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Show NEWS/BEHIND NEWS BEHIND NEWS / BEHINtitit , - " . . THEN THENBy THE lfigSByPAULMALLON ( lfigS , By ByPAULMALLON- ByPAULMALLON ByPAULMALLONReleased PAULMALLON- PAULMALLON PAULMALLONReleased - - Released Releaaed b by ) ' Western Newspaper UnionSTEEL Union UnionSTEEL STEEL STRIKE TROUBLE TROUBLESTILL TROUBLESTILL TROUBLESTILL STILL COMING COr.IING COrIING . UPI UPWASHINGTON UPWASHINGTONIf UP UPWASHINGTON WASHINGTONU WASHINGTON-If WASHINGTON If WASHINGTON -U U - It anything could couldhave couldhave couldhave I have been worse than the coal stnke strike stnkeI strikesettlement strikasettlement I settlement it was the ra railroad road set setI setClement settiement I tlement Clement but worse than both to together togather together gether gather is the steel strike trouble troublecommg troublecoming troublecoming commg coming upSteel upSteel up upSteel Steel unionist unlomst Phil Murray already alreadyis Is pressurmg pressuring the War Labor board boardand boardand boardand and the White House for another anotherwage anotherwage anotherwage wage increase mcrease This is a campaign campaignyear campaignyear year and he knows it Unless he hegets hegets hegets gets someth ng he practically says sayshe sayshe sayshe he will lose the CIO to John LewIs LewIsand Lewisand Lewisand and the White House would sooner soonerlose soonerlose soonerlose lose the buildings bUlldmgs and fixtures to toI toDewey toDewey toDewey Dewey than to allow thatBut that thatBut I , But how to do it7 it ' Up to now old oldDoctor oldDoctor Doctor Win Wm the War ( who has re replaced replaced replaced placed Doctor New Deal > ) has been beengettmg beengetting beengetting gettmg getting around his own Little Steel Steelwage Steelwage Steelwage wage prescription - mcreasmg increasing mcreasmgwages increasingwages increasingwages wages more than it allows-by allows by allows - by espe espeI espedally espedally I clally dally concocted devices devlccs such as as'I asmore asmore ' more overtime overtune allowances vaca vacatlons vacatrons vacations 'I I 'Imore tlons trons with pay but chiefly chIelly by reclas reclasI reclasslficatlons reclassiflcatkons reclassiflcations I slficatlons siflcatkons But this steel case IS isthe isthe I Ithe the formula itself and gettmg getting gettingaround gettingaround around it without seeming seemmg to wIll wIllI willtake willtake I take some doing domg domgPressurmg doingPressuring doingPressurmg Pressurmg Pressuring behnd beh nd Murray are a anat anat anat nat onal array of unlOns-sh unlOns sh unions-sh unions unions - sh pbulld pbuild pbulldI pbullders pbuildors pbuilders I ers ors text textiles es automobiles aircraft aircraftalummum aircraftaluminum aircraftaluminum , alummum aluminum radio shoes and a hall half halldozen halfdozen halldozen dozen others-wIth others wIth others - with similar wage m in mcrease increase increase crease demands beyond the LIttle LIttleSteel LittleSteel LittleSteel Steel formulaI formulaOf formulaof formula I Of 0 ( course most if kf not all these theseUnions theseunions theseunions , Unions already have received in increases increases increases creases beyond the 15 per cent al allowed allowed allowed I alI lowed in m the formula Alummum Aluminum Alummumfor Aluminumfor Aluminumtor for instance lOstance got that 15 per centand cent centand ceniand and about 8 or 10 more hidden in to inI inreclasslficat toreclassificat Inreclassificat reclasslficat reclassificat ons On an average 1 ] 1think 1think thInk these unions have rece ved veil vedfrom veilfrom vedfrom I from 5 to 10 per cent above the for formula formula formula mula ch efly by upgrading upgradingBut upgradIngI upgradingBut I But this of course is never dls dis dlsI discussed discussed ' cussed aloud Only the base pay payrate payrate payrate I rate is used m 1D in arguments and offi ofii offiI ofiicia official I clal cia ] papers the reclassificatiors rec1asslficatIor s be bemg being being mg ing mentioned obscurely if at all all alland , , and never m in such a way that any anyone anyone anyone I Iand one ( except the part cular union unionmdustnal unionindustrial unionindustrial mdustnal industrial wage experts mvolved involved involvedcan ) I Ican can figure how much actualmcrease actualmcreasethese actual increase increasethese increasethese these amount toWhat toWhat to toWhat What is likely to make the trou trouble trouble trouble ble is that the unions have dlscov discov dlscovered discovered discovered ered the more recalcitrant and trou troublesome troublesome troublesome blesome they are the more they areapt are areapt artapt apt to get . . The coal miners mmers got go$1 go1 ) $1 1 $175 175 $ 75 a day increase mcrease from the gov government government goveminent ernment , , , a few hectic bectlc months aft after after after er they would have taken $125 125 $1 1 $ 25 from fromthe fromthe fromthe the operators The operatmg operating railreaders raIl raIlroaders railroaders roaders won 11 cents an hour in increase increase increase crease a few troublesome week week'after weekafter ' . deI after Economic Stabilizer Vmson Vinson de de- decreed decreed - . I creed eight cents would be mflatIon inflation mflatIonary inflationary inflationary inflationaryThey i mflatIoni ary aryThey They also have discovered they theycan theycan theycan can get more by needling needlmg their way waystraIght waystraight waystraight straIght up to Mr Roosevelt s desk deskrather deskr&ther deskrther ; r.ther rther rather ! : & . than playing playmg along with Vm Vin Vmson Vinson Vmson son or the War Labor boardA boardA board boardA A situation indeed mdeed a predicament predicamentthus , , , thus has been created which augur ugur ugurill . ' ill III for union tranqmhty tranqUIlIty tranguihty and actually actuallyinvltes actuallyinvites actuallyInvites invltes invites s r rifeMy rife rifeMy e eMy My guess is the way Mr Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt - . velt vell will get around it this time tlme i 1 ito . ' to te tc . let his Davis committee concoct concoct5c concoctsome concocisome 5c some > me new devices allowing allowmg steel at al atleast alleast a aleast < least to get another hike probablyless probably probablyless probablyless less than 10 per cent . This TIus Thus is the thecommittee thecommittee , committee appointed appomted to look into mto the theofficIal theofficial theofficial officIal labor bureau statistics on the thecost thecost thecost cost of living hvmg 0 < > Y 0 < < $ 0 < > 0ROOSEVELT 0ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT UNPOPULAR UNPOPULARBUT UNPOPULARBUT UNPOPULARBUT BUT OPPOSITION IS SPLITCongressmen SPLITCongressmen SPLIT SPLITCongressmen Congressmen came trooping troopmg back backfrom backfrom bachfrom from their Christmas recess WIth withstrange withstrange strange tales of political doings domgs ai at athome ahome ) home From their talk I gather gathereveryone gathereicryone eeryone everyone e\ e \ eryone is against agamst Roosevelt and andthtt andthat andthat thtt that , he may be re electedThree electedThree elected electedThree Three rmdwestem Inldwestern midwestern senators came cameback cameback cameback back with approximately the same samestory samestory samestory story Farmers are more antago antago- - antagonistic antagonistic . nistic DlStlC to the administration admmlstratlon than thanever thanever thanever ever before due most recently tcthe tG to tGthe tothe the hog situation labor split evenwider even evenwIder evenwider wIder open politically pohtlca1ly since smce the un unsettlmg unsettling unsettling settlmg settling rail settlement no one oneseems oneseems oneseems seems ' ' satisfied with the Roosevelt Rooseveltadmmlstratlon Rooseveltadministration Roosevelladministration RoosevelladministrationThese admmlstratlon administration admmlstratlonThese administrationThese These deductions were personally personallyconfirmed personallyconfirmed personallyconfirmed confirmed m in a week s trip tnp I made madethrough madethrough madethrough through the Midwest Yet as thesenators the thesenators thesenators senators I found polit poht polkt cal sent menl ment menlJell mentjell menijell Jell ng in favor of no one Repub12can Republican Repub12cancandIdate Republicancandidate Republicancandidate candIdate who could be said to be bemore bemore bamore more popular than Roosevelt-or Roosevelt or Rooseveltorevcn Rooseveltoreven Roosevelt - - oreven evcn even widely popular popularGALLUP popularGALLUP popularGALLUP GALLUP mrFERSThe DIFFERSThe DIFFERS mrFERS DIFFERSThe The conclusion is contested by the theGallup theGallup theGaliup Gallup poll po1l Mr Galiup Gallup ( unat unattached unattached unattached tached ) gives Dewey leadership wIth with30 36 per pel . " cent ( up 1 per cent since Sep September September September tember ) WiUkie Wll11ue 25 per cent ccnt ( off 4) 4 4)MacArthur 4)MacArthur 4)MacArthur 4MacArthur ) MacArthur 15 ( unchanged ) Bncker Bricker Bncker10 10 ( up 2) 2 ) Stassen 6 ( unchanged unchangedand ) and Taft 5 ( unchanged ) Henry Luce s Fortune magazlOe magazine magazlOeWillk magazineWink magazineWillk ( Willk Wink e a supporter ) is currcntly currently currcntlyprlOtmg currentlyprinting currentlyprinting prlOtmg printing a poll indicating indleatmg Roosevelt Rooseveltwould Rooseveltwould Roosevellwould would get 55 per cent of the vote 11 it itthe 11the ilthe the war is on 50 per cent U if only onlyover onlyover onlyover over in Europe giving glvmg the ' "best best 'best " ' Re Republ1can Republlcan Republican publ1can publlcan ( unnamed ) an astoundIng astoundingm m nonty nority of only 32 per cent with with12 12 per cent of the people In the thedon thedon thedon don t know class Even more a as on onIshlIll onIshmg Ishmg IshlIll : Fortune g ves yes Willkie WII1kle nearly nearlya a 2 to 1 1 popularity rating over Dew Dewey Dewey Dewey ey among Republ cansPolls cansPolls cans cansPolls Polls are worthless except for ar arzun argun 1un zun ; c e a olive "tive tive "tJ tJ " ve purposes at this unsetcd unseted unset unsetcd cd ed sla slace stage ! 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