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ernor in 1912, he polled 403 900 votes.
Later he was one of those who
broke away with the right wing
when the ALP split.
Raps Wallace Movement.
Mr.. Alfange issued the following
statement:
Il had long hoped that a Nation
wide liberal party could be formed
free Of Communist stigma. Since
1912, when I ran for Governor, I
directed my exertions toward this
goal. have now reluctantly con-
cluded that I have been ploughing
through the seas.
"The Wallace movement, en-
gineered by men of notoriously
Communist antecedents and moored
to Soviet foreign policy, is not a
third party; it is a fifth column.
1.-THE Liberal Party of New York
provides the pattern for a true ma
tional party. Its principles and
leadership are exemplary; yet see
no hope of its attaining national
. status in our time. The liberal in
\ the major parties are unwilling to
participate in a realig1ment of po-
litical forces; witness the ADA.
"The practical liberal must there
fore work with the tools that are
available if he hopes to witness, in
his lifetime, the creation of a co.
herent liberal movement m the
United States.
| Democratic Obstacles Cited.
"The Democratic Party is inca
pable of becoming an instrument of
united political action on the ma
tional level 1t is party of ire
concilable sectionalism. Feudal
relationships in the South and cor
rupt patronage in the North are not
the kind of pillars that will support
an edifice of liberalism.
"The Republican Party, though
handicapped by reactionaries and
isolationists, can overcome forces of
retrogression. Unlike the Demo-
cratic Party, it Is not confronted
with insurmountable obstacles, such
as the solid South.
President Truman, for whom ]
have a high regard, could not unity
his party on a program of sus-
tanned liberalism, however firm and
enlightened his own personal con-
victions may be. Gov. Dewey, on
Evening star., 1948-09-16
|Longshoren1en HI
Army Plan 10 Use
Troops 10 Load Cargo
by the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1s.-The
dispute between the Army and the
striking CIO Longshoremen's Union
became more tense today as the
Army prepared to use troops, If nec-
essary, to handle military cargo at
strike bound West Coast ports.
Secretary of the Army Royal said
in Washington the Army would con-
tinue to hire civilian stevedores and
added that troops would be used If
enough civilians do not sign up.
Harry Bridges CTO union charged
the Army with "strikebreaking." +"
Mr.. Royal said the Army was con-
tacting west coast stevedore con-
tractors in an effort to get vessels
loaded with Army supplies. Under
any Army contract, Mr.. Royal said,
"The wage scale will be the same
as that paid before June Is, 1948.
1t amounted to $1.67 an hour
straight time, and longshoremen
generally were working some over
time"
Breaks From Groups.
Bill Dodds, q longshoreman, said
Sprague e. Co., a Seattle concern,
broke away from the Waterfront
Employers Association. Mr.. Dodds
said the union had a contract with
Sprague and would work for the
company loading Army cargoes.
An Army spokesman commented
that under terms of today's an
nouncement (by RoyalD Sprague
would be free to come in and talk,
CIO pickets showed up today in
front of the Army employment office
here. Men applying for Jobs were
called "scabs' and told the ships
they work would be listed as 'hot.'
More than 500 pickets milled about
the Army employment office in Seat
tie and handed out pamphlets ac-
cusing the Army of strike ke-breaking
on behalf of the ship owners"
Need 1870 Men.
Army officers in San Francisco
estimated they would need 10 gangs
of 18 men each to load the 10000
tons of cargo now lying on the docks
awaiting shipment this month.
Wages and a union-coptrolled
hiring hall are the chief issue in
the strike, with the shipowners re-
fusing to do business with the long
shore union until its officers sign
affiadavits saying whether they are
Communists.
When negotiations were halted,
the union was asking 15-cent-an-
hour increase to bring the present
scale to S182.
Evening star., 1948-09-16

A man in 18th century Spanish
costume, dressed to represent the
oiscoverer of San Francisco Bay,
came to Washington today in an
airplane to publicize the festival
in which San Francisco will cele-
brate its founding. #
Don Gaspar de Portola, who dis
covered the bay in 1859, was I'm
personated by Mike Desiano, San
Francisco businessman. He was ac-
companied by 48 other residents
OF the Golden Gate city when he
landed at the National Airport
The party is touring the country OH
behalf of the festival. which will
be held october 2-23.
Among those in the party were
Ann Curtis, Miss San Francisco"
and Olympic swimming star. Others
included Cyril Magnin, president OF
The festival; Marvin E. Lewis, rep
resenting Mayor Elmer E. Robinson
of San Francisco; Diane Shinn and
Ann Bucher, leaders in the race
for queen of the festival.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Independent Union Begins
Poy Talks With c. & p. Co.

Wage negotiations are underway
here today between the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co, and the
independent Communications Work
ers Of America.
Divisions SO and so of the union
are taking part in the conference
which began yesterday at the
Washington Hotel. They represent
company maintenance and account
ing employees as well as operators,
and seek higher wages, but have not
specified a particular scale.
If Washington members OF the
Association of Communication Work
ers 60 out on strike tomorrow.
many members of the independent
union may refuse to cross picket
lines, union official said.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Seven Injured, One SeriousIVsR
In Warehouse Wall Collapse ,o7

One workman was seriously in.
jured and six others suffered lesser
hurts this morning in the collapse
of a section of masonry wall for
a new warehouse under construc-
ton near the Franklin Street (N.E0
Bridge beside the Baltimore & Ohio
tracks.
Carl Conley, 10. colored. 1900
block Of Vermont avenue NV, was
In an undetermined condition at
Freedmen's Hospital after he was
struck by a masonry block while
digging a ditch near the collapsed
wall.
Five men were working on q scaf-
fold about 16 feet from the ground
when a 6-by-8-foot section Of the
wall broke away. One man. James
Cubbage, "a. Of Stanley, Va, grabbed
q girder and was able to swing to
the ground without injury.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
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Pearson declared. He referred to
the Times Herald society editor VINO
died Tuesday at her home, l2l7
Thirty-fifth street NV.
THE West Virginia and District
of Columbia police will be remlss II
they do not investigate thoroughly,
Mr.. Pearson added.
Epstein Got Three Bags.
Mr.. Epstein said he flew to Clarks-
burg and picked up three bags
which he said he understood con-
tanned Mr.. Porter's papers, includ-
ing the will made four days before
his death.
He said the effects were turped
over to him within a half hour after
he arrived there, and that he re-
turned to Washington and turned
them over to Mrs. Campbell, who
lives at is Dupont Circle.
In her petition in the Porter
case, Mrs. Patterson's daughter
asked the court to grant letters of
collection to some impartial in
dividual or corporation" with in
structions to take possession of all
papers, records and files which were
in Mr.. Porter's possession at the
time of his death or belonged tc
him.
your petitioner fears that the
said papers may become lost or de-
stroyed through some ignorance oi
their Importance or value" the plea
stated, 'and if said papers should
Inadvertently become lost or de.
stroyed through lack of knowledge
of their vital importance to others
a miscarriage of justice would re-
suit"
The petition was filed by At
torneys Harold A. Kertz, Randolph
E. Paul and William A. Roberts.
Coercion Claim Rejected.
In their answer to Countess
Gizycka's petition asking that hel
mothers will be denied admission
to probate, the executors of Mrs
Patterson's estate denied that sllt
had died without making a valic
will. Specifically, they rejected th'
daughters claims that Mrs. Pat
terson had not been mentally com
Evening star., 1948-09-16

petent, that unnamed persons had
coerced her, that fraud and de-
ceit' had been practiced in obtain
ing her signature to the will, and
that the witnesses had not signed
it in her presence.
The executors are William G..
Shelton, general snNagess Af wthe
newspaper; Frank G. Waldrop, ed
itor in chief. and Joseph Brooks,
New York attorney. Mr.. Shelton
and Mr.. Waldrop are among seven
executives of the Times-Herald
named in the will to inherit the
business. - ----- --.---
With respect to Mrs. Patterson's
mental capacity. they declared IN
their answer that lin newspaper cir
cles, the decedent possessed rare
business acumen, intelligence and
insight
In civic and social life," 1t was
stated, "she was judicious and ex-
perienced. Every quality of her mind
indicated sound Judgment and wise
determination -
Proper Signing Claimed.
All of the witnesses to the will
ana it's codicils signed "at her re-
quest, in her presence and in the
presence of each other" the answer
declared.
An early determination Of the
issues raised by Countess Gizycka's
petition and the answer was asked
of District Court.
The executors were represented
in their answer by George B.
Brooks Of the New York law firm
of jackson, Nash, Brophy, Bar
ringer and Brooks: Louis G. Cai1-
well and Roy B. Kelly OF the Wash
ington firm Of Kirkland, Fleming,
Green, Martin and Ellis, and by
William E. Leahy and James +.
Reilly of Washington.
Was Left $4,000 Yearly.
Under terms Of the will, the
countess was left life income OF
s25,oOO a year. most of Mrs. Pat
terson's personal effects and sub
stantial real estate. She was not
named to share in the newspaper
business.
Mr., Porter was named as one OF
the group to share in the newspaper
but was later deleted from the Will.
Funeral services for Mr.. Porter,
who was So yegs old, will be held
at IL am. Saturday at the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 29o1 Fourteenth
street NV.
Mr.. Porter was a bachelor with
no close relatives in this country
His will named the Union Bank OF
Edinburgh to handle his European
property
His will listed two beneficiarles,
Zena Miles and Alice Miles. John
T Barber, also representative OF
the Times Herald who accompanied
Mr.. Epstein to Clarksburg, said zena
Miles was a niece but he was not
certain whether Alice Miles also
was similarly related. the Associ-
ated Press reported.
Evening star., 1948-09-16

The visitors were met at the air
port by Col. c. H. Whitesell, assist
ant engineering commissioner who
represented the District Commis-
sioners, William H. Press and Reg
inald MARITIME, jr., both Of the
Washington Board Of Trade, and
other civic leaders.
The party went by the District
Building to be greeted by Commis-
sioners John Russell Young, Guy
Mason and Gordon r. Young.
The party had luncheon at the
Hotel Sheraton, feature being the
fact the visitors brought their own
food for the meal Sand Dabs, a
fish caught in San Francisco Bay
and crab salad a la Nugget, were
the two special dishes prepared for
the meal.
Washington is the seventh city
the party, travelling by specially
chartered American Air Lines DC-e
Flagship, has visited since leaving
San Francisco Monday.
Evening star., 1948-09-16

The four others, police said, fell
to the ground and broke thr0,sh
a series of dead" electric AxifeSs
Those who received hospital
treatment were Clarence Cook, 70,
colored, of 1900 block Of N, street
NV, who, was admitted tos Freed
mems for a head injury; Joseph w:
Brown. 2s, colored. of 4i37 sThird
street NE, who was struck on the
shoulder by falling debris. .s;rrs,-
Lonnie Watlington. a.. colored,
of 920 Fourth street NE, injury, to
the right ankle; Charles r. Ham,
mer, a, of East Riverdale, Nd.
abrasions to an arm; Earl Cuhhags,
20, also Of East Riverdale. injuries
to the head and neck. and ]. Mericia,
whose age and address was not Inn
mediately available, injury to flie
right shoulder. s'|
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Phone Pay Accord
Seen, Easing Threat
OF Strike Tomorrow
by the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-Progress
was reported today toward settle
ment Of a dispute which threatens
q coast-to-coast strike tomorrow of
about $4,000 telephone equipment
workers.
After an all-night negotiations
session, which recessed early today,
Thomas r. Steutel, Federal media
tor, said he was very optimistic
about prospects OF settlement.
'The picture looks very bright" "
he added.
The talks between the CIO Asso-
citation Of Communication Equip
ment Workers and the Western
Electric Co., manufacturing sub
sidiary OF the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co., were to resume
this afternoon.
Strike Set for Tomorrow.
The union, whose members install
and maintain central-of1ice tele-
phone equipment in 43 States and
the District of Columbia, has set
Gam. (EDT) tomorrow as the time
for a strike.
Un Washington, officials of
Local 96 said about 400 workers
at the Western Electric Co. were
ready for the strike and would
picket all exchanges of the Ches-
apeake g. Potomac Telephone Co.,
unless the scheduled walkout is
called on
However, Henry L. Mayer, union
attorney who is participating in the
talks here, said the outlook for an
agreement was encouraging"
The union, which originally asked
q 31-cent across -the-board hourly
pay increase, later was reported to
have slashed it's demand to II to 16
cents an hour. Current wages aver
age $115 an hour.
New Figures Not Disclosed.
The company's most recent an
nounced offer was an 8 to IA cents
an hour increase.
1t was not indicated what new
figures, If any, were considered dur
ing last nights meeting.
The union threatened a strike in
June, but President Truman ap-
pointed a fact-finding board to fore
stall the stoppage. Before hearings
began, both sides agreed to continue
direct negotiations.
Until yesterday, talks had been
held in Chicago.
Long Lines Talks Resumed.
In another telephone wage mat
ter, the American Union of Tele-
phone Workers, also C1O, yesterday
resumed talks with A. T. 81 T.'s
long-lines department. The session
was held under a wage reopening
clause In an agreement reached in
June without wage increase.
A. T. & T. said after the session
It would submit a wage offer to the
union at another meeting Tuesday.
The AUTW also represents about
$4,000 workers in AZ States and the
District of Columbia. 1t originally
asked a 30-cent hourly increase.
Current wages now average $1.21
an hour, the union says.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
India Prepares to Take =.
Control Over Hyderobod

DELHI Sept -f6 f6 4 ts9.. tt4ss9...--faatdsa
prepared today to take over the
government of Hyderabad as soon
as Indian troops, already deep in
the princely state, win control.
The Indian government an
nounced the appointment of two
provincial officials to be Joint civil
administrators of Hyderabad, and
of other Indian civil authorities.
At the same time, a military
communique said spearheads OF
Indian forces pushing toward the
Hyderabad capital from east and
west now are only 125 miles apart.
In the west, Indian troops cap
tured Zahirabad, SO miles from Hy-
derabad City and 20 miles south OF
q Razakar (Moslem volunteer army
stronghold at Bidar, a communicate
announced. 1t said another column.
rolling past Suriapet, reached Max
rekal, so miles east of Hyderabad's
military suburb of Secunderabad.
Appointments Announced.
The appointment Of D. S. Bakhie,
home secretary of the Bombay
provincial government, and D. r.
Pradhan, secretary of the Bombay
Health and Land Department, as
Hyderabad's civil administrators,
was announced by V. P. Menon,
secretary of the Indian States
They will work with 1t. Gen.
Maharaja Shri Rajendrasinhji,
commander in chief in the south.
Mr.. Menon said A. v. Patro of
Madras had been appointed direc-
tor of Hyderabad's police and that
civil administrators had been named
for each district of Hyderabad, to
be installed as rapidly as the re-
gions come under army control.
He emphasized that the appoint
ments all were of an interim ma
rure. to continue only until the
people OF, Hyderabad decide for
themselves what kind of govern
ment they want, as well as their
future relationship to the Dominion
of India.
Action in Other Areas.
Today,s army communique gave
this account of troop movements
in other areas of Hyderabad:
In the northeast-Tndian troops
have reached Adilabad and ad-
vanced 10 miles along the Delhi
Madras rail line.
In the southeast-Troops found
roads heavily mined, particularly in
the Khammamett neighborhood,
east of Suriapet.
In the northwest-Tndian forces
have moved 40 miles south of Jalna.
In the west-Troops mopping up
around Osmanabad captured 100
Razakars and 80 Hyderabad regu-
lars and killed 40.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Enoineer Sets Hearing

The district engineer of the Wash
ington district, Army Engineer
Corps, will hold a public hearing at
pm. Tuesday on improvement Of
Point Lookout Creek, st. Marys
County, Md. The hearing will be at
the Knights of Columbus Hall,
Ridge, Md.
Evening star., 1948-09-16

the other hand, could unite his
party and restore it to its early
tradition as the champion Of civil
liberties and equal opportunities" !"
Mr.. Alfange closed by saying the
liberal movement and the cause Of
national unity and world peace
would "be better served" by the
election of Dewey.
Evening star., 1948-09-16

by Mayor Miller. He said promises
maintain order were given him
bye~ A. Knight, international presi>
dent OF ee CIO union. G. Ps Howes.
business l. nresentative of the in-
dependent y ternational Associa-
ton of Maehih, s. and H aE.z Pse~
ton, international representative of
the AFL Boilermaks, = Union.
No announcement 5 made of
what was planned for onstrikers
who have been in the \ tandard
plant since Tuesday. They efused
yesterday to leave the plant shep
offered chance by C1O pickett
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Hyderubud
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Continued From F1rSt Pa9e.J
new items OF a unique character to
consider.
One Is the disposition of the pre-
war Italian colonies-Eritrea, Libya,
and Somaliland. The Big Four
Evening star., 1948-09-16

Ambassador Walter Thurston told
United States newsmen "the ex-
clusion of Communists and other
undesirable persons is a perfectly
natural policy of self-defense."
Mr.. Thurston said, Il do not know
if he is a Communist, but his as
sociations and his attacks on the
United States make his presence in
the United States neither welcome
nor desirable"
Evening star., 1948-09-16

powers failed to agree on their
future.
The other new problem, which
may or may not be officially ac-
knowledged by the Assembly, is
posed by Garry Davis, 26, wartime
aviator son of Orchestra Leader
Meyer Davis, He. clatms' to- be bhe
fist world citizen and demands rec
ognition as such.
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Mexican Labor Chief
Refused Visa. by u. 5.
By the Associotsd Press

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 16.-The
United States Embassy has refused
to issue visa to the president OF
the Latin American Federation OF
Labor. His entry was banned, the
Embassy said, under State Depart
ment policy excluding Communists
and other undesirable persons"
Informed of the Embassy's action,
the labor leader, Vicente Lombardo
Toledano, said: Il know OF no
reason for the action. I have been
in the United States so many, times
/ can't even. count ,thesn3 - =
Formerly Lombardo Toledano had
a special passport because he was
an officer of the International Labor
Office, but having lost office in that,
he now holds only an ordinary
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
France, England
Present Rival
Unity Plans

Paris, Nov. q -(AP)-France
and Britain tonight presented ri
val plans to a five-nation unity
committee attempting to lay the
foundation for a European fed
Grafton.
The French eign minis
try announced in a communique
that Britain proposed council
of Europe" France put forward
plan for European consul
tative assembly," Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg
are also represented at the con-
ference.
The communique did not give
details of the proposals. Britain
is known to favor regular meet
ings of kind of European cab
met composed of ministers ap-
pointed by and responsible to
each of the governments.
British sources have criticized
as "just another talking ship"
a French plan for parliament
of Europe"
Both the British and French
plans would give the proposed
European political organization
only advisory powers.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
CIO Snnacks
Down Left
Wing Union

Portland, Ore, Nov. 27-(AP)
The CIO smacked down one o1
its left-wing unions today.
Its executive board ordered
the farm equipment workers un-
ion to give up its identity and
join the united auto workers.
This was the first action grow
ing out of the CIO convention
which established the right wing
in full control, determined upon
a big nationwide organizing
"crusade' and adjourned yester-
day.
The board also adopted resolu-
tions in which it:
1-Called upon the 81st Con-
gress to abolish the House Un-
American Activities Committee
and to set up new rules for con-
gressional investigating commit
tees that would protect the
rights of witnesses and persons
under investigation"
2-Urged President Truman to
revise his order concerning the
loyalty of federal employees, in
order to assure each accused in
dividual of fair trial, an open
ing hearing, and the right to hire
a lawyer. The resolution said
the governments loyalty pro-
gram now "has degenerated in
to an irresponsible witch hunt"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Farm Bureau
Against Increase
In Tobacco Quota

Raleigh, N. c., Nov. II -(AP)
The North Carolina Farm
Bureau unanimously adopted re-
solutions today opposing any in
crease in the announced l949
flue-cured Tobacco quota and IA
voring 80 per cent of parity sup
port on all basic commodities.
A third resolution also called
for a change in the time at which
farmers can begin moving corn
through government channels .
The proposal W ould move the
time from June to April as
means of encouraging greater
corn production.
President w. w. Eagles OF
Macclesfield presided over the
group of more than rs organi-
zation leaders.
The group resolved that "the
North Carolina farm bureau is
opposed to any further increase
in the already announced quota
for flue-cured Tobacco for the
1949 crop"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

You won't believe it, but I'm
going to get serious today. Old
Father Roanoke V, son of 1.-THE
Fourth" is II, going on 18. He's
already getting some bad habits.
Sonny is beginning to enjoy
telling people Off" He's try
ing to take after his Uncle Loud
mouth who lives next door to
him. Loudmouth is always blust-
ering: well, I say what I
think and if people don't like it,
they know where they can 60 to-"
Sonny wants to be a Tough
Guy like that, too. So I took
him over to Hatcher's for some
java and told him about a farm
er I worked for back in '73.
Twas during Reconstruction
Days; Grant was President. The
farmers name was Mason; he
lived down Halifax way. He's
been dead so years so I can
speak freely. My job was to
pick tobacco worms. Mason said
you had to pick up the worms
and squeeze the juice out of them
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

Those who are celebrating
their birthdays today are Mary
Lee Cooper, Lynford Saunders,
and Ruby Lee Harris those
who celebrated theirs yesterday
were Jean Hall, Benisha Erwin,
A. D. Nelms, and Shirley Niles
here's wishing you all have
very nice birthdays and many
happy returns of the day f.
Clergyman Concluding story }
"And now, children, would
you like to ask any questions?"
Bobby (who had been constant
ly watching the clergyman while
he spoke) eyes, sir. Please,
how do you get into your col
lar?"
The only child to celebrate
a birthday on Thanksgiving, this
year was Adell Taylor of the
third grade those who were
fortunate enough Friday to have
a real holiday on their birth
day were William R. Hux, Jr.,
Edward Faucette, Bland Bailey,
and Eugene Porch may you
all have many more happy birth
days :. and to AdeA, here's
hoping you had a very enjoy
able one Thursday.
Clifton Buddy" Braswell is
visiting with his mother, Mrs.
Mamie Braswell of Madison
street Buddy" is fresh
man at Strayer's College in
Washington, d. c., studying to
be 4 public accountant. He plans
to return Sunday. -.