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CASTE SYSTEM MUST GO, ARMY

PROBERS URGE|

Special Board Asks Drastic Changes in Regulations.

By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 27. — A special army investigating board today recommended revolutionary changes in army regulations to correct abuses by officers and to strengthen the rights of enlisted men. The “gripe board,” headed by Lt. Gen. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, blamed the caste system abuses on a minority of poor officers and remnants of Prussian militarism in army routine, The board, formed by Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson to study G. I. complaints, heard or took testimony in writing from hundreds of witnesses. Recommendations Made “The present system does not permit full recognition of the dignity of man” the board concluded. “More definite protection from arbitrary acts of superiors is essential.” "To accomplish this, the board recommended that the army:

+ ONE: Provide a system for quick dismissal of incompetent officers, with promotions to be based on merit instead of seniority. TWO: Abolish rules against social 'fraternization of officers and enlisted men. + THREE: Give enlisted men and officers equal food and equal allowance for food, travel and quarters. .. POUR: Require every officer exeept technmicians to serve one year as an enlisted man. FIVE: Eliminate off-duty saluting except in occupied enemy countries. SIX: Permit enlisted men to serve on courts-martial.

The selection and training of officérs should be improved, the board said, with every future commander

tions. The very terms “officer” and “enlisted man” should be stricken forever from army orders and every member of the army referred to as

It said “irreg were inevitable” as the army multiplied in size 40 times at the start of world war II. “Poor Leadership” The causes of poor relationship between commissioned and enlisted personnel, the board said, were traceable to “undeniably poor leadership” on the part of a small

percentage of officer and a system [patiently if there were less guzzling

that encourages a wide official and social gap. It criticized the peacetime army for not training its officers to handle civilian men in the ranks who were of “superior intellect.” “There is need for a new philosophy in the military order, a policy of treatment of men, especially in the ranks, in terms of advanced concepts in social thinking,” it said, G. L's Complain Bitterly It pointed out that G. I's complained bitterly that officers had access to better quarters, food and among other things “ready access + « « to greater number of women and better female society.” “It is in the realm of social behavior that the feeling of superiority on the part of commissioned personnel most rankled the enlisted

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Steps to End 'Caste Abuses’

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U, P.). ~The war department, to correct “caste system” abuses, already has: ONE: Ordered identical uniforms for officer ahd enlisted men. TWO: Started sifting its officer personnel to eliminate misfits, THREE: Ordered a review of procedure for giving enlisted men “blue” discharges—neither “honorable” nor “dishonorable.” FOUR: Radioed all theaters to abolish signs marking certain areas “off limits to enlisted men.” FIVE: Guaranteed every enlisted man the privilege of presenting grievances to the inspector general at least once a month,

VOLUME 57—NUMBER 66

Free 5 Days, Se

Emmett McDaniel . ., « back in jail again, « =

Gunman Takes

daring hold-up at Site's Oil station, bandit took approximately $60 and tendant, LaMar Jackson, 39, of 2093 N. Emerson ave. He forced Jackson to call a cab, in which he escaped. Just before the bandit forced him into a closet, the attendant got the number of the cab and reported it to police. Police spotted the cab at Michigan and Blake sts. and Jearned from the driver, Raymond J. Danfel, 30, of 459 Centennial st. that his passenger had gone down an alley. As police searched the vicinity, McDaniel returned to the cab and was arrested. In his possession, police found $39, the Belgian gun, and a leather bag marked as the property of Frederick E. Bauer, 1533 Carrollton ave., alleged Nazi spy, who 2 facing deportation. The bag was reported stolen last! week, along with binoculars and

Victim to Call Cab for Him

A 31-year-old parole violator who completed a jail term five days ago was back in custody again today after a filling station hold-up. Emmett McDaniel, who said he was from Jacksonville, Fla, apprehended early today -a few minutes after he allegedly staged a

ized in Holdup

LaMar Jackson . an armed bandit. »

$60, Forces |

was

1111 W, Washington st . An armed a Belgian-make gun from the at-

photographic equipment, by the former Ft. Harrison photographer's wife, Wilma Bauer. Mrs. Bauer told police a man named “Daniel” whom she had hired to help her pack to join her husband, now at Ellis island, stole the articles. McDaniel implicated a 67-year-old man at whose home he said he left the hold-up gun. The man was arrested on a vagrancy charge. He also bragged he had an auto armed with two rifles, two automatics and a machine gun hidden in Indianapolis. McDaniel, paroled thfee months before completion of a sentence for vehicle taking in Danville, Ill, was

FORECAST: Clearing and cool tonight.

. victim of |

MONDAY, MAY 27, 1946

Senators Flay Strike Curbs

FY UMW Head Meets A Anew ] With Krug as New Tieup

2500 OFF JOBS | ‘HERE AS USE OF GAS IS BANNED

Order Hits 2400 F Firms; Plan’ Under the bill as passed by the Truman ‘Renews Demand

Oil Burner Operation at Power Plant.

Unemployment resulting from coal and rail strikes began to prend | over Indianapolis today, Most of the layoffs occurring in| industrial plants resulted directly | from a ban on industrial or com-| mercial use of gas. The ban, ordered by Citizens Gas and Coke Utility, became effective | yesterday at 7 am. The ban hit | 600 industrial plants and an esti-| mated 1800 commercial establishments which depend to varying de- | grees on gas for fuel. The order | followed an earlier gas cut on May | 12 Which reduced the use of gas | for industrial purposes to 24 hours a week. Plan to Use OH Burner Indianapolis Power & Light Co. {announced steps to produce 40,000 {kilowatts of electric power daily without coal by using newly installed oil-burning equipment at the Harding st. power plant. |

arrested here for parole violation. He was held in Marion county jail

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Sees Liquor Guzzling as

Hindering UN

BOSTON, May 27 (U. P) —Heavy drinking on the part of diplomats is to blame for recent international conferences turning into “Lost Week-Ends,” according to President Daniel L. Marsh of Boston university. : “It is time for somebody to call attention to the fact that the members of the United Nations would think more clearly and act more

of liquor,” the 66-year-old educator said in a baccalaureate address last night. » = » “1 AM no fanatic on the subject of liquor, but a thoughtful person cannot help being distressed at the report of drunkenness attending diplomatic and international gatherings,” Mr. Marsh declared. “No wonder that so many of the international conferences turn into lost week-ends.” “Liquor drinking befuddles the brain, makes brittle the patience and so benumbs the sense of selfjudgment that the drinker thinks he is being clever when he is: making a fool of himself,” Mr. Marsh added, oo ou

BUDDY RUSH IS UH T0 QUALIFY FOR ‘500

Driver of Army Special

AUTHOR LEAVES

ESTATE T0 WIFE

Bank to. Be Trustee for Mrs. Booth Tarkington.

The bulk of Booth Tarkington's estate was placed in trust for Mrs. Tarkington in the Hoosier author's will, filed with the Marion county clerk today. With the exception of a ship model and a portrait of James Whitcomb Riley, all personal effects, including a fabulous art collection, were bequeathed directly to Mrs. Tarkington. All other property was assigned to the Indiana Trust Co. as trustee, with income from the trust willed to Mrs. Tarkington for life. No estimate on the value of the estate was disclosed. The portrait of Poet Riley, Mr.

diana’s golden literary age, was bequeathed to the Indianapolis school board for eventual hanging in the public library. Wife Gets All Art

The picture painted by Wayman Adams formerly hung in Mr, Tarkington's writing study in his home, 4270 N. Meridian st. The ship| model Graves Memorial library at Kennebunkport, Me. Mr. Tarkington's summer home. Mrs. Tarkington, under terms of the will, may retain possession of all works of art for as long as she chooses during her lifetime. Upon Mrs. Tarkington's death, the trust is to be divided as follows: One-fifth to each of three nephews,

Averages 116.268 MPH. Buddy Rush,

driver to qualify for the Memorial day race. Mr. Rush, whose home is in Ruskin, Fla, was driving the Army Recsuiting special that Bud Bardowski, Gary, purchased with pay accumulated while he was a Jap| prisoner of war. Rush has been driving the dirt tracks for 11 years and this year marks his first appearance as an Indianapolis Motor Speedway driver. He occupied the mechanic's seat | in the 1933 Memorial day races. Mr. Rush's average speed for the | four laps around ‘the 2%was 116.268 miles an hour,

SIX: Asked a committee of dis- BUDDY RUSH tinguished jurists to investigate the | Lap Time MPH army courts martial system, 1 1:17.36 116.339 ————————————— 2 1:17.10 116.732 LOCAL TEMPERATURES 3 1:17.27 116.475 6am ...58 10am... 61 ' Total—5:0043 116.200 Tam ...58 11am... 64 ————————————— Sam ... 59 12 (noon), Jam... 0 13 eum, % | SEE MEW POLE PACT LONDON, May 27 (U. P.).—Ra- : TIMES INDEX dio Moscow said today Poland and Russia have reached complete agreement on a new program for Amusements. 3| Movies ...... 3| Soviet financial and economie asNat Barrows. 5| Robert Musel 5| sistance. It quoted Polish comComics ...... 7|Obituaries ... 3| ment that America’s delay on the Crossword ... 17|J. E. O'Brien. 8|loan to Poland was one reason for Editorials %.. 4|Radio ....... 7|the new arrangements. Europe Today 4| Reflections .. 4 ee ere em Fashions .... 6| Mrs. Roosevelt 5 2 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Mrs, Ferguson 6! Science ..... 5| CHARLOTTE, Mich, May 27 (U. Yorum ....... 4/ Serial ....... 5/P.).—Two men were killed 11 miles Meta Given . 6| Side Glances. 4 [southwest of here today when their In Indpls. ... 3|Sports ....... 8|plane crashed after catching = Inside Indpis. 5| Washington 4| wing in a tree. The dead are Joseph Jovdap.. 7| Women's News given, 19, and Howard Perry, 3%, Millett. 5 World Affaire. 4iboth of Charfote. .

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34-year-old dirt) track driver, today became the 24th |

Donald, John T. and Booth Tark- | ington Jameson, all of Indianapolis. One-fifth to the Indiana Trust Co., in trust, from which Miss Lou- | ise Keifer, Mrs. Tarkington's sister, | is to receive a life income. Upon her death, the remainder will go to the three nephews equally. " Secretary Benefits One-fifth to the Indiana Trust | Co., in trust, from which, Miss Eliz(abeth Stanley Trotter, the author's | secretary, is to receive a life income. Upon her death, likewise,

the remainder will revert equally

{to the three nephews. | The Indiana Trust Co. of Indi-

mile track | Anapolis was appointed executor of Warrack Wallace was named attorney for the executor

| the will

and the estate. Mr, Tarkington died May 19,

Tarkington’s close friend in In-|

was given to the Louis]

{ The oil-burner, which will save (the use of an estimated 12,000 tons 'of coal a month, will produce enough power for a bare minimum {of essential uses if the coal runs {out before the end of the coal strike, | Pimpany officials said. presentatives of private and oe utilities, meeting with the public service commission, announced no state-wide “brownout” was in immediate prospect. but they

Tomorrow fair and warmer.

Truman Plan

To End Strikes

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U, P.O. —The emergency labor bill asked | by President Truman. would give! him sweeping powers to prevent |

| work stoppage in a government- | seized industry.

house and sent to the senate: ONE: The President could set | a deadline for resuming operations in any seized property and | establish wages and working conditions for the period of government operation. TWO: Company officials and union leaders would be obliged to resume operation or be subject to a maximum penalty of

| $5000 fine and one year imprison-

ment. THREE: individuals who failed to return to work or engaged in a voncerted stoppage would be liable to induction into the army and would lose all seniority rights, FOUR: The government could appeal to district federal courts for injunctive relief to enforce the criminal penaity provisions.

FIVE: Net profits during gov-

{ ‘ernment operation, after paying

necessary expenses and “just | compensation,” would go to the government. SIX: The authority would expire six months after formal | termination of hostilities as proclaimed by the President or by congress,

The Senale's Labor Bill

~The labor bill passed by the sen-

appealed to the solid fuels adminis[tration in Washington for 30 carloads of coal to bolster municipal supplies. Average coal piles on hand were estimated at 25 days’ supply for private power companies and around two weeks for municipal utilities in the state. Pirst reports this morning revealed more than 2500 workers already have been laid off. Another 1500 are expected to follow tomorrow and an unestimated number Wednesday.

Fear Layoffs to Spread In plants using gas in the. heat treatment of steel the ban struck at the very heart of the operation. Industrial spokesmen indicated relatively small departmental layoffs would mushroom to complete shutdown if the ban continues long. The Chamber of Commerce estimated nearly 92,000 persons would become unemployed in Indianapolis if the present crisis continues. Among the plants reporting lay{offs early today was E. C. Atkins & Co. where 500 employees were {off because of the gas ban. An ad|ditiorial 500 were . expected to be {out by Wednesday. Link-Belt Co. reported 200 dropped from work rolls this morning in adtion to another 800 already cut!

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‘MADAM BUTTERFLY’ DIES IN JAPAN AT 62

TOKYO, May 27 (U. P.)~—The ashes of Madame Tamaki Miura, Japan's only operatic star to achieve world fame, probably will be buried at Lake Yamanaka, on the slope of Mt. Fuji, according to funeral arrangements planned today. Madame Miura, known throughout the world for her performances in Puccini's opera “Madame Butterfly,” died yesterday at the age of 62. Only a' few weeks ago she left her hospital bed to sing over a Japanese network the role of Cho Cho San, She said then “My dying wish is to go to America again, where I spent the happiest days of my life.” She lived in the United States for 15 years, between 1015 and 1930.

ate Saturday night was designed as A. permanent. revision labor laws, in contrast to the emer gency powers asked by President Truman. The “permanent” bill would: ONE: Set up a five man federal mediation board to encourage voluntary settlement of labor dis- | putes through collective bargaining. TWO: Impose a 60-day cooling off period—between the start of | negotiations and any stoppage— in any dispute in which the board was interested. | THREE: Authorize presidential appointment of fact - finding boards to make recommendations on wages and working conditions in disputes affecting public utilities. FOUR: Outlaw unions of supervisory employees. FIVE: Forbid secondary boyootts. SIX: Make. labor unions liable to suit for breach of contract.

SEVEN: Impose criminal penalties on those who obstruct or delay commerce by “strong arm” or racketeering methods. EIGHT: Permit employer-union welfare funds only when they are set up as a trust fund with equal management and union administration and subject to public audit.

POSTOFFICE TO BE CLOSED THURSDAY

Except for parcel post windows and the special delivery section, all departments of the postoffice will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, Thursday. Parcel post windows will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. according to Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker, and will receive registers during those hours. Special delivery will be open on a regular week-day schedule and regular Sunday and] holiday collections will be made. Clerks in the mailing division were ordered to report according to special sectional schedules. Dispatch of mail to and from Fort Harrison will be made on a Sunday schedule.

Failure to Find

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Despondency over failure to find a place to live was believed by police to have been the motive be-

hind what appeared to be the murder and suicide of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Funk, at their home, 412 E. Southern ave, late yesterday. They were found shot to death on the floor of their kitchen about 6:30 p. m. yesterday by a son, Frank, 24, and his wife when they returned home after visiting relatives. . Mrs. Funk, 49, had been shot twice, in the back and in the chest, with a repeater shotgun and Mr. Funk; 56, died 9 a charge in his chest, The shotgun wes lying near Mr.

To Suspected Murder, Suicide

Funk's body and with it was a

Home Linked

the end of it. Police believe Mr. Funk used the rod to discharge the gun against his chest. william Eckert, 72, of 53 N. Dearborn st, a friend of the family for many years who had been visiting at the Funk home earlier in the day, said Mr, Funk had been despondent over their failure to find a place to Jive after searching for more than $hree months.

Mr, and Mrs, Punk had been ordered to vacate their home by June Mr. Eckert and the son

said the Punks ,had not been financially able to purchase a home because of inflated prices and were unable to find a place to rent, Mr, Eckert and the son said Mr,

Entered as Second-Clase Indianapolis, Ind. Issued dally except Sunday

Coal Miners Defy Truman:

TAFT, BARKL LOCK IN TORRID

President

‘however, that they could be subject

Punk had worried constantly about

Matter at Fostoftcs

CLASH ON BILL

For Emergency Powers In Face of Opposition.

By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 27 « wi

—The “work or draft” Truman's emergency strike bill was challenged in the | senate today with an argument | that drafted strikers could be shot as traitors for refusing to work ho a government-seized industry. The charge was raised by Senator |

{Robert A. Taft (R. O.) in a heated

debate with Senate Democratic | Leader Alben W. Barkley of Ken-' {tucky on the bill to give the Presi-

with strikes in the reconversion period. Mr. Barkley denied at one point ‘that drafted stri).ers would be considered as traitors for refusing to! work for the government, He finally agreed with Mr. Taft,

to the ultimate sanctions which can be levied against a soldier for fall-| ure to carry out military orders.

Questions Plan

| asking “ridiculous questions” when |

the latter demanded to know wheth- |

er strikers, union leaders] and company officials would be paid military or civilian wages, what use there would be in drafting union

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. P.).| leaders and ‘ whether the ultimate sanction against a drafted striker: couldn't be the death penalty.

shouted.

| “You are losing sight of the fact/all senate members charging Mr. pay.

that the ultimate objective is the | resumption of production,” Mr. Barkley countered.

Taft was taking an extreme view

{on possible administration of the house- approved program to an ap- however, was a mine holiday, and

| measure, Calls Senate Early The “work or draft” proposal in the emergency powers bill drew first, {fire as Mr. Barkley assembled the| senate in an hour earlier than usual | and contemplated night sessions to] rush the house-approved measure | into law. In the house, democratic leaders blocked an attempt by Rep. Prancis | Case (R., 8. D.), to get immediate | consideration of the senate-amended | version of his strike-control bill. When Mr. Case asked unanimous consent to take it up at once, Democratic Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, said the “matter should be taken up in an orderly way.” The senate passed its version of | the drastic strike control measure] Saturday night after it found itself | unable to act asediaiely on Mr. Truman's emergency bill Truman tnsiskent |

Mr. Barkley reported after White House conference that settlement of. the rail strike and hopes for settlement of the soft coal dispute do not eliminate the President's desire for the sweeping powers. The senate Republican steering committee met briefly and named a five-man subcommittee to study the President's proposal for emergency powers. Mr, Taft, committee chairman, told reporters -G. O. P. leaders agreed Mr. Truman's bill should be “substantially amended.” Draft Clause Hit

He said most fire was centered on the work-or-draft provision, empowering conscription of strikers who refuse to return to work in critical industries seized by the government. Administration leaders believed they could beat the opposition - by mid-week, however, particularly if the soft coal dispute continues. “If the coal strike is not settled it will expedite passage of the President's bill,” one administration source predicted. “Those who oppose it will be put in the position of following John L: Lewis in his challenge of governmental authority.”

Veto by President Feared by Some +.

By FRED W. PERKINS Sorippa-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 27, — The senate, taking up today President Truman's drastic bill to outlaw strikes in government-seized indus-

Lewis’ failure to order his coal miners back to work as well as by other factors equally weighty. One such factor is apprehension among some senators that Mr. Truman will veto-the virtual counterpart of the house-nassed case bill

| re-employed veteran is bound by

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In a grim mood, John L. Lewis today continued negotiations with the government. Most of his soft coal miners defied President Truman's |decree on strikes against the government. work in the federally-controlled mines.

Mr. Lewis conferred anew

A. Krug as the government strove to solve the new industrial s crii Yesuiting Irom sGmpLon of the coal strike. ’

" GREEN ASSAILS TRUMAN PLAN

| Mine Workers (A. PF. grimly silent when he walked hm Mr. Krug's offices,

A. F. of i Chief Charges Measure Is ‘Fascist.’ |

| the senate prepared to take up dent dented t President {dent unprecedented powers lo COPE| .. . ,nerican Federation of La-|legislation to outlaw strikes against

bor turned on President Truman |the government.

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. P).

today, denouncing as a “Fascist”

measure his proposed law to draft | crisis.

workers striking against a govern-' ment-seized industry.

|All labor organizations were mo- out his threat to draft striking en= bilizing for a big fight against the gineers and trainmen because they Nearly 300 C. 1. O. members | capitulated at the last moment to from New York have descended on lend the rail strike.

bill.

ithe senate.

A. P. of L. President William appeared that the President's vigor Green said congress should con- ous pronouncements might be put Mr. Barkley accused Mr. Taft of sider the program carefully before io the test. '

acting.

in a statement, “Fascism may grip America unawares.” i Representatives Meet Fifty legislative representatives of

A. F. of L. unions met to outline |

ia campaign against anti-labor leg- |

islation.

Truman's proposal ‘restores gov-| ernment by injunction , . . (and) is nothing less than the imposition

| Mr, Barkley protested that Mr. of involuntary servitude.”

He urged the senate to refer the

| propriate senate committee for pub-| | lic hearings so labor representatives can have a chance to state their

He said the proposed legislation “transgresses upon the sacred fun-| damental rights of labor.” " Denounce ‘Vengeance’ Mr, Green also denounced the] Case anti-strike bill as approved by | the house and amended by the senate Saturday night. He said it represents “the worst, type of vengeful and hysterical leg- | |islation.” He flatly predicted if it becomes law “labor relations throughout American industry will] be disrupted. Mr. Green pledged that the A. F.| of L. will fight new anti-strike bills | “to 1a 1 last ‘Breath, "

COURT OVERRULES 6l SENIORITY RIGHT

Ruling . Written William 0. Douglas.

WASHINGTON, May 27.(U. P). —The Supreme court ruled: today that re-employment guarantee. of the selective service act do not give veterans “superseniority” over nonveterans. The court made a 6-to-1 ruling written by Justice William O. Douglas. It decided that under the act a

6-1 by.

provisions of collective bargaining agreement, and may be laid off while non-veterans with greater seniority retain their jobs. “We have searched the legislative | history in vain for any Salome of purpose that the protection accorded the veteran was the right to work when, by operation of the seniority system, there was none then available for him,” Douglas said. Justice Hugo L. Black dissented. The decision was made in a case brought by Abraham Fishgold, a

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WINCHELL SCOOPED US

"Flash—" sez he, on the. radio, "L'il Abner says he's just gotta marry that gal—it's his

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4, Lewis and Mr. Krug were ny nearer. agreement than

“If it is put into effect,” he said 000 miners in the rich Pennsylvania

led'his state- | being ‘drafted $f the’ army Ead :

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| were no trains to _ haul coal from

ear Showdown

They, refused to

with Coal Administrator I There was noevidence that

hey were last week on an nterim union-government contract. Mr. Lewis, chief of the United of L),

As they renewed negotiation talks,

Truman's request for

The nation again faced a labor

Miners Walk Out Mr. Truman did not have to carry

But as the miners walked out, it

Only a few hundred of the 100,-

coal fields went back to work today. Reports from other mining ‘regions showed that only a few scattered mines were reopening. Paying Little Heed The miners apparently were pay- | ing little heed to the of

The renewed mine strike technically began only eight hours after settiement of the rall walkout, which had shoved the nation [to the brink of disaster. Sunday,

lit was impossible to tell until to=day whether the miners would walk out. Mr. Lewis conferred with Presi|dent Truman last night. But he | did not order his men back to the { pits, and today they carried out their tradition of “no contract—no work.” 2d Big Setback While its effects may not be felt as swiftly, the coal strike, if con= ‘tinued, would deal industry a sece {ond devastating setback hard on the heels of the railroad strike. In addition to the Pennsylvania miners, six Illinois mines in the | Springfield-Taylorville district re{mained closed when 3000 miners | stayed home. In Franklin county, Kentucky, | 8000 miners were idle and all 12 | mines closed. Througisous Kentucky, the only working were 75 to 85 men iy Ti and 4000 non-union i 4 Imiopenae men, In Illinois, M. W. men were out in hf 1. Indiana Mines Idle Indiana operators said ail Indiana mines were idle, with 9000 U. M. W. miners refusing to work for the government. In Ohio, the state's entire 20,000 U. M. W. mem= bers stayed away, and in West Vir= ginia a few men reported, found no coal cars available and went back home, Reports from Alabama, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas also indicated that none of the U. M. W, men were returning to the pits, In Alabama 22,000 were idle, in New Mexico 1300 and in Oklahoma and Arkansas, 3500—just about the total U. M. W. enrollment -in all four states. Previously, coal production had dropped off sharply because there

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Telegrams Back Truman

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. PJ. —The overwhelming majority of more than 7000 telegrams to President Truman favor his stand on drastic anti-strike legislation, the White House. Press: Secretary, Charles G. Ross, sald today. : “They are ov ly in fa= vor of the President pty Mr, Ross said. “All parts of the coun

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