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Evening star., 1948-11-02
Donora Calls on U. 5.
To Survey Town Air
After 19 Die in Smou
BY the Asseeioied Press

DONORA, Pa, Nov. 2.-The Bor.
ough of Donora today asked the
United States Public Health Service
to survey the air above the town
in an effort to solve the mystery
which took 10 lives.
The Town Council voted last
night to enlist the aid Of the Fed.
eral agency after hearing charges
that fumes and smoke from the
zinc works of the American Steel
and Wire Co. were a factor In the
deaths.
The charges were made at a town
meeting by Frank Burke, safety di-
rector for the United Steel Workers,
CIO, and DR.. william Rongaus,
member Of the Board Of Health.
Poison Gas Reported.
Before the meeting of about 200
persons, DR.. Joseph Shilen, head of
the Industrial Hygiene Bureau of
the State Board of Health, said pre-
liminary tests showed small quaint.
tiles" of poison gas in the air.
DR.. Shilen said his preliminary
tests showed the presence of both
sulphur dioxide and sulphur tri-
oxide in samples taken before the
mixture Of smoke and fog had
lifted to any great degree.
He refused, however, to say
whether the small quantities" Of
gas he found would be sufficient to
cause death.
DR.. Shilen said he expected to
have his full report ready by tomor-
row and would turn it over to DR..
Norris w. Vaux, State secretary Of
health. He added his agency would
continue to make tests of the entire
surrounding area In order to get o
complete picture.
Charges silent Murders"
DR.. Rongaus, one of the eight doc
tors who treated more than 500 suf-
ferers IN So hours starting Friday
night, declared something should
be done about the fumes from the
mills. They are silent murderers."
The company made no answer to
the charges, but NJ M. Neale, super
intendent of the zinc works, said the
plants smelters would remain closed
until the air tests are completed.
Some $50 of the 900 employees have
been made idle by the shutdown.
AS the meeting adjourned, the fog
started settling again over the
Monangahela River Valley, but res
idents said the fumes were not pres
ent as last week when the smog lay
over the area four days with visibil.
ity almost zero at times.
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Reds to Practice Firing
Along AirIift Route
Dy the Assosiotsd Press

BERLIN, Nov. 2.-The Russians
announced today they intended to
conduct air-to-air firing practice at
two points in lanes traversed by
planes Of the airlift supplying block
AIDED Western Berlin.
The notification was given the
four power Berlin air safety center.
American authorities said the prac-
tice, to be conducted at about 2,500
feet, would be no hazard to Amer
ican and British cargo carriers,
which fly at higher levels.
The airlift operations were stepped
up again today after a reduction
yesterday caused by fog and . low
ceiling.
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Konsos Woman to Head
u. N. Mission in Sofio
BY the Assosioisd Press

LAKE SUCCESS, n. Y. Nov. a.
The appointment Of Miss Anne
Laughlin of Topeka, Kans., as chief
of the United Nations international
Children's Emergency Fund Mission
to Bulgaria was announced yester-
day. She wiz leave within q few
days for Sofia.
Miss Laughlin succeeds Manuel
Siegel, also an American, who re-
turned recently to the United States
She previously served as chief OF
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration missions to
Belgium and Ethiopia. She is the
only woman to head an UNRRA
mission.
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Russian Experts Help
Poles in Development
OF Big Uranium Lode
by the Assesio,sd Press

WARSAW, Nov. Poles, aided
by Russian technicians, carefully
are guarding their development Of
a big uranium deposit In South
western Poland.
A staff of Russian engineers and
scientists now is reported speeding
up exploitation Of uranium mines
at Krzyzatka, west of Wroclaw
formerly German BreslaW.
Prof. Sergei Ivanov, Russian
atomic specialist, is said to be in
charge of corps of Soviet experts
working with the Poles. The mines
repeatedly now employ nearly 5000
workers.
Polish authorities maintain strict
silence about the uranium opera
ton, which they claim Is the Sec
ond richest in Europe, topped only
by discoveries in Soviet Russia.
The Krzyzatka area is carefully
guarded. Foreigners who 60 there
attempting to take o look usually
don't get very far.
Little Data Available.
The Poles have given out little
information about the Krzyzatka
project other than to say it is
highly promising. Prof. Stefan
Pienkowski, Poland's leading atomic
expert, who witnessed the atomic
bomb tests at Bikini, Is said to be
heading the Polish commission
dealing with the Russians on
development of the site.
Much of the machinery needed to
develop the mines Is coming from
the Soviet Union.
The Germans discovered the
uranium deposits shortly before the
end Of the war, but they merely
scratched the surface of its ex-
ploitation. Polish biologists got busy
early in 1916. In November, 1916, in
the only newspaper interview ever
given about the project, the geolo-
gists enthusiastically labeled the
find Of immense importance.
Claims Are Recalled.
In addition to uranium a basic
element Of the atomic bomb, the ge-
ologists claimed the Krzyzatka area
was rich in many other minerals
They said the Germans had obtained
one gram Of radium there before
the war ended. Copper deposits
were estimated at 100000 tons.
Russian scientists, in cooperation
with the Poles, are said to be plan
ming erection of certain experimental
stations close to the uranium mines.
To help insure secrecy and disguise
the project as simple mining op-
Grafton, the name of the area has
been changed from Krzyzatka to
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Sta|in Busy at Home,
Doesn't Want War,
Bernard Shaw Says
ey sise Asseeiotsd Press

LONDON, Nov. 2.-George Ber-
nard Shaw said today that Prime
Minister Stain has his hands full
running Russia's domestic affairs
and obviously breads nothing more
than another imperialist war"
The 92-year-old Irish playwright
expressed his views in a copyrighted
article for today's edition of the
Communist Daily Worker. 1t was
part Of q celebration of the news
papers new headquarters and new
full-size formal.
-Stalin's frank and exact words
last week were a breath of fresh
air." Mr.. Shaw said. He apparently
referred to Mr.. Stains statement
accusing the Western powers of bad
faith in, reaching agreement over
Berlin. charging them with trying
to justify war against Russia and
asserting that such war talk would
end in "ignogninious failure"
Explains Communism.
Western politicians, Mr.. Shaw
said. simply do not know what the
word communism means. Western
nations practice it all the time in
the making Of lighted streets, use
Of law courts. operation Of armies,
navies and air forces and other
public enterprises, he said.
Modern civilization, Mr.. Shaw
continued. Would be utterly impos-
sible were 1t not for the worldwide
foundation of communism without
which we should all starve to death
In q few weeks"
People who are not fundamen-
tally Communist are not civilized, !"
Mr.. Shaw said.
Political Book Recalled.
He put forth this thesis In great
detail four years ago In q book
called "Everybody's Political What's
What"
Mr.. Shaw said today totalitarian-
ism and police state behavior. Of
which the West accuses Russia, are
In full swing in the Common
wealth. He did not elaborate, but
added: What we revile as q Gestapo
10 nothing but our own CID Grim
ina Investigation Department, Scot
Land Yard"
Evening star., 1948-11-02

Elmendorf Farm as on their way to
Philadelphia several hours before
the hearing was scheduled before
Judge Ready.
Magistrate Foster Beatty, who
ducked just in time to miss the
head-high heaves of Miss Clark,
said the girl appeared at the door
way of police headquarters at 1880
am. Sunday, wound up like base
ball pitcher and threw an egg. It
splattered menacingly close. She
repeated and then departed to join
her companions. Their auto was
intercepted by an incoming cruiser.
Evening star., 1948-11-02

their bonds were arranged.
The forfeiture Is a technical pro-
cedure, Police Judge Thomas j.
Ready said. He explained the order
would be revoked If the fines are
paid within 10 days.
The Judge said writs had been is
sued and he assumed they were in
the hands Of oncers TO collect the
fines.
The girls were Nancy Clark, II,
Evening star., 1948-11-02

most far-reaching Government re.
organization proposals In the eoun-
try's history.
That's why they want to be sure
tEeir work Is as complete and
sound as possible. And, If neces.
sary, the commission is said to be
ready to ask Congress for an ex-
tension, possibly several months q
more.
Incidentally, the Hoover COM
missions various recommendations
II adopted. could have great impact
on the future of Government en-
ployes. Any reorganization of Fed
eral agencies always results In
stunning of jobs and duties, hirings
and dismissals, promotions and de-
motions.
PLAYING 1T SAFE-Civil Service
Commissioner James M. Mitchell
who recently was appointed by Pres
ident Truman as the Republican
member of the Civil Service Com
mission, Is taking no chances. -
In the event Of Republican VIC
tory, 1t will be strictly up to Mr..
Dewey as to whether or not he will
retain Mr.. Mitchell. With his very
excellent background in the per-
|sonnel field, It's likely Mr.. Mitchell
will be kept by new administration
But Mr.. Mitchell evidently Il not
taking anything for granted. Reject
ing several offers to buy a home
here, he has rented . house for his
family on q six-month basis. BY
that time, he figures, he'll know
just where he stands.
y y -
SENATOR BUCK-Oddly enough,
Senator Buck, Republican, of Della
ware, Is the only member Of the 13-
man Senate Civil Service Committee
up for reelection today.
The outcome Of his race may be
very important to Government en-
ployes. since Senator Buck IS the
ranking majority member of the
committee. There Is some talk that
Republican leaders would like him
to replace Chairman LANCER. but
Senator LANCER has served notice he
would vigorously fight any such
move. -
All indications, point to Senator
Bucks victory today over his Demo-
cratic opponent In Delaware. Sena-
tor Buck never has taken too much
interest in civil service matters, al
though he always has supported
beneficial Government employees
legislation whenever 1t came up ir
committee or on the Senate floor.
LITTLE ACTIVITY-Federal OH.
cials estimate that not more thar
IS 900 to 10000 Of the Government's
more than 100000 employees here
will take any time oil today to vote
Most Of the employees who do TAXI
time OIL live In Maryland and Vir.
ginia. Those living in the imme.
diate suburbs are being given ar
average of two hours to cast Their
ballots. Those living In other East.
ern States, as well as in more dis.
tant parts of Maryland and Vir-
ginia. will be given up to a day of1
to vote.
Government ofhcials say they are
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Vireinion Found Dead
In Jeep in Baltimore
by the As.oeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 [P.-C. Jud-
son Stoddard, 80, of Haddon, Va,
was found dead yesterday In the
front seat of a jeep parked In the
garage of an apartment house.
The body is being held at city
morgue, pending an investigation
by the State medical examiner.
Evening star., 1948-11-02
U. S. Occupation Forces
To Get Election Results
by me Assosiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Members OF
the American occupation forces In
Germany and Austria will get elec-
ton bulletins within seconds after
the results are known here.
The Army newspaper Stars and
Stripes said yesterday 1t would COM
bine its facilities with the Armed
Forces Radio Network and Signal
Corps to speed returns abroad.
Evening star., 1948-11-02

phta's social set
found this out
yesterday when
t ey forfeited
bonds Of $500
and were fined
$19 and costs
each.
| That m a d e
two eggs and
he experience
of tossing them
at police cost
| them $43S. It
also cost them
an hour in the
lookup earl y
SUNDAY before
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Critics Forum to Meet

The Rev. John 8. Kennedy Of
Hartford, Conn, prominent Cath
olic book reviewer. will speak on
The Heart Of the Matter" by Gra-
ham Greene at the Critics Forum
in the Mayhower Hotel at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow,
Evening star., 1948-11-02

C o m missions
m a n y ta IL
forces, many Of
them contradic-
tor. win take
consider q b ] e
time for study
and decision.
Fur thermore,
there Is q wide
vari q nee Of
views q m o n 9
members of the
Hoover rou up.
The m e m bers
believe the COM
missions report
will contain the
Evening star., 1948-11-02

AA$ee@ enA31~31
dorf Farm.
A companion of
the girls, James
H e n derson, %,
Lexing t o n, ap-
peared In court
and had his $500
b o n d returned,
but he received
the $40 fine any
way. The three
were ch arg e d
with breach Of
peace.
Misses CLARK
and w i'd e n e r
were reDOrted Mt
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Reed Producing New Movie

VIENNA P.-Carof Reed, who
produced the British hit film odd
Man Out" is now in Vienna working
on another picture THE Third
Man" The screen story was written
by Graham Greene. Joseph Cotton,
the American star, plays the lead.
Evening star., 1948-11-02
by ttss Associotsd Press

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 7.-The
high price Of eggs Is small change
compared to the price Of throwing
them into police stations.
Two young members Of PhilAdel-
Evening star., 1948-11-02
Two GirISocioIites Forfeit $438
For Throwing Eggs at Police

and Ella Widener, 70. Miss Widener
Is q sister of p. A. B. Widener III.
prominent horseman and owner OF
Evening star., 1948-11-02
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight -...- ..,-..~.s.
Hoover Commission May Seek
More Time to Prepare Report
x losenh Yound

The Hoover Commission Reorganization
men have to ask Congress for in preparing
report and recommendations.
The headed by former President supposed
submit its farreacing report early
Evening star., 1948-11-02

WASHINGTONIANs vOTE-IN MOCK ELECTION Members of
the Boys Club of Washington Seventeenth
chusets avenue sE hold mock election tabulate the
votes Robert Conrad H. of 80 Seventeenth
ballot box.
Evening star., 1948-11-02

Austrian actors will be used exten-
sively in the, f1lm.
Evening star., 1948-11-02

fBe sure to listen ooer WMAL
tonight for Joseph Youngs
analysis of election returns and
their significance to Government
emplopes.)
Evening star., 1948-11-02

High and low Fer Yesterday.
High. 20, ct z:06 pm.
Low, "a, at 4:36 am.
Record Temperstures This Yeas.
Hiehsst 90. on August q.
Lowest. D. ON January 20.
Evening star., 1948-11-02

out SC1Ilc CUILItuSSaOu lLlS1oeTS say
they doubt the group can finish
their job by that time. The vast
and complex reports from the
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A favorlte Sunday
newspapers sports about the gdon exploits
Negro athlete found bgtme college football
old like Charlie West Sol Butler, Duke
Slater Bill Bell and later "Ozze Simmons drew our attention TO
like Horace Bell Dwight Reed and Ellis
Hapoe Minnesota and Jackie Robinson and Kenny Wash
ngton
In recent years during wars
players recurring again and again the sports pages
and in the radio reports.
Saturdays games produced Jackson
Illinois, George Tfero Indiana; Gene Dercote
Michigan Webster California Bowman Manchester and Pull
lens, Minnesota all backfeld men.
the Ten Nine and in other leagues
wanted backfed The theory that
white boys wont block for the lads All of this has been
the cooked hat by like Yale Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan Football business and sensible coaches and
sposmanke fans color blind The players also want to
The coaches winning and the fans the north and west
interested chiefly the worth of player to his team and his
ability make real contribution its This it
should be
gives boys getting
chance failure the teams of the nation
May their tribe increase!
the NEW YORKER profile
Walter Francis White NAACP secretary The first nsament
profile September edition the and the
second and final the September II number The NEW YORKER
may be found in the reading public library
by Kahn readable interesting
person who has read other articles the life of Mr.
White
We "Nobodys by Charles Harrison good
the public relations business it's highly exharatng
reading worth Comparisons will be made Wake
Huckse but Mr. Harrison does much terae Job
kidding the public relations boys than Mr. Wakeman did with the ad
vesing girls It's published by Henry Holt & Co.
and you can buy borrow at Schuneman IN St Paul and at
Powers n Minneapolis
Another piece may like by
Pierre ScheI Reyna Hitchcock of the life of rich
young from birthday until
wealthy
New Workers during the period shortly before FDR and after the
War to democracy
October READERS DIGEST reprinted condensation from
HARPERS The Hickman Story" by John Barlow Martin It's
story happens family Chlcago
black belt mile and half
miles long almost 100000 Negroes live and die
Hurrah! Last week we had not single complaint from mail
subscribers failure their The
may that junked that
graph 1t works perfectly and hope that mailing problems
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Do let your studies come first They are all important

dephia convention Mayor Hubert Humphrey said TO those who
that rushing this of civil rights them
years
Humphreys contention was correct the Minneapolis
UNE editorial of September 81 bore out of his salient points
Those pretend something radical
those who actually believe the pOpounded
and Negro Americans alone should get enlightenment
from the splendid TRIBUNE editorial which said:
disturbing observe the attitudes toward
rights thinks they and dangerous form of
radcasm Another associates them only with the agitation for i'm
proving the status of the Negro Still another believes that civil
rights the of Communist agaors who would them
as lever to overturn the government
Minneapolis the other day troubled deporing
the Trbunes defense of Gerald Smiths right speak in this
city. He said
rights? my judgment,
II will be the runatiOn of the country"
There that he understood the historic place of
civil rights in the scheme American liberty To him they seemed
only wfangled dsunyng controversy,
by INSCRIPTIONS politicians who sought the favor of mnore He
obVou to the glorious association with the beginnings
of our nation.
Who indeed all rights? Not Presi
Not Henry Wallace Not the Communists the Amer
Action Walter White of the National Asso
for the Advancement of Colored People Not the Urban
league the American Civil Liberties Union
The far this nation concerned starts much earlier
I'VE hold these truths evident that
equal they their with
aenabe rights that these life liberty and the pursuit
happiness That rights instituted
deriving their just from the consent of the
erned -"
conception equal rights
by Declaration independence
July 4, l776
Another clue:
Congress shall make law respecting establishment of
religion prohibiting the free thereof abdging the
freedom speech the the right of the people
ably assemble and to petition the for redress of
grievances"
That OF Rights, comprised
adopted
1891 Other rights the citizens against federal encoach
include the right to bear the right security against
unreasonable searches and the right to trial by and
the right protected bail and cruel and
usual punShments.
These rights not intended for privileged group of
all Americans regardless of their
than half later
claimed those whom do happen
who different Coored skin The of
rights held by the Founding Fathers played avores made
exclusions, poisoned by preJudces.
The of Civil rights sometimes used by and midi
vlduas American ends The Communists for example
would the protection of rights to destroy the
from which civil rights spring
It that the system function
well only that these rights
all Americans regardless of their color
Civil the of contemporary crackpOtS and
They exclusive of Negroes other
Civil rights nseparable from the American of liberty
There American heritage which has
through the those who cherish the freedom Of the nd
vldual. and respect his dignity and conscience
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ton for the rights and Response
bilities of Negroes and other min
GRITTY groups.
The South cannot be but so
bad, after all. The Negroes here
have made too great progress to
write off in toto the possibility Of
great future gains for Negroes.
AS long as the church doors and
school doors remain open. | am
disinclIned to despair The same
thing that has worked hitherto
for the Negroes advance IS still
working. Those same silent forces
through which the Negroes have
wrought miracles are still at
work.
We must not be discouraged by
the turn of political events in the
South. 1t is greatly to be hoped
and even believed that the South $
political bark is worse than its
bite.
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Il have told audiences all over
the country again and again what
l now say to this group, that no
one can profess to know demOCTa-
cy and work for its full Towering,
and at the same time give aid,
comfort, and even active cooper
alton to movements which are
undemoCratlc in their very ma
ture as well as in their purpose.
And when | speak, when l list
such movements, | include not
only the Communist Party, which
is as anti-demoCratlC as any other
totalltarian theology, but also
those apoloiSts for our historical
errors and successes who, for in
stance, seek to persuade US that
there is no contradiction between
racial segregation and democ-
raCy."
Lester Granger, executive sec
rotary, National Urban League.
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Congratulations

About when the Twin City Negro Development Inc
announced had acquired land build Rondo and
Chatswoh St Paul. anvil chorus of doubt The
officers of the corporation all railroad and Of the
communt Doubling homases that their
SO much talk.
Sunday hundreds the thonged through Rangh Court
inspecting the completed housing development.
The Of the development corporation simply followed the
pattern by the best American They their dollars
together and let those dollars work for them This lesson
few Negroes here and elsewhere have learned
This congrauates Messrs Ira Rawls Miles Newln
L. A. Anderson Clyde c. Gilmore their achievement They
believed could Perusa editorial of
indicates that this also thought could be done and said
50
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THEY SAID:

Il remember well the day in
1874 when | looked the Texas
delegation to the Democratic con-
vention in the eye and told them
Jim Crow must GO =. Every
thing | had experienced and
learned during the past four
years makes me more certain
that ! was correct | say now,
as | said then, Jim Crow must
60 =" Henry Wallace