. 1'. ~QA.:. 1. { w tory) A mare to cbec t e miners. Te overnment, toni - u d . ' re "' , _,, 4 e vf ca . e i to call off the stri e, nd t t . e "ame time roposin 6 a plan for a peacefu se lement f t e dispute bet een Lewis and the overators -- th t m t r of pensions for th miners. Cyrus C ing, director f t e Feder 1 ediation and Conciliation Service, ann unced t e ne lan, after a t .ree and a half ur ar ey it repre en ativee f t United Mine orkers, and t e ners. Chin is sai to have urged ewis •to do everythin 6 in his o er to induce his en t resume or immediate " Be pointed out that no negotiations cant e place until ~ewis sends his men back to he pits. hen the miners return to ork, then ewis and Ezra Var Born, t e c er tors' spokes an, can et t ether, and try to ir n out t e dispute -- it e tel f act fin in board cf three men, to be ch sen by b arties ~ t e di u e. C A - " -- -- · , • i I e y ide u 1 re uc nt y cce e o v er nm en t rop l . T · 1 t' . t, · u i . e T r e r epr · en t ti v c f ey would t ell John :.. e i \ " at he would •' i e t}e t, vern en t n,.,we b y twelve noon tomorrow. They 0 a id, however, th t t : ey er na ly w ere not inc l ined to rec mm end ~ cce ~ t nee. So it's up to Lewis - the voice of the s ft c . miners. Meanwhile, Cyrus Ching ays t . t if is plan for medi tion fails, he wil re ort the dispu e to the White House for Presidential action. In w~icr case P resident Truman is likely to invoke t~e "national emer g ency" clause of th e Ta f t-Part ey Jaw - ~ i n an eff rt to force Lewis to send his men back o wor k minin 6 th e ca l that no~ is so urgently needed. TAXES Crisis or no crisis, the Republicans in Congress intend to cut taxes. The Senate today voted a bill which would remove no fewer than seven million four hundred thousand people - from the tax rolls,"passed it easily. In fact, the majority is so large that the Republican leaders expect to be able to override any veto Mr. Truman may write, especially as a considerable nUJ1ber or Democrats voted with t h e m . - ~ ~ ' T i - ' 1 : o ~ . - ~ The new bill will help-&rf t a x p a y e r s , ~ ~ 'A ~ but mostly those with incomes or less than five thousand a year. The personal exemption for every taxpayer !!!,d !!e~y d.!J>!,!ld_!!!t 7G goes up from five to six hundred dollars.AB11ndJ,-Gldil and to those over sixty-five years of age wtn get six hundred dollars I\ 7F more exemption. Another 1.Jllportant retorm;.ta:; allowing husbands and wives, all over the country, to split the family income. Hitherto this was a privilege for only those in states with community property laws. This bill makes it universal. ~ ~ ~·~ k'\, A. --.Splitting the family income, ~pff,~■• =iMe, lower A _-t!j-~11ne,L~~ surtax bracket. A8a1n, there is a percentage cut,,(welve point TAXES 2 six per cent on a tax of four hundred or less; seven point four per cent on taxes from four hundred to a hundred thousand; five per cent on taxes of more than a hundred thousand. All in all, these cuts are less drastic than those 1n ~~ the House Bill. The Republican Senators~~t that way 1n order to entice enough Democratic votes to override a veto. ~ w t / l Q w - - c _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~IJ ... 1 r i 0-1-::-:::- -ti...e ~ ~ - - ( ; ' \ . \ ~ . ~~ ~-e.,.iik.~4~• FOREIGN AI has at Conmittee reported it out today, the Rules Committee approved it for 1.Jmnediate consideration, and its final passage is actually in sight, but not before April Tenth. This differs from the Senate bill, because it allots rtve billion, three hundred millions for Europe, two hundred and seventy-five millions tor Greece and Turkey, five hundred and seventy millions for China, sixty millions for the United Nations Children's Relief Fund - six billion, two hundred and -- five millions 1n all, and all in one package. A The schedule 1s this:~ · The Representatives will talk about it for fifteen hours. On Thursday the House will take a recess for the Easter weekend, and the final vote will come on April First. After that, a cODlllittee of Senators and Representatives will work out the necessary compromise . . 1te111•esMJ1Ntt+nt Bttg,aa Oe,c ef Geepgia, a member et EUROPE The international scene today resembles a chain of volcanoes, active volcanoes smoking furiously as though they were ready to spout fire at any moment. Trieste, Berlin, Palestine - 1n whichever direction you look you see danger spots. Let's consider Trieste first, that beautiful seaport with its picturesque terraces, at the head of the Adriatic, for which Italians and Sei'bshave been contending ever since the Austrians lost it just thirty years ago. one of the most popular songs that the late Enrico Caruso used to sing had a refrain which ran: 'Oh beloved Trieste We shall still see you free." That refrain echoed all the way down the peninsula of Italy today. One opinion was that if Russia accepted the proposal of the Western powers to give the city back to Italy, it would be the fir~t move of real peace 1n the world. That sentiment came from the eighty-eight year e old statesman, Victor Emanuel Orando, the Premier who concluded " the Treaty of Nineteen Eighteen, which gave Trieste to Italy. EUROPE -2 ------ Te news about Trieste brou g t him ou o f his retirement with a leam of re hope. But even . e offered, in a gentle way, the criticism that t~ere w s no adv nee c nsul\ation of Russia and Ju 6 oslavia, no attempt to sound them out. And he c ntinued th a if the Rursian answer is ne ative, the prJposal may have been an im- prudence. EUR OP E - 3 Th e Ju g oslav s , as w e might QS e x pe ct, are furious. ( nie Tito g overnment sent simultaneous notes to Uncle Sam, to John Bull and to France, notes of most vigorous protest against _1(~ ' ~ their new position on Trieste J ,1 The Jugoslav Foreign Minister slid its only effect can be to arouse Jingo hatred against the Jugoslav peop~called it propaganda, particularly as it was I\ made public just before the general election in Italy. The Deputy Foreign Minister of Jugoslavia told a United Press correspondent that his government will have an alternative suggestion conceming Trieste, which may be published tonight. At a later press conference, the Foreign Minister stated that Tito is willing to , . make a deal, Trieste for --w-ci. 1.4.. Ooriz1a, a few miles to the north,A..... tl■I ..._ in line with a conversation last year between Tito and the Italian Connunist Togli1tt1 - Trieste for Oor1z1a. The offer was relayed to the Italian Cabinet, which rejected it last November. Gorizia has high strategic value and, in " EURuPE -4 -- - - t he h nds of the Juba lav , wou be :i ermanent threat t o Italy. BERL! . F . u , EUR l ' E - -- - -------- - - - - ~e ner al u ucius l ay , ur Comm nder in B er in, announced t day that Unc e m 's f rc es vent e slightest intention l e vin g he erm ca i t a , and he wanted to kn w how many times mu be r e e t that statementi Our forces t ~e re carried on s usua l , butt o k e x ceeding care to avoid any possibility f troub l e. The Russians, for their part, did everything to show they were in earnest in their boycott. ix committee meetings were held today, without any boviet re · resentative Furthermore, the Ru~sians cancelled five m eetings that had been called for tomorrow. CZECHS In Czechoslovakia, the Conununist machine is rolling inexorably over all opposition. Two C a tholic priests., formerly members of the Cabinet., were wait 1 1ng at an airport twenty miles away from Prague, ready to leave the country. One of them is seventy-eight years old. The Conununist police arrested them just as they were about to . escape. a eomlug Nlg:: et bet 1 e1 • The Mini st.er of the Interior issued a proclamation today., forbiddirlg all people who have offended the new goven'lDlent., to vote 1n any future elections. d At Lake success., Jan Papenek, formerly delegate to the U.N. from Prague, told his story to the S 8 curity Council over the vehement objection of the Russians. The gist or his remarks was that Moscow had brought on the Red putch at Prague because the Conmunists were doomed to complete defeat 1n the May elections. It is co be remembered that this is just what happened when Hitler seized power 1n Berlin. The Nazis had been losing ground steadily and were destined to lose even more. CZECHS - 2 Papenek went on to say that the defeat in Czechoslovakia would bring about the decline of Communism throughout the other countries of eastern Europe. u. T .. WAR RE N 1 -- -- -- l!I ITS u!,' .a rc . 2n 9 /~ A t L 1· n c o 1 n e b r s • a o v e r nor E a.... ,., arr en ' .-. ' ~ l of California toni t su&be e d t t e United S t tes ta e the lead in what e d e sc r ib es ~s a " ma~ e or break" protest to the United Nations - a protest a ainst Russian a 5 ression. ouch ction, s a s ~o vernor arren, would either halt ~ression b y . e Soviets - or brea the U • • : "But," he c ntinued, "a more unified and more effective organi ation" would be formed if tle protest did break the U.N. The ~overnor of California was ddressing the Nebraska Republican Founder's Day Dinner, ma ing his firet major political address outside his home state. He urged that t e time has come to put the U.N. to the test, and submit the great question of t h e day -- Aggression. He went on to say that Repub l icans in Congress had attempted to coo p erate witi e Truman overnment on forei g n affairs, but had found it im os - si bl e . An dminis rati o n in re :i one , e p o intr: u t , c u d not r m n i z e • , i party, muc le s un erstand c -o e r a tion wit o ut si ers. In the opinion f ' o v e r o r 'a rren t e Democratic arty is "tire d " n " b re kin up". own It w ill brea into thr e e rties, e redicted, t e Wall ce Party, the larty f t e Sout, and the Pa rty of t h e bi c i ty m chines. He co pared the present situation to tha of pre-civil • ar days w en t e Republican Party was founded. "Te Republican arty saved the U ion once by bringing unity out of chaos." "Now," said the California o vernor, "a:m o st a undred years later, it is c lled u n to bring or er out of rganized chaos." Then he went on t o say t the favored a foreign aid program - favored it from the stand p oint of common humanity and from enli h tened se f interest - thi s aid to be iven - in h i s o inion - at suc h times and in such amo unts as wi l ss ure re as o nab e p ro m ise ARRE - 3 ----- - f · success, but - · it ut injurin ur wn ec n my. BO BS ----- iller, follo 1 arr e n E rlier in he ay C n 6 ressm n r hur f lebr s a, tol d a Repub ican l une en roup t incoln, th t a r e US. Fleet, carrying atom bombs is st a ndin by i n t e editerr n ean. T~i fact, was common kno led e, sai Con ressm ~iller. "lf t i n gs break ut, we s a ll see em droppin atomic bombs, not nly on Trieste, but on M scvw s w e l l." To •hich the 1avy issue n imme iate and emphatic denial, pointi11g out t ere re no American battleships in the Mediterranean - just fifteen sma er vessels, and none carryin atomic bombs. Further, said the U.S. Navy spokesman, there are some five thousand U.S. troops in Trieste, t e opulation of which is largely It lian, which "diminishes t e l ikelihood of our planes c os ing that city as a target for an tomic bomb attac " "Congressman · i l er," say the t avy, "must have b een isinformed." B ut i er c y e ot his inf rmation from t: 1 e H use Arme F r ces Commit ee - and he is sticking to his st ry . DRAFT -- -- not er i nes befo re l 1 e en te Co mi ee on Armed Services: r. ar . C mp n, l ' re ident f e C usetts Institute f ec n - arned t e Sen tors t at t e ti e is runnin OU A car cter is tic f modern war, e said, i t a t troo s now need longer training. n the other and, ar comes more suddenly than ever. In ot er words, we need more time to prepare than ever bef re -- but we actu lly have less time. In executive session, the s me Committee also heard Secretary of State Marsha 1 and Defense ecretary Forrest 1. After they left, one Senator told reporters t at he belieled all members of t e Commi . '"'e -id t . e feelin that there is an absolute necessity for immedi te passage of a temporary draft 3ct ad of universa militar training. CURRENCY. Practitioners of the black market in Europe and Japan sustained a quick one 1n the solo pleX1ls today. Uncle Sam•s Army, withcut ~arn1ng, changed the scrip which our soldiers use 1n place of money. The news was just as much of a shock to men 1n the service as to others. They received it in this fashion:- When reveille tWDbled them out of their beds this aorning, they looked at their watches and found it was only four o'clock. Thia happened 1h Frankfurt, 1n ' Berl1n, in Bavaria, 1n Tokyo, wherever Uncle su•s forces are 1n occupation. Ae they cl111bed, bleary eyed, into their un1toru, they learned what it was all about. 'Ibey had exactly eight hours to change their old occupation money tor the new . • Twice before 1n the last eighteen months,has this change been made. First, 1n lfineteen Forty-Six, special occupation money was distributed to replace ordinary greenbacks and silver as legal tender. · Again in March, Nineteen Forty-Seven, 80 much of that scrip • had found its way into --- CURRENCY - 2 the hands of black market dealers, that it was all called 1n and replaced. Officers explain that counterfeiters had been at work making spurious military payment certificates, as they are called. What was more, local populations had got into the habit of looking upon that illegal scrip. as legal tender. There mxwtt• were wild scenes at the paymasters' windows today, long lines of struggling soldiers hastening to exchange their money before noon. Milli~ns or dollars' worth of old paper certificates were exchanged for new . .And the new paper will be more d1tf1cult to count than the old. A nwaber ot Oermane and other Europeans are pluab out of luck. This may safely be inferred because the laat tiae such a change was put into ettect, it lett ll8JlY operators loaded with huge volumes of worthless paper. At the·pay windows, only mili ary and naval personnel were recognized. PALESTINE &usiness w as b ustling today on Iraq Street 1n the great seaport of Haifa, the core of the prosperous Arab colony Suddenly a Haganah truck appeared P..tld, without any warning, exploded with a terrific detonation. More than a hundred and " ' A • ~ ~ ~ . } twenty Arabs were kille~ andr!'uwded ,::a,■e quite eer1 m,e:,;. For hours, long lines of ambulances were taking them to the government hospital. Battles between Jews and Arabs were reported tr011 several par/or the Holy Land. President Truman's change of policy provoked a bitter squabble on the floor of tile House today. Representative Isaacson, a freslnan member, accused the government ot betraying the Zionists. Congressman Gossett of Texas, on the t;tJ- other hand, said Mr. Truman was right andAthe original decision W&c. to partition Palestine an inexcusable blunder. In the Senate, 1, senator Irving Ives of New York described the change of policy as appalling and predicted that it might have a tragic ettect. - - ---~---- -- - FLOODS - - Terna oes, high winds and floods have killed at least fifty-six people 1n the last four days, and the angry waters have made hundreds of families homele ss . '!here are floods 1n the Ohio Valley, floods in North D8.kota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, In~isconsin, Ohio, Michigan Pennsylvania and New York. Heavy rainfall tlr making them /\... worse. Eastern Canada is suffering also, with a million dollars damage at Wingham, otitario, alone. In New YOrk State, highways are cut by the overflow. Throughout eleven states, the Red --.. ...--,..0 CRoss ~awe ■ · aR on the Job. f'. ACCIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Otto Phebnere of Middleboro,Massachusetts, were driving on the highway last night. It was raining hard~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ c . 4 - ; aaad: fs 1 ghtfuJ 1 1 de•",. Otto P hebnere lost his way. '!hen, when he saw an opening in he trees, drove through it. After a few yards, Mrs. P hebnere said: "Bumpy, isn•t it?" Then she exclaimed: "There's a hitch-hiker, don 1 t you gare pick him up." Her husband ke»t on driving. Presently his wife said: "That man seems terribly excited, maybe you'd better stop after all." So the car stopped, and the hitchhiker, dripping wet, stuck his head in the wµidow and saicl: "ID two minutes, the express from Boston to Hew Redford, goes by here!" Phebnere replied: "Really? So what?" "So you•re driving along the railroad tracks, that's what." Phebnere and his wife got out alive. But the train of the ~ Old Colony Railroad 1■1ae~ the car. itt, SON" 'lhe ~ engine and two cars were d~railed, fifty passengers n shaken "f. ~ ,.,..,,-!.: zq ~ 4.:t ~ ct ~ n~~w~r~1:'t::t -1 e r ' s mo ther -in-1 v s 0 r y en all m o er-in-1 s t' ries. In os An e es t d y, stee r er Jos e e rete to u µe rior C c ur J u 0 e Clarence t. inc id hat e had arr · e his ife, P e r , b c , i inet e -F orty- Four just s o e could be c se to . er mot . er, Ca ina, w om he ad l ys lo ved. And f r ne r y fur years of marri ge to wife Petra, e's still f t es me pinion, t a t he ~ets alon g wonderfu ly wit his mot er-in - ' w -- s well, in fact, that today e ~titioned th e rned judge to annul his marriabe to etra. ycu've gue sed it -- s he can marry ~ism t er-in aw. Petition ranted, Mid t e under s di ng judt:,e. nd .. a t d y u y, e son · 1 LTP.1948.03.22i.pdf LTP.1948.03.22ii.pdf