The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
by DrezC PeGr;SO11

CTS on the West Coast In addition Steelman said, sOOOO lumber workers were prepared to begin walkout.
 well the case is in your hands" replied WISE Chairman w. Willard wirtz. "we have taken the position we thought best. If you disagree with us it's up to you to change it..
 steelman replied that the "only course" left open to him was to reverse the WSB ruling and agree with the maritime commission which was ready to grant higher wages He explained that under the strict language of Truman executive order issued last February higher pay could be approved without conflicting with the governments Stabllization poll .cies, providing the government operated less than half of the nations shipping, and providing also majority of private ship operators agreed to pay the wage increases without simultaneously boosting rates
 SteeInnan said he had contacted private ship Op- orators and the maritime commission, and had been assured that both willing to absorb the addl- tional labor costs.
 What he didn't tell his visitors was that he had just had long telephone conversation with Vice Admiral w. w. Smith, Chairman of the Maritime Commission in which Smith urged that Steeman overrule the Stabilization Board.
 Since the government is in the minority in this case is only fair that private operators should be allowed to fix their own pay scales" Admiral smith contended. There's violation of the stabization program involved here in my opinion. That's just a AoU OA PoPPyOoOh'
 However Steelman didn't need any reassurances either from Smith or from the private operators He had decided that the seamen should be awarded raises above the $1750 approved by the WSB and he made no bones about asserting his feelings.
 Pete Leguineche, impressive young candidate for Congress from Boise, Idaho, still wants to come to Washington, despite the fact that his pocket was picked of $2O0 the other night near the Mayflower Hotel . Leguineche lawyer-son of Basque sheep herders in the Idaho hls had a lengthy converse tion in Spanish with Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace during which Wallace surprised him by showing some knowledge of the Basque language considered one of the most difficult in the world. Political protege of Idaho's surprising young Senator Glen Taylor, the Basque Democratic candidate was here to try to hypo the Agriculture Department into sending more fertilizer to Idaho farmers. If IVA Chairman David Lienthal is finally appointed to the Atomic Energy Commission, good bet for his IVA job is lame-duck Senator Bob LaFoette-lmless Wisconsin Democrats raise too much fuss. Wash ington is still waiting for Treasury Secretary John Snyder to break down and say something real about the stock market collapse He refused to answer half
 dozen questions on it at his press conference last week. Henry Morgenthau criticized for mate Snyder averages four trips day from his office across the street to the White House. The De- partment of Agriculture which last Spring started sending cotton to German textile mills, is planning to send wool soon. Payment is through exports of cloth from the German mills to other countries, usually European.