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Lowell Mellett 'On the Other Hand’ Foresees Unpleasant International Complications in Maritime Dispute Mope 01 averting the maritime strike set for June 15 remains high in Washington. At least the Labor Department was able to say as this week opened that negotiations between the ship opera tors and the workers were proceeding in the spirit of genuine collective bargaining. But while working to achieve peace, both sides are preparing. lor war. president iruman navmgr said the Navy, Coast Guard and Army would be used if necessary to assure that America's merchant marine moves, officers of those aervices are en deavoring t o plan every de tail of the job that would be given them. C o u n t e r ing this open warn ing from the President, heads of the maritime unions publish a cablegram they have sent to the headquarters of the World Fed Lowell Mellett, eration or Trade unions in raris. They ask this world federation to support the American strikers—if the strike occurs—by refusing to load or unload ships manned by the United States Government. They make. an exception of relief and troop ships. They seem confident ♦hat, they will receive the support they ask from dock workers affil iated with the World Federation in Great Britain and other countries. It Isn’t Pleasing. The prospect isn't pleasing—the American Government in conflict with labor in foreign ports. Such a conflict, of course, could not be carried on by our Government: it wpuld have to depend on the gov ernments of the other countries for assistance. Those other govern ments might or might not be willing to enter the dispute. The bare possibility that the mari time workers may precipitate such an international situation increases the determination of the Labor De partment to bring the workers and the operators (mostly of ships owned by the Government) to a satisfactory adjustment of their dif ferences. The point of greatest difficulty seems to be that of hours. The workers are demanding a 40-hour week in place of the 56 to 63 hour week they now work. The operators j contend that this is wholly imprac ticable since it would require all ships to carry larger crews and pro vide additional living quarters for the men. Space now devoted to this purpose is much greater on the; average American ship than under any other flag. Cutting any further into the cargo space, the operators argue, would render profitable op- j eration of American ships im possible. In this connection, conditions on American ships have greatly changed since the days when the gaunt figure of Andrew Furuseth, first president of the Seamen's Un ion, haunted the halls of Congress. Furuseth, who as union president refused to accept more than a sea man's pay and who lived on a river houseboat when in Washington, was responsible for the first important American legislation in behalf of seamen—the La Follette Act. Life In the Forecastle. It was he who said, when once threatened with arrest: "You can put me in jail, but you cannot give me narrower quarters i than as a seaman I have always! had—you cannot give me coarser ] food than I have always eaten—you j cannot make me lonelier than I have always been." He was talking of life in the fore castle as the seaman of his time had known it. Conditions have greatly changed since then, but the hours remain long and the pay—66 cents an hour, by the operators’ calculation: 53 cents, by the workers’ —is less than most organized labor in America receives. Competition of foreign low^wage ships is a principal cause of the low wage scale. The La Follette Act sought to reduce the disparity in wages by making it possible for for eign seamen to sign off in American ports and demand the American wage when signing on again. This had some beneficial effect from the standpoint of both American and foreign seamen, but the disparity has not really been removed. This week in Seattle the wage dif ferential will be tackled in another manner. It is the chief business be fore a maritime conference of the International Labor Organization. Delegates from at least 20 countries will take part. Agreement will be sought on an international mini mum wage for seamen. If such an agreement is reached the participat ing governments would be pledged to carry it out. It would be the first international minimum wage ever established. Answers to Questions A trader can let the answer to an? Question of fact by writln* Tne Evening Star Information Bureau. 31A I street N.E . Washlntton S. D. C. Please in close 3 cents tor return postage. By THE HASKIX SERVICE. Q. What is the greatest age to which the big trees of California grow?—S. S. A. Fry and White, in their book, “Big Trees,” say that the age limit of the big tree i Sequoia gigantea) is unknown because we have no rec ord of one dying of old age. It is certain that these trees live 4.000 years and possibly much longer. Q. If the mother of a veteran was not dependent upon him at the time of his death in action will she have the right to apply for a pension if dependency should arise later?— J. M. S. A. She may apply at any time when the dependency arises. How ever. dependency must be proved and the final decision rests with the Veterans’ Administration. Q. Where is White Sands Proving Ground, where the Army tests vari ous types of rockets?—H. W. C. A. White Sands is approximately J 28 miles from Las Cruces, N. Mex 1 The establishment consists of per sonnel from Army Ordnance, Army! Ground Forces, Army Air Forces. Army Signal Corps and Army and Navy civilian scientists. Q. Of what does the new E ration consist?—D. W. G. A. The E ration includes two cans of meat items, two biscuit units, a| can of bread and a can of fruit. In addition there are cigarettes, matches, chewing gum, salt, heat tablets, candy-coated tablets, wooden spoons and toilet paper. The biscuit units include jam, coffee, cocoa, cereal, sandwich, cookie, sugar, syn thetic fruit beverage and a biscuit.1 Designed for soldiers engaged in front-line operations, the new ration provides over 3,300 calories. Q. What is the largest city in the United States without any form of organized baseball?—J. E. J. A. The Sporting News says that it is Denver, Colo, Q. Is there a law which provides re-employment rights for the men who left their jobs to serve on mer chant ships during World War II?—D. D. A. Public Law 87, Seventy-eighth 1 Congress, provides under certain! conditions re-employment rights for persons who left employment, whether private or Government, to serve in the merchant marine. The act follows substantially the provi sions of law applicable to persons who served in the armed forces. Q. Did any submarines take part in the Battle of Midway?—D. P. A. A Navy Department press re lease lists 25 submarines as attached to the task force of Vice Admiral (then Rear Admiral) Prank Jack Fletcher, U. S. N„ at the Battle of Midway. Q. What was the last numeral to be invented?—L. A. R. A. It was probably zero, although the origin of this numeral is un known. The zero appeared in India in the 9th century and was very likely an invention of the Hindus. The first printed treatise containing the word zero was Ph. Calandri’s "De Arithmetics Opusculum,” pub lished in Florence in 1491. Good Opening For a Capable Millinery Saleswoman to Act as Assistant to Buyer For Our Millinery Department Attractive salary plus commissions. In replying state full particulars of past experience. Replies received will be kept in strictest confidence. 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I might be able to cure my injured coccyx, which I hurt last night when I slipped on the stairs. My feet went out from under me and I landed on the base of my spine, and I am writing this standing up while a bellboy searches Montreal for one of those rubber doughnuts for me to sit on. I usually serve as my own doctor. That is a throwback to my child hood days when a volume called "Home Treatment” was a standard part of the library. It w'asn't easy for a doctor to reach our home w'hen I was a child. We lived, to use the local expression, three wheel greases from the highway, which means that the physician, to get to us. would have to stop his horse and buggy three times to renew the axle grease on the wheels of his buggy. Thick to This Day. So. we treated ourselves with the aid of the book. It was a thick vol ume that I can see to this day. It was bound in red cloth and stood between a green bound book with the title “V-V.'s Eyes,” and a more sober tome of Dr. Broughton's sermons. That book. "Home Treat ment,” carried me through scarlet fever, my brother through measles, my sisters through diphtheria, and a cousin who visited us, through a combination of chicken pox and thrush. Therefore, when I hurt my coccyx I automatically looked for a medica; book. The hotel was kind enough to send me Volume 20 of the Brit tanies. It is the one that covers all subjects between Sars-Soro. As soon as I read about the coccyx. I asked the telephone operator to see if she could connect me with Mr. Hoffman Sloth. "Do you know Mr. Sloth's number?” she asked. I1 said I didn’t. "What is his ad dress?” the operator inquired. ‘‘I don't know,” I anstvered, “but I would guess he lives in a tree.” She thought I was trying to be funny, so I explained my troubles. She was quick to understand and tried all the Hoffmans and all the Sloths in the Montreal directory. I figured that if I could get in touch with that Mr. Sloth he could tell me what he did for his coccyx when he fell from a tree and hurt It. Nothing Else to Do. We couldn’t reach him. We got his house all right, but it seems that he was in Atlantic City attending the Annual Two and Three-Toed Sloth Convention. There was nothing for me to do but treat myself. So I read the Enclyclopedia very carefully, and it scared me to death. In Volume 21. which deals with the spinal injuries I discovered that I might have in flamation of Gower’s tract, irrita tion of Lissauer’s tract, and an un settled condition of the Belmont. Hialeah and Santa Anita tracts. So, I decided to ignore my spinal column. If it happens to fall out. or fall off. I’ll just have to get along without a backbone. I won’t be alone if that happens, though. When a man like Petrillo can yell and shout and dictate, there must be more than a handful of backbonelesc people inhabiting the United State*.; (Distributed by MeNauaht Syndicate, Inc ) Doris Fleeson Helpful Go-Between Wallace Faces Major Tactical Problem In Coming Labor Relations Speeches Pity a poor go-between, mates, on a night like this! Henry Agard Wallace, virtually all that is left of President Truman’s New Deal franchise, is scheduled to make two speeches in St. Louis June 14, one to a party gathering and another to a liberal league meeting. Inasmuch as Mr. Wallace can scarcely open his mouth, espe daily at tms critical point m White House-labor relations with out 1948-shaking significance, he wants to be very careful of his language, uui so much is hap pening so fast that Henry just doesn’t know just what h e ought to say. This is equal ly vexing to the Wallace brain trust who do not want (1) to im pair their man's potentialities as a candidate in 1948 or (2) to en danger their best pipeline in Dorii Fleeion. to tne wnite House. Talk to Hannegan, Too. As if life were not sufficiently grim with the Case bill, the President’s emergency labor bill, the dying OPA and selective service, the zero hour for the shipping strike is 24 hours after Henry is scheduled to enlighten the home of Postmaster General Hannegan about the facts of Wash ington life. The Secretary of Commerce is not given to platitudes. He is an honest man who knows what he thinks. , It would be extremely painful to him to attack the man-eating shark or SPOT CASH! For DIAMONDS OLD GOLD AND JEWELRY UCENSKD DEALERS THE JEWEL MART 0O NO ' " " ^ BULKY' BATTERIES' AUROPHONE tm STONESTREET Htorin* Aid Specialist 319 Colorado Bldg., 14th k G N.W. 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