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Evening star., 1950-10-15
By Nelson M. Shepard

The Washington Monuments
face will get new nocturnal look
soon.
After a nine-year wait, park
officials revealed yesterday that
Congress had made an $4,000
appropriation available to replace
the present dim f1oodlighting sys-
tenn by new and more powerful
searchlights.
Then, it was said, the shaft will
be silhouetted as "glamorously
white" at night as the Capitol
dome against the black sky.
In addition to the f1oodlighting
four new beacon lights may be
installed in the top windows. one
on each side Of the shaft. These
have been requested by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
Frank T. Gartside. acting super
intendent of National Capital
Parks, disclosed also that an. i'm
proved lighting system will be
installed for night use at the out
door Sylvan Theater on the monu-
ment grounds. It will cost about
$4,000 to replace the old wiring
system, installed underground dur
ing World War I.
Installed in 4 Wooden Boxes.
Park officials had been trying
for years to replace the made
quate floodlighting system for the
monument.
The system is installed in four
wooden boxes on each side of the
base. There are five 700-candle-
power lamps In each box, casting
light on the shaft about three
fourths to the top. Two search
Evening star., 1950-10-15
Home Tour Officials
To Meet in Annapolis

Officials of the Maryland House
and Garden Pilgrimage who spon-
sor tours of the States historic
homes will hold their annual
autumn meeting at II am. Tues
day in the Harmon -Harwood
House, Annapolis.
Among the other business, the
so delegates from various Mary
land counties will choose dates for
the IA annual pilgrimage In 1851.
Evening star., 1950-10-15
; Join Maryland FocuIty

Three new instructors have
been added to the faculty of the
University of Maryland Depart
ment of Foreign Languages. They
are James Walter Richeimer and
John G. Root, who teach Ger
man, and Andrew Hofer, who
teaches French.
Evening star., 1950-10-15
Parks Improvements
To Include Extensive
Handspring Work

ILandseaping Work
Extensive new landscaping OF
Judiciary Square and Logan
Circle are must" jobs on the i'm
provement program of National
Capital Parks, it was announced
yesterday.
The cost of these two projects.
estimated at $51, 800 and $4,000,
respectively, will be met from the
$346.6o0 appropriation available
in the 1851 fiscal year for park
buildings and facilities. A budget
directed cut of $34,100 in the
amount appropriated by Congress
will be met out of improvement
funds for some of the smaller
parks and triangles.
Other projects i'll the work pro-
gram cited by park officials in
clude $500 item for the pur-
chase of two mobile projection
sound units ior police and recrea-
ton use. Completion of the mu-
scum for Arlington House and pro-
vision for a formal garden to
beautify the grounds of the his
toric mansion also are di. ected.
The combined cost will pe $lO,-
800.
Anacostia Picnic Ground.
New picnic grounds for Fort
Dupont Park In Anacostia will be
prepared at a cost of $4,000.
The District Highway Depart
ment is now engaged in cutting
Thirteenth street through Logan
Circle to accommodate four traf-
f1c lanes instead of three in an ef-
fort to solve one of the worst bot
tlenecks In the city. AS at Dupont
Circle the work necessitated q new
landscape job and this will be un-
dertaken in cooperation with the
District.
Thirty red oak trees will be
planted in the circle. Plans also
call fer la feet Of hedges. The cir
Gle vii! be given a new six-inch
coating of top soil after the press
ent top soil has been removed. !
The District is installing new
traffic lights and new lighting
poles. as well as new waterlines
for drinking fountains. Coping
and flagstones also will be INSTALL
ed around the circle plaza.
Somewhat similar treatment is
in store for Judiciary Square. one
of the largest in Washington. The
landscaping there will be a COM
plete job. with young shade trees.
evergreenS and shrubbery planted
according to pattern. Top soil will
be replaced and seeded.
Trailer Sound Units.
T. Sutton Jett, special assistant
to the superintendent, said the
two mobile projection sound units
will be accommodated in trailers
and should prove useful in han
ding any big outdoor crowd. Dur
ing the summer, numerous out
door recreational programs are
given in the parks. The projec-
ton units are for use at outdoor
talks and lectures which are usu-
ally illustrated by either lantern
slides or motion pictures.
The Arlington Museum, when
completed, will house many relics
of the Custis and Lee. families. A
year ago it was decided to remodel
the potting house which is just
back of the mansion for this pur-
pose. 1t will cost $1,000 to COM
plete the museum.
An additional $4,000 will be
spent on providing Arlington
House with formal garden. The
pre-Civil War garden connected
with the mansion was neglected
as was the house itself, after the
estate was made into a national
cemetery. The new garden will
be in keeping with the dignity of
the mansion but not so elaborate
as the one at Mount Vernon, it
was said.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01

"ANYTIME A LENDING agency
has a larger equity in an operators
livestock than the operator has him
self, he's in trouble"
1t was a banker who said that In
fact it was Enrol Gait, president of
the First National bank of Great
Falls, who's been a leader in the
livestock business, both operation
and financing, long enough to speak
with authority on the subject.
What brought it up was just my
wondering what effect the present
status of the livestock industry in
Montana was having on the financ-
ing end of it.
There's lot of money in livestock
these days. There's no doubt about
that. Prices have been high and get
ting higher. What's more, it's a good
year with plenty of grass and hay.
With most any COW worth at least
$3.50 and ewes at $50 or so, financing
livestock should be pretty simple
these days, I figured. A lot simpler,
at least, than back when a COW was
worth maybe $40 delivered at the
cannery and a sheep might bring
the price of its pelt.
What Are Financing Principles?
So I dropped into the bank one
day and put the question to Mr..
Gait: "Just what are the principles
of financing livestock in these
times?"
His answer was quick and sure:
''The same as in any other times"
Then he quickly summed up the
common sense of livestock financ-
ing. 1t added up to something like
this:
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01

high, too. Cattle sold for about $125
a head. And many a bank made
loans on those cattle as high as 500
a head. What happened? Well, in
many cases the operator fed those
cattle all winter on hay that cost $50
ton and then sold the cattle for $40
a head"
Here Mr.. Gait paused moment
and there was a twinkle in his eye
as he went on. 81 have all too pain
full recollections of one fellow who
bought some cattle at $50 a head
that year-really quite bargain
paid $40 head to winter them and
then sold them in the spring for $40.
Anyway, as everyone knows,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01
sIsn1s' In Terms
OF 2 Cows

CAPITALISM - If you have
two cows. you sell one and buy a
bull. AS nature lakes its inevi-
table course. your herd increases
in size. value and productivity.
SOCIALISM-If you have two
cows. the government takes both
of them and gives you back lit
tie skim milk. This is known as
redistribution of wealth.
COMMUNISM - If you have
two cows. the government shoots
you. cows your neighbors and is
sues manifesto 10 the effect that
milk is poisonous secretion pro-
duced only by capitalisfic mann
mails.
IDEALISM-If you have two
cows. you imagine that one is
bull-and wait expectantlY for
miracle 10 happen. 1t never does.
RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM-
If you have two cows that have
gone dry you will sell them TO
another rugged individualist at
twice their value-and then damn
the government because you must
pay tax on the profit.
MARXISM-If you have two
cows. you are capitalist.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01
Livestock Financing
What Are Principles for These Times?
BY DON r. BOSLEY

Any banker in the west who en-
cages in livestock financing has
three prime concerns: The welfare
of the rancher borrower, the well
fare of the livestock industry as a
whole in his area and the welfare
of the bank.
And the banker is concerned in
that order.
There is nothing pious in this as
sertion. It's just sound banking. The
interests of the borrower, the in
dustry and the bank are all linked
together and the welfare of all starts
with that of the borrower.
Good of Borrower
And since the greatest good of the
borrower is the first consideration,
any loan made to him should be
carefully tailored to his needs and
circumstances.
1t was at this point that Mr.. Gait
made the assertion that anytime a
lending agency has larger equity
in an operators livestock than the
operator has himself, he's in trouble.
That trouble may not materialize
if the operator gets good breaks, but
it's sure to be serious if he doesn't
get them.
At today's high prices it is par
ticularly important that the borrow
er have a large equity in his live
stock project, Mr.. Gait pointed out.
In fact, if there is any difference
between financing in these times
and any others, this is it. The Dor
rover can actually afford to borrow
less in proportion on the value of his
livestock in these times than he
might if a COW were worth only,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01

say $40. It's just simple matter of
margin. The $40 animal is not likely
to be worth much less when the loan
comes due. The $3.50 cow, we'll, it all
depends on how well the consumer
buying power holds up, whether
government controls are imposed,
and so on.
Oldfimers Know
''And you'd be surprised" Mr..
Gait said, chow difficult it is for
some livestock operators to under
stand this simple principle.
"Oh, it's not the oldtimers. They've
been through all the ups and downs
and they keep their borrowing
trimmed to their needs and facil-
tiles, just as they keep their herds
balanced with their feed supplies.
''It's the ones who've been in the
business for only the last 10 to Is
years-who've known only years of
good range and feed and rising mar
kets-who get impatient at what we
have come to establish as reasonable
limits on loans.
TN fact our two big problems
right now are young fellows who
want to get into the livestock bust
ness and young fellows in the bust
ness who want to over expand.
Naturally, we're glad to help any
one who wants to improve his oper-
alton, but for his own good he'd bet
ter have pretty good backlog of
his own capital before he starts.
Suppose" Mr.. Gait went on,
''that feeder wants to buy 1000
sheep this fall At present prices
those sheep might cost him as much
as $4,000. In that case he'd better
have at least $4,000 of his own be-
fore he enters into any contract.
Back in 1919
sand that's the way any oldtimer
in the business would do it. He'd
remember how it was back in, say,
1919. That year livestock prices were
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-08-01
LOOKING FOR A HERD BULL?

We have two direct sons of WFR Elation 52nd one of
the best known bulls in the Hereford industry today
He recently sold at $4,000.
Both exceptionally good prospects-servicable
age.
ALSO-a very richly bred Prince Domino prospect
"a of WHR Proud Mixer 13th out of Prince
Domino Mixer bred DAM He is thick, low set, good
headed. Be and look him over
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Auto Workers At
Bendix Corp.
Get Wage Boost

Detroit (LPA) - Cost-of-iiving
wage increases ''based on the Gen.
eral Motors pattern" have been
granted $4,000 members of United
Auto Workers employed by the
Bendix Aviation Corp.
UAW Bendix Director Martin
Gerber. said the agreement will
send $500 strikers back to work at
the company's South Bend, Ind.
plant and 100 more at the Zenith
Carburetor Division in Detroit.
The strikes had been labeled sun
authorized" by the union.
UAW Local 500, the giant local
at the River Rouge plant of Ford
Motor Co, assured overall accept
ance of five-year contract with
Ford. Members voted 1858 for
the contract to 12,224 against it.
Some smaller locals had voted
against the agreement, which UAW
President Walter Reuther had
hailed as "the best in the industry.
They objected to any contract Of
five years duration.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
THE MENACE WITHIN
BY ALEXANDER S. LlPSETT
Collectivism-Made in U. S. A.
Installment III

union leaders have tried to follow
two opposite roadsigns at the same
time. While paying lip service te
economic freedom and the rights
of business, their practical Interest
in management and desire to par
take in the managerial function
have assumed proportions practic'
ally unknown in capitalist society
elsewhere.
This, astonishing as it may seen
to many Americans, is a hard fact
Nowhere in socialist-minded Eu
rope has union penetration into the
areas of management been SO deeT
as in the u. S. There again the rea-
sons are evident. The labor move
ment of western Europe has never
regarded itself as cornerstone OF
capitalist society and stabilizel
of private industry. Nor has il
ever been willing to shoulder the
burden of welfare planning such
as has now emerged in the u. S. or
union initiative and under union
leadership.
j. !. !.
Into this sphere, where radical
European laborites fear to tread
American labo rhas flung itself
with great audacity but albeit little
awareness of the consequences OF
it's action. There are flaws in this
course. Aside from being an OBJ
ject lesson in contradiction, it dem
onstrates anew labor's failure to
face facts and to live up to the
clearheadedness and pa S S n ate
convictions of a Gompers.
Will labor, then, run for long
with the hare and hunt with the
hounds? T? That, too, is open to ques-
ton. AS a matter of fact, there is
dawning perception in labor of the
dangers of such a course and a
growing fear that the workers
strength and votes are being ex-
plotted by the prophets of collec-
tivism for their own ends.
part III follows next week)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
OBITUARIES
DANIEL B. McNICOL

Daniel B. McNicol, honorary
member of the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, dice
suddenly September Is in his home
at Marlboro, Mass. Death was. due
to a heart attack.
Mr.. McNicol, one of the owners
of the former Standard Pottery
left East Liverpool about Is years
ago after the local plant suspend
ed operations.
He was son of the late Patrick
McNicol, one of East Liverpools
early pottery manufacturers, and
Ellen McNicol. He was a member
of St. Aloysius Catholic Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Edna
B. McNicol; four sons, Harold Nc,
Nicol, defense collector for the
Brotherhood; William McNicol
honorary member of the N.B.O.P.
Cast Liverpool; Joseph McNicol Of
Erie, Pa.,, and Major Paul B. Nc
Nicol of the Marine ,Corpss q
daughter, Mrs. Kathryn MoriH OF
Needham, Mass, and sister, Mrs
Mary Harris of East Liverpool.
Burial was in Titusyille, Pa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Public Hearing Scheduled On
Minimum Hours And Wages

Portland, Ore. (LPA)-A public
hearing, urged by Local 40, AL
Building Employees Union, will be
held on minimum wages and hours
for women and children employees
at hospitals and sanitoriums. The
state wage and hour commission,
to establish the new standard, is
considering the proposal Of nine
member conference board for "a 65-
cent hourly wage and an S-hour day
and 44-hour week with time and a
half for overtime. The present law,
adopted in l94l, allows nine-hour
day, a seven-day week, and 35-
cent hourly minimum.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21

Thomas M. Ramsey of 1925
Pennsylvania Avenue, died Sept
ember ID in his home following al
extended illness.
A native of Beaver county, Mr.
Ramsey resided in East Liverpool
since he was a child. He was a sol
of Thomas S. and Elizabeth Ram
sey. A handler by trade he wa:
employed last by the Homer Laugh
lin China Co. and affiliated will
Local Union 10, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters.
Widely known throughout the
trade, "Tom" as he was familiarly
known represented his local al
numerous wage conferences anC
conventions.
He was past noble grand OF
East Liverpool I.O.O.F. Lodge 379
and also a past chief grand patri.
arch of East Liverpool Encamp-
ment 107. He was a past district
deputy and a former representa-
tive to the grand lodge. He was
a. member of the First Presbyter-
ian Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Oma
Lance Ramsey; a son, Earl T.
Ramsey of East Liverpool; a
daughter, Mrs. Helen Mullen of
Cleveland; three brothers, Clyde
Ramsey of East Liverpool, Clark
Ramsey of Millvale, Pa, and
James Ramsey of Bridgeville, Pa;
three sisters, Mrs. Clara Cline and
Mrs. Mary ,O'Neill of East Liver
pool, and Mrs. Lu Witherow Of
West Bridgewater, Pa, and six
grandchildren. m
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Crusade To Make Certain Every Ohio
Citizen Is Eligible To Vote Nov. 9TH

Columbus, Ohio = The United
Labor League of Ohio today pro
claimed the period from today tc
the close of registration on Septem-
Der 27th "as the. time for a great
Citizenship Crusade . (. a Crusade
20 make certain every Ohio citizer
IS eligible to vote"
In formal proclamation, signed
by the leaders of all organized
Labor in Ohio, the United Labor
League spelled out the need fol
full voter participation in the No
vember elections.
"The enemies of true democracy
are attacking our precious heritage
Of self-government," the proclama-
tion said, adding this warning, "un-
less each of US fulfills the respon-
sibility that accompanies that heri-
tage, the enemy will prevail"
Expressing it's alarm that many
0hioans, who live in areas where
registration is required, are not
yet eligible to vote, the United
Labor League added it's determine
tion "that oversight and neglect
shall not keep citizens from the
ballot box"
Naming the period from Sept
smber 18th. to 9th for this Cit
izenship Crusade, the proclamation
said:
"We charge each Union officer,
in those areas where registration
is required, with the personal res
possibility for insuring that every
Union member and his adult fam
lily, are eligible to vote this Novem-
Der.
''To accomplish this worthy OBJ
jective, we call upon every Union
officer to contact unregistered
Union members by letter, telephone
and in person, impressing upon
them the Importance of being a
registered voter, and then trans
porting them to the official regis
tration places"
Further than this" the pro-
clamation continued, 1--WE charge
each Union officer and member
With the responsibility for promot-
lng registration campaigns in his
home community, working side-by-
side with like-minded individuals
and organizations, determined, as
we are, that our elections not be
decided by a minority of the citiz-
ems.
"The fundamental principles of
liberalism demand that we APP
proach this Citizenship Crusade
with zeal and determination. No
effort can be to great, no other
task as important.
"For the security of ourselves
and our families, we must guar
antee the elections, about to be
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Butcher Preoches
The Gospel And
Trade Unionism

Chicago (LPA)-Ten years age
a butcher in the stockyards here
quit his job, resigned as an organ
izer, paid his dues four years In
advance and walked out. Recently
the same man walked back-a Bap.
tist minister. Isom Williams haG
gone from the stockyards to the
illogical seminary. He's now back
ito tell my brethren that God and
the trade union movement go to-
gether. :"
Williams explained that while
working in the stockyards, began
to think of the hundreds of thous-
ands of my colored people who are
underpaid in some sections but are
regular church-goers." The ex-
butcher, who had helped build
Cattle Butchers Local 81, Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen-AFL, said he intends to
raise the economic and social sta
tus of the South by supplementing
'the faith of these good people in
God with a faith also in the union
movement"
His first assignment will be in
Mississippi and he says he will
preach about the labor movement
and that 81 myself belong to the
finest union ever blessed with good
members as well as good leaders"
He'll do it "in whatever church !
may happen to take the pulpit,
even if it be a tent in cornfield
revival meeting"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Prices Will Keep
Rising AFL Warns

Washington, D.. C. QLNS). -
Consumer prices will go higher,
the American Federation of Labor
warns in its Labor's Monthly Sur
vey.
Today" the federation says, "its
is the old story over again: Work
ers lose heavily by price rises. In
the war-scare buying some retail
stores tried to hold the price line,
others took advantage Of the
chance to raise prices and some
price increases were exorbitant.
"For instance, the price Of sugar
averaged AZ cents for a 5-lb. bag
July 10; some grocers raised it to
60 cents; the U. S. average went
up to so cents July 81.
'The sharp rise in food prices is
slackeping now as this years OUT
put of vegetables and meat comes
on the market. There was no gen
eral4 rise in the food price index
from july Is to Aug. 15. In the
months just ahead we may expect
food price rises to be offset by
some, price declines; also, as con-
sumers find that store shelves are
well filled, the scare buying with
its pressure on prices is slackening.
The, Consumer Price Index may
show less sharp increase in Aug
ust than in July"
"But by the fall, stores will be
passing on to consumers the in
creases now taking place in manu-
facturers' prices of such items as !:
Textiles, shoes, women's and chill
dren's clothing, tires, paint, soap,
underwear, drug store items, etc.
So union members must expect
higher living costs"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-09-21
Railway Carmen
Call For Wage
Hike, Other Gains

Kansas City, Mo. UPA)-Ovel
la thousand delegates at the quad
rennial convention here of the Bro
therhood Railway Carmen of Am
erica lAFL) this week formulated
a program calling for further wage
increases and other economic gains
Representing over 10000 work
ers engaged in building and repair
of railroad cars, the delegates
authorized a drive for pay raises
to match the recent skyrocketine
living costs.
Also they called for a longer
vacation with pay; wage differen-
tials for night shifts; 30 days an
nual paid sick leave; standardiza,
ton of pay rates among freight anc
passenger carmen, and other inn
provements.
An ultimate 30-hour week, with
out loss in take-home pay, was ad-
vocated for all workers.
With thunder of ayes, the
delegates went on record condemn
ing the former leader of another
Railroad Brotherhood - Alvanley
Johnston, grand chief emeritus of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers for supporting Senator
Taft of Ohio in his campaign fol
reelection.
A telegram voicing this condem-
iiation was sent to the Engineers
headquarters in Cleveland, Past
President Felix HI. Knight Of the
Carmen raped Johnston's action
from the floor.
He pointed out that Johnston
was "born a Republican, raised a
Republican, and has never been
anything else but a Republican"
who put the interests OF his party
ahead of that of labor.
The convention also blisteringly
assailed the Taft-Hartley act and
called for its repeal. In addition,
the delegates adopted a resolution
urging a counter-campaign, led by
the AFL, against the deluge OF
anti-labor propaganda being spread
by such organizations as the Ma
tional Association Of Manufactur-
ers, American Medical Association
and other groups.