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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
National week
National week
Price bill gone;
but not infIotion

THE anemic offspring of the
4 special session of Congress
was reported Kidnapped this
week.
Secret service men hunted high
and low for the original copy Of
a bill which is anti-inflation" in
name, if nothing else.
1t was mothered by the COP.
But papa was suspected to be
Harry S. Truman, who asked
for" the pallid measure by virtue
of his failure to ask for anything
much better.
The bill, which fails to even
mention price control, disap-
peared about the time Truman
was making a windy disclaimer
of parenthood.
Meanwhile, a duplicate copy of
the intimidation" bill was being
signed. And initiation continued
its dizzy flight into the new year.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
How firms hid
profit figures

WASHINGTON - (FP) -
When you hear the Nail. Assn.
off Manufacturers m a n M
about the low rate of profit of
American business. look out
for the iokers behind their fig
ures. the Clio Economic Out
look. monthly research bulle-
tin. reports in its current issue.
Not only can corporations
understate the true profit fig
ures by padding costs and re-
serves. the bulletin says, but
they frequently relate profits
10 total sales instead of TO net
worth I'm oneY invested in
plant. equipment. etc.,. Thus.
the Armour & Co. profits from
meat packing in 1916 were $50
million after taxes, advertised
as but rs per cent of the firms
$l.l84 million sales for the
year.
But when the $40 million
profits are related TO the $l92
million net worth of the meat
packing giant. the rate of prof
il is 1857 per cent.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
No strings or
AngIo-USSR poet
USTERITY thin Briton

A USTERITY-thi Brit n S
IA this week took time out
to "hip-hip- Murray" the Russians,
who came through with 100000
tons of grain.
In a quietly-made trade agree
ment, the British will get almost
immediate delivery of enough
corn, oats and barley to hasten
the end of rationing.
In contrast to the much-touted
Marshall Plan, the Anglo-Soviet
trade agreement provided for:
Russian grain in exchange
for narrow gauge rails an d
timber cutting machinery.
Q The Russian price for grain
is lower than that on Chicago
grain exchange.
o The interest rate was cut
from three per cent to one-half
of one percent.
. The payment period was ex
tended from seven to Is years.
. No political strings.
One British spokesman describ-
ed the pact as declaration of
independence" from A er n
economic influence.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-03
Truman's friends

Secretary of Agriculture And
erson grudgingly turned loose the
second installment of the Horatio
Alger boys last week.
Prominent on the list of those
who had been specializing on
wheat = and human misery -
were SO public officials. Among
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
FE's' Cat strike broken
by raids and slave law

An army of 200 UAW-CIO or
ganizers headed by Vice Presi-
dent Jack Livingston and Victor
Reuther, moved in on the "Cat".
workers with $4,000.
But despite FE's far more
meager resources in men and
money, FEE and Local los organ
izers made 900 home visits,
spoke with 1000 "Cat" workers,
and secured that number of
pledges for mo" vote in the
Taft-Hartley balloting.
CAT" officialdom pleaded
with its workers to vote for a
union, for any of the three COM
plying unions-but not to vote
for None" which would be a
vote for FE.
When the results were counted,
the effect of this seven-sided as
sault-by three other unions, the
company, both local dailies and
the radio - was apparent. The
strike was broken.
Immediately on reopening the
sprawling factories alongside the
Illinois River, "Cat" officials be-
gan punitive discharges. One of
the first to be fired was Ajay
Martin, FEE international vice
president and former head of
Local los, and one of Peoria's
leading Negro citizens. Six others
went with him.
MARTINS summation of the
strikes ending was the same as
that of other leaders of Local
105:
1.-The corporation was the only
beneficiary of this raiding by
sister unions playing the game
according to the aft-Hartley
rules. This raiding of a strike
bound union by sister organiza-
tons was an employers dream"
FEE leaders called upon "Cat"
workers to continue their fight
for higher wages by carrying
their picketlines into the plant"
They and leaders of Local 1O5
asked all "Cat" workers to make
their union-no matter what its
name-a fighting, democratic or
ganization.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22

Sam Kushner, organizer for 1119, was rep
resented as financed with Moscow gold, and
under the personal direction of Soviet Pre-
mier Stain. Illustrated brochures put out
by the company told Register employees
Kushner was engaged in trying to sell them
the s'red package"
After the election. Kushner said The
victory for UE resulted from the energetic
campaign waged within the plant by Waldo
Finnell. chief steward, and Bernard Nc
Donough. local president and candidate for
state auditor the Progressive Party ticket
They had the assistance of Elizabeth
Keller, assistant chief steward, and executive
board members Frances Nootbar, Betty
Owens, Nellie and Roscoe Smith, Charles
Cook and Tony Grenich.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22

ficials f t h e
United Packing
house Workers,
CLIO, m a i n .
tanned that as
a direct result
of this develop
ment, produc-
ton was at the
lowest point it
had reached in
recent weeks.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22

Meanwhile, new allies were
aligning themselves with the
workers under the direction of
the Chicago Committee on
Emergency Aid to clearinghouse
Workers Families.
Three distinguished clergymen
denounced the Big Four and
ether packers in strong terms.
They were the Ri. Rev. Msgr.
Reynolds Hillenbrand, of the
Sacred Heart Church of Hubbard
Woods; the Rev. Francis w.
McPeek, industrial relations sec
rotary of the Council for Social
Action of the Congregational
Christian Churches, and Rabbi
Ralph Simon, of the Chicago
Council of Conservative Rabbits.
4 i
ANN cling that they
would go on the packing picket
lines Thursday morning, and APP
pear before a meeting of the
strikers that night, the three
clergymen said in prepared
statement:
The suffering and distress of
strikers families has grown
acute :. Thousands of packing
house workers are experiencing
extreme hardship Many fam
lilies are +. facing eviction.
There is little money in most
homes for food. fuel and other
necessities.
''The packers have ducked /.
fundamental questions and have
used, and continue to use, their
immense economic power as a
means of settling the dispute
The issues, so far as they are
concerned, are to be decided not
by collective bargaining or by
arbitration, but by the reduction
of union strength through hunger
and harrassments.
IF 1T WERE to happen that
the workers would, by the in
human pressure of starvation, be
compelled to accept the packers
terms, then the great question
of justice will have been COM
pletely ignored -.
fhe stubborn refusal of the
packers to settle with the union
through bargaining or voluntary
arbitration leaves in our own
minds. and probably in others.
the thought that the unions con-
fentions were justifiable. and
that management. rather than
deal fairly with them has well
coined this trial by force"
Top officers of the union con-
tinued to meet with Swift, Ar
mour and Wilson officials, seek
ing settlement of the strike. Dis
criminatory firing and hiring
were insisted upon by the pack
ers as the basis for any settle
ment. To this the union could
not agree.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
UE scores in key
REGISTER election

UE members in the International Regis
ter Co.. 1920 w. Washington ST., cast 80
votes Tuesday for mo Union" in a Taft
Hartley Act election. The International Asso-
citation of Machinists, intervenor under the
Act, received only los ballots. Two were
challenged
This UE victory climaxed a long red
batting campaign in which company and the
lam joined Their campaign began when
Local 1119's contract expired, after years
relations with the electrical union.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
C|erics back packing strikers
as Yards pickets tighten lines

clearinghouse picketlines stiff
ened in mid-week as scabs fled
their premises in anticipation of
an early end to the strike. Of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
a. INSIDE LAsoR
Amforge showdown

The Big Freeze of wages promoted by Taft-IartIey
reached American Forge in mid April when this
American Brake Shoe refused their
Local 453 CUAWCO) extend the old
tation Frank Kelly, unit president $50 others
in consequence
Amforge following through with the
Hartley procedure-rying split the of
something called Snkers Conference obscure
organization perhaps brought into being this purpose
NLRB elections scheduled May but
forbidden participation compiler.
this strike" says Kelly.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22

PEORIA = Nearly eight years
of Farm Equipment : Caterpillar
actor contractual relations
were ended here this week with
the aid of the Hartley Act
and three unions complying with
it.
One of the three was a sister
CLIO union with Farm Equipment
the United Auto Workers
(CIO). The other two were the
unaffiliated Init. Assn. of Ma
chinists, and the UAW-AFL, the
latter the discredited "ghost" or
ganization run by Homer Martin,
renegade minister and ex-Ford
Motor Co. agent.
But even with company-spon-
sored Intervention of these three
unions, FEE adherents ran up a
total of 2,112 votes for mo I'M
ion"-in other words, to compel
"Cat" to continue bargaining
with FEE Local 105.
lam finished poor fourth,
with LILO ballots. UAW-AFI.,
which has long record of COM
pany cooperation during past
contract negotiations, was given
4,7O7 votes. UAW-CIO received
1851.
THE SEQUENCE of events
leading up TO the balloting was
as follows:
February - negotiations begun
with the company by leaders of
Local los; continued without
progress.
March -" Cat" officials break
off negotiations, advancing FE's
noncompliance with the Taft
Hartley Act as their reason.
April 10000 "Cat" Workers
strike for a new contract and
wage increase.
A PROPAGANDA campaign of
tremendous proportions was un-
leashed-on the air, in the press.
1t was under the apparent direc-
ton of one Paul Ferrin, said to
be an ex-FBI agent, and now
the Peoria representative of AM
erican Business Consultants, Inc.
Full-page ads began to appear
in the Peoria Star and Peoria
Journal-Transcript, over the sig
nature of the UAW-AFL.
In the red-baiting barrage
against the FEE, the question of
Taft-Hartley affidavits reached
fantastic proportions, with edi-
torials and news stories of Fer
rims speeches charging that the
leadership of Local los dare not
sign them.
NEXT the company printed its
own ballots for a Eyes - No"
plebiscite on returning to work.
Its own judges counted the votes
cast by mail at the company's
expense.
Following the anticipated an
nouncement that ballots had been
overwhelmingly in favor of re-
turning to work, the Taft-Hartley
labor board in Washington an
nounced an election would be
held Immediately among Scat"
Workers with FEE Local los
barred from the ballot.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
For Wallace

While steel payrollers beating who voiced
opposition the Marshall plan wage contract
policy that has frozen while prices continue
different taken among CLIO longshoremen.
The San Francisco local poled special election
and voted Overwhelmingly for supporting Henry Wallace
President, and against ERP.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
Coll Atlantic 400

Pick your telephone and dial Atlantic 1900 Ask
for Joe Foster When he Joe, you going
to sign that contract with Local 208?"
Pal Joey recipient of such calls
daily since Walgreenfor whom he's manager
persisted in Sailing LWU-C Clio covering
$50 warehouse workers that lapsed March H.
This is first years he have
been without the protection of Walgreens
Sailing is basedas is most annon stallng these days
the Taft Hartley Act But it has already granted
208's demand for 125 cents hour
However, Joe tried pointing out in letter to the $50
warehouse workers that this rise due solely the
panys great heart which papitated for the
and not for profits.
The has offered to sign contract the
leaving other
tiation company still staling you get
the phone write c. R. Wagreen himself
Ave, telling him: Sign that contract"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
Add it up

Protlt and fguresthe bedrock Of daily lives
usually printed then forgotten ignored
ats only when read together that they make
Take u S. Steel for instance August 1947 Big Steel
announced profits of nearly $7O0OO000
OF that year. compared to $24 100000 in the
period in 1916. But Big Steel wanted
So they announced price increases $s per
"a cute of masking price increases $50
dollars their estimate pro-
duced annually Them this with fanfare. they
announced price reduction
basis for refusing increase to steelworkers
A week after Big Stees pairing responded with
$500 across-the-board boost Mercury
May 16, Ford countered UAw-CIO's huge
increase with proposals for
How does that add up?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-22
Cheap Iobor?

David Davis and Lillian ]. Davis have headache.
They outfit called Textile Products 1928 S. Michigan
where they employed Is girls 18 16
with them
The Department Labor slapped them with 500
$40 for day they used the kids cheap labor
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Negroes and White
Arrested at n. J.
Jim Grow Pool

Fort Lee, N. J.--tWDL)--Twenty
two Negroes and whites who
sought to swim at the pool of Pal
isades Amusement Park July rs
were arrested on disorde1y con-
duct charges, when they insisted
on their right to be admitted and
refused to leave the pool entrance
They were released in the Gus
tody of Hiram Elfenbein, Work
ers Defense League attorney, who
will defend them when they come
up for trial on August r. Ellen
bein announced that he might al
so file false arrest suit on behalf
of seven Negroes and whites who
We're arrested under similar cir
eumstances last summer and who
were acquitted by the New Jersey
Supreme Court
The July Is arrests were the
first in this summers campaign
by the Committee of Racial Equal
ity to end jimcrow at the pool.
Last summer there were rs arrests
stemming from the local ban on
picketing, but this summer picket
ing has been permitted.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Truman Urged To
Amend Executive
Order By wDL

New York City--(WDL1---Presi-
dent Truman has been urged by
the Workers Defense League to
promptly amend his executive or
der on discrimination in the armed
forces by specifically forbidding
racial segregation, which is the
most humiliating and widespread
aspect of discrimination
Rowland Watts. national WDL
secretary, wrote the President
without such specification, dis
elimination can be continued un-
der the 'separate-but-equaf plan
which not only perpetuates white
supremacy, but which in effect
never results in equal treatment
While your executive order is a
step in the right direction, it re-
mains impossible to end discrimi-
nation in the armed forces without
outlawing jimcroW.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13


II all the berries In the world
were gathered together for a
glamour-berry contest -- straw
berries would win! Yes. rich, red
Strawberries have a winning appeal
that makes them Americas favorite
for jam. And it's no wonder ---
strawberry jam has a flavor and
texture yet to be eQualled in any
other berry, But remember --
Strawberries, beautiful as they are,
are particularly low In natural
pectin content. And pectin. as you
know, is the substance present IN
fruit that makes jellies tell and
jams jam. But please don't heSi.
tate to make strawberry jam on
this account
Homemakers remember, the add
ton OF natural fruit pectin. either
powdered or bottled, insures a sue
cessful jam every time. II supplies
the right amount Of pectin In just
the exact proportion to make up Tor
the deficiency in the ripe fruit and.
1t safeguards the Enthusiastically
rich flavor OF the berries. Yes. all
the delicious flavor Of the glamour
berry IL locked In every sealed jar
ready for q taste treat on morning
toast and all through the day.
Strawberry Jam
cups prepared fruit
cups sugar
" bottle fruit pectin
To prepare the fruit. Crush thor
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13

oughly about qua-.s fully rip
Strawberries. Measure cups into
a large saucepan.
To make the Jam. Add sugar To
fruit In saucepan and mix well,
Place over high heat, bring TO G
fun rolling boil, and boil hard I
minute, stirring constantly, Remove
from heat and stir in bottled fruit
pectin. Then stir and skim by
turns for minutes TO cool slightly,
to prevent floating fruit. Pour
quickly into glasses. Parafiin at
once. Makes about 10 six-ounce
glasses.
Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam
3 cups prepared fruit
~ cups sugar
box powdered fruit pectin
To prepare the fruit. Slice thin
or chop lido not peel) about "
pound rhubarb. Crush thoroughly
about quart fully ripe straw
berries. Combine fruits and meas
ure : cups into . large saucepan.
To make the Jam. Measure sugar
and set aside. Place saucepan hole
Ing fruit over high heat. Adj
powdered fruit pectin and stir unit
mixture comes to hard boil. A.
once stir In sugar. Bring to /
tuH rolling bou and boil hard J
minute, stirring constantly. Remove
from heat, skim. ladle quickly into
glasses. Paraffin at once, Makes
about Z six0unce glasses.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Tuskegee Coach
Directs Recreation
At Al Camp

Ross C. Owen, Tuskegee's back
field football coach, will direct
recreational activities at the first
SouthWide All club camp. August
24-31 at Southern university, Ba-
ton Ridge, La.
Mr.. Owen, who has had a wide
and varied experience in the field
of physical education, says he is
planning a well rounded recre-
alton program for the All dele
gates who will be in attendance
from Is states.
Recently the American Red
Cross awarded Coach Owen a
certificate of appreciation and a
five-year volunteer service medal
for his services as volunteer in
struetor in the Red Cross water
safety campaign.
In ADDITION TO serving as back
field coach and assistant director
of physical education at Tuskegee.
Owen also coaches swimming and
track.
Between 1921 and rs he was
a star halfback at South Dakota
State College. Owen holds a
masters degree in physical edu-
cation from the University Of
Michigan and spent this year at
New York university working on
his doctorate.
T. NJ Campbell, field agent Of
Extension Service and director of
the camp, says that the presence
of Mr. Owen at the encampment
will provide the All delegates
with a fine opportunity to learn
more about the development of
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Legal Notices:
TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that Let
tiers Testamentary were granted
to the undersigned Executrlx OF
the Estate of Mrs. Lola {. Harm
on Johnson, deceased, by the Pu-
laskf County Probate Court on
the 18th day Of June, l94a, and
any person having claims against
said Estate is notified to exhibit
the same to the Exeeutri&, proper
ly authenticated, within six CD
months from the 18th day of Aug
ust, 1913, the date of the first
publication OF this notice, or they
shall be barred forever and pre-
eluded from any benefits In SAID
Estate.
Mrs. Oveal f, Westberry,
Exeeutrix, 504 Hazel St,
North Little Rock, Arkansas,
1898 At
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Pres. Morris And
Dean Alexander At
5. S. Convention

President S. S. Morris OF Short
or College. and Dean Robert Alex
ander of Jackson Theological
seminary, visited the S n a y
School and Allen Christian En-
deavor League Convention at Rix-
lie during the week. The conven-
ton was held under the auspices
of the North Little Rock District
of the Arkansas Conference of the
AME Church, Reverend F. D.
Gipson, presiding elder, and c,
Franklin entertaining pastor. Both
the President and the Dean spoke
at the gathering, and several
students made application for adj
mission.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that Let
tiers of Administration with will
attached were granted to the un-
dersigned of the Estate of Mrs.
Sarah Jones, deceased, by the Pu-
laski County Probate Court on the
laln day OF Maren, l94s and any
person having claims against said
Estate is notified to exhibit the
same to the Administrators proper
ly authenticated, within six CD
months from August Is, l948, the
date OF the first publication of this
notice, or they shall be barred
forever and precluded from any
benefits in said Estate.
Wesley Nicholson. Administrator.
2200 Commerce St, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
8:l3-29-27;9;3 At
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the first trucking company to join
the U. S. Constabulary when tie
members of This unit recently
donned the distinctive Constabu-
larry uniform, including trooper
boots, yellow scarves and flashy
helmet liners.
Major General l. D. White, Con-
stabulary commanding general.
officially greeted the members of
the second Negro unit to join the
U. S. Zone police and security
force. On June 18th the saith
Engineer Battalion became the
first Negro unit to join the Con-
stabulary.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1948-08-13
WARNING ORDER

Safe of Arkansas,
County of Pulaski, SIS.
In the Pulaski Chaneery Court
Mary Alice Jones, Plaintiff
VS.. No. 84086
Henry Jones, Defendant
The defendant, Henry Jones is
warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, Mary
Alice Jones
Dated. Auguse 6, l948
Hibbler and Hibbler
Solicitors for Plaintiff
j. r. Booker
Attorney ad Litem
Fl. S. Nixon. Chancery Clerk
BY Airline p. Turner, D. c,
8:13-20-27;9,3 at
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WARNING ORDER

State OF Arkansas,
County of Pulaski, SIS.
Sellers Thompson, Plaintiff
VS.. No. 84067
Luvenia Thompson. Defendant
The defendant, Luvenia Thompson
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, Sellers
Thompson.
Dated: August 3, 1913
J. r. Booker
Solicitor for Plaintiff
r. c. Limerick, Jr.
Attorney ad Litem
H. S. Nixon, Chancery Clerk
BY Martha Akin, D. G.
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