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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
Bellies EeHre.s

Five genuine letters for DEM
ocracy went to Italy this week
bearing more than 125 signatures
of Chicagoans, including some Of
Italian ancestry.
Typical was the letter to Miss
Cecilia Barbieri of Florence,
Italy:
''We have read in the news
papers and heard over the radio
that the Truman Administrator
in Washington has urged our
citizens of Italian descent to
write to their relatives in Italy
telling them who they should
vote for in the coming elections.
There is nothing in American
tradition and history to support
such activity by individuals in
our government at Washington.
eve believe that it is
important for you to know that
Mr.. Truman's popularity and in
fluence here have fallen sharply
in the last few months.
''Please be assured that you
and the rest of the democratic
Italian people have our best
wishes and understanding, and
that the American people will
have no objection to your de-
cision in the coming election,
whatever it turns out to be-"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

In the Stevens grand ballroom
last week, Chicago's top tycoons.
1900 of them, gathered to ceIe-
brate the centennial of the Chi
cago Board of Trade.
They heard Ody H. Lamborn.
big speculator, warn dourly that
America slowly but surely is
sinking into the quicksands of
socialism"
And then they guzzled count
less cases of expensive sherry
and wolfed down $500 prime
beef filets mignon champignon.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

head of the New York Power Au-
thority-both- advocates OF pub
lie ownership = will testify
against the proposed city fran
chise for the Commonwealth Edl-
son Co. when the City Council
utilities committee opens pub
lie hearings next Wednesday.
The franchise, which wou1d
run until 1890, is little better
than the one that expired last
year. The Morgan-dominated
monopoly again would be Ii
cenSed to extort huge profits out
of the unusually high electric
rates charged to consumers here.
The road to municipal owner
ship would be studded with OBJ
stacles. Under the franchise,
Commonwealth Edison could be
expected to do at least as well
as it did in 1916, when it raked
in profit of $26, 275, SAG. Public
ownership would save Chicago
ans from $50 million to $50 mil
lion year.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
By SARA RHccI

ccMOW it's just like the well
~ has dried up--and all the
moneys gone. But it don't make
much difference, one way or the
other. This thing was bound to
happen"
Lloyd Adams, So, employee of
the Big Four meat packers for
going on six years, put his hand
in his pocket and pulled out
few nickels and dimes.
'This is all there is. 1t brings
me to the Stock Yards on the
IL every day. That's all 1 need.
Just enough to get me on the
picket lines. The more that comes
out on the picket lines-sooner
the strike will be won"
SIX years. Iii. i. at dirty
job on the killing. floor. of Beef
House No. 2. :. And all Lloyd
Adams has to show for it is a
handful of nickeis and dimes,
poor health, and backlog of
debts.
When Lloyd's union, the CLIO
United clearinghouse Workers of
America, went out on strike for
a 29-cent hourly wage increase,
March 16, Lloyd was home, sick
in bed with the flu. Now he's on
the picket lines every day.
'sPeople are sick all the time,
sick from just working In the
Stock Yards" Lloyd says. "Can't
help but get sick. Even when
the sun is hot in August, we
don't feel it there in the packing
plants. We've got to wear six
or seven pair of breaches, two or
three coats. And the damp is
bad, when you're my age"
LLOYD Adams and his wife,
Emma, 40, came to Chicago from
Memphis in 1912. 81 came up
here to make more money
and better kind of life. But
the packers sure aren't trying to
make my life any better"
And was the life Lloyd found
here a better one? "It couldn't
be any worse" Lloyd will tell
you.
This is the 'better" life Lloyd
Adams found when he went to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
Strikers story
Our life couldn't
be any worse

ork for the Big Four meat
packers:
LloYd's wages are $l.02 an
hour. If he's lucky he
works 40 hours a week. but
some days we just work maybe
four hours"
Roughly, he makes $40 a week
If he's lucky.
HE LIVES in a damp, dark
''three-room apartment" in the
basement at 1900 S. Lafayette av
He pays $64 a month rent.
Twice, recently, I haven't been
able to make the rent" Lloyd
explains.
He supports his wife, Emma,
his oldest daughter, Alice Mae,
81, her three-week old son, Vir-
gil, and two other grandchildren,
Luticia, 2, and Tillman, S.
He hasn't seen a movie in six
months. Recreation is out of the
question.
There isn't enough milk for
the babies.
Emma says, "We hardly ever
have meat. All we eat is corn
meal and maybe little piece of
salt pork now and then"
=
LITTLE Tillman, S, has never
been able to talk since birth. He
needs medical attention badly.
Lloyd Adams doesn't know where
= the money will come from.
Since the strike started the
Adames have charged their food
at the neighborhood grocer's.
They owe him $40 now.
But we'll manage somehow"
Emma says. And I'll be so proud
when they win that strike"
The CLIO United clearinghouse
Workers have thousands of Lloyd
Adams to look after while the
strike continues. They don't get
paid while the strike is on. They
can't-like George A. Eastman,
chairman of the board of Wilson
& Co., whose salary is 1927, 900
a year-live on their bank ac-
counts.
clearinghouse workers d ont
have bank accounts. Lloyd Adams
will tell you that.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

the Jewish Palestine April IS American Jewish
Labor Council The first hos the
Of the fumiY Job their full
eeo from the fumeUp charges Labor and leaders
still facing unless Clerk convinced he
with And the Chicago Sor sub full swing
friends subscribe speioI Of 81
Tuesday, April 49, IS the primary election this writing the Progressive
be the ballot you should
ceiling Progressive Perry Superior 7o3s
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

1t seems there'n be some OPP
position to the Power Trusts
plans to put over another lucra-
tive IDEAL" with the City Coun-
Gil.
DIR. John Bauer, director of
the American Utilities Bureau,
and James Bonbright, former
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

some very critical charges to
make:
Q that the city police were
being used to intimida4e strikers:
. that the city welfare ad-
mlnistration was giving their
members the run-around.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01

fore the Chicago Crime commits
sion. Only one witness, however,
testified although several persons
were originally scheduled to ap-
pear before the commission.
Assistant States Attorney, Ir-
wing Lang announced that he
would ask police to bring in the
otherw illnesses. Vertus Kink told
the commission, the Chicago Bar
association and Lang how he
turned Of $40 without receipt on
charges of disorderly conduct.
King revealed how he had paid
$50 fine and so cost to the
court and SO to an unknown
"taxi" driver October 6, 1947, to
take him downtown to his bank
and back to the station. His story
was considered typical of other
stories on how Negroes were
grated when arrested on petty
charges.
King also said he gave the bail
iff 81 for "cigar money" when he
came back two days later to see
if his record was clear.
Chief Justice Edward S. Schef-
fler of the municipal court said he
had transferred Judge Joseph B.
Hermes from the Wabash branch
as soon as he heard of the COM
MISSIONS claims three months ago.
He said the conditions would be
discussed April y when a joint
bar-court committee meets.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01
A WOMANS WORLD

concluded from page 81
impractical, and when the worker
tries to adapt them to the gold
smiths art they lose much of the
original charm. Another qualifi-
cation must be natural talent. One
can acquire skill, but the artistic
side must be born in one. Unless
one has ability and love of this
kind of work, I doubt if it would
be a successful field.
If one has decided artistic abil-
ity and once understands thelim-
itations connected with the ac-
tual construction, the advantages
are good.
There is a demand for jewelry
designers, and like everything else
there is plenty of room at the top.
Opportunity for advancement
depends entirely on the ability of
the worker, whether she is in
business for herself or designing
for some manufacturing jeweler.
If working Independently it re-
quires capital and a good knowl-
edge of stones, both precious and
semi-precious.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01

university
--.sNegroes voted 70 to II per
cent for, with II per cent, don't
know" against an IS to II per
cent opposition by whites.
care you for or against Ne
groes having the right to sit next
to white people on street cars,
buses and trains"
The percentages for whites were
10 for, IS against, five "don't
know" Negroes, were sc for, five
against, and nine don't know"
"Are. you for or against quail
fled Negroes having the same
chance as whites to work at any
job in any business?"
Ninety-ninep er cent of the Ne
groes were for this, against one
per cent opposing. Whites voted
% per cent for, Ga per cent
against, eight per cent, don't
know"
A majority of the Negroes
81 per cent-chose Truman for
President, with Henry Wallace
running second. White voters
placed a southern Democrat who
believes in what supremacy" just
above President Truman, by seven
points.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01

air bases and private plants in
Dayton illustrate this fact only too
|glaringly.
Many Negroes are now employ
ed in overseas assignments in a
civilian capacity. Most recruits
come from around the larger cities
like New York and Chicago for
the simple reason that most peo-
Pile in cities like Dayton are not
aware that these opportunities are
open to them. These positions are
open to all who qualify. We urge
all who are interested to stop off
at the Ohio State Employment
Service and inquire about them.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01
Georgia Cops

(continude from page y
wife Of the slain white man, and
she said she had no enmity against
the Ingrams, and did not request
their prosecution. She said that
the state undertook to do so on its
own hook.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01
Chicago Investigates
Police Court

CHICAGO, April 1, CAMP
An alleged racket at the Wabash
Avenue Police court against south
side Negroes was disclosed last
week in testimony presented be-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01
Employment

Employment
concluded from page ~
sentative of the Overseas branch
Of the Department of the Army,
will be there until that date. At
ter April S, he may be reached at
9Th Army Headquarters, 1860
East Hyde Park boulevard, Chi
cago Is, Illinois.
The various government agen-
cies are all more liberal in their
employment of Negroes than pri-
vate industry. They r generally
required to be by law. This does
not mean that they do not dis
criminate, but opportunities are
much more prevalent there than
elsewhere. A comparison of the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01

FOR RENT-Room for girl or en-
ployed couple. No cooking. Call
AID 9375.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-04-01

FOR SALE-1947 Feetline Sc
dan, radio and heater, for lights.
Call ME- O855.
Evening star., 1948-01-04
YOU'LL ALWAYS GET FINE BEEF if

you buy by Swift brand name.
Right on the meat, the brand name
Identifies beef selected by Swift ex-
perts for tenderness and flavor :.
the pick of all the vast amounts
they see. Swiffs Premium, Swiffs
Select, Swif's Arrow-these are the
three top brands. Look for them ;.
on thrifty cuts or choice ones :.
whenever you buy beef. Now espe-
cially, to make every morsel count,
your best buy is beef you can de-
pend on, to the last tender tidbit!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
Why Tell Us?
Cincinnati Enquirer

In a sensational disclosure, well timed to arouse the nations fears, subcommittee of the Un-Amerl- can Activities Committee has accused an outstanding scientist in the public service of being "one of the weakest links" in the country's security respecting atomic energy and weapons This is extraordinary grave charge to make, and which responsible individual or body will not make unless there IS abundant and persuasive evidence
 Dr. Edward Condon is the head of the Bureau of Standards has direct charge of its atomic section and was an important observer of the Bkini atom bomb tests If he is disloyal to the United States and is releasing information to the Soviet Union as the Congressional subcommittee suggests he should be in prison not in the Department of Commerce in key post.
 The evidence made public to prove the charges against Dr Condon is circumstantial. So far as 1t has been disclosed it does not make case But It IS enough to grave doubts of his reliability lne question therefore, is just what purpose the sub- committee may have had in this spectacular dis closure
 If the FBI has any proof of Dr. Condons dis lovalty indictment and prosecution should foiloW' without any needless publicity If the evidence IS lo' adeolate there certainly should not be any puohclty but rather a quiet effort by the proper persons to obtain sufficient evidence. In any case there IS nothing to be gained by airing improved charges
 We have gone long way, in this country, toward breaking down the standards of freedom We have m some Congressional committees a new sort o1 tecn- nique When cannot be proved criminal II IS becoming the custom to smear him With unproVeu accusation trusting that he will be made so un- comfortable as to resign trusting that hls em- poyers will be made uncomfortable as to ire nm.
 That has not been the American way of doing things in the past It ought not to be encouraged
 
 It is quite possible that Dr. Condon IS an un- trustworthy person to have in the key place he now occupies If so, the evidence should be given, un- ostentatiously and without flaming accusations tc the President who fire the offender or to grand jury which can indct him.
 In any case there is reason whatever to at tempt as the Un-Amercan Activities Subcommittee is attempting, to put public official on trial before public opinion. That is persecution, not prosecution
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
COL. ARCH AMMAN OF
 SALvATI0N ARMY WILL
 SPEAK AT ]. A. HALL

Col. Arch Layman O. the Sal vation Army in San Francisco ar rived in Juneau today enroute to Angoon, where he will conduct the annual Alaska Division of the Na- tive Congress.
 Col. Layman is the second in command of all Salvation Army activities of Il western states and also in Hawaii, Philippines and Alaska.
 While in Juneau he will conduct a public service at the. Salvation Army Auditorium on Willoughby Avenue at 7:30 o'clock this eve ming, and in addition will review Salvation Army work in Alaska.
 Col. Layman will be accompanied by Mrs. Layman. He is wellkncwn in this area as he was in Juneau several times. For the past few years he has been the second in command in Canada, prior to go- ing to San Francisco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
INFORMATION ON
 THREE ELECTIONS
 COMING up SOON

With three elections due soon for local voters, a recapitulation of vi- tai information was made today for the information of persons desiring to vote or file for office.
 A special election on a proposed independent Juneau School District is scheduled for March 30. Filings for School Trustees will close at { pm, March 24 according to Edwin c. Clark, superintendent of Juneau Schools. No registration of voters is required and absentee ballots may be submitted in letter form not later than March 29.
 The regular Municipal election is scheduled for April and voters have until noon, April 3 to register Candidates must file by pm. March 31. Absentee ballots may be submitted between March g and 5 pm, April 5.
 The Territorial Primary Elections will take place on April 27. Filings for candidates are already closed Voters are not required to register in advance. Absentee ballots may be submitted between March 18 and April 23
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
TERRITORY PLACES
 CLAIM FOR S5,925,
 ELLSWORTH ESTATE

A probate claim, signed by the Governor of Alaska, was filed with l U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray to- day by Territorial Attorney Gen. eral Ralph J. Rivers against the estate of Mrs. Esther Ellsworth. The probate claim was in the amount of $5,925 which the Terri tory claims was paid to the 80-year- old former British subject over a period of eight years by the Terri torial Department of Public Welfare as Old Age Assistance She was found dead here last week and was discovered to have had $4,555 in her possession despite the law which provides for recipients. of welfare money, to declare that they are without funds.
 Rivers explained that probate claims against the estates of persons who had received Territorial assis- tance are routine. He explained that the Territory always files claim against the estate of any person who has received welfare funds or who has been a resident of the Pioneers Home. Because of the Territory'S s claims, it is customary for it to re- ceive a first lien against these es- tates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
NAVY Woos FRIENDS

The Army and Navy are suppos- ed to be united now, but the Navy has started initiating the Army in a drive to win friends and influ- ence taxpayers.
 Every few months a group of prominent educators, editors and industrialists are invited to attend l0-day school and learn all about the Navy. They are taken behind the scenes at big naval base, given front row seat to the Navy in action, even awarded diplomas after the course is com- pleted.
 It's an indirect lobbying plan somewhat similar to the Armys system of flying civilians to Fort Knox to view the trial military training school. This lobbying re- gently was censored severely by Congress.
 The Navy's next course for civil. ians opens March 23 at the Pensa- cola, Fla, Naval Air Station, with 50 educators, editors and business men invited
 These men will come from near by Southern states and will pay all their own expenses" explain ed Capt. A. Macondray, officer ifl charge of the project. When pinned down, however Macondray admitted that three men have been invited to fly all the way from Alaska in naval planes and that several others are also travelling at Government expense But" insisted Captain Macon dray, they will have to pay fol their own meals"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16

Democratic party is big enough to have disagreements-e big dis agreements like this one-and still present a united front"
 Kerr spoke after chairman How ard McGrath had argued, implored and coaxed that Democratic fac- tions patch up their split over Truman's civil-rights program.
 "I'll admit that the Presidents message may not have been timed well and some may object to the manner in which it was presented to Congress, said McGrath, but after all it is the mandate of the party. Civil rights was part of the 1914 party platform. All Presi- dent Truman did was ask Congress to put into law something to which the Democratic party already is committed"
 McGrath went on to point out that Truman's message was mis- understood by many people, espec- ially that part relating to "segre- gation" of races in public carriers. All the President did, in effect, was to call attention to a Supreme Court ruling that Jim Crow laws were illegal on buses and other carriers in interstate transporta- tion, the Democratic chairman em- phasized
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN not Ruth nowhere near as old as her husband NOT NEARLY so old her hu band"
 OFTEN MIsPRONOUNCED: Bambno Pronounce bam-be-no A as in All E as BE- O as accent second syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: raisn) Current prevalent also following.
 Sy,NONYdS Rebel verb), resist, revolt, strike mutny
 WORD STUDY: three times and is yours Let us each COMPREHENSION the mental gaspng of ideas act etc amount of comprehension
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
REPUBLICANS HAVE TROUBLES, TOO

McGrath got strong support from his fellow Rhode Island Senator, Theodore Green, and from Indi- ana's bulky Frank McHale.
 This trouble in the party has been greatly exaggerated" declar- ed the alert 81-year-o Senator from Rhode Island "The Repub- slicans have their difficulties too lover the question of choosing a nominee. I think that the strife within Republican ranks will be- Ecome more and more bitter as the icampaign wears on.
 All this talk about Truman not sbeing strong candidate doesn't make sense" continued Green. We Ecan win with him if Democrats give him their united support. There was feeling that Roose- welt would be defeated when he ran for third term in 1940 and "a fourth term in 1914
 Now, as then, we put too much stock in what the newspapers were saying. All the big papers Tn Rhode Island opposed Roosevelt, while 80 percent of the Republican controlled press in the rest of the nation was against him. He won overwhelmingly despite this editor ial opposition. Harry Truman will do the same"
 McHale belittled the Wallace threat" to Democratic election chances.
 "The people of Indiana are tra- ditionally against third parties. said the committeeman from In- diana. Teddy Roosevelt received only slightly more than 4o,ooo votes in Indiana when he ran as a Bull ,Mooser. and Father Conghlin's third party in 1886 was laughed at in my part of the country. That's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY

With spring cleaning time just around the corner the people of Juneau have an excellent oppor- tunty to rid their closets, attcs and basements of those dozens and of old shoes that keep popping up in every cleaning spree
 The Juneau Teen Age Club is now embarked on a project to collect old shoes which will be sent to the needy people of Europe, many of whom have no shoes at all
 You can drop your old shoes at the Teen Age Club or at radio station KINY, or phone the cup, Phone 766 and they will be picked up at your house.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O What is the correct way n correspondence?
 full If Jane smith has marrleo Henry Brown correspondence Jane Smith Brown CT Jane writing stranger she should write below her signature Henry Brown
 O Is it bad form tip bowl plate containing liquid eating?
 A. Yes; this is too done, should be avoided
 O When accompanying in the ran should the man carry umbrella?
 A
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
SOUTHERN IRE CONTINUE

SOUTHERN IRE CONTINUES
 However, Southern spokesmen as- serted they were all the more in- censed by the civil-rights message because Southern States were well on the way to eliminating the dis criminations Truman singled out. Lynching is now practically non existent in the South. Some South ern states already had repealed the poll tax. Others, including Virginia, were preparing to do so.
 In Alabama, Southern spokes- men said, colored workers were paid the same wage scale as whites in many industries. In North Carolina, white and colored teach CTS get the same salaries.
 McGrath said he was well aware of these strides, therefore under stood the criticism leveled at the administrations program. That criticism, however, he contended, should not be directed personally at the President, who was only carrying out party policy, laid down by Franklin Roosevelt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-16
20 YEARS AGO fME FIT EMPIRE
MARCH Is, 1928

16 IT sbeard President Alaska left for Kechikan to attend the Igloo convention there. steamboat inspector left for ketchkan to make snon of craft especially Barron
  enogapher in the office of Allen Shattucs insurance agency left for Portland for vacation Harry Raymond of Springs registered at the Alaskan
 Mrs Robert Fraser left for Petersburg for visit with Elizabeth Fraser teacher Knutesons- Point. Weather: High low S3; cloudy