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7 ef 41, telf itiOa AOS tittr, Ott. 4014,,, I WASHINGTON. June 26 (UP) President Truman today promised full and faithful enforcement of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. despite his scorching veto, and said the Justice Department was looking into ways to halt wildcat protest strikes agamst it As organized labor prepared to challenge the statute in the courts. the President called on both tirliOnS and employers to 'exercise patience and moderation and to maintain industrial peace.

Mr. Truman. in his first on the law since Congress overrode his veto, told his news conference that "industrial strife at this critical time can result only in economic dislocation injurious to all of us." "If it should reach serious proportions. he said. "it would threaten the stability of our economy and endanger the peace of the world." Just before the Chief Executive read his enforcement pledge.

A. F. L. Pres. William Green rejected widespread proposals for a general strike against the law.

Fee LABOR Page 8 Ilese (AP Wireohntol THE MAYORJames M. Curley shown in custody of Federal deputy at Bridgeport, en route to Danbury, late last night. John night B. by THE TEMPORARY MAYORCity Clerk Hynes who was given this post late last the State Legislature. Bill for Nine-Man Olit1i.i4i'"Sti4kii.-::i Military Strength Needed by U.

Dr. Compton Says Council chosen in the same December election; with the voters limited to voting for three of the candidates for five positions. Sponsored by Senator Charles J. Innes. Republican floor leader, of the Back BaY, the.

bill provides for salaries of $6000 for each member of the proposed Council, who can hold no other public office. Senators Charles I. Taylor and John E. Powers, Dorchester and South Boston Democratic members, led the futile fight against the Innes measure. See COUNCIL Page 11 Over the objections of Bog.

tem Democratic members who termed the measure "despicable," the Senate yesterday approved a bill calling for a referendum vote on Sept. 23 on the question of replacing the 22- man Boston City Council with a nine-man board to be elected at large and- by a limited form of voting. If the voters should decide in favor of the new Council, the municipal election would be held in December and the voters would be permitted to vote for five members of the new Council. A School Committee would be Curley Feeling Better; Lawyers to Ask Truman Pardon By JOHN G. HARIRIS DANBURY.

June 2 James Michael Curley, 72-year old four-time Mayor of Boston, was committed to the Federal Correctional Institution here at 11:15 tonight and was sent immediately to the institution hospital. The former Massachusetts Congressman and Governor reached the jail almost 12 hours after Judge James Prottor in Federal Court in Washington had ordered him to serve six to 18 months on a mail fraud conviction. Haggard and wearied by the trip from Washington, Curley managed a smile as he stepped with difficulty from a train at Bridgeport. United States marshals and large detail of Bridgeport police were on hand to escort him along the platform and to a waiting Federal prison sedan. The Mayor was heard to comment, "I feel pretty well." as Dr.

John H. Cauley, Boston Health Commissioner, pressed in to greet him. Even before the Mayor had left Washington, his attorneys had begun preparation of a petition requesting President Truman to pardon Curley. The formal petition is expected to be presented at the White House to See CURLEY rage What Happens in City Hall Under New Law Features of Boston's "tern. porary mayor" bill and subse.

quent developments include: Curley will continue to re. ceive his $20.000 Mayor's salary while in jail; City Clerk Hynes, while serving as temporary Mayor, will be paid on the basis of the $20,001 Mayoral salary; His $7500 salary as City Clerk ceases while he holds office as Mayor; The "tertfporary mayor" law gives llynes life tenure in office as City Clerk: The law empowers the temporary Mayor tn sign bonds and to make appointments; see FACTS Page 3 74e4C4 Delivered fresh daily to your food store. An exclusive gentle. kneading process makes Tip. Top softer.

finer in texture more delicious in flavor. Better for toast. Better for sandwiches! i-1 vy tz 1 0 slop A TIP TOP ktrched is Better Bread "Until the United Nations has adopted and put into effect a plan which can protect every nation against the military aggression of every other nation, prudence requires on the part of the United States a strong military establishment as insurance. Dr. Karl T.

Compton, president cif M. 1. and chairman cf the President's en Universal Training, declared last night. Speaking at Faneuil Hall on 'A Program for National Security" before a conference of the Massachusetts Branch of the National Security Committee, Dr. Corrpten outlined the reccmmendations of the commission in its report to President 'Truman, urging a full year of military training.

Fee SECURITY rage 4 I Piece of Marble Killed Cote Hynes Bill Provides Curley May Have job on Release By CORNELIUS R. OWENS An emergency law making City Clerk John B. Hynes temporary Mayor of Boston, following the commitment of Mayor Curley to a Federal Jail, was rushed to enactment' by the Legislature last night and signed by Gov. Bradford at 10 :45. Hynes was sworn in at 10:51.

Special legislation granting Hynes emergency powers' and lifting him into office over the head of Acting Mayor John B. Kelly breezed through both branches of the Legislature in less than an hour.and a half the Senate approved in 3 minutes and 15 secondsand was placed before the Governor for his approval. Curley, convicted 18 months ago by a Federal District Court of using the mails to defraud and ordered yesterday to serve out his six to 18 znonthprisort 'term at Danbury, can have his job back at City Hall whenever he obtains his free-doom. whether it is after he completes his term or is released on parole conditions. Under the terms of the special legislation, which was drawn by mernbets of the Republican party, the Boston Mayor will continue to collect his See HYNES Pete 3 Thumbnail Sketch of John B.

Hynes A thumbnail sketch of Temporary Mayor John B. Hynes. Born in Boston. Sept. 22, 1897.

EducationNight high school, Suffolk Law School, admitted to the bar in 1927. FamilyMarried to Marion H. Hynes; children, John 18; Marie, 14; Barry, 12; Ann, 10, and Richard, 9. Employment Since 1920, City of Boston, Health Department; Auditing, Mayor's Office, Budget, City 'Clerk since Sept. 1945.

OrganizationsAmerican Catholic Order of Foresters, Bostonian Society, Catholic Alumni Sodality. Massachusetts City Clerks' Association, Holy Name Society. War ServiceAir Corps corporal in World War 1. Major in the AMG in World War Home-31 Druid Codman Hill section of Dorchester, and Scituate. HobbiesGolf and billiards.

Pres. Kelly Charges Bradford Railroaded Him From Mayoralty City Council Pres. John B. Kelly of Dorchester last night bitterly denounced Gov. Bradford and declared he had defied the city charter and "railroaded the elected president of the Boston City Council out of the office of Acting Mayor.

The legislative action handing the post to City Clerk John B. tlynes was taken. Kelly snid, without giving him an opportunity "to serve or be heard." Se KELLY Page 3 PASTENE WINE A SPIRITS Itt1 4r) .1 I iv). LACR vs 11... -11 1 1, 1 1 This wines vintners.

MINI ZI OM I1 .1. -II ZI: ii i ow goo oto WHO owl 0. eta 111. ION NM ir so This wines vintners. WASHINGTON, July 26 (UP) President Truman today vetoed the wool price bill as "a tragic mistake," and the lacking the strength to override, surrendered and passed a substitute which the Chief Ex-, ecutive said he would sign.

It was the third Malor veto which Mr. Truman had pred at Congress in 10 days but this time neither House nor Senate could muster the votes to nullify the veto and make the act la w. The President called the wool bill "a blow to our leadership in world affairs," the fear voiced previously by Secretary of State George C. Marshall who had warned that it would undermine the Geneva International Trade Conference. See WOOL Page 8 State Senate Blocks Mandatory Service for Women Jurors The perennial question as to whether women should serve on Massachusetts juries seemed destined to go unanswered last night when the Massachusetts Senate refused to accept a House-approved bill making such duty mandatory and tap proved instead a plan for voluntary service.

Since there remains at the most only three or four days to this legislative session, it is generally felt at the State House that there will be no agreement between the branches before prorogation. See JURORS l'ase 11 the losing pitcher in both, Si of the Braves and Earl of the Sox. The battle for first place, as the Braves return home to meet the Dodgers at Braves Field tonight, is as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE G.B. W. L.

Pet. Brooklyn ...35 26 .574 1i BOSTON 34 26 .567 1 liew 25 .561 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New 25 .597 2 BOSTON ...33 26 .559 11 AL.

AL A- AL Aa aper 'Ir Newspaper N1. Dodgers Edge Braves, 8-6, Take Over N. L. Lead; Sox Also Lose Strikers Picket Shipyards 4:: Quincy Picketing of the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River yard in Quincy is being continued on an around-the-clock basis, with a small force out last night and early this morning. At the two East Boston yards picketing was called off at 8 last night and was not resumed until 6 this morning, following the first uneventful day of the strike involving 4800 local repair and construction The strike began at midnight yesterday when 40,000 union members walked out of 10 shipyards on the Atlantic Coast, following the breakdown in negotiations between the company and the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, C.

I. O. Both sides predicied a long drawn out strike, and union officials said last night that all Atlantic and Gulf Coast yards would be tied up next week, with 120,000 men involved. See SHIPYARDS Page it Milk Goes Up 2 Cents a Quart Here Tuesday An increase of two cents, to 20 cents a quart, in the price of milk in the Metropolitan Boston area, effective next Tuesday, was announced yesterday by the State Milk Control Board. Earlier yesterday the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration granted a change from a six-day to a five-day week, with the same take-home pay, for 2000 milk wagon drivers.

See MILK Page 11 Baseball Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn N. Boston 6. Pittsburgh 8, Chicago O. Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 7, ROSTON 3. Philadelphia 4, New York 2. Cleveland 5 Chicago I. See Beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee On M. V.

Mt. Washington Season starting Saturday, June 28. 2 sailings daily, at 9 A. M. and 2 P.

leaving The Weirs, calling at Center Harbor, Wolleboro and Alton Bay. For Scores of Today's Baseball Games CALL LA Fayette 8080 Until 5 P. M. BRAVES Night Game Score a P. M.

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4et, A. 7 ak- i s'k'''. 13 't i A 1 titt e) 1 "lit i- LILULY 1 A decision Of Ihe 'Mass-achu -setts Supreme -Juiliciar Ceturt yeterday- outlawed strikes to compel an employer to insert a "maintenance of membership" clause in a union-employer contract. Attorneys for a Clinton Pressmen's Union, who were unsuccessful in their appeal from an injunction forbidding members to strike for the maintenance of membership clause, said they would appeal the far-reaching decision to the United States Supreme Court. See UNIONS Pare 11 Wheatley POST TOW 7z30 patty 001111te 1 closes 7:20 oThe bit foaturo tonight is soviets with ties from Florida.

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WDNDERCANDr---1 REVERE The Boston Braves slid off the National League peak last night when they lost to the Dodgers, 6 to 6. at Brooklyn. They now trail the Brooklynites. who replaced the Tribe at the top, by one-half game. The third-place Giants were idle.

The Red Sox failed to take ad. vantagt-of the Yankees' 4-2 defeat by Philadelphia to improve their American League stand. Irg. as they in turn bowed to Washington, 7 to 3, in a night contest. Ard an odd fact about the games is that Johnson was AI, 1 0 NIA quit, trZn Cm 1 By CHARLES L.

WHIFFLE PLYMOUTH, June 26 A piece of marble from the base of a Christmas tree in their home was the weapon with which Mrs. Bertha Surprise Cote killed her husband, Rene, Asst. Dist. Atty. John R.

Wheatley disclosed tonight. Mrs. Cote suddenly pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Plymouth Superior Court this morning. At 4:10 p.m. she entered the Reformatory for Women in Framingham, to begin a 312-to6-year sentence on the charge.

She will be eligible for parole in 23 months. "You can say, "Wheatley said, "that after her plea of guilty the defendant, through counsel, disclosed that the weapon was a piece of marble from the base of the Christmas tree. See COTE Page 9 2 Children Drown as Mercury Soars; Heat to Continue Swimming accidents took a death toll of two as thousands left Boston, hottest spot in New England yesterday, for the beaches. It was the second hottest day of the year, the Weather Bureau reporting the temperature soaring to 87 at 4:30 p. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont all showed highs of 85, with Rhode Island and Connecticut close behind at 84.

See HEAT Page 11 1OLD VER PRIVATE Safe Suet tathinl. Semen of Park. Inn Spate. MONTH FALMOUTH. MASS.

On Route 28. EACH 0 REWARD $4,0 will be fnr the safe return ri Agoamarine lamond clip believed Mst at Hnivard Jr, nS011 S. 'Boylston anti Clarendon $tF may 31.15147. Call J. L.

Regan, klub. 6560 or liorwooci 0290. oat i 0 lila) QUA itg 9 icti ET11113 (''r el di C4 (Globe Staff Photo by William Ennis) SMILES AS SHE BEGINS SENTENCEMrs. Bertha Cote shown as she entered Reformatory for Women in Framingham yesterday to begin her sem. tence.

She is accompanied by matron Abbie Wood. ward (left) and Mrs. Lynette Harlow. Another Great 1 014 N. AoldaVo 1.16W EEK.6.1171;71.1:5 miff SAT.

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