Evening star., 1947-04-27
By the Assoeiated Press

The Senate War Investigating
Committee agreed yesterday to
solution of it's veto squabble with
President Truman designed to save
the face of all concerned"
Chairman Brewster who called 1t
that, reported the committee voted
not to try to get Congress to over
ride the veto. Instead, new reso-
luton will be introduced tomorrow
designed to meet Mr.. Truman's OBJ
jections to the original.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, OF
Michigan, still wants to vote to
override the veto,' Senator Brewster
said, "but other members of the COM
mittee are not as belligerent"
The original resolution was in
tended to allow former Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler of Montana to retain
his private law practice here and
still serve as. committee counsel for
an Arabian oil inquiry. The Presi-
dent, an old friend of Mr.. Wheeler's,
said in his veto message that the
resolution contained novel author
situation. He asserted that the tele-
phone company has been working
hard" in an effort to persuade
striking employees to return next
week but had made no headway."
Leaders Confer.
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach, in
his shirt sleeves, conferred sepa-
rately in his Office yesterday after
noon with Joseph A. Beirne, presi-
dent of the National Federation of
Telephone Workers, and C. F. Craig,
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. vice president in charge of per-
Sonnel.
From 10 A. M. yesterday until
shortly before o'clock last night
there were conciliation conferences
between union representatives and
officials of the A. T. g. T. long lines
division, the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co.. and the Western
Electric Co. Secretary Schwellen-
bach took part in some of these
meetings. .
1--WE are carefully developing q
conciliation program which may be
| fruitful" Federal Conciliators
Peter j. Manno and William N
Margolis, said when the meetings
broke up. The conciliators an
nounced that conferences will be
resumed today.
| Settlement Doubled.
! Mr.. Beirne and other officials OIL
the NFTW indicated last night that
they saw no immediate prospect
of a settlement. Mr.. Beirne who
earlier in the day voiced hope fol
an agreement over the week end
reported that Mr.. Schwellenbach
had merely reviewed the situation
without offering a new settlement
/ proposal
Another NFTW spokesman sale
! the union president informed Mr.
Schwellenbach about the NFTW
policy committees reduction. of its
wage increase demand from SIP tt
S6. Mr.. Beirne, the spokesman said
told Mr.. Schwellenbach that the
companies never had made a wage
offer and should make one"
! Mr.. Morrison declared last night
that settlement of the dispute be.
tween the Baltimore telephone COM
pany and one of several unions OF
telephone workers in Maryland set
a precedent for similar action in
Washington.
500 Normality Claimed.
Mr.. Morrison reported that long
distance service is nearly so per cent
of normal and local telephone serv-
ice is ION normal basis" He said
the company handled 1899 long dis
tance calls last Friday, seven times
the number put through on the first
day of the strike, April 7.
| The Southern Bell Telephone Co,
meanwhile, stated in Atlanta yester-
day that 1000 of its employees have
returned to work since April 7.
Striking telephone workers ir
Louisville planned last night to be-
gin mass picketing again tomorrow
at Southern Bell Telephone Co
buildings in that city despite a cir
cult court order last week restrain.
ing the number of pickets to two al
each building.
/ The Commercial Telephone Work
ers Union in Chicago offered to re.
turn to work for a one -cent-an -houl
increase, with the remainder of Is.
cent-an-hour demand to be arbi.
trated. The offer, however, was re-
iected last night by the Illinois Bel
Telephone Co.