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PHKSIDENT TRUMAN votoc
tho Cuo bill this morning,
and immediately afterwurd tlio
home nf rrpreacntiitlvca lulJ by
a margin of ilvu vote in munler
tho two-thlrda majority noccasary
to override hi veto.
That avttlea It for tlio present.
A Presidential veto aloiida uulesn
overridden by 1JOT1I housea of
congrca.
IT la Jual an well.
Tho controversial
Cone bill
was at beat only
wm conceived In
a mokenhlfl. It
heut and minor,
iirl haa heell onimsed III equa
heat and aimer. II la extremely
doubtful whether it woulil have
helped In liundllnK the preavnl
emergency situation.
Our great nred la for wlac
permanent leglalalion to handle
llsbor conlrucU aa other business
contract are hiindlvd, looklnu
toward their H'rforinanre (once
they are aureed upon and algncd)
In a aatlifuctory innnner.
UNTIL lubor conlracla can bo
made dependable, there can
be no atublllty In Industry. Willi
out atublllty In Induatry, there
can be no enduring prosperity.
It will take more than make
ahlft Icitlalatlon to brlnii thut
about.
-NE trouble with ua aa a pco
pie la thut we are developing
a ami oi w anu-vv a vinu coin
plex. From aomewhere or other
we have acquired the iiotuui that
troublraoine alluntiona can oc
aettled Immediately by merely
PA.SSINU A LAW
Nothing could ha more abaurd
than thla Idea aa anyone with
even a rcaaonablo perapvetiva of
the Dost knowa.
TIME la required for the euro
of fundamental Ilia
RAILROAD abuaca (arising out
of tho poaaeaalon of too much
power) which came to a head In
tho closing decade of the laal
century provide an excellent ex
ample of till baalc fact.
When theae abuaea began to
bo unendurable, tho Interatate
commerce act waa passed by con
greaa. It didn't euro the railroad
Ilia overnight. Yeara paaaed bo
fore the new legislation became
even reasonably effective. Poli
tical campaign hud to be fought
out over It. A whole new body
of court dcclslona had to bo built
up. All thla took time a LOT
oi time.
. In the end regulation of the
, TOO-POWERFUL railroad be
came an eaiabllahrd fact. The
abuaea of power out of which
th Interatate commerce act grew
wero effectively atopped.
Ilut it didn't happen In a day.
THE atrlko
rituatlon I ad-
mill.dlv had. Wi.
are go
ing from criala to criala. Firat It
waa the rail atrikc. Then It waa
tho coal atrikc. Till week It
la the ahlpplng atrike. What It
will be next week or next month
nobody knowa. Wo certainly
can't go on that way forever.
Ilut neither can be exorciae
our trouble by waving wanda
or muttering lncantatlona. It
will tuko mure than that. In
dustry-labor relations aren't Just
a tempest In a teapot. Lcglsia
Hon to handle them permanently
and aatiafactorlly will huve to
bo a fundumentnl aa woa the
Interstate commerce act and the
Sherman anti-trust law.
The quicker wo get to work on
that fundamental job tho better
it will be. Such remedies as tho
Caso bill aro mere quickies,
which In tho long run do little
good. i
TF you read carefully the Pro.il
' dent' message vetoing the
' Caao bill, you will find it hard to
escape the conclusion Hint ho 1
alncore that ho la trying to do
the beat he knows how. not
I merely playing piddling politics.
it no la sincere, wo are max
ing progress. Thcro has been
far too liltlo sincerity In our re-
cent approaches to our troubles.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
BOSTON, June II (P) Bos
ton ran its win streak to 12 by
beating tho Cleveland Indiana
10-5 tndny, hammering nut 14
hits for 28 total bases, with Ted
Williams, Rudy York and Pinky
Hlgglns collecting homers for
the Red Sox, whllo Lou Bon
drcau and Pat Seerey made cir
cuit drives for tho visitors.
R. H. E.
Cleveland 8 11 1
Boston 10 14 1
Envbrcc, Lemon (S), Johnson
(6) and Lollar; C. Wagner, KUng
or (5) and H. Wagner.
Detroit 8 12 0
New York 3 9 4
Newhouscr and Tcbbetts; Bov
ens, Wade (8) and Nlurhos.
Chicago 18 0
Philadelphia 0 8 0
Smith and Trcsh; Christopher,
Fagan (0), Harris (II) and OeSau
tcls, Armstrong (0).
Bank Rubbish Fire
Draws Fire Engines
A lot of smoko but very lit
tle flame brought tho flro trucks
out Just before noon to the U.
V S. National bank building, 8th
and Main,
The fire was Just some papers
being burned In o small heater
in the basement, and tho damp
er turned down caused tho
smoko. Thoro was no damage.
Herald
PRICE riVE CENTS
Barracks School Plan Off
Fights Rage
As Chinese
Talk Peace
NANKING, Juno II (It
Chineso communist and govern
ment leaders held their first di
rect peace meeting In many
weeks today, as truce-violating
battles flumes anew In east-central
China and an American waa
wounded In a mysterious anti
aircraft attack on a U. S. plane.
Chnu En-Iul. communist nego
tiator, conferred with Minister
nf Communications Yul Ta-Wei
following yesturduy'a conference
between t'hou and U. S. Gen
erul Murshull. Toduy'a meeting
Indicated progress, although
there wax no aiinoucement of re
sults. Restoration of communi
cations la one of the govern
ments basic conditions for per
manent peace.
A communist spokesman
charged tho government with
launching heavy attacks agalat
communist-held areaa north and
weal of Nanking, "at the very
moment the truce In Manchuria
became effective." He asserted
the 77th division of the 73rd
army and tho 172nd division,
seventh army, attacked Shukou
n.,.1 f'ltitltril.,,, Hi 1lf..r ,mli, fl.
.,,11... nirllunl r NnnkliiL,
and were moving on northeast
ward. A government apokeaman yes
terday said communist forces
violated tho truce with heavy
attacks on Tchsion and other
central-Shantung province rail
cities and the government's cen
tral news agency reported com
munist aaaault on Manchurlan
cities,
American Woundad
Cpl. P. Solva, engineer of a
plainly-marked American trans
port piano, suffered a minor leg
wound when bullet from tho
ground plercod the piano as It
prepared to land June B at
Changchun, Manchurlan capital.
The capital 1 government-held,
but there waa no Indication who
had opened fire, or why anyone
would flro on any piano In view
of tho truce.
Tlio transport, slightly dam
aged, returned to Mukden to
land.
Nanking newspapers contin
ued to apcculato over peace
talka. Ta Kang Pno reported
that Chou had brought from
comnninial headquarters at Ye
nan a demand tor revision of
the original army merger bill to
permit greater red representa
tion in Manchuria.
The sumo dispatch said the
communists had boosted their
demands for seats in the council
of state from eight to 10, and
were asking communist control
of the ministries of education,
social affairs and interior.
Sheriffs Posse
Has Medford Bid
Capt. E. P. (Pat) Ivory has
announced a drill and meeting
of the Klamath County Sheriffs
rosso tor tomorrow night at 7
at tho fairgrounds. Following
tno arm tnc posse will consider
an urgent invitation from Med-
"ord to take part In the rodeo
ai-u.-uiiii.-u meic lur next otuur-
day, Juno ISth.
Capital Stunned By Feud
Of Supreme Court Judges
WASHINGTON, June 11 (P)
Tho unprecedented spectacle
of ono supremo court justice
publicly assailing another
stunned official Washington to
day. Tho bombshell which Justice
Robert H. Jackson exploded in
his blunt attack on Justice Hugo
Black projected a long-smouldcr-ing
Judicial feud out Into the
open, and influential lawmakers
thought this could be a good
thing in tho long run.
Specifically, they said pri
vately congress may order a
complete overhaul of court pro
cedure in an effort to minimize
"bickering" on and behind' the
bench.
At the moment, however, the
capital buzzed with more imme
diate speculation over whether
Jackson and Black intended to
continue on the high bench,
dcsplto a virtual state of war
between them. The situation
was without parallel In modern
court history,
Jackson lashed out at Nuern
berg last night at what he called
Black's "bullying" tactics, He
declared his colleague had
threatened him with "war" un
less Jackson "covered up facts"
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Th Klamath County 8hriff Poss rclTd thundering applause from a packed grandstand
whin it rod ajainst odds in th Portland Roa Fstlal show in Multnomah stadium last wk.
Capt. E. P. "Pat" Ivory is riding th first hors in th abov picture. Photo by Bert Rohu
Budget Seeks
Police Raise
In a tentatively okayed budget
for the city of Klamath Falls
for next fiscal yenr, city patrol
men arc given a $30 a month
pay raise. The budget was ap
proved by the budget commit
tee yesterday.
The allocation for the police
department Is being upped
slightly less than $4000 for 1047.
Tho department was down on'
the city's books for $55,620 this
year, and the new amount is
S3U.220. v .
Totul of the overall budget
Is not yet available, andv the
recommendations made by the
budget committee yesterday will
go before the city council for
approval the second Monday In
July.
The 17 patrolmen on the
police force, In a petition to the
council 10 days ago, asked- that
their base pay bo raised from
the present $195 a month to
$225.
The street department salaries
budget is also raised from $26.
760 to $27,840 for the coming
year, and the city engineer's
assistants received a boost from
Cnllna n ri 1, Caismn )
Western Union
To Raise Rates
WASHINGTON, June 11 (!P)
Tho federal communlchtlons
commission said today a 10 per
cent increase in Western Union
tvlegraph rotes, except for com
mercial news department
charges, will go into effect at
midnight.
The commission granted spe
cial permission for tho company
to waive the customory 30 days'
notice. Authorization for the
Increased rates was granted
June 4.
The increases apply to full
rote, day letter, night letter,
serial and press messages. Com
mercial news department (CND)
charges will go up 10 per cent
on July 1.
In the portal-to-portal mine pay
caso In which Black's former
law partner represented tho vic
torious United Mine Workers.
Charles G. Ross, presidential
press secretary, declined at his
dally news conference to com
ment on the Jackson letter. In
response to a question, Ross said
Mr. Truman had not discussed
thte matter with Chief Justice-
Designate Fred W. Vinson.
Jackson addressed his com
plaint to the senate and house
Judiciary committees, but mem
bers said they would defer on-
the-record comment until the
cablegram had been received
officially.
Most members expressed doubt
that the committee would even
consider impeachment proceed
ings, which under the constitu
tion must originate in the house
and bo tried by tho senate.
But they said a recommenda
tion for a full-dress review of
court procedure is a distinct
possibility. This, they added,
could lead to new rules for the
tribunal to follow, particularly
with regnrd to disqualifying
Justices from participating in
decisions under certain clrcum
stances.
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Ki-AMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1948
Riding To A Full Grandstand
Veto Message Highlights
WASHINGTON, June 11 (JP)
Highlights of President Tru
man's veto message on the Case
labor disputes bill:
Adequate insurance against
unemployment, health and med
ical services for families of low
and moderate income at costs
they can afford, a fair minimum
wage, and the continuance of
tho price control and stabiliza
tion laws in effective form . . .
would . . . greatly aid in achiev
ing industrial peace.
- I have tried .' .". to approach
this problem objectively, free
from the emotional strains of
the times, and free from every
consideration except the wel-
lare oi our nation and the
world.
President Roosevelt warned
tlie congress that the strike-vote
provisions of . . . the Smith
Connally act would not lessen,
but promote industrial strife. . .
It is my belief that a similar
Pact Reported
On Azerbaijan
TEHRAN, June 11 P) A
foreign office spokesman said
today the Azerbaijan problem
had been settled on the basis of
a seven-point program advanced
some weeks ago by Premier Ah
med Qnvani.
The spokesman said a gov
ernment commission headed by
Prince Mozaffar Firouz, propa
ganda minister, left by Soviet
plane today for Tabriz to "work
out final details for accepting
the province back into the na
tional government."
The spokesman, who asked
not to be identified, said the set
tlement had been reached by a
series of secret conversations
and communications between
commissions representing the
Azerbaijan and the Tehran gov
ernments. The spokesman's statement
was supported by a foreign dip
lomat, who said he was con
vinced during conversations
with Qavam that Azerbaijan
would return under the seven
point program. This diplomat
added:
"That program was cither
drawn up by the Russian em
bassy or approved by the Rus
sian ambassador after drafting.
In view of this, Qavam stuck to
his guns in demanding a settle
ment in line with the program.
The Soviet representatives
found themselves in the position
of backing down on their own
proposal or p u 1 1 1 n g pres
sure on Pishevari, Pishevari
was brought around."
Jury Continues
To Hold Session
The grand Jury Is in the sec
ond day of its session now, still
hearing witnesses for various
criminal matters, but is expect
ed to finish off the criminal
cases this afternoon and bring
in its report tomorrow.
The report will probably not
be ready until late tomorrow
afternoon,
District Attorney Clnronco A.
Humble, who is bringing the
witnesses before the Jury, has a
civil case in federal court at
Medford tomorrow morning,
(Telephone
result would follow approval of
mis oui.
The question presented is
whether it will help to stop
itrixes ana work stoppages and
prevent other practices which
adversely affect our economy,
I have reached the conclusion
mat it will not.
The fact that we are faced
with an emergency which does
justify the passage of temporary
emergency legislation does not.
In my 'opinion. Justify us in the
adoption of permanent legisla
tion without the study that such
permanent legislation needs.
The railroad strike would not
have been covered by this bill
at all. And the coal, steel and
automotive strikes were cer
tainly not caused by an insuffi
cient lapse of time between the
unions' request for conferences
and the calling of a strike. Each
of these strikes would have had
the full sanction of the (Case)
bill.
To me this (the creation of a
federal mediation board) is the
equivalent of creating a sep
arate and duplicate department
of labor, depriving the secre
tary of labor of many of his
principal responsibilities. . . .
The whole subject (of wel
fare funds) needs long and care
ful study.
Chetnik Tells
Of Nazi Parley
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June
11 UV) Gen. Draja Mihailovic
admitted at the trial for his life
today that he met the Germans
in "the second half of November"
of 1941 and declared that the
meeting followed a German at
tack against him "with five di
visions." The Chetnik leader, on trial
by Marshal Tito's Yugoslav
regime for alleged treason and
collaboration with the enemy,
said at one time, he couldn't do
anything with "many of the
troops who recognized my com
mand." He opened his defense with
the statements that 'I don't feel
guilty."
Mihailovic, obviously tiring
during a long series of questions
about government charges of
collaboration against individual
Chetnik leaders, told the court:
"I started with 26 men. There
were masses of ormed men of
ficers who had troops. I couldn't
do anything with them. But 1
was glad they recognized me.
When I went to Montenegro
(where the court charges Chet
nik commanders were collaborat
ing with the Italian occupation
forces) I didn't like the situation,
but I couldn't change it."
When the court tried to con
fine him to the question of
whether he organized the Chet
niks, undeground guerrillas,
Mihailovic insisted that he or
ganized an army to fight the oc
cupiers (Germans).
"The name came from the
people and not from me," he
said. "Tho army grew out of
nothing."
With a quiet "yes," he ad
mitted reaching an agreement
with MaVshol Tito's partisans
oarlv In 1QAI nt In attnulr ...h
1 other.
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Conditions
Defer Move
PORTLAND, June 11 UP)
Plans for conversion of the
Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
into a state college were aban
doned temporarily at least as
tne state board of higher educa
tion yesterday approved a bud
get for the Vanport extension
center and authorized improve
ments at otner institutions.
Use of the sprawling marine
installation at Klamath Falls
may be reconsidered later, the
board said, if the state's perma
nent schools are overtaxed and
the facility is still available.
Action on the related prob
lems of handling the record in
flux of veterans into the state's
schools was taken after report
of the finance committee. Chair-1
man Edgar Smith explained that I
the Klamath Falls project was :
highly promising when proposed i
last February, but that delays i
and uncertainties about the
terms made it "difficult if not;
impossible" to use the barracks
for the coming academic year.
Smith reported the govern-1
ment still has not given the;
board definite information on
terms and when the installation i
would be available.
Action Unanimous
A formal resolution on the
Klamath Falls issue, approved
unanimously, read:
"In view of the inability of
the government to make the
Klamath Falls barracks avail-
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Mob Violence
Rocks Naples
ROME, June 11 UP) A huge
monarchist ' demonstration in
Naples flared tonight into large
scale rioting in which police and
troops turned rules and auto
matic weapons on the crowd.
In Rome a crowd of 100,000
bearing communist, anarchist
and socialists banners among the
republican tricolors marched on
the Viminale palace where tne
government was sitting and
vented their discontent of the
cabinet's delay in proclaiming
an end to the monarchy.
Althought the eight streets
leading to the piazza Del Popolo
were guarded by policemen arm
ed with submachine guns, rifles
and short black clubs, the re
publican demonstration was
marred by no incidents.
The firing in Naples began
when the monarchist crowd at
tempted to storm communist
headquarters next door to po
lice headquarters.
Naples police and troops in
full war kit and nearly all arm
ed with automatic weapons used
four armored cars against the
crowd, but the stubborn demon
strators blocked the wheels of
the armored vehicles and stop
ped them.
It was with difficulty that re
inforcements of troops, arriving
in vehicles with sirens wailing.
recaptured the armored cars.
Army Will Return Jewels
To Royal House Of Hesse
WASHINGTON, June 11 lP)l
Maj. Gen. Llovd Parks said to
day that $1,500,000 in jewels
recovered from a United States
colonel and his Wac wife would
be returned to the Geman house
of Hesse.
Parks,-director of the war de
oartment's bureau of public re
lation.1;, added at a news confer
ence that the jewels would be
held as evidence pending trial
of the three officers held in con
nection with their disappear
ance. These are Col. J. W. Durant
and his bride, CaDt. Kathleen
Nash Durant and Major David
S. Watson. Parks said it has not
been decided whether to try
them here or overseas.
He said, however, that the
jewels are considered as the pri
vate property of the Hesse fam
ily and as such would be return
ed to it. Members of the family
had buried the treasure in their
palace at Krongberg, Germany,
for safekeeping during the war.
Durant is a iawyer by profes
sion who in civilian life worked
for the interior department here.
He and his bride are being held
In the Washington area and In
this connection, Col. A. C. Miller
of the provost marshal's office
was asked whether they were
free to see an attorney.
House Upholds
Truman Action
By Close Vote
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Tt The house upheld President
Truman's veto of the hotly-argued Case labor bill today, by a
margin of five in a 390-vote roll call.
A big majority of the members 255 voted to override the
president, as compared with 135 who voted to sustain him. But
a two-thirds majority was needed to override and send the
measure to the senate for action.
Voting to make the bill law notwithstanding Mr, Truman'
objections were 159 republicans and 96 democrats. Voting to
sustain the president were 118 democrats, 19 republicans, one
progressive and one American-laborite.
Shouts of approval came from the democratic side when the
result was announced. There were loud "boos," too, mostly from
the republicans.
Backers of the legislation have
indicated they may attempt to
tack the Case bill on as an
amendment to emergency labor
legislation requested by the
president on May 25. The emer
gency bill has been passed by
senate and house in different
forms.
Raasons for Action
Mr. Truman gave five reasons
for disapproval, in a special
message to congress. They were:
1. "Men cannot be forced in
a peacetime democracy to work
for a private employer under
compulsion."
2. The bill would operate to
promote, not lessen, industrial
strife.
3. It also would have "failed
completely" to have prevented
or shortened "the strikes which
WASHINGTON, June 11 (IP)
Senator Morse (R-Ore.), for
mer member of the labor
board and a foe of the Case
bill, applauded the president's
action in vetoeing the bill to
day. "The Case bill," he con
tended, "would cause more
rather than prevent 1 a b o r
disputes. Many of its pro
visions were a clear violation
of civil and property rights
guaranteed by the constitu
tion." so seriously have damaged our
economy these last few months."
4. "Strikes against private em
ployers cannot be ended by
legislative decree. ... . They
must be considered in the light
of inflationary pressure,- of
problems of full employment,
of economic security." . ,
5. The bill "strike at symp
toms and ignore underlying
causes" of stoppage It ap
proaches the problem "on a
piecemeal basis." -
Mor Production StiMted -Mr.
Truman used 4500 words
in his message to the house,
analyzing the bill which con
gress voted by big majorities.
He stressed the . need of in
creased production and said
"strikes and lockouts are the
greatest handicaps to attaining
vital production."
Major provisions of the Case
bill included the creation of a
federal mediation board, restric
tions against any strike or lock
out while the board sought solu
tion of a labor dispute; a pro
hibition on secondary boycotts;
and provision for court suits
aeainst employers or labor or
ganizations violating collective
bargaining contracts.
The chief executive coupled
his veio with a renewed plea
for his own. emergency strike
control plan, for a senate-house
studv of. the whole field of
labor relations and for enact
ment of his long-stalemated do
mestic legislation program.
'The fact that we are faced
with an emergency which does
lustifv the passage of temporary
legislation does not, in my opin
ion, lustily us in tne adoption
of permanent legislation with
out the study that such perma
nent legislation needs, ne de
clared.
Miller replied they are free to
see anyone at any time. He add
ed that they have asked not to
see the press, "but they are read
ing your stories."
CaDt. Durant said today,
through Miller, that the discov
ery oi the Hesse royal family
jewels in the castle was entirely
accidental.
She asked Miller to make it
clear to reporters that she was
"not snooping around" the cas
tle last fall when the hoard was
uncovered in the basement.
Capt. Durant said a German
electrician employed in the cas
tle, Ludwig Weiss, pointed to
the hiding place.
Miller reported that customs
had taken 106 unset diamonds
from Col. Durant when he re
turned to this country from Ger
many. Miller said he disclosed
this because of reports that
there was this number of dia
monds missing.
Col. Miller said he would like
to deny categorically reports a
general might be involved in the
case.
He has reason to believe, Mil
ler added, that all suspects have
been found. Three are in cus
tody, and a fourth, a corporal
now discharged, can be taken
into custody any tlm it is de
sired, he said.
Government
Reproached
By Bridges
WASHINGTON, June 11 (P)
Harry Bridges of the CIO Long
shoremen testified today that
in effect" the government has
ordered ship operator "not to
make any concessions" in the
maritime labor case. 1
Appearing before a house la
bor subcommittee, Bridges said
the operators, who act as agents
of the governments war ship
ping administration which owns
most of the merchant fleet, have
"received no direct orders but
it's the same thing." .
A strike on all coasts is set
for Friday, midnight, and
Bridges said of the operators:
"They say to us that 'we are
representatives of the govern
ment and our orders are to give
you nothing.'
"The union has put in numer
ous proposals, receding from
our original demands, in an ef
fort to achieve a compromise.
"To date, however, the atti
tnde of the ship operators has
not changed a bit."
. Attitude of Rfual
Bridges said the operator
construe the attitude of govern
ment shipping officials and the
action of congress in refusing to
include a shorter work week:
and higher pay for seamen in
the minimum wage bill as a
mandate to stand by the present'
56-hour week for men at sea.
Eastern ship operators report
edly are offering a - maritime "
strike-prevention proposal based
on pay for time off ashore. This
would be in place of the shorter
work week demanded by their
seagoing workers. - -
This report, without details,
came today from a person close
to the operators' negotiating
committee as federal concilia
tors resumed a full-steam drive
for agreement before the strike
deadline at midnight Friday. -
On the fringe of the case, a
house labor subcommittee pre
pared to meet this afternoon
(2:30 p. m. EST) to quiz Harry
Bridges and Joe Curran, the
powerful CIO maritime leaders.
' At the labor department, '. a
crew of nearly-exhausted concil
iators worked to prevent a tie
up by persuading labor and
management to accept their
plan for distributing extra cash
to seamen to compensate for a
56-hour work week at sea.
Gouin Resigns
As President
PARIS, June 11 (TP) Provi
sional President Felix Gouin
and his cabinet tendered their
resignations today, as the new
constituent assembly met for
the first time, in a constitution
al step to pave the way for for
mation of a new government.
Gouin, a socialist, said in a
letter to Communist Deputy
Marcel Cachin, 76, who because
he was the oldest legislator, pre
sided over the assembly's . first
session:
"The resigning government
will assure, according to custom,
the handling of current affairs."
Gouin succeeded Gen. Charles
de Gaulle in the presidency sev
eral months ago after the gen
eral resigned.
Deputies of the centrist popu
lar republican movement pro
posed today to offer Foreign
Minister - Georges Bidault for
the presidency. The MRP be
came the most numerous party
in the constituent assembly in
the recent election.
The communists have not yet
announced their strategy, on
which the success or failure of
attempts to form a three-party
coalition government appeared
to hinge.
It was expected that the as
sembly would vote Saturday on
the presidency. Meanwhile it
was announced that the referen
dum of the new constitution
which the assembly will draft
would be held in September,,
with parliamentary elections in
October.
WAGES INCREASED
TACOMA, June 11 (P) Mem
bers of the Retail Clerks union
(AFL) have accepted a new con
tract with department store
owners providing for a $4 a week
wage Increase, R. L. Clevenger,
secretary-treasurer of the union
said today.