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41ST YEAR, NO. 2 — 48 PAGES
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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER   10, 1946
PRICE TWELVE CENTS
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TRUMAN ENDS PRICE,WAGE CONTROL
President Says It's Now Up to American Consiimer
DRAiiliKD     THRO I'UH
S T R E E T M—tOriiest Ulrich, 17, lies in a Philadelphia hospital. He   was  lashed   to  a  truck  and
Hits 'Unworkable, Law,
Wifhholding of Goods
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W'a^hington, Nov. 9 (IIP)—President Truman tonight re¬ moved all wage controls and all OPA price controls except those on rents, rice and sugar, returning the nation to a virtually free economy for the first time since April, 1941.
Air. Truman's action,  effective  immediately,  came  four days after the nation's voters swept a Republican Congress into office".   The Republicans campaigned hard for removal . of controls.
"I am convinced the time has come when these controls can serve no useful purpose," Mr. Truman said. "There is no virtue in control for control's sake."
OPA officials .said  tlie j uniting of price controls would bring some price increases as high as lOO per cent. Air. Truman's action frees prices on such basic commodities held In »s 000 bail    Night Super- , fcred most.   His right hand was   as steel, coal, rubber, textile, building materials, clothing,
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dragged  through the city's streets. | Ernest.    In   addition   to   Internal
Kour   Philadelphia   youths   were | injuries,  P>npst's   right  side  Huf-
held In $.^,000 bail.    Night Super- \ fcred  m(	
visor    Beth    Baldwin    examines 1 brokca.
Union Beer War Flares; Bartenders of City Refuse to Quit Posts
Pittsburgii. Nov. 9. (UP> | by ordering an embargo agalnut Violence in llie bitter Jurisdictional | Pittsburgh breweries in an effort war between the AFL and CIO over to force the t;iO to surrender a brewery workers dared out of con- local of 900 bottle-house workera. trol   today. 'The   Team.-^ters   asserted   the   local
A file bomb was hurled against'had voted to quit the CIO, whirh the side of a taproom ¦elllng CIO- j "ow represcnU all brewery work- made beer, windows were sma.shed <"•»• »nd join the AFU in thrre establishments and aeven | The embargo now has been ex¬ tended to all A3 Pennsylvania breweries and beer distributors and
OVER WIDE AREA
automobiles and furniture. Most foods already had been freed from price ceilings in the decontrol spree of the past three weeks. *
The release of building materials, Mr.  Truman   said,  will  necessitate
a change in Iho approach to some of the problems ui tbe veterans housing program.
The $10,000 (eiling on houses built   for   veterans   remains.
Thus, a little more thiin 14 months after the surrender of Japan, the nation was free of the controlled economy under which It became firat the arsenal of democ¬ racy and then a victorious com¬ batant  In   World   War  II.
The Oflicc of Price Administra¬ tion was created In April, 1941, by   executive   order   of   the   late
Marshall Tries Again
To Bring About Halt;
Meets With Communists |presidenriRw38ev^rirto"Mn\'roi lu^^^
  ration civilian supplies.
r;;r"«im7 "ha-vrbein "ordered ' ti I By VI'AI.TER I^iAN "SLi?Sr"'™{l?n'' to   Mr
stop handling -unfMlr" beer or face      Nanking. Sunday, Nov. 10.  (UP)  Trumin'.   niXr \tii  r»^f  l«n»C«i' Picketing  by the  teamsters. !    Fighting   intensified   throughout IXj.'J,"?^ he  Sifd'"^"l "It^ "^mt
continued."    But   he  held   the  way
AKL. pickets were beaten In a 24' hour   period. «
Polife   Supt.   Harvey   Scott   de¬ clared :
•Wc have assigned special details j picketing   by  the   teamsters. j     Fighting
to investigate these things.   But we 1 Throw nre Bonik Shantung  peninsula  today  as  the
can't do everythUiff." |    The    flre    bomb—a    mixture   of]deadline  for llenuralissimo Chiang
fin-oiin.. and  kerosene  in  a gallon I Kai-.Shek's  cease-fire order neared
IV. .i«i.««. _» ...w..^.^ in tk. JUR—was tossed from a speeding land as U. .S. presidential envoy %im-.iSri!!^r-I2S^.™Sr.!Lli..Li»"»o'n°»>''«- U crashiKl against ] (Jen. tieorge C. Marshall attempted In.        M^TTI^ '     h.^^SL2S^i.v <^onrads   Cafe   In    thr   Bloomtield  to gain Communist consent to halt
ng   acMvltles   were   bro«l«ied   by ^^^   ^^^^   i„j„  A^^^,  on 1 figi.ting.
the TrainKiers'  I'nlon 1« cover the,,, „ij„,.,„ii,     Th=  nr.. u.na <.«tin-1
leading  Uproome^at  Public Square 'l^"*'^**"''';,J       ""^ """ """        Marshall called a meeting of hi.
WlU. "I nlalr- .Ign. were pl^^d InLJ!'lur?ed   through  T window at'"""" "» "'*•¦"" » ""'^-"^ o-^e'- fron, of nine of" theee  puU y^-^hr.ame estibMshmen^   Vvtn7o«J Chiangs order,  which  called  upon
terdav and. foilnnlng the policy' adopted earlier in the week, the Rrewery  Workem' L'nion had iiien|
(Contlnue<j on  Pa^c A-14)
his troops to stop figiiting at noon Mond.'i.v unless attacked, would have little effect  unless the Com-
out   "piclw-ting   the   pirketa"   withj DENIES   SABOTAGE  STORY i ""'"'»'¦ <lo  likewise "Fair" (tign*. npFcrtTimit*   ni  Aikic  Ql A»IT 1 •^•*'*''"" ^''•"t" C-oinniunM Chief
(McManus   <;afe,   Pugh's   Tavern  ArrcL I IIMu   rLAIMt   TLAIM I       Uen.    Chen    Cheng,    government
and Heffrrnan'ii Pub on thr Square were    plrkrteed    by    pirketa
chief-of-staff. agreed to confer. Cx)nimimist Gen. Chou En-I^al was meeling with Marshall this morn¬ ing to determine whether he would participate.   A   reliable Communist
Waahlngton. Nov. 9 'UP) L A. eounler-plrkets as were Ihe Hart, Wells, president of the Engineering Holel, Winiani Peun Hold. Pittichl Research Corp., Riverdale. Md., «'«fe  and Jnhr'<  Bar and tlriil  onUnid tonight that there was "abso-
Ka«t .Market strerl. and Andy's I lately no truth" to reports thfttj source said Cliou would take part Cafe and the Savoy Realaurant onj employees had sabotaged planes on jin committee negotiations If a North  ^lain slreel. the production line after a month's !eea(,e-flre     waa     not     conditioned
(Local    bartenders,    ordered     lo suspenMon   of   operations   whs   an-1 upon   Communist    participation   in «slk    out    «l    plekeled    e»labli»li-  nounced. ! the     National      Assembly     which
menu, refused to comply laM night.      He   said   that   the   "behavior   ot r^i^,.^g   called    for   Tuesday. An   ageni   of   Ihe   Bartendero   and employees  after  receipta  of  notice'     Meanwhile,   strong   pressure   waa Malten Inlon  (API.) said Initrue- of layoff was without Incident and  i,p|„^   pu,   on   Chiang   by  Marshall Hon*    had    heen   sent    in    avkhig "H pcr.sons appeared to understand gnj Pr, Lo Lung-Chi,  Democratic hsrirnders,  ualtrm  and restaurant nn'i appreciate the company's posi-; u'oniinued on   Paee  A-11)
workers   lo   leave   their   posts   Ini tion." Arcording to some puhlishedl 'Continued on  I age  A-14)	
ra-oprration      v.lth       the      AFL's i fcports.     the     emplo.vees     demon-! ; ——
I.itrated against the layoff by throw-; aaJtaf mm m ¦ J      •
Hve given proprietors ,v»s for them I^Kjivets about jhe^hop.jiamaging I faffff^      |l^O||      I nVOlVetl      Ifl
open for some adjustment of rent ceilings.
He blamed the "unworkable price control law" passed by the last Congress for the failure of the administratioi.** postwar stabiliza¬ tion   program.
From  now  on,  he said,  tha law
balance. High production ia the answer, Mr. Truman said, adding that management and lalior have the sole responsibility of adjusting their dilTcrenccs without interrupt¬ ing  production.
Both OPA and the wage stabil¬ ization lx>ard immediately aet In motion partial liquidation plans.
Chairman W. Willard WirU of the wage board said it would re¬ duce at once "ita already substan¬ tially  reduced  ataff."
Wirtz said, however, thnt the board will remain in operation for a short time to act on pending cases Involving alleged past viola- tiona of wage controls.
He said the board alao would continue to "exercise its responsi¬ bility under the War L^ibor DUi- putes Act until that authority ia transferred U> some other appropri ate agency." The War Labor Dis¬ putes Act provides that the board must approve all changes in wages and working conditions sought In Kovernment-seized Industries, such ns the coal mines. Predict Price Race
OPA offlcials forecast quick price
Capper Makes Way For Vandenberg
Washington, Nov. 9. (UP) — Sen. Arthur Capper, R., Kan., today cleared the way for his party's foremost authority on foreign policy. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., to be¬ come chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
By virtue of seniority, the 81- year-old Kansan could choose among the foreign relations, agri¬ culture and District of Columbia committee chairmanships when Republicans organize the Senate in January. In seniority, Van¬ denberg stands No. 2 In line for the foreign relations job.
In a telegram released by his ofn<-e here. Senator Capper said:
"I prefer agriculture. You can alao tell them that I earnestly hope Senator Vandenberg will be appointed chairman of the for¬ eign   relations   committee."
of supply and demand operating.increase.^ of 10 to 100 per cent on In the markft place must serve | some of the decontrolled itema. to   keep   the   nation's   economy   Ini        (Continued on  Page A-IS)
Deadly Transit Strike Tttreatens New York City
New Vork, Nov. 9 (UP)—A tran sit strike that would leave most of New York's 8.000,000 residents with¬ out transportation and cripple in¬ dustry and business threatened the nation's largest city tonight
Coming just as the city was re¬ covering from crippling maritime and trucking strikes, the threat arose from the Board of Transpor¬ tation's rejection of a demand that New York's 33,000 transit workers
Trani),ler» niovemenl.   the allerna-'''faK''' aK»lnst the layoff by throw-; proprietors ,vhs for them '"K rivet.s about the shop damaging I
handling   loral   heer   but,!''""''   P'^l^'   ¦"'',.Tu^i'"?   '^'"'^^ .Ide   heer   I.   dIffVull   ,„ Hnd  paint on unfinished planes. _
•ince   outside   heer   l«   dIffVull   lo ohiaiii   they   refused   Ihe   proposal.)
Wells said he had no idea of the i orlTin  of the sabotage reports.
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The AKt, Teamsters prcc it>ilated| ufactures   the   Erocoupe,   a   small the   union    battle   five   week.s   ngo single-cngined pas.senger plane.        '
Big Swindle Cives up
400-Passenger Plane for Navy Success in First Test Flight
ii.iibHiiK, Cal.. Nov. 9 (UP)—The|to a lO.OOO-fool altitude after lum- wnrlfis largest transport plane, the  bering low neross the nearby build
"--ton Lockheed Constitution, cap ible of carrying 400 persons, had Its maiden lest flight today and will be turned over to the Navy inon for operation over far-flung route.".
A double-decked carrier with a 'ingle tail fin towering higher than « three-story building, the Consti- liition took off the Lockheed air terminal runway before an audicnue of 10.000 aircraft workers and their 'smilies. It flew to Muroc dry lake, practiced several landings and re¬ turned.
Chief Test Pilot .loc Towle. 41. highly pleased with her perform- «nce. radioed back she was "easy In   fly."
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So huge waa .tlie four-motored plane that she seemed barely to move as sho roared down the 6,000 foot runway at something In excess nf ISO miles per hour and took lo 'he air in between 20 and 25 "econds.
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The Navy will operate the 5.000 non-stop mile ship on long hops including the mainland to Hawaii run.
Some 400 sailors or soldiers can be crowded aboard the giant craft in bucket seats. As a civilian passen¬ ger plane, the ship could accom¬ modate 180 passengers with sleep¬ ing arrangements for all.
A crew of five was aboard during the initial  run.
The plane's four .l.OOO-horsepower engines can drive it a maximum speed of 300 miles per hour, carry¬ ing a useful load of more than 69,000  pounds.
It 'measures   1.^6   feet   from   nose to   tail   and   has   a   189-foot   wing span. Pressure Kept up
Pressured to maintain a 10.000- foot altitude pressure at 25,000 feet, the plane carrlest the latest aero¬ nautical developments, Including electronic temperature control, en¬ abling dllferent temperatures lo Y ' malntnined on the flight deck ai * ' upner and lower passenger decks.     I
Tunnels into the wings permit In-flight maintenance of its engines.
Double tanden landing wheels under each wing provide a safety factor in supporting the huge ship's landings and takeoffs. Wind vanes Ir. the tires start the wheels spin¬ ning in the air filream before land¬ ing,  thus  reducing  friction.
But only $242,000 Of $1,000,000 Taken Has Been Recovered
New York. Nov. 9 (UP)—A slim, dapper underworld character known In New York and Holly¬ wood night club circles as Jimmy (Julius Lobell Collins was arraign¬ ed today on charges of grand lar¬ ceny and forgery and police be¬ lieved they had rompleted the first phase of tlieir Investigation of the fantastic swindle of almost 11,000,000 from the Mergenthalcr Linotype Co.
The story-book character of the amazing plot which unfolded when W. Arthur Nickel, $100-a-wcok cashier fnr the Linotype firm, was arrested in Miami last week, con¬ tinued with the arraignment of Collins, the sixth man to be ar¬ rested in connection with the gi¬ gantic embezzlement.
Magistrate Charles  E. HirslmakI held him without bail for a hearing on Nov.  14. He surrendered
Collins, who surrendered dramat¬ ically hefore a Brooklyn restaurant yesterday after telephoning District Attorney Miles McDonald to meet him, was met in court by his wife, who said her name was Dorothy Lobrl   Collins;-
Earlier. Collins had gone through Ihe routine of the police line-up. where he denied that he knew Nickel and said he had been in New York since Nov. 1 while an international police search hnd heen on for him in Mexico and Lower   California.
But  Mra. Collins  told a  different story.     She said  she  and   her  hus- (Continued on  Page A-14)
EXPLOSION IN SHACK KILLS 3 OF PATROL
Jerusalem, Paleatine, Nov. 9. (UPl -An unused shack in northern Palestine was blown up in the faces of a British patrol today, killing three policemen and wound¬ ing one. Some members of the JcwLsh underground In the shack probably were blown up along with tlfe explosives they set off.
The patrol w-is sent out lo search the shack upon a tip that It con¬ tained a cache of explosives and ammunition. They drove to it in an armored car and got out to search the building, but just be¬ fore they stepped In the door, there was an explosion that rocked the neighborhood.
Fragments of the bodies of the three men killed were thrown over a wide area. It was believed that members    of    one    of   the    Jewish
hold an election to determine a sole collective bargaining agent for them.
The demand was made by the dominant union in the city's transit system, the CIO Transport Workers Union, whose president, Michael Quill, said that transit workers "will be on strike by the en(l of next week" unless the transporta¬ tion board changes its stand. Quill Threatens
Quill, speaking before an esti¬ mated 8,000 .uni(in members gather¬ ed outside the board's oflices, an¬ nounced that the TWU members will meet Wednesday night to take a strike vote if the board docs nol   reverse  its   decision.
The street meeting, which last¬ ed more than two hours, grew tumultuous at times, particularly when Charles P. Gross, chairmnn of the Board of Transportation, shouldered his way through the crowd to enter the board's offices. He was greeted with jeers and cat¬ calls.
The TWU had been backed up In its stand by a report of a transit advisory commission appointed by Ma.vor William O'Dwyer. The com¬ mission recommended a month ago (Continued on Page A-14)
KHURDS RESUME FIGHT IN SOUTHERN IRAN
Tehran, Nov. 9 (UP)—The gov¬ ernment announced today that fighting had started again between Khurdist irregulars and Iranian army forces In the Baneh-Sardasht area, after a three-day lull
Premier Ahmad Ghavan es-Sul- gangs were in the building andltaneh met with his war minister that they committed suicide rather I and chief of the general staff to thnn  surrender. consider the situation.
Truman Ready to Co-Operate
Nation's Good First; Balanced Budget, War Surplus Probe, Wagner Act on GOP Program
Washington, Nov. 9. (UP) — P.'-esident Truman plans to an¬ nounce Monday the principles he will follow for the good of the country during the next two years when Congress will be Republican and the executive branch will con¬ tinue Democratic,
He Is expected to express his hope to work with the Republican legislative majorities In a non¬ partisan spirit and his determina¬ tion to put aside personal and political considerations in the in¬ terests  of   the  general   welfare.
Mr, Truman will make his state¬ ment of policy at a news confer¬ ence Monday morning. White House Secretary Charles G. Ross said it would be brief and would be worded in general terms. 8Uent Since  £levUon
The statement will be Mr. Tru¬ man's first direct expression since Tuesday's election, which placed the Republican party in control of Houae and Senate and ended 13 years of complete Democratic con¬ trol of the   national  government.
Intimates say the President Is determined to do the best job pos¬ sible during the next two years for the good of the country. He is understood to teel free from obligations to any bloc or group and to be particularly eager that foreign policy continue to reflect bi-partisan  views.
Mr. Truman's statement will come while victorious Republicans move Into action on plans for or¬ ganization and strategy when Con¬ gress convenes under their control on Jan. 3. Budget, War Surpiiis, Labor
Sen. Kenneth Wherry, R., Neb., Senate minority whip in the, last Congress, said the first job of the j new Republican Congresa will be to balance the budget. Then, he told a news conference. Congress must investigate the dispoaal of war surplus property and end "abuses" In the New Deal's Wag¬ ner labor relations act.
Rep. Joseph W. Mariin jr., R, Mass., Speaker of the new House, made plans 'for a meeting of the Republican steering committee next Thursday and a session of all GOP House members on Dec. 2. These meetings will work out details of Republican plans to end the war (Continued on  Page  A-14)
Atlee Says Debafes Kill Peace Efforts of UN
Prime Minister Finds Purpose Blocked by Those Usinjf it as Sounding Board for Propaganda
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London, Nov. 9. (UP)—Prime Minister Clement Attlee said tonight that the United Nations as a force for world peace was being threat¬ ened by nations who used it as a sounding board for "propaganda attacks on   tlimsy   pretexts."
The United Nations, Attlee said should devote its energies to seeking peace and disarmament. He indicated that Britain was ready to dis¬ arm if the other great  powers  would.
Attlee spoke at a banquet honoring Sir Bracewell Smith, new lord mayor of  London Clly.
t'aed as a Forum
It Is clear that if the United Nations organization is to be used as a forum for de^bating ideological differences, it will fail," Attlee said. It can succeed only if it is to be used to secure to all the nations the freedom to preserve their own ways of life while contributing to the common  good of  the world.
"We have all felt diaappoinlment at the way In which the United Nations Is being used. Instead of its proceedings being objective and businesslike,  there  is  obstruction.
"There are propaganda attacks on flimsy pretexts and a variety of episodes which have tended m bring the organization Into disre¬ pute. Instead of building up the confidence we so much desire."
Attlee declared the United Nations should devote Itself to seeking solutions to world problems that   would   promote   peace   and
understanding, which would bring about a situation in which tha world could lay down some of its heavy burdens of armaments.
"I believe that all over the world, peoples have the same de¬ sire to realize this great ^sion of peace and disarmament and would wish world problems to ba settled nn this basis," he sal(L Favors Disarmament For All
"We shall continue to strive for our ideals of peace to lift tha heavy burden of armaments from the piHiple of the world. But I emphasize that disarmament can¬ not be unilateral and that whlla general confidence and security ar* being established In the world wa must maintain our defense forces and   remain  strong."
Attlee denied that the British were imperialistic nnd said Foreign Secretary Krnest Bevin had never replied to attack^ charging Brltala with  Imperialism.
To Search All of U.S. For Permanent UN Home
Sweden, Iceland, Afghanistan Are Made New Members
United Nations Hall, Flushing, N. Y., Nov. 9. (UP(—The United Nations admitted Afghanistan, Ice¬ land and Sweden today to increase ita membership to 54 nations and the General Assembly widened its search for a permanent headquar¬ ters site. All the United States is to  be  considered.
The applications of the three nations were approved unanimously by a plenary session of the assem¬ bly, the first full gathering of delegates in two weeks. The new members will not take their seats formally until after they have aigned the UN Charter.
The permanent headquarters question was thrown wide open again after the U. S. Introduced a resolution to permit the assembly to consider the New York and San Francisco areas. Previously the assembly had narrowed possibili¬ ties to parts of Westchester county in New York and Fairfield county in   Connecticut,
Sir Hartley Shawcross, United Kingdom delegate, amended the] American resolution to include any site in the United States.
A comedy of errors developed be-1 cau.>^c Shawcross did not specify at | first   that   he   meant   the  hunt   for| H   headquarters   stiti   should   be   re¬ stricted to the United .States.    Most delegates  thought he   proposed  in¬ cluding Europe as well. So ^lolotov Agreed
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, who favors moving UN to tjeneva, quickly leaped to the sup¬ port of Shawcross. ' As quickly. Rep. Sol Bloom, D., N. Y., was on his feet to say;
"The U.S. is unalterably opposed to the amendment proposed hy the United Kingdom and will vote against it."
China's Wellington Koo also spoke against it, but Shawcross interrupted Koo's speech to tell the delegates just what he had meant.
Onre    the    delegates    understood Britain   was   not   trying   to  support (Continued on   Page  A-14)
LONDON POSTS GUARDS AGAINST BOMB THREAT
London, Nov. 9 (UP)—Rellabl* sources said tonight that Scotland Yard heis put the houses of Parll- ment, the prime minister's resi¬ dence and the foreign office build¬ ing under special guard. Inside and out, because of a tip that the Jew¬ ish Irgun Zval Leuml gang has marked them for dynamiting.
The gates of Scotland Yard wera closed, except for one entrance, and police thoroughly checked every automobile passing through Ap¬ parently the yard itself was on the reported Irgun list.
An authoritative source said the information that the Irgunists had marked the buildings for attack on an unrevealed date was con¬ sidered completely reliable. A high police official would say only that "added precautions' were taken up¬ on receipt of "certain information."
r. M. CARRIRR, DRSTROYERS ARE  HKADING   POR  NAPLES
London, Nov. 9 (UPi -The Ex¬ change Telegraph reported today that the United States aircraft carrier Randolph accompanied by the destroyers Rich and Holder haa left Gibraltar for Naples.
Valley Scene
Carrying bitterly opposed $ign» ns thrit picketed a central city tavern — one toying the plaee tens "Vnfair" trliile th* other ingistid it wan "Xot Unfair" — tuo men walking side by tide nil day . . . until 5 p. m., whin thry rolled up their nigns and walked off for the bus—together.
Tuesday night at Jl :S0, tvalU- i»j/ oi'fr Market street towarda Kingston Coiners, a yonvg man with his girl on one arm—and a  rifle  on  the  other.
The interesting placet whar. iiiiprowptu. bars were set up on election night. , . . Well supplied, too.
Two New Features Today   >
STOKEH—Writes on the great responsibility now facing the Republican party — and the obligation of the DemocraU as wrll,
Rl ARK—«ilves a new angle on a W.voming Valley native .who made good In thr big time — and we trust j'oa don't mind some wit and humor.
You'll lind them both nn Page B-7 today.
Lewis Is Asked to Reopen Hard Coal Wage Contract
Slienandoah, Pa., Nov. 9. (UPl—United Mine Workeri Chief John L. Lewis today was asked to reopen the anthracite wage contract covering 76.000  hard  coal  miners.
The Shenandoah genernl mine board representing 8,000 hard-coal miners In this area, urged Lewis to demand wage Increases and a shorter work week, together with adjustments in the treatment of injured workers. The board pointed out that workers   find   Ic  almost  impossible   to  obtain   em¬
ployment  after  they  recover  from  Injuries,
The present pact, signed last June 7, providM that either the UMW or operators can give 10 days notice of its desire to reopen negotiations. In addition, 15 days after negotiations begin either party can notify the other that it will end tha agreement, effective five days after receipt of such   notice.
The miners now have a five day week, with tlmt and one half for Saturday- work.
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