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Evening star., 1949-07-03

leo runnefSup Mr. ana MIS-. George
Kathan by half a match point
Comparable honors E-W fell tt
Mrs. William McIntyre-J. M
White. Mrs. Elizabeth Count-Mrs
Florence Millspaugh placing.
His victory on June Is with
Lewis G. Tubbs in the final Satur.
day pair contest Of the seconc
quarter netted James G. Stone ths
Chess Clubs Saturday Sullivan
award. based on highest cumula.
tive average. Place and show prize:
for the same series go to Wallace
Ashby and j. M. White, respec-
lively.
Mrs. Edna Evans, director Of
the Buckingham Duplicate Club
paired with Jessie Cruise to cap
ture the lead In the clubs first
annual open pair championship
match Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Dora Schwartz-Si Katz
and Clara Sternacher-Robert Nc.
Kay led Mitchell contestants a
the Stephan Studios on June rs
claiming master point awards
sanctioned by the WBL's Women!
Auxiliary. Half points to Kath'
|leen McNutt-Mrs. Bernard Ros.
son and Mrs. j. r. lt-Charle.
Lovenburg. The auxiliary will con-
tinue to hold open pair matches
on the fourth Saturday OF eacf
summer month.
First place in the Walsh Clut
match on June 25 netted master
points for Mrs. Elizabeth Count
Mrs. Florence Millspaugh and Mr.
and Mrs. Russell M. Hughes
Highest average maintained dur
ing June by Thomas Taylor en-
titles him to the clubs monthly
award.
Club Director Lynn Carrier an.
nounces that Fred L. Karpin. local
bridge teacher and author Of "The
Point Count System Of Bidding
will continue his lecture series or
Tuesday evenings at 8 pm. at the
Walsh Center. which is under aus
pices Of the District Of Columbis
recreation department. Call Ho-
bart 8l34 for further information
The coming week offers no post
tournament letdown for the mas
ter point minded. On Wednesday
Friday and Saturday nights the
Washington Bridge League (Hotel
RoosevelD. Stephan Studio Q355
Euclid street N.WD and the Chess
Club CHotel Gordon). respectively
will divide their monthly quotas
of national awards. while Thurs
day and Saturday afford matinee
fans the same opportunity at the
La Sale Studio Q028 Connecticut
avenue N.W.) and again at the
Stephan Studio where Agriculture
Club holds its contest which was
postponed from yesterday.
There will be no game at the
Federal Bridge League tomorrow
night, but the regular weekly pair
schedule will be resumed on July
Ii. The La Sale contingent will
meet tomorrow night, however. in
a rating point contest. Col. Henry
A. Walker returns this week from
a months vacation In New Eng
land in time to reopen Arlington
Farms Duplicate Club for pair
contest on Friday night. Next
master point game for this group
will be on July Is.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher

Tournament fans from the Dis
trict, Maryland and Virginia areas
launch their offensive for the first
annual Baltimore = Washington
open pair crown today at 2:ls
pm. With the men's Tomen's
and mixed pair titles already
awarded, today's contest anc
tomorrow's team of -four match
at 1890 round out the four-day
schedule at the Hotel Emerson
In Baltimore.
Defending the open pair titk
won a year ago in the Carve
Hall finale are local luminaries
Fred L. Karpin and John J
Parish. Tomorrow the Monu.
ment City lineup consisting ol
Mrs. Edward Behrend. Mrs. H. E
Whitaker. John Denny, James
Hunter and James Surrock will
likewise occupy the head table by
virtue Of their 1948 foursome
victory at Annapolis.
Top scores in the Washington
Bridge Leagues monthly winners
game last Wednesday nigh
earned the much coveted double
master point awards for the fol.
lowing duos: Mrs. H. 8. Klein.
Kathleen McNutt and Johr
Moore-James G. Stone in Section
A, and Col. r. H. Skinner-R. A
Ashton whose score Of 102 tiee
with that Of Mrs. H. G. Campbell
Simon Gerber in N-3 position
Section B, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E
Richter leading their E-W op.
ponents and rating the highest
overall score Of the evening, liz
match points.
Single master point awards &C
to runnersup in the championship
fight: J. G. Fletcher-William
Poissant, ST Katz-H. A. Mayer
and L. Fruitman-J. Roster who
tied with Mrs. Marian Barre-W
H. Weiner. First honors in the
two sections Of non winners also
carry q single master point aware
and automatically entitle the fol.
lowing to entry in the July win.
ners' game: Mrs. Ann Scruggs-
Major Mario Ciccone. Georges
Edelin-J. L. Thomas. jr.. Laurs
Hunter Mrs. Dixie T. Wright. and
Mrs. Myrtle McMahan-M. Taylor
Fifty rating points to those who
placed in the latter field: Erwin
Kension-A. c. Raynor. Mrs. T. E
Turner-Mrs. c. E. Meissner, F.
Field-A. White and Ann Wood
ard-W. Satterfield.
More master points to Mrs
Dora Schwartz Charles Lovenburs
and Mrs. Marianne Boschan-J. G
Stone who topped the Mitchell
field in the Federal Bridge League
monthly last Monday night. Halv-
ing awards in second position were
Mrs. Clarence Zimmer-Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher and the G. p
Grahams. Presentation Of prizes
and point awards was made by
Director P. E. Golden to the Gas
cades," ranking Federal team FOL
the past two years. to Col. r. H
Skinner and j. G. Stone, open
pair titleholders, and to Kathleen
McNutt-M Miller Roberts. Federal s
new mixed pair champions.
Chess Club members and guests
divided their quota Of master
points for Thursday series on June
%. Ms awards went to Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher-J. D. Boyd, who
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Stamp News
By Jones Waldo Fowcett

cachets will be provided for each
of the towns mentioned.
Slogan cancellations have been
announced as follows: Brooklyn
N. Y, July 26, Brooklyn VS.. World
-Combats Juvenile Delinquency;
Ironton, Ohio, date ungiven,
"Ironton Centennial-October 9 to
Is. 1s49," and Honolulu, Hawaii,
date ungiven, aloha Week in Ha-
waii-October 80, November T."
Send covers to postmasters.
Legislation now under consider
alton in Congress would raise the
duck hunters license stamp from
81 to 81.
Cover collectors are seeking
Alexandria cancellations on An
napolis stamps and Annapolis can
cellations on Alexandria stamps
So far as veteran lobbyists car
remember, such an exchange neve,
has been feasible before.
The Friendship Stamp Club will
meet at Eldbrooke Methodist
Church, 400 River road NV.
Wednesday evening at 8. with FL
lery Denison, president of the Col
lectors' Club of Washington as
guest and speaker. Public invited
SCOTS Monthly Stamp Journal
was 30 years old recently. It now
is edited by James B. Hatcher.
To prepay an airpost card from
China to the United States stamps
with a face value Of 81 800, 900 are
required-or Is cents In Amer
lean money.
Britain is using q slogan can
collation. die reading: Fly by
British Air Lines"
The Cape Of Good Hope collec-
ton of the late A. H. West of
Enfield will be sold at auction by
H. r. Harmer, Ltd, in London
in October.
Lyle F. Watts, chief Of the For
est Service, Department Of Agri-
culture, reports that the number
Of forest fires In the United States
dropped IS per cent during the
calendar year 194s. Perhaps the
slogan cancellations "Only You
Can Prevent Forest Fires" applied
In so different cities, had some
thing to do with this improve
ment. In any case the dies are to
be used again In August, Septem-
Der. October and November.
H. E. Harris 81 Co., 10S Massa-
chusetts avenue, Boston, has pub
lished a catalogue of the stamps
OF the British Empire, running to
128 pages Of text and illustrations.
Copies may be obtained at rs
cents each to cover actual cost OF
printing and mailing.
Albert 8. Mcbride, 6S, an en-
ploye Of the ink-making division
Of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, about to retire after A
years Of service, died Tuesday. His
colleagues had intended to honor
| him at q party Friday afternoon
and had prepared an autograph
book bearing all their names and
a set Of luggage stamped with his
initials for the occasion.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

life of the Virgin, and the Pas
sion OF Christ. all of which are
in this collection. as we'll as some
of his most famous single plates,
such as THE Temptation of ST
Anthony" an extraordinary crea-
ton Of the grotesque.
Stieglitz Gift
The National Gallery and the
Library Of Congress are two of
six American institutions to share
the collection of paintings and
photographs collected by the late
Alfred Stieglitz. according to an
announcement.
The key set" of photographs
will be placed here permanently,
in the print room, where the
drawings and water colors of the
Index of American Design are
kept.
The gift includes three paint
ings by Marin and one each by
Marsden Hartley and Arthur G..
Dove, contemporary and recent
artists, which will be loaned to
the Phillips Memorial Gallery un-
til such time as they shall be-
come eligible to be included In
the permanent collection Of the
National.
**
Beauty in Pastel
Edith Mccartney has an un-
failing instinct for beauty, i'm
peccable craftsmanship. and an
exquisite technique. Consequent
ly, the solo exhibition Of pastel
paintings recently opened in the
George Washington University
Library, to remain through July
is. is a JOY to behold, and will
surely delight every one who Is
not looking for startling innova-
tions, creative experimentation,
and kindred modern departures
from the visual aspects of things.
For Miss Mccartney is content
to depict attractive young women
just as their mirrors reflect them.
children with their own individual
charms, and flowers at the height
of their perfection, arranged in
vases which seem exactly right
in respective shapes and colors.
to set them of. At any rate.
these are the subjects Of the 10
paintings on view. as colorful as
oils, but with the special del
icacy and bloom Of the pastel
medium.
Miss Mccartney was born in
Boston. began to study under the
late H. Dudley Murphy, later at
tended Boston's New School Of
Design. She has been q resident
of Washington since 1919. except
|, for a period Of seven years when
she had a studio in New York.
, She had her first solo exhibition
here in 1924 at the Art Center, has
, had others here at the Arts
, Club and elsewhere, most recently
the Women's City Club: and at
, various galleries in New York and
. Boston. She contributes regularly
to group exhibitions.
George Washington Library will
be closed today and tomorrow, but
will be open thereafter Mondays
through Fridays from 8 am. to 10
pm. 8 to ! Saturdays and 2 to
6 Sundays.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

To prepay an airpost card from
China to the United States stamps
with a face value Of $1,000, 900 are
required-or Is cents In Amer
lean money.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

SCOTS Monthly Stamp Journal
was 80 years old recently. It now
is edited by James B. Hatcher.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

The Friendship Stamp Club will
meet at Eldbrooke Methodist
Church, 400 River road NV,
Wednesday evening at 8. with Ell
lery Denison. president of the Col
lectors' Club Of Washington as
guest and speaker. Public invited.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Double Feature

DouDIe TSdtuIS
The Watkins Gallery. American
University, is currently showing a
one-man exhibition of recent
water colors by Robert Franklin
Gates. including about 20 done
within the last year or so.
Also on view Is a selection Of
paintings from the Watkins Me-
mortal Collection. including the
1949 purchase, Summer Storm, :"
by Edward Chavez, acquired from
the 21st Biennial at the Corcoran
Gallery.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Cover collectors are seeking
Alexandria cancellations on An
napolis stamps and Annapolis can
cellationS on Alexandria stamps
So far as veteran lobbyists car
remember. such an exchange neve,
has been feasible before.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Britain is using q slogan can
collation. die reading: Fly by
British Air Lines"
Evening star., 1949-07-03

National Gallery Lecture
Early Italian Painting" Is the
subject on which Margaret
Bouton, decent at the gallery, will
lecture this afternoon at 4.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Legislation now under consider
alton In Congress would raise the
duck hunters license stamp from
81 to 81.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

STAMPS AND COINS.
Uyeno'. Stomp Shop
1905 Penn. Ave. NV. Tel. ME-. 0O1l
WEEKS STAMP SHOP
Albums and Philatelic Supplies
DAILY STAMP AUCTIONS
1890 n. Z. Ave. NV. NAtisnal $3.50
COMPLETE STORE FOR PHILATELISTs
Washington Stamp Co.
liza n 6t. NV. Ex. 2702
rIYIIYN'G LARGEST STAMP
OUAA6N . DISPLAY IN CITY
406 Tenth st. NV. NE. ss1
MADISON STAMP SHOP
i135 Eye Street N.W:-BeuEht and Sold
;SE ygsT NTT lsas EsI,IgH g q - AMss ss;
pss.s iiipsts.tsd). ofeTs io.soo Sissrsn' rem
sets Of the World. 1t will save you Time
and Money. Send zoe for your copy and
deduct 4 from ySar t,rst $3.50 order
New York, n. Y.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

The Cape Of Good Hope collec-
ton Of the late A. H. West of
Enfield will be sold at auction by
H. r. Harmer, Ltd, In London
in October.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Chess Club members and guests
divided their quota Of master
points for Thursday series on June
%. Ms awards went to Mrs. Mar
garet L. Fisher-J. .. Boyd, who
Evening star., 1949-07-03

The following year, July 4, 1904.
the members Of the association,
again accompanied by their fami-
lies, assembled in the reception
room of the Riggs House and at
10 am. proceeded in electric cars
to the junction Of Spring street.
Burnt Mill road and Seventh
Evening star., 1949-07-03

cachetS VIII be provided Tor eacl
Of the towns mentioned.
Evening star., 1949-07-03

Route AB-97 extensions to Pitts
burgh. Butler, Oil City-Franklin,
Bradford. Pa, and Jamestown,
Dunkirk-Fredonia and Buffalo, N.
Y, will be In effect on July Is. and
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
Two-Bedroon1
Modern Home

ON so FOOT LOT on NV 51st ter.
race in Causeway Park. This home
has hardwood floors, and is In very
good condition. The lot Is improved
with many shrubs and has Zine
lawn. Good transportation is avail.
able. Immediate possession.
Sale price $57500O with $4,000
cash required and the unpaid bal.
ance in monthly installments.
For further information, call TIL.
John, Phone 2-124S. or Wesley e.
Garrison, Broker, 1907 Pan Ameri-
can Gldg., phone 9-2SS0.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
Dorsey Presents Play

The Honor Society Of Dorsey
High School presents American
Passport" a provocative, patriotic,
three.act comedy of outstanding So
cial significance by Dana Thomas.
1t will be presented on Monday,
March Z, 194s at S:15 pm. at the
Liberty Square Auditorium. The
admission price is fifty cents.
The comedy is a searching, in.
tensely human play combining
sparkling humor. real drama and
good dialogue with timely theme
in which insidious subversive in.
fluence challenge American Citizen
ship.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

In loving memory of my husband
EDWARD MICKIENS
who left us one year ago today,
March 1, 1948.
I cannot say say, and 1 will not say
That he is dead-he Is just away!
With cherry smile, and wave Of
the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown
land,
And left us dreaming how very fair
1t needs must be, since he linger
there,
And you - o you, who the widest
yearn
For the old-time step and the good
return
Think of him faring on as dear
In the love of There as the love Of
Here;
Think Of him still as the same, ]
say:
He is not dead - He Is just away!
Mrs. Cassie Mickiens,
Loving Wife
1852 NV 5th avenue
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FOR SALE

: Here is a chance Of life time.
Yoa may never set a chance IKE
this in a growing Miami. A business
lot In commercial Liberty City, corn.
er Of 7Srd st. and 18th ave. - 100
IT. x 80 IT. s..,s
II you are business-minded, act
now. No other business in this area,
See Thompson. 1928 NV 62nd TER.
Price $3.50 cash.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

MASON'S Ladies and Mems Velvet
ezz Air Cushioned Shoes. Also Mems
Work Shoes, Free Catalogue.
GLOBE MAIL ORDER co.
Ali Powell St., Brooklyn IL, NY
april 2
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

our PTA is still going places un.
der the efficient leadership of Mrs.
iona Blackshear, and other officers
Inc parents are one hundred per
cent with Mrs. Blackshear.
signing off now station WDPS
Mrs Emma Bethel Allen, announ
GER Mrs. Mary Ford Williams, prin
cipai.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
Temple Notes

The BTU of Temple Baptist
Church will sponsor an outing TO
Virginia Beach, Saturday, March s.
Trucks will leave the church, 1928
NV Srd ave., at pm. Deacon A.
Hanna and his committee are doing
all they can to make the affair
pleasant for patrons
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

BARGAINS - New and Used Mer.
chandise Free Family Catalogue,
Also Free Premium with Orders.
Globe Mail Order Co., Dept. G
ali Powell st., Brooklyn IL, N. Y.
& april 2
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
I'M MEMORIAM

In memory of our dear mother
GENEVA DAVIS
who died in New York March )
1948.
May she rest in peace.
Margaret Davis, daughter
Virginia Hudson, daughter
Rowena Hayes, daughter
Caroline Davis, mother
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

Mrs. Mary Ford Williams. our be-
loved principal, is back with us af.
ter a brief visit to her home state,
South Carolina, on business. We are
happy that her stay was short.
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FOR RENT


DUPLEXES. $3.50. down. Only $500
weekly. Rent from your tenant
will more than help to reduce your
obligation much more quickly. In.
sured titles. Large lot 75x1S5. LO'
Gated in Princeton. Fla. Broward
drive and Tallahassee road. Answer
Pc Box 1143, Coral Gables. Fla.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
Douglas School News

Hello folks, this is station WDPS
bringing you our school news.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

Mrs. Naomi Carr is up and about
and looking quite herself again after
short spell of illness. We sorta
missed her (smiles). Glad you're
back Mrs. Carr.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05
IN MEMORIAM

In memory of my loving husband
MR.. MILTON DANES
who departed this life on February
20, 1914.
Gone but not forgotten"
Mrs. Geneva M. Danes, wife
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

Mrs. G. H. Welters, our puts-you.
at ease secretary, is causing every.
one to inquire about her, since she
left us to be gone for a while. Hap.
Ply landing Mrs. Welters.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

AS fitting climax to classroom
activities directed on emphasis Of
Brotherhood week and Temperance
week, the students of Douglas
School assembled at the Mt. Zion
Baptist Church on Thursday morn.
ing, February "a at $50 am. where
a short program was rendered. AS
an opening on the Brotherhood
theme, group of children dressed
to represent other countries, Joined
hands and marched around a globe
as they sang the song "OneW orld.'
Rev. Edward T. Graham spok,
on tn subject Brotherhood" and II
very sting-educational, ant
in simple language explained the
meaning and practice of Brother
hood.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

Mrs. Isabelle Blue and Miss Thel.
ma Pace took sixty-eight eager
little second graders to Musa Isle
Indian Village on Tuesday morning.
In keeping with the social study
project on Florida, the children
wanted to observe the thrilling and
unusual exhibition of handling and
wrestling ferocious alligators at
Musa Isle Alligator Farm, and the
home of the Seminole Indians. They
saw huge turtles. alligators, croco.
ulies' monkeys, birds, and MANY
other animals.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

A big event as always, our Ora
torical Contest, takes place March
81, 1949, at Booker Washington
School Auditorium. Mrs. Annie Jack.
son sponsor. Keep the date in mind
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-03-05

The room mothers Of room 9
presented the class with e magma
type typewriter Mrs. E. w. Liberty
Is the teacher. The children prac.
tice at least IS minutes every dav.
such fine mothers deserve praise.
Evening star., 1949-05-13
Mickey Rooney's Ex-Wife
To Marry Musicion
o. sAs Asss<. .r4ss eFsas

HOLLYWOOD. May i3.--Mekey
Rooney's ex-wife. Betty Jane Rase,
plans to be the June bride Of Buddy
Baker, o musician.
The former Miss Birminghan"
said she and Mr.. Baker. 81. viii be
wed in the garden OF her San Fer
nanco Valley home June IL. Rer
divorce decree from Mr.. Rooney
becomes final May %. She oo-
tanned q si00. 900 settlement and
custody Of two young sons. Mickey
jr.. and Timothy.
Miss Rase. %. met Mr.. Baker, q
conductor -srranger. here about ie
months ago. Mr. Rooney plans tc
marry Martha Vsckers as soon as
that acress gets Nevada divorce
Evening star., 1949-05-13
Police Sergeant Give!
DR.. Rufledge's Story
IM Hotel Staying
D. shs Asso<ie.sd Press

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. May l3
The State passed the halfway
point today in its presentation OF
witnesses in the murder trial OF
DR.. Robert c. Rutledge. 70. St
Louis baby specialist.
The point was reached with the
testimony of the 36th State wit
ness. Detective Sergt. Maurice r
OEeill. St Louis. Sergt. ONeil re-
peated the account DR.. Rutledge
gave Of the killing of Byron C
Hattman. st. Louis. in a Cedar
Rapids hotel room December II
This was Sergt. ONeill's testi-
mony:
THE doctor said the purpose oi
this trip (to Cedar Rapids, was tc
See Hattman, who had been an
|noying RutledgeS wife with tele-
phone calls
"Rutledge said he offered him
Hattman) all the money he had
In his biufold to leave Rutledse
and his wife alone.
"Hattman then pulled out his
billfold and offered DR.. Rutledge
considerable money. Dr.. Rutledge
said he hit Hattman on the jaw
and Hattman fell to one knee.
"Dr. Rutledge said Hattman got
up and came at him with q clasp
knife in his hand. Rutledge said
he grappled Hattman by the arms.
got q judo hold and threw him
over his shoulder. scattering the
money about the room.
"The doctor said he took the
knife away from Hattman and
then tried to keep Hattman from
rushing him by making passes
with the knife. He said he re-
membered nothing after that un-
I'll he saw Hattman on the door"
Sergt. O'Neill added that DR..
Rutledge said he had picked up
some of the money along with his
own and Mr.. Hattman's glasses
before leaving the hotel.
The doctors account was given
to Sergt. O'Neill In an interview
in City Hospital. st. Louis. on De-
cember II.
Evening star., 1949-05-13
Reuther viii Return
To Conference Table
On Ford Strike Today
sy me Assssisssd Press

DETROIT. May 13.-Negotia-
tors struggled again today with
the task Of trying to find q peace
formula In the Ford strike.
In the ninth day OF the walk
out. the company was ON the
brink Of O complete shutdown OF
its manufacturing e.. operations
across the country.
A total idleness Of 10000 men
was imminent-not to mention
thousands indirectly affected In
supplier plants. The CIO United
Auto Workers actual strikers are
g., 900 in number.
Walter Reuther. JAW presi-
dent, planned to return to the
ncgotiators' table today after q
24-hour absence from Detroit for
|e conference In Pittsburgh with
Phil Murray. CIO president.
Ford and the union have been
seeking settlement terms since
Tuesday in the dispute over pro-
duction rates. the strikes sole
issue.
A union representative esti-
mated 1t was costing UAW Local
500 at Ford Rouge $1,000 a day
to finance the strike.
The estimate came from Paul
Good, Local 500 financial secre-
tary. Most of the outlay. he
said, goes for food for 10000
|pickets who march daily at Rouge.
It was evidently soon to be seen
whetler the strike was going 10
affect reopening of contract ne
gotiations between Ford and the
union.
The UAW. In q recent commun-
ication TO Ford. said 1t desired to
open the talks no later than Mon
day. or so days before expiration
|of the present pact.
Ford. however. has been re-
ported disinciined to go into con-
tract negotiations with the strike
unsettled.
The union has chosen Ford as
its first target in a 1949 drive
for 500 O month pensions and
health and welfare plans. along
with o wage boost.