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Evening star., 1948-09-22
Harrison Says Truman
Twill Win, Democrats
IWi|| Rule Congress
By Jones Y. Newton

! George M. Harrison, chairman OF
Labor's Committee for the Election
of Truman and Barkley, declared
today that not only will President
Truman be reelected this fall, but
that the Democrats will regain con-
troll of both the Senate and House.
Mr.. Harrison, president of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks
(AFL) and recently appointed direc-
tor of the Democratic National Com
mittee's Labor Division, predicted
that the Democrats will gain a
minimum of six Senate and 80 House
seats. Such a gain would give them
control in each branch
Dewey Called NAM Spokesman.
In his first news conference since
establishment of Labor's Committee
for Truman, which is composed of
AFL and Railway Brotherhood lead
ers, Mr.. Harrison said he found "a
veritable ground swell of sentiment"
for the President among the work.
ing people of the country.
He described Gov. Dewey as
nothing more than the spokesman
for the National Association Of
Manufacturers"
The Republican candidate has
been the nominal head Of the Re-
publican Party for the last four
years" Mr.. Harrison said. "As such
he must assume the responsibility
for the enactment of the Taft-Hart-
ley law. He did nothing to prevent
the enactment of that law"
Six States Named.
The States where Mr.. Harrison
said the Democrats would gain Sen
ate seats are West Virginia, Okla
homa, Illinois, Wyoming, Idaho and
Minnesota. He added that the DEM
ocrats probably would win a Senate
seat in Kentucky, where the Labor
Committee is not taking an active
part because both Senate candidates
voted for the Taft-Hartley Act.
William Green, AFL president,
expressed confidence yesterday that
the Democrats will win control Of
the Senate regardless Of who is
elected President
Meanwhile, George H. Earle, for
mer Democratic Governor Of Penn
sylvania, urged the election Of Gov.
Dewey as "our best chance for
peace" His statement was issued
through Republican national head
quarters.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Wallace Says Party
Won't 60 Out in 'R;
Sees New 1952Choice
By the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Henry A.
Wallace said last night the Progress
sive Party lis not going to go out
In 1948,' but indicated he did not
expect personally 10 be candidate
In 1882.
Speaking at $10O-a-plate dinner
of the Business Men for Wallace
Committee, he appealed to his
audience to help bring out leader
ship he said the new party will need
if it is to survive.
Mr.. Wallace virtually bowed out
as the party's 1852 candidate, say
ing he did not want the new party
to be one-man party like Theodore
Roosevelt's Bull Moose and Robert
M. La Follette's Progressive Parties.
Disagrees With Baldwin. =.
'"This is not a party that depends
on any personality" he said.
p: He and his campaign manager in
dicated they did not see eye-to-eye
On some of the fine points of party
strategy. The dinner was prelimi-
nary to Mr.. Wallace's departure on
a national tour tomorrow.
The campaign manager, c. b.
Baldwin spoke first. He outlined
and defended policy of giving
Progressive Party support to Glib
eral" Democrats.
For example, he. said he had
urged Representative Helen Gaha-
gan Douglas, Democrat, of CallfOr-
MIA, to file on the Progressive ticket
though she refused. 80
He said the party was willing to
support such Democrats as Chester
Bowles, candidate for Governor Of
Connecticut.
Dubious About Bowles.
When Mr.. Wallace came to the
platform he smiled at Mr.. Baldwin
and said:
What are you doing to our party
here-supporting Chester Bowles?"
Maybe that's all right" Mr.. Wall
lace added, but when guys go in
two directions at one time I just
wonder where you are going to
end up, because some day you are
going to have to build party
Mr.. Wallace said that if Mr..
Bowles doesn't think enough Of
peace to stand up, just wonder how
good he is going to be. I don't think
we ought to wax too enthusiastic
about the situation
Rejects Unsought Support.
So far as Mrs. Douglas is con-
cerned, Mr.. Wallace said he wasn't
sure of how she stands on the Tru-
man doctrine. which he opposes.
He said it was important" that she
be elected, but added:
But it comes hard when she
dosen't want our supporter does
she want our support?"
About joining forces with Demo-
cratic candidates generally, Mr.. Wal
lace said;
While Beanie tMr. Baldwin, may
go along with them this year. the
time comes when wee got to stand
up straight and strong and cut
clean"
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Long Calls Legislature
To Consider RESTORING.
Truman 10 State Ballot.
BY the Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. 22.-
President Truman's chance to try on
even terms for Louisiana's 10 cleo
toral votes today was in the hands
OF the States legislators, gathering
here for suddenly summoned spe-
cial session.
GOV. Earl K. Long called them on
one days notice to consider restor-
ing Mr.. Truman's name to the State
nauot from which it was stricken
oy the Democratic State Central
Committee on September 10.
The suddenness of the summons
ana the hour set for convening-
lO o'clock tonight, reminded Louis
lanlans OF the urgent special sessions
that marked the regime of the Gov
ernor's brother, the late Huey P.
Long.
To Submit Legislation.
The Governor said legislation
would be submitted permitting the
National Democratic Party 'if they
have no overwhelming objection" to
qualify elector candidates for Mr..
Truman as the candidate OF the
national party.
The State Central Committee,
top governing body of the Demo-
cratic Party in Louisiana, has de-
clared the States Rights Demo-
cratic candidates, Gov Strom Thur
mond OF South Carolina for Presi-
dent and Gov. Fielding Wright of
Mississippi for Vice President, the
Louisiana Democratic candidates.
The Governor, though he is COM
mittee member, did not participate
IN the action.
National Democratic Chairman ].
Howard McGrath said in New York
yesterday he had telegraphed Gov
Long protesting against listing the
President on the Louisiana ballot in
any way except as the Official DEM
ocratic nominee. The Governor
said he hadn't received the tele-
gram, but that the national party
would be given plenty of time" to
qualify elector candidates as NOM
inees of the national party IF it
chooses to-" Without legislative
action Truman elector nominees
would have been at most write-in
candidates.
McGrath Sends Wire.
IT most respectfully protest,
Senator McGrath had telegraphed, |
ANY effort to compromise the right
Of these nominees tTruman-Bark-
ley) by any scheme to shunt them
OF into column other than that
always accorded nominees of the
Democratic Party. The regular
members Of the Democratic Party
OF Louisiana are entitled to have
the Truman -Barkley ticket pre-
sented to them as the regular nomi-
nees Of the Democratic Party"
The formal call for the special
session, listing the purposes for
which it is conHened, was still being
prepared today. Legislators were
alerted by telegram last night.
There was speculation that the
call, or later supplementary calls,
might also include proposed modi-
fiostion of some of the record taxes
imposed by the Legislature on the
Governors recommendation at this /.
ysar's regular session. Other sug-
gsstions were supplementing school
lunch funds to provide hot meals
completely free to all pupils and
repeal Of the State civil service law,
already considerably amended.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Reservation DeudIine
For Dinner Extended

Deadline on reservations for the
All-Pennsylvania College Dinner, tc
be held in the Hotel Statler at 7:3C
pm. October 4, has been extended
to next Monday, it was announced
today.
Washington alumni Of colleges
and universities in Pennsylvania
will unite for the dinner, to be ad-
dressed by DR.. Francis B. Haas
Pennsylvania superintendent OF
public instruction, and DR.. Herbert
L. Spencer, president Of Bucknell
University and of the Pennsylvania
Association Of Universities and
Colleges.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Defeat OF Stevenson
For House Lone Upset
In Wisconsin Primary
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

MILWAUKEE,, Sept. 22.-A So
year-old drug chain owner and q
34-year-old former Army sergeant
will fight it out for Wisconsin's gov.
ernorship in November.
The odds will be Overwhelmingly
in favor OF the drug executive
Oscar Rennebohm, the present CHIEF
executive and the Republican
Party victor In Wisconsin's pri-
mary election yesterday.
His opponent will be Carl w
Thompson, young Stoughton attor-
ney and hope Of the Democrats.
The Republican primary produced
only one upset, the unseating in his
race for denomination of Represent
ative William H. Stevenson of the
third district, who has been in Con-
gress for eight years. He trailed
former Representative Gardner
Withrow by 1900 votes, with only
five of the districts 372 precincts
missing.
O'Konski Leads.
Representative Alvin, E. OKonski
who with eight of the States 1O
House members had opposition, was
running against Charles Madsen
in the 10th district. The race was
close at first. but with 370 of 404
precincts reporting. Mr.. O'Konskis
lead was nearly $500 votes and he
seemed assured Of nomination. Other
incumbents were renominated easily
Gov. Rennebohm won the nomi-
nation by beating Ralph M. I'm
nell of Madison, a former Progress
sive, former State adjutant gen.
eral and an Army general in the
European theater in World War II
On the basis of incomplete re-
ports Gov. Rennebohm's margin ex-
ceeded 10000 votes. Unofficial re-
turns from 3.001 of the States g.
140 precincts gave Gov. Renne-
bohm 259,314 to 1s7,30s for Gen
Immell.
Thompson Beats Conservative.
Mr.. Thompson, leader Of group
Of young Democrats who hope to
rejuvenate their party in the State,
defeated a self-termed "conServa-
tive Democrat" William D. Carroll
of Prairie Du Chen, by about 3d.
600 votes. In 2,939 precincts, Mr..
Thompson had 68,232 votes to 35,-
545 for Mr.. Carroll.
Mr.. Thompson faces a herculean
task, however, as his party polled
less than 20 per cent of the total
vote in the primary. In Wisconsin's
100 years Of statehood there have
been only two Democratic Cover
nors.
The State, birthplace and grave
yard of one Progressive Party, also
apparently gave notice that 1t will
provide little help to Henry Wal
lace's organization under the same
name.
Henry ]. Berquist of Rhinelander,
Mr.. Wallace's candidate for Gov
ernor, polled only a little more than
two votes to a precinct in the pri-
mary. His total in 2970 precincts
was 1892. Mr.. Berquist had no op-
position, however, so the vote can
not be all conclusive.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
White Neiqhbors
OF Negro Family
Called toHeurinu
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. 22-Magis-
trate Thomas L. Fitzpatrick has
summoned all white residents in a
Baltimore block to an informal
hearing on complaints of a Negro
family which moved into the neigh
borhood recently.
Merl Coplin, colored, told the
magistrate yesterday that since he
moved into the 500 block of North
Pulaski street. windows in his home
have been broken. nails have been
driven into the tires of his car and
5uear put in the gas tank.
The Judge warned that further in
cidents would result in sending the
case to the grand jury.
Evening star., 1948-09-22

tnat tney can
get better jobs
and get ahead
quicker" in the
rapidly expand
ing Air Force.
Then, too, the
feeling in some
quarters tn = t
the Air Forces
will become the
most important
arm Of our de-
fense setup has
caused s o m e
employees to pre-
fer that de-
no rfno ant hA
Evening star., 1948-09-22
SoIIy Rond and Manager
Held on Morals Churae
BY the Assosioisd Press

FORT SMITH, Ark, Sept. ga
couple identified by Police Chief
Pink Shaw as Sally Rand, the fan
dancer, and her manager. Harry
Finklestein, were arrested here yes
terday on q morals charge.
A hearing was postponed until
Friday in Municipal Court.
Chief Shaw said the two were
found at q nearby tourist court at
$50 am. They were charged, he
said, with violating a city ordinance
which permits arrest of any unmar-
ried couple found in any public
rooming house under suspicious
circumstances. Both persons were
found in the same cabin, he said.
Evening star., 1948-09-22

the Republic" Mr.. Rees ASSERTED
today.
SICK LEAVE-There has been 9
lot of Juror in Congress during the
past year about the Government
having an overly generous sick-leave
system for its employees.
But . survey just completed 70,
the Senate Civil Service Committee
shows that private industry, as q
rule, has a much more generous
sick-leave system for its employees
than does the Government.
The survey was made by a sub
committee OF the special advisory
council to the Senate Civil Service
Committee. The council, which Ii
composed of Federal personnel Of
ficials, union leaders and veterans
representatives, currently is study
ing the Governments sick and an.
nual leave system for the commit
tee.
Many industrial Arms allow their
workers far more time OF with pay
for sickness, If need be. than the
Is days q year allowed Govern
ment employees, the survey showed
Members OF the subcommittee
looking into sick leave are William
c. Doherty. president Of the AFL
American Federation OF Govern
ment Employees, chairman: Henry
F. Hubbard, vice chairman OF the
Federal Personnel Council; Joseph
Winslow, Budget Bureau official,
and Irving Zuckerman. longtime
expert on Federal personnel affairs.
YULETIDE GIFT? - Several top
Federal personnel officials plan to
ask President Truman to issue an
executive order to give Government
employees a three-day Christmas
holiday week end this year.
Christmas falls on q Saturday. II
the previous day were made holi-
day, Federal workers would have a
three day week end.
Legislation to this effect was in
troduced during the last Congress,
but because of the ast-minuA leg
islative log jam, the bill never was
But q presidential order
would do the trick just as well.
LIGHTER LOAD-Letter carriers
from now on will have to carry a
mail load of only IS
pounds, instead OF the 5o-pound
load they have been Juggling pre-
viouSly.
The Post Otfice Department has
Just put into effect this order, which
will make a mailman's life just a
little bit easier.
Postal officials deny this will
necessitate the hiring of new letter
carriers. They say the maximum
50-pound loads rarely were carried
by mailmen any way. But some
members Of the House and Senate
Post Office Committees are predict
ing the department eventually will
have to ask Congress for funds to
hire additional letter carriers.
4 X X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-President
Truman has issued an executive
order putting into effect the new
regulations governing wage differ
entails to be paid Government en-
ployes stationed outside the United
States. The Civil Service Com
announces examinations for
jobs as geographers ($3, ,727 to $l0,S05
Evening star., 1948-09-22
FBI Chief Continues Coins

Continued improvement was re-
ported today in the condition of j.
Edgar Hoover. director of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation, who
has been i'll at his residence here
with bronchial pneumonia for the
last two weeks Mr. Hoover's aides
doubted if his physicians would al
low him to return to work for at
least two weeks
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Senator Taylor AssoiIs
Talk of War With Russiu
BY the Asseciaisd Ress

Fas7sE " The N5SocIufeo FeSS
EAST ST. LOUIS. ILL.,, Sept. 22.-
Senator Taylor, Progressive Party
candidate for Vice President, de-
clared last night, Il can't go along
with all this talk of war with Rus
sla."
Senator Taylor, speaking before
$50 persons at the BroadvieW Hotel,
said Russia lost 100000 people in
the last war.
They should want peace. All this
talk OF Russian expansion doesn't
hold water"
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Edwards Backed in Race

RICHMOND. Va. Sept. % (P.-
A group of Goochland County resi-
dents has Endorsed the candidacy
Of Horace H. Edwards, former may
1r of Richmond. for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination.
Evening star., 1948-09-22

year. and research psychologists
$3,727 to $4,479 annually. ;. Miss
Laura Thornley, has retired from
the Public Buildings Administration,
after 80 years of plotting an elevator.
She was one Of the first women ever
to operate an elevator in Govern
ment building, getting the assign
ment as q replacement for the male
elevator operator who had gone of
to war.
Evening star., 1948-09-22

(Be sure to listen at II rs am.
every Sunday ouer WMAL. Tbs
Star station, for Joseph Yonne's
broadcast perSton OF the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
ne,Us on Government affairs and
1,erson dlities.J $40
Evening star., 1948-09-22
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Top Defense Officials Weiqh
No Transfer Rule for Civilians
By Joseph Young

Considerable sentiment developing among top National
Defense Establishment officials for strict transfer rule
involving civilian employees in the Army Navy Air Force
Departments
There have quite of Army Navy civilian
idea Of transferring to the Air tne Hepuohe Mf Fees Asserted
Department. tooay
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Consider
able cloudiness this afternoon and
tonight with high this afternoon
about 65 and low tonight near so.
Generally fair and continued rather
cool tomorrow.
Virginia Mostly cloudy and
slightly cooler with occasional light
rains over south portion tonight.
Tomorrow generally fair in the in
terror and mostly cloudy on the
coast.
Maryland - Partly cloudy and
slightly cooler tonight. Tomorrow
generally fair and continued rather
cool
Wind velocity, 6 miles per hour;
direction. east-northeast
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
8 am. September 22-Nine grains
per cubic yard of air; incomplete
due to rain.
River Report
From United States EnRlnesrs)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Fails; Shenandoah
clear at Hsrpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-09-22


High -, at 4" pm.
Low, 50. al lO.33 pm.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90. on August %.
Lowest, 5, on January 20
LII
Evening star., 1948-09-22

UTCc DcpdI lIHcuV.
Chief reason for this is the belief
Evening star., 1948-07-19

ranks was a family of five who said
they had come from Hartford, Conn,
for the occasion, and two 12-year-
old colored boys, Joseph White and
his cousin, Eugene Jeter, who Won
dered aloud if the officials would
give them their fare back to Bal
timore.
When the line was stopped. per-
haps 1900 of those remaining massed
around the steps as the policemen
and soldiers fidgeted with embar-
raSsment,
Let us in," the people shouted.
Police Sergt Clifford Bergstrom
finally induced them to disband
quietly by shouting back: Look, we
can't help it! We don't give the
orders, we only work here"
Line Is Doubled.
In final attempt to accommo-
date more of the crowd, officials in
charge of the ceremony had doubled
the line passing the body after 7:45
pm, removing the catafalque from
its base to permit easier inspection
In this way. almost $500 people
were moved through the rotunda in
the last hour.
An Army spokesman at the Pen
tagon said today that prior to the
closing o the doors the M. P.'s and
Capitol Police went down the line
and warned those still in line that
there was absolutely no chance of
their getting in before the doors
were closed.
THE hours during which the Cap
itol would be open to the public has
been we'll publicized and those hours
are part of an integrated funeral
plan. the changing of any part of
which would throw the whole thing
out of kilter," he added That plan
was drawn up years ago and has
been kept up-to-date with the ap-
proval of all high ranking Govern
ment officials concerned"
Gen. Pershing's body. which had
lain in state in the Walter Reed
Hospital chapel Saturday, was
Evening star., 1948-07-19

brought to the Capitol at about /
pm. yesterday. There. while the
Army band played Nearer My God
to Thee" the bronze casket was
carried up the long stairs to the ro-
tunda between lines Of soldiers,
standing rigidly at present arms. y
Present at this simple ceremony
were Gen. Pershing's sister. Miss
May Pershing. his son and daugh-
-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Warren Pershing, and two old
friends Of the family; Gen. Charles
C. Dawes, retired, Vice President In
Calvin Coolidge's second admins
tration, and Col. j. C. OLaughlin,
retired, editor of the Army and Navy
Journal.
Among public officials attending
were Secretary of State Marshall,
who spent five years as Gen. Per-
shing's military aide; Gen. Bradley.
Army Chief of Staff, and Secretaries
Royal, Sullivan and Symington OF
the departments Of Army, Navy and
Air.
Truman Stands at Bier.
Before the public was admitted,
Gen. Marshall and the service chiefs
viewed the body in the rotunda.
They were followed by congress
sional delegation. Generals Mar
shall and Bradley and Mr.. Royal
then returned to the rotunda escort
ing President Truman, who also
was accompanied, among others by
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy and
David Lynn, architect of the Capt.
tol.
Mr.. Truman, a World War I artil-
lery captain, stood quietly by the
casket for a moment, his head
bowed. Then he left the rotunda
by the north door, as silently and
quickly as he had come.
Two others admitted to the cham
ber before the general public were
Raymond Laurent, member of the
French Chamber of Deputies who
as Mayor of Paris, welcomed Gen
Pershing to that city on the old
soldiers last trip abroad in 1886
and Lester w. Brent, colored. Gen
Pershing'S messenger for 10 years
Mr.. Brent wept as he looked down
into Gen. Pershing's face.
Military Order Holds Rites.
A brief ceremony before the public
was admitted was held by the
Military Order of World Wars. Col
Forrest F. Watson of Knoxville
Tenn, commander in chief of the
order, placed a wreath of lilies on
the caSket.
Included in the group were Ad-
miral William E. Standley, U. S. N.
retired, past commander in chief
of the order. and Maj. Gen. An
thony C. McAuliffe, head Of the
Washington unit.
Gen. Pershing was one Of the
founders of the military order.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Big Medical Center
For Injured Miners
Is Studied by UNIV
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 19.-Proposed
establishment of medical center
for injured coal miners, to cost sey-
eral million dollars, is being studied
by the Medical Advisory Board of
the United Mine Workers of America
welfare and retirement fund.
The union announced yesterday
the board is considering establishing
200-bed medical center where the
most seriously injured and afflicted
miners can be cared for, and where
a staff of experts in the various
surgical and medical fields will
direct localized preventative and
treatment programs in coal mine
areas
Dr.. R. R. Sayers, chairman of the
Medical Advisory Board of the fund,
is in charge of the program.
Meanwhile. the welfare fund is
continuing its work with miner
raraplegics-men paralyzed from
the waist down because OF injuries
to their spinal cords.
The fund has arranged for medical
care for 100 of these victims, but 3OO
more are reported still in mining
communities awaiting aid A post
graduate medical school and hos
pital here has been added to the list
of institutions cooperating. -Four
injured Alabama miners already are
there. Other hospitals giving treat
ment are Lenox Hill Hospital, New
York: Kessler Clinic, Newark, N. j.,
and the Permanente Foundation
Hospital. Vallejo, Calf.
Evening star., 1948-07-19
Russians May Put Off
German Elections
BY the Associoted Press

BERLIN, July 19.-The Russians
may not permit scheduled town.
ship elections in their occupation
zone of Germany this autumn be-
cause of growing grassroots revolt
against Communism.
Observers believe postponement
of the elections would spare the
Soviet-sponsored Socialist Unity
Party (SED) from taking a beating.
A hint that the balloting may be
put off was contained in the Rus
slams official Berlin newspaper,
Taegliche Rundschau. 1t said the
newly licensed Peasant Party had
petitioned Marshal VASTLY D. Soko-
lovsky, the Russian military COVER
nor, to delay the elections.
Communist-run workers councils
in the State of Thuringia already
had said the elections would be
postponed because we have more
important things to do" This was
a reference to a call to all workers
to bend their efforts behind a two
year plan.
A Christian Democratic newspaper
said the revolt of the non-Com-
munist parties was not against the
Soviet occupation power but against
those German voluntary agents of
the Russians who are trying to out
Soviet the SovietS."