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Evening star., 1948-11-22

over the last 20 years have beer
checked They show there were
eight clear days. three partly cloudy
days and nine cloudy days. There
was snow on five days and rain or
four. On the days on which snow
fell the average was / inch, and
the greatest amount was IL inches
Taking into consideration the
snow or other precipitation &C.
cumulated from previous days. there
was some snow. sleet or ice or
the ground on 10 of the January
20s in the 20-year period, and on
six Of these days, streets and side
walks were slippery.
Have Enough Floats.
The question Of obtaining enough
floats for the parade is not worry
ing Mr. Hildreth.
IF we accepted everything Of
fered, the parade would take all
night" he explained. Our prob.
lem is to limit the parade"
The offer of one float that was
accepted with alacrity was that o1
Washington's Chinese colony, Mr.
Hildreth said.
There are 1900 Chinese in Wash
ington. and they are planning X
have the most elaborate float in thu
parade" he said. You can ex.
pect something unusual from tn.
Chinese"
In charge Of their participation
is DR.. Ching Chung Hing, pastor
of the Chinese Community Church
| 1O11 l. street NV.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Byrnes Denies Intention
To Run for Senate in 1850
by the Assoeioted Press

GREENVILLE, S. c., Nov. 22.-
Former Secretary of State James
r. Byrnes said yesterday he will
not be a candidate for the Senate
in 1850.
In a statement to the Greenville
News, Mr.. Byrnes said:
Il have read the article by Doris
Fleeson appearing in The Washing
ton Evening Star, the Greenville
News and other newspapers. Usu-
ally she is very accurate in her re-
porting.
Therefore, when she writes that
some persons have been discussing
plans to have me become candi-
date for the United States Senate
in 1850, I accept her statements as
accurate and for the benefit of any
persons who may be engaged in
such planning I state that shall
not under any circumstances be a
candidate for the United States
Senate In 1880"
The Washington writer said In
her story that plans were under
way to rehabilitate South Carolina
in the Democratic Party family by
returning to the Washington scene
'its most distinguished statesman"
Mr.. Byrnes, in addition to having
served as Secretary Of State, was
q. Senator for many years. Su-
preme Court Justice and was war
mobiliZer.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Harrison, Head of Rail Clerks,
Emerqes as AFL Political Hero
Tobin's Influence
Suffers Most in
Trumun's S Sweep
sx q staft carra,pendsnt Of 1hs star

by Sfofs SerTespondenf Of me ofor
CINCINNATI, Nov. AZ. - The
theme of the American Federation
of Labor convention here definitely
is centered around politics and the
hero of the show among the AFL
leaders is George M. Harrison, presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks.
On the other hand, the man whose
influence has suffered most is Daniel
J. Tobin, head of the powerful team
sters, who was the late President
Roosevelt's leading man in labor.
Mr.. Harrison never wavered in his
advocacy of President Truman. He
was for him before the convention
when counting the>Truman friends
hardly would have taxed a first
grade pupil. When the CIO and
other liberal groups asked his help
for draft Eisenhower" movement,
Mr.. Harrison answered, mo soap,
I'm for Harry
There are many others at the
AFL convention receiving some po-
litical accolades, but Mr.. Harrison
definitely is in the forefront.
Charles MacGowan of the boiler
makers came out solidly for the
president, as did James c. Petrillo
of the musicians and others.
None Were "AM the Way"
But none of them was all the
way" like Mr.. Harrison. One of
the best untold stories of the AFL
convention pertains to an exchange
between Mr.. Harrison and Mr..
Tobin at meeting of the directors
of the AFL Political League.
MIR. Tobin, it should be said, was
head Of the labor division of the
Democratic Party in several of
President Roosevelt's campaigns,
and it was before a dinner of Mr..
Tobins teamsters that President
Roosevelt opened his campaign for
a fourth term in 1914.
At the political league meeting,
Mr.. Harrison was recounting the ac-
complishments Of the political
league in the recent campaign.
Tobin Makes Answer.
"They are good" said Mr.. Har-
rison, "and now that we have shown
what We can do, maybe some of the
boys who have flirted on the fringe
will come in and get their feet wet"
Immediately Mr.. Tobin arose at
the other end of table and said Mr..
Harrison had singled him out for
attack. He said the teamsters had
spent lot of money in the last
campaign as they had done for
President Roosevelt in 1892 and in
subsequent elections.
Whereupon, Mr.. Harrison declared
that he had not intended to single
out Mr.. Tobin. but that on second
thought didn't see how he had
missed it.
He then went on to charge that
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Plaques to Chief Justices
To Be Dedicated Indoors

Because of rain, today's ceremony
dedicating plaques to five former
Chief Justices of the United States
will be held indoors.
The ceremony has been trans
ferred from the part triangle at
Rhode Island and Connecticut ave-
nues NV. to the auditorium Of the
District Medical Society, 171s M
street NV. The time is 4 pm, as
originally scheduled, according to
F. Regis Noel. president of the Co.
lumbia Historical Society which is
sponsoring the event in conjunction
with the District Bar Associating
Chief Justice Vinson will be one of
the speakers.
The meeting will be preliminary to
affixing plaques on houses which
were at one time residences Of Chief
Justices Fuller, White, Taft, Hughes
and Stone.
Evening star., 1948-11-22

Mr.. Tobin "had not done a damn
thing during the whole campaign"
and that furthermore the team
sters' chiefs either had opposed the
President or had remained silent
like Mr.. Tobin.
Blamed for Taft Hartley Act.
Mr.. Harrison went on to say that
not only had Mr.. Tobin, a big DEM
ocrat, remained silent during the
campaign, but that his union, along
with "one or two Others" had been
responsible for enactment of the
Taft Hartley Act. He said that the
"excesses' Of the teamsters led to
the restrictive legislation which
labor now is fighting to remove
from the statute books.
Mr.. Tobin did not reply.
Someone noted that Dave Beck,
the teamsters leader and synonym
for power on the West Coast, had
missed the boat" in the election.
Mr.. Beck, from Seattle, not only
backed the Dewey-Warren ticket,
but he asked his followers to split
their ticket and support Mon Wall
gren for Governor of Washington
State. Mr.. Truman swept the State
but Mr.. Wallgren lost.
Green Also q Hero"
William Green, AFL president,
also is something of a hero Short
ly after the presidential nomina-
tions, Mr.. Green left the White
House telling reporters that he and
the AFL were for Mr.. Truman. He
incurred the wrath of the "non-par-
tisan" AFL leaders for the state
ment. Despite that, in numerous
prepared speeches he made over the
country, Mr.. Green generally worked
into his messages an Endorsement of
the President.
Mr. Harrison in the last campaign
not only succeeded Mr.. Tobin as
director of labor for the Democrats,
but after the AFL refused to take
an official stand in the race, he
established "Labor's Committee for
Truman and Barley" The COM
mittee is credited by the Democrats
with getting in some of the best
ticks for the ticket during the
campaign.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Inaugural
Continued From First Page.)

tee: Edgar Morris, chairman of the
Inaugural Ball Committee; Brig.
Gen. Gordon r. Young, Engineer
Commissioner; William M. Boyle,
assistant to Senator McGrath,
chairman Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee; Merl Young, as
sistant to Mr.. Boyle; William E.
Press, executive secretary of the
Board of Trade, and Charles Stof-
berg, assistant to Commissioner
Young.
Mr. Boyle is chairman of the
Committee on Liaison with the
White House and said the plans
would be laid before Mr.. Truman
this afternoon.
Concessions Are Discussed.
Dick Mansfield. cartoonist and
former police inspector, chairman
OF the Concessions Committee. today
named c. T. Nottingham, superin-
tendent of licenses, and Thomas A
Helan. assistant superintendent. vice
chairmen of his committee, They
discussed arrangements for issuing
licenses to concessionaires who will
sell flags and bunting and buttons
to those along the line of march
They also discussed erection O.
Evening star., 1948-11-22

ment for some months. Gen. Mar
shall's associates noted that he has
always considered himself soldier
under orders to the President.
Aside from their personal prob
lens and the China question, sub
jects which seemed likely to come
up for discussion in the course OF
Gen. Marshall's foreign policy re-
port to the President included:
/. Berlin-The hottest point in
the cold war in Europe appears
certain to remain that way for a
long time, Gen. Marshall must re-
port, all efforts at mediation of the
crisis to get the Soviet blockade Of
Berlin lifted have now failed.
2. France VS.. Germany-While it
has not yet aroused public alarm,
State Department officials have be-
come deeply concerned over increas-
ing French resistance to the Anglo
American plan to boost Western
German production under the
European Recovery Program. An
estimate of this situation would ap-
pear to be essential to broader
evaluation of the outlook for
greater political unity and recovery
throughout non Communist Europe.
8 Military alliance Gen. Mar
shall brings to Washington the lat
est information on exactly what
the Western Europeans want in the
way of a military alliance with the
United States. Weekend reports
from london said they want" So
year pact, but will be content with
indirect promises of American sup
port in place of an absolute pledge
to 20 to war in event of attack.
4. Lend-lease-Work on this prof.
ect for the military strengthening
of Western European countries is
not so well advanced as on the more
general alliance undertaking. How
ever, proposals for a peacetime
leno-lease system seem certain to
compose one of Mr.. Truman's chief
foreign policy problems for the next
session of Congress.
Global Strategy on Ieds.
5. Global strategy against COM
munism-in Gen. Marshalls view
one of the most difficult and con-
slant problems in foreign policy is
to maintain a balance between de-
mands abroad and resources at
home. Diplomats expect that at
some point tie President and Gen.
Marshall will have to come to grips
with this issue which links together
Chinese aid, European lend-lease
and all the other military and civil
ian help programs the United States
is either operating or contemplating.
In the meantime, it was under
stood that Secretary of Defense For
restai, who has been reported on his
way out of the cabinet, would stay
on for some time. The President
and defense head were said to have
come to a complete understanding
of Mr.. Forrestal's role in the new
term.
Despite reports that Secretary
Forrestal was unduly friendly dur
ing the campaign with Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, the Republican nominee,
the President was said to believe
that the cabinet officer was only
dong his duty in keeping the other
side advised of military develop
nneptS
Evening star., 1948-11-22
All Candidates Elected
In Spain Are Declared
Supporters OF Franco
RY the Asseeioted Press

MADRID. Nov. 22-Eighty-two
per cent of all the City Council
members elected in Spain's mu-
-nicipal elections yesterday were
members of the totalitarian state
Falange Party, the party's national
headquarters declared today.
: The elections were the first In
Spain since the civil war.
The Falange claim was published
in Hoia Official Del Lunes. along
with a declaration made last night
by Interior Minister Blaz Perez
Gonzalez that all candidates elected
were supporters of the regime Of
Generalissimo Franco.
Only Sanctioned Party.
There was no possibility of inde-
pendent confirmation of these
claims. since the affiliations of many
rof the candidates in the 1928 Span
ish municipalities were not made
public in advance The triumph of
the so-called official candidates had,
however; been generally anticipated.
The Official" tickets were sup
ported and in many instances Or
ganized by the provincial governors,
who usually are also the provincial
chiefs of the Falange, and by the
appointive mayor and controlled
Falange organization and press. The
national government took no open
part in the campaign, but the Fa-
lange is the only party legally au-
thnri1n[ ~ 70 in Cnoip
70 Per Cent of Voters Turn Out.
The Interior Minister said 70.9 per
cent of 6,510,598 heads of families
eligible to vote had done so. Those
who did not are subject to fines.
The government radio said candi-
dates supporting the Franco regime
won in IS per cent of the contests.
The regime was not an issue in
any of the municipalities, with op-
position to the official tickets based
on local issues. The voting was not,
taken as indicating any particular
political sentiment.
The capitals in which the official
tickets were reported to have won
included Madrid where the Falang-
lists led by a three to one margin.
Elections were scheduled in 9,223
municipalities, but no voting took
place in many villages where the
number of candidates did not ex-
ceed the number of vacancies. In
Toledo Province. actual voting took
place in only SO of 206 municipal-
ties.
The voters chose one-third of
the council members. A second
third will be named November %
by the syndicates and the final
third chosen by the previously Sc
lected two-thirds December S.
There was little underground ac-
aivity by leftist organizations. AS
far as could be learned the leftist
underground urged voters to stay
away from the polls only in Madrid,
Seville and Barcelona.
The official tabulation Is sched-
uled for Thursday.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
Reelection Of Green,
Other AFL Officers
Is Expected Today
By jones Y. Newton
Stor StoH Correspondent

CINCINNATI, Nov. 22.-The
American Federation of Labor
convention headed for a climax
here today with the reelection
of William Green as president
and other officers virtually ar
accomplished fact. Rumors te
the contrary, friends said a.
year-old Mr.. Green would again
head the Federation.
Election of officers takes place
today and AFL leaders expect tt
wind up their convention business
by tonight. The convention program
has been telescoped so delegates may
get home for Thanksgiving.
The convention today called for a
defensive military alliance against
Russia in the hottest" statement on
foreign affairs the AFL ever put out
1t also urged severance of trade re-
lations with the Soviet until the
Berlin blockade Is lifted,
Hits Russian arrogance"
Particularly since We Day has
totalitarian Russia pursued toward
the rest of the world a policy of un-
exampled arrogance and aggression, u
the statement said. THE pattern OF
Soviet expansionism and Communist
imperialism is as frightening as II
is familiar.
A report on the Taft-Hartley Act
was up for approval today. The
resolution read significantly that
organized labor must assume its
inherent responsibilities" to the
public interest and keep strikes
and labor disputes to a minimum
The resolution, of course, calls for
full repeal of Taft-Hartley and the
substitution of the old Wagner
Labor Relations Act for it. There
were no details as to what the
federation wants or expects in the
way of amendments to the Wagner
law.
The foreign policy declaration
recited that 1t was the countries
weakened by the war rather than
American that are most endangered
by communism.
Devotion to Democracy.
To-day, it Is only America s
flaming devotion to democracy and
our mighty industrial potential that
stand in the way of the Communist
colossus from the East overrun-
ming Western Europe and subject
ing many millions Of people to its
soulless system of slave labor
hypocritically calling itself social
ism," the statement said.
The efforts of Russia to stymie
agreement to the world were re-
counted and the determination
stated for American democracy to
build up the hopes of the world with
the help of free labor"
Then the AFL went into q 10
point foreign affairs program. In
cludine:
Full support of the European eco
nomic program; full cooperation
with the other democracies to halt
Russian aggression" the severance
Of all trade relations with Russia
until the Berlin blockade is lifted:
the United Nations should make it a
crime" for any nation to support
fifth-column, activities: Economic
and political integration of the
Western Zones of Germany; sup
port for a United States of Eu-
rope; revision of the U. N. Charter
with regard to the power to veto:
Endorsement of the Baruch plan for
atomic energy control, and the bas-
ing Of all peace treaties on princi-
Piles of the Atlantic charter, includ-
ing revision of the Italian treaty.
Evening star., 1948-11-22
rumun
Continued From First PageD

ent-and in some ways most difficult
problem
Before Mr.. Truman is a request
from Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek for the United States, in
effect, to take over the running OF
Chiang's war against the Com
munists through American military
advisers in China as well as through
great increase of this countrys
material help to the Chinese armies.
A proposal that the United States
either give China "all out" aid or
none was made Saturday night by
Special Senate Consultant D. Worth
Clark, who brought into sharp focus
the question of how deeply this
country should become involved in
the Chinese civil war.
Leaves Decision Open.
After laying down a plan for ex-
tensive military and economic help
the former Idaho Senator declared
that he would not say whether
such a comprehensive program vii.
unjustifiably involve the United
States in foreign conflict"
Nor would Mr.. Clark supply ar
answer to the high policy question
whether the United States shall pay
such price to stay Communism ir
China"
Thus the questions which he left
unanswered are precisely those
which Mr. Truman and Mr.. Mar.
shall confront under this grim
warning Mr. Clark relayed from
Chang: China must either
have help or fall"
But urgent as it is because Of re-
cent Communist victories, the prob
lem of China does not necessarily
outrank other issues before Mr.. Tru-
man and his Secretary of State.
Marshalrs Tenure Is One.
It seemed very probable that one
of the first concerns of both mer
would be to determine Gen. Mar
shall's future plans. In advance Of
the meeting, the indication was tina
he would remain in the cabinet be.
yond the beginning Of the new pres.
idential term on January 20.
, Persons close to Mr.. Truman re.
ported that he intended to urge
Gen. Marshall to delay his retire
Evening star., 1948-11-22
LOST

WALLET, blue, containing identification
lost IN Falls Church: reward FA. 1882
WALLET. woman's; sentimental value to
owner; Under may keep money In ex-
change for papers and snapshots 34O
Decatur st. NV. Ia. 1898.
WATCH, lady's Hamilton 80 diamonds
platinum, black band; vic. of st. in front
st. TO Jefferson Hotel; reward ME- Ogs3
or DI. 4704. Ext. s04 ga
WRIST WATCH, lady's small yellow sold
Lyceum, and bracelet lost on Sat. after
noon, between Logan Circle and 18th and
6 sts. reward. NE 3511. IA
BAG OF TOOLS and spray tank on st
NV, No. 1725; reward II returned TR
5431 %
Evening star., 1948-06-27
'Mouthpiece' Of the Nationals
Poee 6

THE MATS FARM CLUB at
l. Chattanooga, Tenn. has
developed such players as
Cecil Travis, Buddy Lewis and
Gil Coan, but Chattanooga's
biggest contribution to Wash
ington's baseball scenery, with
an accent on avoirdupois, has
been Arch Mcdonald, the
bulging broadcaster.
It was a stroke of sheer luck
which projected Mcdonald
into baseball broadcasting,
for he was a refrigerator
salesman lounging in an
empty ball park when Presi-
dent Joe Engel of the Chat
tanooga club persuaded him
to test a newly installed pub
lie address system. Mcdonald
waddled to the microphone
atop the stands. and Engel
walked to various parts of
the stands and bleachers to
determine reception.
X sold refrigerators when
it didn't interfere with my
hanging around the ball
park" admits Mcdonald. II
struck up a friendship with
Engel, and that's how hap
pened to be in the park that
morning. After we tested the
system, Engel said: You're
always around the ball park,
so why don't you make the
announcements and pick up
an extra IS a day?'"
Mcdonald was launched on
Evening star., 1948-06-27

or principal speaker at vari-
Gus affairs. One year he made
252 such appearances at
clubs, hospitals. churches and
meetings of civic groups.
A pet of sports writer's, who
contribute steadily to his in
come in hearts sessions,
Mcdonald is equipped with an
inexhaustible supply Of anec-
dotes and an equally mex
haustible appetite, as his
waist suggests.
Speaking of pets, McDon-
AIDS devotion wavers. Cur
rently, he owns a 125-pound
Great Dane, but In recent
years he also has possessed a
pair of Chihuahuas and q
monkey, the latter escaping
into the woods near his sub
urban home.
A member of the Elks, Ma
sons and Lions Club. McDon-
aid is a 47-year-old grand
father who has broadcast the
Mats road games from hos
pitals while recuperating from
a broken leg. a kidney opera
ton and removal Of a bone
spur on his heel.
President Clark Griffith of
the Mats says Mcdonald will
continue as broadcaster of
Washington's games as long
as he's around. He likes
McDonald's enthusiasm-and
he likes to have pinochle play
ers available at all times.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
BY BURTON HAWKINS

a radio career when Engel
liked his public announce
ments and got him a job on a
Chattanooga station broad
casting the Lookouts' games.
In 1882, the Sporting News,
baseball's bible" selected
Mcdonald as the Nations out
standing baseball broadcaster.
Two years later he joined the
staff of WJSV. now WTOP. in
Washington, with the hearty
recommendation of Engel,
who probably was weary of
losing pinochle money to his
announcer.
With the exception of 1899,
when he broadcast the YAM
KEGS and Giants games in
New York. Mcdonald has been
the Mats mouthpiece, and he
rates the setup a marked i'm
provement over his previous
Jobs, which included tacking
patent medicine signs on
Southern barns and fences,
peddling groceries for a whole
sale house and acting in a
tent stock company.
Mcdonald, who was chief
air-raid warden of Montgom-
cry County. Nd, likes to
boast: I'VE had a great de-
Tense. Never had a bomb
dropped in Montgomery Coun-
ty." He has no defense,
though, against people who
want him to appear as toast
master, master of ceremonies
Evening star., 1948-10-17
Ohio State Knocks
Indiana Out Of Tie
For Big Nine Lead
BY the Associofed Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. 10
Ohio States Buckeyes ran over and
around Indianas linemen today as
if they were sacks of wet sawdust
in a ITO victory. The loss knocked
the Hoosiers out of tie for first
place in the Big Nine Conference.
Alex Verdova, Joe Whistler and
Jim Clark ground out long gains
and Quarterback Pandel Savic mixed
in a few passes.
Indiana was inside Ohio States
45-yard line only once.
Ohio State scored two touchdowns
in the first quarter, lost another
in the second period because of q
penalty and was stopped on Indi-
ana's S and 15-yard stripes on two
other occasions.
The Buckeyes tailed the first time
they got the ball. Whistler scored
in his fourth straight game with a
one foot plunge at the end of So
yard march.
| Clark got Ohio States second
marker on the 10-yard climax run
of 58-yard Buckeye parade.
James Hague place-kicked both
extra points. He place-kicked field
goal from the 1l-yard mark as time
was running out in the fourth
quarter.