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Evening star., 1947-07-28
j. ). Denounces
In Russian Zone
Men Vetoed for Future
Central Posts After
They Charge Foscism
By the Asseeiofed Press

BERLIN, July %. - United
States authorities have informed
the Russians that the five Ger
man minister-presidents in the
Soviet occupation zone will be
unacceptable as candidates for
any future central government
Of Germany because of a mali
cious" charge that the western
occupying powers have nurtured
fascism, authoritative American
sources said today.
BY this action the Americans
stamped a veto on at least three
leading officials Of the Soviet-spon-
sored, Communist-dominated So
cialist Unity Party (SEDD, which
holds most key posts in the Russian
zones German administration.
Their attack was contained in a
statement submitted to the Allied
Control Authority in connection with
the request that they be given an
audience in the control council to
discuss Germany's problems.
U. s. Anger Flares.
In this statement, the eastern
zone Germans-with the apparent
tacit approval of the Russians ac-
cused the United States and Britain
of tearing Germany apart and of
failure to remove leadig Nazis, the
|informants said.
When this statement reached the
Allied co-ordinating committee, to-
gether with recommendations sub
mitted by minister presidents of the
three western zones, American and
British anger blazed.
The American representatives
told the Russians that such Ian
guage would not be tolerated from
the Germans and that any German
official who held such attitudes
toward any of the occupying powers
disqualified himself from consider
alton for participation in any CEN
trail German government set up
under four power supervision.
Cleavages Emphasized.
The attitude of the Russian zone
Germans illustrated anew the po-
litical and economic cleavages be-
tween the Communist-run Russian
zone and the western zones, Ameri-
can authorities said.
The recommendations from the
eastern zone officials, submitted over
the signature of Karl Steinhoff,
SED minister president of Bran
denburg, charged that the United
States British bizonal merger was
built on the principles Of. federal
ism and zonAl partition and is equiv
alent to an attempt to tear up
Germany and destroy the German
state and throw Germany back 100
years
In making this charge, the Rus
sian zone oficials took no notice
of the repeated invitations to Rus
STA and France to bring their zones
into the merger to effect an eco
nomic unification Of all Germany
Evening star., 1947-07-28
u. N. Palestine Probers
Hold Session in Geneva
BY the Associated Press

GENEVA, July 28.-The U. N.
Special Committee on Palestine
began correlating today the evi-
dence it accumulated in the Holy
Land, and preparing the report it
must submit to the United Nations
by September /. The II delegates
met in private session at the old
Leagtie of Nations Building.
Evening star., 1947-07-28

apparently mascara, IN an effort to
disguise himself.
James w. Lewis, 1907 Fortieth
avenue, Hyattsville, Md, a nephew
of BENEFITS and two garage at
tendants, william H. Baldwin, 703
Erie avenue, Takoma Park, Md,
and Lee Walsh, 1905 G street Sc.
were the others who were ordered
to lie on the floor.
The holdup man demanded the
combination of the safe, Mr.. Bennett
said, but he did not know it.
After about Is minutes of work,
he said the gunman opened the safe
himself.
Mr.. Bennett also was forced to
turn over part of the contents OF a
cash register before the bandit
locked the four men in the Office
and departed.
After the gunman left, Mr.. Ben
nett climbed over the partition
separating the Office from the garage
area and he and his nephew hurried
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Wife's Relative Accused
In Virginia Man S Death
ey the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, July pa pre-
liminary hearing was scheduled to-
day for Jefferson P. Chandler, 80,
charged with the murder of Joseph
Newton Shifdett, 42, Of Chesterfield
County, whose body-riddled by 16
bullets-was discovered in wooded
area of South Richmond yesterday.
Chandler, brother-in-law of Mr..
Shif1ett's wife, was lodged in jail
late yesterday after four hours OF
questioning by police.
Mrs. Shiffiett told authorities that
her husband and Chandler left the
Shiflett home late Saturday night to
go "frogging," carrying along q az
caliber rifle. Police said the 16 bull
let's in Mr. Shifnett's body had been
fired from such O gun.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
By NewboId Moves, Jr.


Gerhart Eisler admitted to the
Justice Department four months
ago that he had been in the
United States in the 1930s, had
used aliases here and in Europe,
and that when he left this coun-
try his passage was paid by the
American Communist Party, a
District Court jury was told to-
day. ..
Eisler. alleged chief Kremlin agent
here, is being tried on the charge
that when he applied for an alien
exit permit to his native Germany
in 1945 he fraudulently neglected to
tell the Government he had Com
r1unist Affiliations, used aliases and
had been in the United States be-
fore.
James M. McInerney, acting first
assistant of the Justice Depart
ment's Criminal Division, told the
jury of Eisler's admissions before an
enemy alien hearing on March 81.
Defense Objects.
Eisler's attorneys, who had OBJ
jected strenuously to the procedure
in Mr.. McInerney's testimony, sat
silent as the alleged confession was
put into the trial record.
According to Mr.. McInerney
Eisler stated at the hearing that he
used the name Edwards" in the
United States between 1888 and
1896.
The Justice Department Official
quoted Eisler as saying he did not
choose the name "for any particular
reason" and used 1t mainly in in.
Productions and perhaps in hote.
registrations.
Application Is Cited.
Eisler also admitted, Mr.. Nc.
1nerney said, having applied for ar
American passport as Samuel Lipt.
zn," and having Travelled in Europe
on this passport on a trip from the
United States in 1885.
"Eisler said he believed this pass.
port saved his life when he was
interrogated by two Gestapo OH.
GERS" Mr.. McInerney said.
Ocean passage for this trip, or
the liner Berengaria, was paid by
the American Communist Party
Eisler was said to have admitted
The same was true, according to Mr.
McInerney, of a second trip to Eu.
rope the following year on the linel
lie de France.
Earlier the defense appeared te
have won out in q legal engagement
III which they sought to get lool
at the official transcript of the
enemy alien hearing at which Eislel
was said to have made the admis-
sions.
Transcript Kept Secret.
The Government, while admitting
the transcript had been used in pre-
paration of its case against Eisler
had resisted defense attempts tt
obtain a copy of the transcript.
Justice James w. Morris ruleo
that if Mr.. McInerney testified or
what happened at the hearing, Chie1
Defense Counsel Abraham J. ISser.
man would be allowed to see the
hearing transcript before cross
examining Mr.. McInerney.
Assistant United States Attorney
william Hitz, supported by Georg'
Kneipp, special assistant to th'
Attorney General, had argued th'
hearing was confidential" Justic,
Morris said he could not understand
how the transcript of hearin,
could be considered confidential i
a witness was allowed to testify a.
to what happened at the hearing.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
YugosIuvio Reported
Baking at U. N. Probe
BY The Associated Press

LONDON, July 28.-The Moscow
radio said today that Yugoslavia had
rejected a proposal by the United
Nations Balkan Investigation Com
mission to carry on its inquiries on
Yugoslav soil.
The broadcast added that Yugo-
slavia declared that an investigation
of what it termed Greek "fabrica-
tions" could not bring about any
practical results" and would be
'sharmful to the authority Of the
U. NJ"
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Hughes Says Brewster Sought
And Got 81 ,4OOin Plane Rides
Senator Declares
Trip Was Taken
On Hosts PIeu
BY the A.soeiafed Press

Senator Brewster, Republican,
of Maine said today he had &C
cepted free air transportation
furnished by Howard Hughes
only because the Hollywood mil
lionaire asked for an immediate
conference with him on an in
vestigation of a wartime plane
contract.
Mr. Hughes had charged in an
open letter to Senator Brewster
earlier that the chairman of the
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee had been flown about the coun-
try by him at a cost of 81 400.
Shown q copy of the letter just be-
fore the committee opened hearings
on Mr.. Hughes contract for con-
struction of huge flying boat, Sen
ator Brewster told reporters it was
true that he had ridden free in Mr.
Hughes planes.
Senator Brewster's Version.
Mr.. Brewster's version was as fol-
lows:
He was in Kansas City on a Sun
day morning after making a Lin
coin Day address early this year
when Mr.. Hughes called him from
Washington and'asked for an imme-
diate conference about the commit
tees investigation work. Senator
Brewster was not certain of the date
but thought it was February 13.
Senator Brewster told Mr.. Hughes
he had two speeches to deliver, one
in Morgantown, w. Va, and another
in Columbus, Ohio, before returning
to Washington and could not reach
Washington until Wednesday,.
Hughes said I will fly you. If you
will come back to Washington,
Senator Brewster said. 80 bought
a ticket on TWA (Mr. Hughes air.
line) and came back to Washington
"We had committee meeting al
which we examined Hughes about
the contracts"
Bricker Went Along.
Then, the Maine Senator said
Mr.. Hughes offered to have Senator
Brewster flown to Morgantown, w
Va, for the speech there that night
in the executive plane" of Jack
Frye, then head of TWA.
Mr.. Frye's plane brought him back
to Washington, Senator Brewster
said, and the next day Mr.. Hughe.
personally few Senator Brewster
and Senator Bricker, Republican o1
Ohio, to Columbus for speech there
that night. Mr.. Hughes returned
Immediately to Washington and hae
Mr.. Frye's plane pick up Senator
Brewster for the return trip aftel
the speech.
THAT reveals some of Mr.. Hughes
methods" the Maine Senator said
"He could have waited in Columbul
for the short time I was there
but he sent out another plane in
stead"
Senator Brewster said he hae
never heard anything about any
81 ,400' expense in connection witt
the flights, contending that Mr
Hughes and Mr.. Frye were fyint
around the country all of the time"
"If I'd known that I'd be asked
to pay 81, 400 I'd have hesitated II
make the trip" he said. I'D hav'
told Mr.. Hughes that he would hav'
to wait until I got back to Wash
inRton on Wednesday"
Evening star., 1947-07-28
EisIer Admitted Usinq
Aliases During '30s,
U. 5. Witness Says
Jury Is Given Details
Of Confession at Enemy
Alien Hearing in March
BULLETIN

A District Court jury was
told this afternoon that Ger
hart Eisler admitted last
March having received 1920
or $3.50 a month If needed"
from the American Commu-
mist Party while in the United
States between 1888 and 1896.
He was quoted as saying the
total amount received was
about $1,000.
Evening star., 1947-07-28

(See HUGHES, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1947-07-28

(see ROBBERIEs, Page A-50
Evening star., 1947-07-28

1see STATEMENT, Page A-35
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11

On June 12th the stockholders of the company, at the annual meeting, approved the issue of new preferred stock to be paid as dividend on the basis of one pre- ferred share for each four shares of common. The new preferred paid as a dividend July 10th to common stockholders, on record as of July 1st, at stated value of $50 a share, is cumulative as to dividends of $2 per share annually, and is convertible into common stock share for share. The pre- ferred is callable at $52.5O share for the first five years and at $51 .25 a share thereafter.
 Tn spite of the difficulties of re- conversion during the past year, everyone at the Electric Boat Com pany is looking forward to a better year in 1947 with new submarine work and a more plentiful supply of materials needed for production.
 When Commercial outside work was first introduced by the man. agement of the E. B. they called for a conference with the officials of the Metal Trades Council to un- dertake a field survey with mem- bers of management in order to set up scale of commercial wage rates that would allow the company to compete with outside commercial manufacturers. The rates when finally set up and agreed to by the Union were considerably be- low the shipyard rates and after a short duration the management be- came dissatisfied and voluntarily offered to discard the new rates, paying the old contractual rates for shipyard work and in conference with the MTG (AFL), extended the contract until October 1st, 1947.
 Among the major jobs that the E. B. is accomplishing is the fur nishing of fabricated steel for the
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Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11
I. A. M. Boosts Wages Of 15OO in Chicago
Is to 20 Cent Raises Secured; Electrical Workers Also
 Win Increases

Chicago, = Agreements just ne- gotiated by District 8 of the Ma chinists have brought substantial wage increases to 1,500 members of the I. A. M.
 At the Goss Printing Press Con- pany, the union won 20-cent an hour raise for 800 employees, boost ing the minimum rate for machin- iSts to $1.60 an hour. Business Rep resentative James Mcdonald of the District lodge reported.
 Wage boosts of 15 to 20 cents were negotiated at the Reddington Company and 21 job shops. That boosted the rate in these plants also to $160.
 Tn addition, the l. A. M., jointly with the Electrical Workers Se- cured 15-cent increases for em- ployees of the Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11
Liberties Apply
 To Workers, Too

Liberties set forth in the first ten amendments to the Constitu- tion apply as much to workers as to any other citizens of this land. That point was stressed by Presi- dent William Green of the A. F.. of L. in a nationwide radio address this week on the 155th anniver- sary of the Bill of Rights"
 "These rights cannot be denied to the man in overalls any more than to the millionaire" Green declared.
 Those who are advocating dras- tic legislation to impair labor 3 right to strike and picket are fly ing in the face of the Bill of Rights and of the 18th amendment, which bans involuntary servitude."
 'Let me serve notice here and
 now that we will resist with all our power any legislation which transgresses the Bill of Rights or violates the 18th amendment"
 Green emphasized
 "These basic rights must be kept inviolate, or the entire American way of life will be destroyed. The trade union movement believes in the expansion of human freedoms, rather than their repression"
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11

AQureSSlHB q pleaidIy SCSS1Ou OA the delegates here, MT. Klenert de- clared:
 "Stabilization of textile econom- ics at home requires stabilization of the textile industry abroad"
 For this reason, he said, it is inn perative that the conference meet not only the need for reconStruc- ton of devastated textile indus tries in War-ravaged countries, but also to aim for the free flow of trade in textile goods and the re- establishment of international trade competition in the industry on the basis of skill, quality of goods, efficiency of management and highly developed capital equip ment, rather than on the basis of sweated labor under the substand- ard conditions.
 In line with this objective, MT. Klenert called for the effectuation of the 40-hour week convention which had been adopted by the ILO in 1887, but ratified by only one nation, New Zealand, and ac- tually put into practice by only one other country the United States.
 He also urged the development of uniform, homogeneous and in- ternationally comparable statistics on wages, hours and other stand ards as a basis for the establish ment of an international minimum wage in the textile industry Of the world. Calling for conven- tion on equal pay for equal work, he stated, proudly, that in the United States six States already had passed laws to this effect, an,l Congress was being pressed for Federal equal pay legislation.
 MT. Klenert told the delegates that American textile workers had won tremendous improvements in their wage standards and condi- tions of work. The 40-hour week, he stated, had become universal; union contracts callad for shift bonuses, call-in pay, vacations with pay, specified holidays, in- surance programs, union security, equal pay~ for equal work, and similar basic advances.
 Among the further. goals Amer
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11
'Orkmen's Compensation
 Amendments

WOrkmen's Compensation
 Amendments
 1. Amend the present law SO that it will be mandatory and not vol untary. At present, it is not manda- tory for employers of five or more employees to carry Workmen's Compensation Insurance
 2. Amend the law so as to cover employers of one or more instead of the present number of five or more.
 3. Amend employees benefits provision by increasing the per centage rate from 50 to 66 2/3 per- cent of an employees average weekly earnings At the present time, an injured employees com pensation rate is figured on the fol- lowing basis:
 The employees average weekly earnings are computed for the pre-
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11
Labor-Management Harmony Keynote as E. E. Faces 1047

The year 1946 at the Electric Boat Company ended with the good of more submarine work The year saw heavy reduction in the plant personnel but during this version period the company has branched out into d versed products to keep of its employees pos sibe News came from Washington last week telling of letter intent the company by the United States Navy the substantial reconverson of two submarines This work will help stabilize the total employment at the plant and later will probably rise in the number of employees as the work gets under way
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11

ican textile labor has set for itself, MT. Klenert reported, are the raiS- ing of the legal minimum wage to 65 and 75 cents; achievement of guaranteed minimum earnings; ex- tension of the preset programs re- garding vacations and insurance, and continuous employment based on an economy free from seasonal aud periodic fluctuations with cy- cles of boom and depression.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11
1Q47 Legislative Program of GEL

Secretary Treasurer and Legislative Agent Joseph M Rourke of the Connecticut Federation of Labor has made public the legislative program which the state labor body will seek to have enacted in Hartford in 1947.
 On Thursday December 19, the Executive Council of the Connecticut Federation of Labor approved the following submitted by Joseph M Rourke and Legislative Agent, and bills accordingly will be submitted the General Assembly which convened January 1946
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-01-11

vious six months period. If his wages are averaging $48.0O a week, then his compensation rate would be set at $24.00 week. Under the proposed amendment, instead of being paid half of his or her aver age earnings, the new computation shall be two-thirds. In other words, in the case cited above. the em- ployee would receive $32.OO a week instead of $24.O0 a week.
 4. Increase the minimum weekly amount of compensation to $12.O0 a week.
 5. Increase the maximum amount of compensation to $4O.OO week.
 In order to obtain some of the increases in payments to injured employees cited above, we may have to agree to schedule of fees to physicians and payments for hos pital services. As it operates at present, I personally feel the name of the Act should be changed from the Workmen's Compensation Act to the Doctors Compensation Act. From November 1, 1922 to Novem- Der 1, 1914 $12, 939,013.77 has been paid out to injured employees and their dependents in direct compen- sation payments and for medical, surgical and hospital care. Of this amount $5,219, 1898. AS represents ex- penditures for medical, surgical and hospital care.
 : While we must see to it that such services as medical, surgical and hospital care are promptly paid for. the overcharging by some physic- rendered is becoming very notice able. In many instances some hos pitalS charge higher rate for compensation cases than for ordin- ary admissions. Why? When some hospitals charge $11.5O per day in a compensation case and crowd B patients into one ward that, in my opinion, is going too far.
 6. Connecticut is known all over the country as the Waiver State" From Nov. 1, 1922, to Nov. l, 1944 the five commissioners approved 81 454 waivers. It is blot upon our present industrial system that men and women must waive their rights to collect compensation in order to obtain gainful employment in Con- necticut. The abolition of the waiver system, therefore, is strong Ivy rncono unndnd
 2. The Act should be amended so that physicians will be compelled to submit medical reports within seven days of the examination by the physician. Delay in submitting medical reports very often holds up the payments to injured em- ployees, and this condition should be corrected by law.
 8. It is recommended that widows of workers killed in in- dustrial accidents should be paid compensation for life or until they remarry. At present, the limit is six years.
 g. The Act should be amended 30 that hernia and bursitis be made compensable as the law required prior to 1927. The 1914 report of the Commissioners readily admits that it is still very difficult to de- termine when hernia is or is not chargeable to an industrial accident or traumatic injury.
 10. Workers permanently totally injured should receive compensa- tion for life instead of for only ten years, the present limit under the law.
 II. The benefit rate of $3.5O per week for children under 18 years of age, which commences after the six year period in fatal accident
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