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InployIIleni Picture
Improving IN District,
USES Chief Reports

Job prospects in washington are
improving, Fred q. Het7el, District
director of the United States EN-
ployment Service, reported last
night. Fewer persons made initial
application to the USES last month
and more persons were placed In
jobs, he revealed. 4s
Mr.. HetzeI predicted In his report
for March the improvement would
continue for the next few months.
Approximately 25.0O0 persons ara
unemployed here, but new applica-
tions for work declined by 5 per cent
during March nother indication
that unemployment in the Capital
Is leveling Oh, Mr.. Hetze1 said.
B Unemployed veterans in particu-
lar are trying harder to find jobs. He
cited 10 per cent increase In job re-
ferrals for veterans during March
over the previous month.
Mr.. Hetzel attributed part of this
increase to. the cooperative effort
Of the USES and the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Board to
give special attention to veterans
who have been receiving CT unem-
ployment pay over long periods.
More Veterans Placed.
Job placement of veterans In
creased by per cent In March as
compared with a per cent increase
in the placement OF nonveterans.
At the same time there was q IL
per cent decline in the number Of
new veterans applying to the USES
for work.
In all, Job placements in March
totalled SOLO and came from 5,l05
referralS to work. Placement Of
women increased by 8 per cent,
which the USES attributed to
Easter business.
Mr.. Hetzel reported, however, q
noticeable trend" toward putting
men in jobs held during the war by
women.
Jobs currently available at the
USES are stiIl ''too few to meet
applicant demand" A 10 per cent
increase in the number Of OPEN
ings, with q total of $500 at the
end Of March, was reported.
Engineers Are Needed.
Employment is complicated by
shortages in some fields and SUBJ
staptial surpluses In others. The
USES is looking for engineers In
specialized fields, nurses, bus op-
orators, carpenters, typists, stenog-
raphers, pharmacists and architects.
On the other hand, the employ
ment Offices have an oversupply Of
clerks, musicians, watchmen, paint
ers, laborers, accountants, lawyers,
truck drivers, economists, interpret
ers and managers.
Mr.. Hatzel blamed the housing
shortage for labor turnover here
and described 1t as serious deter
rent" to recruiting workers for the
hard-to-f1ll jobs.
Approximately $1,000 visits were
made to the two local offices DUR
ing the month, and placement OF
physically handicapped workers
doubled. Resumption of work at
local plant has helped to brighten
the job outlook here.
Evening star., 1947-04-13
Tide Table:

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, Sc, on April 6.
Lowest, z, on February 8.
Tide Tables.
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Weather Report

District of Columbia and vicinity
Mostly sunny and considerably
cooler with increasing cloudiness in
the afternoon Sunday. Highest tenn
perature near so. Monday cloudy
and rather cool with occasional rain.
River Report.
prom u. 8. Engineers.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity.
(Readings at Washington National Airport
Temperature. Humidity
Yesterday Desrees. Per Cent
Noon - rs ~
n n, 81 26
nm - 73 81
h.i' -------------- eS III
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Readers Guide
Sunday, April 13, 1947.
SECTION A.

General News, FinoneioI,
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FURNISHED by United States Coast and
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches In
HanifaI fcurrent month to datel.
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Temperature and Humidity

(Readings at Washington National Airport.
Temperature. Humidity
Evening star., 1947-02-23

600, 900 of State money for the first
year of operation-which was more
than one-half of the national total
returned by States to the respective
municipalities.
This national State aid figure was
$400, 10000 for 43 States. Five
States do not share anything with
their localities.
The States could afford, municipal
experts say, to share much more
with their cities since the States
are in a stronger financial position
The Council of State Governments
estimates State surpluses to be at
least rs per cent greater than local
surpluses, while the State debt bur-
den Is one-sixth that of the city.
So the problem comes back to the
State capitol. Says the council:
"All efforts of localities to improve
their fiscal position with their own
resources probably will not be sufh-
cient for local needs"
distributed by the Associated Press)
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Must Do Tuneup Job
In Time for the
Io48 Race.

into contact with the administra-
tive assistant to the Mayor Of st.
Louis, now former Representative
John B. Sullivan. Postmaster Gen
eral Hannegan, who has been Mr.
Sullivan's chief since he came te
Washington, was a Democratic po-
litical leader in st. Louis at the
time, and it was natural the Chi
cago Sullivan should meet him, and
equally natural, when the time came
to pick a new Second Assistant
Postmaster General, Mr.. Sullivan
should be the choice.
Mr.. Sullivan, good mixer as he is,
has yet to go to his first cocktail
party in Neutrality-suspicious. he
has been in the National Capital
since october, 1945. That he doesn't t
drink is one explanation. Second,
outside of work his chief occupa-
ton is reading. He Is, indeed, an
omniverous reader. He subscribes
to vast number of magazines and
newspapers. He culls particular
paragraphs and card indexes them,
with sheaf Of cards representing
each days selections.
Has Ideas Of His Own.
In these same cards, Mr.. Sullivan
frequently inserts his own thoughts
on particular subjects-and some of
them are epigrammatic. For exam
pie: II have yet to meet an unselfish
lobbyist or a selfish scientist-one
is peddling prejudices and the other
is dealing in facts"
On another card Mr.. Sullivan
wrote:
The difference between Ameri-
can drive and American drift is an
other depression.
For outdoor exercise, Mr.. Sullivan,
walks. When he was in college he
played ice hockey and at one time
tried for the Olympic team. His
father was a builder and real estate
operator in Providence who owned
a farm bordering on a good-sized
lake. Young Sullivan skated on
the lake in the winter and swan
In it during the summer.
Mr.. Sullivan married Miss Anne
Burke and they have four chill
dren, two boys and two girls, rang
ing in age from to IS years. The
family home remains in Chicago,
where the youngest children are at
school.
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to set up on a worldwide scale
much of which is still In the blue
print stage.
Among its most important tasks
will be studies for a draft conven-
ton on genocide efforts to. extermi-
nate an entire race). The Assembly
passed a resolution at its last ses-
sion affirming that genocide is q
crime under international law and
invited member states to enact
necessary legislation for prevention
and punishment. The draft mus
be ready for the Assembly's next
session.
The Council is also to study ane
act on the reports Of eight Of it,
nine commissions, which in recent
weeks have been preparing reports
for the parent body. These are
among the high lights Of accom-
plishments and recommendation
the groups are submitting.
Freedom of Information.
/. The Commission on Human
Rights has dealt with one of the
hottest questions in the field oi
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Dynamic Chicagoan
Hand-Picked by
President.

The Democratic National Com
mittee has a new troubleshooter-
Gael sullivan.
Mr.. Sullivan, as the announce
ment of his appointment to be exec
utive director of the committee
clearly shows, is to be "the works. +"
He will "direct all matters of policy
and operation of the Democratic
National Committee"-under the
chairmanship of Postmaster Gen
eral Hannegan, who continues as
national chairman.
The dynamic, 42-year-old Chi
cagoan was selected by President
Truman himself for his new post
And his particular job is to place
the Democratic national organiza-
ton in smooth and effective run
ming order for the 1948 political
campaign. This will mean con-
siderable building up, with an in
creased staff for research and other
activities of the committee, and 8
real drive for organization in CO.
operation with State and local
Democratic committees, down to
the precinct level.
The disastrous effect-from the
Democratic point of vieW-of the
congressional and State elections in
1946 can be overcome If enough
hard work and elbow grease go into
the doing. Mr.. Sullivan and his
organization intend to provide both.
Went Right to Work.
The new executive director is
not letting the grass grow under
his feet. He had scarcely warmed
the seat in his new Office before
he had brought about the appoint
ment of Mrs. Chase Going Wood
house, former representative from
Connecticut, as executive director
of the woman's division of the ma
tional committees full-time job.
Within a few days he had put
on paper a comprehensive state
ment Of the problems which con-
front the Democrats and an out
line of the steps which should be
taken to bring victory to the Demo-
cratic Party next year. AS a matter
Of fact this report was outlined
and written by Mr.. Sullivan in a
single day. 1t will be submitted
for approval to one man-the head
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Continued From Page Oily

right now are two sums "earmarked'
for foreign governments-$10o, ,000,-
900 for Italy and $500, ,o0o, 900 fol
China. These are not commitments
They are merely funds both nations
can borrow If they meet certain
conditions, most important Of which
Is stability" at home.
Loan experts say Communist gov
ernments would hardly be tn
terpreted as stability" in either ma
tion.
Just how the denial Of supplies to
Communist or Communist -tinged
governments will promote democ-
racy in their nations Is admittedly
wide-open question. At least, say
the experts, American supplies can't
be used to create conditions OF
plenty for which the Communists
could take credit.
Also, the funds denied to some
nations can be spread more gen.
erously among the rest-those that
agree with the United States on
democratic government and free
trade.
Distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1947-02-23
GAEL SULLIVAN.

/ of Chicago, when Kelly was up for
reelection. The outcome was a
Kelly victory by 100000 votes. 1t was
after that Mr.. Sullivan was ap-
pointed associate State director for
Illinois of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration.
Army Service Varied.
Mr.. Sullivan has been much in
volved in city planning. He was
technical consultant to the Chicago
Planning Commission In drafting
plans and procedure for land use
and real property inventory. He was
consultant to the commissioner Of
subways and traction, and prepared
reports supplementing comprehen-
sive traction program for Chicago.
He served on Gov. Horners Flood
Control Commission to rehabilitate
areas devastated by the Ohio flood
waters. At another time he pre-
pared a relief survey for the U. S.
Conference of Mayors. He was
selected by President Roosevelt as
his personal representative on the
New York Herald Tribune Forum in
1910.
In the Army, Mr.. Sullivan's Or
ganizational ability got him into
important work. He was executive
officer to Deputy Quartermaster
Gen. Harold A. Barnes; he was
cited by Quartermaster Gen. Edwin
B. Gregory for outstanding contri-
button to quartermaster methods Of
procurement and control; he was
appointed post officer for Cagliari,
Sardinia, third largest port in the
Mediterranean for Allied shipping;
and he was a personal aide to Brig.
Gen. William O'Dwyer on a special
economic mission to Italy. ODwyer
is the present Democratic Mayor of
New York.
AS Second Assistant Postmaster
General, Mr.. Sullivan made another
record as an organizer and plan
ner, particularly for the Postal
Transport Bureau. He inaugurated
helicopter experiments at Los An
geles, Chicago and New York for
delivery Of mails; developed a pro-
gram for reduction of air postal
rates, inaugurated the first flying
post Office, planned the first mobile
post Office units for rural delivery
and urban collection pickup service,
directed expansion of airmail feed
er service, promoted reduction in
newspaper and periodical mail rates
to foreign countries and developed
the "air letter" for foreign mails
10 cents anywhere in the world.
Knows His Democrats.
Mr.. Sullivan has crowded a wide
experience into the II years since
he became an assistant college pro-
fessor in Chicago. He is a bundle
of energy, with an incisive mind,
and a physical capacity to work
day and night. He has Travelled
the United States from coast to
coast and from the Canadian border
to Mexico. He is acquainted with
Democratic leaders in every State.
He plans to work with them and
for them. If and when the Repub-
licans in Congress make mistakes,
he will blow them up into cam
paign issues.
AS administrative assistant to
Mayor Kelly, Mr.. Sullivan came
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Stoddard
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the party up at a designated spot
and begin the long return journey
to Cape Town.
The Rhodesian cities are small yet
enterprising communities. inhabited
by vigorous British pioneering types.
Undoubtedly the royal visitors are
looking forward especially to a sight
of one of the worlds greatest natu-
raj wonders, Victoria Falls, where
the mighty Zambesi River hurls
itself over a rock-wall more than
twice the height of Niagara and in
even greater volume. The marvel
Of Victoria Falls, its thunderous
roar, columns of mist, and majestic
"rain-forest," form q never -to-be-
forgotten spectacle.
A busy fortnight in Rhodesia will
end about mid-April, when the visi-
tors will entrain and ride in their
luxurious, air. conditioned compart-
ments almost due south for more
than 1000 miles. After leaving
Rhodesia they will pass through a
long stretch of desolate country, the
Benchuanaland Protectorate, on the
edge of the dreaded Kalahari Des-
ert. The first stop inside the bor-
der Of the Union will be Mafeking,
scene Of an epic siege during the
Boer War; then Kimberley, seat OF
the worlds largest and richest dia-
mond-field. A few more transient
stops will bring the royal party
back, through the rugged coastal
ranges, to Cape Town, their start
ing point. Then will come the final
celebrations, the last official recep-
tions and farewells, and the re.
embarkation on the sturdy battle
ship which will bear them home to
England once more.
The royal visit will be over. But
the loyalty of South Africans to
crown and commonwealth will have
been powerfully stimulated at a
time when that farhung association
known as the British Common.
wealth and Empire needs all its
solidarity and craftsmanship to
solve the grave problems wherewith
1t Is faced.
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and French influence strong in the
west.
Such influence would come
through representation on whatever
international control is set up over
the Ruhr and the waterways Of Eu-
rope. They have this control in their
own hands at the moment. Their
aim will be to keep that hold in the
future.
And always beyond these plans
for the immediate future will be the
dream of a United Europe, mutually
helpful, bound by custom unions
drawn together by the ancient feel
ing of family relationships such al
existed before Germany went mad
1t is g. dream that may well come
true.
distributed BY the Chicago Daily News.)
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Of the Democratic Party. Mr.. Tru-
man.
Mr.. Sullivan, a native Of Provi-
dence, r. l., and graduate o1
Providence College, with an M. A
which followed at Thomas Aquinas
University, Illinois, started his
career as an associate professor al
De Paul University, Chicago. Othe,
fields of activity quickly claimed
him, however. After a couple OF
years at De Paul, he became con-
tact executive for B. A. Holway &
Associates, an advertising concern
His next job was liaison officer OF
Chicago's World Fair; then asso-
ciate State director of the Federal
Housing Administration in Illinois
for four years. From 1899 to 1941 he
was administrative assistant tc
Mayor Kelly of Chicago. For the
next two years he was Illinois State
director of the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration. In 1943 he went into
the Army, serving overseas in the
North African and italian CAM
paigns for 18 months. From Feb
ruary, 1945, until September, Mr.
Sullivan was chief of labor relations
9Th Service Command, in Detroit. He
was released from the Army to ac-
cept appointment as Second Assist
ant Postmaster General-an office
which he resigned to become execu-
tive director of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Politics and political organization
are not new to Mr.. Sullivan. He had
his training under a postmaster
Edward J. Kelly, Mayor of Chicago
since 1888. His meeting with Kelly
was Observation-Disclosures Kelly became
Mayor following the fatal shooting
of Mayor A. J. Cermak in Florida,
by an assassin who was believed to
be aiming at the late President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Sullivan was a SUBJ
stitute speaker at a Jefferson Day
party, attended by Democratic polit-
ical leaders in Chicago, among whom
was Mr.. Kelly.
Impressed Mayor Kelly.
Mr.. Sullivan, who had his own
ideas about political bosses and ma
chimes, laid it on the line. He be-
gan by remarking that the bosses
knew what to get out of it, and how
to get out" A day Or so later, he
was invited to lunch by Mr.. Kelly,
who was then president of the South
Park Board. Mr.. Kelly told Mr.. Sui
livan that he had the wrong angle
on politics-that he was looking at
politics from the outside and what
he needed was to get into politics for
real understanding. This was the
beginning of a friendship and long
association. Mr.. Sullivan learned a
lot about practical politics, but stuck
to his ideals.
When Mr.. Kelly became Mayor
he recommended Mr.. Sullivan for
the post of liaison officer for the
World Fair, in which he served from
1888 to 1885.
The 1914 congressional and State
elections campaign came along, and
Mayor Kelly called Sullivan to do a
job-prepar1ng the Democratic cam
paign book.
His next political task was helping
to run the 1885 campaign for Mayor
Evening star., 1947-02-23
THE SUNDAY STAR Washington D. C.
FEBRUARY 1917.
u. N. Seeks to Alleviate
War-Breeding Miseries
Many Conflicts Stem From Humanity's
Suffering, Council Realizes, as 1t Prepares
to Put Worldwide Theories to Test
By adelaide Kerr

LAKE SUCCESS YThe tough human misery from which
tackled Friday the United
Nations Social Council its fourth
Up Council, eliminate
problems this
will hmmng machinery
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BY the World Staff Of The Associated Press

fic tour. Islanders In Washington
expect him to come out In Homo
lulu with a strong statehood state
ment and President Truman to fol-
low this with a message to Congress.
Mr.. Krug's Pacific swing is in
teresting also because, as a former
naval officer, he Is personally
friendly toward Navy administration
of islands like Guam and Samoa.
The Interior Department has long
been opposed to this officially. Anti
Navy administration people hope
but not very optimistically-that
Secretary Krug will come out. in
favor of civilian administration.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
The armed services merger pro-
posal has raised the question of con-
solidating public relations organiza-
tions.
Public relations officers say that
as far as they know DISCUSSIONS
relating to merger have not worked
down to this level yet. One Army
PRO says he believes that because
of the highly complex operations
of individual branches of the Army,
Navy, Air Forces and Marines, spe-
cialist information officers presum-
ably still would be needed.
ON THE MARKET
With a cut in the Navy budget
regarded as certain, many of the
l3, 400 Reserve officers still on active
duty are looking around for civilian
jobs. .....
Navy authorities have been bold
ing up orders to continue Reserves
on active duty beyond June 80 pend
ing the outcome Of the budget fght.I
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ting anything done when they toll
under the lights.
FISHING DOPE
The Fish and Wild Life Service
is plowing through 81 volumes OF
captured japanese fishing records
Japan in 1910 had SO research
vessels making observations of fish.
ing waters from the Aleutians tc
Borneo, the most intensive study
of this little-known water area ever
made. Translating the documents
and compiling the statistics may
take several years.
ON AGAIN
The off-again- n-again restudy
of whether steamship companies
should be granted air routes is on
again. The Civil Aeronautics Board
decision on the steamer people s
petition for the restudy is due this
week for sure, probably, that is
UMBERTO TO MIGRATE?
ROME.-Some monarchists here
say they expect former King Um-
berto II and his family to leave
Portugal soon for South America
One reason for the move, if 1t comes
may be that his presence in Europe
causes frequent reports in left-wing
newspapers that he has stolen back
to italy to confer with supporters.
These reports are always denied
from Lisbon, but the, denials get
little space.
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LOOKING AHEAD

Secretary Of State Marshall is
taking a team Of diplomatic veter-
ans to the Moscow Big Four Foreign
Ministers Conference, which will try
to draft the German and Austrian
peace treaties.
Charles E. Chip" Bohlen, his spe-
cial Russian adviser; H. Freeman
Matthews, director of the Office of
European Affairs; Counselor Ben
Cohen and others saw service with
former Secretary Byrnes at the
Paris and New York conferences.
Familiar faces, are considered an
asset in dealing with the Russians,
who have shown a tendency to be
suspicious of strangers.
Secretary Marshall Is reported to
have received special briefing in ad-
vance from a Russian expert, Ed
ridge Durbrow, embassy counselor,
who came from Moscow for the pur-
pose.
The delegation is expected to
number about 100. It will leave by
air probably between March and 7.
The conference opens March 10.
Secretary Marshall plans to go via
Berlin in the hope of having time
for a talk en- route with 1t. Gen.
Lucius D., Clay, American military
governor in Germany.
MOVING DAY
BERLIN.-The seven living top
Nazi war criminals are to be trans
ferred from Nuremberg to Spandau
prison here within the next two
weeks. Cold weather, which delayed
construction of an alarm system and
elaborate guard posts, has caused
three postponements.
In Spandau the prisoners will be-
Evening star., 1947-02-23
By Lloyd Brady

CHCAGOThe basic question underlying the plight of American
cities municipality whiplashed shrinking
geography and strict State control do about made
quate revenues?
differ but most of them have element in in
necessity action
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UMBERTO TO MIGRATE?
HAWAIIAN OUTLOOK

Look for Hawaii's statehood pros
poets to get a lift out of Secretary
Of the Interior Krug's current Paci-
Evening star., 1947-02-23

come mere numbers, and no pub
licity will be given to their activities
This will be in an attempt to eradi-
cate them from German memories
xS-1 TESTS
The Army Air Forces have de
cided not to require the Bell KS.
rocket plane to make a test take
off under its own power, as provided
in Bells contract.
Officers give no particular reason
just say nothing much would b,
gained and they are convinced i
could be done. The xS-1 is nov
launched frcm the belly of a fyins
B-29.
FIN FLASH
Roy Hofheinz, president Of the FIN
Frequency modulation) Radio As.
sociation, has sent an urgent reques
to the Radio Manufacturers Associ
alton asking major producers tx
speed development Of low-cost FIN
sets "on a wide scale"
He quotes Federal Communica,
tions Commission estimates tha
there will be TOO FIN brosdcastins
stations by the end of the year, con.
trasted to 146 now. He says gooe
F'M set might be built for as little
as $50.
NIGHT WORK
Democrats are chuckling over 8
Republican decision to hold night
sessions Of the Senate 10 keeI
abreast Of their legislative program
The Democrats, who have tried 9
few night sessions in the past say
that too many speeches to the gal
leries keep the members from get
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Experts Say States Must
AidRevenue-POOr Cities
Some Propose Municipal Ownership of
Utilities, Others Favor Administration
Changes to Solve Fiscal Problems

second OF stories the pressing problems
decentralization Americas big cities The first story last Sunday
picture municipal fiscal worres and
0tich created thenJ
Evening star., 1947-02-23
O'FIaherty

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