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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-20
STEEL ~
Mitchell Worms Leaders
On Threat of Shortages

margin results partly from the
high proportion Of skilled
workers In steel. Q
: Annual earnings of wage
employees averaged $3.50 In
1857 and 1890 in 1858, a re-
cession year.
Fringe dement's - such as
overtime pay, pensions and in
surance. = cost management
more In dollars but less In pro-
portion to straight-time pay in
steel than in other industries.
Fringe pay In steel in the sec
ond half Of 1858 cost the COM
panies 70 cents an hour, or Is
per cent Of straight time.
Widespread Pay Rises
Major contracts negotiated in
other industries so far this year
increased wages for all but A
per cent Of the l.9s million
workers covered. Half the work.
ers received raises Of 8 cents an
hour or more.
Output Of steel per man
hour in the wage-worker cate.
CORY increased by "A per cent
from 1910 to the year ended
last June. In the postwar
decade of l947-57, output per
man-hour increased by an
average of 8 per cent per year.
compared with 81 per cent IN
all manufacturing, 8 per cent
in the non-farm economy, and
81 per cent in the total
economy.
Employment costs per ton
of steel produced increased BY
125 per cent from 1910 to 1857
because wages and other bene-
fits have risen more than OUT
put per man-hour.
Steel prices rose 178 per cent
from 1910 to the first half Of
1859, compared to rises Of 107
per cent for the consumer
price index and 1874 per cent
for wholesale commodities.
Lead Gains in Field
Steel prices since the war
have increased more than
prices of products using steel.
Intense competition in ape
planes, and other products
helped hold down price rises. &
Steel prices have risen moro
since 1910 than employment
costs per ton produced-178 per
cent for prices, 131 per cent
for cost per ton in the wage-
employe category, and 1873 per
cent for cost per ton of ali
employees. But employment cost
per man-hour has risen faster
than prices. :
Exports of steel products de-
clined from a 81 billion peak
in 1857 to an annual rate OF
$525 million last May. Inns
ports have increased and re-
Gently have exceeded exportS
for the first time s'nce the
war. Some of the shift results
from anticipation of the strike.
Foreign Prices Fluctuate
Foreign steel prices have
fluctuated while American
prices have risen. Steel wages
are higher abroad than in the
United States, but some or an
of the margin is Offset by
higher productivity and lower
materials costs in this country.
Steel profits after taxes per
dollar of sales have been higher
than for other manufacturing
since the war. but profits as a
rate of return of net worth
have been lower. On the net
worth basis, the 20 top steel
companies earned 1913 per cent
compared with l4.7 per cent
for the Nations Is largest in.,
dustrial firms in the 1955-57
period. In the first half Of
1859 the steel rate was 16.1
per cent, compared with 14.1,
per cent for the Is largest
industrial firms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-20

Wv SSSeeAAAe PAtSCos W nbootU-
ing the costs out Of profits.
J RI Conrad Cooper, chief
'negotiator for the companies.
commented that the report
shows steel wages already are
high, employment costs have
increased faster than produc-
fivity, foreign competition has
grown and steel profits have
Jagged. 4. q
Union Upheld. Chief says
David J. Mcdonald, president
Of the Steelworkers, also Sc
lected figures with care to back
his claim that the report "docu.
ments the soundness and equity
Of the position Of the Steel
workers Union" The report
he added. shows "the tire.
mendous productivity record
achieved in the steel industry
with its consequent results oi
record-high profits. lowered
labor costs and the overwhelm-
ing ability Of the steel industry
to share a portion Of such
gains"
Mr.. Mcdonald said the union
Stands ready to negotiate a
fair settlement on the basis Of
the facts set forth"
Secretary Mitchell had
charged the adversaries have
failed to bargain seriously He
insisted those with authority
to make. a settlement should
meet daily. Mr.. Mcdonald and
Mr.. Cooper were scheduled to
meet in New York today for
the first time in more than a
week. Subordinates have been
meeting.
Stresses Responsibility
It is a sad commentary"
the Secretary said, If q settle
ment must await severe eco
nomic pressure. Both Sides"
he added. have a responsi.
bility to the American public
to settle as quickly as pos
sihle."
Mr.. Mitchell said the strikes
impact on the national econ
omy Is not yet severe. II the
strike Is not settled by late
September or early October, he
warned, very serious short
ages Of steel may begin to ap-
pear" At that stage, the Pres
ident may consider seeking an
injunction under the Taft
Hartley Act to interrupt the
strike for 80 days.
Mr.. Mitchell also expressed
concern about increasing lay
offs Of workers in industries
dependent on steel.
While he is studying work
rules and other key contro-
yersies. Mr.. Mitchell said he
does not plan to publish his
conclusions until the strike
ends. Maintaining his neutral
ity, he declined to estimate the
economic impact Of various
levels Of wage increases.
Senator Kefauver of Ten
nessee. one of the Democrats
who has urged more direct in
tervention by the President
praised the report as useful, .
but he said he will comment
later. on several deficiencies. ;
Key Issues in Dispute .
Here Is what the Secretary
reported on key issues in the
steel controversy:
Steel wages as a whole rose
more than wages in most OF
the national economy from 1850
to the present. Basic wage
rates increased by $l.0S an
hour, or 66 per cent. Gross
hourly earnings. including over
time and incentive pay, rose by
$l.43 an hour or IS per cent.
Hourly earnings in steel
averaged 1910 last May, COM
pared with $2.23 in manu-
featuring as q whole. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-20
Steel Prices,


The increase in average
prices of steel products since
1910 has exceeded the rise in
employment cost per ton OF
steel. produced. This is true
/ whether employment cost fol
wage employees alone is consid-
cred. or whether employment
cost Of all employees Is taken
into account.
Basic steel prices rose by l7S
per cent from 1910 to fiscal
year 1859 (July 1858 to June
1857. ss
Employment cost per unit OF
output (including both wage
payments and fringe benefits)
for wage employees increased by
13l per cent during the same
period. Employment cost per
unit Of output for all employees
generally conformed with the
movement of steel prices from
1910 to 1854. thereafter rose
more slowly than steel prices
until 1858.
During the recession year
1858. rejecting the decline in
level Of operations. this en-
ployment cost forged ahead OF
steel prices, but it dropped
again in 1859 with the rise in
level of production. The over
all increase in employment cost
per unit Of product for all en-
ployes from 1910 to fiscal year
1859 was. 153 per cent.
| So
Employment cost per man.
hour, in contrast to employment
cost per unit of output, has
risen faster since 1910 thar
have basic steel prices. The diff
ference between these two mea-
sures Of employment cost re-
presents the effect Of continued
reductions in the number OF
man-hours needed to produce q
ton of steel. The increases In
employment cost per man-hour
between 1910 and fiscal 1859
were about the same Tor all
employees and for wage en-
ployes alone. about 800 per cent
Evening star., 1959-10-15

when we do not even have free
dom to travel because there are
no roads. You cannot speak OF
freedom when the people are
illiterate, when they need food,
o better standard of living.
"It is easy to have liberty in
the United States where there
Is plenty and you have a long
history of democracy. Here,
that is not possible. All in good
time. We are progressing and
will soon be ready for the lux
ury Of democracy.
Cites Venezuelan Contrast
"They scream when one oi
our police lays a finger on any
one. In Venezuela when the
police killed a dozen people
rioting they called it a great de-
fense of democracy!
"And Castro! He should wash
his mouth out with tooth paste
for calling me a dictator after
what he has done in Cuba
killing hundreds after mock
trials"
Discussing communism, the
44-year-old president said:
I'VE don't beat our breast:
Dragging about our anti-com-
munism to get American dol
lars. We don't allow them tt
operate here because Commu-
nists are out to take over the
world We won't let them gel
a foothold here.
1--WE have benefited from
United States foreign aid anc
we ask only a little. We have
borrowed and we have paic
back what we have borrowed
We will always do that. We are
not like Cuba which demands
aid as a right. We ask politely
We do not believe either thai
you have to have a little com.
munism in your country to gel
aid from the United States"
Evening star., 1959-10-15

those who want in made them
selves rich at the Nations
expense. We are not becoming
millionaires. And I am not lin
ing my pockets with gold. We
are working for Paraguay.
do I look like a dictatorG
I live quietly with my family
When I go to work, a simple
soldier drives me but no heavily
armed escort. I was elected
President and govern like one.
Promises Elections Soon
Gen. Stroessner brushed
lightly over a question about
his act in dissolving Paraguay''
Congress several months age
when it displeased him.
There will be new election!
soon, he said.
The press is strictly control.
led and federal police are otter
accused of beating and ever
torturing those who oppose
him. Asked about these things
Gen. Stroessner observed:
! "You cannot speak of freedom
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Gen. Stroessner Cites
Gains, Asks Patience
BY BRIAN BELL
Associated Press stan Writer

ASUNCION, Paraguay. Oct.
is (AP) Gen. Alfredo Stroess-
ner, sometimes called the only
dictator left in South America,
says Paraguay is not ready for
"the luxury of democracy"
"This country needs peace to
fulfill the great future that lies
in front of it," he told this
reporter. II intend to see that
1t has peace"
The president of Paraguay
seemed sure of himself despite
growing pressures against his
regime both from within and
without Paraguay.
Thousands of exiles in neigh
boring Argentina are agitating
for Gen. Stroessner's custer.
There is a split within his ruling
Colorado Party in Paraguay.
Fidel Castro has blasted Gen.
Stroessner from faraway Cuba,
Jumping him with Latin Amer
lean dictators who must go.
Backed by Army
However, Gen. Stroessner was
a general when he took over as
president in 1854 and so far has
kept the powerful army on his
side. AS long as the army and
the strong federal police stay
loyal, Gen. Stroessner'S reign
over the nations 1.6 million
people seems secure.
Before I became president,
Paraguay had eight presidents
in one year." he said. Nov we
have stability and progress.
Look at these figures. In the
past eight years we have in
creased our schools 41.64 per
cent. We have built roads, given
this city its first running water
system, stabilized the currency.
We have a balance of trade in
our favor. We have repaid our
loans. The economy is sound.
What would revolution ac-
complish? 1t would set this
country back 10 years while
Evening star., 1959-10-15
World War Group
To Install Officers

Eulan I. Snyder, a District
lawyer. viii be installed at
ceremonies tomorrow as COM
mander of the Bethesda chap
ter Of the Military Order of
the World Wars at the Naval
Medical Center officers Club.
Other officers to be installed
Evening star., 1959-10-15
Cadets to Visit Base

Twenty Air Force ROTC
cadets at George Washington
University will fly to Cape Cod,
Mass. tomorrow to inspect
facilities at Otis Air Force Base,
The group will leave Boiling at
8 am. arriving at Otis at 10:30
They will return to Washing
ton at 6 pm.
Evening star., 1959-10-15

are F. w. Patten, senior vice
commander: DR.. L. e. Church.
junior vice commander; H. E.
McMahan, adjutant; j. T.
Morrison, treasurer; DR.. @. D.
Selby, surgeon; the Rev. H. @.
Gatlin, chaplain; w. r. Lans-
ford, Judge advocate, and the
Rev. r. ]. Honeywell, histo-
rian. Mr.. Snyder, a retired
Navy commander. succeeds
Admiral H. ]. Tiedemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
MD TOURNEY PAIRINGS MADE
Catholic u. Must End
Mounts Hot Streak

week-Mount st. Mary's. The
Mount nipped Catholic u. CO.
SO, a week ago yesterday in,
Emmitsburg.
I'VE really don't care who
we play in the tournament"
says the Cardinals rookie
coach, Tom Young. 1.-THE boys
know we will have to play well,
no matter who the other team
is, and we haven't been play
ing we'll in our last three or
four games" Z
Mount st. Mary's has been
one of the hottest conference
teams in recent weeks, Young
points out. At the beginning of
February the Mount was 2-3 in
conference play and it finished
"a to. the Loyola for fifth
place.
Catholic and Mount st. Mary's
will play the third game tomor-
row at 8:35 pm. on the Gu
court Baltimore u, which won
the regular season title with an
11-3 record, takes on Lynch
burg in the opener at Sis.
Defending champion Ameri-'
can U. plays Washington Col
lege at 6::55, and Loyola and
Randolph Macon tangle in the
final at 1918.
Of concern to all tournament
teams is the fact that Mount
ST. Mary's is on a hot streak
but also has a tournament
reputation it means to uphold.
Before AU unseated the Mount
last year, the team from En-
mltsburg won an unpreced-
ented four straight tourna-
ments, although it won the
regular season title only twice
in the 1954-57 stretch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Rudy Will Dies;
Was Woodmont
Superintendent

Rudy win, II, golf course
superintendent at Argyle, the
old Harper Club, and for 20
years at Woodmont, died Mon
day in Orlando. Fla, according
to word received here yesterday.
The funeral will be held to-
morrow at Orlando.
Mr.. Will was both green's
keeper and manager of the
Argyle Country Club when it
moved from Brightwood to Sill
yer Spring in 1925. In 1929 he
took over as golf course super
intendent at the old Harper
Club, now White Flint.
Mr.. Will moved to Woodmont
when the club was at its Be-
thesda location and remained
there for 20 years. He moved
to Orlando with his wife sew
eral years ago.
His oldest son, Harlan, A,
played competitive golf in the
District for several years and
now is pro at Lebanon, Pa. One
of his three daughters, Miss
Fern Will, lives in Bethesda,
where she is a school teacher.
Mr.. Will was born in Crest
Springs, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Scudero Fills
Kuhurich' S Stuff
At Notre Dame

Notre Dame will have virtu-
ally an all-RedSkins coaching
staff next ceason with the sign
ing of Joe Scudero, Washing
ton halfback, as assistant back
field coach. Scudero is the
fourth mentor. counting Head
Coach Joe Kuharich, to leave
the Redskins for South Benz
Line Coach Dick Evans and
Guard Dick Stanfel already
had been signed by Kuharich
for his new staff. Bill Daddio,
end coach and Kuharich's
chief assistant: Don Doll,
backtield coach, and Hugh De-
wore. retained as freshman
coach, rouno out the staff. All
played or coached in the Ma
tional Football League.
Stanfel, who will be Evans
assistant, was, like Scudero. an
active player with the Redskins
last year Stanfel was expect
ed back by the Redskins until
he signed for the Notre Dame
lob. A recurring leg injury led
Scudero to announce his re-
tirement two weeks before the
end of the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

RICHMOND. Feb, 25 (AP).-
West Virginia's All : America
hopeful, Jerry West, today was
named Player of the Year. in
Southern Conference basket
ball.
The Cabin Greek (W Va.
comet was a runaway victor in
balloting conducted by the AS
ISOLATED Press among confer
ence coaches, sports writer's
and radio-TV sportscasters. He
corralled 81 of A votes cast,
West also was top man on
the APPS All-Southern Confer
ence basketball team. being
named on every ballot. Also
picked on the honor five were
Bucky Mcdonald of George
Washington, Bob Ayersman Of
Virginia Tech, Bob Smith OF
West Virginia, and Roy Lange
of-William g. Mary.
I'm the player-of-t he-year dis
crssions, only three other con-
ference players earned support.
Ayersman won five votes and
his sophomore teammate, Chris
Smith, and Theryl Willis OF
Richmond drew one vote
apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Little Hoyos
Seeded First

Georgetown Prep, which has
had miserable tournament luck
IN recent years, is seeded first
in the st. Stephens basketball
tournament beginning tomu' :
row at the school in Alexandria
The Little Hoyas will be
heavily favored to defeat Gal
laudet Prep in the first game
at $3.50 tomorrow. Sidwell
Friends, seeded No. 3, meets
Quantico Post at 5 O'Clock
second seeded Priory plays
ILongfellow at 7, and host ST
Stephens, seeded No. 4, takes
on ChriStchurch at $50.
Fridays games also are
scheduled at $3.50, S, 7 and $50,
with the losers bracket occupy
ing the first two starting times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
CALIENTE BOOK
IN GOOD SHAPE

Aqua CALIENTE, Mex
leo. Feb. Is tAP).-The
Caliente future book on the
Santa Anita Handicap will
show a handsome profit
this year.
Estimates are that about
40 per cent OF all the
money wagered in the book.
which closed Monday. was
on Round Table, who was
declared from the March Z
race yesterday because Of a
foot injury.
Round Table opened at
7 to s to win, 2 to l to place
and even money to show.
AS the book closed.
HillSdale, the favorite. was
listed at 2 to /.
Round Table was heavily
bet in the Caliente future
book last year. He won
the race. which didn't
make the book operators
too happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
LARRY IN COMEBACK AT BOWIE
Adams and Christmas
Make Winning Team
BY JOSEPH b. KELLY
star Racina Editor

Six years ago Jockey Larry
Adams. then is. was deter
mined to stick in racing de-
spite the advice Of a trainer in
New Orleans that he would
never make a rider because his
fleet were too big"
Larry is still around. wears
a size ga boot. weighs l08
pounds and has a very enviable
job as first-call rider for Bernie
Bond, a top Eastern trainer.
Back in the days when the
olond-haired youngster was try
ing to catch on with a racing
stable, he kept up his contacts
by working in the track kitchen
at the Keeneland track.
II was short-order cook for
Frank Dirle, who owned the
kitchen, and he got me a start
breaking yearlings for Trainer
Louis K. Haggin, Larry recalls.
Grounded by Operation
That was the start Of his
riding career, which has carried
him to nearly every Eastern
track.
At the current Bowie meet
ing, at which he has ridden
seven winners to date. Adams
is making something of a
comeback after being grounded
for a few weeks by an opera
ton.
Although he rode II winners
during the Tropical Park meet
ing this winter, Adams was
experiencing a great deal OF
pain due to bone chips in his
left knee. He had the chips
removed at the Coral Gables
Hospital in January and has
made a quick recovery.
Not only is Adams happy
about the success of the OPP.
Grafton, but he also is quick
to praise his agent, Frank
Happy Christmas, with whom
he has been associated since
last spring.
Happy. as he is known uni
versally, would be tossing riders
into saddles instead of nego-
tiating for rides as an agent if
misfortune had not interviewed.
Unusual Combination
One unhappy morning at
Santa Anita back in 1856.
when he was training for
John McShain's Barclay Stable,
Happy was exercising a 2-year-
old when he was thrown. His
hip was shattered. and as a re-
suit, Happy is still on clutches.
Although Christmas prob
ably would have followed in his
fathers footsteps as one of
Americas top trainers. he has
accepted his i'll luck philosoph-
ically and, despite his handi-
cap, is most successful in the
lesser role of a Jockeys agent,
It's an unusual combination,
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have the guns to upset Tech,
provided those guns are on
target. When they are right,
there is no way to stop the
backcourt pot shooting of
Bucky Mcdonald and Bill Te-
lasky Gene Guarilia, HOWE
Bash and Sam Knisley join Nc
Donald and Telasky in what
has been described as the best
starting unit in the conference.
VPI is 1914 for the season
and 1912 in the conference
The Gobblers got even for both
conference losses, beating Will
liam and Mary and Virginia
Military in return matches.
CIV is 1879 overall, Al in the
conference.
William and Mary plays Rich
mond in the tournament opener
at 4 pm. West Virginia, win
ner of AZ straight conference
games over four seasons. meets
Davidson at 4 pm. The Cita-
del plays Furman after the
iGW-VPI game. Semifinals are
scheduled Friday night and the
final Saturday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

that the 5-year-old had devel-
oped a small quarter crack in
his right front foot. He appar-
entity favored that foot in Mon
days race and Jockey Willie
Shoemaker said the horse prob
ably hit himself breaking from
the gate.
Shoemaker, left without a
mount for Saturdays big race.
may find one among Royal
Glove. Royal Living, Social
Climber and Seanee. none of
whom have yet been assigned
riders. Tommy Barrow will
be astride Hillsdale, Bill Bo-
land on Terrang, Ray York on
Alibi Blue and Alex Maese on
Eddie Schmidt. Eddie Arcaro
will fly to Florida to ride First
Landing in the $100,000-added
Flamingo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Teams Battle
AT Capitol

Three team battles highlight
tomorrow nights wrestling card
at Capitol Arena.
Don Curtis and Mark Levin
tangle with Wild Bull Koury
and The Sheik in the feature
bout that opens the program
at $3.50 o'clock.
In other team matches, Dom
Levin and Johnny Barend are
pitted against George Mac
Arthur and Chris Averoff, and
Judy Cradle and Olga zepeda
tangle with Gloria Barratina
and Mae Young in a girls bout.
Don Joyce, star Baltimore
Colt defensive end. wrestles
Crying Bob Corby and 750-
pound Happy Humphrey takes
on Alex Mulko in OF The r
matches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25

Catholic University's 56-52
loss at Washington College last
Saturday may have cost the
Cardinals a slightly easier as
signment in tomorrow's OPEN
ing round of the Mason-DiXon
Conference basketball tourna-
ment on their own court.
Gu finished with a 1915 con-
ference record instead of liza
and tomorrow must face an
other team which it lost to last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Round Table Scratched
From Sonto Anito Cop

ARCADIA, Calf. Feb. rs
(APl.-While some skeptics
doubt that Round Table ever
will race again. Owner Travis
M. Kerr and Trainer Willie
Molter have high hopes that
the 1858 horse Of the year.
will be ready to campaign dur
ing the Hollywood Park sum-
mer meeting that begins in
May.
Winner of "a major stakes
and 81 1868, 189, Round Table yes
terday was formally scratched
from Saturdays $l45.000 Santa
Anita Handicap as the result
Of an injury to his left front
leg in Mondays Washington's
Birthday Handicap at Santa
Anita Park. He kicked him
self, grabbed" in race track
parlance, early in the race and
finished dead last-32 length
behind Hahuchikara. a. Japa-
nese horse-in a mediocre field
of is rivals.
Kerr said DR.. John Peters,
Round Tables personal yeteri-
marian, felt that the injury was
of such severity that he did not
feel that it would be advisable
to consider racing him again
during the Santa Anita meet
ling.
However" Kerr stated, II
want to add that the horse has
shown us such great courage
and recuperative powers that
we have high hopes of his be-
ing able to return to the races
in the not too distant future. Z"
Round Tables withdrawal
leaves c. w. Smiths Indiana
bred star, Hillsdale, as the big
horse of the Santa Anita field,
He defeated Round Table by a
head in a 7-furlong thriller
January 3, and the prospect Of
a return engagement had
horsemen buzzing with excite
ment.,
A week before Round Tables
latest injury. Molter disclosed