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PHILADELPHIA, May 14 (?P)—CIO steelworkers angrily
brandished the threat• of a renewed steel strike today after
getting a new Truman administration ally in Secretary of
Labor Maurice Tobin.
The steelworkers union convention shouted approval
of a resolution endorsed by union president Philip Murray
warning that the workers won't stay on the job indefinitely
without a pay boost.
The resolution was accompanied by a mass demonstra-
tion of delegates, swarming over
the convention platform shouting
"no contract, no work" and "we
shall not be moved." It was a 20-
minute bedlam of confetti and
streamer throwing.
The union speakers gave no in
dication of any date when the
strike threat might mature and
another industry shutdown occur.
Action Demanded
After delegate followed . dele
gate to the floor with bitter,
hours-long warnings that "we'll
hit the bricks" and "shut the steel
industry • down until hell freezes
over," the convention unanimous
ly adopted the resolution declar
ing the dispute must be "prompt
ly resolved" or else:
"We cannot and will not con
tinue indefinitely to work in 1952
for 1950 wagei and working con
ditions; we cannot and will not
continue indefinitely 'to wo r k
without satisfactory coil e ct i v e
bargaining contracts."
Tobin Hits Industry
Tobin, the Labor Cabinet mem
ber and former Massachusetts
governor who had previously kept
out of the steel dispute, jumped
into it with both feet. He told the
more than 2500 cheering conven
tion delegates-that he "stood heart
and soul and spirit" with Mur
ray's union.
Tobin said that he remained sil
ent while the steel wage dispute
was pending before the govern
ment's Wage Stabilization Board
for a recommended solution. But
he said that after the WSB ruled
and "the union has accepted its
recommendations that the indus
try-has not, I don't feel any obli
gation-to be impartial any more."
- The labor secretary thereupon
gave a blanket endorsement of
the union's position and maintain
ed that the steel industry could
afford to give the workers the
.WSB's entire 26-cent hourly wage
boost package and still make good
profits.
dark Scolds
kale . Officials
TOKYO, Thursday, May 15 (PP)
Gen. Mark W. Clark, obviously
displeased, Wednesday called on
the carpet two ousted comman
ders of Koje Island who figured
in last week's bizarre kidnaping
by Communist prisoners.
Official silence surrounded the
new Allied commander's session
with Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd
and Brig. Gen. Charles Colson.
Dodd was relieved fibm com
mand at Koje during the 78 hours
he was held hostage. Colson, who
succeeded Dodd, was reassigned
after making concessions t hat
freed Dodd Saturday night.
Clark summoned the two to
Tokyo while Communist truce ne
gotiators and propagandists used
Col t messages to the Red pris
- in an effort to support their
.3 that the Allies mistreat
r goners of war.
'yashirigton,
_Dodd's capture
t.olson's deal for his release
ed bi-partisan anger. in Con
: f" Some members,demanded
westigation by he House
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Threatens
Steel Strike
Truman Blamed
For Economic,
Steel Crises
WASHINGTON, May 14 (FP)—
Bernard Baruch laid the blame
on President Truman today for
the steel crisis and many of the
country's other economic pains.
The New York financier, ad
viser to a long list pf Presidents,
said in a speech here that "the
steel- crisis is primarily the out
come of a refusal by the Execu
tive to use the powers which were
granted by Congress" for quick
across-the-board stabilization- to
eet the threat of Korea.
That let the economy get out
of balance to the benefit of "fav
ored pressure iroups ," Baruch
said, and lost the opportunity . to
achieve stability on a base of jus
tice to all. He said the result of
a piece-me'al approach to mObir
ization is ,- that "you constantly
chase th e disruptions in an at
tempt to recover the equilibrium
which should never have been
lost."
His point was that it is just
such a chase which has brought
about the boiling steel crisis with
its threats of a cut-off in output
of the vital metal and hot fights
in court and Congress over the
steps the administration has
taken.
Taft Gains Votes
In GOP Race
Sen. Robert A. Taft apparently picked up 15 more votes in the
nation-wide race for nominating delegates yesterday and Taft-for
president headquarters promptly said it put him "within striking
distance of a first ballot victory" at the Republican National Con
vention opening in Chicago on
July 7.
Latest returns—still not com
plete—showed Taft men leading
in 15 contests for GOP delegates
in Tuesday's West Virginia pri
mary, with Gen. Dwight D. Eis
enhower leading in one.
In the Associated Press tabula
tion, that would put Taft out in
front with a total of 364 dele
gates against 304 for Eisenhower.
The AP tally sheet is based on
known alignments of delegates—
pledged, instructed, concede d,
favorable or willing to state a
first-ballot choice.
Nomination requires 604. •
Chairman David. S. Ingalls of
Taft headquarters said the Ohio
senator now has 448 delegates and
Eisenhower about 280.
Rejoicing at Taft's walk-away
victory over Harold E. Stassen in
the popularity phase of the West
Virginia primary, Ingalls issued a
statement in Washington declar
ing:
`.`Five million Republican voters
in 10 states have now . had a
chance to vote for the candidate
of :their, choice. More of them cast
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Reds Hurl
Propaganda
Vin. Korea
MUNSAN, Thursday, May 15
(IP) Communist truce negotia
tors stepped up their propaganda
barrage Wednesday and said they
insist, on daily meetings. They
still rejected the final Allied pro
posals for a truce.
The Koje Island kidnap case
gave the Reds more propaganda
ammunition on the red-hot issue
of prisoner exchange. They no
longer talked of a truce but fili
bustered against the Allied pro
posal.
North Korean Gen. Nam 11,
chief Red Delegate, said •Wed
nesday • the Communists would
insist on continued daily plenary
sessions unless the United Na
tions Gommand "explicitly • de
clares" it wishes to break off the
armistice talks.
However, his 20-minute speech
made it clear the Reds aimed only
at using the high-level meetings
to give wider distribution to their
prop aganda charging mistreat
ment of Communist war prison
ers.
Nam II quoted excerpts from a
mes sage.sect by Brig. Gen.
Charles .F. Colson to Red pris
oners on Koje Island Saturday
to obtain the release of Brig. Gen.
Francis T. Dodd, who had been
held hostage 78 hours.
iTzun II Assails Allies
Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, sen
ior Allied truce delegate; said af
ter yesterday's 22-minute session
that "we ignored' ) Nam IPs quot
ing from the Colson message.
In addition to the Koje Island
incident, Nam Il assailed the Al
lied package proposal of April 28
as "unilateral and unreasonable."
He said the U.N. Command's "at
titude is 'outrageous."
The talks are deadlocked over
the central issue of the Allied
proposal —an offer to exchange
70,000 Chinese and North Korean
prisoners for 12,000 Allied pris
oners.
By the Associated Press
their ballots for Bob Taft than
for any other candidate.
With West Virginia returns still
slowly being compiled, 1,914 of
the state's 2,822 precincts gave
Taft 101,077 to 26,949 for Stassen:
Eisenhower's name was not on•
the ballot, and write-in votes are
barred under :West Virginia law.
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Quotes Dodd
FORREST TUCKER
"FLAMING
FEATHER"
BETTE DAVIS
GARY MERRILL
"ANOTHER '
MAN'S POISON"
"THE RIVER"
Big 3 to Stand Firm
In Berlin --Acheson
WASHINGTON, May 14 (IP)—Secretary of State Acheson today
gave notice to Russia that the big three Western powers will stand
firm in Berlin in the face of any new attempt to bring pressure on
them by blockade or otherkise.
The United States, Britain and: France, he said, are "determined
to maintain our positiOn in Berlin and to assist and protect the in
terests of the people" in the Western sectors of the isolated city.
State to Fight
For Air Depot
At Scranton
HARRISBURG, May 14 (iP)—
The commonwealth• opened a last
ditch effort today to locate a 62
million dollar air maintenance
depot in Pennsylvania.
The latest site being proposed
is the Air o.c a Airport between
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The
Air Force is seeking its establish
ment in the New Jersey pines.
Gov. John S. Fine assured a
delegatiori of businessmen from
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and
Pittston he will participate "most
actively" in the drive to bring the
depot to the Keystone State.
Originally proposed fo r Lan
caster County, the Air Force
dropped that idea because test
drilling showed the ' grourid
wasn't suitable.
Civic groups, aided by the
Labor and Industry Department,
lost a fight to establish the big
. installation either in Schuylkill
' County or in Upper Dauphin
County.
David M. Walker, labor and
industry secretary, told the con
ference the best selling point for
the Avoca location is a big labor
market.
Gov. Fine said he would be
willing to go to Washington with
a committee to locate the depot
anywhere in Pennsylvania.
Walker said between 8000 and
15,000 civilians would be em
ployed at the depot.
'2 Held in 95-Cent Theft
PITTSBURGH, May 14 (W)—
Two men were held under $lO,OOO
bond each today for robbing a
postoffice of 95 cents in nearby
Renton.
Isaac McDonald, 29, New Ken
sington, "pleaded guilty to rob
bery and James Galmoff, 33, of
Renton, pleaded innocent before
U.S. Commissioner Harold La
vine. McDonald testified Galmoff
broke a door window in the one
room postoffice, took the money
and gave him his cut-17 cents.
FAGS SEVEN I
The Reds, bitterly opposed to
plans to bring Western Germany
into the Western European de
fense lineup, have made threat
ening moves recently suggesting
they might be thinking of reviv
ing the 1948-49 Berlin blockade.
Acheson's stiff comment was in
response to the unexplained So
viet action in halting the move
ment of Western military patrols
along the highway linking Berlin
with the Western occupation
zones.
Acheson Speaks Openly
However, shortly after Ache
son spoke news dispatches from i
Be r 1 n said the Russians had
lifted this seven-day-old ban.
They permitted a patrol car to
pass the barrier late today.
Acheson reinforced his warn
ing by permitting his words to be
quoted directly, which is fairly
unusual procedure at his news
conferences. He spoke directly
only for the United Nations but
added he had no reason to believe
the British and French have
changed in any way their atti
tude in resisting the 1948-49 block
ade.
Ulbricht Makes Threat
The U.S., Acheson said further,
is urgently investigating the new
Soviet action. He said this and a
recent "rather bellicose statement
of Walter Ulbricht, deputy prem
ier of Communist-run East Ger
many, represent "the other side
of the peace and unity coin which
is being put forward in such a
determined way by the Soviet-
Communist side."
July Draft Set at 1700
HARRISBURG, May 14 RI
Pennsylvania's draft call for July
was fixed today at 1761 men by
State Selective Service Headquar
ters, as part of a national quota
of 31,000 men. The June quota is
452.
Director Henry M. Gross said
the men inducted must be at least
20 years of age.
Korea Casualties Increase
WASHINGTON, May 14 (NI
Announced U.S. battle casualties
in Korea reached 108,413 today,
an increase of 241 since last week.
The Orinoco river in Venezuela
has a mean depth of 335 feet.