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Evening star., 1950-03-29
Plea Made for Final
nqd 10 End Drive Of
Red Cross on FRIDAY

With only three days remain
ing in the drive, the 1850 Metro
politan Red Cross 1850 campaign
is % per cent short of it's S1,039,-
600 goal, it was reported yesterday
at the eighth general report
luncheon.
Campaign Chairman Daniel w.
Bell, warned campaigners they
must raise this amount by Friday
or "see the campaign extended
over into April"
I'VE seem to be having hard
time catching up after our lag
ging start" Mr.. Bell said.
Ahead of Last Year.
Yesterdays figures added 18,421
gifts, amounting to S6S,164, to
bring the grand total up to 1885,
$40 gifts, totaling s806,s33 or 7S
per cent of the quota.
Drive Director Randolph G.
Bishop pointed out yesterdays
figures were a little larger than
those reported at a comparable
meeting last year.
The luncheon in the Chamber
of Commerce Building was in
honor of public relation workers
who have aided the drive.
Mrs. Peter Miller. editor Of the
Times-Herald and guest speaker,
made suggestions for aiding Red
Cross publicity.
Division Figures.
Yesterdays figures and per-
centages in the campaign divi-
sions are:
Government, 130,691 gifts
amounting to $37S.19o, or IS per
cent of quota; General Business,
33,5o6 gifts amounting to 1921, ,767,
or IS per cent; Residential. 9.SOl
gifts amounting to s70,S25, or SO
per cent; City Division. 3,46l gifts
amounting to s34,39O, or 81 per
cent; Alexandria. 1854 gifts
amounting to S15,634, or 81 per
cent.
Also Arlington, 6,910 gifts
amounting to S19,122, or "A per
cent; Fairfax, 3,057 gifts amount
ing to s7,6l1, or 38 per cent;
Montgomery, 1890 gifts amount
ing to s16,4SO, or 80 per cent:
Prince Georges. zoos gifts
amounting to $12,128, or SIS per
cent; Booth division, 1863 gifts
amounting to $5.242, or IS per
cent, and General Assignment
Division, 81 gifts amounting to
$15,439.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Alcohol Loses in Poll
Of Doctors in London

After a debate on whether al
cohol has caused mankind more
happiness or misery, London ply
sicians and surgeons, at the Hun
terian Society. took a vote. Nearly
100 voted for liquor and more
than 100 against.
DR.. John Yerbury-Dent. editor
of the British Journal of Addic-
ton to Alcohol and Other Drugs
said: mo civilization has growa
up without some drug to soften it
and alcohol is among the least
harmful"
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Episcopal Old Boys
To Dine Class of 1850

The class of 1850 at Episcopal
High School, Alexandria. will be
honored at a dinner given by the
Old Boys Association at $50
pm. Saturday at the Penn DaW
Hotel.
DR.. Dabney S. Lancaster, presi-
dent of Longwood College. Farm
vile, Va, will speak Toastmas-
ter will be Douglas Deane Hall. of
Washington.
Evening star., 1950-03-29
Engineers to Hear Graf

Walter A. Graf, engineering
executive of the Budd Co. Phila-
delphia. will address meeting of
the Washington section of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the auditorium of the Potomac
Electric Power Co., Tenth and E
streets NV.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
conqrofuIofions And Good Luck

TNHESE ARE, indeed, difficult times.
il And we look over the 'victors" in
the recent Local IL elections, we wonder
--frankly-whether we should congratu-
late them or express our sympathy?
For the days w h n fulltime local
union jobs were considered 'easy" and
soft" are gone and, perhaps, will never
return. Certainly not in the immediate
future.
In Local II, for example, practically
every contract has to be renegotiated.
Such a job is herculean even under So
called normal" times. 1t becomes almost
unbearable when the union is beset with
an avalanche of attacks from all sources,
as It is at the present moment.
And we are not talking of the Area
Wide Pension plan alone. That in itself
Is a terrific job. But rather we have in
mind the normal" Improvements and
"wage clauses" that come up in every
contract negotiation. Companies all over
the country are fighting bitterly against
every attempt to increase wages and
other benefits to the workers. More than
that, they seriously propose drastic wage
cuts in many instances.
The situation is no different in Toledo.
All this at time when Business gen.
orally has just completed the most pros
porous year in its entire history. Never
have we seen profits soar to the incredi-
BILE heights that they have hit for the
year 1949. Despite, that, however, corpo-
rations are more determined than ever
to defeat all attempts on the part of
unions to improve the conditions of their
members. Especially by cutting into that
huge profit mellon a bit.
We are confident, however that Presi-
dent Howard Seren and his fellow Off
GERS of Local IL will do good job and
continue to render service to their mem
bership In a commendable fashion.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
More Pressure Needed

VXTHAT WITH the coal situation as it
Wis, those of us who happen to use gas
to heat our homes ought to feel relieved.
And generally peaking-overlookin the
cost for moment we do. However, it
Is extremely annoying, to put it mildly,
that as soon as we get real cold spell we
experience all kinds of trouble with our
gas heating equipment.
And that goes not only for the gas
furnaces, but for the automatic gas water
heating units as well.
We are told that this trouble is caused
by the fact that there is insufficient pres
sure in the main gas lines to keep fur
naces and automatic gas water heaters
properly functioning. Gas Company serv-
ice personnel, who are certainly not to
blame for this condition, keep explaining
to all those complaining that cold weather
brings about excessive use of gas and so
weakens the pressure in their lines.
Everytine that happens there is trouble
in every home that Is dependent on gas
for its source of heat.
Now, we readily understand that un-
usually cold weather does cause this situ-
Atlon' WHen III SelS very Colu, Ble cat uSdl
more gas is used up than normally. But
if we know that, certainly the officials
of the Gas Co. know it, too. After ALL this
happens year after year. The point is
and this is what exasperates us - that
nothing is done to correcting this situa-
ton. Why not, we ask, improve the facili-
ties of the Gas Co. to the point where it
will be able to handle these so-called
abnormal" conditions? Why not build
whatever additional facilities are needed
to assure users of gas normal service at
all times, including thru ''cold spells?"
Or must we try to press for public
investigation especially since we are
dealing with public utility to cor
rect this unwarranted and unnecessary
condition?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
This You Ought To Know
By Pete Zvara

WE COULD 60 on and refresh your memory
w how every progressive proposal aimed at
giving assistance to the poor were opposed by
Big Business and their servants. Whatever
their calling At the same time, however, these
people never hestated for one moment to dip
their hands deep into the Federal Treasury to
protect their profits and in extreme cases,
bail their falling business ventures out OF fl
nancial bankruptcy, frequently brought about
by financial responsibility if not downright
corruption.
Just take look at the functoning of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation original
ly set up under the Hoover Administration,
and you'll quickly see what mean.
GO TODAY when the people OF our coun-
- try mean the common folks who have
TO work for living-are striving to gain at
least a measure of economic security in their
old age these prophets of doom" are out In
full force to warn them what dreadful things
are in store for them individually and collect
lively II they persist in their demand.
AS pointed out above, they go to the ridicu-
lous extent of predicting" death to those who
would retire from work.
However, as the Good Book says, "they
lie in their beard and they lie in their bowels"
The facts, the cold -blooded brutal facts are
that our elder folks are being driven out OF
industry today WITHOUT OLD AGE SECURI-
TY. Who does now know-who wants to be
honest about it-that today industry considers
a man of forty-five TOO OLD TO HIRE"
Mr.. c. E. Wilson, President of General Motors,
practically admitted this in so many words
not so long ago right here in Toledo
FORTUNATELY, the American people are
l. accustomed to this type of utter nonsense.
Workers still remember-especially the older
folks-the incredible statement of the late
Judge Gary, head of the giant U. S. Steel
Corp. when inresponse to the steel workers
demand for the introduction of the eight hour
working day-as against the IL hour day,
seven day week they were then working
that "Jesus Christ himself couldn't run the
steel mills on less than IL hours day"
The coal dggers, now engaged in one OF
the bitterest fights in their long and bloody
history remember the equally fantastic re-
mark of one of the famous Mellon Brothers
that "you can't run coal mine without ma
chine guns"
Well, the steel mills are operating today on
an eight hour, five day week schedule.
And the coal mines, for the most part are
being run without machine guns.
So II will be with respect to adequate and
decent pension and retirement plans. But, as
In all past battles, so in this one victory for
the common people the working people
will not come easy The fight will be hard, bit
ter and perhaps, In some instances even
bloody But our goals are worth fighting for.
And we shall win We shall win because we
are fighting for the welfare of our people. And
that means the welfare of our country.
For such a goal no sacrifice is too great,
Even if we have to tell all the experts" to go
to hell
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03

son 1886 that there was a very
slim chance of renting the
room to an elderly person. Or
IL Mr.. Emercon 1886 wanted
an elderly person that SIS
would have to come down
considerable. An elderly per-
son (unless they have been
very lucky) only gets on an
average S26 a month. Or IL
they don't get that from social
security the State of Ohio will
give an elderly person $50 a
month. Them haint my figures
but just a few that | picked
up somewhere in the back OF
Mr.. Blocks Jr. paper. Al
though I reed in the paper to-
mite Mr.. Bunting (Charles E.
Bunting) Is in the hospital for
a rest. That don't speak well
of the Commodore Perry Hotel
(thats where he lives). Pore
fellow has to 60 to a hospital
to get a rest. I kin see why to.
That's a lot of stairs to walk
up every day from the first
floor way up to that crowded
penthouse. The Blade tells me
that Mr.. Bunting contracted
penumonia before Christmas
and I bet you IL Mr.. Bunting
is like a lot of other manufac-
tors In Toledo he tried to
break the contract.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
|M0m0Mi1w,
bg Hov RE GER
EXECUTIVE sEcRETARy rll.c.

DURING THE there has vicious and
~ attack the economic and political principles
"wefare state" has been kicked
about until of the real meaning of
the words There has of statis socialism and
tona insolvency but realize that the liberty of the Amer
people has not been destroyed.
When President Truman recommended budget of
and estimated to approX
5000 this left deficit of about S5000000,
Then because of the high budget recommendation plus
the deficit all the reaconares the country started to point
fingers welfare state This finger pointing led
of citizens believe that the welfare state
running country into national BANKRUPTCY.
1t would be well all members could analyze these
what actually happening to the budget
recommendation have found
H. Humphrey that mplifes the
matter when applied to the budget dollar
National Defense SO cents
Veterans Assistance ................'..'. 10 cents
Foreign Aid II ceIts
Public Debt .................... 13 cents
Social Welfare, Health and Security cents
All Other Government Functions 23 cents
The total of the first lines II cents In other words
II of budget dollar will for the costs
previous for of and security fo
today the future The balance of the budget dollar t
cents will go meet the requirements of otf
domestic economy.
When take good straight look at the budget find
led into BANKRUPTCY by the welfare
state The things that set to help the people of our
country the of national financial troubles
country could these functions with with
financial burden but led believe the essential
trouble in great country Is caused by the welfare state
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03

folks-in the economic ruin of our country
I know that all this silly nonsense only
makes great many of our people smile. How
ever, there are good many honest and sincere
people who-since all these facts" and Sound
arguments" come from so-cslled experts
do believe these fairy tales.
OF course, this type of an attack against
people who are striving to improve the lot
of common folks, is certainly not new. AS a
matter of fact, whenever working people be-
gan to fight for improvements in their dreary
existance, they were always faced with such
attacks For example, when we began to fight
for industrial compensation laws Big Business
interests and their experts came forth TO
warn us of the dreadful possibilities of such
law The records of our State Legislature
shows that these experts" actually testified
to the effect that "if worker were to be paid,
let us say $3.50 for the loss of finger through
an occupational injury, many workers would
deliberately place their fingers under ma
chimes and mutilate themselves willfully just
to collect from the state"
Sounds incredibly stupid doesn't It, Yet,
It's in the record. Just look II up, II you don't
believe me.
TAKE another example. Unemployment COM
Il pensation. What terrific arguments were
projected into this field by these same Big
Business interests, by their experts" their
lobbyists and their representatives in the vari-
Gus state legislatures and In the Congress of
the United States. Don't you remember how
they used to tell you that unemployment COM
pensation would make our people lazy" :.
would rob them of initiative" and, anyway,
paying money for those out Of work would
be-according to these great patriots (money
bags)-"un-American."
Yet today, what would the situation be If
our unemployed were not receiving the unem-
ployment compensation meager as those
sums are7 Millions of our unemployed are
given unemployment insurance According to
government figures such payments average
around $21 per week. An insignificant sum,
when one considers the cost of living today
But, nonetheless these payments have resulted
in forestalling major economic depression
in our country,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
Christian Science
Churches

SUBSTANCE" is the subject of the Les
SON Sermon which will be read in all Church
es of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, March IL,
1850. 1t will have for the Golden Text: Il
know that, whatsoever God doeth II shall be
for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from ii" (Ecclesastes 3:14)
Included in the citations which comprise
the Lesson Sermon are the following correla-
tive passages from the Bible and from the
Christian Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy. "One generation shall praise thy
works to another. and shall declare thy mighty
acts They shall abundantly utter the memory
of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy
Righteousness" psalms las: A. ~. "As God Is
substance and man is the divine image and
likeness, man should wish for, and in reality
has only the substance of good, the substance
of Spirit, not matter" (Science and Health,
p. 30D.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03

But If ! ever contract pnew-
monia l bet l don't get to
hospital for a rest but I have
to get my fanny back on the
job as soon as l get strenth
enuff to pull my pants on and
the only rest ! get will be
when l stretch out on the
couch in our parlor on a Sun
day afternoon after church
and catch myself 40 winks
after the kids says come on
Pop take me out to see the
trains come in at the depot.
Now don't get me wrong Mr..
Block Jr. don't mean to kriti-
size you to much on your
paper in fact you do a purity
god job with the brains you
got to work with. There's just
one more thing that you might
take a word of advice and if
you could do 1t 1t would make
up for all the other pages that
are no good. Here it is and it
amt gonna cost you penny
for the idea. Put in one page
of imprinted wax paper SOS
my wife can use 1t for raping
paper. That way the Blade
wont be a total loss.
Thanks very much.
r. Zeeb
11161z Buckingham
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
Veterans Information

Q-Where does Veterans Administration
conduct medical examinations for rating pur-
poses?
determination for rating purposes are
regional offices IL more convenient, they may
made whenever possible in regional and sub
be made in VA hospitals or by VA designated
private physicians
Q-Have / any recourse to civil courts il
do not like the decision of Veterans Admins
tration on my claim for disability compensa-
ton.
A--No, The law specifically provides that
the decision of the Administrator Of Veterans
Affairs in such matters is final and conclusive.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03
Editors Mail
Copy of Letter Mailed To
Editor of Toledo Blade)
Feb. 27, 1850

reD. 81, lSoU
Editor
Toledo Blade
Toledo, o.
Deer Ser: I don't no how to
start this thing. You see I'm
just a pore ignorant reeder of
the Toledo Blade and me and
Will Rogers are a lot the
same. All either of us no is
what we reed in the paper.
Will was purity lucky he didn't
have to reed the Blade, you
see he had a choise, | don't.
For instance last week | fin
ished reeding the funnies and
the nice expencive ads and
then turned to the kalssifyed
section (thems always inter
esting) and one of the best ads
reed
ROOM AND BOARD
Elderly person preferred,
private home, $500 week
Emerson 1886
That's awful good readin.
Lots of news in an item like
that. wonder If the gal that
take the ads told Mr.. Erner-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03

No. I'm not crazy. These
things are actually being
said today by people who
are supposed to be experts
on human psychology. More,
they are being said by So
called Economists" who are
convinced" that the drive
for pensions and decent re-
tirement benefits for work
ing people will inevitably re-
suit - in addition to the
Quick demise of our elder
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-03

500 YOU WANT pensions? You want to
- retire from work at, let us say, age oo
or 65? If you do, you must be insane You
don't know what's good for you. Why, quick
retirement is the quickest and shortest way
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-08-12
Better Late Than Never
(From The Atlanta Daily World)

We glad to note that Representative Hender
Lanham recognizes what bad actor he demonstrate
ed himself to be last Friday at committee hearing
when he threatened physical violence against Negro
member of the Civil Rights Congress.
Lanham, the records says, threat made against
William Patterson, Negro director of the Civil Rights
Congress- when the latter invited by Lanham to testify
to Communist affiation, charged that Georgia is
lynch state.
'When he started slurring my state of Georgia.
Lanham said Saturday. Il simply lost my head along
with my temper never should have done it,
We think Mr. Lanham proving the point made
by Mr. Patterson when he lost his head and his temper
by threatening physical violence Lanham is head of the
Committee on Lobbying. He conducting the hear
ngs and Patterson there at his invitation And he
owed Patterson the courtesy of respectful hearing
matter how dstasteful his testimony might have
been
We can think of hundred other ways Mr.. Lanham
could have challenged PatersOnS charge other than by
violence He could his BRAIN rather than his fist to
work with Georgians in proving to the world that Pat
erson is liar and that Negroes and do receive fair
and impartial trials in Georgia courts. He help the
state by his personal conduct and influence to live down
the Malard Lynch trial stigma He work with his
constituents back home and persuade them not to be-
parties to burnings and threats which
celed Negro musicians appearance at white school.
He could declare to the world that the better people of
Georgia not part of the threats against white
minister who accepts invitation from aged Bap-
fist Negro preacher to deliver his anniversary message
There is really no limit to the good things Mr.. Ian
ham could have done and still do to disprove the
charge that Georgia is lynch state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-08-12
AirIines To
BarJim Crow

NEW YORK, Aug. LAMP
Edward Edwards, chairman of the
New York Commission Against
Discrimination, announced la t
week that the Airline Pilots Asso-
citation, Council 20, AF'L, here had
given assurance to the Commission
that all applicants for membership
would be given equal consideration
and admitted to membership on
the basis of their qualifications,
without regard to race, creed, color
or national origin.
The association speci fically
agreed not to use photographs in
considering membership applica-
ton and to discontinue its practice
Of inquiring into the birthplace Of
such applicants.
This latter question had been
used to assist the association in
establishing the citizenship status
of prospective members. An al
tentative question regarding U. S.
citizenship will be used instead of
birthplace in order to obtain this
necessary data.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-08-12
Louisiana Sets An Example
For Mississippi

Over in Louisiana the other day Senator Russell
Long reelected to another term in the United
States Senate, winning his reelection his nearest
opponent by a twO-to-One majority.
During the campaign leading up to his reelection
Negro leaders and prominent Negro citizens of Lousi
who favored the reelection of Senator Long openly
espoused his candidacy, which they supported only
by of the Negro newspapers for political adverts
ing but also by widely publicized speeches from the
public rostrum, and via radio broadcast
Looking at the campaign, and the resultant
election of Senator Long by such healthy majority,
giving due credit to the fact of Negro political partci
patton and their support of his candidacy it plain to
students of southern politics that there sgnifi
cant development in the Louisiana campaign. Hereto
FORE southern politicians have looked at open support by
Negro citizens the kss-of-death; and the open sup
port of candidate by Negro citizens regardless of their
standing and worth has been taken the signal for the
White voters to stampede to the camp Of the candidate
denying and publicly decrying the support of Negro
voters
Both during the campaign and following his
election Senator Long publicly recognized the support of
Negro Citizens
In the campaign and in the results to intelligent
southerners both White and Negro in and out of the
state, there is and encouraging evidence of the
coming of real democracy in the State of Louisiana It's
greatest significance being in the evident fact that
Louisiana is the way to the elimination of the Negro
Issue" from its political campaigns. The Negro Issue
being the hnderance the progress and develop
ment of real democracy, and lasting nterraca coopera
ton and goodwill in the south.
The Louisiana Campaign has set example of
what is needed in order to bring about better politicians
and more wholesome politics in Mississippi