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Complete Confusion

At one point, Mr.. CouVe de Muir
vile, normally Suave and unex-
citable, was driven by the wran-
Cling to protest:
I'VE are in complete oonfuSonl
We have reached q point where
neither side knows what the other
10 talking about"
As the performance progressed
in mid week, however, Mr..
Gromyko reversed his stand and
agreed to talk IN private at dinner
and luncheon sessions with his
colleagues. His decision was hailed
by an audience Of newSmen as a
victory for tea party" diplomacy
which may afford the foreign
ministers a chance to achieve
some real progress without the
binding glare of propaganda SPOT
lights.
On Monday. at 9 plenary Ses-
sion of the Big Four in the Palace
Of Nations, the Soviet Foreign
Minister declared:
I'VE are in complete confuSion3
ton that it is impossible TO main
tain endleSsly the occupation re-
gime established in the first post
war years, that it is necessary to
put an end to all the remains of
World War II. Should this not
be done, West Berlin viii remain
q source of tension and danger
Gus conflicts"
After he had indicated he might
be willing to amend his lS-mOnth
proposal, Mr.. Herter and Mr..
Lloyd were prompted TO affirm
that the four powers were sppsr-
entity approaching agreements ON
some points. The Secretary Of
State reiterated the Western pro-
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Candidates.:
Coyness?

1t is one of the traditions Of
American politics that man who
would like to be President of the
United States must cloak his as
pirationS in coyness. Thus the
contest among four Democratic
Senators considered the likeliest
prospects for their party's 1860
presidential nomination has been,
up until now. a race between four
masked riders.
Last week one member of the
quartet jabbed his spurs into the
TANKS of his already hard-ruDr
ming horse and ripped off his
mask. There, tall in the saddle,
was Hubert Horatio Humphrey.
Formation Of a Humphrey for
President Committee was an
nounced with appropriate fanfare
by two of the Senator's fellow
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Price SpiroIs

Each wage increase has been
accompanied by a rise in steel
prices. a chain reaction that is
considered by some economists to
be the single most inflationary
force in the domestic economy.
Steel prices have almost tripled
in the last IS years. while prices
generally have less than doubled.
Many steelworkers whose pay
checks were cut of by the strike
orders will add to the welfare
burdens Of communities where
they are employed. In Pittsburgh
officials estimated that over 1000
Of the $4,000 strikers would even
tually apply for public aid. Dis
tribution of Government owned
surplus foods will be made to
needy strikers and their families
after q one-month waiting period.
Among those whose paycheck
will be cut of during the strike
is Mr.. Mcdonald. Under union
rules his S50.OOO-a-year pay will
be suspended for the duration of
the walkout.
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was q closing Of union ranks that
spoke a determination to see the
strike through to its bitter end.
Pledges Of support came to the
Steelworkers from the AFL-CIO
and from brother unions. From
James Hoffa, president Of the
Transfers. came the word that
his men would cross no Steel
workers picket lines.
The Steelworkers md them
selves faced by big business" said
Hoffa- Our organization has
pledged support, financially, NOR
ally and otherwise"
Could President Eisenhower
have done more to avert a Ma
tion-wide steel strike? Should he
he have? The President gave his
own answer last week at his news
conference:
I believe that we have got
thoroughly to test out and to use
the method of free bargaining, and
the second that we try to bring
the free bargaining. collective bar
gaining about by pressure Of Gov
eminent then I believe 1t
is not free
I do believe that I have done
what should be done, which is to
keep urging on both sides states
manShip and a readiness TO nego-
tate. and I will still continue it."
Mr.. Eisenhower has the author
ity to call off a strike for so days
by invoking the national emer-
gency provisions of the Taft
Hartley Act. He made it plain
last week. however. that he does
not consider that any national
emergency exists as yet in the
steel situation.
He rejected a union appeal for
appointment Of q fact-finding
board to investigate the dispute.
Il believe that all the facts are
pretty well known" said the
President.
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The second act Of an interna-
tional drama some reporters have
dubbed The Gentlemen Of
Geneva" got of to a slow. con-
fusing start last week.
Playing TO a world audience
from the STAGE Of the SumptuOuS
Palace Of Nations in Geneva, the
. Big -Four returned 10 the boards
after a three week intermiSSiOn-
The first act, which ended June 20.
was almost unanimously aSSailed
by critics as q resounding flop.
Discouraged but not defeated.
the thespianS repaired TO Wash
ington, London. Paris and Mos
COW for revisions in the text.
Back at Geneva. they are trying
once again to act out a play Of
peaceful co-eXiStence without re-
course TO the off-Stage thun6erS
Of war.
Maurice Couve de Murvills.
Foreign Minister Of France:
Selwyn Lloyd, Foreign Secretary
Of Great Britain, and Christian
Herter, Secretary Of State Of the
United States. spoke most Of their
lines in harmony. They are at
tempting TO forge an agreement
with the Soviet Union guarantee
ing their rights in Berlin until
East and West Germany are re-
united.
Andrea Gromyko, Soviet Foreign
Minister. played the heavy"
Seeking new power and prestige
for East Germany Soviet
satellite country which surrounds
Berlin-he propounGed an 1S-
month limit on continued Western
occupation of that city. Inten-
tionally or not, he made that
Soviet proposal sound 10 his COL
leagues like an ultimstum 10 get
out Of Berlin-or else.
The talks, however. had only
skirted that issue when the cur
tain was called on 8 fruitleSs Act
One. Last Monday the foreign
ministers again gathered In the
hope that Mr.. Gronyk0 was
changing his tune.
They based their hope on his
insiStence, during the intermiS-
sion, that he had been miSunGer-
stood-that there was no threat
intended at all, only q call for
talks on Identification Once the
talks reconvened. he said. it could
all be Strengthened out.
The Western trio opened the
conference on that note. asking
Mr.. Gromyko for a Qualification of
his stand. Instead he replied
with a declaration that he would
not agree TO any secret meetings
unless the East and West German
delegations were present To the
Western diplomats. such . stand
seemed beside the point, since the
Russians had already taken part
In similar meetings.
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On Reunificotion

He alluded to the Western po-
Sitlon on reunifcation Of Ger
many-which seeks to achieve
reunion by free elections-with
this statement:
They say. Let's have elections
We point out there are many more
people in West Germany and so
they would win. We say if East
Germany agreed. all right If not,
We are not going to prompt them.
On the contrary, we are going to
support them"
Mr.. KhruShchev has good res-
son for extending that support.
Western diplomats believe he in
tends to create in that country a
Showpiece Communist state and
a reliable European ally. His task
would be much easier If he could
squeeze the allies out of their
window box in West Berlin.
On the other hand. he is anxious
to gain new status for East Ger
many at a summit conference with
French Premier Charles de Gaulle,
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
of Great Britain and President
Eisenhower. The Western heads
of-State have made it exceedingly
clear that they VIII not attend a
summit conference unless their
ministers can reach a preliminary
agreement.
Shortly after Mr.. Eisenhower
declared at his press conference
on Wednesday. that there has to
be some clear understandings Of
our rights and our responsibilities
before you can go ahead and nego-
tlste." Mr.. Gromyko changed his
tune At that point. the tea
parties began.
BY the end Of the week. the for
eign ministers were still q long
way from agreement on any part
Of the Berlin situation and even
further from Act Three-the sum-
NIT. At best. there was only hope
that the talks might lead in COM
ing weeks to q veStige Of four
part harmony.
As matters stand now. however.
Act Two has not progressed very
far. and in the words Of Mr.. Eisen-
hover. the whole performance IS
of to q very slow start"
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Silence in Big Steel

The huge open pit mines Of
MinneSotaS Mesabl range gaped
emptily. their ore trucks parked
in long, neat lines. In Pittsburgh
the blast furnaces and their sui
len residue Of flame Hinged smoke
were stilled and the Steel City
rested in unnatural quiet.
In oddly paradoxical Detroit
the auto plants were still churn-
ing out new 1859 models at q
record rate from vast mounds Of
stockpiled steel. but the Stats
ticians were busy calculating how
long the supply would last.
For the first time in three years.
since 1856. and the sixth time
since the end of World War II
the steel production of the
mightieSt steel-producing Nation
in the world had been all but
cut of Ito Is per cent of normaD
by a strike. AT 1901 am. last
Wednesday 100000 members of
the United Steelworkers carried
out the orders of their leaders.
relayed from a conference room
in a New York hotel. TO abide by
the unions traditional no con-
tract, no work policy.
Thus the two-week steel truce
effected by the personal interven-
ton Of President Eisenhower came
to a grim and gloomy end. The
strike that no one had seemed
70 want but that almost everyone
had expected shut down IS steel
companies. including the Big IL
that made up Big Steel"
Estimates Of how long the
strike would last ranged from q
few weeks TO three months.
7 don't think it's susceptible
to easy OF early solution" declared
Joseph Finnegan. director Of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tim SPrvice
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planned to market some Of the
financing bonds for Dixon-Yates.
These were the "conflict-of-in-
terest" elements behind the cele-
brated Dixon-Yates controversy
that resulted in cancellation of
the private power contract by
order of President Eisenhower.
Though neither Mr.. Eisenhower
nor Lewis L. Strauss ever con-
coded the conflict-of interest isy
sue, Democrats have made much
political capital out of the adj
ministration's strategic retreat in
the controversy.
Last week the Eisenhower adj
ministration won judicial vindi-
cation on the conhict-of- interest
issue while losing a lawsuit to
Dixon-YateS.
In a 3-to-2 decision. the United
States Court of Claims upheld the
legality of the controversial power
contract repudiated by the Gov
eminent. The court found mot
the slightest conflict of interest"
in the activities of Mr.. Wenzell.
The Government was ordered
to pay damages Of $1,867,545 to
Dixon-YateS, which sued on the
basis that there were no legal
grounds for cancellation Of the
contract.
The court chastised the Gov
eminent for seeking to escape
its responsibilities under its hon
est contract. :"
In view of the dissent by two
judges, it seemed likely that the
case would be appealed. Speaking
for the minority, Chief Judge
Marvin Jones of the Court of
Claims declared that the issue
conferred on a principle "older
that this country itself, that no
man who works for the Govern
ment may at the same time
transact business with an entity
in which, directly or indirectly,
he has a pecuniary interest"
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Record Employment

Inc strike came, ironically, as
the Government was announcing
new all-time record-high employ
ment-67.342. 900 for June. The
national economy has been SPIRAL
ing steadily upward for months.
The steel industry has been max
ing record profit-and steel
workers have been earning near
record wages.
There were many reasons why
Big Steel and the AFL-CIO United
SteelworkerS of America failed to
reach agreement in 10 weeks Of
negotiations at New York's Roose-
welt Hotel. But in the hours before
the order 10 strike went out from
union headquarters they seemed
less than adequate to q Nation
concerned that the steel shut
down would hang a milestone
around the neck of the economic
recovery that had pulled the
country out Of last years recession.
President David J. Mcdonald
OF the SteelworkerS knew from
the start that this would be a
difficult year 10 wiring a substan-
tlal wage increase from manage
ment- Union demands. which
covered some $50 points at the
outset. were scaled down to a
package that amounted to about
10 cents an hour. There were
widespread reports that Dave Nc
Donald was ready to settle for
considerably less or Q cents
an hour.
To steel workers CURRENTLY sv-
eraglng $40 an hour (and s127
a week this would have amounted
70 a wage hike of less than 3 per
cent This would have been
smaller than any of the wage in
creases resulting from the five
previous postwar steel strikes
But 1859 has not been a wear
mat could be appraised in terms
OF past performance and past
settlements on the labor-manage-
ment front. 1t has. indeed. shown
signs OF becoming the most sig
nlncant milestone on the price
wage spiral since the infationarv
preSSures of the early years of
World War II.
Many businessmen have h.
come convinced that the time has
come to halt the upward trend
OF wages and prices that the
EISENHOWER administration has
warned will loose another round
OF imitation But the mood reflects
more than concern over the in
nauonary threat-there is deem
1elt antagoniSm to what are re-
garoed as the endless demands Of
Iaoor for a larger and larger
share Of the production pie and
perhaps a greater unity in the
business world toward resistance
TO such demands than at any
time in the last 20 wears
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Dixon-Yotes:


Adolphe H. WenzeIl was. in 1855,
a special conSultant to the Atomic
Energy Commission during nego-
tiationS with the Dixon-Yates
combine to build a SLOT million
power plant at West Memphis.
Ark. He was also a vice president
Of the First Boston Corp, which
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STEEL FACTS

Disputants Is companies producing IS cent of the
100000 members of the United steelwokers
of America.
Union package of about Is cents hour
and continuation automatic living increases
offer: Changes in present work rules to offset
the any wage increase termination of cost-oyng
boosts.
Present steel wages: $40 an hour average
Settlement prospects DIM with strike length estimates
ing up to three months.
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Minnesotans, Gov. Orville L. Free
man and junior Senator McCar-
thy. THE candidate knows we are
making this announcement and of
course approves, they declared.
The candidates candor began
evaporating within hours. Threat
ened with the loss of free network
television time because of the rule
that equal time must be provided
for opposing candidates, Senator
Humphrey insisted that the Free
man Mccarthy announcement
didn't really mean he was a can
didate.
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has piQued many Democrats With
his criticism Of the moderate"
legislative record being written by
Mr.. Johnson and House Speaker
Sam Rayburn. 1t left the Call
fornia Governor in position TO take
a more active role IN the shaping
of the party's national policy
and to play q more active part II
he chose. in opposing the csn6l-
dacy Of any or al Of the Senate
modsrstes.
, 1959-01-16


Sir:
At a recent meeting Of the New ST. Croix Turf Club this
Committee was appointed and instructed to forward to
you this letter expressing our appreciation of, and thanks
for the interest the Virgin Islands Legislature is showing
for the encouragement of horse-racing in the Virgin Is
lands as manifested by your generous appropriation Of
100000 in this years budget for the improvement Of
the Mannngs Bay Race Track.
w are alarmed, however, to note that nothing has been
done to the premises up to date, although we have tried
to enlist the attention and assistance of the Public Works
Department in st. CroiX on various occasions, seeking in
formation as to how and when the appropriation could be
released and made available for the construction Of at
least a pavilion or covered stand.
We now have in our possession a sketch Of such a pro-
posed stand with necessary facilities which we believe to
be adequate for our immediate needs. May we respect
fully request that you use your good offices to have some
action taken to insure the release of these funds before
the expiration of the fiscal year 1957-l958.
We- cannot urge too strongly the need for these facilities
at ManningS Bay Race Track, the continued absence Of
which creates a tremendous hardship and embarrassment
on the public, local as we'll as the many visiting tourists
who attend our race meetings. If this, the Oldest and great
est OF all sports is to continue and survive, and keep pace
with the growth and Improvements now being made IN
these Virgin Islands, then we believe, Sir, that now IS
the time to ask our representatives tt. assist us in follow
ing the national trend of organizing, fostering and de-
~velopinge through sports a closer bond of unity and good
will among the inhabitants Of our three islands and per
lhaps the world.
co be continued
, 1959-01-16

THE NEWsT. cRoN TURF CLUB
CHRISTIANSTED, V.I.U.S.
May 20, 1858

Honorable Aubrey A. Anduze
President, Legislature Of the Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands
, 1959-01-16


Nursing School at the Episcopal Hospital in Puerto Rico
visited Charlotte Amalie to talk to girls who might be in
terested in nursing as career. Thirty-fve students attend
ed this meeting.
4 also asked what has been done at Christiansted High
School in ST. Croix, and / learned that on the occasion of
Career Day, the largest group was made UP Of girls who
were interested in positions in the area Of nursing. This
included those who were interested in becoming nurses,
nurses aides and in doing other technical work related to
medical and hospital care.
We shall continue to try to interest girls in careers in
this area. The Department of Education is also trying at
the present time to establish Practical Nursing classes as
part Of our Vocational Education Program. "A building has
been prepared and materials have been purchased, and we
are trying at the present time to secure an instructor who
would be approved by the is Office Of Education from
which we receive Matching Funds for this program.
If you have any other suggestions. along this line,
please let me know.
Sincerely yours,
Isl Andrew c.. Preston
Ts1s#E Andrew C. Preston
ssf Commissioner Of Education
ACPliam
THE NEW n rR0IyIm1RF rIJR
, 1959-01-16
GOVERNMENT OF
H VIRGIN ISLANDS OF Il UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Charlotte Amalie, ST. Thomas
June ., 1858

Virgin Islands Legislature,
Charlotte Amalie.
ST. Thomas, Virgin Islands at
Dear Senator Anduze:
Your letter Of May % calls attention to the interest
of the Health Department in recruiting girls for training
as nurses. I have checked with both high schools to find
out what is already being done in this direction.
At Charlotte Amalie High School there is a Future
Nurses Club under the guidance Of one Of the teachers
and which also has a nurse from the health service as its
advisor. Within the past month a representative Of the
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DREYFUSS BROS.
1919 18th st. NV Ma. S-05s0
2025 FFNDAII, ST SIC.

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bldg; shops and transp. Apply
res. mgr. 200 Fendall st. Sc, or
call LII, 2-3427.
DREYFUSS BROS.
1919 18TH 81. NV. MA. S-n5S0
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TAKOMA PARK-Attrae. ant; SIS
incl. utils.. Dus line; person
MONA PARk-Nieely turn. 4
bedrn, apt. Bath, kit. liv. rm.
3. entrance. JU. b-Be01.
TAKOhIA PARK Silver sprins ares
Attractive lsbedrm. apt, In mod
ern 6-nnit. $40. JU. 7-7b7l ewes
TAKOMA PARK, 7lO0 Poplar ave
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xs5 mo-, utils, incl. Ev. 4-g404
TAKOMA PIX bedrms., mod
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MAY rent unfurnl JU. 9-S347
TAk0MA PARK. 1851 Carroll ave-,
--2nd a., Nv. rm.. din. rm.. bedrm.,
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3rd a.. hv. rm., bedrm., kit, re.
dec; $50; adults. Open sun. 10
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TAX. PIX. s0O5 Garland ave-.
bedrm. apt. avail. April /; $7g. so,
incl, utils. RAFFELL REAL
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TRANSIENT
10 MINUTES TO
CApITOI, RIJIIDINC

CAPITOL BUILDING
ONE AND TWO BEDROOM APIS,
MOD. FURNITURE. INCLUDING
LINENS. CHINA AND KITCHEN
EQUIP. FREE TV. 3 DAYS TO
MONTH: REASONABLE RATES.
CALL 10. 2-l252.
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/ BEDRM., $3.50
1911 PARK RID. NV.
EFFICIENQES

Steps of 10th street; in this de
luxe elev bldg: avail spacious
effics. with separate dinette and
kit. with laundry facilities: utils.
incl. with rent only $3.50. See
Caretaker on premises.
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CIVIL AREA

ais PENNA. Ave. NV,
Inc Al this SaIE.to.wcrE address
S97 so. Also enc. avail. April
$40 so MIS- Jones. res. mgr Apt
sol FE. 7-a363 or Ma a.n34O
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io SS, $3.50 mo- mo- incl. utils; adult
only. Resident manager. Apt "a
HAWAII nyS s,. ASE SISs n Nc. c 1SS%.
locker Se r. and laundry sS -T rooms mS' syTrEu
ART BROS. DI. 7-2434: Di. 2
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decorated 3 rooms, kit and bath.
$50 mo. See superintendent. o0OO
P st. NV. or call LEO NJ. BERN
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7Ol MADISON ST. NV.

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which includes all utuils, See iani.
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