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Evening star., 1947-08-22
Union Won't Tolerate
Federal SIow-downs,
FIaxer Says fvACase
BY a staff Correspondent Of The star

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-An emphatic
statement of policy that the United
Public Workers of America never
has condoned, does not now and
never will condone sloW-downs
against the Government" was made
today by UPWA President Abram
Flaxer.
Mr.. Flaxer, who is attending the
unions executive board meeting
here. replied to press reports that
UPWA's Local No. 20 in New York,
which is composed of Veterans Ad-
ministration employees, had issued
leaflets to its members which has
been interpreted in some quarters
as urging the members to engage
in a showdown of work"
Distortion Charged.
Mr.. Flaxer charged the contents
of the leaflets "are being distorted
for the purpose of destroying the
basic trade union rights OF Gov
ernment workers"
1T is a malicious falsehood to say
that this union urged slow-downs'
Mr.. Flaxer declared. Eve have
a long record of seeking to increase
efficiency and improve administra-
ton in the public service. We have
long fought for the creation of
labor management committees in
Government as an aid in achieving
a better public service"
Mr.. F'laxer and UPWA officials
charged the New York VA office
was the scene of "atrocious" work.
ing conditions, which saw work races
ordered by supervisors to get more
production and rest periods elm
mated in some Offices.
Libel Action Considered.
UPWA officials said the leaflets
were distributed only as part of an
organizing drive, and there was
never any intent for the employees to
showdown.
Mr.. Flaxer said that, since the
leaflets were issued in June, UPWA
officials have conferred with VA
representatives "and no question of
an alleged showdown was ever raised
by anybody"
He added that the union is con-
sulting its attorneys with "a view
toward instituting libel actor"
against those newspapers which, he
said, distorted the story.
UPWA has about $4,000 members
working in VA bureaus throughout
the country. The New York local
involved has about 1000 members.
Several thousand VA employees here
are UPWA members, union officials
said.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Labor
Continued From First Page.)

ITU." A walkout in the event non
printers were employed presumably
would be no contract violation II
there were no contract.
While employers were virtually
silent on the proposal, industry
representatives here indicated that
many publishers and printer
employers would consent to the en-
ployment memo. In early years OF
| the union, the same idea OF post
ing conditions of employment in
print shops prevailed.
Printers Walk Out.
BECKLEY, w. Va.-Twenty-two
ITU employees of the Beckley News
papers Corp, publishing the morn
ing Post Herald and afternoon
Raleigh Register, walked out, their
leader saying the ITU executive
board had sanctioned the walkout.
George Warren Hodel assistant to
the company's general manager,
said there had been negotiation on
union demands that the current
contract having until September 30
| to run be cancelled and new closed
shop agreement be entered into to
run a year from today
BALTTMORE.-In what probably
was the last collective bargaining
election under the old National
Labor Relations Board set-up, the
UAW led three-way balloting at
the Glenn L. Martin airplane manu-
featuring plant.
CHESTER, Pa.-Ninety Chester
taxi drivers struck. leaving the city
of 10000 with only II independent
cabs operating. The Transport
Workers Union (CIO) demanded q
$39 guarantee for a 60-hour week
and As per cent commissions and
their spokesman said their company
refused to sit down and bargain
sensibly." They now receive a $50
guarantee and 40 per cent commits
SionS.
NEW YORK, The Executive
Board of the American Communica-
ticns Association (CIO), claiming
IS 600 members, voted to refuse ito
submit any issues to the determine
ton of the National Labor Relations
Board"
The International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees and
Moving Picture Machine Operators
(AFL) announced 1t would submit
reports required under the new law,
including aff1davits that officers are
not Communists, on the grounds
that withholding them would not
help legitimate trade unions in this
fight" against the act.
BOSTON.-The American Fed
Grafton of Teachers (AFL) directed
the editor of the American Teacher
to print an analysis of the TAFT
Hartley Act and the names Of Con-
gressmen who voted for it, saying
the act seeks to muzzle the voice
of labor"
Employer ViolatOrs Warned.
The differences between the Taft
and Hartley schools of thought were
pointed up yesterday when the New
Jersey Representative told employers
in a speech at Chicago that they
now have a law which protects their
rights, and asked:
Aren't you willing to stand up
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Cleaning Plant Tied Up
By Controversy Over
New Taft-HartIey Act

Twenty-seven employees of a
wholesale cleaning plant were not
working today following a manage
ment-union disagreement on appli-
cation of the new Taft Hartley labor
law.
Harry Kurtz, president of the
United Wholesale Cleaners and
TailorS Association, Inc, 619 Neal
place NV, said the shop was struck
at II am. yesterday, but Jack Kut-
ner, representative of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, Local 457
(CIO), said the workers were locked
out" He charged the management
had intimidated them by calling in
police.
Would Work Under Agreement.
Crux of the dispute was the union
shop form of security the union has
had heretofore. Mr.. Kutner said the
employees would go back to work
under a gentleman's agreement ex-
tending terms of the contract that
expired in April.
Mr.. Kurtz said the union official
came to him yesterday, a few hours
before the effective date of the Taft
Hartley Act, and asked him to sign
a contract eliminating all provisions
under the new law.
"Mr. Kutner wanted to make the
contract retroactive to last April
when the old contract expired" Mr.
Kurtz said. Il told him I would
not eliminate one paragraph OF the
Taft Hartley Act"
Refuses to Light Boilers.
Mr.. Kutner said he was discussing
the contract yesterday when a po-
liceman appeared at the door. He
told Mr.. Kurtz he would not talk
terms as long as the policeman was
there.
Anticipating trouble when an en-
ploye refused to light the boilers
yesterday morning as he customarily
did, MIR. Kurtz said he had asked
that the policeman be sent there.
1t was quiet in front of the shop
today, with the employees gathered
there, but carrying no placards.
One policeman from the second
precinct stood in front of the place.
Evening star., 1947-08-22

is recorder for
A ! m a S Temple
here, was select
ed by Imperial
Potentate Karl
Rex Hammers of
Pitts b urgh to
succeed Everett
w. Jacocks of
Boston, who died
August 6.
AS imperial re-
corder for the
159 temples in
North America,
Mr.. Wilken will
have Offices in
Richmond and
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Red Paper Suspended
In Bremen by AMG
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. "
The American Military Govern
ment in Bremen yesterday suspended
until September 9 the Communist
party newspaper Tribune der Demo-
kratie for violation of military gov
ernment directives regulating Ger
man publications.
The suspension announcement did
not specify the nature of the
offenSe.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
UpWAPI '4S Drive
To Elect Progressive
Members TO Congress
By Joseph Young
Stor Stoff Correspondenf

CHICAGO, Aug. 22-The CIO
United Public Workers of Amer
lea revealed today that it will
wage an active and vigorous"
campaign in next years national
elections to elect progressive
and liberal members" to Con-
gress.
The plans were disclosed by mem
bers of the unions Executive Board
who are holding their semiannual
meeting here.
Work will get underway immedi-
ately to rally the union behind the
drive of the CLOS Political Action
Committee to defeat several hundred
members now in Congress and re-
place them with liberal-minded
legislators, it was disclosed.
Mindful of Hatch Act.
Federal locals in the union will
be restricted in their participation
under terms of the Hatch Act, which
forbids political activities by Gov
ernment employees.
But UPWA officials said they will
urge their Government employe
members to "be sure and vote for
the right candidates in 1948, and
also will ask them to get their FAM
lilies and friends to vote for the
PAC-approved candidates. This, Of
ficials said, would not be a violation
of the Hatch Act.
The non-Federal public employees
In the union, who constitute nearly
half of UPWA's 100000 member
ship, will participate in the CIO-
PAC campaign on greater scale,
since they are not affected by the
Hatch Act.
In announcing the unions plans
today, the board blasted the record
of the Elghtieth Congress, not only
in regard to Government employees
legislation which failed of enact
ment, but on national policy.
Housing Record Criticized.
1t sharply criticized Congress
record In housing, veterans aid,
labor legislation and other issues.
I'VE have learned by bitter expert
ence that, if you have a reactionary
Congress, Government employees will
suffer just as much, if not more,
than the rest of the people" one of
the board members declared.
In another, UPWA again attacked
the Federal loyalty investigation
program and called on other Gov
eminent unions to join it in the
fight to expose" the President S
executive order as depriving Gov
ernment workers of basic civil liber-
ties. All other Federal employees
unions, however, have Endorsed the
loyalty program.
The union also severely criticized
question No. II on the loyalty card
form, which asks employees to list
the organizations they belong to
other than political and religious
ones. UPWA President Abram
Flaxer charged this is an attempt
ito build up a black list of Govern
ment employees who are union men,
bers,"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
900, 900 Beetles Trapped

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. % (E').
Trapping by the State-County
Committee shared nearly 5000, 1000
japanese beetles in Washington
County during the first half OF
august.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Frederick WiIken Named
Shrine Imperial Recorder

Frederick Wilken, 3346 Tennyson
street NV. has been appointed i'm
perial recorder for the Shriners OF
North America. Mr.. Wilken, who
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Texan Starts For
 Alaska On Scooter

LON ANGELES, tP)-A jovial, rotund Texan, bound for Alaska, started from Brownsville two weeks ago with only one passenger aboard his three-wheel motor scooter.
 Now D. A. Gregory, whose home is at Harlingen, Texas, has four passengers on his tiny northbound vehicle. His pet fox terrier, Pooch, became mother before reaching Los Angeles.
 Gregory named the puppies Scooter, toboggan and Klondike and they ride in wire basket.
 We're just going for the trip" explained the Texan. I'm an oil field worker and a preacher-a kind of good will ambassador, passing out a good word here and there. People smile when they see a big fat man like me riding this little scooter on such long trip. And I like to see them smile.
 "I hope we get a million smiles on our trek"
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Costs Of War
 Rising Sharply

l; WASHINGTON (P)-The army, contending that the best current insurance against another war is preparedness, produced figures to- day to show that the cost of war is preparedness, produced figures to- day to show that the cost of war to this nation has multiplied 245 times in money and "A times in life during the last century.
 The summary was issued in con- nection with observance of army week, the 30th anniversary of United States entrance into World War I. The figures, covering only foreign wars, show these compari- sons:
 Mexican war, 104,284 troops used, 12,948 killed, cost $l39,50O,- POS; Spanish-American war, 408,- 391 troops, 6,472 killed, cost S992,- 159,84O; World War I, 3,665,000 troops, 183,663 dead, cost $2l, l,850,- OOO,000; World War II, 10,200,000 troops, 313,OOO dead, cost S34O,-
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Wednesday. April g. ls47
Duck Population
 Declining Sharply

WASHINGTON, R)-Albert M. Day, director of the fish and wild life service, said today the North American duck and geese popula- ton has declined to 54,000, ,000, the lowest since 1888.
 The drop during the past year, Day said, was 26,O0OOOO, the sharp est slump on record. The l945 duck kill was estimated at 23,00O,000.
 But despite the decline, Day told a reporter, there almost cer- tainly will be a hunting season this fall.
 The Audubon society recently that duck hunting be prohibited this year as a con- servation measure.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
Climbers Will
 Have Eight Camps

ANCHORAGE (P), Eight camps will be established on the ice-cov- cred slopes of Mount Mckinley during the forthcoming assault on North Americas highest mountain, Bradford Washburn, leader of the expedition, said today.
 The camps will stretch from the base camp on Muldrow glacier to the 18,l50 foot level where the party plans to establish it's final camp and to set up a cosmic ray station. The summit of the noun tain is 20,300 feet high.
 Washburn and expedition mem bers completed plans with the 10th rescue squadron of the Alaska Air Command yesterday to drop ap- proximately two tons of supplies at the various composites.
 Other last minute preparations included briefing on types of sig nal flare communications and
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
RIvERLESS BRIDGE

KANSAS CITY, tP-Construc- ton of a new l,8O0-foot bridge over dry land-is scheduled to be- gin shortly.
 Then after it's completed, a river will be put under it.
 The Liberty Bend bridge will be cons tructed on land, then pilot cut made beneath it and the flood waters of the Missouri river will cut a new channel for themselves. The S3,OOO,OO0 project is part of a flood control program.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
weather warnings.

weather warnings.
 Prematurely melting snoWS on the glacier have prompted the ex- petition to push up the time of its departure several days. Washburn said it might leave for the base camp tomorrow.
 Haakon Christensen, veteran Anchorage bush pilot who has flown supplies to the base camp, will carry the members in by plane.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-09
OOO,OOO,OOO.

O00,000,000.
 By 1912, continuing costs direct ly connected with World War IT. such as aid to veterans-willh have increased the total to 100000, ,000,- 900, the statement added.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
Methodist Circles to Meet

The four circles of the Methodist
WSCS are meeting this evening al
eight o'clock.
Circle one, Mrs. Paul B. Naylor
and Mrs. J. W. Butt, leaders, will
meet at the home of Mrs. Fulcher P.
Smith, with Mrs. julius B. Littman,
Miss Roberta Cogley and Miss Doro-
thy Fletcher as assistant hostesses.
Circle two, Mrs. Milburn w. Mann
and Mrs. Grover c. Stemple, leaders
will meet in the assembly room with
Mrs. H. G. Gortner, Mrs. James Nor.
deck, Mrs Paul Graham, Miss Grace
Loar and Miss Eleanor Ray, as
hostesses.
Circle three, Mrs. Charles A.
Fleegle and Miss Rose Mitchell, as
leaders, will meet at the home of Mrs
N. l. Broadwater, with Mrs. S. H.
Jackson and Mrs Vernie Smouse as
assistant hOstesses.
Circle four, Mrs. Herbert C. Leigh
ton and Mrs. Carl Stone, leaders
will meet at the home of Mrs. Willard
Elliott with Mrs Fred Bell, Miss
Barbara Smith and Miss Hills Yodel
as assistant hostesses.
There will be bank opening at all
the circles.
The Republican., 1947-05-01

tony Friday in a Keyser hospital
| Eddie Shaffer, son of Mrs. Ruth
and the late Carl Shaffer, of Eglon,
is a patient in a Philippi hospital
where he was taken Tuesday, after
suffering knee injury Monday even
ing when he fell from bicycle.
Mrs Edith Harsh has been quite
i'll the past week at her home at
| EgIon.
Relatives in this area were notified
that P E. Hamstead, of Delaware,
had suffered stroke of paralysis,
and his condition was described as
serious. He is a son of Mrs Matilda
and the late Seymour Hamstead, for
merly of Cash Valley.
Mrs Carrie Painter who spent the
winter with her son and family, at
Grafton, returned Saturday to her
Aurora home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Wilhelm and
family, of Aurora, spent Sunday with
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Keith Bolyard, at Cumber-
! land.
Mrs. Matilda Fike who has been ill
The Republican., 1947-05-01

Loeb Sunday Church School,
1000; Jr. c. E. $3.50 p. M; Adult c..
f., 7:l5 p. M; Worship and Preach
ing, 7:45 p. M; Prayer service, Thurs
day, 7:45 p. m.
Crellin-Sunday Church school, 1O:-
90 a. M; Adult C. E., 7:15 p. M;
Worship and Preaching, 7;45 p. M;
Prayer Service, Wednesday, 7:45 p.
m.
Underwood Sunday Church school,
1000 a. M; Young Peoples service,
7:45 p. m.
Lynndale-Sunday Church School,
1000 a. NJ; Young Peoples service,
Monday, 7:45 p. NJ
The Republican., 1947-05-01
UNION HOLINESS TABERNACLE

Saturday services over public adj
dress system at 7:3O. Young peoples
meeting Saturday evening at $50.
Sunday school at 2 o'clock. Preach
ing at 300 and 7:30.
Young peoples meeting Sunday
evening and Tuesday evening at $50.
Prayer services Tuesday evening at
1880.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
Chest Clinic Scheduled

The regular monthly chest clinic,
sponsored by the Maryland Tubercu-
losis association, will be held on
Wednesday morning, May II, at the
health department office, court house,
Oakland, beginning at o'clock, it
has been announced.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Denver c. Pickens, DID,, Pastor

9:3O am, Church Sunday school,
Glasses for everyone from the young
est to the oldest.
l0:45 am, Morning worship. Ser
mon by Dr.. James L. Hupp, Dean Of
men at West Virginia Wesleyan Col
lege, Buckhannon. The choir will sing
the anthem, "God is Spirit" by
SchOlin.
The Republican., 1947-05-01

at the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Judy,
at Eglon, is much improved.
Dove WenzeI and son, Billy, of
Moorefeld, were Sunday evening
guests with relatives at Eglon.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
Deer Park, Maryland
i LII L. 4

9:45 am. Glasses for all ages. Mr.
German Bowscr, superintendent
10:45 am Morning Worship. 1880
pm. Evening Evangelistic service
Thursday, 1880 pm. prayer meeting.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
Bishop Dan II. McAllister, Pastor
Oakland. MARYLAND

Sunday School, 1890 A. NJ; evan
gelstic service, 1880 pm; Bible study
and prayer meeting, Wednesday at
1880 pm; Young Peoples service,
Friday evening at 1870. All welcome.
The Republican., 1947-05-01

NJ Sgt. VIM. kahl, Mrs KahI and
daughter, of Washington, D, c., are
spending a few days here with the
formers father, Albert KahI. They
are enroute to San Francisco, Cal,
where the former has been trans
felled and will be with the Depot Of
Supplies, Photographic Maintenance
and Repair of the Marine corps.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
Sunday Services in the Churches
of The Community
ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL
Rev. Austin Schildwachter, Rector

St Matthew's, Oakland, 500 a. M,
Holy Communion; HOO a. M, ser
vice and sermon; 10 a. M, Church
School
Anderson Chapel, Swanton, 800 p.
M, service and sermon.
St. Johns, Deer Park, Ais p. m.,
service and sermon.
Our Fathers House, Altamont, 1880
p. M, service and sermon.
The Republican., 1947-05-01
AURORA-EGLON

Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Bolyard, of
Aurora and Cumberland, are the par
ents Of a son born April 80, in a
Cumberland hospital. This is the
couples first child. Mrs Bolyard is
the former Miss Meredith Wilhelm,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Will
helm, and the father is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Bolyard.
Doris, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Theodore Rembold, of Horse
Shoe Run. underwent an appendec-
The Republican., 1947-05-01

Entered at the Postoffice at Oakland
Md, as second-class mail matter.
The Republican., 1947-05-01

The Republican was established in
1877. 1t is the oldest and largest news
paper published in Garrett county,
with the greatest circulation.
The Republican., 1947-05-01

The Republican is published every
Thursday at The Republican Building,
Second street, Oakland, at the follow
ing rates of subscription, payable in
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-05
Merchants
Two Games
To Billings Teams

The Hardin Merchants now
trail in the Midland Empire
baseball league standings, with
four losses and no wins.
Manager Jack Helmann said
the team would be strength
ened soon, when college boys
will arrive here to swell the
roster of players.
On Sunday the Merchants
dropped a contest to the Bill
ings Merchants here II to 2.
Helmann pitched until the
eighth inning when he handed
the assignment over to Scally.
The seventh proved unlucky
for the local nine, with the
visitors collecting five runs.
Bob Kerrick lead the Hardin
hitters with two.
The Yellowstone Post proved
too good for the Merchants on
Tuesday night in Billings, 80.
Bobby Kerrick was on the
mound for the Merchants with
Waddle catching.
Tommy Perkins made an out
standing play when he stopped
a hot grounder with his un-
gloved hand to cut off what
looked like a sure base hit.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-05
Scouts Praised for
Memorial Day
Work at Battlefield

Captain E. S Luce, superin-
tendent of the Custer Battle
field National cemetery, praised
members of Troop 20, Boy
Scouts of America, for their
Memorial day activities this
week.
After the Scouts marched in
the parade here several of
them went to the battlefield
to help direct traffic. Those
participating included Don
Sturzenegger, Billy Evenson,
Jack Butorac, Jack Abrogast,
Clarence Williams and Albert
Arrendondo.
Capt. Luce's letter, which
was addressed to Charles
Lundberg, Scoutmaster read as
follows:
Yesterday I saw Scribe Eric
Walker, Jr., on the street and
remarked to him the grand
work that your scouts did here
on Memorial day patrolling
the cemetery and keeping per-
sons from committing misde-
meanors or damage.
Next year, I would appreciate
it very much if you'd could
send about 20 Scouts to Custer
Battlefield about half an hour
before the ceremonies COM
mence to work directing traffic
and patrolling the area.
Il will contact you a few
days before Memorial day and
make this same request at that
time.
The Scouts collected a total
of 1000 pounds of waste kitch-
en- fats on May 81. Members
said they appreciated the CO.
operation they had received
and were sure more people
would save fats for them The
next collection will be on June
%.
Scout meetings go on a new
schedule beginning on Tues
day, June 10. The boys will
meet at 7 pm.
Troop 20 plans a camporee
June 6 and 7. Scouts will meet
Thursday, June S, at Z pm. to
make plans and the boys will
leave at noon on Friday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-05
General Campbell Makes Plea for U.S..
World Leadership in Memorial Day
at Custer Battlefield Cemetery

Brigadier General Thomas
D. Campbell, A. U. S. reserve,
paid a touching tribute to the
war dead and urged that their
example inspire all Americans
to insist that their nation take
International leadership in his
Memorial day address at the
annual services at Custer Bat
tefield National cemetery last
Friday.
Gen. Campbell briefly eulo-
gized the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. He included
him among the dead of the
last war, of whom he said,
1.-THE man who went to war
well and strong gained by the
experience and came home
with a greater appreciation of
what America and our liberty
really mean, but the man who
gave his all, or part of his
body, to the cause of freedom,
can never be repaid"
After emphasizing the great
cost of war, Gen. Campbell
continued, "Our big problem
now is to preserve our ideas Of