The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York • Page 32

2 THE POST-STANDARD Sunday, February 23, 1947 Solution Is Sought To Nation's Critical Boxcar Shortage By The Associated Press The worst boxcar shortage in 20 DENIED DIVORCE. (AP Wire- slowly tightened its throttling photon)-- Frank Walz, 78, and grip on American industry Satur day as representatives of the a railroads, companies, rail car builders and government agencies sought snme solution to his. wife, Maudo, 68, were denied a divorce in Los Angeles Friday. Superior Juclge Elmer D. Doylo told them to "go home and patch things up" and "set the critical situation.

The most quarters wat that more new cars are needed to bring any real relief. And railroad spokesmen predicted the situation would get worsc'before It improves Chairman Reed of senate commerce I i i which been holding on the shortage, called conference HMH I I I of industry executives find fiovero- ment officials in Washington for an example to the younger generation." They hnve been married 50 years. i Nehru Welcomes next Wednesday In an attempt to NEW DELHI. India. Jawa haral Nehru, the Congress party's a a i company 'Unlawful'Strikers Lose NLRB Now Holds WASHINGTON, an earlier decision, the national labor relations bonrc'.

last night reinforced its policy thJit strikers Tor- felt their "protection" under the W'agnci 1 wet when their walkout Is unlawful." An a strike, the board said, Is one whore unionists strike to obtain recognition of their union when the board has certified a df- fcrent union as the collective bargaining representative. Specifically, the board held that 11 members of tho CIO United Automobile Workers, accused of lending a brief strike at tho Detroit plant of Thompson Products, machinery producers, in 1942 were not entitled to reinstatement. At the same time the board dismissed charges of unfair labor practices 'slaiain' work out a plan to obtain 10.00U' hi minister in- the interim gov- This upset a split decision of the new boxcars a month. 88,000 UNDELIVERED The railroads have ordered 88,000 cars which still are undelivered. They claim cars are wearing out and being retired at the rate, of 2.500 to 4.000 a month.

Howovcr, only 2,408 cars were produced in January. Under prevjous ur- crnmcnt, declared last night that the British government's decision to withdraw completely from India not later than June, 1948, was "wise and courageous" and a "challenge to all of us." "We look forward to a peaceful and co-operative and to establishment of close and 'friendly board handed down last Aug. 15. Then the board ruled the company had engaged in unfair labor practices by firing.the men and ordered their reinstatement but without back pay. Tho walkout began Dec.

1042. to force the company to recognize the UAW even tho the board had certified an unaffHinted, union as Be Specific-- (Concluded from ruffe 1) emergency, but Ast asr sorted thot Nicol was there as a vice-president of the state association and hot of tho federation. Emphasizing that so far as the federation was concerned, tho strike situation was "unchanged," Ast said "There is nothing at all concrete In tho report we have," "I don't want this assurance thru SUte Teachers association," said Ast. "I wan I someone from the governor's office to come up hero and give us some assurance on our salary demands, ''What's so secret abogt thess assurances? Why 'can't Mr. Dewey release Mr.

Spaulding (State Education Commlsslorier Francis Spaulding) to come here and tell us about this? An intermediary could tell me something and by the time we act on it, the situation in Albany could be changed." a i a authoritative source indicated there was no prospect of weekend 1 assurances by the DewHy administration that Crippled Veteran Enters Gift Home Built by Neighbors NEWBUROH. Tears slid down the gaunt cK'eeks of cx- GI in the wheelchair. "I wish," he' said softly, "they'd do something everywhere tor fellows not; ns lucky, as I am." The key his $25,000 home was presented yostcrdny tn 24-ycnr-old Leslie Moorcs, disabled from his waist down by a German machine gun two years ago The allractlvn, six-room -bungalow was i by money contributions and tho donated labor of Ma neighbors. A citizens 'committee raised more than $20.000 for tho site, materials and i ture. Then, working In their spare Influential Bloc-- (Concluded from 1) back in pinna for national guard and reserve components of the army If! expected to be considered at session of.

nrmy officials opening Monday, Tho mecllng nf the wnr department general slnff-committees on national guard reserve policy was called by Secretary oC i PALlevson, announcement said, study problems connected with reserve and national guni'd com- pononus." out nffoctliiK Uio nrmy or tho nnvy unduly. "I hnvo thill fi. rthcr cut oJ 10 per cent Jn tho nrtncd foicoB nfl.rr the vary Inrgo reduction nl reucly tnude from expenses in the current yenr, wns tho wisest solution," ho snid. "1 bclitjva any military organization spend ing us much us 11 billion dollars can cut out JO per cent without Impairing its efficiency." The demands and avert the scheduled wioores-at special dedication serv- would satisfy the federation's salary demands and avert. Ihn sr.horlulnrl TM teachers' strike which would affect Buffalo's 71,000 pupils.

civil production output wt-s scheduled to swell to .7,000 cars by April. However, this is only part of the story. Railroad spokesmen in-Chicago said if there was any chance of-getting them, a lot more than the 88,000 cars on order would be sought These sources point to expanding Industrial production and a record winter wheat crop harvest expected in the spring and summer as further prospective burdens for the already overtaxed transportation facilities available. STEEL CRUX OK SITUATION The almost unprecedented demand for steel is the crux of the boxcar shortage. Some railroad sources contend that, at the expense of the rail car makers, the steel mills have concentrated on filling demand for fth grade steel lor automobiles, refrigerators, washing jfpnschines and a mass of other con- ffmuner goods.

Last year the rail- a- com to reinstate the union and for the advancement eac i crs the walkout was ended. of the cause of peace and freedom all over the world," he said in a statement. roads, which normally lake 17 per cent of the nation's steel output, got 7.2 per cent. And the railroads say that their available equipment is old and wearing out much faster than before the war. Meanwhile, the effects of the boxcar shortage continued to pyramid.

From many sections of the country camo reports of cuts In manufacturing nnd employment, overflowing warehouses, shutdowns of flour mil's and drastic curtailment of newspaper advertising and the union agreed, the decision said. Nevertheless, the strike continued two more days and the company then refused reinstatement. Engine Plunges Off Bridge; 1 Dies ROCHESTER. (V)-- A New York Central railroad en i was drowned early yesterday when a switch engine plunged, off an open bridge span into the Genesee river. The, fireman, thrown clear of the locomotive, was pulled from -the apace because of a newsprint scar-! water by bridge tenders.

city. No estimates were available on the tonnage of freight lied up at warehouses and loading platforms but some cities reported a- critical situation. The engineer was Robert De Yell, 61, of Webster, near here. The fireman, Harvey P. Clarke, 23, was in good condition hospital where he was treated for exposure.

"We believe the whole educational program should 'be financed on an equalized basis. The proposal for financing (by local taxes) is a departure from the principle of equalization which has been established In New York state lor nt '25 yenrs. However, the mutter of financing i a rests with the 'taxpayers and the legislature." Says Military Can Stand Small Cut- New HAVEN, Conn. W) U. S.

time, builders started on the house Sen. Robert Taft, speaking at a last -than 200 persons i gathering 1 of 1,200 Ynlc university contributed their different alumni hern yesterday, d'eclnrod i a President Truman's budget can The home Is equipped i spe- i 3e cu fey "giji, or 4 billion dollars a to make things without touching the armed forces' for crippled ex-private Hall- that "a 20 per cent out in income taxes would not prevent a reduction of several billion dollars in the putalir debt," The Ohio senator asserted that i large part of the budsot cannot bu cut-at nil. by rigid economy and cutting out a lot ol popular projects, cuts can be made with- ways and doors were made extra wide. key was turned over to icos. The veteran, a former employe.

ter. LEE WILDE 'MICHIGAN CITY, ind, Actress -Lee Wilde wns wed in the First Presbyterian church here yesterday to Tom CathcnH. His brother, James, married tho bride's tsvin sister, iilso nn actress, in 1042. Spring Flowers In All KELSO, Florist MiiM Modum Plnwer 431 R. WMTCII SI K-II8IW Frank Sinatra III in Mexico ACAPULO, Mexico.

Slriatra, singer, is 111 with an intestinal Infection, his wife said yesterday. Sinatra's fever yesterday was 104 degrees. Mrs. Sinatra said Dr. A.

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