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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30
JOSEPH SCHMIDT.

JOoEF1 oNf1NI1DIs StCTG-
tary emeritus of the Bakery
and Confectionery Workers IN
ion (AFL) and former editor
of the Bakers and Confec-
TONERS Journal:
When l first entered the Am
erican LABOR movement, after
coming here from Austria in
1892, OUT organizations were
small and weak. They faced
many difficulties, but they kept
fighting to their esent
strength.
Here in Chicago Local 2 of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30
TOM SLATER.

TOM SLATER secretary
treasurer of the ALL United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners Of America:
The labor movement now is
stronger than its ever been
before. thanks TO the Wagner
Act. the CLIO. our own ALL.
and President Roosevelt.
My own union hasn't had
strike since 1919, when we
walked out to raise our wages
to ST an hour. They were 80
cents then. Since then, through
% years of collective bargain
ing, we've raised pay stand
ards to $2.15 an hour-more
than double.
1 first entered the labor
movement when l went to work
in a steel mill at Newcastle,
Pa, back in 1899. i came TO
Chicago and joined the Car
penters union in 1908.
In those days there were less
than a million men in the labor
movement, as l recall. There
were still some remnants OF
the older labor organization, the
knights of Labor.
The worst thing we had to
contend with was the labor
spy. They got worse and worse,
until about 1923. BY that time
there were IA labor spy outfits
in this country, supplying en-
ployers with stooges who'd re-
port on the workers.
A Senate investigation, led
by LaFollette, helped in the
fight against the labor spies,
and most of them really took
a licking after Roosevelt was
elected.
We had some great labor
leaders here in those days.
There were Simon O'Donnell.
president of the Building
Trades Council: John J. Fifz-
patrick. president of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor: and
Edward Nockels. secretary of
the GIL. And we had some
friends. too. The younger Car
ter Harrison was a fairly good
friend of labor.
We made it a point to de
feat our enemies and elect our
friends" to public office then.
guess Wen be doing it again.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30

our union has a history that
goes back far into the city's
tradition of labor organization.
1t received its charter in 1886,
the same year that the inter-
national union was first or
gained. In fact, Local 2 re-
ceived the second charter. Now
it is our strongest local.
That was a long time ago
even before the Haymarket
massacre. Much has happened
in Chicago since then, and our
union has taken part in all Of
the struggles for the workers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30

PETER BROWN. field repre-
sentative for the United Pack
inghouse Workers of America
(CIO):
The workers in the packing
industry have a long record of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30
TH1CAGO'S great Ia

Sbor tradition is en-
bodied in the lives of the
following men, who recall
the pioneer labor leaders
and struggles that strength
ened the trade unions here:
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-30

resentatives as well as work
erS.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Empire Farley Favors
jap DemiIifarizafion
By the Assoeiatsd Press

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 49,
Delegates of the eight British Com
monwealth countries to the empire
conference on the Japanese treaty
favor total disarmament and de-
militarization Of Japan, a conference
report said today.
"The discussion of disarmament
and demilitarization of Japan was
completed at the morning session Of
the Carberra conference" the re-
port stated. 'The delegates ex-
pressed the view that Japan should
remain completely disarmed and de-
militarized; that all armament
manufacture should be forbidden
and that internal order should be
maintained by non military police
force.
"The conference examined in de-
tail measures that might be neces-
sary to ensure that the japanese
should not be permitted at present
to conduct research in the field
of atomic energy or to develop or
use atomic energy"
The report also said the delegates
suggested Japan Should renounce
all rights and interests, both public
and private. located outside Japan.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, August 49,, 1947-A public
hearing having been held by. the Commis-
sioners of the District Of Columbia in the
public alleys in, the District of Columbia;
as hereinafter described, and, as the said
Commissioners are of the opinion that the
street area and alleys referred to should
be closed, notice is hereby given that under
date of August Z, 1947, they ave'prepared
the following order; Ordered; That pur-
s1ant to the prGyisionS Of Public Act No
street and alley areas as shown in green
on platS filed in the office of the Surveyor
of the District of Columbia and numbered
rs Maps 1918, 1919, 1920, are hereby
ordered closed; same to take effect on and
after September 3, 1947; the title to the
revert to the, abutting property owners as
shown on said maps the said closings to
take effect Jointly or separately by sub
sequent order or orders on the effective
date aforesaid. according to Items 2, 3
and 4 described as follows: 2. Closing of
Lots 8 to II. inclusive, 3; Closing public
SO, inclusive. and Lot SOC. 4. Closing part
Of F ST., east of Texas ave, and part OF
public alleys in Square 1894 providing for
a dedication of street and alley area in
ested must Ale. in writing with the C Com n
these. closings, or as to any item providing
for the closing listed above. before Sep
tember IS, 1947; otherwise said closings
shall become effective on and after that
date; in aceordance with the provisions, OF
Mason 'GoR GoRDoN RS'Rh R. YouNG. GNc Commits mis-
sioners of the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
PROPOSALS.

WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY
WATER MAIN AND SEWER CONSTRUc-
T1ON. Sealed proposals for constructing
go fest Of neh ana neh esst iron
water mains and 2,225 feet OF inch and
8 inch plain concrete pipe. sewers and
sewer house connections, will be received
at the office of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission. Hamilton st. Hyatts-
ia47. at 1i:ao am; Eastern Daylieht
Savings Time. at which place and time
they will be publicly opened, and read
Plans and specifications may be obtained
from Harry r. Hall, Chief Engineer OF the
Commission, Hyattsville, Md. upon de-
turned to bidders or to those returning
plans and speciflcations in good condition.
6. WoRTH1NGToN, Commissioners.
COMMISSION: Contract No. 3ss-W2ss.
WATER MAIN AND SEWER CoNsTRUc-
oN II sq aeb Msne5msPg e5 cosny
approximately 2,405 feet Of 8 inch to u
inch cast iron water mains and 2,450
feet of inch to 10 inch plain concrete
pipe sewers: will be received at the, Of
es nj hs aamon s
Md, until Friday, September T., 1947.
Time. at which place and time they will
be publicly opened and read; Plans and
Hsfl9 + A. SShl sG5sesd of
posit Of S5. 700. which deposit will be re-
turned to. bidders or to those returning
plans and specidcations in good eondi-
AsB f!sR B~5gHT e. W6RrHkdr6A GAEd 5AcT ce@hs sHAE
Sioners.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Kingman Island Urged
As Light-PIane Field
ByD. T.. Aviation Unit |

Development OF KtngmAn 1aand
In the Anacostia River % q hndtng
field for light airplanes was urged
last night by speakers for the wash
ington Aviation Planning Council, .
group formed here to plan aviation
improvements.
Rufus G. Phillips, r. airport oou-
slltant for the council, declared the
Kingman Island site near Benntng
road is the only one available which
fulf1lls requirements.
The talks were made over Station
WGAY on the subject Of what VIII
pilots on Skyway No. use for an
airport here?"
Meanwhile, the Washington Board
of Trade announced that John
Reilly, president, and two other Of
flcers will participate in survey
flights preparatory to the marking
Of "Skyway No. 1" for private
pilots between Washington and Los
Angeles. The Chamber Of Com
merce there Is cooperating with the
Washington board sponsoring the
project.
2,000-Foot Runway Feasible.
Mr.. Phillips said the Civil Aero
nautics Board, the council and
others interested have agreed that
a 2,000-foot runway with suitable
approaches can be built on Kingman
Island at reasonable cost. The island.
which belongs to the Government,
now Is used as a dump area for the
Army Engineers. 1t Is 4 miles
from downtown Washington.
Taking part in the radio interview
were Grant Stetter, vice chairman
of the council, and Jean Ross How
ard, staff assistant to the personal
aircraft council, Aircraft Industries
Association. The speakers pointed
out that the District has been al
located $132,964 by the Government
for airport improvements, but Is re-
quired to match the sum before 1t
can be used.
Others to accompany Board Of
Trades survey trip to begin Sep
tember will be P. Y. K. Howat,
first vice president, and w. L. Jack
Nelson, chairman of the boards avi-
alton committee.
Second Flight September IL.
Mr.. Howat will go to Los Angeles
to accompany the initial flight leav-
ing there September 8, and Mr.. Reilly
will meet the party at st. Louis on
the northern leg and accompany 1t
to Washington.
Mr.. Nelson will represent the local
trade group on a second flight leav-
ing here September IS by way Of
Richmond, Atlanta and Montgomery,
Ala, to Abilene, Tex, to survey the
southern leg of the route.
The route forks at Abilene, with
the northern leg passing through
Oklahoma City, st. Louis, Indianap-
oils and Pittsburgh. Edwin N. Lewis,
director of public relations for the
Board Of Trade, and Bruce Bryan
of the boards staff, will accompany
Mr.. Nelson on the second flight.
At request of the trade groups, the
route has been officially designated
"Airway No. /" by the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and will be
marked by local civic, aviation and
veterans organizations for the guid-
ance of light plane pilots.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Four-Musted Schooners
Built in U. S. DESTROYED
BY the Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2S.-Three
of the last four-masted schooners
built in the United States went up
in smoke yesterday.
The ships, moored along a row
of pilings at the foot of a Delaware
River wharf for nearly 20 years and
reduced to empty hulks, were or
dered destroyed by the bureau of
navigation of the State Department
of Forests and Waters as a navi-
cation menace.
The three vessels-the Francis ].
Mcdonald, the Marie F. Cummins
and the Albert D. Cummins-were
built in Beaumont, Tex, during
World War I demand for ships.
Workmen sprayed the 189-foot
hulks with kerosene for the past
two weeks and the decaying wood
was ignited TODAY.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
FUTURE.

ADAM A. WESCHLER & SON, auctioneers.
Trustees sale of laundry and dry clean
ing business, pressing and sewing ma
chimes. accounts receivable. supplies, etc.
at No. 1901 North Capitol st, also
money due on inventory By virtue Of q
chattel deed, of trust. recorded April "A.
1947, as instrument No. 1546. among the
records Of the Recorder of Deeds Of the
District Of Columbia, and At the request
at the above mentioned premises on Thurs
day, August. %. 1947, at IL o'clock am,
steam pressing machine, sewing machine,
accounts receivable, money due on in
ventory, all other fixtures supplies, equip
ment, all assets which are part Of the
ssid business and ghgh are the
may become part Of the said business at
note secured Terms: Cash. MILTON M.
BURKE. Woodward Building; EDWARD J.
LYNCH, 1406 G st. NV, trustees.
ETHE ABOVE SALE Is postponed
until Tuesday. September 2, 1947. at the
same hour and place. By order Of trus-
tees. au28.se1
Evening star., 1947-08-28
Colorado Centennial State

Colorado Is known as the Gen.
tennial State because it was ad-
mitted to the Union in 1876, just
100 years after the United States
Declaration of Independence.
Evening star., 1947-08-28

ADAM A. wESCHLER g. SON, auctioneers
Omitted States Marshars sale Of restau-
rant and bar furnishings and equipment
cash register, Thermotainer. supplies, etc,
contained in Thomas Circle Cafe, No;
1133 14th st. NV: also Class C' alcohol
beverage license. By virtue Of. a. writ Of
fleri facias issued out of the clerks ONCE
of the Municipal Court of the District OF
Columbia, and to me directed, will sell
by public auction for cash at the above
mentioned premises on Friday, August 29
chairs, tables. National. style 1913 CD,
1C cash register, tobacco display case,
Underwood typewriter duplicator, venti-
lating and exhaust fans, Neon signs, re-
{rigerating case, cabinets, beer dispenser.
ice chest, coffee urns and stand GE clock,
china. glass. plated ware, water cooler.
Champion model 1-s5 dishwasher, grease
trap. sinks, meat blocks. fefrigerators
compressors, Garland and Chinese gas
ranges. Rriddle. broiler. Toastmaster toast
er, Thermotainer, steam salad table, uten-
silS, requisites canned fruit, book matches,
cigars. soft drinks, ETC.: also Class &C.
alcohol beverage license No. 634, seized
and levied upon as property Of the de-
fendant Thomas Circle Cafe, Incorporated
q corporation, and sold to satisfy a judg-
ment at law No. L & T 175229 in favor
Of Andrew PanagopouloS and James
speros, plaintiffs. W. BRUCE MATTHEW'S.
United States Marshal, in and for the Dis
trict Of Columbia. au15,21,2s.
Evening star., 1947-08-28
AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.

ADAM A. WEsCHLER q son, auctioneerI
.-Household furniture, uprisht pianos,
sssns Books xaihaS seohoe @
sstsss & julia s-W y. WeSS: leonard 4 Sleei
c. De Lacy, administrator. estate Francis
Glennan: War Activity Oreanization and
others. By austion at Weschlers, 9o5 =
Groups and odd pieces Of furniture for
every room in the home, refrigerat2rs.
metal wasdrobs and utility
strollers. new mahogany dinette group,
lamps and other personal effeets: also
whisky, rum, gin, brandy, wine. etc. by
order trustees at pm. -28
ADAM A. wEsCHLER d SON. auctioneers:
trustees sale of alcoholic beyerages and
mixers by auction at Wesschlero's,- 6o5 2
oclGef St aT pTdfy salons Wits:
KY. IA brandy. 10 gin; rum. slos gin
aueg eSsts Is sess Sn of snast mnsFs n
# Columbia Note Only ..aSe1 heISeT' SsvsIsss Ss Gsss
Nick J. Johnson) 81 LEONARD A; .nsa Ba9SsK' 9s
THos. J. OWEN q SON. suetionsers, 4ss
known as premises No. 1913 18th st. nv.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust duly
recorded, in Liber No. $780,. Folio 507 ct
seq, of the land records Of the District
of Columbia and at the request Of the
party secured thereby, the undersigned
trustees will sell, at public AUCTION d1 IN fr9ns %
81 81 Ausust tna ntelS5s' AD 1s47, at pm the fol-
lowing described land and premises situ-
ate in the District of Columbia. and desig.
mated as and being part OF original LOT
numbered Sixteen 06l in Square num-
bered Two Hundred and Eighty (2SOl, be.
ginning for the same at the southeast
corner of said lot and running THENCE
north along the west line Of 18th St, 81
feet to the center Of dividing wall between
1918 and 1920 18th st. NV; thence west
through the center OF said wall and con-
tinuation thereof, 100.75 feet: thence
south 21 feet to the south line OF said
lot: thence east along said south line Of
said lot, 1G0.75 feet to the beginning:
designated for purposes Of assessment and
taxation as Lot $50 In Square $50. Terms:
Sold subject to a prior building associa-
tion deed Of trust for S8,635.89, further
particulars Of which will be announced ut
time of sale; the purchase price above
said trust to be paid in cash. A deposit
of $500 required. Conveyanctng. record
ing, etc, at purchasers cost. Terms to
be complied with within 80 days, otherwise
deposit forfeited and the property may be
advertised and resold at the discretion OF
the trustees JOHN M. SWAGART. IRWIN
~ 0f'A-t'-'--1'' auia, e1 .23.2e,2s.
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anymore. Especially down
stream.
That night was one of the
most vivid experiences of
youth. 1t was really perhaps
not as bad as it sounds from
this description. There was a
big full moon, and the night
air had that indescribable soft
and balmy quality of summer
nights in the forest. The frogs
played bass and the erickets
sang tenor. And being young,
there were nine thousand
things for us to talk about and
get settled once and for all.
We talked and slapped mos
quitoes. and laughed a lot, and
didn't really mind it till the
sunburn began to simmer the
next afternoon.
Not long ago, a curious thing
happened to remind us of that
trip in years gone by.
Some twenty years ago we in
herited one acre of land from
a grandmother. One acre of
land in Mississippi is no land at
all. But we were proud to
own that acre, and the four
bits annual tax was given with
an open heart, even though we
had no idea where our vast
one-acre holdings were.
We knew that it was some
where on Pearl River, and that
was all.
How that land came into
possession of the departed
grandmother we have no idea.
Perhaps she herself had for
gotten. But for some fifty or
sixty years that one acre has
been our beach head in Missis-
sippi.
The other day, out of sheer
curiosity, we checked up on
its location.
Il 1t was the little clearing
where we set san on the alli-
gator voyage long ago. The
man in the shack was a squat
ter. If we had known il the
day ne made the unkind re-
marks about our intelligence,
we would have got a writ and
run him off the place-and per-
hapS if would have been the
making of our career. We
could have gone into some re-
spectacle trade ike frog cul-
ture. and avoided all the night
hours and dubious companions
that fell to our lot in the news.
paper game.
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sense; and maybe that sit
uation is unchanged At any
event, il was certainly true
then. We had carried provis-
ions that would have been suf-
fieient for a week, although
we ONLY intended to be out
overnight. But worse than this
we set out downstream with
out realizing that the river was
up and the current running
swiftly.
You don't have TO be very
smart to know that if you row
downstream for an hour. you
can't row back in the same
time. Downstream the current
is added to your rowing speed;
upstream, it is subtracted
Our rowing speed. as well as
we remember. was something
like three and nine-tenths miles
per hour. The speed of the
current. as events later proved.
were three and eight-tenths,
plus nine-tenths of that next
tenth, il the reader can follow
this arithmetic. What | mean
by this is that rowing down
stream we took those bends
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

And IN the office force, Amel-
da Owens, Ruth Vincent and
Ruby Adams are among To-
cal girls who have risen to
Supervisors jobs.
We thought the other fore
man from this county, Travis
Bennett. deserved special men
ton for he certainly overeame
a serious handicap to rise to a
supervisors job in the shipping
department. Mr.. Bennett IS
a deaf mute.
About thirty members of
Jackson Countv's Silent Club
work at the mill. There is a
Silent Club in Jackson Coun-
ty, we learned, with headquart-
ers in Moss Point where those
unable to speak or hear get
together for entertainment
among themselves. A number
of the members have met at
the mill and begun courtships
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

leaning and lost ourselves in no
time flat. But coming back.
we would stare at the south
bark on a cypress tree then row
half an hour to see what the
north bark looked like.
Not only that, but we were
fresh when we started rowing.
and growing tired already when
it came time to turn back. 1t
wasn't till then that it occurred
to us that we should have row.
ed upstream when we were
starting out fresh, and drifted
back when tired and ready to
come home.
That was just one of the de-
tails we failed to figure out.
The other was the fact that
there weren't any alligators in
Pearl River. Well, perhaps
there was one. 1t isn't safe to
make sweeping statements.
But it is fairly safe to say that
he didn't vote in Hancock
county.
SO along about three in the
morning. when we had had our
fun, ana shot up our shells at
bats, beetles. water-snakes and
floating logs, we started the
long voyage home. After row.
ing for an hour. and passing
two cypress trees and a skinny
bush, we gave up in discour-
agement and fatigue and would
probably been swept down to
Havana, Cuba, if we hadn't got
ten the really brilliant idea TO
tie the boat chain around a
cypress stump.
There we were, miles below
the highway, not a living crea-
ture this side of the shack, and
not a chance to get back that
night. The mosquitoes were
too bad to sleep. That's exact
ly what we mean: they we're
too bad to let us sleep, and too
onery to sleep themselves. So
we sat there and fought It
out for three or four hours till
daylight came. Then we slept
for a couple Of hours and be-
gan the battle with the current.
1t was late that afternoon
when we got the fellows boat
back to him. We were tired
and moSquito-chewed and ready
to quit the profession of ALI
gator hunting. We told the
man what had happened and
he laughed at us. That hurt
our feelings and then and there
We decided not to use his boat
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place local people in key po-
sitions.
While out there Friday, we
found two old friends who had
risen to department heads and
had obtained positions of real
responsibility, while a number
of other local people were
found in supervisory jobs.
In the first bracket, Noll
Golf is an interesting example
since his story is unusual in
more than one respect. He is
a young man, who went to the
mill shortly after graduation
from the Wade High school
and was an ALLEY boy" at the
same time we were.
Noll transferred to the cut
ting department of the mill in
that summer of 1888, however,
and began learning the bust
ness Of transforming bolts of
woolens into parts of sweaters
and bathing suits. He was an
expert cutter at the time the
war came on and he went to
the army.
While serving in Germany,
Noll had both of his feet frozen
and received a shrapnel wound
in one of them as well. And
although his feet bothered him
at the time of his discharge
and still do-he didn't put in a
claim for disability because he
felt able to make a living on
his own.
The management of the mill
thought SO, too, when he asked
for his old job back and maybe
they liked his attitude or his
spunk. For they made him
head of his old department,
turning the management of
all the cutters over to him and
making him responsible only
to the plant manager.
Noll is doing a good job, ac-
cording to Mr.. Peterzell.
And IN n of the biggest de
partments - sewing - anoth-
err local person has made good.
Lydia Jewell Tanner, who lives
just inside Alabama near the
state line at Williams,
has moved from a machine
right UP to head Of the whole
department with about two
hundred working under her.
And in the same department,
7. E. Grierson has risen from
belt boy to chief sewing ma
chine mechanic. In the knit
ting department, Benton Rob-
ertson and Arlie Clapp are two
Jackson County boys who have
made fixer-foremen, each III
charge of one shift in that end
of the business.
And in the maintenance end
of the business, Anjel Lopez of
Escatawpa has been made su.
perintendent of mill.
Plenty of supervisors are
from the county. One friend,
Kate, who a work as well as
talk, has been a supervisor in
sewing for a long time, as well
as Elma Kirkwood, Esther Lind
sey, Alice and Jessie Golf and
Opal Overstreet.
Among other local supervisors
are Willie Harper, Lozelle Hub
bard, Amelia Pickett, Beulah
Wyatt, Athea Simms, Udell
Nolf, ard Fred and Edgar Eek
ert. brothers who are veteranS.