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Evening star., 1948-08-20
|BrowneII Greets 200
AT Opening ofG. 0.P.
Headquarters Here

Some 200 Republicans crowded
into the Dewey Warren Building at
1880 K street NV. yesterday after
noon for the official opening of the
local campaign headquarters.
On hand to greet them were Her
bert Brownell, jr., the Dewey-War-
rem campaign manager, along with
various District Republican leaders
and a selection of pretty girls with
red roses and Dewey buttons, which
they passed out to the visitors.
The last nail in a sign outside
the building was saved for Mr..
Brownell This he drove In as pho
tographers took his picture.
Before the speech making started,
patriotic songs and the new Dewey
Warren Victory March" were played
over a loudspeaker The music
could be heard in the street from
one loudspeaker set up on the front
of the building
Joseph C. McGarraghy. chairman
Of the District Campaign Commit
tee, told the crowd the citizens of
"voteless d. c." have a chance to
influence the election of President
and Vice President, as we'll as of
members of Congress, through the
new headquarters. He said the
Office will do everything it can to
get out every Republican absentee
vote iii the District.
Lewis T. Brueninger, president of
the District Dewey Warren Club ex-
planned all Embarrassing in the Dis
trict will be done through his or
ganization.
And we need funds" he empha-
sized.
He said limited memberships are
selling for $40, contributing men,
berships, from s25 to s1O0, and sus-
tanning memberships, from SlOO to
$4,000 Everything will 60 for the
drive to the White House." he ad-
ded.
Among the other local leaders
present and speaking were James C..
Wilkes, State committee chairman.
and Col. George L. Hart, State COM
mittee secretary
The Republican national head
quarters will remain at 1887 Con-
necticut avenue NV. but the Re-
publican Absentee Voters Bureau.
which formerly was in the national
headquarters building, has been
transferred to the campaign office
on K street.
The K street building will be used
also as meeting place for the State
committee and the Young Republi-
cans Club.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 20
Greece's three Communist neigh
bors were accused by United Ma
tions agency today of threatening
peace in the Balkans by aiding
Greek guerrillas.
The accused countries are AL.
bania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
They were warned by the U. N
General Assembly last year against
assisting dissident forces in Greece.
The Special Committee on the
Balkins (UNSCOB) reported to the
Assembly, after a year of on-the-
scene inquiry. that the three Soviet
satellites were continuing their
activities against the Athens regime
UNSCOB said it had evidence
that Greece's Communist neighbors
had supplied arms and munitions tc
the guerrillaS. had permitted the
use of their territories for tactica
operations and had given the guer-
rillas moral support through gov
ernment-controlled radio stations
This assistance has been on such
a scale the report said, that the
Special Committee has concluded
that it has been given with the
knowledge of the governments of
Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. -
The report added:
80 long as events along the
northern borders of Greece show
that support is being given to the
Greek guerrillas from Albania, Bull
garia and Yugoslavia, the Special
Committee is convinced that a
threat to the political independence
and territorial integrity of Greece
will exist, and international peace
and security in the Balkans will be
endangered.
The findings of the committee
were backed by nine members of
the ll-nation body, although Aus
tralia had some reservations. Rus
sia and Poland, the other two men,
bers of UNSCOB, have boycotted
the committee from the beginning.
Australia held that the committee
laid too much stress on investigat-
ing and observing and not enough
on conciliation.
Australia also took issue with the
committees recommendations for
the future. The committee recon-
mended that U. N. agency con-
tinue to exercise vigilance" along
the border and to try to bring about
a peaceful settlement.
Australia proposed the establish
ment of good Offices committee
with purely conciliatory functions.
This body would consist of three
outstanding individuals of interna-
tional prestige who would not be
citizens Of any of the five big
powers
The committee itself did not spec
ify exactly what kind of agency it
believed was best, but it did pro-
pose that the U. N. take over the
financial burden previously borne
by countries on the Balkan COM
mittee
The whole Balkan issue will come
before the General Assembly when
it opens its ls4s session in Paris
Septer,bar 81
Evening star., 1948-08-20
ITU Session Rejects
Resolution Requiring
Non-Communist Oath
BY the Asseeia,ed Press

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 20.-The AFL
International Typographical Union
rejected resolution which would
have required its officers to file nom
Communist affldavits in compliance
with the Taft Hartley Act.
The unions committee on resolu-
tions had reported unfavorabiy on
the proposal introduced in the con.
venuon here by Paul Strong of the
Champaign-Urban ull) local.
NLRB Help Minimized.
woodruff Randolph, international
president, said the officers had not
complied with the provisions of the
Taft-Hartley law because thus far
they had seen no pressing need for
it," He said it was not a question
OF whether the ITU officers were
Communists, but of whether thev
were going to give the National
Labor Relations Board Jurisdiction
OF their problems.
we want neither the benefits nor
the burdens of that law" Mr.. RAN
dolph told the delegates. There
any liiilis We Cdn get through
the National apor Relations Board
that we can't get one thousand times
better through economic measures"
The convention approved a reso-
tuition condemning amy type of
discrimination based on race, reli-
glon, or political belief"
Denham's Removal Asked.
In other resolutions the union
called on President Truman to re-
move Robert N. Denham, NIRB
general counsel, asserting he had
proven himself unqualified because
OF obvious prejudices against the
ITU'; called for a meeting of the
AL, CIO and railroad brotherhoods
IN Washington to work out Joint
plans for repeal of the Taft HART
ley law. combat anti-union injunc.
tlons and "other attacks bv the
NLRB"; and pledged ITU support
to AFL's Labor League for Political
Education.
In Washington, Mr. Denham said
the ITU resolution involving him
doesn't deserve comment when it
comes from crowd as law ignor-
ing as that has been"
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Rent Ruise Authorized
In Drake Apartments

The District Kent Control Ad.
ministration has authorized rent in.
creases averaging Att per cent fol
70 units of the Drake Apartments
2119 H street NV.
The H. L. Rust Co., had askec
1893 per cent increases The hear
ing was conducted by, Examiner
Denis K. Lane.
The new rents will range from
1925 per month for one room ane
bath to $55 for three rooms anc
bath. The old rents ranged from
$25 to $3.50.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Raid
Continued From First Page \

neuver. All policemen had been
given sealed orders to report. but
did not know the nature of the as
slgnment before the meeting.
+ Precisely at $50 am the police
moved out, in patrol wagons. cruls-
ers and on motorcycles. Fifteen
/ minutes later they struck, surround
ing the three clubs at the same time.
and entering after showing search
warrants.
! 1t was all quiet and orderly and
/ caused little excitement among the
patrons.
! Photographs were made of the
interiors and lists of club members"
were taken.
For two weeks plain clothes men
had gathered evidence a. the spots.
using marked money After the ar
rests, a squad of police at each club
sealed the bottles of whisky with
wax and they were carted away as
evidence
Some Bottles Marked.
Inspector Truscott said some of
the bottles bore names of patrons
and others did not. He said it was
customary for members" to have
their names linked on the kcttle
labels for identification. Those ar
rested were:
Five O'Clock William G..
Benjamin, "a, of the 1000 block of
wildwood drive, Takoma Park. Md,
president, secretary and manager:
Miss Mary Jane Dowd. %, of the
5000 block of M street NV, wait
ress; Miss Amelia Swami, 80. of the
1900 block of Adams street NE,
waitress, and Miss Frances Morton,
26, of the l400 block of B street
Sc, cashier. All were charged with
three counts each of selling and
three counts each of keeping whisky
without a license.
Allies Club-Stanley S. Gordon, At,
Of the 1900 block OF Massachusetts,
avenue NV, president; Louis w.
Strickland, 81. of the 1900 block of
Vermont avenue NV. vice presi-
dent; two charges each of keeping
and two charges each of selling
whisky: Thomas G. MCGEE, 80, of
! the HOO block of Vermont avenue
NV, bartender, one charge each
OF selling and keeping; Mrs. Mary
l.. Stephens. rs, of the $500 block of
Thirteenth street NV, waitress, one
charge of selling. One man who said
he was a member" was released
after being held for investigation.
Spotlight Club.
Spotlight Club-Vincent R. Grillo.
As, of the $500 block of University
place NV owner and manager;
Miss Mary E. Stoltz, 27. of 1000 block
OF Bryant street NE, waitress;
Gerald R. Baldy. %, of the 22OO
block of S street Sc, bartender:
three charges each of keeping and
three charges each of selling.
Corporation Counsel Vernon E.
West said he had not been consulted
about the raid and that it was
entirely police matter.
AS to the legality of such night
clubs, Mr.. West said the law re-
quires liquor license for them if
they are rot legitimate membership
organizations.
The law prohibits the drinking of
liquor at any place where the public
is invited but license has not been
issued, Mr.. West said. This would
even apply to drinking at football
game for instance, he said.
He recalled that in a similar situ-
alton several years ago involving the
noW-defunct Literary Guild Club,
the courts held against the de-
PENDANTS and the Supreme Court
( refused to review tho caSo
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Greeks Start Offensive
Against Grommos Rebels

ATHENS, Aug. 20 (P.-Greel
Army forces opened new offensive
against last-ditch guerrilla strong.
holds in the Grammos Mountains
today, general staff spokesman
said.
The Athens government had been
hailing the Grammos campaign as
already won. but the staff spokes-
man told of stiffening guerrilla re-
sistance in an area of some 1OC
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Korda Reported Keeping
Films From U. 5. in Boycott
by the Associoted Pres,

LONDON. Aug 20.-The Daily Ex-
press said today that Sir Alexander
Korda. British movie producer, has
decided to send no more films to
the United States until the trouble
blows over"
The decision was made last night,
the newspaper said, because the
Sons of Liberty League has been
picketing British film runs in Amer
ica. The Express added that Amerl-
can theaters had withdrawn three
Korda films-"An Ideal Husband" ;"
Anna Karenina" and Mine Own
Executioner' er'-because OF the picket
ing.
The Sons of Liberty League has
conducted picketing of New York
stores which sell British goods and
has urged a boycott of all such
products. The league says it is re-
taliating for Great Britain's Pales-
tine policy.
Evening star., 1948-08-20

greater than the s64l $4,000 in
losses for the previous IL months.
The Board of Fire Underwriters
bases its fire loss estimates on in
surance reports, with allowances for
unreported and uninsured losses.
Evening star., 1948-08-20

Brazil expects it's l948-9 sugar
crop will fill 24,000,0OO bags.
Evening star., 1948-08-20
Weather Report

District of Columbia and Vicinity
Mostly sunny with highest about
81 but some chance of a thunder
shower this afternoon Clear to-
night. lowest about "a Tomorrow
fair with little change in tempera-
ture
Wind velocity, 3 miles per hour
direction, southeast.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
9 am. August 20--grains per cubic
yard of air Gncomplete due to last
nights raln),
Five Day Weather Forecast
August 20 Through August "a.
For Northern Virginia and Mary
land-Temperature will average near
or a little above normal. Normal
maximum, 83; normal minimum, "a.
Warmer over week end followed by
cooler Monday and warmer We'd
nesday Showers Sunday or Mon
day. Total rainfall near y inch.
River Report.
From United States EngineerSD
Potomac River cloudy at HarperS FerrS
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cleal
Evening star., 1948-08-20

High and Low for yesterday.
High, 81. at $40 pm,
Low, "a, a 1:02 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 95. or June "a
Lowest, 5, on January 36.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast an
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1948-08-20

Handsome sport coats! All rayon
lined! Shades of tan. brown,
blue and others in herringbones,
checks and plaids! Sizes "a to ~.
The echo., 1948-08-01
PicaYune Newe

The Weems c h zap Ell Methodist
Church goes forWardy, On July 9Th
the Friendship Circle met at the
home of Mrs. Vera Jackson, 3rd
street They meet twice each month
at 6 p. m. All ladies are invited.
Mrs. L. w. Smith is spending her
summer vacation in Alemeda, Calf,
visiting her sister.
Robert and Lauraphean Picket
are visiting their grandparents in
Brookhaven, Miss.
Mrs. Carry Pitten and Mrs. Maye
Tan Louis of Chicago, H., are visit
ing their aunt, Lear Akron.
Mrs. Margaret Price of Buffalo, n
Y. and Mrs. Cynthia Akern and Irean
A. KERN of Tenn, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. David Williams.
Rev. L. w. Smith and c.. P. Pickey
have just returned from a District
Conference held at the Handsboro
Turkey Creek Church..
Everyone is invited to attend the
City Wide Revival now in progress
at Weems Chapel Methodist Church
Meeting at 7 a. m. and 7 p. M, OFT
and Harett Akron and Ellen Brown,
Dewey Akron and Matte L. PRESTON
in charge of devotion.
A committee from each church in
town is expected to lead devotion
during city revival. Gulfside Direc-
tors will be in charge of classes for
adult and christian education. Class
es begin at $3.50 a. m. and 3 p. m.
and there are Bible Glasses for child
rem. Mrs. Ionic Narman in charge
of Youth work
On August 4, the annual Outside
picnic will be held at Waveland
School busses will stop at Weems
Chapel at 1870 a. m.
On August %, Laymen of Weems
Chapel will sponsor Finance Drive
The Methodist church, Varnado, will
render the program.
The echo., 1948-08-01
Constitution Clinic

On the second day of the Conven-
ton Constitution Clinic was con-
Quoted by the Secretary, assisted by
Professors H. c. Jennings of Dekalb
and L. G. knight of Eastabuchie.
This clinic was held for the pur-
pose of helping to simplify certain
laws in our Constitution in order
that the local presidents might have
better knowledge Of the working
of their particular lodges.
Presidents are not going to be able
to conduct their lodges the way they
did years ago. They have got to
keep abreast with the time and from
all indications, the Constitution Clin-
ic proved to be beneficial to those
in attendance.
The echo., 1948-08-01
CIVIC GRADUATE

Albert Trotter, whose parents Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Trotter, ST., are very
proud, graduated this year from
George Washington Carver High
School, Picayune. He was indicted
in the Army August IA, 1914, at
Camp Shelby, Miss. Had B aisle
Training at Keesler Field.
At Macdill Field, Fla, he gradua-
ted from technical school and later
with a sergeant's rating, was trans
ferred to Seattle, Washington, from
which port he went over seas.
After returning to the states, Aug
ust 4, 1916, he resumed his studies
at the school mentioned above He
was the only young man in the grad
uating class, and the first one in six
years to graduate from G. W. c. a.
mong a group of ladies. Trotter
plans to enter Southern University
in the fall
The echo., 1948-08-01
H. B. A. Calendar

The September Board viii be held
Tuesday, September IA, in the Fl. B.
A. Auditorium.
The Executive Board is requesting
that all reports be mailed to the Of
flee on or before Friday, September
10th.
The Executive Board is hereby
authorizing all local presidents to re-
tain the usual Toe commission before
sending your report to the office.
We have some presidents who will
send their full report to the office
and ask us to make the deduction
and forward them their commission.
This is entirely unnecessary and IN
called for Please govern yourselves
accordingly. The September assess
m Mt as levied by the Executive
Board is $1.35 per member.
The echo., 1948-08-01
All Applications for
Membership Musl Come
Through Lodge

We have had some complaints from
local lodges that some of our presi-
dents have been bringing applica-
ton blanks to the General Board to
be o.k'ed by the General President
without having had the lodge to
vote on said applicants. We would
like to inform all concerned that all
application blanks for membership
in the local lodges must come
through the local lodges as our Con-
stitution provides.
Your secretary record should show
when these applications were r e =
esareS sas ss:ras3 aves - aas nEe-
per Co1nnlUUee; Wnen the CanuIUaUes
were initiated; when the certificates
were issued, etc.
Presidents, you are requested to
keep an accurate record of all ap-
plications that come through your
lodge.
If you do not have an official sec
rotary record, you should get one
and help us to keep your records.
The echo., 1948-08-01

DR.. ROBERT A. MILLIKAN,
one of the worlds most distin-
guished scientists and Nobel
prize winner, has referred to cur
rent proposals for federal aid to
education as another of those
efforts to clear out the cock
reaches by burning the house
down" That is right. More fed
eral aid might bring increased
teachers salaries, which all Of US
want. But l stand in constant
amazement that so many folks in
the education profession are blaHd
to the treneaSsesa SEGGSs -
federal sc.
Not to be outdone by those
clamoring for money to be routed
via Washington for the public
schools, college and university
administrators recently climbed
on the bandwagon and put in for
their share. At major confer
ence of higher education in Chi
cago, DR.. Alonzo Myers of New
York University proposed a
catch-all program that would call
for expenditures dwarfng those
in public school bills now in Con-
gress.
Ask For AMONG other
Your Part things, this program
would set up an
Educational Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation" AS a govern
ment project, this bureau would
no doubt take bookkeeping les
sons from RFC and IVA. Both
of these have tucked away mil
lions of wasted tax dollars. Ex-
perts have said that it will be
impossible for RFC ever to ac-
count for all of its funds. After
this ERIC, we can expect other
RIGS for any group that has
enough power and votes to get
the ear Of Congress.
Not to be outdone in tire
scramble, educators from several
private colleges mot stato-sup-
ported) fought strenuously at the
aforementioned conference for
federal ~. Th~AS impelling mo-
The echo., 1948-08-01
Toward Socialism
By GEORGE S. BENSON
President OF Harding College
SECRECY, Arkansas

tives went like this: In any dis
posal of federal funds, we must
not be neglected! IN other words,
as long as Washington is throw
ing the money around, you have
nothing to lose to ask for your
share.
Must Keep TO NE, all these
Local C0pt'0l thin things 5od LOOK 3m Like
canism, Is this a generation that
runs to Washington and Con.
gress ~ receives clsya for every
n Ger. fSg5s'ss 60 ~ KIN iSsssg ]
II our IocaI people tsEarcs ana
communities) haven't got the
backbone to take adequate care
of their educational probleTss
then for sure more money frC:.I
the federal government will ned
remedy the situation. And that
goes for Arkansas, too.
But the nub Of it is: local cor.
munities have done plenty, st:Il
are doing things about local AMI
state needs in education. | hay =
no patience with those who hi.
low the internal propaganda MI
chine in Russia and call it educs.
ton. We have done more to edu.
cate our youth than any Con.
munist country ever will be al.
to do under Communists
There's nothing radically wro2g
with American education. BIT
there will be-if we hand contl.i
over to Washington.
Education is one Of the biggest
enterprises in America. When We
give over to the federal rovcIb.
ment the purse st-iaPs lex loo.
educa:!on, then We lave taken
the cong step toward Socialism
What We cluSt do is get Tie led
eral government OF the notks %
tavpUvors. Then the states cs-
CO lcct more .aYes arg there is tn.
RIVE rcr reaso1 .ois 70 oct &c.
cation expenses from Wash:ts
ton we must d,aw II, l.nr -
th's ,:aroe.o;s trend, .t's ha,.
:s 80 called federal sAo-"
The echo., 1948-08-01
Office Secretary Elected
General Secretary

Miss Matte L. Larkin, who has
been office Secretary for the Hol-
brook Benevolent Association far a
number of years was elected Gen
eral Secretary n t h Convention
After Miss Larkin's election, a jubi-
liant ovation was had in the auditor
ium among the presidents, members
and friends who had known of the
untiring services Miss Larkin h s
rendered the Association throughout
the years. They felt and believed
that she was deserving of any pro-
motion that the Association had to
offer.
The echo., 1948-08-01
CERTIFICATE OF
APPRECIATION

Certificates Of appreciation for mer-
itorious service rendered the Asso-
citation throughout the years were
presented to the local presidents.
Some Of the presidents left before
these presentations were made.
Therefore, we are kindly asking that
those presidents who have not re-
ceived theirs, if they will call by the
office or forward us a &c stamp we
will gladly mail yours out to YOU
The echo., 1948-08-01
THANKS

l wish to take this medium to
thank my many, many friends who
were present in the H. B. A. Con-
vention and those who could not be
present, for the interest manifested
p in me, in that you made it poaej'2le
for me to be'ele~tod Genera So-rc-
tary Of the Association.
I wish to state nat 7 SILL try 70
continue to give you the same kind
of service that I have been giving
you throughout the years. May God
bless and l-eep each Of yc1 is ny
prayer.
Matte I. Larkin.
The echo., 1948-08-01
The H.B.A. Convention
Held In The H.B.A. Auditorium
July 27-28

what it should be.
On the first day of the Convention
the annual reports were made by the
General Officers. The reports were
very, very good. The reports from
our agents showed that they have
been very active in promoting the
work of the Association in their re-
Spective districts.
The echo., 1948-08-01
FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR CONVENTION

AS we go to press, Saturday, july
! !, the total membership for the
{ invention is six thousand seven
hundred and twenty-ni (6,729).
Total collection, at 4Oc per mem
.er, $2,6916O
Secretary.
The echo., 1948-08-01

was a glowing success. The devo-
tional exercises were beautifully con-
Quoted by Rev. James Patrick, chap
lain, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The Convention was largely at
tended by presidents, members, and
friends who had come from far and
near to help make this Convention
The echo., 1948-08-01
Reverend R. W. Rad
cliff on Vacation

Reverend R. w Radcliffe, of Toom-
suba, came by the office Thursday
en- route to Kansas City, Kansas,
where he will spend his vacation
visiting his son, Mr.. Isaac Radcliffe.
The office force hopes for Rever-
end Radcliffe lovely vacation.
The echo., 1948-08-01
: Our C.Ia mans Paid
$4,000 Each

-Four claimants were paid 5000 90
each in the Convention. Total a.
mount Of death benefits for the Con-
vention, $4,000.
The echo., 1948-08-01

Miss Matte Jerusba Hardy, niece
OF Miss Matte L. Larkin, rendered
the music for the devotional exer-
cises during the two-day session Of
the H. B. A. Convention.
The echo., 1948-08-01
Lodge No. 270 Makes
Nice Showing

H. B. A. Lodge No. 27O, headed by
Mr.. A. j. Barnett, was well repre-
sented in the H. B. A. Convention,
in that the lodge chartered a bus to
bring members of the lodge to the
Convention.
We wish to congratulate Mr.. Bar
nett for this all important act.