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The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
Report Uncensored| : censored!

A stir of public protest was
growing in Chicago this week,
following radio station WBBM's
arbitrary censorship of its award
winning Report Uncensored"
weekly broadcast,
Ben Park. writer producer
director of the show. resigned
from WBBM's staff after the
stations decision not TO broad
cast a show he had prepared for
the Report Uncensored" series
dealing with housing racial re-
strictions and covenants.
The current Report Uncen-
sored' series has probed Chi
cago's housing situation under
the guidance of experts in the
field. One of these organizations
which has aided Park, the Chi
cago Metropolitan Housing Coun-
Gil, representing 126 civic, well
fare, labor, and women's groups,
withdrew its cooperation from
the WBBM show, when it learned
of the suppression of the script,
May 5, on the U. S. Supreme
Courts decision on racial re-
strictive covenants.
PARK. who has written 26 of
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
New officers
for Local 1913

A complete new slate of Off
GERS has been installed by Local
108 of the United Farm Equip
ment Workers, CIO.
The new president is Matt
Halas, who led the balloting with
1918 votes. Vice president is
Casey Czochara; financial sec
retary, Louis Vogritz; treasurer,
Hilmon Simpson; publicity and
educational dir tor, Ralph
Mitchell; legislative director, Vic
Weber; recording secretary, Sal
Ceja, and sgt.-at-arms, Jack
Harry Peterson, Ann Russell,
and Stanley Wojnarowski are the
new trustees.
Klinger.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
FE officials
ask TIL Act
local vote

Executive board members Of
the United Farm Equipment
Workers, CIO, meeting Tuesday,
agreed to put the question of
compliance with the Taft-Hartley
Act up to the unions 100 locals.
Locals will announce their
decisions between now and May
80 on the basis of local elections.
Should 81 Of the locals vote for
compliance, the executive board
will move to take such action at
its meeting the following day
May 81. This action followed
ending of the Caterpillar Tractor
Co. strike in Peoria, where the
Taft-Hartley = complying UAW-
AFL, and the International Assn.
of Machinists (unaffiliated in
tervened.
Results of the aft-Hartley
election were inconclusive, and a
run-off election will be held be-
tween the two unions receiving
the most votes-CIO and AFL
auto unions. The FE executive
board is understood to be holding
in allegiance a denunciation Of
this raiding by a sister CIO
union, pending outcome of the
run-off election.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

self-motivated individuals and
institutions"
REPORT UNCENSORED" is
the winner of the Variety, Du
Pont, Peabody, Billboard and
Ohio State Institution for Edu-
cation by Radio awards.
Park said the May verboten
was the first veto of script. al
though an earlier script dealing
with restrictive covenants, was
peculiarly bYpassed. April IA.
when another show was subsfi-
tuted at the last moment.
"In accepting the nations fore
most awards for what may well
have been radios most outstand-
ing program in the past year."
Parks letter of resignation to
Atlass read, "you have accepted
the responsibility of leadership
and obligation to continue tell
ing the whole truth.
Anything short of this objec-
tive can only be interpreted as
callous, cynical and counter TO
your greater duty to public in-
terest, convenience and neces-
sitY -"
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
Us boIks
peace bid

Peace had threatened to break
out for ten days. But this week
the State Dept. had slammed the
door tight shut, in the face of
the latest response from the
Soviet Union to peace negotia-
tions proposed by Henry A Wal
lace in an open letter to Prime
Minister Stain.
A sudden reliance on the
United Nations was given by the
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

by the investigator, who identi-
fled himself as Mr.. Kreuger"
or 'Kroger," former Secret
Service agent who had quit gov
ernment service because he
didn't like it-they didn't pay
enough money"
WHY is the u. of c. such a
Red school?" Kreuger asked. His
other questions followed essen
TALLY the same line:
what makes the students here
so radical? What sort of ideas do
the professors give out? Do they
(the Communists) hold secret
meetings where they talk it up
for Russian"
In later conversation with Ed
Engberg, editor of the Maroon,
campus weekly, Kreuger wanted
to know:
''Why is everybody so afraid
of an investigation?
When Engberg replied that 1T
endangers freedom of education"
Kreuger apparently considered
Engberg's answer TO be only an
evasion.
TWO DAYS after Kreuger
made his appearance on the
(See Page 81
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

hearings later. He remained on
the campus for five days.
STUDENTS first learned of
his presence when he stopped a
girl who was standing in line
at Hutcheson Commons, a cafe
terra operated by the university.
Seeing a Wallace for President
button on the girls coat, the in
vestigator began to ask her ques-
tlons about ''subverSive aetiviti-
ties" on the campus, the political
leaning of the students, and SEN
timent toward the third party.
He next appeared in the office
of the Dean of Students, Robert
Stroller, where he asked to see
the file on students activities.
STROZIER'S assistant, John
Bergstresser, it was learned, per-
mitted the Broyles investigator
to copy the list of members of
the Communist Club, an organ
lzation officially recognized by
the university.
Stroller later told a delegation
of students that if was "univer-
sitY policy" TO open such files to
official" investigators. but has
answer failed to satisfy many
students.
A past president of the Com
munist Club was the first stu
dent to be questioned at length
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

State Dept. as one of its reasons
for refusing the parley proposal.
Another was the proclaimed re-
luctance of the department to
take part in two-nation confer
enceS which would decide the
fate of third powers.
Even before the Stain re-
sponse to the open peace letter
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
Urge Senate:
sove Iiberty!

progress for the past several
months. Members of Congress
have been deluged with printed
cards and form letters originat-
ing in two or three different
cities Our action here to-
day will show whether Con-
gress has been bamboozled by
these Communist tactics."
+
REP. E. Wallace Chadwick R..
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

Pa.): Like so many of you
members of the House,, I am
being inundated with commune
cations about this Mundt bill :.
Just how to answer communica-
tions ). I confess floors me 4.
How does one respectfully con-
tSee page 81
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
BY BILL CARR

Illinois Little Dies" Com
mission for the past few
weeks has been preparing a
smear campaign against liberal
thought in this state, The Chi
cago Star learned this week.
An investigator has admitted
that the group-officially known
as the BroYles COMMISSIONS
going after labor unions.
schools. and all sorts of organiza-
tions."
Preliminary investig t i on s
have already begun" he said.
The next step is full-scale COM
mission hearings.
THE BROYLES Commission
has avoided publicity since it was
set up by act of the General AS
sembly at Springfield last sum-
mer.
1t is composed of Is members,
five appointed by Gov. Green,
five from the state House of
Representatives, and five from
the state Senate.
First target of the commission
apparently is the University of
Chicago.
On May 2 an investigator for
the BroYles Commission arrived
on the campus TO gather material
on which the group could open
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

Total inventories of producers,
retailers and jobbers hit a high
of $427 billion in February.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22


fight in the Senate to save
American democracy after
the House of Representa-
tives, by an overwhelming
vote, approved the Mundt
police state bill Wednesday.
Hope that an all-out bat
tie against the bill might sue
ceed in killing it in the SEN
ate was strenthened by the
wavering attitude of many
Senators, who were obvious
ly worried about>the barrage
of protesting mail received
by members of the lower
house.
1t was reported at the Sem
ate Office Building that the
volume of mail being receiv-
ed by Illinois senators Scott
w. Lucas and c. Wayland
Brooks was mounting steadi-
ly.
ON TUESDAY. a motion to
throw out the bill was defeated,
following a hot debate from the
floor of the House, with 40 Con-
gressmen voting against the mea-
sure.
Fighting against time, Con-
gressmen opposed to the Mundt
Bill had proved their mettle in
strenuous debate in the House
the preceding Thursday, May 13.
Taking the offensive in the
fight against Rep. Karl Mundt's
R., SD Subversive Activities
Control Act of 1948-which pre-
tends to regulate" activities of
American Communists, but in
reality would outlaw the Com
munist Party and cripple every
progressive organization in the
nation-Reps. Vito Marcantonio
(ALP-N.YD and Adolph J. Sab
ath d., Ill.) led in Az hour
debate.
REP. SABBATH implered the
members of the House mot to
subject US to ridicule by hurry
ing this half-baked bill through
to vote; not to endanger the lib
critics of our people; not to dis
credit our congressional proc
esses; not to violate the Bill of
Rights. Let us not" SABBATH con-
tinued, "after all these years,
reproduce the foul spawn of an
earlier period of hySteria-the
Alien and Sedition Acts enacted
as a result of the Jacobin Jeffer-
son movement"
Pointing out to Conqressmen
that he had seen thousands of
bills come TO the floor of this
House, and some of them were
lulus." Rep. SABBATH declared that
AAS AAo0 SSGA AOAAc lHO1G 0dL9eI-
Gus or more threatening to Amer
ican democracy" SABBATH con-
cIuded:
''It seems to me that we are
following closely the pattern and
policies of Hitler who, with the
aid given him by the T. G.. Farben
cartels and by other industrial
lists in Germany, brought about
the overthrow of Germany
They succeeded with Hitler by
making communism the issue and
it seems to me that the pattern
of that policy is being duplicated
in this country"
REVEALING contemptuous r'n-
responsiveness to voters who
elected them to office, reaction
ary supporters of the Mundt
police-state bill attacked, on the
floor of the House, voters "back
home" who were opposed to the
bill as either misinformed or as
mentally ill, or as subversives
themselves.
Rraf {hau urorw eorraJ - IL
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

Mundt Bill follows Hitler
pattern: see Page 8. Answers
10 your questions on Mundt
Bill; see Page 9.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

Text of Wallace's statement
on peace talks and Stains open
letter in reply on Pages 9. 9.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22
State snooper opens hunt
for Reds at u. of G.

hearings later. He remained or
the campus for five days.
The Chicago star., 1948-05-22

PARK. who has written 26 of
Evening star., 1948-03-10
U.s.. Urged 10 Stay 0uI
OF Atom Labor Rows
by fhe kssocioted Press

David e. Lilienthal told Congress
yesterday the Government should
keep hands off of labor arguments
in atomic energy plants If it posi-
bly, can.
The chairman Of the Atomic En-
ergy Commission testified before
the Joint Congressional Atomic
Energy Committee. It is holding
hearings on labor-management re-
lations in the strategic industry.
MIR. Lilienthal said the commits
sion wants the widest practicable
participation of private industry In
the development of atomic energy
If the Government settles labor
disputes summarily, on its ownsiniti-
ative, he said, the participation Of
private Enterprise will be weakened.
A dispute involving Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals Corp, and work.
ers in the atomic plant at Oak Ridge,
Tenn, is now before a board Of in
quiry appointed by President Tru-
man last week. The board is to
report to him March 10.
Mr.. Lilienthal said the commission
has hope that wartime labor agree
ments which prohibited work stop
pages in atomic plants may be re-
vived.
The commission has conferred
with William Green, president of the
AFL, and Phil Murray, president Of
the CIO, he added, and "there has
been complete agreement on the
necessity for continuous operation
of plants.
Evening star., 1948-03-10

MIR. van Street. Nd, a member
Of the I. G. Farben prosecution
staff.
sBoth said that at no time were
they mistreated by the Russians.
The language barrier presented
their only problem, they added.
Went to Leipzig Fair.
The two couples visited the Leip-
zig fair last week. American au-
thorities began inquiries when they
failed to return at the expected
time.
MIR. Russell's Office gave this &C.
count:
The Russells and the Van Streets
were leaving the Russian Zone near
Hof and asked German police how
to get to a highway. The directions
apparently were wrong and they
ended up on q side road.
Armed Russian soldiers found
them on this road about 4 pm,
| Sunday and took them to a control
point at Hirschberg. A Russian Of
f1cer took them to Leonstend at
midnight and put them In q Ger
man hotel for the night.
Ordered to Leave Zone.
An English-speaking Russian Of
ficer, the first they had encountered,
questioned them at noon Monday.
He took Van Street to a Russian
court OF Weimar and a Russian
Judge ordered their release, This
took place late Monday. Tho Rus
SLAMS lodged them In Weimar
hotel Monday night, gave them
food and gasoline and ordered them
to leave the Soviet Zone early yes
terday.
They drove the 130 miles from
Weimar to Nuremberg.
Evening star., 1948-03-10

racketesr. formerly was president Of
the stssehands. He was convicted
In 1s41 with his West Coast agent,
Willie Blot, q one-time AL Capone
hood1um. Of extorting $55o,ooo from
Hollywood movie producers under
threat Of calling q strike.
Following the conviction OF Browne
and Bioff, Walsh became president
Of the union.
The witness said that armeeting Of
the Stagehands' Unions "oflcial
family" here In 1885, Walsh "cut In
on the cake" Of 4l25, 900 fund TO
the extent Of $4,000.
"And he paid o personal income
tax on that $4,0S0, 10 1t went TO
Walsh and nobody else,s sorrell
said.
Walsh has denied in q statement
that he received money except for
Evening star., 1948-03-10

And here's the bosie in
sredient Of every full ep-
petixins meol-se mony
wonderful ways to prepare
them.
Evening star., 1948-03-10

tlon Zon e = OF
Germany, re-
turned safely to
Nuremberg yes
terday.
he officials
are Howard n.
Russell Of Bal
timore, chief OF
the adninistra-
tive division OF
the U nited
8 tates W al
crimes prosecu-
ton : staff, and
Virgil van Street
of Cantonsville,
Evening star., 1948-03-10
,erforming hia union dutiee.

performing hA union duties.
sorrell also testified that Robert
N. Denham. now chief counsel oi
the National Labor Relations Board
was "in the pockets OF the major
Hollywood Producer" at time
when Mr.. Denham was an NLRE
trial examiner In connection Will
Hollywood labor disputes.
The witness said he u positive
that the producers conspired with
the Stagehands' Union to wreck the
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Baltimore Buses to Tesj
FIN Rodio Receivers
By the Associossd Press

py fHV NtSOcTuIVQ TT0SS
BALTIMORE, Mar. TO- Two
buses Of the Baltimore Transit Co
have been equipped with FM radio
receivers and will be put into pub.
lie service today to test audi
ence reaction to radio entertain.
ment while committing.
Tests will continue about 10 days
the bus company said.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
|AFl Stagehands Head
Accused Of Sharing in
BroWne-Bioff Fund
BY the Assoeioisd Press

A Hollywood union leader testified
yesterday that Richard r. Walsh
now president Of the AFL Stage.
hands Union. "cut In on the cake
Of fund collected by the notorious
Bioif- Browne racket regime.
Herbert K. Sorrell, president Of fths
AFL Conference of Studio Unions
told q House Labor Subcommittee
the fund was raised by a 2 per cent
assessment on union members.
George E. Browne. Chicago labol
Evening star., 1948-03-10

conference Of studio unions In lol6
and that the alleged conspiracy
1"still exists today"
The subcommittee is carrying on
an extensive investigation Of Holly
wood labor troubles.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Four Americans Held
BY Russians Blame
Language Barrier
by the Assoe;u,.d Pres.

NUREMBERG. Germany, Mar. TO-
Two American officials and their
wives, held for n hours by Rus
sian troops in the Soviet Occupa-
Evening star., 1948-03-10

Syria is preparing . new Law
governing censorship Of motion
pictures.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
Tires

With GoodYeor's famous All-Weuther
direction! Right. left, forwrd or back the
shorp-edged diamonds dig into wet, slip
perry rood film to get q grip and resist slip.
This winter enjoy the security of better
stop and go" with GoodYeors.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
MILLVILLE

Church services, Millville MethO-
dist Church, Sunday, worship serv-
ice, 10 a. m, Rev. T. c. Jones;
church school, II a. m, Sup't., r. J.
West, revival services, 1870 p. m.
The special revival services now in
progress will continue until Sunday
evening, November 14th
We urge you to attend these serv-
ices and receive the spiritual bless
ing found there. Special music each
evening by Miss Muriel c. Smith,
evangelist.
Mr.. and Mrs E. J. Winder of Sea-
ford called on Mr.. and Mrs. G. FL.
Townsend on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Howard have
returned from Florida and are liv-
ing in the apartment of Mrs. Esther
Townsend.
The dinner served by the w. S. G..
S. and the Cleaners Glass on Elec-
ton Day was very we'll attended and
very profitable. Thanks to all, those
who worked so faithfully to make ii
+ q success and to all those who were
patrons.
Mrs. Amy Wharton and children
Patsy and Danny spent Sunday
with her parents at Magnolia
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hickman
and Mrs. Lula Lyme hof MillsbOrc
were in town on Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Collins OF Milton, has
been spending some time with Mrs
Wallace Collins and family.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

Louise Davis, Nina Lou Ayres;
Edward Wilkins, Josephine Num-
ford; G. Robert Godfrey, Barbara
Ann Birmingham; Don Godfrey,
Barbara Ann Taylor; Jack Cor
drey, Helen Parsons; Betty Hall,
William ShOwell.
The following persons are mem
bers of the various committees:
Business manager, Paul WOOten;
publicity, G. Robert Godfrey, Mary
Louise Davis; stage manager, Aus
tin Hudson; stage assistants, Le-
land Lynch, Bob WOOten, Nina Lou
Ayres; property, Louise Davis,
Melvin Elliott, Barbara Ann Tay-
lor; makeup, Marilyn Cahall;
lighting, Robert Willy; prOmpters
Margaret Flood, Dale Hudson; tic
ket sales, Barry Yutzi, Paul Woo
ten; advertising manager, Nina
Lou Ayres; advertising secretary
Gladys Parsons; ushers, Beatrice
Father, Elizabeth Short, Gladys
Parsons.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
.I.VIs SUPER i;s3SsIISlS.p

Go through mud and snow
forward and reVerse-on
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

tended a meeting of the Veterans
program in Dover on Sat
urday, November g. The veterans
program will begin in the near
future.
The educational movies for the
week were ARTS and Crafts in
Mexico" Common Animals of
Woods" and How To Study"
Mrs. Ruth Lingo, faculty repre-
sentative of the Junior Red Cross,
is sponsoring Red Cross Gift Boxes
for overseas children. The Mills
bOro goal is so boxes
Mr. Matt is a member of the
state committee to conduct the fol-
low-up-study of graduates and
those pupils who drop out of
school earlier.
Mr.. TimmOns has received bids
on the repair and replacement of
the stage curtains and cyclOrama.
The bid price exceeds the amount
saved by $1,000. Effort is being
made to raise the necessary
amount.
Bids for grading and leveling
the school playground have been
received and placed with proper
state authorities for some dispOsi-
ton.
The senior class will present the
annual play, Seventeen Is Ter
ritic," Friday, November 10, at
p. m. Mr.. Elzey and Mrs. Buhl
are the coaches. Mr.. TimmOns
worked with the seniors in the
selling of ads and setting the stage
cyelorama.
The science. Z classes made a
field trip to the Delaware Colony
Farm. The main interest was the
various farm equipment, the milk
house, the dairy barn and live
stock. The main interest was the
actual operation of the automatic
milking machines.
The members of the MillsbOrC
High School senior class are now
undergoing plans to present The
comedy, Seventeen is Terrific
on Friday evening, November 19
at 8 o'clock in the school auditor
ium.
With Herman r. Elzey and Mrs
Isabel Buhl serving as directors
the complete cast is as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Larvey Simpler
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Simpler on Sunday.
Capt. Percy Davey is at nome this
week with his wife, Mrs. Clara Dav-
ey.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Martin and
son, Chuck" spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mitchell at Bethany Beach.
Kendall H. Noble and a friend,
Charles Mccarthy Of Boston, Mass,
spent the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Noble.
Mrs. Georgia Townsend of Wilm-
ingtOn, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Matte Brasure at Ciarksvilie.
Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Brasure
were dinner guests on Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Townsend at
FrankfOrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehu Hudson of
GEORGETOWN, called on Mrs. Lula N.
! Steele, Sunday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
MILLsBORO


on October 27, the patrons of
the Millsboro School reorganized
the Parent Teacher Association.
The program was sponsored by the
board Of school trustees with E.
G. Ryan, president, presiding. The
program of entertainment was
presented by the school. Mrs. Ruth
Lingo was chairman and was as
sisted By the following teachers:
Mrs. Mabel Gray, Mrs. Edythe
Gum, Mrs. Pamela Lynch and Mrs.
Amanda Moffett. Charles COul-
bourn, Mrs. Virgil Hudson and
James Wolf were named on the
nominating committee. The elected
officers we're w. Edgar TimmOns,
presidents; Mrs. Eva GOrdy, vice
president; Leo AIDES, secretary;
Mrs. Virginia Nichols, treasurer,
and Mrs. Virgil Hudson, program
chairman. William JamisOn, state
p. T. A. chairman, addressed the
group on P. T. A. programs. On
Wednesday, November 3, Edgar
Timmons, president, called a meet
ing of the executive committee to
plan the program. Other commit
tee chairmen will be named at a
later date.
The week of November 7-1S is
American Education Week. All
parents are invited and urged to
visit classes with their child for
one half day The room having the
greatest number of visitors will
be given recognition.
The Armistice Day observance
win be an assembly for each de-
partment. Representative Caleb
Boggs will address the secondary
school. Mr.. Burton and Mrs. FL
lis are program chairmen.
AS a result of the football ques-
tionnaire only 16 parents signed
favorable. This means that foot
ball is out for the present, as 25
eligible candidates is the recon-
mended minimum set by the state
director Of health and physical ed
ucation. J. M. Clayton and Milton
report the 25 minimum and are
beginning to make their schedule
However, Lord Baltimore, Selby.
vile and MillsbOTO are seriously
considering playing soccer for boys
and field hockey for girls. COmpe
titiOn would be with these schools
and nearby Maryland schools. Ql
playing soccer there is less dan
ger of serious injury and the cos
of equipment and operation i
4
Leslie E. TimmOns, principal, at
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

Germans left abroad are those who
stayed voluntarily and few in pri-
son. About $4,000 will stay in Brit
ain to work as civilians. A small
number will stop in the Middle East
until the end of this year to help the
British Army clear up its installa-
tiOns there.
At the end Of the war Britain had
German prisoners all over the globe
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
High Blood Pressure

When the blood pressure remains
continuously high, 5 the heart en-
larges. The heart muscle becomes
thicker and stronger. This is the
direct effect of the greater work
required of the heart to maintain
an adequate circulation. Your age,
plus 100. is not a rule for proper
blood pressure. Blood pressure
should remain much the same
throughout adult life.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12
British Return German
Prisoners

HAMBURG, Germany - (P) -
The British Army's two years task
of bringing home hundreds of
thousands of German prisoners of
war is almost finished. The only
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

from Britain to Australia. The top
figures were:
Britain 4O4,377; Middle East 103.-
O84; Gibraltar 448; East Africa 1S0;
Canada 1886; North Africa 56,011;
Australia 1881; Jamaica 545; nOrth-
west Europe 194,773.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-12

Pre-cooked full meals now are
being packed in frozen form.