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Evening star., 1947-12-11
Coop Stores to Cut Food Prices
Started by 2 Veterans Here

when he bought 1t In August and
is now up to 1900.
Mr.. Ferrante had 110 members for
his coop up to yesterday, after
having started only Monday, while
Mr.. Ferreri counted 152 members in
five days.
Mrs. Demova West, 1113 Park place
NE, regular customer of Mr..
Ferreri, commented that "it's a good
idea for anybody who has a big
family" Mrs. Vests weekly food
bill averages about $50 for six adults
and three children. She estimates
the savings on milk and bread alone
pay for her weekly dues.
Here are some prices listed by
Mr.. Ferreri, the first figure being
standard retail price in his store
and the second the price for coop
members:
Coffee, IS and 4s cents; sugar
Is pounds, 54 and As cents; short
ening Is pounds, $1.32 and SLID;
bread, IA and IL cents; milk in car
tons, 20 and Is cents; eggs, SO and
"a cents a dozen; butter, SO and IS
cents a pound; sliced bacon, SO and
rs cents a pound;- pork chops, 6s
and SIS cents pound; tenderloin
steak (grade Al, 10 and SO cents
a pound; frankfurters, SIS and A
cents a pound; oleomargarine, Al
and IS cents pound; canned meat
SO and Al cents: canned salmon. 81
and 40 cents pound; sliced canned
peaches, IS and IS cents; potatoes
81 and 4 cents pound; soap pow
ders, Al and SO cents box; canned
tomato juice, 13 and 8 cents for q
No. 2 can.
A spokesman for the Independent
Food Distributors Of Washington
asked for comment on the plan
conceded the former GIs have q
good selling argument" but he In.
sisted 1t cant possibly last" He
added there "just are no such
profits in the food business today
as % and "a per cent"
Mr.. Ferrante is a newcomer tt
the business. Mr.. Terreri counts
over 20 years experience, including
management Of the Fort Belyoi,
commissary, which did a s60, ,0O0-a.
month business during his term.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
RFC Head Cites Need
OF Long-Term Credit
For Small Businesses
BY the Asseeioisd Press

Chairman John D. Goodloe Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. told
. Senate Banking Subcommittee to-
day there is q need for long-term
credit for small business which
private banking institutions do not
fill.
Mr.. Goodloe was the frst witness
as the subcommittee, headed by
Senator Buck, Republican, of Della
ware, began hearings on the ques-
ton Of whether RFC loans "are in
terfering with our free enterprise
system and occupying a wider field
than necessary"
MIR. Goodloe said the RFC meets
the demand for long-term credit
for small businesses, much of It
coming from veterans who wish to
establish their own enterprises.
Activities Outlined.
RFC's major activity in granting
business loans has been In the
small loan field" Mr.. Goodloe said.
More than 80 per cent of all busi-
ness loans authorized by RFC have
been in amounts OF 100000 or less,
and 65 per cent of such loans do
not exceed $25,000."
He told the Senators the agency
made a study of 2910 loans OF
$100,0O0 or less which it made in
the 16 months ending last Septem-
ber 30 and which banks had pre-
viously turned down.
Small businesses, including CT
businesses, usually have more difii-
Guilty in obtaining long-term credit
from private sources than do the
larger companies, and, Of course,
long-term credit is one Of the most
pressing needs Of small business u
Mr.. Goodloe continued.
"As q matter of fact, we have
found that there is insufficient pri-
vate credit available for some large
businesses. While there may be am
pie potential credit available for all
business, apparently this supply does
not always flow when and where it
Is needed.
GAO Bill Opposed.
There will always be a lack of
credit for concerns which fall with
in the lower level of desirability
from the risk standpoint"
Mr.. Goodloe opposed a bill pro-
posed by the General Accounting
ONCE which would require that the
RFC Board of Directors be limited
to policy determination, leaving op-
erations in the hands Of q general
manager.
I'm my judgment, It is highly
doubtful that in the case Of the RFC
1t Is possible, except in the realm OF
theory, further to separate policy
functions from those concerned with
management" he said.
In calling the hearing, Senator
Buck said:
"The field Of lending action of the
RFC may need to be curtailed In
order to bring it back to its postwar
regular peacetime functions"
Evening star., 1947-12-11
bill oud Req quirsindusir
To File Anfi-Red Affidavifs
BY Ms Asseeiatsd Press

BY ihs Associated Press
A bill that would compel company
officials dealing with the National
Labor Relations Board to file non
Communist aff1davits was introduced
yesterday by Representative Elsaes-
ser, Republican, of New York.
The Taft-Hartley law now pro-
vides that union officials must file
sworn statements that they are not
members of the Communist Party
if their unions wish to deal with the
board.
Mr.. Elaesser told reporters he be-
lieves his amendment would make
the Taft-Hartley law more equit.
able" and would give the Labor
Board complete insight into the
loyalty Of parties on both sides o1
q dispute before it.
He said he had heard report.
that officers of some business firm,
belong to subversive organizations
His amendment is the first of1eret
in Congress to the Taft-Hartley Act
Evening star., 1947-12-11
National Guard Chief
Sees Success Ringing
On Armory Measure

Success of the National Guard
program depends on legislation CON-
ing before Congress next month to
require the Federal Government to
bear part of the cost Of building
and maintaining. Guard armories,
Mai. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer, chief
of the National Guard Bureau, de-
clared today.
In an address at a luncheon Of
the Military Order of World Wars,
at the Mayfiower Hotel, he said the
District Armory is "the most mod
ern and complete in the entire
country" But 1T is the exception .
ne added.
Gen. Cramer said there are about
l 500 armories in existence now and
another $500 will be needed to ham
die greatly expanded troop quotas.
States accepted the increased quotas,
he said, with the understanding that
Federal funds would help pay for
armories to take care of them.
Hearings Start Next Month.
The guard commander made no
specific mention Of the District
maintenance cost, about 5000 900 a
year, which now Is borne entirely
by the District government.
Gen. Cramer said the widespread
armory construction program also
is essential If universal military
training is adopted, "for we must
have housing to accommodate the
great number Of rrainees who un-
doubtedly will elect to complete
their training in the National
Guard" The training plan calls
for six months of active duty train
ing, with an option Of further duty
in the Regular Army, the guard or
the organized reserved forces.
Hearings on. the armory cost leg
islation, introduced both by the
Army and the guard, Gen. Cramer
said, will begin next month, land
upon the outcome depends the fu-
ture development of the National
Guard as an M-day force Of suffi-
cient size to give this country the
security It needs"
100000 Men Now on Roster.
- Gen. Cramer also indicated that
universal military training would be
the best way to swell Guard ranks
With the huge number Of recruits
683 900 men-scheduled for its peak
strength.
The 100000 men now on the
rosters are organized into 3,465 Army
units and 1874 air units throughout
the country. -.........
The budget for the 4c11Trent year,
he said, calls for strength Of 271,-
600 men by June 80 Of next year. BY
June 30, 1949, the goal has been
set at 341, 900 men.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Princess Rejects
Bequest From
Will
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Princess
Desires 4Windisch- -Graetz, attractive
|Wennese brunei, has decided no,
to accepts bequest In the will o1
Frederick Clark Mccormack, Bromo-
Seltzer heir, who shot himself to
death in his apartment here last
Thursday.
Mr.. McCormack's will was fled In
Towson, Md. An attorney tele-
phoned the princess that Mr.. Nc
Cormack had left specified property
to his wife and daughter, and the
residue to the princess, who lives
at $50 East Fifty-seventh street.
The attorney was quoted as say
ing, however, that claims against
the estate might reduce the princess
share to little orsnothing.
"She is not interested in it, her
husband, Prince Francis Windisch-
Graetz said yesterday.
The princess said she and her
husband met Mr.. Mccormack when
they had a summer home near his
at Narragansett, r. I.
"He recently had returned from
Burma, where he had been an am
bulance driver and had beer
wounded" she said. He was .
most unhappy man."
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Trieeer-Hoppy Red Sentry Fires
AT AP Writer Seeking Pictures

Pictures? No, no. Out. out
get out Of here"
He followed this with q stream
of curses In Russian and German
and took his gun from his shoulder
and gestured threateningly.
The American turned and walked
quickly from the garden back into
the chancellery. There he stopped
to talk with two German boys, sell
ing souvenirs.
The Russian shouted angrily and
fired when he saw Mr.. .Kasisch,.e
had stopped.
With the Russian in pursuit. lie
reporter ran to his car and drove
of. The Germans scattered.
German witnesses have testified
that Eva Braun, long Hitler's mis-
tress, was married to the Germc =
dictator few hours before tt. ::
supposed deaths while the Russians
were storming the city.
Mr.. Kasischke Is q native Of St
Joseph, Mich. He worked for the
Associated Press in Detroit and
New York before going abroad.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Jury Disogrees in Case
|Of CoIored Fireman
BY the Assoeioisd Prsss

RICHMOND, Dec. ia Federal
district court jury was dismissed
yesterday after it failed to reach q
verdict in the case of a North Caro-
lima colored fireman who claimed
he was discharged from his job with
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad be-
cause of his race. 'F
The plaintiff, A. H. Dawson OF
Rocky Mount. charged he was fired
and white fireman was put in
his place and that he was barred
from joining the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. ---.-..-. --s~ --e'
No date has been set for q new
trial. -.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

The philadelphia plan" OF
cutting food bills by charging GUS
toners a weekly fee, then selling
them food at wholesale prices. has
taken on two more adherents today
as the idea showed signs OF gaining
momentum in Washington.
Latest to take up the plan are
two veterans who served overseas
as mess sergeants. One Of them re-
ported he knew of about eight other
independent grocers in the Wash
ington area who either are engaged
in the plan or will start it shortly
He attributed the movement here
to an account in The Star Novem-
Der 80 which told of a Philadelphia
butcher being deluged with Gus
toners as result Of the plan.
Weekly 'Dues" Are 81.
The veterans are James O.. Terreri
42, owner of a store at Twelfth and c
streets, and Nicholas Ferrante, 81
store owner at 1928 Tenth street.
The plan calls for their customers
to pay 81 a week dues" for men,
bership in a cooperative. Each
housewife gets a card which en-
titles her to buy all foods at the
same price the owners pay the
wholesalers.
When they have signed up 200
members each, then weekly fees will
be reduced to S1.50. This money
they figure, affords them enough
to make a profit each week.
Savings Estimated.
Mr.. Terreri estimates his Gus
toners save at least ~ per cent on
their food bills, while Mr.. Fer
rante goes so far as to claim a "a
per cent saving.
Real savings, OF course, come tt
customers who make large pur.
chases. Mr.. Terreri told of selling
one woman on the plan when h,
went over her weekly food bill o.
about $40 and showed that a saving
of $13 could be achieved.
With volume falling of as GUS
toners complained OF high prices
Mr.. Terreri saw the plan as hi
business salvation. He said the store
was doing q $500 q week business
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Economic
Continued From First Page.)

the extent OF continuing export con-
trolls, and controls over rail trans
portation among other items, and
a companion measure would rein
stitute curbs on installment buy
ing.
The Republicans, however, pro-
pose only voluntary agreements by
business for allocating scarce ma
.terials instead of the selective ra-
tioning plan which the President
coupled with wage controls
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia,
one of the first Democrats to COM
ment on the COP counterproposals,
declared the Republicans are rush
ing TO a three-alarm fire with
garden hose"
Democrats championing the Presi-
dents own program were reluctant
generally to comment on the
counterproposal, but top-ranking
minority member remarked:
1--WE will not try to block this bill
because it will prove before long
that something better than the COP
plan is needed .---,=.=.----
r Downey Doubts Effectiveness.
Senator Downey, Democrat, of
California said the voluntary &gree-
ments are fine to try" but ex-
pressed doubt that the Republican
plan goes 'far enough to be really
effective"
1--WE will have something to say
about it next week when debate gets
under way said Minority Leader
Rayburn. - ess@~5ar Z, 80 80
In a nutshell, here's what the
COP bill would do
l. Permit and encourage business,
industry and agriculture to agree
on (a) sharing transportation facili-
ties: (b) Marketing livestock and
poultry in manner to utilize grain
most efficiently, (c) dividing up
scarce commodities which affect
living costs or industrial production,
and Id regulating speculation on
the commodity exchanges. Price
fixing, however, would be barred.
The voluntary agreements, when
approved by the President, would be
immune from antitrust prosecu-
ton. Their length would be limited
to March /, 1949, the day the pro-
posed law would die.
Continues Export Controls.
2. Continue for one year from
February %, 1948, the Presidents
authority to regulate exports, and
authorize the President to fix maxi
mum mark-ups in export prices
over domestic prices.
3. Continue for the same period
existing law authorizing the Presi-
dent to allocate rail transportation
facilities, such as boxcars.
4. Increase from Is per cent to
40 per cent the gold reserves be-
hind currency issued by Federal
Reserve banks: increase from q
per cent to IS per cent the gold re-
serves Federal Reserve banks must
carry to support deposits of com.
mercial banks.
Representative Wolcott described
the reserve requirement as an initia
step toward Tightening up credit
and deterring inflationary pres
sures," but Federal Reserve official,
called this section meaningless
saying reserves already in forct
actually are higher than those pro.
posed.
A group Of first-term Republican
Senators who met TO- discuss the bill
last night said the question Of how
the gold reserve change would CHECK
the expansion of bank credit wa!
one of several things which wert
not clear to them.
| No Outright Opposition.
Senator Baldwin, Republican, ol
Connecticut said the group decided
that they want to know more about
the bill before committing our.
selves" although nobody expressed
Evening star., 1947-12-11
81 Rise in u. 5. Rents
For 4Months Endinq
In October Reported
by the Asseeiated Press

AS per cent Jump in the Nations
rent bill in four months was re-
ported last night by the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics.
The bureau said the rise from
July through October contrasted
with an increase of "only l per cent
during almost five years OF wartime
rent controls.
The Labor Department attributed
the July-October increase princi-
pally to the IS per cent voluntary
agreement" rent boosts allowed un-
der the 1947 rent control law effec-
tive last June 80. But it said that
some over-ceiling charges" also
were responsible.
The bureaus regular monthly con-
sumers' price index showed, mean
while, that living costs, as measured
for average city dwellers. leveled of
IN October but remained at the same
record high recorded in September
Occupants Of 1,458,113 family
dwelling units. or 93 per cent of the
100000 total for the Nation being
rented, have signed leases agreeing
to Is per cent rent increases under
the new law, according to the
housing expeditor's office.
BIS said it based its estimate that
rents for the Nation as whole went
up So per cent from June 80 through
October on spot checks it made in Is
cities. 1t said the increases ranged
from 81 to SO a month.
THE rapid change reported in the
four months contrasts sharply with
the relative stability Of rents under
the stricter wartime rent controls,
the BIS report said.
In the 80 months between Sep
tember, 1889, and May, 1912, rent:
advanced slightly more than pei
cent, but with the imposition of rent
controls beginning in June, 1912
residential rents were cut back o.
stabilized and in the five-year perioe
from the summer of 1912 to July
1947, rose only per cent"
BIS said that Of the cities sur.
veyed In mid-October, the smallest
advances-about l per cent-wers
shown in New York City, Buffalo
N. Y: Savannah. Ga, and Man.
chester, N. H. The highest wa.
Indianapolis, with s.4 per cent.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Last U. S. Troops Due,
To Leuve Italy Dec. ID
By the Associated Press

ROME, Dec. 1.-THE last Ameri-
can troops in Italy will be in the
United States for Christmas, it was
announced today.
Maj. Gen. l.. G. Jaynes, command
ing United States forces In the
Mediterranean theater, said hnal
detachments will sail from Leghorr
on the United States Army trans
port Admiral Sims in time to clear
Italian territorial waters before mid.
night Sunday, December 14-the
final hour set by the Italian treaty
for their departure.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Attendance al Webb
| Browne, Blow Rises;
Meeting SET Tonight

Attendance at the boycotted
Browne Junior High School and its
two annexes, Blow and Webb
Schools, rose somewhat today as
parents planned another mass meet
ing at 8 o'clock tonight to hear
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board Of Education.
The meeting was to be held at
the Jones Memorial Church, Forty
fourth street and Benning road NE.
The complete board met with the
District Commissioners this morn
ing, mainly to discuss means OF
rushing the long range school build
ing program which would relieve
overcrowded conditions in the col
ored schools.
Boycott Is Discussed.
Mrs. Doyle said the Browne boy
colt was discussed briefly during the
conference. She said the board was
sending a full report of the cir
cumstances involved in the boycott
to Chairman Dirksen Of the House
District Committee today. Mr.
Dirksen earlier this week requested
such information from the School
Board as we'll as the District Com
missioners.
Mrs. Doyle said the rest of the
conference was spent discussing
building problems such as the avail.
ability of materials and methods ot
economizing in order to get con.
struction started as soon as possible
The boycott of the schools began
December 3, after the school board
had transferred Blow and Webb, a.
well as three other white schools
to colored pupils. Since then at
tendance at Browne, Blow and
Webb has been low, with the ma.
jority OF the boys and girls staying
out.
$500 Colored Pupils Shifted.
The transfers were made by the
board In an effort to afford tenn.
porary relief from the part-time
classes, which would be eliminated
eventually by the long-range build
ing program. AS a result OF The
transfers, $500 colored pupils wert
shifted from part to full time in.
struction. Another. $500 children
Of which about 1000 are white, ART
still in part-time classes.
Other developments in the situa.
ton today included:
Announcement by Edgar Brown
head of the National Negro Coun-
Gil, that he would see Senator Taft
Republican, of Ohio today about
the situation.
Announcement by the Commis-
sioners that a contract for the con-
struction of the Kelly Miller Junior
High School, Forty-ninth and Blaine
streets NE, had been let. This
school is designed to take part OF
the pupils now. crowded into Browne
Junior High School.
Could Start in Month.
The contract was for $1,626, 400
or les than the 81, 1,808, 900 authorized
by Congress. Already appropriated
is 1890, AT.
District officials estimated con-
struction on the new school could
be under way within a month, but
the school probably would not be
completed until early in 1949.
Mr.. Brown said he was seeking
Senator Taft's support for his de.
mands for a congressional investi-
CATION of the educational setup ir
Washington. Already this week Mr.
l4Browfrhas seen House Speaker Mar.
tin and Chairman Dirksen of ths
House District Committee. Mr.
Dirksen has asked for full report
on the Browne, Blow and Webb
boycott from school and District
officials.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

outright opposition. He added that
those present had seen the measure
for the first time at the meeting.
The legislation would allow the
President to delegate administration
Of the voluntary business agree
ments to any existing agency OF
officer Of his executive branch.
Mr.. Wolcott told newsmen he il
confident the bill will work if given
chance and reiterated Republican
opposition to proposals that the
President be given power to impose
wage-price controls and rationing il
imitation becomes serious enough.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Third InstuIIment Asked
In Virginia School Fund
By the Assoejo,ed prsss

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 1.-THE
Department of Education has asked
the State Controllers Once to issue
checks amounting to $3,086, ,099 90 to
treasurers Of various counties and
cities as the third installment for
maintenance of public free schools
in the 1918 school term.
Amounts included Arlington, $69,-
983.51, and Fairfax, $72,621.80.