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Show . WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Boost Meat Prices to Offset Wage Raises; O. K. Jap Exports To Meet Essential Requirements Rgigacprt by Western Newspaper Union (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they aretJer0, Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this oewspiin r St. AV f' ' - $ ' With the lagoon of Bikini atoll in the Marshall islands to be the site of the U. a. naval atom bomb test, Alap natives assemble in tropical grove to hear they will be removed from locality for experiments. LABOR: Hit Case Bill The administration took its stand against the Case bill regulating union practices in hearings before the Senate labor committee, with Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach branding the legislation of a hodgepodge hodge-podge character which might well accelerate industrial warfare. While the measure would permit federal injunctions to prevent violence vio-lence in a labor dispute and make both employers and unions liable for contract violations, Schwellenbach said that the legislation was heavily weighted against labor and might render .almost any action unlawful by employees. In bucking the bill, pushed through the house during the height of the reconversion strike wave, the administration took its stand beside be-side organized labor, which bitterly , assailed the legislation. Speaking for the AFL, President Green agreed with Schwellenbach that the provisions provi-sions of the bill might prevent labor from striking under usual circumstances. circum-stances. Representing the National Association Associ-ation of Manufacturers, Raymond Smethurst commended the bill, declaring de-claring that employers were bound to respect contracts and force or violence were permitted in industrial indus-trial disputes despite prohibitions of local law. MEAT: Price Raise With the office of stabilization permitting packers to pass the full wage increase of 16 cents an hour on to consumers instead of ordering their absorption of about one-third as recommended recommend-ed by a fact-finding panel, retail re-tail meat prices are scheduled 1 -is 1 Vi p cut Under the directive, the big five packers will be allowed an increase of 45 cents more per hundredweight on beef, vea! and lamb, and 55 cents more per hundredweight on pork. Additional Addi-tional markups for wholesalers and dealers will account for the boost to consumers. While the price order specifically specif-ically covered the big five, Stabilization Sta-bilization Director Bowles declared de-clared that other companies following fol-lowing the wage pattern set by ' Armour, Swift, Cudahy, Wilson and Morrell would secure similar simi-lar price relief. Cases of companies com-panies setting up their own working standards will be subject sub-ject to individual review. JAPAN: Export Program To ease other Asiatic economies dependent upon the Japanese industrial indus-trial machine and at the same time permit importation of essential goods, Nippon will be permitted to make exports up to 25 per cent of prewar volume in 1946. While the majority of items will be shipped to such nearby markets as China, Korea, Formosa and southeast south-east Asia, some goods may find their way into American trade. Until Jap industry is stepped up, early ex- ports will be drawn from stocks built ' up during the war, including 80 thousand bales of raw silk; about 75 million yards of silk and rayon , fabrics; 500 tons of medicines; 10 thousand tons of pottery; l'2 thousand thou-sand tons of tea, and 200 thousand ; fur pelts. While raw silk and textiles are 1 scheduled to make up a substantial portion of Japanese exports, cotton shipments will be aimed toward relieving re-lieving the world-wide fabric shortage short-age and will be of a low-count, noncompetitive non-competitive caliber. Indicative of allied plans for suppressing heavy Jap industry suitable for war productions, pro-ductions, metallic exports will include in-clude such light items as bicycles, radios and electric fans. RAIL DISPUTE: Arbitrate Wages Even while the engineers and railway rail-way trainmen were engaged in strike votes, voluntary arbitration proceedings pro-ceedings involving 18 operating and non-operating rail unions were begun be-gun in Chicago, 111., over wage demands. de-mands. In agreeing to put their cases before arbitration boards rather than walkout for the application of pressure against the rail systems, sys-tems, the unions declared they were entitled to substantial increases in-creases because pay has fallen behind living costs; higher income in-come is needed to permit workers work-ers to absorb the products of mass production; the greater efficiency ef-ficiency of employees entitles them to more money, and rail wages have failed to keep pace with those in other industries. Answering the union arguments, rail officials declared that the roads have absorbed a billion increase in operating costs since 1941 and freight rates will have to be boosted even without additional wage advances. ad-vances. Besides earning 25 per cent more than employees in other industries, in-dustries, the officials said, rail workers enjoy generous old age pensions. While the three operating unions have asked for a 25 per cent increase, with a minimum boost of $2.50 per day, the 15 non-operating groups seek a raise of 30 cents an hour. SCHOOL LUNCHES: Past House Eliminating federal control over administration of the 50 million dollar dol-lar school lunch program, the house passed the bill by a big majority and sent it to the Senate for consideration. con-sideration. ' Under terms of the act, an annual appropriation of 50 million dollars would be apportioned to the states on the basis of population and per capita income. While the wealthier states would be required to put up an amount equal to federal funds, states with a per capita income below be-low the national average would receive re-ceive more money than they would be expected to contribute. In forcing the elimination of federal fed-eral control over administration of the program, state rightists charged that such supervision would lead to an expansion of bureaucracy and eventual government dictation of education. Left standing in the bill over strong opposition of some southern south-ern congressmen was a provision forbidding discrimination in the program because of race, color or creed CIVIL TRIALS: Upheld in War Declaring that the evolution of American governmental institutions guaranteed patriotic citizens in loyal territory civil trial, the Supreme Su-preme court set aside two convictions convic-tions returned by a military tribunal in Hawaii during the emergency period pe-riod extending from December 7, 1941, to October 24, 1944. In a 6 to 2 decision reaffirming a previous declaration that even under martial law citizens are entitled en-titled to civil trials where the judiciary judici-ary is operating, the Supreme court pointed out that Hawaiian courts were permitted to function within certain grounds. Further pointing up the limited emergency existing, the justices said that bars, schools and theaters were reopened for public use. In dissenting with the majority, Justices Burton and Frankfurter declared de-clared that because of its strategic position Hawaii could have been considered a part of the battlefield, making emergency meffsures necessary. neces-sary. The justices warned against the establishment of precedents which might affect government conduct in future critical situations. PRICE CONTROL: Asks Continuance As congress ona of the price derwaymtoexte & control act for ' s y Eccles of ary government sp was Declaring Sver substantial necessary tc ' Pccles said that upsurge in prices 3Q jiving costs a ready cent above Pwar lQ be ftlhe new stabilization poli-Cf poli-Cf Be ause existing ceilings, pro- vLient. PX& said general pneemcrease. to pay boosts should not be ne : Plnrecommenoydaledfor inflation measures Eccles c a sizable profit gains tax to take mee out of sPec"laUon and a cu government spending to fssuance of new money into circui tion. CHINA: Long Last For the first time in 4 ,000 years China boasted of a unified army under command of the state follow ing the consolidation of nationalist "nd communist forces in a historic ceremony in Chungking attended by Gen. George C. Marshall. Leading participant in the unification negotiations, negoti-ations, the U. S. general acting as President Truman's special representative repre-sentative was one of the three signers sign-ers to the agreement. Under the compromise worked out between the nationalist and communist com-munist factions, over-all strength of the army will be reduced to 60 divisions divi-sions of 850,000 men within 18 months. Of this total, 50 divisions will be of nationalist origin and 10 communist, with the mixed forces concentrated in the Reds' northern strongholds. Nationalist Chieftain Chiang Kai-shek Kai-shek took the army consolidation as the occasion for announcing a stiffening stiffen-ing of Chinese attitude toward granting further concessions to the Russians in Manchuria. In instructing instruct-ing his negotiators on the scene, he advised any agreements must be in accord with Chinese law, must respect re-spect the Sino-Soviet pact of 1945 and must not conflict with foreign rights. Jap Prince Mixes Expressive of the new tone in Japanese Japa-nese government of making it more democratic to meet Allied objectives, 12-year-old Crown Prince Akihito teas to enter middle school this month, shattering shat-tering the old im perial tradition of g t" private tutorship following elemen- i i tal schooling. '' Entrance into the - a middle school was ; but one step in the effort to demo- w t cratize Japanese ?v institutions and draw closer to the Jf Allies, the other being Akihito' s Prince Akihito learning of English at the former peers' school for bovs after the language course had been established es-tablished there at the start of the year. Counsellor for the imperial household, R. H. Blythe, a Britisher, was one of the Crown Prince's teachers. While Akihito is scheduled to a. tend middle school like any other young Japanese of his aee, he still will not enjoy the freedom of other youth. Because one day he may succeed to the position of emperor, he will continue con-tinue to he privately tutored after class hours in poetry, riding and music. POLITICS: New GOP Chief uuieivauve miawesterners were in line for the Republican national nation-al chairmanship following the resignation resig-nation of Herbert Brownell of New York from the position. Though accredited with the development devel-opment of a permanent working GOP organization to carry on Republican Re-publican activities on a year-round basis, Brownell long was under fire of conservative quarters for allegedly alleged-ly inclining toward foreign ; and domestic policies modeled after the new deal's. In this respect. Brown-ell's Brown-ell's departure coincided with his ad mission that conservative John W Bricker of Ohio was out in front of ?948er'GOP presidential hopefuls f0r Besides the ideological aspects of the situation, the national chairman is supposed to be impartial toward all party presidential aspirants untU they are selected and BrowneU i known to be close to Gov. .Thorn n. E Dewey of New York, who well be a contender for renomTn, tion in 1948. renomina- In line with Brownell's organizational organiza-tional pohcies, prominent GOP su warts called for the placement of (ne next national chairman on an nual salary to permit full tiZ T votion to his work. With an P mated yearly budget of . "..V"" dollars, the party f, w obtam a man on that basis SEEK INDUSTRY: Mississippi Plan With the announcement . 183,000 has been spem on 'f construction under M ,factoi'y Plan to attract industry officials of other state's are "fin?" 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