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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1954

Page

9

Los Angeles Transit Union Votes on Wage Offer

AFL Transportation Union Division 1277 members will vote Monday on Los Angeles Transit Lines proposed wage increase of 4 cents with a 2 cent adjustment. Francis J. Donnelly said 2,700 members may approve or reject after a late-night union meeting and federal conciliators weigh the recommendation from both sides.

L. A. Transit Union Los Angeles AFL “Transportation Francis J. Donnelly Rouse Los Angeles Transit Lines

Border Alert over Invasion of Wetbacks Prompts Patrol Boost

Harlon B Carter border patrol chief from Warlon aid to the patrol would begin immediately to triple its strength to halt the rapid increase of wetbacks sneaking illegally into the United States. Herman Landon Los Angeles district director of the Immigration Service said the campaign against the Mexican laborers was ordered by Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell. Brownell said legal immigrants are heading for industrial Areas displacing domestic workers and affecting working conditions spreading disease and contributing to crime rates. Ed Parker local border patrol inspector said Imperial Valley California and Yuma Valley Arizona are focal points of the invasion. A patrol official called it the test peacetime invasion in this nationrsquos history. Feutae and only 150 patrol men now covering 190 miles of the border and northward to Los Angeles Las Vegas Nevada and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. U S employers of wetbacks say they can always get foreign labor due to few patrolmen.

Laborera Harlon B. Carter Border Warlon United States Herman Landon Los Angeles U. S. Immigration Service Herbert Brownell Washington Brownell Southwest Border Patrol Ed Parker California Imperial Valley Arizona Yuma Valley Rane Reas Las Vegas Neva Grand Canyon U. S

Puerto Ricans Plead Wounds As Accidents In Trial

Four defendants linked to a Puerto Rican nationalist raid are to plead their wounds as accidental. Lolita Lebron and Rafael Cancel Miranda are among those named, with Irving Flores Rodriguez Andres Figueroa Cor involved as a party member. The trial, begun Thursday, centers on whether the injuries were intentional.

Washington Lolita Lebron Radical House of Representatives Ignifire Rafael Cancel Miranda Irving Flores Rodriguez Andres Figueroa Cor Hero Anantass Etatether

Riot Flares in Mexico Jail Break

In Sonora near the Arizona border a jail break sparked a riot as prisoners were freed. Police Chief Teofilo Peralta said about 100 soldiers would stay to keep peace. The crowd hurled insults at officials and stoned the Cananea Cattle Co and Cananea Copper Co properties, with American- owned mines employing most locals. Peralta dismissed seized papers as worthless ownership claims under the Mexican constitution.

Yuan Teofilo Peralta Peralta Abraham Mayo Sonora

U.N Firings Case Before World Court in Hague

The ICJ opened hearings on whether the UN General Assembly can review compensation awards to 11 American UN employees fired for refusing to answer questions by a U.S loyalty board. Awards totaled 170,370 dollars. The United States and other nations argue assembly review rights under the UN Charter. Written opinions were requested from 14 nations.

Hague United. States U.N Assembly

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