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Show THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 21, 1946 TRUMAN ASICS 26 MEASURES BE PASSED . President Truman asked conj grew today to act on a 'revised 21 -- topic legislative program, all of which he had recommended on various dates since last September. , In addition, he recommended -- these additional measures:1 Extension of the price control act for oneyear from next June 30. 2 Extension pf the second Utah Gets 2 Projects In Budget ity and Inventory controls ond June 30 presumably other six months. 3 Continuation of good subsidies beyond June 30 with the proviso that they stop if the cost of .living declines below present levels. ' 4 Legislation creating a permanent bousing agency. 5 Extension of- the selective service act beyond the present in expiration date of May 16, case the campaign for volunteers does not produce the needed number. called for action on this before April. Other Points Listed Here are the 21 measures Mr, Truman listed by numbers: 1 A law to give boards greater powers in labor disputes. 2 A full employ, mentLbill such as that passed by the senate. 3 Supplementing " unemployment insurance benefits. 4 r& permanent fair employment practice committee. 6 Raising the statutory minimum wage from 40 to .65 cents an hour now, to 70 cents after one year, and to 75 cents after two years. 6 A scientific research agen- V TIENTSIN 'V TOKYO (AP) War plants which- - equipped Japans losing bid for conquest were seized and placed under guard today by General MacArthur, who indicated many of the factories would go to allied nations as reparations. The allied command took over 394 Japanese aircraft plants, army and navy arsenals and war laboratories. Among . these were 265 aircraft and parts plants listed by the allied reparations commission a .first prior? ity material" for removal to other nations. MacArthur ordered cancellation of any previous permit to the designated Installations for conversion to peacetime production, unless the Installs-tip-n were "Immediately and absolutely essential to the civil economy. . Commanders given custody of the installations were told to consider the probability that these plants will be taken and consequently reparations should not be allowed to acquit a importance in the Japanese economy. The directive disclosed that in some Instances the Japanese had removed machinery from plants and that - equipment valued at millions of dollars had been allowed to deteriorate. The Japanese government was ordered to cease removals immediately and place guards around the buildings. MacArthur directive gave the Japanese 72 hours after Its receipt in. which to report to American commanders and receive orders? carrying cut the provision siircraft 265 The were part planfe affected In 34 of Japans 47 pre with 133 concen lectures, trated in Alchi (Nagoya), Tokyo, Osaka, Hyego (Kobe), and Ka negawa (Yokohama prefectures.) . naval Thirty-thre- e arsenals with 10 branches, 36 military arsenals and 30 laboratories were among the installations. I - - ng -- 000.-Davi- s 00 Bilbo Clears Throat for y Talk Leftists Behind in By Frances WASHINGTON V, German Voting FRANKFURT, Germany Final returns of the first free German elections since Hitler seized power showed today that 83 per cent of the qual(AP) J. Kelly ified voters exercised their franchise yesterday in balloting In which the moderately Leftist Social Democrats set the pace. It had been 13 years since the Germans last voted freely. The Social Democrats with a mildly Socialistic platform garnered 146,508 votes of a total of 376,794 cast in 1200 communities in greater Hesse, which elected village councils. Similar local elections are schedul ed In 16,000 other small commu nlties in the American occupation zone next Sunday. . . T b e Christian Democratic (R-Or- e), 4 J fiiltwftftl',- Edwin E. Witte, right, chairman of the presidents .fact-fin- d : ing panel, talk with members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen, AFL, at the Labor department in Washington; Union men are, left to right; T. J Lloyd, 1748 Harvard Ave., " Salt Lake City; John Fowderly, St. Louis, Mo., and D. Dolnick, . Chicago. . for new homes, postwar trains Tuesday morning. They will and automobiles and hundreds of wage dispute which has other purposes. Their plants had idled 200,000 employes of the been shut down three months by electrical appliance industry. -(Continued from Page 1) a strike of 15,000 CIO members. In New York, Michael J. Quill, starvation will bo closing ono Settlement of the dispute was president of the CIO Transport factory after another within reached Saturday night, with Workers Union, said he would two or three weeks. ' worker accepting a 10.7 cents ask a union meeting at 7 oclock The strike machinery was set hourly raise, plus an additional tonight to set a strike date for in motion quietly. Furnaces had seven cents for certain mainte- the city's 32,000 transit operators, been cooled in preparation for nance duties. A clause in the unless the board of transportation possibly a long shutdown. Procontract, retroactive to Oct 2, agrees to union demands. The duction had ceased in most mills 1945, permits the union to peti- union is demanding a referendum 12:01 hours in advance of the tion for subsequent increases. on the proposed sale of city pow a.nf. deadline. The union originally demanded er plants. First reports said picketing was 25 cents an hour more pay. At Miami, Fla,, the American Another major strike devel- Federation of Labor executive orderly. In the sprawling Ind., scene of violence opment was acceptance by the council met to 'determine its during the. 1937 little steel heads of General Electric and course of action against the adstrike, a union spokesman said Westlnghouse companies of an ministrations legisthe picketing would be light un- Invitation to meet with Secre- lation. Executive council mem' to less the companies- attempt tary of Labor Schwellenbach bers said they saw no prospect of and officials of the CIO Elec- revival of AFL and CIO merger get back into production. About 1300 plants in 30 states trical Workers in Washington efforts 300,000 dosed- .- Pennsylvania steelworkers form the greatest concentration in cities whose names have become, synonyms for steel like Pittsburgh, Johnstown and Bethlehem. Pickets there tramped to their posts in swirling snow. Henry J. Kaisers steel mill at Fontana, Calif., was one of the few not affected by the strike. Kaiser signed a contract with the union Saturday, accepting the 18 tk cent hourly pay raise recommended to the United States Steel Corporation by President 1 Truman. S. Steel Rejected By U. of the N U. S. Steel, bellwether Industry, turned down the presidents proposal, after the union ALL-PURPOShad accepted it, and no further E government effort was made to halt the strike. The steel companies highest offer was 15 cents. Original demand of the union was 25 A high government official said last night government seizure of the steel industry wa not seriously considered as yet. If the stoppage continues for a week, he added. the situation might change. . On the matter of selsure of the major meat packing plants, six-da- y strike of closed by 263,009 AFL and CIO workers, the unidentified government official said he looked . for selsure of the plants within one or two days. President Truman, however, is known to oppose seizures in labor disputes except as a last resort, and 'he is the final word. housewives mournfully As watched diminishing meat supplies in their butcher shops, a board government prepared to do. what it could to hasten the packing "plants back into production, rs The open public hearings ' in Chicago tomorrow in the dispute. At issue are the CIO Packinghouse Workers' de0 mand for an Immediate 17 Vi cents hourly raise, reduced from 6race!et-ty- p Sandols Sling Back Pumps 25 cents, and the AFL Meat CutLow Style-rigOxfords and Wedgies High ters and Butcher Workmens Unions demand for 20 cents an hour more and a $36 minimum weekly wage. The major packers have offered both groups 10 cents hourly Increases. Exceptionally well made of fine quality materials Tested synthetic soles are flexible ana serviceable" GIsm Strike Ends As industry faced the prospect of doing without steel, another important material glass was back in production again Snake-lik- e leathers! Nail heads! Smart square toes! in 12 plants of the Pittsburgh Colorful gabardines!Platforms! Eyelet trimmings! rd Plate Glass Co. and the Strikes - ry, fact-findi- ng , fact-findi- ng (D-N- if i SALT LAKER AT CONFAB (AP) The southern filibuster against the fair employment practice bill became official today Senator Bilbo was detected clearing his throat. Winding a muffler carefully around his fabulous sound-bo- x. Bilbo submitted to an inter' . view. Why, yes, he 'said. It so happens that I do 'intend to speak, 30 days or so. But I am only one of many. We have about 25 senators on our varsity team, all of them primed to talk. If the opposition wants to run 24 hours a day, we are ready. We have enough speakers so we can operate in shifts. His reference wag to g plan proposed by Senators Chavez and Morse who favor the bill. They want to hold the senate in continuous session in the hope of forcing a vote. Riffling merrily through a sheaf of reference notes, Pearl River County free -- style talking champ disclosed that he has finished the blueprints for ' his opening remarks. . The first part of my speech," Bilbo confided, will be devoted exclusively to the virtues and accomplishments of filibustering from 1789 to the present The Mississippian added that because he has so many other subjects to discuss, it is hardly likely he will get around to reading passages from his new book, to be published in March. A .treatise on race relationJt r The two GiasaJ, make a entiUed TsifeYW companies Separation or Mongrelizatlon." major part of the glass required (D-Ml- "4 and cr Only fact-finde- Jkt r LONDON-(A- P)- ThferoSF sels radio said today that the Belgian government had rejected a request by King Leopold that the question of his return to the throne be submitted to a national referendum after the forth coming general elections. CJ By Associated Press ht Constructed for Long Wear Many Popular Features tAdyJ 30,000 Pein Thousands of sufferer from ths tortuni point duo to rheumaUMR setstiea. lumbago, re might? happy over munt Rranipt their diMovcry of NGR1TQ. Now they tow found a quick-actinformula which spstdily - fact-findi- ng FARM MACHINERY rU-r-- X-Ra- a Glance equipment workers walked out this morning in 11 plants of the International Harvester Co.; union seeks 30 per cent pay raise. GLASS Three - month - old strike in Pittsburgh Plate Glass and plants settled, workers return today; CIO glassworkers, who struck for 25 cents hourly raise, get 10.7 cents, with seven cents more for certain maintenance duties; union may petition for additional increases. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES General Electric and Westing-hou- se heads accept Secretary Schwellenbach invitation to confer "bn strike in electrical apIcwrm , pliance industry, Libbey-Owens-Fo- - u Maching y assures accurate at all times CIO farm 1,600,000 idle in labor disputes felievea those exhausting muscular aches and puna. NOR1TO is trustworthy end dependable really works fast. If you want to feel a ram the ey of relief from pstn eo you can work in peace and eleep ta comfort- - bt wwe nod try NOJRITO under thw ran tied guarantee. If the very first three donee do not relieve that cruel gwm to your atl?wtion your money will be tefunded Dontsufier See your rirujmst toodev wad letKGIUTO on thie guarantee. Sufferers Frcr fernetra k Strikes af- - a new postwar high. Major developments: STEEL Steel industry virtually shut down by historys biggest strike; 750,000 CIO steelworkers walk out In support of higher wage demands; 1300 plants in 30 states closed; picketing start quietly. . MEAT PACKING High government source in Washington says imminent seizure of struck packing plants is possible; President Truman has last word; body starts public hearings in Chicago Tuesday in wage dispute Involving 263,000 CIO and AFL workers. Rui!i Hcliaf To -- Wide Selection of Smart Styles Libbey-Owens-Fo- J . rd - STORE HOURS; 10 A. M. TO 6 P. M. EVERY WEEKDAY y V ww W" W' I 9 wmrtr - j w W or J House naval affairs subcommit- -, ; today., Bates is In Tientsin with a in north China as a stabilizing force now that the repatriation naval affairs of the' Japanese has been turned marines may be kept over to the Chinese, Rep. Bates hereThesome time longer as a - a member of the stabilizing force while the good offices of the United States government is being used to reconcile the two Chinese forces Into peaceful settlement, he said. (Continued1 From Page One) ' , We are interested in a permaa'ble, some political sources prenent world peace. We are of the dicted de Gaulle might ,be preconviction that unless we lend vailed upon to form a new gov- a hand, another world conflagraernment or to reconsider his res- tion may be in the making. ignation. The latter sources said The committee of which he is rethe announcement be would a part is interested, he said, in tire from public life had been four main problems: (1) Disposal a political gaffe (blunder). of surplus naval material, (2) InThere were some reports that spection of navy installations in the resignation might be reject- the Pacific, (3) Demobilization of ed by the assembly. Other quarand (4) general the armed ters uld that if the resignation conditions forces, in the Pacific areas were accepted de Gaulle might or retaken from the run again, this time as head of captured hia own party. Heretofore he has Japanese. Now that China is being freed stood alone without a party. of the Japanese, he said,' we holdThe Communists, after want to ;lay the foundations of a ing a conference with reprenew government in China. Wa sentatives of the more conwill Interfere In Chines affairs, servative popular Republican only insofar as those internal afmovement party (MRP), anfairs of China concern world nounced that they would demand that a Communist be peace." elected provisional president. -They Immediately advanced the name of their minister of state, Maurice Thores, as de Gaulles success! r. L. H. Y.? Four reasons were advanced for de Gaulles resignation: 79 your atradod trtoeds 1. His unalterable opposition la any distant city fcal conto the proposed draft of Rsdmaa Vans give prompt stitution on which the Socialists nation-widmoving oofvice and Communists are working, awey iron and back to leaving the MRP outside. Utah. Contact ns lor schod 2. Resentment at continued nlo-ereturn trip! through l Communist efforts to achieve a with our affiliation the new popular front In a fuller Bokins Van lines. alliance with the Socialists, the ts and other leftist psrties, at the expense of the , France- - -- Uovins Froza n. cr e radlcal-Soclalis- Dial MRP. 3. Resentment at attacks on the government for the food situation and for the expensei of the army. 4. His lack of desire to head govanything but a ernment. , 5-17- wiMMintSllinn i I MI & - 27 ihufed fcaariS STEM ite i. r were Regularly 3.30 and 4.45 Wow American (AP) $ marineaprobsbly will be kept tee, said here By Marlin Speneer V V - President - Truman in hiss budget message ttOCOngress today requested an ' X appropriation pf $3,164,000 to finance work on two Utah recla- jnatioiL projects during the 1946- 47 fiscal year, the Associated Press reported. Part of the appropriation was for the Provo River project for which a sum of $3,102,000 was T requested. A total of $62,000 was cy. . . requested for the Ogden River 7 A health and prepaid medical care program. project In his message, the president 8 Universal mlitiary trainirequested a total of $8,420,000, to ng.-' finance Idaho reclamation proj9 Increased federal salaries. ' fiscal ects during the 1946-4- 7 1 0 Presidential succession -- 4 year. legislation. The projects and amount re11- rUnificatlon of the armed quested for each are: services. Boise project Payette division, 12 A law to cover domestic $2,573,000; Anderson Ranch Dam, use and control of atomic enerMinidoka $2,847,000, and the . gy 13 Retention of federal conproject,. $1,000,000. The Utah and Idaho totals were trol over the U. S. Employment included in the proposed ReclaService at least until June 30, mation Bureau construction pro- 194f. gram of $139,000,000 for the fisWould Fsy Vets More cal year beginning July 1. The total amount asked for the 14 Increased unemployment bureau is $163,554,055. Funds allowances for veterans. for bureau the appropriated- fqr 15 Social . coverage the 1946 fiscal year totaled only for veterans security for their term of $116,816,150.military service. The fiscal 1947 program con16 Extension of , crop insurwork on ance. templates construction more than a score of projects, 17 Authority to sell the greatest number of which merchant ships and to surplus charter were closed down during the war vesseli both here and abroad. Stock-pili8 emergency. of strategic J ' Major items in the program materials. as follows: listed were 19 Federal airport legisla.Columbia River basin $30,- - tion. . 000,000. 20 Repeal of the Johnson act Central Valley of California barring private loans to nations $25,000,000. in default on their World War I Colorado-Big Thompson projdebts to U. S. ect (Colorado) $19,000, 21 Development of the Great Dam (Arizona) Lakes-S- t. Lawrence seaway. Missouri River Basen ' ' The Reclamation Bureau In eludes $11,000,000 for general investigations a type of work for which Congress appropriated but $3,250,000 during the present fiscal year. 30-Da- if! n 4 be- -, an- fact-findi- ng WASHINGTON T t war powers act, including prior- (AP) , WASHINGTON Mac Arthur Seizes Jap Marines to lemain War Plants In Northern China " r, V. CO. M ' |
