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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
NOTICE LOCAL UNION 9

A special meeting has been
called for Friday evening,
Sept. 2, to elect delegates to
the wage conference. All MEM
bers are urged to be present.
By order of president.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-01

Arrangements for transportation o the wage confer
have been completed go press. Full
culars will be mailed all conerees the
sary arrangements made
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14

The valleys own particular lesson in economics was we'll demonstrated last week, follow ing the national pattern, when officials of the Matanuska Val ley Farmers Cooperating Asso- citation announced a drop in the price of milk to farmers, almost simultaneously with a second announcement of record-break- ing milk production for the month of June, 1949.
 During June, the Valleys B dairy farmers who all sell Grade A milk to the MVFCA, brought a total of 336,842 pounds of milk to market. This figure was the high point of dairy production for the Matanuska Valley, ac- cording to Coop records.
 Victor Falk, Sr., was top man in the Valleys top industry. He sold a total of 28,217 pounds of milk in June.
 The peak of the milk produc- tion is reached in June, and July figures are expected to decline slightly from June records.
 Effective July l, the dairymen began receiving a cutback price of S9 per hundredWeight for their milk. This price is paid on milk testing 49o butterfat.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14

The territory's general fund was short $907, ,0O4.04 at the end of business in June, according to a statement issued last week by Treasurer Henry Roden. On June 30, the Treasurer's office held unpaid vouchers amounting to $1,169,911.O5 against a balance on hand of $262, ,907.01.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
MILK PRODUCTION SCARS, PRICES COME DOWN

Poultry men also established a new record for eggs sent to market in June. During that month 5,829 dozen eggs were handled by the Co-op's egg de- partment. For those eggs, the 53 poultry men received a price of 95 cents a dozen for extra large, 90 cents dozen for large, and 80 cents a dozen for medium eggs.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
Vacation At Chitina, Valdez

MT. and Mrs. Ed Barrett of Palmer just returned this week from a vacation trip at Chitina and Valdez. They reported an ex- tremely enjoyable journey. While at Valdez the Barretts had din- ner with Dr. Kenneth Ham, for mer Valley physician. They re- ported Dr. Ham very happy with his new assignment.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
ELLSWORTHS HAVE SON

Mir. and Mrs. Roger Ellsworth of Palmer became the parents of son, born at the Valley Hos pital on July 6. The boy weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces at birth. He is the second child for the couple.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
SUMMER HERE

MT. and Mrs. Duane Huntley, who went Outside to school last winter, are back in Palmer for the summer holiday.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
A Super-Chief of Stuff?

HERBERT hoover mas raised SOIHe queo-
tionS about the pending unification bill
that should be resolved before this i'm
portant measure becomes law. Although
he approves in general the proposal to
give the Secretary of Defense greater
authority and to reorganize the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, Mr.. Hoover is opposed to
the creation of super-chief of staff. He
fears that the language of the Senate
approved Tydings bill goes long way
toward setting up such a military "dic-
tator" at the Pentagon. There is con-
siderable basis for his fears.
Under the proposals of the Hoover
Commission, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
would be provided with chairman, but
his authority would be limited. He would
preside over the Joint Chiefs, but would
have no vote and would merely advise
the President and the Secretary of
Defense on problems before the group.
The commission had in mind statutory
authority for continuance of the present
arrangement under which General Eisen-
hover is serving as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs.
The bill as passed by the Senate, how
ever, goes much further than that. 1t
would establish chairman who, though
voteless, would have special rank above
all other officers Of the three armed serv-
ices. The prestige of superior rank in
evitably would tend to make him, in
effect, super-chief, even though lacking
in command powers. More than that, the
bill would authorize this topmost military
figure to perform such other duties as
the President and the Secretary of De-
fense may direct or as may be prescribed
by law" This is broad language, indeed.
Mr.. Hoover contends that the superior
rank and the provision for performing
unspecified duties under orders of the
President and Defense Secretary would be
tantamount to creating an overall chief
of staff of the National Military Establish
ment who would be 'the voice and leader
of all the military forces" The Hoover
Commission presented sound arguments
against such a super-chief. Mr.. Hoover
repeated these arguments before the
House Armed Services Committee.
Chief among the objections were that
the chairman of the Joint Chiefs might
become so powerful as to be able not only
to control the Joint Chiefs but to over
ride civilian control Of the whole military
establishment. That would be develop
ment foreign to our traditional defense
policies and potentially dangerous to the
Nation. There is no reason to suppose
that the bill was intended to set up
military dictatorship of the sort feared by
Mr.. Hoover, but it is well to make certain
that such threat could not develop under
the ell-intentioned and generally desira-.
bic unification reform bill
Evening star., 1949-07-02

to elicit a favorable response from the
strikers, there seems to be every reason
why the President should step into the
picture by resorting to the Taft-Hartley
Act or to some other of the many powers
which he believes he has to cope with such
emergencies as the one building up in
Hawaii Certainly the people of the
territory have right to expect that a
minority of 1000 will not be permitted to
wreck their livelihood The blockade
which ought never to have begun in the
first place-has lasted long enough. Like
the one in Berlin, 1t needs to be met head
on There can be no doubt that our
national administration has the where
withal, under the law, to put an end to
1t forthwith.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Conodo's Liberal Landslide

Few Quallf1ed observers are surprised at
the outcome of Canadas parliamentary
election, which gave the Liberal admins
tration another lease of power. The bet
ting odds had been rather heavily on the
Liberals from the start of the campaign,
and nothing that occurred during the elec-
ioneering period was calculated to change
them.
However, 1t is probable that the Liberals
themselves are surprised at the extent of
their victory. From freshly incorporated
Newfoundland to British Columbia, the
Liberals marched triumphantly athwart
the continent. Even Ontario, the tradi-
tional Tory stronghold, gave a Liberal
majority, while in other provinces the
Liberals got almost a clean sweep. The
next Parliament will be overwhelmingly
Liberal in complexion, their chief oppo-
nent, the Progressive Conservatives shrink
ing to proportions reminiscent of Repub-
lican representation in our Congress after
the early Roosevelt triumphs And it
should be remembered that this Liberal
consolidation of strength comes on top of a
tenure of power which has kept them in
office, with one five-year interruption,
since 1921. With so weak an opposition, the
Liberal Government should be able to do
much as 1t pleases-with the attendant
responsibility for its actions which this
entails.
Allowing for inherent differences be-
tween the political systems of Canada and
the United States, there was a distinct
parallel between this parliamentary elec-
ton and the last two presidential contests
here. The Progressive Conservative candi-
date, Mr.. Drew, like Governor Dewey, cam
paigned virtually on the slogan: "It's time
for a change" Neither he nor the other
Conservative spokesmen offered the voters
clear-cut alternative program. Outside
of few specific points, such as Canadian
dollar devaluation they centered their at
tacks more on the method of the admins
tration than on its basic policies. The
accusations were that an overlong tenure
Of Office had resulted In inefficiency, ex-
travagance and bureaucracy" The logic
of this was that the Progressive Conserva-
tives could do much the same things con-
siderably better
As for the Liberals, they stood pat on
their record. And this was trump card,
because Canada is prosperous and the
administration had done nothing much to
rouse pronounced popular discomfort AS
In this country, the outcome shows that it
is hard to beat well-intrenched admins
tration when things are going well. The
obvious apathy of the public during the
election was a strong indication that the
voters were disposed to let well enough
alone.
The outcome of the election also shows
that Canadians want to keep in the middle
| Of the road The Dominion's one genuinely
radical party, the socialistic Cooperative
Commonwealth Federation, Jared as badly
as, If not worse than, the Progressive Con-
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Hawaii and the President

The time has come Tor the PRESIDENT 10
take whatever action he can to end the
blockade Of Hawaii. For two months now,
some 1000 striking dock workers-mem-
bers Of Harry Bridges international Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
have refused to load or unload the ships
that constitute the territory's life line.
The only exception is that a bare
minimum of essential foodstuffs Is being
allowed to come in. In all other respects,
port-import activities-on which most of
the islands $4,000 people depend for
their nvelihood-are at standstill The
result is economic paralysis, mounting ur-
employment, and ever-increasing hard
ship for ever increasing numbers of men,
women and children
What makes the situation particularly
bad is that the ILWU strikers, in keeping
other top union leaders, are showing no
disposition 10 compromise on their de-
mand for a 32-cent increase in their
current hourly wage Of $40. On the
contrary, they have just overwhelmingly
rejected q proposed settlement drawn
up by q special territorial fact-hnding
commission. The proposal-which the
employing stevedore companies had reluc-
tantly accepted-would have ended the
current strangulation by granting a A.
cent pay boost, plus certain retroactive
provisions. In hatly refusing to 60 along
with this, the ILWU has strongly indicated
It's determination to keep on with the
blockade regardless of what happens to
Hawaii.
Senator Butler of Nebraska, in his report
70 the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs, has seized upon the strike to
support his argument that the Commu-
nists have extraordinary power in the
islands and that until they are brought
under effective control, Hawaii should be
denied statehood. This seems to be q
somewhat exaggerated and unreasonable
position to take against the territory
aspiration to become an integral part OF
the United States. Nevertheless there Is
a measure of plausibility in it for two
reasons: % Because of the Marxist radi-
calism associated with Mr.. Bridges and
other ILWU leaders, and (2) because the
union, through its 1000 striking members
is showing how tiny fraction of the pop
ulation is capable, come hell or high water
Of crippling the entire Hawaiian economy
.Ih these circumstances, now that the
isfands' fact-hnding commission has failee
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Mr.. Krua Acts Wisely

II the unofficial reports are accurate,
Secretary of Interior Krug has come for
ward with q wise and sound plan to
remedy the difficult and dangerous situa-
ton which resulted from the attempt to
break down segregation In the city's pub
lie swimming pools.
For four years the Interior Department
has had specific policy Of no segregation
In the park and recreational facilities
under its control. But over the same
period the District Recreation Board has
had bylaw which provides for segrega-
tion. Despite these apparently conf1lcting
policies, considerable progress has been
made in doing away with segregation
where public sentiment permitted. But
the local board insisted, and rightly so,
that it could not and would not participate
In the programs at the swimming pools
unless segregation was maintained. When
segregation was broken down, the board
withdrew and the Interior Department,
through GSI, attempted to keep the pools
open on a nonsegregated basis. This led
to the racial clashes at the Anacostia pool
and, finally, to its indefinite closing.
The new proposal, according to the ur-
Official reports, is that the Recreation
Board do away with its bylaw against
segregation. This would have the desira-
BILE result of eliminating q specific and
seemingly inhexible barrier to progress In
better race relations, and would relieve the
Interior Department of the embarrassment
of seeming to indorse regulation which
conflicts with the position on civil rights
to which the President and his party are
committed.
AS substitute for the bylaw, the
Recreation Board would adopt from its
June IA statement of policy that section
which commits the board to make every
possible realistic effort to eliminate segre-
CATION in public recreation as quickly, and
In such order, as may be consistent with
the public interest, public order and ehec-
tive administration. II this is accepted by
the board, MIR. Krug, in his turn, will hand
over to the local agency, without any
strings attached, all Of the functions now
exercised by the Interior Department with
respect to District recreational facilities.
In other words local responsibility would
be put where 1t belongs-in the hands of
local authorities. incidentally, this would
be in keeping with the intent Of the law
creating the Recreation Board.
This Is a solution which may not appeal
to the extremists on both sides of this
question. But in The Stars opinion it is
q solution which Is sound, which has been
put forward in good faith, and which
should be accepted in that spirit by the
members of the Recreation Board and by
the people of this community.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Mr.. Robinson's Appointment

Hilyard R. Robinson has been active in
city planning for more than twenty years.
His speciality has been large housing prof.
ects. He pioneered the survey which re-
suited in the Langston Homes plan-the
first Federal public housing enterprise.
Frederick Douglass Homes also are fruit
of his effort. He has served as consulting
architect to the National Capital Advisory
Committee, studying slums for clearance.
Also, he was identified with the subsistence
homestead activities of the Department of
the Interior. The United States Housing
Administration made use of his talents
as consultant. He was head of the de-
partment of architecture at Howard Uni
versity for decade and as recently as
1947 was engaged as technical adviser
to the government of Liberia.
With such record and background, Mr..
Robinson obviously is a good choice for
membership in the National Capital Park
the appointment and may be expected to
justify it in terms of further devotion to
his native community. If his interests
hitherto have centered in only what may
be called the most acute aspects of the
overall housing problem of Washington
it does not follow that the responsibilities
and opportunities of his new position will
be similarly limited. On the contrary, the
challenge implicit in his succession to
Major General u S. Grant III summons
him to the service of the whole town.
No one knows better than Mr.. Robinson
the fact that shelter in the Capital of the
United States is a matter for everybody's
attention and concern. People of every
class and condition are involved. There
must be constant progress toward healthful
and comfortable housing for all who need
it. The task of working out practical ways
and means for this purpose is one which
requires the qualities which the new
member of the commission possesses. Un-
der the Craftsmanship Of William w.
Wurster dean of architecture and plan
ming at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, he and his colleagues should
write bright chapter in the history of
Washington advancement.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Identity

little orav bird is building his nest
Hioh in the cottonwood tree;
His song is original, it is brtef,
He utters it joytully.
What kind of bird is he? people ask,
I tell them do not knOD,
He came Overnight on the totng OF spring,
After the sleet and the snow.
And phat does 1t matter-his type, his
name,
His personal history.
He's little, he's gray, and he sings all doy,
SUFFICIENT identity!
Evening star., 1949-07-02

servatives. The Liberal Party is led by
pragmatic moderates, who avoid extreme
policies of any kind. Canada's course for
the coming years should therefore be one
of cautious advancement, perhaps unspec-
tacular but solidly based on day-to-day
realities
Evening star., 1949-07-02
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. What poem is said to have inspired
Depussys "Clair de Lune"?-N. S. B.
A. It is the poem by Paul Verlaine. which
begins: your soul is moonlit landscape
fair peopled with maskerS delicate and dim
That play on lutes and dance and have an
air of being sad in their fantastic train"
sphere?-S. S. E.
A. It is generally accepted that birds do
not fly in the stratosphere. because the air
at that elevation lacks the necessary buoy
ancy and oxygen.
@. Who wrote the book on which the pic
ture Estate of the Union" was based?-M. Y.
A. The motion picture state of the
Union" was not based upon book. On the
contrary. it is the motion picture version OF
the stage play which was written by Russell
Grouse and Howard Lindsay.
@. Does the United States Government re-
fund over payments of income tax that
amount to less than one dollar?-S. w.
A. The Bureau of Internal Revenue does
not make refund on an excess income tax
payment of less than one dollar, nor does
the Bureau send a bill to any one whose re-
turn showed deficit of less than one dollar.
@. How large was the famous French
prison, the Bastille?-S. L.
A. Under modern standards the prison
was not large, having accommodation for
only 80 prisoners. When it was stormed
oy the Partisan mob during the French Revo-
luton on July IA. 1889. there were only
seven prisoners confined in it.. The building
was torn down soon after and Thomas Paine.
who happened to be in Paris at this time.
obtained the key and sent 1t to George
Washington.
: @. What is the derivation of the word
"blackmail"?-H. E.
A. "Black" in this sense is interpreted to
mean dark" or sinister; mail" is an old
word for rent" or tribute" In olden times
blackmail consisted Of money. corn, cattle or
other valuables paid to men allied to robbers.
for protection from pillage 1t was exacted
by free booting chiefs from farmers along
the border between Scotland and England.
The word is traced back to 1852 In the Ok
ford English dictionary.
Evening star., 1949-07-02

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it Is permissible for
1Uriter knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Washington Evening star In
ton 2. D. C. Please nclose three go cents for
return postage
Evening star., 1949-07-02

"In the Russian village of Khudsorek
there are no residents except professional
poets" How cozy! And who shovels the
snow?
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Office of Rent Control
Suggested for Discontinuance
tn the Editor of The Star.

Now that it is necessary for the welfare
Of our country that unnecessary government
expenditures be discontinued, allow me to
suggest one that would be we'll to start WITH
namely the Office of Rent Control. which
has become disgrace to q democratic
country The way the work Of this Office Is
being carried on certainly contradicts justice
and equality for all.
It surely has lived out it's day, and the
people should demand that no more be spent
on this wholly unnecessary institution.
Enough housing now is available that rents
are automatically adjusted
MRS. A. FOREST.
Evening star., 1949-07-02

You can't win To handle mail from
constituents angrily demanding economy,
Congress votes itself more clerks.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Wants Negroes Employed
In Sales Tax Force
~ A. rl1knr ~ The Qfar.

Wants NegfOeS EmpI0yeu
In Sales Tax Force
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is to be hoped that. as the stan OF
workers is selected to administer the re-
Gently enacted sales tax for the District.
Neproes will be given a fair chance to join
it. Except in q few special areas. oppor-
tunity for employment in branches Of the
local government is open or shut according
to ones color. Just as taxes are imposed IN
accordance with ability to pay. 80 should
all municipal jobs be available to all accord
Ing to their ability to do.
AA' ~ ~ Nv. HAYWOOD, JR.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Letters to The Star
education Has Raised Questions
About Education

education Has Raised Questions
About Education
To the Editor of The Star:
The recent withdrawal of the Washington
Chapter Of the American Association of
University Women from the national asso-
citation because of the adoption by the latter
group of nonsegregated policy of member
ship has puzzled me a great deal. AS
college senior. I cannot help but wonder
just what that piece of sheepskin will mean
to me come June, 1850. Just what kind of
an education have I been receiving?
My biology courses have taught me that
there are no inherent differences between
various races. My sociology courses have
taught me that existing differences between
races are culturally determined. My ethics
courses have taught me that I have per-
sonal responsibility to treat all men as
brothers.
The question is: Will see these as merely
cold facts that have memorized for exams
or will l examine their truth and be bound
to the verdict? Will the truths that dis
cover become imperatives for a way of life?
Will my education become real and vital in
determining my decisions or will it be only
ticket for selfish security?
FRANCES E. BOLGIANO.
Evening star., 1949-07-02
Praise for Editorial
On "Anti-Christ"
To the Editor OF The Star:
Regards Mr.. RObesOn's Wisdom
As Superior to Average Minds


No one could know less than about life
in Soviet Russia, SO should like to suggest
that those who have prattled vehemently
here of late about Paul Robesons remarks
should fortify themselves with some of the
wisdom he has acquired. 1t seems to be
elementary to venture such suggestion, but
the average mind is unable to grapple with
the cosmopolitan problem which Mr.. Robe
sons experience has made him master over.
We know, for example. just about as much
as the press wants us to know about life in
Indonesia and South Africa. And the famed
Iron Curtain of Soviet Russia naturally pre-
vents us from knowing what is happening
behind 1t. Actually we have only speaking
acquaintance with the problems Of our i'm
mediate areas. To contradict a person of
Paul Robeson's calber is to take on terrible
responsibility. I, for one, do not choose to
challenge his wisdom.
JOHN w NICHOI SON