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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17
is the CHICAGO
Defender defendinq?


financial problem for him.
The purge of liberals and the
union busting drive have been
accompanied by the Defenders
change of policy toward the New
Party.
LITTLE news has been printed
ins the Defender about the Pro-
gressive Party, the South Sides
most exciting political develop
ment in years, although the in
terest of the Negro voters in the
Wallace movement is well known.
Signed columns and unsigned
editorials, however, return again
and again to the Democratic
propaganda theme that the New
Party will help the reactionaries
by splitting the liberal vote.
And columns in the Defender
have even gone so far as to echo
the line of Negro-baiting Rep.
John Rankin 3D., Miss.) that the
Wallace movement is just
front for Communists"
=
EVEN before President Tru-
man set up his civil rights decoy
(Which he has refused to put in
force by abolishing jim crow in
the Army, the Defender was
footing his horn.
II wanted its readers to forget
how sharply it criticized Harry
Truman two years ago for re-
fusing to condemn the then cur
rent wave of lYnchings.
And now it wants its readers
to forget what it said about
Henry Wallace in 1914. i
ON July 20 of that year, COM
menting on the Democratic ma
tional convention which was held
here, the Defender said:
ITO wafchful Negro America.
there were but two outstanding
concerns at the Democratic ma
tional convention-a fair minded.
far-sighted. and fearless race re-
lations plank and the renomina-
ton of Vice President Henry A.
Wallace. CockY. machine minded
political bosses who ran the con-
vention with an iron hand chose
TO ignore the Negroes wishes on
both these crucial issues"
The "anti-democratic Dixie
flanagan Kelly Flynn Hague
axis" which the Defender ac-
cused of ignoring the Negro then,
still rules the Democratic Party,
but the Defender doesn't fight
it now.
THE Defender declared at that
time:
at was Wallace, more than
any other personality including
President Roosevelt, who stood as
the stalwart symbol of every
thing progressive in the Demo-
cratic Party. 1t was Wallace who
represented more than any plat
form exactly what the Negro
wanted from the Democrats.
1T was Wallace who sfaunchly
and defiantlY braved the wrath
of Dixie Bourbons to declare on
the convention floor: The poll
tax must go!' 80.
Wallace has become the
man on the Democrats con-
science :"
BUT now the Defender smears
Wallace with the same Red brush
that Rankin uses against the
NAACP. And now the Defender
clings desperately 70 the Demo-
cratic Party's crude, coarse DO
itical bossism," ignoring its
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17
DR.. Verify named
I" man Of week"

The first Progressive of the
Week" to be honored by the
Progressive Party was DR..
Walter Verify, leader of the
9Th ward club, who sold Peace
Bonds with d total value of
1920. Similar achievements
will be recognized each week
by PPI headquarters.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-17

SENGSTACKE first agreed to
a settlement-and actually paid
the higher wage scale-for few
days. But for some reason, pos
sibly pressure from other pub
fishers, he changed his mind and
ele ct e d to fight his workers
through a lockout.
Eight months later. the De-
fender is being published by scab
labor. but Sengstacke is losing
the fight. and he knows ii. Al
though no figures are available.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
That's our hired man. He's always try
ing to think up labor saving methods"

Mary was sent down to the office
to get her aunt's weekly pay. On
the way home a robber stuck her
up and took the money. She ran
up to a policeman and said, "Oh
officer, a robber just stole my aunt's
pay!"
''Well miss, if you'd stop talking
pig latin maybe I could help you,"
irritably replied the officer.
Moe: II just shot a dog"
Joe: WAS he mad?" =
Moe: We'll, he wasn't pleased
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

A m~ountaineer and his wife visited
the city for the first time. The hus-
band was interested in the street
pavements and concrete sidewalks.
Scraping his foot On the hard III
faces, he said to his wife:
st don't blame them for building
the town here. The ground is so hard
they could never plow it, nohow."
You're dancing with me tonight
and I suppose tomorrow you'll be
making a date with some other fell
low"
"Yes; my chiropodist."
The lonely American entered a
tea room in London.
MAY I take your order?" the
sprightly waitress inquired.
"Yes," he replied. ''Two eggs and
a kind word"
The waitress brought the eggs,
and was moving away when the
American stopped her. what about
the kind word?" he asked.
The waitress leaned over and
whispered, "Don't eat the eggs"
a ~s-Year-old. on returning from
church for the first times was asked
how she liked it.
The music was swell" she To-
piled. but the commercial was n
little long,"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
In Lighter Vein

A Hollywood producer received
a story entitled the "Optimist." He
called his staff together and said,
Gentlemen, this title must be
changed to something simpler. We're
intelligent and know what an OPP
timist is, but how many of those
morons are gonna know it's an eye
doctor?"
Nit: Name three fast ways of
easy communication"
Wit: Telephone. telegraph and
fell-a-woman."
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

Doing as much as two men and two tractors With
the la" a 1O-foot tandem disk harrow, and 1O-foo4
Case press drill. Better filth and prompt seeding
bring better stands, fewer weeds, more uniform
ripening, better yields. Easy steering and convenieos
controls make the LA" as quick and easy to handle
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Enforced Mediation
Urged for. Maryland j.
BY the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-Joseph F.
Didominico, State labor commits
sionef, said yesterday he was work
ing on a proposed conciliation and
mediation law.
The labor commissioner explained
he believes 1t should be compulsory
for an employer and a union in a
dispute to allow his Office to attempt
to mediate the argument.
LAS it is now" Mr.. Didominico
said. Il can only invite the two par
ties to let me sit in on sessions with
them and Recommend settlement.
Since there Is nothing compulsory
about it, most of the companies ig-
more my requests.
Some OF them even write back
insulting letters. A few return
pleasant letters, but don't want the
State Office involved in their
disputes
Il don't say that my decision
should be compulsory to a settle
ment. should the law be changed
so that two parties in a dispute
would have to meet with me. But
do believe that with an outside per-
son sitting In officially as a medi-
ator, his recommendation usually
can lead to an agreement in short
period of time.
Mr.. Didominico said he would pre-
sent his proposal to the Legislative
Council.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Lane Stresses Need
70 Save Resources

Gov. Lane declared yesterday, "As
we conserve or destroy our natural
resources, so shall we prosper or
fail" :
The Governor made the state
ment in a broadcast here, dedi-
Gated to the discussion Of natural
resources in Maryland.
Our greatest renewable natural
resources is our forest land. I say
renewable because it is one of the
very few natural resources that, If
properly managed, will renew itself
indefinitely.
I'VE in Maryland recognize this
fact, and have enacted legislation
to establish common-sense timber
cutting rules to insure sustained
forest production.
1--WE believe that In time the ap-
plication of these rules will bring
our forest areas back to full pro-
duction in contrast to their pres
ent condition"
Appearing on the same program,
John E. Clark, chairman of the
Board Of Natural Resources, said
establishment of the board had
brought all conservation agencies
closer together.
| H. c. Buckingham, director of the
Department of Forests and Parks,
described the work Of the depart
ment and noted that its chief Job
was fire protection.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Farmers S Death Remains
Mystery, in AItayista
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ALTAV1STA, Va. Jan. 5.-The
death of Harry Edison Waller, Al
year-old farmer OF the Rustburg
area whose body was discovered
near here Saturday afternoon re-
mained a mystery today.
State police and Pittsylvania
County authorities refused to dis
close the results of an investigation
into the case "at this time
Mr.. Walters body was found in
a wooded area on side road just
off route 633, about miles north
east of here, by a searching party
organized at the request of his FAM
lily on December %, five days after
he had disappeared from his home
in Campbell County. His automobile,
parked about miles from the spot
where the searching party found
his body, was discovered on New
Years Day.
Members of Mr.. Walters family
said they suspected foul play.
Coroner H. H. Hammer Of Chat
ham said he was Withholding his ver-
dict pending further investigation.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Iy!p5tSet BAaahf' ;
Pleas 10 Retain
be|tsvi|IeL Line
/ Citizens Affected
!. Prepare to Attend
Hearing Tomorrow

Objections to the proposed aban-
donment of the Beltsville-B Branch
vile shuttle trolley line in Mary
land will be placed before the
Maryland Public Service Commis-
sion tomorrow at hearing In Bal
timore.
In addition to written protests, a
delegation of citizens from the
affected communities will urge the
PSC to deny the abandonment
petition filed by the Capital Tran
sit Co., it was reported today. The
hearing will open at 10 am. in
the Munsey Building.
David K. Hart, chairman of the
recently organized Berwyn-Vans-
vile District Joint Transportation
Committee, said Louis B. Arnold
College Park corporation counsel,
had been retained to represent the
committee at the hearing. Mr.. Hart
added that a large number" OF
citizens will attend in body.
Communities directly served by
the shuttle trolley are Beltsville,
Hollywood, the Agriculture Depart
ment horticultural station, Daniels
Park Berwyn and Branchville. At
Branchville, the trolley connects
with transportation lines into the
District
Mr.. Hart said school patrons as
we'll as business workers are con-
certed by the utility's plan.
Churches are also affected, he said.
and probably will be represented at
the hearing.
several civic. associations have
adopted resolutions objecting to the
abandonment. These are scheduled
tosbe presented to the Public Service
Commission.
The move to abandon the trolley
line is one Of two Capital Transit
proposals before the PSC. The
other,a petition for authority to In
crease fares on Maryland buses and
to discontinue the issuance OF un-
limited weekly passes will be con-
sidered at hearing following the
abandonment case.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Young Democrats
Hear Charter Debate

Members of the Young Mems
Democratic Club of Montgomery
County. most of whom have yet to
cast their first votes, today are pom
dering the merits of the proposed
Montgomery County charter.
They heard a debate on the
issue last night at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Recreation Center
between Plummer Shearin, execu-
tive secretary of the Charter Com
mittee and Samuel Bogley, Bethes-
da real estate man.
Mr.. Shearin contended the issue
at stake is one of good government
He said he favored the charter as
an instrument through which good
government could be obtained be-
cause it provides for the council
manager system and for home rule
by transferring the power to enact
local laws from an overburdened
, Legislature in Annapolis to the
County Council.
Mr. Bogley contended that the
present government Is excellent. II
improvement is sought, he said, ii
should be made under the present
setup and not under an instrument
which he regards as experimental
dangerous and burdensome
Leonard Williams was moderator
of the debate. Jay Fitzgerald i
president of the club.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Meeting 10 Protest
Street Opening Rate

A mass meeting Of Montgomery
and Prince Georges County build
ers, plumbers, veterans and civic
leaders will be held Saturday to
consider the raise in rates for wa
ter and sewer connections in I'M
proved streets in the two counties
which has been approved by the
washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission.
Members of the sanitary commits
sion will be invited to participate
In the meeting, to be held at 2:3o
pm. in the Liquor Control Board
Building, Silver Spring.
Decision to call the meeting was
reached yesterday by about 100 rep
resentatives of the four groups who
debated the rate increase question
at the Kensington Firehouse. The
mass meeting will be called by Don
aid S. Gingery, chairman of the
Montgomery County section of the
Home Builders Of Metropolitan
Washington.
General Assembly delegations o1
the two counties and county com.
missioners also may be asked tt
take part, Mr.. Gingery said.
The new, rates are s225 for watel
and $3.50 for sewer connections
made by the commission. The ole
rates were $3.50 each.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
sweet Briar College 10 Gel
Glass Portrait Thursday
By the Assoctofed pr.ss

SWEET BRIAR. Va, Jan. 5.-A
portrait of the late Senator Glass,
a gift to Sweet Briar College from
his son, Carter Glass. jr., and his
daughter. Mrs. John Boatwright. is
to be presented to the college
Thursday.
Senator Glass served as a member
OF the Board of Overseers of Sweet
Briar College for three successive
six-year terms from 1927 until his
death in May, 1916.
The portrait which is to be pre-
sented at a noon assemblage of the
college community, is the work OF
the late Stanley Grant Middleton
Painted in 1929, it is one of two
which Mr.. Middleton made of SEN
ator Glass. The other hangs in the
Carter Glass Hall of the graduate
school of business administration
at Harvard.
Russell C. Leffingwell of New York
will speak at the presentation pro-
gram College President Martha
Lucas will preside.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Joseph N. Hanson Retires
From Manassas Park Post
By the Associoted Press

Joseph Mills Hanson. 71-year-old
poet and historian, has retired as
custodian of the Manassas National
Battlefield Park, Newton B. Drury
National Park Service director, said
yesterday.
Mr.. Drury. describing Mr.. Hanson
as lone of the foremost authorities
on the campaigns of the Civil War
said he has offered to lend the Ma
tional Park Service his historical
library of 400 volumes, the books to
become Federal Government prop
erty on the owners death.
Mr.. Hanson, native of Yankton,
S. OAK, served with the South
Dakota National Guard on ths Mex
lean border in 1916 and with the
AEF in France in World War 1, and
was one of the founders of the
American Legion.
He plans to remain at Manassas,
where his wife is editor of the
weekly Manassas Messenger. and to
devote his time to historical writing,
Mr.. Drury said. a
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Charges Of Vandalism
Al Falls Church Party
Being Investigated

Fairfax County police today were
investigating charges by a resident
of the Falls Church area that a
gang OF about Is youths of high
school age vandalized 10 automo-
biles at New Years eve party for
high school students.
The charges were made by Mrs.
Mason Barr, 40 Juniper lane, Ra-
venwood.
The vandalism included removal
Of equipment from each automobile,
deflation of tires on all the auto
mobiles, placing mud and dirt in
gas tanks and destruction of igni-
ton systems.
Group Invades Party.
Theodore Peck, 218 North Cherry
street, Falls Church, said he had
given a party for his daughter early
in December, and a teen-age
group invaded the party, became
drunk and disorderly and generally
wrecked the party"
Howard r. Richardson, principal
of the Falls Church High School,
was surprised when informed Of
the incidents and said that no spe-
cial disciplinary problem now exists
in the high school, He said he had
been forced to suspend several stu
dents during the present term, but
that he had no widespread in
subordination on the part of stu
dents.
Mrs. Barr told The Star that her
home had been invaded early last
spring by some of these same STU
dents and that some liquor, food
and couple of her husbands hats
had been taken at that time by
the group.
Mrs. Barr said that because of sew
eral incidents, including the one
at the home of Mr.. Peck, she had
asked for police protection from
the Fairfax County force for the
New Years eve party A police Cal
was seen in the area during the
party.
Pledges Prosecution.
Lytton Gibson, assistant com
monwealth's attorney in charge OF
juvenile problems, said the county
will prosecute the case to the limit
of the law and will put stop to
this type Of vandalism" He said
that the series of incidents involv-
| ing the crashing Of private parties
by this group of students and ex-
students points up the fact that
some type of juvenile recreation
facilities is badly needed in the
Falls Church area"
A meeting to discuss further
steps to be taken in the case will
be held in the home of Mrs. Barr
Wednesday evening. Falls Church
town officials, Fairfax County DO
lice, the principal of the high school
presidents of the county and local
PTAs and affected parents have
been invited to attend.
Mayor Fenner S. Hazelgrove Of
Falls Church pledged the towns
support In stopping youthful van
dalism.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Harrington Trash Fires
Under Investigation

Recent trash fires in darlington
Easements are under investigation,
Arlington Fire Chief A. c. Scheffel
reported today.
Mr.. Scheffel said two minor fires
occurred yesterday morning, bring
ing the total to about six since early
in December. He said until last
month "very few" fires had been re-
ported since the 3,50o-unit apart
.ment project opened several years
ago.
Charles Prins, public relations
representative for the Fairmac
Corp, owners OF Harrington, charged
the fires have been set.
Meanwhile, Michael Lucas, treas
urer of Local 80, Building Service
Employees, AFL, said picketing by
striking darlington maintenance
workers was continuing He de-
clared also that residents. of neigh
boring Parkfairfax have, begun tc
make contributions to the strikers
and that gifts from darlington resi-
dents continue to come in.
The strike was called early last
month after the Fairmac Corp. re-
fused to recognize the union.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Federal Court Begins
RetriaI Of Bank Case
(which Lasted s. Days
BY the Assoeiated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. S. The
Fredericksburg Bank Casa COM
plicated' litigation involving more
than 100000 words for the written
record-was back in Federal Court
today.
With Judge johnson J. Hayes of
Greensboro, S. c., on the bench, the
seven defendants, who include
legislator, several bank officials and
businessmen, walked into the court
at 10 am. for repeat. perform
ance of a trial which lasted SO days
last spring. ...
All the defendants were convicted
at last springs trial in aiding in
the misapplication Of bank funds,
but in the fall it was disclosed that
there had been attempts at jury
tampering 1t was on this basis
that District Judge Sterling Hutche-
son ordered a new trial and SEN
fenced Leslie Earl Martin, 30-year-
old Richmond service station at
tendant, to three years in re-
formatory after a jury convicted
him of attempting to influence a
juror.
Rakes Is Central Figure,
Central figure in the case, Is Hugh
Namon Rakes, Leesburg dairy farm
operator, whose multimillfon dollar
system of finance is blamed by the
Government for the collapse Of the
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
of Fredericksburg.
Rakes, found guilty, was given
the heaviest sentence-four years
imprisonment and a $4,000 fine.
Sharing the spotlight with the
dalryman. however, : is William
Reeves Gardner, vice president
of the defunct bank and former
chief bank examiner for Virginia,
who originally was the principal
defendant.
Gardner at present is serving a
seven-year term in the State Pen
| itentiary on an embezzlement
charge. He was excused from the
trial last spring after a physician
testified Gardner was i'll and that
his appearance in court might cause
his death.
Gardner's Appearance Sought.
The former Fredericksburg banker
is charged with the misapplication
of more than $435 900 in the banks
funds. Rakes and the other de-
PENDANTS, who are appealing their
sentences, are charged with aiding
in the misapplication.
The Government has indicated It
will ask Judge Hayes for. a writ
requiring Gardner to be, brought
from the penitentiary to stand trial
The former bank official is still re-
ported to be in i'll health.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Lane, Fleming 10 MeeI
Today on U. 5. Funds
For Roads Near D. {.
By the Associated Press

Gov. Lane and Maryland roads
officials were to meet today with
Public Works Administrator Flem-
ing to discuss the possibility of re-
ceiving funds to build roads in the
Free State adjacent to Washington.
The meeting was set for 2 pm
and at $3.50 pm. Gov. Lane and the
State road. officials were scheduled
to call on President Truman, pre-
sumably to urge Federal aid. Gen
Fleming and Public Roads Admin
istrator Thomas H. Macdonald also
were to be present at the conference
with the President.
Saturday the Governor received
from the State Highway Advisory
Council a report saying Federal ap-
preparations should be Forthcoming
| in the light of what it called "enor-
nous expenditures required fol
proposed roads in thea washington
area.
u. S. Installations Cited.
The Council said Maryland shoule
Ibe entitled to direct financial con-
dxrihntiensn in addition to talsHcus'
\ Tommy, Federal grants whtEh th'
/ State Is called on 10 match.
The councils report cited many
Federal installations in the adjoin'
ing Maryland area which produce
no taxes for the Free State.
The report was the first made by
the council since its appointment by
the Governor to help advise him
on carrying out Maryland's five
year road program for which be-
tween SITS, ,O0O, 900 to 5000, 600, 900 will
be available.
Roads Held Inferior"
The council said the tentative pro-
gram calls for an expenditure OF
S35, ,757 ,044 this year and 1920 ,00C
in 1949. This would be more than
four times as much as Maryland
has spent annually in the last 1C
years on its roads. which the coun-
Gil called now inferior to Other
comparable States"
The report mentioned only two
specific roads, a dual highway from
Baltimore to the Friendship Church
airport in Anne Arundel County ant
a road from Baltimore to York
Pa. 1t said the latter road was "higf
in the order of priority of project!
i to be started as soon as possible"
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Alexandra Church Forum
Discusses Peace Tonight

A forum discussion Of "Our
Chances for World Peace" will be
held at 8 o'clock tonight at ST.
Pauls Episcopal Church, AIT Duke
street, Alexandria.
DR.. Albert T. Mollegen, professor
of Christian ethics at Virginia The
illogical Seminary, will act as mod
orator. Members of the panel will
be:
DR.. .Melquiades Gamboa. First
Secretary of the Philippine En-
bassy; DR.. Vladimir Gsovski of the
foreign law department OF the Ii
brary of Congress, Col. Philip Kerr
and DR.. Bess Goodykoontz of the
United States Office of Education.