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Evening star., 1943-06-25
Massachusetts Group
AssaiIs 'MuddIing' in
Coal Strike Settlement
Manufacturers Demand
Directive Of WLB
Be Enforced
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, June 25.-Protesting
that the settlement of the coal mine
strike 'is no settlement at all and
does not carry out the directive of
the War Labor Board" the Associ-
ated Industries of Massachusetts to-
day sent statement to the Massa-
chusetts delegation in Congress urg-
ing that this muddling be stopped
before factory after factory
throughout the State is forced to
stop munitions manufacturing due
to a fuel shortage"
The AIM is group of manufac-
turers.
The statement asserted:
The industries in studying their
coal reserves, which are usually built
up in this quarter, feel strongly that
the so-called settlement is merely
another truce until October 81
Without contract between miners
and operators, the entire matter is
left IN state of turmoil.
Fear "Acute Shortage"
Having agreed to accept in full
the directive of the War Labor
Board, the owners are entitled tn
nave the properties back in their
possession. They a1e now being kent
out OF possession and management
oy the refusal of the United Mine
Workers to accept the directive of
the War Labor Board.
Reports from the coal fields indi-
cate that the miners are not salts
ned with the situation as it stands
ana are not returning to work
promptly. In fact, as of Yesterday
nearly half the miners were still ont
AS a consequence of this and pre-
vIouS loleneSs, an acute shortage
VIII result within the next four
Draft Club Held Ineffective.
The statement accredited to the
PRESIDENT that he would ask Com
greSs 10 enact law bringing into
the armed forces men on strike I'm
70 65 years of age. provides no ef-
tectiVe remedy. 1t would not affect
Jonn l.. Lewis or any member of his
eollcy Committee because thev are
not employees of the coal companies
out OF the United Mine Workers
Union. They are the men who are
making the decisions for the miners
furthermore, drafting miners from
the mines because of strikes would
only make a bad manpower situa-
tlon worse and would be bound to
result in less coal being mined.
The welfare of the American
people and the success of ,thz, var
enort demand that this situation be
settled now, once and for all. Con-
gress should SCI to it that the United
Mine Workers accept the directive
OF the Var Labor Board as the coal
opera sors have accepted it. Other
We, If the present policy is con-
tlnued, permitting labor to defy au-
thority so that mines and industries
must be taken over, the eventual
result will be complete industrial
chaos" 49,
Evening star., 1943-06-25
Oil Industry Control
BY Ickes Urged at
Pittsburgh Meeting
Kansas Governor, Texon
Coll for Price Increase
With Centralized Rule
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, June 25.-Com-
plete wartime control of the Oil
industry by the Petroleum Ad-
ministration instead of the pres
ent system of divided authority
by the PAW and the OPA was
advocated today by speakers at
the Pennsylvania Grade Crude
Oil Associations annual meeting.
Both Gov. Andrew Schoeppel of
Kansas, chairman of the Interstate
Oil Compact Commission, and Col.
Ernest o. Thompson, chairman of
the Texas Railroad Commission,
said they favored placing full au-
thority in the hands of Fuel Ad-
ministrator Ickes. Gov. Schoeppel
added that Centralized control must
end with the war"
Gov. Schoeppel and Col. Thomp-
son agreed with Ralph T. Zook,
Bradford Pa) producer, that a
price increase is needed to help
remedy declining production which
Mr.. Zook told the oil men Is rap
idly becoming critical" in the Penn
sylvania field.
But price alone will not increase
production" Mr.. Zook added. "It
could be posted at $40 barrel, but
If it did not cause the incentive to
go out and do things, the price would
be without effect"
To boost production, he suggested
Cd the bringing in of new pools and
(2) increased production and recov-
cry from present producing wells
and proved Oil production acreage.
THE present price of oil is not
an incentive to wildcatterS-the
forerunners of every oil discovery"
said Gov. Schoeppel.
Col. Thompson agreed the price
is not high enough to encourage
drilling. Profit has disappeared,
though costs are up 40 per cent"
he said.
Evening star., 1943-06-25
Lock Removed From Stomach
Of Child by EIectro-Muqnet
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 25.-In what
doctors said was the first such op-
Grafton on record, a Brooklyn ply
Sician yesterday fished out a metal
lock from the stomach of 5-year-
old boy by means of magnet.
The patient, Donald Brown of
Brooklyn, swallowed the inch-long
lock 13 days ago.
His parents consulted DR.. Samuel
Silber who set out in search of an
electromagnet small enough to be
inserted in the stomach.
At an armature maintenance shop
he was told it was impossible to
make a magnet small enough or to
magnetic a rod with enough
strength to attract and hold the
oblong-shaped lock.
He then visited M. L. Boyer, plant
superintendent of the International
Postal Supply Co., who communi-
Evening star., 1943-06-25
Five Drown as Car PIunges
Into Wafer-FiIIed Quarry
By the Associated Press.

~ IA9t AsSVNldbcu EEcSS.
RICHMOND, Va, June 25.-An
automobile, parked at the edge of a
water-filled stone quarry while Wal
ter P. Harrison, 81, lay underneath
it repairing a faulty clutch, rolled
into the water today, drowning Mr..
small children.
The dead were Mrs. Harrison, 81;
Walter A., 10; James H.. S; Robert
Frank, /. and William Edward Har-
rison, weeks.
A fifth child, Sylvia May, 7, was
sitting on the ground beside her
father. The wheels passed across
Mr.. Harrison's legs, injuring him
slightly.
Evening star., 1943-06-25
Edgar w. Prophet, 81,
Newspupermun, Dies
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, June 25.-
Edgar w. Prophet, 81, associated
with the newspaper printing busi-
ness in Wilkes-Ba New York,
Philadelphia and Duluth, MINI, for
nearly half century, died today of
heart attack.
He came to Wilkes-Barre in 1928
as mechanical superintendent of
the Times-Leader now the Times
Leader Evening News.
Mr.. Prophet began his career as
composing room superintendent for
the Duluth (Minn0 Herald Tribune
at the age of 19, worked for the New
York American, then spent 19 years
as production manager of the old
Philadelphia North American.
Evening star., 1943-06-25

the War Labor Board in the strike
situation.
At press conference earlier today,
the President commented in con-
nection with the anti-strike bill that
a great many of us forget that we
are at war and that the very ex-
istence of the life of the Nation is
at stake.
Predictions that Congress will
ignore any request for labor draft
legislation came meanwhile from
leaders of both chambers.
Voicing the sentiment expressed
by many other members, Senator
Chandler, Democrat, of Kentucky
said he doubted that the Senate
Military Affairs Committee will give
any early consideration to the
proposal to raise the non combat
draft age to IS. Members of the
House Military Affairs Committee
said they would be equally disin-
terested in any such plan. .
Senator Chandler said he and
others already had told some of Mr..
Roosevelt's advisers they believe the
draft threat move would be mis-
take.
Similar Proposal Shelved.
Chairman May pointed out that
the House committee already has
passed over similar proposal. He
referred to bill by Representative
Colmer, Democrat, of Mississippi to
cancel occupational deferments of
draft-age strikers. 1t was shelved,
Mr.. May said, because committee
members cid not like the idea of
using selective service as club" and
because selective service officials
themselves opposed it.
"If the President sends us a formal
request for work Or fight legislation
such as he indicated he would, it
viii go straight to the pigeonhole
now occupied by the Colmer BILL"
said a high-ranking Republican
member.
Files of the Senate Military Af-
fairs Committee yielded letters in
dicating that Army, Navy and other
high officials are opposed to the
principle of drafting strikers or
others as punishment for inter-
rupting war production.
War Manpower Commissioner
McNutt and War Production Di-
rector Nelson and Secretaries of
War and Navy Stimson and Knox
all wrote the committee recently
opposing enactment of the bill by
Senator Byrd under which local
draft boards would be empowered
to order strikers to return to work
on pain of induction.
Mr.. McNutt said legislation of
this type would create an attitude
of resentment on the part of all who
consider 1t an honor and privilege
to be able to serve their country
in time of war, since under its pro-
vision entry into the Army and
Navy is placed in the category of
punishment"
Evening star., 1943-06-25
Wife Confident
Gen. Forrest Is
Safe in Germany
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)

NEdlhCi StoIy VII II dSc h-%sJ
By the Associated Press.
SPOKANE. Wash, June 25.-
Brig, Gen. Nathan B. Forrest told
his wife before he left Spokane a
month ago, Il am coming back"
On that promise, Mrs. Forrest said
today, she was relying with conf
dence that her husband, reported
missing after Flying Fortress raid
on Germany June l3, would return.
Pilots returning from the raid on
Kiel said they saw eight parachutes
float away from the damaged plane
in which the general, former chief
of staff of the I'd Air Force here, had
flown to observe tactics.
II feel sure he parachuted to
safety" Mrs. Forrest said.
He is very capable of taking care
of himself. He is primarily a flyer:
flying is his life.
Il know I will hear from him or
the Red Cross in month or So"
She said she would remain in
Spokane to await the message.
Evening star., 1943-06-25
l3 to Sturt Tomorrow
In Brooklyn Handicap.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK, June 25.-Thirteen
stalwarts of the turf were named
today for the mile and one-quarter
of the Brooklyn Handicap at Aeue-
duct tomorrow.
Heading the field are Don Bingo.
winner of the Suburban, owned by
Bing Crosby and Lin Howard; Mrs.
Payne Whitney's hard-hitting pair
of Devil Diver and Shut Out. Lou
Tufano'S Market Wise and William
Helis' Attention.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Ray Atherton Nominated
As Minister 10 Canada

Ray Atherton, acting chief of the
Division of European Affairs of the
State Department, was nominated
today by President Roosevelt to be
Minister to Canada. The selection
was one of three proposed diplo-
matte assignments announced at the
White House.
The President also nominated
William c. Burdett, a foreign service
officer, to be Minister to New Zea-
land. succeeding Brig. Gen. Patrick
j. Hurley, and Lloyd w. Henderson,
a foreign service officer, to be Min
lister to Iraq.
Mr.. Atherton, a former Minister to
Denmark, will succeed the late Jay
P. Moffatt as the Canadian repre-
sentative of this Government. He
will also serve at Ottawa as Min
lister of the United States to the
Luxembourg government in exile.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Announced Casualties
For All Arms in War
Total 87,304 10 Date
f.
Army and Navy Release
U. S. Bottle Losses;
Philippine Toll Largest
e, he Associated Press

~ -ii' hSsOtldlcu f'IcSA
United States armed forces
have suffered 87,3O4 announced
casualties in all war theaters to
date, 1t was stated today. Of that
number. 1892 were killed in &C
ton or died of wounds.
Army casualties total 63.958,
Secretary of War Stimson said,
and the Navy's latest list, also
issued today, placed Navy, Ma =
rine Corps and Coast Guard
losses at 23,346, with 1904 dead,
4,732 wounded and 1l,Ol0 miss
ing.
A breakdown of the Army casual
ties showed 1923 killed. l7l28
wounded. 22,687 missing in action
ana l6,6l5 listed as prisoners of
Japan, Germany and Italy.
Mr.. Stimeon released the figures
at his press conference. explaining
that the llll in ground fighting had
enabled the Army to bring its cas-
ualty lists up to date.
Philippine Casualties Large.
The ill-fated Philippine campaign
with total casualties of 3l,6lO con-
tlnues to be recorded as our most
expensive campaign in the num-
Der of casualties" Mr.. Stimson said,
because Of the large numbers re-
ported as missing in action and the
inclusion of l2,506 Philippine Scouts
in the total figure.
Next heaviest casualties-l8.7 .738-
were suffered in the North African
theater
The Philippine figures, he said.
show 1878 killed, l.746 wounded.
1889 missing and 1862 prisoners.
For other theaters, he supplied
these figures:
Asiatic-l3l killed, Is wounded. IS
missing. so prisoners; total. 29l.
Central Paciflc-Including the in
ltial japanese attack on Pearl Har-
Dor. 272 killed, 4l2 wounded. 81 miss
ing. no prisoners; total. TAI.
European Losses.
European-436 killed. 664 wound
ed l,l96 missing, 594 prisoners; total.
1890
Latin America-Eigh killed, three
wounded, tWenty-six missing no
prisoners; total, 38.
Middle East, including the 9Th
Air Force which operated over At
rlca, the Mediterranean and Italy
l06 killed, 96 wounded, 2l4 missing:
46 prisoners; total. 462.
North Notwithstanding Alaska
Aleutions campaign and losses at
sea and in the air in the vicinity
Of Greenland-864 killed. 1916
wounded, 2l4 missing, no prisoners:
total, 1924.
South Pacific, including Army
operations on Guadalcanal-622
killed, l,165 wounded, 236 missing.
no prisoners; total, 2023.
Southwest Pacific, including the
New Guinea campaign and 500 listed
as missing after the capture of Java
by the .242 killed, 2.344
wounded. 1.10O missing, 1856 prison.
ers; total, 1872
While our casualties have been
heavy" said the Secretary, 1T is
certain that in practically all the
(See STIMSON, Page A-2OD
Evening star., 1943-06-24
20 State Department Cannon
Dismounted; 10 to Be Melted

War College grounds is the Civil
War cannon used in the defense of
Fort Sumter, S. c.. and later con-
verted by the Confederates for use
against the North.
Four of the cannon. along with
two big anchors captured at San
tiago. will be placed on the grounds
of "a naval station in Arlington, -
PBA said.
Three trophies of the Battle of
Saratoga will be placed back on
that Revolutionary War battlefield.
One bronze cannon taken by the
Americans during the Battle of
Stony Point, N. Y. in 1779 will be
mounted on the parkway approach
on the Washington side of Arling-
ton Memorial Bridge.
The 10Th gun-captured in Mex
leo in the 184Os-will be shipped to
st. Augustine, Fla.
PBA explained that the 10 can
non going to the Navy Yard were
virtual duplicates of some of the
other 10.
Evening star., 1943-06-24
New Coffee Rations Offer
One Pound in ; Weeks
BY the associated Press

BY the associated Press
The next two coffee rations will be
on the basis Of l pound in three
Weeks-the most liberal allowance
since the beginning of rationing-
the Office of Price Administration
announced today
The present ration is l pound for
tour weeks.
The stitfest ration has been
pound for six weeks, but for the
most part pound for five weeks.
OPA said large stocks of green
coffee already on hand as we'll as
the more regular arrival of imports
with which to maintain these stocks.
made possible the increased ration.
1t cautioned. however. that any de-
terioration of the present favorable
supply situation would make smaller
ratlons necessary and that consum-
erS must be prepared for such re-
ductlons whenever they are neces-
sary.
Coffee stamp No 81 in ration book
No. will become valid for / pound
of coffee on July l and will expire
on July 81. Stamp No. % will be
valid for pound of coffee from July
% to August II. Stamp No "a, now
in use. expires at the end of June.
For the first time since rationlng
began. OPA reported. coffee supplies
have reached a normal level.
Evening star., 1943-06-24

as to the ultimate accomplishment
of this vital mission with which we
are charged-the defeat of the Axis
through application of air power. 1t
will be accomplished and accom-
pliShed well-with the aid and as
sistance of our civilian personnel
army"
Sixty six thousand American fly
ers take to the air every day all
over the globe Gen. Arnold said.
There are l.600 planes being flown
daily. everywhere, mostly to foreign
service. Every day more bombers
are arriving in England and We will
need 10000 additional civilians in
England to take care of this in
crease"
After lengthy discussion with
the committee regarding the poll
cies, practices and operations of the
Army Air Forces with relation to
its civilian personnel, Gen. Arnold
concluded with this statement:
Our civilians play vital part in
(See ARNOLD, Page A-2O)
Evening star., 1943-06-24
picture on Page BIZ

Workmen today began carting
away from the State Department %
historic cannon-l0 of which will go
to the Navy Yard to be processed into
war vital bronze and the remainder
to other settings for posterity"
The 10 cannon headed for smelt-
ing plants will net 10000 pounds of
bronze, which will be used in making
armament
The other 10, relics of the Revolu-
tionary, Civil and Spanish American
Wars, will be preserved for poster
ity,'' according to the Public Build
ings Administration.
Ten of the 10 saved from the
smelling plant will be placed on the
Army War College grounds. In
cluded in this group is one believed
to be the oldest in the State De-
partment's collection-a bronze gun
cast in Douay, France. in 1893 and
captured from the Spaniards at the
entrance of Santiago Harbor in 1898
Also slated to be placed on the
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Loundries Charge U.S.. Agencies
Work at Cross Purposes

Declaring that laundries and dry
cleaning establishments throughout
the Nation virtually have broken
down under the strain of insufficient
manpoWer, officials Of the two in
dustries said today they would ask
Director Byrnes of the Office of War
Mobilization to appoint a special
committee to coordinate the activi-
ties of several Government agencies
in their relations with the laundry
and dry cleaning industries
Representatives of six national
organizations, who yesterday asked
assistance of Director McNutt of the
War Manpower Commission, indi-
Gated that some of the agencies were
working at cross-purposes. in con-
nection with their hard-pressed in
dustries. They cited instances.
When laundries can't return
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Air Forces to Add $4,000 New
Planes in Year, Arnold Says
$4,000 More Civilian Employees Will Be
Needed, General Tells House Group

The Army Air Forces during
the coming fiscal year will be in
creased by l15.000 new airplanes,
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, COM
manding the Air Forces, told the
House Civil Service Committee
today.
This, huge acquisition of aircraft
will be encompassed in a S36 900 ,O0O-
900 procurement program, including
aircraft engines, spart parts and
other equipment
To carry out this program, Gen.
Arnold said, the air forces are
asking for approximately $4,000 ad-
ditional civilian personnel or
total of $4,000 to be used in our
field operations for the coming fls-
cal year"
The Air Forces are seeking TO
make the utmost use of civilian per-
sonnel in order to release fighting
men for frontline duty, Gen. Arnold
said. adding:
There is no question in my mind
Evening star., 1943-06-24
Confusing Statistics
Cloud Armed Services
Need Of Manpower
McNutt Says 1900, 900,
But Figure Is Higher
Than Officers Admit
Bv MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Revised estimates on the num-
Der of men required to meet the
demands of the armed forces
this year appeared likely today
in the light of still unexplained
conflicting statistics from the
War Department, Selective Serv-
ice and War Manpower Chief
McNutt.
Out OF enough statistics TO daze
even the House Appropriations Sub
committees. which had to listen to
them. confusion appeared to center
on two principal points:
How big is the Army now?
How many men do We still need
or. how many fathers will have to
be drafted this year?
Services Simply Ask.
Actually, the Army and Navy do
the asking and selective service
supplies on demand. but Mr. Nc
Mutt is supposed to have a run
ming account of armed forces needs
to budget his manpower.
And. to judge from the hearings
on VINO and Army supply bills. the
manpower budget is going to stand
revising.
Mr.. McNutt told a House Appro-
priationS Subcommittee that 1900
600 persons would have to be in
Quoted between July and December
Elsewhere in the same statement on
the same day he knocked off 100000.
About the same time. another APP
preparations Subcommittee was in
formed by 1t. Gen. Brehon Somer-
veil, commanding general of the
Army Service Forces. and Army
finance officers that the Army need
ed about 100000 men between July
and December. The congressional
limit on the number of WAACS
made it necessary to do some re-
vising and the Army finally settled
on about 100000.
Earlier Navy testimony indicated
the naval forces were counting on
about 100000 men to the end of this
year
Of course. there is always the
Continued on Page A-2O, Column y
Evening star., 1943-06-24

President Roosevelt's proposal to
use a draft club to break up the
coal strike. meanwhile. was received
coolly in Congress. and many legis-
lators viewed it as an inadequate
substitute for the antistrike bill
which many members OF Congress
expect him TO veto.
Calling % ma ior mine owners to
meet with him tomorrow. Mr.. Ickes
said, Developments in the contro-
versy between the mine workers and
the operators which is under the
jurisdiction of the War Labor Board
indicate that the Government will
be compelled to continue custody
and operation of the mines for a
considerable period of time
Il still hope that the controversy
(See COAL. Page A-20)
Evening star., 1943-06-24

mans shirt within a reasonable
time, he has to buy more. House
wives have had to increase their
linen supplies. Infrequent washing
due to the slowness of laundry serv-
ice, causes disintegra ton of mater
ial.
On the one hand. the officials
contended, the War Production
Board is trying to maintain its tex
tile supply while on the other hand
the Office of Defense Transportation
is interested only in cutting down
deliveries.
Again on the one hand, the War
Manpower Commission wants to help
the laundries hold their labor, while
on the other hand the War Labor
Board has been reluctant to grant
(See LAUNDRIES, Page A-4D