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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1945
Page
6
President Truman proposes a fact finding board to resolve major labor disputes within 20 days. During investigation no strikes or lockouts would be lawful for five days, with authority to subpoena records and involve government agencies for information. Support crosses parties as a hopeful step in economic policy.
President Truman proposes a law to let him appoint fact finding boards for disputed work stoppages aimed at averting strikes. Union leaders in the General Motors walkout denounce the plan yet agree to a Saturday token meeting of 200 delegates from 300000 workers to vote on future procedures. The plan mirrors the railway act but lacks mandatory acceptance of findings, and critics worry about delays to reconversion and national economic stability.
The article notes that most German prisoners of war in the United States will soon be sent back to Germany. It suggests they will return to a different country, likely facing privation and disrupted homes. It contrasts American humane treatment with Nazi policies and hopes their experience may influence postwar German attitudes.
A humorous remark notes that when a man claims his wife understands him it often means he follows his own path. The quip underscores marital dynamics and personal autonomy in relationships.
James R. Young urges Sen. Scott W. Lucas to complete the prewar negotiations report and summon key figures from Tokyo. He names Saburo Kurusu, Admiral Nomura, T. Nishiyama, Frank Walker, Sen. Elbert Thomas, Langdon Warner, Yosuke Matsuoka, Frederick Moore, Sumner Welles, Hu Shih, Leo Pasvolsky, J. Edgar Hoover, Kenneth Ringle, K. K. Kawakami, and Corwin Shank as witnesses or informants in a wide questioning of wartime cipher messages and diplomacy relations with Washington prior to December 7, 1941.
President Truman proposes a three member fact finding board to resolve labor disputes and report findings to him with possible recommendations. The plan would pause any strike for 30 days during investigations. Congress may require changes before passage.
Tribune highlights from ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years ago. Florence Mader returns home after visits in Chicago and Milwaukee. Sletten re elected as Citizens' Christmas committee chairman with a listed staff. Maple Grove Golf club ladies plan December party at Elks club. Also notes on church leadership changes and local civic events.
Richland Center hosted a testimonial dinner for Edgar G. Doudna, long time Wisconsin education leader and secretary of the state board of normal school regents, in recognition of his half century of public service as teacher administrator and planner. Doudna’s career spans teaching administration and public lecturing, with a strong stance on education as a civic mission and a warning against college consolidation.
Miss Joyce Steele of Platteville Teachers College has been assigned the role of Mrs. Gibbs in the college production of Our Town. The play will be presented by students on December 13.
The record gasoline consumption in the United States was established in 1931 with total use reaching 16,628,880,000 gallons. This figure marks the peak consumption level in the nation's history up to that year.
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press published daily and Sunday editions from La Crosse Wisconsin with Burgess as publisher Ihlingsberg as managing editor W Rice as city editor. It is a member of the Lee Newspaper Syndicate and Associated Press rights noted.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes reports of a London cult that worshipped Hitler as a godly instrument, tracing the phenomenon to a granite bust purchase and saying such messianic belief risks undermining Allied efforts to eradicate Hitlerism and reform Germany. He warns against any revival of this creed and urges strict adherence to destroying Hitlerism.
A Q and A column in The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau covers postal limits for sending packages to overseas servicemen, reinstatement forms, widow reviews of discharges, Coast Guard and Public Health Service demobilization rules, and the naming of the John Rogers Hawaii airfield with a note on the hero’s 1925 flight.
The Bronze Star Medal may be awarded to an individual only once. For each additional heroic or meritorious act justifying a new award an Oak Leaf Cluster is given in lieu of another Bronze Star Medal.
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