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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH . WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . I May Day Disappoints Communists; New York Students Stage Riots; Gambler Admits Making 8100,000 (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinion! arc cipreoord In thtoo column, thrr art Ihooo of Wnitrn Nevipaptr Cnloa'o newt nly,H and not necenarllr of Ihlo ntwopaper.) I Students Riot TAXES: Votes Cut The house ways and means committee has voted a 20 per cent slash of the federal admis-sion tax on film, stage and sport tickets. The action, were it to become law, would mean an annual loss esti-mated at $242,000,000, bringing the total cuts and exemptions approved thus far to $575,000,000. Political observers agreed that the cut would be a popular vote-catchin- g move, but at the same time, were beginning to wonder if there are enough "loopholes" In ex-isting tax laws to make up the deficit that appears likely. President Truman was of the opin-ion that by tightening certain tax laws, funds will be available for government operations the next fiscal year. In fact, the President threatened to veto any bill that falls to offset the losses by provision of new rev-enue from other sources. He asked that the excise cuts be held to $655,000,000. At this point another problem ap-pears. The committee had not yet voted on two of the most Important of wartime excises communica-tions and transportation. Some members predict that an-other $500,000,000 cut would be ap-proved In these fields. If that should be the case, the total reduc-tion would climb to more than $1,000,000,000. What happens next? If Mr. Tru-man kept his word he would veto any bill that did not take up the slack from another quarter. Add to that, the cut Is 345 billion above what the President recommended. It seemed that a battle was shap-ing up for the future. It was an in-teresting situation, to say the least mfsk . rmimttiiB if m in iitiri'"i f t MAY DAY: Disappointing , Outside Russia, May Day proved a great disappointment to the Com-munists. In Berlin, for Instance, where the Reds had hoped for strife, a half million people, drawn from both halves of the divided city, roared defiance to the Soviet Union and German communism and pledged allegiance to freedom. At least 500,000 staged a spectac-ular demonstration in the British zone, dwarfing the parade only a few blocks away. The Reds claimed that 800,000 par-ticipated, but east-secto- r police on the spot volunteered that the crowd was no more than 250,000. And, although the meetings were next door to each other, there was no outstanding violence. A flurry of stone-throwin- g and a few fist fights was the extent of battle. Of the speakers, aging Mayor Ernest Reuter of Berlin was the most popular. The crowd applaud-ed and cheered when he said, "We Berlinen are not afraid of any-thing." In New York, the annual May Day parade was held to the tune of jeers from spectators and a few fist fights. About 13,000 persons at-tended the rally, the smallest num-ber in years. Holding a boy firmly by the collar, a New York mounted policeman Is shown taking Into custody one of the thousands of high school students who demonstrated and rioted in Foley Square as a, follow-u-p of their support of teachers' sal-ary and other demands, STUDENTS: Stage Riots EMPLOYMENT: Almost Peak The census bureau reported that employment was within a stone's throw of 60 million jobs, a pickup of 1,117,000 over the bureau's pre-vious report. Included in the report was the good news that the 1950 number of unemployed sank to 3,515,000 a new low for the year. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said the gains were "prob-ably greater than was generally an-ticipated." He cautioned, however, that the gains were at least partly seasonal. Commerce officials had hopes that the high employment rate might be maintained through the summer. The reason: factory pro-duction and sales both at the high-est levels In more than a year, new orders placed with manufac-turers reached a postwar peak, and "unfilled" orders continue to ac-cumulate. Farming was the only branch not reflecting increases, however. De-spite the seasonal rise in jobs, the total number In farm work con-tinued below the level a year ago by about 625,000. Also on the home front, the little town of Mosinee, Wis., experi-mented with communism for the day and a strong-arme- d "guerrilla" band ground 2,000 residents under the heel of a mock Communist boot. The mayor was forced to sur-render the town, the police chief was executed, a consentration camp was filled with hymn singers, churches were closed and food ra-tioned. The residents of the little town felt it was well worth while. All in all, the day outside Rus-sia proved a great disappointment to the Communists. It was evident also, that the "witch-hunt" underway in congress is making a great many Communists i depart the company of fellow org anizers. GAMBLING: Probe Continued The battle against gambling syn-dicates conducted by cities through-out the nation and many states for years, and recently picked up by the senate, seemed to have reached the right road and moved along rapidly. The senators, considering a pro- - Thousands of New York high school students staged repeated demonstrations some outright riots demanding higher pay for teach-ers and protesting a virtual halt in after-scho- activities. As many as 5,000 students repeat-edly rushed city offices and clashed with police. They shouted and shoved, threw stones, stuck pins in police horses, set off firecrackers, and made trouble in general. New York's school problems can be traced directly to the teachers who have demanded more money. As a result, $13,000,000 was added to the school budget, but Mayor O'Dwyer cut this figure to $7,000,-00- 0. The teachers then called a mod-ified strike, keeping classes but re-fusing to supervise "extra-curricular- " activities such as commence-ment exercises, senior dances, plays, proms and class days. As a result, the students staged demonstrations which at first were taken lightly, but soon gave evi-dence of brilliant organization and direction. The picture became more con-fused when the Communist Daily Worker praised the demonstrators and accused the New York police of invoking "terror" methods CORPORATION: Capital Up The securities and exchange commission reports the net work-ing capital of United States corpor-ations rose 2.9 billions last year to 64.7 billion dollars. The business world took immedi-ate notice of one item in the report. Corporate working capital at the end of 1D49 was more liquid than at any time since the early part of 1947. This increased liquidity last year resulted from a rise in holding of cash and United States government securities, and a 5.5 billion decline in current lia-bilities. In all, the outlook was good most observers agreed. posal to bar the Interstate transmis-sion of information about gambling, hope to curb what some lawmakers say is a nation-wid- e crime syndi-cate founded on illegal bookmaking and slot machines. The senate subcommittee in its investigation gained two admissions from Frank Erickson, called one of the nation's biggest gamblers: 1. He broke the law in running up a $100,000 a year net income from taking bets which ranged from $20,000 to $40,000 a day. 2. His interstate operations would be stopped if the government pre-vented the transmission of gambling information across state lines. At one point in the investigtion Erickson admitted that he was often "ashamed" of his activities. LABOR PARTY: Stands Test Bulletins on the physical condi-tion of ailing members of the house of commons have become a part of British humor recently. Members of the labor party, how-ever, are not finding them very funny, especially since the one-vot- e victory on a minor issue. By just one vote the government es-caped an embarrassing defeat and a serious blow to its prestige. The issue, a token cut to the transportation appropriation amounting to only 1,000 pounds, tied 278 to 278. The chairman of the house, Laborite James Milner, cast the deciding vote on the gov-ernment's side. As a result of the narrow es- - against them. Said Federal Judge John C. Knox of southern New York dis-trict court: The photographs of Jostling mobs "will bring joy to the Inmates of the Kremlin"; the riots are "daring and disgraceful." GERMANY: People's Police Two Communist storm troopers, who wandered into West Berlin, confirmed long - standing British and American suspicions that the Soviet Union was rearming East Germany. The two strays, armed to the teeth, pleaded guilty in a U. S. court of entering the section in para-militar- y uniform. Weapons in-cluded army pistols, machine guns and assault rifles. The men said they were mem-bers of the Soviet zone "People's Police" but that it is in reality an army. Members of the organiza-tion get short training as police-men, including law courses, then go in for tanks, armored cars, light and heavy machine guns, grenades and assault rifles. On top of that, daily classes In "political education" under Com-munist commissars are given the 36 units of 1,000 men each. As if in answer to Communist plan, the United States defense de-partment answered the following day that 146,500 army troops are maintained by this country in west Germany. The department said nearly 600,-00- 0 men, more than 40 per cent of cape, English political observers said they expected Prime Minister Attlee to enforce even stronger dis-cipline on attendance of Labor members of the house. Observers said that the vote also gave a true picture as to just how narrow the balance of power in the British government has be-come. BELGIUM: Crisis Again For the third time within a year the Belgians will vote on the ques- - tion of the exiled monarch's future. The new election was ordered after the collapse of a final effort to constitute a new coalition gov-ernment of social christians and liberals for the recall of King Leo-pold III. Observers predicted that the next election would be as indecis-ive as the recent referendum. the country's total all - service armed strength, are on duty out-side the United States. Of the troops in Germany, an army spokesman said, 85,000 are concentrated in Berlin. The de-fense department has long oper-ated on the theory that Russia would like nothing better than a chance to take over Berlin. WAR: Not Imminent The world was glad to hear the words of Chairmman Connally, of the senate foreign relations com-mittee, that there seems to be no immediate danger of war with Rus-sia. The Texan said in an interview: (1) Communist pressure would force the United States to abandon South Korea; (2) the Baltic plane inci-dt- ;t has not hastened war between this country and Russia. CHILDREN AT WORK Teen-Ag- e Immaturity Is Reason For Group's High Accident Rate By Wm. R. McComb, Washington, D. C, Administrator Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, V. S. Department of labor Second of Two Articles Driving a truck or working at other hazardous jobs might seem like fun to teen-ag- e youngsters, but because of their willingness o take chances and their immaturity, the price in injuries for minois under 18 is twice as high as for adult workers. Because of the tragic consequences which too often accompan employment of minors in hazardous jobs, every state in the union and the federal government have enacted laws wheh set stanaaiu.s of employment for young people. ,. jf Wt'mk ' ' " 1 I m l ijtili One Federal law the Fair Labor Standards act which sets a mini-mum age of 18 for employment in occupations declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor, is enforced under my direction. This statute, also known as the Wage and Hour Law, generally applies to the em-ployment of boys and girls in the production of goods to commerce or in interstate commerce itself, such as in the transportation and communications industries. Under the authority granted in the Act by the Congress, the Secre-tary of Labor has issued seven hazardous occupations orders, j Some of them cut across industry j lines, others are confined to par- - j ticular industries. Driving Is Dangerous While many jobs have certain hazards in connection with their performance, the Secretary of Labor, before issuing a hazardous occupations order, makes a thor-ough investigation to determine what jobs are particularly hazard-ous for young workers. After the investigation is made, the Secre- - Fourteen and may be employed In a few jobs under certain conditions. Here Beverly Beatty, 15, n, South Dakota, would be legally employd as an op-erator of this duplicating ma-chine in a general office, but she would not be permitted to work in manufacturing work-rooms. tary and his staff propose a new order. After this proposal has been publicized, hearings are held and employers, workers, and parents are given opportunities to be heard. Following the hearings and further study and consideration the order is issued. One of the hazardous ocru patlons orders which cuts across industry lines and which has been violated more than any of the others is that which declares hazardous the occu-pations of motor vehicle driver or helper. Because of the im-portance of this order, I shall discuss it In detail. By driver is meant any individ-ual who in the course of his em-ployment drives a motor vehicle at any time, and a helper is any individual, other than a driver, whose work includes riding on a motor vehicle in connection with the transportation or delivery of goods. In this order, "motor vehicle" means not only automobiles and trucks, but motorcycles, truck-tractor- s, trailers, and semi-trailer-or similar vehicles which are propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for use as a means of transportation on the operation of elevators or other power-drive- n hoisting apparatus. It applies not only to the operation of both passenger and freight ele-vators by minors under 18 but also to riding on freight elevators in the course of their duties. Minors under 18. however, may ride in freight elevators operated by an assigned operator, when they are being transported to or from their workplace at the end or beginning of scheduled work per-iods. Here again studies show that in-juries caused by elevators result in a disproportionately high per-centage of fatal injuries among young workers. These studies show, too, that the percentage of serious injuries to youngsters is also high. Death or injury may ensue if an elevator is not where it is thought to be thus a boy under 18, work-ing as a stock clerk in a wholesale grocery in an eastern state, backed up with his loaded hand cart into an empty elevator shaft. His fall resulted in serious back injuries. In another case, death came to a messenger boy, who, a pub-lic highway. The order also cov-ers industrial trucks intended for intraplant use when such trucks are operated in places where other motor vehicles operate. Accident Rate Higher The importance of this order u the safety of young workers is proved by accident reports from government and private sources which reveal that the fatality haz-ard to young drivers is much great-er than that shown for older work-ers. One study shows that drivers are estimated to have driven only about one-nint- h as far per fatal accident as did drivers in their middle years, a good rea-son for establishing the minimum at 18 years. I want to emphasize that the scope of this order is not limited to driving or helping on autos and trucks, but to such work on all similar motor vehicles. How disregard for this haz-ardous order can lead to tragic consequences is brought out in the recital of one fatal acci-dent. One night a produce com-pany sent a truck with a boy as a driver and a boy as a helper to take a load of produce from Its warehouse in one State to a city In another State. The boys started out at 1:30 in the morning and at 4:00 a.m. the truck ran into a cul-vert, killing the driver and seriously Injuring the helper. The employer said thrt the accident probably had occurred because the driver had gone to sleep. This boy had been working since 9 a.m. of the preceding morning. The second hazardous occupa-tions order which cuts across In-dustry lines sets an mini-mum for occupations involved in wnue aenvering some goods, leaned out over the freight ele-vator he was riding on alone, and struck his head. Knocked to the floor of the elevator he brushed against the safety gate, and as it opened, he fell out and down 20 feet to the bottom of the shaft-de- ad. Minimum Age Is Eighteen Another hazardous occupations order which cuts across industry lines to some extent is that which applies to occupations involved in the operation of power - driven wood-cuttin- g machines. This order also applies to from circular saws and from guillotine-actio- n clippers. I cannot emphasize too strongly that the minimum age applying to all of these hazard-ous occupations is 18 under the Fair Labor Standards act, al-though the age for general employment is 16. The act also provides that work-ers subject to it must be paid a minimum wage of at least 75 cents an hour and time and a half their regular rates of pay after 40 hours in a workweek. These provisions apply to child workers as well as adults. There are stiff penalties for vio-lation of the Fair Labor Standards act a fine of up to $10,000 for wil-ful violation, and on second of-fense, a fine of up to $10,000 or im-prisonment for six months, or both 'may be imposed. An employer can protect himself from unintentional violations of the child-labo- r provisions of the Act by obtaining and keeping on file an age or empolyment certifi-cate for each minor employed, showing the child to be above the minimum age provided for the he job is doing. Certificates may be obtained from local school officials or state de-partments of labor. JJANNY SCHOLL, entertainer ' of to bail out of a blaZfc South Pacific. J f tory to three son 'I Prayed, and I Lord made that par,! Result, the new song hit.. -- Open by Scholl-wh- ich led DANNT SCHOl; official to discusj , with Danny. He hai hj. radio experience, mi, lead in the musical, "Ct ter", was signed by MGli opposite Ann Sothem Goes to Rio". He itau' four, Is good looking, Ijb ing on Broadway in Darling" and doing fa' Irene Tedlow. "Mru "Meet Corliss Archer, has learned a lot about i her two young childre years on the CBS at to expect when: their teens. She's had & the very beginning, and missed a performance, ages her household, ds: shows and several mora Kathi Norris, who switched to NBC, wills by the network to be;: male Ben Grauer. Inadc: ning her shows on anofc she has been a special porter, may be teamed r. To enable future am; know their Shakespeare their Articles of War, tin tary Academy at West Pe ranged with Universti tional to show "Hamlet" i at the Academy. Katherlne Locke, wh claim in "The Snake K tired to private life) her marriage to Nets win, the ace radio r been pursuaded to rets screen in an Import "Sound Of Fury". 1 story of mob violence, which will be shot n ! Ariz., It stars Kathleen Frank Lovejoy and Carlson. Madge Blake, former school teacher, who waia; children grew up before on an acting career, has for the important role! Keyes slap-happ- "The Cost of Living." Vanessa Brown, r in Sol Lesser'i i zan and the Slave Girl" with the most novel s leaving a party. "Him?'- -' said she." I've got to ? riding early in the mors Benita Colman fell i Ronald's voice the momt: him. "He could have t just by standing there t for an hour about the r all I cared what he says she. "Just K talked!" Gene Nelson, dancer J scoring his first screen "The Daughter of Rslf; wants to be the star. He " in one of Sonia Heme" in "It Happens on I Tony Devlin, hand"' haired athlete who wai; tract to Edward S? ' for the title role to film life of Rudolphs-bee-signed for one roles in "Prehistoric Eagle Lion release. 1 tribe of beautiful wJ lieve the orly thing J for is to be enslave beastsl ODDS AND ENDS March of Time, , Fire?", traces the cit fire fighting from captures the thrill fighting, and cover' , of a volunteer re 1. Paramount has taK on John Lund for . let's hope they giw., Originally set Giw , May, "The Great will run to June H-y- , Corliss Archer" wj for eight weeks Wj M mnm EDUCATION BY TELEVISION w NATIONAL EFFORT to pro-- " mote the use of video in ele-mentary and high schools is by the National Broadcast-ing Company. It will start next week with a program "Watch The World." Early reactions of the kids brought the questions, "What com-- ! edian is on it?" and "will there be much shooting?" Current events will grasp the imagination of small fry only if there is a sheriff's posse, a cowboy, a standout horse or fast comic in the setup. Latest de-velopments in science will be tele-cast to the schools, for example, but how many kids will stick with Professor Einstein unless with Tom Mix or Gene Autry? Can a child of today be fascinated by the professor's routine unless his theory of relativity is stolen by a gang of cowboy desperadoes and ultimately recovered after a sen-sational pursuit along the edge of a mountain precipice? 0 0 Suppose NBC decides to show the kiddies how Dr. Howell pro-duces rain. Will there be much interest unless the doctor Is ordered by gangsters to leave $10,000 worth of rain In a paper bag at the point marked "X" by 8 p.m. or else? And why not have the doctor cross up the gang by leaving snow Instead, and bringing on a pursuit through heavy traffic with tires screeching and police sirens howling? Pictures showing youngsters their government at work are promised, but won't they walk out on Harry Truman, Tom Dewey and Bill O'Dwyer unless the Cisco Kid, Dick Tracy and Lassie come In on the scene somehow? Can you imagine Junior listening to an address on the state of the union delivered by any Presi-dent who doesn't ride up to the mike on a fiery cowpony to cries of "Heigh ho, Harry!?" 00 We wish NBC luck, but think tele-vision has given the children so many pictorial "whodunits," with no gory details missing, that they will accept nothing from video that hasn't plenty of gunplay, knife-wieldin- g and general bludgeonings. Even now the only public school teacher who gets anywhere is the glamorous dish who keeps looking from the school window as if sens-ing danger and who turns off the lights, screams, and comes up off the floor with a dagger in her bosom to recapture attention of her class. Teachers tell us that arithmetic has hard going these days. We know one mathematic instructor who is figuring out a way to tie the study with murder cases, mystery faces at the window, slumped bodies in phone booths and pools of blood between the addition, subtraction and multiplication tables. 0 0 0 On with "Watch The World." boys! But you'd better work in some boxtop contests and sheriff badges. 0 0 0 YE GOTHAM BUGLE & BANNER Boris Karloff is to play in a re-vival of "Peter Pan." Peter Fright-pan- ? ... The Garble Sisters insist that there is a video program called "Leave It To The Berles." . "Lee and Grant Meet Again at Appomatox" headline. It's the only revival of the year from which Bernard Shaw took no royalties Morton Downey, who used to won-der in his boyhood town of Walling-for- d whether he could ever afford to stop in a big city hotel, is now being paid big money to entertain at ye Waldorf Astoria . . . Princess Fatima Fahlewi of Iran has been deprived of her title for marrying a Harvard boy. This is another moral victory for Yale . . . After Abe Burrows on "This Is Show Biz had gone into a pretty lengthy outline of a script he had outlined m a magazine, George Kaufman quipped. "All in one issue?" (rr,nt0r has raised $150,000,-00- 0 for humanitarian causes during career, the One World award committee announces . . . Gertrude Berg does all her Goldberg scripts m longhand and before noon. 00 On Gotham's race courses They run fewer horses, Hut it isn't a ble,in For it's just a, hard guessing! suchT T,feM1 Says 11 has been spring that one of ta.TeU,de,nf'menUP WUh a" 'Ce S guei,esratThre Weddi"g breakfast of Fr-n- L ""-dP- " s dauchtpr marriage vjv, ,u O 0 Justice William n fte" went to preSedCHhnV eSCi?t 'Big Time' v. y.w.v.v.yi'.1WII!0 Frank Erickson, big-tim- e gambler, admitted to the sen-ate committee Investigating gambling that he made $100.-00- 0 a year from taking bets from "anybody who wants to bet." The senate group is studying legislation to bar interstate transmission of gam-bling Information. Jobs For Teen-Age- rs Limited There are four hazardous occupations in which children may not be employed. They are: All occupations in or about plants manufacturing explosives or articles containing explosive components; All occupations in a cool mine except certain surface opera-tions; Logging occupations and occupations in the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or cooperage-stoc- k s involving exposure to radioactive substances Rich Nizam One or the richest men in the world, the Nizam Hyderabad, India, who keeps silver, gold, jew-els and bank notes valued at about $130,000,000 in vaults into which he alone may enter, patches and darns his worn gar-ments himself. Although he uses a large uncut diamond as a paperweight, he doesn't throw money around. |