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Evening star., 1950-04-18
CoIIectiye Bargaining

have a growing conviction that col
lective bargaining as practiced under
the Wagner Act, and as practiced today
under the ft-Hartley Act. is not col
lective bargaining at all. but something
quite different.
For instance, when buyer goes to
merchant and is not satisfied with the
price, he is at liberty to bargain with
the merchant or 60 elsewhere. Likewise
when a merchant is not satisfied with
the price offered by the buyer, he is at
liberty to bargain for a better price or
sell to another customer.
Now. consider the situation as
between organized labor and the en-
ployer. Organized labor has its labor
to sell. and the employer has to buy
labor.
It Is different, however, with the en-
ployer. He cannot employ anybody else.
The picket line, rowing pickets and other
terrorist devices make it impossible for
anybody else to work for the employer
whose plant is struck. The employer
finally has no choice but to submit to
the demands of the union, modified per-
haps, but submit nevertheless. or else go
out of business. This is not collective
bargaining, but collective coercion.
Samuel II. Bauer.
St. Marys City. Md.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
etters to The Star

Occupation troops" of the British Army.
were in Irish cities and towns? Does
he mean to say Southern Ireland was
for Hitler? Does he know British re-
cruiting officers were In Cork, Dublin.
and every other large Irish city in the
last war? Does he know how many
Irish girls were working in British fac
tories in England. or how many Irish
men were in the British Army and
Royal Air Force?
I am an IriShman and this Is my
adopted country I as an individual
fought in two of its wars. In the last
one it was my misfortune that fate
caught up with me, so l am totally
disabled. My sons, who are IriSh-Amer-
leans, fought in World War II. One
gave his life, but he gave 1t to the only
country at the time that was worth
fighting for, in my personal opinion.
One of the reasons may be Of course
that, as lad of IL years, witnessed
British troops burning the shack we
lived in, and turning my mother and her
six small children out in the cold winter
night, then confiscating (what beau
tiful word for stealing) the cow which
supplied milk for three families
All wish to say to Mr.. Christie is
that England never gave Ireland any,
thing but grief. and as long as the
breath is in an Irjshman's body he will
fight partition.
But as long as Mr.. Christie is such a
seer, would like to ask him a question.
What is England afraid Of if Ireland is
whole once more? Does he really think
Ireland was neutral in World War II?
Or that if England herself or the United
States Government really needed Irish
ports. they could not have had them?
But be it as it may, Mr.. Christie, may
the good Lord bless you, even II you
are all wrong.
Michael X. O'Brien.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

sidered but which they feel have disad-
vantages outweighing the advantages.
One was to sell. for 81. 10 tickets at
tached to a stub. After the purchaser
has used the tickets for 10 rides. he then
could show the stub and have additional
rides at cents each. Thus 80 rides
would cost, So. or 10 cents each.
But suppose the purchaser got friend
to take the. tickets of his hands at 81 80.
He then would have the stub costing him
10 cents. Thirty rides would cost an
additional $3.50 for total Of $220, or
ia cents a ride. In the same way,
person riding IS times a week could do
it for $445 at little less than cents
a ride.
The drawback of the detachable tickets
might be overcome in another suggestion.
This was for ticket from which parts
would be clipped Thus, the total num-
ber of rides could be limited. According
to the company. however, this would not
be a pass but another fare lower than
the token fare. And it would entail a
time e-consuming and two-handed opera
tion by the bus driver or motorman. or
the installation of machine which
would clip the ticket.
Passes for use during the oH-peak
hours also have been suggested. These
might be good for the period from 10
am. to pm.
1t is believed, however. that persistent
users would far outnumber those who
would buy such pass merely because of
it's convenience. It is also feared that
the merchant would be antagonized
when woman, with whom a coat sale
had about been clinched, dropped the
Evening star., 1950-04-18
LEGATION STREET.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
II wish to thank you for publishing
MY letter about the turkey gobbler fight
I witnessed in my boyhood. I hoped 1t
would bring some word about similar
occurrences, and it did
"The explanation of the correspond
ent who thinks it must have been a
wild turkey gobbler seems impossible.
THE little town where grew up was
on the old Lake Shore & Southern
Michigan Railroad, running from To-
ledo to Chicago, and was only 12 miles
from the Ohio line, in an early settled
part of Michigan.
II never knew of any wild turkeys in
the locality, or that any town sportsman
or farmer had shot any.
They seemed to have vanished from
that region before my time, though of
course they were still plentiful farther
north in the State.
Respectfully. F. L. L. H"
The wild turkey was one of Audu
bon's most famous plates.
It was and still is wonderful bird.
You have to go to the back woods, il
you want to see it.
The trip would be worth it, for few
wild turkeys exist in what is called.
laughingly. civilization"
Not far down in the States Of Virginia
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Stride Towurd Democracy

Your editorial stating that Secretary
Chapman should be given the whole
responsibility for operating certain
swimming pools on a non-segregated
basis needs, think, to be developed one
or two steps further. The pools should
be left under the control of the De-
partment of Interior. To give them
over to the D. C. Recreation Department
would in effect broaden the sphere of
racial discrimination. Such a backward
step would break our stride toward
democracy in the Nations Capital
and the world is looking on.
The aforementioned responsibility,
however. ought to be shared by all re-
ligious and civic organizations. Seldom
is so grand an opportunity offered for
vitalizing and applying ideals of BROTH
Evening star., 1950-04-18
The Transit Compony's Pass Problem
By Francis p Douglas

A GOOD part Of Washington is try
y ing to figure out how the Capital
Transit Co. can continue to sell weekly
pass on which the bus and streetcar
rider can save money and the company
won't lose.
Chairman James H. Flanagan of the
company's petition to abolish the weekly
pass is the problem giving the COM
mission most concern.
1t is also a problem giving concern to
a large part of the riding public. judg-
ing from the testimony of individuals
before the commission at its recent fare
hearings
The company sells the pass for $l.75.
Or riders now may pay 13 cents cash
or buy three tokens for IS cents. In
addition to elimination of the pass. the
company is asking for a 15-cent cash
fare and 131a-cent token fare. selling
six tokens for 80 cents.
Some witnesses before the utilities
commission opposed any fare increase
whatever. But the most fervent pleas
were those for keeping the pass.
The reasons are obvious. One woman,
in the insurance business, testified she
uses Ille pass ~ W on Iiiiico "Cch'
That means she has been paying % to
25 cents per ride. If she has to pay
1874 cents a ride. her weekly transit cost
for rs rides will be $40.
One transit user-not witness-Said
his monthly costs for riding would go
from $3.50 to SIG under the proposed
fares. This means he has been getting
20 rides week on his pass-6E cents
ride. At 1919 cents his weekly cost will
be about $3.75 instead Of $1.75.
The company's position is that large
proportion of the pass riders are getting
so many trips for SITS that they are, in
effect, being subsidized by those who
pay the cash or token fares.
The peak in pass sales came back in
March, 1945. Then they were going at
the rate of 214000 week, and the COM
pany got more than half its income from
passes. In February of this year pass
sales were down to about 10000 week.
Last year, the company got $8,959, 900
from the sale of passes and $17,261 900
from other fares.
In 1945, according to company figures.
the average pass-user rode 5000 times.
Last year this was up to 34.72. The COM
pany figures the number who purchase
the pass chiefly for it's convenience,
large proportion in 1945. now is down to
the point where it cannot balance out
those who use the pass for more than
their share of rides.
A number of suggestions have been
made which company officers have con-
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Blue Evening

Enber By ember the rose fame clouds
turn pale,
The last gold light OF lepel sun declines:
A ntghtbtrd calls just once and then 70
stu
In deeper stiffness OF blue silent pines.
The trees are ranked and hushed4 In
mystery
Behind the farmhouse. strangely
luminous, blue -Uhite::
A gate creaks there, cold clatter OF
pump,
And blue smoke curls into a deeper
night.
The first star olitters in the western sky.
Far of a locomotive Uhtstles In cold
air,
And echoes fall in aualdnche among The
hills Sc
Leaving blue silence and colder
epeninc there.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
More Irish Partition

The letters to The Star in favor of the
end of Irish partition seem to lack the
logic of an average high-school student.
The letter by Anna E. Burke drew the
analogy that the six Ulster states as
they are now would be comparable to
the British ruling one-f1fth of the States
of the United States. This is an OBJ
viously fallacious analogy. British rule
would certainly not be welcomed in the
United States, but according to the ar
ticle by Lothrop Stoddard appearing
on the same page, the people OF Ulster
are in favor of the present partition
two-to-one. If our own Government had
that much support it would be indeed
gratifying to our leaders.
writer suggested the possibility of Nor
thern Ireland becoming a pink base"
This, in my mind, is absurd. There
was, of course, no mention of the fact
that during the last war Southern Ire
land was infiltrated with Nazis, who
found very convenient base to hamper
the war effort of the United States,
the country that Southern Ireland is
now turning to to end the partition of
Ireland The Irish seem slow to aid the
United States, but fast to ask our aid.
William ]. Schaefer, Jr.
X X
Mr. Christie in his letter to The Star
has, to say the least. covered quite a
lot of territory. His great knowledge
of the reason Fire" is an independent
nation is astounding: 1.-THE self-deter-
mination of smaller nations" Didn't
he ever hear of the Free State" or
when Fire became nation? Does he
know how many years even after the
so-called Free State" came into being,
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Bolivia Bans Its Reds

The action OF the Bolivian government out
lawing the Communist Party and "all its activi-
ties and subsidiary organizations" was unex-
pected, but not surprising. The revolutionary
conspiracy which the government claims to have
discovered is not the first time the Communists
have attempted Red coup. Only last autumn
a widespread Communist revolt was put down
only after heavy fighting while few months
before that bloody riots in the tin-mine regions
attained almost revolutionary proportions. Those
tin mines are the chief source of Boivia'S eX
portable wealth and account for most of the
revenue in this poor and backward country. The
miners are illiterate Indians, inefficient, low paid
and laboring under bad working conditions.
Such a combination is fertile ground for Com
munist propaganda. Accordingly, the miners
have long been dominated by Red leaders who
exploit the workers grievances to incite them to
revolutionary action. AS long as this situation
persists, the miners will be chronic source of
trouble.
The novel aspect of the current conspiracy,
according to the authorities is that Communist
agents from several other South American coun-
tries are involved. The master mind of the plot
is stated to be the notorious Brazilian Red leader,
Luis Carlo Prestes. An ardent fanatic with con-
spiratorial ability, he fled his own country three
years ago when the Communist Party was out
lawed there for its Seditous tactics. PresteS
went into hiding, but continued his activities on
an international scale. This is another evidence
of that Communist underground" which works
throughout Latin America for common revou
tionary aims.
Bolivia logically would be a target for Red
endeavorS because its national life is in many
ways unbalanced and unstable. The country
is bascally poor. The settled area is plateau
so high that, though lying within the tropics,
1t has cold, bleak climate ill-suited to agri-
culture. The backward Indian masses are
dominated and exploited by Spanish-speakng
upper class which monopolizes most of the op-
portunities notably politics. This accounts for
the factionalism which characterizes its political
life, punctuated by struggles between the polit-
ical "ns' and outs" The present government,
which came in four years ago with the over
throw of the ruthless dictator, Villaroel, is a
relatively good one, pledged to gradual reforms.
1t ought to be able to maintain itself.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

whole transaction at 3:55 pm. with the
explanation she had to catch the bus
to avoid being forced to pay cash fare.
In Baltimore shoppers ticket is sold,
good between 10 am. and 3 pm. The
rider pays 13 cents for a two-trip ticket
and an additional cents when he makes
the second trip. The cash fare there is
13 cents and the token fare two for Is
cents. The company is asking for a
15-cent cash fare. elimination Of the
tokens and two-trip ticket costing %
cents. payable when the ticket Is pur-
chased.
Here are some other suggestions made
here. with the company's reactions:
Passes with different colors for mascu-
line and feminine riders. This would
tend to reduce the number of different
persons using the same pass. The COM
pany. however. feels there would be dis
crimination-for example. in favor of
the male purchaser with a number of
sons and no daughters. as against the
male purchaser with daughters and no
sons.
Sell a pass good for six months with
the users photograph mounted on it.
Such a pass would have to be sold at
such q high price that counterfeiting
would be invited.
Keep the pass, but raise the price to
So, 81 or even IS. This would simply in
sure that pass purchasers would be those
who use them so many times that the
cost per ride would be far below that
paid by other riders.
There may be other plans. but so far
no one has come forward with a pass
system the company Is willing to adopt
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Proceed With Caution

AS Attorney General McGrath testified yes
terday, there is good reason for the Federal Gov
ernment to be concerned over the amount of
organized crime in the Nation. 1t is necessary
and proper that the Federal Government assist
local authorities as much as possible in meeting
the challenge of gambling syndicates and other
racketeering groups. But there is limit to
Federal operations in such fields. Local law en-
forcement is a local responsibility under our
democratic system of government, and Congress
should proceed with caution on proposals tending
to relieve local authorities of primary respon-
sibility.
Mr. McGrath is sponsoring two bills which
have the desirable purpose of aiding local author
tiles to cope better with gambling activities One
of these bills has lot of merit, but the other,
in support of which the Attorney General testi-
fed yesterday, is so controversial as to warrant
the go-slow sign. The bill to outlaw shipment of
"one-arm bandit" slot machines to States where
they are illegal undoubtedly would be helpful to
such States in suppressing slot-machine gam
bling rackets This bill has been favorably
reported by the Senate Commerce Committee
The second bill would extend Federal authority
into broad, new field, the control of interstate
transmission of "information assisting in the
placing of bets or wagerS on any sporting event
or contest" More specifically, the bill would
prevent radio and televiston stations from broad
casting such information" until one hour after
the race or contest is over. Since the results of
a horse race or baseball or football game or
prize fight constitute information essential to
professional gambling operations, it is conceiv
able that such law would prevent Give" broad
casts of the finish of ordinary races or contests
And certainly information assisting in the
placing of bets or wagers" would include jockey
weights, track conditions and similar data of
legitimate interest to non-gamblers.
If the legislation requested by Mr.. McGrath
would 60 that far, the evil which it was designed
to correct should be q great and menacing one.
But, according to Mr.. McGrath's own testimony
before the committee, no such national threat
to law and order exists in the gambling field.
In the absence of this threat 1t is hard to see
why such drastic legislation as that proposed
in the gambling information" bill is necessary.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

@. What is the origin Of the term
"jubilee"?-R. I.
A. 1t is from the Hebrew word "jobeI"
or ''yobel," which means ram or rams
horn. and, by extension the blast of Q
trumpet. According 10 the Jewish law.
the year following each seventh Sab
batical year was to be announced by the
sound OF trumpets on the Day of
Atonement as year OF remission and
universal pardon. The year Of Jubilee
occurred. therefore. once In every so
years.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Mr.. Stonn, Please Note
J. w. Haywood, jr.

Why don't you urge your Francis Stann
to read The Stars sport page? Baum
holtz, outfielder for Cubs" Graham at
first base for Browns" "Kozar played
under both Bluege and Kuhel." I read in
his current series. According to The Star
both Baumholtz and Graham were re-
leased to coast teams several weeks ago.
Kozar came here in 1948, and Bluege's
last year as manager was 1947.
Joseph M. Letcher.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

Q. What is the origin of the word
"chowder" r"?-W. H. B.
A. The name seems TO have originated
among the Bretons whose expression,
faire la chaudiere. refers to q savory
composition made up Of ingredients con-
tributed by the neighboring fishermen.
in which all share.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Is the celebrated Mount Full In
Japan ever without a snow cap?-E. Y.
A. July and August are the two
months Of the year during which the
snow all but disappears. At this time,
particularly. many persons climb to the
summit of Fuji d2.388 IT, to see the
sunrise.
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Pure BaIoney'

It would appear that Senator Nc
Carthy has all the material he needs in
Lattimore's statement before the Senate
Foreign Relations subcommittee.
No one except pro-Communist would
suggest that we should strengthen China
in "Titoism" or pure communism, rather
than nationalism, on the theory that
otherwise it will become part of Soviet
Russia.
This is the Russian doctrine per es-
sence-to communize a country before
making it satellite. Nor has Tito really
broken with Russia-only as a nation
bearing the same relation for instance as
India or Canada bear to England.
To urge that China become Commu-
mist in order to save her from Russia is
pure baloney. Should this nation turn
Communist on that theory?
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer TO any question
O. fact by writing The Evening star 1pfornation
Evening star., 1950-04-18

erhood, and joint community participa-
ton. Surely representatives Of these
groups would be willing and able to make
success become the consequence of the
Interior Departments brave stand for
justice.
J. W. HAYWOOD ir
Evening star., 1950-04-18
Bridges Question

Is it not fact that Harry Bridges was
slated for deportation some years ago,
and an official had him returned to dc
the same thing again?
c. A. G..
Editors note: Francis Biddle. then
Attorney General, ordered Bridges de-
ported In 1912. The Supreme Court
ruled this order invalid in 1945o
Evening star., 1950-04-18

A pseudonyn, is permissible only
Uhen letter carries correct name
and address of 10riter. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

We don't get 1t. A musician dies after q
playing Of Tschsikowskys "Pathetique"; yet Spike
Jones' band records Chinese version Of Mule
Train" and feels no pain.
Evening star., 1950-04-18

new height of ostentation is the several"
in the account OF the swank apartment robbery:
Jewels and several mink coats were among the
loot"
Evening star., 1950-02-11
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Evening star., 1950-02-11
INVESTMENT PROP. FOR SALE

BLDG, LAUREL, MD; gross income
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store, beauty parlor, real estate
office, surveyors Office, yarn shor;
3-room apt. Vacant. Laurel 52-W
after 6 pm.
MODERN FIREPRoOF APT. BLDG.
Annual income above S24, 900. More
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sage reduction. Substantial down
slider well located bldg. lots as part
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$500 with E. M. FRY, INC, vi,
/ ST. N.w.-Nr. goth. 8 lots, used
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BRIGHTWooD-Nicely furn. 2-fam-
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Evening star., 1950-02-11
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