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Evening star., 1947-01-24
| Fight on Portal Pay
Pressed in Congress
And Federal Court
BY The Assoe,oisd Press


A double -barreled Government
attack on the portal pay prob
lem shaped up today in Congress
and the courts.
The Justice Department entered
the picture with plea that retro
active claims for pay involving
"trifes" of employees time should
be dismissed.
And on Capitol Hill Chairman
Wiley of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee said his group was ready for
fast action on suggested legislative
remedies. Another Senator told
reporters privately that the Repub-
lican Senate Policy Committee had
stamped the issue urgent.
The Justice Department stand
came in a brief filed with Federal
Judge Frank A. Picard. His ruling
in a Detroit court that portal pay
claims by workers of the Mt.
Clements (Mich) Pottery Co. were
valid was upheld by the Supreme
Court and a wave OF suits against
other employers followed. Sums in
volved now top $4,000, ,000, 900.
The Treasury has ruled that en-
ployers who are required to make
good on portal pay may claim such
sums as an income tax deduction
and receive refunds.
Chief Counsel j. P. Wenchel Of
the Internal Revenue Bureau told
a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
yesterday the refunds might average
60 cents on each dollar of portal
pay won. He said the Government
might get back an average of IT
cents per dollar from the workers
in income taxes.
Chairman Donnell of the subcom-
Evening star., 1947-01-24
New Bill Would LET
Employers Speak
Frankly 10 Workers
By jones Y. Newton

A new labor bill that woule
amend the Wagner Labor Rela'
tions Act to give employers more
freedom to speak on union mat
ters and limit the closed anc
union shop types of union secur.
ity was introduced today by
Senator Mccarthy, Republican
of Wisconsin.
The bill will be studied by the
Senate Labor Committee, along with
13 other measures, in five weeks OF
hearings which began yesterday.
Senator Mccarthy, new men,
ber of Congress, said his pro-
posed amendment to the Wag-
ner Act, among otner things, would
give employers the right to state
opinions frankly to their workers
on labor questions as long as threats
are not used.
Would Limit Bargaining Points.
The bill would remove the closed
and union shop issues from collec-
tive bargaining and tWo-thirds
vote of employees would be necessary
before such union security provisions
could be incorporated in a contract
Other types Of union security, such
as maintenance of membership and
preferential hiring of union men,
bers would be left undisturbed as
issues for bargaining.
The Labor Committee, headed by
Senator Taft, heard two members
Senator Murray, Democrat, of Mon
tana and Senator Ball, Republican
of Minnesota, urge different ap-
proaches to the labor problem as il
opened its hearings yesterday after
noon.
The committee then recessed un-
til Tuesday morning.
The closed shop, dealt with In
Senator McCarthy's proposal, means
that every new employe hired by 9
particular plant must be a union
member. Under the union shop,
nonunion man may be hired, but he
must join the union within speci.
fed time after taking the job. Un-
der maintenance of membership, the
worker is not required to join, but
once in the union he cannot get out
except generally at the end of
contract period.
Provides Escape Period"
The proposal would allow main
tenance of membership contracts
except that an escape period" at
the start of each new contract would
be mandatory to permit union men,
bers to resign if they wish without
losing their jobs.
Also if the union expelled man
for anything but failure to pay union
dues, he could continue working at
the plant. This would also be true
in the union shop and closed shop
under Senator McCarthy's bill.
AS for these the bill would au-
thorize the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to hold plant elections
to settle the issue.
For example, if two-thirds failed
to vote for a closed shop, there
would be none, even if both the
union and the employer wanted it
But if two-thirds voted yes, there
would be a closed shop even if the
employer and the other third of
employees were dead set against it.
The bill also would outlaw the
permit system" Under this some
unions with closed shop contracts
have allowed nonunion people to
work temporarily for permit fee,
hut not to inin the union.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Poland
Continued From First Page

fair Supreme Court must declare this
election invalid"
He told SO foreign correspondents
at news conference that If the ap-
peal to the high tribunal fails the
PSL's Executive Committee will con-
slider a boycott of the new Parlia-
ment by the % PSI members.
Mr.. Mikolajczyk declared that
even with the display of power by
the bloc parties, the security police,
militia and army, the PSI would
have obtained 60 to 10 per cent OF
the vote if it had been permitted to
have watchers at the vote counting.
Unofficial returns gave the bloc 80
per cent of the vote.
Voters Showed Rebellion.
He said reports showed that the
voters, herded to the polls early in
the day oy bloc party organizers
aided by armed forces, later showed
widespread rebellion. If there had
been an honest count of the ballots,
he added, it would have shown a
majority for the PSI.
Mr.. Mikolajczyk outlined these
three conclusions from the voting:
First, the election was fight OF
a minority using brutal physical
force to overcome the will Of the
majority of the people.
Second, the fact that a majority
vote would have been shown in favor
of the PSI was reflected in the tre-
mendous majority given our party
in those few precincts where we
managed to have watchers at the
vote counting.
Third, the election should prompt
Ily be declared invalid because the
new government emerging from this
election, at a decisive and difficult
moment for Poland, will not be re-
Elective of the will of the majority
of the people"
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Rankin Stretches Movie Probe
Petition Across Well of House

called for affirmative leadership
in q drive to stop what he said
was wave of communism aimed
at the destruction of the United
States and all democracies. The
subversive movement. he said, sis
part of the future military plans
of the Soviet Union"
Representative Dirksen, Repub-
lican. of Illinois warned in another
speech yesterday that communism
was spreading both abroad and
at home" but counseled that educa-
ton was the most effective way OF
combating it..
He introduced a resolution for
the publication of 100000 copies
of a House document on Com
munism in Action" for distribution
by members TO Congress.
Evening star., 1947-01-24

mittee scheduled another session to-
morrow to consider bills by Sena-
tors Wiley, Capehart, Republican,
of Indiana and O'Daniel, Democrat,
Of Texas to outlaw the portal pay
suits. Senator O'Daniel was invited
to outline his proposal then.
The Texan has another bill. be-
fore the Finance COMMITTEES to tax
the claimants 100 per cent Of any
thing they get.
Senator Donnell said another
meeting may be held Monday, after
which his group will whip up a
quick report for the full judiciary
Committee.
Evening star., 1947-01-24

Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi rolled out on the
House floor yesterday petition he
said was signed by thousands OF
Cahfornians supporting the Com
mittee on Un-American Activities
plan to investigate the movie in
dustry.
The petition, in one continuous
roll, stretched across the well OF
the House and all the way up a
side aisle.
Mr.. Rankin. a committee men,
ber. demanded a house cleaning
in every department" of the Gov
ernment and "a fumigation If neces-
sary"
Communists, he shouted, should
be driven from public life, from the
movies and from the radio.
Democratic Whip Mccormack
Evening star., 1947-01-24
100 in La SoIIe Hotel
Routed by Closet Fire
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.--Smoke from
a small fire which started in ma
terials closet on the fourth floor
yesterday forced 100 persons to flee
from the La Sale Hotel, where 81
persons died in an early morning
fire last June.
Fire Chief Raymond Daily. who
estimated damage at $400, said 200
to 300 persons were in the building
at the time. Most of those who fled
were workmen employed in rehabili-
tation of the building.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Civil Service
Continued From First Page)

ditional personnel cuts can be ef-
fected without hurting efficiency.
In response to question by Sena-
tor O'Conor, Democrat, of Maryland,
who acted as chairman today, Sec
retary Krug said he did not agree
with those who believed the Office OF
Indian Affairs could be abolished
Immediately. He agreed, however,
that some of its functions could be
streamlined. with less personnel.
The committees interest in the
Investigation was shown today by
the full attendance to hear Mr..
Krug. The Secretary said that when
he assumed his job less than a year
ago he found the department lack
ing in coordination and cohesive
ness. Since that time, he said, he
and his staff have been working to
make all bureaus an integral part
of the department and have made
some progress toward this goal
Indian Office Under Fire.
One result of the hearings so far
is the feeling of Senator LANCER that
the committee should propose leg
islation to abolish the Office of
Indian Affairs, which supervises the
activities of the Nations $4,000
Indians on reservations. This would
dispense with the bureaus 10000
employees and save the Government
S40,000,000 a year, the Senator said.
The rest of the committee seemed
to concur with Senator LANCER that
at least some of the bureaus func-
tions might be abolished.
Democrats and Republicans on the
committee appeared to be dissatis-
fed with the announcement of
Budget Bureau officials at yester-
days hearing that 10000 Govern
mept workers will be dismissed
between now and July /. The senti-
ments seems to be that many more
Federal employees could be dismissed
without hurting the efficient opera
ton of Government.
Meanwhile, Senator Baldwin, Re-
publican, of Connecticut, chairman
of the subcommittee to investigate
the operation of Federal cafeterias
here, said his group would open It's
hearings at 10 am. Monday.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. *"' As


in the transformer. He surmised the
rabbit was the prey of a hawk which
had dropped it on the transformer,
causing short circuit.
Russia's flve-year plan calls for
building $500 more railroad stations.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Marzani Pleads Not Guilty;
Trial Set for March Z

Carl Aldo Marzani, IS, former State
Department employe, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned today before
Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of
District Court on charges of max
ing false statements in denying
membership and activity in the
Communist Party.
Marzani appeared in court with
his attorney, Charles E. Ford. I'm
mediately after the plea had been
entered, Justice Laws set March II
as the date for trial. He also set
Warrants bond at $2,500, which the
defendant had to post, pending
further developments. Justice Laws
gave him Is days in which to file
motions.
Marzani was indicted last. Friday.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Jerusalem Bank Robbed
OF $4,000 by Eight Men
BY The A.sosio.sd Press

pt tHe R3SoSiofeo rpoSS
JERUSALEM. Jan. 24.-Eight
masked men said by police to be
Jews robbed the Mizrachi Bank here
yesterday Of $4,000 and a con-
siderable quantity" Of diamonds and
other valuable gems. They escaped
in a brief exchange Of gunfire In
which apparently no one was hit.
Less than month ago two bands
of armed Jews robbed diamond fac
tories in Nathanya and Tel Aviv of
diamonds, cash and bonds valued
at nearly $107 900.
Police and Jewish informants
speculated that last nights robbery,
like the one December 26, was per-
formed by Jewish underground
members seeking to replenish their
war chests"
The eight men arrived in a taxi.
They took machine guns and re-
volvers from their coats. -Four en-
tered the bank while four remained
outside as guards.
Evening star., 1947-01-24
Robbit Couses Short

WELDON, III. P)-A corn belt
electric cooperative lineman climbed
. utility pole to determine what
caused Farmer Myron Seals lights
to go out-and found a dead rabbit
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
To the Editor:

l note in your splendid issue
of December 6, 1947, an article
entitled Grove Upholds Rae
list Covenants"
The story, however, is most
1audatory to Groves so-called
Dissenting opinion. In that
opinion Judge Grove proceeds
to argue against his vicious,
un-American and subversive
decision upholding the ghetto,
jim-crowism and all that is
related to the monstrous system
of restrictive covenants.
1t is this decision which is
effective. 1t condemns the Ne
gro people to a ghetto hell; it
will be quoted and followed;
it is the decision against which
an appeal has 10 be taken.
The dissenting opinion" is
sop to the naive and the gull
ible. please forgive me that 1
murdered justice, your consti-
tutional rights and true Amer
icanism," Grove says in affect.
But only fools forgive the
murderers of civil liberties.
How cynical the man must be
who accompanies such a YER
dict with such nauseous dis
claimeri
Judge Grove also appointed
Harry Biosatt, a friend and
champion of restrictive coven-
ants, as attorney for the new
trustees of the Chicago De-
fender. Shall l forget that?
He jailed workers who were
striking at the Cory plant for
a living wage and issued in
functions in a fascist-like effort
to smash that strike. Shall l
forgive Grove that?
1t is time the progressives
begin clearly to see that blow
against one is a blow against
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Murroy's speech

When Philip Murray goes the air to speak to the
European people the Voice of America" program he
should be speaking for the American workers
Instead reports that the Go president repeated
the Wall Street that the Marshall Plan is free
from anything but the purest humanitarian motives
The recent CIO convention took such view of the
Marshall Plan Nor do the American workers Nor do the
people of Europewho it operating in support of the
most reactionary governments in existence today
Murray tempered his remarks by adding:
"It would be most unfortunate if any attempt
made utilize this aid program to create exclusive bloc
of 16 nations"
However the broadcast was one of series beamed to
Europe by State Department which is trying
the workers abroad that the Marshall Plan has
political strings attached.
They haven't been able to fool the workers of France
Italy, and other European nations but it looks like
body has misled Murray
The CLIO president says that Wall Street won't be al
lowed to the show under the Marshall Plan. He must
that Wall Street already controls foreign policy
that important diplomatic posts already in
the hands of the reactonary Big Business interests
in the u. S.
When remember the records of the Wall Street
who direct foreign policy, when recall the
pusion of workers parties from and the
onary stands taken by countries which already have
invaded economically and politically must ask Murray
in whose name he speaks on the Marshall Plan.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Sounding boord
Hits Groves race relations stand

all. Judge Groves dissenting
opinion is the more insulting,
its acceptace the more degrad-
ing, because of the brutal char
acter of his decision which
would GUST Americans from
their homes only because the
color of their skins is disp1eas-
ing to some American canni-
balls.
No praises for Grove. He
leaves the bench, but it still
needs cleansing.
WILLIAM L. PATTERSON.
Secretary.
Public Relations Commission.
Communist Party.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Here's a Liz billing fan
To the Editor:

10 the Editor:
1 read in your paper where
you are being sued for $780,
600. If you would give me the
woman's address 1 will get in
touch with her.
The Star-champion of the
poor laboring union man who
ekes out a mere $3.50 per hour
or $40 a day, fighting the filthy
rich landlord who is trying to
gouge his tenant by making
him pay Is per cent more for
his $3.50 a month apartment.
The Star is in the forefront
exposing this filthy rich land
lord who has small furnished
apartments trying to make ends
meet by having to buy and
maintain linens and furnish
ings of prosperity year pric-
es and charge depression year
rentals. The nerve of these
landlords who want to make
living.
The Star is in the forefront
militantly denouncing the CAPT
talistic slogan of Live and let
live!" Advocating instead the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13
Ed o RAILS
Situation Normal
Chaos in the News Factories

m The foosei"g editorial reprinted from December Of
Typogrophicol Union: = :" s'"9 p"'s' :" '"s e"''"9
d EOPLE who aren't particular about what they read
L and who glasses strong enough to- make
the imitation printing of the Chicago daily press
The wav he publishers tell the
typewriter substitutons big Improvements the
genuine article invented by Gutenberg and improved by
Mergenthaler.
Just whom they trying to kid?
Certainly not the people whose vision was impaired
before they quit reading the ersatz papers
Certainly not the people who still buy the papers
moneys worth.
Certainly not the vendors who have take
late deliveries matter of
Certainly not the advertisers whose ads deprecated
In value by the proximity of reading" matter which
pares unfavorably with high-school mimeograph jobs.
And certainly the workers struck plants who
have to ST gle with the process and who have been
frankly told is only temporary arrangement
Maybe they're trying to kid strikers Maybe we're
supposed to take fright at the prospect that these toshop
items going to become fixtures in the
paper plants
If they trying to kid strikers they might well
quit right away. We can't kdded-because have been
told too often and too emphacay by the very people who
about conditions inside the plants.
AS the workers tell pickes nerves upset
tempers short-genera health is impaired. The pub
fishers who have so vruousy proclaimed their loyalty
the TafHartley Act evadng if not violating the state
law on overtime for women In all departments workers are
complaining the volume of overtime. There has been
bigger labor the last weeks than there
aly in two months For every executive who mutters
that the publishers stronger than the union there
hundred rankand-e workers who say unreservedy that
the publishers already have been beaten to standst
But not the executives agreed that the pub
fishers have winning The editorial bosses complain
the poor appearance of the sheets The mechanical
complain that the editorial department is trying to get
blood of turnp when tries to get printing out of
ypewrers The circulation department complains about
the subscription cancellations the late deliveries to the
stands and the heavy volume of returns
Morale among Chicago newspaper workers is at the
lowest point in history The only boost their moral gets is
when they fratRrnize with pickets and wish them
smashing victory.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-13

more humanitarian and COM
munistic slogan, 'I'll take all
and the hell with you"
The Star is in the forefront
exposing with pictures houses
deteriorating; and the filthy
landlords collecting their huge
1882 and '33 rentals are calling
in carpenters, plumbers, brick
layers from the local unions, TO
put these houses in decent
order.
The Star is in the forefront
loudly complaining against
people who bought houses and
became landlords, and their
colossal nerve wanting to move
into their own homes and evict-
ing the tenant.
The Star is decrying the
many evictions in one month.
drove by Lincoln and Jack
son Park expecting to find the
many families camped there;
not a one did l see.
The Star, champion of hate,
spewing its venomous poison
deserves to get the type of fair
ness in court that it gives the
news in its paper.
If you will be kind enough
to print the lady's address, 1
will send her all the support 1
can.
READER
Editors note:
Mrs. Elizabeth DilIing can
be found at the Patriotic He
search Bureau. room 7o9. 8 S.
Dearborn ST. Chicago 3. Ill.
Her telephone number is
Central e4le.
Now if Reader" will be so
courteous as TO send us his or
her address. we will be pleased
10 send copy of this issue 10
her-snd 10 Mrs. Dilling.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-05-03
Go To Church.

A cordial invitation IS exte cd to all members of the chT to attend the services.
 CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Louis B. Fink, s. Sunday Masses:
 Temporary change in Sun1 schedule Until further not Holy Communion will be tributed In Hospital ChapeI 700 am, Masses in the Gnu at 500 am (instead of S:30) ! 10 30, Mass at Navy Base q side Chapel at 9:l5 am. Evening Devotions:
 7:30 Rosary & BenedictI Sundays, HolydaYs, First days
 Holy Hour:
 Hospital, ? to 3 pm every | day
 Confessions: 2 to 8 pm Saturdays x 7ew Hoiydays; eve of First FridI 6:3o to 7:S0 pm; and bed each Mass Adult Study Club: 7:SO pm Wednesdays Children's Study Groups: According to age; sec 6he.a ters
 PRAISE CHAPEL Rev. John Marshall Sunday School Id Sunday Morning Worship II Sunday Evening Evangelistic Service z Wednesday Evening Prayer < Praise 2
 COMMUNITY BAPTIST
 CHURCH 1O:15 Sunday School. Classes
 all ages. I1:15 Morning Worship 1 6 80 Christian Fellowship Lea
 J. 0. Y. Intermediate, High Sca
 and Young People'sgr'
 7:3O Evening Gospel Hour Tuesday: l 200 Camp Fire Girls 7:15 Boy Scouts Troop ( Wednesday
 7 30 Mid week Service:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-11
NOTICE
TO CONTRACTORS
Board Of Education
Rockville, Montgomery County,
Maryland

Board or Education
Rockville, Montgomery County,
Maryland
All bids received August %,
1947, for the construction of q
five classroom, cafeteria and audi
torium unit at the Kensington
Elementary School site, have been
rejected by the Board Of Educa-
ton.
-. New bids for this project, sealed
and in triplicate. viii be received
BY the Board Of Education at the
Board Of Education Office, Rock
vile, Montgomery County. Mary
land, until 400 p. NJ, Eastern
Standard Time, October 7, 1947.
Plans and specifications for this
project may be obtained at the
office Of A, X. Clas, Architect,
Shoreham Building, 18th and H
Street, N. w., Washington, d. c.,
after September 7, 1947.
The Board Of Education reserves
the right to waive any informaliL
ties in or reject any or all bids.
By Order of
The Board Of Education
RICHARD +. CARPENTER,
1917 Assistant Superintendent.