Evening star., 1947-10-15
World

COAST GUARDsMErT fought to rescue So
persons aboard plane forced down at sea.
Unofficial reports said the 62 passengers
and seven crew members aboard the Bermuda
Sky Queen, chartered plane, had been taken
| safely aboard the Coast Guard weather ship
Bibb. Official coast guard information from
the Bibb, however, said only "a persons had
been removed from the plane by means of
life belts, and that rescue operations were con-
tinuing.
The plane, carrying what was described
as the largest number Of passengers ever
taken on q Transatlantic flight, ran short Of
fuel while en- route from Shannon, Fire, to
Gander Newfoundland. The pilot, Capt. John
Martin, landed the huge craft about 800 miles
east Of the Newfoundland coast, and TAXED
1t three miles to the side Of the Bibb, serv-
ing as a weather station In the area
Reports indicated none Of tho passen-
gers .ods injured, although nearly all
toere PROSTATE from seasickmess.
RUSSIA ASSAILED the q. 8. proposal
for . year-round U. N. Little Assembly"
Soviet delegate vishinsky branded the
American-sponsored project an attempt to
circumvent the Security Council. He told the
57-nation political committee that the pro-
posal Is farce" which the United States
is trying to "steamroller" through the Cen
eral Assembly.
U. 8. delegate Warren Austin, who is lead
Ing the fight for the so-called interim COM
mittee Of all 81 nations, did not Immediately
answer Vishinsky's charges. Australian dele
gate Herbert Evatt, however, said the u. s.
was to be congratulated on making q posi-
tive suggestion.
Tho interim committee suggested IN
. U. 8. resolution last September 2s,
acould consider such business as the Sc
cArity Council may send, decide tohether
q special Assembly session should BE-
called, and conduct any inquiries.
sCHWELLENBACH called for . 75-cent
hourly minimum wage.
The Labor Secretary said an Immediate
increase from the present Accent level was
necessary, in view Of soaring living costs.
schwellenbach. speaking before the annual
CLIO. convention in Boston, also stated that
price increases have consistently outdistanced
wage boosts, and that corporation profits have
climbed 1000 since the end of o.P.A.
gchwe1lenbach previously advocated q
e5-cent minimum toage, but said yester-
day he 400 considers rs cents necessity
at this tins. ...-~-.
The CLIO. convention earlier announced
the greatest organizing drive in its history,
and also voted to hght to q finish the IT.
week-old shipyard strike against Bethlehem
Steel and U. s. Steel President Walter Reu-
ther, Of the United Auto Workers, called the
shipyard strike the FIRST beach head Of re-
dictionary forces since the Taft-Hartley Ia
Dor law"
The ALL. convention at San Francisco
blamed Russia for creating the prevailing
dangerous international tensions" The meet
ing endorsed the Marshall plan for helping
Europe, and also demanded the abolition of
the big power" veto in the United Nations.
Another resolution called for government ac-
ton to curb grain spectators, If President
Truman's voluntary conservation program
fails to save enough grain for Europe's needs.
Two Republican Senators said there was
evidence indicating fraud" and possibly
"defalcation" in the financial operations of
the Federal Public Housing Authority for
1945-46. Sen. Ferguson (R, Mich.) made
the fraud accusation, while Sen Mccarthy
(R.. Wis., declared that $60s,2e1 debit item
in the agency's accounts was either 4 mis-
take In bookkeeping or q defalcation.
Both men are members OF SeH-
ate executive expenditures subcommittee