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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
AFL Slams Army
Engineers, Asks
Probe By Congress

Washington (LPA)-A congress
ional investigation of the Army's
Corps of Engineers and the lobby
ing interests back of it was called
for last week by the AFL Building
Trades Department.
In it's second blast against the
Army Engineers, the Department
charged the corps is supported by
"a whole string of lobbies," in some
of which even members of Con-
gress are active.
These lobbies have been backing
drive by the Engineers against
transfer of their civilian functions
to the Interior Department-as
proposed by the Hoover Commiss-
ion, and favored by the AFL.
The Building Trades Department
cited the long anti-labor record of
the Engineers, including tieups
with open-shop contractors, as an
argument for shifting the corps
civilian projects, such as inland
waterway developments, to the In
terror Department.
"We know from our own exper-
fence over a long period of time" !"
the AFL unit declared, chow ruth
lessly the Army Engineers attempt
to exploit labor and tear down
established standards of wages and
working conditions.
at would seem pertinent and de-
sirable to investigate thoroughly,
and make known to the public, the
alliance between the Army Engine
ers, members of Congress itself
and the contractors of the country"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
ON PAINTING COSTS

Washington (LPA) - Landlords
can't simply deduct the costs of
services no longer rendered from
the tenants monthly bill, the
Housing Expediter has ruled. In
New York City, the area rent
board had tried to reduce from
10e6 to So the amount of the
rent cut allowed where landlords
no longer provide customary paint
ing and decorating services to ten
ants. The national rent control of
fee refused to allow the 5&b figure,
explaining that the courts have
ruled that "the amount of the ad-
justment in maximum rent is based
on the difference in rental value,
not OH the basis of cost"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
Nationwide Search On
For Organizers S Assdssins

New York (LPA)-Law enforce
ment agencies thruout the nation
have been asked to cooperate with
the New York police in their search
for the fleeing, indicted murderers
of Intl Ladies Garment Workers
Unio n-AFL organizer William
Lurye.
Information received here by the
police indicates that the two thugs
whom the ILGWU believes were
in the pay of open shop employers
are hiding out in the south or
southwestern part of the US.
The two men Benedetto Maori
and John Giusto, are garment
area strong-am men," said Dis
trict Attorney Frank Hogan. "They
committed the cold -blooded murder
of William Lurye, an lLGWU or
ganizer"
ILGWU Vice President Charles
Zimmerman and New York's
Mayor William O'Dwyer praised
the work of Detective Inspector
Walter Sullivan and his men, who,
Zimmerman said, have worked
night and day" on the case.
Zimmerman and other ILGWU
leaders are insisting, however, that
the detectives continue to run down
evidence that the two hoodlums
who stabbed Lurye while he was
making a call from a telephone
booth were in the pay of anti-union
employers.
One of the criminals, Maori, was
once a partner in a dress goods
business himself. His former asso-
ciate is being held as a material
witness to the crime. Giusto is
paroled convict.
The previous week another ex-
convict, "Scarface Louie" Lieber-
man, was arrested for Shaking
down" open shop dress manufac-
turers. An accountant, Ralph Max
on, was also charged with altering
the books of dress companies to
cover up their protection" pay
ments to Lieberman.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
How To Muke
Money While
Bankrupt

New York (LPA)-Can a rail
road turn in huge profits and yet
be bankrupt? The Nassau County
Transit Commission this week said
"yes', in the case of the Long Is
land Railroad.
Last year, the Long Island went
into reorganization under Federal
bankruptcy laws, on the claim that
it had been running in the red and
couldn't get enough income to meet
expenses.
The alibi was whacked by the
Transit Commission. 1t contended
that the Long Island is actually
rolling up a great proft"-but
that the l.. rs parent railroad, the
Pennsylvania, has for years been
milking the line.-
The commission called upon trus-
tees of the Long Island to institute
a thorough probe into the corpor-
ate tieups between the two roads.
AS an example Of the milking,
the commission cited an arrange
ment between the "Pennsy" and
the l.. |. for ferrying freight cars
between Greenville, N. j., and Long
Island City. For % years, the com
mission said, the Long Island has
been floating the cars, and should
have received 60 cents to $1.10 a
ton from the Pennsylvania for the
work.
Instead, said the commission, the
Long Island received only a small
fraction of that, and the "Pennsy"
pocketed the difference-"for do
ing nothing" Had the Long Island
during the % years received all it
was entitled to on that ferrying
and other services, the total would
have been sufficient to wipe out an
alleged $l2,000,000 deficit in Long
Island payments to the Pennsy-
lvania.
Also, it would have been enough
to scale down substantially" the
Long Islands 500 million bonded
indebtness owed to the Pennsy-
lvania, the Commission said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
Compromise
(C0ntinued From Page Ons1

Douglas that Lewis had turned
upon the late President Roosevelt
and later had 'lined upewith Taft
and Company" but that in both in
stances the coal miners supported
Roosevelt and Truman at the polls.
Petrillo's telegram marked the
second time in 10 days that the
president of the AFL's seventh
largest international union had, in
the course of publicly urging en-
actment of the Truman labor bill,
denounced Lewis tactics as con-
trary to the best interests of labor.
On June 10, Petrillo told 1000
delegates to- the musicians 52nd
convention in San Francisco, that
Lewis was nuts" for calling a
miners vacation" at that time.
Petrillo's telegram to Senator
Douglas said in part:
81 say that SO percent of labor
in this country, including myself,
while favoring the entire repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act, are for any
measure that you and the rest of
the liberal senators on the Demo-
cratic side and the Republican side
-as opposed to the reactionary
Republicans and Dixiecrats-can
give labor. We feel that the only
reason you are making amend
ments to the administration bill in
stead Of entire repeal of the act is
because there is very little possi-
bility at this session of Congress
of repeating the entire Taft Hart
ley Act. We are satisfied that labor
will back you 100 percent in any
thing you do.
''Make Start Now"
"We in the American Federation
of Musicians, numbering $4,000
have lost hundreds of thousands OF
dollars in wages since the Taft
Hartley Act has been put on the
statute books of our country. We
are willing to follow the leadership
of men like you. What we cannot
get today we may be able to get at
sometime in the future but GER
tainly we must start some place to
tear down this vicious slave labor
bill."
Referring to Lewis, Petrillo told
Douglas:
"We are just wondering how sim
cere that man is when he puts a
club in Taft's hands to destroy all
liberals and liberalism by first call
ing a strike in March of this year
when the House of Representatives
had the bill before the Congress.
Now that it is up before the Senate
he again calls a strike, much to
the delight of Mr.. Taft and his re-
dictionary cohorts.
"In conclusion let me say that
the labor movement is satisfied
that the administration Democrats
like yourself and the liberal Repub
licans are giving labor the best
kind of a bill possible to get and
we appreciate it. The betrayal of
labor is not by the administrations
amendments but by John l.. Lewis"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
Paper To Mark
Rescue By Unions
At Rally July A

Flora, Ill. UPA)-Havfng won
his battle for freedom of the press,
Publisher Charles A. Crowder Of
the bi-weekly Flora Sentinel is
preparing to celebrate the victory
on independence Day, with the CO.
operation of organized labor in
this area.
A big rally is to be held July 4
at Brown Memorial Park, under the
sponsorship both of the Sentinel
and the Clay County Labor Group,
an organization set up jointly by
AFL and CIO unions and Railroad
Brotherhoods of Flora and vicinity
Theme of the rally will be free
dom of the speech and press" it
was announced by President J. w.
Bradley of the labor. group. Ma
tional unions are being invited to
send representatives.
Crowder also announced he will
publish a special Freedom of the
Press Edition of his paper for July
A, which will tell the story of his
struggle and carry articles on or
ganized labor He hopes to secure
national circulation of the edition
on advance orders of 25c a copy.
Action by the Int'l Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers -AFL a week
earlier saved Crowder's paper from
going under. A clique of local busi-
ness men had bought up notes and
mortgages on the Sentinel's pro-
perty, and then foreclosed in an at
tempt to silence the paper because
it carried labor's side in local dis
putes.
The plot was defeated when the
lBEW extended loan TO Crowder
to redeem the notes. President
Dan w. Tracy of the Brotherhood
made it clear the loan was offered
on a straight commercial basis,
and there would be no attempt to
dictate Crowder'S editorial policy.
The IBEW praised Crowder for his
great battle to maintain the prin-
ciple of a free press.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
Delegates To
(Continued From Page OHe)

Local Union 124, Decorators and
Decorating Kilnmen, East Liver
pool-E. C. Armstrong, Allan Rose.
Walter Daniels, Barbara Walker,
Fred Mountford, Norman Whip
pier, Anthony wynn, Geneva
Covert, Eva Ross, Ruth Bowers.
Local Union 130, Kilnfremen,
Helpers and Trackmen, East Liver
pooLArthur Parrish.
Local Union 131, Battersout and
Mouldrunners, East Liverpool
james Bennett, John Gilmore, Alice
Sewers.
Local Union 1872, Handle, Casters
and Finishers, East Liverpool
Opal Landfried.
Local Union 1873, Sanitary, New
Castle, Pa.-James Million, John
Popovich.
Local Union 1874, Stone and Art
Ware, Crooksville, Ohio - Orville
Bonifant, Earl Polling.
Local Union 140, Porcelain, East
Liverpool-Lloyd Densmore.
Local Union 14l, Oddmen and
Laborers, East Liverpool-Dellwyn
S. Fryan.
Local Union LAG, Generalware,
Paden City, w. Va.-George Berl
Henthorn, Gus Belmont, William
Krebs.
Local Union 148, (mixed), East
Liverpool--James +. Barnhart.
Local Union $50, Stoneware and
Artware, Red Wing, Minn.-George
Eichlinger, Frank Seeley.
Local Union 155, Underglaze
Decorators, East Liverpool--Vera
Mckenzie, Grace Mccall.
Local Union 172, Maintenance
Men, East Liverpool-George Cros-
sen, Clarence Durbin, l. m m t
Blake.
Local Union TIA, Sanitary, Metu-
chen, N. J.-Donley Jones, George
Bondics.
Local Union 175, Sanitary, Tren-
ton, N. Louis Coppola, Nicholas
Petro, w. +. Clawges.
Local Union TT, Sanitary, Rob-
inson, Ill.-Ross Terry, Harry
Martin.
Local Union 178, Artware, Sc
bring, O.-Harold Agnew, John
Hotchkiss, John Williams.
Local Union 1873, Generalware,
Los Angeles, Calf. Stanley Lyle.
Local Union 1874, Chinaware,
Trenton, N. Arthur Devlin.
Local Union 1872, Warehousemen,
Packers and Decorating Kilnmen,
Sebring, O.-Hugh Daley, Lee
Minesinger.
Local Union 1876, Glost Ware
housewomen and Kilndrawers, East
Liverpool-Villa Carraher, Mildred
Mckenzie, Mildred Ward.
Local Union 1919, c h ware,
Pomona, Calif.-William b. Hack
er, Jr.
Local Union POI, c Unaware,
Huntington Park, Calif.-Theodore
Dowd, Felix Zuvernich.
Local Union 2l1, Artware,
Crooksville, O.-Edward Stockdale.
Local Union 2l2, Generalware,
Chester, w. Va.-Louis Sanford.
Local Union 2l4, Sanitary, Red
lands, Calif.-Clarence Davis, Ber-
nard Rowbottom.
Local Union 2lS, Sanitary, Tor
renee, Calif.-E. j. Cunningham.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30

FORMER IATSE HEAD DIES
Cincinnati (LPA) - William c.
Elliott, former president of the
Int'l Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employes-AFL, died suddenly of
heart attack here, last week.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30

Ask for Union Labeled merchan.
dise.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
MUNDT BILL DENOUNCED

Washington UPA) ~ The AFL
has unleashed a blast at the Mundt
and Ferguson bills to outlaw the
Party. A statement,
by the AFL's legislative
representative Lew Hines, termed
the bills "even more objectionable"
than the Mundt- Nixon bill, which
the Senate buried last year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30
WIN SIS PENSION BOOST

New York (LPA) - The New
York Cloak Joint Board of the Int'l
Ladies Garment Workers Union
AFL last week won a new pension
agreement for its $4,000 members.
Workers retiring at 65 will now
get pensions of sos a month. The
old rate was $50. All of the money
is put up by the employers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-30

No woman thinks she can be
fooled by a man--that's a laugh,
son.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Five New Area Polio Cases
Reported, Lifting TotaIto 81

Five new cases of polio were
reported in the Washington area
today, raising to 81 the number of
cases registered so far this year.
One patient is a Washington
resident and the others were re-
ported from Prince Georges
County. Md. There have been 81
polio cases reported in the Dis
trict to date.
The Washington resident is a
17-year -old colored boy living in
the 500 block of N street NV. He
was admitted to Gallinger Hos
pital August "A.
The other cases. all patients at
Children's Hospital, include:
"A 3-year -old boy from the $500
block of. Sixty-f1rst place, East
Riverdale; a 4-year-old girl from
Beltsville; a boy, no age listed,
of the 800 block of Leona street.
Forestville, and a colored boy, no
age listed, of Mitchellville.
Evening star., 1949-08-24

that Russia will accept the Yugo-
slav bid for an across-the- table
settlement Of the Communist FAM
lily row.
Bitterness of the feud apparent
ly has gone too far. 1t has been
marked by border shootings be-
tween Yugoslavia and Soviet-con-
trolled Cominform neighbors,
charges and countercharges of
espionage and sabotage.
Perhaps more important, the
depth of the rift has been reflected
on both sides by demands that the
other must change its basic po-
litical philosophy Of what consti-
tutes q Communist state.
Since expulsion from the Com
inform IA months ago, Tito has
shown no sign Of budging from
his position that all Communist
parties can exist only as equal
partners with equal rights.
And over the same period. Mos
COW has shown no intention OF
relinquishing its bandmaster's
role OF calling the tuns- -on both
1see TITO, Page A-s.)
Evening star., 1949-08-24
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 24.-A small
but vicious tropical hurricane
ragged off the coast Of North Car
Eolina today as a new storm gath
cred strength north OF Puerto
Rico, 1000 miles away.
Square black and red hurricane
warning flags tapped along a IS.
mile stretch of the desolate upper
Carolina Capes from Manteo to
Cape Lookout.
Storm warnings were up from
Ocean City, Md, to Morehead City,
N. c.. including the lower reaches
of Chesapeake Bay.
The Diamond Shoals lightship,
20 miles of Cape Hatteras, radioed
at 1890 am. that they were in
the thick of the hurricane.
wind estimated at lis knots
(about 1870 miles per hour. Seas
mountainous. Hope anchor will
hold" the lightship messaged.
Grady Norton, chief forecaster
of the Miami Weather Bureau,
said 1t appeared the center Of the
hurricane now was between Cape
Hatteras and the lightShip.
Mr.. Norton said the lightship
reported the wind from the east
southeast and the barometer
reading was 1896.
Meanwhile, the second hurri-
cane Of the season was growing
larger and more vicious hourly.
This storm could AIiye US real
trouble" Mr.. Nortoy Observed.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Man Found Dead in River,
Woman Friend Hunted

The body of man identified
as M. c. Abell. about SO, Of the
Palace Hotel. was found floating
today in Little River, about half
q mile below Key Bridge.
Harbor Police said he had rented
a conoe from Dempsey's Boat
House at $40 pm. yesterday, in
company with an unidentified
woman about 35 years old.
Police said the woman still is
missing and that a search has
been started for her. Mr.. Abel
had told boat house attendants he
to return in about four
hours.
His body was discovered about
1880 pm. by three boys. Police
said Mr.. Abel was employed by
Whelan's Drug Store. Fourteenth
and < streets NV.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Defense Cutbock Will Affect
5,777CiviIiuns in This Area
Bulk Of Navy DismissoIs Already Made;
Army Losing Total of 1856 Workers Here

A total of Sill National De-
fense employees in the Washington
area are affected by the $4,000
Nation wide civilian defense cut
announced today by Defense
Secretary johnson.
Defense officials said the num-
ber of civilian employees in the
Washington area who will be dis
missed will be considerably less
because personnel reductions
here already had been made in
anticipation of the reduction
order.
The Navy will have to cut its
civilian personnel staff by 3.270
employees, most of them in the
Naval Gun Factory. Gun Factory
officials, however. said they al
ready had made the bulk of the
2.293 dismissals that they were
directed to make today. Con-
sequently, they said, not more
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Raj Pep Tablets
Send 2-Yeor-OId
On Spree of Play
By the Associofed Press

LEEDS, England, Aug. 24.-For
27 hours 2-year-old Janet Wheel
wright was the liveliest kid in
town.
She couldn't get to sleep.
Throughout the night she sang,
danced and chartered. She
played with every toy in the
house. She built towering castles
with her books. And still the
sandman stayed away.
Exhausted, her mother took her
to a doctor. She skipped and
hoped the two miles distance. A
sedative put her to sleep.
Later it was discovered Janet
had chewed on some army pep
tablets belonging to her brother
Dennis, who had just returned
home after service with the Royal
Air Force in the Middle East.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
leahy, McGrath Successor,
Takes Oath as Senator

Edward L. Leahy. So, newly
appointed Democratic Senator
from Rhode Island, took the oath
of Office today to succeed j. How
ard McGrath, who late this after
noon will become Attorney Gen.
eral. Mr.. Leahy, a tax authority,
is from Bristol.
Senate leaders said it was a
safe bet" that the new Senator
would be assigned to a place on
the Senate District Committee
although the Democratic Steering
Committee has not yet acted.
Senator Leafy was escorted to
the dais of the Senate by Senator
Green, Democrat, of Rhode Island
and the oath of Office was admin
istered by Vice President Barkley.
Sitting in the chamber at the time
was Senator Leahy's wife and two
daughters.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Atlantic Pact Goes
In Effect as Truman
Signs Proclamation
Representatives of 10
Of II Participating
Nations Are on Hand
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today hailed
the Atlantic pact as an agree
ment ito promote and preserve
peace throughout the world" as
he signed proclamation at 12:42
pm. bringing the 12-nation de-
fense alliance into operation.
The proclamation was issued in
the presence OF representatives OF
10 of the IL countries participat-
ing in the treaty after France
last of the seven rations which
originally drafted the agreement
deposited its instrument of rat
ification.
Along with the French notice
Of adherence were filed those of
Portugal. Italy. and Denmark.
later additions to the list of par
ticipating nations.
Two Not Represented.
Only Luxembourg and Iceland
were not represented at the cere-
mony in the Presidents Office.
In his brief statement. hailing
the agreement which is to be
implemented by arms aid from
this Government to its associates,
the President said:
mo nation need fear this CO.
operative effort.
with the deposit Of instru-
ments of ratification by Denmark,
France, Italy and Portugal. the
North Atlantic treaty today enters
into effect. This is a momentous
occasion. not only for all the sig
natories of the treaty. but for all
peoples who share our profound
desire for stability and peaceful
development.
by this treaty. We are not only
seeking to establish freedom from
aggression and from the use of
force in the North Atlantic COM
munity but we are also actively
striving to promote and preserve
peace throughout the world.
Within U.N. Framework.
'In these endeavors we are
acting within the framework of the
United Nations Charter. which
imposes on us all the most solemn
obligations.
These obligations which bind
us to settle international disputes
by peaceful means, to refrain from
the threat or use of force against
the territory or independence of
any country. and to support the
United Nations In any action it
may take to preserve peace. are all
clearly stated in the North At
! lantic treaty.
Today as this treaty comes into
effect it seems particularly ap-
propriate to rededicate ourselves
to the carrying out of the great
task we have set for ourselves
| y. - go.
Evening star., 1949-08-24
SpeIImon Pays Mrs. Roosevelt
Friendly Visit at Hyde Park

unworthy OF an American
mother" for her writings on the
Barden bill for Federal school aid
Later, in an exchange of letters
the cardinal and Mrs. Roosevelt
reached a formal reconciliation.
Miss Malvina' Thompson. Mrs.
Roosevelt's secretary. said the
cardinal stopped at Hyde Park on
a trip to dedicate a Catholic
chapel at Peekskill.
1.-THE cardinal stopped by in his
own car" Miss Thompson said.
HE had a monsignor with him,
and he met Mrs. Roosevelt.
"She offered him some iced tea.
and he took a little. The cardinal
stayed about IS minutes. It was
just q friendly conversation"
Miss Thompson said she did not
know what was discussed, and said
Mrs. Roosevelt refused to amplify
the remarks In her column.
Cardinal Spellman's ONCE said
It had no comment
Evening star., 1949-08-24
LACK OF QUORUM Balks Action
on Education Bills. Page B-1.

LACh OF k2UOhUM balkS AcClOn
on Education Bills. Page B-1.
BY the Assoeioted Press
HYDE PARK, N. Y. Aug. "a
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt re-
vealed today that Francis Cardi-
nal Spellman paid her friendly
visit here Friday.
Yesterday Mrs. Roosevelt re-
sumed her discussion of Federal
aid to education in her newspaper
column, MY Day" somewhat
modifying her views on free trans
portation of students to private
schools. Today in her column she
mentioned the prelate's visit to
the Roosevelt family estate.
A month ago Cardinal Spell
man, Roman Catholic archbishop
Of New York, attacked Mrs. Roose-
velt's views on the separation OF
church and state. He accused her
Of anti Catholic bias and2views
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Clark 10 Succeed Devers
AS Field Force Commando

Gen. Mark w. Clark will be-
come chief of the Army Field
Forces. with headquarters at Fort
Monroe. Va. on September 80,
the Army Department announced
today.
Gen. Clark, now commanding
the 9Th Army with headquarters
at the Preside, San Francisco.
will succeed Gen. Jacob L. Devers,
who is scheduled to retire Sep
tember 80 after 40 years service.
1t. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer.
deputy chief Of staff for plans
and combat operations. has been
assigned to succeed Gen. Clark
at the Presidio. The Army said
40 selection had yet been madA
1pr Gen. Wedemeyer's successor
Evening star., 1949-08-24
Little Prospect Seen
For Soviet Acceptance
OF Tito Bid 10 ParIey
Bitterness of Feud Has
Gone Too Far, Belgrade
Observers Believe
BY The Assoeioied Press

BELGRADE, Aug. 24.-Marshal
Tito's offer to negotiate "all dis
puted questions" between Yugo-
slavia and Russia has put the
possibility of easing tension in the
explosive Balkans squarely up to
the Soviet Union.
But. among foreign observers
here, there seemed little likelihood