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PAGE SIX i ti a IV1 IN Jtt (L NEWS-STAR APRIL 7, 1947 4 POWERS lion supplies delivered to her by the occupation powers. Gen. Mark W. Clark, U. S.

deputy, argued that Austria should pay only for supplies imported and not for ministers today from their deputies -delivered" because under their (Continued from First Page) GOVERNMENT (Continued from First drafting a German peace accord. formula, the Russians would charge President Jacques Rueff of the in- Au tria's own food produce which ter-Allied i eparalions agency told the del vercd to the Austrian people, deputies the 18 small participating na- I to return to Lions were highly the nv jands now bt Poland was expected to place Rossie slowness of reparations deliveries. Molotov was reported ready to seize deljcate position, in vmw of the the opportunity to lay full response dps rp fo com. bilitv for the whole situation on the Western powers. Cuba, meanwhile, formally requested a full voice in writing the German peace treaty at the prospective peace conference.

Dr. Alberto Espinosa, charde who presented the claim to the council of foreign ministers, said his government would not be satisfied with the role of a mere observer such as it had at the Paris peace conference. The Austrian deputies were work- in? through economic clauses today i i cl I I SS 11 The agreement un the return or I mumsm in both countries. This would involve revision of a previous provisional agreement of the big four the boundary between Germany and Poland on the Oder and Neisse rivers. The United States delegation was reported to view Such a revision as highly essential to a bal- of Telephone Workers, N.

I affiliate. Sepal ate talks affecting 33.0O<) Southwestern Bell Telephone workers were scheduled to resume at 3 p. rn. (E. S.

T.U at the labia department. At the White House, Assistant Press Secretary Ehen Ayers -aid President Truman is on developments in the strike but is leaving the problem to the labor department. Toll calls, information and local operator service were the first to feel effects of the strike, except where supervisory and other non-union personnel well able to carry the load Dial systems were not affected. anted economy in Germane -a thickly Completely automan they presuni- populated. highly industrialized coun- ably could opeiate for a long penod try now short of food producing lands Any such proposal was deemed certain to become one of the hottest iif the current con- agreement on the return OI German Aus Jewish property finally bogged down tnan treaties The Rotes arc in a dispute over how compensation losjng any temto- should be paid if property had been Germans destroyed and over who should receive the property, or its value, if the owner had died without heirs.

without maintenance work. It was the first major labor dispute of 1947 to result in a shutdown It immediately raised the questions: Will President Truman seize the sprawling telephone industry? Several top administration officials reportedly were cool to any such move im mod i- The Russians were reported to have favored letting the Austrian government designate representative organization as beneficiary. Tile United are just as strongly in favor of getting ately, back all they can And what will the reaction be in Congress? The House labor committee has ready for floor action when members return from their Easter recess on In the event this controversy comes to a head in the council, say some observers, the big power on the hottest spot would be the Soviet, (lf Wednesday a hill that would direct union, which has the problem States and France took the position I dealinL with thr conflicting national President Truman to seek court inhere were so few Jews left in Austria aims of Germany and Poland in terms whenever he finds that a that the destination should be made by ambassadors of the big four powers at Vienna, who would be empowered to select suitable organi ation outside Austria. The Russians and the Western powers also got into a wrangle over future financial responsibilities. The nations argued that Austria should he held to her obligations made hi fore Germany absorbed her and that any modification of those debts, which ran into many millions, should be made not in the treaty but in a conference of creditor nations.

Russia, not being a creditor nation, declined to agree but proposed that Austria be held responsible for the payment of all relief arid rehabilita- Gas on Stomach Relieved in 5 or double your money back When firms painful, mffoc.i' ing sour tom ach and heartburn, rtnctiri usually prescribe the fastest-acting iiiedlrtnes known lr symptomatic relief- like those In TaMe'i No brings comfort in a jiffy or double your money back on return bf bottu to ui. al ail druggist. Communist efforts to gain strength dispute threatens sharp curtailment of communication services. in both countries. Boundary questions were due to arise in connection with discussion The Senate labor committee similarly was reported to be planning to OI i.sr III VHI IHI-V Mail I vt a vt a mi frontiers.

This business incorporate injunctive procedure for came next on the program dealing with national paralysis strikes in its- general labor bill of work after the finish of talks on current German economic and political problems and the future structure of the Gel man government, scheduled to lear! off today's session at 4 p. in (8 a. BIST). The broad subject of frontiers also involved another set of ticklish demands for the San-and for special administrations ovei the Ruhr and Rhineland in western Germany. Here again the basic issues were both economic and political Russia seemed likely to find herself caught in a conflict between national and international Communist ims.

The ministers cleared un minor I points by agreement Saturday on i some details for setting up Gentian administrative agencies over food, ag- riculture, transport and th'- like. But top officials still saw no prospects of actual major decisions here en Germany. and the final outcome of efforts to complete an Austrian treaty seemed highly uncertain. John W. Gibson and the I ace conciliators.

There were scheduled and I scheduled negotiations going on. Schwellenbach and his aides held sessions lasting several hours with C. F. Craig, vice-pi evident in charge of A. T.

personnel, and President Beirne of the strike-threatening NFTW. Cs added to mystery of the i unheralded meeting.1 by avoiding reporters and hiding away in the Carlton Hotel. The actual negotiations here involver! the A. T. long lines, division.

employing 20.000 NFTW-Artier icon Union of Telephone Workers, and the Solid. --tern Bell Telephone unit in the Bell System, B'-fore midnight, the Southwestern company offered a now arbitration proposal on wage issues which appeared to '-ignal a possible break in the stalemate The move soon wag duplicated in New York and several o'her of the score or more cities where separate negotiations were under way. The Southwestern broadened its offe i to arbitrate wages by removing the condition that comparable pay for comparable wot in each community be taken into consideration by the arbitrators. Warren ordered all negotiations throughout the nation to continue formulas for settling the dis- putes are worked out." I He said government is discuss- a roitipromi proposal With th-parties in a final attempt to work out a peaceful -etlien eat of the threat; en cd This led to belief that the government had come up with a proposal for settlement and was hammering 1 away with it in every negotiating conj ference under its auspices across the I nation. THOUSANDS (Continuer! iron) First Paget DELTA OFFICIAL visits monroe 42,000 ORDERED (Continued from First Page! I Dan I Dale, of the planning and I 26 OOO a week to an anticipated research department of Delta Air- statement, reiterated its offer to arbi- made local service about normal.

Ex- luw is rnti.rh, nod herr Mon- Irate based on a boards de- changes at Jennings, Merryville and nearby communities, where dial systems are in use, local service was uninterrupted. Dial service in Lake Charles, Vinton, Sulphur, DeRidder arid Leesville of discussing additional service through Monroe bv Delta Airlines. STRIKE BY STATES (Continued from First Page) from 4,000. 1 lines, is being entertained here Mon Din mg the mourning period cu lled dyy ky h. M.

James, president of i th the Chamber of Commerce; S. E. for the Centralia, 111., mine disaster, i Tt Huey, chairman of the aviation coin- many W. leaders urged the mjkiee Gf chamber and H. G.

miners not to return to mines until Bailey, secretary of the Cham- they were certified as safe. i her of Commerce. The Solid Fuel. Administration of- 1 The visit here was for the purpose flee in Altoona, announced that some mines in the big central Pennsylvania field were closed, but that these included pits' which od erate on Easter A navy spokesman at Pittsburgh reported that a many" mines in his area were working, including which had Ivon declar'd Tile latter were certified as safe after corrective steps were taken. a mines in the northern field of West Virginia were reported working.

Among the Eastern Ohio mines staying closed were two at St. Clairsville which were certified as safe by a federal mine inspector yesterday. The work stoppage called by John L. Lewis. United Mine Workers president.

in memory of 111 miners killed in the Centralia, 111., blast, was over at. midnight last night. Reports from the field, however, showed wide confusion and uncertainty as to what mines were scheduled to reopen. Industrial sources were loath to comment on what the effects of a prolonged work stoppage would be. Plants, generally, got through the mourning period with little disruption because of adequate stockpiles.

But a termination of levels effect in the Lake Arthur are manually operated Southern area The union declined and were receiving emergency calls this offer which it described as! only. limited. District Manager W. E. Lundin said Raymond Guidry.

publicity direc- union employes on the morning shift tor for the strike committee'in New IOO per with 125 Lake Orleans, said after the walkout there: Charles workers among them. The voice with a smile will be gone Conditions were similar in Later a vem operators can layette. New Iberia, Abbeville, St. con hack to improved working con- Martinville, Jeanerette, Crowley. ditions and a living lousas and many small exchanges.

In States in the Southern Bell system Some of the smaller places only one are Florida. Georgia. North Carlina, official was on duty to handle son th Carolina. Alabama. Mississippi.

Tennessee, Kentucky and Louisiana. Other services were rot expected to be affected. Bel! Telephone Company workers left their job and established picket Minnesota, North Dakota and South 10.060 ON STRIKE IN LOUISIANA. MISSISSIPPI NEW ORLEANS. April gency calls.

All but 27 of the 189 ployes in Alexandria, were reported off the job. However, District Manager C. S. Daniel said local service was noi mal, although the volume 8.000 membeis of the dayt but in many Louisiana cities Northwestern Union of Telephone where dial phones predominate serv- workers went on strike. Management jce was maintained at or near normal, personnel was trying to provide serv- marched quietly befoie ice to approximately IOO towns changes throughout the two states isolated by a snowstorm in western Management and supervisory person- Mmnesota and eastern North Dakota.

handled the switchboards, al- Telephone Guild of though in manv places only emer- Wi cornin, said all the Bell gency calls were received from mans', inn plants struck at 6 a. rn. A ual phones. spokesman for the Wisconsin Tele- Union officials estimated 6,000 -ork- phone advised the public there prs were on strike in Louisiana, in- was possible assurance emer- eluding 3,000 in New Orleans, and Nearly ten thousand telephone work- of long distance calls was below nor- ers in Louisiana anc! Mississippi an- mal. swered the nationwide strike call to- BUILDING PERMITS H.

M. Bowen to erect a one-story frame building to be used for a res- located at 1903 Filhiol avenue. The total cost will not exceed and the owner Will do the building. Ralph P. Graves to erect a one- story frame building to be used for a dwelling, located at 1212 South First gency call- would be completed.

3,500 left work in Mississippi, of street totcij COst win not exceed Maryland- The telephone strike was which DUO were residents of Jackson 5350,1 and the owner will do the effective in Baltimore with pickets and vicinity. building parading before all exchanges. Vernon Baird, Louisiana manager Samson Davis to add to a one- Louisiana Some 3,000 workers went for the Southern Bell Telephone and fnme hnildine- to be used for a strike in New Orleans Picket Telegraph Company, said the com- lines formed before all telephone ex- puny operated IOO exchanges in lotaj CQSt will not exceed 5200 state, of which 41 are wholly dialed A court injunction was used last fall to force John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers to call off a strike. A last minute appeal by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, who had pleaded for a 48-hotir postponement of the strike was left unanswered by the policy committee, summoned from bed to hear the sen request.

Beirne told reporters after listening to Soh we lien bach's appeal: strike is on in the Eastern states As 6 a. rn. in other time zones, workers will also walk Behne made no comment on Soh we I leu request for the 48 hours mote in which to gain a possible compromise in the dispute. He said merely that recessed the policy committee until 2 p. rn.

this afternoon that tune we can take up any matters that are before us. The committee had been recessed at The Americans were reported plan- yesterday until 2 p. in. today. Cotton tiling 1 costly today- MAKI THIM IA5T BY PROPER BLEACHING ning to pit their proposal for a 40- yc Big-Four German disarm treaty at the earliest possible moment.

Authorities suggested that acceptance of such a pact by Russia with Britei i the idea and ready to go along might bring a further slight modification of S. views on Schwellenbach appeared before the i sleepy-eyed members of the union's policy committee at 5 45 a rn. He ud he spoke not only as secretary of labor but a proven friend of your He sari he could not promise new cont oms from the Bell System, German reparations from currant pro- but told the committee that duction, which the Soviet Union is has been considerable progress made insisting upon in line with its- demand for 810,000.000,000 in reparations in 20 The progress, he said, came not only years. reference to one of tile corn- Unofficial talk was that panics heie, but in the attitude of here probably would end after em ntatives of tie American Telephone and Telegraph As a I exult of this change of attitude it seems that we had enough assurances dm mg the night that I should call you and ask whether or not we could get a postponement being to the eco- perhaps 48 hours to give us further U. and British time It will he extremely difficult, at 6 Bleach the HARSH WAY with uncontrolled bleaches An uncontrolled bleach, that varies in strength from one bottle to the next, may cause you to ovtrbleaih your cottons and linens.

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The Amel and I British, it was said, may not press for speed in fixing the date of the next I council conference. Some western dip- 1 Iomata were represented as believing that progress next summer in restoring economic well nomically merged zones of Germany might, be good however, lf the spike proceed: enough to better the two bar- gaining position in lehtion to Rus- Sciiwt Uenbadh said, without reveal- sia before the next round of talks. ing details, that he had made a on the other hand, the feeling Hat appeal to a union last, fall and it also was evident in official quarters was tm lied down, that German problems were too big days latei thee ended up to be allowed to go too long without with al out half of what I could have attention, some authorities were gotten he said to believe that consideration "I think I can be of more assistance would he given to a meeting in Lon- 1 in vt oi king this tiling out if you give don or Paris in midsummer prior to i us 48 hours more a possible September session in New Soberly, and showing great strain, York at the -ame time as the yearly Schwellenbach asked the assembled United Nations geneial assembly pio- men and women to con- ceedings. request. Secretary Marshall, who normally Beirne, who had introduced Schwellenbach and asked the committee members to give I rim close attention, made the bi lef concluding remarks about the 2 p.m.

meeting without a word from any member of the committee, When Beirne had finished, the mem- hers filed out and the strike was on. Weary labor department officials fought through the night with eveiy pressure they could exert in their last ditch batt Ie to bring industry and 1 I union negotiators into some form of agreement. I Tile big electric clocks in the department ticked away crucial minutes as contract talk, involving two key units in the Bell System and confei ences of top industry and union officials Mere intensified. These ere the principles in the Lyle were meeting vt itll first major stiike threat of 1917: the jury Monday. Ii was re- world's largest corporate enplaned they had about 25 cases to the Bell System of the I pre-ent and it was estimated that not American Telephone and Telegiaph more than two days would he required Company whose 105,307,000 miles of I to complete the investigations communication lines criss-cross the The gland jury of the Fourth nation in every direction, and Judicial court met for its April session I The National Federation of I I Mi; Pl cd pin David I.

Garrett on the bench He gave of 49 separate unions formed in 1939 his charge to tile 12 members shortly and headed by 36-year-old Joseph A. aftei they had been Beirne. The grand jurors are headed by FU At issue was the demand for McKee, foreman: and other members SIJ a week wage increases and nine are J. Pipes W. King Stubbs, E.

I other contract concessions. The m- Massey. Fred Godwin, Stanley Wyatt, I dustry contended these would cost Del ma Carter, Henry Mays, C. E. Mil- 1700,000,000 a yeai.

compared with its lee, Ben Spruell, E. E. Lutz and C. 1946 earnings of 5250,000,000. R.

Contes. In addition to tile prime question Tile judge, in his charge, urged the moment-would the att ike come grand jury to make searching nn two other questions gabon of all reported law inf tactions. I hinged on an affirmative answer! Die cases that are on the docket are mostly where defendants are Negroes and there were none trial were regarded of outstanding public interest. works on week-ends, took an Easter holiday yesterday. He vent to church, saw the ballet with UU Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith and Robert D.

Murphy, expel on Germany, and was gue-t at a cocktail pally given bv Ma Gen. Robert C. Mason, S. military tache In Moscow. 2 GRAMMIES (Continued (rom First Page) Cai tor of Jonesboro and Clarence ook of Ruston, route I.

District Attorney Malcolm E. Late, ne and his assistants. William Flenikcn, Lea S. Thompson and down by Schwellenbach, who strode nto the laboi department pressroom to tell reporters keeping an all night vigil that the government had no proposals up its sleeve for settling the dispute. i Schwellenbach never gave uo hope, I however.

Ile said, always optimistic up to the last Hut hopes were dealt a double blow early in the day. First the union in New York re! red th'1 proposal therr' for pnqu Hified arbitration of basic wage lies. insisting that all I ten demands would have to be submitted to any third party. A few minutes later, heie in Wash- I ington, Al Herrington, N. F.

T. W. press i epreventative, said the federation had rejected a government suggestion for a to 48-hour postponement of the trike deadline to permit further negotiations. Herrington said Beirne had turned down the bid with the explanation that his 49-member policy committee had retired at I a. end that nothing could lie accomplished by any delay without a more concrete offer.

At the union's own headquarters in a converted downtown residence if was evident that Hie N. F. T. W. was i tdy for a strike.

The union on Saturday night set lip a Western Union teletype circuit linking New York, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and Atlanta to make certain it. would be in quick arid constant check with its affiliated unions if and when long distance telephone service should become unavailable. The strike planners said that witii the except ion of hoi them New England, possibly Montana and northern California, the telephone service would he hard hit. Tile shutdown he so ultimate, it be worth talking about what is left one union officer confidently predicted with a laugh.

Beirne made a local radio broadcast is early as 7:45 p. Sunday, opening with the flat assertion that 6 o'clock tomorrow morning the nationwide strike in the telephone industry will The black-haired, black-eyed chief of the telephone workers said somberly: action being taken only as a last resort. We regret the mcon- venience to the public. We arc fully aware of our responsibilities and have moved slowly and cautiously. We believe our strike may settle once and for all the issues of whether or not a huge col potation can violate pion-j topics of free collective bargaining guaranteed to American workers under the Wagner Tile strike set to hit the Bell system, with 617,000 employes and more than 700.000 stockholders.

Many union members are believed to hold stuck Although only 387,000 workers are directly involved in the N. T. dispute in behalf of 39 of its 49 member unions, another 50,000 or more workers were expected by the federation to join in tile walkout. Contracts of the N. F.

T. IO other unions do not ex' ire at this time. Besides the Si2 weekly pay boost in earnings which the government says new average $43.19, the nationwide union demands include: The union shop to require all new employes to become union members, narrowei pay differentials between cities, five-year instead of eight-year advancement to pay rates, more exact definition of duties, four-week vacations after 20 years of service and a minimum pension of HOO a month for retired workers. Each area also has its own local demands in addition to these. changes in the city.

Northwestern Bell Telephone said approximately SIX) management personnel would try to do the work of approximately 5,000 union workers on strike in the state. employes of the were being certified safe by joint agreement of operators and union safety committees. Union district lead- I ers took the position that only federal I inspectors could pronounce the pits safe. Meanwhile, Secretary Krug called on the governors of 15 coal mining states to dangerous in 162 mines out of the govern- i reach because they are not federally mamged. Reports from soft coal states gave the: picture: West William Blizzard of U.

M. W. district 17 told his men, are not going to and add od: exercising not only 'Hr. and Mrs. R.

Theron Elkins, a contract right but a moral right to I bl Dorado, son, James Philip, protect and the owner will do the building. for loc service. Sixteen ct these have long distance operators. VIRGINIA FIELD WEDS In 15 of the 75 exchanges having HOLLYWOOD. April operatoi tor long distance or local virginia Field and Composer calls, Build said, employes reported Howard Grode were back in Holly- for work.

I he other 60 were affected woocj today following a plane flight Southwestern Telephone left by the strike. to Santa Barbara for a week-end their jobs and supervisors took over Seventy-four per cent of the 161.000 we(Jding ceremony. Attended by Achill telephones in New Orleans are dial tress gigne Hasso and Film Direc- Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, New phones, including all in the business tor Charles Sabin, the British-bom district whine tolls are heaviest. A actress and the musician were married in Santa Barbara's First Congregational church with the Rev. C.

Eugene Sill officiating. continued lack of the vital bituminous But that idea was quickly knocked fucl would be a diWerenl matter. Tile troubled situation in the coal fields sprang from determination not to send his men into mines he branded unsafe. He demanded all but two of the 2,531 soft coal mines be closed until federally inspected. Secretary Krug refused.

That exchange largely halted the orderly process by which the 518 mines the government called unsafe I Mexico, Utah Approximately 7,000 employes of the Mountain States company official said he would lockets were posted about headquarters of the firm in Denver. 450 employes went out in Mobile. Supervisory personnel handled emergency calls. estimated 2.500 workers left their jobs in central Tennessee. Louisville, 2,150 out of 3,000 employes struck.

BIRTHS But President W. F. M.nton of district 28 said his miners would work in ill mines but those among the 518 ordered closed bv Krug. He estimated 40 per cent of 12.000 district miners would remain idle. West Virginia, with 100,000 miners, is the nation's top producer.

Caddy, U. M. W. district 30 president, declared early today, far as I know there will be no miners March 30. The maternal grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. J. T. Landrum. SON BORN TO JEANNE CRAIN HOLLYWOOD, April 7.

A boy, arriving with the Easter sunrise, was born to 21-year-old film Actress Jeanne Crain at the Queen of Angels Hospital. Miss Crain and her husband, Paul Brinkman, Hollywood businessman, had been expecting a girl so they had no name ready immediately for the son, the mother Illinois Tile Coal Mines Admin is- child. The baby weight was 7 fra ti on reported strip mines sched- pounds and 15 ounces. The actress uled to open but added have no and, Brinkman were married Dec. 29.

assurance the men will go back lo M. W. District I dent W. A. Boyle said no miners I would work in Montana until mines are federally ins nix ted.

Tile 25 tand mines employ about 2,500 men. the od largest bituminous state, union I leaders were chary of comment and a typical official said; make I the men go hark to don't know' what, the situation 1 Utah-Wz JVI actin, district 22 president, said only, told the men not to go back to work I in mines which are New mid management spokesmen expected all mines to reopen except two ordered closed I by Krug. The state counts more than 1,000 miners in 37 pits. Telephone and Telegraph struck. the calls affected would be in about the same proportion.

About 125 or 130 employes were out in Greenville. and 50 more in the Greenville group which includes Leland, Rosedale, Shelby and Cleveland. At Gulfport 120 employes, including 85 operators, walked out, and at Biloxi IOO employes struck, 75 operators among them. Hattiesburg, without dial phones, was restricted to emergency calls for both local and long distance service, Chairman C. V.

Maxwell of the Hattiesburg union local said 200 ployes were on strike in the area, I which includes Picayune, Columbia. Poplarville and surrounding territory, i The situation was better in some Louisiana cities. In Baton Rouge and erftH HEADACHE Capudine relieves headache (ast because ifs liquid. Its ingredients are already dissolved ready to begin easing the pain. It also soothes nerve tension due to the pain.

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245 South St. Phone 2325 1, Would President Truman soonei or later seize the telephone industry, as Attorney-General Tom Clark says hr h.us power to do? 2. Would Congress- After hours of valeted preparatory work on a general labor law goaded into swift action that might clamp severe restrictions on unions A full-fledged shutdown in the east appeared inevitable at 6 a.m., barring some eleventh hour compromise which government officials could make stick. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, working in a light green sports jacket and with ins mongrel dog at his side for good luck, kept on the job through the night. 'Ginger had been in on the dramatic settlement of the 1946 telephone crisis just 25 minutes ahead of that deadline, As on "Ult occasion Schwellenbach'? personal efforts were being augmented by Conciliation Edgar Warren, Assistant Secretary of Labor PUBLIC NOTICE Public attention is called to the opening of bids for the sale of drainage and sewerage bonds recently voted by the people of Monroe.

Bids will be opened in public session of the city council in the office at IO Tuesday morning, April 8, 1947. The presence and advice of all interested citizens will be appreciated. H. H. BENOIT, MAYOR W.

I). H. RODRIGl EZ. COMMISSIONER C. R.

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