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, 1950-11-22
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Evening star., 1950-03-06
BY tbs Asseeiotsd Press

These are the terms of the new
soft coal contract signed by John
L. Lewis and the operators late
yesterday, compared with Mr..
Lewis original demands:
Wages-Raised 10 cents a day
to total of STATS per miner;
Mr.. Lewis asked a 95-cent raise to
a total of SIS.
Hours-Eight hours a day, as
before; Mr.. Lewis had proposed
seven and a half.
Welfare fund-A 10-cent in
crease in the old 20-cent-a- ton
royalty paid by the, operators to
finance miners health and pension
benefits; Mr.. Lewis had asked a
15-cent raise.
Union shop-Like the old con-
tract. the new one contains a pro-
vision compelling miners to join
the United Mine Workers Union:
Mr.. Lewis had asked this. How
ever, the new contract makes the
provision subject to a Supreme
Court ruling on it's legality.
Willing and able"-ThiS clause,
providing that miners work only
when willing and able, was dropped
from the new agreement after a
Federal court held it probably
illegal. In its place, the union is
protected against suits for wildcat
strikes by a more generally worded
clause.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Confusion, 400 New Students
Mark Sousu School OPENING

Confusion and 400 transplanted
students marked today's opening
of Sousa Junior High School.
Principal Eleanor P. McAuliffe
rounding up teachers supplies at
8 am. said:
1T will have to be make-shift
-(getting the former Eliot and
Kramer seventh, eighth and some
ninth graders to their sections
but it will be fun, we think"
An hour later, it was-fun and
noisy. There were arms and backs
on the seats, but no bottoms.
Ushers ninth graders armed
with floor plans " were given
badges in the auditorium lobby OF
the building, Thirty-seventh street
and Ely place Sc. They led ex-
cited colleagues to various gather
ing centerS.
Miss McAuliffe, % teachers and
scores of instruction filled black
boards coached from the side lines
One 7-B-er howled: Jaw, there
are no seats in the Seats" in the
school auditorium.
Most students were seeing the
building for the first time. At II
m they were taken on a top-to-
bottom tour. A sample of be-
tween-foor comments showed:
Glad to leave Eliot" Bonnie
Maude, Is. of lib Thirty fifth
street NE. and Judy Snead, IA,
of 318 Thirty-fourth street NE,
both ga students.
Neutral, because same distance
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Virginia Miners Begin
FuII-Sca|e Production
BY the Associated Press

Coal production was getting un-
der way at most Southwest Vir-
ginia mines today as official word
of the month-long strikes end
spread among the areas $4,000
union miners.
Reports from coal-hauling rail-
roads indicated work was resum-
ing. The size of mine crews show
ing up generally was below nor
NAL. although good turnouts were
reported at some mines.
Railroads expected carloading
to be light today.
In Maryland the Western Mary
land Railroad called back 400 Of
its furloughed employees as coal
mines along its lines in Maryland,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania
went into operation.
The coal hauling road had laid
off about 1,750 of its $500 en-
ployes. The others will be called
back as fast as coal starts to flow
from the mines.
The Baltimore and Ohio, which
had laid off about 7,7O0 employees.
indicated the return to work
would start in a day or two.
There was happiness on all sides
in the Virginia coal fields.
I'VE weren't going back without
contract, but I'm sure glad we
got one finally" said a miner at
Pocahontas in TazeWell County.
Its the best news I've heard in
months" said the wife of another
miner.
Many miners had built up SUBJ
stantial debts during the strike.
Sweden abolished "gas" ration
ing but kept taxes high to hold
down consumption.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
7 ern1s of NewCooI Pact

Memorial Periods-These peri
DDS of idleness to commemorate
the death of mine victims are
limited to five days year under
the new contract; the previous
clause, which Mr.. Lewis wanted
renewed, imposed no limit.
The new agreement also con-
tains these provisions not in the
old one and not previously dis
closed as demands by either
miners or operators:
The operators shall be held in
violation of the contract if they
fail to make full and prompt
payments" to the welfare fund.
The funds board of trustees
now includes Mr.. Lewis as chair
man; Miss Josephine Roche, for
merly Mr.. Lewis fund director, as
neutral trustee; and Charles A
Owen, New York coal Industrial
ist, for the operators. The old
board included Senator Bridges
Republican, of New Hampsh1re)
as the neutral and Judge Charles
I. Dawson of Louisville, named
oper tors trustee, but never
seated.
All welfare fund payments now
in arrears must be paid up by
March is.
The contract runs until June
80, 1852. but either party may ter
inmate it on 80 days notice on or
after April /, 1851.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Cracksmen Obtain $1,000
From Phone Company Safe

Police today sought thieves who
obtained $1,000 from a 500-pound
safe they took down an elevator
from a f1fth-foor Office to the
basement of the McGill Building,
908 G street NV.
The safe, empty except for a
streetcar token, was found at II
pm. yesterday by Edward Mitch
ell, building superintendent. CHS
els and hammer from his tool
chest had been used to open it.
police said.
The safe belonged to the Ches-
apeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
1t was from the office of the COM
pany's disbursement auditor, Will
bur B. Tubbs. The thieves appar-
emily got into the building by
breaking lock on the basement
door, police said.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Study Of Coal Industry
Urged in Congress TO
Avert Future Strikes

Congress may set up a COM
mission to study the coal indus
try. with a view to preventing fur
ther tieups, now that the mine
settlement has ended the need
for emergency legislation.
The Senate Labor Committee
put mine-seizure legislation on the
shelf at a rather informal meeting
today.
Chairman Thomas told report
ers that committee members
agreed it is unnecessary to con-
slider the emergency legislation
now.
Meeting Attendance Light.
In contrast to the crisis at
mosphere that prevailed before
the coal agreement, the closed
meeting did not attract enough
members at any one time for a
quorum and official action.
Senator Thomas said he thinks
permanent legislation to give the
Government standby seizure au-
thority can wait on the proposed
commission study.
The House Labor Committee
sidetracked the seizure bill Satur-
day, when an agreement between
John L. Lewis United Mine Work
ers and the operators became
apparent.
Some members of Congress
want to continue the search for
some way of averting Nation wide
strikes hereafter.
Capehart Urges Action.
Senator Capehart, Republican
Of Indiana, for example, said:
II am for passing a seizure bill
or any other kind of legislation
that will keep one man, Lewis by
name, from paralyzing the Nation.
Settlement or not. I am still for
that"
President Truman had let it be
known even before the contract
was signed that he would not
press for action on the seizure
bill because of the prospect of a
settlement.
The President has sent out word
that he does want Congress to
act on his proposal to create
an inquiry commission to diagnose
and prescribe for what he called
the illness of the coal industry.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Rution Stores Ask India
To Miss Meal Weekly

Forms containing a pledge to
miss a meal a week" now are
kept at ration stores throughout
India, Lucknow reports. To in
sure that an actual saving is
made in the rationed foodgrains,
government godowns (warehouses)
have been instructed to cut down
the issue of grains to stores, and
consumers stores, to the same ex-
tent.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
KIee Paintings Shown
At Phillips Gallery

An exhibition of paintings and
drawings by the late Paul Klee,
Swiss artist, opened at the Phil
lips Gallery yesterday to remain
through April 10.
At S pm. next Sunday, Richard
Bales, director of the National
Gallery Orchestra, will lecture on
"Clues to the Enjoyment of Mu-
sic" at the Phillips Gallery.
An exhibition featuring a num-
ber of Georgetown scenes opened
today at the Georgetown Public
Library. The works are by Miss
Caroline Van H. Bean, George
town artist. The show will re-
main through March 26.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Medical Society Section
To Hear Two TuIks

DR.. John E. Smith and DR.. r.
Lee Spire will speak at meeting
of the District Medical Society's
section on general practice at 8:l5
pm. Wednesday at the society
auditorium, 1718 M street NV.
DR.. Smith, aviation safety Of
ficer OF. the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration, will speak on Aids
to Diagnosis in Coronary Disease"
and DR.. Spire, chairman Of the
section, will speak on THE Re-
sponsibility of the General Prac-
titioner in Cancer"
Evening star., 1950-03-06
British
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Continued From First Page)
emphasized that the government
will continue to give full support
to the United Nations, "for it is
only through an effective system
of security that world peace can
be assured"
Control of the production of
atomic energy, the King said, will
be attempted through machinery
of the United Nations.
A limited legislative program
appeared in prospect. Neverthe-
less" the King said, should other
measures prove in their (the gov
ernment's) view to be Immediately
necessary for the maintenance of
full employment and the national
Well-being, my ministers will not
hesitate to submit them to parlia-
ment. even though they might
seem likely to be contentious.
This was warning to Mr..
Churchill's Tory opposition in
Commons that the government is
setting a definite limit on the
lengths to which it will go to
avoid controversy.
Pays Tribute to U. S.
The King paid tribute to the
generous help" given Britain by
the United States and by Canada
and other British commonwealth
nations. He also praised the
sustained endeavor' of the Brit
ish people in increasing indus
trial and agricultural production.
The speech also contained q
pledge that the government will
maintain their whole hearted sup
port of the Organization for
European Economic Cooperation
tOEEC) through which it is
hoped to work out a new Euro
pean payments scheme"
This passage might be especially
significant, since British opposi-
ton to proposed schemes for COM
plete convertibility of European
currencies has been strongly as
sailed by some observers.
The Kings statement of gov
ernment policy also promised
closest relations" with Britain's
allies in the North Atlantic and
Brussels pact. The government,
the King added, will make every
endeavor to insure the success OF
the Council of Europe.
Will Aid Common Defense,
The British, the King said, will
play their due part in collabora-
ton with other powers in
strengthening the common means
of defense"
Summing up events in the in
ternational field, the speech noted
British recognition of Communist
China, the republic of Indonesia
and Wet Nam.
1t said formation Of a federal
German government has made
possible the progressive transfer
of responsibilities from the West
ern Allies to the Germans" and
allowed substantial reductions
in occupation costs.
Turning to internal policies, the
Kings speech emphasized need
to expand British food production
and said the government would
pay particular attention to MAX
ing better use of marginal land
and improvement of water sup
plies.
The government promised to ex-
anime legislation to amend the
| leasehold law under which Brit
aims great land-holding families
have maintained ownership OF
large sections of the country
while giving 99-year leaseholds.
Evening star., 1950-03-06

from home" Rodney Warlick, IA.
OF 2037 Thirty eighth street Sc,
former Kramer 8-B, student.
Half sorry, half glad" June
Dovell, IA, of 841 Fifty-frs street
Sc. She was in GA at Kramer.
And adding to the general fes-
tive air-there had been no home
work over the week end.
Evening star., 1950-03-06

dustry.
If the plans
material iZe -
and t h e y are
well under way
the big job
will go to Harry
M. Moses, now
the president of
the coal pro-
d u c in 6 S u b.
SidiarieS of the
United States
Steel Corp.
T h e signing
last n G h t of
the soft coal
Evening star., 1950-03-06
Detroit Bar Dynumited

DETROIT, Mar. 6 (P).-A dyna-
mite bomb ripped open a Dear
born bar last night and caused
a near-panic among 1000 patrons
OF an adjoining theater. The only
person injured was Stephen Mi
koley, 46, the bars co-owner. He
was struck in the shoulder by a
splinter.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
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Evening star., 1950-03-06
Moses Again Urged
AS Co-ordindtor for
Soft Coal Industry

Soft coal operators plan to an
nounce soon appointment of
co-ordinator and director of labor
relations for their strife-torn in
Evening star., 1950-03-06

France now is regularly flying
eels to London, where they are on
sale within IL hours after leaving
Paris.
Evening star., 1950-03-06
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Evening star., 1950-01-12

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from University with law Friedman
entered the oil business where he completed successful
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Evening star., 1950-04-29
Farm Products Prices
Rise 10 in April
BY the Assoeioted Press

Prices of farm products rose
nearly 2 per cent in April, chiefly
as the result of gains by soybeans.
feed grains and livestock.
The Agriculture Department.. re-
porting this yesterday, said it's
index Of prices for the month was
241 per cent of the 1910-1914 aver
age. compared with 237 per cent
in mid-March and 256 per cent
year ago. The record is 306 per
cent in January, 1948.
Prices paid by farmers for items
used in family living and farm
production also increased, but
slightly less than a half of / per
cent.
The index of prices paid by
farmers in mid-April was 251 per
cent of the 1910-19l4 average,
compared with $50 per cent in
mid-March. 254 per cent a year
ago and record of 262 per cent
set in July, 1948.
Farm prices in mid-April aver
aged So per cent of parity. This
compared with 95 per cent in mid
March. 101 per cent a year ago
and with a record of 1872 per cent
in October, 1916. Parity is a
legal standard for measuring
farm prices intended to be fair
to both farmers and those who
buy their products.
The department said higher
average prices were the rule for
most of commodities sold by farm
ers this month. Important excep-
tions were dairy products, poultry
and eggs.
Evening star., 1950-04-29

Fifteen Eastern High School
athletes started Operations Paint
brush on six row houses in South
east Washington today.
With more enthusiasm than ex-
perience, the amateur painters in
one hour transformed the fronts
of two houses from dull cream to
a glistening white The six houses
are at 1904 through 1914 G
street Sc.
1t wasn't too easy for youths
who are more used to swinging
baseball bats and catching for
ward passes. They climbed the
scaffolding without remembering
to take paint brushes and paint
with them.
When Rita Witkin, an Eastern
art student, tried to help out by
tossing a'brush to Jimmy Rhine
hart of the football team. she
missed her mark. The brush
crashed through window.
Some of the less fortunate dec
orators on lower levels of the scaf-
folds got their hair sprinkled with
paint.
But when they got down to seri-
Evening star., 1950-04-29
By George Kennedy

Here's the best news since the
surrender of Japan: Something
is being done about the beep of
the Diesel locomotive.
The Southern Railroad is one
OF the lines pioneering in making
the decibels sweet at crossings, in
stead of letting them explode with
a blast.
Charles M. Kimball, it's director
of safety, recently recorded TOO
tests in the Alexandria yards of
sound combinations for the lines
Diesel horns.
The combinations are made pos
sible by a new horn with five
trumpets like the old Gabriel horn
on the Stutz Bearcat. But they
don't make pretty sounds separ-
ately. They all blow at once,
blending together in the sound of
the old steam locomotive whistle.
The whole movement comes
about through a. belated recogni-
tion that the whistle of the steam
locomotive was a beautiful sound.
The Diesel horn was one of the
most unfortunate of modern
breaks with a cultural tradition.
For a century, generations of
technicians improved the steam
whistle. The last one turned out
for the C. & o. was so sweet it
was called Cathedral Chimes. -
It is said that its vesper quality
increased attendance at evening
prayer meetings in the West Vir-
ginia hills.
Had Own Whistles.
Mr.. Kirnball, a Georgian, re-
members the day when each loco
motive engineer had a distinctive
whistle. Some bought their own
whistles. They were known by
their whistle along the right of
way C'The switchman knew by
the engines means, that the man
at the throttle was Casey Jones')
Despite the wealth of that ira
dition, the designers of the Diesel
horn broke with it. The Diesel
has no steam, so they designed q
compressed-air horn with the
sound of the foghorn.
i For a century the public hac
been conditioned to pull or
the reins or push on the brakes al
a certain sound. Then the de.
signers changed the sound.
The results were not satiSfac.
tory. It is known that the sounC
of the Diesel horn has been con.
Evening star., 1950-04-29

fused with the horns of trucks and
buses.
And the public resented the
noise. Municipalities passed ordi-
nances against the sounding
of the diesel horns within
city limits. Injunctions suits
were brought against railroads,
and Diesel engineers we're arrested
in anti-noise campaigns and cart
ed off in the paddy wagons.
Finally Gets Attention.
But nobody was doing anything
constructive about the matter
until R. E. Swanson, British
Columbia inspector of railways,
turned his attention to it. He
analyzed the sound of the old
steam whistle.
He identified the nearest note
on the piano, as he sounded the
chimes individually, and tried to
recreate the resulting chord when
all sounded together.
He brought his findings to the
Nathan Co. in New York, which
has made steam whistles for more
than SO years. They built a COM
pressed air noise-maker with five
horns. The horns were designed
to vibrate the air at the frequen-
cies Mr.. Swanson had given them.
When they were all turned on to-
gether, sure enough, there was
the familiar sound of the old Loco
motive whistle.
Others Join Movement.
Other railroads are taking it up.
An official of the Atlantic Coast
Line, distressed by an editorial
published in a city served by mis-
railroad. recently inquired of Mr..
Kimball about the new horns. The
editorial was entitled. "a Railroad
Whistle Ought to Sound Like a
Railroad Whistle and Not Like a
Sick RhinoceroS."
The new Diesels of the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad have the new Nathan
horns. The B. & o. and the c. &
o. are getting the new horns on
it's new DieSels.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is
using the new horns on its Diesels
that operate west of Harrisburg
But so far the Pennsylvania Rail-
road people have not been ready
to concede that something should
be done about the horns on their
electric locomotives on the Wash
ington run, which are among the
worst noise-makers on American
railroads.
Evening star., 1950-04-29
e. B. ling|e Death Held
Due 10 Natural Causes

A certificate of natural death
was issued last night in the case
of Charles B. Lingle, 66. retired
Naval Gun Factory employe, who
died late yesterday, shortly after
being found in his parked car. He
lived at 1925 Seventeenth street
NE.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald,
District Coroner, said death ap-
parently resulted from a heart
attack. Mr.. Lingle was found un-
conscious in his car at Seven
teenth and M streets NE, by
Camille Bonaso, of 1927 Seven
teenth street NE. and was pro-
nounced dead by a Casualty Hos
pital physician.
The body is at Hysong's funeral
home. 1900 N street NV. Funeral
arrangements still were incom-
plete last night.
Evening star., 1950-04-29
Star Staff Photo.

Gus business, it didn't take long to
spread the paint around. Several
girls who came to cheer joined in
the painting.
The other houses are going to
be blue, green, yellow and gray by
the time the project is finished this
afternoon. The colorS were plan
ned by Allan Marsh, 17-year- old
Eastern art student. He won a
wrist watch for the best "restora-
tion design" of the six houses in a
contest among Eastern art stu
dents.
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
of Michigan sounded the starting
signal. He praised the project,
commenting that it was a major
problem to keep big cities beau
tiful.'
Today's paint project is spon-
sored by the Southeast Business
mems Association with the help
of Eastern students. 1t officially
opens a four month program in
Southeast Washington for redeco-
rating homes. The businessmen
plan to award prizes for the best
decorated homes at the end Of
the contest.