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Evening star., 1949-02-20
Film

washington Amateur Cinema
tographers covered the January
Inauguration Of President Truman
by shooting 2, 400 feet of color Aim
from seven vantage points on 16-
nm. film. This was edited down
to q 360-foot exclusive documen-
tary, copies of which are now
available.
Following suggestions and hints
by A. j. Wedderburn. The Stars
Photographic columnist, members
made a cooperative project Of the
Inauguration, covering 1t from the
Capitol. along the parade route
to the Presidents reviewing stand.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

Victory Post will hold its an
nual dance and past commander
night next Friday in the Ken
meth H. Nash Clubhouse, 224 D
street Sc. under the direction OF
General Chairman Early Smith.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

Since February II, two thing,
have happened to revive the Ber.
muda that prewar vacarioners
knew. First was the gala return
of the reconditioned Queen o1
Bermuda to the New York Ham.
ilton> Harbor run. The other was
the reopening Of the Princess
largest hotel in the islands. The
two events combined to give the
resort colony its biggest mid-Feb-
ruary crowd since the war began
AS for the February II sailing
of the Queen, it might as well be
called a maiden voyage. Only
the sturdy hull. the deck arrange
ment and the turbo-electric pro-
pulsion system remain as the ship
was built originally in the early
'30s. So hastily was the pleasure
liner ripped apart 10 years age
for conversion into an armed mer-
chant cruiser that nothing Of the
old interior was salvaged.
Among the passengers. old
friends Of the ship and its Of
f1cers readily noted the new luxu-
robustness. Most obvious are the
paneling, ranging from blond
sycamore to dark oak; the fanci-
full wood mural seascape in the
redesigned forum lounge, huores-
cent lighting and air conditioning
in the public rooms, forced air
in all stateroons. The
Queen has the reputation of being
the first cruise liner built with
a bath for every stateroom. and
this design was retained.
Making the first voyage were
Bermuda trade executives. island
dignitaries, Furness Bermuda Line
officials and a group of newspaper
men. With passengers who paid
the minimum Of $125 on up into
several hundred dollars, the Queen
carried about $50 guests and a
crew of more than 400.
Although five airlines now serve
Bermuda directly from the United
Canada, the West Indies
and even the British Isles. several
said they had waited
three long postwar years for the
new" Queen before returning to
the islands. BY the time the
Queen was warped up to the dock
along Hamilton's Front street last
even air enthusiasts
could see why.
The travel agent selling Ber-
muda vacation has a clever little
question to help the customer de-
eide whether to fly or go by ship.
He offers a choice Of sea and air
travel, then asks: do you want to
have fun getting there or get
there fast to have fun?"
knowing the Queen Of Bermuda.
with its sun decks and cocktail
rooms, music and 4 o'clock tea.
swimming pool and black-tie So
cial life, dancing and the quiet
of the Homer library up
forward, he can assure his client
that a vacation begins on crossing
the gangplank.
Or he can dramatic the speed
If air travel by telling this story:
A man sees his wife safely settled
n her cabin aboard the Queen
1t Pier 81 In New York. He in
lends to follow later by plane.
He waves farewell as the liner
heads out to sea at 8 pm. on
The Queen sails south
Ill Saturday night, Sunday and
night. About 6 am. Mon
day, Bermuda Is sighted. The
still in New York. can
lake of In q Bermuda bound
Evening star., 1949-02-20

Victor Swearingen. a member
Of the Department Of Justice Post.
who represented this Government
during the recent Nurenburg trials
in Germany, will show and mar
rate q series Of movies taken
during the trials at the meeting
of the post tomorrow evening in
the Legion Club. Comdr. John A.
McGinty will preside.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

The Department Employment
Committee, directed by Employ
ment Officer Oscar G. Jones. at its
last meeting heard a report by
Fred Hetzel, director Of the United
States Employment Service for
the District of Columbia, and en-
gagged in q round-table discussion
of problems facing the committee,
In which Frank Norton, sgd Hy-
man, Joseph L. Stern and Carton
N. Nelson took part.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

MSCtll1kS O1Ilb WccAs
Monday-National Guard of
Honor. Department of Justice
Post. Legion Club; Barry Post, 735
First street NV; Quentin Roose-
velt Post, Potomac Boat Club.
Tuesday-James Reece Europe
Post, 1914 Vermont avenue NV.
Wednesday-National Cathedral
Post, Henry c. Spengler Post, De-
partment Juvenile Participation
Committee. Legion Club; Thad
Dublin Post, Burlington Hotel;
Kenneth II. Nash Post, 224 D
street Sc; Department Of Agri-
culture Post. Luncheon. noon,
Room o962 South building.
Thursday-Department Execu-
tive Committee, Legion Club.
Evening star., 1949-02-20

James Reece Europe Post has
Cancelled its regular meeting on
Tuesday and will meet instead
tomorrow In its clubhouse, 1914
Vermont avenue NV.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Michigan Miners
Learn Value OF
co-0ps In Strike

Negaunee, Mich. (LPA) = In
1916 he United Steelworkers
struck the iron mines of Michigan,
Minnesota and Wisconsin. The
Central Cooperative Wholesale,
Wis, donated $500 to
the strike fund. The Ishpeming CO.
op gave $3.50; other co-ops helped
according to their means. But the
storekeepers and chain store man
ayers Of Ishpeming and Negaunee
were anti-union.
81 can't understand those short
sighted FOOLS" said a young Ne
gaunee miner. owe buy from them
year in and year out, and they
grow fat on US. Why should they
be against us?"
"Well, | can" said Carl Emil
Warren, a veteran of the early
strikes that meant smashed unions
and company blacklists. "The only
that are heart and soul
with you are the cooperatives,
which people like you own, and
which you too can become an own
er Of"
The 1916 strike ended in victory
in June. Within a month represent
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
New Unionism Is
Evidenced I'm
New World Body

New York (LPA) = The great
changes in world economic and
political alignments since the be-
ginning of World War III "are
bound to have a tremendous influ-
ence in shaping the direction" OF
the new free trade union interna-
tional being formed in London with
AFL and CIO participating.
That's the prediction of David
LASER, former labor consultant to
Averill Hartman. Hartman, the
Marshall Plans European head, in
study published by the Foreign
Policy Association.
"Changes in the new information
al" LASER says, "may be as great
as those that took place in trade
unionism in the late 10Th century
when the unions formerly compos-
ed of simply skilled workers open
ed their ranks to flood of the un-
skilled and semi-skilled.
Here are the shifts in power re-
lationships that will mold the new
group, as LASER lists them:
1.-THE bulk of the WFTU
strength is in eastern Europe lin
cluding the eastern zone of Ger
many, the Soviet Union and Com
munist China. These areas account
for nearly 80 per cent of WFTU
membership. The claimed member
ship in the Soviet Union alone, 27,-
100000, is 40 to so per cent of the
entire WFTU strength.
"2-The bulk of the strength of
the new international will be in
western Europe and the United
States.
"3-There has been a significant
shift in major strength and influ-
ence away from western Europe
to both the east and west-fol-
lowing the shift in world political
Influence from Europe to the Sow
let Union and the United States.
In fact, the numerical strength of
the North American unions in the
new international will now be sup
erior to the combined forces of
western Europe.
"4-There has been a great post
war increase in the trade union
movement in Asia, most marked in
Japan, where the organized work
ing class has grown from 100000
in 1886 to nearly 100000 at pre-
sent; and in India, where approx
100000 are in trade
unions.
"5-The Communicated labor
forces which, in their great upsurge
at the close Of World War ii, were
rapidly to a position of
dominance in labor groups in many
parts of the world, have lost near
ly 100000 adherents. Their prin-
cipal losses have been in France,
Italy, Latin America and Asia.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Good Relations
Goal OF Union
Industries Show

Good relations is one Of the i'm
portant goals Of the fifth All
Union Industries Show which is
scheduled for May 6-13 in Con-
vention Hall at Philadelphia. The
1850 Show will be 500 larger
than the 1949 Show in Cleveland,
which was 500 larger than the
previous one held in Milwaukee.
This unique exhibition is spon-
sored by the Union Label Trades
Department Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and |. NJ. Orn-
burn, the Secretary-Treasurer Of
the Department, acts as Director
of the Show. American consumers
will get big thrill when they see
the only exhibition of its kind and
the greatest / a b 0 management
show on earth.
Only the dramatic high-hghts Of
the glamorous eight-day spectacle
can be listed. There will be action,
color, music and entertainment, in
addition to hundreds of education
al features for both Union goods
and services. The admission is free
and it is predicted that the crowds
at Philadelphia will break all at
tendance records.
"The 1850 Show will include the
most dynamic presentation of
Union-made goods and most edu-
cational demonstration of Union
services ever witnessed at one of
our exhibitions, said the Director.
/. NJ. Ornburn, who added, avail
able display space is being rapidly
taken up by leading firms as we'll
as national and international unions
which are planning to participate
in our extensive exposition of
Union-m d e-in-America products
and Union-manned services.
"The exhibitors who participate
in Union Industries Show de-
clare that it is the most proftabl
and best goodwill building event
in which thev have ever takel
part" Mr.. Ornburn continued,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Promises End OF
Mexicans' Illegal
Entry Into Texas

Washington (LPA) Local anc
sometimes even federal officials
have connived at the illegal entry
of Mexican workers into the lower
Rio Grande valley of Texas, dele
cation of AFL unionists from
Texas charged.
The delegation received promises
from the Justice and Labor depart
ments Of stricter enforcement of
the immigration and federal labor
laws to end the practice. The dele
cation was also promised full AFL
support by President William
Green.
f. c. DeBaca, AFL organizer in
the region, explained that the val
ley's basic industry is canning and
processing Of fruits and vegetables,
and that the Mexican workers are
permitted to cross the border il
legally to work at sub-standard
wages, and often under virtual
peonage conditions. The result,
DeBaca said, is to depress not only
wage rates, but to force an annual
exodus of native-born Latin-Am-
orleans, which keeps 125,000 child
rem out of schools, causes health
problems, and causes the native
born to lose their voting privileges.
In addition, he charged, many of
the Mexican workers illegally in
this country drift into the con-
struction trades, to menace the
wage and work standards of the
industry.
The "social problem resulting
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Senator Douglas
Expands Plan For
Health Insurance

Washington (LPA) - Senator
Paul Douglas Cd, Ill.) spelled out
n more detail his proposed alter
native to the Truman health insur-
lnce plan to newspapermen Nov.
%, and it made more sense than
ONE Of the earlier fragmentary
reports.
Douglas said he thought the
catastrophe insurance plan he has
proposed should cover all family
medical expenses in a single year
hat exceed $3.50 or 5000. He said
ne believed this insurance could be
covered for one third of the cost
If the Administration plan, or by
payroll tax of one per cent, di-
vided between employers and en-
ployes.
Asked how he would avoid
abuses of the system by oyercharg-
ing by doctors, Douglas said the
plan would have to give consumers
of medical care "a strong voice"
in fixing medical fees.
To meet the need for preventive
medicine, which his plan would not
cover, Douglas suggested public
clinics in which all
would have a chance to find out
what is the state of their health,
plus the school health program for
taking care of preventive medicine
for children.
Douglas made it clear that his
ideas on the medical program were
not fixed and that he still has an
open mind. He said he has not yet
drafted his plan in bill form, but
he urged critics to retain an "open
mind" toward his proposal.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Garment Workers
To Build Another
Big Health Center

New York IPA Another big
union health center is soon to be
established by the international
Ladies Garment Workers-AFL-
this one in Newark, n. ].
The union announced that its
locals in New Jersey have pur-
chased four-story building in the
heart of Newark for the center. 1t
cost $525, 900 and another S250,0OO
will be spent for remodelling and
for the installation of the latest
medical equipment and laborator-
les.
When finished, it "will represent
another link in the chain of such
centers being set up throughout
the nation," it was announced by
Harry Wander, manager of the
1LGWU's eastern out-Of-town de-
partment. "In the past five years
over 10 health centers have been
established in different states" he
said.
Wander added that the center,
the program for which was dis
cussed with the Essex County
Medical Society and which will
have the cooperation Of the medi-
cal profession, will serve ILGWU
members from Newark and the
surrounding area"
Over 10000 members will be
served free by facilities of the CEN
ter, which will have a complete
staff of medical specialists.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

atives of various Steelworkers
locals here had named a coop
committee, called a public meeting
and launched a drive. And on April
IT, 1947, the Negaunee miners
opened a modern self-service food
and meat market, with 405 men,
bers and $1l ,460 capital. The mem
bership is now 624, and accumulat-
ed assets are $21,C00. Sales have
averaged $4,000 month and
earnings for the first two years
totalled $1,000. In addition, the CO.
op members have saved thousands
of dollars directly by lower prices
on the goods they bought, and on
the quality Of the goods.
Came the recent steel strike.
The coop sells for cash, but the
miner members kept eating regu-
larly nevertheless. They got loans
from another coop, the credit
union, and paid cash for their gro
ceries. Thus they got credit with
out endangering the working cap
ital of their own business.
The board of six that runs the
coop comprises Joseph Foisie, AL
fred Beuchaine, Betty Wainio, Carl
Hendrickson, Henry lures, and
William A. Hill. All are active in
local union affairs and most of
them helped form the coop.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Dubinsky's Role
In MG Rise Told
By Satevepost

Philadelphia IPA)-It has beer
the drive and energy of one mar
which has built the Int'l Ladies
Garment Workers-AFL union into
one of the greatest forces in Am
erican labor and in the democratic
world, according to an article in
the Saturday Evening Post of Nov
16. The man is David Dubinsky
ILGWU president.
The Post article, written by Post
veteran Samuel Lubell, is not par
ticularly pro-union. It's title, "Dic-
tator in Sleeps Clothing, is
enough to reveal the Posts tradi-
tiNial bias. Nevertheless readers
will find a colorful portrait of one
of labor's most effective leaders
who has fought the Communists
for a generation and been a jealous
participant in efforts to enlarge
the sphere Of democracy at home
and abroad.
When Dubinsky became pres
ident of the ILGWU in 1882 the
union was S1,000,000 in debt and
had only 10000 members, Lubell
points out. Now it has assets of
$67,000,O00 and its members are
spread through 290 cities in SO
states and four Canadian provinces.
In addition, the ILGWU operates
health centers in nine cities, FM
radio stations in three, once pro-
duced a musical that vowed Broad
way and toured the nation, runs
its own vacation resort and will
soon open labor college for or
ganizers. Lubell says that. Dublin
sky's drive and imagination are re-
sponsible for the growth and the
farsighted projects.
Dubinsky is also the handspring
of the Liberal party in New York
which, by opposing the regular
Democratic party this year, elect
ed Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to
Congress (but failed to elect a
Dubinsky's energy is ex-
pended in many directions, and
Lubell cites not only his activity
in local politics but his warm sup
port for President Truman, the
late President Roosevelt and anti
Communist labor organizations the
world over.
Dubinsky was born in Czarist
and at a tender age led a
strike against his fathers bakery.
Several adventures later, the Gar
ist police sent him to Siberia from
where he escaped, eventually reach
ing the US when he was 10. Lubell
points out that his first job was
dishes, but later he be-
came cutter in the carmen indus
try and started up the union lad
der.
AS the article makes abundantly
clear, Dubinsky is the kind of man
about whom anecdotes spring up
and grow. What is more, most of
hem are true. His cigar, his
energy, his RACES and his personal
harm make them inevitable. How
ever, the anecdotes shrivel in COM
)arison with the ILGWU itself
which Lubell Identifies, in effect,
Is Dubinsky's monument.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Farm Lobor Union Considers Suit
Against NLRB General Counsel

Washington, ID. G. (lLNS). -
In a statement made at an open
hearing by the National Labor Re-
4 lations Board here, Alexander H.
Schullman, attorney for farm
workers on strike against the big
Di Giorgio Fruit Farm Corporation
near Bakersfield, Calf, said that
consideration was being given to
the possibility of filing a suit under
the Civil Rights Statutes, 1871,
against Robert N. Denham, NLRB
general counsel, for conspiracy to
deny constitutional rights to agri-
cultural workers.
Schullman, a Lost Angeles At
torney, represented the AFL Ma.
tional Farm Labor Union Local 21S
and others temporarily enjoined
16 months ago for an alleged boy
colt of products grown by strike
breakers on the 11,000-acre Di
Giorgio farm.
The National Labor Relations
Board was considering a field
examiners report which held that
Local 218 and Teamsters Local 81
should not be penalized and at the
same time denied any rights under
the Taft Hartley Act. The local
unions are composed of agricul-
tural workers who are excluded by
the act from any of the benefits
and have been on strike against
the multi-million-dollar fruit corp
oration since October, 1947.
Schullman urged the board to
set aside the entire injunction. He
argued that the act specifically ex-
empted agricultural workers from
all its provisions and that the
strike was caused by refusal of the
Di Giorgio Corporation to bargain
with its employees and had the
farm. workers been covered by the
collective bargaining provisions,
boycott on account of refusal to
bargain was entirely legal under
the act. Persons in attendance at
the hearing said this was an en-
tirely new argument on such mat
ters and several members of the
board expressed an interest in it.
Union Offer Rejected
An offer by the National Farm
Labor Union at a recent open hear
ing of congressional committee
in Bakersfield, to submit its men,
bership lists for check against en-
ployment records of the Di Giorgio
Fruit Corporation to determine
whether or not it represented the
majority of employees on the huge
ranch when the strike started, was
coldly rejected by the corporation.
This offer was made at the close
of the two-day session held by a
House Labor and Education Sub
committee headed by Representa-
tive c. M. Bailey of West Virginia.
Bailey said that he had made an
effort to secure a settlement of the
strike of Di Giorgio employees. He
said the management refused his
offer to arbitrate and the only
remedy was legislation to bring
workers on large farms under the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01
Social Security
Inadequate Kodak
Executive Warns

New York City (ILNS)--Marion
B. Folsom, treasurer of the East
man Kodak Co., warned industry
here that unless defects in the fed
eral social security program were
corrected soon, the nation faced
the danger of losing the plan and
adopting a charity approach to the
problem of old-age insurance.
Speaking at a dinner of the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board,
Folsom urged early Congressional
action on amendments to extend
both the coverage and the benefits
of the Social Security Act. He
shared the platform with DIR. Clark
Kerr, director of the Institute of
Industrial Relations of the Univer-
sity of California, and Leland S.
Buckmaster, president of the Unit
ed Rubber Workers, CIO, all of
whom discussed private and gov
ernment old-age security measures.
Folsom said that bill that pass
ed the House this fall, to extend
benefits to 100000 of the 25,-
100000 persons not now covered,
"goes a long way toward correct
ing the present defect of inadequ-
ate benefits
Sees Private Plans Necessary
Long a supporter of company
pension plans to supplement the
government plan, Folsom said he
believed a private plan kept an in.
dustrial organization on more eff.
ficient basis by permitting the re-
tirement of employees after their
period of greatest usefulness and
their replacement by younger and
more productive workers.
"These savings cannot be mea-
sured," Folsom said, "but it would
not take much of an increase in
productivity to offset large part
of the cost"
Folsom took issue with persons
that the government
plan should be high enough to make
plans unnecessary. He
held that the government should
be expected to provide only a min
imum protection to prevent depend
ency.
DR.. Kerr asked whether unions
were not placing too much depend
ence on collective bargained pen
sions. He listed various factors to
show that private pensions could
not entirely solve the problem of
old-age security.
Holds Federal System Best
One of the disadvantages cited
was that such pensions would in
duce too much conformity and re-
suit in greater subservience to
company and union "than is proper
for free man."
"Men should not be swallowed
by private governments of capital
and labor any more than by public
government" DIR. Kerr said. "Theyl
should not be too beholden to any
or any union"
DR.. Kerr said that the advant-
ages of a federal insurance sys-
tenn were that it was fully contri-
outory, universal in coverage,
like individuals alike, per-
nitted mobility of workers, and
lad adequate financial backing.
The basis of the national re-
.irement policy should be an ade-
luate social insurance program,
Kerr said. He added that private
,lans should include credit for fed
sral insurance, be properly financed
md be so designed as not to dis
,riminate against the hiring of
,lder workers. He suggested law
o permit an employer to refuse to
bargain on pensions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

labor relations and minimum wage
laws. Bailey indicated that the
committee would sponsor such leg
islation during the End session Of
the 81st Congress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

Mutual understanding such as
that exemplified at one of our ex-
hibitions definitely points the way
to economic stability, industrial
peace and permanent prosperity"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

If the Savior, who was a carpen-
ter, were alive today He would, in
all probability, carry Union Card
and patronize fair firms.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

said DeBaca, is of importance to
the entire country as much as it is
labor union battle.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

Ask for Union Labeled merchan-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-12-01

Demand the Union Label.