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Bulk Of Roosevelt's Personal And Political Papers blade Public Hvdt Park. N. T.. Mar. 17 One caper showed that two Roosevelt library, emphasized that in no case was a document restricted to protect the memory of the late president. "There is no necessity to pro tect Roosevelt," Kahn said. "He is dead. There is nothing that could be said about him now that could damage him materially or hurt his feelings or affect his po litical career, and certainly noth ing worse than has been printed." Kahn, one of four men who spent more than a year catalog ing the papers to make them available to qualified research ers, said he did not believe any of them would cause "any revo lutionary upheaval" in modern historical writing or affect the fundamentals of the known Roosevelt story in "any import ant way." Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow Jess Larson, head of the General Services administration, "This action we are taking is a simple indication of the faith of democ racy in truth." President Truman wrote: "This huge collection will fur nish rich source material for an interpretation of one of the most momentous periods in American history. Some other officials of the period have contributed their papers to augment this col lection; I trust that many others will come forward and add their brary- Other public figures have promised their official papers, but library officials said they would have to make such an nouncements themselves. The 15 per cent of the papers still restricted will he reviewed periodically and added to the open collection as soon as pos sible. Meanwhile, they may be made available only with the permission of the president of the United States. None of Mr. Roosevelt's per tire collection are letters from ordinary citizens. They range in the sample group of documents, from an angry 1036 epistle about taxes to friendly advice on hof to make a speech from "A.G.C., a democrat" to Governor Roose velt in 1931. "A.G.C." commend ed to Mr. Roosevelt's attention the "kindly and sympathetic manner" of President Hoover and New York's Mayor James J. Walker. The presidential papers re main in four general categories, as received from the White House, and have not been in dexed, Kahn said. The largest section is that containing letters from "ordinary Toms, Dicks and Harrys" filed alphabetically by the name of the sender and chronologically within the al (U.R)the bulk of Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal and politi cal papers were made public to day, revealing new sides to his colorful personality. The 3,000,000 pages of papers cover all of Mr. Roosevelt's life from an announceemnt message written by his father a few min utes after his birth to what are believed to be the last words he wrote "Let us go forward with strong and active faith." It was revealed that like many another person he attempted from an announcement message diary, but never was able to stick to it. He also was a frustrated nov elist, having started an historical novel about a business tycoon. But he only finished two pages. phabetic group. Every letter received by tha president is at least noted. An other similar file contains some 50,000 folders of letters from persons or organizations known personally to Mr. Roosevelt. Tha third section includes corre spondence concerning the super vision of government agencies. The fourth and smallest group is the confidential file kept by Mr. Roosevelt's personal secre tary in his own office. About 55 to 60 per cent of that file was opened today. Kahn said that in some cases material which was highly criti cal of Mr. Roosevelt was in the open files, while rebuttal to it re mained in the restricted files be cause of its association with per sons still living. days before Pearl Harbor Mr. Roosevelt invited the late Wen dell Willkie to go to Australia and New Zealand as his personal representative but told him the Japanese situation was "definite ly serious" and "perhaps the next four or five days will de cide" whether "an armed clash" might develop. In a letter written in the spring of 1928, Mr. Roosevelt de scribed Herbert Hoover, then candidate for republican presi dential nomination, as "an old, personal friend of mine." About 15 per cent of the presi dential papers were withheld be cause they deal with persons still living and to protect state sec rets. However, Herbert Kahn, the director of the Franklin D. of the 32nd president, was among the speakers at opening cere monies of the small stone library building a few hundred yards from the Roosevelt Hyde Park home. Today is the 45th anni versary of their marriage. Mr. Roosevelt was the first American president to leave his presidential and personal papers to the nation. Never before have a president's private files been opened for publication so soon after his death. Even the papers of John and John Quincy Adams are available today only with the permission of their descendants. "In a world where millions are living under the horrors of communist torture and terror," President Truman said in a mes sage read at the ceremony by sonal lamny papers was in tne papers to this collection in orderj gift to tne government. Kahn that we may nave the means lor a fuller understanding of these years." The papers of the late Harry Hopkins, the late John Winant, and Henry Morgenthau already have been deposited with the li said that no member of the Roosevelt family had any part in the selection of the papers to be opened, nor had any member asked to have a part. Kahn estimated that 60 to 65 per cent of the papers in the en Medford 44th Year 20 Pages Available Planes Put Into Service To Find Lost Boat Navy Net Tender Four Days Overdue Pearl Harbor. T. H., Mar. 17 (U.R) All available search planes in the mid-Pacific today were ordered into the hunt for a navy net tender with 40 men aboard, mysteriously missing on a voy age to the atomic proving grounds. Rear Adm. Charles H. Mc Morgris, commander of Pacific rescue operations, also ordered three naval vessels into the search for the U. S. S. Eldei, which is four days overdue on a 10-day, 2.600-mile trip from Ha waii to Eniwetok. To Lay Buoys The Elder was en route to Eniwetok to lay navigational buoys in preparation for the spring atomic weapons tests. Nine planes, eight four-en-gined Privateer patrol bombers and one utility craft, are all of the rescue planes which can pres ently be spared for the operation, McMorgris said. Two B-17 "Dumbo" rescue planes now in Hawaii cannot be sent into the search, he said, or the Hawaiian sea frontier would be left without planes equipped to parachute a lifeboat. McMorgris said all military air transport planes, flying reg ular trans-Pacific routes, have been diverted to fly over the search area. They will not be re moved from their regular runs, however, he said. Vessels Despatched Surface vessels ordered to the search area, 700 miles east of Eniwetok, are the destroyer tender U. S. S. Piedmont, the net tender U. S. S. Deliverer and the LSD Comstock. Meanwhile, four Privateers, which left Oahu last night for Kwajalein, refueled at Johnston island and continued their flight, intending to conduct a sweeping search along the Elder's course. Aboard one of the planes was Lt. Cmdr. Clifton B. Davis, a search specialist, who will take command of the rescue operation on his arrival at Kwajalein. Philadelphia, Mar. 17 (U.R! fllie A OA -1. .. i .f ' UilllUCI, U-T, IIIC1I1 111(111 Ul the board of Gimbei Brothers. In. AiaA . Ui PahII fit.. ..awtment today after a four i riay illness. Radio Highlights Opening of the Roosevelt papers at Hyde Park Saturday afternoon will be the occaiion for an NBC feature with Mrs. Roosevelt, Judge Samuel Rose man and Dr. Waldo Gifford Ltland speaking and Radio Commentator W. W. Chaplin reading excerpts from the let ters. The feature will be broad cast here by KMED from 2:30 to 2:45 p. m. (gMflfo) Ingrid Planning Return to Carry On Custody Battle Hollywood. Mar. 17 U R Ingrid Bergman will return to Hollywood to "make the fight of her life" for custody of her daughter against charges that she is "unfit ' to have the child, her attorney said today. Determined To Fight "Ingrid is determined to make the fight of her life for posses sion of Pia." Attorney Greg Bautzer said. "The foremost thing in her life is the custody of her child." Bautzer s disclosure of the Swedish actress' intentions fol lowed Dr. Peter Lindstrom'a an nouncement yesterday that he intends to file suit for divorce d demand custody of Pia. the iruple's 12 year-old daughter. In Washineton. meanwhile. Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, .. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, HOT Everyone's Irish Today To Honor Good St. Pat Everyone's Irish today. And rare indeed was the one who didn't manage to get a bit of Emerald Isle's color in their clothing. Many had but a bit of ribbon in the hair, and some a sprig of greenery on the lapel. All in honor of the good St. Patrick. But little Ireland covered the earth today. And even one whose grandparents came from Smolensk carefully explained that the hamlet is a small one in the south of County Cork. Outstanding, perhaps, was Paul Hanlin, deputy United States marshal here, resplen dent in a green shirt in honor of his visiting father. John Hanlin. one of the few. genu ine, dyed-in-the-wool natives of the auld sod in town today. More Margarine Expected To Be Eaten This Year Washington, Mar. 17 (U.R) Agriculture department officials predicted today that Americans will eat less butter and more margarine this year than last. They said this trend will be come apparent even before fed eral taxes on oleo are lifted July 1, under the bill signed yester day by President Truman. Even with the taxes, margar ine now has a price advantage over butter. The government's butter price support program is holding retail prices of butter at a level about 2'4 times higher than margarine prices. Tradi tionally, butter has retailed for only about twice as much as margarine. A spokesman for the National Association of Margarine Manu facturers said the tax repeal will increase total margarine sales, "but how much, nobody knows." He said that when the 10-cents-a-pound federal tax on colored oleo goes off July 1, the price of colored margarine will drop the full 10 cents. Sales of yellow margarine in recent months, even with the tax, have been breaking all. rec ords. But this has been offset by a drpp in sales of uncolored mar garine on which the federal tax is one-fourth cent a pound. Snow Failing Today At Crater Lake Park It was snowing at Crater Lake national park this morning and seven and a half inches of snow has fallen in the past 24 hours, making a total depth of 135 inches. Radio reports from the park say skiing conditions arc good. The road from Annie Springs to the rim of the lake was closed this morning but was ex pected to be open by noon. Oth er roads are open but chains are required. Prineville, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R) The City of Prineville railroad is going to switch from steam to diescl locomotion. Colo.), said he would oppose the reentry of Miss Bergman or her lover, Roberto Rossellini, into this country. "Since both of these alien characters are guilty of moral turpitude," he said, "they can not set foot on American soil un der our immigration laws." Television Planned Johnson made his stalements in a letter to Chairman Wayne Coy of the federal communica tion to oppose a "disturbing" ru mor that Miss Bergman and Ros sellini planned to appear on U. S. television networks. "It would appear from this story that Rossellini is so anx ious to pick up American dol lars that he now plans to use television to exhibit his "fallen star' in the American home," he said. Bridges Called Fraud And Faker San Francisco, Mar. 17 (U.R) Special Prosecutor F. Joseph Donohuc ended his summary of the government case in the Harry Bridges perjury-conspir acy trial today by describing the longshore cmef as a iraud ana a faker . . . who serves the whims of the Soviet Union." Winding up a day and one half of argument. Donohue drew character sketches of Bridges and his two co-defendants as the pro secution wants the jury to sec them. Bridges, he said, is "clever, egotistical, a dangerous man with a greed, a lust for power . , . turning to the communist party for that power ... a fraud and a faker, whose devotion to the union is a mask with which he serves the whims of the Soviet Union." Sieaking of Bridges' co-defend-1 ants, J. R. Robertson and Henry Schmidt, Donohue said: "Robertson ... the man who didn't have sense enough to keep ouict . . . dull and unimagina tive, but a pretty good man when you spell out the line for him . . . a pretty good rabble rouser." "Schmidt . . . surly . . . cun ning . . . cold . . . ruthless . . . a communist party member who gave Henry Schrumpf (a gov ernment witness) his party card . . . a man who had to hide be- Scientists Develop Heaviest Known Atom Berkeley, Cal., Mar. 17 (U.Ri Scientists have made another atom in the laboratory, the heav iest ever known. It is element 98, named cali fornium, named for the state and the university that produced it. The researchers who reported the discovery are Drs. Stanley G. Thompson, Kenneth Street Jr., Albert Ghiorso and Glenn T. Seaborg, all of the University of California's radiation labora tory and chemistry department. Element 98 stands six steps up the periodic table from uranium, the most massive atom in nature. All the atoms, from 93 on, are man-made. Californium was made by bombarding clement 96, one of the "synthetic" atoms, with 35, 000,000 electron-volt alpha par ticles (the nuclei of helium atoms) fired from the univer sity's 60-inch crockcr cyclotron. Club Will Celebrate 100th Anniversary 93 Years In Advance Portland. Or., Mar. 17 The Press club of Oregon an nounced today that it will cele brate its 100th anniversary 93 years in advance in view of the serious world situation. "The way things are going with the hydrogen bomb, and so forth, it doesn't look like there will be anybody around In 2043." said Homer Welch, preiident of the Press club. The Press club of Oregon was founded In 1943. "We will celebrate our cen tennial while there is still time," Welch added. He also added that the cen tennial will be observed on Saturday night, April 1. Military Construction Measure Is Delayed Washington. Mar. 17 (U.R) The house armed services com mittee today delayed for at least a week final approval of a pro posed $665,000,000 military con struction bill. .With all but a handful of pro jects already tentatively approv ed, the committee bogged down today in controversy over a $3. 000.000 item for construction of a 31-mile railroad to connect marine bases at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune, N.C Tribune 1950 -NO. 302 hind the skirts of his own daugh ter and testify as to his truth, honesty and integrity. Maybe his wife, whom they didn't call, could have given a truer pic ture." Defense Takes Over Defense Attorney Vincent Hal linan took the floor at the end of the prosecution argument, to launch an estimated five days of defense summation. Before his final remarks, Donohue admitted that two key government witnesses are "pro fessionals." Crescent City To Dedicate Public Dock Tomorrow The twice postponed dedica tion of the new citizens' dock at the port of Crescent City will be held this week-end, and a large number of Rogue valley resi dents will travel to the northern California city for the event. Present plans call for the Ash land Kilty band to play at the ceremonies, and delegations from a number of organizations will drive or fly to the dedica tion. Months of Work The dedication ceremonies are the culmination of many months work on the part of the citizens of Crescent City and Del Norte county. A public dock, for fish ing and lumber loading, has long been needed at the seaport, but public funds were not avail able. So residents of the area decided to do the work them selves. Judges, businessmen, contractors, engineers, lumber men, truck drivers, fishermen and many others ignored their regular professions and pitched in to build the dock. Some 130 fishing boats oper ate out of the harbor at the pres ent time, and lumber mills of the area have found it difficult to market their products because of transportation costs. It was late last September that a petition was presented to the Crescent Harbor commission asking construction of the dock, and only shortly thereafter that the idea of a facility constructed by volunteer work began to take shape. Group From Here A group of city, chamber of commerce and press representa tives will make the trip tomor row by Southwest airlines at the invitation of the Del Norte Coun iy Chamber of Commerce. From Medford these guests will in clude Mayor Diamond Flynn, City Councilman Dwight Hough ton, Chester Hubbard, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; Don Lane, secretary-manager of the chamber; Glenn Jackson and A. S. Cum mins, of the California Oregon Power company; Paul Rynning, county engineer: Mel Younger, L. A. McCormick, and Eric Allen Jr., city editor of The Mail Tribune. Ashland guests will Include Lyndel Newbry. vice-president of the Ashland Chamber of Com merce; Bill McGce. chamber manager,' and City Councilman Phil Stansbury. representing Mayor Thomas Williams. La Grande Quintet To Oppose Hillsboro In Consolation Finals Eugene, Ore., Mar. 17 OJ Pj La Grande defeated Bend 64 to 58 and Hillsboro swamped Dallas 81 to 27 today In consolation semi-finals of the 32nd annual Oregon state class "A" high school basketball tournament. La Grande and Hillsboro will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the consolation title and fifth place in the tournament. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night, becoming cloudy with ruin Satrday. Fresh to itrong louth winds Saturday morn ing. Little temperature change. Temp. Highest Yesterday S3 Lowest thti Morning 41 Prec .to 4:30 A.M. Today ...... .26 Atomic Attack Survivors Could Live Normal Lives Fear Of Radiation Effects Unnecessary Washington, Mar. 17 (U.R) The atomic energy commission said today that survivors of an atomic bomb attack can expect to live a "reasonably normal life" thereafter without fear of drastic radiation after-effects. Dr. Shields Warren, director of the AEC division of biology and medicine, said there are two possible exceptions to this gen eral rule. He said the survivors may develop eye cataracts at a later date and may be more sus ceptible than before to leukemia. Warren's statement was made before the Joint congressional atomic energy committee. The legislators arc studying the stale of the nation's civil defense against atomic attack. "With the exception of a cer tain number of individuals who will develop cataracts, those sur viving the acute effects of irra diation from an atomic explosion can, on the basis of present knowledge, expect a reasonably normal life thereafter," Warren said. The commission, appearing be fore the committee at the first open session in months, also dis closed it has developed a new and cheap geiger counter. It would help civilians detect dangerous amounts of radiation after an A-bomb attack. Warren based his statements on studies of the people of Hiro shima and Nagasaki who suffered history s first and thus far only atomic attacks. He said the cataracts were noted this fall by Dr. David Cogan, Harvard uni versity opthalmologist. "So far there has been no de tectable increase in the inci dence of deformities among the progeny of persons known to have suffered irradiation at Nagasaki and Hiroshima," War ren said. He added, however, that it is "possible" there may be "genetic changes" in the second and third generations. t Madsen Death Trial Goes To Tribunal Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 17 (U.R) The murder trial of Mrs. Yvette Madsen In the shooting of her air force husband ended suddenly late today when both prosecution and defense waived the right to final arguments. The three-judge panel which tried the Brooklyn brunette without a jury said it will hand down its verdict at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. PST) tomorrow. Mrs. Madsen, 22, mother of two small children, wept softly as the seven-day trial came to an abrupt end. Prosecution and defense attorneys announced that they would make no final arguments, and were ready to turn the case over to the tribunal. Nine-Year-Old Girl Thought Polio Victim A nine-year-old girl, who Is thought to have poliomyelitis, was taken to Sacred Heart hos pital at Eugene this noon by Conger-Morris ambulance. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, and the attending physician said that the girl, a resident of the Lone Pine dis trict, had "definite symptoms" of polio but had no paralysis. The case first came to the at tention of the physician yester day. Dr. Merkel said the girl had been ill from a cold for about 10 days. FIREMEN SUMMONED City firemen were called to the Francis J. Gibbon home. 517 Hamilton street, late this morn ing to extinguish i flu fir. j I v i i 1 1 i ii i n i i, .m iiLmm.n,iii iff. 'V C-S"T 1 JM$P 4 ( Acmm Telephofo) HEADON COLLISION Four men were killed and two others Injured when these two cars collided headoa near Dublin, Calif. The accident occurred when the two cars pulled Into the middle lane of the three-Ian highway. A third car overturned avoiding the crash, but no one was Injured. Horde of Dormant Grasshoppers Set to Strike In Lakeview Area By Richard A. Lltfln United Press Correspondent Lakeview, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R) A vast horde of dormant grass hoppers, largest of its kind in the nation, will threaten destruc tion to a rich agricultural area when it resumes its relentless migration this spring, authori ties said today.. . . The grasshopper carpet, with a population of many millions spaced about 28 per square yard, Jury Chosen For Damage Case In Death Of Girl A Jury was chosen early yes terday afternoon to hear the daughter. Nina Marcella Tanner, against Dr. Charles Haines In Judge H. K. Hanna's circuit court. Tanner seeks a Judgment of $10,000 against the Ashland physician for the death of his dauchlor. Nina Marcella Tnnner. said to have occurred when she was struck by Haines' car Sep-: tcmber 2B, 1848. Tanner, represented by Attor neys Ralph E. Moody of Salem and O. E. Bcngtson, will attempt to prove that the death of the 18-ycar-old girl was brought about by the negligence of Dr. Haines as he was driving through the Bellvicw community to wards Ashland on his way home from a hunting trip in northern California. Claims Negligence William McAllister, counsel for the defense, said his client lakes the position that it was the negligence of the girl that was responsible for the tragedy. The jury yesterday was shown the scene of the accident on highway 9!) near the point where It intersects with Tolman creek road, 500 yards south of the Ash land city limits. Counsel for the plaintiff this morning were calling witnesses to bolster their allegations, claiming that Dr. Haines was driving at an excessive rate of speed at the time he struck the girl. The doctor slates that he was driving at a reasonable speed from 50 to 55 miles an hour. Pioneer Woman, 93, Passes At Ashland Ashland, Ore.', Mar. 1 7 (U.R) Mrs, Mary Frances Welch, 03. daughter of a pioneer California family, died yesterday at a con valescent home here. Mrs. Welch crossed the plains In 18(12 at the age of five with her family in a 100-pcrson wag on train. The family was among the first settlers In Yolo and Mendocino counties In Califor nia. The family later moved to Lakeview. Ore., where her fath er maintained a stage station where soldiers changed their horses during the Modoc Indian wars. Mrs. Welch Is survived by a son, Allen T. Welch of Portland, Ore.; two brothers, N. F. Pntlnn and C. A. Patton of Ashland, and a sister, Mrs. T. L. Powell of Ashland. lies astride southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada, with fringes in the northeast corner of California. To Move About May I Voracious and meticulous, the hoppers will be on the move again approximately May 1, de vouring vegetation with the ef ficiency of a -new vacuum clean er sucking up loose dirt.. "We expect severe damage from the grasshoppers through out the crop season", said Elgin Cornctt, county extension agent in Lakeview. Cornctt said that it the grass hoppers come out and continue to move in a northwesterly di rection as they did last year, they could easily post a serious threat to Warner Valley, where last year there were 30,000 head of cattle, 20,000 acres of hay and 15.000 acres of grain. Center of the horde is a point 35 miles east of Lakeview. The horde itself is 80 miles long and 40 miles wide. The infested area covers 1.011,840 acres, includ ing 276.4B0 in Lake county and 458,880 in Harney county, Ore gon, and 276,480 in Washoe To Lay Cornerstone Of Farm Home Today The Jackson county court to day was scheduled to place a sealed copper box Into a granite cornerstone at the nearly-completed county farm home near Talent. The box contains stale ments from the two county com missioners, Hobert Lytle and L. G. Morthland; a statement from former Commissioner Arthur Powell, a copy of the Oregon Blue Bonk and copies of the Ashland Tidings,- Central Point American and Medford Mail Tribune. No organized ceremony has been planned. After numerous delays caused by bad wciilhcr and strikes in the steel Industry, work at the new 52-bcd home Is slill In prog ress. Plastering is nearly com pleted and today workmen are putting up the ceramic tile fac ing at the entrance of the build ing. Washington, Mar. 17 U.R1 The senate last night confirmed the nominations of David McK. Key as ambassador to Burma and George A. Garrett as am bassador to Ireland. Secret Signal To Keep Miners From Pits Canton, 111., Mar. 17 (U.R) The ousted president of a United Mine Workers' local charged to day that John L. Lewis kept miners on strike during the re cent coal crisis through a secret system of signals. Lloyd 11. Sidencr, 44, charged that Lewis ducked a contempt of court citation by publicly order ing the miners bark to work, but used a secret signal to keep them out of the pits. Sldener, who said he was de posed as president of Local 7455 because he tried to lead a bark-to-work movement last month, has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union. He charsrs that the union as sessed a $50,000 fine against him, got him fired from the Buckhcart county and 148,480 In Humboldt county, Nevada. Map Outlines Area Cornett has received map from the U. S. bureau of ento mology, based on surveys taken last year when the grasshoppers were moving In a northwesterly direction six miles a day, strip ping rangeland of sagebrush and grass. The big red palch on the map, showing the outlines of the in festation! indicate there may be a movement this year toward California. Already there is a small infestation in Modoc coun ty, Cal., northeast of Cedarville. Cornctt and other experts are uncertain what the locusts will do to agriculture because these particular hoppers are believed to be a new species, named the Western Range locust. Thus far they have concentrated in desert and rangeland. Funds May Be Too Lata "If we have a program of con trol of decent size, we can do some good," said Cornctt, But federal entomologists fear that appropriation of control funds may come too late to destroy the hoppers while they are hatching. A committee headed by Oscar Klltridgc of Lake county, has sought control money from the Oregon slate emergency board. The board will decide late this month on an appropriation. Cornett said a mixture of saw dust bran and poison, scattered by machine and hand in the in fested area about hatching time, presently is considered the best control method. Medford Residence Damaged By Flames A bedroom and the roof of Hie J. W. Miller residence, 1408 South Columbus avenue, were damaged by fire last night and the house was also damaged by water. Mrs. Miller and forest patrol men said that the fire apparently originated from a flue and Mrs. Miller reported that the blaze be gan in the bedroom. She stated she and Miller had been out and noted smoke when they returned about 8:30 p.m. The Millers are residing with Mrs. Llnnie George. 618 Beatty street while their home is being repaired. A forest patrol pump er was sent to the scene. The house was insured. Said Used coal mine, and threatened to as sess him $25 a day more than a day's wage for every day he works In any mine under con tract with the UMW. Sldener said the secret signal was "The whistle blew one." He said it was passed down through the union's "chain of command" by telephone after Lewis had sent a telegram to district and local officers order ing the strike ended "forthwith." As a result of the telegram, the union was cleared of contempt ' charges last month by Federal Judge Richmond Kcech at Wash ington. Kcech had issued an in junction ordering an end to the strike, and ruled that the gov ernment (ailed to prove that tha union was In contempt.
