MAY 6, 1952
Seel Affcilt
In Deadiotk
WASHINGTON, May '5 VP)—The big steel labor dispute re
mained stuck on dead center today with negotiations suspended
and a 'solutibn apparently as far off as ever.
All sides seemed to be waiting for an eventual Supreme Court
ruling on the questioned legality of President Truman's steel in-
Compromise
Could Settle
Oil Strike
DENVIM, May 5 (W)— Th e
leader of a striking oi 1 union
dropped a broad hint today that
the strike could be settled on wage
terms well below the union coal
ition's initial demands.
0. A. Knight. president of the
CIO Oil Workers International,
which ha s its headquarters in
Denver, said' in a statement:
"Anytime :an oil company will
offer us 18% cents in cash, the
strike at that company's plant
would undoubtedly end in a short
time."
18 1 / 2 Cents Benefits
The strike was ordered to back
up the union's demands for a wage
increase of 25 cents per hour plus
higher extra pay for night work.
The current scale averages $2 to
$2.10 per hour.
The Los Angeles agreenient be
tween the Independent Union of
Petroleum Workers and Standard
Oil of California included bene
fits worth 18 1 cents 'an hour, a
union spokesman - said.
But at San Francisco, a com
pany official said they figured it
amounts to a 15-cent boost.
The Standard Oil Agreement
covers 5000 employees in oil fields,
refineries and offices in Los An
geles, San FranciSco and Bakers
field, - Calif. The union had not
been on strike.
Chapman 'Hopeful'
Mean While, Secretary of the In
terior Oscar L. Chapman, said the
government is not planning on
nation-wide rationing of automo
bile ga s oline despite shortages
here . and there. - Chapman told
reporters at New YOrk he was
"hopeful of' a settleMent being
reached in a few days. The situa
tion is very serious."
Flood Insuiance
Urged by Truman
WASHINGTON, May 5 (IP) —A
system of government insurance
against flood damage, backed by
a 1 1 /z-dollar fun d, was
urged upon Congress today by
President Truman.
PropoSed legislation which Tru
man sent to Capitol Hill would
allow the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to issue such in
surance directly or to reinsure
policies written by private com
panies.
Speeding on U.S. streets and
highways last year injured 475,500
men, - women, and children.
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court, decides the case. Its hear
ings start next Monday.
The steel industry, meantime,
sloWly returned to full production
of the vital metal after last week's
three-day strike. Even though ne
gotiations have collapsed, the men
remained at work as their union
president, Phillip • Murray, had
promised.
Thirteen Republican senators
introduced legislation to direct
Secretary of Commerce Charles
Sawyer, government boss 'of the
seized industry, to give up the
steel plants and •return them to
their private owners.
Giumbling Heard •
Sen. Hugh Butler (R-Neb.). one
of the sponsors, urged early Sen
ate consideration, telling his col
leagues the , bill "sets forth an
expedient . 'method of overcoming
the arbitrary seizure of the steel
industry." It seemed unlikely,
however, that the Senate would
act while the issue is before the
Supreme Court.
Some grumbling was heard in
the mill towns about lack of a
wage settleMent after more than
five monthS of negotiations with
the government and industry.
Julian Bruce, union inter
national representatives, said at
Buffalo, N.Y., that some- workers
were talking of "ignoring gov
ernment seizure and shutting
down the plants."
No Strike Expected
At Pueblo, Colo., Michael J.
Soldren, a union subdistrict direc
tor, said the men "may" conduct
a local slowdown governing pro
duction 'to the rate of pay re
ceived.
But Walter Klis, president of
Local 1272 at • the Jones and
Laughlin Steel Company's Pitts
burgh plant, said he didn't expect
any strike or slow-down.
Any strike now with seizure
still legally in effect, could be
enjoined by the courts, since the
workers are technically govern
ment employes and as such are
barred from striking.
Salesman Kills
Family, Self
UNIONTOWN, Pa., May 5 (.tP)—
Richard W. Laclair took a . .22
pump gun and marched from bed
to bed in his home, killing his
wife and three children With suc
cessive shots. Then he turned the
gun on himself and took his own
life:
Only a half-starved mongrel
puppy 'remained alive in the home
of the Uniontown salesman over
the weekend. Late yeSterday, the
family's landlord became alarmed
at the absence of the Laclairs and
gave the alarm.
Coroner W. Ralton McGee said
Laclair shot his family as,they
slept.
Pittsburgh Strikes
Bring Scarcity
Of Bread, Beer
PITTSBURGH, May 5 (iP)—
Bread and beer were getting a
little scarce in Pittsburgh today.
Local production of both com
modities has been interrupted by
strikes of brewery workers and
bakery drivers.
The bread shortage was called
serious. The walkout of 1800 bak
ery workers cut output two thirds
in Pittsburgh and five adjacent
counties.
Demand is reported exceeding
supply for out-of-town bread and
beer still available.
Bread runs developed on neigh
borhood stores and chain outlets
unaffected by the strike of the
AFL Bakery and Confectionery
,workera, Which started Saturday.
The union is making emergency
deliveries of bread to hospitals,
orphanages and similar institu
tions.
Some 200 brewery workers tan
gled with police for the first time
today during mass picketing in
the two-week old brewery strike.
Bombers Raid
Red Railroads,
Cut Supply Line
SEOUL, Korea, Tuesday, May
6 (JP)— Allied fighter-bombers
ripped gaping holes in an impor
tant segment of the Communist
rail system in Korea Monday.
They used a new strategy of sat
uration bombing.
It is aimed at stopping the Com
munist rail supply to the front so
that it stays stopped. By throw
ing thousands of laborers into the
job, the Reds had been able. to
repair rail breaks in a matter of
hours. The new method concen
trates bomb craters in compara
tively short and hard-to-reach
sections.
The Fifth Air Force reported a
mass flight of fighter-bombers—
number undisclosed—blasted the
stretch of track between Huichon
and - Kunu which runs diagonally
to war d Pyongyang from far
north-central Korea. Huichon •is
60 air miles south of the Man
churian border.
Pilots reported at least 80 cuts
in the rall link.
U. S. Sab r e Jets, patrolling
south of the winding Yalu River,
shielded the fighter-bombers but
there were no MIGs to challenge
them. One Sabre peeled off from
the formation anal shot up three
Communist trucks. •
Clover Club to Meet
The Clover Club will meet at
7:30 tonight in 111 Plant Indus
tries. Two films, "Research for
People" and :The Weather," will
be shown.
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Taft Backer Claims
MacArthur Support
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer claimed yesterday that Gen.
Douglas MacArthur has thrown his support to Sen. Robert A. Taft of
`Ohio in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
In New York, a MacArthur spokesman said the former Pacific
commander knew of Wedemeyer's statement but had no immediate
comment.
Wedemeyer told a news con
ference in Washington that Mac-
Arthur called him a week ago
and urged him to accept the
chairmanship of a national Taft
for-President Citizens' Committee
"for the good of the country." He
said that was "quite a clear indi
cation" that MacArthur is sup
porting Taft.
Wedemeyer, who served as
commander of U. S. for c es in
China late in World War 11. said
in announcing his acceptance of
the committee chairmanship that
he regards Taft as "definitely the
best qualified by knowledge and
experience" in the field of GOP
candidates. •
Meanwhile, the national spot
light turned to today's Florida
"popularity" primary where Sen.
Estes Kefauver collides with Sen.
Richard B. Russell in a critical
test of strength.
-It is the first time the front
running Kefauver and the late
starting Russell have come to
grips—and the only such test of
their vote-pulling prowess in the
South.
A A victory for Kefauver would
mean a big boost in his bid for
the Democratic presidential nom
ination and a severe setback to
the stop-Kefauver forces in the
North.
Russell was generally rated the
favorite, but there was specula
tion that Kefauver might score an
upset with an eleventh-hour assist
from former Sen. Claude Pepper.
Pepper, a veteran "new deal" and
"fair deal" stalikart, is still reck
oned as a power in Florida poli
tics.
Ike' Pays Italy
Farewell Visit
ROME, May 5 (?P)—Gen. Eisen
hower flew into Rome tonight to
say goodbye to government lead
ers, after a - stop-off at Udine
where he bade warm farewell to
Italian forces of his SHAPE
command. In this country the su
preme commander holds the hon
orary rank of corporal.
Among those on hand to greet
the supreme commander of North
Atlantic Treaty nations were
Randolfo Pacciardi, Italian de
fense minister, and Gen. Efisio
Marras, Italian chief of staff.
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UN Silence
Hints Little
Truce Hope
MUNSAN, Korea, Tuesday, May
6 (JP)—The United Nations Com
mand today maintained its strict
silence on the secret, top-level
Korean armistice talks but it was
apparent no progress had been
made.
The only slender thread of hope
seen by observers at this Allied
LONDON. May 5 (1-P)—Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden told a
questioner in the House of Com
mons today there is still an op
portunity for reaching agreement
in the Korean truce talks. He re
fused to discuss the situation in
detail, adding that as foreign sec
retary he would not say anything
which would make agreement less
likely.
base camp was that both sides
agreed to meet again today at
Panmunjom, at 9 p.m., EST, Mon
day.
The negotiators met fo r only
11 minutes Monday. Th e chief
Communist delegate, North Ko
rean Gen. Nam 11, spoke from
notes nine minutes and then pro
posed the recess.
The brevity of the meetings
continued to indicate there had
been no lessening of the crisis—
a tight deadlock on the issues of
pr is over exchange, Communist
nomination of Russia as a truce
observer and an Allied demand
for restrictions on military air
field construction.
The Allies on April 28 proposed
an overall solution to the issues.
A three-clay recess was taken so
that the Reds could study it.
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