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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Lawrence Hits
Butler Charge
BY the Associated Press

Gov. David L. Lawrence Of
Pennsylvania denies that he
has Joined Southern Demo-
Gratis in Q try at unseating Paul
M. Butler as chairman Of the
Democratic National Commit
tee.
Mr.. Butler made the charge
last night in q statement that
said the school segregation Is
sue Is involved.
But in Harrisburg, Pa, Gov.
Lawrence replied that at Is
ridiculous to suggest that ]
share the views Of segrega-
tionists."
In fact. he added. it was Mr..
Butler himself who associated
with Southern committee men,
bers in the past.
Showdown Possible Soon
The conflict between Mr.. But
Ter and Gov. Lawrence could
reach o climax next Wednes-
day, when the national COM
mittee Is scheduled to meet
here.
Mr.. Butler said Gov. Law
renee had mailed some commit
tee members the same material
being circulated by Southerners
clamoring for the chairman'c
removal.
This material, Mr.. Butler in
dicated, reproduces m e m o
signed by him in 1854. In one Of
the memos, Mr.. Butler said:
II do not consider the ques-
ton Of segregation q political
issue. ! see no reason for any
chairman Of our party at any
level TO project segregation intC
our political discussions.
"As o lawyer, and II I were
TO be party chairman, I woult
consider it not to be q matter
subject to political debate o.
political decision"
Statement by Lawrence
Gov. Lawrence, q veteran ma
Itional committeeman for Penn
sylvania, said in his statement
Chairman Butler is obviousl,
mistaken. It was he who wa
Associated with the SouthernerI
in December, 1854, when he wa
elected national chairman II
New Orleans. His signature 4
on the paper for all to see.
Il first learned Of his state
ments from an article in tn,
New York Times several week
ago. and when I got furthel
newspaper stories, I sent then
along to fellow committe,
members who had supportet
the late James Finnegan TO
the Craftsmanship, as I had, O
Michael v, Di Sale tnow Gov
ernor Of Ohio)."
In his statement last night
Mr.. Butler said he was "sorr.
that Gov. Lawrence did not Sc,
mt to discuss this matter will
me before circulating it t,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Party Issues Dominate
Democrat Farm PorIey
Nv FRED MOEN

KANSAS CITY. Sept IL AP)-Its billed farm policy
meeting but party affairs tending to dominate the Mid
west Democratic conference here.
State chamen vice charmen and national committeeman
make the membership Of the conference They
engage today In fuscale panel discussion Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12

OCcR1tC bAACAA 04ooPkOAA4eAAASA
ator Kennedy did his best
against Overwhelming odds.
They assert that his partial
failure will not hurt his chances
of winning labor support in his
bid for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination.
Leaders of organized labor
have not yet taken a unified
stand on the Democratic race.
Senator Kennedy is one Of sew
eral prospects they are consid-
ering, and his performance on
labor legislation neither adj
vanced nor retarded his cause.
according to AFL-CIO sources.
Supporting their words with
deeds they note that Senator
Kennedy addressed the conven-
ton of the AFL-CIO building
and construction trades depart
ment in San Francisco yester-
day. The invitation was is
sued and accepted after pass
age of the labor bill, which the
AFL-CIO calls punitive"
Blame Humphrey, Douglas |,
IF we were going to blame
anyone, it would be Humphrey
and Douglas" an AFL-CIO
official said. He recalled that
Democratic Senators Humphrey
Of Minnesota and Douglas Of
Illinois-both considered stead
fast friends of labor - were
absent when the Senate took
q crucial vote last April.
On that drama packed night.
the Senate adopted a "bill Of
rights" for union members by
q vote Of 47-46. Senator Hum
phrey. who was on a political
tour in California, announced
that he opposed the bill Of
rights, but his vote did not
count. Senator Douglas, who
was in Canada for talks about
diversion of water from Lake
Michigan, was paired against
the bill Of rights.
Some unionists and other
observers believe the Senate's
adoption of the bill of rights
broke the dam, preparing the
way psychologically and stra-
logically for the later flood Of
restrictive amendments.
AFL-CIO officials also are
unhappy with the failure OF
House Speaker Rayburn to hold
the line against the Landrum-
Griffin bill, the stringent meas
ure passed by the House. Most
Of the union leaders believe Mr.
Rayburn really tried. but lacked
the influence usually credited
to him.
Mitchell Is Target
Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
is a prime target for barbs
from the AFL-CIO. They note
bitterly that he criticized some
OF the provisions later incorp.
GRATED in the Landrum-Griffir
bill. but finally Endorsed it. or
other issues, too, labor leaders
feel the Secretary has failec
them.
"The only thing he did TO
us this year." one officia
grumbled, was to have tn,
name Of the post Office at For.
est Park changed to Unity
House" Unity House, at For.
est Park, Pa, is the summer
resort operated by the Inter.
national Ladies Carmen
Workers Union.
Secretary Mitchell has trieC
to maintain some rapport be-
tween organized labor and tn,
Eisenhower administration. HI
has been considered relativel!
friendly to labor. But increas'
ingly during the past year o.
so. union leaders have beer
writing him of.
Mr.. Mitchell is scheduled t,
address the AFL-CIO conven
ton opening next week in Sal
Francisco. But the AFL-CIC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
Leaders Insist Labor
Isn't Sore at Kennedy
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

AFCIO official taking pains to squech the idea
that they hold grudge against Senator Kennedy because
Congress passed a strict labor reform bill.
The Massachusetts, Democrat led the fight for middleof
legislation but demands for tough" bill swamped
him.
Despite their disappointment agree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

Morse has spoken in the SEN
ate about Mrs. Luce whose
nomination was confirmed on
Tuesday by a 1911 vote.
Mr.. EisenhoWer's principal
comments on the matter yes
terday were a. that he didn t
believe Mrs. Luce's usefulness
as an ambassador had been
seriously Impaired by the Sen
ate row over her nomination,
and (b) that her gibe about
Senator Morse was ill-advised
but only human.
After Mrs. Luce's nominal
ton was confirmed over OPP
position from Senator Morse,
she cracked that her troubles
had started some years ago
when Senator Morse was
kicked in the head by horse.
In opposing confirmation of
Mrs. Luce, Senator Morse had
made much of an assertion he
said Mrs. Luce made in a 1914
campaign speech-that RooSe-
welt Lied us into wal"
Senator Morse said that
there was no man to whom
Mr.. Eisenhower was more in
debted for his career than to
the late Democratic President.
Senator Morse also said that
Mr.. EiSenhower's survey which
the President said showed the
56-year-old wife of the editor
Iin-chief of the Time magazine
would be welcome in Brazil die
not correspond with his own
information. And he predicted
Mr.. Eisenhower will learn "hoW
unfortunate he was in his
selection.
And he said if Mrs. Luce goes
to Brazil it will not strengthen
in-American relations
May Sharpen Probes
On one thing, Senators
seemed pretty we'll agreed
that the uproar over Mrs. Luce
is likely to sharpen the Senate'S
Investigation of other diplo-
matte appointees.
Senator Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas said he thought
that would be one result.
Agreeing, Senator Dirksen
Republican of Illinois, said hi
thinks Democrats may MAKE
President EisenhoWer's selec'
ton of Ogden Reid. jr., as Am.
bassador to Israel the frs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

example of this sharpened
scrutiny.
Senator Fulbright, who heads
the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. said the nomination of
Mr. Reid, submitted on March
10, will come up before his
committee the week of May H..
Mr.. Reid is the former editor
of the New York Herald
Tribune.
Sc ator FulbriGht has said
that he and some other men,
bers of his committee have
grave doubts about Mr. Reid S
professional qualifications for
the new post.
DirkSen Backs Reid
But Senator Dirksen said
the Israeli government has
made it clear it regards Mr..
Reid as we'll qualified. He
added he has found no indi-
cation that Mr.. Eisenhower is
considering withdrawal of
the nomination despite pros
poets of a fight over it,
The Senate, which on Tues
day had confirmed Mrs. Luce's
nomination to be Ambassador
to Brazil by 1911 vote,
started up a brief new debate
on the matter yesterday.
Senator Dirksen told the
/ Senate he talked by telephone
last night with Dr.. Milton
Rosenbluth in New York, at
Mrs. Luce's request.
Although Senator Dirk
sen said he talked with DR..
Milton Rosenbluth, he actu-
ally talked to his son. Dr..
M h Ell Rosenbluth, who
took over his fathers prac-
tlcc when the father died re-
Gently
The doctor told him, SEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

ator Dirksen reported. that
Senator Morse had inquired of
him whether Mrs. Luce had
ever been under psychiatric
care and was told: ITO the
best of my knowledge, she has
not"
Justified, Morse Says
Senator Morse explained to
the Senate he felt he was JUS
titled to look INTO the mental
health of Mrs. Luce, on the
basis of his personal observa-
tons. He said he had almost
completed work toward a doc
torate in abnormal psychology
when he decided instead to
become a lawyer.
Il said to myself, l am not
confident Of this witness emo
tional stability" he advised the
Senate.
Senator Dirksen maintained
that Senator Morse had invited
a doctor to violate his profess
sional oath, and should instead
have asked Mrs. Luce's consent
TO check with her doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

the storm. Last week it issued
figures showing a decline in
steel output per man-hour be-
tween 1856 and 1858, and a rise
early this year. But this week
the BIS apologized for an err
ror discovered by the union. It
seems that the decline really
was only about half as sharp
as stated.
Statistics on steel profits pre-
sent similar difficulties. The
companies report they earned
6.S per cent on sales last year.
down from 81 per cent in 1910.
Thus, they contend, "all in
creases in steel prices between
1910 and 1858 were required to
pay for higher wages, taxes,
material and other costs, and
did not increase the rate of
profit"
But Mr., Mcdonald losses
back statistics showing that
the lndustry's leader, the
United States Steel Corp,
boosted its net profit margin
from Sc per ton in l94l to
$l7,74 in 1858. He asserts prices
rose by $24.20 per ton between
1856 and 1858, while employ
ment costs climbed only $3.50
per ton.
The union is expected to
make full use of Tuesdays re-
port by U. S. Steel that profits
rose sharply in the first quar-
ter of 1859. But the company
attributes high profits partly
to scare buying.
With help from Senator
Kefauver and others, Mr.. Nc
Donald charges that the steel
industry has taken advantage
of its monopoliStic structure
TO pile up more and more
profits" even in times of low
demand. Management ridicules
this theory of administered
prices and insists wages are
the main cause of inflated
steel prices.
Initiation, the companies
warn. robS everyone who lacks
the economic power 10 keep
pace, as the Steelworkers
manage to do.
Discounts Initiation Argument
Asked about the Juror over
initiation. Mr., Mcdonald chuck
led and then sighed;
Here's where I 90 into my
speech. Imitation! Imitation!
Infationl That's lot of non
sense. Hill a. Knowlton "a
leading public relations firm
with steel accounts sold the
Iron and Steel Institute a bill
of goods, and now they (the
steel companies are scared
Stiff"-presumably because it
will be difficult to raise prices
in future.
Mr.. Mcdonald continued:
It's got nothing to do with
initiation. It's question of how
you divide up the money; the
dollars are there"
He then argued his theory
that workers would use high
wages to increase purchases,
thereby squirting increased pro-
duction and expanding job OPP
portunities to combat the re-
ceSsion and offset automation.
Management retorts that the
companies also spend money
and provide jobs by investing
in bigger and more modern
plants. Unless such investment
increases, company spokesman
warn, Steelworkers will lose
their jobs to competitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

conference comments yesterday
on the matter.
Senator Morse posed a series
of questions he said newsmen
had not asked Mr.. Eisenhower
but which the President should
answer. They were;
DO you think Franklin D.
Roosevelt lied our country into
war?
DO you think you have no
obligation to the American peo-
pie to make a statement OF
your position regarding Mrs.
Luce's slanderous remarks
against President Roosevelt?
DO you think you have an
obligation to the history of the
presidency of the United States
to do what you can to clarity
this situation?
do you think you led Amer
lean boys to their death under
a commander in chief who lied
us into war?
Fourth Days Speech
If you do, you should say
so. If you don't, you should
tell how you can Justify send
ing a slaunderer of Franklin D
Roosevelt to Brazil"
1t was the fourth straight
day this week that Senator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Statistics Figures in 1t

The Governments Bureau OF
Labor Statistics is caught up in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Bicycle Safety Rodeo

A bicycle safety rodeo for
Mclean area youngsters will
be held at 2 pm. Sunday at
Kent Gardens School, Mclean.
The program will be sponsored
by the Chesterbrook Women's
Club, the Mclean Lions Club
and the Mclean Optimist Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
First Ocean Ereighter Through Seowol
Gets Roaring Welcome in Chicago

CHICAGO, April 80 (AP).-
A nag-bedecked Dutch freighter
carrying cargo from the old
world came TO Chicago today,
marking a niche in the mari
time history of the new world.
She is the 353-foot Prins
Johan Willem Friso-the easy
victor in the momentous race
to. become the first large-sized
ocean-going vessel to sail the
rebuilt st. Lawrence SeaWay
through the Great Lakes TO
Chicago.
The arrival of the flying
Dutchman heralded a new era
in sea transportation, opening
up the rich prairies of the
Midwest to the heavy ships
that ply the ocean lanes of the
Atlantic.
Gala Welcome
A gala welcome, including
parade and banquet, was
given the FriSo here, similar to
the whoopla Milwaukee put on
last night when the ship locked
there.
Chicago and other Great
Lakes ports beam at the OPEN
ing of the seaway because they
hope it will inaugurate a great
business boom.
The 4,000-ton FriSo was one
OF the first through the locks
when the Seaway opened Sat-
urday.
The Friso led her nearest
competitor in the westward
race from Montreal-the 459l2-
foot American Flagship Santa
Regina-by some 200 miles.
the Santa Regina was sched-
uled to arrive at Lake Calumet
Harbor on the Far South Side
late today.
Cheered in Milwaukee
a roaring welcome by some
$4,000 persons greeted Capt.
Sander Klein and his crew
when the Friso locked at Mil
waukee, 80 miles north of
Chicago, to become the first
foreign flagship to tie up at
a Lake Michigan port after
sailing through the new canal.
Sirens screamed, Jets roared
overhead and a helicopter
dropped roses from overhead.
Mayor Carl Zeidler welcomed
The captain and crew, saying
This is a glorious beginning of
tremendous era of expansion
n shipping. l hope it leads
not only to mutual economic
advantage but also to greater
understanding of the people
with whom we trade"
A silver cup was presented to
the owners, Fjell-Orange Lines.
Mayor Richard Daley of Chi
cago headed the welcoming
group at Navy pier, although a
tugboat loaded with American
Indians dressed in full costume
chugged out to greet the Friso
first.
Parade and Luncheon
The 5th Army Band and
troops saluted the victor of
the seaway race. A parade
moved down Michigan avenue
and State street to a hotel
for a luncheon of civic leaders
hailing the opening of the sea
route.
The Friso carried a cargo of
wines. artificial flowers, glassed
mushrooms. toys, Irvine, win
dow glass, farm implements
and dies.
While Chicago and other
Great Lakes cities have seen
oceangoing ships before, none
as, large as the Friso have ar
rived. The swift St. Lawrence
River channel was deepened
from IA feet to around IS and
old locks which limited passage
to ships about $50 feet IN
lntnnth hnnn hnnrn nntnlncnd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Mack Lawyer
Loses Plea 10
Call Off Trial

Defense counsel today ac-
cused the Government prose-
cutor in the conspiracy trial
of Richard A. Mack OF asking
a question so prejudiced that
the trial should be called of.
The request, denied by Fed
eral Judge Burnita S. Mat
thews, was made by Nicholas
J. Chase. counsel for Mr., Mack,
a former member OF the Fed
eral Communications Commits
sion.
Chief Prosecutor j. Frank
Cunningham had asekd Will
liam Y. Stembler, Miami in
surance broker, whether an
insurance firm had bene set
up to make payments to Mr.,
Mack.
Mr.. Mack and Thurman A,
Whiteside. a Miami attorney
are being tried on charges of
conspiring to swing a television
permit on Channel 10 in Miami
to Public Service Television,
Inc, a National Airlines sub
Sidiary.
Calls Query Unfair
Mr.. Chase said Mr.. Cum
ningham's question was lead
ing and so unfair that the rec
ord should be forwarded ~ At.
Itorney General Rogers for
study. This also was denied.
The start of todays session
wa d9'ayed as minute oy a 30
minute conference IN The
Judges chambers, and another
Is minutes for d conference at
the bench. Such conferences
have been frequent in the trial.
MI. Cunningham, at one
point took the unusual step of
asking to nnpeach his own wit
mess when Mr.. Stemb'er said
Inc could not recall certain con-
IversationS with Mr.. Whiteside
bout the setting up Of an IN
lsurance firm in Coral Gables
called Andar Inc, in 1855.
Voices Objection
Mr.. Chase also objected to
MI. Cunningham's statement
that he claimed he was sur
Iprised that Mr.. Stembler could
not recall some details of the
conversation and objected to
Mr.. Cunninghams demeanor.
/ don thlnK the prosecutor
should act that way before this
iury-getting all upset, throw
ing papers around" Mr., Chase
told the Judge.
That's an unfair remark
and an untrue remark" Mr..
Cunningham retorted. I'm
not throwing papers around
The judge told Mr.. Chase
that it is all right for him to
object but that it is not Mr..
ChaseS prerogative to express
an observation as to how he
thinks the prosecutor should
behave.
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DECISION TIME FOR STEEL
Profits and Initiation
Wage Talks Issues

loCuS VII lllc QuSollOu OI pro-
ductivity. President Eisenhower
has said wage increases in ex-
cess Of productivity gains are
inevitably infiationary" be-
cause they push costs up.
His aides emphasize that the
President was referring TO long
run productivity trends for the
economy as a whole, not up
and-down swings in individual
industries like steel.
The trouble is that there are
no reliable yardsticks of over
all productivity, so the Presi-
dents theory cannot be trans
lated into a concrete formula
for any given negotiation.
Kefauver Offers Formula
However, Senator Kefauver
Democrat of Tennessee, is a
leading advocate of a direct link
between steel productivity and
steel wages II have not urged
this as a rigid formula over a
long period of time" he said
but I think it would serve well
as an interim formula, to deal
with the immediate problem OF
imitation in the short run"
The theory is this: II one
worker who is paid So an hour
produces 100 widgets, the labor
cost is 2 cents per widget. II
new machinery and improved
skills increase the workers out
put to $50 widgets per hour, the
labor cost is reduced to IA
cents per widget. Therefore, the
workers wage could rise TO So
an hour without increasing the
cost per widget above the orig
inal 2 cents, and so no price
increase would be necessary.
In broad public relations
strokes, the union tends to i'm
ply that Steelworkers should
get practically the whole bene-
fit of productivity gains.
Companies Point to Cost
But management spokesman
call such claims nonsense,
and object that productivity
is not synonymous with output
per man-hour." They note
that the company probably
spent a lot of money to buy the
machine to enable the worker
to increase widget production
by SO per cent. Therefore, they
contend, the company shoulC
retain at least some of the saw
ings from a dvancing tech
nology. And, they add, perhaps
the consumer should get a cut
through reduced prices.
Anyway, the companies argue
steel employment costs per houl
rose 288 per cent from 1910 tt
1858, while steel shipments pei
hour Worked--a partial meas
ure Of productivity increased
only 80 per cent.
Using different figures anC
different interpretations, Mr.
Mcdonald maintains steel pro.
ductivity has risen by an aver
age of better than 3.5 per cent
a year since 1850, reducing EN-.
ployment costs per ton.
Statistics Figures in 1t
The Governments Bureau O.
Labor Statistics is caught up il
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Sparse Senate Hears
Morse on Luce Again
BY the Associated Press

Morse Democrat of Oregon said today President
Eisenhower fails grasp the implications of what he called
Presidents neXcusabe mistake in naming Mrs Clare
Boothe Luce as Ambassador to Brazil
Speaking almost deserted Senate chamber Senator
Morse said that demonstrated by Mr. EsenhowerS news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Management Call

In preliminary sparTing,
MANAGEMENT negotiators have
urged the union to forego wage
and benefit increases for one
year ito combat imitation, to
preserve for the Steelworkers
the purchasing power of their
present high wages and bene-
fits, to enable the steel COM
panies to compete more effec-
lively with foreign steel and
thus increase output and en-
ployment."
Mr.. Mcdonald rejected the
proposal and replied by de-
handing increases in wage
rates and other benefits earned
and justified by the increased
output per man-hour of your
employees and by the industry's
profits without any in
crease in prices"
Inc companies replied that 1t
would be completely unlawful
under antitrust statutes for
them to agree not to raise
prices. And, they declared, our
firm conviction is that there
should be no such increase" in
wages and employee benefits.
Privately. some steel men
limited they would try to hold
prices down if wages did not
rise.
Imitation Effect Argued
Arguments over the imitation
airy impact Of wage increases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
BY LEE NJ. COIN
star stan Writer

Steel negotiators are stag
ing a statistical circus as the
companies and the United
Steelworkers try TO escape
blame for imitation.
Management and the union
claim to prove, respectively,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
Union Goal

David j. Mcdonald, president
of the union, has been talking
about a "billion-dollar package
OF wage increases and other
benefits in the new contract,
Aides say this is "juSt a figure
with no specific relation to the
unions actual demands. The
union merely wants to illus
trate the benefits to business
that would result from a big
increase in spending by a half
million SteelWorkers.
Mr.. Mcdonald is expected to
demand higher wages, a three
month paid sabbatical every
five years, increased unemploy-
ment benefits, improved health
insurance and other benefits.
The 1856 contract expiring next
June 80 was worth about 63
cents an hour per worker.
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Second Of Two Articles

Second OF Two Articles
that wage increases would force
prices UP, and that the COM
panies can raise wages without
boosting prices-and promote
national prosperity at the same
time.
The buildup OF advertise
ments, speeches and press re-
leases is nothing compared to
the propaganda that will fiooc
the public when bargaining
starting next Tuesday in New
York-reaches crucial stages in
June,