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Steel Export Controls Studied by Sawyer To Conserve Stocks By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5—The Government is considering clamp ing down on the export of steel in the face of dwindling inventories which threaten idleness to hun dreds of thousands in American industries. Many companies are taking pre cautionary steps of their own as the Nation-wide steel strike goes into its fifth day. Westinghouse Electric Corp. put a rationing system into effect to day on many appliances. There is no sign of peace in the steel strike. Philip Murray, president of the steelworkers, is standing pat on his demand that industry pay all the costs of a pension and welfare program. Industry is standing pat, too. It will pay up to 10 cents an hour—but insists workers chip in a few cents an hour, too. Government Keeps Hands Off. There are no negotiating ses sions in sight. The Govermpent is keeping hands off for the pres ent. White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said in Washing ton today, "No action is imminent here.” In reply to a question, Mr. Ross told newsmen he had not heard of any Wall Street rumors that a strike settlement is in sight. That doesn't mean the Govern ment isn’t concerned. Secretary of Commerce Sawyer says he’s considering imposing export con trols on steel. That would keep more steel in America, prolonging employment in many industries in case the strike isn’t ended soon. Almost as secretary sawyer was talking, Westinghouse placed a number of home appliances on an allocation basis to distributors and dealers. These include large model refrigerators, electric ranges washing mashines, clothes driers, water heaters and fans. Sums Up Position. J. H. Ashbaugh, vice president of the company’s appliance divi sions, summed up Westinghouse's position this way: "We have enough steel on hand for full production this month. But we will have to start cutting back operations at our plant here (Mansfield, Ohio) and in Spring field, Mass., by November 1, and will be shutdown by the end of November if there is no relief in the steel strike situation.” Repercussions of the steel walk out are coming from Detroit. For the most part, auto companies have enough steel on hand to make autos for a month. How ever, 8,000 employes of Packard Motor Car Co. will be laid off to morrow and Friday. Packard wants to survey the situation and adjust its working schedule to the supply of steel on hand. Farm (Continued From First Page.) posed Senator Lucas and Senator Anderson, Democrat, of New Mex ico, former Secretary of Agricul ture. Senator Anderson, dismayed at the blow to his long-range farm legislation, then succeeded in get ting it sent back to committee for overhauling. He told reporters later he didn't know what the committee would do but said “I will try to get a bill I can defend.” Senator Aiken of Vermont, top Republican of the committee, said he had no doubt the group would return with a bill containing the sliding scale of price supports it first had recommended to the Senate. Outcome Uncertain, Aiken Pays. If so. he added, the issue will have to be fought out all over again on the Senate floor. Senator Aiken refused to hazard a guess on the outcome. But he said that if a bill continuing the present high support levels should be passed and signed by the Pres ident, the Democrats “would lose the next election hands down.” The Anderson bill provided for supporting basic crops within a range of 75 to 90 per cent of parity, depending on the available supply. Parity is a price intend ed to give farmers a fair return on what they grow in terms of what they have to buy. Here is what happened to the bill in yesterday’s long, turbulent session: First the Senate rejected by a 38-to-37 vote an amendment by Senators Young, Republican, of North Dakota and Russell, Demo crat, of Georgia to peg price sup ports for wheat, cotton, com, pea nuts, tobacco and rice—the so called basic crops—at 90 per cent of parity when production con trols are in effect. Even Vote on Tabling. Senator Withers, Democrat, of Kentucky moved to reconsider that vote. Senator Williams, Re publican, of Delaware moved to table, or kill, Senator Withers’ motion. The Senate divided evenly on the tabling motion—37 to 37. Mr. Barkley voted “no,” breaking the 385 Baltic Refugees Unable To Leave Ireland for Canada By tho Associated Press CORK. Ireland, Oct. 5.—The jam-packed refugee ship Victory is giving the Irish government a headache. The former British landing craft, built to carry 50 passengers, put in here last week with 385 Baltic refugees from Russia and Poland. It needed repairs and provisions. The vessel was on its way to Halifax, Nova Scotia, after an unauthorized departure from Sweden. The Swedes wouldn’t give it a sailing permit. Now the problem is Ireland’s. Three government departments are involved. The Ministry for Industry and Commerce must decide whether the Victory is seawoi hy after re pairs are made. The Ministry of Defense must rule on the Irish Red Cross So ciety’s application for use of a former military camp near Cork to house the refugees during re pairs. The Ministry of External Af f air s' is concerned because repre sentatives of the Canadian high commissioner’s office in Dublin have warned'the Victory’s cap tain that he must not sail with more than 150 passengers. If he does, they said, he risks a fine of $20 for every extra pas senger and possible further penal ties. If that ruling is followed, 235 of the refugees must leave the ship. The Irish government then will have to decide their fate. Last night the Duke of West minister, wealthy English land owner, wired an offer to Cork's Lord mayor, Sean McCarthy, of £250 ($700> to help pay the passage of some of the refugees in another ship. tie, and Senator Williams’ move was defeated. The Senate then shouted ap proval of Senator Withers’ motion to reconsider the earlier vote ne i jecting the Young-Russell amend ment. The second vote on the amend ment showed another 37-to-37 tie, but Mr. Barkley again broke the deadlock. Before casting his decisive vote for the amendment, Mr. Barkley said he was doing so because in ! the presidential campaign last year he had advocated 90 per cent of parity in every speech he made. “I cannot now repudiate' that position,” he said. Pay (Continued From First Page.) himself and he knows that you have to give and take in such matters,” Senator Johnston said. The conferees are scheduled to meet tomorrow on the top execu tive pay bill 'and hope to get started on the classified and post al pay bills early next week. The Senate’s classified pay measure provides an average raise of about $131 for the Govern ment’s 883,000 classified employes, compare^ to the House bill’s $113 average pay boost. The Senate bill, however, provides for a clas sified pay ceiling of $12,500. com pared to the House’s $15,000 ceil ing. The Senate-enacted postal pay bill would give 500,000 postal em ployes a flat $100 pay increase, compared with the House’s $150 pay measure, which also contains additional benefits, such as in creased annual leave and\uniform allowances. In regards to the> top bracket pay measure the Senate voted to give cabinet officers an annual $25,000 salary with agency heads, undersecretaries and assistant sec retaries receiving salaries from $16,000 to $20,000 a year. The House scaled this amount down to $22,500 for cabinet officers and $15,000 a year for the others. Besides Senator Johnston the other conferees who visited the White House today were Senators Long of Louisiana and Humphrey of Minnesota, Democrats, and Langer of North Dakota and Flanders of Vermont, Republicans; Representatives Murray of Ten nessee, Morrison of Louisiana, Miller of California, Williams of Mississippi. Democrats, and Rees of Kansas and St. George of New York. Republicans. Olds (Continued From First Page.l , terstate public utilities in this country.” The President’s letter became known when Mr. Barkley ordered it read to the Senate some time after the subcommittee had acted. “Shocked” by Olds’ Views. Senator Johnson Immediately took the floor to read his reply. He said the subcommittee was “shocked beyond description by the political and economic views | expressed by Mr. Olds some years ago,” and added: “We cannot believe that such a person under our democratic system holding such views is qual ified to act in a quasi-judicial capacity in the regulation of in dustry.” Mr. Johnson said that no rep j resentative of the corporations classified by the President as be ing under regulation by the FTC j had asked to be heard on the nomination. “I was lobbied by numerous per sons^on behalf of Mr. Olds and by no representatives of any corpora tion opposed to him,” the Senator said. Olds Articles Quoted. In his letter. Senator Johnson quoted from several of the 1920 articles written by Mr. Olds. In one he said capitalism in the United States is ‘rapidly passing into the stage which has marked the decay of many earlier social orders.” Others remarked on the development of the Communist system in Russia. “The committee,” Senator John son said, “found Mr. Olds glib of tongue and very convincing. Like many crusaders for foreign ideol ogies he has an attractive person ality and is disarming to a very high degree.” Mr. Olds appeared twice before the committee. He denied that he is or ever has been a Com munist. His "r'dical” writings,1 he explained, were intended to shock the people into reforms. They appeared in the Daily Work-' er. Communist newspaper, only because the publication subscribed to the labor press service, Mr. Olds said. The committees rejection re called other setbacks by Mr. Truman in presidential appoint ments. The Senate Armed Serv ices Committee refused to approve the nomination of former Gov. Mon Wallgren as chairman of the National Security Resources Board. The appointment of Carl A. Ilgenfritz, United States Steel Corp' executive, reached the Sen ate, but was defeated on the grounds that Mr. Ilgenfritz re fused to give up his $70,000-a year private pay while working for the Government. Atomic (Continued From First Page.'* decide what to say—if anything—| about its investigation of atomic energy management. At the same time, there were some signs that an expected re quest for funds to step up atomic bomb making because of the Soviet atomic explosion may be I delayed until January. { Won’t Seek New Funds. Secretary of Defense Johnson told Senators yesterday there will be no request for more military funds in this session despite the Russians’ weapon progress. He held firm for a 48-group Air Force, as compared with a new plea by Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio, for this country to "di rect all our present activities to wards air warfare.” Senator Taft, in a weekly mes sage to Ohio voters, renewed his plea for a 70-group Air Force. Hej suggested that a major part of! the money voted by Congress for foreign arms be used to set up an air defense network in Europe against possible Russian attacks. The Joint Atomic. Committee members seemed agreed that the; Atomic Energy Commission can have more money if it shows that it can use the funds to speed A-bomb manufacture. Members; were split wide open, however, j over how well the commission has handled Its affairs since it took over from the Army in 1947. Urge Adoption of Report. Senator McMahon. Democrat, of Connecticut, the chairman, and Representative Durham, Demo* crat of North Carolina, the #vice chairman, pressed for adoption of a proposed report in which they; said that “incredible mismanage ment” charges levelled by Sena tor Hickenlooper, Republican, of; Iowa against the AEC "could not be proved.” Senator McMahon told a report er he is confident a majority of the 18-member committee will ac cept the report, possibly with minor revisions. He said he re garded it as a fair summary of the committee’s findings in weeks of public and closed hearings. Senator Hickenlooper, repre senting the opposite viewpoint, said the McMahon-Durham find ings are premature and not sup ported by the evidence. Besides he said the investigation ought to go on. In the middle was a third group, represented by such members as Senators Knowland, Republican, of California, and Russell, Demo crat, of Georgia. Senator Vandenberg, Republi can, of Michigan, ill in a Michi gan hospital, also is a member of this group. It apparently thinks that Senator Hickenlooper went too far with his "incredible mismanagement” charges, but seems to Ijelieve the AEC is open to much more censure than it collected in the McMahon-Dur ham document. India got a $34,000,000 loan from the World Bank to recon strut her railways. Ching Calls Meeting Of Coal Operators And Lewis Friday (Continued From First Page.) reports of more violence came from the mine fields. Nearly a score of men were arrested in Vir ginia and Pennsylvania as a result of battling between pickets and unorganized miners still working in defiance of the strikers. No one was reported injured in the disturbances but several truck loads of coal were dumped. Three Operators Invited. In addition to Mr. Lewis, the Federal mediator invited three soft coal operators to the Friday meet ing in the Labor Department here at 10 a.m. They are George H. Love, operators’ spokesman for the National Bituminous Wage Con ference: Harry M. Moses, president of the H. C. Frick Coal Co., and Joseph E. Moody, president of the Southern Coal Producers' Associa tion. Mr. Ching remarked dryly that his action was not “precipitous” as the negotiations between the operators and the union have been going on for months. He said the action was not taken on any suggestion from the White House but purely in line with his duty as director of the Federal Mediation and Concilia tion Service. Evades Taft-Hartley Question. Mr. Ching pointed out that "although there is a lot of coal at some points, even today some people are affected by the coal shutdown and the longer it goes the worse it gets." Asked if the call for the meeting indicated the Government might resort to the Taft-Hartley Act to reopen the closed mines, Mr. Ching said. “We re mediators.” He suggested that an emergency would arise in the coal strike before it would in the steel de spute. No formal moves in the steel dispute are contemplated immediately, he added. An estimated 380,000 miners are idle in the dispute. However, enough coal is above the ground to keep most of the industry going for several weeks except for the spotty shortages suggested by Mr. Ching. Violence in Virginia. The latest reports of violence came from Virginia. Officers re ported that 14 men were arrested on charges including the carrying of concealed weapons after a dis turbance over a load of coal from a non-union mine at St. Charles, Va. In Pennsylvania a coal tipple was damaged by an explosion yesterday at the C. V. Fink Si Son mine, near Clearfield. Ala bama field* were reported quiet and there were no further vio lence in Tennessee, where several union miners were injured earlier in the week. All the violence stems from ef forts of some nonunion coal oper ators to keep their mines running after the miners quit work. They struck after benefits from their pension and welfare fund were cut off. Gen. Hurley to Head Unit in National U. Fund Drive The sponsors’ committee of the National University Law School's $100,000 fund drive Is being head ed by Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, former Secretary of War. The drive, according to William H. Dyer, campaign chairman, openr November 1 for one month. It is the first step in the univer sity’s five-year development pro gram. Mr. Dyer said that, of the total amount, $63,500 will be used for development, such as scholarships, and the remainder for building and maintenance. Filth 4 Movie V ’ Equipment ■ At Reduced I Prices ■ Eaiitst Tarns • Tra$o-las H Catalog Fraa • Opaa C *a S ■ Brenner I 933 Pernio. Ave. N.W. ’ RE. 2434 r,Lk,mf q-Htti r>»t» rtni.kint o Rtptinoa COAL Immediate Delivery ALASKA COAL 60. NA. 5885 OT. 7300 V_____/ p 1 PRATT A LAMBERT P a “61” Floor Varnish a a Lasts yaars, without care, on floors, linoleum, furniture ■ B and woodwork. Wear - resist^t. Water-resistant. W A Safe, not slippery. No polishing. Made in Clear, Gloss, ■ ■ Satin Finish and Dull Finish. Call, phone or write— ■ ■ We deliver to every section twice daily. B | Bunn-nytm I B Over a Century of Specialization B B 409 C St.. N. W. MEtropolitan 0130 A % WISCONSIN PAINT CENTER X K ■ 7014 Wisconsin Ave. Oliver 3*30 B School Just a Waste of Time? No, Eisenhower Writes Boy, 11 By th« Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Oct. 5 — School? Just a waste of time, complained Glenn Schmidt, 11. He wants to be a soldier, and he thought the sixth-grade routine was getting, in his way. Glenn's parents disagreed, so the boy appealed to a well-known military man had read about. “Do you like going back to school as much as being in the Army?” he wrote. Back came an answer: “Dear Glenn: “I like Columbia very much, al though when I was attending school myself there were many times when I would have much rather stayed home. ‘‘I appreciate how you feel, too, but most certainly you must make every effort to excel in your school work, to be quick* in your obedi ence and to be neat—if you ever hope to amount to anything in any field. Does that answer your question? Sincerely. “DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.” Glenn’s parents said he plunged into his studies yesterday with more zeal than ever before._ D. C. May Rescind Order on Doctor Fees Commissioner John, Russell Young said today he probably will call a meeting Friday of the Dis trict Licensure Commission to dis cuss the possibility of rescinding the recent order canceling "border line” certificates issued to Virginia doctors. Such a move was urged yes terday by the District Medical Society to give the Virginia As sembly, which convenes in Janu ary, time to act on a reciprocity measure for District doctors who treat patients in nearby Virginia. The "borderline certificates,”, canceled Saturday, gave Virginia doctors the right to treat patients in the city on payment of $1. The cancellation was ordered be cause Virginia medical authorities refused to grant Washington doc tors similar reciprocity. Under present law, District doctors must pay a $50 fee for such a privilege. Virginia legislators, however, have stated their intention of in troducing bills in the next session to amend the $50 law. Commissioner Young said he was attempting to reach other members of the commission, of which he is chairman, about the Friday meeting. I District Court Opens Term Facing Over 5, 100. Cases , District Court opened its fall term yesterday faced with more than 5,100 case^, according to fig ures compiled by Richard L. Col lins, the court's assignment com missioner. • Of 5,137 cases awaiting trial as of the first of October, 4,737 were civil cases and 400 criminal. The opening of the fall term marked the return of all of the District Court judges, following a reduced summer schedule, with the excep tion of Judge Jennings Bailey, who has been ill. He is recuper ating at his home. Of the total number of civil cases on the calenda*, 3,107 are listed as non-jury cases while 1,630 are scheduled to be tried be fore juries. 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