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LACKAWANAA PRESS, MAY 13, 1949 ‘:?:'5<';‘Im W .__, o I\: Friday, in: Minx‘ aim 4,‘ t, WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS LEWIS: ll.S. would Avoid china War, Ships Flee Shanghai Trap: Russians Gffer to Lift Beriiin B?locka»de if Parley :Ga”||ed To ‘Ask More John L. Lewis. American coal miner union czar. was readying more grief for mine operators. possibly more (or the nation. Lewis and his 200-member policy com- mittee avowediy were planning to ask for more money for the miners when the present United Mine Workers’ contract with operators expires on June 30. NOT ONLY would Lewis demand: more pay for his union members, but he would also insist that it come with shorter hours. Antici- pated demands included equalized employment and greater safety in the pits. On the contract issues, Lewis has thrown out strong indications that he will concentrate on the four big aims. The miners now are receiv- ing $14.05 for an eight-hour day. The work week is 40 hours at straight time. and time and a halt for hours worked in excess of that. The federal bureau of labor statis- tics reports that the average week- ly earnings of 100.000 bituminous coal miners is more than $75 week- ly. x.'T-' ,\;-'1‘ ~,, -1 ' A-“tr 5 5,5-.i',s>‘.‘ 1 9} __v.~':fz« ?' ;_. -'. .\‘\\-'5 .‘_g.h§‘»g\.; .'-’ H i«7.;. - \5 t ‘W1 \ ,'_ .s.‘»_ 1,4“ By RES‘ EDITOIUS NOTE: when opinions are expressed In these columns they ‘IEO those oi Western Newspaper Union's news Analysts and not necessarily of this newuupu.) it the ‘United States and Britain looked with a jaundiced eye on Russia’: public otter to lift the Ben lin blockade, it was thoroughly un- derstandable. Too often the Soviets have held out the olive branch or made apparent overtures that never materialized to ease the crisis the Reds may have been de- veloping at that time. HOWEVER. the western powers had virtually accepted the Russian proposal to lift the Berlin blockade in exchange for a tour-power con- ference on Germany. But it was made very plain that acceptance was based on the condition that Russia had no secret strings at- tached to the offer. A U. S. state department article] was quoted as saying that it Mos- cow's policy actually stands as it was reported in a dispatch by Tass. Russian news agency. the \way ap- pears clear for the lifting or the blockade and 3 meeting of the coun- cil ot foreign ministers.\ At the same time. however. it was learned that the Russians were told that the United States, Brit- ain and France do not intend to de- lay their plans for unifying western Germany and creating a German government, probably by July 15. ‘ »Lacka\\'zuma ‘l ( be even busic 6, tho Junim-.~ their Junior E in case you «I nasium was ers of Sprin lnllluulls wen 1.-he g'il'ls. gig; hzuul.<mne pr. ) Stew l{ryz.;n ' vivzu'iuu.< >L'l whu \\nrL- :1 I» ed [._‘,'u\\’ll with Thu 1,:-ruuul A‘l'tez' the 1‘ to explore BL, BOUND FOR \HOT SPOT!” . . . American mnrlnes wave (mm the U.S.S. St. Paul as they embark for trouble spots in Chins. The St. Paul, heavy cruiser, was one of the two warships leaving {or (‘hhm and which carried much larger complements of marines thin normal. Shirley Temple, one-time “Little Miss Marker\ of movie fame. now is fully grown up. She recently celebrnted her Bk: birthday anniversary. The dim- pled child screen star o! more than I decade ago Is the mother of a year-old daughter. AUTO LABOR: With the 11 tlxmcc. 4.-\.'L-1'yn to the much-xl (Iirls 1111- ask Whu \V|)lllIl 1111 really all lll niors me all thzu;ni1.:l1t. (R L-.us.<ing Um :- zuul suif~'. ulm tween rl2x~.w.~ leully y;n|ug The bl;-; utfzu Niagara Rmxl ler. Oh, yes be to the nu and his on-lu The United States was showing the world that it planned no maneu- vers which zmzzht create .!.he situation for an “incident\ leading to in- volu-mont in the Chinese war. There has been 1 public an- nouncement by mine union o cials that the miners will seek I shorter work week — presumably without loss or pay——and an adop- tion of a share~the-work program in the soft-coal industry. THE ANTHRACITE industry has been operating under a production- allocation arrangement for several years. That amounts to sharing the work or the unemployment. Any safety issue. however. must rest directly with congress. Lewis is supporting a bill to give federal mine inspectors authority to enforce regulations contained in the federal mine code. Under present law. the states now have that police power. HOUSING: Six States Busy To the surprise of practically everyone, particularly the 2.500 Amer- icans in Shanghai, the entire U. S. fleet suddenly trom Shanghai. evidently having abandoned then current plans for evacuation 013 American nationals from the scene. THE GOVERNMENT was sent!- ing some marines to Chinese tumb- led spots. but these were to do only sentry duty. United States action came despite admittedly great provocation. The Chinese Communists, in their tri- umphant surge across Chlnn to Shanghai, had invaded the home 01 U. S. Envoy J. Leighton Stuart in Nanking and hinted be was to be held in custody. Meanwhile, the Chinese Red: broadcast u demand for American and British othcials to evacuate all their \aggressive forces\ tram SULLIVAN: Flareup Looms The nation's coal mines didn't present the only likely -flareup in labor-employe relations as bargain- ing time rolled around in various industries. Those who were in posi- tion to know held the opinion that it was an \uneasy peace\ which hung over the automobile industry. UNXON FLAREUPS had been quelled at the Packard and Ford motor companies and a temporary work stoppage had halted body pro- duction at the Briggs manu- facturing company's plant. The future of labor relations In the industry was as confused as it was uneasy. Recent action by man- ufacturers in cutting prices of auto- mobiles had brought accusations from labor that the reductions were only \token\ cuts. and did not rep- resent a fair action on the part of the manufacturers. Quits Navy Post '.[‘ho1‘c was lmle else that John L. Sullnnm, not-ret‘u'y of the navy. could have done but resxgn after the “multl-xmlllon dollar repri- mand\ he l'(.‘L'ClVt‘(l from Defense Secretary LOUIS Johnson. SULLIVAN. as navy chlet. had gone nhc-ad with plans to construct the 65.000-tun U. S. mrcraft super- camcr, the United ‘States. despite luck ut cungu-s:,mn.:l authorization for the pI'uJe(.‘l.. On the syn we have uuly that Lavka\\ 21 :1 scure n1’ ‘.1 really duillg ; SOME TOP ot believed the Russian otter‘: real purpose was to delay this action, and indicated that if this were the case It was most uncertain whether a real and final agreement on the Berlin blockade would be reached any time In the near future. Anotlmer Ju pnrtunity of this year, 211 hunorecl stud! Aileen is six‘ Roland. Shei er and is a 2:} sure she'll mi girls tlwre. ( Well, I gu there is for L The Russian proposal was con- strued as suggesting three concrete means for reducing international tension. These were outlined as (1) proposal for a meeting of the coun- cil or toreign ministers on the sub- ject ot Germany: (2) lifting the Berlin restrictions as soon as a meeting date was fixed for that meeting, and (3) direct negotiations between Premier Stalin and Pres- ident Truman on basic conflicts between the United States and the Soviet union. FARM PROGRAM: It was no pzu'ucul:1r secret that abandumm-nt of the carrier and Sulhvaufs rcsxgnauon were all a conlxnump. part of the apparently hupelvss hght to unity the nation's armed forces. The congrosslonal act callmg for such a step has never bu-en carried out. and the nav_v's um-nxm to go ahead wxm bunldnng the huge carrier without any legal authority was another oxzunplo or lxxglnllandcd service tactics that huve tended to make umfxmlmn uppear impossible of \ reallz:-nun. Legislatures of six states were attempting to do something about the housing situation. It all propos- als before the halt-dozen legisla- tures were to be enacted they would expand low-rent housing program: by more than seven billion dollars. This was an estimate made by the national association or housing of- ficials. [.II\'(‘OI.N A Already British warships had been fired upon and it was assumed American elements had Shanghai in order to avoid any such predicament as was exper- ienced by the British vessels. THE COMMUNIST threat to Shanghai was increasing hourly and despite Nationalist decision to battle to the end, it uppeared the city's plight was hopeless. Communist victory in China would put all the western nations in n ticklish position. For, with the Reds in control of all China, those who opposed communism would be helpless and hopeless in event of a \vestex'n-powers move to ap- ply economic sanctions, if such I step should be taken. If this pro- cedure were not to be followed. the western powers would be put in the paradoxical position 0! recog- nizing and trading with proponents of an ideology with which they were struggling in a cold war. OIL WELL: Russia Was \First\ However, with prices 0: other commodities beginning to spiral downward and easement or install- ment buying widened, it began to appear that labor would be in a vulnerable position by the time con- tract-sxigning time rolled around. WHILE there was little in the press about the intentions of dyna- mic Walter Reuther, head or the United Automobile Workers’ union. there was slight doubt that the fiery redhead would he in there pitching for his union members when the time come to sit down at the bargaining table. would labor attempt to ovei-reach itself in bargaining or would it recognize the trend or the times and be content to hold present gains? That was the question whose answer would be anxiously awaited by the citizen who is always in the middle in such struggles—-the aver- age American consumer. DAIRYMEN: Are you gm with? That's \ mind tlu-so 1» Lincoln Anm quite oxcitml tlu-y'rv the m in;-.2 You Shut under classm zu.-.t.ing- In-fore of the junim. going; with (In Que-.-n Jun-_\' 1.x-ndaul~:, Shu lie Lujnk. l‘« nruunxl the \‘r |u.~cn11.~u Mel Who's Confused? DE[~‘I-Z.\'$I-I SECRETARY John- son. cnmmc-nnng on Sullivan's res- lunahon. s.-ul, “I regret vc-ry much that my uld fnond and colleague The administration's bold new farm program was becoming so muddled that even its proponents seemed to be less than certain of just what its purpose is. to say nothing of how much it will cost. When the program was tirst pre- sented. the general impression gen- erated by its proponents was that it was a duality of beneticence. as it were——a device that would keep up the price of farm products while at the same time resulting in less cost to the consumer. A proposed amendment to Man- sachusetts' general laws would in- crease the amount of capital funds available for low-rent housing from 200 to 300 million dollars. In Cali- tornia a housing and slum-clearance bill would appropriate 100 million dollars for low-income family hous- ing and would create a state ‘housing and slum clearance author- 'ty. l‘Both houses or the New York legislature approved a bill authot‘— izing additional loans of 300 million dollars for state low-rent housing. In New Jersey :1 100-million-dollar addition to the state program has been proposed. Pennsylvanian: gov- ernor proposed a state subsidy of 1.5 million dollars to promote -low: rent housing for the next two years, and a combined low and middle-in- come housing bill offered in the Connecticut senate would increase state credit tor the existing housing program by 100 million dollars. At last, it appeared, some of the states were on the right track. The only answer to the national housing problem is erection of more rental units in a price range the average wage earner can afford to pay. Until that need is met. there will be no solution to the housing problem in the United States. FROZEN FROG: . has Jmnnd the mrcruft carrxcr lssuc on n-r.~<m.\l gruunds and I Lu-lu-vv Ihul he too \\'11l soon regret his nctl-m HI I,:(l.lV \ WORLD PEACE: Here's a Soncts Hold Key S1-ll /\l'HIul' VdndL‘nbOI'g (R.. Mu-h I. so-ax» fun-u:n velatmns Culx'.llu!ln‘ u-°.m.:n. l)L'lxe\'ed the Ru~\I.m» Ih-m~.:-hr.-< hold the key to ma 1:1 ya-:u‘e And m a speech in N:-xv Ym\; hr sznl as much. III-.2 B[.I'I:iI’RINT[‘2D 21 method xxhvn-b,v ‘l{\I~.sn:x. 1f the Soviets ac- tuzxfly dc .xr pmcc-. could assure It. Ilv um-d.m-d that the Krc-mlm lr.v.1\k-x.». xf tl.¢_v so desired. could px'u:h.u'o nu L-f|'L'('l inure powerful than \um \\hu|l' s1HIx'hULI.~'(,‘ of alum bu-Lin\ If (Ln \\.l'Iv.: in make those.‘ z1nnu.u:t': .\I.«-nls: €05 T0 CRITICS who callously pointed out that It would require tax money to finance such a pro- gram and that both farmers and consumers would have to pay those taxes, the plan’; advocates an- swered that such persons slmply didn’t understand the aims of the proposal. Then along came Agrtculture Secretary Charles F. Brannon with a statement that indicated he didn't quite understand if either, or if he did. it was a new conception. Now. the secretary was saying. the plan wasn't meant as a consumer sub- sidy at all. No indeed. it was I farm price support measure, aimed at giving the farmer I \lair re~ turn\ on his investment and his labor. Will Push Sales According to the experts. milk prices would be tumbling again this summer, but American dairy- men wouldxft he cheering about it. In fact, dalrymen were getting set to launch a 1.5 million-dollar campaign to promote the sale of dairy products and. at the same time, wage war on oleomnrgariue. Most dairy leaders were said to believe that a promotional cam- paign to boost consumption was the only way to check a nosedive in milk and butter prices that has caught producers with their income down and their costs up. In little more than seven months. according to a federal dairy spe- cialist. dairy prices had dropped 33 per cent. Butter. which not long ago was at almost prohibitive prices. had dipped to the govern- ment support level. Milk prices also had been failing on a cent or two at a time on retail markets. There ms no end. apparently. of Russtan lack of modesty. Now the Soviets are claxming it was a I{llSSli)l) who sank and brought In the hrs! 01] well. thus introducing this fuel lu the world. a’-IMP You girl :u1IL-r so 1.'1‘h.-l .\lu:.L'u\v suks to heal lhv I-C.o~t \Vs~l blxath. Moscow radio repurted a Russian mdustnallst named Sidorov sank the hrs: on well m the wor!d—in 1885. four years before the first 111 America. Americans were scored by Muscuw for preferrmg \not to recall this fact.\ that yo ‘drags’ -cl stop to ‘ may be (1 Rm\ Th lunkham Pmkhzu of the VOI‘ help built‘ nnuro strc 1n such doubt. th {:11-are-st b nm1bu_vl dvmr rpm Pinkha .. wry 1 2. 'I‘n.u cnxnrmnnsm IS ready to dmll ll~' I 3 W fur L-\tux:.:X conquest and sumu mll 3.'I'}lr\‘[‘ 'l'l‘ll:I l’Ul..l'l'llUI{0 ls truly n~:uly fur in.iiu:il i;uod-ftilth c-1'1‘urzs to in-.nto an lnzible world which luw ‘vlfi‘lx‘lt‘l’l!‘ill\.lXlUll shall dL'L'ldI.' .'iii_\ i.ilnn's idculogy. -1. And that cr.’octi\i~ly disci- pliiicd. Zldll|l.lLll(‘l}'-bLl[J£‘l\'lSCd um- vc-r.~zil di.~;ii::mi‘m-ii! shall be the \u>rltl‘.~ px'u;:im.si\c goal on the new zig-.-ndn of huiu for the people of the uiimii or Su\'lL'!~ socialist repub- lics and for all UIL‘ Ulh(‘i‘ people ln a l‘i'iciii.ll_\- \\ur!d. SPRING COMES TO ENGLAND May Yet Jump Nature Gives Weird Vent to Vernal Urge Dr. D. L. Albnsio. of Angels Camp. Cali1., was keeping his entry in the annual frog jumping con- test on ice-—literal1y speaking. He has to. because his frog. Lazarus, has been frozen st!!! for an esti- mated 1.20[) years. ” The physician said he found his prehistoric trog trozen deep in the ice of Dana glacier in Yosemite national park and felt confident hi: entry would be able to jump. It was sprmg in England. and whxmscy and fantasy were all around. a mile. Everything, it seemed. was in a The Denham town council gave cows the kissing license. It ruled that it's all right for them to am- zle over the fence. even it one pas- ture is certified tuberculosis-tree and the other isn't. For mstnnce. cows got a license to kiss. A Iovclorn cat set fire to a house. A thief, no doubt actuated by the seasun. stole two dozen love birds. A swan. wmgmg majesti- c-ally up the Thames m semen of a mate, plumped on a bridge at rush hour nnd piled up italic It tonic! A1 7) '. y 5; L 1-.'\=cu ML V’.-uch-nl>vrg \v.1nlocl addvd gu.u.mt-c.~. '1‘hcsc uu::uunce- mcuts. he sand. “must be backed by deeds to gxve xt some belated semblance of reality. The federal specialist pointed out that domestic unemployment has contributed to the drop in consump- tion or dairy products. A Mikado pheasant. which usually lay: eggs only in its native habitat ll Foreman, laid six eggs. lnleuod by WNU lentnrol
