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Evening star., 1949-09-22
7 Senators Back Plan
For Moving Surp|uses
To Shortage Areas
By the Assoeiated Press


The proposal of a United Ma.
tions official to create a $5,00O,.
100000 world food agency to helr
move farm surpluses to shortage
areas abroad won a favorable re.
action today from two Senators
active in agriculture.
Senator Thye, Republican, o1
Minnesota. told q reporter it has
excellent possibilities" Senator
Aiken, Republican, of Vermont
called it "a good idea" Both eau.
toned, however, that many de.
tails would require careful study
Both Senators Thye and Aiker
are members Of the Agriculture
Committee. Another member
Senator Anderson, Democrat, o1
New Mexico, withheld comment
on the proposal, although ex.
pressing concern about growing
surpluses Of American farm
products.
Senator Anderson, former Sec.
retary Of Agriculture, said he will
introduce Immediately a resolution
calling for a committee study o1
ways to stimulate exports of Unit.
ed States farm surpluses.
Advanced by Dodd.
The plan for world agency tc
aid international trade in agri-
cultural commodities was ad.
vanced last night by N. E. Dodd
director-general of the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Or.
ganization. '
He said it is the outgrowth Of
the ''long concern of FAC member
nations with the problem of sur
pluses ruinous to farmers in some
areas while consumers elsewhere
do not have enough to eat"
The plan. developed by inter-
national trade experts chosen by
the FAC, Is designed to help ma
tions short of dollars finance the
purchase OF surplus farm products
in the United States and other
countries in the dollar area.
In making purchases, these
countries could either Cd use
their own currencies or co get q
cut-rate by paying with dollars
or the currency of the exporting
nation.
Clearing House Planned.
An international commodity
clearing house, with a $4,000, ,000,.
900 capital contributed by mem.
ber nations in their own curren.
cies, would handle the deals under
the guidance of the FAC.
Over a period of time the clear.
ing house would attempt to bal.
ance out the accounts.
The plan is to be laid before
the FAO's annual conference
starting here November Is.
Senator Thye said it has "great
merit" in that it is aimed at de-
veloping international trade meth
ods that will enable countries that
are short Of food and credit te
buy farm .surpluses here and ir
other nations.
If the United States can't find
export markets for its surpluses
he said, 'all Ne can do is to eur
tai. production to our domestic
needs" And he added that would
be a good deal less than the
United States could produce.
One question, he said, Is wheth-
er the s5,000,o 100000 revolving
fund would be depleted by i'm
porting nations which would be
unable to earn enough to make
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Silver Spring CornivoI

A carnival will be given from
9 to II pm. September 80 and
October l at the Church Of the
Ascension. 633 Sligo avenue. Sill
iver Spring. .4,.s
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Governors to Meet at Biloxi

RICHMOND. Sept. % R.-
Gov. Tuck yesterday announced
the annual session Of the Southern
Governors Conference will be held
November 1922 at the Buena Vista
Hotel in Biloxi, Miss,
Evening star., 1949-09-22
Mclean Church Dinner Set

The Langley Methodist Church,
Mclean. Va, will hold a turkey
dinner from $50 to $3.50 pm.
Saturday at the fire hall.
Evening star., 1949-09-22
CDA Plans HyuttsviIle Dance

Court Prince Georges, Catholic
Daughters Of America, will hold a
square dance at $50 pm. Sat-
urday In st. Jerome's School,
Hyattsville. E ~ a
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

lations and Promotion for the New York Amsterdam News.
 His idea involved organization of the publications newsboys in the Bronx area where he lived.
 His Idea Goes Oyer <
 The plan went over with a bang which meant increased sales for the Amsterdam, juicier job for Dur ham after Bronx newsboys began out selling those in other boroughs. He was placed in charge of all the papers newsboys and made assis- tant to Mrs. Hunter.
 In 1943 Peoples Voice, a new Harlem publication angeled by New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, IT,, and Savoy Ballroom manager, Charlie Buchanan, was mushrooming circulation, bidding fair to become one of the most i'm portant of the nations weekly newspaper family. PV offered Dur ham better proposition which he promptly accepted. He opened a PV Bronx office, hired a staff of five persons.
 Working for Peoples Voice was l11lC, DuI11C1III ICOdIIO, O1iC1I CIIC DOC- tom started falling out of the now defunct sheet and paydays began to become irregular.
 Tn 1946 Ernie went with the New York office of the Pittsburgh Courier where, in a brief time, he went from general newsman and Bronx columnist to assistant to the Curriers' learned New York Editor George s. Schuyler.
 On the Courier the writer ex- handed his activities to features ard covering society. Having al- ways loved photography as a hob bv. he found it more convenient and lucrative to take his own pic lures, developing them in his dark room at home.
 Most interesting experience while a member of the Courier family, was covering protests against dis
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

ist at heart, he has sacrificed and gambled with this purpose in view. Tn the reorganized NEW ENG LAND BULLETIN, with resources at his command and an exper1- eneed staff, the majority of which ! has been drawn from Biz Gtv sheets, he sees this dream slowly coming true.
 The editor became involved in radio about ten weeks ago when the old Chronicle and local station WCCC hooked up on a promotional deal involving record show con ducted by Joe Girand. Coupon. were run in the Chronicle for re. quests on the Grand show and Err nie collaberated with him every afternoon. This gave him the idea of trying radio for himself. He consulted Grand and together they agreed that Station WONS might be the most receptive to the plan.
 After talking it over with sta- tion executives and auditioning sue- cessfully, Durham was on the air, walking right into a sponsored pro gram which had been sold before it hit the kilocycles.
 The show which places the as- cent on bop Durham withstands the kidding of his entire staff, happily wears a bop beret) is aired Friday nights from 11:15-F2:00, is now a "strip show," from Mondays to Friday nights, same time. The Durham record show began with three sponsors, now has six, enjoys heavy mail pull which has orfgf- mated from as far as New Work City, southwardly, and New Hanap- shire, on the north.
 Always Liked Theatre
 Probably the most popular col umn Durham has done (which he will continue in the BULLETIN when he gets breather) is his Showcase" which is mainly the atrical in nature. He has always loved the theatre, once had part of dancer with the Hensley Win field Group which worked in the Metropolitan Opero House produc- tion of Emperor Jones'"
 Clear gray eyes and a mild, pleasant manner belle the steel de- termination and unswerving pur- pose which motivates Durham. He is unfailing. courteous, gets the most out of BULLETIN employees by demanding the least, enjoys the respect of the community in which he is tremendously popular.
 If the BULLETIN doesn't be- come a real power in the New England area, it won't be his fault.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

thwart the "troublemakers." The strong-arm men were worthy of their hire. It is a matter of record that much brutality was directed against the demonstrators. Women were forcibly ejected from the Park, some dragged out by the neck or hair. The men were beat en, kicked, brutalized and then ar rested.
 It was hot time for reporter and Ernie recalls with great grati- fication that he narrowly escaped becoming a victim. Newspapermen were by no means sacred. A photo grapher who was working with him was beaten, arrested and his camera thoroughly destroyed.
 His career as an executive of Connecticut paper was much less violent, more productive. Durham took over managing editorship of the old Connecticut Chronicle.
 It was after he had left the sink ing Peoples Voice to become con- nected with Carter-Johnson Public Relations Associates of Manhat- tan's Fifth Avenue and while he was working on a fund-raising drive for the New England Re gional Conference of the NAACP that Durham met George Goodman.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

sheet which made definite con-
 tributions to the progress of
 Negroes in the state. One dis
 tinct accomplishment was the
 signal Chronicle-sponsOred pro-
 gram to obtain employment for
 Negroes as firemen in the city
 of Hartford.
 Despite the fat paychecks limit less working facilities and country wide nrestige which goes with top jobs on nationally-circulated week lies, several of which would be quite willing to have his services, Durham kep this eye on cherished goal-giving to the state of Con- necticut and the New England states a strong and influential To- cal newspaper which is able and willing to do battle for the rights of the little people. A sentimental
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09
.NAACP TO AID
 SCHOOL DRIVE

NEW HAVEN-Plans for the new Winchester School received important support recently as the New Haven Chapter of the NAACP joined those who initiated the pro- posal and offered to assist the fam flies living on the site who would be left without housing accommo- dations.
 Work on the school has been de- layed due to the problem in fll- ing substitute housing needs for some forty families.
 M. J. Baker, NAACP proxy, has promised the full support of the local NAACP, declaring that it will fulfill two-fold purpose, that of supplying better homes as well as better school facilities.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09
MEET OUR STAFF S6rb 26HItM RHbiSS. :5i .' L3<%PS 3HfS

crimination in admission to the swimming pool at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey. An organization named the Con- gress on Race and Equality con- ducted a series of Sunday morning visits to Palisades in demonstra- tions aimed at breaking this bar rier down.
 Hired Strongarm Men
 The Palisades concessionnaire had hired strong-arm men to
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

Goodman told of his plans for 3 newspaper and Ernie was sold quit a well-paying job as rowing correspondent for the Amsterdam News in New England to become Chronicle boss.
 Plenty Of Headaches
 Editing small state news paper with limited resources and skeleton staff was a ter rife headache, but Ernie stuck it out, managed to get out a
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09

For a year Durham edited the old Connecticut Chronicle, which was reorganized to become THE NEW ENGLAND BULLETIN. Un- der the revised setup and ambitious nlans of the new publication, he IS koninp to be able to edit news paper for an audience wnlcn 1ias no segregated eyes.
 For, working m close coopeI tie nwith BULLETIN presldeno' George w. Goodman, and the cor roration's Board of Directors; one has Dlue- print for a red-blooded weekly pa her designed to interest people 0I an races and creeds througnou1 tne New England States. 4o
 From his birthplace in AugusLa' ca at an early age, Ernie was tsLs,, to Washington, D. c., Wnere ha attended public schools At SIX tsan . with his family, he moved to Gs1,z Work City and entered City re1laoe and New York Unlverslty; w e;orino in physical education ana nla ;g a minor in journalism:
 c Msanwhi1e. young Durham be-
 M nlavground director in sev, cale can New York City parks ana nIavorounds. n@, Although he was . pparnoanent pl@y appointee, he soon urea aS this activity and entered an eA t..noaiv on u, successful selling career. ssKrock On Any Door
 salesman for Consol1dated rJ;son in the Harlem area, Ernle I~ad Ldi1 harrain appliance packages i e.-combinations o1 eise,N t.ran~ iron. floor lamp and radlo TOT r;.srIe swJn tv doIlars). He utilized tne snipv, any routine sytem of knock1ng Iri w;+b ab door and went about his task cI, wnc, an organized plan and so nhu e4 svstematic persistence tnat o1,v ns tracted the attention of co1hpsany suas ofFicials within three weeks siSa he had started. At the end or ms first week (during 9 depression pc. ,;od when heads of families WerS aarninq S12-S15 weekly) he turned in 9 commission requls1tlon TOT s7o This was, of course, encGs!ag- ;ror and Durham threw himself 1nto his work with so much applied Vlg- or m that company executives sum- ,oonad him. named him a crew manager and supplied crew o1 ten girl salesmen to work unoer his direction. =.
 He was then receiving an oyer right Percentage on sales of all ms crew, as well as his own indlvldua1 s1sad earnings. His crew gave a gooo account and, after brief perlod' was augmented.
 Durham then began selling more costly appliances like snE electElc co,e 1e frigerators, radio-phonograpn coin- binations.
 hecame scarce and the firm, like so many others, was converting for war production: .u.~l
 Sensing the bottom was falling out of electric appliance sales, Err nie carried a proposition to an in fluential friend, Lillian Sharpe Hunter, then Director of Public Re
New England bulletin., 1949-04-09
By GLENN DOUGLASS BULLETIN Feature Writer

Thryyear- young Durham, BULLETIN Managing Edi tor, has twin passions journalism and radio.
 The Georgiabon executive who is Connectcuts Negro jockey his liking for broadcasng the provides wide audience among which there no segregated ears."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Society News;
The New Chief of Naval Operations
And Mrs. Sherman Warmly Welcomed
By Margaret Hart Comfy
Society Editor

arrival at the airport she was just
about the busiest person In town
For when friends found that she
was at the Raleigh the phone
started buzzing. And as she ex-
pressed it, II feel as though I am
in an Office, one or the other OF
the phones is constantly ringing. y
She is a gracious lady and even
though she had many things to
see about, she seemed quite happy
to receive the calls and was only
sorry that she didn't have longer
to talk.
Washington society will well
come Mrs. Sherman as warmly as
she was greeted Saturday at the
Academy. She has countless
friends here and is a charming
and thoughtful hostess.
Mrs. Sherman has spent much
of the past two years touring Eu-
rope, making Spain her base while
her husband was commander OF
the 9Th Task Fleet operating In
the Mediterranean. She was in
Madrid with her daughter, Mrs
John Fitzpatrick, another Navy
wife, when she first heard the
news of her husbands appoint
ment. 49,,
1T, was. quite a surprise" she
says. II was at my daughters
having lunch when the Naval At
tache called and gave me the news
that he had just heard over the
radio"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

Announcement is made Of the
marriage of Miss Ruth A. Coving-
ton, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A
A. Covington, to Mr.. Frank C.
Radtke, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Radtke of Oakland, Md,
the ceremony taking place re-
Gently in the Forestville Meth
odiSt Church with the Rev.
Thomas H. Baker officiating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

A reader asks me: Just what
do you have in mind besides init
mate matters when you say
personal matters should not be
discussed with strangers and &C.
quaintances?"
Any subject which concerns none
but ourselves and our families or
our dearest friends and could not
be of any interest to those who
scarcely know us, or we scarcely
know. Also, any subject that could
very easily provoke argument OF
hurt feelings because of possible
differences in point of view. In
this category belong religion and
politics.
FomiIy Pictures
Dear Mrs. Post: (a) Is it in
bad taste to have family pictures
displayed in the living rooms of
the house? (b) Should only absent
members be shown or may those
who live in the house be displayed
too?
Answer: Ca To display literally
dozens of pictures would be very
old fashioned, but even in its
greatest exaggeration. not in bad
taste. (b We are apt to have
more pictures of absent ones, but
there is no improperly in either
one.
Absent Fionce
Dear Mrs. Post: My sister be-
came engaged while out West and
is now coming home. She will
want my family to announce the
engagement and she will probably
think we should give her a party
first. Mother thinks maybe you
would say it is not proper to give
an announcement party when her
fiance can't be present.
Answer: Give her a welcome
home party. and when people are
all there, tell them the news as
though it were spontaneous i'm
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Exclusively Yours,
Lindbergh Attends sn7oI! Supper Here;
Air Traffic to India GETTING Crowded

Charles Lindbergh was in towr
the other day. on one Of his fire.
quent visits to Washington. Brig
Gen. Mike Scanlon, who joinet
Republic Aviation when he retiree
from the Army. gave a small
spaghetti feast to entertain thu
Lone Filler.
Their friendship goes way back
In fact. it was Mike who intro
duced Lindbergh to the Duke O.
Windsor when he was King Ed
ward VIII. Mike was stationed IL
London at the time and Edward
another good friend Of Mikes
told him he would like to NEE
Lindbergh, so M. S. arranged
meeting in his house. One won
ders, though. If the two famou
figures had much in common
Lindbergh seems to be such al
unworldly person and consumed
with only two great interests II
life. He thinks. eats, sleeps ant
adores aviation, and he loves chill
dren. Already the father Of five
he says he would like to have Il
more!
When conversation turned tt
the can-can, the once darinf
dance that Princess Margaret
Rose recently performed in a cuts
costume and capricious mood, thu
aviator, whose chief character.
istic is still his boyish naiyete
confessed he didn't know Whist Il
was. In all those trips to Paris
he's apparently never been to thu
Follies Bergere!
Gen. "Tooey" Spaatz, who saic
that Lindbergh has never &C.
cepted any pay for aviation aic
to the government. was there too
He and Mrs. Spaatz could hardly
wait to play canasta after dinner
Patta Winslow, one Of the Capt.
tails more popular bachelor girls
joined them.
Lindbergh. incidentally. was
stopping at the Army and Navy
Club.
The Assistant Secretary OF
State for Near Eastern, African
and South Asian Affairs, George
McGhee, and his beauteous blond
wife, Cecilia, will soon take of or
q cloudwise trip to- the most exotic
cities of the aforementioned
areas. Judging from the speed
Of the trip, though, Cecil thinks
they will have all of 20 minutes
In each city.
They will leave on the 10th o.
2lst Of this month and they may
not get back till after Christmas
but in that brief time they will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
|OIsons Hosts
AT Gay Affair
Yesterday
Mrs. McCuUum
Is Honor Guest
At Party

A gay place to be late yesterday
afternoon was at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. David Olson. The party
was in the nature of houSeWarm-
ing for the attractive apartment
at Hotel 2400 that the Olsons
have just leased. 1t also was
given to welcome Mrs. James T.
McCallum, who is making her
annual visit here from her home
in Ventnor. N. j.
Mrs. McCallum has been divid-
ing her time while here with sew
eral friends. First she visited
Mrs. John G.. Billiard, then Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Romig and
now is with DR.. and Mrs. Tomas
Cajigas at their home on Charles
ton Terrace.
The new residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Olson in Washington is well
adapted to graceful entertaining.
The apartment commands a
sweeping view of Washington
looking from the spacious porch.
There is an attractive cocktail
room and the drawing room and
dining room are very large. Yes
terday Mr.. Olson had an attrac-
tive display Of roses and other
blossoms throughout the room.
Whenever the Olsons entertain,
you can be certain that the pei
of the house, Banchee-of- Top
Hill, will make an appearance.
He did yesterday. Banchee, Is q
handsome red Irish Setter and he
has won many blue ribbons. One
of his most recent victories was
at a show In Florida. Soon he
will be vieing for first place at a
show in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson plan to
spend quite some time in the
Capital this winter but they will
be going back and forth to their
farm in Kentucky and their town
| house in Lexington.
About $50 guests dropped in
yesterday to enjoy the pleasant
hospitality. Included among those
On the invitation list were the
Mexican Ambassador and Sonora
de la Colina. the Cuban Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Cans, and
the Ambassador of Ecuador and
Sonora de Dillon.
Others at the highly successful
affair were the Canadian Naval
| Attache and Mrs. Lay. the Assist
ant Air Attache of the Canadian
Embassy and Mrs. Birchall, the
Director Of the Mint. Mrs. Nellie
Tayloe Ross, Mrs. Homer Cum
mings, Mrs. Irene Caldwell, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Wyatt, Mrs.
Thor Thors, Dr.. and Mrs. Leo Bri-
son Norris, the former French
Premier and Nine. Chautemps.
Also Mrs. James Murray, jr.;
Mrs. Frank Yeates, Mrs. Ellen s.
Woodward and her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Albert Woodward, Mrs.
Lawrence Clayton, Nine. Vladimir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

The new Chief Of Naval Opera
tons, Vice Admiral Forrest Sher-
man, and his attractive wife, who
joined him in Washington Fri
day, were given a warm welcome
by many old Navy friends at the
United States Naval Academy over
the week end.
First, the popular navy couple
attended the Navy-Columbia Uni
versity football game, and after
roofing for the Blue and the Gold
went to the gala reception given
by the Superintendent of the
Academy and Mrs. James L. Hol-
loway. jr.
It was their first appearance at
q social event since Admiral Sher-
man was appointed to his new post
SO naturally congratulations were
heard on all sides. The recep-
ton took on all the appearances
of old home week. for the Sher-
mans found countless friends
present whom they had not seen
for a long time.
Mrs. Sherman flew into the
Capital from Madrid at / o'clock
Friday and from the time of her
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Thanksgiving Eve
Benefit Dance

The annual Thanksgiving Eve
benefit dance Of the Curley Club
will be given Wednesday evening,
November %, in the Burgundy
room at Wardman Park Hotel.
Music will be by Jack Morton's
Orchestra and dancing will be
from 10 until O'Clock. Mr.. John
F. Porter, president Of the. club.
is in charge Of arrangements and
Is being assisted by Miss Vera
Corey, Miss Gertrude Conner and
Mr.. Joseph Carr.
Proceeds from the benefit will
be applied to the scholarship fund
for higher education for deserving
children Of the Archdiocese Of
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
BY Betty Beole

probably go all the way around
the world. Their intinerary runs
something like Greece, Turkey
Iran, Egypt, India. Pakistan and
Ceylon. Sounds flke that old
magic carpet department.
The airways to India may even
get a little crowded in the next
weeks. Kay Halle plans now to
leave December 2 in the same
plane with the Herbert Ellistons
Kay, who broadcasts for a Cleve-
land radio station and writes fol
q Cleveland paper, will do some
articles on the trip. Herbert Is
heading for the Institute of Pacific
Relations which will be held in
New Delhi from December IL tt
the Goth.
The Institute will draw Ameri-
can college presidents, professors
and business executives from all
over the United States. It was
established to explore means Of
strengthening all aspects Of In.
dian-American relations with the
expectation that such discussions
will promote research and mutual
understanding on problems OF
common interests" A member Of
the international Refugee Or
ganization will also take part.
II things work out as currently
planned, Kay will go first to
Paris, WHARF she will stay with
United States Ambassador ano
Mrs. David Bruce. before continu-
ing to Athens. Bombay and New
Delhi. On the way back she'll stor
In Rome to see the ceremonial
opening of the Holy Doors Of St
Peters on Christmas Eve which
will mark the beginning Of the
Holy Year to be celebrated by the
Roman Catholic Church through
out 1850.