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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
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bel 3uefcrriibc1t>Grnte

9etbbrioge, sllberta. Gtpa 5000
Iriesgefangene belfen iest oen 2uf-
ferriibenfarmern itber Sen fritilhen
grbeiternangel i'm iiiolid)sn sllerbta
tinpeg rno perrihten quite slrbeit.
Gie 9lrbeiter auf Sen 3uderriiben.
,Seloern iino blrhpeg arieasgefan-
gene, bie iih freipilis semeloet ba-
ben Die 5armer 5ahlen iiir lie bie
Stunoarolobne. Ias @elo fommt in
einen Yool, aus Dem Die 2obne be-
sablt lno Die Soften fiir ben Srdns-
port luo unoere Iusgaben beltritten
luer0en.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
pe},,K ,,Kci,3erte
Sm HnbIie Mnoitorinmgarten
ic6c @odje

Die pisrte Suilpn bon Cleveland
Yop-Gon5erten Fat am 16. Sum- int
Eublic sf!roitpriumgarten begonnen
alno elm nolles Sous beeriikte oas
:sleDelano SonmcraNrdwiter untcr
Seitlng bon bon Or. Nldoolf Sing
luau. Die Sipeite @obe beginnt n1h-
item Wtithpod,. Sen %. Suni, tpenn
Sames Wtelton, ser gefeierte 1enor
ser Metropolitau Opera 81 boren lein
>rirb.
sSreitagobeno treten Sic beriibmte1,
EianotiinItler Sraggiotti uno Sbatp
cIf.
Siele &on5erte, trelhe ieben Witt-
luod, 5reitas llnb Samstag abenos
fit bier @od)en sesoben ,peroen, fin,
oen i'm fiiblen Sauptflur bes YubIic
auoitorillnls, Der ipie elm ifoner
Harten ausiiebt, Itatt uno es peroen
Crfriidltrgen Sen ganaen Mbenb ier.
uiert.
Sanstag cbeno iperoen 5.rei 60
liiten, Mnnanlarp Tifep, elm Wfetrc-
pclitar Stern, l,no 5bereie Selta, ei-
~ 15iabrige 0iolinipielerin, auf-
treten.
Oos Slepelano Orhelter iebt iih
aus iiber 20 Wfuiifern 5uiammen. oic
nleiltcns gtitsliuoer bes GleDelanb
Cpmpbonie Srhelters iinb Ser Gin.
tritt lit bon 80 Gents biz $1.40 eiu.
iGlieBlih Steuer.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Gti,,eicn iteben jebt ietet,
rcr Otptt tihte,s,

Gbungfins Sn Der 4Otagigen
SGladt INN ben oberen Dangtle lpl.r.
oen et,pa 10000 Sapaner setotet, uno
.meniger als Sfoei grittel Der geiamten
feinolifen Streitfrafte permohten 81
c,,ttommen. Die hineiiIGen 1ruppen
fdmpfen our 3eit am Ranbe Der di-
neiiihen Stabt Slpd)ibfoip am rehter
s)angtie-llfer, 90 ,Meilen iiiooitlid
bon Shana. 9as &auptquartier bes
omerifuniihen 8enerals Stilipea gab
befannt, oaB amerifaniide 5lug5eugc
in unteritiit,ing Der hineiiid)en
BrunDtrurpen IN Ger Staot pieie
,seuer unb ausgeoebnten 5fuoen an
gcrihtet bnbea.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Sage II, Detrcit
suieHer ruhie
ShIuk bon Seite /,


Ser tros slufloiuug nod ab unb 81
lein Saupt in Oen Gereiuigten Staa-
ten erbebt. Seoenians lit liher, bab
oisier Aufrubr, ser % Wenibenlebcn
eoitete, einen ge.pegsruno baben muB
rno man miro niht febl geben, tpenli
man Ser &eaierung ehuas in ote
Shube lf)iebt. Wie fonlmt es, Dab
s.ui1uiegler mle Oas ~Sirit &omitee"
nod inlmer ibre Meben balten fam 4?
Nie fommt es, bab 8oltperneure III
Columbus, Sbio. 5ulnmmenfomnlen
fonneu, bie nihts lpeiter tun als Die
Resieruus in Walbington 81 fritz
iieren. 0ie fommt es, DAB nod inl,
ner in 3eiti!ngen seidrieben peroen
fam, baB mad Dem arieg 0entihlano
aufgeteilt iperben ioa? 0ieie Nad).
ridjten in Der Yreiie tragen piel oa5u
bel, Die llnruben berbei5,liiibren uns
Sunn miro Die Hropaganoa Sitter;
aafiir baftbar genad)t. Nein, oit
'Shulo liegt BEL Ser Negier,lng. oi:
fIeine rHebner" ,nihGolie1 maft
aber Die 8roBen obne Wioeriprlih re
ben lG6t. $50 fins Die slgenten oel
Hegierung, urn Die 8oupernells-Mu
mobile nah5upriifen, INN gu ieben Of
Die @oltpernenre !pirflid) ibre patrio
iiihe Nfliht eriiillt baben, als lie nod
columbus fubren? Wir iin6 elm freies
2ano, aber manhe baben Die lrei
belt aud bier in Yaht genommen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
,frciheifsieit fif,cet tpieHer
ant 4. 1,1li itatt
heihbaltiges Eroeramm 1T fir bic
Jeier i'm Stabinm purseieben.
Gintritt lit frci fir allc.

Torbereitllngen lueroen Nun getroi,
len iiir eiu neiteres groBes nsseit ser
tSreibsit-. Gs lit oies GiepelanSs iGbr-
lide Teier oes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Sic am Ibeno oes 4. Suli imStaSilm
'tattfilroet. Sas oiesiGbrise 4rograns
1T auieSerum friessmGbia eebalten.
Sr. GuooIf Ginemaa birisiert oaS,
iSreibeits .SrheIter, oas iih aus 40
Wtitglieocrn bcs Glepelano Srceitera
,,r'ammeniett. 8aitpu Hole lit ser
3cremonienmeilter. Galentiue Sauers
1psin miro bie 8emeillihaftsgei1nge
leiten, pGbreno @m. sllbert Sugbes
Sen Gbor lcitet. Eeg Sumpbries leitei
Sic slaffiibrimgcn.
Sen Sohtpunft ser patrictiiGen
tSeier biIoen fiinflnNoicr5is Ntinuten
sscuerlperf.
giirgernleliter Trauf s. SallifC
ltcbt els GbrenuorlisenNer an Ser
Spite bes Grcflttipefplnitees, nab
reno &ihter ssrunf s. Wterrif pom
Segion Club uno George
II. 8iibler bonn Some to Glepelano"
Snmitee bes Gleoelano slHpertiiing
Club aftioe &priitenoe iino. @e in
iriiberen Sabrcn lit ser Gintritt gum
Sreibsitsieit fitr ole frei.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Ststerh
7es G!ebelan6 Gafetp Councils.

esohrrohfohrer es ~ ,hSr ;brc,
ysooen nm h;p tstprne y, h1ro,, obor
sie ,oGtrn sbren wooen ma ~ o;rer
ooirnooen strofcnbohnm,opr ohp~
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clh On o,,i ana; ,,er Nov MS,,r,
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Nbriis Scr u1aeinotlinie
,,,,cefs Ean>bcbau,1tto

Stodbolm. Gie bieiiee 3eitllna
vSagens Npbeter" berihtet aus Ser
lin, soaB sic franaGiilhe @tas!notIinie
nit srobter gila nIeoergeriBen miro,
Inn mebr 2ano sur gebaul,ng freight
Gefonlmen. Saglih ,peroen unse;dbr
1000 Sanfiperren in Ser breiten 8e-
feitigungs5pne abgerieben, beiBt es.
:sriiber .rar idon beridtet ,poroen,
OaB bie Oeutiden elm 8roBteil Ser
HeItiifung ser Sinie entfernten, lnl
bamit ibre nel,en gefeItigungen an
Hcr fran5oiiid}en aiiIte aussuriilten.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Ungarische Grippe
praeseniieri Balleii

llnter sem Eroteftorat Ses Sum,
garian ltniteo Babies Committee
iinS,t am Spnntag. oen q. SUM-,
I'm S:t5 ltbr abenos sic WeItliraui-
iiibrlne oes 9ollcts ,Oelibab"
Itatt. Die 5nnbliing ipuroe aui I'm.
eariihen Solfsiagen allfaebaut unh
bon Iimitri Gbutro, Der audi sic
2eitung bat, in bier 9iloern per-
iabt. Sic Muiif oisicr Shopil,ng
itammt BON 6ran5 2ii5t, bem eroben
lit llngarn geborenen &ommunilten.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24

Gie muiifaliide Seitung Iiegt in ben
&inoen bon gorparo Yfleeer. gtlpa
IS Sdn5er uno Sdn5erinnen t1ten
ltnter ser ssiibrung bon Gtulitri
Gbutro llno Slona snoaba5D aui.
Sie ginnabmen iperOen 5utn sln-
fauf bon slmbulan5en perDenbet.
Garten fonnen BEL Gbutro gkrrp
S433, uno srau 8res3ingb, Gyoar
1886, porbeltellt meroen.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1943-06-24
Sb es nphI rpirfIid, aum lei

- Sb es tpobl tuirtlih 5um leif)-
teren Grtraeen elmer 9isaueae bei-
trGgt, erenn fcnitatiert miro, bob iie
.oieoer einmal einen 8eforo gebrod)erl
bet?
= Nid)ts bat tpeiiiger Beitonb als
gebnmlterter S1naps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
Prayers For Peace

Important topics of the day are, what we are going to do when peace comes, the great things predicted for the post war period, and so on, but 8 more i'm portant topic, however, and one which is brought to our attention by leaders of Christian faiths is continuance and renewal of prayers for peace.
 With this idea ill mind the Holy Pon- tiff, Pope Plus XII, has again called on the world to pray chat peace will be reestab- lished soon. He has named December 8, which is observed as one of the great feastS of the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, as a particular day for public prayer everywhere.
 The Pontiff in his exhortation for prayer makes it clear that it is not peace alone that is needed, but "just peace. And as we closely watch the proceedings reported from the present meetings of the three leaders ir faroff localities that idea of just peace is in the minds of all, and great reliance is placed upon these men that they formulate something of that sort in the plans now being made.
 While this particular day, December 8, has been named by the Pope as day of prayer, it is pointed out that no day should pass that such prayers are of- fered, and as it was written in the cur rent issue on the editorial page of The Catholic Transcript, "the Pope's present exhortation merely concentrates on particular appropriate anniversary redoubled flood of prayer for universal peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
Views Of The Press

this: While no air force can wir the war alone, it can accomplish all but the final stroke. It does thi: not by destroying the enemy army in tke field but by disruptirs SUD- plies, transportation, t.nG coInmuni- cations. The result Is that the enemy army is able to operate only locally, limited to the supplies al- ready on hand and unable to draw on distant sectors for reinforce ments. Thus crippled, the final blow can be administered by the attack ing ground-force.
 Of course this theory cannot be executed with 100 per cent perfec- ton, but the current attack on Germany from the air is an at- tempt to apply 1t to the limits ot British and American air strength The Ruhr and the Rhineland have been bombed ports like Ham, burg have been destroyed the oil fields of Rumania and the transportation of Berlin have been impaired. Manifestly this does not "aAA O uCACdV OAlS 1cAAld11 bI1u1cH on the frontiers but rather to iso- late them.
 As more planes, supplies and air crews can be concentrated in Bri- tain and in Italy, this bomber theory will be all applied on an even greater scale. To follow intel ligently these operations, the public will do well to note carefully what our air forces expect and what they do not expect to accomplish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
Cairo Conference

The tribulations of newspaper editor, aS such, are of small interest to his read CTS, who have troubles of their own. But the way news is being mishandled by governmental agencies is of prime inn portance to every citizen in democracy, and should be of interest. Which is why, from time to time, we presume to call attention to situation that constantly grows no better On top of the Patton incident comes the Cairo conference, an event of so great importance that it must be assumed the President himself made the publicity rules
 For more than a week it was known, from Axis sources, that the setting would be Cairo. The specific hotel was named. Then came an interval Of silence during which most newspaper offices knew that MT. Roosevelt was en route to the con- ference, but played the game conscien- tiouSly by using his messages as though he personally had handed them out in the White House. So far, SO good
 By Tuesday various Axis radio stations were broadcaSting that the Cairo confer ence was ended and that the conferees were on their way to Iran to meet Mar shal Stalin. American press services were informed of that fact, but not for publication.
 Reuters, semi-official British service, sent from Lisbon story flatly saying what the Axis radio had told the world Our own office of War Information - the same which pledged American news papers to secrecy until 7:30 Wednesday evening - broadcast the Reuters dis patch on short wave in English, French, German, Italian and other languages, mentioning that Marshal and Mime. Chiang were there, and that one session was held in tent in the shadow of the Pyramids
 All the world knew, from Axis, Allied and American sources, that the confer ence had been held, where it was held, who attended, and whence the confereeS had adjourned. All the world, that is, except 135,000,OOO Americans who pro- vide soldiers and sailors and marines, manufacture the materiel of war and pay the bills.
 Anybody in the Old World with short wave set was privileged to know Tuesday from an American governmental agency what had happened. For some peculiar reason Americans at home could not be trusted until 7:30 - Sharp-WedneSd evening. It isn't our worry. We weren't scooped. It's your worry. It was you that your government let down, once more,, through blundering use of the most lethal weapon that can be used against democracy-the censorship of news.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
Revolutionary Plans

Henry Ford announces that after the war he will produce, at Willow Run, an unique new multiple engine cargo-pas- senger plane that will be safe, flexible and economical to operate and that may revolutionize air transport.
 MT. Ford will find some of the old line plane companies hot in competition for postwar business - concerns like Douglas, Consolidated, Boeing and Lock- heed. Henry Kaiser may have something to say, and Andrew Jackson Higgins is not without ideas.
 It would not be proper to assume that MT. Ford is going to corner the postwar big plane business. Neither would it be wise to sell the genius of Detroit short His entry into the competition should be fine thing for the air age that lies just ahead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
Time to Report Again

Well, here it is almost the 18th of December. Thanksgiving is past, thank goodness. Christmas is just around the corner, and after that comes the New Year. Probably you're busy trying to find gifts for the youngsters, the relatives, and those friends who just must be remembered even in War time. You may even, like some others of us, be wonder ing how you are going to finance Christ mas at the current "stabilzed' level of prices without suspending war bond purchases or going short on food. It's shame to add to your worries, but be- tween now and December 18th you had better take time out to look over that income tax estimate you filed in Septem- Der, and see whether it still holds up. If not, you know, you must file another estimate by midnight of the 18th. In any event, you had better Scurry around and find money to pay an installment on the tax. In the good old days, income tax returns had to be filed only once year. The worst that could happen to you on July IS, September 15 and December Is was to have to write an installment check.
 But the Treasury was eager to protect the lower economic strata, so you may nave 10 He 1OuT TeCurIlS cdCn year, one of them double report rounding up last year and prognosticating next year all at once. Uncle Sam, we are told, has tax headaches. The Bureau of Internal Revenue can't get along on its $95 5O0000O appropriation. It must add 13,000 to it's old 36,OOO employees, and that requires further $22, 100000 for which Congress has been asked. Why? On account of those multiple returns which the Treas ury succeeded in adding to the simple original pay-as-you-earn principle. To handle the red tape with which Treasury "experts' bedeviled g. straightforward modernization of the income tax.
 Of course, you understand that all these troublesome, expensive returns aren't necessary. They are not integral -arts of the pay-as-you-earn principle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04
IN THE FOXHOLES or COLCHESTER
Hartford TimeS)

There Is joy in the foxholes of Colchester. After spending 500 in bounties on foxes, at $5 per pelt, 0 special town meeting declined to make any additional appropriation. The foxes will again have the run of the hencoops 50 far as the men, ace of Q bounty is concerned. They will not be safe from any shotgun or rifle whose owner is ready to fire without inducement of bounty. Colchester officials were of the belief that some of the foxes shot were non-residents. That might well be true. But what of 1t? Might not some of the foxes which laid teeth into white and dark meat of tender Colchester chickens aiso have been non-residents? Is there any one in the house who believes that Brer Fox's prowling pleasure and taste for chicken are at all limited by town boundaries? He is no such provincial.
 Hartford folk find Colchester poultry good eating. So do, no doubt. the foxes having holes in the adjoining towns of Marlborough, Hebron, Lebanon, BoTah, Salem, East Haddam and East Hampton. representing no fewer than four counties, Hartford, Holland, New London and Middlesex.
 It is no small matter to offer bounties for foxes having such 8 wide range of residence. Their number might be considerable. But by the same token the poultry pens and coops of Colchester are exposed to much the same far-fung threat of the foxs fatal fang.
 Just possibly the foxes do not read this and so may not make the most of their opportunity. At any rate the fox hunters opportunity to collect bounty has ended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04

pack lip and go out as 8 preacher to the Indians. While great dis tlnction came to him the last few months of his life, there was Q period previous to that time when he, who had preached to great con- gregations and whose writings were read with interest and admiration by philosophers all over the world, found himself holding services for little groups of dozen or more Red skins, most of whom could not read or write. He who had once been noted as 8 great orator became, almost at the end of his career, the counselor of people who had no ap- preciation whatsoever of his great ness.
 Delnotion is always hard to take, and courageous Is that man indeed who can take 1t with a calm spirit. Edwards did his work among the Indians as faithfully as he had preached to his intelligent congre- gation in Northampton. He was called to the presidency of Prince toa College ard served for one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04

of Colorado, for almost two years while attending college in Colo rado and Washington.
 Today. young Chenoweth is no longer being paid for not work ing in his fathers office. How ever, ChenoWeth, Senior, didn't drop a stitch in his nepotism knit ting. Hardly had his son left the payroll when & daughter, Wanda, was inserted in the job at $1,- 800 a year, $500 raise.
 Congressman Chenoweth's case is only one out of many on api- tol Hill. Here's the roll-cau on other House members who hay, relatives billeted on the taXpay- CTS:
 Rep. Paul Stewart of Oklahoma A step-daughter, Mary Ellen Smith, gets $3,200 8 year, practic- ally half of his yearly clerk-hire allowance.
 Rep. Albert E. Carter of Cali fornia-His wife, Mary Lee Carter, is paid $2,300 8 year for working in his office occasionally.
 Rep. Harry DwOrshak of Idaho Mrs. Dworshak is $1 ,200-a-year assistant.
 Rep. John s. Gibson of Geor- gia-Mrs. Gibson, listed on his payroll as Jimmie" Gibson, is paid 5000 year by the tax payers.
 NOTE: With prices high and not even a Little Steel formula salary increase for congressman, many an Al legislator is finding it hard to educate his children and live on his Congressional sal- ary. Washington is one of the most expensive cities in the coun- try in which to live.
 SOLDIERS OVERSEAS VOTE
 Administration leaders used every parliamentary trick in the book to defeat the Bridges amend ment to the soldiers vote bill-an amendment which gives the Demo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04

cratic and Republican National Committees 8 voice in the selec- ton of the Ballot Commissioners. Administrationites argued that the amendment was a reflection" on the President.
 ThS day before the amendment was adopted by the Senate, its author, Republican Sen. Bridges of New Hampshire, tried to rail- road vote when there were only eight Democrats on the floor. Sen. Scott Lewis of Illinois, co-author of the vote bill, suggested the ab- sence of quorum. However, the quorum call failed to bring more than IA Democrats to the Sen- ate floor. So Lucas played his next card.
 He demanded individual "ycas and nays" on the vote. This would give Democratic colleagues who were attending committee meet ings time to declare themselves. Senate Republicans, who outnum- bered Democrats 2 to 1, opposed the motion, but the presiding of- ficer, Democratic Senator Ernest Mcfarland of Arizona, nonethe- theless ordered a "yea and nay" vote.
 This strategy enabled many ab- sentee Democratic to get to the floor, and the Bridges amend ment was licked by 8 tie vote, 33 to 33. Afterwards, Senator Arr thur Vandenberg, Michigan Re- publican, who appreciates par liamentary legerdemain, even in an opponent, walked over to Me- Farland and, grinning, said: Sen ator, let me congratulate you on your eyesight."
 NOTE: The next day, on re- consideration, Bridges put over his amendment by one-vote majority.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04

They were put on afterward. We cannot prove that they were added deliberately, for the purpose of making the pay-as- you-earn tax unpopular so as to create popular demand for its repeal. The i'm pedimenta can be stripped off any time Congress hears from enough voting tax payerS-after which there could remain a sane, simple, efficient, effective pay-as- you-earn income tax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-04

1 the percentage of available work ing time lost in October was only l one-fifth of what it was in June, or 12/OO0 of 1 per cent in October as against 60/100 of l per cent in June.
 1 These figures are undoubtedly as correct as any figures on this sub ject can be, and at face value they make things look pretty dandy. Taking these figures alone, 1t might be possible to deduce that the l Smith Connal1y War Labor Dis- putes act, passed last June over the Presidents veto was bowling success and had been responsible for vastly reducing the number of strikes.
 The trouble is that these figures don't begin to tell the whole story 1 of the present labor situation.
 MISSING FIGURES
 In the first place, there are no strike statistics either given or available for the months of July, August and September, so the trend over tins four-month period of op- eration of the Smith, Connally law simply doesn't show. When Con- gress cut the appropriation for the domestic news service of the Office of War Information, one of the ways in which OWI cut down its expenses so as to live within its budget was by eliminating its news paper clipping service, which check ed on some 500 key papers from all over the country.
 To get any conception of what the labor war and peace picture has been during the first four months of operation of the Smith Connally law, 1t is necessary to go to the records of pr. John R. Steelman's Consolidation Service. By comparing it's figures for the four month per iod July October, 1943, with the same four months in 1922, you get this picture:
 Strike situations handled, BIT, 713; Strikes settled, 685, sos; Threatened strikes, which did not develop 570, 864; Lockouts, 10 H.; All other labor controversies requir- ing Cancellation Service, 3,674, 1920. LABOR DISPUTES DOUBLE
 Here you have a slight increase in the numbver of actual strike situa- tions handled this year over last, but this might readily be accounted for by the comparatively greater number of workers in the labor force. The significant figure, how ever is in the number of labor dis puteS arising-double in 1943 over 1922.
 This increase may be explained by the fact that the Stabilization act with its wage stabilization pro- visions did not take effect until Oc- tober, 1942. The number of wage adjustment cases has gone up stead fly ever since. and is reflected all through 1943.
 The number of strikes rose stead lily through the first six months of 1943, from 195 in January to 425 in June. There was an abrupt falling oil after the passage Of the SmitL Cof1nally act, for about two months Labor wasn't sure of its right under the act or how 1t would Ee admin istered. Then, with the discovery that there were no real penalties fir the act, the number of strikes and disputes began to increase. Veteran labor relations men estimate that about half of today's strikes are un- authorized, meaning that they are union or local union strikes, unauthorized by international union headquarters and outside the regu- larized procedure of the Smith Connally act.