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Urges 298 New Schools, Additions in Next 6-Years Defense Dept. Aide'Trolley, Bus Fares Go to 10 Cents Lawyer-Cop Goes on Studying, Gets Master's Degree Tonight Reveals He Urged July 1 to Increase Transit Wages Bensley Lists Big Program For Brooklyn A six-year construction program Involving 295 new school building and additions will be required to provide proper fa A-Bombing of Reds A flat 10ent fare on S13.1SS.515 a year, he said.l Whether private bus lines. citv-owned subwav. bus and and the fare boost, will bring in 'operating principally in Man- Washington. June 7 fUn iinpe ivrntian stlmated 15,000.000, based hattan, the Bronx and Queens.

Assistant Secretary of Defense 1Jyni on current traffic. But despite: would get fare increases now Paul H. Griffith disclosed last, a this surplus, he added, the was not discussed by the Mayor. night that he suggested to Pres-'ride. will go into effect July 1 transit system still wul be: He said that matter was tip to the Board of Estimate.

Most cilities or ioi my pi ident Truman three years agoto helD nav for raises and in tne re1- when he headed the American benefit; ts granted to transit em- The new setup of higher fares 'private lines operate on an higher pay was hailed bvj cent fare, although some have legion inai an atomic rtomDi should be dropped on Russia. Pl0'es -cent rate. international Michael Quill, He said the President's reply Special bus and trolley rates: president 0f tne Transport I. and was to tell him of "the great for school children will not heiWorkers Union. C.

oecision inai ne nan 10 maKei.fr in nrdenns the homh he dropped in Japan during World O'Dwyer, who made the fare Warll. announcement. i me Griffith reported the incident same ne disclosed that all a rariio nterview on the levumiiiciiuauuns nn ject: "Is War Inevitable." He aid it Is not, but that war might be touched off by some incident In Occupied Germany. improving working conditions of transit employes, proposed hy a fact-finding committee he had named, would be adopted. Among the approved recommendations was an 11-cent-an-hour pay increase, an extra If war does come, he favored Philip Murray.

C. I. 0. president, who had conferred with the Mayor for 00 minutes yes-! terday before the announcement1 as made. Assure 2-Year Teace Quill said the arrangement would assure labor peace for; at least two years on the much-1 troubled transit system.

He promised there would be "efficient operation" of the lines by union members. The Mayor said there would be no written contract with the T. W. pointing out that the city Is prevented hy law from entering into such contracts. The arrangements, will be incorporated into a reso-i lution of the Board of Trans-i portation, he said, and he asked1 using the A-bomb -and the H-bomb, if it is available." Roger Kent She pa lor Mem 183 Joralcmon St.

BlOOKLY fr Bmra Hmtt) 12 West 33rd St. Open Thursday until 9 p.m. Individualized Clothe lor Mtn HEW TOII IIOOILY I0STM MIUOEIPHI (tUIIIDGE NEW HAVEN paid holiday and an extra week Recalling his 10 47 talk with Mr. Truman after a trip tojnf vacation, Europe as National Commander of the Legion, Griffith said he suggested that the dropping of an atomic honro "some place over there" might be desirable. Warns Other Workers The Mayor warned other city employes, however, that t.iey could not expect to get raises, too.

declaring the city- just didn't have any monw from regular revenue sources to increase wages and salaries. The cost of the raises and ir t- it r- -ii i 't i IJ jJSJmV "GOING PLACF.S?" PHONE MA. 4-6200 FOR IDEAS A.M.-5P.M. tne union to touow the same procedure. Built Staff photo PROUD OF PAPA Sam and Mae Duke beam ot Barry, but the litflt one is probably just as proud of his father, a 72d Precinct patrolman, who will receive his master's degree in law tonight at Academy of Music.

other benefits will amount to; prowing student population, according to Charles J. Bensley, chairman of the committee on building and sites of the Board Of Kducation. Mr. Bensley said the pro-pram, designed to meet ''all current and foreseeable needs." has been approved by his committee. Adoption of the six -year pro-pram Is done annually by the Foard of Education, and formal action will be taken in about two months when specific recommendations will be made with respect to the pro-pram in terms of actual construction and funds required.

Include 91 Addition The six-year program. Mr. Bensley said, includes 164 new elementary and junior high schools, 9t additions to existing elementary and junior high schools, r.l new academic and vocational high and nine additions to existing academic vocational high ixhools throughout the city. Brooklyn would get 94 new buildings or additions. Mr.

Bensley juid the program Was prepared in the division of housing and business administration, headed by George V. Pigott associate superintendent of schools, and was based on a wtiich he faid was "the finest analysis rf school building needs that I have ever seen." Approve Site Program In adopting tne six-year pro-pram, Mr. Bensley said, the committee simultaneously approved a three-year program of tite acquisition and planning, which he characterized as necessary "if our school construction program is to move along with efficiency and dispatch. "We shoulrl acquire at least loo sites during the three-year period," he said The order of construction of the. proposed new schools was determined hv the estimated OPEN THURSDAY NIGHTS TIL 9 ABRAHAM Patrolman Sam Duke may he now.

But I know too many pened across a group of girls looking for spats. Thev ernt fUlTON ST. AT HOYT i mi ui jiwvri wiiu rtie cui jof work, so I'll stick with the jseats and then one of them got just Ra'dge No. 13163 at the 72d Precinct, but so far as Brooklyn Law School Is concerned, jtorce for a while. Its more secure." Added RpNiin.ihilily he'll be Attorney Duke tonight.

"The Duke" that's what the kids on the beat call him will receive his master's degree in law at the Academy of Music His reference to security was emphasized by the lusty howls of his son, Barry, who has been around town iust seven weeks. 10 as a result of plugging away at his studies for vears in addition Pointing in the direction of the oothe baby's room, he added: "I have Duke. 4 Yean an Airman Mrs. Duke can be equally proud of her husband's war record. Sam, who served four years with the Air Force before joining the police force in 194fi, received the Distinguished Fly.

ing Cross, Air Medal with four clusters and a Presidential unit citation. Brooklyn Law School will graduate 2fil students tonight, 14 of whom will receive master degrees. Appellate Justice William B. Carswell, ripan of the law school, will present the diplomas. feeling him to take care of now." Mrs.

Duke was admittedly proud of her spouse. "I always knew he was the intellectual to patrolling the sidewalks of New York. Sitting next to his comely wife, Mae, in hi apartment at fi3d the cop-counselor explained he has no Immediate intention of leaving the force. "I passed the bar examination last June," he said, and I could put up a shingle right lype," she declared. "I met him at a Goldman concert in Prospect Park." It seems Tatrolman Duke was on park duty when he hap Palm Beach suits Truman Hits GOP Scare' Drive featism, scarewords and pro phecies of disaster.

yl 1053 enrollment, he said, adding this country has ever known," he said. "This propaganda campaign has been directed against Government action for the benefit of the people. It has been designed to undermine the belief of the people in their Government. It has tried to frighten the people away from using the powers of government for their own good. "The plain fact, evident to every citizen, is that the policies we have been following have led not to disaster hut to progress and prosperity." Business -Never Better Mr.

Truman told his audience of businessmen from all over the country that business never was better. He read the record of the past 17 years of Democratic rule as one of expanding production, profits and prosperity, and claimed credit for "the salvation of private enterprise." "All this has been accomplished in the face of the greatest and most persistent campaign of propaganda that that, wherever possible, new elementary schools will he kept to a capacity of ,000 students, and no additions have been recommended that would increase the capacity of an existing elementary school heyond that amount. The maximum capacity of junior high schools was fixed at 1,500 students, he eaid. Washington, June 7 (U.R) President Truman accused his political foes last night of pouring enormous sums of money into an election year "scare" campaign to destroy public confidence in his "progress and prosperity" program. In a cocky, fighting speech delivered to a dinner meeting of the Better Business Bureaus here, the President lit into the Republican party with the fire of his 10)8 "give 'em hell" campaign and" his recent crosscountry "non-political" tour.

He jeered at Governor Dewey, his 1918 Presidential rival; ridiculed the "creeping Social-Ism" charges against his administration, and tagged his opponents as reactionaries who have nothing to offer but de F. D. R. Statue Unveiled in Norway Oslo, June 7 (U.R) Mrs. Elea-, public subscription and nor Roosevelt unveiled a statueiabout 200.000 kroner ($28.0001.

of her husband. Franklin D. Crown Prince Olav eulogized Roosevelt, near Oslo harbor to- Roosevelt as "a symhol of the dav. fight for justice and The statue on a hill over "The people never lost their Blast Injures Bensonhurst Gas Station Manager A PiOO-nound comnressor In looking the Oslofjord showed faith in him, the Prince said the President sitting in an easv "When he snoke. the world Atomic Chieftains Discuss Security At Meeting Here Division directors and managers of the seven major atomic energy plants opened a three-day conference today to discuss security problems.

The meeting, held at the Yale Club, Manhattan, was closed. It as described as the type "a group of manufacturers would have to compare notes on their problems." It was understood, however, that the Atomic Energy Commission's security program and its relationships with maior contractors highlighted the discussions. After the meeting, the A EC official? visited the Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton. chair. It was financed throughlwas listening." the basement of a Bensonhurst service station exploded today with a dull roar which was heard throughout the neighbor MVS IWffJffMMfk i vkji- nu- i-'vutr, 1 iRT hood broke several windows but the only rasulty was the station manager, who was burned slightly about the legs.

The hlast was at the Vee Dee Service Station, 2050 Stillwell at Sfith St. According to police of the Bath Beach precinct, the manager, Joseph Ma-tern, 28, of 2107 Benson was at work with four employes when he smelled smoke and went into the basement to investigate. He arrived just as the compressor exploded and was burned by the hot steam. The hlast damaged the ceiling of the basement and the office above, raising the floor of the office 16 inches. Blood-Type Tattoos Urged by Health Expert Lake Placid.

June (U.R) Pr. Theodore Curphey, a health expert, urged today that every person in the State be tattooed cm the wrist at once to show his blood type as a precaution-sry measure in case of atomic attack. 37 Watch as Sharks Kill Plane Survivor 1 111 v) NOW IN AN INGENIOUS "FIBER-LOCKED" Taylor plunged in after Gug 1 BLEND OF RAYON, MOHAIR AND NYLON man, who was wildly struggling ROYAL GREETING Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is welcomed to Norway by Crown Prince Olav, left, and Princess Martha, back to camera.

Mn. Roosevelt went to Oslo to unveil statue of F. D. R. in his life jacket trying to beat off the sharks.

The seaman himself was not 27.75 bitten but Gugman died soon after he was hauled aboard the Saufley. The destroyer is commanded hy Comm. Byron D. Voegelin of Brooklyn. The baufley will dock at Miami.

June 7 (U.R) The United 'States destroyed Sauf-lcy steamed toward the mainland today carrying 37 survivors of a charter plane crash who watched in horror while a fellow passenger was being eaten filive by sharks. Xine Puerto Ricans were known to have died when the twin-engine C-46 crash-landed in the Atlantic Ocean Monday night 270 miles off the Florida Coast. Eighteen others were missing and presumed dead. The tale of one heroic rescue that came too late related in a radio message received from the ship by fith Naval District Headquarters at Charleston, S. C.

It told how sharks began attacking Pedro Gugman just before he was fished out of the water and how Bos'n Mate 2c. J. B. Taylor risked his own life to save him. 1 Yes this year's new cooler Palm Beach is vastly different than any you've ever worn before.

ou'll be amazed at its smoother feel at the way it bounces out wrinkles at its new comfort-cut styling. Stop into tomorrow, see it for yourself in neat houndstooth checks or solid tones. Palm Beach While Dinner Jarket, 22.75 Palm Beach Slacks, 8.95; talking Shorts, 6.93 AiS Merzanine for Men 4Enain AIRCOACH Service 1 CAPITALINtR Service $12" AW pfi M. fox Charleston about 5 p.m. The ship had only recently been taken out of "moth balls" for submarine escort duty and was returning from a shakedown cruise to Puerto Rico when it was diverted to the crash.scene.

Eight bodies were picked up by the United Fruit Company steamer Cape Ann. A Coast Guard cutter and planes continued the search for the missing 18. who apparently either went down with the plane or were still strapped in lift Jackets drifting with the ocean tides. Dally irvf( Chicago, Mllwaukaa, Mlnnfapolll, St. Paul, Birmingham and Naw Orloant i 1 a 1 mr i -hkt Call MUrray HHI 7-1310.

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