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Show SO THEY SAY- The oysters never looked fatter nor better. The oyster outlook has not been so bright In many years. Joseph N. Fowler, director of Shell Fisheries Council, New Jersey State Department of Conservation. THE WEATHER UTAH: Showers today and this' evening. Widely scattered showers Wednesday. Slightly cooler this afternoon, high in upper 60s. Low Wednesday morning 40-50. Temperatures: High .. Low - 74 51 SIXTIETH YEAR, NO. 97 UTAH'S ONLY DAILY SOUTH OF SALT LAKE PROVO, UTAH COUNTY. UTAH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1945 COMPLETE UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH NEWS SERVICE PRICE FIVE CENTS Ruling Triumvirate of Argentina Denounced By Political Party Five Leading Democratic Civilians Sought To Serve With Military Triumvirate in New Cabinet; Party Formulates Resolution By W. W. COPELAND United Press Staff Correspondent BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 16 ft Argentina's ruling triumvirate tri-umvirate still hoped to complete a new government today despite the opposition of the country's biggest political party, the Union Civica Radical. President Edelmiro J. Farrell, Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Vice Admiral Rector Vernengo Lima pinned their hopes on Attorney-General Juan Alvarez, whom they commissioned to find five leading democratic civilians willing to serve Mt. Pleasant City Marshal Shot to Death Worker Ejected From Beer Tavern Fires On Marshal A. T. Larsen (Special to The Herald) MANTI First degree mur-' varez consulted yesterday were , , . , -., , . , i Jorge Eduardo Coll. former cdu-' der charges will be filed late.tcatjon minister: Jose Maria can-today can-today or tomorrow against! tUo. former foreign minister: Ber-' Hvrnm RppUp 4i cnr;no- nardo Houssay: professor of phy-Hrum phy-Hrum fceeoe, 4a, bpnng, siologv at Buenoa Aires medical City, for the fatal shooting Of school: Carlos Herrero, a judge. Alonzo T. Larsen, 40. Mtand Octavio Amadeo. I'ieasant town marshall. The shooting which took place Monday at 6:30 p. m. outside out-side of the Colstrum and Sparks tavern on Main street, happened after Marshal Larsen ejected Beebo from the tavern for disorderly dis-orderly conduct, according to Sheriff Ulysses S. LarseTT and State Highway Patrolman Paul Christison. who arrested him a his home in Spring City. The slain officer worked at the Geneva Steel plant as a guard some time ago, according ac-cording to reports, and is a brother of Croft Larsen, assistant as-sistant manager of the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan Life Insurance company at Provo. According to Sheriff Larsen. Beebe was trailed to his home in Spring City, where he had been residing for only a week. Sheriff Larsen and Patrolman Christison said that he made no show of resistance re-sistance when they arrested him and at that time had in his possession pos-session a .32-calibrp revolver, believed be-lieved to have been the death weapon. ' Larsen was shot after he had been called to the Colstrum and : Sparks beer parlor. West Main CHICAGO, Oct. 16 (U.R) The street, about 6:30 p. m. Monday, national safet council reveaied to eject a man who had become!. , . noisy and quarrelsome. He tooktoday that 36,550,000 Americans the man to a waiting truck, oc- were killed or injured in acci-cupied acci-cupied by three other persons, dents on the homefront during and as he turned was shot in the Worlrl War TT ,mnc. ,R timttK back, the bullet entering under the left arm and passing near the heart. As the stricken man fell over the cirb, his assailant climbed from the car and fired another shot which entered the chest be- low the heart. Either (Continued on Page shot, ac-Two) ac-Two) Defendant In Murder Trial Tells of Threats Although he asked Irvin B.imanent disability Greer to go back onto his owni From Pearl Harbor to the end-property, end-property, Greer walked toward jing of hostilities, Aug. 14. 1945, him saying 'you haven't got the ! 17,500,000 Americans were injur-nerve injur-nerve to shoot ... I'm going t0(ed and ns.oOO killed in their take that gun and ram it downlines, the council said, your throat," according to testi-i mony given today by Victor Ed-: wards, on trial in the district' court for second degree murder.; The fatal shooting followed, from which Greer died a few hours; later of a wound in the stomach, i It was following this threat Uiat Edwards fired one shot, with the gun pointed toward the ground, he said. The defendant testified that Greer closed with him and they fought violently for possession pos-session of the gun. He asserted he could remember firing no more than one shot. As he recalled the incident, Greer suddenly broke off the struggle and stepped back, turned and walked around the property fence to a point near his own bouse, where he laid down Edwards testified today that sr-rsTtSs hewrtrringe rwr y :sssr ZS Sedan 21 d"ent "ram the gun dowto your throat."' Surplus Property Administrator and that the shooting and .struggle took place with both men on Ed wards' lot. Prior to the shooting, the defendant de-fendant testified Greer charged onto his property as he was working work-ing in his garden, siezed him and (Continued on Page Two) i with them in a new cabinet. Alvarez was scheduled to sub- mit his five choices for cabinet Members of War Labor Board are summoned to conference at White House by President Truman, ministries to Farrel tonight. He who asks them to abandon plans to liquidate Dec. 15 in order to process some major case that would told the United Press that he al- outline a new wage-price policy. Shown with Mr. Truman during meeting are (left to right, front ready had consulted with the five row): Frank P. Graham, John W. Snyder, OWI director: Truman. Secretary of Labor Schwellen-men Schwellen-men he wanted, but had not re-1 bach. (Rear row), Vincent Ahern, Edwin Witte, Carl Shipley, CIO; Nathan Feinsinger and George ceived a definite reply yet as to .Bans. whether they would serve.. I Interior Ministry I If they do consent, Alvarez said,; I he himself will take over the important im-portant interior ministry, which ; controls the police and will regu- j i late the coming general elections.' f Farrell would' remain as presi-' dent, Avalos as .war minister and I Vernengo Lima as navy minister.' I The five men with whom Al- Pending formation of a new government, Avalos temporarily has taken over the additional portfolios of interior and finance ministers, and Vernengo Lima, those of foreign and education, ministers. ! The Union Civica Radical made' knovn its. stand in a resolution, forbidding its members to cooper- i ate in any way with any cabinet tormea oy xne present triumvirate; and demanding that the govern-: ment be turned over to the su-1 preme court. Informed, political circles indicated indi-cated other parties might follow; the radical lead, although theyiviefd ine to AFL lumber workers' .u .s-u . u ..Jji yieiaing 10 Atu lumper worsers jsaid some might wait until they demands for a $1.10 hourly wage saw which Alvarez recommended land a 20 cent increase across the i for the government. 'board. I The Farrell-Vernengo Lima, The mills were the Hoyt Lum-t Lum-t triumvirate ignored the radicaliber Co.. Columbia Falls, Mont.: demands and went ahead with j York-Ellis Lumber Co.. Belline- ; their efforts to erase the last traces trac-es of the dictatorship of the form-, form-, er "strong man," ousted Vice-1 Vice-1 President Col. Juan D. Peron. Home Casualties Heavier Than Yar the total of battle casualties suf fered by U. S. armed forces. The council said that the com parison was drawn, not to "imply ;that wartime activities at home . J ; J cuinparea in uanger witn actual " ' fighting on the battlefront." Thej VE D figures were presented "merely (carried 11,238 troops. More than to show the enormity of the acci-1600 WACs were included among dent toll and to emphasize the importance of preventing acci- ; dents in war or in peace," the i council said. j i About one-half of the accidents, some lo.OOO.OOO, occurrrcd while the victims were working. Of these cases, 560,000 suffered Wyoming Senator Opposed to I onca Al..m;n..m Plfc By ANN HICKS . United Press Staff Correspondent, WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (U.R)! 2 However, in view of legal Sen. Edward- V. Robertson, R.J decisions that Alcoa is a mono-Wyo., mono-Wyo., said today he'd rather seeiP01'. SPA feels duty-bound to the government's surplus alumi-!se11 or leas tne plants only to 'UU' f-w wiu i oss man leaseo on a Dasis mat would "put file government in business." Robertson is one of a dozen senators from three , different .committees now holding hearings Jon the fate of 52 aluminum plants j iHm a o crnnnnnnn1 W. Stuart Symington was called back before the committee to continue con-tinue outlining his views. He told the senators yesterday that: 1 The only customer who has shown up cash-in-hand waiting- to buy any of the plants to date is j President Asks WLB to Continue for Important Case Xr1 - V- vl u Mr,..:;-';;:. j Kjn i -y " ; i'w ii iii i :f''w JT TZ m 1 1 .i-ma-t i State Tax Commission To Reconsider Increase Order 4 SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 16 (UP.) Reconsideration of the order raising real estate assessments by 10 per cent was promised by the state tax commission following a meeting with Gov. Herbert B.' Maw and property owners' repre sentatives here yesterday. However, How-ever, there was no indication that the order would be reversed. The meetinc came as a result ' w stt,u at ,,-vlol," ui mg recent Geneva developments, of protests by the Salt Lake Real lh,e J1 P' nntl ?r' Mf.thesius said. had no in-Estate in-Estate board, the Apartment; u "?0 the time of House Assn. of Utah, and other property asserted owners' bodies It was! that the assessment 4 Lumber Mills To Start Up Again . PORTLAND, -Four small w.r., vyv.L. i r'j lumber mills n, wasnington ana Montana were to rpsiimp nnprations tooav after ham, Wash.: Vanzandt Lumber Co., Vanzandt. Wash., artd the Hammersmith Lumber Co.,! Taco-. ma. Wash. Each employ less than 50 workers. Hearings were begun in Seattle on an injunction asked by CIO CZ, n"v "h f h,' wood company who seek to halt mpany wno see to nam, , , , .. . 'fnnnann affrlrnltiirp nroanization ! AFL picketing at the plant, ClUj. . . ,,,,- tK r unionists announced plans to crash AFL picket lines at two plants in Coos Bay, Ore., and at Port Orford. Queen Mary To Dock Today NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (U.R) The were scheduled to dock today m, i-in! tc the military personnel which also included some navy men and the following armv units: Headquarters of the 20th, 56th and 78th fighter groups; 61st, 62nd, 63rd. 56th, 77th, 79th, 82nd. ; j 83rd, and 84th fighter squadrons; per-'headquarters and base service I squadrons of the 440th. 443rd andi 446th air service groups; 819th,! 822nd, and 866th air engineering squadrons: 22nd general hospital; and several thousand miscellaneous miscel-laneous groups. the Aluminum America. Company -----iin muugu icomparisoa with charges for inter the government can induce,, trafic Xhe Mo,?ntain stales 'npeu u uy " lease aluminum plants is M " nfjcen,ent; CD4 Symington explained that SPA General Tom C. Clark's desire that the plants be disposed of in a way that would ."encourage competition" com-petition" in the industry. Alcoa owns or operates 90 per cent of all aluminum production facilities. Robertson told reporters he was "all for encouraging new enterprise" enter-prise" but not by special lease privileges or subsidies that would "put the government in business."! boost constituted in effect a raisj in taxes, since rates had been set, and protestants claimed that there j had been no opportunity for ai public hearing. 1 The property owners last week ! were investigating possibilities of to block the tax i commission s acuon. irnnn..,:rt Ari ijn nn rA. I " ! a.uT J. " . aaosa"1"- "l f- ""vom, npwever, tnai ioiiowing sucn only about 93 cents to the aver age householder. "The total amount involved in Are increase is i 78,000. Its effectength of time required at-about JSn? 8r " rM owner ar. practically nil, he said. He repeated former assertions, , Maw said the commission tried to keep all assessments on a uni- form basis so that one class of; property did not carry too much' of tax burden. u a i:.n uauu a V X 7 likelihood of immediate action whatever the final decision of the commission might be, since a last minute reversal would create terriDie mess rignt at tax time 35 Nations Meet On Food Set-Up QUEBEC. Oct. 16 (U.R) Thirty-five Thirty-five nations met here today to formally create the international , j j., . V W 11 A O. V Ul. IlltllilllUlll nu tritional standard for the of war-ravaged countries. people L. B. Pearson. Canadian am bassador to the United States and! chairman of an interim FAO, pre-! dieted that more than 30 of the1 nations would sign the FAO constitution con-stitution at a special ceremony late today. Among the 35 nations were three observer nations Russia, Syria and Lebanon. However, FAO officials speculated that Russia would assume more than an observer's role since it has sent a 25-man delegation to the sessions. ses-sions. Officials said they were not sure what planning might be ex- nected after the oDenine nlcnarv session tomorrow, but they said at least tnese two main projects would see definite action: 1 Agreement upon minimum nutritional standards which must be maintained for the peoples of war ravaeed countries. 2 Some broad plan of world agriculture which will insult in the raising of export surpluses inPrgress, along with other work other countries to fulfill the needs of these nutritional standards. stand-ards. (Telephone Toll Hearings Closing SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 16 (U.R) C Hearing of the Utah public service serv-ice commission on interstate tele phone tolls was expected to close here today following sessions lasting last-ing nearly a week. The commission had complained n40"11 the state were excessive in reiepnone ana 1 eiegrapn Co. asserted as-serted that scarcity of traffic within the state, compared with the volume of calls outside Utah made the higher rates necessary. 1 AGED MAN DROWNS EMMETT, Ida., Oct. 16 U.R Gem County Coroner Charles Flahiff reported today that Thom as Buckley, 85, of Banks, was drowned when he fell in a canal near here Saturday. The body was recovered yesterday 10 miles down stream from where he fell in. No inquest will be held, Fla hiff said. Conversion of Geneva Would Take a Year At least s year's time would be required to fully convert the Ge-j neva Steel plant to a successful ncarp-timp basis after envprn- m-nt i rr Walter Matho- sius Geneva president, said to- . Rctui ning yesterday from the A i i wner.e "e wnierreo roncera- He Dointedl aisposai, consiaeraDie time wouia be necessary to obtain new ma- chinery, install it and reach1 necessary production, placing the mat to compete on tne present peacetime markets, Geneva would have to convert to a light gauge, flat rolled product suitable lor sheets and tin plate. t . ,i , , n ..J.J icaaers ana oiners assert that during any period of j conversion and construction at Geneva, considerable employment ajWOuld be available for that pur- pose, thus providing a buffet period for labor until the plant resumed actual peacetime operation. opera-tion. Dr. Mathesius pointed out that much of the machinery necessary for such conversion could not be obtained at once, and that some of it might even have to be manufactured. This would account ac-count for a considerable period of time needed for conversion. The Geneva president confirmed con-firmed the estimate of about 600 employes who will be retained to operate the plant on its reduced basis after November 12, the date set by the D P C for closing of everything but one blast furnace, one coke oven and the power house. The by-products department depart-ment will operate on a reduced scale to take care of by-products from the coke plant, Dr. Mathesius Mathe-sius said. In response to a question as to whether key men will be retained in the open hearth and rolling mill departments after closing, Da. Mathesius indicated in the negative. Such men, such " as melters, heaters and rollers, will be utilized in closing the departments, depart-ments, he said, but indicated they would not be retained after that. The slab mill has approximate ly one more shift of actual roll-' roll-' ins. and is slated to close soon 'after, it was learned today. The' ' plate mill is slated to close before 'the November 12 deadline. Al- i though cleaning up is stm in necessary in a shutdown, the open hearts tapped their last heat of steel Friday. UNCLE TOM BANNED 1 SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Oct. 16) j(U.R) A' stage presentation of, ! "Uncle Tom's Cabin," adapted) Ifrom the civil war novel instru-i mental in abolishing slavery, was banned today in the city where Abraham Lincoln was buried. Restrictions On By RAYMOND LAHR WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (U.R) Chairman Andrew J. May, D., Ky., bill to include labor relations announced today that the house legislation such as the so-called military affairs committee will Ball-Burton-Hatch measure pro-hold pro-hold a hearing tomorrow on a 'poses. proposal to repeal the war labor disputes act This law, also known as the Smith-Connally act, provides for seizure of plants, and mines where strikes interfere with the war effort. May said the group would hear Rep. Howard W. Smith, D., Va.. and possibly a representative of the national labor relations board. Smith, author of part of the act, has offered a bill to repeal it. A CIO spokesman meantime Negotiations to Eindf Coal Demonstration Held In Tokyo Asking For Hirohito Abdication Demonstrators Outside Headquarters of Mac Arthur Ask Permission for Importation of More Foodstuff To Avert Starvation By RALPH TEATSORT1I United Press Staff Correspondent TOKiO, Oct. 16 Three hundred Japanese demon- , as collapse of the negotia-strated negotia-strated outside Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters to- tions to end the soft coal day for abdication of Emperor Hirohito and permission to strike posed a greater import food to avert mass starvation. i threat to the nation's steel War Minister Gen. Sadamu Shimomura, meantime, re- production. ported to the Japanese cabinet that both the war and navy ministers will be abolished Dee. 1 and replaced by demobilization demobili-zation ministries. , The demonstrators at Mac-Arthur's Mac-Arthur's headquarters, claiming claim-ing to represent 2,500 members memb-ers of a democratic mass labor la-bor party, sent a delegation inside with a declaration of their alms. They sought: 1. Replacement of Hirohitoi with 11 -year-old .Crown . Prince ' Akihito. 2. Resignation of all high Japanese Jap-anese civil and military officials and suspension of their pensions. 3. Abolition of the peerage and resignation of the entire lower house of the diet. 4. Publication of war truths: and an explanation ol tne reason; on total casualties but that next for the present military budget, jof kin of dead and missing pc-r-5. Distribution Of food now jsonnel were being notified by held by the military. telegram. Food Shortage Worries These vessels were listed as Tha Hsnlarstinn was rllivrit to sti interpreter. THough nrrittenj i in English longhand, it was not , turned over immediately to Mac- j Arthur. The delegation was es- j pecially concerned over food shortages. Armed sentries stood outside the headquarters during the demonstration, dem-onstration, but there was no disturbance. dis-turbance. The demonstrators carried car-ried banners proclaiming: "We are starved. We need food." A spokesman for the group said the new Japanese premier. Baron Kijuro Shidehara, earlier had refused re-fused to receive a delegation from the party. The demonstration clearly showed that the Japanese have taken s long stride toward to-ward free speech. Only a few months ago, a cry for Illrohi-to's Illrohi-to's abdication would have landed demonstrators In Jail, if not on the execution block. - MacArthur said in a radio speech to the world only a few1 hour before the demonstration that a revolution "or more properly prop-erly an evolution' which will restore re-store the "dignity and freedom of the common man" already has begun be-gun in Japan. He said Japanese civilians were learning a great lesson from the democratic conduct of American troops. "They have, for the first time, seen a free man's way of life' in actual action and it has stunned them into new thoughts and new ideas", MacArthur said. "It will take much time and re-(Cwntlnued re-(Cwntlnued on Page Two) Last Day To Register Provo voters have until 9 p.m. tonight to register for the city primary election October S3. Thirty-one registration regis-tration stations, listed In yesterday's Herald, opened at 8 a. m. and will not close until 9 p. ra. This is the last opportunity to register for the primary election, at which cltiiens will choose final candidates for the offices of mayor, four-year-commissioner, city judge and charter commission. ' Organized Labor Attempted 1 said that he would object to amending the full employment Nathan E. Cowan, CIO legisla- tive director, voiced his opposition opposi-tion during questioning before the house executive expenditures committee, now considering the administration-asked full employment em-ployment bill. The proposal, aimed at curbing "irresponsible" resort to strikes, has been discussed informally amons some members of the house executive expenditures committee, which has been hold-! ing hearings on the bill. However, Cn T1 TJ Tin 36 Light Naval Craft Hit By Okinawa Typhoon WASHINGTON. Oct. 16 (U.R) The navy reported today that T.6 lizht naval vessels were grounded u- If 7?u 7 ? Si davand' Tuesday aay ana luesaay. Three small ships were listed as sunic, omers grounaea ana three more as damaged. The navy said it had no figures. Slink: The -yacht Southern 'Seas; the! landing craft LSM-15 and the motor minesweeoer YMS-383. Ships aground: The Tninesweeners Dnrspv and Southward, both former destrov - ers, the minelayer Weehawken.j Mayor F. H. LaGuardia met to-the to-the coastal minesweeper Indus- j day With representatives of engi-try, engi-try, the net layers Snowbell and neers and firemen employed by Mahogany, the tanker Sananeaga, 21 New York City milk compan-repair compan-repair ships Nestor and Monaiies in an effort to forestall a Island, motor gunboats PGM-5tieup of the metropolitan area and PGM-7, sub chasers PC-1238,'mjijc supply PC -1239 and PC -590. the motor; c. . . .n m mK minosweeners YMS-80 YMS-151 Striking coal miners,, number-YMs!r7e number-YMs!r7e f YMS-193 VMS 271 i ing 200'000 in six steri) states, vm! 9q vmI m vm accounted for almost half the na-YMS-296, YMS-384, YMS-424. , ... workM. MS-454, landing ships LIST-5YI j tlon s 8'0 ldIe workers, and LSM-361, the patrol ship Seeing reporters after the eighth YPEE-289, the transports APC-!day of conferences ended in fail-103 fail-103 and APL-14. and the Oceletlure, Schwellenbach said he would IX-110, Ships damaged: The landing ship dock Tortuga and the ocean tubs ATR-58 and ATR-75. The navy said the Snowbell, Nestor and the APC-103, LSM-361, PC-1239, APL-14 and PC-590 all reported that they had suffered no casualties. No reports have been received from the other vessels. 10,000 Pacific Vets Due Today SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16 (U.R) Approximately 10,000 Pacific War veterans were due, toarrive here today, the navy announced. The ships carrying the largest loads of returning service personnel person-nel were the Joseph T. Dickman with 1,429 liberated prisoners of war and 795 dischargees, the John Lykes with 1,130 passengers, the Neville with 1,423. the Sea Perch with 2,310, the Albermarle with 2,009, and the Teton with 782. Yesterday nearly 3,000 homecoming home-coming veterans docked here in addition to approximately 13,000 aboard the various units of the Third fleet. 150 POW's ARRIVE MISSOULA, Mont., Oct. 16 (U.R) The American Sugar company announced yesterday that 150 1 cent of capacity lowest Since the German prisoners of war had ar-impression 4ays. ri-aed from an Illinois camp andj LUMBER 61,000 Pacific north-were north-were working with harvest crews West AFL lumber workers rein re-in the sugar beet fields of Ravalli mained on strike as Williamette county. valley operators reopened negoti there has been no crystalization of opinion behind any specific move. Rep. Ed Gossett, D., Tex., far dicated he may inject the issue of "union esponsibility" into the debate over the bill. He predicted the measure would never emerge from committee unless- amended. "Privileges and responsibilitiesjegpite state seizure of-the line. should go hand in Itand Gossett told a reporter. "If labor is given further rights they should have corresponding duties imposed on them. The present wave of strikes, going on across the country is not . helping labor. "Unless the public interest is given more consideration by cer-- cer-- (Continued on jpage Tiro) ' se Output Drops In Pittsburgh To 47 Percent Service Restored On Strike-Boirnd Tram In Massachusetts City By UNITED PRESS Service was restored on the strike-bound Eastern Massa chusetts street railway today i The back-to-work movement move-ment among AFL motor coach land streetcar employes came less 'than 24 hours after the union ' members had voted to remain on strike in defience of union Iead-; Iead-; ership. I The strikers returned on orders jof Acting Union President A. L. Stradling, who threatened them I with sanctions, including revoca-ition revoca-ition of their union charter. Furnaces Shut Down- Some blast furnaces were shut down by the coal shortage and ; production in the Pittsburgh smelting are dropped to 45 per cent of capacity lowest since the depression in the 1930's. Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach said last night he had adjourned the coal conference and would not attempt to bring miners and operators together again 'until I can get an indication It might be worth while." ln other htajpf dfetmtes, some striking longshoremen returned h.ir k .w.n. k v,w v-!r 'waterfront and a new move was made to Settle Hollywood's 30- 1 weeJC-Old Him StriKe. not schedule another meeting be tween soft coal and union repre sentatives until hehad another compromise settlement to offer or one of the parties indicated a resumption re-sumption of negotiations would be desirable. - Despite a solid fuels administration adminis-tration estimate of production losses topping 1,000,000 tons day, the secretary emphasized he was "not entertaining any Ideas of seizing' the struck properties." United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis said the union had accepted every proposal offered for settlement and said the post-(Continued post-(Continued on Page Two) Strikes at A Glance BY UNITED PRESS Strikes and shutdowns kept approximately ap-proximately 448,000 workers away from their jobs today. The major disputes: 1 COAL Secretary of Laoor Schwellenbach abandoned conferences confer-ences between union and management manage-ment officials as efforts to settle a strike of 200,000 soft coal miners ended in failure. STEEL Steel production lagged lag-ged and blast furnaces bgan shutting down as a result or coal ishortases. Output in the Pitts- ; hupeh Bmeitinff area was 47 per ations on the union s nemana zor a Sl.16 minimum hourly wage. SHIPPING Between 4,500 and 6,000 AFL longshoremen .returned to their jobs along the New York waterfront CIO maritime group lent support to insurgent AFL tiftfnntsfir- r TRANSPORTATION ; Service was restored on the Eastern Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts street railway as AFIi strikers returned to workiv orders of their union. Earlier the men had voted to remain on smite. Some 2,700 Pacific Greyhound drivers remained, fin . strike in seven western states. MOTION PICTURES The out-look out-look was brighter for-settlement or tne seven-raonia -nwy wuw ? film strike as film Czar Eric John son met with federal conciliator, and strikers listed conditions fr |