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Evening star., 1948-09-28
Teachers Union Local
Controlled by Reds,
House Inquiry Told
BY the Asseeio.sd Prsss

NEW YORK, Sept. -Congrex-
sional investigators were told yes
terday by an official of radio school
for veterans that local Of teach
ers' union here sis generally recog.
nized as a Communist-controlled
and dominated union"
The witness, William B. Campbell,
executive vice president OF the Radio
Electronics School, referred to
Teachers Union Local SIS of the
United Public Workers (CIO).
He told subcommittee Of the
House Committee on Education and
Labor of threats, coercion and in.
timidation of our faculty and stu.
dent body" during the locals picket
ing at the school.
He also charged a sabotage at-
tempt.
100 Students Reported Lost.
These actions, he said, caused
loss of more than 100 students as
the local tried to get the school to
sign contract.
The subcommittee opened series
of hearings on alleged Communist
infiltration into the city's schools,
labor unions and Veterans Admin.
istration branches.
Local SIS has been picketing the
school since August 18, Mr.. Camp
bell testified, although none OF tbs
| teachers is on strike.
| He said an investigation Of the
local disclosed that its officers had
not signed non-Communist afii-
davits and that the union had not
qualified under the Taft-Hartley
Act for National Labor Relations
Board election toward a union shop
contract
AN effort was made to sabotage
our laboratory equipment before 1t
was delivered to our Students he
charged.
Sabotage Effort Charged.
"The picketing of our school com.
menced on the very day a Reserve
unit of the Signal Corps was to have
been established" he said, "indicat.
ing a deliberate effort by this Com
munist- dominated union to sabotage
this unit of our National defense al
time when our international re-
lations with Russia were very grave
and strained almost to the breaking
point"
Subcommittee Counsel Irving G
McCann said the group is trying t
learn ito what extent the UPW, If il
| is Communist, has infiltrated into
the Veterans Administration"
Earlier in the day, four UPW Of
ficials, branch chairmen of the
union at Veterans Administrative
| installations, refused to produce rec.
ords and membership lists of then
branches. They said that doing Sc
would violate a labor union tradi.
ton.
The subcommittee is headed BY
Representative Mcconnell, jr.. Re.
publican, of Pennsylvania. Other
members are Representative Buck
Republican. of New York, and Wood
democrat, of Georgia.
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Nancy Choremi Leaves
By Air for CusubIuncu
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 28.-Mrs. Nam
cy Fletcher Choremi, 27, who re-
Gently received suspended three
month sentence on a vice charge
left by plane yesterday for Casa
blanca.
She was accompanied by her hus-
band, George A. Choremi, Egyptian
cotton broker, and their 5-year-old
son, John.
Mrs. Choremi, convicted here OF
lettering for prostitution purposes
said she planned to visit her father
C. Paul Fletcher, American consul
general at CaSablanca.
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Bull Run Stone House
Becomes Part of Park

| A Virginia stone house that with
stood both Civil War battles OF Bull
Run became part Of the Manassas
National Battle Field park yester-
day
The National Park Service an
nounced approval of purchase Of the
house and 80 acres OF land from
Mrs. George n. Ayers OF Manassas
for S42.597.
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rest of the Gov
ernment's CLASH
fed employees.
he commits
sion ruled fav-
orably on tn e
petition of the
Substitute Print
ing Union No. l
t h a t substitute
printers in Gov
ernment be tax
en- out of the
Cl a s S i hcation
Pay Act.
From now on,
these employees
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Board Quizzes II
Hackers in Scrutiny Of
Inter-City Trips

Washington's road runners" taxi
cab drivers who hang around train
and bus stations looking for service
men for long-distance trips, were
under scrutiny today by District
officials.
Seventeen practitioners of the
trade, which is estimated to take
more than s500,000 worth of business
away from the trains and buses each
year, were called before the Board
of Revocation and Review of Hack
ers' Licenses yesterday. They were
asked to show cause why their
licenses should not be revoked" ac-
cording to Mrs. Mary A. Silver
chairman.
Complaints against the cabbies
were made to the Department OF
Vehicles and Traffic by Union Sta
ton, railways Bus Terminal and
the Greyhound Bus Station. The
complaints said the taXicab drivers
were soliciting business in an un-
lawful manner.
Regulations Involved.
ASIudAJ, Vic 4lCdl l1IS 40 w S%SSA
mine whether the cab drivers have
been violating a Public Utilities
Commission regulation. The PUG
regulation in question makes it
Illegal for cabbies to solicit business
on public property. But there Is no
law forbidding soliciting passengers
on private property, the Police De-
partment Hack Inspectors Office
explained. The stations are regarded
as private property.
Alfred M. Schwartz, the lawyer
representing most of the IT, de-
clared:
The question is simply: Are the
railroads and bus companies power
full enough to bring influence on the
District officials to have them de-
prive these men of a livelihood?
It's not question of breaking the
law but of cutting in on the profits. :"
Started in 1912.
Capt. William A. Peal, head of
the Washington Terminal Police at
Union Station, told reporters the
practice started up in 1912 after
the war began.
The boys found a little gravy"
he said.
He was interrupted by cab
driver, James A. Wyatt, 81, of 2ol
Underwood avenue, Silver Spring,
who said:
The trains couldn't handle the
crowds"
The first hacker to appear before
the board was Charles H. Werner,
38, OF 1906 North Oak street, Airing
ton. He gave reporters a picture
of how the road runners" operate
after he came out of the closed
hearing.
Most of the road runners have
regular customers, Mr. Werner said.
He quoted a price, of $50 for a one
way trip to Pittsburgh. With car
load, this runs about $12 man
slightly more than the train fare,
he pointed out.
Norfolk for $50.
Camp lie Juenne, N c., would
cost $50 and Norfolk would run $50,
he said.
All of the drivers freely admitted
they took the long trips but main
tanned they we're violating no law.
AL are independent cab drivers who
do regular hacking on Washington
streets. Because of their work, they
are sometimes referred to as the
Overtime boys" by other drivers.
All of the drivers said they felt
they were performing a public
service"
A recommendation to the Com
nissioners on the whole situation
probably will be made later this
ueek
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Wender to Address Elks

Harry Wender, Washington at
torney, will speak at 1915 pm. to-
morrow at the Washington Elks
Lodge No. IS in the Elks clubhouse
9le H street NV His subject will
be "Television, the Blllion-Dollar
Industry"
Evening star., 1948-09-28

fixed by wage boards, which will
undoubtedly mean a healthy pay
boost for them. Heretofore, thelr
pay raises depended on regular Fed
eral pay bills enacted by Congress,
and their salaries never did keep
pace with pay boosts granted in reg
ular printing industries.
Even more important, the COM
missions ruling paves the way for
thousands of other Government en-
ployes in skilled and semiskilleo
work, who come under the CLASH
fication Act, to petition the commits
sion for a change over to the wage
board setup. This would affect many
workers IN the Washington area who
never have been placed under wage
boards as have other skilled and
semiskilled Government workers.
Generally, this would mean faster
action on pay-raise requests and
larger salaries, since wage board
employees usually get raises every
time increases are won by workers
in corresponding jobs in private IN
dustry in that particular area.
4 X X
DIM VIEW-ABC Commentator
Iris Coffin tells the story about the
two Government officials who were
glumly specializing on what Re-
publican victory would mean TO
them and their fellow top-level col
leagues.
After q gloomy exchange OF
prophecies, one of them remarked:
why. after January 20 they're
even going to add a new question
to the Governments loyalty ques-
tionnaire-'Are you now, or have you
ever been, a member Of the Demo-
cratic Party?"
LOYALTY-There seems to be no
basis to the talk that Republican
administration would run wild in
the Governments loyalty program.
Actually, Gov. Warren OF Cali
fornia. the COP vice presidential
candidate, who, If elected, seems
destined to play an important part
in personnel and administrative ac-
tivities in the Government, Is a
strong advocate of civil liberties.
Gov. Warren is a member of the
Board of Directors of the American
Civil Liberty Unions California
branch. And with this background,
he wouldn't appear to be the type OF
man who would sanction any witch
hunts"
The Californian's attitude on civil
liberties is very important. Because
there is a good chance that, if the
Dewey-Warren ticket is a winner,
Gov. Warren might become head of
new Department of Administra-
ton. And this department would
include the Civil Service Commis-
sion, together with several other
policy making agencies.
STALLING?-It's been more than
three months now since President
Truman issued his antidiscrimina-
ton executive order for the Federal
service, but the Civil Service Com
has been taking its sweet
time in putting the order to work.
It's no secret that commission
officials are unenthusiastic about the
program, aimed to prevent discrim-
nation, against Federal employees
and Government job applicants be-
cause of race, creed or color.
In fact, several of them have ven-
tured the private opinion that "it
was just politics on the Presidents
part
At any rate, the commission has
delayed at every turn getting the
program under way. Likewise, Fed
eral officials in the various Govern
ment departments and agencies also
are singularly apathetic about the
program.
There's no reason why the COM
mission can't get the program under
way this week by naming the seven
Evening star., 1948-09-28

man F'EPC bOafd IN Government tC
administer the entire program. Also
there's no reason why the official
regulations can't be issued this week
Commission officials now promise
these things will be done Let's see
if they'll keep their promise.
X X
COMMISSIONER - The selection
of a new Civil Service commissioner
won't be made for at least another
month or so. At least. that's the
prediction made by Administration
officials, who are waiting for Presi-
dent Truman to return from his
campaign trip before placing the
matter before him.
In fact, since the appointment
could be made only on a three
month interim basis, there is a pos
sibility the vacancy won't be filled
at all.
Meanwhile. as reported in this
column some time ago. the name OF
DR.. Frederick Davenport, the 49,
year-old chairman of the Fedora
Personnel Council, remains high or
the White House list as a successor
to the post recently vacated by Re.
publican Commissioner Arthur S
Flemming.
The age factor probably has helc
up DR.. Davenport's appointment Sc
far. Meanwhile, the name of William
McReynoldS, who for many year.
was administrative assistant to tht
late President Roosevelt on person,
mel matters. has been mentioned fol
the job. A Republican, Mr.. Mercy.
nolds thus would be eligible to be
appointed to the minority post or
the three member commission.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Con.
gressional Bowling League, com.
posed of teams manned by EN-
ployes on Capitol Hill, opens its
season at 8:45 o'clock tonight. Party
laoels will be forgotten (tem-
porarily, at leasD as Democrats and
Republicans become teammates
when play begins at the Hi-Sko1
Bowling Alleys, 719 Thirteenth
street NV. The Civil Service
Commission announces exams fol
mathematician jobs in various Gov
ernment agencies. The salaries
range from $3,727 to $6,235 a year
Recent quote by Senator
LANCER: "As chairman of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee I have
absolutely no use for a man OF
woman who is dumb enough not tt
join his union" Government EN-.
ployes' unions couldn't have askec
for better plug than that.
The Society for Personnel Admin.
istration will discuss Top Side
Participation in Personnel Manage.
ment" at 7;30 o'clock tonight ir
the Archives auditorium, Eighth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Among the Government Off.
cials participating will be Kenneth
o. Warner of the National Security
Resources Board, Ivan Assay of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice and T. Roy Reid of the Agricul.
ture Department..
Evening star., 1948-09-28
One Shot Hurts Two Finqers

DENVER, Sept. % P.-Antonio
Gallardo, 21, shot himself in both
little fingers with one bullet yester-
day He dropped 20 rife. and it
discharged as he brought his hands
together. He was released from a
hospital after treatment.
Evening star., 1948-09-28
PTA Get Together Set

The Richard Montgomery High
School Parent Teacher Association
will hold a "get-together" meeting
for members at pm. tomorrow at
the school in Rockville.
Evening star., 1948-09-28
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Ruling on Printers Poves Way
For Raises by Wage Boards
By Joseph Young

An important and favorable ruling which set precedent
affecting employees skilled and semi
skilled jobs has just been handed down by the Civil Service
Commission
may pave the considerably higher for these
Evening star., 1948-09-28
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Cloudy with
rain late this afternoon and tonight.
High today near 10. Low tonight
about So. Tomorrow, occasional rain
and rather cool.
Maryland - Increasing cloudiness
today followed by occasional rain
tonight and tomorrow. Not so warm
tomorrow.
Virginia-Cloudy with rain south
portion spreading northward today.
Cloudy with occasional rain and not
much change in temperature tonight
and tomorrow.
Wind velocity, II miles per hour;
direction, north northeast.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
9 am. September 2S-Four grains
per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
From Omitted States Engineers)
Potomac River clear At Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Evening star., 1948-09-28

(Be sure to listen at 1915 am.
eDery Sunday oUer WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
broadcast Uersion of the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
neps on Government affairs and
personalities.
Evening star., 1948-09-28

HiEh and Low Yesterday.
High IS. at 3:02 pm.
Low, ~. at 5:56 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on August 81,
Lowest, 5, on January 20.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States Coast an
Geodetic Suryey1
Evening star., 1948-09-28

Sun. tomorrow 6:O2 5:54
Moon, today - 1890 am. 3:53 p. m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Preciuitation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-17
YMCA MEMBER
SHIP CAMP AIGN
TO START MAY 3rd
FOR 1000 MEMBER
SHIP GOAL
Walter Stewart and
Victor Jones Heads
Drive

Plans are being made by the Mem.
bership Committee of which Mr. W
J. Stewart is General Chairman ano
Mr. Victor J. Jones, Associate Gen
Chairman, for the "Y" Membership
Campaign to be launched May 3
1913. The Committee will work
toward securing 1000 members anc
the chairmen feel that the goal vii
be reached, if not exceeded.
The YM.C.A. is worldwide tel
lowship of men and boys united by
common loyalty to Jesus Christ
The Christian emphasis canot be left
out although the Association stresses
the physical and social side OF life
The fellowship that exists among
~ members is unequaled by any
other organization Membership IL
YOUR local Association entities the
member to privileges in similar AS
sociations throughout the world OF
wherever a YMCA exists.
The 'sY'' is looking forward to q
new building in the near future, one
that all of us will be proud of, and
one that acn accommodate the Negro
population of Jackson.
The .'Y'' building has been in con-
slant use by other organizations using
it for meetings and social activities.
Physical activities have been carried
on for boys and young men, and clubs
have ben formed for various civic
groups. The program of the Associa-
ton is planned in such manner as
to take in all age levels. Consequent
w all members take part in the activ-
ity of their choice.
You will be called upon during the
campaign by members working in the
interest of the W. Give your mem-
bership to this worthwhile cause.
1t is perhaps of the greatest i'm
portance that Negro citizens. gener-
allv. be made to understand this cam
paign: that when Community Chest
support was granted the Parish St.
Branch Y.M.C.A.. far greater re-
Cont. On Page 81
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will be present from all parts of the
State.
For information write the Home
Office, ll9H North Parish Street,
Phone 3-9l8l.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-17
ING HIRAM GRAND

he Moses Grand Royal Arch
Chapter, working Under the Jurisdic-
con of the NJ W King Hiram Grand
odge, Col. A. +. & A. NJ, State OF
Mississippi, will hold its first annual
session, Sunday and Monday, May 2-5,
)iS in lazoo City. The announce
lacnt Of th> meeting was issued joint
= here this week by Clarence Win
rs 50, Grand High Priest, and Steve
dwards 33, Secretary.
I he meeting will open Sunday, May
>, 194S at HIGH NOON with one of
the biggest street parades ever wit
messed by a Fratemal Organization.
The parade will begin at the Afro
Hall, corner Washington and Com
merse Streets, and will proceed to the
1T. Vernon Baptist Church, where
annual sermon will be preached by
}ev. Edd Jackson, 80 c. c., Vicks-
burg, Miss, one of the leading Min
listers in the state. The first section
If the parade will consist of Masonic
Bothers, and Sisters of the Order OF
he Eastern Star. The second section
will consist of High Degree Brothers,
and Sisters. Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine from Laurel, Hattiesburg and
Jackson, along with Daughter of the
cphinx will join in on this day.
Music will be furnished by Jackson
Sacred Band, Jackson, Miss, and
Little Wynn Band of Creenville,
Mississippi.
A special invitation is extended to
members of all Fratemal Organize
tons, Churches, Societies, and the
ablic in general to Join us in this
wonderful celebration.
Hear Ill. Nathaniel Sutbbs, Leland,
Miss, one of the best informed men
in the State on the work Of the A. F.
( A. NJ. Masons, and their national
anding. Mrs, A. B. Warren, Vicks-
rrg. Miss, State Deputy for the
sIeroines Of Jericho will appear on
Program. She is one of the best in
eormed ladies in the State on all de-
.,artments of the Eastern Star Work.
Buses will leave the Masonic Mason
Hall, ll9la North Parish Street,
Jackson, Miss, Sunday. May 2, 1913
at g A. M. and will return the same
day. Round trip fare is Sl.5O. Any
one may ride the buses that wish to
go.
Come let us all go over and Join
the hundreds that will be present form
all parts of the State to witness this
Grand Celebration. Meet your old
friends and make new ones as they
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-17

not succeeded in passing the miracle"
by whicht the simpler folk expected
he would correct the condition
brought about by the collapse of the
war boom just as the American infla-
ton was boosting prices.
HASTE has no miracles, Mr.. Smith
says. He knows that clear thinking
and hard work by everyone, over a
period of years, are needed to build
sound economy. He does not even
make soothing promises
Gov. HaStie'S notable composure
and courtesy are being tested to the
limit in this insular possession where
"feud and factions, jealousies and
schisms flourish like the foliage in
luxuriant profusion, according to Mr.
Smith. The bright-eyed young ideal
ISIS whom Mr.. HASTE encouraged
while he was an assistant solicitor in
the Interior Department, have gained
control of the island legislature, and
are now doing much to embarrasS the
governors administration.
Nearly all the local politicians and
Legislators are Negro, as is Gov. Has
tie bet conflicts have arisen, Mr..
Smith says. TO man of Hastie' S
strict views and rigorous constitutional
training, the doings of the legislators
were doDlorable," he writes. ITO him
their procedures seemed slipshod,
their finances loose, their hunger for
patronage and privilege excessive.
Moreover, the collapse of the island
temporary wartime prosperity made
sharp budget cuts essential. The gov
ernor moved in vigorously to clean
up and tighten up the lawmaking
process.
"The legislators were surprised,
angry and hurt Taving drifted into
certain privileges, they had come to
regard them as rights The island
politicos. who have precociously mas
tered such american devices as log
rolling, the fihbuster and the rejection
of executive appointments, set out to
cmbarrass the governor and hamstring
til September End. Winner of first
half will meet winner Of second half
for the city championship.
Plans will be made by the Y. NJ. c..
A. to bring the State Softball Tourna-
ment to jackson. Yazoo City has put
in a bid for the State Tournament but
since Jackson is centrally located, it
should not be much of a problem to
bring the big event to the capitol city.
The Junior League will be COM
posed of the following teams: Yanks,
Cont. On Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-17
ARK NEGRO DEMOCRATS

Little Rock, Ark; April l2-(Special'
IF any White members walkout in
protest of President Truman'S Civil
Rights Program when the Arkansas
Democratic Delegation goes to the
party'S National Convention in Phil
adelphia this summer, there may be
Negroes to take their places.
Arkansas White Democrats hostile
to Negroes and civil rights legislation
are enraged by the walk in and take
over any vacated seat" instructions
of the Arkansas Negro Democrats at
an Executive Committee Meeting last
week.
The Negro group palms to send del
egates from each congressional district
of the state and two delegates-at-
Large to the National Convention.
Each delegate has been instructed to
take the place of any White delegate
who walks out
These plans were made in answer
to recent Southern Governors Con-
ference which advocated that the
south walk out of the convention if
the party adopts any of the Presidents
Civil Rights Program.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-17
ISLAND PROBLEMS

The streets of Charlotte Amalie-
lovely old capital of the Virgin Is
lands, were thronged with happy is
landers when William Henry HASTE
was inaugurated as governor in MAY
1916. But today, Cocemor HASTE is
having his troubles.
The Virgin Islands are suffering
from a simultaneous depression and
initiation, Beverly Smith, Washington
editor, says in this weeks april l7th)
Saturday Evening Post. Although he
is considered by the U. S. Interior
Department to be the -ablest governor
the islands ever had, Mr.. HASTE has