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DECEMBER 7-.21.--j 1947- PRICE FIVE CENTS Due High Prices - Be No. 1 Issue ' Taft Accuses Truman of Doing Less Than His Best to Check High Prices; Answer Due When He Signs the Republican Bill By DAYTON MOORE United Press Staff Correspondent - WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U.R) High prices loomed tonight to-night -as the No. 1 issue for both next year's congress and the presidential election campaign. a c It anneared to have precedence over the other major issue long range foreign aid . in the minds of most members mem-bers as all but a few congressmen cleared out of the capital f or a two-week holiday following the emergency session which ended last night. They realized that high prices' hit all voters. The voU t'V ' . -': ers primary concern with the) ris- b , a' : i - line cost oi living is rezieciea m ii ax ueaaiine riyes With 10 Unpaid " '. - V sitrhtiv tnAre than 16 oer -cent of: the t1947 taxes due the Utah county weasurer sim were . u- linquent at the Saturday noon deadline. ' accordins to County Treasurer Maurice. C Bird. tmit vnd mhiet to revision later, Mr. Bird set a figure of S2Q60,D00 as tne amount paia to his office by noon Saturday, leaving nearly $350,000 still un- rtilimrtia from the total of 3.003.- 822 which he is responsible .for collecting. . . UTr. RirH' ataH will nernn Unnrfav - rftmnilinr delinauent tax notice lists, payment of. .which will De accepted arwr legal publication. Persons failing tn mwt the deadline must Dav k penalty of two per cent of their total .taxes due.pius a smau legal advertising iee.: ' QterMade Available For Kaiser Plant HussOusf 2 it Pcrfy Chiefs lii Gariiiany Leaisl the letters they send to the&r congressmen: Some members ei both, the senate -and. house -indicated their votes on the 'Marshall plan for aiding Europe would depend largely on Its prospective pros-pective effects on the domes- tie economy. Sen. Robert A. Taft. R O- an aspirant for the GOP presidential nomination, kept the political pot on inflation boiling by accusing. President Truman of doing less than his best to check high prices. Taft said President Truman now has enough powers to "check nearly all of the principal causes of inflation if he really wishes to do so.? President . Truman, a f source dose to the White House said. most likely will give his answer to such charges when he signs the substitute anti-inflation leKlsla tion which' Republicans' shoved through the emergency congress, He is expected to say the Repub lican program was inadequate, Taft is chairman of therienate Republican policy committee. But he emphasized that in; criticizing tns president, ce was making , a uerauuat iMicuienb oume ouicriv -uji. , it.. GPnatorMitiaeUi iuncoi uuiDajur fHuuicms uat- ed by Henry J. Kaiser in con- nectioff with his proposal to start up the No. Z Ironton blast zur nace was solved today. The Provo Metropolitan water hoard, through its chairman, John O.. Beesley, announced Saturday It has .agreed to supply Kaiser with the necessary' water to run the plant. In a statement last week, in which Kaiser said he hoped to start the plant by April providing several problems could be solved and permit the pur chase, water was listed as one of the maior obstacles. ' Mr. Beesley revealed Saturday, following a meeting of the water board, that the latter has agreed to supply Kaiser approximately six second feet of water rrom Provoa Deer Creek subscription. Provo has subscribed to 8000 acre feet annually from Deer Creek, which amounts to about See. Pare 4 for picture of No. 2 Ironton plant. 12 . second feet. The board has thus agreed to sell about half its Deer Creek subscription to Kai ser. The West coast Industrialist made a request to the board a short time ago for water with which to run the plant, Mr. Bees ley said. In the letter mailed Saturday to the Kaiser corporation4 at Oak land, Calif., the board said it could supply the. water for "a period of at least 10 years and probably longer. - The agreement carries "the clause, "subject to the needs of Provo city," thus protecting the city in case of any water short' :ge. Local officials Saturday ex pressed little concern over press .reports from WAA officials that the sale of the No. 2 Ironton plant had not been cohsumated. v Statements from Kaiser himself him-self said the sale was conditional, :.- - (ionunuea on rage Two) News Highlights In Central Utah Provo Boy Succumbs to Gun Accident Wound . . . , Water Available for No. t Ironton Plant Operation . Tax Deadline Passes With .....1 Still Unpaid ..1 IMS "License Plates Ready For 'Distribution Here School' Plumbing Contract : Goes to 2nd Low Bidder 3 American Fork Awaits Annual v - - Christmas Pageanfonlght . . 4 . : . t Spanish . Fork; Sets Hearing on 194S Budxet Dee. 30 4 Orem Presents Safety Plan 4 - To Road Commissioners . . .'; 8 11 Children Provided Aid ' T1 Sab-for-Santa Plan . .,11 for giving the impreisjon he was speaking ,.xor tno senate itepuDii-cah itepuDii-cah leadership when he previous ly blasted at President Truman's economic policies. Taft said the inflationary trend could be reversed if President Truman "really wants to slow up the present spiral of increasing prices. His statement supported the be lief that the emergency session in addition to approving stop-gap foreign aid and mild anti-inflation legislation was a. certain raiser on the main issue- of the 1948 presidential campaign as well as of the 'regular session of congress which begins Jan. 6. The emergency session also op ened up a side issue that held pos sibilmes of developing -Into po litical dynamite heavy specu lating in commodity futures. Investigating committees In both the senate and house are awaiting publication by Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson of a list of big plungers In- grain futures. The Republican-controlled con gress reluctantly followed nls recommendations and passed special law to get the list. The GOP., leaders wanted the list without the special law which authorizes Anderson to make it public as well as give it to con gress. Republicans hoped to Tind sev eral government officials and others oth-ers dose to the administration on the list, but there was the possibility possi-bility they might find a. few congressional con-gressional names, too. - In addition to nign prices rod foreign aid, the regular congress will be confronted with the prob lems Of what to do about tax cuts, reductions in government spending, spend-ing, rent controls, the reciprocal trade agreement law which expires ex-pires in Junev universal military training and social legislation on (Continued on Pare. Eight) Pedf Thrown Out for . Defying Will ol Soviet Military Aaministration' v BERLIN, Deb. 29 U.R) The press department of the Christian Democratic party (CDU) today announced that the party's two leaders inthe Russian occupation zone of Germany had been thrown out of. office on direct orders of the Soviet military administration. adminis-tration. -The ousted officials are Jakob Kaiser and his deputy Max Lem- mer. They incurred Soviet wrath by refusing to recognize -a Com munist sponsored peoples party: meeting in Berlin two weeks ago. Both are generally considered tne only independent political leaders lead-ers in the Soviet zone. It was the first time the Soviets have acted openly In .' Germany to throw out political politi-cal party leaders who opposed their policies. Informed quarters said that Col. Serge Tulpanov, chief of the Russian Rus-sian information department, conferred con-ferred on the dismissals with Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov Tuesday when' Molotov stopped briefly in Berlin -enroute to Moscow Mos-cow .from the London, conference of foreign ministers. The action of the Soviets, coming com-ing on the heels of the abortive London 'conference,- may -well serve as notice to other opposition leaders; informed sources '; said. Some observers felt the move was the.Fussian start on "coordinating' "coordinat-ing' all German political Opinion in their zone. Kaiser is considered one of Germany's foremost political leaders. His party has been a 'leading opponent of the Sovl-'" et-snpported Socialist 'Unity , party (SED). - .v Taft Leads Opposition 1 o iruman s rrogram For Eurbpsan Reed very MartinSees atiori To Ciirb Prices WASHINGTON; ' Dec. . 20 U.R House speaker . Joseph W. Martin.' Mar-tin.' Jr.. said tonight that congress probably will take additional steps to bring the cost of living unper control when it returns in regular session next, month. - The Massachusetts Republican declined to predict what form the new ' legislation , might take. And Democratic' leader Sam Rayburn of Texas promptly . expressed doubt that; GOP leaders could push through additional anti-inflation measures. , ; ' On the other side ' of the cap!' tiL Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio-speaking Ohio-speaking as an individual rather than a senate- Republican leader laid; the blame for high prices on President Truman. . Tan ; said - tne :. president now has all the authority ho needs to control inflation without resorting resort-ing to the club-in-the close price- wage and'ratlonuif controls - that I'vaiMrJm.;) A!'-,..4ru"1n uemanoea wnen ne CTZm. 7ZZr:ZL'"r:Z -Xecauea congress on Nov. 17. until the Russians organized the so. Called German Peoples Con gress, Despite severe pressure, they .refused to join what they considered a Communist front. Still resisting pressure, they refused re-fused to resign but today's order was a direct dismissal. In a -statement tonight Kaiser charged ,the Soviet administration administra-tion with violation of the Potsdam agreement and said it had acted in the face of overwhelming opposition oppo-sition of German political leaders. . "According . to the , Potsdam agreement Germans should be al lowed to develop their opinion rLK lh?.latrlopment,bear until Feb. 28, 1949, and per proved, that the (Soviet' sponsored) sponsor-ed) peoples congress did not support sup-port unity between the east and the west but was rather, widening the gulf, ne said. (Continued on Page Two) Cabinet Moves to Block Criticism Of Yugoslavia PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Dec. 20 (U.R) The cabinet moved to night to block criticism of Yugo slavia in the Czech press by ap pointing a commission to form a plan "to prevent irresponsible press attacks damaging the fundamental funda-mental interests of the state." - i The 'announcement said the ap pointment followed recent protests pro-tests by the Yugoslav ambassador on . articles on Yugoslavia in Czech periodicals. It said communist com-munist Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir dementis had investi gated the protests and had ad vised formation of the- Commis sion. .."' . - Press dispatches said the priests were aimed at the Catholic people's peo-ple's part-weekly "Obzory'' and the JT national socialist weekly "Svobodny Zitrek." Provo Boy, 11, Succumbs To Shooting Accident Injury It will be a bleak Christmas! tnis .year for tne family of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Adams, 542 North cum. ncsi, rrovo. v 4?. "Their son, Billie, 11, died Tat 11:30 plm. Friday of a gunshot wound in the stomach, inflicted accidentally by a large caliber rifle' in . the hands, of his elder brother not quite 12 . hours earlier.- . The sobbing brother, 7immie, 15, told police he "didn't know the ' gun was loaded" when he picked up his fathers 30-40 Krag rifle after the pair, alone in their home at the time,, had been play ing with a wooden gun.-Jimmie told police and neighbors he did not point the gun at his brother, but 'that Billie ' unexpectedly stepped in front of u as it dis charged. At the Utah Valley " hospital yesterday afternoon, doctors fought to save Billie's life , with an emergency operation -and . (Continued on Pago - Two) . i y J?LLUE , ADAMS - Senator Holds -Biff-ScaU; Spending NotW; Essential to European Recovery; Marshall Departs For Well-Earned Vacation Period By JOHN L. STEELE '.-'. ' '! . ' ' United Press Staff Correspondent vUSHINGTON, Dec?20 XU.R)-Sen; Robert A; Taft, R O., who believes' the, proposed $17,000,000,000 Marshall plan could wreck,':the U. S. economy, asserted tonight that big-scale American spending is not essential to European Euro-pean recovery. Taft, chairman of the senate Republican policy com--mittee, was the first GOP leader to announce flat oppo sition to Mr. Truman's conception of what this country. must do to halt the march of selfish, totalitarian aggression" in Europe. - . . . ; Taft predicted that the recovery program, would not be ready for floor debate in the . senate until March 1, just one month before President Truman's target date for getting the program underway. under-way. This would make it almost impossible . for congress to pass and appropriate money for .the measure by the deadline date. From a Democratic source It was learned that Mr. Truman is prepared to urge speedy action in the state of the union address he will deliver to congress in person on jan. 7. Asserting Hhat administration officials in drafting the four-year recovery plan had "overdrawn' the seriousness of western Europe's Eur-ope's plight, Taft told reporters that persons visiting . Europe haven t seen evidence of a "com plete collapse." . 'i People don't completely, col lapse," Taft . said. "They go on living anyway." Taft agreed, however, that . American assistance would be . helpful in rebuilding ' Eur-1 Eur-1 ope's " war-smashed economy '. and might establish' conditions . under- which It would ' be ; less likely" that European Rations -would gJLkjaoder - communist sway. ' - , Secretary.., of State . George C Marshall, meanwhile, departed for a vacation "ordered" "by President Truman Marshall-flew to join-KU wife at their Pinehurst, N. C home. He expects to. remain until after Christmas. He was ready to return to the capital at any time his presence was required in con nection with the impending con gressional battle over the recov ery program. He left Washington after re porting to the country on failure of the Big Four foreign ministers to find agreement on German and Austrian peace terms at their London meeting. Marshall took the occasion to remind the country that Russia already has declared "hostility and opposition" to the European recovery plan. He as serted that the success of that pro gram hangs the world's hopes -for lasting peace. Marshall's speech and Presi dent Truman's message to con gress, delivered yesterday, weigh-! ed heavily in the minds of legislators legis-lators streaming out of Washington- for a holiday recess. Comment Com-ment on what congress would do with Mr. Truman's program was for the most part guarded. 'Some senators, however, expressed initial in-itial opposition to the president's request for a four-year congressional congres-sional commitment 1948 through 1951 on U. S. aid. Vandenberg Non Committal-Senate Committal-Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg, a leading Republican Republi-can foreign policy spokesman, told reporters he would not comment com-ment on the program until the administration ad-ministration presents its case in full. As chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, he scheduled hearings , to open Jan. 7. He assured his colleagues, that the hearings will be "exhaustive." "exhaust-ive." Taft too, declined comment on many details of the president's outline. But he did attack Mr. Truman's $17,000,000,000 over-all figure and his request for a $8,-;: $8,-;: . (Continued oil Page Two) mood to?; adopt,, "police, state mthoas''r 6nJ eontrolling inflation, Martin . told reporters that theysaild Republican anti-inflatien anti-inflatien bill passed by congress con-gress In the waning hours of the special session Friday -night was 'all that could be done in the limited time available. "That was only the beginning of our, efforts," he said. "There are other steps to be taken." The .Republican-backed bill extends existing export and transportation controls another miis industry to allocate scarce materials voluntary under antitrust anti-trust law exemption with the approval- of the attorney general. ' It also;' authorizes the admin istration to control the flow of scarce grain to distillers until Feb. I and permits the asricul ture department to spend up to i,uuu,uuu to. promote a voluntary (Continued on Page Two) ' Jewish Army In Major Attack Against Arabs JERUSALEM, . Dec. 20 (U.R) The Jewish "defense army" Hag anah tonight was reported to have made a major attack the larsest since the UN partition decision--against Arabs in Lydda and Bet Nabala,: where .' troops of the Trans-Jordan Arab' legion -are camped. - Preliminary reports Said there were "a number" of casualties. Jewish truck drivers at Lydda airport, near both Lydda town and Bet Nabala, were advised just before midnight not tot leave the a si - l airport oecause oz uie auacx. Neither Ahe ; police or British army would immediately confirm the attack, but reliable, private - , a ia w m sources sa .was naganan s response re-sponse 'to a. clash with the Arab legion at Bet Nabala last Sunday4! Firemen Remove. Injured; From Ruins i : - jAi) : (:.: I'U-""' ;s 1 -' t I - i ' - i -' , ' i if chit J : .m - cr, - 50,000 Placed Oh Eiiiirriancv Mzfi Orders : - -? .'After being trapped In debris' for more than four hours, this in-, jured person was lowered in a basket from" a burned-out Wash' inrton',vD. (CV apartment bulldiur which' was wrecked by an ek- plosion, believed" cause by' gasl' At least 'eight were Injured and . oneltnown dead as firemen continued their search through 'the--ruins of. the sncient bulldlngi . " -' a i 1 1 1 1 i n if improperSpeculaiion in- FqoiJG Ihvestigat IQ0 2 WC6 v (.--- ngress . WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U ' Chairman -August H. Andreten of a v special house investigating committee tonight disclosed plans to expose ""improper", speculation specula-tion In cotton,-eggs and butter a well al" in the grain markets. j 'The' Minnesota .Republican abandoned his Christmas holiday plans and said he will' remain in Washington ' to get investigating machinery in shape, so that hearings hear-ings can. start as soon as possible after congress returns on Jan. 6. Andresen told a reporter his Removal Of Pauley Urged KANSAS "CITY. Mo, Dec. 20 (U.R) Sen. James P. Ken, R, Mo, said -tonight President Truman should remove Edwin W. Papley at once as special, assistant to the secretary of army. ' " " "This -friend of - the president should not be afforded further opportunity op-portunity for a single day to enrich en-rich . himself with loaded j dice,' Kem said as he arrived here fol lowing adjournment .of the , spe cial session of congress. -j -j- When Pauley was named.- to the 'army post, Kem said, "it-Was announcea mat ms aunes wouia include . 'array procurement. ; At that time he was speculating on a tremendous ' scale . in- grain v and other commodities In short supply. The array has. been purchasing as much as $82,000,000 worth - of gram per monthwb - Kem also announced f that 'he would "insist that the senate's examination- into the operations of the department: of justice., sus pended last spring as a jresult of a Democrat -filibuster, be resumed at tne regular session."" - U.S. Seeks to Stop.Shipment legion at set Kabau last Sunday.! a a . .:, i vf German Plants to Russia n v- - ' Earlier tonight, members of the Arab legion shot a Jewish police sergeant to death near the British Brit-ish army's bigf est barracks tn !Palestine. , , . ... Strike Spreads f In Argentina TUCUMAN; Argentina, Dec. 23 (U.R) Local r transportation was paralyzed today: and the city was without bread or meat due to a spreading general strike in support sup-port . of bakery - workers- who Walked out several days ago.1 '. 7- Nearly 50. . labor - unions an swered the general strike call issued yesterday, despite a wanr-ing wanr-ing by the mayor that paralysis of vital, activities; would create a serious situation. . : . : v s : Several thousand workers are Involved, -in. t - 'V? "-r-'f WASHINGTON, "Dec 20 U.R)- Diplomatic observers" believed tonight the .United SUtes IwiU renew a request that Britain join her m stopping shipment of dismantled dis-mantled German plants to Russia as war reparations. x-.'-'- -.' The United States was pictured as feeling, that a thorough review of the plants shipment policy is in order in view of the-f allure "of the recent' foreign ministers conference con-ference - in London to ' agree on Germany's future.; Officially,' the state department had,, nothing to .say beyond -the fact . that I, Secretary f of , Siate George C Marshall discussed the matter with British Foreign Min the British "- rone.; He said - the American proposal will be. -dis cussed - soon by -the : British gov- ernment. But he added that Brit aln intends to 'continue the repa rations shipments as provided in the Potsdam r agreement ?of J945. The American. plan to atop the shipments first, was -disclosed by Sen.- Arthur H. Vandenberg, 1 R, Mich chairman of v the . senate foreign ' relations ; committee. He told the senate that the state department de-partment - policy is to ' make'' no further ; shipments .of dismantled plants to the east. Army ' sources" said : there.al ready has been a slow-down of ister Ernest Bevin after the Lon-.jsuch" movements', It : was recalled . . " . . a r . uon meeung. -v a ; ; The shipments .are being stopped in the, U. S. xone. But a British - foreign office spokesman said Bevin told Marshall Britain would not extend this ; policy . to that Lucius D. Clay, military gov ernor or the U.r.Sv zone In Ger many, I halted all , 5 shipments of reparations'; plants - in vMayjJ946. Theywerea t resumed untilv Oc tober of -that year,' t--- committee; . organized lyester- day,: has' agreed to- put first, em phasis on speculation In grain but to follow up ."at the -greatest possihle speed with investigation of market operations in all com modities in .which trading is done on a .'future delivery" basis.' In addition to cotton, eggs, butter, and grain, he said, the coffee, sugar and hides . market, among others, will, get a going-over going-over by committee investigators and accountants. ' ' - - - , Andresen's disclosure came amid hints of an Impending split "along party lines over the scope of commodity In- . vestigations to be pressed . simultaneously - in house and -and senate. Some Democrats'' fear Repub licans will try to limit .the . in vestigations' to." an exposure -of persons who through government connections are; able io,ge "inside "in-side information by which they could outguess the market.. Adminisratioii . supporters - Will demand -;i that investigators - go after . market 'gambling as such both sides agree legitimate hedging hedg-ing operations in commodity markets such as hedging by Millers in-the. gram market -should not be attacked. ? r j? v - Chairman yWUliam Langer', JL, w. jj.. ox tne senate civu . service committee -meantime - called;-, on the civil service commission ' to "make;, . p u B,l I c - immediately; whatever inf ormation liiVrinay have . on speculation; by .govern- MAtnt Mv1mS0S? .V'' .r;- w W .."'.. i It twas disclosed earlier', that the . late. President Roosevelt at one, time, ordered 'the- commission, commis-sion, to include inr its records reports re-ports ' of "market .'operations ' by federal officials.-- , -Sen, William IF. Knowlarid: RL Cal, said he. thought, civil service commission recoros should be in vestigated- fully - to see - if they show evidence that government employees or officials are dealing in commodities..' .- . Knowland is :m member' of ; the senate appropriations subcommit tee named to investigate: grain traaers. He said he would .vote to summon A President Harryr'B. Mitchell Of the civil service com mission .before, the . subcommittee if necessary, . .- ! 8 NegroGhildreri; B ii rn to' Deqth' H-, : 1 ' DEKALB, Tex, Dec. 2Q (U.R)-. Eight Negro children- died horri ble deaths early today In ;a fire that engulfed a three-room frame house while- the .-parents of the children yisited , relatives, half . a mile away.'- i ," 'The - victims were ..'the children and ' step-children of.. 34-year-old Emmet Anderson; and his ..wife, Arnice.'--&:$K&H''s. rAuUioHUes4beUeved tbelvfire started from an open grate -fire in the- house while the; children were asieepw-ra.te. Strike Sfrategyltb Be Discussed Todar -a -- ---,.--- : ---- IriAll Mcrjor. Cities . j WASinNGTON". Dec. -20 U.R) Three AFt unions said r: tonight they have put 50,000 '- members employed by West- . era Union Telesrrapli Co. on an emergency alert to start a na- : tionwide telegraph ' strike ' t - any moment." - Frank Bloom; general counsel Z for one of the unions, said all locals lo-cals havev been told to be ready : to strike. "at any time before or after" the 9 a.m. EST deadline next Tuesday. He said the orders sent today mean that the walk- out might be called "at ahy moment.?; mo-ment.?; , t- .;-'t : Bloom-announced later, that strike strategy mass meetings.wUl be held by local unions tomor- -row afternoon .fin every import- ant city across the country., The Washington mass meeting will, be at z pjn. est : . Meanwhile Cyrus S. Ching, director di-rector . of the federal . mediation. and conciliation serviceconfer-red serviceconfer-red separately with Bloom and W. D, GaiUard,- Jr-' attorney .for Western Union.-A panel of three v federal conciliators met with bth-er' bth-er' union and company 'representatives.. 'represen-tatives.. ,;' ' Neither party . - would comment but informed sources . said the -talks today had been as fruitless f as previous federal efforts to avert -and walkout ; til :45 pjn. EST and then were recessed for dinner until 9 pjn. ' The three-unions : Involved" In The promised walkout are the AFI Commercial Telegraphers union, the-Telegraph Employes union- and the- Telerranh Workers union. I They are demanding a 15-cent-an- hour wage boost. . - - Union officials say a strike of their 50,600 . members weald shut , down Western 1 Union offices across the conn- - ' try In the midst of their, bus'' lest season. It might force 1 stock, grain and, cotton ex- . changes to close, they said, An official of the mediation ser . vice said Western Union may -forestall the strike by offering wage increase. He said he believed the company would oner iive- cent-an-hour boost in an effort (Continued on Page Tw) -'x . Awaited By Utah Union SALT LAKE' CITY. Dee. 28 am Utah officials of the West ern Union Telegraph company - said today; that; theys-would at tempt- to maintain emergency service should their;' union employes em-ployes strike this weekend. - The telegraph agency nas near ly 300 union employes in- uun, more than zoo oz tnem um Salt Lake : City f state .headquar ters.. .- Union officers have withdrawn notice' of a- definite time- f or the start of the threatened strike by; the Commercial Telegraphers un- V. Employes . at ,-he Provo Western Union office, when queried lata Saturday : as to a strike deadline locally, said: The h way things ; stand, we ha vent heard anything other oth-er than 4 o'clock, Tuesday ; morning. v - . '- 1c .' ' ' " . ' St . ton- and have - warned - that the walkout might. : begin any time unless-demands are - met. ? - ' -' Maurice Rose. - president of the Salt Lake City local of the. Com mercial , Telegraphers union,' saw ; that his present instructions were -to.Jceep the union? employes on. the' Job until' at least Tuesday morningf -.;-"'---' - The i Western v,Union .officials said thaf Jthey.' would maintain the emergency service, if it becomes, be-comes, necessary, by using-supervisory - employes , as operators. This .is the same-technique used by the: American Telephone and Telegraph company in maintaining maintain-ing emergency service during the telephone strike earlier ttiis year. . - Company spokesmn said they did not know .what - would happen hap-pen .at small towns, where Western West-ern Union messages are handled through - railroad a telegraph offices of-fices -whose employes are not members of the CTU. However, they, added that it .was ; possible thatfnV event of strike, the railroad ' telegraphers . would de cline to accept, commercial messages. mes-sages. "out,of sympathy.".... ,. |