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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-05-08
Memphis Strike Of
Unions Against
UpqFodinq Ends

/
strike caused by btEutry and ra-
cial prejudice because Ncgrn
was promoted at the Memphis
Works Of International Harvester
was ended last week as the com.
pany stood pat and national CtO
union leaders supported tho COM
pany's stand
Lasting for six days, the walk,
out of 20 wrldcrs on the day shit
ended with these men reporting To
work and the Negrn. who has ~.
matned unidentified assumed his
new position with no rcpcrcuS.
sinns
II all started Thursday, April
-. because the Colorrd man was
promoted 60 a wcldcr THIS Negro,
the father Of four children, start.
ed working gnr International Har.
vcster 20 months ago IN the
foundry department lie applied
for the job as wrldcr when he was
told he was To be laid Off he.
cause ~ n cut back In his depart.
mrnt.
lie had had seven years export
cnce Rs a weldrr before coming 10
tho Memphis Works lie morlted
the job both by seniority and
ability" the company said lie
passed the welding qualifications
exam, As n result, he became the
first Negro wcldcr ever hired at
this plant
Although the whites were mem.
bcrs " Local ess Of the United
Automobile Workers union,
uCIO), their walking out was con.
sldcred unauthorized
Company President John l.
Mccartney appealed 10 Walter =.
Rcuther president Of the ClO, 10
ask the men TO return 20 work
tie charged that the men violated
the union contract as the direct
result of Negro employee hRv.
ing been promoted 10 a job ~ a
wclder" Ito asked Reuther
We now cali upon you person.
ally TO Use tho power nf your of.
flee 10 require the officers and
members Of tho Memphis Works
local Of UAw-CIO Ia cease vto-
latinR the contract, return to
work and Ia assure Observance of
the contract In the future"
Tho strike ended tho day after
the telegram was sent
Rcuther In return wired the
company that the national JAW.
Go executive board met In De
troit and voted unanimously "a
instruct mo 90 advise you that
our union completely supports
the principle that any worker en-.
titled 20 promotion on the basis
~ seniority and ability Ia handle
the job shall not be denied promo
ton because of race, creed, color
or national origin"
lie wired the union Local 0ss
that the executive board directs
tho local 10 return 10 work and
10 cooperate with the information.
al union and the management ~
the International Harvester com.
pany In impIementlng the pro-
visions of the UAw-CTO Inter.
national Harvester agreement
which provides for promotion has
ed upon seniority and ability with.
out regard 10 race, creed. color or
national origin"
Reuthsr further said
America cannot be a symbol 81
Freedom and equality IN the
struggle against mmuBIst
tyranny and at the same time
tolerate double standards in ON.
pIoymsnt opportunities.
According 10 a company ~.
fetal. the white wsldsFH showed
up for work lust a. n nothing
had happened"
Tho strike had caused about
$50 other employees NJ the plant
10 bc put out NJ work
In the meantime. tho NAACp
asked conRTras 10 ban racial
segregation and bias In labor
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-05-08

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tiOnahsm in the GOld Coast To-
wards the attainment u self gov.
eminent Its membership contains
representatives, from almost all
political and social organizations
In the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
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Evening star., 1953-05-02
1888 P0Ws Died
In Less Than Year,
.GI Medic Reports
BY the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO. May "A returned
prisoner who said he had access
to Communist medical records
in North Korea yesterday said he
had learned Of 1883 captured
U. N. troops who died of starva-
ton and disease in less than a
year.
Sergt. James F. Daniel, AL
media, Calf. said 931 POWs died
Of malnutrition and lack Of med
lcal care in 21a months at the
now Infamous Death Valley"
That was the prisoner name
for a sort of way station between
Kunu and the far North Korean
prison camps at Pyoktong.
The 931 deaths came between
December 26. 1850, and March
IA, 1851, Sergt. Daniel said.
Later. 1907 Allied captives died
at Pyoktong's Camp No. 5 on
the Yalu River. Sergt. Daniel
said, Of "juSt starvation and
disease"
That was during the first
seven months of 1851.
Had Access to Records.
Sergt. Daniel, a medic, said he
had access to Communist medi-
cal records because he was help
ing care for sick and wounded
at Death Valley and later at
Pyoktong.
Sergt. Daniel, former member
of the I'd Division, was captured
Evening star., 1953-05-02

at Kunu December I, 1850.
after he was wounded in the
left shoulder.
He said that he and 200 men,
who were with II wounded were
captured in a Communist road
block.
Sergt. Daniel said the II
wounded were being carried in
four ambulanceS, two six-by-
skies and a weapons carrier. The
Chinese "shot-up" these vehicles
at night, he said. The Reds
might not have known the We
hicles carried wounded, he added.
Used An Ammunition.
The sergeant said the "able-
bodied" 200 Americans fought
until they ran out of ammuni-
ton and that they surrendered
ito save the wounded"
He added:
The decision to surrender was
made by an artillery officer and
doctor.
The Chinese took the 200
"able-bodied" men captives and
left the wounded behind. He still
does not know what happened
to the II wounded.
Everybody was sick" at
Evening star., 1953-05-02
6 Missing Marines
Now May Be P0Ws,
Families Are Notified

The Marine Corps has advised
the families of 68 Marines previ-
ouSly listed as missing in action
that they actually may be pris-
oners of war. Their names were
not made public.
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, jr..
commandant, said that the
change was made ION the basis
of various reports received"
However, because the au-
thenticity of the reports cannot
be established at this time, the
kilograms informed the families
that the Marines must still be
carried on the rolls as missing.
"Nonetheless, on the strength
Of the reports and broadcast by
the Chinese Communist govern
ment, a letter advised the family
of 81 of the missing men that
they might write letters to
them" Gen. Shepherd said. "The
Chinese Communists have indi-
Gated they would forward such
mail.
Families of the other men,
who earlier had been informed
of their possible status of pris-
oners of war, already had been
advised that letters might be
mailed in the hope of ultimate
delivery.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
By the Associated Press

PANMUNJOM, May 2.-Surly
North Korean war prisoners
staged a wild, clothes-tearing
anti-American exit from allied
captivity today and about Is
captives almost got out of
hand"
The Commute demonstration
occurred at the Red receiving
center here as 500 sick and
wounded North Koreans were
being returned to the Commu-
niStS.
1t. Col. Leo T. Dulacki, United
Nations control officer, called
the rebellious Is "the most IA
natical group I have SEEN" He
said that for a few minutes the
prisoners almost got out o.
hand"
North Koreans jumped from
four American ambulances al
the doors were opened and began
shouting, Down with the Amer.
icans." They ripped their over.
coats and other clothing and
some stripped to their under
wear. All waved their fists
wildly and screamed anti-Ameri-
can curses.
Col Dulacki, who is from
Evening star., 1953-05-02
North Koreans Being Freed
Stage Wild Riot Against U. S.

Omaha, Neb., said one North
Korean rushed at him "in a
threatening manner" tearing
his shirt, but a Chinese political
officer grabbed the demonstration
and forced him into a tent.
The prisoner raced back out
of the tent and again advanced
toward the Marine colonel, An
other Chinese officer seized the
captive and forced him back into
the tent.
A different North Korean
tossed a wad of paper at 1t.
Col. Harry NJ. Odren and another
threw his duf11e bag at Col. Od-
ren'S feet.
Col. Dulacki said he thought
; the prisoners demonstrated for
the benefit of their photogra-
piers"
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Stevens Says. Morale
Of Korea GIs Is High;
| Lauds New VMI Head
BY The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Va, May a.
Secretary of the Army Robert T.
Stevens said here today that
morale is high among American
troops in Korea, whom he called
"the best supplied and the
best-card-for fighting men that
this country has ever sent to
battle"
"And. while you won't find
many soldiers in Korea who say
they like it there, I know from
talking with them that, by and
large, they realize their presence
there is necessary and that the
Army is treating them WE'LL" Mr..
Stevens said in a speech pre-
pared for delivery at the inaugu-
ration Of Maj. Gen. William
H. Milton, jr., as superintendent
of Virginia Military Institute.
Praises Superintendent.
Mr.. Stevens called the selec-
ton of Gen. Milton to head VMI
"a most happy one" and he
wished the superintendent "every
success"
Earlier in the morning, before
an academic procession in honor
Of Gen. Milton moved to Cooke
Hall for the Inauguration, Mr..
Stevens was greeted by a 19-gun
salute from an artillery battery.
Virginia's Gov. Battle. who
was honored yesterday afternoon
by similar salute, gave the ad-
dress of welcome at the inaugural
ceremonies.
At Reins Since Last Summer.
Gen. Milton, SO, and a former
General Electric vice president
and atomic power engineer, was
appointed superintendent last
year to succeed Maj. Gen. Rich
ard j. Marshall, who resigned.
He has held the administrative
reins of the school since last
Evening star., 1953-05-02

Royal Ulster Rifles. "They just
gave us talks on what was going
on"
The men were questioned by
reporters at the British air base
here.
Although classified by the
Reds as "sick and wounded" :"
most of the men looked bronzed,
healthy and well fed. Six of
% were stretcher cases. One
stretcher case said he broke his
leg playing soccer.
Medical Care "GOOd."
Trooper Surridge, who said
his only ailment was dysentery,
described Communist medical
treatment as very good"
1--WE got lectures from the Chi
nese with a slight bit of propa-
ganda, but personally I believe
the war is being fought for
profit" he told a reporter.
There's no sense in the Korean
war. It's a waste of time and
has nothing to do with Britain
at ALL" +e..
Asked how he and other Brit
iSh prisoners felt about the Amer
leans, Surridge shrugged and
said, II was never a lover Of the
Americans"
Pvt. Donald Large of the
GlouceStershire Regiment de-
scribed the Korean war as "use-
less" and said everybody out
there is cheesed off with the war
"a lot of the men in the line,
too"
He said American bombings of
North Korea had KILLED a lot of
women and KIDS, and don't like
that" Asked about Red charges
that United States airmen had
waged germ warfare, Large said:
Eyes, I believe it and most of the
other chaps I know believe it,
too"
Denies Hearing Of Marches.
Trooper Edward O'Donnell Of
the 9th HussarS, who said he was
repatriated because of a peptic
ulcer, denied ever having heard
of i'll treatment or forced marches
among U. N. prisoners.
MY rations were just as good
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Some Britons Freed
By Reds Call War
Stupid and Useless
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

LYNEHAM, England. May a.
Twenty-Five repatriated British
prisoners Of war returned home
from Korea yesterday.
Some denounced the Korean
war as stupid" and "useless." I"
Trooper Arthur Surridge of the
9th Hussars said he believed
Communist stories that the war
was started by the United States
ito make profit"
All told Of Communist con-
Quoted lectures on current af-
fairs"
"It wasn't propaganda" said
Rifleman j. N. McNally Of the
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Britain Will Let
Home Life Cure
POWs' Red Toint
BY the ASsoeioied Press

LONDON, May 2.-The
War Office said today it is
sending all British prisoners
repatriated from Korea on
home leave today in the
hope that the atmosphere
of their family life will cure
any who swallowed Red
propaganda during their
time in North Korean jails.
A military spokesman said
today stretching their legs
by their own f1resides is the
best way of restoring a sense
of proportion to those in
need of it. He indicated
there will be no psychological
or other special treatment
for selected prisoners re-
garded as cold-war propa-
ganda victims.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Cravens Is Sworn In
As RFC Administrator
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


Kenton R. Cravens, st. Louis
banker, was sworn in yester-
day as administrator of the Re-
construction Finance Corp.
Mr.. Cravens succeeds Harry
A. Mcdonald. Detroit securities
financier who was head Of the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission for five years and for the
past is months has headed tho
RFC.
Mr.. Cravens, a native Of
Salina. Kans., was executive
officer of the Mercantile Trust
Co.. in st. Louis. before accept
ing his appointment to the RFC
from President Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Most Britons DisIiked Reds
-Four Freed GIs Declare

1OhYO, May z Four
Americans who spent many
months in North Korean prison
camps today sharply criticized
a group of British repatrihtes
who denounced the war as
stupid" and useless"
One American freed last week
at Panmunjom said remarks of
the first group of British prison.
ers to arrive in England were
identical with statements made
by Chinese Communist instruc-
tors.
The Americans emphasized
they thought the majority of
British prisoners disliked the
Communists as much as they
did. They said there were some
among the British who were
"progressives"-the POW nick
name for men who adopted the
Communist line-just as there
were some Americans. But they
said they thought the percent
age was small.
"I'n tell you," said Sergt.
Harry A. Cutting of Los Angeles,
there wasn't much love lost
between us and the British. I
ran into a couple of good ones" +"
AL the Americans, the only
four available for interviews this
afternoon at Tokyo Army Hos
pital, said stories of i'll treatment
and forced marches told by re-
patriated Americans were true to
the best of their knowledge.
'I can't agree with them" (the
British) Marine Corpl. David P.
Lang of Brooklyn said. "It's not
true what they said. I think
they might have turned a little
bit"
Corpl. John King Of San An
tonic, Tex, and Orlando, Fla.
said he had not met any Of the
British prisoners who made
statements at Lyneham, but that
the statements followed the Com
muniSt line exactly.
81 don't think too much Of
what they said here in this news
paper about the Korean war
being stupid and useless" Corpl.
King said. "We came here to
stop aggression. Somebody had
to stop the Communists. If they
were not stopped in Korea they
would just keep grabbing"
Marine Sergt. Donald A. Rose
Of RedlandS, Calf, answered: :
For my money, no." when asked
whether he thought the state
ments of the British repatriates
were truthful.
Evening star., 1953-05-02

Death Valley" and at Camp
No. 5.
The Death Valley" between
Kunu and Pyoktong is one Of
two valleys given the grim label
by American captives Of the
Communists. Tho other Death
Valley" was north Of the Chong.
lin Reservoir.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
Third POW Plane
Arrives in u. S.

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf, May 2. (P-Another plane
load of released United States
prisoners of war arrived today
from Korea.
There were 40 men on the big
ship which landed after an over
night fight from Honolulu.
This was the third plane to
bring the freed prisoners to
their homeland. The first ar
rived on Wednesday with IS
men. Another few in yesterday,
under q mantle Of secrecy. bear
ing 81 others. One of these went
to the ArTny's Letterman Cen
eral Hospital, the others con-
tinued to Valley Forge Army
Hospital in Pennsylvania.
The first man off the plane
today was Corpl. Thor Rubin
Of Long Beach, Calf. He walked
down the ramp with the Z aid
Of a cane, to be greeted by his
brother, Irwin Rubin and his
sister. Irene Goldberg.
It was a doubly great day for
Corpl. Rubin. Next week will
be the eighth anniversary Of his
liberation by United States SOL
diers from a Nazi concentration
camp in Austria.
Evening star., 1953-05-02
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Evening star., 1953-05-02

summer though he was formally
inaugurated only today. He is
a VMI alumnus Of 1920.
Among the prominent persons
present at the Inauguration were
retired Gen. George G. Marshall
and Marine Corps Commandant
Lemuel c. Shepherd, both
alumni.
Evening star., 1953-05-02

as those I got in England" he
said. Il have no complaints
at ALL"
Others who told of good treat
ment in the Communist camps
were Pvt. j. T. Read, Corpl. L. A.
Manley and Corpl. A. E. Hunt, all
Of the Worcestershire Regiment,
and Lance Corpl. Robert Guess
of the Royal Norfolk Regiment.
British military authorities
permitted newsmen to question
the men at will for about As
minutes before they were placed
aboard buses for a trip to a mill
tary hospital for a final medical
checkup.
The men will then be given
leaves.
Nearly 100 wives, mothers,
sweethearts and other relatives
and friends nearly mobbed the
men on their arrival after a six
day flight from Korea in easy
stages
Evening star., 1953-05-02
POWs
Continued From First Page.)

looks good from up there but
it feels even better to be down
here rolling over it. Yes sir,
it sure is good to be home"
Previously it had been an
nounced that there were % men
aboard the plane. Maj. Camp
bell said only 81 men had made
the flight and one, Corpl. Paul
Schnur, jr., of San Francisco,
was transferred to Letterman
Hospital.
Maj. Campbell said the men
would be isolated "at least until
tomorrow to give them a we'll
deserved rest" and then, he ex-
pected, those who were willing to
be interviewed, might talk to
newsmen and photographers.
Relatives Invited to Visit.
Meanwhile, he said, the next
of kin of the 20 men have been
notified by telegram of their
arrival and invited to visit them
as soon as they wish.
The hospital listed the men
as:
Corpl. Kenyon L. Wagner.
Detroit.
Pfc. James L. Ball, Bellburn,
w. Va.
M/Sergt. John P. Porter,
Fieldsboro, N. j.
Pfc. Roger S. Herndon, Jack
sonville, Fla.
+ Corpl. James L. Pinkston,
Jacksonville, N. c.
Pfc. Robert Stell, Baltimore,
Md. .
Pfc. Carl w. Kirchhausen, At
lantic City, N. j.
Corpl. William A. Camden.
Gorham. Me.
+ Pfc. Paul O. Blanton, Broad
head, KY.
Corpl. Marvin L. Brown, Okla
homa City, Okla.
Corpl. Richard o. Morrison,
Burlington, Iowa.
Pfc. Robert A. Hickox, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
Pfc. William r. Hinkle, Clin-
tonville, w. Va.
Corpl. Fred N. Muldrow, Pres
colt, Ark.
Corpl. Elias Villegas, San
Antonio, Tex.
Pfc. Almond L. Nolan, Rex
vile, N. Y.
M/Sergt. Walter McCollum,
Lake Charles, La.
Pfc. Paul E. Clements, In
dianapolis, Ind.
Sergt. Robert Shaw, Vancou-
yer, Wash.
Corpl. Vernon s. Warren, st.
TNI1iS Mo
Evening star., 1953-06-28

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Continued t1om page t'oe4ty-six

kept trying to recover my former
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. attitude
that had provided me with so many
gratifying thrills on the highway.
One day we were hightailing it
southwark on the Taconic Park
way, and / was in the left lane
passing slower cars. Suddenly ]
heard a honking behind me. It was
aderepit jalopy, a weather-beaten
1886 job. l blew my top. What a
he'll of a nerve that buns got!" I
snarled to my wife. That car be-
longs on a junk heap!" ! speeded
up just to show the guy where to
get of.
Then my wife, who had turned
around to look at the occupants Of
the old car, said. ''It's a man and
his wife and they look unhappy.
She's holding a child. Maybe
they're trying to rush the child to
a hospital"
Well, my wife is obviously a
sloppy sentimentalist, but / pulled
over into the right lane and waved
to the jalopy to cruise ahead. From
then on ! was a lost soul. It was a
case Of one true step wrecking a
persons whole life.
A Regulax Cosnbau
My DRIVING has become a dull
monotonous procedure, without
color or spirit or vivacity. ! haven't
blown my horn in over two months.
(The last time / did was when /
had the car parked in front Of the
house and my wife was a little slow
about coming out. } Nowadays if a
light turns yellow, / stop. / don't
inch forward to be the first to
break at the barrier when the light
changes green. / lag behind. like a
dull-witted mediocrity. / observe
the speed limit. Why, sometimes /
even 60 below it! Oh, I'm turning
into a regular cornball, there's no
doubt about that.
As for passing, they all pass me
now. / even slow up a little to help
them pass me. It used to be that if
/ was driving on highway. par
ticularly on a crowded Sunday.
and / saw an interchange ahead
with a car trying to edge into the
stream of traffic, / would give him
Evening star., 1953-06-28

the horn and 60 sweeping by. Now
! slow up and let the car get into
the parkway just exactly as if
other cars had as much right on a
parkway as do.
When I'm driving in New York
City, / get stared at all the time.
It's considered obligatory in New
York City to do anything you can
to harass a cabdriver. Cabdrivers
are regarded by US lay drivers to be
the most ruthless. remorseless,
deadly drivers in traffic. Give them
an inch, and they'll take two
blocks.
Aaything Gees
ANYTHING you can do to give a
cabdriver a neurosis - like pur-
posely not moving when the light
turns green and you have a cab
behind you, or hogging the mid
die of the road when he's trying
to squeeze ahead, or cutting him
off by making a left turn in front
of him anything along this line
is highly respected by other New
York drivers. But I'm a changed
character. / let those cabdrivers
walk all over me and just turn the
other fender.
What will become of this great
country if millions of drivers adopt
the Golden Rule Of driving / do
not know. Calamity may stare US
in the face. The auto insurance
companies win probably 60 out of
business. This means unemploy-
ment for claims agents, lawyers
ana adJuSterS, as well as less work
for trial judges.
Dangerous ChaxactsE
lHE medical profession, which
makesa a tidy fortune out of patch
ing up persons injured in auto &C
cidents, might well be undermined
more quickly than by socialized
medicine. Service stations will be
reduced to giving oil changes and
fabrication jobs. Body and fender
repairing viii become a lost art.
Why. the entire national econ
omy would suffer a grievous blow.
/ tell you, that Alb Jenkins is
a dangerous character. Congress
should investigate him! The End
Evening star., 1953-06-28

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