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THE new wire today carry one of
Uiom 1UU iUrlM that warm tin
cockle of hew editor' heart. Wo
at Uif profession tirm them
"freaks," and we like Uicm because
they rv M pepper In On hash,
maklnc it more palelablc to tin
cull customer.
II starts off:
'"lti United State may send en
expedlUunary fore of lough alley
cau abroad to kill rau pilfering
Europe food rraervea."
It end up with Uil tongue-in-cheek
"punch" paragraph: "Only
back alley brawlera would be drafted
for the rodent hunting Junket.
Pedigreed cata aren't wanted Jiut
the toughles."
THE proposal comes
from ie
a A,-rl,-Mti Kallna KtirlilLV.
whose
orealdenl read a piece In Uie London
Dally Mirror auggeatlng more or leu
facelloualy Uiat because there aren't
oat enough 111 Europ Uie rau are
oilaylng hob with stored food aup
plie. Accepting Uie challenge, Uie
cat aoclrty prexle came up wllh a
scheme Ui moboIlM here an army of
a "million healthy and vigorous
work cata for rat Mlrinlnutlun
duties overseas."
As a quickie starter, ha added, we
ought to rush off a tuken task fore
of soma 6000 shork-lroup felines to
go to work In strategic areas such as
docks and warehouses.
TT8 funny, of course.
But 11 has lis serious side In thai
It is a good example of our wand
wavlng mood. We all know how to
put Europe back on Its feet without
wrecking our own economy. This
surefire method of helping a needy
neighbor can be summarised In Just
three) words: "Work like hell."
That would turn Uie trick.
We all know II would turn Uie
trick. But we don't want to do It
that way. It la the hard way. and
for generations our politicians have
been pleading with us NEVER to
od anything Uie hard way. "Just
leave It to ua," they've been telling1
us, "and we'll war the right wand
at tha right tune and evcryUUng
will be lovely and tha goose will
hang high and nobody will have to
gel a callus on his lilywhlt hands."
Tor years and yeara. we've loved
H. But all of a audden our basic
American horse sense Is org Inning
lo hint to us that like the victims
of Circa, wa r about to bo turned
into puts and sent to the slaughter
riousfk
Siren aongs are beautiful lo listen
to but 1st time Uiey nearly always
lead tt someUiIng Ilk that
a '
, WK'M following of courses in the
" footstep of our progenitors. Aa
far hack aa w have any record.
human being have sought the easy'
way. Always we've wanted a wand
waver.
Aa a matter of fact. II goes farther
back than the whiten record. The
story of Circa the Siren come from
the Odyssey, and tha Odyasey goes
farther back than Uie written word
Into tradlUon handed down from
father to (on.
You will recall, If you haven't
forgotten everything you learned In
school, that Clroa. alter leading her
listener along with her siren song
unUl It was too lata for them to
turn back, changed them Into pigs.
But AFTER THAT Odysseus came
along with a maglo wand herb that
had been given to him by Hermes
and turned them all back Into men
again.
No hard, degrading work, you tee.
Just a blta or so off tha maglo
weed and everything was hotsy
tony again,
That's the way we still want It.
ess
JT might bo worth while here lo
record why cats are scarce In
Europe. They've been eaten.
Hungry European learned clear
back In 1945 Uist cat meat won't
kill anybody and has certain nour
ishing quantities when put In a
lew,
, That' Uie kind of world we're
living In,
$7,500,000 Slander Suit
Filed After Anti-Red Meet
SEATTLE, Jan. 2D IP) Testimony
by a former woman state legislator
that she had been threatend by
former Congressman Hugh DeLacy
when she announced her intention
of leaving the communist party, and
the filing of a 11,600,000 libel and
alander suit In connection with pre
vious testimony highlighted devel
opment yesterday a the legisla
ture' un-American activities com
mittee continued It parade of wit
nesses. The wltnea, Mr. Kathryn Fogg,
who once represented the state at a
national communist party conven
tion, said DeLacy "put his finger
under my nose" at a 1040 picnic
and warned:
"Kathryn Fogg, we made you and
we'll break you."
She said he also had been
threatened by Lou Bass, a commu
nist party officer, that "I couldn't
quit the party. He said If I did
that they would testify that I was
a member In good standing,"
Mrs. Fogg was one- of several
witnesses who charged DeLacy with
being a communist party member
or sitting In closed party meetings.
She and others also testified .that
the party had started gaining con
trol of the Washington pension
union and tha Washington com
monwealth federation In 1038 and
never relinquished It.
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Republicans Push Tax Cut
Measure, Rift Appears in
Demo Ranks Over Proposal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 1.1V The liouse voted today to consider the
. 500,000,000 tax-slashing bill under procedure burring any changes.
Democrats cried "gag "
The vote wus by voice.
The opening of debute quickly developed a wide break In democratic
ranks on President Truman's tax propositi. Rrp. Knulsoii R-Mlnu.,
author of Uie OOP bill. Invited democrats to drsert the president and
help override his expected tax bill veto.
Hep. C'nx (D-Oa.l told Uie house Unit for democrat to offer the
president's 140 per person tax reducing plun (with u corporullon excess
profits tax to make up the revenue loss "would be not much more
Uian a piece of foolishness."
While Uie procedure voted by Uie liouoe allows no amendments
democrats will get one chance to offer a complete substitute for Knut
son's bill.
Cox Uild his party mrmbers Uie president's proposal luuin't a chance.
He proposed Uiat the democrats rally behind a proxul by Hep. Dough-
lU-N.C.i to trim the republican
Oceanside
Spud Test
Postponed
Oregon's field day at the Ocean
sld certified potato seed test plot
Is again postponed, tins time in
definitely. Plant were badly dam
aged by a frost Wednesday night,
rrosl again last night was reixirted
from Los Angeles. A report from
Oceansld Indicates Uiat Inspection
of test planted potatoes may not be
possible for Uiree or tour weeks.
Tagging requirement for Oregon
certified russet seed have been re
laxed lo permit Immediate tagging
for out-of-state sal.
Taagtrt of certified seed for local
us will depend on, thorough bin In
pecUona. It will be necessary to ex
amine several hundred tuber tor
presence of net necrosis. .
InfeeUon Low
Absence of necrosis In seed lots Is
a good Indication of low percentage
leafroll Infection. Percentage of nci
necrosis In tuber 1 less reliable
than test planting as a quality
measure.
Seed growers, however, cannot
wait another month for Information
regarding Ugglng eligibility. Com
mercial growera have been Impa
tiently waiting for Oceanside results.
Permission to tag cerUfled russet
teed will have to depend on best
quality measure available now.
At best, Oceanside result will be
late. It la possible also Uiat late
Inspection may encounter additional.
dlfflculUes and not ne enureiy aaus
factory.
'Snake-Like' Job
Joins Saucers
LA ORANDE, Ore.. Jan. 29 lP)
In addlUon to eaucora and a flying
man, a "snake-like" object may be
skimming through the sky.
Leo C. Bryant, La Ornndn music
teacher, said today he had seen one
"about 100 feet long and about Uie
proportions of a pencil. It was trav
eling due en.it over the city at about
2000 feet altitude and was going at
about the speed of an airplane. It
seemed to be made up of disc-like
sections saucers maybe."
Hie $1,500,000 libel and slander
action was brought by Jerry J.
C'Connell against Louis Budenx for
statement made by the former
communist leader in testimony pre
sent Tuesday. O'Connell, former
Montana congressman and atorm
center In state dcmocrntlc ranks,
ask 1760,000 In each of two causes
of action.
In other outside developments.
Atty. Oen. 8mlth Troy and State
Patrol Chief Herberg Algco said nt
Olympla they would take no action
on a telegraphed request by the
Washington citizens bill of rights
committee that the use of state
patrolmen at the hearing be stop
ped, "A far as I'm concerned the
hearing I being held on state prop
erty by a leglslnUve committee,"
Algeo said. "The committee chair
man asked ua to put a couple of
patrolmen In there to keep order
and Hint's Just what was done and
will be 'done."
Mrs. Fogg testified that she was
on the board of both the pension
union and commonwcalUi federa
tion and In the legislature during
the time of her communist affili
ation. She later broke with the
party, she said, "because they don't
believe In democracy or pretend to
practice It."
bill from 6.800,000,0oo lo around
t4.0O0.OOO.0O0.
Knuuon argued Uie full $6,600.
000,000 Is needed to help taxpayers
meet Uie high coat of living.
"Do not be misled again," Knul
son told the democrat In a pre
pared speech leading olf debate on
Uie measure.
"If there ever was need to en
courage production lo combat In
flation, It Is today.
t.'rgrnl Nred
"If there ever was a need to pro
vide relief to Uie Individual Income
taxpayer from Uie oppressive war
Income taxes which are stilling In
itiative and preventing business ex
pansion. II Is today."
Last year President Truman twice
vetoed bills by Knuuon. who is
chairman of Uie ways and means
committee, to trim taxes $4,000,
000,000 a Ji'iir. Enough democrats
held the pnrty line In congress to
uphold Uie president.
Knuuon argued Uiat the presi
dent himself lias been "amazingly
inconsistent" on Uie tax Issue.
Mr. Truman has given every sign
Uiat he will veto any measure along
Uie lines of Knuuon'. Instead, he
has suggested a $40-a-pcrson "cost
of living" tnx cut. To balance this,
he asked $3,200,000,000 of new taxes
on corporations.
Before Uie debate begun. Speaker
Martin IH-Miuuu said an lucome
tax cut Uiis year Is in the bng.
He conceded it might not be as
much as Uie $6,600,000,000 provided
In the Knutson bill which came up
today.
But In Uie end, Martin told re
porters, Uie republican congress will
override a presidential veto "of the
lax bill we send to Uie White
House."
Allowance Up
For Vets Eyed
WASHINOTON. Jan. 29 UP)
House republican leaders are lay
ing plans for quick action on legis
lation to raise subsistence allow
ances for veterans In school and
permit higher pay tor on-the-job
training.
Rep. Allen R-Ill ), chairman of
the rules committee, told reporters
Uie house will act "soon, perhaps
next week." He said he had asked
other leaders to Join him In bring
ing up the bills under a suspension
of rules, a procedure limiting debate
and barring amendments.
Similar legislation already has
passed Uie senate but has been held
up by Uie rules committee for sev
eral months. Allen said he acted
Independently of the committee, but
has since been assured that other
mrmbers favor the bill.
One would raise the niontlily sub
sistence allowance for single vet
eran to $78 and give married vet
eran with one dependent $105, and
those wllh two dependents $120.
Single veterans In college now get
$65, and married veterans $90.
Alley Cats May
Be " Drafted"
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 W) The
United Stntcs may send an expedi
tionary force of tough alley cats
Abroad to kill rat pilfering Europe's
food reserves.
That, at least, Is the proposal of
Uie American Feline, society which,
heeding a plea from the London
Dally Mirror, suggested yesterday
that nil army of 1.000.000 healthy
And vigorous work cat be mobilized
here for rat extermination duties
In Europe,
Society President Robert L.
Kcnrinll. who conceded that the
operation still Is In the planning
stage, suggested that a token task
force of some 5000 felines bo packed
off as soon as possible. They would
be released In dock areas and near
food distribution centers.
Kendall said only back alley
brawlers would be "drafted" for Uie
rodent hunting Junket. Pedigreed
cats arent wanted Just the
"toughies."
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Name of Klamath Falls' Far West league baseball team will be
the "Pioneers," the sobriquet suggested by Howard Dunn, 4748 S. 6th.
Dunn Is pirlured receiving his $100 award from KH.tV Sportscaster
Don N'eal at Inst night's baseball banquet at the Millard. Leading the
applause below Is Walter Mails. (Story on sports page).
Irish Stew Issue Enters
Whisker Vs. Hemline Battle
SWEET HOME, Jan. 29 tJP)
Bearded plotters of the Order of
Whlskerlnoes admitted today they
are not certain whether they have
won the first battle in a war against
the lower hemline of milady's new
skirt fashions.
Wives of some of' the stalwart
band of 76 have staged a retreat
from Uie kitchen and left their
whisker-sprouting spouses holding
pans and dlshrags.
The campaign against longer
Waterfront War
Rages In Swatow
HONO KONG. Jan. 29 (F Chin
ese press dispatches today reported
a battle royal among rival water
front factions at Swatow with the
workers using home-made hand
grenades, Iron bars and stones.
A considerable number were re
ported injured. The fighting grew
out of a dispute between transporta
tion coolies and warehouse workers
over trespassing the other's territory.
The city's entire police force took
two hours to quell the outbreak, the
dispatches said. Swatow Is about 180
miles northeast of Hong Kong.
Bomb Explodes
At Long Last
SUNNYSIDE, Wash., Jnn. 29 .'!
A 50-pound navy skip bomb which
had been rolled down a steep hill,
loaded Into a truck, placed on a
dining room table and then moved
outside, finally exploded yesterday
but with a navy bomb expert on
hand to supervise the detonation.
Deputy Sheriff Ralph Kiihns said
the bomb, dropped Intact on the
Zlllali bombing range during the
war, wns found by two boys, War
ren Everett and Lloyd KollwlU.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (P)
(USDA) Potatoes: 9 broken, 14
unbroken cars on track; arrivals.
Oregon 7: market steady; Klamath
Russets No. 1-A, 5.15; Long Whites
1-A, $4.45.
LOS ANOKLES, Jan. 29 Ml
tUSDAi Potatoes: 16 broken, 17
unbroken cars on track; arrivals,
California 4, Oregon 1, Idaho 5, Utah
5, by truck 10; market slightly
stronger; Idaho Russets No, I-A,
$4.90-5.00.
Baseball Team
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skirts and bustles, that the "Whis
kerinoes" say were all right for
grandma but lack the eye appeal
needed to snag and hold her grand
son, started some time ago.
Businessmen and loggers of this
community, hearing that lengthen
ing hems were dictated from Paris
declared their Independence of lor
eign fashion tyranny. Taking their
cue from patroits of 1776 they re
cruited 76 revolutionaries and Is
sued a warning.
The wives replied .that sort of
freedom was fine for men, and con
tinued to buy 'em longer. They
brought home "Gibson" blouses,
skirts of tent-like proportions and
chattered of bustles and other bits
of yesteryear attire.
The patriots decided it was time
for action. A council of war on what
the wires disliked most about men
broueht a vote for beards. What
kind? Any kind! Someone asked
how long? And It probably was
Cliff Cannon who thought of let
ting them grow until St. Patrick's:
Day March 17.
Under $30 penalty for shaving,
the "Whlskerlnoes" now boast more
brands of chin chops than ever
bothered any one of their grand
mothers in her day. Mutton chops,
van dykes, side burns. Lincolns,
nrophet types and trimmed and un
kemnt varieties are In verdant
glory.
Right now. however, the initial
victory the retreat of the wives
from the kitchen Is not so glor
ious. The husbands celebrated by
cooking Irish slew. In honor of the
patron saint of their war, but Irish
stew, and Irish stew and more Irish
stew In prospect has taken the
gusto from the celebration.
Stanford Prexy
Dies In Gotham
NEW YORK. Jnn 29 oT) Dr.
Donald B. Tresldder, 53, president
of Stanford university nt Palo Alto,
Calif., died last night In his suite
at a mld-Mnnhnttan hotel.
Police attributed the educator's
death to natural causes. The body
wns removed to the Bellevuc hos
pital morgue and a medical ex
aminer said It would be determined
today whether an autopsy would be
performed.
Dr. Tresldder arrived In New York
last Friday to attend a meeting of
the Association of Amerlcnn Uni
versities' policy committee of which
he Is chairman. He had planned to
go from here to Washington and
return to California on February 9.
Vz Cent Up
Given 4000
AFL Group
A 7 ii centa-an-hour wage in
crease for 4000 lumber and logging
workers in the area covered by the
Klamath Basin district council of
the AFL was agreed upon today by
negotiators for the union and em
ployers represented by the Pine In
dustrial Relations committee, Inc.
The new scale, if accepted by the
local unions and individual em
ployers, will make the basic wages
in logging and sawmills $1.37 'i, and
in box factories, $1.35.
Recommendations of the negoti
ators were forwarded today by both
the local district council office of
Uie union and the PIRC. K. A.
Gordon headed the union negoti
ators, and C. L. Irving represented
Uie PIRC In the discussion, which
has been going on since early
January.
Effective January 1
Vnder the negotiators' agreement,
the wage Increase would be effecUve
as of January L The Increase
would be paid only to employe on
the payroll on Uie date the recom
mendation Is accepted by the local
union and Uie individual employer,
and workers hired subsequent to
that lime. The manner of applica
tion of Uie wage increase to piece
workers will be handled by local
negotiations.
Ordinarily, recommendaUon by
negotiators in such - cases are ac
cepted. The increase cover work
ers in Klamath Falls, Lakeview,
Rogue river valley. Weed, Yreka,
Sprague River, and some of Uie
operations at Aituras and Canby.
The boost amount to 60 cents
per day per worker. They total up
around $2400 a day for the entire
group.
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Funeral Ship
Sinks At Last
BOSTON, Jan. 29 UP) The army
funeral ship Joseph V. Connolly
went adrift from a tow line today
off Cape Race, Nfld, and sank, the
coast guard reported today. The
ship, previously ravaged by lire,
was under tow for New York.
The coast guard said Uie towing
hawser slipped off a towing drum
on Uie commercial tug Curb. Almost
immediately, the coast guard said,
Uie Connolly disappeared from the
cutter Acushnet's radar scope. The
Acushnet was accompanying Uie
Curb.
Earlier .the Acushnet said, it was
noted heavy seas were flooding the
Connolly's after hatches. A whole
gale was blowing and heavy snow
squalls were prevailing when the
Connolly disappeared, the coast
guard said.
Police Check
On Runaways
Three teen-age boys were reported
Dy ponce to nave run away from
their homes here last night and are
believed to be heading for Portland
to Join Uie coast guard.
Two of Uie youths are 16 years
old, tha other 15. One left a note to
his parent saying he was fed up
with school.
Wednesday afternoon late Sheriff
Lloyd Low and Deputy Juvenile Ol
ficer Faye Blackmer located a W
year-old girl who had left home and
was walking toward Lake Harriet
up the Lake o' the Woods road for
a solitary camping trip.
The girl was equipped with
hunting knife and one match,
scarcely enough gear for a camp at
Uie snow-bound lake. She was re
turned home.
Used Car Men
Swing To Right
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29 JPh
Phlladelphia used car dealers got
together and voted thumbs down on
such trade names as "More Money
Mnx." "The Smiling Irishman," and
"Top Dollar Joe."
Names like that, the dealers
solemnly agreed In a resolution last
night, are not in keeping with Uie
industry's "desire to maintain a
dignified atutude in 11 trans
actions with the public."
MISTAKE
PORTLAND, Jan. 29 (P) Patrol
man John Hatch stepped from the
Jail building last night carrying a
number of arrest slips and a letter
to be mailed.
When he returned to the record
bureau he had the letter but not
the arrest (lips clerk were waiting
to file.
A post office employe retrieved
the record from tht corner mall
box, ,
No End Seen
To St. Helens
Meat Battle
ST. HELENS, Jan. 29 lP)
New "bargains" were promised by
butchers here for the week-end
as the meat price war rounded out
It fourth week with no end In
sight.
Ernies Peterson, partner of a
store that opened January ft and
who claim to have forced prices
downward, said, "We're making
money."
Jack Sapplngton, who offered
free ham earlier this week, said
he couldn't see any end to the
price dash spiraL He aMed he
would Just a soon stop the major
lose leader item, however. His
specials yesterday featured three
pound of hamburger for $L
Hi atiffest compeUtor yester
day waa offering pork roast at 45
cent a pound, pork loin at 55,
sirloin and rump beef roast at
49 and round steak at 59.
Other market operators, not en
thused about the price eutUng
wave, agreed It waa still In full
swing.
There are nine meat market In
the city.
Buyer started flocking Into the
Columbia river community, 25
mile from Portland, last week
end when the war was In It
third sensational week. '
Peterson said hi shop was buy
ing animals from farmer and
having them custom slaughtered.
This, he explained, permitted the
price drop at a profit.
"We're doing all right," he
added, "With the volume we're
getting we're making money. This
can keep up s long time and we
won't complain."
Mercury Hits
Seasonal Low
Overcast skies, following on the
heel of a seasonal low record of
II degrees above zero chalked up
early this morning by the U. S.
weatherman, brought a frown to
Klamath brows which have been se
rene and slightly smug this past
few weeks as the basin has basked
in unusual January sun.
The barometer at noon today
showed a steady but not drasUc
drop for the past 24 hour but was
leveling off. In the meantime the
forecast was for "cloudy weather,
snow flurries tonight but clearing;
Friday." .
The Oregon state highway com
mission reported the first snow In
two weeks Is expected to fall to
night In mountain passes, with rain
expected on other routes.
Ski enthusiasts are hoping for
stow at Crater Lake national park
where skiing has been poor the past
two week-ends. Only a fresh fall
of snow to cover Uie ice encrusted
trails and slopes, would make ski
ing possible this week-end, rangers
reported.
GM Insurance
Plan Blocked
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 VP)
Federal Judge John Bright today
issued a temporary restraining or
der in New York City barring Gen
eral Motors corporation from put
ting an employe insurance plan in
to effect on February 1.
The court's action was announced
here by the national labor relations
board.
Robert N. Denham, the board's
general counsel, requested Uie order,
contending Uiat GM had failed to
bargain on Uie insurance plan with
Uie CIO Auto Workers union. Den
ham charged this was an unfair
labor practice.
Judge Bright gave GM until
February 3 to say why it should not
be- barred permanently on the plan.
A hearing will be held then to de
termine whether a permanent in
junction should be granted.
Denham told the court Uiat GM
was attempting to place Its own In
surance plan Into effect without
bargaining with Uie union as Uie
firm had agreed to do in Its present
contract.
British-Iraq Crisis Has
Foreign Office In Dither
LONDON, Jan. 29 (P Britain's
government worriedly eyed the Mid
dle East today, fearful of a crisis
In their relations with the Arab
states.
Officials conceded that recent
riots in Bagdad reflected a serious
British miscalculation of popular
Arab opinion. The riots were in
protest against a revised British
Iraqi treaty . of alliance.
Some Informants said Uie British
may try to retrieve lost ground by
proposing slight modification of the
treaty, which was signed January
If It has not been ratified. The
government of Premier Sallh Bey
El Jabur, which negotiated Uie re
vision, quit Tuesday.
The treaty would permit British
troops to enter Iraq In event of war
and would allow the British to use
Iraqi airfields.
There was some hope that a new
Iraq government might - be formed
which would be able to convince
the people the treaty Is In their
best Interests.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevln
had expressed hope Uie British
Iraqi treaty would be one of a
system of alliances to form a Brit
Distiller's
Ration Ends
Saturday
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 OP)
President Truman Baked congress
today to extend until October $1 hi
power to control na of grain, say
In the present shortage "Jeopar
dizes the national security."
In a special message to congress,
Mr. Truman recommended Uiat hi
authority over grain be extended
under Uie second war power act
"with respect to allocation and In
ventory control of grain for the pro.
ductlon of ethyl alcohol regardless
of the use to which the product 1
to be put." '
The message was read to thi
house. The senate was not In ses
sion. Try Killed
Mr. Truman acted after a house
committee shoved aside his request
for legislation providing a tempo
rary extension of controls which
would affect the amount of grain
allocated to distiller for use In
whisky-making.
The power to control distillers'
use of grain will end Saturday,
The president's message was re
leased after a White House confer
ence with Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson,
Mr. Truman called attention to
congress to the gravity of "a crlU
cal shortage of grain which threat
ens to become even more serious
during the next few months.1
The president said the situation
'can not be solved" by voluntary
agreements within Uie Industry.
He submitted a proposed measure)
for Uie conservation of grain giving
controls over its use for production
of ethyl alcohol, "Including but not
limited to distilled spirits and neu
tral spirits."
AFL Moves
Against Reds -
MIAMI. Fla.. Jan. 29 UTWtha
AFL executive council Av every
indication today it meant to take
advantage of anil -Soviet activity
around the world by setting up a
rival labor organization to freeze
out uie Russians.
The Soviet trade unlona'are mem
ber of the World FederaUon of
Trade Unions, in which Uie CIO
also is a participant along with
representatives of labor groups In
a score of other nations. The AFL
never would Join, asserting the
WFTO. is .jocnmunUt dominated"
because of overwhelming number.
A three-man committee within
the council is working on a new
policy statement which might go so
far as to scuttle the AFL' tradi
tional opposition to universal mil
itary training, and reverse it his
toric stand on Uie theory Uiat U. S.
youth must be drilled for defense.
The committee plass to report Fri
day. President William Green told his
news conference here yesterday that
in addition to the organization of
an inter-American federaUon of
labor among 17 nations In this
hemisphere, Uie AFL planned to ap
peal to labor groups in Europe, Asia
and elsewhere to rival Uie World
Federation of Trade Unions
IWFTU.
France Yetoes
Franc Recall
PARIS, Jan. 29 IP) A government
bill to confiscate franca from black
marketeers was rejected by the na
tional assembly's finance commis
sion today.
Premier Robert Schuman's gov
ernment sought to withdraw all 5000
franc notes In circulation, and ap
parently to confiscate those obtained
illegitimately.
The bill was rejected when the
finance commission failed to give
It a majority approval. The vote
was a tie, 20-20.
The government demanded a sec
ond reading. The bill will go to Uie
national assembly with an unfavor
able report if the commission main
tains its stand on the second read
ing. ish-Arab bulwark against Uie spread
of commulsm In the Middle East.
But the trigger-quick temper of
Uie Arabian man-on-the-atreet pro
vides a touchy problem.
An illustration of Arab national
ism was given In London yesterday
by an unidentified trans-Jordan of
ficial. He said:
"If Uie people of the Mideast bad
to choose between being Arabs un
der communism and being subject
of a foreign Imperialism, whether
British or American imperialism,
unquestlonlngly they would select
communism."
A Moscow radio commentator
heard In London gave Uie Soviet
reaction to Uie Iraq question. The
broadcast said Uie Arabs regard the
treaty as a direct menace to na
tional Interests and an attempt "of
the Imperialists to continue their
old colonial policy of enslavement
of the peoples of Asia and Africa."
In Baghdad, former Premier Sallh
Bey El Jabur was reliably reported
to have fled the city. A secret police
Informant said he bad gone to
Hllla, 00 miles south of Baghdad,
to the tribes of his father-in-law.
Crowd marched through Baghdad,
crying for his head. ,