Steel Wage Pact
Concluded
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PITTSBURGH, (A*)—A meeting
of the United Steel Workers’ pol
icy markers Saturday was post
poned until Sunday while CIO
president Philip Murray and vice
president John Stevens of the U.
S. Steel corporation continued con
tract discussions which began Fri
day.
The action raised the possibility
that the talks between Murray
and Stevens might produce a con
crete wage offer or plan for agree
ment on the questions between the
country’s largest basic industry
union and the steel corporation.
NEW YORK, l/P)—Dow, Jones
& Co., business news agency, said
Saturday in a Pittsburgh dispatch,
that a wage pact between U. S.
Steel Corp., and the CIO united
steel workers union had been con
cluded.
The agency quoted reports in
“usually authoritative circles” as
the source of its information.
U. S. Steel Corp. and the steel
union, the agency added, said they
had “no comment.”
The Pittsburgh story continued
that “in all probability” the agree
ment would be approved by the
union’s wage policy committee
meeting in Pittsburgh today.
PITTSBURGH, l/P)—Agreement
on wage increases of $1 a day for
140,000 U. S. Steel Corp. workers
today cheered the entire industry
with the prospect of a year of
strike-free production.
The pay hikes — agreed upon
Sunday by Philip Murray, presi
dent of the CIO and the United
Steel Workers, and J. A. Stephens,
“big steel" vice president — won
quick approval by the union’s ex
ecutive board. The raises affect
employees of five major producing
subsidiaries and are expcted to set
the wage boost pattern for other
steel companies as well as other
industries.
The agreement comes before the
union's 175-man wage and policy
committee today for final approv
al. The union said signature of the
pact could be expected tomorrow.
U. S. Steel put the direct cost of
the wage increases at $75,000,000,
Treaties Appear To
Be Deadlocked
(By John M. Hightower)
MOSCOW, (TP) — The big four
foreign ministers agreed Saturday
at the demand of secretary of state
George C. Marshall to take up the
problem of Austria’s frontiers.
Tnis involved chiefly Yugoslav
ia's demand for southern Carin
thia. Russia has favored and the
western powers have opposed this
demand.
A final deadlock on this issue—'
following up Friday night’s stale
mate on German assets—would be
at)out the only thing needed to
bury the Austrian treaty for the
present.
While Marshall and British for
eign secretary Ernest Bevin have
not declared themselves formally
:'or an immediate windup of the
conference, both are widely re
pai ted to be anxious to leave here
as soon as possible in view of al
most overwhelming evidence that
no agreement can be reached on
either a German or an Austrian
treaty.
Marshall’s move Saturday ap
peared to be one more test to prove
no progress possible without an
almost incredible change of policy
on somebody’s part.
The big four got through three
routine articles of the Austrian
pact today, and while there was
some shifting of positions on minor
points and much arguing back and
forth in the two-hour session, in
formants made it clear that noth
ing worth while was accomplished.
MOSCOW, (/P)—'The council of|
foreign ministers went into semi-;
secret session today in a desperate
final effort to break dead-locks on
the Austrian treaty. It was the sec
ond semi-secret meeting of the
conference.
The action wa staken on sugges- ]
tion by secretary of state Marshall.
It followed a declaration by Rus
including pay boosts for fabricat
ing companies expected to sign
similar pacts. The steelworkers':
announcement estimated the cost!
at more than $42,000,000 but ex
plained that figure applied only
to the five subsidiaries involved in
the present agreement. ,
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Dispute Again Ties
Up Ship To Alaska
SEATTLE, (Ah — A union-man
agement dispute that held up Fri
day’s scheduled departure to Alas
ka of the Northland Transporta
tion company’s freightei Sailor's
Splice has been referred to 4he Pa
cific Coast Port commitle in San
C:anc:sco. The marine cooks and
stewards union had demanded di
. ision o: a steward’s wages among
crew members for extra woik the
union said was shared after the
ttward left the ship in Alaska on
its last trip.
sia’s V. M. Molotov' renewing his
opoo=ition to including in the Aus
tricn treaty a clause guaranteeing
Austria’s integrity.
Previously Britain's Enest Bevin
had said with a laugh, “It looks as
though we could get a treaty if we
could agree on articles four and
five and thirty-five.” These arti
cles deal with Yugoslav claims for
Carinthia and a definition of Ger
man assets in Austria, which have
been blocking the treaty since the
first day negotiations started.
Palestine Inquiry
Committee To
Re Limited
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (JP)—A
.J . i'h spokesman said today his
c.i .ntry would propose exclusion
..11 live major powers from the
t oosed committee of inquiry on
c’aiesuiie which will be considered
by the special session of the U. N.
assembly beginning April 28.
Britain also was reported oppos
ed to granting committee represen
tation to either Jews or Arbas. The
committee’s task will be to sift all
available information on the Pales
:.ne problem and makerecomenda
tions to the regular assembly ses
s ci meeting in September.
Under the British plan, the
pokesman said, the committee
would comprise about a dozen
mall powers who have little or no
direct interest in the highly con
troversial question, so that it could
avoid the pressure which might rc
ult if interested parties were rep
csented.
Delegates submitted written
questions* on atomic control aod
inspection today for the SovrI
Union to answer. .
Following procedure agreed
upon in a closed session, members
of the working committee of the
commission shaped their queries
in writing—and Andr» i A. Grom
yko*, Soviet delegate was expect* !
to answer in writing. Delegates in
timated that the question in which
most were Interested was this: •
‘‘Does Russia want inspection*of
atomic plants by international per
sonnel responsible to an interna
tional agency or does Russia wjf.t
inspection by national personnel
responsible to an internatioy l
agency?” • «
LAND REGISTRATION
DIRECTOR TO ANCHOHAGU*
M;ss Gertrude Naylor, direct* r
of land registration under the Ter
ritorial Treasurer leaves for An
chorage today to continue her sur
vey there. She plans to return here
next summr.
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