Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 32

Steelworkers Confident Of Obtaining Demands EDITORIAL CORPUS CI1RISTI CALLER-TIMES CORPUS CHRIST! TEXAS SUNDAY MAY 18 1952 1 Delegate Scramble Hi EDWIN A LAIIEY wnunrwwtn CIO Steel- father ran for redaction in 1912 there union delegates have had will be real contests among rival dele- Uy ths steel dispute at gations for seats in thu Chicago convert- Mttonal convention tion These disputes will go first to the But there la almost the dstarh- national committee which can hand ment of bystander in their atti-down a decision but ita ruling can be tude appealed to the credwtitlB committee and thia in turn can be appealed to the federal aovemment and' eix ateel convention IB a whole corporations The next move ds- In 1912 the Taft forcea put Elihu pends upon the decision of ths Root in temporary convention chalr- man and Root immediately ruled that prseident Truman to aciie their miUa few lawyers expect the court to sustain the right of the President to aelae ths Industry But if It should the way would he open for the government to give the steelworkers the wage adjustments recommended by the Wag Stabilization Board all the Taft delegations be seated This was possible because President Taft'a side controlled the party machinery and the aame situation exists with regard to his ion Meantime the arrangement! committee for the Democratic Convention on Between them Sen Taft and Gen Eisenhower now hold 668 delegate vote at the July 7 Republican National Convention with Taft'a claimed strength at 364 and Ike'e at 304 The result in West Virginia had fattened Taft a atrength by 15 while Ike got only one About 75 delegate voice are in diapute between them including Texts' 38 It takes 604 votes to win in the Republican convention bo both the principal contendere atil1 have a considerable way to go before winning Eisenhower's present lag in votes is more apparent than real He is expected to pick up 18 more in Oregon a primary but the real source of his extra added strength lies in the delegates pledged to Harold Stassen and Gov Warren both of whom have indicated they would support Ike in the showdown This would put Ike ahead of Taft but still fill short of a nomination Whoever wins must take the bulk of unpledged ballots For the first time since Sen July 21 gathered in Chlcup Thursday to work out details of their shindig: Selection of a keynoter was among the committee's qiost important decisions Ing facilities as war neceasary to complete defense orders lawyers agree that thia would he an involved approach Tha President could also drive the steelworkers back to tha mills with a Taft-Hartley Injunction But that would as bitter a pill for Mr Truman as it would he for Philip Finally rid Ing as tha Tha creasca lowahla under the Capehart ment to the Defense Production Act Despite the front of determined resistance now put up by the government stabilisers they have already breached their own rules in earlier dealing with the Industry After John Steelmen took over ae acting defenaa mobilner In place of Charles Wilson tha government offered a price increase of 4-M a ton When tha Industry insisted on 15 SO President Truman seised the mills The air of complete confusion In the dispute waa reflected In the steelworker convention which wound up its affairs Friday One delegate during the diarua-ion of a resolution demanding an early aettlement of the wage fight aald that hia members back home would bo very militant abdut the five-month delay "if wo could get Into this fight IegaUy" On the whole the delegates were remarkably restrained considering how long their wage Issue has been on tha fire There wee a general feeling of confidence that aooner or later their union president Murray will emerge from this complicated dispute with a contract embodying the recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board lOvnlsM INI nine Dallr Zml Tha hoard also recommended a union shop but there la doubt that the government even If given a free hand by tha Supreme Court f- Bath national ssnventions this year wxiid Impose union-shop conditions can be counted on to provide plenty of In the mills sven though per- fireworks rent of the workers In baric steel already are members of the CTO If the court slaps the President down for using his inherent powers to seize an Industry as District Judge Pina did a few weeks ago the cilsla will reach a new atage of ennfuaion Delegatea to the steelworkers' convention have indicated that there will be a strike instantly if Supreme Court upholds Judge Pin One delegate ssfti that the three- STOOD IP Useless and Unwanted Blurbs Are Cluttering Mails Unnecessarily mount rt irelw ui imwml pnetutfas to how their outpouring mSB' jVi mall that clutters up transport ana are -being received must be no more- Pine's original decision we postaffice facilities inuat run into the than two or three percent of the whole transported at a low to the government Recently the Mutual Swunty Agency this situation helps explain the postal made an effort to check up with its deficits that regularly confront the Con- customers by sending out a Incidentally Congress members tlon of duplication" message couched are guilty of a lot of the clutter in these incomprehensible terms a Why substantial and presumably prime example of bureaucratic gabble- gabble: "Please Note: If you receive duplicate copies of this circular it is unavoidable because of the refinement of well-managed concerns will keep on sending out literature to tha sucker list for years without making a check to see whether it is paying off in aalea India Checks LOOKING AM A ft Draft Speedup for Students Work at Conventions Night Mountain Passes Nepal and Tibet is more than we can understand Everybody has been on a sucker list at one time or another and in some case this stuff keeps coming year after year without any encouragement from the recipient Once in awhile we get a communication with return postcard from a firm which has been bombarding us with circular letters bits of "information" and freo publicity blurbs-wanting to know if we make use of it and desire to h- It coattoiid or otherwtot But th rtufl ym get mkei the number or firms which take thia about as much sense By ROBERT TRUMB11X Copyright 136S New York NEW DELHI Indian troop are surveying Himalayan passes that connect neighboring kingdom of Nepal ffommunisl-occupled Tibet leHrned from an official source Coincidentally Prime Nehru addressing a public our small-business circular mailing list If yoil requested in filling out our mailing list request form more than one of the groups covered by this circular you will receive duplicates This does not mean you will regularly receive duplicates This duplication is the exception rather than the rule" Bend a few brainwaves around that for exercise but be careful Stick to it for thirty minutes and wind tip In itrlghtjclMt Fifty percent of to be Connecting JAPANESE KILOWATTS Top objective of Japan's first postwar ambassador to the 8 la expected to be soma reports nay up to a billion to develop Japan's Industrial resources es-penally hydroelectric power The ambassador Elklchi Arakl expected here about June 1 is a hanker and head of the Tokyo Elec- none of them would be wllltng to serve LADY Jl Sen Taft tR-Xr-'-t has gven a tip- or maybe was just a slip-thal he might name a woman to tlw 8 Sti ieine Court If lie's elected prci-uenl and a court vacancy opens In talking to a group of women Times army strategic the with It is Minister meet- importers he was asked what re-- trie Co His appointment is token regions Presumably he waa alluding to a poasibla Intrusion of unwanted Ideologies through traffic across the borders of Tibet The prime minister declared Indian policy was on of friendliness toward all other nations particularly China and Tibet He aald he did not think any country had aggressive designs against India but advised an alert watch in the frontier aides "It would be unwise to rely on our military newspaper account quoted Nehru ae saying which -could have all ths appearance of a move In force Such a maneuver might ahake even the steadiest West Germans It Is agreed Since the Russians are masters of Ui double-pitch they are likely to couple the threats and muscle-flexing with diplomatic Delays in Ratifying West German Pact Would Be Weapon for Soviet By The Associated Frees HEAT ON TO CLUB It's not only Washington's summer heat that House investigators are feeling these day The heat is on too The Chelf committee is asicrr the House for more money so can continue its investigation of the Justice Department right through the political convention season until at least Oct 1 However it 'i feeling administration pressure to quit when Congress adjourns about July 4 The Justice Department has been notably unenthuaiastic about tha whole thing right from the start but one thing the committee wants to spend ita money for is more investigator to tread on a-tieft Department toes The King mnimittee has been' unearthing corruption ib Internal Revenue Jim eau i Ike-ly to run through the rest of the year despite anguish in administration circles It still has several items of unfinished business but don't look for many more headlines Most of the Investigative work Is done and the committee soon will cut down Its staff "and concern itself prmarfv with corrective suggestions and a report to the House REAM TO ((I If Cr makes the Vtnuc Stahi Board rn all-puhh- liody to Senate confirm ifion the rwr bOMrd won't iin-lndc any of the re-ten! ie public members WtiB now composed of member split three ways amorg industry labor and the public C'rsir-man Nathan Keinslnger aiorg with the other live public members has been under heavy congressional fire because of the recommendations in the controversial steel case The Senate Banking Committee has voted to recast the board irto one composed altogether of public members -that is not directly re-presenting either industry or lav or However even ih Scr: He mood of srsger at 'he p-''-' members w'iil-l confirm ary present for a new boarf and Bhutan He will go to Gangtok capital of Sikkim which la only a few miles from the Tibetan border Part of an Indian army unit recently invited to Nepal by the Nepalese government to modernize the mountain kingdom's defenses will visit the towenng passes lead: ing Into Tibet split into four Sartiei composed mostly of native fepalese gurkhea belonging to the Indian army Tha survey group wll Inspect the passes on ita return to Katmandu the capital will advise the Nepalese government on establishment of check posts to screen travelers India has strengthened Installations on her own frontier with Tibet The Indian armv also Is surveying possible routes for tnntur road from Katmandu to Rhxui1 In India At present Katmandu is reached directly from India only By air and by a trail across the Siwalik range Nepal has an army of 16 MO reg- Ulara and 39000 militia The Indian mission has proposed reducing the regulars to 10000 This would mean retiring a number of highranking officers with whom the Nepalese army is lop heavy 1 because ninny of iiie-n hold their Jobs through a connection with tho former ruling family The Nepile-e Kovcrnni'-i' i negotiating loan from India fr in 'the Ka'msndu mad for improvement of airports snd for a rrojrct Nepal's increasingly close mii-nectinn with India has amused suspicion among the freed in luving hill people of the sequestered kingdom who fear their sovereignty Is endangered by their huge neighbor India regards Katmandu as one of her most Important diplomatic posts since the Chinese Cbmmu-nlst occupation of Tibet has removed the historic buffer between this country end China Nehru hss said that the Himalayas whirh lie on the far side id Nepal constitute India's real frontier He has pledged India's military protection to Nepal Nehru to making his first' official visit to northern Bengal where India Joins the Mini-independent protected states of Sikkim here to indicate hie government's desire for American Investment In tha Japanese electric Industry HISTORIC MEETINGS RCHEDU Meetings of Western foreign ministers that may shape the future of Western Europe for yea re to come will take place in the neit in days Minister of the 8 Britain and France will have before them the final writing of the German peace contract The treaty it expected to he signed with Weat Gar many in Bonn shortly Tha foreign ministers of Belgium Italy Luxembourg tha Netherlands West Germany and France meet in Paris Monday to complete their work on tha European army treaty Thin pact will set a up a two million man force in a united army of the six jisiticipating nations SIKH STRONGER ITALIAN CABIN Political circles ssy Premier Alcide de Gasper! hopes to bring the Liberal Party Into hia cabinet to bolster his chance of victory In next year's Italian elections Hie coalition cabinet is now composed of representatives of the majority Christian Democ ratio Party Republicans and the Socialist Democrat Party LEAVING FOR WORLD COURT Premier Mohammad Mossadegh is preparing to leave Tehran for the Hague next week to appear and Democratic delegates" to the 'hfore the International Cbtut of cvi-eio convention In July can Justice txr' i' lot nf night work Both parties want to lake advantage of whrit ihy believe are best television hours ward hia women supporters could expect if he were elected He he would name women to top-level the cabinet or possibly the Supreme Court Pressed on this he explained that the 8upreme Court had occurred to him as he waa searching hia mind for something else on a par with the cabinet "We have some women who are well qualified for iho Supit-me ('ji'i" he "better than some cf ire men who have been appointee He say which men he STI DENT draftee 8 u- c-nts not in line for further deferment won't get 10 days after the end of their academic year lke 1951 students got to enlist in the service of their choice instead of being drafted W-thin the next few weeks local disf hoards will reopen the cases Of im than noonnn youihs now i educe 'inns I def-i-ment Select- Servim nffi-hW sHV that those eubjCi-i tn induction will have plcn-'V nf time to enlist if thev went to while their rfuwi are being reviewed ALL ASHORE The Marine Corpa is trying out a new type of landing craft that unloads from the stern instead of over a ramp In the bow like World War boats Ths idea la that troops will be better protected from enemy fir if they rax work along the sides of the boat POIJTTOX ITA Republican Britain has charged Iran's nationalization of properties of the Angln-Iranton Oil Co violated in-In-m'tioqal tow By PETER USAGOR The Communist ef intimidation In Weat Germany can be expected to mount In fury during the next few weeks end months Moscow through Its Red spokesmen In East Germany will use everything1 ih lie sinister book to frighten the Wait Germans officials here ere convinced Tha elm at cobras Is to seers them sway from ratifying agreement whlqji will legally affiliate the Bonn government with Western Allies and European defense Whether this campaign will remain one of bluff and blunter or will take the shape at overt action such ss another Berlin blockade no one will venture tc predict Already the East German Communist leaders have threatened reprisals and darkly hinted at "another Korea" The war-threat Una will persist off-lsls believe Soviet guards have barred Allied military patrols on tha highway into Bertla another gloomy straw In the wind With summer maneuvers shout to take place the Russian have another weapon of Intimidation to use althougn American authorities say the Germane are used to seeing Red troops skirmishing near the border and are unlikely to panic because of It SUIl military mea rrallsa tha rapacity of a dictatorial army to make a feint or foray entire-menta to the West Germane It 1s also believed These could be oontained In their answer to the latest Western notes on German unity Despite official wariness of Rovlet booby-traps it 1 realised here that every time (he Russian make another noisy promise of a united Germany it fells on receptive ears among the West German Each vague Soviet "propuear makes it tougher for Chancellor Adenauer to keep the SoclHltals and even dissident niembsts of his own coalition government in line For this reason American officials are hopeful that the contractual arrangements with noun can be signed this month ao that the United States Senate can act upon them before It adjourns for the political conventions It the Senate doesn't not chances are slim that th West German Bundestag and the French parliament will push the agreements through to early ratification Tha State Department has been conducting preliminary talk with Senate leaders as well aa members of the House in an- effort to speed up debate ones the signed documents reach tha capital for consent (i-aprrlihi IfclZ CMrato Dully Neel Sight Not Damaged By Watching A-Ttl WASHINGTON 1NEA1 Our tin-niinoiiiicerl reault of the recent atomic bomb lent which newsmen were permitted lr ve whs that the bloat at the Instant of detonation docs not do irreparable injury to the eyes at a four-mile distance The cautious practice has been to face away from th blast or to wear very dark glasses Three Army eye apeclaliats among the troops at Yucca Flat Nev stared straight Into the blast without glasses They were temporarily blinded hut recovered quicklv with no permanent damage Four of the wildl-rs who for-get to turn their heada were also blinded for a few minutes but quickly recovered -Mossadegh will chilienge the Jurisdiction Editor Says Ike a Middle-Roader Likely To Anger Both Left Right I The liberal of the Demoeraticgest lo the general in the rnr of gmal determination "not to seek" Party who were clamoring for our ronverMimn that it somevnerJie piesideucv He will refuse to1 "Ike nomination at Philadelphia requires more moral course fob 1 four ago would have been dis-M-jmin'ed with ths man presM'lt I for uur "renrtionaries or trjcxp' e-sed ngiwmen iui prefer the ultra-mnscrvative micti: hsve 'rued a similar The liiiprewiitn i taste fo lisenh'Mrr l'rr urii-n' the general "i in the middle sincere honest effori for him iinx wmis -use mu t'cc'iuj' he believes both ev charge his responsihiliies w-h ihr Invention or even to hem eld lo warms of Iremes right and left welfare frlentls and adviMrs military fronts must he regarded as highly encouraging It is Eisenhower's view that NATO Is making very real progress that th effort by the is orr both the economic nltd milii uy fronts must in- icgnrd-rd as highly enroll raging The general's enlhusmsm ws supported bv linptesm figures showing the increased roninlni tion belig made hy the various NATO count ilea in men and money He does not underriite th strategic Importance of other threatened areas of the world but is fiimly convinced that the tusk of keeping Russia out of Western Europe must be given tha highest priority By JOHN KNIGHT Ckiesfo Dtely Neea Publisher This Is not tha story 1 had hoped to writ hut neither is 11 rompletcly banen redial rf a vny lessant ('-hnnr interview aid lunvheoiT with Gen Eisenhower Every rorreepoonl In Ibis area tones tn send b' a 'lipnlrh wli rh hoicrs in an exclusive interview Urn Eisenhow- rr today outlined in dcad his views on what he regards as the basic issues of the presidential campaign" But aa Brig Gen (Buck! Lanham public relations officer for Eisenhower explained- "We have literally been besieged wdh requests from rewspupeis magh who invito themselves to Paris his poll tlrgl decisions ha vs largely ben hia own Wlula It la not possible to altri but direct quotation to Eisenhower I left SHArE with the following impressions which jnu may find interesting HEAI HI Before leaving tile I'nilrd vHes was bunded soma anti-Elsenhower "campaign literature" alleging that the general is pour liniKii and demanding that he pass a physical cxaminHlion before the UepuPlIcan convention is held in July "Ike's" associates in 6HAPE dismiss this rumr as a smear ind My it has no foundation in fact They Insist he to as sound as a prewar dollar To me Elsenhower hag the ap-pearsnre of a completely healthy man ilia complexion is ruddy and zin'es and radio for quiituM viut-jlie shows no evidence of fatigue or menta by "Ike1' on every CDii-stvn-n ceivabla subject Considering tha tremrndqiis re "Elsenhower hs taken the post-sponsi bib ties imposed by his tion that when he sees the naces- NATO assignment I thought Easily or th desirability of making enhowrer looked exceptionally well further comment hia remarks will Putting it tit racing parlance hs public in mind tha he tth would not yield to pressure g-m-rai'-1" beln hrW' 'ii "JJn Is simply this: If enough Re- teivfw to fodfoafo "Uke Ike" to howeThrld snv Dre-concrt m-' U1 ke hlm thep Ptoentisl csmll- mJm! verslnl domestic issues would i have to face ss presidential can-! Eisenhower to pass! on ale bt-didale ibever in the two-party system are wrong He thinks the capitalistic system ns admitted is st ths same time ihe most productive economy in ihe world and the least restrictive of individual liberties hs emphatically oppooes the leftists who would reshape it in (he socialist mold and disagrees sharply with the ex'reme rightists who traditionally oppr-fie change Ike's wholesome sffaMllty and infectious grin dscalva no on who has been associated with him for any length of tlm Ths general to no table-pound He doesn't shout and wavs his 4 think the Democrats have been in arms for effect But when he has heard sit sides EUROPEAN FEDERATION i As st ited in several snccchr Gen Eiaenliower is an anient m- vocal of European icdcinii'in (f Canids Australis New Zealand which would break tariff wals rifsnv of Brit'tln'S' bow-f" Is completely orthodox lie take would be determined oriy afl 01 Principles not personal! 1 I I Ki Inwon 4 hiirlfrnl nn ne Iorp nnrl ai4nMn i esa U(l abhors nsme-cklllng and economic ills bv providing new tp 1 believes 1- balance! budgeto np-jer long and searching exznunauon Mr and igrt- poses waste and worships effl-jof th subject '-ixirtumlics cultural expansion A pr 'of of given question and tha facts have been winnowed from ths chaff Elsenhower's decisions have the ring of finality This quality may win or loss the nomination at Chicago hut on must rasps ct a moral cod which first determines which to right aid vituperation thinks wa have had too much of it for ths nation's both parties arc prora to making uninformed thoughtless eff-the- He ts convinced that ths country would benefit by a change of administration but will not descend arniM for th nations of Europe to erect or even to continue artificial obstacles to the free flow of trad which is so vital to their long-range Interests European economists are sharply divided on this question hut even those who favor Kiscnhowrv views In principle doubt European fede alien cin src'in- iohed within mir tive The general I opposed to American participation tn any type of European or world federation be-caiise such a step would dilute rather than strengthen the leader-sh he Hunks we must provide A this point I gathered Ihe idea i'h-ii rim K'senhower in a t'mc i-m-s would liupN'irr! wur ii'gi" ernueiil or militaiy THE CORPUS CHRIST1 CALLER-TDIES i Pak'iaker rrmg seemed "fit snd ready" I NATO SUCCEEDING? -When Gen Eisenhower talks about building the defenses of Western Europe he doee It with considerable terror Hs is convinced thal our best Imp of secunly be in Hrmig Europe ngkinM aggression end her fcnn'iiiiv i- t-f I rl IbiiPiq I Hi-rbi'i I Ini -I-i i i-i-ii'-g i'lc I Aiicih jii i Im--Iii'i if 'IcIl'IlK- It 4 view that VATtJ is iimkuig veiy mI Jiio-ureas: thsi ihr effort 'liy Ihe Europeans on laith the eruiuumr slid com In the form of statement available to all Thu ended the quest for head' Hn news which would have answered tha oft-heard question: "Where does Ik stand?" In our private conversation Gen Eisenhower was riiaariningly frank Hs talked freely using none of ths guile or double-talk that is so frequently the etock in find of Ihe experienced isilit'cum In fsrl Eisenhower seemed h1 mod naive whcir the dii turned lo politic Him ever his apparent unfanilllarity with the conniving of pohlira leadeis ruiib1 protective device used in dealing' with rimtor from the I'nltsd 8 isles However the general doesn't sac rtwh merit in Congress hacking out a few Hems from departmental appropriations tn make an impression on Ihe "folks back home'' He Inclfpes instead to planned lonc-raics pbiertives whieh ran be achieved through orderly pro-cross without hsnki uptlng Ihe country I -ii-ir iliitniigh Kisen--ve- --lell il but ui de-: h- toward eurh nil' -'c i -lies is JaN'r leg's- ui ignite and mdi--ii tt'e form Milisidies "id P'iMi could be de-iiiN-i 'pisouable and' fair" When 1 was liold enough to aug- cuff observations on every conceivable subjects under the sun the deliberative evaluating approach would represent quite a triumph tor Intelligence EtoEMIOWKK' IIWv cm June 1 the general i-n i Washington wheie he p- reflects lo the Presuic-v r-etj: 'Mi ng off hi snnv suit At Abilene Kan EiMnhowM imikea his first public adrlreu or June 4 It will not be a political speech In the usual sense Nor will the several talks that follow Elsenhower still hol la to on wsj rr I ims ri ri i to JWanMinc Muif Bimimmi Muniir 5 AHHCIhh4 Frill Thf A' -VftPfl Pfpf I phtiiiHri iwhulmv la' rWf- wait (-nliniillee I IMtMKvnr last IH no net that Eisenhower is ni-Mir ef the loader He has nu' hs iii himsetf noiahly In a Kansas ill' speech mada aeveral jeais ago I- iihi i i ui I i'-iir EiM'lirl'UM li I I 1- lllt'llg lirclli I till -4ITI 11 M'l li a Mi'll liermise of her pi in aw ie ponihllUie4 to Die iCuh Com luonweHllli He area Hie furtiiej dhvrfopiiicn' 'vkFUSi as 'iHS'SVsEIs ss ssi-'sKry to mi MM taMev.