HttOAY. OCTOBER 5. 1956
Miners Get Increase
Of $2.40 per Day
CINCINNATI, Oct. 4 (A>) —John L. Lewis today signed a new
one-year soft coal contract with major producers calling for a whop
ping $2.40 per day boost in miners’ wages and holiday allowances.
The new agreement covers ap
proximately 150,000 of the na
tion’s 200,000 soft coal miners.
Lewis said he expected the deal
to be a pattern for the rest of the
industry.
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“We are ready to keep the base
in readiness and maintain it so
it will be ready to use in case of
emergency,” the minister said.
‘Those functions which we are
not able to take care of ourselves
could be taken care of in other
ways, not by troops, maybe by
some specialists.”
Women's Dorms Raided
CALIFORNIA, Pa., Oct. (IP)—
Some 200 male students “raided”
a women’s dormitory at the State
Teachers College last night, and
two of the students reportedly
are up for expulsion because of
the incident.
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Lewis Signs
The signing was done by Lewis,
president of the United Mine
Workers and Edward G. Fox.
president of the Bituminous Coal
Operators Assn., an organization
of major Northern mine owners
and “captive” mines owned by
steel firms and utilities.
Lewis and Fox hailed the
agreement as insuring a continua
tion of more than seven years of
peaceful labor relations in the
once strife-torn industry.
Lewis said the entire nation
“will profit” from the continued
lack of labor strikes in the indus
try. He contrasted the recent la
bor peace to the long era of
strikes, court hearings and in
junctions in the past and said
the new way of doing things cer
tainly was “more comfortable”
for all concerned.
2 Step Boost
The agreement calls for a two
step, evenutal $2 per-day wage
boost. It will bring miners’ daily
pay evenutally to a basic $22.25
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Big Three Seek Suez Unify
Amid Criticism From Abroad
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.. Oct.
4 (/P) —The Western Big Three
struggled today for unity in the
UN Security Council on the Suez
Canal crisis amid criticism of
the United States from abroad.
The Council convenes tomor
row to begin debate on the canal
issue. For the first time in its
history, foreign ministers of the
United States, Britain, France and
Soviet Union will sit in the Coun
cil, plus foreign ministers from
Belgium and Yugoslavia
British Critical
Some British circles have been
critical of Secretary of State
Dulles but spokesmen for the
British and French delegations
here sought to minimize them.
The Council faces a possible
procedural snag at the start. Is
rael today repeated her request
to be heard when the Council
debate touches on the- unre
stricted passage of all ships, in
cluding Israeli vessels, through
the canal.
In a counter-request, seven
rate. The miners will get a $1.20
hike, retroactive to last Monday,
and an additional 80 cents effec
tive next April 1.
In addition, double time pay
for work done on holidays and
Sundays was stipulated along
with an increase from $l4O to
$lBO for an 11-day summer vaca
tion plus $4O in Christmas holi
day pay.
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[Arab countries want to speak
[when (he debate touches on items
having a special interest for Sy
ria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq,
Yemen, Libya or Jordan. Egypt
already has been invited to speak.
Two Items Considered
Actually, the Council will meet
to consider two items:
1. A complaint by Britain and
France against Egypt's “unilater
al action” ending the system of
international operation of the
Suez Canal.
2. A complaint by Egypt that
some powers, particularly France
and Britain, have endangered
peace and violated the UN Char
ter.
Damage Basis Rejected
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (/P)—-
The basis for a settlement of a
370 million dollar counter damage
suits has been rejected by the
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Assn.,
it was reported today.
The PTMA is suing a group of
eastern railroads for $250 million.
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Tito Concludes Talks
BELGRADE, Oct. 4 (jP)—Yugo
slav President Tito will return to
Belgrade tomorrow from the Yal
ta conference with Kremlin lead
ers, an authoritative source said
tonight.
Tito’s trip, he said, apparently
has failed to settle a policy row
within the higher ranks of com
munism.
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