| Show NEWS REVIEW Strike Anti-Strike Bill Drafted Railroad oad Crashes Cl ashes Pl Probed LABOR BILL Plenty of Teeth A strike-control strike bill that would rigorously restrict labor unions in inmany inmany inmany many ways has been approved by bythe bythe bythe the house Republican steering com corn Its most drastic provision perhaps is a clause authorizing the federal government to obtain injunctions inJunctions injunctions in in- junctions for a day 75 period in hi industries industries industries in in- which affect public health or safety This apparently would cover the telephone and other communication communication com corn industries s. s coal mining electric light and power companies railroads and possibly several other fields The bill was prepared under direction direction di dl- of Chairman Hartley Rep N. N J. J of the house labor committee He told newsmen he hoped that the bill would pass the house within a week It probably faces a struggle in hi the senate observers believe The Injunction feature is designed to give the government a stronger weapon against strikes imperiling public safety and welfare Th The general attorney-general would be empowered empowered empowered ered to seek a restraining order in hi federal courts which would require a day 75 cooling off period Other provisions would outlaw In in- wide bargaining and ban the closed shop Unions would be required re- re required required re re- to keep dues low and to elect officials regularly by secret ballot Communist dominated Communist dominated d 0 m i n ate d unions would lose lole the recognition of the National Labor Relations board Unfair labor practices would be Investigated investigated in In- and prosecuted by a new agency the agency the Office of Administration tion of the National Labor Relations Act RAIL ACCIDENTS Daily Occurrence Derailment of the Santa Fes Fe's Super Su- Su Super Super Su Su- per Chief In hi northern New Mexico with injuries to 25 passengers but no fatalities rounded out a week of railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road accidents accident reminiscent of the early days das of ot railroading The Super Chief one of the nations nation's na- na nations nation's nations nation's na na- tion's most famous streamlined luxury luxury lux lux- ury trains left the track near Raton NM I. while traveling at high speed The unit three-unit diesel locomotive broke loose and came to rest with its nose on the trestle of a dry river bed The train was eastbound from Los Angeles Other accidents within a week April 3 Burlington's Twin City Zephyr derailed in Downers Grove Ill m. three killed 35 injured April 4 engine of Rock Island Rocket dera derailed led near Linwood Kas engineer injured April 5 Milwaukee l road switch i engine fell feU off bridge near Ottumwa Iowa crew narrowly escaped drowning in swollen Des Moines river April 6 Union Pacific's City of Portland collided with a freight near Granger Wyo 11 injured April 7 Pennsylvania's Gotham Limited jumped track outside Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- Co- Co lumbia City Ind md 40 injured April 8 Pennsylvania's Manhattan Limited derailed passengers shaken shak shak- en up FRANCE Trouble in Colonies Rioting and revolts in hi various parts of the French empire have prompted the French cabinet to strengthen the army To this end President Auriol has called up conscripts conscripts conscripts con con- scripts of the 1947 class on May 15 15 several months early An uprising in Algeria has brought promises of reforms In- In Interior Interior In In- tenor Minister Depreux has gone to the North Africa country to make swift changes to pacify the rebellious rebel rebel- lio lious lInus s tribes and to quiet g general gen n- n eral unrest War Minister Paul Floret Coste-Floret has c demanded emandes additional troop reinforcements re re- re- re to cope with trouble spots in hi Indo China Madagascar Algeria Morocco and several African African African can protectorates X 14 v s sV c 5 S 4 BIG EGG This speckled Brahma hen owned by Mrs Evans Mealing of Glen Cove L. L I. I N. N Y is the new champ of egg layers She laid a ounce 14 egg In circumference circumference circumference cir cir- cir cir- seven and a half haU inches which Is shown beside beside beside be be- side one of ot ordinary size |
