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NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, UP)—President
Truman yesterday nominated Rear
Admiral Albert G. Noble to be
chief of the navy’s bureau of ord
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nance for four years.
Noble’s appointment is subject
to confirmation by the Senate. He
would succeed Vice Admiral
George F. Hussey, Jr., of Brook
line, Mass., who is retiring this
fall.
SEATTLE, <iP)—Cancellation of
the planned visit to Washington
State by Paul Griffith, national
commander of the American Le
gion, was announced Tuesday by
Fred M. Fuecker, state adjutant.
Griffith is under doctor’s care in
Los Angeles and has been com
' pelled to cancel all engagements
for the next 10 days. He was to
have arrived in Spokane today.
WASHINGTON, </P) — Russell
Mack, Republican representative
elect from the Third District, said
yesterday he probably will be
sworn in today or Thursday. He
was elected to succeed the late
Fred Norman (R.), who died here
about two months ago.
Homer Jones was chosen yes
terday as chairman of the Wash
ington State Republican delega
- tion in the House to succeed Nor
man. .
SAN FRANCISCO, GP)—Funer
al services were held here yester
day for John Lichtenberg, 80,
pioneer Nome hardware dealer.
He died here Friday. He went to
Alaska in the gold rush days. He
retired and came to San Francisco
four years ago. A daughter, Mrs.
Gladys Solvin, lives here.
* NEW YORK, (JP)—1The general
federation of women’s clubs an
nounced yesterday that Pauline
V. Burkher, Anchorage, won hon
orable mention in an Atlantic
Monthly contest on the the sub
ject, “The Schools I Want and
How To Get Them.’’
VANCOUVER, B. C., <^P) — A
^ murder charge was filed last night
9 against Elmer Edward Johnson,
25-year-old Burnaby, B, C., bak
ery employee in connection with
the strangle-slaying of Mrs. Norma
Burton, 27, early Sunday. Her
body was found on the shores of
Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
TACOMA, Wash. (/P) —Under
taken William Gauthier respond
ed to a deputy Sheriff’s call that
he pick up the body of an uniden
tified boy killed by a truck.
The child was his stepson, Don
ald James Gauthier, 9. He had
been struck by a lumber truck as
he ran across the roadbed of the
Puyallup bridge.
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (^)—Flood
water failed to stop Dr. Joseph
Gale from officiating at the birth
of a baby girl to a Bedford, Mo.,
couple.
Dr. Gale parked his car when
the Grand river blocked his ur
gent trip, climbed into a plane,
and beat the stork by ten minutes
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Richardson.
Truman Calls For Disucssion Of New
Labor Control Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, (£>)—President
Truman called in members of the
national labor relations board to
day to discuss administration of
the Taft-Hartley labor control
law, enacted over his veto. •
Presidential press secretary
Charles G. Ross, when asked Mr.
Truman’s reaction to passage of
the measure over his objections,
replied:
“The President spoke his views
ip his veto message.”
Paul M. Herzog is chairman of
the NLRB. The other members are
John M. Houston and James J.
Reynolds, Jr.
Broad additional responsibili
! ties are imposed on the NLRB oy
j the new law, and Senate Republi
! cans said they are planning to
give it more funds to administer
| these duties.
i The Senate, following the lead
| of the House, smacked down the
veto Monday by a vote of 68 to 25,
six more than the required two
thirds majority.
The House three days earlier
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, rolled up a crushing 331 to 83
| margin to override Mr. Truman s
disapproval of the Taft-Hariley
measure—now law.
The act imposes far-reaching
limitations on union activities,
mainly by overhauling the Wag
ner collective bargaining act.
j Among other things, the new
law:
Sets up machinery designed to
block “national paralysis’ strikes; J
outlaws the closed shop; permits
the union shop only when a ma
jority of workers vote for it; pro
hibits jurisdictional strikes and
secondary boycotts; makes unions
liable for unfair labor practices
and subject to damage suits.
Wagner act revisions, such as
the ban on the closed shop, do not
go into effect for 60 days. The new
mediation set up will start operat
' ing in 30 days.
But another major provision is
in effect now. This authorized the
government to obtain 80-day in
junctions to block or stave off na
, tional emergency strikes.
Miners Must File
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Intention to Hold
Claims by July 1
JUNEAU, (/P)—Holders of un
patented mining claims who have
not already done so are cautioned
to file before twelve o’clock mer
idian July first, in the office of the
U. S. Commissioner for the pre
cinct in which their claims are lo
cated a declaration of their desire
to hold such claims.
Only by so doing may their
rights be fully protected during
the current assessment year,
which ends at noon July 1, 1947.
A bill is now before the Con
gress that provides for exemption
from the work and expenditure
requirements on mining claims
during the assessment year ending
July 1, 1948. According to a wire
received from Delegate Bartlett,
conferees have just been appoint
ed by the House and Senate to de
termine whether the benefits of
the Bill shall apply only in Alaska
or shall be extended to include
continental United States.
If the bill, as finally drafted by
the conference committee fails to
pass, performance of assessment
work on mining claims will be re
quired during the year ending
July 1, 1948. In that case holders
of mining claims will have until
that date to complete the required
work.
Pacific Navy Will
Be Nearly Normal
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HONOLULU, (i*P)—Adm. Louis
E. Denfield said yesterday that
Senate restoration of $157,000,000
tentatively slashed from the navy
budget by the House of Represen
tatives will permit the fleet to
maintain a nearly normal force in
the Pacific.
Had the House cut gone through,
the fleet’s commander in chief
Bradley May Suc
ceed Eisenhower
As Chief Of Staff
WASHINGTON, (#») — General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, - who led
Allied armies to victory in North
Africa and Europe, will become
president of Columbia university
when he is relieved as army chief
of staff, probably early next year.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, the vet
erans administrator, was regarded
today as Eisenhower’s likely suc
cessor in the army’s top job.
Eisenhower also has been elect
ed a member of the university’s
board of trustees.-As president, he
succeeds Nicholas Murray Butler,
who retired in 1945.
Associates of the five-star gen
eral said last night he has dis
cussed his departure from the
service with President Truman
and secretary of war Patterson,
but without submitting a formal
request for release.
A war department announce
ment of Eisenhower’s plans said,
however, that he has taken the
Columbia post “with the approval
of the President of the United
States and secretary of war” ef
fective “at such time as his super
iors may release him from active
duty in the army.”
The statement added that “with
no radical change in the current
outlook it should be sometime
during the first half of 1948.”
Under a Congressional act,
Eisenhower will continue as a
five-star general for life with pay
of around $15,000 a year. Colum
bia is expected to pay him addi
tional compensation running into
five figures annually.
said, one carrier, two cruisers,
eight destroyers and about five
submarines would have been trim
med from the navy’s Pacific
strength. The admiral returned to
day from conferences in Wash
ington.
Court Rules Govt.
Owns Lands To
Three-Mile Limit
WASHINGTON, (jP) — Coastal
state Congressmen began a cam
paign yesterday for prompt en
actment of legislation giving their
states clear title to rich oil and
mineral deposits lying off their
shores.
After a quick look at the su
preme court decision holding that
the federal government owns the
off-shore lands between low water
mark and the three-mile limit,
Rep. Poulson (R.-Calif.) announc
ed he will introduce such a bill
immediately.
Predicting it eventually will
“pass over the President’s veto,”
Poulson asserted “there is still
time in this session of Congress to
make a good start.”
The court’s 6-2 decision Mon
day dealt specifically with lands
off the California coast but seem
ed broad enough to apply every
j where.
The state of California has
granted about 100 oil leases for
the withdrawal of petroleum from
submerged coastal lands. Fred
Links, state superintendent of
budgets and accounts, said the de
cision will cost California $4,-408,
600 in oil royalties this fiscal year.
But Poulson insisted that “oil
is only a small part” of the case
so far as California is concerned.
“It’s importance,” he said, “lies
in the fact that by interpretation
the federal government now can
claim the ports and harbors which
produce millions of dollars in mu
nicipal revenues for Los Angeles
and other port cities.”
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BARROW MORGAN
! HOME FROM SCHOOL
| Barrow Morgan, son of Lt. and
i Mrs Stanley Morgan, returned
! home Tuesday from the States,
1 where he has been attending
school.
Senate Overrides
Labor Law Veto;
May Split Party
WASHINGTON, </P) — Enact
ment of the Taft-Hartley labor law
over President Truman’s veto
brought disputed predictions yes
terday of a third party movement
and possible Republican loss of
the organized labor vote.
Senator Pepper D.-Fla.> told a
reporter he thinks “tremendous
impetus” was given the fledgling
third party movement by the Sen
ate’s 68 to 25 vote Monday smoth
ering Mr. Truman’s veto.
“Political history has been
written here,” Pepper declared.
“Congress has done more than
Henry Wallace ever did to give
lift to a third party. •
“We have seen a demonstration
that neither party can muster a
majority in Congress for liberal
proposals.
“Nobody but intellectual liber
als has been interested in a third
I party up to now, but if the work
i ing people feel that their rights
! aren’t going to be protected they
j may make a third party move
ment a vital affair.”
Pepper, one of 22 Democrats
J who voted to sustain the Presi
dent’s veto, said he will remain a
Democrat in any event.
Senator Byrd (D. Va.), one of
the 20 Democrats who cast their
Allots against the veto, said he
thinks the President has succeeded
in making at least the administra
tion’s part of the Democratic par
ty the labor party for 1948.
Byrd, who had urged the Presi
dent to sign the bill, noted that
Mr. Truman pulled only a slim
majority of the Senate Democrats
along with him in the issue. The
President got only minority sup
port from his own party when the
House overrode the veto last Fri
1 day by a vote of 331 to 83.
Labor Angrily Protests, With Strikes,
| Threats, Passage Of New Labor Bill
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WASHINGTON, (/P) — Actual
mine shutdowns and calls for
widespread protest strikes Tues
day marked organized labor’s
swift and bitter reaction to the
new Taft-Hartley union control
law.
Irate union leaders, stung by
the ease with which both House
and Senate overrode President
Truman’s veto, threatened repris
als at the polls against legislators
who favored the bill.
Others promised to work for its
prompt repeal and for quick court
tests of its constitutionality.
Cries of anger and protest came
from many of the nation’s top
union bosses. One said privately
that ten years of litigation is in
store for organized labor and in
dustry.
A united mine workers official
in Pittsburgh predicted more coal
pits will close. John L. Lewis,
UMW chief, remained silent on
this development, as well as on
passage of the labor bill.
The miners began a regular 10
day vacation Friday. Thus those
I who have stayed off the job are
“jumping the gun” a few days.
There was some scattered talk
i of a general strike by the more
than 15,000,000 members of labor
unions, but AFL and CIO head
quarters here minimized the pos
sibility of such a move.
! The San Francisco CIO council
; proposed a 24-hour nationwide
work stoppage in a telegram to
j CIO president Philip Murray.
Murray made no public reply.
But he summoned his 51-member
executive board into emergency
session Friday to “assess the situ
ation which now confronts Amer
ican labor.” He asked CIO general
counsel Lee Pressman to confer
Thursday with lawyers represent
• ing the various CIO unions,
i The AFL executive council is
not scheduled to meet until Sep
tember 8, but AFL president Wil
liam Green could call a special
meeting any time.
On the political score, both the
AFL and CIO served notice that
: they will be out after Congression
i al supporters of the Taft-Hartley
i act.