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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
SENATOR BRIDGES
FLAYS LILIENTHAL
New Hampshire Man Saws
Nominee Not Bust
nessman Or Scientist

WASHINGTON, March "a -LP)-
David E. Lilienthal's nomina =
lion as chairman of the Atomic
Energy commission encountered
outspoken objections today as
soon as Senator Hickenlooper (R
Iowa. called it up for action in
the Senate.
Senator Bridges GRIND jump j..
ed in first with a declaration that
Lilienthal is neither a great bust
nessman nor a good scientist"
and quickly picked up support
from Senator Wherry (R-Neb) e,
the Republican whip; Senator
Overton D-LA), Senator Bricker
(R-Ohio) and Senator Mcclellan
D-Tenn).
Hickenlooper voted for Lilien-
thal's confirmation in the Atomic
Energy committee which he
heads and is manager of the con-
tirmation drive on the floor. In
the opening hour of debate late
today he got assistance from
Senator's Mcmahon D-Conn),
Morse (R-Ore). Hatch (D-Nm)
and Democratic leader Barley.
Has Majority
Although the debate may
stretch out several days, there ap-
pears to be little doubt that the
Senate eventually will confirm Lii
10 Atomic Energy Commission
posts, Forty-nine Senators - a
clear majority-already have told
the Associated Press they plan to
vote for Lilienthal.
Hickenlooper told the Senate IN
his opening statement that evil
dence taken in five weeks OF
hearings had failed to disclose
that Lilienthal is either a Com
munist or a fellow-traveler. On
the contrary, the Senator said, Ii
lenthal is a man of high intelli-
gence and great administrative
ability, as demonstrated by his
years of service on the board OF
directors of the Tennessee Valley
authority. The nominee has serv-
ed since 1941 as IVA chairman.
Liiienthal's nomination emerged
rom that committee bearing an 8
70 | vote of approval. Only Sena-
tor Bricker voted against him.
Chairman In Doubt
Applying on his prepared
statement, Hickenlooper said he
was not sure in his own mind
Just what kind of man was need
ed as chairman of an organization
pioneering in such problems as
atomic eergy.
Il have come to the con-
CUSTOM he said, "that we pro-
baby need more intelligent bust
ness administration than meticu
lous scientific direction"
1t was then that Bridges broke
N to say that the nominee is
neither a great businessman nor
a good scientist"
He can probably spend the tax
payers money faster than any
other man. without accounting to
Congress for it," the New Eng
lander added. q,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
$4,000 Men,
Women Will
- r-s-
Leave Posts
49, Member Policy Com.
mittee Unanimously In
Favor of Bell Walkout
SEEK CONFERENCE
President Beirne To Con.
fact A 7 & 7 President
Re Negotiations

WASHINGTON, March "a. Up
The policy committee of the Ma
tional Federation of Telephone
workers today voted to ca1 a ma
tion-wide strike on the Bell tele-
phone system at 6 a. m. April Z.
President Joseph A. Beirne of the
NFTW announced the action of the
49-member Policy committee at
the close of the first days session
in what was announced as a week
long meeting.
T Re said the commi, &c had
voted unanimously to begin a ma
tion-Wide tieup of telephone service
by 287, 900 members of the 80 unions
on April 7 at 6 a. m. in each time
zone across the nation.
"The Bell SYSTEM" Beirne told
a news conference, 'by its re-
fusal to offer counter proposals to
our demands, and by its action in
trying to move backwards in con.
tract matters, has restricted the
course of action of the federation"
Takes Strike Step
Therefore Beirne said the policy
committee had taken the strike
step.
However, Beirne was instructed
to contact President Walter A. Gift
ford and Vive President Cleo Craig
of the American Telephone ano
Telegraph company, for negotia
tons with the unions national co
ordinated bargaining committee nc
later than April /.
Beirne- said he is to report t.
his policy committee by 2:30 p. m
tomorrow ION the A. T. and It's
reply"
The negotiations sought by the
union would cover the $12 Wee
CONTINUED on Page Two, Col. 3,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
And So To Bed

So To Bed recently told the
story about the fellow who
had the fuel oil syphoned from
his fuel barrel by a cold
neighbOr.
Now, a certain waitress IN =
certain cafe tells the story OF
the neighbor who solicitously
inquired as to her working
hours. When told they were
such and such, she started
off in the pursuit of her daily
livelihood.
And since the day looked
like rain might fall, the wait
ress decided to return to the
house to get an umbrella be-
fore catching the bus.
Yep! You guessed it. She
found the solicitous neighb0f
dabbling in her coal pile.
The moral to this story:
Don't tell everything, even TO
yOrr neighbOrS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March "a.
-P)- A cave-size hole was rip
ped in a downtown church steeple
and more than 100 telephone and
electric power lines were damaged
by 7O-mile-per hour winds that
swept Nashville today.
A hole appearing to be about 20
feet high and seven or eight feet
wide was torn in the wooden-fraIne
steeple of the First Baptist church
on one of Nashville's busiest
streets. Police detoured all traffic
away from the building as a pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Registered Voters Urged
To Support Measures
AT Polls

The community committee advo-
eating the establishment of a
tuberculosis sanatorium and a
junior college in New Hanover
county last night urged early vot'
ing in today's countrywide r%eferen-
dunn and climaxed a months-long
campaign by expressing conf
dence that both proposals will be
approved.
The committee announced that
ample facilities will be available
today to transport voters to their
polling places.
Automobiles for this purpose will
be dispatched to voters who tele-
phone Junior Chamber of Com
merce headquarters, 1880, it was
announced.
A substantial turnout Of New
Hanover's properly registered
voters for this important r%eferen-
dunn is expected today, when the
% polling places will be open from
$50 a. m. until $3.50 p. m.
A general feeling of confidence
pervaded the meeting of the COM
munitv committee last night, held
at the Woodrow Wilson hut and
attended by some 80 men and
women representing organizations
identified with a cross-sectlon OF
interests, whose efforts in recent
months have fused in ardent sup
port of the sanatorium and junior
college proposals.
The meeting vas attended by
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
REGISTRATION TO
START SATURDAY
No Candidates For City
Council Positions Have
Filed Yet

Registration for this years city
election is scheduled to get under
way Saturday and continue each
Saturday until April 10, with the
latter day set aside for challenge
day, according to H. G. Carney.
chairman of the city board OF
elections.
The date for the city primary
has been set for April q, at
which time nominations for the
May 6 general election Will b e
made.
So far, Carney said yesterday,
no candidates have as yet filed
for positions on the city council
Continued On Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

LOS ANGELES, March 24-R'
The FBI disclosed the arrest to-
day of Ernest G. Booth, 48, on a
robbery charge, Identifying him
as a mystery story writer who
wrote the movie script for Ladies
of The Big House" a..
Booth was taken in custody LAST
night as he left a Hollywood res,
taurant with his wife Special
Agent R. B. Hood. in charge OF
the local office, announced-on
an indictment last July charging
concealment of securities valued
at nearly $780, 600, stolen in a
burglary in Seattle early in 1913;
Hood added that Booth also had
been identified as the gunman
who robbed a series Of loan com
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Writer of Mystery Yarns
Burglar By Day. FBIS Says

panies in Los Angeles, Hollywood.
Glendale, Pasadena and Beverly
Hills, and had been sought since
last December.
A month. ago today, Hood charg-
ed. Booth entered the Atlas Fed
raj Savings and Loan company,
Pasadena, ordered employees to
a rest room, locked them in and
removed $4,000 from the bank
vault.
The FBI said two of Booths
novels, Sirens Screaming and
Stealing Through Life" had been
sold to movie studios for picture
production, reporting that che
started his writing career in 1926
while serving time in Folsom
prison"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
High Winds Rip Big Hole
In Nashville Church Spire

caution against the steeple falling.
Telephone officials reported dam
age to lines in more than six sur
rounding localities, and the Nash
vile Electric Service said between
Is and 30 power lines were dam
aged.
The weather bureau station at
Nashville airport reported an 49,
degree drop in temperature with
the wind. Strongest single gust re-
corded reached 85-miles-an-hour,
and late in the afternoon a steady
wind of neutrality-suspicious. was list
cd
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

munlst agents j t O, this country.
The citation must be approved by
the House before it can be turned
over to the Justice department for
prosecution.
Josephson said in an interview
with the Dayton CO., Herald that
ne was being "smeared' by the
committee. He admitted past
membership in the Communist
party and said he still is a ICON
firmed Marxist," but SAID the
committees charge that he is a
secret Russian agent is TOO ri
diculous to answer"
Two Speakers
The American Legion's position
was outlined by James F. Green
OF Omaha, N e b., national chair
man of the Americanism commit
Continued On Pare Tu,o. f,oI 6,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
M%OUNTBATTEN TAKES
OATH OF OFFICE,A AS
NEW INDIA VICEROY

Princes: u JawaharIal .Nehru,
leader of the all-1ndian Con-
gress party; Liaquat Ali Khan
of the Moslem league. Nehru
and Ali Khan are members Of
the interim Indian government.
The swearing in and con-
ference took place against a
background of communal vio-
lence which has accompa-
MED the inability of the dissi-
dent factions to get together
on a plan for Indian indie
pendence.
A government communicate
from the Punjab tonight said
eight persons were killed, two
of them burned to death, in
rioting at Hodal, near the Dor
der of Delhi province.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
FORECAST:

Wilmington and vicinity: Partly CLOUDY.
windy and becoming cooler TODAY and
tonight; Wednesday fair and continued
rather cool.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
Steel Journal Halls
|Long-1ern Peace
In Labor Relations
BY ,hs A.sseiassd Press

CLEVELAND. May 26.-Reporting
that labor relations in the steel In
dustry "are better than at any time
previously this year." the magazine
Steel said today the outlook for
long-term peace is favorable"
The journal noted CIO President
Philip Murray.s announcement BAN
ming steel strikes for two years, and
said danger of a soft coal mine
strike at mid-year when the mines
are returned to private operation
appears to be lessening and steel
makers are fairly optimistic that
coal operators and the miners will
reach an agreement well before the
deadline."
Another factor cited was that "the
leading iron ore mining interest has
signed a contract similar to the basic
steel agreement and the pattern Is
expected to be extended to other
companies operating In the upper
lakes region"
These developments indicate mo
early diminution of steel mill opera
tions," said Steel. The magazines
estimated national steelmaking rate
was above 80 per cent for the 20th
consecutive week, rising 2 per cent
| to 961, per cent of rated capacity.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO, May 20 Gp .tusDA, Sal.
fairly active with most sales so to Z:
higher, but closing slow with part Of ad.
vance lost on weights over $50 pounds
sows around so cents higher; top. 25.25
bulk good and choice, 170-260 pounds
800 pounds, 1s. .So-si 90; GOOD sroune
550-pound weights At 1900: most gooc
and choice sows over 400 pounds. 1850
salable cattle. $4,000. Total $4,000
SLAUGHTER steers and heifeFs active. steady
20 strong. cows very Scarce. fully 2t
choice fed steers, 2425-26.75: eisht load,
choice. around 1.s5o-pound beeyes held
steers. ~ oo-a4 90. several loads cfoice
heifers. 25.25 and $3.50: bulk beef cows
IA SOL z .50: . few good-fed cows ur
to 2Q.00: caniers and cutters mainly / 90.
3.75; most medium weight and heavs
bulls. Is So Il so; good heavy bulls up Il
Ii. Is: top. $500 on choice sealers; gock
cattle scarce, strong.
SLOW; Clipped, lambs around steady: top
y. 90. for load good and choice 98-pound
averages with mostly Nc. = and No. 3 pelts
good and choice No, l pelted clipped lambs
quotable to 22.25; three decks medium and
good clipped lambs with No . peits around
a quarter lower at 800 down; holding
three loads western ewes - mixed Grades
around 90
Evening star., 1947-05-26
Selected Stocks Gain,
But Many Leaders
Turn Downward
BY Victor Eubonk
A..ee;o,ed Press Finurciol Wrt,er

NEW YORK, May 2s.-Mild re-
coveries persisted for individual
stocks in today's market although
many leaders edged into lower
ground on dealings which were
among the s1owest of the past year
Apathy ruled from the start. Plus
signs were eased in many cases
by midday and declines of fractions
to a point or so predominated near
the fourth hour. Only zoe, 900 shares
changed hands by noon.
Both speculative and investment
contingents exhibited caution be-
cause last weeks second best upturr
of 1S47 to date was viewed as having
served as partial technical correc-
ton of the recent slide.
Doubts regarding the economic
picture, taxes and labor legislation
inspired some selling. Cheering div
idends and earnings were ignored in
the majority of instances.
In the supported area were Nor
folk & Western, Chesapeake g. Ohio
American Telephone, Engineers Pub
lie Service, Dow Chemical, Du Pont
Standard Oil New Jersey, Texas
Pacific Land Trust, Homestake and
Dome Mines. Laggards included
Bethlehem, Chrysler, Goodyear
Montgomery Ward, International
Harvester, Douglas Aircraft, South
|ern Railway, Great Northern Rail-
way. Texas Co.. United Fruit and
Loew's.
Bonds were narrow.
. Among forward curb movers were
Brazilian Traction, Higrade Food,
Singer Mfg. and Lake Shore Mines.
Hesitant were Electric Bond &
Share and Cities Service.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
Anaconda Wire Raises
Prices of Copper Wire
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, May 26.-Copper
wire prices were advanced today by
Anaconda Wire & Gable Co. to re-
fleet the average cost to the COM
pany of 23 cents a pound for re-
fined copper.
The company previously based its
price on cost of 2l1a cents. The
average price" for copper repre-
sents the daily average between the
amount of copper purchased at the
211a -cent-a-pound level charged by
domestic copper producers, and the
amount of foreign produced copper
currently priced at "a cents a pound
New York.
Anaconda's new prices include
Bare copper wire, 1912 cents 8
pound; weatherproof wire, 1886
cents, and magnet wire, 1898 cents
all in less than carload lots.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
textile Union Decides
Not 10 Seek General
|1947 Wage increase
sy she Asseeiossd Pres,

BOSTON, May 26.-Acting on
the recommendation Of General
President Emil Rieve, the Tex
tile Workers Union OF America,
CIO, has agreed not to demand a
general wage increase In 1947
from 13o New England and 1s
Middle Atlantic States cotton
rayon textile mills.
The unions program for the cot
ton-rayon industry was adopted
almost unanimously by 500 dele
gates from the mills at q confer
ence yesterday.
The conference voted to terminate
current agreements on August and
demand seven paid holidays, i'm
proved vacations with pay and
improved free group insurance.
The delegates also called on al
New England members Of Congress
to support a 65-to-75-cents-an-houl
minimum wage law to protect the
areas textile industry from "eco-
nomic raiding by Southern mills
Cut in Costs Urged.
After the conference. Mr.. Rieve
told newsmen that "the action
taken makes it possible for manu-.
facturers to make a substantial
reduction IN the cost OF textiles
to consumers and thus create ad-
ditional demand and continuing
employment"
He added that 1T also will per.
NIT the industry to undertake q
broad program Of modernization
which is badly needed in many
mills"
IF the current recession In tex
tiles turns into depression, South
ern textile mills which are largely
unorganized can cut wages down te
40 cents an hour if they wish be-
cause that is the only legal floor.
IF they do that, the competitive
advantage enjoyed by the South fol
generations will be revived and New
England economy will suffer. For
this reason we believe New England
representatives and Senators should
and must support SIS cents mini
mum wage now with rs cents at the
end of two years, merely as matter
Of enlightened self-interest.
Mr.. Rieve said that although tex
tile profits were lat per cent higher
in the first quarter of 1947 than In
the same period Of 1916, there were
certain signs OF deterioration.
He said that 1880 workers in
IL mills already have been laid OF
and that IA other mills employing
Evening star., 1947-05-26
Chicoqo Grain

CHICAGO, May &c tP.-Sellins came
into grain pits after midsession today
sending wheat below the preceding close
and Substantially reducing early gains Il
corn and oats
Commission houses were on the SELLING
side of wheat, apparently rejecting some
proflt-tsking. Earlier, mills had boush:
the grain cereal. Although backing down
with wheat. feed grains received greater
support. Exporters were heavy buyers o1
| July corn in the early trade.
Wheat at noon vas vas z & e s.l ] cent belo.
70 lower to h higher. July s1.S6s, and
| oats we're u, corn was 70 lower to Y
higher. july. SI.76h. and oats we're VI
lower to y higher. July S95s.
The Chicago ONCE of the Commodity
Credit Corp. announced it purchased
2I5,00g bushels Of corn Friday. brtnsins
the weeks purchases to 3.U50,000 bushels
Attracting attention was q statement
| by d. A. Fitzgerald. secretary Of the Inter
national Emergency Food Council. thai
| the United States must rush maximum
amounts Of food to Europe this summer
| to prevent widespread violence snt
| rfeffng
Evening star., 1947-05-26

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Evening star., 1947-05-26
80 Per Cent Rise Found
In College Tuition Fees

College tuition fees have in.
creased nearly 80 per cent in the
last seven years, George r. Zook
chairman of the Presidents Com.
mission on Higher Education, de-
clared today.
Increases reported in a college
survey, Mr.. zook said, showed fees
have gone up from IL per cent in
private business administration
schools to as high as Sc per cent in
law schools of public universities.
Greatest tuition increases have
been In professional fields where
such charges have been traditional
ly high," declared Mr.. Zook
Highest averages were reported TO,
schools of medicine, dentistry anc
law
Evening star., 1947-05-26
School Speaker Named
speelul pi,pateh to me- s,ar

Spscfdt Utspdtch 70 fhe Sfdf -
WINCHESTER, Va, May 2s.-+
A member Of the Handley High
School class Of 1925, the Rev. Wil-
liam w. Glass Sd, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church OF Decatur,
Ala. will preach the schools bac-
caiaureate sermon In the Handley
auditorium June Q. Special invita-
tions are being sent TO all who were
members of that class. Eighty three
seniors are candidates for gradua-
ton June IL.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
THE EVENING STAR, washington b G As


1000 were working three or four
days q week. One mill employing
$50 persons Is being liquidated, he
added. ~
Resolutions adopted by the COM
ference, whose delegates represented
10000 cotton-rayon workers in New
England and an additional 5000 in
New York. New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, called for passage of 4 na-
tional health insurance bill, cons
tinuance of rent controls without
lcrippling amendments to the pre-
tsent law, and urged President Tru-
man to veto the Taft-Hartley labor
Ibill.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
B. & 0. Nef Boosted
To S934,O73 Mark
During April
Bv Edword c. Stone


Net income of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad in April totaled 1884
o73, a sharp increase of $685., ,l42
over the same month year ago.
Operating revenues showed an
April increase of $9,9l1 1876. reflect
ing the loss in traffic In 1946 on
account of the coal strike. Operating
expenses were UP $3,149,511.
Freight revenues during April
were s10,872 ,586 ahead of last year
but passenger trafhc registered de-
crease of 81 SAC, ,306. Express revenues
were substantially higher.
3. g. o. operations for the four
months OF 1947 resulted in net in-
come s2.80l,144 an increase of $751;
751,81S compared with last years
deficit of $12,950,674.
Penn Mutual 100 Years Old.
The Crowley 81 Mari staff OF the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
will have dinner at the Shoreham
Hotel tonight in celebration of the
company's Tooth anniversary. The
program will include phone hook
up with IS other cities, the Phil
adelphiay office being in charge. T
Janney Brown of Washington, who
is celebrating his 80th birthday
today and 57th year with Penn
Mutual, will take part. John A
Stevenson, president, will be the
chief speaker.
Kenneth Haynes Of the Haynes
Lithograph Co.. Silver Spring, today
announced adoption of a new
profit-sharing system and new
employe-employer program In which
employees meet regularly with the
executives for the exchange OF ideas
In company planning. The same
company Is now working out group
insurance plan.
Fifth District Trade Lags.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that department store sales in
the fifth district from January l
through May II were per cent
ahead OF last year, the lowest gain
among the IL districts. The Phil
adelphia area led with a IA per cent
pickup. The average gain was II
per cent.
Walter B. Ford of the Prudential
Insurance Co.'S Washington office
No. 2, has been named manager of
Office No. in the Denrike Building,
to succeed Preston A. Stanford,
transferred to Texas. Mr.. Ford has
been with the company since 1925.
r. ]. Self of the Washington office
OF the Diamond Match Co. is one of
the Is top statesmen in the United
States.
Air Cargo Shipments Rise.
Capital Airlines carried the third
largest tonnage of air cargo per ton
miles in the air transport during
April, company officials said today.
The report stated that Washington
is one OF the systems leading cities
in producing the most air mail and
express.
Washington ranked third among
81 cities with 1854 air mail pounds
and fifth in air express, with total
of 84,931 pounds.
The Bank of Commerce & Saw
ings reports growing interest in
'1eft-handed checks with the stubs
on the right side.
The American Bankers Association
is opposed to House Bill $500 which
would permit Federal buildings and
loan associations to make unsecured
improvement loans.
Evening star., 1947-05-26
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. May % PS.-Cotton fu-
lures turned resctionary in moderately
active dealings today. Weakness in the
July, 1897, delivery unsettled the balance
of the list
The market was Influenced partly by
the belief that the spot cotton situation
viii not be as tight as expected Mills
continued to sell surplus raw cotton stocks
in the open market and traders noted
increasing iayoffs In the textile industry
with some mills curtailing operations to
three and four day week,
Late afternoon prices were UNCHANGED
to $50 bale lower than the previous
close. july. "a; October, 90 Sc: De-
cember, 2S.7c.