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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
CO : OPERATION WITH ALL

These actions are welcome
steps forward that will cheer
every progressive.
After Rigging. they also zaeg-
ed. Harry Truman was called
"a friend of labor" and Sober
strom and the Board had nary
a word of criticism for Tru-
man. Governor Green was her.
aided as good" governor for
the people. and even suggested
promotion. disregarding his role
in respect TO the Little Dies"
Committee. the failure on FEPC.
his irresponsible position on
mine safety. his disregard of
housing needs. the continued
tax load on the small income
groups. ETC.. etc.s etc.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

Over l450 delegates present
from some ESQ cities and towns
in our stale. BY far the most
representative and largest I'LL
convention in its history. and
one that really reached down
into the Hartley congress
mems territory -. 289 new
applications from local unions
who affiliated since the last
convention. including l55 local
unions of the United Mine
Workers of America. Some
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

audacious action means that the
misery and chaos of a future de-
preston will have a greater i'm
pact upon our daily life than
ever before in our history"
With CLIO Pres. Philip Murray
as chairman and Emil Rieve,
president of the Textile Workers
lCIO) as administrative chair
man, the CLIO committee urged
Truman to convene the leaders
of industry to place before them
the dangers now confronting the
nation.
THE statement warned that
the U. S. is now proceeding
oblivious to the inevitable col
lapse that will occur as the many
imbalances of our economy de-
velop."
In conclusion, the CIO COM
mittee recommended that a sys-
tenn of allocating wheat and other
grains be developed and that a
special session of Congress be
called to develop price and ra-
tioning controls"
AS third point. it asked for
an "all out attack upon mono
poles to prevent them from cur
failing production and distribu-
tion and from refusing to in
crease capacity"
The CIO group also asked for
a housing program of 1,750,000
homes year for ten years and
offered to place before the Presi-
dents committee fully developed
program for discussion.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
VITAL STATISTICS

women delegates. but still too
few considering the large num-
her of women in the various
locals of the Federation. And
the few Negro delegates in at
tendance dramaiized the still
backward lack of concern in
ALL ranks on the subject of
Negro-white unity. a subject of
enormous Importance that must
be viewed as a challenge by
all progressives within the
Federation.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Ford pension
plan loses 3 to |

DEARBORN, Mich. =. FP) -
Final results in the balloting by
Ford Motor Co. employees on the
two contract proposals submitted
by the company to the United
Auto Workers (CIO), showed a
3 to l vote in favor of the full
cash proposal against the part
cash and part-pension plan.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

The convention ended here
after passing a foreign policy
resolution which denounced
international redbaiting and
war scares."
The resolution, adopted by Z
to l majority, charged that the
present u. S. government is
dominated by Wall Street" and
urged that we declare to the peo-
pie of the world that we will not
make war upon them, nor burn
them alive with atomic bombs to
enforce the re-establishment of in
ternational monopolies."
IT IS ALSO proposed that "the
strength of our country be mobi-
lized so that we can send food
and other non-military equip
ment to needy lands, not as an
instrument of political and eco
nomic domination but because
men, women and children are
hungry"
His unions membership at an
all-time peak of more than 600,-
900, Pres. Albert J. Fitzgerald
told the convention that UE "had
more basic unity this year than in
any year of its history"
A minority group of IL locals
led by CLIO Sec.-Treas. James B.
Carey was defeated again and
again on major issues by a to l
majority among the 1000 dele
gates and in one resolution was
charged with having mo pro-
gram other than redbaiting and
disruption"
THE convention amended the
union constitution to forbid locals
suspended by the general execu-
tive board to send representatives
to UE meetings and conventions.
Earlier, the convention had re-
elected Fitzgerald, Sec.-Treas.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

statement said. Failure to take
julius Emspak and Dir. of Organ
ization James j. Matles.
1t voted unanimously for repeal
of the Taft-Hartley act and the
boycott of the NLRB as "the gov
eminent adjunct of the NAM"
Other resolutions established pol
icies of organizing the unorgan-
lied without use of the "Taft-
Hartley board" protecting the
right to strike in contracts, fight
ing ''for further substantial wage
increase, and reestablishing price
controls.
Another urged organic unity
of the AL. Clio and railroad
brotherhoods "at the earliest
possible date" Others called for
abolition of the House Com
mittee on un-American Activi-
Ties. defense of civil rights and
reaffirmed the unions national
policy against redbaiting.
After hearing Henry Wallace
threaten to lead third party il
the two major parties continued
to offer a choice be tw e n
"Tweedledum and Tweedledee, -
the convention voted unanimously
to spur political action, support
Independent progressives where
necessary with a view tt
the ultimate creation of new
Peoples political party"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Harvester
stoPpoges

This weeks refusal by the Inter
national Harvester Co. to provide
day rate adjustments brought
stoppages at three plants in the
Chicago area.
Stoppages occurred at R o k
Falls, H., and at the Tractor and
Pullman plants here. They were
defined as continuous union
meetings." according to the CLIO
Farm Equipment Workers of Am
erica. That union has been ne
gotiating for seven weeks.
The union meeting ended after
a few hours at the Tractor works
here. and the workers returned to
the plant. but meetings continued
at the other plants.
FEE Director Charles Lawson de-
clared the workers are not on
strike, "but went into session to
consider action against the COM
pany's stalling tactics on negotia-
tions for new job rates"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
i'll backs merger

TERRE HAUTE, Ind-FP)-
Repeal of the Taft-Hartley law
and a complete merger of the
AFL and CIO were called for by
the 1926 delegates to the Indiana
Federation of Labor convention
here.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

More than two million Ameri-
cans living in communities of
over 200 have. no community
water supply systems.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Electrical union ends
best por|ey in history

BOSTON-Delegates back in their districts this week
reporting United Machine
unity
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
Go worms: Either price
curbs or collapse in US.

WASHINGTON-FP-A warning of
u S. unless drastic
both srocketng prices monopoc practices
Truman this by the Employment committee
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04
MORE I'LL CONVENTION NOTES
Y Pop" Dearborn
Dear Pop:

Pop:
that unexpectedly elevated to the distinguished
column" obligated complete the
on Illinois Federation of Labor convention
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

All commodity indexes hit new
postwar highs at the start of Sep
TENDER according to Dun & Brad
streets index.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

of hand now the worse will be the
collapse that follows" the CLIO
statement said. Failure to take
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-10-04

All in all. Pop. it was an
interesting convention with
promise that the ALL is find
ing it necessary TO move a little
leftward with their fast NOV
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Tolerance Is Theme
At St. Mary's Fair
Special Dispoteh 10 The Sior

LEoNARDTOWN, Md, Sept. l.
Striking a note of solemnity in
plans for the county's first agricul-
tural fair, to be held September 10,
20 and 81 at Camp Calvert, mile
south of here. the ST. Marys County
Fair Board today announced that
the fairs rulers" would be Queen
of Tolerance" and two princesses.
The queen and princesses will be
chosen by popular vote at dance
September 13 at Tall Timbers. The
queen will be crowned September 20
at st. Mary's Female Seminary, St.
Mary's City.
At that spot, according to author
tiles here, religious tolerance was
first established in Maryland soon
after the landings of the Ark and
Dove, the ships that brought the
States settlers from England.
Also planned for the three-day
event are judging of cattle on the
first day. Horses will be judged,
after which the scene will shift to
st. Mary's City for afternoon cor
onation ceremonies. The fair will
end with a jousting tournament.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
National Student Group
Weighs IUS Affi|iation
By The Assoeiofed Press

MADISON. Wis, Sept. IA ques-
ton of whether to affiliate with the
International Union of Students
was one of several under considera-
ton today by delegates from about
$50 schools and colleges attending
the inaugural convention of the
National Student Association on the
University of Wisconsin campus
here.
The IUS has been assailed by
some critics as being supported by
the Soviet government.
Other questions to be considered
at regional meetings, attended by
625 delegates, dealt with granting
of voting representation in the
NSA to national, religious. aca-
demic, fraternal and political or
ganizations" and proportional rep
resentation of campus student bodies
of future congresses"
Catholic students at the parley
were urged yesterday by the Most
Rev. William P. O'Connor, Bishop
of Madison, to act as 'mouthpieces
of Christian philosophy, and the
Christian way of life
There is today a conflict between
ideas and ideals" the bishop said,
land in a situation of this kind
please avoid the emotional appeals.
Do not succumb to the propaganda
you may hear"
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Two Iranian Princes Hold
Reunion With Sister Here

Three members of the royal family
of Iran were holding a family re-
union in Washington today.
Prince Abdorreza PahlaW, grad.
uate of Harvard University, and
Prince Mahomond Pahlavi, q student
at the University of California at
Los Angeles. flew into the capital
from the West Coast early today to
join their sister, Princess Ashrat
Pahlavi. They are brothers and
sister of the Shah.
The two brothers expect to remain
here a few days. The princess, who
has been here for several days, came
to study Red Cross medical and
nursing services.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Paro|ee Gets | Year Each
For Two Petty Larcenies

A parolee from grand larceny
conviction, Raleigh Romeo Powell
%, today was sentenced to a yeal
each on two petty larceny charges
by Municipal Court Judge George D
Nelson.
Powell. coolred, of the 1900 block
of Fourth street NV, pleaded
guilty to both charges. Judge Neil
son imposed the Jail sentences after
being informed by Prosecutor J
Warren Wilson that the defendant
still had 19 months to serve when
paroled in April, 1916.
Detective w. r. Greenfield of
No. 9 precinct, testified Powell was
arrested Saturday for stealing $50
from gas station at 1704 Benning
road NE. He reported the man
had been chased four blocks by the
station owner and two attendants
to home in the TOO block of H
street NE. The pursuers surrounded
the house until the arrival of police
who said they found the money on
the man.
The second charge involved the
theft OF $37 from tire shop at 1000
Bladensburg road NE. on August "a,
Evening star., 1947-09-01
by the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 1.-The State
Highway Departments INLAND task
force" Of 81 vessels provides ferry
transportation for automotive traffic
on State roads interrupted by rivers.
Seven of the units are full-fledged
saltwater ferries, cruising on the
large tidewater rivers of the State.
Others include three barges, three
towboats and eight hand-operated
ferries. Among the latter are three
one-car fats on which the passenger
himself operates a cable to supply
the motive power. The little feet is
valued at around S250,000.
Two OF the larger boats saart their
courses on the James River between
Scotland Whalf and Jamestown, two
on the Rappahannock River run be-
tween Greys Points and WhiteStone,
two cross the Piankatank River
between Mathews and Middlesex
Counties and one sails the James at
Hopewell. These are the major units
of the ferry feet. with full load
capacities of seven autos or more.
7 All of the smaller lines provide
free service, but on the larger craft,
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Gurney Again Urges
Universal Traininq,
SAYS j. ). Is Weak
BY the Assoeioted Press

Chairman Gurney of the Senate
Armed Services Committee declared
yesterday the Nations military
weakness" is Shocking" and saio
I'VE can never again hope tosprevent
a surprise attack on our home
land"
In an article appearing in the
September issue of the Reserve Off
GER, a publication of the Reserve
Officers Association, he called on
members of the association 70 or
ganize all the support you can" for
universal military training legisla-
ton.
Il am satisfied" the article added,
that those of my colleagues who
approach public problems with a
courageous and minded spirit
will, when they understand the full
facts, support universal military
training in the next session of Con-
gress as they supported uniflcation
of the armed services in the session
just ended"
Senator Quincy, an Army engi-
neer sergeant overseas in World
War I, wrote, II think it would be
dangerously unwise to shut our eyes
to the possibility OF war"
He said national security must be
based on the assumption that an
attack could come without warm
ing" and I'VE could not move in
time to stop it."
I'VE can, however, get ready" he
continued. Ready to repel the
invader. Ready to carry the fight
to him with a steadily mounting
speed and ferocity."
Unification of the armed services,
Senator Gurney said. lis only a
beginning" and universal training
"unquestionably offers the best solu-
ton of the manpower problem.
He said he has seen the Army's
confidential estimates of mobiliza-
ton potentials, adding even to a
layman the weakness of our present
position is shocking"
Evening star., 1947-09-01
John Raymond Owens, s.
Of Glass Family, Dies
BY The Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Sept. /.
John Raymond Owens, SO. wealthy
member of the Toledo tOhio) glass
manufacturing family. died in a
hospital here Saturday after a short
illness.
Mr.. Owens, who had lived on the
coast for most of the last 20 years,
was prominent in horse racing cir
cles and Hollywood society. He was
the son of Michael Owens, inventor
of a bottle making machine, and
was a stockholder in the Owens
Illinois Glass Co. and the Libby
OWens-Ford Glass Co.
He was married twice to Linda
Lee, former actress. but both cere-
monies were invalidated by court
action in 1916. Previously he was
divorced from the former Florence
Whalen of Toledo, in 1925, and Mrs.
Genevieve B. Owens, in 1887.
Norway has decreased its sales
tax from 10 to Ga per cent.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Builders in baItimorg
Pledge Cooperation
With Investigation
BY the Associoied Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. Robert A.
Bready, president. said the Home
Builders Association of Baltimore
was ready to cooperate with any
agency investigating complaints by
veterans against local home develop
ers, provided the investigation is
fair
His statement was issued, after
William A. Muth, vice president of
the City Council, asked for a Fed
eral investigation of financing and
building of homes for veterans.
The matter came to head last
eek when an official of a building
company was ordered to refund ap-
proximately $4,000 to 81 veterans
who charged the company had built
for them homes devoid of certain
features called for in the plans.
William Boucher III, chairman of
the local chapter OF the American
Veterans Committee, declared home
builders and f1nanciers were guilty
of "outrages" in their dealings with
veterans.
He said Federal housing specifi-
cations and plans were not worth
the paper they are printed on"
Mr., Bready said the association.
which includes 80 per cent of home
builders in Baltimore, approx
mately so days ago offered to the
Veterans Administration its CO.
operation for the purpose of obtain.
ing compliance from any member
builder who fails to make good on
justiflable complaints filed with the
Veterans Administration.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Lillian BIauyeIt, IA, Dies;
Noted as Singer Of Verdi
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. Lillian Blau-
velt, IA, former opera and concert
singer who was considered one OF
the leading interpreters of the
music of Giuseppe Verdi, died Fri
day after a long illness.
Born in Brooklyn she was first
a violinist but became singer at
the age of IS. She made her sing
ing debut in Paris and appeared
both in Europe and America. She
toured the United States with the
New York Symphony under Walter
Damrosch and starred as the head
of her own opera company. During
World War I she gave concerts for
the Red Gross.
The Conservatory of Music St.
Cecilia in Rome chose her to sing
as a last tribute to Verdi before the
Italian King and Queen. She re-
tired about 20 years ago.
In 1914 she married Alexander
Savine, Serbian composer and di-
rector, who survives, as does a
sister, Mrs. Charles Puloifer of Bel
fast, Me. Services will be held
tomorrow with burial in the Serbian
monastery in suburban Libertyville.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Palestine
(Continued From First Page.)

Iran and Yugoslavia. Australia
sided with neither group.
The majority recommended that
in the transition period Palestine
be administered under U. N. super
vision by Britain and "one or more"
other U. N members. if desired.
Before the new Arab and Jewish
states might be recognized, it said,
they should be required to sign a
treaty of economic union aimed at
a customs union, common currency
and operation in the common in
terest of railroads, interstate high
ways, communications and the ports
of Haifa and Jaffa:
U. N. Would Select Governor.
The majority proposed that the
international city OF Jerusalem,
with its environs including Bethle-
hem and other surrounding villages,
be under a governor, neither Jew
nor Arab, appointed by the U. N.
Trusteeship Council.
The minority would entrust the
transitional administration only to
an authority" chosen by the Gen
eral Assembly.
Both majority and minority said
the governments to be set up IN
Palestine should be required to-
guarantee democratic rule, protec-
ton of religious and other minori-
ties, safeguarding of holy places
and free access to them and peace
full settlement of international dis
putes under the U. N. charter.
Both urged that the General AS
sembly undertake as a matter of
extreme urgency" an international
arrangement to deal with the prob
lem of 250,000 distressed European
Jews in displaced person camps.
BY the majority recommended
tions, a joint economic board OF
three Jews, three Arabs and three
foreigners would manage the eco
nomic union.
BY the minority recommends
tions. the federal government would
handle immigration, national de-
fense, foreign relation and the like
and component Arab and Jewish
states local self elf-government, inter-
state migration, right residence and
other matters. Arab-Jewish re-
presentation would be equal in one
legislative chamber and proper
tional in a second.
The majority's division Of
Palestine would give the Jewish
state a population OF 100000 Jews
and 416000 Arabs and the Arabs
state 715,000 Arabs and 5000 Jews,
while international Jerusalem would
have 100000 Jews and 100000
Arabs.
The committee before finishing
its report toured Palestine; heard
Jewish spokesmen there. where the
Arabs boycotted its hearings, and
an Arab spokesman in nearby
Lebanon, and sent a subcommittee |
to interview displaced Jews in Ger
many and Austria.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Birds Studied in Search
For Polio Virus Carriers
by the Associoted Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. l.
Wilmington City authorities-with
SO cases of poliomyelitis reported in
Delaware this year-have turned
temporarily from their aerial on
slaught on the housefy to bird col
lecting in an effort to find the
carrier of the infantile paralysis
virus.
Thirty specimens of insect-eating
birds have been shot and shipped in
a frozen state to the Yale Medical
School at New Haven, Conn, for
study.
Meanwhile, city officials announced
plans to continue spraying Whining
ton with DDT by means of three
converted Army planes in a cam
paign to determine if the virus Is
being spread by flies. Two sprayings
have been carried out and a third
is scheduled for tomorrow but thus
far no results have been announced
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Alaskan Is Reelected
By Regular Veterans
By the Associoted Press

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Sept. l.
The Regular Veterans Association
and Auxiliary elected and installed
officers yesterday at the closing ses-
sion Of their 18th annual conven-
ton.
William M. Floyd of Unalaska
Alaska, was reelected national COM
mander for his fifth term.
Harold Wanner, Washington, was
elected ouartermaster.
Katherine Vagnozzi OF Niagara
Falls, N. Y, was elected national
president of the auxiliary.
Other officers elected included:
Senior vice president, Florence Nc
Cleran, Baltimore; judge advocate,
Mary Williams, Arlington, Va, and
Nellie Doyle, Washington, national
council representative.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
21 Stute-Owned Ferries Carry
Car Traffic on Virqiniu's Rivers

where maintenance and operation
costs ruin high, toll carges are levied.
State-owned toll ferries operate on
the jamestown, Hopewell and Greys
Point runs.
In addition to the State-owned
ferries, there are numerous privately
owned toll systems which aid the
State road system. Some are in the
mountain areas and others are large
systems : in the Tidewater section.
One of these private lines, the Chess
apeake Ferry System crossing
Hampton Roads. now is under high
way department operation while
condemnation proceedings are under
way in the courts. These large fer
ries may some day be part OF the
highway fleet.
Two ferry lines are on their way
out. The Highway Commission this
week made tentative ALLEGATION for
a bridge across the Piankatank and
approvedsa plan whereby the Greys
Point Ferry may be supplanted by a
bridge under the Revenue Bond Act
Of 1910. The privately owned Glou-
cester- yorktown ferry will go out
with the construction Of the York
town Bridge.
Evening star., 1947-09-01
Qavam Believed Receptive
To Mandate Despite Denial
by The Associated Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Sept. lin.
formed political sources predicted
today that Ahmed Qavam woulo
accept the mandate as Premier
again despite a report published in
his Democratic Party's organ
Democratic Iran, that he had
turned the job down.
He was reelected by the new
Mails (Parliament) Saturday, win
ming 78 of the 116 votes. One source
close to Mr. Qavam said he was de
manding more support from Par
lament to help him face the
present political situation" includ-
ing the Russian-Iranian oil ques-
ton.
A government propaganda official
said Mr.. Qavam did not feel he
had received a big enough vote from
Parliament Saturday. He resigned
last week under, an Iranian law
which requires each new Malls
to elect it's own Premier.