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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
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The vet housing crisis IS mounting
BY Sidney 0rdower
Path Ward

and inadequate plus those who
were living doubled up even before
the war, new families formed dur
ing the war, and war-workers who
migrated to Chicago during the war
and who have not left. Thus, there
is now a need for at least 100000
additional dwellings in Chicago. The
3,40O units of temporary housing
for veterans, which are being de-
veloped by the Chicago Housing Alt
thority, constitute woefully made
quate stopgap.
The only way this housing crisis
can be met is by emergency meas
ures which will get at least 5000
apartments renting for 500 to $50
month started in 1947. To do this:
1. The city must bond itself for
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

q sum OF $50, OOO, 600 for the enl-
Urgency building of permanent
housing units.
2. A grant i'm aid OF ut least
$lO0, 0OO, 900 must be obtained
from the State of Illinois for the
construction OF such emergency
housing, of which 500 should be
allOcated to Chicago.
5. The federal government must
provide funds ON basis similar
to the Lanham War Housing Act
4. The federal government must
also provide for the construction
of publicly subsidized housing
units for low income groups by
means OF such aid as is contained
In the former Wagner Eiiender-
Taft bill.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
An efficient Civil Service system
By Wallace l. Korgmon
Yard

tenure under the law is supposed
to last 30 days.
What is the significance OF this?
Besides the wilful violation OF the
spirit and letter Of the law, we have
a situation where people are sub
ject to the whims, caprices and iron
fists of the crooked, corrupt ma
chine politicians.
Civil Service laws viii be enforced
and complied with only when ma
chine politicians and their ilk pass
out of the political picture. An
aroused citizenry must do away with
the puppets of the corrupt political
machine.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

TODAY the vet housing situation
is even more acute than 1t was
six months ago.
Thousands of veterans who have
returned to Chicago are at present
forced to live doubled up with
friends and relatives or apart from
their wives and children. One hum
dred and seventy-five thousand OF
these veterans have registered with
the Chicago Housing Center, of
which 829pe (145,075D are living
doubled up in substandard or over
crowded conditions or faced with
eviction.
This is to say nothing of the 5000
non-veteran families, whose housing
accommodations are overcrowded
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
Stop political corruption Of schools

children. The North Central ASSoci-
alton, national accrediting agency,
threatened to blacklist Chicago high
schools. 1t demanded that politics
must be taken out of the schools,
the incumbent board members must
resign, and administrative response
biiity for the schools must be placed
solely in the hands of a competent
superintendent. This blast caused
Superintendent Johnson and six
board members to resign. Mr.. Nc
Cahey, president of the board, has
promised to resign April 1. This is
beginning. But the Otis school law
needs to be improved, teachers sala-
ries need to be raised, and a lot of
political corruption still needs to be
distilled from the schools.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
BY Karl Boehr
31sf Ward

bers were being selected not on the
basis of merit but by political IA
voritism. They brought to light
teacher intimidation, transferrals
and even dismissals without advance
notice, fraudulent principle eKamin-
atoms with Superintendent Johnson
acting as member of the board OF
examiners, the awarding of con-
tracts to friends and relatives OF
school officials, etc.
After a public hearing at which
irate citizens further castigated the
McCahey-Johnson regime for Its
practices, the City Council Qed by
Mr.. Keane of the 31st WardD white
washed the board! Fortunately
other agencies were not SO. disiu-
terested in the welfare of Chicago's
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

WI Service arose from poii'f
cal upheavad when legislators
n,aced in office by aroused cltlzehs
decided to regulate employment OIL
civil servants.
Under the proper administration
of Civil Service, public EMPLOYEES
are hired on the basis of qualiflca-
tiop and ability to do the JOB; ao-
yanced in grade by fair compeutive
examinations; retained in position
through protection OF the law
AGAINST abuses by politicians or I'm.
fair supervisors: and upon years Oh
service and attaining retirement age
Civil Service employees are retired
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By Wallace !. kargmon

under pensions.
Unfortunately machine politicians
have refused to accept the Civil
Service laws and have tried and are
trying every trick in their political
trick bags to circumvent the Civil
Service laws in order that they may
fill these jobs with political lackeys
who are expected to serve the In
terests of the political machine first
and the people second, if at all.
In Chicago today, in spite of Civil
Service laws, there are thousands
of political job holders who are
called Temporary employees. Their
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
4fh Word

XyHOS responsible for the life and
w limb Of man, woman Or child
crossing the streets Of Chicago?
Every day one of our morning
newspapers publishes black flag
toll of deaths from traffic accidents.
The Mayor of our City proclaims
SAFETY-WEEK once year, but
the numbers On the black flag In
crease daily.
am particularly sensitive on the
subject of SAFETY on the streets.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22
Make streets safe for the people
By A. S. Gourfon Jr.
By A. S. Gourfoin Jr.

My nine-year old daughter was hit
by a taxi-cab recently and spent a
week in the hospital. She was re-
leased alive and well with no broisea
bones, but she was lucky, only
lucky.
Many other children have been
killed in similar accidents. A truck
was double-parked on the corner
where she was crossing. The street
was slippery with muck and slush
not cleaned after recent snow.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-02-22

storm; Chicago smog filled the air
that day. The taxi-cab sizidded into
the little girl.
Can you say that child was care
less? Filth, snaog and doubie-park-
ing. How many lives are lost how
many limbs broken and permanently
crippled by this combination?
A dark. dirty city with streets In
need Of repair is an unsafe city. A
caiious city government Is response
BILE for many a traffic-death.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Hungarian Coal Mines
Reopened by Russian
Who Isn't Communist
By DonieI de Luce

A..eeioisd Press Foreign Correspondent
PEGS, Hungary, July 10-The
best coal mines in Hungary are run
by q Soviet citizen who says he has
never belonged to the Communist
Party.
Seventy per cent of his 5000 Hun
garian workers have become Com
munists since the war. but thin,
dark-eyed Grigori Miskarian, former
Red Army major, claims he is not
interested in political abstrac-
tions."
Chief director Of coal production
at PEGS, where daily tonnage is now
as high as before the war, Citizen
Miskarian is described by Hungarian
economists as the ablest manager In
the several hundred enterprises un-
der joint Soviet Hungarian owner
ship today.
In her exploitation of confiscated
German capital in occupied coun-
tries, Russia has been accused by
numerous foreign critics of embark
ing on a strange and sinister pro-
gram of economic imperialism.
Some Middle Reported.
Yet the development of these in
terests in Hungary appears, on close
examination, to follow lines familiar
to any American or British or
French company with subsidiaries
abroad.
Some jointly owned industries are
reputed to be in temporary muddle
because of inexperienced Soviet per-
sonnel at the top, which has frozen
initiative and resorted to a system
of superbureaucracy.
Others, however, with PEGS coal
mines as the No. l example, are
booming ahead at a pace faster
than that of companies which are
100 per cent Hungarian.
Citizen Miskarian, an Armenian
from Tiflis and an engineer by pro-
fession, invited me to visit the mines
after brief long distance telephone
call from Budapest. In Moscow, an
American correspondent is accus-
toned to wait weeks for similar per-
mission.
The coal lies in thick seams 1,20O
feet under the wooded Mecsek Hills
behind PEGS, which was captured In
surprise encirclement by Russian
troops and suffered no battle
damage.
Reds Seized Mines.
The mines were seized in toto by
the Soviet government in 1945 as
assets of the Danube Shipping Co.
Bavarian concern. A year age
they were put into Meszhart-a new
corporation with $3.50 Soviet and
Hungarian ownership-as the Rus
sian contribution. The Hungarians
put in fleet of river boats.
The labor history of PEGS, on occa-
sion, has beer as bloody as that OF
Harlan County, KY. Citizen Mis-
karian claims a new era has started
Last year, during wild imitation
Of Hungarian currency, even Com
munists among his workers par
ticipated in quickie strikes.
Miskarian confers regularly with
workers committees on safety, shy-
Evening star., 1947-07-10

giene and recreation. He has spon-
sored cooperative stores where food
and clothing are sold at 20 per cent
under retail prices. This year he
okayed establishing a resthouse at
Lake Balaton where workers can
vacation at cut-rates. They get up
to Is days year, depending on
length Of service. He has no labor
shortage.
Earnings Are Low.
Hungarian miners generally earn
in a day what an American miner
earns in an hour or so. The aver
age is 20 forints ($1.70).
At PEGS, however, Miskarian has
started system of work-premiums
which he asserts has raised the
daily averages wage to q forints
Evening star., 1947-07-10

Quinn yesterday that he would leave
town to rejoin the circus.
The man was listed as George
Brae :, of no fixed address. He said
he. YES employed by the Barnum
and Bailey outfit when arrested
June 7. He denied he was sun-bath-
ing, but said he had been caught
in the rain and was drying his
clothes.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Dreum Proves VuIuubIe

Robert Nicol, SO, owner OF q
butcher business in Aberdeen, Scot
land, dreamed he saw a newsboy's
placard reading Aberdeen Butcher
Wins Fortune" He took the tip
and the dream has come true. Re-
Gently he won $52,952 in a Little
woods football pool.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
One Kiss Sufficient

"One is quite enough In court, !"
warned the clerk when Gunner
Westby Warren and Jean Rosemary
Hill were kissing at Salisbury, Eng
land, after getting permission to
wed.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Jail Term Suspended
For Nude Sun Bother

A 40-year-old circus employe con-
victed of sun-bathing in the nude
on the Twelfth street Mall was
given a 90-day suspended sentence
when he told Judge Thomas D.
Evening star., 1947-07-10

($1.96). But the scale ranges from
8 forints for unskilled hands to "a
forints for the highest techniciaris.
Miskarian is estimated to draw 1000
forints month ($170.5D.
A metric ton Of PEGS coal. accord
ing to quality. sells for 80 to 1913
forints ($8.44 to $10.9D.
Evening star., 1947-07-10

Payments on your home are
made easy by renting a room.
Renting a room is made easy
by advertising in The Star.
Call National 5000. Open 8
am. to IL pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

Today the United States possesses the worlds largest
merchant fleet. Despite the fact that a large portion Of that
fleet was built with but one objective as an expendible item
to be used in helping to win the war = the American Mer-
chant Marine includes a large number of the fastest, finest.
most efficient and modern cargo vessels afloat.
Off hand, one would think that because Of our possession
Of these fine ships we would have very little to worry about
in considering the future Of the American Merchant Marine.
But it seems that the American people have the char
acterishc of forgetting our merchant marine in time of peace
and remembering it only in time of war.
Following World War I we did not have a sound mari
time policy. Most OF the ships built to win that war were laid
up and allowed to rot during peacetime. The Merchant Marine
Act Of 1928, intended to build up our shipping in foreign trade,
was not fully effective. By 1896, more than 70 percent Of our
dry cargo foreign commerce was carried in foreign flag
hips.
In that year. Congress passed another Merchant Marine
Act which was a step in the right direction. Under this
act, American ships in foreign trade are paid differentials by
the government in order to equalize both the construction and
operating costs with the lower costs prevailing in competing
foreign maritime countries.
Some people, who fail to realize the advantages of pos
sessing our own shipping, do not believe this subsidy is prac-
tical : but it is practical if American people agree that the
national economy and the national defense depend upon a
sound and modern merchant marine. We cannot operate ships
under the American flag if we want American seamen to
work and live under conditions which prevail in foreign ship
ping lines. We cannot build ships in this country without pay
ing wages fully comparable with those paid in other indus
tries. The American people will not countenance starvation
wages or dangerous and unsatisfactory working conditions.
The subsidy paid by the government to keep the American
Merchant Marine in overseas trade in operation actually is a
payment to the general American standard of living. The
people Of the United States want that protected at any cost.
Our domestic shipping : coastwise and intercoastal does
not receive the benefit Of this subsidy. Before World War II,
70 percent of all our ships were engaged in these domestic
trades, The war caused the abandonment t. of these trades the
.Tips were reuuisitioned for war service. Many of them were
lost in action, while others are still in the possession of the
government. Now, the government has attempted to revive
these trades, but because Of changed conditions, great fl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

As The Port Of Wilmington observes National Maritime
of The United States are iluminating:.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

nancial losses have been sustained. It will be a national dis
aster if these services are not given some relief to permit
their continuance, and to this end such government agencies
as the Maritime Commission, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and Congress must adopt a realistic, energetic and
aggressive policy to rehabilitate these trades.
On the other hand, the present picture of American ship
ping in foreign trade is much brighter. However, with each
day, the impact Of foreign competition is growing. Wien the
war ended we were carrying more than 80 percent of our
foreign trade in American ships. Each month since August,
1915, has shown a decline in the size of our active fleet and
In the percentage of foreign trade carried in American bot
toms.
While shipbuilding is b booming in Europe, the %shipbund-
ing industry in the United States is virtually at a standstll.
Approximately 5000 steel ships, all above 1000 tons, were built
by the Maritime Commission during the war period. More
than half of them were of the Liberty ship type, which are
not good enough to compete with modern foreign tonnage.
The governments sales program, both in foreign and domestic
buyers, is still continuing. Up to April LIST of this year, $50
ships had been sold, of which $40 were to foreign purchasers,
and $50 to American buyers
The policy laid down in the Merchant Marine Act of 1886
is that ut is necessary for the national defense and develop
ment Of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United
States shall have a merchant marine () sufficient to carry
its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion
of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of
the United States, and to provide shipping service on all routes
essential to MAINTAINING the low OF such donesCc ana Iorelgn
w%aterborne commerce at all times, b) capable of serving as
a naval and military auxiliary in time Of war or national
emergency, () owned and operated under the United States
flag by citizens Of the United States insofar as may be
practicable, and () composed of the best-equipped, safest
and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United
States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen per-
sonnet"
In conclusion, this declaration states, 1T is hereby de-
clared to be the policy of the United States to foster the de-
velopment and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant
marine"
This was a wise policy in 1886. It is equally wise today.
These principles should be %reaffirmed by the present Congress-,
which must be made aware of the fact that such a policy is
vital and necessary if American ships are going to meet low
cost foreign competition in the post war years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

This Public Message Pertaining TO
Shipping And Of Special Import TO The
Future Of Wilmington Is Published By
The Firms Hereunder.
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SPRINGFIELD

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - At
long last Springfield has a coll
ored policeman professionally
appointed on the regular POI
lice force. He is Ralph K Car
ter of 106 Logan st, World War
II veteran, married and has a
family. In announcing the ap-
pointment, Chief Raymond
Gallagher of the police de-
partment says tout Of forty ap-
plicants, twelve were qualified
on a basis of educational back
ground, war record including
citations and of course their
adaptness to the job. He also
stated that the welve appoint
ees represented as many racial
groups and he thinks that is
the way it should be. Spring
field has had many special Of
ficers and members of the aux
iliary who are colored but this
marks it's first one to be a reg
ular police. A civil service ex-
animation will be held in the
near future which will give
these recently appointed men a
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permanent status and also 9TH
ers that may qualify in the near
future.
Special services under the
auspices Of women's clubs in
local white churches at which
speakers, not colored, discussed
subjects on interracial affairs,
reflects the general trend to-
wards this most important
problem and a better under
standing Of it. At Hope Con-
gregational Church, a techni-
color movie, THE Color Of a
Man" was shown and Mrs Har-
ry Stuckenbruck, wife of the
assistant pastor, reviewed
pamphlets on Overcoming
Race Prejudice" At the First
Bapt. Church, Mrs Edwin Ken
ney of New York and the Am
erican Baptist Home Mission
Society spoke on Racial I'm
Outstanding" before the Wom-
ems Guild. -- Mr. and Mrs Mo-
zell Kenney Of 81 Fay st cele-
brated their 18th wedding an
niversary on January 10. The
home was opened to their many
friends and neighbors. Mr. and
Mrs W Perry, assisted in receiv-
ing the guests. 49, Mrs Iona Hall
Of Eastern ave was called to
the bedside of her sick mother,
Mrs Beckman in New York City.
- The government recently re-
leased four units of the re-
cenf5ly constructed homes for
non commissioned officers at
WeStover Field. Among those
already taking up housekeep-
ing there are: list Sgt Leroy
Marks; M Sgt Bartee; STAFF Sgt
Garrett and M Sgt Arthur Will
liams. The Wllliamses previ-
ously resided in this city with
friends where Mrs Williams is
a popular barber at the Malone
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Prosperous New Year to AM"

Prosperous New Year to ALL"
AROUND THE TOWN. Patrol
man Richard Ash, % King st.,
was taken to City Hospital Jan.
10 with a back injury bruises of
both elbows, and a cut right
hand. Helping to carry a patient
from her home to the ambulance
he stepped on the ice on Plan
tation st. Burning of the Cal
vary Lutheran church mortgage
at ceremonies Sunday, Jan. 70,
makes the church debt free g.
Tenth annual Charity Circus in
the Auditorium Jan. 1929 g..
Son born to Mr.. and Mrs. James
KearnS Rita M. QUINN 20
Laurel ST., at st. Vinrent Hos
pital Jan. 10 Worcester Chin
csc will celebrate the S6th ami
versary of the Chinese repblic
Jan. % . Rising costs may de-
lay new homes For delicious
toast, Betty Ross Bread. A
suggestion: Increase taxes on
liquor to raise teachers pay and
have them teach temperance
Tn club that is planning an old
fashioned dance in McCorn's
Barn in late January Eu-
ployeeS of the Western Mass.
Electric Co., Springfield, will re-
ceive II per cent raise in wages
from Jan. 6. RECENT DEATHS
Mrs. Hester B. Anderson, 6 Eli
abeth st., resident Of Worcester
for the past six years died We'd
nesday Jan. 7. She was born in
Camden, s. c., daughter of
James and Daisy M. Brevard
Truesdale. Besides her parents
and husband, oJseph R. Ander-
son, she is survived by four
brothers: James Truesdale, Nor
walk, Conn; David Truesdale,
Englewood, N. j.; Wallace Trues-
dale and OHM Truesdale, Cam
den, S. c.; four sisters: Mrs.
Amelia Davis, Camden, S. c.:
and Mrs. Henrietta McCorn,
Mrs. Rebecca Jones and Miss
Ruth Truesdale of Worcester.
Funeral services were held at
the Longstreet Colonial Chapel
81 Harvard ST., Friday at 8 PM.
with the Rev. w. Marvin Gibson.
pastor of John st. Baptist
church, officiating. Funeral
services for John A. Kennedy.
former Stewar dof Quinsigamond
Lodge, IBOEOW, who died Thurs
day, Jan. 6, at his home, 5 Clay
ton ST., were held at the Borg
Funeral Home Friday, AIN. 8.
Rev. W. Marvin Gibson, pastor
of John st. Bapt. church Off
ciated and interment was in
Hope Cemetery. John A. Ken
nedy was born in South Carolina
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where he is stationed. The
west Medford Veterans Pro-
gressive Club will present
cavalcade Of movie shorts of
interest including Aims of stars
like Lena Horne, Louis Jordan,
Joe Louis and a host of other
sepia entertainers at the Com
munity Center Wednesday, Jan
%, and the admission is only
fifty cents. The time 8 p m.
Come and see for yourself this
worthwhile program. On Thurs
day, Jan % the Mystic Valley
Credit Union will hold its an
nual meeting at the Commun-
ity Center with a host Of guest
speakers Of note. The public is
cordially invited to attend and
become acquainted with the
way a credit union works and
the benefits to be derived from
1t once you are enrolled as &
member. Yes, this was the same
organization that on November.
1915, was organized with only
g members and now has I04 on
its active rolls. Remember the
date: Thursday evening at
eight on Jan %. Of course on
Friday Jan "a at 8 p m the tit
terbugs will hold sway as that's
the time of the dance given by
the Community Club. Come and
bring your friends. Talking
about dances, the Veterans
Progressive Club will present
another of their super affairs on
Jan 81. Keep that date in mind.
A late social flash tells us that
Mrs June Lovelace Of Jerome st
spent a most enjoyable week
end with relatives in Williams
town, Mass. One of the pictures
shown by the Vets the 22nd of
January at the Center will be
called belle of the South
Seas" and from what is heard
this one alone is killer.
SPORTS: The young Cavaliers
did it again when they swamp
ed the Medford Eagles by a
score of 1873 last Saturday in
a league scheduled game and
by doing so their third victory
was scored as against two de-
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REJoINs COLUMN STATE

REGIONS COLUMN STAFF
Frances Grinlshaw announces
her return to the Worcester col
umn staff in the following open
letter. Dear readers, I am re-
turning to the staff as social cor
respondent for your paper. If
you like the Job I do, tell your
friends; and If you don't like it,
tell me, and I will be glad to
welcome any viewpoint of yours
and will appreciate your send
ing me any remarks, suggestions
or IDEAS you'd like entered in the
paper. Glad also to help each
an devery one in social write
ups; I am at your service for the
asking. I hope so very much you
will enjoy my column as much
as I enjoy putting out what I
trust will contribute to pleasant
reading hours. So I'll say, so
long until next week, and Happy