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The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Capital Newspapers Again On Strike

WASHINGTON, (A1 A strike of about 200 mechanical workers today halted publication of the capitals newspapers for the sec ond time within week.
 The strike of pressmen and Ster- cotypers against the four daily pa pers after an all-night peace" meeting failed to end wage dis pute. Afternoon editions of three newspapers were the first affect ed.
 Publishers said both unions re- fused their offer of a $6 weekly raise, and a third week of vaca- ton to employees with five or more years service-terms sim liar tothose accepted by the AFL printers and photoengravers.
 They said the pressmen held out for an S8 increase, along with re- duction of the present 712 hour day and 3712 hour week to a ' hour day and a 35-hour week, plus an increased manning of the pres ses.
 The publishers statement said the stereotypers asked So weekly raise and reduction in the work week from 3312 hours to 32l2 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Old Windjamner Puts To Sea

POULSBO, Wash. (P)-The last of the Pacific's famed and color full windjammerS put to sea today for a five-month voyage to the northern fisheries.
 A holdover from another era, the C. A. Thayer, a three-masted schooner, departed the Pacific Coast Goldfish Co.,, pier here under tow. She will cast off her tug at Cape Flattery and sail some l,60O miles direct to Unimak Pass in the Aleutians and thence into the Boring Sea, where she will spend the summer fishing for cod.
 Captain James Edward Captain Ed Shields, master of the Thayer and son of the company's found- CT and owner, anticipates the ship will return about Labor Day-and hopes she will have aout 400 tons of salted cod aoard. The ship will touch no ports between times.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
RUSSIAN MINERS
 BUILDING HOMES ON 1O-YEAR PLAN
GAP NeWSfeatureS)

MOSCOW, (PD - Nearly 1000 private cottages for miners of U.S.S.R.'s DonbaS are nearing completion.
 An announcement stated twice as many Donbas miners are build ing private homes this year over last year and that more than 5000 cottages were finished during the summer.
 In addition to the individual cot tages-which are being built by the miners themselves with the aid of bank credits and the collabora- tion of the mining authorities apartment houses and two-family brick buildings are going up.
 The DOnbas was one of the most devastated areas of the war.
 Each miner can obtain a 10000 rouble credit for a period of 10 years which he begins paying off in equal installments year after he moves into his house.
 Each miner building a home is given-by his local Soviet-a plot of land big enough for the house, a small barn, chicken sheds and a garden or orchard.
 The cottages are of individual design but retain the traditions of Ukrainian architecture. They are mostly built of stone and slag blocks and usually have three rooms.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Anchorage Add Three Policemen

ANCHORAGE, (P) - A police foot patrol of the city on a 24- hour basis, in addition to the reg ular radio car patrol, has been or dered by chief Charles Stowell.
 The ''beat" will be mainly along Fourth Avenue, the main business section It is expected to give bet ter protection to downtown busi- ness places and curb the alley sluggings and similar incidents which occurred frequently last summer.
 With the addition of three new
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11

5:00-News
 5:l5-The Supper Club 5:30-Music of the Masters 6:00-Zeke Manners
 6:l5-WordS With Music 6:30-You Are There 7:00-Life Of Riley
 7:30--Hill Billy Hit Parade 8:00--Noah Webster Says 8:30-Dorothy Lamour 9:00-You Asked For Ii l0:00-The Whistler l0:30-Time, Place and Tune ll:00-Sign off
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
WET DRILLING
 REDUCES SILICOSIS

MOSCOW, (P)-The newspaper Medical Worker" annou n e s progress in the battle of silicosis. The paper states that experi- ments in the Urals in "wet drill ing" have resulted in reductions below the danger norm of dust in the respiratory area of miners ex- amined. It was announced that the largest mine in the Kizel coal ba- sin had now adopted the "wet drilling" system.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
STATION WXLN CANCELS MORNING PROGRAMS

Until further notice, Radio Sta ton WXLN will cancel all pro- grams scheduled for morning broadcast. The broadcast day will seart at 100 pm. and continue to 1000 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Wednesday. April l3. l949

l:00-Around The World In His
 tory l:l5-Club Fifteen l:30-You'll Be Surprised 2:30-Just Jazz 2:30-WeStward Ho 3O0-Matinee Melodies 4:00-Remember 4:l5-Today's American 4:30-One Night Stand 5:00-NeWS
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Monday. April II. ls4s

9:00-You Asked For It l0:00-Inner Sanctum l0:30-Music By Faith ll:30-Sign Off
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Mrs. Paul Vaudeville

daughter Pamela who have been travelling with MT. and Mrs. Mul- vihill, parents of Mrs. Vaudeville. returned from a vacation in Flo rida where she has been for Sev- eral weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11

patrolmen, the department now numbers 27 men. Only the position of police captain is still vacant.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-11
Tuesday. April l2. l94s

Tuesday. April l2. ls49 l:00-Around the World in His
 tory 1:l5-Club Fifteen l:0O-You'll Be Surprised 2:00-Musical Varieties 2:30-Jubilee 3:00-Matinee Melodies 4:00-Strike. Up The Band 4:l5-Today's American 4:30-One Night Stand
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w WXLN
Monday. April II. ls4s

SsF" TIT INV 500 p.m.-News 5:l5-The Supper Club J:30-MuSic of the Masters 6:00-Zeke Manners S:l5-WordS With Music 6:30-The Man on the Street 7:O0-Bing Crosby T:3O-Hill Billy Hit Parade 8:00-Jack Carson 8:30-Red Skelton
Evening star., 1949-01-30
White House
Continued From First Page.

continue to live in the Blair House
until perhaps the middle of 1850.
But when the Presidential family
returns to the official residence, they
will find, in effect, a new building
with all modern conveniences.
For the first time in many years
q press tour of the White House
was conducted from the basement
to the top floor to let reporters
see why Congress recently appro-
priated $50.000 to let engineers prod
its floors and walls to determine its
condition. Their report. which will
determine the official estimate of
the cost Of reconditioning the man.
sion and the bill of indictment"
that will be given to Congress in a
comparatively short while.
The tour was conducted by Mr..
WINSTON, G: Al. Barber, PBA engi-
neer in charge Of the investigation.
and Eben Ayers, one of the Presi-
Dental press secretaries. 1t lasted
nearly two hours and was about
as complete an exhibition of the
White House that one could de-
sire. Nothing in the way of known
faulty construction or defects was
concealed.
Appearance Stressed.
Many Of the weaknesses are due,
it was said yesterday, to the tend
ency of architects and engineers
Evening star., 1949-01-30

next taken to the West Room, OF
state dining room. A girder sup
porting the upper floor had split
four feet. The split occurred after
the room was remodeled in 1902 to
make it smaller. An eye beam was
inserted in the split to make it
safer.
AN example of poor engineer
ing" one ofiicial said.
In the State dining room is one
of hundred good reasons why
White House officials are being
careful to preserve the associations
of the past. There is an inscription
over the fireplace from a letter of
John Adams: II pray heaven to be-
stow the best of blessings on this
house and all that shall hereafter
inhabit it; May none but honest
and wise men ever rule under this
roef."
The walls in the Blue and Green
Parlors are weakened.
Seal to Be Moved.
The large bronze Great Seal of
the United States in the center of
the entrance lobby, which is some
what worn by the tread of feet
during $50 years, is going to be re-
moved, Mr.. Winslow said.
1T should never have been placed
on the floor to be walked upon in
the first place." he declared. 1t
will be placed over the entrance
to the Green Parlor in a direct line
with the front door Of the building.
Few would recognize the grand
staircase now. 1t was here that the
bricks blackened by the fire in 1914
first were exposed to view.
Great steel girders will be in
serted in all the walls to support
the structure when the White House
Is restored to safe condition.
W0rkmen's Names Found.
Engineers have disclosed scores of
interesting items buried under plas-
ter and wallpaper. For instance,
names of workmen and Masonic
symbols have been enscribed on the
old bricks behind the wall plaster in
the Blue, Red and Green rooms.
Originally, it was believed about
81 ,000, 900 would be sufficient to re-
store the White House. But when
Mr.. Truman and his family moved
out and the PBA had its first real
opportunity to discover" the all
ments of this very sick patient" as
Mr.. Reynolds calls it, the cost esti-
mates began to soar.
From $4,0OO,0e0, as tentatively
inserted in the Presidents budget
message, the cost estimate rose to
Sc, ,000,0 and some reports indicate
it might reach S10,000.0O0.
Eight thousand visitors pass
through portions of 1t in two hours
Evening star., 1949-01-30
THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, D. c. All


on visiting days and there Is the
safety factor involved for the Presi-
Dental family" Mr.. Winslow ex-
planned.
Steam Heat to Be Used.
The remodeled building will be
steam heated and air conditioned
throughout. Radiant heaters in
the floors and walls will make the
customary radiators unnecessary.
The White House actually has
been remodeled only a few times
since it was burned. The remodel
ing of 1902 in which Stanford
White planned the downstairs front
lobby and State dining room, was
perhaps extensive. The whole hoor
then was replaced.
In 1927, during the Coolidge ad-
tninistration, the Presidential
family moved to the Patterson resi-
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Christian Leadership
Sessions 10 Open Here

The National Committee for Chris
tian leadership will hold its annual
convention here tomorrow through
Saturday, centering at the organ
ization's headquarters, Fellowship
House, 1924 Massachusetts, avenue
NV.
The international organization
comprises laymen's breakfast groups
that seek to strengthen Christian
principles to insure lasting peace.
Only public meeting of the con-
vention will be a talk by J. Edwin
Orr, committee member now organ
izing Christian leadership in Ameri-
can Colleges. who will speak at 7:45
pm. Tuesday in the Church of the
Pilgrims, Twenty-second and P
streets NV. Also to speak is DR.
Henry Ness. president of Northwest
ern Bible Institute and Seminary,
Seattle, and president of the State
of Washington's Parole Board.
The first three days of the week.
long convention will consist of a
spiritual retreat at Fellowship
House. A $50 pm. supper meet
ing there will hear reports from in
ternational delegates.
At 8 am Friday there will be a
breakfast in the Washington Hotel,
and Senator Wiley, Republican of
Wisconsin, will preside at a 1890
pm. luncheon in the Senate family
dining room. Talks by several
members of Congress will be heard.
v George Palthey, director Of per-
sotnel for the United Nations, will
speak at 1890 pm. luncheon Sat-
urday in the hotel, and a pm.
dinner in the Library of Congress
will feature talks by Representa-
tive Hays. Democrat of Arkansas;
Gustav Gedat. head of German
YMCAs, and Prof. Elmer Homrig-
hansen of the Princeton Theological
Seminary
Evening star., 1949-01-30

about 1S40 In the mansion to bring
water from Lafayette Square were
covered with zinc to protect them
from rats.
In Miss Truman's sitting room
workmen tore up a portion of the
floor. Temporary steel beams have
been put in place to support the
floor. A carpenters hammer has
been wedged into a crack in one
of the weakened beams.
In Mrs. Truman's bedroom the
marble floor of the fireplace had
cracked badly.
In the west center hall, used as
family and intimate guest sitting
room, the walls are badly cracked.
A hole in a wall of the second
floor center hall revealed that the
cornice built in 1917 was left in
place during the remodeling in 1902
instead of being torn out, as it
should have been. A maple floor
was placed over the original floor
in an effort to "level it up"
1897 Fixtures In Walls.
Some of the electrical fixtures in
stalled in 1892 are still in the walls.
Reporters were first taken through
the basement which has been little
changed.
The first room visited was Presi-
dent Roosevelt's billiard room which
has been used as a cloak room in
recent years.
A hole in the floor shows the
original footings of the foundation,
five feet below the floor. The in
terror brick walls had no footings,
but rested on soft clay earth. With
out concrete foundations, Mr.. Wins
low said, they should have been sunk
20 feet to harder gravel.
In the billiard room there was
evidence of poor condition of the
mortar between the brick foundation
walls. The mortar dates back to
1891. 1t can be taken out in places
with the fingers and crumbled to
dust
Walls to Be Built Anew.
| AA VI CllCSC WILD dlC w DC
stripped out and built anew on sound
foundations resting on modern con-
crete pilings. 1t will be an ex-
pensive job, done progressively so
as not to endanger the upper struc-
ture.
There are some cracks in the out
side walls, but these were described
as not serious.
On the second floor, blackened
bricks, plastered over after the
British burned the building, were in
evidence where engineers have
ripped through the plaster.
The original White House kitchen
built in 1792-will be restored. The
open fireplace is not nearly as large
as the one in Mount Vernon's
kitchen, but 1t is large enough to
hold a dozen roasts on the spits.
An arch was cut through the
wall Of this kitchen for the first
hot-air heating system which was
installed before 1890. The wall sup
ports 80 tons of deadweight and its
condition was described as serious. y
Going upstairs, the reporters were
Evening star., 1949-01-30

wall. The hole reveals a door was
there prior to 1914. indicating that
the floor over the East Room then
was on a level with other floors on
the second floor. One can see day.
light now through cracks in the
Lincoln Room wall and one can
easily pull of Pinch thick plaster
with his fingers.
Balcony "Only Safe Thing"
The Monroe Room opens onto the
west end Of Mr.. Truman's new sec
ond-floor balcony, which officials
now admit is about the "only real
safe thing in the White House" In
this room the treaty Of peace with
Spain was signed in 1902. The room
is in bad condition.
The Presidents personal suite
bedroom and study-bore testimony
to the floor weakness about which
he complained. The pine floor
there are few II any modern hard
wood floors in the White House
will be replaced.
Apparently, no occupant Of the
White House or guest will bemoan
the new look" that will be given
its antiquated bathrooms.
Mr.. Truman's bathtub isn't as up
to-date as those in any moderately
priced residence. But 1t dates back
only a few decades. When the
bathtubs were installed originally
in 1875, Mr.. Winslow said it caused
CONSERVATION" in some circles and
even a few clergymen preached
about the "sin" of modern ways OF
living.
Tub "Glorified Wash Basin"
When the King and Queen Of
England visited the White House
in 1910 they occupied the large
northeast corner room on the Sec
ond floor. The tub in the old tiled
bathroom would be regarded now
as "glorified wash basin" and that
is just about what it looks like. 1t
isn't long enough to stretch out in
The absence Of wardrobes Is an
other example of inconvenience and
annoyance, no doubt, to all First
Ladies.
Mrs. Truman's bedroom lacks one
but Miss Margaret Truman's room
in the northwest corner-a front
room-is one of the few that boasts
a wardrobe. It was made by carpen-
ters boarding up q corner Of the
room.
Mrs. Truman's room has a large
old-fashioned cabinet wardrobe, the
front Of which is plate glass. 1t has
been left standing in the vacant
room.
Engineers pointed to the walls in
Mr.. Truman's bathroom.
These walls are just hanging to-
gether," one said.
The test borings of engineers re-
vealed the march of progress in
the way of the first gas, water and
electric fixtures installed.
Old Gas Pipe Revealed.
In the Lincoln Room, a gap in
the wall disclosed gas pipe first
installed In 1841.
Lead pipes originally installed
Evening star., 1949-01-30

to pay more attention to appear
ances" than to the structural secur-
ity of the building since the British
burned it in 1914.
Officials frankly said it's wonder
the White House hasn't caved in.
w. E. Reynolds, Commissioner of
Public Buildings. has voiced this
sentiment to Congress, insisting
that instead of fire hazards, the
real danger was in a possible COL
lapse of floors.
The once beautiful rooms and
halls now are bare and bleak. Some
have taken on the appearance of
wrecked rooms. Gaps in brick
work are exposed, portions Of floors
torn up to show shifting or cracked
beams. Holes in ceilings, cornices
torn out and great slabs of removed
plaster add to the disorder.
Weakened Wall Viewed.
The weakened wall or brick pier"
was exposed to view when reporters
mounted the grand staircase to the
second floor center.
Bureau of Standard experts re-
ported it had shown progressive
failure" over period of about %
years. The weakness was first dis
covered by crack in the wall down
to the first floor. The pier is one
of the key" supports, bearing a
dead weight Of 10000 pounds.
When new roof was built in 1927
and the attic converted into living
quarters, the then weakened pier
was compelled to support at least
a third more of added weight.
TT could have collapsed the whole
building" Mr.. Winslow said.
! The floors of the White House
actually tremble under foot in some
rooms and halls. 1t was the sagging
of the floor in his own bedroom
and study that caused Mr.. Truman,
in the first place, to worry about
the safety of the White House.
Sometimes, the floors seem to ripple
under foot like tiny waves.
Brace Holds Up Ceiling.
The widely publicized ceiling of
the great East Room excited more
than ordinary attention. This is
the room where the big receptions
are held. A temporary wooden brace
now holds up portion of the second
floor that had sagged six feet. It
was discovered a few days before
the election.
Imagine If 1t had fallen with
four or five hundred people in here"
Mr.. Winslow said.
The brace was put into place just
in time. The entire ceiling might
have fallen in an hour or so, 1t was
believed, when the discovery was
made. Workmen in the room noticed
the sudden sagging.
The four large wall mirrors in the
East Room have been removed,
along with every other piece of
valuable furniture In the White
House.
In the historic room where Abra-
ham Lincoln slept and signed the
Emancipation Proclamation a q
foot hole has been cut in the west
Evening star., 1949-01-30

dence on Dupont Circle while the
damage caused by another fire was
repaired. The attic was added and
a new fireproof roof installed. The
attic-so-called-is really q com.
bined utility and guest quarters.
Steel "trusses were provided then
to support the roof which Is In good
condition.
Between these two periods of ex.
tensive overhauling, the old man
sion has been worked on from time
to time for minor repairs and
changes.
But by 1885," Mr.. Winslow says.
the White House will be modern
and comfortable residence. How
modern and how comfortable Is for
Congress to determine on the basis
of the forthcoming PBA recommen-
dationS.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Steel
Continued From First Page)

critically short supply, such as steel;
and, II found necessary, to author
ize Government loans for the expan-
sion Of production facilities to relieve
such shortages, and furthermore
to authorize the construction of
such facilities directly if action by
private industry fails to meet our
needs"
This point has generally been IN
terpreted to mean the Administra-
ton would first call for a survey of
the steel situation. Assuming such
a survey would find the industry In
short supply, then the Administra-
ton would be in position to author
ize loans to existing private steel
manufacturers to expand their facil-
tiles. It had not generally been as
sumed the Administration would
also ask for direct authority to con-
struct Government steel mills but
that such q move would be taken
only a. o last resort and after a
considerable period Of time.
Definite Program Seen.
An ofncial in q position to know
about the administration bill, how
ever, told The Star the bill author
ICES "far more than a study" and Is
"a definite program" for meeting
the steel shortage by Government
action.
There have been recurrent reports
that administration officials are not
in agreement on such an important
step as having the Government d.
rectly enter the steel business. Dur
ing the war the Government did use
Federal funds to build steel and
other facilities but they were built
and operated under leases by private
concerns, many of which subsequent
ly bought the plants from the
United States.
The omnibus anti-infiation bills
arrival at the Capitol will come ir
the midst Of n busy week for both
Evening star., 1949-01-30

'' ouoSe' April, Will seek
Q national goal of s14,50O,0O0 to sup
port research, education and other
community service activities of the
American Cancer Society. The
District quota has not yet been set
Nearly 100000 was raised in the
washington area last year.
: Advisory committee members fol
the drive are Attorney General
Clark, the Right Rev. Angus Dun
Episcopal Bishop of Washington;
the Right Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle
Archbishop of Washington; Rabbi
Norman Gerstenfeld Of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation: Sam:
uel H. Kaufman, vice president OF
The Evening Star Newspaper Co.;
Corcoran Thorn, chairman of the
board of the American Security and
Trust Co.; Eliot Wadsworth, former
chairman of the American Red
Cross, and DR.. Kerr.
Mr.. Giddings, who directs public
relations for Capital Transit, has
been q leader in many fund drives
He headed the business unit in the
1916 Red Cross drive and has headed
public relations committees IN two
War Bond campaigns and two
Christmas Seal campaigns. He is
treasurer and a member of the
BOARD Of Directors of the District
loung Mems Christian Association
q member of the Advisory Board OF
the Salvation Army, and a member
of the Lions Club, the Board OF
Trade and the Advertising Club Of
Washington.
Mr.. West, former president Of the
Junior Board of Commerce, is q
director Of United Community Serv.
ices and the Travellers Aid Society
is chairman Of the Finance Com
mittee of the Washington Home fol
Incurables, and has been active In
Community Chest drives.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Houses on the measures already
going through the legislative mill.
The voluntary ALLEGATION program,
which has concerned only steel and
pig iron thus far, comes up in the
Senate tomorrow and in the House
later in the week. The export con-
troll extension will be the subject
of further hearings this week by
the Senate Banking Committee
which began to consider the matter
last Friday. The House Banking
Committee also will consider the
bill this week.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

District.
DR.. H. H. Kerr,
president Of the
District division
of the American
Cancer Society
also announced
appointment of
Millard F. West,
Broker with the
investment firm
of Auchincloss,
Redpath an d
Parker, as vice
chairman.
The drive, to
be conducted in
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{. {. Giddings Named
General Chairman Of
'49 Cancer Campaign

Z. Cleveland Giddings, vice presi-
dent Of the Capital Transit Co., last
night was named general chairman
Of the 1949 Cancer Campaign in the