Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1946-12-06

Paul Porter, administrator of tn"
dying OPA offers President Truman
his resignation, effective Dec. 4. 2
merger Of the OPA and CPA Civil
ian Production administrator az
pears likely to be effected within
near future.
Russia proposes that U. S. lead
disarmament program by scrapping
A-Bomb. at U. N. meet being hel1
at Lake Success, N. Y. Asks why
make it if you don't plan to use
it?' Terms U. S. weapon menace
to security
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1st
Philippine president Manuel A.
Roxas announces agreement permit
ing U. S. to build and man fortifi-
cations in Philippines for mutual
defense Philippine Scouts will also
be used in stating the forts.
Government acts to set fines on
miners out on strike. The fines,
which are to be collected when the
miners return to work, will be given
to medical fund. Both parties, Demo
Gratis. and Republicans, are backing
president in fight against Lewis as
hopes of settling dispute of Of court
grow dim.
U. S. joins with Russian degegation
in calling upon United Nations to
give A-bomb No. priority on arms
limitation program, but the two top
powers remain far apart on veto
principal as applied to disarmament
settlement.
MONDAY, DECEMBER End
Legal battle between Lewis and
Government may drag out most OF
week, attorneys indicate, raising the
prospect Of large-scale industry
shutdowns and estimates of 1000,
900 idle by weeks end. AS miners
stand firm the governments sole
hope of ending walk-out lies in the
ruling of court.
Rep. Lac, Dem. (Calif) calls for
U. S. Control of Pacific. Advocates
creation of special agency to admin
lister isles in Tokyo speech to Jap
and American reporters.
Great Britain presents plan 20
modify use of veto in seven-polnt
proposal. Russia, as usual, presents
strong front against modification.
Chinese civil war moves scene of
action into Manchuria with military
sources indicating large-scale battles
iminent there rather than around
Communist capital of Yenan. e..
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd.
Government completes case against
John L. Lewis. Dire results seen i
strikes is continued longer than az
days. National income drop Of $40
billion and 100000 unemployed is
foreseen.
U. S. and Great Britain sign pac
merging occupational zones in Ger
many in move to give area econ7-
mic independence. Although plans
are not being publicly announced in
dications are that union will carries
through On $3.50 b7sis.
U. S. demands that U. N. set up
comprehensive system of disarma-
ament' minus any veto on safe
guards and urged assembly to ask
Generalissimo Franco to step down
as head of Spain.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER4th
John L. Lewis, UNIV chieftan, S
held guilty of criminal contempt Of
court. Possible heavy sentence awaits
miners boss as coal crisis bec0rl9S
more acute. Lewis in bitterly de-
fiant speech declares court cepriviAg
coal miners Of constitutional rights
Interstate commerce commission Or
derS embargo on all except vita!
rail shipments. Post office depart
ment begins limiting size and weight
of Christmas parcel post packages.
The Office of Defense Transporta-
ton orders another 25 percent slash
in passenger service on coal-burning
understanding so percent in all
Charges of wild immortality and
other excuses by American forces in
occupied Germany are being made
public by Meade committee after
four weeks investigation of occupied
territory. War department denies
reports as gossip.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th
John L. Lewis is fined $4,000 and
his United Mine Workers S3,500,00
by federal judge in legal labor case
UNPRECEDENTED in history. Judge in
delivering sentence calls strike evil,
monstrous thing.
Wilson Wyatt resigns post OF
Housing Expeditor. Refusal of RFC
to grant loans to makers of prefabri-
Gated houses given as cause of resig-
nation.
Russian foreign minister Molotov
accedes that arms control machinery
must be free of veto power.
Eugene Meyer resigns position as
first president of 38-nation World
Bank after finishing preliminary
work
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9Th
Lewis UNIV puts out peace feel
ers in soft coal strike today, even as
other union heads rush to join him
in appeal against contempt convic-
tion. President Truman goes to work
ON radio speech to be delivered Sun
day in which he is expected to 60