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Evening star., 1947-03-02
The World Bank

Now that former Assistant Secre-
tary of War John J. McCloy has be-
come its head, there is reason to
hope that the World Bank will be
able to end the delays that have
impeded its operations. This is of
great Importance to the task of
international reconstruction. The
sooner this forty-nation agency car
ries out it's designated functions, the
sooner will there be better eco
nomic base for the peace.
Ever since Eugene Meyer resigned
last December after completing the
organizational groundwork, the pres
idential vacancy has been hard to
fill. With Mr.. McCloy assuming the
post, much-needed action on sew
eral loan applications may be ex-
pected. At any rate, he has promised
as much, and to that end the banks
Board of Directors has agreed to
broaden the powers of his Office.
Moreover, he has been accorded the
right to name the agency's execu-
tive director and vice president.
These are Eugene Black, jr., and
Robert L. Garner, respectively-both
distinguished in the. financial field.
Another good sign is that Mr..
McCloy's election has won unani-
nous Endorsement in American
banking and investment circles. An
able lawyer and administrator, he is
a man of wide experience and ex-
cellent Judgment, and confidence in
him is therefore strong just where it
is needed most-in the financial
community where the World Bank
will have to market its securities to
finance the loans it is to make.
At the moment the bank has
pending about $4,000, ,0Oo,0 900 in loan
applications, some of which are re-
ported nearly ready for decision
Applicants include France, Poland,
the Netherlands, Iran and Denmark
Political factors may complicate a
few of the requests, but Mr.. McCloy
has emphasized that the main de-
terminant in all cases will be non
POLITICAL matter of deciding in
terms of sound, calculated credit
risks.
The primary thought behind Mr..
McCloy's assessment of his new re-
sponsibilities is that the world can
not with safety remain half rubble
and half well built" In his opinion,
the projected loans, of themselves,
Evening star., 1947-03-02
A Strong Red Cross

It is essential that the American
people take to heart the urgent plea
of President Truman that the
American Red Cross be maintained
at "full strength" in these troubled
days. A strong Red Cross is as
indispensable in time of peace as
it Is in time of war. A weakening
of this great agency of mercy
through failure to provide it with
adequate funds with which to carry
on at full strength" whenever and
wherever disaster strikes would be
unthinkable.
For the Red Cross, like the armed
forces which 1t serves so well in
wartime, must be prepared to act
quickly and effectively in unfore-
seen emergencies. Floods, fires and
other catastrophes require immedi-
ate response. Human misery cannot
be expected to wait for the raising
of additional funds on the spur OF
the moment.
1t is with record unsurpassed
in the history OF humanitarian
enterprises that the Red Cross
makes its 1s47 appeal to the public.
Some part Of that public is certain
to become beneficiary of the
organization during the year. ALI
of the public should be willing to
share in assuring aid to neighbors
and to strangers alike. when mis-
fortune befalls them. The national
goal to be sought between now and
March 81 is s6o,o00,oo The quota
for the Metropolitan Area is $7s7 $50.
Every citizen should share cheerfully
and generously in this opportunity
to help keep the Red Cross func-
tioning at full capacity.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

Truth. Jesus in His Person was the
final and full revelation of the Mind
OF God. Jesus didn't come to show
us the way. He said. Il am the
Way" God inspired writers to record
this revelation in a Book which we
call the Bible. Thus It, is Gods
Word, not words about God, but
Gods Word Of Revelation to us.
Perhaps one Of the reasons why
the pagan element in our popula-
ton has not been converted to
Christianity is the attitude Of the
so-called Christian element toward.
this group. Christians have not
made a sufhcient distinction between
themselves and the unbeliever. A
real believer, according to Gods
Word, Is man called out from the
world. living in 1t but not Of it, as a
set-apart individual The problem
today is that these Christians" and
pagans 60 to the same shows, attend
the same parties, drink the same
whisky, talk the same language:
but on Sunday the pagan frankly
states that he is disinterested in reli-
gion, whereas the believer piously
goes to church. 1t is quite certain
that this type of believer is making
no impression for Christianity upon
the pagan, and If we are to depend
upon him. to bring the world to
Christ, the world is hopelessly lost.
Another great disadvantage in
converting the pagan element in
America is the attitude of the church
regarding itself. We have surrounded
our faith with piety and housed it
in very, expensive buildings: great
ornate temples are erected to house
the practice Of vital faith. This in
itself is little inconsistent. Jesus
took His faith and practice into the
streets and fields. If we could sue
coed in getting religion out of the
temples and into the street corners
again, we would do something to-
ward converting America. We are
making progress, but the world is
crying for an aggressive Christianity
to combat our modern paganism.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

his union jurisdiction. The disgruntled
officers then secured charter from a
left-wing CIO union and obtained a
Labor Board decision. The results OF
this ballot were inconclusive. Since no
new election could be held until the
next season, the board warned the can
merry association that because neither
union represented majority, it should
not recognize either faction for exclu-
sive bargaining rights. The teamsters
demanded a new closed-shop contract,
however, and refused to haul any prod
uce from the farms until the aSsocia-
ton acquiesced, even though such con-
cession exposed the association to con-
tempt proceedings under the Labor Re-
lations Act.
The weapon of the secondary boycott
is what has enabled Petrillo's AFL union
to survive in the face Of interunion
rivalry.
On one OCCASION the broadcasting in
dustry was threatened with chaos as a
result of demand made by Petrillo's
union that the strdios employ union
musicians to turn platters on recording
programs. This operation had been ira
ditlonally performed as incident to the
duties Of broadcasting engineers who
had labor organization Of their own
which had been certified by the board.
Despite the boards finding, however,
the Musicians Union carried on war
Of nerves by threatening to withdraw
orchestras from the principal sponsors
Of networks programs. The major
broadcasting chains yielded to this
pressure and refused to bargain with
the engineers. As result the board was
compelled to cite them for an unfair
labor practice and go to the Circuit
Court of Appeals for enforcement Of
this order.
While the Longshoremen's Union on
the West Coast has used the secondary
boycott with some success against rivals
In some Of the "hot cargo" cases, there
are few other instances in which CIO
unions have been 80 strategically situ-
ated. Consequently Mr.. Murrays sug-
gestion was one calculated to embarrass
his competitors much more than his
own constituency.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

will not and cannot accomplish all
that must be done" to rehabilitate
war-ravaged countries, "but some
working capital productivity enl-
ployed can greatly help" The World
Bank thus has vital role to play
in helping to promote a good peace
by helping to restore economic order
abroad.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Mr.. Hoover's Findings

In his Somber report to President
Truman former President Hoover
has placed beyond doubt the ur-
gency Of the relief problem in Ger
many. His findings are limited to
the British and American zones,
but they are detailed enough to
reveal a wreckage of the first mag
nitude.
The labor situation is grayely un-
balanced. Women far outnumber
men-a population distortion bad
for production and appalling in its
moral consequences. Housing in the
bizonal area is the worst that
modern civilization has ever seen."
The coal shortage is deadly. And
most terrible of all is the lack of
food. Close to 100000 Germans
are living under our own and Brit
aims occupying authority, and the
greater part of these are on little
more than a starvation diet.
Mr.. Hoover has mentioned IN
passing that this critical situation
could have been avoided in large
part had the victor powers followed
a more enlightened policy after
Potsdam. But it can do little good
now to dwell upon the might-have-
been, and so his report is addressed
to the immediate problem. AS he
sees it, disaster can be averted only
by prompt action to raise the
calorie intake in the two zones. A
systematic school feeding program
needs to be established. Surplus
food stocks now in control of our
occupation Army should be put to
work at once. Soup kitchens should
be organized. There should be
emergency shipments of cereals and
surplus potatoes, and seed potatoes,
from the United States. These and
similar measures will cost an esti-
mated $951, 100000. With Britain
paying half, our share would be
$475.000 900, portion of which is
already covered by appropriations.
All this need not come out of the
British and American taxpayers
pocket. Although. he holds that
Congress should appropriate our
full share, Mr.. Hoover has recon-
mended several steps calculated to
keep down the actual expenditures.
Thus, he would have German crews
man a number of laidup Liberty
ships to cut the cost Of transporting
food and raw materials; he would
look to other countries besides Brit
ain and the United States to help
out; and he would permit the Ger
mans to fish in the Baltic and North
Seas to supply themselves with i'm
portant protein for their diet. Such
measures would save money for
both ourselves and the British.
Moreover, Mr.. Hoover has empha.
sized that our Anglo American re-
lief outlays should not be irrecover-
able. In his opinion, as after the
First World War, they should be
made first charge upon the future
economy of Germany, to be repaid
before the payment Of any repara-
ton claims
Mr.. Hoover has placed the prob
lem on practical basis. Germany
has Sunk to the lowest level known
in a hundred years of western his
tory" Wholly apart from humani-
tartan considerations, our own self
interest demands that we extend
relief. We must do it if we want
to preserve order, If we want to cut
down the size of our occupation
force, If we want to convert the
German people to democratic, non
militaristic ways. We must do it,
in short, if We want our kind of
civilization to survive in Europe
under an enduring peace.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
By Gerard D. Reilly

Under present interpretations of the
Norris-La Guardia Act, there can be
no injunctive relief in the Federal
courts against unions that refuse to
process or transport goods made by an
other employer unless such employer
signs an agreement to recognize their
organization. Yet under the Labor Re-
lations Act an employer can make a
valid exclusive agreement only with the
organization selected by the majority of
his employees The result is that, after
an election In which the board has GER
titled one union, an employer may fire.
quently find himself in the dilemma of
either having to defy the Labor Rela-
tions Board by ignoring the certifica-
tion or seeing his market taken away
from him by the tactics of a rival
union.
The Teamsters' Union (AFL), by its
tight control over trucking, has been
particularly successful in pushing its
jurisdictional claims, even in situations
where Labor Board elections have gone
against it. Through its ability to pre-
vent goods from being hauled to or from
the premises. of an employer who is
dealing with rival union, it has placed
the once powerful brewery workers so
much on the defensive that it has vir-
tally won its historic campaign to COM
pei drivers and platform workers In the
brewing industry to affiliate with it.
A case which disrupted stability in the
California canning industry for two
seasons arose over an attempt of Dave
Becks wing of the Teamsters' Union to
gain control of the inside workers in the
canneries. These employees had been
represented for many years by Federal
union, chartered by the ALL Against
the wishes Of its oficers, Beck pursuaded
the AL to revoke this charter and give
Evening star., 1947-03-02

would yield no less than the same
property in another city assessed at
IS, 900 and taxed at $35 per thousand.
The bureau did not, however, include
the taxable area of the cities compared
and this is extremely significant. For
example, 1t Is probably quite true that
other cities get more money from their
real estate tax than the District. But
less than half the land here Is taxable
because OF Government and private
exemptions. True, other comparable
cities have exemptions, but nowhere
near as much.
It should also be said that the ten
dency Of other cities to lean more
heavily on real and personal property
as source of income is no criticism
OF the District. AS matter Of fact,
during this year and the next, prop
erty is due to yield about three Of every
five tax dollars. District officials think
that is enough. Their objective Is a
well-rounded tax program that will
adequately levy against property, and
ability to pay and ut the same tins
exact some measure Of contribution
from the many inhabitants who live
in rented property and escape the in-
come tax on one ground or another.
It is to reach this latter group along
with the thousands Of tourists that
come here annually that the sales tax
is being proposed.
To place the District financial house
in order, Congress must not only adopt
a fair proportionate basis OF Federal
payment toward the National Capital;
it must see that when new taxes are
necessary, q well-balanced program
emerges which will At the peculiar needs
and status o6 washington.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Inquiry Under Way
In Killing by Deputy
by the Associofed Press

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. Dec. l.
A thorough investigation" was un-
der way today into the death OF a
Chincoteague youth who had been
fired at by a deputy sheriff who
wanted to scare him into stopping, y
States Attorney Frank P. Upshur
said.
He identified the youth as Wilbur
Raymond Clark, 20. Medical au-
thorities said the youth was shot in
the back and died of internal bleed
ing. His body was found beneath
trailer at a camp here.
Mr.. Upshur said last night Deputy
Sheriff Solomon Small of Pocomoke
City had telephoned him to report
there had been a disturbance at the
trailer camp.
Mr.. Small told Mr.. Upshur, the
States attorney said, that the youth
was involved in an affray in which
Brantley Watkins, proprietor Of the
trailer camp. suffered superficial
stab wounds in the chest.
Mr.. Upsfur continued: Small
said he shot at Clark, who was run
ming away, hoping to scare him into
stopping. Instead. the bullet hit
him, although the deputy says he
thinks it struck the ground first
and ricocheted."
Clark, witnesses said, was believed
to have escaped until his body was
discovered Yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Autopsies Set Today
lin Deaths Of Rockville
Man, Mother-in-Law

Autopsies were to be performed
today on Montgomery County man
and his mother-in-law, both of
whom were found dead last night
at their home near Rockville, but
County Coroner Frank J. Broschart
said he was practically convinced"
they died Of natural causes.
The two were identified as Ira
Ricketts,, So, and Mrs. Nina Saun-
ders. II. Their bodies were dis
covered about 9:15 pm. by Mr..
Ricketts, wife, Elizabeth, and a
niece. Joan Saunders, IS, on their
return from a movie at Rockville.
Mr.. Ricketts, was lying fully clad on
a couch in the home on Great Falls
road, miles south of Rockville, and
Mrs. Saunders on the walk in front
of the home.
DR.. Broschart said there were no
signs of foul play. He theorized that
Mr. Ricketts, suffered a heart attack
and that Mrs. Saunders, widow,
left the house to summon aid and
suffered heart attack herself.
Mr.. Rickett was a tenant on the
farm of Joseph Crawford.
The autopsies were to be per-
formed at the Montgomery County
Hospital, Sandy Spring, by DR.. Jacob
w. Bird, the coroner said.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Hotel Clerk Shooting
In Roanoke Probed
by the Associoted Press

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. Police
continued their investigation today
into the Saturday afternoon shoot
ing of a Salem avenue Hotel clerk
as the mans former boss, James
Paul Martin, was held In jail here
on charge of murder.
Detective 1t. Frank H. Webb said
the 33-year- old hotel manager read
lily admitted he killed John Lee Gar
lick but claimed it was done in self
defense. 1t. Webb said Martin gave
this version of the shooting:
Garlick walked into the hotel and
appeared to threaten bookkeeper
with a gun. Martin interceded and
Garlick pointed the gun at him, or
dered him into an elevator and then
forced him into a second floor cor
ridor.
As a bellhop went in search OF
police, Martin pleaded with Garlick
not to shoot until the gun welding
former employe whipped out an
other gun and tossed it to Martin
with the remark:
Here, you'd better take it"
Martin said he caught the gun
and started shooting. Garlick fell
wounded without having fired a
shot. He died before police arrived.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Prices on 81 Items Reduced
By Virginia Liquor Stores
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. six
items on the shelves of Virginia ABC
stores went up in price today. 81
went down and eight new labels
made their appearance among the
stock, spokesman for the State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
said.
A new bottled in bond bourbon
was added and became the least
expensive bonded whiskey on the
shelves, selling at $4.85 per fifth. The
former lowest priced bonded bourbon
was increased from $40 to S.. All
other increases are only S cents on
the bottle.
The largest decrease in the De-
cember list applies to rum, which
went down from S3.40 to s3l5. The
other price cuts amount to only S
and 10 cents per bottle and most of
them apply to wines and cordials.
There will be no further sale of
quarts of ethyl alcohol, according
to the new price lists. but alcohol
prices, per pint, we're lowered from
s310 to SO and per gallon from
$23.65 to $22.95
The stores are offering egg nog at
Sits a fifth.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Inquest Due Today in Staying
Of Thief by District Policeman
Slain Man in Flight
From JeweIry Shop;
Companion Escapes

A District Morgue inquest was
ordered today into the death of a
20-year-old jeWelry thief shot in
flight by . apoliceman.
Identified as Carlton M. Barner,
colored, 905 Kent place NE. the
youth sriied moments after bullet
from the revolver of Pvt. James E.
Tolson, 20, of 1345 Saratoga avenue
NE, felled him in an alley off the
900 block of I street NE.
An accomplice seen robbing Kay's
Jewelry Store, 8Ol H street NE, with
Barner early yesterday, escaped, but
police recovered all the loot.
Alex Woody, 26, a cab driver liv-
ing at the Canary Trailer Camp,
Berwyn, Md, and a passenger, Ed
ward E. Ryan. %, of 1929 H street
NE, passed the jeWelry store about
5 am. and saw two men break the
display window and start looting it.
Find Policemen.
Hurrying to the Little Tavern, 718
H street NE. Mr.. Woody and Mr..
Ryan saw Pvt. Tolson sitting with
Pvt. Warren G. Dameron, 26, OF
3407 Forty y-second avenue, Colmar
Manor, Md, and told them what
they had seen. Pvt. Dameron is of
the 9th precinct and Pvt. Tolson,
who was off duty at the time, is
attached to the 7th precinct.
When the policemen jumped on
the cab and drove toward the store,
the thieves fled. One of them, act
ing as lookout, ran south on Eighth
street. The policemen chose to
pursue Barner, who had been loot
ing the store, east on H street.
The chase turned north onto
Ninth street and east on I, with
the POLICEMEN shouting to Barner
to halt. When he raced on. gain
ing ground, Pvt. Tolson fired five
warning shots from his .38-caliber
service revolver.
Turned Into Alley.
AS Barner turned into an alley
adjoining 910 I street, the police
man fired again. Barner ran
few feet into a yard before he fell,
A bullet had entered his back be-
low the left shoulder blade, pierced
his heart and emerged from his
chest. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital in Mr. Woody's cab and
pronounced dead on arrival at $40
am.
From Barner's pockets the police
men took jewelry valued at $16895
wholesale, and on the ground where
he had fallen was more worth $27 so.
Simon Mayer, manager of the
jewelry store, said most of the loot
apparently had been recovered. The
store expects to reward Mr.. Woody
and Mr.. Ryan with wrist watches
for their vigilance, he said.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Mayors Phone Call Opens
Falls Church Dial Service

A midnight telephone call from
Mayor Fenner s. Hazelgrove of
Falls Church, Va, to Capt. John
Bethune, chairman of the Fairfax
County Planning Commission, yes
terday placed In operation D dial
system for the greater Falls Church
area
The two officials talked from
separate rooms of a new Office build
ing In Falls Church, erected by the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. of Virginia at cost Of $3.50, 900.
The call was the first made on the
new system.
One new exchange, Kenmore, was
added to the company's facilities.
Kenmore will serve that part of
Arlington lying near Falls Church
which has been served by Arlington's
Glebe, Chestnut, Owens and oxford
exchanges.
The company has issued a new
directory for Falls Church and
vicinity which subscribers will use
for. calls to Administer. Daleview,
Falls Church and Kenmore.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
[Mqq qqHelgI.hI'f1Mlt
OF House After -
DismontHnq

Alexandria police have arrested
man on a charge of stealing a house
after it was dismantled.
The house. a frame building 16
feet square, stood at the south end
of Potomac yards.
During the war it was used as
communications shack.
The structure was dismantled
Friday and the lumber piled at the
site. When workmen returned Sat-
urday to carry the lumber away it
was gone.
Investigation by police led to the
arrest of Harry Fisher, 50, of 2
Slater lane, who. they said. carried
the dismantled house away on a
wagon.
He charged with petty larceny.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Pronksters Lift
Light French Car,
| Set It on Sidewalk

Pranksters have been picking up
a French made automobile in Alex
andria and depositing it on the
sidewalk.
1t belongs to Mrs. c. L. Winters,
1884 Martha Curtis drive. Park
fairfax.
She is getting tired Of it and has
complained to the police.
On Friday she parked her car at
the curb, put on the mandrake
and locked the doors.
A little later the car was found,
still locked, sitting on the sidewalk.
It was the sixth time 1t has hap
pened, she told police.
Mrs. Winters automobile Is q
Simca. 1t weighs 1,50o pounds.
Police estimated that it would
take six husky youthsfto move it.
Evening star., 1947-12-01
Eustoce N. Penney Rites
Set ot Bowling Green
spseioI pispoteh 10 The s,o,

HANOVER COURTHOUSE, Va,
Dec. Funeral services for Eustace
M. Penney, IA, who died at his home
here Saturday night after a long
illness, were scheduled for 2 o'clock
this afternoon at Bowling Green.
A native Of Caroline County, Mr..
Penney is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ada Bruce Penney; two daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Lucille Hilldrup, Fred
ericksburg, and Mrs. Pauleen Allen.
Hanover Courthouse: a son, Perry
M. Penney, Annandale, and two
brothers and three sisters, all of
Virginia.