The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1946, Page 1

P—— < “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIII.,NO 10,432 =, jUNEAU ALASKA, THURSDAY, \O\’l—MBl—R 21, m(, MLMBI:R A\RSOCIA 1\ l;D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOFT COAL MINING SHUT DOWN IN U.S. CHANGES ARE Millions of Dollars Loss P [PLANS FOR GLACIER 'BAY AREADISCUSSED AT CHAMBER MEET SHIP TIEU ALONG COAST BRITISH OPPOSING RUSSIAN PROPOSAL REGARDING TROCPS Relief Ship To Alaska s i A. C. Kuel l:ll\(l\'uq)t' architect N n wa BY RRY HAUCK or the National Park Service, to- ow o y I'\I\ SS, N. Y., Nov. 21. iay told members of the Juneau ! reign Minister Ernest —_— Chamber of Commerce NPS plans| —aiy lh vin \ml today that he could not| s tor development of Glacier Bay: SEATTLE, Nov. 21.+~The long- accept the Russian proposal for re-| MflS'el’S, Mates, Pilots Bal- i i {delayed Grommet, Rébfer, ' relief ports to the United Nations on dis- | . ’ . “The project will take a sizeable ship to Alaska, sailed this morning, pesition of troops on foreign soil loting—Checkers’ URion |sun of mones. the architect said,! Alacks Steamship Gompany offi. unicss it was amended to_cover . “kut it will be worthwhile to - | cials d , fore on domestic fronts and the NOW Ihfeafenlflg ness men throughout ‘Southeast! Food, medical supplies, clothing whole broad question of disarma- —— Alaska.” fand livestock feed are being car- ment SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.—An- Plans include development of 'ried by the vessel for ¥akutat, Cor- Bevin then formally preposed that sther weekend of virtual maritime both the upper and lower areas of | dova Valdez, Sewurdy / Seldovia, troop disposition and general dis- idleness was in prospect for the|the bay At the mouth of the bnv|H0mn and Kodiak, Fhe ship has armament be combined into cne Pacific Coast today as the AFL it is hoped that a hotel or lodge!4,000 measurement tous of vital subject for further discussion im- Masters, Mates and Pilots—their |building may be built. Since the | supplies aboard. ~ mediately grivance not settled in a previous|construction of this and mhu' -l B thus went a step farther employer-CIO agreement — main- necessary buildings for administra G (Al han the general position taken tained picket lines pending a vote!tion activities, etc. would mkmFouR SUR I by the United States and China, probably more capital than private| which called for overall troop re- on, acceptance of a shipowners’ proposal business would care to invest, the| ‘The picket lines were established kuilding may be undertaken by mu vesterday shortly before the CIO| Bovernment, he ‘””d e International Longshoremen’s and So far none of the plans iA.M‘ au- Warehousemen's union and the CIo|thorized, but it is believed they will ke in the near future, Mr. Marine Engineers were scheduled to return to work, ending the eight week tieup. Kuehl said At the lower end of the,bay de- velopment would include docking The two latter groups observed g, . roads, etc. The area is. the AFL p)(“k'-q, line, ulll)ough' the only four miles from the main' Committee for Maritime UNity Is- gteqmer lines and only four and uspicious” ac- sued a statement it wa of the last-minute picketing tivities by the MMP. two-tenths of a mile tavus Airfield With dog teams, pa cther “typically Al motif, the ice caps and other natural phenom- ena of tt ality should be a great tourist attracticn, the speaker id He poeinted out that Alaska Coa Some longshore work was in pros- pect, following the CMU announce- ment that CIO crews would, if re- quested, begin to work foreign and East Coast vessels in the harbor here but not ships operated by the 4ng other Southeast Alaska air- Pacific Americap Shipowners’ AsSO- jines would undoubtedly elect to ciation, the organization With yu ghyptle service between Ju- which the MMP is negotiating for neay and the bay a new contract. “The areas is a magnificent site Membership voting in the MMP fcr a national - sight-seeing = nu- is expected to he completed Sat. “There " ave ap-, prc\xmaxel,/ 18 active glaciers in the ! urday. 1f the -ballot 15 favorable only formal signing of the contract Fay proper and probably several | would be necessary before work hundred in the vicinity. Not all could be resumed the glaciers are exceptionally large, but the remarkakbly high number In the Northwest a new contract concentrated in one general local-| dispute threatened to keep those jty makes the spot probably the perts strikebcund after other Paci- world’s unique glacier sight.” from the Gus-{ tal ports but sought to keep the ques- COMPANIES ARE tions of troop data and disarma- . ment separate. ! that Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. \ ¢ Molotov's plan be broadened with- | BOSTON, Nov. 21 A Federal gyt flatly stating oppesition ;(xund Jury today indicted iour Ap American delegation spokes- i surgical dressing companies and man, stressing the desire for in- tive individuals on charges of con- clysion of all forces in the report to restrain domestic and piracy had come a long wé i Rus {foreign trade and commerce in the toward meeting the United States manufacture, sale and distribution position lof surgical dressings in violation France qualified its approval of {of the Sherman anti-trust law. the Soviet proposal with a sug- { The four companies alle y gestion that tk> U. N. fix the ex- fmanufactur» 75 per cent of the aget needs for troops stationed in | surgical dr ngs produced and sold ex-enemy states such Germany. lin the United States. Total sales Bevin, making his first speech be- {of the four corporations in 1945 fore the U. N. here in committee, amounted to $31,960,372, the indict- strecssed that the subjects of dis- (inent charged mament and ops dispositions { ‘The indicted corporations are: were really one > ! Jchnson and Johnson of New “If this (troop disposition) is "Bxun.swwk N. J taken as a single contribution, we y Johnsen and Johnson Int can not it but we will go { tional, of New Brungwick. alpng if.the whole thing is taken Parke-Davis and Company, of togetker,” be told the Assembly’s | Detroit, Mich. 54-nation political committee. The Kend.ll Company, of Boston. Bevin then sharply questioned the - > purpose of the proposed troop re- ports and noted that Molotov had reat political effect.” “Is this being done for political ffeet or disarmament?” Bevin ask- - WRITE FORMULA, fic shipping bégins to move. The preceding Mr. Kuehl's talk, a live- ed in a kooming voice new disagreement involved the AFL 1y pysiness session centered around RE"'I' CONTROlS The British leader said what was Checkers' Union and the Water- the subject opencd last meeting really involved ~ was whether na- front Employers’ Association by Allen Shattuck—that of Alaska’s tions could accept a new em e being the possible home site of, WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—A pre- Whereby, instead of keeping great thousands of war refugees. diction that Congress will a Dational armies, they would back BOND ISS“E FOR Concerning the Slattery Reportinew formula for controlling rents, the U. N T;jg” by :’"“‘:"“A;C'l:’" of t"’il"'l“ In{with provision for increases “where e pointing to Alaska as the ogl»‘ it % aaane 2 o p . DOWER PLANT AT e Diace or “retomation o aree. e wareens neapn ™ School Teachers numbers of )mmlgrdnh the Junm\v He also forecast that the new 0' S' p l' AN(HORAGE FAILS Chamber of Commerce vetoed this!Gop.dominated congress will con- . Pati o idea and published a report show- ¢ government rent controls— H b P, by sich & schame WAk oyl Lo SIEIRENE (Teph, 18 Stage Strike ANCHORAGE, Nov. 21.—A $2 astble. Wolcott is to become chairman - 500,000 bond issue for construction It was Mr. Shattuck’s contention|of the House Banking committee ST. PAUL, Minn, Nov. 21— A of a power plant here failed by that this report be adopted by the.which handles price and rent con- strike of 1,000 St. Paul school seven votes to muster the neces 1946 Chamber. | trol legislation. teachers who plan to picket the 51 percent of the total vote need- Discussion centered around divid-' hjs siatement to reporters came public schools is scheduled for next ed for passage in an election held ed opinion on whether or not the chortly after OPA was represented Mcnday in an attempt to enforce Tuesday. The vote was 463 for, Juneau should now endorse a reportipy 4 high official as _“strongly demands which school au- 487 against. made seven years ago. nrosed” (o A general/ANICrEAL. in thorities say they would like to The voters favored the jnstalla- It Was argued by several members reng ceilings but ta\orir?;deconlml grant but cannot becausz of city that the salient features of the report are still true and applicabl2 at this time when it is known that national economists are once again locking toward the Territory of Alaska as a practical solution for: finding homes for thousands of war refugees. Amotion to endorse the 1939 re- port protesting the authorization of opening Alaska to unlimited num- bers of refugees was tied by op- posing sides at today's meeting. It was finally voted to postpone ac tion on the supject until the next | Chamber meeting Dec. 5. Miss Gene Carr, new Empire re- tion of a dual telephone nearly two to one. R The Washlngion Merry - Go- Round PbAR SON system by DI By WASHINGTON—Both in high-up Government circles and at every crossroad of America, people have been asking: “How can we avoid, naving John L. Lewis put a pistol i 5 ter, was introduced at today’s to' our head every six months? Why porter, ¢ should cne man be permitied the meeting. The Right Rev. John BI sowWer to decide whether the rail- Bentley, Bishop of Alaska, of} voads run, the steel mills bank Nepana also attended the meeting] thelr fires, and American homes as a guest. be heated?” - > Fhe answer is difticult. For those who know John L. Lewis know hcwinler Modera“ng ie not afraid of j He has been ; ng the Wilson ndicted before—during the ln Sea“le; S‘hook Again Reopened administration. He could be prose- cuted today under the Smith-Con- nally act. But he would almost immediately become the hero of American labor—even including his ‘abor enemies, of which there are ~SEATTLE, Nov. (. 21— Winier Tes many treated Eastward in the Pacific} Actually, there is just one thing Northwest today, bringing more {smow and continued cold to areas Lewis is genuinely afraid of—com- petition. The last thing he wants 18 the competition of gas and oil which would put many coal mines out of business, lower union dues, East of the Cascade mountains. No new snow was reported on the West side, after a two-day fall of six to nine inches in the Seattle and cut the ground out from un- *Ye&. although the weather bureau der his stranglehold on Eastern predicted scattered snow flurries industry today and occasional rain or snow Yet, though he dreads it, that is tonight and Friday in Washington exactly what Lewis is.slowly head- and rain West and snow in the Until this week, long | Fast portion of Oregon. Seattle’s ing toward. rows of coal cars were piling up\dlsnlplod bus service returned to near normal and its schools re- opened, (Continued on Page Four) charter restrictions on expenditures. Adding to the complexities of this of transient hotel rents. Thi§ of- jucial said any tlat pereentlige rise ‘in rents will' have to ‘come ‘from incongruity is the fact that the ‘CUH*‘)Q\) if at all city trcasury holds a $350,00 sur- { Woleott is whipping, into shape plus. enough for a start on higher plans for a quick investigatisy of wages. . 'the housing program tu}' yeterans, {which he has described as “‘outrage- iously bad.” - STOCK QUOTATIONS i —ee New York, Nov. 21—Closing quo- | lation { Alaska-Juneau mine jAlaSkafl Black %4 stock today is 5%, American Can £5',, Anaconda 37%, Curtiss-Wright {Bear (aughl in ‘Housing Shorlage HAGERSTO\VN Md., Nov. 21.— Housing shortage caught up today lwith Minnie, 300-pound Alaskan {black bear owned by R. B. French. : French is moving to a new Ihouse with no accomodations ~for 6's, Intervational Harvester 69, Kennecott 5%, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 187%, U. S. Steel 677., Pound $4.03's. Sales today were 1,390,000 shares Dow-Jones averages today are as fello industr 164.16, rails 46.96, utilivies 34.43. Butter, ng Prices {Minnie's steel cage and bathtub. He SEATTLE, Nov. 21—Butter prices ‘offered her to the Hagerstown park to ailers, AA-93 score Prints 88, ;board. which declined. artons 89. Egg prices to retailers, | A butcher. made an offer during large, Grade AA 69, Grade A 60-64. the meat shortage, French reports, 5 . but he replied: “No thanks. What STOC FALL Minnie needs is a home and the NEW YORK, Nov. 21—The price family m!mo“ph(’lfi of whalesaic butter today fell an- | D 'other 2% to 32 cents a pound, | GROSS, WIFE RETURN bringing the cumulative decline H Mr. and Mrs. Zalmain Gross :n the last ‘wo days to 5 to 6 cents have returned to Juneau by PAA a pound. plane from Seattle. She went Prices of leading shares fell from | South recen to attend the last g1 to $4 in the final hour today as rites of her father and he went the result of the coal strike. south later on business in connec- tion with the Guoss interests here. - - ASKS DIVORCE _ Chris Jorgensen has filed suit for divorce agamst his wife, Ruth on grounds of incompatibility. The Jorgensens were married in Doug- lus August 5,7 1940. The plflinlilf’ has requested custody of their three childven in the otfice left Anchorage . Doris Sweeney, oi Shattuck Insurance agency, by plane yesterday for and Fairbanks. She plans to spend about a week in visiting Rainbow Associations in those cities in her capacity as sub-deputy for Alaska of the Order of the Rain- how for Girls, 'PROPOSED IN - LABOR LAWS ‘Republicans Would Submit Plans First fo Truman for HIS Approval To Fish May Present CHILKOOTBARRACKS FIGHT BY O'HARRA IS (CNTINUED NOV. 26 i BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-—Sena- tor Ball (R-Minn) said today he |thinks Congressional Republicans By ‘/“‘"1“ D, Watkins ought to seek President Truman's| WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Legal cooperation in any changes they!efforts of Kenneth E. O'Harra to X ialt sale of Chilkoot Barracks in xisting labor laws. ien he have finished drafting out bills, I think we ought to go fdown to the White House, lay them | before the President and ask him if he cbjects to any of their feature: the Minnesota Senator told a re porter. “Perhaps in that way we can work out legislation that will not be vetoed.” Ball is a member of a Senate GOP sukcommittee assigned to the Alaska to the Veterans Alaska Co- operative company were continued Wednesday until Nov. O'™Harra, of "|bus lines O'Harra the , and the Co- operative each bid $105,000 for the cwner in Alasl Barracks ovdered sold Government property. A drawing was held. O'Harra won and the ny, of Washington, protested the award as surplus Veterans cem: D. £ task of drafting labor bills ‘The Interior Department, after a His proposal presented the first ng, awarded the Barracks to 'rvmxx.-‘.» conviction that the Repub- lh(‘ Ccoperative on the grounds licans may meet the President half- O'Harra could not qualify as a et o ergas. ‘Small business” O'Harra now fs s 4 ;]hvm'm_ o e the Seeking a permanent-injunction in .53 Federal court to halt the sale by naé;lx‘x.l b:‘:;_flm_nm_m revisions of | 1€ War Assets Administration and 1 ng s Interior Department some sections of the Case Strike Control bill which Mr. Truman ve- toed last summer. He said he plans provisions making unions subject to suit for violation of contracts, nning secondary boycotts and Before the court hearing was re- cessed by Justice F. Dickinson Tetts, counsel for O'Harra argued that Steve L. Homer, who made the bid for the Cooperative, was not ‘equelizing” employer and employee #Cting for himself, as requived by status under the Wagner act |the surplus property disposal law, Sapate Republicans-are expected|but was trusiee for the Veterans organigation. Francis C. Brooke, tc go ‘along generally with such el And Senator Elbert; O'Hama’s counsel, contended the (D-Utah), former chairman ruling that O'Harra's bus line was Labor Committee, indicated ' “Pig business” was “arbitrary and that he and many other Democrats capricious” when it at the same time held the Cooperative was not reccgnize that some alterations are i ordn big business. He argued also that - Homer could not comply with the law requirig that a veteran own (HR'S]’MAS FOR the controliing interest in a busi- ness to which such surplus prop- trunsferred, as the Co- cwning more than 10 per m NOR]’H SURE cent of its stock Richard L. Merrick, counsel for SEATTLE, ov. Zi—The 8anta :he Cc-operative, told the court Claus of the Aleutians—in the per- O'Harra hud testitied at previous son of Lieut. Comdr. James A. pearings thwt the O’Harra bus lines Whitman, U. S. N.—has done his wag in effect the purchaser of the shopping Barracks, a complete Army town A ton and a half of toys, destined near Haines, Alaska. He said Hom- for children of Naval and Civil & was acting as trustee for the Service personnel, in Kodiak, Dutch @o_operative in submitting the bid. Hart Adak and Attu, lay stack- i ed ceiling high in a Seattle hotel room waiting to be flown to Ko- oo Toys Inferest A week ago, Lieut. Comdr. Whit- Bo man, and his assistant, Yeoman An(ho'age Y' Third Class Noah Fluckard of Tul- s sa, Okla, flew down to Seattls, Hown ou“l laden with Navy welfare funds, and 2 SEATTLE, Nov. under orders (o gather up just as 21 — Toys held many dolls and bears and trucks top interest today for six-ycar-old and Christmas tree ornaments and David Ha m, Palmer, Alaska, Iights as their poke would buy hild flown South by the Anchor Tor tiid fitst e muse. the _uce Shrine club for a foot opera- children of the Navy will celebrate 'on with Anchorage Shriners Christmas in the Aleutians this 4 a chartored plane yesterday year. | Spending most of today viewin; Whitman said there are about sSanta Claus' wares with his mothe 300 Navy children in the Aleutian j Henry Harrison, wiie of an chain and another hundred chil- a Road Ccmmission employ drerr of Civil Service employees. 'he was asked what toy he prefer- Whitman and Fluckard scoured red Seattle stores for gifts and Whit- “p'd like mcst of all to have a man said some merchants sold B niis milk truck,” he replied them their entire stock of Christ- mas tree lights—a commodity which| The 12 Shriners, including Walt- Hn et e cr Farrell and August A. Johnson, The Commander, 17th Naval Dis- Secretary, will attend a Shrine trict Chaplain at Kodiak and form- ceremonial temorrow night and er Baptist minister at Moscow, Ida., David will enter the Poriland Or- estimated they will take back ‘hopedic hospital next Thursday. $2000 worth of toys. The Harrisons have another son, 16, The Navy plans a gift for every remaining at Palmer with his child through the eighth grade. The father. - e €0 Native kiddies in the Kodiak or-| phanage won't be forgotten either’ for they will be taken to the Navy.R H M S 'd festivities as has been the custom equlem ass a' during the war years. . wiiman pomied o wae we FOr Walker im N, Y. chipping strike made it necessary > to fly the gifts north on a Naval air transport. NEW YORK Nov. 21—The body The shipping tieup nearly caus- Of former - Jumes J. Walker ed the loss of 100 cows on Kodiak today pa: slowly through the which supplied fresh milk to um“-wun of the city he loved to St. Navy, Whitman said, because hay | Patrick’s Cathedral for a solemn was not avallable and, the cows Requiem M. a last ceremony for were going dry. one who once said of parades, However, the Navy flew up some ~Lhe beople love ‘em o Thousands stocd silently in warm fecd last weck, which is expected to alleviate the shortage tempor- Autumn sunlight on Fiith Avenue arily. |1 watch the funeral cortege of the Whitman pointed out that be-|Suave, slignt man who guided the cause of the lack of sunshine dur-,administration of the city through |ing the winter months in the Aleu-|the boom ond bust era of 1926- tians, fresh milk is one of the most 1932 and aied last Monday of a at the age of 65, 'sorely needed food items, I'braim bloodclot Resultfrom Maritime Strike s ., Nov, 21.—A Post-In- telligencer staff member. touring strikebound Alaska, reported in a dispatch from Sitka that “millions | of dollars loss on ‘frozen and nned fish, which would shake the econ- omy of Alaska to Its foundations, may result from the maritime tie-: up.” i William Schulze & ;W Brindle, Ketchikan, President of the Ward's Cove Packing Co, as estimating the loss at $7,500,000 on half a million cases of canned lish, | through sweating amd rusting of the quoted cans not ot shipped or on ships! idled in Seattle and awaiting dis- charge. The dispatch quoted Len Peter- son, manager of the Sitka Cold Storage Co., as saying his plant was so Jjammed with frozen fish that hé had no room in which to store $30,000 worth of bait and $10,000 worth of ice for the fishing {leet “If there isn't any bait, they wont catch any fish next season,” Peterson was quoting, adding that, | it is a question what could be done with next season’s catch anyway. . - SEEK APPROVAL OF STATEHCODS, | ALASKA, HAWAII VVASHXNGTON Nov. 4di—Ernest W. Green, vice president of the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association, today asked the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce to endorse Statehood for Hawaii Green appeared at a meeting of the Chamber’s committee on In- ternational and Social problems as a representative of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. Delegate Robert Bartlett aska) also asked that the commit- tee endorse statehood for Alaska. Recommendations of the commit- tee will go before the U. 8. Cham- per of Commerce Board, d i approved there will be pr ited ror final action at the Spring meet- ing of the Chamber. ' -, . (D-Al- Carpenters af Ladd Field Refurn; More Trouble Is in Sight | FAIRBANKS, Alu‘ Nov. 21— Ladd Field unpvnlmh were back cn the job today but electricians stayed away from work as one strike succceded another \ The electricians left work here and at Anchorage, they said, be- causethe contractor, Birch Johnson tle Co., refused to meet the un- requirement that union mvn} work for none but an electrical . contractor. This would require the| general contractor to sublet elec- trical work Carpenters returnsd to m(u'kv when the company agreed to nego- tiate a working agreement on wage | increases. Ben Potter, head of th\ building trades union, told inter-, viewers that the threatened termi- nation of housing had nothing to, do with their decision | ->o - TRUMAN GOES DOWN IN 440-FOOT DIVE L C can IN FORMER U-BOAT KEY WEST, ILI Nov. 21 dent Truman today made a fcot dive beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean in a former German submarine. He was the firs. President of the United States ever to make such @ trip beneath the ocean. Mr. Truman saw one of Germany biggest war secrets—the “Schnor- kel” type U-boat—in operation. The coal Strike brought no varia- tion in the President’s holiday schedule, Members of his staff #id he in‘ended to let the law take its course in the Gover ment's hattle with John L. Lewis, 1 borough ‘fects approximately ,thie capital alone .Smith-Connally Act anyone, (% penalty of $5,000 fine or {in jail. ithe ccal |—but not to mine coal 'ready 'WALKOUT OF MINERS 1§ COMPLETE Lewis to Be Taken Inte Court on Contempt Charge WASHINGTON Nov. 21.— With the soft coal shutdown virtually complete and spreading to anthra- cite fields, the government today prepared to bring John L. Lewis in- to court on a contempt charge. Justice Department attorneys drew up the necessary papers and officials said they will be present- ed to Federal Judge T. Alan Golds- “this afternoon.” Assistant Attorney General John Sonnett arrived at th: District Court shortly after 3:15 p. m. and promptly entered the Chambers of | Judge Goldborough. Judge Goldborough, who enjoin- ed Lewis from permitting a coal mine walkout last Monday--an in- junction which Lewis disregarded had adjourned his court several hours earlier The government's petition coukd be acted on in the chambers, how- ever, Lewis, who disregarded a court order to vestore the effectiveness of the miners’ contract with the government, continued - silent. The United Iuine Worker boss \was at his home in suburban Alex- andria, Va, and as l.ho day passed v.heu- was no md‘\m% that he Lo.q9me, Waihing- u:m unlon hendquarters. There were indications there that Lewis may have made arrangements for an ex- tended absence from his office. It was known that he spent much of yesterday answering mail and 'otherwise clearing his desk of pend- ing business. . To Cushion Famine Orders went out' to cushion the mpact of a prospective coal fam- ine. Federal Works Administrator Philip B. Fleming ordered a return to wartime heating and lighting strictures in all Federal buildings throughout the country which de- pend on coal. Fleming said he will scek to re- duce temperatures to the wartime level of 68 dégrees. The order al- 300 buildings in The Civillan Production Adminis- fration prepared a directive design- ‘ed to help ration artificial gas, pro- duced from coal. The same agency pondered an electricity conserva- tion ordor All-Oul Action In all-out action, the Administra- 'tion was reported also preparing to seek punishment for any local un- fon leaders or others who are found to be encouraging a strike. Evidence is being collected with view to prosecuting under the from Lewis on down, whom the govern- ‘ment may contend is encouraging a strike. The Smith-Connally law forbids encouraging or inciting ‘a etiiks in a government-operatsd mine or plant. Conviction carries a yeer a Study is being given to the pos- sibility of “freezing” the United Mine Workers' $13.500,000 union fund, and this will be done if a way can be found around “lezal (technicalities.” In the mounting crisis, U. 8 trcops stood ready to move into fields to prevent violence Unit com- manders were alerted. Government officlals also kept an anxfous ear to the ground for any manifestations of a general up- eaval by labor The AFL with its 7,150,000 union members and the CIO with its 6,000,000 had al- thrown their moral support behind the UMW chief. ‘The walkouts spread into the an- thracite field of Pennsylvania, with 7,500 employees of eight large mines quitting work. The hard coal in- dustry employs 80,000 miners, who are under a contract separate from the bituminous one. The situation in the fields was generally calm. Miners simply fail- ed to show up at the pits, The Stars and Stripes—symbol of government management of the min still waved over mine prop- erties deserted by grimy-faced coal diggers who chose not to heed the government’s plea that they re- main at work