Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Newspaper) - June 1, 1946, Council Bluffs, Iowa COUNCIL BLUF ESTABLISHED IN 7857 NONPAREIL VOL 152 COUNCIL BLUFFS SATURDAY JUNE I 1946 PRICE 3 CENTS Strike Closes Mines in Hard Coal Field Miners Walk Out as Soft Coal Miners Man Pits By Harold W Ward WASHINGTON costly soft coal strike settled President Truman Friday tackled the lem presented by the the anthracite fields with his ad- visers counseling against of these mines A high official who could not be quoted directly the ad- vice was cased on the hope that the anthracite industry will shortly agree to terms similar to those in the government contract which ended the soft coal n There was the feeling too the government had more time leeway in dealing with this dis- pute Unlike soft coal only about 20 per cent of the cite production goes to industrial use The remainder is used for home heating and similar poses so production stoppage will not be felt widely cold weather It was that some 000 hard coal miners in the Pennsylvania tields would be made idle by the hard coal which started midnight but meanwhile the vanguard of 000 bituminous miners were their way back tu the pits And John L Lewis United Workers chief predicted that ume production of solt coal be expected by Monday Operators Remain Quiet Bituminous operators weic keeping quiet about their tion to the contract which gave their employes increase per day and pay for a five-day plus a welfare and ment tund financed by a cent on each ton of coal Until the operators agree to a contract with Lewis the mines will continue to be operated by the government The soft coal operators said was a conservative estimate of the cost of but they made nc official com- ment on thr agreement or its terms however Government officials estimated that the soft coal cost to con- sumers would rise 30 to 35 cents a ton as a result of the Privately thought it go to 60 or 75 cents in some operations Woge Increases and Health fund Demanded I In A ion i 1 The second coal strike in less than two months started Friday at vania hard coal miners weie under orders to remain away from their job pending agiee ment on a new contract with anthracite operators The work stoppage came as the first of the soft coal miners after a strike be- gan returning to the pits following an agreement svith the government Wednesday on a new contract First reports from the cite field indicated that the coal miners were adhering to the United Mine Workers no con- tract no work polity At Pa a union spokesman said There are Continued on Page 8 Waste Report Due Friday on Merger Proposal WASHINGTON report from top ranking and advisers on his o the army and navy is Friday hs President man He recently the taries of war and navy until day to reconcile their differences on co-ordination of armed forces Such a report Mr told a news conference reach him Friday and he will it with the nil a if Uphold HPC Right to Retire Preferred Stock The Nebraska couit at Lincoln Friday upheld the older of the Nebraska stale way commission giving the braska Power company to borrow to retire the preferred stocx Tne supreme court held that the Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company's rights had not been or injuriously affected by the order The and cold storage company as Tl Pealed tne court v ho also hfM was no justification for the appeal Edward R Stettinius jr rumors of dissatisfaction heard Resignation Is Sent to Truman President Says He Will Not Accept It WASHINGTON S jr has submitted his resignation as this government's on the United tions security council but dent Truman said Friday he will refuse to accept it Mr Tiuman told a news con- ference both he and Secretary of States Byrnes want Stettinius to remain as he United States delegate and he believed that would to do so II was the third lime had advised Mr Truman that was lo leave government set vice and return lo private life This it is understood he has the that lie considered his major work in Hie United Nations accomplished since the is now a going concern have been persistent re- that was not particularly pleased with the role of UN representatives after Mr Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes made clear that policy was being shaped in Washington lather than by the UN delegate in New York Byrnes also had twice moved in on United Nations meetings to handle the difficult Iranian and atomic issues Deny Policy Disagreements Those familiar with Stettinius action in the present case insist however there are no difficulties 01 policy dis- in the proposed resignation Rather Stettinius was said to have advised Mr Truman that he felt he had ished his task during the period of United Nations and desired now to re- turn to life Neither tinius Hie white house made immediate comment first secretary of ted to after Mr Truman office upon the death of President Roosevelt At that time Mr Truman HIS to remain as secretary through the San Francisco con- ference which wrote the United Nations chailer The conference was in session a year ago spring At end of the meeting when Truman visited San for a final id- dress it was made clear to tinius that the president had de- on James F Byrnes as secretary of state Stettinius then again put forward his tion as secretary and Mr man him to serve as ed Nations representative This lie did first as a special ant to the and later as American member of the council with the rank of ambassador Authority Divided several new ments lo United States gation made bv thr M Baruch as of lite United Nations commission Ambassador John Winant as member of the economic and social council and Minister Herschel Johnson for- mer minister to Sweeten as drp- to The and Winant the that hi would be ol a learn ol members of various United agencies since both nant and Baruch deal directly with State College Graduate to Hospital Staff NEW YORK of Miss Louise Stephenson of Fairfield la a graduate of Iowa State college as director of nutrition for the New York was announced 1 in tin will lion of a been at a N Y hospital Industry Hit Hard Jolt by Coal Strike Scarce Items Put Back Three Months Says John D Small WASHINGTON new car and new refrigerator are three months farther away from the average American family day the government estimates because of the soft coal and other strikes This report on the outlook was issued by John D Small civilian production administrator who re- cently urged that congress hibit strikes for six months to let reconversion sprint instead of hobble Despite progress Small's monthly production survey revealed in- dustry in April set new marks for consumer goods ord highs for washing machines men's suits vacuum cleaners and electric irons and postwar ords for a dozen other scarce items But this he pointed out red before effects of the coal strike were telt That stoppage he said cost the country 000 worth of production and the economy will bear the scars for many months to come The pressure toward higher prices also was intensified by the coal shutdown according to OPA Administrator Paul A Porter in another statement issued day night II has delayed the time In a number of cases at which price ceilings can safely he declared and was ex- tremely cosily to the program Manpower Shortage Coming Even if strikes disappear quickly from the industrial ture Small foresaw another check to production developing in the closing months of the year when he said a severe power shortage is likely Reporting on strikes during the first four months of the year he reported they had cost more days than ever before in the tory Yet employment climbed in April to and the ber of jobless began to drop for the first time since the war's end Previously unemployment had climbed along with ment because industry could not absorb men released from the armed forces Should employment rise another this such a rise seems certain employment will hit the 000 mark defined in some ters as full employment for the postwar transition the CPA administrator predicted Theie were fewer sons unemployed in April than in March cutting the jobless total Continued on Page 8 Waste Hirohito in Second Call on MacArthur TOKYO Hirohito a quiet little man in a plain ness suit made his ranged second call on General at the U S embassy Friday The two reportedly ed of food of reconstruction and of the vast changes in Japan since Hirohito had come hat in hand to MacArthur's door for the fust time last Sept 27 Terasaki of the im- household ministry acted as interpreter and was the only other person in the room He told newsmen only that a variety of topics had been discussed The meeting came just three days ahead of the scheduled crimes trials in Tokyo MacArthur declined lo com- ment to the press so did his staff aste Truman Promotes Military Aide WASHINGTON ff President Truman Friday nominated his military aide Harry H Vaughan for promotion to the rank of major general a fellow has been holding lank of brigadier in Aimy ot the United States since alter he came to the white house He holds the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel in the field artillery reserve Vaughan was a temporary colonel at the time of Mr man's succession to the dency He was associated with the senate war investigating committee of the senate when Mr Truman was chairman of that body Waste Dies in Omaha Hilly Kaile hall v liu cif itching the modem it Im Omaha night I Ninety-three Die in Holiday Deaths By The Associated At least 93 persons suffered violent deaths on Memorial day as cities and communities across the nation joined in to the country's war dead The total surpassed the ber of violent fatalities reported on Memorial day last year when 74 were reported Traffic accidents resulted in the deaths of 50 persons an in- crease of 30 over Memorial day 1945 but below the 57 estimated bj the national safety council Twenty-five persons drowned while an unofficial tabulation showed 18 died from causes Last Memorial day there were 20 drownings and 26 in miscellaneous violence WaHto Mrs White Bound to Grand Jury Witness Tells of Two Abortions Mrs Sarah J White 78 349 North First street was bound over to the grand jury under a bond on a charge of at- tempt to produce abortion lowing a hearing Friday before Municipal Judge Allan Ardell A Omaha woman previously identified by ties as R C was the only wit ness Married and the mother of three children woman fies she went lo Hie White home on April about p m in com- pany with two other Omaha men identified as Josephine and Mary Mary she testified was nant and wem into a room with Mrs White The witness fied she remained in another room Gave Them Some Pills When woman identified as Mary came out of the room the witness said she went in with Mrs White When she emerged later she said Mrs White gave both of them some pills I was witness said and added thai 1 hine paid the for her to Mrs While Mary the witness said paid and for cine The witness she went home and on April 11 became very ill and fainted A doctor was called who ordered her lo a hospital She was released the following Saturday Identify Mrs White The witness said she had taken seven 01 eight of the pills that Mrs White gave her She identified Mrs White in the courtroom Asked why she submitted lo an abortion witness I iust had one baby and didn't want another She had not dis- cussed her plan with her band she testified Mrs White did not take the stand She was represented in court by J J Hess Conducting the prosecution was County At- Don Jackson A crowd mostly women took up all the seating capacity of the loom Pope to Broadcast Message Saturday ROME Vatican source said Friday I hat Pope Pius XII will deliver an speech Saturday probably Kinking wilh his Christmas address The occasion is the response to the sacred college of cardinals following their ings on his name day the day of St Eugene New Men's Dean Named for Coe College CEDAR RAPIDS Com John CI Comwell assistant in charge of the navy's Coe college training has been clean of men and professor of chemistry at the college President Byron S said Friday Before the war Commander Cornwell was a college teacher in sylvania The Weather IBs H S Weather Bureau Coum il and SatuulJV no ed change in at me will age about 3 degrees below mal Cool Saturday becoming warmer Sunday and Monday Cooler Tuesday night and Wednesday Precipitation will average -.2 to 1 inch occurring as ram with some storms mostly Tuesday and Tuesday night Cooler Saturday warming Sunday and Monday cooler Tuesday and Wednesday Temperature average within 3 decrees of season normal eib and Monday and Wed limn amounts Total inches Total deficiency 1.36 inches List Events for Frontier Program Queen's Ball Planned Old Settlers to Meet Tentative Events to be present cd at Dodge park centennial grounds starting Aug 11 were announced Friday by Frontier Week association executives R R O'Brien association dent said the program would stand with perhaps some minor revisions and that the events had received approval of the ex committee and General Manager II J McMurray New events include musical programs to he sponsored by Civic Music a Frontier queen contest and an old day program Additional evening events will include a Queen's ball on Aug 12 with a Frontier dance Aug 14 and a barn dance Aug 17 Program approved Friday by the committee follows Sunday Aug 11 Manawa boat races All queen conies tants scheduled to make first celebration appearance Monday Aug day Gov Blue to speak with Frontier week queen's ball in evening Tuesday Aug 13 Pet and frontier parade Morning parade to be followed by judging of pets and float winners in the afternoon Civic Music program in the evening Wednesday Aug for 4-H club exhibits Rural sports festival with girl's club judging in afternoon Frontier dance in evening Thursday Aug of girls and boys exhibits Livestock and harvest show en- tries in the morning show to be gin at noon barbecue in Hie evening Friday Aug livestock judging with of grand champions before horse show Saddle show and horse show with matinee and evening events Continuation of harvest show Saturday Aug 17 E u r a 1 sports festival Barn dance in the evening Senate Blamed by Truman for Failure to Name Committee WASHINGTON IP President Truman told reporters Friday he is having trouble lining up an economic advisory council This situation Mr Truman elaborated grew out ol what he termed difficulty of getting the right sort of men accept the kind of some nominations receive before the senate and in congress The this com- ment when a reporter noted that three months have passed since he was authorized to name a three-man advisory council un- der terms of an act designed to stimulate employment Mr Truman said he was ing the same sort of difficulty in finding someone to be of the navy Another difficulty dent told another reporter is in getting senate acceptance ot some appointments The president said he hoped to appoint an undersecretary of the navy shortly lie gave no clue as 10 whom he had in mind Edwin W Pauley California 011 man asked Mr Truman to withdraw his nomination for the navy after a fight in senate naval committee Waste No Decision Yet on New Justice WASHINGTON IP President Tiuman asserted Friday that he was in no hurry to choose a now chief justice This comment was made after the president replied negatively when asked whether Treasury Secretary Vinson was being con- for the post The president also replied no when another news conference questioner asked whether Vinson was under consideration to head the bank Asked whether he hoped to fill the supreme court vacancy June Mr Truman he hoped so and added that the supreme court was getting along very well lie said again that there was no hurry Wasle United Honor Chaplains TARKIO Mo Certificates for meritorious military service were presented to army and navy chaplains at the memorial vance of the eighty-eighth eral assembly of the United church of Chaplains here tor Hie lalinn included Alfred A College la Josef Stalin will not visit Washington Stalin Declines U S Invitation Says Health Will Not Permit Trip WASHINGTON IP President Truman announced Friday he in- Marshal Stalin to visit Washington about 30 days ago but Stalin declined because his doctors advised him against a long journey Al a news conference Mr man said lhal he asked Stalin to make a social visit here while the Paris conference of foreign ministers was in progress The conference ended two weeks ago H was his second invitation to Stalin lo visit Washington the said The list was made at the time of the Potsdam conference last summer and re- fused by Stalin for same sons of health Asked whelher he any plans for seeing Stalin Mr Truman replied he had no immediate plans A newsman asked whether this was significant since the answer could mean that negotiations were under way for a Stalin conference sometime in the future Mr Truman said however that his reference to no plans in the immediate future did not mean Hint was a plan in Hie work's Silent On Peace Conference Another newsman sought com- ment on the exchanges between Minister Molotov of sia and Secretary Byrnes over forts to write a European peace and how those exchanges might affect peace conference prospects Speculation has been that the deadlock between the foreign is so tight that as ator Pepper has been insisting in the senate only a meeting of the chiefs of state could make progress Mr Truman however declined to comment on the peace situation or the exchange Mr Truman then asked whether he was ready to make public his correspondence with Stalin concerning a request for Russian in a world food program Stalin turned down the president's plea ex- plaining it came too in view of other soviet commitments If any such correspondence is given out Mr Truman said it would be released by the state department No Immediate Plans Then arose the of sible long negotiations lor a meeting with Stalin and Mr Truman's reply that he had no plans for the immediate future In extending the invitation lo Stalin a reporter inquired did the president indicate what topics might be discussed at their meeting Mr Truman grinned No he said he had asked the soviet leader for a cial visit What about Prime Minister Attlec of England another man asked had he been He was Disked last tail Mr Truman said and He came f Ice Crystals in Cloud at Feet Provide Rainbow Around the Sun It wasn't a promotion scheme of the Chamber of Commerce at all The rainbow around the sun here al noon was ly sunlight i ef i acted into colors by ice crystals in a high thin cloud That's what Ray Patterson at Omaha said He added the crystals were in a thin cirro-stratous cloud parked at the level They happen every so often in the year but don't last long if you look for was his parting word Wasle Board to Meet on New Superintendent A special meeting of the cil Bluffs school board ably to discuss the selection of a new superintendent will be held Saturday it was announced Proposed Labor Legislation Places President Truman on a Political Hot Griddle Faced With Possibility of No New Laws if He Vetoes Case Certain to Be Censured No Matter What Action He Takes WASHINGTON Truman's renewed re- quest Friday for legislation brought a counter- from Senator Taft that the president he given dictatorial powers in labor disputes which lie could use only ii directed by congress in an emergency Mr Truman told his news conference that he is whole-heartedly in favor of his proposal to induct into the armed forces men who strike against the government He said this provision already struck out of proved emergency legislation had been grossly sented and misunderstood It was not intended as a sion to draft labor he said but to draft citizens in an emergency An hour later Taft chairman of the republican ing committee spoke to the senate He proposed that con- gress frame legislation clothing the president drastic emergency powers but holding that authority in abeyance until both houses approved an implementing resolution when any emergency arose By D Harold Oliver WASHINGTON Truman found self Friday on a political hot spot lie must decide whether to sign the Case labor disputes at the risk of incurring labor's enmity or to veto it ami take the chance of getting no labor legislation at all congress despite fresh strike threats If he vetoes he has no assurance the measure lint be passed over his opposition A veto if sustained might serve to cool some of intense labor heat engendered In Mr Truman's drastic temporary proposals But what about the line and cry if new strikes occur ind the senate meanwhile does nothing about the president's emergency which was passed over- by the To Keep Ships Running WASHINGTON JP doesn't veto it The Case can of great help in pre- venting future strikes I'm satisfied that alter he studios it he will find nothing in it that he could be against in nil thai who voted is a unit against In- Truman said today he will use he every means in his power to keep program are the ships running in the event ol i jt 3 OOP Playin conference he would use the j Senator Morse who navy war shipping voted against both the senate the coast J version of the Case and the the army as necessary draft clause in 1 separate inter At the same time Mr Truman view was outspoken in his said the labor in cism of the president's maritime field looks very dark of the rail Mi ike The he e called he chaise that is making nil necessary aiu playing politic tions to keep the ships going and j nothing will be left undone j Moise asserted the Case i cause more trouble So tough did his decision it seeks to prevent pear Friday that However he a road senators when what will not redeem the president the president might do simply because he has demon to the American pcop that in time of crisis he exercised exceedingly bad judgment clearly tional legislation in of 1 the basic of What would you Extreme Views Held But senators who hold rither extreme views on both sides of the labor question were Of not so unwilling to forecast he political consequences of a veto Refuses fo Budge For example this was the view of Senator one Emergency of the 13 democrats to vote WASHINGTON T President against striking out tne Tiuman said Friday he president's cUnse whole-heartedly in favor of the emergency tion he has asked of congress His proposal to induct who strike against the ment the president told ers has been grossly from the emerges nevertheless a suj v UT ol s senate version of tiie Case If the president maintains a strong hand and fights for government superiority over labor racketeers I think the people will respect him more than if he bows down to them The president told me he has no intention to withdraw the emergency and intends to maintain law and order If he vetoes the Case he's going to make nearly everybody mad I hope he Stassen Boosting for Gov Griswold sented and misunderstood It was not intended as a pro vision to draft labor he said to draft citizens in an ency Already the senate knocked out the section of he lalion Mr Tiuman asked List Saturday The came under fresh senate attack Friday Even a sheriff the president remarked can deputize any zen 10 the law He merely wanted authority to deputize experienced men to for the industries In Governor the government Mr Truman Former Minnesota Marold E Stassen charged explained day at Omaha that the Silent on Whitney Blast ration itself is chiefly 1 he president's assertion H h s sible for the creation of groups news conference came most strongly the had declined lo comment on 1 of government controls statement by A F The basic difficulty is lhal it of the did not develop a postwar policy Trainmen he on wages and bis political death warrant in he told a news conference forcing an end to the railroad and the resulting blind ration has led to of re- was asked whether had actionary groups advocating im- i a report hat Whitney mediate abolition of all controls I the transcript of one of the We needed during the war we still need in implied that IIP did not Mi many Mutations but the i ot Mi Tiuman was ir has been tragically he saying that the senate's commented lion of the revision permitting Stassen began a three-day tour the drafting of strikes in of Nebraska Friday to the tries seized by the government nomination of Gov greatly weakened the pending wold for the senatorial scat labor legislation incumbent republican Hugh But the president declined lo ler but refused to comment on say whether he planned to sign his own plans for 1948 the Case ting up a permanent mediation procedure for dealing with threatened strikes He hasn't the Case Waslo Speaker Announced FAIRFIELD IP The sixty seventh annual Parsons college yet Mr said and commencement speaker n ext t nut le atle to Sunday will be W ment until IIP has done so son director of the Chicago dime The commission and an on passed HIP criminal investigation and law is now before the ate
