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Israel Proclaimed State by Jews;
Armies Move to Meet Threat of
\
Arab Invasion As British Leave
9 ---- j
Gen. Cunningham
To Sail Tonight
At Mandate End
BULLETIN
LAKE SUCCESS UP).—The
Political Committee of the
special Palestine Assembly
voted today to send a United
Na'ions mediator to the Holy
Land. The vote was 37 to 0,
wi n 15 abstentions.
i Text of Proclamation on Page A-3.)
By Associated Press
TEL AVIV. Palestine, May 14.—
The state of Israel, first Hebrew
nation in 2,000 years, was born
today in a Jewish declaration of
independence asserting the “his
tone right’’ of the Jews of Pal
estine to reconstitute their na
tional home.
The proclamation by the National
Council is effective at one minute
after midnight (6:01 p.m. EDT),
when Britain's 31-year rule of the
Holy Land ends. The British high
commissioner already has left Pal
estine soil for a British cruiser, and
the British mandate government
has left the Holy City of Jerusalem.
While Jewish forces and soldiers
of the surrounding Arab countries
prepared for war, the Jews pro
claimed their "right to a life of dig
nity, freedom and labor." The dec
laration said this right was recog
nized by the United Nations.
Threats on Three Fronts.
The Arab League, meanwhile,
planned to set up an administra
tion—not a state—of their own in
Palestine to function with occupy
ing Arab forces if and when Pales
tine is invaded.
(In London, the Arab Office
declared the termination of the
British mandate had created a
disastrous situation in the Holy
Land, but “will at least give the
Arabs the opportunity which
they have never had until now
of resisting the invaders face to
face and without the interven
tion of a foreign power which
has hitherto given them its pro
tection."
(The general secretariat of the
Arab League has proclaimed a
state of war existing with Pales
tine Jewry.)
Arabs Win First Real Victory.
As the Jewish state was born, the
'rabs wrested their first real vic
,ry in Palestine. Arab, neutral
and Jewish sources confirmed that
Arab legionnaires, supported by 2,
000 tribesmen from the Hebron
Hills, wiped out four Jewish colonies
in the Kfar Etzion bloc south of
Jerusalem, athwart the Arab in
vasion route from the south.
The informants said 200 died in
the battle, which ended last night.
A number of prisoners were taken,
including four physicians wfco were
parachuted to aid the wounded yes
terday.
The Jewish Agency, declaring the
Arabs had killed prisoners of war
despite promises of adherence to
international law, had urged Hie
(See PALESTINE. Page A-3.)
19 Held in Hijacking
Of $3,000,000 in Gold
By the Associated Press
BANGKOK, Siam, May 14.—
Police announced today 19 persons,
including a retired police captain,
are under arrest in the hijacking of
a $3,000,000 gold shipment.
Police have recovered $316,000
worth of the gold, stolen yesterday.
A gang of1 20 or 30 men swooped
down on the shipment, bound for a
customs house, and overpowered
the guards.
Juliana Becomes Regent
THE HAGUE. Netherlands, May
14 up)— in a 10-minute ceremony.
Crown Princess Juliana was sworn
in today as regent of the kingdom.
She will handle most of the duties
of Queen Wilhelmina and become
Queen when Wilhelmina abdicates
September 6.
Report That Gen. Smith
Will Resign Is Denied
NORMAN THOMAS SAYS Mar
shall Committed Serious Error on
Russia. Page A-2.
The State Department today de
nied reports that American Am
bassador Walter Bedell Smith has
Informed the department he wants
to return to Washington and re
sign his post in Moscow,
Gen. Smith left Moscow the first
of this week for a vacation and
fishing trip in France.
Michael J. McDermott, State De
partment press officer, was asked
about the reports concerning Gen.
Smith at a news conference.
“The Ambassador has not in
formed the State Department of
any wish to return to Washington
or to resign.” Mr. McDermott said.
He added that obviously Gen.
Smith could come home if he wants
to, but that “we have no knowledge
of any special plans, and so far as
we know, he expects to return to
Moscow."
In an earlier edition of The Star
today, a story by Constantine Brown
stated that Gen. Smith was report
ed to have informed the State De
partment that he did not wish to
return to Moscow and wanted to
resign. i
•
Voluntary Inflation Curb Steps
Urged by Taft Economic Group
Moderate Profits Policy by Business,
Reasonable Wage Attitude by Labor Advised
By the Associated Press
The Congressional Economic
Committee said today business
“can and should adopt moderate
price and profits policies” and
labor “reasonable wage atti
tudes” to cut living costs.
“If the private decisions as to
wages and prices are not made in
the public interest, actions of Gov
ernment alone will be largely nulli
fied." the Senate-House group said
in its formal report to Congress.
The document covers a coast-to
coast study last fall of “the high
prices of consumer goods.”
The committee, headed by Senator
Taft, Republican, of Ohio, makes 16
recommendations aimed at achiev
ing a stable economy. The report
puts emphasis on voluntary meas
ures and, in general, steers clear of
legal controls at this time.
A resolution by Senator Baldwin,
Republican, of Connecticut, author
iized the committee’s study. Sena
tor Baldwin is not a member of
the full committee, but did serve
by invitation on a subcommittee.
He said in a statement today:
‘‘Because I believe that the threat
of prises and inflation is still very
much with us even though some
what clouded over by other press
ing concerns, I had hoped that
these recommendations (of the
committee) would be somewhat
more comprehensive.
"However, it was clear that this
was the widest common ground on
which ‘ the committee could agree.”
By its stress On voluntary steps,
the Republican-controlled group dif
fered once again with President Tru
man, who repeatedly has asked for
standby power to impose wage-price
controls and rationing on a limited
scale.
In fact, the report hints that the
committee believes inflation has been
(See ECONOMIC, Page A-47)
One-Year Extension
Of Trade Act Voted
By House Committee
Veto Power for Congress
Is Included; 'Sabotage'
Charged by Democrats
By th« Associated Press
The House Ways and Means
Committee today approved a
one-year extension of the Recip
rocal Trade Act.
It carried an amendment giving I
Congress veto powers if the Presi
dent exceeds certain bounds in
making trade treaties.
The committee approved the Re- j
publican-backed measure by a
strict party line vote of 15 to 9.
Democrats contended the legisla
tion would -‘sabotage'’ the reciprocal
trade program.
Extension ‘‘As Is” Rejected.
The committee, also on a 15-9
party line vote, rejected a motion
by Representative Doughton. Demo
crat, of North Carolina which would
have extended the Trade Actt‘‘as is" j
in conformity with a request by,
President Truman. Mr. Truman'
asked for a three-year extension.
Secretary of State Marshall ap
pealed to Congress last week to
continue the act in its present form.
He described it as the basis of
America’s foreign economic policy
and said that to backtrack on this
program would amount to a sur-!
render of world economic leader
ship by the United States.
Ways and Means Chairman
Knutson said the legislation will be
brought to the House floor Tuesday j
for a vote. The present act expires
June 12.
Move Condemned at Meeting.
The one-vear extension move
.brought condemnation from busi
ness, farm, labor, veteran and public1
j affairs organizations meeting at the
! Mayflower Hotel today under spon
sorship of the Citizens’ Committee
for Reciprocal World Trade.
Gerard Swope, chairman of the
meeting and former head of Gen
eral Electric Corp.. called the Re
publican action a "reckless course,"
and said that “today will become
a Black Friday in the annals of
American world leadership" unless
public opinion discredits the GOP
action. He said the move amounted
to a "scuttling" of "a considered.
(See TARIFFS, ~Pagtf A^3J
Late News
Bulletin
Stocks Rise $1 to $4
NEW YORK UP).—Buying or
ders flooded the stock market
today, sending prices of lead
ing shares up $1 to $4. The
ticker fell behind transac
tions in the face of one of the
fastest rallies in months. By
noon 1,090,000 shares had
changed hands on the stock
exchange and $2,810,000 worth
of bonds were sold.
House Begins Debate
On Measure to Curb
Communist Activity
Un-American Committee's
First Bill Would Expose
Members of Party
By the Associated Press
The House begins ^debate to
day on an Un-American Activi
ties Committee bill designed to
limit, but not outlaw, the Com
munist Party in this country.
The bill would put a crimp in the
party's operations and expose its
members and activities.
The measure, drafted by Repre
sentative Mundt, Republican of
South Dakota, came before the
House for debate with:
1. A plea from Chairman Thomas
of the Un-American Activities Com
mittee to take firm action to cope
with ‘‘the foremost menace to de
mocracy today.”
2. A retort from Representative
Isacson, American Labor, of New
York, that the bill repudiates the
concept of progress and "regards
America as a finished product, rigid
and unchangeable.”
Has Wallace's Backing.
Mr. Isacson was elected from the
Bronx earlier this year with the
support of Henry A. Wallace.
The Mundt bill is the first legisla
tive proposal ever drafted by the
Un-American Activities Committee.
In its preamble it asserts that an
international Communist movement
is conspiring to set up totalitarian
dictatorships through organizations
it controls in other countries.
The bill defines the American
Communist Party as one of these
organizations. It says it shall be
illegal to try in any way to set up
a foreign-controlled "totalitarian
dictatorship” in this country or to
take part in a movement to create
such a dictatorship.
Violators would face 10 years in
—< See MUNDT BILLTPage A-2.)
Taft Backs Hawaiian State,
But Defers Decision on Bill
By the Associated Press
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio,
said today he favors statehood for
Hawaii.
But Senator Taft told reporters he
has not decided whether to support
a resolution by Senator Knowland.
Republican, of California, to take
the Hawaiian statehood bill from
the Senate Insular Affairs Commit
tee and bring it before the Senate
for debate.
Senator Taft talked to newsmen
after a meeting of the Senate Re
publican Policy Committee, of which
he is chairman.
He said the committee did not
discuss the decision by the Insular
Affairs group to defer action on the
statehood bill until its members
make another trip to Hawaii.
President Urges
Flexible Farm
Price Supports
Four-Point Program
On Permanent Basis
Needed Now, He Says
By Joseph A. Fox
President Truman today asked
Congress to establish a system of
flexible price supports for agri
cultural commodities on a per
manent basis. He outlined a
four-point program which he
said "should be enacted as
promptly as possible” to promote
farm prosperity.
In a special message, which was
looked on as a bid for the farm
vote in November. Mr. Truman
pointed out that the present sup
port programs expire December 31,
and that in two earlier messages he
has urged extension.
The Republican-controlled House
Agriculture Committee is propos
ing to continue the support program
only for a year, but the Senate
Agriculture Committee on Wednes
day laid down a long-range farm
plan calling for a revision of the
present price support system.
Farmers Seen in Uncertainty.
The President declared that re
sults of . the existing support pro
gram have been “nothing less than
remarkable" in spurring production.
But he asserted that with the pro
gram expiring at the end of the
year and Congress taking no definite
action yet, “farmers do not know
what levels of price support or what
methods of support will apply to
large portions of many crops al
ready planted or to others which
must soon be planted.’*
The situation regarding milk and
livestock products, for which he
said farmers must plan long in ad
vance, is likewise clouded. In addi
tion to the support proposals, Mr.
Truman urged:
1. Continuance and expansion of
the soil conservation program.
2. Continuance and strengthening
of progrartis designed to insure ade
quate consumption of agricultural
products.
3. Measures designed to assist
farmers “to meet their special prob
lems” particularly in the field of
farm co-operatives and crop insur
ance.
Barks Soil Conservation.
Mr. Truman did not recommend,
as Agriculture Department officials
had expected, a boost of $75,000,000
in the $225,000,000 soil conservation
fund proposed by the GOP Con
gress, although he urged that the
program' be expanded. In his Jan
uary budget message, the President
urged $300,000,000 for soil subsidies
to farmers.
Mr. Truman declared that “all the
measures I have recommended are
essential for the future welfare of
American agriculture,” and he added
that “it must be our firm purpose
to maintain an increasingly healthy,
productive and prosperous agri
culture.”
He asserted that “the fundamental
national policy underlying our agri
cultural legislation has been and
should continue to be one of organ
ized, sustained, realistic abundance.”
In advocating a permanent and
flexible price support program, Mr.
Truman said this would provide a
“policy geared to our improved farm
economy.” He pointed out that
there must be many shifts in pro
duction and “flexible price sup
ports will help us make them in
an orderly manner.”
Cites Timber Land Depletion.
In arguing for continuance and
expansion of soil conservation, he
pointed out that "great progress”
has been made in this area, but
—(See FARM. Page A-2.)
$2,000 Reported Taken
In Lansburgh Robbery
Nearly $2,000 in cash and checks
was stolen from a sixth-floor coun
ter in Lansburgh’s department store.
Eighth and E streets N^f., about 6
p.m. yesterday, it was reported to
police today.
Joshua P. Stedehouder. the store's
credit manager, said a green metal
box taken from the counter con
tained $1,111.55 in cash, $814.05 in
checks and a $40 cash-refund slip.
Democrats' Infield 'Practically Settled'
‘ Nothing to it." declared Rep
resentative Dick Richards, scotch
ing a’ rumor of dissension in the
camp of the Democratic baseball
team that will tangle with the
Republicans a week from tonight
in Griffith Stadium. It was
bruited about that everybody on
the team wanted to pitch.
“You couldn’t blame ’em for
wanting to throw against a team
as blind as the Republicans,” Mr.
Richards said. "Almost anybody
would look like Walter Johnson
against them, but it isn’t so.
Why, we've practically got our
infield settled with Laurie Battle
of Alabama, George Smathers of
Florida and Aime Fogarty of
Rhode Island ready to play.
“Haven't decided just where
I’ll use ’em. but they're all young
fellows with plenty of get-up
and-go. and if anything gets
through them 111 be awfully
surprised—and disappointed.”
Rain washed out both scheduled
practice sessions yesterday, but
the Republicans came up with a
L
first baseman for the ivy-covered
classic. And Umpire Joe Judge's
decisions at the initial sack had
better be good because said
player is Judge Evan Howell of
the United States Court of
Claims.
“The judge showed promise
last year when he played with
us." commented Manager C. W.
(Runty Bishop of the Republi
cans, “so we’re bringing him
back for another trial. I think
he’s put on a little weight, but
that’ll add power to his batting,
and he’s still a smoothie with the
A
big mitt. Having toe judge on
first takes a big worry off my
mind."
Judge Howell has one claim to
fame shared by no other partici
pant in last year s game, which
the Republicans won, 16-13. He
(See BALL GAME, Page A-47)
Tickets for Ball Game
On Sale in Star Lobby
Tickets for the Congressional
baseball game at Griffith Sta
dium at 8 p m.. May 21, can be
purchased in the lobby of The
Evening Star Building.
The scale of prices is $1 for
general admission, $1.25 for re
served seats and $2 for box
seats, tax included.
Those desiring to make res
ervations by mail should send
checks made out to The Eve
ning Star and address them to
Congressional Ball Game, Room
724, The Evening Star Building,
i "
The President Goes Into Training for His Non-Political .Western Trip
Death of Kennedy's Daughter
In French Air Crash Confirmed
British Earl Also Dies
When Craft Strikes
Mountain in Storm
ly Associated Press
PRIVAS, France, May 14.—
Kathleen Lady Hartington,
daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy,
former American Ambassador to
Britain, was found dead today
in the wreckage of a chartered
two-engine plane which crashed
last night in a storm on a flight
from London to the Riviera.
Lord FiUwilliam, a British sports
man, and two members of the crew
also were killed.
A search party reported all the
plane’s occupants were found in
their places. Lady Hartington was
stretched on her back and appeared
to have been asleep. She had a long
cut on one side of her face.
The fuselage of the Dove plane,
owned by Skyways, Ltd., of London,
way found lying horizontally on the
rocks of an 1.800-foot mountain. The
right wing was 300 yards behind it
and an engine about 300 yards in
front.
Lady Hartington, 28, was the
(See KENNEDYTPage A-4.)
9 Die, Four Missing
As B-29 Falls in
Saudi Arabia
By tb« Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany, May
14.—The United States Air Force
said today a B-29 Super Fortress
has fallen 120 miles northwest
of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and
13 persons may have been killed.
Nine bodies have been found, four
persons are missing and only one
survivor has turned up, said the
announcement, issued at Wiesbaden.
Names' were withheld.
The plane apparently crashed
Tuesday, the Air Force said, on the
way back from Dhahran to the
United States Super Fortress base
at Fuerstenfeld - Bruck, Germany.
The big planes frequently make
training flights between those two
points.
A dispatch from Cairo last night
reported the B-29 possibly missing,
but an Air Force spokesman said at
that time it was safe, though it had
“See FRANKFURT, Page A-4J |
Pepco Will Ask PUC
For General Boost
In Electric Rates
Increase Would Add
10 Cents Per Week to
Average $3-a-Month Bill
The Potomac Electric Power
Co. will ask the Public Utilities
Commission next week for a
general increase in electric rates
here, a Pepco official revealed
today.
The increase, if granted by the
PUC after public hearings, would
add 10 cents a week to the bill of
a householder who pays an average
of *3 a month for his electricity,
A. G. Neal, Pepco president, said.
The Pepco brief is expected to be
filed with the PUC at the District
Building Monday. Mr. Neal had
informed the commission on March
26 that the company would have
to ask for an increase in electric
rates- because of insufficient income
to meet rising operating costs.
He said today that the increased
operating costs were due largely to
the rise in coal prices in the last
two years. Pepco uses coal almost
exclusively to generate power.
Truman Signs Measure
Authorizing Courthouse
President Truman signed today a
bill authorizing construction of a
i new Federal Courthouse here at a
maximum cost of $19,665,000.
The measure provides that the
long-sought building be built on
District-owned property bounded by
Constitution avenue, John Marshall
place, Third street and C street N.W.
Tfie site now is under lease as a
parking lot.
The structure will house District
Court and the United States Court
of Appeals. Its cost will be split
equally between the Federal and
District Governments. The District
will receive a credit of $2,420,000 by
contributing the site and will pay
the balance over a period of 25 years.
Westinghouse Reduces
Radio Prices 13 to 20%
Sy the Associated Press
SUNBURY. Pa., May 14—West
inghouse today reduced prices from
13 to 20 per cent on five radio sets.
A table model with standard and
frequency modulation bands was cut
from $99.95 to $7995. The reduc
tion ranged up to $125 for a console
set formerly selling for $625.
F. M. Sloan, manager of the West
inghouse home radio division, said
the price cuts were made possible by
improved manufacturing methods.
Senator Overton, 72,
Member oi Congress
Since 1931, Dies
Underwent Operation
At Bethesda Naval
Hospital on May 5
Senator John H. Overton of
Louisiana, long-time champion
of fiscal equity for the District,
died this morning in Bethesda
Naval Hospital. Serving his
third term, the 72-year-old Dem
ocratic Senator had entered the
hospital May 4 for a checkup
and underwent an abdominal
operation the following day.
At the bedside were his wife and
daughter, Miss Ruth Overton, who
lived with the Senator at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Senator Overton’s nephew, Rep
resentative Brooks, Democrat, of
Louisiana, arrived at the hospital
shortly after his death.
There will be no Washington serv
ices, but the body will lie in state
today at the Gawler funeral home,
1756 Pennsylvania avenue N.W.,
from 5 until 8 p.m.
Rites in Louisiana Monday.
The body will leave on a Balti
more & Ohio train at 9:20 p.m. for
the Senator's home, Alexandria. La.
A special car was being arranged to
carry delegations of Representatives
and Senators. The entire Louisiana
congressional delegation was expect
ed to go.
Funeral services will be held in
Alexandria, probably Monday, and
burial will be in the family plot at
Pineville, where his mother and son
are buried.
Wlien the Senate convened at
noon, Senator Reed. Republican, of
(*See~dVERTON~Page A-10.)
Steelworkers Change
Constitution to Bar ;
Reds From Office
Executive Board Studies
Problem of Signing
Non-Communist Oath
By the Associated Press
BOSTON, May 14.—The CIO's
biggest union, the Steelworkers, to
day barred Communists from hold-1
ing office.
. The nearly 3,200 delegates
changed the union constitution to
keep Communists out of any local
or international office and to pre-j
vent them from serving as delegates;
or as members of any committee.
The action came as the union's
14-man Executive Board pondered
the major problem of whether they;
should sign non-Communist affida-|
vits under the Taft-Hartley Act.
The major steel companies do not;
intend to make new wage contracts
with the union, if it does not comply.
Philip Murray, president of the
union, said yesterday.
Only one or two delegates today
opposed the constitutional change
to bar Communists from union
office.
Opposition Swept Away.
Robert Ratner of Los Angeles,
asked:
"Who is going to be judge of who
is a Communist?”
The opposition was swept away,
however, by a number of delegates
who blasted, "crummy commies!”
and “agents of the Kremlin.”
James McCoy, jr„ of Coraopolis,
Pa., said he wished it were possible
to bar Communists from union
membership. The anti-closed shop
provision of the Taft-Hartley Act,
however, forbids nonhiring of a per
son because of nonmembership in
a union.
Delegate Nick Migas. whose charge
the steelworkers’ leaders had "in
fluenced our union to go easy on
beefs in the mills,” was followed by
a street brawl yesterday, war. absent
from today's session. Mr. Murray
called Mr. Migas' statement a
"palpable lie.”
Mr. Migas said he was kept away
by injuries. A fellow delegate de
clared today that Mr. Migas’ verbal
attack was Communist-inspired.
Besides his attack on the union
leadership. Mr. Migas called in a
signed statement yesterday for a
25 cents an hour pay increase, forth
with.
Called “Enormous Determination.”
The vital, policy-making decision
on the question of compliance with
the Taft-Hartley Act non-Commun
ist affidavit requirement was turned
over to the Executive Board by Jhe
(See STEELWORKERS, Pagedfc-4.)
Cloudiness and Showers
Forecast With High of 70
Continued cloudiness, with a few
showers, was the Weather Bureau
forecast for the District today.
The temperature will reach a high
of about 70 degrees, according to the
prediction, and will drop to about 53
degrees tonight.
Sunny weather, with a tempera
ture high of about 70, will follow
tomorrow, and Sunday also will be
fair, the forecaster said.
The temperature dropped from a
high of 77 at 4:54 p.m. yesterday to
56 at 11:55 p.m.
51 New York Boys Denied Trip
To D.C. in Revolt on Segregation
The Washington sightseeing tour
of 51 schoolboys from New York—
who were to join about 16,000 other
School Safety Patrol members in
a parade on Constitution avenue
tomorrow—has been called off be
cause of a New York rebellion
against the District’s segregation
practices.
Four of the boys in the group
are Negroes.
Morris DeVol, American Automo
bile Association official, who is in
charge of the parade and rally ar
rangements, said he was notified by j
Dr. William Jansen, superintend
ent of the New York City schools,
that the trip had been canceled,
but that there had been no previous
discussion of the matter and that
the cancellation was unexpected.
Mr. De Vol. explained that, in
light of the segregated policy follow
ed by Washington's hotels, the AAA
had arranged for the four colored
boys to stay at the Dunbar Hotel.
This policy was followed in the case
of other groups that were bringing
colored boys and girls for the pa
rade. he added.
Dr. Jansen said the reason for
the withdrawal was because “it
would not be possible in some in
stances for schoolmates to dine to
gether in Washington restaurants
and to live in public buildings to
gether there because their skin
happens to be a different color.”
'(See SAFETY PATROLS, Pg. A-4.11
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Minnesota Calls
Out Guard After
Meat Strike Raid
One Plant Wrecked,
30 Hostages Seized
By Mob of 200 Men
BULLETIN
ST. PAUL, Minn. <>P>.—'The
Minnesota National Guard was
called out today by Gov.
Luther Youngdahl for duty at
strikebound packing plants in
Newport and South St. Paul,
scenes of strike violence. Adjt.
Gen. Ellard Walsh said a
“substantial task force” would
get strike assignments. He
indicated motorized and mech
anized units would be sent to
the two towns.
By th« Associated Press
NEWPORT, Minn., May 14.—A
mob estimated at 200 men forced
its way into the strikebound
Cudahy & Co. packing plant
during the night, damaged the
interior, set free several thou
sand dollars worth of hogs and
carried away 30 plant workers as
hostages.
The plant is located in this town
of 900. across the Mississippi
River from South St. Paul where
police and sheriff's deputies yester
day battled CIO packing house
workers in an unsuccessful attempt
to open picket lines around plants
strikebound since. March 16.
Several of the 17 officers were
struck and two were knocked down
in the battling.
The situation in South St. Paul
was reported as tense but tempo
rarily quiet today.
R. J. Swenson, general manager
of the Newport Cudahy plant, gave
this account of last night's raid:
"About 11:15 p.m. an estimated
200 men—some of them Cudahy
workers on strike—entered the
plant.
Plant Plunged in Darkness.
"First the main power switch
was pulled, plunging the plant into
darkness. Then a room where
some of our men were sleeping was
entered. Cots on which they rested
were broken up and some windows
smashed.
“Locks on some of the stock pens
were broken and 110 hogs, valued
at about $6,000 were set free.
"A new car belonging to one of
the plant engineers was tipped over
and the windows of one side and
the windshield were broken.
"The plant boilers were turned
off but apparently there was no
serious damage done to them.
"Then about 30 of the 50 to 60
men who were on duty in the plant
were herded into cars and taken
away. (At 6 a.m. Mr. Swenson said
all but 11 or 12 of the missing men
had been accounted for.)
Two in Hospital.
“These men were apparently
taken out ‘into the hills.' A number
of men were hurt in the plant. Two
of them are hospitalized and sev
eral have been treated for cuts and
bruises.
“The entry into the plant ap
peared well planned. We found a
round, heavy club that one of the
men who came into the plant prob
ably used.”
Mr. Swenson went to the plant
early this morning with SherifT
Reuben Granquist. The manager
said a survey was being made of the
plant to determine the total dam
age. He added that none of the
damage seemed to be of a nature
that would seriously impair opera
tions.
Mr. Swenson said he would ask
Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl to call
out the National Guard. “This has
exceeded the stage at which we can
work through court orders," he
added.
Governor Willing to Use Guard.
Gov. Youngdahl said later at St.
Paul he was prepared to call out the
National Guard if such a written
request is made by the sheriffs of
Dakota and Washington Counties.
The Cudahy plant is located in
Washington County. The Armour
and Swift & Co. plants, where there
were disturbances the past two
days, are located in Dakota County.
The Governor said he had told
the sheriffs that if they would say
that law and order had broken
down in their counties' and they
could not handle the situation, then
he wodld be prepared to call out ihe
Guard.
Both sheriffs arrived at the Capi
tol a few minutes later and went
into conference with Maj. Gen. El
lard A. Walsh, Minnesota adjutant
! general.
Union Denies Guard Is Needed.
District office No. 2 of the Packing
House Workers issued the following
statement early today:
“The CIO Packing House Workers
are fighting for their jobs and for
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too surprised to see Speaker
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