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THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, MONDAY, DEC II 20, 10 IS 4 "1 le carriers hy way of establinhtng have died violently during the Nazi per cent of the men voted them power to oider a walkout. 1 i-i-unomic democracy among rail ants sought to show they were acting under orders laid down by the German Government and branded Adolf Hitler "War Criminal No. 1," chiefly respons'ble for the atrocities in Kharkov and elsewhere. 1 to.utworkers and strengthening the faith of tiie Negro people and the i colored Allies of the Vnlted Na-i tions (n the war aims of our govern gressively to various railroads, with a complete tieup of rail transportation to be made effective within days thereafter, The White House conference was 'one of the longest sustained meetings that President Roosevelt has conducted during his administration. Neither side would discuss the 'conference when it adjourned shortly before 7.30 o'clock tonight, refer Rail Parley Fails CONTINUED FHOM TAGE ONE.

and the brotherhoods Tuesday morning. "It wag felt by the conferees that the meeting with the President today had contributed greatly to a clearer underjtandlng of the problems involved." The operating brotherhoods, whose members run trains and engines, have ordered a strike to begin December 30, and to spread pro- ment." occupation. The executed men, all of whom pleaded Riiilly at the opening session of Ruslsa'a first trial of war criminals, included Captain Wil-helm Langheld of the Nazi counterespionage division; Corporal Rcln-hard Retzlav, a German secret field police agent; Kitz, commander of a special Storm Troopers company, and Mikhail Hulanov, a Rusisnn traitor who acted as chauffeur for Gestapo agents stationed at Kharkov. The order ss issued contemplated a rail tie-up that would be com plete in four days, beginning with designated trunk lines and spreading progressively to other rail- road a. I The grave concern with which the President viewed the possibility of a strike that would tie up war 'traffic was apparent in the fact that he called the conference only ione day after his return from five weeks of war conferences in Cairo and Teheran with heads of Allied ON OtAMONDfc-WATlHtfr- SlLVCAWARl ARMY TAKES OVER PLANTS.

Baltimore, December 1(AP) Army officers took over control and sought to restore full produc-I tion In five strike-affected rlnnts iw it ring reporters to Secretary Early. Supplementing the formal statement, Early said the railroad and i union officials adjourned to the 608 VINE During the trial, all the defend governments. of the Western Electric Company in Southeast Baltimore today, act cabinet room around 5:30 p. three hours after the conference began In the President's office. FAIR STORE 213 ing under Presidential orders that asserted a week-old labor disturb li fi fi febJZE Byrnes and Vinson, who sub ance was impeding the war effort scribed to the formal statement issued, tat In on the cabinet room conference across the hall from the President's office.

PUBLIC HANGING i "Was a proposition given the op if posing sides to consider?" a reporter asked. 'I am standing on the language Marks End Of Trial of the statement," Early replied. He said another conference with I it- I "fit sj I The wage dispute was caused by a union demand for an increase of $3 a day for their 300,000 members. An emergency mediation board ordered an increase of 32 cents instead, and union heads called the award an "insult." Although only the operating brotherhoods were Involved in today's conference, the nonoperatlng unions, numbering approximately 1,000,000 clerks, shopmen and other rail workers, also are demanding pay increases which have been denied. The nonoperating workers asked for 20 cents an hour, agreed to accept 8 cents and declined to have anything to do with a substitute schedule ordered by Vinson which provided a sliding scale of increases ranging from i cents an hour for the higher-paid workers to 10 cents in the lower classifications.

The non-operating unions the President depended on the progress made between the two sides next Tuesday. Twenty-two men sat with the President In the search for a formula to avert the paralysis of war traffic. They were the heads of the five operating brotherhoods, 15 members of the Wage Conference Committees of the Eastern, West ern and Southeastern rail groups, representing management, and Byrnes and Vinson. HI II llllilli mint 1lfrilllinilll n'li I CiiAk .4 The conferees went Into session watched the Wliite House session with the closest Interest and even Fac your clothet fju confidently and smartly in a Siehler suit, custom tailored In your individual measure. Flattering reflection in new suit and topcoat modfl flannels, weeds gabardines and all-wool worsteds from Men's andT Woman' Suit, Slack, Topcoat Made-to-Meetur at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Eastern War Time.

Of Thra Germans And Russian Quisling For Mass Murders Of Kharkov Civilians. Moscow, December 19 (INS) Three Germans and a Russian Quisling were hanged In Kharkov's Public Squars tonight, less than 24 hours after a military tribunal convicted them of participating In the mass murder and torture of the Ukrainian city's clivlians. Forty thousand resldonts of the war-torn Industrial city witnessed the execution, Including representa-tlvse of both the Soviet and foreign press. The death sentence was passed on the men late last night after three days of lurid testimony in which the defendants and witnesses told of the brutal slaughter Of defenseless men, women and children, 30,000 of whom are estimated to Participants carried authorization Sterling Silver Cold Plated Service Pins Annotated J'rrm Wlrephoto. "PROTECT MY DADDY." Ann Amelia Weschler, 3 years old, Portsmouth, fixes her eyes on the service flag that reminds her of as a Christmas light stands in the window.

Her father, Lieutenant Charles J. Weschler, United States Navy, has been a prisoner of the Japs since the fall of the Philippines, where she was born. of their principals to reach an agreement, and with President a little chagrin that they had not been included. "Maybe It pays to get tough," commented George Harrison, spokesman for that group of unions, in pointing out that his organiza Roosevelt putting on emergency pressure there was a distinct pos tions, on the outside, had not yet sibility of immediate and summary settlement. The strike order, to be effective called a strike to back their demands.

A congressional move to give the .98 1 progressively beginning with December 30, was authorized by a ballot among the operating workers in which union heads said 97V4 non-operating workers their 8 cents 818 Vine Street, Cincinnati 807 Madison, Covington an hour by legislation has been delayed until after the Christmas recess on Capitol Hill. The Senate has approved legislation to that Havt your ty examined with effect and House committee hear LUMISCOPE In mt aot and glaum ings have been concluded, but House members were looking to the White House for a solution which 'would avoid raising the issue openly Wear one close to your heart for your loved one In the service Sterling silver with gold-plate finish. Service bar, with from one to 5 stars. FIRST IXOOB Dr. Fnd L.

Zettel u-i to uu lonn Mini, ji (itaop. m. hi in that chamber. I Union heads participating" In t0' men and the International Association of Railway Employees has just telegraphed A. F.

Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; D. B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen, and the Railroad Carriers Conference Committee at the White House urging them to assure you that their respectivergajizaJjons will immediately carry out the directives of the President's Committee on fair employment practice to end the discriminations Imposed on the employment job assignments and seniority rights of Negro railway workers and of Negro citizens seeking work on the railroads. This Is essential in order that the railway labor unions and the carriers may demonstrale their good faith before the nation. We respectfully urge you to seek these sssuranccs from both the.

railway labor unions and York Central; Frederick W. Green, i St. Louis Southwestern; J. Y. McLean and Bruce Dwlnell, Rock Island; J.

B. Parrlsh, Chesapeake A Ohio; R. V. Halsey, Norfolk A Western; S. S.

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J. Ray, Lackawanna; C. W. Van Horn, Baltimore A Ohio; C.W-Hornlng, New York Central, and C. A GUI, Reading.

The Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen and the International Association of Railway Employees sent telegrams to the conferees, including one to the President personally, seeking to utilize the wage conterence for settlement of a racial discrimination dispute. The message to the President said: "The Association of Colored Railway Trainmen and locomotive Fire MMIMe Enquirer Hld. OptnuKtrto Ere 1 to II p. m. Kprclallntii A tin tamt II Enquirer Bias, if ve Nnrw'd.

ri 4M MR 6iol day's meeting were F. Whitney of the Railroad Trainmen, D. B. Robertson of the Firemen and Eneinemen. Alvanlev Johnston of the Locomotive Engineers, H.

F. Fraser of the Railway Conductors, and T. C. Cashen of the Switchmen. Representing the railroads were: John J.

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