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Non-Communist Oath For Unions Upheld by Second U. S. Court By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 30.—By a 2-to-l vote, a second three-judge Federal tribunal has upheld the constitutionality of Taft-Hartley Act provisions for the signing ol non-Communist affidavits by union officers. Union attorneys said the case will be appealed to the Supreme Court In a decision handed down yester day, the court also upheld pro visions of the law requiring union: to file financial statements. Judge Simon F. Rifkind dissented from the majority opinion. He termed as “incompatible with the first amendment” the law's prevision denying services of the National Labor Relations Board tc unions whose officers fail to file the non-Communist oaths. Injunction Request Denied. “It abridges the freedom of speech and the right of assembly without a showing of clear and present dan ger.” he said. "Indeed, on the argu ment, the defendant, the Labor Board, disavowed the presence of clear and present danger.” The ruling was made in dismissing a request for an injunction prevent ing the NLRB from conducting a union certification election at F. W. Woolworth Co. The request was made by Local 65 of the CIO Wholesale and Ware house Union, which the NLRB had ruled off the election ballot because some of its officers had not signed the non-Communist oaths. The election was sought by Local 804 of the AFL International Broth erhood of Teamsters. The majority opinion said the affidavit requirement was upheld for reasons advanced previously by a Federal Court in Washington, D. C.. in a similar case. No Ruling on ACA Plea. The Washington court held that a union's privilege to represent em ployes as bargaining agent could legally be conditioned on the an swering by union officers of the question: "Are you a Communist?” On an appeal, the Supreme Court sidestepped a direct ruling on the non-Communist affidavit require ment. The court here did not rule on a request by the CIO American Com munications Association for an in junction against the NLRB, because the ACA had failed to notify the! Attorney General of the action as required by law. The ACA, denied a place on the ballot at a union certification elec- j tion at Press Wireless, Inc., had asked that the NLRB be restrained from holding the election. While not ruling on the request, the court added that the issues were the same as in the case of the CIO Warehouse Workers' Union, and that the ruling would be the same Woman Struck by Auto Suffers Chest Injuries A 42-year-old woman was in un-1 dejerjninecju, condition at Casualty j Hospital today arftei'-uhe was struck i by an automobile last night while crossing Q street N.W. in the 100 block, police reported. •The woman, Grace Coakley, col ored, 132 Bates street N.W., was struck by a car driven by Raymond C. Cadle, 30, of Bethesda, Md., po lice said. She was reported suffer ing from chest injuries. In another accident yesterday, a tractor-trailer and a car collided at New Jersey avenue and M street N.W. and the car ran into three colored workmen. Police said one of the workmen, Arthur Johnson. 55. of 50 I street N.W. was admitted to Gallinger Hospital for cuts on the leg and knee. The others, Claude Cooper. 30, of 3749 Foote street N.E. and James Tyree, 48. of 5221 Clay street NE apparently escaped injury, ac cording to police. The tractor-trailer was operated by Caleb C. Crone, 30. of Fullerton, Md., and the car by Ernest L. Pro viod, 36, colored, of 201 I street N.W., police said. Weather Report District of" Columbia — Partly cloudy with high near 90 and some chance of a brief thunder shower this afternoon. Generally fair and slightly cooler tonight and tomor row. Lowest tonight about 68. Virginia and Maryland—Generally fair and somewhat cooler tonight and tomorrow. Scattered thunder showers near the coast tonight. Wind velocity, 11 miles per hour;1 direction, south-southeast. Hivrr Reoort. 'From United States Engineer* ' Potomac River cloudv at Harpers Ferry and muddy at Great Falls. Shenandoah r ear at Harpers Ferry. Humidity. Yesterday— Pet Today— Pet. Noon 07 Midnight . . 90 4 n m 55 8 am. - -- 84 8 p m 00 1:30 p.m. -53 High and Low for Tesrerday. Hich. 93, a? 2:55 C m. Low 7 2, at 8 28 Din Record Temperature* This Tear. Highest. 95. on June 24. Lowest. 5. on January 2d. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow High__ - 2:58 a.m. 3:52 a.m. low . l(t:2ua.m. 11:10 a m. High _ 3:11 p.m. 4:07 p m Low _ 10:17p.m. 11:08 p.m The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun. today - 5:45 8:38 6un. tomorrow . 5:40 8:38 Moon, today 1.21 a.m. 2:1 Oa.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitatiun in Inches in the Capita! (current month to date>: Month. 194 8. Ave Record. January _ 4.57 3.55 7 83 *37 February _ 1.07 3.37 0.84 84 March _ 3.00 3.75 8.84 ’91 April _3.95 3.27 9.13 ’89 May ~ _ 8.87 3.70 10.09 89 June II_5 28. 4 13 10.94 *00 July ____ 4.71 10.03 8(i August - 401 14.41 "28 September - — 3-4 IJ-45 .44 October _ 2.84 8.81 .1, November _ 2.37 8.68 |89 rvrembe£^^__ . - 3.A- 7.56 01 .. because of ARTRA TH* SHAMPOO WITHOUT TIAPS '1. 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Political experts in Kansas still give Mr. Rees an edge in the race, but they say that “anything' can happen.” i Mr. Rees has been very active as chairman of the committee and I played major roles in the en actment of lib eralized retire ment ligislation for Federal em ployes and in the passage of the $330 perma nent Govern ment workers' pay raise bill. In the event Mr. Rees should be defeated for re-election and i the Republicans i retain control of Joseph Youm. me nouse. ins umu - man of the Civil Service Committee would be Representative Stevenson, Republican, of Wisconsin. Mr Stevenson also has made a fine record in the committee. He is the co-sponsor of the liberalized Fed eral retirement law. * * * * PROBE—Before leaving for Kan sas, Mr. Rees instructed his com mittee's Investigating staff to delve into charges that Federal agencies are violating the law by using sur plus funds to hire additional em ployes. Mr. Rees declared that some bu reaus, when they discover that they have some unexpected funds on hand as the fiscal year draws to a close, use the money to hire addi tional personnel instead of return ing the funds to the Treasury. "Some of these agencies just can’t j bear the thought of having some unused money on hand,” Mr. Rees declared. "We mean to see to it that they return whatever unexpended money they have on hand at the end of the fiscal year to the Treasury Department.” * * * * STARTED—The Civil Service Commission already has started work on revision of the Classification Act, which it intends to present to Congress next year in the way of a legislative recommendation. It's expected the commission will work closely with the stalls of the House and Senate Civil Service Committees in drawing up the leg islation. The revisions are expected to be far more extensive than were those contained in the Classification Act proposals presented to the past Congress and which were rejected ' in the final hours of the outgoing Congress. v If adopted, the revisions would result in a $100 to $150 pay boost for most Federal employes, in addi tion to the $330 pay raise they have just received. Top Federal officials! would receive substantial pay boosts Incidentally, commission officials are confident the next Congress will speedily approve Classification Act changes. * * * * TIP—Here s an employment tip for persons seeking Federal em-1 ployment. , The following departments and , agencies are doing most of the hiring these days: Army, Navy, Air Force. Post Of- i flee. Commerce, Interior and Agri culture Departments; Economic Co Operation Administration. Maritime , Commission, National Labor Rela tions Board. Veterans’ Administra tion and the Tennessee Valley Au thority. * * * * WARNING—The Civil Service Commission has issued a warning to all Government departments , and agencies that employes are not to be dismissed, demoted or other wise discriminated against because1 or race or religion. This edict was issued as part of ; the commission's revised rules re garding layoffs and demotions in the Government. The commission tightened its reg ulations in an attempt to give employes greater protection against some agencies’ attempts at arbitrary , dismissals and demotions. * * * * 4 REPORT—Administration officials around town say that W. Averill Harriman, our roving Ambassador to : Europe in the ECA program, is in a good spot for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. These officials say Mr. Harriman’s past record, both in Government and in industry, plus the fact that he would be able to contribute quite a bit of money to the Democrats’ badly depleted campaign chest make him a likely choice. A man of considerable wealth, Mr. Harriman was Secretary of Com merce before accepting the ECA job. * * * * NEW CIO UNION—The CIO Gov ernment Workers' Union, composed mainly of dissidents from the United Public Workers of America, is formally under way. It will be a part of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders’ Workers of America. Officials of the new union say it will follow progressive CIO policies.” The leaders are strongly anti communist. At a press conference yesterday, John Green, president of the Ship builders' Union, declared: “I know of no .group of workers in the United States who are more desperately ia need of effective trade union organization than the em ployes of Federal, State and local governments. "It is not our intention to engage in raids or controversy with any group now established among Gov ernment workers. Our objective is to mobilize the multitude of em ployes of Government at all levels who are not now part of any na tional union. We believe that these tmployes, working within and in co- j operation with the CIO, can pro-. note their own economic welfare in 1 ceeping with sound, progressive American principles.” Mr. Green said the new Govern nent workers’ union has 2.000 mem >ers so far. At the time the group iroke from UPWA last month, its eaders asserted that between 5.000 ind 10,000 UPWA members ulti nately would follow them into the lew organization. The new union's headquarters are it 724 Ninth street N.W. The tele ihone number is STerling 6773. * * * * CAPITAL ROUNDUP—The resig nation of John Studebaker as Com nissioner of Education was first I jredicted in this column last week.! ;ncidentally, other very able Govern- ’ nent officials are threatening to eave the Federal service for more ucrative offers from private indus ,ry. The last straw, so far as most >f them are concerned, is the new Day raise law. by which some of heir subordinates will make more noney than they do. Additional news of Govern ment affairs and personalities make up Joseph Young's broad- I cast version of the Federal Spot light at 3:15 p.m. every Sunday on WMAL. The Star station. Soap Box Derby Entrants Urged to Pick Up Racers All youths who entered cars in the ;eventh Washington Soap Box Derby, held last Saturday, were lrged today by Derby officials to sail for their vehicles immediately. The gravity-powered racers have Deen returned to the Chevrolet deal ;rs with whom the entrants regis ered. The dealers have protested hat few boys have so far called to ;ake their cars home. If the cars are not picked up at >nce, the Derby Committee and the iealers cannot be responsible for hem. Free Limb Saves Child From Fall on Spikes Shirley Ausbrook, 5, daughter of llrs. Nina Ausbrook, 5 Logan Circla M.W., was in Children’s Hospital vith a possible broken hip today if ter falling out of a second-story vindow yesterday at her home. The girl, who is colored, was eaning against a screen when it [ave way, according to her mother, ier fall was broken by a tree limb, >reventing her from landing on an ron-spike fence. She had been alking to children outside, her nother said. Hospital officials said ier condition today was fairly good. | Guaranteed Reconditioned Portable and Standard TYPEWRITERS AS LOW AS 6 MOS. 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The Pope told the workers from all parts of Italy to make their or ganization a living thing. Unity Called Vital. “That,” he said, “is what is lack ing in our times. But what good are names on lists if they are sim ple units and not solidly, intimately united with other Catholic workers 1 in their organization.” “You must be the apostles.” he said. He urged his listeners "espe- j cially to win youth to your cause.” The Pontiff, dressed in white, sat on a red throne in the Vatican courtyard of the Belvedere. He appeared happy. He spoke for half an hour and concluded with his apostolic bene diction: “To the workers of Rome. Italy, and the whole world * * * in the field, industry and in the home, and also those who live far from the church and Christ.” The Pope cautioned against polit ical activities by the unions and asked his listeners to pursue their economic interests in harmony, with a sense of justice and sincere col laboration with other classes for "Christian renewal of all social life.” Listeners Cautioned. He cautioned his listeners not to deviate from this aim because, he said, “the future of unions depends upon loyalty to this goal. "If ever they (the unions) should) aim at exclusive domination of thej state or society, if they should wish to exercise absolute power over! workers, if they-should reject a strict! sense of justice and sincere will for, collaboration with other social classes, they would fail in the ex pectations and hopes that every honest and conscientious worker has placed in them.” Rites Here Will Mark Lambeth Conference A special celebration of the holy communion, marking the opening of the Lambeth Conference tomor row at Lambeth Palace in London, will be held at noon tomorrow in the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. The Lambeth Conference is a meeting of bishops of the Anglican, Communion of the world. It is held every 10 years. The meeting this vear is the first since 1930. the 1940 conference having been called off because of the war. The Right Rev. Angus Dun. Bishop of Washington, is attending the gathering. Three Dances Scheduled At Air Force, Navy Posts; Three Servicemen’s aances are scheduled for tonight and tomorrow at Air Force and Navy posts here. Special Services of Bolling Air Force Base will give a dance at 8 O’clock tonight, while Nayy Quarters K at the Navy Department Annex, Arlington, will entertain at 8:30 o’clock. Special Services of Andrews Air Force Base will give a dance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the new service club. Congressional secretaries, Govern ment girls and students have been invited to attend the dances. Proposal for Curb On Teaching by Nuns Leads in North Dakota ly th« Associated Press FARGO, N. Dak., June 30.— A measure to prohibit nuns trom teach ing in North Dakota’s public schools drew an increasingly strong vote of approval early today as returns mounted in the State's primary elec tion. The margin was by no means de cisive. however, and the controver sial measure shared interest with close battles for several State offices and two other initiated measures. A heavy, possibly a record, primary vote was cast. In the headline fight for the Re publican nomination for Governor, Gov. Fred Aandahl was leading Ervin Schumacher, 28.978 to 22, 089, with 661 of the State’s 2,259 precincts counted. Gov. Aandahl, seeking a third term, is the candi date of the Republican Organizing Committee faction of the GOP. Mr. Shumacher, a Drayton farmer, is backed by the Nonpartisan League. Bonus Passage Likely. On the measure to prohibit teach ing by nuns, known as the antigarb measure, 516 precincts give 24,788 votes for it to 20,859 against. A veterans' bonus measure appeared headed for almost certain passage. North Dakota's two House mem bers seeking re-election with Organ izing Committee indorsement faced a strong bid by former Representa tive Usher L. Burdick, nonpartisan reaguer. for the Republican nomi nation. Six hundred and forty-five pre cincts gave Representative Lemke 25,384 and Representative Robertson 22,015, to 23.467 for Mr. Burdick. The other league candidate. Mrs. Agnes Geelan, woman Mayor of Enderfln, was well behind with 15,136. 22,205 for Parking Meter Ban. On two other initiated measures the vote was running close. On one to outlaw parking meters, 22,205 in 516 precincts voted yes and 22.331 voted no. To repeal the State's Food drink Divorcement Act. 516 precincts reported 21,593 votes in favor and 23.459 against. The proposal for a State soldiers’; bonus enjoyed a 20,550-to-9,506 lead with 396 precincts counted. All the measures come before voters under a law w’hich permits initia tion of legislation by petition. Democratic candidates were unop posed in the primary. Handwriting on 'Receipt' Holds Larceny Suspect A larceny suspect, who contended he had bought and paid for a truck chassis in good faith, was ordered held for grand jury action yester day when his handwriting was found curiously similar to that on his “receipt ” He is Daniel S. McKee, 30, colored, of the 2300 block of I street N.W..I accused of stealing the chassis from Bruce Moorman of Germantown,1 Md., June 15. At a Municipal Court hearing! McKee told Judge Walter J. Casey the truck had been sold to^ him on a parking lot b£ a man who' said he was Mr. Moorman. He said he paid the unknown man $65 for the car, and received a receipt for it. The real Mr. MoofnjMt, Ifcok th$ stand to say hr had not sold the chassis to McKee. McKee was told to write Mr. Moorman's name on a slip of paper. The judge took one look at the papier then ordered the suspect held under $1,000 bond for the action of the grand jury. The signatures, he said, were "remarkably similar." nothing like terry cloth For the beach, pool or bathroom, you would look in vain for a more practical ' robe. We have plain and jacquard pat terns in solid colors. Yoir may choose between a shawl collar or coat style lapel. Terry Cloth robes absorb w etness like a sponge, dry quickly and have the comfortable feel of an |expensive rough towel. Washable Terry Cloth Bathrobes $15 to $25 Colors: White, blue, canary and beige Beech Jackets, $17.50 A $20 Sizes; Small, medium, large and extra lar ge * ^ Lewis & Thos. Saltz 1409 G Street, N. W Executive 3822 Nat cc*B«ctt< with Stitt Bret. Jut. Boy, 3, Whom Playmate Shot Accidentally, Dies of Wound Three-year-old James Kurtz died, early today In Arlington Hospital, of injuries received when a play mate shot him accidentally. James was wounded Monday when a 7-year-old playmate found a loaded pistol which he thought was a toy. The two were playing in a room at the home of Mrs. Louis C. Thompson, 1029 North Vermont street, Arlington, where James stayed while his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kurtz, worked at the Ar lington Navy Annex. Dr. W. C. Welburn. Arlington cor oner. said an autopsy would be per formed. Mrs. Thompson was hanging up clothing in the back yard when she heard a shot. She went into the house and found James on the floor, a wound in his left side. She took him to the hospital in her car. The boy who found the .32-caliber pistol on the top shelf of a closet was Danny Harris, son of Lee Ma son Harris, a driver for the Wash ington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co., police said. The Harris family lives at 1021 North Vermont street. James lived with his mother at' 203 South Oak street, Falls Church. Mrs. Kurtz had moved recently from Memphis, Tenn. Her husband and two older children, who were to come here later, left Memphis immediately after the accident and both Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz were at the bedside of James when he died at 3 05 a.m. Soviet Gets U. S. Plea To Restore Electric Power in South Korea By Garnett D. Horner • An American appeal for immedi ate resumption of electric power service to South Korea and a sharp lecture on freedom of the press were before the Soviet government today. A note urging that the Soviet commander in North Korea be ordered to end a nearly seven-week ban on delivery of electric power, Irom his zone to the American occupied zone in the south was de livered to the Moscow’ Foreign Office last Saturday. Another note, containing the free press lecture and rejecting a Soviet protest against a magazine article which it charged was "an example of unbridled propaganda for a new war” was delivered to the Russian Embassy here Monday. Both communications were made public by the State Department late yesterday. The Korean electricity dispute ;oes back to a June 17, 1947, agree ment between the American and1 Soviet commands in Korea, provid ing that power used in the American sone up to that time be paid for in equipment and that a separate agreement be negotiated immedi ately for subsequent deliveries. Delivery of the American equip ment was delayed by shortages, but was practically complete when power to the southern zone was cut off on May 14. Since then, Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, American com mander in North Korea, has tried vainly to get the Soviet commander to talk over the problem. The rejected Soviet protest con cerned an article in the May 17 issue of Newsweek. The Russian Em bassy complained to the State De partment on June 9 that the article —which discussed American air de fenses against possible Russian at tack-violated a United Nations resolution which condemns "war mongering.” Secretary of State Marshall re plied that any Government attempt to "control or suppress articles of this type appearing in the public press would be a violation of the right of freedom of the press which is guaranteed by the Constitution of the United Stafes.”'“'*‘ ' Truck Driver ‘Put on Ice' by Angry Motorist NEW YORK, June 30.—Things blew hot, then cold yesterday for! Samuel Hemelfarb, 29, of Brooklyn.' Mr. Kemelfarm, perspiring in the' 89-degree heat, backed his two-ton: refrigeration truck into a curb. It brushed the bumper of a parked car whose driver stepped out to protest.! Too hot to argue. Mr. Hemelfarb shrugged his shoulders and stepped into the near-zero cold of his truck's refrigeration compartment to haul out an order. The angry motorist slammed the door, which locked automatically, and sped away. Shivering but hot under the col lar, Mr. Hemelfarb was released 15 ^ minutes Catholic Action Course Set A session of the summer school of Catholic Action, under the direc tion of the Rev. Daniel A. Lord of St. Louis, will be held August 9 to 14 at Catholic Universtiy. The Rev. Charles W. Nelson, 313 Second street S.E., and Mrs. Joseph A. Egan, 4605 Fifth street N.W., are co-chairmen of the. committee preparing for the i school. Agriculture Experts Predict Meat Prices Will Go Even Higher ly th« Aueciatvd Pr«i The Agriculture Department pre dicted today that prices for meat on the hoof, now at record levels, will go even higher this summer and early fall. That means a further increase in retail prices can be expected. Prices of hogs, cattle and sheep jumped 8 per cent between mid May and mid-June as shipments to market dropped off and consumer demand for meat held strongly. A further drop in supplies is ex pected in the months immediately ahead, the department said, adding that strong consumer buying could be expected to push retail meat prices still higher. The department offered littk* hope for a material increase in meat supplies before 1950. It said cattie supply is becoming smaller and smaller, with small prospect for an increase in hog shipments before late 1949. ■‘The downward phase of the present cattle cycle is now in its fourth year and is not likely to end before 1950,” the department said. The department said he down ward trend can be reversed only when stockmen feel enough confi dence in future prices to start hold' ing more breeding stock and mar keting fewer animals than the num ber of calves raised. "When that time comes, there will be less beef and veal on the market temporarily, but in the long run it will work to the advantage of consumers," the agency said. Hog production is far below the high wartime levels. 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