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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
v VOJNl v JUCOSLAVIJI
BIO VELIKO

Edmond, Okla.-Frank Kna-
fels je prejel IL Marlboro V Slo-
veniji pismo, datirano 8. novem-
bra 1945, XII ga mu je poslala
AMIGA Rupert. V MENU pravi
med drugim:
"Dragi stric in teta! Mimic ie
ze pet let, cd kar smo p%rejeli
vase zadnje pismo, pa tudi vi cd
mas, MANFRED cd Toneta, mojega
brata, katerega ma zalost nj vec
med mani. Moran Yam pac spo-
rOciti zalostno vest, kakor je tu-
di njegov konec bill zalosten.
Ubili so ga domaci izdajalci, ia
kozvani belogardisti ali fasisti.
StraSno SO ga mucili stir ure,
predno je smell umreti. zivemu
so podzgali, glavo mu zaobrnili
in nazadnje S hlodom zmeckali.
TakO smrt on nj zasluzil. Bill ie
predober clovek. On je bill cell
mas alta, nikomur nj storil mic
hudega."
Nato pismo opisuje, kako so
ziveli pref pri Min V Bosni, ka-
ko so Sc vsi skupaj borili "a OBJ
stanek in kako je MEN brat vec-
KRAFT pc par mesecih bivania prl
Min odsel ali V s~anatorij, ali V
bolnico, ali pa domov. Avtorica
plsma nato pripoveduje, da so
moral IL Bosne bezati in prisli
V Maribor, a MEN brat nj mogel
"a mimi, ker SO med tenn Nemci
mejo zelo strogo zacrtali.
Dale pravi: "V tel vojni smo
silno trpeli. Bill smo bombardi-
rani IL dveh %stanovanj (nedvom-
no misli, da so jim bila poruse-
ma, tako da danes zopet mic nj
mamo. Treba je zaceti vse
ZnOVa.
"zivljenske prilike so silno
slabe, ker je vojna pustila tod
straSne posledice. Draginja ie
velika, Gene stalno n~araScajo,
place pa V teh okolScinah nj Z
dalec ne zadoscajo. Delavec V
tenn polozaju strasno tezko zivi,
ker vzlic strogim regulacijam
zivilskega trga druzine S svo-
Jim zasluzkom ne more vzdrze-
vati." (Tu ina gotovo V mislih
crno borzo, kjer so Gene veliko
VlsJe kot pa so ~dopuscene do
stropne Gene Moi MOI della ma
posti, a 2, njegovo place ne mo-
reno izhajati, Otrokom je treba
kupiti kaj "a obleci, lima je tu-
kaj, mi pa Sc goli in bosi. Ko bi
mu dali sal vso place, bi Sc Sc
kako shajalo." (Torej je nekako
tako kot tukaj, da ii vzamejo Cd
zasluzka "a davek in zavaroval-
nine, a tn so vsaj prodajalne "a
lozeneD "Da Sc ia situaciia re
enkrat uredi, DO re bolie; vsaj
upamo tako.
"Blagor Sc stric VAN tam kier
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
PISMO Q RAzMERAH v
STAREM A KOT so

Chicago, Ill. - Louis Zorko
je prejel pismo cd svojega strica
Antona Janca liz vasi Planina ma
Dolenjskem, XII mu je bilo posla-
no pc zracni posti, a je potovalo
mad stir mesece, torej toliko ca
sd, ola bi Sc lahko kretalo precej-
KRAFT, &c hi bilo poslano pc leta-
lu kot je bio placano, okrog vse-
ga sveta in Sc bi ga naslovljenec
prejei mnogo pref V roke.
Anton Jane je odsel zadnjic
IL Amerike V depresiji leta 1880
in enkrat pa je cd tn odpotoval
nekaj let pref in Sc znova vrnil.
zivel je V Triadelphiji, W. Va,
in bill tam clan kluba nase Jugo-
slovanske socialisticne zveze in
pa druStva SNIP.
Pismo, kot omenjeno, potu-
joce mad Stiri mesece, d~atirano
V Planini rs. augusta in bio V
vec krajih V rokah cenzorjev,
tako tudi V Italiji, Sc V izcrpku
glasi:
"Dragi Luis! Ravno danes
sem prejel tvoje pismo, pisano
rs. junija 1945, in ii sporocam,
ola &c ne bi tako dolgo potovalo,
me ne bi naSlo donna. PriSe1 sem
domov IL pregnanstva MANFRED z
vso druzino Sele pred par dnevi.
Kakor vidim IL tvojega pisma,
ii nj znano, kaj SO Nemci poceli
z nami. Maj ii to torej ma KRAFT
ko opisem, Bio je leta 1941 dine
4, novembra, ko smo imeli re
vse pridelke pospravljene. In
pridejo Vojaki V hiso. Povedali
SO nam, da smo doloceni V inter
nacijo in Sc maj cimbolj magic
p~ripravimo ma odhod. Dali so
mi dive uri casa in V teh dveh
urah smo nekaj zasilnih stvari
'popokali" skupaj "a ma pot,
kamor DO re drzala. Odpeljali so
mas V erfurtski lager V Nemciji
Ampak to ne samo meme in
mojo druzino, temvec i druge
v~aScane. Izselili so vse krSko po-
=.
lie, mesto Krsko, pa gori do Ko-
stanjeviee in doll do Save, Skoc-
jana, kar je kranjske strani;
Stajersko da pc Brezic in Bizelj-
sko tam do Sotle. Izgnanih je BIZ
10 IL ten krajev okrog 10000
Slovencev. Donna sno morali
pustiti vse, kar je KIDD incl, V
"zameno" pa smo dobili delo v
nemSkih fabrikah in batine cd
lager-firerjev. JAZZ sem pusti]
donna 80 hektarov vina, tezke
vole, dive kravi, 10 SWIM in pa
vse pridelke in vse orodje. Ko
pa sem Sc pc osvoboditvi il mem
skega lagerja vrnil domov, nj
sem dobil drugega kot COLE ste
ne. Nobene posode, nobenega
orodja nj bilo Hist. Nobene mi
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09

re, ne stola, ne kljucavnice, pa
jih sploh treba nj bilo, ker notri
je bilo prazno in vecino vrat so
potrgali in odnesli, ali pa kurili
z mimi. Tako je bio tudi z okni.
Sploh vse uniceno. Pc njivah,
ko smo Sc vrnili, je rastel osat;
pc vinogradih kopinke; trte, ko-
likor je Sc zivih, lezijo navzkriz
med strhnelimi kohl. Tako, da ie
"a obupati. Sedaj (ko je bilo to
pisano, op. " dobimo ma upanje
nekaj hrane, pa prav slabo; ku-
pitt pa nimamo S Gem, ker JAZZ
sem vlozil pred vojno YES denar
V blago; kupil sem 81 (trtne) ga
lice "a dive lett, soil, obleke in
drugo. Kar smo Sc imeli denar~
ia SO nam Nemci zamenjali dvaj-
set dinarjev "a emo mako. Sc
daj pa zamenjujejo Gugoslovan-
ska vlada) marke nazaj "a di-
marie - 100 mark "a so dinar-
jew. S tenn smo OBJ YES denar in
vse drugo premozenje. Ostala
je nam lie opustoSena zemlja,
kajti ME MISC mogli odnesti. V
nasi vasi sta pogorela Solnce in
joe Grozina. Solnce in zena sta
umrla v Nemciji. Domov je pri-
sci samO sin.
V Nemciji je mas resila ameri-
Ska armada. Vso cast il! z Mani
so ameriSki vojaki obcevali ka-
kor z brati. Dali so nam hrane
in p~roStost. Rekli so nam, da mas
bodo oskrbeli tudi Z obleko. A
ko je prisla, SO mas poslali ma pot
domov in obljubili, da nam bo-
do blago tia poslali. Ko to pisem
(28. avgusta) ga Sc nismo pre-
jeli, ,Upam, da boste tam po-
vprasali, kaj je S tistim ameri-
Skim blagom, XII je bio nam ma
m%enjeno.
Tu sta krSki in breziski okraj
najbolj prizadeta. Drugje, &c je
pogorela ena vas, je druga celia,
tukaj so pa vse unicene.
VEN, da te DO zanimalo, kaj
SO Nemci nameravali S temi ma
SINH kraji. Ko so mas izgnali
brez vsega, SO naselili sem mem
ske Kocevarje, dale Nemce il
Besarabije in Bolgarije. Ampak
ne da bi delali kakor smo mi. V
vsako vas SO Jill poslali lie dolo-
ceno stevilo, kar pa je Sloven-
cev ~ostalo, SO jim morali delati,
drugim, izgnanim, pa SO Nemci
pojedli kar so morali izgnanci
pustiti. Tt pritepeni Nemci MISC
hoteli delati, "a drva pa so "a
bill nase sode, vozove in sploh
vse, kar je bilo lesenega. Kar
MISC pokurili, prodali ali pa cd
nesli, SO sezgali. Ko smo Sc VIZ
Mill il jetniStva, nj bilo mixer
mic.
Pisal bi ii tudi kako smo Ii
veil v Nemciji, a to je eel roman
in to pismo je re itak dolgo, to-
rel o zivljenju v izgnanstvu ve6
drugic."
V ostalem delu pisma pripo-
veduje Anton Jane o svojih vii
sin, XII jih je dobil oh vrnitvi Q
now jugoslovanski vladi in pa 0
neredu, XII je bill takrat nedvom-
no velik : sal so nemske eete
sele nekaj pref odsle, oziroma
zbezale in nj bilo mixer nobene
prave urejene oblasti vec. Jane
pravi, da v teh okolscinah nj BIZ
10 niti donna vse tako" kot bi Sc
cd postenih oblasti pricakovalo,
a je izrazil upanje, ola elm Sc de-
zela uredi, da DO boljse. Jancevo
pismo je slo skozi jugoslovan-
sko cenzuro, kar pomeni, da ga
vzlic precej strogemu kritizira,
nju takratnih razmer jugoslo-
vanski cenzorji MISC virgil v kos.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
Atomsko "enereiio"
zuposluie mnoqo deIovcev

Med vojno je bilo V laborato-
rijih in V delavnicah "a produ-
ciranje atomskih bomb zapo-
slenih V tel dezeli mad 10000
delavcev. Sedaj Jill je' 10000, a
njihno stevilo DO znizano ma 35
tisoc. Toliko delavcev DO nam
rec pr produciranju "atomske
energije", oziroma atomskih
bomb, stalno uposlenih tudi V
"mirnem casu".
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
VESELJE OBJ VRNITVI
SINOV

Linuen, N. j.. LetO 1910 1e
zatonjeno, voscila SO pozablje-
Ia in svet della ter trpi dale.
Ooziveli smo v minulem letu We
likanske dogodke, tako velike,
la Jill ma milijone ljudi nj mo-
3lo pravilno pojmovati. Pred
vsem, bio je konec vojne. Stra-
she grozote so bile izvrsene v
Mi.
Pa je prislo do kapitulacije
sovraznika in nasi fantje Sc po-
vracajo domov. Mnogi zdravi,
nekateri uniceni fizicno in du-
Sevno.
Srecni so svidenja veseli, dru-
gi vidijo pred sabo lie svoie po-
habljene ude in unicene made.
q x
Tony Tomsic IL Oaklanda pi-
Sc, da sta Sc mu vrnila nazai z
boise oba sina. In oh enem po-
udarja, da ceprav on ne SINE
pitt, ina V svoji kleti ma razpo-
lago dovolj rujnega (vinca). Ia
ka rec je dobra pr Hist. Tam je
to lahko, ker raste trta menda
vsenaokrog pc "zlati" ali pa pc
"solncni" Kaliforniji.
Tam, kjer smo mi donna, ie
bilo Vedno dosti grozdja, vina
in zganja, ceprav je kaj druge-
ga manjkalo. NaSa vinska CORA
je bila V zorecih solncnih dneh
vedno oblozepa z grozdjem. "a
to je bio V Semicu, kar Sc tega
tice, jake lepo, Sal veste, SemiG
je V Belokrajini.
Slovenija je V vojni veliko
trpela = V resnici straSno hui
dega je prestala in morda tudi
njeni vinogradi in Meme kleti
Brat je brata izdajal. A so ven
dar zmagali tisti, XII so Sc borili
proti okupatorjem. Res so preli-
vail kri pc krivdi izdajalcev. In
Sc cello cerkve so sledniim po-
magale, sedaj pa tarnajo. Nam
rec duhovniki V njihnem menu.
Takrat jim nj bilo mic proti ubi-
janju, sedaj pa ocitajo silo IT,
slim, XII 10 MISC zaceli, namesto
da bi krivdo zvrnili ma fireria
in duceja, katerim SO sluzili.
Ampak partizani so lie una
gall. Tudi diva moja mlada ne
caka sta sluzila pr Nth in pa
ola "a svojo domovino. Cast
njima!
Pref sem omenila, da Sc vo-
jaki vracajo. Ko sem to pisala
= 81. decembra = sta mi bro
jaVila diva sinova eden il San
Francisco, drugi IL Seattla,
Wash, da sta Sc z boise V Aziji
srecno vrnila, Mas mlajSi pa je
Sc ma Japonskem. On je ma Pa
cifiku re tri leta, cd kar sluzi
V mornarici. Mnogo noci sem
precula V skrbeh, dali Sc vrne-
10. Tri leta sem Sc bala zanie
in zmerom mamie mislila.
Agnes Pasarich.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09

ampak ga pustili Skozi taksno
kot je bio napisano.
Sploh je to pismo emo izmed
najboljsih, ker pove brez OWN
kov to kar avtor misli. In cen
zura mu je dala to pravico. Pi-
smo ina tudi zig italijanske in
zavezniSke vojaSke cenzure.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-09
" SPOMIN MARY
SVETLIKOVI

OAAANoSo AAA AoSOo11 oClII
Sc, ko sem cul, da SO Mary Svet-
lik odpeljali V bolniSnico in da
je nevarno bolna. Zdelo Sc mi
je, da nj bio Sc dolgo tega, ko
sem 10 videl v Blue Island Ave.
kari poulicne zeleznice, kjer
sem 10 re tolikokrat srecal. De-
lala je V zgradbi zeleznice Bur
lington pr postal Union vsak
dan Cd stirih p%opoldne pa vcasih
do II. zvecer in dali, kolikor je
bilo pac della. JAZZ pa sem Sc oh
poznih vecernih urah vracal z
della V tiskarni. Pa jo vidim v
gnjeci - med deseto zVecer in
do enc ponoci je ma karah ONE
meme proge vedno gnjeca. V ii.
stih par urah Sc zenske vracaio
il "downtowna'', kjer cistijo po-
de in sploh kar treba, z della do
NOV in govore O vsem mogocem.
Brni kakor V panju. A med Nil
mi sedi zenska S Prosveto v ro-
XII in bere. Bill je V klopi ravno
prostor in prisedem: Halo Ma
ry! BereS, bereS?" - "Da, sal
drugace nimam casa. Tudi Pro
letarca imam S sabo, pa sem ga
brala ma delo grede."
Ko sva dospela pc 26. cesti do
Lawndale Ave, bio je cez pol
noe, je lilo kakor il skafa. Do
donna il je bio mad diva bloka.
"Kako hos prisla domov v tel
plohi," sem vprasal tjavendan,
ker biloxi pozneje sem incl JAZZ
isto nalogo.
20, imam Tribune S sabo, sem
jo pobrala V uradu, pa ST bonn
glaVo pokrila z MO" Gledal sem
10 in mislil, kako je liudem uso-
jeno delati Ia vsakdanji kruh V
vsakem vremenu. in ure "a de-
lavnik pa ii drugi odlocijo. De-
lala je "a omenjeno druzbo II
let.
Mrs. Mary Svetlik je bila oh
svoji smrti stara 80 let. Zbolela
je tezko lanskega septenbra. V
Ameriko je prisla leta 1910. z
mozem Tomom Svetlikom sta Sc
preselila V Chicago il pennsyl-
vanskih premogovniskih kemp
leta 1928 IL Avelle. Veliko sta
pOskusila radi stavk, radi kriz
in brezposelnosti in imela sta
Sest otrok. Emo leto sta posku-
sila V Clevelandu, Sla nazai med
premogarje in ker tam della nj
bio, sta priSla omenjenega leta
V Chicago in 81 tn dobila zaslu-
EEK. Mrs. Svetlik je bila role
ma vasi Racevo pr Sv. treh
kraljih ma Notranjskem. Bila je
napredna, delavna zenska. Bila
je clanica kluba st. l JSZ, dru-
Stva Pioneers SNIP in druStva
Liberty Bell ABB. V nasem ura-
du Sc je oglasila, kadar je pri-
Sla placevati vstopnice, ali ma
rocnino. Vselej Sc je prijatelj-
sko nasmehnila, kajti bila je "a
res prikupne narave, da 10 je
vsakdo, Xxi jo je poznal, sposto-
val in rad videl.
Pogreb Sc je vrsil 2. januarja
ma Woodlawn, kjer. je bila upe-
peljena, kakor je zelela. Vodil
ga je pogrebnik Louis Zefran.
V kapeli sta govorila oh njeni
krsti John Gottlieb cd druStva
ABB in Donald J. Lotrich cd
druStva SNIP, V kapeli ma po-
kopaliscu pa Chas. Pogorelec v
Evening star., 1946-11-27
Flyers Daughter
Sought on Coast;
| Romance Hinted
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-Au-
thorities today were looking for 18-
year-old Geraldine Hegenberger,
missing on the eve of her scheduled
departure for Okinawa to join her
father, Maj. Gen. Albert F. Hegen-
berger.
The girl and her mother were
scheduled to sail at noon today to
join Gen. Hegenberger, who made a
pioneer flight from San Francisco to
Hawaii with Lester Maitland in
1927 and who was awarded the Col
lier Trophy in 1884 for achieve
ments in blind flying research.
Police said Mrs. Hegenberger told
them she suspected her daughter
had turned down the trip in favor
of marrying a recently discharged
paratrooper, James Scherer, who ar
rived from Los Angeles the same
day they reached San Francisco.
Mrs. Hegenberger said she had
sought to discourage Mr.. Scherer's
attentions to her daughter.
Miss Hegenberger is q native of
Boston.
Evening star., 1946-11-27
Fair and Cool W Weat|,eI
Forecast for Holiday

A fair and cool Thanksgiving Day
with a maximum temperature from
48 to SO degrees, is promised the
District by the Weather Bureau
which predicts plenty of sunshine
for most Of the Nation.
A sharp drop from the 10 degrees
Of yesterday is forecast for tonight
with lowest temperatures in the
upper sos.
The Weather Bureaus holiday
forecast said fair weather will pre-
vail tomorrow over nearly all parts
of the, Nation, with the exceptions
|of the Pacific Northwest and the
Northern Rocky Mountain sections
and in Northern Florida and along
the Carolina coast, where generally
cloudy weather will prevail.
Some snow is predicted in the
mountain areas as far East as Mon
tana and Wyoming. Partly cloudy
and rather cold weather will prevail
over the lower Great Lakes region
and Northern New England, the
forecast said, and it will be quite
cold with temperatures remaining
below freezing during the day over
the upper Great Lakes region and
the upper Mississippi Valley.
Evening star., 1946-11-27
Third Of U. 5. Worker,
Hit by Personnel Cut
Are War Veterans
More Foce DISMISSED
In Reduction Program
Ordered by Congress
By Joseph YOUNG

One-third of all Federal en-
ployes losing their jobs during
the current reduction in force
program are military veterans, 1t
was learned today.
The tempo of the Governments
drive to reduce the number Of its
employees to 1900, 900 by next July
has speeded up to rate which now
finds many former servicemen in
the Federal service losing their jobs
Ior on the verge OF being dismissed.
So tar, most Of the veterans being
dismissed are war service ap-
pointees. These former servicemen
were not Government employees be-
fore the war and entered the Fed
erai service after their military dis
charges.
However, some agencies have been
forced to drop veterans who have
permanent status and who were
employed in Government before
going into the military service. For
the most part, this has occurred in
the War and Navy Departments and
abolished war agencies.
In Arsenals and Shipyards.
Many of the veterans being laid
off-including both war service ap-
pointees and permanent status en-
ployes-were employed in the arse
mails and the shipyards Of the War
and Navy Departments. The drastic
personnel slashes ordered by Con-
gress for War and Navy brought
about the situation.
The number of veterans in Gov
ernment dropped by 1000 between
July and September-from 1896, ,485
to 825.135. Although figures are not
available for October and Noyem-
ber, Federal officials report that
veteran dismissals for these months
are much heavier.
A high Government official ex-
planned the situation this way:
Veterans still have top preference
in hiring and firing in the Govern
ment, but when you consider that
we have to fire more than soc, 900
employees by next July, ybu can see
where some veterans will have to
(See o.. S. WORKERS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-11-27
A Readers Guide
To the Years
Best Books

The Star again is presenting
its annual book survey consist
ing of a critical analysis and
discussion of books in various
classifications, published dur
ing 1916.
It will be issued as a pre-
Christmas supplement of next
Sundays Star, to help form an
opinion of the years best read
ing and to guide in selection of
gift books.
Under their respective heads
-as fiction, history, politics,
science, mysteries, children's
books, and so forth-these
books are reviewed by specially
qualified writer's.
The literary scene in foreign
countries is reviewed in articles
written exclusively for The
Star by writer's known through
out the world. Such names as
Sigrid Undset, Erico Verissimo,
Francis Ambriere and Gwen
dolyn Kidd appear.
A special article for the
Christmas shopper deals with
books in wide variety.
This is a supplement you will
wish to keep on hand every day
from now until Christmas.
Watch for 1t next Sunday in
Uhr Sunhay Star
Evening star., 1946-11-27
$4,000 Workers Due
To Be Idle in Week as
Coal Supplies Drop
$4,000 Already Loid Off
| In Steel, Roll Industries;
Brownouts frightened
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 27.-A
partly dimmed-out Nation today
reeled under the growing impact
of its second major coal stoppage
this year as unemployment in
realted industries hit $4,000 and
there were indications that 200,-
600 to 250,000 workers would be
idle by next week.
All phases of life felt the effects
of the soft. coal walkout. Schools
from Denver to Philadelphia closed
heatless buildings: 10000 steel. rail-
road and river workers were thrown
out of work; 10000 citizens in Provo,
Utah, pleaded for coal to warm their
houses, and 81 States observed
"brownouts" more drastic than those
imposed in wartime.
There were predictions of worse
things to come if the Nations AGO.
900 bituminous miners continue
their seven-day walkout.
Irving S. Olds, chairman of the
board of United States Steel Corp,
the country's leading steel producer,
last night said coal stocks in COM
pany plants are almost non-existent
and operations already materially
reduced, will soon come to virtual
standstill."
100000 Tons of Steel Lost.
The first week of the coal strike
cost American industry more than
400, 900 tons of steel, the Iron Age,
national metal-working paper, es-
timated.
Operations of the steel industry,
the paper said, plummeted to a
rate of 68 per cent of capacity from
last weeks revised estimate of 90.5
per cent.
In Atlanta the manager of the
Chamber of Commerce predicted
10000 persons there will be out of
work within week If the coal
walkout continues.
In the Tri-State Industrial Asso-
citation predicted 100000 employees in
its steel fabricating plants in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia and Ohio
would also be idle within a week.
In month, the association said,
all 100000 workers would be out
of work
$1,000 Laid OFF at Toledo.
New layoffs today included 5000
at the Sharon (Pa.) Steel Corp.
Plant; 27,0OO industrial workers at
Toledo, Ohio; 1,500 Norfolk g. West
ern Railroad employees and 1,576
Virginia railway workers.
The Carnegie e-Illinois Steel Corp.
laid off $500 as 66 of its 129 open
hearths were shut down. More of
the approximately 75,000 employees
are due to be furloughed within the
next few days as various projects are
completed.
In addition, the youngstown Sheet
(See UNEMPLOYED, Page A-59
Evening star., 1946-11-27
Virginia Miners Unable to Get
In Court After ANNight Trip
Only II Spectators Admitted; Huge
Crowd Mills Through Corridors
By Miriom Gutenberg

Five miners who drove all night
from Pocahontas, Va, to sit in
on the Lewis contempt trial not
only failed to get inside the
packed courtroom this morning,
but didn't even catch a glimpse
of their leader.
Two of them finally pushed their
way in for the afternoon session
after Chief Deputy Marshal C.
Michael eKarney ordered assistants
to make room for any miners in the
halls. The other three Pocahontas
visitors were said to have been SO
exhausted by their all-night trip
that they had gone out to nap in
their automobile.
A spokesman for the. group, John
H. Mason, president of mine union
local, spent part Of the morning
going from one courtroom to an
other, begging the deputy marshals
to let him in. He had no luck.
We've Travelled 400 miles to get
here" Mr.. Mason finally told Mr..
Evening star., 1946-11-27
Railway Naturalization
Bill Offered 10 Commons
BY the Assoeioied Press

LONDON, Nov. 27.-A bill to ma
tionalize Britain's railways and long
distance trucking lines was intro
duced in the House of Commons to-
day.
The bill, one of the big items in
the second installment of the Labor
governments socialization program,
would establish a central commits
sion with special boards to deal sep
arately with the railways and road
haulers.
The estimate of the cost OF taking
the two forms of transport under
public ownership was not imme-
diately announced. The full text
of the bill will not be published be-
fore tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-11-27
House Unit on Surplus
.Subpoenas krug in
Unprecede Action
Seeks to Ask Secretary
Why Pipelines Don't Curry
Gos During Coal Strike
BY the Associated Press

In an unprecedented action, a
congressional committee today
subpoeaned Secretary of the In
terror Krug to appear before it.
Mr.. Krug, carrying the brunt of
the Governments battle against
John L. Lewis, was ordered to ap-
pear before the House Surplus Prop
erty Committee at 2 pm. Monday
for questioning about the coal
strike.
A subpoena server was waiting
with the document when Mr.. Krug
arrived at the interior Department.
The cabinet officer accepted it with
out comment.
The committee voted unanimously
to draw the subpoena when Mr..
Krug failed yesterday to appear in
response to an Invitation" issued
two hours earlier. The committee
wanted to know why the $143, 3,000o,-
900 war-built Big Inch and Little
Big Inch pipelines are not moving
natural gas from the Southwest to
the coal-short East.
No Precedent Recalled.
Congressional parIi amentarians
told newsmen they could not recall
q committee OF. Congress ever pre-
viously having subpoenaed MEM
ber of q Presidents official family
Senator Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin, senior Republican on
the Judiciary Committee, comment
ed that "this raises a very serious
question whether Congress should
interfere with the executive, and
whether it has authority to compel
the attendance of cabinet officer.
It might involve our system of
checks and balances"
However, Secretary Krug indicated
he would not seek to bring any
constitutional question to show
down.
An aide explained that the Sec
retary had been in conference with
Attorney General Clark, discussing
Government strategy in the coal
crisis, when the committee sent its
invitation.
Earlier Offer Is Cited.
@The Secretary had offered be-
fore the subpoena was issued to
appear before the committee on
Monday, and he will appear Mon
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