| Show AW NEWS WS RE REVIEW VIE W mine pact draws fit fire 0 e new 1 aid parley palley opens BETRAYED mine pact rep fred A hartley rep N J coauthor co author of the tatt taft hartley labor act has charged big business and big labor with betraying the public in negotiating the latest john L lewis coal mining contract hartless Hart leys attack followed shortly after southern coal operators followed northern and midwestern operators in signing soft coal contracts with the member united mine aline workers he told the house that at least one clear violation of the law was contained in the contracts referring to the section providing tor for a checkoff from the miners wages the tatt taft hartley law he said permits a checkoff only tor for union dues but the contract calls tor for a checkoff of initiation tees fees and union assessments hartley added that other sections of the contract violate the spirit and intent of the law noting that the contract afforded a prime case history of the evils of industry wide bargaining he said that there was evidence of collusion between the mine operators and the with the intention of violating the law RSVP paris parley procommunist communist pro hungary turned down its invitation to attend the paris conference on european reconstruction as 17 other nations lined up to participate in the talks first step in carrying out the marshall plan for or aiding prostrate europe the conference previously boycotted by russia on the grounds that the marshall plan will be a foothold tor for american intervention I 1 in the internal affairs of europe will attempt to set up a scheme whereby europe with the aid ad ot of american dollar credits and supplies will be able to lift itself from its economic morass b by its bootstraps in addition to hungary tour four other communist inspired governments those of poland yugoslavia romania and bulgaria also refused the invitations sent out by great britain and france As the deadline for replies approached finland and albania had not yet been heard from NAVY resignations GROW higher pay and a more satisfactory home life are the two main lures which have drawn the most bright and capable young career officers from the navy and army into civilian jobs at what is called an alarming rate during the past year in the last 10 months more than 1700 naval officers have resigned commissions won at annapolis to take higher paying civilian jobs job during the same sam e period the army lost only west point officers via the resignation route but they are men whom wham the service can ill afford to spare I 1 FARMERS PROSPER both farm assets and farm arm income have expanded tremendously since the outbreak of world war II 11 according to a late report released by the national industrial conference board total assets increased about 90 per cent from billion dollars at the beginning of 1940 to 1015 billion dollars six years later gross income from agriculture shot up per cent over the same period that income plus government payments to about 11 billion dollars in 1940 and only a little less than 25 billion dollars in 1945 virtu ally all the gain was registered by income from agriculture government p payments a y m e n t a were not changed during the years covered by the report cash receipts from farm rose from 83 billion dollars in 1940 to a very considerable sid erable billion in 1945 real estate was by far the largest item among farm assets rising from billion dollars in 1940 to billion in 1946 ROMANCE royal road princess elizabeth 21 year old heiress presumptive to the throne of england and lt philip mount batten 26 former prince philip of greece are formally engaged to be married this autumn probably in october king george VI and queen elizabeth cleared the road to royal romance by giving unqualified approval to the match and announcing the engagement ga in a traditional dit ional court circular lt LL Mount batten la is a second cousin to the king and a great grandson of queen victoria As princess the husband of prin euzabeth elizabeth cess elizabeth he will be britaina Brit ains first prince consort since queen victorias husband prince albert of saxe coburg he cannot become king but probably will be given a dukedom shortly after the wedding king george Is expected to ask parliament to increase princess E elizabeths za beths income and perhaps give her husband a special allowance OIL EXPORTS supply russia A special export license tor for the shipment of petroleum products to russia was granted by the department of commerce hours after representative rep 0 chairman of the house merchant marine committee dema demanded the license be refused previously had telephoned william C foster undersecretary of commerce urging him to halt the movement of 24 barrels of petroleum being loaded aboard three tankers on the wes coast |
