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Evening star., 1947-12-05
Edwin ". Smith, II,
Star Circulation Man
For 40 Years, Is Dead

Edwin w. Smith, n, who worked
in the circulation department of
The Star for more than 40 years,
died yesterday at his home, 221
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Medical Group Elects

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Dec. 5
(P).-Dr. Zack D. Owens of Eliza
beth City, N. c., yesterday was
elected president of the Seaboard
Medical Association of Virginia and
North Carolina at its SD annual
meeting.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Poland BUYING Liqht Bulbs

WARSAW, (P).-The newspaper
Robotnik reports Poland has pur-
chased 100000 electric bulbs from
the United States. Another 100000
bulbs have been bought in Sweden.
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Inurtltng

BINpEMAN, SARAH. Unveiling Of the ne
monument in memory Of the late SARhh
man and mother of william: Ben, JACK
and Nate Bindeman, will take place, place at at
Adas Israel Cemetery sunday. Decemossl
invited.
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Garh nf Thanka

oSTROw, EDWARD c. We wish TO ex-
nress 0Ir gratitude for the kind expressions
OF sympathy. IHE FAMILY
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1ratha

LENNON, CATHERINE T. Suddenly. on
Wednesday, December 3, 1947, CATH
ERNIE r. LENNON. beloved daughter OF
the late John and Rose Lennon and sister
Of Mrs. Rose B. Price, Mrs. Helen B Miller,
Lennon Lai nsH Funeral me- % from her % late residence,
cember 8. at $50 am. REQUIEM mass at
St. Anthony's Church at 10 am. Rela-
tives and friends invited. Interment
LEWIS, DEACON GEORGE W. Departed
Garfield Hospital, Deacon GEORGE w.
LEWIS He leaves to mourn their loss q
devoted wife. Mrs; Layinia Lawrence Lewis;
five sisters, two brothers and many other
relatives and friends. Remains may be
viewed Thursday, December. T. after g
pm. at the George w. Lewis g. Co. Flu;
neral Home, 1928 l1th st. nv. Fur Funeral raj
Mount Bethel Baptist Church; 2o5 St.
ment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. 8
LEWIS, GEORGE w. All members OF
- Green Mountain Lodge No. 1877,
IN Grand United Order of Odd, Eel
w lows, are requested to attend the
S'ii;9 s $:.: $::;s
HEw1s, Il n! sSTHR Gno2GE E Il. All members Of
- John S. johnson Lodge No,
|:; !; !;
" LEWIS, from the Mount
Evening star., 1947-12-05

Ionic Lodge, No. II, r. A. A. M,
A 8 -. :.. I: ]; :
Providence Baptist Church, NJ ST.
between 4th and 9th sts. sW
THOMAS E. TAYLOR, Worshipful Master.
PETER PHILLIPS, Secretary.
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Dratha

Thursday, December A. 1947, at lis resi-
deaes 3o5 aId l1th t5.nd s. NV oI NOSES SaS5eja II
Brown. He also is survived by daugf1-
ter, Pearl Mitchell; a son, Harry Brown;
a sister. Mamie Burleigh; four grandcail-
dren, Leon and Earl Mitchell, Lamount
and Gerald Brown, and other relatives
and friends Remains resting at the
Allen & Morrow, Inc, Funeral Home, 1926
st. NV.
BROWNE, NELL L. On Friday, Decem-
ber 5, l947, at her residence, 24oo st.
Sc. NELL L. BROWNE. wife Of Robert E.
Browne and sister of Mrs. w. S: Browning
of Gastonia, N c.. and Mrs. Robert Nc
Bride of Hickory, N. c. Notice of services
later.
GARRISON. FRANK B. On Thursday,
December 4, 1941.. at his residence, 1122
South Arlington Ridge rd Arlington, Va.
FRANK B. GARRISON beloved husband of
Francis, Richard John and Mary Louise
Clarkson: brother of Mrs. Cecilia Fitz;,
gerald and Mrs. Ambrose Durkin. Funeral
from the above residence on Saturday,
December d, at 10 am; thence to the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. 23rd and
Hayes sts. south. Arlington, Va. where
mass will be offered at 1890 am. Rela-
tives and friends invited. 1nterment
George Washington Memorial Cemetery.
GARRISON, FRANK B.. JR. Washing
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gomery County Post, No.
1858, V. F. w, is hereby
notified to assemble at the
Colonial Funeral Home OF
Vim. Reuben Pumphrey,
Rockville. Md. Sunday De
cember +, 194G at = pm.
the commander.
~TJu IUhTRINS
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ton Lodge, No. IS. B. P. 0.
Elks. will convene in session OF
sorrow at Z pm. Friday. De-
cember 5, 1947. and proceed to
his late residence, 1922 South
Arlington Ridge rd.. Arlington,
Va, where Elks' services will
7:3O pm. in memory of our late
RANK B. CLARKSON, Jr., en-
Evening star., 1947-12-05

JAMES. On Thursday. Decem-
Der 4, 1947. at Washington, D.
c.. JAMES FLYNN, member OF
Columbia Typographical Union,
No. IO1, and the Washington
Daily News Chapel. Remains
resting at the S. H. Hines Co.
Funeral Home, 2901 14th st.
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ITkINs. AUGUSTUS; On Tuesday,

ATKINS, AGtS1Cs; On Tuesuas', - -
Que st. NV. AUGUSTUS ATKINS, beloved
husband Of Mrs; Carrie Atkps Nrs He ,Sa alsS
W Gresham: a son-in-law, Mr. Lorenzo
r. Gresham; three grandchildren, An
tonelle, Constance and Lorenzo n;
Gresham, ir., and other relatives and
friends Remains resting at the L; ~
Murray & Sons Funeral Home 1899 i9th
December S. at l pm. Relatives and
friends invited.
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cember 4, 1947, at her residence, 1524
10th rd. north, Arlington, Va. MARY =.
Baker. She also is survived by one niece,
Mrs Leila Kerr am and deo9pt two nepnfRs o5ns
Remains resting at the Ives Funeral
Home. s47 Wilson blvd hHilngt9n AT 5sid satMr. VA.
where funeral services VIII ne ne4o 9ater- 3ater-
ment Rock Creek Cemetery.
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.l99 l97 ! ! ! ! !:
Nuriel M.
Services al
and Mass.
s, at / pm
Va. paper
HOCKNI
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/, knights of Pythias, N. s
E. A. A. and Australia, are
hereby notified to attend TIT
funeral of our late brother
Sir Knight GEORGE w
: E1trTC from the Mount
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nesday, December
l24 Hilltop rd.,
HENDERSON BEL
late Frederick I
Mary Beaumont {
Services will be h
81 Sons Funeral
aves., Baltimore,
cember &, at 10
Ridge Cemetery,
Evening star., 1947-12-05

3, 1947, at her home,
Silver Spring. Md, JANE
JGEL. beloved wife of the
3engel, mother OF Mrs.
md Mrs. Anita Harsrave.
cid at the VIM. j. Tlckner
Home, North and Penn.
Md, on Saturday, De-
am. Interment Druid
Baltimore, Nd. D
The union times., 1947-11-08
Hartford Host To Sheet Metal Men Of lOStates
Local 40 Opens New Head quarters at 354 Trum-
 bull Street

Ten states, ranging from Maine to Florida, will be represented at the Eastern States District Con- ference of Sheet Metal Workers Unions, to be held in Hartford on Saturday, November Is, according to an announcement by Ernest J. kunz, business agent of Local 40, Meriden Sheet Metal Workers.
 The conference will last all day, will be held at The Lobster, and will be presided over by Joseph Burke, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Building Trades Council, who is chairman of the Conference. This is the first time that the Conference has met in Con- necticut. Among the items to be dis cusSed are jurisdictional matters, gen. eral business facing the local unions, and the Taft-Hartley law. Some twen- ty-seven locals will be represented.
 Kunz also announced the open- ing of Local 4O's new headquarters at 354 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Room POI. All the business of Lo- cal 40 will be conducted from the new headquarters.
The union times., 1947-11-08
Decisions In Two T-H Cases Slated In Next Month

Washington (LPA)-Decisions in two crucial test cases of the Taft Hartley law will be made by NLRB trial examiners sometime after Dec. 1 it was disclosed here last week.
 One case involves the Intl Typo graphical Union and its Baltimore To- cal on charges that it refused to bar gain in good faith in allegedly refus- ing to sign contract. The second is the nations first secondary boycott charge under the Taft-Hartley law The United Brotherhood of Carpenters according to the NLRB complaint, vi- plated the law in Chattanooga, Tenn by picketing speciality store whict employed non-union workers.
 As the Baltimore hearing ended 'ITU Attorney Henry Kaiser claimed that the NLRB charges resulted from "preconceived conspiracy worked out at some undisclosed headquarters of a national organization not to reach any agreements but to harass the union by as many lawsuits as possible"
The union times., 1947-11-08
Marine Birthday Ball To Be Held
 On November 10

The first Marine Birthday Ball sponsored by the Marine Corps League, Earle H. Chamberlain de- tachment of, New Haven, to be held at the New Haven Armory on Mon day night, November 10th, promises to be a great success, according to General Chairman Frank A. Nc Govern.
 One of the highlights of the evening will be the crack drill team of the Valley detachment from Ansonia which demonstrate a series of close order manoeuvres.
 Mayor William CeIentano is is- suing a proclamation proclaiming November 10th as the official Ma rine Birthday and to further cele- brate the day a special broadcast has been planned to be heard over Radio Station WNHC.
 Chairman Kenneth Johnson of the box committee announces that most of the sixty-two boxes have been taken but late requests may be accommo- dated by calling him at 76-19oO. Through the courtesy of Col. Vincent Botarelli the use of the Officers lounge has been given over to the marines for the special entertainment of the invited guests.
 General Chairman McGovern wishes to thank all friends of marines for their generous support by purchasing tickets, and by plac- ing advertising. in the official pro- gram. Ia
 Also boxes have been reserved for marine gold star Mothers, and invita- tlons will be sent on request by calling General Chairman McGovern. It Is hoped that all marines whether members of the Earle H. Chamberlain detachment or not, will participate in this Birthday party.
The union times., 1947-11-08
FEPC Law Now Up To Republicans

Washington (LPA)-The COP majority of Congress has no choice, if it is to keep its election promises, except to pass without delay the Ives Chavez bill for a permanent FEPC. This is the conclusion of co-chairman A. Philip Randolph and Allan Knight Chalmers, commenting last week on the report of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights.
 "A committee of Americans of both major political parties, including prac- tical business and labor leaders as we'll as distinguished religious, educational, minority and civic spokesmen," they stated, "has come up after months of study and public hearings with find ings and recommendations which po- werfully document and reinforce the case for fair employment.
 "Now, with the Republican Party in control of both Houses of Congress, and with enough Democratic Senators from States outside the south ready to vote with the Republican majority for cloture, the Report of the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights puts the responsibility squarely up to the Con gress-and to the controlling Republi- can majority in both Houses"
The union times., 1947-11-08
Waterbury Host To Conference Of Social Work
Laborites Who Are Agency
 Board Members Will Attend

The Connecticut Conference of Social Work has released the pro- gram for its 37th annual confer ence to be held in Waterbury on November l3 and IA, which is ex- pected to attract more than 500 persons each day from all parts of the State. Robert M. Heininger of Waterbury is president of tho Con- ference. Several members of organ ized labor who are agency board members will attend.
 The program offers a choice of six general sessions, morning and after noon, on November 13 on topics of general public interest and of special concern to citizens active in social welfare. Included are meetings on Changing Factors in Family Life To- day, Child Health Services in Con- necticut, New Developments in Men tai Health, Public Relations, Adop- tion Procedures the Public Should Know, New Methods in Treatment of Jail Inmates and Alcoholics, and sev- eral other subjects. At the close of the day dinner will be held with a speaker on international social wei fare.
 FIFTEEN INSTITUTES
 The second day, November IA, is given over to fifteen Institutes or seminars, each a miniature course in new social work techniques. Several of the Institutes are designed for pub lic-minded citizens as we'll as for those actively employed in social service agencies. Each Institute will meet for two hours in the morning and re- convene in the afternoon for another two hours of intensive study. A Con- ference luncheon at noon time will give opportunity for the entire group attending to meet all leaders and newly-elected officers of the Confer ence.
 Of particular interest on both days are sessions related to under standing the behavior of the school age child, and the mutual responsi- biIities of social workers and school personnel to the child in our mod ern, democracy. These sessions are planned comparatively by school personnel and social workers, and are open to parents and all others interested.
 Conference Headquarters in Water bury will be in Temple Hall and all meetings will be held in nearby build ings made available by social agencies and church parishes. More than fifty speakers and leaders appear on the program for November B and fifteen leaders of Institutes on November IA, in addition to large number of mem bers from all parts of the State who have been engaged in planning the program. Further information is avail able from the Conference office, 478 Orange Street, New Haven.
The union times., 1947-11-08
Covering American Scene
Federated Press)

WASHINCTON-Private employ. CTS have been largely responsible for inequality of job opportunity in the U.S., the l8O-page report of the Presidents committee on civil rights showed. Of the victims of jOh discrimination, 8l% were showed aside on sO-called racial grounds (neariy all Negroes), go on relig. ious grounds (mostly Jews), 6% because of national origin (mostly Mexicans) and 4% because they were aliens.
 HOLLYWOOD -7- Movie set de. signers voted to follow the studio painters lead and permit long -unem. ployed, impoverished members to gc back to work even if it involves cross ing the 13-month-old picketlines of the Conference of Studio Unions.
 WASHINGTON = The stupen. dOus sensations promised by the House unAmerican activities com. mittee having proven a ludicrous flop composed of the usual series of unsupported smears. Chairman J. Parnen Thomas (R, N.J.) sud denly adjourned the hearings of communism in Hollywood.
 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Knock ing big hole out of the NLRB's first test case of the Taft-Hartley acts secondary boycott provisions, US Dist Judge Leslie R. Darr denied the board temporary injunction agains Local "A, United Bro of Carpenters
 WASHINCTON-An intervening union cannot get its name on the ballot in a collective bargaining election under the Taft-Hartley law unless it has flied the necessary afidavits and union reports, the NLRB ruled.
 SAN FRANCISCO-Vice Pres John O'Leary of the United Mine Workers died in St. Luke's hospital at the age of 66, after suffering a heart attack the day after the AFL convention closed here.
 WASHINCTON-America, choos. ing to appear as champion of democracy, has fallen short of its goal of freedom and equality for its citizens, the Presidents Com. mittee on Civil Rights reported, The committee recommended an extensive program of corrective matters, including abolition of the pOlltax, creation of strong Fair Employment Practices commission legislation to stop police brutality and an elimination of segregation based on race, color, creed or ma. tional origin.
 WASHINGTON-The NLRB vii exercise its power to remedy unfair labor practices that occurred before passage of the Taft-Hartley amend ments to the Wagner act, it ruled, but will order employers to bargain only With those unions which have filet union financial reports, non-communis athdavits and other data under the new law.
 NEW YORK-Tired of sharing its wealth, the General Electric Co., announced it was discOntinuing q !3-year-Old profit sharing plan un. der which it distributed $3 million among its 100000 employees earlier this year. CE President Charles Will son said, however, that no change was contemplated in the 'extra compensation" plan for CE execu ] tives.
The union times., 1947-11-08
Strikers Learn
 ForemanIsJudge In Picket Trials

Baltimore (LPA)-Bethlehem Steel has really packed the cards against its striking Shipyard Workers, mem bers of the Industrial Union of Ma rine & Shipbuilding Workers con- tended here this week.
 At the huge Sparrows Point yards, where the strike is now in its 18th week, the company's -strikebreaking technique has reached near-perfection Every house, every bit of property in Sparrows Point is owned by Bethle- hem. If a worker dies his family is forced out of the town.
 The payoff came when strikers learned that the magistrate in the com- pany town is foreman in the Bethle- hem machine shop If an altercation or company-provoked fight occurs on the picket line at 6 a.m., the union mem Der stays in jail until 6 pm. when the foreman-magistrate finishes work. But if Bethlehem representative is ar rested for speeding or anything else the company foreman can be yanked off his job in a hurry to set bail.
The union times., 1947-11-08
As We See It
 by 2 THE STAFF

So Taft has officially tossed his topper into the Presidential ring. That's the best thing that's hap pened to the Democratic party since Dewey started running years ago. If profits keep surpassing par And prices keep depressing ma, The day will cOme-(and it ain't far)-
 They'll both be low as wages are. Strip-teasers are now ssc0vered'' by the State Unemployment Conn., pensation Law i'm New Jersey, ac- cording to ruling by the N.J. Su- preme Court. What remains now is for the stripping of workers pay cheeks by high living costs to be covered.
 The Natl Assn of Real Estate Boards, one of the highest paid Hobbies in Washington, condemned Sen. Taft as Communistic for ad- vocating public housing program. It was forced to apologize for this, but accused Taft of advocating public medicine" This shows a definite shrewdness on the part of the lobby. If people ever got into the kind of housing that Taft now wants, they'd need the kind of public medicine" that Taft isn't willing to give.
 At the AFL convention, Walter Pidgeon and Edward Arnold, of the Screen Actors Guild, AFL, raved about President John l.. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers. ssHe's a great actor," said Pidgeon. s'IIis timing is perfect and he knows all the angles" In the comedy played by the Un-American Activities Com mittee in Washington last week Lewis could easily have doubled his annual salary. And he would have earned it just by holding his hand to his nose and stalking out. Westbrook PegIer, who's still jumping up and down on Pres. Roosevelt's grave, has a new ''sin'' to tack on the late Presidents memory. Says Pegler: FDR started |. infiation." How? ''It grew out of the 4O-hour week." The 4O.hour week, according to Pegler, means less production =.
 As usual, Pegler is wrong. The US. Labor Dept. in its Monthly Labor Review published a study entitled Hours of Work And Out. put. In it the following statements are made:
 Are the 8-hour day and the 40. hour week superior to longer daily and weekly work schedules? A sur. vey recently completed by the Bu-
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The union times., 1947-11-08
Conn. Building Industry CanBeStabiliz
Liberties In
 US. Endangered
Truman Committee Points To Wide Differences Between Our Principles And Practice-Points To Improve
 ments Needed To Sustain Pride In Our Heritage

Washington (LPA)-Amercans 'swith are proud of their heritage of freedom and equality which has given
 strong feeling of national pride home But, says Presidents Committee Civil Rights in fortnight and searching report made this week. rde no substitute for steady and honest performance"
 After 10 months of intensive york; the Committee last week pre- sented Its report to President Truman Chairman Wilson of General Electric Members include AFL Economist Boris Shish President John S. Dcky of Dartmouth President Frank F. Graham of University of North Carolina Bishop Francis Haas, and Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn.
 United States not strong, the final triumph of the demo- cratic ideal not inevitable that ignore what the world thinks of us record" the committee warns
The union times., 1947-11-08
Creedon Resigns
 Under Union Fire

Washington (LPA) - Natl Hous- ing Expediter Frank A. Creedon quit last week after being under fire from unions and liberals for the past two months.
 Creedon, known to be in President Truman's dog-house" for some time, had been asked to resign by the Int'l Association of Machinists-unahiliated and had been criticized by top AFL and ClO officials. His policies, accord ing to labor leaders, almost made mockery of what is left of rent con- trols. He permitted 59o increase in Louisville, on recommendations from a packed" board without public hear lngs, and approved removal of rent ceilings entirely in several areas.
 Under Creedon, labor discovered that many rent control boards were packed with businessmen, bankers and professionals, with representatives of labor in a small minority.
The union times., 1947-11-08
Hours
(August)

There are number of conclusions to be drawn from these figures. The only time the building trades work iull-time, year around, is when there Is an emergency, like war, or when there IS a great housing shortage, such as we have today. In normal times, men are lucky if they have eight months work. Six months, for most trades, is closer to the average.
 This is as bad for management as it is for labor. Arrangements invest lnent continues during the winter months. Members of the clerical and executive staff have to be retained on T year-around basis, if the organiza- lion is to be kept intact. Because labor 'las been thought of as commodity, t is labor which has had to bear the orunt of being the first to be laid off when bad weather sets in.
 HEART OF PROBLEM
 There is no good reason why most building industry cannot continue on a year-around basis. In normal times this does not happen, because it takes more hours to build house in the winter than 1t does in the summer. The contractor naturally prefers to build in the summer, when production, with the same number of men per hour of work, is larger. Under guaran- teed annual wage, the work could be distributed evenly throughout the year, and the cost would be the same.
 Management is also faced with the problem that in some of the trades, such as bricklaying, the number of workers is diminishing every year. The artificial employ ment market created by returning veterans will not continue much longer. If the ''criticaT' trades are to continue to attract new workers, the trade must offer inducements. One of these will have to be a year. around work, or a guaranteed an- nual wage.
 PUBLIC RELATIONS
 One of the reasons the building in- dustry is held in low esteem by the general public, by that I mean their belief that the price of houses is high because the contractor makes terrific profits, etc., is that the industry has failed to stabilize itself. When, in nor nal times, your building tradesmen works six months year, that's chaos, because his talents are wasted for the other six months. Of course, the only thing the public knows is that he's making $2 an hour. They forget that
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The union times., 1947-11-08
Truman Favors Help For DPS

Washington (LPA) - Speaking extemporaneously at the dedication of memorial here to foreign-born Oscar s. Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, under President Theodore Roosevelt, President Truman last week urged that America do its part in ad- hitting displaced persons from Europe Praising Strauss record, MT. Truman remarked that the time Labor Sec retary was Jew and that the monu- ment lis not only one to the man but to tolerance and reason"
The union times., 1947-11-08
LAM Plans Coop In Miami

Miami (LPA) = The Int'l Associ- ation of Machinists, is soliciting sup port of all labor unions and civic or ganizations in Miami to set up a general merchandise cooperative store. The coop will follow the usual Koch dale policy of selling at prevailing prices and giving patronage refunds to its members. Food, clothing, shoes and gasoline are among the items that will be handled.