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Evening star., 1943-03-16
Port Huron Milk Drivers
STAGE Anti-Union Strike
Bvthe Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
PORT HURON. Mich, March 16.
Approximately so non-union driv-
ers and employees of nearly dozen
dairies here ceased work today, cut
ting off milk supplies in this area,
in protest against what spokesman
SAID were attempts by AFL team
sters to organize them.
Deliveries to homes. restaurants,
war plant cafeterias, groceries and
other retail outlets were halted. The
group continued deliveries to the
city hospital and diaries were ar
ranging service to invallds and
homes with small children
Clarence r. Smith, spokesman for
the union drivers, said, This
Is a strike in reverse. These men
are satisfied with their JOBS and
working conditions. They want to
continue without outside interter-
ence."
AT Detroit, James Hoffa. business
agent of the Joint Council of the
Teamsters' Union, said that the
teamsters have mo part whatever"
in the milk stoppage in the Port
Huron area and that his union's
only action was taken about month
ago when it placed two large cream
cries of an unfair" list.
Mr.. Hoffa said that IN the area
there were three unionized dsiries
which were continuing to operate.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Pay Slash Curb
Voted by Senate
Committee
Floor Fixed at Highest
Level in First Nine
Months of 1912
b. the Associated Press.

The Senate Finance Commit
tee voted without dissent today
to amend the House-approved
debt limitation bill to prevent
any reduction in wages or sa.-
aries below the highest level they
had reached between January
and September Is, 1912.
Chairman George said the COM
mittee decided to discard the
amendment by Representative Dis
ney, Democrat, of Oklahoma which
the House had attached to the bill
and write a new and more simple
formula ruling that Government
agencies had no authority to cut
salaries OF wages back of the level
they had reached in the first nine
months of 1912
Disney Amendment Provisions.
The Disney amendment specif-
ically prohibited any governmental
action that would limit annual in
comes to less than was paid before
December 7, l94l, or less than
$4,000 after payment of Federal
taxes
In effect it would permit man
whose income exceeded $25 900 be-
fore the Pearl Harbor attack to
continue to receive it, and a man
who was paid less to be raised to
that amount.
The committees action would. in
effect, Senator George added, repeal
provision of an executive order
directing that salaries be held to a
maximum level of $4,000 after pay
ment of taxes
Didn't Intend Salary Cuts.
This action indicates the judg-
ment of the committee that the
Price Control or Sterilization Act
was not intended to authorize any
general blanket reduction in wages
or salaries below the highest level
such wages and salaries had reached
in the period before September -,
1912, Senator George declared.
The salary limitation legislation
was attached as rider to bill
authorizing an increase in the ma
tional debt from sl25 900 100000 to
$4,000, 100000.
Senator George said the commit
tees sction would place wages and
salaries on exactly the same basis.
so far as controls are concerned
Both would be stabilized as nearly
as possible at levels of September
Is. 1912. They could not be re-
duced below the point they had
reached then, except in rare cases
of individual inequities. Neither
could they be increased above that
point without approval of executive
agencies.
Senator George added that the
fSee SALARY, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Kaiser New Chairman
OF Brewster Plane Firm
B he Associated Press.

b ne Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March l6.-Henry
j. Kaiser, ship steel and magnesium
maker, was named today chairman
OF The Board of Directors of Brew
ster Aeronautical Corp. in a new
expansion OF interests into the field
Of alrplanes.
The move made the Nations s No. /
shlpbullder a major figure in the
aircraft industry He already had
acquired control of a smaller plane
building concern.
A statement from the new man
agemcnt of Brewster said that a
new board was taking office. eff
feCtive at once
Three Of the members of the new
board were members Of the former
directorate,
In addition to Mr Kaiser, the new
board included T. J. Walsh, Paul S.
Marin, Chad F, Calhoun, william
F. Kurtz, Capt. George c. Wester-
Velt. u. S. N. retired: Frederick
Rebel, jr.: F. Dean Schwake and
E. E. Trefethen.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Al Smith, La Guardia
And Kennedy Talk
With Roosevelt
No Particular Subject
Discussed, Former
Governor Declares

President Roosevelt conferred
today with three New York po-
litical figures, Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia, former Gov. Alfred E.
Smith and Michael J. Kennedy,
head Of Tammany Hall.
There was no official indication of
any connection between the sepa-
rate conferences.
Mr.. Smith, one-time political
crony of the President who broke
with him in 1882. told reporters he
Just had a little talk with MI.
Roosevelt
He declined to disclose what sub
Iect he discussed with the President,
and said there was no particular
reason for the conference.
La Guardia "Out of Politics.
Mayor La Guardia, declaring I'm
out of politics" said the main pur-
pose OF his visit to Washington was
to talk with Agriculture Depart
ment and OPA officials about i'm
proving the food situation in New
VI IA SllS.
After Mr., Kennedy had seen the
President he said they discussed the
welfare and interest of the city of
New York including an unemploy-
ment problem and political matters,
but he did not go into details.
He said there was no discussion
of fourth term for Mr.. Roosevelt
or of a possible successor to Mr..
La Guardia.
The people will decide the fourth
term he asserted
Mr.. Kennedy repeated that re-
mark when asked whether there
would be any Tammany help for
another presidential term, adding.
L will say this, in view of all the
unfair and undue criticism of the
President, he looks fine"
He said they had covered the
political situation generally in New
York City and that the situation
was fine"
MI. Smith, asked if there was any
particular reason for your coming
down?' replied No"
Did you discuss any particular
subject?"
No"
Mr.. Smith said he went to the
British Embassy this morning to re-
new acquaintanceS with British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden,
(See SMITH. Page 2-XJ
Evening star., 1943-03-16
ALL-OUT WAR ON SUBS MAPPED BY ALLIES
UNDERSTANDING
Is Eden's Aim,
Roosevelt Saws
Earlier Story on Page A-6.D

NA"iHCi otUIy On rage A-O.)
President Roosevelt said late
today that the objective of Brit
lsh Foreign Secretary Anthony
Edens visit here is better under
standing among the United Ma
tlons, but warned against any
expectation of specific settle
ments of postwar problems in the
near future.
He told a press conference that
he did not believe there was any
news on the question of forming
United Nations council now. en-
phaSlzing that the aim now is
through increasing conversations to
arrive at better understandings
among the Allies on all postwar
problems
When reporter asked if one
difficulty in achieving such under
standings was not the fact that
the American Government policy
was not settled definitely, the Presi-
dent said 1t was not necessary to
try to dot all the Is and cross all
the T'S.
The Allies are trying now to win
the war first, and secondly work
toward general postwar detectives,
he aoded.
On the domestic front. Mr.. Roose-
welt declined any comment on a
threat of a coal mine strike if the
miners do not get a s2-a-day wage
increase, saying only that he did not
want to prejudge a case.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Gifts 10 Red Cross
Now Total S677,386,
43.5 PET. Of Goal
PEPCO Employees Almost
Triple Amount They
Subscribed Lost Year
Earlier Story on Page AID

The District Red Cross War
Fund continued to grow today,
reports submitted at luncheon
meeting showing $677 1856 con-
tributed to date by 103 ,697 per-
sons and firms.
The S677 1856 represents 435 per
cent of the 81, l,555 400 goal
A. G. Neal, campaign chairman
and president of Potomac Electric
Power Co, said rs per cent of his
firms 1000 employees have made
gifts to the Red Cross in an aggre-
gate amount nearly three times as
large as was subscribed last year
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker will
make an appeal Cor the District
Red Cross war fund at Thursday S
luncheon meeting at the United
States Chamber of Commerce, cam
paign headquarters announced late
today He will address workers in
the city, residential and county
divisions.
The number of contributors,
amounts pledged and percentage of
quota OF the leading divisions fol-
lows:
Government, 8l9O2, $500, ,492. II
44O6 per cent: general business,
II 1O65. sl95 ,99056, 62.9 per cent :,
city, 2,572, S58 $50 So, 29.5 per cent
residential, 6,492, s84, 1864 05, 29.5 per
cent: Arlington. 754, S4,75489, 234
per cent; Fairfax, 909, S5,S1261.
248 per cent; Montgomery. con-
tributorS unlisted, amount 1000,
tSee RED CROSS. Page 2-X)
Evening star., 1943-03-16
| German Losses
| At EI AIumein
Put at 10000
B. he Associated Press


LONDON. March 16 Sir James
Gnag, War Secretary, said IN A
written reply 10 question IN the
House Of Commons today that 30
coo Germans were among the ap-
proximately $4,000 AXIS casualties in
the battle beginning at FL Alamein,
Egypt, on October % and lasting
until November 5 There were T.
200 German prisoners.
AXIS forces facing the British 8th
Army when the battle started ana
before Marshal Erwin RommeI $
long retreat to Tunisia began were
estimated at 10000 Germans and
q 600 Italians, he said
Nearly all the italians were
casualties, about half of them prls-
oners, Grige SAID.
The secretary said British cas-
ualtics in the battle we're l3 600 the
figure Prime Minister Churchill
gave Commons November II.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Earlier Story on Page AID

tEarner story on rage ALI
By he Associated Press,
Chairman Connally of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee reiterated today that he
favors a postwar international
agency to preserve the peace, :"
but said the administration is
not committed to the collective
security system proposed by
Senator Ball, Republican, of
Minnesota.
Senator Ball today introduced a
resolution covering his suggestions,
which include postwar interna-
tional police force. Offered as the
only practical means of controlling
the plague of war" the resolution
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Error in Intelligence
Blamed for American
Losses al faid Pass
Main Germon Thrust
Had Been Expected
In Pichon Area
81 he Associated Press.


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, March 16.-The
Americans lost their first major
battle with the German Army in
Central Tunisian fighting Febru-
ary 14-l6 due to an error in in
telligence, combined with a
faulty disposition of troops, the
official version of the event indi-
Gated today.
An official spokesman in outlining
the day-by-day development of the
battle during which the Germans
reached the outskirts of Thala. key
to the Northern Tunisian plateau,
conceded that American losses in
material had been very heavy
Our intelligence at the start of
the battle was faulty, in that we were
convinced the Germans would make
their main effort at Pichon, instead
Of farther south at Faid, as they
did the spokesman said
Americans Ready at Pichon.
For this reason a strong Ameri-
can combat team was kept in the
mountains northwest of Pichon
ready to counter this thrust.
At the time the battle started
with Marshal Erwin Rommels
thrust out Of Faid Pass on Sunday
morning, February Ia. the Ameri-
cans had two mixed combat teams
stationed at Hadjed Ell Aioun, north
OF Faid Pass, and at Sidi Bouzid to
the south of the pass There also
was mixed team of infantry and
artillery and small armored force
at Gafsa, still farther south in the
Chott Djerid area.
There also were some battalions
Of infantry at Feriana, to the rear
OF Fald Pass.
Using about $50 tanks, the Ger
mans attacked through three passes
IN the vicinity of Faid on the morn
ing OF the l4th. One group of 20
tanks came directly Out of Faid Pass.
Another group of 80 came out of
pass to the north of Fa!d. catching
the infantry at Djebel Lessouda. 6
miles west Of Faid. in The rear. A
third group of 30 came out of a pass
south of Faid, below Sidi Bouzid.
(See TUNISIA, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1943-03-16
AFL Demands
WLB Scrap
Pay formula
Federotion's Members
On Board Coll for
New Policy on Wages
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Fress.
AFL members of the War
Labor Board called on the board
today to scrap its Is per cent
wage adjustment formula. adopt
a new policy and guarantee de-
cisionS by majority rule within
the board without dictation" by
any person or governmental
agency.
The AFL group of five. headed BY
Secretary Treasurer George Meany
submitted their demands in a petit
ton summarized in these five points
/. Increase the allowance for NAL
adjustments or increase in the cost
of living from Is per cent to a new
realistic figure based on the actual
cost of living to the worker
2. Permit employers to apply the
maladjustment principle thus modi-
fed without obtaining approval
from the WLB.
Realistic Policy Demanded.
3, Formulate and put into effect
which recognizes the existence of
inequalities, Substandard wages and
the need to aid in the better prose-
cution of the war.
d. Set a date Immediately for a
rehearing OF the packing house and
West Coast air frame cases in the
light Of the suggested new wage
policy.
5. Guarantee that the right of
the WLB to arrive at its own de-
cisions on wage matters by the dem
ocratic process Of majority rule
shall be preserved without dictation
by any person or governmental
agency.
Signers were Mr.. Meany and
Matthew Woll. who hold full men,
berships on the board, and Martin
P Durkin, Louis A. Lopez and Fred
Hewitt, alternate members. The
WLB is made up OF equal repreSen-
tation from labor, industry and the
public.
Reference to Byrnes.
Reference in the petition to die
tation' was an echo to a complaint
by AFL members during considera-
ton of the aircraft case two weeks
ago that Sterilization Director
James F, Byrnes was interfering in
WLB decisions.
The petition asked the board to
discontinue its existing wage policy
and to formulate a wage policy
which is genuinely equitable. accu-
rately realistic and admlnlstratively
possible.
Specifically, we request the
board to scrap its So-Called Is per
cent formula enunciated in the
Little Steel cases, to give more than
lip service i'll recognition of wage
inequalities and substandard wages.
and to utilize the possibilities for
wage adjustment which now exist
in the nebulous phrase aid in the
effective prosecution Of the war -
The authority under which the
board operates permits pay rises to
laid in the effective prosecution of
the war" but the board has not
given any increases for that purpose
as such. The AFL members con-
tend the Is per cent adjustment for
cost of living was substantially be-
low the actual increase in living
costs TO the workers.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Administration Not Committed
To Balls Plan, ConnoIIy Says
Cautions Against Move to Write Postwar
Legislation Now; Fears Bitter Senute Fight

sets forth the minimum essen
tials" for cooperation now and later
among the United Nations.
In a carefully -worded statement,
Senator Connally declared that
neither he, the White House nor the
State Department are committed to
the plan
In cautioning against attempts to
write full postwar legislation now.
the Texan said he would regret to
see the Senate at this time plunged
into bitter and almost endless de-
bate over controversial questions. :"
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio.
had predicted earlier the resolution
(See POSTWAR, Page PIX
Evening star., 1943-03-16

STAMFORD, Conn. March 16.-
The Fairfield County Legislative
Committee of the CIO today made
public letter to Representative
Glare Boothe Luce, Republican, in
which it charged she was f'becom-
ing leader of the opposition which,
with the main war cry of bureauc-
racy and selhshness, is fighting
more against the President and
labor than against Hitler and his
AXIS
Mrs. Luce represents Connecticuts
fourth congressional district, which
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Aide to Commerce Head
For Small Firms Urqed
B. he Associated press.

~ NJ hSNOCia yea l'ttSSr
Creation of the post of Assistant
Secretary Of Commerce IL charge of
small business was proposed today
in the House by Representative
Howell. Republican, of Illinois. He
called his bill q forward step in
solving the problems of the little
fellow
The assistant secretary. appointed
by the President subject to Senate
confirmation. would supervise and
coordinate Government activities
dealing with small business to
preserve and protect the small bust
ncssman as component part Of
free enterprise
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Thousands.W Out
At Ford Rouge Plant;
Aircraft Work Halls
DiscipIinine Of Seven
Shop Committeeman
After Fight Blamed
BULLETIN.

DETROIT (P).-Production
in the aircraft building of the
Ford Motor Co. Rouge plant,
interrupted today by walk
out of nearly 5000 workers,
was resumed at $3.50 pm.
when the afternoon shift re-
ported
b. the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 16.-Produc-
ton in the aircraft building of
the Ford Motor Co.'S Rouge plant
was suspended today, a company
spokesman reported, after sew
eral thousand employees walked
out in protest against the discip-
lining of seven United Automo-
bile Workers (CIO) shop COM
mitteemen.
The men disciplined, the spokeS-
man said, were accused of engaging
in a fight with plant protection en-
ployes last week. The actions
against them ranged from discharge
20 two-month layoffs.
An Army Navy e" award was
given the aircraft plant last week.
Began Before Noon.
Today's walkout began shortly be-
fore noon and by 1890 pm, the
spokesman said, all but few of the
employees had left.
The plant produces Pratt &
Whitney engines for aircraft.
A few hours before the walkout
started, employees in the plants alu-
minum foundry who started an un-
authorized stoppage last night, had
returned to their jobs.
A company spokesman said total
of 1897 man-hours was lost in the
foundry stoppage.
Name Calling Contest"
A Ford Local 600 UAW-CIO spokes-
man said increased production was
not involved in the foundry dispute
and that the layof followed name
calling contest engaged in by a
foreman and the committeeman
This spokesman said the workers
contended both should receive like
punishment and struck after the
company refused to discipline the
foreman.
The men returned to work after
personal appeals by Paul Ste-Marie,
president of Local 600, and Percy
Llewellyn, vice president.
There was no comment from union
officials on the aircraft building
walkout.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Barney Ross Sits Up;
Fever Down 10 100
Earlier Story on Page A-2D

ES the Associated Press
NEW YORK March 16.-Corpl
Barney Ross. marine hero of Qua
dacanal, was able to sit up in bed
lake food and read newspapers today
at the United States Naval Hospital
in ST. Adams. Queens.
Ross suffered recurrence of ma
larla fever last night shortly before
he was TO appear at a Red Cross
rally at Madison Square Garden
To-day his temperature has dropped
from l04 to 100 and was returning
to normal.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
C|O In Connecticut Attacks
Mrs. Luce as 'TroubIe-Muker'

is Fairfield County. The letter was
signed by Samuel Gruber of Stam-
ford and Mrs. Josephine Willard of
Bridgeport, co-secretaries of the
committee
1t took Mrs. Luce to task for her
advocacy of postwar American air
domination. which it asserted was
in truth a most dangerous Ameri-
can invita- ton to America to embark
on postwar path of Imperialism
which will inevitably lead us to
World War Three"
Your tone" the letter continued
(See LUCE, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Senate Completes Action
On Deficiency Measure

81 .Ee As-oClalcd Fle99.
The Senate today completed con-
aIesSlonal action on a S6230 600 900
deficiency bill which includes ST.
l73 100000 OF contract authorize
tons for building 2l6l cargo ships
AS finally approved, 1t also carries
81 200 600 for care OF babies born to
wives Of enlisted men in the armed
forces
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, March l6 tP).-
Stocks lower; activity slackens.
Bonds irregular; low-priced jun
ior rails falter. Cotton higher:
trade price fixing, scale-up liqui-
dation.
CHICAGO.-Wheat, So to
cent higher; limited offerings.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Late News Bulletins
Pair Found With Throots SIoshed in HyottsyiI|e

Stephen Gray 80, Hyattsve Md. today being held
IN Jail by Prince Georges County police after
Lucille Neville, a. Badensburg, found the
HyatSVie filling station with their hroats cut Policeman
E c. ClSse said Gray will be charged with
intent to kill adding that Gray told sashings were
part Of suicide pact This denied however
Neville, who condition at Leland Memorial Hos
nit N
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Sid-Down Over Hirinq
Of Women Threatens
1ie-Up in ShipYard
Bethlehem m-FoirfieId, Inc,
Crane Operators Strike
As Three Are Replaced
: the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, March 16.-The
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard,
Inc, reported today that 33 male
electric bridge crane operators
had staged a sit down strike in
protest against replacement of
three men with woman opera
tors, adding that the action
threatened to throw several
thousand persons out of work.
A spokesman for the company,
which is a subsidiary of Bethlehem
Steel, said the sit-doWn strike began
at 7 am, in the fabricating shop,
which supplies the structural skele-
tons for construction of Liberty
ships.
Women Continue Work.
The three women operators, who
continued working, were unable to
keep up with the demands of the
assembly lines, the spokesman con-
tinued, and as a result the work
sloWup was becoming more and
more serious"
The official said that representa-
tives of the crane operators de-
Clared they would not go back to
work until men were placed along
SIDE each of nine women crane op-
orators on three shifts.
Three women have been trained
over a period of several weeks for
each of the three shifts. the spokes-
man added In compliance with
the War Labor Boards request to
replace as many males as possible
with women"
No Union Involved.
The men were assigned to crane
ground crews at the same wage they
had been receiving, the official said,
but doing work which women were
physically unable to do,
He added that there apparently
was no involvement of any union,
saying the men on the 7 m 3 80
pm. shift were believed to have
decided themselves upon the stop
page in protest against replacement
by women.
The women operators first began
handling the cranes alone last
night. the Official said. adding that
there was no complaint. However,
on the II pm-7 am. shift there
was complaint which held up work
for 20 or Is minutes, he reported.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Chinese InfIict Heavy Joponese Losses

CHUNGK1NG H'.-HeaVy losses being inflicted on
reeang japanese forces in Southern Hupeh the
Chinese high reported Hating of the enemvs
latest southwark drive along the Yanetze River
nounced yesterday, and odayS communque doubt
were 10
Evening star., 1943-03-16

LONDON DP.-Two large Axis supply ships torpedoed
the North Sea early this morning the Admiralty announced
today communque said the vessels part of convoy
intercepted by British Terschene on the
Netherlands coast
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Letho| Cos Chamber Asked for District

bill providing that the mode Of capital punishment in
the District be by administering letha gas introduced
IN the Senate today by Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee The bill is similar bill introduced
by Senator McCaran last year and which passed by the
Senate but which further was taken Electro
njc+ric
Evening star., 1943-03-16
OFT for Latin America
Two Big Axis Supply Ships Torpedoed

Wee President Wallace left by plane at 2
or trip TO Central and South America.
Evening star., 1943-03-16
Weather Report

Showers and continued warm. with moderate to
fresh winds tonight. Temperatures TO-DAY
Highest 10 at 80 pm; lowest, 81 at am. Full
report on page A-1e
Fuel oil consumption should b. IS per cent
Of allotment for the current heating season
Evening star., 1943-03-16

tSee RED CROSS. Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1943-03-16

(See TUNISIA, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1943-03-16

(See SMITH. Page TX