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Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
1,O1O RAT1F1CAnONS OF
LILO. CONVENTIONS

GENEVA CLIO. News Servicel
The total number Of notifications
OF the Conventions adopted BY the
International Labor Organization
has reached l,0l0.
Among the recent notifications
is that OF Australia Of the I.LO's
1910 Convention governing ssatar-
er's wages. hours Of work on board
ship. and the manning Of ahips,
Australia is the first country h
register its ratification Of the Con-
vention.
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
Fight Against
Reds Is
Given Impetus

OLE\EI AND-The American Federation of Labor
worldwide offensive against communism received new impetus
when the AL Executive Council unanimously approved par
uoipaton with other free labor organizations in a new world
labor body
The new organization. to be set up in Geneva next month,
is intended to link the free trade union movements Of all con
,inents in resistance to the aims of the Cominform and the
rro Communist World Federation OF Trade Unions
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION TRADE NOTES

rates in this territory. The Chair
instructed the Secretary to COM
ply with the request.
From the Building and Construc-
ton Trades Department enclosing
comparison Of Roll Call vote on the
Wood Bill and the Hartley Bill.
Motion made and carried that same
be lett on file for anyone who wishes
TO read ii.
Roll Call
The roll was called and the fol-
lowing delegates noted absent Her
old, Olson, Thompson. Day and
Hartman.
Reports Of Delegates
Brother Davidson reported that
Brother Ed anderson was again in
the DeaconeSs Hospital. Motion
made and carried that a quart OF
medicine be sent to Brother David
son.
Brother Bowers reported that
Pappin's concrete mixer was found
delivering concrete to Nichols Tour
list Cabins on Wednesday. May 18th.
Motion made and carried that Mr..
Floyd Pappin be asked to appear be-
fore the Council at the next meeting
and that the Transfers delegates
be called in to find out why their
drivers are. delivering to unfair es-
adjustments.
Brother Davidson reported that
Shannon was doing the plumbing
work for Pete Rondas on the West
side and that the City Treasurer
had. issued a plumbing license to
Shannon. Motion made and car
ried that a committee be appointed
TO meet the City Attorney regarding
the violation OF codes and permits.
Reports of Committees
The Welfare Committee reported
Brother Beach at Havre and found
him with II leg still in a cast and
Ill dire circumstances. The Com
mlttee recommended that $4,000 be
donated to him. Motion made and
carried to concur in Committee's
recommendation
Brother Hcdricks reported tina,
James McQuillan was working for
l.. Mcdonald. The Chairman asked
that the Committee use every eifor'
to contact McQuillan for some kint
of a settlement.
The Transfers Committee reported
holding a meeting with the Team
STEERS and that a meeting was be.
ing arranged with the Lumber
Companies.
Brother Castle gave his report
on the M.N.A. meeting in Sioux
Falls, s. d. He said the princi-
pal subject OF discussion was over
M.N.A. and M.V.D. He spoke or
the various phases OF the program
and stated that the. next meeting
would be held in Montana. Motor
made and carried that the repor
be accepted and Brother Castle b,
discharged with thanks.
Unfinished Business
Brothers Richmond. Castle ant
Britten were appointed on the Com
mittee for the Laborer's grievanc,
: with the Theatrical Employees.
Brothers Enquist, Richmond an,
Davidson were appointed on tn
Committee to see the City A~ttorne,
Minutes OF regular meeting Ma.
lo, l949.
Good and Welfare
Brother Davidson reported on tn
State Federation OF Labor Execu
tive Board meeting and advised tina
the Federation had recommends
Brother George Yeager as Labo
Commissioner and asked all organ
izations to support Brother Yeage,
Brother Davidson also reported o
various other matters brought be
fore the Board. Motion made an
carried that the recommendation fc
Brother Yeager be carried in ii
minutes and that the Secretary as
Governor Bonner for his al
pointment.
There being no further busine.
the meeting adjourned at OILS Pm
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
SINCLAIR OIL FOUND 1913
MOST PROFITABLE YEAR

The Sinclair Oil Corporation had
the most profitable year in its his
tory in 1913. Profits rose to S8l,
048.6 02 in W48 as a result OF in
creased prices on Petroleum
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
Approves ALL. Entry In New World Labor Body
|SHIPMAN AGAIN
HEAD OF MONTANA
MYA ASSOCIATION

Richard Shipman Brooks, WA, re-
elected president al the Montan,
MN-A association at the annua'
membership meeting held here sun
day. The group passed resolution,
demanding public power im>ialla
tien, at Canyon Ferry Dam project
and appropriations ior the conStruc-
llion oi the lla,rc-S hclh, transmits
sion line.
Other officers reelected include
Marian %Covneton. Helena, secrc-
iary. Mrs Felicia Clark. Helena
treasurer. and Jerome G. Locke
Helena. executive secretary Di-
%recturs reelected were Shipman
! Bruce Steinmetz. treat Fails. {.
Mclean. anaconda Mrs. Anna
Dahl. paemar. and Don Chapman,
treat Falls. Ressner Blikken, Or
helm. Vas elected a director. rcplao
une Nolney anderson. Sidney. The
meeting was in the Odd Fellows
hall.
Locke gave a report received from
Sen James L. Murray. Murray in
Dictated opinion in congress is shift
ing toward M.N.A. or in favor OF a
ncw investigation OF all river dc
,elopment programs.
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26
Most Comprehensive Plan
Says Mrs. Kingsbury

Mrs. Wallace kingsbury, Waller.
vice chairman OF the Montana Dem
oeratic central committee. guest
speaker, called the M.V.A. the most
comprehensive plan ior the devel-
opment not only OF Montana, but the
entire northwest"
She asserted it had been 40 years
IN developing and FOR any statesman
or piiblicist to assert the M.V.A.
plan was the result Of socialistic
,heorizine or Communist inspiration
or due TO the yearning OF bureau
Gratis in Washington to augment
their power and influence, is mere
fustian.'
Mrs. kinesbury praised Senator
MURRAY as One Of the greatest liy-
ing and Tor his ~'tcnacity Of pur-
pose and %singleness Of cause i'll
working Tor progressive legislation"
She also praised @, s. Warden,
Democratic national committeeman
not only for his outstanding worl
as party representative and for HI,
work while president OF the National
Reclamation Association but Tor hi,
work in Montana toward rcaliza-
'tion OF the Canyon Ferry project
Great Falls Tribune, May 9. 1919.
Montana labor news., 1949-05-26

In a message 10 VI Ornburn.
Director of the Union lndu,tric,
Show. Vice President Albcn w.
Barkley anne him Ambassador
OF Good Relations The COM
munitaiions reads a. follows
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Maryland Man Killed
In Car-bus Collision

A Maryland motorist was killed
and approximately 40 bus pas
sengers were shaken up in head
on collision between a Greyhound
bus and an automobile on the
Baltimore boulevard at Elkridge
last night.
Maryland State Police said
Howard Reimsnyder, 38. of Han
over. Anne Arundel County. Md,
died about 20 minutes after the
crash at 1880 pm. He was pinned
in the wreckage until police cut the
car open.
Police said the bus driver. John
Paul Koppenhaven. 25, Of Sum
bury. Pa, told them he did not
see the motorist in time to avoid
a collision because the cars head
lights were not turned on. Police
said Mr.. Reimsnyder apparently
was driving south in the north
bound lane of traffic.
The front end of the bus was
demolished, police said. None OF
the passengers received medical
treatment, however. All were
taken to Baltimore in another bus
that came along shortly after the
collision.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Wife to Hospital
Has BudMomentutLo LockedDoor

know how I did it, but I got 1t
open, ran up the stairs, met a
nurse. and three or four of them
came out" he related.
Il waited an hour and a quarter
before I saw my wife again. Then
I went upstairs to see the baby.
They're both fine"
The baby was 7-pound daugh-
ter.
Mr.. LIE Beau. an ex-Marine,
suffered a crippling bullet wound
in his shoulder on Pelelieu. but he
said the moment at the Sibley
door was easily "the worst in my
life"
II went to the wrong door," he
said. They said I should have
used the front door. instead of the
back. They said they lock the
back one against intruders at
night"
Mr.. lie Beau is taking a two
week leave starting Monday to
take care of his two boys, "includ-
ing the cooking" he said. The LIE
Beaus' 1-year-old daughter Esther
is going to a friends house till her
mother comes home again.
They haven't had time to pick
a name for the baby yea.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Claudia Pima Braves Weather
For Amphitheuter Ceremony
Metropolitan Soprano
To Make First Winter
Outdoor Appearance

Claudia PIMA, 24-year-old Met
ropolitan Opera soprano. who sang
today at the groundbreaking GER
emonies for the National Memo
rial Amphitheater. braved Wash
ington's weather for her first out
door appearance in winter.
But she had no qualms that
being bundled up in winter CLOTH
ing would affect her voice.
AFTER ALL, she declared yester-
day at a press conference in the
sesouicentennial Commission Of
fices," I have been bundled up
while singing Marguerite IN
Faust.
Miss PIMA, who arrived here
Yesterday with her manager
husband John Boller-seemed
more concerned with the fact she
was leaving her 3-month-old SON
John, jr., back in New York, for
the first time.
Both proud parents said their
child is exceptional in that he
sleeps through the night and
doesn't rouse before 8 am. a
habit both Mr.. and Mrs. Boiler
appreciate considerably.
The conversation invariably got
around to the singers famous
father, Ezio PIMA, currently a
matinee idol. What does he think
about being grandfather.
"Well," said Miss Pima, "he
savs that If Marlene Dietrich car
Evening star., 1949-12-17

yourself. It never works. Just
a matter of form"
In this case, the owner managed
to tear his trousers, drop the pole
on his wife's head and frighten
the cat few feet farther UP the
tree.
Lets go to bed, Maestro" the
wife suggested.
The next day, (cat rescues always
take more than one day, oper-
ations were resumed on a new
level. Phase three is marked by
the owner calling in outside help,
and an appeal went out to pro-
fessional animal rescue groups.
wait and see," said the owner
Their poles will be too short" =
Sure enough. the, rescue man
arrived, unshipped his 30-foot cat
pole, peered up into the 50-foot
tree. shook his head and went
away.
The owner was delighted. The
drama had passed through Its
first three acts without q hitch
Evening star., 1949-12-17
By Crosby Noyes

When small tomcat Inamed
Lollypop climbed to the top OF a
50-foot tree this week, his owner
was not especially worried about
it.
This particular cat owner
thought he was well equipped to
cope with this particular problem.
Being a newspaper reporter, he
had covered several assignments
involving cats stuck in trees. In
evitably, those stories had q
happy ending. with the city Fire
Department coming through In
the crisis.
Lollypop was a normal kitten
in every way. He had entered
the family circle through the pc
titioning of the owners small
daughters. Like all small cats
he was an expert at climbing ur
trees and almost hopeless al
climbing down again.
/ So when he found himself a.
the top of this tree, looking ou
Evening star., 1949-12-17

of the owners business colleagues
wrestled with the problem OF
LollSpop and came up with no So
luton. It was generally agreed
that no one had . 50-foot ladder
and that the telephone company
would be no more helpful than
the fire department. Cat experts
gave their opinion that Lollypop
would not come down by himself.
The owner got permission to leave
q couple of hours early to direct
the afternoon rescue efforts.
Back home he was greeted by
his daughter. age 6.
Daddy" said she, why don't
we call the man and have him
cut down the tree?" T..
The owner clutched his brow
with one hand and the telephone
with the other. Seconds later the
manager of the tree experts was
on the phone.
Certainly" the man was say
ing. "Cf course we can send q
man out to climb your tree. He
Evening star., 1949-12-17
A., B. & W. Men
.RejectPay0ffer,
Threaten Tieup
Talk Of Suspending
Service at D. 6. Line
Renewed by Union

Striking employees of the Alex
andria, Bancroft & Washington
Transit Co., who have been oper-
ating the line under State man.
agement since July 81, today
turned down a new company wage
offer and renewed their threat to
suspend bus service at the District
boundary.
Fred Dominy, union president
said the drivers voted overwhelm-
ingly against a proposed immedi-
ate Scent hourly increase plus
an additional Scent hourly in
crease next July 81. The plan to
stop service at the District line
was favored by more than two
thirds of the drivers, he said, but
no date was set for the proposed
action.
The drivers have threatened not
to come into Washington because
they say Virginia has no authority
to operate buses in the District.
The State took over operation of
the transit line under provisions
of its anti-strike law. The union
has filed a petition with the ICC
questioning the States right to
operate buses in the District.
Mr.. Dominy indicated the
drivers may not wait for the ICC
to decide the issue. He said the
case has been pending before the
ICC since September without
being heard. The drivers first
threat to suspend District service
hinged on a favorable decision by
the ICC on the petition.
The striking employees have been
seeking a 30-oent hourly increase.
They are members of Local 1881,
Amalgamated Association of
Street Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees of America, AFL.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
St. Luke Lutheran Plans
Bulletin Board Dedication

/. An exterior bulletin board OF
brick and stone construction will
be dedicated tomorrow at st. Luke
Lutheran Church, Silver Spring
as a memorial to a Navy man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Died.
rich, Oil Kingsbury drive, have
given the structure to the church
in memory of their son. John F.
Diedrich, who was killed in an
accident while serving with the
Navy in French Morocco. The
Rev. Robert E. Lee, pastor, will
officiate at the dedication after
the II am. service.
The fourth annual Christmas
candlelight~ musicale will be held
at 4 pm. tomorrow at st. Luke
under the direction Of Mrs. Rob-
ert G.. Steele.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

not burned and MI White
was pronounced dead after rescue
workers applied oxygen for half
an hour.
A living room sofa was almost
completely destroyed. and hole
was burned in the living room
floor of the two-story row brick
building. Police said the fire ap-
parently started from a cigarette
on the sofa.
Mr.. White, who was estranged
from his wife, was alone in the
house at the time. Police said
Mrs. White, who stayed Thursday
night with her two children,
Michael, S, and Dennis, 8, at
1922 r street NE, only yesterday
had sworn out an assault and
threats warrant against her hus-
band. after he failed to appear at
hearing in the United States
attorneys Office. This grew out
Of little alteration" December
9, police said.
Mrs. White is employed a the
Veterans Administration, police
said.
= Before firemen arrived, an at
tempt to rescue Mr.. White was
made by Arthur Minis, a neigh
Dor who lives at 1888 Dix street
NE. Alerted by his 7-year-old son,
Richard, who said he smelled
smoke, Mr.. Minis rushed out Of
the house and saw smoke bill
lowing from Mr.. Whites front
window. He pulled open the front
door but was forced back by the
flames.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Minis called
the Fire Department. Her huS-
band is an employe of the Bu-
|reau of Engraving and Printing.
Mr.. White worked at The
Times Herald for about five years,
first as a copy-boy and later as
Ia photographer and night picture
editor. He left to enter the Army
Air Forces in 1912. Since the war,
he has worked with several COM
mercial photography establish
mentS.
Neighbors said he had lived
in the Dix street home for about
three years. During his wife's
absence, his mother, Mrs. Beulah
White, had been staying with
him,
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Kiwanians 10 Entertain
200 Children Tomorrow

The 200 handicapped children
who attend the Kiwanis Chill
dren's Clinic will be given a
Christmas party by the Washing
ton Kiwanis Club at 2 pm. to-
morrow in the Roosevelt High
School auditorium, Georgia ave-
nue. and Upshur streets NV.
Entertainment for it's 25th an
nual party for crippled children
has been arranged by Eugene
Thomas, chairman of the Kiwanis
Christmas Party Committee and
general manager of Television
Station WOIC.
Gifts will be distributed to the
guests and sent to hospitalized
children unable to attend.
The Washington Kiwanians will
sponsor another Christmas party
at 10:30 am. Tuesday for crippled
colored children at the Anthony
Bowen School.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

A locked hospital door early to-
day gave a young Guadalcanal
veteran worse moment than any
he experienced in the South
Pacific.
Edward E. LIE Beau, %, Navy
machinist, Of 1922 Ninth street
NE. and his wife Alice, 26, had
been assured by the doctor that
there was a good two weeks wait
before the birth of their baby. But
at 2 am. they suddenly realized
that the faster they got to the
hospital the better.
Leaving their three other chill
dren sleeping soundly, they dashed
off on the 3-mile drive to Sibley
Hospital, with Mrs. LIE Beau
wrapped in an overcoat in the
back seat.
When the car pulled up to the
hospital door. Mrs. LIE Beau cried
that she thought her baby was
born, and Mr.. LIE Beau, looking
around into the back seat, found
he couldn't deny it," \
Then I jumped out to run
for help. But the door wouldn't
open. beat on it. Nobody an
swered. So I pulled. don't
Evening star., 1949-12-17
; Injured in Collision;
Embassy Car Involved

Three people were injured last
night after Spanish Embassy
car bumped into the automobile
in which they were passengers,
police reported today.
A car driven by DR.. Manuel M.
Maestro. 43, of 1925 Sixteenth
street NV. listed as Spanish
Embassy attache, collided with
the rear of the other car at Four
teenth and Euclid streets NV.
police said. The second Car was
driven by Wayne E. Rogers, 20.
of Beltsville. Md.
Injured were: Harold A. Rosen-
field, %: Ida Caplan. "a, and
Marcia Caplan, Is. all Of s812
Decatur street NV. They were
treated for neck bruises at Emer-
gency Hospital and released.
Police said no charges were pre-
ferred because DR.. Maestro is q
diplomat.
In another traffic accident, two,
persons were injured last night.
They are Thurman Davis, 40, OF
622 Fifth street NV, in Casualty
Hospital with a compound frac-
ture of the left leg, and Ida May
Taylor, %, of the same address.
released after treatment for leg
cuts at Casualty.
Police said they were struck at
Sixth and G streets NV. by an
automobile driven by Charles
Young, Al, colored. of 1413
Fiftieth avenue NE, Chapel Oaks,
Md. No charges were placed
against the driver.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Thieves Open Empty Safe,
Miss $1,000 in Another

Thieves who broke into a liquor
store at 1902 Seventh street NV,
escaped with $589.72. but missed
another $1,000 locked in a safe,
police reported today.
The store proprietor, Sergius B.
Carman, SO. told police the thieves
entered through a skylight Thurs
day night, forced open an empty
safe and left untouched a new
safe containing the 81 900. After
lifting the $589.72 from a cash
drawer and two registers, Mr.. Car
man said, the housebreakers also
took five pistols from the walls
and desk of his Office.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Last 4,800 Telephone!
Here 10 Be Converted
To Dial al Midnight

The Chesapeake g. Potomac
Telephone Co. is going to mark
two events In its history tonight
the full conversion of the city to
dial system phones and the open
ing of the new Brookland tele-
phone center.
The last manual telephones in
the District. those on the Ludlow
exchange, will be shifted to dial
service tonight. Some 4,800 Gus
toners, who had to tell the op-
orator the number they wanted.
will be affected.
The Ludlow exchange name will
be carried on, but the calls will
go through the Lincoln. Anacostia
or Congress Heights exchange
buildings.
Dials introduced Here in 1880.
The old Ludlow exchange build
ing. at 629 B street NE. probably
will be used for clerical Offices. 1t
is one of the oldest telephone COM
pany buildings in the city, dating
back to about 1906.
The shift will make Washington
the fourth large city in the United
States to be served completely by
dial system. The dials were in
troduced to Washington in 1880.
Ceremonies will be held at the
Brookland center at midnight,
when the center officially opens,
with the honor of making the first
call going to E. P. Cunningham,
president of the Brookland Citi-
zens' Association, and Arthur
Gemeny, president of the East
gate Lions Club.
The new building, which cost
81 ,025 900, consists of tive stories
and basement and is at 1899 Law
renee street NE. It houses the
latest dial equipment which cost
another 81 ,O05.000. The. plant will
serve $500 customers initially and
will provide service for all present
untitled applications in the Brook
land area.
Civic Leaders Invited.
Among the persons invited to
take part in the opening Of the
Brookland center are:
Charles Faller, president OF the
Michigan Park Citizens Associa-
ton: Robert M. Burrows, president
of the Burroughs Citizens Asso-
ciation: Mrs. Helen Fritz. presi-
dent of the Dahlgren Terrace
Citizens Association, and Clarence
Harding, president of the East
gate Business Association.
Representatives of the telephone
company will be c. H. johnson.
vice president and general man
ager: John M. Howard, general
commercial manager, and those
in direct charge of the new center,
F.. M. Shaffer, manager; w. F..
MacNeal, wire chief. and Mrs.
M. H. Ireland, chief operator.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

and the time had come for the
grand finale-the payoff.
"Just pick up the telephone" he
told his wife. ASK for the Fire
Department, and then sit back and
wait for the engines. hook-and-
ladders, feature writers and
photographers to show up
. A few moments later, the wife
was back.
We'll, what did the man say?"
asked the owner. Are they, on
their way?"
What the man said was.
Where's the trees?' When ! told
him it wasn't on public property.
but in our back yard, he said. SO
sorry What now, maestro?"
| The owner was stunned, his
self assurance shattered. The
trump card had been played, the
lcat was still up the tree. the chill
|dren were distraught and the
wife was getting sarcastic. The
IoWner left for work.
Throughout the day, the minds
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Trial Of Area Dairy Groups
On Price Changes Put Off

The District Court trial OF sew
eral Washington area dairy groups
on a charge of conspiracy to re-
strain trade in milk and to fix
prices yesterday was postponed
by Judge Alexander Holtzoff from
January 5 to April S.
Defendants in the case include
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association, Inc; B. B
Derrick, secretary-treasurer of the
association: the Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy Co.. Thomp-
sons Dairy, Inc, Richf1eld Dairy
Corp, Simpson Bros, Inc. de-
scribed as trading as the Wake
field Dairy; Safeway Stores, de-
scribed as operator of the Lu-
cerne Milk Co.; Alexandria Dairy
Products Co., Inc, and Harvey
Dairy. Inc.
Judge Holtzof set March Z as
a date for a pre-trial hearing
with view to consolidating some
Of the issues to speed up the trial