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Evening star., 1959-12-13

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u. ). Exhibit
Al India Fair
LaudsMoghuIs
By Ellie ABEL
North American Newspaper Alliance

NEW DELHI, Dec. 12.-De-
signed by an American of jap
anese descent, the striking
American exhibit at the World
Agricultural Fair here pays
tribute to the Moghul master
builders of India.
The f1ve-acre exhibit hall is
marked by 80 mushroom-shaped
concrete domes recalling the
domed tombs Of Moghul that
rise out of the Punjab plain
near New Delhi. Minoru Yama-
Saki of Detroit. the architect,
also borrowed the arch of his
entryway from the Moghuls.
Wedged between rather
Evening star., 1959-12-13

citizens will try to get a glimpse
of the visiting President.
Fifteen arches are being
erected along the streets the
President will pass from the
airport to the Shah's marble
palace. Public statues are being
festooned with bunting in the
colors Of the United States and
Iran.
Huge portraits of the Shah
and Mr.. Eisenhower are being
erected on the fronts Of public
buildings. Some buildings boast
strings of colored electric or
neon lights in Trans green.
Evening star., 1959-12-13
HEADLINE PERSONALITY
Where President Is,
Nearby Is Dr.. Snyder

When the President Of the
United States has a cough, it
Is news. And when the Presi-
dents cough comes during a
gruelling 23,000-mile tour, it
arouses some concern.
Yesterday. however, the Pres
ident's physician put any fears
at rest.
President Eisenhower "is do
ing fine and standing up really
well" on his goodwill mission
to three continents, Mai. Gen.
Howard McC. Snyder said in
New Delhi, according to the
Associated Press.
DR.. Snyder, who will be 79
next February. has one of the
most important assignments of
those accompanying Mr.. Eisen-
hover. AS the personal ply
sician to the President. he is
seldom far from Mr.. Eisen-
hower's side.
Doctor Doesn't Rest Easy
The Presidents trip is per-
haps the most wearing journey
any Chief Executive has under
taken. And at SO with a history
OF three major illnesses in the
last four years, Mr.. Eisenhower
obviously is not a man about
Whom any doctor could rest
easily.
Before the President left, DR..
snyder and other Army phy-
sicians gave him a head-to-toe
physical examination and pro-
nounced him in excellent health
except for chronic bronchitis
That was a generally COM
forting finding for DR.. Snyder.
But ne and his colleagues never
forget that previous medical
checkups gave no advance
warning of the Presidents 1855
heart attack. the surgery, he
underwent for ileitis in 1856 or
the stroke of 1857.
Daily Checkup Given
During the present trip, DR.
Snyder gives the President a
physical examination each day.
Referring to the Presidents
cough while visiting the United
States Embassy in New Delhi,
DR.. Snyder yesterday gave
newsmen this report:
Its just that he's been do
ing so much speaking. HIS voice
Is a little rough, but he's all
right"
Howard McCrum Snyder is
a popular figure around the
White House. That includes the
newsmen. despite the fact that
ne does little talking about his
famous charge.
A handsome man with a crop
of white hair, he has been a
doctor and soldier for half a
century. He has been called
from retirement three times
since 1915; today he's still on
active duty.
DR.. Snyder or the assistant
White House physician-Air
Force Col Walter r. Tkach-
accompanies Mr.. Eisenhower
on every trip he makes. They
always are on duty or on call
when the President is in Wash
ington. One doctor or the other
also always is available for any
care Mrs. Eisenhower may re-
quire when she is not with the
President on his travels.
The two physicians have no
outside practice, but they some
times advise and care for top
Evening star., 1959-12-13

Philadelphia, in 1905. Three
years later he was appointed a
first lieutenant in the Army
Medical Corps. From the start
he specialized in surgery and
had graduate training at the
famed Mayo Clinic and other
institutions.
Evening star., 1959-12-13

SCOTCH MUFFLERS
Famous Johnston of Elgin
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cashmere and 800 wool.
In solid colors, checks,
bright authentic tartans.
Well known and priced for
their lightness. warm t h
and singular softness. Big
54xl2 inch size. $3.50
1000 Cashmere MuttlerS,
Evening star., 1959-12-13

DRIVING GLOVES
Every motorist needs and
wants a pair. These fine
gloves are hand-stitched
by Daniel Hays. A blend
of orion, wool and nylon
for strength and elasticity
-pigskin palms for Wheel
gripping ease. Camel, char
coal, black. Sizes: small,
medium, large. S5,95
Evening star., 1959-12-13

GIVE GEMSTONES
We have a large and bril-
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and many others. Beauti-
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Evening star., 1959-12-13

ENGIlSH All
Give this clever compact
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man. Made in England, the
genuine leather case meas
ures 5x6 inches, contains
two fine brushes, two tubes
of Meltonian am in
black and brown; also
shine cloth. Sturdily con-
structed. Very specially
priced. S5.95
Evening star., 1959-12-13

Does he get lost when he
drives? This clever auto
compass installed on the
windshield will point him
in the right direction. Pre-
cision-made abroad. And
1t works! $3.50
Evening star., 1959-12-13

DUCK BRUSH
AS practical as it is clever
and a wonderful conversa-
tion piece. Made in Eng
land Of artistically carved,
unbreakable plastic. Has a
clothes brush that comes
out of the ducks body.
Case has slot for cuff links
or coins. S495
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
Union Leaders ProIong Deadlock

The unions rejection of the companies offer
coming as it does on the heels of President Eisen
howers appeal for a voluntary non-infationary
settlement, clearly reveals the union leadership's
responsibility for the continuing deadlock
Throughout the negotiations the union leaders
have insisted upon an nflationary, something-for-
nothing settlement They have offered nothing what
ever in exchange for the increased wages and bene-
fits they seek. They have resisted every effort to
provide for increased efficiency of operations through
improvement in the language of the former con-
tracts They have insisted that their members shall
continue, year after year, to take more out OF the
business than they put into the business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
Details of the Offer

Specifically the companies offered to improve the
pension insurance, and supplemental unemployment
benefit programs in the first year of two-year agree
ment, and to increase wage rates at the beginning
of the second year by amounts ranging from cents
for the lowest job class to IL cents for the highest
job class-the total package to increase the COM
panies' employment costs by IS cents per man-hour
worked, or about per cent per year of total en-
ployrnent costs which, before the strike, amounted
to $3.50 per hour.
AS part of this offer to increase wages and bene
fits, the companies called upon the union to join in
working out mutually satisfactory amendments to
the prior basic labor agreements in four general
areas. The purpose of these amendments would be:
l. To continue payment Of the 17-cents-per-
hour cost-Of-living adjustment which was in eff
feet at the expiration of the prior labor agree
ments; but to eliminate provisions for future
changes either up or down.
2. To enable management to take reasonable
steps to eliminate waste and to improve eff
cheney; but to protect and preserve the right of
employees to resort to grievance and arbitra-
ton procedure under which management would
be required to justify fully the reasOnableness
of its actions.
3. To permit fIexibility in the scheduling of
work to conform reasonably with the require
ments of the business.
4. To deter wildcat strikes by permitting the
discharge of any employee engaging in such
action and by clarifying the responsibility of
local unions in resnect to wildcat strikes Oc.
curing within their jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
Companies Offer Flexible

In the bargaining sessions, the companies pointed
out that the offer of two-year 15-cents-an-hour
package of improved benefits and wages was pur-
posely stated in terms which would provide maximum
fexibity in arriving at the distribution of this sum
as between wages and benefits, so as to give the
creates possible satisfaction to the employees 1t was
also pointed out that companies were entirely will
ing to consider alternate benefits should the med-
ate effect of improved insurance benefits upon take
home pay present problems that would preclude the
arrival at settlement of the strike.
They also pointed out that this offer to increase
employment costs by per cent per year represents
the maximum that can be undertaken at this time
without resulting in inflationary increase in pro-
duction costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
Union Demands More Initiation

The union leaders on the other hand persist in
their demands for highly inflationary wage and bene
fit increases; and proposed settlement that would
call for employment cost increases that could amount
to so cents per hour over threeyear period
The difference between the 20 or more cents an
hour increased cost per year of the unions proposal
and the 71a cent annual increased cost of the COM
panes' offer would be sheer initiation and must be
recognized as such.
Any such increase in steelmaking costs would
further injure the competitive position of the
American steel industry in markets both at home
and abroad, and would endanger the job Sc
curity of American steelwOrkers. Similarly any
failure on the part of the union to join in
writing an agreement which will provide rea-
sOnably for the more efficient operation of the
mills can only work to the disadvantage of the
members of the union and of the American
people as a whole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
This is the Companies l5s Offer!
Your Union Turned 1t Down

In response to President Eisenhowers urgent
request for immediate non-inflationary settlement
through the voluntary processes of free collective
bargaining, the steel companies have done two
things:
First, they have made a specific, 15-cents-an-
hour package offer providing for increased
wages and benefits over the period Of two
year agreement.
Second, they have scaled down to an ire
ducible minimum their requests for improve
ments in contract language, adhering only to
those changes that would clearly operate in the
long-range interests of the steelwOrkers them
selves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09

The companies, on the other hand, have
from the outset of the negotiations one
consistent objective: to obtain settlement that
would not result in an increase in their pro-
ductiOn costs over the term of the new agree
ment. That is the only kind of settlement that
would not have serious inflatiOnary cOnse-
quences.
They do not seek to take away the basic rights Of
any employee.
They are not asking for the arbitrary right to
change local work practices without employe re-
course to grievance procedure and arbitration.
They do want to make reasonable settlement and
live with the union and its members in peace and
harmony.
But they are not willing to buy peace at the
price of making agreements which will continue
to promote initiation and which will prevent
them from taking reasonable steps to improve
the efficiency of their businesses
So long as the union insists on wage and beneftln-
creases of nfationary proportions, and refuses to
deal reasonably with the problems arising out of some
of the contract provisions, agreement will be pos
sble
One wonders when, if ever, the union leaders will
recognize that the customers the stockholders and the
public generally as well the the steelworkerS, are en-
titled to fair treatment
1t is the ony kind of settlement that would help
preserve for the Steeworkers and for every American
the value of their earnings savings and PENSIONS and
would enable the companies to compete more effec-
lively with foreign steel and other competing nater
ais, thus increasing output and employment.
1t is the only kind of settlement that would serve
the best interests of the entire nation.
The Steel Companies Position
To sum up the situation as it stands today, there
fore, the companies want to make their position crys
tai clear:
They did not-and do nOt-want shutdown of
their operations
They do not want their employees to lose wages
and employment because of continued shutdown.
They have not sought government intervention in
any FORM but instead have exhausted every effort
to secure voluntary settlement that would be in the
best interest of ALL
They are not trying to undermine or destroy the
union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-09
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Labor:
New Angle

John T. (Sandy) O,Brien gained
public attention briefly in 1857 as
leader of the campaign to clean
UP the Transfers Union.
Dave Beck had abdicated his
post as Teamsters president un-
der heavy fire. Jimmy Hoffa had
been installed as provisional pres
ident, but he was facing trial on
charges of trying to spy on the
secret files of the Senate Rackets
Committee.
Last week Sandy O'Brien, who
abandoned his role as cleanup
man to team up with Jimmy Hoffa,
appeared before the committee to
undergo questioning about his &C
tivities as boss of the 10000
member Chicago Transfers local.
Like many a Transfers official
before him, he took the Fifth
Amendment. But committee in
vestigators testified that he had
collected an astounding $470. 900
from his Chicago local in the last
seven years.
Mr.. O'Brien's income from his
union last year was figured at
almost sol 900, making him the
highest paid labor official ever to
appear before the Rackets Com
mittee.
Out Of every 81 collected in dues
from Chicago Transfers, investi-
gators testified, Mr.. O'Brien and
three other union officials divided
80 cents. Their total take was esti-
Continued on Page A-28
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Macmillan Liberal

In general, Mr.. Macmillan is
believed to be willing to go farther
than American leaders in seeking
a broad agreement with the Soviet
Union. He is reported ready, for
example, to set a date for sum-
NIT conference right now. Mr. Eli
senhower has continued to insist
that summit meeting is possible
only if measurable success is
achieved at a Foreign Ministers
conference first. The Prime Min
lister also seeks to ease the United
States position on German re-
unification. The Dulles-Adenauer
position in the past has been to
insist on reunification on the basis
of free elections before a peace
treaty is negotiated. Mr.. Mac
milan is said to believe. after his
talks with Mr.. Khrushchev in Mos
COW, that such a position is unreal.
iStic and unobtainable at this time.
If Mr.. Macmillan's diligent eff
forts and purpoSeful travels result
in the formulation of a positive.
united approach to negotiations
with the Russians. much will still
remain to be worked out before
the statesmen can gather around
the conference table. The Soviet
leaders, for example, have asked
that the conference discuss a
peace treaty with Germany and
that all % nations that fought
Nazi Germany in World War II
be represented. The West would
confine the meeting to the Big
-Four" and let only observers from
other nations take part. There
are also a number of other points
of difference to be resolved if Q
summit session is even to begin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

"that all Of US can reach agree
ment with the Soviets in an
early meeting at the level Of
foreign ministers. Assuming de-
velopments that justify summer
meeting at the summit, the United
States would be ready to partic-
ipate in this further effort"
The Eisenhower address could
well be described as neither pro-
vocative nor appeasing. There was
no chip on the shoulder; neither
was there anywhere evident a
willingness to abandon the West
ern position in West Berlin with
out a clearly understood arrange
ment with the Soviet Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Some Results Seen

But the Prime Minister. despite
some undertones Of resentment
that he was carrying the ball for
the West in the absence Of Mr..
Dulles, appeared to be achieving
results. The White House and
the State Department have
lowered, If not a blackout curtain.
at least a brown-out on details
of his talks here. But Mr.. Mac
milan has made his purpose
clear:
To work out a flexible" West
ern policy. agreed to by all con-
cerned, with which to meet Soviet
demands that the status OF STILL
occupied Berlin be altered forth
with.
The Soviet leaders themselves
seemed last week to be eager
that their announcements on
Berlin be negotiable. In London,
Mikhail Suslov, believed to be
next to Anastas I. Mikoyan in the
hierarchy of the Soviet Com
munist Party. expressed himself
as surprised that the west nad
ever looked upon Mr.. Khrushchev'S
November demands on Berlin as
an ultimatum. And the ebullient
Soviet Premier himself, in a press
conference called at the Kremlin
on Thursday attended by more
than 300 newsmen of many ma
tions. insisted that there was no
ultimatum involved in the Mos
cow proposals.
I'VE shall do everything pos
sible to make these negotiations
successful" he told the assembled
reporters. And in advance. even
before there has been a formal
Western note on the date and
place of the Foreign Ministers
conference insisted on by Mr..
Dulles, he accepted the date OF
Nav IL as informally proposed.
True to form, he did disdain the
possible effectiveness of such
conference:
1.-THE first echelon should be
made UP of heavyweights, that Is
the heads of governments. They
would clear away the heavy
things, and then the Foreign
Ministers could work out the de-
tails without breaking their legs
in a labyrinth of notes and ar
guments. Then, of course, the
heads of governments would have
to meet again to sign the agree
mentS reached"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

ing in person, he will still exert
decisive influence on its delibera-
tons.
Last Monday Mr.. Eisenhower
took the problems of the Berlin
crisis to the American people.
He did so, the White House indi-
Gated, for two reasons:
% To reassure the Nation that
the military situation was not as
dangerous as some congressional
critics have suggested.
90 To emphasize the deter
mination of the West to cling to
its rights and responsibilities in
West Berlin.
The President was solemn but
not grim; he outlined the situa-
ton crisply. traced the origins
Of the controversy. and reasserted
American and allied intentions
to stand firm whatever the chal-
lenge. But he was at pains to re-
peat that the German problem.
as well as the entire problem Of
the security Of Europe. was at
all times negotiable.
1T is my hope" he told his
radio and television audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
The Hearings Begin

In a deceptively amicable at
mosphere, the Senate Commerce
Committee began holding hearings
on the Strauss nomination.
The cat-and-mouse questioning
of Admiral Strauss first concen-
trated on what sort of job he
planned to do as Secretary OF
Commerce.
With the wary look Of a man
who knows he is about to be joined
in mortal combat, the nominee
replied that he had accepted the
post because of his belief that 1.-The
economic warfare which the Soviet
government has declared upon the
United States can be most effec-
lively countered in the work and
decisions Of the Department Of
Commerce"
Another innocent - sounding
question wanted to know how long
Admiral Strauss planned to remain
on the job, if he were confirmed.
Mindful of the criticism over the
pending resignation of Neil Nc
Elroy as Secretary of Defense, he
replied that he would serve out
the remainder of the Eisenhower
administration.
This disposed Of the prelin1i-
naries. Then Senator Magnuson,
Democrat of Washington and
chairman of the committee, and
as friendly a man as there is in
the United States Senate. adj
vised Admiral Strauss in a friendly
tone that there were many. many
questions and subjects" that the
committee wanted to go into be-
fore sending his name to the Sem
ate for confirmation.
Just what does the committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Spring: The Ever-Fresh Miracle

woodfrogs and peppers undoubt-
eddy were chirping away in their
bosky habitat.
They signaled this twice.
annual phenomenon when the
earth. on its yearly course
around the sun, has day and
night of equal length. The suns
rays strike the earth directly
over the equator. bringing in
season the vernal and autumnal
equinoxes.
Still wary Of winters feints
and jabs, the delight of nature
have begun their rustling. Seen
on the wing are robins, grackles
and redwings. Ring-billed gulls
flock to the Mall. There are
phoebes. titmice, cardinals and
sparrows. Even the starlings
seem to feel they are forgiven
and, perhaps for the time, they
are.
There is rejoicing for flower,
shrub and tree. The crocuS
makes its early call at the Gus
tis-Lee Mansion gardens; there
is color in jefferson Memorial
pansy beds; daffodils simmer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
Who Is in CHARGE?

In his remarks on the ineffec-
tiveness of a meeting lower than
at the summit, Mr.. Khrushchev
confirmed the reports that Mr..
Macmillan had left Moscow con-
WINGED that only the Soviet Pre-
mier himself was in a position
to negotiate firmly with the
West. Repeatedly. in the British
Prime Minister'S view, the Soviet
Foreign Minister, Andrea Gromyko,
is little more than personal
representative of his chief. But
in the United States, Secretary
Dulles has long been recognized
as the chief if not the sole ar
chitect of foreign policy. a situa-
ton which the President himself
has openly accepted.
Thus, to the Kremlin, Foreign
Ministers meeting is a waste
of time; to the United States.
it is not. What the absence of
Secretary Dulles will mean to the
effectiveness of Foreign Minis
ters' meeting cannot now be
estimated. There are indications
that, even If the ailing Secretary
is unable to attend such a meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22
THE NATIONAL SCENE
\ Time Out for Feud
Beoring on 1860

Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss
exudes the confidence Of q man
who knows he can surmount the
crises Of the day, whatever they
may be.
To his friends he Is brilliant.
strong-willed, self-assured To his
enemies he is arrogant. disputa-
tious and difficult to deal with.
He was President Truman's first
selection for the Atomic Energy
Commission in 1916. He served
with distinction and made a nota-
BILE record Of nonconformity.
He counselled Mr.. Truman to
proceed with the development Of
the hydrogen bomb when power
full voices. within and without the
Acc, awed by the awesome
destructive force of the atom,
were advising atomic retrench-
ment.
He became. in 1858. the chair
man of the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the stormy petrol
of the Eisenhower administration.
He disdained the Dixon
controversy as an issue las phony
as So bill"
His relations with Congress
became increasingly strained. In
1854. when he was made a per-
sonal target by the Democrats in
the Dixon-Yates issue. he declared
with some bitterness that the
Craftsmanship of the Acc would
be my last public job on EARTH"