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Round-Rebin 'Vetoes' Stalled
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Last WSB Sieel Wage Hearings
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —The inside story of
how the Wage Stabilization Beard arrived at its
recommendations in the now-celebrated steel wage
case will provide its main defense in the coming
WSB investigation just voted by Congress.
The full record of the three-month steel wage
case hearing and Wage Board deliberations far into
the night fills many a volume of-testimony. But the
highlights of these proceedings on the principal
issues show how the job was tackled and why a
majority of the 12 board members came to the de
cisions reached in their final recommendations.
In the first place, it is contended that the steel
companies’ representatives and the CIO steelwork
ers’ union had done no real bargaining up to the
time the case was given to WSB on January 7. In
passing the case to the board, many issues were
included which were not just wage questions.
These were contract issues, such as the union
shop, incentives, seniority and local worikng con
ditions. Yet all were just as important and just as
controversial as the -money questions.
WSB set up a special panel to hear all these
points argued on their merits. Harry Shulman of
Yale was chairman. Industry members were John
Curry Bane, jr., of Pittsburgh and Admiral Earl
Mills of New York. Union members were Eli Oli
ver of the railway brotherhoods and Armold Cam
po of the steelworkers.
WSB members agree this was as high class a
panel as was ever assembled to handle any dispute
case. It handled the case fast, completing hearings
in New York February 16. Then it reported to the
full board, orally and in writing. Another month
was required for the board’s decision.
SIMILAR TO WORLD WAR II CASE
Incidentally, the comparable steel wage case in
World War 1I took over a year to settle. It, too, was
decided by an 8-to-4 vote, public and labor mem
bers approving, industry members disapproving.
The problem -of WSB Chairman Nathan P. Fein
singer and the four public members in the present
steel wage case was to reach fair and equitable
recommendations by majority vote, since the actual
bargaining had been transferred to the board by
labor and management.
This was illustrated when the union shop issue
came up for consideration. The first three motions
all failed. Labor union representatives first moved
that union shops be provided for. Public and indus
try members voted against it.
Industry members then moved that the union
_ shop be referred back to the unions and the com
panies, Public and labor voted No. :
Public members then moved that the issue be re
ferred back to the unions and the companies, with
the provise that if no agreement could be reached
by direct bargaining, the issue would come back to
the board. Labor and industry members voted
against that.
Public members then moved that the union shop
be accepted in principle, but that the precise form
should be worked out by the unions and the com
panies. This was to take into consideration the fact
that there are different union shop formulas now in
effect at such companies as General Motors, Cru
cible Stee]l and some railroads. The steel principals
would have to work out a formula of their own,
Public and labor . members voted for that, and it
carried.
FACTIONS COULDN'T AGREE ON INCREASE
On the wage issue, a great deal of time was de
voted to a'search for what each side would agree to
that a majority would accept. Labor proposed a
straight 18%% cents an hour, across-the-board in
crease. Public and industry menrbers voted No.
Industry members then voted a nine-cent in
crease, the nine cents to include all fringe increases.
Public and labor voted No.
The final recommendation which public and
labor members voted for was a 12%-cent increase
now, two and one-half cents more July 1, another
two and one-half cents January 1, 1953, and no re
opening of the contract for further wage adjust
ments till July 1, 1953—18 months away.
In the opinion of public members of WSB, this
recomrmendation was within the area of its discre
tion under its rules, On cost of living increases
alone, they claim that a 16-cents-an-hour increase
would have been justified to cover price advances
since October 15, 1950. This was the index used in
reaching agreement on the last steel wage contract,
which expired December 31, 1951.
Industry members, however, claim that the cost
of living increase should be only nine cents, going
back to the index of January 15, 1951.
Second and third shift increases of six and nine
cents &n hour, recommended by the WSB majority,
are said to be under differentials as high as seven
and one-half and 15 cents, in force in other indus
tries,
Finally it is claimed by the board public mem
bers that this time the steel wage was not leading
the parade in union labor rates. General Motors,
for instance, has had three four-cent productivity
increases which steelworkers do not get under the
WSB recommendations. Rubber workers have also
had increases which up to mow have not been
. matched in the steel industiy.
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Dulles Is True American Who
Puts Nation Over Party Lines
John Foster Dulles has done a wise thing in re
tiring at this time from Administration service in
foreign affairs. He can gracefully take the step,
since his major project is accomplished with Sen
ate ratification of the Japanese peace treaty which
he helped se mightily to draft and put across.
No case needs to be made out for Dulles’ qualifi
cations in the foreign field. He is an expert, and
the Republican party can be grateful that a man of
such experience is now available for future duty
should the GOP win the presidency this fall.
That is the significant point about his with
drawal. Had he remained identified with Adminis
tration foreign policy up to and perhaps beyond
the November elections, it would have been diffi
cult for a victorious Republican Party to have put
him to early use in prosecuting a different policy.
This way, a decent interval will elapse before any
possible change in the White House, and Dulles in
that period will have detached himself successfully
from all close contact with the Administration,
More than that, he will now be able to empha
size his separateness from the Democratic regime,
by openly critieizing various phases of both its
foreign and domestic program. Evidently he intends
to do just that.
If there are men in GOP councils who distrust
Dulles because of past links with the Administra
tion, this feeling in many cases is likely to be wiped
out by the criticismrs of Democratic policy he is ex
pected to utter in the months ahead. He can win
broad party loyalty by speaking out in support of a
new foreign affairs approach.
Inasmuch as the Japanese treaty had the sub
stantial backing of men in both parties, his identity
with that pact will be no handicap, but rather the
proof that Dulles has all the makings of a genuine
diplomat.
1t is to Dulles’ credit that he has found it possible
to work with an opposition party without crippling
his usefulness to his own party. Because real for
eign affairs specialists are all too few, this skill is
one for which not only Republicans but all Ameri
cans must be thankful. it assures his centinued
availability at a time when we can ill afford to be
without his services.
Should the Republicans not win in the fall, no
one should be greatly surprised if once more Dulles
is put to work by the opposing party. This switch
occurred when he entered the U. S. Senate briefly
a few years ago, and could very well happen again,
For though Dulles is deeply concerned to assert
his Republicanism, he is even more determined to
dedicate his service continuously to the cause of
America.
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Greeks Support U. S. Election
System
Behind U. S. Ambassador to Athens John E.
Peurifoy’s recent “interference” in Greek internal
affairs is an involved story. Before last fall’s Greek
elections, the U. S. government used its “influence”
to have the King name Field Marshal Papagos as
prime minister. When Ambassador Peurifoy found
that there was considerable personal dislike of the
King for the Field Marshal, this effort was dropped.
Next Nicholas Plastiras came to Ambassador
Peurifoy and asked American government backing
for his political support. Plastiras’ principal argu
ment was that it was now his turn to be prime min
ister. This appeal was denied and the U. S. em
bassy in Athens kept hands off of thé September
elections,
In this election, the Papagos Greek Rally party
won 114 seats in Parliament. The Plastiras Progres
sive Party won 81 seats. Former Prime Minister
Sophocles Venizelos’ Liberal Party won 57 seats.
Nobody had a majority of the 285-member Parlia
ment. Plastiras became prime minister by forming
an alliance with Venizelos. Actually, Plastiras has
been ill much of the time and Venizelos has been
running the government.
General Papagos has now called for new elections
with a simple majority-wins system to replace the
proportional representation system by which the
present Parliament was chosen. In the interest of
obtaining maximum use of American aid to Greece, |
Ambassador Peurifoy has supported this reform.
Plastiras favors it, too, but Venizelos opposes it
because he would lose by it. |
If a simple nrajority voting system like the Amer
ican system weer put into effect in Greece, Gen
eral Papagos’ party would probably win and he
would become prime minister,
This would fit in perfectly with what Ambassa
dor Peurifoy has thought all along would be in the
best Greek interests. He is being supported by most
of the Greek press and public opinion.
National rivalries which have caused us so much
mischief have brought us to the dawn of a new day
in Europe.—Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
We must vindicate the principles of Jacksonian
Democracy to . . . remain a government devoted
to the people.—Senator Estes Kefauver (D.-Tenn.).
Oh, Bob Taft and I get along all right. . . . He's
a fine man, but he's on the wrong side of the fence,
--President Truman.
After the pressure groups run over us . . . only
about 1,000,000 are actually available. . . . We
ought to be ashamed of ourselves.—Draft Director
Lewis B. Hershey.
The past two weeks (at the NATO conference)
have been a time of distoric decision. . . . They
have brought us to the dawn of a new day in Eu
rope.—Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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Putting Disauied To Work |s One
Way ToHelp In Nation's Defense
By SHERRY BOWEN
AP Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK-—America's “dis
abled” may get part of the credit
if the free world builds a defense
that prevents war. That is the re
port now being made to the U. S.
Office of Defense Mobilization
(ODM).
With it is a warning—the num
ber of disabled Americans is
growing so fast that unless some
thing is done about them their
care will cost so much there might
be a sharp drop in lving stand
ards for all Americans,
A team of experts studied the
problem of ODM request. Here is
the picture as they see it:
Two Million Disabled Jobless
About two million disabled
Americans, now idle, could be
trained to hold full-time jobs. One
estimate is that the labor shortage
because of defense will reach
about 1% million workers. :
Each year brings about 250,000
more disabled and that figure is
likely to grow. There are about
six million accident injuries a
year. Of these 1,850,000 are in
dustrial injuries to workers. Also
2,600,000 workers are hurt away
from their work.
The population is growing older
and there are more disabled
among old people, Medical skills
keep many alive who formerly
died — paraplegics, for example.
As our industries and cities grow
larger, accident dangers grow with
them.
Wars Take Toll
Wars also take their toll, After
Writer Says People Are Worrying
About Over-Population In World
By HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK, — Some people
don’t have enough worries in their
own lifetime. So they worry about
what of world their sons or grand
sons will have to face.
Among these knights of the
wrinkled brow ong of the favorite
frets is a fear that the earth will
become overpopupated.
This was a phobia in certain
circle long before Daniel Boone
movedwest because he felt eromp
ed whenever neighbors moved
whithin 40 miles of his cabin.
And today they can summon up
a lot of statistics to bloster their
contention that the stork ought to
be grounded for too much overtime
flying.
For example, they say, the big
bird is delivering about 220,000
squalling little bundles every day
throughout the world. Subtracting
the people who give up the mortal
struggle for one reason or another,
the sun rises every morning 0n%;11fi,-
000 more living human beings than
it did the day before.
This is true even on cloudy
mornings. The U. S. population is
growing at the rate of more than
four persons a minute, 250 an hour,
6,000 a day.
Woerld Problem
United Nations officials say the
same situation exists internation
ally. They say the world’s popula=-
tion—some 2,400,000,000 in 1950—
is increasing 22,000,000 annually.
By 1975 the U. S. census bureau
figures that the American popula=
tion, now over 155,000,000, will ex~
ceed 200,000,000. And that means,
says the U, S. Department of Agri
culture, that in 1975 there will be
a fifth dinner plate set at every
table where four people now sit.
~ Yes, for every four pounds of
meat, four quarts of milk, and
every four eggs we now produce,
the American family will need an
other pound, another quart, and
another egg—so that fifth person
won’'t have to go hungry.
That will require 10,000,000
more cattle, 20,000,000 more hogs,
3,333,000 more sheep .and lambs,
87,000,000 more laying hens and
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World War I the peak toll of the
disabled was 350,000. The World
War 11 disabled load is 1,728,000
and growing.
Social security helps the dis
abled, but that is just a means by
which those who work can sup
port those who do not.
New knowledge makes it possi
ble for more and more of the dis
abled to work and live as normal
people. But facilities to use this
knowledge are wholly inadequate,
The experts go on to say the
nation is now ready for a major
program of training for the dis
abled. Such a program would save
men and money for defense.
Communities Have Big Job
The major job would have to
be done by the local communities.
But business men, the states and
the federal government should
help. An important part of the
work would %c pooling of infor
mation,
World War IT mistakes are cited
to show that the wrong methods
can cause trouble.
One example given in the re
port points out the contrast be
tween what can be done and what
is being done.
A Boston company which writes
group insurance puts disabled
workers back to work in an aver
age of 6% months. The average
for those helped by the U. S. vo
cational training program is seven
years because of delay in starting
training.
6,000,000 more milk cows—unless
the present hens and cows can be
talked into giving a little more for
posterity.
; Strain Is Great
Can the U. S. economy be geared
up to meet that strain? Some
alarmists say no—that our prec
ious soil and other natural resour
ces are already being wasted too
fast as it is. Some of these sooth
sayers of disaster even believe
only a terrible third World War or
a flat plague will enable the teem
ing earth to solve the problem of
“overpopulation.”
But many scientists think the
world is on the threshold of greater
plenty rather than greater hunger.
They feel that the wonders of
chemical agriculture, new techni
ques of spurring plant and animal
growth, better methods of preserv
ing and storing food will mean
fewer empty bellies rather than
more.
It is the old battle of faith and
doubt. My belief goes on the side
of the test tube warriors, who have
already done much to make the
good earth better.
The globe is shrinking, but
science is justifying the homely
philosophy that guides many large
families— “there’s always enough
to feed one more.”
In any case, who is gaing to
ground that stork? The cynic may
bemoan the population growth.
The wise man goes into the diaper
business.
Community Food
Pricing Program
A “community food pricing” |
program has been started by the ;
Office of Price Stabilization under i
which ceiling price posters listing |
dollars-and-cents ceiling for many ,
standard grocery items have been
posted in three areas.
The three test areas are Fargo
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N. D,: Fresno, Calif.; and Jackson
ville, Fla. Posters have been put
up in all stores in the three ex
perimental areas. They list the
maximum price that grocers may
charge for between 350 and 400
“dry grocery” items, plus butter
and packaged cheese. While gro
cers may always charge less, they
may not legally charge more than
the prices listed on the posted. |
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Under the test program, grocers
no longer figure their own ceiling
prices for the items listed on the
poster. This is done by the local
OPS District Office. For some
time these offices have been mak
ing surveys to determine repre
sentative wholesale prices. To
these wholesale prices the OPS
office has applied the standard re
tail markups fixed in the OPS
TUESDAY, APKIL 1, 1952,
grocery regulations. The ¢, .
lating ceiling prices are printe on
separate posters for each s, .
group recoguized in the groc.,.,
regulations. These groups ra; ..
from the smallest stores to 1),
largest chaing and supermarkets.
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program 18 to discover whet),.,
community pricmf Is feasible ;..
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