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Evening star., 1948-03-10
Chicago Groin

CHICAGO, Mar. 10 P.-Grain futures
were strong today although profits king
sales cut prices at times. -
Wheat climbed more than 3 cents d
bushel in early dealings, influenced by
buy more flour to I'LL April export alloca-
tions. Corn showed similar advances and
oats were up more than a cent at times.
After demand was partly satisfied.
proflt-taking sent wheat prices down.
ward to near the previous finish in some
instances. Then another rally pushed
previous close in some instances before
moving upward again.
=, Wheat closed ,. to "a cents hishssr
81 3SH4: corn was UP % to 2s4. May
So $50 5'4. and oats were V to ! cent
highes ig May Sill h.ss;; March soybeans
for the fourth consecutive day, but ad-
vanced somewhat to close cents lower
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Newspaper Guild Protests
'Snub' on Geneva Talks
By he A,.oe;o,sd Pres.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Mar. lo.-Har-
ry Martin, president Of the CIo
American Newspaper Guild, has
charged the State Department with
"a shocking snub to the newspaper
men of America"
Mr.. Martin said yesterday that
sources he described as unimpeach-
able had informed him that the
American delegation to the United
Nations World Conference on Infor-
nation at Geneva would not include
guildsmen.
The union official said guildsmen
could make contribution Of tre-
mendous value to the conference.
Copies of the protest, Mr.. Martin
said, were telegraphed to President
Truman and Secretary Of State
Marshall.
The State Department has not yet
announced the names of the United
States delegation to the Geneva
meeting.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Mar. 10 up, (USDA).-sal-
able hogs 500, total 5000: active and un-
even, so to LOO higher; late and CLOSING
trade mostly 90 up: full advance on
higher: top. s4.oo; bulk good anr choice
1S0-240 pounds. 23.OO-23.15: 25O-27C
pounds. 2175-23. 90: 2S0-30O pounds
20 50-21 80: 330-375 pounds, 19.75-20 25
most 350-550 pound sows, 1S.00-19,25
early clearance:
salatle cattle 5000. total 5000: sal.
able calves 500. total 500: slaughter steer,
generally steady: market q little more
active than Tuesday dull trade; heifers
steady to so lower: most decline on com.
mon to low-gocd kinds; cows weak to 81
lower than yesterdays average: spots of
more on Gamers and good COWS; bull:
active. % cents higher: strictly choice
light and medium steers absent bull
good to low-choice steers 25.00-2S.00: tor
IS, 90 for four loads 1.100-1 $50. pound
weights; most medium to low-good steer!
23 00-24 IS; load choice 1,1O2-pound fec
heifers, 81. so; most low-good to low-t
hoice heifers "a 90 $3.50: few gooe
young cows UP to 1900; Gamers ant
cutters 13 0n-16.75; good heavy sausage
bulls up to $3.50; vealers steady at $500
salable sheep 1000. total 5000
slaughter lambs moderately active; esrl!
sales largely steady; few loads good ant
choice wooled lambs around 101 pounds
down, % 25: few loads best woolskins
confidently held around $3.50: few me
dunn and good wooled lambs 10000 so
other classes very scarce, nominally un-
changed.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Tampa Shipbui|ding Yards
Sold 10 liquidatinq Firm
By the Associoted Press

TAMPA, Fla, Mar. 10.-The vast
facilities Of the Tampa Shipbuilding
Co. have been sold to a New York
liquidating firm.
Announcement of the sale to In
dustrial Plants Corp. came yesterday
from Mayor Curtis Nixon, Louis
Wolfson of Jacksonville. principal
owner of the yard, and J. A. B
Broadwater, secretary-treasurer o1
the yards.
The yards built millions of dol.
lars worth Of ships during the wal
and only recently completed a SIS.
000,00 contract of six ships for the
French government.
At one time in the war, the yards
employed $4,000 workers. Last years
operation costs came to Sc 900 900
Mr.. Broadwater said.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Brody Named Chairman
Of National City Bank
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 10.-William
Gage Brady, jr., has been named
chairman of the board OF the Ma.
tional City Bank of New York te
succeed Gordon S. Rentschler, who
died March 3 while vacationing al
Havana. -.
Howard c. Sheperd, senior vice
president, was appointed president
and a director of the bank, sue
ceeding Mr.. Brady.
In a third action at yesterdays
directors a meeting, w. Randolph
Burgess, vice chairman Of the board
was chosen for the newly createe
Office of chairman Of the Executive
Committee. Ns-,
Evening star., 1948-03-10

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Evening star., 1948-03-10
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK. Mar. 10 0P.-Foreirn ex-
change rates follow {Great Britain in dol
lars. others In centsl:
market 1oIa per cent discount or $3.50
o. S. cents. OF /. Of a cent.
Europe-Great Britain, 4|o3H: un-
off fiflIs. italy Iira1 March fixed rate
.oolS45, February .001 745: Sweden
lkiona)' 27.s5. uniehansed; swiszssladnd ssr.d
Latin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. free; 25OS.
unchanged; Brazil, free, $50. unchanged;
Mexico, "a. 81, unchanged.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Business Briefs

Electric Power Consumption ad-
vanced in the week ended March 6
to 5,292, ,595 900 kilowatt hours, from
5,251 1886 900 the week before. This
was a gain of 1867 over the similar
week last year.-Edison Electric In
stitute.
Iron Age Steel Scrap Composite
price declined Is cents this week te
s39.75 a ton, a new 1948 low. Steel
operations were placed at 96% oi
rated capacity.
Morgan Stanley & Co. head syn
dicate which expects within week
to offer publicly $4,000 shares OF
stock of j. P. Morgan & Co, Inc
Presumably this is stock held by the
estate of Thomas w. Lamont, late
chairman of the Morgan bank.
New York Stock Exchange men,
bership was sold yesterday for $46,-
900. which was $4,000 below the pre-
vious price. The record high for 9
seat on the exchange was $625, ,00C
In 1929.
]. C. Penney Co. sales in February
totaled s44,S1s,477, up 8.11o over the
same month last year.
Eastman Kodak Co. reported that
1947 earnings of $43,199, ,254, or $3.46
a common share, VS.. $35 ,69l ,318 OF
$285 In 1916.
Also for 1947 VS.. 1916:
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
earned S2,507 OTIS or $2.10 share, VS.
$2384,017 or Sl97.
International Business Machines
Corp. earned $25 5,553,951 or $16.44, VS.
$18,766,4 or S13.10.
Electrolux Corp. earned $4,086,2
or 1892 vs. $3.167,656 or $2.57.
Erie Railroad earned $4,000 $50 OF
$1.16 VS.. $2,e94,724 or 40 cents.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, earned
$1,275,296 or 1922 VS.. $751; $50 OF
S139.
Beech Nut Packing Co. earned
$5,521,312 or 1851, VS.. $2,793,332 Of
s1S2.
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
earned $730,166 or $3.43 VS.. s629 81:
or s2.s6.
Seiberling Rubber Co. earnet
$421,6l4 or So cents, VS.. $l,124,e1'
or So.
Rheem Manufacturing Co. earned
$3,606,915 or $3.4S VS.. $l,l98,948 O
$1.06.
Dresser Industries, Inc, earned
$2,306,4 ,428 VS.. $728,581.
y1tN
sidiary of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, lost $l,186,727 VS.. a loss o
s1.861 .2S4.
Butler Brothers lost 1926, 6,156, bu
q credit of $1,50o,00 from contin
gency reserves left a net surplus O
$1,273,884 equal after preferre'
dividends to 73 cents a common
share. In 1916 the company had
net profit of $4,240,244, or 1881
share.
National Cash Register Co. earne
$11,3l1,osl or $685. VS.. s3,351,215 G
$2.05.
Standard Brands, Inc, earned So
119,34e or $2.32 VS.. $13,S47,960 G
SAIL.
Technicolor, Inc. earned slap
752 or $l.56 VS.. $436,168 or 48 cent
Norwich Pharmacal Co. earne
$58o,006 or 73 cents VS.. $e80,7 c
S1.23.
Elliott Co. earned $l,407 $40
$3.50 VS.. $477,71l or $1.15.
Cooper -Bessemer Corp. earne
$2,166,597 or S7.55 VS.. $44,907 or Z
cents.
Houdaille- Hershey Corp. earne
S4,043,530 or $4.61 VS.. 81, ISL {
N$.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
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Evening star., 1948-03-10
Bonds Of World Bank
Allowed in Virginia
Insurance Portfolios
by Edword c. Stone

International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development bonds
have been approved by the Virginia
State Legislature as legal invest
ments for life insurance companies.
The bill now goes to Gov. Tuck for
signature.
Virginia has II life insurance
companies, with total admitted as
sets of we'll over $328, 100000.
Similar action has been taken by
26 other States and in some States
such legislation is not required.
First Sale in New Stock.
The first sale in American Secur-
ity & Trust stock since 1t was split
into 10 shares for one, took place
on the Washington Stock Exchange
today when 100 shares appeared on
the board at 80. The last sale in
the old stock was made at $40. The
new stock closed with 81 bid; offered
at SO.
Ferris a. Co. of this city was In
the group headed by Phelps, Fem
g. Co. which was awarded the
100000 Prince Georges County
school district bonds late yesterday
The bonds already have been placed
on sale. They will yield from to
200 per cent, according to maturi-
ties.
Directors elected at the annual
stockholders meeting Of the Termi-
nal Refrigerating & Warehousing
Corp. include Clarence A. Aspen
wall, Mrs. Mozelle Price Brown
Charles A. Garry, Allen r. Cozier
William M. Hannay. James J
Hughes, Ralph w. Lee, jr., Jac-
quelin A. Marshall, Robert D. Mar
shall, Clarence F. Norment, jr., Fred
Ophuls, John A. Reilly.
ID. C. Bank Loans Climb.
The weekly report of the Fedora
Reserve Bank of Richmond shows
loans in Washington banks made 9
combined gain of $2,532 900 for the
week ending March 8. Commercial
loans gained $1,738, 900, assets were
up substantially, as were invest
ments. Real estate loans were of
slightly.
Demand deposits were up about
$3,500,000 for the week but time de-
posts showed little change, the re-
port disclosed.
Lester A. Pratt, Washington pub
lie accountant who wrote story
for national magazine on How to
Rob Bank" addressed savings
bank auditors and controllers forum
in New York last night on Fraud
Prevention in Savings Banks"
Martin Atlas, former tax attorney
In the Treasury, has become asso-
ciated with the Cafritz Co. as tax
counsel.
Heard in Financial District.
While there are over 100 different
ways of computing savings bank in
terest, more than Sc per cent of the
banks of the country are using one
of seven methods. according to
a new ABA manual received here
today.
F. P. H. Siddons. Joshua Evans
jr., and B. j. Darneille, now vice
president of the Maryland Trust
Co, were among the financiers at
tending the opening of the Shirling-
ton Trust Co.
Very heavy operating expenses
cut net earnings of the Norfolk 81
Washington Steamboat Co. to $1.2l
a share in l947 against $4.27 a
year before.
O. K La Rogue. nominated by
President Truman to be member
of the Home Loan Bank Board, has
made q particularly fine record as
president of the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Winston-Salem, N. C..
Evening star., 1948-03-10

Domestic Rayon Shipments de-
clined in February to 80,600, 900
pounds, from 90,200,0OO in January.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Dividends Announced

NEW, YORK, Mar, 10 tR.-pividsnds
declared today: Pc stock Of Pay
Rate riod. record. able.
Evening star., 1948-03-10

HouFIy SaIes on Int Excnanss Itday:
IL: 100 am. 13o 600 1900 noon 40 ooc
100 pm 400 600 goo p.m. 400 ooc
tUnit Of trading, 10 shares sln Bang
ruptcy or receivership. o. being reorganiaed
under the Bankruptcy Act. or securities
assumed by such companies. Rates OF
dividends In the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
lor semiannual declaration. Unless other
not included. Ex dividend. xr Ex rights
. Also extra or extras. b Plus stock divi-
dend. d Cash or stock. . Declared or paid
mated cash value on ex dividend date
ig Paid last year. h Declared or paid after
stock dividend or stock split-up. Aceum-
3 Payable in stock. exact cash value unds-
termined On declaration data.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Washington Exchange

Capital Transit 1st- ref 4s-S2, 90 at 90
Washington Gas $50 pfd--6 at 1O1a.
Capital Transit Coo at 12A.
Potomac Elec Pwr 3.60To pfd al
Capital Transit 1st Ref 4s-s5. 900 at 90
Lanston Monotype-25 at 1871.
American Sec & Trust new-100 at 81
osrfinskssl fks common-loo at TIA 1of
Washington Gas 450 pfd-5O at 102.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Mar. 10 R.-cotton fu-
In sG~ Ss1s
be further delay in concluding the Jap
anese cotton credit program brought in
ing. Some traders had expected the
Japanese .agreement to be signed by the
middle of this week.
The market showed early steadiness
with gains UP to rs cents a bale on
mill buying and short covering, but the
advance encouraged increased offerings
On private forecast estimated an in
crease of 4.3 per cent in cotton acreage
this season.
late afternoon prices were 25 to 80
cents bale lower than the previous
close. March. 33.54 May, 33.5 SO. and
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12

cipation by labor organizations
in political life is an important
and legitimate means for the
effective exercise of political
rights by working men and
women" To deny these rights
would result in workers resort
ing to more strikes, detrimental
to our highly organized economy,
sin preference to orderly polit-
ical action"
If labor has the right to
participate in legislative and
other political activity in sup
port of its own program, then
clearly, the CIO maintains, it
has the right to engage in cleo
toral activity in support of candi-
dates pledged to its program.
The fully documented brief
was presented to a federal court
in Washington last week in sup
port of the CLOS motion to dis
miss the case against the organi-
zation and President Murray
which the Justice Dept initiated.
1t arises out of Murray's instruc-
tions last July to the CIO News
to publish and distribute his en-
dorsement of the Congressional
candidacy of an AFL member
in a Baltimore, Md, special
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Local Ia Names
Iq48 Officers

All top officers of Local IA,
UAW-CIO were reelected at the
unions annual election of off
GERS hello at its headquarters last
week.
Returned to office were Paul
Crunkilton, president; John Ben
der, vice president; Thomas Rus
sell, financial secretary and
George Morris, recording secre-
tary.
Elected for their first term
in office were gorge Szy-
manski, guide; replacing John
Poganitsch; James Hart, three
year trustee, replacing Clarence
Foreman and Fred Graham re-
placing Norman Meilink. Charles
Coe was reelected Sergeant-at.
arms and Frank Daunhauer, re-
creational director.
President Crunkilton announc.
ed that the new officers would
be installed in office, Sunday,
March 81 if the Locals board
would approve the moving of the
regular meeting scheduled on
March %, Easter Sunday for
ward one week
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
PAC Schedules
Monday Meeting

A special meeting of the Lucas
County CIO-PAC will be held
Monday at 800 p. m. at Local
IL headquarters, 425 Winthrop
st. it was announced today by
Clayton Rusch, PAC chairman.
Matters to be considered by
the meeting will be the regiStra-
ton drive to get out a large pri-
mary vote, endorsement of can
didates and plans for member
ship drive, according to notices
sent to all PAC members this
week.
PAC is cooperating with the
Labor and Civic Political Com
mittee to get out large regis
tration.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Choral Group
Needs Women

Despite the fact that the Local
IL Women's Chorus has added
more singers, there is still plenty
of room for more, according to
Al Kenngott, chorus manager.
Practice sessions are held
every Monday night at Local IL
headquarters, 425 Winthrop st.
beginning at 800 p. m. Ambi-
tious plans have been made for
the club and more singing en-
gagements will be sought as the
organization grows. Competent
instruction by a professional
singing teacher is rapidly mould
ing the choral group into a first
class singing organization.
Membership in the choral
group is open to women men,
bers of Local IL, or to wives
or sisters. Membership and sing
ing instructions are free to mem
bers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
.LCPC Pledges
On Increase
Registration
Drive Planned

Pledge cards for Tom
Burke, candidate for Con-
gresS, and Franz Berlacher,
for sheriff, are showing a
steady growth, it was re-
ported today by UAW-CIO Vice
President Richard Gosser, tenn.
porary chairman of the Labor
and Civic Political Committee.
The LCPC chairman expressed
satisfaction over one of Local
12's shops where more than 200
members out of 356 have pledged
their intention of voting for
Burke and Berlacher at the May
4 primary.
Preparations are being made
to conduct an intensive registra-
tion campaign and a small non.
partisan pamphlet will be dis
tributed city-wide through the
organization urging everyone to
register and vote.
Bi-weekly meetings of the
LCPC executive board are being
held at the organizations Sum-
nit st. headquarters to discuss
the primary campaign and check
on the progress of the get-out.
the-vote drive.
No official endorsements have
yet been made by the LCPC.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Summer Camp
Jobs Opened

Positions at the Local II
Summer Camp at Sand Lake,
Mich, are open now for ap-
plicants, it was announced to-
day by Howard Rediger, camp
director. An application is print
ed on the lower part of this page
which may be used by prospec-
tive employees, or forms may be
obtained at Room 217, Local IL
Headquarters.
Some of the positions shown
in the application require pre-
vious experience. These include
a water front man, program di-
rector, photographer, handi-
craft man, cook, maintenance
man and farmer.
Applicants for the nurse posi-
ton must be graduates of an ac-
credited nursing school.
Due to the camps expansion
program, the number of senior
and junior camp counsellors will
be increased to give the children
proper supervision and watch
over their safety.
Applicants who live out of the
city may obtain work applica-
tions by writing to Howard
Rediger, Camp Director, Local
IL Headquarters, 425 Winthrop
st.
A number of miscellaneous
jobs are open for those whose
experience does not fall within
the classifications listed in the
application. Qualifications for all
classifications will be judged
upon the applicants age, train
ing, previous experience, adapta-
bility and responsibility.
All posts will be filled prior
to the camps opening June TO-
The camps staff will be briefedI
and trained in the duties of their
specific work before the first
contigent of children arrive.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12

face and as applied to the de-
PENDANTS is unconstitutional.
Attorneys Charles j. Margiotti
Lee Pressman and Frank Donner
pointed out for CIO that the
issues involved in the case are
Of "transcendent importance"
since application of the law limits
freedom of the press and denies
organized workers the RI g n {
freely to participate in politics.
Rapid settlement of the case
is urged so that CIO may eff
fectively participate in n e
momentouS election which is
now pending.
Denies Basic Freedoms
The brief states that although
she law purports to be based
upon the exercise of legitimate
power of government - the
regulation of election practices
it actually denies basic demo-
cratic freedoms.
CIO warns the courts against
being fooled by the subterfuge
of regulating expenditures of
union funds. The purpose of the
political prohibitions of Taft
Hartley are not designed to pro
tect union treasures, the brief
explains, but to shackle the
labor press and to render unions
politically impotent.
The brief declares that "parti-I
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
.UWA Asks For
Security Vote

Additional applications for
NLRB hearings on petitions
for a union security clause
vote have been sent to the
Boards regional office in
Cleveland it was announced to-
day by Walter Murphy, execu-
tive assistant to Vice President
Richard Gosser.
Applications covered Toledo
P c e la i n Enamel, Laclede
Christy, Toledo Industrial Rub
Der, Burt Foundry, S. M. Jones,
Industrial Cord and Cable and
the Toledo Standard Commuta-
tor Units of Local IL, UAW-
CIO.
Other shops which are await
ing NLRB hearings on their
security election petitions in
clude York Foundry, Peters
Stamping, Bingham Stamping
and Swartzbaugh.
NLRB security clause elec.
tons will be held on Monday at
Wel-Ever Piston Ring and Buck
eye Paint. Merl Klenk, Wel-Ever
Unit chairman will be union OBJ
server and William Healey, re-
Gently elected Local IL Board
will observe for the un.
ion in the Buckeye Paint bal
loting.
Local IL officers and Interna-
tional representatives expressed
interest in the ruling made last
week by NLRB Counsel Robert
N. Denham who stated that al
though a union shop contract
cannot be enforced without an
poll demonstrating that a
of the workers covered
want union security, nonethe.
less, a union shop clause may be
included in the contract pending
the balloting.
Union shop elections are being
conducted at the rate of 1900 a
but the NLRB has been
unable to keep up with the work.
ers demands that their unions be
granted proper protection. Coun-
sci Denham stated that Board
procedures will be improved in
an attempt to enable the NLRB
to conduct elections in average
size plants within three weeks of
the filing of a request.