Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1950 — Page 1

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Vol. XLVIII. No. 35.

JUDGE ORDERS LEWIS TO END COAL STRIKE

National Coal Stocks Drop To 14-Day Supply Number Os Workers Idled Is Expected To Mount Sharply Cbkago, F«b 11 Air force official. con.idereA a “pro)km«l today for a "coal lift" to fly Canadian fuel to V. 8 air hasps a* national coil strtrit* dropped twigUday supply. Railroads dropped 50 percent of their coafusln* passenger runs at midnight and 25 percent of their freight traffic The number of workers Idled as result of the slrik. hy 4<Mi.i>t>t* united mine workers was expected to ' " Cttnih sharply over the weekend a* the railroads furloughed unneeded maintenance workers More than io.ixto persons, hlelud Ing 33 000 railroadmen, already were affected A CIO auto workers strike against Chrysler Colp. Involving 125.800 workers, brought the total of American workers Idled directly or Indirectly by strikes to--SKS.MW — The "ctigjj lift ” was suggested by j - officials at the Chahure (Illi air; ’ Coal 'was ***i short at th*- base - that it was bring shipped In from .-.-. sher He-arbi. flekis and otfltials were ready to give 9Jwm* of th* -11 tmu airmen threewet k enter-; gency furloughs to save fuel The nearby city of Rantoul. 11l 'liiihud a brownout of lighting to sice coal at the city's light plant Manufacturing and steel plants w.i.- planning new layoffs as the nailoh's coal supply dipped to its lowest leva! alnce Jun* IHK H Warden Ralph W Alvis at rhe I Ohio state penitentiary ordered ,that th* prison woolen mill anlf’ automobile llrwi-i tag shops h*ci.tsed mi Monday unless the coal *-i i-la is .solved by flten.' V *l<>r.*it -;**' * .'inpatit*— li.tt* shut down furnates. laying off ped to reduce' operations 50 percen*; and lay off st""* wurkp' r* V w> • k Meanwhile, It wa- feared that rioleme tn the coal field-- might ‘ step Up due to tes.ulnunr over twoixpri'ed injunctions intended 4<*| bling the I'MW strike Jo an end A—slxip mm** pi’-Wr'l-shoy el__w as blasted with dynam’lle' yesteiday it* ar lliilade Ipltia. <1 ■ and- JJeu-pUk .ts raided a llrookyill* Fa. mln* Rank and-file IMW i':*ti'.l-r.* said they would not enter the p// by' tor* e or handcuffed by atKiti- ; junction'" Their leaders indbtftedthat only a nod from their leader.| l..hn I* lewis would /return them 111 w,,r * .At Springfield. IltVmVwever. John: X'atchiatido. piesidetit of the iude , pendent progressive mine workers t of America, accused la-wis of being the "father" of the Taft Hartley! (aw* being used to gel lhe bark to work - Marehiando charged that a I’MW advertisement in the Illinois State .loumal was fillwl with • untruth*' ita Its claim that PMW officers wa re usinn pressure to keep slime in*-mbers at work in Illinois, during Hje UM W strike ; Hr said I-ewis* "unwarranted ar Huns’*' provoked passage of rfbe] TafUHartley act and that every, time ctnurpss got in a mood for; r« “did “something'”* Jo • antagonist*Jhe legislators and the, public. Jobless Pay Claims On Sharp Increase Indlangpolis. Feb II -(CPi — A sharp rise of 2 s percent in inhiwl jobless psy applications was record last week over the week ending Jan IS. the Indiana employment securfty division today First-time claims totalled 9.435. compared to 5.579 a week earlier, director Everett L. Gardner said . fjayoffs because of the Chrysler ■ Corp plant strikes were mainly re-1 sjHin.sible. he said. Job applications dropped during the period, however, and eontinuTnr, claims were down three per-r-ent. fr**m 40.554- to I More job openings, mainly tn non-ferrous .metal industries, were Reported hyj industrial employers. Gardner -aid WEATHER Partly cloudy today and tort IgM. Tomorrow cloudy with' occasional rain. Little change in tomperature. High today 15. TO 45 north. 45 to 50 couth. Low tonight 22 to 25 north, 28 to 34 couth.

Airman Sucked Out Os Plane To Death Steward Is Sucked Out Os Open Door New V.ork. Fvb 11 —fl’Pl— A gust of wind plucked a craw mem her out the open door of a Pau American airways trans-Atlantic strnfocrvlser early today, hurling bJm ; O.iioo feet to certain death Joh*r Harris 2H: a steward, wa* . Mtir)u<d cabin door of the clipper Mayflower whd< 22 rtaKaengera and 1# other i crew gasped in horror. .. The plane wak. 2V mH' ? jrppf l<fe. wild airport. npi>roa«'hhig for a lauding Mrs Anna Krajicek, of St. Janre-r. N* ¥.. - rnre of the pawrrth geraT wiineaaed the arcitfentr "■When th>- door blew open and j the air rushed in ’ «he *aid. ”he| ! reached h»r a blanket on th<* seat . hf front of me and walked over! toward the 4«M>r. (Hit Hng His hands,) Up a* if to cover the air I vould only see the upper part of Ids body 1 was watching him ‘ and befoie I knew wh.it had hap ' pened he was gone. Airline officials said they believed the plane was at an altitude jof 10,000 feet and approiirnately, over St t.iiii-- \ Y . tm the »*«»rth shnr<- <>: IziHiL' I liUM *to f: the .it cidept o< euir*d at 1 4* a m EST, urn rS,T» J ( Poli* ♦ were asked search for , Hnriris’ 'body, althongh •‘airline of ftr-uis W« rr J|(*l Mire wh» tht7 tl»e * : body might haw landed <»n L<»ng • Island nr in Lmr« -Hhmd Sound -• This was the second such arri dent in three war* On March 10, IJM7, (burge Hart navigator of a I’rans World airlines eliation. was mucked off the_4»lane when a plexiglas* broke He . J&U d, a,| V. | whSelbv plan* WWW over the Allantic. 2SO miles from Gander, Xhd ■f* ♦*•»« American trffkinlu said the • shin door on the big peacetime Version of the Boeing superfortress 5 opt-Ked. uuiwimL M ilh »b< .hinges ’ loWjiJ.d the after end of the plane j Thus when it became unlatch'd/ t A'-erk-. h-wves -wwife Kalheriro They had no < lot th, Il Hr orginaHx < am. from Lafavritr* Ind whet* his mother, r Mr- .Chri—o Harris live* " ’ ( apt John T S\«!an. of Hunt- } melon. N Y the plan*> pilot id lo* passengers ' r« mained calm and cooperath * After, the a< cident. "Th?• “Th* nr hTrnfod —wvhrntf^ftt++h*-v .incident ... I Mrs Krajick.said that after liar 1 4 ris was lost that'five crew mein I /in rs including a st* wardess irled . to close the d»»or but. w;ere unable * i to do so because <d th< suction. - V—- [ Extra Pay To Miners For Working Monday | Wilke* Barre. rU Feb 11 . (UPI ■ Hard coal miners will get thnvi and one-half for working Monday. .u.muv. d John L w k birth dis j The uriTted mine workers leader 1 will be 7“ tomorrow. Major coal producers agreed yesterday to the premium pay . Minnie Harkless Dies Last Night i ■ Funeral Services Monday Afternoon .Mis Minnie Harkless. native *ah<T lifelong resident of Adams county, died at M o’chmk Friday evening at the hojne of- a daughter. Mrs * Martin‘Fuelling. 2913 Holton. Fdrt Wayne, after an JJ In ess erf two weeks. She was born at New Coryd<»n • S.ept 12. ISGri a daughter of Mr. and Mr William M-('amphell Her husband. Charles Harkless. died in 19*1*. She was a member of the First j Methridisl < -hurefiTii lhls’ < ify ' .Surviving in addition to th» daughter are three <bns. Frank Harkless of J’oe. Millard Harkless of Fort Wayne' and Richard Hark r»-s*up MonmoutK; right grandt hil dreu; 12 jjr* at-grandrhildrA n. and one sister.-Mrs Lizsie Abel of He-, j catur. Two brut hern and one Mater I Are deceased • Funeral services wilF be held af‘ 1:30 'pm Monday at the Zwh k funeral home and at 1. o’clock at the Fjr*t Methodist church. Dr | Gerald H Jone* officiating Burial will be in the Decatur cemetery FrtendF may cadi at .Hye funeral after 7 30 o’clock tjils evening. ' ... ’

■ ■■ ’ Delay AdiotEF On Parole Plea By Stephenson Clemency Board To Delay Decision To Hear More Evidence TmliAßApolta. Feb 11. The Indiana clemency commiaatoft delayed art ion today on D. C. Stepheiiaon’a parole petition m order to add "more evidence’’ -to. the teatimony of alx pet*a«ma heard in a hearing yesterday. iStephendon, SS, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan an<l a potent political figure jin the 1920a. seeka freedom after serving 25 years of a life term in I Hale prison for murder, j He was rotyvirfed al Noldeavill" , in 1925 in the death of Miss Madge Oberholtrer. 2H. stat chouse emi ptoye. and bis parole |M»titfod‘ r> w«iß the latest of more than 5» moves he has made since his imprisonment to get out. The clemency com- , mission heard six wilnesses yesterday. four of whom appeared to be there in Stephenson’s behalf and the other two in protest tv ! his rebuLHf- . One of the witnesses was Mar £f(hali Oberhof! zer, 55. brother and irearekt surviving relative; of Miss , t lherlioltzer who died two weak* she alghed a deathbed statement saying Stephenson kidnaped; raped and wounded her on a train {trip to Hammond. The commission recessed In late nitern<»mt-but, Harvey L Hire, se< - refary, said it would delay a re ycrymmendathrtr to 4i<*v *Tfenry Ft S. hri«-ker until it gets more evi- ,. denve.' Nchrkker was expected to ponddf the.. matter for several days j after he get* -the Commission s i i f Oberhof tier would not tell news- j men what he said in his brief up-» ' : "i iearji'in '■ k /.'belore £ But he said he talked 10 minutes and presented, a written protest ViMong others who appeared. - fprpssiimably to support Stephen-1 s«,n's petition, was former Indiana t supreme court judge Clarence Mar tin Martin dissented when the high court ruled against Stephen"win hr* nppeaWor a new VrlaU Cl'wrM T« Sl* I Campaign Rules In Britain Changed British Will Hold Election Feb. 23 I -* Ixrndon. Feb 11 fUP) Britain’s labor government has changed Hie Campaign rules since” the last genera! elecHon if this hml . happened in the JJfiited .States it would have jarred our politicians from coast Io coast. The opposition party in lhe United States, under similar circumstances. probably would he shouting: Gerry ma ndw>. We ~*wux • robbed.” : But not so over here. Some of the old const it uenctes. or election districts, as wh call them, have been abolished. The boundaries of many others have been altered T 1 The conaervaHves and other opposition parties, are not complaining mm* h. if any. about the new rules »>r the redistricting of parliamentary constituencies The whole thing was done on a basis whh h was fair enough all around Constituencies were alsdlshed -or.their iHHindaries quite freely so that the number of seats in the house of roihmons was re duced <4U ill the last parliament to <25 in the new one which will meet M.irvh 1 The, I election will take pia< ** Feb 23 Th** labor party lost some con Mtituemdew in the process Prime . Minister Clement Attlee’s c«isiiinenry disappeared in a reshuf fie of boundaries in Ixmdon He had tn find a new one.. Other ♦ government big shots are finding, new faces and new tefritory in their campaign districts right _ All of this was accomplished by four boundary commissions with scarcely a shout of foul In the process the socialists abolished (Twrw Ts F*<» Otsi

ONLY DAILY WBWtFAMn IN ADAM* COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, February 11, 1950 —

| WHAT A HEADACHE! S-‘- ■

See Further Drop In Retail Food Prices No Sharp Decline Is Seen, However . \V»Httingt.<in, Feb. 'll —I EPI - Th*- agriculture department today torecast a further drop iu retail f***h! prirea. but uud nu aharp prlee declifi'e" la Reporting on -the national Raid altuatinn. f'he department xahl prne l*e<-ta of lower retail price** and larger food auppliea means r-onsuni i •rs may eat mon f*««l this .'ear j than last year _ ; ‘ The report predicted that the Javerax*- person aT*dW. *al JffiiK*: meat. eggs, cheese and tiitkey. bul ; ,-onsiinie less rhilk. birf"l*-¥ and, I chi. ken in 1950 than In 1949 Th- report ntarW- these forecasts of per capita civilian cpnsnmption : tor this year, compared *Hh l»'t year Meal 14S pounds, up <»'" percent Kg rs 45r1 pounds up five per- ( cent I Cheese 7;i pound", up one per cent ! Turkey 44. pounds, up 13 per ' *.m ! Fluid milk and cream. — 370; pound, . down 3 percent HuUrx 111.2 pounds.. (Town, four percent Chi* ken - 24 2 pounds, down four perctml Community Center Fund 1$ $136,088 Feel Certain Goal Will Be Attained The tkecatur Community Center, fund totals »136.|*>1.15. Carl C Pumphrey, general chairman ot the driv*—announced today. The-total- Includes the VSfr.-OPO| girt from the General Electric Company, which was announced this! week. In addition to the G. B. gift.' approximately 01.000 waa received since the last report. Mr. Pumphrey) stated. To mee| the $150,000 goal when the fund will receive $73,000 from Central Soya company, only $13.-. >1195 remains to be raised, the chairman explained Mr. Pumphrey stated he had as suram-es from individuals and', groups that they would assist in raising the required amount., so that the fund would receive the gift] Jcom Central Soya company Welsh Sworn In As District Attorney Indianapolis. Feb 11 II'P) - Matthew Welsh..3S. Vincennes, was ’he new V. S. attorifey tor the southern Indiana district today. Welsh was given the oath of off ice in the federal liUlldinr henlate yesterday by hie personal friend. Judge Ralph A. Seal of Knox circuit court at Vincennes » Gor Henry F. Schrtcker was present to offer his congratulation.to Welsh, who succeeds R Howard Caughran. 59. the attorney jpnre * 1941, 1 - *- -

| BULLETIN Mrs. Witham Schroeder, 75. AMO lake this morning st her home in Allee county. 10 miles " south of Fort Wayne near U! *. highway 27. The body was re - moved to to the Zwick funeral home. Orders Caution In Handling Annulment i - . .. Diocesan Tribunals Warned By Vatican Romi*. Feb 11 rt'l'i Italy':powerful Catholic action moveinei.i Jligik a critical view..today nf r* j jsiMs that Jlnyaid ’ Merzman'- anrtRolte'rfo Rosseilini ea.sijy could I'athoti* aiinualments of their pr- \ ions marriages So they <an«»ed -■ . the church. I’oiii.-ideittally and, without refer elite to th? Ih-rgtiuni Rossellini case, the Vatican ordered all >.lio resat: tribunals handling annnliiien*requests to joietcise.greatet car** _ I It said just theTTrttlifnTj must i*e satisfied but the sai-r*.| dignity of nralrimony-'BiUet never lie endangered 1 Miss Borgman has obtained n' Mexican divorce front her hut-band |ir Peter Lindstrom Rossellini", i father, of Miss nergnian's nine day; old son. has a i-i'il annulment of bis first marriage But neither de . i eree is recognized by the Catholic , church. . t I The Swedish actress and file ll.tl tian director intend to marry in a icTtn TBmnmiy ~aw SUMI »S legal* l.s hnn-alities can lee cleared aaa,' * They are rejsirled hopeful of a lit ■ e‘r ceremony in the’t'ulholic chufcti •’ (The Catholic action . movemei.t i-onimejited qn the affair in Its qff!- ’ * ial organ. T1 Quotidiano It criUctz ~ ed remarks attributed to a Catholic I priest that Rossellini easily could obtain a-church annulment df his first marriage. j Matrimony Is a sacrament ana 'with the sacraments there can lie no joking." II notldiano said. "On ‘ i the other hand, no one can antic! pate a sentence of the ecclesiastical courts, which In matrimonial mat ■ ters proceed with extreme caution and with alisohue reserve. "One must deplore that the name iof a religious person has been linkI erf with this non-edifving affair. 1 which has the honor of news l*e isuse of the notoriety of the pro- , tagoniats. . i : ‘."lt would he suffocated with sit ence and condemnation if it eon ) iTufW Ta CM- Ktwkri Rings Stolen From Department Store , Indianapolis, Feh 11—(VPl — * Three men suspected of four rings worth more than 13.4*9 I from the jewelry department of L S Ayres department store were sought today by police The theft was discovered late ] yeatardsy and clerka believed three men who loitered at the counter an hour earlier while one looked at a wrist watch were responsible One ring was a 52.5P9 platinum : gem with a diamond weighing near ' ly two karats

Federal Judge Directs Lewis To Order 400,000 Miners To Resume Work

College Student Is Killed In Accident Crawfordsville. Ind.. Feb. II (<JP>- George Robert Ekstedt. 2d, New Rochelle, N. Y.. wan killed I iant night and two other persons injured when their anttenolele <m! lided with a truck on Ind. 34. Ekntedt. a senioi at Wal>ash .....kM. driving a convertible whkh state poHee Mid faih<l to negotiate a curve and toßlded with ' a heavy truck driven by Everett Bro*it. 59, DanviHe. 11l Challenge Senator Reveal Reds’ NamesRepublicans Lash State Department Washington. Feb 11 —(UP» — The state department today chai- •• i: Sen .l<»>» pli R McUu-rtliv. ; It. Win . to left it the names of the I j. m c urd-ca Trying Tom/nuniM * he : • laiui- are on its pajroll A said the depart 1 ni* j nf~wouH HITe to kuoaT-who tHehei j employes are An -of now. he said, f Hhe department knows of no corn ! ! munis! ip the diplumaMi servicej land 'if we find any. they•• wiU-be- ; fired at once?* , I Sec"trlaiy of‘state A< h» _ was - not available for frnmMiate commini. However, on McCarthy'* offer last Hight to identify the ai leged roinmunint* if A< hesmi w<*ukl contact hiiif at the Utah hotel in Salt Lake City MrCarthv’is off*r, made in a re . corded inter Vi* w over Salt I.ake ■ Chy radio station KALL, appeared Jl“ Tl srrattour Republican 4 '■ caniiraign' -•f*er ;: '"'T4g4?4*'» *,***ii«--i»M4j>' • stririhm* * Whin the federal govern t j ment I Since the arrest on spy charge!of British scientist K E J Fuch? and tha • conviction on perjury charges of former stat* department official Alg* r rtiss GOP kgisla j tore have repeatedly calkd for a- .. sttii" Lt r lo' .»- t< • f**i» • | ■ ", ”, In a Lincoln day speech at Char i I les ton. W V a", last night. - RepublP I can chairman Guy G Gabrleluofn condemned the administration fpf j {Tailing to recognise ' the dangerousj ohcnU 'whidi <-i.mmunMs and! : fc llow"i-ravvlers have heep employ | fed in Import ant goy ei:Wtnent jobs. 4 i especially in Hie st are department - The FBI. the government s top (Tant T* Pace PH| Wheaton Revival Sets Off Second Chicago Seminary Has 14-Hour Meet Chicago Feb 11. ilPI— The Wheaton college chapel, acene of. a 39 hour marathon revival, lay quiet toßrfp hilt atuUentF and faculty member* prayed tha. jthe religious ardor kindled there Vruuld "sweep the nation " Already, the demonstration at suburban Wheaton had touched oil nortlurn Haptisl theological seminary where 355 students spent more than 14 hours "getting right 'with the Lord". A student at Northern Baptist said lhe Wheaton revival "definiteI' set off the prayer and-confes-skin session at his school. ."There a beeu b need for it," 'said Henry Thompson 27. “and I icuess the Wheaton meeting Just brought it to a head ' Thompson estimated that more than 20« t students took the platform at Northern Baptist to con fess and ask .forgiveness The testlm.uvUla ended at almost 1 a m today r: "It Was entirely voluntary.", he said “The only thing that happens at times tike this is that the holy spirit takes bold of your lite " The Wheaton college president 'fc- Raymond Edman; ended the huirathon revival there yesterday after hundreds of students and' teachers had taken the roatum to confess their wrong doings public | CTwrw Te Feu* ICtebtr

Attempt To Break Southern Filibuster Asserts Senate GOP To Support Attempt Waahihgton. Feb 11 — (UP) - Sen. Owen Brewster. R . Me . pre dieted today that SfUtlT gS'peircrtc' of senate Republican* would aup port an attempt to limit debaie oh civil rights legislation In an effort to 3 Democratic filibuster, the aeiiat | will vote on a Cloture, motion woiue Hine after the adinini?ifration lead I erahip call# the fair eniploym«t»’ practice bill before the #en»U± a j l»out March I. There uer* rumors vewterday ♦ ha! Brea - ter wa* circulating ape Htion to pledge GOp senatorn tv support he gag rmo.♦> He- denied the report but said the idea had been disc uswed by Republicans I n.d.er sepate rules. 01 yote?< ’ i. two?thirds of the entire Senate , are less of tlie numler of absentee* ■ ( Elsewhere in congress l Seciuity Chairman .Brien M< , Mahon. l>. Conn . of the congr* > ; stnhal atomic vnCrgy committer* IsaTd simators have to l»r rx*r;t. careful” alaiut what they say be j r trauw any sertirity »Hp would te* Jtramimitted to Moscow_by J? >rntatWejs of graphy agency ' ■> ' I Far East GOP <*T« WtHianv i F Knowiand. Cal . and H Alexander Smith. N J . said the new f’d.- i ‘ .'UHi tHh! economic aid bill for Foi j I niowM and Ktirea. may l» a-l to a stronger I S an! i < ’oaunun r ifitxnd in iaia •.■ . * ■ * pfas food problem wa* tos»*.ed' !<• 7 rongrrswS but rhe ieKisiators wet** not *iur< what they <an or wo HI do about It On the potato problem. ' c hairman Elmer Thomas. H . (Tkl i. • 'ie»‘ said. “ gither w»* go to prodmlion, payment * <»r get out entirely 4- Tpxvs- .—-RoujU prvAidclU... < o Text-rm.--Iltr -r c - j c ould <*o!h*CT” an extra $ « T«rur-r« I‘aae Rl«hl» i Auto Hits Parked Truck, One Killed ( iicstertiin. Ind . Feb 11 (I I’ * , cUPI James* A liter! Kmenwu: *>\ Akron. (). was killed today and a c-ompauion injured when then | aiitomobUv hi! a jrarked truck on U. S. 20 east of here State i e driven ’ by Byron Bievrrng. ahwv -of’ Ak j | rem. hit a truck parked three feet off the road- Ulessing said he dor ed at the wheel . I Trut k driver John Grbse. 21. | Cromwell, told police hr parked and~ Vent to arrest a grant shortly before the crash Hrs. kb B. Haines Dies This Morning Funeral Services Probably Monday Mr« ld» B H»ln»“>. » former resident of vW-rne. died »t 9 45 oeku-k this morning at the home of a son i Marvin Haines, in Blue Creek! township She had been in falling healtH for a year with a heart ail ment. Her husband Benjamin-Haines, preceded hsi ls-death-*.-.. She was a memhar of the Berne Naxarene chuu h Surviving are five aooa. Rqssell Tfafnes of Morin**. Chester. VlrglL |>wis and Manin Haines,.all of near Berne; one daughter Mrs Clarenre Fleetwood of Noblesville; 2»> grandchildren. three great grandchildren, and one sister Mrs K'a JJantwork of Kansas . Funeral arrangements are not definite but Services prtjbably wilt be held at 2 p m Jdoaday at the -Berue-Naxarene churcir. with -bun ’ iai in the Baciuutow cemetery, four 1 mile* northeast of Berne The body Iwas removed to the Yager funeral j home "' -T - '—* •*

Price Four Cents

Temporary 10- Day No-Strike Order Is First Step In Government Moves 'Washington. Feb .11 — (UP) — Federal Judjre Kirhrmmri R Kwh ' today ordered John L Ix*wU to send 4»Ui.tKK' striking coal miners ba* k to work at once. . Keec h signed a temporary day restraining order, pending a hearing Feb 20 on the govern* I men Us request, for an Xbday injun. n.m under Tstrltarrinr " * M. ! Only a few minutes l»efore he issued th* injunction. Keech had ; directed Lewi* through • uurt order t«i abandon four"of hire major c«»ntrart demands which the government cteitfges are 'iheg al’’ Keech’s 10-day no-Mrike order " iy The ffrkt atep in ge»t...g 1 n|»ed Mine Workers back to work for alw>ut M days Kcf. iC ' the L-t>\»’ r m*-n» i • President Tr.utnan a«*ed with ai most unpt “'!• • • ; ■ • . * .Nttx'ks were at tiieit !*•'*•» in 30 years Railroad** were ulashj ing service, steel and autcSrnobCe ’ „ plants wer * cutting some produc , ’ other industries had been laid" *»< ' because of the effectfi. of the coal 4 strike Some <’JHe« tyen w*r<: | wWrfrtfF ”br‘ iwh i outs” liecatifte of the coal strike Keech issued the 10-day no strike order ar fh»* request of the attorney general !»een djrec ted hy President Truman to take ttuc h acHon - Mr Truman iswued the order to the attorney general within an Jii-'i*" XWT h!*' 1 *••• .-- finding J»a ried to him W dtn’tion is imperative t«i H * • .»! h an I -.l?*-'y -■ • • Tt) jkoard in its report pu. • : b’ame h»i tim , oai . ri- 1 -* equally upf»n operator* and .lohit L Lewis h said that the main ■ and cetrs jTtolfi sjdew w ere nnty nwrmr r ;». HC- “ ' al maneuvers to pvojong / th»« d!> pute la»wis must obey K»*x4i> order ttn return the miners to work or fariFa ct»nterupt of court chsrsr The supreme court has ruled that uk-h ’orders must be obeyed Jirs?, and argued later Lewis already I has been fined'heavily for faUlfig to obey sue h an order Keech, before he issued the nostrike order, direc t.*d Lewis in a i seharaie .order lo,^jirop can!rar t .T>d< wb.i<-h the government. • says are illegaJ” 'tinder the Taft-Ha-fley Uw i These demands include the un- , ion shop without first having an ’.election of, the miners, the “able and willing” clause, and insisting , on a welfare fund providing benefhs for -urrton".members only This order was issued at lhe request of the general course! of the national tabor relations - ■ board It- would not hare encled the miners* strike should Lewis have derided to drop the “inegal” demands and strike for “IrgaU* detnaqds. such S* hither wage* But Keech s later . no.strike order directs the miners to return i to work no matter what the reasons for the strike Kerch’* firs! order. however, has the effect of narrowing the range of future collective bargaining sessions between the miner* and the soft roil igv-ratcrs When President Truman's nvaL... fl.--fftttftjr Uwrd- reported to* Truman this morning it set free . the legal,jiMuhinery for 'seeking, i the order iu rot urn the miittrs io work Thr_ t»oard critic.-teed boit John , L Ix*wla and soft coal operators for hrinc more concerned wi'h gaining tactical ad vantage* than with trying seriously to solve their problems by reaching an agreement-” 1 The board, made am racommen* datlonu As prescribed by the Taft Hartley law tt merely reported th? facta. - • B Tuitd the dispwee over wages iTww Ta IPaai Htakti “ T”’ ; C