won 80 straight
votes while the machine ticket.
which ran under the heading
Democratic" got only six.
In many wards and towns in
the county outside Chicago, the
Progressive candidates came out
far ahead of the machines men.
But the machines lop-sided adj
vantage in boss-ruled wards gave
its candidates the edge in the total
count.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
How new purfY
piled up big vote
BY BILL CARR

Rurnbs policies
Evening star., 1947-06-21

of language" perhaps is the only wIi.er
who was popular in his own specific day
and still survives as q compelling force.
The King James version was produced
under his example, with the result that
the Book of Ruth can be-and is-read in
association with Romeo and Juliet; Job
with King Lear: First and Second Samuel
with Macbeth or Hamlet.
"A master of English prose- is wanted
to assist the Archbishop, his colleagues
and their staff, and undoubtedly one will
be found eventually. But the search can
not be casual business. It is part of the
sadness OF these troubled years of universal
confusion that there is no modern Bard of
Avon nor even any John Milton, John
Bunyan or John Galsworthy The spiritual
endowment of men like these, not just
technical skill, is an imperative demand.
Conceivably, the challenge of the new
translation will call forth the desired
genius of mind and heart. People every
where surely will hope so.
Evening star., 1947-06-21

ington; which only means more intense SUI
fering and more additional victims.
AS in the previous years, nothing apparently
is being done to relieve the situation.
There is no excuse for that. The weed which
is responsible for IS per cent of all hay fever
can be eliminated from our parks, Fairgrounds,
public highways and vacant lots. am sure the
Health Department is aware of the fact that
there is chemical weed killer, the spray OF
which will eliminate most of the luxuriant
growths of weeds. Some cutting may be re-
quired, but the spraying and flushing will GER
tainly do the job
New York City Health Department in Coop
Grafton with the Department of Sanitation and
the Park Developments has worked out COM
prehensive plan to end hay fever in New York.
This is their second year Of the three-year
campaign and the Health Department, which
is in command of the operation, does magnifl-
cent job being engaged right now in a we'll
organized attack on 10000 acres OF ragweed
growths
am fully convinced that by concerted ef
fort, a job similar to the one carried out In New
York City can be done here.
DR.. R. SCHNEIDER.
Evening star., 1947-06-21
New Bible Translation

A worldwide public naturally will watch
with interest the new translation of the
Bible into current English sponsored by
the Archbishop of Canterbury and twenty
one other leaders of the Church of Eng
land. 1t is to stimulate Scripture reading
that the enterprise is being undertaken.
The six scholars who are to do the work
are not engaging in such a tremendous
exercise merely for practice It is their
belief that a modern version of the Holy
Word should constitute a valuable service
to Christianity in an age when a larger
influence of Christian idealism is needed
as perhaps never before.
The new edition will be the first officially
directed since the Authorized" King
James, issued in 1911. 1t will carry for
ward the corrective endeavor of the RE
vised" text of 1884 and inevitably will take
into account various private" renderings
which "have made their appearance from
time to time, to meet the vagaries of
literary taste and other requirements
the translation prepared by Dr. James
Moffatt of Union Theological Seminary,
for example.
Of course, the difficulties inherent In
making any translation of the Bible into
the English of our own epoch are numer-
ous The idionas of prevailing generations
are feeting as well as living. Even the
most vigorous speech is dated" to a
passing moment. Shakespeare. "the lord
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Blames Capital and Labor


Some days ago one of the leading sales
executives of the country warned that: "The
spiral of increasing prices and the lack of
middle grades of merchandise present threat
to maintenance of volume. The great mass
of the public must not be priced out of the
market"
Selfishness and greed Of both capital and
labor seem to be doing exactly that. There of
course, are many who still are in war money
and aftermath of war money but the great
mass of the public" have spent their war
money and are not in on the aftermath
money. A large segment Of the public never
has been in on either, such as annuitants,
pensioners and the bulk of the essential white
collar class. The great backbone element Of
the country, that which corresponds to Gold
smiths bold yeomany," is gradually being
crushed. Frantic grabs Of both labor and
capital (Which, of course, includes all kinds of
merchants) have pushed prices up to point
where they are going to have great difficulty in
making any smooth readjust1nent to a peace
time economy. In fact, both now are pulling
pillars out from under our economic struc-
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Mr.. Bevin's 'UItimutum'

The Communist Daily Worker in London
does not seem to have exaggerated greatly
in using the word "ultimatum" to describe
Foreign Secretary Bevin's powerful and
highly significant address on the Marshall
proposal for European aid and the Anglo
French invitation to Russia to partici-
pate sincerely in it.
In effect, the address probably the
blunteSt ever made by the Foreign Secre-
tary-has warned Moscow either to CO.
operate now, without further stalling and
obstructionism, or bear the consequences
Of forcing the Western powers to work to-
gether politically and economically on a
peace and recovery program of their own.
This may not be an "ultimatum" in
technical diplomatic sense, but it comes
close to being one. In words wholly with
out varnish, Mr.. Bevin has made clear that
Britain, like the United States, is fed up
with what the Stain government has been
doing-with its liberty-stif1ing actions in
Eastern Europe and the Balkans, with it's
refusal to unity the German economy, with
its failure to live up to Allied agreements
and the principles of the United Nations,
with what seems, in short, to be delib-
crate policy to delay recovery and promote
chaos in order to spread the Kremlin's
totalitarian dominance over as much of
the world as possible.
1t is doubtful that Mr. Bevin would have
spoken as bluntly as this had he had any
hope of a favorable Russian reply to the
Anglo-French invitation. Whatever his
l,o H. al
notice that Britain will not be put off any
longer by the mess" of procedure, terms
of reference and all the other parliament
tary paraphernalia that the Soviet Union
has employed up to now to paralyze the
peace-making and push war-ravaged
Europe to the brink of complete collapse
This policy, he has solemnly declared
must be promptly abandoned for real CO.
operation or the British-letting the Krem-
lin go it alone without further appease-
ment-will do everything possible to
organize the west for recovery in line with
the Marshall proposal. Presumably, despite
the great potential trouble the French
Communists can cause, France will do the
same E.
What the world has here is a situation
fast moving toward a climax of the gravest
import. The Russians are primarily re-
sponsible for the two Europes that exist
today. If they now scorn Mr.. Bevin's
"ultimatum," the division will be deepened
and solidified. Britain and the Western
nations on the continent, for the sake of
survival, will be forced to unite on common
measures to rebuild themselves into kind
of bloc with Americas help. Thus, unless
Soviet policy undergoes striking change,
the November meeting of the Foreign Min
listers will be blighted in advance, the whole
future of the United Nations will be i'm
periled, and the seeds will be sown for an
eventual war more terrible even than the
last.
In the age of the atom this is a dreary
and dangerous prospect for all of us. Yet
MIR. Bevin has faith. He holds that the
west in the long run will not be ths
Evening star., 1947-06-21
BY the Assoeiofsd Press


President Truman's veto OF the Taft-Hartley
labor bill was criticized by a preponderant
cross-section of the Nations press.
New York's four morning newspapers voiced
solid opposition to the veto.
The New York Times praised the House for
overriding the President and added that "the
Senate cannot do less and still preserve its
self-respect"
The Times said the President had made no
move to cooperate" with Congress, described
his administration as a record of labor -man-
agement strife "far and away the worst in the
Nations history" and asserted that Mr.. Tru-
mans veto message was catch all for every
discredited argument advanced against the bill
over the past several weeks"
The Herald Tribune said:
'Mr, Truman has, in effect, renounced any
further effort to guide or work with, the pres
ent Congress; he has defied the verdict of the
last elections and the wishes OF large seq
ment of those who voted for Democratic can
didates"
Veto Called Glass Legislation.
The Daily News said the President, by his
action, serves notice that from here on he
expects to be President for organized labor
only ="
The Daily Mirror referred to the veto as
class legislation which protects small body
of labor leaders against the whole American
people"
Among some newspapers applauding Mr.
Truman's action, the Orlando (Fla) Sentinel
characterized the Taft-Hartley measure as
legislation written in the heat of anger" 1t
added that sit was conceived during series
of strikes and born political baby, nurtured
by the Republican Party's desire to lure votes
to its banner"
The Portland Oregonian said Republicans in
Congress invited" the veto by insisting that
corrective labor legislation should be bundled
into one omnibus package"
"Discredited Philosophy"
The Truman philosophy the Boston Herald
commented, sis the old and now discredited
one of the Wagner Act of giving labor an
inordinate and monopolistic power and expect
ing that its leaders will have enough good
will and social conscience to use that power
in the common good. 1t isn't so, and the
Taft-Hartley Act is the realistic recognition
of that fact
The Dallas Morning News said Mr., Truman's
blanket indictment" Of the legislation might
have been written in the Office of John L.
Lewis William Green or Phillip Murray" add
ing that the veto "sets the executive side
against the considered Judgment of Congress,
which is alone empowered to make laws that
govern"
. Congress Put on Spot
The Oregon Journal said the Presidents mes
sage had placed Congress ION the spot" from
which it could not remove itself even by over
riding the veto THE message" the paper said,
was so constructed that, political as it was,
the President can expect more popularity, and
more votes, than if the Congress had sus-
tanned him"
MIR. Truman. the Kansas City Star. COM
mented, has yielded to highly organized pres
sure of the unions and has sought to fiout the
will Of Congress and the American people"
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Gain in the Senate

The Senate, needing the appeal of SEN
ator Cain, Republican, of Washington, has
stricken from the District tax bill the
iniquitous O'Hara amendment that was
tackled on the measure in the House. This
" is a distinct gain for fair treatment OF the
local taxpayers.
The amendment sponsored by Repre-
sentative O'Hara Republican, of Mime
sofa is the antithesis of fair treatment
1t would have exempted from payment OF
the local income tax all Federal employees
who submitted to the tax assessor sworn
affidavit claiming domicile in one of the
States. To write this into law would simply
be to pass the buck in the matter of local
revenues to those who live in the District
and who are not Government employees in
favor of those who are on the Federal pay
roll, regardless of whether they pay any
income tax to the State in which they
might claim domicile. Thanks to the SEN
ate, and especially to the efforts of Senator
Cain, this grossly discriminatory feature
is out of the bill, and it should be kept
out in conference.
The bill is less than perfect in other
respects. For one thing, it bears down even
harder on the real estate owner-at time
when less than half of the real estate in
the city is taxable-through an increased
tax rate, coming on top of an increased
assessment The result is that this group
will continue to carry the burden of
revenue raising, while others ride free, or
relatively free.
On the other side of the ledger, however,
the bill, recognizing the increasing finan-
cial obligation of the Federal Government
to the seat of Government, calls for an
increase in the Federal payment. 1t is
also fair to say that it is a product of
careful study by those members of Con-
gress who have the responsibility of raising
local revenue, and as Senator Cain put it,
it proposes on the whole a program that
is sound and reasonable" 1t is not the
bill that The Star. would prefer, but if
the Senate version prevails it will be the
best bill that can be obtained a. this
session.
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Double Standard Questioned

Double Standard Questioned
To the Editor OF The star:
The other day was with a friend who
parked his car in front of the Munitions Build
ing and who when he returned at 4:10 pm.
found police officer putting ticket on it for
being there after o'clock. My friend tried to
explain that he had been detained at the
Veterans Administration longer than he had
expected, but he was insulted by the officer.
However, on June IS the Washington news
papers reported two cars speeding at 80 to 95
miles an hour on the Baltimore Highway. A
diplomat was one of the drivers, but the police
man let him go. Is this democracy?
NELSON COCHRANE.
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Police Chief Qualifications

It is regrettable that the failing health
of Major Harvey G. Callahan will compel
his retirement as superintendent OF police.
The Metropolitan Police Department will
lose an able, faithful leader of the type
who inspires efficiency in the ranks and
confidence on the part OF the community.
number of possible nominees for this
important law enforcement post are men
toned in the speculation over Major Gala
hans successor. Several outsiders are said
to be among the candidates. Heading the
list of police candidates is Detective Chief
Robert j. Barrett, whose "paradoxical"
record of concentrations and of board and
court trials was related in The Star yes
terday.
The Star has no particular candidate
to propose, but it has suggestion or two
to offer the Commissioners as to the type
of officer who should be selected to head
Washington's police force. First OF all,
The Star believes that the appointee-
should be chosen from within the ranks
of the department. This is a highly spe-
cialized job that should not be permitted
to become the property of patronage
not mix successfully Moreover, the task
of policing the National Capital presents
problems of jurisdiction and administra-
ton not found outside the seat of Govern
ment. Familiarity with these peculiar
problems is highly essential.
1t is The Stars firm conviction, further
more, that in choosing man from within
the department the Commissioners should
be guided not by their personal likes or
dislikes, but solely by a determination to
give the city the best police administration
possible To assure that kind of police
service the department must continue to
have leaders of the Callahan type whose
records. training, temperament and repu-
tation are above reproach. There are such
men in the department and one of them
should be chosen. The vital thing is to
give the Police Department leader who
will command the wholehearted respect
and trust of his men and of the citizens
he serves. Any doubt on this score should
be resolved in favor of the public interest.
Evening star., 1947-06-21

acf rsadsr sa 0 can obtain the to sus.ion
Fease hs ss s Cents for
Q. Is there tree with more than one trunk1
F. F.. mi
A. The banyan tree of India and tropical
Africa sends down from its branches great
numbers of shoots which take root and become
new trunks. Al
Q. For whom was Elmendorf Field in Alaska
named?-P B.
A. According to the War Department Elmen-
dorf Field in Alaska was named for Capt. Hugh
M. Elmendorf, an outstanding member of the
Army Air Corps. He was born at Ithaca, N. Y,
January 8, 1895, graduated from Cornell Unf-n
versty, and was commissioned a second
lieutenant of infantry in World War l. On
March 10, 1921, he transferred to the Air Corps.
He died of an aerial accident and was buried
in Arlington Cemetery, January 16, 1888. scr
@. Is the United States ever without Presi-~
dent?-R. M. G. @
A. There is never an interval when the
United States is without a President The
Constitution provides that the term of the
President shall end at noon on the Goth Of
January. The new Presidents term begins
Immediately even If he does not actually take
an oath of Office for few minutes.
@. How many post Offices are there in the,
United States?-M EY
A. The Post Once Department says that
there are 41,751 post Offices in the United a
States. sara
selsU
Q. Why is "compleat" spelled with an "a"g
in Izaak Waltons book "The Compleat Angler?ra
e v. NJ
A. "Compleat' is a form of the adjective
that was common in the 18th century
and most of the 18th. It was used only
on the engraved title page of the book, the
form complete" being employed on the other
title pages and In the running heads. e.sa.
Evening star., 1947-06-21

in order to perpetuate high prices and to keep
our officials in their present positions.
In addition to the foregoing, the United
States Veterans Administration could save
great amount of the taxpayers money If vet
Grams with nonservice-connected disabilities
were given treatment as out-patients instead
of them having to occupy space in overcrowded
facilities. S. CLEVELAND MULLEN.
Evening star., 1947-06-21

G n q n c e 5 are
that the sea-
son of tears,
itching a n d
sneezing which
opens a b ou t
August Is and
lasts until the
end of October.
will be a very
successful one
here in WaSh-
Evening star., 1947-06-21
South-Music
D


From field and swamp and Mississippi 81. I'll
Floaos the South-Husic:
Plaintiue, deep-human songs 9sa,
That stretch their hands out pleading,
but i1ith pride,
Pride bred acithin the song, atf"
Deep as the rtDer, sloU, but al,0ays pride
OF its deep old South sSs;
And pleading r .
That its simple spirit 'k9e...
Might meet kindred simple spirit
Somewhere. VIRGIE BERNHARDT. =
Evening star., 1947-06-21

sufferer If there is conflict. 7 have seen
SO many conflicts he says, and so many
dictators attempt to suppress liberty in
the world. In the end 1t has been the
dictators who have failed" The words
are meant for the Stain government. Let
it ponder them well before it commits
itself irrevocabIy against the peace and
happiness of mankind,
Evening star., 1947-06-21
Speaks for Real Owners

To the Editor OF The Star:
The letter signed by O. M. Lawrence (June
I'D is splendid letter, one that every real tax
payer and resident. OF the District Of Columbia
will approve.
= I have been resident of this city for IS
years, subscriber of The Star for "a years,
and I can remember when the paper took
more interest in the real property owners Of
the D. C. MRS MOLL1E M SOKOLOSKI.
Evening star., 1947-06-21

prices thereon
are increased
above a fair
level. It would
also be a good
idea for the
Government to
cease destroy
ing food and
S u b S | d i z ing
certain crops
and industries