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Evening star., 1948-03-09
AFL Political LEAGUE
Meets Here Today 10
Draft Campaign Plans

The Administrative Committee Of
the AFL's Political League opened
an important meeting here today
and In q new headquarters. 1856
year-old brownstone mansion on H
street NV. across Lafayette Park
from the White House.
The 30-man committee was ex-
pected to touch of formally the
AFL's first major effort in politi-
cal campaign. A director is yet to
be selected for the league-offlcial-
| ly Labor's League for Political Ed
ucation-and Federation officials
were uncertain whether one would
be chosen. Several candidates for
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Missing Parents Sought
So DAUGHTER Can Marry

Washington police. accustomed to
lost children and missing husbands,
today were seeking some missing
parents to permit q wedding to
take place.
Miss Norma jeanette Dye, %,
Norfolk tVa.) telephone company
employe, yesterday told the Missing
Persons Bureau she had to find her
parents so they could meet the
parents Of her intended husband
She reported her f1ance, Robert
s. Merriman, 81, q Navy enlisted
man stationed in Norfolk, told her
his family had made the request
Miss Dye said her birth certif1-
cate listed her parents as Alfred
w. Dye and Bessie Abel Dye. She
was born in Washington. She was
placed In foster home at the age
Of three by a court order.
She told police her father had
been carpenter, she thought. She
said the last known address of her
mother was 1874 Seventh street
NV.
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the post, including Burton K,
Wheeler, former Montana Demo-
cratic Senator, were tentatively
chosen, but negotiations were al
broke down for one reason OF
another.
In adition to the renovated old
building which 100 years ago was
the British Embassy, AFL has ac-
quired the whole L-shaped property
flanking historic s. Johns Episco-
pal Church on both H and Six
teenth streets. Eventually, the fed.
Grafton will erect a new building or
the property, to replace the rather
antiquated headquarters at Ninth
street and MASSACHUSETTS avenue
NV.
Besides the Political League, sew.
eral individual unions will move
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alien fiancees OF servicemen or dis.
charged servicemen.
The measure now goes back TO the
House for action on minor amend.
ments.
The old law expired at the end Of
lS47 The present bill would revive It.
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into the Ashburton House, named
for Lord Ashburton, the British
AmbassadorNof 100 years ago.
The league is being organized by
Joseph D. keenan,, secretary Of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, who
has the title Of assistant director.
Mr.. Keenan, was . vice chairman
of the War Production Board and
later menpower adviser o--Ameri-
can occupation forces In Germany
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into three parked automobiles In
the vicinity of Alabama and Branch
avenues Sc. last night.
Police charged the driver, Miss
Sara L. BRANDED, 20, with intoxica-
ton. The damaged vehicles all
belonged to members of the Hill
crest Citizens Association who were
attending q meeting nearby.
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| made to the respective governments,
but the conference was merely re-
cessed until April when we hope for
further agreed recommendations"
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Entry Of Alien Fioneees
OF GIs Is Approved

The Senate yesterday approved
legislation to extend to December 81
l94S, the law permitting entry Of
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Woman Held as Auto
Hits Three Parked Cars

A woman vino Identified herself as
a Brandywine Md baby photog-
rApher" was being held here today
by police who said her car crashed
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sssvrss exae' ignition for peek
engine efficiency.
fEN SMART MODELS - In three
ssries, featuring Body by Fisher
and smart new interiors.
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over on turns, better car control,
peek mileage and lower tire
prsssvres.
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level going bueyaney from q soft
coil spring on soeh wheel.
FlEx-Fn OIL RINGS - In super.
prs<iss cylinder berss. New oil
savinss.
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confer Of srovity, sqvolizsd front.
ond.rear ride.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-16
THE SALMON DERBY

Now that the Second Annual Golden North Salmon Derby has been successfully concluded, nerhaps this might be good time to take stock Of this event From all but a very few places, there's nothing but praise to be said for the Derby, we're happy to say.
 It's too bad that weather conditions have delayed the final outcome years but most Alaskans don't mind very much It does however, have a bed effect on our many visitors who do come from all over the United States and Alaska to fish in the Derby These people usually can't stand the expense or the time necesstated by these delays and as result miss the wonderful fun to be gained from taking part in the actual Derby.
 We can't however, and for several reasons, recom- mend another time of the year for the Derby to be held We do hope that the Territorial Sportsmen Inc do have better luck next year in their selection of date.
 Incidentally that organization deserves plenty ot credit for the job it did More than any, however ln the line of deserving recognition, are the many tfnlS and individuals who donated the l22 prizes Because of the long list almost impossible to see that each gets the full benefit publicity for his contribution They deserve hearty vote of thanks
 It was great event and we're looking forward to next year and big that got away Perhaps then everyone will bring home one of those fine Alaska salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-16
The Communist Indictments
(New York Times


 The general indictment brought by FFedera grand jury against twelve principal Communists IS in effect an indictment of the Communist Party tseli as an aegdly illegal organization The mul1lineno charges that from on about April l94o ana con- tnuosly thereafter these top leaders of the party .lnlawfullv willfully and knowingly did conspTe "tn each other and with divers other persons to the Grand Jlrors unknown to organize as the Communist Farcy of the United States society group and assembly of nersons who teach advocate the overthrow ana lestr,,cton of the Government of the United states hv force and violence and knowingly and wliluiiy to advocate and teach the duty and necessity o1 over throwing and destroying the Government of te onlteo States by force and violence
 Such activities if established, would violate the Smith Act of 1940, which made it crlmnal ollehse to advocate the overthrow or destruction of any gov ernment Federal State loca) in the United States by force or violence The conference report on the en- actment of this statute adopted in the House of Representatives bv of 382 to and in the senate without rol-call The measure received the formal approval of President Roosevels signature on June 28 1940.
 Since the case is in court and since the evidence on which the indictments rests has not been revealed any comment on the merits of the charges would be not only uninformed but improper It may be said however that there is no excuse for the excited allegation by the National Committee of the Communist Party that this is "an American version of the Rechstag fire It is the contrary proper procedure under existing law statute defining cerA tain illegal acts has been in effect since 1940 Fed era grand jury considering evidence submitted to It from time to time period of more than year believes that this evidence demonstrates violation of the law in question It is both proper and essential
 that the merits of this evidence should be submitted tc the courts The defendants assured not only of fair trial but of an opportunity if they choose to make use of it. to the consttutionalty of the law ltse
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The Washington herry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
Continued from Page One.

Secretary of State Marshall to Ambassador Bedell Smith that the Russian proposals were not accept able.
 Reason for Marshall's rejection was that careful examination of the Russian plan for lifting the Berlin blockade showed that they applied only to the blockade of July 20. They did not apply to lifting the restrictions imposed by the Russians last March.
 Last March, the Russians clap ped down a ban on all movements ol goods from Berlin into the Western zone, plus other restric- ticns on travel There was no restriction at that time against goods from the West into Berlin.
 Then, on July 20, the Russians imposed their ironclad ban on SUD- plies from Western Germany into Berlin. This latter ban Molotov was willing to raise, but not the restrictions of last March.
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control of the American labor movement.

control of the American labor movement.
 In it's early days of course, the CIO the natural heir of the extremist element of American labor The sit-down strike technique the of Red mas.erminds And were the various phony marches of one kind another. Most of the really bitter and prolonged strikes involving violence were either of Communistc origin or aggravation. sss s-
 To it's credit, the CIO has grown up in most of it's divisions and therefore hsa ougrown control by Mos cows henchmen and Communistic shock troops-Who usually are geniuses at nfltration of labor organiza tions and minority control through devious uses of everything from blackjacks to Roberts Rules Of Order"
 The Communistic element had an extremely strong hand in the running of the United Automobile Work CTS until Walter Reuther bested it. It has exercised but few days ago the returns from the unions voting under the Honest Ballot Association gave Joseph Curran reelection President by majority of nearly three-to-one and swept out of office three top- ranking left wing union officials Indeed the busted Secretary of the NMU, Ferdinand c. Smith is facing deportation proceedings an alien Com munist.
 This trend is wholesomely general Not many union memberships if they help it, like to be led by men who take orders from foreign capital, and an enemy one at that
 There still are Communists and Communist sym pathzers in positions of control of other importnt unions-the United Electrical Workers, to name one
 The potential danger of this at time of crisis hardly needs elaboration The membership of such unions us,allv can correct the situations themselves Ger tanlv they are the ones who should do it. And II their unions are so controlled that democratic
 method of sef-expression is not possible, there are other remedies for that.
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MARSHALL SAYS NO

When Ampassador Smith trans mitted this message to the State Department, Secretary Marshall sent word back to this effect:
 Under the Soviet terms we
 would continue in Berlin only at
 the sufferance of the Soviet Gov
 ernment. We would not be there
 on our own right. Such posi-
 ton we cannot accept"
 Meanwhile, various other Soviet counterproposals have been made
 apparently for propaganda pur- poses. One is that the Allied pow CTS retire from Germany altogeth- CT. Germany should be rid of the burden of Allied Armies, Moio- toy has argued. Therefore let the American. Russian, British and French armies all withdraw
 While this sounds fine on paper, actually it means that the Red Army, withdrawing into Poland a few miles from the German bor- der. could walk back into Ger many within a few hours, while the American Army, based across the Atlantic Ocean, probably could never get back.
 Western diplomats are still hop inc to get the Russians to agree
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MORE FAIRGROUNDS

The aim of Youth Month is to promote more playgrounds, swim ming pools, gymnasiums, and off, the-street boys clubs. Tn New York, for instance, there is no home or institution where a boy picked up by the police can be taken for the night except to a municipal lodging-house or to a jail.
 In the more crowded slums, it is Charley Skouras' ambition to have a playground for every three or four blocks.
 The average age of criminals in our penitentiaries is under 25, he points out. And most of them are in there chiefly as result of the cities squalor.'
 During Youth Month, the Thea tre Owners of America will show various short subjects on youth and juvenile delinquency, as well as special films and literature on community youth organization.
 Doing something for our youth is a lot more than a one-montf job,' explains Skouras. This is only start. But if we can make Youth Month in September really mean something, hope the carry through will continue the rest o1 the year. Giving youth a req stake in our democracy is the best way to make democracy live"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-16
CHARLES F. sKOURAS

(Ed Note-Drew Pearson today awards the brass ring, good for one free ride on . the Washington Merry -Go-Round, to Charles P. Skouras. head of the National TheatreS.)
 When Charley Skouras came to the United States as Greek im- migrant boy forty years ago, no one ever figured that someday he would become head of the largest movie theatre chain in the world.
 Nor did anyone ever dream that last week he would help the Pres ident of the United States dedicate a special Youth Month Stamp a stamp commemorating the month of September and the drive which the theatres of America and most of the communities of America will make toward wiping out juvenile delinquency.
 Charley Skouras is heading that Youth Month drive. Sometimes think many of the Americans who have become U. s.
 citizens by adoption, who know first hand what it is to live in the old world, are more apprecia- tive of the USA than those born here who take this country for
 granted. Certainly this is Char [ ley Skouras' viewpoint toward the
 USA.
 When he first landed in New York, Skouras got job in Greek restaurant paying him 50
 cents, a day. plus meals and the privilege of sleeping on bags of coffee in the rear at night. Later i he moved to St. Louis, where he
 worked as a bus boy. His two brothers, Spyros and George, were also in St. Louis, worked harti, saved their money.
 The bartender who employed Spyros made him recite The Star Spangled Banner, from beginning
 to end, every morning before he began work-which is probably
 more than most native-born Amer
 jeans can do at any time. Spyros
 can still recite it. all the verses,
 and later gave the bartender an 1 interest in the Shaw Theatre in ! St. Louis.
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Daily Lessons in English " L. GORDON

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all on the then relatively new movie business. Fifteen years lat CT. the Skouras brothers had ac- ouired 36 theatres in Missouri, later sold out to Warner Brothers, oe- came bankrupt in the 1929 depres- sicn, subsequently, signed up to manage $50 theatres in the West.
 Today Spyros dominates 20th Century-Fox, George operate chain of theatres in the East, while Charley the oldest brother, IS president of National Theatres and Fox West Coast Theatres, operat- ing 1,500 movie houses.
 I first got to know, Charley Skouras when the Friendship Train was being organized. HIS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-16
YOUTH MONTH" IN fs..si SEPTEMBER

Today Skouras is heading the National Committee for Youth Month, backed by the Theatre Owners of America whose 10000 movie houses will do their best to create more interest in youth &C., tivities, beginning in September.
 "One trouble with most of us,' y says Skouras, "is that we talk too much about juvenile delinquency and not enough about juvenile achievements.
 When I go to the county fairs and see the prize cattle, chickens, hogs and all the things that the farm kids raise all by themselves, it gives me big thrill That's achievement. Those kids won't go wrong, because they've got pride in their work. And some of them are more elf-reliant at 12 than adults three times their age.
 But kidsS in crowded cities have a tough time" pleads Skouras. "So we've got to provide incentives, give them a chance to want to achieve, to improve themselves.
 Most American boys are hero worshippers. They don't want to be sideline sitters. Give them healthy outlets for their pent-up energy. and they'll land on their feet.
 Sure, some kids go wrong maybe 2 percent. But when it comes to delinquency, it's the par ents and our own communities which are the chief delinquents." :"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBE ROBERTA ,,,, \. LEE l., ,

discriminate between the people whom
  mailed? A. Invitations to whom really wedding mailed only to those wedding announcement to the O. permissible conversation between in order introduce another person? A. wait until there in the versaon O. placed the 
 Only should fork at one time
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-16
70 YEARS AGO tSs fir EMPIRE
AUGUST ls, 1928
Captain Tom Ness, of the Emma, brought in B.

ea2S* " ~a 1928
 ontar Tom Mess of inc Emma brought haibu
 The Elk balen broke fth-nnng game with the Legion to winb to five AD ~"*f-' W is
 the Aleuian was J. h. CaVlaueh cais man for Hardware Company {
 ot p,soh,onn and wife were the salmon company octec Ahorp which had after successful season.
 raiser the Wenatne country III Eastern Washington Williams of the Forest service
 of Juneau High school class oi z et on the Alaska for to attend school
 Paul G. Redington U S. Bureau o Biological Survey had inst completed throughout the Territory a
 After visiting here for Mrs R. Curry the f Miss the Alaska They bound for their Chicago tAA' '.
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theatre managers had been asked to tell the public about the idea behind the Friendship Train, and to that end Skouras called them to Los Angeles for conference.
 But, boss,' they protested we're just opening with Forever Amber. How can we publicize that and the Friendship Train too?4
 Which is more important grounted Skouras, Forever Amer or your country? Forever Amber can comel ater"
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Reds Retiring
Cincinnati Enquirer

tClnclnnatl EnquIfeTl
 It is a notable fact, think, that the control of American unions by Communists is the wane. Known secret Communists still occupy positions of control in some important unons-as casual survey Of the top echeon of Wallace supporters at the recent Philadelphia convention will attestbut the prevailing trend is opposite to what it before and during the war when Communistic organizations rode the newly formed Congress of Industrial Organizations into near
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WORLDS TOP MOVIE
 MAGNATES

The Skouras brothers got into the theatre business when a decrepit St. Louis nickelodeon. They had saved $500 and gambled it
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to a Big Four conference, but re- garding even this they are not too hopeful.
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VETERANS or FOREIGN WARS

Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Seward Street. Visiting Comrades. Welcome.
 vERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adult ant.
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Weather: High, 5l; low, 50; cloudy.
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Paul G Redngton Chief of the U Bureau of Biological ,d inst completed trip throughout the Territory A..-
Evening star., 1948-09-25
| Bible Gloss Leaders

! "A Bible class membership Is an
entering wedge frequently in getting
people interested in the church,
John r. Gardner, former president
of the Box Bible Class OF Emory
Methodist Church, believes.
He said that membership in a
class is a good way to meet people
who have similar ideas and beliefs
to yours. In larger way, Mr.. Gard
ner noted that class affiliated with
the Organized Bible Glass Associa-
ton furthers the possibilities OF con-
facts with people in other churches
who have the same general aims.
The Iowa City, Iowa, native first
taught a Bible class about 1916 in
/ the Church of the Nazarene at Day.
export, Okla. But the real stimulus
to his later interest in Bible classes
came when he joined the Box Glass
/ in the 1920s. Since 1928 he has
served in some official capacity for
either the class or the church. He
served as vice president and presi-
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Christian churches here to join in
the spiritual campaign with special
services at pm. tomorrow.
Peoples Observation-Disclosures
Education Week is being observed
The Rev. A. F.. Elmes will speak to-
morrow on Learning Through the
Church" A number of teams will
participate in the fall visitation
program to be inaugurated tomor-
row.
st. Luke's FelIowship-The Youth
Fellowship will conduct the worship
at 8 pm. tomorrow. William Kin
ney, ministerial student, will speak
| Mckinley Memorial Baptist-The
fall revival and homecoming will
be held tomorrow. The Rev. S
Geriah Lamkins, pastor, will present
DR.. T. w. Baker of Dayton, Ohio
who will preach each night next
week.
| Third Baptist - There will be
echoes from the Scott Carey For.
eign Missionary Convention by guest
speakers at $50 pm. tomorrow.
Plymouth Congregational-A plan
ming conference for teachers ano
officers will be held tomorrow. DR.
James D. Tyma of Howard Univer-
sity will be the principal speaker
The Rev. l.. M. Catchings, pastor
has returned from his vacation and
will preach tomorrow morning on
Lonely Virtues"
Evening star., 1948-09-25
J.R. Gardner of Emory Church
.Uroes Bible Glass Membership

dent of the class for many years
and is now a member of the official
board of the church. At one time
he was chairman of the official
board.
The function of an official in a
class is to advance its interests in
every way possible. Mr.. Gardner
said.
Mr.. Gardner, graduate of Ma
tional University Law School here
came to Washington for the first
time in 1918 when he was in the
Army. He worked for the War De-
partment until August, 1920, and
then went to Oklahoma City, Okla
He returned here in January, 1925
to work in the Department of Com
merce. He is in the Fish and Wild
life Service of the Department OF
Interior, the service being transfer
red to that department when it was
organized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner live at 900s
Alton parkway, Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1948-09-25
Union Methodist Church
Plans Special Services

Special services will be held at
the Union Methodist Church, Mon
day through Friday, at 8 pm.
Speakers and their subjects are:
Monday-The Rev. HartWell F.
Chandler, pastor of the Bethesda
Methodist Church, christianity at
Work"
Tuesday-The Rev. James T. Bard
of the Campus-Church Relations
Committee of the Baltimore-Con-
ference Board of Education Of the
Methodist Church, Higher Learn
ing
Wednesday-Judge c. w. Wood
ward of Rockville, Md, Why l
Like Bible Glass"
Thursday-The Rev. Philip c. Ed
wards. pastor of Woodside Methodist
Church, The Sunday School Habit y
Friday-The Rev. Thomas M.
Steen of the Washington Federation
of Churches. Looking to Tomor-
row