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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
The Young Idea
What Makes Junior Run
ToSatmday Shows, TbatIs?
By Evelyn PIosf, II,
Roosevelt High school.


The next scene finds our hero
Just after he has been thrown into
a deep gorge -. up he gets, hat
still in place, tie In order and not
a speck Of dust Or even one little
rumple. This Is the stuff heroes are
made of!
Well, there we left Jake, at the
bottom Of the gorge and Platinum
looking sympathetically over the
edge and Lolita still in that burlap
sack in a submarine.
In a tone that implies "You know
our boy will come out on top, but
how?" the Western" voice invites
the kiddies to come again next
week to see Number 10.
POP!
SO this, found, is how Americas
small fry enjoy themselves on their
Saturday afternoons.
Do the movie people think that
our children are morons? Do they
think that child's mind can appre-
ciate these deep implications?
ask you, Senator, do they? There
should be an investigation!
Yes, I was surprised. Wake up,
America.
POP! POP!
I. for one, have an engagement
next Saturday. -. wonder HOW
Jake will get out Of that fix. Sixteen
weeks isn't such a long time and
I'm lucky, there are only seven more
to go.
POP! POP!
1.-THE Sunday Star tDiH publish
each 1Deek an article 1Dritten by
student from high school In
| this DiciuitU,)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

and reviews of JAM and classical
music.
A corollary to the monthly issue
have been the jazz concerts spon-
sored at the Press Club and at
Uline Arena BY the Changers stat.
Taking the lead in this was Nesuhi
Ertegun, the son Of the former
Turkish Ambassador. Mr.. Ertegun
also acted as editor from August
until December, with Mr.. Gullickson
remaining In his post as publisher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

POP!
I looked around, not really too
surprised to find myself one OF the
few "gee why did you have-to-
come" in that sea Of young hu-
mainly.
During the cowboy movie I kept
asking myself just what the fatal
attraction was. What brought them,
and kept bringing them, week after
week? Certainly they were not In
terested in the feature-witness the
running up and down the aisles, the
calling out to friends In the balcony,
the frequent trips for drink OF
water.
POP!
Then came my entertainments
Number 8 of the serial.
POPl POPl POP!
This was an entirely new expert
ence for me set down virtual
blow-by blow description, here and
now.
To q banjo rendition Of the over
ture from civilian TELL" which
sounded very much like polly
Wolly-Doodle" the title OF the piece
found It's way to the screen: THE
Further Adventures Of Jake, the
Jovial Cowboy"
Now, a brief synopsis, only about
. reel and half, Of the eight pre-
vious installments was presented.
While the audience raised its voice
to heights that would have astound-
ed an army Of dead, deaf men, q
real Western" voice gave out with
the details. To be frank, the
cheering and booing was SO exu-
berant that I missed the details.
Then came the drama, the COM
pany that made the thing actually
made itself known-believe 1t or
not.
Lolita Lettuce, the anemic look
ing leading lady, was being held
captive by a group OF Mexican des-
peradoes (what this does to the
Eood-neighbor policy will take years
to undo. Incidentally, these fell
lows from south Of the border re-
semble real, or is 1t reel, honest
to-goodness Nazis. Their accents
were German with Spanish over
cast, the type that must be heard
to be appreciated. Well, Lolita Is
about to be disfigured In saw mill
when the sound of a horses hoofs
is heard in the distance-there Is
only one horse that could possibly
sound like that, Platinum. 1t fol-
lows that Jake must be coming, too,
so the dirty villains mount their
steeds, with Miss Lettuce, hastily
thrown into a burlap bag going too,
and lead the merry chase across the
Great American Desert.
Come on, Platinum, show the
stuff you're made of!"-Jake speak
ing. But Platinum, evidently not
so proud Of her stuff, can't quite
catch the desperadoes. At this
stage Of the game, sand is flying
and Jake almost loses sight Of that
precious burlap bag.
Alas, Hans Won Peon, leader of
the gah@, comes 10 MS secret SUD-
marine base. Where did this turn
up? Well, I haven't figured that
one out, I'm still in that vast des-
ert. OF little matter though, for
just before he submerges he sends
back his henchman Fritz with Or
ders to kill Jake.
A fierce battle ensues, first Fritz
is on top, then Jake, etc, etc. Jake
would have won, but Platinum has
broken a leg and the poor guy is
10000 overcome that he just isn't
himself.
Now we see Fritz riding off into
the shadows on specimen ready
for the glue factory.
POPl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

z IL o y II z
movie house one
apresnidi.
T h e re they
were! Each with
one CRU b b y
hand clutching
at the edge OF
the re a t, the
other feverishly
clasping S o m e
ooey gooey
candy-like con-
lection. T h e / r
little mouths
worked overtime
blowing t h os e
ever = present
bubbles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

Where do Americas smallest fry
spend their Saturday afternoons?
Armed with determination and the
Ascent admission fee I forced my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

Don't 90 trilly and freeze.
Instead, choose an -GH-1Oool
flannel robe in a neatly tai
lored style to keep you 1oarm
as toast and still stylish.
After bustling around all day,
relar in this 1Gn-tdilored
coat to study or Just to lounge
around,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Find Wartime
I'm Committee
Still Operating

Washington (LP)-The old ar
gument about whether most of the
Ilabor-management plant commit
tees organized during the war were
a gesture" or genuine cooperative
endeavors is renewed as result
of survey of that fate of about
5000 such committees, results OF
which are published this week.
During the war, under the en-
couragement of the War Produc-
tion Board, more than 5000 SUCH
committees were formed. Early this
year, 5000 plants where such COM
mittees were operating during the
war were surveyed by the Bureau
OF Labor Statistics.
There are still 2S7 such commit
tees functioning, according to re-
ports received from 944 plants. Of
these, 223 are in unionized estab-
lishments, and GA in non-union
plants. Another 657 plants report
ed that they had been dissolved.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
New Jersey PAC Endorses
Democrats For Congress

housing, an adequate health pro
gram, reduced prices and broader
social security coverage. Alexander
reminded the delegates of his OPP
position to the Taft Hartley law
While voicing his hatred of com
munism he denounced the tactics
of the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee.
Former OPA Administrator Paul
Porter discussed with the New
Jersey unionists the need for price
control and housing legislation,
and analyzed the tactics the 80th
Congress used to avoid doing any
thing to satisfy the peoples needs.
Philip Weightman, national rep
resentatice of PAC charged that
the Progressive Party is laying
the foundation for another depress-
ion by running candidates against
known liberals
The Congressional candidates en-
dorsed, all Democrats, were Charles
Howell of Trenton, Charles Joelson
of Patterson, Peter Rodino, Hugh
J. Addonizio and Harry Dudkin Of
Newark.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Mine Workers. ADA Denounce
WoIIuce>As His Tour BEGINS

Washington (LPA)-As Henry
Wallace prepared for campaign
tour of the South last week his own
record and the activities of his Pro-
gressive Party were denounced by
the United Mine Workers and by
the liberal political organization
Americans for Democratic Action.
The UNIV criticism of Wallace
is contained in the current issue of
the UNIV Journal, official union
paper. "We have searched the re-
cord and we fail to find anything
that Wallace has performed in be-
half of the common man that he
blah- blah-b blahs about so much in
his talks and writings" the Journ-
al says.
It's editorial writer recalls wait
ing for the report of a committee
of trade union leaders who called
upon Vice President Wallace when
the anti-labor Smith Connally act
was pending in the Senate. When
the committee returned from their
visit the UNIV paper continues:
"The report on the Wallace visit
was to the effect that Wallace did
MT seem to know what the bill pro-
vided or what the committee was
talking about, and the committee
in turn could not understand what
Wallace thought or said. In fact
they said he talked in riddles about
matters so far removed from the
planet of practical endeavors that
the committee members were
stumped."
The Journal then cites the state
ment of President H. L.. Mitchell
of the Natl Farm Labor Union
that: "Wallace refused to see rep
of that union when
they rode to Washington in an old
jalopy to protest the injustice Of
the farm program under which the
plantation owners Of the south
were given government money not
to grow crops, which in turn was
used by them to pay interest on
their debts, while the men who
were displaced by curtailing of pro-
duction were given the air and the
open road to shuttle for them
selves
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Labor Doy Features Truman. AFL-
CEO Hecds AT Midwest Rallies

Washington (LPA) - The 1946
election campaign will get under
way in earnest on Labor Day. That
BECAME clear last week, as Presi-
dent Truman scheduled a whirlwind
trip thru Michigan industrial CEN
ters on Sept. 6, with six formal
Labor Day rallies scheduled.
Another center Of attention will
be Akron, Ohio where AFL Presi-
dent William Green and Labor Sec
retary Maurice Tobin will address
the rally of the Summit County
Trades & Labor Assembly at Sum-
nit Beach Park.
CIO President Philip Murray will
address two Labor Day celebra-
tions, one at Wheeling, w. Va. and
the other across the Ohio River at
Steubenville, Ohio.
Republican speakers apparently
will be few and far between at la
boris rallies this year, as the results
of the Taft-Hartley law reach
deeper into US unions. COP presi-
dental candidate Thomas Dewey
isn't stating his speaking engage
ments until mid-September, and so
far nothing is scheduled for vice
presidential aspirant Earl Warren
by the Republican Natl Commit
tee.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Tugwell Uneasy
About Wallace

Baltimore LPA)- Rexford G..
Tugwell, only prominent New Deal
er identified with the Wallace-for-
President movement, told Balti-
more Sun reporter last week that
he IS "an uneasy member of the
Progressive Party"
When asked if he is going to vote
for Truman or Wallace, Tugwell,
who presided over the Progressive
Party's platform committee ses-
.sions, said: "At the present time
my mind is open."
He fears that ''the wrong people"
may have gotten control of the
new party, and vii make it impos-
.sibie for "old fashioned American
progressives to go along with il" ,"
Asked if he referred to the Com
mUnists, Tugwell replied: 81 don't
know if they are Communists, but
they act as tho they are"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

New Brunswick (LPA) - After
roundly denouncing the tactics of
Henry Wallace's Progressive Party
the New Jersey PAC, representing
nearly 227,000 union members, last
week gave it's support to the Demo
cratic candidate for US Senate and
to five Democratic Congressional
hopefuls.
A resolution to endorse President
Truman's reelection campaign was
referred to the forthcoming session
of the executive board. The state
leaders said that the meeting had
no power to act upon it.
Present at the meeting were
about 600 delegates from 294 locals
in the state. At least 10000 MEM
bers of 'right-wing" locals of the
United Electrical & Machine Work
ers, largest trade union under pro-
Wallace national leadership, had
their delegates present at the meet
ing.
The PAC senatorial choice, Arch
ibald S. Alexander, addressed the
meeting. He said that the basic
answer to communism is better
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Eckes Hits Farm
Labor Situation
Under tn Law

Washington (LPA)-If the Taft
Hartley law can be used SUCCESS
fully to perpetuate, within the
framework of free enterprise and
civil liberty, and inhuman system
of industrial feudalism, such as
that which has been a disgrace in
California, then the sooner this is
brought into the open the better,
said Harold Ickes last week in his
syndicated newspaper column.
Ickes was referring to the situa-
tion at the DiGiorgio Ranch near
Bakersfield, Calf, where members
of Natl Farm Labor Union-AFL
have been on strike for ten months
now. The strikers, who have been
up against the notorious AssOci-
ated Farmers of California, have
endured smears and violence and
finally a Taft-Hartley injunction
which NFLU President H. L. Nit
chell says the union will immedi-
ately appeal to the Supreme Court.
at is to be hoped" writes Iekes,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
LLpE Handbook
Now Available

Washington (LPA) - blueprint
For Victory" the first of LLPE's
pamphlets to show union groups
the way to "clean out reaction with
political action" is available to all
local LLPE and AFL units.
1t provides a terse outline OF
why working men and women must
take an active. part in this election
if we are to be spared another Con-
gress like the S0th. State and local
leagues are the basic LLPE power
houses, the handbook explains.
National dictation will never
elect one candidate. Elections are
won in the precinct"
The exact situation in every
locality, the way state and Con-
gressional election districts over
lap, must determine the exact
form or organization of each local
LLPE, the pamphlet points out. 1t
however, "A useful blue
print of the structure and functions
of the AFL's political arm.
Each local unions LLPE branch
is urged to set up its own commit
tees on finance, education, regis
tration and precinct recruitment.
At the city or county level there
should also be a public relations
and ward and precinct
to coordinate the
work of members of the various
locals in each voting district.
Special coordinating committees
for each US Congressional district
are also encouraged by LLPE's ma
-ional office. If the district con-
aims two or more cities then the
.ity committees are directed by the
district committees. On the other
land the city committees is the top
,chelon of the area when there is
more than one Congressional dis
rict in the metropolitan area.
Controlling body for endorse
nents is the state committee. Nal
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Charge Conspiracy To
Makers Of Bottle Caps

Washington (LPA)-A 20-year-
old conspiracy to fix prices and
suppress competition in the sale of
bottle caps used for beer, carbon
ated beverages, and other liquids,
was charged last week to II manu-
facturers of crown bottle caps.
The Federal Trade Commission
ordered the Crown Manufacturers
Trade Assn and the u companies
involved to stop their practices,
which according to FTC included
standardization of their prdoucts
"to such an extent that prospec-
tive purchaser would have no choice
in the realm of coloring, lettering
and decorations as between the pro-
ducts of any two manufacturers"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Dairy Farmers
Affiliate With
National Union

Memphis (LPA)-Over 1000 far
Imer-unionists, Louisiana dairy far
Imers whose products are bought up
by the big New Orleans dairy in
terests, affiliated last month with
the Natl Farm Labor Union-AFL.
The dairy farmers are organized
into two local unions, one at Amite,
the other at Franklinton, La. A
Friendly rivalry is developing be-
tween the two locals, almost even
ly matched in membership, over
which can increase its membership
fastest.
The Franklinton local is in the
northern part of the state, near the
Mississippi line. 1t is beginning to
extend its recruiting into that state.
The Amite local, further south, IS
pushing on towards New Orleans
Between the two of them they hope
to have 5000 members by the end
of the year.
About two years ago these two
locals were struggling independents
itching for battle with the milk
trust. They affiliated with the pow
erful Int'l Brotherhood of Team
sters-AFL as their fight began and
received whole-hearted support
from that union, which brought
them victory. Not only did they re-
fuse to sell to the dairy companies
at the low prices that were offered,
but they succeeded, with IBT aid,
in preventing inferior milk from
entering New Orleans until their
demands were met.
Altho grateful to the IBT, the
farm locals wanted to be part of a
farmers union. In June southeast
ern heads of the IBT met President
II. L. Mitchell of the NFLU at the
Texas AFL convention, told him
about the locals and began the pro-
cess which was eliminated last
month with their receiving char
ters from NFLU.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
LABOR VOTERS GROUP
EXTEND BATTLE LINES

Washington UPA)-As Novem-
ber comes ever closer, Labor's Lea
que for Political Education-the
AFL's political armand Railway
Labor's Political League-which
generally works with it-are ex-
tending their battle lines into
every state in the union. Their
goal is the defeat of the Taft-Hart-
leyites and the election of a pro-
gressive Congress.
Labor endorsements in New
York state have been received by a
number of Democratic Congress-
men and two Republicans. Out
standing among the Democrats en-
dorsed last week by RLPL are
Arthur Klein (19th CD), Abraham
Multer, Oath CD), Sol Bloom (20th
CD and Adam Clayton Powell
(22nd CD). The two Republicans,
both of whom voted against the
Taft-Hartley law, are Jack Javits
(21st CD of New York City, and
John r. Butler Oath CD) of Buff
falo.
In Washington Henry M. Jack
son (D.) who has maintained a
consistently progressive record
thruout four terms in Congress has
the support of all branches Of the
labor movement.
Unanimous support has also been
given to John Murdack CD in
Arizona, and Walter r. Granger
CD in Utah, two more veteran
pro-labor Congressman. Two Geo
rgia candidates who have won the
support of the unions are Helen
Douglas Mankin and Henderson L..
Lanham one of the few southern
ers opposing Taft-Hartley. Mrs.
Mankin who had a perfect labor
record in the 10th Congress, was
defeated two years ago, but with
hard working union support has a
good chance Of returning this time.
In Ohio's 1st District, Cincinnati,
a United Labor Committee of AFL,
CIO, railroad brotherhood and un-
affiliated unions has been formed
to support Democratic candidate
Morse Johnson against the incum-
bent Taft Hartleyite. Johnson is
running on an anti-inflation, re-
peal Taft Hartley platform. He is
a World War ii veteran who led
tank platoon in the battle of the
Bulge.
Kentucky Democrats, meanwhile,
are worried about the one major
primary defeat that organized la
Dor has suffered recently. Many of
them fear that the victor of the
"Bumbling Bourbon" Virgil Chap
man over labor's candidate, John
Young Brown, in the Senatorial
primaries may spell defeat for the
statewide ticket this fall.
Even the senatorial defeat was
not without its bright side, how
ever, The labor backed ticket over
whelmingly carried Louisville, prin-
cipal city of the state, and labor
may have succeeded in thereby
writing the last chapter in the his
tory of the Mclaughlin machine.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
Truman Promotes
Employment OF
Handicapped Men

Washington (LPA) - President
Truman met with his committee
to promote Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week" at the Labor
Dept here last week. The $50 mem
bers of the committee also heard
reports that plans for the 1948
observance, schedule for October
80, are well under way.
"I want you to do the job as you
have always done it," Truman told
the group, "and do it a little better
this time. And a week after En-
ploy the Physically Handicapped
Week, do it a little better. Do it
for 81 weeks, then 81 weeks more; /;
and then let's work just as hard
in preventing the handicapping
physically of our population"
Labor Secretary Tobin told the
committee that, during the past
year, nearly 250,000 physically ham
dicapped obtained jobs in industry,
and that $4,000 were placed in last
October alone.
Union officials present included
A. j. Hayes, vice-president of the
Int'l Association of Machinists, who
presented a report from the labor
committee of the conference, charg
ing that failure to employ the ply
sically handicapped is not mat
ter of the inability of handicapped
workers to do the job, but is due to
"the attitude maintained by those
who regulate industry and business
hiring practices.
Also there were Charles Davis
and Dr. r. r. Sayers, of the United
Mine Workers, Legislative Repre-
sentatives Walter Mason and Lewis
Hines of the AFL, L. S. Buckmas-
ter, CIO vice-president, Frank
Fernbach of the CIO.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

This record, the UNIV paper
says, plus the fact that Wallace's
campaign "is almost completely in
the hands of the Communists"
demostrate that no solution to the
problems of American workers can
be found in voting for the Wallace
party.
ADA, in which a number of AFL
and CIO leaders are active, issued
a pamphlet called "Bat Boy for Re-
action" which also charges that
the Wallace campaign is Commun-
ist-run. The Progressive Party, it
says, has served notice of its in
tention to: "Blackmail progressive
candidates into supporting pro-
Soviet foreign policies or face the
entry of Third Party candidates
in their districts, and to punish at
the polls those progressive candi-
dates who will not capitulate to
Communist pressure"
1t cites Wallaceite opposition to
labor backed Congressional candi-
dates in Illinois, New York, Cali
fornia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Maryland.
"The third party will count its
victories in the defeats of liberals
and in the election Of reactionary
isolationists who - in opposing
Marshall plan aid to Europe
meet the first test Of political fit
ness set up by the hard core of
Communists who run the Wallace
Third Party. A vote for a Third
Party candidate is a vote for a re-
dictionary Congress, for high prices,
lower living standards at home and |
of American aid in the
economic recovery of democratic
nations abroad" ADA concludes.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26

to using that opposition Of yours
at some future date against a
particular tax opposed by his board
of directors.
Do you require prof? First look
at the nations capital. Congress
recently approved, a billion
dollar tax cut, giving only AZ per
cent Of the saving TO 20 per cent
Of the taxpayers numbering thirty
three million in the income groups
below $4,000 while ,58 per cent Of
the savings 20 to the fourteen mil
lion taxpayers in the income groups
above $4,000. And already during
the three month period February
Is through May Is the predicted in
crease in the cost Of living has al
most completely wiped out any and
all tax savings accruing to the mil
lions Of taxpayers in the low in
come brackets.
Tax Cut Aided The Rich
And who benefited? Why, OBJ
viously, the directors of the tax
leagues, and the members Of the
n. A. NJ. and the chambers Of com
nnerce who were hell-bent on push
ing a tax-cut bill through Congress
regardless Of what happened to
prices or to the general economy.
Yet rather oddly, and yet not so
these gentlemen operate, nothing
oddly, when one considers how
was said or done about reducing
the excise taxes now running at
the rate Of eight billion dollars
yearly. For it is this eight-billion-
dollar tax on transportation, on
telephone service, and on dozens
Of items in common use that or
ganized labor would like to see
drastically reduced. We know that
very large part Of this tax is
pyramided into the cost Of every
thing we buy.
So the tax leagues and their al
lies won another round at the ma
TONS capital by pushing through