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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
|Labor's Fight
For Partnership
Still UnresoIved

Washington NPA) - AS the
weekend after Washington's Birth
day arrived, labor's fight for a full
partnership in the mobilization pro-
gram was still unresolved.
A nine-man delegation from the
United Labor Policy Committee
conferred three hours with mobil-
ization czar Charles f. Wilson on
Feb. %. Also present were Econ
omic Stabilizer Eric Johnston and
Charles S. Murphy, counsel to
President Truman.
But after the meeting, President
William Green of the AFL, acting
as spokesman for the labor group,
described it as "just discussion, no
decisions" The ULPC speaks for
Is million members Of the AFL,
CIO and RR Brotherhoods.
Green said the discussion re-
volved around the "wage catch-up''
formula approved a week earlier
by the six public and industry
members of the Wage Sterilization
Board but rejected by the three
labor members, who sent their re-
signation to the White House. The
formula, which limits wage in
creases to 10 percent above the
Jan. Is, 1850, level, was "unwork-
able, impractical and must be
changed" Green said the ULPC
told Wilson and Johnston. Labor
wants IL percent.
Members of the labor group call
ing on Wilson were Green, Dan
Tracy, George Harrison and Al
Hayes Of the AFL, Walter Reuth-
er, James B. Carey and Arthur
Goldberg of the CIO; and George
Leighty and A. E. Lyon of the
Railway Labor Executive Associa-
tion. After the conference they re-
ported back to the full ULPC. An
other meeting with Wilson was
scheduled for Feb 27.
Later, Wilson told reporters it
was a "very fine meeting" How
ever, he gave no indication Of yield
ing to labor's demands. He refused
to admit there was anything wrong
with the 10 percent formula and
said, "what ever formula is adopt
ed, it will be in the best interest
of the economy" Then Wilson,
Johnston and Murphy went to see
President Truman.
1t was up to Eric Johnston as
stabilization chief to rule on the
boards 10 percent proposal. He had
said he thought he could modify it
himself if he wanted to. But some
thought he would have to refer
changes back to the board, the re-
signation of whose labor members
hadn't been accepted. Wilson made
no such fine point in suggesting
that Johnston might issue form
ula any day. He didn't even rule
out the possibility that it might be
issued in advance Of his Feb. II
with ULPC.
Also to be decided were whether
a labor man should take a post as
Wilson's deputy, whether Wilson
would yield some of the response
bility for manpower he has assum-
ed through Arthur Flemming, pres
ident of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Labor wanted Secretary of Labor
Maurice Tobin to be responsible for
but President TrumanI
Wilson to appoint Flem-
ming chairman Of a committee on
which the Department of Labor
and other federal departments
would be represented.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
RENT UP 62% IN CITIES

Washington (LPA)-City dwell
ers are forking out 62 percent more
for rent than they did in 1910 The
Census Bureau reports the average
rent paid by non-farm dwellers was
$24 in 1910 and was $39 in 1850
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
WOMEN IN
INDUSTRY

An increasing number Of cities
are utilizing special police, usually
women, to guard school children at
dangerous street crossings.
The American Municipal Asso-
citation says such a plan relieves
regular policemen Of school cross
ing duty and allows them to devote
more time to other functions
Chicago, one Of the more recent
cities to consider adoption Of the
utility guard plan, proposes to fill
every vacancy that occurs on the
police force in 1851 with a school
crossing guard. Chicago's Park
District already has the plan in ef-
feet with "a women guarding
school children crossing boulevards.
These women work 4 hours day
at S1.55 an hour and have a uni
form furnished. In summer, they
work elsewhere as guards at S199
per month.
In Syracuse, ". Y. where in years
past 35 crossings have been pro-
tected by police, women guards
were recently substituted at 27
crossings at an estimated annual
saving Of $13,5O0. Newton, Mass,
instituted the auxiliary school
patrol last spring and now has 20
young mothers, ages 25-40, who are
appointed by and are subject to the
chief Of police. They are paid $50
a month for a 10-month period and
uniforms are furnished. They work
30-minute shifts times a day.
Hammond, Ind, uses Is special
school guards, mostly elderly men,
widows, and housewives. Their pay
is $105 a month. Other cities using
part time school crossing guards
are Cleveland, Milwaukee, Pitts
burgh, South Bend and Louisville.
Good labor standards for women
should not be sacrificed through a
misguided" sense Of patriotism,
Frieda S. Miller, director of the
U. S. Labor Departments Women's
Bureau recently told the 28th an
nual conference of the New York
Women's Trade Union League.
Good labor standards, she said, are
essential to full and efficient pro-
duction. Without them" she add
ed, "the defense effort actually
would be hampered, for continued
employment in excess Of health re-
quirements soon would defeat its
own purpose, namely, maximum
production"
The bureau head warned that
attacks undoubtedly would be
launched against the various wo-
mems laws, notably those estab-
maximum daily and weekly
hours of work, specified meal and
rest periods. Standards Of employ
Evening star., 1951-07-23

Still curious as to how he got
away with it. I picked up the
questioning:
@. How do you account for the
fact that you can operate the
way you can, Mr.. Crawley?
A. Well. it has been going on
down there for Is years.
@. You said 80 per cent of the
people like it?
A. That is right. We had an
election down there that proved
that.
@. Tell me about that.
A. The sheriff-two Sheriffs run,
one runs on an anti-gambling
ticket and the other fellow runs
on an open ticket. and the fell
low on the open ticket wins the
election.
@. Don't you sell liquor in your
places?
A. They took my liquor
license away from me.
@. And when did they take
the liquor license away from you?
A. After I got back from this
meeting the last time. daughter
in the hearing room)
@. But you still sell liquor?
A. That is right.
@. But it hasn't made any diff
ference in your operation?
A. No. No.
Tomorrow: Miami - A Pol
luted Playground.
Condensed from book. Crime in Amer
ica.' by Estes Kefauver, Cpr. 1851 Pub
lished by Doubleday. Inc. Distributed
General Features Corp.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

lily enterprise of which he owned
81 per cent. His share of the net
profits the previous year (1949)
was approximately $4,000. He
said his partners were a brother
and two sisters; that they "abso-
lutely" were not connected with
any one from Chicago" or else
where, and that when they (the
Chicago element) come in, I &C
out"
We next delved into Cawley's
connections with the racing wire
service. He was in that business
too. in both towns. His ticker
service, which he bought from one
of the Continental Press distribu-
tors, was cut off at La Sale short
ly before he testified but still was
operating at Streator.
| Admits He Was Raided.
@. You had never been raided?
A. Yes; was raided once
I have had one conviction.
@. What was that?
A. Well. running gaming
house.
Then. two months later, the
committee had Mr.. Cawley back
in Chicago for examination in
open hearings. In the meantime
we had read in the Chicago news
papers that, the day after he told
us in executive session that he ran
without interference, his place in
LaSalle was shut down tight by
order of the Mayor.
| In Streator, the police chief was
quoted as saying he had called al
Cawley's Paddock Club but found
nothing but punchboards and
lucky bowls" But the following is
what we heard from the still un-
ruff1ed Cawley.
@. Do you still have an estab-
lishment in both places GaSalle
and Streator)
| A. That is correct.
@. Are they still operating?
A. That is right.
@. Have they been down to
speak of for any period of time in
the last two or three months?
A. Very little.
Q. You have no trouble operat-
ing now?
A. That is right
@. Everything is going the same
as usual?
A. Yes.
@. Your books are operating
and your crap games are operat-
ing?
A. That is correct.
Crawley went on to list, perfect
ly frankly. in response to ques-
tionS, all the forms of gambling
in which he was engaged. In
addition to the horse books, he
listed a baseball pool. punch
boards. roulette and a small poker
game. Slot machines had been
out for some time.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Crime in America
Corruption in Small Towns
Described in Case History

Cawley went on to say that he
employs about 65 or 10 persons
in LaSalle; this includes his res
taurant. bar and cigar store en-
Iployes in addition to the gamb-
ling help.
@. How long have you operated
the book there?
A. I imagine around Is
years,
@. Is that in LaSalle?
A. In LaSalle, at Streator, ]
would say 10 years.
@. Who is sheriff of that coun-
ty?
A. The sheriff now is Ryan.
Says He Hardly Knows Him.
@. How long have you known
him.?
A. I hardly know the man.
@. Did you know Mike Welter?
A. Yes. sir He was sheriff
three times :.
@. Did you contribute to the
campaign funds Of any Of the
other Sheriffs?
A. No. sir; only Mike Welter.
Q. How much did you contrib
ute to his campaign?
A. $500.
@. Mike Welter knew what busi-
ness you were in?
A. I wouldn't know whether he
would or not.
@. Why?
A. I never asked him.
@. What we want to get at is:
How can you run wide open down
there without the sheriff knowing
about it and doing something
about it? 1t is generally known,
is it not, that you operate these
places?
A. That is right. I was born and
raised there. I had a good friend,
the mayor of the town, and he
wouldn't let none of them politi-
clans come into our city.
@. He would not let any politi-
clans come in?
A. He wouldn't let them politi-
clans come from the county into
the city from LaSalle.
Q. He would not let the sheriff
come in?
A. That is right.
@. So he is the one who let you
keep on running: is that it?
A. He never let me keep on run
ming. He didn't do any more for
me than he would for anybody
else. Anybody can go down in
that town right today and open
up, and it doesn't cost them a
scent piece.
@. The sheriff does not bother
you.
A. That is right.
@. Do the people like it, you
think?
A. I think they do-so per cent
OF them.
Everybody Knows His Business.
@. What is the present chief of
police's name.
A. Eddie Kasprowicz, something
like that.
@. He knows what business you
were in?
A. Yes. Everybody in town
knows what business am in.
@. Do you pay money for pro-
lection?
A. No, sir.
@. Never have paid any money?
A. No. When I do, I will get out
of business.
@. Do you contribute any money
to political parties?
A. I might contribute to both
parties a check hundred
dollars here or a hundred dollars
there; yes -.
@. That was to the political
party. but to no particular indi-
A. That is right.
Q. Have the Mayor or Chief of
OF Police ever done anything to
put down your book?
A. No.
Further questioning revealed
that Cawley's business was a FAM
Evening star., 1951-07-23

smaller places was conducted a,
a suburban, or branch, operation
of the nearest big city gang. ThiI
was particularly true in the Chi
cago and New York areas. On the
other hand, there also is the
phenomenon of the wide-oper
small-town, free from big city
gang influence and where the
local operator-usually a single
"string mans able to operate
without paying any particular
tribute to the law.
The small cities and towns, as
often has been said, are the back
bone of America. If corruption
threatens to take them over, it is
important that we find out about
it and turn the spotlight of eX-
poSure upon it, so an aroused pub
lie opinion can get to work on
cleaning up conditions.
In many big cities, young people
come into maturity with an atti-
tude of contempt for the law, be-
cause they see and hear almost
daily that criminals, through alli-
anceS with conniving politicians
and crooked Acknowledgement of
f1cers, are bigger than the law
1t would be a frightful thing if
this same disillusionment should
spread to the Small-town young
sters of America.
The committee touched briefly
on one such case study in its ques-
tioning, both privately and in
public hearings in Chicago, of a
man named Thomas j. Cawley.
In a way, Cawley. a stocky,
unabashed, monosyllabic witness,
was refreshing change from the
procession of hoodlum witnesses
whose carefully rehearsed refrain,
Il refuse to answer on the ground
1t might tend to incriminate me-"
became so grating to our ears. He,
at least. made no bones of the fact
that Thomas J. Cawley was the
undisputed gambling king of two
small Illinois townS-LaSalle, pop
ulation, 1908, and Streator, pop
ulation, 16,442. The two towns,
both in LaSalle County, are about
81 miles apart.
Quotes Some Excerpts.
should like to quote simple and
unadorned excerpts from the Off
cial record of the examination of
this small-town gambler.
Cawley's first appearance was
In executive (closedD session, Oc-
tober 18, 1850, at the United States
Court House in Chicago.
@. What is your business. Mr..
Cawley?
A. A cigar store operator.
@. What other business do you
have?
A. operate farm and a book
@. Where do you operate your
book?
A. 621 First st., LaSalle, Ill.
@. Is that the only book you op-
crate?
A. operate one in Streator, Ill.
@. Is 1t (the Streator operationO
solely book?
A. Well, it is a gambling room,
is what it is. We have dice.
equipment?
A. Yes.
@. What type of games do you
run?
A. Roulette, LaSalle. and that
is all.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Teacher and Wife Survive Fall
OF $40 Feet Down c Cataract

the plunge down the ledge ribbed
waterfall high in the Sierra.
The couple, both experienced
mountaineers, was picnicking. He
stopped to drink and fell in Sat-
urday. His wife. trying to save
him, also fell in.
They were swept down the
churning slide. falling, twisting,
bouncing against the ledges.
Finally they landed in a pool at
the bottom.
He craWled out. Mrs. Yeoman
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Defense Head to Talk
At haywood Gardens

P. E. Clark, civil defense director
for Prince Georges County, will
speak at a meeting of the Kay
wood Gardens Nursery School and
kindergarten, Inc, at 8 pm
Wednesday. The meeting will be
held at 43l6 Twenty-eight place
Mt. Rainier.
A film on civil defense will sup
plement Mr.. Clark's talk. The
public is invited.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
BY the Associafsd Press

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Calf. July GA young teacher
and his wife survived a battering
34O-foot fall down rocky Water
wheel Falls.
Eric Yeoman, Is, Alameda,
Calf. slid through uninjured.
His wife Norma, also Is, suffered
spinal injuries and possible head
and pelyis fractures.
Forest rangers said it was a
miracle that either lived through
Evening star., 1951-07-23
National Secretaries
To Convene Here in 81

Washington will be the site Of
the 1852 convention Of the Ma
tional Secretaries Association.
The Associated Press reported
yesterday that the secretaries Sc
lected Washington for the next
convention as they closed their
sixth annual meeting in Hous-
ton, Tex.
Mrs. Mary H. Barrett of Pitts
burgh, Pa, was elected president.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

grasped driftwood. Vacationers
pulled her out.
A Dartmouth premedical stu
dent. Charles Davis of Lexington
Mass, gave first aid. Mrs. Yeo-
man was taken by litter on a six
hour climb to an ambulance and
then on a three-hour ride to q
hospital. Rangers said she
smiled encouragement all the
way.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

This is the sixth OF series OF 70 ortieIes
condensed from the book, Crime in
Amerieo, by Senator Kefouver.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Crime in America
By Estes Kefouver
Former Chairman Of Senate Crime
Committee,

So far in this series, the pattern
suggested is that crime and con-
tempt for the law is a big-city
operation. This is not neces-
sarily so. The smaller cities and
towns have it. too.
Sometimes, as our Senate COM
mittee was to learn, crime in
Evening star., 1951-07-23

A Chinese Empress. Sizing Chi
raised silkworms and in 2700 BIC
learned now to unwind the threads
from cocoons.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

Tender. lean beef with
Just enough fat to assure
tender, moist cooking.
Guaranteed to please you
100ee.
Evening star., 1951-07-23

55 1851 in washington D. C.: MARYLAND Bethesda silver
Bentwood eheVs cSass
Comar Wheaton Mount Rainier College Park Berwyn
snand Marlboro Laurel Indian Head CAPITOL Heights;
Herndon Vienna, Annandale. NO SALES no DEALERS WE
RESERVE RIGHT LIMIT QUANTITIES. Produce prices
subject to change daily. 1890
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Prince Georges Girl Group,
Present Christmas Gifts

The Brownies and Girl Scouts o.
Prince Georges County yesterday
turned over hundreds of toys anc
Christmas gift packages to nine
organizations in a ceremony al
Bladensburg Junior High School.
The toys and packages-made
donated or collected by the girls
during the past year-were ac-
cepted by representatives of Glen
dale tuberculosis Sanitarium, the
District Training School at Laurel
Childrens' Hospital, Gallingel
Hospital, the county Social Serv-
ice League, Catholic Charities, the
county Welfare Board and the
county Public Health Nurses.
This was the third straight year
the county scouts have collected
the gifts under the direction of
Mrs. Ann Marie Kenkel, 5401 Til
den road. Bladensburg. This years
collection is the largest SO far.
Betty Jean Brown, 4704 Ford
ham road, College Park, of Troop
8. was mistress of ceremonies.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Children in Gaithershurg
Learn Safety From Songs

Gaithersburg (Md.) elementary
school children have been singing
their way to safety in recent
weeks.
They have been learning safety
rules from a songbook, entitled
Sing With Your Singing Cop"
which was written by a Michigan
policeman.
The books were distributed to
school children by the Gathers
burg Lions Club. It was stated
that when the book was intro
duced in schools in Flint, Mich,
school child pedestrian accidents
decreased 80 per cent.
The book includes lyrics with
la safety theme written to music
Iof popular American songs, and
also has safety poems and slogans.
Distribution of the safety books
us encouraged by the American
Legion in cooperation with State
Police stationed in Prince Georges
County. Schools in Eaurel are
also using the books.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Montgomery Planners
To Meet Tuesday, in
Rockville Courthouse

The Upper Montgomery County
Planning Commission will meet
in closed session at 8 pm. Tues
day in the Rockville Courthouse
instead of Wednesday, as pre-
lviously announced.
The change was made to avoid
meeting on Thanksgiving eve, the
commission explained.
Tuesdays meeting will be de-
voted to reviewing testimony Of
fered at last weeks public hear
ing on the commissions proposed
regulations for subdivision control
in the rural area.
In addition, the commission will
discuss the projected Seneca
Creek Park, establishment of citi-
zen planning committees and the
effect on the rural area of the
Washington National Pike under
construction between Frederick
and Washington.
The commission said it's closed
meeting scheduled last Wednes-
day night was Cancelled because
Chairman Thomas c. Kelley was
in with a foot injury and two
other members of the f1ve-man
commission were unable to attend
for personal and business reasons
More than a dozen farmers
who had showed UP prepared tr
voice objections to the proposed
subdivision regulations, promised
to bring hundreds of rural resi-
dents to the next meeting despite
the commissions announcement
that the session would be closed.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

wholesaling at 80 and 50 cents,
and Toms at 60 cents.
Strangely enough, one grocery
concern was advertising big Tom
turkeys at a retail price Of So
cents. l cent under the whole
sale cost. Reason: The wholesale
market has advanced steadily the
past two weeks. Those turkeys
selling for SO cents probably were
purchased at So cents.
Wholesale Tag Up.
Dressed and drawn turkeys were
wholesaling yesterday at 81 cents
for the popular 4-to-8 pound
Beltsville birds. 81 cents for hens
and 81 cents for the big boys.
Retailers add a markup at least
10 per cent to that figure.
The retail concerns probably will
advertise their prices In tomor-
rows newspapers. Until then the
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Student Play TO Depict
1een-Agers Problems

Students of George Washington
High School in Alexandria and
Washington-Lee High School in
Arlington will participate in a
program sponsored by the Mental
Hygiene Society of Northern Vir-
|ginia at $3.50 pm. tomorrow al
Washington-Lee.
Two seniors from George Wash
ington, Jane Warne and John
Pearson, will take part in a panel
discussion of teen-age problems
which will be the subject of a
play staged by the Washington
Lee speech department.
Others on the panel will be DR.,
Julius Schreiber, psychiatrist;
Judge Hugh Reid of Arlington
County Court and Mrs. William
B. Sanders of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

price Is something of a competi-
tive trade secret.
Along with the feasting, Wash
ington was planning the custom
ary devotional services. Most
churches will have morning serv-
ices. many of them joining in
union services.
President Truman, in his pro-
clamation. set the tone for this
Thanksgiving:
Let us recall the words of the
Psalmist. o give thanks unto the
Lord; for He is good; for His
mercy endureth forever
Holiday for Many.
LET us also, on the appointed
day. seek divine aid in the quest
of peace"
Mr.. Truman said we "reverently
place our faith in the Almighty"
in the effort to obtain that peace
OF course, it will be a holiday
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Virginia Rates High
In Education Survey
of Southern States
ey the Associated Press

Virginia is reported to be better
off than most Southern States in
meeting the problems of teachers
and buildings for public schools.
The National Education Asso-
citation says 500 teachers are
needed for Virginia in the present
school year.
AS in most States the shortage
is greater for elementary teach
ers. The report said 400 are
needed for elementary teaching
and 100 for secondary instruction
Maryland Needs 1923.
Compared to the 500 total addi-
tional teachers needed in Vir.
Iginia, the report gave these tota,
figures for other Southern States
Alabama, 1000; Arkansas, 1000;
Florida. 1000; Georgia. 1900,
Kentucky. ESQ; Louisiana, 600;
Maryland, 729; Mississippi, 1000
North Carolina, 800; South Caro-.
lima, 500; Tennessee. 1000; Texas
$500; West Virginia, 600.
Virginia is given high rating
also in the matter of furnishing
full time schooling.
The survey shows by States the
percentage of pupils not attending
Ifull-time classes because of the
shortage of qualified teachers ano
school buildings.
None in Virginia.
The percentage for Virginia l:
given as zero compared to per-
Icentage lacks in other States
ranging from 6.4 in Georgia tt
I0.2 in Mississippi.
The percentages for othe,
Southern States included included
Alabama, 2: Florida. 3; Louisiana
is; Maryland, 4.3: Kentucky, O.8;
North Carolina. 1.6; South Caro-
ma, l.5; tennessee, Is; Texas, 2
and West Virginia, 0.5.
The NEA estimates that 400, 900
elementary and secondary school
pupils in the Nation have less
than full-time school opportunity
because of teacher and building
shortages.
These pupils are enrolled in
schools. but are attending in
double sessions or under other in
adequate arrangements, the re-
port said.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

for Government workers and some
other lucky people, including
school children. Many Govern
ment employees will use annua,
leave Friday to stretch it into q
four day event.
Institutions and charitable or
CARNATIONS will do their BIT
toward spreading holiday cheer
Even at the District jail there will
be a special dinner featuring ham
and including such trimmings as
dressing. peas and pumpkin pie
Turkey prices are too high to per-
NIT serving the bird to the in
mates, it was explained.
The Lorton Reformatory will
have a reasonable substitute for
turkey in chicken and the fixin's
Gospel Mission will have a
am. breakfast of scrambled eggs
fruit. juice and cereal, and 9p.m