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Evening star., 1949-02-23
Red Cross Kickoff
Show Is Sold Out

All tickets have been taken for
the Red Cross fund campaign
kickoff" show at Constitution
Hall Sunday night and at least
10000 other applicants have been
turned away, campaign officials
said today.
Principal attraction will be the
"Theater Guild on the Airs" pro-
duction of Payment Deferred"
starring Charles Laughton and
Jessica Tandy.
Third such command perform
ance" for the New York company
of more than so actors and pro-
ductlon personnel, the play will be
heard over WMAL and ABC net
work at the usual time of $50 pm
The Red Cross program will
open at 8::15 pm. and will include
talks by Vice president Barkley
Economic Cooperation Admins
traitor Paul G. Hoffman. United
States Steel Chairman Irving S
Olds and H. Randolph Maddox
1949 Red Cross fund chairman.
The Rt Rev. Angus Dun, Episco-
pal Bishop of Washington. will
deliver the invocation.
Mr.. Laughton will enact his
original stage and screen role Of
William Marble, bank clerk
whose debts led him to murder his
wealthy nephew. Miss Tandy
now starring in "A Streetcal
Named Desire" plays his wife.
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Catholic Women DepIore
Red Attacks on CIerqy

Sympathy for all religious leaders
who have been attacked, mis-
represented and Inundated" by
the Communist government OF
Hungary and Bulgaria was ex-
pressed today in a statement of
principle by the Supreme Direc-
torate of the Catholic Daughters
of America.
The statement was adopted at
the morning business session OF
the organization at the Hotel
Statler.
The group sent letter to Pres
ident Truman yesterday asking
him to take the offensive" in
regard to the treatment accorded
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty, Hun
garian Prelate now imprisoned.
It was expected that statements
of principle on socialized medicine,
amendments to present displaced
persons legislation and Federal aid
to education would be adopted also
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Nixon Says Elections Alone
Cannot Defeat Communism

Representative Nixon. Repub-
lican, of California, said last night
that the Communist menace IN
this country cannot be overcome
simply by elections and the full
stomach for all" theory.
"At present there are more Com
munists in the United States in
proportion to the population than
there were in the Soviet Union at
the time of the revolution in 1917"
he said at meeting of students Of
the National University Law
School in the Hotel 2400.
Mr.. Nixons subject was legal
Problems in Controlling commu-
nism in the United States"
The co-author of the enti-Con1-
munist Mundt-Nixon bill said
that to combat communism I'VE
must develop our conception Of q
dynamic democracy and sell other
people on this idea"
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Jewish Centers to Hold
WASHINGTON Area Dinner

Boards of directors of the jew
ish Community Centers of Wash
tngton and vicinity will hold a
dinner meeting at $50 o'clock to-
night at the National Jewish We'll
fare Board offices, 1887 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Speakers will include Lynn B.
Hirshorn of Allentown, Pa. presi-
dent of the Middle Atlantic Sec
ton of the Jewish Welfare Board:
Samuel D. Gershovitz, executive
director of the board; Fred S.
Kogod, president of the Washing
ton Jewish Community Center,
and Meyer Freyman. president of
the Montgomery County Jewish
Center.
Evening star., 1949-02-23
District Holiday Sale,
Exceed Old Records
By as Much as 30qb

All records for Washington's S
Birthday sales were smashed yes
terday by the greatest crowds
ever to attend the traditional
event. a survey of merchants re-
vealed today.
Stores big and small reported a
business volume far exceeding
that of last years sales day, the
margin of increase reaching as
high as 80 per cent.
Merchants everywhere agreed
that, while the shoppers concen-
trated on the sharply reduced,
lower priced items, sales were
generally good in all classes and
types of merchandise.
Confined to from three to five
hours of the day. the sales volume
doubled and even tripled that for
an average full day at this time of
year, many stores reported.
Department Stores Do Well.
Some store managers were at a
loss to account for the throngs
which invaded the entire down.
town shopping area despite chilly
and rainy weather.
All the larger department stores
reported sharp improvement over
last year, regarded by most as
their best birthday sales day since
the event began in the 20s.
Hecht's 31a-hour sale surpassed
by Is per cent that of 1948 when a
total business of $1S7,932 topped
that of the year before by 48 per
cent, an official reported.
Kann's officials called 1t a ter
rifle day" so big that I'VE could
hardly handle the people" The
business was up IA per cent over
1948.
Store Breaks Record.
A spokesman said the crowds
were attractedsby merchandise Of
fered at better prices than in other
years because of buyers market.
"It proves again that there is
plenty of money to buy right
priced merchandise. he said.
He called the crowds the biggest
he ever saw in the store-bigger
than on any Christmas shopping
day.
Lansburgh's sales were up IL
per cent over last year. officials
there were astounded by the flow
of customers who continued to
pour into the store throughout the
day, instead of the taper-off that
usually follows the first burst of
customers when the store is
opened.
At Goldenberg's the upturn over
last year was 80 per cent, by far
the best day In the 10 or IL
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Markham Notes Rise
In u. 5. Bond Sales al
Par!ey 10 Plan Drive

Leon j. Markham. director o1
United States Savings Bond sales
for the Treasury Department. to-
day told 200 business and labor
executives at the Mayfower Hotel
that the coming Opportunity Bono
Drive. May 16-June 80, will ad.
vance the habit of thrift.
The two-day conference, which
opened this morning, was called to
perfect plans for the drive. It was
attended by chairmen of State ad-
viSory committees. State directors
volunteer workers and Govern
ment officials.
Mr.. Markham pointed out that
daily sales of bonds are ahead OF
last year and said that one third
of recent bond buyers earn less
than $4,000 annually. He COM
mented on the problem of obtain.
ing and organizing volunteers into
Well-operated units.
James B. Carey, secretary-t treas.
urer of the CIO. declared the saw.
ings bond program indicates the
confidence the workers have ir
the Government.
He said it gives them a feeling
of confidence about the future
and aids in promoting democracy
which he said must be done tt
combat Communism.
Secretary of Treasury Snyder is
to address a banquet meeting o1
the group at the hotel tonight al
which he will announce the quota
for the sales drive. The slogan fol-
the campaign is put more oppor-
tunity into your future"
Sessions also will be held this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1949-02-23

taxes and price controls darken
the employment situation. They
are among the many factors that
have fostered a wait and see" at
titude toward hiring new per-
Sonnel.
Expansion a Possibility.
On the other hand, Congress
sional action could go far toward
reversing the trend toward unem-
ployment in the District. The
projected expansion of the Labor
Department and the administra-
tion'S plan to extend social secur-
ity coverage would create many
new openings to reduce the num-
Der of jobless.
The international factor is also
important. War, or any consider
able rearmament program, would
change the whole employment pic
ture almost overnight.
A fact unknown to most people
is that Washington is the site of
the greatest armament plant in
the world. Many to whom the
names of Skoda and Krupp are
familiar have never heard of the
Naval Gun Factory here which
covers 125 acres and employs TO-
700 civilians.
At the peak of it's war produc-
ton, the factory which serves as
the hub of the whole naval ord
nance industry had a civilian pay
roll of 23,400. Any move toward
national rearmament would send
the demand for many types of
industrial workers and technicians
skyrocketing.
! New industries also are expected
to take up some of the overflow
of Washington's labor pool.
The most dramatic example of
this. perhaps, is the infant tele-
vision industry. A year ago it
was practically nonexistent. To-
day there are more than 800 mem
bers in the local television branch
of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers.
| These are technicians who work
in the receiving end of television-
servicing and installing sets-and
do not include employees of the
four television stations here. The
industry anticipates a demand for
twice as many such workers in
1949 and already man trained
in television work has not far to
look for a job.
But this combination of fact
and crystal-ball gazing has not
changed the opinion of District
experts that the Washington COM
munity can look forward to a
larger number of unemployed
persons then it has had for many
Years. sS
They do not expect a continu-
tous trend in that direction.
1t is rather a change from an
abnormal wartime employment
peak to normal" peacetime
level, they believe. The change
has been delayed by a number of
factors, notably Government
measures to soften the impact of
returning veterans to a competi-
tive spot in the business of job
hunting, but it is catching up with
us now.
What this normal unemploy-
ment figure will be the experts
don't know. There Is no criter-
ion by which they can judge in a
city with Washington's peculiar
economic structure and unparal-
leled wartime expansion. But they
are sure that the number of job
less will demand the serious at
tention of Washington residents in
the future.
Evening star., 1949-02-23

years the store has participated in
the sales. Like other stores
Goldenberg's added more than 100
persons to its sales force and
could have used more if we knew
where to find them"
Jelleff's reported business % per
cent above that of 1948, with run
on all types of merchandise at all
prices, both winter and spring
garments.
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Truman Gets 50-Star Flag
As AIaska-Hawaii Plea

President Truman today received
50-star American flag, the design
being intended to show how the
flag would appear If Alaska and
Hawaii were admitted to State
hood as the President has recon-
mended.
The flag was the gift of the
Alaska Territorial Federation of
Labor, an AFL unit, and was pre-
sented by E. L. Bartlett, delegate
from Alaska. The new flag has the
stars arranged in six rows of seven
and one of eight.
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Poles, Reunited With Relatives Here,
Recall Living on Roots to EIude Nozis
Lotvion Girl, Mother
Also Among Refugees
Reaching Capital

Their bitter fight to survive by
living on roots and grass like ami
mails seemed worthwhile today for
small Polish family whose ar
rival here reunited two brothers
after 35 years.
Isaac Alperewicz, who will take
his brothers American name of
Alpert, reached Washington early
today with his wife and two sons,
Abram. 10. and Stanley, 9, after
years of struggle to arrange the
voyage.
Isaac's brother, Henry Alpert,
who has operated a grocery at 4O1
v street NV. for Is years, last
saw Isaac when he left for the
United States in 1914. II was
only IA then" Henry said, land
Isaac was so little I don't remem-
Der him at ALL"
Others Arrive Here.
Others who arrived in Wash
ington today after landing at
Boston on the steamship Ernie
Pyle included an 8-year- -old Lat
Wan, Aria Silins. The child, who
had spent most of her years in a
gloomy dormitory of a displaced
persons camp in Germany, awoke
in her new home this morning, she
said, with the sun playing tag
across my face"
She arrived with her mother,
Mrs. Malvine Silins, and will stay
with Mrs. Bertha Brigader of 4619
Forty-seventh street NV, whose
son, Egil, brought them to this
country. Mrs. Silins was Egil
Brigadier's childhood nurse when
his family lived in Latvia and
later when the family emigrated
to America. Mrs. Silins returned
to Latvia 20 years ago.
Neither Isaac Alpert nor his
family speaks English. although
the elder Alperts talk Yiddish,
Hebrew, Polish and some Russian
and German. The family origi-
nally lived near, Wilma, Poland.
When the Nazis came in 194l, Mr..
Alpert became slave laborer in
a shoe manufacturing plant.
Relatives Killed in Pogroms.
After two pogroms in which
most of their relatives and friends
perished. Mr.. Alpert fed into the
woods in 1943 with his wife and
two small sons. They dug caves.
they said, and lived for Is months
on grass, roots and nuts and the
few bread crusts they could beg
from friends by slipping into
nearby villages at night.
After the war ended, the family
went to the American occupation
zone of Germany. The following
years were spent in DIP camps.
The brothers. were in communica-
tion during this period, seeking to
arrange passage to America.
Henry Alpert recalled that when
he came over in 1914. the trip was
no more complicated than one to
Chicago or ST., Louis for those
who could buy a ticket"
Hopes for Shoemaking Job.
Isaac Alpert will 60 to an Amer
icanization school until he can
learn English. meanwhile helping
his brother in the grocery. After
that he hopes to find a job as a
skilled shoemaker.
Mrs. Silins said she wants work
as nurse. waitress or anything
to earn enough money to bring
her husband to this country. He is
in a DIP camp in Germany. The
couple was separated from a son.
Imants. when they fled Lstvia in
Evening star., 1949-02-23

Josef Haydn's THE Creation" on
March % at Constitution Hall.
Mr.. Potter is organist and di-
rector of music at the Metro
politan Methodist Church and
teacher of pipe -organ at American
University. He is a member OF
the District Chapter. American
Guild of Organists, and of the
Washington Civitan Club. He is
also an honorary member OF the
Friday Morning Music Club.
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Domuqe Slight in Hotel Fir.

Fire equipment answered an
alarm at the Sheraton Hotel, Fif-
teenth and L streets NV. this
morning, but only drapery,
chair and waste basket we're dam
aged in a small fire that resulted
from an ash tray being emptied
into the basket. -
Evening star., 1949-02-23

April l, TO &C
cept a post as
organist a n d
d ire C tor of
music at Gen.
tenary Meth
odist Church,
Winston Salem,
N. c., Warren
Grimes, presi-
dent of the
S o c ! e t y, an
nounced today.
In his last ap-
pearance here,
Mr.. Potter will
direct FIR an 2
Evening star., 1949-02-23

1914 because of fear of the Rus
slams.
Mrs. Silins said they had been
unable to find any trace of the
boy, who will now be IA if still
alive.
Polish Refugee Arrives.
A Polish refugee, Jakob Szla-
mowicz, "a, also arrived last night
to stay with an aunt, Mrs. Aaron
Bressler, 5000 Third street NV.
The family said they want him
to rest for a month or two. Then
he may work in Mr.. Bressler S
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Personnel Unit
Appointed for
Montgomery
New Board to Draft
Civil Service Set Up;
Zoning Stand Issued

Membership of Montgomery
County's first Personnel Board
provided under the new charter
was announced yesterday by the
County Council.
Appointed were Mrs. Edith A
Dinwoodey of Chevy Chase, for q
one-year term; Malcolm H. White
of Sunshine. for a two-year term
and Lewis B. Sims of Chevy Chase
three years.
The council also issued a state
ment regarding enforcement OF
zoning and building regulations
The statement acknowledged that
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has agreed to assume sole respon-
sibility for zoning regulation en-
forcement together with building
i n S pc ction enforcement over
which it already has authority.
The councils statement made il
clear. however. that it intends te
stand firm on a previous request
for transfer of these functions tC
council control. Legislation to this
effect has been proposed at the
current General Assembly session
Civil Service to Be Set Up.
The Personnel Board will have
the task of setting up a county
civil service system and reorganiz.
ing the existing merit system
Ultimate responsibility for placins
the Personnel Boards plans ir
operation, however, will lie witt
the council.
Eventually, the board will be
responsible for administration ol
civil service after it is instituted
The board will elect it's own chair
man.
Yesterday. the Council approved
proposed survey by the Univer.
sity of Maryland to determine
whether a city or county type o1
government is best for Silver
Spring.
The Council approved the study
for the unincorporated COM
munity during a meeting in which
it also was asked to authorize
a S1.500.000 bond issue for a new
Silver Spring hospital.
The hospital proposal is the
first advanced for the legislative
session in May.
No Cost to County.
Under terms of a resolution in
troduced by Councilman j. Doug
las Bradshaw of Takoma Park, at
the request of the Silver Spring
Junior Chamber of Commerce, the
governmental survey will be con-
Quoted by the university's Bureau
OF Public Administration. There
will be no cost to the county. II
was estimated that the study will
require five months.
During the road discussion, Act
ing County Manager Irving G
McNayr said progress is beine
made on plans for widening Wis.
conSin avenue. Bethesda, from
East-West highway to point
near the boundary of the Nava
Medical Center.
In cooperation with the State
Roads Commission, the county is
trying to reach final agreements
with property owners on right-of-
way acquisitions to permit a
thoroughfare "a feet wide, curb tc
curb.
Mr. McNayr also said the State
Roads Commission has agreed tc
build a pedestrian underpass fol
the railroad tracks on Bradley
boulevard. Bethesda, if the county
will pay for sidewalks estimated
to cost about $4,000. Action will
be taken on this matter as soon
as specific figures are presented
to the council
Evening star., 1949-02-23

tailor shop at 1925. Fifteenth
street NV.
Mr.. SzlamowicZ' entire imme-
diate family was killed by the
Nazis during the war, including
his parents, two brothers and two
sisters. according to Mrs. Bress-
ler's daughter, Mrs. Ben Fenichel.
220 Hamilton street NV, who
first decided to arrange for the
refugees trip here.
He still can't figure out how
he escaped alive Mrs. Fenichel
said,
Evening star., 1949-02-23
Louis A. Potter Resigns
As Choral Society Director

Louis A. Potter, founder of the
Washington Choral Society and
its musical director for the last
10, years, has resigned effective
Evening star., 1949-02-23
The Job Picture
Softening of Building Boom
Here Increases Unemployment
(Second OF a Series.)
By Crosby Moves

Those who took unconcened view of the figures for national
unemployment in which 100000 in the first week.
scribed the slump seasonal in character.
They pointed that employment figures for January always
lower than those for December when the Christmas trade booming
that naonaly least there 35l 600
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22
BUS IDOMUS PRAKALBU
POPETTS

Pirma sekmadieni po Nauju
MetQ, tai yra, sausio 8 diena,
3 val. PIP, Americas Lietuviu
Tautines Sajungos Clevelando
skyrius rengia idomu prakalbu
popieti.
Pirma karta Amerikoje kali
bes neseniai atvykes Vyriausio-
10 Lietuvos IsIaisvinimo Komi-
tetO narys Balys Gaidziunas, ku-
rls yra to komiteto nariu nuo
pat jo isisteigimo Lietuvoje.
Numatoma, kad jo kalboie
bus paliesta visa eile klausimu.
kuriais lietuviu visuomene do
misi, sarysyje su VLIKo vel
kimu.
Taip pat tikimasi, kad at
vyks ir kalbes ALT Sajungos
pirmininkas adv. Antanas Oils
is Chicagos. kuris jau yra pa
kviestas ir siomis dienomis lau-
kiamas galutinis 10 atsakymas.
Jls jau yra pareiskes, kad grei-
ciausiai gales dalyvauti.
Ia diena bus kaip tik isvaka-
res sestuju metiniu sukaktuviu
nuO Lietuvos Prezidento Antano
Smetonos mirties. Ta proga bus
atitinkamas paminejimas ir bus
parodyta filma is Prezidento
gyvenimo Clevelande ir is jo
laidotuviu.
Prakalbose kvieciami daily
vault visi. kurie domisi visuome-
niniais bel palitiniais lietuviu
gyvenimo klausimais
1s'aidoms padenoti ieiimo mo-
kestis bus 25 centai.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22
LIETUVIQ MOTERQ KLUBAs
PADEJO KALEDU SENELIUI

observation-disclosures Kaledu Sc
neliui, Clevelando Lietuviu Mo-
teru Klubas prizes Kaledas pa
skyre sias aukas:
SESSIONS tremtiniu seimoms
kaledoms maisto po 10 doleriq
vertes kiekvienai.
Seseliu seneliu Prieglaudai, ku-
rioje yra 10 lietuviu, maisto uz
rs dolerius.
Rosemary Namams - pa!ie-
gusiq vaiku prieglaudai zaislu
If knygQ uz 100 doleriu.
Anti tuberculosis Lygai S.
Polio nukentejusiems S1O.-
Be to- sveikinimams per DIR
Va ir LET. zINIAS paskirta
po 5 dolerius.
Baigiant Kaledu Sventes. tre-
ciadieni bus Klubo nariu bend
ras pObuvis. kur Kaledu Senelis
dalins dovanas nuo "slaptu Sc
seliu".
Klubo labdarybes komisiia
Adele Jankauskiene, Mar
ce Montviliene ir Margareta
zinriene.
.Kaladn Sventes komisiia: Su-
sana DeRiehter. Anele Luiziene
ir K. Poviloniene. Korisiios pir-
minink6 - B. Arbukiene.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22
RENGIASI GYVENTOJJI
SURASYMUI

Ateinanciais metals lures bu-
tt daromas visuotinis gyventoiu
surasymas, kuris paprastai da-
romas kiekviena desimtmeti.
Clevelande, % kongresinio
distrikto virsininku Sio surasy-
mo reikalams yra paskirtas Juo-
zas P. Muliolis (Mul). Malonu
pazymeti, kad kaip tik daugiau-
siai lietuviu gyvenamose vie
tose gyventoju surasymas vyks
lietuvio prieziuroje. Tai gales
irgi prisideti prie apsaugojimo,
kad per nesusipratima arba ir
samoningai lietuviai nebutu pri-
skaityti prie kitu tautybiu gy-
ventoju, o butu parodvtas tikras
cia gyvenanciu lietuviu skaicius.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22

tam parinktas ir net lankes spe-
cialius kursus, kad galetQ tinka-
mai tas pareigas atlikti.
Ta proga nurodyta, jog J.
Bendlerio darbas yra rupintis,
kad mokiniai neapleistu pamoku
ir lankytis namuose, surasti ap-
leidziancius pamokas ir juos at
vesti mokykla. Dabar jis SUI
tinkas daugeli jau pasizymeiu-
siu vyru. kurie yra dekingi, kad
J. Bendleris savo laiku iuos esas
paemes ! rankas ir padeies nu-
galeti tinpini E. Straipsnyje
pazymeta kad T. Bendleris vra
qimes Lietuvoi. bet dar vaiko
atveztas Amerika.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22
RENGIAMASI LIETUVIU SA-
LES BENDROVES SUSIRIN-
KIMUI

Ateinanciu metu treciaji pir-
madieni, sausio 16 diena, numa-
tomas Lietuviu Sales Bendroves
nariu dalininku susirinkimas,
kuriame bus vadovybes pranesi-
mai ir sales valdytoju rinkimai.
Visi dalininkai kvieciami is
anksto pasirupinti, kad arba pa
tvs galetu dalyvauti, arba duotu
tinkamus igaliojimus tinka-
miems zmonems. Svarbu, kad
Lietuviu Sale ir toliau butu tik-
raj lietuviu sale, lietuviu vi
suomenisko veikimo centras, ir
kad jos vadovybeje butu Ame-
rikos ir lietuviu reikalams isti-
kimi asmenys. Lietuviu sale tu-
ri galutinai apsisaugoti nuo vi
sokiu itariamu seseliu ir il turf
butt Siam krastui istikimu EMO
niu susirinkimo vieta. Daugelis
dalininku kelia susirupinimo,
kad dar ir siais metals LietuviQ
Sales pastogeje buvo susirinki-
mu, kuriais su itarimu domisi
Americas saugumo. istaigos. To-
XII susirinkimai sales reikalams
daro desimteriopai daugiau ia
los, negu butu galima atlyginti
tais keliais doleriais. kuriuos uz-.
moka tokiu susirinkimu renge-
jai.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1949-12-22
CENTRAL ARMORY
MOterims nemOkamai

Ateinanti antradieni, gruodzio
27 d., j. Gansono rengiamas
imtynes Central Armory mo-
terys gall eiti nemokamai. Rel
kia tik is anksto atsiimti billie
tus ir susimoketi valdzios mo-
kesti. Bilietai turi butt atsiimti
Xxi 5 val. PIP.
Pagrindinese imtynese Red
Sexton susitinka su Mike Shar-
pc del sunkaus svorio cempiono
titulo.
Porinese imtynese Ivan Ras-
putin ir Joe Campbell prizes DR..
Ed. Meske ir Lucky Simanovich.
IS Calcuttos atvykes Joginder
Singh pirma karta Clevelande
imsis SUI Frank Julian.
Primrose imtynese pasirodys
du vietiniai ristikai: Bob Julien
ir .Toe Murdock.
Bilietai ir t. t. t t.
Bilietai pas Richmond Bro
theirs. 726 Euclid Ave., Main
C967 ir Central Armory, Pros
pect 4121.
Kainos: Rezervuotos 10 S2.40
ir S1.80. Ieiimas - $1.2O.
Durys atviros nuo 700 val.
vakaro. Pirmos rungtynes pra-
sideda apie $50.