Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 216, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1949 — Page 1

XLVII. N 0.216.

EAR NATIONWIDE COAL STRIKE IS NEAR

lei Strike Il Threat, L< Hedge ■mon Indicates ■rikc Call Sure ■ Plan Rejected BULLETIN Sept. 14—(L'Pi — president Philip Murray ■p, e d U. S Steel Corp, to Htr.it tee United Steelwork- ■ would not negotiate with ■ compxry until, it -promptly plainly" advises that it ae c the presidential fact'fendboard’s pension and insurrecommendations. H- ur.h I’a. Sept H HT' ■) wotk'-rs union leader* Kti-.l today they will carry out .a' io strike Sept ,in ' ■ ~.. inajoi -'I-I i-ompani'-* ae • tin* I''' oiniin lida'iotx of Truman'* fact finding ■ pu-sident Philip Murray an I I ■mp brae ill the I'SW were ! ■...1 to believe the Ids rf’-el ! ■urn will al'i'ln •’>’ ,l "‘ r <01 "' the fart-1 inding ■1 for company financial penami Insurance. Neverthe*-' ■ tip.y led for negotiations ■,. pi. -sent 11 day trine . xleli■prepared to invoke the strike ■iy against firm* that do not ■ their terms. ■ ( . uncertainty on the Indus- ■ final stand develop d when ■, t Slates Steel Corporation! to resume baicainin- talk* the union but failed to Indi- ■ a. . ep’ance of the fact-finders' ■um.-ml d 10-cent* hourly com ■ financed »o< lal security, ■njatnln F Fairlea*. president ■. S Steel said the union would ■fi.rtned when and where negoHoc were to continue. ■idle I' S Steel did not divulge ■itiin.'ite course, two other lead- ■ producer*. Republic St. el ■ and Inland Steel Corp yes-. ay said they would titter piation* determined to pres* g.-iieral industry view that e hit as will a* companies t I contribute toward atty peno il insurance program* FW h ad. rs w re reported op- 1 sti however, over the wordo: the Jone s a- Laughlin Steel 1> s *ta em« nt to resume nego* one That company, which ally h.t* a non contributory penplan in effect. announ< <1 It accepted the presidential rd report "as a basis for col-1 he bargaining." he attitude of James Griffin. I ■ ’or of I’SW district 26 at ngstown. ().. was accepted as ‘ 1 of union leaders a* the bn - | fi .v moved toward the showfr. stage. The union will strike if the. B|. inie* don’t accept the full! 'liietil principle," he said. "We determine I that company a-• tame be favorable." ory Tellers Vie Lions Meeting I’i’h I’hil Sauer* presiding and I: Manlier acting as program ilrman, a panel of "experts" vided entertainment for Lions I' members at their regular | Ming Tuesday night. A prolbl nl Can You Top This." d ,; td after the radio program. « held, with Walter Krick. h«- !«'•- Hud" Anspaugh. W M BumMtter and Hoy Munima as the fert*. h:e purpose, of course, was to I * Joke which would success-<>ut-do all prior Jokes. Ex"ting the wealth of fishing, •ting, and diversified sporting *’■ the expert* concentrated on traveling salesman brand of tnor. The roar of the a«sembled »n* was the gauge used to mea*- ’ ’he success of any particular *h*r the panel of experts hid ii<h«d she evening's en’ertaintnt. a board meeting was held. I* Decatur Lions club has ex»ded an invitation to the memr* of jhe Geneva Lion* club to 'heir guests at next Tuesday's | Hing WEATHER Cleudy and cool tonight, with wry light rain likely southwest Tomorrow partly cloudy |»"d somewhat warmer north. Low tonight 40 to 46 north. £ »• H south. High tomorrow

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Military Aid Bill Planned In Senate No Further Foreign Spending Projects Washington. S* pt II <l'l*l Sen Tom Connally. It. To -n ed notice today that after acts on the pr*- ident's . rms aid program it will con I l'-r co further foreign e-pemllil'.- projects this year Connally is chairman of the- -< n ate foreign i<-la'lon.< conilttei* through whic h sm h programs mtis' clear lie said he will con shirr hi* committee's work clone when the senate approves the arm* bill. His statement rilled out. lit least until next year, any furth r help for Britain that would Involve- a congressional okay II also wrote off for this session the po--ibllity of action on President Truman's • |>oint four'' program for development of backward areas Debate on the flAl l.'tl".'"'" < military aid bi I star's in th.- sen 1 ate Monday D tnoc ratn l< aeh-r Sc ott Luca-'. 11l pre-dic t-<1 it would be approved alter le s th.in ] a Wel-k's ll'b.lte* Elsewhere in congress llg«*nfri'z Some -c-nutors will fight S'-t'.at- confirmation of I'.crl A llgenflitz as i hairni cn of the munitions l>oa r d on the ground that lie intend- t ■ han» on to In g7<t.noli-a-year sa ary from the United States Steel Corp II fritz plans '<> take- leave from the I Steel <’o to an pt th<- ♦ll. , "»->o year government po t but he sai l he can't afford to give up hi* private pay Oleo \ laill-<• approve- I bill Io repeal feleral taxes on oleomar garlne W.C* sh- Ivl by senate le ad ers until ext year, when it will gel prforPv attention They said dairy state senators probably I Would filibuster to keep the- hill from passing, and this would Ido. k senate- action now on other important liil's .Musi bills Senate h-ad'-rs said , tile rest ol this -■ sion will be devoted to bill - i n whic h the administration has pat a priority label Communists Mauri. <■ Malkin, a former communist, told a senate ITmFW T<» **!«£«■ Two I I Wabash Youth Dies In Cycle Accident Wubawti Ind. S. p’ 11 ill*' Robert lic-iaiilt Wteba-h died today of injurii-- h.c rec e.ved when the motorcycle h wa- riding hit a pile of dirt on Ind la t ear Treaty. Ini Coroner I. W Gycwb-r sail Devault rec-eired a fraciiireil skull Season's First Cold I Wave Moving East Heavy Fog Disrupts Air And Sea Travel By United Press The season's first cold wave, which forint plainsmen in the I c ;kota* to don Mackinaws, bore down today on the east coast, where- a I pea *ou[c fog disrupted air and s < travel before it abated The fog be.-tn lifting *!•> vly as-i ter cutting visibility to a city Ido. k In Xew York and grounding i.ll plane* at fjiGiiurdia Field for t * > 'hour* The fog. which covered ' ■ I coast from Poston to Philadelp.ua. also weath< red-in Idlewind and Newark airport* in the New Soil'area The cold snap which brought freezing te npera’ures to the north central states was *•! omed onlv by hay fever vl tims It laid th.pollen low and stopped tin- Mice ;• Ing. At dawn, the eastern edge of the cold air mas* wa* moving aero- « Harrisburz. Pa It* southern l*»rd» r had already hit the Gulf coast A new front, meanwhile, we* forming in the Pacific nort.iw.-s-. causing extensive showers tber*. and forecasters warned that it might cause a new cold wave tn roll across the country A hard freeze act tied over the eastern Dakotas early today and farmers had to break th* lee . i the trough* t<» water their »t<> I i The tetnjH-rature dropped to 27 6’ Bismar. k. N D. 9 at Minot an I Dfckiason. X D. M •’ Jamestown. N D.. and Aberde-n. S D. and 32 at Watertown. S D Chicago had a low of 12. coldest for the season and just three tenth* of a degree above the cold record for the day set in 1923.

Gen. McAuliffe To Head Army's Chemical Corps Succeeds Waitt As Chief Os Chemical Corps Os U. S. Army Washington Sept II tl'Pi Maj Gen Anthony (' Mc Auliffe- of World War II fame wa* nominated todav lev Pie-ie|.nt Truman to sue cre el Mai Ge ii Alden Wai’’ a* e'eief of the aituy c-'o init al corps McAuiiffe- gained worldwide ' f ilm during the battle i f the' bulge for hi- classic- "nu'.->" reply to a Gel man -urn nd- r d‘ maud a' ! Ha*togne H» commanded the lul-t Aiihonie infantry division at . the GmWaitt. who flgllted ill the- senateinvestigation of five percenters.'’ 1 w i- ousted a* head of the chemical 1 corp- last Saturday by army -ec re taiv Guidon Gray Waitt had been under suspension for two month*, but Gray approved hi* application foi retlretm nt S» p' I" Waitt, who was f >i <d into retirement for "itregtilar ac i'iti.*." i had Inin -ii-pe tided July I'l along with Maj Gen Human Feldman.i ainiy qtiarte tamste r general, fol lowing ihaige linking Janie - V Him’, a c e nti cl figure, in the five peicentel' iliquil.V Fe-ldnian wa- re-toted to duty a* i quarte t ina«te r chie f McAuliffe- in World War II helped to pioneer u-e of paratrooper* and ail borne armi* * Hi* men f'ew across the channel ion l>day and landed in Normandy by parachute, glide r. and transport The new tn id of the chemical corps i* a quiet spoke n. modest man with a flair for telling am <’< -e Hi* ac-quaintanc'* * say he will be.able to heal whatever wound* the- Waitt incident may have ti ate din th- cot pI Saylor Is Elected To Congress Seal Republican Wins In Pennsylvania Race , Jcehnstown. Pa. Se-pt It I I’t Republican John l‘;ihp Sayl<r. 11. navy veteran and bitter cri'i .of Prescient Truman's fair dial. wa . eh-cted to congress today over a I'e-nio rath mother who had hop ! ed to fill the seat left va ant by ln-i son’s death Savior won in Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district despite unusually strong labor support gl'en Mrs Roliert L. Coffey. Sr '>■> .ray haired mother of the- late R<- - Robert Coffey. Jr. kill-d last spring in the crash of his jet fight--!’ plan--. Mr* Coffey conceded the election early today’ when Saylor’s maru:n (Ihiibpd to 10,o»h» vote?* Unofficial returns from 27* of Cm district's 325 precincts gave Saylor 50.H52 to Mrs Coffey’s 40.26* The results of the off-year balloting had been watched < losely . 1 both parties for signs of what nn-y He ahead in the isr.o congressional _ elections. Mrs Coffey campaigned on a pledge to carry out the 'mandate- ! given her seen In the J-.tl* presiden- . tial election when he- defeated v.-t---eran Republican Harve Tribbott. of Edenahurx. Pa . who had served ti’-e---straight term* * Site. promi*ed to fight for repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor act and to give full support to Pre*id--nt Truman in his legislative- pruzrat i !,abor leaders carried on an a- tiv ■ cTurn le i'aar »r»eee Vocational Ag In Consolidated School Hansel Foley, county «upcrintend* nt of school*. h'i* announc'd the addition of J E Thacker to the Adams Crntral high school staff Thacker will teach vocational agri culture Thacker has served for the past II year* a* soil conservation officer in Illinois in charge of farm planning, forestty and water, and c-!f eivaUoti He- wa* -du ated in Illinois and the Hartford Seminary.. Hartford. Conn lie was in south-1 ern Rhodesia for four years whe re he performed mi*«l«nary work tn agriculture Thacker, whose home is In Whitehall. 111 . Is married, and plans to move to Adants county | immediately.

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ADAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, September 14, 1949.

Britain Gets ‘.Spending Money’ rj||B i Wi \r z l ■R. * ’ .0 IT SAL L SMILES .1 ■ lit it i . l-'<c n■ .. 1 11 y l-j : Itlll b-lt ami I S See i. tary of Slate lie .m A< h m.ii < hat following re-.0-liiiiu if a 1" point -top .-.q, .igiee-im •! in W ,shjn 'on to ill.--, lit. lit (tain* dollar crisis. Main point i* p-inii on for Biitahi to p--ml onie Mar-hall Plan dollar- out ab- of the I m'-d .-'a > a . . . _

Treasury Running Deeper Into Red Government Costs Rising Steadily Washington. Si pt II HP, The tr<a*uiy ha* struck a balance for the first I'* wnks of the new fi-cal year and reports it-* If in 'the nd for f.:.::o|,ot>tt.iieo There w<re yi ir* durin:. - the I Coididvi and H"i,v,r admini-'ra tic tn whin tha’ sum would have paid all govi ruinin' txpcn-<* for 12 months (111 a w.iHiy l>i-H since fi-< al j I'l'.n Io van on July I. the frea*uty ha- In ■ n *p> tiding btyond Its in j come a’ an av< rape ra'e of f : 17s > Wi t kly inrotni' in th, 'same peiiud anrag«d f",<»7 137 1 *•«• and th' A" kly average of spend I ins wa- ehni to fl.iHio.oini.tai'i The 'actual -pending figure was »» i;iu in n inn -♦ vi n day - The most significant figure in th. daily treasury report which icnviled the first 111 weeks of file fiscal yiar wa< on spending It co*t the taxpayers nearly $2.""".10)0,1)00 mote to tun the ft deral | i.v. mint nt during the first '" 'weiks of this fiscal y« ar than it I cost during the -time period a ytur ■go That is a big inert i-i Here are some comparisons if | government spending and ti venue .during the first I" wetks of the ! i urn nt fiscal yar with rome -pt tiding figures for complete th leal year* whin government cn-t* ' wi re more mod, «t C x lendiRrceiptt tur«i 1917 <7>2 wk*i f1.121.'i"". 1 "'" fl 977'c0 linn 192" '7'2 wk-1 0 i>‘* I uno.null ;< ■; ime 1 mi ' 1925 (52 wk*i 3.7 m .i.cui.oi <i G'l.ot 0.000 i 1930 (52 w k i I kl 17.<M , 0. ,, 't0 3 11".000,000 191" (52 wk-1 5 :’.s7.i" , <'.' "" ‘ 0 297 iiuii.tuHi ! 195" 11" wk* > sj*7 1 ttm.iNHl S ’,7b .I'OHJHHI These -pending figure* form the background of a growing dispute 1 het wet n President Truman and an . economy group in congress for i which the Democratic spokesman is Sm Harry F Byrd of Virginia Sen Hubert A Taft. It. <>. and many other It* publican* also have been hammering at government cost* ami they recently were join ed by former president lloovir They and other* of the oppo-i tion warn especially acain-t fui ther deficit spending, which mean* the spending of more money than the government collect* in revenue and borrowing the balance The national de ht »« now almost 1257.ch.ii.ih'u.ow), gr.at* r by nearly I I i.oiiiieu than it was just a year ago It costs more than 15.0'"'a I year juc •" P-C m *'* ’ M the I national deb' to the persons and I institution* which hold the govern ment’s bond* Mr Truman defends hi* spend Ing program this way "There are economic and social! (Turn Ta Face Maker

727 Cases Os Polio Arc Listed In State lildinnapoli--, Sept It HT’i The state board of health toils • listed 727 < a <•* of po io in Indiana since tin' fir t of the year Th're were 7! deaths from the di < a Jay county, which reported one case ye-lerday. wa- hardest hit witli mi cues Vanderburgh r" ported three i a-es to bring its total to ti'i sei ond high, and thirdhigh Delaware reported ope for a total o; i,l Balkans Discussed By Acheson, Bevin Spanish Relations Arc Also Discussed Washington S-pt It HT’i S*-c total y of stat.’ Dean Acheson and British foreign retary Ermst Iteiin today moved into Balkan issues as they continued cold war strategy disc us-iolis The -late department ail tli y also di-1 II *ed the tormy quet|on of .-Spain's relation' with w.- t ern Europe Inpartmi-nt spokesman Miciiiel .1 Me In rmii'l in -ay in. today talks touch'd on Cr> <-. • and \l bania, did no' mention neighboring Yugoslav ia. Bit it appeared obi ious that in moving into the inflamed Balkan, ■ ituitinn the ministers mu-' oom ••r or 'a'er examine the cold war P' fentiali ies of tin- f-nd bl'tWO’ll Kus in* Jo el Stalin ~n i Yiteo slavin'* Marshal Tito The 'ate department i ; ■ losely | foliowin:.' d>ielopmenf- in Alleluia a. i 11-eil by Cree e <>t bi itn’ tile base i f comri'inict gq tilla bands w iring on the Creek army Solti' evidence h I.cep relieved her. th il tin- pro Soviet Xiban lan gou-rnment lias teen running into internal 'rouble* Spain'- position in relation to the Mai shall plan nations of Europe i* a vexed one So far the other western European countries have excluded ant i-communi*' Spain from th ir group, charging that II is also aPtial. tms rat'c- But voice- have been rai-ed in this inuiitry demanding Spanish pariTnrw •••«* Food Price Index Gains Three Cents New York. Sept It H’l*' The Dun a Bra Istri et w holesale fi»ni ipd'x gainesl three i en’s thi* week, rising to |5 95 the agency reported today This compared with |5 H 2 in the previous week and was 13 S peri ent lieiow the '•* of the comparable week a ynr ago Sime July 3. the index has had a net rise of 19 cents The index is the i'im total of the prh e per pound of 2! foods at wholesale tn the week • nded yesterday prices of 15 foods advauced. 7 d«clined and 9 remain 1 unchanged.

Lewis Keeps Coal Owners Guessing Over Possible Shutdown Os Coal Mines

One Hoosier Bank Robber Arrested 18 Year Old Bank Bandit Is Sought N-. v Casll-c. Iml Sept II > I Pt . Polie-• ami FBI agents toda,. loitlte-d an l*-' >-at ol<l artm-d '..’c'll. robb.r who*-- knife-wielding 10.11 pallion >va- <apturi-d last night The FBI aid t'heste i I. W.-lliin;: ton, a Ne w 1 a-tle- auto plant worker, wa * artm-'l and 1 ten -ide-. -• I ilaligerous His aide in the- robb.-i . yesterday of the < itiz- n* StateBatik of Mt Summit wa- Robert D Wheeler, al-o I*, who wa arrest- I a- lie '. aite-l m-ai We-'lllngtor - holm- Iler- 1 Oftii'ials of tin- robbed bank, t bram h of th-- t'itiz.-m- Bank hole-, -aid ft *7 wa* tak.-n but Wheeb - I-aid they got f_’,'e!l II- had mi .e | f I" when arrested Harrv Shive-h-v, ' ■ a bi-1 of t m 1 alik. was for-c-d into an ait olid tieem-d vault aftei th-- leelibery am 1 l -tayecl tlie-re- for rn-ailv an ho.ii ■ <•- tore- be.llg le b-aseel The- two men were- identitie-il. I-'I'I lai ay-.-iit Harvey G I’os-e-t I *aal. 11- a result o' intell • ii.v> st. 1 gallon ' Foster aid it car le-arne-d the-, robber* made the.i g.-t away in 1 1 brown. !!G7 se-dan 'ami by proc <■ . of elimination the Indiana -tat. police, Ne-W C'a-th- chief ol polii-e Ro«s Scolt, she-rilf Ro ,ert I. I'.ol gett ami FBI agent* vve-r-- able > fra th.- < .11 to Win eb-r ami We- 1 I inc-ton " Whet-b r adtnitt.il his part in tin-! | I o'.lu-rv, l-’ustei nd 11<- will taken to Indianapolis for a lie ariug before the I S < unmissiomT Wethin.'ton wa- ibfi ri .e-d a* I • fe .t six im In-- tall slender, w.t 1 , dark-brown lni*hy hair ami gr.it . e-i- 11.- -va. sealing a light bl 1 I-port jai ket and darker dm- tiuiiII r* V. hen last -ee-n till- FBI -aid 1 Railroad Strikers Ready To Negotiate Union, Rail Heads Agree On Progress St l.otii*. Sept II il’l’i Direct negotiation* may la- start • eil today to end a strike that pat alyz d ti. Mi-*o:ili Pai ific rail I road llepre- -eii'ative-s of .‘i.omt sink • ing engineer*, firemen, trainm-11 ami c onductors said Ho y Were j ready tn negotiate "either one by! o'i- nr in gem tai principal on the ?*2 grievance-. Invo'ving <•'"•. that precipitated the- strike i a week ago ' I don't know what the- com pany may he coming up with." said R E Davidson. pokeMiian for the union* But he ami company i spokesmen agreed that ' progr.-s* wa* made in pr> liminary talk* | sponsored by a volunteer citizen's committee- of St laoiis offliral* Mean'.‘.'bile. le»*lde-nta and ilidil* tries In towns along the MOI-Al"* • 7<me>ii.i| l - light 01 e-eimplaim-l that the strike- was affecting their dailv ItV- * atul lusting tlie-ill I money Farmers at Batesville. Ark comp aim'd that they had tee hire true ks to slim in chit ken feed, cutting their profit* The Ameiiian Stove Uo Si Louis telegraphed President Tru man that with ord- rs on Imml for nex' six week* production.' <T«rw Te t-ncce Twe> Four-Ycor Old Girl Is Fatally Burned I.ivines'on. Mont, Rept 14 lUPe A font year old girl was fatally burned yesterday when she fell Iti'o a natural hot w.ct r pcml near the old Faithful geyser in Aeip.w-:oiie Rational Park Paik rangers brought the little girl. Karen Anderaon to the ho* pltal at Livingston, where she died eve-ral boors after the a cl- . -lent She was the daughter of a bureau ot reclamation engineer st Grand Coulee. Wash |

Tito Accused Os Planning To Invade Romania Romania Newspaper Says United States In Support Os Plot Belgrade-. Yugoslavia. Se-pt It lUPI Marshall Tito was ac-11-ed today of planning to invadeRoininila ami lie-lp overthrow th--Moscow-dominated Hungarian government The Romanian new pape-i S< an-te-i.i. which mail-- th<- charge-* nd th-- plot was supported by theUnited State* in an effort to .-.-t the soviet satellite-* at war with Rii-.siu unde-r Tito'- command \ 10-i Yugoslav official counter ed with I hill.-'- that re. i-nt Rus ■ i..n troop movement * on Yugoslavia* northern frontier w»-re- a "plot with arm- to frighten Amer i. an aid away from Yugoslavia and pre-vc-nt othe r satellite- state* from following Tito's courseIn another Yugoslav blast at llu sia. Yugoslav elejnity fore-iiti minister Ale* Be-bler -cid that Russia was demanding 'unity at any eo t” among the soviet sat-e-llite* be- etise of the krellillll'S ; tear of atomic wnr The ne w spaper S. anteia s c harges of an inva-ioii plat m-alnst .Marshall Tito said Atm-ri an im ■ pe-i nlist - had a lively aideel th--plan by Infiltrating spies into the work.hg lass movement in Ito mania Si lllltela IS the- offei ll Wl.rkeTS ! 1 cotnmunist 1 |sirtv m wspap.-r in Bucharest The paper- chary w.re- broad a-t bv A.-.-rpr- tloRomanian pre- agem y i Si ailtc-ia -aid the- Yugoslav plans called f"i as*i ian.'• in establish iiiz an anti M<e* ovv Hungarian . i.v e-riitmnt L-’.id-"l v for m-r II in I earian foreign ininistec l.a*zlo I Itajk i H.i k ami s.-veti othe r top -eun- ! ,'iiuiiisf leader in Hungary w.t.•crt. ted last June on - harge* of ' espion.ig. treason ami attempt* ito overthrow th-- Hungarian yv ; eminent Their trial starts Frid.ev t ■ m lliidape’ ' S. anteia intimated that the- al c’lurn Io I’aue Itlshle U. S. Police Chiefs Study Traffic Toll Urge Cooperation With Press, Radio D.dla*. Tex. .<• -p’ II 'll’ l I The- f.a'lol. * poll, e hie-f-- wc-tit to 1 woik todav on ita’fic acclde-nt* land r-inedie to ;t voi.| them William i: S. lipp* publisher of the- Detroit New- told the ".Cth annual < onferem •• of th- Internal ! loi-al Assoc i.etion of t'hief* of l‘o • lice- that full coeepera ion leetween the poll. •-. the pr.--s and radio' 1 station* '* n**ce**:iry to i.-tu-.-I traffic fatalities Now if the public i« fully in I form d a- to the c auses of traffic I accidents and if the- pu'.iu I believes Hie poll, e are doing all in I their power to cut ttaffh a-cl-i .lent*, then I say to you that you ' e'en depend on th.- public to co pt-ra'e \n<! by virtue of this co- | operation you can b- n-l your ace I-' I dent curve downwar<l. he «.iid Sc ripps said the c ity polic e* c hies should hold conferences with i newspaper editor* and radio staion manage rs l-efore new traffic safety drive* ar-- inaugurated Franklin M Kreml. Chicago, di rector of ti.* a**<« ia'iotiA traffic division, said that the greata«t new job his department had undertaken in 11'1’e was ti e traffic problem In 11 inoi* He *ald the political affiliatieen no lon<e-r would t.e th-- ba«i< for ippoln'im-nt to and promotion in the Illinois state police Kreml pointed out ’hat the Hit (Tara Ta r*i* Fleet

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Strike Possibility Looms From Refusal Os Some Operators To Pay Into Funds BULLETIN Wxxhingfon. Sept. 14 —<UPi —John L Lewis, in a new ttnke threat, today urged the Cleveland Trust Co. to force the Island Creek Coal Co to pay up its contributions to the United Met workers welfare and retirement fund Wa hington. S' Jet It 1 1 I' 1 • John I. l.'-wj today k«-pt oft coni operator- gm*-.ng a- to whether he will shut clown the indu-tty po:-sibly starting tonight Th.- Unite <1 Milo w >rk' r- late r today te-uim inntr.ut talks with tile sou'll coal prodil '-rs .1 *ociaGoli a' Blue fie ld W Va Hut the UMW pre- id-nf wa- I-* polled bu-y at uni'll he-adquartei s here It w.i -aid In doe- not int. i.d to attend th>- Bluefield talk The- -Hike- |m- ibility dev.-lope d flotn I.fu ale t -otne ope lator- ' e continue 2'"-fit a'on payment* to the union - welfare ami retirement fund l.ewi- could close th-' Imjuetry merely by putting itito -ff- ■ th>union's no contra. ■ no w tk pi. He-v. He sll>J» tide ‘I I' whe II the <ll--t • X|iirec| I 1 t Jut.e <■ by oid« 1 • ing UMW im tub-1 * to k> <|> on working regular *hif' w>- t of the* Mi«*i**lp|el and thre* day a week e a-t of the Mi«-1 Alltel until fillHo r twtie. There w no telling if e t whe n the further notje e-' would b* forth- : e omlrig Union . pok.snien >ai<l they had no indication whether Lewi- wouM tip off Im plan l - by commenting' <.:i ate le cram ft< r Jatm !• Franc i-. pre-ldetit of th* l-latid Creek Coal Cl i f Hlllitilig'toi! W Va Lewi* hail el» m and* el that Ftali--11 - pay «u -p< I,d« d 2" 1 • tlt-a ton I <4l'l ibu'ii'ti to th«- union wedlafi' and tetiiiimic L* *1- ii.l Frattci* ami -otm- othe r ojie ratmp u ti ii'al'y in the -oilth, tfflv. liiill ill lb t ill.’ in • Ju y 1 He Oil if 11 Ule to pay up < -Uld I<U ■ tioubh lb detiiatlded answer before' II uinptie 11 of the Him ft* hl talk < Ft encl- b- at tin el* adline with a t. her an de-hiring tha' in view' <! th* e-iititiai’t expit.c'ion hi* < <:• pativ ow. nothing to the fund Th- fund paytmt ire th*- i' • t mediate i-*m l-i* -uniably. how. v- r tli< main obi* e-t of a strike- w <uld be- to tt-ngtheti the’ miners' hand in th" I ..li'i I. ‘ 11..- ,'iati >t) tha- le - Him 'u.lav and tola. !" * at Bluefield and Whl'e- Sulphur Spring* W Va. Mi -t 1 f the -oft 11 al induettv has been oil a three day work wee k -in- • Jum 3<i. when the old con Ha ' expireel Lewis impi'Sid tlm -holt week ill ail mine* e.l-t of thee sli«-i*«i|ipi. a- a üb-ti'u i- for Inv 1 traili'innal poll y of no<ontra." . 110 work Th*- operator* belie-v-d Lewiv ‘ might 1 a.t soim 01 al! of hi- soft <■ al mim 1 off th> job altogether it H... 1 h e- of work today tlm ■ ini i t the 11th short w >rk w. **k Moat id the industry apparent'* wa* ready for a showdown Spoketm 11 aid th* operators’ r-*l-’am*' 1 to Lewis' contract demand* was Ir. t.yth* n»d by th. rep<-rt <' I’r. »;<|e tit Ttufuati * fa- fitid.ti ; board in the a- e I di*put' The board r'K'tnmended no wag.' I boo.t and proposed a pension ami . insurance plan fat h-« costly than tin miner*' welfare fund Lewis wants a shorter work day. higher jiav. and bigger c ‘>nftibuti- n> t > th* fund Some operator* conceded they have not been making the welfare' • payment* But they said they have been unde-r tm obligation to do «<» •in th« June 2'e expiration date I of the miner-' contract Others ti*ok th' position that tor i tee-hnie al reason* under the TaftHartley law their obligation* under the uld contract ran to Aug 14 Whether they Intend to continue th* paymen'* pa-rt that date will not be known until next Tu.'day, when payment for August are due. Lewis eerved what was wld’lv in'erprettd a* a strike threat last nlrht In a letter to Jamet D Ftaneix president of the Island Creek Coal Co. Hun'ington. W Va one of th* non contributor* He told Clara Ta Fane Flake»