davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

bed-sitting room = neat as a pin
but rather cramped. A luscious
stew dubbed on the kitchen stove
the bed was covered with an an
tique spread that a collector might
envy.
From the neatly dressed owner
of the stew, and the coverlet upon
which we cast covetous eyes, we
learned that she was Mrs. George
w. Haines, daughter of John
Wesley Duvall of Howard County,
and that she had lived in the house
eight years, since the death of her
husband. Her son and his wife
occupy the rear rooms downstairs
and the rooms in the upper floor
are also apparently rented out.
mo, l have no favorites," she
said, 81 just love all flowers. Even
when l lived on a farm and had
to cook for hands, l raised flow
ers." She had also raised three
children of her own and an adopted
daughter. Now in her older days
she enjoys her home in Rockville,
she says, and the flowers which
bloom so gaily just off the street
give her great pleasure.
We thought of the lines by
Wordsworth:
Thanks to the human heart by
which we live,
Thanks to it's tenderness - its
joys and fears,
To me the meanest flower that
grows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too
deep for tears"
You see, the man of the house,
who left us this spring loved the
simple flowers, too the mari
colds, zinnias, nasturtiums, asters
and bachelor buttons he planted in
early May still bloom by the gar
den path untouched as yet by
frost.
We always liked the little story
we once read about the stone at
one time erected on the banks of
the James River, in Virginia, by
a husband in momory of his wife
who was one of the 100 maidens
sent over from England in 1919 to
marry the lonely settlers. The
stone is said to have borne this
legend:
"She touched the soil of Vir-
ginia with her little foot and the
wilderness became home" And
so it is given to some to create
home in any environment.
Last week Miss Mona paid us a
short visit and we told her about
the tenant of the clicks House."
We strolled along the block and she
reminisced about the tales in her
book. By the way, there are now
available about 200 reprints of the
history which may be secured by
sending $2.65 to Miss Mona
Thompson at 1923 22nd Street,
N. w., Washington 7, D. C.-$2.5O
for the book, 15c for tax and post
age.
Next week perhaps We can tell
about our walk along the block
from 80 to 40 and around the cor
ner on Adams Street and what we
talked about = the parrot at No.
80, Hal Dawson's Store and Post
office, Mulfinger's, Mrs. Lavinia
Jones and the little Joneses II
little Annie Laurie Dowden II
all seemed to hover around.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19
Damascus Women Will
Observe Prayer Week
October 25 to 81

The Woman's Society Of Christ
ian Service Of the Damascus
Methodist Church is observing the
Annual Week Of Prayer, October
25th to 31st. On Friday night, De-
tober 9th at 8 Pm. the Society
will have as guest speaker, Rev.
erend Philip c. Edwards, Pastor Of
the Woodside Methodist Church,
Silver Sioring.
The public is cordially invited to
this service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

duties, Lawrence Utterback and
Joan Plummer were elected vice
president and Observation-Disclosures,
respectively.
In a Junior Class meeting,
Frank Schwartz was elected presi-
dent with Jimmy VanMetre, vice.
president, and Dolly Becraft. sec
retary-treasurer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19
BTU Wiener Roast

The Rockville Baptist Training
Union will hold a Wiener Roast
Friday night, (Oct. 20), at the
Gaithersburg Agricultural Center.
All young people of the church are
invited to attend the affair which
will begin at pm. Outdoor movies
will be shown.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Davidson
of 1911 Old Bladensburg Road, Sill
yer Spring, announce the birth OF
a nine-pound, four ounce baby
girl. Little Mary Louise was born
Friday, October 10, at the Takoma
Park Hospital. Mrs. Dawson is
the former Fannie Windsor, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Windsor
of Mt. Airy. She is well known in
upper Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

There is some truth in the state
ment that the constitution means
what the judges say 1t means.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

Women form crisis nucleus
or role in an all-out defense.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

Cuba offers United States sup
plies for war in Korea
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

N. Y. City to urge S45O,0O0, 900
dhal-purpose bomb shelter plan.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-10-19

Top defense agencies preparing
to call executives for jobs.
Adolescent liquor curb is urged
to lessen evil of drinking.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Katatstrofa Csl. Exportu.

Ma letosnfm par1zskem vele-
trhu Sc jeste vyskytovala ex-
posice csl. zbozf, ale byl to uz
obraz b1dy. Nejen sesly vzhled
exposice a zaprasene, nehlede-
ne vitriny, ale tez uboha jakost
vystavenych vzorkG = mic ne
sneslo srovnanf S 1hlednost1 il
nych exposic a hlavne S nekdeJ-
81 jakostf zvl. hlavn1ho export
Milo zbozf: skla, porculanu,
bizuterie. Znarodnena vyroba
dosahla skutecne, re jiz jinam
nemGze dodavat nez ma vychod,
uz dostihla sovetske jakosti.
jiz chybela konfekce a
mnohe jine, kdysi dokonale
zbozf, We svete velmi ochotne
prijimane. Vsechny pT1znaky
a zejmena take nevlfdnost ne
rudych "representantG" ma
svedcuji, re patrne to byla po-
slednf zahranicnf exposice. Ka-
tatsrofa csl. exportu a tim i &C.
leho hospodafstv1 Sc dovrsuje.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Kay zlatnickeho umeni
v PraZe.

Pres nejlepsf snahu komunis-
til jeste Sc v Praze udrzelo ne
kolik ucn1 v Temesle zlatnic-
KEN, stF1brnickem a ma pas1r-
stvf a usporadali vyrocni W.
stavku svych praci.
V referate O nj hyr1 rude
"Svobodne Slovo' chvalou -
ale shledala Sc jedna tragicka
chyba. V zahajovaclm proslo-
WI "zastupce ministerstva
prGmyslu poukazal, re namely
(vystavovanych pracf) kali Wy
sokou kvalitu odbornosti. Zaci
volili prevazn6 vyjevy biblicke,
zatim CO NELL zobrazit deni SOU
casneho budovatelskeho 1.-Two
ia 80"
NJ ano, nemeli re zlata de-
lat madonky a krfzky, nybrz
sovetske hvezdy a takove en-
blemy. = Opravdu, to je ne
maly kaz ma ruben uvedomeni
zlatnickych ucnG. = Pripad
prozrazuje, re protikomunis-
ticky odpor Sc vyskyutje vsude
a re jejich proticfrkevnf BOZ W.
volava opak toho, co vlada po-
zaduje.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
NezdaFena blokada elektriny
" BerIine.

Berlin, Nemecko, - Zapad-
nj cast mesta je nyni zasobova-
ma vodou i elektrinou re zapad-
mich 1sekG mesta. Toto opatre-
nj musely zapadni spojenci u
chit, kdyz sovetske okupacni
1rady tam zastavily dodav-
ku elektrickeho proudu a vody
do zapadn1ho Berlina z vychod-
n1ho 1seku mesta.
Prerusen1 dodavky elektTiny
z vychodnf casti znamena po-
rusenf ctyrstranne dohody z r.
1915 sovetskou vladou. Ukaza-
10 Sc, re kapacita elektrarny v
zapadn1m 1seku mesta, jez by
la postavena v roce 1913 "a So
vetske blokady Berlina, pine
vyhovuje potfebam obyvatel-
silva.
Zasobovani vodou je rovnez
dostatecne. Krone zastaven1
dodavky vody a elektriny So
1fady hrozily zapadn1m
okupacn1m mocnostem, re "a
stavf take provoz ma zvysenych
We meste. Tyto drahy
jsou v celem meste pod SOVIET
dozorem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Doporuceny adresaf ma1eho oznafnovatele "Telegrafu"
a "kde nakupovati!'
LAX sc dnes bavi Prazani?

Prazani bavi Sc ma 1cet rezi-
mu. Objevili, re nejen vsech-
no ma svete vynasli a nejdfiv
NELL Rusove, zarovky, letadla,
parnf stroj atd., ale dokonce i
ADAM a EVA byli p1vodem
Rusove. DGkaz O tom je po-
merne jednoduchy: nemeli mic
ma sebe a byli naz1, k zivobytl
nell take jen jedine jablko -
a hlavne: Eli v rail-. Nuze =
to dokazuje, re opravdu byli
Rusove.
We dnech, kdy v Praze Cd
stavili ministra obrany Svobo-
du, 81 vypraveli diva Prazane
"Vfs ty, re Svoboda Dude Cd
staven?"
"kekni spis, re Dude likvi-
dovan!"
Ba ne, jenom odstaven. Gott-
valid zvlast pro nej stvoril Who
dny trad: ffdit telo - cvik, to
je pro k~arieristu to prave!"
"a KIDD no nahrad1 v obra-
ne?"
"Alexej Cepicka, ministr spra-
vedlnosti."
"Ten prece Sc nevyzna v O.
tazkach vojenskych?'
MONA, ale "a to je 1spesny
We strategic ofensivn1."
"Jak to-"
"Je pTece Gottwalddv zet a
kdybys znal Gottwaldovu dee
ru!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Neklid We Finsku.

We Finsku panuje nespokoje-
most mad tim, re ministersky
predseda agrarnfk Kekkonen
Sc pills podrobuje pranfm Ru-
ST. Kdyz nynf byla s Ruskem
uzavrena obchodn1 smlouva
mali nekterf finstf politikove "a
to, re by mela byt utvofena no.
va vlada, ktera by zaujfmala
pevnejsi postoj v1ci Rus1m.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21

Planting time is over and farmers
and gardeners are now tending those
crops carefully. But, despite all this
care there is one worry-the weather.
A heavy storm or drought can wipe out
all the work that has gone before. So
1t is with you. A Gripping accident or
a long illness can seriously affect you
financially. In either case there is one
sure-safe way of providing for a con-
tingency-the purchase of U. S. Saw
ings Bonds. You CAN guarantee future
security by enrolling today for the Pay
roll Savings Plan where you work or
the Bond-A-MOnth Plan at your bank.
U. S. Treasury Department
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
imigrace do Svedska.

We Stockholm bylo zaloze-
no Sdruzen1 svobodnych Cecho-
slovakG We Svedsku. Jeho a.
dresa je: De fra tjechoslova-
kernas forening in Sverige,
Stockholm, Post Box 757.
Predsedou sdruzen1 je DR.,
Emil Walter, jednatelem Milo
slav Broucek. Jedn1m z pred
Mich 1cel1 Sdruzen1 jest hmot-
ma i moralnl podpora a umoz-
neni emigrace do Svadska csl.
uprchlfkG, kteTf zijf v nemec-
kych taborech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Nebudou dodavat olej do
komunisticke Ciny.

Washington, D. C. - Anne,
ricke olejne spolecnosti schva-
lily zadost, ably prerusily do
davku oleje do Cfny, nyn1 mo
ci komunistu.
V odboru statu bylo sdeleno,
re tyto spolecnosti jejichz jme-
ma nebudou ma veTejnost ozna-
mena pro dGlezite pricfny, ne
budou dodavati do C1ny zadny
olej. coz Dude v dohode S vlad-
MIN naT1Zen1m.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Tszke lesni pozary zurily
" aIifOrnii.

San Diego, Cal. - Tezke les
nj pozary zurily v JIM a sired
nj casti JIM Kalifornie, pablo
jim "a obet ma As, 900 akrG le-
ST, aniz by byla nejaka ochra-
ma MONA. Pr techto poza-
rech nasli smrt 4 Tide Tezce
byl take postizen narodn1 park
Los Padres National Forest.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
OsudnI omyl.

"Znal jsem cloveka, ktery Sc
padem zabil, protoze jednoho
rama slezl z postele ma nepra-
We strane."
"To snad ne?"
"Ano, on totiz slezl ma ne
prave strane S postele v zeleZ-
nicnim spac1m voZe."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
DObra Rada Nasim
HOspodynkam!
| Ma Vas Ceka
Jarni UkIid!

Slunfcko zacne "a chvili O.
pravdove hrat a jarnf 1klid v
domacnosti Sc uz pomalu media
dele odkladat. Takove jarni
uklizen1, to nenl jenom cisten1
bytu cd prachu a zimn1 sp1ny,
ktera Sc nashromazd1 i te nej-
cistotnejs1 hospodynce. To je
take cisten1 bytu cd vseho, co
w davno nepotrebujeme, CO
nam v byte jen prekazi, ale tr-
pelive to pTekladame S m1sta
ma m1sto, protoze proste nev1-
me kan S tim.
A prece jak by 81 twas domov
oddychl, kdybyste Sc takovych
vec1 zbavili a JIM Tide by je je-
ste dlouho mohli pouz1vati.
Zkuste tuto radu: vyrad'te
nepotrebne veci a dejte 81 drob-
nou oznamku do "Telegrafu".
Prave pro takove pr1pady mai
dete tam znamou rubriku '-rGz'
ne ma prodej". Uvid1te, kolik
jinych lid RADIO vasi nabidky
pouzije a koup1 81 to, CO Wy uz
nepotrebujete.
Vas domov zlska, hospodyn-
ka Dude rada, re sc zbavila ne
potTebne veci. A domov dru-
hych z1ska, protoze Jim date
moznost, ably 81 porfdili to, co
uz davno postradali.
Ted prave je doba cisteni -
ted prave je doba, abyste pro-
strednictv1m nasich novin pro-
dali vSe, co uz nepotTebujete.
ssTELECRAF''
S43 N. ST.
Broadway 1858
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Moudry doktor.

Lekar: "Vedl jste az dopo-
sud pravidelny zivot?"
Pacient: "Ano."
LekaT: "Tak chcete-li Sc u
zdraviti, mus1te aspon ma ne
kolik mesic1 zanechati zenske
spolecnosti, ponocovanf a opoj-
nych napoju."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
ZahOnek HumOru.
Mali dost casu.

evils, re Eskymaci pouz1vaj1
udic ma mfste penez?"
"To must byt nejvys mrzute
pro Eskymacky, kdyz v noel
vybirajf muzGm pen1ze z ka-
pes"
"Ony nedbajf. Mali k tomu
celou noe, a ia tam trva u Mich
celych Sest mes1cu."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Laska We vsech barvach.

"Drahousku, budes mne sta
lie jeste milovati, az budou mo-
je vlasy sedive?"
"Proc ne? Miloval jsem te
kdyz isl mela vlasy cerne, pax
isl je mela blond a nynf je mas
die move mody platinove. To ii
snad postac1 jake dIkaz, re tie
budu stejne milovati, at mems
barvu vlasG ma jakoukoliv."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Ranena v nepTitomnosti.

Hoch k hostovi: "Moji mat
ku stihlo nestest1. Jeji zuby
jsou rozbity."
Host: "a byla tezce pora-
nena?"
Hoch: "Ona to jeste nevf, re
jsem il rozslapl jeji zuby, KITE
re lezely ma podlaze. Dozyf Sc
to teprve, az sc probud1."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Hong Kong neobchoduje Sc
Seyerni koreou.

Hong Kong, Gina. - Vlada
Hong Kongu prijala mimofad-
ny zakon, zakazujfci vsechen
obchod sc Severn1 Koreou. OBJ
chod S rudymi nemel velkeho
vyznamu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
Museji Sc pricinit.

Museji Sc pficinit.
zena u fotografa: "Kolik CT
tate "a fotografie?
Fotograf: "Sedm dolar1 "a
tucet.'
zena: "Zatrolene, to budeme
muset pTijft az "a rok. Je mas
dosud i S naslm tatou teprve je-
denact."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21
A takovych je!

Co nejrychleji rosie ma svete?-
Ryba.
Jak to?
Mil tatinek jednu chytil, a
ted vzdy, kdyz o nj vypravuje,
tax je vzdy O diva palce vetS1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-07-21

Move jmeno pro triko.
Matka k synkovi: "Tak jak
pax Sc ii lfbilo divadlo, ktere isl
vcera S tatinkem navst1vil?"
Synek: "Bylo to velice PEEK
ne, mani. Vsechny herecky
byly obleceny v puncochach,
ktere jim dosahovaly az Ike kr-
ku."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
OBITUARIES
MISS IVA RONSHAUSEN

Miss Iva Ronshausen, 40, former
ly of East liverpool and Newell,
died April % in the Lightfrltz
Nursing Home in Weirton, follow
ing a five-month illness.
Miss Ronshausen was a gold
stamper for Is years for the Ed
win M. Knowles China Co. She
had been making her home with
her sister, Mrs. Thelma Clark, in
Weirton for five years. She was a
member of the Christian Union
Church at New Matamoras.
She leaves her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Ronshausen of Weirton;
three other sisters, Miss Evelyn
Harsha of Marietta, Mrs. Mildred
Lippincott of Steubenville, and
Mrs. Margaret Anderson of East
Liverpool, and five brothers, Merle
Ronshausen and Glenn Ronshau-
sen of Weirton, Dwain Ronshausen
of Golfers, Bernard Ronshausen of
Toronto, and Willard Ronshausen
Of Marietta.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
Retail Clerks Told COP
Slogan Is SmOke-Screen

Centralia, Ill. (LPA)-The Re-
publican party's slogan of Liberty
versus Socialism" is only smoke
screen, the convention of District
|, AFL Retail Clerks, was told by
Charles NJ. LaFollette.
The national director of Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action called
the slogan Halloween pumpkin,
and recalled that as far back as
1914 the reactionaries were attack
ing as Socialism" the right of men
to join unions; that the child labor
law were called socialism, as were
the antitrust laws, the parcel post
act, workmen's compensation laws,
the eight-hour day, and other mea-
sures in the interests of the people.
When the COP speaks of liberty,
said LaFollette, it wants ''liberty
for monopolists, and liberty to ex-
plot the small businessman, the
farmer, and the worker" The issue
today, he said is "the right to have
a truly free country for your chill
dren to live in"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
MISS MARGARET eastman

Steubenville, Ohio-Miss Marg-
aret eastman of 1400 Orchard
Street, died Of complications April
II, in the Ohio Valley Hospital,
She had been in i'll health for the
last six months and patient at
the hospital for a few days.
A lifetime resident Of this city,
she was born here August %, 1890.
She was a daughter of Mrs. Bar
bara Hommel eastman and the
late Maurice eastman.
Until her illness, she was EN-
ployed as a stamper at the Steu-
benville Pottery Company. She had
been a member of Local 20 for the
past twenty years. She attended
Holy Name School and was de-
vout member of Holy Name Cath
edral, the Altar and Rosary So
ciety and the league of the Sacred
Heart.
Solemn requiem mass was cele-
brated in Holy Name Cathedral.
Besides her aged mother, Miss
eastman is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Nj. p. Kenefick of Steuben-
vile. A sister, Kathryn eastman,
preceded her in death.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
TeIevision Boom
Brings Few Jobs

Washington, d.. c. ULNS). -
Contrary to popular notion, the
radio and television industry has
provided relatively few additional
jobs as a result of the great tele-
vision boom. Employment in Jan
uary was only a percent higher
than in January, the U. S. Labor
Departments Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics says, an approximate in
crease of 5000 in the production
worker force. Accelerated produc-
ton of television sets was accom-
plished almost completely by intra-
plant transfers of workers pre-
viously employed on radio set pro-
duction.
An indication of the mushroom
ing sales of video sets is the re-
port from manufacturers that they
accounted for almost $500 million
of the radio-television industry's
$3.50 million sales in 1949. In the
5 months ending January, 1850,
approximately 2 million video sets
were produced, compared with g.
coo sets throughout 1916.
According to the BIS study, 5
factors contributed to this meteoric
rise: QD technical research COM
pleted during the war which waited
for peacetime application; (2) an
existing and available industrial
base in the radio industry; (3) a
fund of ingenuity and "know-how"
which overcame bugs" and "bot-
tlenecks" in production; (4) inn
proved sets and decreasing prices
resulting from mass production
methods; (5) the decision of con-
sumers to enter the market in the
fall of 1949 when it became evid-
ent that the allotment of upper
high frequency channels would not
occur for a year or more. Expira-
ton of consumer credit controls
gave an added flip to consumer
demand.
simultaneously radio set pro-
duction dropped during 1949 from
the 20,0O0,000 established in l947
to about half that total.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
British Budget
Dashes Hope For
Wage Increases

London (LPA)-Despite the fact
that the British Labor Govern
ment's wage showdown" policy
has been rejected by the country's
sixth largest union, the new budget
presented by Sir Stafford Cripps
held out little hope of any change.
The only relie1 granted was a
slight cut in income taxes, which
would benefit only those in the low
est income brackets. The budget
did little to lower the cost of liv-
ing, but Sir Stafford renewed his
pleas to both labor and capital not
to disturb the present uneasy bal
ance between wages and prices.
The wage showdown policy was
rejected at its April convention by
the Shop, Distributive & Allied
Workers (the British equivalent of
retail clerks in the U.s.
Thus the retail clerks joined the
miners, metal workers and rail
workers in opposition to the gov
ernment on the wage issue. Of
Britain's "Big Six" unions, only
the Transport & General Workers
Union and the General & Munich
pal Workers now approve the slow
down, which amounts to a virtual
wage freeze for the current year.
In January, the British Trades
Union Congress, the national body,
accepted the showdown by a narrow
margin. Had the retail clerks op-
posed it then their stand would
have killed the policy three months
earlier.
The handful of Communists in
the clerks union led the fight
against the Labor governments
proposal. However, the Commies
are so small minority that they
could not have succeeded without
the support of k-and-filers who
believe they need more money to
make ends meet.
Meanwhile, the Federation of
Shipbuilding & Engineering Unions
has been sending strike ballots to
its members throughout Britain.
The Federation speaks for upwards
of 100000 workers, seeking high
er pay. The London Daily Worker
is jubilant.
Labor party leaders argue that
wage increases now will wipe out
the trade gains Britain achieved by
devaluing the pound.
Some Labor party people want
another national election right
away in the hope that they can
win aesbigger majority in Parlia-
ment and have greater freedom of
action on wages and other matters.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-27
Labor Unions Not
Giving Up On
Coop Homes Bill

Washington (LPA) - President
Truman on April 20 signed the re-
mains of the middle-income hous-
ing bill, but union and coop lead
ers indicate they're not satisfied
that the measure will meet the
housing needs of the nations mid
dle-income families.
President William Green of the
AFL called Congress- removal of
coop housing provisions from the
bill "only temporary setback" He
added that although it carries
special benefits for the builders
and bankers, it contains very few
advantages for millions of families
who want to buy or rent new homes
and apartments at prices they can
afford to pay" The measure, he
charged, is generous only to the
private builders" so far as mort
gage insurance terms are concern
ed. 1t "does little to eliminate ex-
cessive charges and fees by specu-
lative builders" and "does nothing
to revise the terribly low standards
of the Federal Housing Admins
tration which place the approval of
government insurance system be-
hind housing projects with inade-
quate space for family living"
Immediately after Truman sign
ed the bill, Federal Housing Ad-
ministrator Franklin Richards an
nounced the setting up of coop
erative housing division in FHA,
under the direction of Warren j.
Lockwood, a man who has had no
experience with housing co-ops
and whose background is in the
real estate business in New York
and New Jersey. He has been with
FILA since 1884. Richards said that
CHA is prepared and ready to as
sist all cooperatives to the full ex-
tent of its legal authority" Under
the new law, no special aids for or
ganizing co-ops are provided, but
where a coop is ready to start
building, FHA will insure up to 80
or 95 per cent of cost on coop
projects. The mortgage amounts
are limited to $500 to $3.50 a
dwelling unit, at a per cent inter-
est rate, for not more than 4C
years. This is a far cry from the
proposals in the labor backed bill
rejected by House and Senate in
March.