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Lewis Rejects Krug's Mine Peace Proposal

TRUMAN ASKS NEW TALKS BY UNION, OWNERS

Urges Reconsideration of ‘Fair, Equitable’ Plan By Members.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (U. P.). Mine Workers President John L. Lewis today served notice on the government that the present soft coal contract is terminated, effective next Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (U. PJ). ~—President Truman announced today. that Jolin L. Lewis had :re-| jected a government plan to revive union-industry wage negotiatiome in the soft coal industry, Mr. Truman issued a statement appealing to the miners to reconsider, The President revealed that Secretary of Interior. J. A. Krug had given Mr. Lewis, president of the Dnited Mine Workers (A. F. of L.), a plan yesterday under which operators and miners could negotiate for a new contract while the mines remained in operation. The coal mines presently are under government administration. | The government has been anxious to return them to the operators. Fair and Equitable

The operators accepted the plan, Mr. Truman said, but Mr. Lewis notified Mr. Krug this morning that the proposal was unacceptable to the uniom: “The government proposal is fair and equitable,” the President. said. “It considers the rights of the miners, the operators and the public and carefully protects the rights of each. “In view of this, it is my hope that a serious reconsideration of the entire “will ‘convince the ‘United 1 Workers that the adop-| tion of this proposal is for the best interests of all concerned. “Acceptance of the proposal by the mine workers will satisfy the desire of 140 million Americans for industrial peace and continued production in the soft ‘coal mines and .in all our great industries which are so dependent upon coal” Notice Possible Today Mr. Truman's statement was issued on the day that Mr. Lewis, under his interpretation of present contract with the govern-|

next Wednesday. ably

have been in government possession since last May 22.

issued by the White House shortly after President Truman boarded yacht Willlamsburg for an overnight trip to Annapolis. Confer-

preparation of the statement delayed the President's departure about an hour.

Secretary Krug and Reconversion | Dirgctor John R. Steelman. Suggested. 2-Month Talks The White House also made pub-| lic a letter from Mr. Krug to Mr. Lewis outlining the Krug negotiating | plan. It called for U. M. W. and | management officials to meet Nov. 16 to begin negotiations while coa production continued under the government contract “for a maximum | period of two months.” During the first month the miners would be given no retroactive wage pledge and the operators would be barred from raising coal prices except with government approval, If, no agreement were reached oi that first month the price res tion would be lifted and the miners would be promised that any agreed wage increases would be made retroactive to Dec. 16. | If no agreement were reached by Jan. 16, the mines would be returned to the owners and “the formal operation of economic forces would then prevail in the coal industry.” But all of this proposed program was rejected by Lewis.

TITLE BOUT ARRANGED NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (U, P)~— Gus Lesneyich, the world's lightweight champion, and “Blackjack” Billy Fox of Philadelphia signed today for a 15-round title bout in Modison Square garden Feb, 21.

TIMES INDEX

Amuse. .., 12, 13| Ruth Millett. 19

Reindeer Here for Christmas Display

Fuel Tank Failure Causes

FUEL TROUBLE FORGES BACK 1ST JET RACER

Carpenters Strike Threatened Monday

Return; Times Entry Flies Tomorrow.

SEE JET PLANE SUNDAY

The public will have an opportunity to see the jet plane, “Miss Indianapolis,” Sunday at Weir Cook airport, After the record run tomorrow, Lt. Arthur Murray will fly The Times plane here. The plane will be on display from arrival time until. 4 p. m. Sunday on the north end of the north -rampway, opposite the public parking lot. Admission is free.

By ART WRIGHT “Old Man Jinx” halted today’s

Plans for Indianapolis’ Christmas observance on Monument circle are swinging into shape. The reindeer to be used in the display arrived in the city yesterday and workmen at Brookside park were busy uncrating the animals. Batbara Anderson, 7, of 964 N, Olney st, was lucky enough to be around and immediately climbed to a perch

on a reindeer’s back.

attempt at a new jet plane record over a five-city course 22 minutes after “Miss Cleveland” took off from

the Cleveland airport.

GOP Economy Chief Foresees Cut of Million Federal Jobs.

ernment.

By LYLE ©. WILSON

United Press Staff Correspondent ‘WASHINGTON, ‘Nov. 15.—Rep. John Taber (R. N. Y.) that one million federal employees could be dismissed and the federal budget reduced $9 billion “without damaging the efficiency of the govMr. Taber is slated to head the important house appropriations committee in the new Republican congress. He made his state-

ment at a news conference. Mr. Taber listed four items on which he said a cut of $9 billion

his! could be made in the federal budget. |

“We* now have 2300000 civilian!

ment, could serve notice terminat- { employees,” ing that agreement at midnight need over 500,000 at the most, and That presum- We can surely cut one million off would mean a strike by 400,000 | this number without damaging the miners in bituminous mines which efficiency of the government.”

he said.

“We do not

Dismissal of one million employees, Rep. Taber said, would mean

The President's statement was {a budget reduction of $3 billion.

Non-recurring items in the army

his|and navy, he said, would eliminate

$2,500,000,000 from future budgets. Non-recurring

items connected

the coal situation ang! with terminal leave pay would enges On | knock off another $2 billion he said.

In other categories, including unconstruction programs,

necessary

He had conferred lengthily with| { Rep. Taber said, the government]

can easily save $1,500,000,000. He said this meant a total saving of $9 billion. Rep. Taber did not list specific | items in any of the four classifi- |

cations,

Civil service commission officials, the next month are: | | knocked speechless by Rep. Taber's | || plan, merely held out the latest civil service report.

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INDIANA CAR THEFT RING IS SMASHE

One

Arrest

Made,

Six

Autos Are Recovered.

City -and state police today re-! vealed the smashing of a theft ring be done overnight,” dealing in stolen cars and forged | | titles. One man is under arrest.

arrests are expected.

st.,

May

Eddie Ash... 30 Obituaries ... Aviation ..,.. 19 Dr. O'Brien Boots ........ 3¢ PF, C..Othman 1 Business ..... 28 Radio Classified.. 32-34 Reflections

Comics ...... 35 Mrs, Roosevelt ‘19 Editorials .... 20 Scherrer Fashions .... 24 Serial Mrs. ~Ferguson 22, Side Glances. 20 Forum ....... 20 Silly Notions 19

Meta Civen.. 23 Sports ... 30-31) Hunting ,.... 3 Washington, 20 In Inpls. 3| Weather Map 21 Inside Indpls. - Women's. . 22-24 1abOT suveess 19 World Affairs 20

director of the . 20 motor vehicle bureau, was aiding in

lring’s supply of faulty titles. | LOCAL TEMPERATURES

88 MM... vs 42 10am... 55 Tam... 2" 11am... 60 8a. m..... 45 12 (Noon).. 61 9a... 50 1p m...,. 61

said today

TYNDALL PLANS TRAFFIC STUDY

Efforts to” Relieve Congestion Will Get Attention.

By JACK THOMPSON Mayor Tyndall said today he intended to study plans submitted by city traffic officials in an effort to relieve traffic congestion as soon as possible.

That report streets north and south through showed there were 2,154,109 per-| the downtown district.

charged with forgery, | issuing fraudulent certificates title and vehicle taking. Capt. Robert A. O'Neal, state police investigation head, sald six cars| periods. stolen from this vicinity in the last few months have been recovered and 15, | restored to the owners. : 1 Meanwhile, police and officials of othe state bureau of motor vehicles | sought additional stolen automobiles! + 20 and forged titles. B H. D. Brown,

Wo all vehicular traffic,

pr 25|the search for the source of the

Will Remy, safety board president, and Frank M. Hardy, traffic | engineer, spent the morning at City "hall trying to iron out projected new traffic plans for the city. One Way Streets Experimental traffic projects they | felt should be put into effect within |

BYRNES MAY GIVE U ON MINOR TREATIES

Issue at Stage Today. NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (U.

Secretary of State James F, Byrnes] is ready to admit failure to write

ONE: At least two one-way streets

| east and west and two one-way

TWO: Rerouting of some busses, |

REE: Banning of parking dura THREE, trafic periods of the day—an expedient that has been partially put into effect already. FOUR: To revive the practice of towing vehicles parked in prohibited areas to city garage.

airport's control tower that he was

ing if he tried to complete the

Moore, of Lumberport, W. Va, reported he was returning to Cleve-

|least part of the journey will be {at an altitude of 35,000 feet ,

Sixty miles northeast of Indianapolis, the pilot advised Weir Cook

unable to get fuel from his right wing tank. Fearing a forcéd land-

820-mile race distance, Maj. W. L

land. His plane flying “lop-sided” because of the full tank on the right side, Maj. Moore scooted over Lake Erie upon his return to Cleveland and dropped the tanks from the wings. He then landed at the Cleveland airport. The pilot said he feared a crash might result if he attempted to land with one full and one empty tank on opposite wings.

Will Try Again Wednesday Army air force officials announced | that “Miss Cleveland” would make another attempt next Wednesday. The P-80 “Shooting Star” rocketed off the Cleveland airport at 11 a. m. (Indianapolis time) to open the National Aircraft show. Maj. Moore had to pass over Indianapolis at 11:33 a. m. He reported at 11:22 o'clock that he was turning back. The Indianapolis Times entry, “Miss Indianapolis,” will begin the

at oh m. tomorrow, tit. ARF Mirra Is ‘scheduled to zip Indianapolis at 11:33 a. m. ..Teach Evansville at 11:49 a. m.

. pass Cincinnati at 12:10

breath-taking race frem Cleveland ”

Manly’s Plan—

INDIANA WAR ON INFLATION SEEN

Management Agreement.

By ROBERT BLOEM A drive to put Indiana in the forefront of the war on inflation loomed today as top state officials announced they might seek a statewide labor - management standing to spur production. Interest in such a move was an

productive faeilities info high gear. One such plan was set forth in Times by Basil Manly, former joint

noon , . . Columbus, O, at 12:22 p. m and land back at Cleveland airport at 12:37 pm. Allowing one hour to refuel, “Miss Indianapolis” would land at Weir Cook airport shortly after 2 p. m. To Fly at High Altitude

No stops are scheduled on the way. Whether Indianapolis resients would see the 550-mile-per-hour plane in its race against time depended largely upon the elements and the quickness of the eye. At!

more than six miles up. Faster speeds are gained at this altitude. A plan to “buzz” the competing | cities as the pilot flew over was discarded because of CAA regulations and for safety precautions. Each of the five pylon cities on the course will have an entry, but each will race alone on successive days. The plane turning in the fastest speed will be declared the) winner, The. J-33 engines pushing the

chief of the war labor board. Recalls 1945 Success First statement on the prospect of a -new state-sponsored labormanagement agreement was issued by Lt. Gov. Richard T. James, director of the state department of commerce and public relations. Mr. James warned, however, that the plan was in a “formulative” stage and said he had not yet had the opportunity even to discuss the idea with all the. state officials who might be concerned. In suggesting the possibility of

‘offering state sponsorship to some

sort of joint “beat inflation” plan, {Mr, James recalled the success of the labor-management charter of! August, 1945, At that time, the department of | commerce and public relations, the state labor department, and representatives of union labor and management signed an agreement to use the conference table in lieu of the strike wherever possible. Except for nation-wide strikes

army air force pilots in their wild ride were built here in Indianapolis

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affecting Indiana plants, Indiana has been relatively free of labor

|strife since that time, state leaders

pointed out. The idea of a labor-management

Officials May Seek Labor-

under<fyonnd a" 3

‘tion will close down the steel in-

‘Trieste Crucial

Mr. Remy said that a final solution to the city's congested traffic {problem would require a number of “major surgical operations.” “It is not something that can| he said.

Retrieves Master Plan | Mr. Remy also said that Indian-

More | apolis could never employ a syn-

chronous traffic light system be-

Marion E. May, 37, of 3233 Mars Hill cause of the angle avenues leading identified by state police as 8 into the heart of town. construction worker and ex-convict, | is held in Madison county jail at| months in the city traffic engineer's Anderson on charges filed there office, was retrieved by the mayor today by Deputy Prosecutor Catlin "tgday. Whitehead. is

It calls for establishing two oneway loops in the downtown area treating one-way streets and tightening no{parking restrictions during the rush

“HOLD-LINE’ PLEA MADE ON GI HOMES

uilders, Inc, today

“Home builders throughout the nation pledge their best efforts to hold the price of new houses in line,

'Inow that price controls have been

-1H. M. Graves,

taken off building materials” A. Mottin president,

A master plan, pigeon-holed for |

The Marion County Residential called upon the manufacturers of building materials as well as labor to hold the {line on the price of veterans’ homes.

Italian, Balkan and Finnish peace]

treaties at this time, it was learned

Unless agreement with the Soviet] Union on Trieste is forthcoming within a few days, he is prepared to defer the satellite treaties indeflnitely. For more than 14 months Mr. Byrnes has worked almost uninterruptedly on these treaties. The Big Four talks on Trieste are |at their decisive stage. Mr. Byrnes will not compromise on the basic issues in dispute. If the Russians refuse to yield or show signs of yielding by the first of next week, Mr. Byrnes is expected to propose that: ONE: This session of the Big Four council of foreign ministers be concluded quickly. (TWO: Preliminary and exploratory. talks on Germans take place before adjournment. THREE: The satellite treaties be laid aside indefinitely.

BULLETIN

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 15 (U. P.).

(Continued on “Page 3—Column 6) |

STORMS BRING COAL |

SHORTAGE IN DENVER |. DENVER, Nov. 15 (U. P.).—Denver was in the throes of an acute coal shortage today resulting from the recent severe storms that hit the city and eastern Colorado, The U. 8. weather, bureau pre-

“|dicted snow and colder tempera-|

{tures during the week-end with the | prospect that meager coal reserves {would be drained still more. Hundreds, of Denver homes were reported either without fuel of any {kind or with only small amounts on hand. Some residents went from one coal dealer to another with sacks to carry the small {amount of coal they could buy.

Quit Quarreling, Go to Work, G-M Head Advises

Charles E. Wilson, General Motors Corp. president, is shown as he conferred with some of his officials in Indianapolis today. Left to right (seated) are M. E. Coyle, executive vice president; Mr. Wilson; 0. E. Hunt, executive vice president, and (standing) Earl Pughe, Chevrolet commercial body plant general manager, and E. B. Newill, G-M vice president in charge of the Allison division,

Full Co-Operation Needed.

Auto Executive Declares

By RICHARD BERRY The only way America can have industrial peace and production is for people to quit quarreling and go to work. This opinion was expressed today by Charles E. Wilson, General

Motors Corp. president.

to bring the cost of living into line is by full production. Co-operation of every citizen is essential to achieve this goal he said. " He expressed belief that another of strikes will seriously hamper all’ efforts to solve the

Mr. Wilson said the impending} « coal strike is a serious threat to his company's production. .. “Even now we are operating on

hé said ”*Stoppage of coal produc-

dustry, which in turn will entirely halt our operations.” The bottleneck in production now is the shortage of basic raw materials essential to the auto industry, the G-M president asserted. Most serious of these shortages are in [flat rolled steel, copper and lead, he said. “We have just reached the point that we don’t worry about strikes in our own industry. There now are only 32 strikes against General Mo-

(Continued on Page 3~Columa 5)

SPOT SMOLDERING

In Indianapolis to address the annual meeting of the Indians Chamber of Commerce at Murat Temple, Mr, Wilson said the only way

TWA PILOTS END

ayhand to mouth basis on steel"”|

operations would be resumed with

25-DAY STRIKE

51.80 AN HOUR

DEMANDED BY LOCAL UNION

Increase Cannot Be Met, Spokesman for Building Contractors Says.

The Indianapolis Building Contractors association said today it had been notified by

the carpenters union that

1800 carpenters employed on building projects would walk off the job Monday morning

unless paid $1.80 a nhour, C. Oliver Holmes, secretary of the contractors, said the first intie mation of the strike was received this morning from Willlam Truex, secretary of Local 60, United Broths erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The association has a contract with the union setting straight time pay scales at $1.87'% per hour with double pay for overtime. The contract, negotiated. after’ 8 carpenters’ strike last spring, provides for arbitration of disputes and no work stoppages, according to Mr, Holmes. “They told us we either would pay £1.80 or they would strike,” said Mr, Holmes. “They haven't asked for & meeting. We can't meet the dee

mana Truex said he had no come ment, “1 don't want to add any fuel te the flame,” he said.

BOY, 18, BLUDGEONS

Fights Resumed as Board Wm . wl gsm Arbitrates Pay, Rules. SERVICE HERE TOMORROW Operation of TWA plane~ through Indianapolis will be resumed tomorrow, airline officials revealed here today. First flight on’ the resumed schedule will be

a westbound plane leaving Weir Cook airport at 4 p. m.

WASHINGTON, Nov, 15 (U. P.). —The 25-day-old strike of TransWorld Airline pilots ended in a wage arbitration agreement today. T. W. A. President Jack Frye said

16 flights tomorrow and 13 more Sunday. “We hope to reach a full schedule of operations within a few days,” Mr. Frye said. Before the strike, T. W. A. operated 90 scheduled domestic flights

| PLANE WRECKAGE

Identified as Missing Airliner With 11 Aboard. |

BURBANK, Cal, Nov, 15 (U. P.). ~The still-smoldering wreckage of a Western Airlines transport plane | which vanished in a storm two and a half days ago with 11 persons |i

| 5500-foot peak 60 miles north of here. Western Airlines Pilot Max Crall, who spotted the wreckage, said he did not see “how there could be any survivors.” The plane, only its tail intact,| |was approximately 200 feet below the tip of Almo Peak, 12 miles south of Gorman and west of the heavily traveled Ridge Route highway. Brush and scattered timber were burned for a radius of 75 feet. The ground was covered with a| thin layer of snow. “A little trickle of smoke still was rising from the wreckage,” Mr. Crall said.

daily and 22 foreign flights, Chairman Frank P. Douglass of

‘loalmly told pelige

MOTH he DEATH

Nov. 15 (U. PJs Girard

i th : hah

flew off the pilige to his widowed mother to death. She was killed with an iron bar while she screamed for mercy And fought for her life, “Everything just seemed to get tight in my head and I felf as though I ought to do something” Detective Capt. Edward J. Kelly quoted the youth as saying. : The body of the mother, Mrs, Mary Farley, 50, whose husband died last April, was found under an overturned dresser in her sece ond-floor bedroom last night. Her face and head were badly bludgeoned, there were numerous stab wounds and there was evie dence of a struggle.

FEWER VETERANS ON BENEFITS ROLE

WASHINGTON, Nov, 15 (U. P.), ~Ex-servicemen drawing $20 week ly unemployment compensation

ithe national mediation board an-| nounced the arbitration agreement after an all-night conference with Mr. Frye and President David L.| Behncke of the Air Line Pilots as-! sociation (A. F, of L.). Settlement Provides Pattern

The pilots agreed to return to

{work and submit remaining differ-

{ences to a three-man arbitration! board. The board will begin hear-| ings in Chicago between Dec, 19 and 23.

work rules for pilots and co-pilots| operating four-engined planes on domestic and international routes. It was the first major fliers’ walkout in the history of U. 8. commer- | cial aviation, and its final settle- |

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MOSCOW" LAWYERS REBUKED

MOSCOW, Nov, 15 (U, P.) —I1zvestia announced today the dissolution of the central organization of Moscow's 1000 attorneys for failure to correct “grafting and other amoral acts stemming from the almost complete absence of ideologi-cal-political work” among them.

The Indianapolis Times will send 20 local high school boys to Cleveland on a giant navy plane next Wednesday to visit the National Aircraft, show. The group, known as “Navy Secience Cruisers,” teen-age boys who willbe guests of the navy. Each day. for five days 20 boys will be flown by the navy from their home cities to join 20 fellow Cruiser-hosts from Cleveland. The

navy also on a guided tour through

will be among 200

40 boys will be special guests of the

—~More than 500 striking A. L. Conference of Studio Union pickets, demonstrated in defiance of a court order, were dragged ‘from massed lines at Columbia

studios by police today, Jails

the Cleveland laboratories of the : \ving - room With Feige: F. of national advisory compittee for Broad Ripple high school—Lloyd| Sacred Heart high school—Ralph bath, full (Dasement with iy aeronautics. These laboratories are |Smith, 7600 Westfield blvd; Alap|Pfau, 414 N. Oakland st.; Bill Ken- room. _héw Delos rive, uy SOL seldom seen by the public. Dusendschon, 5956 Rosslyn ave, nedy, 1710 8. Delaware st.; Bob yard, fhe rie a Fa 3, Jhons Jo The Indianapolis group will fly| Cathedral high school — Paul Wendling, 405 E. Orange st. For Sale” of tags. Sh out of Weir Cook airport at 8 a. m.|Stricker Jr., 457 N. State ave. Victor| Shortridge . high school—James| Times Classifi od and will be returned home at the|Herbertz, 2710 Barth ef; Thomas|Garard, 125 E. 48th st. J. k ! : end of the day of sightseeing. . Phone Riley

This is the second Navy Science Cruiser program arranged by the navy's office of naval research working in co-operation with Science Clubs of America. Science clubs are administered by The Indian-

apolis Times’ Science Service. The Indianapolis students selected for the trip because of their interest in science and aeronautics and the schools they represent are: Arsenal Tech — Francis Anoskey, 2631 E. Michigan .st.; James Dixon, 1146 Belle View Place.

20 Boys Will Ride Giant Navy Plane To Ohio Air Show as Guests of Times

Crispus Attucks high school James D. McNair Jr., 2940 Boulevard pl.; Carl Radford, 2344 Winthrop ave. Emmerich Manual high school Robert Scheib, 1520 8. Alabama st.; Robert Stuckey, 1212 Pleasant st. George, Washington high school—

ton st.; Earl Brady, 4636 W. Gad-|

sen st. Howe high school—Charles Copeland, 454 8. Arlington ave.; Jimmy R. Moore, 736 N. Bozart ave.

Stapleton, 4141 Park a

Rhoads, 4500 Carrollton sve.

checks during the week ended Now, {2 dropped below. the million mark for the first time- since last March, During that week, VA said, 988,725 claims were filed ‘against (1,018,073 during the previous week. This was a decline of over 600,000 | against last April's peak of 1,800,000, | Meanwhile, VA said it is ready {to accept veterans’ terminal leave nds as” payments on G. I. life insurance prema,

bo f mboard was found today IOP 8's board will decide pay and USED CAR BUYER

"WILL FACE CHARGE

A 27-year- old used car buyer was {held in Marion county jail today in default of $7000 bail after his arrest on charges of embezzling 147325 from Roger M. Elmore, 230 E. 16th st. The buyer was identified as Rob« bert L. Taylor, Danville, Ill. Mr, Elmore charged he sent the buyer the money to purchase five automo« biles and that Taylor subsequently fled to Chicago. Taylor told police he had ree turned to Indianapolis to arrange repayment of the money.

GAMING CASES GET

Cases against 24 persons arrested in gaming raids on Indiana ave, yesterday were continued today in municipal court 3 to the first week in December. Three raids were cone ducted by a squad led by Capt, Wayne Bear. Hundreds of pool ticke ets were confiscated,

Oil Heated Bungalow Near . Kessler Boulevard for Sale

Most of the homes nearby were constructed just prior to the war and vie with each other for architectural “distinction. — Walks ing distance to Christ the King church.

“en Ryan Drive (50th and 5 room Bungalow only ears old; newly mh

Key

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