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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16
Mrs. Peary boil Sc aeroplanu.
Portland, Me. n

Portland, Me. - MIS-. no
bert E. Peary, IS let stara vdo-
va pc objeviteli Severnfho po-
lu byla prvnf zenou, ktera u
castnila Sc arkticke vypravy.
Poklada to dosud "a obycej-
nou cestu, ale nikdo by j ne
dostal do aeroplanu, ami ne ma
|kratky let.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16

Upozornujeme ctenaTe ma
oznamku u. S. Army a u. S.
Air Force Recruiting Service,
ktera Sc naleza ma 2. strane
TELEGRAPH.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16
Ladies Auxiliary Osady
sv. Vaclava

podnikly We dnech IL. a 13,
cervence vyjfzdku do vyhlase-
n6ho letoviska Atlantic City
INalada byla vyborna.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16

HlIl8z INlM IHk e nAnM Dla Y IlnM DnH N lnM n uNlM NI Nl HM#lA
Starosta mesta Thomas Dale
sandro, Jr. oznamuje zmsnu
sberaciho systemu odpadkG,
ktere zavede Zdravotni urad
Dept. Verejnych Praci.
Sb1ran1 odpadkn jak potra-
vinovych tax smeti Dude Sc dit
dvakrate tydne pocfnaje 10.
cervencem tim samym naklad-
MIN automobilem.
V zine sbfrani popele Dude
dvakrate tydne a jednou tydne
v letn1ch mesfclch, opet v ten
samy den jake ostatn1.
Potravinove (garbage) Cd
padky a smet1 (rubbish) cd
padky must byti - jak az do
sud bylo - odd6leny We zvlast-
Mich nadobach (containers).
Sb1rati Sc Dude v nasf ctvrti
v pondeli a We ctvrtek v oblasti
Caroline, Monument, Milton a
Baltimore ulice, dale Bond,
Preston, Collington a Monu-
ment. V utery a patek: Colling-
ton, Preston, Edison Highway
adjournment ulic. We stTedu
a sobotu: Milton, Monument
East a Baltimore ulice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16

ObetI Zemetfesenl " JaponSku.
Toxic. - Policie prefektury
Fukui odhadla, re zemetrese-
nj minuleho tydne vyzadalo 81
"a obef $50 lidskych zivotG
a re 1928 lidf bylo poraneno.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1948-07-16
Bus ma Vylet do Annapolis
nepojede.

P1. Rosalie Legro oznamuje,
re nasledkem nedostatecnych
prihlasek ma bus k vyletu do
Annapolis tento byl odreknut.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Mcdowell en-
tertained at a turkey dinner on
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. George Nc
DOwell, Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
DoWell and daughter, and Mrs. Ly-
sic Black and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles HOlmauist
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Riley On Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Nelson en-
tertained at a Christmas dinner Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Speicher and
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Nelson
end sons, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lawr-
ence Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lowe and
son of Denton, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Collins and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mcdowell and daughter,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Lundell were
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Alon-
20 Stuart on Sunday.
The w. S. c. S. of Epworth
Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Lewis Richards on January
9Th. Hostesses will be Mrs. Lewis
Richards, Mrs. Lewis Lockerman
and Mrs. Norman Adams.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
FRANKFORT

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank DerricksOn
OF WilliamsYille were dinner guests
of Mrs. Myrtle Godfrey on Friday
evening.
Miss jeanne Johnson spent part
of the Yuletide in Madela with her
grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Bennett.
Students at home for the holiday
are Miss Nancy Lee Gum, U. of D.,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Massey Gum, Miss Helen Parsons,
U. of D., daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Parsons, Miss Marjorie
Chamberlain, Beacon College,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood
c. Chamberlain, Miss Carolyn Will
liams, Penn. Hall, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Preston L. Williams, Mr..
Robert Powell was at home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Powell.
Miss Olive West of Philadelphia
was the Yuletide guest of her bro
ther-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sam Tingle, Jr., and little
niece, Miss Mary Jane Tingle.
After a $4,000 mile voyage as En-
gineer on a freighter, Mr.. William
S. Long is at home with Mrs. Long
this week.
Mrs. Myrtle Godfrey and family
entertained with a holiday dinner
on Friday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Walter Carmean and son, David, Mr..
and Mrs. George o. Hudson, Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil Hudson, Mr.. Theo-
dOre Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
DerricksOn, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi T.
Bunting and two children.
Mrs. Efie Hudson and son, Mr..
Lawrence Hudson, entertained to a
Christmas dinner on Sunday the SO
members of the immediate family
Such a family reunion during the
holidays is one Of the mainstays of
American family lift
Mrs. Elisha F. Dukes entertained
with holiday dinner for her entire
family at her home Saturday eve
ming.
Capt. and Mrs. Ward w. Dasey
entertained on Sunday evening with
holiday dinner for DR.. and Mrs.
Robert S. Long, and daughter, Miss
Mary Frances, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
w. Dasey, Jr.
Messers, Charles Ellis and Har-
Old Murray left on Sunday for Ohio
City, where they will receive the
new ambulance and drive it home
for the Frankford Volunteer Fire
Company.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
EPWORTH

After the prayer meeting Christ
mas Eve, a group of young people
led by Rev Alden Hopkins and
Miss Marilyn Brown went carolling
tC shut-ins. The next prayer meet
ing to be held at Epworth Church
will be January 7th. Please try to
attend these meetings and make
them a success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cannon en-
tertained at a Christmas dinner, Mr..
and Mrs. Crerar Bennett and son of
Slaughter Beach, Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
son Cannon and son and Mr.. Lester
Cannon. Mrs. Lester Cannon was
unable to attend due to the illness
of their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith and
son, Howard, were guests at a tur-
Key dinner on Saturday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank An
thOny.
Mr.. William LOckerman, Mr.. Earl
Mitchell and Mr.. Willard Isaacs OF
Harrington left Monday for a visit
to Florida.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
DUBLIN I'LL

Miss Marie Cashwell spent the
weekend with Miss Joy Lee Jones
Of BridgeYille.
Mrs. Emma Harper is spending
the holiday season with her brother,
Mr.. Harry Hatfield, in New Jersey.
Mrs. Ella Warrington returned
Sunday from visiting her sister,
Mrs. Beulah Elliott, Of Laurel, over
Christmas.
Mr.. Thomas Harper is spending
two weeks with his brother, Mr..
James Harper Of Seaford.
Miss Helen Beebe, of Federals-
burg, spent the weekend with Miss
Evelyn Wyatt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Roe and son,
frankie, Of Houston, and Mrs. Ar
thur Carlisle, of Frederica, spent
Christmas Day with Mr.. and Mrs.
Othel Wyatt and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samhel Warrington
and family visited Mrs. Warning
toms parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
Seeley of WoOdenhawk, Christmas.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Mrs. Lewis Smith and children
visited Mr.. and Mrs. William Tull
on Christmas Day. Miss Mildred
Chafinch and friend, Sidney Cul-
yer, of Wilmington, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Smith
on Friday and in the afternoon visi-
ted several other members of the
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams en-
tertained at a Sunday dinner Mrs.
Roger Adams and daughter, Pau
line Adams of Cambridge, Nd, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom ShOckley of Mills
boro, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Adams of
Seaford, Mrs. Georgia Wiley, Mrs.
Alpheus Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
vim Adams, Miss Louise Kitchens.
and Thurman Adams, Jr., of the IJ.
of D. Callers later in the day were
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Newton, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar English and Mrs.
Paul Newberry and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West have
left for a visit to Florida.
SunspOts are rarely seen near the
poles OF the sim
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
8LANCHARD'S STATION

A blanket Of snow has covered
this part Of Delaware for the holi-
days and not much travelling on
some roads.
Rev. Paul LambertsOn and family
Of Pittsburgh, Pa, have been visit
ing their brother and sister-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Mills and family
and other relatives part of the hOli-
days.
Lester Adams came from Phila-
delphia, Christmas Day and his wife
and family returned with him to
occupy their new home. Mrs. Adams
and children have been staying here
with her mother, Mrs. Ordendorf,
since June.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Mills accomp-
anied several other families from
Greenwood to Georgetown, Friday
evening, and were supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gordy and were
also taken to the movies as their
guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Isaacs had
their children and grandchildren as
their dinner guests Christmas Day.
Mr. and Mrs. e. Laird Kratz left
for Florida early Friday morning
for the next two months to be spent
In the sunny south.
Miss Irene Adams has been on the
sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. EdgeIl were
dinner guests Of their children and
grandchildren Of Middleford on
Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams had
all their children as their guests
Christmas eve-Miss Louise Hitch
ems Of Uhlerville, Mrs. Helen Har-
mon and son, Ralph, were guests
Christmas night, also, Thurman.
Jrg who is home for the holidays.
All spent Christmas night in Sea-
ford.
Little Emma Jean Marvil has
been on the sick list but is now inn
proved.
Mr.. Fenwick Thompson, who suf-
fered a heart attack Monday of last
week, is recovering slowly at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Wiley were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ru-
Day.
The writer wishes all readers
much happiness in 1948.
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Sunspots have intense maenatic
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
Lambs Rrom AnatraIla

Export Of fat lambs from Aus
tralia is On the upgrade. accord
ing to the federal minister of aeri-
culture. The total export Is expect.
ed to exceed s.250.000 heads. Pre-
war exports amounted to 5000, 600
carcasses, but since those days
Australia's sheep population has de-
clined 25 per cent. Before the war
Australian fat lamb producers
aimed at a carcass weighing from
29-to SO pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Crocker were
overnight guests on Christmas
eve in the home of their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter V. Hudson and son, at st. Mar
tins Neck, Md. At Christmas Day
dinner they were joined by their
son and brother, Mr.. Edwin G.
Crocker who had motored east
from Storm Lake, Iowa, to spend
the Yuletide on the Eastern Shore.
The Auxiliary Society of the
Presbyterian Church held its regu-
lar December meeting on Monday
evening, Mrs. Topp NJ. Heath was
hostess.
Aunt Suzy sez-Happy New Year!
The real significance of the New
Year lies in the fact that it marks a
rebirth of the will to achieve and of
ambition and hope among the peO-
pie of the World.
Mans strength enables him TO
rise in triumph above each defeat,
and give thanks to God for conflict.
Mortality from tuberculosis a.
mOng IT. g nbvSioioDo ie lose tt,or
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02
- 1sA1ey.aA,ss ssAA1ANpN Z

Now that Christmas is over Crys-
tai Fount Lodge is going full steam
ahead with its winter activities.
Our Noble Grand is back in his
Office after two weeks absence,
due TO business during Christmas;
attendance is increasing, so broth
ers who have not been attending,
you better get started, you don't
know what you are missing.
CO
All members of the degree team
are asked to be present next Mon
day night to rehearse the initiatOry
degree. So please make this a date
to be with as Monday night
C10
On Monday night, January IL,
the initiat0ry degree will be cOn-
ferred on i've candidates from
Ocean Wave Lodge, RehobOth.
Every member Of the degree team
please be present Give the Degree
Master and your lodge your support
for a frst-class degree team.
CO
Joe Lsaacs recently contacted the
writer of this weekly Offering and
asked that we thank the many
persons, organizations and con-
Germs that so generously cOntri-
buled to the gift shower" he re-
ceived Christmas. This timely sue
cor. Joe states, did much to ale
viate what. at the onset, he be-
lieVed would be dreary, impOYer-
ished Christmas season for him.
The gifts of food were especially
welcome, arriving as they did in
such a fresh tasty" condition
GS
Louis Wright was at the dentists
the other day when the dentist
said Pardon me, but before be-
ginning the work / must have my
drill" Louis looked up and said:
Good gracious. mani Can't you
even pull a tooth without re-
hearsal?n
The prize given away every
Monday night was won by Ed
Paquette.
The Margaret c. Pyle Rebekah
Lodge, No. IL, I. o. o. f.. will hold
a card and bingo party in the
George I. Jester Auditorium. Odd
Fellows Temple, on Thursday eve
ming, January 15 at 5 o'clock. The
public is invited. Prizes and re-
freshments.
CO
Billy the Goat says; The secret
Of happiness is never found in
bOoks-eXcent check books.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Billy the Goat says: The secret
Of happiness is never found in
books except check books.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Mortality from tuberculosis a.
mong U. S. physicians is less than
half that of the general population.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

The prize given away every
Monday night was won by Ed
Paquette.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

sunspots have intense magnetic
fields.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

Sunspots are rarely seen near the
poles Of the sun.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-02

All members of the degree team
are asked to be present next Mon
day night to rehearse the initiatOry
degree. So please make this a date
to be with US Monday night.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
Citizens groups formed to
back clearinghouse strike

slate last Fall. and Mrs. Matte
Bryant of the Big Brothers or
ganization. told March they will
publicize the issues in the un-
ions fight. and will solicit
money and food for strikers
families.
More than so per cent of the
workers affected in the strike
live in the south central dis
trict. UPWA represents 90 per
cent of the workers in the pack
ing industry.
Members of the Citizens
Committee supporting the
strike inclued: Mrs. Irene Nc
Coy Gaines, president, Council
of Negro Organizations; DIR.
Charles Thompson, member
board of directors, Chicago De-
fender; attorney Thomas Clark;
Rev. William P. Leighton, Met
ropolitan Community Church;
attorney Oscar Brown who
headed the committee in the
1916 strike.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

Ten hours before 10000 Chi
cago members of the CLIO Unit
ed clearinghouse Workers of
America stopped work at the
+ Big -Four meat packing plants
at 1901 am, March 16, south
central Citizens Committee as
sured the union of its full sup
port = physically, morally and
financially.
The Citizen Committee,
formed along the lines of the
committee which supported the
successful strike of CIO-UPWA
workers against the Big Four
packers in 1916, offered its sup
port after hearing a review of
the unions position in negotia-
tons from Herbert March, d.
rector Of UPWA District /, at
a luncheon conference Mon
day.
Co-chairmen of the commit
Zee. attorney Sidney A. Jones.
who ran for Superior Court
judge on the Progressive Party
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
Wholesale prices
rising again

WASHINGTON-FPl - The
dream is over as far as whole
sale price drops since the Feb.
4 market break are concerned.
Average wholesale prices
rose about ! per cent the first
week in March. the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported Mar.
IL. The BIS index had held
even the previous week. after
having seen 2.s per cent drop
in the first two weeks follow
ing the early February market
break.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

powers. AS Herb March put it.
board of inquiry would result
In the same answer the union
has heard from the packers since
negotiations opened Jan. 20:
No. no, mol"
UPWA has been negotiating
with the packers for a 29-cent
hourly wage increase based on a
minimum substance wage rate
set by the us. Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
THE government bureau al
lows a minimum wage rate OF
$1.39 for family of three with
one wage Garner. The average
clearinghouse worker makes $l.02
an hour, with lower rates being
paid in the South and in small
communities.
In all the long weeks of nego
tiations, the packers, refusing to
bargain, have made only one flat
offer-a innocent hourly wage
increase.
The innocent offer, accepted
by the Acknowledgement Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen
representing only 10 per cent of
organized clearinghouse workers,
would not even bring UPWA
members up TO the minimum liv-
ing standard prescribed by the
government.
THE clearinghouse workers on
the picketlines - 5000 of them
were out on the second day of
the strike-are confident of win
ming their fight. They know that
the eyes of all labor is on their
strike . If they win--and they
wilI-the fight for higher wages
in many other unions will be
easier.
And their Strike leader knows
it, too. Says Herb March:
The only course open 10 US
is TO fight and TO teach the
big shots who n ever came
within smelling distance of a
packing plant that our union is
strong. united and powerful. -.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
Call rally to
hit back at


PEORIA, ILL.-An emergency
meeting on Sunday was called
here this week where workers at
the big Caterpillar Tractor plant
will take action ON the hating of
negotiations by the management
with the Go United Farm Equip
ment Workers.
Talks with the company had
been in progress when suddenly
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
Formers Union
books strikers

DENVER =. (FPl - Full sup
port of the Go packinghouse
strike was voted by the Natl.
Farmers Union board of direct
ors here this week.
Attacking the Tremendous
power of the packing monopo-
lies" the board charged that
the packers success in killing
price control has resulted In
serious depletion of founda-
tion livestock herds with the
added serious curtailment of
the nations meat potential"
IT demanded that the pack
ers negotiate an adequate
wage increase TO provide for
the needs of their employees
out of their excessive profits
and without reduction of prices
paid to producers or price in
creases TO consumers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

last Tuesday the management de-
cided to call them off, UFEWA
organization director Milt Burns
disclosed.
The company gave as its reason
the fact that the union has not
signed the Taft Hartley affidavits.
However, it was believed that the
company was stalling to give
other unions am opportunity to
disunite the workers who have
additionally been represented by
the UFEWA.
The union has asked for SUBJ
stantial wage increases, six paid
holidays, automatic progressions
for merit pay increases and adj
justment of wage inequities for
skilled workers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

that Truman had made s'no com
mitments, no promises" March
continued:
I'VE said: Mr.. President.
you're asking US TO lie down -.
To quit. We don't want a one
way street..
President Truman-s empty Of
fer TO the packinghouse workers
came after the union had exhaust
ed efforts to bargain collectively
with the Meat Trust.
WHY DID the clearinghouse
workers reject President Tru-
mans request to postpone strike
action until April L? For this rea-
son: a board of inquiry, appoint
ed by Truman, would be incap-
able of committing the packers to
collective bargaining with the I'M
ion.
A board of inquiry can only
recommend action: if has no
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
On The line
Why packers face The
fiqht Of their lives
BY ISABEL CARR

TIME penetrating chill drizzle
of Spring in Chicago creeps
into the lining of their jackets,
seeps into the soles of their boots
{. But it can't reach or dampen
their spirits.
For the 100000 back and white
brothers and sisters of the CIO
United clearinghouse Workers of
America, including $4,000 in Chi
cago, striking the Big Four meat
packers, know that the Meat Trust
is fighting d losing battle.
They feel good marching on the
picketline - marching day and
night since 1901 am, March Is,
when they walked out of the meat
packers plants-because they're
fighting for pork chops, and their
fight will make it easier for work
ing men and women across the
country to win a decent living
wage.
TWO thousand packinghouse
workers went on the picketlines
that first night, marching in
misty rain, marching under over
cast skies.
When they reached the gates
of the Stock Yards. the Meat
for
them. In near military formation,
and armed with nightsticks, $3.50
cops were there at the gates
But the strikers weren't faxed
by the army of cops-even this
one, unprecedented in size in any
labor struggle in Chicago's his
tory.
ONLY minutes carrier, dynamic
Sam Parks, president of UPWA's
Wilson Local IS, had warned
them that they were Tiny Davids
armed with slingshots," pitted
against the giant Meat Trust, Go
Hath. But we're going to sling
the hell out of tn t Goliath"
Parks added.
Confident and militant, the
strikers entered their fight on
midnight Tuesday, marching to
the Stock Yards from their union
headquarters at 4758 S. Marsh
field av.
In a kickoff meeting on the eve
of the strike deadline, Herbert
March, director of UPWA District
/, had informed them that Ralph
Helstein, UPWA president, was
rejecting a last-minute plea from
President Truman to call off the
strike until April 1, when a board
of inquiry would report to the
President on the strike situation.
MARCH told UPWA members
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20


locals negotiations
for weeks with
The Packers youbust
ard the workers of America . but you'll win."
national organzaonal director, Equipment
Workers, CO. clearinghouse during
police
to group could rely
packinghouse
ers single day of strike"
of Neghborhood pledged to
support strike possible" according Herbert
March
Big packers smaller independent
packerswho reduction during chop
profits
days strike n progress
However department agriculture
cold holdings o would ,
Strikers University Students
kitchens 1929 Mcdowell Ashland
and Ptney ct.
FREE medical a support
striking
ship of the Progressive Party of Illinois.
CLIO AND ALL Railroad Brothers to
UPWACIO officers this clearinghouse
Afarshfed Thursday discuss plans joint
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

SUPPORT for the striking clearinghouse workers poured this
Go AFL civic organizations
Firstd to
the AFI Chicago Typographical Union
against Chicagos daily newspaper publishers.
members headed Stanley
with $153
o solidarity.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20
STRIKE HIGHLHGHTS

appointed by President
Tuesday
meat packing strike.
Nathan Feinsnger, professor of
Peaee Davis chairman of the
the Illinois Institute of
Technology of law Northwestern
University law school
Monday Heitein United clearinghouse Workers of
Trmans request postpone strike
will the President
March, UPWA District l. Tuesday
Mayor Kennedy Police Commissioner Prendergas that
policemen the picket
duty the Stock Yards
protested had been reported in six
personnel sleeping
sanitary Earlier Kennedy had
UPWA would be enforced.
this
fatty any longer of the board
o Wilson
UPWA District director Kennedy told him
packnghouse him the
would his
resignation ="
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-20

MARCH told UPwA members
Evening star., 1948-09-16
Air Lift Seen Boosting Prestige
'OfU. S. to New Hiqh in Reich

point since 1945 and the Soviet
prestige is taking 4 nose dive, he
said.
DR.. Friedrich said that the
British and French prestige also
had risen, but not at the same rate
as that of the United States.
He said there were reports of in
creasing desertions from the Soviet
Army, but that not q single Ameri-
can had deserted.
Hopes for Air Lift Expansion.
IF the American people make up
their minds the air lift operation
can be carried on 20 years II neces-
sary," he said. I'VE haven't started
to tackle the problem-we haven't
built a single plane especially for
the air lift operation"
He said he would like to see plans
drawn for bringing in 10000 tons
Of food and essentials daily and
taking out the same amount of
manufactured goods.
Thus far the Berlin air lift has
been transporting approxamtely A.
600 tons daily and plans are under
way to increase that figure to from
4,500 to 5000 tons.
Rear Admiral John p. Whitney,
vice commander of the Military Air
Transport Service, who has just re-
turned from an inspection of the
operation as well as of MATS bases
In Europe, the Near East and North
Africa made that estimate at a news
conference yesterday.
Admiral Whitney conceded the
project will face many difficulties"
during the cold months, but he said
that the United States and Great
Britain are determined they are 60
ing to do 1t II necessary"