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Evening star., 1948-05-07

played the Democrats are report
ed ready to claim a foul.
The ivy-covered congressional
classic is sponsored by The Eve
ming Star for the benefit of
summer camp for underprivi-
legged children. This year it will
be played under the lights for the
first time, which, some experts
fear, may play havoc with the
work of the teams. Last years
fray was nip and tuck with the
Republicans nosing out their
rivals, 1913.
A star-studded program is
being arranged for the fans, de-
tails of which will be announced
in The Star. Any one who saw
the 1947 game will agree, how
ever, that The lawmakers own
show is in a class by itself.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Subcommittee Votes
For 1amm, Full Group
Delays Report Action
Senate Judiciary Body
To Consider Dispute
At Indefinite Date

A Senate Judiciary Subcom-
mittee today voted, 2 to /, for the
nomination of Edward A. Tamm
FBI official, to be a District
Court justice, but the full COM
mittee postponed action on the
report.
Chairman Wiley of the full com.
mittee announced the subcommittee
vote was Senator Kilgore, Democrat
Of West Virginia and Senator
Cooper, Republican, of Kentucky
yes: and Senator Donnell, Repub.
lican of Missouri, subcommittee
chairman, no.
The postponement of action b,
the full committee, Senator Vile,
said, was due to the pressure O.
othey business. The Tamm dispute
he said, would go over for consider
alton by the full committee at som,
future indefinite date"
Subcommittee Silent.
This did not mean, however, tn,
Wisconsin legislator emphasized
that the full committee would fai
to come to decision.
Members of the subcommittee de
clined to comment on their action
The Tamm report of the sub
committee was discussed at som
length, Senator Wiley explained
But he added that in view of tn
apparent diversity of opinion" il
the subcommittee it was decide,
that the matter go over for NOR
lengthy discussion and final deter
mination at later session.
One phase of the Tamm problem
on which the full committee did no
have time to give full consideration
! (See TAMM Page A-3)
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Fay Asks Barrett to Provide
Addresses of 1873 Gamblers
Prosecutor Tells Police Superintendent
He Still Wants Doto Requested of BIick

work for him. Maj. Barrett said
the query was prompted by Mr.
Fay reply to a letter Offering as
many police investigators as might
be required to assist in a special
grand jury investigation of Wash
jngton gambling to begin May II.
Mr.. Fay wrote Maj. Barrett yes
terday he thought the matter of
such special investigative arrange
ments should be left to the grand
jury.
In answering Mai. Barrett's latest
communication, Mr.. Fay referred
to his own first reply in which he
stated:
"As you know, we have availed
tSee GAMBLING, Page ABB
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Rail Strike Porley
Delayed ~ Hours
As Train Runs Late
By the Associated Press

The White House conference
aimed at settling the threat
ened railroad strike was de-
layed an hour and one half be-
cause a train was late.
The train from Buffalo to
New York was 45 minutes be-
hind schedule. 1t carried Ar
thur J. Glover, jr.. president of
the SWitchmen's union. He was
due at the White House for a
conference with Presidential
Assistant John r. Steelman at
II am.
Mr. Glover got in at 11:30
The conference was changed to
1890.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

they wander off and get lost at
times"
Both sides were reported read
ing up on inside baseball STRAIT
egy, hoping to confound one
another. This could not be con-
flrmed and Manager Joe Kuhel
of the Washington Nationals
maintained a discreet silence
when asked if either manager
had sought his aid.
I've got troubles of my own,"
Kuhel replied.
Both teams, meanwhile. have
planned as many practice ses-
sions as possible to get in shape
for the fray. This meant Re-
publicans would have at least two
drills and Democrats one-if
they can spare time from official
duties. The Republicans have
practice game scheduled with
the page boys tomorrow and II
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Tickets for Ball Game
On Sale in Star Lobby

Purchase of tickets for the
congressional baseball game may
be made in the lobby of The
Evening Star Building.
The scale Of prices is 81 for
general admission, SIPS for re-
served seats and 81 for box
seats, tax included.
Those desiring to make res
ervations by mail should mail
checks made out to The Eve
ming Star to Congressional Ball
Game. Room 724, The Evening
Star Building.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
japanese Shopkeepers
Reported in Bottle
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO, May 7.-Kyodo news
agency reported today that more
than 100 rival small shop keepers,
including several Koreans, clashed
with baseball bats and samurai
swords at Kurashiki in an all-night
battle.
The agency said 100 policemen en-
tered the melee
There were no reports on casu-
altieS
Evening star., 1948-05-07
By Curt Riess
North Americon Newspaper AIlionce

Nof1n Hmefcon newspaper Aiionce
BERLIN, May 7.-During the
last four weeks the Kremlin has
decided on two new goals in it's
policy for Germany-D squeez-
ing the Allies out of Berlin by
June 80 at +he 'atest, q cleans
ing Il Soviet zone of leaders in
any :eld who are not sticking to
the party line.
This was learned from a Russian
close to Soviet intelligence head
quarters at KarlShorst who in the
past has always proved reliable.
The man Moscow has sent to Ger
many to carry out these tasks is
Gen. Schdarnov. alias Herlin Ra-
kovSky, so, born in YugoSlavia.
stocky, with black, thinning hair;
intellectual looking with tortoise
shell spectacles and we'll dressed in
civilian clothes. He looks more like
banker than a general.
Gen. Schdarnov was in Berlin iu
l945, building up labor unions. but
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Teachers Face Loss
OF Union Membership
Under D. T.. Bill Rider
Measure Would Bon
Pay for Those Whose
Officers Don't Sign
DISCUSSION OF LOYALTY Oaths
Planned by Cafeteria Workers.
Page B-1.


Hundreds of school teachers
are among the District employees
who may have to give up their
present union memberships to
stay on the payroll after July /.
A rider to the $1O1 1854 900 District
supply bill passed by the House
Tuesday and sent to the Senate
would ban use of any of the appro-
priated funds for salary payment
to any city employe belonging to a
union whose officers have refused to
sign the Taft-Hartley Act anti
Communist affidavits.
District Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
said last night the city has no way
OF telling just how many employees
fall into this category. 1t would
find out by asking each employe to
sign statement that he does not.
Between 700 and 300 school teach
ers, however, belong to the teachers
branch of the United Public Work.
ers of America (CIO), and a few
employees of the Districts printing
division are members of Columbia
Typographical Union, No. 101, it was
learned.
officials of UPWA and the Inter-
national typographical Union have
not signed the Communist affi-
davits required by the Taft Hartley
Act to permit use of facilities of the
National Labor Relations Board.
UPWA and ITU officials contend
the amendment is illegal because it
goes beyond the intent of the Taft
Hartley Act. The law requires
union officials to sign Com
munist affidavits only if they want
tSee TEACHERS. Page Al
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Stain Agent Reported Sparkling
Reds New Tough Berlin Policy
Expulsion Of Allies From Reich Capital by
June 80 Declared Aim of Secret Emissory

(CNrt RieSS, German born
uriter OF the tolloWing dispatch,
WaS American correspondent for
the Paris Soir from 1884 to 1910.
Subsequently he Wrote a num-
Der OF books, including "Total
Espionage" Il Was a Nazi Fly
er, "Ndzis Go Underground" :"
and became 1CeH kno,Un as a
magazine tUriter.)
Evening star., 1948-05-07

President went over the railroad
crisis with his cabinet at an hour
long meeting.
Seizure Last Resort.
Leaving the session, Attorney
General Clark told reporters he
advised the President in an opinion
last week that he has ample power
to seize the railroads under a 1916
LAWN event he decides that step
is advisable.
At the same time. Mr.. Clark en-
phasiZed that no orders looking to
seizure have been prepared Top
advisers insist that the President
will consider seizure only as the
last resort.
Meanwhile. from Chicago, the rail-
roads announced plans to deal with
the walkout of 10000 workers
which would tie up the country'S
vital transportation systems. They
announced notices of embargoeS on
freight shipments: notices to non
striking rail workers of possible lay
offs and notices to passengers of the
risk involved in taking trips en-
bracing the strike date.
Four railroads serving Washing
ton announced embargoeS on live
stock, live poultry and perishable
freight, effective at midnight to-
night They are the B. & O., At
lantic CoaStline, Southern and Sea-
board.
The Chesapeake & Ohio's Chi
Cago division was among 81 other
roads which have announced en-
bargoes to become effective between
midnight tonight and Monday.
Steelman Talks With Farley.
Mr.. Steelman yesterday afternoon
talked with William T Farley, pres
ident of the Association of Amer
lean Railroads. but the result of the
meeting was not made public.
President Truman was leaving
settlement efforts in the hands of
Mr.. Steelman. 1t was understood
the President will not see any of
the diSputants today and has re-
solved not to step into the con-
troversy personally as he did two
years ago.
Mr.. Truman, 1t was said is de-
tcrmined to be just as tough with
the rail union heads as he was with
John l.. Lewis during the recent
coal strike, if that becomes neceS-
Sary.
Federal officials pointed out that
Mr. Steelman has a very narrow
range for dealing with the dispute
since about 80 per cent of railroad
workers in the other unions already
have settled their wage differences
With the carriers for an increase of
l512 cents per hour. 1t was even
held doubtful that any concessions
could be made in the matter of
working rule changes also asked by
the three unions.
Prepared to Ask Seizure.
The President, it was understood,
holds that the rail unions have de-
veloped habit Of coming to the
White House and getting pay con-
cessionS, and he is determined to put
an end to the practice, started our
ing the war under President Roose-
welt.
If the peace talks fail. the White
House is believed to be prepared to
ask Government seizure of the rail-
roads. If such step fails. the
President will ask Congress again
for emergency powers to deal with
the situation.
Boarding train last night at
Cleveland for the meeting here, Mr..
Johnston of the engineer brother
hood told reporters: If the railroad
people come in there with open
minds, we might get somewhere"
Under terms of the strike call,
fses RAILROADS, Page Aid
Evening star., 1948-05-07
.Un-American Group
Probing FEC, Charges
By Hebert Reveal
Demand for Red Probe
Brings Revelation 1t
Is Already Under Way
BY the Associoted Press

DULLES URGES CABINET Post
to Fight Communism. Page B-7
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Stern Policy on 3 Rail Unions
Reported Ordered by Truman
If Necessary to Avert Strike
al Roods to Embargo
PerishobIes, Including
Four Serving D. c.
BY Jones Y. Newton

CHRYSLER TALKS Collapse; JAW
Is Ready to Strike. Page Az.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

President went over the railroad
crisis with his cabinet at an hour
long meeting.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
w e ather Forecast

Mostly cloudy and windy with highest near
60 today. Partly cloudy and windy tonight
lowest about 46. Tomorrow, sunny and cool
Full report on Page A-2)
Evening star., 1948-05-07

,See CHURCHILL, Page A-3D
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(See TAMM, Page A.:
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tSee BERLIN, Page AID
Evening star., 1948-01-04

character named Nick Mitropolous; what does he
think of it?
Well, the poor guy will never be born.
At Madison Avenue the traffic samming by
on green light. waited minute with the noon-hour
crowd, and then turned right toward Fifteth There
was nowhere else to 60 but home.
What would say to Barbara? How could tell her
that we had no money, when money meant every
thing to her? All had in the bank was couple of
rain, counting this thing lasting for at least
couple of years. Could I sell the House of Clay to
somebody else - fast? Selling dropped radio show
is like trying to sell dropped egg. 1t would take
months - maybe year - to cook up another show
and get it on the air.
hated Steedman with burning hate l hated the
sponsor hated radio But most of ALL hated myself.
HE train pounded out curses. 1t squealed on the
curve at Spuyten Duyvil, and sat with my chin in
my hand, trying to figure out what to do about
Barbara 1t would be at least week before Variety
got hold of it. All could think of trying to keep
it from her - for days, hours even-ju just little
longer to be great guy to my beautiful wife. Maybe
miracle would happen. Maybe I'd be able to offer
her something else. Maybe y who was kidding?
Barbara waiting for ME at the station. The top
Of the car was down. and her golden head was like
bouquet of bright flowers against the shrubbery.
She looked casual and expensive - and altogether
gorgeous She waved at me as came up the ramp
and called Hello, darling" and l looked around
Evening star., 1948-01-04
STARTED down Fifty-frst Street towards Madison
Avenue 1t wasn't the way home
A Short Short Story

STARTED down Flfty-fnst Street towards Madison
Il Avenue 1t wasn't the way home
Home was about twenty miles up the Hudson
Yet here was blundering along Fifty-frst Street.
with the yammering of the drills that were cleaning
the face of St. Patrick's Cathedral in my ears and
the voice of Byron Steedman still ringing in my BRAIN
Now don't get the wrong idea, Marty. There's
nothing wrong with the show It's good. still say it's
good But the sponsor has two weeks cancellation
clause in his contract. and he's exercising it, Exer-
cising it? He's cutting off my right and tearing
my heart out by both ventricles!
Look, Marty just wanted to tell you first
hand, before you get the notice. These notices -
they're always pretty impersonal. You know -
sympathy. no explanation -"
Well, what explanation could there be? Didn't
the House of Clay have ten-point rating? Weren't
we getting sacks of letters? Hadn't John Crosby called
it the most original show OF the year? What's wrong
with the sponsor? Why doesn't somebody tell the
truth? What's it all about?
'You know how it is Marty Sudden change of
plans - this is tough racket sure hope you line
up something else boy" Steedman waggled his mus
tache at passing vice-president. You'll get your
notice by registered mail in day or So
lHAT's it. That's all there is to it. Good-by and
good luck. Yesterday was writing radio show -
getting seven hundred and fifty bucks week and
lot of publicity. Today I'm walking down Fifty-frst
Street toward Madison Avenue lcked
Good-by and good luck. It's easy to say. Byron
Steedman must have said it to hundred guys before
me - but does he know what it means? Does he know
about Barbara? She's my wife. She's about 50 tall
- blue eyes, blonde. She looks as beautiful in mink
coat, nearly, as she does in nightgown from Lord
and Taylor. We've only been married three months
- since got the contract. didn't have the to
ask her before. You can't ask girl like Barbara to
live in an East Side room. and you can't dress her
and feed her on the meager free-ance pickings from
one-shots on The Whistler and Mystery Theatre
and The Echo.
So sweat my way into big commercial series
at seven-ffty week. l take Barbara out in my
coupe; we look at the moon the Far Rockaways,
and build glittering future and roof it over with
the kind of kisses I've been yearnng for all this time
So we take house in Hastings with two acres of
grounds around it. and two servants to keep Barbara
from having anything to do but fix up that wonderful
blonde hair and dress up that wonderful figure and -
stay in love with me, because I'm such great guy
Then l breeze into the Office to tell Steedman I'm
thinking of working a cab driver into the script
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
History in Miniature
|Of IndustrioHzdtion

SANDWICH, THE TOWN THAT
GLASS BUILT
BIZ Harriet Buxton Barbour
| (Houghton, Mif7in Co.; So
This is an excellent social history
Of the town of Sandwich, Mass,
which became a center Of glass man
ufacture during the last century
through the individual enterprise
of Deming Jarves. The beautiful
little cape town was a sleepy mecca
for sportsmen when Jarves founded
his glass works. in 1924. BY mid
century it's population had expanded
to 1000, increased greatly by the
immigration Of foreign workers, and
its chief product was shipped all
over the world. Few could throw
stones at Mr.. Jarves' glass house, for
he was the type of benevolent in
dustrialist who concerned himself
with the housing and education of
his workers. His business weathered
two depressions, but in 1888, after
it had passed out Of his control,
labor disputes led to its former status
of resort town.
Miss Barbour's lively. colorfully
written study is really history in
miniature of the industrialization of
this country. She describes the
effect of the influx of different
races and different creeds on the
Yankees and the social barriers be-
tween town and factory. Any one
who would understand the decline
Of industry in New Eng and will find
her book profitable and entertaining
reading. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15

per capita consumption of iron and
steel in the United States is 1870
times that of China and that
whereas the United States has one
mile of highway for each square
mile of area China has probably
10 feet.
Chinese Communism.
Perhaps the most Immediately in
tereSting part of this book is the dis
cussion of the Chinese Communist
Party and its relation to Russia.
Prof. Fairbank believes that the
origin of the Chinese party among
the peasants rather than the in
dustrial proletariat, its distance
from the headquarters of interna-
tional communism and its close con-
nection with a surging nationalist
movement give the Chinese Com
munist Party a degree of indepen-
dence not found in communist par
ties in Europe.
The close connection with Moscow
is admitted but communism III
China is said to be more than a
Russian plot" and to find its appeal
in a program of genuinely needed
economic and social reforms too long
ignored or only given lip service by
the Nationalist COVER m t.
Whether or not an aggressive, i'm
perialistic Soviet communism which
does not brook independent thought
or action, as Tito has discovered,
will continue to permit a semi
independent communist party in
China, interested primarily in in
ternal reform, or will attempt to
bend 1t to its will and use it for
Soviet purposes is question the
book leaves unanswered.
1t may be that America and the
western world will not have time to
put into practice the many excellent
suggestions of Prof. Fairbank
as to how policy toward China
should be conducted. But In any
case those responsible for policy and
those who will be affected by policy,
which is every one, should read this
excellent book
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15

To send s. j. Perelman on as
signment might seem to his ad-
mirers as presumptuous a thing as
to demand rainbow at a certain
time Of the day, regardless of the
weather. His art has always seemed
such chancey thing, so dependent
on a moments madness, mania
cal impulse to see what happens
to the English language when you
take 1t apart.
But the editors Of Holiday, evil
IDENTIFY under the impression that
the art of Perelman would flower
more luxuriously in far places than
in a New York apartment, packed
him off on a trip around the world
and insisted that he send them a
postcard at every port. They
printed his reports which are now
collected here in a book that is
5ubtitled Around the World in
80 Cliches." There was one he
didn't use, however. That was "hav-
ing wonderful time" He didn't.
In the company of Hirschfeld, a
bearded artist whose drawings per-
fectly complement the Perelman
prose, the great parodist trailed
disconsolately around the globe,
homesick, seasick, beatup, letdown
and leering, boyhood illusions shat
tered at every step. Everything re-
minded him of New York. His
shipmates were fiercely normal, his
adventures no more stirring than
those encountered by the man who
commutes to the Office by ferry.
When he lapses into the language
of the travel folder it is only to
emphasize how deep Is the gulf
between advertisements and life.
Like the Bronx
What mystified Perelman about
the mysterious east was that so
much of it was so much like the
Bronx. When he went, for in
stance, into the dining room of the
Raff1es Hotel in Singapore, in ex-
pectation of something straight
out of Somerset Vaughan, paneled
in mahogany and full of acquiline-
featured cads involved in desperate
intrigues with the wives of neigh
boring planters, what he found was
"a double row of chairs strongly
suggestive of a Childs' restaurant
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to find a publisher. AS for the pop.
ular escape" literature, he remarks
Let us not pretend that most writ.
ing, fictional writing in particular
is more than a trade on level with
the manufacture of soft drinks ane
candy"
There is much that is stimulating
in this book. DR.. Grabo recently re.
tired from the classroom after Al
years as professor of English at the
University of Chicago. He has pub
lished many books, the best known
perhaps, his four volumes on Shell
ley.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
BY Benjamin Quarles. (ASo-
cidted Publishers, Washington,
ST.
This is a thorough, objective and
admirably written biography of the
18th century Negro leader. Doug
las was born in slavery on the East
ern Shore of Maryland in 1877
About 20 years later he escaped to
New York. He became power in
the abolitionist movement and at
the forefront of many other pro-
gressive programs, including wom-
ans rights. Among the honors that
came to him in later life was a
term as Minister to Haiti. He died
in 1895. Mr.. Quarles is professor
of history and dean of instruction
at billiard University, New Orleans
and is associate editor of the Jour-
nal of Negro History.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15

thanking a dance floor that cried
out for a mother of-pearl juke box
to compete its utter commonplace
ness.
He did like the, Tai Mahal and
Bangkok, however, and when he
got to England, probably because
he was SO much nearer home, he
found much to admire.
Addicts of Dawn Ginsberg,s Re-
venge' and Cray Like a Fox" may
feel that. the master on q deadline
sometimes seems a little strained
but any one who has tried to write
CHEEKY letters home about q grim
holiday will understand, sympathize
and even laugh. The great fault
that his most ardent followers will
find is that he did not go far enough
He should certainly have gone tt
Scotland where the skirl of bag.
pipes would have sent him scurry.
ing up the wall-his proper vantage
point. M. Meg.