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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05
Commies Routed
In NMU Election

New York (LPA)-Led by Presi-
dent Joseph Curran, the rank-and-
file caucus of the Natl Maritime
Union-CIO last week won every
post in the NMW council, freeing
the union of Communist control for
the first time in it's twelve-year his
tory.
Thought it was concede that Cur
ran would win, the three-to-one
margin by which his slate swept
into every one of the 32 policy
making positions in the union was
unexpected. The NMW head inter
preted the overwhelming vote as
demand from the membership that
the maritime union function "as a
trade union and not an organiza-
tion stooging for political par
ty."
Curran is using the mandate to
make drastic changes, throwing out
all Communists in the unions
newspaper, education department
and office staff. The jobs of port
agent and 81 port patrolmen in
New York, long a Connie strong
hold, also went to the Curran slate
in the voting.
Wages, hours, working condi-
tions, and retention of the hiring
hall are now the unions main
fight. "We still fight the shipown-
ers," Curran declared, "just as hard
as we fight these Communist
groups which seek to wreck our
union"
More than $4,000 NMU members
voted in the election which swept
in 131 officers. Not one Curran-
backed candidate lost but in few
patrolmen and dispatchers posts
there was no one running on the
rank-and-file slate
By margins ranging from two
to-one to four-to-t three, the follow
ing officers were elected: Joseph
Curran, president; Neal Hanley,
secretary; M. Hedley Stone, treas
urer; vice-presidents Jack Lawren-
son, Adrain Duffy and H. B. War
ner; New York port agent David
Drummond.
Curran will now try to get |
membership approval to take NMU |
out of the New York CIO Council. |
Meanwhile, NLRB hearings on
NMU hiring practices ended last |
week with testimoney by Curran,
Stone, and union research director
Thomas Ray. The witnesses said
that elimination of the hiring hall
would bring chaos in the maritime
"such as existed before
1887" Curran told of his days at
sea when boarding house and crimp
joint hiring were the standard and
that Congress had not
been aware of the complexities of
the maritime industry when it pass
ed the Taft-Hartley law"
4
With the NLRB hearings over,
negotiations have been resumed be-
tween the NMU and the American
Merchant Marine Institute, Allan
tic coast ship owners association.
Federal mediators assisting in the
new conversations held out hope
for early settlement of the dispute,
luring which the NMU has been
to strike by Taft Hart
ey injunction.
The same employers, however,
ire now pressing unfair labor prac-
ice charges against the American
Radio Ass'n-CIO, which represents
he Atlantic and Gulf coast ships
'adio operators. AS in the NMU &
ase, well-established union secur-
ty provisions are being attacked, I
ARA, by four-to-one margin, re- J
emily elected an anti-Communist
late of officers. q
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05
Pilots Push Cose
Against National

Chicago OPA)-The Air Line
Pilots Ass'n-AFL continued its
fight against National Airlines this
week with renewed vigor, react
ing to Nationals rejection of the
recommendations of a presidential
emergency board set up under the
Railway Labor Act.
The union is asking the Civil
Aeronautics Board to revoke the
certificate under which National
operates as an interstate air car
rier. The reason: "This company
violated with impunity for nearly
three years the federal law under
which it operates. 1t has violated
its contract with its pilots. 1t is
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05

Payroll Savings in the form of
United States Savings Bonds is a
part of your take home pay, the
part that grows in value.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05

Payroll Savings put into EEE's
u. S. Savings "E'' Bonds, will
build future of ease and secur-
ity for you and your family.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05

Our form of Government is best
by test. Your purchase of u. S.
Savings Bonds will help keep it that
way.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05

Security and peace is what AM
orleans want. u. S. Savings Bonds
will help insure both.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05
Asks Disaster Relief Agency

Washington, D. c. (ILNS) =
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Fed
eral Works Administrator, urged
the establishment of disaster re-
lief agency with funds and per-
sonnel to handle floods fires
and other emergencies. He said
that his organization had "gained
invaluable experience for this un-
dertaking" through its activities
in coordinating the relief work of
the various federal agencies in pre-
vious disasters.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-05

U. S. Savings Bonds can be the
cornerstone of the future that AM
ericans are building for themselves.
Evening star., 1948-12-18
VA Guarantees
1861 Loans
In D. T.. Area
TotoI in a Years
Tops l26 Million,
Callahan Says
By Robert J. Lewis

Reel Estote Editor Of The Stor
No one knows for sure, but proba-
bly, considerably more than half of
all the new houses sold in the Dis
trict area in the last several years
have been sold with CT financing.
At one point, more than 800 houses
with such financing were sold in one
month for more than $7,500,000.
But today if you want a CT loan
in the District area you are mighty
lucky if you can get a financing
institution to agree to loan you the
the money.
According to Morgan B. Callahan,
loan guaranty officer of the Veterans
Administration Office, the rate of
CT loan applications right now is at
its very lowest ebb.'
Yet that doesn't mean that vet
Grams don't want to get loans. 1t
means that lending institutions are
practically out of the market for
them.
Loan Rate Handicap.
And as the requirements for CT
loans have frightened up, require
ments for other mortgage loans,
likewise, have tightened, though
not so severely. The CT loan labors
under the additional handicap that
1t carries an interest rate of per
cent while other home loans provide
for higher rate.
But the best opinion has it that
even if the CT rate were boosted
to, say, Az per cent, the volume of
CT mortgage applications wouldn't
rise spectacularly. In fact. the rise
probably would be comparatively
slight.
What has happened to bring
about this situation, which is so
interesting to builders, brokers and
buyers, alike?
Well, an economist probably could
write book about the matter and
still not cover all the details ade-
quately. But a few highlights stand
out, on the basis of conversations
with bankers and building and loan
officials in the District area.
Agree on Main Points.
oO ldI DIS dIl lOdIlS-11 dIlu IlOll-
Glare concerned, those who COM
mented agreed generally that:
/. A tremendous amount of money
already has been loaned. Savings
on deposit are not as great as for
merly. There is only so much money
which can be attracted to the mort
gage market. What remains seeks
the most attractive rate of return
that it is possible to achieve con-
sistent with adequate security.
2. The pressure for houses from
those with incomes adequate to buy
houses at present price levels has
eased up, but the cost of houses has
not yet reflected this change in the
market situation.
3. Lending institutions do not
know, at this moment, whether to
expect that the economy will ex-
pand or contract and prefer to exer-
else degree of caution they believe
is suitable to the present period.
''They think there should be a
breathing spell to let the country
digest what has already been built"
one observer said. 1T may be pos
sible that in six months, when all
Evening star., 1948-12-18

the houses and apartments now un.
der way are completed, you will see
dwellings for rent
Liberal Loans Curbed.
4. The Government, in a number
of ways-among them through the
housing and home financing agenc.
les and the Federal Reserve System
has imposed restrictions against
liberal loan policies.
5. Generally, there is a feeling
that infationary factors in the
housing market should not be en-.
couraged, and, in fact, through
positive action, should be discour-
aged.
So far as the CT loan. itself, il
concerned, its only drawback from
the standpoint of lenders is the
fact that it provides for an in.
terest rate of 4 per cent.
Organized mortgage bankers ano
others have been opposing this loan
rate for nearly two years, contend
ing that it should be raised to AZ
per cent.
At the moment, however. no per-
son in the financing field in the
District who has discussed the
question believes that a rise in the
GI interest rate will do more than
place the CT loan on a par with
other loans, such as the FILA type
on which the interest rate is AZ
percent to the lending institution
Would Even Situation.
A higher rate would not make
them plentiful, in the sense that
they were plentiful year or more
ago, but only would make then
as hard to get (or as easy) al
other types with excellent security
Representatives of the building
Evening star., 1948-12-18
Frank Lloyd Wright to Receive
TopHonor From u. S. Architects

The 81st annual four-day conven-
ton of the American Institute of
Architects will honor Frank Lloyd
Wright, one of the Nations fore
most architects. the Washington
national office of the organization
disclosed today.
Highest honor of the organization
"a gold medal-will be awarded to
Mr.. Wright on March II at a con-
vention meeting in Houston, Tex
In announcing the decision of the
institutes board. Douglas w. Orr
New Haven, Conn.,, president of the
organization, said:
TIE award is being made in
recognition of Mr.. Wrlght's dis
tinguished contribution to the pro-
Ifession of architecture"
Evening star., 1948-12-18

After a series of vicissitudes
marked by rising construction costs
since April. 1916, when Bannockburn
Co-operators. Inc, bought the Ban
nockburn golf course for $4,000,
the coop. now is preparing to
launch a pilot project" of "a homes,
it was learned today.
Members of the housing Coop
erative will pay from $13,500 to
$25 900 for the homes.
David Solomon, Inc, general con-
tractors at TAO Eleventh street NV,
have entered into a contract with
Evening star., 1948-12-18

ESQ Projects
For Rental Have
FILA Approval
TotoI Mortgage
Amount Exceeds
S182,800,0O0

FHA'S large-Scale rental construc.
ton program in the District area,
so far approved for mortgage insur-
ance. would provide total of 22,512
apartments in $50 different projects,
it was learned today.
The total FHA-insured mortgage
amount, on the basis of mortgage
insurance covering 80 per cent Of
the value of land and buildings,
stands at s182.862, TOO, James A.
Hewitt, director of FHA's District
Office, said.
The present large-scale multi
family program was begun in June,
1916.
Recent Approvals.
Projects approved since October,
this year, including two projects in
three sections previously discussed
by The Star, are as follows:
Second Washington and Lee
Apartments, Inc, Washington and
Lee boulevard, Arlington; sponsor,
Alvin L. Aubinoe; mortgage, Fred
erick w. Berens, Inc; amount Of
mortgage, $957, 500; units, 126.
Third Washington and Lee Apart
ments, Inc, Washington and Leo
boulevard, Arlington; sponsor, Alvin
L. Aubinoe; mortgage, Frederick
w. Berens. Inc; amount of mort
gage, s945 900; units, 1872.
Pollard Gardens, Inc, Wilson
boulevard and Pollard street, Arling-
ton; sponsors, Westover, Inc; mort
gagee, Prudential Insurance Co.;
amount of mortgage, $153, 400; units,
"a.
Pollin Apartments, Fourth and
Trenton streets S.E> sponsor. Jack
q
Evening star., 1948-12-18
Ibui|dingP Permits
Total S429,184
During Week:
Largest Issued.
In District Has
$86, 900 Valuation

Building permits issued during the
last week had total permit valua-
ton of $429,184, according to the
Central Permit Bureau, Room g.
District building.
The weeks isSuances were led by
permit for $4,000 to install three
electric passenger elevators in the
building under construction at til
Fourteenth street NV.
Among permits were the follow
ing:
Kass Realty Co., Inc, owner; Otis
Elevator Co., builder and architect
$40 Eighteenth street NV; to in
stall three electric passenger ele-
vators, I'll Fourteenth street NV;
! to cost $4,000.
Max Goldstein, owner, 1899 Halt
street S.W.; M. Kandill, builder
Arlington, va; Earl Won Reichen-
bach, architect, 1919 Good Hope
road Sc; to erect one 3-story brick
and cinder-block apartment, Il
units, 80 o street S.W.; to cost
$38, 900.
Group of Dwellings.
j. B. Tiffey & Sons, owner and
builder, 143 Kennedy street NV;
Berla & Abel, architect, 1886 Con-
necticut avenue NV; to erect four
2-story brick and cinder- block
dwellings, 1922 to 4430 Second street
NE; to cost $4,000.
Lansburg & Bros, owner, 1911
South Capitol street; Otis Elevator
Co., builder and architect, 810 Eight
eenth street NV; to install one
freight electric elevator, 1911 South
Capitol street; to cost S31,980.
| D. j. Musolino, owner, 45O1 Ben
ming road; E. Mortenson, builder
and architect, Hyattsville, Md; to
erect two 1-story brick and cinder-
block stores, 4449-51 Benning road
NE; to cost $4,000.
Pinkney w. Love, owner, 1904
Thirtieth street NV; builder not
selected; Theodore w. Dominick,
architect, GIT Fifteenth street NV;
to erect one 2-story cinder-b block,
frame and stucco dwelling, 1886
Newark street NV; to cost $25, 900.
w. c. and A. N. Miller Develop
ment Co.. owner and builder, 1880
Massachusetts, avenue NV; E. R.
Spano, architect; to erect one 2
story brick and frame dwelling
37lS University avenue NV; to
cost $4,000.
Gas Station Permits.
Sun Oil Co.. owner, Philadelphia
George c. Martin, builder. 621;
Thirty . first street, Philadelphia
Anthony C. Strong, architect, Phila.
delphia; to erect one 1-story ma
sonry gas station, 424 Rhode Island
avenue NE: to cost $4,000.
Sun Oil Co., owner, Philadelphia
George G. Martin, builder, Phila
delphia; Anthony c. Strong archi-
tect; to erect one 1-story masonry
gas station, 1916 Minnesota avenue
NE: to cost $4,000.
Friedfeld Building Co., owner
lilo Thirteenth street NV; Alan
Construction Co., builder, 14O5 Som
erset place NV: Abraham Waro-
noff, architect, lilo Thirteenth
(See PERMITS. page R-2
Evening star., 1948-12-18

So far as is known, Mr.. Wright is
represented by only one structure In
the Washington area. This is a
house in Falls Church, Va, built by
Loren Pope, former member of the
staff of The Star.
In Europe, Mr.. Wright is con-
sidered probably by far the most
significant American architect. The
institute said that abroad Mr..
Wright's work is frequently referred
to as THE American Expression in
Architecture"
Previously, Mr.. Wright received
the royal gold medal of the Royal
Institute of British Architects from
King George vi in 1941.
He is the author of a dozen books,
Of which when Democracy Builds
is his most recent.
Evening star., 1948-12-18

Chart by Star Staff Artist Newman sudduh aton applications
months BEGINNING
Evening star., 1948-12-18
Home Godgets-
New Tile Made
Of Steel and
Aluminium
By D. M. Derwin

The average homeowner is now
resigned to the fact that summer
is just memory, and those many
inside repair and modernization
tasks that we're delayed because Of
good weather can now be attended
to in order of their Importance
and necessity.
There is new wall and ceiling
tile in wide range of scientifically
developed colors that will give the
home-whether it is modern, coll
onial or traditional, new or old
the latest decorators colors and de-
signs in the kitchen, dinette, bath
room, lavatory, powder room and
utility room.
This is individual tile made Of
aluminium and steel, not sheets or
panels, and gives walls the CUSTOM
finished appearance of ceramic tile.
The tile has a smooth, glasslike
surface, does not crack, craze or
chip. The enameled finish Is
hardened and bonded to the metal
tile by scientific process. It Is
(See CADETS, Page BID
Evening star., 1948-12-18

industry, at the same time, point
out that with present increased
wages. an increase in transporta-
ton costs in the oflng and an ap-
parent continuing demand for ma
terials at home and abroad, there
is no positive indication that con-
struction costs are on the down.
trend, or that those costs will drop
materially in the near future.
Thus, as to the meaning of the
present situation, there is a con-
siderable difference of opinion. Un-
doubtedly, the whole matter will be
of major concern to the next Con-
gress.
So far as VAS Washington reg
Evening star., 1948-12-18
By Wodsworth Wood

There has always been a question
about the success Of a small house
on a 25-foot lot.
The small one-story house is one
way to answer that question. It is
set in the center Of a standard 25-
foot by 100-foot plot, and leaves a
5-foot space between house side
lines and the property line.
The front of the house Is attrac-
tive and neat-looking, the side walls
are fitted with ceiling windows in
Evening star., 1948-12-18

order to assure privacy and gooo
interior wall space for furniture
and the living room is made light
by six side windows and a large
front window.
BY clever planning, two bedrooms
are presented and complete bath
room made available to each. The
bedrooms are staggered so as to
furnish as much room as possible
in the width available.
Building on a 25-foot lot may
(See WOOD, Page BED
Evening star., 1948-12-18

(See PERMITS, Page B-2D
Evening star., 1948-12-18

(See GADGETS, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1948-12-18

the group to build the houses. The
Federal Housing Administration has
entered into conditional commit
ments to insure financing for homes
in the pilot project, spokesman
said today.
Construction will begin as soon
as FILA issues firm commitments
Mary Fox Herling, executive secre-
tary of the cooperative, said.
An FILA official explained that
work preliminary to issuance of
firm commitments to insure financ-
ing was now being done.
Evening star., 1948-12-18

(See FHA, Page B-2D
Evening star., 1948-12-18

ional office is concerned, it has
handled one of the largest vol.
umes of home loans of any VA Office
in the country. 1t has just observed
the fourth anniversary of its opera
tion, all of the time under Mr.
Callahan as loan guaranty officer.
First Loan Made Here.
The Washington Office handled
the first GI home loan in the Ma
ton. The First Federal Savings
and Loan Association made that
first loan. In the four-year period
up to November Is, 1948, CT loans
made in the District area totaled
(See LEWIS. Page B-2O
, 1948-07-01
Belle Of Barcelona Is
Hit With Patrons

The musical comedy Belle
Barcelona staged at the st.
Johns Schoolhouse last night,
was a hit with patrons who
jam-packed the spacious hall
to witness the three-act opper-
eta written by Charles Ross
CLANCY and produced under
the direction of Mrs. Elena
Christian.
Costumes were beautiful
and gay, especially since the
setting represented a plaza in
Barcelona, Spain during the
festival of the Toreadors. The
cast was well selected and
from the way they performed
last night it showed that
much work had been done
these actors and actresses and
their director, as the play
Continued on Page ~
, 1948-07-01
Lowest Paid Municipal
Employees Increased

All employees in the lowest
bracket will receive pay rails
es for the new fiscal year, as
a result of passage of the bud
get by the Council yesterday.
Those receiving $25. have
been increased to $35. Salaries
of Nurses were also increased
and adjustments made in sew
eral cases.
A substantial increase, al
though still insufficient for
even subsistence in these days
of high prices, was given pen
sioners. Instead of $3.50 month
~ they will receive So.
, 1948-07-01
Parking Along Parade
Route Forbidden

Parking along the route that
will be taken by the parade
in Christiansted on Saturday
has been forbidden between
the hours Of | and s pm, by
order Of the Acting Director
of Police, Lieutenant George
Matthias.
The route will be from Es-
tate Contentment down Kings
Street to the Christiansted
Wharf.
, 1948-07-01
Dr. Schubert Here To Assist
Medical Department

DR.. Joseph Schubert, BAG
t~eriologist with the United
States Public Health Service,
has been here for the past sew
eral days at the request of DR..
Brian T. Shorney, Chief NUM-
cipal Physician, to aid the
Medical Department in con-
trolling the typhoid fever prob
lem.
DR.. Schubert who is from
Atlanta, Georgia, is a gradu-
ate of the Graduate School of
Cornell University and is en-
Continued on Page A.
, 1948-07-01
Ralph Bough TO Rep.
ANCA At Cen. Celeb.

Ralph J. Bough was selected
by unanimous vote of the mem
bers Of the American Virgin
Islands Civic Association held
on June q, to represent the
organization at the Freedom
Centennial Celebrations in the
Virgin Islands.
Mr.. Bough leaves today in.
order to be present at the
opening ceremonies He might
go to st. Thomas and come
here some time before the
closing ceremonies.
, 1948-07-01
AVICA To Fight Reelection
OfSt. Tho. Councilnen

pamphlets were being dis
tributed.
The entire leaflet as drawn
up is intended to Willy Totten
and seeks to destroy his use
fulness as a worker in the in
terest Of the Virgin Islands,
a press release from the AVI
Continued on Page Al
, 1948-07-01
Dir Charles Here On
Flying Visit

Director Earle Charles, Of
the st. Thomas Police, made
a flying trip here yesterday.
He came in on the morning
plane and returned in the af-
ternoon.
Director Charles conferred
with Acting Director George
Matthias and worked together
in coordinating their budgets.
There has been very close
cooperation between the two
departments; both are unified
in spirit at least, as a result Of
the attitudes Of both Maior
Continued on Page A.
, 1948-07-01

At a recent meeting Of the
American Virgin Islands AS
ISOLATION, Ashley Totten pre-
scented a four-page leaflet UNI
der the caption can Open Let
ter to cur Fellow Virgin Is
landers on the Mainland,
which was sent him by some
one in St. Croix where the
, 1948-07-01
Centennial Ball To Be Gala Event
CrotOning of Queen; Special Feature


What may well be the most outstanding event of this year
will be the Centennial Ball to be held at Government House
tomorrow night Main feature of the evening will be the Sc
lection Of the Centennial Queen, who will reign throughout
the period of celebration.
Candidates and their sponsors are feveriShIy campaign
ing in an effort to win the coveted crown. There are six candi
dates in the race, three in the ChriStiansted and three in Fred
erikSted districts and competition is said to be keen. Each
vote is worth five cents and balloting will continue until 10
o'clock. At that hour a special committee, selected at the
dance, will assist the Secretary-Treasu and members Of the
Commission, in counting the ballots after which the name of
the winner will be announced. Representatives of each con
testant will be present when the ballots are being counted.
Grooming Of Queen
The successful candidate will be crowned in special
ceremonies while the other five candidates will become her
ladies-in-waitng.
A special item will be an exhibition dance of the lancers
lead by Alfred Francis, with special music. This will be fol
lowed by waltz in which only the Queen and her Ladies-in-
Waiting will dance with their chosen consorts. This done
there will be a few old time dance numbers to incIude the
seyen-steP for the enjoyment Of patrons after which the
modern dance numbers will be played again.
Too orchestras. the Rhythm Makers and Motta Brothers
toil play for the occasion.
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Seward seaport record., 1948-11-10
DeUelobment Board Asks Half Million

JUNEAU-A budget request for $500, 1000 for the next biennium has been filed by the Alaska Develop ment Board with the Territorial Board of Budget for consideration by the legislature which meets in January.
 Decision to outline half million dollar program to spur develop ment in the important two years immediately ahead was unani- nous one by Development Board members representing all four ju- dicial divisions of Alaska These are J. A. Talbot of Ketchikan, A. Polet of Nome. Fred w. Axford of Anchorage and Herb Hilscher of Fairbanks. Governor Gruening is chairman of the Board.
 "With financial needs of the Territory greater than ever before and with the budget requests of