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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1949-09-30
LETTER TO THE
EDITOR J.. l..

EDI TOR .........
Tt has been q matt r Of much sur
prise to learn that SO many people
in the Matanuska Valley have the
same racial rejudices that offoct
SO much Of the worlds action end
thinking. We expect to hear this
kind Of thinking from the Deep South
or from California whore racial prob
LENS have had a prominent part Of
the program for many years, but the
people Of Alaska ere supposed to be
fer ahcad OF the rast Of tho country
in liberal ideas and tOloranc1.-3r-
hops Wa got the idea by reading .
bout the big strong men from tho
north in popular novels. Also, We
imagined that Hitler's idea Of rec
ial superiority had been SO deeply
buried by the events Following the
col1apse Of ,I0rld ..er II that this
Particular problem had been solved,
but evidently this is not true. ''o
should have l.nOWn better for human
mature doesn't change much in fow
years or even Centuries.
Despite the fect that the Hindu end
the Arab VIE studying and solving
intricate problems Of science ,rolig-
on and PHILOSOPHY long before most
OF our Nordic ancestors Wora even
conscious Of the pr sonco Of such
thlngS; W. nave looked down on them
for centuries bocaueo they have
different colorud skin, diff cront
c ustOms End Tradition that Sro alien
to ours. Just stop md think about
some OF the people Who have made a
lestinG. namo for themselves in our
lifotimo no caro from homes similar
to TIL homes Of this children who ar
seeking admission to our foir velloy.
7oplc wore? And, remember Rs ph
at m tn =: I est, invent
chest o@ficos in tho United States
; rojudico in our national capital.
superior athlete, how about Joe Louis,
:. baseball player? To got closer to
MUSICIAN md writer? How many Eahatma
; last ten centuries?
1octod with tho. plan that has boon
: E&tivu School, but it surely can't
i qualities that make it impos siblo
that the whole world is watching
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1949-09-30
RC TURNED HOME

Mrs. --rnost Kirkpatrick and daught er
Ruth, left Saturday by plano for
Detroit, Michigan. They Wor~ called
b Ok bee auso Of Sickness. Mrs.
Kirlpa trick and Ruth ha0o been
visiting l-rs. Loren EcKochnio this
sUmmor. Yrs. Kirkpatrick is q sister
of i-rS -ILcKhchni G.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Funeral Tomorrow
For John B. Palmer

Funeral services for John B
Palmer. 76. an employe of the
Treasury Department for more
than IS years, will be held at 10
a m. tomorrow in the Pumphrey
funeral home, 8434 Georgia ave-
nue.. Silver Spring. Burial will be
in Colesville (MdD Cemetery.
Mr.. Palmer died of a heart at
tack Friday at his home. BIS
Richmond avenue, Silver Spring
Born in Murray. KY. MIR.
Palmer engaged in farming there
before coming to Washington In
1927. to join the Treasury De-
partment. He was employed in the
Division of Loans and Currency
until 1943 when he retired. He
then worked for the Suburban
National Bank for three years
until he became i'll In 1946.
He was a member of Woodmen
Of the World and Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church here.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Sallie A. Palmer: three sons, Bar
ber c. Palmer. s1S Richmond ave-
nue., Silver Spring: Truman +.
Palmer. Athens. Ohio. and Noble
d. Palmer, 7701 Georgia avenue
NV; a daughter. Mrs. Hontas P.
Murphy, Of the 815 Richmond
avenue address; three brothers
DR.. T. r., Ed and w. A. Palmer
a. sister, Mrs. Sula Cunningham.
all of Murray. and five grand
children
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Merchants 10 GET Briefinq
On Sales Tax Wednesday

Retail merchants of the District
will be briefed on the new sales
tax at meeting of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association at
1890 am. Wednesday in the
United States Chamber of Com
merce auditorium.
Edward D. Shaw, executive sec
retary of the association. said
merchants who want a specific
problem answered should send
such questions to association head
quarters in The Star Building be-
fore the meeting. Merchants
must obtain cards of admission
from the association Office to at
tend. Mr.. Shaw said.
Members of the corporation
counsel's staff will answer ques-
tions.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Maine Conference Set
On Atom Labor Dispute
BY the Assoeioted Press


| BANGOR. Maine. July 16.-
Labor disputes at two atomic lab
oratories will be the subjects o1
hearings here July 81 and % by
the National Atomic Energy Labor
Panel. -...
Chairman William H. Davis OF
New York, a summer resident of
Southwest Harbor, said the hear
ings will deal with labor problems
at laboratories In Oak Ridge,
Tenn. and Miamisburg. Ohio.
The Oak Ridge dispute affects
800 workers at Oak Ridge Ma
tional Laboratory. operated by the
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals
Corp. Workers are represented
by the AFL Atomic Trades and
Labor Council.
The Miamisburg controversy in
wolves the Mound Laboratory, near
Dayton, where 235 workers are
represented by the C1O Gas, Coke
and Chemical Workers. This in
stallation is operated by the Mon
santo Chemical Co.
Other panel members include
Aaron Horvitz. New York labor
arbitrator, and Edwin E. Witte,
University Of Wisconsin economics
professor.
Mr.. Davis said only he and Mr..
Horvitz will attend the hearings
here. They will be assisted by
John Dunlop of Harvard Univers-
ity, the panels technical adviser,
and Secretary Donald straus OF
New York.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Address by Employer
10 Aim al Persuadinq
|TU 10 Take Wage CUT

The Columbia Typographical
Union will have as guest speaker
today a man who will try to con-
vince union employees of job print
ing houses that they should re-
ceive IS cents an hour less than
they are asking.
The speaker will be William F.
McArdle of the McArdle Printing
Co.. 2201 M street NV. chairman
of the scale committee for the
District Graphic Arts Association.
The association includes about so
printing concerns.
The scale at the Job printing
houses is s2.36 an hour under a
contract expiring August 10. The
union is asking a 40-cent-an-hour
increase and has served notice Of
a strike If that figure is not met.
The employers want to roll back
the scale by 36 cents.
lUVH W ShdhCh6t'
James J. O'Connor, president
of the union, local of the In
ternational Typographical Union,
said that at a recent meeting OF
the negotiators. Mr.. McArdle ey-
pressed the belief that he could
convince the union members Of
the soundness of the employers
position If he only had chance
to talk to them directly.
Mr.. O'Connor took him up on
the challenge and the result will
be an address by Mr.. McArdle
when the union meets at 2 o'clock
this afternoon at the Pythian
Temple, 1912 Ninth street NV.
To be Courteously Received.
The unions Bulletin said that
while Mr.-McArdle may have q
hostile audience so far as his SUBJ
ject is concerned, 1t was sure he
would be courteously received. It
said he was promised freedom to
state his case ''in any manner he
sees fit." and that he would not
be required to enter into debate.
The Bulletin added:
While this at least Is a novel
experience in local scale nego-
tiations to have a member of the
employers committee bring his
case to the union. we believe it
only adds emphasis to the demo-
cratic principles for which the
Typographical Union Is noted and
of which we are so proud"
Evening star., 1949-07-17

ploye problems. He also was one
OF the most influential members of
the. Federal Personnel Council.
which deals with personnel &C
tivities for the entire Government
service.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP Grover
Ensley. former administrative aide
to Senator Flanders. Republican
OF Vermont. has been appointed
associate director of staff of the
Joint Congressional Economic
Committee. Mr.. Ensley had a lot
to do IN drafting the top bracket
Federal pay measure which SEN
ator Flanders has been support
ing so strongly :. Fordyce LUX
art, chief Of the Civil Service Com
missions inspection division, will
go to Greece on a special assign
ment for the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administration eight en-
ployes Of the Census Bureau have
been given cash awards for ef-
f1ciency suggestions. They are
Walter H. Phillips. Alfredo A. Lap
anne. Arville B Gross, Margaret
B. Watson. Novel r. Coleman
Thomas A. Rimmer. Yeaworth U.
Potter and Olive Cook Roger
j. o. Cumming has been appointed
chief OF the Veterans Administra-
tion's social service division. sue
ceeding Jack H. Stipe, who is
leaving to prepare for the Episco-
pal ministry. Mr.. Cumming form
erly headed the social service Sec
tion in the VAS Fort Smelling
Mimi. branch Office. He will as
sumo his duties on August %
Secretary of Interior Krug has in
formed all Interior officials that
he wants the department to "ad-
here in practice to the letter and
spirit of President Truman's re-
cent discrimination order for
the Federal service .. Lloyd Mat
thews has been appointed men,
bership secretary of the newly
formed National Defense EN-
ployes' Recreation Association
Those desiring to join the group
should write to Mr.. Matthews in
care Of P.O. Box 40. Benjamin
Franklin Station, Washington, D.
c.
BE sure to listen in TO-DAY at
I:15 am. for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast
oUer WMAL, The Star stdtton.)
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Five Experts to Act as Judges
Of National Snapshot Contest

editor of the National Geographic
Magazine.
Lejaren A. Hitler, famous pho
tographic illustrator.
Kenneth w. Williams. manager
OF the Photographic Illustrations
Division of the Eastman Kodak
Co.
Judging in the National Awards
as in The Stars contest. will be
primarily on the interest and ap-
peal of the entries, although pho
tographic technique will be g
factor.
The Stars contest is judged by
a panel of four members of the
editorial staff. headed by Alex
ander Wedderburn, curator Of
photography of the Smithsonian
Institution and author of the
Camera Angles" column in The
Sunday Star.
This weeks winners will be
found on Page 10 of The Pretoria
Magazine.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Iron Lung Baby Contracts
Polio, Killer Of lis Mother
by the Assoeioied Press

|. BY the Assoeiofed Press
BOSTON, July 16.-Born in an
iron lung as his mother was near
death from infantile paralysis. a
16-day-old boy today was in the
grip of the same disease.
DR.. Alex Shelokov of Haynes
Memorial Hospital said the illness
of Daniel Michael O'Connell was
diagnosed as polio. But the baby's
condition is good" he said.
The infants mother, Mrs. Meta
O'Connell, 25. died q few days
after the birth.
His father, Daniel T. O'Connell
of North Attleboro. is a 33-year-
old disabled World War II veteran
and a millworker.
Surgeons reported that they
reached through portfolios in the
iron lung in delivering the baby.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Six-Hour Farley Fails
TO Break Deadlock in
.London's S Dock Strike
By the Associated Press

LONDON. July 16.-Men Of the
Labor government and restless
section of it's labor following
talked for six hours today in a
fruitless effort to end London s
Gripping waterfront strike.
A union delegate said at a re-
cess tonight:
I'VE are prepared to meet all
night to reach a settlement if it is
possible. We are ready to sleep
here"
The Labor Ministry's top nego-
tiator. Sir Robert Gould, met with
full executive committees of the
Lightermen's Union and the Ste
vedores' and Dockers' Union in an
effort to thrash out an agreement
by which nearly $4,000 idle dock
workers would return to work.
Joint Statement Issued.
The Ministry and union leaders
issued joint statement saying
the unionists would attempt di-
rect approach to Canadian ship
owners and seamen whose dispute
led to the dock stoppage. The
Ministry reiterated previous
statement that it would not inter-
vene in the Canadian dispute.
British servicemen assigned tc
the docks to crack the cargo bot
tleneck left the waterfront at
noon, but will be back nearly 7.O0C
strong Monday morning, port au-
thorities said.
The servicemen, from the army
navy and air force. have been
unloading food cargoes and load
ing export shipments.
The special committee assigned
to run the docks when the govern
ment took over in state of emer-
gency a week ago. said 1853 dock
workers were idle. Ninety-one
freighters are tied up idly. The
servicemen have been working on
about so more. Others Of the ITO
ships now at London wharves are
being handled by the 10000 steve
dores who refused to join the stop
page.
The strike began three weeks
ago when a group of workers re-
fused to unload two Canadian
ships involved in a dispute between
'shipowners and the Canadian
Seamen's Union.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
labor dock labor board refused to
call the workers to load or unload
other ships in the Thames docks
until the two disputed ships
Ecleared.
Top government spokesmen, in
|cluding Prime Minister Attlee,
called the stoppage Communist
inspired and warned dockers they
were being duped into supporting
it.,
Evening star., 1949-07-17
SpaIding Council, K. Of C.,
.Inducts New Officers

Thomas j. Trodden, jr., has
been inducted as grand knight
of Spalding Council No. AIT of
the Knights of Columbus. Other
officers are:
William F. Van Horn, deputy
grand knight; Charles Trettler,
chancellor; John v. Clark, record
ing secretary; Edward Cunning
ham, warden; Thomas B
Vaughan, financial secretary;
Roman Goedde, treasurer; George
w. Warren, advocate; trustees
Robert F. Brady, John Hallaran
and Roger Vaughan; r. H. Rice,
inside guard; Roy Harrington and
William Keller, outside guards
and Francis Daw, lecturer.
The retiring grand knight was
James j. Nolan.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Bitten by Copperheod,
Boy Reported Improving
Special Di,poteh TO The star

HARRISONBURG. Va. July is.
A 2-year-old Hamlet. N. c., boy.
bitten by a copperhead snake
while picnicking yesterday on
Skyline drive. was reported "im-
proving" today at the Rockingham
Hospital here.
The boy. John c. Boney. was
bitten on the foot while playing
along a guard wall of the Big Run
Parking Overlook. Is miles south
OF Swift Run Gap. He was with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
c. Boney. who are on a vacation
motor tour.
Evening star., 1949-07-17

unions affairs. The man named
by the board will serve until the
September, 1850. convention.
Started Work at II.
Mr.. Whitney began his railroad
career as a brakeman. He was only
II. but he claimed he was an eligi-
BILE 81. The eldest son of a circuit
riding Methodist minister in Iowa,
he had little schooling. But in
later years he was we'll read
man. He Joined the Brotherhood
in 1896. When he gained the pres
idency in 1928, his campaign was
based on the plea that the pre-
vious administration had been too
conservative. The union now has
215,000 members.
The Democratic National
Committee announced in Wash
tngton that its chairman, Sena-
tor McGrath. and its executive
vice chairman, William M.
Boyle, jr.. had sent kilograms
of coincidence to Mrs. Whitney.
Their messages said Mr.. Whit
ney was a great labor leader.
liberal, and patriot. Senator
Kefauver Democrat Of Ten
nessee) commented that "His
loss will be felt for years to
come by working men every
where Z
Allan S. Haywood. vice presi:
dent and director Of organiza-
ton for the CIO, said in WASH
ington: =
The entire labor movement
as well as the railroad men
has lost a. great friend with the
death of A. F. Whitney.
Those of us who knew him
and worked with him for many
years hold deep respect for his
sincerity, his loyalty to his
principles and his devotion to
the cause of all who work for
q living. He was a true
American"
Evening star., 1949-07-17
.0'Dwyer Flying Home
From Mexico 10 Help
Settle Transit Strike
BY the Associated Press

ISI" 4OAeAA, July 1o.-MdSOl
William O'DWyer flew back from
Mexico City tonight to attempt
to settle New York City's stale
mated bus strike.
His return marks the seventh
time Mayor O'Dwyer has cut short
vacation to deal with munich
pal crisis. The mayor arrived in
Mexico City yesterday to be the
guest of President Aleman. He
left there tonight and is due in
New York tomorrow morning.
A City Hall spokesman said
the mayors decision to return was
made after a telephone confer
ence with officials here. He had
time for a quick inspection of a
Mexico City housing project as
the guest of President Miguel
Aleman.
Earlier. an official of the CIO
Transport Workers hinted the
union might order a showdown in
city subway service in support of
the three-day old bus walkout.
Refuses to Amplify Statement.
The official, John Hamilton,
said the manner in which subway
workers "can cooperate in the
strike will be considered Monday.
Mr.. Hamilton, vice president of
the unions Local 100, refused to
amplify his statement. Subway
workers frequently have used
showdown strategy to enforce their
/. demands.
The stoppage, which began last
Thursday, shut down bus service
for some 1.125,O0O daily riders on
lines of the New York City Omni-
bus Corp. and the Fifth Avenue
Coach Co. 1t also threatened to
spread to the sprawling Third
Avenue Transit System, which
hauls an additional 100000 pas
sengers day.
/ Many riders of the struck lines
have not been too seriously incon-
venienced so far. Subways, pri-
vate autos and taxis are serving
as substitute means of transpor-
tation for thousands.
Settlement is Deadlocked.
Efforts by the city to settle the
dispute between the two private
ly owned bus companies and the
union have been unsuccessful. No
new meetings between the dis
putants have been scheduled.
| TWU President Michael j. Quill
announced tonight he would rec
ommend extending the strike to
the giant Third Avenue System
Mr.. Quill said he would make the
recommendation at a meeting of
Local zoos Policy Committee to-
morrow.
The strike. which began after
the dismissal by the companies
OF four union mechanics, de-
veloped quickly into a full-fledged
union battle for new contract
concessions. The union demands
include a 21-cent hourly wage
increase, a 40-hour work week
instead Of the present 4s hours,
and improved pensions. Present
wages average $is0rsn hour,
% Back Pay Demanded. q
Mr.. Quill, In his threat to Shut
down the Third Avenue System
demanded action on s1,1o0, 900 in
back pay due its employees. The
system is in receivership.
City negotiators offered a two
point peace treaty yesterday. I he
formula provided for submission
Of unresolved issues to an ar
bitrator whose decision would be
binding. The treaty also would
return the dispute to the status
quo of July 6, before the workers
were dismissed.
The bus companies demanded
the strikers return to work as an
essential preliminary to arbitra-
ton. The union said the rlan
would REQUIRE mllch studv
Evening star., 1949-07-17

Five recognized experts in pho
tography will select the winners
of the $4,000 in prizes offered in
the Newspaper National Snap
shot Awards, of which The Stars
Amateur Snapshot Contest is a
part.
The judges will meet next Oc-
tober II in Explorers Hall of the
National Geographic Society, Six
teenth and M streets NV. to
award 167 cash prizes ranging
from $25 to $500. The winners
of the four final class prizes OF
$25 each in The Stars contest
will compete with the entries OF
more than 80 other newspapers
throughout the United States and
Canada.
The judges will be:
Harold Blumenfeld, editor OF
Acme NeWspictures.
Julien Bryan. internationally
known photographer and lecturer
Melville Grosvenor. assistant
Evening star., 1949-07-17

undecided.
But James Mitchell. together
with Donald S. Dawson, admins
trative assistant to President
Truman; Harry Hubbard. vice
chairman of the Federal Person.
mel Council, and several other top
Government personnel officials
carried the fight to the White
House for the plan. The plan was
proposed by the Hoover Commits
sion.
Subsequently, president Truman
agreed that the commission reor-
ganization should be made and
submitted the reorganization pro-
posal to Congress last month. 1t
is considered virtually certain that
the reorganization will become
effective next month.
Now it's reported that Miss
Perkins and Harry Mitchell have
swung over to support the plan.
James Mitchell supported the
plan because he felt that it would
strengthen the merit system by
creating stronger commission.
The reorganization will give the
commission chairman the power
to make all administrative de-
cisions within the agency, and to
select the key officials for most of
the units.
Mr.. Mitchell felt that, under
the present system. the three
commissioners are burdened with
far too much paper work and
relatively unimportant decisions.
Under the new system, the COM
mission chairman would have the
responsibility of appointing his
own men to assume all this day
to-day operating responsibility, so
that the three commissioners can
devote more time to policy mat
ters.
In the field Of policy matters.
issuance Of regulations and ham
ding Of appeals. the three COM
missioners would have equal au-
thority.
James Mitchells strong support
OF the plan did much to prevent
criticism that it would destroy the
bipartisan aspect of the commits
sion by investing more authority
in the chairman than in the other
two members. AS the Republican
minority member. he would have
opposed it if he had thought it
would destroy bipartisan policy in
commission affairs.
incidentally, President Truman
is expected to name the new COM
missian chairman after the reor-
ganization goes into effect. Chair
man Harry Mitchell submitted his
resignation some time ago and
Is on the job now at the request
Of President Truman. who asked
that he stay until the reorgan-
ization occurs.
II X 4 +
GREAT LOSS - Federal en-
ployes in general and Air Force
Department employees in particu-
lar have suffered the loss of a
good friend in the unexpected
death the other night of Col. Cor
don E. Clark. civilian personnel
director of the Air Force Depart
ment.
Col. Clark, who died of a heart
ailment at the age of SO. was one
of the most highly regarded per-
sonnel officials in the Federal
service.
Both management and en-
ployes alike thought highly of
Col. Clark for his great ability and
fair -mindedness in handling en-
Evening star., 1949-07-17

t r m himself
and the other
associate COM
missioner.
Orig in a ii y.
Mr.. Mitchell
was the only
one of the three
Civil S ervic e
commissions r S
who backed the
proposal. Com
m i s S ion e r S
Frances Perkins
o p p ose d it,
while Harry B.
Mitchell, chair
man of the
Evening star., 1949-07-17

School teachers in New Eng
land once were generally paid
two hams in exchange for a years
tuition in arithmetic.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
g. or. Member Urged Power
For Civil Service Chairman
By Joseph Young

Strangely enough it Mitchell
Der of the Civil Service Commission led
Civil Service Commission the
overall administrative authority to the commission
This is noteworthy because Mr. Mitchell
Evening star., 1949-07-17

AUTOMOBILE lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy, warm and humid today
and tomorrow with afternoon
temperatures around IS. Slight
chance of some showers.
Maryland - Rather cloudy
warm and humid today and to-
morrow. Somewhat warmer TO-
morrow.
Virginia-Considerable cloudi-
ness, warm and humid today with
somewhat higher temperature to-
morrow. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms in south portion OF
State today.
River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River muddy st Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah muddy a,
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Readings at Washington National Airport }
yesterday. Y Pct Pct
Evening star., 1949-07-17

of being named chairman, and in
effect was indorsing a plan that
will take some authority away