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Morses Charges of Hoax' in Strike, and Reporters Findings
Morse
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stoh and shoved the agreement be
fore them to sign.
Men Told to Report.
However, long before that cheap
dramatic move on the part of Steel
ipan, Whitney and Johnston had
sent out telegrams to their men
to report at 4 o'clock. That had
been announced on the radio
throughout the country. Further
more, Barkley announced on the
floor of the Senate early in the
afternoon of May 25 that the strike
was over, and then when he found
he had his signals crossed with the
administration, he put the blame
on the AP and UP.
The hoax was so poorly staged
that they even had a photographer
spotted on the floor of the House
t’o take the picture when Biffle
handed the pink slip to Truman.
(Editor’s note: After receipt of
tipis article from the Christian
Register, Senator Morse wired the
publication to delete from news
releases the foregoing paragraph,
which he said was in ‘‘error.” He
said that while several members
of the House and Senate were
convinced the picture in ques
tion was taken from the floor of
the House, he had investigated
and now was ‘‘satisfied” it was
taken ‘‘from the photographers’
gallery . . .”)
criticized for Attack.
Some of the papers in Oregon
have criticized me on the ground
that a member of the Senate should
not engage in personal criticism of
the'r>resident. They show gross ig
norance of their American history.
What is most important of all is
that a paper hanger in Germany
developed an acceptance on the
part of the German people that he
should be immune from personal
criticism. We should never forget
In this country that the Presidency
doesn’t run itself. It is run by a
mere man.
Although I am taking my fair
share of criticism from my attack,
I am satisfied that in due course of
time the people of the country will
come to recognize that Truman
pulled a hoax on them. I have in
troduced a resolution in the Senate
which is my answer to those who
want to question the factual basis
for my criticism. The Democrats
will see to it that the investigation
called for by my resolution is never
held, because they know that if I
get a chance to put some men under
oath in that investigation, I would
be able to show up the hoax.
Newton
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ful that the Senator also was
severely critical of the American
press.
Key Figures Interviewed.
Mr. Steelman, Senator Barkley
and, numerous representatives of
railroad labor and the carriers
themselves were interviewed. In
cluded in the latter groups were
John J. Pelley, president of the
Association of American Railroads;
three representatives of the 18 rail
labor unions which did not strike
but were intimately concerned with
the last-day developments, and
Alvanley Johnston, head of the
locomotive engineers, one of the two
striking unions.
From information supplied by all
sources it is concluded that at the
time he went before Congress Mr.
Truman may have believed the two
striking unions would come to terms
and perhaps, soon. Even so, it would
not have justified a settlement an
nouncement, in view of uncertain
ties surrounding any labor-man
agement agreement until it is ac
tually signed.
The White House says Mr. Tru
man carried two versions of his
speech, one slightly different which|
he would have delivered had he;
been aware of settlement before
starting the talk.
That it W'ould have been danger
ous for the President to have started
his speech with an optimistic state
ment about the strike is borne out
in a statement by one of the negoti
ators for the railroads. He said
that at the time he went into what
proved to be the strike-ending con
ference shortly after 3 p.m. that
day with Mr. Steelman, Mr. John
son and A. F. Whitney, president of
the trainmen, he believed the union
leaders would ask for more than it
turned out they were ready to
settle for.
Supporting Evidence Lacking.
None of the parties to the nego
tiations professed to have any evi
dence to support Senator Morse's
charges of administration stalling
in getting agreement. Most of them
believed Mr. Steelman and his men
did everything possible to expedite
settlement.
All were agreed that the actual
Signing of the settlement agreement
by representatives of the carriers,
Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johnston took
place from 3:55 to 3:57 p.m.
As to Senator Morse’s charge that
the two union heads sent out tele
grams to their men to report to
work at 4 “long before that cheap
dramatic move on the part of
Steelman,’’ Mr. Johnston told The
Star:
That at 3:25 p.m. in the Statler
Hotel conference room he telephoned
his chief clerk in the Engineers’
Cleveland office to flash to all locals
the code word ending the strike and
ordering the men to return to work.
At the time only a long-hand draft
of the agreement had been made
and Mr. Johnston said he was will
ing to act before it had been typed
and signed.
Mr. Whitney could not be reached
for an interview, but Mr. Steelman,
Mr. Pelley and the other carrier ne
gotiators say Mr. Whitney refused
to call off the strike until the agree
ment was signed. Mr. Pelley and
Mr. Steelman said Mr. Whitney no
tified his Cleveland office to call off
the strike at 3:58, a couple of min
utes before the President began his
address.
Mr. Pelley’s Story.
Mr. Pelley described events leading
up to the settlement in this way:
“We on management’s side were
advised for the first time of the
willingness of Mr. Whitney and Mr.
Johnston to settle on the Presi
dent’s terms at a meeting at the
Statler Hotel on the afternoon of
May 25.
“At 3 p.m. Mr. Steelman called
me and asked us (the carriers’ ne
gotiating committee) to come to
Room W-404 at the Statler. We
were on the sixth floor of the hotel
and reached Room W-404 about
,3:05. Messrs. Johnston, Whitney
v and Steelman were there.
"We, of course, did not know
what they wanted to talk about
SENATOR WAYNE MORSE.
He says the President per
petrated a hoax.
Mr. Johnston immediately told us
that he and Mr. Whitney had de
cided to accept the President’s pro
posal, which was the first informa
tion of any sort we had had that
they had decided to settle on the
President's terms.
“After some explaining as to why
they had reached the conclusion to
settle, they asked for the terms and
they were reduced to writing—one
copy in long hand. After both sides
had examined this memorandum
and found it satisfactory, it was
agreed that it should be typed.
Arrangements Made.
“Mr. Steelman and Mr. Loomis
(D. P. Loomis, one of the three men
authorized to sign for the railroads)
went to Room W-524, which was
Mr. Loomis’ secretary’s room, to get
the document typed.
“About the time they left, which
I would say was 3:20, Mr. Johnston
said he was going to telephone
Cleveland and call off the strike for
the engineers—which he did.
"After waiting a few minutes for
Mr. Steelman and Mr. Loomis to
return with copies of the agreement.
I asked Mr. Whitney why he did not
call off the strike then. He said he
preferred to wait until the agree
ment was signed.
"The agreement was signed by all
parties at 3:55. Mr. Whitney called
of the strike at about 3:58.
"We then went to room 1240,
press headquarters, to make the
announcement of the end of the
strike, arriving there about 4.03.”
Steelman Telephoned Biffle.
After announcing settlement to
the newsmen, Mr. Steelman said he
called Mr. Biffle’s office at the Capi
tol and asked that the news be
given to the President.
The radio announcement of the
end of the strike, referred to by Mr.
Morse, presumably was the one
from Cleveland that followed Mr.
Johnston's instructions to his chief
clerk there.
In reference to the Morse charge
that as part of the Truman “hoax,"
“they even had a photographer
spotted on the floor of the House
to take the picture when Biffle
handed the pink slip to Truman.”
The photograph carried by The
Star was made by Byron Rollins,
Associated Press staff man. He said
Charles Corte of Acme Newspictures
mad,e the same “shot.”
“We were not on the floor of the
House, but were in our usual posi
tions up there in the galleries with
our cameras equipped with tele
scopic lens—just as we would be on
any other occasion when the Pres
ident addressed Congress.
“I was working along and I saw
Biffle hand him (the President)
A. F. WHITNEY,
Wouldn’t act until agreement
was signed.
something. I didn’t know what it
was, but I made the shot. At the
time I didn’t know whether I had
a picture or had wasted a negative.
It was just one of those things you
do—any photographer would have
made it. At the time most of the
others happened to be changing
plates.”
Mr. Rollins added that the whole
incident "seemed absolutely unre
hearsed to me.”
Just before the original strike
deadline—4 p.m., May 18—President
Truman and Mr. Steelman won a
five-day postponement of the stop
page from Mr. Johnston and Mr.
Whitney who returned here from
Cleveland for a resumption of ne
gotiations.
Mr. Truman proposed to the two
unions the 16-cent wage boost sug
gested by the emergency board and
an additional 2Vi cents an hour in
lieu of all rule changes which
would be held in abeyance for a
year. Mr. Johnston and Mr.
Whitney considered the offer and
then rejected it. The 18 other
unions, only three of which were
concerned originally with rules,
accepted it verbally. Mr. Trumap
had offered it to them to preserve
the Industry wage pattern.
Unions Adament.
The two unions held fast to their
demands and the railroads were
struck on expiration of the truce—
4 p.m. Thursday, May 23. Another
24 hours of talks produced nothing.
The President delivered his radio
ultimatum. Friday night, in which
he told the strikers to return by
4 p.m. the next day or he would
operate the roads with the army.
On the following morning Mr.
Steelman still had not been able to
get a settlement from Mr. John
ston and Mr. Whitney so the Presi
dent instructed him to break off the
negotiations. This was done, ac
cording to Mr. Steelman, so that
he could formalize the agreement
wun me 10 nonsuiting unions in
preparation for forced operation of
the trains at 4 p.m. and so he
could get agreement from the car
riers to pay the higher wages to
any members of the striking unions
who decided to return to work.
Mr. Steelman called heads of the
18 unions and railroad representa
tives into a meeting at the Statler
shortly after 11 a.m. By 1 o’clock
an agreement had been put In
writing and the parties adjourned
so that it could be typed and mimeo
graphed.
Offer to Settle Made.
About noon a letter from Mr.
Whitney and Mr. Johnston was de
livered to the White House in which
they offered to settle, not on the
terms of the President, but on the
terms of the emergency board—16
cents an hour increase and seven
rule changes.
Up to that point, Mr. Steelman
said, the best offer the two union
heads had made was an 18 per
cent increase, considerably more
than 18’4 cents, plus 10 or 11 rules
changes.
He said it would have made for
untenable working conditions in the
Industry to have had different
settlements for the 18 unions and
the Trainmen and Engineers. Mr.
Pelley supported that' statement
pointing out memberships in the
rail Unions overlap. For example,
there are trainmen and engineers
who belong to unions other and
those of Mr. Whitney and Mr.
Johnston. In my talk with him, Mr.
Johnston disagreed with that con
tention. as did Senator Morse.
In the early afternoon of the
climactic day, Mr. Steelman heard
that Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johns
ton wanted to see him. He met with
them about 2:40, after getting Mr.
Truman's permission, later tailing
in Mr. Pelley's group for the final
settlement.
Meeiman Pressed for Data.
All through the afternoon the
White House pressed Mr. Steelman
for the latest information so that
the President could be guided in
making his speech to Congress.
Senator Morse's statement in the
article that “the surrender terms
of the striking brotherhoods were
agreed upon in my office about 9
o’clock Saturday morning, May 25”
surprised Federal officials. The Sen
ator Justifies it in this way:
He said about midnight Friday
Mr. Whitney and Mr. Johnston
called him from the Statler at his
apartment to discuss the situation.
He told them continuation of the
strike would be disastrous and urged
them to “crawl back on the limb”
and accept the Emergency Board
ALVANLEY JOHNSTON,
Called off strike before sign
ing agreement.
recommendation. He told them he
could not come to the Statler at
that hour but for them to come
to his Senate office early the next
morning.
The following morning, Senator
Morse said, the two union leaders
did not report but sent Martin Mil
ler, legislative representative of the
trainmen. The Senator said Mr.
Miller was authorized by the two
to talk with him. He said they
discussed a settlement on the basis
of the board report. Mr. Miller left
and about 10:30 a.m. called to say
the plan was acceptable to Mr.
Whitney and Mr. Johnston and
they were going to tell the Presi
dent so.
Settlement Not on Truman Plan.
It will be noted that this settle
ment in the Senator’s office was not
on the basis of the Truman propo
sition whieh B little Inter rst
Rents
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it appeared last night there was a
wide disposition to plan for rental
raises to cover only increases in
operating expenses incurred since
ceilings were placed on rents.
Sees So Rise Now.
Gustave Ring, operator of Colo
nial and Arlington Villages, com
prising approximately 2.000 apart
ment units in the two develop
ments, said:
"There will be no immediate
raise. However, we have been op
erating: for some time at a 30 per
cent disadvantage and we plan to
try to absorb some of that.”
Admiral Adolphus Staton, presi
dent of the firm controlling Falk
land Apartments, large Silver
Spring, Md. development, said:
Maintenance Up $20,000.
“It is unfortunate if there is a
prospect of no control over rents.
We will be inclined to take the
broad view. However, our operating
expenses have risen about $20,000 to
$25,000 a year since ceilings were
established. We had planned to ask
OPA for an adjustment on that
basis. I think we will ask our ten
ants to help us meet that operating
increase. 1 do not believe we will
ask for more than that.” Falkland
has approximately 450 units.
At Buckingham, 1,826 apartment
development in Arlington, officials
refused to comment, pending de
velopments.
Charles J. Rush, executive secre
tary of the Washington Real Estate
Board, pointed out that the National
Real Estate Board, of which his
group is a constituent, had been
pushing for a 10 per cent increase
in rentals to cover greater operating
costs.
Hopes for Control.
“There is a feeling among owners,
operators and agents to keep prices
in line with common sense," con
tinued Mr. Rush. “However, it
should be pointed out that operat
ing expenses have increased since
the establishment of ceilings as of
January, 1, 1941."
J. I. Medley, president of the
Montgomery County Real Estate
Board, said he hoped some form
of control would be established.
He said he thought some raises in
rent were Indicated, because of in
creased operating expenses, but
thought this could be done under
a control agency which had power
to make adjustments.
"With no control, I believe that
responsible owners and operators
will not attempt to do anything un
reasonable. There probably will be
“gougers” here and there. I don’t
think the better type of operator
will take advantage of a lack of
control to victimize his fellow citi
zens."
30-Day Lull Swen.
An official, thoroughly familiar
with the rent ceiling program ex
pressed doubt there will be any
appreciable number of rent increases
before August “because in most
States local laws require at least
a 30-day notice by landlords.”
In other cases, he said, tenants
have one-year or longer leases which
will block quick increases.
“But our only real salvation,” this
official declared, “is that Congress
will act quickly to continue price
and rent controls. If we go 30 days
without them, the lid will be off.”
He said that about 60 per cent
of the rental dwellings in the United
States are occupied on a month-to
month basis.
15 Per Cent Limit Asked.
The National Apartment House
Owners Association meanwhile asked
landlords over the country to keep
rents within 15 per cent of present
levels.
The National Association-of Real
Estate Boards wired its 800 local
real estate board presidents to urge
its 31,000 members to co-operate
fully in holding rent increases to the
absolute minimum necessary to off
set increased costs of operation.
The statement was authorized by
Theodore H. Maenner of Omaha,
Nebr., chairman of the Realtors
Washington Committee of NAREB,
who added that “we have petitioned
Congress to permit rent increases
where they were warranted up to
10 or 15 per cent to offset increased
operating costs, taxes and deferred
maintenance. Neither the House
of Representatives nor the Senate
took any action on this request and
there was no such an amendment
in the bill finally vetoed by the
President.”
Many Eyictions Unlikely.
On evictions, the Federal official
said, landlords who wanted to get
rid of a tenant could raise rents
“unconscionably” and then put the
occupant out for nonpayment if he
could not meet the figure.
As for evictions in general, how
ever, he said that “even though there
are no Federal controls, landlords
will have to continue to abide by
local laws.”
This means, the official added, that
in most areas there can be no evic
tion of undesirable tenants without
cause.
As is the case under Federal rent
control, undesirability is grounds for
eviction under most local laws only
in cases where tenants can be shown
to be guilty of "nuisance,” the offi
cial said. This usually embraces a
"substantial breach of contract," he
said, with interpretation of what
constitutes thK varying from State
to State.
OPA Protected Tenant.
One of the principal bars to evic
tion under OPA regulations is a pro
vision known as "continuing period
of occupancy.’’ Under it, whether
the agreement is from month to
month or by lease for a longer pe
riod, the tenant has the right to
renew his contract each time it ex
pires.
Most local laws provide for this,
too, the official said, but some do
permit eviction when a specified
notice is given, and there is good
cause.
Another curb on evictions under
OPA controls provides that when a
home is purchased for occupancy
by a new owner, the present tenant
cannot be forced to vacate for at
least six months in most areas.
And when that period had elapsed,
the new owner was required to file
for eviction under local statutes,
which in some cases required an
other 30-day or longer wait.
These evictions still will have to
be in line with local laws.
Other States May Act.
Other States began following New
York and Massachusetts in an effort
to head off the expected explosion.
In New Jersey, Acting Gov. Haydn
Proctor said the State administra
tion would not "stand by idly and
see our citizens gouged by profit
eers.” He said two rent-control
measures, one for commercial and
one for private rents, which died
in the last Legislature, would be
revived.
Gov. Edward Martin of Pennsyl
vania said it might be possible under
his wartime powers to maintain con
trols, but thought such action prob
ably would have to come from the
United States Attorney General or
the Secretary of War before formal
action could be taken.
In New York, Charles D. Breitel,
counsel to Gov. Dewey, said that a
State law extending practically all
OPA regulations "awaits only a
ministerial act” to become effective.
That action would be Gov. Dewey’s
appointment of a rent-control com
missioner, who would proclaim State
control.
Rent Upheavals Reported.
Over the Nation, warnings of
rent upheavals were heard. In Des
Moines, Iowa, three renters reported
they had received notices their
rents would be increased from 30
to 35 percent tomorrow.
In Atlanta, Ga., the general re
action among real estate men was
"Lord help the poor renter in times
like these * * * with no other place
to go, many tenants will be litteral
ly crucified.”
C. C. Howell, president of the
Ohio Real Estate Association, esti
mated there would be a 15 per cent
increase in residential rentals, but
not a “run away inflation.” Fifteen
per cent increases also were pre
dicted in Portland, Ore., and St.
Louis. The Chattanooga (Tenn.)
area rent director forecast doubled
rents in a month if control is killed.
2 New Executives Named
By Capital Airlines-PCA
Appointment of two executives in
the treasury department of Capital
Airlines-PCA was announced yes
terday by R. G. Lochiel, vice presi
dent and treasurer of the airline.
They are E. J. Rock, formerly of New
York, as assistant controller, and
John P. Moran of Garden City, N. Y.,
as director of procurement.
Mr. Rock formerly was controller
of a large precision instrument
manufacturing firm in the New York
area. Mr. Moran was associated
with National Department Stores
and with the Hecht Co., with head
quarters in Washington as purchas
ing agent before establishing the
Moran Research Bureau in 1937.
Both men have assumed their
duties at the airline's general offices
at National Airport.
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Fights Mark Eve of Polish Vote;
Germans Pick Assemblies Today
Foreign Ministry in
Warsaw Says Outlaw
Gangs Fight Police
By »h» Associated Press
WARSAW. June 29.—Roving
armed bands clashed with units of
Poland's security police and army
today in rising unrest on the eve
of tomorrow’s national referendum
on legislative reform and nationali
zation of basic industries.
A spokesman for the Foreign
Ministry declared outlaw gangs
were wounding and killing hundreds
of persons "and probably thou
sands" in pre-election disturbances
He said many polling officials had
been attacked. Recently officials
said 8,000 persons had been killed
in 10 months.
Mass Arrests Charged.
The two major opposing factions
in the referendum are the four
party coalition including the Com
munist-backed Polish Workers’
party, supporting the provisional
government, and the Polish Peasant
party of Vice Premier Stanislaw
Mikolajczyk.
Mr. Mikolajczyk charged that
security police were making mass
arrests of party members, and were
confiscating all his party literature
demanding a negative vote on the
first question in the referendum—
whether voters want a one-house
parliament.
The other two questions are (1)
do you approve of the actions of
the provisional regime nationalizing
basic industries and agrarian reform,
and (2) do you approve establish
ment of Poland's western borders on
the Neisse and Oder Rivers?
There is actual disagreement only
on the first question, but Mr. Mi
kolajczyk, whose Peasant party
claims to represent 60 per cent of
Poland's people, has declared his
chief concern was whether the re
ferendum w’ould be conducted fairly.
Soldiers to Guard Polls.
Soldiers armed with tommy guns
and with bayonets fixed will guard
the polls. American and British
diplomats and newspapermen were
informed that any Pole seen talking
to them on referendum day would
be arrested subsequently by security
police.
The government has denied a Mi
kolajczyk request that representa
tives irom each of the six polling
parties act as clerks. Instead clerks
were chosen from lists presented by
the 17 provincial councils, of which
all but three are Communist-con
trolled. Mr. Mikolajczyk also pro
tested a government ruling that any
blank ballots would be counted as
affirmative votes.
Some 11,000,000 men and women
are eligible to vote in this first bal
loting in Poland in 11 years. Gen
eral elections have been promised
for sometime in the fall.
Premier of Indonesia
Is Reported Kidnaped
By tht Auoclattd Press
BATAVIA, Java, Sunday, June
30.—The Republican radio at Jog
jakarta last night said an armed
band had abducted Dr. Sutan
Sjahrir, Indonesian Republican Pre
mier, and other prominent persons
from a hotel at Soerakarta on
Thursday night.
Those kidnaped with Dr. Sjahrir
were Mme. Maria Ulfah Santoso,
Minister of Social Affairs in Dr.
Sjahrir’s cabinet, and a Maj. Gen.
Sudibyo, head of the organization
providing air evacuation for Dutch
internees in the Indonesian interior.
Dutch evacuation officials said
they were afraid the incident would
interrupt the currently smooth run
ning air evacuation system which
has been removing 500 internees a
day from the interior.
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Conservatives Making
Strong Bid in U. S.
Zone of Reich
By the AttociaUd Press
FRANKFURT, Germany, June
29.—German voters will choose as
semblies in significant elections
tomorrow in Bavaria, Greater Hesse
and Wuertemberg-Baden in the
American zone of occupation, with
the rightwing Christian Social Un
ion making a bid as the zone's
strongest political party.
About 6,000,000 of the 7.000.000
(eligible voters In the three states
! are expected to ballot for assemblies
which will approve, reject or change
constitutions drafted for the states
by American-appointed councils.
The states have a combined popu
lation of 18,000,000.
Catholic Group Conceded Edge.
Under the present drafts, Wuert
emberg-Baden and Bavaria would
have two-house legislatures, and
industrial Greater Hesse a one
house legislature “paving the way
for Socialism.”
The strongly Catholic Christian
Social Union, on the basis of pre
vious local elections in the three
areas, generally is conceded to have
the edge.
The party carried the previous
voting in Bavaria and Wuertem
berg-Baden, and made a strong
showing in Greater Hesse, where
the leftwing Social Democrats were
the victors.
During the current campaign,
various opposition parties have
formed an almost united front
against the Christian Social Union,
also known as the Christian Demo
cratic Party, hluch of that opposi
tion has |^en rallied by assertions
that the Christian Social Union is
dominated by the Catholic Church.
In Greater Hesse, the Commun
ists and Social Democrats have
agreed to join forces in opposing the
Christian Social Union, which also
may lose some middle-of-the-road
votes by the decided swing toward
the center of the once extremely
rightwing Liberal Democrats.
Slow Denazification Charged.
An American military govern
ment review declared Christian So
cial Union officials had been ac
cused by their opponents on the,
councils which drafted the proposed
constutions of being “lethargic" in
the denazification of clergymen.
The review added that opponents
had attacked what they said was
"the concept which is beginning to
crystalize in the sermons of some
clergymen that were God and eli
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Whitney, Truman Foe,
Lauds OPA Veto as
PAC School Ends
A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
who recently said he'd spend a good
deal of union money to defeat
President Truman, last night
praised the Chief Executive for his
veto of the OPA bill.
The railway union offlcials’s
stand was disclosed . before the
School of Political Action Tech
niques last night as it ended a
three-day meeting at the Willard
Hotel.
Congress should "stay on the job
in Washington" to enact "vitally
needed legislation," Mr. Whitney
also said.
His demand that Congress delay
its adjournment, climaxed a day
that had included decision by the
Young Citizens Political Action
Committee, an outgrowth of the
school’s sessions, to begin a na
tional campaign for suffrage for
the District.
Determination to urge the Nation’*
voter* to .support political candi
dates who will back the District’s
hope for the vote came after a
speech by Larry Day, chairman of
the Washington Youth Council, to
the newly organized Young Citizens’
PAC. He said:
“We should like to ask you to
move today in favor of suffrage for
the District, which has a- popula
tion greater than 17 States, to
direct and recommend YC-PAC to
gible voter he would vote Christian
Social Union.”
An American military government
report said recent speeches by
Christian Social Union leaders had
followed closely an Easter pastoral
letter by Catholic bishops. This let
ter referred to “injustices of the'
American denazification program,”
and made bitter reference to agra
rian redistribution in the Soviet
zone.
work nationally for local self
government and national represen
tation for the residents of the:
District. * • *
“Only if you demand it out at
the grass roots of the country will
the vote be given here. It is a sad
commentary that the American i
Government, which gave the vote:
to Berlin and Tokyo at the end of
this great war, denies it to its own
people here.”
Hold Prices Down to Avoid
Controls, Retailers Urged
Asserting that President Truman
"put Congress on the spot for show
ing its faith’’ in private enterprise
by vetoing the price control act,
Walter Morrow, president of the
American Retail Federation here,
yesterday called on business to keep
prices down duriilg the coming week
to prevent further "tinkering with
controls.”
Mr. Morrow’ said he had sent a
message to 19 national retail as
sociations and 34 State associations
stating that “Congress is not
through with price controls unless
business prevents a rapid spiral of
prices. Any quick and drastic
change in the price level inevitably
would result in more controls.”
He recommended that business
men (1) keep prices where they are
on goods now in stock, (2) price new
goods coming in at the lowest that
will yield a reasonable profit, and
(3) make goods available to all cus
tomers.
Two Company Officials
Killed by Lightning
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va., June 29.—Jos
eph Eugene Dulaney, 45. and V. W
Moody, jr„ 38, vice president and
assistant manufacturing director,
respectively, of the Reynolds Metals
Co. here, were killed by lighting
this afternoon on the Chesterfield
Country Club golf course.
The accident brought to a tragic
end an outing of company officials
and employes.
formally accepted by the 18 union*
Senator Morse, however, contend!
that a dual settlement was perfectlj
feasible.
In my talk with him, Mr. John
ston denied having contact with
Senator Morse until several dayi
after end of the strike when he had
returned to Cleveland. He said Mr
Miller was not authorized to speak
for him—"He’s Whitney's man, not
mine.”
I asked Mr. Johnston if it had
seemed to ‘ hitn that the Govern
ment had "stalled” a settlement s<
that the President could make hi!
dramatic announcement.
"That's just guess work.” he re
plied. "Unless I can tell facts 1
don't want to comment. I am not
going to presume something.”
Mr. Johnston said, however, thal
he did not see why Mr. Steelman
could not have passed along to thi
President the fact that he had
called off his part of the strike.
“I am trying to forget the wholi
thing,” he concluded.
utners see iiooa Faith.
T. C. Cashen, president of thi
Switchmen's union, said it was hii
impression that ‘‘Truman and Steel
man wished to get the strike settled
as quickly as possible.”
George Harrison, president of the
Railway Clerks, declared that the
“mechanics of getting the agree
ments on paper and signed delayed
the strike settlement until 3:57."
He added that while he felt all
afternoon that the strike would be
called off he does not think an
nouncement of settlement could
have been made earlier.
Bert M. Jewell, president of the
AFL Railroad Employes’ Depart
ment, said he thought Senatoi
Morse “is making a big mistake in
stirring this thing up again” and
that he did hot believe there had
been stalling on the settlement.
In addition to Mr. Pelley’s state
ment, another representative of the
carriers said that the Senator's
charges “are not in accordance with
the facts.”
In reference to Senator Morse's
description of his part in the “hoax,"
Senator Barkley said: „
‘‘The statement that I got my
wires crossed with the administra
tion is unfounded,” adding that he
had based his Senate floor an
nouncement of the strike end not
on information from administration
sources, but on * a news dispatch
shown him by one of the wire news
services.
“And that proved to be prema
ture,” he concluded.
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