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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
D. c. Model
jobIess Aid
Faces Battle

A bitter fight over establishing
a model unemployment compensa-
ton law in the District of Colum.
bia was shaping up as management
forces sought to defeat a biparti-
san measure based on Administra-
ton pledges.
The bill, introduced by three
Republican and four Democratic
members Of the Senate District of
Columbia Committee, calls for in
creased benefits with a minimum
of disqualifications.
AFL Legislative Representative
Andrew j. Biemiller told Senate
District subcommittee h d i n g
hearings on the measure that sit
is a great pleasure to find the dis
tinguished Senators who are spon-
soring the bill, the Administration
and the AFL in substantial agree
ment on the basic provisions of q
model bill"
The measure incorporates sug-
gestions offered by President Els
enhower and Labor Secretary
Mitchell in various messages anc
letters. 1t would set benefits or
the basis of 81 percent of the dis.
trict's average weekly wage fol
26 weeks. The present law pro
vides a maximum of $50 per weel
for 26 weeks.
Biemiller noted that action By
Congress on a district jobless ben
efits bill, in presenting to thu
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
Freshmen Pledge
ToAid CLEANUP
OF Comic Books

Pressmen's Home, Tenn. - The
international Printing Freshmen
and Assistants Union pledged
whole-hearted support to the Com
les Magazine Association of Am
erica in it's campaign to raise the
standards of comic books. Mem
bers of the union operate the
presses that print 81 percent of the
books.
Thomas E. Dunwody, president
of the 100,000-member union, said
that the members of the union have
thus far nothing but praise for
the association aims, ideals and
operation"
He said the union is "unalter-
ably opposed to Federal censor
ship" but this threatened until the
code was set up by the association.
The association represents 27 of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
Demand Holds Up

we nave cNciN reason TO De-
lieve that there will be no slacken-
ing in the demand for skilled
craftsmen because of advances in
modern technology"
Bates acclaimed the formation of
the labor enhancement council. rep
resenting the first alliance of ma
Tor producers, contractors and I'M
ion craftsmen in the masonry in
dustrv. as a development which
would lead to improvement and pro-
motion of masonry construction.
The council comprises producers
of brick, tile, facing tile, terra
Gotta, limestone, marble and cut
stone; masonry contractors and the
AFL union. 1t is headed by
Douglas Whitlock, who is also
board chairman of the Structural
Clay Products Institute.
Whitlock pointed out that the
council members had agreed to ex-
change all information-now and
in the future-on research findings
on masonry products, details on
faster and better work techniques,
and successful applications of new
methods of packaging and handling
materials" with the aim of building
better buildings Of better quality at
lower cost"
Sees More Work
Bates told the audience that his
union endorsed "the mechanical
work systems described by the con.
tractors association" and pledged
"every effort to produce work OF
high quality by the most economi
cal means and in the shortest time
commensurate with high quality"
"The union craftsman" he said
"is as interested in cutting cost.
as the producer and contractor
For he knows that the more eco
nomical masonry construction be
comes, the more work we will
have"
He said that an integral part o.
the council program is apprentice
ship training by the union and re
vealed that some 10000 union ap,
prentices are now being trained
under a joint labor-management
program. AS a result of this train
ing, the average age of masonry
craftsmen went from So years fol-
$1,000 workers to 40 years for $780,.
900 workers.
"The training and education OF
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
ALL Charges
Rails Opposing
bettermentS

Chicago.-Railroad opposition to
improvements in wages and work
ing conditions "has become more
relentless and we'll organized than
ever BEFORE" the AFL Railway
Employees Department reported.
The report was issued although
the departments 18th convention
slated for mid-April was postponed
because of the necessity for AFL
rail union leaders to prosecute the
strike against the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad and its sub
salaries.
Significant Gains
The departments executive coun-
Gil voted unanimously to continue
department president Michael Fox
and secretary treasurer John Ko-
landa in office.
The report noted significant
gains" since the last convention in
1851 including a health and well
fare program, the union shop, i'm
proved vacations, holidays with
pay, productivity wage increases
and cost-of-living increases.
But, it added, while the rail shop
craft unions have always met with
resistance from the roads to i'm.
provement requests, the opposition
has become stronger as the rail
roads try to destroy industry wild.
bargaining.
Carriers Get BOlder
Reactionary forces has assumed
control of the Government, tn,
report said. mot only have w
been confronted with an unsympa
thetic Administration, but tn
change in political climate ha
made the carriers even holder il
their opposition to the objective
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
OCEAN SPRINGS
NEWS

The Commencement exercises of
the Ocean Springs high school were
held Wednesday evening May rs.
DR.. V. L. Wesley Of Biloxi, Miss,
delivered the address which was an
inspiration to all. Her theme was,
1.-THE Training of the Child in the
Home" Prof. w. L. Herd, Prin-
cipal.
Rev. W. L. Hardaway the form
er pastor of st. James Methodist
Church, was appointed to the Mer-
idian District. Rev. D. L. Morgan
was assigned to this charge. All
members and friends wish them
both a great success.
Still on the sick list is Mrs. AL
berta Sanders, Louisa Smith and
Mrs. Leontine Wallace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurbert Satcher
of New Orleans, spent the week
end with his sister, Miss Georgia
Satcher.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
Clio Backs
Hotel Strikers

CIO President Walter P. Reuther
pledged the full support of the CLIO
to the AFL Hotel and Restaurant
Workers strike against seven Mi
ami Beach hotels.
Reuther wired Local 255 of the
Hotel Workers, sis inconceivable
that these hotels, which seek pa
tronage from every section of the
country, would persist in a policy
of refusing to recognize your union
and to work out through the dem
ocratic collective bargaining proc
ess mutually agreeable wage stand
ards and conditions.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
Labor Need Not
Fear Attenuation,
Says Harry Bates

New York City-American labor
s not afraid of automation and in
act welcomes this chronological
development because past expert
ence shows that it "has created
more needs for goods and services
everywhere" said President Harry
C. Bates Of the Bricklayers, Masons
and Plasterers International Union.
Addressing the recently-organ-
ICED Allied Masonry Council, the
ALL official cited census figures
as evidence that introduction of
automatic machinery can mean
more employment. He said:
From 1910 to 1850, semiskilled
workers in the manufacturing in
dustries increased from Is to %
percent, all this while industry was
moving forward at a spectacular
pace. During this same 40 years,
the number Of skilled workers in
creased from IL percent to ID per-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04

rs the l4th birhdoy Of Savings
Bonds-ond millions Of
Americans have cause to celebrated
-vERYoNE knows how Series E Savings
Bonds-born in May 1941-helped
win the war.
But many folks still don't realize how
much these same United States Savings
Bonds have done to help millions of indi-
vidual Americans.
Since 1941, thousands of homes, farms,
cottages, college educations, expensive
vacations, and even babies - have been
paid for through Savings Bonds. Bonds
have helped many couple build fine
retirement nest egg, have given many
others solid financial security when the
going was rough
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04

craftsmen never ceases" he de-
clared "a man can't become a
journeyman and get his card until
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04

the 20 leading comics publishers,
with its code administered by Judge
Charles F. Murphy, nine years
New York City magistrate. Re-
viewed are text matter, advertis-
ing, illustrations, covers and book
titles. A seal Of approval is per-
mitted on approved books.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04

country the best unemployment in
surance act possible, will be most
important. If such an example is
set, it will do a great deal to en-
courage the states toward improv-
ing their employment security sys-
TENS"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
Supreme Court.
Continued from Page One)

was unconstitutional. In its opin-
ion then the court said it realized
that "problems of considerable
complexity" were involved.
1t heard arguments for four
afternoons last April on how to
go about ending segregation.
During the arguments, attorneys
for Southern states contended the
high court should fix no deadline
for Indignation, should not issue
specific orders on how it should
be done, and should leave details
to the states and their school
boards, under supervision of local
U. S. District Courts.
Counsel for Negro parents urged
the tribunal to order segregation
ended by next September, or by
September, 1856 at the latest.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
NC. j. Adopts.
CONTINUED from Page One)

(COnClnued from rage One)
had applied for admission to the
undergraduate school.
The trustees explained that they
decided to adopt a policy to bar
Negroes because the state of North
Carolina has spent millions of dol
!ars in the past few years provid-
ing adequate and equal education
al facilities in it's institutions of
higher learning for all races.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-06-04
of our organization"

of our organization"
The union leaders called for in
creased political action by rail
workers because at has become
abundantly clear that economic
progress can be impaired when the
business community is in the sad
de-"
Evening star., 1955-01-23
A Novel of Atomic Scientists

In 1.-THE New Men" (Scrib-
ner; $500 C. p. Snow, one Of
England's most able novelists
writes of atomic scientists and
the dilemma they face in a
world threatened with fearful
havoc through their success.
The group he describes is
presumed to have worked on an
atomic project in England dur
ing World War II. They were
approaching achievement - a
bomb-when news came that
the Americans had beat them
to 1t and exploded a bomb at
Los Alamos. But surely, most
of these British scientists felt,
1t wouldn't be used, unless per-
haps as a last resort. When the
news Of Hiroshima came. they
were stunned. They felt--and
some of them had been to
Los Alamos and helped the
Americans-that they had
been responsible for the wan
ton death of women, children
and old men, civilians. nom
combatants.
The current problem Of
security. and the tendency Of
physicists TO be international
lists and to want to give their
results to everyone, are woven
into q tense story.
:" the physicists, whose
whole intellectual life was
spent In seeking new truths.
found 1t uncongenial to stop
seeking when they had a look
at society. They were rebel
lious. questioning. protestant.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

The book contends that the
then Governor Dewey of New
York simply followed the rec
concentrations Of his parole
board in releasing Luciano on
condition Of his immediate de-
portation. Then, the book goes
on to justify the parole board
action on this ground: That
Luciano from his prison cell
organized the underworld to
help the Navy block espionage
and sabotage particularly on
the docks and that Luciano
later was behind the informa-
tion given the Navy by numer-
GUS Sicilians to assist in the
invasion of Sicily. The book
claims the Navy could tell all
about 1t. but won't because it
doesn't want to admit the
amount of help it received
from the mobsters.
All this is stated as fact In
a volume rife with specula-
tion, theory and obvious in
accuracies. In recent years,
there have been some Jauthori-
tative volumes on crime and
law enforcement. This isn't
one Of them.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

curious for the future and un-
able to resist shaping It. The
engineers huckled TO their jobs
and gave no trouble, in Ameri-
can, in Russia, in German; it
was not from them, but from
the scientists, that came here
tics, forerunners, martyrs,
traitors" ,es'-1
9% MIR. Snow, who writes so
well, is a physicist by train
ing, but he has not burdened
the general reader with tech
nical details. This novel is
one in q long series he is
writing about some of the
same characters, and as in the
others, Lewis Eliot tells the
story. His brother Martin is
one Of the scientists on the
project. and the shifting re-
lations between the brothers
is q lett motif In the drama.
AS readers of the previous nov
els know, Mr.. Snow has an
extraordinary grasp of char
acter and a feeling for the
subtleties that influence peo-
pie in their decisions and in
their likes and dislikes. "The
New Men" adds to his stature
as a novelist--C. B. j.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

encountered serious trouble
with the Egyptian national
lists. He had been warned by
q canny resident policeman
not to use his gun unless alb
solutely necessary. for this
could cause more serious con-
sequences. So Mr.. Thompson,
once q top midmeweight box
er. used his fists when the
Churchill car was beset by
turbulent students. and this
so impressed the Egyptians
that they stayed at q re-
spectful distance.
MIR. Thompscn's troubles
were compounded by Mr..
Churchill's delight in exposing
himself to danger.
Narrow Escapes
Often, during the World
War III blitz in London, the
Prime Minister would rush to
the edge of q roof to watch
or walk in an area where
bombs were exploding. Once
his bodyguard had to grab him
and swing him behind q door.
Mr.. Churchill was furious, but
calmed down eventually. Some
times he would weep, un-
ashamed, at some tragedy he
saw or only heard about.
There was the time in Mos
COW when Stains guards told
Inspector Thompson he could
not stand outside the door Of
the room where the Soviet
Premier and Mr.. Churchill
were holding a crucial con-
ference. Mr.. Thompson pulled
his two guns and looked his
toughest. He stayed.
He was amazed, on q visit to
Washington, at the precau-
tons, taken to guard President
Roosevelt when, for instance,
he went to church and Mr..
Churchill accompanied him.
Fifteen or 20 Secret Service
men guarded the party. and
people in streets near the
church were not even allowed
to look out their windows. In
London, the inspector recalled,
Mr.. Churchill often went to
Westminster Abbey guarded by
only two men, without fuss or
worry.
There must have been many
times during the years of Sir
Winston's insane hours" and
casual disregard of danger
that the detective longed for
the relaxation of g nice, tidy
murder mystery. Now SO, Mr..
Thompson has retired and is
enjoying a richly deserved rest.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

lean government for foreign
readers.
Europeans. 1t seems, believe
the parliamentary type of gov
ernment is the only natural
way Of political life. and they
wonder why America clings so
passionately to its peculiar.
jerry-built system. Mr.. Bro
gan's answer is: Parliaments
may be a good deal In Europe,
but the Constitution and the
unofficial institutions that have
grown up around 1t work and
work well In America.
His story Of how and why
it works Is not only accurate
and perceptive, but also Is one
Of the most readable explana-
tions Of American government
and politics this reader has
seen. It viii prove as interest
ing and instructive to Amer
leans as to Mr.. Brogan's orig
iaal European audience.
RICHARD FRYKLUND.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

various colors and white care
fully juxtaposed. and blended
with a palette knife in short.
diagonal strokes. If these were
woven instead of painted. they
would make handsome tweeds.
There is a lot of work on these
canvaSes. as we'll as paint,
which rises in, crests as high
as q relief map.
Paul Emile Borduas' several
paintings are executed In Q
looser technique, One, entitled
Sons lie Vent de Lille" tn
wolves color apparitions on Q
headland by the seal or so II
appears.)
Bertram Charles Binning ID
haunted by ships. His four
paintings. executed with I'M
peccable precision and recog.
nizable subject matter, take
him out OF the abstract ex-
pressionist category, 1t seems
to me. Convoy" Ghost
Ships" Reflected Ship" and
Ships in Classical Color"
while not seaworthy from the
standpoint of q sailor, are In
dubitably ships. worked into
abstract designs. restrained
ccloti schemes. gay with fiags.
and complete with sun and
moon.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

Churches of the Presidents
in Washington" by Olga Jones
Exposition; so, takes us on
an illustrated journey to is
churches where Presidents
have worshiped. There is a
foreword by the Rev. Edward
L. r. Elson, minister OF the
National Presbyterian Church,
which President Eisenhower
attends Decatur House
and Its Inhabitants" by Marie
Beale National Trust for His
toric Preservation; by sub
scriptionl, is the story of this
historic shrine from its con-
struction In 1919 as q home
for the naval hero, Stephen
Decatur. The author, Mrs.
Truxtun Beale, bequeathed the
building In 1853 to the Nation
81 Trust for Historic Preserva-
tion. The house was left Mrs.
Beale by her husband, Truxtun
Reale. whose father, Gen. Ed
ward Beale. had occupied 1t.
&C. B. ].
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Below the Mason and Dixon Line

over" Her brother, a member
of the Better Days Club pro-
vides a bitter, running COM
mentary on their hopes. None
of Miss Grau's Negro charac-
ters are merely victims. The
four stories about the white
south are more conventional.
In lone Summer" Miss Grau
catches the pure astonishment
of an adolescent boy faced
with death: in THE Bright
Day." she describes the clan
nish dishonesty which closes
over a nice young bride.
Miss Grau is only 25, and
her talent can go any way.
The title story is q kind of
folk-tale; Joshua" q fiat re-
creation of a Bayou child
hood. Her versatility and
calm add to the anticipation
Of her first novel.
M. Meg.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
THE BLACK PRINCE. 3

THE BLACK PRINCE. BY
Shirley Ann Grau. (Alfred
A. Knopf; $500
Shirley Ann Grau is q new
southern writer. This is both
advantage and disadvantage.
Regional prestige has reached
such q point that attention will
be paid to her; but at the same
time too much might be ex-
pected of her. In her own quiet
way, Miss Grau is very good.
Less spectacular than such
Southern girls as Eudora Welty
or Carson McCu1lers--she has
not the wayward humor Of one
or the eccentricity of the
other-she is also less SOUTH
ern. That Is to say, she writes
about the middle-clasS, which
also exists below the Mason
Dixon line. although you
might not know it from such
contemporary southern litera-
ture.
Miss Grau has observed
carefully life among both the
white people and the black in
her native region. Her Negro
stories, are marked by excel
lent dialogue, have vitality
and pace. Miss Yellow Eyes"
describes cleanly the plight OF
a beautiful girl married to a
soldier who plans to ''cross
Evening star., 1955-01-23
A Highly Controversial Expose
Reviewed BY Miriam Gutenberg

THE LUCIANO STORY. BY
Sid FEEDER and Joachim Joes-
ten. David Mckay Co.,
Inc: $3.75.)
This hodgepodge OF fact
and fancy purports to be the
inside story Of the MASTER
mind" behind the greatest
criminal conspiracy in his
tory" On the day of its pub
lication, one of the listed
authors. Mr.. Joesten, q vet-
eran newspaperman, repudiat-
ed the book In an angry four
page statement. He said fatty
that 1t was not written by him
in this form, did not reflect
his views and never received
his approval. He cited two
chapters - one attacking the
Federal Bureau Of Narcotics
and the other justifying Luci-
amos release from prison--as
inserted without his knowl-
edge or consent.
It Is not difficult to see
why q reputable newspaper
man would feel compelled to
dsassociate himself from what
he describes with great ac-
curacy as q medley of white
wash and smear"
Evening star., 1955-01-23
By Florence S. Berrymon

drawings not heretofore shown
either in Washington or New
York: also etchings. woodcuts
and Autographs from her four
famous print cycles.
Koilwitz got tremendous
emotional power into her many
interpretations of the mother
and child theme. Her moth
ers are not the decorative
young pin-up girls We are ac-
customed to see smiling from
every magazine, and holding
photogenic infants. Kolwitz
depicted peasants and workers
and slum mothers, all too often
with hollow eyed, gaunt :
checked little ones. She grew
up In an idealistic, phiiosophi-
cal, intellectual atmosphere,
influenced by her grandfather.
q Lutheran minister, and her
father, a socialist. She mar
ried o doctor who practiced q
form of socialized medicine in
a working class district. where
she came in contact with the
people to whom she was already
psychologically acclimated.
Inspired by a play about the
desperate conditions Of the
Silesian weavers who in l840
revoIted against the industrial
revolution which threatened
their miserable livelihood at
the looms, Kaethe Kollwitz
produced in the 1905 her first
print, cycle, "The Weavers':
a decade later. "The Peasant
War" After World War I. in
which her younger son was
killed. she made a series Of
woodcuts entitled "War." deal
ing with its impact on wives
and mothers. The mass mur-
ders of the Nazis in the mid
1930s compelled her final
series, Death"
These prints are sombre.
grim or tragic, as might be
expected. An occasional print
reveals a touch of happiness,
In the smile Of q mother or
child. But illness, hunger and
despair are universal themes.
and Kaethe Kcllwitz, with her
deep compassion and extra
ordinary gifts, interpreted
them greatly.
Evening star., 1955-01-23

the period after World War !.
The inspector, then a SER
geant, took over the protec-
ton Of Mr.. Churchill. "a
promising member Of Mr..
Georges cabinet" in January,
1920. There were times after
that when Mr.. Churchill was
out Of Office. but when he was
in Mr.. Thompson was his chief
bodyguard and he followed
the Prime Minister through
World War II and into tenn
porary retirement.
Mr.. Thompson says Of the
two statesmen: Churchill al
ways saw the main thing.
Lloyd George too often saw
only the immediate thing
On his first trip with Mr..
Churchill, then Secretary for
the Colonies, the detective
Evening star., 1955-01-23
First Novel Is Mystery in Reverse

cessfully disguised the deed as
an accident and apparently is
under no official suspicion. But
some one who writes anony-
nous letters knows what hap
pened and is trying to black
mail Martin. His effort to find
out the identity of the black
mailer among his country club
and bridge-playing friends fur
nishes sardonic amusement
and tight suspense.
Young Mr.. Kaufman is q
writer of parts. His gallery
Of suburban portraits is worth
exhibiting. And he has an un-
usual fair for swift narrative.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1955-01-23
Picture Of a Man and His Inner Self
GoRDON or KHARToUM.

GORDON OF KHARTOUM.
BY Lord Elton. (Alfred A.
Knopf: So
BY sheer weight OF words
and deft selection OF material.
Lord Elton has done a massive
job In burying the detractors
Of Britain's eccentric soldier
saint. With vitriol he obvious
" didn't need In his "St.
George or the Dragon" or
/" Imperial Commonwealth, =
Lord Elton turns on one Of
Gordon's biographers with:
-. and he even contriyed.
In a characteristicaIly feline
and unfounded innuendo, to
convey the suggestion that
Gordon was a drunkard."
Gordon. in Elton's eyes, was
q man whose courage twas un-
canny. his energy boundless:
as a ruler OF primitive peoples
and as q commander of irreg-
ular troops he has had few
equals In history"
Like another famed warrior.