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Ministers
Continued From First Page.)
Might Embarrass Italy.

clauses of the proposed treaty
that is, on reparations which Russia
up to now insisted should be heavy
Might Embarrass Italy.
Mr.. Byrnes commented that such
a request might embarrass the
Italian government at this time,
and the conference decided to see
the deputies report on economic
clauses first
Mr.. Molotov's actions caused spec
ulation whether they constituted
a prelude to a new Russian policy
on Italy, involving a reversal on
Trieste and Yugoslav boundary is
sues as well.
AS they began their conference
some informants expressed the be-
lief the United States had prepared
a dramatic move, which would lead
either to satisfactory compromise
or complete break with the sys-
tenn Of major power unamity.
In Jovial Mood.
These sources said that if there
was a break in the system of
unanimity. which dates back to the
Yalta and Potsdam conferences, it
would entail federalizing the
American. British and possibly
French zones of occupation within
Germany without Soviet participa-
ton. and an appeal from the Min
listers Council to the United Ma
tons General Assembly to decide
disputed treaty issues.
However, the foreign ministers of
the four powers appeared jovial in
mood as they entered Luxembourg
Palace for their next and perhaps
last attempt to write a unified peace
formula for the European axis and
its satellites.
Mr. Byrnes, Mr.. Bevin, Mr.. Molo-
TOW, and French Foreign Secretary
Georges Bidault appeared in a
friendly, optimistic frame of mind
as they reconvened after a 29-day
recess.
AS each delegate entered the Vic
tor Hugo salon, fanked by aides and
advisors, there were hearty hand
shakes and smiling greetings. Flash
bulbs tWinkled as photographers
lowered around taking pictures for
the short period they we're permit
ted in the chamber.
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unions. The other million would
come from outside contributions
and subscriptions from members
above the assessment.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Bridges, in a Ma
tion-wide radio talk, demanded pub
lie support for an investigation pro-
posed by Senator Aiken, Republican
of Vermont into wartime expendi-
lures for the Merchant Marine
Take my word for it the maritime
workers got precious little Of it,
the $4,000, 100000 spent on Ameri-
can shipping during the war.
He also demanded that Congress
investigate what he termed the
extent foreign shipping concerns,
such as the British, Dutch and
Franco-Spanish. are spending money
in the United States through Amer
lean shipping associations to at
tack labor, smash unions and lobby
against United States laws that
benefit the people Of America"
$4,000 Return in New York.
An estimated 10000 workers Of
the GNU, a majority of them sea.
men Of the National Maritime Union
returned to their posts on the New
York waterfront yesterday, many Of
them singing Solidarity Forever.
BY evening the port was reported
back to normal.
Generally over the country the
sea-going members OF the GNU ap.
peared satisfied with the estimated
$50 month wage increase they will
get as result of the Government
dictated settlement Friday night
The pay boost will 90 to then
through $l7.50 a month raise ir
base pay plus greatly improved over.
time pay provisions for both sea anc
shore duty. =
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Communists BaIk
AT Bidau|t Regime
BY the kssoeio.ed Press

PARIS, June 15.-The threat OF
a serious new French political crisis
developed today as the Communist
party gave signs of baking at a
government headed by Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault, whose
Popular Republican Movement
(MRP) holds the largest bloc of
seats in the new constituent as
sembly.
Speakers at meeting Of the
party's central committee advocated
return to the formula of tri.
partite cabinet directed by a So.
cialist and raised a familiar Com
munist demand for one of three
key ministries: foreign affairs, in.
terror or national defense.
It was such a demand that pre-
cipitated a crisis last fall when Gen
De Gaulle was attempting to form
a cabinet.
Gen. De Gaulle will speak to-
morrow in Normandy at ceremonies
concentrating his 1914 arrival ir
France, and there were rumors he
might break his silence on domestic
political affairs.
II the anti-MRP sentiment Is
consolidated in a formal note at the
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Communists meeting tomorrow, two
main courses will be left open tt
give France quickly a government
she needs during the crucial for.
eign ministers conference:
The Socialists may reverse theil
decision not to take the presidency
and consent to mediate the crisis.
The MRP may try to govern with
a wholly MRP cabinet.
The MRP's executive committee
today reiterated its confidence ir
Mr.. Bidault.
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clauses of the proposed treaty
that is. on reparations which Russia
up to now insisted should be heavy.
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Leeds University in England has
been given $4,000 for a rayon sec
ton in its department of textile in
dustries.
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Romanian Reply Called
Inadequate by U. s., Britain
BY the Associotsd Press

BUCHAREST, June 15.-United
States and British diplomatic rep
resentatives here, acting on instruc-
tons from their governments, have
handed similar notes to the Ro-
manian government expressing dis
satisfaction with Romania's reply
to British protests of Ro-
mania's "non-fullfillment" of the
Moscow agreement.
One source said the United States
note declared the Romanian reply
was wholly inadequate" in view of
the present situation in this country
and contains a number of mac
curacies."
Both British and American notes
also declared, this source said, that
their original protests remained in
effect because conditions which
caused the protests have not been
changed.
The United States charged in its
original protest of May q that no
date had been set for a Romanian
national election and that parties in
opposition to- the Romanian govern
ment had been denied public liber-
ties.
The RomanIar government re-
piled on June that it was "eager"
to hold national elections, that the
draft of a voting law had been pub
lished and that opposition parties
were receiving full license"
Leeds University in England has
been given $4,000 for a rayon sec
ton in its department of textile in
| dustrieS
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PothoIooist to Attend

A conference on tobacco disease
control at Triton, Ga, scheduled 70,
June Is, rs and ~, will be attended
by E. A. Walker, plant pathologist
Of the University Of Maryland.
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Maritime
Continued From First Page.)

'OoIltlIlueQ from First Pdge.)
vim, assistant director of the Labor
Department Cancellation Service
said:
ut looks better now than it has
for some time-very much better
There are not over a dozen strikes
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. taDs, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day. ,pait three jull days and I
receipe the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Milton e. Abramson, 80, sos ouackenbos
ss.dn.yw.,, St nv, and Lillian M. Kaplan. ~,
Lester H. Zimmerman, 80, and Ursula M
Emeay rssss a. asrsa siah G # 81 ots sosi st. s
NV, and Cora A. Dutterer, %, 143g
Rhode Island ave. NV.
Arnola W Welbaum; Il. and Anna NJ
Dorrance Burdict, dick Is. @ and iS Epslyp n r Dunn
q, both of 2214 Newton st. ne.
John Lohman. jr.,- %, 1852 4th st. sws
and Kathleen M. Longmore, 21. 4se i
wenfra Evans. a2, so1 @ st. s.e.. and
Louise H. Carter, 81. 436 Lamont st,
Rudy = v; Nm Mueller; q, 40, 5al m pshlts s St NV
Takio sadayasu. "a. a413 18th st. ne.
w,1I1s and :, Kiyok1 Magai sl. 2ss44 g st. NV,
NV, and % Kathieen n. Kaldell aS aeces so' seIS Il
James S. George. So. 654 9th st. ne, and
Ethel I. Reed, Al, 3344 Nebraska ave
Wallace A; Taylor, q. 1901 B st. Sc.
Frank o. Rohland, 32, -2e54 Tilden st
NM, Ttp,or and n Valerie e. Becker, s2, 2s36
Harry r Harding, p. aa41 Tilden st. NV,
and Mildred L. Basler. 23. Arlington
FREQ NJ. Reid. %, Lexington, Va. and
Clarence II. MoSter, 25, Boston, and Ruth
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Daniel s Rich gEaehsurs. q; so4 ays So 81 ny.

D.s; 1hsssai. dsrsssa 1T sSs ss' g. 1852 L.
ssss saissP ., rss! f;,ss 70
Heaay 4 beta % Aexaossr Ge aoss esth 81 81 sl9 e
and irene Aryiss. %, SCOTS Hotel. '''
cyrl + Ga daulders r. ps San DieEo
John s"ffA Il. Peck. p; nN as. 4eea Albemarle st.
nv. and Ruth r. Edwards. 36, 1884
lington, and Viola L. Bredberg, 35. Silver
Marvin j. Fryer. 20, Hagerstown. Md,
and q Ann r, Enbank. "a. ssls 9Th st.
HoTsfa IVA st,to " senssksr s >. e. Naval Esssiy-
20. Baltimore.
Kenneth 2. qrenwis. 2s. and Maxine L.
Jones, 81, both of 1880 Clifton st. NV
william sin,noL. l. Henson; 5n 2l and Geraldine P
Edward (. Ryan, a1, 1923 Irving st. ne
q, and = Annette M. Carroll. 23 a6s 10th
Nv: and virsinia A. '9 walls aas 5.k sS. 5sIa sHe
LaSSenee K. penais, asa q. 5o4 Rhode Island
aye aye NV and Georgia Lester, 26. 1883
JACK R. T. Pieri. aiai s5. sl5 x st. me-, and
Charlie Robertson, 80, and Martiiy Brown,
~, both Of 1910 Riggs pl. NV.
William H. Truitt, 2S, 1900 u st. NV,
and Margaret L. Price. 23. 914 18th st.
Charles K. W. Lau, "a, Arlington, and
Mabel F: Wong, 90, San Francisco.
ne, and Filomena Marino, "a, 1925
Geranium st. NV.
DOC Bridges. 27, Fort jackson, 8. c., and
Ollie 3. Spears, 25. s13 5th st. NV.
Alfred H; Neston, SO, and Dicie T. Doyle,
30, both Of 924 K st. me-
Edward j. Peebles,a 80, 2423 Good Hope
Evening star., 1946-04-14

N. put,y, 80. 34s Psrklsnd pl. Sc.
and Sarah L. Caddy, 90, 343 Parkland
Athsns nl'i,. cewan. 81. q $rd st, ne, and
%t A Be Br.1s IT, sna al KAT Katie N r. st Brown a
and W,l asn1svisSe Y. stoecEman. IS. s. $3.50
F.. and Mary L. Rodsers, sA@fs'siz Fl, sl4
Anshenns sshhensesa s. stanish 81 nX a. and jeanette
Ginsbsrg. 40. both of 1921 Randolph
John d. curilla. ~, and Rosetta A. vi
Millard e. Brancheau, 25, 532 NeWcomb
N.nss:. g. Sc. and Martha r. Long, rs, 40s
cam cahnssa g. 1851 H%Ssezs; %somiss awe ana
~. n.y. and Helen p. Opt Pietehsf. G,sfonsln II.
i3lS 35th st. nv.
Ada M Sifh PhlDs se solns ardmore Fis5f osia and
Sylvester V. Langenderfer, 81. 1iib sth
St; St, nv, and Blanche e. Fleming. *,
and Ethel P. Carter, 26, 14i3 Buchanan
Russell NJ Divvens, a5, 2o4 Newcomb St
Sc: and Edna R. Dawson. "a, 2119
and dfsassEspa msrsspet z Bater sae Taylor 5S s
14th st. NV - -o1o
John J. oConnell. "a, and Mary M,
r., Hogan. "A. both of 2s17 18th st. ne.
oosa FsbeI ". walker, jr, 23, ouantico. and
William b, Misfeldt. as a1e5 18th st.
poSi,r pp;wi, ana Wilma L. McElroy. 23. 5000
omer H; Fansler. 33. Clarksburg. w. Va,
Hha ma Miargaret I. Hrehor, 20, 1869
Claude A. Macintosh. "a. 1898 18th st,
RR;w;, and Phyllis L. Fisher. 23, $50
Evening star., 1946-04-14
AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

BUICK, American Bantam, Chevrolet, Ford
or Ss nav in fSSed tS eens
RofoRs stzsf aa fsia fsia Y st. NM minutes LOVING
saa ouaa: issss Badly nasd.d q sSD
% Hissess D prices paid for Clean cars: Dive
s2Issflsfi q sa IT, hsf Iisd It r fs asEs e.
Buick ''s1sl ass saa svery dollar your
Positive ,ttTansportation may be aIIanssd
MFo Ms EasnE aEs s9r ss psM Conn saT ave
any make ef car that has had good care:
assS 1Ess sssn aaf XVI Rsg '1s ss5
BUCKS WANTED-I will pay the high
2Sth s., Ne. Adams s544.
cgHasvso5I cHEvkoIEf f oWNERsdef saTa s every ss dollar
your car r,i.;u is worth; EN-: 1854. Bob Ter
sasSS Ss, Hs5sRs e. ySs5 VS. VS. sss
sonF ass 8 ro M sst every 6Hsg Sesy
kies. e cENETExI' 4 ~ MofoR rs 'sAi sAiEs. @ @fzss
Conn. ave.
CHEVROLET. late sedan; will pay top cash
for tITrGs lew,miieass nj agoo car WEsTMoRELAND
SaEyRoLETs WANTED Il viii pay the
WILLIAMS AUTO SALES, r. L ave. at
10th st. ne. Adams S344.
SHEvkSLEiINsasn i9s ySSr ssr 70 re-; reG
sEG. aEh DEALER asGIE1s si saPG
the maximum cash price for any desirable
Wisconsin, Or. 1920. . to 5. Closed Sun sun.
FORD 1885 conv. 4-door sedan; good con-
dition. win pay $500 cash Phone TR.
1858 between 10 am. and 1 pm. Sunday.
FORD Or MERCURY-win pay extra for
KS ssssn Il RuSs fSSS fS fIndt!SR 4so6
Is worth. EN-. 1854. Bob Terrett.. Posi-
tive transportation may be arranged while
TOE SALES. 44ss Conn. ave. ' ''
fSc ySsNs esI a;7 ne c.1so,, rec s.Ds
osD o ssh c .asSs as1yss aoss soS your car
Hfgia MOTOR EN sat 44Js R'Sss Sssn Fs: W:
lords .WANTED-I viii pay the highest
ffxMs HuTo 81 SALE ste n. !. H1s a"s' 4, sotn
oLpsMosirEs w2NTEp-I viii pay the
s.sSst' SfsSs sHaa aSls,'s zu4o o. sA H. 'nl
iiyMSuif3sise wassTisp-Af Af.s,ii "Iil ss.s' S.s IN.
ssasi s,sss.' frsSs VIZ dSI-': suro s'' sAi i n.rl
tIxsojs!saif 81 ScspoSsss oSss.ss ss. WI. VII or IS
easfxoSh1sb zSi;os!' s!''t Ia ''sssao Goo: ears
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Deaths Reported

Minnie Milligan. "a. 1885 18th st. NV,
Maude Frank, IS. 3727 18th st. ne.
Henry T: Barbee, 5s. 1918 Bath st. NV.
Edward Tashjian. 81, 2S1S 28th st. Sc.
Karl A. PieZ, A. 1929 Columbia rd NV
Gladys M Kcsler. 43. l547 33rd Sc. NV.
Olivia Mancusa. Al, 1854 Girard st. NV
Loris E. Williams, 81. .635 Dahlia st. n. "
Walter E. Winter, 30, Lancaster, N. Y.
Infant Cox, The Plains. Va.
George Holley, s8. 474 o st. NV.
Rosalia winston. 81, 1921 e st. NV
William H. Carney, "a g4S r. L ave n W
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Births Reported

Earl and Edna Barnes, girl
John and Georgia Dodson, girl.
Valentine and Christine Chelmini, girl.
Thomas and Mabel Hodges, boy.
Cyrus and Betty Jones. girl
Paul and Mary Kattenburg, boy.
Harry and Lucille Kessler, girl.
Warren and Beth King, boy.
Oscar and Clarissa LaVine, boy.
Harold and Margaret Leypoldt, boy.
Thomas and Patricia Lydon, boy.
George and Blanche Maisel boy.
J. Vincent and Viola Marean. boy.
George and Elizabeth Rexroat, boy.
Harold and Mary Rice, boy.
Robert and Anna Sandbeck, girl.
Walter and Matte Smith, boy,
Charles and Margaret Starkey, boy.
Richard and Cynthia Thompson. boy.
Edward and Norma Walters. hoy
Evening star., 1946-04-14

I'd. Sc. and Ramona 8. Fields, SO. Ta-
koma Park.
McCieveland Crawford, 81, 1891 r st. ne,
and Sarah J. Clyburn, 21, 1l23 10th
Jonathan D. saner 81. 1885 S st. Sc,
Lo'iis McMurray, 10, s24 1ltn St. ne,
and Dorthy T. volker, is, s15 4 st. ne,
bell .25, both OF Hotel Grayln
Alexander D. Angelidis, 26, a3g OgIe-
thorpe st. me- and Ora e. Thomas,
Evening star., 1946-04-14

Merle Shelton, 81. 116 18th st. Sc.
Raymond Carter, 50, 636 18th st. ne.
William Blakley. 45, s02 New Hampshire
A,sert ays, ies h;w. 40 as7 4tb 81 NV
Eula B. Murray, ~, 1882 18th st. NV.
Infant Hackney, 81 Virginia ave. s.w.
Infant Harris, 2123 Eye st. ne.
Infant Hall. Maryland,
Infant Woodland. 1895 Georgia ave, NV.
infant Powers, 315 l. st Sc.
Infant johnson, Ill d st. ne.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

THESE prlces are at or beIow OPA ce1l-
tngs. SCHLEGEL & GOLDEN, 257 Carroll
St, Takoma Park, D. c. GE. 1902. Open
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Study
Offered 10 Adults

Registration for adult home
making classes offered by the Home
Economics Department of the pub
lie school system will be between
6 pm. and 8 pm. tomorrow at the
three high schools where the classes
will be held. Mrs. Ola Day Rush,
department head, announced yes
terday.
Courses offered, together with the
schools, where and the days on
which they will be taught, are:
Cookery for Two Central and
Mckinley, Monday evenings.
Advanced Cookery-Central and
Mckinley, Wednesday evenings.
Clothing Construction and Reno
vation-Beginners' courses at Cen
tral, Mckinley and Roosevelt, Mon
day evenings, and advanced courses
at the same schools Wednesday eve
nings.
Interior Decoration - Mckinley
Thursday evenings.
Millinery-Central, Thursday eve
nings
Instruction is free, but a labora-
tory fee of 81 is charged for clothing,
interior decoration and millinery
classes and a $5 fee for foods classes
to cover costs of materials Day.
time classes will be formed about
october l.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Antoine de Geofroy Dies;
Former French Diplomat

Antoine de Geofroy 73, a former
member of the French diplomatic
corps, died Thursday at Lausanne
Switzerland, where he had been liv-
ing for many years with his brother,
George de Geofroy, according to
word received here yesterday.
Mr.. Geofroy was the grandson of
the late George w. Riggs, member
Of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs,
which afterward became the Riggs
National Bank, and also one of the
founders and for many years trea-
surer of the metropolitan Club of
Washington.
Born in Peking, China, while his
father was French minister to
Japan, Mr.. Geofroy also entered the
French diplomatic corps. He was
we'll known in New York and Wash
ington.
He is survived by several nephews.
two of whom, Louis and Henry de
Geofroy, live in New York, as well
as his brother.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Maj. Gen. {. J. Bailey,
81st Division Head in
World War |, Dies
BY The Assoeioted Press

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Sept, 21-
Maj. Gen. Charles Justin Bailey,
U. S. A., retired, commander of the
.81st (WildcaU Division during
World War I. died today at his
home. He was 81 last July 81.
Gen. Bailey led the S1st Division
in the Meuse-Argonne offensive,
and for services in this battle won
the Distinguished Service Medal,
the Order of Leopold of Belgium
and the Legion of Honor and the
Croix de Guerre of France.
He was graduated from West
Point in 1880 and retired in 1922
when he was in command of the
3rd Army Corps Area with head
quarters in Baltimore.
Other posts he held included: Ar
tillery Board president, member of
the Army General Staff, secretary
of the Army War College, COM
mander of the Middle Atlantic
Coast Artillery District, the 7th Di-
vision and the 9th Army Corps,
commander of the coast defense of
Manila and Subic Bay in the Philip
pines and commander of the De-
partment of the Philippines.
Gen. Bailey suffered a fractured
hip in July. 1945, and in recent
months had been able to walk with
the aid of a cane.
A native OF Tamaqua, Pa, he is
survived by his widow, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Omira Chiffon, Mosilla
Park, N. Mex, and Mrs. Merry
Candy who is with her husband,
Col. C, L. Candy, in Tokyo; four
grandchildren and a brother, Will
liam S. Bailey of Jamestown.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
Injuries Fatal 10 Sergeant
After Collision With Truck

MiSergt. Elmer A. Taylor. 26, of
4504 Third street Sc, former Army
pilot with IS war missions to his
credit, died yesterday in Walter Reed
Hospital of injuries received Friday
when the car he was driving was ir
collision with truck on the Boiling
Field d-Andrews Field highway neal
the Suitland parkway.
Sergt. Taylor, attached to Andrews
Field at the time of his death, was
discharged from the Army Air Forces
last April as captain and immedi-
ately re-enlisted as a master SER
geant. During his war service in
the European theater he received
the Distinguished Flying Cross and
Air Medal
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Leila
Taylor.
Park police listed the driver of
the truck, which overturned, injur-
ing all Ave colored occupants, as
William Franklin, 81, of Drury, Md.
Prince Georges County police said
last night they are still investigat- :
ing the crash and have placed no
charges.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
'Profiteering' Probe
To Hear Kaiser
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Possible "prof1teering" on $21,-
900 ,O00,0 of wartime merchant
ship construction will be investi-
gated by the House Merchant Ma
rine Committee, beginning tomor-
row.
Henry J. Kaiser, the West Coast
industrialist who applied new tech
niques to speed up the production
of Liberty ships, will be among the
first witnesses.
First announced task of the COM
mittee will be to dig into the profits
made by 10 operators in huge Gov
eminent owned shipyards to ascer-
tain whether any inordinate profits
were made.
No charge of proflteering has been
made by the committee against any
individual company.
The committee expects to make
public the profits of all 10 of the
operators of the Government
financed ship reconstruction plants.
1t is understood the committee
has received reports of one COM
pany being organized during the
war with 5000 capital and doing
millions of dollars in shipbuilding
with large profits.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
municipalities League
OF Virginia 10 Meet
b. the Associofed Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Sept. 81.
The League of Virginia Munich
palities will convene in its 41st an
nual session here Monday.
The convention will get down to
business with breakfast group ses-
sions for planning and zoning Of
f1cials and airport officials. Speak
ing at the first seminar will be C.
L. Reed, chairman of the Richmond
City Planning Commission, while
talking to the airport officials will
be Col. Allan c. Perkinson, director
of the State Bureau of Aeronautics
The afternoon will be occupied by
group meetings, an address by Ly-
man Moore, assistant housing ad-
ministrator, National using
Agency; an air show to be staged
by the Navy and committee meet
ings.
The annual banquet of the league
will be held Monday night with
Gov. Tuck in attendance.
The convention will adjourn after
business meeting at II am. Tues
day.
Evening star., 1946-09-22
President Says WSB
Will Continue Wage
Policy Functions

President Truman said yesterday
that the Wage Sterilization Board
will continue to administer the
wage stabilization program" spik-
ing reports that an early change in
makeup or abolition of the board is
planned.
The board has been under fire
recently in the maritime strike and
both the CIO and AFL have de-
manded that its public and industry
members resign.
Despite Mr.. Trumans statement,
it is known that top Federal officials
concerned with the problem believe
that composition of the board and
the whole wage price policy will
have to be changed to meet the de-
mands of the big industrial unions
for higher pay that will come period
ically in the next six months.
Policy to be Retained.
The Administration strategy IL
to hold on to the present board and
present wage policy, formulated in
the midst of last winters great
strikes, just as long as possible.
But, since living costs already have
risen about 13 per cent this year
and OPA, under present price law,
is announcing new increases almost
daily, officials know they will not be
able to hold the wage line much
longer.
More and more unions are coming
In for second round of reconver-
sion wage demands, and pressure
already built up against present
policy Is terrific.
The boards authority over wages
consists of acting on increases in
volving requests for compensatory
price hikes.
Changes Considered.
The present board is a tripartite
affair, consisting of public, labor and
industry members. In event of
change Of composition, it is held
likely that an all-public board will
emerge, with labor and industry in
advisory capacities.
Early last week, Mr. Truman asked
the Advisory Committee of the Of
flee Of War Mobilization and Re-
conversion to make study of the
whole wage-price policy.
In his statement yesterday, the
President pointed out that this was
just one more topic he had asked
the advisory group to look into. He
said 1t has been studying Govern
ment expenditures, materials short
ages and the whole Imitation
program