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Evening star., 1953-05-12
Coal Producers Unite
Against importation
Of Heavy Fuel Oil
BY Froncis P. DouoIos

Coal producers today presented
a united front against the i'm
portation Of heavy fuel oil. They
claimed imported oil is cutting
their markets drastically.
The witnesses appeared before
the House Ways and Means
Committee in support of a pro-
posal to cut the amount of fuel
oil that may be imported. That
is one of the features of the
Simpson bill to extend-with i'm
portant modifications-the Re-
ciprocal Trade Act.
Before the coal men testified,
a number of House members took
the witness chair to support the
curbs on oil imports. They were
mostly from Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. They told of
mines closed and miners thrown
out of work because of oil taking
the place of coal as fuel.
Competition Hurt Industry.
Tom Pickett Of Washington,
executive vice president of the
National Coal Association, told
the committee the soft coal in
dustry has suffered "incalculable
damage" from competition by
excessive fuel-oil imports.
Another association official,
Ford K. Edwards, told the COM
mittee coal production has
dropped from more than 588
million tons a year in the 1886
48 period, to 465 million tons
in 1852.
Most of the oil in question
comes from Venezuela.
The committee also is expected
to hold hearings on a customs
simplif1cation act introduced yes
terday by Representative Jen-
kins, Republican, of Ohio.
No Duty-free Sweaters.
The bill is designed to cut
through tangles of red tape ham
pering imports. 1t also allays
fears of knitting companies and
exporters that American girls
would be adorned with neatly
fitting sweaters imported duty
free.
The measure sets a top of SO
for the value of a package which
may be received by mail from
abroad without paying tariff
charges on the contents. The
figure was $40 in a bill considered
during the last session of Con-
gress, and opponents said it
would lead to a huge foreign mail
order business serving the United
States.
The House passed the bill last
session, but the Senate took no
action.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
400 Chicago u.
Students Protest
End of 2-Yeor Study
By the Assoeiosed Press

CHICAGO, May 12.-Nearly
400 of University of Chicago
students yesterday staged a sit
down demonstration protesting
the university's return to a full
four-year course of study in all
departments.
The boys and girls sat under
trees and studied. Some held
up signs saying, "Give us back
our college," and Don't sell us
out: There was no noise, no
disorder. And after a short
time they went back to classes.
The two-year graduation for
especially talented students,
adopted in 1912 when Robert
M. Hutchins was president of
the university, will be dropped.
Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimp-
ton announced last week.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
New Passenger Record Posted
At National Airport in April

both classes OF preferred stocks
and. after preferred dividends,
was equal to 68.4 cents a share on
Class A common stock. based on
the average number of shares
outstanding in the period.
Gross income from operations
reached sos. .495 VS.. $54.699 a year
earlier. Assets of 81 1.473.966 on
March 81 were 87.9 per cent
above a year earlier, while loans
outstanding reached $1,135,2l5,'
a gain Of 80.6 per cent.
Insurance Merger Planned.
A proposal to merge the Fed
'eral Insurance Co. and the
United States Guaranty Co. was
announced today by Hendon
Chubb, board chairman of both
companies. Stockholders will
vote on the plan June 16.
The combined companies would
operate under the name Federal
Insurance Co. Consolidated as
sets on December 81 totaled $780,
$4,000. The merged company
would provide practically all
forms of insurance other than
life.
Arthur B. Hayes, jr., vice presi.
dent of United States Guaranty,
founded its Washington Office 81
years ago. The company has
been active in bonding work for
Washington banks and public
utilities.
JayceeS Name Steinberg.
The Washington Junior Cham
ber of Commerce has selected
Alvin j. Steinberg for its man
of-the-month award for April.
AS chairman of the Jaycee
Gum Ball Committee, Mr.. Stein
berg placed more the 200 ma
chimes in business establishments
of the area to raise money for
recreational facilities for under.
privileged children. Mr.. Stein.
berg is vice president of the Cap.
ital Credit Corp.
HOnOred by Brand Names.
T. B. Gill. vice president Of
Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, has
been named to the Retail Ad-
visory Council Of Brand Names
Evening star., 1953-05-12

Brownell, president of the Union
Square Savings Bank of New
York, treasurer; John w. Sand
Stedt, executive secretary.
The 18th annual outing of the
District Building and Loan
League will be held at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country
Club June l. it was announced by
Joseph P. Burke, jr., chairman.
Treasury Rate Increased.
The Treasury yesterday an
nounced a boost in interest it
will pay to buyers of it's nom
marketable savings notes.
On May Is it will issue a new
series of savings notes, which
will mature in two years. The
yield will range from ZIG per
cent if held six months to 2.47
per cent if held the full two
years.
Present savings notes have
three-year maturity and yield
from LA per cent for six months
to 1873 per cent for three years.
IBM Promotes M. B. Smith.
McLain B. Smith has been
named assistant to the vice
president in charge of sales for
international Business Machines
Evening star., 1953-05-12
By Donald B. HodIey

Washington's busy National
Airport handled 246,141 outgo-
ing and incoming passengers OF
commercial airlines in April,
largest total for any month in
its history. airport officials an
nounced today.
April passengers compared
with 210,932 IN the previous
month and 214.369 in April. 1852.
They included 126.058 departures
and 120.O83 arrivals. e
Passengers in the first four
months Of this year also set a
new record for that period. To-
falling 825,471, they compared
with 746,169 in the same 1852
period.
The latest figures contrasted
with the same periods in 1912,
first full year of the airport's
operation. In that year April
passengers totaled only 64,658
and the four months volume was
210,631.
Bankers Elect President.
Richard A. Booth, president of
the Springfield Institution for
Savings. Springfield, Mass, today
was elected president of the Ma
Evening star., 1953-05-12

no authority to say where school
funds are spent but offered these
suggestions:
l. That $333,100 be reduced
from the $685. 900 teacher pay
increase fund.
2. That the contingency fund
be cut by $4,000: the fund for
increasing salaries Of custodians
and clerks be reduced by $37,-
$50; and other minor proposed
increases totaling $4,000 be
eliminated.
Turnover in Teachers.
Mr.. Peck said the board esti-
mated that there will be a 10
per cent turnover of teachers in
the school system. Those who
leave will receive an average sal
ary higher than the replacement
teachers, making possible a sub
stantial saving in salary pay
ments. he said.
The added funds from teacher
turnover. plus the $4,000 re-
naming In the teacher salary
fund asked by the School Board,
will permit an average salary in
crease Of $238 per teacher, Mr..
Peck said.
Following the board meeting
Barnard Joy, School Board
chairman, declared that Mr.
Peck's figures relating to a pos
sible salary increase averaging
$238 per teacher were spurious" I"
IF we followed the suggestions
Of the county board we actually
would be able to give each teach
er only a $50 increase in salary"
Mr.. Joy declared.
The board adopted a real es-
tate tax rate of $2.91, of which
$1.73 goes to schools and $1.18
is for general county operations.
A personal property tax rate of
$3.50 was adopted. Of which So
will be for school purposes and
$3.50 will go for general county
services. The budget is for the
1953-54 fiscal year beginning
July /.
The board also approved an
increase of 6 cents in the water
usage charge per 1000 gallons
for both residential and business
consumers. The new rate will
be 80 cents per 1000 gallons of
water furnished.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
Holiday for Housewife
Urqed in Australia

SYDNEY. AN Australian
tradeunion official urges that the
Australian Government subsidize
vacations for housewives by Civ
ing them $28 a year each to hire
a housekeeper while they vaca-
ton.
D. j. Osborn, president Of the
Victoria Master Plumbers Asso-
citation, says a union survey
shows the typical Australian
housewife with two children
walks 5000 miles a year doing
her chores, washes $4,000 dishes
a year, and spends the equivalent
of seven years of her married life
cooking some $4,000 meals.
Evening star., 1953-05-12
Leading Horpooner
Shoots $40 Whales

OSLO-The leading harpooner
of the 1853 antarctic whaling
season was Finn Ellefsen of Nor
way. He shot $40 whales, which
produced 25, $50 barrels of oil for
the British Balaena expedition.
The second highest score was
made by Arne Skontorp Of the
Norwegian Kosmos 4 expedition.
He shot 313 whales.
Evening star., 1953-05-12

Corp, w / t n
headquarters
here.
Mr.. Smith
will be respon-
Sible for all
IBM activities
with the Fed
eral Govern
ment. He pre-
viously W a S
m q n q g er OF
the company'S
Federal Office
here.
He, served as
c a m pa j G n
Evening star., 1953-05-12

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Evening star., 1953-05-12

manager for the 1852 and
1853 annual Heart Fund drives
sponsored by the Washing
ton Heart Association.
Coastal Finance Net Rises.
Net income of Coastal Finance
Corp. in the first quarter of this
year reached a new high Of
$19,720, an increase Of 31.5 per
cent from $15,001 in the same
1852 period, President Frank B.
Bush reported today.
Net income was more than five
times dividend requirements on
Evening star., 1953-05-12

FOundatlOn.
Mr.. Gill' s
firm has been
selected to re.
ceive a "cer.
tihcate of dis
t n c tion" in
the + ou n d a.
tion'S annual
retailer . of Z.
the-year COM
peClClOn at the
brand names
day dinner in
New York on
Friday.
Her hort 7
Evening star., 1953-05-12

tional ASSoci-
alton of Mu-
tual Savings
B a n k S, in
session at the
Shoreham Ho-
tel.
Other n e W
o f ic ers: j.
H a m IL to n
Cheston, pres
ident of tn e
P h ii adelphia
Savings Fund
Society, vic e
p r e S i d e n t.;
pondn1nh II
Evening star., 1953-05-12

tone Corp. of
S t a m + or d.
Conn.
Mr.. Dorsey
worked here
from 1888 to
1945, first as
a n engineer
with the rail-
road division
of the Recon-
Struction F l.
nance Corp.
and later as a
civilian engi-
neer with the
B u r e a u OF
Evening star., 1953-05-12

Rich, president of B. Rich's
Sons of Washington. also is a
member Of the council.
New v. p. for Reflectone.
Lloyd w. Dorsey, a native Of
Laurel, Md, and a former resi-
dent of Washington. has been
elected vice president of Refec-
Evening star., 1953-05-12

AC1
He spent several months in
England before the Normandy
landings and received the Dis
tinguished Civilian Service
Award upon his return.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
How Did He GET That Way?-
BY Olive A. Adams

Some months ago. staggering, loqua-
cious Britisher named Ashley Montague made
a speech at private elementary school in
New York which caused quite a stir. Montague
is an Anthropoligist and just why that makes
him an authority on human relations is not
quite clear. True, the findings of Anthropolo-
gists have helped to knock some of the silly
Nordic ideas of racial superiority into cock
ed hat; but the scientist is usually person
who sticks to facts and though he may hint
as to the sociological aspects of his findings,
he usually is too wise to go too far into an
other field to expound at length on the impli-
cations of his findings.
But not Mr. Montague He appears to have
been spurred on by an increasingly human re-
lations-minded American public and stimulat-
ed by the desire to corner some of the gravy
in the lucrative lecture circuit So he has TAX
en- to the lecture platform and he seems to
have met with fair success here and there.
The only difficulty seems to be that Mr. Mon
tague has failed to investigate thoroughly the
American scene before expressing his theories
which are supposed to be based upon 'worka-
BILE solutions" to the race problem.
1t was reported that in his speech Monta-
que started out by giving scientific proof of
racial equality exploding the myth of racial
superiority. After having laid such ground
work. he then proceeded to launch into dis
cussion as to the sociological aspects of inte-
grafton, saying that such a thing would be a
long time coming in America He went even
further He said Negroes were not quite ready
for it. and when asked if he thought Negroes
were mot ready to be freed from slavery
whom they we're, he answered in the affirma-
five He came out against interracial housing,
schooling, and marriage Zone issue he should
have left strictly alone) He is reported to
have said that he had never known of sue
cessful interracial marriage, and there is the
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

key to the whole situation. There seem to be
a lot of things Mr. Montague has never heard
Of
Despite his years of teaching at Rutgers
university Mr.. Montague apparently never got
around to getting acquainted with American
life generally True, there are many Negroes
who "aren't ready and great many more
whites who aren't ready" But the gentleman
should do a little research in the fields of
business and industry Then perhaps he would
come upon some startling information.
Nobody has ever been able to stop inter-
racial marriage. 1t has come about even in
the face of restricting laws. Besides, it is
purely personal matter that no outsider should
tamper with too much. AS for integrated
schools everything points to change in that
pattern. The segregated school is on its way
cut III many sections of the country, and the
weight of public opinion is bringing about
charge for the better even in those areas
where strict segregation has been enforced.
But the biggest surprise would come to
MIR. Montague if he were to do little research
in the field of industry There he would find
Negroes integrated in top management a NJ
sales forces; he would find that some Of the
biggest industries in the country seek OIL .sc-
gro engineers and other technical roH FIN
Negro schools as avidly as they seek rradu-
ates of the best known technical schools in
the country. With these Negroes occupying top
spots in industry without regard to their col
or, they must necessarily move about with
men who occupy similar position, and certain
ly deal with them on an equal basis. This be-
ing true how could anyone say that they were
mot ready"
Mr. Montague will have to rethink his po-
sition, or come up with new theory. Even
the worst bgots don't believe the Negro isn't
ready.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
People Are Tired Of War;
BY Robert DUR

1t seems to me that after World War II
only statesmen with grubworn vision could
fail to see that splitting up Korea in North
and South Korea could result into anything
but conflict based on the old divide and con-
quer formula.
After World War II was the time for the
then top allied power the United States, to sit
down around the council table and tarry until
a way founded on justice was achieved to keep
Korea undivided. Such a procedure would, in
my opinion obviate the aggressive communist
action and the police action by the U. N. forces
in a Korea divided potentially against itself.
Nothing truly and lastingly good can
come out a carved up Germany with its Brit
ish, American and Russian sectors. AS long as
we have this sort of setup in Germany, we
have situation which may set the world
fire.
The Lesser Peace Cessation of hostilities)
which must produce the Greater Peace Esprit
ual unification of mankind) within a maxi
MUM of ten years ought to inspire Russia,
France, Britain and the United States to put
their whole souls might and strength into
take no" effort to unity Germany. A divided
Germany is threat to world peace. There
must be unity based on justice and freedom
before there can be the Greater Peace
Now is the time for nations to agree to
let every other nation worship its God under
their individual vine and fig trees so long as
their ways of life do not violate the Divine
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
Labor Day Speeches.
BY Harry Gersh

Come Labor Day, Washington will be
empty and the big men will be mounted on
platforms and stands and trucks across the
country making their annual declaration of
love to the American workingman and wom-
an, and child They'll explain how it wasn't
them that kept the party promises from being
fulfilled, kept the Taft-Hartley Act from being
amended, kept the civil rights legislation bot
tied up. But I'll be bitter while listen and
SO should you be on account of man named
John Edelman.
Since you can't have a Treasury Depart
ment without bankers, and an Agriculture De-
partment without farmers and Justice De-
partment without lawyers, someone came up
with the idea of getting a few union men in
the Labor Department So the CIO was asked
to name man for Assistant Secretary, The
CLOS man was John Edelman,
Now John has been working union man
for long, long time. He walked more than
his fair share of picketlines, took at least his
fair share of police abuse, organized his fair
share of the unorganized. And, oh yes, about
20 years ago helped elect a Socialist mayor in
Reading, Pennsylvania.
Since the war John has been Washington
representative for the Textile Workers Union,
widely known and widely respected on Capt.
toll Hill. They say down there that John knows
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

more about getting bill through Congress
than old Representative Reed.
So Johns name went to the White House.
They said Fine" But then the White House
asked Walter Reuther to withdraw John S
name.
"Why?" asked Walter. us he subversive?"
ooh, no, he's clean as clean as .
we'll, he's clean"
1t finally came out. Seems that few
Congressman do not like Johns record. And
they might make trouble. After all, John did
campaign for Socialist in 1882, or whenever.
And he was active in those rough strikes in
the South And wasn't he arrested for union
activity?
Walter pleaded guilty in Johns name. He
even opined that these might be fine qualifica-
tons for an Assistant Secretary of Labor. But
Johns name never went up to the Hill for
confirmation.
AS of now, no CLIO man sits in those fine
leather chairs in the Labor Department. They
got couple of other guys. And we don't
know what was lacking in the White House
and in Congress on this deal Was it CUTS,
or conscience, or conviction or honest inter-
est? Whatever it is, it will hang black and
heavy over those "Oh How I Love Labor"
speeches and statements come Labor Day.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

the bodies of men. He typfies the looi,,
IN mood of mercy leading to social la5]
ton, creating hospitals, welfare funds M
for medical research, and social security 1
charging the obligation of democracy n /
strong and the weak, the big and tha M
the rich and the poor. He typifies The \
scientious taxpayer who gives his MONEY
the blood donor gives his blood :. The lrj
gent taxpayer who knows that the money
pays is the sinew, the life of the nation
very blood of the national body making u
sible all its activities. The taxpayer i.
estate, personal property sales, luxury 4
what not, is the functioning unit d |
mocracy. Everything that has ever been d
in the history of the world in the name Of
mocracy springs from the payments Of
taxpayer.
But, the taxpayer himself does not Ra
the height of his function unless he votes
we'll as pays taxes. With his taxes he max
progress possible; with his vote he contN
the direction of progress. The taxpayer y
blood donor of our way of life; and our
of life must be the way he wills.
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21
The Blood Donor
BY S. S. Taylor

The blood drips from its container down
through the plastic tube and into the veins of
the man, AS the man receives the blood, his
mind goes out to the person who gave it, His
thoughts travel to another time and another
place when a dying man staggered across
street leaving a trail of precious blood behind
him. His mind recalled the scene a moment
later when a young woman strutted by
mass of blood from head to waist not her
blood but that of the man whom she had just
slashed with her knife and sent Keeling thru
the streets to die What a difference between
the person who lies down and gives a pint of
blood in charity toward his fellows and that
one who draws the life blood of another in
passionate hate and wastes it on the streets
of the city!
The blood donor typifies everything that
is life-givng and life-ncreasing. He typifies
the purpose of mercy to which the donated
blood ministers. He typifies the doctor and the
nurse and the various others who make up the
profession of mercy. He typifies the hospital
with the clinical laboratory, the institution OF
mercy dedicated to saving and building up
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

Masons-
Continued from page one)
engaged which will be pleasant
Arkansas State press., 1953-08-21

rights of others to be free indeed. This is no
time for automobile statesmen craftsmanship.
AS it stands now, there is absolutely
nothing in our various political PHILOSOPHERS
which we practice which would prevent our
finding ourselves involved in a total global
and idiotic revolutionary war just about eve
ny 20 years
There is but one people today who can
come in the court of peace with clean hands
and with valid claim that it has not lifted
its hands in an aggressive war against another
nation or people. And that is the so-called Ne
seems the Negro is the one and only people
to do the job
There is literally too much white face in
high places with no experience at feeling for
the colored of the world. And no white faces
can truly represent colored faces any place or
at any time and most certainly without their
studied consent.
White heels standing on the black necks
have inspired almost all peoples to crave to
stand on some one else's neck, to break their
hacks and Supply their minds and doom them
to demand state of second class citizenship
and double serfdom.
People are tired Of fighting wars to per-
petuate this sort of thing, because it is a cause
of war which we have not come within the
shadow of removing. Hence, another world
conflict beckons us in the not too distant fu'
ture