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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Big Inquiry Into
Oil Monopoly
Asked In Congress

Washington (LPA)-A broad in
vestigation by the Federal Trade
Commission of monopolistic prac-
tices in the oil industry has been
proposed by Chairman Cannon Cd,
Mo- of the House Appropriations
Committee. He has introduced a
resolution authorizing $250,OOO for
the inquiry.
The Trade Commission would be
directed to inquire into all phases
of oil ownership and control and
specifically into monopolistic prac-
tees which affect the public well
fare and competition, and possible
international agreements or cartel
operations by the big oil compan-
les.
The ETC on its own initiative is
now investigating the international
operations of Standard of n. j.,
Gulf, and Socony-Vacuum. Records
of the companies relating to their
international oil agreements have
been subpoenaed by the Commits
sion.
The Cannon proposal is designed
to bring about an investigation
similar to the one ETC made years
ago of the power trust. That re-
suited in a series of corrective acts
by Congress including the creation
of the IVA and rural electrifica-
tion. The power trust has never
been quite so powerful since.
Now the big oil companies are
Squeezing Independent oil compan-
les out of business, it is charged,
by maintaining high crude prices
which make it impossible for small
er companies to operate at pro-
fit. The big companies handle oil
all the way from the oil fields to
the consumer and can make their
profits in crude oil, while the in
dependent refineries have to buy
oil at high crude prices, which
make profits in refining impossible.
One Of the vehicles for this con-
troll of crude prices is the control
of oil production by State author
tiles, usually controlled by the big
companies. Operating in the name
of conservation, these State prora-
ton boards hold down production
and force up the price of oil, it is
charged.
The Trade Commission, under
Cannon's resolution, would be dir
ected to inquire into the operation
of these state controls.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Unions A Dynamic
Force, European
Tradesmen Told

New York City (LPA)-Officials
of the United Paperworkers-CIO
and the Brotherhood of Paper
Makers-AFL met here with repre-
sentatives of the European paper
industry as part of program spon-
sored by the Economic Cooperation
Administration. They told the visit
ors that American trade unions act
as a dynamic factor in the econ
omy, exerting constant pressure
on management through demands
for improvements in wages and
working conditions.
"Organized labor has helped
stabilize the American paper in
dustry and has assisted manage
ment in increasing the efficiency
of the mills" said John R. Jones,
vice-president of the AFL union.
Harry D. Sayre, president Of the
CIO paperworkers, said increased
efficiency helps reduce costs and
boost sales, important in a mass
consumption economy. "There is a
vast store of technical knowledge
among the workers in the plants, /"
he stated, "and proper union-man-
agement cooperation can tap this
source"
The visiting officials, represent
ing both union and management,
have been brought to this country
to study American production
methods. They are now touring
US paper mills and machinery
plants.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Rail Clerks Back
Arms For Europe

Cincinnati, Ohio (LPA)-Ameri-
can transport workers are rallying
to the support of the North Allan
tic Pact and the Military Defense
Assistance Program designed to
implement it. Latest union leader
to announce his organizations APP
proval of aid to western Europe
is George Harrison, president of
the Railway Clerks-AFL.
Harrison, in a message to Eu-
ropean labor from his unions
headquarters here, said: Railway
workers of America, like lockers,
seamen and all other trade union
lists in the United States, know the
scheme of the Communists to sabo-
tage shipments of American arms
and munitions to the countries of
western Europe, menaced by Soviet
Russia, will not succeed"
The AFL leader declared the
Russians wanted the products of
western European agriculture and
industry, and would enslave the
western European people to obtain
them. He said that only if they are
strong will western Europeans be
able to enjoy the products of their :
farms and factories.
Similar statements have been
issued by Harry Lundeberg, pres
ident of the Seafarers Information !.
al Union-AFL; Joseph Curran,
president of the National Maritime
Union-CIO; A. E. Lyon, secretary
of the Railway Labor Executives
Association; and Joseph P. Ryan,
president of the International
Longshoremen's Association-AFL.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that
the first big shipment of arms
under the billion dollar assistance
program will leave Norfolk, Va,
for France March Is. The cargo
of rehabilitated Navy planes will
be loaded aboard the French air.
craft carrier Dixmude.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
KHAN REVIVAL REPORTED IN
IOWA AND NEBR ASKA

Omaha (LPA)-Arthur Ricard,
Nebraska Iowa "kleagle", has an
nounced the Ku Klux Klan is being
reorganized in his area and that
"klaverns" have been set up in var
ous cities. Ricard, who says he
has been a Klansman since 1920,
once was charged with using the
mails to defraud. The case was
later dismissed for lack of evid-
ence. In Ashville, Ala, two klans-
men were charged with murder
after a third klansman confessed
his share in the killing and then
took his own life.)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

rotics, all seeking to collect dis
ability insurance, if the bill is ap-
proved.
The AFL also took a stand for
reinserting in the bill a provision
for temporary disability insurance.
Cruikshank pointed out that more
than 80 per cent of the workers
who lose time because of disability
do so because of illnesses or acci-
dents not connected with their jobs.
They therefore can't collect work
mems compensation.
improvements in the benefit
provisions in the House bill, to pro-
vide somewhat less heavy weighing
i'm favor of low-income workers,
an improved benefit formula, and
eligibility requirements that would
give older workers who will be COW
cred by the insurance for the first
time fairer break, all were pro-
posed by the Federation spokes-
men.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
AFL TO LAUNCH NEW
RADIO PROGRAM SERIES

Washington (LPA) - Labor's
side of the story will be given an
eight-week airing beginning March
z with an AFL-sponsored program
called "As We See IT., originating
here. The series featuring inter
views with national labor repre-
sentatives and news commentaries
by AFL publicity director Phil
Pearl, will be carried over 1870
ABC stations every Tuesday night
at l0:l5. Local papers should be
consulted for the exact time of
broadcast.
"As We See It. will he given
public service time by the ABC net
work, an equal amount of time go
ing to business organizations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Hearings Begin
(C0RtiRued From Page One)

states, have not chosen to lift con-
trolls even though the law made it
readily possible for them to do so.
| am satisfied that this failure to
exercise the local-option provision
is a convincing demonstration that
the housing shortage is still acute
in entirely too many places.
"We have seen too, regret to
say, what has happened in the
communities that have lifted their
rent controls prematurely. Rents
in those communities have risen.
Not all of the rents have gone up,
it is true. But there are still land
lords-not many landlords, but a
few, who spoil things for everyone
who will sky-rocket their rents
and indulge in rent gouging when
they know their tenants can find
no other place to live"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
Antitrust Forces
lin House Show
Strength In Test

Washington (LPA) = The anti
monopolists in the House showed
enough strength in a test Feb. 2s
to prevent perhaps serious damage
to the antitrust laws. The battle
was over the basing point price
fixing bill--an attempt to Big Bust
ness to get from Congress what il
lost in the Supreme Court. The
Court two years ago outlawec
basing point pricing, long con
demned by the Federal Trade Com
mission and the Justice Depart
ment as price-fixing devices.
As a result of the three hours OF
rough and tumble maneuvering
the battle is still on in Congress
after a coalition of conservative
Republicans and Democrats beat
down an effort by a liberal coali-
tion to kill the price-fixing legis-
lation in the House.
The anti-monopolists, led by
Reps. Wright Patman Cd, Tex.
and John Carroll Cd, Colo.) al
most scored big victory. Theii
show of strength came on motion
to instruct the House conferees to
insist on the Carroll amendment to
the bill to protect the antitrust
laws. The motion lost, 210-l62,
with conservative Democrats from
the big eastern industrial states
lining up with the Republicans.
Patman and Carroll first tried to
kill the bill by sending it back to
conference. They lost, 240-l44,
when many middle-of- -the-roaders
needed pleas for normal proce-
dure". Then came the Carroll
amendment. Rep. Francis +. Wal
ter Cd; Pa.) moved to table, was
drowned by roar of noes. Car
roll lost on the standing vote, Ia
100, and on the record vote. Chair
man Celler Cd, n. Y) Of the Judi
ciary Committee voted with the
Republicans, but served notice he
would not sign any conference re-
port which harmed the antitrust
laws He interpreted his vote as
merely for orderly procedure"
These Republicans voted with
the Patman-C Carroll forces: Bur
dick (MdD, Garfield IN. j., Engel
(Mich.), Gross Qowa), Hagen
(Minn.), +. A. Hall IN. ", Hand
IN. j., Heselton (Mass.), Hull
(Wis.), Javits IN. ", Heating
IN. ", Lemke Is. d., Lodge
(Conn.), Mack (WashD, O'Konski
(Wis.), Phillips (Tenn.), Paulson
(CalifD, Tollefson (Wash) and
Withrow (Wis.).
The bill now goes back to CON
ference, to try TO work out a mea-
sure satisfactory to the Adminis-
tration. President Truman, it is re-
ported, will veto any bill that em-
asculates the antitrust laws.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

Tailored and smart with flair
for figure-flattery, the classic
shirtwaister is a welcome addition
to your wardrobe every season.
This one comes in a wide range of
sizes and takes nicely to a variety
of fabrics.
Barbara Bell Sew-rite perforated
pattern No. 1895 is designed for
sizes ID, Is, Is, 20; 40, AZ, Al and
as. Size 16, requires Az yards of
39-inch fabric.
For this pattern, send 25 cents,
in coins, your name, address, pat
tern number and size wanted to
Barbara Bell. Labor Press Associa
tion, Box 99, Station G, New York
10, N. Y.
The Spring and Summer STY-
LIST is filled with smart new ideas
for wearable spring-into-summer
wardrobe. Particular emphasis on
fabrics-free gift pattern printed
inside the book, 25 cents.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09
BYRDS OF A FEATHER

Richmond, Va. LPA)-Virginia
State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr.
followed in his papa's footsteps
when he succeeded in pushing
through the state senate's finance
committee a bill to cut income
taxes automatically if revenues ex-
coed the estimated income for Vir-
ginia in 1850. Byrd senior is head
of an Economy Committee" in the
US Senate which spends its time
thinking of ways to chisel down
Government welfare expenditures.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

Buy Union-Made goods from
'thers as you would have them
pay Union wages unto you'll
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

ment of the 3 branches of the U. S.
armed services.
"The show will be the biggest
and best ever and exhibitors desir
ing reservations should make ar
rangements at once to participate
in our outstanding event." he add
ed.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-03-09

Ask for Union Labeled merchan.
,isa
Evening star., 1950-05-21
10000 Bostonions
Eat 5 Tons of Beans
LAT Giant Supper
eY the Assoeioted Press

BOSTON, May 2o.-Ten thou
sand true-blue Bostonians swarmed
onto old Boston Common tonight
land gobbled up five tons Of baked
beans almost before you could say
pardon me.
Several thousand prospective
bean-eaters who lacked 75-cent
tickets stood outside the roped-in
area with their mouths watering
and hungrily eyed the biggest sit
down supper in New England his
tory.
The feed was the gustatory
highlight of the Chamber of Com
merce's mid-century Boston iubi-
lee.
On the dot at 6 pm. about
every seat at every one of the
five miles of wooden tables was
occupied. A band played the
National Anthem. Everyone stood
up. When they sat down they
sat down to this:
Each place was laid with a
paper bag containing a slice of
brown bread and a Parker house
roll. Paper cups contained sugar
loaves, salt servings and plastic
utensils.
Pretty girls poured coffee and
brought paper plates loaded with
steaming hot beans, a slice of
ham. a pickle and a container of
potato salad.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Suspect Held in Threats
AGAINST Widow OF Cakes
BY the Associated Press

NASSAU, Bahamas, May 90
Police today trapped a man and
accused him of attempting to ex-
tort a large sum of money from
Lady Eunice Oakes by threats of
violence.
He was booked as Nicholas Mus
grove. a native of Turks Island
now living in Nassau. The amount
demanded was not made public.
Lady Oakes is in Niagara Falls
N. Y, unawaresof the threatening
letters sent to her and intercepted
by her secretary, Basil Sparrow
who also was threatened.
Lady Oakes is the widow of Sir
Harry Oakes, immensely wealthy
gold miner who was fatally beaten
and burned in his home, West
bourne, six years ago. His son-in-
law, Alfred de Marigny, was tried
and acquitted of a murder charge
in connection with that crime.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
4 1een-Auers Hun as Car
Hits Pole Near CoIesviIIe

Four teen-a9ers were hurt when
the car in which they were rid
ing struck pole on coleSvills
road. near Paint Branch Farm,
ColeSville. yesterday. Two others
escaped injury.
The injured. all taken 10 the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring, are VIII
liam Z. Giddings. 10, OF 1908 Piney
Branch road; Betty clsxton, Is.
Of s451 Piney Branch Court;
James Powell. Is. OF Avenel road.
Avenel. and Mary Lawrence. IL.
OF Q Wabash avenue. Takoma
Park.
All but Miss Lawrence were ad-
mitted to the hospital The Gid
dings youth. reported to have
been driver of the car. suffered
possible internal injuries and was
the most seriously injured. Miss
Claxton suffered a Sprained back
while young Powell suffered
bruises. Miss Lawrence suffered
a cut head,
Names of the two not injured
were not available. the hospital
reported.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
10-Foot Boa Constructor
Is First Seized in Florida
BY the Associofed Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 20.
"A 10-foot boa constructor was
seized today in suburban Airing
ton but the citizens aren't too
happy about it.
They fear the snake may prove
to be mere babe, with its parents
still lurking in the marshy grasses
of the suburbs: The boa report
edly is the first ever found in
Florida.
A mammoth reptile was re-
ported seen in the area several
weeks ago. BY some accounts ii
was Is feet long. So Ross Allen OF
the reptile institute at Silver
Spring and DR.. w. T. Neil, bio
logist, came to see what they
could find.
They picked up a snake trail
and followed it to an armadillc
hole. They began digging anc
soon spotted the reptile. Cau-
tiouSly, they pulled it from the
hole and soon had it trussec
harmlessly.
Mr.. Allen, who will take the
reptile to his institute, said il
could crush a person to death il
given enough room.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Lowell Thomas, Jr., Weds
Miss Mary Taylor Pryor
BY the Assoeioted Press

GREENWICH, Conn.,, May 90
Miss Mary Taylor Pryor and
Lowell Thomas, jr., the news
casters son, were married here to-
day in Christ Episcopal Church.
Guests at the ceremony included
Gov and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, Mayor and Mrs. Will
liam O'Dwyer Of New York City
and many other notables in the
political world.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel F. Pryor.
Her father, vice president of Pan
American Airways, is a former Re-
publican national committeeman
and was one of the late Wendell
Wilkes top aides in his campaign
for the presidency.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Firms Accused Of Seeking
Voting Machine MonopoIy
By the Associated Press

The Government accused the
Automatic Voting Machine Corp.
yesterday of trying to create a
monopoly by making false, dis
paraging" statements against its
chief competitor.
This charge was made by the
Federal Trade Commission which
gave the jamestown IN. W COM
pany 20 days to file an answer.
The commission did not name
the rival company but said the
two concerns are "to all intents
and purposes" the only ones in
this country selling voting ma
chimes, with Automatic doing 80
per cent of the business.
According to the FTC complaint,
the New York company has "har-
assed" its rival by 'instigating and
financing vexatious and groundless
lawsuits against purchasers or
prospective purchasers" of the
competitor'S machines.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Post Office

day and night shifts, Mr.. Bell said
They will give particular atten-
ton to first class mail, air parcel
post and special delivery. Mail
packages, newspapers and other
material will continue to go in and
out of Washington on schedule.
The biggest changes that Wash
ington residents will see will be
the mail delivery to homes and in
the collection hours at mail boxes.
Collections Curtailed.
Beginning tomorrow there will
be only one delivery a day, except
for two in strictly business areas.
1t will be usually in mid afternoon.
Beginning tonight there will be
no pick-ups between early eve
ming and morning. Mr.. Bell noted
that all collectors have been in
structed to arrive at the main
office not later than $3.50 pm.
That means the last collections in
many sections may be as early as
6 pm. and probably not after 7:45
pm. he added.
Post Office crews had q busy
time yesterday putting revised
schedule cards on all mail boxes
throughout the District.
Carriers will come in at $50 a m,
tomorrow, an hour later than be-
fore, and will start their deliveries
at $3.50 instead of 7:30 am, But
they also will find that one carrier
route in five has been extended by
about 20 per cent.
Will Work 8 Straight Hours.
They will work eight straight
hours, with lunch period, instead
of the eight-hours-in-10 they had
for the two delivery system.
All branch stations, including
the Franklin Station at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Twelfth street
NV, will close at $50 pm. Mon
days through Fridays. and at noon
Saturdays. They will be closed
Sundays and holidays as has been
the case in the past.
Letters can be mailed at the
Franklin Station and the National
Airport station, as we'll as the
main Post Office building at any
time.
All of the curtailments, Post
master Donald M. North has an
nounced. will save at least $400.-
900 a year. The dropping of 81
temporary clerks will save about
$685. 900 of this. he said.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Girl, 13, on Hunger Strike
To Avoid JOINING Parents
BY the Associoied Prsss

SINGAPORE, May 20. - A
broken-hearted little Dutch girl,
Bertha Hertogh, went on hun
ger strike in the Social Welfare
Department girls home today be-
cause she said she did not want
to go to Holland.
The 13-year- old girl was found
last week living in a Malay village
where her amah (native nurse)
was caring for her.
A Singapore court yesterday
awarded custody of the girl to her
Dutch parents living in Holland.
She had become separated from
them when the Japanese invaded
Java eight years ago. Her native
nurse, Animal, visited Bertha for
the last time today. She said the
child was given to her by her
Dutch mother. e
Bertha is scheduled to sail for
Holland and the parents she does
not remember Tuesday on the
liner Surreinto. \
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Relations Subcommittee which is
investigating his charges that the
State Department is harboring
many Communists, Red sympa-
thizers, and other security risks.
But he is the top Republican on
the Hoey subcommittee.
There has been some talk that
the Democrats on the Hoey Sub
committee might ask Senator
Mccarthy to give up his place on
that unit if it conducts the inves-
tigation. The reason, it was said,
would be that Senator Mccarthy
should not serve as both judge
and prosecutor.
The Senator said he was unde-
cided as to whether he would step
aside, adding that he would cross
that bridge when he came to it.
The resolution calling for a full
scale Senate inquiry into Govern
ment employment of sexual per-
verts was prompted by a Wash
ington police estimate that there
are about $3.50 homosexuals on
the Federal payroll in the Nations S
capital alone.
Senators Hill and Wherry, Re-
publican, of Nebraska, in reports
to a Senate Appropriations Sub
committee, stressed that perverts
are dangerous security risks be-
cause they usually are an easy
mark for blackmailers.
Senator Hoey said he is not
anxious to have the investigation
come to his committee. but that
I'VE will do our duty if it does. .
He said his group would con!
duct the investigation very dis
'creetly," with probably all of the
hearings behind closed DOORS"
II think the entire matter prob
ably could be handled by the
subcommittee staff on a very
quiet basis" he added.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
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"bureaucratS" came in the course
of a brief comment on his recent
trip to the West.
There has been a great deal of
conversation about a successful
jaunt which the President took
just a few days ago." Mr.. Tru-
man said. "If that trip was a
success, it was due to the fact that
the President had the most eff
cient staff that has ever been got
ten together for the purpose.
Nobody can operate unless he
has cooperation and loyalty from
those who work for him. There
is nothing more important than
those two words in the carrying
on of the Government of the
United States. Whenever a poll
tician wants to make a hit out in
the sticks, he gets up and talks
about the bureaucrats and the
unnecessary people in the Govern
ment. That is demagoguery."
Upholds Employe Loyalty.
The President repeated a state
ment he has made on numerous
occasions in recent weeks that
there never was time in the
history of the Government when
we have more loyal and efficient
employees than we have right
now"
Membership Of the Democratic
Women's National Council con-
sists largely of women employees of
the Federal Government. Mr..
Truman paid tribute to the rank
and file of Government employees
by declaring that no one could
serve effectively as President or
a cabinet member unless he had
a loyal and efficient staff.
He also referred, with a smile, to
a definition he said he had heard
of the word, Senator"
when they first come to the
Senate they have four years in
which to be statesmen" he said,
then they have a year in which
to be politicians. And one of my
good friends from the State of
Washington told me that in the
lst year a Senator had to be q
demagogue If he expected to come
back to the Senate.
I never heard a statement that
Evening star., 1950-05-21

is. truer than that. Nine times in
10 they don't mean a word they
say about the people who are
working in the Government. be-
cause most of them don't know
anything about them"
The President concluded by
mentioning briefly the increased
responsibilities of the United
States in world affairs. He pre-
dicted that if this country carries
through a program for world
peace and the welfare of the
peoples of the world "it will go
into the greatest age in history"
Mr.. Truman was accompanied
by his daughter Margaret ana
several members of the Cabinet.
Mrs. Truman, the President told
the guests, was unable to come
because of severe cold.