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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-28
"Batte OF Sexes" By Ingram
Declaration Started In Atlanta

of the mems contention. She sta
ted that her organization, which
was formed in Atlanta for the
sole purpose of helping the In
gram children, had received word
around Christmas that the children
did not have overalls for school
wear, to say nothing of dress
clothing. She agreed, however,
that many clothes had been donat-
ed the family, but some were not
very good, some did not fit any
of the children, and others became
wet, ,moldy and ruined from hav-
ing to be placed under the extreme
ly leaky roof of the old house in
which they are living.
The male aggregation refuted
the statement that children had
been in need of clothes at Christ
mas time. Warren R. Cochrane,
secretary of the Butler st. YMCA
declared that he had sent them a
check of $3.50 just before Christ
mas, so that they might purchase
whatever they needed for the
holidays.
Thus, the battle of the sexes
was on, and the argument melted
within both the visiting and To-
cal groups of women a determina-
ton to visit the Ingram home SO
that they might get first hand
knowledge of the situation. Ar
rangements were made and the
tour was scheduled for Saturday
morning, April 2, despite the dis
couragement and disapproval Of
the men.
Although it was impossible for
Mrs. Geneva Hougabrooks to
leave her business on that day, she
did supply a car to carry the de-
legation to the Ingram home.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-28
Honorary Degree

NEW ORLEANS, April Is
(ANP)-Robert Smith Shea, exc
cutive secretary to the president
of Xavier University, has been
awarded an honorary degree of
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-28
By ALICE A.. DUNNIGAN

Nothing shorter than a visit to
the Ingram home would satisfy
the feminine curiosity aroused by
a sort of "battle of the sexes"
which occurred between local citi-
zens of Atlanta regarding the well
fare of the Ingram children.
1t all started when a delegation
representing the National Commit
tee to Free the Ingram Family
met with a group of Atlanta cit
liens to discuss ways and means
by which these Washington and
New York women could assist the
people of Georgia in an attempt
to obtain freedom for Mrs. Rosa
Lee Ingram and her two sons who
T now doing life sentences in
Georgia prisons for the murder of
a white sharecropper.
The men who represented the
Georgia Citizens Defense Commit
tee, appeared to be at first a lit
tie resentful at the thought of
women from the north interfering
wit h the affairs of the south
which they claimed to already have
under control.
The visiting women were in
formed that there was absolute
ly nothing they could do to bene-
fit either Mrs. Ingram or her
children, as the NAACP was do
ing everything legally possible to
obtain her release, and the physi-
cal needs of the children were
being cared for by local groups.
A spokesman for the mems
group asserted that the national
office of the NAACP has an ac-
cumulated fund of SO or 60
thousand dollars to be used for
the legal fight for the Ingrams
and to provide a home for the
children. The Citizens Defense
Committee was reported as hav-
ing raised $4,000 not for the In
gram family alone but to be used
for any needy family in the state
Of Georgia. Another local fund
of $4,000 has been set aside to
supply the immediate needs of the
children, according to the spokes-
man.
This fund, which is being ad-
ministered by William R. Burley,
a wellknown and respected bust
nessman of Americas, was said to
provide $25 or $50 a week for
the food and clothing of the chill
dren.
The men further stated that so
many clothes had been donated to
the Ingram children that they had
been able to sell some of them.
At this point, a representative
of the Womens Auxiliary of the
A A challenged the factuality
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-28

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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-04-28
for Negroes.

for Negroes.
Shea is a former president of
the federation and is a member
of the national advisory board.
He is a candidate for the master
of arts degree at Tulane univer-
sity.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
u. S. Rejects Stain Peace Talks;
Norway Prefers Western Alliance,
Spurns Russian Council Suggestion

EDITORS NOTE; When opinions IRE e.messsd in thesse columns they are those Of
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
PRESS REEDO
Losing Ground?

Newspapermen and radiocasters
from Sank Center to Gotham would
shout FOUL" claim the opposition
was hitting below the belt.
A Baltimore criminal court judge
held three local radio stations and
the news editor of one were guilty
Of contempt of court because they
violated a court rule that restricts
publication of crime news.
THE JUDGE, John B. Gray, Jr.,
held, in a two-hour verbal opinion
that broadcasts of information about
a convicted murderer, before his
trial last summer, constituted not
only a clear and present danger to
the fair administration Of justice,
but IAN obstruction to justice" in
the accused's right to a fair trial.
The court agreed with a defense
contention that the n~ine-year old
rule was an "abridgement of the
freedom of the press" but asserted
such an abridgement 'is justified
because it conflicts with an equally
potent constitutional right of an
accused to a fair trial"
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
The Outlook Soys:

Laurmont club members met
for an afternoon of bridge Tues
day at the home of Mrs. o. M.
Void. Mrs. j. A. Larson was a
guest of the club. Awards were
won by Mrs. B. l.. Price and
Mrs. B. B. Hageman.
Joyce Bernhard celebrated her
eleventh birthday Saturday with
a party at her home north of
Laurel. Twenty-Five guests at
tended. Games were played from
2 to a and a birthday lunch was
served.
Mrs. Katherine Coy spent the
week end in Great Falls where
she was the guest of her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gage and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. j G. Macdonald
have had as guests Mr.. Mac
Donald's father, Rev. John Mac
Donald of Victor who spent the
week end, and Mr.. and Mrs. R.
H. johnson, who were here sew
eral days while en- route from
Denver to their home in Logan.
The past presidents parley of
the American Legion Auxiliary
was entertained last Tuesday at
luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Edrie Hilgert. The afternoon was
spent working on afghan
squares.
Barbara Galusha, 11-year--old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Galusha, is home from the st.
Vincent hospital in Billings
where she underwent an appen-
dectomy.
Members of her card club met
Friday for an evening of five
hundred at the home of Mrs.
Ira Rodgers. Mrs. Grant Traver
of Rapelje and Mrs. Stuart
Ward were club guests. Prize
winners were Mrs. c. j. Nc
Manus, high; Mrs. Anthony
Freed, second; Mrs. Christina
Keck, travel, and Mrs. C. E.
Mckinney, low.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
NORWAY:
Standing Pot

Norway was drawing no cards.
Standing pat, she would play the
ones she had.
IN OTHER WORDS, the Nor
wegians wanted nothing but friend
ship with the Soviets, but if it were
all the same, they would rather de-
pend upon security in regional
pacts such as the proposed north
Atlantic alliance, than upon an
alignment with the Soviet union.
The position stated by Norway
was in answer to a Soviet note ask
ing the nations Qualification OF its
view on the proposed north Atlantic
setup.
Norway said the United Nations
had failed to provide the world with
peace and security. and her W
peoples SERIOUS concern for their
liberty had convinced the govern
ment that it was necessary to seek
increased security through regional
cooperation in the defense field.
BUT THE NORWEGIAN govern
ment assured the Russians that it
would never agree to foreign bases
on its soil "as long as Norway is
not attacked or the subject of
threats of attack" And the govern
ment pledged itself to support a
policy of non-aggression.
The decision could be interpreted
in no other way than as a definite
setback for Soviet expansion-by-in-
timidation policies. Norway is a
small country and vulnerable to
Soviet attack. Nevertheless, it has
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
u. N. Facilities Offered
II Truman, Stain Meet

The United Nations stands
ready to aid in any way it can
in any East-West talks, accord
ing to a statement by Trygve
Lie, secretary-general Of the
organization.
Lie declared he would be
most happy" to have U. N.
facilities used for a conference
between Josef Stain and Presi-
dent Truman if the two leaders
were to suggest it.
Beyond that he would not 60
In commenting on the inter-
view in which Stain said he
would be glad to confer directly
with President Truman On a
possible Soviet-American peace
pact.
He added that the u. N. has
several facilities which might be
used advantageously in the
event of such a conference.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
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PENSION BILL:
Vets Must Woit

Little possibility was seen by con-
gr~essional leaders for enactment OF
a veterans pension bill during the
current session.
The administration is openly op-
posed to any such measure, being
quoted as saying a program already
offered could not be considered in
accord with the program of the
President"
THE PROPOSAL to which the
refence was made is a veterans
pension bill to give servicemen OF
the last two wars a $50 monthly
pension when they reach age 60.
plus disability payments. 1t is es-
timated this would cost almost two
billion dollars the first year, with
later OUTLAWS reaching multi-billion
dollar levels.
Under this measure, sponsored
by Mississippi's Rankin, a veteran
need only to have served 80 days in
either world war to qualify for a
pension. The extra disability pay
would range from $40 to S120 a
month, with no proviso that the disa-
bility must have been incurred in
service.
Veterans administrator Carl R..
Gray, Jr., said that while he was
neither opposing nor favoring the
legislation in his capacity as vet
erans' administrator, its magnitude
must be weighed closely now to
prevent unwarranted financial out
lays in the future. He pointed out
the cost burden might be so great
as to endanger the entire veteran
compensation program.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN was on
record with this statement: 1.-THE
necessity for new or extended bene-
fits for veterans without service
disabilities should be judged not
solely from the standpoint Of SER
vice in our armed forces, but in the
light Of existing social welfare pro-
grams available to all veterans and
non-veterans alike"
Mr.. Truman also said in his bud
get message: "The program Of vet
erans' services and benefits should
reflect the fundamental fact that
our primary long-run obligation is
to dependents of veterans deceased
from service causes, and to vet
Grams disabled in the service. AT the
same time, we should preserve and
stress our basic objective of assist
ing the recipients Of these benefits
to be as nearly al possible self
reliant and self-supporting members
of our society,""
All Of which indicates that vet
Grams of both world wars expecting
pensions and disability allowances
had best be prepared to wait
awhile.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
NEW
Powerfully Fast

A new fluid eyelid for a camera
can blink and take a picture in
LIS of a millionth of a second. This
eyelid is an electrical shutter with
no moving parts. It's fast enough
to see any one of Is things happen
ing within a millionth of a second.
THE SHUTTER is a murky fluid
that blocks light. Two electrical
contants are immersed in it. When
a current is passed through, the
liquid becomes transparent for an
instant-as if a bottle of ink became
water clear.
The Photographic plate is exposed
to the action in front of the shutter
for only the fraction of time when
the liquid is clear. The length of
exposure is governed by the volt
age applied. The shutter offers a
new way of slowing the action.
The shutter was announced at
the winter meeting of the American
institute of electrical engineers by
A. M. Zaren, Stanford research in
stitute, Los Angeles. and F. R.
Marshall and F. L. Poole, u. S.
naval ordinance test station.
AMONG OTHER war-inspired de-
vices being used in industry, the
'snooper-scope," which could "see"
a man in the dark a quarter Of a
mile away. nov is being used to
find faults in power transmission
lines. 1t spotted the enemy by his
body heat as it was supersensible.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09

CIuimed for Tuxes

Millions Of Americans would
agree with the premise: Taxes ir
America have reached the satura'
ton point.
Former President Herbert Hoover
made the assertion to congress. AS
a remedy, he suggested u%nsnarling
a century Of government red tape,
a slash in federal spending.
FOR ALL HIS earnestness and the
force of his figures. Herbert Hoover,
great engineer" of the depression,
was a voice crying in the wilder
ness.
While President Truman outlined
the need for vast federal eXpendi-
lures for world social and economic
improvement, as well as for defense
measures, he had said nothing about
reduction Of government expendi-
lures. There was nothing in his an
nounced program relating to any
such action.
True, there have always been one
or two individuals in every congress
who have sought to stick a finger
in the hole in the dixie Of federal
outlay, but to date the stopper has
never Appropriated the cirmumfer-
ence of the orifice. Indications were
that it would be thus in the 81st
congress.
HOOVER RECOMMENDED con-
solidation of 1900 bureaus. commits
sions and divisions, but lurking in
the background, ready to raise its
awesome head at any moment, was
patronage. Patronage means votes
and votes mean legislative tenure,
and with the one fattening off the
other, Mr.. Hoover's recommended
lions commanded respect for
their temerity than for any hope
of their adoption.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09

was playing politics with peace
hopes of millions of people.
Anyway, Acheson went on, what
might be gained? Hadn't the Rus
slams consistently blocked all efforts
in the United Nations looking toward
disarmament, control of the atom
bomb and creation of a U.N. police
force?
BUT THE us. couldn't be put in
the position Of appearing disin-
clined even to talk about peace. so
Acheson left the door open for a
parley; but there were some Ameri-
can conditions this time. The White
House, it appeared, would be willing
to see Stalin-in Washington. Stain
had said he'd be willing to see
Truman-behind the iron curtain.
And there the matter stood.
Acheson made a further point.
The US, in any event, would not
discuss with Russia alone any points
having a direct interest to other
nations.
As for a peace" declaration,
Acheson declared he found this
puzzling inasmuch as Russia, the u.
S., and all other U. N. members are
already pledged ''by most solemn
treaty commitments not to engage
in war with one another"
HE ADDED that the hopes of the
worlds peoples for peace are con-
sidered by this nation to be funda-
mental, and that the United States
would not play politics with these
hopes.
While it might appear an v
simplification of the problem, many
might raise the question that if
Acheson is relying on Russia's U.N.
pledge to keep the peace. why
should there be any official us. con-
Germ over the entire Russian rela-
tons puzzle?
The fact there is grave concern
over the puzzle indicates Mr.. Ach-
eson may have been talking when
he should have been thinking.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
MORE CLOTHES:
British Rution Eused

Great Britain has ended eight
years Of clothes rationing-prac-
tically, that is.
Effective now, any Briton with
the money may 60 into any store
and buy a suit Of clothes, his wife
a dress. And for the first time since
January l., 1910, he won't have to
give 20 clothing coupons for the
suit, 10 for his wife's dress. Coupons,
however, will still be required for
many articles Of clothing.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
Wood Duck

Wood duck is one Of the few
species Of the duck family that
does not nest on the ground. Sc
lecting a cavity in a tree deserted
by some other woodland dweller,
the nest is made Of sticks, pieces
Of plants and lined with feathers
plucked from the breast Of the
builder.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09

chosen to stand with the western
nations-a decision certain to i'm
pair Russian prestige and to show
the way, in ONE measure, at least,
how other Soviet-threatened nations
may find the way out of a seeming
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
New Stamp

This three-cent Minnesota ter
ritory centennial commemorative
postage stamp will be placed on
sale the first time on March 8,
1949, at St. Paul, MINI.
ATOM RAYS:
No Deformities
Are victims of atomic bombings
likely to product grotesquely de-
formed offspring?
Many scientists believe that is
one of the terrible effects of atomic
radiation. There are as many more
who disagree.
But the U. S. army atomic energy
commission has said no evidence
of abnormal offspring had yet been
found among the Japanese exposed
to radiation at Hiroshima and Maya
sah.
Laurel outlook., 1949-02-09
WANTS OPEN DISCUSSION
Truman Won't Talk Behind Iron Curtain

It was beginning to look like "Uncle Joe' Stain and Harry S Tu-
man never would get together for a talk looking toward settlement Of
u. S. and other western powers differences with the Soviets.
Meet Stain behind the iron curtain?" Secretary Of State Dean
Acheson snorted in disdain, declared in effect that the idea was pre-
posterous.
Acheson went further. He asserted indirectly that the Russian leader
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01
Your Congressman Reports
From Thomas HI. Burke, NJ. c.,
Ninth Ohio District

7 DOUBT if very many Congressman are
L happy about the rent control bill passed
this week for il was compromise all around.
Certainly my vote was only about 81 20 yea.
In order to get any kind of rent control at all,
Administration leadership agreed with an
amendment offered by Rep. Brown (Ga)
which gives to Administrator Tighe Woods and
the courts a measuring stick for landlord
Hardship cases
Anti-rent control forces still dissatisfied,
offered an amendment for local option, giving
local and State officials power to end controls.
On this issue so out of some 80 Southern
Democrats joined forces with the Republicans
for victory.
This is not an honest effort to meet the
problem, to my mind since the only need for
rent controls is a national emergency which
should be met with national measures. Other
wise it is like permitting each state to set up
its own army and navy to meet the national
emergency of war.
At any rate the Republicans took trounc-
ing in their efforts to extend rent controls for
only 90 days a proposal they hoped would
provide a sop to distressed tenants but would,
in effect, constitute slow death for rent con-
troll to the satisfaction of tremendous, highly
organized lobby of landlords and real estate
interests
Just as the prediction polls exploded in
the faces of their authors on November 2, the
questonnaires on the Taft Hartley Act, recent
ly circulated by General Electric and broad
cast by Fulton Lewis, Jr., popped like pricked
balloons Tuesday night when c. E. Wilson, G..
E. president, testified before our sub-commit-
tee on the Taft Hartley Act Dramatic ques-
tioning of MIR Wilson by Rep Jacobs of Indi-
ana forcibly revealed that the combination of
Mr.. Wilson, his vice president in charge of la
Dor relations, their three lawyers and small
corps of lesser company officials could not
agree on the meaning Of much less answer
with a simple yes or no, the questions they ex-
pected the general public to answer with one
word
Earlier, the free speech clause of the Taft
Hartley Act was exposed as a prohibition
against the use by unions of an employers
anti-union statements as evidence of an unfair
labor practice The witness was Gerald Reilly,
formerly on the NLRB, who as counselor for
Taft was the principal architect of the Act.
AT present he is attorney for GE on a SS, 900
a-month retainer.
Mr.. Reilly admitted that the clause is ex-
Customary and that while it forbids unions to
submit as evidence in courts statements made
by management against unions, it does not
preclude managements using its favorable
comments on labor as court evidence of a
friendly attitude. This clause in the Taft-Hart-
ley Act is, far as anyone can ascertain,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-01

unique in the rules of evidence in our courts.
For instance, a mans statement that he
hates his enemy may be used as evidence If
his enemy is murdered, but an employer S
statement that he hates unions cannot be used
as evidence if an employee is fired for union
activity
Toledos protests against cancellation of
the Veterans Hospital will be heard Tuesday
by a special subcommittee of the Senate S
Labor and Public Welfare Committee, appoint
ed to investigate the back in the VA pro-
gram
l was able to arrange a meeting of Toledo
delegates, who will include representatives of
City Hall and local veterans groups, with Ad-
minstrator Gray, Monday. / also have tried
to arrange a meeting for them with President
Truman, depending upon his early return from
Florida. The Toledo group is marshaling some
pretty convincing arguments Milo Warner,
past commander Of the American Legion, told
me last week when he was in Washington.
The much discussed Rankin Pension Plan
for Veterans probably will hit the House floor
next week This bill was jammed through
committee by John Rankin, chairman and
sponsor of the bill after seven minutes of con-
sideration. Six committee members, ex-service-
men themselves, walked out of the meeting in
disgust and the coup was accomplished. AL
though the bill purportS to be windfall for
veterans they had better give it more than
seven minutes of study before making up their
minds about It,.
Our district is to have good representation
on the Advisory Committee of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, an organization
interested in developing our national water
and land resources l was asked to name 10
delegates and have nominated, from Lucas
County, Leslie E. Thai, E. Paul Brooks, Joseph
F. Rawlinson and Robert w, Cary of Toledo
and Harold Anderson of Maumee. Ottawa
County delegates are Rollie c. Witt, Clay Cen
ter; Edward Tank TroWbridge; Otto Pollex,
Oak Harbor; Walter Krupp, Port Clinton, and
Joe Rosa, Marblehead.
My Washington office is beginning to take
on the atmosphere of home, Willys-Overland
Motors Inc. very kindly sent models Of the
jeep, station wagon and eepster, which are
the envy of all my colleagues along the hall.
Leroy Newmyer sent goodly supply of The
Blades booklet, This Is Toledo for the edi-
fcation of visitors and other congressman.
Then, in time for st. Patricks Day, came the
traditional shamrock plant from Toledo Zoo
logical Society. Wen try to keep it green and
CROWN
am home this weekend for the first time
since going to Washington and it certainly is
good to be chatting with old friends again.
Sincerely,
Thomas H, Burke