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naces warm, and string out avail
able coal supplies indefinitely.
The Governments maneuvering
under the Taft-Hartley law could
lead through a series of legal pro-
cesSes which might-or might not
get the miners back to work in time
to avoid serious consequences.
No coal will be mined before a
week from Monday at the earliest,
according to some experts. For one
thing, the miners normally return
to work on Monday after settle
ment OF work stoppage. In addi-
ton, the Presidents fact-finding
board has adjourned until Monday
afternoon without hearing the
miners side. 1t seems likely the
board will not report before mid
week and that it will be at least
close to next week end before a
Federal court could be asked for an
injunction ordering the miners to
work.
The coal stoppage has thus far hit
hardest at two segments of the
economy: Railroad and power and
light.
Freight carloadings dropped and
widespread unemployment existed
among train workers. electric power
output declined to 5,145, ,430, 600 kilo-
watt hours from 5.284,641 900.
Confirmation came from several
sources that the cushion industry
has been riding on for months had
become a little less bouncy. Produc-
ton generally-except, of course, for
coal-continued high.
But the scene was being set for a
levelling off in the fast rate of
industrial activity, if not a slide
downward. A rearmament program,
though, could change the outlook.
Order backlogs for many concerns
were melting away with the winter
snow. The pipelines of distribution
were gradually filling except for a
few items, such as steel.
Competition, a sure sign that sup
ply had caught up with demand,
returned in some businesses and was
on its way back in others.
Merchants were not too happy
over their Easter business. It was
good, without doubt, but many had
figured it would be better. Unit
volume remained below year ago
although dollar volume was higher.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

and Marsaret Millican. II. OF 1874
Ralph Sims: s5. and Betty Long, rs. bott
nes. sf and Mabel b 4 Dns.s' s': ss s'e1 1sst
wi[Ila@ ia Hale: t. g. ss Of 1os 4th st; ne. and
Marlin Farssiis, 2s, Lors.n: Ohio. and Ami.
Annie Mcconehie, so, Of Ala 5th st
william Long, 2s, Of 9th st. Nv. and
John Neal, 10. Vienna. Va, and Edna
! Glynn Martin. 22, Philadelphia, Pa. and
Dorothy Reposa' g. g ass9ae AZ Mass
ne. and Ida Mcbride. 20, of 1929 Le-
Ssss,4s9 E1oss e. 8! s e +. 8. n and
Harry Fisher .e5. Takoma Park. Md. and
HE Helen s., Harris "a Hyattsvlle Nd
'onn opdfi end Efe 1naram 1n mol Of Ians
Cornelius Holden. "a. of 229 14th st. ne,
and Mary Homa, 20, of 1914 1sherwood
Edward Msrtz, 10 and Laurel Hofer, II,
RoSerh both gt M.p5n g35 Percy Rl ne New York
and AVIS Blake, %, Of 47s2 sedswick
St. NV
William Wheatley, jr., 81, Chevy Chase.
ton mn'' "a and rms Miriam Morsan' TO- Airing
Roy Ricks. %. Naval Receiving station,
sne ssds sdsn Msho @ 2 ii WnnstGn' o4a st. N
and Betty Muck, 10. of 3O42 r st. NV
James Ramos, Fl, Arlington. and Marian
Voltin. 90, Arlington Farms.
Clarence Mulendore, 26. Baltimore, Md,
and Alice Allen, 81, Savannah, Ga.
Charles Pierce, 3s, Berryville. Va. and
Gladys jain, 80, Of 1900 Quarles st. ne
Carlton Adams, 81, of 237 c st. s.w, and
Dolores Cissell. IS. of 30s Bird ST. s.w.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Capital Store Sales
9 PET. Above 1947.
During February
By Edword c. Stone

Department store sales In the
Capital in February ran 9 per cent
ahead of the same month yearsago
and in the first two months of 1948
were up 7 per cent, the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond reported
yesterday.
The 81 stores in the Fifth Dis
trict also scored a 0 per cent gain
for February while leading cities
showed upturns as high as 2s per
cent. West Virginia led the State
figures with an average trade ad-
vance of 20 per cent for the month
and II per cent for the year to date.
Percentage comparisons of sales
in leading cities for February and
the two months compared with the
like 1947 period as follows:
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Business Briefs

Extreme Caution Rules current
business decisions. according to q
survey by the National Association
OF Purchasing Agents. This was
attributed to two new disturbing
elements, war talk and the coal
strike, added to the uncertainties of
the aid to Europe plans"
Money in Circulation declined to
$27, ,851 900, 900 on March "A, a drop
of $69,000,00o from a week earlier
and 1919 900, 900 below a year earlier
Federal Reserve Board.
Automobile Production in the
United States and Canada for the
last week totaled 108,057 units vs..
1856 In the previous week and
100,355 in the like 1947 week
Wards Automotive Reports.
Newspaper Advertising in So cities
totaled 167,944,918 agate lines in
February, a gain of 27,952, ,025 from
the same 1947 month-Media Rec
ords. Image for two 1948 months
amounted to 323, ,373, ,036 q gain of
1852 from year earlier. ~
Segal Lock & Hardware Co., reg
istrd with the SEC 100000 Of Is
year, so convertible sinking fund
debentures to finance expansion at
Sumter, S. c., pay of bank loans
and for other purposes.
Safeway Stores, Inc, sales in four
weeks ended March 20, totaled $780,
053, $50 a gain of 1880 from a
year earlier; In IL weeks ended the
same date, s293, ,728, 1888, an increase
of 22.39s.
Atlantic Refining Co. earned SIS
897, ,652 or $3.50 share in 1947 VS..
SO ,633, ,626 or 1926 in the previous
year.
Consolidated Natural Gas Corp.
net income for 1947 was $14,769, ,652
or $451 VS.. $12,595,841 or $4.62 In
1916.
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.
earned 1888 ,OO5 or S6.52 in 1947 VS..
$5,694, ,692 or $3.50 in the previous
year.
Deere & Co. net for three months
ended January 81. was $3,142,47 or
81 cents VS.. $2,870,39 or IS cents
a year earlier.
Moore cCormack Lines. Inc,
earned $9,145,060 or $6 in 1947 VS..
$3,771 ,285 or sass in the previous
year.
Acme Steel Co. net income for
1947 was $7,524,887 or $7.58 VS..
81, 1853, ,561 or $4.54 in 1916.
REQ Motors, Inc, earned $4,894,-
454 or s1O.11 in 1947 VS.. $3,555.837
or $7.37 in the previous year.
Midland Steel Products Co. profit
for 1947 was $685. ,426 or $1121 VS..
81 ,552 800 or $3.50 in 1916.
Seeger Refrigerator Co. earned
81, ,454,478 or $132 in six months
ended February % VS.. s552,39 or
so cents year earlier.
Heyden Chemical Corp. net in
come for 1947 was s2,715, ,9o8 or $20l
VS.. $2,416,523 or $1.81 in 1916.
General Refractories Co. earned
$2,516,192 or s5.35 in 1947 VS.. sl.109,-
294 or s2.36 in the previous year.
Motorola, Inc, net for IL months
ended November 80 was S2,510,411 or
$314 VS.. $656,286 or 50 cents in the
preceding fiscal period.
Motor Wheel Corp. earned $2,225,-
089 or $263 in 1947 VS.. ST ,240,005 or
STAT in the previous year.
Cooper Bessemer Corp. net 1947
was $2,l66,597 or S7.55 VS.. $44, ,907 in
1916.
Barium Steel Corp. earned 81 $780,
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Business and Industry
Worried by Strike
And War Alarms
By WiIIiom D. Horaon
Assoeiatsd Press Business Writer

NEW YORK, Mar. 27.-Business
and industry, already jittery over
the coal miners walkout, had war
alarms dinned in their ears this
week with violence seldom heard
In peacetime.
Government officials lashed at
Congress with everything but the
precise date Of another war in an
effort to drive home the idea that
more billions Of dollars must be
spent to strengthen the military.
To industry, an expanded rearma-
ment program threatened more than
1t promised. Sustained high pro-
duction would not necessarily turn
into sustained high profits. Big
business and little saw the shadows
of new controls, more taxes, short
ages Of men and materials, alloca-
tions-in short, the straight jacket
OF war with new look.
To consumers such a program on
a large enough scale offered an
equally dreary outlook: High in
come, to be sure, but hand in hand
with high taxes, controls, rationing
U. s. Program Uncertain.
It was too early to determine the
final pattern of the administration
program, if indeed the administra-
tion itself had determined It. And
there was some question whether
the administration had sold It's
plans to Congress.
Many, for instance, saw a distress
ing conflict between passage of the
tax reduction bill and plans for
additional huge Government spend
ing. Was this signal of return
to the days Of deficit financing?
Congress will write the answer to
this question and others as per-
picking in the days to come. In the
meantime, business and industry
had the coal-steel problem to con-
tend with.
Steel makers were on the hottest
spot since the furore which followed
the price increase a little more than
a month ago. Production schedules
were trimmed from CTS per cent
Of capacity to 95.7 per cent as the
industry gambled that the miners
would return to the pits before
slender stocks Of coal were used up
completely. It was a long-shot
proposition in the eyes of many
experts.
Severe Slump Feared.
II the industry should lose, steel
production will slump suddenly after
a few weeks and scores of companies
which are dependent on a steady
flow Of steel will find themselves
shut of. Their inventories in most
cases are too small to permit con-
tinued operations.
The alternative to the gamble
would be for the industry to estab-
lish stanby operating procedure, do
nothing more than keep the fur
-
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Brokers' Looms Gain
$5l ,000, 900 in Week
BY the Associoted Press

The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that loans to brokers and
dealers on securities held by mem
Der banks in New York City totaled
$640, 900 600 Wednesday, an increase
of $51, 900 900 from a week earlier,
and $50. 900 900 above a year earlier.
Included was $370, 600, 900 loaned
to purchase or carry United States
Government obligations, an increase
Of ST, ,000, 900 for the week.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
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YORK law nrm,
he resigned as
S e cr e tary of
War in 1947. He
is a graduate Of
Union College
and the Harvard
Law School and
| has had q bril-
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. A-2


213 or IS cents In 1s47 vs.. $lI, ,s44 or
! cent in the previous year.
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corr.
profit for 1947 was 81, ,4o9, ,64S or $3.50
VS.. S1,187,736 or $50 In 1916.
White Sewing Machine Co. earned
81 1893 ,989 or $3.41 In 1947 vs.. 1855 500
or SLOT in the previous year.
Garlock Packing Co. net for l947
was 81 ,276, ,731 or $3.05 VS.. $979, ,ls7 or
$3.50 in 1916.
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Deaths Reported

(From D. c. Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Goldie Marlieb, So, 1925 sp. I'd, NV,
Elizabeth S. Lewis. "A. 5000 Palisades
Blanche rt;f B B. Mccord, 73, 90 E st. NV
william A. Rogers, 70, 3912 nth pl. n e
John e. Mann, 10, 1927 sherwood pl. ne
Richard D, Ross. 6s, 4015 4th st. NV.
Mary A. Gatti g., 3517 10th st. NV.
John j. Slattery, 81. 4315 18th pl.. ne.
Edward T. Howard. 43, 1904 Neyada ave
Frances ar nee A. shomette, 81. 1929 soth st
Laura Hopkins. SO, $40 9th st. Sc
Josephine Marshall, 20, 632 Virginia ave
Edward Hamlin, Be, 100 z st. s.w.
Avery Carter, Al, 800 N. Capitol st.
Mary L. Booker, 40. 410 K st. NV.
Charles Robinson, SO, 435 st. NV.
Saiiie e. Jordan. 26. COZ ST. NV
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Mar 81 R-A sharp ad-
vance in wheat carried the May contract
up more than 6 cents at one time on the
Board of Trade today. A downturn de-
veloped from that level, but prices held well
deferred wheat contracts also were frm.
Major support for the buying movement.
which produced an active market. were
start buying -four next week. A pickup in
domestic flour business also was reported.
The Government was in the market for
reports said 1t was not following today s
price upturn.
Wheat closed to BA higher. May.
higher, May. S21eA So 2ON: oats were
l to 70 higher. May. 81. .10h-S1.11, and
soybeans were 8 cents higher, May, SO. SO.
Evening star., 1948-03-28

reorsanized under the bankruptcy act. or
securities assumed BY such companies;
Rates Of diyidends in the FOREGOING TABLE pc
last Quarterly or semiannual declaration.
unless otherwise noted. special or extra
dividends are. not included: e Aiso extra n
stock. e Declared or paid SO far this year
Payable In stock. Paid last ya ysaT: De- e.
clared or paid after stock diyidena or
declared this year WV With warrants; ~
without warrants. PAYABLE IN stock
sxsct cash value undetermined On eseasFs-
Evening star., 1948-03-28

No wheat. Corn, No. yellow, 2.37; No.
|3. 2.32-2.331s; No. 4, 2.2Oh-2.27: No.
s. 2I0h-2; 1871: sample grade. 1.75.
Oats, No. 1 heavy mixed, .30h-1 81; No.
! mixed, 80; No. heavy white, / .32 "a;
No. white. l 80. Barley malt, 2.25-30
nominal; feed. ;72-s2 nominal. Field seed,
per hunuredweight, nominal Timothy.
$3.50 nominal: red ton. 19.0G-2U.0O
nominal.
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Mar 27.-The Associated
ab commodities today advanced to is5 90.
preyicus day. 15s4se; week ago, 1ssH:
s Hontsh . sges,. ges,.s1 s1se'SsS 90 ,So ssaf aso' 1870;
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. latDs, couples must
apply for q marriage license ON
one day, ,Oait three full days and
receiUe the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1948-03-28
BOND SUMMARY

I FurntShed BY the Associated Press.)
- selected list Of actfve Bonds on the
New York Stock Exchange. Showing the
nigh. low and closing price for the week,
I and the net change from the previous
Saturdays close.
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CURB SUMMARY
urnished hy the Asseelated Press.

Vurnhhed D the ASSociated ff0Ss.J
A selected list Of active stocks on the
New York Stock Exchange. showing the
high. Low and closing price for the week
and TIE net ehangs from the previous
Evening star., 1948-03-28
Patterson On IBM Board,

Patterson On IBM Board.
Robert P. Patterson, former Sec
retary of War, has been elected a
director of International Business
Machines Corp. Member of a New
Evening star., 1948-03-28

WORLD BANK BONDS.
mt BkR&D 70 81 II - 81 16 + ,
rntBkR&D2A67S Q ~ ~ e*1
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05

USE OUTLOOK WANT ADS.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
CLIMAX:
Palestine

With a clashing of arms and
babble of alarmed voices, events II
Palestine appeared to be piling uE
for another minor but bloody cllmaS
in human history.
This particular crisis had its i'm
mediate beginning in a savage at
tack on the Arab city of Jaffa by
members of Irgun Zvai Leumi, Jew
ish underground force. Fact that
the Irgunists' foray against Jaffa
was made in defiance of orders by
Haganah, the regular Jewish militia,
carried no weight in the rush OF in
cidents that followed.
From Palestine's coastal plain, site
of the neighboring cities of Jaffa
(Arab) and Tel Aviv (Jewish), the
focal point of the disturbances
moved swiftly inland to the holy city
of Jerusalem.
Arabs and Jews hastily d%eployed
their on-the-scene forces in prepara-
ton for what stacked up to be a
major battle for possession of Jeru-
salem. Facing each other across a
scant 200 yards of no-man's land,
each side had its eyes fixed on the
strategic Alamein camp which the
British were evacuating.
But that wasn't all. 1t 500 be-
came apparent that the Arab league
nations surrounding Palestine did
not intend to stay out of this fight.
Reports were current that six Arab
nations had decided to invade the
Holy Land with ground, sea and air
forces before the British ended their
mandate on May IS.
The whole thing was shaping up in
the form of a more or less total
Arab effort to crush completely the
Jewish intention of creating a Zionist
state in Palestine.
Worried United Nations delegates,
meanwhile, cast about for a means
to prevent the inevitable carnage,
or at least to preserve the city OF
Jerusalem.
France pushed its sponsorship of
a heavily-armed volunteer U. N. po-
lice corps to safeguard Jerusalem.
Hint of the makeup of such a force
was given in the suggestion that it
might include 100 New York police
volunteers, but no Russians. This
protective army would number from
500 to 800 members.
While the Palestine S i t u a t i o n
leaped into a frantic state of flux,
the United States kept discreetly out
of it all in conformation to its re-
Gently adopted policy of apparent
disinterest to what happens in the
Holy Land.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
DEFIANCE:
TUO Issues

In a surprise speech at a dinner
given by Michigan chambers of
commerce for the states congress
sional delegation, Sen. Arthur Van
denberg served notice on Russia
that:
I The United States may join west
L. ern Europe in a military ALI
ance against Communist aggression,
and
y I'VE shall not surrender to Com
L" munist conspiracies in the Unit
ed States"
Thus, the chief Republican propon-
ent of bipartisan foreign policy split
the rind on two issues which, like
grapefruit, will come more and more
to be in the public eye as this year
ear on.
Simply stated, those two issues
are: Whether the U. S. should line
up militarily alongside the recently
formed union of western European
nations, and whether the Communist
party should be outlawed in this
country.
They could become decisive issues
in the presidential campaign. In
deed, Harold Stassen already has
introduced one of them by coming
out bluntly in favor of outlawing
Communists in the U. S..
V~andenberg said, eve are sui
cidal fools if we do not root out and
destroy any treason at home which
may dream of bringing world revolu-
ton to the United States"
The Michigan senator only limited
at a U. S. military alliance with
western Europe, but his remarks
hardly could be misconstrued.
What V~andenberg didn't say is that
while the U. S. has no formal or Off
cial role in the union of western Eu-
ropean nations, American aid and
support, military-wise, of that union
almost inevitably is implied.
Whether or not this nation will
grant that assurance will come to
be a towering question in the public
mind o
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
SMASHER:
FOJ. atoms

To expand further the constantly
widening fields of atomic research,
a gigantic new cyclotron will be
built at the University of California
at a total cost of nine million dol
lars.
In announcing the project the
atomic energy commission said the
new cyclotron-commonly known as
an atom-smasher-would be 20 times
more powerful than the 4,900-ton ma
chine currently in operation at the
Berkeley institution.
David E. Lilienthal, Acc chair
man, provided a hint as to the kind
of long range planning for peace the
commission is visualizing when he
said that the new cyclotron serves
notice to the world that it is the in
tent of the people of the United
States to be pre-eminent in the de-
velopment of fundamental science of
all kinds"
Engineering already is under way
on the huge atom-splitter, but it will
take five years before it is COM
pleted. Conceived as 20 times more
powerful than the most powerful cy-
clotron now operating, it will pro-
duce atomic bullets ranging in force
from six billion to 10 billion volts.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
OUTLOOK
The Dim Peace

Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chic.
of staff, vas taking a dim view of the
possibilities of peace.
In fact, he admitted to the senate
armed services committee, the pros
pect of a war is ~appreciably greater
now than it was three months ago.
Adding forcefully to the pattern Of
evidence which U. S. armed forces
representatives have been construct
ing to support their requests for a
military draft and universal train
ing, Bradley said:
II think we would be ~neglecting
our duty if we did not try to tell you
that we are a little bit more afraid
something will happen than we were
three months ago when we were talk
ing in terms of reserves"
And he added 1--WE are not so sure"
that war might not be looming in the
immediate future.
To his testimony Bradley appended
this clincher:
eve know that we are all speaking
about Russia"
1UeIe IL was - d IGSPOiloiDlS dP-
praisal by the chief of staff of where
the present talking war between
Russia and the U. S. might lead.
What caused General Bradley to
think the situation is more critical
now than it was three months ago?
He didn't say, but there is only one
apparent explanation.
The tide of power politics has
turned against Russia and is moving
in favor of the western democracies.
With ERP beginning to channel
money and supplies into Europe, the
fields most favorable to Communist
growth - poverty, hunger and dis
satisfaction-are starting to be re-
claimed.
AS far as getting control of west
ern Europe was concerned, Commu-
nists saw their main chance 60
glimmering when they lost the Ital-
ian election. They have, in short,
gone beyond the stage where they
can carry out territorial acquisitions
through political coups.
In order to expand further now,
Russia probably would have to apply
force, which, in this case. would be
the Red army.
And that may be why General
Bradley thinks war is more of a
likelihood now than it was three
months ago..
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS -
Palestine Trouble Heads for Climax
As Arab Nations Prepare to Attack;
vandenberg Gives Warning to Russ
By Bill S~choentgen, WNU Staff Writer

(EpITORS NOTE: When opinions are expressed lin these columns, they ire
Newspaper Unions news analysts and lot necessarily IF this new
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05
MINERS:
Temporary

Let not the public be deceived by
the spell of quiet that is reigning in
the nations soft coal mines and the
temporary evaporation of John L.
Lewis from the stage.
AS it looks now, this peaceful STU
alton is good only until June 30.
Even while the miners continue to
chop coal in the pits, they make it
clear that they expect to 60 back
to their fishing On that date.
June 80 Is the day the present
wage agreement between the United
Mine Workers and the coal operators
expires. 1t is possible, of course,
that a new agreement may be
reached before then, but it is prac-
tically impossible to find anyone
who thinks so.
After Lewis tussle with Federal
Judge T. Alan Goldsborough in
which he and the union were fined
a total of 81, 420, 900, the miners went
back to work after hearing John LIS
"wish" that they do SO. This, how
ever, is regarded as merely a tenn
porary truce.
One of the reasons advanced for
Lewis cantankerous delay in coming
to terms on the pension dispute was
that the mine leader was eking out
the work stoppage as long as pos
sible in order to deplete the nations
coal reserves and so put himself in
a better bargaining position when
the contract negotiations came up.
That he accomplished that end
there is no gainsaying. Coal stocks
went down almost to zero all yer
the country, resulting in curtailment
of steel production, a cut in rail
travel and various major and minor
shutdowns.
1t is a fact, too, that industry will
not have recovered it's balance suffi-
by June 30 to cope adequately
whatever emergency Lewis
might precipitate this time.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-05

months ago