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The people's voice., 1950-09-22
By LOWELL MELLETT,
Washington Evening Star

What awful irony there is in the
statement of Chairman Vinson of the
House Armed Services Committee
that intelligence standards may have
to be lowered in order to bring our
fighting forces up to the number
now required. And his further state
ment that pending such action, be-
cause of the immediate need for men.
young fathers, and others with de-
pendents may have to give up their
exemption or deferment status
those, that is, who can meet the 10
tests of Selective Service. And the
intimation of Major General Hershey,
head of the Selective Service, that it
may be necessary to draft again
veterans of World War II. The last
group of young citizens presumab
ly have the required intelligence,
or education, or they wouldn't be
veterans.
SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISE
The irony in this is that some mil
lions of Americas underprivileged
boys are having forced upon them
the privilege of staying out of war
An unintentional working out of
curious kind of justice, perhaps. The
country, having failed to educate
them sufficiently, cannot use them as
soldiers.
Reports of reflections by draft
boards have been truly depressing
The people's voice., 1950-09-22
NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS
WAY DOWN


'This maximum placement activ-
ity," Mr.. Miller points out, reflects
the current abundance of demand in
Montana's employment economy. 1t
has been accompanied by shrinkage
of unemployment. compensation claims
to the lowest point in nearly two
years. The total number of such
claimants filing at our offices last
week was 1921, as compared with
more than 15,600 at its peak last
February, and with 2,555 the same
week last year.
"Only $500 applicants for work
remained in employment services files
at the close of August, and more than
half of those applicants were women.
This represents the nucleus of the
pool of reserve labor from which
employment demands of September
and October are met. A year ago the
reserve was 3,400, but that included
400 more men and 500 fewer women
than the figures this year.
"Skills and qualifications of these
moreover, do not fit the
requirements of employer orders in
many instances. Over-age and under
age qualities of many applicants also
stand in the way of successful place
ment."
Other major employment service
activities reported by Chairman
Miller for August included taking
of 1854 new applicants for work,
as compared with 1,461 the same
month a year ago-job openings or
orders received were 5,349 this
August, 4,151 in August, 1949; en-
ployer visits by employment officials
to develop and solicit orders for
workers, 1888 the past month and
2 2,121 a year ago.
The people's voice., 1950-09-22

In the first three months of this
year 1,277,930 television sets were
manufactured, a 21% rise over the
previous record for October, No
vember and December 1949. The U.
S. has 100000 sets in operation at
present. This figure is expected to
reach 25,000,000 within five pears.
The people's voice., 1950-09-22

hired 679 railroads 349, repair and
accommodation services 335, mining
329.
Agricultural placements included
1,219 to grain farms, 1,093 for hay
ing, 957 in general farm work, 376
to vegetable culture, 296 to live
stock farms and the rest to various
speciality farms.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
BY the Assoeioted Press

DETROIT. Dec. 21.-Raymond
(Buddy) Parker helped Detroit
win it's only professional football
title as a player Is years ago and
he's ready to try again-as head
coach this time.
Parker, promoted from back
field coach to head coach of the
Lions yesterday, said at Kemp,
Tex. that he feels "the players
we have will make us very much
championship contenders next
season in the National Profess
sional Football League"
Just about "a hours after white
haired Alvin (Bo) McMillin re-
signed the post. Parker agreed to
accept a one-year contract in a
telephone conversation with Ed
win Anderson, Lions president.
The 37-year-old former Car
dinal coach tempered his predic-
ton that the Lions will be con-
tenders with reminder that the
world situation can change every
thing.
He said he'll stick to the T for
nation as he goes after a title for
the club that won it's only NFL
crown in 1885. Parker. 9 rookie
just graduated from Centenary,
played on that team.
After one year with the Lions
he was traded to the Chicago
Cardinals, where he served 13
years as a player and coach. This
Evening star., 1950-12-21
Bullets Upset Lakers,
Tighten Race Despite
80 Points by Mikan
BY the Assoeioted Press

There's another change in the
Western division standings of the
National Basketball Association
today and it looks more than ever
as if the contenders will wage a
close race right down to the wire.
Although big George Mikan of
the Minneapolis Lakers went on
one Of his customary scoring
sprees with 80 points against the
Bullets at Baltimore last night,
the home team won by 91-84. De-
spite the loss, Minneapolis retains
its narrow lead in the Western di-
vision.
The Rochester Royals, by whip
ping the Capitols at Washington,
jumped idle Fort Wayne into Sec
ond place, half game behind the
Lakers. Fort Wayne is only S
percentage points off Rochester.
Baltimore, the Eastern division S
fifth place club, was behind the
LakerS at the half, 50-49. Two
of the players-Red Rocha of the
Bullets and Bob Harrison of the
Lakers-started fighting and were
tossed out early by the referees.
Tri-Cities, last in the Western
division, eked out an 86-83 deci-
sion over Syracuse, the Eastern
division third-place team. Dixie
Eddleman. with % points for the
winners. topped the scorers.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
|New Lions Coach Rates Club as 81 Contender

General Manager McMillin, took
over the business managers post
in the new setup.
President Anderson said there
will be no general manager for
"the time being" He also indi-
Gated a fourth coach might be
added to the staff.
Anderson declined to discuss
Parker's salary terms. A usually
reliable source indicated Parker
will get much less than McMillin's
100000 year.
The same source said McMillin,
who had two years left on his con-
tract when he resigned. will get
the 100000 due him.
Parker was "tickled to death"
when he learned he had been
named to the post.
He had been head coach once
before in pro ranks. In 1949 he
served the Chicago Cardinals as
a co-head coach until midway in
the season when he took over as
head coach.
He resigned after the club ended
the year with a 5-6-1 record.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
Loss 10 Iona Is Blow
To Catholic u. Hopes
For Winning Season

Catholic University's high hopes
for a winning basketball season
were somewhat faded today as
the Cardinals disbanded for the
Christmas holidays after losing to
Iona College at New Rochelle,
N. Y, last night, 71-43. for their
fifth defeat in eight games.
After their thrilling but losing
effort against st. Joseph's College
at Philadelphia on Tuesday night
Coach Abe Rosenfield's crew
hoped for better luck against Iona,
but the New Workers were too fast
for them.
1t was the same old story of
a weak Card defense and last
night its ''big three" scorers, Joe
Della Rata. George Hughes and
Scotty Cranston were off the
beam.
The most disappointing part
of Gus pre-Christmas campaign
was its failure to win a major
game. In the Mason-Dixon Con-
ference it defeated Towson,
BridgeWater and Randolph
Macon, but was outclassed by
Mount St. Mary's and American
University. teams any pretender
to the league crown must whip.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
Star Games
Continued From Page C-1.)

four seconds above what he will
do indoors on the boards.
But the coach also has been
impressed by Joe LaPierre of
Boston, Tom Voorhees, Of Pater-
son. N. j.. and Jim Rams of Haw-
thorne. N. j., and choosing the
best four will be a problem.
The coach could transfer
O'Brien. who runs the 440 in 40
seconds fiat, to the one-mile team.
although the lists are well filled in
that event. Vince Cino of Brook
lyn, Frank Sowa of Crawford, N.
j.. Jim Nawn of Jefferson. Mass.
and John Lynch Of Bayonne. N. j.,
have been out in front in the race
for places on the mile squad.
Whatever he does. Sevigne feels
he'll have two strong relay teams
in the games. Last year the 2-mile
quarter finished third behind Sc
ton Hall and Villanova in a race
that saw each of the six teams
hold the lead at one time or an
other, and the mile team dropped
the stick and finished out of the
money. The Hoyas hope for better
luck this time.
Georgetown also expects to be
well represented in special events.
Charlie Capozzoli, who runs a
AIS mile, may enter either that
or the 2-mile race Sevigne looks
for him to hit $40 or 9:15 in the
longer distance this winter.
Dick Saunders of West Orange
N. j., may get bid for the Touch
down Club 1000. and there is a
possibility that Ray Brophy, a
freshman hurdler from Providence
R. l., will compete in the invita-
ton 70-yard high hurdles
Brophy was New England high
school champion in both low and
high hurdles.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
Royals Boss Kindly About Caps;
They'll Come Along, He Says

i in the final minutes when it
counted most.
Davies. not big by pro standards
at 6-1, learned his basketball at
John Harris High School in Har-
risburg, Pa, where he was voted
All-Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence. He served four years in the
Navy, some of the time on a sub
chaser and some playing basket
ball with Great Lakes.
Davies had a unique contract
in the 1867 season. He coached
at Seton Hall-his team compiled
a 24-3 record-and also played
with Rochester, then in the old
National League. He commuted
from Seton Hall to the Rochester
games by airplane.
Married and the father of two
boys, ages 6 and /, he also had
a chance to play baseball with
the Boston Red Sox system. How
ever, he was looking for security.
Planned to Quit Pro Game.
II considered giving up pro bas-
ketball, too," he says, when !
took the job with Seton Hall. But
Rochester offered me a four-year
contract and I took it,"
Arnie Risen, the 6-foot-9 hook
shot artist, led the Royals with
% points, while Bill Calhoun,
whom Harrison discovered playing
amateur ball with the Oakland
Bittners. scored 10; Bill Wanzer,
is. and Ballhawk Davies, IL.
The Caps ran up nine-point
lead in the first period and held
a 24-l8 edge at the end of that
quarter, but the Royals, with CAL
houn's rebound and tap-in work
doing most of the damage, closed
the game at 1899 in the second
period and forged ahead. They
led, 46-41, at halftim-, and 61-54
going into the final. In the final
Frank Kudelka, Alan Sawyer and
Bill Sharman started to connect
after TIE Caps fell IS points be-
hind. With four minutes to go
Washington trailed by only five
points, but with the tbs Uline
Arena customers holding out hope
the Caps started to throw the ball
awaV
Evening star., 1950-12-21
High Schools
Continued From Page CID

school fields is lighted for night
sports. However, in view of world
conditions, the National Produc-
ton Authority has banned con-
struction o. recreational projects
for an indefinite period.
The Board of Education, mean
while, is studying plan to change
the age requirements for high
school athletes. At present, a
student cannot be 19 years of age
before the beginning of the sea-
son in which he wishes to par
ticipate. The new plan would
make a student, not 10 on Sep
tember /, eligible to play in all
sports that school year. This
would not affect football, where
September ! is the deadline any
way. At present a student can
not be 10 before December / for
basketball and March / for base
ball and outdoor track.
The purpose of this plan is to
eliminate bookkeeping and check
ng at the start of each season.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
CIV Hops From W. Va.
Frying Pan Into Line
OF Blue Devils Fire

George Washington, 1856
victim of West Virginia last night
in Morgantown. will sample the
only other unbeaten team in
Southern Conference ranks when
1t plays Duke tomorrow night at
Uline Arena.
The Blue Devils have won five
straight, three in the conference,
and have the leading average
scorer in league play in Dick
Groat. West Virginia now has
won six in row. four in the con-
ference.
The Colonials were the victims
of a conference scoring record
when the Mountaineers' 6-foot-11
Mark Workman poured in A
points on his home court, scoring
i6 field goals and making IL of 18
foul shots.
Workman Breaks Own Mark.
His performance is believed to
be the best since Chet Giermak of
William and Mary scored 38
against George Washington in the
1949 Southern Conference tourna-
ment. George Washington won
that game, however.
Workman, a junior, now has
scored 172 points for an average
of 28.7 per game. His A points
against CIV broke his own West
Virginia Field House record of 80
set against West Virginia Wes-
leyan several weeks ago.
West Virginia ran up a 1882
halftime lead over CIV and in
creased the margin in the second
half. Workman played all but
3 minutes. resting for less than
minutes in the first half. He
fouled out with a minute and 4
seconds remaining.
ColoniaIs' Record Now 3-3.
GW's sophcmores, Tex Silver
man and Bob Edenbaum, led their
team with IA and II points.
George Washington now has
won three and lost three and in
the conference has a % record
Duke leaves Immediately after
tomorrow nights CIV game fol-
Peoria, Ill, where it meets Brad.
ley Saturday night.
Evening star., 1950-12-21
By Bill Fuchs

The president. general man.
ager and coach of the Rochester
Royals, all three of whom answer
to the name of Les Harrison, was
In a generous mood last night
His team had just trimmed
the Caps, 94-76, and thereby
lifted itself within half a game
Of Minneapolis, loser to Balti-
more. and the current leader in
the Western Division of the Ma
tional Basketball Association.
II think they'll come along"
Harrison said of the Caps. "They
started out very good tonight.
After all, it takes a while to get
combination working and most
Of their players are new"
In contrast to the Caps, who
have only Fred Scolari, Chick
Halbert and the inactivated
Chuck Gilmur from last seasons
team, the Royals have nine play
ers back from last years club.
Two of Harrison's stars, Bob
Davies and Bill Holman. have
been with Rochester six years
Season Still Young.
When reminded that the Caps
haven't the rest of their lives to
come along" Harrison pointed
out that the season is only about
one-third advanced. This, of
course, was just more kindness
from the coach of team which
has beaten Washington12 straight
times, three times this season.
The fact remains that the Caps
are stuck in last place in the
Eastern division, have lost 10
games more than f1rst-place Phil
adelphia and there is no hope
that the other teams will collapse
suddenly from the strain of win
ming so often over Washington.
What there is about basket
ball that makes it so difficult for
the Caps to hold is anybody's
guess, but again last night the
Caps threw away what chance
they had in the last three min
utes with a display of inept ball
handling.
Davies Adept Ball Stealer.
Cooperating with the Caps in
their efforts to rid themselves of
the ball was Davies, one of the
top players in the league. He broke
up Washington passes and stole
the ball repeatedly, particularly
Evening star., 1950-12-21

was his first year on the Detroit
staff.
The Lions also signed two De-
troit assistant coaches to new
one-year contracts as assistants
for Parker. They are George
Wilson, end coach, and Aldo Forte,
line coach. Wilson has been with
the Lions two years and Forte one
year.
w. Nicholas Kerbawy, publicity
director and assistant to former
Evening star., 1950-12-21

Five years ago-John Barn
hill, wartime football coach at
Tennessee, signed five-year con-
tract for $4,000 annually as
Arkansas coach.
Evening star., 1950-12-21

Totals 80 II 95
Halftime score-West Virginia. 43;
George Washington. 80.
Ten years ago-Billy Conn
signed to meet Joe Louis in
June in heavyweight title bout.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

"1n failing to accept Chrysler's proposals
to end the strike the union gives clear
proof that it has other purposes, political
or otherwise, in keeping the Chrysler strike
going" Mr.. Weckler went on to say.
1T is not demands for pensions or an
actuarially sound funding plan or for in
surance benefits equal to or better than
elsewhere that are keeping Chrysler en-
ployees out on strike. These demands have
been met.
Every proposal Chrysler has made since
week before the strike has assured men
who retire that they would get pensions for
life equal to the pattern established in the
automobile industry. :
AT that early stage back in January,
Chrysler also clearly inf'' =, ed it's willing
ness to discuss insurance and other bene-
fits that the union demanded.
"But the UAW could not wait It evil
IDENTIFY needed the Chrysler strike to fortify
it's demands across town. It could have
kept on negotiating with Chrysler and
given the company an opportunity to de-
velop it's proposals. This it refused to do.
"On January 25 the union negotiators
walked out of the conferences and called
the strike.
'When the UAW lost across town on it's
cents -per-hour demand and it's demand for
joint control of pension funds, there was
no longer even that excuse for keeping
Chrysler people on strike-unless the union
wishes to continue to use the Chrysler
strike to help it elsewhere for some
other purposes.
whether those other purposes are po-
litical or not, we do not know It's common
knowledge that the union has been assess
ing each of it's working members $1.OO
week for the last ten weeks. These as
sessments probably total more than ST.
100000 and published accounts of expendi-
lures indicate strike outlays of less than
$2,0OO,O0O so far.
1T is too bad that Chrysler employees
are kept on strike in the face of the COM
pany's repeatedly demonstrated wiling
ness to do for them what is fair and reason
able and >actuarially sound in pensions and
other benefits.
Zone fact seems unmistakably clear.
This strike cannot be for sound pension
and insurance benefits Those are on the
table"
"Chrysler Corporation"
april 16, 1850"
Evening star., 1950-04-17

THE UAW-CIO today did not accept
- the best pension and insurance plan
that any large company in the auto
mobile industry has ever offered it.
Chrysler Corporation today made final
offer of contract containing better pen
sion and insurance benefits than have been
granted by any major company in the in
dustry, and the choice Of three of the most
generous funding plans developed by
major companies in recent months. It's
adoption, and an end to the strike, would
have awaited only completion of the pend
ing collective bargaining contract. The
union did not accept.
The 1O-cents-p -per-hour package demand
that the union makes for its own purposes
has nothing to do with the superior bene-
fits that the employees themselves would
get. But evidently the union is more in,
terested in it's own peculiar arithmetic than
in what the employees would get And if
the union says that benefits given by other
companies represent 10-cent package,
Chrysler's offer represents bigger and
better package.
In insisting on it's 1O-cent-per- hour pack
age demand, the UAW is implying that the
package that Chrysler has offered-the
best package given by any major company
in the industry-is not worth as much as
smaller packages it has already taken from
others. In the face of superior benefits
that individual employees get under Chrys-
ler's offer, the UAW went back to: Cents
per hour.
The unions action in not accepting to-
days proposal to end the strike was termed
by Herman L. Weckler, vice president and
general manager of Chrysler Corporation,
"Conclusive evidence that Chrysler en-
ployees have been held on strike for months
for union purposes which have nothing to
do with the declared strike objectives."
"Chrysler's offer not only proposes bet
ter pension and insurance benefits for the
Individual employee than other majo
automobile companies, but also includes
company contributions toward hospital and
medical-surgical care for employees" Mr..
Weckler said.
"Chrysler employees have now lost
nearly one-fourth of a years work. Pen
sions, insurance and medical benefits as
good as any granted in the industry cannot
be what the UAW is keeping them on strike
for. These benefits Chrysler has offered.
The strike must be for other union pur-
poses. We do not know what these are
"Chrysler continuously sought to settle
this strike, ending with the offer it made
today. That offer was equal in employee
benefits to settlements with other large
companies in the industry, and far ahead
in many of it's important benefits for en-
ployees."
Evening star., 1950-04-17
HERE ARE the HIGHLIGHTS
OF the COMPANY PROPOSAL:


OF THE COMPANY PROPOSAL:
l. The choice of any one of three pen
sion funding plans:
(A) The establishment of an ac-
tuarially sound trust fund when a
man retires similar to the funding
method in the Bethlehem Steel
plan - backed by $3O,OOO,OO0 set
aside for that purpose.
(B) The funding of future serv-
ice credits on level premium basis
and the paying of interest on past
service credits actuarially deter
mined. This method was suggested
by the UAW itself in it's early pen
sion demands, it is similar to one
of the funding methods that could
be used under the U. S. Steel plan.
(C) A 3O-year level premium
funding plan like the Ford Motor
Company plan.
All three of these plans have
been used for other pension fund.-
ing arrangements in the automO-
bile or other industries.
z. A better insurance package than
any other large company in the auto
mobile industry. This includes liberal
permanent and total disability ar
rangements, sickness and accident in
surance, life insurance, and extended
life insurance after retirement, and
company contribution toward the cost
of hospital and medical-surgical COW
erage for employees.
3.A joint board of company and union
representative with an impartial UNI
pire to make final decisions under the
contract as to eligibility of employees
to receive pensions and to handle other
matters of this sort.
4. Past service to be credited to en-
ployees for all years worked with the
company unless interrupted for more
than two years at one time.
5. Future service to be credited on the
basis of full year for any year in
which 100 or more hours are worked,
and with less than 100 hours of work
in one year to be credited proportion
ately.
8. $1OO month pension payments, in
cluding social security, for employees
at age 65 with Is years of credited
service; proportionate pension pay
ments for employees at age IS with
1924 years of service; and lesser pen
sion payments for employees with Is
years of credited service who are 6O-64
years of age and who retire before age
IS with company consent.
I. Provisions for employees not desir-
ing to retire at age 65 to work to age
6S if they choose and after age 68 with
company consent. During 2O-m0nth
adjustment period, no employee would
be required to retire on account of his
age.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-08
MT. EDGECUMBE
CHORUS sings
HERE TUESDAY

Occasionally rare musical treat
is offered to the residents OF Ju-
neau. Such an event will take place
tomorrow evening, May 8. 8 O'Clock
at the Goth Century Theatre when
Michael Ossorgin presents the famed
Mt. Edgecumbe Chorus consisting
of 10 voices.
Blended into one musical unit
are representatives from the far
flung areas of Alaska-the Aleutian
Islands, the Arctic, the deltas OF
the Yukon and Kuskokwim, the In
terror and Southeast Alaska-stu-
dents from the small communities
the isolated areas, the outposts OF
the North American Continent as
we'll as Southeast Alaska. They rep
resent cross section OF the youth
of Alaska, the youth of America
They and their director have worked
long hours to achieve the perfection
they want. Their performance, dis
playing their musical talent ano
love of musical expression will long
be remembered by those who hear
them
The concert will be held in the
goth Century Theatre where condi-
tons are ideal and accompanied BY
Juneau's own grand piano. Spon
sored by the Lions, proceeds will be
used to meet their library pledge