TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1954
Chile Sets Martial Law
After Red Demonstration
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 20 (JP) —The Chilean government de
clared a state of siege modified martial law throughout most of the
country today. President Carlos Ibanez said it was evident Com
munist elements planned to carry out a program of violence. ■
■- The • government apparently made up its mind to grasp addi
tional powers, 'despite objections by the opposition in Congress,
when a group of demonstrators
at the northern Chilean copper
town of Potrerillos ripped down
the Chilean flag this morning,
shouting: “We. are Communists,
not Chileans.”
Caches of dynamite were re
ported found later at the mine,
run by a subsidiary of the' Ameri
can-owned Anaconda Copper Min
ing Co.
The Communist party is out
lawed in Chile.
The government’s move was a
surprise since labor troubles in
the copper fields which have
crippled the country’s economy
for about a month appeared near
ing a settlement. About 6500
strikers >at the El Teniente mine
of the Braden Copper Co., a sub
sidiary of the U.S.-owned Kenne
cot Copper Co., returned to work
today' after a month-long walk
out. However, 4500 miners at Po
trerillos, who went out in sym
pathy with the El Teniente strik
ers, and 2500 more at Chuquica
mata were still out.
Jury to Probe
FBA Bribery,
Brownell Says
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TP)—
Atty. Geri. Herbert A. Brownell
today announced that a special
grand jvuy in Washington will in
vestigate possible “bribery and
other criminal conduct in the fed
eral housing program.”
He also disclosed plans for na
tionwide action, saying:
“Warren Olney 111, head of the
Department of Justice’s criminal
division, will this week call upon
U.S. attorneys in ,'all other dis
tricts of the nation to present to
grand juries as soon as material
is available full testimony con
cerning criminal conduct un
covered -by the administration’s
investigation in their districts.”
Brownell’s action was the latest
chapter in the unfolding story of
how many promoters and others
pocketed huge profits on rental
housing under the Federal Hous
ing Administration.
The usual procedure in the
questioned cases was to skim off
“windfall profits” from.. Federal
Housing Administration-insured
loans that exceeded the actual
cost of the housing projects.
Ad Staff to Meet
Members of the Daily
advertising staff will meet at 7
tonight in 9 Carnegie.
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Democrat Spoils
Blasted by Wood
. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., Sept.
20 (JP)— Lt. Gov. Lloyd H. Wood,
Republican choice for governor,
said here today his Democratic
opponent, if elected, would “pad
the payroll with inexperienced,
job-hungry Democrats.”
\ Referring to Sen. George M.
Leader Democratic choice for gov
ernor, Wood said Leader would
not only fire experienced em
ployes, but would “hire three
Democrats for every two Repub
licans dismissed.
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This course he termed “mutual
trusteeship” in which the union
and industry would work togeth
er. Both, he added, are trustees of
the steelmaking industry and are
responsible for mutually profit
able production.
“I firmly believe that we must
constantly change our approach
to problems,” the union chief said.
“We never have and we never
will accept the status quo.”
To accept the status quo is to
fall “by the wayside,” he said.
McDonald criticized the trade
union, movement here and abroad
as being “split down the middle
into two distinct groups” and said
neither of the two is suitable for
the steelworkers.
“One of those groups has the
Marxian approach,” he said, with
out mentioning any names.
State Drafts 1453 Men
HARRISBURG, Sept. 20 In
state selective service headquar
ters issued a draft call for 1453
Pennsylvanians to meet the na
tional quota of 23,000. for Novem
ber.
Trade Unionism
Hit; USW Calls
For New Approach
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Sept.
20 (/ P) —The United Steel Workers
of America, already cool toward
their parent CIO, today heard
their president criticize present
trade unionism and call for a ma
jor new approach.
But President David J. McDon
ald stopped short of telling the
biennial USW convention just
how he stands on whether the
giant union should get, out of the
CIO, as it has been reported the
USW might do.
He told the 3000 delegates that
he would discuss later in the
week the steelworkers’ “relations
in the organized labor move
ment.”
However, McDonald said the
1,200,000-member union must
seek a third course in the trade
union movement from what he
called the present two approaches.
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France Institutes Plans
For German Rearmament
STRASBOURG, France, Sept. 20 (/¥“) French Premier Pierre
Mendes-Franee today outlined plans for a treaty to rearm West
Germany in Western defense which he said could be signed and
ratified before the year’s end.
The plan, which Mendes-France outlined to the European Con
sultative Assembly here, would tie West Germany in a tight Euro
pean alliance including Britain
before there is. any step to add
rearmed Germans to NATO’s
ranks
The preliminary alliance would
include Britain, West Germany,
France, Italy, Belgium, the Neth
erlands and Luxembourg at least.
Once it is formed, the Premier
said, France would be less hos
tile to German .entry into the 14-
nation NATO.
He has never said he would veto
West Germany’s admission to the
NATO pact that binds the U.S. to
Western Europe’s defenses.
The main points of Mendes-
France’s plan are:
1. Any pact calling on West Ger
many and France to unite to pro
vide troops for common defense
must include Britain as a full part
ner.
2. Top limits would be fixed
on fighting forces of West Ger
many and other members of the
alliance.
3 ; Construction of arms fac
tories and arms production would
be . strictly supervised and con
trolled.
4. The new alliance would be
tied closely to NATO.
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AFL Politics
Called Biased
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (A 3 ) —
Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell today accused the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, face to
face, of unfair political opposition
to the Eisenhower administration.
Mitchell bluntly told delegates
to the 10-million-member labor
organization’s annual convention
that the AFL would make more
progress in achieving its aims if
it were not so unyielding critical
of the. GOP.
President _ Eisenhower’s labor
secretary said in remarks pre
pared for_ the convention’s after
noon session that he agreed with
the political philosophy of the
AFL’s late founder, Samuel Gom
pers, that labor should “reward
its friends and oppose its ene
mies.”
Chief mineral resources of Cen
tre County, are limestone, clay,
coal, and sandstone.
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