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Senator Douglas Hits 'Sterile Attitude' of AMA on Insurance The “sterile attitude” of the American Medical Association against compulsory health insur ance proposals may boomerang by forcing the medical profession to accept some unreasonable system, in the opinion of Senator Doug las, Democrat, of Illinois. His plan for "catastrophe” in surance payments, to begin after a person has .spent 5 per per cent of his annual income on doctor and hospital bills is the type of "sensible” program the AMA should support, he declared at a news conference yesterday. The Illinois Senator explained details of the general plan he announced some time ago. He said he expects to have it in shape next winter for introduction in bill form in Congress. “Missing, the Mark.” Both the comprehensive health insurance measure backed by Fed eral Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing, and the AMA’s opposi tion, are unsatisfactory to Sena tor Douglas. He described them as “miising the mark.” The so called Ewing bill, generally re garded as the Truman adminis tration’s program, tries to cover too much ground, he complained. “As for AMA.” he added,’ “I do not question their motives but they are extremely ill-advised to take such a negative attitude in opposing almost every proposal that has been advanced. I hope they examine this proposal of mine and support it. “It’s highly important that the medical profession support a plan in order to have it become law and accepted by the people. I hope the AMA doesn’t keep a ster ile attitude. The public won’t forever take ‘no, no, no.’ If AMA doesn’t support a sensible plan, they may be forced to accept something less sensible.” The Douglas plan resembles, in some ways, suggestions made by Bernard Baruch and former Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota. The Illinois Senator said he be lieves he arrived at the idea in dependently and that he has not discussed it with administration leaders or AMA representatives. Explains Operation of Plan. The plan, he explained, oper ates on the theory that insurance against medical, surgical and hos pital bills should make the same basic approach as doea^nsurance of. other kinds. It would confine payments to the “catastrophic ajgss”—that is, expenses incurred after a per son or family has bedn obliged, within a year, to pay out about 6 per cent of annual income on doctor and hospital bills. Thus, a person with a $3,000 yearly in come would be entitled to insur aihfce ^benefits only pel such /b#l* after'$150 had beeh» spent. • 1.1 Senator Douglas Aid the sys tem would be financed by a pay roll tax of about 1 pef cent, or a corresponding levy on incomes of self-employed people. The Ewing bill provides for a 3 ptk cent tax but covers complete care except dental treatment. The Senator scoffed at an ob jection that the plan migb| be considered “State socialism.” fees*1 pit!, he said, shouldn’t “intoafeate themselves with those words.3* Commends Blue Cross. He commended work of the Blue Cross and similar voluntary health insurance organizations but contended they “can’t do the whole job.” He recommended, however, that the administration of his proposed system should be “non-govern mental.” There would have to be definite provisions as to fees, standards and eligibility, but the plan, to be successful, would have to be compulsory, he said. It might be found advisable to have the plan administered by the States “to reduce control frota Washington.” Weaknesses of his plan, he com mented; are that it might not meet the need fpr preventive treatment and early diagnosis, and that }t could not assure ade quate distribution of medical and hospital facilities throughout the .country. AMA (Continued From First Page.) confidence to the educational cam* paign against -Government inter vention in health insurance. Expenses ftave Zoomed. While AMA- expenses have Boomed to carry the fight against what it calls "socialized medicine.” officials said the dues also are needed to keep the organization's head above water in carrying out its other activities. Dr. Austin Smith, new editor of the AMA Journal, said the educational program "is just one part of the problem.” In addition to mounting administrative ex penses, scientific work carried out by the AMA through its various councils “must have more help if it is to succeed,” he said. AMA revenues come almost en tirely from advertising and sub scriptions to the Journal, which has a weekly circulation of about 136,000. “Lucky to Break Even.” Dr. Smith said the organiza tion will be “lucky to break even this year” on its expenses. Anoth er official said income from the publications was not sufficient to meet expenses in 1947 for the first time. About $2,225,000 raised through the assessments this year has been kept in a separate account, en tirely for use in the “educational campaign,” officials said. While about $2,050,000 has been allocated for expenses in the “an ti-socialism” drive, about $1,500, 000 will have been spent by the end of this year, according to Clem Whitaker, of Whitaker & Baxter, the public relations firm conducting the drive. Most of the money went for literature op posing fhe compulsory insurance proposal and advertising volun tary insurance plans. ( Mr. Whitaker said a budget of about $2,000,000 probably would -- SHOWING THE GROWN-UPS HOW—Cheryl Ann Chisholm, 5, of Rlverdale, Md., continues her walking lessons at the National Guard Armory where work being done for handicapped children is one of the most popular exhibits of the American Medical Association meeting. —Star Staff Photo. be set for the drive next yew. The increased program, he said, would include voluntary insur ance plans as protection against high medical and hospital bills. Mr. Whitaker said his firm has a two-year contract with the AMA, and that he hoped the cam paign “will make such an effect next year that the AMA’s fight will be won." Advocates of the dues proposal argued that payment would tend to draw doctors together in a more cohesive group. While objection was registered to the $25 “volun tary assessments," officials said about 80 per cent of the AMA members contributed. Washington's doctors recently took an additional Increase in dues, when those of the District Medical Society were increased from $30 to $40. Truman (Continued From First Page.) were not being given under oath. Mr. Truman came to the press headquarters when Mr. Ross made his usual morning trip to brief newsmen on the outlook for the President’s day. . He announced, .incidentally, that Budget Director Frank Pace would arrive during the day for conferences with the President on the forthcoming budget mes sage. The length of his stay is indefinite. The President said he never had had a better vacation her# Snd that Mrs. Truman and Mis# (argaret Truman also enjoyed their stay, which ended yester day. Before Mr. Truman showed up for his “press conference” he walked to the docks to see a couple of groups of his staff off on fishing expeditions. Fdr nearly two hours yester day afternoon, Mr. Truman and his aides held a point-by-point discussion of the projected state of the Union message in a conference staged on the lawn of the "Winter White House.” It was the first time that the entire group had been together here, and Press Secretary Ross said the session was “very comprehensive and fruitful.” Mr. Ross does not believe that the message will be in final form before the President leaves here December 20. There will be work, too, on the budget message, and it is rather expected that Budget Director Frank Pace, who holds virtually daily conferences with President Truman in Washington, will come to Key West to talk over the financial situation. Meantime, the President is mix ing pleasure with his work, get ting in a daily swim, sunbath and walk. Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret Truman returned home yesterday. , U. N. (Continued From First Page.) to acquire a sphere of. Influence or to create foreign controlled re gimes within the territory of China and (b) seeking to obtain special rights or privileges within China. Entire Problem Deferred. The Assembly then adopted a proposal by Cuba, Ecuador and Peru to refer the whole Chinese problem to the year-round Little Assembly with instructions that it report back with recommenda tions at the 1950 Assembly next September. This kept before the U. N. China’s demands for a world wicfe condemnation of Russia and for general non-recognition of the Chinese Red regime. The Latin paposal was accepted by China's chief delegate, T. T. Tsiang, as a face-saving move after it became apparent the As sembly would turn down his own resolution calling for strong ac tion. The Latin American resolution was approved by a vote of 32 to 5, with 17 abstaining. The So viet bloc again cast the only op posing votes. The United States Anally voted for the resolution after it was amended to pro vide that the Little Assembly con sider any future violations of the principles laid down in the flve power plan. Maple trees often lose virtually all their foliage in a few hours after a night of sharp frost Handicapped Children Schooled Before Eyes of Thousands Here Undismayed by the stares of curious eyes and the tumult of jostling thousands all about them, a brave little band of kids are going to school daily in exhibition booths of the American Medical Association's Clinical Session at the National Guard Armory. They're learning to walk and talk and hear and even laugh— to do all the things that come so naturally to other kids their age. Their teachers are the gentle teams of medical men and ther apists whose careers are devoted to helping the handicapped. The children are regularly enrolled in clinics sponsored by the local chapter of the National Society for Crippled Children. Cradled in the arms of one of the society’s therapists whom he adores, a three-year-old boy, victim of cerebral palsy, w'ent through his lessons. He was learning to reach for food with his mouth and his teacher held an enticing green candy sucker just a few inches from his lips. When he finally reached it, his teacher cheered him and the two of them were really happy. But some in the crowd had to turn away. A few .feet away a curly haired i little girl in a pretty blue dress— j the kind 5-year-old girls wear to dancing schools—was learning to walk with metal braces on both her legs. Back and forth she walked holding onto iron railings of a miniature wooden walkway. Other little kids sat by w-aiting to take their turns. There were little kids born with cleft palates who were learning to talk and little kids born with de fective hearing learning the names of dolls and toy cars. Among the medical demonstra tors at the exhibit are Drs. P. A. McLendon, Thomas A. Christen sen, Alfred J. Suraci and John H. Peacock, of Washington; Dr. J. Edmund Bradley, head of the De partment of Pediatrics at the Uni versity of Maryland Hospital, and Frances Hillebraadt of Richmond.! ■ .... ...... \ Nerves and Emotions Cause Of Thousands of Headaches You can blame most headaches on nerves and emotions—and many attacks can be prevented from developing. Dr. Lester 8. Blumenthal, In charge of the “headache clinic" at the George Washington Uni versity Hospital, cited these find ings to doctors after the study of hundreds of patients. Addressing a session of the American Medical Association’s clinical meeting at the District National Guard Armory, Dr. Blu menthal said the studies showed the large majority of headaches are due to “ever-mounting stresses, strains and pressures to which thf patient is subjected." Must Modify Habits. These factors mount until they produce contraction of muscles of the head and neck and in creased pulsation of blood ves sels in the head. After this point, intensive drug treatment must be used to relieve the severe aches. To control headache attacks, the physician said, patients “must be taught to recognize what fac tors in their lives create tension, worry and anxiety, and they must learn to modify their habits in such a way as to live within the limits set by their nervous sys tems.” The drug, histamine, which dilates blood vessels, can help pre vent headaches in “an Increasing number of patients being seen,” Dr. Blumenthal said. And the combination of a fungus drug called ergot and caffeine, which I can be taken by mouth, also is effective, he said. Arthritis Discussed. In another discussion, doctors were told widespread treatment of arthritis with the widely-pub licized hormone, cortisone, Is still “a few years off.” Dr. Edward F. Rosenberg, a Chicago scientist who has directed research on cortisone and ACTH, another drug Which has produced dramatic results in treating rheu matoid arthritis, paid his greatest worry was that patients will delay present treatments and wait for the new drugs. • But ACTH, he said, probably will remain a research tool be cause of its unavailability for clinjcal use. ACTH is a protein proceed from the pituitary glands of hogs and horses, and the annual swine production in the Country could yield enough of the drug to treat only a few thousand patients, he said. Research Under Way. For cortisone, which can be synthesized, Dr. Rosenberg had more hope. It now is produced in a costly and complicated process from an acid obtained in ox bile. Research is under way, however, in the use of soy beans, Mexican yams and other products to ob tain material which may shorten the process, he said. Stimulated by experimental results -with the two drugs, Dr. Rosenberg said, recent tests have been made on six different steroids, • but none were found effective. The researcher told doctors that under "old fashioned treatments" about 7® per cent of the arthritis cases make a reasonable recovery, and he wame<| that "by putting Off treatment,, a person may bo |rippled permahently.’1 Dr. George M. Wheatley, of the Metropolitan Ufe Insurance Co., urged the doctors to turn more attention to prevention of fatal accidents in children, particularly those of pre-school age. . Dctors Can Help. Doctors can help, he said, by making certain they give careful instructions to prevent overdosage or careless handling of medicines. In visits to patients’ homes, he said, they also can call attention to hazards likely to cause ac cidents. “No disease in childhood out ranks accidents as a cause of death," he declared. Citing a re duction of 70 per cent in infant mortality for this age group from 1930 to 1947, he said the accident death rate has dropped only 23 per cent. In another paper, Dr. DeWitt E. DeLawter urged doctors to make more frequent searches for cancer of the colon, outlining an examination which he said can easily be performed in physicians’ offices. At the Garfield Hospital cancer detection clinic, he said, doctors found 36 polyps—small growths which may be malignant in cer tain forms—in examinations of 3,370 women who were assumed to have been “perfectly normal.” Two women were seen during a 19-month period ending last September. Of 22 polyps found last year, 10 were checked later and one was found to be cancer. In 12 women who received microscopic diag noses this year, he said, three cancers were found. Baltimore Boy, 14, Charged With Setting Fire Fatal to 2 By th* Associated Press BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.—George Crisp, 14, was charged by the grand jury yesterday with killing two children by setting fire to a house last month. The boy, who told police he “enjoyed setting fires,” had ad mitted starting one in the apart ment house that led to the deaths of Leonard Dickey, 9, and his sister, Phyllis, 11. Police said he also admitted setting several others, including one which wrecked a print shop last week and did damage esti mated at $350,000. George Van Namee Dies; Al Smith Campaign Chief By th* Associated Pr*s* NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—George R. Van Namee, 70, who managed Alfred E. Smith’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nom ination in 1928,.. died of pneu monia Tuesda/ mfhf. Mr. Van Namee also managed Pranklin D. Roosefelfc's campaign for Governor of Nfcf ^ifork in 1928. He was Mr. Smiths Sfecretary for four years and for 20 years was a New York State public service commissioner. Douglas Reports Amity AtSessionWithEccles, Snyder and McCabe j By J. A. O'Leary Senator Douglas, Democrat, of Illinois today reported an atmos phere of harmony and “fruitful co-operation” prevailed at a con ference he arranged in his office to discuss any differences which may exist between the Treasury and some officials of the Federal Reserve System over monetary policy. Present at the conference this morning were Treasury Secretary Snyder and Marriner S. Eccles, a member and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who charged recently the Reserve Sys tem ha sheen hampered in per forming its function in regulating the volume of money and credit by the Treasury's desire to get money as cheaply as possible in managing the public debt. Also present at the closed-door meeting was Thomas B. McCabe, who succeeded Mr. Eccles as Fed eral Reserve chairman 10 months ago, and who testified at open hearings last week that there has been “a splendid degree of co operation” between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Undecided on New Law. Calling in reporters at the end of today’s meeting. Senator Doug las. chairman of a House-Senate subcommittee studying the whole field of monetary policy, said the meeting was "very satisfactory, harmonious and extremely cor dial. „ . He added it was "Very fruitful of co-operation between the Treasury and 1 the Federal Re serve,” but he refused to go into any detail as to whether new legislation would grow out of the discussion. When the whole range of mone tary and fiscal policy is considered there may be need for some new legislation, Senator Douglas said, but added his mind is still open on the specific question of wheth er a new law is needed to govern relations between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board. The Senator began by stressing the harmony and co-operation in the meeting, but when asked if the problems that developed at the hearings had been solved he replied: “When I was young I used to believe all problems could be solved, but as I get older I have come to believe most problems must be endured.” Sees Understanding Developed. Asketf earlier if the meeting de ! veloped an understanding that the Treasury will consider Federal Reserve Board advice. Senator I Douglas replied, “I think it al ways has.” In his letter to Senator Doug las last week, Mr. Eccles Said the talents and efforts of the men in the Federal Reserve System “are largely wasted.” He stated that views of the Federal Reserve Board and it* Open Market Com mittee regarding debt manage ment policies “are seldom sought by the Treasury.” The Reserve System has made suggestions on its own initiative to the Treasury in connection with Government financing, but added in his letter, “very often these nave not been accepted.” Last 3 of Noronic Fire Victims Recovering •y th* Associated Press TORONTO, Dec. 8. — Almost three months after they escaped from the blazing lake steamer Noronic, the last three victims of the flre are recovering from their injuries in Toronto hospitals. Three persons are listed as miss ing and 116 dead have been iden tified. Reported “doing well’ in hospi tal today are Robert Adamson of Lorain, Ohio; George Harshman of Cincinnati and Kathleen Mor rison of Grosse Point, Mich. Weather Report District of Columbia—Sunny and rather windy with highest temperature In lower 40’s today. Cletfr and colder tonight with low est in high 20’s in the city and low 20’s In the suburbs. Tomor row fair. Maryland—Pair and colder with lowest temperature from 20 to 25 degrees in the east and about 15 degrees in the west tonight. To morrow fair and cold. Virginia—Clear and colder with lowest temperature from 25 to 30 degrees in the east and around 20 degrees in the west tonight. To morrow fair and continued rather cold. Wind velocity, 15 miles per hour; direction, west-northwest. River Rapoit. . (Prom United States engineers.) Potomac River cloudy at Harper* Perry and claar at Oreat Palls: Shenandoah cloudy at Harpers Perry. Hnuldliy. (Readings at Washington National Airport.) Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet. Noon _ 39 Midnight - 52 4 p.m._25 8 g.m. ..._55 8 p.m. _ 36 10 a.m. --44 High and Low (or Yesterday. High, 61, at 12:55 p.m. Low. 42, at 6:36' a.m. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 87. on August 11. Lowest, 21. on January 30. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetlt Survey.) Today. Tomorrow High _8:34 a.m. 10:18 a.m. Low ..._I... 4:25 a.m. 5:04 a.m. High _ 8:56 p.m. 10:40 p.m. Low _ 4:14 p.m. 4:66 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun, today _ 7:16 4:46 Sun. tomorrow- 7:16 , 4:46 Moon, today__ 7:23 p.m. 10:10 a.m. Automobile lights must be turned on one-hall hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation In Inchei In tha Capital (current month to date): Jar_,*» arv February-— |.fl §§7 6.JS ,§4 April _:_i.w 8.27 ».ia ■§» May III.-Z.-I- 6.33 3.70 10.61 '89 Tune 2.42 4.1310.94 'oo July ___ 4.22 4.71 10.68 '80 August __4319 4.01 14.41 *28 September I- 3.49 3.24 17.45 ;*4 October _ 3.27 2.84 8.81 37 November - 0.94 2.37 8.69 89 December _ O.Oo 3.32 7.56 01 Temperatures In Various Cities. High. Low. High. Low. Albuqueraue 0! 36 Miami . «<4 66 Atlantic City 67 90 Milwaukee . 81 10 Atlanta ... 66 37 New Orleans 76 01 Bismarck.. 14 -10 New York.. 52 20 Boaton_ 33 20 Norfolk 61 40 Buffalo_ 42 21 Oklahoma C. 65 29 Chicago_ 33 15 Omaha --88 12 Cincinnati.* 48 28 Phoenix ... « 61 Detroit ..7 -37 22 PlttfMrgh . 46 24 El Paso_ 66 50 P’rtFnd. Me. 88 18 Galveston . 89 61 St. Louis 42 .22 Harrisburg . 51 31 Salt Lake C. 46 31 Indianapolis 38 27 San Antonio 77 6 Kansas City 44 22 San Pr'clsco m;:'1. n % fKSf.e.-.-. The Federal Spotlight Civil Service May Recommend Increased Payments to Disabled By Joseph Young The Civil Service Commission may recommend to Congress that increased minimum payments be made to Government employes retired because of disability, as well as Increased minimum benefits to survivors of deceased Federal workers. . At present, there is no minimum payment fixed, with the result that many employes wno nave" to retire because of disability get only a pittance in retirement an nuities. Likewise, in many cases the widows and or phans of Fed eral employes who die while on the Govern ment payroll get only a small survivo rship annuity. In some cases, where an em ploye had made only a small salary and had only been in the Government for a few years, ,#MPh T®unI the monthly payments are as low as $3 or $4. The commission’s retirement di vision is studying the possibility of increasing both disability retire ment annuities and survivorship benefits, by establishing a mini mum floor on the amounts to be paid. If the division finds the cost fac tor won’t be too great, it will make a favorable recommendation along these lines to the commission. * * * * BRRR—A new Army regulation states: “Effective January 1, 1950, the worsted ‘Eisenhower’ jacket will become obsolete. Also the short overcoat and green trousers. Only the brown felt service cap will be worn.” And with winter coming up, too! * * * * SLIGHT ERROR—When Luther Steward, the president of the Na tional Federation of Federal Em ployees was in Japan recently to help draft its new civil service system, some of his friends pre vailed on him to have his fortune told. Instead of the ordinary fortune teller, it seems that Japanese often have their fortunes told by canaries. The birds use their beaks to pick up wads of papers, upon which are written individual fortunes. Evidently the bird made a slight mistake, because Mr. Steward’s read: "Your next confinement will be painless.” FUROR—A recent Post Office Department directive, paving the way for mail handlers to assume some of the duties of postal clerks, has created a storm of protest among the postal clerks. The National Federation of Post Office Clerks, which declares it represents 96,646 postal clerks, announces that it will carry the fight to Congress, if necessary, to get the order rescinded. First, however, the union will confer with Postmaster General Donaldson in an effort to have the order changed. E. C. “Roy” Hallbeck, secretary treasurer of the postal clerks union, declared “the livelihood of all postal clerks is at stake. If this order is permitted to stand, it could result in many postal clerks losing their jobs.” Mr. Hallbeck added that the order was contrary to the intent of Congress, asserting that it was never the intention of Congress that mail handlers do clerical or any other type of duties in the Post Office Department.” * * * * GSA—The 331 dismissals or dered for the War Assets Admin istration was felt throughout the entire General Services Admin istration the other day, when the reductions-in-force took place. This is because, under a Civil Service Commission ruling, War Assets employes in the newly merged GSA who had the neces sary retention points, were per mitted to “bump” other Q8A em ployes out of their jobs. Consequently, employes in nearly every unit of GSA were affected by the firings. It caused considerable resentment among many of them who felt that the firings should have been confined exclusively to the liquidating War Assets Administration. * * * * AGRICULTURE — An added performance has been scheduled for "The Public Bosom,” the Ag riculture Department Players’ full length play which will be given tomorrow and Saturday night in the Thomas Jefferson Auditorium in the South Agriculture Building. Because of the interest in the play, another performance will be given next Monday night. Tickets for the play, which is about the Government service, may be ob tained by calling Republic 4142, Extension 5611 or 6229. (The Federal Spotlight radio program featuring additional news and views of the Govern ment is heard each Saturday at 6:45 p.m. over WMA.L, The Star station.) — British Let Teachers Be Reds Privately Sy the Ausciot»d Prm LONDON. Dec. 8. — British school teachers are free to be Communists or hold any other political views so long as they mind their Ps and Qs in the class room, a British government spokes man said yesterday. The question came up in the House of Lords. Conservative Lord Vansittart asked about the truth of a recent sfrtement to a Communist congress in Liver pool that 2,000 "very active” comrades are employed by the government as teachers. He wanted to know what action the government meant to take if the Communist statement was true. Lord Lucas, replying for the government said: "The political views of teachers are their own private affair so long as they do not infringe the | long-established and well under stood rule that they should not use their position to propagate their views in the course o’f instruction.” He added that any case where there was evidence the rule was being broken would be investi gated at "mice. One such in vestigation is under way now, he said. France Names Gen. Blanc Land Forces Chief of Staff •y th« Auoclatad Prm PARIS. Dec. 8.—Prance’s cab inet appointed MaJ. Gen. Clement Blanc, 52-year-old veteran of both wata, chief of staff of the Prench land forces yesterday. He replaces Gen. Georges Rev ers, who has been placed at the disposition of the Premier. Gen. Revers Is slated to become France’s liaison officer to military committees in the Atlantic Alli ance, according to reliable re ports. Gen. Blanc is chief of staff of Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassfgny, commander of ground forces of the Western European Union. Gen. Pierre Koenig, former .com mander of French occupation forces in Germany, was named inspector of land, air and sea forces for North Africa. Major Coal Operators Stand Pat While Lewis Signs Small Firms By James Y. Newton John L. Lewis was expected to sign additional soft coal producer* to his new United Mine Workers’ contract today, but the lines of the major operators apparently still were holding firm against his demands. The UMW president already has announced that companies pro ducing 7,340,000 tons of soft coal a year have signed the contract calling for payment into the UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund of 35 cents per ton and a wage to the miners of $15 a cay. That is an increase in welfare royal ties of 15 cents a ton and a pay increase of 95 cents per day. As soon as the operators sign the new agreement, Mr. Lewis permits them to work their mines the normal five days a week. He put both the anthracite and soft coal industries on a three-day week starting Monday. He is using that as a club in the effort to force the operators to sign at a time of year when their profits are highest. The tonnage signed so far by the UMW still is only a small fraction of the more than 400, 000.000 tons produced annually by the members of the union. Mr. Lewis will have to “bag” a big mine owner before he makes ap preciable progress toward his goal. Mr. Lewis said that operators producing slightly more than 5,000,000 tons signed up yester day. Their properties are located in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, but he did not name the j companies. A major producer who had been reported as ready to accept the new contract terms issued a state ment indicating that he had changed his mind. He was Whit ney Warner. jr„ president of the Warner Collieries of Cleveland, who talked at length with John Owens, UMW secretary-treasurer. “After discussing the proposed new contract with Mr. Owens,” Mr. Warner said. “I concluded that if any contract is to be made, it should only be signed on an industry-wide basis and that the attempt to conduct negotiations on a company level is imprac tical.” That is the position now taken by the big associations of oper ators. the reverse of their stand in other recent years when they ! were opposed to industry-wide i bargaining. ! Meanwhile, negotiations between I the UMW and the anthracite op erators in New York have made little progress toward a contract so far. Anthracite is used almost ex clusively for home heating and the producers, at the peak of their season, are anxious to eliminate the three-day week. But the union has refused to let them work their mines longer. Virginia Swine Sales Slated BLACKSBURG, Va., Dec. 8 (/P). —The annual winter swine sales sponsored by the Virginia Pure bred Swine Breeders Association will be held February 8 at Suf folk, February 10 at Winchester and February 14 at Roanoke. 14 SHOPP'^vs LfFT \ Buy Christmas§eALS/ FINER SPORTS JACKETS tailored of hand-woven British Shetlands 48. You get so much more for yourself, you give so much more In satisfaction, when the sports jacket comes from Saltz F Street. For the same $48 you'bu" imported British Shetlands, woven by hand with a finish that suggests rare cashmere. 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