Show In In n the Nations Nation's Capital I II I Telegraphers Gain Pay Boost Postpone Plans for Strike j i I WASHINGTON July luly 2 INS A strike of oC Western i Union set et for 8 ti am I MST 1 Monday Monda was indefinitely postponed by an agreement granting grantin wage increases of or from lOc lOe to an hour The agreement was announced Sunday night by J. J R R. Mandelbaum Mandelbaum Mandel- Mandel baum Labor Department conciliator concil ator who had been meeting II with representatives of the company company com com- pany and the A F C Commercial Union The pact i still is subject to union tion t i J. J L L. L Wilcox W W. U. U vice president I i dent indicated the terms will be I extended to 2600 other salaried executive and imd administrative em cm- I I He e- e et estimated t mated that the I I pact will raise costs about 16 a year i Members l of oC the A F L Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial Telegraphers' Telegraphers Union I Local No 30 will meet the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter part of oC this week to participate participate participate pate in a national union vote of ratification or rejection of or the I Western Union Telegraph Cos Cos latest offer said William Mathews Math Math- union vice president I I I I i r Record Dope Haul WASHINGTON July 2 T As A's Seizure of oC worth north of oC illicit I marijuana in secret compartments compart compart- compartments ments of oC an automobile was reported reported re- re re j ported Monday by police It was reputedly the biggest single haul ever made in this country j I I Transit Strike Hits WASHINGTON July 2 f Ml A Es-A A paralyzing strike of oC street car and I bus operators Monday forced j thousands of workers in the nations nation's nations nation's na- na I tion's lions capital to walk hitch hike and lake take taxis to their jobs See Draft Boom WASHINGTON 1 July 2 INS Selective service and defense officials saw a possibility Monday Mon Mon- i day iday that a fire cease in Korea I could bring a sharp increase in draft calls caBs They pointed out the conflicts conflict's end might severely reduce the number of volunteers volunteer applying I for admission to the Army Navy I Air Force and Marine Corps I I Ignore Shortages WASHINGTON June 2 UP UP- UP American consumers began the second half of 1951 Monday londay by ignoring the same warnings of oC shortages that scared them into a buying rush six months ago The paradox was typical of oC the I nations nation's entire business picture at midyear Critical shortages of raw ra materIals materials materials mate mate- rials predicted by the government government govern govern- ment never developed shortages shortages shortages short short- ages of customers anticipated by byno byno I no one became a reality I Controls Fading WASHINGTON July 2 t CD Senator Aiken R. R Vt said Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day an armistice in Korea might cause Congress to let price and wage controls die at the end of I this month I think an armistice if one is negotiated would pretty well wipe out whatever er little need there may be now for Cor those controls controls controls con con- Aiken declared Question of Tints r WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July 1 INS INSA INS INS- A House Republican asked the Navy Monday why it bought enough tinting material in 1944 and 1945 from one Indianapolis I company to paint battleships battleships battle battle- ships the size of the Missouri 1 in I one color I |