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WASHINGTON. - Only two labor
leaders have let the cat out of the
bag but around Christmas the ma,
| ton will face it's greatest strike
wave in history.
Most labor leaders are not talk
ing about this before election, fol
fear of hurting the chances OF their
particular congressional candidates.
| Not so John L. Lewis, head of the
Mine Workers and Walter Reuther.
head of the powerful CIO Auto
Workers.
Despite the fact that Lewis had
demanded the end of meat control
and wage stabilization; despite the
fact that the AFL went on record
for the end of all controls, AFL and
CIO leaders held a series of secret
huddles after Truman's meat
speech to decide on a new wage
policy. Most of them agreed to soft
pedal strikes for the moment and
see what happened to the price
structure.
However. Lewis. who wants to
be president of AFL, and Reuther.
who wants to be president Of the
CIO, would not hold back.
SPANISH WAR SURPLUS
AS if there weren't enough
headaches in disposing of sur
plus goods from this war, War
Assets administration recently
had to unload some ancient
hOrse-drawn ambulances used
in the Spanish-American war.
The problem finally was
solved bY removing the wheels
and painting the bodies in deli
cate pastel tints. Presto the
relics were converted into gay
cabanas and bathing shelters
for seashore resorts. They sold
like hotcakes.
CHURCHILL FUMES
Winston Churchill is getting more
and more irked over reports that he
is the member of the Big Three
chiefly responsible for sabotaging
a democratic peace.
Originally, Churchill had planned
to take plenty of time writing his
memoirs, spinning them out in
three volumes to be finished about
three years hence. Now, however.
friends say he wants to put out a
quick short volume to answer
critics. This book would deal with
some of the Big Three conferences.
especially Teheran.
Churchill's critics have blamed
him for the spheres Of influence
agreed upon at Teheran, following
which Russia took over most Of the
Balkans, while England took over
Greece.
Churchilrs friends, on the other
hand, claim that actually he was
vigorously opposed to these spheres
Of influence and threw the Atlantic
charter in Roosevelt's face. Stain,
however, replied that Britain could
have her own sphere of influence,
and in the end Roosevelt cast his
weight with Stain.
Whether this or Elliott Roosevelt's S
version is true, remains to be seen.
However, it is interesting that the
Harry Hopkins inspired stories in
the Saturday Evening Post imme-
diately after Teheran dwelt heavily
on the fact that Roosevelt decided
to cast his lot with the Russians. If
correctly interpreted, that decision
has now backfired
SHE WASN'T FROM MISSOURI
Kate Smith was so excited she
lost her hat and almost forgot
her gloves when she called at
the White House to launch the
Community Chest drive and to
give President Truman the orig
inal copy of the Community
Chests new march, "The Red
Feather" 1t was composed by
Maj. George Howard of the
army band, who accompanied
her.
"Gee, it's great to be home
again, Mr.. President" said
Miss Smith once she got to the
White House, gloves and all.
"YOu know, / am a native
Washingtonian.'
"Well, I'm mighty glad to
hear that" grinned Truman.
"It's a rare occasion when you
find a native WashingtOnian in
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