Mntltersmt Bally Blspatrli
THIRTY-THIRD YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 10Hi l FIVE CENTS COPY
TRUMAN AGAIN URGES CONGRESS TO ACT
" " " " " m w W W -ww w w w w w
Paralyzing Steel Strike On
- I -—-—
750,000 Oil l
In Greatest
U. S. Dispute
I’ill. burgh, u.i... 21.—(Af’l The
• i :;■ ii , .1 '.Ui 111 CIt 1 1 luled Sin’;
\\ .rkci ;• I’ i higher I’h
grc.de.-1 .-’li ike m American nis
U,| - 1<1 led l*1 lay In .Ill
Cl iIl’IlK
'liic -• 111 i.. t.i i t’d < i ‘ •
A.io.it l.k’iu Dial its. i-uiuii.iu
I, mi the i. id' - make vhe
steel t" the shi us which turn it
inti) u.-.lul tilings like railroad
i*»tiIs i >r call openers siiut down
m 111) states.
In IV: > vlvania. which pro
duces one-third of the nation's
stock the strikers in snowy dark
ness and freezing cold set in motion
around the shutdown planks the
slow slow march i ! their picket
lines. I.a es 1 ere also sot up clse
wnere u.ross the country.
Xn one lien i > n -me - h- v
long the march oi tiie pickets to
ueep out of the plants anyone who
might seek 1 ' lake their jobs
would continue.
It was a showdown light between
stool worker, and steel makers.
This country’s hopes for a
i prosperous reconversion were
i voiced critically because so
many American manufai till -
ers use steel and steel pro
duels.
A long drawn "id strike (•■mild
break tile back t ' reonversion.
The steel industry according t" a
steel indu.-trv authority will loo
through tiie strike about $10,000,000
;> day in gross revenue it would have
received on its steel sales if there
bad bem no strike.
$6,517,000 Lost Daily.
The industry's average daily wage
has been estimated at $8.69. At that
rate. 750,000 workers will lose $(>.
517,500 each day they remain idle.
The picketing tarted quietly. Tiie
triker hart had plenty ' time to
get ready for this day. Their wage
negotiations with the steel industry
bad gone in for months and Imally
bad bniken dow n r rtday. de pite the
intcrvi' lien o! the I’res' i":,!. v\
suggested a c mpronhse. The union
iK cepted Mr. Truman’s prop
a wage increase of 18.5 cent.- in hour.
The U. S S i el (’"I'P.. the giant
which is the guiding star for most
of the industry, rein-ted this figui'1
and said il could m I gi ant an in
crease of more than la cn ts an hour.
Murra\ s \'icws
Pittsburgh, .l.i.'. 21 -1 AP i - I’1
idcnt Philip Murray of the CIO
United Steel W r!;cr< declare I t"
dav that the steel -trike will con
tinue “until this industiy acre li
the decision "1 the President id' the
United Stales."
He referred 1" President Truman s
recommendation that the steel work
ers' wt.'ge dispute be settle with an
increase o! 18.a cents ill Icur W'.iaa
was rejected by the U. S. Steel Cor
poration.
Murray said at a press conference.
"If reconversion has been hinder
ed and thousands of people have
been thrown out of work—it dis
aster overtakes our nation—it is not
because the steel workers called a
stiike. It b because industry ha
said ‘no’ to the President of the
United States.”
l.int Futures l p
20 Cents A Bale
New York. Jan. 21.—(API—Cot
ton futures opened five to 20 cents
a bale higher.
Pv. Close Open
March .'• 24.81 24.07
May . 24.84 24.8a
July . 24.50 24. r>2
October . 23.97 24.—
December . 23.93 23.94
March 1946 . 23.84 23.88
None There Either?
Portland. Ore., Jan. 21.—(AP) —
Customers softened their giipc
somewhat as they eaed up betoie
Unit ter counters here at weeks end.
It seemed worth the trouble. Polic:
Officer Harry Ludington reported a
woman telephoned fr mi Tacoma
Wash., asking if police thought shi
would have ;Uy chance buying but
ter if she drove the 160 miles t
Portland.
CARPENTER INQUEST
Gastonia, Jan. 21. —- (API '
coroner’s investigation was continu
ing todav in the death of John O
Carpenter. 69. solicitor of the 14‘b
judicial district for the pt.’st 24 years,
who was found dead at his home
yesterday. , ..
NUREMBERG CHART SHOWS NAZI TERROR CHIEFS
THE INTRICATE NAZI POLICE CHAIN that began with Himmler and included the Security Police system and tha
Gestapo is revealed in an elaborate chart, shown in the above photo, which keeps the Nuremberg courtroom
informed concerning the “Who’s who” ot German terrorists. Prominently displayed is the name of Ernst
Kaltenbrunner, head of the Security Police, who is among those for whom the French have demanded the
death penalty. He is charged with many atrocities in occupied areas. Untcrnational)
UNO Committee Votes To I
Set-Up New Atomic Group
Commission Won’t
Have Any Fower
But To Recommend
I. "don. Jan. Ill ! AI ’) - Ci. it i n
o' ' | *eial con ion to lev I
control tor a'"in .• energy .v.is ;ia
! .. • I tmi sc t>
c ill" lit ■ el the Cnilt I Mali nis As
m"i. >lj i alay aftc; mly 30 min lies
di.'C ISA! 'll.
The action was taken after
Senator Tom < onn.illc (l)-Tex.i.
of the American delegati >n saiil
the commission will not have
power to make any country Rive
up any atomic secrets or lake
any other action. The commis
sion will he able only to make
recommendations, he explained.
Forty-six \oie- \\v;v cast for the
les ii i;: i;: i ;i|i,!!ii'i ill” c.va’.ion "I the
con uis n. Chairman D it Ma
i_
lunisky of the Ukraine delegation
said the action was unanimous.
H iwever ,the di legate from the
Philippines, Tomas C.ibih, abstain
ed after lie had protested ago ins:
what he called an effort "to rail
road" the resolution thro.gh the
committee.
Strike-Depressed
Stocks Fall Back
Now York. Jan. 11 (AIM—Strike
di-.ncssed stocks retreated over
broad front in today's market al
though pressure was not pronounced
and many leaders attracted support
after falling' to more than four
points.
Prominent on the downside were
U. S. Steel. Bethlehem, General
Motors, Chrysler, ..fid American
Telephone.
CHARLEMAGNE CROWN RECOVERED
PRICELESS TREASURES lie spread before members of the U. S. Fine Arts
Division in Vienna as they chock over loot that was hidden by Hitler's
henchmen and recently recovered by American troops — who have
turned up many a rich haul. In the center is the crown of the Holy
Roman Empire, once worn by Charlemagne, and arranged in the col
lection are some of the Austrian crown jewels At left of table are Col.
Theodore S. Paid. Philadelphia; Andrew Ritchie, IWOatft, V. Y., and Lt.
Comdr. Perry been. .V. right is Col U«iMNi. Uaiernational)
War Plants
In japan
Are Seized
Factories Placed
Under Guard By
Allied Command
Tokyo, Jail. I. (AP)- War
plant ■ which eouippciI Japan's 1 >s
mg bid !"!’ roiiqnet were ci/eJ
and placed mdi r guarc I today by
General I) aala M . Arthur who in
dicate d m anv a the factories w mid
go to Allied nations as reparations.
The Allied a.mand took over
;<94 J o me . aircra; t pi; • Is. army
and navy arserals and war labora
tories. Amuirn these were 2C5 air
craft and pans plants, listed by .Al
lied reparation commission as first
pri.irity i he: ail lor removal to
other nation-.
Permits Cancelled.
Ma Ai lour . del cl eaiicellation ol
any picvioti oemiits to !hc desig
, ate I t:ialia* on.- I >r eonvcrsii n 1
peace tune prod tion. unless the in
stallations were imp eciiatelv and ab
solutely essential to civilian econo
my.
Commander raven eutodv o! the
installations were told to consider
the probability that these plants will
i.t. p.kcn . . . a- at ions . cd “con
sequentlv shi Jd iwl be allowed to
acquire imp,a ' .nee.
The directive disclosed that sane
instances the J. panese had removed
machinery from plant- and that
equipment val ted at milions of dol
lar- had been allowed to r on. The
Japanese g<’\c 1 ■ cut was ordered
t. cease removals immediately and
place guards at >und the buildings.
Truman Nominates
Na\ al Aide F or
Top Banking Post
Wb'diington. i.iti. 21. —- (API
President Tr belay n ruinate^
hi- naval aide C’ mdr, -1. lues K
VarAroan. Jr.. be i meni'ht .a
the board of gov ernnrs of the Fed
eral Reserve System for a term e!
14 years beginn tig Janua’ry 1
lie also sent to the Senate th*
nomination of Viet* Adm, Alan Kin.
to be ambassador to Belgium as we!
as minister to Luxembourg.
VIOLENCE FATAL TO
13 IN CAROLINA?
By The Associated Press.
At least 13 deaths attributed t
violence were reported during th<
p'ast week end in the two Carol > a
— nine of them in South Carolina
Traffic accidents led with sever
gun shi • wound' accounted for foui
and drowning* fut two.
Increase In
Production
Is lieporied
Snyder Makes Plea
For Extension Of
Price Control law
nv STt Pl.ING I . (.Ki i \
Washington. Jan !i.—(\Pi
— Horna\ . i sinn Director .Tolm
\ *. Snvder decta red today the
tl rcat n! inti.Hum must In* nu t
1. p:*ii*. eo itruls and ri-ing pro
(1 lie*ti n In I "ad off an "ccono
i.**e * <•::: I Ilarlrir."
Production for civilian use
"heady i- at an annual rale of
S' i*'.ifOO.liO(*,(•;• (1 greater than four
months ago. Snyder said in a
year end report to the Prcsi
d ut end ( ongre s. Hut the time
cannot lie foretold now yy hen
os' * will > (i ne abreast of
the soaring public demand for
: oods, lie added.
Price l.ayy Extension.
Snvrlt a i strongly t ail the
IV co Can!: A:* be extended be
yond ' ■ : nidye r expi \
!:ni date, .-ay.i..a:
"It would he fool hardy not to
re; ogni/e that tin* excess of de
mand over supply throughout
the economic s'stem may eon
tiuu<* far beyond June l!0."
Unempl iya.cn* *.l in * I i:: n„ ,*>■
pressure nav hit tin i:* pe .k siinui
ttmeoltsly *.* .> ! i* raig. Snyder
said, Howe i jo! i - will be
below tor net* e.-!i**i:ite.-. I! now i:
m-nimd ..mu ■ ■ a .red *.\ ah tin*
;i.000.000 n: U,i ,.hi.ii,Hi ^
•gencii ■ I expected
Afore Production Needed.
"’rile haslit t :1 a 'no par!ieiilar
time to i a situatior i
production,’’ 1 ■n a. a i a diree
tor declared.
Labor .-trite delayed the start of
-a'lie important pr ulnctimi lines, lie
said, but high o tpat ul ears, re
frigei atui-s. washing machines d
other din i ids ‘ . I • it havt
• r• t*■ i ache red by this turn , m any
case."
In 71! p igc Hie re; ■ w! ! wee.i -1
Ilia! 19 Hi r ill 11: i1 .g n: 11 le. a* \ a a I
r:. id
Forecast For l!)l(i.
Fi Mid: Amn i • m- ■: ay c 1 ■: i- vr
1 : i'l t i iv • i pur Hit!. den
c<nisiim■ |>:mil 1 is 11 per rent above
‘he pi e- a i it image.
Housing- i ' i r u is or
go" r ' ling vill
bit de i 11id its! be several t i me
grei'.v tiiiin the nett r nistrictmi
supplv I.
Jobs Business cannot ex pa 1
qnTkly on vagli to ibs mb in the near
future the !,ml.mm veterans to be
1 re mi :i • ilex' half-year, along
w ith now’y disc i. vged g ivern i on:
.i:. 1 tt av ol it tv* irkers.
Coal "S ppiy prospect# are fa
Clothing S' a ’ges well persist.
I lei• and I >r e .tt n B'’ ml# \vii! t p
sopply by 2a : , Tip ev vent.
I Tr.idi Alai d 'ole tlie 193!) let...
e' $-!().(ino.limyjotl ill sales, and tli is
lav ex veod Pee 1!) la reei md.
A 'to:, 'iiil'-s The industry ex
pected "'bel'on the .trike"’ to ¥ take
•1 million e..r- ' is year and has laid
the phys . .. ■ ■ ' >v suvh volume.
Topped mly in 193!).
Direct I ami I’at meats.
Ag: icultare T i sai'eg an d farm
income. C'ongri should authorize
I "dirert payment- to tanners where
i ai'ves-.i y" mstea I at the preset it
method of supi ting prices.
Alore food tt ill be at ..liable this
tv ' : a st, a;.' - o • iges w. 1
I pel's:.-: through too early .n >aths at
least on butter. - ig.ir. ork, tanned
I t.ish and the better grades ot bee
! r.nd veal.
Snyder plumped st ingly, ' the
so-called "Fill mi is ivn.en;" oh! c.x
'eo-ion "I the Second War Panels
Act.
I’ule.-s the tv.o' p-'Wers leg .-hit,, m
is prolong! ,t bey ond .1 me 30, he as
serted. the Government will be
.-tripped it I’s .,bility t ■ > bre:in
dustrial 11let ght shortages
md speed c, rnstr el.' in.
An i. he idried pi ies w >
have established I m o! era ns >a
; nising w ill be. .a ,■ mean ngirs- a',
he \ci v time tla y .a , a...-: urgently
needed.’'
Solon Offers New
Plan Which Slight
Speed Discharges
Washing!.. Jan 21. (AIM A
i op.is..I that t'ongi ess use it.- i n -
■y-gi tinting potvei to speed army
e roh11 . .1 ion b< .oi v.l no t ■ id., v.
It e. . . lio- Pep. I )irk.-cn t H -
II) tt h . -aiil in an interview that
: the anr.v iliil ti"t hate enoueli
'..nit t- teeil and lions" troops. ■'
tv. old hat e no alto i dive but 1.
ring them home and discharge
'em."
Accordingly. Dak-on wants ti
ole out ,.rmv tunc.- between now
nil .! ne h.n on a month bv montt
in.-is Pegged oil t! e i umber r. met
iihiduKd to bv released each month
I law air Statehood
Asked In I rumaii
Washington, Jan. ‘M. - < \P
— Immediate congressional ac
tion I«» make Hawaii the l?Mh
state d the I nion was urged
today In President Truman.
In his message to the nation’s
'awirikeim the Chief l.\e< ulive
asked also that Alaska I »• ad
milted as a state as soon as it
i* certain the people there de
sire it.
Mr. Truman said the people
of the Virgin I land> should he
given an increasing measure oi
self-government, and he calls
for legislation to spe *d the t <>
nomic rehabilitation ol the
Philiiipinos.
I lere’s \\ hal
Mr. Truman
Is Seeking
Says Program To
Promote Greater
Output Of Goods
\V - ■ i. ,T,p , ;i i \t>) _
1 ■ ' T um \ C
* 1 ’ ' • hi ’i •. : d>f d :M noin*
i i :d rre ru ended on vari >u - date
•
Tn *idrld:on. he i ■ m.moncle I these
a ldi*i >na 1 measures:
1. K&tonsinn < >r < • - * ■ >■ i • ° * ■ '• iI
aet lie- i;;i1 ■ ye::'.- t'r n n'*>:t .Tun ' 30
3. .M ■ V ♦ * .• Sr-• ."d \V;i
io ty -
i'r (• ‘' * -v r. r 1 l 1• i v ilid d : tie TJ)
pres; <. * >lv ; i'or-!(T ■ i\ months.
3. (’ mt mmit; m of fo.»d sub-:die.
• Juno 30 - •
j that they s!”.> if the cost ol living
t\rn 1 m. • Gi,In'... ocoiO To, .1
Hou -in" \gone\ Sought.
I Legislation creating a perma
nent housing agency.
Hi'T a■ e ihe 2! measure; M:
Tr m n listed -by number.-:
1. A ! c to ::i - fact - fi' r I a ,-j
! ho Hs an artcr powers in labor <1
■ pules.
2. \ I- 'I'- " I " ' ; a cm 111 iv !H!" a '
I' ll .-aca as that p - .-eel by the Sea
3. S piement "a. anempl ’.''a ■ 1 •
io maun benefit
I. A p - a ■ - a F.,ir K upturn
a Hal- 11-' tile ‘ Ilutri'-v I ; .1
a. -g" 1 '■ 40 ' ■ fin ci al an hi i.i".
t i 7a ccipa aft or one vim!'.
to 73 a i a r tw-1 years.
fi. \ ient :ic research agency.
7. A iieallii and pre-p ii 1 med.c t
care p■■ogram.
!>. I'pmeia-.d military ‘i lining.
!• I m rc.1 -ml Feder il s > iarit -
M. President ia! suivcs-ion legis
lation.
II. Unification of the armed serv -
ices.
12 A law to cover do os' ic
and control of atomic energy.
13. Retention ■' Feder..1 enn'r
iiver ('. S, ernpl iv in t se ;e at
least ant ; ,T .no 30. 1017
II Ireased tmemplay ient al
lowances for veterans.
la. Sor; il sac.... ty i .ipT g ’ i n
veteran- for their term .militarv
service.
Id. Extension of crop insurance
17. AiltV'l ty to sc!' s plus -a: -
chant ships and t • chat tei ves
both here .aid abroad,
18. Stock-piling it : teg mat
rials.
1!). Federal airport legi-l.’i om
20. Repeal of the John- ci act bar
tog orivate loans to nations in dr
fan: on tbeii world war 1 debts to
U. S.
21. Development of the Grew
1 .kes St. Lawrence senw :.’y
Sits Slash
In I . S. I)cht
During' ^ car
C.J
11 \ Harold Oliver.
\\ a -iiiia lon. -Ian. 21.—
( A i i i f -blent Harry
Tnimaii asked < '<ingress to
day to l ’ In ■ a: id a - weep
ing program iie said will
pi nmoli■ greater oat put ot
li’\\i i eosi gin.<i> ii higher
paid wopkers.
And he (. a i ioiied ihat
"voice- ol ,' .-i nitv which"
are 11* gimiing to cry aloud
again \ x x inu1 not pre
Nail."
In a 2-">.mill-word docu
ment combining lor the
first tn:. both iaNV-making
and budget recommenda
tions. the Chief Executive
mixed expressions of opti
mism on er busine.-s and job
potentialities with fresh
warnings against inflation
and concern over "major
st rikes."
..n pegged
; i i■ c to. oi;. > e the
VI ■ : i I; 1 r. 1st .1II lv <lt
:gi.Tiii.iii ‘.in.ii - I.:; 17.mm,0(H)
jilioN e aelici .ted iniosn
\ a 1. i-v i. . _ ire 1 reasury’
: . i nati<>iuil
. ■ i i-.l i n- the
■ ■ • • ■ i ’ 7 v, ,,. -. . im an ex
■ . . ! SC 7 i. hi ii 1.1 ii s . am next July to
-27 1.0(in.11:>11 111)0 o .v ! iter.
He .i iie can
uvanet - tax cuts at
1 hi,- ti re.
wage i la ii i/m i n uii.
In ■:.t s' .• ' a Union portion
nn o Mi T: amur lot med
; 1 >t. i: 11 isi: ■! n ":..ir V am stl'UC
■ an ■ T- <1:: fit nltv”
11 !1 a : 1\ i . I and ex
pan•. 'ii. adding:
"In ., . 11:\ i "i 'iai mana
, . ■ ■ 1 _. ■ a■. and the wage
I.d nr <■ : ■ : 'hey de
ij 11 1 economic ts
• ;ie> ■ ■! i n -1 . .a.- ,i i ict
1I. :n . • agement
an rela
■, 1 ■; (" My a indful
"'u' ■ ' i.'ts to a
* n ' i ' r strike—•
j declared:
(.n\ ernmenl ( an Help.
■x I (M'a i ' ;1 a'v nan make
' a 'Mini', agree,
get ..keg a:.'- I - v r• -ndiic/
tin nselves in a av t fi>sler mu
lua! respncl and go. d will.
' Tat- G"-. I'l i'.iia ut 'aii. ; uwever.
ievi mat hinery which,
t1 . ■ - ..'a 11 ' publi opinion.
m nagement tt»
ia n ’a a ti..-amven;ents in a
I mann! . :: ..it n: ..mi reduce the
« id dural >f st rikes.”
Mi. '1 -1 .o.-t industries
..mi i . mnana's 'have adequate
an i> . : ■ -:.n n to grant »u
stantial wage increases.''
Spn..king a... •: 111 the strike situ—
ttm C <■: Kxci iti\• t* asserted:
"\V 'an fra >-w irk I.f the
wage-pi • \ : - a e has beet 'Inf
ana . . - * .in! ' ex pc .ted that
■ Mii- success 'A ill . ontinue it: a vast
a.i ri'.y . l - a- . sn.- arising i the
i months ahead.
I’rogram Is Needed.
"II iwnvnr. n\a-i V"iin who realizes
• >n nxt n - end l'i >r a -Witt and
■ irder v .. n■■ n. n must feel a
deep I '' i-i ub - .1 Mu- number of
- a.- st. .-a • i o\\ .ii progress. 1C
(Co.nlin ad on Page Throe)
$35.tt61MHH),00U midget
Is Given To Congress
r*
Walling ton. Jan. 21.— i AIM—Budget at a glance.
Outgo ' :;.v8i;o.onn.iino
Income S : I .'> I 2,000.000
Deficit s l.;:t7.000.000
Present debt s !78.000,000.000
Debt June 30, 15> 17 >27 1.000.000.000
Reduction (15' drawing on Treasury I5.ii.mcr! s 7.000.000.000
I'm Nidi'll t Tni r.iii pi i Ncut cd
n:tr.toil),mm l-.■ t,"- i i. ,ig • i , ' ’•
j 11 ingress lii..- with hi- ,c;s, 11 a lie ^1 ' ' ' ' '•1 c ‘ i "■ 1 for
| that far l!io first time in 17 yc.,: ' ,Sl ' ''' ''nt h‘vel*
mi increase m the national debt will ■ ' ln.'lat m •• v |• i - res Jill up
take place. pear da' n • ly p.• .verl ill." li - told
Mil’ll'' iv "endilure- mi • w ( 1 -1 ‘‘ • ' 1! ' ' 1 1 ! ' rp~
I p-erm ith ol w r aeei.nnt 1- 1" -' ' ' M 0 rr ' ’ "" '’hgthen
' thri't—I'ittt’ths ..f the bud-jot to,! ' 1 .1 >_'- not the
1 lo C'Mm 1 ed Ihal 1 ,n> Om'ernme it !111 ' ■ ' ’ " ; 1'''
can raise Stj 1.513.00ll,®f)U piy, a: 1 ~
i mot mg the bill fur the li-.al ye..I A !£■■■_■')
beginning July 1. th :s leaving i (i - yy H | IlM B\
; of « 1.347.000.000. ..*
The deficit, howaver will 1..; t-ik- KOI! NOR I’ll ( AROIAN A
en care of, he said, "by a red’let ion Cloudy w it li occasional light
in the very substantial balance rain in east this afternoon Anl
which " ill be in the treasury during lowed by mostly cloudy Tues
' the next tiseal year." In fact th.- dav. Continued rather cold thro
| deb; itsed v ml be pared Iren nth Tuesday beginning to turn
, pr esent $278,000,0011,000 ;y $./1,000,- 1 colder tonight.