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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1952)
w Ml m mm III The- By KIUNK JENKINS ilrro la a stubborn fuel: In world full of powder kega nd plenty ol matches lying around Iciomi, wo have n steel ttrlke on our lintictn. We shouldn't have, of courao. If RumiIh shuulri move awlfllv mid de cisively, a shortage of Hied could be dtaitstroua to UN, But there It In. Muring tin III the face. It a can't be wived away Willi a Wuntl. Whnl mo we going to do bout II Cnngrcas could law EM- POWERING the Pioaltlcnl lo selie the airel inilunlrv again. The gov ernment could then nnrrute It nn It opcmlc the uoalofllro nnd hua been luerntlim the railroad. If any tlf;r liiiliinirv get obstreperous, Vffrouhl Htr.E IT and operate It. AiTl an on. tin we want Hint 7 J don't . it ninnckn too much of Aclnlinn. It seems In me. aa one amall I itlzrn. Hint we'd better tuuuli tlila ixlMUng aleel lrlke out, trusting in i lie power of nubile opinion lo In ln a reasonable settlement rea K.nnlilv noon, and concentrate our rlftiiH on nrevenllnit other Mrlkea In industries of the magnitude ol at Tel. How aliall we do Hint? It arema to me Hint the Hint and iun.it intelligent Mrp wuulil be to bull Industry-wide bargaining. In-duairv-wlde bargaining brlnga Inln nlnv furcea Hint are TOO UIO iu HANDLE, runes Hint are loo bin lo handle are almost cerlnln to uernme in-t-,lrinl. 1 Ihlnk everyone will aitree Hint there hna been a Inl of In-loli-riinre on both aide of Mil aleel MMke There would have been lea tnlnletanca. I believe. Il the leel Mtuntlnn had been handled In amaller unlta. Hie oil alrlke. for example, wat much leaa menacing and et tlrd much more uulcklv and with h-as lirnt and III will on both aldea. Hnruuliilng In the cne ol oil waa not on an Industry-wide baata. fti Induatrv-wlde barRalnlim. un der liovernment control, It I evi dent Irom the beginning thai tho final decision will be mnde by the government. That tiraetlcnllv In atirra Hint Uiere will be no REAL bargaining between Hie parllea. Kach feela thai Hie aetlleinenl will go lo the Itovernmenl anvway. ao neitlior la Inclined lo make con reaiiun. The roault la thai lndu-try-wide bargaining drill, Into an r jna.so uch a wo have een in u"" raae of Heel. ...',. Much impasses, In vital Industries, are daniteroua. I ooking to tho future (and we IIAVK TO look to the future) we'd better remove the cauaea of the trouble Instead of trvlirtt to deal with conaequonce M they arlae to lUnue ui. II mill aeema lo me that the monl ulriklng development arising out of thin alrel controverav la the wav in winch ao mnnv luallces of the supreme court croaaed Ideological linen In order lo net In the root of a aituallon Uiat could threaten the nalion'a very exlatence. Let' nut It thla wav: Pructlcnlly all of the Juntlcei of Ihe present court have been au iminted bv New Deal Presidents. If they had been Ideologically alub-born-lhat la lo ev. If In their thinking they had put the philo sophies of the New Deal above the conatllutlon they could have felt that It wa their obligation to aup pnrt a New Deal President at anv "r'hev did no uch thing. Instead, they went back to the banlc ton Mltiitlonnl concept of a GOVERN MENT OP LAWS and ruled against the New Deal President who has sought lo make thla a government of men. In doing ao. they et a precedent that congress may well follow. Thin li a campaign year. In campaign veurn. member of congress tend in those' modern times to throw courage and principle to the winds and grasp at expediency. II In thl Instance, congress will follow the courageous and states manlike example set bv ao many luiitlcei. of Ihe supreme court It mnv he possible to enact lnw so vlie nnd sound as to get at the mUiOT of our Industrial troubles. Swat would be wonderful. ' State Mishaps Take 4 Lives 1 By The "Associated Press Accidents Monday claimed four lives In Oregon. Two men drowned, n two-ycnr-old boy was killed by a car and a man died In a well CBobert Fnrwell, 34, Pendleton, was trapped In the well he was diguing about two miles east ol Ihe Eastern Oregon City. State Police nnd neighbor, recovered his body about two hours after the cave-In was dlnoovercd. Artificial respiration failed. David R. Walker, 24, of Heeds pert, drowned In the ocean after ho Jumped Irom his dlsnblcd crab bont. The boat' engine went dead and Its anchor chnln broke three miles south of tho Umiftuia River Bur. wnlkcr nnd throe other crew members .lumped overboard to awlin nshoro. Tho three others, one ol whom - was ft 14-yenr-old boy, reached anfclv. : ' ; ' J Mnrvln Wlllnrd Nugent, la, -of Snndv drowned ' In Roslyn Luke near Bull Run Monday. Tho youth, who could not swim, loll otx of, a rubber boat. J r ' Frederick ' L, Klndoll, was killed outright when ho was Tun over(ln the driveway of hi Spring field I home. Coroner Fred Buell snld the boy's 14-yenr-old ttop brotbor, MBrtln Loroy Mver. was backing; the car out of Ihe garKg Council OKs Park Sale To Church By IIALK RCARBROUdll The City Council broke Uirough nevcriil long-pending properly prob lem Monday night, voting to sell Hecreallun Field to Sacred Heart Academv. lo sell about II Iota 11 owm Jn Trailer Park lor residen tial purponoa, anrl to reone and put on aale a likht Indualrlal altra pronertv along Owen Street and around Recreation Field. Councilman D a r r e 1 1 Miller brnuHhl about action on all three moves. He had Investigated the location and declared thai the ao-called Trader Park, al Radcllfle and Wnahhurn, lan't aullable for recre ntloiml uae althougli It has been held oil aale lor that purpoae, that Ihe' oily In urgently In need of lo rnllona designated for Induatrlnl uno alnce It now has only one In dtiatrlal lot left for sale, and Hint the city hna a aort of moral obll gnilun lo nee that Sacred Heart hat an uUilotle field, lit ll.DINfi PltOfiBAM hatred Heart, he an Id, Is In the inlorl of a building nrugrnm and In Hie future may linve between tiO and ftno aludeiila. The Catholic aihool docan'l operate on a cent ol tux money, and because It Is privately llniinced II aavea Klam ath Kulla taxpnvers up to SIM, 000 a year which would have to be paid olherwlne lo educate Sacred llcurl ntudent If they were In public- achoola. Tiir school docan'l have an ath letic field, and haa offered the cltv 2. till) the tpprnlaed price for . Kecrculion Field. Intending to Im prove the old feallyard for achool UM. Recreation Field properly was donated to the city for recreational use bv Ihe Rotary Club. Some lime aeo Kolnrv agreed the city could sell Hie property, stipulating that mom-v derived be placed In (pe dal Rotary fund to be uaed for recreation al Uie club' direction. RI.MDKNTIAL AREA The Trailer Park properly which during World War II was Mtc i f a trailer housing project has been kept Irom aale for pos aible recreation use. Miller said It ian't aullable for that use, being alkali and dustv aa well aa In the center of a growing realdentlal area. The Council directed that clly-owned lota there be put up for iraidentlnl aale Immediately. As for other property between Owen and Adams, In the vicinity of Recreation Field. nd Including the Held. Uie Council directed Hial It be claaalfled ti Industrial and also put on Dale. The Sacred Heart bid already 1 In and wlU be c cepted, Thi property now la designated as Clnaa II resident 11. but In 1(4 move was made lo re-zone It as industrial. For aome reason the plan then was abandoned, but It Is lo be taken up again. Considerable city-owned property In that are could be sold. Miller aald. for In dustrial use but not for residential use. Cltv Attorney Henry Perkins said he would have a resolution pre pared bv next Monday night start ing ihe reionlng change. In effect, the reaonlng would Just move the rrescnl Industrial area boundary over to Owens. It now extends to the alley back of Adams. NEW INSPECTOR Other Council action Monday night Included: Appointment of Vera 8chortgen as building inspector, replacing Walt Salabery whose 'resignation was elfectlve last week. 8chortgen was on the contracting busbies here for sever) years. Appointment of Jerry Olson as a member of the civil service com mission, replacing Merrill D. Klous, who resigned and has moved lo Sacramento, Approval of lust $3,000 worth of building permits. Permission to the Klamath Basin Roundup Association to stage Its July 4 parade, June 38 kids' pa rade, kangaroo court and other ac tivities. Permission to Montgomery Ward lo hold It annual bike parade June 20. 7 Receipt of Identical bids from three companies for furnishing emulsified asphalt for unimproved street dust-coating this summer, The bids, from American Bitumi nous Asuhnlt Compnnv, Shell Oil Company nnd Union Oil Companv all were 9.9 cents a gallon, FOB the Sun Francisco bay area. The city plans to buy 5.500 gallons and to have Its street-oiling program going by the first of next week. PARADE Permission to Calvary Baptist Church to have a children's parade tlnnugh Mill Addition at 10 a.m. Friday, observing the opening of tho church's summer Bible School. Order for closing of an open ditch on 5ih between Plum and Willow as a safety hazard. City Engineer Taxi Thomas said that pipe to be used In covering the ditch will cost $58.52. Directors Urge Girls To Enter Roundup Fun Klamath Basin Roundup mncnln cry went Into high gear this alter noon as director met In spcolnl session to draft some, fliml plans. , At Roundup headqunrlors, In the Patterson Furnltitto building ui 2.10 Main. Roundup Secy. Beth Chase nid advance ticket sales were really beginning to roll." Ticket reservations may ne mnao oy pnon lug the hendquarters office; the number Is 6189. Roundup director are particular ly anxious lor girl to lgn up as Kounciup queen candidates, sever al girls, Including most of last years contingent, have Indicated Sinus to got In the fun this year tit tints far only two girls have actually signed. The two signed imf tfffi . ,,,,;; , , m , , , , , frlf rive tenia 12 Pie KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1953 Telephone 8111 No. Z83 Wote BMk Stirs (dohmb Berlin Reds Confined By British By KtC.'HARl) K,HIH( HKK BERLIN I British military police threw a barbed wire barri cade around Ruaainn - operated Radio Berlin Tueaduy and besieged that Conilliiliil.it Island Inside Hie wentern section ol Hie divided city. Tile surprise dnwn action caught a guard of about 20 Riihniun tommy-gunners Inside the big red brick building In the ilddlc of the Brit ish sector of the former Ocrmun capita). British and German police on guard around the biirbed wire bar ricade announced to both Russian and German civilian a.atlon person nel that anybody Inside Hie build ing could come out but thai nobody would be allowed back In. The British troops aroutit the station were issued extra ammiin nil Ion and ordered to "meet force with force" If anyone tried to lift the siege. RUSSIANS Tlie Russians did not attempt U make their customary morning change of the guard, aroualng be lief that the Red sound I nude had orders to sit tight, lor Uie present anyway. Shortly before noon, when the alege had been on more than eight houra, tbree Soviet officers In a sedan with a civilian driver were Jefused admittance by the British oldlcra. As the Russians drove away Oerman onlookers booed lustily. CONSULTATION The British action taken after consultation with American and French occupation otltclala ap parently was in retaliation for Com munist leisure ol several small areas on the fringe of West Ber lin which lie Just Inside the Rus sian occupation tone but had been administered by the West. The Red grabbed these little areas during the weekend for Incor- ? oration or evacuation In order to reate "security belt' with which they are sealing oil Free Berlin from the surrounding Russian oc cupation zone. PROTEST British Commandant Ma J. Gen. C. F. C. Colemnn protested to Uie Russians over these seizures Mon day nlKht. A few hours later, at 3:30 a. in the British MP's began their seal ing off operation. But the Red radio continued broadcasting Tuesday morning, sending out mostly musical record ings. These programs might have ome. however from alternate studios the Communists have con structed In the Russian sector ol the cliy. The transmitter also is In the Red-held section. Crash Brings Damage Suit Orover Bancroft, pllotr Injured In Ihe crash of a crop-dusllng plane June 5, 1051, near Tulelake, has brought a $100,000 damage suit against the plnne owner, charging It was not kept In proper repair. Tne defendant Is Earl Llston, op erator of the Farmer Air Serv ice, lor whom Bancroft worked. Bancroft wns flying a Sternum n. dusting at Tulana Farms In the Tulelake area, when the plane crashed. He was hospitalized for consid erable length of time and his In juries Included fractures of both legs and severe head and bark hurts. Hs suit contends he Is now confined to a wheel chnlr and will be totally disabled for many years. He claims Llston waa at fault In requiring him to fly a plnne not propefly maintained or Inspected and In that water was able to seep Into the gasoline tank. Bancroft Is represented by the Portland law firm of Hicks, Davis and Tongue and by A. W. Schaupp, Klamath Fall attorney. are Carol Hamilton. Klnmnth Falls nnd Barbara Jean Anderson, Mnc dool, Besides tho lun of several spe cial events In addition to the Roundup Itself, girls this year will have tho biggest trophy nnd gifl list In Roundup history.' . First of the special events Is tho all-day outing lor girls, their guests krnnsportaUon will be provided lor ona Roundup officlnls. Speclnl the girls' horses. The outlnir Is scheduled for Bill Hammond's "D" ranch, Monday. Otrls may sign up nt any of tlin three following store: Chnrllo Read' Saddlery, 627 Klamath Ave nue; Drew's Mnnstore, 733 Main Stroot; and the Town Shop, 600 Main Street. . - r4A W D ' , j V i - . r - v' . - a i rfkHmammmmmmmmmammmmmmmimmmmimm liiniaiiiiiii niMiiiliini aliaiiiai MERCY MERGER Formal inclusion of theTulelake Red Cross chapter into the Klam ath County chapter was affected yesterday at a luncheon meeting here. Above, Tule lake Chairman Hugh P. Mullin Jr. (second from left) hands over a check for funds col lected by his chapter to Robert A. .Mitchell (far right) Klamath Chairman; Looking on are (left) Ross Ragland, past chairman at Tulelake, and Mrs. Virginia Dixon, Klamath executive secretary. In the recent fund drive the Tulelake chapter went over its quota by $508; the total collection was $2,008, amount of the check being handed over above. Forum finds City Prime War Target By MALCOLM EPLEV JR. . . ,a few minutes warning In most I raid, and sometimes had no warn Build the Basin panel . members ing at all." lasl night told local citizen some- Local CAA Chief Vance Hawlev thing they don't like to be-told said he felt Klamath would net Ui,. nrnsnrrlc n( war are verv close, The panel covered civil defense and Klamath's preparations lor standing up under anything niturc or mankind may have to olfer In the way of disaster and emergency. Listeners learned that Klamath Falls Is the No. 3 target city In Uie state behind Portland and Eu gene. CivU Defense Director Joe LaClalr was unable to explain ex actly why, though It 1 known Klamath' Is a transportation hub of rail and highway routes, as well as the site of a potential military air base. Rev. Gordon Ashbee, a veteran of the Nazi blitz over London, ex plained what preparations snould' probably be made here and de scribed eye-witness accounts of bombings and emergency measures taken there. "There." he said, "we had but Two Charged With Forgery Two young men Irom Tulelake have been charged with forpffry here, and are held In the County Jail awaiting court action. They were Identified as Charles Ronald Waters. 31, and Preston Rogers Baker, 31. ; . . - The men were arrested last Sat urday nt a local grocery on drunk charges, by city police, and turned over to the county lor prosecution. They are accused of forging the name of M. E. Baker to a check made out jor 50 In District Court Monday Waters and Baker waived a preliminary hearing. Their ball was set at $3,500 each. Bonus Director Gives Varning SALEM, (flV- Veterans who hve moved sinco they applied for their Oregon veterans bonuses were warned Tuesday to report thoir new addresses- Immediately, H. C, Saalfcld, state bonus super visor, said bonus payments would begin by July 1, and he snld many bonus cheoks probably would be returned to the department be cause of change of addresses. An estimated 65,000 veterans will receive 37 . million, dollars . In the tlrat payments In - July,, i More than 85,000 veterans have applied, and 50.000- more applica tions are expected by the Dec. 1 deadline. ..,;')k.'Ji'ff' advance warning In case of an attack, but noted that radar is not so elfectlve at lower elevations as a ground observation corps. He was seconded bv Mai. Clifford L. Sanders, Oregon National uuard. who noted local air raid warning may depend entirely on that ground observauon. OBSERVERS CD Chief LaClalr said there were a number of observer stations set up here already, but that a leader for that section is yet to be selected. Mrs. Frances Watklns. a member of the welfare and aid division, noted the Important part her group would play in the event of a dis aster. She outlined committees as established for emergency, and called (or more help from the pub lic. Ross Ragland, head of Tulelnkc's civil defense, said his communlty'8 first job in case of attack or other emergency would be to assist Cali fornia Metropolitan areas. He noted San Francisco and the Bay Area have been tagged as the No. 2 target areas in the country. A mutual assistance pact be tween Klp.malh and Tulelake com munities has yet to be worked out. but both Ragland and LaClalr Indi cated It .was forthcoming. . George Conner, head of the CD communications division, said he had 34 ham radio operators .enriy to undertake emergency duties on the spur of a moment. He said his Utilities may be at first overpow ered by welfare calls. A radio headquarters and auxiliary head quarters has been set up in case one Is knocked out. Conner report ed ninny ham sets could operate by battery should they lose the elec tric power utility. LaClalr noted that younger citi zens, of Scout age. can be utilized as runners In case other commu nications locally are cut down. MaJ. Sanders noted his group lo cally would be ready to back up civil authorities in case the Job get too big lor them. Civil Defense also has a law enforcement division, one on publlo utilities, and others. HELP WANTED LaClalr called again and again for volunteers to work In the local Civil Defense army which already numbers about 3000 to contact Mgr. Guy Barker of the Employ ment Service here, who is In charge of the personnel division. Rev. Ashbee, Kngllsh-born and presently rector of St. Barnabas church in Latigell Valley, noted that the main targets of bombers are not always hit. ; ; , t -"Should an attacker lose h!s way," he said, "he may drop his bomb load merely at a light below. That could be Klamath Falls.' The minister said Civil Defense can be developed best by keeping the . Boy Scout motto "Be pre pared." -- . r Floods Rage In California SAN FRANCISCO Ml Thous ands of acres of rich California (arm lands lay under water Tues day. The Tule and San Joaquin rivers swollen bv an unprecedented spring runoff burst through levees near the center and at the couth end of the fertile Central Valley. More than 30,000 acres of cotton and grain lands In the Tulare basin were inundated, while 150 miles to the north, the San Joaouin sDilled out over 5,000 acres of alfalfa and tomatoes near Tracy. Experts predicted further levee brakes as record snows melt In the Sierra Nevada. Many streams are brimfull and the pressure is increasing. Army engineers said Tulare Lake which covered onlv four square miles two months ago win be 100 miles square in two davs. It lies in a drainless basin trom which water can only escape by evaporation. Weather FORECAST: Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Cloudy with scattered showers this evening and tomorrow. Low tonight 48, high, tomorrow 78. High yesterday 79 Low last night 45 Preeip yesterday , 0 Prcelp since Oct. 1 15.J7 Same period last year I I fit Normal for period 11.39 (Additional Weather on Page 4.) Siskiyou, Modoc Voters Elect Supervisors Today Three positions on the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors are to be filled In today's California primary election. . , The candidates are: District 1 Incumbent Gordon Jacobs of Hornbrook. and Joe G. Allen of Dorrls. District 2 Incumbent W. A. Barr of Mt. Shasta and F. W. (ButsO Kohlbaker of Dunsmulr. District 4 Incumbent W. T. Davidson of Fort Jones, Phillip Tolemnn of Happy Camp and Robert N. Montgomery, also of Haonv Camp. UNREPRESENTED The Northeastern pnrt of the big county long has been virtually without ' representation on the Board of Supervisors, and the can didacy of Allen grew out of several meetings between residents of Tulelake, Dorrls and Macdoel. 1 Ho Is supposedly backed by an almost solid vote in that area. . Also In the Tulelake area, Lee Sonnenberg, Incumbent Justice of the peace, is up for re-election and Is opposed by Mrs. Victoria Thaler, who is Tulelake city judge. The other ludiclal contest Is In the Yreka district where Incum bent Claude OlUis is opposed by Carl H. Johnson. Republicans Claim Top Interest By MORRIE LANDSBERG SAN FRANCISCO I A violent Republican battle claimed top In terest Tuesday in presidential pri mary voting to decide control of California's 70 COP and 68 Demo cratic delegates. Slates pledged to Republican Oov. Earl Warren and Demo cratic Sen. Estes Kefauver ruled as favorites to win over delega tions that are uncommitted but with definite leanings. The golden states votes will rank second at the COP conven tion and third at the Democratic.' Warren placed his presidential candidacy tnd espousal of progres- OTIIER STATES In South Dakota today. Gen eral Eisenhower and Senator Taft were locked In the fast pri mary fight before the GOP con vention in which both men are entered. Elsewhere on the nation's political front today. Alabama Democrat were aclecting dele gabf and In Maryland, Demo cratic delegate were being named in convention. sive GOP policy on the line against vigorous attacks of a rival gToup headed by Rep. Thomas H. Werdel. The farm country congressman personally prefer Sen. Robert A Taft or Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. Kefauver challenged the former Truman slate taken over by Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown, No. 1 Democratic official in the state. A procession of outside Democrats ttiimned for Brown's delegates, who aopear to lavor Gov-' Adlai Stevenson of Dhnois or Mutual Security Director W. Averell Har- runan. ; The presidential contest - and some hot local fights brought offi cial estimates of a 3,600,000 turn out of the 5.300.000 registration, including 2,995,768 Democrats and 2,192.446 Republicans. The forecast was for clear weather. Most of the 19,726 polling places close at 7 p.m. But San Francisco booths close an hour Caiifornians also had the job of handing out party nominations for nn at in the II. S. Senate. 30 in the House ol Representatives In the senatorial races uemocrauc Rep. Clinton McKinnon of San Diego and Republican Sen. William F. Knowland. seeking reelection, were favored. Warren, backed by the state's leading Republicans, angrUy ac cused his home state foes of spend ing half million dollars to defeat him. In his closing campaign appeal Monday night, he said be could have had tne support oi tne Werdel group "if I had been wUl ir.g to nav the nrice of subservi ence." Warren headed the 1940 and 1948 GOP delegations without opposition. The governor previously blamed disgruntled political enemies for a campaign ot nate against nun. Werdel, a candidate for reelec tion to Congress from the Lower San Joaquin Valley, replied "the hate and villlfication in this cam paign comes from the governor. Our monev comes from thousands of Republicans." Taft has stayed clear of the California primary, although some of his followers stumped for Wer del. Gen. Dwight D. Eisennower s supporters have publicly endorsed Warren. MacArthur has said be is not a candidate. Warren reiterated that if he does not receive the nomination he will release his delegates and support any candidate selected by the national convention. Other justices of the peace are not opposed. - A total of 16.473 persons are registered to vote is Siskiyou Coun ty, imports County Clerk Waldo J. Smith. Five men are candidates for Supervisor for Modoc County's District 2. which runs from the middle of Alturas' Main Street east and north to the Oregon line, takimr In the Ccdarvllle. Willow Rnnch and New Pine Creek areas. The candidates are: Charles Fitzpatrick. Laurence Smith, W. B. Bishop, George Perkins and Dr. F. E. Auble. NEW DISTRICT That district was formed by vote of (he people of Modoc County earlier this year, consolidating two supervisory districts. Fltjipatrick and Smith are the incumbents, but only one Is to be elected, in District 6. the . Adln-Canby Lookout area, which was formed by the redisricting election, the candidates are Chester Edgerton nr.d Marcel Kresne. In District 4 Bernell Christiansen of Likely is unopposed. Dr. Auble and Fltspatrlck are from Alturas: Perkins, Bishop and Smith from Willow Ranch: Edger ton and Kresge from Adln. Production Slashed; Confab Set PITTSBURGH Wl Production faded to a dribble Tuesday in the day - old steel strike. AUled un employment mounted. An estimated 26,000 coal miners who produce coal for steel-making furnace have been laid off for the duration. Thousands of railroader awaited similar furloughs. The steel Industry fell from a dally production of more than ano . 000 ton to a tiny fraction of that amount ja nours after the Supreme MEETING ; WASHINGTON UP) An In. doilry-unlon meeting to seek a steel strike settlement may be held within 48 hour, an in dustry source reported today. Plana for the meeting do not in clude the government. The reporting source aald de tail may be announced In a Joint statement by management and Ihe CIO United Steelworkers. Pittsbnrgh waa mentioned a the probable scene of preliminary . talk. , ' Court ruled the government had no right to seize the Industry April President Phllln Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers ordered his 650,000 workers In basic steel to drop their tools as soon aa he heard the decision. His men won't work without a contract, Murray vowed. .-, .. , ORDERLY The walkout Is orderly across Ihe nation. The giant U. 8. Steel Corp. said some of it plants were not even being picketed. With the Industry closed down tight, there was little for pickets to do' any place but idly pace In front of plant gates. Tne trickle of production left Is accounted for by firm like Weir- ton Steel Co., in Wirton, W. Va., and Steubenvllle. O., which deal with independent unions and by companies like Kaiser steel, which have signed agreements with the union. ., . ,, , INDUSTRY Steel Industry experts exnect steel - consuming industries to con tinue operations -unhampered by' me steel sir uie lor at least two weeks. And then the pinch will come. Steel for factories making all kinds of steel products has been ' more abundant recently and the long-standing steel shortage was just . about --oveewhea. the steel workers struck. The trade journal Iron. Age es timates general consumer steel inventories at from 30 to 60 davs supply. Automobile makers are believed to have 30 to 45 days supply. nut piant snutaowns probably will come before the Inventory runs out if tne steel strike lasts that long. . - . SHORTAGE 1 A shortage in any vital steel Item would make it Impossible for any given manufacturer to keep up op erations. The steel strike halted iron ore mining in Minnesota with about 10,000 diggers Joining the walkout near Hibbing, Minn. Tne miners went out in obedi ence to a direcUve from George Teller, international union repre sentative. In previous steel strikes, the ore miners bad stayed on the Job. , ; NEGOTIATIONS Both union end industry ex pressed willingness to get together for new negotiations. Neither made any specific plans to meet at the bargaining table immediately. In the absence of any concrete move for new contract talks, industry and union sources see little hope for an early settle ment based on any possible nego tiations. Skeleton crews designated by the . (steelworkers remained inside the mills to prevent damage to costly equipment. Damage would mean a slow work return If and when a new contract Is signed. i 4 A' rvrv r i i-. " RAY BRAMWELL (above), operator of a service sta tion at South Sixth and Hope Streets, is today's special. Bramwcll lives at 2223 Wiard Street. jew; A'
