Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - May 3, 1949, Reno, Nevada BE SMART Drive Carefully Nevada's Largest Mornin g and Sunday Newspaper 5 Cents SEVENTY-NINTH 139 TUESDAY MAY 3, 1949 FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY BIG 3 STUDY RED BLOCKADE OFFER W REPEAL MOVES TO SHOWDOWN White House Forces Offer Concessions For Support May 2. House Democratic leaders agreed tonight to accept the law's 80-day injunction provision against strikes in der to win approval of the repeal The announcement was made by House Speaker Sam after a two and hour closed Rayburn stressed to of this has gone to the White It cannot be called an administration but it tainly has my Try to Beat Coalition The leadership meeting was called in a last-minute effort to save the administration's from defeat at the hands of a coalition of Republicans and Southern Labor Department Solicitor liam S. Tyson was present at the Rayburn said he was there in a technical Rayburn said that a new ad- ministration will be drawn up and presented to the House when it resumes debate on labor lation The he would repeal the Hartley reinstate and the Wagner and make the following concessions to 1. Injunctions against tional emergency 2. Compulsory financial ments by 3. A requirement that unions and management bargain good 4. A requirement that labor leader and management file non-Communist 5. A guarantee for 6. The creation of a Joint congressional committee to study labor Rayburn said that the tion the greatest con- cession yet made by Democratic is about the same as the He said that it will contain additional language to clai ify the The President made repeal of the law a major campaign issue and followed through by calling on Congress to throw it out in favor of an version of the New old Wagner Act. But the repealer is facing rough going in the with a strong coalition of Republicans and ern Democrats threatening to push through a of its proposal that would kill in name but re-enact most of its Israeli Vote UN Membership Bid Gets Speed-up N. May hearings on Israel's bid to join the United Nations were sured The general assembly voted over- to speed action on the Israeli application by transferring the hearings to a special political Rent Increase Regulation Set Boosts to Be Based on Net Income 2 Classes Created May 2. expediter Tighe E. Woods tonight issued his long-awaited regulation under which landlords may obtain rent increases if they can prove their operating costs warrant Under the rent control extension law passed by Congress in Woods was instructed to set up a system under which landlords would be assured of a net operating committee which may start work on the application Forty-two nations voted in. favor of the speedup Eighteen nations voted against and three Packard Slashes New Auto Prices May 2. Motor Car Co. today announced price reductions from to on its golden anniversary The price cuts were the second largest in the current wave of price rollbacks by the automobile The price cuts do not affect custom reductions were announced at meeting of ard dealers who will take back golden cars to their show IN SPA PERI BRIBE TERMS HELD VALID Court Avoids Ruling On May 2. The Supreme Court ruled that two members of a New YorL bribery trapped by must serve prison sentence for attempting to bribe forme New York Giants football player Frankie and Merl The did no rule specifically on the ity in courts of evi dence obtained by By a 4 to 4 it simply lef in effect the convictions in New York courts of Harvey Stemme and David Each drew five to ten year sentences afte being found guilty of attempting to bribe and Hapes t throw a National League cham playoff game to the Chi cago Bears in 1946. In other cases the cour took these 1. Refused to reconsider a Feb 28 decision that states may pro hibit labor unions from calling pe work stoppages during work The National Labor Rela tions Board had asked the tribun al to reconsider its decision the Wisconsin relations The NLRB claimed exclusive jurisdiction over such cases involving interstate 2. Reaffirmed a year-old sion that courts cannot enforci racial covenants which home ownerships to white families It turned down a petition by a group of Maryland home owners who wanted to evict a Negro fam ily which moved into their neigh 3. Agreed to rule whether picket line may be established to force employment of as many gro as white clerks in a California grocery 4. Agreed to decide if the at- torney general was right in ring Mrs. Kurt W. a man war from entering the United Five Canonized At Vatican Rites VATICAN May 2. A consistory today proved the canonization of five new saints of the Roman Catholic Presided over by Pope Pius XII and attended by 15 cardinals and 46 archbishops and the consistory approved for tion the causes of tne Bartholomea found er of the Sisters of Vin cenza of the Sisters of Maria Giuseppa founder of the ters of Our Lord of anne de French queen and founder of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin and Joanne de founder of the Order of Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Bolivia Declares Rebellion Broken LA May 2. decreed a state of and said it had thwarted an at- tempted revolution today after Eive persons were killed and 47 injured in bloody battling con- with yesterday's mentary President Enrique Hertzog's re- jime said its troops had put down the attempted revolt by members of the Nationalist To do he divided tal properties into small and large structures and ruled 1. Any landlord operating a small one to four rental increase rents if his net operating income is less than 25 per cent of his gross He will be granted an in- crease to bring his net income up to 30 per cent. 2. A landlord operating a ing with more than four rental units may increase his rents if his net operating income is less than 20 per cent of his gross He will be granted an increase to bring his net income up to 25 per cent. Woods defined net operating in- come as income remaining after payment of all operating ex- penses and an allowance for He gave the following examples of how the new provision is posed to On a small a landlord has an annual gross in- come of expenses of and a depreciation allowance of DEFENSE ARMY HALTS ADVANCE Communist Troops Tighten Hold On Port This leaves a net operating income of or 20 per cent of his Since his net operating income is less than 25 per he is entitled to an increase to 30 per cent. This requires a gross income of which will be obtained by letting him raise rents a year or about a month for the whole large lord has an annual gross income of with expenses of and a depreciation allowance of This leaves a net operating income of or 15 per cent or his Since it is less than 20 per cent he is entitled to an increase to 25 per cent. This re- quires an annual gross income of to be obtained by raising his rents annually or a U.S. Protests Russ Held Violation May The United States has formally protested to the International Union against Russian of Voice of America radio reports of the in blockade the State De- announced George V. Assistant of State for Public said the department has asked the to request Russia to end its The Soviet Union is a member of the which hag ers at In a telegram sent to the Union Allen said Soviet had been sending put to interfere with Voice Broadcasts for more than a 2 Americans Held As Parade Filmed May 2. ties disclosed today that Martin American military permit and his wife were ar- rested while taking color films of he May Day parade here and were held for an hour and a Hap Arnold Gets Air Force Title May 2. The House today passed and sent o the White House a to make Gen. H. H. a ral of the Air Force instead of eneral of the The re will bring Arnold's official tatus in line with the new pendent status of the Air May American Consul General in ton today warned Americans in south China to get out while they He acted despite a Nationalist claim that the Communists driving on Shanghai were defeated in a major battle near 30 miles west of the largest city of the To Avoid Danger Foreseeing a Communist sweep to the Indo-China U. S. Consul General Raymond Ludden warned Americans that ute evacuations from south China would be difficult and He particularly urged women and children to withdraw to safer There should be a review of what essential he In letters to Americans on the consular Ludden said it was impossible to predict how long the comparatively stable conditions in south China would He said the Americans should begin taking measures to avoid and in- convenience to which they are likely to be Similar consular warnings were issued shortly before the Com- occupied Nanking without a struggle and swept on to within 30 miles of Casualties High The Shanghai garrison command said the Communists were ed and forced to retreat in a major battle for the city's western The garrison communique said the Nationalists repulsed many casualties to the a heavy Communist attack near The four-day lull in the Com- munist offensive was broken with an attack by the Communist 29th Army on two miles from during the the communique Both sides threw heavy artillery into the fighting but the ists withstood the Communist on- slaught and drove the Red troops back beyond seven miles west of the communique Slowly In The Communists opened their attack with a heavy artillery followed by an attempt to enter the town of the garrison The Communist troops were re- ported eight miles from the resort city and seaport town of and slowly closing in. The city had not been occupied though the approaches have been wide open for three Other Red forces neared 11 miles north of Hangchow and were threatening on the Shanghai 30 miles northeast of To the west of the city the Reds occupied 12 miles apparently trying to seal off the resort Minor fighting flared close to 70 miles southwest of with two Red ments reaching 10 miles and 10 miles to Flee North China TWO of the Senate foreign relations committee listen attentively as a third TT w Tom Connolly committee chairman speaks at the ing session of the hearings on the North Atlantic At left is Alexander Wiley R and in the center is Arthur Mich. First witnesses urged prompt Senators Hear Treaty Duties War Declaration by Congress Needed In Event West Allies Attacked May 2. Undersecretary State Robert A. Lovett said today that Congress would have to declare war before American troops could be sent to re pel a Russian attack on Norway under the Atlantic who launched the treaty said he did not believe that the pact's pledge of mutual assistance empower a president to intervene in Europe with arms with out a congressional declaration of He testified the Senate foreign relations The same theme was ed earlier by Sen. Arthur H an foreign policy who maintained the pact carried no or on future United States Sen. Forrest C. Mo. asked Lovett if presidential ers through the defense pact would enable sending troops to country was attacked by Lovett answered that such tion would be up to Congress through a war And he stuck to his answer as Donnel pointed out that a delay of eral would occur if Congress was not in session when an attack The United States tary Lovett said could spend the period itself in a preparedness Vandenberg said that while the 12-nation treaty carries sort of for the United this nation remains in and unquestioned of its future Japan Occupation Relaxation Near May 2. General Douglas MacArthur today blamed international tension outside of Japan for the continuation of Allied occupation and promised further relaxation of and an occupation policy of In a statement on the second anniversary of Japan's democratic ur congratulated the Japanese on their democratic progress to date and warned them to maintain relaxed vigilance the de- inroads of concepts in- credulous of either or Com- SPLIT STOCK N. May 2. Stockholders of U. S. Steel Cor- approved a split of the common stock at their annual meeting here Call Chennault Chief Testifies Today May 2. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's scheduled appearance today before the congressional a t c h d o committee on foreign aid was postponed until when he also will testify before the ate armed services No reason was given for today's Watchdog committee chairman Pat a staunch advocate of all-out U. S. aid for said he originally planned to the But he found that step Chennault was ready and willing to speak out whenever Congress would hear Ironton Furnace Suspends Output May 2. Parts Corp. today announced that it will suspend operations sometime in the middle of this month at its Ironton blast furnace plant near The announcement said the nace would be placed in because of the ing demand for pig iron out the AID TO CHINA WINS BACKING Proposes Arms Program May 2. Sen. Pat Nev. urged today that the proposed program be ex tended to China to protect Ameri ca's from Communis By restricting the bulk of the arms shipments to Atlantic pact he the United States would be leaving the way open for Communists to take over Japan and the McCarran made his statement as former Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett was called be- fore the Senate foreign relations committee to testify on the tic pact and the corollary arms McCarran said he will support both the Atlantic treaty and the projected billion-dollar plan to arm the free nations I'm at a he understand in connection with this new security program for Europe why we let the march of Com- go on at our doorstep in We spend billions in Europe and refuse to spend a reasonable sum against the greatest march Communists have ever made in If Communist control is ex- through south Carran don't see how we can hold the Philippines and Mart Irregular In Slow Session NEW May 2. Stock turned irregular today in he slowest session in five Wall Street showed little ition to ignoring the ible volume of recent good ness news and today's somewhat optimistic statement by the ional Association of Purchasing Agents that association members feel depression though the market ly arrived in THREATEN STRIKE May 2. Japanese coal miners threatened today to strike WORKERS ASK Average Hike Listed At 9 Cents NEW May 2. than per cent of the employers negotiating contracts with unions are granting wage increases which average about nine cents an a survey showed The at the point of the drive for fourth round wage was conducted by the wage research staff of the Relations a ment information service by the National 1. Decreases in the cost of living since last fall have not stopped the upward movement of As a result of collective 2. Only three per cent of the wage settlements resulted in either wage cuts or no 3. In cases where negotiations resulted in no wage 80 per cent of the employers granted additional fringe such as extra holidays with pay and ex- 4. Pension plans are appearing in fourth round settlements in significant number for the first but they are still A little over two per cent of em- are initiating retirement 5. Twenty-three per cent of the agreements called for wage boosts of more than nine cents an 6. Increases of five cents an rare during the three pre- vious rounds of wage are on the MALIK AWAITS CALL TO MET U.S. DIPLOMAT Diplomats Forecast Berlin Opening Next Week Not CaEd Russ Worker Ignored At Spy Trial May 2. Government and defense attorneys today sidestepped an invitation to question the married Russian en- gineer with whom Judith Coplon allegedly combined love and Lawyers for both sides said they lave no immediate plans to call the Valentin A. as a witness in Miss espionage trial He was today Federal Judge Samuel H. nan in New where both and Miss Coplon are joint defendants in another spy released recently n bail posted by the Rus ian row throughout the i all-time great Awarded Humanity Plaque SAN May 2. Termer President Herbert C. Hoover has been chosen for the Variety Club's international 1948 the ion announced the unanimous choice of panel of 50 prominent editors nd was cited as an able conscientious servant and mane citizen of the world whose noble endeavors in behalf of manity have placed him among the vraat NEW May The West's Big Three delegates to the United Nations met today to dis- cuss Russia's offer to lift the lin blockade and an informed source indicated ately afterward that the German isolation would end next Although an official American announcement said nothing would be released concerning the sion held today among U. S. Philip C. Sir Alexander of and Jean of a well-placed diplomatic source in- after the meeting that the Council of Foreign Ministers would be convened during the fourth week in May to discuss 2-Week Intermission The three western he had agreed that the blockade must be lifted at least two before the Council That schedule would mean that the blockade would be lifted next The West's plan must gain proval from Jacob A. manent Soviet delegate to the U. who is awaiting a call from Jessup to resume their informal talks on the German according to a high Russian There was no indication of when Jessup and Malik would get gether but when the ing is held the British and French will not be the diplomatic source Ready for Parley Jessup will carry the views to the source and it was expected that Cadogan and Chauvel then would join the American may have further talks with his British and French colleagues be- fore summoning The Soviet source said Malik was ready for another meeting with Jessup at any This source said Jessup and Malik at the last of their seven on Germany last agreed on lifting the Soviet blockade and Western of the German Capital and on convening the Big Four foreign probably late this at that he for them to agree on the agenda for the Council of Foreign It was believed that Malik at his meeting with Jessup op- bringing Britain and France into the discussions at this Earthquake Hits Los Angeles Area But Damage Slight LOS May 2. An earthquake that dishes and sent light swaying jolted southern fornia early today but no damage was The at a.m. was felt in sections from Los Angeles south to the Mexican It was reported ally sharp in Riverside and Palm 6 Hawaiian Ports Tied up in Strike May 2. Six major Hawaiian ports were tied up today by a strike of CIO demanding a 31-cent hourly wage The strike was called after last minute negotiations with seven island stevedoring locals ended in failure Saturday Union Negotiator Fred said the employers raised their wage offer from 8 to 12 cents at the final bargaining but the union stood firm -on 31 The present scale is an CLAIMS INCREASE May 2. The number of compensation claims rose during the week ended April the security agency re- ported NEWS PA PER fl R C H 1 V
