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Evening star., 1948-11-21
|YWCA and Workers
Report Deadlock in.
.7-Month Pay Dispute

The YWCA and its maintenance
employees have reached deadlock
on a wage dispute after seven
months of negotiations, it was re-
vealed last night in statements by
the management and union officials
concerning refusal of the associa-
ton to submit the matter to arbi-
tration.
The workers, who ought arbitra-
ton, want 15-cent- hour in
crease. They were told by the
YWCA that it pays wages compar-
able to those of similar operations,
is faced with deficit and has no
reserve funds.
There are Is maintenance en-
ployes, members sof Local ~, United
Office and Professional Workers
(CIO) at the YWCA.
Thirty-five cafeteria workers,
members of the United Cafeteria
Employees Union No. All tCIO), also
are asking 15-cent hourly raise.
Sheldon Dressler, negotiator for
the maintenance workers, issued q
statement which said, in part:
"The refusal of the YWCA to
arbitrate this issue is inconsistent
with its purpose of meeting the So
cial needs of the community. Union
members believe that the social dan
gers to the community involved by
the payment of substandard wages
to it citizens is condition not to
be tolerated )"
Even if the full increase asked
by the union were granted, the
statement declared, salaries would
still be lower than considered nee
essary by the Labor Department.. -
Asked to state the YWCA's posi-
tion, Mrs. Howard G. Nichols, presi-
dent of the board of directors, said:
In bargaining meetings with the
union representatives, we have fur
nished financial information which
establishes that we are operating at
a deficit. Within the last two years,
the YWCA has been forced to dis
pose of properties: it has found it
necessary to curtail important COM
munity services, and has been un-
able to pay professional and cler-
ical workers at the rates they can
command elsewhere.
But in the case of our union
employees wages paid by the YWCA
are in line with wages paid for SIM
liar work in similar operations, both
unionized and nonunionized i.
Since our wages are in line with
those paid by similar operations and
since we are operating at deficit,
we feel that an outside arbitrator
would not be in position to sense
the real situation"
Evening star., 1948-11-21

come assistant commissioner 1or
MANAGEMENT, c. Russell Cravens
will be the new assistant commits
sioner for disposition Of Federaliy
owned war housing, and Marshall W.
Amis, general counsel. Other assist
ant commissioners are John r.
Broome, William. P. Seaver" and
Abner D. Silverman.
Herbert L. Wooten will continue
as controller of the fiscal division
and also be acting executive officer
in the Administration Division.
Warren J. Vinton remains as chief
economist.
Indications are that PHA's expan-
sion here is only the beginning
Should Congress 60 along with Pres
ident Truman's forthcoming hous-
ing program, the agency's operations
are expected to increase sizably.
LOSS-H. Eliot Kaplan Is resign
ing as executive director Of the Ma
tional Civil Service League after
serving IS years.
Mr.. Kaplan, who is widely known
and admired by many Government
officials here for his work in the
civil service field, will become New
York States Deputy State Con-
troller.
During Mr.. Kaplan's tenure as
the leagues executive director, the
nonprofit organization has been in
the forefront in fighting for mod
ernized Government personnel prac-
tices and benefits and in protect
ing and strengthening the civil sery-
ice merit system.
Government officials have no hes
itation in saying that many Of the
improvements secured over the
years have been due in no small
measure to the efforts of Mr.. Kap-
Ian and the league.
Mr.. Kaplan's successor has not
been chosen. Federal officials are
hoping that the league. which is
supported and financed by some of
the country's outstanding civic and
business leaders, can find "A man
who will be able to carry on in Mr..
Kaplan's splendid tradition.
\
THANKSGIVING-Most Federal
agencies are adopting liberal pol
icy toward employees requests for
taking Friday off this week in order
Evening star., 1948-11-21

and the union counsel said he be-
lieved it could be.
This question of feasibility" of
applying a standard of performance
for printers in areas outside New
York got much attention from Judge
Swygert.
He was assured again and again
by Mr.. Kaiser and Mr.. Randolph
that the union would make no at
tempt to take advantage of local
conditions under this clause.
In the New York contract the
New York Beard of Education eX-
animation is accepted as the test
for whether a printer is qualified
There is no accepted standard else
where.
The union had submitted written
statements earlier in the week that
it had complied with the judges
contempt order and today's hearing
was for personal appearance by
union officers in court to affirm this
They did. With emphasis.
I'VE are doing and will do every
thing we can to uphold the spirit
and the letter of your injunction
Mr.. Randolph told Judge Swygert
The Judge today also ordered the
ITU to pay $4,72189 court costs. TIC
be returned if the ITU eventually
wins the suit, which has been before
the NLRB and the Federal Court
13 months.
The original complaint was filed
by the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, charging the
ITU with Taft Hartley violations.
1t has been prosecuted since that
time IN an effort to end newspaper
printer strikes in Chicago, where
the printers have been out a year
and in other cities.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
French Port WaIkout
Cancellation Expected
BY the Associoted Press

PARIS. Sunday, Nov. 21.-The
French Press Agency said today
Communist labor leaders have about
decided to postpone the general
port strike.
The agency said union leaders
made their decision after talks with
Christian Pineau, French minister
of public works and transportation.
1t added that the labor leaders will
make a final decision Wednesday.
At Dunkerque yesterday, Moroc-
can troops seized the port area
without resistance from some 1000
water-f front strikers who had been
holding the barricades for four days.
The strikers jumped the gun on
a general dockworkers' strike called
by the Communist-domin Gen.
eral Confederation of Labor for
next Monday, and announced they
would hold the port. Friday night,
however, they abandoned their bar
ricades of crates, wine casks and
paving stones, and early today
truckloads of troops rolled into the
port area.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Chest Donors Urged
Ito Mail Gifts Before
Dead|ine "Wednesday

An appeal to persons who have
not yet contributed to the 1949
Community Chest Federation
campaign to mail their gifts di-
rectly to Chest headquarters at
11O1 M street NV, was made
yesterday by Chauncey G. Park
er, general chairman of the drive.
Mr.. Parker spoke in praise of the
10000 volunteers who have worked
steadily for the campaigns $4,566,-
100 goal since the drive opened the
first week in october.
There still is time to give to the
campaign for the support of l04
Red Feather agencies in the Wash
ington area and the USO, Mr..
Parker said.
Through the pledge method Of
giving in installments," he added.
"all of us have a chance to give
generously And who among us
would not provide home for a
motherless child, help a family
ravaged by sickness to regain health.
or provide peace and comfort for
an aged woman?"
Chest officials know, he said, that
there are many persons who want
to give who have not yet received
a call from solicitor. He urged
them to send in their contributions
directly and without delay. Twice
extended, the drive is now sched-
uled to end Wednesday.
Mr.. Parker explained that if an
individual is making a donation in
the name of his business, the gift
should be marked business firm
contribution. Full credit to the
soliciting units will be given for all
gifts received through the mail, he
said.
He added:
There is no better basis on which
to build better community for all
of us than to give voluntarily and
generously. Our solicitors are conti-
nuing to work. 1 appeal to the
contributing public to respond by
continuing to give"
At their last report meeting Fri
day, workers turned in new contri-
buttons which brought the total COL
lected so far to 1924 900 or II per
cent of the goal.
Evening star., 1948-11-21

bv-passed Tarawa, they would have
said we were scared to 60 against
any but small and comparatively
strategically unimportant islands.
I'VE would have lost face and
the morale Of our own men would
have suffered. After that battle,
terrible as 1t was, the morale of our
men was never better. They knew
they were well on toward final vic
tory and they wanted to 60 on to
finish the job. That wasn't idle
boasting. 1t was serious business" :"
Gen. Julian Smith, a Maryland
rative who joined the Marines as
a second lieutenant in 1909, became
commanding general of the Marine
Department of the Pacific before re-
firing two years ago. He is one of
several Marine Smiths" who were
so numerous in the Pacific that the
japanese believed Smith" was
code name.
In contrast to Gen. "HoWlin' Mad"
Smith, who acquired that nickname
in his early years of Marine service,
Gen. Julian Smith said he had no
major criticism of the manner in
which the Navy worked with the
Marines at TaraWa or at Palau
where he commanded the Marine
expeditionary forces.
Defends Navy.
AS for the controversy that still
RACES over the action of Gen. H. M.
Smith in relieving an Army officer,
Maj. Gen. Ralph Smith, commander
of the 9th Division, after the battle
of Saipan, Gen Julian Smith re-
marked that all his information was
second hand He commented that
he knew and respected Gen. Ralph
Smith but had no comment on Gen.
H. M. Smiths statement that he
was relieved for lack of aggressive
ness" in combat.
Gen. Julian Smith, however, de-
Tended the Navy bombardment of
TaraWa, despite Gen. H. M. Smiths
caustc criticism in the magazine
series. The Navy had only a three
hour bomba rdment before the Ma
rines landed on Tarawa, 1t. Gen.
Smith contended, but it 'Silenced
everything above ground" BY all
previous standards it was more
than adequate as a naturalization
he explained. 1t did not
knock out all the intricate UNDER
ground and concealed Notifications.
but that failure should not justify
undue criticism of the Navy, he
added.
The Japs were good at conceal
ment, as was shown even so late
in the war as Two Jima," he re-
marked. But eventually that back
fired against them because their
concealment methods meant even
tual annihilation for them"
Evening star., 1948-11-21

A number of jobs will be open
here because of the refusal of some
of PHA's field employees to come to
Washington. Most of the vacancies
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Marine General Defends Attack
On 7 Torawal Contradictinq Chief
Hits Gen. H. M. Smith
Stand AtoII Should
Hove Been Bypossed

1t. Gen. Julian c. Smith. who
led the End Marine Division in TAX
ing Tarawa in 1943, charged yes
terday that Gen. Holland M. (How-
lin Mad) Smith, wartime COM
mander of Marines in the Pacific
was wrong in calling the attack Oh
that island a mistake"
The 63-year-old retired officer was
the first high-ranking Marine to
take issue publicly with Gen. H. M
Smiths recent magazine articles as
serting that. the Japanese strong
hold in the Gilbert chain should
have been by-passed.
In an interview at his home,
Edgewood Terrace. Belle Haven
Alexandra, Gen. Julian Smith de-
clared the capture of Tarawa was
essential for strategic as well as
moral purposes. The assault was
carried out efficiently and the casu-
alities, $50 killed and 2,311 wounded
while terrific" were not out OF
line with the size and difficulty OF
the engagement, he said.
Gen. Julian Smith was second in
Marine command to Gen. H. M
Smith in that operation. He has
maintained his personal friendship
for his fellow officer, who also now
is retired.
He refused to be drawn into any
personal" controversy that f1ared
up anew with the articles that heap
ed scathing criticism on various
Army and Navy personages. He
noted also that Gen. H. M. Smiths
article had high praise for the End
Marine Divisions work and the bat
tie plan devised by its officers.
"But I certainly do not believe
Tarawa was a mistake" he said
Moreover, I do not recall that
Gen. H. M. Smith at the time
offered any objection to moving
against TaraWa. If he had, l am
sure he would have been listened
to. I certainly believed it was nec-
essary and l am sure that If l.
as the man who had to lead the at
tack, had suggested by-passing the
island, such suggestions would have
received most careful consideration
by Admiral Nimitz and the Joint
Chiefs of Staff"
The Joint Chiefs Of Staff de-
cision to capture Tarawa in the
first major drive at the heart OF
Japan was justified, Gen. Julian
Smith explained, because:
"Tarawa was the most strongly
fortified enemy place in the Gilberts.
1t was more than 500 miles from
Kwa jalein in the Marshalls. While
the Japs held it they controlled a
big part of the air and our troop
and supply ships had to circle pretty
wide to get to other staging areas.
When we did get Tarawa we used
it all the rest of the war and 1t was
a great asset as stopping point for
planes and supplies.
Cites Moral Factor.
But there was an equally i'm
portant reason, in my opinion why
it was necessary to take Tarawa in
stead of by-passing it with an idea
of concentrating later on the Mar
shalls and other strongholds closer
to Japan. Our moral was boosted
immeasurably by the capture Of
Tarawa and the morale Of the Japs
was correspondingly lowered.
You remember how the Japs
boasted early IN the war that the
United States wouldn't risk the
great loss of life and resources
necessary to overcome such a
strongly fortified atoll. If we had
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Gonzaga Parents Group
To Hold Dance THURSDAY

The Parents Association of Con-
Zaga High School will hold a card
party and dance at the Shoreham
Hotel, Thanksgiving night. Card
playing will begin at pm.
The annual event is designed to
raise funds for scholarship awards.
Sponsors include the Most Rev. Pat
rick A. O'Boyle. Archbishop OF
Washington: Georgetown Univers-
ity, Georgetown Preparatory School,
Trinity College, the Portuguese En-
bassy and Senator and Mrs. j.
Howard McGrath.
Evening star., 1948-11-21

to enjoy q four-day Thanksgiving
holiday week end.
The day will be deducted from
the annual leave of those who take
Friday off. Thursday, of course, is
o legal holiday.
JOBS-The Office of the Quar-
termaster General has the follow
ing jobs open: Tabulating equip
ment operators, $2,284 a year; mill
tary heraldic artists, $3,727; hand
wear technologists, $6,236; mechani-
cal engineers, $6,235; geographers
(physiographeD, $4,479; and chem
lists (paints and petroleum., $6,235.
Apply at Room 1-1009, Tempo
rary "A" building, Second and T
streets SW.
X X
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Part of each Sundays column is
devoted to answering the questions
of readers regarding the Federal
service. Please keep your questions
as brief as possible.
"Is . Federal employe who drives
an official Government car required
to take out insurance for HIMSELF"
No.
MAY retired Government en-
ployes be re-employed by the Gov
crnment?
Only if the appointing official
feels that the person possesses spe-
cial qualifications for the job that
cannot be found elsewhere.
Does the Hatch Act governing
political activities by Federal en-
ployes apply to election years only"
The Hatch Act bars political par
ticipation by Federal workers at any
time-election year or any other
year.
"Would q one-year's leave of abb
sence due to sickness be counted
toward an employees retirement?
Only six months of that period
would be counted for retirement
purposes.
(Be sure to listen in at 11:15
am. today oDer WMAL, The Star
station, for Joseph Youngs
broadcast version OF the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
neUs and UieWs OF the GoDern-
ment scene.)
Evening star., 1948-11-21

are IN clerlCal,
typist and ste
nographer posi-
tionS.
Under the re-
organi z a t i o n,
four major PHA
divisions will be
created in the
Washington Of
flee. They will be
mana 6 e m e n t,
disposition, fiscal
and administra-
! tive.
| In the reshuf-
fe, Orvil r.
Olmsted will be-
Evening star., 1948-11-21

There was still another reason
Gen. Julian Smith believes Gen. H
M. Smith made mistake in writing
that Tarawa was a mistake.
Even if he was right he shouldn't I
have written that article because it
could bring only anguish to families
OF men who died there he con-
cluded. But Tarawa wasn't USE
less. 1t was supremely necessary
because, as has been well said. 1t
was the move by which we knocked
down the door to Japanese defenses
in the Pacific"
Evening star., 1948-11-21
5wyget WithhoIds
His Approval Of I1U's
Steps 10 Meet Order
By the Associated Press

lNDlANAPOllS, NOV. zo.-re eu-
eral Judge Luther NJ Swygert today
withheld full approval of steps
taken by the AFL International
Typographical Union to live up to
his contempt order.
The Judge took this action de-
spite assurances from the ITU that
it was attempting to follow out the
letter and spirit of his october IA
ruling in negotiating with news
paper publishers.
The printers union had been cited
for contempt of court on charges
1t was violating an injunction. The
Injunction was issued on grounds the
union was insisting on a closed shop
and discrimination against non-
union men in hiring, contrary to the
Taft-Hartley law.
Proposed changes, which the
union says are aimed at complying
with the contempt order, have been
sent out to ITU locals for use in
contracts.
Will Await Developments.
Concerning these proposed changes
the Judge said: THE court does not
now approve the proposed clauses
entirely, but is not holding that
they are in violation of the court
order. but final determination must
await developments. What may de-
velop later is unknown to this
court"
The judge directed that the ITC
should observe his injunction. and
If evidence appears that there is
further violation under the new
clauses, there will be further hear
ings.
At the REQUEST of the ITU, VIM
throp Johns, representing the coun-
sci for the National Labor Relations
Board, agreed that if evidence is
submitted that an ITU local is vio-
lating the injunction the ITU would
be given chance to cause the local
to comply with the order. This
would be done before penalty
would be ordered against the inter-
national union.
Mr.. Johns had objected to the
proposed contract clauses.
He told the court they are too
vague and subject TO wide interpre-
tation.
Clause Called Ambiguous.
Because of ambiguity of the
clause there may be discrimination
against nonunion men i'll the ap-
plication of it," Mr. Johns said con-
corning the clause governing con-
ditions to hiring printers.
The clauses which were offered
rs substitutes are virtually the same
as those contained in the contract
with New York publishers.
This was not acceptable to the
NLRB, Mr.. Johns said, but pointed
out that he had been overruled
previously on this point.
He said that the Chicago local
had attempted to interpret a SIM
liar clause and through the inter-
probation insist on a contract in
violation of the court order.
Henry Kaiser, ITU attorney, de-
clared he knew nothing of any
such attempt by the Chicago local
and declared that the ITU had no
power to interpret a clause. that it
spoke for itself when written into
. contract.
I'VE are barred from interpreta-
tion by our history and long associa-
ton with employers" said Woodruff
Randolph, ITU president.
Standard of Performance.
The question Of whether the New
York clauses could be followed in
other communities was brought up
Evening star., 1948-11-21
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
PHA Reorganization to Double
Personnel Here by December 6
By Joseph Young

Housing Administration here will nearly double its
personnel during the next two weeks
reorganization plan in progress will centraze In
washington the PIA functions that formerly were
handled the field Offices
has about $50 employees here That
by December when the reorgani-
will have been COMPLETED
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Church to Present PIoy

Members of the Arlington Pres
byterian Church, Columbia pike and
South Lincoln street, will present
a play, Mason. the Blind Disciple" )"
at 7::3O o'clock tonight at the church.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Weather Report

District of Columbia Fair with
highest temperature in middle or
lower SOS today, tomorrow increas-
ing cloudiness followed by rain.
Maryland: Fair and colder today.
Tomorrow increasing cloudiness
with rain beginning in the after
noon.
Virginia: Fair and colder today.
Increasing cloudiness followed by
rain tomorrow and in southwest
portion tonight.
Wind velocity-8 m.p.h., direc-
ton, north-northwest.
River Report.
tFrom U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and cloudy at Great Falls; SHENANDOAH
clear at HarpeFsH HumIdsit,. psPItsi
Yesterday Pct To-day Pct
Noon -'-------- 80 SPIN. -------- 81
High and Low for Yesterday.
High, ~, at 1884 pm.
Low, 81, at 1000 pm.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80. on August 27.
Lowest, 5, on January 20.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High -- IL: :03 am. IL 80 a m.
Low -- 5:4Sa.m. 642 am.
Hish ---------- 1i:2gpm
Low ------ 5:47 pm. 6:53 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today sos 4:50
Sun. tomorrow 6:59 400
Moon, today 9:"lpm. IL: 80 am
Autom obiles lights must be turned on
one-half hour alter sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation IN inches in the
Capital (eurrent month to date):
Month. 1913. Ave. Record.
January ------ 4.57 3.55 I.S3 ~
February --- 1877 3.37 6.S4 "a
March - 3 66 3.15 SS4 81
april - 3.05 3.27 ola SO
}nns ---------- 5.33ss 4ls 1924 1894 &c
July ------- 5.ol -! !V.oc Co
4.pt.ms.r August s9s s99s 81 81 III III -
october ------- 3.09 2.s4 s.sl ~
November -- 2.47 2.31 S6e Ss
December 3.32 1855 O1
Temperatures in Various Cities.
High; Low; ,, H!sh; Low
Boston SIS 44 New York 13 81
Chicago 40 33 Phoenix -. 6S 20
Cincinnati 43 40 Pittsburgh - A.
Fl Paso - 50 30 ST. Louis ~ 50
Galveston - As San Antonio ~ 80
Kansas City 3S 81 San Fr'c'sco 81 A.
Los Angeles 6S AZ Seattle 81 ~
Louisville 40 Al Tampa S3 13
Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-03
Three Members 0fFreBoard Resign Posts
BULLETIN

Three members of the board of directors of the Valley Vol unteer Fire Association have submitted their resignations from office in that organiza- lion in a letter addressed 10 Chairman Al Hagen under date of March 3l. The three who re- signed are Ja-k Maze. Bernie Bouwens. and Steve Ward.
 Their letter states in part that if association members see fit 10 return them 10 office. when the quarterly meeting is called next Monday. they will be happy 10 again serve the Valley.
 MT. Hagen. questioned about the letter which was mailed Wednesday morning. said he knew nothing about it." He said he had heard Some talk" but would know nothing defi- nite until he spoke with mem bers of the board. He refused to commit himself as 10 wheth- CT he also intended to resign.
 Ii is expected that the matter of new directors will be han dled al the membership meet ing of the association to be held next Monday in the card room of the Frontier Bar. At that lime all who have paid their annual membership fee will be allowed 10 vote. The fee may be collected al the Monday meeting before the evenings business gets under way. MT. Hagen said.
 All Valley residents are urged 10 attend this meeting when important matters of business of the Valley Volun- teer Fire Association will be settled.