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buvo Spaliu % d. priimta provizorlne Lietuvos
konstitucija, turejusi veikti ligi Stelglamasls
Seimas ia pakeis pastovia Lletuvos konstltucl-
ia. Ia provizorine konstitucija einant, Y. Ia
rybos prezidiumui buvo pavesta eltl Valstypes
Prezdenturos pareigas
Oar prizes susidarant provizorinei vyriausy--
hei, Lapkrcio 2 d. V. Taryba, atsizvelgdanla i
nauja konjunktura, nutare kad V. Iarybos LIE
pos II d. pravestieji karaliaus rlnklmal turl
likti nevykdomi ir kad tas klausimas paliekamas
risti Steigiamajam Selmul.
Lapkricio d. Valstybes Tarybos Prezidiu-
mo buvo ofcialiai pavesta Prof. A. Voldemarui
sudaryti ministeriu kabinet3 is 6 nariQ.
Tuo tarpu Vilniuje aplink V. Taryba buvo
pasidare laba judru Kraste prasidejus CANA
chaotiniams santykiams, zmones buriais eme
plaukti Viniun, lankytis V. Tarybon ir teirau-
tbs ten patarmu, kaip gintis nuo chaoso ir i'm
kartus dena susirinkusiems V. Tarybos pose
dziu saleje zmonems davinejo informaciju, tel
ke nurodymu ir patarimu.
Tuo tarpu Lapkrico 10 d., je neklystu,
persimete Vokieciu revoiucija ir Viniun, susi-
dare sVokieciu kareiviu taryba.
sitokiai padeciai esant, susidare pagaliau
ir pirmasis musu provizorines vyriausybes mi
nisteriu kabinetas. Taigi galejo jau prasideti
tikras Valstybes kurybos darbas Buvo jau
tam paskutinis laikas
=, Sunkus buvo laikai. Kraste vyko didelis
pairimas: Vokieciu rekvizicijos, igauna c j o s
daznai tikro grobimo formas, ejo toliau, ban
ditizmas ne mazejo, didejo, artinos Wis ar
ciau Lietuvos sienu, Vokieciu kareiviams sprun-
kant nuo fronto namo, Rusu ginkluotos boise
viku gaujos, Lenku legijonistai kurstomi is Var
suvos, pradejo kelti Wis drasiau galvas. -.
Paskirtas Lapkricio 20 d. Lietuvos pasiun-
tiniu Berlynan, apleidau Lietuva tuoj kita die
na su savo personalu: Pasiuntinybes patareju
Dru j. Purickiu, P-bes sekretorium Pr Penkai-
'ciu, pile j. Chodakauskaite ir dipl. kurjeriu P.
Grajausku.
Nelengva sirdim vaziavome is Lietuvos
matydami prasidejusia suirute; visu musu min
tvs buvo uzimtos klausimu: kaip pasiseks n,l-
galeti taip is visu pusiu tykancas sunkenybes?
Pamazu, aciu Dievui pasiseke. Bet apie
VISA tai pasakoh ne sio ir taip issitesusio rasi-
nio dalykas
sitame strapsnyje, kuris yra daugiau MENU
arno pobudzo, as nebegaeau palest ir ivertnti nei
sveicarjos Lietuvu ne ypac Amerkos Lietuviu visuo
menes veikos r dideles reksmes Letuvos nepriklau-
somybes atstatymui Tatai is dalies yra au bande pa
daryh Kun. Steponats ir Kun Bartuska savo atsi-
nlmuose, bet tam rodos reiketu dar pasvest vi
sal atskiras darbas
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-03-21
KAS platina Dirva =
platina apsvieta.
TEVYNES PRISIMIMAI

IEV YNES FRlSlMlMAl
Ak kaip norejau ja atlankyti,
Savo ilgesiais jais pasiguosti,
Ir bent sudiev jai pasakyti,
Ir atsiklaupus ia pabuciuoti.
Ak kaip norejau tuosius takelius
Kuriuose augau dar pamatyti,
Ir tais Mituvos graziais kranteliais
Pavaikstineti, pasidairyti;
Kuriuos taip puosia garsus silelis
Su raudonuju vuogynu krymais,
Kur zalias lankas puosia geleles,
Kur garsus miskas su riesutynais;
Kur garsi giria mus krasta puosia,
Kur dangu remia auksti pusynai,
Kur pauksciai saugiai sau lizdus ruosia,
Kur man tai prangus prisiminimai -
Ak kaip norejau savo Tevyne
Nors yiena karta dar aplankyti,
Su Jurbarkieciais mano gimtinej
Graziom minti1nis pasidalyti.
Marcele Januliene
Newark, N. j.
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Isvietintieji Statomi ]
DARIUS

Is Londono pranesa kad Bri-
tu zonoje Vokietijoje esanti is
vietinti asmenys bus pastaty-
ii darbus ir jiems bus moka-
ma tick kick nustatyta Vokie-
tiioje visiems darbininkams al
gos. Dirbti lures eiti kiekvie-
mas sveikas asmuo. Bet tas
reiskia kad ir profesijonalai,
kurie pasiruose kokiai nors
profesijai, bus priversti dirbti
paprasto darbininko darba.
Paaiskejo taipgi kad ir Ame-
rikos zonoje laukiama pana-
saus plano uztvirtinimo. Gen.
McNarney sake turf projekta
pastatymui darbus daugumos
is $4,000 isvietintu asmenu
esanciq Americas zonoje.
Britu zonoje esama 234,0OO
isvietintu asmenQ.
Lietuviai tremtiniai nori dir
bti, tiktai butu gera kad jiems
darbai butu pritaikyti zmonis-
XII.
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LIETUVOS zEMELAPIAI

kama su prisiuntimu tik $1.0O
(Galima siusti paste zenklais po 5c)
sioje knygeleje telpa didelis Lietuvos zeme-
iapis, Kauno zemelapis, Lietuvos natal ir
saikai, miesteliq ir miestq vardai ir prie
kuriu apskrlciu priklauso ir kitos informa-
cijos apie buvusia Nepriklausoma Lietuva.
Reikalaukit DirvOje
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20 VASARIO 16 DIENOS
IsTORINIAI BRUOzAI IS 1918 METU

Raso DIR. j. SAULYS.
(Vienas is pasirasiusiu Lietuvos Nepriklausomy-
bes Akta Vasario 16, 1879
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PRIZES MAKSVOS konferen-
cija, sovietai nei is sio nei is
to pasiule Amerikai paimti
savo globa daugeli sally Pacifi-
ke, atimtu is Japonijos sio ka-
70 metu. Amerika tas salas
paeme uzkariavimu, bet Rusai
jas Amerikai dovanoja. -.
u to slepiasi kokia klasta,
sake Harold L. Ickes, artimas
Roosevelto draugas ir buves
jo Vidaus Reikalu Sekretorius
Jeigu Maskva sitaip daro, j
yra pasiryzus ka nors pareika,
.lauti sau daugiau. "As tau pa,
kasiau kupra, dabar tn paka'
syk man., bus kas nors pana,
saus pareikalauta Maskvcs po'
sedyje, sake Ickes.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31


Mrs. Arthur Phillips spent FRI
day with Mrs. Otis Carmine near
Laurel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Prettyman
and son of Greenwood spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Spence.
Mrs. Charles Arbogast, Mr.. Hos
ace Sirman, were Wilmington visi-
tors on Friday
Mr.. Harry Coulbourn of Philadel-
phia was a weekend guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilbur Hurley.
Mrs. Edgar Hudson is spending
the week in Georgetown.
Mrs. Laura Williams is spending
q few days with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Snedaker in Audaban, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Riggin of
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Riggin.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Prettyman OF
Stokley, spent Sunday with their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Hastings.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hastings
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Lashey near Lau-
j rel.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL

Sunday School will be held this
Sunday morning at Chaplain's at
10:30 a. m. The afternoon preach
ing service will not be held as re-
vival services will begin on Sunday
evening at 1880 p. m. 1t is hoped
that by not holding an afternoon
service everyone will plan to at
tend the evening service. Our pas
tor, Rev. O'Neil, is planning to make
these services helpful to our COM
munity. Please help with your at
tendance. You are welcome.
The blues" are still ahead in our
Holy Land Cruise Contest, never
theless, there was tie between the
Reds" and "Blues" in last Sundays
attendance.
The following were sadly missed
for the Reds" last Sunday: Mrs
Delema O'Day, Mrs. Hazel West
Junior West, Billy West, Bobby
Macklin and Mrs. Dickerson.
The following were sadly missed
by the "Blues" last Sunday: Mary
Ann Macklin, Delbert West, Merrill
West, Raymond O'Day and Mrs
Mary Macklin.
We surely hope that we will no
have anyone on our sadly missed
lists this Sunday. Please make u:
happy by being present.
Mrs. Delema O'Day and Mrs. Mil
dred West are spending the weel
with relatives in Salem, New Jersey
Mrs. Myra Moore and Mrs. Grace
Ash spent Monday in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Adams and
family of Philadelphia were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Adj
ans on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Kratz had as
guests last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Elliott from Laurel and Mr..
and Mrs Ed. Dutton of Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Hatfield are
receiving congratulations upon the
birth of new daughter, born Oc-
tober %, in Milford Memorial Hos
pital. She has been named for her
great-grandmother, Ellen Letitia.
Mrs. Ruby Chalmers joined her
sisters and brothers-in-law of Will
I mington, and went on the Skyline
Drive and through the Luray Cav
erns during the past weekend.
Mrs. Lester Isaacs and Mrs.
Helen Harmon attended the fall
meeting of the w. S. C. S. on We'd
nesday held in Rev. Robert E.
Green's Church in Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenenth West and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carey and fam
lily called on Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Kratz on Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swain had
as guests on Sunday, her brother
and wife of Darby, Pa, also Mrs.
Martha Kesner of Philadelphia, has
returned home after spending sew
eral weeks with the SWANS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar English
went to Wilmington on Monday eve
ening for the viewing of their bro
ther-in-law, who was victim OF
escaping gas in the home. His sis
ter is in a serious condition in the
hospital. There seems to be little
hope for her recovery. She will be
remembered here in her first mar.
riage as Mrs. Joseph O'Bier.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Edgell en-.
tertained several guests on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Mills eel
J ebrated Monday evening, October
J 27, at their home here, in honor o.
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Roy
Barwick's both wedding anniver
sary. Those present were Mr.. ant
Mrs. Barwick, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Allen of Salisbury, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lawrence Graham and two
/ daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
| Meredith and two sons. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Charles Conoway, Mrs. Pau
Lambertson and daughter, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Walter Mills and sons, Alvin
and Louis. A very lovely meal wa
served, followed by ice cream AM
, cake and a pleasant evening en-
jOyed by all. The friends departe'
, late in the evening, wishing MI
/, and Mrs. Barwick many more year
) of happy welded life.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

Mrs. Reese Dickerson and daugh-
ter, Janice, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Bailey in Federals-
burg, Md, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Morgan OF
Bordentown, N. j., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Sines of Trenton, N. j., spent
Sunday with Mr.. Morgan's mother,
Mrs. Bessie Morgan.
Mrs. Jay Donovan and son, Harry,
of Milford, spent Friday with Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Donovan and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. B. Donovan and
daughter, Jannette, moved to their
new home in Glendale on Saturday.
Little Miss Elaine Beebe celebra-
ted her tenth birthday on Oct. IA.
She had as guests at a party, Chris
teen and Carol Woolters, Hattie
Harding, Janet Lee Lofand and
Stephanie McInerney. Games were
played and refreshments served the
I guests and all departed tired, but
happy and wishing Elaine many
more birthdays.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard Macklin
and sons, Hubbard, Jr., and Charles
Miss Jessify Macklin and Mrs. Au-
! die Sockrider of Milford, visited
friends in Baltimore on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Casper BOYD
were weekend visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Bowley of near Media
Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Lynch and
son, Paul, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pau
Godfrey of Millsboro. spent Sunday
at the Lynch cottage at Fenwich
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morgan
Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow
Morgan spent few days last week
on beautiful trip down to Nortf
Carolina.
Mrs. Russell Birmingham under
went an operation last week in thu
Milford Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Truitt of viii
mington were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce Short
The meeting of the p. T. A. hai
been postponed from Friday. Octo
Der 81, to Friday, November 7.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
BETHEL

The Count -On-Me-Clu was en-
tertained on Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. William Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Poe and son,
Mrs. Hattie Savitz, of Wilmington,
were Sunday visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Arbogast.
Miss Linda Allen of Laurel was
weekend guest of Miss Jane Ar
bOgast.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. Sirman OF
Hartford, Conn, spent the week
end as guests of the formers sis
ter, Mrs. Anna Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Furniss oil
Milford were Sunday guests of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Mitchell.
Mr.. Harvey Spence spent Sunday
with his father, Mr.. Oscar Spence
who is patient in the Union Mem.
orial Hospital in Baltimore.
Mrs. Kate Morton of Wilmington
Mrs. Nina Quillen of Laurel were
weekend guests of Mrs. Ludi,
Phillips.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
LINCOLN

Lincoln Methodist Church, Rev.
Z. N. Wright, minister, Sunday, Nov.
2, 10 a. M, Morning Worship; IL a.
m, Church School, Douglas Nor
gan, Supt. Union Revival services
will be held at Lincoln Church on
Sunday evening; also, Thursday
evening, Nov 6.
The Loyal Workers Glass, Mrs.
Eva Donovan teacher, will meet
with Mrs. Clara Williams, Monday
evening, Nov, 3.
The Sunbeam Glass, Mrs. Mae
Johnson, teacher, will meet with
Miss Jessify Macklin at Cedar
Creek on Wednesday evening, Nov.
5th.
Mrs. Hubbard Macklin and daugh-
ter, Miss Jessify, recently visited
relatives in New York City and
Long Island, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Donovan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Morgan visited
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Marker in Will
mington, on Sunday.
Geo. ThurneS of Denton, Md, and
Miss Adalide Thurner of Seaford,
spent Sunday with their sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Norval ,Swinford and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Shockley OF
Salisbury, Md, and Mrs. Joyce Eli
OFT of Ocean City, Nd, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Cannon at
Cedar Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Morgan and
sons, Myron and Vaughn, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with Mrs. Nor
gan's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Collins at Gumboro.
Mrs. Lulu Shockley is quite ill al
this writing.
Mrs. VIM. Williams, Geo. Will.
liams, Dickie Williams, Preston
Nailor, Jr., of Milford and Mrs. Geo
Kraus and son, Ray, of Wilmington
were recent New York visitors anC
attended the Gene Autry Rodeo il
Madison Square Garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Morgan haC
as dinner guests on Sunday, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Raymond Tucker and son
Ralph. of Glendale, and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Elwood Tucker of Milton.
Miss Ruth Shores of Princess
Anne. Md. was the weekend CUES
of Miss Marie Derrickson.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
TRINITY


Mrs. Osie Fisher of Virginia
Beach, Va, 10 spending sometime
with DIR. and Mrs. A. T. White.
Miss Charlotte White and house
guest, Mrs. Osie Fisher, spent
three days last week at Tyaskin,
Ald.
Mrs. Ernest Warrington spent
the weekend with her sister at
Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w Neal
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Moritz
and daughters. Laura and Wilma,
all OF Baltimore, spent Wednesday
and Thursday with Mrs. Robert
Hastings and family Other sup
per guests on Wednesday were Mr.
and Mrs. William Hastings of Will
mington and Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
White; also Mrs. Lille Layton Of
Bridgeville was a dinner guest on
Thursday.
MFR. and Mrs. John Nelson and
sons, Jack and Charles, spent Sun
day In Wilmington.
Mrs. Ola Wroten of Seaford spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Hugh Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Hasting:
and daughter, Jean Ann, attended
party at the home Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Meredith on Satur
day evening in honor of severa
birthdays in the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walton Smith, Jr.
and son Tommy of Bridgevilll
Manor and Mr.. and Mrs. Rolant
Wingate Of near Seaford were din
ner guests on Sunday of Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Hastings. Other guests
on Sunday evening were Mr.. ans
Mrs. Bill Stoakley and son and Mrs
Louise Chester and two children
all of Laurel.
Miss Martha Brown entertaine'
quite number Of friends and rel
atives at o turkey dinner on Sun
day last at the home of her uncl
and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Whit
in honor of her sixteenth birth
day.
MIR. and Mrs. A. T. White, Mis-
Charlotte White and Miss Marth
Brown and their house guest, Mrs
0sie Fisher, also Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
White all attended the wedding Q
Miss Louise Brown of Denton an
Raymond Alden of Washington, I
c., at the Denton Methodist Churc
ON Saturday afternoon. Miss Char
lotte White, cousin of the bride
was bridesmaid.
All members OF the Atlanta HON
Demonstration Club and their fam
lilies are invited to the Hallowe'e e
Masquerade Party at the Dubli
Hill Community Hall on Frida
evening, October 81. at s o'clocl
Come masked. II not masked yo
will be fined twenty-five cents a
an admission fee. Come, have
good time. Free refreshments.
FL
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
ROxANA

The Sunshine Sunday School
Class met at the home of Mrs. Mer-
rill McCabe, Thursday evening,
Oct. Is. Games were played, re-
fIeshments were served and a
lovely evening was spent together.
Mrs. Kenneth Hudson and son
arrived home Saturday from the
Milford Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Layton had
as their dinner guest Sunday, Miss
Peggy Ellis of DagsbOro and Her
man Parsons of Frankford.
Capt. Ebe Chandler, Austin Nc
Cabe, of Frankford, Mr.. and Mrs.
James McCabe and daughter, of
New York, visited Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Ross Richards and two
daughters, Barbara and little Judy
Ross, who just arrived from the
Peninsula General Hospital, Sails
bury, Friday. This was Judy Ross
first appearance with the above rel
atiYes.
Miss Thelma Daisey, r. N, OF
Milford and Frankford, visited her
grandmother, Mrs. Menie Daisey,
Sunday.
Mrs. Alva Musser is i'll in a hos
pital in Oaklohoma.
Mrs. David Goodwin is still receiv-
ing treatment at the Peninsula
General Hospital in Salisbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Carey and sor
Jimmie, were dinner guests OF
their parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. T
Archer at Dagsboro.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

intercollegiate Football
Princeton and Rutgers played the
frst intercollegiate football game in
1869. with 25 players on each side.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
CITY within Itself

The estimated daily population Of
Rockefeller Center, New York City,
is 152,1S2, and is surpassed by the
population of only SIS cities in the
United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Education
Booming Colleges

American colleges now have an en-
rollment of 100000 students, COM
pared with 100000 just before !"
war.
A nationwide survey, still IN prog,
ress, indicates that college enrolment
will increase about 100000 next IAN
The total probably will exceed 3,OV''
900 in 1949 and 100000 in 1891
colleges thought they were crown.
ed in 1939-40, when the average spa.
per student was 200 square feet saw
DR.. Ernest V. Hollis, chief OF VeleTats
educational facilities for the u .
Office of Education. Nov the amour,
per student averages $50 square tee|
In order to accommodate a So PEI
cent increase in enrolment by IS0V
American colleges and universities
pect to spend five and a half ollllu.
dollars. This is almost double u.
value of the nations present coIle5'
plant, estimated at three billlo' :"
lars.
colleges want TO expand tAeI
buildings by 800, 1000, 900 square iees
DR.. Hollis said. THAT amount OF SPaI.
is equivalent to $50 structures the sIs
of the Empire State building IN Ne"
York"
The Office of Education has alloca'.u
all of the 900 appropriated "
it by Congress for transfer OF AMY
and Navy surplus buildings to uhl'''
sites for veterans education.
Colleges asked for 3~2,798,OO0 squs.
feet of floor space under the Enc.
gency Educational Program for ".
Grams. The Bureau of Community 70
: cilities cut this to 20,066,5 02 squst
feet. Thus far, slightly over hall 'aa 10
has been approved at an estimate
cost of $68, Use, 1858.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
U.N.
Age-Old Problem

The United Nations tackled a prob.
lem last week that has defed solution
since Solomon ruled a kingdom in
what is now known as Palestine. The
age-old dispute is whether the Holy
Land of Christians, Jews and Moslems
shall be Arab, Jewish, neither or both
Under DR.. Oswaldo Aranha, presi.
dent of the General Assembly, the
U. N. went about setting up a fact
finding committee from among its 55-
member nations to probe the Palestine
situation.
During the last quarter of a century,
there have been Is official Palestine
inquiries.
The Arabs demand independence for
Palestine. They want it to be an Arab
state. They heatedly oppose further
Jewish immigration.
The Jews want a permanent Jewish
home in Palestine. They want to open
the country to all Jews in Europe or
anywhere.
The British, administering a 26-year-
old League of Nations mandate over
Palestine, want to retain supervision
of strategic oil but would
like to let in other countries on re-
sponslblllty for maintaining order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Prices
Shrinking OPA

The Office of Price Administration
last week ordered % areas and por.
tons of II others freed from rent
ceilings as Congress moved nearer a
showdown on divergent House-Senate
bills to extend controls beyond June
80.
During the week, OPA completed
arrangements 10 turn over its rent
division to the office of Housing Ex-
pediter Frank R. Creedon.
Meanwhile President Truman's plea
for lower prices to combat imitation
received widely scattered support
The publicized Newburyport plan
was carried out in many other COM
munities but Charles E. Wilson, presl-
dent Of General Electric Corp, SAID
he did not "have much faith in it"
Imitation is here" Wilson declared
land prices will 60 higher regardless
of the Newburyport experiment A
wave of wage increases is sweeping
the country. With increased costs
prices are bound to 60 up"
G.E., the nations largest manuIac,
turer of electrical appliances anu
equipment, announced a price increas,
averaging seven percent because u
recent wage boosts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
Labor
Soft Coal DeodIine

The first move towards shifting the
soft coal mines from government con-
troll back to their private owners came
last week with the opening in Wash
ington of talks between bituminous
operators and John L. Lewis United
Mine Workers.
The more than $500 mines were
seized by President Truman during
last springs 59-day strike. A working
agreement was negotiated with the
miners by Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug which will expire when
the governments legal right to keep
possession of the pits runs out June 80.
Lewis and the operators have only
two months in which to agree on a
private contract and prospects are far
from bright in the opinion alike of
government, industry and union rep
resentatiVes.
Without a contract, the 100000 min
ers additionally don't work.
The principal new demands which
Lewis is expected to make at some
point during the conferences include:
1.-The same ($11.85) pay for an
eight-h0ur day as for the present
ne-hours underground, the equiv
alent of a 23-cent hourly boost.
2. An increase from five to ten
cents in royalties on each ton of
coal produced for the miners health
and welfare fund.
3. Adoption by the operators of the
new federal Mine Safety Code, an
offshoot of the Krug-Lewis agree
ment.
Capt. N. H. Collision, federal coal
mines administrator under Secretary
Krug, announced a strict hands-off pol
icy by the government during the con-
ference.
"We merely invited both sides to
what is sort of an afternoon tea,"
Capt. Collision said. "They may decide
to break up or go into what they call
a wage conference"
Meanwhile as the Senate debated
drastic labor curbs, Iowa became the
18th state to enact a law banning the
closed shop.
The other states where similar
measures have been approved are
Arizona, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Arkansas, Florida, Texas, North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, North Dakota, New
Mexico, Georgia and Virginia.
In April, nearly 1,000,0 600 workers
in the steel, automobile and electrical
industries won wage increases approx
mating Is cents an hour.
The nationwide strike of 100000
telephone workers began to crack
with settlements first in New York
and Pennsylvania. Wage increases
varied from So to 81 a week, slightly
less than the national pattern of Is
cents an hour set in heavy industry.