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Evening star., 1948-02-23

1 IllS c L l " l ID
that the crisis is
primarily e CO.
nomic. I think
it Is not.
The economic
crisis is the re-
suit of European
social, political
a n d spiritua!
crises, not the
o t h e r W a y
around. That is
W hy the crisis
cannot and will
not be cured by
economic aid .
Evening star., 1948-02-23
By Dorothy Thompson

The preamble to the European
Recovery Program reiterates what
I believe to be fundamental error
of ANALYSIS of the European crisis
Evening star., 1948-02-23
Bv Doris Fleeson

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-The
lost liberals-the anti-Communist
Americans for Democratic Action
met here over the week end to chart
Evening star., 1948-02-23
By Constantine Brown

Reports are being received in
Washington on some of the main
terms of the new secret military
agreement between Poland and the
Evening star., 1948-02-23
.cLemore-
Has Some Doubts
On Smiling Couple
Bv Henry McLem0re

| If you could meet any couple in
the world, which couple would you
choose?
Would it be Winthrop and Bobo,
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in a % draw. Neither of the
teams displayed any belligerency.
sue LEWIS 1875 and Jean Terao's $50
Ter Franks were robust marks.
T5kano studio lad its lens To-
casod correctly as its girls defeat
ed Hab's Sporting Goods outfit
40.
The results follow:
CHINA IMPORT t4-Tsuchika-
wa 424. Hirai 1888, Yamaguchi 4O7,
Hamano 434, Numoto 534; MOBILE
(O)-Miyamoto SOL. Hir2ta BAG, lga
294 Nagai $50, Maruhashi 388.
TOKUDA DRUG (4-Furuta 432
Hidaka 452. Hirano 466, Imayanagi-
Ia 355. Yozoyama 379; ToDA'S 90
p. Suzuki 326. IL Kodsma 322
: Dol 345, Kagayama 267, Sanieo 4Ol
! FRANKS 90 - Kitayama 373
Lew 45O. Sakanashi 1862, Young 4l9
Terao 446: MARTTTA'S % - Mix
: Naeasawa 341. Oki 800, F. Ishikaws
1856. NJ. Ishikawa AIS, Mary Maya
saua $50.
TAKANO STUDIO (4-Kawagu
chi 423, Shillizu BAL. Dummy TIC
YoYo Konlshi 263, D. Kodama 36
Yamsmoto 394; HAB'S t0 - n
Chinn 1856. Hideshima $50, DUNN
800 Sims 405.
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Odell No, |
Is No. lin
H. R. League

HOOD RIVER, Greg, Jan. 2o-
t)dell No. 1 remained in the top
snot in the second half of the Hood
River Nisei Bowling League by
trouncing ar.4~ale, g., lat week
end. In this match, Oscar Tamu-
IA hit new winter series high by
smashing down total OF COB pins
which consisted of 1856, 227 and $50
FINES other No. 1'ers with 800
Mus we're Yutch Hori and Mas Ia
kas,n1i with 523 and 500 respective
w. Parkdale's best was Min Hama
da who had 452.
The complete results follow;
ODELL NO. 1 (5)-Hori 523' o.
Tamura 437, Endow 1872, o. Tamura
SOB Mas Takasumi 500; PARK
DALE On. Hamada Adj, Tam
bara 421, S. Noji 444, M. Hamada
452.
DEE (3-G. Imai 42S, Kageya'
ma 456. Kiyokawa 416, H. Ina
448. Inukai 4o8; OAK GROVE NO
l ON. Asai 443, Shitara 1874
Akiyama Ash, Hasegawa Alb T. Asa
sos.
ODEIL NO. 2 (4-Mits Takasu
mi 445, H. Tamura AL, T. Nishimo
to 424, N. Takasumi 4s5, Omori 800
GIRLS OK. Nishimoto 422, I
Takasumi 381, Omori S79, Nakamu
ra 437 Akiyama 1863.
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Tanlllra Leads
II. R. AeglerS

HOOD RIVER, Greg, jan. ~ -
Oscar Tanura with a no is CHIEF
Of the Hood Eiver Ni3ei League
as of last Weekend, according to the
HRNBL. secretary today.
The others follow III this order:
yutch Hori 166, Mob Takasumi LOO,
Mits Takasumi 166, Mas Takasuml
1863, Porky Omori 160, George Ia
mura 159, Taro Asai 1853, Harry
Inukai 156, Harold Okimoto 49,
Harry Tamura ISL, Min Hamada
149.
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s. E. Reds Whip
Main Drug

South End Merchant Reds top
pled Main Drug. 1929, In the fea-
ture game OF the trip,e-header last
Friday night on the Buddhist floor.
POINTS we're fairly well distributed
among the victorious teams MEM
bers while Heat Heyamoto and
Flcasie Okazaki with IL apiece were
the druggists main thrats. The Reds
led throughout the game. 24-l5 at
he half.
The scoring follows:
REDS (38)-J. Hata 9. Kurimura
3. Sakai 2, B. Yanagtnachi z, K
rakcuchi 7. Ogishima, Sasak D,
Watanabe 2. Muralani 3, MAIN
DRUG (28)--Heyamoto IL. r. Ia
nagi 2. Yoshida l. Os-azak IL, SUI
EURO. @. .Tanagi /, Mi.sui, M. ko-
u 2. sato. KeWamura.
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SakuraS KayO
TOda'S, 2l-l3

In a low-scoring Glass B basket
ball game league game, the hard
riding Sakuras tripped Toda's Op-
tometrists, GLIB. last Friday NIGHT
in the Buddhist gym. Fred Hirai
with 6 points and Hayakawa with
7 led the winners. The Sakuras
were 1875 up on the Optometrists
at the half.
The scoring follows.
SAKURAS (2D-Jitodai 2, Shio-
"a Hirai 6. Okada 4, Hayasaka 2,
Mizuk, Hayakawa 7. Shigehara'
Fuiikado; TODA'S d9-Teramoto
a. Furumoto, Furugori l, Sasaki, XII
tano 4. Matsuoka 2, Inouye 2, Miya-
take, Nagai.
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Goods Take Down
.Starlets, 25-lS

Toshi Nakamra OF U. w. Goods
and Marianne Otoshi Of Lotus star
lets engaged in a scoring battle
with Miss Nakamura pitching IL
points and Miss Otoshi, IL. as the
Goods defeated the Siarlets, 25-l8'
In an NVC girls basketball league
game last Friday in the Buddhist
auditorium. The Goods had a 1913
halftime lead.
The scoring follows:
U. W. GOODS t26-Kanda 8,
Matsrda S. Nakamura y, D. Tana-
be- Ondo. Tamua, f. Hirabayashi
sakanashi: STARLETS d8-Oto-
sni II. Aoyama, Nosata 3. j. Fujn
d Tsutsunc.o, ToEo5uchi, Koiima
Kobata, A. Hirabayashi, Kitayama
Okamoto, Matsumo,o.
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Results in Brief
Tokuda Drug 4, Toda's 0
China Import 4. Mobile 0
Franks Jewc;ry 2. Matthias Beauty
Shop 2
Takano Studio 4, Hab's
Jean Numoto eound the 1-3 peck
CT consistently as she pounded out
a high 534 series to lead China I'm
port g. Export into a second-place
tic with Franks Jeuelry in the
SNGBGO Seattle Nisei Girls
Bowling Organization standing7
last Thursday night in Main Bowl
Miss f,tmotos boisteroas scores
we're l78. 149 and BOT as China I'm
rort SLAUGHTERED Mobile. 40.
League lending Tokuda Drug
showed Todas Opoometr!sts four
lime in as many attempts. Toku-
da's Mickey Hirano, Pat Hidaka
and jeanne Furuta rolled smartly
Miss Hirano finished her 466 series
with a 173 came.
Franks Jawelry and Martha's
Reavty Shop erdod their struggle
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..'!RaIIlg1llIS
Springfield Loses Games and Murao

Massachusetts, which is strongly linked with
the "Boston Tea Party last season sent an UNI
dersized Springfield College squad on disastrous
transforming tour throughout the nation meeting
some of the best college basketball teams III the ma
ton. The Springfield men returned home recently
losing all but one of its games and losing Shig Mu-
rao clever ex-Seate Nise star, for the rest of the
season.
Murao today is back in Springfield College
Mass, with torn semi-lunar right cartilage which
he suffered in the last minute of the Montana State
game in Bozcman, Mont. The Nisei's foot IS In
cast. and since this type of injury is serious,
Murao's playing days may well be considered IL
nished.
But Murao is still counting on the injury to be
only slight and hopes to be up and around within
a month. If spirit means anything Murao may
come out of it all right.
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Nisei Recreation 81 50
Tad's Gardening ~ ~
Main ST. Service 20 ~
N w. Times Rockies ID ~
Results in Brief
Tad Gardening 4. NV. Times
Karikomi Insurance a. 18th Ave. Ser
vice
international Realty 3, Main Drug
Nisei Recreation 4. Main st. Services
Kashiwagi's Kubs 4, Jackson Gro
Gerry 0
Tux Tada of Karikomi Insurance.
put on a strong individual show lasa
Thursday night in Main Bowl when
his team plastered 7th Ave. Service,
40. in a City Merchants LeaguE
match. Tada sent the pins flying
in all directions for tremendous
500 series. which consisted OF l8Os
200 and 204 games Tom HidaKas
Tadas teammate, hat a 214 in 70
525 series Toki Mi2uki was TIN
Ave Services top man with DIV
international Realty stayed in the
running for first spot by decision
M Main DRUG. 81. as Firomu Mo-
n7tra and Fred Takagi % The vic-
TORS checked in with $40 and SAD
respectively. One Of Takagi's efforts
was a 900, and Nomra's, 201. NO.
bi suvama's 507 looked okay for tina
druggists.
Dr. Frank Kanemori and Joe Ha--
vasbi knocked out $40 and even SOS
in that order for Kashiwagis WIN
slanked Jackson Grocery, 40. Bl19
Ihashi posted his usual 50O-plus for
the grocers.
m ether Games, Nisei Recreation
shut out Main ST. Service, 40, ana
ID Tods Gardening did the same dirt
: In Northwest Times Rockies, AZ
. TAX lsaba was the Times best
pete Okubo. Suyeo Noritake and
Toe Tamura appeared in fine fettds
for the recreation keglers, and SING
= Sumioka. Ish Aoki and Mas Shlpu'
D. va FOR the gardeners.
The results follow
KARIKOMI "a - l. Nakashlnz
y ago. Iyeda 430. Horiuchi 455, Hloa-
!, ka SOS Tada 500. TTH AVE. SER
E VICE (O)-Hirai 351. Y. Tamur'
a 447 Ideta 444, shiota 375, Mizuk
SIT.
2, INTERNATIONAL (3)-Segino
/ to 4e2. Tsuchikawa ara, Yokoyami
D ATT Nomura $40, F. Takagi 54'
2, MAIN DRUG 1-Suyama 5O7, HI
l. oashi 461. Nishimura 40, Shimiz
D. 466. Tsuboi 1873.
8, KASHIWAGI "a - Hirabayasr
ki A57 Nishitani 449. H Takagi 35'
va uavashi 500. Kanemori $40; jack
a. SON GROCERY (0) - Nagamats
4s7 Furlkawa 355, B. Nakata 34'
u Fuiimoto 425, Ihashi $40.
10, NIsEI RECREATION t4-Okut
81 494 J. Uno 445, T Uno 43O, j. Tf
N. MIRA 482. Noritake 491; MAIN .
ny SERVICE O-Tsujii 37o, osaV
3s8. o. Hirata 1865, H. Hirata "A
-, Hamssaki 416.
TAD'S (4-Sumioka 495, 40
4o6 Mizuhata Asst, M Shibuya A
Katayama 439; N. 1. TIMES o)
Tanabe 467. saiki 379, Soejima 81
Dummy 26O, Fukei 1866, Asaba AZ
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SNGBO STANDINGS
LAS of Jan. Isl
w l.
Tokuda Drug o1 ~
Franks Jewelry "A ~
China Import q Export A 40
Takano Studio 50 50
Martha's Beauty Shop 80 81
Mobile So 81
Todas OptometristS 81 ~
Hahs Sporting Goods "a 40
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SIlp1inp Tories

A Sileline TOn'cs
Our operatives the Nsei basketball leagues nave no
that is someone who scnaed like
of last Kenny Aa OF SAT- HaAe
hauns when he and his w1e shppeu o
TOWN for the Nsei Classic; Ara seate-porh annette
c5 the Buddhist temple shakily perched atop
Proniv Hill on the first ai-Oriehai nauohai cage
s vd one thing hing the local hoop FANS the sea'e
teams are not up pe-war bowling families the huaH
t Tom and Pa-a respected OpnOtchers among their
cznee groups especially wicked strrouter Doe
days.
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Karikomi's Smother 9TH Ave. Service,
China Import Ties for End in SNGBO

CITY MERCHANTS LEAGUE
STANDINGS
(As Of Jan, 15)
W v
Karikomi Insurance ~ HD
International Realty ~ ID
Kashiwagi's Hubs AZ
7th Ave. Service 81
Jackson Grocery 81
Main Drug 50 sN
Nisei Recreation 81 50
Tad's Gardening ~ AZ
Main ST. Service 20 ~
N w. Times Rockies ID ~
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Health is .ha vital principle q
bliss. and exercise, of health
Thomson.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
New Electric Ear

A new electric ear hears sounds
from the human heart never heard
before and offers a new approach
toward controlling heart disease.
This ear is a machine that turns the
sounds of beating heart into beams
of light, takes pictures of the beams,
recording them as squiggleS on a roll
of Photographic paper.
Designed and developed by DR..
Lowell F. Dunn, Walter Rahm, Jr.,
and DR.. Albert Freed at the Univer-
sity of Nebraska College of Medicine,
it is far more sensitive and accurate
in its hearing than a physician with
his stethoscope. 1t tells more than
electrocardiographs, the machines that
record the hearts electrical waves.
These permanent pictures can be
compared with the heart sounds later
on in life or later on during a disease
to learn exactly what changes oc-
Cured.
The stethoscope and human ear
cannot make these comparisons any,
where near so accurately. And like
anyone else, doctors vary in how well
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
The 2Z2Sl;S Id This WEEK
EAST-WEST:A :AWido Open Door

THE Senate Foreign Relations
i Committee worked long and
hard this week on a declaration
outlining American aims for in
ternational peace and security.
Their draft is in the form of a
working paper" for the President in
guidance of this country's foreign poll
icy in and out of the United Nations.
1t advocates voluntary abolition of
the veto from all questions involving
specific settlements of international
disputes, development of regional
agreements for self defense and the
creation of U.N. armed force.
If necessary, Senate foreign rela-
tions experts said, they would favor
a general conference to review the
charter in order to strengthen the U.N.
New Meaning
The committee resolution took on
particular meaning in the light of a
diplomatic exchange between Moscow
and Washington.
On May in Moscow, American
Ambassador w. Bedell Smith made
clear this country's position in an oral
statement to Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov.
"The present state of U.S.-Soviet
relations" he said, 'is a source of
grievous disappointment to American
people.
Gas far as we are concerned, it rep
resents a painful and undesired al
tentative toward which we have been
driven, step by step, by the pressure
of Soviet and world communist
policy"
Smith declared this country did not
despair of decent and reasonable un-
derstanding, adding: GAS far as the
us. is concerned, the door is always
wide open for full discussion and the
composing of our differences"
Five days later the Russians made
their reply over the Moscow radio.
Ambassador Smith was away on va
cation and not Immediately available.
Bid for Farley
Moscow interpreted, perhaps for
propaganda purposes, the Smith re-
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
Progress
Not by a Dam Site

Archaeologists squared off against
progress this week, charging that
flood control projects and their man.
made lakes threaten to. blot out i'm
portant links with Americas prehis-
toric culture.
Eighty per cent of the prehistoric
peoples lived in river valleys where
land was fertile and water transpor-
tation was available, even as people
do today" said Dr.. Frank H. H. Rob-
erts, Jr., of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion.
"Now with the large scale construc-
ton of multiple purpose dams and
reservoirs, the only way we can save
the remains of ancient valley settle
ments is to carry on a salvage pro-
gram in advance of the flooding of
the lands"
DR.. Roberts said these sites consti-
tute the library of archaeology and
their contents must be saved"
The Smithsonian, the National Park
Service and state organizations al
ready are cooperating in research in
the Missouri River basin.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
SideIights

Q In Columbia, S. c., prison officials
received a letter from an escaped
prisoner apologizing for his runaway
and directing them to a letter hidden
in his cell. The hidden letter ex-
planned that his 10-year sentence for
book theft plus two years of term
still due in Mississippi was tanta-
mount to life sentence.
Q In Pittsburgh, trial of three men
on charges of murder was postponed
by the district attorney after a prison
barber mistakenly gave them convict
haircuts. The prosecutor said they
will be tried as soon as their hair
grows back in.
Q In Beverly Hills, Calf, DR.. Franz
Polgar, psychologist, quickly earned
his $500 fee for addressing a dinner.
He agreed if he couldn't find the hid
den check, the club could keep it. The
doctor, who studied under Sigmund
Freud, had the diners concentrate on
its location. Then he "picked" their
minds. Within three minutes, he
walked over to a table lifted a plate
of Parker House rolls, broke open the
third from the left, took out his check.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
In Short

Named: By the Charlotte, N. c.
NetUS as 'Dixiecrats, - Democrats fight
ing President Truman and his civil
rights program.
Spent: By Americans, four times a
much annually for alcoholic drinks as
for churches, according to the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union.
Agreed: By the U. S., British,
French and Spanish governments, to
liquidate about $55, 100000 in German
private assets in Spain, the proceeds
to 60 to 10 Allied nations.
Adopted: By the Methodist General
Conference in Boston, a resolution
which would abolish in time segrega-
ton of Negroes in its southern
churches.
Boosted: By Russia, that it has de-
vised an artificial arm so effective
that manned war veteran can use
a machinegun again.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
People
RecUperoting Redheod

Walter P. Reuther, red-haired presi-
dent of the CIO United Auto Workers.
said this week that somebody, some
where, sometime" may talk, giving
police clue to his would-be assassin.
Meeting the press for the first time
since his shooting April 20, Reuther
said he was sure it was professional
job" About the only chance of un-
raveling the mystery, he thinks, is
that some underworld character
eventually will talk out of turn.
The attempt may have been in
spired, he believes, by "die-hard in
management, the Communists, some-
one on the extreme right or a screw
ball"
Wan and still in pain, Reuther told
of his thoughts after the blast of A
shotgun through his kitchen window:
my arm hung like limp rag and
was sure it was gone. When I felt
the slugs in my chest, 1 thought
maybe I'd die. But I wasn't so afraid
of these things.
''The thing that absolutely terror
lied me was that my daughter might
come downstairs and see me living
there. What an awful impact it would
have been on her young mind"
The daughter, five-year-old Linda.
was a fellow patient for a period in
the hospital, one floor above her
father. She had her tonsils out
Reuther expects to leave the hos
pital in another week, but it will be
three or four months before his arm
can be removed from cast. AS part
of his treatment, his wounded right
arm is given hundreds of electric
shocks daily in an effort to restore
damaged nerves.
I'm the luckiest guy in the world"
Reuther says, "just to be alive"
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
Eclipse
Solar Reflections

Guided missiles in some future war
may pinpoint their targets more pre-
cisely because of observations of last
weekend's eclipse of the sun.
The National Geographic Society
refrained from any such interpreta-
tion in describing as Thoroughly
worthwhile" the results of its care
fully planned study over a $500 mile
arc stretching from A to B--the Aleu-
tians to Burma.
A prime objective, however, was to
turn up data rechecking world maps
for both navigation and aviation.
One factor bothering guided missile
experts is the inaccuracies they fear
may exist in charts.
One previous eclipse, for instance.
showed Caoetown, South Africa. to
have been mislocated by a full mile.
Clouds obScured observations at
five of the seven sites arranged last
weekend by the National Geographic.
But the other two, at Bangkok, Siam.
and Rebun Jima, off the northwest
tip of Japan, reported good luck.
Expeditions at Wu-K'ang, China;
Tenan, Korea, and Mt. Adagdak in
the Aleutians reported heavy weather.
Doubtful results were reported from
parties at Mergui, Burma, and Mt.
Moffett, Adak.
The society said specially equipped
B-29S which flew above the Aleutians
weather may have been able to get
pictures which will permit tying the
U.S.-Canadian network with that of
the Orient.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
Tax Refunds
Quick on the DruW

The government is setting a tax
refund speed record.
Checks averaging slightly more
than $40 have been mailed to more
than 26,00O,OOO taxpayers whose final
March Is returns showed them clear
ly entitled to refunds.
Some 100000 more still have
checks coming, but at the current rate
all uncontested refunds will be paid
before the end of this month. In past
years, it has taken until late June or
July to finish the job-not counting
contestable claims which sometimes
take years to straighten out.
One result of the speedup is a saw
ing to the government in interest
six per cent-which it must pay when
it is slow in making refunds.
These interest payments amounted
to $22,OOOOOO five years ago but have
been trimmed each, year until there
now are practically none, so far as
uncomplicated and uncontested cases
are concerned.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21

stressed there had been no change in
US. foreign policy. The purpose of
Smiths remarks, a statement said,
was to clear up possible Russian mis-
conceptions about American foreign
policy.
Diplomatic experts consider it sig
niticant that the Russians interpreted
the open door" point as an invitation
to a big Two" meeting. Some Of
ticials claim that Russians customarily
interpret a conciliatory attitude as a
sign of We kness and would not
themselves, therefore, be caught in
the position of making overtures.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21

marks as an American bid for "Big
Two" parley.
Prospects of Soviet-American talks
raised hopes throughout Europe for a
peaceful end to the cold war. The con-
servative newspaper France Soir, in
a big headline, hailed it as ''Most Sen
sational Event Since Wars End"
London and Paris, not consulted.
greeted the announcement with re-
serve. Patiently, they were worried
over possibility that the US. might
embark on a series of private talks
with Russia.
In Washington, the White House
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21
Palestine
PunctUred Propaganda Balloon?

PunctUred Propaganda Balloon?
AS Britain surrendered her League
of Nations mandate over Palestine this
weekend, APPS rowing correspondent
Daniel De Luce cabled these conclu-
sions after a swing through Arab and
Jewish headquarters:
Threatened all-out war between a
Jewish state and the Arab world looks
more and more like an explod e d
propaganda balloon.
The Jewish state is now a reality
despite diplomatic discussions at Lake
Success.
The Jewish army, Haganah, in ad-
dition to holding that part of Pales-
tine allotted the Jews under U.N. par
tition, dominates many Arab districts
outside
The Jewish state is totally mobi-
lized for military action.
Neighboring Arab powers, instead
of uniting, are squabbling in high
councils.
Milford chronicle., 1948-05-21

The government went to Federal
Judge I. Alan Goldsborough for the
injunction. Union leaders know him
well as the judge who twice fined
John L. Lewis and his United Mine
Workers for disobeying court orders.
Army in Charge
Secretary of the Army Kenneth c.
Royal is in charge of the rail lines.
He picked Maj. Gen. E Edmond H.
Leavey, an expert in transportation,
to head the operation. Seven railroad
presidents, each commissioned colo
mel, will do most of the actual running
of the railroads for the Army.
Government eiZure in this case
amounted to technicality in which
nothing much was due to change un-
less things got tough. Then Gen.
Leavey, backed by troops, would have
stepped in and taken over physical
possession of the lines.
Railway unions, assailing the gov
eminent as "strike-breaking agen-
cy" will fight the injunction. Unless
government attorneys can counter
successfully the union arguments be-
fore Judge Goldsborough, the court
order will expire at 7:45 pm. May 19,
leaving some 100000 engineers, fire.
men and switchmen free to strike.
The President in his seizure order,
said rail strike would be a nation
wide tragedy with worldwide reper-
cussions. But he did not denounce by
name this time, as he did two years
ago, the union leaders who tied up
the country in two-day strike.
Historic Seizures
During World War when rail-
road transportation was bre aking
down-the government took over the
roads in 1918. There wasn't any labor
trouble and the private operators kept
on running the trains. But the gov
ernment guaranteed the companies a
profit, and to make good on that
promise, had to pay hundreds of mil
lions of dollars before they surren-
dered the lines to private ownership
in 1920.
In l943, to prevent a strike, the
government took over the roads again
and held them about 20 days.
In 1946, because of a brief strike,
the government again took over the
roads. Mr.. Truman broke this strike
by asking Congress to pass a law
drafting striking railroad men into
the Army. The President interrupted
his speech before an aroused joint
session of Congress to announce that
the leaders had called off their strike.
No troops were used.