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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-09-01
Color Not Important,
Troops Work Well
Together MacNider
BY Oscar n. Newman

1T makes difference to what mans color is All
want to know, is he fighting Certainly well accept
them without doubt He'll they're citizens aren't theyf
That statement Major General Hanford MacNders
this reporters query about any future Indignation Of
Negro drafees in the 1O3rd Cactus Infantry division The tall
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Negroes & Whites
Truin Together
In 4fh infantry

Fort Ord, Calf According TO
the Associated Press the 4th In
fantry Division has been pioneer
ing in ending all segregation -
and finds that II works well.
Separation of colored and white
units has been completely elm
mated. All the men sleep in the
same barracks, eat in the same
messes, and perform their rugged
training together on the drill
fields.
There is no coddling. And no
trouble.
The results obtained have been
more than a little surprising to
some Of the officers who during
World War II served with units
where Negroes were segregated
in companies, battalions, or regi-
ments.
Inevitably, these men resented
being set apart because of their
color.
All Treated Alike
Now, in the army's progressive
plan TO eliminate the race issue,
throughout its widespread opera
lions, the 4th Division perhaps
has gone a step farther than any
other unit.
There are many units where
Negroes are serving with white
troops, but usually the Negro
soldiers are placed together in
regiments and battalions. Some
such units are fighting today in
Korea.
Negroes assigned to the 4th
which now Is engaged in its most
expansive training program since
World War ii, find they are
treated exactly the same as white
men. II they don't maintain the
same standards, they are told to
snap out of IT,"
And when they make good,
they are promoted.
The 4th is turning out colored
noncommissioned officers In in
creasing numbers, and they are
doing a good job.
Comradeship FOstered
Officers believe the incentive
for a man to stand on his own
feet, comparatively in a sense, is
the main reason this antisegre-
cation program is bringing such
surprising results.
One OF the unforeseen develop
ments has been to foster friend
ships between white and Negro
soldiers. Instead Of the pairing
off Of Negro with Negro and
white with white, so common
place in other activities, there is
a very evident tendency for the
men to mix freely in training and
in their leisure time.
One white field-grade officer
who had considerable duty with
Negro troops in Italy during the
past war says "the quicker the
entire army adopts this policy
the better"
Another, a Texan who has been
training these mixed companies
for many months agrees that it
is the only solution. He en-
phasizes that absolute impartial
ity is necessary, however.
Two Questions
There still remains a couple of
vital questions as to what will
follow when these trainees, and
the draftees who soon will follow
them, are sent out as combat
soldiers to man line outfits.
Officers would like to see them
assigned in the same manner as
they are in the 4th Division.
They feel that II Negro troops,
after training with notable sue
cess in units where there is no
discrimination, suddenly are
thrown into solid Negro regi-
ments or battalions they may be
sorely let down.
What viii be done about this
is a matter for high-level army
policy to decide.
N
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Owner Of S8th Street
Cleaners Back on Job

CLEANERS BaCk on JOD
Mrs. Victoria Sederberg owner
of 3Sth st. Cleaners is now back
at her place of business at 3i5 E.
3Sth st. Mrs. Sederberg was
away from her business about
four months because of illness.
She hopes her previous customers
will return with their cleaning
and pressing.
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Job, provided they are not sty-
mied by some psychological fac
tor.
But as far as Fort Ord and the
4th Division are concerned. there
is every evidence that this train
ng policy win succeed.
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toned at the air base could
be seen working together with
white airplane mechanics.
The inspection trip to Camp
Mccoy for editors in this area
was arranged by the Army Public
Relations for the Fifth Army.
In the party were William
Brooks and wally Camp from the
Minneapolis TRIBUNE; Il. L.
Hubbard of the Lake city Graph
ic and Brendan suei OF shakopee
Valley News.
Fifty-five minutes later. when
we landed at Camp Mccoy and
were met by Capt. D'Miller. LIST
Its. willard Cotton. Phillip o.
Brien, and Garrett HILBERT all
white officers, we began TO won
der again whether we would see
any visible signs of army inte-
grafton at Camp Mccoy.
AS we journeyed from the air
strip, however, we began 10 see
some forms Of indignation, but on
very small scale. Negro and
white soldiers could be seen COM
ing out Of barracks together In a
form of amiability unfamiliar TO
a veteran of segregated World
War II forces. In spite Of this
fact, very few Negro soldiers are
assigned to the various outfits in
training there.
Summer Camp
Camp Mccoy at this time Is
merely a summer training camp
for reserve outfits from Mime
sofa, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, and
Indiana.
The camp sets on an area Of
65 900 square acres. It's ideal for
the training of infantry troops in
spite of the rather changeable
weather. The terrain is both billy
and smooth with large areas Of
dense foliage.
Immediately after lunch, we
were assigned an escort and
ieep, which we understood, were
very scarce around those parts.
Our driver and escort, Cpl. Joe
shurn, a stocky, well built youth
Of nineteen years, was from Ben
ton Harbor, Michigan. Shurn,
who has been in the Army for fif-
teen months came from FIT. Gus
ter, Michigan. He is attached to
the special service battalion
there as a special service clerk.
He proved very valuable in our
meeting the officers and men OF
the various outfits in Camp Nc
Coy.
The first company we visited
was the SOIL Army service unit
a regular army unit stationed
there for service to the reserve.
We met Sgt. William Anderson
who is in charge of the Mess Hall.
Sgt. Anderson has been In the
Army for sixteen years. He felt
that the camp had a very fine
policy towards the Negro troops.
Indignation Evident
Throughout the company area,
evidences of Indignation could be
seen. A few white soldiers are
assigned to the barracks and at
tached to the Negro company. 1t
wasn't known whether these men
would stay with the company II
they are moved to another camp.
Most Of them we talked to. felt
that decision would depend upon
where they were sent to.
The policy in the special ser-'
vice unit under the leadership Of
1t. Col. Clyde Carney was a little
different. Col. Carney. a native
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trim, commanding officer OF the
division was very emphatic In his
belief that indignation can work
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BARGAINING POWER

Equality of bargaining power be-
tween employers and employees is
not attained when the organization
Of employers in the corporate and
other forms of ownership association
is not balanced by the free exercise
by employees of the right to bargain
collectively through representatives
of their own choosing
Of Policy; National Labor Relations
act.
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PEACE BY NrHRU

Peace can only come when the
causes Of war are removed. So long
as there is the domination Of one
country over another. or the exploit
tation of one class over another,
there win always be attempts to sub
vert the existing order. and no stable
equilibrium can endure. Out Of Inn
perislism and capitalism peace can
never come.---Jawaharal Nehru.
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Negro oncomm.Ssioned officers
viii function IL and when they
find themselves handling white
soldiers. The best guess In the
9Th Is that they win do a bsng-up
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Man in Garage Answers Door;
Visitor Arrests Him as ProwIer

A Washington man answered a
knock on the door of q Falls
Church garage before opening
hours yesterday and greeted a
policeman who promptly arrested
him on a charge of breaking and
entering.
His hospitality was imposed on
further when. after questioning
by Arlington Detective Capt. C.
Burns Presley, he was charged
with grand larceny in the theft
Of two automobiles from Alcorn
Motors, 1920 Lee highway, adja-
cent to Falls Church Motors, where
he was arrested. Alcorn Motors
is on the Arlington County side OF
the city limits.
1t. Edward Simpson Of Falls
Church police said the arrested
man is Ardell Russell Nicholson,
%, Of the 1900 block Of I street
NV. Simpson Ii held under
Evening star., 1950-01-05

In a proclamation which set a
pattern for continuous annual
observance. President Adams $50
years ago today thus called on
the people of the United States
to pay homage to their recently
deceased leader, George Washing
ton.
The proclamation referred to
suitable eulogies. orations and
discourses. or by public pray
erS s"~~-s~y..s- .--.=-..s. ..-... ..-ze-
In the sprawling, growing city
which already bore his name-but
was not yet the seat of govern
ment - citizens made immediate
plans for the observance.
The citizens met first at VIII
liam Tunnicliff's hotel on Capt.
tol Hill. Then, in a session at
the Little Hotel on Fifteenth
street, a committee was formed
to plan arrangements in conjunc-
ton with a committee from near
by Georgetown. The Federal
Lodge, No. Is, named John Kear-
ney and A. Mccormick to par
ticipate.
1t was decided the people shall
meet at 2 o'clock at the
bridge on Rock Creek, to form a
procession from thence to some
Evening star., 1950-01-05
2Counferfeiters GET
Prison Sentences

Two men, who last month
pleaded guilty to counterfeiting
charges, today were given prison
sentences by District Court Judge
Alexander Holtzoff, who said he
had been informed that their ac-
tivities involved one of the largest
counterfeiting jobs in the east in
recent years.
The heaviest sentence was given
ITO Walter w. Kidwell, 81, whom
Judge Holtzoff described as the
leader" He was sentenced to
serve from 3 to 10 years.
The other, Eugene H. Creighton,
26, was given from Q to 7 years.
Both men. who formerly lived in
; the 1900 block of Delafield place
j NV, specialized in counterfeiting
$40 bills.
Both defendants, after pleading
guilty, testified as Government
witnesses against three others who
. originally were charged with COM
plicity. The other three. however,
were acquitted. two of them by
Judge Holtzof after the prosecu-
ton had rested it's case and the
! third by jury verdict.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
But Grapefruit,
Lemons Go Up
Coffee Again Declines
And Some Vegetables
Take Slight Drops

Food prices started the New
Year with slight drops in retail
meat costs and higher listings for
grapefruit and lemons, Washing
ton dealers reported today.
Sirloin and round steak. beef
rib roast, chuck roast, lamb leg
and pork cuts showed markdowns
ranging from 2 to cents a pound
in several stores. PORK prices
tended to level off after a steady
decline during the past month.
Increasing supple, of pork may
bring further reductions next
week, marketmen said.
Weather Reduces Supply.
A short supply of grapefruit
and lemons. largely as a result
of unfavorable weather conditions
in Florida and California during
the early growing season, has
borught boost in prices, dealers
declared. Spokesman for larger
stores said this has not yet caused
appreciable increases in orange
prices here.
Grapefruit cost from 2 to 5
cents pound more than at this
time last year. Lemons were
quoted in a few instances be-
tween 30 and IS cents a pound,
almost twice as much as last year.
A fruit association representa-
tive said wholesale prices are
only few cents higher for grape
fruit and lemons and practically
unchanged for oranges.
Florida oranges sold for be-
tween 20 and IS cents a dozen
in many stores here today. Grape
fruit was listed generally at about
z or 8 cents pound.
Coffee Prices Decline.
After weeks of soaring prices
most standard brands of coffee
dropped further this week. The
top price seldom exceeded SO
cents.
Cabbage, carrots, celery. cucum-
bers and tomatoes showed minor
price reductions, but lettuce went
up slightly because of weather
damage, dealers said.
The Dun & Bradstreet whole
sale food price index this week
advanced / cent to $5.73 as COM
pared with $6.12 a year ago. The
figure represents the total whole
sale cost of a pound each of 81
foods in general use.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Committee Maps Study
Of Chronic Illness Here

A special committee of Wash
ington health, welfare and civic
leaders today outlined plans for q
broad study of chronic illness
problems here.
The committee. part of the
health section of United Commu-
nifty Services, decided at it's first
meeting last night to set three
goals. for study-the amount of
chronic illness here, facilities and
needs for treating them, and eco
nomic problems arising from the
diseases.
The first step, an official said,
probably will be a study Of exist
ing facilities, to compile a direc-
tory which can be used in answer
ing queries.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Pe||ey Loses New Move
For Release From Prison

William Dudley Pelley, former
leader Of the Silver Shirts who
was convicted of sedition in Dis
trict Court five years ago, lost in
a new effort to gain his release
from prison yesterday.
District Court Judge Matthew
F. MCGUIRE rejected Pelley's re-
quest for review of Parole Board
action refusing his release.
Pelley applied to the board for
parole after serving one-third Of
his 15-year sentence in the Fed
eral prison at Terre Haute, Ind.
The board gave no reason for
rejecting his application.
Pelley's attorney argued that the
board should be required to dis
close its reasons for refusing parole
to a prisoner whose record, on its
face, made him eligible for re-
lease.
Judge Mcclure, upholding
Government argument ruled the
Parole Board has discretion in such
cases and that there was no appar-
ent basis for review. The board is
not compelled to disclose its rea-
sons for refusing parole, he said.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
District Crime Probers
Law Plans Wednesday

Chairman Davis of the House
District Subcommittee investigat-
ing crime and its punishment here,
today tentatively scheduled a
closed session of his unit for 10
am. Wednesday to chart the
future program.
The Georgia Democrat said that
this meeting will be to familiarize
subcommittee members with the
work already done by the suboom-
mittee staff which was active dur
ing the congressional recess.
Before the meeting, however,
Mr.. Davis said he hopes to fill the
vacancy on the subcommittee
caused by the tragic death of
Representative Bates, Republican,
of Massachusetts,, in an airplane
crash here.
At it's first session, the subcom-
mittee probably will be able to lay
down a plan of action and may
decide on date for opening public
hearings.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
City Heads Urged 10 Act
In Gravel Firm DISPUTE

The Commissioners were asked
today to take a hand in the long
standing labor dispute between
the engineers and teamsters'
unions and the Smoot Sand &
Gravel Co.
c. F. Preller, president of the
Washington Central Labor Union,
said in a telegram to the city
heads that construction work in
the District has been dangerously
hampered" by the 129-day strike,
Mr.. Preller asked the Commits
sioners to bring about a meeting
OF the parties and attempt to ef-
feet a settlement.
"Such settlement will benefit
all residents Of our CITY," he wrote.
The striking AFL unions are
Local II of the International
Union of Operating Engineers and
Local 639 of the Teamsters' Union.
The city heads took the request
under advisement:
Evening star., 1950-01-05
House Receives Proposal
For D. {. Representation

A resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment which
would permit Congress to grant
national representation to the
District was introduced in the
House yesterday by Representa-
tive league, Democrat, of Texas.
The measure was referred to
the House Judiciary Committee.
A similar resolution. introduced in
the last session of Congress by
Representative Powell, Democrat.
of New York, also is pending be-
fore that committee.
The constitutional amendment
also was proposed in resolution
introduced in the Senate during
the last session by Chairman Neely
Of the Senate District Committee.
Mr.. league is a member of the
House District Committee.
His resolution suggests an
amendment which would empower
Congress to grant representation
to the District in Congress and
among the electors of President
and Vice President. The form Of
representation in Congress would
be decided by later legislation, in
the event the amendment were
ratified by three-fourths of the
States.
Evening star., 1950-01-05

81 900 bond in Fairfax trial await
ing hearing on Monday.
1t. Simpson said Sergt. Charles
Dixon and Pvt. Marvin Thurston,
on a routine patrol. saw a black
sedan parked at the garage they
had lot noticed on an earlier
check. Sergt. Dixon thought he
saw some one inside and knocked
on the door. Nicholson responded.
The sedan had been stolen De-
cember 20 from the State Thea
ter parking lot, police said.
The garage was entered by
breaking glass in a rear door, but
nothing was reported missing.
After his arrest. Nicholson told
police he had been drinking
earlier in the evening with a man
who wanted him to come out
and see his garage in Falls
Church. Police said the name
given was fictitious.
Evening star., 1950-01-05

place to be appointed by the Of
flcer of the day." a newspaper ac-
count Of the day said. accord
ingly, thereto. Col. Platter Is ap-
pointed, with whom the necessary
arrangements Of the procession
are left" .s
It was decided all business would
be suspended, and notices pro-
claimed that banks would close
their doors for the memorable
day. (..4.-r-~
Gov. Benjamin Ogle of Mary
land, who had proclaimed Febru-
ary II as a day of mourning,
humiliation and prayer" changed
the observance time to the dead
leaders birthdate.
Across the river in Alexandria,
as planning meetings were sched-
uled almost daily. George Deneale
was appointed officer of the day
for King street procession and
observance Calculated to unite
all classes Of citizens"
In special order. the city
council formed a committee to
provide a suit of clothes ito each
of the poor scholars educated at
the expense of this corporation in
order that they may join in the
procession.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Hif-and-Run Pedestrian
Is New Traffic Twist

A pedestrian who was knocked
down as she ran into a moving
taxi-then got up and kept run
ning-provided police with a new
twist to the old "hit-and-run"
angle.
The victim, a Z or 8-year-old
child, who identified herself only
as Elsie" ran into the left front
Of a cab driven by Leonard B.
Lambert, 81, of 6645 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. at East Capitol and
Sixth streets late yesterday, police
reported.
--- Mr.. Lambert told police the
child refused to identify herself
further. He said she ran into
his cab from in front of load
ing streetcar. She refused any
treatment, police were told.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
1S Planning 10 Appear
Tomorrow al Hearinq
On Snow Parking Ban

Eighteen spokesmen have noti-
fed the Commissioners of their
intention to appear at a public
hearing on the annual snow park
ing ban at 10 am. tomorrow In
the District Building.
The Commissioners decided last
month to reconsider the 15-year-
old policy Of forbidding overnight
parking on certain principal
streets during the snow season tc
facilitate snow removal In case
Of storm.
Decision to review the policy
was caused by increasing protests
against the added scarcity of
overnight street parking spaces
caused by the ban.
This year, the prohibition went
in effect December Is on 81 street
sections. 1t is scheduled to stay
in effect until March Is.
Those listed for appearance in
clude:
A representative of the Wash
ington Board of Trade; Washing
ton !. Cleveland of the American
Automobile Association: repre-
sentatives of the Commissioners
Traffic Advisory Board; Herbert
P. Leeman Of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, representa-
tives of the Keystone Automobile
Association, Elbert D. Koelman
of the United States Automobile
Association, c. Herbert Marshall
of the Rock Creek Citizens Asso-
citation. Edgar A. Appel of the
Central Labor Union, w. C. Thigh
man of the Anacostia Citizens
Association.
Also. Joseph w. Leverton, Eu-
gene E. Ditto of the Georgetown
Citizens Association, Andrew j.
Temple of the Bradbury Heights
Citizens Association: a repre-
sentative Of the Progressive Citi-
zens' Association; Percival Bryan
of the Erie Heights Civic Associa-
ton, w. A. Haynes of the Bloom
ingdale Civic Association, Carl
Cover or Walter Bird of the
North Washington Council of Cit
izens' Associations, Leon A.
Thompson Of the Federation of
Civic Associations and DR.. T. Ed
ward Jones.
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Horse Slain
After Throwing Rider,
Into Auto

Peanuts, the gentle little mare
which had carried hundreds of
novice riders safely over the Rock
Greek Park bridal paths during
the last five years, died last night
with seven police bullets in her
brain after she had thrown and
injured an expert horsewoman
who loved her.
Mrs. Vivian McClain, 81, of 1926
Walbridge place NV, was in the
saddle when the mare became
frightened and reared at the P
street intersection of the Rock
Creek Parkway bride path at $40
pm. yesterday. She suffered head
injuries and a possible fracture
of the elbow when she was thrown.
The mare plunged into the
stream of traffic and one of her
forelegs became entangled in the
rear bumper of an automobile
driven by Talcott w. Seelve. 81.
of 17o3 Twenty first street NV.
The limb was almost severed as
the fright-crazed animal fought
to break loose from the car.
Limping on three legs, Peanuts
headed for the Massachusetts,
avenue entrance to the parkway
before she was cornered by Park
Police Sergt. William Lasham.
Standing directly in front of the
animal, Sergt. Lasham, a crack
shot. fired deliberately six times
until his 38 caliber service revol-
yer was empty. Peanuts stood
looking sorrowfully at him.
Sergt. Lasham borrowed a revolver
from a fellow officer and fired
once more. The little mare
toppled over dead.
Mrs. McClain asked for Peanuts
when she went to the Edgewater
Riding Academy. 2514 G street
NV, yesterday. with Miss Ana
Ireland Of 2123 I street NV, also
"a Navy Department employe. for
an after-work canter through the
park. The 12-year-old mare had
been purchased by the academy
five years ago. Her gentle manners
and easy gait made her a favorite
with Doth new and veteran riders,
attendants said,
Evening star., 1950-01-05
Adams Named to Head
Annapolis Laboratory
By the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. S.
Robert c. Adams of Brownsville
is the new superintendent of the
chemical engineering laboratory
at the Naval Engineering Expert
ment Station, the Navy an
nounced yesterday.
He replaces James G. O'Neill of
Annapolis, who retired last .Octo-
ber following IS years Of Govern
ment service. Mr.. Adams had been
assistant superintendent of the
laboratory the last 10 years,