Big Spring Daily Herald (Newspaper) - August 30, 1951, Big Spring, Texas Partly Cloudy AP WIRE SERVICE BIG SPRING DAILY HERALD BIG SPRING TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 30 1951 PRICE 5 CENTS Farm Labor Conferees the Farm Conference hert today left to right J H Greene Bia Sorina West Texas Chamber B Cald Tom Sutherland Austin of Texas Council on Human j S Mexican consul t and W B McFarland U S E S MEXICAN CONSUL SPEAKS Farm ot West Farm Leaders Appeal For A Cooperative Spirit On Labor today asked for un and a spirit of coopera tion In meeting the farm labor problems of the area Meeting at the Settles hotel In a conference sponsored by the West Texas Cotlon Ginners Association Bureau and the local cham ber of commerce representatives examined problems arising out of employment of Mexican nationals te labor shortages MG Calderon San Antonio Mex ican at large declar ed that the attack on the local level had contributed to changed attitudes and better understanding I think we are on the right track he said I hope that no rases Jo go to Washington but that we can reach quick agree ment and disposition on vision came explanations of high lights in the contracts for Mexi can nationals Initial charges were increased from to per worker be cause the surplus of Mexican labor exists in the Interior and not along the border ss first supposed he said Mexican nationals cannot be used by about 50 representatives Outside of How ard Martin county sent the larg est George Lo gan agricultural depart ment director and James Melton assistant manager presid ed Kelleys greetings were respond ed to by Mayor G W At noon P D Riley Fort Worth The only time you can get Mexican nationals is when you have proven that domestic labor will not be available McFarland said One point In Texas actually had and hour division spoke on rulings regarding employment of school age children Thomas S Suther land Austin executive director of the Texas Council on Human Re lations addressed the luncheon me domestics on the breadline and meeting Ralph Proctor Howard Mexican national in the field he county farm bureau president a recited Now when domestic labor representative from the TEC farm is available Mexican national con tracts may in accord ance with requirements and the workers moved He cited changed attitudes generally speaking is the part of employers A score of through acU of God such as major years ago he said farmers would calamities He cautioned producers anything without reading ordering twice as many In order to secure sorely needed Mexican labor Not knowing what the contract involved resulted in frequent misunderstandings Now farmers make an honest effort to understand what Is involved and complaints arc decreasing Senor Calderon believed that des ignation of representatives by the Mexican nationals was a forward step in improving relations He their duty as well as their rights workers as needed in order to fin ish twice as soon In such cases the producer may find that he is liable for threefourths of the con tract agreement Transfers of work ers can be effected only in agree ments handled through the USES and Mexican Contracts may be made from six six months McFar explained Prevailing wages be and these may vary from week to week If the labor division in Austin and panel discussion and questions were on tap for the afternoon Copper Strike Plans Kept A Secret By HST WSB Hos Not Yet Made Any Report President Says WASHINGTON Aug 30 President Truman de today to indicate what plans the government may have for dealing with the cop per strike Mr Truman said the Wage Sta Board had not yet report ed He said he couldnt comment un til he knows whats in the boards report Some government action soon was generally since the Office of Defense Mobilization has said the strike is a serious threat to the mobilization program The board apparently found little hope of breaking the deadlock which has halted most of the na tions production of copper a cally short defense material A spokesman said the board will report to Mr Truman early today on the negotiations he asked it to take over on Tuesday It held a 90 minute hearing Wednesday and discussed the case again day night A possible nest step would be for the President to appoint a board of inquiry to report to him on the facts in the case but such a board would have no authority to propose an actual peace settle ment The strike could continue while the board investigates And Attorney General McGrath would have to wait until the board reported before he could seek a court injunction to end the walkout under the Act However if the President shouM feel there is little hope of settle ment and the walkout is creating a national emergency he could by pass court action and order gov seizure of the mines and smelters The strike has already cut off 95 per cent of the copper production and dealt blows to the output of sulphuric acid a key ingredient in the refining at Todays News TODAY TWENTYTWO PAGES TODAY Peiping Asserts Allies Fly Over Kaesong Daily DANIELS CAN GUESS ABOUT 7952 BUT IT IS NOT TRUMANS VIEW WASHINGTON Aug 30 ff President Truman said today Jonathan Daniels didnt consult him before predicting Mr Truman will seek reelection and win But the President again refused to disclose his 1952 inten tions The President was told that Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer had sensed that he would run and ventured his own opinion that Mr Truman would get a minimum of 419 electoral votes rePlied that any American citizen is entitled to his opinion He said he is not expressing his He said Daniels didnt consult him But then he added His guess is as good as anybodys waitd to know if President thought Daniels article published in a magazine was based on instinct as Mr Truman had described a previous article by Daniels Daniels is a close friend and Democratic National committeeman The President said yes it was the same kind of case exactly Foreign Aid Cuts A Pity and lead and zinc WASHINGTON Aug 30 President Truman described today as a pity and misplaced economy the Congressional cuts in funds for the foreign aid program The President said he would continue to do all he could to re store the cuts but he conceded that it looks rather hopeless now He said it was a very serious situation And he adde that its a pity to overturn the whole ap aviation and high test gasoline inthe interest of ed economy just at a time when Some Prices May Go Up Even If Law Is Changed By G MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON Aug 30 tB Price Stabilizer Michael V said today some prices may go up even if Congress changes the eco nomic controls law as President num wees 10 week If the and them if they arc willing prevailing wage goes up then requests work and do the right thing employer is responsible to meet HO the Senate Banking Corn before we will let them go out it for the period involved Records of the three pro f Ui T be brought about in agreement be tween the governments of the Unit ed States and Mexico on the basis to the proper authorities represen of the USES ami Mexican consular service Producers service of demonstration that employers should notify ihc USES 10 davs Mexican nationals carry time for terminal the current contracts in the spirit of contract so that records and Trans he indicated Senor may be examined Calderon emphasized that after all the agreements were between gov rather than between in Transportation one of the ut spots may be by common carrier H by truck fixed scats must be provided with other essential corn visions which Mr Truman has bit terly denounced would give the Of fice of Price Stabilization a work able program DiSalle and Mobilization Chief Charles E Wilson were witnesses in the administrations driv for repeal of the provisions These control law but it will give us an act under which we can move for ward with a sound and workable stabilization program He said a key point Is restora tion of the right to set ing quotas in livestock Without quotas he said it will be impossible to control meat prices and that black markets would brf almost inevitable It may well be that the issue presented to Congress is whether we shall have meet price controls or whether we shall not The other two provisions Mr Tru 1 FU make possible price boosts for man wants repealed and which manufacturers and dealers and ban livestock slaughter quotas DiSalle criticized today aHow a seller to pass on to the consumer how cooperation he m up to be understanding and that we will I sanitation j us pie return to their country and ers should be through their homes happy He analyzed the new contracts differing from others principal ly In requirements on wage and transportation protection insur iw iu me warned of mounting all cost increases between the start t me i and to of the Korean War and 23 1951 and a Price wholesalers ana retailers the same ho could j percentage of profit they earned guarantee j before Korea y of prices for The OPS chief said the o uu tnn vn i i vii en representatives but sections provision the consumer in a and can be filed on specific individuals for cause But an absolute holding of the price line may not be possible he an frr compli when he pointed out that the latter means for quick against doj T Lamesa Some cost of McFarland bound to occur increases 11 From W B squeeze and would force prices up was indicative to Mexican The first would be almost im possible to handle because there are not enough accounts to check up on all the figures required Heat Likely To Remain For While r r J that they might expect McFarland the same sort of treatment Our county was on and off the black list of within the period of two weeks she recall ed Being on the black list can be a perilous thing for an tural county Although she not be sure of the specific incidents which oc the blacklisting and its lifting Mrs McCall said that the 8 The The heat is still with us in case you havent noticed The weather to r development fixed a stigma which was not easy to overcome Aid of the Mexican consul at was enlisted promptly for providing American industry with ceilings calculated in this Wilson said that new and se rious problems of shortage tnd inflation lie ahead Any formula which results tn prices higher than the fair and equitable prices required by the original defense production act is necessarily inflationary Wil son cold the committee He added In my opinion we must do our best to hold the existing price and wage line To do this we need the strong est and most effective law you can give us pressure will contin ue to mount Wilson predicted as more of the national production is channeled into defense By the end of this year 15 per cent of out put will go into national security and by next year 20 per cent he estimated In some items half of output will be taken mili tary The success of our production program is largely dependent upon effective stabilization Wilson went on Inflation would stimulate the production of nonessential goods It would increase the cost of the defense program The of the dollar would be impaired and the incentive for hard work removed Commissioners Seek Course To Meet Courthouse Deadline County commissioners this Then It has up to 30 days he nd Lai Ject ing were attempting to chart a course that would enable them to meet a major deadline on a pro posed courthouse construction pro 107 hoi spots were at ittc 111 Llano 106 at 105 at Cor sicana 101 at Dallas and 100 at Spring El Pasos 64 was lowest reported in the state this morning On the Gulf high was 92 and Houstons 97 It reached 102 at Laredo but dropped to 76 in the morning hours Corpus Chris Us temperature ranged from 96 to 78 high was 32 and low 76 In the Panhandle high was The low in Dallas it Fort Worth 81 to accept the bonds or reject them and leave them for private concerns But the board of educa lion is not allowed to bid less than two and a half percent So if a hid of less than two and of farmers and merchants irg dealings with farm workers More important a human relations council was established by the may or and county judge to promote understanding nnd break down bar riors of In introducing Senor Calderon Frank Kelley Colorado City praised him as an outstanding gentleman who al though he speaks primarily from one side understands tho roughly that this is a twoway prob lem The conference of ta Production Authority permit If possible they hope to discussed this morning market bonds and Id would place approximately half tion contracts before the permit j of the issue on the market al once I with maturity The remain One of the chief problems at longer maturity schedules marketing the bonds but i would not be marketed act commissioners hoped that a solu lion would be found before they ended todays conference with rep resenlativcs of financial concerns The problem is this The Stale needed It was suggested that a rate ot less than two and a half percent would he more likely en half of the issue at shorter That n r nv mat Hoaro of Education gets a chance would eliminate the board of edu at bonds issued by the awl allow the bonds to Be of me ly and at the same M would ve interest on Se month and possibly not until remainder the bonds which would not be issued until they were needed That plan had been only briefly by noon however The discussions were to be resumed this afternoon the economy of Europe is begin ning to near the point of recovery He said it wasnt economy to do what advocates of the cuts are doing now In the Senate senators showed more concern today over who should direct foreign aid spending rather than over how much should be spent Senator H Alexander Smith said he would propose form of single control the purse strings on the 535750000 B in the aid be ing discussed by the Senate Senator McMahon pre such a move wilt be de He was by Senators and Sparkman The House voted for single ad ministrator when it approved million less than the Senate fig ure This was viewed generally as a slap at Secretary of State Ache son Chairman Taft ROhio of the Senate GOP Policy Committee said today he would support lie Smith move even though it was rejected by the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Committees when they sent the to the Sen ate Senator Kefauver in a separate interview said he also favored a single administrator I think the plan now before the Senate could be confusion com pounded Kefauver said It in vites disputes instead of nation The two Senate committees agreed to give the Secretary of De fense primary authority over mil aid which accounts for 56013000000 B of the funds The Economic Cooperation Ad ministration due to expire next June 30 would retain control of most of the 51522750000 of ec aid The State Department would receive continuing authority over the socalled Point Four Program of technical assistance to undeveloped areas of the world Finally the two Senate commit tees proposed setting up in the of fice of the President an overall coordinator a single official of a board to decide any disputes between the various foreign aid agencies Air Force Airport Building By October First The Army Corps ot Engineers has requested that buildings at the airport be made available to the Air Force by October 1 City Manager H W Whitney re a letter with the request City commission will discussed be to request The city owns seven buildings at j the airport which are now leased itys permit was granted on July 11 It requires that actual construc tion work begin on the project within 120 days from that date The county was not granted au to market the bonds how ever until Aug 24 when the pro ject was approved by s credit restraint committee in Dallas County officials think that an extension of the NPA permit might bo obtained since the bond ap proval was delayed However com missioners said they wanted tn meet the deadline of the original approval if at all possible A further discussion of the prob lem tali THE WEATHER CLOUDY SIG AND VICINITY to con tMj a 101 low 75 high to 101 Highest this 103 la thlt 53 Ui C SI Reds Blast Away At Gen Ridgway By DON HUTH TOKYO Aug 30 ff Red Chinas official Peiping radio asserted today American planes violate the neutrality area m Korea nearly every day into broadcasts accusing Gen Matthew B Ridgway of lying and distortion v ji v Asserted violation was early Wednesday The badly garbled broadcast heard in Tokyo said an America bomber dropped a flare American the site of the now suspended Korean War truce talks The radio said it happened at almost the same time Ridg way flatly refused to reopen an investigation of Red charg es that an Allied plane bomb ed Kaesong Aug 22 Peiping called it an attempt up the flagrant lies that he handed the world The broadcast made no mention tne UN commanders offer to niu never MS closed resume truce negotiations any time until the Associated Press tae arp willing tn i out of jail Case Is Open Until His Release Comes WASHINGTON Aug SO W xc made no mention Truman said today of the UN commanders offer to case never closed that refused to reopen investigation of the asserted bombing Top Red commanders to whom t replied There was no indica tion when they would In its sweeping accusation the Peiping radio said as many as 43 American planes had flown over the Kaesong zone in a sin gle day The neutral area extends for a radius around Kae song American aircraft the broad cast asserted have incessantly illegally and constantly flown into the sky over the neutral zone The radio devoted most of tention to Ridgway Communist attitude tended to support a theory the want to deJara decision on Korea until after the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco broadcasts dampened a cautious optimism in a press release from General waya The release suggested the Red proposal to reinvestigate the Kae song bombing charge may con tain some hope for resumption of truce talks The Red broadcasts said Ridg ways note on the incident again distorted facts and was full of contradictions because he is lying It particularly assailed ment that a Red liaison officer re fused a request for a daylight in A Thursday release from Ridg ways public information office looked upon a message Tuesday from Kim and Peng as not so firm The President made this com ment at a news conference when old the new Czech ambassador Vladimir Prochazka had describ ed the case of William Oatis at a closed incident from the juri dical point of view Mr Truman didnt think the Oatis case would ever by clos ed at least in this country until Oatis out of jail The ambassadors tJw got sharp reaction in Congress Senator Jenner RInd said Pro was defying the United states He demanded that the gov eminent take all proper to effect the release Prm corns pendent in Prague convicted ay a Czech court on charges and sentenced to ten years in prison U S government has called et baseless and laid trial was a farce Jenner Mid that evident refusal to discuss freely with officials ed to of the U S govern ment Senator Ben ton ta a separate interview e a 11 e d Czech a very unhappy and tragic OH Man Dies MIDLAND Aug pendent oil man James Fitzgerald Jr died Wednesday in after an illness of several months He was with oil company here from 1933 to 1944 10000 Fresh Red Troops Join Fight By GEORGE A McARTHUR EIGHTH ARMY TERS Korea Aug 30 Cfl Ten thousand fresh Communist troops dug into the jagged hills East ern Korea today behind their at tacking comrades Reds hurled three small savage assaults at United Nations troop U S Will Be Stronger If War Renews WASHINGTON Aug 30 Lfl President Truman said today Unit ed States forces will be stronger than before if they have to renew fighting with the Com in Korea Mr Truman also sad he Is backing Gen Matthew B Ridgway 100 per cent in everything the gen eral has done since the ceasefire negotiations began and were inter by the Reds A reporter asked him whether we stronger if we have to fight The President replied with em phasis in his voice that we sre In response to other questions Mr Truman branded as false new Moscow press assault on the Unit States Including the charge that this country is trying to start a third world war The President said there was nothing new in this latest Russian barrage He said It isnt true like all the rest of their propaganda not founded on fart north of Tanggu AH were beaten back Planes tore up rails and beds in their effort to cut Com supply lines A fresh Communist division of about 8000 men was observed dig ging in northeast of 27 miles from the eastern tip of the front Another group of Reds estimat ed at 2000 men was seen moving south in the area northwest of Five hundred mort wera seen digging jn The Reds fought Allied troops 13 hours before withdrawing The at tack was supported by mortar and artillery fire In the Iron Triangle of the cen tral front artillery mortars and hidden groups of Red infantrymen an Allied patrol ically until it withdrew at dusk Only small patrol clashes re elsewhere on the front Genera headquarters said troops hacked out small gates in the east Wednesday and beat down Communist counterattacks The Navy announced its war ships using sniper like tactics helped embattled ROK of Korea troops fighting to con solidate their positions on east coast by shelling Red con centrations Guns of two British frigates cleared Reds out of a west coast village south Kae song site of now disrupted talks Warplanes flew 860 Wed and followed up with M raids through the night Pilots reported spotting 1300 Red trucks including one convoy run ning boldly with its turned on
