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UMW and Operators
Skip Formalities as
Negotiations Begin
By James Y. Newton
A majority of the Nation's soft
coal operators and the United
Mine Workers today opened their
first serious bargaining sessions
in a year, aimed at drafting a
new work contract.
Negotiation* began at the Shore
ham Hotel without the fanfare of
public "town hall" meetings which,
in other years. Initiated coal in
dustry bargaining. Representatives
of both sides dispensed with iormaH
ties and immediately began a serious
attempt to iron out differences.
About 76 per cent of the operators
who have contract» with John L
Lewis' union were represented at
the meeting. Absent were members
of the Southern Coal Producers
Association, who have expressed
willingness to talk with Mr. Lewi:
separately but not on an industry
wide basis. The UMW Policy Com
mittee will decide whether to bar
gain separately with the Southern
ers.
July 1 Is Deadline.
The goal of the negotiators was to
Mr» ft ■ n#w lndiutrv contract bv
July 1, the dite the Government
must return to private operators the
mines which were àelzed lut May tc
end a 50-day strike. Failure tc
reach agreement fay that time prob
ably will mean another Nation-wide
coal strike:
That both aides were serious in
their effort to get together was
indicated by word of a secret agree
ment between Mr. Lewis and the
operators not to criticize each other.
The conferees were pledged to si
lence as to progress of the talks.
Mr. Lewis was silent about his
demands. It was certain, however,
that he will ask for considerably
more than Is contained in the agree
ment under which the Government
has operated the mines since last
May 29.
Wage Demand Expected.
Among the major demands the
miners are expected to make is the
doubling to 10 cents per ton of
the "royalty" supporting the union's
health and welfare fund. Mr. Lewis
also is sure to ask a sizable wage
Increase.
Last fall, in abortive talks with
Secretary of Interior Krug, pre
ceding the November strike, Mr.
Lewis demanded 54 hours' pay for
a 40-hour week, an Increase in the
miners' hourly wage of about 58
cents. The current straight time
hourly wage of the workers is
*1.1M4.
Government figures show that the
average miner earns about $63.50
a week, including premium pay for
wTAiflroH nwr 40 A week.
2 in Illinois Mines Office
Indicted in Centralia Blast
ft/ th« Auociated PrMt
NASHVILLE, HI.. May 16 —Rob
ert M. Medill, former director of the
Illinois Department pf Mines- and
Minerals, and Robert Weir, assist
ant director of the department,
were under indictment today
charged with "palpable omission of
duty" in connection with the Cen
tralia (111.), mine explosion which
claimed 111 lives March 25.
The indictments, charging the
two men with failure to enforce the
laws In regard to safety measures,
were returned by the Washington
County grand jury Wednesday but
were suppressed.
Medill and Weir surrendered late
last night, posted $1,500 bonds and
stated they would plead not guilty
at arraignment next Wednesday.
Maximum penalty under the
charges would be $10,000 fine and
removal from office of Weir. Medill
resigned his post shortly after the
explosion.
The grand jury previously had
indicted the Centralia Coal Co.,
owner of the mine until its sale
yesterday to the Peabody Coal Co.
of Chicago. Two indictments against
the former owners charged "wilful
neglect" in the failure to provide
proper ventilation for the workers
and failure to rock dust the mine
adequately.
$2,703T69Tlow Bid Filed
On Highway Bridge Work
A low bid of $2,703,692 for laying
the foundations for the first of the
twin span replacements for High
way Bridge was submitted yesterday
by Merritt. Chapman & Scott Corp.
of New York City, the Highway
Department *announced.
The bid was the lowest of five
submitted and was less than the
$2,987,680 estimated cost of the
work, Highway Director H. C.
Whitehursi said. An award is ex
pected in about a month.
The work will involve erecting the
nf t>,, of the
two bridges, planned et an estimated
total coet of $7,000,000.
St. Elizabeths Resumes
Daily Visiting Hours
St. Elizabeths Hospital yesterday
resumed its prewar practice of per
mitting daily visits to patients.
Dally visiting hours will be from
1 to 4 p.m. An extra visiting period
has been established from 9 to 11
a.m. on Sundays and legal holidays.
Dr. Winfred Overholser, hospital
superintendent, said patients who
are seriously 111, may receive visits
at any time, as has been the rule
in the past.
Armored Truck
Kills Pedestrian
In Runaway Dash
•y th· Associated Prut
KANSAS CITY, May 16. —Two
persons were Injured, one fatally, by
a runaway armored truck which
hurtled down a hill, caromed off a
building and smashed into a car and
another building.
The nine-ton vehicle was parked
on a hill In downtown Kansas City
yesterday while the driver went into
a bank. It rolled onto the sidewalk
and down the hill, striking two
pedestrians. John S. Woodson, 35,
and Lester R. Giegerich. Mr. Wood
son died in a hospital from head and
Internal injuries. Mr. Giegerich was
not hurt seriously.
The truck was used for transport
big money. Wayne Peny, 34, a
guard, was locked up In the rear of
the vehicle during the wild ride, but
•■caped Injury. . , ^
A
Hollywood Red Inquiry Hears
Author of 7 Chose Freedom'
Kravchenko's Life
Reported Threatened;
Menjou Testifies
•y Hn AuidaM fwi
LOS ANGELES, May 18.—With a
Russian ex-Communist popping up
suddenly in midinvestigation, the
investigation by a subcommittee of
the House Committee on Un-Ameri
can Activities In Hollywood took on
aspect* of a movie spy thriller story.
After such prominent film folk as
Actor Adolphe Menjou, Novelist
Rupert Hughes and Producer Jack
Warner put the Communist tag on
various filmland persons and or
ganisations, the subcommittee's in
quiry hit a dramatic peak with the
entry of Viktor A. Kravchenko, 43,
former Soviet offldal and Red Army
• aptain who renounced communism
in 1944.
Threat mi Life Reported.
Hours earlier, a threat on Mr.
Kravchenko's life was renorted to
police by hi* Beverly Hills hoet, Lee
R. Brooks, businessman who may
produce an anti-Communist film
based on Mr. Kravchenko's experi
ences.
Mr. Kravchenko's statements to
the committee were not disclosed
but Chairman Thomas said that the
Russian, who left the Soviet Pur
chasing; Commission in Washington
to write the book, "I Chose Free
dom," was under subpoena to appear
June 36 in Washington.
Mr. Thomas said he would ask the
Attorney General to place Mr.
Kravchenko under 24-hour sur
veillance, "to give him the protec
tion of the Federal Government."
Hollywood was classified by Mr.
Menjou as "one of the main centers
of communistic activity in Amer
ica, due to the fact that one of the
greatest mediums of propaganda Is
located here," Mr. Thomas reported.
Hughes Give· Names.
Mr. Hughes declared he told the
committee that the film capital Is
"lousy with Communists, some of
them making $3,000 to $5,000 weekly
and whom you couldn't get to go to
Russia in a million years."
Mr. Thomas said Mr. Hughes
named specific screen writers and
gave the serial number of their
Communist Party cards. The com
mittee chairman said these names
will be made public "at the proper
time."
The committee also received
names from Mr. Warner, studio
head, who said "I told 'em any
thing I might have known of sub
versive activities in the film In
dustry."
Another who appeared yesterday
before the committee was Director
Leo McCarey, who turned out the
films "Going My Way" and "Bells
of St. Mary's." He told newsmen "he
was glad of the opportunity to co
operate with them." He would not
comment cm the nature of his testi
mony.
Counsel for Romney
Expected to Ask New
Trial Tomorrow
*' ».
Attorney William H. Collin* prob
ably will file a motion for a new
trial tomorrow in the case of Ken
neth Romney, former House ser
geant at arms, who was convicted
yesterday of falsifying Government
accounts in connection with a $143,
883 shortage in the funds of the
House "bank."
Mr. Collins said today he hopes
to place his motion in the hands of
the District Court clerk before the
office closes tomorrow. As Romney's
defense counsel, he told the Court
of his intention to move for a new
trial Immediately after the guilty
verdict was announced at 2 p.m.
yesterday.
Justice Alexander Holtzoff has set
next Friday as the date for "final
disposition" of the case, which open
ed Monday. He is expected to hear
the motion for a new trial at that
time and, if it is denied, to proceed
at once to sentence. Romney. The
62-year-old former Democratic
office-holder could be sentenced to a
maximum of 10 years imprisonment
and a 110,000 fine on each of the
three counts on which he has been
convicted.
Justice Holtzoff agreed yesterday
to allow Romney to remain at
liberty under $2,600 bond until the
final hearing next week. He told
the Government attorneys, who indi
cated their preference that Romney
be immediately confined to jail, that
it was his custom to allow bail un
less the crime involved was one of
violence or there seemed to be dan
ger that the person convicted would
become a fugitive.
After the Jury bad been polled on
its verdict, Romney seemed dazed
and on the verge of tears. Mr.
«yvAV icnoowuifV W U11U 1U1
a moment. Then, u spectators
pressed forward to congratulate
United States Attorney Gebrge Mor
ris Fay and his assistant, John W.
Fihelly, Romney mumbled apologies
to approaching reporters. He left
the courthouse without looking at
his wife and son, who had come to
hear the verdict.
The first two counts on which
Romney was convicied charged that
as sergeant at arms he knowingly
filed certain false statements with
the General Accounting Office con·
cerning the amount of cash in the
House "bank."
The third count charged him with
concealing a fund shortage in his
office by carrying bad checks and
other improper flnanciai instruments
as "cash" on the books.
Virginia Truck Rates
Raised 20 Per Cent
•y tin Amciatfd Pnu
RICHMOND, Va., May 16.—A 30
per cent increase In motor freight
rates in Virginia was granted yes
terday by the State Corporation
Commission.
The commissioner's order, which
followed an earlier action authoriz
ing increases in rail freight rates,
came after it had been told by car
riers that increasing labor, fuel and
material coets had endangered their
ability to operate at a profit.
Hatches Her Own Eggs
The female lobster hatches her
eggs by carrying them glued to the
underside of her body. Sometimes
she may carry as many as 75,000
eCP lor 10 months.
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ADOLPHE MENJOV,
Testifying Before Committee.
—AP Wirephoto.
VIKTOR A. KRAVCHENKO,
As he testified.
—AP Wirephoto.
Kravchenko's host, Mr. Brooks, and
Streen Writer Howard Emmet Rog
ers, who said he wa& interested in
doing the Him story of the Rus
sian's book.
Mr. Brooks told Beverly Hills po
lice that be had received a phone
call from a woman Wednesday night
in which, he said, she threatened tc
blow up his home to "get that un
wanted guest." Police Chief C. Η
Anderson said extra protection has
been assigned to the area of Mr
Brooks' home.
While the hearing was in progress
yesterday, 50 young men and women
who identified themselves as mem
bers of the American Youth for De
mocracy picketed in front of the
entrance to the hotel where the
hearings are being held. They car
ried placards reading:
"Hitler Preached Thought Con
trol; So Does Thomas."
"Witch Hunts Will Not Solve Stu
dent Needs."
"What About the Cincinnati
Reds?"
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AFTER VERDICT—Kenneth
Romney, former sergeant at
arms of the House, as he left
District Court yesterday after
a jury convicted him on
charges of concealing a short
age of $143,863 in his accounts.
—AP Photo.
Bad Food, Bad Teeth
The cause of tooth decay is κ
matter of scientific dispute, but
many investigators are convinced
that bad food habits are one of the
important causes.
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U. Ν. Council Resumes
Discussion Today of
Greek Frontier Case
•y Itw Aneciotad Pratt·
LAKE SUCCESS. Ν. Y.. May 16.
—The United Nations switched
from Palestine to the Balkans
today in its never-ending tangle
■With the world's political prob
lems.
The 11-nation Security Council,
thrust into the background for three
weeks by the General Assembly's
special session of the Holy Land,
was called to meet this afterhoon
rAcnme Hiu>ti«cinn« nn -fKo r*rMk
case.
Before the delegates was a Rus
sian resolution demanding that the
powers of an interim investigating
group now In the Balkans be cur
tailed sharply.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko wants the
Council to make it clear to the In
quiry group that it may look only
into specific cases assigned to it
and not continue as & roving body
watching over Greece's northern
borders.
Soviet Russia's cagily-worded dec
laration for a dual democratic Arab
Jewish state in Palestine stood out
as the puzzler of the special Assem
bly session.
Delegates from Nations scattered
around the globe noted with satis
faction that Russia had tipped her
hand even a little bit on the Pales
tine problem. But they asked : How
does Russia propose that such a
dual, Democratic State work?
Mr. Gromyko in his surprise talk
did not clear up that point. ^But
he did say that if the animosities
between Jew and Arab were such
that this state could not live, then
Russia felt it would be necessary
to consider dividing Palestine into
two States, one Jewish and one
Arab.
These are points which the 11
Nation Commission of inquiry, final
ly setup yesterday by the Assembly
just before it adjourned, must con
sider. Arrangements were made for
the commission to meet at Lake
Success May 26. After it is organ
ized, the commission is expected to
fly to Palestine and begin its task.
The commission will spend the
summer at its mission and will re
port September 1 to the secretary
general so that the member States
may study its recommendations and
take up their study of a future
government of Palestine at the reg
ular Assembly convening here Sep
tember 16.
U. S. Official Enters
Indonesian Territory
By th· Associated Press
BATAVIA, May 16.—For the ftret
time since the Indonesian Republic
was proclaimed In 1945 an Ameri
can official entered Republican ter
ritory officially today.
He was Lt. Col. Oliver Dixon, War
Department observer from Washing
ton, who will visit Jogjakarta and
then tour the interior of Java with
the permission of both Dutch and
Indonesian authorities.
Of the 21 amino acids which have
been identified, only about half have
any real nutritive value.
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CHICAGO. May 16.—William G
Fuller, 43, was sentenced to 10 yean
in prison in Criminal Court yester
day for the abduction in 1945 of a
3-year-old girl whom he trained for
two years for a part in his roller
skating act.
-The child, Mary Ann Kubon, had
been taken from a Chicago nursing
home by Fuller, a professional rol
ler skater, who posed as her father.
Six weeks ago she was found by
FBI agents with Fuller and hit
wife in New Orleans and was re
turned to her parents.
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