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Evening star., 1947-04-28
National Theater Suit
On Racial Ban Settled
With Ticket Refund

A suit against the National The
ater for refund of the purchase price
of tickets held by colored persons
who were refused admission was set
tied today before Judge Nadine Gal
Ilagher in small claims section of
Municipal Court
After a long conference and q
telephone call to New York to Mar
Gus Heiman, owner of the theater,
opposing attorneys came before
Judge Gallagher with an agreement
Robert E. Kline, jr., attorney for
the theater. said his client would
confess judgment of the SIT sought
by the plaintiffs He agreed the
Judgment should be entered on the
record and that the money, purchase
price of % tickets, will be refunded.
The policy of the theater will not
be changed, Mr.. Kline said, and the
agreement to settle was without
prejudice to the theater's defense of
similar future cases. should any
occur
L. A. Ransom, chairman of the
the Committee for Racial Democra-
cy, said that neither the plaintiffs
or the committee would buy blocks
of tickets for use of colored persons
until June /, 1948.
That date is the dealine which
Actors Equity, the union of actors
with headquarters in New York,
has given the theater to change its
policy of barring Negroes. Members
of Actors Equity will not play in
the theater after that date, if a
change has not been made, the
union has informed the manage
ment.
The suit was brought by seven
white persons whose Negro guests,
holding tickets, we're refused ad-
mittance to the theater on Decem-
Der II. Those who sued were Jean
Campbell Clements. 1909 Nineteenth
street NV; David Lachenbruch,
1885 Connecticut avenue NV;
Helen May Gould, 3o51 E street
NV; Herbert c. Holdridge. 3541
T street NV; Joseph Bierstein,
1445 Clifton street NV, and Helen
Rice, 1887 Monroe street NV.
Three of the plaintiffs, accord
ing to Mr., Ransom, are members
of the Committee for Racial
Democracy.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Paul A. Porter Will Join
ArnoId-Fortas Law Firm

Paul A. Porter, former price ad-
ministrator, is joining the Wash
ington law firm of Thurman Ar
mold. former assistant Attorney
general. and Abe Fortas, one-time
undersecretary of the interior, or
May Is.
On that date. Mr.. Porter will be-
come a partner and the firm will be
known as Arnoldd, Fortas and
Porter.
Mr.. Porter has just resigned as
head of an economic mission tc
Greece, with the rank of Ambas-
sador.
The law firm has Offices in the
Bowen Building.
Before joining OPA, Mr.. Porter
was chairman of the Federal Com
munications Commission.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
St. Louis Mans Death
Due to Natural Causes

Deputy Coroner Richard M. Ros-
enberg. today issued certificate OF
death due to natural causes in the
case of ]. F. o. Keller, 83, real es-
tate dealer from st. Louis, who was
found dead in his room at the
Washington Hotel yesterday.
Police said Mr.. Keller checked In
at the hotel at 8 a. m, and was
found unconscious two hours later
He was pronounced dead at Gal
llnger hospital.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Two Policemen
Go on Trial in
Jail Escapes
Negligence Charged
In Break by Killers
Let Out Of Cells

The trial of two Washington
policemen on a charge Of negligently
permitting two murderers to escape
from the District Jail death house
began today in District Court before
Justice Alexander Eoltzoff.
The accused men are Pvts. Hubert
G. Davis, 80, and Oscar G. Sander
lin, SO,
The murderers, since executed,
were Joseph d. Medley and Earl
Mcfarland. They tied up the two
policemen and escaped from the jail
with the help Of can opener on
April 3, 1946.
Killers Let Out Of Cells.
John Conliff, assistant United
States attorney. told the jury in his
opening statement the Government
would show that ..in utter disregard
for their duties" the defendants let
the two murderers awaiting execu-
ton out Of their cells into q recrea-
ton room and got in card game
with them
In addition, Mr.. Conliff said, San
derlin went into one of the cells and
reclined on the. bunk, and Davis
went to sleep on a table.
1t was then that Medley and Me-
Farland tied the policemen and es-
capped.
Davis attorney, James ]. Laugh
lin, told the Jury in his openin1
statement that Davis was placed
between two bitter factions in the
Jail fight, resulting from conditions
which led to numerous previous es-
capes from the Jail. He said Davis
was given conflicting instructions
and he would prove that what was
done was common practice at the
jail'' and known to Jail officials.
Jury Selected Quickly.
Charles E. Ford, attorney for the
other defendant, said he would show
that Sanderlin did lie down on the
cot in the cell when stricken with
severe headaches, something be-
yond his control"
The jury of 10 men and two
women was selected and sworn in
within 20 minutes after the trial
began.
The maximum possible sentence
for such an offense. on conviction,
is 20 months to five years imprison-
ment.
Mr.. Conliff said the Government
would call approximately 10 wit
nesses, including jail officials,
Metropolitan policemen and FBr
agents.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Probers Hear
Of 0verbuyiing
GS|.Agent
Items Were ResoId
To Jobber Who
Reoped Profit
By Joseph YOUNG

Over-purchases by Government
Services, Inc. of hard-to-get items
during the war, which ultimately
were resold by a New York jobbel
ut handsome profit to the Balti-
more g. Ohio Railroad and Gimbel's
Department Store in New York, to-
day came under fire of the Senate
Civil Service Committee.
The committee heard testimony
from its investigators that GS]
during the war overloaded on pur.
chases of dungarees, shirts, coats
and cans of vegetable juices ano
then resold them to the New York
broker.
w. E. Posev, the committee in
vestigator. said the jobber lost nc
time in reselling the goods to Gim-
bells and the B. e. o. Railroad at
substantial profit.
Purchasing Agent Criticized.
This disclosure brought an ac-
acknowledgement from F. w. Hoover
SS4 Elldb Vic Ult
corporations purchasing agent
must have gone haywire" in over
purchasing the items
Senator Baldwin, Republican, of
Connecticut. chairman of the spe-
cial subcommittee investigating the
operation of GSI's SO Federal cafe
terias here, replied:
IT can understand how a COM
pany could make mistake and
overpurchase one item, but I don t
see how you could have been un-
aware Of the overpurchasing of four
items"
Senator Baldwin added that the
committee would inquire more
closely into the relationship between
GSI and the New York jobber who
was identified as Jack Freeman.
Mr.. Posey said that from 1941 to
i946, GSI purchased 1898 dozen
pairs of dungarees for its male en-
ployes. GSI officials acknowledged
that they only employed few
thousand men at that time.
Dungarees Are Resold.
A total of 1,16O dozen of the dun
garees was purchased by GSI in
1912 and later that year 900 dozen
were resold to the New York jobber,
the committee was told. Mr.. Hoover
told the committee that GSI made
q slight profit on the transaction.
Mr.. Posey declared that the job
Der in turn resold the garments at
a profit of rs cents to S1.50 dozen.
Likewise, Mr.. Posey said GSI sold
$40 dozen work short and $40 dozen
work coats to Mr.. Freeman, who
in turn, sold the garments to Gim-
bells for a substantial profit.
The committee was further in
formed that GSI purchased 5000
cases of canned vegetable juices and
sold 1929 cases to- Mr.. Freeman.
The jobber, in turn, resold the cases
at profit to the railroad, he added.
George D, Riley. the committee
staff director, wanted to know if
GSI had taken advantage of its
Government priority to purchase
these items during the war. Mr..
Hoover said he did not believe that
this was the case.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Mitchell Will Discuss
Trumun Loyalty Probe

President Humans loyalty inves-
tigation order will be discussed by
Harry B. Mitchell. president of the
Civil Service Commission; at $50
o'clock tonight at a dinner meeting
given by the Society for Personnel
Administration.
The meeting will be held in the
YWCA, Seventeenth and K streets
NV. Luther Steward. president of
the National Federation of Federal
EMPLOYEES also will speak.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Delegates Talk ShoE
1At u. ). Chamber
Before Convention
.By Vincent DIVER

Delegates to the 35th annual meet
ing of The United States Chamber
of Commerce spent today inspecting
the chamber headquarters at 1917
II street NV, and talking shop
with chamber officials.
BY 10 am. tomorrow, when the
meeting formally opens, between
$500 and 5000 businessmen from all
parts of the Nation are expected to
be in attendance at the first annual
meeting to be held here in six years.
Ralph Bradford. executive vice
president of the chamber, welcomed
the delegates at the shop talk
session in the Hall of Flags at the
headquarters at 1870 pm. today.
He explained how the machinery"
of the chamber operates to carry out
"the broad policies and principles
we stand for"
Fire Contest Awards Presented.
Arch N. Booth, chamber manager
presented awards to representatives
from six cities which won the cham
ber's 1916 Fire Waste Contest. He
said the contest judges estimate that
the cities saved" approximately 100
lives, two schools from being burned
and over $22 1000, 900 worth of prop
erty.
Grand prize was won by Mans
field, Ohio, for cutting it's flve-yea1
average fire loss nearly 80 per cent
from $4.62 person to 86 cents. The
national average showed grain OF
30 per cent, Mr.. Booth said.
Chicago won first place among
cities of more than 100000 popula-
ton. Cincinnati won for cities of
250,000 to 100000, Tulsa for 100, ,00C
to 250,000, Newton, Mass, for $4,000
to 100000, and Beatrice, Nebr., for
cities under 10000. More than 700
cities participated in the contest.
30 Dinners to be Held Tonight.
Chamber officials said heavy at
tendance was expected tonight at
the 30 or more dinners to be held
by delegates and Senators and rep
resentatives from their home States
Thirty-eight members of Con-
gress from New England will meet
with chamber members from that
section in a dinner at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, Dudley Harmon of Boston
executive vice president of the New
England Council, announced.
Problems of the United States and
of the world will be discussed dur
ing the meeting which ends Thurs
day with the annual dinner.
Forrestal to Speak on Defense.
At tomorrow's morning session
Navy Secretary Forrestal will speak
on national defense and Walter
Lippmann, author and newspaper
columnist, will outline America S
new role in the world. Radio Com
mentators Albert Warner, Raymond
Swing, Eric Sevareid and Richard
Harkness will participate in a panel
discussion on "Waging World
Peace."
Henry Ford II will talk on the
obligations of business management
at a dinner in the Hotel Statler at
Z pm. tomorrow.
Speakers who will appear before
the chamber delegates include Sec
retary of Commerce Hartman. Dr.
Paul Douglass, president of Ameri-
can University; Senator Ball, Re-
publican, of Minnesota; DR.. James
B. Conant, president of Harvard
University; Gov Kim Sigler of
Michigan; w. Randolph Burgess,
vice president of the National City
Bank of New York; Mildred McAfee
Horton, president of Wellesley Col
lege, and Rear Admiral Emory S.
Land, retired, president of the Air
Transport Association of America.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Senator Hoey Conducts
Sunday School Gloss

The Mount Vernon place Meth
odist Sunday school class was con-
Quoted by United States Senator
yesterday.
Senator Hoey, Democrat. of North
Carolina, told the class the United
States should become the spiritual
leader of the world and that God
is the only source for leadership in
such restless world. The Senator
taught Sunday school in his own
State for mere than 40 years be-
fore coming to Washington.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Sudden Chill Breaks
5ummery Week End
That Filled Parks

thousands VINO paSked IN
warm spring sun yesterday put
on heavier clothing again today
as the thermometer took q SHARP
drop. sssHa
Bumper -to-bumper traffic jammeo
Hains Point yesterday afternoons as
Washington residents and visitors
thronged to see the unfolding beauty
of the double cherry blossoms.
The double blossoms had reached
the peak of their beauty. They will
continue at the height of their
splendor for several days, according
to Edward Kelly, assistant to the
commissioner of National Capital
Parks.
Temperature Rises to II.
Parks and countryside were filled
as city-dWelling workers took ad-
vantage of sun, high temperatures
and week end to enjoy the out
of doors.
The temperature rose to n al
3:55 o'clock yesterday afternoon, be.
fore clouds and cool breeze sent
many picnickers and sight-seer.
home.
The balmy sun also brought score.
out on the Potomac River and gave
harbor police busy afternoon.
Several small boats capsized ane
brisk breezes late in the Afternoon
resulted in calls from stranded
sailors who couldn't get their Graf
back to port.
Sail Boat Capsizes.
John Summons, 4408 Fourth road
North Arlington, Va, was rescued
by harbor police when his .16 foo
sailboat Bette" capsized in the
Washington Channel near the Army
War College
Richard Hull, 1920 Thirty -flrst
street NV, was f1shed out of the
river by George C. Jones, Robert
Kreds and Joe Belohlabek of Nava
Air Station, who were passing in 9
rented craft when his outboarc
motorboat overturned in George.
town Channel Harbor police
rescued his companion, DR.. L. Car
ran, 40. of 208 Maryland avenue.
Also rescued were three womer
whose 16-foot boat capsized ir
Georgetown Channel They were
Janet Mitchell, 81, of 1889 Twenty.
eighth street South, Arlington
Merle T, Levine, %, of 1876 Danbury
street S.W.. and Susan Massonneau
81, of 2121 Virginia avenue NV
according to harbor police
Mike Logan, 81, of 1856 N street
NV. and Richard Handler, "a, O.
GIG Rittenhouse street NV. were
rescued when Mr.. Handlers canoe
tipped over near Three Sisters
Island.
Low Near 40 Tonight.
Cold air moved in during las'
night, with brief showers, and drove
the thermometer down to 40 de.
grees by $40 am. today. The fore
caster said 1t would be sunny al
day today, with the temperature
rising to the upper SOS. 1t will &c
dOWn close 10 40 degrees again To-
night, he said, with warmer weather
expected tomorrow.
Temperatures plummeted to below
freezing early today from Northeast.
ern Illinois through Central Indiana
Central Ohio, Western Pennsylvania
most of New York State and New
England, but a rapid recovery was
predicted in all but the North At
lantic States.
Cadillac, Mich, reported low Of
Is degrees and Chicago broke its
record for the date with 29.6.
Considerable frost accompanied
the cold in the lower Great Lakes
region but the season has been SC
backward that not much damage
was done to young buds.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Science Academy to Meet

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, April
% UP).-The 25th annual meeting of
the Virginia Academy OF Science will
be held May 1910 at the University
Iof Virginia.
Evening star., 1947-04-28
Arlington Student Wins Test

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April %
R.-Allen Lee Bowman, senior at
Washington-Lee High School, Ar
Ilington, won the chemistry contest
conducted Saturday by william and
Mary College.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Helena Labor Temple
To BE RemOdelcd
This Spring

The labor temple board OF the Hell
ena Trades & Labor assembly this
week decided upon a program of ex
tensivc r~emodelling Of its labor TEN
pie.
Included in the r%emodelling will be
the installation OF a new heating sys-
TEN. Il complete redecorating of the
main meeting hall including lowering
of the ceiling and installation Of acus
tic tile ceiling. Cloak and rest rooms
will also be constructed.
All labor to accomplish the remodel
ling will be donated by various mem
bers of the Helena building trades
Unions already pledging labor include:
Carpenters. Sheet Metal Workers
Electricians, Plumbers and Painters
The Cooks & Walters and Bartenders
unions have donated $25 each to hell
pay the expense of feeding the volun
,teer union craftsmen.
The Helena labor temple was pur
chased by the trades assembly from
the Moose lodge less than a year ago
Funds for the most part for makins
the purchase were put up by 10 affil
lated unions.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Missouri Valley Development Under An
VIVA Is No. | Problem of Nation

is low and moving lower. both family
and community life are below the
American standards, and population is
declining. Most Of the influences that
weight down the Missouri valley can
be removed, others minimized by es-
adjustment Of an autonomous valley
authority comparable to IVA"
Cooke considers the MNA develop.
ment vital TO the welfare of the Uni.
ted States. in general, regardless Of
what the people of the area think of
il.
THE Missouri valley" Cooke wrote,
lis an integral part of the USA.
The buying power of the valley Is
an important factor in the trade Of
the country. The banks of the valley
are part of the nationwide banking
system. With every decline in the
prosperity Of the valley, the great
trunk line railways which run through
the region are penalized. The health
OF the valleys people is a matter of
general concern, among other reasons.
because Of its obvious bearing on re-
cruiting for national defense. The
decline Of the Missouri valley is all
but the No. ! problem on the national
dOorstep."-Great Falls Tribune.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Industrial Peace Cannot Be L~egisIatcd
Dept. OF Labor Official Saws

by u law. The matter OF improved
human relation between employer
and employee has Two phases. first.
that OF improving The relationship 50
as to minimize friction in the plant
and establishment Of i feeling OF pride
in the worker. second, OF settling
labor disputes when they arise.
The failure OF the wartime smith
Connally Act, which Was intended to
provide the thirtyvlay cooling off pc
riod but actually provided IA heating
up period, should be a warning to us.
There is much agitation for the crea-
ton by law of Il mediation board to
settle disputes. This ignores recent
experience. The War Labor Board
was created to meet the emergencies
OF war. AS soon us it became opera
tive active effort 70 conciliate labor
disputes virtually disappeared.
IF any sort OF mediation board were
now to be created We would have
repetition Of that experience. The III
clination to settle disagreements
where they occur would diminish
Every labor dispute is different IL
some respect. II should be dealt viii
by u conciliator Of experience. VIII,
has knowledge Of the industry in
volved. 1t is Impossible 10 appoint F.;
board with such Il variety Of knowl
edge as to be able to handle ever,
variety Of labor qnarrel.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
ICentraIia Officers
Responsible For
Mine Blast

Springfield Ill. lFP)-Major respon-
sibility for the blast in which Ill
miners lost their lives March % was
pinned on the Centralia Coal Co. by
Q special state inquiry committee.
The 7-man committee, set up b. Gov.
Dwight II. Green (R) TO side track
criticism OF his own role in the mine
disaster. also pointed an accusing fin
ger at the governors state mining
board for It's weak. Intellectual and
indifferent afety policy.
1T is apparent" the committee re-
port issued April II said. that the
company officers and management did
not exercise the proper degree OF dill
gence toward complying with the rec
concentrations Of federal and state in
spectors ior many months prior to
the explosion.
primary responsibility for the
miners safety. it concluded, in this
case rested upon the company OIL
cials, superintendent and manager
tecdral Coal Mine Administrator \.
II. Collision was absolved OF any re
s~ponsibility IN the case, as were the
miners themselves. 1t IS '~impractical
to oblisate" a miners safety committee
to assume general responsibility fol
safety measures, the report said. Coal
dust was the chief devastating Fac
tor III the explosion, the committee
found. \ separate inquiry by a senate
public lands subcommittee was still
underway as the state group issued
its report.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Cascade County,
Confined from Page One,

~
John Peklewsky reported progress
on the Brewery Workers wage nego-
tiations.
l.. l.. Price reporting for the Car
penters that they are opposed to the
city manager form of government and
that a strike vote was taken on the
l4th of April. The membership voted
81 per zen to strike those contractors
who refuse to sign new agreement.
William Davey reported progress on
the wage negotiations b. the Hold
Carriers.
Ray Rebal reporting for the Typos
that they will support the Labor Day
program the same as last year. They
also contributed to the Labor Insti-
tute this year and appointed a dele
gate.
The grievance committee appointed
on the Singer Sewing Machine was al
so instructed to act on the unfairness
Of the following hotels: James, Carl
ton and Harris.
Good and Welfare
William Davey reported that Leon
ard kenfield had collected a number
Of records by past statesmen that are
very interesting. On motion Mr.. Ken.
field is to appear at the assembly on
April 25 with the records.
On motion 800 postal cards were ord
cred purchased for legislative pur
poses.
An individual representing the in
terests Of local aviation will appear al
the assembly on May 2 in behalf of q
landing strip adjacent to town.
All delegates are urged to invite a
fellow union member to attend all as
sembly meetings with them.
Announcements
Subscriptions to in Fact: $1.5(
through the assembly.-John Evanko
secretary.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

the Smith-Connally bill and a motion
made and carried that the secretary
be instructed to write the building
trades department for complete in
structiOns on how to comply with pro-
visions OF the bill.
AS many of the locals are now ne
gotiating for changes in wage sched-
ules and conditions and as the asso-
citation has been asking for concur
renee by the building trades council
before negotiating. the council thought
il would be we'll to have Il standing
committee ready so that any organi
cation who want help could call on
the committee. Motion made and car
ried that Il committee Of three be
appointed, and when mutually agreed
by the contractor and local involved
the committee could be called in. Bros
Enquist. Sand and Thompson were ap
pointed on this committee.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned at 9:35 PM. Il
Britten. secretary-treasurer
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

New York-A law torhidding strikes
would be no more effective than 4 law
Iorbidding divorce. according to Keen
johnson. under-Secretary OF Labor.
Discussing public relations i'll industry
at a meeting Of the American Pubic
Relations Association, Mr.. johnson
said that the various kinds OF lesls'
lation which are being proposed can
not accomplish what the simple proc
ess Of d%evoloring mulual understand
ing IAN.
1T seems To me. the undei-secre-
tary said. that the major considera-
ton in improving the human relations
between employers and employees
comes down to the simple matter OF
trying TO see each others point OF
view, trying TO develop mutual under
standing.
Human nature cannot be corrected
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

wi
consequences to all the American peo-
Ile. We dare not invite a crash and
mass unemployment again. lntelll-
gent planning and prompt action must
be taken to force prices down to a
moro reasonable level.
Economists are agreed that a con
%tinuation Of spiralling prices is Ger
tain o result in a price collapse. The
workers Of our nation cannot indefi-
nitely shoulder the heavy burden OF a
cost OF living which impoverishes
them and renders their labor profit.
less.
industrial and mercantile profits
today are so high that a general re
duction III prices is entirely practical
even II wage rates are raised moder'
ately. Leading merchants and bust
nessmen have publicly advised thai
prices can be reduced as much as q
percent without anybody being hurt
II this is done gradually and sys'
tematically, we can prevent IA reces'
sion and maintain high purchasing
power and full production. The only
real remedy for suicidal initiation Is
~hiehvolumc production at lower
prices.
No one wants the return of gov
eminent controls on prices. But 1t IS
the duty and high function OF oul
government to exert leadership in the
present price crisis and to clamp the
brakes on initiation and start pushing
prices down"