| Show WmM WORLD NEWS WEATHER Associated Press United Press N Y Times VOL Showers and Cooler Foreign Service (Details on rage 22) 153 NO 26 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FRIDAY MORNING MAY 10 1946 West users IL S Steel 13 Id PRICE FIVE CENTS ruma Congress or oal Strike Move 474'e41k 4 4tw q 44-t fe97A Group Urges Offer For Geneva Be Accepted C of C - 4" '4 ::a " o040 Tribune Special LOS ANGELES May 9—Throwing its support behind the bid of United States Steel Corp for the government's Geneva Utah mill the western states council representing 10 chambers of commerce in the 11 western states Thursday informed the war assets administration of its recommendation that the bid be accepted The bid offered on behalf of V S Steel's western subsidiary Columbia Steel Co was selected by the council's steel committee at a meeting at the Los Angeles chamber of commerce The stater-lent was presented to NV A A by Committee Chairman K T Norris president of Norris Stamping & Manufacturing Co The committee expressed its belief that the acceptance of the U S Steel bid would do most to aid western industrial developrnent and would dispose of the plant in accordance with the soundest possible policy of turning ever government built mills to private ownership without the necessity for subsidies Make Bid Comparison The analysis of other bids brought out several aspects in which they fell short of the U S Steel bid Major objections included lack of operating organizations requirements for additional government investment or loans lower actual cash offers than the recommended bid and lack of clarity of some of the proposals One of the principal factors the leading to recommendation ofcomColumbia Steel bid was the pany's product pricing policy statement The bidder stated that products sold to the public would be priced on the basis of a Geneva basing point The steel committee was appointed in February 1943 to recommend a program of united action for the west in connection with the transfer to private ownersteel ship of western war-built Transmit Copies Western States Council President Harold W Wright general manager of the Los Angeles chambe of commerce has transmitted copies of the committee's recomrnendation to the 100 chambers of commerce which make up the council's membership and to all congressmen senators and governors of the 11 western states urging them to parallel the action of the committee Concurrence with the action of the western states steel committee in recommending acceptance of U S Steel Corp's bid for Geneva was expressed Thursday by Dr J P Mahoney director of the University of Utah's bureau of business and economic research Dr Mahoney has made a thorough study of western steel potentialities Logical Operator When all things are considered he said U S Steel Corp is the logical operator from the standpoint of experience with the plant managerial organization rnarketing setup and natural resources Geneva fits into U S Steel's existing western facilities In a logical fashion and will enable the corporation to render an effecActive service to the west quisition of the plant by the corporation will give fabricators and manufacturers who want to locate here a confidence in the continuing steel supply" Dr Mahoney emphasized that location of cold rolled facilities and a tin plate mill at Pittsburg Cal does not mean that Geneva will become a semifinished steel operation "On the contrary" he said "Geneva would be equipped to provide finished steel for many Industries which could locate here He mentioned plates hot rolled sheets and strip in flats and coils structural steel bars and rounds as possibilities Tribune-Washingto- : 090 out congressmen from the western states are lining Alp for I knockdown fight Friday to rstore to the interior department appropriation bill the amounts which the appropriations committee lopped off the reclamation and grazing programs Chink in Armor western state is affected Every by these cuts The weakness in the armor of the irrigationists is the fact that as of January 1 1946 there was unexpended and unincumbered a total of $113- 321000 remaining out of last year's appropriations for reclamation construction to which the committee proposes to add $62- 348000 for construction alone and $10000000 for administration and other purposes This would insure more money than has ever before been placed at the disposal of the bureau of reclamation in any comparable period Robinson Readies Attack Rep J Will Robinson intends to assail the cut in the Deer creek appropriation from $3102000 to $1345040 His argument will be that- this cut Is not an 'economy that in the long run it will cost the government money Every dollar asked for Deer creek he said is to be reimbursed and the sooner the government completes the project the sooner it will begin making collections from the water users both the municipalities and the land owners He maintains that if the full amount is granted the project can be completed one year earlier than if the slash is sustained When the project is completed he says will approximate repayments $500000 a year a year's delay would entail the federal loss of interest on $500000 for one year and a longer delay would but add See Page 4 Column 2 - PAC Discloses Vote Blacklist bers P P P ct -- P 171E7"r1 A number of the approximately 50 ships tied up In Buffalo harbor can be seen in this aerial view They are part of the Great Lakes shipping fleet brought almost to a dead stop by the coal strike 44-- 4 Lsg 44 ax - " - o 0011na' g t (?x" z 7- oltie ' -: 7014 - t) in e :t ri 0- -4 ake C 9C r rtadteik r Idled by lack of fuel SO "iron horses" of the Illinois Central system rest in their stalls at the I railroad's freight yards in Memphis Tenn They were pulled out of service by the coal shortage REIGNS 45 YEARS Italian King Abdicates Umberto Wins Crown Loan to Britain Faces Final Ballot Friday WASHrNGTON May 9 UP)-agreed Thursday night hope of preserving the monarchy The senate after a stormy debate to vote at in Italy 3 p m S Friday on final In Rome Rear Adm Ellery passage of(Ethe T) $3750000000 BritStone head of the allied commis- ish loan bill The unanimous agreement came sion In Italy confirmed that the -- By SAM BREWER ROME May 9—King Victor Emmanuel bowed to the inevitable Thürsday and after 45 years and nine months as Italian ruler signed the document of abdication in favor of his son Prince Umberto man effort to preserve the throne for the house of Savoy The prince of Piedmont thus becomes Umberto the second king of Italy king of Sardinina and king of Cyprus Jerusalem and Armenia and duke of Savoy to mention only his principal titles He will take the oath as king and make a public proclamation Friday but already he is king and the father is reported at sea on his way into exile probably in Egypt Signs in Naples A quirinal spokesman confirmed Thursday night that the document was signed Thursday in Naples but said he had not yet received any official information on the time of the signature The Italian Ansa news agency reported from Naples that the king and queen left their retreat at Possillipo at 7:30 p m Thursday and boarded the cruiser Duke of Abruzzi which put to sea bound for Egypt it is believed The cruiser is said to be escorted by the two destroyers Artilgliere and Granatiere g Before leaving the had a long private talk with his son according to the Ansa report The abdication had been rumored for the last three months with increasing insistence and in the past month had become a virtual certainty with only the date unsettled semi-offici- al ex-kin- "Only Hope" Victor Emmanuel always notoriously stubborn recently had been freely criticized in monarchist circles as selfish in his continued refusal to abdicate though it was considered the only Bruce Dies in Maryland BALTIMORE (II)—Wil- Ex-Senat- or May 9 liam Cabe 11 Bruce a Pulitzer prizewinning biographer staunéh advocate of repeal and Democratic U S senator from Maryland from 1923 to 1929 died at his Baltimore home Thursday at the age of 86 He had been in failing health for many months and his death was not unexpected About 10 years ago Bruce retired from the public affairs in which he had played a prominent role for nearly 40 years An attorney he chose public life rather than private practice because he said it gave him more time for his library and his literary He made an extensive work study of Benjamin Franklin and won the Pulitzer prize in 1919 for a book on Franklin published the year before Italian government had kept the allies informed of all developments in connection with the abdication but added he regarded it as "entirely an Italian matter" and that any formal announcement must come from Italian sources Some Italian sources maintain King Umberto is as unpopular as his father but others disagree At least he (Ries not bear the ultimate burden of responsibility for events of the past 25 years in Italy The monarchist argument is that only about 25(')) of the voters at most are enrolled in parties set against the monarchy and that Umberto as the new king may command more votes than his father could from that great undecided mass to save the monarchy In the referendum of June 2 Copyright by N Y Times Exclusive N Y Times Salt Lake Tribune House Passes Housing Bill WASHINGTON May 9 UPI— Reversing its position the house Thursday approved $400000000 in housing subsidies giving Pres Reps Robinson and Granger Utah Democrats voted for the housing subsidy allocation Rep Dworshak Idaho Republican opposed the legislation Truman a victory in hLs program for construction of 2700000 houses in two years by private enterprise 158 The vote was 187-tWilson W Wyatt housing administrator immediately declared: This throws the veterans housing program into high gear" This first test vote on administration economic policy since the house members took 10 days off at and many went home to learn how their constituents felt about things in general The housing bill came back to the house as the senate-hous- e conference committee deadlocked on the administration's proposal for use of building materials The senate had voted to authorize the subsidies after the house rejected them Chairman Spence of the house banking committee moved Thursday that the house instruct its conferees to accept a compromise figure of $400000000 and the motion carried The house-senat- e conference committee now will meet again Spence said this will be merely a formality and the housing bill will speed to the president's desk Thursday's vote came after Spence told the house that unless it approved the subsidies "you are going to sabotage the whole program" for constructions of houses for veterans Ea-sterti- after Democratic Leader Barkley Kentucky previously had failed to obtain such a pact and had urged senators to remain in session in an attempt to pass the measure Thursday night Sen Morse (Rh Oregon who blocked the first attempts later withdrew his objection and the hour was fixed With the administration In complete control the senate voted down one opposition amendment to the loan bill after another until it ran into a snag at 6 p (E S T) Langer Takes Floor Sen Langer (R) North Dakota took the floor then and held it for nearly four hours When he had subsided Barkley tried to get an agreement for the vote Friday Morse objected at that time but later withdrew his protest after Barkley indicated the senate might spend the rest Of the night on the bill Before the senate quit at 10:45 p m Barkley promised Sen Knowland (R) California that when the loan bill is disposed of he will move to bring up immediately labor control legislation now pending on the calendar Bever-com- b When Morse and Sen (R) West Virginia said they want the senate to meet Saturday in order to speed consideration of such a measure know Barkley told them he would by noon Friday whether ' such a course is practical Langer Ranges Langer ranged far and wide in his speech covering such varied See Page 4 Column 3 PARCEL POST SIZE CUT — WASHINGTON May 9 Reduction In weight and size limits on ordinary parcel post to meet the nationwide cut in railroad train service caused by the coal strike was announced Thursday by Postmaster Gen Robert E Hannegan The regulations become effective Friday at 12:01 a m Parcels covered by the new limitations are not to exceed - 11 strike-badgered- 1 postwar America with steel rail( roads and utilites hamstrung more automobile workers affected than in that industry's own strikes There were no signs of early settlement Industry reeled dizzily from the d double impact of fuel supplies and a government rail freight embargo on all but bare necessities Unemployment mounting steadily in the past fortnight leaped ahead with invocation of the embargo at midnight last night After weathering the first month of the strike the vast automotive industry virtually collapsed under the embargo and all of the "big three"—Ford Chrysler and G M—now were casualties 350000 Jobless At least 350000 of the industry's workers temporarily will be jobless next week 125000 more than were involved in the industry's own work stoppages General Motors said it would be forced to Close its operations within 10 days and would start laying off 215000 workers beginning Monday Ford already has started a cessation which will affect110000 The embargo which affected service freight also hit passenger which was reduced 25 by the nation's railroads in compliance with another government fuel saving order Thousands of commuters in populous eastern areas' found their day disrupted and breakfast became either a proposition or was skipped entirely as they sought to conform to enforced new schedules Elsewhere in the nation where "brownout" regulations already were in force to conserve utility fuel supplies housewives were forced to turn to make-d- o methods to replace electrical devices New Jersey Hit The U S post office department ordered an embargo on parcel post shipments in excess of 11 pounds with some exceptions There was growing clamor for the government to "do something" about the strike and governmental alarm was obvious both from Pres Truman's statements and the actions of state governors Gov Walter E Edge proclaimed a state of emergency in New Jersey as a result of the strike Other governors acted to comply with a government request for "brown out" conservation measures The New York stock market hypersensitive to anything affecting industry or business suffered Wednesday with irregularly lower trends prevailing at the outset in a bearish market strike-deplete- A' 4 RIGHT OF WAY U far-reachi- !L' hand By ASSOCIATED PRESS The work stoppage by 400000 A F L-- M W workers and 18000 Progressive miners (Ind) was described Thursday as the most pounds and the combined length and girth must not exceed 60 inches Four priority classes of goods are exempt including live day-ol- d poultry plants seeds and other nursery stocks eggs butter and other perishable food products and medicine drugs surgical instruments and dressings Action was taken by Mr Hannegan at the request of the office of defense transportation and the Assn of American Railroads catch-as-catch-c- an Angry Senate Tackles Strike Bills WASHINGTON May 9 UM— senate angry and alarmed about the coal strike forced labor disputes legislation to the top of its calendar Thursday—ahead of the administration's legislative program Against the upsurge of sentiment to "do something about John L Lewis" Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky svas forced to agree tq give a labor bill right of way behind the proposed $3- 750000000 British loan He did so when it became apparent that otherwise the senate was in a mood to drop the loan and everything else in order to talk about the coal strike and what could be done to stop it Sen Taft (R) Ohio told the senate late in the day that he was glad it was going ahead with labor legislation but that in his opinion the coal strike problem "is primarily up to the president" tp to President "I object to the theory that congress is in any way delinquent In this strike" he said "We could not pass a more extreme y law than the act The president has not chosen to y act act Under the "Primarily emergency action in any strike is up to the president "Five hundred and thirty-on- e men (the members of congress) can't deal with John L Lewis" The bill the senate has on its calendar and expects to take up Friday is its labor committee's d rewritten version of the case strike control act As it stands it provides simply for a strengthened federal concilation service and a ban on union interference with farmers delivering farm products to market Half a dozen senators however were framing amendments to deal with the present coal strike and e to impose restrictions on unions Strike Rules Sen Lucas (D) Illinois prepared an amendment aimed directIt would ly at the coal strike provide this machinery: When the president found a work stoppage was impairing services essential to the public health safety or security he would so proclaim and request the parties to the dispute to resume See Page 4 Column 4 Rebellious - Smith-Connall- Smith-Connall- house-approve- long-rang- Senate Extends Draft 45 Days House Expected to Concur WASHINGTON May 9 (UP)— The senate Thursday adopted a resolution extending the 45 days—until July 1—and house concurrence is expected Monday House leaders indicated they would accept the resolution to give the senate more time to consider the lower chamber's previously passed bill which calls for a extension but with provisions for a draft holiday The senate briefly suspended consideration of the British loan bill to meet Pres Truman's demand that the draft law be extended The present law expires May 15—next Wednesday It passed the extension resolution within five minutes after its introduction by Sen Edwin C Johnson (D) Colorado waiving customary rules to do so President Worried Mr Truman told his news conference Thursday that he was seriously wprried over the situation He used no strong language but said he was sorry that congress has not done something about it by now Extension should have been approved last September when he first asked for it he said Gen Jacob L Devers army ground forces commander Wednesday accused congressmen of being "cowards" for failure to bill He said that I tackle the draft stop-ga- p draft law for nine-mon- five-mon- th 14 EM nation-wid- e railroad Friday May 10 (JP)---A went into effect early Friday Rationing was freight embargo ordered for illuminating gas and Civilian Production Administrator John D Small called for government seizure of the coal mines lest all industry soon "grind to a rude stop" With the soft coal strike in its 40th day Friday and 1000000 workers officially counted idle Pres Truman was represented as preparing "militant" action and congress got ready to take a WASHINGTON Paralyze Industry Idle Million In Plants Business Bureau n Coal Strikers Snarl Up Entire Nation WASHINGTON May 9—Uncertain as to how they will come ATLANTIC CITY May 9 of the C I 0 political action committee Thursday named 10 senators and more than a score of members of the national house of representatives they said they would try to ddfeat in the 1946 elections Among members of congress designed for C I 0-- A C opposition were Sens Kenneth S McKellar (D) Tennessee the senate's presiding officer and Burton K Wheeler (D) Montana and Reps Joseph Martin (D) Massachusetts the house minority leader and Fred A Hartley (R) New Jersey a ranking G 0 P member of the house labor committee Besides McKellar and Wheeler committee singled out these senators for CI 0-- A C opposition against their reelection: Bilbo (D) Mississippi Byrd (D) Virginia Carville (Di Nevada Radcliffe (D) Maryland Gerry (D) Mississippi: Shipstead (R) Minnesota Smith (R) New Jersey and Langer (R) North Dakota At the same time Burns said C I 0-A C supports for reelection: Sens Kilgore (D) West Virginia Guffey (D) Pennsylvania Mitchell (D) Washington MurCHICAGO May 9 CT)—David L Behncke president of the Air dock (D) Utah O'Mahoney (D) Line Pilots' Assn announced Wyoming and Tunnel (D) DelaThursday night that a scheduled ware and the election of Sen strike against Transcontinental Huffman (D) Ohio who holds and Western Airline (trans-worl- d his present post through appointment The C I 0 opposed Huffairline) has been "Indefiman in the recent Ohio primary nitely suspended" but has decided to support him WASHINGTON May 9 111---in the general election against President-eleManuel Roxas of John Bricker former Ohio goverthe Philippines arrived by plane nor Thursday night for a week's stay Among the house members in Washington at the invitation singled out for C I 0-- P A C oppoof Pre Truman With him was sition were Reps Barry (D) New York Paul V McNutt Bennett (R) Missouri Buck (R) New York Brown (R) CIP)-9 SAN DIEGO Cal May Ohio Clason (R) Massachusetts Harry Malcom U S labor con- Church (R) Illinois Gamble (R) ciliator reported Thursday night New York Gearhart (11) Calithat a mutually satisfactory fornia Grant Indiana (R) arreement to end the Gwynhe (RI Iowa Heseltbn (R) strike at Consolidated Vultee Massachusetts Hoffman (R) Aircraft Corp plant here has Michigan Jonkman (R) Michibeen reached and ill be recomgan McConnell (R) Pennsylmended by the union negotiating vania Murray (D) Tennessee Fommittee to a special member-'shi- p Schwabe Missouri and (R) meeting Saturday Slaughter (D) Missouri BULLETINS ' Western Bloc Maps Fight On Fund Cut CPA Asks Mine Seizure 1000000 Workers Idle '015F th Late Session The senate stayed in session until 10:45 pm Thursday to bring the British loan bill to the stage where it will be disposed of Friday and to have strike control legislation taken up immediately Half a dozen labor measures are ready and their sponsors clamored for action on them In the house Rep race Georgia Thursday called upon the leaders to put aside "this very minute" every bill on the calendar so that the chamber might devote its 'lull time and effort day and night to consideration and enactment of such measures as may be necessary to protect the American people" The rail freight embargo whleh took effect at 12:01 a m S T) applies to everything except food fuel perishable items and certain "essential" goods A 25f0 reduction in passenger mileage by trains also took effect In 'NEW YORK May 9 (UP)— Mayor Allan) O'Dwyer Thursday night ordered an immediate brownout of :Sew York world brightest city to conserve dwinEarlier dling coal supplies Gov Dewey appointed a fuel czar for New York state as industries forced to suspend operations because of the crisis continued to mount coal-burni- ng still another federal order the rules requiring radio stations to operate a certain number of hours a day to keep their licenses were suspended in order to save electric power Militant" action by Pres Truman was reported' in the offing if other means fail to bring quick peace After a conference with the chief executive Mayor Edward J Kelly of Chicago said Mr Tru man is working on a program and if it does not bring a settlement he is "going to become militant" Truman Becomes Militant Declining to give any details of the Truman plans Kelly said: "The president said he had a program he hoped would work out In a comparatively short time" Earlier in the day Mr Truman had told a news conference that the crisis was approaching the status of a strike against the government Ile said he was considering among other things calling John L Lewis and the operators to a White House conference Small told reporters he had suggested government seizure to Reconversion Director John W Snyder last Saturday Asked whether it has been rejected Small replied: "It has not been accepted nor rejected" When a reporter asked Small if he favored seizure the C P A chief said briskly: Should Seize Mines' "Yes I have so recommended We have reached a juncture where the mines should be seized Then the government should appeal to miners to go back to work "It would be tragic if gas plants were forced to shut down" A reporter asked Small what would happen if seizure fails and the miners refuse to return to If one of his division commanders their jobs 'I can't conceive of people acted the way "I'd fire him" Striking Rgainst the government'' The senate military affairs comSmall said mittee has approved a "I think we would get enough extension which would place an miners back to work" limit on the service of Pressed for his view of what reall inductees and require the if they did not go would happen lease of all fathers by Sept 1 back Small stated: calon senate is the It pending "The country then would have endar to face the issue and congresSee Page 4 Column 5 Barkley Helps n Senate Democratic Leader W Barkley Kentucky joined y in the extension movement in a maneuver to get a vote on the British loan before the senate He adjourned Thursday night PITTSBURGH May 9 (—The asked unanimous consent for the Westinghouse Elecextension and promised that as tric Corp strike ended Thursday soon as the loan is disposed of company officials and leaders he will accede to demands that the with of 75000 striking production e chamber consider legis- workers on wage inlation aimed at United Mine creases ofagreeing 18c an hour Workers Chief John L Lewis Settlement terms must yet be In view of that promise Sen approved by the C I James O Eastland (D) Missis- Electrical Workers union Westingsippi withdrew his motion to lay house conference board—which aside the loan and take up the represents union locals in all 23 labor bill struck plants—and by local union As approved by the senate the memberships extension resolution was a simple After weeks and months of three-lin- e document It merely grimly) contested negotiations the would strike out the May 15 ex- end came suddenly about 3:13 piration date in the present law p m when company and union and substitute July 1 1946 negotiators issued a joint stateThe draft battle now shifts to ment which said: "The company conference The two houses must will make an increase of 18c an work out a compromise by next hour in the wages and salaries Wednesday or the present act paid to employes represented by will die the union one-ye- ar th Al-be- Westinghouse Ends 45-da- Strike Hikes- Pay 115-day-o- ld anti-strik- - sl |
