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Vol. CXVi, No. 78.
Americans Remove To Safety From Embassy In Colombia
Juick Settlement Seen In Coal Strike Early This Week
U 5 Resusts
Red Berlin
Juiet Ban
Reds Say Acting Under
To Improve Air Safety
Of Berlin In New Move
By RICHARD KASISCHKE
BERLIN, April 10—(AP)—
United States authorities today
resisted new Russian efforts to
restrict the Western allies’ com
municaions between Berlin and
Western Germany.
The new squeeze, measures in
volved wire communications and
air traffic through the Soviet
zone from Berlin,
American authorities said the
Russians were attempting under
the guise of air safety regula
tions to reduce. use of the West
ern allies’ air corridor which
finks the city with the West.
It was disclosed tuat they al
so are seeking to force .with
drawal from their zone of Amer
jcan and British maintenance
crews which work on telephone
and teleprinter lines running
across the Soviet zone from Ber
lin to the western zones.
Soviet Pattern
These actions were regarded
by western authorities as part of
a calculated Soviet pattern in
tended to make the position of
Britain the United States and
France untenable in this inter
national island behind the iron
curtain,
Disclosing the new Soviet
proposed air safety regulations,
Maj. Gen. William E. Hall, di
rector of the American military
government’s armed services
division, said they were a ‘“very
obvious attempt to restrict our
use of the corridor.”
Hall said the proposed regula
tions included: Stoppage of all
flights by American ¢ommercial
airlines through the corridor,
prohibition of night flying, re
stritions on flying by ingtrument,
and a requirement that all flights
through the corridor be approved
24 hours in advance.
The Russians raised the com
munications issue by announcing
they would not renew Soviet
zone passes for the American
and British Signal Corps crews
which maintain the military tele
phone and telegraph lines be
tween Berlin and the western
zones.
Col. R, Willard, chief of
the U, S. AA‘}my's Berlin troop
tommand, said the Russians ex-
Plained they wanted to maintain
the lines themselves. 4
Seek Negotiations
Maj. Gen. George P. Hays, U.
S. Deputy Military Governor,
Was seeking to negotiate on the
Question with the Russians.’ It
was understood that the U. S.
army was planning to install a
highspeed radio transmitter to
leplace the land lines if the Rus
sians interferred «with their
Maintenance, V.
The Russians first brought
their proposed air regulations
before g four-power air safety
Committee some time ‘ago. The
Americans, British and French
rejected them immediately. They
have now reintroduced them.
There has been no discussion of
them, however, because the Rus-
Slans’ walkout on the allied con
trol council and its sub-commit
tees March 20 has paralyzed all
four-power government machin
€ry here,
ki it would
Whether the Rygsians it
altempt to carpy the;!el e
their own could only
tured,
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy Sunday with
slight chance of thunder
showers,
GEORGIA — Showers and
Scattered thundershowers and |
slightly warmer Sunday. ]
Monday partly cloudy and
Warmer with thundershowers |
In afternoon, ‘
TEMPERATURE
Hdighest T CRE L Sl
Lowest oy O 3 R S
Mean .. o= (L S 8 Be
Normal : doneaaree = ome
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .00
Total since April 1 .. .. 2.61
Excess since April 1 ... 1.35
Average April rainfall .. 3.13
Total sinee January 1 ...21.81
Excess since January 1 .. 5.27
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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COfCDrive Her s,
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Gains Momentr o & |
Here This Wr&®
Led by the dz 9@ ces, the
mens’ stores, an X picture
shows of Athens - ,‘:\"1 have all
signed up one X &.ed percent,
the business ™ professional
men of Athens are rallying to the
call for a bigger and better
Chamher of Commerce. |
Though not all reports are
available, and the full and com-l
plete budget cannot be announ
ced today, it now seems so well
assured that President Weaver
Bridges of the Chamber of Com
merce has fixed this week for the
regular April meeting of the
‘Board of Directors, at which
time the reports will be canvass
ed and the Board will take up
the matter of filling the vacancy
which now exists in the office of
.Secretary - Manager. President
Bridges already has four names
for the Board’s consideration, all
of whom are experienced in
Chamber of Commerce work, and
all of whom are now making nice
salaries, and would of course ex
pect substantial increase in pay
before making a change in loca
tion.
Thomas M. Tillman, general
chairman, and C. A. Trussell,
chairman of solicitations, urge all
workers to turn in their cards
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Divorces Drop In
Aprif Gourt Term
Down Fifty-Per Cent
From January Rate . .
The divorce rate fell off sharp
ly during the .April term of
Clarke Superior Court. A com
parison of the number of divor
ces during the present term and
the number granted during the
last term of the court shows that
only one-half as many couples
broke marital ties as did in Jan
uary.
Six cases were condoned or
dismissed and .mutual divorces
granted in 19 others.
Dismissed or Condoned
Those dismissed or condoned
were:
Inez T. Griffin vs. Robert B.
Griffin, Harry Reid vs. Georgia
M. Reid, Mrs. Emily E. Cox vs.
J. E. Cox, sr., Lurline D. Pat
rick vs. Robert Patrick, jr., Mrs.
Ruth Sweasy Waller vs. Wiiliam
Waller, and Retha Lea Morris vs.
Wilton Morris.
Those granted to both parties
were:
Roy Lee Carroll vs. Dorothy D.
Carroll, Jessie Dean Hill vs.
Floyd W. Hill, May Bell White
vs. Henry White, Ola W. Finley
vs. Sam B. Finley, Irene Muckel
vs. James Muckel, Mary Sue
Smith vs. Bluford C. Smith, Otha
Cooper vs. Gussie Cooper.
Other Cases
Hinton Grady Fussel vs. Cath
rine MecElroy Fussell, Hubert C.
Maxwell vs. Sara Jean Maxwell,
Paul Robinson vs. Vera Mae
Ward Robinson, Nonie Mae Les
ter vs. Eddie Lester, Mathilda
Wideman vs. Arnold J. Wide
man, Gloria Paige Panetta vs.
Joseph J. Panetta, Arris L. Fer
guson vs. James W, V. Ferguson,
Harold T. Cantrell vs. Hallie G.
Cantrell, Pauline McR. Johnston
vs. Thomas A. Johnston, Evelyn
A. Ford vs. G. E. Ford, Charles
E. Lane vs.' Dixie J. Lane, and
Anna Sue Smith vs. Van M.
Smith.
In the case of Duncan vs. Hay
good et al, the jury rendered a
verdict invalidating an option un
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"Ike" Says He Meant Every Word When He
Said He Would Nos Run For President
Martin’s Chances For Nomination Aided 0%
By Recent Peace Work In Big Coal Strike
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL i
WASHINGTON, April 10—
(AP)—On the Presidential front
today: (1) General Dwight D.
misenhower said he ‘“meant
every word” of his stand against
being nominated, and (2) specu
lation arose that Speaker Mar
tin’s chances for the GOP nomi
nation have been improved by
his peacemaking efforts in the
coal strike. g
“I'm not talking any more,”
Eisenhower told reporiers at ihe
White House. “I find it doesn’t do
any good. I told my aides they
;cou}d do the talking from now
on.’ 2
| This was in reply to a request
for a direct statement from the
‘@eneral to confirm what his
Full Associatea Press Service
Democratic Body
y 1
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Elects Wier,
Quillian And Lay
Executive Committee
Names Ed D. Wier
To Succeed T. S-Mell
The meeting of the Clarke
County Democratic Executive
Committee held Saturday ele
vateq Ed D. Wier, yvice-chairman,
tc the chairmanship to fill the
unexpired -term of thelate chair
man, Thomas S. Mell; elected D.
D Quillian vice-chairman; James
Lay, to membership on the com
mittee, and took under consider
ation the problem of transfer
voting in pgrimaries,
Committee Treasurer Robert D.
Hamilton gave the Treasurer’s
report, which is included in® this
story. The present committee sev
eral years ago, upon taking office
decided to have its finances made
public, something that had never
been done before.
Alttending the meeting were
Chairman Wier, = Vice-Chairman
Quillian, Treasurer Hamilton,
Secretary, B. C. Lumpkin, and
members Reese Carnes, Allen D.
Wier, W. . Hopkins, C. M. Cart
ledge, L. P. Crawford and W. R.
Phillips.
Well Known Citizens
The two newly electeq officers,
Chairman Wier and Vice-Chair
man Quillian, as well as the
new member, Mr, Lay, are well
known in business circles of the
city and section. Mr. Wier: is
president of the Webb-(}zqvferd
Company, ir. Quillian is Gineral
Menager of Athens Manufactur=
ing Company and Mr. Lay is
the Shell gasoline dealer here and
operates several service stations.
Election of each of the three was
Ly unanimous vote. ;
W. I Hopkins. was named
chairman of a special committee,
which was instructed to investi
gate transfer voting in local pri
maries, ahd was clothed with
power to act in making public|
its recommendations. Other mem
bers of the committee are W. R.
Phillips and Reese Carnes, with
Chairman Wier as ex-officio
member, :
The committee to investigate
and recommend was named after
attention of the committee was
called to the wunusually large
number of citizens voting by
transfer from surrounding coun
ties, in order to avoid possible fu
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elected to serve unexpired
term of late T. S. Mell as
member of Clarke County
Democratic Executive Com
mittee. .
aides have been saying: that he
would not be availgble for a
presidential nomination on any
ticket. |
Speaker Martin's role as a
peacemaker in the pension fight
between John L. Lewis and the
coal operators drew praise from
AM M. Landon, the 1936 Repub
lican candidate. Landon told re
porters: :
“That shows why Martin
would make a good President of
tL= Tiaitad Statas ™
Landon talked politics with the
House Speaker shortly - after
Martin brought John L. Lewis
and mine representative Ezra
Vvan Horn into an agreement that
might iead to ‘an early end to
the coal strike. .
Reds Block Western Powers' Atiempt To
Get Italy Accepted For UN Membership
Soviets Veto Move
Due To Failure To
Get Satellites OK
By MAX HARRELSON
LAKE SUCCESS, April 10—
(AP)—Russia used the veto for the
23rd time today to block a new
western power attempt to get Italy
into the United Nations.
Five additional Soviet vetoes
were averted, when the Security
Council decided it would be use
less to continue voting at this time
on 10 other applicants. "
All these applicants had been
rejected previously, five by So
viet vetoes and five by failure to
get the necessary seven affirma
tive votes.
Assembly Report
The council agreed to report to
the General Assembly that the ap
plications had been reconsidered
but that none of the 11 delegates
had changed his position since
last year. :
The 10 applicants are Ireland,
Portugal, Trans-Jordan, Finland
and Austria—all previously vetoed
either once or twice—Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and
Outer-Mongolia.
The council opened its morning
session by approving the applica
tion ‘of Burma by vote of 10 to 0.
Arab Field Guns Bombard Jewish Suburbs
0f Jerusalem For Control Of Big Section
Arab Guns Hurl Twenty-Five Pound Shells
Into The Suburb Of The Hill Of Saul Today
' By CARTER I\ DAVIDSON
JERUSALEM, April 10—(AP)—
Arab field guns bombarded Jewish
suburbs on the outskirts of Jeru
salem tonight in savage fighting
for control of the highway to the
'Holy city from the coast.
From positions in the Judean
’mountains west of the city the
Arab guns hurled eight 25 pound
shells into the surburb of Givat
Shaul (Hill of Saul).
This was only 1,000 yards from
Deir Yassin, which was seized
yesterday by Irgun Zvai Leumi
and the Stern gang, two extremist
underground groups, They said
200 Arabs were killed, half of them
women and children.
Other shells fell into the sur
burbs of New Montefiore and Beth
Hakarem, also on the western ex
tremities of Jerusalem.
A communique from :Haganah,
the Jewish Army, said tonight 137
Arabs were killed in the last 36
hours in the battle for Kastel, the
main target in today’s struggle for
a half dozen strongpoints along the
Jerusalem end of the vital Judean
mountain highway to the Coastal
Plain.
Salvation Army To
Observe Booth Birth
Day To Be Observed
Throughout World
General William Booth, found
er of the Salvation Army, was
born 119 years ago next Satur
day, at Notingham England. His
birthday will be remembered
this week in 97 countries, his
name spoken in 102 languages,
special observances of the day
held in 17,813 corps and outposts
throughout the world. .
Participating in the world-wide
commemoration of the found
er’s birthday anniversary, the
Salvation Army in Athens, ac
cording to Envoy Peacock, will
mark the day by a special ser
vice on Sunday night, April 11.
“As was said of the British
Empire, we can say today that
the sun does not set on the yel
low, red and blue flag of The
Salvation Army,” Envoy Peacock
stated.
The present world-wide ac
ceptance of The Salvation Ar
my, according to Envoy Pea
cock, ig tha hest hirthday tegti
monial which could be given his
memory.
Brother Of Athenian
Buriedln Hampton
Funera¥ services for Webb
Coggin, Hampton, Ga., were held
Friday at the First Methodist
Church in Hampton.
My Caggin diad Wsadnasday
from a heart attack. He is sur
vived by his wife and one €on,
Michael; twq brothers, Dr. How
ard Coggin of Athens, and Pratt
Coggin of Covington; one sister,
Mrs. Robert Copeland of Deca~-
tur.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1948.
GPA To Hold Annual
Meefing At Jekyll
MACON, Ga., April 10—(AP)
—Managers of the Georgia Press
Association today said the 1948
GPA convention .will be held at
Jekyl Island, June 17-18-19.
Place and date for the con
vention were selected by the
board of managers at a business
meeting and luncheon held at
Hotel Dempsey.
Much of the discussion at the
meeting was devoted to the ad
visability and possibility of send
ing linotype operators and print
ers to trade schools.
Edwin Methvin, publisher of
The Eastman Times-Journal, and
GPA president, appointed -a
three-man committee to work
out details for sending opera
tors and printers to school.
Named were Carl Rountree of
the Dawson News, Chairman;
Albert Jenkins of the Baxley
News-Banner; and Tom Burson
of the Camilla Enterprise.
Hugh McWhorter of the De-
Kalb New Era at Decatur sug
gested the board of managers
should increase the salary being
received by Stanford Smith,
formerly of Macon, Association
secretary. -
' ‘Both sides admitfed casualties
were heavy as the battle for the
road went into its second week.
From both sides came conflicting
claims of success.
The principal battle center on
the Arab village of Kastel, a his
toric Roman Fortress five miles
west of Jerusalem. It has been a
target for a see-saw battle between
the Jews and Arabs since the Jews
first conquered it eight days ago.
The .Jews held it six days then
lost in an Arab counter attack.
Yesterday Haganah recaptured the
Hilltop village.
Early today the Arabs claimed
to have regained Kastel for a sec
ond time. But the Jews countered
with the declaration ‘“we are
standing fast.”” The Arabs said
they brought up artillery from the
Arab Yarmuk Army of Fawzi Bey
Al Kaukji, and were advancing on
Kastel from three sides. The artill
ery was said to be firing away at
a range of 3,000 yards.
The unofficial death toll in Pal
estine since Nov. 29, exclusive of
today’s casualties in the Arab-
Jewish battle of the roads, mount
ed to 2,685.
Local Guard Unit
To Be Organized
Wells, Bridges To
Aid In Campaign
An effort is now being made
to organize an active unit of the
Georgia National Guard in Ath-
Col. James D. Teague, Com
mander of the third batallion of
the Georgia National Guard, Ma
jor Clyde P. Carpenter, Execu=
tive Officer of the Batallion and
Sgt. William E. Thomas, Regu
lar Army instructor for the or
ganization were in Athens Sat
urday in behalf of this cause.
Mayor Jack R. Wells and D.
Weaver Bridges, President of
the Athens Chamber of Com
merce said that they will extend
every effort in this organization
work.
Mayor Wells said he will ap
point a special committee of
Council to work with the Guard
Officials.
Mr. Bridges said the Chamber
of Commerce will also cooperate
with the Guardsmen. "
Col. Teague caid the Athens
unit will be Company 122 of the
Third Batallion of the Georgia
National Guard. He pointed out
that the headquarters of this ba
tallion are in Milledgeville.
Major Carpenter pointed that
anyone between the age of 17
and 30 years of age is eligible
for enlistment in the Guard and
added that with the possible
coming. of Universal Military
Training, service in the Guard
would probably keep ®e men
ifrom being called up for aciive
service. L
“Many High School and Col
lege men are eligible for Guard
service,” Col. Teague said, “they
can also earn several dollars each
week for only a few hours
work.” 3 ;
Columbian Chief
Proclaims Martial
Law To Quiet Riot
By The Associated Press
Latin American Diplomats in
Bogota reported Saturday night
that President Mariano Ogpina
Perez remained in control of re
volt-torn Colombia.
Ospina Perez proclaimed mar
tial law to smash a revolution
that caused bloody rioting in
Bogota and forced the 21-nation
Inter-American Conference there
into recess.
Under the protecting guns of
the Colom.bian army 100 Ameri
cans including delegates to the
conference were removed to
safety from the embassy offices
in the downtown area of the
capital,
The revolt had apparent re
percussions in other South
American countries.
Scotched Red Coupe
Paraguay police at Asuncion
said they scotched a Communist
coup with the arrest of four
Communist leaders having rifles
and grenades in their possession.
~ The Paraguay police said the
coup was linked with similar
moves in other countries aimed
at interfering with ‘the Inter-
American Conference. Strong
condemnations of Communism
‘have come from conference dele
gates and it was expected to
adopt some kind of anti-Com
munist action. Hig
Chilean police announced @
roundup of Communists who
were suspected of complicity in
alleged plans for a May Day
coup against the government.
Ten 'persons including two wo
men, were reported udner arrest.
Direct press communications
were lacking with the Colombian
capital throughout Saturday.
American newspaper correspon
dents were filing reports on the
situation over facilities of the |
S,tate Department in Washing-i
ton J
American correspondents in
Bogota reported that shortly
after the Americans were re
moved from the embassy new
firing broke out in the area.
Renewal of Violence
But there were indications this
did not presage a renewal of vio
lence similar to that of Friday
night, in which at least 35
buildings were sacked and burn
ed and 100 persons—according to
the neswpaper El Tiempo—were
killed.
The assassination of Liberal
Opposition Leader Jorge Eliecer
Gaitan set off the rioting. The
American correspondents said
an air of uncertainly prevailed
in Bogoia due to fear that his
funeral might be the signal for
new violence. No date fér the
funeral was announced.
Most of the Americans had
been marooned in U, S. Embassy
offices. They had spent a night
'of peril as shooting occurred in
the street and fires flared in
buildings.
Rescued
Many of the rescued had been
without food or sleep. They were
taken to their homea <Colombian
troops had clearéd the streets of
the last vestige of rioters then
surrounded the’ area with 100
soldiers with rifles while the
removal took place. An armored
truck bristling with machinguns
stood nearby.
Troubled Suwannee River Confinues lfs
Rise In North Florida; Threatens Big Area
Florida Panhandle Remains Cut Off From
Peninsula; Water Continues Rising
By The Associated Press |
The iroubled Suwanee River
continued to rise in north Flor
ida late yesterday and the pan
handle remained cut off from the,‘
peninsula.
In the Branford sector, thel
flood level was expected to reach
its peak during the night. |
At Old Town, the river was
still rising and the U. S. High
way 19—main Gulf Coast high
way linking northwest and south
Florida—was under 15 inches of
water. .
Rail traffic into Tallahassee
from the east, south and west is
out. The principal road between
Jacksonville and the capital—U.
S. 90—is blocked. However, U. S.
90 west of Tallahassee is open
all the way.
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copy, 5.
Practice Begins
For Minstrel To
Be Held Here Soon
~ Director of the Athens Kiwanis
Club Minstrel, Pat Gorman, has
‘arrived in town and under his di
rection practice has begun for this
display of musical and acting tal
ent to be presented on April 22|
and 23.
Mr. Gorman is a director for
the John B. Rogers Producing
Company of Fostoria, Ohio and
has been with that company for
27 years. The daily practices are
being held at the Y. W. C. A.
This production is one of the
Rogers Producing Company and
is titled, “Tune Time”. It is a
musical review and a modern
minstrel.
The total receipts of the two
nights of this production, which
is to be held in Fine Arts Audi
torium, will go to the Kiwanis
Club fund for boys and girls work.
A cast of over 125 will be chosen
with many coming from the high
school and the University students
since it affords the opportunity
for these students to help in a
worthy cause. Girls and boys for
production numbers, specialities
and for a few dramatic parts will
be needed.
Mr. Rogers’ company is furnish
ing the costumes, special scenery
and musical arrangements and
Athenians will furnish the talent,
Georgia Rose G
bEorgia nose Lroup
To Meet In Athens
Society Meets Here
For The First Time
The Department of Landscape
Architecture of the University of
| Georgia, in Athens, will serve
'as host to the Spring meeting of
the Georgia Rose Society, Mon
day, April 12, according to Mrs,
V. K. Bowman, Decatur, Presi
dent of the organization. This
represents the first time during
its 14 years of existence that this
organization, composed of 150
growers of roses, has met in
Athens. Previous meetings have
been held in Augusta Atlanta,
Macon, Thomasville, Tifton, and
Columbus.
Program !
Plans for the day call for a
business session at 11:00 a. m.
Monday in the University Cha
pel, followed by an address on
“Use of Polyanthas in the Gar
den,” by Mrs. Fletcher Pearson
Crown, garden expert of Atlan~
ta. The highlight of the meeting
will be a visit to the Founders
Memorial Garden and an inspec
tion of an exhibition of land
scape plans and sketches in the
Landscape Architecture building
at the noon hour. |
Following luncheon at Den
mark Hall for members of the
Society, the group will re-assem- |
ble at the University Chapel at
1:45 p. m. for an address by Dr. |
R. C. Allen, Harrisburg, Pa., Ex- |
ecutive Secretary of the Ameri
can Rose Society. Dr. Allen,
who holds the Pp.D degree from
Cornell University, is probably
the leading expert on Roses in
America. He is the author of
“Roses for Every Garden,” the
first scholarly book on rose
growing written since 1941,
which was released only this
week. Dr. Allen’s visit to Athens
coincides with the annual meet
ing of the Men’s Garden Club of
America which he attended in
Atlanta from Wednesday through
yesterday.
An Atrantic Coast Line fill
near Cross City was washed out,
the Florida Highway Patrol re
ported. Train service there had
been maintained until yesterday,
although the ACL earlier halted
operations from Tampa to Thom
asville, Ga.
Meanwhile, Governor Caldwell
declared that a travel emergency
exists in Tallahasse and north
Florida and moved to relieve the
situation.
Florida airways offices in
Jacksonville announced the Gov
ernor had wired the Civii Asiv
nautics Board in Washington re
auesting that the airline be per
mitted to supplement its regular
ly-scheduled trips between Tal
lahassee and Jacksonville until
the emergency period has gmcdq
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1-INCH MIDDLING 38 1-2
lClarkSags
US To Act
[n Case
BY FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, April 10—
(AP)—House Speaker Martin to
day predicted quick settlement of
the coal strike, perhaps by Tues=
day, after arranging a peace par
ley between John L. Lewis and a
mine operators’ representative.
Attorney General Clark an
nounced, nevertheless, that the
government will proceed with its
contempt case against = Lewis
Monday, even if the strike is
settled by then. %
With no advance fanfare, Mar
tin moved into the pension dis
pute which in 27 days has
brought idleness to more than
half a million miners and other
workmen. Working by telephone,
her persuaded Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers, and
Ezra Van Horn, operators’ rep
resentative, to meet with him in
his office at"the Capitol. ‘
There he proposed Senator
Bridges (R.-N.H.) as the third,
neutral member of the board of
trustees to administer the min
ers’ welfare and retirement fund.
Lewis and Van Horn agreed io
the = Masachusetts = lawmaker’s
suggestion. The whole affair tock
only 13 minutes. s
But Attorney General Clark
said the unexpected development
would not change his plan to
press contempt charges against
Lewis.
| Back to Work :
Federal Judge Matthew Mec-
Guire a week ago today ordered
the miners back to work. But
they didn’t go, and Lewis said he
had nothing to do with their de
cision to remain away from the
mines. Clark then asked that
Lewis be found guilty of con
tempt for ignerins the hack_to
work order. The hearing on the
motion is set for 10 a. m. (EST)
Monday before Federal Judge T.
Alan Goldsborough.
Lewis, as chairman of the pen
sion fund trustees, called a meet
ing for % a. m. tomorrow. Van
Horn a Bridges said they
would be there. 3
" Martin and Lewis both pre
dicted that within 48 hours after
that session an agreement could
be worked out.
Then, Lewis said, “I think it is
a reasonable assumption the men
will return to work.”
Operator spokesmen were not
that positive. :
Van Horn was asked whether
he anticipated any difficulty in
reaching an understanding on
the pension issue. :
“We will have to.take that up
when we get to it,” he said.
Do Best
Bridges, who was in New York,
announced he would accept the
assignment and “do my " best.”
He is chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee and a
former governor of New Hamp
shire. .
Despite the unexpected devel
opment at the Capitol, there were
indications that the Justice De
partment intends to go right
ahead with its contempt proceed
ings against Lewis. He is due in
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsbor
ough’s court here at 10 ‘a. m.
Monday to show cause why he
shouldn’t be punished for econ
tempt. :
Another federal judge ,ast
Saturday ordered the miners
back to work., They stayed out,
however, and Lewis said he
didn’t have anything to do\ with
their decision to quit working.
Attorney General Clark was
represented as taking the posi
tion that Lewis should DS bun.
ished for ignoring the back-to
work order, and that the con
tempt proceedings involved prin
ciples “‘which should be carried to
a finish in court. e
Many Idle &
In addition to the 400,060
striking soft coal miners, approx
imately 171,000 were idle in al
lied industries, including 32,000
anthracite miners who were out
on sm.?nthystrikes. Jobless to
talled 70000 on the railroads,
with more big layoffs to come
next week if the strike contin
ues, The coal shortage put 87,
000 persons out of work in basic