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___, \ WEATHER ^ — • ---— _ Served By Leased Wires IHB B B ^BV ■ HHH ■ BBH| tbe 8 Lai Bm| mLH ana ASSOCIATED PRESS cooler Monday beginning over west S 8 8 Lb ■ hI V W ^1 UNITED PRESS and south portions Sunday night. B B B IBI^B IB Bf SB BH With Complete Coverage of 1-- iafriKIB E1®®? ©IITV ©F E>®®®CDe®g AMS) IP|l.|gAgMiag>to _— — — —_ TOP- 19.—no. 16. _46 PAGES TODAY WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1947 PRICE-TEN CENTS SECTION.A Vandenberg Hits Speech By Wallace Urges President To An swer Former Cabinet Member’s Charges ‘SHOCKING THING’ Senators Of Both Parties Assail Ex-Secretary’s Activities WASHINGTON, April 12— Uf) — Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) call ed Henry A. Wallace’s attacks in England on American foreign policy "a shocking thing” and re portedly urged President Truman tonight to answer them personally. A democratic congressional of ficial said Vandenberg has sent word to the .White House calling upon the President to speak out Immediately in answer to Wal lace's latest charge that the Unit id States has embarged on “ruth less imperialism” in the program for Greece and Turkey. Vanden berg himself would neither con firm nor deny it. The congressional official told a ■eported that he, too. intends to impose that the President take tome action on Wallace after Mr. Truman returns tomorrow from risiting his mother in Missouri. There has been discussion in congressional circles of the possi bility that Mr. Truman mignt can cel Wallace’s passport and thus cut short his trip, but democrats j»nd republicans alike counseled Against any such action. : If Mr. Truman speaks out against ■the statements of his former Cabi net member, it would be for the eecond time. When Wallace last fall criticized what he termed the “get-tough-with-Russia” policy of former Secretary of State Byrnes, Mr. Truman issued a statement backing Byrnes and ousted Wal lace as Secretary of Commerce. Vandenberg was described by colleagues who attended a con ference of republican senators as “seething” with indignation that Wallace had been permitted to make open attacks abroad on the Greek-Turkey program without any ■White House answ’er. Other Senators of both parties also assailed Wallace's activities tverseas. “I don't know what he is up to. laid Senator Fulbright (D-Ark). “H:« speech sounded just as though it had been written in the Krem [ltn.’ , WALLACE ATTACKS AID PLANS ANEW U. S. Directed Along Road Of ‘Ruthless Imperi alism,’ He Says Bv The Associated Press MANCHESTER, England, April 12. Henry A. Wallace renewed a hashing attack today on Presi dent Truman’s proposal to aid Turkey and Greece, declaring it »as a committment “to rush to the aid of every dictator who hoisted t h e anti-communist skull and bones.” The United States, the former vice-president charged, was being directed along a road of “ruthless imperialism" reaching from Chi sa to the eastern Mediterranean and from pole to pole. (Senator Vandenberg (R - Mich) told a news conference in Wash ington he thought it was “a shock ing thing when an American citi zen goes abroad to organize the (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) County May Appoint New Sheriff Tomorrow The New Hanover County- Board of Commissioners will probably be faced with the task of selecting a successor to the late Sheriff C. David Jones at tomorrow’s meet ing. it was indicated last night. -Mentioned as a possible succes sor is Mrs. Jones, who courthouse auaches sa; could be given the Job- with a chief deputy being named to assist with the position. Receiving top ranking among a Poll taken of sources close to the board last night was Porter Davis, county patrolman. Some attaches of the county building were giving Davis the nod over both Mrs. Jones 3 1 M. B. Register, chief deputy, * > has been mentioned. T> me meantime the position is ocm.g filled in an acting capacity bs Coroner Gordon Doran. The Weather 'Eastern Standard Time) 'By l. s. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ceding 7;3o prn. yesterday. TEMPERATURES . 7:30 a.m. 70; 7:30 a.m. 69; 1:30 p.m. 73; 7:3f> P.m. 71. Maximum 76; Minimum 67; Mean 72; formal 61. . HUMIDITY . JjwO a.m. 88; 7:30 a.m. 91; 1:30 p.m. 79; 4 30 Pm. 81. T PRECIPITATION *tai for 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m. — Bj* inches. i,u!al since the first of the month — 18 inches. TIDES FOR TODAY £ ^'Tn^ the Tide Tables published by h Coast and Geodetic Survey), y High Low ■;i*gton _ 3:18 a.m. 10:48 a.m. i. 3:45 p.m. 10:59 p.m. Ono°ro Inlet 12:58 a.m. 7:31 a.m. c- 1:18 p.m. 7:29 p.m. j. ,. Sf 5:43; Sunset 6:42. Moonrise a.m.; Moonset 11:18 a.m. • rn VPJ sta8e at Fayetteville, N. C. at 8 >»uird»|r, UU> ieet. TRUMAN SEEN AS ’48 CHOICE CHAPEL HILL, April 12 — —(/P)—President Harry Truman is the “very likely choice’’ for the democratic presidential nominee in 1948 and a demo cratic victory depends on an “expected record turn-out of voters,’’ Mrs. Charles W. Til lett of Charlotte, vice-chairman of the national democratic com mitee, said in an address here. Mrs. Tillett, who spoke in Graham Memorial under the auspices of the University’s Y. W. C. A., said “democratic strength is shown when there is a sizeable vote. We are now working toward having 60,000, 000 voters registered for the 1948 election. The static, more conservative vote, which is al ready registered, accounted for the republican victory last fall, along with a general apathy on the part of all voters. Many po tential democratic votes lie in the unregistered voters.” Speaking on “women in poli tics,” Mrs. Tillett emphasized that “the smartest politicians now realize that at least 50 per cent of the voting strength rests with the women. SOUTH EAST LINE TOH J SERVICE Teague Announces Plans; Wilmington Headquar ters Awaits Orders The Wilmington headquarters for South East airlines last night re ported no official orders from the firm’s Charlotte executive offices had been received here concerning the airline’s plans to halt all North Carolina operations. According to an Associated Press dispatch, W. C. Teague, president of South East, has announced Tuesday will be the last day his company will serve North Carolina’ following a Civil Aeronautics Board denial for applications to fly mail, passengers and cargo on an east west route. The report said Teague would file formal protest against the CAB ruling that approved the routes for Piedmont Aviation of Winston-Salem. Teague’s declara tion was echoed by H. K. Gilbert, Jr., head of State Airlines, which also sought the certification which would have established Wilming ton as terminal headquarters. In ; gaining the CAB ruling, Piedmont airlines has indicated it would make Wilmington a main base for operations. At Bluethenthal field recently, in a joint meeting between Jesse Parker, former manager of the f'eld, and two members of the New Hanover county commission ers, it was disclosed that South East airlines had operated during he past year at a steady loss financially. The company, at this time, was seeking a decision from CAB to stablish routes from Cincinnatti 1o Wilmington, and Norfolk. HUGE SEAS EXPECTED HONOLULU, April 12— (JP) — Authorities at Fort Shatter warn ed Honolulu police today that huge Sea swells up to 18 feet in height vere expected to strike all north ern shores of the Hawaiian islands late today and tomorrow. Southern Bell Workers Are Returning To Jobs As the telephone strike which has gripped the nation neared the end of its first week, more and more Southern Bell Telephone company employes were returning to work, i and more than 50 per cent of the total employes were on duty 0. G. Bain, Wilmington manager, said last night. PHO E PAYROLL •CORDS CITED Manager Says Wages Com pare Favorably With Other Local Employes Specific cases from 1946 payroll records were cited by O. G. Bain, Manager of the Southern Bell tele phone company, last night to .sup port the'company’s assertion that its employes are paid wages that compare favorably with the pay of other employes in Wilmington per forming work requiring similar skill and equivalent training. Bain said that the wages of telephone employes had been in creased 75 per cent since January, 1941, and that their annual pay was increased 26 million dollars in 1945 and 1946 alone. “These are increases in wage rates and are in addition to mil ions of dallars in regularly sche duled “merit” raises given our employes,” Bain said. “This is an important point to remember in in any discussion of telephone wages. These regular raises have been an advantage to telephone employes for many years. Many of our employes here in Wilming ton received wage increases as often as every thrpe months. Other received increases every six months or every year.” Bain cited several typical ex amples of the pay employes in Wilmington received in 1946, taken from the company’s reports to the Income Tax Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. His statement follows: “Operator “X” who has been with the company 17 months, re ceived last year wages totaling 1,741.65, or an- average of $33. | (Continued on Tagc Two; Col. 7) In a number or localities, many of those employes who have been absent have returned to their work at the switchboards and to other essential assignments. Tne num ber of people at work has been increasing every day since last Monday, more than half of the company’s exchanges are not af fected by the strike. By virtue of the experience gained at the switchboards and at other assignments earlier in the week, the management anil other personnel are now handling emer service “at the highest peak of efficiency attained since the strike began.” Operations in the switchboard rooms designed at keeping emer gency calls moving have been go ing more smoothly every day. Equipment and maintenance -work also continues to be handled ef fectively by the available person nel, company officials said. As the week-end approached, good local service was being provided to more than 75 per cent of the company’s telephones throughout it® territory. Company representatives ex pressed appreciation for the pub lic’s cooperation in heeding the re quest to limit calls to emergency ■needs, saying that this cooperation has contributed greatly to the prompt handling of calls affecting public health, safety and welfare. They also expressed appreciation for the work of the many thou sands of employees who have stayed on the job to keep the vital calls moving and perform other essential work. In Atlanta, General Headquar ters for Southern Bell, bargaining was continuing. The company repeated its an nouncement that it stood ready to arbitrate the wage Issue which is among the principal points of dis agreement, on the basis of com paring wages paid locally for work requiring comparable skil’ and equivalent training. If thf union would accept this offer, tnc strike could be brought to an end immediately, officials sard. LABOR BILL PASSAGE LOOMS IN HOUSE AS AUTO WORKERS FILE STRIKE PLANS; NFTW APPEAL TO PRESIDENT IMMINENT -• *_ Union Offer Is Rejected Negotiations At Virt*. Standstill With 335,000 Workers Out WASHINGTON, April 12—(IP)— A union appeal to President Tru man to seize the strike-bound Bell telephone system was imminent to night as the company’s official rejection of industy-wide negotia tions was announced. Secretary of Labor Schwellen bach formally reported the re jection of the union proposal. He wrote Joseph A. Beirne, president of the National Federation of Telephone Workers, that the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. could ‘‘see no benefit to be derived” from it. The NFTW, reporting 335,000 workers idle throughout the coun try as the strike passed its sixth day, had promised to ‘‘carry our complete story” to Mr. Truman if its industry-wide bargaining pro posal failed. Beirne had asked Schwellen bach to arrange industry-wide bargaining between NFTW and A. T. & T. He contended that separate sets of negotiations be tween NFTW-affiliated unions and A. T. & T. affiliates in the Bell system had bogged down. Schwellenbach’s reply that A. T. & T. could ‘‘see no benefit to be derived from the meeting” was a reiteration of known company policy. The A. T. & T. has said (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) CANCER DRIVE OPENS MONDAY The Rev. Glover Will Speak At Kickoff Meeting In Clubhouse The kick-off meeting for work ers in the New Hanover county cancer funds campaign is sched uled for 10 a.m. tomorrow at the North Carolina Sorosis clubhouse, 116 N. Third street. TV^rs. N. L. Foy, chairman of the general campaign, sponsored annually by the Sorosis club, said that a special appeal to all elect ed workers and all club members in the campaign, has been made. Featured speaker at tomorrow morning’s meeting will be the Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector of St. James Episcopal church who will explain the cause of the drive (Continued on Page Two; Col. 1) In Twister’s Wake, Higgins, Tex., Is Only Half A Town ■■ ■ _ Where these people stand in the midst of storm’s rubble was the main business section of the town of Higgins, Tex After the tornado cut its relentless way through the panhandle, half the town was levelled and in ruins, 25 persons were known dead. LEWIS SIGNALS TO OPEN MINES UMW Boss Authorizes Dis trict Presidents To Re open ‘Safe’ Pits WASHINGTON, April 12 — (fP) —Jphn L. Lewis, in a sudden change of course, today authorized his United Mine Workers district presidents to re-open coal mines immediately “where there is reas onable ground to believe” they are safe. Only last Tuesday, Lewis had decreed a policy of working only at mines formally certified as safe after inspection — a time consuming procedure. Government officials said they expect coal mining to be almost back to normal Monday as the result of Lewis’ change of tac tics. Word of the new Lewis order came from the field, at Greens burg. Pa., Frank Hughes, presi dent of the AFL-UMW district there, said that he had received a telegram from Lewis contaiiiing the order. Hughes quoted the message to district presidents as saying: “In order to avoid undue loss of coal production the president of each district is authorized to grant permission for the immediate re (Continued on Page Two; Col. T) WLI Beach Club Backs Register For Sheriff Members of the Wilmington Light Infantry Beach club last night unanimously endorsed Mar vin B. Register, present chief de puty sheriff, for the unexpired term of the late C. David Jones, as sheriff of New Hanover county. The motion was made support ing Register at the annual meeting of the club held in the Beach Club at Wrightsville Beach at 8 o’clock, by R. O. Grant, and seconded by Harris Haskett. Officers of the club are: Elridge Cox, president; J. E. Saint-Amand, vice-president; and L. S. Everett, secretary-treasurer. Members of the House commit tee are: G. W. F. Tinken, J. M. Crute, and E. N. Shepard. Governor Lauds Work Of General Assembly RALEIGH, April 12.— (AP)—Personnel and working staff of the 1947 General Assembly were praised for their work, character, ability and patriotic efforts by Governor Cherry tonight in a radio address over the North Carolina radio network. The talk emanated here from Radio Sta tion WPTF. * In reviewing 1 e gislation passed by the assembly, the governor pointed out that an all-time record appropriations bill of $192,000,000 for the next biennium “is in bal ance with the expected revenues estimated according to t h c best budgetary practices presently known.” He said that the anticipated gen eral fund collections for the fiscal year ending June 30, should reach another all-time high due to the abnormal increase in the collec tions of income tax. The income collections during this year, he said, should reach $52,000,000 this, he pointed out, is a $14,000, 000-gain over collections last year. The legislature reduced the cor porate franchise' taxes from $1.75 to $1.50, he said, to be “more in Mne with that of our neighboring states in the post-war competitive bidding for relocating industry.” He also cited insurance changes -hich will favor local insurance "ompanies, and continue to yield some revenue increases. The governor said that the ap propriation of $127,038,334 for the next biennium, earmarked for public schools, represents the ‘most comprehensive job” of any “state in the American nation.” This, he pointed out represents 70 per cent of the general fund budget. The legislature, he recalled, ap propriated an emergency bonus for teachers and other state em ployes a g gregating about $8,000, 000. The bonus for the teachers ranged from $144 to $258 depend ing On the salary bracket of the teacher. The legislature also ap proved a measure by which tlffe state will pay in excess of $5, 000,000 into the retirement system to help stabilize the security of the prefession and offer a larger return upon retirement. “It appears certain to me that the State Board of Education will be able to prepare a schedule cf sa'aries for the teaching person nel of our public schools which will approximate a 30 per cent in 'crease,” he said. Memorial Services Held For Roosevelt HYDE PARK, N. Y., April 12.— (AP)— In the setting Franklin D. Roosevelt “held dearest”—the words are Presi dent Truman’s—the late President received today the tri bute of many of those he so often addressed simply as “my -—'* friends.” NEW RADIO SERIES WILL BEGIN TODAY The initial program in a series of radio broadcasts presented by the Star and the News on the Sunday Star-Newsreel over WMFD at 1:30 p. m. today will feature, “This is Southeastern North Carolina and These Our People.” The programs, written and directed by Ben McDonald, round - the - town-reporter, will feature people and Interesting landmarks to be found m the counties of Southeastern North Carolina, 7,804 REGISTER FOR CITY VOTING Total Shows Slight Increase Over General Election Registration A total of 7,804 Wilmingtonians have registered for the forth coming April elections for City Council, Robert Strange, deputy registrar, reported last night. The figures exceed that of last November’s general election, when 7,515 persons cast their votes. Broken down the registra tion was totalled: In the first ward the total was 431; second ward, first precinct, 416 second ward, second precinct, 493; third ward, first, precinct, 406; third ward, second precinct, 555; fourth ward, 660; fifth ward, first precinct, 640; fifth and sec ond precincts, 860; sixth ward, 851; seventh ward, first precinct, 531; seventh ward, second pre cinct, 675, eighth ward, first pre cinct, 325, eighth ward, second precinct, 956. Officials of the National Park Service, which now administers the Rocsevelt estate as an histori cal site, said 3,500 persons visited the grounds in connection with ceremonies memorializing the second anniversary of Mr, Roose velt’s death. The crowd trooped through the ancestral stone and stucco man sion, . across the spacious lawns and to the rose-gardened grave site near the house. About 700 remained for a 15 minute memorial radio program carried by three networks, in which President Truman partici pated from Kansas City. A morning threat of rain cleared away and the day was warm and sunny when the outdoor program was held. Speaking to the nation as well as the assemblage here by radio (NBC, ABS, MBS), Mr. Truman said that uppermost in his mind in remembering his predecessor was “that he brought hope and courage to respairing hearts when (Continued on Page Two; Col. 5) TRUMAN VISITS MISSOURI HOME Troubled President Finds Respite In Visit With His Mother GRANDVIEW, Mo., April 12—OT —A troubled president found re spite from domestic and interna tional crises today—the second an niversary of his succession to the presidency—in a visit with his mother and the friends of his boy hood. His only official observance of the anniversary was a three-min ute radio tribute to the man he succeeded. He blew in from Washington in his special plane “The Sacred Cow,” landing at the Grandview airport at 12:08 p. m. (CST), after a five-hour flight from Washing ton. His daughter, Margaret, here to attend the wedding of a girl friend at home town Independence, was at the airport to meet him, as were his brother, J. Vivian Truman, U. S. Marshal Fred Canfield, Major and Mrs. T. J. Strickler (Mrs. Strickler is Margaret's voice coach) and the Wallaces, members of Mrs. Truman’s family. His health, he said, is every bit as good as when he took over the presidency two years ago today up (Continued On Page Two Col. 7) Earliest Legal Code Is Reported Uncovered ' PHILADELPHIA, pril 12. — (ff>)— Two members of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania musem st taff have uncovered sections 'of tie earliest legal code known to “ian— believed to precede the ‘eye-for-an-eye” code of Hammur ble of 150 years. The new code was found by Dr. Samuel N. Kramer and Dr. Fran cis Steele on four fraguments of a clay tablet while catalouguing material brought back by an ex pedition to Southern Mesopotamia nearly 50 years ago. Penn., archeologists said the code — written by the Babylonian King Lipit-Ishtar — apparently served as aprototype for the Ham murabi cod* previously believed I the world’s oldest known written | by-laws. Inscribed on a stone monument the Hammurabi code was found in modern Persia and is now at the Louvre in Paris. The codes differ only slightly in particulars, the Penn., Museum men said. As an example the Lipit-Ishtar version, as translated here prescribes: “If a man fells a tree in (an other) man garden, he shall pay one half mina of silver.’’ The Hammurabi code adds a qualification: “If a man cuts down a tree in (another) man’s garden, without the permission of the owner of the garden, he shall pay one half mina of silver.’’ FIRST TORNADO VICTIMS BURIED Tent City Erected For Homeless As Towns Be gin To Bury Dead (See Pictures On Page Two) WOODWARD, Oka., April 12.—(TP) —Tornado-ravaged Woodward to day buried the first of its 84 dead as cold weather, rain and sleet added to the misery of this stricken city. The first two victims of last Wednesday night’s tornado to be buried were brothers, Roy Lee Harper, 4, and H. C. Harper, two months old, sons of Mr. and Mrs, H. C. Harper. A small group of relatives stood in the rain while simple services were conducted by Brig. Edward Laity of' the Salvation Army. A dozen other victims were buri ed later today after a call went out for voluntary grave diggers to help with the funeral preparations. Funeral arrangements also were being made at Gage, Okla., where three were killed; Higgins, Texas, where there were 39 dead, and Glazier, Texas, where 14 died as the toranda raced through the Texas-Oklahoma panhandle. (Continued on Page Two; Col. 6) Reynolds Begins Flight, Hopes To Set New Record NEW YORK, April 12. _(AP)— Frederick Lamb, flight director, announced that the “Reynolds Bombshell,” carrying pen manufacturer Milton Reynolds, and a crew of two arrived at Gander, Nfld., at 8:11 p. m. (EST) tonight, three hours after leaving La Guardia field on a projected -* round-the-world trip. JUDGE CONVICTED IN DRUNK CHARGE KINSTON, April 12.—W—Re corder’s Court Judge Joe Dawson of Kinston was convicted today of manslaughter in the October 13 highway death of a Trenton ser vice man and was sentenced to three to five years imprisonment. Counsel for the 58-year-old judge gave notice of appeal from the verdict - returned by a jury empaneled from nearby Duplin county, Judge Q. K. Nimocks, who passed sentence, gave the defense 90 days in which to perfect its motion. Dawson’s conviction climaxed the five-day trial in which the state sought to prove the recorder was drunk at the time his automo bile and one occupied by Robert Bruce Johnson, naval petty officer, were in collision, resulting in fatal injuries to the service man and injuries tq his wife. Lamb said he received word of the plane’s arrival frpm the field manager at Gander. The plane originally was sched uled to land at Goose Bay, Labra dor., for its first stop but went on to Gander because of bad weather at the Labrador Field, Lamb said. The Chicago industrialist hoped to complete the flight in 55 hour*. For a new unofficial record. Howard Hughes set the present unofficial record of 91 hours, and 14 minutes in 1938. Reynolds and a crew of two took off in a twin-engine converted A-26 attack bomber. They planned their first stop at Goose Bay, Labra dor. Crew’ members were Capt. Wil liam Odom, of Roslyn, N. Y., pilot, and T. C. Gallee of Dallas. Tex., flight engineer. Reynolds will be navigator. The takeoff ended a long serie* of delays and mechanical diffi culties that had postponed th* flight for a week. Originally the plane was sched uled to leave at 12:01 a.m. (EST) last Saturday. But on the day before New York City officials denied the 52-year old aviation T enthusiast permission to use La J Guardia Field because of an ex cessive gas load. Reynolds then secured permis sion from New'ark, N. J.. officials to leave from Newark airport but recurrent mechanical difficulties kept him on the ground. Last night, Frederick Lamb, trip director, announced that La Guardia officials reversed their earlier decision and granted Rey nolds use of the field when he scheduled the stop at Labrador, thereby reducing the fuel load. Originally he had scheduled the first stop at Paris. KING CHRISTIAN WORSE COPENHAGEN. April 12.—(jP)~ The condition of King Christian, who suffered a heart attack Uat Sunday, was worst tonight, It VU learned authoritatively. His t*m iperature has risen to 100.76 degrfer llahrenheit. r Labor Group Okehs Action Senate GOP Conference Votes To Consolidate Labor Proposals By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, April 12—Con gressmen today pushed along la bor legislation bitterly opposed by unions as the threat of an auto strike was added to the cross-coun try telephone walkout. There were these developments: 1. The House Labor committee approved, 18 to 4, a bill which would outlaw the closed shop, curb bargaining by unions with an en tire industry, and impose other re strictions. It goes to the floor Tues day and House passage by Friday seems sure. 2. The Senate Republican confer ence voted 21 to 7 to lump all la bor proposals into one bill, putting it up to President Truman whether to accept them all or veto them all. 3. CIO leaders gathered to fight the legislation. The CIO News said that it would “have a devastating effect on every union in the na tion.” 4. Walter P. Reuther, president of the CIO United Auto Workers, announced that a 30-day strike no tice has' been filed in behalf of 75,000 workers in the Chrysler Auto mobile corporation. Prior to the fil ing. the union-management con tract had been extended three times to run until April 25. o. me nationwide telephone strike continued and a union ap peal to President Truman to seize the far-flung bell system seemed likely. Union leaders said the num ber on strike had grown to 335,000 today, the sixth of the walkout. The American Telephone & Tele graph company rejected a union proposal for bargaining on an in dustry-wide basis. 6. Senator Wiley tR.-Wis.l • re ported that a joint Senate-House committee i t “near agreement” on legislation to outlaw portal-to-por tal pay suits. The group is adjust ing senate and house versions of this legislation. 7. John L. Lewis came up with n sudden change of tactics with re gard to coal mines closed as “un safe.” He authorized union district presidents to open them immedi ately at their discretion. Only four days ago he laid down a policy of permitting work only after closed mines had gone through inspection, which takes time. At both ends of the capital, many democrats are lining up with re publicans behind labor legislation. (Continued on Page Two; Col. »j
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