| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS Senate Debate-Curb Debate Row Renewed Rent Curb Bill Favors Home Rule RuIe Pit Walkout Slims Coal Stockpile i they are those ot of In these columns EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When men opinions opinion Are arc expressed and not Dot necessarily 0 ot this newspaper Western Newspaper Unions Union's news new analysts FILIBUSTER Truce Called The long weary In the U. U S. S senate was over but the battle over the proposed ed curb on senate debate was by no means atan atan at nt an end A compromise had been effected with the aid of GOP support but the administration was committed to oppose the peace formula which had been adopted THE F FILIBUSTER I LIB US T E R had continued continued con- con 15 days over a proposed change in senate rules There was no doubt that southern senators who led the had emerged victorious The was staged to delay President Truman's Truman's Truman's Tru Tru- mans man's civil rights bill bifi and it had done just that The provisions of the peace formula formula formula for- for mula were 1 Unlimited debate In the senate would be permitted only upon a motion to take up a rules change 2 Debate on all other matters could be curbed by the yes vote of 64 of the chambers chamber's 96 members 1 Majority leader Scott Lucas D. D I Ill m. attacked the compromise proposal proposal proposal pro pro- as a move to perpetuate the I filibuster Of course Ill I'll oppose It he told newsmen Its an effort to take the senate back 40 years MEANWHILE Truman Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- were reported launching a anew anew anew new parliamentary move to clamp clampdown clampdown clampdown down on debate The senate already had overturned a ruling by Vice- Vice President Barkle Barkley that discussion to take up the proposed rule change could be ended if it two-thirds two of ot those voting desired The vote I ruling over-ruling Barkley was 46 to 41 Administration leaders hoped to find some way to another ruling and If they could change as many manyas as three votes a Barkley ruling could be sustain sustained d. d Mr Truman had proved he could win the presidency without support support sup sup- port of the South but it appeared it would be difficult to put through a legislative program without support support support sup sup- port of southern senators JOHN L L. LEWIS Herald of Spring To coal miners and using coal-using industrialists industrialists industrialists in in- of the nation the Infallible Infallible infallible in In- fallible sign of at spring is neither the robin nor crocus crocus it it is John LLewis LLewis LLewis L. L Lewis' Lewis annual call for the mi miners ers to leave the pits LEWIS CALLED and the miners heard and obeyed More than miners began a week two-week layoff layoU layoff lay lay- off oU ordered Lewis said as a memorial memorial me me- morial to miners killed and Injured last year Skeptics were caustic They saw another more understandable reason reason reason rea rea- son for the work stoppage The nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's huge stockpile of coal some 70 million tons was looming too large in the Lewis eye Unless Unless' this stockpile were materially decreased soon the president of the United Mine Workers would be in a less tenable bargaining position later on Another reason advanced for the 1 layoff was miners' miners opposition to the appointment by President Truman of Dr James Boyd as head of the US U.S. bureau of mines Advocates of ot this idea suggested Lewis' Lewis move was intended to intimidate a senate senate senate sen sen- ate committee considering Boyds Boyd's appointment IF THAT WERE TRUE the attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt was a dismal failure On the second day of the walkout the senate senate senate sen sen- I ate committee approved Boyds Boyd's appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap by a vote of 10 to 1 1 admittedly to show Lewis that its members would not be intimidated But the US U.S. couldn't shrug off oU the Lewis move Already 11 railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads had ordered workers furloughed Coal is a vital freight item for these roads The payroll loss to the railroaders alone would be at least five million mimon dollars for forthe forthe forthe the two weeks of idleness THE MINERS themselves stood to lose at least 68 million dollars in wages In two states steps were taken to file tile unemployment compensation compensation com com- claims to take up the slack But there was a big question question ques ques- tion whether the states would approve approve ap ap- prove the claims because so many states do not approve claims where loss of employment is caused by action of the claimant himself such as might be ruled to be the case in the voluntary walkout of the miners Meanwhile most miners' miners families prepared for tor a slim Easter There would be little money to buy new bonnets or dresses |
