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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
MAJOR ISSUE IN STRIKE
"Feather-bedding" in Steel A Debate

Caples-A given plant employs
three crews on a certain opera
ton. Business increases. The
plant needs new fourth crew.
But the union says no; 1t must
take men from the existing crews
and work them at overtime rates.
Fischer-If those are the facts
and all the facts, the company
could hire new crew at straight
time. If the other men objected
and wanted to file a grievance,
I'd advise against 1t because
they'd lose in arbitration.
Asks Better Attitude
Caples-We're not trying to
take away anybody's job. What
we do ask is q more cooperative
attitude from the union to help
us remove inefficient situations.
Instead they fight us at every turn
through grievances.
Fischer - Management wins
most Of the cases involving past
work practices. What are they
complaining about? Sure, now
and then, because of pressure
from the men, the union files a
grievance 1t knows it will lose.
, But a democratic union has to
give its men their day in court
let them find out from the arbi-
traitor they're wrong.
Caples-These grievance fights
frequently take three or four
years. Even where we win, we
also lose. During such fights,
there is always ferment and I'M
rest and the danger Of a work
Stoppage.
Fischer-The grievance proce-
dure doesn't create the unrest.
Men lose jobs in steel every year
because of new large-scale tech
biological changes. Sure, they feel
ferment and unrest. But the
grievance procedure is simply the
legal, orderly way of expressing
that ferment. The grievance right
is the safety vote. If we started
telling them they lost that right,
you'd really see some unrest.
And the argument goes on.
Where They Differ
On behalf Of management, Mr..
Caples makes it clear the indus
try is not asking its labor to give
up its grievance rights.
What we want" he says, sis
simply more cooperative atti-
tude. a statement of intent, a
readiness to help us remove in
efficiency. After all, they have
big stake in the success Of our
business"
What they really want" says
Mr.. Fischer for the union, sis a
new clause in the contract bar
ring union protection of individual
past practices. What they want is
for time-Study men and industrial
engineers and other so-called ex-
pertS to dictate how hard a man
should work. how long he should
spend on lunch or in the wash
room and a hundred other de-
tails that can not be MASTER
minded by anybody in advance
for thousands of men. These de-
tails can only be worked out
locally because conditions vary
tremendously"
And the steel strike goes on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
diversified Crew Cited

CapleS-When starting a new
mill, you're never sure how many
men you'll need so you frequently
overman it at the beginning. In
one operation in new bar mill
in Texas, management later found
that they could eliminate nine
men without hardship to the other
employees. But the union said the
crew sizes were frozen by agree
ment, it went to arbitration and
the arbitrator agreed. The mill
still has nine men more than it
needs.
Fischer-And I can show you
many grievance cases where the
union lost and the arbitrator
agreed the work force should be
reduced.
CapleS-In 1949, in one plant,
electric HOSTS were installed that
allowed tor-helperS to han
die 400-pound coils of wire in
stead of 250-pound coils. With the
new hoistS, the number of helpers
could have been reduced. But the
failure to reduce the crew in 1g49
has resulted in using an oversize
crew ever since.
FiScher-What do they want
us to do-fire the plant manager
who failed to reduce the crew?
Let's get this straight. Manage
ment decides the size of crews.
Management can reduce crews. If
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ranted by the stockpile situation
two years ago.
GAO says specifically: ut is
Of interest to note that as Of
December 81, 1856. the national
stockpile had on hand and on
order, exclusively Of quantities in
this :. contract about 1873 per
cent Of the minimum and long
term stockpile detectives, which
are Identical"
Brooks Position
Mr.. Brooks says that at the time
) the Freeport contract was signed
the output of the Nicaro Project
was adequate to meet estimated
Federal demand for nickel. The
Nicaro plant is located in Oriente
Province, Cuba, and is owned by
the United States Government.
The Government has a separate
contract with Freeport on the
Nicaro project. While the latter
is aforementioned, Freeport
sells GSA the ores for it. In a
special report on Nicaro last
month. the Brooks subcommittee
said Freeport was charging ex-
orbitant rates for the ores. Free
port maintains its rates are fair
and equitable and says it has been
offered higher rates by steel COM
panieS.
The GAO and Mr.. Brooks both
raise the possibility that a con-
tract offered GSA by Bethlehem
Steel Co. for the production Of
nickel in Cuba might have been
more beneficial to the United
States. Bethlehem did not ask for
a guarantee for cobalt.
GSA officials point out, how
ever, that the Bethlehem proposal
involved a loan from the Export
Import Bank. They say one reason
they decided in favor of Freeport
was that its agreement involved
only private financing.
There is a lack of unanimity
of thought in Washington regard
ing the Freeport deal. Proponents
of it point out that it remains
to be seen whether the Govern
ment will lose money under it.
The nickel market currently is
doing well. If it continues to
do so, it is perfectly possible that
GSA may not lose a cent under
its Freeport contract.
Costro and Uncertainty
Undoubtedly Fidel Castro has
caused Freeport moments of UNI
certainty. 1t is felt, however, that
the Freeport plant in Cuba will
be so advantageous to that coun-
try that the company has nothing
to fear. It will provide steady en-
ployment. This is important in
q country where unemployment is
rampant and employment mostly
seasonal. 1t also will provide in
dustry in an area unSuited to
either other industry or agricul-
ture.
Should Freeport come into dis
favor with the powerful Mr.. Cas-
tro. however, it is Freeport alone
who would suffer and not the
United States Government. Free
port stands to gain under its GSA
contract only if it produces.
Whatever becomes of Freeport
in Cuba it appears that in the
future GSA will use greater care
in executing contracts to avert the
possibility of having to buy mil
lions Of dollars worth Of items
already excess to stockpile needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
New Blast Expected
On Nickel Contracts
BY SHIRLEY SCHEIBLA
Contributing Writer

Sometime before Congress ends
for the summer congressional
committee plans to issue a report
blasting Federal officials for sign
ing a contract which could re-
quire the Government to buy up
to $248 million worth of nickel
and cobalt when they are both
surplus to Government needs.
The agreement is between the
General Services Administration
and Freeport Sulphur Co. regard
ing a nickel plant at Moa Bay in :
Oriente Province, Cuba.
When it was signed over two
years ago the contract was aimed
at bringing in additional nickel
production to meet the Govern
ment's stockpile needs. The Nickel
Subcommittee Of the House Gov
eminent Operations Committee has
been studying the situation ever
since then. 1t is very likely that
the subcommittee chairman, Rep
resentative Brooks. Democrat of
Texas, may charge GSA with be-
ing overly enthusiastic in times
Of apparent shortages. in signing
agreements which can result In
excessive purchases in times of
surplus.
A warm reception for Repre-
sentative Brooks findings would
be bound to have an effect on the
execution of future contracts re-
lated to the Nations stockpile
needs. There are SO many argu-
ments for and against the con-
tract, however, that it is not GER
tain what type of general reception
it will get.
Nickel Now Excess
Today nickel is officially labeled
as excess" so far as the stockpile
is concerned. Cobalt is excess too
and is by-product of nickel. Fed
eral officials are worrying about
how to get rid of extra stocks
without disrupting the market.
However, If nickel market prices
go below the current IA cents a
pound, GSA is obligated to buy
271 million pounds of the metal
from Freeport Sulphur at "a cents
a pound between now and June
80, 1865, when the contract ex-
pires. During this period it also
has guaranteed Freeport a price
OF. 81 a pound for 1885, 900
pounds of cobalt, to be paid by
the Government if the open mar
ket won't bring that price. Rapid
tax amortization also is called for
during the period of the agree
ment.
These promises were made at
a time when GSA was anxious to
obtain the resulting additional
nickel output. 1t also liked the
idea of a source of supply outside
Canada, the chief provider of
nickel for the United States. Then.
too, it felt that International
Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd, was
dominating the nickel market.
GSA was glad to do business with
another company.
Now GSA obviously is not happy
with a contract involving a metal
it no longer wants to buy. So
far it has failed in attempts to
renegotiate. GSA officials them
selves say the contract is as tight
as it can be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Senate

HR 7454. Department of De-
Tense appropriations bill for fiscal
1860. Adoption of conference re-
port. Adopted $50 Cd. $40; r.
31-0). August 4.
FOR: Beal and Butler, Republicans Of
Maryland; Byrd, Democrat Of Virginis;
Byrd and Randolph, Democrats Of West
Virginia
NOT VOTING: Robertson, Democrat Of
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
NEARBY VOTES

Following are the votes Of Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia
members Of Congress on major
roll calls last week:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

think 1t is, the company insisted
the repairman drive himself over
in the jeep and he did. The
union filed a grievance but with
drew it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
New Satellite

programs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Another Case

ing part. This blows oxygen
into the exhaust gases, like the
blacksmith's bellows, to burn
the gases at about 1900 de-
greeS.
This device would replace
the normal muffler," DR.. Ridge
way said. 1T could also replace
the heater as a source of car
heat. If there was a need for it
say If there wasn't room for
a heater under the hood"
The afterburner system has
nothing to be replaced and
completely eliminates carbon
monoxide. The system, said Dr..
Ridgeway, probably draws less
from the operating efficiency of
your car than the windshield
wipers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

fare Board Building, 1887 Mas.
sachusetts avenue NV.
The program is sponsored by
the Servicemen's- Hostess Coun-
Gil Of the boards Washington
Armed Services Committee. DR..
Horlick is chief Of the psyche
logical services center of the
District Department Of Cor
rections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
RoidersSeize Gambler;
Case Hinges on Ashes

working on a steel door INTO the
basement, Inspector Layton
said, when one of the suspects
shouted, Wait a minute" be-
fore admitting them.
When the police finally got
inside they found the papers
aflame and two telephones,
with the wires cut. in a bureau
drawer.
Lewis, who gave his address
as the 6100 block of Sixteenth
street NV. and his compan-
ion. Samuel Quattrone, 81. Of
the 4400 block of Nineteenth
place NE. were charged with
operating a lottery.
Inspector Layton said the
case against the men hinges
on an FBI laboratory examina-
ton of the paper ash con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

l5-year-old. Judge Ketcham
has asked the Welfare Depart
ment to show cause why it Ii
holding the ward in the receiv.
ing home without the court:
permission.
Mr.. Shea maintains such
rulings limit his authority ano
render his department "ineffec-
tive in providing treatment
He said his department will be
"hamstrung II 1t cannot plar
for children without court ap-
proval at every STEP"
Secs "ClOudy Areas"
The welfare director said he
has the legal support Of the
corporation counsel. the Dis
trict's legal officer, in his con-
tention that once a child is
committed to his department
by the court he has the right
to decide where the child will
be sent and how long he will
stay there.
On the other hand, Judge
Ketcham said, 1t is apparent
that the laws governing Juve-
nile Court and the Welfare De-
partment have cloudy areas"
He said he felt these should be
studied and clarified.
A case in point, he asserted,
was the phrasing Of the law
regarding juvenile commit
ments. It states, he said, that
ANY child" should not be held
for more than five days with
out permission Of the court.
In the case of the 15-year-
old, which he has now under
advisement, Judge Ketcham
says he will have to determine
whether ANY child" also means
those children who already are
committed to custody Of the
Welfare Department.
Mr.. Shea takes the position
that once the child has been
committed to his department
he doesn't have to go to court
a second time to get permits
sion to restrict the child's
movements If he has been out
on parole and gets into trouble
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

William "Snags" Lewis, IS,
veteran gambler, and a COM
panion were arraigned before
United States Commissioner
James F. Splain today on
lottery charges filed after a
police raid yesterday.
Inspector John B. Layton,
heading a six-man raIding
party at a row house at 334 F
street NE. about 4::30 pm.
said they found freshly cut tele-
phone wires, an adding machine
and a quantity of paper burning
In a fireplace,
A brick wall 8 inches thick
had been built across the
width of the building to bar
access to the basement Police
battered down two locked doors
on the first floor and were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Device 10 End
CarSnlogSee
InLosAnge|es

LOS ANGELES, Oct. % (AP)
Air pollution experts say a
device invented by a nuclear
scientist may end this city's
long battle with smog.
Smith Griswold, head Of the
Air Pollution Control District,
told the Board Of Supervisors
yesterday that the device "is
capable Of rolling back smog
to the pre-lo4O level"
There wasn't any smog to
mention in Los Angeles be-
fore 1910.
Supervisors Immediately
clamored for a State law re-
quiring that the invention-an
afterburner exhaust manifold
be on all 1861 cars sold in
California.
Last Unchecked Source
Mr.. Griswold's experts say
auto exhaust is the last UNI
ecked source Of smog-
producing hydrocarbons in Los
Angeles. Exhaust fumes are
known to contribute to air pol
luton in other cities, too.
Mr.. Griswold said the new
device will cost no more than
$125 and will be 80 to 80 per
cent effective in hating a cars
emissions of hydrocarbons.
DR.. Stuart Ridgeway of the
Thompson Ramo- Woodbridge
Corp. invented it.
Other companies have devel-
oped anti-smog mufiers which
use catalysts, chemicals which
burn the hydrocarbons out Of
the fumes as they pass through.
DR.. Ridgeway's system builds
up the heat to the point where
the hydrocarbons - smog-pro-
ducing elements in fuel-are
consumed.
The Thompson Ramo-Wool-
bridge device is a manifold
with an air pump, its only NOV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Vocational Planning
Program Set Nov. 4

DR.. Reuben s. Horlick will
conduct a vocational planning
program for servicemen and
junior hostesses at Sis pm.
November 4 in the Jewish We'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23

flscated in the fireplace. Both
men were released in $1,000
bond for a Temperance No
vember 10 before Commissioner
Splain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-23
Ketchom, Shea Confer
On Commitment Feud

Juvenile Court Judge orm
Ketcham and Welfare Depart
ment Director Gerard M. Shea
held the first Of a series Of
discussions yesterday through
which they hope to settle their
difference over commitments OF
juveniles.
Neither Mr.. Shea nor the
judge would disclose details Of
their conference. called at the
behest Of Judge Ketcham. How
ever, Judge Ketcham classed
the talks as fruitful"
Mr.. Shea has charged that a
recent ruling by Judge Ket-
cham in the case of a 17-year-
old boy is "hamstringing" his
department. He said the Juven-
lie Court judges decision has
set back handling of juveniles
committed to the Welfare De-
partment by 10 years."
Another Case
Judge Ketcham on October
2 ordered that a l7-year-old
welfare ward must be placed
in the Cedar Knoll Institution
at Children's Center. Laurel.
Md. and cannot be released
without court approval.
In another case involving a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
Nye Triol Set

HAVANA. April 8 tAP)-A
Cuban military court Saturday
will try Alan Robert Nye, 81,
of Miami, Fla, and Whiting,
Ind. on charges Of plotting to
assassinate Fidel Castro.
Mr.. Nye. a former United
States Navy pilot, has insisted
he came to Cuba last November
to help the rebels, not to STAY
their leader.
A Cuban lawyer presumably
will defend him unless special
arrangements are made allow
ing foreign counsel. Military
officials said the United States
Embassy was notified of the
impending arraignment and
presumably would consult Mr..
Nye regarding defense meas
ures.
The trial will be held in La
Cabana Fortress, where Mr.,
Nye is being held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
Truman Puzzled
Because Nixon
Isn'tin News

LOS ANGELES. April 8 (AP)
Former President Truman
says he's puzzled why Vice
President Nixon seems to have
dropped out of the news re-
Gently. but:
II hope they (the Republi-
cans) don't bury him until
hitter the next election. He'll be
the easiest to lick" u
The 74-year-old former Chiei
Executive declined at a lunch
con meeting yesterday to in
dictate whom he will back as
the Democratic nominee ir
1860, but, he said:
THE man who viii be nomi-
mated will not divide the coun-
try by race, religion or foreign
policy. Well need leadership
and we must be sure that the
affairs of the world are in the
hands of an executive who
knows what he's doing and
where he's going"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
LATIN AMERICAN NOTES
!. Argentina Orders
{: {: Russian to Get Out

sentative Cheng Po-nan replied
with q proposal that commu-
nism be outlawed In all coun-
tries.
AS approved. the agenda VIII
include studies on economic
development for underdevel-
oped countries. agrarian re-
forms. new sources Of energy
for backward countries. i'm.
provement In statistics an6
freer distribution Of figures, in
ternational commerce arbitra-
ton and freedom Of informa-
ton.
Delegates from Is countries
are attending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08

sBUENos AIRES. April Q
(AP). - A Russian diplomat
yesterday was ordered to get
out OF Argentina after gov
eminent charges Of foreign
Communist meddling in last
Fridays labor rioting.
An official informant said two
foreign governments. both pre-
slifnabiy Communist. also are
being asked to replace their
ENJOYS.
Foreign Minister Carlos Florit
notified the Soviet Embassy
that Embassy Counselor Niko-
lai Below was unwelcome. He
was given 48 hours to leave the
country.
Argentina thus became the
second Latin American nation
to expel a Soviet embassy stan
member within a week. Mexico
kicked out two Soviet diplo-
mats, charging they we're help
ing the leftist leaders of an IL
legal nationwide rail strike.
Uruguay also was reported
considering moves against the
Soviet Embassy in Montevideo.
Informants there said the gov
eminent may clamp down on
the embassy staff. larger than
that in any other South Amer
lean country.
A close adviser to Argentine
President Arturo FrondiZi said
the Foreign Ministry was pre-
barring to ask the Romanian
government to remove its am
bassador here, DR.. Victor Di-
mitriu.
One Foreign Ministry source
said the idea of Argentina
breaking relations with Russia
br Communist satellite coun-
tries has not been considered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
Mexico PurIey Opens

MEXICO CITY. April 8 (AP)
The spring meeting Of the
United Nations Economic and
Social Council opened yester-
day with a sharp exchange be-
tween the Soviet Union and
Nationalist China.
Russian Delegate G. p. Arka-
dave protested against the abb
sence of Red China on the
council, saying it was absurd
that the worlds largest nation
was not represented on such an
important body. The Soviets
have repeatedly tried to get
Communist China admitted to
the United Nations.
! Nationalist Chinese Repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
Suez Being Widened

: SUEZ.-The New Jersey, the
worlds largest dredge, has gone
TO work widening the Suez
Canal at its northern end.
Thirty-five Egyptians and 10
Americans are working on the
three-story floating city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
NEW AREA OF LAW SEEN
IN SPACE HARDWARE

chunk Of hardware" from outer space demolishes
q grass hut on the shores Of the Amazon
Who's liable?
Concerned and asking that all lawyers of all coun-
tries start thinking about the role law might play In the
development Of outer space is Washington lawyer.
Ralph E. Becker.
Mr.. Becker. speaking yesterday before the Inter-
American Bar Conference in Miami told the delegates
9" Every country SHOULD be Immediately concerned
with the problems of liability attending the return 10
earth Of hardware sent into outer space There
solid indications that the heavier pieces Of hardware
which repeatedly burned up in space did not entirely
disntegrate and that chunks still in orbit
AS increasing launchings made must face
not only the problem Of regulating trac. but Of fixing
liability for accidental injury"
Mr.. Becker told the delegates that the scientific
communities Of countries bursting with ideas
and realizing new scientific breakthroughs weekly and
monthly :"
II caution you gentlemen that the scientists of your
countries may through international exchange Of
ideas and methods leave the law and the lawyer far
hind" Mr.. Becker emphasized.
1t is the obligation Of lawyers he said to that
wherever the scientists lead in space, we shall be
prepared to direct their physical achievements the
interests Of national and international aspirations
and welfare"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
Comic Books
Sales Rise

NEW YORK. April is (AP),
"A self-regulation program
that bans horror, terror and
sex in comic books and stresses
quality and creatively has in
creased rather than decreased
sales, the president Of the Com
les Magazine Association OF
America said yesterday.
John L. Goldwater told the
annual meeting of the CMAA
that circulation of comic maya
zines is now 600 million copies
annually. $50 million more than
Immediately before the comics
code became effective in 1854.
He said there had been re-
ports that adoption of the code
had hurt the industry.
Mr.. Goldwater said "the eco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-15
President Names
Treasury Aide to
Economic Group

AUGUSTA, Ga, April is
(AP). - President Eisenhower
today nominated Henry c. Wal
Itch to be a member Of his
Council of Economic Advisers.
Mr.. Wallich now is an as
sistant to Secretary Of the
Treasury Anderson and is on
leave as a Yale University pro-
fessor of economics.
The nomination Of Mr.. WAL
Itch, A. is subject to Senate
confirmation. 1t was sent to
Congress from the Presidents
vacation headquarters.
Mr.. Wallich, whose home is
New Haven, Conn, was named
to the council to succeed Paul
w. McCracken, who has re-
signed.
Mr.. Eisenhower also nomi-
mated former Senator Frank
A. Barrett of Wyoming to be
a member of the BOARD of di-
rectors of the Commodity
Credit Corp. Mr.. Barrett, a
Republican, will serve in that
capacity as the Agriculture De-
partment'S general counsel, a
job for which Mr. Eisenhower
picked him recently.