NINE SILEN TMEN See Pge Y ir *1i CLOUDY, Latest Deadline in the State VOL. LVIII, No. 172 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS Louis I('s Jersey * Joy Walcott in Eleventh * * * * W rr en To Californian Will Play Large Partin'Republican Regime' CONVENTION HALL, Philadelphia, June 25-(IP)-The Repub- lican National Convention swiftly placed Earl Warren by the side of Thomas E. Dewey today for the free-for-all 1948 election cam- paign. With the help of a "brains board" sitting like Supreme Court justices, Dewey hand-picked Warren for the Vice Presidential nomi- nation. One by one, other top men had been considered during a long night of conferences, and all but Warren were crossed off the list., The convention itself sealed the decision without even a roll Soviets Stop .Food S upply - call vote. Warren was nominat- ed by acclamation. Then the convention went out of business for another four years. ToB e'rliners Army Plans To Fly Products Into City BERLIN, June - 25-AP)-The Russians took another turn in thi starvation screw on Western Ber- lin today. But Col. Frank Howley, Amer ican Commander in the city, tol Berliners "the stupid and bruta threat to starve Berlin is just fool- ish." The Americans announce they will begin flying vitally .need- ed manufactured goods, electrica equipment, drugs and products Sinto Berlin tomorrow. Nothing wa said about flying in food. No Food to Poor The Russians discontinued thei contributions to the city's poor b3 which the Three Western Sectors have received food from the East They also halted all coal ship- * ments to the city from the East The French-licensed paper Kur- ier said rails had been torn up or r several stretches of the railwa3 which links Berlin with the West- ern Zones. There appeared to b no prospect that the Russians would lift their embargo on foo shipments from the West soon. Month Supply on Hand All sources of food, except a 30-day supply or less already or hand, were thus cut off fror 2,000,000 Germans living in the American, British and Frenc sectors of the city. Electric power in the westerr sectors again was interrupted be- cause the Russians have stoppe the supply fromtheir plants, an the western sectors can suppl Only half their own needs. The stoppage of coal shipments threatened to bring a gradual col. lapse of all light and gas service Up to now the Russians hac supplied brown coal from the East the British had supplied hard coal from the Ruhr. Now botL sources were cut off. Parl1ye d Cloe 'R.commei nd h -elth Courses in Schools Promotion of sanitation educa- tion in public schools and training An sanitation techniques in col- 4ages and universities were among - the proposals urged yesterday at the final session of the National S anitation Clinic Presenting the conclusions of his sub-clinic on sanitation educa- tion, .Edward .A. Leroy, Jr°., vice- 'president of Pepsi-Cola Co., rec- ommended that sanitation inor- mation be disseminated thro gl textbooks, educational and enter- tainment films. The clinic, which has attracted nation-wide attention, represented the first time that officials from industry and public health have assembled together to work out joint problems. Success of ,the co- operative effort was stressed by speakers at yesterday's session. Also recommended by the rep- resentatives was the establish- In a news conference Dewey said he hoped Warren can take a "large part" in the "tremen- dous" Job of reorganizing the government, Delegates packed and headed for home. From midnight until dawn. Dewey had held court in his Belle- vue Stratford Hotel suite, looking over the field for a running mate. He took a two-hour nap, then swung into another three hours of conferences. The choice narrowed down to Warren and former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, who said he would have consented to a draft, A man who had his money on one of the losers told a bit of what was going on in Dewey's quarters. Dewey Iwas the Chief Justice, he said. On either side were members of the "brains board"-men like Senators Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, Leverett Saltonstall, of Massachusetts, Raymond Bald- win, of Connecticut, It included, too, the witness said, Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, of New Jersey, National Committee- men G. Mason Owlett, of Penn- sylvania and Russel Sprague, of New York, and Herbert Brownell, a Dewey strategist. Rep. Charles A. .Ialleck, of Indiana, was called x during the early morning ho, rs. Hal- leek is the leader of the House Republicans. He tossed In- diana's 29 votes to Dewey at a crucial moment yesterday. Apparently Dewey wanted to tell him: "Thanks for the help. Sorry, it looks like somebody else for second place." Halleck wandered sadly down the hall. Then Warren was called in, 1-Ie left at dawn. Finally Sprague brought out word that the California Gov- ernor was "practically the unan- imous" choice of Dewey and his advisers. Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio, who couldn't make the grade for the presidential nom- ination, paid a courtesy call on Dewey this afternoon and told reporters afterward: "T am very well pleased with the Vice Presidential nomination. It makes a wonderful ticket." On July 12 the Democrats take over, in the same hotels and in the same convention hall, prob- ably to give President Truman a chance for a full four-year term1 in the White House. . KLeWis Signs Terms With WYelfaire, Pensai FundApproved WASHINGTON, June 25-(A)- John L. Lewis signed a new con- tract with two-thirds of the soft coal industry today, giving the miners a pay boost of $1 a day and setting up a $100,000-000-a- year welfare and pension fund. All of the operators who have contracts with Lewis' United Mine Workers signed the new one-year pact except the steel industry. No Nationwide Strike Effective July 1, the contract staves off the threat of a nation- wide strike; industry representa- tive estimated roughly that it would raise the cost of coal 40 or 50 cents a ton. The producers who made the contract with Lewis in less than 48 hours, after theynfinally started Wednesday night under Govern- ment prodding, mine 400,000,000 tons annually. A clause giving Lewis the same union shop arrangement as last year caused the steel industry, which owns many coal mines, to balk. Harry M. Moses, negotiator for the steel group, walked out of the signing ceremonies, telling re-- porters he would not agree to the union shop provision. He held it violated the Taft Hartley Act. Lewis Not Eligible When the contract was made last July, the union shop clause was not in conflict with the Act. However, now in order to have such a hold on the industry, an election among the miners is re- quired by the act. That Lewis can not get because he is not eligible to use the election machinery of the National Labor Relations Board. He has not signed an affi- davit disavowing Communism, Lewis' union bars "reds" from membership but Lewis has refused to comply with the Taft-Hartley Act. He says his stand is a matter of principle. Wage Conitract PITSBURGH, June 25-P)- A new wage agreement was reached today between the .Alum- inur. Company of America and the CIO-United Steelworkers Un- ion providing pay hikes of 10 to 16 cents hourly for 18,000 CdO workers. The Aluminum Company imme- diately announced it would in- crease its basic price for alum- inum by one cent per pound-the first such increase in 11 years. The current increase bring the price of 99 per cet aluinum pg to 15 cents per pound, and of the large-size 99 per cent ingot to 16 cents a pound. Under the agreement, all terms of the present contract are ex- tended until May, 1950 with the steelworkers reserving the right to reopen the wage clauses next year. WAtSINGT ON, June 25-(/I}} --Recruiting of men for thze Na- tional Guard was ordered stopped immediately today as military leaders began to coordinate poli- cies under the new draft law. Army Secretary Royall tele- Fgraphed all state Adjutants Gen- eral today to halt recruiting. He explained that there isn't enough money to pay more men, and said congress will not favor ex- tra appropryiations. The budgetefor the next fiscal year provides for a total guard strength of X41,000 mxenz .1The rush of volunteers this week, mostl draft-age men seeking to avoid the draf't, pushed the strenugth nearer 3ty.000. Under provisions of the draft bill that President ''zrman zmade law when he signed9 t yes terday, men who were not in the guard or other organized reserves by last midnight are4 subject to the draft,, defense officials said. A cabinet meeting was held to- day and afterwards Secretary of Defense Forrestal arid Secretar~y of the rmy Royald stayed to dis- cuss the draft Forrestal said he wozzld probab- ly have a statemen t by next week, but that plansn ave not been worked out yet. However, he aznounced the ap- pointment ofaz sevenman advis- ory comn itte sojn the d raft to co' ordinate military policie unde tAhe manpower act. Meanwhile, selective service of- ficals began to oil thde intricate draft machinery to induct an an- ticipated 200,000 to 225,000d men 19 through 25 into the regular armed forces this year. About 4,000 draft boa rdls muast be organized Itisd belived ths- will take six week, and offxicial, predict registrations will begi around Augtyt 1. Ac.tual dzraftitnz may begin l0 j days from yesterday, or around Sept 2.__. _ _ . _ _ ROME, Junze 25- -(P)-}-Prmier Alcide De Gasperin's gavernment met today to consider large-scale strikes spreading through Italy. The most serious trouble in the offing was a nationwide food workers' strike scheduled to begin Itomorrow. Prime Minister Mahmoud Pahmty Nokrasky Pasha of Egypt, told Cairo newsmen to- night'the Egyptian pilot opened fire against the plane because "he suspected it was an enemy plane." The Israel government also charged the Egyptians with break- ing the truce by bombing two Jewish settlements south of Tel Aviv. These developments ccmc' as Palmach shock troops of the gov- ernment continued to round up hundreds of dissident Irgun Zvai Leumi soldiers who have deserted the army and gone underground as part of an illegal armed politi- cal party. A series of heavy explosions south of Tel Aviv last night and early today raised reports that the army was attacking Irgurn strongholds at Abo Kebir. Re- ports circulated that orders had gone out to bring in Menachim Begin and other known Irgun leaders. The alleged Egyptian truce vio- lations also coincided with reports from Rhpdes that Count Folke Bernadotte,, the UN mediator, was nearly ready with proposals for a permanent Palestine peace. The UN spokesman said agyp~ians violated the truce where they refused to let a UN- approved convoy pass an Egyp- tia.n pet0 near Bgeit Da.ras en- out t Jewish settlements in the siuthern desert. IHe said Col. Ce ousi Thord Bonde, head of the [TN truce mission, went through the lines and so informed the Egypti as. UN observers took the view that the breach did not invalidate the general Palestine cease-fire, which has been. observed for" two of its four weeks, and did not involve any resumption of armed con- flict. Greeks Assault A THENS, Junle 25-(P)--Greek army troopw swarmed into rebel positions near Nestorion and Gre- vena today in a surprise attack on strategic Communist positions, a general staff communique report- ed. "The communique did not name these points, but observers said it apparently referred to the fall of Boufa Heights, which opened the way for a new assault on Amouda Ridge. Amouda Ridge, near the Albanian frontier, is on the east flank of the guerrilla lines north- west of Nestorion. withi UN Gives Israel Free Rein In Egypt'sConvoy Block TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2--IP-Jewish authorities were advised by the UN truce mission here today they were "free to act as they thought fit" to push a convoy to the Negeb desert in southern Pales- tine, an Israeli announcement said; A communique issued tonight said the Israel government would take action "in a manner and at a time and place which its general staff will deem suitable." The announcement concerning the truce mission's attitude was made after a UN spokesman disclosed the Egyptians had refused to let a convoy pass and had fired on a white UN plane piloted by an