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Evening star., 1949-05-27
u. ). Mediator Seeks
Ito Settle Threatened
|Carpeniers' Strike

The Federal Mediation and Con-
citation Service sought today 70
settle q threatened carpenters
strike In the Washington area tina;
would make idle more than 5000
carpenters and about 1900 other
workers.
Called into q closed meeting
with q Federal mediator were rep
resentatives Of the Master Builders
Association. an organization OF
employers. and leaders O! the Car
penters' District Council.
Representing the association
were Randall c. Wyant, secretary.
william Z. Cramer. tr., chairman
OF the Carpenters COMMITTEES. and
these members: George Dyer,
Henry Allan. Forrest Martell. Jo-
seph Parkhill. ir.; Joseph Bahen
and Edward Daniels. s. q. Moses
represented the concrete con-
tractors. who employ q number OF
carpenters.
B. B. Blackburn. secretary
treasurer OF the Carpenters Dis
trict Council. and . group Of his
colleagues represented the EN-
ployes.
Want l0-Cent Raise.
The carpenters. who now get
$2.40 an hour. want dime more.
Although the contract expired
April 30. the carpenters have eonH
tinued to work. pending further
negotiations.
Spokesman for the industry said
major building projects here total
ing well over t25 900. 900 would be
tied up by strike. Construction
as far away as Annapolis. Nd. and
Fredericksburg. Va. would be
affected by the tieup, industry
officials said. because that Is the
jurisdiction area Of the American
Federation of Labor carpenters
who are affected by the develop
ment. Industry officials said home
building here Is done mostly by
nonunion carpenters. however. 30
that would not be affected.
Mr.. Wyant said the contractors
do not feel a pay increase is justi-
fed at this time. with the cost Of
living dropping. Negotiations have
been deadlocked for the last couple
of weeks. The association offered
to renew the expiring contract for
a year, Mr.. Wyant said.
The Master Builders Associa-
ton is now conducting contract
negotiations with these AFL
building crafts:
Truck drivers. who want a 81
cent-an-h hour increase above the
present $1.l8 to $l43 an hour.
The contract expired March 81.
Rodmen Asks Is Cents More.
Building laborers. who want a
Accent hourly increase above the
present base pay of $l35 an hour.
Their contract expired April 80.
Cement finishers who want 30
cents an hour more than the
$2.25 an hourlthey now get. Their
contract expired April 80, 49,.
~Rodmen, now getting sass en-
'heur. want~ 3S cents MORA The.
sxf,ntract expared April SO @e -
1ronworkers want a 2S-cent
hourly increase above the S2.75
they now receive. Their contract
expires July !.
Operating engineers want o.
wage increase and creation Of an
e1nployer.financed health and well
fare fund. Tney now get from
u 80 to $2.50 an hour. Their con-
tract expired April 80. but Mr..
Wyant said no definite money In
crease has yet been asked for and
negotiations are still under way.
Evening star., 1949-05-27
PIA Council In Arlington
Backs j. 5. Aid 10 Schools

The Arlington County Council
of Parent Teacher Associations
last night went on record as
favoring Federal aid to education.
The group directed that q let
ter be written to Representative
Barden. Democrat, Of North Caro-
lima, chairman OF the House Sub
committee on Education. thanking
him for the 'weil-drawn bill"
Evening star., 1949-05-27

10 years. instead Of the 10 years
proposed In the LANCER bill.
The Veterans Of Foreign Wars
has announced that II would be
agreeable TO an ls-year cut-ots
date while the American Legion
has registered its opposition "a
any notifications Of the presen,
veterans preference regulations,
Meanwhile. Senator Humphrey
has introduced another bill tc
give absolute Federal Job prefer
ence to permanent status disabled
veterans with 90 per cent or more
physical disability. regardless oi
seniority factors.
ARLINGTON FARMS -- The
Public Housing Administration has
ordered the average $3.50 a month
raise In rentals for the Govern
ment girls at Arlington Farms tc
go into effect mot later than
June l6."
Final details for the rent In
creases for the 800 coiored Gov
eminent girls who live at LAngstor
Stadium now are beins worked out
aas
FURTHER PROGRESS - The
House Labor Committee has given
It's unanimous approval TO the i'm
portant bill to increase substan-
TALLY the rate Of benefit payments
to Government employees injured
on the Job. Only last week Its
subcommittee okayed the measure
House approval Is considered yir-
tually certain.
A Senate Labor subcommittee
headed by Senator Douglas. Demo
crat. of Illinois, will begin hear
ings on the bill on June Is.
-
NACA-The National Advisory
Committee for Aeronauttcs is hav-
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Pact Benefits Workers

Belgians who go to Britain I,
work and Britishers who come t,
Belgium will each be allowed t,
draw social security benefits II
their respective countries. undel
q recent agreement announced II
Brussels.
Evening star., 1949-05-27
lFa1ss = =. = - ~ #a
The FedefoI SpotIloht ~ss@*a~ss - - ~ sa#e
Senate Unit Likely to Approve
Modified Veterans Preference
The Federol Spotlight
H JcsepA fesns

The Senate Civil Service Saocuree psvssseEce
legislation expected 10 sppsoyal sAosIy ~sacz
which would modify pre!ersnes osarE
SenA,oz Hamphses penoezal ManaesasA shsanaAn q.
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Communists RuIinq
All Shanghai as Last
NaiionaIisis Give Up
Rs fEea NemaaNn

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SHANGHAI MAJ - Tes Res
esArsG~E uf s<ST.s1Er gxsn ss4Asa2v
saseaes~a a. q. SesAAkeal s>aay
TIE gs4asrw erasr1 Tess 1Asa
Natsassassss a02se2sa s@fsxHaeF~a
NsissaH s:7aag~gs e~ss~ss!sy car
tars1 Re- vS4as ssse ttss scsfAesn
asgs 81 ssae wSu1sa .e-sts lagssss
e&ty.
TIRE Cesnsa .ssazss essTgcasaafa wAs
complete ttas~e aays sfssT ~ ee-
san. Rss gS>.&tacAl aszexEs eessa
iAsaag ever IRE sssesnEasrl ef Ire
EsvAaess AssAa commercial esrssT
Asse gIs eas saa a~aCls
Tgss SAs&assaiAas gAFv*ssa 81
Waosaag FngtreAs sel3ea ug Tss
sosegFAFressJ svasEAAl2css nes4 ssAa.aea
o4s. dean the faagtss ara ME
tas EAsg Cana SEA,
T1se shlpa ~tl h~hlne tas Ns-
tlataa3ss trooass sha had iatas-a
~ make aae Is-mlAs aassh~Ara
march dean she wsaagpss River
essAg~ soggsacg from SHANGHAI
,n Noos4ans hew mani sasy i've
Rsas woasa know a.Fes they rad
rounded tsaeEn ap
TIE AhAgp~~hUl minor "a ri.
iag tas s~saaklaa! really was ever
lAs4 nteai but nog Unll teasy
did the handful ef NaitanAltsa
rrarEGardS who made the anal
mad stand in the heart 81 the
city make up theu nalnds 10 ea4L
Held hrsases nass.
Fef lao aAss they had held Ire
hFldses acFeas S<socaow Greek.
which flows throaEh downtown
shAagtaai and INTO The wnaasrsss
a; the north end ei the famous
Band And they held The eis
modem buildings thai command
ed the atttige approached
Their orders we're 10 hold TIE
bridges, 10 protect The ShAn3fssi
sarfssons withdrawal 10 woc-
sang
Holed up in the eaildinss, thss
stayed at Their guns Ions after
the Reds had crossed upstream.
ffanked them from behind and
moved tarough the northern part
Of the city after the rsreatas
garrison,
The Sauonsllsts stayed "a Ions
rs they did because they seFs
afraid 10 quit
II was the fartiEners uapr~d
In the buildings wiih them Who
finally persuaded The last ei them
TO eive up.
Communist troops came and
got them this mornins And The
thousands Of suddenly freed civil
sans--chlnese and foFeiEn-~-hurst
osit into What had been O nc
mans land for 30 DANGEROUS
hours.
Casualties Lssa than zee.
The number Of casualties In the
fighting that made a battle-ground
out Of such thoroushiArss a. the
Bund and Pekins Road was not
known.
Some sources put the civilian
dead and wounded al less than
7Oo-~pf actieAils ell chfns@ Chi
nes newspapers said the toil ~as
several hundred. most Of them
Nationalist soidiefs.
The surrender Of The last 600.
chow creek defenders ~~ those
boiled UP in. ths I7~AteTs Broad
vay Mansions and the seven
story rmhankment Buildinx --
were amazing Affairs
In Broadway Mansions, az
rangemen8 were made hy Henry
Topper. an Austrian with The In
teinational Refugee Organization.
with the aid Of my wife Mar
Earet.
BY telephone calls through Chi.
ne@ interpreters they nnaily
talked the handfel Of Nationalist
machine sunners In the building
into giving Up
There are about 500 solcAnos
uyhirh hmvR sY4lDfsA In hiRtnfln
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Miss CopIon Sees PIoi
Against Her, Urges
Evidence Be Quashed

JuGlLn IOp3ob. Qim4nuL1Se UFl'
nette accused OF espionage. tods,
appealed to District Court judge
Albert L. Reeves 70 help her un-
cover the master mind In 'thi!
apparent plot TO destroy me ane
my family
! In q 45-page affidayit. ASSERTING
she was barring her soul. the At
| tract,ye 2S-year-old defendant re.
newed her motion for suppression
of the evidence against her-mors
than 80 top secret Government
documents found in her purse
contending she Is the victim Of Z
.'hideous conspiracy
! Miss coplon. who was SUSPENDED
from her position as an analysl
at the Justice Department fol,
lowing her arrest In New Yori
March 4. told the court she Is q
loyal American and entirely in
nocent Of any wrongdoing.
Motion Under Amusement.
Every effort she has made. Mis-.
Coplon asserted. TO discover who
lit was In Washington that insti-
tuted the investigation which re.
suited In her arrest has beer
blocked. checked. and cannot
discover who is behind this"
Judge Reeves took the motor
to suppress the evidence under ad.
visement. Through hers attorney
Archibald Palmer. Miss Coplor
first moved to suppress the evi.
dence when her trial began five
weeks ago. She said that FBl
agents had no reasonable ground.
to suspect her of a crime wher
they arrested her without a war.
rant as she walked with Valentine
A. Gubitchev. q Soviet engineer
in New York's Greenwich Village
At that time Judge Reeves saie
he would defer a ruling on ths
motion until the Government
completed presentation Of it.
case, contending that If the pros.
ecution charges could be sub.
stantiated "the fate Of the Ma.
ton" was at stake.
"I am an American" Mis-.
Coplon's affidavit said. Il believe
in America and ! have been the
recipient Of education afforded by
its public school system, not only
having graduated from high schoo
in Brooklyn but also having at
tended college In which had the
honor to graduate cum laude and
also to have the honor Of having
been the managing editor Of the
college paper in my final year and
reporter for that paper in prior
years as well as having maintained
my social activities and having
been the chairman Of all the bond
drives.
Placed In Foreign Agents Section
Immediately upon my gradu-
alton. because I wanted to helr
in the war effort. became con.
nected with a branch Of the De-
partment Of Justice and there
after by reason of what I wa,
told. and because of my willing
ness to work without considers:
ton of hours, was sent to Wash.
ington and was placed in th1
Foreign Agents Registration Sec
ton.
MY father and mother were
born in America. One Of my
grandparents was born In America
Relatives Of mine have fought iu
the battles Of America and have
shed blood in Its cause. NY
brother was In World War II
My father had served in the Span
'ish-American War.
What reason can any one pos
sibly believe that ] could be untrue
to American ideals. even though
some Of its people have tried to
destroy me.
"The only crime I can be said
to be guilty Of is that knew q
Evening star., 1949-05-27

nonseierAn Ca
reerixtss with 10
or more years
OF service 70
c o n pete o n
ual terms
with veterans
In future Gov
eminent reduc-
ton = in - force
programs.
Ii was indi-
Gated that the
cutoff date ap-
proved by the
su b c ommittce
wnn,fffS ksA LIZ or
Evening star., 1949-05-27

inx tss trca4eaes ~ tyysrx - srs
iegtslsison enASss9 10 agssso; .sr
the payment q slA.acso a srAg sAl-
ares 10 its tcp ie aseatssss and
teehnscsanS The Heaxe nas sp-
proved ihs measure eai sxrsasr
passage fwier has ee~a haceksS.
dur 70 ths enseetans @. s<n.aSs
Brewster. Republican, OF MAlns
C0NFrSlNG-Ifse c3sll S<rsacs
Commission. whlch ts having its
troubles these days, has come ap
with another eyearc~ -lifg&as per
fosmAnee.
II has snforsred 4 number @;
Government Stras With years oi ea-
perienee Ia clerical and seeretarla "a.
work that they are ineligible 10
take the second part ot the pet e
rnaneni status xeeretaFaAl exam
despite the fact that they made a
passing grade or the FRS, part Of
the test
The reason for their oascaan.
ficat!on Is the eiineher--ii scens
that the commission feels that
they lack the proper experience fat
the secreiar!al johs The fact tnk,
many OF these girix have for yeaTs
performed similar duties as war
service employees apparently means
nothing TO thA commission.
CAPITAL ROUNDtPsTne AYI
International Association OF Slider
osraphers. composed Of Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing Employees
will celebrate is soth anniversary
with q banquet Saturday night tn
the Hotel StA,ler. Slderographers
are steel plate tranxterers. Gov
ernment employees and the general
public are invited 10 attend q
series OF films on recreation aetisi-
tSkS 81 o " A1hSh tAilAhBsk IA ASN Az
terror Department auditorium, In
terror will also keep its museum
open from I TO pm, to accom-
modate those who would like to
visit 1t before attending the
movies, DR.. Eugene W, Scott
has been appointed executive SEC =
retary OF the Interdepartmen.si
Committee on Scientific Research
and Development.
BE sure TO listen tn Sundays
at ii,,iS am. oper WMAi. The
Star station. for Joseph Yonap's
broadcast perstoa ot the Federal
Spotlight. featuring additional
mems and pteies OF the Gonern-
meHf serutce.t
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Mostly
sunny. highest around SO this aft
ernoon. Rather cloudy, possibly q
shower late tonight: lowest about
50 degrees. Tomorrow partly
cloudy. highest near 10.
Maryland and Virginia-Rather
cloudy. not quite 50 cool west por-
ton. possibly scattered showers
tonight. Tomorrow cloudy and
cool.
Wind velocity. I miles per hour;
direction. northwest.
Five-Day Weather Forecast for
Washington and Vicinity,
May 27-June 1.
The temperature will average
three to four degrees below normal
Normal maximum, 70; normal
minimum. SO, for the Washington
area. Cool tomorrow. warmer
Sunday and Monday and some
what cooler Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Showers late Saturday and
again late Monday or Tuesday
Total amount of rainfall about
three-fourths inch.
- River Report.
urom Omitted States EnGinssss.)
Potomac River muddy. at Harpers Perr,
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy
st Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Readinss at washintgon National Airport)
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Shotgun in Reuther Attack
Wos One Of Only 1000 Made

LIE EtJ44 j, May - AAA~
shotgun used in the attempt on
the life Of Victor Reuther, Go
UAW Official, gave police their
best hope Of solving the attack
today.
The gun was found at Mr..
Reuther's home Tuesday night
under the window through which
the double -barreled blast was
fired.
Today the weapon was flown In
q special State police plane to
Chicopee Falls, Wass.. for study
BY its manufacturers, the Stevens
Arms Co.
Manufactured in February.
Jack Harvill, chief Of Detroit
detectives. said that telephone
conversations with Stevens ON
cials established that the gun was
one Of only 1000 Of that model
manufactured just last February.
Police said they were hopeful
company distribution information
may lead them to learn where the
gun was sold.
While police studied the thin
clues to the shooting. Mr.. Reuther
. remained under medical care In q
hospital.
Charles Barabash, . Dearborn
Ford worker who was arrested In
Q bar and held more than "a
hours for questioning in the
shooting, was released today.
Heelprint Compared. =
Oficers attributed his incohef-
ent statements about the attack
on Mr. Reuther to drinking rather
than to any knowledge OF the
case. :
Evening star., 1949-05-27

There are about 500 volcano
which have erDptsd In historic
times,
Evening star., 1949-05-27

the subcommittee. indicated thai
his group would approve . com
promise version o! the LANCER eaa
The LANCER bill would Allcw al
Evening star., 1949-05-27

II Tree Of bacteria, milk viii
heep almost Indefinitely.
Evening star., 1949-05-27
Bl Is operating
In Reuther Inquiry,
Clark DiscIoses
ky shs Assesioisd Press

Attorney General Clark said to-
day the FBI Is cooperating with
Detroit authorities inyestigating
the shooting Of Victor Reuther,
educational director of the CIO-
, United Auto Workers Union.
Mr.. Clark talked to reporters
after . White House Cabinet
meeting. He said J. Edgar Hoover.
chief Of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, already Is furnish
ing laboratory assistance In con-
nection with the shotgun blast
that cost Mr.. Reuther an eye.
If there is any indication of q
Federal violation, we will have q
full investigation" the Attorney
General said. a.
Earlier. Charles g. Ross, presi-
dental press secretary, had told
reporters the question OF Federal
Intervention Is entirely in the
hands Of the Department Of JUS
tice."
Humphrey Sponsors Resolution.
The Senate has called on Presi-
dent Truman to order the FBI
into the search for Mr.. Reuther's
assailant. Senator Humphrey.
Democrat, Of Minnesota. who
sponsored the resolution. said the
case is of national significance.
The resolution has the backing
Of Senators Ferguson and Van.
denberg, Michigan Republicans.
Similar requests have been made
by CIO leaders and Michigan ON
cials.
Mr.. Reuther, educational direc-
tor of the United Auto Workers
Union, was wounded Tuesday
night by . shotgun blast fired
through the window Of his Detroit
home. The attack was similar
TO one last year on his brother.
Walter Reuther. UAW president,
In addition to the official con-
eern In Washington over the case
two organizations evinced Interest
In 1t. .s ..s.
Church Asks for Safeguard.
The Lutheran Church-Missouri
eynod-meeting In New York
called on local State and Federal
authorities to guard against .
repetition" Of the attacks on the
Reuthers. 4t ..
The church said such attacks
threatened the moral founda-
tions Of American life."
The Inter-American Bar Con-
ference, o Western Hemisphere
group, meeting In Detroit. received
. proposal to define the crime OF
terrorism"
It was not meant to apply spe-
sificAlly to the Reuther case, but
its proponent. Oscar Miro Que
sada Of Peru. Informally men
toned the Reuther shooting.
Mr.. Quesada. chairman OF the
board Of the newspaper FL Conner
clio Of Lima, said legal definition
ss1rxk rGqutred Id view Of the suse
escl stefrorasm o. weapon OF polit-
Z a1cal strife"
2 A cast from q heelprint was
compared with prints found In
the yard Of aIWindsq tontario)
farmhouse where d Canadian
member Of the auto union. Will
Ham D. Allen, 81, was killed Sun
;.dAy night. s1a,,
sSssifr. Aliens deathf also from 1
I skSagun blast tlfrodkh q window,
'sfemAins unexplained. Investisa-f
tors have found nothing to con-
meet II with union affairs. =
Shotgun in Reuther Attack
Evening star., 1949-05-27

BE sure TO listen IN Sundays
at ii.iS am. opev WMAi. The
Star station. for Joseph yonaps
broadcast perstoa of the Federal
Spotlight. featuring additional
mems and piens OF the GorerH-
,negf seyrtee
Evening star., 1949-05-27

NACA-The National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautlcs is hay.
Evening star., 1949-05-27

fRe.dins. At washinsson National Airport.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

bring in lots of boxes of shrimp,
why he just has the merriest twin
.kle in his eye. It happened the
other morning. Life can be beau
tiful.
Tillie Carlstrom and yours truly
have the mostest fun. One of us
will know the words and not the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21
EARLY TO SEATTLE

Charles Early of the Wrangell
Electric and Supply left Friday for
Seattle on the firms annual buy
ing trip. He expects to be gone
about two weeks.
heve was really inspirational tc
my friends. got me tagged with the
Rame kqwa-nogga-g oo-goo. And
pecking away at this typewriter
makes me feel that was not
named wrong. Sorry / couldn't
draw a shorter name but said as 1t
should it's rather musical. Try it..
Goo-goo Mite.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

Neutrality-suspicious. sounds like
a new confeetion but it's Thlinget
for woodpecker, a bird that pecks
its way through life, has a red
head and aside from being a nul-
sanee, is not really a bad little
bird. One day not so long ago
some of US workers were given In
dian names by some of the real
Wrangellers and my pecking away
at my chore and perhaps that rasp-
ing noise I make called singing by
some, but which leads me to be-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

tune while the other will have all
the tune and no words to a song
we want to sing. But we COM
promise and come out with q sure
fire hit-you know. Old Kentucky
Home.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

1t doesn't take much to make
oar boss. Johnnie Sivertsen, happy
Nope. Just let him see 3S pickers
show MP ut 2 q. m. and two boats
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

Marie More, Mrs. John Tommili
and Esther Johnson are three Nor
die ladies who are determined to
master the fine art of shrimp pick
ing at the Harbor Shrimpery. Chin
up. girls. it's the first ten million
that are hard to pick. After that,
it's heads and tails just as easy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

Draft that slow freight Chat
wedding dress or those double we'd
ding are hold up. just can't go
on with my guess who until
get this freight tangle untangled.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-10-21

After many months of rest be-
cause of a spinal dislocation, Sa
Kuntz is back at the Reliance
Shrimpery. The neighbors there all
glad to have Sara back again. Her
constant good humor and smile
were much missed. Husband Joe
came back to pick this week.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

Barton The Great, star perform
er at the Polack Brothers. Shrine
Cicus, now giving daily shows in
Seattle, is better known as the
man who can stand on his fore
finger and perform a variety of
tricks that defy the law Of CRAWL
ty.
Barton The Great is really Bor-
je Johansson, 80 years old and
married to Danish girl whom
he met during a circus engage
ment in Copenhagen. When he
arrived in the U. S. in 1947 to
work with the Ringing Bros.
Barnum and Bailey Circus he was
one of two men in the world who
could stand and maintain perfect
balance on a forefinger. He was
then the subject of big article
in Life magazine and was at the
time the first man to perform the
difficult feat in this country.
Johansson, who has circus en-
gagements in the Scandinavian
countries. Belgium, Canada and
U. S. to his credit has now gained
a worldwide reputation. He start
ed doing tricks with his body
when he was only eight years old
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-09-13

program in the Civic Auditorium
in the latter part of November.
She will participate in the nation-
al Lucia bride contest and after
the trip to Scandinavia she is
scheduled to return to Seattle
about the middle of December
Scandinavian Committee
Plans are now being made to
contact all Scandinavian organiza-
tions in Seattle, which are to be
represented on a special commit
tee for the midwinter festival,
sponsored by the businessmen of
Ballard. Stores and streets in
Ballard will be decorated eX-
tensively in Scandinavian fashion
and a number of stores will also
feature special exhibits of Scandi-
navian culture and art. There will
be a big Lucia parade starting
from Ballard and a special choir
parade, an innovation in this
years festival There will also be
special folk costume contest for
young girls of five different cate
gories representing the Nordic
countries. Prizes will be awarded.
Another innovation in connec-
ton with the festival will be the
obligation" of the Lucia bride to
visit hospitals and orphanages to
bring light and cheer in accord
ance with the Swedish custom.
That was not done last year. In
addition there will be dancing and
singing in the streets of Ballard
and other festivities not yet
planned in detail.
All the Scandinavian organiza-
tions will be represented on the
committee which will help plan
the festival, said Miss Jonson,
adding that she would like to see
lighted candles in windows and
barley on fir trees (for the birds)
throughout Ballard during the
midWinter festival