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Byrnes Calls for Reich Self-Rule
Under Central Regime and Bars
French Claim to Rhineland, Ruhr
German Frontier in
East Is Not Fixed,
Russia Is Warned
(Text on Page A-5.)
ty th« Associated Press
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept.
6—In an American statement of
policy, Secretary of State Byrnes
today called for a new Germany j
governed by the Germans them-i
selves and including not onlyj
the Rhineland and Ruhr but
probably also territory beyond
the Oder River “provisionally”
assigned to Poland.
Thus Mr. Byrnes rejected French |
claims to the Rhineland and the j
Ruhr, although he conceded that!
the Saar should go to France.
“Recovery in Europe will be slow,
Indeed, if Germany is turned into
a poorhouse.” Mr. Byrnes told Ger
man officials and American military
leaders at the tank-guarded Staatsj
Theater. The speech was broadcastj
in German over all stations in the!
American, British and French zones
of occupation, but no arrangements
had been completed to send it over
the Russian stations.
Mr. Byrnes' prepared text outlined
a broad plan for eventual unification
Poland 'Not Worried'
About border Change,
Diplomat Here Says
■y the Associated Press
A Polish Embassy spokesman
sard today his government “is
not worried very much” by Sec
retary of State Byrnes’ hint that
the United States may seek to
revise the size of German ter
ritories Poland has annexed.
“Mr. Byrnes and the United
States are not the only ones
who will determine Poland's
boundaries." the spokesman said.
He added that his government
"categorically” believes the pres
ent borders should not be dis
turbed. Poland can be expected
to oppose vigorously any move
to do so, he said.
Mr. Byrnes' attitude for
Poland's frontiers, the spokes
man continued, “is not much
different” from that shown
by American delegates to the
Potsdam Conference where the
problem was examined.
of the Germans under a national
council charged with drafting a fed
eral constitution for Germany.
Mr. Byrnes’ original text, distrib
uted last night in Germany and in
Washington, spoke of this opnstitu- j
tion as being for a “United States
of Germany.” but Mr. Byrnes later
eliminated this phrase from the text
and omitted it in delivery.
Reply to Molotov Speech.
Mr. Byrnes' speech was, in some
respects, a reply to the July 10
statement of Russian Foreign Min
ister Molotov, who called for a
central German regime, but said a
federal government or any dismem
berment of Germany should be
projected only after a later plebis
cite showed the people’s sentiment.
Mr. Byrnes made plain the inten
tion of the United States to continue
indefinitely her interest in Euro
pean affairs and emphasized that
“security forces probably will have
to remain in Germany for a long
period.”
"I want no misunderstanding.”
Mr. Byrnes said. “We will not shirk
our duty. We are not withdrawing
(See BYRNES^-Page A-6.)
French Disappointed
At Address by Byrnes
By th« A»ftooot*d Pr**»
PARIS, Sept. 6—French officials
expressed sharp disappointment to
day over Secretary of State Byrnes’
speech in Stuttgart, Germany. A
government official who refused to
be identified criticized the American
policy on two counts:
1. “It is an open bid for pop
ularity with the Germans, and can
only lead to competition, in this
respect, with Russia.”
2. “It is not as practical, in terms
of the Ruhr and the Rhineland,
as the proposals advanced nearly
a year ago by France.”
Gen. Charles de Gaulle may reply
to Mr. Byrnes and restate his atti
tude in a speech at Liege,, Belgium,
Sunday. Gen. de Oaulle is not
now a member of the government
but has espoused separation of thi
Ruhr and Rhineland from Germany
8ome French officials said Mr
Byrnes’ statement “adds nothing’
to what the American Government
previously had advocated for Ger
many.
French policy since the end ol
the war has been directed towarc
splitting off the Ruhr and Rhine
land from the main body of Ger
many and bringing these industrial
areas into closer economic ant
political relationship with France
The possibility of creating an inde
pendent state even has been con
sidered.
Mr. Byrnes’ statement of thi
American desire* for the economic
unity of Germany and the erasini
of zonal barriers would cut straighi
across this line of policy and i
adopted would deal a death bios
to French plans.
Le Monde, which usually mir
rors opinions of the French Poreigr
Office, commented that “it is ob
vious that this speech wax meant foi
the German people. But the concrete
propositions contained in it require
above all. thorough discussion amoni
the Allies.”
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Byrnes Believes
He Used Hitler's
_ •
Own Bed on Train
Secretary to Stay
In Reich as Clay's
Guest Till Sunday
By Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent
STUTTGART, Sept. 6.—Secre
tary of State Byrnes came to
Stuttgart aboard Adolf Hitler’s
private car and declared that he
had slept well in what he
thought was the Fuehrer's pri
vate bed.
He was accompanied by Senators
Honnally and Vandenberg. his ad
visers. Senator Vandenberg said he
tsed Hermann Goering's bed during
:he night.
Senator Connally told reporters
liter Mr. Byrnes’ address to German
officials and American military
leaders:
“We are all agreed in the Senate
to keep quiet. The secretary’s voice
reaches farther than ours.”
Senator Vandenberg observed:
‘Silence is consent.”
Mr. Byrnes' train pulled into
Stuttgart from Berlin shortly after
11 a m. The minister-presidents of
the three states in the American
sone met him at the station and
spent several minutes talking with
dim before he left the train. Later
they heard his speech from the front
row of the Staats-Theater.
They were Karl Geiler of Greater
Hesse. Reinhold Maier of Wuerttem
oerg-Baden and Wilhelm Hoegner
usee NOYES, Page A-6.)
U. N. Meets in Secret
Today to Discuss
Report to Assembly
Ukrainian Accusations
Against Greece Set
Aside Until Monday
ty tHe Associated Prats
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—The
United Nations Security Council
meets in secret session this aft
ernoon after two days of heated
debate over the Soviet Ukraine’s
complaints against Greece and
Great Britain.
Publie discussion of the Ukraine
charges that Greece was stirring up
incidents on the Albanian frontier
with British troops in the back
ground was put over until 2 p.m
Monday, when the delegates will re
turn to the U. N. interim head
quarters at Lake Success.
The closed session was called foi
discussion of the count's report tc
the September 23 meeting of the
General Assembly in New York. The
secretariat has asked the council
to expedite its report, which will in
clude statements on the handling
of the unsettled Russian-Iranian
Spanish and Ukranian cases, all ol
which were brought before the
council since the assembly meeting
in London last winter.
Great Britain strongly indicated
in debate on the Ukrainian charge:
at Lake Success yesterday that she
wiil press for dismissal of the
Ukrainian chai%es on the conten
tion that they amount to no mor<
than propaganda spread over th<
world from the hearings of the
council.
British Delegate Sir Alexande:
Cadogan said Ukrainian Foreigi
Minister Dmitri Manuilsky hae
failed entirely to make a case.
He quoted Mr. Manuilsky s owi
charge that “unbridled propaganda’
had arisen over the tense Baikal
isituation and then said the Ukrain
ian “must not resent my using thi
same phrase to characterize his doc
ument and statement.”
At another point Mr. Cadogai
said:
"While Greece is exposed to in
cessar.t attacks from the press am
radio from her northern neighbor
and from Moscow, and while forme
enemy states are encouraged to mak
baseless claims for Greek territory
Greece cannot enjoy freedom fron
fear.”
Mr. Cadogan made clear that h
(See U. N., Page A-Bj
Radio in Reich Red Zone
Ignores Byrnes Speech
Sy th« Allotiot«d Fr«l
BERLIN. Sept. 6—Radio station
jin the Russian zone, Including th
f powerful Soviet-controlled Berli:
radio, did not carry Secretary o
State Byrnes’ Stuttgart speech li
German as it was delivered.
Thus Germans in the Russian zon
for the most part will remain in th
dark regarding the message to th
German people until 8oviet-license
newspapers publish it.
A spokesman for the Soviet New
Bureau, which serves papers an
radio stations in the Russian zom
said it intended to report the addres
“because it is of such great lm
porta nee."
“Nacht-Express,’’ popular Berlii
newspaper published in the Russiai
sector of Berlin, prominently dia
played Mr. Byrnes’ speech, saying h
had proposed a “united states c
1 Germany." It ran a column of direc
quotations but no editorial commen
ROME, 8ept. 6 (J’i.— The Byrne
, speech received smash play in mn
; Rome afternoon newspapers, but n
editorial comment
i
British Threaten
Repudiation of
Trieste Decision
Demand That Parley
Uphold Proposal for
Free Territory
fty the Associated Press
PARIS, Sept. 6.—Great Britain
warned the Peace Conference
today that she would withdraw
from the Big Four agreement on
division of Venezia Giulia if
Trieste is not given a genuine
“international” status as a free
territory.
Charging that Yugoslavia Is
claiming ‘a very special position”
in the administration of the dis
puted Adriatic port. British Dele
gate Hector McNeil said Britain
would "reconsider the whole agree
ment" if Trieste's independence is
impaired.
France, too, lined up with Britain
in opposing Yugoslav claims to
domination of Trieste, though in
less unequivocal language.
Maurice Couve de Murville, the
French delegate, said his nation
would “insist on a free territory as
the core of the whole situation."
Foreign Minister* Meet.
A meeting of the Foreign Ministers
Council was called for this after
noon at the request of Russian
Foreign Minister Molotov, an official
American source said. James C.
Dunn was designated to represent
the United States in the absence of
Secretary of State Byrnes.
A French government official said
“as far as I know” the ministers
would continue discussion of a Rus
sian proposal to delay the Septem
ber 23 meeting of the Urtited Nations
Assembly and move the meeting
from New York either to Paris or
Geneva.
The official said the Council would
not discuss the speech made In Ger
many today by Secretary Byrnes.
In his statement on Venezia Giu
lio. Mr. McNeil warned flatly that
"well honor our bargain, but if the
statute is so changed as to impair
the conception of a free territory
we will have to reconsider our whole
agreement.”
Molotov Demands Support.
This was the first notice that any
of the four-power foreign ministers
might not stand by their accords
hammered out in 11 months of
negotiations.
Mr. Molotov has insisted again
and again throughout the five-week
Peace Conference that the four pow
ers resist unanimously any attempt
to change agreed sections of the
treaty drafts and the Council re
affirmed this solidarity again last
week. Only yesterday the Soviet
! Deputy Andrei Vishinsky supported
| the Trieste agreement, although he
said it was a “minimum'’ of justice
I for Yugoslavia.
The British stand on the hottest
: territorial dispute before the Lux
embourg Palace conference was
made in reply to demands by Slavic
powers for Yugoslav domination of
Trieste.
Appealing for a “genuine interna
tional approach” to solution of the
Trieste dispute, Mr. McNeil told the
; Italian Political and Territorial
! Commission that Trieste must be
j (See CONFERENCE. Page~AT67)
; Two-Thirds of Grain
' Harvested in Soviet
I
iy the Associated Pros*
MOSCOW, Sept. 6.—More than
t two-thirds of the Soviet Union’s
grain and bean crops were harvest
, ed by September 1, the government
^newspaper Izvestia reported today
| China Names Vatican Envoy
1 SHANGHAI, Sept. 6 UP).—'The
Chinese Central News Agency re
J ported today that Dr. John Wu
internationally recognized Jurist, has
. been appointed China’s first min
; ister to the Vatican. Wu is a
' Catholic.
2,534 Ships \m
In Greatest U. S. j
Maritime Strike
Total Stoppage Near;
Government Action
Expected Today
TRUCK STRIKE HALTS exchange
trading in butter and eggs.
Page A-16
The Nation’s greatest mari
time strike was in full force on
all coasts today, tying the great
ports in knots and immobilizing,
according to the two striking
AFL unions, 2,534 ships of vary
ing sizes.
Members of the Seafarers Inter
national Union and affiliated Sailors
Union of the Pacific threw an early
morning picket line around New
York's waterfront, a prelude to simi-l
lar action at other ports, making the
ship stoppage total.
It was indicated that nearly a
half million maritime workers would
be idle since CIO unions and other
AFL groups have promised to ob
serve the sailors’ picket lines. An
estimated 90,000 AFL members are
directlv involved in the dispute.
Protest Wage Ruling.
The Government was strictly on;
the spot in the dispute and some ac-1
tion to attempt to end the strike,;
was expected here today. The sailors;
walked off ships at Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific ports yeserday in pro-!
test of a Wage Stabilization Board!
ruling reducing newly won wage in-1
creases of $22.50 to $27.50 monthly!
to the'417.50 raise received last June
by the CIO sailors, the National
Maritime Unibn.
Just what the Government would
do was not clear. The Stabilization
Board refused to approve the wage
agreement worked out by ship
owners and the AFL sailors on the
grounds that it was over the limit
of Federal policy. If the Govern
ment now gives grotfnd, it could re
sult in a flood of wage requests from
other unions.
Both imports and exports of fodd
and all other commodities were
halted by the strike, food vital to
distressed foreign nations and to
this country. Imports of such scarce
items as bananas and sugar were
choked off. The strike was expected
| to have far-reaching effect in halt
ing transportation of materials
i needed by American industry,
j Spokesmen for the Seafarers' and
I Sailors’ Union said that 344 ships
were tied up in New York, 350 in
other Atlantic ports, 450 in the Gulf
and 1.200 on the West Coast. The
New York figure was almost 200
higher than the Maritime Commis
sion estimate, and apparently in
cluded small vessels not counted
by the Government.
troopship Shifted.
The troopship Wilson Victory,
originally scheduled to dock today
in Staten Island, was shifted to the
Brooklyn Army Base because of the
shutdown on Staten Island piers.
In addition to troops aboard, the
I transport carried 56 coffins contain
ing the bodies of Army and War
Department personnel who died in
Europe since July 1.
No troopships are due here tomor
row or Sunday, but the George
Goethals is due Monday from
Southampton with 295 wives and
children of veterans.
In Philadelphia, James Truesdale,
port agent for the seafarers, said
‘nothing is being worked” after
pickets appeared at the ports 191
See MARITIME, Page A-167)
Soviet Parliament Delayed
MOSCOW, Sept. 6 —The govern
ment announced today that the
meeting of the Supreme Soviet
(Parliament) scheduled for Sep
tember 20 had been postponed to
October 15 by the Presidium. No
reason was given. The last session
of the Supreme Soviet was March
12-19.
Boston Rowdyism Prompts VFW
To Consider Member Expulsions
>y a Staff Correspondent of The Star
BOSTON, Sept. 6.—Nighttime
vandalism and rowdyism this week
reached “an unprecedented high”
in this convention-packed city, where
s about 20,000 Veterans of Foreign
! Wars delegates and members are
l holding their annual encampment,
f Police .officials, however, absolved
I VFW visitors in most cases, attrib
uting numerous instances of large
; bonfires, overturned automobiles,
• | abused women, attacks on pedes
» trians and motorists, broken wln
II dows, fights, false alarms and gen
eral defiance of police to Boston
s teen-agers, who, they say, are using
1 the convention as a mask in a search
:, for excitement.
s But a VFW Committee on Reha
- bilitation and Veterans Welfare yes
terday accepted at least a partial
i responsibility for the lawlessness by
i unanimously approving a resolution
. strongly calling for formation of a
r Law and Order Committee and a
f mandate to expel guilty members
t "from the Veterans of Foreign Wars
forever.” A committee member said
the resolution would be introduced
s to delegates for a vote today,
t Expressing fear that conduct of
» VFW members has caused animos
ity, the resolution charges that "ear
tain mental morons” have used ob
scene language, indecent exposure
and*contributed to the delinquency
of minors “with the apparent sanc
tion of the organization.”
In another move yesterday, mean
while, delegates unanimously ap
proved a resolution demanding
“police protection” for all parades
having young boys or girls as par
ticipants.
The. resolution was introduced
after Michael Beldraine. ‘ a VFW
post commander from Madrid, Iowa,
told the delegates a 17-year-old
drum majorette and a chaperone
with an all girls’ Iowa drum and
bugle corps were injured dprlng a
procession through Boston streets
Tuesday night.
••While we were marching, a
group of young men—I know several
were sailors—broke through the
ranks and began grabbing young
girls,” he declared. Still bearing
several facial cuts and bruises, Mr.
Beldraine said he was knocked down
twice while attempting to defend
the girls.
He said the 17-year-old girl, identi
fied as Helen Williams, of Boone,
Iowa, suffered a cracked rib from
the incident.
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VFW Reverses Stand
On Military Merger;
Asks Delay in Action
VanfZandt, Veteran
Of Navy, Wins Debate
With Honor Medal Man
By George Beveridge
Star Staff Correspondent
BOSTON, Sept. 6.—After a
heated 90-minute debate the
Veterans of Foreign Wars today
reversed their stand of last year
and urged that Congress take no
action on the merger of the
armed forces until views of both
Army and Navy officials can be
given a further airing.
Meeting here for the final session
of their annual encampment, the
delegates gave James Van Zandt of
Pennsylvania, Republican congres
sional nominee and a captain in the
Naval Reserve, a decisive victory in
his fight against the merger.
Attacking restrictions barring
naval officers from addressing public
groups on the unification proposal,
Capt. Van Zandt, a past VFW com
mander, charged the restriction is
“an unfair muzzle that is hiding
facts from the public.”
“I participated in 26 invasions
from New Guinea to Japan and I
can tell you that if the merger bill
now before the Congress is passed,
the United States Navy is sunk,” he
declared. Also charging that the
proposal "is really a fight between
the Air Forces, the Ground Forces
and the Navy,” he also called on
former AGF soldiers to “defend
the need for your old units.”
nonor mortal man speaks.
Appearing before a VFW National
Security Committee here this week
were "two generals and three colo
nels, all Air Forces,-’ he said, "but
not one single Navy man was allowed
to say a word.”
The Security Committee proposed
the resolution accepted by delegates
after the debate. In addition to
further congressional study, it also
asked wide public distribution of
views of the officials of all forces.
The real fight arose today when
Army Lt. Francis X. Burke. Con
gressional Medal of Honor dinner
from Jersey City, charged the con
vention was passing the issue as
“a hot potato,-’ and submitted a
substitute resolution indorsing “con
solidation of all forces on a co-equal
status In a national department of
security.-’
“I want to take this opportunity
to exploit my Medal of Honor,” he
said. “True unification is the only
key to real fuUire security.” Lt.
Burke s motion was swamped, how
ever. after Capt. Van Zandt's
address.
Many Issues Left Open.
The merger issue was the only
important one settled during this
last meeting and indications now
are that the session, scheduled to
end at 5 p.m., will run late into
the night.
The delegates approved a resolu
tion demanding congressional legis
lation to give the Government strict
control of atomic energy, adequate
appropriations for atomic research
and that “all processes and equip
ment for processing the bomb be
kept secret by the United States.”
Among questions still unsettled is
the convention’s stand on admission
of women members and on uni
versal military training.
In addition there are nearly 30C
resolutions yet to be voted on and
officers to be elected.
In a surprise move late yesterday
the delegates unanimously indorsed
the Wagner-EUender-Taft housing
bill, heretofore opposed by VFW
officials. A resolution from the
floor asked President Truman to
(See VFW, Page A-8.)
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Detroit—
Cleveland — —
Detroit_ —
BatUrin—Harder and Hera ns Trout
and Tabbattr.
Boston at Washington, 8:30 F.M.
New York at Philadelphia—S P.M.
(Only Games Scheduled.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
At New York—
Philadelphia 010 9 —
New York... 163 1 —
Baturin—Jadd. Hoerat (3d) and Sen
iniek. Donor* (4th) i Trinkl* and Lon
bardi.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis—8:30 P.M.
(Only Games Scheduled.)
Sports Writer's Blood
Now Less Valuable
Than Series Tickets
By the Associated Press |
BOSTON, Sept. 6—A few
years ago, John Drohan, Boston
Traveler baseball writer, was
seriously ill, needed a blood
transfusion, and received it.
Deeply grateful, he won his
way back to health.
Today, Mr. Drohan revealed
he had received a letter from
the donor asking if he could
get a pair of World Series
tickets.
‘It would be easier to give
him back his pint of blood,”
Mr. Drohan lamented.
Pullman Pay Award
Opens Inflation Door,
!
Minority Report Says
Board Named by Truman
Backs $44.40 Raise
For Conductors
By the Associated Pratt
A presidential emergency
board recommended today a
$44.40 monthly Increase for Pull
man conductors. The action was
taken in a split decision which
one member said “unlocks the
doors” of anti-inflation controls.
Robert G. Simmons disagreed
sharply with the views of the other
two board members. Chairman I. L.
j Sharfman and Walton Hamilton. In
a minority report, Mr. Simmons
said the Increase should be held to
$41.62’* a month.
The decision, Mr. Simmons wrote,
‘‘unlocks the doors and furnishes a
vehicle to be used in further tear
ing down the anti-inflation con
trols.”
White House Wakes Announcement.
The White House made public the
recommendation of the board, ap
! pointed by President Truman. Au
gust 2, to investigate the dispute be
tween the Pullman Co. and em
ployes represented by the Order of
Railway Conductors. Public hear
ings were held in Chicago.
Both parties agreed upon a wage
increase of 18 H cents an hour, the
general pattern for the railroad
industry, but the disagreement arose
over the number of hours consti
tuting a full-month's pay.
The Pullman Co. offered a
monthly increase of $41.62 >i to the
conductors, figured on a basis ol
225 hours of work a month.
The railway conductors insisted
on payments based on 240 hours
which they contended constituted
a full month’s work.
Hours Worked Is An Issue.
“The sole Issue involved in this
| proceeding,’’ the board reported
j ‘concerns the application of this
I wage pattern (18^ cents an horn
increase) to the monthly rates oi
the Pullman conductors.”
In Mr. Simmons’ report, he saic
that other railroad employes wh«
have received the $44.40 increas<
have done so "because they hav<
earned 240 credited hours.”
“But if the Pullman conductor)
are to receive $44.40 per month in
crease applied to their basic month’!
pay which they received when thej
have earne«rt25 credited hours, then
: their hourly increase amounts to
18.73 cents an hour.”
i He afgued that when a Pullman
! i SeePULLMAN.Page^A^eT)
i-—
| Kemp Murder Case
Still a Mystery After
Questioning of Three
Youth in D. C. Jail Grilled;
Two Detectives Called
Back From Virginia
Two detectives assigned ex
clusively to the James Anthony
Kemp murder case questioned a
youthful prisoner today but re
fused to comment on whether he
was regarded as a suspect.
With two other youths questioned
in Portsmouth, Va„ ruled out as
suspects, the case appeared as far
from solution as are two other knife
slayings committed here in recent
years.
Members of a six-man squad en
trusted with apprehending the
slayer. Detective Sergts. Edgar E
8cott and John L. Sullivan ques
tioned a teen-aged white boy ir
police headquarters, then refused
to say whether they regarded him
as an important link in their in
vestigation.
Two in Virginia Cleared.
Two other members of the squad
Detective Sergts. Nunzio Bonac
[ corsy and Richard Felber, were
I ordered by Detective Chief Robert
J. Barrett to return from their Vir
ginia expedition empty-handed.
Inspector Barrett said the youths
questioned at Portsmouth figured
neither in the Kemp slaying nor in
the holdup of two High’s ice cream
stores here last Friday. The detec
tive chief said it had been thought
the boys might have been those who
robbed the High's stores and threat
ened a clerk with death.
Failure of the police to unearth a
workable clue in the slaying of the
24-year-old Navy Gun Factory em
ploye was reminiscent of two un
solved knife murders in 1943 and
1944. On January 30, 1944. Arthur H.
Weisenberger, 27, a cab driver and
father of two children, was found
stabbed to death near his cab in the
300 block of New ersey avenue S.E.
His body was punctured by 24 stab
wounds.
On August 6, 1944, Miss Frances N.
Erickson, 30-year-old architectural
designer, died on a woodland path
in Rock Creek Park of a single chest
wound.
Kemp Found Dying.
i Mr. Kemp was found dying from
a stab wound early Sunday mora
| ing. Discovered by neighbors in
j the middle of the street at Thirty
seventh street and Thirty-seventh
t place, he was unable to identify
I his attacker before dying en route
to a hospital.
Investigators still are seeking tc
piece together Mr. Kemp's action;
from the time he supposedly left
a hamburger stand about 12:15 ajn
Sunday until he was found stabbec
once near the heart about an houi
later. The fact that he apparently
was not robbed and had no'knowr
enemies has deepened the mystery
surrounding his death.
Tito and Patterson
Confer on Indemnity
fty the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Sept. 6. — Marsha'
Tito and American Ambassador
Richard C. Patterson had a 45
minute conference today on de
mands of the United States for in
demnification In the shooting down
of two American transport planes.
No details of the discussion were
disclosed.
NFFE Demands Pay Increases
Based on Early'47 Conditions
By Joseph Young
Sfar Staff Correspondent
CLEVELAND, Sept. 6.—The 400
delegates attending the National
Federation of Federal Employes’
convention here voted unani
mously today to ask Congress to
grant wage increases to Govem
mnt workers to offset rising liv
ing costs.
NFFE officials declared that the
wage increase demand will be the
union’s primary objective when the
80th Congress convenes in January
The convention did not state the
specific amount of salary increase*
desired. Union officials said thii
policy was followed because it will
be nearly four months before Con
gress returns and the cost of livlni
1
may rise still further by that time.
“Whatever wage increase we might
ask for now might become obsolete
by January,” one of the union’s lead
ers said after the resolution was
adopted. “It’s better to wait and
see what happens in the next few
months before agreeing on how
much we want in the way of pay
raises.”
The NFFE’s executive council will
study the entire problem of the
rise in living costs and decide just
what the union's pay requests will
be, it was said.
Meanwhile delegates prepared to
wind up the 18th biennial conven
tion tonight. A session was held
‘ last night and it is expected that
another one wilt be this evening to
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New Meat Price
Ceilings Fixed;
In Effect Tuesday
Average Increase Is
33A Cents a Pound
Over June 30 Level
By the Associated Press
OPA today announced new re
tail ceilings for most meats
amounting to an overall average
increase of about 33i cents a
pound above June 30 ceilings,
but below present prices.
At the same time, the price
agency said, the retail meat ceilings
will not apply until Tuesday. "Dhey
had been scheduled to take effect
Monday in more than 1.000,000
butcher shops and meat countera
throughout the Nation.
The new retail ceilings for lard,
canned meat and shortening, how
ever, will apply Monday as previ
ously scheduled.
Top Beef Up g Cents.
OPA said the new beef ceilings
average about 8 cents a pound
higher than June 30 for top-grade
cuts and about 3 cents a pound
higher for all retail beef cuts on
th* average.
The agency reported the lamb
I cuts will average 10 cents a pound
higher and mutton cuts about 4
cents higher.
The new pork ceilings average 7
to 8 cents higher on more than
half of all pork cuts, with a general
average increase of 4 cents a pound.
Lard ceilings will be up 5Vi cent*
a pound.
Veal cuts and sausage items re
main unchanged from the June 30
ceilings.
Day's Delay Held Needed.
OPA said the additional one-day
delay in imposition of the new re
tail meat ceilings is needed to com
plete distribution of price list pos
ters to retail butchers.
The increases in beef ceilings are
confined to most cuts in the two
top grades. AA and A.
OPA said that 95 per cent of lamb
and mutton cuts are increased and
58 per cent of the total weight of
ali pork cuts.
The agency said the beef under
ceilings comprises about 43 per cent
of the total meat supply, the pork.
44 per cent, lamb and mutton 6
per cent and veal the rest.
Poultry Supply May Offset
Meat Shortage Next Week
Housewives will be able to find
poultry for their meat-hungry fami
lies, but even sausage meats—a war
time staple—will be hard to get next
week when the full force of the
meat shortage hits Washington.
That was the prediction made to
day by Joseph Danzansky, attorney
for the wholesale food division.
.Merchants and Manufacturers’ As
sociation, in forecasting empty
‘butchers shelves by Tuesday.
On the score of the sausage meats,
which housewives turned to wheiv all
. other kinds were off the market,
I Mr. Danzansky said the low grades
■ of cattle, from which sausage meats
| were made, are not coming to the
market.
Mr. Danzansky predicted the
j shortage of all meats would last un
j til price ceilings once more go off.
He said producers have been getting
, good returns for their meats—so
| good that they can afford to feed
[ their cattle and hogs until price
; ceilings are removed.
5 Dogs Attack Woman,
Leave Her Near Death
* #y tho Associated Prost
| MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. fi. — A
pack of five dogs attacked a 74
; year-old woman here yesterday and
left her near death in a ditch.
Found by a passer-by, Mrs. Ora
Hassel was taken to a hospital
where her condition was described
as "critical.” She had bites on the
arms, legs, face and neck.
| "From her shoulders down she was
| literally eaten up," a physician said.
: He added that a corset probably
I prevented even more serious injury'.
The sheriff s office announced the
j five dogs had been seized for ob
servation.
Forrestal Says Speech
Reflects U. S. Sentiment
By tha Associated Press
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
expressed warm approval today of
the German policy speech by Sec
retary of State Byrnes.
"It was an excellent speech which
reflected the sentiment of the Amer
ican people.” Mr. Forrestal told re
porters as he left a cabinet meeting
at the White House.
i Sunday Reading
The Scnday Star has
around-the-world coverage in
news, features and pictures.
For the editorial section
this week, Newbold Noyes, jr.,
writes from Paris about the
cross currents of personalities
among those trying to shape
the peace. Constantine Brown
writes about the fifth-column
dangers to America’s war po
tential.
A special educational sec
tion covers the entire field of
educational institutions in
the District area as another
school year gets under way,
and the feature section has a
piece on the plans for the
| new College of Aeronautics at
University of Maryland.
The gravure section has pic
tures and a story about “Ad
ventures Inside the Earth.1*
News on books, the theater,
music and other subjects is
up to the minute. Watch for
it all in /
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