WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1952
Steel Mill Seizure
By Truman Voided
WASHINGTON, April 29 (?P) —A federal judge today
voided President Truman's seizure of the strike-threatened
steel industry, and the vanguard of 650,000 CIO steelwork
ers immediately began going out on strike.
U.S. District Judge David A.
Pine, in a biting opinion, ruled
the Truman's seizure order was
"without authority in law" or the
Constitution. He struck at argu
ments that the President has
broad "inherent" powers author
izing the seizure, saying that for
him to agree to such an argument
"would undermine public confi
dence in the very edifice of gov
ernment as it is known under the
Constitution."
The judge announced that he
was issuing an injunction ordering
the government to give the mills
back to their owners.
No Alternative Seen
The government was ready to
try immediately for a higher court
order cancelling out the District
Court decision„ but the 650,000
CIO United Steelworkers did not
wait. They struck immediately,
stopping the flow 'of , steel which
the government had tried to keep
going by seizure.
President Philip Murray of
the union said in Cleveland the
men had "no alternative but to
cease work immediately" and
within one hour pickets were
out and furnaces .were being
shut down.
To Test 'lnherent' Power
The government then clamped
an embargo on shipments of steel
from warehouses to producers of
civilianotype goods and to foreign
countries.
One almost certain result of the
court ruling is an historic test in
higher tribunals of just how much
"inherent" power the President
has in a period of national emer
gency. And the findings could-=
though they probably will. not—
bring an ultimate decision on
whether the Judiciary can con
trol the executive.
Allies Awaiting
Reds' Reaction
To Truce Plan
MUNSAN, Korea, Wednesday,
April 30 (R)—Allied truce dele
gates today stood by for the sec
ond straight day awaiting Com
munist reaction to a new and
secret proposal for completing an
armistice in Korea.
The ,Reds gave no indication
when they would ask for resurnp
ton of the off-recbrd plenary ses
sions agreed upon Sunday.
The United Nations Command
proposed a blanket solution to the
thorny three major issues block
ing a truce. Details were not dis
closed but such a solution would
embrace exchange of prisoners,
nomination of neutral truce in
spectors and construction of air
fields.
The - Allies have repeatedly re
jected the Reds' nomination of
Russia as a "neutral" inspector
on grounds the Soviet Union has
been the, main source of supply
for the Korean Red and Chinese
armies.
SEOUL, Wednesday, April 30
(W)—Allied patrols battled the
Reds With bayonets and hand
grenades on the muddy east-cen
tral Korean front Tuesday in a
series of small skirmishes.
The U.S. Eighth Army reported
the biggest action was east of the
Pukhan River—a hand grenade
battle between two Allied patrols
and two Communist platoons.
Casualties were not reported.
Farther east, in the Mundung
Valley, a United Nations unit
closed in on a Red patrol and—in
a 20-minute melee—k ill e d 12
,COmmuniSts 'with bayonets.
Westinghouse Pay Hike
PITTSBURGH, April 29 —(1P)
Two of ' four unions at Westing
houSe Electric Corp. today indi
cated they may reject the com
pany's pay increase offer. West
inghouse gave a cost-of-living in
crease to 15,000 non-unionized
employees effective immediately
and proposed the same increase
fot the 75,000 union workers.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA
Power Questioned
Oilmen Request
End of Controls
COLUMBUS, 0., April 29 (IF)—
The nation's independent oil pro
ducers today urged the govern
ment to remove immediately all
price controls on crude oil.
The Independent Petroleum As
sociation of America adopted a
resolution at the closing session
of its national convention.
Even before the resolution was
approved, an Office of Price Stab
ilization official told the produc
ers. OPS has no intention of de
controlling oil.
The producers' resolution said
there is "no legal justification or
economic necessity" for price con
trols on oil, since there is an am
ple supply to meet all current
needs and no danger of unreason
able price increases.
FDR, Wilkie Tried
To Start New Party
WASHINGTON, April 29 (W)—Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wen
dell L. Wilkie wanted to form a new political party uniting "liberal
elements" in Democratic and Republican ranks, but death inter
vened and prevented them from doing anything about it.
This new sidelight on the New
Deal era, with supporting letters,
is contained in an article in the
Ladies' Home Journal by Samuel
I. Rosenman, a Roosevelt adviser
and speech-writer.
It is published today as an ab
stract fr o m Rosenman's book,
"Working with Roosevelt". soon
to be published by Harper and
Brothers.
Rosenman said he believed the
new party crystalized in Roose
velt's mind after his failure to
reorganize the Suprethe . Court in
1937.
He also produced a message by
Roosqvelt to the 1940 Democratic
National Convention, which never
was sent, declining the third
term nomination already made
unless 1-Tenry Wallace was nomi
nated vice president. Conserva
tives were ready to nominate
Speaker W ill i a m Bankhead or
Jesse Jones. Roosevelt said he
wouldn't run with either of them
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eke Leads
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1 n Mass.
BOSTON, April 29 (4)—Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower jumped on
top in the Massachusetts presi
dential preference primary today.
Republicans preferred Eisen
hower to Sen. Robert A. Taft by
a two to one ratio
. in the first 169
precincts reporting in the all
write-in, balloting.
Eisenhower was polling a heavy
vote even on the Democratic bal
lot. The first 169 precincts on the
Republican ballot, including 100 in
dominantly Democratic Boston,
gave: Eisenhower, 8123; Taf t
1033.
The Democratic poll in the first
168 precincts gave Sen. Estes Ke
fauver D-Tenn 1924. The two
leading Republicans polled 2045
between them on the Democratic
ballot—Eisenhower 1495 and Taft
550. President Truman got 718
write-ins from the same precincts.
The two Republicans polled 1371
votes between - them in Boston's
first 80 precincts. Kefauver won
1284 from the same districts.
Eisenhower won all the write
ins of the 10 Democrats who
voted in the island town of Nan
ftcket. And the town of Edgar
town, on nearby Martha's" Vine
yard, recorded eight Democratic
votes—seven for Eisenhower, one
for Taft.
A total vote of. 300,000 was in
dicated, more than double the
123,391 of• four years ago, and
ahead of the previous record of
1932 when 270,000 voted in the
primary which • gave the state's
pledged Democratic delegates to
Alfred E. Smith over Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
The first returns fr om the
Democratic city of Boston gave
Eisenhower 93 to Taft's 50 in the
popularity poll in four reporting
precincts.
or with "any other reactionary."
The convention took Wallace af
ter a bitter fight and Roosevelt
went through with his acceptance
speech.
French Will Fight
To 'Greatest Extremity'
FRANKFURT, Germany, April
29 (JP)—The commander"of French
forces in Gerin a n y promised
Gen. Eisenhower today they are
ready to fight in the North At
lantic Treaty army "to the great
est extremity necessary."
The pledge was made at Co
blenz in a farewell tribute to the
retiring supreme commander by
French Gen. Roger Noiret.
In response, Eisenhower said he
believed the United States and
France are the two countries most
able to show a true unity to the
world..
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Soviet Jets
French Air
BERLIN, April 29 (iP)- 7 -Two Soviet - jet fighters ripped into an
Air France commercial liner with cannon and machinegun fire in
the Allied air corridor today and wounded four of the 17 persons
aboard before the liner could veer from sunlight into cloud cover.
Shocked by the assaults, the Western Big Three delivered a
stern note to the Russians protesting the "unwarranted attack" and
demanding a full inquiry and
compensation for the wounded
and for damage to the plane.
But despite all the publicity
given to the incident and the
knowledge that the Western high
commissioners were drafting such
a note, no competent Russian of
ficer could be found to accept the
protest at Soviet headquarters.
French High Commissioner
Andre Francpis-Poncet, receiving
the news as he lunched with Gen.
Eisenhower in Coblenz, described
the attack as "a very grave thing,
a sort of provocation."
Eisenhower declined komment,
saying "that's for the State de
partment."
Two German passengers were
injured, one seriously, and two
French crewmen were nicked
slightly in the attack. The cabin
and fuselage of the liner, a four
engine Douglas were so punctured
by shells and bullets it will be
grounded several days for repairs.
U.S. Air Force police questioned
the French crew and some of the
passengers for a full report to
support the Allied protest to the
Russians.
Two MIG-15s made the attack
at 10:34 a.m. 4:34 a.m. EST as
the liner cruised high above the
Elbe River Valley of the Russian
zone on a regular flight -from,
Frankfurt to Berlin
U.S. Increases
Savings Bond
Interest Rate
WASHINGTON, April 29 (W)--2-
The government bid higher for
the public savings today by boost
ing interest rat es a bit in a
sweeping revision of the savings
bond program.
The increases range from one
tenth to one-fourth of a percent
age point for the full term of a
bond. But the. increase is much
bigger for persons who want to
cash in their bonds the first few
years after they buy them.
And the Treasury offered a new
type of issue—to be called an
"H" bond which will pay off
in regular interest checks to in
dividuals.
Secretary of the Treasury Sny
der announced most of th e
changes will be effective May 1,
the 11th anniversary of the day
the Treasury started saving s
bonds sales to the general public.
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Attack
Liner
Stratohner
Disappears
Over Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 29 (VP)
—A double-decked luxury Strato
liner with 50 persons aboard van
ished today while flying over the
jungles of Northern Brazil on the
way from Buenos Aires to New
York. Pan American World Air
ways, operators of the plane, said
it was presumed down in the
wilderness.
The luxury liner Was on a non
stop schedule for the 2,600 miles
from Rio de Janeiro to Trinidad,
when its last radio call was heard
by a station at Barreiras, Bahia
State. No trouble v as reported.
The plane was due in Trinidad
at 9 a.m. EST.
Pan American officials said the
plane—named the Clipper Good
Hope—had only enough gasoline
to keep it aloft until 1 p.m. EST.
It carried 41 passengers and nine
crewmen. Among those reported
were Jorge Goddoy, Brazilian at
torney general; his wife; and Luiz
Felipe Damorim Antony, newly
appointed third secretary of the
Brazilian Embassy in Washing
ton.
In addition to the nine crew
men—all Americans—the airlines
office in New York said 10 U.S.
citizens were among the pas
sengers.
Pan American officials said air
craft from the U.S. Navy and Air
Force, the Brazilian Air Force
and civilian airlines were scour
ing the entire 1,900-mile route
between Barreiras and Port-of-
Spain, Trinidad.
By mid-afternoon, 14 planes
were in the vast hunt and more
were expected to take part.
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