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Evening star., 1950-01-29

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knife.
After their marriage the Rath-
bones resided at 8 Lafayette
Square and it is probable that
Representative Rathbone was born
here within sight of the White
House. His grandfather, Senator
Harris. resided at the corner of
Fifteenth and H streets, where is
now the Woodward Building.
Although it was stated at the
time of Representative Rathbone's
death that he was the only mem
Der of Congress born in the Dis
trict of Columbia, as a matter of
fact there were other earlier mem
berS.
Representative Richard S. Aid
rich, Republican, of Warwick,
R. l., was born in Washington,
D. c.. February 20, 1884. His
father, the late Senator Nelson
w. Aldrich, was then serving
Rhode Island in the upper house,
where he became one of the great
senators of his day. He is still
remembered for his keen interest
in the affairs of the District of
Columbia.
Another District native who
served in Congress was Radford
Coyle. who served in the House
during the 69th Congress, from
the 18th congressional district
of Pennsylvania. He was descend
ed from a very old Washington
family and was member of the
Society of Natives of the District
Of Columbia. 1t was during his
term of Office that all three of the
members of Congress mentioned
were serving. Strange to say, they
were all Republicans.
Watterson Was a Native
Washington is always proud of
its natives who have distinguished
themselves and who in doing so
have reflected honor upon the
place of their birth. A little-known
fact is that ''Marse" Henry Wat
terson, the noted editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, was
born here and received his early
training here as a newspaper
man. When the Civil War broke
out. young Watterson's sympathies
were with the South and he soon
crossed the long bridge to cast
his lot with the Confederate States.
For a number of years prior to
his death he practically shaped
the destiny Of the Democratic
party, and his advice, when needed,
was always of much value to that
political faith.
Of the native Washington
women. no doubt the one to
achieve the greatest fame was
Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, the
celebrated novelist, who was born
on North Capitol street, the site
now forming a part of the Capitol
Plaza. Her cottage, at Thirty
sixth street and Prospect avenue,
has been purchased by the Ma
tional League Of American Pen
Women.
Mrs. Southworth, as has been
said, was a child of sorrow from
the first years of her life. Thin
in frame and dark in complexion,
with a pair of great, wild eyes,
she had no soft infantile beauty
to attract love and for the first
three years of her life was nothing
but an unmitigated trouble to her
friends Fortunately, however,
she was endowed with a vitality
that not only carried her through
the illness of her infancy but also
through the heavy misfortunes of
her girlhood and womanhood.
Mrs. Southworth was the eldest
daughter of Capt. Charles Le-
compte Nevitte of Alexandria, Va,
and of his second wife, Susannah
George Wales of st. Marys
County, Md. According to reports,
he was a large importing merchant
of Alexandria, who, during the
Evening star., 1950-01-29

First of tDo Sunday articles
on U. S.-Cnndda air controUersy.)
Evening star., 1950-01-29

The following elegant game was
won by A. Y. Hesse of Hyattsville
from j. L. Ramey of Brownwood,
Tex, in the 18th national cham
pionship of the Correspondence
Chess League Of America. Blacks
crime is omitting 10 BxN; what
follows in condign punishment.
Evening star., 1950-01-29

Inc washington HEBREW Con-
gregation is sponsoring In the
temple at Eighth and II streets
for the first time, a one-man show
by prominent artist of the faith.
This retrospective by Samuel
Bookatz opened January 20 and
will extend through March 4.
- Mr.. Bookatz has become well
known in Washington art circles
in the last decade, has exhibited
extensively in group shows. and
has had a number Of one-man
displays, among them one at the
Corcoran Gallery in 1948. He has
also been the recipient of impor-
tant awards. most recently one of
the $3.50 Hallmark Art Competi-
ton prizes.
He has questing attitude
toward painting. and his expert
mentation along different lines
gives his exhibition much variety.
The collection of approximately
SO works includes number of his
excellent red-chalk portraits,
some Of his traditional paintings,
such as MY Old Violin,' which
fetched an honorable mention at
the Corcoran in 1946, and his
more recent modern interpreta-
tions of rabbis, prophets and other
Hebrew subjects, resembling heavy
tapestries Of paint or stained glass
windows Ceremony" for In
stance). Some of these heads are
over life size, and appear to be
modelled in pigment, of glowing
colors.
Mr.. Bookatz is currently d.
rector Of painting at the George
town Studio Gallery.
Moonlit Nocturnes
Omar Darlington is a modern
romanticist who paints the spell
Of moonlight softly illuminating
quiet houses and deserted streets.
His preference for nocturnes will
surely find answering response in
large proportion of visitors to
his exhibition at Chequire House,
, Alexandria. through next Friday.
Many of Mr.. Carrington's paint
ings remind me of the work of
the French artist, Henri lie
Sidaner, born 40 years before MIR.
Darlington. While Le Sidaner
was a traditionalist surrounded
with richer and more picturesque
subject matter, which he depicted
in naturalistic manner, it seems
to me that the source of inspira-
tion for both painters is much
the same.
This is Mr.. Carrington's fourth
one-man show. He had his first
at the Arts Club in 1914, one in
Charlotte, N. c., and one last year
in Baltimore. But he is an indus
trious exhibitor in group shows,
especially here. He participates
in those Of the Society Of Wash
ington Artists, the Landscape
Club, Arts Club, Corcoran area
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY es rLtl.e.

SEVERAL hundred copies of the
~ has been distributed to Shop Committees many
and file members The actual of the plan Toledo
dusresUAWCIO Workers Security Program" and my
understanding the summary is yet to be supplemented.
To write about pension plan so it
understood by all not task but find the summary
quite readable 1t is written in plain language superb
job has been done in making difficult subject understandable
The summary is approximately mimeographed pages
length double spaced for reading
many nnuaons by the enemies of the pension plan that
the UAW could not project good solid plan AS of now
ruor mongers and union haters must eat their words.
I imagine the CONSERVATION some of the nenbersI
of The Salvation Committee to Save Toedos Payrols they
thumb thru the UAW pension plan trying something
which to hang their hat Salvation
Committee search and find gullble
will make the statement that the plan far
such individual has forth but
yourself because he cometh
To give some idea of the in which the
mary written following is quotation Page 13 under the
heading ACTUARIAL CONSIDERATIONS"
soundness of workers program is of the
utmost Importance to both the workers
ons they fall due well the stability program
To employee actarially
OF pension on which he has counted provide security
In his old age The employers interest likewise demands
sctuaraly sound because only way
assured of its stability and its effectiveness permitting
ly retirement of improving
morale of other workers"
This should be adequate indication to all our member
ship that soundness is the first requisite of the AW ares
sion plan should dspel the plan
unsound To nothing it designed
help the average worker To this type of thinker unemplov
ment insurance is unsound social security unsound
price support unsond; in fact the
get himself sound plane But pensions management
sometimes to the tune of thousands year. sound
Yes Sir, solid rock
still further into soundnes of the area plan
quote Page III-7 j. ACTUARIAL TECHNIQUES USED:
Standard and approved actuarial methods formulas
used throughout in the estimates
to the ncapacy retirement benefit because it expected that
payment of ncapacty benefits will not after the
disabled worker has exhausted his right
disability benefits under the health security program
This certainly signifies soundness
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
BY Nathan Robertson
For Labor Press Association

WASHINGTON (LPA)--The big steel COM
w panies, which last fall forced their work.
ers into a prolonged strike to get the pensions
recommended by the Industry's fact-finding
board, are now admitting the pensions don't
cost much after ALL
The story the managements are now telling
their stockholders is far different from the
one they told last October when they jeopar-
died the national economy rather than accept
the recommendations of the fact-finding board
The story is told in statements to the stock
holders asking for proxies approving the PEN
sion plans. Such proxy statements have now
been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Bethlehem Steel Corporation
and Republic Steel two of the big three
similar statement is expected soon from the
biggest of all--US Steel
The company admissions on the cost of the
pension systems should be of particular in
terest to the Congressional Committees now
investigating the recent steel prices increases.
The companies in raising prices, emphasized
the additional cost of the pension plans al
though the fact-finding board had expressly
held that price increases would not be neces
sary
Bethlehem told its stockholders that the
additional cost of pensions in 1948, If the new
plan had been in effect, would have been less
that 81 million It estimated its future pay
ments into the pension fund would have to be
increased between 81 million and S21t million
a year.
But it pointed out that even these moderate
costs would be materially reduced II Congress
approves, as it is expected to do the liberaliza-
tion of the social security law approved by
the House. And then ii added:
In considering the reasonablenees of the
amount of pensions paid as above stated, it
should be noted that they are small when
compared with the total payroll of Bethle-
hem approximately $49O 900, 900 on 194S,"
In other words, Bethlehem is pointing out
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

"Well," he continued, "that wouldn't have
been so bad. We could make, after working
for hours in all kinds of weather, maybe 30c
and sometimes a bit more. But, and this is
where the catch came in, 1t wasn't as simple
as that"
He paused for moment as if trying to
make sure not to overlook any details.
II remember" he continued, "that my
usual quota of papers was fifty. also remem-
Der that each time we left for our respective
corners we were told by The Blade circulation
boss that we would be charged with all
papers left over ten. Now, this simply meant
that il | didn't have good day and many
times l didn't have a good day would sell
maybe twenty papers and be stuck with
the other twenty-five. The Blade would then
make me pay for fifteen papers and took back
the other ten, That, of course, meant that for
that particular day worked for nothing"
What can we do with these papers? we
would ask. And the reply was always the
same: Eat EN- And" he continued wryly 'if
we protested they would simply chase us out
and asked us if we would like to have mus
tard with our papers.
MANY day." he continued his story, 'I
used to 60 home from the streets with nothing
to show for it-except an armful of papers
that nobody wanted. Ieah, tnats now The
Blade treated us kids for a good many years"
He paused again for a moment and then
continued:
You know everytime I pass by that
beautiful building down on Superior ST.,
wonder just how many pennies were sunk
into its construction pennies that they
took away from me and from heaven only
knows how many other kids.
Yeah he said again, frowning disgusted-
ly, Il wonder how many pennies. They should
talk about others"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

tory and "wha hoppened."
think events have proved that there as pointed
lateral attack collateral issues The only place
have misjudged in deeming minor annoyance
At least for the being attack has made
major think there for this
first place. the issue of he good
opportunity for the frontal opposition miss They naturally
would want to take advantage of suspicious this issue
shake the confidence of the members in their
Union and its ability to administer their affairs
The Union is fducary agent for its members to the
extent that is the repository and of common
funds derived from dues and other fees for carrying bust
free association of people banded together in
the average person he books" mysterious things
be viewed with strong suspicion Therefore issue raised
about the books takes cloak and dagger aspect Some
ready to take advantage of this and when
they have to grind questioning of finances usually
good for sure-fre results,
something like old time vaudeville practice When
the didn't well the actors would themselves
in Old Glory patriotic for their final exit After
ALL who would not applaud the Stars and Stripes and who
would dare throw vegetables at 1t?
brings the second point In Toledo hue and
politics being used just Old Glory often
up snko act What's the here Could
collapse of the Committee of Ten Thousand?
Yes believe it partly that and partly something
contention that Toledo industry would be in inn
possible competitive position under the pension plan has
been entirely wiped out by settlements in the Ford plants ana
in the steel and aluminium industries
WELL after contention blows in your face like that
there's of two things do about it. Either admit
that riding on the wrong railroad or you stamp
and make lot of noise about something else IN the
hope that people will forget th you made bum guess
Another minimized the annoyance Is that dldn
correctly the depths of the hatred that has accumulated
against Dick Gosser and the Union in two camps.
was fully the The hatreds of these
their complete impotence in gaining foot
campaign should of have been aware of the
faction What didn't realize was that the two would
combine in their hatreds.
courts suits those already filed and that may
be filed the future But in the meantime gross wrongs have
been done The petitions filed for the obvious of giving
tongue to character and personal vcaton nave
been pubced in such manner that alegaons nave oeen
appear facts and facts have been lost sight OF In an
avalanche of accusations
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
Civil Rights Aqoin

A N OLD and wise friend of ours opines
"A that the civil rights issue is darn
near worn out"
1T ought to be-" says he. "At the be-
gining of almost every session Of Congress
it's taken down from the shelf, busted off,
kicked around and then put back on the
shelf again"
We have a hunch that the same forces
which blocked its passage in the past will
be right in there trying to give it another
kicking around.
And we also have a hunch that they
may not succeed, filibuster as they may
be.
Nobody who has taken the trouble to
investigate the situation will deny that
certain portion of our population gets
rough deal because of race, creed and
color discrimination.
And it's obvious to most people that
certain types of civil rights abrogation
could be checked or eliminated by the
proper legislation.
Yet there is a group in Congress which
has insisted - often and noisely - that
the federal government has no business
poking its nose into the matter
This group can be trounced and
trounced badly - if other members Of
Congress who profess to believe in a real
civil rights program will get in there and
pitch for all they're worth.
They should. They really should-and
at the present session!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

that the additional cost of the pension plan is
about one-half of one per cent of its present
payroll, even at worst If the social security
bill passes, it will be even less.
In order to rally public support last fall,
the steel companies took big advertisements
In the newspapers trying to make an issue
over the proposal for non-contributory pen
sion plans. This propaganda came primarily
from the other steel companies but it is in
teresting to note Bethlehems comment to its
stockholders on this issue. 1t said:
The question of whether Bethlehem
should have a contibutory or a non-contribu
tory plan has many times been carefully con-
sldered by the management, which has always
believed, and still believes, that for Bethle-
hem non-contributory plan is better than
contrlbutory plan"
The company explained that only small
percentage of the workers would live long
enough and stay with the company long enough
to get pensions, and ii was therefore in the
companys interest to have the non-contribu-
tory so there would be no complaints over
repaying what the worker had paid.
Another factor in Bethlehems decision
may have been the big payments that would
have been required from officers under
contributory plan. The company management,
in fighting off a minority stockholder proposal
for limiting pensions to $4,000 year. re-
ported number of bigger pensions that will
be paid, including:
Arthur B. Homer, president .....,. $67, ,087 90
Norman Berkley ....................... 48, 10000
Joseph M Larkin .................... So, ,944 90
Paul Mackall ................ 76,802 90
Robert E. McMath, vice president go, $4,000
Frederick A. Shick, comptroller 61,731 90
Republic Steel told a story similar to
Bethlehem's, although it did not like the nom
contributory feature of the pension system 1t
estimated the cost of the new system at So
100 600 a wear but compared this with the
total payroll of S244 ,000, 900.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

enough to get our plan across-modest as it
is-let alone anything that might really mean
financial security for our aged people. And
after all" / continued 'you know the old
saying II you don't have horse mule will
do"
81 suppose so' he assented, "but sure
don't get 1t why The Blade is yelling so much.
They should talk! Why?"
And then he proceeded to tell me a story
about the days-nearly twenty years ago
when he used to sell The Blade as newsboy
on one of the busy downtown corners
This is his story.
ST REMEMBER when l was kid, just about
the time when all hell broke loose and
the Big Depression came crashing on top of
our heads, how I used to sell The Blade on
one OF the downtown corners. Sure had to
sell papers Dad wasn't working and there
was no money in the house So day after day
l-along with lot of other youngsters-took
our papers and did our level best to get rid
OF en- The price was three cents and, IL
remember right, we used to get about Ac
for each paper we sold.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
One Billion DoIIors

TNHE BUREAU of Employment Secu-
Il rity, us. Dept of Labor, just an
nounced that in 1949 total of ia mil
lion laid off workers collected billion
dollars in unemployment insurance. In
1948, payments totaled $3.50 million.
1t was also announced that payments
averaged around $40 weekly during the
first half of the year with this sum gradu-
ally rising to around $21 towards the end
Of the year.
At the moment we don't want to dis
cuss the very acute problem of how people
can manage to get along on $40 or $21
per week, And that for only limited
number of weeks. AS in Ohio, for ex-
ample, where unemployment payments
are made for 26 weeks in sums ranging
from $25 to $50 weekly
Rather, we want to point again to the
dangerous growth of unemployment all
over the country. Seven and one-half mil
lion laid off workers people looking
for jobs :. that's a lot of people out of
work. And from all indications, it looks
as though things are going to get tougher.
That means more people will be walking
our streets looking for Jobs :. f. jobs that
they won't be able to find
Right here in Toledo, according to lat
est estimates, upwards of twenty thou
sand workers are jobleSs. Where will these
people get work? What will they do after
they have exhausted their unemployment
benefits? How will they live? It seems
to us that these are mighty important
questions and the sooner someone begins
to do something about this acute situa-
ton the better.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
The Presidents Tex Proqrom

n S WE EXPECTED, the multi-billion
"A dollar institution called d, ironically
enough, the public press" took off on
President Truman's tax proposals the min
ute they were submitted to the Congress.
The big boys don't like the Presidents
tax proposals.
They especially don't like that part of
1t which calls for additional taxes on cor
poration profits and for increase Of in
heritance taxes. Naturally enough they
are yelling that such tax increases would
"stifle" free enterprise and business in
general
But their arguments are phoney. AS
phoney as fifteen-dollar bill.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

The facts are that corporation profits,
In spite of recently increased taxes in this
field, are unprecedeDtedly high. In 1949
these profits have risen to fabulous sums.
So much so that even 1929 - with its
fabulous profits fades into insignific-
ance in comparison. Estimates on 1949
corporation profits rise to the phenomenal
figure of over $40 billion, nearly four
times that of 1929.
In face of these enormous earnings,
the President comes forth with modest
request for tax increases amount to 81
billion Surely Big Business, gorged with
their profits, should be only too glad to
accede to such a proposal But they won't.
On the contrary, Big Business will do
everything in their power to wreck that
program and proceed to cajol the Con-
gress into continuing the excessive tax
burdens that the masses of common people
have to bear.
OF COURSE, the Congress should i'm
" mediately abolish the so-called ex-
else taxes on such items as transporta-
ton, communications, luggage, furs,
amusements and host of other items that
bear heaviest on those least able to pay.
A 2096 tax on many of these items to those
with high incomes-and frequently with
unlimited expense ACCOMPLISHMENTS prac-
ally nothing.
But a 202o tax on luggage, for ex-
ample, to working people frequently
means-no luggage at all.
So it is with everything else, includ-
ing amusements. Too often people with
modest incomes have to cut out even the
most elementary types of amusements be-
of high prices, frequently made high by
these same excise taxes.
In any event, the fight is on.
1t is up to the people to back up Presi-
dent Truman and demand that the Con-
gress for once adopt tax measures that,
at least in limited sense, serve the in
terests of those who are least able to pay
but nonetheless pay the most.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

you know" he said,
"this pension idea is Okay,
except that it don't 60 far
enough. Suppose we get a
hundred a month when we
retire. Maybe even a little
more, but not much more.
1t isn't so hot. How can you
get along on that much
money with the prices being
what they are?"
That's right" / agreed,
"hut II Seerns tn he to,oh
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27

very good moniker for the column because
have heard lot of surprise expressed at
the brazen, gloves-off attempts to descredit
labor and its leaders in our home town.
Pm not complaining, mind you, but I'm
somewhat amazed that people are surprised
by developments in the fight against the I'm
ion on the pension issue. 1t was not my inten-
ton to be soothsayer psychic or a crystal
ball gazer In plain, down-to-earth talk I
called my shots as l saw them and drew my
conclusions from APPARENT cause and probable
effect.
l would like. now to take little inven-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-27
This You Ought To Know
By PETE ZVARA

T'HE OTHER day got to talking to one of
the boys in our shop and naturally
enough, we soon found ourselves discussing
the pension drive of our union and the bitter
attacks that The Blade is leveing against