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Paris Conferees
Defeat Delay on
All Reparations
U. S., Britain, France
Join Russia to Bar
Inquiry Into Claims
BULLETIN
PARIS (£•).—The three-day
fight over reparations appar
ently ended in committee late
today when an Australian
proposal to postpone all de
mands, including Russia’s
$1,000,000,000 bill against five
former enemies, was beaten,
15 to 2. Earlier Russia, op
posing the Australian pro
posal, had told the confer
ence that she considers repa
rations ‘‘a cornerstone of the
peace treaties” and that delay
in a decision on the question
would mean "postponing the
Peace Conference.”
By tf * Associated Press
PARIS. Aug. 28.—The Big Four
lined up solidly today against
an Australian proposal for a
special commission to investi
gate reparations claims.
Williard Thorp. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State, outlined the
stand of the United States on the
Australian reparations proposition
in the Economic Committee on the
Balkans and Finland, and speakers
from France and Britain concurred.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov had
fought the proposal for two days.
Mr. Thorp, financial adviser to
the American delegation, was sup
ported by Herve Alphand, French
foreign office spokesman. Glen
ville Hall. British delegate, supported
Mr. Thorp for the United Kingdom,
bringing the Big Four solidly into
line.
Withdraws Amendment.
Dr. E. Ronald Walker, Australian
delegate, answered the Big Four
lineup against creation of a repara
tions commission by withdrawing
the Australian amendment to the
Romanian treaty, but reserved the
right to bring up the proposal in
discussions of other treaty drafts.
Dr. Walker said he had never
questioned the amount of $300,000,
000 agreed by the Big Four as Ro
manian reparations to Russia, but
considered the method of fixing war
damage claims as "arbitrary.''
Mr. Molotov took the floor again
today on the reparations commission;
proposal and thanked the United
States. France and Great Britain for
their support of his stand.
He launched into a long discourse, I
declaring payment for war damage;
was "of great importance" for the
Soviet Union's reconstruction. He
took occasion to declare rumors that
Russia opposed the presence of the
world press at conlerence debates
were baseless.
"We are happy to see press repre
sentatives at our conferences and
our commissions.” he said. “We snail
be very happy if the point of view;
of the Australian delegation and;
that of the Soviet delegation would
be submitted in full to public1
opinion.”
Referring to an assertion by Mr.,
Walker that Australia favored repa
rations but wanted further invest!-!
gations, Mr. Molotov said "it’s like1
asking a friend to sit down with
you and then pulling his chair out!
from under him.”
In the Italian Political Commis
son, Giuseppe Saragat. president of
(See~CONFERENCE,~Page~A-47)
British Scour 2 Towns
In Palestine for Arms
iy the Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Aug. 28.—Red-*
bereted troops of the British 6th
Airborne Division swept into the
Jewish villages of Dorot and Ru-;
hama in the Gaza district at dawn!
today and began a search for arms.|
Hie first official announcement!
of the surprise raids did not disclose
the number of troops involved or \
whether they had encountered any
opposition.
The two villages are located in
Southwest Palestine. Both are com-!
paratively new communal settle
ments on the edge of the desert.
While the raids were under wayj
other British forces conducted an1
intensive search of the Bukharian!
quarter in Jerusalem, occupied
largely by Jews. This quarter
figured in the news a month ago
when irgun Zvai Leumi, Jewish un
derground organization, held a kid
naped British officer prisoner there
until he escaped.
Major League
Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Boston—
Detroit. 000 0 —
Boston ..... 000 —
Batteries-Hutchinson and Tebbctt'
Barria and 1. Warner.
Chicago at Washington, 8:30 P.M.
Cleveland at New York, 7:45 P.M.
St. Louis at Philadelphia. 8 P.M.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At Chicago—
Brooklyn ... 200 0 —
Chicago_ 000 —
Batteries—Gre*» and Edwards: Schmitt
and UriuiUa,
At Cincinnati—First Game
Boston . 002 002 1 —
Cincinnati . 000 301 —
Batteries—Sain and Masi; Vander Mecr
and Mueller.
At St. Louis—First Game
New York ..0 —
SL Louis 5 -
Batteries—Trinkle Budnlch list) and
Ceener; Beasley and Klntts.
New York at St. Louis i Second
t Game). 8:30 P.M.
‘ "Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 P.M.
' t
'Nobody's Damn
Business/ Halsey
Says of Cruise
'We'll Go Anywhere
We Please' on High
Seas, He Declares
Admiral William F. (Bull)
Halsey today answered a ques
tion about current movements of
United States warships by say
ing: “It’s nobody's damned busi
ness where we go. We will go
anywhere we please.”
The wartime commander of the
Third Fleet, who has just returned
from a good-will tour to South and
Central America, was asked at a
press conference what he thought
about the freedom of operation of
American warships in open waters,
with particular reference to an im
pending visit to Greece by the air
craft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt
and other United States vessels.
In making his reply, Admiral Hal
jsey made it clear that he did not
mean that American ships could in
trude into the coastal waters of any
foreign country, but that he defi
nitely considered the high seas as
“free.”
The Moscow Radio charged Mon
day that the Mediterranean cruise of
an American task force was tied in
~(See HALSEYTPage A-2j
Big Four Ministers
Reported Set for
Meeting Tomorrow
Molotov and Bidault Said
To Have Given Approval
To Byrnes-Bevin Plan
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 28.—A meeting of
the Council of Big Four Foreign
Ministers to discuss methods
whereby the work of this mo
lasses - slow Peace Conference
may be speeded will take place
tomorrow afternoon, it was
| learned authoritatively today.
American sources said Russian
Foreign Minister Molotov and
France's President Bidault had
added their approval of the idea of
Secretary’ of State Byrnes and Ernest
Bevin. Britain's Foreign Minister.
Although tne place of the meeting
is as yet unspecified, it is believed it
will be held at the Quai d’Orsay,
French Foreign Office, rather than
at the Luxembourg Palace, where
the conference meets. Almost cer
tainly, it will be closed to the press.
Mr. Bevin is expected to return
here from London this afternoon.
It was he who proposed to Mr.
Byrnes that the Foreign Ministers
get together again. The proposal
was made just before Mr. Bevin left
the conference for the British capital
last Saturday, an American source
revealed.
At that time. Mr. Byrnes is said to
have agreed heartily that a Big Four
huddle might be helpful. Mr. Bevin,
it is said, promised to get in touch
with the French and Russian repre
sentatives, and there the matter
rested.
No Deviation From Policy.
A spokesman for the American
delegation stressed last night that
Mr. Byrnes has in no waj; departed
from his previous position that any
meeting of the Big Four Ministers
taking place during the conference
should deal only w’ith substantive
matters, not with procedural matters.
He added, however, that the Sec
retary of State is willing to discuss
the question of what can be done to
1 SeeNO YES,Page~A-47)
Italian rartisans I old
To Lay Down Arms
By th* Associated Press
ROME, Aug. 28.—The National
Committee of the Italian Partisans
Organization appealed today to re
volting units in the north to lay
down their arms and seek their
‘rights’’ within the bounds of
legality.
At Asti, where the uprising started
several days ago when a group of
Partisans were dismissed from the
local police force, the Partisans
deeded the call, came down from
their hill positions and were ac
claimed by the townsfolk. Else
where in Northern Italy, including
Gen«e and Voghera. ferment con
tinued, said Milan dispatches.
Late News
Bulletins
Pasquel Bars Triplett
MEXICO CITY (Jp—Jorge
Pasquel, president of the Mex
ican Baseball League, today
ordered the Neuva Laredo
club to withdraw its contract
with Hooper Triplett, who
had been signed on a one
month basis. Triplett, for
merly with the Columbus
(Ga.) club of the South At
lantic League, had been
barred from American or
ganized baseball for life on
charges of betting against his
own team.
168-Game Schedule Voted
CHICAGO W. — American
and National Leagues, meet
ing in joint session, today
adopted a 168-game schedule
for 1947, starting April 15 and
ending September 28. The
owners also unanimously ap
proved contractual reforms
requested by players.
(Earlier Story, Sports Section.)'
U. N. Delegates
Clash on Greece
And Ukraine
Question Set Aside
To Meet Deadline
On Memberships
TURMOIL OVER PLEBISCITE in
creased by Soviet envoy's move to
quit Greece. Page A-6
By th« Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Aug.
28.—Great Britain and the Neth
erlands fought briefly with So
! viet Russia in the United Nations
j Security Council today over the
! valadity of Soviet Ukrainian
charges against Greece, but the
Council turned to the question
of new members of the U. N.
: without a decision on the
| Ukrainian case.
j The United States proposed that
! the Council recommend the ad
mission of eight applicants and it
was joined by Trygve Lie, secretary
general of the U. N„ and Brazil.
Mexico and Egypt. The Council
then adjourned until 2 p.m.
Siam asked that its application be
postponed temporarily.
The Council started its first'ses
sion in a converted war factory with
a call by its president for co-opera
tion and with an immediately en
suing fight over the Ukrainian case.
The Ukranian Complaint.
The Ukranian complaint charged
Greece with attempting to foment
war with her neighbor, Albania, and
called on the Council to act "with
out delay to eliminate this threat to
peace." It said that the holding of
Greece's referendum on the return
of the monarchy, scheduled for Sun
day, while British troops remained
in the country would be contrary u
the war aims of the Allies.
Dr. Oscar Lange of Poland. Coun
cil president, reminded the arguing
delegates that the Council must
meet a deadline tomorrow on the
applications of eight nations for
membership in the U. N. The dele
gates then agreed to hold the
Ukrainian item on the provisional
agenda in suspense until the mem
bership question was concluded.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet dele
gate. protested against an attempt
i by Britain and the Netherlands to
block the consideration of the
Ukraine charges.
Britain and the Netherlands
i joined forces at the outset of the
meeting, with Dr. Eelco N. Van
Kleffens, Holland delegate con
demning the Ukraine chargee
as "unsubstantiated accusations’*
against two U. N. members.
Delay on sum.
As the Council' turned to the
question of new members Dr.
Lange read a letter from Siam which
had just been handed to him ask
ing that the Siamese application be
held up until the Siamese-French
Indo-China territorial controversy
had been settled. France had in
dicated in committee meetings that
she would oppose the admission of
Siam at present.
Herschel V. Johnson. United States
delegate, proposed that the Council
recommend the admission of all
eight remaining applicant states.
“If the United Nations is to be
successful, no state can be left out
of it any longer than necessary,”
he said.
Mr. Johnson's resolution listed
the applicants as Albania, the Mon
golian People’s Republic, Afghan
istan, Transjordan, Ireland, Portu
gal, Iceland and Sweden.
Lie Supports Move.
Trygve Lie, United Nations secre
! tary general, also supported the ad
mission of all eight applicants.
He said that the United Nations
had made only one single exception
for admission—that of Spain.
Dr. Pedro Leao Velloso, Brazilian
delegate, immediately seconded Mr.
Johnson's proposal.
"Universality is one of the princi
ples of the United Nations,” Mr.
Velloso said.
Luis Padilla Nervo, Mexican dele
gate, told the Council that “we have
been of the opinion that the United
Nations should eventually include
all of the states.”
Mr. Nervo said it has not been
proved that any applicant states do
not satisfy the provisions of the
United Nations Charter.
« Plunge Into Controversy.
Plunging into controversy over
adoption of the agenda shortly
after meeting in their large council
chamber ina converted war factory,
the delegates heard Dr. Van Kleffens
say that the Council must not be
come a “sounding board.”
"Such superficial presentation as
we have before is not enough,” he
said.
Sir Alexander Cadogan. of Great
Britain followed Dr. Van Kleffens
with the statement that no attempt
had been made to substantiate the
Ukraine charges against Britain and
Greece.
Commenting that the same case
had been brought up in London last
(See U. N„ Page A^4 >
Reinforcements
Army Due to Vacate
780,C J Square Feet
Of Building Space
One of Three Structures
Will Be Returned to
Original Owners
Almost 400,000 square feet of
office space in buildings at 2 New
York avenue N.W., 300 I street;
N.W. and 801 Channing place j
N.E., in addition to another 380,
000 square feet of space at
Gravelly Point, will be vacated
within the next few weeks by
1 the War Department.
All three of the buildings were I
privately owned, but only one of j
; them will be returned Immediately j
I to the original owner, a Public j
Buildings Administration official;
said today.
The Veterans' Administration will
take over the Channing place and
i I street office space. The New York
1 avenue property will be given back
to its owner as soon as the War De
partment moves out.
Approximately 4,000 employes al-;
; ready have been moved from the
Munitions Building to the Pentagon,
officials said today, and another
3,400 from that building and others
will make a similar change in office
1 quarters before November 1. Moves
from the Munitions Building have
made 112.000 square feet available!
: to the Public Buildings Administra-1
! tion, and this also will be given!
; to the Veterans’ Administration.
Commendation for Plan.
Several sections of the adjutant
general's office are still in the Mu
nitions Building, as are the War
Department Board of Contract Ap
peals, chief of finance. Discharge
Review Board, Army Headquarters
Command and mast officials and
employes of the provost marshal’s
office.
Capt. John S. Oppenheimer,
spokesman for the War Department
in the “evacuation program,” said
i the department has received a com
i mendation from the Public Build
! ings Administration because of the
fast and efficient operation of the
i plan.
He said the scheduled transfers
| to the Pentagon between now and
the end of October will not put an
undue strain on the building be
cause the Army Ground Forces or
ganization is due to leave the Penta
gon October 1 for Fort Monroe, Va.
At present there are about 28.000
employes in the Pentagon, which
has a capacity of about 32.000.
Million Square Feet Evacuated.
The Triangle Building at 2 New
York avenue N.W., and those on I
street and Channing place now are
used as miscellaneous War Depart
ment offices, mostly for clerical work.
The War Department, a few days
ago, turned over to the Public Build
ings Administration about 50,000
square feet of space in building T-7
at Gravelly Point. It expects to eva
cuate the remaining 380,000 square
feet "very soon.”
Since January 1, Capt. Oppen
heimer reported, the War Depart
ment has evacuated more than 1,
000.000 square feet of building space
in Washington.
Berry Leaves Romania
BUCHAREST, Aug. 28 (£»>.—Bur
ton Y. Berry, American political
representative in Romania, left today
for Paris to confer with Secretary
of State Byrnes and then proceed
to Washington.
Remains of Five Downed Flyers I
Delivered to U. S. by Yugoslavs I
*y »h» Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
28.—Five containers holding the
remains of American flyers who
died August 19 when Yugoslav
fighter planes destroyed their
unarmed United States Army
transport were moved today
across the Morgan Line under a
Yugoslav guard of honor.
The remains were taken from
Ljublpana to the frontier town of
Avlzza, near headquarters of the
United States 88th Division, and de
livered to American military au
thorities. The Morgan Line divides
American-British and Yugoslav oc
cupation forces in the disputed
Venezia Giulia area of Italy.
All the crew of the C-47 trans
port was killed. For several days,
hope had been held for tha flfth
1 member of the crew because con
flicting stories that one or two para
chutes had been seen floating from
the plane. It was the second United
States Army transport downed in
Yugoslavia this month.
American Ambassador Richard C.
Patterson accompanied the remains.
The convoy left Ljubljana before
noon to hand the remains over of
ficially to Maj. Gen. Bryant C.
Moore, commander of the 88th Divi
sion, main American occupation
force in the disputed zone.
Both planes had been downed
over Yugoslavia while flying the
Udine-Vienna run. C-47 transports
were taken off the run after the
second plane was shot down and re
cently a Plying Portress, its machine
guns loaded and uncovered, made
the flight both ways.
Lt. Col. Chester M. Stratton,
assistant American military attache,
(See FLYERS, Page Aft.i
Athens Ballot Battle Stemmed
From Deep-Seated Differences
Veterans Ousted Machine in Power Since
1936, but Real Split Goes Back to '60s
Newspaper readers on August 2 had an uncomfortable feeling
that anything can happen here. In Athens. Tenn., 22 persons were
wounded when former servicemen who had conducted a political
campaign for county offices forced the incumbents to surrender
the ballot boxes and concede the election by laying siege to the jail
with machine guns and dynamite. The Star sent one of its reporters
to Tennessee to get the story behind the riot.
By George Kennedy
Athens is a city of 9,000 population in Eastern Tennessee, lying
halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga <57 miles each way).
It is the seat of McMinn County, which has a population of about
30.000. The names in the telephone book are Irish. Scotch and
English. McMinn County lies in the Sweetwater Valley, a lush
dairy country with herds of very contented looking purebred
Jersey cows grazing its green meadows. The Great Smokies on
the North Carolina border are about 75 miles east. The Cum
berland hills are about the same distance west. The Tennessee
River on its way south from Knoxville to Chattanooga flows west
or MCMinn.
In stores and buildings Athens is
similar to towns of the same size in
New York and Pennsylvania. It has
several small industries, a woolen
mill, stove foundries, a plow works
and two furniture factories.
Its courthouse, with mansard roof
and a clock in its lantern tower
rising above the surrounding maples,
is the center of a square surrounded
by stores. Smith’s Clothing Co.
windows are showing brogue oxfords
“as advertised in Esquire and Life.’’
The $60 brown box coat cut on man
nish lines shown in Kestron’s Ladies’
Wear Shop would look smart at the
Warrenton hunts. The letters WLAR
in large neon tubing are on the
[front of the radio station. Local
option allows sale of beer only and
local sentiment is very dry, but
Glenn Horton's jewelry shop is
showing a decanter, old-fashioned
cocktail glasses and highball glasses
with swizzle sticks—all in modern
istic glass.
The well-dressed countryman, in
town to shop, or local citizen, out to
talk on the street corners, wears
freshly laundered overalls. The men
sit on the benches or on the grass
in the maple shade. On the Satur
day morning of my arrival a colored
(Continued on Page-A-3TColumn 2)
Surplus Probers Find !
No Serious Error in
Radio Junk Sale
Army Use of Bulldozer
To Destroy Big Pile of
Parts Is Criticized
PLANES THAT COST nearly 4 bil- j
lion bring 3'2 million. Page A-6
Army officers who permitted
four carloads of wartime radio
and radar equipment to be sold
at give-away prices at Warner
Robins Air Force Depot. Macon.
Ga., were not guilty of any seri
ous error of judgment, the House
Surplus Property Committee re
ported today.
At the same time, the committee
denounced as “indefensible” the use
of a bulldozer at the airfield to
destroy partially a huge pile of
surplus material, and added that
many usable items were lost through
rough handling, such as loading
them on freight cars with cranes.
The conclusions announced today
confirm opinions given The Star by
committee members after hearings
at Atlanta, August, 19, on charges
that the Army was wasting surplus
property.
Not Seriously at Fault.
"Based on the testimony given at
this hearing,” said the statement
issued by Hugh D. Wise, jc., com
mittee counsel, "and particularly
in view of the screenings made of
the material, the committee does
not believe the military authorities
at Warner Robins Air Materiel Area
were seriously at fault in the exer
cise of judgment which led to the
decision to sell this property as
scrap.”
The Atlanta hearings were or
dered by Chairman Slaughter, Dem
ocrat. of Missouri after the Atlanta
Journal charged that usable or re
pairable radjo and radaw equipment
had been found in the junk yard
of the Atlanta Steel & Supply Co.,
a scrap metal concern, which had
bought the surplus from the Army
at a price of $12.88 a 100 pounds.
One amateur radio operator testi
fied he had bought two $4,000 air
tp-grouad liaison radio transmitters
for $6 apiece, frcm the junk dealer,
but this was countered later at the
hearing by testimony by responsible
Army officers and engineers. They
contended the particular transmit
ters involved were produced by con
tractors at costs ranging from $1,200
to $1,500 instead of $4,000, and
that on sale as surplus the highest
price ever obtained was $750 and
that this gradually had dwindled
down to a mere $30.
The report recalled that a story
in an Atlanta paper in July had
(See" SURPLUS 7 Page AlT)
OPA Asked fo Grant
New 6% Price Rise
In U. S. Cafeterias
Director Cites Operating
Deficit of $244,942,
Denies 35% Boost
By Joseph Young
Claiming an operating deficit
of $244,942 so far this year, Gov
ernment Services, Inc., has ap
plied to the OPA for permission
to increase its prices another 6
per cent in the 52 Government
cafeterias it operates, it was
learned today.
Capt. Frank W. Hoover, director ol
the non-profit organization which
serves an estimated 200,000 Federal
employes daily, told The Star tht
6 per cent rise is needed if the com
pany hoped to “break even” in its
operation.
The United Public Workers ol
America, CIO, has charged thal
Government Services already has
raised its prices by 35 per cent dur
ing the last few weeks. This was
denied by Capt. Hoover, who said
the increased revenue as a result ol
(See CAFETERIAS, Page A-6.»
Anderson Increases
Ceilingson Livestock,
Overriding Porter
OPA Adds 200 Agents
To Crack Nation-Wide
Auto Black Market
Probe Shows New Cars
Selling for 100 Per Cent j
Over Ceiling Prices
By fh# Associated Pross
OPA is bolstering its automo
bile price enforcement staff with
200 additional agents in a drive
to crack down on what an official i
described as a “Nation-wide
black market” in motor car sales.
Disclosing this today. William E.
Remy of the agency's auto enforce
ment branch said. “There is no par
ticular place where violations of
price ceilings are not going on.”
With the 200 additional agents the
OPA will have 600 In the field.
Investigations to date. Mr. Remyi
said, have turned up such things
as these:
1. Some new cars have been sold
as high as 100 per cent or between
$1,500 and $1,600 above OPA estab
: lished price levels. In the majority
; of such sales, however, the average
illegal price ranged between $400
and $500 above the OPA top.
20 Per Cent of Dealers Violate Rules.
2. In cases investigated. “One out
of every five dealers turned out to
be violating price regulations.”
Mr. Remy emphasized, however,!
that “a good portion of the regular
franchised dealers and a majority!
of the established used car dealers!
are not violating price ceilings.”
Alleged organized black market ]
rings such as those uncovered sev-1
eral weeks ago in the Midwest and
last week at Leesviljp, S. C.. Mr.:
Remy declared, account for a “rela
tively small portion” of the black
market activities throughout the
'Nation.
i New England Market Probed.
He explained OPA believes a ma
jority of price violations are carried
on throughout the Nation by "regu
lar dealers who give very low trade-in
prices on old cars and who take
ektra\money on the side."
OPA enforcement agents an
nounced at Leesville they had
smashed a *100.000,000 black market
car ring with the arrest of six men.
New and used cars were being sold
at over-ceiling prices at an open-air
sale, the agents said.
In Boston, William B. Sleigh, jr..
regional OPA enforcement officer,
said today an undercover investiga
tion of the automobile black market
in the New England area disclosed:
the “same pattern" as the operations j
at Leesville.
Mr. Sleigh said "the ring is be-i
lieved operating southward from
Boston into Rhode Island and north
from Boston into Maine, New Hamp
shire and Vermont.
Prices for 1946 automobiles, he:
said, range up to *2,600, in some
cases *1,000 over ceiling prices.
Announcing that OPA will bring
“license suspension suits” to close
businesses of such dealers. Mr. Sleigh
said that OPA now has 10 criminal ;
cases pending in New England;
against over-ceiling automobile vio-:
lators.
| He added that "no action will be
taken against the purchasers of;
over-ceiling autos," and that buyers’
of new cars are being asked to report
; to OPA details of their purchases.
10,000 Punjab Troops
Reach Basra, Reds Report
By th» Aiiociat.d Prass
LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Soviet
news agency Tass carried a Teheran
report today that "a fully-armed.
10,000-strong. Punjab division” had
arrived in Basra, Iraq port near the
Khuzistan oil field of Southern Iran.
The British War Office, which has
not disclosed the number of Indian
troops recently ordered to Basra,
refused comment.
"British officers in Basra openly
said that they have been sent to
occupy Khuzistan,” the Tass dis
patch said.
"Large quantities of arms are ar
riving continuously for Arabs,
among whom intensive work is be
ing carried on in preparation for
an uprising aimed at founding an
‘independent’ Khuzistan.”
NLRB Orders Company to Stop
Forcing Labor Views on Staff
The National Labor Relations
Board ruled today that it is an un
fair labor practice for a company
to call its employes into meeting
and hold it “captive” while express
ing its labor views at the time of a
collective bargaining election.
In a 2-to-l decision the board
ordered Clark Brothers, Inc., of
Olean, N. Y., to “cease and desist”
from compelling employes to listen
to speeches on their right to self
organization.
The unprecedented ruling affirmed
a trial examiner's report that the
company had called such a meet
ing an hour before an NLRB elec
tion by the United jAuto Workers
(CIO) at the plant last year.
The majority opinion said it was
clear “the form, content, volume and
concentration of the company’s
campaign propaganda was designed
to go beyond mere persuasion and
to achieve a restraining and coer
cive effect on its employes’ free ex
pression of their organizational will.”
“The compulsory audience was not,
as the record shows, the only avenue
available to the company for con
veying to its employes its opinion
on self organization,” the ruling con
tinued. “It was not |a inseparable
part of the speech mI more than
might be the act o^B speaker in
holding physically the person whom
he addresses in order to assure his
attention.
“The law may and does prevent
such a use of force without denying
the right to speak. Similarly we
must perform our function of pro
tecting employes against that use of
the employer’s economic power
which is inherent in his ability to
control their actions during work
ing hours.”
| The majority opinion was signed
by Chairman Paul M. Herzog and
John M. Houston. Member Gerard
D. Reilly recommended that the case
be dismissed.
After the trial examiner's report,
Clark Brothers appealed on the
ground it was only exercising "free
dom of speech.”
In its decision announced today,
the NLRB invoked no penalties on
the company but ordered it to cease:
and desist from engaging in sur
veillance and from enforcing a rule
prohibiting union solicitation on the
employe’s own time.
The company is entitled to take
the case to the Second Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The employes selected the Em
ployes’ Association, Inc. (Confeder
ated Unions of America! over the
UAW by a vote of 617 to 261 in a
third election held AjJ^l 9.
Pork to Cost 3 Cents
A Pound More, W^th
6-Cent Rise for Beef
By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.
Secretary of Agriculture An
derson, overriding Price Admin
istrator Porter, today directed
new ceiling prices for livestock,
which a department spokesman
said would increase the retail
prk r of most pork cuts about 3
cents a pound over old ceilings
and about 6 cents for beef.
Ending a deadlock which had
forced Stabilization Director Steel
man to take a hand in the dispute,
Mr. Anderson, in a statement, an
nounced the new prices which he
said were necessary to maintain pro
duction and to carry out "what the
department regards as a clear man
date from the Congress."
An OPA official said Mr. Porter
had no comment, but that the agen
cy had no recourse but to place the
ceilings into effect.
Mr. Porter has strongly opposed
livestock ceilings any higher than
those prevailing when price control
lapsed June 30.
Retail Ceiling Date in Doubt.
Todays action left up in the air.
at least temporarily, the effective
date of retail meat ceilings origin
ally scheduled by OPA to go into ef
fect September 9. The Anderson
statement quoted the new Price Con
trol Act to the effect that the Price
Administrator must make adjust
ments within 10 days after receipt
of any recommendation by the Sec
retary of Agriculture.
Asked by reporters if the an
nouncement meant an agreement
had been reached between the two
agencies, the spokesman said: ‘‘I
have no knowledge of any agreement
with OPA.”
Specifically, Mr. Anderson recom
mended to OPA that the ceiling
price on hogs, Chicago basis, be
*16.25 for 100 pounds. The June
30 ceiling was *14.85. The ceiling
for cattle, Chicago basis, was set at
*20.25, as against *18 for 100 pounds
under the old ceiling.
In addition, ceiling on dressed
lamb should reflect about *19 for
100 pounds, the Secretary said.
There was no ceiling on live lambs
before June 30.
Action Clearly on Order.
While Mr. Anderson's statement
said the prices had been recom
mended to OPA. officials in the de
partment conceded that today's ac
tion was clearly an order, based on
the department's interpretation of
the law.
The statement declared:
“The Congress of the United
States, when it passed the Price Con
trol Extension Act of 1946. made
clear its intent in these words: 'It is
hereby declared to be the policy of
the Congress that the Office of Price
Administration and other agencies of
the Government shall use their
price, subsidy and other powers to
promote the earliest practicable bal
ance between production and the
demand of commodities under their
control.’ ”
The statement further pointed out
that Congress had stipulated that
when the Secretary determines that
maximum prices on agricultural
commodities which are scarce are
impeding production, the Secretary
may recommend to the price admin
istrator such adjustments and max
imum prices as the Secretary deter
mines to be necessary to attain es
sential production.
Warns of High Slaughter Rate.
Mr. Anderson said that in view
of the findings of the Decontrol
Board that meat supplies will con
tinue to be in short supply in rela
tion to demand at reasonable prices,
“it is the decision of the department
that if ceilings are restored at the
June 30 levels such an action will
impede obtaining the necessary
production of livestock and meat.”
Mr. Anderson warned of a high
rate of slaughter of unfinished
cattle and hogs, and said that this
“rapid liquidation (of livestocki is
already alarming.” He added that
if continued “it can well be dis
astrous.”
In conclusion the statement de
clared the department “can not do
otherwise than take at face value
the declaration of decontrol policies
(See PRICES. Paage A-6.)
Carmelite Head Killed
In Texas Auto Crash
Four persons, including the inter
national head of the Carmelite
Order, and two other Carmelite
priests were killed in the head-on
collision of two automobiles near
Alanreed. Tex., late yesterday, it
was learned here today.
The Very Rev. Peter Thomas
Sioli, O. C. D.. superior general of
the international Discalced-Carmel
ite Order, and his secretary, Father
John Batista of Rome, Italy, died
in the Shamrock <Tex.) Hospital of
injuries. The provincial of the
Oklahoma province of the order.
Father Joseph V. Cantavella. was
killed instantly.
Also killed was Cono Marino, 43,
of New York, who was a passenger
in the other car, occupied by his
brother, the Rev. Antonio Marino,
41, a Baptist minister of Mount
Vernon. N. Y.. and the pastor’s wife
and son. The Rev. Mr. Marino and
his family were injured and are in
the Shamrock Hospital, according
to the report received here by the
Carmelite Monastery.
Father Sioli came to the United
States from Rome several weeks ago
for an official visit to the Carmelite
orders here and in Mexico. The
Catholic Church officials were en
route from their principal house in
Oklahoma City to Santa Fe. N. Mex.
They were to go later to San An
tonio, then to Mexico.
Father Sioli visited the-Washing
ton monastery last month, leaving
July 31 for the Soy ^J|estern trip.