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Labor Publication Lashes At Benson Charges Deliberate Distortion Os Facts WASHINGTON (INS) — Some 3.000 copies of tn anti-Benson editorial in • current labor organization publication will be mailed next week to farm, business and labor groups, congressmen. and state and federal officiate. The editorial, entity. "Here Are the Facta, Secretary Benson.” ' is contained in the March issue of the Butcher Workman, the official publication of the 315,000-member aFL-CIO union, the Alinagamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. The editorial is a rebuttal of agriculture secretary btera Taft Benson's "recent attempts to blame labor and food processors for the farmer's woes.” In it. the union's top officials, president Earl W. Jimerson and secretary •"treasurer Patrick E. ® Gorman, accuse Benson of “deliberate distortion of facts” and of “laboring under the impression that everyone but he and his de- * partment is responsible for. the economic plight of the farmer.” The two labor leaders referred to Benson's Feb. 18 speech before the western states meat packers association in San Francisco. They charged that the secretary had to undertake “Improper statistical maneuvering” to conclude that food processing and distributing costs had Increased 43 per cent in six years and that less than half of this rise was justified by Increased labor productivity. Jimerson and Gorman said Benson used 1947-49 as a base year for his figures and added that this was unjustified because farm price parity was then at 108 per cent. “Using 1952 as a base.” they said, "we come up with some very interesting conclusions, which Mr. Benson apparently failed to consider. Average hourly earnings between 1952 and 1955 increased 15.3 per cent, while output per manhour (productivity) in the same period increased 17.7 per cent . . .*' They continued: “The wage cost per pound of meat in 1952, was 3.42 cents, while for the first 11 months of 1955 it was 3.39 cents. “In eißte of all the wage increases received by the wage earners In the meat industry, the cost per pound since 1952 has actually decreased slightly.” The union leaders rejected Benson's argument that the wage increase granted packinghouse workers in August, 1955, obliged packers to pay farmers less for their livestock. 1 " Benson said: “The evidence is that most of the SSO million am nual pay boost granted by the packing Industry . . . was paid by lanchers and farmers — who paid it by taking lower prices for meat animals." Jimerson and Gorman said, “The farmer and the cattle raiser did not pay for the wage increase. The wage earners, themselves, paid for it in terms of increased productivity.” BIG THREE ARAB «Continued from Pare One, mander of the legion last week, an action being hailed in the "neutralist” camp as a “victory for Arabism.” Trade in a l -n»wu — Oecatu-

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Russia Making Close Study Os Ike's Answer Bulganin Describes Eisenhower Letter Interesting, Good 1 .MOSCOW (INS) — The Soviet government is giving close study to President Eisenhower's “very in ■ teresting and good" letter to Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin. 1 The description of the letter, lat est In a series concerning disarms ment between the two men. was given by Bulganin in conversation • last night with a newsman at a re ’ ceptlon for Danish Premier H. C. ' Hansen. The Eisenhower note wan re ' ceived in Moscow on Monday an<’ released in Washington Tuesday. L. called on the Soviet Union to ac ' cept “control and limitation unde: proper safeguards” of certain types if weapons. ’ The letter was published simul aneously iy the Soviet Union. The bearded premier said: f :L "It is a very interesting letter/ ' and a good one. I hope this cor r respondents will continue for z , long time." ! Bulganin said he would reply at soon as possible, but added: “I onlj j received it Tuesday and it need? ’ much study.” f The premier was in a jovial moot . and when a newsman asked him 1* he would like to visit the U.S. . Bulganin replied he would welcome . the visit, but would be unable t< i go “so long as they require Soviet . citizens to be fingerprinted.” This was a reference to the U.S taw which requires all citizens o' Communist states be fingerprinted before receiving visas. The rub does not apply, however, to officia visitors. U.S. ambassador Charles E. Boh len also was present at the recep i lion in the great Kremlin palace He had a lengthy “friendly” talk with Communist party first secre ■.ary Nikita S. Khrushchev. Report Woolson As Well As Expected DULUTH, Minn. (INS) —Albert Wool son, 108-year-old sole survivor of the Civil War's Union army, was reported as “doing as well as can be expected” today at St. . in Duluth where he is suffering from a congested lung. s He was taken to the hospital last Sunday. He has suffered several 7 minor heart attacks and physicians r said he frequently suffers from I lung congestion brought onb y a t failing heart. 5 Two New Officials J Are Named By NLRB [ INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The national labor relations board hac named two new officials for the Indianapolis area. Ralph Dunham,"former South Dakota attorney-general, is acting e, director of the Indianapolis NLRB »- office, replacing Robert Volger. r who resigned to become industrial relations director for a Philco sub- ~ sidlary in Connersville. Charles Ryan has been named - new regional director of NLRB • with offices in Cincinnati, succeed ing Jack G. Evans, who resigned I to join a Cincinnati law office. AGAIN DUCKS ' (Continued From Page One) about the health of a candidate. He added emphatically that there would be no neglect of his i duties of office, saying that when I he feels he can't do the job he | won’t be there. J On the international scene, the | President said he thinks the cold • war —or the uneasy peace, if you prefer—is going to take a different direction. He said there is a great broadening of the contest between the East and West, with apparently less threat of a global war, Mr. Elsenhower warned, however, that there is always the very dangerous threat of new r outbreaks in trouble areas. it you have something to sen oi rooms for rent, try a Democra' i Want Ao. It brings results.

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Dispute Over Rules For Senate Probers Expect Showdown Today In Dispute WASHINGTON (INS) — A showdown was expected today in the dispute between Republicans and Democrats over rules for the senate’s sweeping investigation into lobbying and campaign contributions. Senate GOP policy chairman Styles Bridges of N. H„ said the .’our Republican members on the iight-man group would meet to consider proposals from both sides designed to end the controversy. Bridges said that after the meeting, Vice President Richard M Nixon may call the full commit tee together for its second session to adopt rules and elect a ehairnan. Since the committee was created by the senate on a bipartisan ba sis. Bridges has demanded an equal voice for Republicans on the sen ate group, if Sen. Albert Gore (D Tenn.), te tirbecome chairman. Basically, the GOP members feel that a Republican chief counsel should be named to the committee or the group should at least have a GOP assistant counsel to partici pate in the inquiry. Gore and Bridges still have not completely resolved their fight over whether the committee should have power to subpoena witnesses and conduct preliminary investigations ’ The committee was created as a result of the disclosure by Sen Francis Case (R S.D.), that he re jected a $2,500 campaign contribu tion from an oil lobbyist favoring passage of the natural gas bill The Case incident has been under investigation by another senate group which expects to report itr findings shortly. . Youths Relate Car Theft Contest INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Five Indianapolis youths told officials today they were staging a contest to see who could steal the most cars when they were arrested. One youth said he had stolen six cars in the last year. The spree that led to their arrest Included the theft of a car in In dianapolis, which they 5 abandoned in Johnson county; the theft of two others in Marion county, one o' which was wrecked in a race along Marion county roads. « Committee Members Threaten Petition WASHINGTON (INS) —A libera’ group of house education and labor committee members have demanded that their chairman convene the first meeting of the group this year or face a formal petition for a meeting —a highly unusual action ni the house. Chairman Graham A. Barden, (D N. C) replied: “I'll always give consideration to a request by members of my committee. I’ll have to think it over — and see what’s behind it — before I decide.” Jemoern want A«a Bring Xesuitz

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Ike Highlights WASHINGTON (INS) — Here are the highlights of President Eisenhower’s remarks today at his weekly news conference: Nixon — He has told Vice Presiden tßicbard M. Nixon that Nixon must decide for himself whether he wants to seek reelection. He again praised the vice president highly but showed anger when asked about reports that some Republicans have urged him to "dump” Nixon. " , Reelection — If he ever feels he is unable to carry the burden ot the presidency, he will withdraw as a candidate for a second twrpi. He will inform the American pqo pie instantly if he finds his general organic fitness has fallen below the level necessary to perform his duties... —_ ? L_ Health — He feels his health is a legitimate issue in the campaign. Four presidents have died in office in the last 50 years and the public has a right to know everything possible about the health of a candidate. Cold War — He thinks the cold war is going to take a different direction. There is a great broadening of the betwejen the east nad west, with apparently less threat of global war. However, there is always the very dangerous threat of new outbreaks in trouble areas. Israel — Peace cannot be assured by touching off an arms race in the Middle East. Israel has a population of only 1.700.000 compared to 40,000,000 in her Arab neighbors, and he doesn't l>eHeve the U. S. can assure peace by pouring as many arms into Israel as she can absorb. Oppose Time Change On Easier Sunday Tippecanoe County Ministers Appeal LAFAYETTE Ind. (INS)—Tip pecanoe county ministers were on record today with thesview i proposed change to central daylight time in Lafayette and West Lafayette on Easter Sunday is ‘most tragic." The City fathers of the two mu ' nlcipalitfes are scheduled to take ictlon Monday on resolutions set ing 1 a.m. April 1 as time for a change from standard to daylight time. t But the Rev. Emory C. Smith of the Tippecanoe county nintsterial association, disclosed hat his group hopes to convince he councilmen to pick another late for the change. He explained that confusion and a resultant drop in attendance alvays accompanies a time change, and added: — - - ■ / --— “I am sure the selection of Easter Sunday as the date for the time change was an unfortunate oversight on the part of our city officials." SEATO BACKS (Continued From Page One) of a post-conference tour of key Asian nations. / Trade in a Good Tom — Decatg.

Steelworkers May Ask Premium Pay Union Committee Closes Sessions CHICAGO (INS) — Stgfel Industry officials were heslttfht today about commenting on indications that the CtO-AFL Steelworkers will seek premium pay for work done on Saturdays and Sundays. The union's powerful 170-mem-ber wage policy committee concludes a two-day meeting in Chicago this afternoon. The USW said the meeting was called to get an idea of what the rank and file wants as the top demands. The group advanced the idea of premium pay for week end work Tuesday and also called for inclusion of a guaranteed annual wage clause in the new contract, which will be negotiated within the next three months. Several rank and file spokesmen called upon USW leaders to strike if necessary to win time and a half for Saturday work and double time for Sabbeth labor. Various local leaders also called for a substantial wage increase for some 1,200.000 workers represented by the union. USW president David J. McDonald spoke strongly in favor of premium pay and promised definite action in negotiations. McDonald said that steelworkers have the right to live like other people —to have Saturday free and be able to attend church with their families on Sunday. Neighbors Petition Clemency For Morset INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Neighbors of a man arrested by the FBI as a very dangerous fugitive today circulated a petition asking clemency. The FBI took Palmer Julius Morset into custody on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for armed robbery. However, the Indianapolis neighbors knew him as Tom Rooney, “as fine a citizen as anyone we know." If you have something to sen 01 -oom* for rent, try a Democra* Want Ad. It brings results

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IUE Officials Debate Offer Os Mediators Debate Compromise Already Approved By Westinghouse WASHINGTON (INS) — Officials of the AFL-CIO International Union of BUectrical Workers debated today whether to accept a compromise "package" plan already approved by the company for settling the Westinghouse corp, strike. ■■•»'. Union President James B. Carey told reporters that the IUE negotiating committee probably will discuss all day today the recommendations of a three-man panel of federal mediators for ending the 143-day walkout of 48.000 workers. Carey said emphatically that the union objects to several teatures of the settlement proposal, which Westinghouse has called "fair to both company and union.” Westinghouse announced its acceptance of the settlement Tuesday .morning. —,— The IUE leader declared a meeting of the union's 75-man Westinghouse conference board > — which has been waiting in Washington since Monday to vote on a settlement — will not be called to pass on the settlement plan before making an "all-out effort” to end the strike, recommended a fiveyear work contract for the union retroactive to Oct. 15, together with a three per cent pay raise which would result in a minimum wage boost of 25 cents an hour over the five years. However, the major points in controversy appear to be proposals by the mediators for time studies of certain non-incentive workers and for arbitration of charges against 36 employes discharged for strike incidents. Carey said the latter proposal "is one of those that we disagree with.” Asked it there were others, he replied: “There certainly is." H said the union in its talks

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The Democrats’ stand on civil rights, the CaHfornla congressman- - maintained, must encompass all that Is covered by the supreme court’s ruling against school- segregation. The Californian vowed he will fight for such a civil rights platform at Chicago if he is a delegate. Asked whether his party can carry the traditionally Democratic ,z south under such circumstances; Roosevelt replied he is hopeful It , can. * But, he added, "We can win without the south just as we did in 1948." Roosevelt said he fully approves of the Stevenson stand on civil rights as explained by the 1952 presidential nominee in New York last week. Billfold Containing $2,150 Is Recovered TIPTON, Ind. (INS)—Man bites dog may be news but so is a newspaper celebrating the loss of advertising revenue. The Tipton Tribune lost a classl- . tied ad when <5? ?. Smith, of Sharpsville, received his wallet from Tom Harris and Lewis Harper, who had found it in the I streets of Tipton. _ Members of the staff congratulated Smith on his good fortune and withdrew the ad. The billfold had contained $2,150. HOUSE DEBATES (Continued From Page One) ment when he closed the debate. Political circles reported that Galtskell intended to force a vote on the government’s policy at the end of the debate if he is not satisfied with the prime minister’s statement.