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Evening star., 1953-02-19
Two Australian CoIoneIs Hold
Patterson Reunion in Fairfax

Theirs is a reversed role from
the normal.
when the Korean war broke
out" the elder Meredith related,
Il took a pretty dim view Of
Americas being left holding the
bag. so to speak. sort of shifted
about to see if I couldn't lift a
loose boot around"
He went to Japan as an in
spector of small arms in the
Tokyo ordnance depot; finally
wound up making the rounds
in Korea. sometimes in the bat
tie zones.
"I'm almost a little past
worrying about dad" Col. Mere
dith laughed. There's no point
in it. He isn't young any more,
but he's competing with men
half his age. He's bound to do
something damned stupid before
he's finished" With that sally
the father grinned widely under
a trim mustache only slightly
busted with gray.
The retired colonel was with
the Royal Australian artillery in
England. France and Belgium
during World War I, went to
headquarters staff in London
after the armistice and attended
the Royal Military College of
Science. studying ballistics and
gunnery. He returned to Aus
tralia, served on the headquar-
ters staff there during World
War II and retired in 1916.
The son, an Army career man
with II years service, was with
the Indian army in Egypt and
Eritrea during World War II,
was transferred to the British
Army in 1947 and served as an
instructor at the staff college in
Quetta, Pakistan. He also is a
graduate Of the Command and
General Staff School at Leaven-
worth, Kan.
Logically reticent to discuss
the ammunition situation in
Korea. the father was quick to
report the extraordinary change
in morale among the South
Koreans-military and civilian.
MY job," he explained. takes
me to all parts of South Korea.
Until the Republic of Korea
troops took the brunt of last
September's offensive, the vii
lagos were rather down in the
mouth.
mo repairs were being made.
No houses were being rebuilt.
"Now," he continued" the
South Koreans are looking for
a fight"
The son broke in at this point.
dad is talking abou the ROKs
like he talks about the old In
dian army-and that's about the
highest compliment that could
be paid any troops in the world. "
The father returned to his sub
ject, telling of the repairs now
being made among civilians; re-
opened and rebuilt shops in
Seoul.
"It's the civilian morale that
Matters" he said.
IF that's up, then the Army
morale is up"
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Richmond Line May Run
4O-Foot Buses in District

Richmond = Greyhound Lines
today won the Commissioners
approval to operate oversize
buses in the District, notwith-
standing present regulations
which hold bus lengths down to
IS feet.
The city heads last year gave
Capital Transit Co. the same
privilege on certain of its lines.
The Greyhound Co. wants to
inaugurate it's newly-designed
40 foot long Scenicrusiers.
Among features Of the new big
buses are skylights, o rear
lounge, refrigerated drinking wa
ter and a toilet. The buses. also
will be equipped with q two-way
radio, public address system and
a wire-recorded, three-hour mus
ical program.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Gas Rate Increase Cuse
To Resume Feb. rs

The Washington Gas Light Co.
rate case will resume February
26 in the District Building with
Public Utilities Commission stan
members croSs-examining COM
pany witnesses. -
The utility is seeking an in
crease of more than $4,000 an
nually in its revenues from Dis.
trict consumers. This figure. the
company contends, win Offset the
higher cost which 1t must pay
for wholesale gas. as well as .
continued rise In labor and ma.
terial costs.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Negro Parents Attend
Mothers Council Session

Negro parents last night at
tended an annual conference Of
the Mothers Council for the
first time as members.
About 20 parents of colored
school students were among 400
attending the fourth annual
meeting Of the organization,
which helps operate the Recrea-
ton Departments Fairgrounds.
The session was at Jefferson
Junior High School.
Mrs. Helen G. Fooner, presi-
dent. welcomed the newcomers.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Brotherhood Bunuuet

DR.. Everett r. Clinchy, preSi-
dent of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews. will ad-
dress a brotherhood banquet at
Z pm. tomorrow in the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church,
Ninth street and Massachusetts,
avenue NV. Sponsor Of the
event is the Mems Club Of the
church.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Loses
Appeal 10 Stop
Burke Airport
Court Rules Lund
Is Not Affected by
Fuirfux Project

The United States Court Of
Appeals for the District Of Co
lumbia today rejected q Fairfax
farmers plea to block construc-
ton Of a proposed airport ct
Burke. Va.
The farmer. Jones D. Jasper,
owns about 100 acres near tho
proposed airport site. An orig
inal suit filed by him to restrain
the Government from appropri-
ating land in Virginia within
12,500 feet of his property for
the airport previously had been
thrown out by the lower court.
Mr.. Jasper appealed.
A number of factors have held
up action on building the air.
port. Congress has failed to
appropriate sufficient money
and the Maryland delegation is
fighting the plan at every turn,
favoring instead utilization Of
Friendship International Airport
near Baltimore. In addition,
the Government has filed q num-
ber Of condemnation suits in
Federal Court, Alexandria. Tho
Jasper suit was the only chal-
lenge Of the Governments right
to take over the land, according
to the Department Of Justice.
APPELLANT Unaffected.
In upholding the lower court
today. the appellate court held:
l. That the Government had
not consented to the suit as re-
quired under the law.
2. The action challenged BY
Mr.. Jasper does not affect him
with sufficient directness and Is
not sufficiently final to give him
the necessary standing to sue.
The court declared: "None Of
the appellants property Is sought
to be condemned; yet Jasper
claims the prosecution Of the
action to take title to property
more than half q mile distant
from his farm will cause its
value to be deprecated.
"The other injuries envisaged
by Jasper will occur, If at all,
only after the airport is in OPP
Grafton. The dangers, fears and
annoyances he anticipates from
the operation Of an airport SO
far from his farm may never
materialize. His forebodings are
merely speculative and his suit
was premature as we'll" -,
Congress Withheld Funds.
Plans for the airport have been
dormant since the House and
Senate Appropriations Commit
tees last year failed to provide
SIG million to advance the prof.
ect.
Last January 8 the Truman
administration made another re-
quest Of Congress for the funds.
Approximately 1000 acres Of the
proposed 1870 acres for the site
have already been acquired and
$500. 900 expended.
Few residents, it has been re-
ported. have moved of the ac-
quired acreage. Those remain.
ing have been paying rent pend
ing settlement of the question
whether the airport project will
be completed or abandoned.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Arlington Firm Asks
$4,000 Damages in
Union Shop Case

A new dispute over use of
union-shop Subcontractors on
nearby Virginia construction jobs
f1ared today with filing of suit
in Arlington Circuit Court by a
county plumbing contract or
against E. L. Daniels, a general
contractor. The firm has been
awarded many school contracts
in Arlington and Fairfax.
The suit, filed by w. j. Baum
bach, Inc, 4147 Wilson boule-
ward, asks the court to declare
null and void alleged agreements
between Daniels and union build
ing-trade organizations. Baum
bach asks more than $4,000
damages, charging that the un-
ion agreements caused him to
lose that much in three con-
struction jobs on which he was
low bidder. but lost his bids.
Last week in Federal District
Court in Alexandria, a dispute
between union and non-union
shops was settled by Judge AL
bert v. Bryan.
Union Won Housing Case.
That case, involving the Alex
andria Housing and Redevelop-
ment Authority, was decided in
favor of a union contractor in
spite Of protests by non-union
shops that awarding the contract
to the union firm would violate
Virginia and Federal laws and
prevent the non-union shops
from participating as bidders or
Subcontractors.
The suit today was filed by
Arlington Attorney John Locke
Green. It declares that the
Baumbach company last May
offered Daniels the low bid on
plumbing and heating work for
an addition at Arlington Hos
pital. Daniels was the successful
general contractor in the bid
ding, but, according to the suit,
later refused to accept the
Baumbach bid, and said it was
because certain labor organiza-
t1onS, groups and unions
said they would withdraw and
pull off of E. L. Daniels Jobs
for construction projects all
union men," if the Baumbach
bid were accepted.
The Baumbach firm employs
about rs steamf1tters and plumb
ers on an open-shop basis.
Other Bids Rejected.
The suit declares that in De-
cember last year Baumbach SUBJ
mitted a low bid on a subcon-
tract to install plumbing and
heating in the Falls Church
High School addition handled
by the Daniels firm. Again the
bid was rejected by the Daniels
firm. which was awarded the
general contract on the project.
When the Baumbach firm de-
manded it be given the Subcon-
tract, the suit states, the Daniels
firm said that since Baumbach
conducted an open shop, he could
not use the company on the
project where union men also
would be employed.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Peace Cross
Residents 10
Ask Injunction
Seek to Bur Plan
To Raise Highway
At Flood Junction

Residents of the Peace Cross
area decided last night to take
their flood control fight to the
courts.
They voted to seek an injunc-
ton that would stop Maryland
road authorities from raising the
road at that frequently flooded
junction.
Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin
is backing the proposal to ele-
vate Route l above flood level
there.
DenOunce Proposal.
Speakers at last nights meet
ing denounced the proposal.
They said the raised road would
aggravate their flood problem
since it would serve as a dam
to put more water on their prop
erty.
Mrs. Helen Hickey, president
Of the Edmonston Citizens AS
sociation, presided at the ses-
sion in the Edmonston Elemen-
tary School. About 100 persons
attended, claiming to represent
$4,000 residents of Bladensburg,
Colmar Manor, Cottage City.
Edmonston, Riverdale and Hy-
attsville.
Wants Flood Control.
Mrs. Hickey said the group is
determined to get action on
some other f1ood-control system
one that would drain water
off the ground. She said the
group wants one that will tie
into the Army engineers plans
for keeping the Anacostia River
inside its banks.
Mrs. Hickey said the merged
civic groups haven't decided on
a name for their new organiza-
ton. Another meeting Is being
arranged now, she said.
She said the new group will
request the injunction in behalf
of one property owner.
Evening star., 1953-02-19
Glen Mar Park Meeting

The Glen Mar Park Com
munity Association will meet at
8 o'clock tonight in the Western
Suburban Junior High School
gymnasium on Massachusetts,
avenue extended. Glen Mar Park,
Md.
Evening star., 1953-02-19

One point will be scored for:
/. Any moving violation not
listed above and not contributing
to an accident.
For convictions and pleas of
guilty in other jurisdictions,
points comparable to the District
schedule will be assigned at the
discretion of the director.
Mr.. Keneipp said the point
scale may be revised as expert
ence requires. Any item that
mounts rapidly may be given
added weight. He said the point
value Of items may rise or fall
according to their effect upon
highway safety In the District.
Evening star., 1953-12-04

backed out of an agreement to
recommend 19 revisions OF Taft
Hartley to Congress. The White
House referred to the 19-point
paper as merely an unfinished
working draft" of the admin
istration's program.
The new Secretary of Labor,
James P. Mitchell, refuses to dis
cuss Taft-Hartley until the
White House program is firmly
set. But it is believed that he
favorS something like Mr.. Dur
kin's 19-points. He is now COM
pleting his recommendations to
the White House.
Old Plan Modified.
The Commerce Department
and employer representatives
were bitterly opposed to many
of the 19 points. And Com
merce, the representative of in
dustry and business in Govern
ment, naturally is having it's say
in the drafting of the new pro-
gram.
In at least two important re-
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Eighth Newspaper Shut Down
As New York Strike Spreads

struck publishers-abandoned q
similar advertising plan before
it suspended publication Monday
might.
The Star-Journal has six
day-a-week daily circulation of
about 10000. mostly in the bor-
ough of Queens. It's closing
added to the loss of 512 million
circulation of the major papers
in the photo-engravers' strike
over pay and other issues.
Two Sides S3.75 Apart.
The publishers and photo En-
gravers are $3.75 apart in the
form of a weekly package.
The photo-engravers, who
have turned down proposals by
the publishers and by Federal
officials to arbitrate four dead
locked issues, have cut their de-
mands from a SIS weekly pack
age to $3.50 package. The pub
fishers have been standing on
their pre-strike offer of a $3.75
package. 81
Wages under the expired con-
tract were $120 a week for day
work and $131 for night work.
The publishers say some en-
praverS get erolpl overtime
work to make about $190 a week
or $4,000 year.
Any settlement the publishers
reach with the photo-engraverS
may set a pattern for contracts
with six other mechanical and
craft unions whose contracts
with the newspapers have ex-
pired or are soon to expire. The
publishers offered the six unions
a $3.75 weekly package.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Z Arlington Stores Fined
In Sale Of Inferior Eqqs

A representative of two Airing
ton stores of grocery chain
American Stores Co.-pleaded
guilty in Arlington County Court
today to charges of selling
undersized and substandard
quality eggs.
S. T. Vaughan, Virginia Agri-
culture Department inspector,
testified he discovered the sub
standard eggs on October % in
a store at 2810 South Quincy
street.
He said a warning was issued
but inferior eggs were again
found at the Quincy street
market Wednesday and also at
a store at 1901 Columbia pike.
A $75 fine was levied against
the Quincy street market.
A similar fine in connection
with the other market was sus-
pended on condition of good be-
havior.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Extra Police AIerfed
To Avert Clashes at
San Francisco Docks
BY the Assoeiofed Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. A.
Extra police were on watch for
possible further violence today
at the dock of the steamer
Aleutian. There were two bitter
f1areups yesterday between rival
waterfront unions.
Nine men were injured and
five were arrested in the bloody
fights. which were halted in a
drizzling rain by armed police
with riot guns and tear gas.
Twenty policemen stood by in
case of repercuSsions of trouble
between 1,400 members of Harry
Lundeberg's AFL Sailors Union
of the Pacific and the independ-
ent National Union of Marine
Cooks and Stewards, backed by
Harry Bridges.
Court Limits Pickets.
Superior Judge Preston j. De-
vine issued an injunction at the
request of the Hawaii & Pacific
Line, which is chartering the
Aleutian, limiting pickets to five
men of each union. The court
also forbade more than four
AFL men from assembling near
the picket line.
New trouble. expected shortly
before last midnight when three
firemen boarded the Aleutian.
failed to develop. - -.
But extra police remained on
duty because crewman were to
board the ship to prepare for
Saturdays scheduled sailing for
Hawaii.
Police Avert Clash.
Yesterday, a hurriedly as
Sembled line of club-wielding
police prevented major riot by
heading of some 1,100 AFL
sailors. armed with clubs and
chains, who marched on the
Bridges-backed pickets. Six men
were injured and five arrested,
one for carrying a concealed
pistol.
The Aleutian, docked at Pier
80 on the Embarcadero, is the
center of a jurisdictional dispute
between AFL Marine Cooks
and Stewards Union and the
NUMCS, which is being taken
over by Bridges International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems Union.
Evening star., 1953-12-04

spects 1t is highly unlikely that
the final White House proposals
to Congress will go as far as the
old working draft" These per-
tain to giving the Federal law
precedence over State laws re-
garding the union shop and other
union security provisions, and to
easing the present ban on union
secondary boycotts. The first
would have Rocked out so-called
"right-to-work" laws enacted by
a number of States.
The boycott ban probably will
be eased somewhat to permit
unions to refuse legally to handle
So-called struck" or "farmed-
out" work. That applies to work
that may be transferred from a
plant that is closed by a strike
to another plant where there is
no strike. Another provision re-
quiring the Government to seek
a court injunction in certain
boycott cases also may be re-
moved.
More than a dozen of the old
points probably will be included
in the new program, virtually
intact. The most widely pub
llcized of these would remove
from Taft-Hartley the require
ment of non-Communist affi-
davits of labor union officers.
The administration will stress
that its objective is to remove
Government from labor relations
so far as is possible.
1t is a certainty that neither
union leaders nor industry will
be happy with the administra-
tion's labor program. Labor still
wants repeal of Taft-Hartley
and industry either wishes that
1t be left alone or frightened on
labor.
The CIO recently called for a
minimum wage of SIPS. Some
Federal labor officials believe it
should be raised to ST., but they
rear that if they ask for that it
would ~endanger chances of
getting a broader coverage for
the Wage-hour law in general.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The
Long Island Star-Journal halted
publication today when it's stere-
otypers refused to handle news
and comics of struck newspapers
in Manhattan which were to be
printed in the form of paid ad-
vertisementS.
No material from the adver-
tisers of the struck papers was
involved.
The week-old strike mas left
the city without a major news
paper.
Mediation sessions resumed at
1890 am. (EST) today. They
began with Federal mediators
meeting separately with officials
of the Publishers Association of
New York and the AFL Inter-
national Photoengravers' Union.
Sides Apparently Hold Firm.
Walter A. Maggiolo, general
counsel of the Federal Mediation
and Cancellation Service, de-
clined to comment directly, but
indicated the two sides were
holding firm to their respective
positions in the wage dispute
when Yesterdays session ended
at 6 pm.
Neither Denis M. Burke. presi-
dent of the striking Local /,
nor William Mapel, president of
the Publishers Association,
would comment as today's ses-
sionS began.
Stephen Rogers. editor of the
Star-Journal, a Queens after
noon paper, said in a statement
stereotypers who made casts for
the advertisements refused to
handle the ads, contending it
was struck work"
"This action by the stereo-
typers union. in violation of our
contract, destroys a vital link in
the newspapers production line,
preventing us from placing
printed pages on the presses,
Mr.. Rogers said in a statement.
"Under the circumstances, the
Long Island Star-Journal could
no longer publish and regretfully
announces it must suspend until
the controversy is settled"
The Star-Journal thus became
the eighth paper IN the metro
politan area to give up publica-
tion because of the strike of
photoengraverS against six
Manhattan papers.
Printers Set Type.
The advertisements which the
Star-Journal planned to print
were news stories, features and
comics from the Times, Daily
News, Mirror, World Telegram
and Sun and Journal-American.
Only the Times had no comics.
and the Journal-American Of
fered a full page of them. The
advertisements totaled six pages.
Mr.. Rogers said the type had
been set by the printers, men,
bers of the AFL Typographical
Union, without protest.
The Herald Tribune-the only
one of the city'S seven major
not struck, but
closed in sympathy with the
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Labor
Continued From First Page.)

tain standards which the State
programs must meet in order
to participate. Congress will be
asked to liberalize these stand
ards and to bring Federal work.
ers into the program. For ex-
ample, under standards of the
present Federal law only en-
ployers of eight or more persons
must participate in the pro-
gram. Congress probably will be
asked to revise this to include
employers of one or more per-
sons. About half of the States
already have included employers
of less than eight persons, and
16 States include employers of
one or more. But the other half
still follow the minimum stand
ard.
Martin P. Durkin resigned as
labor secretary in September,
charging that Gen. Eisenhower
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Swallows Toothbrush

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 4
N9.-Engineer Charles Scharen-
viewer was taken to a hospital
this morning after accidentally
swallowing his toothbrush.
Evening star., 1953-12-04
FOUND.

COCKER, buff old: in Sill. spg. Also
rsd bone hound; vic. Colesville. Phone
on. OIL. 2-2234.
DOG. male, mixed breed. black, white
and tan. black collar; vic. 18th and
Holly sts. NV. TU. 2-6690.
KITTEN, tiger-striped. or q mos :
owner or good home, Ii. 3-ST4S.
PUPPY, black. male. vic. Westbrook
School area: about 6 wks. old. Oliver
Evening star., 1953-12-04
Business failures

NEW YORK.-Fire causes one
In every 200 business failures.
That's four to five times more
than flood, burglary, employees
frauds. and strikes cause.
The frontiersman., 1953-08-13
PLIERS CHANGE DATE FOR BREAKFAST FLIGHT

The Homer breakfast flight planned by the Matanuska Air mens' Association has been post poned until August 15 and 16, members of the flight committee announced this week.
 Both fields are in excellent con- dition, they reported and the beach is good for any size single engine plane all the way to Hom- rarv However, they said, Ninilchik and Anchor Point fields should be avoided.
 Those planning to make the trip are told that beach landings should be made at half-tide levels whenever possible to avoid soft spots at high tide level and above. All pilots are asked to register at the field or with the commit tee before Saturday.
The frontiersman., 1953-08-13
Go-0p Annual Meet Set for Saturday

Members of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating As sociation will meet this Saturday August IS, for their annual meet ing and election of board mem bers. The meeting will be held in the Palmer School gymnasium, starting at 1000 am. Luncheon will be served to those members attending. In addition to the cleo ton of five board members, an- nual reports will be given on the financial condition of the associa- tion, projected plans and other transactions.
The frontiersman., 1953-08-13
LitfIe League Winds Up Season with Party

Members of the Palmer Little League and their parents had their "wind-up" party Monday evening. Because of rain, the event was postponed to that date from Sunday. Ball games schedul- ed between the boys and their parents found the younger gen. eration on the short end of the score at the end of the first game. However, the boys retaliated in the second game and trimmed their parents. Jack Leek, star pit cher for the parents was also los ing pitcher. "Tiny" Wade, stretch ing a slide from third base to home collided with Little League Jimmy F'ogg with no serious re- suits.