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Evening star., 1948-04-24
5 10 IS Years Given
Robber in Assault
On Couple al Station

Charles w. Taylor, 81. Of the 200
block of D street NV, yesterday
was sentenced by Justice David A.
Pine OF District Court to serve from
S to Is years for assaulting and
robbing Mr.. and Mrs. Howard v.
Jones of the $500 block of Blaine
street NE, last November.
Taylor, who is colored, was found
guilty on April IA by a jury of rob-
bing Mr.. Jones of his automobile,
eye glasses, a hat, gloves and So in
cash. The jury also found Taylor
guilty of robbing Mrs. Jones OF a
handbag, three rings and 81 in addi-
ton to assaulting both of them.
Taxi Robber Sentenced.
Russell L. Perry, u, colored, also
of the 200 block of D street NV,
indicted with Taylor, found>to be Of
unsound mind. The Jonses were &C
costed by the two men in their car
at Union Station.
In another sentence today, JUS
tice Pine also gave Ronald K. Payne,
II, colored, of no fixed address, from
S to Is years for robbing taxi
cab driver of IS and his cab and
for an attempted robbery of gaso-
line service station in the 800 block
of Georgia avenue NV. last Feb
ruary.
An attendant at the station, Free
man E. Cobble, was wounded in the
arm by bullet during a tussle over
gun with Payne.
Added Sentence Given.
Melvin r. Eckloff, %, who, on
March IL, was sentenced in District
Court to serve from two years and
eight, months to eight years for his
part in the theft last october of
liquor valued at more than $4,000,
yesterday was given an additional
6 to 10 months for hitting one OF
his co-defendants with chair.
The added sentence was given by
Justice Richmond B. Keech, who
also imposed the earlier sentence.
Eckloff had pleaded guilty to hit
Evening star., 1948-04-24
Negro College EnroI|menfs
Reach Peak Of $4,000

Enrolment in Negro colleges and
universities has reached new peak
of $4,000, according to a survey re-
leased by the education department
of Howard University.
The undergraduate enrolment In
Ill institutions was 70,874 students
last fall-an increase of Is per cent
over those in school year before
and SO per cent above the peak pre-
war enrolment.
Howard University, with an en-
roiIment of 5,725 students, includ-
ing 1880 veterans, was the largest
Institution.
The survey was the 18th annual
one conducted by the education de-
partment and was directed by DR..
Martin D. Jenkins.
Evening star., 1948-04-24

ting William a.. whitehair. 20, Of
the 100 block Of Eleventh street
NE, who turned principal Gov
ernment witness in connection with
the liquor theft. The assault took
place in the cell block in District
Court after he was sentenced IN
the liquor theft. Whitehair In
March received the lightest sentence
of four men in the liquor theft
one to three years.
The liquor was stolen from truck
parked in the 1900 block Of New
York avenue NE.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

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$3.50 or AT. 2SQ4
BtLLDOZERS. large and small. for clear.
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cairyall. MR.. CUsICK, sH. s44!. ewes.
HOSPITAL BEDS. IDEAL BEDDING AND
FURNITURE CO.. 622 st. NV. National
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Evening star., 1948-12-19


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Evening star., 1948-01-07
Five Governors Discuss
Grants-in-Aid PROGRAM

Five Governors and 10 State legis-
lators from throughout the country
today discussed grants-in-aid in one
of two committee meetongs preced-
ing meeting Friday and Saturday
of the Board Of Managers OF the
Council Of State Governors.
Gov. Warren of California, chair
man of the committee, presided at
the meeting at the Mayflower Hotel
as members discussed comprehen-
sive study of the Federal Govern
ment's grants s-in-aid program. Re
suits of the study are expected to be
published early in the spring.
Gov. Hildreth Of Maine will pre-
side at a meeting of a committee
on taxation which tomorrow is
scheduled to confer with subcom-
mittees of the Senate Finance Com
mittee, the House Ways and Means
Committee and the Expenditures
Committees of both houses. The
group held similar conferences In
September in Chicago.
Gov. Caldwell of Florida, presi-
dent, will preside at the annual ex-
ecutive meeting of the councils
Board of Managers Friday and
Saturday.
Among those at todays committee
meeting were Cows. Aandahl OF
North Dakota, Cherry of North
Carolina, Meadows of West Virginia
and Jester Of Texas.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
for the collapse was determined

State fuel co-ordinator, announced
that he had invited representatives
Of New Jersey and Connecticut to
confer with him here Tuesday on
plans to coordinate all fuel move
ments into the Metropolitan area.
Hampered by Work Stoppaye.
Mr.. Sells also notified the States
regional co-ordinators to report in
cidents of abnormal price increases
in fuel.
In suburban Westchester County,
work stoppage, which the union
called a lockout and the employer
group called q strike, halted deliv-
cries yesterday to about $1,000 coal
users and an estimated $4,000 oil
consumers.
The stoppage grew out of closed
shop dispute and involved the West
chester Allied Trades Association,
comprising 28 companies, and Local
456 of the AFL International Broth
erhod Of Teamsters.
The local called a strike against
a Pelham, N. Y. oil and coal COM
pany and the association, taking the
position that a strike against one
member company was a strike
against all, notified drivers of the
n other affiliates not to report for
work.
About 300 drivers are involved in
the stoppage
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Mrs. Dewey Guest Dies;
Police lieufenant's Wife

Mrs. Mary Estelle Guest, At, wife
Of Detective 1t. Dewey Guest Of
the check and fraud squad Of the
Metropolitan police force, died TO-
day at Providence Hospital after a
brief illness.
Mrs. Guest was born and edu-
Gated in Athens, Ca. She was mar
ried there in July, 1921, while her
husband was serving in the Marine
Corps. They came to Washington
In 1923 and three years later they
moved to 17OS Sixty-first avenue,
Cheverly, Md. 1t. Guest formerly
served on the Cheverly Town Coun-
Gil.
Mrs. Guest was active In the
Cheverly Women" Club. She served
as Democratic election judge In
her home precinct. -
Besides her husband, she Is sur
vived by three daughters, Miss
Rachel Dewey Guest Of the Chew
erly address; Mrs. Ruth Padgett,
1714 Sixty-first avenue, CheverIy;
Mrs. Jacqueline Hipsley, 1921 (E
street NE, and an 8-month-oRd
granddaughter, Ruth Anne Padget9.
Funeral services will be held at y
pm. Friday at Hysong's Funeral)
Home, 1900 N street NV. Burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Germany
Continued From First Page,

tween the Russians and the Western
Allies, as well as the economic status
of Western Germany.
The announced purpose was to
strengthen the German administra-
tion which handles economic mat
ters in the British and American
zones-without, officials stressed, at
tempting to create a new political
government of Western Germany.
Red Press Opens Attack.
However, even as the conferees
gathered, the Communist press
opened its attack on the meeting
with a charge in the Berlin news
paper Neues Deutschland that it
was a "treasonable conspiracy" to
split Germany in two.
Gen. Clay and Gen. Robertson
went into the meeting armed with
a series Of proposals-but prepared
also to ask the German leaders for
their own suggestions.
They met in a room decorated
with flags which included that of
the pre-Nazi Weimar Republic.
Others were the British. French,
American and Russian emblems.
The plans were expected to result
In a pooling OF American and British
manpower at financial saving to
taxpayers back home. In some
agencies in Western Germany
Americans will get fuller control
over the affairs OF the combined
zones than they now hold,
Gen. Clay and Gen. Robertson
talked the issue over with their top
assistants at a meeting prior to
afternoon conferences with German
leaders, official sources. said.
Details Still to Be Worked Out.
The conferences with the Ger
mans were expected to result in a
parallel reorganization of the Ger
man bizonal administration to
make 1t work more efficiently in
effecting Western Germany's eco
nomic revival.
In the same way the British and
American military stats pooled
their headquarters manpower to run
the battle against Germany during
the war. so now their occupation
stats will be pooled to save man
power, officials said.
Full details, they added, have not
been worked out, but 1t u expected
Evening star., 1948-01-07
|NLRb Calls Witnesses
|0n Charge Against ITU|
By he Associated Pres.

CHICAGO, Jan. THE National
Labor Relations Board summoned
witnesses for the reopening Of 4
hearing today on the boards COM
plant against the ALL Interna-
tional typographical Union, which
is charged with unfair labor prac-
tices.
Arthur Ne1, NLRB trial exam
iner, was to preside at the hearing
which was transferred here from
Washington last month. The COM
plant was issued last November ;
by Robert N. Denham. NLRB, gem
eral counsel, based on . charge
filed against the IIU October Z
by the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
The complaint and the charge
by the ANPA contend that the TTU
has violated the Taft Hartley labor
law by refusing to. allow its local
unions to bargain collectively with
employers, and that 1t did this by
invoking q "no-contract" policy to
evade the law. The union has denied
the charge.
Similar charges against the
union have been filed with the
NLRB by the Chicago Newspaper
Publishers Association, whose men,
bers,> Chicago's six major daily
newspapers-have been struck by
Local IS, TTU, since November a.
The ITU also is on strike against
several other daily newspapers.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Fuel Oil. .
tContinued from First Page }

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users to reduce consumption Of the
city,s limited supply. :
George P. Rockwell, Massachusetts,
State oil conservator, told house
holders that use Of heating oil must
be cut 16 per cent to prevent some
suffering In that State.
Wants Legislation Speeded.
The Maritime Commission re-
Gently was ordered by Congress to
cease operation of its 174 tankers
February 20. In his telegram, Mayor
O'Dwyer told the commission he had
appealed to New York members OF
Congress to speed bill extending
the operation period for at least the
duration of the oil emergency,
Regardless of economy, we cam
not possibly get by on such basis, y
the Mayor said. Responsibility for
this failure adequately to anticipate
and supply our needs must rest in
large measure on the shoulders OF
certain elements in the oil industry. u
In another move to stretch vital
supplies, Charles H. Sells, New York
Evening star., 1948-01-07
6iddings Tells Citizen Unil
Fare Increase Justified

E. G. Giddings, vice president OF
the Capital Transit Co., last night
told members OF the Macarthur
Boulevard Citizens Association that
increased cost Of equipment and
wages, the decline in passengers and
the need to pay interest and div
idends justify q fare increase"
He promised the transit company
would study the effect Of last July's
fare raise on its finances before
asking the Public Utilities Commis-
sion for any further increase.
In reply to = members complaint
on inadequate service to the Mac
Arthur boulevard district, he said
that "cars are scheduled to take
care Of peak loading points first"
The Foxhall Citizens Association
was invited to the next meeting of
the Macarthur boulevard group to
hear a speaker on the proposed Dis
trict home-rule plan.
The meeting, conducted by John
Monteith, president, was held in the
Palisades Field House, Sherrier and
Dana places NV,
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Frese Appointed Head
OF U. S. Accounting Uni,
BY the Assoeioted Press

Controller General Lindsay c.
Warren announced yesterday that
Walter F. Frese has been named
head of the newly organized &C
counting systems division formed
to improve Government administra-
tive accounting systems.
Mr.. Frese, graduate of the Uni
versity of Iowa and University OF
Illinois, recently was head of the
fiscal service operations and meth
ods staff of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Mr.. Warren said the new division
will be under the General Account
ing Office, but will have the CO.
operation and assistance of the
Secretary of the Treasury and the
Budget Bureau.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Unions Position in GSI Strike

Local 471 OF the United Cote.
terra and Restaurant Workers
has issued statement Of the
position of the union III the
present dispute NTH Government
Serpices, Inc, wfich led to ths
current strike, and has requested
The Star to publish 1t. A con-
densntion of the statement.
signed by Oliver r. Palmer,
chairman OF the unions negotiat-
ing committee, tollo1os
In precipitating this strike, the
corporation Government Services,
Inc) has duplicated in every respect
the strike-breaking tactics Of the
most antilabor employer Of this
country. The corporation has re-
peatedly ignored its collective bar
gaining obligation, it has shown
complete bad faith In its relationship
to the union, it has deceived its en-
ployes with respect to their rights
under the law.
The union has been the collective
bargaining agent for these employees
since 1888. 1t is not a union certified
by the National Labor Relations
Board and has never been union
certified by the board.
Situation No Accident.
The absence of certification Is
no accident. 1t comes as the re-
suit of the insistence of GSI.
When in 1888 the employer no
longer could resist the demands of
its employees for collective bar
gaining the employer finally con-
sented to an informal election which
was conducted by the Labor Board
at. !, the request Of the Secretary
of the. Interior. When the union
won the election bargaining ens
sued and the union has operated
under collective bargaining from
1888 to the end of 1947.
kfhe obligation to bargain, as
GSI surely knows, does not de-
pend upon certification. It is the
law under the Taft-Hartley Act, as
it was under the Wagner Act. that
the failure to obtain eertff1cahna
is not a defense to a refusal to
bargain and that an employer may
not, as a condition of bargaining
with a union, insist that it be cer-
tilted.
The 1916 strike was precipitated
because the rank and file rejected
q management offer OF a wage in
crease smaller in amount that that
offered by other Government cafe
terias. The corporation has al
ways smarted over the fact that
it was unable to force on the en-
ployes this inadequate formula and
was compelled to accept an arbi-
tration award which granted the
same wage increase as was granted
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Fight 0ver'D: Rights
In Court Laid Before !
Justice Department

Tho legal fight over the con.
stitutionality Of 1910 net giving
District citizens access to Federal
courts throughout the country to.
day was laid before the Justice De-
partment.
Representative Gwynne. Repub.
lican, Of Iowa. author of the act,
formally asked Attorney General
CLARK In a letter to intervene In
the pending case when it comes
to the Supreme Court and to de.
fend the laws constitutionality.
The statute has been declared un.
constitutional by Federal appellate
court In Richmond. If the APP
pellate tribunals ruling Is upheld
BY the high court, Washington resi-.
dents could not sue or be sued In
Federal courts outside the National
Capital.
Formal Request.
Mr.. Gwynne, who yesterday an
nounced his intention of asking the
United States to defend the act
which bears his name, said his
letter to the Attorney General con-
stituted a formal request to the
Justice Department.
There is plenty Of precedent for
such action by the United States,
he said, since the Attorney Gen.
eral has intervened in suits be.
tween two private parties, when
the interest of the public Is con.
cerned. Such Intervention Is au.
thorized by an act of 1887, he ex.
planned, so the Government may
protect the people at large, who
may not be a party to the suit.
Appeal Being Prepared.
The pending case was filed by
the National Mutual Insurance Co.
of the District against the Tide.
water Transfer Co. Of Virginia. The
plaintiff lost in both the District
Court at Baltimore, and the United
States Court Of Appeals in Rich.
mond. The insurance firm Is pre-.
pairing its appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The plaintiff will be Joined in its
case by the Federation of Citi-
zens' Association and the District
Bar Association.
At the Justice Department, It was
indicated the case already is'under
study in the Office of the solicitor
general.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
) Americans Listed
Among Is Dead in
European Air Crashes
BY ths A,,eeio,e,d p,.,.

~ NV SS1oCf2feu FfU1S
PARIS. Jan. 7.-Sixteen persons
perished and seven others were hurt
in two separate EUROPEAN plane
crashes and burned while coming
In for landing at lie Botrget air.
field In Paris, killing Is of the 16
persons aboard, including three
Americans.
John Power, reported to be from
Washington, was one of those killed.
A British European Airways twin
engined Viking hit a tree in the
rain while coming into London's s
suburban Northholt airdrome from
Glasgow. The pilot was killed and
8 Of the other IA persons aboard
were hurt.
: A Polish woman passenger was
the only person to survive the
French crash. She was thrown
clear with two other persons, but
they died later Of their injuries.
The. plane scraped treetops while
gliding into lie Bourget Field, fell
q clearing and caught fire.
The American dead besides Mr
Power were listed as Mrs. Jane
Wallace BurTell and Louis Sibre.
Air France said Mrs. Burrel was
36 and a visa clerk in the American
Embassy In Paris. Her address wal
given as Scarsdale, N. Y. She had
been on leave in Brussels.
The Sabena Airlines in Brussels
said Mr.. Power was 80 and has beer
stationed In Berlin.
The Embassy said Mr. Sibre wal
. salesman Of the Arimex Trading
Co. of New York.
Mr.. Powers passport, No. 81, 1885,
was issued In Washington. Paris
newspapers said his home was in
Washington.
Evening star., 1948-01-07
Negro Football Star Named
Harvard Class Marshal
BY fhe Assoeioted Pres,

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. T.
Chester M. Pierce of Glen Cove,
N. Y, Harvard varsity football star,
today was elected a class marshal,
the first Negro ever to receive that
Office, college authorities said.
Mr.. Pierce, 6-foot-4, 2l5-pound
tackle also was the first of his race
on any Ivy League team to play in
tercollegiate football south of the
Mason n-Dixon line. A letterman for
three years, he took part in the re-
cent Harvard University Of Virginia
game at Charlottesville.
Also elected as permanent 1948
class marshals were Ray Allan Gold
berg, Fargo, N. OAK, and Walter
coulson. Lawrence, a, ,teammate OF
Mr.. Pierce. zs-t-...s-... -
= Mr.. Pierce is q premedical student
and lives at Harvards Lowell House.
Evening star., 1948-01-07

TO workers IN othef Government
cafeterias.
Gen. Grant (Maj. Gen. o. 8
Grant III. president Of GSD enum-
crates specific reasons for refusing
to deal with the union.
He states the new law Is the "law
OF the land" AS I have already
noted there is nothing whatever in
the Taft-Hartley law which imposes
upon any union the obligation tc
submit to the filing requirements.
Gen. Grant suggests that the sit
uation is unusual because of its
Relationship to the Government and
that it is not free to ignore the law
because of this fact. This involves
a deception that the union is re-
quiring the employer to deal with II
in violation of the law. Gen. Grant
knows that 1t is not the case.
Gen. Grant argues he has right
to insist that the union submit te
the filing requirements Of the Taft
Hartley act because IAN unqualified
union cannot utilize the services ot
the National Labor Relations Boaro
in solving labor relations problems.
Gen. Grants fear appears to be
that the employer may commit un.
fair labor practices for which the
union will have no redress.
Another Point Raised.
The next point made by. Gen
Grant is that other labor unions are
interested in organizing in GSI ano
that it might be the victim of q
jurisdictional strike. It is we'll known
that no other labor organization has
any following among the employees.
Gen. Grant suggests that unless 9
union qualified itself under the Taft.
Hartley act ut is not legally eligible
to speak for employees" This /.
simply not true. -
Gen. Grant next suggests thatsthe
cooperation has~sa-sright tos=Ansisi
on the loyalty" Of the union ON.
cials because of the present emphasi.
being placed on the loyalty Of Gov
ernment employees. This is an OBJ.
vious attempt to capitalize on the
witch hunt hysteria which now DOM
mates the Nations Capital. Never
before has anyone, in or out 0,
public life, raised any question
whatsoever about the loyalty of the
Government cafeteria employees o.
their representatives.
Gen. Grant and his associates
seem to be unaware that it is still
a violation of the law to refuse tc
deal with the freely chosen bar
gaining agent Of the employees. tc
refuse to deal with the majority rep
resentative, to threaten employees
with discharge for engaging In a
strike precipitated by the employer S
unfair labor practices, to bargain
individually with employees, bypass
ing their collective bargaining agent.