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A-6 THE EVENING STAR WuhiitfHa, 8. C, ftkniary 2S, ft S9 LABOR AFL-CIO Maps Drive On Eisenhower Policy Continued From First Pace council take comfort in '‘un derstandings” they claim emer ged from several angry meet ings of key leaders during the past week. For a while Mr. Meany may tread a little more softly on procedures, but there’s no indication he will drop his big stick on crucial matters. Avoids Resignation He may adopt a similar atti tude than that he displayed last week when he blasted Mr. Reuther for holding a meeting of the Economic Policy Com mittee in his absence, and Mr. Carey for accusing him of bias in favor of craft unions in the AFL-CIOs Metal Trades De partment. Mr. Reuther threatened to resign as chairman of the Eco nomic Policy Committee, but Mr. Meany asked him to keep the post and he agreed. Reuther-Carey farces claim victory on the matter of a con ference on unemployment, but their interpretation is question able. Mr. Reuther wanted the AFL-CIO to stage a march of , jobless workers on Washington, while Mr. Meany favored a legislative conference. In a compromise closer to Mr. Meany’s stand the council called a “mass conference” of union officers and unemployed rank-and-file members. This conference, which probably would be held in the National Guard Armory, was envisioned as a bit more dramatic than a legislative conference, but noth ing like a march. NAACP Conference Mr. Meany prevailed on a erucial jurisdictional dispute between the industrial unions, mainly the United Steel Work ers, and craft unions in the Metal Trades Department. Mr. Reuther and Mr. Carey wanted a showdown but the council okayed Mr. Meany's plan for further informal negotiations.! Mr. Reuther and Mr. Carey wanted a strong statement on civil rights in unions, especially '• in view of complaints by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against some affiliates. Mr Meany, who called the com plaints "vicious" and “unjusti-j fled,” instead will arrange a meeting with Roy Wilkins. I NAACP national secretary, to smooth over the embarrassing issue. This pattern held true last week when the council evaded | immediate action against Mau rice A. Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters Union, on cor-| ruption charges. Mr. Meany's go-slow approach won out against a demand by Mr. Reuther and Mr. Carey for, suspension of Mr. Hutcheson from the council. Internal dissension aside, the council meeting concentrated on economic problems, espe ally unemployment. The pur pose of the Washington con ference is to explode what the AFL-CIO calls the Eisenhower administration’s “complacency” in the face of 4.7 million Jobless workers. Mr. Meany yesterday said Labor Secretary Mitchell was “talking through his hat” when he predicted unemployment will drop to 3 million by the end of the year. The council used the meet-; ing as a forum to try to arouse the public against the Presi dent’s economic policies, es pecially his drive to curb inna tion by holding down Federal URANIUM Continued From First Page dial hop like a jumping bean,” Mr. Kemper said. Yesterday he took a sample from the stream bed to the University of Maryland where it was tested with acid and other chemicals. "They'd only say that it was ‘very good.' but they wanted more samples before they’d say what the uranium content was." Mr. Kemper said he has re ceived phone calls from many areas, including Laurel where it is now rumored that the Giampaoli farm is under Army guard. ‘The news just got out too fast—l wish I'd had a couple more days to work on this hill before the whole State went crazy." Mr. Kemper said. Life as Usual Throughout all this con fusion, Mr. Giampaoli went on with his life as usual. “Wednesday is my husband's day to go to town. He always buys feed for his hogs and young heifers once a week,”; Mrs. Giampaoli said. "Just because we may have; a mountain of uranium on our farm doesn’t mean that those pigs don’t have to eat.” she said. At College Park. John Parker, a geologist with the Bureau of Mines, said he found "a fair amount of activity” in a sample tested at the bureau's labora tory. “One piece doesn’t mean too much," Mr. Parker said. “But the sample I looked at was active.” He said the sample contained more radioactivity than the minimum standard required of uranium ore by the Govern ment. Mr. Parker explained that the quality of a uranium de posit could not be determined from one sample. The Atomic Energy Commis sion is looking into the find. t spending and discouraging "ex-' . cessive” wage Increases. In one of many policy dec ■ larations yesterday, the coun s cil proposed legislation to give . labor, consumers and small > businessmen representation among Federal Reserve Board I j advisers, and to modify the H board’s independence of the ; White House. Mr. Meany yesterday indi cated he is serious about chal lenging the expelled Teamsters’ ’ | Union to an organizing fight in ; Puerto Rico. “We will spend ! anything we have to spend” to ' press the campaign, he told re j porters. But in Miami Beach. Team . sters President James R. Hofla said his union is ready for a showdown battle and “we will be on top when it is over.” Mr. Hofla told a news con ference the AFL-CIO had formed a “catch-all union" to grab any unorganized worker in Puerto Rico. He said the Teamsters accept this challenge and the executive board voted j yesterday to send as much ; money as is necessary to win the fight, the Associated Press 'reported. On the problem of a cleavage jin the National Federation of j Post Office Clerks, Mr. Meany j gave the council a fill-in on a complaint by seceded locals j that voting procedures are un -1 fair to big units. Mr. Meany, said his legal staff advised him that the complaint against sus pension of locals that later seceded must be resolved by the courts. The AFL-CIO is expected to keep an eye on the situation with special attention to the danger of raiding by the Na-j tional Postal Clerks Union, formed by locals seceded from the NFPOC. Standing by his guns in the face of criticism by President Eisenhower and others, Mr Meany said he wouldn’t hesi- I tate to vote to return to Puerto Rico for next winter's council meeting. Mr. Eisenhower last ! week spoke of union leaders ; complaining of unemployment while lolling at this plush re sort. EISENHOWER | Continued From First Page needs that had come to light since he submitted his budget to Congress in aJnuary. Mr. Eisenhower recalled that ,he had been concerned with military matters all his life. He added that for the last six years jhe had had final responsibility 'in this field as commander-in chief. Ideas are Many He conceded that naturally there are nearly as many dif ferent ideas about what the country needs for defense as there are men concerned with the program. With a smile, the President said he doubted if any three of the reporters at his news con ference could agree completely on what it took to produce a good newspaper. In the same way, he said it is unreasonable to expect iden tical views on where the coun try’s defense money should go from people who believe that national safety lies in then own services. ! Some service leaders in the Pentagon have indicated in testimony before congressional committees that they were not satisfied with the money al lotted their own departments Mr. Eisenhower emphasized that sombody has to make the decision, and that it is his job as Commander in Chief. Speaks With Firmness Remarking that he believed this was the first time he had' spoken with such lack of hu mility, the President added firmly: “I think I am more able than anyone of those of j whom you speak to make the i overall decision.” In emphasizing America’s need for a balanced defense system rather than dependence on any particular service or weapon. Mr. Eisenhower called attention to a speech Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, chief of naval operationsh. made in Charles ton. S. C.. last week. He de scribed it as “indeed good." i In that speech Admiral Burke warned against what he called a “fruitless and unneces- ’ jSary” race with Russia in pro jduction of long-range missiles | He said it makes no difference whether Russia has one-half or j several times as many missiles as the United States as long, ij as the Soviet leaders know we ;!have the assured capability of [ destroying Russia. 1 j A question about demand for import restrictions from some ,: industry spokesman as a result .of a TVA award to a British > firm of a contract for some , electric generating equipment set the President off on a dis cussion of reciprocal trade j j policies ■ He said he thought it would , be a “great mistake" to give | way to demands for increasing tariffs or other curbs on im , ports. He urged looking at the t welfare of all America in con -5 sidering foreign trade policies.' Mr. Eisenhower went on to say he believes the big reason 'for trouble encountered by » j some American firms in com . peting for trade with other ' countries is that "our costs are t just too high." He said they ■ cannot keep going up if the * country is to have the kind of . foreign trade that will keep it 1 prosperous. Meany Intends To Stay After 65 SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico. Feb 25 i APi. George Meany has informed fellow AFL-CIO I chiefs, it was learned today, That although he will soon be come 65 years of age he has no | intention of retiring as federa tion president. Mr. Meany let this drop at yesterday's closing session on the AFL-CIO executive coun cil's winter meeting. Mr. Meany will become 65 next August just ahead of the federation's sched uled San Francisco convention In September when officers come up for election. It is permissible but not man datory for top AFL-CIO officers to retire on reaching age 65. — Un-American Unit Change Delayed By the Asftoclated Press The House Rules Committee has temporarily shelved two proposals to change the status of the House Un-American Ac tivities Committee. One change, proposed by Representative Roosevelt. Dem ocrat of California, would have abolished the committee and Bur-mil SOCKS % il Jlliyil Famous knre• li ig h -T f? < jHr riMieil -I ret, ji |n>«r SMIIHBHKIg that «a-lies perfect Iv, mmMHBSp' will not -lii ink. does SSijjn|S|) not need gaiters! ‘"Top ltl®R M iflSm fir.l--” have that -mart high Continental «t\l- J|| im ing ‘o |M>|iiilnr this spring look liand-oine M .f'wEall i If JUt mm.- *• wherever von wear rngmyrM ■ld-town I |B3! 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Jukebox Investigators I Br the Atsoclttca Pren , Two Chicago gangster bar ons wanted for questioning in i connection with the violence plagued jukebox - amusement machine rackets are myste riously missing, Senate inves i tigators said today. Robert F. Kennedy, chief counsel of the Senate Rackets Committee, said his subpoena servers have tried and failed for nearly a year to catch up with Sam tMooney) Giancana and Ralph Capone, brother of | the late Chicago gang czar. A1 I (Scarfacei Capone. Mr. Ken nedy has described Giancana transferred its jurisdiction to the Judiciary Committee. The other, sponsored by Rep ! resentative Doyle, Democrat of i California, would have changed , the committee's name to In ternal Security Committee and would have more clearly de fined its Jurisdiction. The Rules Committee voted against considering either pro posal at this time. |as chief gunman for the suc ■ cessors to the old Capone mob , The committee hopes to wind up by nightfall its hearings on allegations that gangsters, in • league with some corrupt labor union officials, have imposed a . rule of terror on thousands of coin machine operators in , Chicago and its suburbs. As major witnesses for the i windup session Mr. Kennedy , listed Hyman Lamer, execu [ tive secretary and boss of the Chicago Independent Amuse ' ment Association, and Fred Smith, boss of the coin machine division of Local 134. Interna tional Brotherhood of Electri cal Workers. Front for Mobsters Committee staff investiga tors testified yesterday the as sociation was a front for mob > sters and worked hand in glove with Smith to force amusement . machine operators to Join the ’ association and pay protection money of a dollar a month for * every machine in the Chicago j area. When reluctant operators balked, the hoodlums resorted to acid-throwing and axe- I wielding raids and even mur der, the committee was told. Two handcuffed convicts I brought here from the State prison at Joliet, 111., invoked the Fifth Amendment when queried about their roles as al leged $l5O a week musclemen foi the jukebox pinball racket eers. Committee Investigator James J. P. McShane said the two convicts—James i Green Hornet> Rlnl and Alex Ross— were involved in an attempted ambush shooting that back fired. On July 20, 1857, Mr. Mc- Shane testified, Rlnl. Ross and, a third muscleman, Frank j ill iii. ii i i ill 1 i | j The Baker Suit | t' For Men | Baker suits are always an assurance of * Z fine quality. Supremely well-tailored, 1 and employing only the best of fabrics, e) C these suits give the unpretentious, handsome J P look that gentlemen want. 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His slaying still is un solved. Both Rini and Ross rafused to discuss the Bates Incident. Rom got a hard look from Rini when Mr. Kennedy told that Ross had implicated Rini in some church robberies. Rom is serving 7 to 14 years, Rini i to 14 years for crime* including participation in ax and acid raids to destroy the machlnee of non-members of the associa tion.