The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-27
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WASHINGTON, Nov ss--Nellher side win admit the real facts but there was senl-humorous tragedy the S SSg S~ opI S dsO sSD S SSSsS Ss
 stadnk was using the delcatessen for what e known n the intelligence game as Q drop box'-A prsasransed point where scsis nssssnss z Ss olleeE s thelr country without passing through the regular malls.
 delcatessen to send messages back to Moscow, and that the real reason why the UkFainlnn delegation hes registered stiff official protest with the State Department, claiming that the shooting of stadnik
 The Russians honestly believe that the hold-up of the obscure decatessen shop was staged because the us g. Government knew stadnk was using it as drop box" and wanted to reallate They can't cons ceive that such robbery would have taken place otherwise However, they can't come out and state the reason for their suspicion
 Actually, U. g. officials did know that Stadnk was using the dellcatessen shop as "drop box" but his messages contained little that could not be read in the American newspapers and the last thing D. g. officials would do would be to stage political shoot- ing
 The robbery was purely a petty New York hoid- up though no one will ever be able to convince the Russians of that fact stadnik was hit in the thigh and not seriously injured.
 When Assistant Attorney General John Sonnet appeared in Federal Court to ask that John L. Lewis be cited for contempt he had worked for three days and most of three nights Parking his car, he faced battery of photographers and went inside to bring justice on the nations leading lawbreaker.
 After getting Judge Alan Oodsborough to cite Lewis for contempt and order him to appear in court the following Monday, Sonnett left the courthouse and returned to his car, only to find that a local cop had given him ticket ordering him to appear in court on Friday. Said Sonnet:
 So this is justice You can get arrested more easily for illegally parking your car than for tying up the whole United States of America"
 One of John L. Lewls's big kicks against private coal operators last Spring-and justifiabe one was their refusal to adopt Federal mine inspection This, he claimed, was one reason for many mine accidents.
 However since the Federal Government has had the mines, 1t has enforced it's own standards-despite the objection of private operators These new strcter safety standards have caused a drop of about 10 percent in the number of men killed.
 In the first three months of 1o46, when the mines were under private operation, 233 men were killed in mine accidents.
 From August IS to November 1, when the Feder- al safety code was in effect, 2l6 men were killed figure which bears mute testimony to the hazards Of coal mining, despite strict safety laws.
 About half the men were killed in roof cave-ins and socalled face falls" (coal slides) Government regulations prevent these accidents such strong ards by the states while the mines privately operated Federal inspectors also much more thor ough about detecting gas conditions in coal mines.
 Though accident casualties were less, the Govern ment also produced more coal than the private oper ators in the comparative three-month periods.
 In the first three months of l946, approximately O860000 tons dug Thus the fatal accident rate per million tons dug was l.45.
 In August, September and October, approximately