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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Collective Bargaining Given Credit
For LabOr's High Living Standards

Washington, d. c. (ILNS)-Am-
erican workers through a system of
free collective bargaining have
achieved the highest standard of
living of any group of workers in
the world, Assistant Secretary of
Labor John w. Gibson told the an
nual convention Of the Internation-
al Union of United Brewery, Flour,
Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery
Workers Of America, CIA, at Mil
waukee.
But he warned that since price
control was abolished in June, 1916,
the inflationary spiral is slowly
.gnawing away at the living stand
ards of the American workers. He
said it is estimated that close to
.25 percent Of the workers in the
country are having to draw heavily
upon their savings, if they have
any, in order to maintain their
standard Of living.
Gibson added that the cost of
living is 1877 percent above prewar
figures and 80 percent above the
last month Of price control in June,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

Why do so many women speci-
fically promise to obey and prompt
ly forget all about it, thus perplex-
ing the men?
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

One reason | often do three days
work in one is that | don't have to
work the other two days.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-30
Lessons of World War III

The income tax, which totaled
$2.6 billion in 1910, and was 44%
of the total federal tax collection
after a series of revisions, increas-
Evening star., 1948-12-12
THE RUSSIANS ARE LISTENING
Continued from h1scsdina hnas

Continued from preceding page
and the Liberties which our people enjoy under it. in
comparison with the regmentation, repression and
police control under which the Soviet citizen lives
Our great emphasis of course, is placed on informa
ton about how democracy operates in the United
States and how our people live.
Our information technques have been varied in
order to provide the best framework for every idea o
argument we wish to use
Our newest - device already familiar to American
domestic radio audiences is the personal interview
This is generally the case history of a Russian
who has fled from his homeland and whose well
come here is a testimonial to life in America.
Whenever possible we encourage the individual to
write and to read his own radio script.
In each case we have used plain. everyday people
whose plain everyday experiences seem to US to have
more impact than the views of foreign dignitarv
We can seldom use the bigname emigre since it mipht
lead listeners to the wholly erroneous impression
that the United States is supporting his particular
political clique
Life i'm America
OuR first personalized report made by talented
young musician He told how he had reached the
United States from DIP camp in Germany and
play in concert and finally to join one of our SYM
phony orchestras No frills. no moralizng Simply an
account of how mans basic skills enabled him to
find his place in American society.
Vladimir Petrov, whose experiences in the slave
labor gold mines of Siberia are already known to
THIS WEEK readers ("Staln's Mountain of Gold"-
July Ill prepared the second script. In it, he told
how he got factory job i'm America, reported on
his wages. hours and working conditions, ex-
planned train and subway transpor INSTALL
ment buying and eating i'm cafeterias. 1t would
not have impressed American listeners we are inclined
to take these things for granted. But Russian lis
teners who must always carry identity cards and
whose freedom of movement and decision is extremely
limited, undoubtedly got the point.
The KasenIina Story
HE third was bedside interview with Mrs Anna
Kasenkna, the Russian schooteacher who leaped
from the window of the Soviet consulate in New York
The Moscow Radio went to extreme lengths to distort
this event and we felt that Mrs. Kasenkina's own
account of it was the best possible rebuttal
Programs like these are hard to refute. These are
not Trotzkyites, devatonists or wreckers whom the
Soviet regime can lambaste on political grounds
These are plain Russian people speaking to their
homeland of how they have Jared in America.
We intend to expand this phase of our broadcastng
Right now we are discussing with the University
OF North Carolina communications center and expert
mental radio station, plans for regional broadcasts
which will add the voices of everyday Americans to
output If translation proves feasible. shall expand
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Evening star., 1948-12-12
st improvement in soaps today is in new Duz!

Yes. there's . sensational new improve
ment being made in soaps today the
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eyes! 1t gives even the dingiest, time
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to your ne,uest white things!
And vsoit till you see how clean, how fast
the new Duz does your heaviest wash
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Evening star., 1948-12-12

soap made beats the new Duz at getting
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power, Duz is safer for colors than any othel
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more, the new Duz gives your coloret
washables wonderful new brightness -
makes your pretty prints. patterns ane
polka-dots look gayer, fresher than ever
Get the new Duz today! See for yoursel
why there's no other soap quite like it!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Truman Again Names.
Wene 10 Be Assistant
Agriculture Secretary

President Truman nominated
Elmer H. Wene OF New Jersey yes
terday to be Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture.
1t was the second time Mr. Wene
has been nominated for the post.
Previously, he had indicated that
he didn't want the job.
Early in July Mr.. Wene was
scheduled to take the oath of office
at the same time Albert j. Loveland
was to be sworn in as the new
Under Secretary of Agriculture
The two men had been named by
Mr.. Truman on June 26. But Mr.
Wene did not turn up for the cere-
r1ony of taking office and after a
days delay Mr.. Loveland was sworn
in alone.
The Senate took no action on the
appointment yesterday. Mr.. Wene
who may now receive recess ap-
pointment, would succeed Charles
Brannan, who was named Secretary
The 56-year-old Mr.. Wene oper-
ates q chick hatchery in Vineland
N. j.. and is member of the State
Senate. He is a former member OF
Congress.
He was educated in New Jersey
public schools and completed a
course in Agriculture at Rutgers
University. He has lectured on the
poultry business in leading agri-
cultural colleges and for five years
was president of the New Jersey
State Board Of Agriculture.
Mr.. Wene has been mentioned
prominently in Democratic circles
as the party's candidate for Gov
ernor in 1949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08


President Truman asked the extra
session of Congress to pass thick
sheaf of legislation. The lawmakers
granted only a handful Of his re-
quests, and cut most of those to
their own pattern.
Here's the score:
Granted in Full.
UN loan-A SOS ,000, 600 loan to
the United Nations to finance con-
struction of a permanent headquart-
ers in New York.
A 100000 additional appropri-
alton to buy cars for disabled vet
Grams.
Granted in Part.
Authorization legislation - Con-
gress voted authority to the Federal
Reserve Board to restrict install
ment credit and to tighten up on
bank reserve requirements. CMr
Truman had asked for broad anti
inf1ationary powers, ranging from
price, wage and rationing controls
to an excess profits tax on business
His recommendations included con-
sumner credit controls and greater
authority for the Federal Reserve
Board to regulate "inflationary'
bank credit
Housing observation-disclosures ap-
proved a bill providing limited Fed
eral aid for Iow-cost housing and
large rental projects, but lacking
the subsidized public housing and
slum clearance provisions Of the
Taft Ellender- Wagner bill recon-
mended by the President.
Most of the $13,850,000 which
PRESIDENT Truman asked to finance
the housing program.
International wheat agreement
The Senate Foreign Relations Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

As he turned the corner, Smith
fired again and Mr.. Murphy fell be-
side his companion.
Neiyhbors Attempt Rescue.
Carl Shirley and other neishbors
attempted to rescue the injured men
but were driven OF by Smiths rife
fire from the open doorway.
Seven state policemen arrived In
radio patrol cars. Smith retreated
inside the house. Police smashed a
window and threw three tear-gas
bombs into the house. These did
not seem to faze Smith who kept
firing at the officers.
Finally after a half-hour, the
firing from the house ceased. ON
GERS kicked the door open and en-
tered. Smith was dead on the floor,
one bullet wound in his neck. an
other in his head.
Both Mr. Murphy and Mr.. Caslin
were dead when officers reached
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Man Kills Two Officers
0fLaw With Rifle, Dies
In Hail Of Police Fire

YOUNGSTOWN. Pa. Aug. T.
Thirty-two-year william A.
Smith slew two officers Of the law
tonight and then was slain IN his
turn as State police for half-hour
poured gunf1re into his barricaded
home.
The dead, besides Smith, were:
J. Thomas Caslin, So. burgess and
constable Of this little Western
Pennsylvania community.
Justice Of the Peace Eugene Muir
ply, also So.
Capt. Andrew j. Hudock of the
State Police ct Greensburg pieced
together this story Of the tragedy
from reports Of his officers:
Charged by Wife With Beatings.
Smiths wife, Genevieve, about 80,
had sworn out. q warrant today be-
fore Mr.. Murphy charging her hus-
band with assault and battery on
herself and their three children,
Anna Marie, II; william, 10, and
Skippy, 9.
Mr.. Murphy went with Mr.. Cas-
lin to the Smith home to serve the
warrant. Mr.. Caslin went up on
the front porch, Mr.. Murphy to the
back of the house. Mr.. Caslin talked
with Smith through the partly
closed door, then started down the
steps. Smith stepped out on the
porch and shot Mr.. Caslin down
with q 1903 caliber deer rife. i.
Mr.. Murphy, hearing the shot
ran around the front of the house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

answer him. One challenge was On
the housing situation. No one got
up.
His second challenge was directly
addressed to Senator Baldwin, Re-
publican, of Connecticut, for crlti-
Ching President Truman. Senator
Baldwin said he would stick by his
words.
Earlier Senator Magnuson had
said in a statement the Eightieth
Congress was the costliest Congress
In history.
The do-nothing philosophy of
the majority Republicans) has
made this history's costliest Con-
gress," he said.
1T is the American people who
are digging out of their pockets the
$50, 000, 900, 900 in the form of high
prices to pay of the bet the Re-
publican-controlled Eightieth Con-
gress has already lost. s"
The bet he referred to was that
supply would catch up with de-
mand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Congress
Continued From First Page)

"Do-nothing Congress" and sug-
gested it may be back in lame
duck" session after the November
election repairing the damage
caused by its own inaction."
House Speaker Martin, upon
learning of the McGrath statement,
told a reporter it will be answered
in due time.
The housing bill, designed to
encourage private construction of
more homes and rental units. was
completed early in the day, when
the House accepted the Senate ver-
sion by a vote of 351 to 8.
This sent the housing bill to the
President last night. While 1t does
not include the Federal subsidies
favored by the administration for
slum clearance and low cost hous-
ing, the belief prevailed at the Capt.
tol Mr.. Truman will sign it.
Estimates Approved.
This belief was strengthened by
the fact that the Budget Bureau
estimates were submitted and ap-
proved by Congress yesterday after
noon, making $10,300, 900 of new
money available to carry it out, and
authority to use prior appropria-
tons, up to a limit of $2,100, 900 for
administrative expenses Of the new
measure.
The imitation control bill will not
60 the fthe White House y until
tomorrow. and there were no indi-
cations in congressional circles of
how The President will receive it.
1t deals only with curbs on INSTALL
ment buying and bank credit, with
no part of Mr.. Humans requested
rationing and price control powers.
The special session failed to iber-
alize the displaced persons bill, even
though such action was reported to
be desired by Gov. Dewey of New
York, the Republican nominee for
President, as well as by President
Truman.
The two Houses also turned down
Budget Bureau request to raise
the appropriation for admitting
displaced persons this year from
s., 100000 to 100000. A slight
concession was made in yesterdays
deficiency appropriation bill by
authorizing the administration to
spend the 100000 in months
instead of IL.
Housing Delays Likely.
The s10,0O0,OO0 appropriated yes
terday for the new housing invest
ment insurance fund is designed to
encourage direct investment in
rental housing. Officials told con-
gressional leaders, however, it will
take several months to work out the
details of the new housing bill
High lights Of the housing bill as
| it goes to the White House are:
l. Low and middle income fam
lilies would be allowed IS per cent
insured mortgages on houses cost
ing $4,000 or less.
2. Construction loans would be
provided for builders of low-cost
homes, with an 80 per cent insured
mortgage for builders of Is or more
units priced under $500 each.
8. Owner-occupied homes would
be eligible for more liberal loans,
such as 80 per cent insured mort
gage for single-family units costing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Senate Fails 10 Enact
ID. T.. Teachers Bill;
Action Due Next Year

A bill to correct certain inequi-
ties in District public school teach
ers' pay failed of final enactment
last night during the hectic last
few minutes of the closing Senate
session as Congress adjourned.
The measure, through an unusual
combination of circumstances, had
been approved by both the House
and Senate at the previous session
of Congress but never became law
The House had passed a House
bill and the Senate had approved a
Senate bill, but neither branch of
Congress had approved the others
bill. Consequently, although the
measures were identical, one never
went to the White House or became
law.
Senator Cain, Republican, of
Washington said after adjournment
that Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio had agreed to try to get the
Senate to pass the House bill.
Copies of both measures were on
Senator Tafts desk, and he was
willing to try to call up the House
bill for passage, but due to the
parliamentary situation he could
not do it.
Senator Cain announced he would
introduce the measure In the
Eighty first Congress next year in
at attempt to get it enacted:
The bill would iron out several
alleged inequities in teachers pay.
The most important feature it
would provide is that teachers with
Masters degrees in the school sys-
tenn would be paid salaries equal to
teachers with Masters degrees ap-
pointed to the school system here
after experience elsewhere. At the
present time new teachers coming
into the system with such degrees
can receive more than teachers of
equivalent academic standing and
experience inside the system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Panama Elections Jury
Names Dioz President

PANAMA, Panama, Aug. THE
national elections jury today pro-
claimed Domingo Diaz Arosemena,
70, President-elect of Panama. It
announced the four-year term will
start October /.
=. The Jury also proclaimed DR..
Daniel Chants and Roberto CHAR
as first and second vice presidents
elect.
The fury announced these totals
for the May elections:
Diaz, 1922; Arnulfo Arias Ma
drid 75,848. F''
Arias, former President of Pana-
ma, has fled into exile in Costa
Rica, declaring his life has been
threatened. He has charged that
Panama is under dictatorial
regime and that he was defeated in
the election by fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Truman Hits Congress
For Banning 7 Aides in
Reclamation Bureau

President Truman went to bat
again yesterday for two Reclama-
ton Bureau officials whom the Re-
publican-controlled Congress has
decided to fire.
But Mr.. Truman had no luck.
Specifically the President asked
the Republicans to reconsider their
action in barring Michael w. Straus,
commissioner, and
Richard L. Boke of California.
regional director. from their jobs
after next January 81.
This was done through a provision
put into an Interior Department ap-
preparation bill. A minimum Of
five years experience as an engineer
was fixed as q basic requirement for
both jobs Mr.. Straus and Mr.. Boke
are not engineers.
In trying to Offset the congress
sional action, Mr.. Truman said in
q statement yesterday:
THAT they should be arbitrarily
legislated out of office is diametric-
ally opposed to the principles on
which the Government is founded. :"
But the chairmen Of the Senate
and House Appropriations Subcom-
mittees which handled the bill were
unmoved by the Presidents COM
ment.
Representative Jensen, Republic
can, of Iowa, chairman of the House
subcommittee, said the people of
the West are well pleased with the
restriction"
Senator Wherry, Republican. of
Nebraska, head of the Senate sub
committee, said it was just another
Truman political maneuver."
I'VE feel" Senator Wherry added,
"the man in the job of reclamation
commissioner should be an engin-
eer."
But Mr.. Truman argued that the
positions which Mr.. Straus and Mr..
Boke occupy ARE primarily admin
istrative in character and do not
necessarily require a professional
engineering background"
Both men, the President insisted,
"have vigorously enforced the rec
lamation law and the public power
policy of the Government"
In so doing" Mr.. Truman added.
they have incurred the wrath of
powerful special interests.
The Senate committee wants to
be fair" about the proposition,
Senator Wherry said, but must have
new evidence to indicate the re-
striction should be lifted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

up to $500 instead of the present
S., 400.
4. Large scale rental projects
would be allowed 80 per cen. in
sured mortgages. The $3.50 cost
Limitation per room would be re-
moved and a family unit maximum
of So, 100 substituted.
5. A minimum return of ~ per
cent a year on investment, plus z
per cent for amortization, would be
guaranteed by the Government to
those making investments in con-
struction OF rental property for
lower and middle income groups.
6. Prefabricated housing manu-
facturers would be allowed more
liberal loans.
7. An additional $35, 100000 would
be provided for insuring loans for
home modernization and improve
ment.
8. A new division in the housing
and home finance agency would be
set up to work toward the standard
ization of building codes and meas
urements.
Among other issues President
Truman raised in his special mes
sage Of July n were: Federal aid
to education, broader social security
coverage, q higher minimum wage
the civil rights program, and more
money for public power projects
and Western reclamation programs
The Republicans made an effort
to get through one OF the civil
rights bills-outlawing poll tax pay
ments as a voting requisite, but
were blocked by the filibuster OF
Southern Democrats. All of the
other proposals were sidetracked by
the Republicans until January
when they hope to control the
White House.
When the deficiency appropriation
bill reached the Senate floor. late
yesterday Westerners made futile
effort to have funds added for
several of the Western river projects
the President, had recommended,
but again the Republicans took the
position Congress already has pro-
vided all that should be spent this
year on these projects.
Most of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives are expected to leave
Washington for a short rest, but
by Labor Day they will be out on
the hustings renewing the battle
OF words over the record of the
Both Congress.
Republican orators will defend
that record and plead for vote OF
confidence In November to go for
ward with the legislative reforms
left unfinished last night. Demo-
Gratis will denounce the bills passed
at this and prior sessions of the
80th Congress and contend the
record justif1es their plea for the
reelection of Mr.. Truman and a
Democratic Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
InfIution
Continued From First Page0

ton day and add another $780,
100000 more to the cost OF Re
publican imitation to the American
people" Senator Barley earlier
said another year without an ade-
quate program to control prices
would cost the public 10000, 000, 900.
But the Republican majorities ir
both houses apparently agreed with
the contentious Of Senator Taft OF
Ohio, the Senate leader on domestic
affairs. He called the administra.
ton program one which would give
complete, unlimited control" to the
President over the economy ano
restore OPA. He said selective con.
trolls, as proposed by Mr.. Truman
are impossible to administer.
He was met with volley of Dem.
ocratic campaign thunder as the
Senate was about to vote at the
agreed on hour of 4 pm.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, Of
Florida, called the Republican bill
too little and too late"
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of H.
linois, said bust" is likely to CONF
and the higher the prices TIT
deeper the depression"
Longer Session Demanded.
Senator Myers, Democrat, o.
Pennsylvania, demanded that Con
gress remain in session and "dt
something" about imitation.
The Senator, in reply to Senator
Taft's contention that 80 per cent O.
the nations meat supply was bein,
sold in the black market during TIT
final days of OPA, quoted some fig.
ures to show that even those blacl
market prices were lower than thoss
today.
He said an American Meat 1nsti.
tute survey showed round steak wa!
selling in the black market for !.
cents a pound more than the OPA
ceiling price. But as of last April
he said, the price was 80 cents ovel
the OPA figure and it is even higher
today. He gave similar figures fol
rib roasts-black market price II
Genus 1nSHeT, ApIll pllCc 90 CcaV'
higher; for hamburger-black mar.
ket up 61a cents, April up Is cents
and for pork ehops-black marke'
up cents and April up 80 cents.
Bill Called Ineffective.
On the House side, Representative
Monroney, Democrat, of Oklahoma
said the bill was so Ineffective as ar
anti imitation measure 1t wa!
hardly worth having a vote" HI
said 1t was about as effective az
placing a pin in the path of racing
locomotive.
Defeated in the Senate were Re-
publican amendments to set up
committees to investigate meat
prices and all prices. The Republi-
can bill itself passed on a voice
vote.
An amendment to repeal the oleo-
margarine taxes, offered by Senator
Fullbright, Democrat, OF Arkansas
was withdrawn by the senator.
He explained he had been told the