Evening star., 1950-02-27

The labor leader and Denny
Lewis arrived Saturday for
the funeral of their brother
Thomas, who died of a self
inflicted bullet wound.
-AP Wirephoto.
Grating rates of the firms Pitts
burgh district plants from about
96 per cent to SO per cent Of
capacity. The number OF workers
to be laid off is yet to be deter
mined.
Steel Output Dropping Fast.
The magazine, Steel, reports
steel production already has
dropped S.5 points since the first
of the month and is poised for a
20 to 80 point nosedive during
the next few days.
"At the bottom of their coal
piles. most steelmakers have 40
alternative but to drastically cur-
tail production" the magazine
said.
AS soon as steel production
drops, unemployment can be
counted to follow in the hundreds
of plants which use steel to make
products ranging from paper clips
to automobiles.
The Nations food supply also is
imperiled. : Z,
The American Feed Manufac-
Fturers' Association says extended
power curtailment will have seri-
GUS repercussions on the produc-
ftion of meat, milk and eggs"
The association wired the Gov
ernors of Illinois and Indiana that
a feed production drop will "seri-
ously effect high producing herds
and focks."
Schools Furlough Thands.
Thousands of school children
and college students have been
sent home for the duration of the
emergency. They are enrolled in
institutions which are out of coal.
In other schools temperatures
have been reduced.
At least 10 major cities have
declared states of emergency.
The municipal coal stockpile
was opened m Cleveland. but 1t
has been exhausted.
Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio has
told President Truman that his
States coal supply is acute.
Gov. Lausche ordered the Ohio
State highway patrol to provide
full protection for those hauling
coal on public highways.
More than score of Pennsyl-
vania State police were called out
during the week end to keep high
ways open near Pittsburgh where
coal has been dumped from
trucks which went to the few strip
mines working.
Independent Union Relents.
The independent Progressive
Mine Workers of America agreed
to open one mine to- provide
emergency shipments Of coal to
hospitals, orphanages and oh-age
homes in the st. Louis area.
The $4,000 members of this
union also are on strike in q
dispute entirely separate from
that involving the UNIV.
In some sections OF the cr'In-
try the price of the little Goa
available has skyrocketed.
Pittsburgh. one Of the Nations
coal capitals, furnishes a prime
example of the situation. Goa
which sold for $3.50 a ton herr
now is bringing $14.
Much of the coal is of such poo
} quality the Nations railroads ar,
having difficulty making it burr
| in their steam engines. Conse'
quently, many trains with coal.
fueled locomotives are running
behind their schedules.
Many miners are spending part
Of each day trying to find fue
for their family stoves and fur
naces. They pick up bits Of the
fuel from outcroppings on f1fl.
sides where coal is near the sur.
face.
The diggers. who show no sigl
!. of going back to the pits. withou
contract, are having a hare
time to feed and clothe their fam
lilies.
The situation is so bad in tn
Fayette County .(Pa.) area tina
} relief workers can't keep up will
demands. .tyS&fs
Pennsylvania officials repor
one out of every six people il
the county are receiving State as
i sistance. Uniontown is the sea
! of the county, which has 220 ,00
j residents.
The Loyal Order of Moose lodg
, has directed a $4,000 cash gift t.
miners IN Pennsy1vama. = IA
And the lodge has instfucte,
its local units. 70 supply I'LL @th
. food and clothing it, can directl
to- the miners. 8
European and Asiatic lafke,
) has q population Of about 16 mil
!. lion. and occupies an area Q
-I2s7.ooo sqY Ire miles.