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3-Rail Unions Threaten
Strike Again, Request
New Talks on Wages
•r Associated Press
CLEVELAND, April 7. —three
railroad unions renewed their strike
threat today, but left the door open
for further negotiations with the
Nation's carriers.
General chairmen of the en
gineers, firemen and enginemen.
and switchmen rejected an emer'
gency board's recommendations in
the dispute, but declared:
"However, the Wage and Rules
Committees of the three organiza
tions are willing to meet them (the
carriers) at an early date in an en
deavor to negotiate the recom
, mendatlons of the board into a form
that will be acceptable."
April 27 Deadline Bet.
They recommended yesterday that
If a settlement was not reached by
April 27, “a strike date shall be set
as soon thereafter as possible."
There was no immediate comment
from the carriers, who already have
accepted the board’s findings. The
board recommended a 15 % -cent
hourly raise and certain rule
» changes.
„ Union officials elaborated only
. briefly on the general chairmen’s
' statement, but promised a broader
» explanation at a press conference
* today.
30-Day Delay Required.
' A. J. Glover, head of the Swltch
| men’s Union of North America, said
; the brotherhoods were showing “a
„ willingness to avert any interrup
Jtion of commerce in the country”
1 by attempting to settle the matter
jin further negotiation.
t Under the Railway Labor Act, a
> strike could not start until after
* a 30-day cooling-off period expires
*on April 26. It would affect about
J 140,000 workers.
, The unions originally called a
i strike for February 1, but the date
: was postponed following appoint
ment by President Truman of an
* emergency board to study the case.
A 30 per cent wage increase and
, numerous rule changes were asked
,by the unions.
Guerrillas.Hold Peak
As Greek Battle Ends
By the Anocioted Prm
IONNINA, Greece, April 7.—A
nine-day battle along the Southern
: Albanian border ended yesterday
with entrenched guerillas still hold
ing mile-high Mount Murgana
despite heavy losses.
Brig. Mikales Antonopoulos called
off the attack on the steep, rocky
slopes of Murgana to avoid further
casualties. He said the operation
was a success because the Greek
Army now holds the strategic
heights around Murgana to block
any posisble Invasion toward Ioan
nina.
The battle was described by Lt.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, command
er of the American military mission
to Greece, as a., warmup for " a
spring offensive. Hfe underlined the
tough taak the Greek-Army faces in
breakirlg‘ TB| back dT the Commu
nist-led guerrilla forces this year.
American military advisers who
acted closely with Brig. Antonopou
los in the field said they were satis
fied with t£TopAitic& .The AmtfC
lean sources said the 0reek Army
will continue to exert pressure on
the border area while containing
the guerrillas in the Murgana
pocket.
Folsom Asks Suit Dismissal;
Fails to Deny Paternity
ly Anociottd Pr»i«
CULLMAN, Ala., April 7.—Gov.
James E. Folsom seeks dismissal
of s paternity suit brought against
him by a 30-year-old divorcee with
a countercharge that she has in
dulged in "clandestine, illegal, il
licit and adulterous conduct.”
Attorneys for the 6-foot 8-inch
Governor yesterday filed a lengthy
objection to the suit brought by
Mrs. Christine Johnston, who says
she and Gov. Folsom lived together
as man and wife and that he is
the father of her 23-month-old son.
The petition sets out that the
paternity suit was brought "for the
purpose of harassing, annoying and
villifying" Gov. Folsom, a 39-year
old widower and father of two chil
dren, and that furthermore the red
haired divorcee “does not come into
court with clean hands.”
The demurrers filed on the Gov
ernor’s behalf neither deny nor ad
mit any of the statements detailed
in Mrs. Johnston’s suit.
Gov. Folsom is currently stump
ing the State in support of his
candidacy for the Democratic pres
idential nomination. He has re
fused to discuss the case except to
refer to it as “politics.”
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Albertino, World-Famed Clown,
Falls Dead on Radio Show
Albert V. Adams and his wife Louise, circus and music hall
clowns for 20 years, who were known as “Albertino and Lulu,”
pictured in their makeup during a previous American appear
ance. ( —AP Wirephoto.
By tha Associated Brass
NEW YORK, April 7.—Albert V.
Adams, 48, lamed English clown,
fell dead ol a heart attack at the
microphone during a radio inter
view last night.
His wife Louise, who had per
formed with him around the world
for 20 years under the names of
Albertino and Lulu, thought at first
he was clowning when he collapsed
at her side.
The program, broadcast over Sta
tion WJZ, was cut off the air.
Mr. Adams slumped to the floor
just as he and his wife were opening
the radio interview.
Tuck, Caldwell Blast
Civil Rights Program,
Question Justification
By th« Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., April 7.—Presi
dent Truman’s civil rights program
was blasted by Gov. Tuck of Vir
ginia and Gov. Millard Caldwell of
Florida in radio addresses here last
night.
Gov. Tuck questioned the political,
moral and constitutional justifica
tion oFclvil rights legislation.
He said that if the proposed
grants-in-aid for education can be
given or withheld as a weapon for
enforcing the President's program,
then, as long as? he is Governor,
.Virginia will not. accept “one far
thing.” '4
The Governor told\hi* audience
that “vote-chasing psetfdo-liberals
who arouse feelings of discontent,
distrust and antagonism are the
greatest enemies of the Negro.
.Tfeeyv ,<#£§ pothtng fa- the Negro,;
N^ wrTeouUv.xaetJt to use himi
as a vehicle for their own political]
preferment.”
Living Conditions Compared.
Gov. Caldwell said Northern news
papers and magazines “have never
presented the unbiased truth" on
Southern racial questions.
He said Northerners have not
been told living conditions of South
ern Negroes are better than in Har
lem, that many States already have
abolished the poll tax, “lynching is
practically a thing of the past,” and
“no decent Southerner condones
lynching, bigotry or brutality.”
Gov. Caldwell said the so-called
antilynching bill would set up a
“Washington gestapo to police the
internal affairs of the several
states" and would cause an increase
in lynchlngs.
Teachers on Equal Fay Scale.
He also said Negro teachers in
Florida are paid “on the same basis
! I
She just had introduced her hus
band. Turning toward him she said:
“He’s a great clown. He does funny
things.”
Mr. Adams replied, “Yes, I do.”
Then he collapsed.
“I thought he was going to make
a joke,” the wife said later. “So I
put out my arm to stop him. Then
he fell.”
An hour later the widow was back
at Madison Square Garden going
through her antics in the final dress
rehearsal for today’s opening of the
Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey
Circus.
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as are our white teachers and the
rate of pay is far above the national
average.”
“The people have never been told,”
he went on, “that in all the non
segregated medical schools of the
East, North and West, there are
only 86 Negro medical students
whereas in the South, at Meharry of
Nashville and Howard in Washing
ton, something more than 1,000
Negroes are being educated in med
icine.”
"Nor do they know that in the
South several thousand Negroes oc
cupy high places in education, as
presidents and professors of in
stitutions of higher learning, where
as in the North only a scant hand
ful are so recognized.”
Plans Gift to College
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Benton Says Reds Stir
War Fear by Bans on
Free Expressions
•y th» AnociatKl Prmi
PARIS, April 7.—William Benton
said today the greatest threat to
world peace Is fear brought about
by Russia’s clamp-down on freedom
of expression.
The former Assistant Secretary of
State addressed the Anglo-American
Press Club here in his capacity as
chairman of the American delega
tion to the Freedom of Information
Conference at Geneva, Switzerland.
"Fear, stark, elemental fear, is
today the chief threat to peace,”
Mr. Benton declared in his prepared
address. He added:
"The Soviet Union and its sat
ellites profess to be fearful of the
west. The western powers doubt
and fear the intentions of the
Soviets. No nation escapes this uni
versal infection. Actions based on
fear set off the cycle of greater fears
and even more antagonistic action.
"I do not say that the only thing
the world has to fear is fear itself,
because I will not presume to analyze
the motives of the Soviet govern
ment or of any other govern
ment. * * • ,
“But I will presume to say flatly
that had it not been the policy
of the Soviet government to deny
the Russian people the right to
express themselves and to commu
nicate freely with other peoples,
and to deny the right of other peo
ples to communicate with them, the
world would not now find itself ip
the grip of such an acute fear
psychosis.”
Mr. Benton said the debate at
the Geneva conference thus far
provides “no hope that the Soviet
Union and its satellites can now be
persuaded to let down the bars to
the free flow of information."
He did express confidence that
"countries not hostile to freedom”
will reach agreement on greater
freedom of access to news and also
greater freedom in news distribu
tiop
Mr. Benton charged that “the
Soviet Union is in Geneva prima
rily to create propaganda that, they
hope, will further undermine free
dom of expression in the world.”
Ecuador has a new domestic
passenger and freight air service.
Latins to Get Billion
In Anti-Communism
Aid, U. S. Officials Say
•y *h« Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia, April 7.—
United States officials said today
Latin America can count on at least
$1,000,000,000 in aid from official
agencies to help fight communism.
Three-quarters of this, they said,
would come from United States
agencies.
The officials said that under pres
ent plans Latin America could ob
tain about $750,000,000 from the Ex
port-Import Bank. Another $250,
000,000 is reported available in the
coffers of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Develop
ment.
The officials said this was only
part of the aid the American re
publics may obtain' as a result of
discussions at the Pan American
Conference now in session here. The
rest is expected from private
sources.
Secretary of State Marshall told
the conference six days ago the
European Recovery Program must
take precedence over Latin Amer
ican requests for United States
financial aid. He said it would be
up to Latin American countries to
encourage investment of foreign
capital by giving it equal treatment
with domestic capital.
The Export-Import Bank is re
ported to have about $250,000,000
already committed for Latin Amer
ican loans. Gen. Marshall told dele
gates the United States Govern
ment is ready to ask Congress to
appropriate another $500,000,000 for
loans to Latin America.
United States delegates expect
Latin America to create « healthier
climate for private capital in order
to stimulate its flow to these coun
tries.
American officials believe this also
will help set up new industries and
businesses, thus improving economic
conditions, with more employment
and greater international trade.
Flower Sale Tomorrow
The annual benefit flower sale by
the Bethesda Community Garden
Club will be held tomorrow on the
grounds of the Farm Women's
Market, 7100 block of Wisconsin
avenue, Bethesda.
Proceeds will be used for hospital
work.
Bus Music Favored in Poll,
But Views on Program Vary
By James Waldo Fawcatt
About 90 per cent of the Wash
ington bus and streetcar passengers
polled on the proposal to give them
radio entertainment while they ride
like the idea—but their opinions on
program content differ widely.
More than 5,000 persons have reg
istered their opinions on blanks dis
tributed by the Capital Transit Co.,
which is considering an arrange
ment whereby receivers would be
installed In its vehicles by frequency
modulation radio interests. The
company has been asking its pa
trons to state their views on the
project as a whole and to Indicate
their preferences as to types of en
tertainment. *
Some riders have indicated sus
picion the plan would cost them
something.
"If this means Increased fare, I
disapprove,’’ wrote, a woman patron.
The project would not cost the
company or its patrons anything. A
firm specializing in such Installa
tions would provide the Receivers;
Station WWDC-FM would supply
the news, music and commercial
announcements and the advertisers
would pay the bill.
These are representative favorable
reactions appearing on the ballots:
“Wonderful. Keep fare the same
however.”
“A very good idea. It takes a
—.— - I
person’s mind off the problems of
the day.”
“Rather nice, if not too loud*
But the opponents are firm in
their, views:
"Let’s have some quiet and com
fort on buses.”
“By the time I go home from a
hard day’s work, I want as little
distraction si possible.”
“Radio is very unnecessary. I
leave home to avoid it.*
•I would rather listen to the other
passengers. People in buses really
are funny.”
Many of the patrons voted for
radio but wanted It understood
they didn’t mean to approve all
kinds of programs. For example:
"No advertising, please. More up
to-date music.’’
"No soap operas.*
"No commercials.’’
"Mostly music and short news
broadcasts.’’
"Broadcast baseball gdmes.”
"Classical music.”
"No hillbilly music.”
“Walts music preferred."
"Race news in afternoons.”
"Less gossip."
“Music designed to soothe; no ex
treme types."
The company has been getting!
most of Its reaction from patrons
who have heard the experimental
programs on a test bus.
The request for “other sugges
tions” made on the voting form
brought a number of comments, not
all of them related directly to the
radio idea. Here are some of them:
“Music is good; transportation is
bad.”
“More volume or turn it off.”
“Think it is distracting to the
driver.”
“Improved service would be bet
ter.”
“Not during rush hours."
“Why not install a bar?"
“I suggest woman drivers—nice
ones; also three hostesses on each
bus—nice ones."
Want to have a say? Address it
to Capital Transit Co., Thirty-sixth
and M directs N.W., Washington 7,
D. C„ and mark the envelope “radio
vote.”
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Art Weighed by Court
District Court Justice Matthew F.
McGuire today has under advise
ment a suit seeking to reclaim the
valuable Gellatly art collection
from the Smithsonian Institution.
Mrs. Charlayne Whiteley Gellatly
of New York city, administratrix
of the estate of her husband, the
late John Gellatly, millionaire New
York art collector, Instituted the
suit last June.
Her complaint charged Dr. Alex
ander Wetmore, secretary of the
institution, with “converting to his
own use and holding without her
consent” the collection, valued at
nearly $5,000,000, which Mr. Gellatly
presented to the Government in
September, 1929.
A former actress and a grand
daughter of the late Senator Rich*
and N. Whiteley of Georgia, Mrs.
Gellatly announced shortly after
her husband’s death in November,
1931, that she would seek recovery
of the art objects.
At that time she declared her
husband died penniless and she
would have to borrow money to
have him buried in Congressional
Cemetery here.
The gift of the art collection was
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