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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
Guilty PIea In Swifchmen's Strike
Brings 5000 Fine For Trdinmen

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In surprise move, which caused
a stir in the courtroom, the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen plead
ed guilty to charges of contempt of
court resulting from the nationwide
work stoppage by yard switchmen
! Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm
fined the union $4,000 for criminal
contempt and $4,000 additional for
civil contempt.
The brotherhood already had
been fined $4,000 in Chicago for
the railroad strike there in Dec
ember. Following the guilty plea
here, additional actions in Chicago
and Cleveland in connection with
strikes of "sick" switchmen were
dismissed.
AS soon as Judge Tamm ascend
ed the bench, Edward B. Henslee
of Chicago, general counsel of the
union, announced that a not guilty
plea would be withdrawn and a
guilty plea entered.
Lawyer Suggests $4,000 Fine
When the judge asked what Hen
slee would consider a reasonable"
penalty, the lawyer suggested $685.
000-the fine imposed Feb. 8 in
Chicago by Federal Judge Michael
l.. Igoe after trial in a similar
case. However, the judge accepted
the recommendation of the United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay for a $4,000 penalty.
Judge Tamm asked Henslee
whether the brotherhood was plead
ing guilty because it was guilty
and for no other reason.
"That is our feeling" Henslee
replied.
"Have any promises been made
for inducement to plead guilty?"
"There have not"
In imposing the fine, Judge
Tamm said:
eff unions are to continue to
grow and prosper they must accept
their responsibilities as well as
their rights. The court sees in this
plea of guilty a recognition on the
part of the union of its obligations
and responsibilities. Such recogni-
tion bespeaks continued progress
in the ranks of unionization."
Henslee, in announcing the plea,
declared that only between and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
AFL Teamsters
Join With Bosses
In Defense Group

San Francisco LPA) - AFL
truck drivers have joined with THEN
bosses here to contribute their
share in solving civil defense and
other emergency problems. Repre-
sentatives of the truckers and the
Teamsters have formed the Cali
fornia Trucking Emergency Coun-
cil, with members throughout the
state.
The Council plans to deal with
"all problems except those invol-
wing wages, hours and working
conditions that presently or may
in the future confront the trucking
in California with respect
to the national emergency"
Leaders said they would cooper
ate with federal and state officials,
boards and commissions having to
do with control or administration
of the national emergency; and will
assist local and regional represent
atives of the "for-hire" truckers on
any emergency problems they en-
counter.
Most areas in the state are Sett-
ing up Disaster Councils, hoping to
effect organized evacuation and
protection activities in case of
bombing. The Trucking Emergency
Council expects to have its entire
transport setup geared to be of
assistance in emergencies of this
nature, preventing the chaos that
would be certain if haphazard
truck movement were called into
play in the various areas of the
state.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01

| 10 percent of the Brotherhood
members had stayed away from
their jobs and that many who had
left their posts were not union men.
He said it had been difficult fer
union officers to reach all men in
their efforts to get them back to
work.
The walkout began last Decem-
Der when union men reported "sick"
in protest against delay in negoti-
ations over pay and working con-
ditions. Other walkouts occurred in
January. The union demands a 40
hour work week at pay now re-
ceived for 48 hours.
/ Walkout Broken by Army
The January-February walkout
followed rejection of memoran-
dunn of agreement signed at the
White House, Dec. Fl by represent
atives of the nations railroads and
the operating rail unions-Train-
men, Order of Railway Conductors,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engine
ers and Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers, T lis
agreement was rejected by mem
bers of all the unions involved.
The Today switchmen's walkout
of January-February was broken
when the army, which took over the
railroads Aug. 27 to avert ma
tionwide strike by the Trainmen
and Conductors, ordered the "sick"
strikers to return to work in 48
hours or be discharged. 1t granted
wage increases of 121a cents an
hour for yardmen and cents an
hour for road service employees, all
retroactive to last Oct. /.
These increases were half thoSe'
set in the disputed memorandum of
agreement, which the railroads in
sist is binding agreement.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01
UNION MAN CHAMP IN
147-IB. DIVISION

Danville, III. UPA) - Amateur
weter champ of the Danville area
is Ike Thornsbrough, 22, foundry
laborer and member of Local 579,
United Auto Workers. He will rep
resent the area in the Golden
Gloves tourney in Chicago. He won
the local title boxing under the
colors of the Danville Trades and
Labor Council -AFL. Police Officer
Fred Wright, member of Local
1897, AFL State, County and Mum
icipal Employees, coached five
man Trades Council team. Ike was
the only champ.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01

Communist infiltration took over
some important sections of the
Union and, for time, reduced the
union to impotency.
with These Hands" has been
used effectively with many foreign
groups visiting the United States
under the Marshall Plan. Restless
youngsters, coming into union
headquarters in school groups,
cease to wriggle when they see the
early sweatshops, the Triangle Fire
Holocaust, and the way collective
bargaining operates. Special use of
the film will be made in the grow
ing field of education for aging
adults because the film itself be-
gins with Sam Levene's retirement,
thanks to adequate provision for
old age.
The lLG anticipates that many
school, church and adult groups
will use with These Hands,"
There is no shortage of material
provided by management for use in
the schools. Upon request, the
teachers are provided with films,
pamphlets, journals and study out
lines. Fair play suggests that labor
should also be heard, in the light
Of approved educational traditions.
First Of all, vocational teachers
often find their pupils infected by
snobbery and think that manual
work is less in Importance and Dig
nifty than mental work. with
These Hands" is the most effective
antidote for such misconception.
The history teacher can find no
more vivid and striking presenta-
tion of the bad old days Of the
sweatshop than is given in this
movie. The facts upon which the
film is based can be verified in
every detail.
Too often the unions are pictur-
ed as revolutionary, subversiveI
agencies. with These Hands,
shows the successful struggle of a
union in self-education and self
protection against Stalinist infil-
tration.
Industrial relations no longer
sound a faraway, abstract affair
when management and labor are
human beings with lots of person
al interest and appropriate wise
cracks. with These Hands" shows
collective bargaining opera t j ng,
with prices being fixed in the
shop and the dispute reaching final
adjudication by the impartial chair
man, jointly paid by management
and labor in the women's garment
industry, to give the final judgment
upon all matters Of Interpretation
in the agreement.
Unions in recent years have de-
veloped extensive welfare work.
examination of membersl
by specialists in union clinics, holi
day homes, old age retirement
plans, with These Hands" for thel
first time does justice to these asl
it shows the life experience of
Brody, played by Sam Levene, after
whose hands the film is named.
Yet, in the final moments, the place
of youth in making industrial dem
ocracy work, the rights and respon-
which face boys and girls
on the threshold Of industry are
effectively suggested. While a
documentary in the sense that not
a fact of history is falsified, thel
film has laughter, tears, heart
break and success too. 1t will lead
to many more such union-sponsor-l
ed films.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-01

follow up the revelations before
the Senate committee "I'll do it
myself"
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Taxi Driver Testifies
He Took Accused Pair
To U|ine Staying Scene

A key Government witness to-
day testified at District Court that
he drove two men, accused OF
first degree murder in the fatal
beating of a Uline Ice Co. truck
driver last December, to a point
near the scene of the crime in
his taxicab.
The witness. James H: Gorham,
colored, identified the accused men
from the stand. They are Albert
Allen, %, also a truck driver for
the Uline Ice Co., and Frank j.
Proctor, q, who was employed as
a handyman in delicatessen
Both are colored.
Allen and Proctor are charged
in a two-count indictment of kill
ing George Schomber, 80, of 72e
Twenty-second street NV, with
a heavy push-broom while in the
act of robbing him last Decem-
ber 30.
Mr.. German testified he drove
Allen and Proctor to Third and I
streets NE. that day
Testimony began this morning
before a jury of nine men anC
three women selected late yester-
day.
Assistant United States Attor.
ney Harold H. Bacon, in an open.
ing statement to the jury, de.
clared that Proctor and Allen lay
in wait in the garage for Mr.
Schomber.
The trial was expected to recess
early this afternoon to permit
Jurors and others to witness the
Gen. Macarthur parade.
Judge Richard B. Keech, who
is presiding, asked how many o1
the jurors wanted to attend the
parade, and all of them held ur
their hands.
Evening star., 1951-04-19

Itainers will be hill billies, Lily and
Curly, and Zeb Turner.
A window display contest among
merchants will be judged at 7 pm
Queen to Be Chosen.
The coronation ball, at which
Queen Clarendon will be chosen
from more than 80 princesses, il
set for 8 pm. tomorrow at the
Stratford Junior High School
The princesses represent schools
civic and fraternal organizations
and businesses in Northern Vir-
ginia..
A parade to be held at 2 pm
Saturday will include more than
80 units. Detachments from the
armed services, veterans organi-
cations and schools and floats en-
tered by merchants will partici-
pate. The parade will form al
the courthouse and go through
Clarendon.
Concluding events Saturday will
be street dancing at Wilson
boulevard and Highland street
and awarding Of the top jubilee
prize. the Bermuda trip.
Evening star., 1951-04-19

recent years is seen. For Wash
Iington got series of new stream
lined streetcars and new buses,
replacing more antiquated equip
ment. under the old regime.
The Florida investors, the new
group that has acquired control
of Capital Transit, came into the
picture late in 1949 with the
equipment of the mass transporta-
ton industry here rated as being
in tip-top shape. Some observers
consider it the best of any in the
entire Nation.
Due to Wise Management.
This was due to wise manage
iment during the war years. when
instead of paying out profits in
dividends, the directing heads of
Capital Transit ploughed back
earnings into new equipment. This
has given the riding public here
streetcarS and buses without par
dtlG1, OUSC1 tCIS CldIIll.
But in recommending against
the company's proposal to split
its stock four new shares for one
Iof the old, ICC Examiners II. C.
Howard and w. L. Fulton had this
Ito say:
The company does not intend
ito purchase any additional ve-
Ihicles during 1851 and it mas no
definite plans for financing the
purchases of additional vehicles
which it conJemplates making
during the subsequent years.
Financing Explained.
Such purchases may be financed
by cash, equipment leans, condi-
tional sales contracts or some
other form of financing that has
been utilized by the applicant in
the past.
The examiners explained that
CTC has 615 streetcars and 945
motor buses. This includes 106
conventional-type streetcars which
lit had acquired prior to 1928,
500 streamlined streetcars ac-
qnired after 1884, ZIG motor buses
acquired prior to 1910 and 729
motor buses acquired during the
years 1910 to 1949 inclusive.
The company has acquired no
streetcars since 1945 and no buses
since 1949, the examiners said.
They pointed out the company
estimated that during the years
1852 to 1855 inclusive. it would
normally acquire a total Of 283
new motor buses and that II of
these, would be acquired during
1852.
New Stock Issue Planned.
OF course it must be said, on
behalf of the company, that any
plan to acquire new equipment at
this time would have to consider
the emergency war situation, scar
city of materials and other deter
ring factors.
CTC now wants authority to
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Bottle Club Paddock
May Be Put Back in
District Crime Bill

A provision for padlocking bot
tie clubs which are held to bt
nuisances may be restored to the
crime bill now before the House
District Committee.
Chairman Davis of a subcom.
mittee which handled the meas
.ure has asked Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West to prepare such
"a provision. 1t was once in the
bill, but a section to place the
night spots under strict licensing
and control was substituted fol
lit on recommendation of the Com
'mlsslonerS.
Bourbon Dawes, executive sec.
retary of the Hotel Association
of Washington, objected at yes
terday's committee hearing thai
the licensing provisions "is an in.
Ivitation for the setting up Of es.
Establishments whose principal bust
ness will be as a resort for public
drinking"
Robert j. Wilson Of the Wash.
ington Restaurant Association
concurred in Mr.. Dawes state
ment.
Mr.. West agreed that the IL
censing section perhaps is tot
broad. He recommended that i
be tightened up by applying tt
bottle clubs virtually the sam,
definition that applies to othel
clubs.
Police Supt. Robert j. Barret
said he was in favor of Legislation
which would permit the police tt
act against the clubs and "buttbr
them up tight"
When Mr.. Davis asked Mr.. Wes
to prepare a padlocking section
for the measure there were ferven
"amens" from other COMMITTEES
members.
Evening star., 1951-04-19
D. c. Mon Gets 3 Years
On Narcotics CHARGE
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, April 19.-James
Watkins, 28-year-old Washington
man, was sentenced to three years
in prison yesterday on narcotics
charges.
United States Attorney C. Ross
McKenrick told the court Wat
kins, who is colored, was one Of
the chief suppliers of marijuana
for young Baltimore dope addicts.
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Clarendon S 3-Doy Celebration
OF 5Oth Year Starts TONIGHT
Wilson Blvd. Ceremony
And Dinner for Guests
Are Initial Features

Clarendon's three-day celebra-
ton of it's 50th anniversary will
open officially at 7:30 o'clock to-
night in a ceremony at Wilson
boulevard and Highland street.
More than 100 employees of
Clarendon's business establish
ments got into the spirit of the
celebration with a pep rally this
morning at the Wilson Theater.
Merchants of the shopping area,
Arlington's largest. have decorated
the principal thoroughfare. Wilson
boulevard, and have prepared spe-
cial window displays.
Reception at Country Club.
The events mark the passing of
SO years since the first store
opened in Clarendon. Theme of
the celebration is, "Clarendon-50
Years of Progress"
Frank L. Ball, ST., Arlington at
torney, will speak at a reception
and DINNER for jubilee guests. at
the Washington Golf and Country
Club at 8 o'clock tonight. Mayors
and other public officials or 80
nearby communities have been in
vited to the club an hour earlier.
Tonight's official opening cere-.
monies will feature a band con-
cert.
Other events scheduled are a
ball at which Queen Clarendon will
be chosen. a street dance. parade,
fashion shows, radio broadcasts
and awarding of prizes, including
a seven-day all-expense trip to
Bermuda.
Tomorrow. breakfast in Clar-
endon" will be held at the Hot
Shoppe at Lee highway and North
Kirkwood road at 8:45 am. En-
tertainers from three radio sta
tions will be on hand.
The three masters of ceremonies
will be Mark Evans. WTOP; Con-
ME B. Gay, WARL, and Cactus
Matt. WEAM. Among the enter
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Truck Driver Charged
In Pistol Shooting
al Collision Scene

A Hyattsville truck driver today
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon after police said he
fired a pistol in the general vicin-
ity of two men when he became
involved in a head-on traffic col
lision this morning.
William N. McCauley, "a, of the
4100 block of Fifty-sixth street
was placed under $500 bond by
Municipal Court Judge Andrew J
Howard. The judge postponed a
hearing until May 3 at the request
Fof Defense Counsel Harry Ahern
who told the court his client was
under the influence of alcohol last
night and not in any shape now
for court proceedings.
Police and the complaining
witnesses reported this is what
took place at about 6:15 am. this
morning:
William j. Cahill, of 1885 Ran
dolph street NV, was driving
a fellow construction worker,
H. w. Lundsford, of BAIT Mount
Pleasant street NV, to work on
Webster street NV.
AS their car neared the inter-
section of Rock Creek Church
road, McCauley's car careened
into Webster street and collided
head-on with the Cahill car.
AS Mr.. Cahill and Mr.. Lunds-
ford. both uninjured by the i'm
pact. got out and approached
McCauley's car, the latter
emerged, brandishing a large,
foreign-made automatic.
McCauley described himself as
an agent" and accused the other
men of having narcotics in their
car and then suddenly fired a
shot into the air in the direction
of the two men.
They said he apparently was
not aiming at them, but ap-
peared "dopey" throughout the
episode.
Police, summoned by a nearby
resident, disarmed the man.
Evening star., 1951-04-19

ernment objected. During trial
here, Judge Mcclure heard the
murder trial evidence in telescoped
form, as well as the wife's version
of the Staying.
The judge concluded that al
though the jury in the criminal
case was unable to find Mrs. Rid
dick guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt" the court could. in civil
action, determine that a "prepon-
derance of the evidence" weighed
against her. Judge MCGUIRE, in
effect, decided that the slain hus-
bands parents are entitled to the
insurance to the exclusion of the
widow.
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Senate Vote Self
Monday on Bill
IoShiftAgencies
Debote Is Limited
By Agreement on
Dispersal Measure
BY Froncis P. Douglas

The dispersal bill was expected
today to reach vote in the SEN
ate Monday afternoon under an
agreement to limit debate.
BY unanimous consent, an
nounced on the floor yesterday
debate on the measure beginning
at noon Monday will be limited tc
an hour. A limitation of 40 min
|utes would be applied to any
amendment, the time to be di-
vided equally.
Debate got under way yesterday
on the bill which would move
agencies with 10000 employees into
the Capitals outlying area dds
IpersaD, transfer other agencies or
parts of agencies with $4,000 en-
ployes to other cities (decentrali-
|zation). and tear down the tenn
porary buildings erected during
World War II which now provide
space for $1,000 workers. The
cost of the program is put at SLOT
million.
Holland Talks ON Dangers.
It was an afternoon in which
the shadow Of the mushroom
cloud of an atomic blast hung over
the chamber as Senator Holland,
Democrat, of Florida. described
the dangers Of an enemy attack
and the catastrophe which might
result.
Despite the grimneSs Of the pic
ture he painted, it was apparent
that the Senate and the galleries
found it much less explosive than
the Macarthur question debated
the day before.
The hydrogen bomb as we'll as
the atomic bomb came into the
discussion. Senator Holland said
scientists do not believe such q
bomb would be used. Statements
about the hydrogen bomb which
had most impressed him, he said,
were that there is 'very great un-
certainty that the hydrogen bomb
can be realized" and that after
this bomb would pass "a certain
degree of intensity" a great part
of its force would be expended out
side of our atmosphere.
Senator Capehart. Republican,
of Indiana, challenged the ade-
quacy of the 20-mile distance from
downtown Washington at which it
lis planned to erect three of the
-four dispersed buildings.
RapS advice of Experts"
eff we are serious about dispers-
ing I think we should go so or 100
miles" he said. He added he would
follow his own judgment rather
than take the advice Of experts
who have taken us from bad to
worse"
Another who questioned whether
the distance would be far enough
was Senator Martin, Republican,
of Pennsylvania.
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
Iof Michigan. asserted the program
would be merely protecting rec
Iords and office equipment. He said
the workers in their Washington
homes would be vulnerable to a
Russian attack at night.
Counted among the opponents
Iof the measure are Senator Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia, who fol-
lowed the debate carefully without
participating. and Senator Dirk
sen, Republican, of Illinois.
Senator Holland declared that
none of the experts who advised
the Senate Public Works Commit
tee felt that 20 miles was too short
Ia distance. The committee re-
ported the bill by a favorable vote
Iof 9 to /.
Evening star., 1951-04-19

not called as a witness. Capt. San
ders said he gave the plane Q
thorough check before the takeofl
and everything appeared all
right"
1t. Col. Robert Collins, com.
|manding officer of the 105tr
Maintenance and Supply Group
testified that the Inflated B-2s
bomber had been grounded earlier
i'm the day when it's hydraulic
system failed and refused te
lower the landing gear as it came
in for a landing.
AS a result, Col. Collins said, 9
"red cross" was placed on the
plane and it was sent to the shops
where a new actuating cylinder
was placed on the aircraft. It was
tested by his mechanics, Col. Col.
Ilins said, and they returned it te
the flight line satisfied that every
thing was excellent" mechanic
ally.
Found Fluid Lacking.
But Staff Sergt. j. E. Albright
[confounded the Air Force brass
when he testified he found the
planes hydraulic system regis
tered almost empty just before
take-off on the test flight. Two
gallons Of fluid were poured into
the system, he said, and the plane
took off. A
Col. Collins said that in his
opinion the landing gear was dam
aged when it touched back" or
the ground a few seconds after ii
was airborne. Such damage could
have been caused only if the pilot
had touched the device which
starts retracting the landing gear
after take-of and before the plane
was airborne, he said.
Capt. Sanders said he did not
know whether the landing gear
had started to retract before the
plane touched back"
Evening star., 1951-04-19
Woman Acquitted ofMurdering
Husband Is Denied GI Insurance

District Court Judge Matthew
F. MCGUIRE yesterday ruled that
Ia Brooklyn widow. acquitted OF
numbering her husband, was not
entitled to his $1,000 CT insurance
policy. on which she was named
beneficiary.
Mrs. Amelia Riddick, %. col
ored, was acquitted of second de-
gree murder of Richard Irving
Riddick by Florida jury in No.
vember, 1948. She testified she
fatally knitted her husband in self.
defense.
When she claimed his insurance
the following January, the Gov.