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Evening star., 1949-08-16
Judge Dismisses Suit
Against Rep. Irving
BY the Asxocjotsd Press

KANSAS CITY. Aug. ia Cir
cult Court judge yesterday dis
missed suit for an accounting
brought against Representative
Irving, Democrat, of Missouri
and two other officers of a labor
union.
Mr.. Irving, who represents
President Truman's home district,
is president and business manager
Of the Hod Carriers. Building and
Common Laborers' Union of
America (AFL1, Local 264.
Suit was instituted by Theo-
dore Baldwin. Negro. former GUS
todian at the union headquarters,
in the name of 81 other members.
Roy E. Livingstone, financial
secretary, and Alvin Butcher,
secretary. were the other de-
PENDANTS. The petition charged
Vic Cl1CC Will COAloPAA1lS w
divert union funds to their own
use and to purposes not author
lied by the union. ,
Mr.. Irving denied the charges.
Remedy within the union Is
more adequate and complete than
a suit for money in court of law
or equity" Judge John F. Cook
ruled.
Mr.. Irving's attorney stressed
that the plaintiff had not sought
redress within the union.
Shortly after the suit was filed,
Mr.. Irving tried to discuss finan-
cial affairs at meeting of the
union. 1t broke up in a riot.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Quirino Heads for Home
On Philippines AirIiner
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10
Philippine President Elipidio Qui-
rino headed homeward today after
pleas to the United States not to
neglect the opportunities-and the
dangers-of the Orient.
He left at l am. CPST today
aboard a Philippines Air Lines
plane. He was scheduled to ar
rive in Manila Thursday morning.
At Stanford University yester-
day Mr.. Quirino said, "It Is time
for the United States to consider
If it is one-sided or one -shored.
The Pacific is just as important
as the Atlantic. -
"The United States should be
concerned with its back door
which is really the front door, now
that the Atlantic pact has been
signed"
To the Commonwealth Club in
San Francisco, he said. his country
has many, many untaL .,ed re-
sources" and that his government
will back "to the last penny" in
vestments in the Philippines.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Thief Takes $500 Cash,
0verIooks Valuable Items

A thief interested principally in
cash lifted about $500 from a
strongbox, 12o silver dollars and
a dozen foreign coins from the
apartment of James M. Roberts,
Al, colored, at 744 Girard street
NV, he told police today.
They also took a $500 wrist
watch, but overlooked-or didn't
want-a diamond and ruby ring
valued at $500; two fur coats val
ued at $1,000 each and $500
camel hair coat.
Mr.. Roberts owns a grocery at
231 Florida avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Finnish Refunding Bill
Sent to White House
BY the Assecioted Press

The House passed and sent to
President Truman yesterday bill
providing that future payments
from Finland on it's World War I
debt be spent in this country for
education of Finnish students.
The bill would finance general
education and technical training
for Finnish students, and the
sending of American books and
technical training equipment to
schools in Finland.
Finland has paid the United
States $8,702, $50 on a debt origi-
mating with relief supplies fur
nished Finland Immediately after
world War I. Under present ar
raneements, Finland is due to pay
between s2e4,ooo and approx
r,steiv s35s, 900 a year until 1884
to complete retiring the debt.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
B-36 Probers Leave
For Coast 10 Talk With
Gen. Arnold, Builders
BY the Associated Press


Active investigation of the B-3e
bomber and its history switched
today from Capitol Hill to the
West Coast.
A House Armed Services sub
committee, headed by Representa-
tive Price, Democrat. of Illinois
left for California to talk to Gen
Henry H. "CHap) Arnold, who was
chief of the Air Forces during the
war, and to several airplane manu-
facturers. Committee staff mem
bers accompanied the members OF
Congress.
The subcommittee is making
the trip West because Gen. Ar
nold's health will not permit him
to travel to Washington.
The full committee is investi-
eating informal reports that po-
litical favoritism and business re-
latlonShlpS may nave naQ more
to do with the success of the giant
six-engine bomber than its value
as a military plane. There were
four days of public hearings last
week.
With the investigation marking
time here, the interest Of commit
tee members centered on an
anonymous document detailing
some of. the charges Representa-
tive Bates. Republican, of Massa-
chusetts said the committee
should devote all its energy right
now to discovering who wrote it.
AS soon as the, committee flnds
out. he told a reporter, those re:
sponsible should be brought in. a.
witnesses Ito give the evidence
they have"
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Schram Report Offers
Tax Program for Era
|0f Economic Growth
By the Associofed Press

Changes in the Federal tax
structure to provide the stimulus
for an era of economic growth"
were recommended to Congress
today by Emil Schram, president
Of the New York Stock Exchange.
The recommendations were pre-
sented in the form of a tax study
prepared by Mr.. Schram and the
firm of Franklin Cole 81 Co.. eco
nomic consultants.
Four principal changes were
urged:
l. Revision of existing restric-
tions to permit an individual to
deduct from his income tax liza
bility an amount equal to 10 per
cent of any common Stock divi-
dends he receives-with the tax
credit increasing in subsequent
years.
Offset of Capital Losses.
2. A change in the law to permit
the offsetting of capital losses
against ordinary income up to
$4,000 in the year OF, the loss plus
an equal amount in each of the
five carry-over years.
CUnder current regulations
an offset of $1,000 is permitted
in the year of the loss plus
$1,000 in each of five carry over
yearS0
3. The application of a fiat 10
per cent tax on long-term capital
gains range from 10 per cent in
the lowest taxable income bracket
up TO maximum of Is per cent.
4. Reduction to three months
from the present six months-in
the length of time an asset must
be held before any eventual profit
is taxed as a long term capital
gain.
Job Increase Stimulant.
Private industry" the tax
study concluded, can be relied on
to provide an ever-increasing
number of jobs and the tools
necessary for such jobs when tax
laws permit the necessary VEN
ture savings to be formed and
encourage their constructive use.
THE proposals we have made in
this report. if adopted promptly,
could provide the stimulus for an
era of economic growth and in
dividual economic progress even
greater than we have thus far
achieved"
Evening star., 1949-08-16

as the most liberal member on
the generally conservative rules
group, said his committee isn't
going to be in a rush" to take up
the general reclassification and
postal pay bills. .
"They have to be considered
carefully" he said. adding that
the cost was considerable.
If Mr.. SABBATH feels that way,
it's virtually certain his more con-
servative colleagues on the COM
mittee have even stronger views
against granting the legislation
the go-ahead sign.
That's why various AFL en-
ploye leaders are contracting all
members of the Rules Committee
in an effort to get their support
in favor of the bill.
If the rules group fails to act,
there is only one way left to cir
cumvent it. The House already
has enacted the top-bracket pay
measure. Therefore, If the Senate
amends this bill with general re-
classification legislation. the COM
bined measure would go directly
to House-Senate conference. The
House Rules Committees approval
would not be needed. Present
plans do not call for combining
the two measures in the Senate;
but this may be attempted If the
rules group remains adamant.
FAMILIAR RING - This
months issue of the Civil Service
Assembly Newsletter features
cartoon showing secretary taking
dictation from her boss.
When he finishes, the sweet
young thing asks: Would you
mind repeating the part that
comes between Dear Sir and
Yours Truly'?"
THAT. THEY LIK E-The
Citizens Committee on the Hoover
Comission reorganization proposals
points out that, while most Gov
ernment officials disapprove the
reorganization recommendations
for their particular agencies. they
favor almost to man the Hoover
proposal to increase their own
salaries.
The second most popular Hoover
recommendation is the one to give
these officials more administrative
and staff help. Otherwise, Federal
officials, according to the views
they submitted to the Senate
Executive Expenditures Commit
tee. take a dim view of the Hoover
proposals-especially when they
concern their own agencies.
BEAUTY COURSES-The Fed
eral Recreation Committee has
decided to leave 1t up to the indi-
vidual Government departments
and agencies in sponsoring the
beauty and grooming courses for
Government girls, now being given
by Detroit beauty concern.
The original plans called for the
recreation group to sponsor these
courses. But it's been decided to
let the agencies handle the matter
by themselves.
FEW LAYOFFS-As predicted
here weeks ago, there will be no
layoffs to speak of in Govern
ment's independent agencies here
House Senate conferees on the
1850 independent Offices appro-
priations bill have agreed on -
measure that will not result in
much change in the various agen-
cies' personnel setup.
A lot of the wailing and moan
ing that goes up from agency
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Defiance by Bridges!
Brings Dock Strike
To Decisive Phase
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU, Aug. 16.-Harry
Bridges showed Hawaii's 108-day
CIO dock strike into a decisive
phase today. The territorial gov
ernment obtained an anti-picket-
ing injunction. He defied it per-
sonally.
The next step was up to Walter
D. Ackerman, jr.. Hawaii's attor-
ney general. His Office said
Bridges, president Of the CIO In
ternational Longsnoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union, might be
arrested for contempt. Mr.. Acker-
man said he would determine to-
day what to do.
The attorney general went into
Circuit Court yesterday to obtain
the injunction. He acted under an
emergency law of the Territorial
Legislature. Under this act the
government has seized Hawaii's
struck stevedoring firms. 1t plans
to operate the docks, tied up since
the ILWU struck May l for a 81
cent increase in the $1.40 hourly
basic longshore wage.
Injunction Granted.
The territory resorted to the
injunction as it tried to unload
the Matson Line freighter Ha-
waiian Merchant at Pier 8. nWU
pickets were oh duty there. CIO
Marine Cooks and Stewards and
independent Marine Firemen said
they would walk off the ship If
Government steyedores worked
behind the picket line. '''
Judge Edward A. Towse granted
the injunction. 1t restrains the
ILWU from picketing Pier 8. 1t
also restrains the ILWU, its Off
GERS and 100 John Does" from
"inciting or directing" any one
else to picket the pier and thus
halt work on the ship.
Taking a picket post on Pier 8,
Bridges moved swiftly toward the
ILWU's long-threatened test of
the seizure laws constitutional
ity.
Authorities served him with an
injunction notice. He stuffed it in
his pocket. For a half-hour he
marched on the picket line. Police
did not try t6 stop him.
On the march he told reporters:
This is the start on this law.
It's going to the Supreme Court.
This is where it starts and that
is where it will end. What these
islands need is a cool breeze. leg
islatively speaking"
Strikebreaking Charged.
The ILWU has called the seizure
law all along an attempt to break
the strike.
Bridges and his union blocked
for one full day, at least, the
Governments operations on Mat
son Line ships. They normally
carry the bulk of Hawaii-main-
land commerce.
Harbor Board Manager Ben F.
Rush issued a statement saying
the territory's plans had been de-
layed.
This was due. he said, to objec-
tions of the ships crew to work.
ing behind the ILWU picket line
and to "some delay in enforce
ment" of the injunction.
Evening star., 1949-08-16

certainly plays havoc with the
nerves of the employees in the
agencies. who are led to believe
they will be fired almost en- masse
About the only agency that is
hard hit is the Office of the Hous-
ing Expediter, which will have
to lay off about 1000 employees.
Few of the dismissals, however,
will be in Washington.
ENFORCED RETIREMENT
Federal and District employees
who have reached so with 30
years service would be retired be-
fore other workers in similar posi-
tions could be discharged or fur
loughed in staf-reduction pro-
grams. under a bill introduced in
the House yesterday by Represen-
tative Miller. Democrat, of Cali
fornia.
APPOINTMENT - Kenneth o.
Warner, Well-known Government
personnel official here, has been
appointed the executive director
of the Civil Service Assembly. Mr..
Warner will resign his job as di-
rector of the National Security Re-
sources Boards institutional re-
sources division to take the as
sembly job in Chicago.
Government officials here feel
Mr.. Warner Is the ideal choice
for the job. He has an excellent
record in personnel and admin
istrative work in Government.
having previously served as OPA
personnel director and admins
trative assistant to the United
States commissioner of education
Mr.. Warner will fill the vacancy
that occurred when James Mitch
ell resigned as the. assembly's
executive director to become a
member of the Civil Service Com
mission. The assembly is COM
posed Of the Governments top
personnel officers and adminis-
traitors. and its job is to strength
en- and improve personnel prac-
tices in the public service.
(Be sure to listen in Sundays
at 1915 am. oper WMAL. The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
broadcast persion OF the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
,ae,us and pie,Ds of the Gopern-
fnenf serfiice I
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Partly
cloudy, with highest about 81 to-
day. Mostly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow, with occasional rain
possible. Lowest tonight near IS.
Observation-Disclosures cloudi-
ness and cool, with occasional rain
possible tonight and tomorrow.
Highest tomorrow about 80.
Virginia-Mostly CLOUDY, with
occasional rain tonight and to-
morrow. Continued cool.
Wind velocity, 20 miles per
hour; direction, east.
Five Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, August 1921.
Some rain with moderate tenn
perature at the beginning OF the
period, followed by mostly fair
except for widely scattered after
noon showers and somewhat
warmer. The temperature will
average near normal for the Pc
riod. Normal maximum for the
Washington area is "a, mini
mum 66.
River Report.
(From O. s EngipeersD
Potomac River clear at HarperS rerIy
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear AZ
Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1949-08-16

hurry to give
the m e a S u r e
clearance. Un-
lie SIS the COM
m it tie e a c t S
favorably, the
bill will be bot
tied up for this
year, at least.
A tipof on
the committees
a t t / t u d e was
given the other
day by Chair
man S a b a t h.
Mr.. S a b a t h.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
MoIovun Horses Pompered

KuAIA JUMPER. Malaga w.
a new type Of horse coach to
,,rovide luxury travel for race
horses has been put into service
IN the Malayan Railways. The
interior Of, the coach is kept Z
degrees cooler than previous types
of coaches as a result OF Chengal
wood. capped with a shining roof
of lacquered aluminium. Eacn
coach carries II horses at a Time
There is rod p for IL attendants.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
AZ 1.-THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. G.
IA
ITU Faction Demands
End Of 'ko-Surrender'
Policy on Contracts
BY ths Associoted Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Aug. 16.-A,
dissatisfied faction within the In
ternational typographical Union
called today for convention action
to throw out the TITUS "no-sur-
render" policy toward employer
contracts.
A test vote was assured. The
st. Louis delegation introduced a
proposed amendment to yank the
collective bargaining formula out
of the TITUS bylaws. Pro-
administration delegates count
cred with a measure to extend the
union presidents control over con-
tracts.
Close associates of TITUS six
term president, woodruff Ran
dolph Of Indianapolis. gave the
opposition little chance to upset
the bargaining pattern set up In
1947. The 91st annual meeting OF
the Nations oldest trade union is
In its third day here. 1t has three
more days to go.
Two-Year Battle Over Policy.
The policy has involved the
AFL affiliate in an intense two
year battle. both on the legal
front and the picket lines.
At the heart of it is the TITUS
bitter opposition to the Taft
Hartley Act. The ITU contends
the law has hit it harder than
any other unions because of the
printers history of closed-shop
contracts and close regulation of
work.
The union has been on strike
against Chicago newspaper pub
fishers since November "a, 1947.
1t has been the target Of 10 man
agement complaints to the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board. The
employers accuse the ITU of at
tempting to avoid provisions of
the Taft-Hartley Act.
Convention delegates who op-
pose Mr.. Randolph on the bar
gaining issue say nobody is in dis
agreement on fundamentals in the
fight against the Taft-Hartley
statute. But members differ on
methods.
Finds Members Receptive"
Jesse B. Manbeck, for five years
president of the Washington local
and an announced candidate for
ITU president to succeed Mr..
Randolph. told a reporter his
12,000-mile campaign tour con-
vinced him the ITU membership
was receptive" to a change in
leadership. /
'The Taft-Hartley Act is on
the books" he said. What we
ought to do is protect ourselves as
best we can on our contracts, in
stead of having them dictated
from union headquarters. Let
the members work out contracts
to fit in with their own local con-
ditions." !
Mr.. Randolph, on the other.
hand. told delegates, there islno.
SURRENDER on the dlspabo0 POa1CS =
II locals were left on their own,
he warned. chaotic bargaining
conditions would result.
Evans Also May Run.
besides Mr.. Manback, two other
names have popped, Up ass possible,
candidates for Mr.. Randolph's
post. They are John Evans of
Washington and Claude M. Baker
Of San Francisco. who headed the
ITU in the 1938-43 period. -
An employer spokesman warned
the union yesterday to avoid max
ing costly economic demands upon
the printing industry. !
Thomas P. Henry, jr., presi-
dent of the Union Employers
Section of the Printing Industry
of America, Inc. said the union
should cooperate to strengthen
the industry economically and
seek to increase production with
nresent enl1ir1ment
Evening star., 1949-08-16
South African Hot Spell

The Glen College of Agriculture.
in South Africa, reports the dry
est summer ever recorded there
only 6.85 inches of rain in six
months. the average being 16.43
inches.
Evening star., 1949-08-16
The Federal Spotlight
Rules Committee Is Big Hurdle
For Pay RecIdssificdtion Bill
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

The House Rules Committee to be the biggest
obstacle facing enactment of Federal recahcaton ss
lation this
Approval of the needed before legislation
sanction
mittee, brought up for
IJo,,se oction officials d.
R indications are the ou$
be discounted But it
Evening star., 1949-08-16
Rail Costs Outrun Rates

Because railroad rates now are
only % times prewar. while the
general price level is so times pre-
war. Italy may raise rail rates by
IA to 18 per cent.
Evening star., 1949-08-16

Highest, 81, on August II.
Lowest, 81. on January 30.
High and Low for Yesterday.
High, rs, at 4:03 pm.
Low, 70, at 5:35 am.
Tida TahleA,
Evening star., 1949-08-16

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1949-08-16

Monthly precipitation in inches in
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Bv Thomas L. Stokes

AS intriguing as the idea itself
are the human origins Of President
Truman's bold plan for world eco
nomic development on democratic
Evening star., 1949-01-24

WOulQ SSeIl W "
encourage it. He never got far with
it after he came to place OF power
because he was overwhelmed, first
by depression, then by war, though
he planted the seeds in our own
country with his New Deal.
Now that is being carried to the
world by man who comes from an
entirely different sort of background
which would seem no more appro-
pirate, a comfortable. normal, typl-
cally American background OF farm
and small town in the midlands. He
never, during most of his career
gave signs of such imagination.
Most of his mature life, after an
unsuccessful venture in business. was
devoted to politics. and in routine
uninspired sort of way until he be-
came President, first by accident
now by election He is not world
travelled man, nor a political philos-
opher in the way that is usually
meant.
Behavior Is Natural.
Yet, when all is considered, 1t Is
natural for the President to be
thinking and acting as he is. His
roots are deep in our soil, our
people, and our best traditions, and
this enterprise is a truly indigo
nous conception, common sense
tinged with vision. He is close
to average people and understands
them. And they are the same
everywhere in the world, no matter
in what nation, or OF what ma
tionaIty, race, color or creed. Also
he has seen and helped to develop
new sort of democracy in this
country IN recent years in which the
Government, as representative Of
the people, has come to interest
itself more in the welfare of the
people on a partnership basis.
1t may be heresy to point 1t
out, but his conception was once
very simply put by another mid
lander from the farm, Henry Wal
lace. when he said that every child
In the world should have quart
Of milk every day. For that he
was derided 1t was revolutionary
idea, for it hit at the sacred priv
ileges Of our production and dis
tribution system from which a
few profit handsomely. But it
was also common sense. 1t is no
more revolutionary than Harry
Truman's idea. which is also COM
mon sense The vision of that
bottle milk idea was what once
won so many to Henry Wallace,
though some who attached them
selves to him in these latter days
would not like Mr.. Truman's pro-
posal, for they would achieve it by
authoritarian rather than demo-
cratic means.
Mr.. Truman's project finds a
sponsor, too, in that citizen of the
world, Sir John Boyd Orr, the
sturdy and essentially simple Scotch
professor and agriculturist who
launched the Food and Agricultural
Organization for the United Ma
tions. He once said that if the world
cannot do the very basic job Of feed
ing everybody in it, then we are
Evening star., 1949-01-24


wore thin.
His womenfolk were great credit
to him. Now that he has his pay
raise, for the first time they really
splurged on clothes. On the whole
their wardrobes were handsome
though their dressmakers have yet to
teach them the French dictum that
a well-dressed woman looks in the
mirror just before going out and
takes off one thing.
However it is also possible to
argue as Mrs. James ForreStal did
once in defense Of an eye-smiting
display of her diamond roses on
broad blue sash across her shoulder.
Jim says I'm over-dressed, ad-
mitted the wife of the Secretary OF
National Defense, But I tell him
people expect it."
Shriners in Full Regalia.
Incidentally. the suppressed de-
sire of men to shine in like fashion
was everywhere exposed. Shriners
in full regalia complete with scimi-
tars milled happily in hotel lobbies.
Texas Cavaliers in baby blue and
scarlet, custom tailored at great ex-
pense, advertised their uninhlblted
State and its wealth. Gov. Forrest
Smith of Missouri displayed 40
honorable colonels in Army full
dress with gold aguillettes, gold
chickens on scarlet tabs and scarlet
lined capes (s142 per costume in
cluding sales taxi.
Missouri is the magic word here
and it's combination with so much
brass worked some minor miracles.
Colonel" Lyman Field whisked his
special charge. 1t. Gov. Blair,
through traffic by consistently over
awing police, got him on the in
augural platform without tickets
and the best table in hotels while
hundreds were turned away. 1t
could be that colonel" is better