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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-01

ton, Inc, has already checked on
the availability Of so vacant lots In
Harlem, and hopes to make early
use of the space in crowded tene-
ment house sections with the CO.
operation of city officials and own
ers.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-01
Harlem Leaders Plan
Use Of Vacant Lots
As Play Areas

NEW YORK - (ANP) - A pro.
gram for the use of vacant city lots
as Fairgrounds for children who
Evening star., 1949-02-11

Sweet violets :. lifting their pretty heods
in profusion from this Springs soucy vsr-
sion Of the cIoche. REQ Swiss MiIon in
Navy, White Pink and Wheat
Evening star., 1949-02-11

All sorts Of enchanting news in thi. suit Of
beautifully slim young lines =. the swallow
tail Jacket back with embroidered -orrow and
pIeot tabs that mock OF pockets .
covered buttons hand -detoiled Blonde coIors
too gold, beige and bright Kelly. Sizes
II TO Is.
Jeuef SUIT Shop-Thtrd Floor. Main Store
only!
Evening star., 1949-07-31

crease for Federal employees.
However, it's reported that Pres
ident Truman and his advisers
have undergone = change Of
heart on the matter and are now
willing to support pay increases
along the lines voted by the Sen
ate Civil Service Subcommittee
headed by Senator Long, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana.
The Long subcommittee
measure, while providing pay in
creases averaging $125 per en-
ploye. would also give pay boosts
of up to $670 to employees in upper
level jobs. For most employees,
however, their pay boosts would
be somewhere around the $125
figure.
Another feature of the Senate
groups bill is the lifting of the
present $10,330 Federal pay cell
ing to q new high of $4,000 a
year.
Meanwhile, the Senate Civil
Service Committee is scheduled
to meet tomorrow or Tuesday and
approve its subcommittee pay
Redistribution measure. Th e
House civil service group plans to
wind up its hearings some time
this week.
Foremost in everyone's mind is
the time element involved. There
isn't too much time to act before
Congress goes home.
Incidentally. members of both
the House and Senate Civil Serv-
ice Committees are praising the
fine work of Ismar Baruch. the
Civil Service Commissions per-
sonnel classification chief. who
had a great deal to do in prepar-
ing the legislation. Mr.. Baruch,
one of the Governments top
career employees. has long held the
admiration and respect of men,
bers of Congress.
At FRIDAYS session of the House
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Two Held for Grand Jury
In Alabama Floggings
By the Associotsd Press

ROCKFORD. Ala, July 30
Two white men, accused OF
fogging white man and Negro.
were bound over to a grand jury
today. Both went to jail in lieu
of $4,000 bonds.
Justice of Peace Robert Wilson
handed down the order following
a four-hour hearing.
The men, Bobby Buckner and
Buck Burkhalter. Alexander City.
were arrested 10 days ago after
complaints that they fogged S. G.
Bailey, 25. and S. J. Thomas,
Negro.
Bailey was not seriously hurt.
Thomas, however, is under treat
ment at hospital for a ruptured
kidney and other injuries.
Mrs. Bailey identified Burk.
halter as one of the men who
came after her husband and
forced him to leave at pistol point.
Mr.. Bailey named both Buckner
and Burkhalter as his attackers.
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tee, which recommends to the
council whether or not the or
|ganization should be granted con-
sultative status. The full l8-
member council votes on the rec
ommendation, the statement said.
Fact Widely Known.
"These facts are widely known
and are matter of public record, :"
the U. N. statement added.
Mrs. Fischer described Nine.
Valiant -Couturier as the widow
of a leading French Communist
and said the Frenchwoman. at the
time of Mrs. Fischer's testimony.
had been admitted to the United
States because the women's fed
Grafton was recognized by Mr.. Lie.
She said Nine. Vaillant-Cou-
turier twill attend the first con-
stitutional convention of the Con-
|gress Of American Women, which
takes place right now"
This question and answer ex-
change then took place between a
member of the committee staff
and Mrs. Fischer:
Staff member: "What is the
purpose of this woman's visit to
the United StateS?"
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Strike Vote Is Called
In Blue Ridge Dispute

HAGERSTOWN, Md, July 80
(P.-A strike vote was called to-
night in the contract dispute be-
tween the Blue Ridge Transporta-
tion Co. and drivers and main
tenance men Of its eastern divi-
sion.
Charles Y. Stickell, president OF
the AFL local Of the Amalgamated
Association of Street, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach En-
ployes. said balloting will be held
Tuesday night and Monday morn
ing. -. -~..~-s.- 1ess'
About ITS workers are involved.
Mr.. Stickell said they are seeking
20-cent boost in hourly wages,
three-week vacations and other
benefits. The present contract
calls for two-week vacations and
$1.40 an hour. Il t~s 30. ~
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would have advantages over the
Air Forces land-based giants.
The fight broke into the open in
April shortly after Secretary John
son Cancelled work on the huge
super carrier, the United States,
which the Navy hoped would put
it into the strategic bombing busi-
ness.
A month later, however, MIR.
johnson approved plans to mod
ernize two carriers to enable them
to launch heavier types of aircraft
presumably long-range bombers.
He described the action-taken
with President Truman's approval
as an answer to critics who
charged cancellation of the super
carrier was a conspiracy "wither
to sink the Navy's air arm or to
reduce the Navy to a second-clas
role"
Evening star., 1949-07-31

took over command of the United
States troops in the North African
theater and later became deputy
supreme allied commander for the
Mediterranean. AS commanding
general of the 9Th Army group in
France, he directed an offensive
that broke through the Vosges
Mountains and reached Germany
Aroused Lawmakers.
Gen. DeverS caused a storm in
Congress in 1916 when he was
quoted in a news story as saying
the lawmakers were towards
afraid to tackle the controversial
draft bill" He and the managing
editor of the paper that published
the story both denied to a congress
sional committee that the general
had used the word coward" But
Gen. Devers said the interview, In
which he was also quoted as say
ing Congress was afraid to make
Ia decision" was substantially
correct"
He has warned Americans
against believing that any future
conflict will be wholly a push
button war"
1T may start with push of the
outton." Gen. Devers says, but it
will end as all wars end, when an
Iinfantryman with his two feet on
the ground thrusts his bayonet
into the heart of our final remain
ing foe"
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Negro Baptists Call Meeting
On EMPLOYMENT Issues

A mass meeting called by the
Abyssinia Institutional Baptist
Church will be held at 3 pm.
today in the Third Baptist
Church. Fifth and @ streets NV.
The purpose is to discuss pro-
cedures for convincing heads of
retail chain stores that clerical
positions be opened to Negroes.
The committee said that past
conferences with these firms have
been unsuccessful.
Mrs. Ada B. Jackson and Mrs.
Maude Richardson. both of
Brooklyn, N. Y. will be among
those to address the gathering.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

homicide detectives said was in
toxicated, was charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon.
The victim, Peter Brampton,
1880 Connecticut avenue NV,
suffered a pistol wound in his
windpipe and was reported in a
critical condition in Emergency
Hospital last night. Being held
by police was Harold La Mari
Halter, 1884 Tunlaw road NV.
The two men, both clerks at the
United Mine Workers of America
offices, had attended an office pic
mic which began at 10 am. in
RollingWood Park, in the Mary
land section of Rock Creek near
the Meadowbrook Stable.
Helped Man Into House.
After leaving the picnic about
$3.50 pm. Mr.. Brampton offered
to help Halter get into his apart
ment on Tunlaw road, three per-
sons, who also attended the out
ing, told police. They said the
26-year-old Halter was helped out
of the car in which they were
riding by Mr.. Brampton and led
into the apartment building.
John Stockley of 2413 Perry
street NE, driver of the car, told
homicide detectives that he and
his wife and another UNIV en-
ploye, James Barry, Of 412 Tenth
street NE, were parked in front
of the Tunlaw address when they
heard two shots.
The two men forced the door
of the f1rst-floor apartment and
found the victim lying on the liv-
ing room floor, they told detectives.
Halter was in the bathtub fully
clothed, they told police. Homi-
eide detectives who answered the
call to the scene said they found
q As caliber automatic and two
empty cartridges on the floor near
Mr.. Brampton.
Native of England.
Mr.. Brampton, who is a native
of England, has lived at the Con-
necticut avenue rooming house
since September. He came to this
country in 1941 and is an Ameri-
can citizen.
Mrs. Stockley said she had
heard Halter say his, wife and
baby were out of town. Halter
and Mr.. Brampton attended the
picnic separately. she added. She
said the two men worked in the
UMWA Welfare and Retirement
Fund Offices at 907 Fifteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
'Mun Held as Drunk
Found Dead in Cell

A man booked at No. 8 precinct
on a charge of drunkenness al
about 6 pm. yesterday died in his
cell shortly after midnight this
morning. The man. about 40, was
colored, had papers in his pocket
bearing the name Gus Crawford,
but when arrested he was unable
to give his name or address. police
said.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Howard ". CoggeshaI|,
Printing Craftsman, Dies
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

UTICA, N. Y, July 30.-How-
ard w. Coggeshall. widely-knowr
printing craftsman and close
friend of the late printing type
designer. Frederick w. Goudy
died tonight.
Mr.. Coggeshall recently had
completed collecting material fol-
a book on the life Of MIR. Goudy
A 64-page booklet printed in
Mr.. Coggeshall's plant here was
buried with other objects in q
sealed time capsule" at the site
of the 1889 Worlds Fair in New
York. Much of the booklet was
iset by hand by Mr.. Coggeshall.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Gen. Devers to Retire as Chief
Of Field Forces in September
Military Leader
Noted for Command
During World War II
By the Associated Press

FORT MONROE, Va, July 80.
Jacob l.. Devers. chief OF
the Army Field Forces. will retire
September 80, the Public Infor-
nation Office at AFT headquar-
tiers here announced today.
The famed general will be 81
years old in September and an
elaborate ceremony is expected for
the formal retirement at the fort.
There was no indication today
as to who might succeed the gen.
eral in directing activities of the
Army Field Forces.
He assumed command of the
Army Ground Forces headquarters
at Fort Monroe on October /, 1916
and on March Is. 1948, the Army
Department abolished the AGF
and created the Office of the chief
of the Army Field Forces.
Selected Bases For Trade.
Gen. Devers is an aggressive
blunt-spoken. tape-cutting general
who trained and commanded large
elements of the United States
forces that fought in World War
II.
One of his first big assign
ments was senior Army member
of the board appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to select defense
bases acquired from Great Britain
in exchange for destroyers. be-
fore the United States entered the
war.
His reputation for cutting red
tape had received a boost during
service at Fort Bragg in 1910. The
story goes that he was told steel
for a water tank would not be
available for eight months. Build
it of concrete" he ordered. In
formed that that was impossible
he retorted, build it anyhow -
It was built-of concrete.
Gen. Devers directed the crea-
ton, training and equipment of IL
|armored divisions and numerous
separate tank battalions from 1941
to 1943 Then he went to England
as commanding general Of United
States forces in the European
theater. At the end of 1943 he
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Secret British JET Plane
Beats Vampire in Race
BY the Assoeioied Press

BIRMINGHAM, England, July
30.-One of Britain's newest
hush-hush jet warplanes won a
split-seoond victory today in the
Kemsley cup air race at Elmdon
airport.
The plane, a Hawker P-1O4O
piloted by Raj Squadron Leader
Neville Duke, went around the
four-lap. 80-mile course in Is
minutes, "a seconds. Dukes top
speed was estimated at better than
$50 miles an hour.
The Hawker had the highest
handicap in the seven-plane race.
Duke caught up with the others
on the final straightaway and, his
jets screaming, streaked past all
six in the last five miles. He beat
Capt. c. j. Cunningham, in q De
Havilland jet Vampire, by one one
hunduedth of a second.
The entries included two Spit
fires. The Vampire that placed
second is one of the RATS princi-
pal jet fighters.
The life expectation for Ameri-
cans of IS is now 1924 years.
Evening star., 1949-07-31
.10-Cent Pay |ncreast
Ends 3-Day Strike
Of Cement HauIers

Peace was restored in the con-
struction industry yesterday by
settlement of a strike of ITO
ready-mixed concrete truckmen
which had caused a shortage of
concrete since the drivers walked
out Thursday.
The men will get 10-cent-an-
hour pay increase, which will give
them $1.40 an hour. Next May
Is, they will get another scent
increase, bringing their pay to
$l.45.
The 10-cent increase is retro
active to July II. the day the
carpenters returned to work az
ter a six-Week strike. The new
contract will expire May Is, 1851.
Big Firms Affected.
The striking drivers were en-
ployes of three large concrete
mixers, the Howat, Maloney and
Super Concrete companies. Sew
eral smaller producers continued
operations. Francis j. Kelley. at
torney, who represented the three
struck companies, said the smaller
companies usually pay the same
wages as those contracted for by
his clients.
On Thursday morning the driv-
ers rejected tentative agreement
negotiated the night before. Some
union men blamed the rejection
on premature newspaper accounts
that morning that the dispute had
been settled.
The 10-cent increase was agreed
on Wednesday night, Mr.. Kelly
said, and he had given the union
negotiators assurance that he was
seeking authorization of the cent
boost next spring.
Calls Strike Unnecessary.
THE employers feel this was
an unnecessary strike" Mr.. Kel-
ly said. "as what was agreed on
today could have been agreed on
without strike. The employers
feel that another increase of 5
cents an hour next May is is not
too high a price to pay for indus
trial peace for two-year period"
A potential strike in the indus
try was avoided when the Plaster
Tenders Union agreed to a 10
cent hourly increase with the
Employing Plasterers Association.
The union had asked a 12la-
cent increase. The agreement
will give about 800 plasterers'
tenders a rate of $185 cents an
hour. The contract will end
August /. 1851,
Evening star., 1949-07-31
3Americans Besieqed
In Shanghai Consulate
Second Night by $50
BY the Associated Press

0f1ANI1A1, July SU.-A lock-
In Of three American consular
officials by about $50 former EN-.
ployes Of the United States Navy
continued into its second night
tonight with no immediate change
in the situation in sight.
The former employees, mostly
Chinese but including a sprinkline
of Indians and White Russians
are demanding additional pay and
severance allowances equal to siS
and one-half months pay.
Those blockaded in the Con.
sulate are Walter McConaughty
acting Consul-General; Comdr
Morgan Slayton, naval attache
and Reuben Thomas, administra.
tive attache.
10 Americans Allowed Out.
Ten other Americans attached
to the Consulate, plus a number
Of Chinese, had to stay in the
building Friday night, but were
able to leave later. They were
permitted to come and go today
but only essential personnel re.
ported for work lest another gen.
eral lock-in develop.
The dispute goes back to the
swift withdrawal of American
naval units at the end of April
a month before the Communists
took over.
The former Navy employees con-
tend they were not properly dis
charged and received no notice.
They besieged the consulate July
6 but desisted when Mr.. Thomas
opened negotiations with them
and with the Communist Foreign
Affairs Bureau.
Settlement Deferred.
Mr.. Thomas ultimately offered
Ia settlement averaging three
months pay, which was approved
by the American State and Navy
Departments. He said more than
half the claimants were willing to
accept, but the Foreign Affairs
Bureau ordered a settlement de-
ferred pending further study.
On Friday. impatient former
employees again crowded in. They
now demand full pay for May,
June and July (even though the
Navy had left in April) They
also demand three months sew
erance pay and an additional two
weeks pay in lieu of dismissal no
tice.
This sort of retroactive labor
dispute has become commonplace
in Shanghai. mainly against for
eigners but by no means confined
to foreigners.
Labor, interpreting Communist
propaganda against foreign i'm
perialists and bureaucratic cap
italists" as an open invitation, has
moved against employers with
various demands. Some date
back for years.
Evening star., 1949-07-31

are ouOSct III
rector Frank
Pace, jr.. who
will give the
White Houses S
stand on the
r e classification
measure.
The Admin
istration's pay
reclassification
proposals sent
up to Congress
earlier h / S
year W oul d
only provide an
oyerooa &S0 in.
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therefore, might be disseminated
against
He added this further argu-
ment:
Lacking a forum in the coun-
Gil, they (Federal employees
would turn to Congress to protect
their interests and the stage would
be set for conflicts between Con-
gress and the council over the
conduct of local affairs
On the question of constitu-
tionality of the Kefauver-Klein
bill provisions to let legislative
proposals of the council become
law within a specified time unless
vetoed by the House or Senate
or the President, Senator Ke-
fauver asserted there no longer
was any real question.
The same sort of procedure,
he noted, was contained m the
Executive Reorganization Acts OF
1899 and 1945, the constitutional
ity of which had not been chal-
lenged. Also. he noted that this
constitutional question had not
been raised by Edward F. Cola
day. Board of Trade spokesman
in his recent testimony before the
Harris subcommittee. -'.s'-~A.- ''.--~---
Other Points Disputed
Senator Kefauver also disputed
the arguments of the Commits
sioners that If residents of the
District, maintaining voting rights
elsewhere. were permitted to vote
on bond issues, the result might be
to let the weight of city debt fall
on permanent residents who own
real estate here.
In reply. Senator Kefauver said
study of the bill would show that
the proceeds of real estate land
other taxes" would be drawn upon
to pay the interest and principal
of any city debt.
He argued also that long-range
capital Improvement costs should
not be financed out of current
taxes. He contended that the
per cent limit on assessed values
as the ceiling on debt was CON
servative," and added:
Nothing in the home rule bill
would eliminate the revenues now
derived from local income, sales
or other tax sources; nor would
the bill prevent the council from
submitting to Congress a legisla-
tive proposal to increase the reve-
nues from sources other than
property taxes in order to finance
capital improvements"
He likewise disagreed with the
city heads over their objection to
dual voting permitting residents
here to vote in District elections,
although they may also vote In
State elections back home.
The Tennessee Senator turned
to a word with Greek root to
denounce this as false dichotomy''
meaning to slice into two or sew
eral parts.
"The fundamental error in this
objection" he wrote, "is an at
tempt to distinguish between "per-
manent" and temporary" resi-
dents-between Federal employees
and "the people of the District" ="
Federal employees are people of
the District he asserted, "as
much as any one else who lives
here and has stake in its gov
ernment. To suppose that the
genuine" people of the District
are a few native sons is contrary
to fact"
Earlier, he had brought out that
many Federal employees living here
owned their own homes and paid
District real estate and other taxes
1iGn afoay
Evening star., 1949-07-31
Home Rule
Continued From First Page. }

gumentS presented by the Com
missioners, upheld the conStitu-
tionality of the District legislative
process proposed under the pend
ing suffrage bills. He also upheld
the dual voting" plans to permit
residents to vote on city bond is
sues here. and for local officers,
even though they also maintain
legal voting rights in their home
State.
The Tennessee Senator also dis
counted objections raised by the
city heads to plans to permit Fed
eral appointive officers, living in
the District and otherwise quail
fled, to run for election to the pro-
posed City Council.
The personal appeal made by
President Truman last week for
House District Committee action
for enactment of home rule bill
at this session of Congress is said
to be having an influence on Dis
trict committeeman. One official
said that while his appeal may not
change the views of some men,
bers opposing local suffrage, ii
might persuade objectors to let
the issues go to the House for
decision.
Senator Kefauver noted that the
District Commissioners had in
dorsed self-government as mat
ter of principle"
Approval Conditional.
"It is a great gain for the cause
of democracy in the Nations
Capital city," he added, Ito have
this important support from the
present heads of the city gov
ernment."
The city heads, while indorsing
the principle of self-government
approved "home rule" only on a
conditional basis. listing a num-
ber of provisos they said should
be met.
Senator Kefauver commented
that most of the letter of the
Commissioners had dealt with
technical criticisms Of particular
provisions of the bill. He said
he thought many of them deserve
careful consideration and that
some of them might be adopted
But most of them. he concluded
were relatively minor in nature
and should not delay action or
the bill.
On the Commissioners objec.
ton to letting Federal appointivt
officers, but not District officials
run for council posts, Senator Ke.
fauver said only a few District
employees would be affected by thi.
provision. II a Federal Office hold.
er were elected to the council hi
could disqualify himself from yot'
ing on any issue that affected hi!
. department, just as a Fedora
judge sometimes eliminates him.
self from q case in which he NIGH
have an interest, he said.
Need for Voice Cited.
"If no Federal employe coule
serve on the council" Senator Ke'
fauver said, "the 1856 Fedora
employees in the District woule
have no direct voice in the DELHI
erations Of the council. tn,
special interests Of fifth of tn,
adult population of the District