2 (ScT 2 Statesman, Salem, Ore Friar, Oct 2, 1SS3
Rail Unions to
Open Drive for
Higher Wages
CLEVELAND Ul The four big
Independent rail unions, represent
ing nearly one-third of a million
men who operate the nation's rail
road trains, opened a drive Thurs
day for higher wages. ?
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers announced Wednesday
night it is seeking a flat 30 per
cent increase. General chairmen of
the union pn- each road will pre
sent the demands to the individual
railroad offices Thursday.
"' The Brotherhood of - Locomotive
Fireme n and Enginemen, the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and the Order of ; Railway Con
ductors are seeking a wage in
crease of Z7hi cents an hour. Their
demands had been announced ear-
. liar and notices of their desire for
a change are going out in the mail
The engineers' announcement
5,000,000 Food
Parcels Given to
East. Germans l;-
BERLXN tffl West Berlin's dis
tribution of food parcels to hungry
East Germans hit the five million
mark , Wednesday ; night. -, . ,4
City officials disclosed that many
packages of lard, flour and milk
all scarce in the Russian. Zone
have been given out -since' the
program,' conceived by the late
Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter and fi
nanced by the United States, got
underway July 27. -
' Distribution will stop as planned
Saturday, just about the hour of
funeral services for Reuter, who
died of a heart attack : Tuesday
night. I
The five million packages far
given out represented 13,000 tons
of food staples worth $3,930,000.
Distribution of winter clothing to
East Germans is in the planning
stage. .,
hinted the . demands woul '- be
backed up by strike action if neces
sary, j
Strauss Says
Russia Began '
H-Project First J
NEW YORK liT Chairman
Lewij L. Strauss, of the Atomic
Energy Commission said Wednes
day night he believes Russia start
ed development of the H-bomb some
time before we did with the help
of "espionage and treason. ;
'.-Strauss, in a speech at dinner
jof the National Security Industrial
Assn., said it was a "fortunate de
cision", that led the United States
to begin active development of the
hydrogen bomb in 1950.
"It proved to be a wise decision.
be added, when "the Soviets vita
their smaller industrial establish
nent were able to test a thermo
nuclear device within nine months
of our own.
, "If one concedes our industrial
and technical superiority," Strauss
said, "I can only deduce and
here I speak solely as an individual
that the Soviets had begun their
development of the weapon some
considerable time before we did
benefitting .through the espion
age and treason -of -which we have
been the victims."
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