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Evening star., 1947-12-28

three four shows and yawned off the stage to
bed again But we never had worry We didn't
need much money because we could never get away
long enough to spend any Best of ALL there was almost
no rehearsing.'
A burlesque rehearsal, according to Phil amounted
to this: The stage manager would say: ssHey.
what are you guys going to do for next weeks
show?'' The First and Second Bananas would saw.
"Oh, we'll open with the Lemon and Grapefruit Bit
and then we'll do the Sailors on Desert Island bit
and the Two Eggs, Fry One on One Side and One on
the Other Side bit, and then we'll close with Oh.
Doctor, Feel So Good"
OK" the stage manager would say but you'd
better switch the Two Eggs bit. Abbott and Co.'S
tello used that here three weeks ago. Why don't you
try the Lying On My Veranda bit?"
There are about 200 such bits" that have been
used in burlesque from time immemorial, and every
Banana is expected to know them all. I'VE seldom
tried anything new" says Phil 1--WE didn't want to
starte the customers They liked to read their news
papers in between strip acts
They Even Applauded
NEVERTHELESS, the customers started dropping their
newspapers when Phil came on Some even applauded
After while Broadway comedians dropped in to
catch his show and swipe some of his ad lbs Colm-
nists began to mention him. That was the end of his
carefree days. Producer Lew Brown gave him part
in a musical comedy. The show turned out to be
dubious effort called "Yokel Boy" but Sivers himself
did we'll enough. Louis B. Mayer signed him to
Hollywood contract.
That was in l94O Phil spent the next four years
trying to get onto the movie lot (the guards won't let
you in merely because you have a contract Mean
while he took job in Hollywood night club, be-
came the talk of the town. As a result he was ac-
tually offered a part in picture, and he passed
the guards with thumb upon nose.
In the past two years he's appeared in a string of
musical extravaganzas, such as "Coney Isand,'
Cover Girl' and Diamond Horseshoe" He was
nearly sensation.
But not quite sensation
Perhaps the truth is that Phil Svers is basically
Broadway Banana, and needs flesh and blood audi
that he actually hear laugh Anyway, he had
to get back on stage to hit his real stride.
A few years ago Phil was entering restaurant with
Coincidence Patsy Kelly, and a kid came up to ask
Patsy for her autograph She signed the notebook and
said, Say, you better get Phil Silvers autograph
too. He's going to be big star some day.
The kid looked him up and down. Il can wait"
he said and walked off.
Well, sonny, you've waited long enough. Sign him
up quick Where you find him? See that cigar store
down the street? Just walk on past it till you come
to sign that says AIS Steam Baths" -. The End
c = i
Evening star., 1947-08-22
II Nations Approve
International Trade
ORGANIZATION Charter
BY the Ax.oeiossd Press

GENEVA, Aug. 22.-Delegates Of
IT nations unanimously adopted a
draft charter today for the proposed
international Trade Organization.
Max Suetens of Belgium, chairman
of the commission which prepared
the charter, said some nations which
had made reservations were ready to
withdraw their objections.
The 4,000-word charter, drawn
during seven months of negotiations
in London, New York and Geneva,
Is to be submitted to a world con-
ference Mt Havana in November. II
approved there, the document, de-
signed as a bill of rights for inter-
national trade, will go to the various
nations for final ratification.
Russia was the only member of
the commission not represented here.
There has been no indication
whether the Soviet Union intends to
send delegates to the Havana Con.
ference, which will draw at least so
nations.
I'VE have constructed a skeleton,
said DR.. H. C. Coombs of Australia.
TT remains for the governments of
the world to put flesh upon its
bones and breath in it's nostrils."
DR.. Coombs acknowledged that
certain essentially political issues
have been held over" for Havana,
but he added that there were two
conditions to be met before the ITO
came to full life:
First" he said. "the economic
climate of the world in its UTO's)
early years at least must be favor
able to its growth, and second, gov
ernments must will that the Inter-
national Trade Organization should
work"
He did not mention the negotia-
tions for a multilateral trade agree
ment conducted simultaneously
with the charter talks. The Aus
tralian demands for a reduction o1
the United States wool tariff anc
the American requests for Austral-
ian and British Empire preference
concessions delayed the tariff nego-
Ntiations in their bilateral stages.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Steel Shortage TO Halt
Output Of Pontiac,
19 Chevrolet Plants
By the Assoeioted Press

DETROIT, Aug. 22.-Ten plants of
Chevrolet Division of General Motors
Corp. were closed today, three others
will close tonight and six more will
shut down at varying dates next
week to implement a production
curtailment which GIN attributed to
the scarcity of sheet steel.
GINS Pontiac Division also will
close tonight.
Pontiac and most of the Chevrolet
plants will resume operations on
September 2, but a few closing next
week will remain idle until Septem-
Der 8. Before all the plants are
back in production, approximately
so 600 hourly rated workers will have
been laid off for from one week to
10 days.
The Ford Motor Co. announced
it's Lincoln and Mercury division
plants will reopen Monday, after a
shutdown of more than three weeks
dueOto parts shortages. This Will
recall 4,5O0 workers. Ford also said
the company expects to have most
of its branch plants in operation
again next week.
Expected to remain closed, Fore
spokesman said, were the branches
at Dallas, Memphis and Somerville
Mass.
| While Chevrolet and Pontiac were
closing down assembly lines GINS
Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac and GIN
truck and coach units were expected
to remain open but reduce produc-
ton schedules.
The curtailments probably will
Lreduce next weeks car and truck
output by more than 10000 units.
Closed today were Chevrolet units
at Baltimore, Tarrytown, N. Y;
Detroit, Bay City, Flint Motor Plant
Saginaw (Mich) Transmission
Plant, Atlanta, Ca: Kansas City
and Norwood, Ohio.
Scheduled to close tonight were
plants at GAINESVILLE, Wis; Los An
geles and st. Louis; unit at Toledo
will close August u.
Other plants at Indianapolis
Saginaw, Mich; Flint, Mich, ane
Oakland, Calf, will close Augus'
%, and the Bloomfield, N. j., expor'
plant will 60 down on August 80.
The assembly plants at Flint, Oak
land and Bloomfield will remain
closed until September 8.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Producers Request Snyder
To Attack British Film Tax
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Independent film producers yes
terday asked Secretary of the Treas
ury Snyder to issue an immediate
ruling that the rs per cent British
tax on American movies is an
illegal" violation of economic agree
ment between the two countries.
A delegation from the Society OF
Independent Motion Picture Pro-
ducers called on Mr.. Snyder to ask
that he, as chairman of the National
Advisory Council on International
Monetary Problems, name council
subcommittee to deal with the Brit
ish on the film tax.
The society urged that Donald M.
Nelson, president Of the independ-
ent group, and Eric Johnston, head
of the Motion Picture Association
of America, which represents the
major producers, be attached to
the subcommittee as advisers.
simultaneously, two Hollywood
unions protested the tax One Of
them, the International Photo
graphers Local $50, wired Secretary
of State Marshall that the levy
would completely destroy" harmony
and understanding between the two
countries,
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Poperfirm Gives
Workers 30H Pct.
| Slice of EARNINGS
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. ga ridge
field IN. j. paper company and a
CIO union yesterday singned con-
tract, called the first of its kind In
the country, giving workers 30E
per cent share of all the company's
earnings above the costs of raw ma
terials and supplies.
The Continental Paper Co. ano
the United Paper Workers, local
299. parties to the contract, said the
first payment under the plan was
made earlier this week ano
amounted to 20 per cent additional
wages to each employe.
Each of the company's 400 work
ers, they said, received an average
of $56 more for last month thar
the average $3.50 monthly base pay
OF $56, one-fourth went into 8
reserve fund, 70 be paid out twice
year; OF the, remainder, half
about $21, was paid to the workers
in cash and $21 paid into pension
fund.
Under the contract the 301a pei
rcent of earnings is guaranteed b!
the company. with base pay charged
against the share Of earnings.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Produce More, Take Less,
Britain Tells Colonies

LONDON, Aug. % iP.-Britair
is prepared to cut drastically her
purchases in the United States and
has called on her colonies through
out the world to produce more goods
and draw less from the mother
country to help cushion the impact
of the freeze on her dollar supply
The London Star said crisis
conference" with representatives of
the dominions and colonies was like
ly to be held soon in London in the
wake of the British American
agreement to abandon the convert
ibility of Britain's sterling into dol
lars
In a drive to make Britain more
self-sufficient, Minister of Agricul-
ture Tom Williams announced a
series of widespread increases in
farm prices and subsidies to British
farmers.
The emphasis, he explained, is on
increasing Britain's production of
"dollar-saving products, particularly
pig meat, eggs, beef, mutton, cereals
and linseed.''
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Wimbish, $40 First street NV, ac-
cording to police.

Wimbish, $40 First street NV, ac-
cording to police.
Answers Direct Question.
Mr.. Allen first said he couldn't
identify any of the occupants Of the
car when it was returned to Dor
chester House. When Mr.. King
asked him directly whether Judge
Raedy was a passenger. he replied:
First, I want to know who I'm
talking to-"
When Mr.. King identified himself
as a Government prosecutor, the
attendant said:
"She was in the car. She told the
gentleman (who was driving)
would take care Of the car"
Mr.. Allen said he took a telephone
call later intended for his relief
man. He said the caller identified
herself as Judge Raedy and said the
car would be driven again by man,
Relief Man Interviewed.
The relief man, Manford Jones,
colored, was interviewed by Mr.. King
today.
Mr.. King said he told him he came
to work at II pm. Tuesday and re-.
ceived telephone message at about
11:15 from a woman who identified
herself as Judge Raedy. When told
by the caller man would take the
judges car away, Mr.. Jones recalled
he told her he was not permitted to
release a car except to the owner,
Mr.. King said.
The attendant testified no one
came for the car during the night,
according to Mr.. King.
Those heard by Mr.. King yester-
day included Hilton Rheubottom, 38,
colored, night manager of the filling
station at First and K streets NV,
who first reported the accident to
police.
He declared the car was driven
by woman who was accompanied
by a man. He identified Judge
Raedy as the driver on the basis of
seeing the judge in her chambers
Wednesday, but admitted he based
the Identification solely on facial
characteristics. He said he could not
tell the color of the drivers hair,
describe her dress, or say whether
she was wearing a hat.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Ruedy
Continued From First Page.)

handling in the absence of Chief
Judge George P. Barse, who has
been i'll.
The Judge said today that be-
vond her continuing efforts to get
in touch with Mr.. Emerson through
common friends in New York, the
case was in the hands of Mr.. King.
She said the statement given him
contained all the information she
had to offer.
Meanwhile, Mr. King said he
wanted TO give Judge Raedy full op-
portunity to help determine who
was driving the car when it side
swiped a parked sedan at First and
K streets NV. and did not stop.
In the informal hearing and a
conference with Judge Raedy yes
terday, Mr. King obtained confused
picture of the case.
Denies Driving Car.
He said Judge Raedy told him she
had remained in her Dorchester
House apartment all evening Tues
day and had lent her car to Mr..
Emerson. She denied emphatically
she was driving the car at the time
of the accident.
Judge Raedy told the same story
to reporters
Miss Dorothy Hayes, 3042 r
street NV, a Maritime Commis-
sion employe, told Mr.. King she
was Judge Raedy's guest at dinner
Tuesday and remained with her in
the apartment until about 1:30 am
Wednesday, learning to play gin
rummy. Miss Hayes said she ar
rived at about $50 pm. and added
Judge RaeGy had no other guests
during the evening.
Mr.. King said he had heard
nothing further today from Judge
Raedy concerning her efforts to
find Mr.. Emerson.
He added he had been told by Mrs
Mary Hayes, mother of Miss Hayes
that birthday party had been helc
in her home Tuesday night, but
that Judge Raedy and Miss Hayes
were not present. Mrs. Hayes live!
in the 900 block of First street NV.
near the scene of the accident.
Attendant Identifies Jurist.
A Miss Mamie Hayes, said to the
/ sister-m- law of Mrs. Hayes, was te
have appeared at his Office today
to testify about the party, Mr.. King
said. He said he had been informed
she would not be able to come in
however, because of illness. ,s..se.s
Willie Allen. %, colored, an at
tendant at the Dorchester House
parking lot, told Mr.. King Judge
| Raedy's car was turned over tc
/ him between 10 and II pm. Tues
day and that Judge Raedy was q
passenger in it at the time. The
attendant said man was driving
and passengers included another
couple as well as the judge,
Judge Raedy's car was driver
away from First and K streets NV
at about 40 pm, after striking an
other auto owned by Mrs. Elizabeth
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Three Fined Over Assault
On ARLINGTON Detectives

Two sailors and a woman Gov
ernment employe were convicted
today on charges which grew out OF
a street fight Friday night in which
two Arlington detectives charged
they were assaulted.
Convicted in Arlington County
Court were Amos Harris, 10, and
Ralph c. Shutterly, 1S, the sailors
and Miss Pidge Simon, 81, of Arl-
ington Farms. Harris was fined $40
on charges of disorderly conduct
and assaulting an officer; Shutterly
was fined a like amount for dis
orderly conduct and Miss Simon re-
ceived a $40 fine for assaulting an
officer.
Arlington. Detectives Louis Elliott
and c. Burns PRESLEY testified they
attempted to stop what appeared
to be fight between the two sailors
and were assaulted by Harris and
Miss Simon. The defendants testi-
fled the detectives were in plain
clothes and they did not know they
were policemen. The melee occurred
in the 1000 block of North Moore
street.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Economic
Continued From First Page

to ration the outflow of dollars from
Britain.
Whether this will mean Canada
will have to impose tight import re-
strictions on goods bought in the
United States remains an un-
answered question. Financial ex-
perts said the way the new British
screening" setup works during the
next few weeks will determine
Canada's position.
officials were even more chary
about predicting what the results
of the convertibility suspension
would be for Argentina-a source
of wheat. meat and other badly
needed supplies for the rationec
British.
It was believed certain, however
| that Britain will have to renegotiate
the financial accord she signeo
with Argentina about a year ago
under which London pledged te
convert into dollars a definite per-
centage of it's sterling debt tt
Buenos Aires.
Export Plans Outlined. E
Top-Ievel British and American
Treasury officials met yesterday tt
hear Sir Wilfrid outline British
plans for increased exports Of
manufactured goods and of critically
short coal. Until Britain can strike
balance between imports and ex'
ports her economic going will be
rough.
AS technical experts Of the tive
countries worked, meanwhile, on
procedure intended to make it easiel
for Britain to determine which
requests for dollars she must honor
there were indications that thes'
additional steps would come out o.
the current conference:
1. American approval for Britain!
campaign to shift more of her trade
from the United States and othel
dollar areas to the dominions ane
colonies where sterling can be used
2. A joint agreement that Britain
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Federal Job Transfer
Standards Raised

Government employees who want
to change to other Federal jobs in
volving different kind of work
whether or not the transfer is a
promotion Or a demotion, will have
to meet generally higher require
ments" after August 80, Civil Service
Commission officials explained to-
day.
Permanent status, war service or
temporary indefinite status workers
will be on an even footing with new
applicants for the jobs in open COM
petitive examinations.
The ruling, officials said, will moi
affect thousands of Government
employees. Probably a majority Of
employees remain in the same gen.
eral type of work for many years
and therefore. would not be obliged
under the new ruling to take writ.
ten examinations for promotion, re-
assignment or transfer to Other
grades so long as they continue ir
the same general duties, it was ex.
planned.
At present, employees have severa,
advantages over newcomers in ap-
plying for transfer to jobs involving
different kind of work. These ad-
vantages include a lower grade re-
quirement on the non-written ex-
animation and shorter educational
and experience periods. The new
ruling will end those advantages.
Zone of the most important
features of the new ruling" an Of
fetal iasd, lis that a present en-
ploye, even If denoted to lower
but different kind of work, will have
to qualify for it in the same was as
an outside applicant"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Indonesiu
Continued From First PageD

tions action which might renew
open warfare.
An authoritative Dutch source in
The Hague said only a Security
Council order to the Indonesian
Republic to cease present hostili-
ties" could prevent resumption OF
large scale Dutch action in the East
Indies. The open warfare stopped
theoretically at leasD through
cease-fire orders at midnight Au-
gust A.
The Dutch communique said the
Republicans attacked Beazenabakk,
near Krawang, 80 miles east of
Batavia.
Two Dutch soldiers were re-
ported killed and six wounded yes
terday at scattered places on Java
and Sumatra.
Sharp Clashes Reported.
Sharp clashes were reported
around Pematangh Iantar. former
Republican capital for Sumatra.
The Dutch said the Republicans
attacked four or five times and were
T6DUlS6Q WIFI CdSudll4Co CuSA4 oA4AAS'
In West and Central Java, where
the Dutch held large areas of rich
farm country between widely
spaced defensive positions, the
Netherlands communique told OF
new difficulties in combating Re-
publican infiltrations and sabotage.
The Hollanders said the natives
were quite active around the partly
burned town of Garoet, 80 miles
southeast of Bandoeng, and that
severe losses were inflicted in clear
ing actions. Other clearing actions"
were undertaken southwest OF
Brebes and southeast of legal in
Central Java.
Dutch Outpost Attacked.
The communique said the natives
also attacked a Dutch outpost just
south of Malang in East Java and
that a Dutch patrol in Central
Sumatra was attacked.
The Dutch said two grenades were
thrown into the house OF a civil
administrator official at Soreang
in west Java, and that the Off
ciaI's clerk was wounded seriously
bv a pistol shot. Premier Amin
Siarifoeddin said recently that In
donesians collaborating with the
Dutch would be considered enemies
The communique said 5000 Chi
nese had been forcefully evacuated
from the North Sumatra toWr
of Pangkalanbrandan, which was
burned entirely under the II O.
nesian scorched earth policy. The
Dutch reported some fires in tht
nearby oil fields.
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Jews Appeal 10 Reds
And France 10 Help
Refugees on Ships
Nv the Associoted Press

PARIS, Aug. Z2.-The j Wish
Agency said today it had appealed
to Russia and France to prevent the
transport to the British zone of
Germany of the 400 Jewish ref
ugees aboard three British transports
at Port de Bouc.
Refugees on the Runnymede Park,
one of the three transports, dis
patched a telegraphic appeal to
President Truman for Intervention,
the French news agency said.
The Jews, aboard snip AZ days,
had until pm. Il pm. EDIT under
a British order to come ashore or
be taken to Germany. They had
tried to enter Palestine without i'm
migration certificates and were sent
back to France, whence they sailed.
France again officially offered
asylum to the Jews, virtually all OF
them from Poland.
Arbitrary Action Charged.
The Jewish Agency said its appeal
had been telegraphed to the Russian
and French foreign ministries. 1t
SdlQ III q SldLCulClIt.
The Jewish Agency energeticany
protests against this arbitrary &C
ton in regard to the survivors OF
Nazi massacres. 1t asks that the
powers represented on the Inter
Allied Control Commission in Ger
many take immediate measures to
prevent these Jewish refugees from
being shut up in new detention
camps in the country where the
Jewish people were the victims of
the greatest tragedy in history"
The French News Agency said the
Jews at Port de Bouc cheered en-
Enthusiastically when a French police
official boarded the vessels and
repeated the offer of asylum, but
that none disembarked.
Sirens Turned On.
During the night, some Jews
aboard a small vessel approached
the transports and began urging
the refugees through radio ampll-
fiers to ignore the British ultimatum
and remain aboard the ships, the
report said. British authorities were
reported TO have turned on the
ships sirens to drown out the mes
sage.
Refugees of Polish Origin.
British consular officials, who de-
livered the ultimatum yesterday
said a Jewish Spokesman on one OF
the transports-the Ocean Vigour-
told them the passengers on that
vessel would not land.
There was no immediate response
from the Jews aboard the other
two ships but they previously hao
insisted that they would leave the
transports voluntarily only in Pal
estine.
Reaction Prompt and Sharp.
The British ultimatum brought
prompt and sharp reaction.
The chief rabbinate OF Palestine
called for a. worldwide one-day
hunger strike by Jews August Is il
the Exodus passengers are sent te
Germany.
Haganah, the Jewish Nationa
Defense Army, declared in Jeru'
salem that its campaign to curt
terrorism in the Holy Land woule
be hampered if the refugees were
sent to Germany. A statement by
l said such an action woulc
be "a provocation to combat"
In Paris, Rabbi Baruch Koroft
co-chairman of the Political Actor
Committee for Palestine of thu
United States, said t.sin the futur
Jewish refugees would immigrate II
Palestine by plane and parachute
to earth.
He told a news conference: That
the way I'm going"
Evening star., 1947-08-22

have opposed admittance of the
present Nicaraguan government to
the conference on the grounds it
was illegally founded"
The United States proposed an
article which would hold open the
treaty ito adherence and accession
of American states which may not
have signed"
Evening star., 1947-08-22
$500 Sheep Perish
In Fort Worth Fire
By The Assoeioted Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. 22.-
The south sheep pens and sheds at
the Fort Worth Stockyards Co. here
were destroyed yesterday by a fire
that killed an estimated $500 head
of sheep.
A total OF ITS firemen fought the
fire for two hours. 1t was the worst
fire at the stockyards here in more
than IS years, Fire Marshal H. A.
Owens said.
India has offered to increase tea
shipments to Britain by 5O,OOO,o 900
pounds,
Evening star., 1947-08-22
Conference
Continued From First Page.

raised a boundary question outside
the conference with the claim that
a line drawn as the result OF the
Rio de Janeiro hemisphere meeting
of 1912 had been shifted in favor OF
Peru.
~ Uruguay and Guatemala sub
. r1itted new treaty projects contain
ing joint hemisphere guarantees OF
essential human rights" includ-
ing the four freedoms.
80 A newly arrived delegation
from Nicaragua awaited q pro
pitious moment to present creden-
tials to the proper committee. Pan
sma and Hpme other delegations