United States Asks Jail for John L Lewis for Contempt of Court
Byrnes Presses
Discussion of
German Treaty
General Clay Urges
Two Zone Economic
Integration
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New York, Nov. 21 OT Sec
retary of State Byrnes was re
ported ready today to press tor
discussion of Germany by the
foreign ministers council the
next time the Big Four strike
a time-consuming snag in their
work on Italian and other satel
lite peace treaties
Following a conference with
Byrnes and British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin on eco
nomic merger of American
X and British German occupation
zones, Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay
told reporters he and Ambassa
dor Robert Murphy were stand
ing by here for the German
vAalks and for consultation with
3Byrnes on United States policy
Wtoward Germany.
Clay Urges Request
Clay is deputy commander in
the American zone and Murphy
is his top political adviser. While
preparing for the Big-Four at
tack on-long-range control and
development of the defeated ene
my country, they are also wind
ing up arrangements for the two
zone economic integration.
This step, Clay told a news
conference last night, should
make the two zones economical
ly self-sufficient in the next
three years but -meanwhile will
add many millions a year to
the American budget for im
porting food into the reich.
American expenditures for
this purpose, exclusive of mili
tary costs, presently amount o
$200,000,000 annually. The
British, with a larger population
to feed, are spending about twice
that much.
(Concluded on Fajre 17, Column 6)
Bevin Wants All
Arms Reported
Lake Success, N. Y., Nov. 21
(P) British Foreign Minister
Ernest Bovin said today that he
could not accept the Russian
. proposal for reports to the Unit
Led Nations on disposition of
firoops on foreign soil unless it
was amended to cover forces on
domestic fronts and the whole
! broad question of disarmament.
Bevin then formally proposed
that troops disposition and gen
eral disarmament be combined
into one subject for further dis
cussion immediately.
Bevin thus went a step farther
than the general position taken
by the United States and China,
which called for overall troop
reports but sought to keep the
questions of troop data and dis
armament separate.
These two powers merely ask
ed that Soviet Foreign Minister
V. M. Molotov's plan be broad
ened without flatly stating op
position. An American delegation
spokesman, stressing the desire
for inclusion of all forces in the
reports, said Russia "had come
, a long way" toward meeting the
tt, United Stales position.
Franco qualified its approval
of the Soviet proposal with a
suggestion that the UN fix the
exact needs for troops stationed
in ex-enemy states such as Ger
many. Bevin, making his first speech
before the UN here in commit
tee, stressed that the subjects of
disarmament and troops dispo
sitions were really one.
iPari-Mutuel Races
Nef State $513,117
Pari-mutuel racing revenues
for 1946 netted the state $513,
117, 28 percent more than last
year's $398,755, figures releas
ed by Secretary of State Robert
S. Farrell, Jr., showed today.
Each of Oregon's 36 counties
received $5,938 of the $213,800
collected since Aug. 8. Total for
1846 received by each of the
counties was $9,755.
Other distributions included
$35,000 to the state fair; $35,000
Pacific International Livestock
Exposition; $5,000, Eastern Ore
gon Livestock Show; $1,2100,
Northwest Turkey Show; $5,
000, Pendleton Roundup, and
$80,717, state general fund.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Cloudy with continued light
rains tonight and Friday. Slight
ly warmer temperatures for Fri
day. Lowest temperature tonight,
38 degrees. Maximum yesterday,
44. Minimum, today. 38. Mean
temperature yesterday, 40. which
was 5 below normal. Total 24
hour precipitation to 11:30 a.m.
today. .37. Total precipitation
for the month. .3.80. which is
.10 of inch below normal. Wil
lamette river height: 8.5 feet.
Cold Wave Grips
Northwest as
Snow Piles-up
(By the Associated Press)
The mid-November cold wave
continued to grip the Pacific
northwest today from Medford,
Ore., well into British Columbia
as the weather bureau gave rise
to slight hopes of relief with
the prediction that occasional
snow flurries today would
change to "occasional rain" Fri
day. Another storm like that which
punished northern California
and southern Oregon Monday
and Tuesday was forecast for
today by the weather bureau,
which ordered storm warnings
posted from Point Conception,
near Santa Barbara, Calif., to
Cape Blanco, halfway up the
Oregon coast, until 10 p.m. to
night. Southerly winds of from
strong to gale proportions were
forecast, accompanied by rain.
Snow was predicted in the
mountains.
Six Fatalities
The storm-caused death toll
increased to six last night
five in Washington and one in
British Columbia. Mrs. Irene
Davis Buell, 25, wed at Helena,
Mont., five days before, was
fatally injured when her car
ran off the snowy highway at
Eltopia, en route to Pasco, and
an elderly man; identified as
Hans Rasmussen, 35, was found
dead beside his boat at a Seattle
wharf. Police expressed belief
he had slipped during the first
snowfall Monday.
In Oregon, snow was falling
today along the Columbia river
from Troutdale, just east of
Portland, to Arlington. Tem
peratures in the eastern part of
the state were low, with Pen
dleton reporting 21 degrees at
9:30 a.m. Elsewhere, Grants
Pass was digging out from under
yesterday's heavy fall which
hampered highway travel, and
Crater Lake national park re
ported 42 inches with one-way
road travel open, except from
park headquarters to the ?im,
where the road was closed. ;
Greeks Victors
In Skra Bottle
Athens, Ncv. 21 P) An offi
cial announcement today said
the nine-day "Battle of Skra,"
in. the Vardar valley six miles
from the Yugoslav frontier, had
been terminated and that Gen
eral Ventiris, commander of the
Greek third army corps, had
returnen to his headquarters in
Salonika
In earlier reports, the army
said leftist raiders, described as
having come from across the
Yugoslav border, had been driv
en back after bloody fighting
which resulted in casualties and
the destruction of several vil
lages. Three newspapers in Athens
containing a purported "com
munist party communique" de
nying that the bands in northern
Greece were receiving aid from
outside the country were seized
early today by police, but later
were allowed to publish after
removing the article.
A spokesman for EAM (na
tional liberation front) and KKE
(the communist party) said he
had no knowledge of the alleged
"communique" and "no idea
how it came here nor how it was
distributed." He added that "it
was not an official statement
from the communist party."
Ball Wants Republicans to
Consult Truman on Labor Bills
Washington, Nov. 21 (Pi Senator Ball (R Minn.) said today
he thinks congressional republicans ought to seek President Tru
man's cooperation in any changes they propose in existing labor
laws. "When we have finished
drafting our bills, I think we
ought to go down to the White
House, lay them before the
president and ask him if he ob
jects to any of their features,"
the Minnesota senator told a re
porter. "Perhaps in that way
we can work out legislation that
will not be vetoed."
Ball is a member of a senate
GOP subcommittee assigned to
the task of drafting labor bills.
His proposal represented the
first concrete indication that the
republicans may meet the presi
dent half way in his post-election
offer of cooperation with
the new congressional majority
on measures for the nation's
benefit.
Ball is now drafting revision
of some sections of the Case
strike control bill which Mr.
Outlook for
Wrecked Fliers
Held Hopeless
Paris, Nov. 21 (P) American
authorities at Orly airfield said
tonight they feared the outlook
was virtually hopeless for the 11
persons aboard a crashed C-53
transport unless rescue crews
reached within a few hours the
spot in the Alps where the plane
came down two days ago.
They pointed out the 12,000-foot-higl.
area was swept by bit
ter winds. U. S. army head
quarter,! at Frankfurt reported
a radio message saying eight of
the 11 vere stretcher cases.
The passengers included a
brigadier general, Loyal M.
Haynes and the wives of three
brigadier generals.
Some One Sighted
The Lyon airport radio station
reported a message that "some
one on the ground" had been
sighted but it did not know
whether this referred to the
plane's cccupants or to rescue
parties toiling up the snow-clad
slopes of the Mt. Cenis region.
A mysterious radio message
led to a premature announce
ment of the plane's discovery.
Col. Hilbert F. Muenter, com
mander ot the U. S. European
Air Transport service, made the
announcement and then with
drew it. This message, saying
the wreckage had been sighted
on a glacier, was attributed to
one of the search planes, but
other planes said they had no
knowledge of t.
"We Want to Live"
The Lyon-Bron radio an
nounced a message from the
C-53 at 5 p.m. (8 a.m., PST) say
ing "We want to live."
A C-54 circled the area 10
hours in clear weather without
sighting any wreckage. The
weather was beginning to close
in as the pilot left the district.
Earlier, the Istres airport said
a Panamerican Airways plane
had sighted the transport, but
Panamsrican reported from its
Turin office that none of its
planes landed there had sighted
the wreckage.
List of Passengers
Those aboard the C-53 trans
port: Brig. Gen. Loyal M. Haynes,
head of Gen. Mark W. Clark's
advisory group in Austria, of
Manchester, Iowa, and Wash
ington, D. C; Mrs. L. M. Haynes;
Mrs. Ralph Tate, Louisville, Ky.,
and Alexandria, Va., wife of
Brig. Gon Ralph H. Tate, dep
uty commander in Austria, and
mother of the plane's pilot;
Capt. R?1ph H. Tate, Jr., pilot;
Col. William C. McMahon, Buf
falo, retiring chief of staff in
Austria: Mrs. W. C. McMahon;
Alice McMahon, 11; Mrs. Alber
ta Snavely, Surfside, Calif., wife
of Brig Gen. Ralph Snavely,
chief of the air division in Aus
tria; 2nd Lt. Irving Mathews,
Richmond, Va., co-pilot; Sgt.
Louis C. Hill, Portales, N. M.,
radio operator; SSgt. Wayne G.
Folsom, Postville, Iowa, engi
neer. Unmasked Robber
Gets $932 From Cafe
Portland, Nov. 21 (U.R An
unmasked gunman walked out
of the Coffee Cup cafe, on Port
land's cast side, with $932 cash
late Wednesday after threaten
ing the operator, James Hyde.
Hyde told police the robber
calmly walked past a man and
woman customer on his way out
with the loot.
Truman vetoed last summer. He
said he plans provisions making
unions subject to suit for viola
tion of contracts, banning secon
dary boycotts and "equalizing"
employer and employe status
under the Wagner act.
Senate republicans are ex
pected to go along generally
with such changes. Senator
Elbert Thomas (D Utah), for
mer chairman of the labor com
mittee, indicated that he and
many other democrats recognize
that some alterations are in or
der. Thomas, who has opposed any
change in the Wagner act and
other basic labor laws in the
past, said he hopes the republi
cans will point toward "con
structive" changes.
irSfdig.,, i JWgN.
Minnesota Deer Hunter Is Killed Coroner Frank Gotlry exam
ines the body of Carl Holmdahl, 21, of St. Paul, killed by a bullet
intended for a deer near Pine City, Minn. Holmdahl was shot as
he stood watching a companion start to clean a deer shot just a
few minutes before (carcass left of Holmdahl's body). Taking
notes is Lew Fiero, state parks director. (AP Wirephoto.)
4 Persons Critically 111
From Food Poisoning
Four persons became critically ill Thursday at the North Salem
motel, 2673 Portland road, with what is believed to be botulinus
food poisoning. They are Mr. and Mrs. Grover Ritchie, 242 South
E street, Oxnard, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Ritchie of Cof
feyville, Kans. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ritchie were taken to Salem
Deaconess hospital at noon. The
two others remain in their rooms
at the motel.
The two men are brothers of
the late J. W. Ritchie of Salem
who was agent here for the
Oregon Electric Railway com
pany. They became ill after
having dinner late Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Ritchie, 270 North 20th, where
hamburger and string beans
were reported on the table.
. Puzzling to the attending phy
sician and first-aid attendants,
however, if the case proves to
be botulinus, is the circum
stance that no one else is re
ported ill. Police investigated
just before noon to find out if
the Salem relative or some stu
dents who live at her home were
ill.
(Concluded on rate 17, Column t)
Dairy Product
Prices at Peak
Washington, Nov. 21 VP) The
agriculture department said to
day dairy product prices have
about reached their peak for
this year and should begin to
decline after production starts
a seasonal increase within a
few weeks.
It said the prospective upturn
in producton will be accompa
nied, as a price influencing fac
tor, by indications that consum
ers are beginning to spend less
for food as industrial products
become available in larger
quantities.
Reflecting resistance to price
increases and heavy demand for
milk for manufactured products,
the consumption of fluid milk
and cream has declined more
than normal at this time, of the
year.
Much of the cream has gone
into the production of cream
ery butter. The department
said that despite an increase in
the rate of butter production
this fall, the 1946 production
will be little more than 1,100,
000,000 pounds compared with
1,362.000,000 last year and a
1935-39 average of 1,691,000,
000. The department predicted
that December and January sup
plies of creamery butter will be
smaller than in the same months
last year because storage stocks
are much smaller.
Gearhart Buys Land
For Public Beach
Gearhart, Ore, Nov. 21 (U.RJ
The city of Gearhart has an
nounced the purchase of more
than 4500 feet of beach front
and tidal land on the Pacific
ocean and the Nccanicum river
for public beach use.
The land, comprising three
long, narrow tracts along the
water limits of the city, was
purchased from the O. W. Tay
lor estate at a price of $3000,
according to George C. Lindner,
city auditor.
Jr. Wffl
Truman Takes
Submarine Trip
Key West, Fla., Nov. 21 (ZD
President Truman went 440
feet down into the Atlantic to
day on a captured German sub
marine while his cabinet car
ried on a fight with John L.
Lewis over the closing of the
nation's N.soft coal mines.
Members of his party said
Mr. Truman had not heard
from Washington where a peti
tion pressing contempt proceed
ings against the chief of the
United Mine Workers was pre
pared. While one of the' most im
portant battles of his own ca
reer proceeded at Washington,
the president witnessed simu
lated battle problems from the
control room while submerged
at 440 feet, and from the con
ning tower while surfaced. He
was the first president ever to
submerge in a submarine.
His primary interest was in
the "schnorkel," a two - way
tube device which enables sub
marines to recharge their bat
teries while submerged.
This device, which provides
both exhaust and intake for en
gines, was invented by the Ger
mans toward the close of the
war. Nearing perfection, its
purpose was to keep subma
rines submerged for long per
iods on raiding operations.
As part of the simulated bat
tle problems, a destroyer drop
ped two depth charge attacks
on an imaginary target 2,000
yards off the beam. The ex
plosions, which occurred while
the submarine was surfaced,
could be heard and felt aboard
the U-boat which flew the
president's own flag.
Coal Strike fo Hit
Portland Brick Plant
Portland, Ore., Nov. 21 (U.R)
The coal strike within a week
may cause a 60 per cent reduc
tion in the output of one of the
largest producers of bricks in
the Portland area, H. R. Kreil
zer, vice president of the Colum
bia Brick Works at Grcsham,
said here last night.
Kreitzer said his firm has
enough coal on hand to keep
the kiln fires going only for a
week. He reported that 75 per
cent of the company's output is
earmarked for veterans' housing
and the ether 25 per cent going
to commercial building approv
ed by '.he civilian production
administration.
Kreitzer said that, once the
kiln fires go out, it would take
a month to resume production.
Spares With New Autos
Washington, Nov. 21 iPi The
civilian production administra
tion has decided that after De
cember 16 new automobiles may
be sold with a spare tire and
tube for the first time since
1942, when wartime restrictions
were imposed.
Miners of Hard
Coal Also Join
In Walkout
Pittsburgh, Nov. 21 OP) A
general walkout by the United
Mine Workers shut down the na
tion's soft coal industry today
The 400,000 United Mine Work.
ers in the bituminous fields
predicated their walkout upon
what John L, Lewis regarded as
a termination of the union's con
tract with the government.
The walkouts spread into the
anthracite field of Pennsylvania
with 7,500 employes of eight
large mines quitting work. The
hard coal industry employs 80,-
000 miners, who are under
contract separate from the bitu
minous one.
The situation in the fields was
generally calm. Miners simply
failed to show up at the pits.
Old Glory Still Flics
The Stars and Stripes sym
bol of government management
of the mines still waved over
mine properties deserted by
grimy-faced coal diggers who
chose not to heed the govern
inent's plea that they remain at
work.
The s(ale-by-state picture:
West Virginia All 102,000
miners walked off jobs at 605
commercial pits in the nation's
leading coal state. The Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad expect
ed to reduce shifting crews as
soon as all coal is pulled from
sidings.
All Coal Miners Quit
Pennsylvania All 100,000
soft coal miners in western
Pennsylvania idle. Walkouts
spread to anthracite fields env
ploying 80,000 in eastern Penn
sylvania.
Kentucky All the slate's
50,000 UMW miners were idle,
closing 260 'large mines. Ap
proximately 1,000 progressive
mine workers were still on the
job in four large mines and
about 5,000 independents were
working 1,250 small truck
mines.' ' (
Illinois All mines employing
UMW members closed, idling
20,000. About 850 progressive
mine workers also did not re
port for work. However, other
progressive mines operated. The
progressives have about 18,000
members in the state.
In Other States
Alabama UMW mines in the
southern steel state were down
100 percent, idling 20,000. Some
2,000 men kept working at non
union operations.
Maryland 100 percent walk
out in western Maryland's two
coal-producing counties, nor
mally employing 2,500. A
spokesman for one group of
miners said they would be per
mitted to dig coal for a miners'
hospital and local schools' if
fuel supplies run out.
Other states reporting com
plete walkouts, included Ohio,
20,000 miners; Virginia, 16,000;
Indiana, 8,000 and New Mexico
1,300.
The nation-wide shutdown of
soft coal choked off the flow of
fuel to industries and homes.
Portland Landlords Sued
Portland, Nov. 21 (Pi OPA
has asked the federal court here
to order three Portland land
lords to pay treble damages on
alleged tenant overcharges. OPA
asks one-third payment to the
tenants ar.d two-thirds to the
government in the first suit
brought here under the supreme
court dfcision authorizing restitution.
Secret Referendum Extends
Maritime Strike Until Monday
San Francisco, Nov. 21 U.R) A secret referendum by AFL
Masters, Mates and Pilots on contract proposals appeared certain
today of extending the 52-day west coast maritime strike to
Monday.
Capt. C. F. May, president
of West Coast local 90, expressed
some doubt over the outcome of
the voting. He said the em
ployers' offer did not include
the same sort of union security
clause as that gained by the
AFL cast coast deck officers.
AFL pickets appeared along
west coast waterfronts yester
day, replacing CIO pickets from
the international longshoremen's
and warehousemen's union and
the marine engineers beneficial
association. Both of the CIO
unions had signed agreements
with employers and officially
called off their strike yester
day morning.
May said it would take at
least 48 hours for the referen
dum to be completed. He said
Shuts Down All Soft Coal Mines
Papers Presented Court by Assistant Attorney
General John Sonnett After Approval by Clark
Decision Expected Shortly
Washington, Nov. 21 P) Assistant Attorney General John Son
nett left the justice department for federal court at 3:15 p.m.,
today to ask that John L. Lewis be cited for contempt.
Sonnett arrived at the district court building a few minutes
later and promptly went into the chambers of Judge T. Alan
Gold.iorough.
Judge Goldsborough, who enjoined Lewis from permitting a
coal mine walkout last Monday an injunction which Lewis had
disregarded had adjourned his court several hours earlier.
The government's petition could be acted on In chambers,
however.
Goldsborough issued an order last Monday directing Lewis to
recall his notice to the government ending the miners' contract as
ot last midnight. Lewis did not do so. Today reports indicated
thet virtually all of his 400,000 soft coal miners were idle and pro
duction of the vitally needed
fuel was grinding to a halt.
Reports from the field indi
cated some anthracite miners
were joining the 400,000 bitu
minous diggers in a stoppage
that could eventually touch all
industry. Work suspension came
in the face of government pleas
to keep the mines going.
Lewis, who disregarded a
court order to restore the ef
fectiveness of the miners' con
tract with the government, con
tinued silent.
The United Mine Worker boss
was. at his home in suburban
Alexandria, Va., and as the
morning passed there was no in
dication that he planned to
come into his Washington un
ion headquarters. There were
indications there that Lewis
may have made arrangements
for an extended absence from
his office. It was known that
he spent much ot yesterday an
swering mail and otherwise
clearing his desk of pending
business.
Curtail Hearing
Orders went out to cushion
the impact of a prospective coal
famine.
Federal Works Administra
tor Philip B. Fleming ordered
a return to wartime heating and
lighting strictures in all federal
buildings throughout the coun
try which depend on coal.
Fleming said he will seek to
reduce temperatures to the
wartime level of 68 degrees.
The order affects approximate
ly 300 buildings in the capital
alone.
The civilian production ad
ministration prepared a direc
tive designed to help ration ar
tificial gas, produced from coal.
The same agency pondered an
electricity conservation order.
Petition Drawn Up
Assistant Attorney General
John Sonnett awaited only the
word- from Attorney General
Tom Clark before presenting
the contempt citation before
Judge Goldsborough.
The petition, it was learned,
was drawn up by Clark, Son
nett, and other government law
yers. The finishing touches were
applied at a staff conference
this morning.
In all-out action, the admin
istration was reported also pre
paring to seek punishment for
any local union leaders or oth
ers who are found to be en
couraging a strike.
A high authority said this is
t h e government's operating
plan under President Truman's
instructions to "fight this one
out to the finish."
Sales Tax a Necessity
Portland, Nov. 21 (P) Ore
gon may be forced eventually
to resort to a sales lax to gain
revenue to meet obligations,
State Legislator Joseph E. Har
vey told a retail trade bureau
meeting here. His comment
come after Dr. F. H, Dnmmasch
said the stale faces a deficit if
all budget requests now filed
are approved.
the pickets went on duty in the
meantime "to protect our in
terests." Omar Ho.skins, federal con
ciliator, said that as soon as
the referendum results were
known he would call union lead
ers and the Pacific American
shipowners' association together
again, cither to sign a contract
or for renewed negotiations.
Meanwhile, fresh waterfront
trouble broke out in the Pugct
Sound area of the Pacific north
west when 900 AFL longshore
men walked out at four ports
as negotiations over a new con
tract broke down. Ports affected
were Seattle, Tacoma, Anacortes
and Port Angeles, all in Wash
ington.
Strike Chest
Of Coal Miners
Washington, Nov. 21 (IP) La
bor experts differed today on
how long John L. Lewis' coal
miners could hold out In
fight-to-the-finish strike.
On one point most of them
agreed: the miners generally
lead a hand-to-mouth existence,
even at top pay of $75.25 a
week, and few have cash re
serves in the bank.
But in past strikes, notably
in last spring's 59-day walkout,
the miners and their families
have undergone little if any ac
tual suffering from hunger.
For one thing, the thrifty
wives usually keep a "war
chest" of supplies stored away
in their cupboards against just
such a rainy day. Then, too, a
good many of the miners are
skilled hunters and the pits
lie in some of the finest hunting
land in the country.
Although the union has an
estimated $13,500,000 reserve.
it does not generally disburse
relief funds in strikes. At best,
it would be a drop in the bucket
for the 400,000 miners In a long
strike. Nor could they count
much on stale help to weather
the storm, since most states re
ported they will give no unem
ployment compensation to
miners on strike.
In a pinch, the union might
revert to past practice. Years
ago, striking miners paid their
bills with union-backed scrip
which was accepted by stores.
Washington
Mines Closed
Seattle, Nov. 21 W Wash
ington state's coal mines, which
produce an estimated 4,500 tons
daily, were closed down today
in the nationwide miners walk
out, Lieut. Comdr. L. A. Judin,
area representative of the coal
mines administration, said on
the basis of early-forenoon re
ports. The large Roslyn-Cle Elum
field, with about 500 of the
state's 1200 miners was among
the first to report. Other small
er mines also closed, he said,
were the Big 4 mines at Elko,
east of here, which supplies the
University of Washington, the
Renton Mining Co., the Bianco
Coal Mines and the Wilkeson
Wingate operations.
Maintenance men were being
kept in the mines, Commander
Judin said, In line with the
usuel policy of the United Mine
Workers union.
At Bellingham, 150 miners
failed to report at the mines
there, O. A. Rhinehart, presi
dent of the Bellingham union
local, said. The mine has been
operating only one shift.
The shutdown comes at
time when the slate's coal sup
plies are at an extremely low
level, the solid fuels administra
tion office said.
Mt. Angel College
Gets Vets Buildings
Washington, Nov. 21 (U.B
Mount Angel college nd semi
nary. Mount Angel, Ore., will
receive surplus government
owned structures to be convert
ed into facilities for classrooms,
library, study hall and offices
to enable it to accommodate an
increased enrollment of vet
erans studying under the GI bill
or rights, Maj. Gen. Philip B".
Fleming, federal works adminis
trator, announced today in ap
proving the school's applica
tion. The added facilities will en
able the school to accommodate
400 students, 200 of whom are
expected to be veterans. This
compares with the estimated
maximum capacity, with pres
ent facilities, of 300 students, in
cluding 100 veterans, George H.
Field, commissioner of the bu
reau of community facilities,
FWA, said.