Pennsylvania G. 0. P.
Reported at Odds on
Convention Strategy
By A»sociot«d Pr«s»
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 12.—
Gov. James H. Duff and other top
Pennsylvania Republican leaders
were reported at odds today over the
strategy of the State's potent 73
member delegation to the Repub
lican National Convention.
John M. Cummings, Philadelphia
Inquirer political writer, quoted Mr.
Duff as saying he is ready to “fight
to the limit any move to undermine
his plan to keep the delegation un
pledged until convention time.
Raymond C. Brecht of the Phila
delphia Bulletin said “a smoldering
battle between the Governor and
Senator Martin has left the secret
stage and flared into the open.”
Mr. Cummings said Gov. Duff
particularly was incensed at reports
G. Mason Owlett, Republican na
tional committeeman and president
of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’
Association, was trying to line up
votes in the delegation for Gov.
Dewey of New York.
"I was never for him <Gov. Dewey)
for President and I am not for him
now." Gov. Duff was quoted in the
Inquirer as declaring.
Asked about the Inquirer story.
Gov. Duff said: "I am not going
to comment on that at all."
In Philadelphia Mr. Owlett said
“it is my belief that peace and
harmony will prevail” in the State's
delegation.
Senator Martin also said in Wash
ington that he “did not believe
there is any serious friction in the
ranks of the Pennsylvania Repub
licans. I have made no commit
ments of any kind.”
Mr. Duff has been privately re
ported as leaning toward Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan for Presi
dent, but has told newsmen con
sistently he believes the candidate
should be picked at convention time
and not before.
Democrats
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as Democrats. Neither the Ameri
cans for Democratic Action nor any
other political group has a right to
demand a place for representatives
on a Democratic ballot.”
Rauh and Dudley Comment.
The references to ADA and CIO
PAC were to two of the anti-organ
ization candidates who brought the
court suit. Mr. Rautl, is ADA's
National Executive Committee
chan man and Tilford Dudley is
assistant national director of PAC,
the vote-gathering wing of the CIO.
This morning Mr. Rauh pointed
out that "approximately 100 mem
bers and officers" of ADA chapters
in the several States have been
elected delegates or alternates to
the Democratic National Commit
tee
Mr. Dudley stated that CIO-PAC’s
national director. Jack Kroll, is an
elected delegate from Ohio and that
Phillip Murray, national president
of CIO. is a delegate to the conven
tion from Pennsylvania.
ADA issued a statement saying
that the “action of local party
politicos” such as Melvin D. Hil
dreth. chairman of the District
Democratic Central Committee, in
“'shunning or ignoring progressive
groups and individuals will bring
certain disaster next-November" tjp
the Democratic ticket.
McGrath Views on Seating
Democratic National Chairman
McGrath, in a message to ADA, said
that Mr. Hildreth's action in bar
ring the ADA-backed group from the
local ballot "is not In accordance"
with the Senator's previous telegram
to Leon Henderson, national ADA
head. Senator McGrath added:
“While I have no power to inter
fere in the District of Columbia, if
they send delegates to the con
vention in accordance with their
announced procedure, and another
group also choses delegates, I will
recommend to the Credentials Com
mittee of the convention that it
seat these delegates most demo
crtically elected.”
Veteran* Back Eisenhower.
Another twist was given the party
ruckus by an announcement of the
"Veterans for Eisenhower" group
here that it is sponsoring a write-in
campaign for the general. The an
nouncement. issued by Maynard B.
De Witt, chairman of the local club,
said that “we feel certain that if
local Democratic voters turn out in
sufficient numbers Eisenhower will
undoubtedly receive a majority of
the votes—in spite of being a write
in candidate.”
President Truman's name is the
only’ one on the ballot, according to
Mr. Hildreth. He added that Gen.
Eisenhower had telegraphed him
some time ago “absolutely forbid
ding” the use of his name on the
printed ballot. The ballot will con
tain a space to write the names of
persons other than President Tru
man. Mr. Hildreth said.
The local Eisenhower backers said
they have told Mr. Hildreth they
•xpect to provide poll watchers. No
provision for watchers has been an
nounced by the Central Committee
The group also telegraphed Senator
McGrath asking him to provide
■ qualified observers” on election day
• nd expressing concern over the
“tactics" of the Central Committee.
Brannan Opposed for Place
On Colorado Delegation
By the Associated Press
DENVER. June 12.—Charles F.
Brannan. new Secretary of Agri
culture. faced a fight today to win
a place on his home State's delega
tion to the Democratic National
Convention.
The opposition developed coinci
dent with Mr. Brannans first visit
to Colorado since he entered the
cabinet.
Two other Federal officials—Un
dersecretary of the Interior Oscar
Chapman and Maple T. Harl, direc
tor of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp—fell into the same category'
with Mr. Brannan.
Rank-and-file Colorado Demo
cratic workers took the position that
the State's 16 seats at the conven
tion should be allotted to party
workers active in the precincts.
Neither Mr. Chapman or Mr. Harl
arranged to attend the meeting.
Mr. Brannan. who was active in
Young Democratic affairs a decade
ago. dropped participation in Colo
rado politics when the Hatch Act
was adopted. This prohibits politi
cal activity among most Federal
employes.
The convention delegation, which
has 12 votes, will be selected late
this afternoon as the climax to the
day-long State convention.
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REPORTED SIMILAR TO U. S. JET BOMBER—This drawing, appearing in the magazine Avia
tion Week, is described as based on movie film smuggled-out of Russia showing the Sow*
Ilyushin four-jet high-speed bomber similar in many respects to the Boeing jet bomber XB-47.
J —AP Wirephoto.
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Russian Planes
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an hour at sea level and with a
temperature of about 59 degrees
Fahrenheit. At higher altitudes
and under other temperatures, hu
midity and conditions, it moves
slower. Thus, at 40,000 feet and with
subzero temperatures it has a rate
of about 660 miles an hour.
Aviation Week also reports three
other Russian planes:
An Ilyushin four-jet. high-speed
bomber in many respects similar to
the Boeing jet bomber XB-47. One
novel feature of the Soviet plane is
a tail gunner's compartment.
A twin-engine Jet bomber designed
by Andrei Tupelov, based on but
larger than the reciprocating engine
attack bomber TU-2.
; A turbo-jet fighter reportedly the
work of Artem L. Mikoyan.
, New, Fast Jet Plane
Credited to Russians
LONDON, June 12 (/P).—The Daily
Mail said today the Russians have
developed an experimental jet plane
with a "top speed approaching 760
miles an hour."
That is only 3 miles under the
speed of sound under standard con
ditions—at sea level and 59 degrees
Fahrenheit. It is above the speed
of sound at high altitudes and
lower temperatures.
"Intelligence reports,” the Mail
said, show "Russia's jet-propelled
warplanes already number several
hundreds, and that the rate of pro
duction is being stepped up."
The newspaper said Russia has
about a dozen different types of jet
planes in squadron or experimental
i use. including a four-jet heavy
i bomber.
It said this bomber has been fly
ing for more than a year and "prob
ably has a cruising speed of 450
miles per hour, a range of 1,500
j miles and can carry two tons of
i bombs.”
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Sailors Best U. S. Envoys,
Admiral Says After Cruise
By tht Associated Pros*
I SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 12 —
Rear Admiral Harold L. Martin,
back from a world cruise in com
mand of the new aircraft carrier
| Valley Forge, today took off his gold
[ braided cap to American sailors.
“Our best ambassadors were our
: i enlisted men. Their conduct in
' foreign ports won the admiration of
all peoples," Admiral Martin de
1 dared.
The admiral, commander of the
I; Navy’s task force 38, led his flat
top crew to some international
'; trouble spots in the cruise which
'' began here October 8, 1947.
After visiting China and Australia,
the Valley Forge went through the
Suez Canal to appear in the Mediter
ranean before the Italian election
and later moved along Greece.
During the recent Russo-Finnish
pact talks the Valley Forge was in
’ Norwegian waters and as Arab
Jewish tension mounted before the
war erupted she visited the Persian
Gulf.
New York was a port of call on
the return trip, which was via the
Panama Canal.
Morocco Tightens Security
After Fanatic Stabs Official
By th» Associated Press
i OUJDA, French Morocco, June 12.
—Security measures were taken
: throughout Morocco today after the
stabbing of a Moroccan official by a
Moslem fanatic.
The victim, Mohamed Hajoui
Pasha of Oujda, was knifed twice
vesterday and wounded severely
after he had attended the funerals
of Jews killed in Arab-Jewish ripts.
In a speech at the ceremonies he
* had rebuked the rioters.
Hajoui, son of Morocco’s minister
of justice, was attending prayers at
the great mosque of Oujda when
stabbed.
An angry crowd stoned the as
sailant. and guards seized the man.
| He was identified as a young Moslem
named Meraili, brother of a man in
volved in the killing of A. M. Amoros,
a French civil servant who died in
the riots last Monday.
Essex Youth, 18, Gets Life
In Slaying of Woman, 54
By the Associated Press
i BALTIMORE, June 12.—Charles
Howard Schuck, 18. has been
sentenced to life imprisonment for
the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Tell
jjohann, 54. last March.
The Essex youth shot Mrs. Tell
johann in the back when she re
sisted his efforts to snatch her
purse. She died two days later.
Judge Herman Moser fixed the
penalty in Criminal Court after
.a jury returned a verdict of first
degree murder without capital pun
ishment.
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Railroads
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settlement of a railroad labor dis
pute, but the recommendations are
not binding on management or the
unions.
In the present dispute a board
made recommendations which were
; accepted toy all but three of the score
!of railroad unions. Those three
called a strike.
A Senate Labor Subcommittee
has decided to • get the facts" on
the wage dispute at a public hearing
: Tuesday.
Chairman Ball said the flve-man
. suocommittee Invited both sides to
testify at that time. Besides Sena
[ tor Ball, committee members are
Senators Jenner, Republican, of In
i diana; Donnell, Republican, of Mis
i souri; Ellender. Democrat, of Louisi
ana and Murray, Democrat, of
Montana.
Senate Action Paves
Way for Military Aid
To Western Europe
By J. A. O'Leary
Military as well as economic
aid to Western Europe may be
come a part of this country’s
effort to insure peace, as the
! result of action taken by the
Senate yesterday.
1 Without committing itself in ad
vance to any specific arrangement,
the Senate indorsed the principle of
regional defense pacts among like
minded nations to discourage ag
gression until the world is ready to
give the United Nations organization
the force it needs to prevent wars
from starting.
By a vote of 64 to 4, it adopted the
Vandenberg resolution recommend
ing six steps to make the U. N. a
more effective peace agency, in
cluding a general indorsement of the
regional agreements authorized by
one section of the charter,
j House Action Not Required.
Since the resolution requires no
action by the House, it does not
have the force of law. Its approval
J was another important milestone in
: the development of existing bi
! partisan foreign policy, however,
because it holds out to the anti
communist countries of Western
Europe the hope of later action by
j the United States, looking to their
: mutual defense.
It is not expected that any spe
cific agreements growing out of the
resolution will be submitted to Con
gress before the end of this year.
Only Senators Pepper, Democrat,
of Florida, offered any serious re
sistance to the regional defense pact
plan, and when the roll was called
on final passage, he picked up the
support of Senators Langer, Re
publican, of North Dakota; Wat
kins. Republican, of Utah, and Tay
' lor, lvemucittt, luonu.
I is running for Vice President on
the Wallace third party ticket.
Earlier a motion by Senator Pep
per. to strike out referenft1 to re
gional agreements, was lost, 61 to 6.
Kem, Malone Support Pepper.
Senators Kem of Missouri apjj
Malone of Nevada, both Republic
ans, supported .the Pepper amend
ment, but on final passage they did
not vote because they were paired
with two absentee supporters of the
resolution.
Senator Vandenberg assured the
Senate its action does not mean
"automatic military alliances,” but
is a plan for American co-operation
with like-minded nations, within
the framework of the U. N., to keep
the peace. The Michigan Repub
lican said it would serve as a warn
ing to any "possible aggressor who
might sneer at any arguments save
those of force.”
Senator Pepper, however, called it
a return to the old balance-of
power method of preventing war.
and insisted the U. N. could never
become a central peace enforcement
agency if the world is divided into
three camps. He had reference to
the Rio pact betw-een this country
and South America, the proposed
Western European defense group,
and the Soviet bloc.
Similar Move in House.
While the Vandenberg resolution
goes direct to the President in the
form of “advice,” the question is due
to come up separately in the House.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of
that body has approved a similar
declaration of policy, but has written
it into a bill authorizing a $65,000,000
fund to erect the new United Natiorr
building in New York City. If the
Houses passes that bill, the Senate
will have to act on the proposal
again, and send it to the President,
j if the building fund is to be pro
vided.
Other steps which the Senate
resolution suggests for strengthening
i U. N. include efforts to modify the
Security Council's veto power, crea
tion of the U. N. armed force con
templated in the charter, and efforts
to bring about multi-lateral dis
armament agreements.
Coal
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would assume the unpaid obliga
tions against an old fund collected
during the period of Government
operation of the mines.
After the trustees' meeting, an
attorney for the operators said Mr.
Van Horn would ale suit in District
Court to block the resolution, which
he said would drain nearly $20,000.
000 from the present welfare fund.
Applications Pouring In.
The 1946 fund, originally about
$26,000,000. will be exhausted by
July 1. Mr. Lewis has used it to
pay $1,000 death benefits and dis
tress payments — accident, illness,
medical caie, etc.—to the miners.
Mr. Van Horn already has pending
in District Court a suit to invali
date a Bridges-Lewis plan to pay
$100 monthly pensions to the min
ers. It will be heard in District
Court next Saturday by Justice T.
Alan Goldsborough.
As a result of the Van Horn suit
and the inability of both sides to
agree on just how much of the fund
should be spent for pensions and
how much for other benefits, -the
entire fund is tied up. But. Mr.
Lewis showed by pushing the new
resolution through the trustees that
he is getting ready for action should
Justice Goldsborough rule in his
favor.
The most important question the
judge must decide is whether deci
sions of the three trustees are to
be made by majority vote or whether
they require unanimity or at least
concurrence of the employer trustee.
Mr. Lewis claims a majority rules,
while Mr. Van Horn says every
1 decision to be valid must carry his
indorsement.
Palestine
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strike back to regain any ground
the Arabs took.
A similar threat was implied by
the unified Arab high command
yesterday. An order sent out from
Amman to Arab forces told them
to cease fire “unless attacked."
Count Bemadotte said last night
he had received a number of Arab
complaints, including one from Brig.
John Baggot Glubb Pasha, com
mander of the Arab Legion and a
( retired British army officer. He
1 said he had ordered U. N. military
observers to investigate and report
as quickly as possible on these com
plaints.
Bemadotte Ignores Offer
Of Reds to Send Aides
LAKE SUCCESS, June 12 UP).—
Count Folke Bemadotte. United
' Nations mediator for Palestine, is
ignoring Russia's offer to send mili
i tary observers of the four-week
' truce there.
A U. N. spokesman said Count
Bemadotte so advised U. N. head
quarters yesterday from Cairo. The
Swedish count added that he is-de
termined to restrict his staff of
military observers to representatives
of the United States, France and
Belgium. These countries make up
the Security Council’s consular truce
lommission.
Russia has one avenue open to
get around the rebuff. She can de
mand that the Council order Count
Bemadotte to use Soviet military
personnel.
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei
A. Gromyko may take such a step
when the Council meets again Tues
day. But on the basis of the cold
reception of his original offer got!
i in the Council, there appears to be
! little chance he will succeed.
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Ship Owners to lest
Hiring Hall Legality
By tht Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 12 —A test of
the legality of the union hiring hall,
through which seamen are chan
neled to shipboard jobs, is planned
by ship company owners.
Frank J. Taylor, chairman of the
Shipowners Negotiating Committee,
said last night the question will be
placed before the National Labor
Relations Board in unfair labor
practices charges.
His announcement came while the
companies and five CIO unions
awaited the report of a presiden
tial fact-finding board on maritime
contract disputes. •
The union has threatened a pas
sible strike Tuesday of 130.000 mem
bers.
Mr. Taylor said the unfair labor
practices charges, based on the
claim that the hiring halls are illegal
under the Taft-Hartley Act, will1
be filed against two of the unions
—the National Maritime Union and
the American Radio Association.
I Wages and other working condl-:
lions are involved in the strike
threat, but the unions have not dis-!
closed their wage demands.
Other unions involved are the In-^
ternational Longshoremen’s and|
Warehousemen’s Union, the Marine
Cooks and Stewards and the Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association. I
CIO Rejects Plea by Woll |
To Cut International Ties
By tht Associated Prtss
The CIO has rejected a de
mand of Matthew Woll, chair
man of AFL's International Rela
tions Committee, that the CIO sever1
itself from the World Federation of
Trade Unions.
James B. Carey. CIO secretary-,
treasurer, told a news conference
that Mr. W6U has written two let-'
ters asking the CIO to quit the
WFTU and end its affiliation with
CGIL, the Italian labor confedera
tion, the Czech federation, "and all
others that Woll considers Com
munist-dominated."
"We don’t agree with Mr. Woll.”'
said Mr. Carey, who was a delegate
to the WFTU meeting in Rome a
month ago.
“He believes in isolation, and we
don’t see how a trade unionist can
be an isolationist."
Mr. Carey said the CIO will con
tinue to take part in WFTU “in
order to associate with the organ
izations of Europe that are engaged,
in the fight against totalitarianism
in all its forms."
Connecticut Showdown
On Truman Seen Averted
Sy tHe Associated Pross
HARTFORD, Conn., June 12.—A
showdown on Anti-Truman senti
ment appeared to have been side
tracked today as Connecticut Demo
crats met here to name their dele
gates to the national convention.
Organization leaders, gauging sen-,
timent as the State convention1
opened last night, predicted success,
for their plans to avoid a rumpus
over the Truman issue. They said
their strategy was to propose that
the State's 20-vote delegation be
sent to Philadelphia unpledged and
bound by the unit rule.
From leaders of the State chapter
of the Americans for Democratic
Action, chief among the Anti-Tru
man forces, came word that they
would not challenge the proposal.
The ADA has urged that Connecti
cut Democrats seek the Presidential
nomination for Supreme Court Jus
tice Douglas, a former Yale Law
School professor.
As part of the plan for an un
pledged delegation, the convention’s
Resolutions Committee struggled to
draft a resolution lauding President
Truman's administration—but care
fully avoiding any commitment to
his candidacy. A Anal draft wasj
postponed until today.
House Sponsor Urges
Senate Acceptance
Of His Refugee Bffl
By th« Associated Press
Representative Fellows, Re
publican, of Maine expressed
hope today that the Senate will
accept without change a House
passed bill to admit 202,000
homeless Europeans to this
country in the next two years.
“If they do,” he said, “we can
get it to the White House quickly,
with no chance of the legislation
getting lost in the last-minute rush
before Congress adjourns.”
The Maine lawmaker said House
and Senate conferees will meet
early next week to adjust differ
ences between separate bills ap
proved by the two houses. The bill
written by Mr. Fellows sailed
through the House yesterday by a
289-to-91 vote.
Differences in Bills.
Both measures set a two-year pe
riod for DP immigration, but the
Senate bill puts the refugee total
at 200,000. There also are other
points on which the two bills differ.
House critics of the Senate ver
sion, led by Representative Celler,
Democrat, of New York, complain
that it discriminates against Jewish
DPs, few oi whom could meet the
Senate requirement that 50 per cent
of the admissions be farm laborers.
The less restrictive House measure
gives top priority to a wide range
of workers, including farm hands,
coal miners, doctors, dentists,
nurses, household and construction
workers, garment workers, teachers,
scientists and technicians.
Unlike the Senate bill, which does
not mention orphans, the House
bill also would permit the entry of
'unmarried minor orphan children”
who qualify as DPs.
Several thousand of these chil-i
dren would be granted special non
quota immigration visas.
Where the refugees come from is,
another major point of conflict be
tween the two bills.
Would Include 2,000 Czechs.
The House version would limit
entry to 200,000 of the homeless who
have lived in DP camps or in the
occupied zones of Germany, Itajy,
and Austria since April 21, 1947.
The date in the Senate bill is De
cember 22, 1945. The House bill
also would include 2.000 Czech refu
gees who fled when tthe Commu
nists seized power in Czechoslovakia
last spring.
The Senate bill requires that 50
per cent of those admitted to the
United States must come from
countries “annexed" by a foreign
power—which would mean heavy
immigration from the Soviet-con
trolled Baltic nations of Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia and from East
Polish territory ruled by Russia.
In addition to the usual immigra
tion restrictions, the House bill
would set up a three-way “screen
ing process" to bar undesirables.
The Senate bill does not charge
the refugees against regular immi
gration quotas. The House bill does,
but says at least 50 per cent of each
country’s quota must be left open
for non-refugees.
The House bill would allow 15,000
refugees already here, to rtmain in
this country if they meet other
qualifications: the Senate bill does
not contain this provision.
Civil Liberties Group Unable
To Help in Housing Deal
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, June 12.—The
Maryland Civil Liberties Commit
tee has decided it can do nothing
for a Japanese-American war vet
eran who said he paid a deposit on
a house, then received notice the
sale was off “flue to restrictions."
Committee spokesmen identified
the veteran as Toyo Sakamoto of
Brookland. Md.
The group's president, Joseph
Burke, said:
“Unfortunately there is nothing
we can do. for no contract between
the prospective buyer and the seller
had been entered into."
Mr. Sakamoto paid a $20 deposit
on the Baltimore property and was
given a receipt which contained a
clause stipulating that the sale was
subject to the seller's approval, Mr.
Burke said.
“The Maryland Civil Liberties
Committee disapproves the atti
tude of the seller, and if a contract
had existed we would have gone to
bat for the prospective buyer,” Mr.
Burke said. He added that Mr.
Sakamoto was with Army Intelli
gence during the war.
JJ. S. Bars Chilean Red
As Labor Parley Observer
By the Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, June 12.—Chil
ean Communist Senator Salvador
Ocampo has been denied admission
to the United States, the United
States Embassy here said yesterday.
Mr. (^campo, who is secretary of
the Latin American Federation of
Labor (CTAL), planned to attend
the International Labor Organiza
tion meeting at San Francisco.
Calif., as an observer. The Em-;
Wsy said it told him if he were an
official CTAL delegate to the ILO
meeting or an official Chilean on
business he could enter the United
States, otherwise not.
Mr. Ocampo has a United States.
visa issued in Santiago, Chile, but;
it is good only for a trip on official
Chilean government business, the
Embassy said.
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, left
wing .president of the CTAL, went
to San Francisco several days ago
as official CTAL delegate to the ILO
conference. Mr. Ocampo planned
to accompany him, but canceled the
trip at the last minute because of
the visa difficulty.
New York-Alaska Drive
Made by 3 in 9 Vi Days
By the Associated Press
ANCHORAGE. Alaska. June 12 -
Three Haivard University students
yesterday claimed an automobile
travel record from New York to
Anchorage—nine and a half days
over the Alaska highway.
The three are William B. Scott
and William Coffey of Northampton.
Mass., and Kirk Drumheller of
Walla Walla, Wash.
Mr. Scott is the son of MaJ. Gen.
Stanley L. Scott, commanding gen
eral of the United States Army in
Alaska.
Any one in the United States may
change all his name at will, without
legal process, if he does it in good
faith and for an honest purpose.
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Walter at his chores. —Star Staff Photo..
House May Act Today
On Old-Age Insurance
By the Associated Press
The Hpuse was set to act today
on a bill which might bring 3.500,000
more persons under the old-age in
surance program.
Representative Re^l. Republican,
of New York, author of the measure,
said it would permit employes of
State and local governments and
employes of nonprofit organiza
1 tions to join in the program if their
employers approved.
President Truman asked Con
gress for a considerably different
bill in a special message last May.
The President wanted to bring 20,
000.000 more persons into the so
cial security program, for a total
of 50.000.000.
He now has on his desk another
social security measure, proposing
to increase Federal contributions to
needy aged persons, the blind and
dependent children Ipy. $184,004)^000
a year. The States also contribute
part of this aid.
The old-age insurance measure
now before the House, besides cov
ering employes of State and local
governments and nonprofit organi
zations. Would bring in workers for
agricultural and horticultural or
ganizations: American-owned inter
national air carriers, farm loan and
farm credit institutions and pro
cessers and handlers of fruits and
vegetables.
Injunction Barring Strike
At Oak Ridge Dissolved
By the Associated Press
KNOXVILLE. Term., June 12.—
An injunction which has prevented
a strike by 875 workers at an Oak
Ridge atomic plant was dissolved
yesterday by Federal Judge George
C. Taylor.
No strike is in prospect immedi
ately, however, as company and un
tyn representatives are negotiating
a new work contract.
The injunction, first ever obtained
under the Taft-Hartley Act's na
tional emergency provisoin, pro
vided an 80-day "cooling off" pe-i
riod. It prohibited either a strike
or a lockout.
The workers have authorized their
union, the AFL Atomic Trades and
Labor Council, to call a strike at
the plant, the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, which is operated by
Carbide & Carbon Chemical Corp.
Dismissal of the injunction left
the union legally free to call a
strike, but its negotiations with
Carbide continued uninterrupted.
The union is seeking pay raises
of 26 cents an hour. The company
reported it had offered an average
of 10 cents. The present avera C
wage is $1.38 an hour.
Romanian Assembly Voles
Sweeping Nationalization
By th« Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania. June 12.
—Romania's Grand National As
sembly yesterday unanimously ap
1 proved legislation to nationalize
practically all the country's indus
tries, mines, banks, insurance com
panies and transport.
The bill, requested by the cabinet
a few hours earlier, was the third
and most important step in chang
ing Romania's social structure into
that of a Socialist iCommunist)
state. 'Both the Cabinet and As
sembly are dominated by Com
munists* .
The first step was the installation
[in March, 1945. and the second was
the land “reform" measure of mid
1946.
The 31-article law approved yes
terday covers all middle-sized and
iarge enterprises.
Foreign capital investment is hit
by the law, but there are exceptions
which seem to benefit the Soviet
Union. _
Congress in Brief
Senate:
Calls calendar of bills which may
be passed unanimously: then begin
debate on extension of Reciprocal
Trade Agreement Act.
Appropriations Committee hears
testimony on foreign aid needs from
ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoff
man and others at a closed session.
Senate-House.Labor Study Com
mittee continues hearings on pro
posed amendments to the Taft
Hartley labor law.
House:
Debates tax revision, farm and
1 social security bills.
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Camping
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mother out. But, for a little
while, he'd like to get away from
his daily chores. He'd like to play
ball on a real field, w’here his
mother wouldn't be worrying
about him all the time.
Like the parents of hundreds
of other children, Walter's par
ents can’t give him that escape.
He and the others will go to camp
this summer only if people who
like children help them.
Here’s how you can help:
For $35.44, you can send a child
to Camp Good Will or Camp
Pleasant for two weeks.
For $17.70, you can send a child
to caipp for one week.
For $2.53, you can send a child
to camp for one day.
If you want to help, mail cash
or a check to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund or bring it
to The Star cashier. Th# Star
will be glad to ackowledge gifts
of any size.
The following gifts are acknowl
edged today:
Previously acknowledged $1,797.76
Florence Laraby_ 2.00
Long Fence Co.-17.70
Robert Bacon-—- 35.44
G. R. Tyler 17.70
Freeman N. Stricklin ... 35.44
Elizabeth M. Richardson 5.00
Richard S. Newens- 17.70
Leona Decker__ 17.70
R. M. K.. 35.44
Anonymous. 5.00
E. C. . 15.00
E. R. M.. 5.00
A. Douglas _ 20.00
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Smith 17.70
Mrs. C. C. Baldwin, jr. - 35.44
Mina Lev} . 10.00
Anonymous...- 10.00
N. Barr Miller ..- 17.70
A. B. G.. 2.00
Lloyd G. Pray _j— 50.00
Curtis R. Deily_5.00
Dorothy L. Du Lac. 2.53
Anonymous- 17.70
Maxwell L. McDuffie_ 10.00
M. G. P. -. 2.00
Total to date _$2,206.95
Navy School to Begin
Move to California
By the Associate^ Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 12.—
Aerological engineering, the first
department scheduled for transfer
from the Navy Post-graduate School
here, will be moved to Monterey.
Calif., late this month, the Naval
Academy announced yesterday.
The school will be relocated en
tirely in the West Coast site within
three to four years, a spokesman
said.
Aerological courses, which prepare
naval officers for weather forecast
ing, will begin at Monterey late next
month.
Weather Report
District of Columbia and Vicinity
—Considerable cloudiness and Warm
this afternoon and tonight, with
highest temperature about 86 de
grees. Lowest tonight about 68
degrees. Tomorrow rather cloudy
and warm, with thundershowers
likely in afternoon or evening.
Maryland and Virginia—Consid
erable cloudiness, warm and humid
tonight and tomorrow, with scat
tered thundershowers mostly in
west portion in afternoon or eve
ning.
Wind velocity, 10 miles per hour;
direction, southwest.
Hirer Reperl.
/From United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear a* Harpers Ferrv
end cloudy at Oreat Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon 41 Midnight- •*
4 p.m. —.3» 8 am. ... *
8 p.m..64 1 Pm..45
High and Low Yesterday.
High. 8«. at 3 55 pm.'
Low. so. at 5:10 a m.
kecord Temperature* Thli Year.
Highest. 90. on May 11.
Loweat. 5. on January 28.
Tida Tables.
Furnished by United States Coait and
Oeodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hi-h 12:47 p.m. 1:31 am
low 7:20am. 8:2® a.«.
Hieh - 1 4o p.m.
' Low - - _ 7:57 p.m. 8:55 p.m
Tbe Sun and Meen.
Rises. Sets
Sun. today 3:41 8:34
Sun. tomorrow ... 5:41! ,. _
Moon, today 11:0/ a m. 12.39 a.m
Automobile lights must be turned bn
one-half hour after sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
rao.tal /current month to date);
Month. 1948. Ave. Record^
January -- 4.67 3.55 7.8.) 37
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::: HI
Senate Opens Debate
On Trade Act Due to
Expire at Midnight
ly Iht A»*otiot*d Prnl
Senate Republicans and Dem.-.
ocrats squared off for a show
down fight today on the tariff
issue. At issue was the Recip
rocal Trade Agreements Act,
which is due to expire at mid
night.
Democratic strategists privately
conceded defeat in their efforts to
meet the administration's request
tor a three-year extension of the
law “as is.”
A Democratic leader who refused
to be quoted by name said his side
“lacks a few votes” needed to sub
stitute a no-change amendment for
a OOP-indorsed one-year extension.
The Senate opens debate on the
measure today with the Repub
licans expressing confidence they
can put across their compromise
plan.
Curbs on President.
As the Finance Committee re
drafted the House-approved bill, the
President would have to notify Con
gress whenever he went beyond
Federal Tariff Commission recom
mendations in cutting Import duties.
He also would have to explain why.
This compromise, worked out by
Senators Vandenberg. Republican,
of Michigan and Milllkin, Republi
can, of Colorado would replace a
House provision by which Congress
could veto any tariff changes in
which the President did not follow
the commission's recommendations.
Democrats said they expect Sen
ate party members—except Senator
O’Daniel of Texas—to support a
proposal by Senator Barkley, Dem
ocrat. of Kentucky to extend th*'
program three years without change,
But their hopes of winning over,
some Republicans faded after Sen
ators Morse. Republican, df Oregon
and Aiken. Republican, of Vermont,
who frequently bolt the GOP line,
said they would stick by the party
on the tariff issue.
George Favors Three-Year Plan.
I Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia told a reporter that while,
he thinks an amendment calling
for a one-year extension "as is”
might attract more votes, he will
support the three-year plan.
He said the Vandenberg-Milllkin
compromise is more attractive than
the House bill, which includes the
congressional veto. But he added
that he probably will vote against
the compromise because he doesn't
think the Tariff Commission can do
anything practical in one year.
There was some disposition among
other Democrats to let the whole
program die, rather than accept the
Republican compromise.
House Takes Up Bill
To End Tax Inequities
By th« Associated frost
A tax revision bill involving
an estimated $400,000,000 was up
for House action today. Its
•chances for congressional ap
proval this session appeared
slim.
The measure, drafted by the
House Ways and Means Committee
after lengthy hearings, is designed
to remove a large number of tax
inequities through 81 technical
changes in the general statutes.
Chairman Knutson said some of
the benefits would go to men in the
armed forces, farmers and corpora
tions.
The Treasury Department agrees
with most of the proposed changei
The bill provides no general tax
reduction.
"It's intended to get the bug*
and inequities out of the tax staU
utes," Mr. Knutson said.
The measure would continue the
special deductions for armed forces
members, make changes In farm tax
ation, re-define conditions under
which businesses can average .leases
and make other revisions in the tax
system.
Randolph Rejects Offer
Of Chicago Publishers
By th« Associated Press
| CHICAGO, June 12 —Woodruff
Randolph, president of the Inter
1 national Typographical Union, today
l formally refused to submit a man
agement contract offer to striking
, printers of five Chicago daily news
papers.
However, the door was left open
for possible settlement of the dis
pute.
Mr. Randolph met with manage
ment representatives for more than
an hour. He would not comment ■
after the meeting. A management
spokesman said the union chief in
dicated he would request another •
conference next week.
John F. O'Keefe, secretary of the
Chicago Publishers' Association, said
Mr. Randolph "insisted that the
publishers’ final proposal contains
clauses which are not in conformity
with ITU law and policy and that
no contract proposal can. under
ITU law, be submitted to a vote of
the membership unless it conforms
to that law." »
Mr. O'Keefe said the publishers*
i representatives "pointed out that •
their final proposal reflected their
complete consideration of the argu
ments of both sides * * • including.,
the publishers obligations under the
Labor-Management Relations Act.
“Thev agreed, however, to listen to.
and consider any further arguments
which Mr. Randolph might care to
advance on those provisions of the
proposal which he feels are not in
accord with ITU laws and policy and
are thus preventing a vote by the
union membership.'
Curb on FTC Authority
Voted by House Committee
ly the Associated Crass
The House Commerce Commute#' "
: yesterday approved legislation tak"
. ing from the Federal Trade Com
mission its present power to issue
cease and desist orders in fair .,
trade and anti-trust cases.
Representative O'Hara. Republi
can, of Minnesota, the author, said,
the commission would have to go to
Federal courts and ask them for
such orders. FTC would keep It*
I investigatory powers.
' The commission, under this legis
lation." Mr. O'Hara said .would.,.
cease acting as prosecutor. Judge and .
jury in anti-trust and false adver
tising and labeling cases, and would
be forced to operate through the ^
Federal courts ”
It is doubtful the House will act
] on the measure before Congres#
adjourns.