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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-16
KakO SO bill
zaprisezeni jugoslov,
regent v Belgradu

- ~
BELGRAD.-- (ONA).- Land
rum Boiling, XII Sc nahaja kot
correspondent Overseas N w s
Agency v Belgradu, poroea ma
slednje o zaprisegi jugoslovan-
skin regentov:
v mali sprejemni dvorani ju-
goslovanskega parlamenta so 5.
marca prevzeli trije regent OBJ
last kralja Petra. Svecanost je
bila kratka, toda slikovita. Ia
prisego so izvedli najvisji kra-
jevni predstavniki srbske pra-
voslavne in RI m s k o-katoliske
cerkve. Predsedoval je dr.. Ivan
Subasic, XII je v teku popoldneva
potem predal regentom svojo
demisijo. Istocasno je tudi ma
rodno osvobodilni odbor marsa-
la tTita, XII je dozdaj izvrseval
funkcijo Wade, predal svojo od-
stavko predsednistvu AVNOJ-a,
provizoricnega partiza nskega
parlamenta. Takoj nato je dobil
marsal Tito nalogo, da .sestavi
novo vlado. Ito Sc je cd tedaj Re
izvrsilo.)
Svecanost zaprisege regentov,
XII je bila prvi korak ma tenn po-
tn, Sc je zacela $ tenn, da je bivsi,
ministerski predsednik london
ske jugoslovanske Wade DIR. Su-
basic precital kraljev ukaz, ka-
terim je Peter predal oblast re-
gentom. Patrij arh-poslo
Josip Rose je nato izvedel cere-
monijo zaprisege Srdjana Budi-
savljevica, pri cemer je gorela
sveea, docim SO prepreyali pev-
ski zbori svecane motive. RIM
sko-katoliski, skof Ujcic je po-
tenn precital prisego tudi Ante
Mandicu in Dusana Sernecu, ii
sta katolika.
Med navzocim ohcinstvonl SO
Sc nahajali predstavniki ameri-
ske, britanske in ruske vojaske
missile, stirje clani bivse Subasi-
ceve Wade in clani AVNOJ-a. B
Oba najvaznejsa igralca te ve-
like drame Tito in Peter pa
sta bila odsotra.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-16

Kot smo ze vceraj porocali, je
umrl Vitus Kmet, star 81 let,
stanujoc ma 62O6 Schade Ave.
Bill je sin poznane pionirske
Kmetove dr1lzine. Rojen je bill \
Clevelandu. Bill je mirnega xna-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-16

ra 50 let. Donna je bila u Yer
duna pri Toplicah il " Ameriki
IS let. Pokopana je bila u Ia
Sallu. zapuzca moxa. sina, Atiri
'hcere, brata IA dve sestri.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-16
AMERISKE VoJNE IZGU-
BE NARASTLE ma 83s. 58e

81 NAAASlLE ma 639,o6!
WASHINGTON, Is. mar
ca. - Vojni tajnik Stimson
.je danes naznanil, da izgu-
be ameriskih sill ma kop-
hem ma zapadni 'front.' liza
invazije Europe, proslega
junija znasajo 425, ,OO7. Cd
tega stevila jih ma februar
odpade 34,468.
Stimson je opozoril, da
SO biIe februarske izgube
znatll0 niz je cd januar-
skin, XII so znasale 1862,
medtem ko so aIneriske IL
cube ma zapadni 'front.' v de-
cembru znasale 74,788.
TIE podrobnosti 0 izgubah
ma zapadni 'front.' je vojni
tajnik pod al " splosnem
porOcilu, IL katerega je raz-
vidn0, da so armadne izgu-
be ma vseh frontah, odkar
Sc dezela nahaja v vojni, do
7. marca znasale 748,457,
skupno z izgubami mornari-
ce, XII so do istega dne zna-
sale 81, 1872, pa SO vse anne
riske izgube vrubihh, ranje-
nih in pogresanih do 7.
marca stele 839, $50.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-16
SGT. HERMAN KUNSTEL

SGT. HERMAN KUNSTEL
Dodatno Sc poroca glede Sgt.
Hermana Kunstela, XII je bill u
jet cd Nemcev ma zapadni from
ii, da so ga osvopodili Rusi, ko
so vdrli v vzh O q n o Nemcijo.
Sgt. Kunstel je bill med 121 Ia
vezniskimi ujetniki, XII Sc imajo
zahvaliti "a svojo svobodo Rde-
ci vojski.
Kakor smo ze porocali, ina
Sgt. Kunstel tukaj zeno Marga-
ret in sest mesecev stare hcer-
ko, XII stanujeta ma 5716 Euclid
Ave.
RAPHAEL F. STARMAN
Resne srapnelske rane po
obrazu in vratu je dobil 9. fe-
bruarja v vojni zoni ma Fill
pinskih otokih porocnik Raphael
F. Starman, star 25 let, XII Sc
sedaj zdravi v vojaski bolnisni-
ci ma Holandskih vzhodnih oto-
kin.
Porocnik Starman ina v Gle
velandu zeno Marion in lime
secnega sincka Roberta, XII sta
nujeta ma 912 Eddy Rd. Njego-
vi starsi, Mr.. in Mrs. Joseph
Starman bivajo ma 98O1 Par
malice Ave.
Ranjeni castnik je pohajal
Glenville High Solo in oh casu
svoje indukcije pohajal v Cleve-
land College. Preko morja je bill
poslan v septembru 1941.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
Operators

k(Onunu&u y rum rage ~
bers favor a permanent differ
entail i'm the price of crude pro-
duced from stripper wells and
also by secondary recovery OPP
erations.
If the operator favors the differ
entail, he is then asked IL he
believes such posted differential
above the posted field price should
be paid by the federal government
out of funds raised by general taxa
ton.
If the answer to that one is mo-"
then the operator is asked to out
line the plan HE would suggest, and
it is here that many are begging
down.
Many operators, in informal dis
cussions this week, expressed them
selves as opposed to a subsidy to
be paid out of general taxation, TAX
ing the stand such a procedure
might be subject to cancellation at
any time by congress aiming at
cut in federal expenditures. Thus,
any operators who had made heavy
investments on the strength of the
anticipated continuation of a price
differential, might suffer heavy FL
ndnCldl loss.
One operator, summing UP both
sides of the proposition, said:
AS long as price ceilings shall be
fixed by the government can think
of no substitute for the subsidy now
allowed, payable out of funds raised
by general taxation. The subsidies,
or differentials, now fixed for select
ed fields in Montana are not suffi-
cient, in my opinion, to do more
than delay abandonment of stripper
wells. 'i-s-
eff and when price ceilings shall
be removed, think an adequate
differential over posted field price
should be paid stripper well opera
tors in all fields by the initial pur-
chaser of crude. Such purchaser
should be reimbursed by the Fed
eral government out of a fund raised
by taxes on all crude oil and all
other crude hydrocarbons produced
and transported from non-stripper
wells including imports of course,
provided that natural gas used for
fuel for domestic and industrial pur-
poses be exempted.
1.-THE differential should also be
allowed on crude oil produced by
secondary recovery methods, re-
gardless of stripper well classified
tons. In free market such taxes
should not be too great a burden on
the industries affected, as the
payers could protect their profit
margins by adjustments of price
structures applicable to refined
products"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
CARTER MUST GO DEEP
IF TENsLEEP is TESTED

Carter Oil Company's wildcat ON
the FOx-Luther dome In southern
Montana, few miles northwest of
the Dry Creek field, now making
hole past $500 feet, apparently will
have to go to almost 10000 feet to
test the Tensleep.
This well logged. the top of the
Dakota silt at $3.50. Logs of typical
wells in the Elk Basin field, on the
Montana Wyoming border, show an
interval of 1915 feet between the
top of the Dakota silt and the top
of the Tensleep, indicating the Car
ter well will have to drill to 1886
before reaching that horizon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03

During the week ended February
8, tank cars delivered a daily aver
age of 43o, 722 barrels of petroleum
and petroleum products, as COM
pared with 464 ,561 barrels daily dur
ing the week ending March 81, 1912,
the previous low point.
Meanwhile, east coast fuel con-
sumers have had to rely more than
usual on stocks already stored in
eastern bulk tanks.
Between $1,000 and 10000 peto-
leum tank cars were stranded by
snowdrifts or tied up in yards and
terminals during the week.
Barge traffic was almost com
pletely paralyzed along the Atlantic
coast and on the upper reaches of
the Ohio river.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
Two Finish

fCenktuusd From Page ID
C Sc NE sl,s4N-Sw. and by Union
Oil of California, which has spudded
its Lookhoff No. IL in c NE So
33N-5W.
The full field report:
CARTER-FEE rs NO.
NE NV l3-S2N-eW
Rig up.
CARTER-HALvORs0N NO.
9 SW sc 24-S4N-6W
Spudded 3-1-4S.
CARTKR-wmAvER NOS
G W NV SW 27-S6N-6W
spndded l-l7-45. COMPLETED 2-27-45;
I'd, gees. main pay 2s47-e4; 1900 Il.
fluid; swabbed bbis. on per hour.
KLUTH-KENNERLY NO.
G NV NV NE 22-S4-6W
Spudded 1-24-4S: cemented. 1880
D. 9: MeKRNzE!TRInAL s1s NO.
Spudded 2-13-4S; drilling. ass.
TARRANT.wnEY OEIs-CONNELLY No.
c Sc NE 31-34N-5W
spudded 2-2o-45; drilling. 4e3. (FIRsT
REPORT)
TExACO-D00RRBOs NO.
G Sc NV NE 39-36N-6W
Spudded 12-30-44: drilling, 29es
TRxACoAwwE M 4s4 no.
c NE NE 14-3AN-9W
Spudded 1884 COMPLETED 2-28-45;
I.Dp &B1u, ouu II OIL cWh0Deu 10 dds.
first 10 hours. Shot and testing
TExACO-STATE M 9As NO
G SW NE 36-34N-6W
Spudded 2-1o-45; drilling, 1900.
TExACO-sECTFON II UNIT NO.
CWh NV NV 11-35N-6W
Rigging up.
TRfGOOD-MKLLER NO.
NV NE NV 36-S2N-6W
Spudded 1-31-46; drilling, 2690
UNEoN-LOOKHOFF NO. IL
c NE 33-33N-5W
spudded 2-2s-45; drilling. s5. CFIRsT
REPORTl
UNTON-NKLLER NO. rs
SE NE NV 30-S3N-5W
Spudded 1-2s-45: drilling, 27s0.
UNEON-RTGNET NO. Q
NE SW NV 2-35N-6W
Spudded 2-7-45; drilling, 2045.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
Subsidy

CONTINUED From Page -
limited only by availability of rigs
and manpower, and that Cut Bank
operators will generally continue 70
hold back as long as crude prices in
that field remain disproportionately
low.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
HERE'S WHY

The oil companies are interested
in synthetic rubber because they
want to keep the nations automo-
biles on the roads. They sell SIS
worth of oil, gasoline and services
for every dollars worth of rubber
used on the highway.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
cIc0N LEASE WILDCAT
PLUGS BACK FOR TEST

Texaco's wildcat on the Gloon
lease, south of the Bears Den field
in the Sweetgrass Hills, Is plugging
back 10 1880 for additional testing,
after acid failed to penetrate zone
In which oil showings had been
found, from 3015 TO 3052. --
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
East Shivers as Record Storm
Cripples Rail Movement of Oil

Petroleum tank deliveries the east In early February
fell to the lowest point in the last three weather
conditions the Mississippi and north the Ohio river
nued cripple overland and inland waterway oil
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
North Field


tact, swabbed 34ik barrels the first
"a hours after acidizing with 500
gallons. Texaco-Reeg No Is, c Sc
SW SW 14-35N-2W, which found
the contact dry at 1895, got an oil
show at 1511-1514 and acidized with
900 gallons. It swabbed 40 barrels
of oil the first "a hours.
The Texaco location that inter
ested operators this week was made
on the Ahlstead lease, in c SW NV
Sc 2-34N-3W, mile due south of
Kelvin, and north of two producers
drilled by Texaco last year in this
long-neglected area. A nose has
been mapped running through the
area and the location on the Ahl-
stead lease Is believed nearer its
crest than are the two producers
drilled last year.
Pacific Western Oil Corp. also
made two new locations on It's fed
eral lease acreage in the extreme
northwestern corner of the field,
giving weight to reports that the
company plans to keep two rigs in
continuous operation this year, on
It's extensive lease holdings in that
area.
Inc run fleIQ report.
j. n. AGEN-G0EDDERTz NO. g.
CIV SW NE 16S6-3W
Rig up.
CONSOLIDATED GAS cO.-GmLEsPrE NO.
C Sc NV Sc 16-s5N-4W
Location. (FIRST REPORTl
A. a. HAEH.M. n. NEWMAN NO. t.
G NE sW NE 22-35N-2W
Spudded 2-28-z5s drilling, so.
COBB-HARDROCK-GR 0s4e4sB NO. To-
Sc SW SW 1s-35N-3W
Location
o. A. NEPsrAD-MFIIsN NO. T.
G NV SW NE 11-35N-3W
spuoded 12-2e-44; standing, 1775
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CORP -GF OsssOS
Ne NE sw e-s6N-sw
Spudded 1-22-4S; drilling, 1850.
Spudded 1-22-45; pipe landed, 1895.
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CORP.-GF 0sss09
c sw NE NV s-35N-sw
Location. (FIRST REPORT)
PACIFIC WESTERN OIL CoRP.-GF OsssO9
c sE sw NE s-35N-sw
Moving on. (FIRST REPORT)
PETERSON O s0RENsON-GF 0soSss NO.
sE NV SIC 1s-s5N.sw
spqdded lol2-45; fishing, strings tools
C. III. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NO. 1
CNW sW NV 4-54N-1W
Rig up.
TExACO-AHIsTEAD NO. L.
G SW NV Sc 2-34N-3W
Location. (FIRST REPORT) y
TExACO-D. n. BRUINS NO. 1s-
C SW NV Sc 10-35N-2W
Spudded 2-22-45; drilling, 755. (FTRST
REPORT)
TExACO-D. X. BRUINS NO. H.
c NV NE NE 10-35N-2W
Location. (FIRST REPORT9
TExAC0-KRNNEY-KE SUE NO. g.
G PIE SIC ME 15-35N-2W
Spudded 1915; drilling past bit, 1920.
TExAC0-EENNEx N0E-sOENT no. a0---
Spuoded 1-26 40; gas show only EN- 1917.
COMPLETION 2-28-46: I'd, 1927; EN-
acidszed 500 gals Swabb@d "a u bbls. oil
first "A hours. Est is bhls. settled.
TExACO-REEG NO. 1s---
g Sc SW SW 14-3SN-2W
Spudded 1-31-A5. COMPLETED 2-20-45;
I'D. 1614M; EN- 1895, dry oil show
I6I1-1H14 acidized with 1000 gals. First
"a hours, swRbbed AZ bbls. oil Est. z
bbls., settled.
TExAC0-REEG no. fs--
G NV NE SW 1z-35N-2W
Location (FTRsT REPORT)
TKxAC0-REEG NO. 1Az-
INV SW SW 14-36N-2W
Location. (TIRST REP0RT)
N. vANDERPAa-PUTNAR FEE NO. H.
NV NV NE 6-14N-1W
Rig up. (FTRST REPORT)
C.N. wRIGHTER TRUsTRE-AUTZ NO. Q
c aE SE SE 13-35N-zW
spudded 2-24-4S; drilling, 200. FTRS1
REPOHT9
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-03-03
US. Oil Subsidy

est maid to producers anywhere In
the United States. Payments on &C
count of oil subsidies TO Pennsyl-
vania grade producers, he estimated,
are running at a rate of between
SIS 600 600 and $4,000, 900 a year.
OUTPUT in the district has declined
from 2.165,900 barrels in August,
1874, to 1,7e8, 400 in January this
year.
aThe tragic failure of the subsidy
program is no surprise 70 the well
informed" Hallanan said. 1T was
put into effect over the protests OF
the oil industry, various committees
of congress and the Petroleum Ad-
ministrator for War"
Oil producers know, he added,
that the same power that grants
an oil subsidy can take It away and
so private enterprise will not use
its own capital In validating for
new oil reserves. A general increase
in crude oil prices based on eco
nomic conditions, Hallanan said, Is
the solution of the oil problem. The
price index for crude, he observed,
Is far below that for other COM
modities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
Strikes Shut
 3 War Plants

Detroit, March -- tU'P) -- Four thousand employees of the Briggs Manufacturing Commack avenue plant struck today, bringing to three the number Of war plants in Detroit closed, directly or indirectly. by strike action. More than 23,boo workers were of the job.
 A Briggs spokesman said that the United Auto Workers tCrO) had presented no grievance, but 1t was assumed that the walkout was in protest against the discharge or seven union officers yesterday Tor leading previous strikes
 A strike of 13O00 UAW-CiO work CTS went into It's sixth day today at the Chryslor Corporations Dodge main plant. The company said that lack of parts for B"29'S, tanks ana trucks from Dodge main plant had forced layoff of more than 5000 em- ployes at other Chrysler plants. The Dodge truck factory was closed. More layoffs were anticipated if the strike continued.
 Two membership meetings of 1o- cal 3 Of the UAW-C1O were Schcd- uled for today in an effort to end the Dodge walkout after mee'ing asked by local President Mike Mo- yak. Novak indicated he would lSk the workers to go back to their JUDs'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
Planes Shell Ryukyu Isles

A Tokyo broadcast heard by the United Press at San Francisco said approximately 600 planes parti- cipated in the attack. The broad- cast said several waves of planes attacked the naval base island of Okinawa, 925 miles southwest of Tokyo. Tokyo also said the planes attacked other islands in the group, which stretch from the southern tip of Japan to Formosa.
 The planes presumably came from task force 58, which has carried out three devastating raids on Tokyo in the past two weeks and made other diversionary attacks in support of the invasion of Two Island.
 A Japanese imperial headquarters communicate said 8 great number" of carrier planes began the attack on the Ryukyus at 7:30 a. m. (Tokyo .ine). At 1880 p. In.. the communi- que said, "both sides still were en- yaged in battles"
 At least 3l American planes had been shot down and g damaged by :30 D. ni.. the communiquc said. It Eas recorded by the EGG.
 Vice Admiral Mare A. Mitschers task force 58, now operating with the Fifth fleet, last was reported of- ;ic,ally in action last Sunday and Monday against Tokyo and the 1s- Iand of Hachijo, 180 miles south.
 Ir those attacks, the carrier olanos destroyed or damaged 233 en- sny planes. 3l ships and two air. craft plants. Tokyo also was att lacked by the task force Feb. IS and l7.
 Another Japanese communique broadcast by Tokyo claimed that the Japanese garrison on Two had killed or wounded l3,600 marines in the ii-day battle on Two. In addi. tion. 1t said, 226 tanks were knocked out and 21 warships and Sl trans
 (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
5000 Land On PoIowon
H. D. QUTGG

Manila, March 1-(UP)-virtually complete conquest of Corregidor otened Manila's great bay today for Allied shipping and q steady stream of supplies to American troops on Luzon.
 CA Tokyo broadcast, recorded by FCC, said that approximately 5000 American troops landed on Palawan Island, westernmost of the Philip pines, Wednesday morning, Japanese time,
 (The enemy report did not indie cate where the invasion was made on Palawan, which stretches from Mindoro in the Philippines to Bors neo n the Dutch East Indies. Tic 275-mile long island is 7b0 miles due east of French 1ndo-China)
 U. 5. paratroCpers and infantrys men annihilated practically the en- tire enemy garrison on CorFegid0gs killing Japanese at Q rate Of IIlO1W than 30-to-i.
 The l2-day campaign to retalke tho rocky fortress, which unlocked Manilas 1000 square mile bay, was one CG the most heroic and skiilful operations of the Pacific war.
 The American force of 3,03e para~ troopers and infantrymen overcaT11e an enemy garrison twice It's size and Killed most of the Japanese defends erg.
 A tommunique said 4,2l6 Japanesa bcdiCS already have been counted and many hundreds of others werd killGd or buried alive in Corregidcrl tunnels or died attempting to escape fiGm the island. The American casur
 (Continucd or Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
Polish Boundaries Decision
 Was Compromise, Says FDR
Nv LYLE q. WILSON

Washington, March -- (U.P0 - President Roosevelt reported to con- gress and the people today on the Crimean conference and appealed for Amrican acceptance of respon- sibility for political conditions in Europe.
 The alternative, he said, was an- other war
 MT. Roosevelt addressed joint session of congress from the Well of the house. It was his first person. al appearance before congress in more than two years.
 Frankly acknowledging that some of the Crimea decisions were based on compromise, he said all were unanimous.
 And more important even than the agreement of words" he con- tinued, T may say we achieved a unity of thought and way Of get- ting along together"
 His address was both an explana- ton of his conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Josef V. Stalin, and an ap- peal for senate ratification of the international Security Orgar<zaticn to be set Up by the San Francisco conference next month.
 The president said the conference had accomplished these objectives:
 l. A desirable compromise set- clement of the Polish problem.
 ?. Agreement on close tactical coordination among the Allied arm- les fighting on three European
 (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
Maxi Supply Lines Roked

Rome, March 1-(UP)-Increased air blows against German supply lines in Italy were reported today while ground activity along the front WaS confined to patrolling,
 Serious damage was reported .) the Brenner route, main NaZl sup- ply line, us flying fortresses of the 18th U. s. Air Force blasted at key railway bridges in Northern Italy and Austria.
 Two of five spans were knocked from bridge over the Adlge River at Verona. 62 miles west of Venice,
 Rail cuts were effected at For tezza, Bressanone and Bolzano.
 Considerable rolling stock jam med in yards was destroyed, espe- cially at Brescia, Concgliano, 35 miles north of Venice, and Vicenza, 30 miles east of Verona.
 Other planes of the Mediterraf1- can Allied Air Force hit road and rail targets through Northern Italy and the Pc Valley and cooperated with Fifth Army ground forces by attacking troop concentrations, gun positions and airfields.
 Coastal aircraft attacked Q fac- tory, ammunition stores and har- bors in Northern Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
Wallace OK's Idea For Gl's

Upon request of The Waterbury Democrat and the Veterans Admin- istration office, Senator Patrick Wallace CD this city, has intro- duced into committee on Vctcr- ans Affairs n request that state btatutc l168 RcVislons of 1O3O be amended so aS to abolish thc necd for se,vicemen to pay % cents for filing of discharge papers with the office of town clerks or other ace credited sources. The bill likewise provides for mandatory payments Of 0ClIGr fees.
 The Democrat has editorlnlly sought such amended legislation in the interests of the servlceman as requested by Edward Kelley, local director of the VAC stating such amendment to be a true indication of adhering to our vows that such scrvicemen need not be involved iE red-tapc procedures, such as fos- tered by the present statute"
 It was stated today that keplib- lican sources in the state will like- iy back the Democrat legislators In
 Continued on Page G
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-01
neWorkers To Negotiate For Contract
By CHARLES IT. HERROLD

Washington, March 1--(UP)-The United Mine Workers and Blum inous Operators began negotiations today for Q new contract.
 The wage discussions, held every two years, were punctuated by n series of strikes in 1943. This years talks got underway with UNIV President John L. Lewis apparently set to call another walkout If no satisfactory agreement is reached by March 3l. That is the dtae the present contract expires.
 Lewis notified the government four days ago that he wants his O0,OOO miners polled on March 27. four days before the contract ends, to determine wehther they want tc' strike If his demands are not met
 Lewis official publication, the United Mine Workers Journal, today defended his decision to serve the strike notice in advance of the wage talks. The Journal said editorially that 1t was q protective measure i'll the event the operators and govern ment agencies gang up to defeat the purposes of collective bargaining" !"
 But the operators, In q statement issued last night, labelled the re- quest "a doubt in Lewis mind that these negotiations" will result in q new agreement.
 "The operators do not share Lewis doubt" the statemnet said We enter this conference with q sincere and honest desire to attain in the speediest possible manner. and without any threat or intimida- ton to the country o. suspension of production, fair and equitable agreement in accordance with the