FRIDAY, MAY 2, '1952
Wage iliko, Not Forbidden;
'steol.Girstor'skiiiialt Ruiling
Sawyer Expects
No Wage Raise
In Near Future
WASHINGTON, May 1 (IP)
-r.-The U.S..- Court of Appeals,
Jiy:..a split 5 to 4 vote, refused
today to forbid the govern
rnent to raise wages in the
embattled steel industry, but
Secretary of Commerce Saw
yer said no immediate wage
boost is planned.
Sawyer also c all e d for new
peace talks in the strike-crippled
steel industry and asked Congress
fo r legislation empowering the
government to deal with "titanic"
struggles `between industry and
labor.
Late in the day, President Tru
man told his news conference he
has no ambition to be' a dictator
and will abide by any Supreme
Court decision on his seizure. of
the multi-billion-dollar steel in
dustry.
Wants Steel Flow
The President said he will take
every ,possible action to get the
steel strike settled, but gave no
clue of what steps he might have
in mind.
All he wants, he said, is to
keep steel production flowing.
Earlier, in a day of multiple de
velopments bearing on the great
controver,sy, there had been spec
ulation that Truman might issue
a back-to-work call now that the
steel mills are once more back
under government control.
Agreement Important
But ,the President was silent
on that subject.
Sawyer told a news conference
immediately following a White
House talk with President Tru
man that "the important thing"
now is for.the nation's steel corn
p'anies and CIO President' Philip
Murray's - United Steelworkers to
get together and reach an agree
ment. •
John A. Stephens,' chief indus
try negotiator, declined to corn
ment immediately on Sawyer's
invitation for new company-union
peace talks.
"We'll have to see where we
stand," Stephens said. •
Union leaders also declined
comment.
'Curtain' Nations Ruled
Taboo for Americans
WASHINGTON, May 1 (IP)
The United States today put all
of the Iron Curtain countries out
of bounds for. American travelers
except for trips specifically ap
proved by the State Department.
To prevent "sneak visits" and
protect venturesome individuals
from. risking travel to Commu
nist-run , areas, the department
started stamping all new pass
ports:
"This passport is not valid for
travel to Albania, Bulgaria, Chi
na, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Po
land, `Roriaania •or the Union of
Soviet Sobialist Republics (Rus
sia) unless specifically endorsed
under authority of the Depart
ment of State , as being, valid for
such travel."
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Massachusetts Reiurns
Give Ike Big Lead
BOSTON, May 1 (R)--Com
plete unofficial returns, from
Tuesday's Massachusetts pri
mary election, except for one
missing pipcinct, were tabu
lated today. The vote from
1738 precincts out of 1739
gave:
Republican—
Ei s e nhower 254,723; Mac-
Arthur 2306; Stassen 1274; Taft
110,345; Warren 1565. •
Democratic
Dever 2308; Kefauver 29.443;
Russell. 710; Stevenson 1310;
Truman 7826; Eisenhower 16,-
107; Taft 5759.
West Germans
To Talk to 'lke'
About Progress
BONN, Germany; May 1 (p)—
Gen. Eisenhower comes heie to=
morrow for his first direct talks
with German 'leaders over pro
gress in bringing West German
resources and manpower into the
Western defense system.
Progress is threatened now by
a German government crisis that
has overshadowed the last stages
of the peace contract negotiations.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and three Allied high commis
sioners met again today, for the
26th-time in seven months, in an
effort to complete the draft of
the pact that would end the oc
cupation, and clear the way for the
rearming of German troops inside
a six-nation European army.
But all the talk in the corridors
was of the revolt of two parties in
Adenauer's three-p ar t y govern
ment.
The, right wing Free Democrats
and erman Party have 'announ
ced they will refuse to ratify the
peace contract in its present form.
They have swung around to the
Socialist , opposition because it
carries over too many features of
the occupatibn regime.
Allied officials, surprised at this
development, called the demands
of the two parties an ultimatum
to the West to_ get more conces
sions.
Adenauer has, quashed similar
revolts before, but observers here
regard this latest split as the
strongest challenge yet to his Eu
ropean confederation policy.
Cowen Nominated
WASHINGTON, May 1 (W)—
President Truman today nominat
ed Myron M. Cowen, former en
voy to the Philippines, to be am
bassador to Belgium. He succeeds
Robert Murphy, appointed as the
first postwar ambassador to Ja
pan.
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industry-CIO
Not Too Eager
To Start Work
PITTSBURGH, May 1 (W)—The
steel industry and the CIO United
Steelworkers apparently were in
agreement today on one thing—
let the nation-wide strike con
tinue pending a Supreme Court
ruling.
Until a final decision is made on
legality of government seizure of
the steel industry, neither side ap
pears eager to start getting the
nation's steel mills back into pro
duction.
Court Review
• Steel men pointed out that it
would be futile to try to resume
operations now should they have
to stop again next week if the
union refused to work.
Speculation on a possible re
sume work attempt came on the
heels of a U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-'
peals ruling which stayed a lower
court's finding that the seizure
is illegal. The latest court opinion
put Uncle Sam back in the sad
dle pending a review by the U.S.
Supreme Court.
No Comment
President Philip Murray of the
CIO USW declined to comment on
the ruling—or any other phase of
Washington developments. Pickets
continued pacing in front of plant
gates in the absence of any orders
from Murray to the contrary.
There was no sign that Murray
would tell his 650,000 strikers to
return to work rather than con
duct a strike against the govern
ment—their technical employer.
All Murray would tell a news
man was:
"I have no comment on the rul
ing."
Korean Air Battle
Marks May Day
SEOUL, Friday, May 2 (f 3 )—
May Day ended quietly in Korea
Thursday, after an early morning
artillery duel and a brief air bat
tle in which U.S. Saore jet pilots
reported they damaged a Com
munist MIG-15.
While the guns sounded, the in
fantry on both sides remained in
bunkers. Only light patrol con
tacts were reported.
The Communists began the ar
tillery fire, perhaps as a sort of
May Day ./ salute, and the Allies
reacted violently with their own
artillery, with naval guns and
with bombing and strafing war
planes.
New Tactical A-Bomb
LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 1 (1?)
A new tactical A-bomb of fiery
intensity today gave 2150 en
trenched Marines . solid jolt in
their first nuclear maneuvers, but
there were no casualties.
Oil Strike
Hoarding,
DENVER, May 1 (/P)—Forced hoarding of petroleum supplies
was ordered today in the face of spreading local gasoline shortages
and a continuing deadlock in negotiations aimed at breaking a nation
wide oil strike.
President Truman, asked at h .
intension of seizing the oil industr
said the question had not been
put to him. The President said
he understood an agreement was
near in the oil walkout.
Industry, rail and air transport,
and natural ga s supplies still
were largely unaffected by the
wage walkout. But filling station
pumps were running dry in the
Chicago-Gary area. Other deal
ers, such as those around Boston,
were. restricting gasoline sales to
regular customers.
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man in Washington said strikes
now underway in the oil indus
try will cu t aviation gasoline
production by almost 30 per cent
and it already. "is in short •sup
ply."
He said an order limiting use
of aviation gasoline probably will
be issued soon. About half of the
entire domestic output of avia
tion gasoline is used for military
purposes, Chapman said.
An aviation trade journal
quoted an oil industry official,
not named, as saying civil and
military planes will be grounded
within three days if the strike
halts the output of gasoline.
Government officials warned of
a possible maj or, nation-wide
shortage of gasoline. They said it
would come if the 45-day supply
is cut in half by a prolonged
strike.
Headquarters spokesmen here
for the CIO Oil Workers Inter
.national, largest of the 22 unions
participating, had called negotia
tions between an independent
union and Standard Oil of In
diana at the Sugar Creek, Mo.,
refinery "the most hopeful" of
the day.
Truman Says Definitely
He Won't Run Again
WASHINGTON, May 1 (11 3 )
President Truman said emphatic
ally today he would not run if
nominated for another term.
When asked at a news confer
ence whether he would go ,a step
further and • say he would not
serve if elected—a statement at
tributed to Gen. William T. Sher
man in 1884 but disputed by some
historians—the President asked
how 'could he be elected if he re
fused the nomination.
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y, as he had in the steel industry,
Red Reply
On Korean
Peace Due
MUNSAN, Korea, Friday, May 2
(dP)—Korean'peace negotiators as
semble in a full dress meeting to
day to hear the Communist reply
to an Allied compromise offer—a
reply that could make or break
the talks.
The Communists spent three
days studying the Allied plan.
The United Nations Command
submitted it as an over-all solu
tion for three bedrock issues
which so far have balked all ef
fort at compromise.
Then yesterday the Communists
sent word they were ready to end
the recess. They gave no hint
whether they would accept or re
ject the plan or make a counter
proposal.
Secrecy Possible
The plenary meeting was sched
uled for 11 a.m. (9 a.m., EST)
Thursday at Panmunjom.
The results of the fateful meet
ing may not be made known im
mediately. The session will be
conduCted in secrecy at the sug
gestion of the UN delegation.
Details of the UN offer have
not been made public.
Washington reports say, how
ever, the Allies might drop their
proposed ban on building Red
airfields in North Korea during a
truce if the Communists will not
insist on getting back Red prison
ers who do not want to go home.
'Reds May Give In
The third issue is Allied rejec
tion of Russia as a neutral truce
inspector. The Washington re
ports indicate the Allies might
give in on this too if the neutral
label is removed from the truce
commission.
The Communists have insisted
they will never budge from their
stand on any of these issues. It
was believed, however, the secret
session was ordered because the
Communists might be ready to
change their minds.