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Minnesota Governor
Demands Settlement
Of CIO's Meat Strike
fty th« Associated hcess
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., May
17—Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl
demanded a quick settlement of
the meat packing strike in Min
nesota as he summoned packers
and strikers to his office today.
If the strike is' not settled prompt
ly, the Governor said, “1 shall be
forced to consider other measures in
the public interest."
He did not elaborate and refused
to comment when a reporter asked
if this meant he might close the
packing plants, strikebound since
March 16.
The Governor made the summons
yesterday after ordering national
guardsmen to another strikebound
packing plant at Albert Lea, Minn.,
100 miles south of here.
Wage Talks to Resume.
About 1,000 workers of the Wilson
& Co. plant who are members of
the CIO United Packing House
Union are on strike there.
Armed Minnesota hational
Guardsmen patrolled South St. Paul
streets and watched livestock trucks
roll into market for the first time in
nine days. There were no incidents
as the first trucks arrived.
Production workers also went
into the struck Swift and Armour
m«at packing plants today past
the picket lines under the eyes of
watchful guardsmen.
There was some cat-calling by
pickets but no incidents.
The production workers were the
first to go into the plants since
the union closed plant entrances
by mass picketing last Tuesday.
Eight to 10 pickets were on duty
today at the Swift plant, scene of
disorders last week.
Plant Closure Demanded.
The number of workers report
ing was not immediately available.
Some workers also entered the
plant of the Cudahy Packing Co.
at Newport, across the Mississippi
River.
In its daily strike bulletin, the
union renewed its demand that
Gov. Youngdahl close the plants.
“Failure to do this,” said the
bulletin, "will place upon the head
of the Governor full responsibility
for bloodshed and violence.”
The national guardsmen were first
called out Friday after two sheriffs
in the South St. Paul area reported
they were unable to maintain peace.
In summoning officials of the
packing house workers the Min
nesota plants of Wilson, Armour,
Swift and Cudahy to meet with him,
the Governor stated in his telegrams
that "our farmers, businessmen,
workers and others • * * are
aroused and are insisting" on im
mediate settlement of the strike.
Scene of Disorder.
The Governor has emphasized
that the troops were called to re
store and maintain order and not
to advance the interests of one
side or the other.
The South St. Paul stockyards
area was the scene of disorder Sat
urdajpan^ trooj»s were forced to rout
a motFtP clear passage for workers.
Later when about 500 persons
massed at the State Capitol in St.
Paul to protest the troop action, the
governor,;told thpse assembled, “you
cant'-jrin a strike by anarchy."
Sheriff HJalmar Wulff at Albert
Lea requested troops after report
ing massed pickets had blocked
the gates to the Wilson Co. plant
and had thrown eggs at officers.
A small group of spectators booed
the troops on their arrival in Al
bert Lea last night. In St Paul,
a mass meeting or 2.000 union mem
bers demanded that the governor
either recall the troops or close the
•truck packing plants.
Signs Growing of Break
In Nation-Wide Meat Strike
CHICAGO. May 17 iff’).—Signs of
a break in the nation-wide CIO
meat strike grew today.
Outwardly there was little change
ir. the situation. United Packing
House Union pickets still patroled
the struck plants. They asserted
that after two months the strike
remained 100 per cent effective. The
companies on the other hand, in
sisted their operations are virtually
normal.
13111) 011 CM »U1 MUCfl M1C1C wn.3 LHC
expressed feeling that some new
action could be expected. A union
committee yesterday reviewed the
strike situation and ordered wage
talks resumed ‘'immediately.”
There was no indication that the
union had prepared an offer to re
place its 29-cent wage demand. But
a spokesman said, "it wouldn't be
much use in just reviewing ground
we've been over time and time
again." He refused to confirm or
deny the existence of a new wage
proposal.
It has been wages that has kept
the disputants apart. The com
panies have stood pat on their offer
of 9 cents an hour. An industry
spokesman indicated that still would
have to be the t»sis of settlement
“with possibly some face saving ges
tures thrown in."
The industry, he added, is stand
ing by on a minute-by-minute basis
for newr talks. The United States
Conciliation Service is attempting
to arrange meetings as soon as pos
sible.
Conciliator Frank E. Walsh, say-!
lng that officially "a conciliator has
to be optimistic," added that he
was "hopeful" that this w^eek will
bring the basis for a statement of
progress ."
Pepco
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set aside a further sum of $985,409
last year as a reserve fund which;
the company could draw on if it
failed to earn its 5‘i per cent.
Plant Expenditures Cited.
Mr. Neal said that during the last
six years the company has expended
$24,000,000 in plant and equipment
to meet the demands of its cus
tomers and to maintain its service
and yet the amount of operating in
come available to it in 1947 was
$540,000 less than in 1942.
The construction program of
Pepco during the next five years
will aggregate $86,000,000. he said.
“This program necessitates the
raising of substantial amounts of
new capital and this cannot be done
unless the company's earning posi
tion is very materially improved to
enable it to attract additional cap
ital at desirable and reasonable
terms," he stated.
The $3,000,000 annually which will
be added to the company's operating
revenues, if the increased rates are
approved, tpl represent an addi
tional annual operating income of
GEORGE POLK.
—AP Wirephoto.
about $1,679,000, after taxes, Mr.
Neal explained.
If the proposed rates become
effective July 1, the company will
receive about $1,500,000 additional
revenue this year, or about $840,000
after taxes. _'
Defense
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lowing major advantages: It would
be a' strictly “advanced” type of
carrier development, it would carry
larger-tvpe planes and provide for
larger bomb loads that could be
directed at far-flung targets, it
would have a wider cruising range
and it would carry a larger number
of fighter planes to defend it from
enemy attack.
The 13 warships that would not
be completed if the 1949 funds are
changed to the carrier project would
be "put in a state of preservation"
until such time as they could be
finished or possibly converted to
newer types of warships, Admiral
Denfeld explained. He indicated
that some of the destroyers in that
category might be fitted out later
eventually with advanced types of
antisubmarine defenses now being
developed.
Guided Missle Ships Planned.
Admiral Denfeld said the Navy
is considering the advisability of
using the battleship Kentucky and
the battle cruiser Hawaii as guided
missle bombardment snips.
“The art of projecting guided mis
siles from ships, however, has not
yet been sufficiently evaluated to
warrant spending millions of dollars
now for conversion of these ships
for that purpose,” Admiral Denfeld
continued. “Experimentation in ship
launched guided missiles is con
tinuing as rapidly as possible.”
Referring to the 13 vessels which
were authorized more than two
years ago and about 20 per cent
complete. Admiral Denfeld told the
committee:
“I believe that appropriations for
the Navy can now be more advan
tageously spent on newly-developed
weapons and more advanced types
of ships than in the completion of
those ships whose unmodified design
is at least four years old.”
ore
:ow.
Hearing Due Tomorrow.
Meanwhile, on other defense leg
islation, a draft bill approved by
the Sousa Aimed Services ijpom
mitteetRft»es lffJJLrJfBflra
the Rules Committee to;
Chairman Allen has a counter pro
posal for payment of bonuses to vol
unteers. He said he would not
unduly,.delay cpafflftjge agarange of
the biH Wr-regiswation St.mdi Cf'otli
18 (Krcufcli 30, with posefbirtwiuq
tion of those 19 through 25 for two
years' service.
Because of a crowded legislative
calendar the Senate may not begin
debate on a draft-military training
bill until late this week or next.
That bill, reported out by the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee,
would draft men 19 through 25 for
two years' service and call in about
161.000 18-year-old youths for a
year of military training.
Request for Funds Studied.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee is studying a $2,434,000,000
request from President TrunitAi last
week for additional Army, Navy and
Air Force outlays for the fiscal year
beginning July 1. That* brings to
$14,199,441,000 the total asked for
the military forces for the coming
fiscal period.
The way was reopened for House
consideration of a $207,930,350 Army
housing construction bill Wednes
day. Debate was put off 10 days
ago when opponents declared it
would remove spending limits on
homes for officers.
Representative Bates, Republican,
of Massachusetts announced a com
promise whereby officers and en
listed men entitled to family quar
ters on Army posts would have
homes exactly the same.
Arab Office Here Closes,
Ships Records fo London
The Arab office, which has main
tained quarters in the Wardman
Park Hotel, announced today it is
ceasing its activities for an in
definite period.
A member of the office staff said
the decision to close was taken be
fore the declaration of the new
state of Israel and was not a result
of that event and the recognition
of Israel by the United States.
Whether the office will reopen de
pends on events of the next few
months, he said.
The office has been directed by
Cecil Hourani. who has been in
Cairo for the last month. Records
are being shipped to the London
office, which is being maintained.
The announcement of the closing
expressed gratitude to “the many
Americans who have with their
kind letters and oo-operation. given
us courage to undertake a most
difficult task.” It added that the
office had been able “to strengthen
to some extent American-Arab
understanding "
8-Foot Tailpipe to Give
Navy Jet Plane New Zip
By the Associated Press
An eight-foot tailpipe will give
more “zoom'' to a new Navy jet
fighter plane.
The XF6U Pirate, already in the
•‘well-over-SOO-mile-an-hour” class,
will get an extra burst of power
from an "afterburner,” the Navy
disclosed today.
Naval aviators believe the Pirate
will be the first plane to use an
afterburner. Operating somewhat
on the ram jet engine principle, the
pipe burns injected fuel in the tail
pipe from the turbo jet engine. The
added heat energy provides an extra
thrust which “is currently limited
only by available materials,” the
Navy said.
The Pirate, which is being built
by Chance-Vought. will be coming
off production lines this far
20 Reds Questioned
In Greece in Slaying
Of U. S. Broadcaster
By th* Associated Press
SALONIKA, Greece, May 17.—
Twenty or more Communists
were reported under questioning
today about the strange death
of George Polk, 34, American
broadcaster for CBS.
Mr. Polk’s trussed-up body, a
bullet in the head, was found float
ing in the bay off Salonika yester
day.
"We are 1,000 per cent sure it is
the work of Communists,” said one
leading government official who
declined to allow the use of his
name.
Mr. Polk was last seen a week
ago Sunday after telling friends he
was trying to interview Markos
Vafiades, Communist guerrilla
leader.
Underground Angle Checked.
Police were reported authorita
tively to be working on a theory
that Mr. Polk made contact with
the Communist underground and
spent several hours in a hideout
before being shot through the head
and dumped into the bay.
A high police official discounted
the theory that Right Wing extrem
i ists might have killed Mr. Polk
when they heard of his effort to
meet Vafiades. Mr. Polk criticized
the government as well as the
guerrillas.
Mrs. Rhea Polk, the Greek girl
Mr. Polk married eight months ago,
said her husband might have ar
gued with an underground guide
and been shot.
“He had a terrible temper," she
said. “I think he may have got
mad. He talked back to anybody.”
(Carl Rankin, United States
charge d'affaires, called on For
eign Minister Constantin Tsal
daris in Athens and was under
stood to have received a report
on the Polk investigation. Mr.
Tsaldaris was reported to have
told Mr. Rankin every effort will
be made to arrest the killers.)
Full Inquiry Ordered.
Premier Themistokles Sophoulis
announced in Athens that he had
ordered a full investigation and
Constantin Rentis, the minister of
public order, undertook to conduct it.
Mr. Polk, 34. a correspondent for
the Columbia Broadcasting System,
disappeared a week ago, after telling
friends he was trying to get an
interview with Markos Vafiades,
leader of the Communist Greek
guerrillas.
In Athens, however, a close friend
of Mr. Polk's said the correspondent
had received several threatening
telephone calls, in which the callers
accused him of being a Communist,
indicating that anti - Communists
might have desired his death.
Mrs. Polk said he had been threat
ened by both Arabs and Jews in Pal
estine, but never, so far as she knew,
in Greece. He has been the chief
Middle East correspondent for CBS
for two years. Mrs. Polk said his
body will be buried in Athens, in
accordance with his will, which
stipulated that he be buried in the
country in which he died.
JHantied to Retnrnffhld Week
Hr’war the first ■Ameetoan corras
pondentlo die irTthe Oftek ctVil
war. He had been nominated for a
| Nieman fellowship in journalism
! at Harvard and had planned to re
ctum to the United-States, this week.
Tft. ©RSI friend1^, ,«»ted 'the
1 ynp-ionfawtcrview as<-f«rewell scoop.
U Mr. Polk was a nkvf pilot during
the war and was wounded in the
| Solomons. Before the war he was
I city editor of the Fairbanks (Alas
ka i Daily News Miner, worked on
! the Shanghai Evening Post and in
the Paris bureau of the Hew York
Herald Tribune. He also worked for
the Herald Tribune in New York
just before and in Washington just
after the war. He was born in Fort
Worth, Tex., and attended Virginia
Military Institute.
01 eo
^Continued From First Page.l
t.ax on the colored* type, while In
23 States colored margarine "is un
fettered by excises or State prohibi
tion.”
Uncolored margarine is free of
tax in all but 19 states. Seven of
the 19. he pointed out. impose taxes
from 5 to 15 cents per pound, while
in the other 12 no imported oils
may be used without a tax payment.
Nevertheless, the Treasury offic
ials told the committee, the trend is
towards less State regulation. New
Jersey recently repealed its prohi
bition against colored margarine,
and a similar bill has passed both
houses of the Massachusetts legis
lature. Hence he said, repeal of
the Federal levies, "would directly
benefit consumers in the majority
of the States."
Mr. Wiggins said that if Con
gress wishes to use the tax power
to regulate margarine, this could
be done by replacing "present puni
tive tax rates” by "token tax re
quirements.”
Fulbright Offers Amendment.
Another possible amendment was
suggested by Senator Fulbright,
Democrat..of Arkansas, in response
tc the argument that there must
be protection against sale of mar
garine for butter.
He proposed an amendment to the
Pure Food and Drug Act requiring
public eating places to post "a con
spicuous sign” or a "prominent
notice on the daily bill of fare or
menu" stating that margarine is
served.
Failure to do so would make the
owner subject to a jail sentence up
to a year and a fine up to $1,000 or
both.
The Senator, who has led the
margarine fight in the upper House,
said there is "no reason why we
cannot further strengthen the al
ready extensive labelling and mark
ing requirements” to achieve ade
quate safeguards.
Taft Doubts Early Passage.
Such safeguards have been called
for bv Senator Taft. Republican,
of Ohio, in advocating repeal. He
warned, however, that it may be
difficult to get the repeal bill to the
Senate floor in time for final action
before Congress quits.
The bill's sponsor in the House,
Representative Rivers, Democrat, of
South Carolina, also a witness today,
told the committee that American
housewives and "the husbands, of
whom I am one,” expended 13.000
man and woman years of labor last
year mixing in the color.
The Rivers bill, which passed the
House, 260 to 106. would end at
once the 10-cents-a-pound tax on
colored margarine and the quarter -
cent tax on the mix-it-in-yourself
type. Also repealed would be the
following license fees—$600 for man
ufacturers, $480 for wholesalers of
colored margarine and $200 for un
colored, $M for retailers of colored
and $6 ftj^etailers of uncolored.
White House Cautious
In Deciding on Lifting
Arms Ban for Israel
By the Associated Press
The White House said today that
the question of lifting the United
States embargo against arms ship
ments to the Middle East is still
under study.
Presidential Press Secretary Charles
G. Ross told reporters that he does
not expect developments today on
! the Palestine situation.
Asked if there is likelihood of ap
pointment of a diplomatic represen
tative to the new Jewish state of
; Israel, Mr. Ross replied, "There is
' nothing new."
He said he knows of no special
j week end conferences concerning
the new state and that he does not
! expect any today.
Under Continuous Study.
Mr. Ross said that President Tru
man's recognition of Israel had not
focused any special attention on the
: question of lifting the arms embar
go, which he noted has been under
continuous study and consideration.
Indications are that Mr. Truman
will make no decision on the em
bargo for a few days.
Several factors point to a go
slow policy for the moment.
1. Tne United Nations Security
i Council is taking up the questions
raised by invasion of Palestine by
armed forces from the Arab states.
2. It is still not clear how far
the Arabs intend to go. The Arab
League says the sole purpose of
the military maneuvers is "restor
ing peace and security.”
U. N. Charter Involved.
A decision that the Arabs are
aggressors under the United Na
tions Charter might affect any
changes made in the arms ban.
That might be considered reason
to permit arms to go to the Jews,
but not to the Arabs.
At the Capitol, Representative
Javits, Republican, of New York,
a member of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, proposed a $500,
000,000 recovery program for the
Middle East countries.
Without comment on the striie in
Palestine. Mr. Javits said in a state
ment that his plan would enable
the Jews and Arabs to develop their
resources “through self-help and
mutual co-operation.”
A top Republican leader, who
asked that his name be withheld,
said he did not believe Mr. Javits’
proposal would have much chance.
Auto Workc s
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“successfully” exert its influence to
secure a National price rollback to
cut the cost of living.
No Peace in Sight at Chrysler.
2 The strike of 75,000 Chrysler
workers for a 30-cents-an-hour in
crease entered its sixth day without
a sign of a peace offering from
either side. The UAW calls this the
Nation’s "most important” labor
battle. Ford local 600 voted the
Chrysler strikers a defense fund of
$125,000.
3. An estimated 10.000 to 12,000
General Motors workers approved a
strike for a 25 cents an hour in
crease. The UAW is currently poll
ing its 225.000 GM workers on the
strike question.
Whatever the outcome, all the
industry’s 500,000 or more workers
likely "would be affected in estab
lishment of any new wage pattern.
The effecFotfotherJCDdustry;plight
also be prortmmced. *
Ford Sees Price Increase.
Ford made its proposals in sug
gesting that “top priority” be given
to the “objective of public security”
in forthcoming negotiations.
John S. Bugas, vice president and
director of industrial relations, told
the UAW that this was a “respon
sibility” of both union and com
pany “in the light of present condi
tions.”
The UAW's wage demands would
raise costa and “compel” a price in
crease on Ford.products, Mr. Bugas
said.
In its sharp reply the UAW
charged that Ford “has joined with
the rest of American industry in
the most disgraceful and scandalous
grab for profits in the history of
our country.”
n.en uannon. uaw rwu uireuLor,
said the campany's proposal was
"hypocritical."
He said, however, that the union
would be "happy” to withdraw its
wage demand if Ford ‘‘will success
fully exert its influence on the
rest of American industrial man
agement and upon Congress to
effect a substantial rollback in the
cost of living."
G. M. Workers Approve Strike.
Ford said the American people
“would particularly welcome at this
time a major company and a major
union working together construc
tively in the public interest."
As the Ford-union exchange was
going on. the UAW reported that
7,000 General Motors workers at the
La Grange, (111.), electro-motive
plants of GM had approved strike
action if wage demands were not
met.
GM workers at the Detroit Diesel
and transmission plants and the
Flint Fisher body factory took like
action, the union said.
In Philadelphia a 6-cent hourly
wage increase offered by the Budd
Co. was rejected yesterday by more
than 1,500 members of the UAW.
Shortly after the workers were
polled on the issue at a mass meet
ing, a union official said the final
vote in favor of rejecting the com
pany offer was 1,478 to 41. The
union has asked a 30-cent hourly
increase.
Meanwhile Walter Reuther, UAW
president, was back home today
from nearly a month in a hospital
after surviving an attempt on his
life.
He came home yesterday with a
police escort and seemed his char
acteristic self except for his injury.
He said he would be back on his
union job whenever his doctors per
mitted, and added “that can’t be
soon enough.”
His maimed right arm. which a
shotgun blast nearly tore from his
body the night of April 20, was in
a cast extending over the upper
half of his body.
Doctors said he would be confined
at home several weeks and that it
might be months before the extent
of the nerve injury to his arm
could be determined.
Mr. Reuther said the pain on his
trip from New Grace Hospital was
"terrific” but that he “put up a
front” for the sake of his daughter
Linda and a smaller sister. He
smiled and joked on the trip.
The Fairfax County Red Cross
Chapter will hold its annual meet
ing and election of officers at 8
p.m. Friday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Howrev, Wakefield
Fairfax Red Cross to Elect
1, Burke, Va.
Plane Carrying
Its Own Runway
Is Demonstrated
ty the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 17—A plane
that carries it* own runway and
can land on unprepared fields has
been demonstrated for the first time
publicly.
The "flying runway," a track-type
landing gear in which an endless
rubber belt replaces wheels, was
exhibited at Idlewild Airport Satur
day.
A 27-ton Fairchild C-82 packet
taxied off and landed during the
tests. Officials said the weight or
“footprint” of a plane is reduced
from 60 pounds per square inch to
20 pounds by the new gear.
Military strategists have said that
track-tread gear may make impor
tant differences in the construction
needed for advanced bases, reducing
or eliminating the need for hard
surfaced runways.
A 19-inch-wide reinforced rubber
belt replaces the plane’s main
wheels, and the nose wheel is re
placed by a 14-lnch track.
Ball Game
(Continued From First Pagt.)
the roster, Ed Gossett and Gene
Worley, the Democrats can start
an all-Texas outfield if they de
cide to follow regulations and
use only three men.
"And with the eyes of Texas
on the bali the Republicans may
as well take their bats and get
them autographed for souvenirs,”
explained Richards. "That's
about all they'll be good for.”
The Democrats also have a
number of versatile players able
to perform in both the infield
and outfield. This group includes
“Oleo” Rivers of South Carolina,
said Tom Abernethy of Missis
sippi. The latter is a speed mer
chant, rated a 10-second man in
college, and Richards says hell
show the Republicans some
flashy base stealing, a la Ty
Cobb, if he gets on base.
John Riley of South Carolina,
who was a pitcher at Wofford
College, is an infield candidate
on the squad. Ditto for Jamie
Whitten of Mississippi, and John
Carroll of Colorado.
But in the tall grass, the out
field that is, is where the Demo
crats expect to shine. Percy
Priest of Tennessee, Bob Jones
of Alabama, Joe Evins of Ten
nessee and Harold Cooley of
North Carolina are among the
fly hawks Richards will be able
to send into the scrap.
The Democrats also are in the
market for a dependable bat boy.
“We probably could get some
body from the lumber lobby to
carry the wood for us," said
Richards, “but we'd prefer to
have a man accustomed to
wielding the big stick. Maybe
we can persuade Sam Rayburn
to help us out."
The game is sponsored by The
Evening Star for the benefit of
a summer camp for underprivil
eged children, and with a
healthy advance sale of tickets it
looks as though a lot of unfor
tunate children who couldn't
couldn't otherwise afford it are
going to have a pleasant vaca
tion.
A variety show will be held
before the ball game, with four
military bands furnishing music.
Atomic
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shaw of California, Van Zandt of
Pennsylvania, Patterson of Con
necticut and Cole of New York, all
Republicans. Total, 11.
Against — Senator McMahon,
Democrat, of Connecticut, and Rep
resentatives Durham of North
Carolina, Holifleld of California.
Price of Illinois and Johnson of
Texas, all Democrats. Total, five.
Although this plan will provoke
floor debate, it will not be as bitter
a fight as appeared -likely over
confirmation of the appointees for
terms of varying length.
If this extension bill passes, there
will be no need to act on the nom
inations until 1950.
Showdown on Veto.
In addition to passing this bill,
both houses also face a showdown
within the next week or two on
President Truman's veto Saturday
of a bill to- enable the Senate to
call on the FBI to investigate
future appointee? to the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Republican leaders will make a
$trong effort to have both Houses
override the veto. It involves the
whole controversy already raging
between the President and the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities over the right of Congress
to get FBI reports on Government
officials.
Mr. Truman said the FBI measure
was an unwarranted encroachment
by Congres on the functions of the
Executive branch. Senators Know
land and Hickenlooper promptly
challeneged the veto and defended
the right of Congress to call on the
services of a regular Government
agency, like the FBI, to make in
vestigations.
Knowland Expects Override.
Senator Knowland says he Is
confident Congress will override the
veto and make the bill law.
The bill to reduce terms of the
commissioners was drafted by Sena
tors Hickenlooper and Johnson.
The measure has the support of
Senate Republican Leaders Taft of
Ohio and Vandenberg of Michigan.
Senator McMahon plans to lead
a fight against the Hickenlooper
Johnson bill and support Mr. Tru
man's right to make the appoint
ments.
Senator McMahon charged the
bill was written with “political mo
tives" and that the whole atomic
energy program is "being dragged
into politics” The bill’s authors
deny any political intent. They say
the bill merely extends the “trial
period” for the commission and
gives Congress time to see how the
atomic energy program is develop
ing before making the full-term ap
pointments. ,
Currency
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slightly over $4, is regarded in offi
cial quarters here as one of the
ERP country currencies which is
vulnerable to a devaluation move
later.
The French and Italians both
have taken steps in recent months
to devalue their currencies in rela
tion to the United States dollar.
The French did so despite objec
tions by the monetary fund to the
method adopted, partly because the
French gave a higher value to the
United States dollar than the Brit
ish pound.
Paul G. Hoffman, the European
program administrator, signed the
report as a nev member of the six
man council.
Other council members and sign
ers were Secretaries of State Mar
shall, Treasury Snyder and Com
merce Sawyer; Federal Reserve
Board Thomas B. McCabe, and Ex
port-Import Bank Chairman Wil
liam Martin.
“The adjustment of exchange
rates cannot be made simultane
ously for all countries,’* the council
said, observing that they:
1. Will attain the needed degree
of internal economic and financial
stability at different times.
2. Will approach a balance in
their accounts with other countries
at varying times.
The 14,000-word report on the
monetary fund and its twin insti
tution, the World Bank, was ordered
by Congress when the United States
became the biggest capital sub
scriber to the two institutions.
The! report credits both the fund
and the bank with moving in “the
right direction."
The council said it sees no need
to chan- -e charter of either in
stitution , but it also said the
United s should not provide
any more ,oney for the fund now
and it hinted that the bank will do
better if it waits a while before ex
panding its loans or issuing more
bonds.
The major usefulness of both the
bank and the fund lie in the future,
said the council, declaring the Eu
ropean Recovery Program* -will
smooth out obstacles confronting
them.
Rev. Peter A. Brooks,
Marquette Head, Dies
ly the Associated Press
MILWAUKEE. May 17..—The Rev.
Peter. Anthony Brooks, S. J., presi
dent of Marquette University since
1944, and former head of the Mis
souri Province of the Society of
Jesus, collapsed and died of a heart
attack last night. He was 55.
Father Brook's death was unex
pected as he had been in good
health.
ne was uie iitu picsiueiu. in wic
university, from which he had
graduated in 1921. He had headed
the Missouri Province of the Jesuits
from 1937 to 1943.
Father Brooks, who was bom In
Watertown, Wis., taught at Loyola
Academy, Chicago, from 1925 to
1928, and had been with the Depart
ment of Education at St. Louis Uni
versity in 1933 and 1934. He became
president of Campion High School,
Prairie Du Chien, Wis.. ift July 1934
After serving overseas as a second
lieutenant with the Coast Artillery
in World War I, Father Brooks re
turned to his studies at Marquette
University, and in 1921 Joined the
Jesuit order at Florissant, Mo.
Jewish Spokesman Offers
Arabs Oufsfrefched Hand
The new Jewish state of Israel
has the hand of peace “out
stretched” to the Arabs. Eliahu Ep
stein, Washington representative of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine, de
clared yesterday over Station
WQQW.
During an interview by Harry
Brager. news analyst, Mr. Epstein
said "the hand of peace cam remain
outstretched only so long as the
Arabs recognize our rights in Pales
tine and realize that we' are there,
not as their enemies, but as co
workers in the development of the
east—economically, politically and
socially,” k .■ a
“Noty that we are completely ©n
our own/’- he continued, "we have
assumed tremendous responsibilities
and are striving now to show that
we are both capable of statehood
and can contribute something con
structive to the world within the
family of nations.”
Plans Division Set Up
In Resources Board
Establishment of a plans and
programs division of the National
Security Resources Board with
Ralph J. Watkins as director was
announced today by Chairman
Arthur M. Hill.
Mr. Watkins, who has been asso
ciated with the board on a part
time basis since February, is
director of the Marketing and Re
search division of Dun & Brad
street, Inc., New York.
Public Workers
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ever done about it was in the Com
merce Department when Henry
Wallace was secretary of Com
merce," Mr. Flaxer said.
At the mention of Mr. Wallaces
name, the delegates broke into
cheers and whistles.
And despite the standing ovation
accorded Mr. Flaxer when he took
the rostrum—an ovation that lasted
for severaf minutes—a group of
delegates opposed to UPWA’s left
wing leadership mapped plans for
a bitter fight against Mr. Flaxer
and the union’s other officials. The
opposition claims to represent be
tween 5,000 and 10,000 UPWA mem
bers.
May Seek Injunction.
UPWA officials have bitterly at
tacked the "red-rider" as illegal.
They revealed today they will make
a legal fight on the amendment and
seek a temporary injuction to re
strain the Government by from
carrying out the ban on its mem
! bers if the amendment becomes
law.
UPWA officials said they had
completed arrangements for a mass
arrival in Washington later this
week and a march of the 500 dele
gates to Capitol Hill if the Senate
begins debate on the amendment.
The officials also disclosed they
do not plan to split into two unions,
and that they will fight "with all
the weapons at our command,” to
hang on to their Federal employe
membership.
Mr. Flaxer and UPWA's interna
tional officers prepared a 120-page
report for submission to the con
vention with charges that Govern
ment workers have been subjected
to "a reign of terror" during the
last 18 months.
Assails Truman's Program.
Among other things, the report
denounced President Truman’s loy
alty program and the Mundt bill,
which would impose strict registra
tion measures on the Communist
Party. ,
The report also charged that
Congress has served the interests
1 of the National Association of Man
ufacturers.
From the preponderance of wai
lace-for-President” buttons worn by
the delegates today, it appeared the
convention would indorse Mr. Wal
lace for President if the issue came
to a vote. But UP.WA officials are
undecided about official indorse
ment because of the strong stand
against such indorsement taken by
Phfiip Murray, CIO president. ~
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