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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
DAVID LAWRENCE
Labor Law a Good Start

made the subject Of GRIM
inal charges by the Depart
ment OF Justice.
Naturally. many OF the
labor leaders don't want any
Federal supervision but, as
has often been said, with
power goes responsibility.
The Federal Government now
requires labor-union officers
to show themselves RESPONSE
BILE to the members.
For the first time, for in
stance, every labor-union
member can demand from
his union a copy Of the
agreements with the en-
ployer-these cannot be kept
secret. Also, the right Of the
member to sue when his
grievance against the union
has not been settled is spe-
officially provided for In the
new statute.
Certainly. the new law
means q lot Of paper work
for the unions, but the same
thing happened when laws
were passed to deal with un-
scrupulous men In the corp
porations which engaged In
monopolistic practices. Laws
Of q restrictive nature that
are burdensome were passed
In the l930s after congress
sional exposure Of those Of
ficers in financial institutions
who played fast and loose
with the public's money. 1t
took several years before
some necessary revisions
were made. Undoubtedly
labor unions will win some
revisions in a few years when
the new statutes have had q
chance to operate. For in the
haste of the joint conference
committees work last week,
there were some clumsily
worded paragraphs inserted
which the courts or Congress
itself will have to clarity.
The new law does credit to
the majority coalition which
passed it in response to a ma
tion-wide demand. On the
whole, 1t is a constructive
piece of legislation-the first
in twelve years. But it is
only a start toward the
establishment Of a system Of
fair and impartial super
vision Of labor-management
relations by the Federal Gov
eminent.
(copyrisht 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

Macmillan hopes will follow
President Eisenhower's forth
coming meetings with Soviet
Premier Khrushchev.
Declarations Of the results Of
the polling in the United King
dom's $50 districts are expected
to be completed by October 10.
Conservative Victory Seen
Labor leaders in London
Immediately proclaimed con-
fidence the election will bring
them back to power after
eight years in opposition.
But public opinion pollsters
predicted that Mr.. Macmillan's
Conservative Party would win
for q third term-something no
other party in Britain has done
this century.
The Conservatives five-year
mandate does not run out TN
til next May. British govern
ments are empowered to call
elections any time they choose.
Several factors make next
month a good time for Mr..
Macmillan to face the balloting.
The British economy is riding
high.
Mr.. Macmillan has reaped
considerable prestige at home
as an international negotiator
after his mission to Moscow
earlier this year and the forth
coming exchange Of visits be-
tween President Eisenhower
and Premier Khrushchev.
The selection Of the october
date means torpedoing Of the
Labor Party's annual conference
scheduled to start october 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Senator Morse libusters against adjournment Of Con-
Morse must have been Of those kids whose idea Of
fun hiding the recess bell
cabinet committee says imitation continues. Things
tough panhanders give you dime to your
credit card for a cup Of coffee.
Khrushchev is taking our people people program
seriously. He's bringing staff of 100 with him.
Back-to-school anthem School days. school days drive
the in pool days Hurry and scuy don't be late
Russia starts science at 10 of g.
Beachcomher fellow who wants to do nothing with
nobody around him. opposed college who prefers
TO do nothing in q crowd.
The United States urges t-hndine mission In Laos
fact-fnder is fellow who confirms your suspicion that
maybe you should have done something about earlier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Macmillan Sets Oct. 8
For Election in Britain

LONDON, Sept. 8 (AP).-
Prime Minister Macmillan to-
day set October 8 as the date
for a national election.
Voters in $50 districts will
decide who will represent them
in a new House Of Commons.
with the victors receiving q
mandate not exceeding five
years.
II the Conservatives win a
majority Of the seats Mr.. Mac
milan will remain as prime
minister. Opposition leader
Hugh Gaitskell will replace him
If the Labor Party triumphs.
The Liberal Party and q few
smaller political groups also
will have candidates in the
field.
Mr.. Macmillan announced
the date after consultations
with Queen Elizabeth II at Bal
moral Castle In Scotland. There
were last minute consultations
with his cabinet colleagues
during the afternoon at No. 10
Downing street.
New Parliament Oct. n
The old Parliament will be
dissolved September 10. The
newly elected Parliament will
open October a..
Mr.. Gaitskell and Aneurin
Bevan. Labor's foreign affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
But First Effort in II Years
Still Leaves Some Evils Untouched

and punishment OF such
crimes. It Is argued that,
because most labor-union Of
ficers are honest. no such
legislation as has just been
passed Is necessary. Actually
by the same process Of rea-
soning there would not be a
justification for any criminal
laws since the number Of Of
tenders has always been rela-
lively small compared to the
law-abiding population.
The investigating commit
tee OF the Senate under the
superb leadership of Senator
John Mcclellan, Democrat OF
Arkansas, has uncovered
many abuses In the opera
ton Of labor unions by ON
GERS, The public has been
Mortified to learn the facts
about the misuse Of union
funds and the graft in
"blackmail picketine" Of in
nocent employers not in
volved In a strike.
Some Of the labor leaders
who spent Labor Day de-
nouncing the new law do not
realize how far down in the
esteem Of labor union men,
bers themselves labor-union
officers In many parts of the
country have fallen. Nor is
1t realized how deeply re-
sentful the wives and IA
miles Of workers feel because
OF the misuse Of union dues.
When labor unions orig
inally succeeded. first under
the Wagner act and later
under the Taft-Hartley act,
in putting the Federal Gov
eminent into the business of
supervising the collective
bargaining process. it was in
evitable that subsequent laws
would be passed exercising
the regulatory power still
further. Now under the
latest law each union must
file detailed financial reports
annually with the Depart
ment Of Labor in Washing
ton and furnish data also on
any loans or payments made
in connection with labor
union activity. Many trade
union activities are listed and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

II would be unfortunate II
the country got the impress
sion that the new law just
passed by Congress TO provide
certain "labor reforms" is
really a cure for all the
many abuses that have been
uncovered in labor-union
practices. The new legisla-
ton, for instance, contains
a bill Of rights" guarantee
ing free speech in labor
union meetings for members
and providing for secret bal
lots when officers are elected
or assessments are imposed,
but 1t says absolutely nothing
about the most important Of
all civil rights in the employ
ment field-the right TO join
or to refuse to join q labor
union.
Thus, in free America to-
day. q super-government Of
private citizens can keep any
one from working in a chosen
trade unless he or she &C
cepts the unions dictation.
The employer is coerced
under penalty Of q costly
strike to agree by contract
TO fire any worker who
doesn't join a union shortly
after being hired.
This form of compulSion
is. unfortunately. permitted
under the Taft-Hartley Act
passed in 1947, and it might
be thought that. with all the
talk about labor reform"
some start would have been
made by Congress in the
new law to emancipate those
who are held under such
bondage in present day labor
unions.
The new legislation is good
so far as it goes in seeking to
punish racketeering, fraud or
violence and to eliminate CO.
ercive tactics inside unions,
including the misuse of dues
money by INSCRIPTIONS labor
leaders, 1t is significant that
the labor-union leaders who
declare that only q few per-
sons are racketeers do not
seem ready to accept q Fed
eral system for the detection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

expert, arranged to hurry back
from Moscow to plunge into
the election campaign now I'M
der way. They were expected
to reach London airport to-
morrow morning.
Prices scared on the Lon
don Stock Exchange as brokers
and traders anticipated an
nouncement Of the election
date. The market closed min
utes before Mr.. Macmillan'i
statement.
Steel shares were among the
leaders. This was an indica-
ton that the financial commu-
nifty expected a Conservative
victory. Laborites plan TO ma
tionalize the steel industry II
they win.
Summit Farley q Factor
Mr.. Macmillan said he de-
cided on an autumn election
in the light Of the world sit
uation in which important
international negotiations lie
ahead"
1T Is clearly right that the
people should have the oppor-
tunity Of deciding as soon as
practicable who are to repre-
sent them in these negotia-
tions," he added.
This was q clear reference to
the summit conference MIR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08

President Eisenhower few
home from Scotland in the
midst Of alarming reports
concerning the situation in
Laos. The State Department
in cooperation with the Pen
tagon is taking steps to evac-
uste American dependents
and private individuals in the
event the Communist drive
ia not stopped.
At present the fighting in
Laos is still in the northern
jungles some distance from
the little Kingdoms capital.
According to informed off,
cials in Washington there is
a chance that further incur
sions may be suspended on
orders from Moscow and
Popping so as not to mar the
Khrushchev visit TO America.
Veteran diplomats and
military men who have not
concealed their concern over
the developments in South
east Asia find some funda-
mental similarities to the
situation which developed in
Korea on June 81, 1850. The
invasion by the North Korean
Communists is compared with
the present aggression Of the
Laotian Communists, sup
ported by the Wet Mimi
forces.
In the event SEATO forces
belonging to adjacent free
countries such as Thailand
are sent to the rescue Of the
Laotian armies, there are
some 10000 Chinese Com
munist volunteers" ready to
move into Laos. The same
would apply If the United
States. answering an urgent
call from the Laotian gov
eminent. were to order
American Marines to go to
the assistance of the hard
pressed Asians bent on re-
polling the Red aggression
The similarity between the
present situation In Laos and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
RALPH McGhLL

Who has given Premier
Khrushchev the distorted
image which he unquestion-
ably possesses Of modern
American capitalism?
The person most guilty is
Jack London.
Not too many Americans
read him today.
But we know that Khrush-
chev, from reading him, ac-
cepts Jack London's prole-
tartan novels and pamphlets
Of protest, as presenting the
real picture Of American
capitalism with its enslaved,
exploited, helpless worker"
We know this from some
of his speeches. For example,
Khrushchev said, not long
ago:
However beautifully the
biologists of imperialism
may dress up the capitalist
system, 1t still remains a
system by which millions of
people are enslaved by a
comparatively small hand
full Of exploiters ;.
There is always a great
army of unemployed, driven
everywhere by Car Hunger
In quest Of work. The
American writer Jack Lon
don gave a vivid portrayal
OF the character of the peo-
pie Of the bourgeois world
seized by the gold rush
fever and ready to go to the
end Of the world for gold,
even If they have to crawl
their way. :"
Khrushchev's workers, all
of them captives of govern
ment unions. must meet con-
continually increased quotas.
They have no legislation
whatever which enables
them to bargain collectively
and strike If they cannot OBJ
tain what they want. But
they are as uniformed as he
about the American system.
Jack London is, with Mark
Twain, the best read Ameri-
can writer in Russia. Mil
lions have read him.
This Is more than most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
RALPH McGILL
Jack London and Khrushchev

using their daring. genius
and power in establishing
great fortunes.
London had a certain
courage and determination.
He passed the entrance ex-
aminations to the Univer-
sity of California in 1896
though he had only q few
elementary grades and a
part Of one high school
year behind him. He Joined
in the great Klondike gold
rush Of 1897.
BY 1899 magazines were
buying his crude, powerful.
accusing stories about the
working stiff and the injus-
tees done him by mining
companies and manufac-
turers. London hated banks
and bankers.
THE Call OF the Wild"
was his one really financial
ly successful book. John
Barleycorn." q story Of his
drink problem. also had sue
cess as did an autobio-
graphical novel Martin
Eden" He did myriad es-
says on socialism. He wrote
of prizefighters, sailors, dogs.
gold seekers. prostitutes.
tramps. Indians, the prole-
tariat.
In 1908 he went of as a
correspondent to the Russo
Japanese War. He didn't
care for it and came home.
He lectured. He spent Law
ishly. He and a third wife
tried to sail around the
world in a 40-foot boat. III
ness halted him. He lived
richly and bought q large
estate.
He would not have lasted
a week in the Soviet Union
where his noncomformity. his
intense individuahsm. would
have doomed him.
He was himself an abnor-
mally sensitive man, who
took several years to die Of
too much whiskey. cirrhosis
Of the liver and uremia. He
died in 1916.
This, in brief. is Jack Lon
don who has given Nikita
Khrushchev his image Of
the character Of American
capitalism in our time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-08
Soviet Premier Gets Distorted Image
OfU. S. From Reoding Novelist,s Books


Americans have done. A few
read his best known book, a
dog story titled THE Call
of the Wild" But the aver
age American would ask,
Jack London? Who is hep"
London, born in 1876, was
perhaps San Francisco's
first "Beatnik."
But he was genuine, not
merely a picturesque deco
ration Of some coffee house
or cellar saloon. An early.
earnest juvenile delinquent,
he was an oyster pirate, q
thief and drunkard at the
age Of IS. Seaman, hobo.
odd-job man, he had from
hoyhood an urge to write. He
haunted libraries, reading
books on sociology and popu-
lar science.
He became, in his twen-
ties. q professional. radical
socialist and made it a point
to agitate in the early labor
struggles. This was a time of
the 'Robber Barons" in
America. The workers were
exploited. Unions were with
out legal status. They were
underpaid for long hours Of
work. Labor was q literal
commodity and was so held
to be by the courts. Workers
were fired, cheated and
swindled. Their children, at
ages Of Q and 10 years,
worked a dozen hours a day
for as little as so cents.
Upton Sinclair, in 1.-THE
Jungle" and THE Brass
Check" did much better
than London in exposing the
injustices Of that period. 1t
was a ruthless rush to con-
troll the seemingly inexhaus-
tible raw materials of Amer
lea. Men cornered all the
wheat or copper on the
world market. Fortunes were
made in mines, oil. forests,
In shipping, finance.
1t was the age of the
Great Moguls-the Goulds,
the Vanderbilts. the Rookie
fellers. Jim Fiske. the Nor
gans-these and others were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
Loyne Leads SteeIers
To Win Over Browns

PITTSBURG III, Sept. &c
(AP) Bobby Layne turned on
a brilliant second-half show
tonight to pull out a TT tri-
umph for the Pittsburgh Steel
ers over the Cleveland Browns
in their National Football
League opener before a crowd
of 1884.
Layne figured in every Scor-
ing play. He hit Jimmy Orr
and Pete Brewster with touch
down passes, kicked a field goal
and booted two conversions.
The Browns scored their lone
touchdown in the second quar-
ter after a 21-yard pass in
Perception return by Ken Konz.
Quarterback Milt Plum
sneaked over from the one to
climax a 53-yard march. Lou
Groza converted.
The Steelers, listless in the
first half although they got
the better of the statistics,
stormed back in the second
half behind Layne's kicking,
running and passing.
Layne kicked a 25-yard field
goal to narrow the deficit at
7-3 in the third quarter and
minutes later put the Steelers
ahead to stay with a 20-yard
touchdown pass to Orr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star stan Writer

AUSTIN. Tex. Sept. 26. -
The Texas Longhorns. 13-point
favorites, led Maryland. 800,
after three quarters of their
battle before a crowd of 10000
in Texas Memorial Stadium
tonight.
Two sudden strikes and two
penalty-aided drives paid of
for the Longhorns. On Texas
first play from scrimmage, Jack
Collins raced "a yards for a
touchdown.
The remainder of the first
half was a seesaw struggle,
but in the third quarter
Texas took command. George
Branch's vineyard plung
capped a 6l-yard march. Mo-
ments later, Texas returned an
intercepted SpaSS to the Mary
land %, and on the next play
Rene Ramirez swept end for a
touchdown.
A Maryland tumble, plus a
penalty, was followed by a IT.
yard touchdown dash by Dave
Russell late in the third period.
Bobby Lackey added the point
for a TO lead.
On the second play after the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star STAFF Writer

SOUTH BEND. Ind, Sept. 26,
Joe Kuharich's coaching re-
gime at Notre Dame began on
an suspicious note this cloudy,
wet afternoon with a resound-
ing 1913 triumph over a woe
fully inept North Carolina
eleven before a crowd of 56,746.
Rated no worse than a six
point underdog, despite last
weeks 20-18 loss to Clemson,
the Tar Heels displayed an as
tonishingly feeble offense and
shaky defense as the Irish clob-
bered them from start to finish,
Not until late in the game,
when Notre Danes third and
fourth-stringerS were on the
field, did Carolina move the ball
Then it went IS yards to save
itself from a horse collar -
little enough compensation for
q brulSlng, futile afternoon.
Four Runners Star
Led by Angelo Dabiero, rab-
oit-footed sophomore from DAN
ora, Pa; Gerry Gray, a power
driving fullback from Balti-
more; Jim Crotty, a senior from
Seattle, and Junior Bob Scar
pitto Of Railway, N. j., Notre
Dame stormed all over the
visitors.
The Irish piled up a 300
lead in the first half and added
a safety and touchdown on a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
ROUND TABLE THIRD
Sword Dancer
Wins Woodward

stretch after the two Cali
fornia stars had duelled for
the lead for nearly a mile.
At the finish, Sword Dancer
was a head in front of Hills
dale, ridden by Tommy Bar
row. while Big Smitty's In
diana bred colt was a length
and three-quarters in front of
Round Table who just didn't
have it when the chips we're
down. Inside Tract, the only
other starter in the select
field. ran last all the way and
finished five lengths behind
Round Table.
The time for the mile and
a quarter over the new strip
at the $33 million Aqueduct
plant. was an ordinary 2:042s.
Yet Round Table. a horse that
has run this distance in under
2 minutes on four occasions
at four different race tracks,
was nearly two lengths behind
his 3-year-old rival at the fin
ish. And the money -earning
champion was carrying only
1876 pounds. 10 fewer than he
handled in winning the United
Nations Handicap last Satur-
day at Atlantic City.
For generations, horsemen
have emphasized that pace
makes the race" and it may
See WOODWARD, Page do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
TODAY'S SPORTS
ON RADIO-W
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Washington Redskins VS.. Chi
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Orioles VS.. Yankees, WIS
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Bowling
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S pm.
RADIO
Football
Washington Redskins VS.. Chi
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Baltimore Colts VS.. Detroit
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Phillies VS.. Braves, WINK,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
Longhorhs Lead
Maryland, ESQ,
In Final Period

Maryland on the Texas 48.
Dwayne Fletcher's team came
kickoff, Jim Davidson quick
kicked AZ yards to the Texas
80. Rene Ramirez fumbled, and
Tom Gunderman recovered for
FIRST PERIOD
Texas won the toss but took
a brisk breeze at its back and
kicked off. Dick Novak returned
the kickoff % yards to his 80.
Jim joyce made 9 yards in 2
tries. On third-and-one, Joyce
made a nice fake and Novak
hit Vincent Scott with Is
yard flrst-down pass to the
Texas At.
Joyce made 81 yards in five
attempts right up the middle,
the last for a first down on the
Texas 20. Joyce fumbled after
making 4 yards on the next
play. and Don Allen of the
Longhorns recovered.
On the first Texas play from
scrimmage, Jack Collins went
wide to the right and romped
"a yards for a touchdown, the
longest run from scrimmage
by a Texas player for Is years.
See MARYLAND, Page DIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
Redskins
Open Today
With Cards
BY a Star stah Writer

CHICAGO, Sept. 26. - The
Redskins and Cardinals open
their 1859 National Football
League campaign here tomor-
row, with some $4,000 fans ex-
pected to see the action at
Soldier Field.
The kickoff is scheduled for
2:05 pm, Washington time
and the game will be televised
and broadcast over WTOP-TV
The occasion will mark Mike
Nixon'S debut as head coach
Of the Redskins in league COM
petition, and the one-time ALL
America halfback from Pitt is
hoping for a better perform
ance than the team turned in
while compiling a is record
in exhibition games.
Eleven new Redskins also
will make their first league
start, although four-Bob Hud-
son Eagles. Bob Tonef and
Bill Sits (Forty-Niners) and
Richie McCabe (Steelers) have
had league experience. An
other, Eagle Day, is a veteran
of two years in Canadian foot
ball.
Two rockies are expected to
start on the defensive unit,
Ben Scott of Maryland at a
wingback and Dick Haley Of
See REDSKINS, Page DIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-27
Cubs Trounce
Dodgers, ~,
/. To Snar| Race
By FRANCIS STANN
star stan Writer

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-The
loose and easy Cubs. thriving
on their role Of spoilers, shat
tered the Dodgers Wanted
pitching today with a 1872
victory and tied up the Ma
tional League pennant race
for the third time this week.
Even before the scoreboard
in centerfield showed that the
Braves had edged the Phillies
in Milwaukee, 80, Los Angeles
was hopelessly out of it this
gloomy afternoon. Thus, for
the sixth time in IA years, a
National League flag chase
goes into the final day of the
season.
The Cubs, who had all but
eliminated the Giants by
sweeping two games earlier this
week, combed six Dodger pitch
ers for Is hits and by the end
Of four innings were ahead
1910. None Of the Los Angeles
hurlers, beginning with Johnny
Podres, was able to cope with
the sixth-place outfit.
So quickly one-sided did the
game become that Manager
Walter Aston wasted none of
his first-flight pitchers, prefer
ring to save up for a shoot-the-
works effort tomorrow, when
the Dodgers meet the Cubs
and the Braves tackle the
Phillies in the big showdown.
1t was a bitter blow to the
See CUBS, Page D-3