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Evening star., 1947-04-24
Pct. of Mor|sers
viii Handle Phones
Ii State Takes Over
" shs Assseiaisd Press

RICHMOND. Va, April Ain
dicatiOns that u per cent Of tn,
telephone workers In the Stat
would remain at their jobs IN even
the State takes over operation 81
Itl1e Chesapeake a Potomac Tele.
phone Co. came yesterday with TIL
Itabulation OF the nrst 1000 ques.
tionnaires returned to the Stat<
Corporation Commission.
Earlier In the day "A. ". Akin.
son, chairman Of the Virginia Fed.
Grafton OF Telephone Workers, hac
guessed" that only about 10 pei
cent OF the unions nearly 5,00t
workers would agree to work fol
the State.
The Governors office announced
that 772 Of the 1000 replies tabI-
lated said they would work and
|223 said they would not,
The State will take over and the
Corporation Commission will oper-
ate the telephone facilities If the
union goes out on strike May II as
1t has fled notice it will. Under
terms Of the new public utility labor
relations act the Governor Is In
structed to i11augurate State opera
ton to prevent a cessation OF tele-
phone service. It was the State Law
that kept Virginia telephone elil-
ployes on their jobs while those In
most Of the Nation are striking.
Negotiations resumed YESTERDAY
between company and union showed
no progress and lasted only an hour
and a half.
A spokesman for the Governor
and the sec said the 1000 answers
covered phone workers in all parts
of the State. but that it had not
been determined, what their jobs
were, or how many were manage
ment personnel and how many were
rank-and-file workers.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Senate Vote Is Near
|()n Clapp IS IVA Head;
Approval Forecast
sy ths A,seeio.sd rrsss

TIE Senate moved toward vote
today on the nomination of Gordon
r. Clapp to head the Tennessee
Valley Authority Senator Hill
Democrat, Of Alabama said '.i1e will
certainly be confirmed .
Senator Hill, supporter OF Mr.
C1app, told reporter opposition tc
the nominee seems to have col
lapseda since former IVA Chair
man David e. Lilienthal was con-
f1rmed as head OF the Atomic En-
ergy Commission.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, OF
Tennessee, chief opponent Of Mr..
Clapp during long weeks Of hear
ings on the nomination, was on the
floor but did not speak during the
short opening debate yesterday
The Tennessean accused both Mr..
Clapp and Mr.. Lilienthal Of Com
munist sympathies. d
Chairman Revercomb Of the Sem
ate Public Works Committee, which
conducted the hearings, declared
the Clapp nomination is an zen
tirely different matter" from the
recent Lilienthal controversy.
However, Senator Mcclellan, Dem
ocrat, Of Arkansas, a committee
member. insisted the appointee is
a "protege" of Mr.. Lilienthal and
that the former chairman would be
"the shadow behind the throne" If
Mr.. Clapp were confirmed.
Mr.. Clapp, formerly general man
ager of IVA, is serving as chairman
of its Board of Directors under an
interim appointment. His nomina-
ton was sent to the Senate early in
January and has been awaiting
action since the Public Works Com
mittee voted against it, Z to S, on
February %. Senator Revercomb
tol dthe Senate he is in the "un-
usual position" of favoring nomi-
nation which ma ajority Of his COM
mittee disapproved.
Reviewing the hearings on Mr..
Clapp, Senator Revercomb said no
witness testified to any direct activ-
ity by Mr.. Clapp with Communists
OF the Communist Party
He praised the nominee for his
complete knowledge" of iva op-
erations and said he is better fitted
to be chairman of its board of di-
rectofs than those who could not
be so familiar with those opera
TONS
Senator Mcclellan criticized the
power of IVA to operate without
a Government audit of its accounts
and said it's officials have always
opposed Government supervision.
That attitude goes a long way
with me in determining the fitness
of man." said Senator Mcclellan.
Unless Congress amends the law,
1t will have the same influence ON
this issue as in the past"
Senator Revercomb said he voted
against Mr.. Lilienthal for the atomic
energy post because he exceeded
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Most diamonds mined are At only
for industrial uses.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
AS ssTHE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.
House Delays Debate
On $3.50, 100000
Foreign Relief Bill

House debate on American aid to
other countries has been put of
until next week TO give leaders time
to estimate the strength Of move
that developed Yesterday to bar aid
to Communist satellite areas.
The question arose at the start OF
debate on the $3.50, ,000. 900 bill, to
continue the kind of relief hereto
fore handled by UNRRA. This
measure Is entirely separate from
the $400 0.o00. 900 Senate approved
program to give Greece and Turkey
civilian and limited military aid to
check communism.
Chairman Eaton of the House For
eign Affairs Committee agreed to
the delay after noting a growing
number Of amendments. Some
members demanded Congress find
out the ultimate total the United
States will be expected to put UP for
foreign relief.
Eaton Appeals to House.
Chairman Eaton agreed COM
munism is a mortal enemy but
appealed to the House not to block
aid to Communist dominated coun-
tries out of the $3.50 ,000, 900 gen.
eral relief bill
The State Department informed
the Foreign Affairs Committee that
it intended to use the money in
Italy, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Po-
land and perhaps China. but held
out against naming them in the
bill in order to provide elasticity
should plans be changed
Against that stand, Representa-
tive Colmer, Democrat, Of Mississip-
pi, committee member, insisted
that the House should insert a pro-
vision prohibiting use Of any of the
funds for relief assistance in those
countries whose governments are
dominated by the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics"
Such a ban would be in sharp
conflict with the principle of non-
political relief in the charter of
UNRRA--the international relief
agency whose work would be car
ried on independently by this coun-
try under the pending bill.
But the provision aimed at Poland
appeared to be gathering support
at the end of yesterdays debate,
despite opposite arguments that it
would deprive the people of that
country of relief because of condi-
tions over which the majority
lacked control.
other Amendments Planned.
Several other amendments will be
offered before the bill reaches a
final vote. One Of these would set
up an independent administrator
to supervise the relief, rather than
leaving it In the hands of the State
Department. @
The department came under fire.
quent attack during the opening
debate, with Representatives Vorys,
Republican, Of Ohio; Bolton, Re-
publican, of Ohio, and Jonkman,
Republican, Of Michigan denounc-
ing the secrecy" of its plans as an
"idiotic and insulting policy"
Meanwhile, the powerful House
Rules Committee was taking these
two important steps of its own:
!. 1t approved measure to set up
q 15-member House committee with
broad powers to study relief needs
and the domestic and international
sources to meet them. Such study
was proposed by Representative
Herter, Republican, Of Massachu-
sets, close friend and one time re-
lief associate of former President
Herbert Hoover.
2. It ordered hearing Monday to
determine the procedure for bring
ing to the floor some time next week
the measure to aid Greece and
Turkey.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Citizen Association to Elect

The Progressive Citizens Associa-
tion OF Benning Heights will elect
officers at BIS pm. tomorrow when
the association meets at 526 Forty
sixth street Sc. Edward G. North,
president, also announced a picnic
will be held May 3 for the children
who attend the nonsectarian Sun
day school operated by the associa-
tion.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

his legal authority "a IVA. bul
added
That doesn't apply % this mar
tClapp). Lilienthal was : director
lot policy. Clapp took orders.
Senator Wherry. Republican, d
Nebraska, Republican whip. COM
|mented to newsr1en:
There Is not much controversy
about this to be debated. The SEN
ate should either vote II up or down
today."
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Prince Georges Fights Tax

A $4,000 budget to fight imposi-
ton of the 2 per cent sales tax in
Maryland was adopted last night
by the Finance Committee of the
Prince Georges Anti-Sales Tax
Committee. A $500 donation has
started the fund, a spokesman said.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

the unusual attentlon 10 the SoldlerS
educational needs, superior form
OF training is being developed.
2. While the high standards of
supervision could not be duplicated
in nation wide training program,
the techniques being evoloved are
a useful guide and the Army as a
whole would benefit from the adop-
ton Of many of them.
3. Segregation OF "sub-normal'
troops in a separate detachment OF
any unit not only offends their
individual pride but destroys their
pride in their outf1t-the most i'm
portant element in maintaining the
Army's morale. Some other method
of employing the Nations manpower
to maximum must be found which
will neither conflict with demo-
cratic American principles nor
undermine the dignity of the
individual.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

End show as part of the honey moon. She became 8 volunteer
 quiz contestant-and proceeded to answer most of the questions cor rectly. The reSult-$214 in prize monies and gift watch. She told Ken Roberts, program quizer, after the broadcast that her honeymoon trip cost approximately $2O0. My husband and I are about fourteen dollars to the good" she beamed!
 The atmosphere in the West Or ange, N. J., laboratory library of the late Thomas Alva Edison was charged with tenseness Saturday afternoon February 8. Battling inventive mysteries were to be un- folded as former Governor Charles Edison, the inventors son, pushed back the roll-top of the oaken desk sealed Is years ago. Photographers
 fash-bulb lighting was mirrored back sharply, dramatically :, as a half-filled bottle of Listerine mouth-wash first came into view. Jack Riley, special events an nouncer describing the historic moment exclusively for Mutual,
 suddenly ceased his picturesque description, lost for words. He saw Mrs. Edison, the widow, at his left elbow. He thrust his hand micro phone before her. "Yes," she said, MT. Edison's mouthwaSh. He al-
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

, The OhiOan, a potential bidder for the Republican Presidential nomination, said a labor bill will be brought to the Senate floor by March IS and would include the provisions of the Case bill, which was vetoed by President Truman. We'll aware of labor opposition to the provisions of the Case bill, Senator Taft told reporters that the revised Case measure would be under debate for about two weeks.
 House leaders appeared inclined to hold off on labor legislation un- til the Senate has acted, on the theory that bills under considera- tion in the lower branch might be killed on reaching the upper wing.
 Discussing the general legisla- tive program at a dinner of the Ohio Newspaper Association, Sem ator Taft said other measures slated for consideration before April 1 would include:
 1. Completion of the budget by Feb. IS with cut of $4,50O, 900, 900 to $6,OOO, ,0OO, ,0O0 from the $37, ,5OO.- 100000 recommended by President Truman.
 2. Consideration of the House approved Constitutional amend ment to place two-term linnita- tion on the Presidency.
 3. Enactment of control bills cov- ering sugar, rubber and several other scarce commodities.
 4. Debate on the pOrtal-tO-portal bill scheduled i'm about two weeks.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

Bill Brandt, who conducts the weekday evening WNLC feature, Inside of Sports" (7:45 to p. m) over WNLC claims today the dis tinction of being the first sports caster ever to have his after-dinner speech heard simultaneously at 75 separate banquets. It all happened on Monday, February 10. when Bill spoke to Gettysburg, Pa, Alumni during a nationwide reun- ion festival. Bill, of course, spoke about a Gettysburg alumnus, Ed die Plank, who beSted the great ChriSty Mathewson back in 1913 in the final game of the New York Giants Philadelphia Athletics World Series.
 "The reason men are jealous is because they are afraid their girl is doing what they have been get ting away with for years" says Eloise McElhQne, member of career-women panel on the fea- ture, Leave It to the Girls" which moved from 9:30 to 10 p. m. Sat urdays to 8:3O to goo p. m. Fri days over WNLC starting Febru- ary 28, 1947.
 Mrs. Dorothy Homerding, 21- year-old Providence, Rhode Island personnel clerk, found her recent honeymoon trip to New York City doubly pleasureful. She had week of New York's gay romancing- and 1t was all paid for by WNLC- MutualS Quick as a Flash" Sun day afternoon program (5:3O-6 p. nl) over WNLC. This is how it all happened: Mrs. Homerding, a reg ular listener to the program, planned a visit to the February
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Marshall Reports Surplus Arms Sales Of $1O,OOO,OOO

Washington, D. C.-The United States has colelcted $10,000, ,000 from sales of surplus combat equip ment to foreign governments, Sec retary of State George c. Marshall asserted in a report presented to Congress.
 "The determining factors Gin the sa1es) have been that the transac- tions were in the interest of the government and the people of the United States, and of world peace" ," he said in a statement filed with the House clerk.
 He cited as an example the sale of "sorely needed small arms and ammunition" to the Philippine gov- ernment "to maintain public or der" This, he asserted, promoted Philippine stability.
 Secretary Marshall expressed the firm belief" that the entire pro- gram contributed to world secur- ity" and cut $1O,O0O,000 off the waste usually resulting from the disposal of actual weapons of war"
 The largest single items report ed were sales of surplus ammuni- tion to France and the United King dom. France bought all the am- munition left in that country, a store which originally had cost ST. 5OO,0OO. The United Kingdom bought 228,OOO tons in what Secre- tary Marshall described as "a cleanup of all the surplus ammu- milton remaining in England"
 Both countries agreed not to re- sell the ammunition to any other government.
 Other countries buying the sur- plus material, MT. Marshall said, were Australia, Canada, Sweden and Panama. Sweden bought nine- ty P-51 planes for $315,000. Their original cost was $4,880,0OO.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Labor Advances
 By
 Ruth DembO

Thomas E. Dewey, Republican governor of New York, Is slow to take action when it comes to edu- cation and veterans housing. But he does have a wide sense of jus tice, as is evidenced by his par doning of Lucky Luciano, long, time racketeer and criminal who was sentenced for 30 to 50 years in 1896 for pandering.
 MT. DeWey's sense of justice has just created condition which will mean much suffering and hardship for the sick of Cuba who need the relief that drugs bring to the sick anywhere. Because of Luciano's presence in Cuba the United States has just seen fit to place a ban on all narcotic shipments there since Luciano'S presence might lead to diversion of the drugs. Today Lu- ciano is being held by the Cuban police.
 In the meantime, however, the people of Cuba will be shut off from drugs which are needed to all leviate the pain and suffering of the bedridden and i'll.
 Since his pardon, Luciano has been living in Cuba with butler and two maids in the luxurious sec- tion of Miromar. A fine reward for one of Americas leading criminals
 Governor Dewey is working hard to elevate himself once more to the Republican candidacy for preSi- dent His chances look good. It seems strange that man who con- siders himself presidential mater ial could have sent free a public enemy like Luciano who is such menace that the United States gov- 'ernment has been forced to take ac- ton against a whole country, for our own protection of course. Many people who are slow to think in political terms will no doubt be outraged by this violation of hu- man decency. I wonder how many votes MT. Dewey could poll in Cuba right now?
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

ways used It, ana made all Ot us use it, too."
 Patsy Ruth Fergus, the blind Los Angeles miss who would rather have her Seeing Eye" dog than adhere to the "No Dog" rule of the school she attended, revealed during a recent Arthur Hale broad cast that her companion, Lucky, was 8 gift to her as a prize from a Mutual Queen for a Day" broad cast last August. The 16-year-old girl was given the dog by a dog foundation at the request of Jack Bailey, arbiter on the weekend broadcast. The Queen" chosen in August was a friend of the Fergus family and asked that her prize be given to Patsy, who needed a Seeing Eye" dog badly. Bailey, adhering to that request, notified the foundation, which presented Patsy with Lucky" Queen for a Day is heard over WNLC Monday through Friday at 2:30 p. m., but will move to 2 p. m. effective March 31, 1947.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

ways used it, and made all of us use it, too."
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Printers Get Increase

Schenectady, N. Y. A new agreement was negotiated here be- tween Local 167. International Ty- geographical Union (AFL) and uni- on typesetters in job print shops, which raises wage scales from $0O to $75 for 4O-hour week, while six paid holidays provided in the old contract remain intact.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Labor Btu Due i1 Senate March l5, Taft Tells NelUsmen

Columbus, Oho-The Senate will clean up fve-polnt legislative program-incudng version of the Case (antilabor b by April l. Senator Robert Taft Ohio Re- publican chairman of the Senate Labor and Education Com mttee and head of the Senate Republican Steering Commit tee told neWsmen here
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Sober Observation

First Drunk: "Whassat sign say?"
 Second Souse: Tt sez, Ladies' Ready-to- Wear Dresses"
 First Drunk: "Well, it's about time. I'm sick of seein' 'em In slacks."
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15
Important tO Labor Representative Democracy

~ NVSS
 H. B.-Proposing an Amend
 ment to the Constitution
 Concerning the Reappor-
 tiOnment of Senate Seats. H. B.-Proposing an Amend
 ment to the Constitution
 Concerning the Representa-
 tiOn of Towns in the Gen.
 eral Assembly.
 It is vital that labor groups should send representatives from the larger towns and cities in or der to argue for true reapportion- ment and proper representation for our thousands of workers in the inadequately represented heavily populated industrial dis tricts.
 Don't ask a senator or repreSen- tative who faces removal from his or her seat to represent you in this matter. Attend this hearing your self or send your delegate to Room 321, State Capitol, on March 2Oth, 1947, at 200 p. m.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-03-15

There was a record number of infantile paralysis cases in the United States in 1946-24, 900.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

factions are rejoicing the Supreme Courts esfon against John Lewis and the Mine Workers depressed and far the majority fail this decision.
 But no man who works anywhere in America ally be without considerable this at the heart of Labor In fact the Court itself split three ways in its full opinion
 Labor longer has it's Bill Rights that was latent in the NorrlsLaGuarda Act And while this decision purported to protect the sovereign of the State likewise W1depen the do for reaconary nation that would subdue and annihilate Labor
 Yes was the John L. Lewis in this epochal contest but watch for what sisted by the perverted element in big business will decision of this nature For this decision that anytime that the as the pseudohodng cooperation Labor has rights that cannot be violated
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15
OKLAHOMA LAW SCHOOL UNDER NAACP FIRE

University of Oklahoma be- cause graduate lawyers took bar exams together, were ad- mitted together and practiced law without discrimination. Marshall argued that 1t would not harm the state to move this practice ahead and allow Negro and white law students to ot- tend school together.
 It was his position that the only way to sustain the separate but equal law school theory would be to have a law school ready whenever the plaintiff applied. He said the constiu- tional rights of the plaintiff were personal to her and could not depend on whether other Negroes wanted legal train ing and could not be held in abeyance until the state made up its mind. The failure of the State of Oklahoma to pro- vide equal facilities made this case necessary and the only way to provide equality in this case would be to admit her to the law school.
 Assistant Attorney General Hansen summed up the case for the school by arguing that the laws of Oklahoma, both civil and criminal, compelled the segregation of the races and that if the writ were granted it would subject the officials to criminal prosecution for Vio- lating the Jim Crow statutes. Hansen was followed by the dean of the Oklahoma Law School, Maurice H. Merrill, who said the plaintiff should not have filed against the law school but against the State Board of Regents for Higher Education to compel them to establish a separate law school. Then, said Merrill, she should wait until the school was estab- lished.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-15

Oklahoma City-In a court room jampacked with white and colored spectators the Supreme Court of Oklahoma today heard Assistant Attorney General F. Hansen argue that Miss Aida Lois Sipuel was attacking the segregation laws by suing the Oklahoma Law School for ad- mittance. She should have sought to compel the state to establish a Negro law school, the dean of the Oklahoma Law School maintained.
 Amos T. Hall, member of the NAACP legal committee from Tulsa, gave the opening argu- ment for Miss Sipuel in the case which was deemed so inn portant that each side received an hour to talk instead of the expected half-hour. Several judges from other courts were present.
 Hall stated there was no dis pute as to the proposition of law that the state could only segre- gate when there were equal facilities. In the absence of a separate law school, Hall said, a writ of mandamus should be issued to admit her to the Ok lahoma University Law School. He said Miss Sipuel had ap- piled for law school in January of last year and she had al ready lost more than a year. A white student who had ap- piled at the same time was now more than a year advanced in the law school.
 Hall said this was in viola tion of the 14th Amendment to the U. s. Constitution. ,
 Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP national staff closed the argument for Miss Sipuel. He explained that it would not be impossible to allow a Negro to go to the law school at the