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Evening star., 1948-12-05
By Milton Mormor
Former StefF Ssrssont. A. U. S., Ssriol N
3275e6s4; North AfrIea, ltaly, France

Former StefF Ssrssont. A. U. S., Ssriol No.
3275s6s4; North AfrIeo, ltoly. frones
FORT DIX, N. its still the
Army!
The conveyor belt moves relent-
lessly from the moment the selectee
comes through the Fort Dix gate.
It moves more slowly. perhaps. and
1t is cushioned with wads OF top
brass orders to make the recruit feel
he's a human being.
But it's the same old military
assembly line for the youngsters
stumbling through one Of life's more
bewildering experiences-the transi-
ton from a civilian to q soldier
world.
I went through all this six years
ago. I tried 1t for size again, a
paunchy interloper among the latest
peacetime citizens needing the 194S
call of their friends and neighbors.
This time for me there was a
basic, wonderful difference. I came
out through the same door went in.
Greeted by Friendly Major
Being swept along the Fort Dix
receiving line today is an experience
crowded with yesterdays memories.
A recruits first day starts the
night before. It begins with the
awareness of tomorrow that makes
sleep an elusive stranger. BY 8 am.
I was driving down to Fort Dix.
There was met by the public in
formation oficer, q friendly major
who assigned . helpful lieutenant
and captain to see that I got on my
way. It was q lovely Indian summer
day.
(That other morning was icy.
After the good-bys I waited for q
plodding railroad train that must
have escaped from the Smithsonian
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NeUtOn
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munists were not too unpopular
hereabouts while Russia was an
Ally. 1t is probable that any SHOW
down" effort at the time would have
been rebuffed and Mr.. Murray
would have been replaced.
Mr.. Murray bided his time until
he and the C1O were strong enough
and the Communists unpopu' ar
enough among labor to leave no
doubt as to success Of the house.
cleaning.
Actually a Moderate
He progressed in his campaign as
relations worsened with Russia. The
issues of the Marshall Plan and
the Wallace third party gave him
the real opportunity to come to
grips with the leftists in his Or
ganization. It became CIO policy
to support the European aid plan
and to oppose Mr.. Wallace, both
the reverse Of the Communist cline" +"
The combination Of issues provided
q pretty good test as to just who
was a party liner" The leftists
were earmarked when they went
against C1o policy in both respects
and it gave Mr.. Murray his big
issue. He charged them privately
with attempting to destroy C1O.
Then, it became C1O policy by q
big majority Of the board to support
President Truman for reelection.
The CIO-PAC worked hard toward
that end. When the President won
and it was apparent labor had big
part in the victory, the leftists were
routed. They were stunned and so
were most Of the big employers op-
posed to the liberal Truman plat
form. Mr.. Murray decided it was
time to carry his fight into the open.
Despite the harsh words he said
about them at Portland, Mr.. Muir
ray is q moderate" among CIO OH
eials as to ways Of handling Com
munists. A number Of his top as
sociates favor tossing out the Reds
Immediately. This means, for ex-
ample, If the big Electrical Work.
ers' Union refuses to conform to
policy then revoke the charter and
kick them out. Leaders Of the big
United Auto Workers and the
Textile Workers are among those
who feel that way.
Mr.. Murray believes his methods
will be completely successful in the
end and that he will attain success
without damaging the CIO seriously.
He has made great progress toward
his goal.
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t1nstitution. After a ride on wooden
benches that I hoped never woulc
end, we finally reached Fort Dix
Then, for more than an hour we
stood in wet snow before the Army
decided 1t needed men,
Directly inside the post gate Is the
IRP, also known as the Initial Re-
ceiving Point. A sergeant read q
prepared speech Of welcome. In
front of us were the first of many
forms to be filled out. A sergeant
disguised with the title Of guide was
assigned to our group. His first
task was to escort us to hot coffee
and doughnuts.
We progressed by bus to a pre-
pack building and an issue Of equip
ment for immediate needs-a razor.
soap, towels, etc., also a raincoat and
a helmet liner, three blankets, ETC.,
and q bed In q wooden barracks with
central heating.
(They must not have expected
me the other time, because I was
shunted to the very last tent in the
last row to windward. There were
six of us and not one knew how to
operate the pot-bellied coal stove.
So I slept in my clothes for six Of
the coldest days and nights ever
recorded by man.
Dog tags were handed to the gen.
uine recruits. sat this one out.
(The other time I was No.
3275s6s4)
I should make 1t clear here that
I telescoped four days of processing
into q few hours Of one. day. I lis
tened attentively to orientation lee
lures on many subjects and heard
the articles of war again. Then came
the educational films on Army life,
including one Of the dangers Of con-
sorting with the wrong type Of fe-
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let alone the impossibility OF evel
roofing the, Communists out with
current mild anti Communist pol
icy of the Nehru government. 1r
other parts Of India, particularly
South India, the number Of these
Communist parallel governments /.
multiplied many times 5000.
To the Hyderabad troops ane
police, taking Behrampalli was 6
task that ended when they finally
surrounded the fort and forced ths
surrender. To them it also mean
getting even' with the Commu'
nists for some of the atrocities
committed against their units. Fol
my curious soul the most exciting
part of the show was still at hand
I wanted TO know where the Com
munists got their arms and ammu'
nition, who trained them ane
where, and what the average Com
munist convert in India or Hyder'
abad thought he was fighting for
No Interrogation System
The Hyderabad forces had NJ
proper system of turning the pris'
oners over to an intelligence uni
for interrogation, SOL set out b,
begging Erglish-speaking officers tt
translate for me.
Even in o war against the Com
munists there are two sides to every
question. For instance, in Hyder'
abad, India's agent general, Mr.
K. M. Munshi, an able lawyer ir
private practice, who was spear
heading India's claims against Hy'
derabad, told me many times ir
private conference that the Hyder'
abad troops were not shooting
Communists at all-but were muir
dering innocent Hindus. Munshi
caught between his duty to de-
nounce Hyderabad In line witt
India's policy and his fear of ulti'
mate Communist control of al
South India, stated repeatedly thai
communism in South India was 9
greater threat to 1ndia's security
than Hyderabads militant Moslem'
who were currently sloganizing fol
Hyderabad's independence or ths
potential Of a Moslem-led Hyder.
abad joining Moslem-led Pakistar
in a war against India.
In contrast. on the other side o.
this argument, which was conven.
iently providing room for Commu'
mist gains, the Moslem Prime Min.
lister of Hyderabad, Mir Liak All
personally denied to me that hi!
troops were shooting any limo
cent Hindus."
The Prime Minister explained
that his troops were trying tt
control the Communists, who were
guilty of outrages against the cit.
izenry, and that if any one, Hindr
or Moslem, joined the Communists
they would become the target oi
Evening star., 1948-12-05

In recent lengthy dispatches II
phatically drawn Washington's attel
stooges in Northern Korea cross the
3sth parallel and destroy the newly
born democratic government Of
South Korea, Japan itself will be-
come the target and eventually the
easy prey of the Communists.
Even the most pro-American
Japanese leaders have warned the
Allied supreme commander that
once Korea, the protruding finger
of Asia which is only a short hop
from the Japanese islands, falls
under the control of Moscow, any
thing may happen in the Land OF
the Rising Sun. Whatever does
happen, it will not be favorable to
the United States and to the cause
of democracy which we are trying
to establish there.
Aeitators Pose as Refugees
Despite our efforts to organize
South Korea the situation there is
bad for two reasons: Cd The grow
ing pains which are inevitable in a
country which for nearly half q
century was under foreign don1ina-
ton, and (2) the division Of the
country into two zones, which has
produced an abnormal situation and
has retarded the development of the
country.
Thousands of Communist agi-
tators have come into South Korea
under the guise of refugees and
are helping to stir up trouble.
The demarcation line between
north and south is studded with
concrete pillars. Behind these pill
lars, are military posts, the job Of
which Is to supervise trafhc between
the two areas. While the Russians
and their Korean satellites have
established an iron curtain between
the two areas, ours is scarcely a
paper curtain.
The posts in the Russian zone are
fully manned with about 81 men to
each, in accordance with the origi-
nal agreement between the powers
which liberated Korea. Out posts
are seldom manned by more than
II men, who have to patrol the
same length Of border as the Rus
SLAMS. 1t stands to reason that few
II any persons can get through from
south to north, but we are not able
to stop nearly all the agents and
undesirable characters who try to
enter South Korea from the north
In North Korea the Soviet Union
has organized an adequate police
force" of about $50, 900 well-equippec
and highly trained men. The nu-
cleus of that force is some $4,000
hard fighting Koreans, who were
under instruction in Siberia fo-
several years before the collapse OF
Japanese military power. They are
not only able professional soldiers,
but also have been thoroughly in
doctrinated in the principles OF
communism, which they adopted en-
Enthusiastically for its substantial ma
terial rewards.
Constabulary Well Armed
This group Of soldiers is equiva-
lent to the Russian MVDs state
police. But they are all we'll
trained fanatics, who are ready to
fight to the last. to maintain a re-
gime which offers them many ad-
vantages in q country where the
mass of people have few.
In South Korea we have estab-
hshed two forces: A police unit and
. constabulary. Neither exceeds
10000 in number. The members OF
the police force have been thor
Evening star., 1948-12-05
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, pEcEMBEk 5. 1s<S.
Firms Are Free but Uneasy
AsNeighbors of Russians
Question Raised as to How Long Soviet Will
Tolerate a Vigorous, Self.Respecting
Democracy Right on Its Border
By Lothrop Stoddord

On Of the Baltic Sea grim game Of cat-and-
mouse being Finland relatively small in
fertile country with inhabitants The cat the giant
covering Of the total land OF the globe
nearly beings the result Of two recent
unsuccessful Finnish ma at the Soviet cats
mercy vigorously compelled lease several
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Korea Fears Blow by Reds
After China Is Overcome
Thousands of Communist Agitators Reported
to Have Filtered Into South Korea
and Are Stirring Things Up
By Constontine Brown

impending which cononts the Nationalist
worrying American strategsts Washington
which considers the
mist victories as independence
dispatches from Tokyo Gen. Macarthur has
Wasngons attention fact that when Moscowt
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Thousands of Villages
Reported Colonized
By Communists

(Altred Wagg, Ueterdn foreign
correspondent, recently returned
from the state OF Hyderabdd.
where, he reports, there Is con-
siderable Communist GcttUtty.
His account tolIotDs.)
Evening star., 1948-12-05

action. Wherever there
was armed resistance to normal
forces of law and order, his direc-
tive was to shoot"
The Prime Minister counter
charged that the Indian Union was
using any means to force Hyder-
abads accession to India, including
making it all too easy for the Com
munists to cross the frontier with
arms and ammunition and grain
secured from government ration
shops in India's Madras Province.
He charged that the Indian Union
were, was full knowledge, allowing
the Communists to weaken Hyder-
abad's defenses as India itself pre-
pared to invade his country at a
time when the dispute over Hy-
derabad's legal and moral right to
remain independent was up for
consideration by U. N.
was witnessing a back door
war; that was. evidence of the ex-
tent of Communist activity COM
plete with their trained guerrilla
troops which In the event of war
between East and West, would be-
come a serious menace in that part
of the world; a very important part
of the world for America because
India has airbases that are only
three hours bomber flying time from
Russias secret industrial and chem
ical plants.
AS I began to interrogate the
Communists" who surrendered at
Behrampalli my first reaction was
that India's Agent General In Hy-
derabad was perhaps right. The
men looked like ordinary Hindu vii
lage folk, barefoot, wearing the
usual thin white cotton dhoti
wrapped about their waist and hips
and draped down over the leg. But
when I saw the palms Of their hands
with those revealing black powder
stains, it was evidence to me that
they all had been handling guns.
There were some 60 men. Old
and young in about equal numbers
An old man was finally identified
as their leader. This seemed COM
pletely out of line with the normal
Communist routine used in other
countries where they mainly har-
ness and ride youth and labor into
power.
Religion Exploited
After chatter back and forth, it
evolved that the changed Commu-
mist approach was aimed to coin
eide with the village custom so as
to make their infiltration easier.
The Communists began by retain
ing the authority of the village elder.
Hence at Behrampalli it was an old
man who was selected as the local
Communist leader.
The system of the village COM
mune, which has been the organi-
rational pattern of India's village
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
SWEEPINGS
from
American Floor
Surfacing

Congratulations to proud faith
ers Arno Schwarze and Bob
link! Each welcomed a bouncing
boy.
Earl Nagley requested a leave
to be married. Harley McCabie
also will join the ranks of newly
weds, providing leave is granted.
Why is it that the boss and
Ollie like the same beer? Could
it be that Ollie is buying? Haw!
Haw!
Doctors say more muscles are
required to frown - so smile,
boys, smile. .(Assembly line please
note.)
From the Powder Room comes
news that one shouldn't be too
appealing or else! Need we say
more?
Our basketball team is in third
place with their new uniforms.
They are pretty sharp.
Small groups of employees
found hither and you are not
swapping summer vacation ideas
but pooling their body heat to
keep warm. Brr and achoo!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
Ayling Reichert
News
BY Anne Myers

Annie and Lois say that If
there's any honeymooning done
they'll have to 60 to Florida
alone.
Ruth Cadahan is back with
us after a long leave occasioned
by smashing her fingers.
Goldie is going to be grand
nav one of these days.
Anne says she thinks bingo is
an interesting game. She should
after taking home $40 the other
night.
Mary Myers and Bessie went
fishing Saturday, and returned
like the other fishermen with
cold hands, cold feet, and hun
cry stomach but f. o. b. (full of
beer).
Next meeting will be nomina-
ton of officers. All those who
are on leave of absence ETC.,
should attend this important
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
EccleS Demo+ion
S+irs Washington

WASHINGTON, February 4
LPA)-President Truman's an.
nouncement last week that Mar
riner S, Eccles is to move down
from chairman to vice-chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board
kicked off series of rumors and
much political speculation,
Many government employees
and reporters tied it up with the
dropping of James M. Lands
from the Civil Aeronautics
Board, and called it another indi.
cation that Truman in spite of
New Dealish messages to Con-
gress is shunting New Dealers
out of the government as fast as
he can.
Friends of the President also
pointed out that the appointment
of Thomas B. McCabe and re.
s2rve board chairman is in keep.
ing with the practice of alter
mating Democratic and Republi-
can appointments to the Board.
Less charitably inclined OBJ.
servers such as Senator Glen
Taylor 3D., Idaho) saw the hand
of Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder behind the shift.
That Snyder and Truman's per-
sonal appointee to the board,
Commodore j. K. Vardaman,
have opposed many of Eccles
control policies is unquestioned.
The recent outcry from the
community against Ec-
cles' proposal that all banks
should be required to put aside
special reserve funds to cut off
soma of the inflationary money
md credit scheme seemed to give
substance to the charges that
conservative pres
sure had been exterted against
he outgoing chairman.
1t all seems to add up to this:
IN able New Deal civil servant
las been clipped by back-room
oressures, but if the majority of
he Federal Reserve Board mem
oers stick to their present policies
Ie is still the most influential
nan on the board.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
Company Gives
To HiIImon
Memorial

NEW YORK, February 4 -
(LPA) - A contribution of S10,-
600 from Cluett, Peabody & Co.
10 the Sidney Hillman Founda'
ton, the memorial to the late
president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers-CIO, last week
recalled to many ACW members
the fact that, not so long ago,
reltions between the union and
the company were far from
amicable.
In fact, in 1910 the ACW con-
Quoted a long and hard-fought
strike against Cluett, Peabody in
Troy, N. Y. The company, which
makes the famous Arrow shirts,
now has a contract with the
ACW covering workers in its
plants in all parts of the coun.
try.
The gift brings the total in the
Hillman Foundation to 100000,
out OF, a million-dollar goal. The
will provide scholar
ships, awards, and other induce
ments to study of labor.manage.
ment relations.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
National
Supply Unit NeeVs
BY "ShOrty" Sager

The boys in Dept. So would
like to know if Leo Tucker has
a bad case of diarrhoea!
Have you noticed how Louie
Ringman walks along with one
houlder lower than the other?
that's from leaning over talking
Bill Eyler. Since Sullivan has
ne job, we notice Louie's shoul-
7ers are leveling up again.
Since Bolt Shed Joe" moved
MS nut department up on the bal
-cony, he has gone high-hat on US.
He recently broke down and
bought a new hat, or was it a
donation?
Pop" Musser, Dept. A, has
finally entered his second child
hood. He recently brought in a
10Y whistle which he blows when
ever he wants the inspector. For
further information ask Earl
Thompson.
Albert Mckay looks more ia.
miliar now since he is back on
the tractor again.
Leo Manders is back on days
again. Leo reports that since he
can't get used to the daylight, he
should be wearing colore e d
glasses.
Did you hear about the fellow
in Dept. A, nights, who gets
scratched up when his wife comes
to meet him with the car after
work?
We have an inspector in Dept.
A, nights, who should buy a
good spy glass so he can inspect
the work done by the taxidermist.
Ray Carter, Dept. A, reports
that he has finally realized his
life'S ambition by running around
the last few days in blue coat
Spring is just around the cor
ner. Ray Thurman is getting his
fishing rod and tackle all fixed
up. 1t won't be long now, Ray.
Frank Gerimski, Dept. 40, is
recovering at home with broken
toe. We all wish Frank a quick
recovery.
Let's all start saving money
for a rainy day by getting on the
payroll deduction plan of your
Credit Union. The Credit Union
is open in the Industrial Rela-
tions office w e dn sday and
Thursday mornings from 1880
TO IL noon.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
Industry Injuries
More Than
Wdrfdre

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Feb.
(LPA) - There were well over
100000 American workers to-
tally or partially disabled or
their jobs in 1947, and more thar
1900 workers died as a result
of job injuries during the year
These startling facts were re
vealed for the first time here last
week, when Assistant Secretary
of Labor John KmetZ addressed
the Hampden County Safety
Council.
TT is appalling, but neverthe-
less a fact" Kmetz asserted,
that the annual total of workers
manned and crippled in Ameri-
can industry equals the total of
disabled veterans from four full
years of fighting"
The Labor Department official,
himself a former miner, told his
audience that II have had per-
sonal experience with the misery
and the suffering and economic
consequences to worker from in.
1ustrial accidents. l have stood
on a hillside among 500 women
and children widowed and or.
pnaned by single blast only an
hour or SO before. l have viewed
hundreds possibly thousands
. of my fellows dead from ex-
plosions, from falling timbers,
from tunnel cave-ins, from in.
halin the deadly monoxide gas.
II have seen others slowly die
from the ravages of disease con.
tracted in the course of their
work in the mines. And I have
seen the families of all of them
turn from the graveyards, often
in poverty, frequently in hunger
and with no assurance of shelter
for the night
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
Champion Unit
Sparklets

All members of the Champion
Unit are requested when paying
their dues at Local IL to pick up
their membership card for 1948.
This card can be used for the
election of the Unit Officers and
the election of Local IL officers
for 1948.
We're sorry to hear that Adam
Urzykowski of Dept. E is seri-
ously i'll in the hospital. Keep
your chin up, Adam, and you
will be up and around again
soon.
Have you noticed that Local IL
has added a new feature for the
members children? A feature
motion picture and comic car.
toon will be shown each Satur.
day afternoon at l in Parlor H,
Local II. Bring the children
NO ADMISSION.
The most common expression
on the third floor the past few
weeks is -Four Balls, Take a
Walk"
The Women's Bowling League
Of Local IL know that they have
some Champion bowlers this
year. The Champion Sparks in
first place having won AZ and
lost is games, while the Cham
pion Champs are in third place
with 38 wins and 19 losses. Irene
Strain of the Sparks rolled a big
202 last week.
The Credit Union dance that
was held last Saturday night was
well attended and a grand time
was had by all,
Did you ever dance so much
that you got a stiff neck? Cas-
mier Sobczak of Dept. E was
complaining that his trouble was
the result of the dance.
We wonder when the Coca.Cola
will be installed in the
other departments, since the re.
suits in Dept. E are working sat-
i5factory.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-06
CIO Conducts
Safety Class

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 -
Marshall Dawson, top expert in
America on workmen's COM
pensation, will head the teach
ing staff at the Ohio CIO Coun-
Gil Workmens Compensation
and Safety School to be con-
ducter here today and tomorrow.
Dawson, considered the out
standing authority in his field,
is with the Division of Labor
Standards of the United States
Department of Labor.
VILLA m Lavelle, secretary
treasurer of the Ohio CIO Coun-
Gil, said group of experts will
assist Dawson at the school,
which will be held at the Seneca
Hotel in Columbus.
Others on the teaching staff
are:
George Thompson, supervisor
for the Ohio Industrial Com
Herbert Hillebrandt,
Special Representative, Division
of Safety and Hygiene of the
Industrial c o m m s. on; and
Attorneys Sam Griff of Cleve-
land, David Clayman of Colum-
bus and Herschel Kriger of
Canton, all counsels for CIO
organizations and recognized ex-
perts on the legal side of work
mems compensation.
Lavelle said the school, be-
lieved to be the first of its kind
ever conducted by a Labor or
ganization, will be directed by
Jacob Clayman, counsel for the
Ohio CIO Council.