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3fS 3- VOLUME 31 NUMBER 139. GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9, 1950. FIVE CENT? (- Windstorm Blows i Soviets Acquire Korean Bases Rail Unions Seek 40-Hr. Work Week Price Supports Termed Stupidity Charge Firms With Monopolies Off And On Again Gas Tax Bobs Up Postal Rate Hike Before Congress THIS DAY Being Fact and Comment On Greenwood, Leflore County, and Mississippi. 6 The Adult Hoe Down will be held at the Legion Hut tonight at 8 o'clock.

Beginners are specially invited to come and join in the fun. A sound color film entitled "Your Heritage In Ole, Miss" will be shown at the high school auditorium Friday afternoon at 1:50 o'clock. This film was photographed at the University and depicts student life on the campus. The public is invited. Leroy E.

Robinson recently received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, ROTC at Mississippi State College. The Prentist County Hospital is expected to be ready for occupancy within two months. County supervisors are now attempting to employ a manager and 15 other employes to operate the $210,000 facility. Copiah Lincoln Agricultural High School of Wesson is winner of the South Mississippi High School debate tournament held at Mississippi Southern College. The Co-Lin debaters edged out Mississippi Southern Demonstration School of Hattiesburg yesterday in the finals on the basis of personal fouls.

The judges' vote was a tie. L. M. Reynolds, Oak Ridge National Laboratory physicist, will address members of the University of. Mississippi Department of iChemistry on Feb.

16, speaking on the subject of general instrumentation. Dr. C. Dale Hoover, head of the agronomy department at Mississippi State College, will represent the South at a meeting of the National Phosphate Committee in Ames, Iowa, February 13-14. Dr.

W. II. Pierre, head of the agronomy department at Iowa State College and chairman of the National Phosphate Committee, called the meeting. Dr. Hoover is one of the four regional representatives on this committee.

Development of the hydrogen bomb and American foreign policy in the Far East will be two of. the principal issues to be considered by Bill Jolly of Columbus, commander of the Department of Mississippi, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and other national and state V. F. W. officials durinsr a two-day conference in Washington, February 15 and 10.

Lt. Robert Myers Telfair, USN, of 401 Walthall, Greenwood, is serving with Fighter Squadron at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cecil Field, Ala. The March of Dimes campaign is $10,679.73 today, an increase of $19.25 over yesterday. Harold Lloyd, Shrine Imperial Potentate, is asked to address a joint session of the Mississippi legislature Feb. 11 in a resolution today.

The former screen comedy star is a visitor in the state. Thirty senators signed the resolution before it was introduced. Hotels would be prohibited from charging extra for local telephone calls placed by guests from their rooms with passage of a bill introduced in the house of The Mississippi senate was asked today to provide additional facilities for feeble-minded negro children. Sen. Oscar Wolfe, of Duncan, introduced a bill appropi-ating $600,000 for construction of three new buildings at the State Children's School for the Feeble-Minded; at Ellisville.

All three would be for use of negro in mates. -0- Service Pin Given Wimbish John W. Wimbish of the Greenwood Suboffice recently was honored by Col. B. iC.

Fowlkes, District Engineer of. the Vicks-burg District, who presented him with a service pin emblematic of his ten years service with the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Wimbish is a part of the office force at Greenwood which supervises construction work on the Yazoo River. He has been with the District since 193S and has been employed in work on the Yazoo Basin since he joined the Corps of Engineers.

0 THE WEATHER MISSISSIPPI Mostly cloudy, showers and a little colder north and west portions" tonight. Friday partly cloudy; a few showers north portion. TEMPERATURES Wed. Max. 78.1.

Min. 58.1. Today Max. 68.1. Min.

53.0. Rainfall 0.93. River 32.45, rise 041. Down iDairy Bam A howling wind, accompanied by torrential rain, hail and some sleet hit in the area east of Greenwood this morning around 1 oclock and caused considerable damage along the Browning Roa section. Alex Dickson stated that his dairy barn just completed in De cember was blown down during the storm tha- lasted around 15 ntinutes.

One hundred head of cows were in the barn and 28 of them were trapped and had to be removed by cutting away fallen timbers. Most of them were unhurt altho showing signs of bruises and other minor injuries. Mr. Dickson said a trailer loaded with feed held up some of the timbers or else there would have been a large loss in his herd. The; barn was a structure 60 210 feet.

He also reported the unroofing of a tenant house. Reports further south in this area stated that there was no damage altho hard rains and hail fell during the blow. George As-cough reported some sleet in that area during the storm, but reported no damage. Also in east Greenwood a shed at the Farmers Staple Gin Co. was leveled by the wind, it was reported by residents in the area.

A fresh blanket of snow covered areas in the northern Great Lakes region today but there was no severe wintry weather in that section or in other parts of the country. A flash flood spurred the rise of the already swollen Cumberland river in Nashville early today. Two inches of rain and hail, accompanied by lightning, flooded streets and highways throughout the city. The mercury was above the seasonal normal over most of the nation, the weather bureau reported. Temperatures over the northeastern states moderated after yester day's sub-zero readings and there were no severe cold spots.

Rain covered an area from the southern Great Lakes northwest ward to the Ohio Valley and into lexas, with scattered thunder showers from the Ohio Valley southward. A mixture of snow and sleet fell in the northern Appala chians. The new- snow fall at Wau sau, measured seven inches; fives inches at Green Bay, I and three inches at Pellston and Gladwin, Mich. Some snow fell in the northern Rockies. o- Special Bus For Shrine Event Members of the Delta Shrine Club are reminded again to purchase their bus tickets as soon as possible for the trip to Jackson February 14 upon the occasion of the visit of Imperial Potentate Harold Lloyd.

The bus will leave Greenwood at 3 o'clock from the city hall. Noble Frank Hulett, president and R. R. Shurden, vice president, desire that all members attend as a body rather than go in private automobiles. Each Noble is allowed one lady guest and the price of each round trip ticket is $2.50.

Tickets are on sale at Roberts Drug Store, Crystal Grill, Department Store, Bennett's Dry Goods Store and the Police Station. 0 Itta Bena Clul Enjoys Film, Talk The Itta Bena Morgan City Rotary Club met Wednesday in the dining room of the Southern Cafe for its weekly luncheon. The program was in charge of Prof. W. H.

White, veterans agriculture teacher, who presented a very instructive movie on the use of paints, both for residences and for farm buildings. He gave an itemized list of ingredients that go into the various paints, and showed why the best and highest priced paints are the cheapest in the long run Because of the use of cheaper paints that are constantly on the market their application will remain on a building for a short time before peeling off while good standard paint will last the required length of time. lie also gave many helpful pointers for painting during his review of the subject. Visitors were Curtis Whitting-ton, George Hamilton and David Breweri Rotarians of Greenwood. New Car Entered In 500 Mile Race INDIANAPOLIS, 9 (ZP) A new "Sampson" and a 1949 money winner entered today for the 34th annual 500-mile auto race May 30.

Alden Sampson of the Sampson Manufacturing Indianapolis, entered a new car of his own de sign with Walt Ader of BeTriards-yille, N. as the driver, it will be powered by a new Meyer-Drake four-cylinder super-charged en- gme. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 The Justice Department today charged two leading drug making firms with trying to monopolize the sale of hard gelatin capsules used for "vitamin pills" and other medicines. Attorney General McGrath announced the filing of a civil antitrust action in federal court at Detroit against Parke-Davis and Detroit, and Eli Lilly and Indianapolis.

Hard gelatin capsules "are used primarily as soluble containers for drugs and medicines taken in 'pill' or 'capsule' form," the department explained. One chief use is vitamin pills, an official added. Both companies make and sell hard gelatin capsules as a part of their business of marketing pharmaceuticals and biologicals. The Justice Department charged that, acting together, the companies have obtained control over machinery used in making and filling hard gelatin capsules. ihis control, it added, has been used "to achieve and maintain a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of such capsules." WASHINGTON, Feb.

9 (A) Rep Celler (D-NL) said after a White House call today that President Truman told him to "go ahead full steam" with his investigation of concentrations pf economic power. "He said he would continue to encourage me in the inquiry and would get all the (federal) departments behind it," Celler told reporters. Celler heads a house judiciary 'subcommittee which has looking into the question of how anti-trust laws are operating and whether any changes are needed. Cellar speaks of it as the "monopoly investigation." Some hearings were held last year. Cellar has set a new series of hearings to begin March 15 when the committee will look into operations of U.

S. Steel Corp. Celler said that after U. S. Steel the group will go into: 1.

The "Canadian newsprint monopoly." 2. The "Dupont dynasty." 3. The soap industry, "particularly Lever Bros, and its British parent company, Unilever." 4. Pan American Airways. 5.

The "distillers' control over" barrelniaking. 6. The "Shubert theater trust." -O- Snubs Delta Area JACKSON, Miss. () North Mississippi senators voiced their grief today because a blue book bragging about the state's attractions snubbed the up country. A row developed which brought forth from one South Mississippi senator an old gripe that the South had the population but the North picked the state officials.

Sen. Forrest Copeland of Newton flung the statement at colleagues after declaring he believed South Mississippi including Hinds county had 65 per cent of the state population. But Delta Sen. Oscar Wolfe, a smile on his face, asked Copeland if it wasn't true former Governors Johnson and Hugh White resided in Southern Mississippi. Copeland agreed.

Earlier, Sen. J. O. Clark of Iuka, one of those expressing grief, "Every four years people run for state offices and come up in our section saying 'we love ya, we love ya' and "that they's going to do something for us. Well they did this time." Sen.

Hugh Boren of Tupelo termed the Mississippi Blue Book a 'iiagrant disregard oi ixorui Mississippi." Anyhow, the Senate approved issuance of 7,500 of the Blue Books to Mississippi schools. -0- Ground Breaking For Negro College Governor Fielding L. Wright will be the main speaker at the official ground breaking ceremonies for the Mississippi Vocational College for negroes, that is to be built -west of Itta Bena. Ceremonies will be held in the audjtorium of the Itta Bena negro school Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Following the program members of'the educational board and building commission will drive to the site for the ground breaking.

Spillway Opened Above New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 9 The Bonnet Carre spillway above New Orleans will be opened at 3 p. m. Friday to allow high water from the Mississippi river to bypass the city. The spillway was last opened in 1937.

It carries Mississippi river water into Lake Pontchartrain and thence into the Gulf of Mex ico through Lake "Borgne. New Blue Book By The Associated Tress Russia has acquired naval bases in communist North Korea, a spokesman for the American supported South Korean government said today. The government's information office at Seoul said large scale harbor operations are underway in three North Korean ports and "many Soviet naval officers and soldiers are stationed at these ports." Over a year ago Russia announced she had withdrawn all troops from North Korea. The newly acquired Korean bases were said to be leased by Russia on terms similar to those for Russia-held Perth Arthur in, Manchuria, Russia is reported to have more and more big long range submarines in the Pacific. The U.

S. Navy recently announced largo scale anti-submarine exercised would be conducted soon in West-ern Pacific waters. In Tokyo government workers threatened a general Japan-wide strike following refusal of the Japanese prime minister to grant wage increases. Communist Shanghai was bombarded for the third straight day by Nationalist Chinese heavy bombers. The American-owned power plant was reported smashed.

The dockyards and two ships were damaged. The Nationalists, yesterday threatened heavy aerial raids on ten big Chinese cities. The East German communist government has inaugurated a new secret police force similar; to Hitler's Gestapo and has set up a youth movement with Nazi coloration. Ihe communist controlled (Peoples Parliament) approved two measures yesterday. One bill creates a new minis try of state security to create the secret police to 'hunt down "enemy agents, spies and saboteurs." It will be patterned after tho Soviet Union's MVD.

A Soviet newspaper said 127 East German agents of "'American imperialists" have been arrested for acts of sabotage. The other law virtually enrolls some 3,000,000 youth in the FDt the free German youth movement. It seems to have all the tappings of the Hitler Jugend. The old political campaigner Winston Churchill speaks today for his son, Randolph, Conservative candidate in Devonport, British naval base south of London. The Conservative leader and Labor Prime Minister Attlee took to the stump yesterday in a fiery campaign which will culminate in elections Feb.

23. -0- Utilize Waste Farm Products NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 9 (P; Dressed in a suit made of corn fiber, Frank L. Teuton is ready to tell Southern agricultural workers what to do with wasted farm by-products. Teuton is head of the information division of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry of the Agriculture Depart, ment.

He visited Orleans yesterday en route to Biloxi. Southern agricultural workers hold their annual meeting thern Friday to discuss uses to which land should be put when takeit out of production by the cotton allotment act. He has with him some 30 other products of. scientific research to give new use to wasted agricultural by-products. These include an automobile carburetor air filter made of casein, a by-product of the cheese industry; 'and lincn-lik! dresses made from short fiber cotton usually used only for ducking.

He said the products he will display at Biloxi were developed in the four chemurgtc laboratories operated by the bureau. They are located in New Orleans, Pe oria, Philadelphia and Albany, Calif. -0- Bandits Hold Up Arizona Bank PHOENIX, Feb. 9 (P) Two men, at least one of them armed, early yesterday robbed the Bank of Douglas in downtown Phoenix of $120,000 cash. City police taid the men caught the janitor outside the bank about 6 a.

forced him to let them into the building and waited until Jim Wise, a tank employe, arrived about 7:40 a. m. Wise was forced to open tho safe. The robbers then locked tho employees in a room and left. Bank officials estimated the men escaped with $120,000 in bills of various denominations.

Police had only vague descriptions of the men. One was a white man, 32-35 years old and the other 25-30. Police said it was not known how the men left the scene but were believed to have bad a car. 'WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (IF) The "folly and stupidity" of the government's price support program, under which the agriculture department is dumping surplus potatoes while Canadian spuds are being imported, has aroused the ire of Rep.

Hebert (D-La). lie told a reporter yesterday that "it is a fine illustration of the folly and stupidity of subsidy in government. The taxpayer is kidding himself if he doesn't think he is paying the bill in the end." Hebert complained that under the potato price support program taxpayers must put out to $85,000,000 a year to keep prices up, "then have to reach into the other pocket and pay again when they buy potatoes at the storc. It just doesn't make sense." The fault for the situation, he said, "lies with congress and this administration." Earlier Rep. White (D-Calif) told the house that if price supports are to continue on potatoes the Brannan Plan should be enacted into law.

"We would not be importing potatoes now if the republican and farm bureau-dominated coalition in congress had not rejected last year the administration-sponsored Pace Bill which would have allowed the Brannan Plan to op erate on potatoes. Under the present program the government supports potato prices by purchase of surplus potatoes. The plan proposed by Secretary of Agriculture Brannan would have let potatoes and some other perishable crops sell at what the markets would pay. Then the government would have made payments to the growers to supple-ent their income if they sold their products at less than a predetermined "fair" price. A New Orleans broker, J.

Segari, Tuesday received a cargo of potatoes he imported from Canada. He said he could buy them cheaper in Canada than in this country. At the same time the U. S. government has a surplus of some 50,000,000 bushels it acquired in price support operations.

It announced last week the bulk of them would be sold to farmers for stock feed at one cent for 100 pounds Bible GlassAt Ahavath Rayhim The weekly Bible class of the Congregation Ahavath Rayhim will meet tonight at 8:00. The text will be from Genesis 4 and the topic of discussion will be: "Cain's Biggest Mistake." The. choir will meet for rehearsal on Friday at 4:00 p. m. Friday night service will be held at 8:00 p.

m. Rabbi Samuel R. Stone will conduct the service and deliver the Sabbath sermon. The weekly Biblical text this week will be from Exodus 20 and the topic of the sermon will be: "Where Now Is Thy God? Oh! Israel." Mr. Joe Wexler will sinjr the hymn of the New Moon.

Melvin Brody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brody, of Schlater, will offer the ritual of the sanc- tification of the Sabbath. The Ladies Aid Society will give a social at the auditorium immediately following the service. Th eJunior Congregation wiil hold Saturday morning service at 10:00 a.

m. Sundav school will be Pheld at 10:15 at the Temple. On Sunday morning at 8 :45 Rabbi Stone will broadcast a devotional period over radio station WGRM. McDaniel Child Died Early Today Robert Carr McDaniel, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Paul McDaniel, Grenada Boulevard, died at 5 o'clock this morning following several months illness. Funeral services will be held at Williams and Lord Chapel Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with rites conducted toy Rev. R. A. Tullos.

Burial will be in Odd Fellows cemetery. Besides his parents, the child is survived by two brothers and a sister: Charles Edward McDaniel and Willard McDaniel, and Eloise McDaniel, also his grandmothers, Mrs. Lou Ella Robinson. Itta and Mrs. Ollie McDaniel, Greenwood.

0 5-Story Plunge Kills Student NEW YORK. Feb. 9 (IP) A Baton Rouge, student at Col umbia University is dead after a five story plunge from an eighth story suite on Furnald Hall at tne university. Daniel B. Blake, 25, of (2729 Reymond Ave) Baton Rouge, fell or jumped to his death yesterday, His body landed on a third story terrace.

Blake, a Navy veteran, was a graduate student. CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (Members of two operating railway unions have voted to strike for a 40-hour week, the unions announced today. A spokesman, however, said that does, not mean a strike is imminent. He said that under procedures of the National Railway Mediation Act a strike could not possibly occur before late spring.

The two unions are the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. Together they represent a total union membership of about railroad workers. The spokesman said 95.5 per cent of them approved a strike. No strike date has been set and probably will not be before the end of this week or the first on next week, the spokesman said. -0- Man Charged With Stealing Platinum MEMPHIS, Feb.

8 (IP) John Belknap, 29, of Edwards, will be arraigned in federal district court here Feb. 14 on charges of possession of gold and platinum stolen from atomic energy laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Belknap, a former employe of the Tennessee Eastman and the Carbide and Carbon Chemical at Oak Ridge was indicted by a U. S. grand jury yesterday.

U. S. District Attorney Tom Farnsworth said Belknap was arrested in Memphis Jan. 6 while trying to some of the metal. Officers recovered 52 sheets of platinum and nine pieces of yellow gold.

None of the pieces was radioactive. Belknap is out on a $2,500 surety bond. Kiwanians Hear Greenville Woman At today's meeting of the Kiwa-nis Club, Bob Carpenter was in charge of the program. Mrs. John Nicholson of Greenville, was the speaker and is the Delta representative of the Mis-issippi Society for Crippled Children and Adults.

She spoke of the work of the organization as to the corrective measures for various types of handicaps among children. Next week's program will be an Inter-Club meeting with the New Albany Club bringing the Fellowship Cup. The attendance prize was won by Thomas T. Johnston. Guests were Bob Hart, Frank Farrish and Billy Walker, all boy Scouts; Major R.

F. Sprake of the Salvation Army, Arthur Bruce and Morris Carr. -O- Cache Narcotics Seized NEW YORK, (IP) A chace of narcotics worth $2,400,000 was seized last night part of it in a telephone booth in the Hotel Mc-Alpin where it allegedly had been been left for a customer by peddlers. The seizure and two arrests were revealed early today by police and federal agents. The prisoners were linked wit a dope ring that has been trailed since last November, police said.

They were booked as Isidore Halitzcr, 31, and Philip Shear, 31, both of Brooklyn. The two men were arrested after parking their automobile off Herald Square 33rd Street and Broadway near the hotel. After the arrests, police said, 33 1-3 ounces cf pure heroin were found in the car, 13 ounces in a package in the hotel phone booth, one ounce on Shear's person, and 66 2-3 ounces in a Brooklyn apartment. Police said Halitzer telephoned a customer and told him a package would be left for him in the telephone booth, lt was Halitzer's practice, police added, to wait nearby until he saw a customer pick up a package. Police, who found 1,000 pairs of nylon stockings in the rear seat of the car, said the two prisoners used hoisery in cartons as a cover up for delivery of narcotics.

Halitzer and Shear were charged with possessing narcotics. Narcotics agents estimated the 114 ounces of pure heroin could have been diluted and made into nearly 1,000,000 capsules to sell at $2.50 each at the underground price. Halitzer and Shear were reported by police to be associates of Alfred San Antonio and Paul Gra-ci, who were arrested at La Guar-dia Field Jan. 31 as they allegedly prepared to fly to Nashville, with narcotics valued at $300,000. Henry Halitzer, a brother of the prisoner, is serving ten years in Sing Sing prison on a narcotics conviction, police said.

JACKSON, Feb. 9 (IP) The on-again, off-again gasoline tax issue is before the Mississippi House of Representatives. The House voted 85-45, yesterday to raise the gasoline tax from six to seven cents per gallon, the proceeds to go to highway construction. But supporters of the bill kept it in the House on a motion to re consider. They said they wanted t6 keep -it there until action can be taken on two other bills.

The bill is the first of a three-part package proposed to put the stata Highway Department on a pay-as- you-go basis and build-, a network of farm-'to-market roads. Last Thursday the same measure was defeated by five votes, but was held over then on a similar motion. A three fifths majority is needed for passage. Yesterday's 85-45 vote was seven more than the three fifths majority. The reversal came after three hours of hot debate.

Every amendment brought out last week to reallocate present gas tax distribution to counties was reintroduced and beaten again. The bill passed yesterday raises the gasoline tax one cent effective July 1 and earmarks the entire increase for new construction by the State Highway Department. In addition, one half cent of the department's present share of the gasoline tax is earmarked for the same purpose. Two companion bills would; 1 Appropriate one-fifth of the present state sales tax (estimated at to be distributed among the 82 counties on the basis of rural road need. Counties would be required to match 10 per cent of the fund under a law passed at the special roads session last November.

2 Increase the sales tax on automobiles and pastuerized milk. There were charges of "vote and "greed" as some small county representatives tried 'to beatvthe measure. They opposed the measure because supporter's refused, to change the present method of gas tax distribution to counties. It divides the funds on a formula of one. third distributed on the basis of area, one third on population and one third on auto registration.

The small county representatives said the formula discriminates against the small counties. Also before the lawmakers is a proposal to insure equal standards for college degrees of negroes and whites in the teaching profession. Rep. James Baxter of Lauderdale county introduced the bill in the House yesterday, saying: "Since training is one of the main factors "on which salaries will be based, many are afraid some negro colleges will he grinding out degrees on a wholesale basis, degrees which will be given to teachers who are not trained as well as others who receive their degrees from accredited colleges." His bill would set up a state college accrediting commission to insure that colleges and schools maintain uniform standards. The act would require all colleges not already accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and secondary schools to obtain approval of the state commission before granting diplomas.

E. R. Jobe, secretary of the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning, said four negro four-year colleges in the state are accredited by the association and several junior colleges are approved. However, he said, there are other negro four-year and junior coleges in the state not accredited and not listed in his office. Proposed Measure Aids Cities Funds JACKSON, Feb.

9 (IP) The Mississippi Senate has be lt ore it today two Dills to give debtj-plagued cities a year. The bills were approved yesterday by the finance committee. One would grant about" $750,000 a year to the cities from five-sixths of the state amusement taxes which now total $900,000 annually. The grant would end in two years. The second bill would give the cities vthe first $250,000 collected by the state in fire insurance premiums.

Still pending are municipal aid bills seeking a one per cent city sales tax and another proposing that cities be given one-tenth of the state tax. The first was introduced by Sen. Nate Williamson of Meridian and the second by Sen. John Far-ese of Ashland. Also strR to be acted on by the committee are bills io allow cities to restore wartime 50 percent cut in business privilege taxes.

The measure would also turn over about $100,000 annually in sate privilege taxes to cities. WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 (IP) The House WaS all set today to pass a bill increasing postal rates by an estimated $130,000,000 a year. In the Senate, republican leaders laid plans for a showdown on civil rights bills. A final House vote on the administration backed postal rate measure wjas delayed yesterday by a technicality.

Opponents demanded a reading of the engrossed bill formally printed and with all amendments in the right place. Engrossing takes time, so final action was put off until today. Senator Taft of Ohio, Senate GOP policy eimmittee chairman, said that if the democrats doTrt move to bring up a fair employment practices commission (FEPC) bill in the Senate within two weeks "republicans will press for it." Senators Lodge (R-Mass) and Ives (R-NY). both critical of the civil rights section in 'this week's GOP policy declaration, al ready had sounded calls for action not just talk, about civil rights. The question probably will come before the Senate on a motion to take up the FEPC bill.

This mea sure is bitterly opposed by south era lawmakers who are certain to launch a filibuster against any move to bring it to the Senate floor. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill: Lawmakers anxious to prevent any slowdown in the nation atomic program fretted over Presi dent Truman's delay in naming a successor to David E. Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission. Lilienthal resigned last Decern ber and is scheduled to leave the post on Wednesday. Foes of the federal rent control program are getting set in the Senate to fight against extending it beyond June 30.

Senator Cain (R-Wash) said he will "talk at length" against the measure but "there won't be any filibuster, so far as I am concerned." Committee hearings on legislation to extend the law aren't expected to get underway before April. An announiement by the Department of Agriculture that it will give away surplus stores of dried milk and eggs reached reporters only minutes ahead of a statement by Senator Elbert Willingness to buy a sizeable amount of the eggs if the price is right. The Senate resumes debate on a multi-million dollar public work3 bill which was delayed last week by protests against $16,500 houses for service families. The legislation would authorize projects costing an estimated $634,500,000 but Senator Tydings (D-MD) has offered a substitute that would cut the total to about $500,000,000. -0- Conrad Thibault Delights Audience Conrad Thibault's charming personality and great musicianship were combined last night to make a very inspiring and thrilling concert.

The of concert, radio and recording fields overwhelmed the audience with his inherently fine baritone voice. Mr. Thibaiilt's versatility and presence made beauty that it gracious stage each song the should be. Dramatically, he ang the "Aria-Toreador from Gently, he sang the very beauti- tul, fragrantly sweet, "Beau by Debussy. John Sacco's favorite "Brother Will, Brother John, was recognized and enjoyed by the audience.

Included among Mr. Thibault's selection of sacred songs was "The Lord's This beautiful song was sung with clarity and inspiration. Among the modern selections was John Alden Carpenter's very emotional "To One and Eugene Mur-dock's "Mv True Love Lies The latter consisted of modern counterpoint accompaniment with a. beautiful, haunting melody. The artist perfectly chose and timed his.

encores. Before the intermission he sang Rachmaninoff's poignant, sweetly true tribute to the little child, who young and naive, does not realize the sadness and. evil that he will bear in life. As an encore at the conclusion of the program Mr. Thibault captivated the audience with the exhiliarating hit song from South Pacific, "Some Enchanted Very generous with his encores, he sang the favorite of everyone young and old, and "All Day On The The latter was a melodic western song which the singer ended with a clear, harmonic whistle.

The audience left in very good spirits, excited about this highly successful concert and humming the tune to "Look For The Silver Lining," the last encore in which they joined to sine: together. The Community Concert Association very successfully closed their concert season for 1949-1950, with this noted American baritone, who graciously charmed the audience with his overwhelming personality, and intricate devotion to the voice and art of music. I.