iNTERNECINE 0 STRIFE See Page 2 Y Zr Iatt FAIR WARMER Latest Deadline in the State lvll. r 17r 1r1 r u r 1 Y ll1.N, .i.r Y f lla i t (Y. 12S l ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948 Arabs, Egyptians Resume Natinwid RaZiroad spute S PRICE FIVE CENTI' Var in Palestine 15 1-2 Cent Increase Grarnted Trainmen A greee ta tt erl(e1 Af ter Plan (ii IPres id(ellt's Fiaer-Fi Id(iin Board WASHINGTON, July 8-(/P)-The wage dispute which threatened a nationwide rail strike and caused government seizure of the railroads was settled peaceably late today. The settlement was announced by the White House. Representa- 'tives of management and the three railroad brotherhoods which called the strike adjusted their differences in a series of conferences there arranged by John R. Steelman, Presidential assistant. The engineers, firemen and switchmen accepted a wage increase of 15/z cents an hour,.retroactive to last Nov. 1, plus several changes in operating rules, some of which' * * * will increase the railroadmen's t take-home pay.U Federai COUrt Railroad management repre- sentatives said the settlement W ill Rule on was virtually the same as that recommended by the President's j . y emergency board March 27. iv iiners trile President Truman called the labor and management repre- sentatives into his office to con- WASHINGTON, July 8-(P)- gratulate them. The strike of 55,000 coal miners in "I wanted to see this thing steel company pits was thrown settled as it should be done, by into Federal Court today. bargaining and not in any other Judge T. Alan Goldsborough set way. You did this on your own a hearing next Wednesday on a hook and I feel very good about °equest from the National Labor it. I congratulate all of you on it." Relations Board for a stop-strike The settlement means that the order. railroads will be turned back to The striking United Mine Work- private management as soon as ers and their president, John L. necessary papers can be drawn up. Lewis, were directed to appear be-. Steelman estimated that that fore the judge at that time and could be done in "a day or two." show cause why he should not1 Nominally, the railroads have issue an injunction against the been under government control strike.1 since May 10, with Secretary of UMW headquarters said Lewisf the Army Royall directing their had no comment on the develop- operations. The government got ments. an injunction against the threat- For the past three days the ened strike, miners have stayed awaysfrom the Numerous unsuccessful efforts so-called "captive" mines which had been made to work out an produce coal used exclusively by agreement. The conferences which the steel industry. In addition, resulted in today's settlement be- nearly 25,000 union members have gan Wednesday night and con- not shown up for work at commer- tinued this afternoon. Steelman cial coal mines, apparently in told reporters he had put in more sympathy with their striking than 300 hours trying to bring fellow union members. about an agreement. IDavid Findling, associate gen-r The dispute had lasted more eral counsel for the NLRB, asked than a year. The three brother- Goldsborough to consider issuing hoods made different demands the temporary injunction. A few in early 1947 than the rest of hours earlier, Robert N. Denham, t the railway unions and had a NLRB general counsel, had issued separate set of negotiations with a formal complaint charging Lewis the carriers. ongaother and the striking workmen withe things, they demanded a 30 per violating the Taft-Hartley law. cent wage increase. iagft l a One strike date was postponed and a walkout of the three unions Counties M ay was finally set for May 11. Be- cause of the key positions of the engineers, firemen and switchmen Q 6 Qr on the railroads it was clear the strike Would bring the Nation'sa rail system to a standstill. LANSING, July 8-(AP)-At thec So President Truman seized the present rate of expenditure, ap-.t rail industry under his War Pow- proximately 60 of the less populat- E ers on May 10, the day before the ed counties may be hard pressed strike was to have taken place. to provide veterans care under U-.S., Alles Cwt Ber in , Electricity Western Powers 11old Protest Note BERLIN, July 8-(P)-The three western occupation powers today ordered new drastic electric power cuts in Russia-blockaded Berlin. They called on the German pop- ulation to "measure up to the role that history has given you." C1. Frank L. Howley, United States commandant, said in a statement to the Berliners that the restriction will pass on to them inconveniences, economic privation and personal suffering which are direct results of the Soviet blockade. "We ask only that you under- stand the situation, that you cheerfully stand up to those pri- vations and that you bear in mind that freedom and democracy have always been purchased only by struggle and suffering," he said. Delay Protest Note (In London, responsible diplo- matic officials said the western powers decided, after a series of telephone talks between Wash- ington, London and Paris, to delay for at least 24 hours announcing the terms of their notes calling on Russia to restore unimpeded surface transportation between the western zones and Berlin.) Effective at midnight tomorrow, the new cuts completely withhold power from certain small indus- tries. They include reductions for occupation, municipal and med- ical authorities. Homes are limited BERLIN, July 9 - (P) - A United States Air Force plane, flying food to Russian blockaded Berlin, crashed last night near Frankfurt, killing at least two Americans. to four hours of electricity per day. Transport is affected. Street light- ing is cut 75 percent. Col. Howley said the Allied or- der was expected to reduce by one third the amount of coal used to generate power. At the same time, it raised the spectre of mass un-' employment. Rubble Project To combat this, Allied authori- ties worked on a project to put' 10,000 people to work immediately cleaning rubble and tearing down1 bomb ruins. Howley said that the "greatest air-lift in peace time history" could not at present meet all of the requirements of the people oft Berlin. Douglas Group ' Two members of the local Dem-l )crats for Douglas organization will leave tomorrow for New York; o aid the New York group organ-I ze a Douglas headquarters in Philadelphia in time for the Dem-1 cratic Convention.1 They are Prof. Samuel J. Elders-c veld, of the political science de- )artment, and Everett Reimer,< hairman of the local group. r r TANKER EXPLOSION-The tanker Edgewater, loaded with a cargoa explosion on Lake Michigan 23 miles southwest of Ludington, injurii Guard's PBY planes, answering a "we are on fire" radio alarm fr and removed burned and injured men. egro Leader Bl1asts Dhems On Civil Rights Southerners Quiet; Predict Compromise PHILADELPHIA, July 8-()- Southern Democrats held their fire today as a Negro leader called them "bigots" and demanded that President Truman's civil rights program be written into the 1948 Democratic platform. The Southerners not only kept quiet butonesof them predicted that a compromise will be reached in the battle over racial issues which has started a small war within the Democratic Party. U. S. Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina told a reporter: Agreement Possible "I am confident that we can reach on agreement on civil rights that will be satisfactory to Presi- dent Truman and probably satis- factory to the South. We do not, however, expect to satisfy the ex- treme elements of either end." Walter White, of New York, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the Demo- cratic platform drafting commit- tee: "The Democratic Party has been too much dominated by those who have attained and held power through disfranchisement, lynch- ing and racial discrimination. The day of reckoning has come when the Democratic Party must de- cide whether it is going to permit bigots to dictate its philosophy. .." Truman Program The CIO also urged that the Truman program be adopted - including laws to ban poll taxes, lynching and racial discrimination in hiring. This is the program the1 Southern Democrat leaders don't like. The CIO proposals included re- peal of the Taft-Hartley labor act, price controls, broader social se-' curity, Federal housing, Federal aid to education, health insurance, an excess profits tax and otherc measures.t MASON LECTURE: Gerrman Destru. Recovery Seen War destruction in Germany is an optical illusion and prospects $ for a complete German economic n recovery are "good," Dr. Edward S. Mason, dean of the Graduate i School of Public Administration, C Harvard University, asserted yes- t terda y. n "Although recovery will be com- t plete in seven or eight years-not o the four planned in our ERP s schedule-the U. S. will be "very o surprised by Germany's adjust- S ment," Dr. Mason said, lecturing on "Political Developments in Ger- 1 many," in the current University summer lecture series on European d recovery. 1 Percentage Losses Only 15 per cent of Germany's p housing facilities and 10 to 15 per 1 cent of her industrial plant and t equipment were destroyed, he d stated. A nation's productive in- E come in a year is four times asZ great as the cost of all its plant and equipment, according to Dr. Mason. Besides the rapid increase in output in the western zone, Dr. Mason based his "optimistic view'' on present plans to establish free trade between the western zones within six months and the proba- bility that a government to ruleg the zones as a whole will be formed. c P To Speed Recovery h He also cited the inclusion of 4 Germany in the ERP program and 1V the recent German currency re- form which he said would elimi- n nate the unused credit of Hitler f Germany and increase the present t labor supply . a; "Thc most difficult aspect of c the German problem is exporting m goods to pay for imports. The w Western zone is a small industrial- ized area with a population ofp more than 50 million people. She sc needs food and raw materials." A $900 Million Needed r To cover present yearly imports s of $2 billion in goods, aid under to the AMG will pay $675 million, e tled Mediator To Exten U.S. Vessels Stand American, United CAIRO, July 8-(IP)-The Pales The United Nations mediator gave up stead to spare Jerusalem's holy place Count Folke Bernadotte of Swe his Rhodes headquarters the "war is few hours to run untii it expired at 12 He said the Jews agreed to exte replied "No." * A The Arabs flashed orders to the ....n r.**.**.when the truce ended. The secreta Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, said the Arab nations are passing through a big test. The Jews said in Tel Aviv that the Arabs already had started of gasoline, caught fire after an fighting, using planes, tanks and ng nine men. One of the Coast armored cars. They said the om the tanker, sped to her aid Egyptians took the offensive south of Tel Aviv. _,_ _ _Other top developments of a tense day were: 1. The U. S. Navy announced American military and United ®n aNations personnel are being evacuated from Palestine. The T n hU. S. naval carrier Palau was in S in i t ears Haifa to take them out. Berna- st __ dotte asked both sides to hold if up hostilities in Haifa and e ERP $437 and Britain $80, leaving Beirut, Lebanon, until UN offi- $900 million German exports may cials and guards could leave the not meet, he explained, war zone. ti "Unless the American taxpayer 2 t s gong o cotinallysuport 2. The Arab League announcedL s going to continually support a a news conference that it ac- L Germany, the situation following cepted under certain conditions n:3 he end of ERP in 1952 will be Betndereqet fodii- e morediffcul. Th naion ustBernadotte's request for demli- U nore difficult. The nation must tarizing the Haifa refinery and U hen export $2,600 millions with- pipeline terminus and Jerusalem's o ut help from outside. This is the holy places. Bernadotte may talk ame situation that faces the rest to the Jews later but he does not te f the 16 European nations." expect agreement on Haifa. He in Schedule Change does hope for agreement on Jeru- d Changes have been made in the salem. o ectures next week by Camille 3. Arab Legion artillery and ar- U Gutt, chairman of the board of mor moved up to Jerusalem from U lirectors and managing director, the Jordan River base, expecting nternational Monetary Fund. to resume fighting tomorrow. A th Mr. Gutt will speak on "Euro- few shots were heard in Jerusalem. fr ean Balance of Payment Prob- 4. The United States and Brit- a ems" at 8:10 p.m., Monday, in ain were said to be working ur- fo he Michigan Union ballroom and gently behind the scenes to im- in liscuss "Monetary Difficulties of press on the Arabs their feeling t European Countries," at 4:10 p.m., that the truce should be extended. Tuesday, in Kellogg Auditorium. But Azzam Pasha declared Arab th relations with Britain will depend e on Britain's loyalty to treaties is with the Arabs during this crisis. fo st The Jewish high command d( said the Egyptians were hitting d at Beer Tuvia, 23 miles south ofM the Israeli capital. The attack M Students for Slosson, an or- apparently was aimed at Isdud, sa anization to coordinate student where an Egyptian force waso upport for the Congressional truce temporarly before the in andidacy of University History began. to rofessor Preston W. Slosson, will Air raid warnings sounded in F fold anorganizational meeting at Tel Aviv but no planes appeared1 p.m. today in Rm. 302 of the during the alert. ci Mlichigan Union. sc Immediate circulation of nomi- Br "" a hc ating petitions, which must beG iled by July 20th, the election of to emporary officers for thegroup, T o 1 u t D owU end planning for the coming o ampaign will be handled at the oR v ieeting, according to Tom Walsh, ac ho called the meeting. "We expect that students willLa lay a major part in the political LONDON, July 8-(rP)-Colonial ye cene," said Lawrence Prakken, Secretary Arthur Creech - Jones Pa nn Arbor publisher, and tempo- told the House of Commons today ny chairman of the district Slos- Britain is "mobilizing in all pos- sp ary cara ftedsrc ls sible ways" to put down the jun- St on for Congress steering commit- gle revolt daaa Hn ee, who endorsed the move. The terrorist outbreak, he de- co The public is invited to attend. dared, "is not a movement of the an people of Malaya. This is the con- ca duct of gangsters who are out to po destroy the very foundation of Ex human society and orderly life." ' Official government sources tra haveattributed the uprising, do p~apermen have33 1 which cost 52 lives during May, to tug Communist forces. an Communists Killed ha aily Worker's five-man team in- Dispatches from Singapore said fo cted acid comments on the British forces killed two Commu- Eg eeches in their "sidelights" col- nist leaders today in a gunfight of: mn. with guerrillas in central Johore la The late President Roosevelt ex- state. One British officer was I oded the myth of the "power of wounded. Le he press" by winning despite Creech-Jones' statement came cel verwhelming opposition in the the day after the beginning of a th ation's newspapers. It took the British military campaign against ta 948 Republican convention to terrorism was announced by Mal- an rove convincingly that the news- colm MacDonald, British commis- lin en's much - vaunted "political sioner for Southeast Asia. nnm .xrh n -xl,.- i o +'.x.. o. n h,,Anra I tW ranntOred that tn Pritih A Unable id Truce IBy To Evacuate Nation Observers tine war was on again tonight. hope of stopping it and tried in- es from destruction. den, the mediator, announced at on again." The truce had only a midnight