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Evening star., 1950-08-31
Air Parcel Post Rate
Increase November |
Aimed 10 Meet Costs

Rates on air parcel post viii
go up November l., Postmaster
General Donaldson announced
today.
On packages up to / pound
there will be no change If the trip
Is more than $50 miles. There
will be a nickel increase for
packages between half a pound
and l pound If the trip is less
than $50 miles.
Examples of Increases.
The real increases will come on
packages heavier than a pound
Here are some examples: :.
A 2-pound package flying from
New York to Atlanta will rise
from "a cents to $I.26.
A 5-pound package going the
same distance will rise from $1.6t
to 1924.
A 2-pound package between
San Francisco and Philadelphis
will rise from $1.45 to $1.60.
A 10-pound package between
the same two points will rise from
$6.65 to So.
Mr.. Donaldson said the new
rates will bring in enough revenue
to pay the costs of air parcel
post.
Air parcel post will be 2 years
old tomorrow. The law that Gre
ated 1t permitted the Post Office
Department to raise or lower the
rates. provided this was done
within 2 years.
There is one tricky phase to
present rates on additional
pounds for the first three zones
Under the law. air parcel post
must be charged at the rates
given or at the regular f1rst-class
service rates of 5 cents an ounce
whichever is higher.
Delivery Bills Languish.
This causes postal clerks a lot
Of trouble, because they have to
compute it both ways. But under
the new rates. such computations
won't be necessary, because the
new rates will be higher in every
case than 3 cents an ounce.
1t was pointed out by a Post
Off1ce official that today's action
is not part of the agency's over
all fiscal program. The postmas-
ter is required by law to increase
air parcel post rates If this opera
ton is going in the red.
1--WE have been running a def
cit in air parcel post and had nc
alternative" the official said.
Meanwhile. bills to restore two
a-day mail deliveries languishec
in the Senate, with no indication
when action would be taken. The
House has voted to restore thu
cuts ordered last April by Mr.
Donaldson in. q major effort tt
balance the departments budget
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Correction

John Marshall Butler, Repub-
lican candidate for the United
States Senate from Maryland.
will address a rally of the Fed
Grafton of Republican Women Of
Prince Georges County at 8
o'clock tonight in the Cheverly
American Legion Hall.
The Star stated incorrectly yes
terday that the rally was to have
been held last night.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

Virginia-Showers tonight and
occasional rain tomorrow. Some
heavy rain likely in southwest
portion and mountain areas of
northwest portion. Little change
in temperature. ~
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning, IL miles per hour;
direction, southwest.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ended 9 am, August 81, 43 grains
per cubic yard of air.
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District of Columbia - Rather
cloudy, warm and humid with
scattered showers this afternoon
and tonight and occasional rain
tomorrow. Highest this afternoon
about S8, lowest tonight around
70.
Maryland - Scattered showers
tonight and occasional rain to-
morrow. Some heavy rain likely
in mountain areas. Little change
in temperature.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Embargo on Mail Service
To Canada Is Removed .

The Post Office Department to-
day lifted its 10-day-old embargo
on second, third and fourth class
mail going to Canada. The action
came following settlement last
night of the Canadian rail strike.
Only first-class mail and essen
tial items such as medical supplies
were permitted to move into Can
ada during the strike.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Ober Law Test Sought

Five Progressive Party members
who are trying to run for office
yesterday launched a new court
attack in Baltimore against Mary
lands anti-subversive Ober Law.
Plaintiffs in a suit are Louis
Shub, who seeks to run for Gov
'ernor;; Sam Fox, who wants to
be a candidate for the United
States Senate; Marshall Jones.
for Congress, and Otto Yerrell
and Milton Self. for the Maryland
House of Delegates.-(P).
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Ages 18th
biennial con-
vention here
last night, Mr..
Her said that
Simple JUS
tice" neceSSi-
tates blanket
ing in these ad-
ditional work.
erS.
Mr.. uer ap-
plauded Presi-
dent Trunnan's
executive order
the other day.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Canadian Trains svil
As Strikers Return. on
Parliament Order
BY the Assecioisd Press

OTTAWA, Aug. 31.-Canada'
trains rolled and telegraph lines
clicked again today. ending nine
day nation wide strike.
The first such general tieup in
the nations history was called OF
by union leaders last night just 10
minutes after special government
back-to-work bill became law. It
called for the strike to end in 48
hours.
The vanguard of the 1884,
strikers responded promptly to the
back-to-work call broadcast by
Strike Leaders Frank H. Hall and
A. r. Mosher. Roundhouses stirred
with activity. Locomotives were
fired. Switches and signals were
inspected. Wire communications
reopened.
Canadian National and Cana
dian Pacific Railway officials indi-.
Gated it would be "a hours before
operations were normal.
Mr. Hall and Mr.. Mosher told
union members they had won dis
tinct gains" in the emergency-ap-
proved legislation, forced through
a nonstop session of the House Of
Commons.
In their first demands. the
unions asked a 40-hour week, ef-
fective January /. with pay for
48 hours, plus a 7-cents-an-hour
raise, retroactive to June, 1949.
The railroads offered a Accent
raise. effective September /, and
the 40-hour week at the current
48-hour pay effective October /.
1851.
Under the new law, the work.
ers get the 4-cent raise and con-
tinue to work the 48-hour week.
pending a final settlement. A
government named arbitrator
will step in If the settlement Is
not reached in 80 days.
Commons Has Stormy Day.
The end of what possibly has
been Canada's most costly strike
came after a stormy day in Com
mons. which paused neither for
lunch or dinner. Final passage
of the bill left the anxious labor
chiefs relatively satisfied. since
new amendments introduced by
Prime Minister Louis st. Laurent
during the day guaranteed that
the back-to-work conditions could
not be reduced. even by arbitra-
ton.
Two hours after final approval
Of the bill. pilot crews we're back
on the job.
In the Toronto freight yards
alone, $500 cars of freight waited
for delivery.
Ahead of the first freight trains
went pilot trains carrying crews
for various terminals. These
moved out slowly over Canada's
10000 miles of track, to check
safety conditions.
Trains to Pick Up Quickly. -.
Transcontinental trains were
to roll from Montreal and coast
points as soon as they could be
|serviced. Cross-country trains
halted at intermediate points by
the strike will pick up from their
stopping places. ~
The strike started August ~.
tying up IL 900 miles Of track and
4,300 locomotives. The nations
telegraph system. manned by
striking union men. also was out.
Only emergency trains ran to
remote centers threatened with
starvation. Big hotels operated
by the Canadian National Rail-
ways in many large cities handled
guests on a restricted basis. Ca.
madam Pacific Railway hotels, un.
der provincial jurisdiction, were
mt affected
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Russians Buy Wool

The largest shipment of wool
which Afghanistan ever made to
any country-6,000 tons re
Gently was sold to the Soviet
Union.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Liquor Profits Cut

Suburban Virginia Jurisdictions
will receive about $4,000 less in
State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board profits than received year
ago.
Arlington will receive $685.
1O5.78, compared to $226 ,847 .48.
Alexandria's share sof $120.532. 80,
about $4,000 less than last year.
Fairfax County will get $125.-
483.46, also about $4,000 less
than 1949.
Total State revenue from liquor
sales TO rthe year ending last
June 80 showed a general decline
for the second successive year.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Maryland
and
Virginia
- News in Briet -
Fairfax to Begin Work
On SEWAGE Plant

Construction of a sewage treat
ment plant for Fairfax County
will begin January !.
The project also includes $780,
900 feet of sewer lines, the first OF
which will be constructed in the
Groveton area near Alexandria
Construction of additional lines In
the Baileys Crossroads area will
begin next spring. while work on
sewer lines in the Falls Church
area will begin next summer.
The disposal plant. tentatively
set for location on a tract be-
tween the Mount Vernon Memo
rial boulevard and Fort Hunt road
in the New Alexandria area.
should be completed within IL
months after construction begins.
The plans were revealed yes
terday at a meeting at which the
County Board of Supervisors
signed a contract with G. Hubbard
Massey, consulting engineer.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
Eye to Check Speed

Maryland State police today
were to begin using a magic
eye traffic cop" to check speed
ing on the Baltimore boulevard.
The device will be used for
about a month along the dan
gerous "Muirkirk stretch" The
machine operator will report
violations to a waiting State
trooper a mile away. Drivers
will receive only warnings un-
less the violations are fragrant.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
The Federal Spotlight
AFGE Backs Ner Plea for New
Blonketing-in Job Order
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young
Stor StoH corgasnoncjent

OMAHA Nebr Aug 31-Henry c. Her. the newly elected presi
dent of the AFL American Federation Of Government EMPLOYEES
today urged President Truman to issue executive order
bankeng into civil service status thousands of add
onal persons who presidential
Evening star., 1950-08-31

A bee-keeper summoned to
capture bees settled inside an auto
at Penxance. Scotland, found the
bees were her own, which had
sWarmed.
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temperature. in various Cities.

Egypt will try crop busting by
helicopter to fight the cotton
worm. -.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

Mauritius has lifted a ban on
importation Of chemical fertiliz-
ers
Evening star., 1950-08-31
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

River Report.
(From q s. Engineers.)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls. Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpcrs Ferry.
Evening star., 1950-08-31

High and Low Of Last "a HOufS,
High SO at 4:20 pm.
Low 20 at $40 am.
Record Temperatures This YeaS.
Highest &C. on June "a.
Lowest Is. on March 8.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast an
Evening star., 1950-08-31

In his first major policy state
ment following his election by
an overwhelming majority at the
Evening star., 1950-08-31

The Sun and Moor
Evening star., 1950-06-14

Philosopher Explains Why Dixie Resents Race Issue Weddnq

crying peace and brotherhood.
set the stage for class conflict.
1t would be best. said DR..
Odum. If these folk would settle
down and approach the whole
task Of finding a solution in a
spirit Of giving up something.
AS for the rest Of the picture.
the author Of the exhaustive
Southern Regions of the United
States" explained that back in
the decade l920-30. there was
every evidence that the South was
being reintegrated into the Ma
ton.
But then. he continued. q
strange thing happened. There
was a revival of the old sectional
conflict during the depression and
again during World War II.
The revival of the term The
South came about in two ways
One was typified in the now noted
slogan that the South was the Ma
tion's economic problem number
one. The South was Tobacco
Road It was again missionary
territory.
New Deal Opposition.
I'm the second place. The
South came to be synonymous
with conservatism. or reactionary
policies due to the opposition of
many Southern Congressmen and
State governors to new deal pol
icieS."
These sectional divisions were
intensified. Dr. Odum went on,
with the coming of war.
THE Nation realized suddenly
Evening star., 1950-06-14
The Changing South-No. ;
BY Benz Price
Associcted Presy Ssuff Writer

CHAPEL HILL, N. c.. June Il.
Nothing battles the Yankee so
much as Southern resentment
over "meddling" in the race issue.
Why?
DR.. Howard W. Odum, a big,
friendly and rumpled professor at
the University of North Carolina,
has been giving the matter some
thought for the better part of so
years.
AS result DR.. Odum has come
to be recognized generally as the
foremost authority on the South
and its problems.
DR.. Odum puts it this way: "a
Protestant might go to q Catho-
lie and say, Look here, you are
doing more to hurt Christianity
than any one else The Catholic,
quite naturally, would be resent
full.
Advice for Extremists.
"The same thing applies here, !"
DR.. Odum continued. The YAM
kee might say to the Southerner,
You are doing more to hurt dem
ocracy than any one else Now
he might be right. but there
would be resentment"
For those extremists, North and
South. DR.. Odum has this mes
sage:
1T is provincial to argue segre-
CATION when the Nation outside
the South has decided it will not
even negotiate on any basis but
the elimination of segregation,
and the South insists the matter
isn't even a subject for debate.
1.-THE Southern Dixiecrats re-
f1ected immaturity when they set
up as a standard of voting for a
President how you felt about seq
regation.
Some Of the Nations intellec-
tuals are so immature as to as
sumo that age-old race prejudice
and religious folk conflicts have
been put on purposely like a gar
ment-and that a simple edict
from Congress will cast off the
garment and make the people
over.
Many Southerners are so naive
as to assume the South can con-
tinue in an isolation which takes
place in its segregation economy
in a changing world.
The doctor concluded there
were hot-headed folk who re-
tarded progress and that these
1often were matched by those who,
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Bostogne to UnveiI Bust
Of McAuIiffe JuIy Is

The general who said nuts" to
the German demand for the
American surrender at Bastogne,
will be honored July 16 in that
historic city. when a plaster por-
trait bust of him will be unveiled.
The bust of Maj. Gen. Anthony
N. McAuliffe is a life-sized copy
of the one for which he posed four
years ago. The sculptress was
Mrs. Suzanne Silvercruys Steven
son Of Norwalk and Chaplin,
Conn.
Gen. and Mrs. McAuliffe will be
at the ceremony attended by
dignitaries of the United States,
Canada, France. Great Britain
Luxembourg and Belgium.
Evening star., 1950-06-14

that its ideas Of the American
dream guaranteed to all its citi-
zens equal rights and opportuni-
ties. And that. while 1t had gone
to war for global democracy. there
was no such democracy practiced
in the South.
There Is another factor. There
may be no new South. nor new
North, but there Is a new Negro
Of great force and vitality.
Negro Has Changed.
The Negro has changed tre-
mendously. 1t Is not only that he
has developed an important upper
and middle class; 1t is not only
that he has developed a magnifl-
cent leadership and thousands
Evening star., 1950-06-14

have received higher educational
opportunities.
1T Is not only that the Negro
youth. sensing change, Is minded
70 experiment with every type Of
equal opportunity. 1t is all this
and more.
1T is as II some universal mes
sage has come through 10 the
great mass of Negroes. urging
them to dream new dreams and
to protest against the old order.
The net result Is new Negro
facing the old White man and
joining with the North against
the South"
Tomorrow: The States
RighterSl
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Civic Calendar
Citizens Prepare
For Summer Recess

Only nine District citizens
groups will meet this week, all of
them for the last time until fall.
The Interfederation Council
will meet tomorrow night, a week
in advance of its usual meeting
date, because of the Montgomery
County Civic Federation's banquet
June 19.
Members of the North Wash
ington Council will bring lists of
community problems to the meet
ing at 8 pm. Wednesday at the
sixth police precinct station. The
lists will be consolidated over the
summer into program to be
taken up in the fall.
A musical film, "Ezio Pima,
South Pacifis Soloist," will be
shown at the meeting of the Hill
crest Citizens Association at 8
pm. tomorrow at the East Wash
ington Heights Baptist Church,
Alabama and Branch avenues Sc.
Plans to dedicate a new play
ground at Fifteenth and Bryant
streets NE. will be made at the
Brentwood Terrace meeting. The
group meets at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row at the home of James Will
fon, jr.. vice president, 1881 Sara
toga avenue NE.
Winners of the Ideal Dad con-
test sponsored by the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, the
Burroughs Citizens Association
and the National Gateway Citi-
zens' Association will be posted in
participating stores in Woodbridge
Thursday.
This weeks schedule follows:
Monday.
Interfederation Council-Engi-
neers' Club. 1925 E street NV,
g pm.
Brentwood Terrace-Home of
James Wilton. jr.. 1881 Saratoga
avenue NE, $50 pm.
Brookland-Home of Miss Kath-
leen Noel, 1862 Lawrence street
NE. 8 pm.
Hillcrest - East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, Alabama
and Branch avenues Sc, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Fort Dupont -- Anne Beers
School, Alabama avenue and
Thirty-sixth place Sc, 8 pm.
Thomas Circle-Home of Frank
M. Thompson, 1886 Sixteenth
street NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Rhode Island Avenue-Bate-
mans Store, 1904 Rhode Island
avenue NE. 8 pm.
North Washington Council-No.
6 precinct station, 1900 Nicholson
street NV, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Service Winners
To Be Displayed

Photographs judges in the
second annual 1nterservice Photo
graphy contest last week are TO
remain in display in the concourse
of the Pentagon building through
June Is and will then be moved
to the Commerce Department
building for another two weeks
display.
The Air Force was winner on
points in the contest and was
given an award Wednesday. Best
of show picture was Torso" made
by Capt, Marion B. Bowers,
U. S. NJ. c.. whose headquarters
is in Washington. Point rating
was Air Force-5l; Army-4o; Navy
Marine Corps-Coast Guard-39.
Judges of the show included Z,
v. Wenzell. managing editor of
Camera Magazine: Norman c..
Lipton. eastern editor of Popular
Photography; Alexander j. We'd
derburn. curator Of photography
of the Smithsonian Institution:
Willard Culver. staff photogra-
pher on the National Geographic
and Aubrey Bodine of the Balti-
more Sun.
Evening star., 1950-06-11

an image of considerable brilliance
and clarity.
This brings up the point of
how to arrange an audience for
your slide show. Always be sure
to place all of those in the audi
ence in front of the protector.
Otherwise their attention will be
divided between your actions and
the pictures on the screen. Place
chairs in the shape Of a wedge
with the apex of the wedge near
est the screen. The chairs should
be staggered In formation so that
every one will have an unob-
structed view. Your protector
should be placed directly oppo-
site the center Of the screen so
that the projected beam of light
is at a direct right angle to the
screen.
Another point that will bear
upon your setup will be the aver
age density of the slides to be
shown. It is to be hoped that,
in any one sequence or any series
that you plan to show, all the
slides will be Of the same average
density. If not you will not get
the best results from your show
ing. A very dark slide should be
projected in a smaller size than
one Of normal density. Otherwise
you will have to use a higher
wattage lamp to obtain the same
brilliance. BY the same token, an
extremely light slide will look
washed out after a normal slide
has been projected at the same
size and with the same lamp.
Fumbling around for slides dur
ing the showing should be avoided
by all means. Keep your box Of
slides close to the slide carrier OF
the protector. They should be
thoroughly cleaned before the
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show as each speck Of dirt or
fingerprint will be horribly mag
nified on the~ screen. The slides
should likewise be spotted or
thumb-tabbed so that you can
place the slide in the machine
without wondering whether it will
appear upside down or in reverse.
Have Everything Ready.
There will be times when, for
one reason or another, you will
be unable to screen your slides
in perfectly dark room. Daylight
or other light will compete with
the beam of light from the pro-
jector and take away from the
clarity and brilliance of the
image. This can be offset to a
great extent by moving the pro-
jector closer to the screen and
/or using a lamp of greater wat
tage than normal. A shadow box
arrangement is also helpful in
these circumstances, a hood being
placed around the edges of the
screen to cut off much of the un-
wanted light.
But the most important point
Of all for the beginner to learn
is the art of preparation for his
show. Don't wait until your audi
ence is assembled to put up the
screen and protector. Instead,
have everything in readiness 50
that all you need is flip of the
room lights and turn on your pro-
jector. If you put this of until
the last moment, you are bound
to run into trouble.
Even with the best of luck your
audience will grow restive as you
struggle with the screen, have
your troubles centering the image,
focusing, stringing electric cable,
etc. All this should be done before
hand. Your protector should be
tested to see that the lamp is in
good shape and that the blower
is working. The machine should
be in focus and the electric cables
should be so placed that no one
Will trip and fall as they move
into the room. In a strange place
you should always test the ma
chine to make sure that the fuses
will not blow and carry q few
spare fuses to replace weak ones
In other words. be prepared from
the first. "
Evening star., 1950-06-11
TowIes, Gichner
To Speak at
Society Meeting

VIII II. Towles viii be the first
Of two speakers to address the
Wednesday monochrome meeting
Of the National Photographic So
ciety. Mr.. Towles. for several
years. was q demonstrator in por-
trait photography for the East
man Kodak Co. He is an expert
with the early Photographic proc
esses and Is familiar with all types
of papers from the old albumen
and printing out papers. gas-light
papers. carbon printing to the
modern bromide and chlorobro-
mide media.
The second speaker will be
Henry Gichner who will report on
his recent trip to a Photographic
convention in st. Louis.
Members will also compare their
work with that of camera club
fans from another city. Two ex-
hibits will be on display at the
meeting at 8 pm. in the auditori-
UNI Of the Natural History Build
ing Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. One will feature the ex-
change collection of the Good
year-Akron Photographic Society.
The other will be the, exchange
collection of the NPS which has
just returned from a years tour
of the country.
At the last meeting OF the mono
chrome group, the judge. c. H.
Severance. made the following
awards: Grand honors went to
w. Byron Hale. honors to L. Paul
Henslee and Mr.. Hale and Mr..
Gichner. r. d. Dobbins received
honorable mention.
The Amateur Cinema League
has elected Joseph j. Harley,
FACL Of Summit. N. j., as presi-
dent: Ralph E. Gray, FACL. re-
tired. as vice president and Arthur
H. Elliott, ACL Of Chicago as di-
rector.
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Harris Print
Wins Award

The grand award Of the 9th
Foto-Craft exhibition OF photo
graphy went to Frederick Harris
for his print. "Interude. Other
honor prints were by Mr.. Harris.
Ellsworth Davis. Warren 3. Bur
gess. r, H. CarStens, jr,; Alphonso
Jones. Ruth H. Lockwood. Len A.
Lee and William A. Washington.
Exhibitors from the Washington
area included; Hamilton H. Poole.
William Anderson. HSueh c. Yen.
Adele Harris, George B, Davidson.
Andrew l. Clark. Marion j.
Walthall, Eugene E. Myers. Gil
bert DiggS, James w. Riges. Oscar
Seidenberg. Robert J. kirkman.
Dorothy Terrell. Sterling Jones.
Rudolph Morris and Walter
Crutchfield.
The club will meet today at the
front of the Monastery. Four
teenth and Irving streets NE, at
10 am. for q camera stroll. On
Thursday, the group will meet in
the assembly room Of the Twelfth
Street YMCA at s pm. for a ses-
sion on the fundamentals OF
photography. .>