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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-03

1865, at GeorEeto1n universits Hos.
pital, JOSIE NJ JOHNSON Of 516
25th pl me-, devoted wife Of viii
liam Henry Johnson, sister Of Mrs.
i Hstt " r M;sEsrs2n snd hownro Fism-
vived by nieces. nephews, other rela-
tiyes and many friends After 6 pm.
Wednesday. September 3. friends may
call at her late residence Funeral
services Thursday, September 4, at
pm, from Mount Moriah Baptist
Church, 18th and East Capitol SITS
ne. The Rev j. Harvey Randolph
officiating. Interment Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. ARRANGEMENTS by
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MURPHY FRANCIS b. Suddenly, on
Tuesday, September 2, 1858, at
Bethany Beach, Del FRANCIS B.
MURPHY Of 5000 Brookdale I'd I,
Brookdale. Nd, beloved husband of
Mary T. Murphy. father Of 1t. Ken
meth F. Murphy. USAF: brother Of
Miss Murtel Murphy and Mrs Au-
rora NJ Erickson Friends may call
at Cawlers Chapel, 1856 Pa ave
NV. courtesy parking opposite)
where services will be held on Fri
day, September 5, at 10 am Ins
terment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
o'NEILL. VIRGINIA ,. on Saturday
August 80, 1888, VIRGINIA B
oNEILL Of 1901 Connecticut ave
NV, beloved wife of the late Cor
don A. O'NeiIl, mother Of Gordon A
O'Neill. tr., and Mrs. Frank Turner
grandmother Of Jill, Frank. jr., anc
William Gordon Turner. daughter OF
Sarah C. Bohan. sister Of Mrs
Thomas H. Gibbons, James C., vii.
liam L. and Richard K. Bohan
Prayers at the 8 H. Hines Co. Fu.
neral Home, 2901 14th st. NV, on
Thursday, September 4, at GELS m
parking facilities) Thence to the
Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Church Western ave. and ouesads
ST. NV, where the holy sacrifice o.
the mass VIII be offered at 10 IN
for the repose Of her soul. Inter.
. r~en. Fcrt Lincoln Cemeter1 3
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day. September 2, 1858 at her resi-
dence, 23Os Tunlaw I'd NV, LAURA
RITA DOUGHERTY, mother Of Ken
meth Lee and Ronald Rust Dough-
erty, daughter of Arthur +. and
Margaret Mankin Brown. Funeral
services at the Saffell Funeral Home
AIS H st. NV. on Friday, September
3 at IL am. Relatives and friends
invited. 1nterment Chestnut Grove
Cemetery, Herndon. Va.
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sECUNDT. BENJAMIN. on Wednes-
S AK s ssesSR6iF q l isIs sEMiA
st. ne, beloved husband of Lillian
Secundy and devoted father Of
Robert Louis. Gerald David and
Benjamin Srcundy. lr. He also is
Jennie Secundy Of Philadelphia. Pa;
two sisters, Mrs. Freda Seaman and
Mrs. Hilda Weinberg, both of New
York. and two brothers. Lotus and
Albert Secundy. Funeral services ct
the Bernard Danzansky a. Sons
Funeral Home, 1901 14th St NV,
on Friday, September 5, at / pm.
Interment private.
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THOMAS. ALoNzo MORGAN. yr. on
Monday, September 1, 1858, ALONZO
MORGAN THOMAS. Jr., Of 1902
Tomlinson ave, Cabin John. Nd. be-
loved son Of Mrs. Alonzo Morgan
Thomas, brother Of Malcolm G.
Thomas. Private services at the
s. b. Hines Co. Funeral Home. 1901
14th st. NV, on Thursday, Septem-
Der 4, at 12 noon parking facilities)
Interment private.
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ts5ef s4M us sS N EHsKis AkKRs SEP se
loved husband Of Esther Kari and
devoted father Of Stanley and
Elaine Karr. Also survived By bis
mother, Mrs. Nessie Karr, one
brother, Herman, and two sisters.
Miss Sonia Karr and Mrs. Rose
Lichtsrman. all Of Philadelphia. Pa.
Services at the c. D. Goldberg q
Son Funeral Home, 4217 9th ST.
NV, on Thursday, September {. at
2 pm. Interment Mount Lebanon
Cemetery In mourning at $3.50
Chillum pl ne.
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HUNTER, LEE, Departed this life Mon.
day, September /. 1858. at Wash
ing Hospital Center, LEE HUNTER
of 21O5 Maryland ave, me-, beloved
Hunter. He also leaves to mourn thres
brothers, Andrea and Thomas Hunter
Of Washington. D. c.. and Joseph
Hunter Of Enfield, N, c.: one sister,
Mrs. Catherine Tolman Of Alexan-
dria, Va. and a host OF other rela.
tiyes and friends. Remains. may BE-
viewed after ) pm. Wednesday. Sep
TENDER 3, at Brown and Davidson
Bros. Funeral Home. corner 57th
and Fades ne, where funeral serv-
ices will be held at IL am. Thurs
day, September 4. Interment Airing
tim National Caf,aa faev
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1884 C. St Sc, on August 81, 1858,
husband of Ruth J. Mccadden
Prayers at the chambers Funeral
Home, 517 18th st. Sc, on Thurs
M gay; september Hn1e g. 4; at $3.50 an
I4th and e Capitol SITS, at 9 am
Interment Arlington National Gene
terry 8
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SHOUPE, REV. FOREST. On Monday.
SeDtsypahern xH 1 EoSEsT p s RESStSR,
OF Brocton: Paul shoupe Of Dunkirk.
z N. Y. He also Is survived BY six
grandchildren and twelve great
grandchildren. Funeral services
from u: hTes MetnSdst Gng TSa
dav, September 5. Burial in Union
Cemetery, Burtonsville. Nd.
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August so, 1858. GRANVILLE
CLARK of 4SO7 Alabama ave. Sc
the devoted husband Of Deloris Mae
Clark, father Of Theresa l.. Clark
son Of Mrs. Julia Clark and brother
Of Mamie Makins, Annie Mae Lin
ticum, jamie Davis, Robert R.. Will
liam, Burton and Ernest L. Clark
He also Is survived by many other
relatives. Friends may call a. INC
Malvan & Schey, Inc. Funeral
Home N. j. ave. and r st. NV
on Friday, September :. after L.
noon and until 10 pm. Funeral
and interment Alta Vista. Va, Fam
lily may be contacted at 745 End St
NV, Apt. T. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
The Cost of Living

But while the economic sign
posts generally may have been
mixed, there was one set of figures
last week that told with clarity
what has become to be an old,
old story: Living expenses are still
climbing
The Consumers Price Index in
April climbed another two-tenths
Of l per cent to a new record of
1888 per cent Of the l947-49 level.
The increase again raised the
question:
When will the recession reach
the cost of living index? Actually.
had not food climbed sharply in
both March and April. the index
would have begun to level OF in
those months. But freezing wealth
er in the South destroyed vege-
table and fruit crops and sent
prices soaring-oranges, for in
stance, jumped Is per cent in
price.
Evan Clague, Commissioner Of
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics,
said he expected that the rise in
the overall index, which began
over two years ago. has about
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE

from flying below $4,000 feet in
the area Of civilian airports, and
pre-flight plans would be re-
quired of all '1tinerant" jet flights.
The CAB. while not opposing
the plan. said that a shortage of
personnel and air control equip
ment would make 1t impossible to
put the plan into operation any
time soon.
AS an interim measure, the mill
tary services yesterday frightened
rules on non-tactical jet flights
under 10000 feet. The new restric-
tions ordered jet pilots on such
flights to fly under instrument
flight regulations when cruising
under 10000 feet through desig-
mated airways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
Little Rock at School Year End
Finds Much Is Still to Be Done

Faubus' chief antagonist in the
July 20 primary is an eastern
Arkansas judge, Lee Ward,
who advocated law and order"
during the riots at Central High.
A third candidate, Chris Fink
beiner. a Little Rock meat packing
executive. has labeled himself q
segregationist.
With the third-term precedent
against him. most observers say
a decisive Faubus victory would
be a mandate to resist integra-
ton with every means.
Segregationists say Mrs. Bates
and the NAACP will try to 60 all
the way next fall. get Negroes into
every Little Rock school.
The day when Little Rock" will
again mean an Arkansas city
rather than a symbol for racial
strife may not yet be at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
The Governors Help

The Conference of Governors,
meeting at Miami Beach, urged
Mr.. Eisenhower to develop a nom
partisan program of anti-reces-
sion measures.
This being an election year,
politics played a somewhat more
prominent role than usual in the
get-together of the 48 Governors.
Several Democratic Governors,
for instance, we're highly critical
of the administrators efforts to
fight the recession. There were
a number of calls for stepped-up
works programs, and Democratic
Gov. Ribicoff of Connecticut ac-
cused the administration of doing
nothing.
But some of the Governors who
we're most highly critical Of the
administration have been notice
ably slow in spending some Of the
job-making funds that the Fed
eral Government already has pro-
vided. Gov. Ribicoff's State still
has $2l.7 million of highway funds
still unprogrammed; New York
has $685. million still waiting TO
be spent, and Michigan has $20.4
million still available.
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Crowded Air.:
Some Rules

Military aircraft. operating un-
der what one Congressman has
called a blank check" authority,
are permitted to fly Just about
any place they please-across and
along the crowded highways of
the sky and at any altitude or
direction their pilots choose.
In the past four months, 109
persons have been killed in three
passenger plane collisions in which
military aircraft were involved.
The most recent such collision.
over Brunswick, Md, on Tuesday,
killed IL persons and resulted in
renewed pressures for safety regu-
lation Of all air space. 1t also gave
new life to a bill authored by SEN
ator Mike Monroney. Democrat Of
Oklahoma. which would set up
an independent control agency
with an administrator authorized
to regulate all air space for both
military and civilian aircraft.
While Congress discussed the
question at length with Civil Aero
nautics Board officials. the White
House came up with a viewpoint
program to reduce the chances of
such collisions.
Mr.. Eisenhower's plan would re-
quire all jet planes operated by
student pilots on civilian airway
routes to follow instrument fight
rules, as opposed to the "see-and-
be-seen" theory of air navigation.
Military aircraft would be banned
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Continued from Page AIS.
strongly indicate that the eco
nomic decline of recent months
is slowing down." Mr.. Eisenhower
said. I'VE have about caught our
breath. There is nothing wrong
with our oxygen supply"
Certainly the reports" which
he may have had in mind could
be used to justify his optimism.
Steel production for the week had
been scheduled at the highest level
in five months. The number of
insured unemployed workers had
dropped sharply. Construction
contract awards we're continuing
upward, and the auto industry.
where much Of the real trouble
lies, increased its production the
previous week by 10 per cent.
Had he chosen, however. he
might have been peSsimistic, for
statistics on the economy tell
more than one story.
There is steel, for instance. II
it had q good week when compared
to other weeks during the recess
sion, it was still a sluggish week
when compared to last years
levels. Steel production scheduled
last week at Just under IS per cent
Of capacity compared to about 90
per cent year ago. While it was
obvious that the unemployment
picture was easing somewhat. the
latest figures still showed that rs
per cent of the Nations available
work force was unemployed.
AS for the automobiles, the So
luton lies not in increased pro-
duction. but increased sales. and
dealers inventories Of unsold cars
are still tremendous.
other figures showed that bust
ness failures were UP. new business
interpretations down. and railroad
traffic remaining at a depressingly
low level.
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Postal Bill:
Pay and Rates

Beginning on August 1, first
class letters Of UP to one ounce
will require four cents postage and
domestic air mail letters will need
a seven-cent stamp.
In both the Senate and the
House, unanimous votes last week
raised postal rates to help Offset
mounting postal deficits and in
creaSed-at a cost of $257 million
the pay Of 100000 postal field
workers. The new rates are ex-
pected to increase postal revenues
by $547 million. The postal serv-
ice currently is operating in the
red by about $500 million.
The measure provided much
less than President Eisenhower
had sought in increased rates, and
went far beyond what he had
wanted in pay increases. The pay
raise is retroactive to January /,
provision which the President
had strongly opposed. A veto.
however, is believed unlikely in
view Of the unanimity in both
houses.
Other major legislation which
progressed last week included:
. The bill increasing the pay
Of military personnel. which Mr..
Eisenhower signed into law.
. Alaskan Statehood legislation,
which the House began debating
after voting to bypass the Rules
Committee, where Statehood leg
islation has stalled previously.
. A five-year extension Of Re-
ciprocal Trade Agreements Act
which was given formal approval,
with notifications appeasing pro-
tectionists. by the House Ways and
Means Committee. The bill faces
q tough fight on the floor.
"a 5000 .9O0,O foreign aid
authorization bill voted by the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee. The figure was $235 million
less than the President had
sought, but sos million more
than the House had voted the pre-
vious week. The big test viii come
later on the vote for actually pro-
isiding the funds for the programs
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THE VERTICAL PLAN

money at the same bank teller's
window, pay taxes, light and
phone bills to the same clerks,
walk through the same dime and
department stores, and stand at
the same drugstore counter. 1t is
only when the Negro sits down
that the folks become panicky.
Now since the South is not even
thinking of restoring vertical
racial segregation, / think my
plan would fulfill our three re-
quirements of the moment: (a)
Comply with the Supreme Court
decisions; (b) save our public
schools; and (c) maintain sitting
down segregation.
Now here is the Golden Vertical
Negro Plan Instead Of all these
complicated and costly proposals,
all the Special Session needs do
is pass one small amendment to
provide only desks in all our pub
lie schools, no seats. The desks
should be the stand-up type, like
the old-faShioned bookkeeping
desk. Since no one in the South
pays the slightest attention to a
Vertical Negro, this would solve
our problem completely. And it
should be no great inconvenience
for young people to stand up in
their classrooms. In fact this may
be a blessing in disguise. They are
not learning to read, sitting down.
anyway; perhaps standing up will
help. This will save more millions
of dollars in the cost of our Re
medal English" courses when the
kids enter college. In every direc-
ton the Golden Vertical Negro
Plan will save millions of dollars.
and forever eliminate any danger
to our public education system.
upon which rests the destiny, the
hopes. and the happiness Of this
society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-25
By HARRY GOLDEN

Reprinted from the Carolna lsraente
Those who love North Carolina
will Jump at the chance to share
In the great responsibility now
confronting our Governor and the
members of the Special Session OF
the State Legislature, which will
be asked to pass a series of amend
ments to the State Constitution.
The proposals submitted by Gov.
Hodges and his Advisory Edu-
cation Committee, include the
following: (A) The elimination OF
the compulsory attendance statute
ito prevent any child from being
forced to attend a school with a
child Of another race: (B) The
establishment Of Education Elk
pense Grants for education in a
private school in the case Of a
child assigned to q school attended
by a child of another race" and
(C) A uniform system of local
option whereby a majority vote of
the folks in a school district may
suspend or close a school II a
situation becomes intolerable."
But suppose a Negro child
applies for an Education Expense
Grant and says he wants to go to
the private school too? There are
IA recent decisions of the Supreme
Court involving the use of public
funds, whereas there are only two
recent decisions affecting the pub
lie schools.
The Governor has said that
critics Of these proposals have not
offered constructive advice or
alternatives. Permit me therefore
to offer a proposal for the con-
sideration of the Special Session.
The white and Negro races
stand at the same grocery and
SupermaHket counters, deposit
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Finally, after a months, the
recording companies gave In. The
end OF the recording ban. how
ever. provided no immediate SOL
ace for music lovers; the flrst
record was pistol Packin' Mama"
His victory resulted In the Lea
Act. Familiarity known as the
"anti-Petrillo law" which. among
other provisions, outlawed stand
bys."
There were also feuds with nom
union high-school bands. Army
bands. radio broadcasters, har-
monica players, and later. tele-
vision.
Nothing was too big for Petrillo
and nothing too small. One eve
ming, Mr.. Petrillo swooped down
on Chicago's Soldier Field. the
scene Of a concert by several or
chestras en- maSse. On the pro-
gram was Tschaikowsky's 1872
Overture" The orchestration at
one point called for the firing of a
cannon-iurnished by the Army
and fred by an Army gun crew.
The Army gunners. Of course,
were not members Of the mu-
sicians' union. Mr.. Petrillo de-
creed that union men must be
employed TO set OF the cannon.
When II was protested that the
gun was not q musical instru-
ment, Mr.. Petrillo replied.
IF you're gonna play that thing
in q orchestra. then it's a musical
instrument, and you gotta have
union men playing It,"
A Stundby Victory
The soldiers played" the can
non, but three union musicians
had to be hired as standbys.
Often likened in his small and
more melodic way to Mr.. Lewis,
then head Of the CLIO. Mr.. Petrillo
disliked him heartily. Since the
musicians union was AL, this
was understandable. but Mr.. Pc
trillo thought there was an even
more solid basis for his complaint:
Mr.. Lewis had tried to organize
some tootlers into the CLIO in
Chicago. right under Mr.. Petrillo's
nose.
But his more gigantic struggles
have been with the big business
segments Of the music industry
with radio and television broad
casters, recording companies and
studios, and all the other busi-
nesses that thrive on the cleo
ironically reproduced music of an
Age Of Science.
Jimmy Petrillo probably realizes
that. despite the incongruous fact
that he wins just about all the
battles. he has been losing the
war all along.
Mr.. Petrillo, born the son Of
Chicago ditch-digger, first began
as q working" MUSICIAN, playing
trumpet that social worker Jane
Adams gave him. In later years
he recalled that he played "laud
but lousy" But although It's been
a long time since he played. his
lip never really gave out.
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war against reproduced music Of
the electronic age.
It's doubtful. however. that the
union viii and Q new commander
80 adept at winning battles while
still losing the war. When the
convention opens on June 2 at
Philadelphia. where Mr.. Petrillo's
successor will be chosen. the search
will be on for Q young man. Most
important qualifications: staying
power and toughness.
It viii be q wide-open night. for
the 66-year-old Mr.. Petrillo.. head
OF the musicians for IS years, has
groomed no one TO take his place.
Members Of the two Washington
locals say he'll be greatly missed.
for he did for musicians what
John L. Lewis did for coal miners.
His Latest Revolt
Like Mr.. Lewis. he has never
been known TO walk out on q tight.
His latest and last one is a revolt
against his leadership by his
wealthy Los Angeles local. 1t may
pose q vexing internecine prob
lem, but his adversaries Of the
past have been far more imposing
than movie studio fiddlers.
other labor leaders. for in
stance, have run into trouble with
the Government, but Mr.. Petrillo
is probably the only one who has
jousted with-and bested-a Pres
ident. a wartime agency. q half
dozen Senator'S, scads Of Repre-
sentatives, and Federal courts.
He has said be went in the
union business when / got des-
perate and hadda look for a job"
That was in 1915. when he was
elected head Of the independent
musicians union in Chicago. Three
years later, he tied UP with Chi
cago Local 10 Of the AFL's Amer
lean Federation Of Musicians. and
in 1910, he became president Of
the AIM. It's this post he's quit
ting: hell hold on to his job as
head Of the Chicago local.
After he took over the presidency
Of the national union, he soon was
being characterized as a car by
the politicians and by the purists
as a splitter Of infinitives. His
hardest fought battle began two
years later when he ordered ban
on record making until the re-
cording companies agreed to
build up a kitty Of royalties to A.
nance a musicians welfare fund.
Mr.. Petrillo contended that 95
per cent of the music heard on
radio was canned, and that this
resulted in widespread unemploy-
ment Of musicians.
THE whole thing u.s." he said,
again, I'VE amt going to play at
our own funeral no more"
There followed two suits In Fed
eral courts, q War Labor Board
hearing and q Senate investiga-
ton. Mr.. Petrillo won both suits.
sassed the Senators, and ignored
the pleas Of the Labor Board.
Even President Roosevelt asked
him to give in, considering that
there was war on, but Mr.. Pc
trillo stood pat.
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Virginia Playing
For Time Again
ny MARY LOU WERNER
star star writer

The State Of Virginia has bag Of legal tricks ready 10
open in the quest for 10 segregated schools
on June a. revised pupil placement law takes effect With
H. the State has hopes Of holding back negraton beyond
September when desgegaon orders due TO take effect in
Arlington Charlottesville Norfolk Newport News and possibly
Prince Edward County.
The old pupil placement law adopted At special session Of
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Its q Swan Song
For Mr.. PetriIIo
BY DAVID KOONCE
ntar aian Writar

with the retirement OF Petrlo from the pres
dency OF Federation OF labor
one Of It's most colorfu characters
amboyant Peo who always tried his best 10 live up 10
his middle name stepping at time when his 1000
clans need their