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to study the matter more closely be-
fore deciding what specific attack
can be made on the ruling.
He said that in a conference early
yesterday with Mr. Cogswell, he ano
other groups presented figures show
ing total expenditures have de-
creased and net earnings have in
creased since 1941 in the classifica-
tion of dwellings covered by the
authorized rent boosts.
Must Show Tax Increases.
Mr.. Cogswell explained that land
lords will be required to I'LL out 9
form tn triplicate showing the ne:
increase in real estate taxes between
the fiscal year Of 1941 and 1948. al
well as the net increase In water
payable by the landlord" for the
same period. ss aEa &g'
The sum of one-twelfth Of each o1
these increases will represent the
increase allowed in ceilings, Mr.
Cogswell said.
In explaining his decision, Mr.
Cogswell said ut is essential thai
these people Qandl lords} have some
relief" and that, after long study
he had decided an increase based or
increased taxes seems the most
equitable solution that can be ar.
rived at"
Rufus S. Lusk, secretary Of the
Building Owners and Managers
Association of Metropolitan Wash.
ington, said Mr.. Cogswell's action
was good as far as it goes"
while we represent few owners
of the properties affected by the
administrators order we are de.
lighted that they are getting q
measure Of relief which does not
however, take account of much
higher fuel and payroll costs than
in 1941," he said.
Mr.. Cogswell announced his de-
cision to newsmen a few hours after
a delegation representing five organ
izations had appealed to him not tc
increase rates on smaller housing
units.
Notes Assessment Increases.
The rent official said he had
taken judicial notice that the tax
assessor had increased the assess
ment on property improvements by
20 per cent and that Congress raised
the rate of assessment from $1.75 to
81 and that the water rate has been
raised rs per cent" .
He said he ruled out an across
the-board ceiling increase as work.
ing q hardship on some property
owners, while favoring others.
The increases would become effec-
tive with the filing by a landlord
Of the form In Mr.. Cogswell's Office
He ruled out any retroactivity, say
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Metal Trades Council
Demands AFL Officers
Sign Loyalty Affidavits
By the Associoted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. dele
gates to the AFL Metal Trades
Councils national convention here
voted unanimously yesterday for a
resolution demanding that all AFL
officers yield to the tTaft-Hartley)
laws filing requirements"
It was move directed against
John l.. Lewis recent refusal to sign
anti Communist affidavits required
by the new Labor Act. Mr.. Lewis
action prevented the AFL Executive
Council from ordering signing OF
non Communist afndavits for lack
of unanimous consent.
The resolution will go before a
convention of the AFL Building
Trades Council today.
It will be taken to the floor of
next weeks national AFL conven-
ton here.
John P. Frey, president of the
Metal Trades Department, de-
nounced Mr. Lewis position and
recommended action Monday.
Yesterdays resolution, a result OF
Mr.. Frey's statement, was questioned
by George Q. Lynch, president OF
the AFL Patternmakers' League, on
the ground it would not compel Mr..
Lewis to resign.
Answering Mr.. Lynch's query, Mr..
Frey stated: "No resolution can
compel any one to do something he
refuses to do. But any refusal will
put that person In an embarrassing
position"
Mr.. Lynch retorted: II want this
on record-I want the record to show
that I know this some one you are
talking about, and this person is not
easily embarrassed"
He said he thought the AFL con-
vention ought to solve this problem
in a very effective way" Later a
reporter asked him what he meant.
He said Take John L. of the
Executive Board"
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Rents
Continued From First Page,

legal action by Benjamin G. Sigal
president of the Washington Chapter
of Americans for Democratic Action
1.-THE action is shocking" Mr.. Sigal
exclaimed. There Is absolutely nc
justification for passing on to ten
ants the extra tax increase. The
administrator based his action ex-
clusively on the tax increase. The
law requires him to take into con-
sideration such factors as mainte-
nance and operating costs and to
grant increases only where those
factors justify It,"
MIR. Sigal said his organization Is
considering legal action, but viii have
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Way Cleared for NLRB
10 Rule on Signing Of
|Anti-Red Affidavits
By the Associated Press

The National Labor Relations
Board has cleared the way for a
quick decision on its general coun-
sells controversial ruling that top
AFL and CIO officers must disclaim
Communist connections if affiliated
unions were to use NLRB facilities.
The boards Baltimore regional
director, based his action on the
disputed ruling last night, dismissed
la petition by the AFL-International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
for a collective bargaining election
at Radio Station WARL, Airing
ton, Va.
This gives the union opportunity
to appeal to the board from the
regional directors decision.
Action Was Postponed.
Action previously had been post
poned in the case and the NLRB
had been reported planning to hold
it in abeyance until the AFL and
CIO decide finally whether to file
the non-C Communist statements. In
the last few days, however, there
had been indications that the
board might be getting ready to
rule, and the WARL action backed
up those indications.
The AFL Executive Council, in a
decision forced by John L. Lewis,
head of the United Mine Workers,
decided against filing the state
ments. The final decision, however,
will come out Of the federation's
convention in San Francisco next
week. The CIO also meets this
month in Boston.
The IBEW's local and national
officers have filed the non-Com-
munist aff1davits, but the NLRB
regional director dismissed the petit
ton on the basis of the ruling by
the NLRB counsel, Robert N. Den
ham.
Ruling Is Questioned.
Some attorneys contend that the
affidavits are required under the
Taft-Hartley Act only from officials
of local and national unions-not
from those of the general organiza-
tions which hold the unions together.
A decison by the board, If it re-
versed Mr.. Denhan1, would take con-
siderable pressure off the AFL and
CIO officials at the forthcoming con-
ventions. Considerable controversy
already has arisen among AFL lead
ers over Mr.. Lewis stand, which so
far has denied NLRB facilities to all
7,5O0, 900 AFLmembers.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

gram from Lord Inverchapel, British
Ambassador to Washington.
The honorary o. B. e. comes te
Mr.. Stoneman for distinguished
services as war correspondent at
tached to the British Army prior tc
Pearl Harbor and for wartime COW
erage Of the British home front dur
ing blitz days.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Home Rule
Continued From First Page)

leaves 1t with several co-equal
executives in charge OF different
parts Of the administration. The
only means of eliminating these
difficulties Is the establishment OF
q single chief executive officer"
Three Specific Recommendations.
Mr.. Atkinson made three specific
surxestions for demonstrating" the
District government:
/. A representative local govern
ing body or council with a broad
grant Of local legislative authority.
2. Creation of a chief executive
officer responsible for the admins
tration of District affairs-prefer-
ably city manager appointed by
the council, and subject to approval
by the President.
8. Grouping of administrative
activities in a comparatively small
number of departments primarily
IN the basis of function.
Necessity for protection OF Fed
eral interests in the National Capt.
tai was stressed by Mr.. Atkinson,
and by the other two bureau officials
in their formal statements to the
Home Rule Subcommittee.
The Budget Bureau views on the
subject were disclosed for the first
time today in the printed document
of 621 pages of hearings conducted
last July. Most Of the other testi-
mony in the document already had
been made public.
Copies for Public.
Representative Auchincloss, Re-
publican, of New Jersey, chairman
of the subcommittee in making pub
lie the printed hearings, said they
had been sent to all members of his
subcommittee and to all persons who
had testified. Copies also will be
available to the public.
In q formal statement, Mr.. Auch-
tncloss declared: "At time when
the United States is striving for the
application Of democracy through
Evening star., 1947-10-01

the recent hurricane, was sentenced
yesterday to serve a year in State
prison. Criminal Court Judge Ben
G. Willard sent Smith to prison for
looting q restaurant.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Printers in Baltimore
Told 10 Continue Work
After Talks Collapse
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-Wage nego-
tiations between Local 10, 1nterna-
tional Typographical Union, and a
group Of Baltimore print shops broke
down last night, and union men were
told by their officers to report to
work today without a contract.
The old contract between the local
and the print shop group-organized
as the Graphic Arts League-expired
at midnight.
The local, which was charged sew
eral weeks ago in league complaint
to the National Labor Relations
Board with violating the Taft
Hartley Act by failing to bargain COL
lectively, offered last week to sign
contract.
The local said it's offer was made
with the approval of the interna-
tional's Executive Board.
Negotiators to Be "On Call"
Negotiators met two days ago on
working condition" clauses Of the
union proposal, but issued no formal
statements afterward. They said
they would be ION CALI for future
sessions.
Yesterday, the locals officers and
Scale Committee met with league Of
ficials to discuss wage proposals.
Early today, Charles v. Brannock,
Local IL president, and F. E. Street,
executive secretary of the Graphic
Arts League, announced the wage
talks had failed.
Mr.. Brannock said the print shops
wanted the local to sign a partial
contract" on economic aspects
alone"
"If we cannot sign full contract,
we cannot sign partial one" he
said. The local union, with the
approval of the ITU, stands ready
at any time to sign a completed
document"
Mr.. Brannock said he could not
tell whether union members would
work in league print shops after
today.
Mr.. Street said negotiations were
completely stymied" when the
union persisted in its refusal to
agree verbally or in writing to a
definite period of time during which
any newly negotiated wage rates
would remain in effect"
He stated the league had offered
Substantial wage increases" in the
hope of an agreement on that as
pect of the case until the legal
issues raised by the recently adopted
policies of the International Typo
graphical Union could be settled
under the machinery provided by
the Taft Hartley Act"
MIR. Streets statement said league
members as we'll as their employees
are faced with dilemma not OF
their own making but caused by the
mo contract policy Of the ITU un-
der the leadership of its dnterna-
tionaD president, Woodruff Ran
dolph."
The international, at It's recent
convention, resolved to press fol
non-negotiated, posted conditions
of employment" The move was de-
signed to get around closed shop
provisions of the new labor law.
Last Tuesday, in the first action
of its kind under the Taft-Hartley
law, the general counsel of the
NLRB issued a complaint charging
the local and international had en-
gagged in unfair labor practices.
A hearing on the complaint is
scheduled to be held here Monday
before an NLRB trial examiner.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Looter in Storm Gets Year

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. / (F.-George
| D. Smith, 40, first person brought to
trial on charges of looting during
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-10-03

Mrs, Maude Jones, aunt 81 Mrs,
Anderson. 10 here from DcS MOlnsS
staying with her niece.
Mrs. NJ. II. Jackson. 1887 FTARk.
lin Ave-, vas injured ~ = result
Of u fall over a tricycle. Sept -,
She is slowly recovering at home
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ballard.
1851 Bryant n, have As their
ho0seguest, Mr.. Billiards. mother.
Mrs. Emma Ballard. Of Springfield.
Ohio, Mrs. Ballard will remain q
the city for two weeks.
Miss Thsrcss Bailey. daughter 81
Mr.. and Mrs. q. l., Bailey Sr.. ar
rived in the city Wednesday, Sept,
"a, after spending three weeks In
Madison, Via, With her relatives,
Miss Bailey IL attending ST. Cath.
crimes College whore she IL study.
ing TO Be = medical tschniCian.
Mr.. Clarence Palmer h Visiting
his wife, Georgia Palmer, TlB Sew.
enth ST. NJ, for = few days. Mrs.
Palmer will leave Oct. 2 for Kansas
City. No.. TO spend a week with
Mr.. Palmer, her husband, who IL
employed there.
Marion and June Pierce Of Grand
RRPtds, Mich, werp the guests
Of the Escus'a at $685. Fifth Ave.
5. They left Oct 2.
Mrs. Henry (Helen) Kitchen Of
Dcs Moines, Ia. sister Of Mrs.
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The birthday Club met at the
home Of Mrs. Ben Cassius, S7O0
Fourth Ave. So. Sunday, Sept. 81,
Prizes were won by the following
Mrs. Bert Dawson, first prize, Mrs.
Theodore Jones, second prize. and
Mrs. Raymond Phillips, third. The
next meeting will be held at the
home Of Mrs. Dawson, 372S Fourth
Ave. So, Oct. l2.
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Cecil u, Newman, 10 visiting her
during the lattsT's coRvAlescsncp
following an operation in Septsm.
Der. Mrs. Newman IL home and her
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Earlene Kyle Wins Art
School Scholarship at
n-A II MI ~

DA 0AAt Shs AlAku SCuUO
Earlene Kyle, IL year old dsugh,
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle =. Kyle
1887 4th Ave. So, was awarded
the ninth grade scholarship Eiver
by the Minneapolis School Of Art
at Bryant Junior high school fol-
the l947-4S term.
She will begin her studies at the
Minneapolis School Of Art Oct. 1
Earlene has done outstanding art
work for several years and plans
TO make commercial art her pro-
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Social and Personal

Mr.. l. C. MumfOrd $500 Fourth Ave So, has retired
after "a years service with the Canadian Pacific Railroad
He and Mrs Mumford will reside permanently at his home in
Minneapolis
Mrs. Doris Anderson 1929 Clinton Ave So Is at home
after being confined hospital Her condition improving
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The W. J. W. Ciub 10 holding its
frat meeting Of the season Thurs
day, October Q. All members are
urged to please be present ...s
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feSSion.

Only one such scholarship Is
given at each Junior and Senior
nigh school in the city.
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is much improved.

Mrs Helen Smith, Spi6 Clinton
Ave. and Mrs, Willis u, Gates, 90a
Bryant, extended Mrs. Kitchen 90.
ciAl couTtenioa.
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our day. The FIRST time I her. she was iouncing
across the stage at u Page One" ball given by the
New York Newspaper guild at the Hotel Astor. For
all Of her internationally gAmorous background, Elsa
walks II she's stepping over newly planted corn
rows back in her homo state That night she helped
with the master Of ceremonies duties. Among the
top names In the show world she had to introduce
the incOrrigibls Milton Berls. Berle is always
handful at u benefit He wisecrnckS, nd Ibis clowns
and tries to steal the show. Elsa got him on, and
AnAlly MANAGED 70 get him Of, no mean feat II You
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WAY S53|t1
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One doesn't read much about Elsa Maxwell the
columns these days The Iowaboh wodamous hostess
made Of giving parties for the bored ushoOds Of
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Evening star., 1947-03-27
A Lesson Learned?
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
1t is true that, since the opening of
Congress in January, the country has
experienced an amazing decline in
strikes. A survey two weeks ago showed
no more than $4,000 workers out, while
year ago 100000 were idle because of
work stoppages. Why? Why the sudden
tranquility on the labor front? There
is combination of reasons, not the least
patent of which is that union chiefs
recognize the public reaction against
work stoppages and the concerted move
in Congress - concerted at least two
months ago-to set curbs against labor
excesses. Worker sentiment also is
against strikes just now. They have
suffered sorely in lost wages. Many
union treasures have been badly de-
pleted. Labor has worked off psyche
logical steam builded during heavy years
of the war. But probably the para
mount cause of current peace on the in
dustrial horizons is the fear. by labo,
leaders certainly, Of congressional re
strictions on their power.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
We Know Whose Pocket

In 1941 local taxpayers furnished
$2,774,534 to maintain patients
charged to them at st. Elizabeth's
Next year it will cost them over
$6,000,000. The number of patients
has increased in this period by
about nine per cent. Their cost has
more than doubled.
What disturbs the local authorities
is their complete lack of any control
over such costs. Patients are COM
mitted by a commission, operating
under the courts. Their cost is
fixed without participation by local
authorities in deciding what it is to
be. Census Bureau figures show 618
patients per 100000 population from
the District, as compared with the
national average of 282 for the
United States.
A curious result of this system is
illustrated in the article printed
elsewhere on this page today. DR..
Overholser, the able superintendent
Of st. Elizabeth's, is taking pardon
able pride in asking Congress for
100000 less this year than last;
not only that, he is turning back
a million dollars from current years
appropriations. This was an uneX
pected "windfall." AS Representa-
tive Keefe said, it is like taking
money out of one pocket and put
ting it in another. The pocket it
is being taken out of, however, is the
unrepresented, local taxpayer. The
pocket it goes into is the controlling
National Government.
st. Elizabeth's is a splendid insti-
tuition. But down the hill, in the
Blue Plains Valley, is the Districts
Home for the Aged and Infirm, a
local institution, as poverty-stricken
as its helpless inmates. The con-
trast between the two is impressive.
Both are under the control of Con-
gress. But one of them represents
the best that money can buy. The
other represents short-sighted,
niggardly policy of local taxation
without representation under which
local tax revenues are spread so
thin that they must cover not merely
the cost of such institutions as pub
lie schools, public libraries, the care
of helpless child wards, the aged and
infirm, but must cover, as well, the
costs of undertakings which are
more Federal than local in charac-
ter, this being the American Capital.
Both st. Elizabeth's and the Home
for the Aged and Inflrm derive their
chief support from the local tax
payer. The fact that one enjoys a
surplus of revenue while the other
Is run on a starvation diet presents
a condition that merits the study of
the joint committee now studying
District National Government f1nan-
cial relations.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Sugoring Time in New
Hampshire

The naked structure OF the winter tire
Is bare of singing bird and thrustin1
leaf;
There Is no obpious sign for US to see
or Docal potce confirming our belief.
And get . and yet ;. beneath the
lingering snoU
Sap surges upaDard to the topn,ost Hn,b,
While men OF piston tap Its turgid foW
And I'LL their hanging buckets to their
brim.
The fields, once deep In green, lie tal-
IOtU nom
As though abandoned IN this solemn
hour,
Obliutous of the farmers ,oaittng plop,
Unconscious OF the land possessing
fotoer.
Soon the song OF summer toill be heard
And fertile earth put forth Its secret
feld:
Stadotoed Leaf ,pdu hide the mating bird
And living beauty clothe the naked
feld. HARRY ELMORE HURD.
Evening star., 1947-03-27
The CentruIiu Disaster

The tragic coal mine explosion at
Centralia, Illinois, mars a national
mine safety record that has been
steadily improving under the joint
accident-prevention program of
Federal, State and private author
tiles. In the early days of coal
mining in this country the hazards
of the miners trade were far greater
than they are today. Dust explo-
sions and their dreaded product,
"black damp" were fairly common.
The fatality rate was correspond
ingly high.
Since the establishment in 1910
of the United States Bureau of
Mines, however, the number of
accidents has been reduced remark
ably and the annual toll in lives
has been growing smaller and
smaller. About the time of the
bureaus birth, for example, approx
imately five lives were lost for every
million tons of coal mined. BY 1920
the deaths had dropped nearly 5
per cent and by 1925 the decrease
amounted to IL per cent. The safety
record has continued to improve in
recent years.
Coal dust and gas explosions of
the type which apparently caused
the Centralia disaster have been the
subject of intensive study by the
Bureau of Mines. As a result of
these studies, many of them con-
Quoted in the bureaus own labora-
tory near Pittsburgh, effective ways
of combating these explosions have
been worked out and put into gen.
eral use. Among the precautions
against dust dangers are dust-tight
cars, special dust barriers, constant
removal of dust accumulations and
wetting down of tunnels. Gas is
removed or diluted by powerful VEN
tilation equipment. Flames, sparks
or explosives that might touch off
gas or dust blasts are forbidden.
But accidents happen. despite all
these precautions. The fact that
accidents have become so rare tends
Evening star., 1947-03-27
Civil War in Sight?

To the Editor of The Star:
What has happened to this great
country of ours? Who are we to talk
oi supporting the world when our own
citizens are being fired and put out OF
jobs by the thousands? Who are we to
talk of adopting foreign children when
every city and town has an orphanage
filed with American children who are
entitled by birth to have freedom but
who are cooped up like prisoners? Are
I'VE going to stand by and see foreign
children come to our country and share
our wealth and freedom before our own
American-born. I say, Wake up,
America"
am single girl of "a years of age,
a clerk in the post Office in a small
town and think am well qualified
to say that over half of all the people
that come in the post office are strug-
Cling to get along. The majority are
young couples with children women
who have lived on allotments, worked
in war plants and put their children
in nurseries in order to make ends
meet, women who have been away
from their husbands for two, three and
four years. These husbands come back
from war and try to go to college, but
they can't even find decent places to