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---& WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1867'
I i res by ter tan Men Of Church Hea^^2>^ylnd Speaker
3 n -"-iimmMMwnniiiB-—- -- _
When the Presbyterian Men of the Church held their banquet
to Gilmour Memorial hall Monday night, S. J. Patterson, Jr.,
Richmond, Va., executive director of men’s work of the Presbv
terian General assembly, made the principle address J
Officers, group leaders, and the speaker shown above are left
j^right, seated: J. F. Rivenbark, W. R. Hadley, D. A. Boyette,
W. G. Farmer, 3. A. Scott, David W. Lewis, William A Hall and
Russell Parks.
Standing, left to right: Dr. William Crowe, Jr., minister of the
First Presbyterian church here, R. S. King, J. F. Branyon, J. N.
Brand, Jr., president of the ]V*en of the Church group, F. L. Har
rington, A. E. Gibson, Patterson, W. T. Weaks and Roy Hogrief.—
_ Star Photo by Pete Knight
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ELECTION DATI
Plebiscite On $700,OOt
For Utilities Extension
Will Be Held In May
Residents of East Wilmington
and Sunset Park, newly-annexec
areas to Wilmington proper wil
receive utilities and seweragi
facilities after a bond election i,
held In May, it was indicated yes
ferday by City attorney W. B
Campbell. The attorney said tha
I Hay is a favorable month for th<
election because new resident:
coming into the city are requirec
to reside in the city at least foui
months before they are eligible t(
vote in a bond election.
Campbell has been correspond
ing with Masslich and Mitchell
New York bond attorneys, relative
to the issuance of bonds and bold
ing of the election, since the Nov,
6 extension victory.
In announcing preliminary ne
gotiations in mid-December, Camp
bell predicted that ‘‘I think the
bond election, when it is held, will
be carried by a big majority.”
"Even people who voted against
extension of the city limits will
vote for the bond issue in order
to receive the services they will
be paying for anyway,” he con
tinued.
Of the $700,000, most of which
will be spent in the newly-annexed
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
BRIGADE PLANNING
NEW PAPER DRIVE
Senior Fraternity, Jaycees
To Cooperate For Pick
up On March 2
A scrap paper drive, the first to
be held in the area within the last
hree mont' - will be conducted by
the Boys Erigade club in coopera
tion with the Senior Fraternity and
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Toe groups plan to make a day
°t the collection campaign, date of
''•'hich has been set for March 2.
In making the announcement,
A. Stewart, chairman of the
..'u• paper arive ana executive
director of the Boys Brigade club
a‘!0 asked all persons in the vi
cmity of Wilmington and residents
^ the beach communities to save
scrap paper they now have on
- ‘;’4 and to start storing any paper
l;ey may have between now and
'he date set for the collection.
Proceeds from the sale of the
SCraP paper which is collected
So to further developments of
»e ®°ys Brigade club’s camp the
,ace Cameron Memorial camp
at Porter’s Neck.
Approximately Is trucks will aid
,“e collection which will include
■" Se areas which are to be detail
ed later.
Pro last drive which was con
,“c'trl three months ago netted
‘•r club more than 80,000 pounds
paper.
McMullan Defends State s
Right To Submerged Land
Special To The Star
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-North
llr\°-ina Attorney General Harry
da -iu-'an vig°rously defended to
(0'. n‘s state’s 160-year old claim
Ce submerged areas along the
its°re ^an four hundred miles of
' Coastline and waterways.
j : 'tying before the Senate
t ■c:ary committee in favor of a
to"' f°n which quits state titles
MrOTJ!.norSed and reclaimed lands,
Fed U 8n Said the effort 01 the
to cr;it government to gain title
ijj,Sactl iands in California is a
es>c: act;on against “every state,”
"' c a'i.y those bordering on the
w gulf.
c cited Wilmington and More
head City as Tar Heel cities of
ocean commerce whose wharves
and docks might be affected by
the title conflict; and he listed New
Bern, Elizabeth City, Washington,
Beaufort, Edenton, Manteo, _ Bel
haven, Plymouth, and Williams
ton as ports of inland commerce
concerned in the case.
While no oil or gas has been
found in any North Carolina sub
merged lands yet, the inland
sounds have supplied millions of
dollars worth of oysters, shrimp,
and fish in areas which the states
might have to forfeit to Federal
Control.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5)
■ Fleming To Review
, Port Fund Request
washiimuxun, Feb. 5. —
(Special to the Star) — Major
Fleming, Federal Works ad
ministrator, will personally re
i view the North Carolina Ports
i Authority’s application for an
[ advance of 590,000 to cover
: costs of a survey of potential
; Tar Heel port expansion, he as
sured two officials of the Au
thority who appealed to him to
day—the chairman, R. B. Page,
Wilmington newspaper publish
; er, and former Governor J. M.
Broughton of Raleigh, attorney.
Mr. Page reported that they
i had received a very cordial re
ception but that the administra
tor gave no indication of
whether or not his decision
would be favorable, or when it
would be made.
Senators Bailey and Hoey are
scheduled to contact General
Fleming later.
The Ports Authority repre
sentatives called on General
Fleming following a conference
with North Carolina senators
and went to the meeting with
the administrator armed with
the "backing of the full North
Carolina Congressional delega
tion which endorsed the proj
ect as essential to the commer
cial future of the state.
First Disapproved
Although Governor R, Gregg
Cherry previously had recom
mended approval of the ad
vance application for the same
reason, the Ports Authority’s
request for a $90,000 advance
for survey purposes, was dis
approved recently by Federal
Works Authority officials on
the ground that it would not
provide employment immedi
i J. ntinued on Page Two; Col. 4)
; DAVIS DECISION
EXPECTED SOON
War Department Planning
Board To Begin Review
Of Facilities Today
The War department’s Planning
board is expected to begin review
this morning on the post-war re
quirements of physical properties
including that of Camp Davis, it
was learned yesterday through
special dispatches from Washington
to the Star. Decision on the $35,
000,000 Davis installation, 30 miles
northeast of Wilmington, may be
reached before the day is out as
it is known that the Davis facility
will be among the questions placed
upon the table for consideration.
A complete inventory of Camp
Davis, where more than 100,000
American and Dutch troops were
trained during its five years of
active existence, has been made,
the Star-News bureau in Washing
ton was informed yesterday, and
on the basis of this inventory, the
(Continued on Page 2; Column 4)
AIR] EMEET
SET FOR TODAY
John L. Morris, assistant to the
president of the National Airlines,
wv was scheduled to meet with
city, county and civic leaders yes
terday afternoon, will meet with
the group today, instead.
The meeting will be held at 2:30
o’clock in Woodrow Wilson hut, ac
cording to Chamber of Commerce
officials.
Purpose of the meeting is to dis
cuss revision of NAL flight 28 to
include Richmond, Washington
and Baltimore on its schedule,
north from Miami to New York,
via, among other cities, Wilming
ton. ___
INJURED VETERAN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Elizabethtown Man Hangs
Self With Clothes Line
In Barn Near Home
ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. 5.
(Special to The Star) — William
Allen Cain, 35, veteran of World
War II took his life by hanging
himself in a cow stall this morn
ing, according to Coroner T.
Young and Sheriff H. M. Clark of
Bladen county who were called to
the scene. No inquest was deem
ed necessary by the coroner who
said it was a plain case of suicide.
Cain left his home Monday
afternoon, according to the offic
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 4)
BRAD DENIES
S' E CHARGE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. —(U.R)—
Veterans Administrator Gen. Omar
N. Bradley tonight branded as
“absolutely without foundation in
truth” a new charge by John
Steele, national commander of the
American Legion, VA is “attempt
ing to dismiss” from its hospitals
all but service disabled veterans.
In a letter to all members of 1
congress Bradley said there is
“great danger” that Steele’s accu
sation will “cause unnecessary
fear and anxiety among sick vet
erans and their families.”
Bradley reiterated an earlier as
sertion that he has not advocated
and will not advocate a change in
the law to provide for hospitaliza
tion for service-connected cases
only.
Weather Table
FORECAST
North Carolina—Wednesday cloudy and '
mild, scattered showers west and central 1
portions; higher afternoon temperature*
east and central portions.
South Carolina — Wednesday mostly '
cloudy and mild, scattered showers in :
northwest portion.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours :
ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Temperatures
1:30 a.m. 47; 7:30 a.m. 45; 1:30 p.m. 49;
7:30 p.m. 48.
Maximum 50; Minimum 43; Mean 47;
Normal 47.
Humidity
1:30 a.m. 67: 7:30 a.m. 78; 1:30 p.m. 82;
7:30 p.m. 92.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m.—
_inches.
Total since the first of the month—
_inches.
Tid*s For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
High Low
Wilmington-12:34 a.m. 7:50 a.m.
1:10 p.m. 8:13 p.m.
Masonboro Inlet 20:46 a.m. 4:33 a.m.
11:13 p.m. 5:03 p.m.
Sunrise 7:05 a.m.; Sunse4 5:47 p.m.;
Moonrise 10:40 a.m.; Moons?' 10:40 p.m.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8
a.m. Tuesday, 10.8 feet. 1
PRESIDENT ORDERS
TUGBOATS SEIZURE
ODT Takes Over Opera
tion At Midnight; Steel
Strike End Seen
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—M-.Presi
dent Truman late today ordered
the Office of Defense Transporta
tion >to take over and operate 91
strikebound tugboat companies in
New York harbor beginning at
12:01 o’clock tomorrow morning.
The AFL local which called the
strike, involving 3,500 men, how
ever, directed the men not to re
turn to work until an emergency
meeting of union officials was held
at 10 o’clock tomorrow. The stop
page virtually paralyzed activity
in the world’s largest harbor.
Secretary of Labor Schwellen
bach had appealed to the unionists
and tugboat companies for an im
mediate end of the strike and was
joined by Mayor William O’Dwyer
who said its continuation “means
i_______1 — It
Capt. William Bradley, president
of Local 333, of the United Marine
division of the AFL International
Longshoremen association, said
the emergency meeting was called
at the request of ‘‘the govern
ments of the United States and the
City of New York.”
Officials of the Office of Defense
transportation could not be reach
ed in New York City immediately.
A high Federal official predicted
in Washington tonight that a pend
ing steel price increase, reported
to be announced in a day or two as
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5)
BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL $258,107
Building permits totaling $258,
107 were issued last month by
Gilbert F. Morton, City building
inspector. This figure represents
;he estimated cost of planned con
struction in the city during the
month just passed and indicates
m upsurge of building.
Of that amount, $193,350 repre
sented new construction, while the
•emainder was for alterations and
-epairs.
Morton pointed out that last
month’s figure shows ‘‘about 100
jer cent increase over the $129,172
otal for January, 1945.”
The largest single item last
nonth was a permit to industrial
Properties, Inc., to erect a $100,
)00 building at Eighth and Green
:ield streets to house the Port City
losiery mills, while the. major
(Continued on Page 2; Column 5)
Along The Cape Fear
MIDNIGHT PROWL — There’s
lothing like a midnight prowl
iround the deserted streets of Wil
nington to make you forget your
lurdens. You meet such interest
ng people and you get interested
n them and first thing you know
rou’ve forgotten what your bur
lens were in the first place.
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR does
i lot of such prowling. Most times
t’s after two o’clock in the morn
ng 'and there’re no automobiles
o break the stillness of the early
norn. You can hear your foot
steps batting back and forth
igainst the buildings that line
Iront street.
* * *
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS —
Tight before last we were prowl
ng and we ran up with Roy Gris
sett. Grisset’s one of the new
jatrolmen in the police department
ind he’s originally from Grisset
own, down in Brunswick. We ran
icross him just as he was putting
n his hourly telephone call to his
lesk sergeant from one of those
ittle red boxes you see stuck on
ele. hone poles.
He told us about his calling.
"We have to call into the office
:very hour two minutes after tne
hour,” he said. ‘‘If we’re 15 or 16
minutes late in making the call
they send a patrol car out to look
in all the alleys to see if somebody
has knocked our brains out.”
“But nothing ever really hap
pens on my beat.”
* * *
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT—
Grissett’s beat is between Market
and Dock, which means that he
patrols that section of the river
front that lies between the two
streets. He said he’d never seen
anything unusual there, though.
“Oh, I run into drunks every now
and then and once in awhile the
boys get to fighting. But usually
it’s pretty quiet.
Grissett told us one thing that
seems sort of ironic, or something.
Every morning about four o’clock
a colored boy opens Chimes’
Pastry shop on Market street to
make fires and clean up for the
day’s work that is to come.
“Some time I’m pretty cold of a
morning,” Grissett said, “but that
boy won’t let me go in that store
when he opens up. Says the boss
told him not to.”
First time we ever heard of a
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 3)
COMMISSION MA Y USE YARD
HERE TO RECONVERT SHIPS
FOR PEACETIME COMMERCE
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Post Office Savings Deposits
Climb Past Millipn Mark Here
BY JACK LUNAN
Savings deposits at the Wil
mington postoffice crossed the
$1,000,000 mark for the first
time in history in December,
1945, according to an announce
ment made yesterday from the
office of Postmaster Wilbur R.
Dosher. Total deposits as of
December 31 amounted to $1,
027,306, and were still climb
ing at the close of business on
January 31, 1946. Total deposits
on that date were $1,035,000.
From a low of $250,100 in de
posits as of December 31, 1940,
steady increase has been
achieved each year with heav
iest occuring in the war years
of 1943 and 1944 when residents
I of the Wilmington area placed
$588,524 on deposit at the post
office in 1943 and $829,734 in
1944.
Trends Vary
Checks of f.gures on file in
the office of Assistant Post
master John D Doscher reveal
the interesting fact that a very
decided downward trend in to
tal postal savings deposits oc
curred during the period from
1934 to 1941. With the exception
of one year, 1936, total savings
deposits dropped steadily until
1941 when the trend again
swung upward. In 1934, Wil
mingtonians had on deposit at
the postoffice here, a total of
$310,568. On December, 31,
1935 the total was $300,006.
Total money on deposit at the
close of business on December
31, 1936 amounted to $301,613,
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or a slight increase over the
previous year, but for the next
four years, declines were con
sistently steady. In 1937, the
total was $284,473; 1938, $267,
158; 1939, $260,848; 1940, $250 -
000.
Swing Upward Again
Then swinging upward again,
deposits in 1941 totaled $293,
176 and once again crossed the
$300,000 mark the following
year when an increase of close
to $100,000 occurred, the total
being $390,411. Another nice
gain was made in 1943 when
deposits crossed the half-mil
lion dollar mark for the first
time, the total that year being
$588,524.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
UNO ARGUMENT
‘CLOSE' TO END
Security Council Adjourns
Without Solution To
Tangle
LONDON, Feb. 5 — (JP) — The
United Nations Security Council
adjourned suddenly tonight after
failing to settle the dispute be
tween Russia and Britain over
Greece, but French Foreign Min
ister Georges Bidault said later
“we are very close” to a solution.
The 11-member council adjourn
ed until 9 p.m., <4 p.m., EST, to
morrow after representatives of
the United States, France, Russia,
Britain and China, in a two-hour
secret session, were unable to re
solve in a manner agreable to
both Britain and Russia a Soviet
charge that British troops in
Greece were menacing world
peace.
N. J. O. Makin of Australia,
Council president, who sat in on
the Big Five conference, proposed
the adjournment. He gave no ex
planation for the move which was
approved without objection.
After the meeting of the five
large powers broke up some dele
gates, familiar with the delibera
tions, suggested that Vice Commis
sar Andrei Vishinsky, spokesman
for Russia, would ask Moscow for
new instructions.
Makin at the opening of the
council meeting tonight warned the
members of the “vital importance
of trying to get mutual agree
ment” and said that it was his
opinion that “the very future of
the relations of all the world might
be influenced” by the manner in
which the council handled the Rus
sian-British dispute.
SOLOMON WILL HEAD
ANNUAL RED CROSS
DRIVE DURING MARCH
Harry M. Solomon was ap
pointed cha r an of the March
1946 Red Cross Fund Raising
campaign with F. P. O’Crow
ley as co .hairman.
According to J. Henry
Gerdes, chairman of Wilming
ton chapter, American Red
Cross the appointments were
made yes' rday afternoon.
NHHS FIVE BARRED
FOR REST OF YEAR
IN SE CONFERENCE
New Hanover High school
was barred from all further
Eastern Conference basketball
competition and may have to
forfeit its six victories already
gained this season by virtue
of a decision of the executive
committee of the North Caro
lina High School Athletic asso
ciation last night, The Star was
told last night by T. T, Hamil
ton, NHHS principal.
The committee moved on a
formal protest by Durham High
school’s principal C. E. Cooke
that NHHS had used an inelig
ible player, Johnnie Mc.Koy,
elongated center of the Cats.
Principal Hamilton and Su
perintendent H. M. Rowland
informed this newspaper last
night in a telephone conversa
tion that they intend to pro
test the decision because of “ir
regularities in the proceed
ings.”
The duo point out—the execu
tive committee allowed Lee
Stone, Raleigh Caps coach to
sit in on the deliberations after
Wilmington’s representatives
and the protesting school, Dur
ham, had been excused from
the meeting.
The press was not allowed
admittance to the proceedings
despite New Hanover protests
(Continued on Pare 2: Column 41
MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE ENDS SHORT
With the county quota short $1,000
the March of Dimes drive ended
yesterday in New Hanover county
after a total of $6,500 had been col
lected for the care of infantile
paralysis sufferers.
The total of money contributed
will not be available for several
days, the chairman explained, as
there are still coin boxes to be
taken in and final accountings to
be made with local and county
groups who have not turned in
collections.
Every organization the commit
tee called upon to do a "job” dur
ing the drive responded in an ac
ceptable manner, the chair
man said today.
"Already” he declared, "we
are laying our plans for the drive
next year which we are positive
will result in a continuation of the
work that is being done by the
county and national organizations
for the treatment of "Polio”
victims.
Rhodes also expressed the ap
preciation of the committee for
the work done by the American
Legion dance committee, the Navy
Mother’s club, school teachers and
children, and the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company where a
separate drive was conducted by
employes.
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AND SO TO BED...
*
It really isn’t so surprising
how a slogan can catch on.
Ben McDonald, in his Round
ihe - Town radio broadcasts,
uses the slogan, “Join the ma
jority and read the Star.”
Yesterday morning a news
soy in front of the Post Office
seemed to have dfRTculty dis
posing of his papers. He was
yelling the headlines at the top
of his voice, but few takers.
Finally in desperation, he
veiled:
“Oh, for heaven’s sake! You
people join the majority and
read the Star!”
ACL PRESIDENT
NAMED BY CHERRY
Governor Appoints Busi
nessmen To New Fact
Finding Commission
Governor R. Gregg Cherry yes
terday announced the appointment
of C. McD. Davis, president of the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad com
pany to membership on the North
Carolina fact-finding commission
to study plans for possible future
state-wide federated financing of
national, state and local agencies.
February 14 in Raleigh has been
set as the date and place for the
first meeting of the newly cre
ated commission.
Cherry said plans are now under
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ed War fund of North Carolina as
quickly as possible. He also indi
cated that the USO and 10 foreign
relief agencies, aside from the Red
Cross, and in addition there are 13
(national social agencies and sev
eral state agencies which must
have funds for their work in 1947.
“This situation,” Cherry said,
“makes it necessary for the people
of the state to decide what to do in
the future about the campaigns
conducted by such necessary agen
cies.”
Cherry added that the executive
committee of the United War Fund,
headed by Victor S. Bryant, of
Durham, believes that the whole
matter should be studed by an im
partial committee which is repre
sentative of the best leadership
we have in the state.
Former Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus
was named chairman of this new
committee. Other members, in ad
dition to Davis, are:
Judge Junius G. Adams, Ashe
ville; Dr. Baker, Durham; Kemp
D. Battle, Rocky Mount; Mrs.
Karl Bishopric, Spray; J. Melville
Broughton, Raleigh; Victor S.
Bryant, Raleigh; Charles A. Can
non, Concord; Herman Cope,
Greensboro; Josephus Daniels, Ra
leigh; C. McD. Davis, Wilmington;
Alonzo C .Edwards, Hookerton; J.
C. B. Ehringhaus, Raleigh; C. A.
Fink, Spencer; E. Hervey Evans,
Laurinburg; James Glover, Nash
ville; Dr. Frank P. Graham, Chapel
Hill; Clyde R. Greene, Boone; Fe
lix Grissetts, Raleigh; J. F. Yok
ley, Mt. Airy; Judge Don Gilliam,
Tarboro; Robert M. Hanes, Win
ston-Salem.
Also Jasper B. Hicks. Henderson:
Howard Holderness, Greensboro;
John A. Holmes, Edenton; Horace
Haworth, High Point; Gurney P.
Hood, Raleigh; Dr. I. G. Greer,
Thomasville; George Ivey, Char
lotte; Millard F. Jones, Rocky
Mount; Sam Marks, Roanoke
Rapids; James Marshall, Lenoir;
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) i
Tighter Belts Forecast
In Farm Labor Muddle
There is a strong possibility thai
within the next month or two the
citizens of Wilmington and vicinity
may have to draw in their belts
several notches and try to forget
those lettuce salads, radishes, and
pole beans which have long made
their appearance at the evening
supper table.
Tlie reason: A severe labor short
age—perhaps.
Food Is Necessary
Yesterday afternoon, R. W. Galp
hin, New Hanover County Farm
igent, painted a dismal forecast
af acres of vegetables rotting in
the fields for the simple reason
that there may be no one to pick
them, put them in baskets, and
:arry them to mazket.
I
“The people hereabouts can do
without moving pictures and news
papers and automobiles, if they
have to,” Galphin said, “but they
can’t do without food, no more
than a car can run without gaso
line.”
In confirmation of Galpin’*
ominous view, G. W. Trask, New
Hanover county Commissioner and
well-known Castle Hayne road
farmer, and his son, C. Heide
Trask, said that the Castle Hayne
farmers are in desperate strait*
for labor right now and that “un
less the prisoners of war are kept
on the farms instead of being sent
into the pulpwood industry, farm
(Continued on Page Two; Col, 3)^
V
NCSC Picked
To Continue
Operations
$ 20,000,000 Installation
Here Recommended For
Permanent Status
PLANS NOTREVEALED
Local Shipbuilding Com
pany Now Working On
Vessels For Grace Line
Wilmington Star
Bureau, Washington, D. C.
^ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb.
5.—Representative J. Bayard
Clark of Fayetteville an
nounced here today that he
had been informed that the
Maritime commission will
“likely” utilize the commis
sion’s $20,000,000 shipbuild
ing installation at Wilming
ton for reconverting certain
classes of ships not to be de
clared surplus.
But there was no indica
tion, Representative Clark
said, that any new ship build
ing is to be undertaken at
Wilmington, or any of the
other yards the commission
may retain under its peace
time program.
Earlier in the day it was
learned tnat tne Mantime
commission plans submitted
to congress through the Sur
plus Property administration,
recommended that the Wil
mington facility be retained
as a permanent shipbuilding
and repair yard.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 8)
FAMING OF BILL
FAILS IN HOUSE
Ickes Furnishes Fireworks
For Capital By Testimony
Against Pauley
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5— (IP) _
The House repeatedly knocked
down attempts to tame a stringent
strike control bill today.
A Senate filibuster against a per
manent Fair Employment Practice
commission rambled on.
But the day’s main show at the
capitol was the Senate Naval com
mittee hearing into Edwin W.
Pauley’s qualifications to be un
dersecretary of the Navy.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
read from a memorandum dated
Sept. 6, 1944, which he said he
had prepared after talks with
Pauley, California oil man and
former Democratic national treas
urer.
The memo said Pauley had stat
ed he could raise $300,000 from oil
men if they could be promised the
government would not file suit to
get title to offshore oil lands. It
said Ickes had protested there
might be a “scandal” If he failed
to push the suit and added:
“This is the rawest proposition
:hat has ever been made lo me.”
As Ickes finished, Pauley arose
declare:
“I still say that Mr. Ickes is
mistaken—that he got the wrong
mpression of any conversation w*
lad about raising money.”