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Evening star., 1945-11-04
AFL Chiefs to Meet Tomorrow
To Act in Higgins Shutdown

| Mr.. Gottesman valued the three
closed plants at $10,0o0,000.
Also still in progress here is {
National Labor Relations Boart
hearing on a petition filed by thu
CIO, which Is claiming a majority
Of the workers as members.
Mr.. Higgins has said he coule
not, under NLRB ruling, negotiate
for a new contract, pending NLRE
action on an election.
In statement from washington
today, John Green, president OF thu
CIO Industrial Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers of Amer.
lea, declared:
"If the National Labor Relations
Board had been able to fulfill its
original function. the conduct ol
Democratic plant elections fol
choice of a union to represent work
ers, instead of spending its time
and money taking Smith Connally
strike votes, Mr.. Higgins would not
have had to close down his yards.
AFL pickets remained on duty
before the Higgins plant gates here
today and the head of the com.
pany went on a fishing trip te
the bayous.
At the Higgins Plastics Corp.
which has been manufacturing
atomic bomb parts and other pro.
ducts in a Government owned
plant at Micheaud near New
Orleans, Is per cent wage in.
crease was granted to all employees
This plant was not affected b,
the labor disputes which were fol.
lowed by the shutdown of three
boat and trailer plants, and was no
included in the Higgins shutdown
order.
In statement announcing ths
raises, Frank O. Higgins, genera
manager and son of the head Of
the company, said that these in.
creases are in line with the letter
's' which Mr.. Higgins sent to the
President of the United State.
(suggesting a general Is per cent
wage increase If industry wer,
guaranteed stable government ane
labor policies. They are being
made in accordance with the desire,
as expressed by the President, an6
IN accordance with the law. We
cannot increase the price OF oul
products. To absorb this additional
cost : maximum of efficiency
Of effort and attention to the job
Is anticipated and expected
Evening star., 1945-11-04
$50 Police PatroIinq
Windsor Ford Plant
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINDSOR, Ontario, Nov. 3-Fear
of violence at the strike-bound Ford
Motor Co. of Canada plant picket
line kept $50 Royal Canadian
Mounted and Ontario provincial
police on the alert tonight.
The windsor City Council urged
Dominion and privincial officials to
withhold action by mounted and
Ontario police pending another
special council meeting tomorrow
Police reinforcements were brought
here at the request of the City Police
Commission to augment city police
following a skirmish last night be-
tween UAW-CIO pickets and city
police at the main gate Of the plant
About 1000 pickets repulsed a city
police attempt to escort group OF
plant protection men into the, plant
which has been shut down for seven
weeks.
Accompanied by IS plant protec-
ton men, Police Chief Claude
/ lSCIldu0 dllO q oONOlA POifNCiAfCAi WNAS
confronted by solid wall Of pickets
massed before the gate. Policemen
were elbowed and jestled when they
made an abortive attempt to wedge
corridor through the picket line
No one was injured.
The strikers, who are demanding
wage increases, job security and
other concessions, permitted five OF
the IS plant guards to enter the
factory. This was in accordance with
the previous ruling OF the United
Automobile Workers (CIO), which
has refused to admit more than five
guards to enter on each shift.
Meanwhile, threat came from
Roy England, president of Local
200, UAW-CIO. with which the
10000 striking Ford workers are af-
lfiliated, that all windsor area plants
under union contract would be closed
liz there was any 'foutside interfer-
ence."
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Venezuela Opens
War on ScoIpers
| At Ball Park
Ey the Associated Press.


CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. a.
Venezuela's week-old government
started war against ticket scalpers
yesterday and gave several thou
sand fans attending the worlds
amateur baseball tournament" some
anxious moments.
During the second inning of the
contest between Venezuela and El
Salvador spectators heard gunfire
outside the ball park. Silence fol-
lowed. but when the shooting was
repeated the fans started to race for
the exits.
Police calmed the frightened
crowd and told the fans that gen.
darmes were attempting to scare
away ticket scalpers by shooting
over their heads. The spectators had
been throwing stones at the stadium
wall in protest against a government
edict forbidding the sale Of tickets
over the regular price.
p S.. Venezuela won. 10-1.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
BY the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 3.-A con-
gressional investigation into labor
disputes. which have resulted in the
closing of three bodybuilding plants
Of Higgins Industries, Inc, was de-
manded today by officials of Ameri-
can Federation of Labor unions here
William l.. Donnels, AFL publicity
chairman, announced that the labor
chiefs would take formal action at
a meeting scheduled for Monday.
Mr.. Donnels said in statement
that. If Congress fails to act. $4,000
to 100000 AFL members in the New
Orleans area would be asked to leave
their jobs for "a hours, in a demon
stration of union reaction" to the
closing of the plants.
He said previous requests for q
congressional investigation had been
ignored and "this time we want, and
mean to get, action"
Andrew j. Higgins, head Of the
company, ordered the plants closed
last Thursday, in the midst of q
walkout by 1000 AFL men, who were
protesting his refusal to negotiate
new contract with them.
Mr.. Higgins told his more than
400 dealers today by telegram that
he was forced to discontinue manu-
facture because of oppression" by
the labor unions. He assured the
dealers that they would get their
pleasure boats Of Higgins design
regardless Of where they may be
built"
The industrialist was invited to-
day to move his plants to Milwaukee,
but Morris Gottesman, secretary
treasurer Of the Higgins company,
replied the company would not at
tempt to operate elsewhere.
Meantime, Mr.. Gottesman, in an
interview with the Associated Press,
labeled as moot" recommendations
made today in Washington by the
War Labor Boards Shipbuilding
Commission in a pending case In
yolying the Higgins-AFL labor dis
pute. ~, ! q y
The commission denied thesprin-
cipal point at issue-a reqiesS by
the Higgins company that war vet
Grams be allowed exemption from
union membership, despite a pro-
posed contract providing for union
shop.
Mr.. Gottesman. said: "It Is all q
moot question under the present
circumstances. Higgins Industries
is under orderly liquidation. They
can pass any edict they want to
now"
Evening star., 1945-11-04
|23 in Narcotic Raids
Held for Grand Jury;
Hearings Set for "A

Twenty three alleged narcotic
peddlers rounded up In city-wide
raids here Friday night were held
for action Of the grand Jury by
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage yesterday when 81
were arraigned before him on
charges Of violating narcotic laws.
The other IA were held for prelimi-
nary hearings before him this week.
When the grand jury will con-
slider the % cases had not been
decided last night, but it was in
dicated this depends ON the number
of cases now before that body.
The 81 facing the commissioner
we're among more than 125 taken
into custody during the raids. Those
not arraigned were held as witnesses
lor released.
The roundup was conducted by
omcials Of the Treasury Bureau of
Narcotics, United States Marshals
and police, working in co-ordina-
ton.
Lamar Brown Of the 900 block OF
First street NV. was released In
SIC, 900 bond for action of the grand
jury on charges of violating the
Harrison Narcotic Act and the Elk
port-Import Act. He waived pre-
liminary hearing. At the time OF
his arrest SIS ounces of heroin were
seized and a quantity of marked
money was recovered, police said
Five on Marijuana.
Five of the defendants were
charged with violation of an inter-
nal revenue code on marijuana,
used in making REFERS" while
others were charged with violation
OF the Harrison Narcotic Act, the
Export Import Act or both.
Besides Brown, those held for the
grand jury and the amount of their
bonds were: Carl Liverpool, $4,000;
Lonnie Willis. $1,000; Walter Tate
81 900; William Roscoe McCabe, 1906
block of r street NV, 5000; Algie
Patterson, HOO block of Fourth street
NV, 1000; Edward Davis, 81, 900;
John L. Kennison, $1,000; William
Adams, $1,000; Geraldine Hutchin-
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Tokomu Park Area
BOYS Club to Meet

The Takoma Park Boys Club
will hold its first meeting at 4 pm.
tomorrow at the Takoma Park
Junior High School. Organized
last year by a group of citizens
headed by Harman Nicodemus, the
club offers training in calisthenics,
boxing and other sports.
H. T. Meserole viii again be ath-
letic director. Basket ball. football
and softball are among the sports
added to this years program.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Man Held in Beating Of Son
Who Refused 10 Quit School

By the Associsted Press. q
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "a for
mer war worker, who said his in
come was cut in half when he
changed jobs after Japan's surren-
der, was charged today with beating
his son with a broomstick because
he refused to quit school and 60 to
work.
Magistrates Court held John Nc
Carthy, 80, in $1,000 bail for further
hearing on charges of aggravated
assault and battery. The boy, John,
jr., 16, was in a critical condition
after an operation to remove his
ruptured spleen.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Chinese Communists
Have Air Force Of
One Captured Plane
By the Aasoclatsd Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Nov .3.Gen.
Chou En-lai, China's No. 2
Communist leader, told news
men at 4 luncheon today that
his Communist armies now
have an air force.
1t consists, said the general,
Of one plane which the Reds
captured from Chinese puppet
airmen.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Labor
Continued From First Page. J

to the press, but closed to the gen.
eral public. Judge Walter P. Stacy
chief justice of the North Carolina
Supreme Court, appointed confer
ence chairman by Mr.. Truman, will
preside.
Just how long the conference will
last, spokesman said, "is anybody's
guess He added facetiously: ''Ij
might last three weeks or five years.
After a day or two Of general
sessions, the conference will split
into committees and most of the
work will be done by them. Tenta-
tive rules provide for almost unafai-
nous Endorsement of both sides be-
fore a proposal becomes confer
ence recommendation.
An obvious barrier to really con-
structive agreements to bring in
dustrial peace are the diverse views
of the delegates from both labor
and industry, observers point out.
Many Shades of Opinion.
The management men represent
many different shades Of opinion.
Results of compromise of their
views even might be meaningless
80 far as settlement of industrial
problems is concerned.
On the labor side there will be
John L. Lewis, Mr.. Murray and Mr..
Green. Ofhcials considered it some-
thing of an accomplishment, get
ting them all to agree to confer.
1t had not happened since Decem-
Der II, 1941, when President Roose-
welt elected from management and
labor the wartime no-strike, no.
lockout pledge.
All sides must bury lot of past
differences if objectives of the con-
ference are to be attained.
An equally serious barrier to eff
fectiveness of agreements drafted,
it is pointed out, is the fact that the
delegates do not represent all of
industry or all of labor and there
fore cannot bind industry.
u. S. Must Organize Plan.
Labor says its delegates have
more power to commit their side
than do the management repre-
sentatives. In any event, the Gov
ernment is committed to put into
effect any dispute-settling machin-
cry devised, and officials regard the
delegates as SO statesmen" who will
sell principles worked out to all
of management and labor.
While the choice of subjects to
be discussed will be up to an execu-
tive committee yet to be named, a
committee planning agenda sug-
gested seven points for considera-
tion If the meeting is to attain
constructive results" These in
clude:
Right of labor to bargain collec-
lively, right of management to
manage; full utilization of National
Labor Relations Act and State
labor relations act machinery; pro-
visions of contracts and other ways
of settling disputes; strengthening
of the Labor Departments Concili-
alton Service and jurisdictional OF
tnter-union disputes.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Union-GM ParIeys
Resume "Wednesday,
Reuiher Declares
sy the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Nov. s. Walter r
Reuther, vice president of the CI(
United Automobile Workers Union
said today that wage negotiation
between the union and Genera
Motors Corp. would be resumet
next Wednesday.
At that time, Mr.. Reuther said
the corporation plar1s to answer tn,
unions briefs supporting its demand
for a 80 per cent wagesrate increase
Similar negotiations with Chryslel
Corp. are to be resumed on Novem.
ber Is, and will be opened with tn,
Ford Motor Co. on November 20.
Reuther Requests Conciliator.
Mr. Reuther said he had requested
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach te
assign conciliator to the negotia
tions. The union, he said, woule
make available to the conciliatol
the verbatim record of negotiation.
thus far which establishes the cor.
poration's refusal to enter into genu.
Inc bargaining despite our efforts.
General Motors made no commen
on Mr.. Reuther's assertion.
R. j. Thomas, UAW-CIO presi
dent, said that Government source.
were withholding information show.
Ing that the motor car industry
could grant 80 pei GENT wage rat,
increases and still make high profits
=
Comment on Wallace Report.
Mr.. Thomas made his statement
In commenting on a Commerce De.
partment report that the automo.
bile industry could grant a Is pei
cent wage increase in 1916 and ar
additional is per cent raise in 1947
That report, Mr.. Thomas said
was based upon a much more de.
tailed. analysis prepared for thu
,, OPA, but which the OPA had re.
fused to release.
Actually, the figures in the Gov.
errment's possession show" tn,
union head asserted, that the auts
companies can give at least as much
as the 80 per cent increase de.
manded by the union and still make
high profits. I again call upon the
oPA to make public the fun facts
In the matter"
. Mr.. Thomas criticized Graham.
Paige Motors Corp. for terminating
Its contract with the UAW-CIO
He asserted in a letter to v. r
Drum, vice president and general
manager, of the corporation that
the company had violated the con-
tract by refusing to maintain the
seniority agreement with the union
MIR. Drum had announced termi.
nation of the contract because oi
repeated strikes" by workers, which
he said constituted a violation OF
the, union contract.
Evening star., 1945-11-04
American Diplomats
Alarmed Over Spread
|0f China Civil Strife
BY JOHN NJ. HIGHTOWER,
Associated Press stan writer.

9f shesUSt4teO EIebe 0lAA Wfllet.s
American diplomatic officials were
reported alarmed last night over the
spreading civil strife In China.
They are fearful that American
hopes for a strong China as an early
stabilizing force In Asia may be
upset.
They are also concerned that
American Marines and Army forces
there may become involved In the
| fighting between Communist and
government troops without any in
tention on the part of the White
House or State Department that this
should happen.
Split with Military.
These authorities, who cannot be
identified further than as top ad-
visers on Chinese afiiairs, appear to
have split with the. line taken by
the military ofiicials-which is that
there Is 10 danger OF involvement.
The ranking American military
authority on China Is 1t. Gen.
Albert c. ,Wedemeyer, who recently
conferred here with President Tru-
man and Secretary of State Byrncs.
Gen. Wedemeyer said later, as re-
ported In q dispatch from Chung
king yesterday, that his troops could
help the Chinese government forces
round up defeated Japanese without
direct action against the Reds
The diplomats aruge tnat Ameri-
can involvement may result from
drifting along with a policy which
they say has been outdated by
events.
This argument has been pre-
sented to Secretary Byrnes along
with proposal for a policy review
and two alternative courses which
the United States might now take
in view Of the fighting.
Alternative Courses.
One course would be to say that
the Communists are little more than
gangsters, that there is therefore no
civil war In China. and that the
United States feels its best interests
would be severed by giving Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek what
ever help he needs to restore peace
and order.
The alternative course would. be
to say that China Is going through
period Of extreme internal dis
sension in which neither the United
States nor any other foreign gov
ernment could afford to become
involved; that a strong and peace
full China would result more quickly
from allowing the Chinese to, settle
the issue themselves.
At the State Department United
States policy Is described as d.
rected toward building a strong,
democratic China as pillar of
world peace. The United States
supports Gen. Chiang's government
for that purpose-but on his as
surance that the troubles between
himself and the Reds will be set
tied by peaceful political means.
Activities Of U. S. Forces.
Here are some<of the activities
based on policy toward a peaceful
China which United States forces
are now carrying out in co-opera-
ton with the Chungking govern
ment:
l. Marines are. garrisoning key
cities in North China, In the gen.
eral area of conflict between the
Reds and government troops. The
plan Is to withdraw then when
Evening star., 1945-11-04
Tour of Indian Sites
On Roosevelt Island Set

Indian sites on Roosevelt Island
will be observed on the nature walk
to be conducted by the Once of Ma
tional Capital Parks from to pm.
today. The group will form at
the streetcar terminal at Rosslyn
Plaza, Va.
Hugh A. Stabler, amateur anthro-
pologist who has done considerable
excavating for evidence Of Indian
culture and has studied cave life
of this region, will lead the expedi-
ton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-19

the war. The
troopers of the
18th were in
I h e ir English
billets one day,
and at ReimS
the next, face TO
face with Won
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Three Of q Kind
Well...Anyway,
They're TripIets

Triplets. two boys and a girl
are the big surprise in the lives
Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Folske, Route ], New
Baltimore Highway, New Balti'
more.
Born late Tuesday at Cottage
Hospital, Crosse Pointe, all three
and their mother are doing
"splendidly," according to hos
pital authorities. who added that
they are being kept in incuba-
tors.
Total weight of the babies
was IL pounds and nine ounces,
with the girl, Marianne, weigh
ing the lightest, four pounds, two
ounces. Her brothers, John Ed
ward and Judson Leo, tipped
the scales at four pounds three
ounces and four pounds four
ounces respectively.
The completely delighted and
proud father is shipping clerk
at the U. S. Rubber Company in
Detroit. The new arrivals have
three older brothers, Joseph, g.;
James, g.; and Jerald 212. Neigh
bors are already betting on who
will be boss of the six children.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-19

Mrs. Orlo Kirkum received
word this week that her mother
was hurt in a fall down the
basement steps of her home in
Detroit.
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ish work on the entire bill by
nightfall.
TAX EXAMPLES
When and IL the excise taxes
60 back to their pre-war levels.
here are some samples OF the
rate changes: Furs, jewelry, cos
metics and luggage. from 20 per
cent of retail price to 10 per
cent; liquor, from 50 q gallon to
80; beer from 50 . barrel 70 81:
electric light bulbs from 20 Der
cent TO S; long distance tele.
phone calls from % per cent to
20; railroad ticket tax from 10
per cent to 10.
The senator's have approved
reductions totalling $2.086, 000,-
900 for individual income tax
payers, $2,555, 100000 for cor
porations and $14O,000,o00 for
automobile and boat owners
through repeal of the IS an
nual use tax next July /.
They agreed to a House pro-
vision which will keep the So
cial Security payroll tax at l
per cent again next year, in
stead of permitting 1t to mount
- Is II otherwise would by law
- to IA per cent each on en-
ployers and employees.
Both Senate and House plans
call for IN estimated 100000
persons in the low wage brackets
to pay no more income taxes
after January IN
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-10-19
Leaf Burning
Warning Given
Damage and Donser
Cited by OffieioIs

The damage and danger re-
sulting from the burning of
leaves were the subject today of
a two-fold warning issued by
the city Department of Streets
and the Fire Department.
August Klockow, street main
tenance superintendent, appealed
to property owners to avoid
burning leaves on the sides of
streets or at the curbs, The heat
generated by such fires, Kloc-
kow points out, results in "burn-
ing out" the asphaltic oils which
hold the pavement solid. After
such fires, rain and frost readily
enter the pavement and cause
it to break up.
Such damages have proved
both annoying and costly, and
are responsible for the pot
holes" often complained about
by motorists.
Leaves should be burned on
private property.
Fire Chief Ed. Smith sent out
a warning against the lighting
of grass or leaf fires without an
able person being on hand to
guard against their spread to
buildings. Chief Smith points
out that conditions are unusually
dry at present and serious dam
age may result from an un-
watched fire.
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No Tax Reduction Foreseen
for Whisky, Furs, Jewelry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 Up

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 Up
- Prospects dimmed today for
tax reduction next July I on
such things as whisky, fur coats
and jewelry.
Heavy opposition developed
within the Senate Finance Com
mittee against cutting back the
special excise levies on that date
to their prewar levels, a. voted
by the House in the pending tax
reduction bill.
Experts estimate the half-year
revenue loss from such q reduc-
ton at $685., 900, 900.
Other tax cuts already ap-
proved by the committee aggre.
gate S4,78O, 100000, and Chair
man George (D-Ga.) is trying to
hold the total slash to the S.
000,000,00O limit recommended
by Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson.
Motions have been made to
delay the excise reductions un-
til Jan. 1, 1947, or even until
the following July 1. The show
down is expected today because
the committee is trying to fin
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Congratulations to Gerald Ka-
bel ST., Kathleen Kirkum, Lester
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Disease Feared
as 10000. 900
Germans Hunger

LUENEBURG, Oct. 10 up
- Shortages of food, homes and
medical attention among the 20.-
000, 900 Germans in the British
occupation zone may touch off
disease epidemics which could
rage throughout Europe this
winter; a high-ranking expert
of the British Control Commits
sion said today.
The expert, who declined to
be identified, declared that wide
spread virulent influenza is most
feared but that malnutrition
might lead to other diseases.
He noted that In the recent
Ruhr typhus epidemic 10 Of $50
Germans who contracted the dis
ease died while there were only
two fatalities among the 100 dis
placed persons who were at
flicted.
displaced persons have av-
eraged 1000 calories a day and
the Germans only about $780,"
he said.
On the present ration scale ut
is impossible to make the Ger.
mans do the essential work re-
quired by occupational forces
or undertake industrial activi.
ties required to fulfill fepara.
tions," he declared.