The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,915 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — ] Slowdown In Coast Shipping Circles Forecast EXPLORERS GET READY IN JUNEAU Arctic Instifute Expedition Here Enroufe fo Sew- ard Glacier Five more members of an ex- pedition to Seward Glacier, north of Yakutat, arrived here on the Princess Louise and registered at the Hotel Juneau. The party, which is sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America, is headed by Walter A. Wood, director of the Institute’s New York City office and president of the Ameri- can Alpine Club. The group expects to leave here within the next few days for Yaku- tat where they will establish their headquarters. They will set up & base camp and a semi-permanent research station on the face of the Seward Glacier where other re- search teams can operate in quest of information about glaciers. They | will maintain communication with Yakutat by radio and by a spec- ial ski-wheel equipped Norsemas airplane which is enroute here from the states. It will be operat- ed by Dean Goodwin of Juneau. { Seward Glacier is surrounded by four high mountain peaks. It is sit- uated in the heart of the St. Elias Mountain. Range at an altitude ranging from 5000 feet to 7,000 feet. It feeds into the llllulplnl" Glacier. Its approximate 500; square miles is surrounded by Mt. St. Elias, Mt. Logan, Mt. Van- Uit -siamiloos Of wisdolr I 18760 feet high. Sixth Expedition This is the sixth Institute ex- pedition to the St. Elias range since 1935. Previous expeditions have approached the mountains from the land side., About 20 peo- ple will make the trip, including |50 six Canadians who are led by _ Patrick D. Baird, director of the Institute's Montreal office. Hubert Wilkins, famed Arctic and Antarctic explorer, will also be a member of the party during it ini- tial phases. He is expected to join them shortly, but it is not yet known if he will come to Juneau or go directly to Yakutat. The expedition will remain on Seward Glacier until late Septem- ber, but one party will leave about September 1 to return to Juneau and explore . the Juneau ice cap. They also hope to climb the famed Devils Paw in' this area. The lat- ter party will be directed by May- nard Miller, Research Associate of the American Geological Society. The original group will make a detailed study of both glaciology and meteorology. Wood said the expedition is a joint U. S. and Canadian effort for international scientific cooperation = toward a basic understanding of the problems The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) (Copyright, (Editor's Note: On the eve of the Republican Convention, Drew Pearson begins a series of columns diagnosing the prospective Republican candi- dates. Today's column discuss- es Senator Robert Taft. ASHINGTON — If the mem- g;u of the U. S. Senate had their hoice in selecting a Republican candidate for President, most of them would vote for Robert Al-\ phonse Taft. This is because they like him, consider him a square-shooter, man who always keeps his word. And this goes Yor a lot of Demo- crats, too. Even when they dis- agree with Taft they pay tribute to his honesty and courage. This, in a body where men live cheek-and-jowl, know each other’s faults and failures, is no mean compliment. It is also said in the Senate, even by those who like him, that: “Bob Taft is always right the And a friendly examination oll (Continued on Page Four) of the north to help its develop- ment. In addition to their specially equipped airplane, the first of its kind in Alaska, says Wood, the expedition will also take along a motor toboggan for transporting supplies along ice. The operation of both equipment and personnel will also be studied. Many Are Prominent Wood, a former U. S. Air Force Colonel, was stationed at both Ju- neau and Fairbanks during the war. He commanded the first Air Force Flight over the North Pole. His wife, who has accompanied him on 14 previous expeditions and who is an excellent photographer, and his son, Peter, are also members of the party. They reside, when not exploring, at Far Hills, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. Baird, a lormer Colonel in the Royal Canadian Army, was the expedition to Northern He is also a member of the Alpine Club of Canada. Gordon Hall, of Chestnut Hill, Mass., and a student at Amherst, also came In with the group last night. Bob McCarter and Frank Magoun, of the Harvard Moun- taineering Club, arrived last week. Another group of seven men, headed by Prof. Robert P. Sharpe Wager _of thie. {Ruioue M“S:k OX | clements oif Kentucky said he was {of the: California Institute of Tech- nology, will go direct to Yakutat on board the Denali. Sharpe is senior scientist of the group. The other five Canadians will go via Whitehorse. They are composed of men from the Canadian National Research Council and the Univer- 1sity ot 'roronzo BULLETINS Wm.‘!NG’DON-—ThQ House re- fused to accept, the Senate’s $6,125,~ 710,238 -aid THind ‘and gave a conference comniittee the job of working out a compromise. The §en- ate’s figure represented an increase of well over a billion dollars to the bill as it originally passed the House. WASHINGTON—The Senate pass- ed over President Truman's veto the! vidence today in its prosecution:3gy mark on the first ballot. It takes | so-called Bulwinkle Bill. The meas- ure lets railroads make rate agree- ments without fear of anti-trust Sirllaws if approved by the xm"s’_“e‘dlscl&»ed that two workers at the Commerce Commission, WASHINGTON—A bill to autho- rize federal payments of $80,000,000 a year to encourage metal mining was approved today by the Senate Interior Affairs Committee, S WASHINGTON—The House has passed over President Truman's veto a $975914,700 Appropriation Bill vice from the Labor Department to the Federal Security Agency. The |vote was 288 to 113. This was 20 votes more than the two-thirds needed to override. The Senate nof takes ac- tion. SEATTLE—First consignment of Alaska’s 1948 salmon pack arrived today from Cook Inlet, 25,000 cases, only a fraction of an estimated four to six million case pack for the sea- son from the territory. I WASHINGTON—The House has passed a $485204,740 supplemental Appropriation Bill and sent it to the Senate. e e————— C OF C NOON MEETING TOMORROW AT BARANOF The Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, and several important matters will be taken up at the time, including news of the campaign of Mary Sperling, the Chambers choice for the July 4 Queen contest. There will be more information on the development of Glatier Bay and what the Chamber can do to further it, and good news on the pulp development project for Southeast Alaska. e .- VFW MEETING Taku Post No. 5559, Veterans of a | Foreign Wars, will hold its regular semi-monthly meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the VFW Jeep Club. All members are invited to attend the meeting which will be followed by a stag party and refreshments. B FROM RODMAN BAY Mrs. O. A. Colby, visiting from Rodman Bay, Alaska, is at the Gastineau Hotel. i o FROM ALABAMA Clara Robison from Montgom- ery, Alabama, is visiting Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel. i shifting the U. S. Employment Ser-! DEFENSES OF ALASKA NEGLECTED Governor AESays Many Army Buildings Uncom- pleted -No Funds By JAMES F. KING NEW CASTLE, N .Y, June 16. —{P—The National Governors’ Conference was told today that the Alaskan -~ defenses were being ne- glected because of lack of funds. Atter Gruening spoke, Gov. Earle in favor of to Alaska. They appeared at a round-table discussion of a civilian defense program. Gov. Earl Warren of California told the conference that “only suppression of aggression can bring | about peace in the world.” He spoke at a round table dis- jcussion on civilian defense and {urged the states to make plans now so that they would not be | “by-passed” in any civilian de- fense program as they were in World War II. Politics continued to dominate the conference. Sen. Robert “A. Taft's leading supporter in his bid for the Republican Presidential | nomination said he did not think me Ohio Senator would accept the Vice-Presidential spot—even if off- ered granting statehood ey 1 BIG (ONSPIRA(Y UNFOLDED, COURT CASE IN SPOKANE! l I i « | SPOKANE, Wash,, June 16—/ —The government unfolded new of an alleged “atomic gold” con- spiracy. | Testimoney presented yesterday ;General Electric Plutonium Works { jinvested a total of $4,360 in the (so-called California mining ven- tures. They got back dividends. fof $6.95, they testified. { Sauel D. Smiley, assistant sup-| ferintendent of operations for Gen- {eral Electric at Richland, said he |put $2,040 into the scheme and received only $2.47 in return. i Seven persons are charged with( Harvey Erickson said was a scheme to defraud investors of $200,000. Erickson said promoters claimed they could extract gold from black sand by a “secret atomic process.” i pleaded guilty and will testify for the guvernmem Erickson said. NY. lonoslloremen Won't Load Freight if It Is Stalin's Stuff l NEW YORK, June 16—®—AFL | Longshoremen walked off a job loading a ship for Communist, Yugo- slavia after finding pictures of Sta- lin and Tito aboard the vessel. “If it's Joe's stuff, let him come over and load it himself,” one steve- |dore said. ALASKA STEAMSHIP (0. FREIGHTERS DUE NORTH The Motor Vessel Coastal Ramb- | ler is scheduled to leave Seattle on June 24, and will call at Tamgas | Harbor, Ketchikan, Cordova, Val- dez, Whittier and Seward, Alaska Steamship Company announced to- day. The M. V. Ring Splice is sche- duled to leave Seattle July 1 and will call at the same points. The freighter Victoria is due in | Juneau at 1 morning. ——— e —— WRANGELL BURGLARY William Harto and Francis Churchill were arrested at Wrang- ell yesterday by Deputy U:'S. Mar- shal Jack Krepps and charged with burglary.” They were lodged in the | IWrflngell City Jail after lmlxn- ment before U. S. Commissioner Richard Surratt who set their bond at $2,500 each. {16 —(®—This community's conspiracy in what U. 8. Atwmey’ One of the seven defendants, Dr.! Harold E. Rector, Richland, .has| TALK IS GIVEN MOMENTUM Reports from Sfassen Camp Mentions Michigan Sen- ator as Dark Horse By JACK BELL Reports came out of the Harold E. Stassen camp today that if the Minnesotan fails to win the Republi- can nomination he might lead a convention move to draft Senator Arthur Vandenburg. Stassen’s friends here contend the last week has shown an upturn in the former governor’s political stand=- ing from the low point reached aft- er his defeat by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in the May 11 Oregon pri- mary. ‘These supporters claim Stassen still thas a good chance to get the nomi- nation. Stassen has predicted his own victory on the ninth ballot of the party convention opening Mon~ !day in Philadelphia. Stassen publicly has praised Van- denberg's stand on foreign policy issues. On the other hand, he has clashed ‘openly with Dewey and Senator Rocert A. Taft of Ohio. The enigma of Vandenberg's non= candidacy continued to hold top in- terest as delegates began heading for Philadelphia from all over the country. It produted a prediction yesterday by Senator Gurney (R-S. D.) that the Michigan Senator would accept !the nomination if it were offered. Saying he favors the choice of Vandenberg, Gurney continued: “There is no doubt in my mind‘ that he would, if drafted, aceept t.he; nomination.” With 363 of the 1,094 convention votes pledged to favorite sons on the| ifirst count, there were lncmn.smg signs that it may be difficult for any | of the major candidates to top the 548 to win nomination. .- Pumper Breaks iDown During iFlame Fight WEST CARROLLTON, O. June brand- new $10,000 pumper broke down yes- terday in the middle of the big- gest fire in years. Fire Capt. William Aufuldish, enraged at heckling by bystanders, tossed his fire hat to the ground, stamped on it and resigned from the force. | Damage to the warehouse onj fire was estifpated at $10,000. FON HASONLY 110 'WIVES NOT 600 AS MADE IN REPORTS LAKE SUCCESS, June 16—/— Britain says a complaint to the Unit- ed Nations about the Fon having 600 wives is somewhat exaggerated. Ac- tually he has only 110. I I | 'VANDENBERG [COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD DEATH TOLL PLACED AT FORTY List May Be Increased as About 200 Are Still on Missing List PORTLAND, June 16.—(®— The Pacific Northwest 1lood toll stood at 44 known victims today as crests of the Columbia and Fraser Rivers spilled harmlessly into the Pacific. The exact toll of the flood awaits receding of the water to below flood stage in the lower valley. The Red Cross holds the names of 30 men and 'women on its list of missing since the flooding of Vanport. may add others to those missing from a file of some 200 persons it has been unable to locate. The unlocated list once stood at 715, but has been pared daily. Patrols ‘continue on the dikes, guarding farm lands and industrial bag crews have eased off on their labors. Some of the dikes in the lower valiey from thé Portland-Vancouv- er, Wash,, area to the river mouth are known to be’ undermined. ‘The river is due to drop six inch- es today—down more than a foot from the 302 foot crest of early Monday at Vancouver. Flood stage is 15 feet. Rehabilitation is under way for 60,000 believed homeless in Oregon, Washington, North Idaho, Western Montana and British Columbia, ARABS SHOW FIGHT; TALK OUT BOLDLY (By The Associated Press) tions proposal to make Jerusalem an open city and indicated they (would not. sit with Jews at the Rhodes peace talks. The Stern group commander in Jerusalem said that group does not recognize the Armistice and will act freely on its own. He asserted the Sternists will conquer all Jerusalem, lall Palestine, and have ambitions in i'h'ans-.lordan. ‘This, he said, is part jof Palestine. Were Jerusalem made an open| city, the Arabs would have to quit the old walled city and other parts ‘Lhey conquered last month 'HIGHWAY PATROL CRACKS DOWN ON 'LOCAL HIGHWAYS| One driver was arrested and many cothers were warned yesterday by the Territorial Highway Patrol for| driving too fast on local highways because of dusty conditions. August A. Stainbrook, taxi driver who was arrested by Patrolman John Mon- The agency indicated it | and residential areas, but the sand- | Arabs rejected today a United Na-| The Fon is the chief of the Bikom |agle, was fined $40 today by U. S. Tribe in the British Camercons. He | Commissioner Felix Gray who gave o'tlotk Thursday ' December when a London Catholic i { and took another one whenever he found a young girl to his liking. The Fon has only 110 wives, the British Government sald in a reply to the complaint which was laid be- fore the U. N. Trusteeship Council by St. Joan’s socm and Political { Alliafice. The British ldm!md the state of affairs in Bikom “is shocking to Christian sentiment,” but added “these practices are based on the lutrongesl‘ superstitious belief.” { | STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah, from Vancouver, ischeduled to sail 9 tonight. Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to sail 10 a. m. tomorrow. Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 8 a. m. Priday and sails south 10 a. m. Aleutian southbound late Sunday or enrly Monday. — -~ — PORTLAND VISITOR H. L. Haasarud from Portland, Ore, is at the Baranof Hotel. from organization said he had 600 wives|- oncoming motorist doesn’t stand a} first came into the spotlight lastia stiff penalty because of the ad- verse driving conditions. The Patrol pointed out that the chance when approaching vehicles are moving over 25 miles per hour. In some places, it, is advisable to slow down to 15 miles per hour, it was expiained STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 16.—®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 86!, Anaconda 39%, Curtiss-} Wright 7%, Kennecott 59%, New | York ‘Central 16%, Northern Pacif- ic 2%, U. 8. Steel 81%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,580,000 shares. Averages today are as follows! industrials 192.34, rails 60.86, util- ities 36. et VA OFFICIALS VISIT Four officials, from the Seattle office of the Veterans Admin- istration, have arrived here on a tour of major Alaska cities. They will remain in Juneau until Fri-| day. The party includes John GOPERS GET ‘READY FOR BIG MEET Conveniionflendance fo Beat Records - Alaska Delegate Dispute Up N PHILADELPHIA, June 16—(#— “The myth that Republican presiden- tial nominations are decided in a smoke filled room will be buried here next week,” Chairman 'Walter, S. Hallnan told members of the GOP Arrangements Committee today. “We all know that smear has been invented, ‘nourished and spread by willful propagandists with new deal axes to grind,” he told the committee as it met to complete plans for the: largest convention in the party’s his- 1iory “It,never.did have any foundation in fact.” Mesnwhile, the convention con* test committtee faced six delegate gisputes, two of them involving Ne- igro recognition, The platform com- mittee prepared to start discussions! tomorrow and out at convention hall, where 16,000 delegates alternates and favored speculators will gather money, the finishing touches were {put on the physical aspects of the | conclave. Ezra R. Whitla of Coeur d' Alene,; Idaho, chairman of the contest com- mittee, said at least three of the |delegn!e disputes—Georgia, South |Carclina and Alaska—are “serious contests.” The GOP chairman pointed out (2,188), more Repubncan( governors, Senators and "ongress-| mej “we have had for ears” ung i‘fl’e&y ak many EDNI:?I | { of press, radio and television as havm ever attended a national poln.lcal convention. The Alaskan dispute involves two sets of delegates, Whitla said. One was named by the Republican Cen- tral Committee of Alaska and the other by the Republican Clubs. Each! named three delegates and as many {alternates as separte conventions. | Whitla’s committee will send the idelegate disputes and recommen-| :dations to the entire national com- mittee, meeting Thursday morning !The national committee sits as a jury in the contests ternates | | .FOREIGN AID BILL | FIGHT 1S STARTED ON SENATE'S FLOOR ] WASHINGTON, June 16.—P— | Rep. Taber (R-NY), chairman of | the appropriations committee, opeii- jed a fight today on the Senate’s $6,125,710,228 foreign aid bill. He said the previously-passed for global aid, was “sufficient” and demandéd & hi't to “arbitrary ac- ition” to boost the funds. Taber issued his statement a few hours after the Senate approved the $6,125710,228 figure by a 60 to} 9 vote at a session lasting into the early hours this morning. It was Taber who sparked the joriginal House drive to slash the aid funds. His statement today bolstered predictions that the House would reject the Senate version.| That would leave it up to a joint conference. to work out some ac- ceptable compromise before Satur day’s scheduled adjournment. Before. jts Vote, the Senate took still ,anothgr’ step 'bearing’ import- antly on American, foreign policy By a voice vote it -approved a $3.- | 1686,733,250 appropriation for the Navy starting July 1. Thm mea- | sure’ also goes back to thé House ‘!or action on a Senate boost of {gore than $125,000,000. ; Earlier the Senate also had dis- posed of a $43,422,061 government i corporations bill which carried,! lamong other things, a $30,972,051 | appropriation for the Tennessee Valley Authority. It, too, goes back to the House, which must decide whether to accept more than $5,- 000,000 in increases, including a hotly debated $4,000,000 item toj start building a TVA steam plant lto generate electricity. e - | CLARENCE WALTERS VISITING IN JUNEAU I Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walters House bill, providing millions less |, \EXTENSION PLAN, ALASKA SHIPPING IS BEING BLOCKED Adamant Opposition of Chairman Weichel Pre- venting Definite Action By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, June 16—/M— Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.) said today he has given up hope that Congress will extend the present temporary plan for steamship oper- ation to Alaska. ‘The law, which permits the Mari- time Commission to charter ships at a dollar a year to three Seattle shipping companies, expires June 30. It was designed to give lower freight rates to the territory at a time the companies said they would need an 85 percent increase to re- sume private operations. After passage of the law a rate in- crease of 35 percent was put into effect. Magnuson said that the adamant opposition of Chairman Weichel (R-Ohio) of the House Merchant Marine Committee appeared to make it impossible to get an extension of the law passed by the present Con- gress. “Chairman Weichel's opposition appears to have doomed any exten- sion of the present temporary ser- vices for this session,” Magnuson i told a reporter. “Either the operators will have to revert to private operation at a big increase in rates or the Maritime Commission will' have to institute! government operation of the Alukun’ service. “The Senate Commerce Subcom- sion of the present service until next Feb, 28 but without the approval of the House Committee our efforts to extend the seryice are stymied.” . Rep, Tollefson (R-Wash,) sald he had not given up hope of being able to convince Weichel that extension of the present -xervl(‘e should ke per- mitted. DRAFTING PUT UP TO .TRUMAN BY HOUSE! WASHINGTON, June 16.—(®— ‘The House has voted to put it up to the President to start the draft. It tentatively approved 145 to 38 an amendment by the Armed Ser- jvices Committee providing that no inductions could be ordered un- til the President proclaims that the armed forces cannot get enough men through voluntary enlist- ments. The President could not issue the proclamation until at least 75 days after the bill becomes law. In- | ductions could not begin until 90 days after it becomes law. Armed Services Chairman An-| drews (R-NY) said the provision {15 identical to one voted down “by a large majority” in the Senate. The voteon Andrews' amend- ment brought out strong floor sup- port for'a plan by Rep. Shafer (R- Mich) to put the entire draft cn ice until next year. Shafer has an- nounced he will offer an amend- ment to suspend all operations of the draft law at least until Jan- uary 31, - —— FROM SACRAMENTO Wanda Martin from Sacramento, Calif., Is in Juneau and a guest at the Baranof Hotel. D - © o o 6 0 0 0 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 177; minimum, 54, At Airport—Maximum 80; minimum 47. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued fair and warm tonight and Thursday with highest temperature near 80 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a.m. today In Juneau City Non since June 1, 2.90 inches; sinice July 1, 88.66 inches, At the Airport —— None; since June 1, 184 inches; since July 1, 53.87 inches. ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - D DOG LICENSES EXPIRE City Clerk Jack Popejoy announ- ced today that 1947 City dog li- censes expired on June 1. He said Corris, Gordon Smith, H. E. Ath- {of the Alaska Island Airways u(lthnt dogs, not bearing 1948 licenses, erton and G. G. Autry, top execu- tives of various VA divisions. Petersburg, are now in guests at the Baranol Hotel. Juneau, !are subject to being impounded by ing U. City Police. (10 UNIONS MAY START STOPPAGES Five Organizations Involv- ed-Strike Injunction Will Be Observed SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—# —Slowdowns and work stoppages by some CIO West Coast maritime workers were forecast despite un- ion obedience to court orders for. bidding today's scheduled natlon« wide strike. Five West Coast unions last night reset the strike hour for 10:30 am, June 24, when a 10- day 1ederal court restraining order against it expires. They called on their memberships meanwhile to “intensify strike mobilization.” Speakers at a meeting last night emphasized the five-union state- ment that workers will retain “their right to quit for safety or other legitimate reasons.” Hugh Bryson, head of the CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards, told one meeting shcrtly afterward “we are going into a special meeting now to launch a special safety campaign.” Many of his audience laughed heartily. The West Coast union statement said the committee (which issued it) was “without official authority te postpone the strike, but never- theless recommended” that work continue until June 24. It then noted that workers still may stop | there will be more delegates and al-|mittee is willing to approve exten-|work for “safety or other legifi- imate reasons” without violating the court order. >oo——— Plane, Is Sighted SANTA MARIA, Azores June 16— iM—A search plane has reported !sighting wreckage.in an area where three B-17 type planes were report- ed missing after taking off from the Azores yesterday. The wreckage was not identified, but is believed to be part of a plane. The search plane said there was no sign of life. Warships are hewdlnz ‘for the scene, ‘The num)nullty of the mhllnc planes has not been wubluhed. oo \Four Indiciments Are ‘Refurned, Lobby Case i T WASHINGTON, Juge 16.—U—A Federal Grand Jury today indicted the Agricultural Commissioners of Texas and Georgia, two farm or- ganizations and two other persons 1on charges of violating the .Jobby- g law. Attorney General Clark, who an- nounced the grand jury action, sald they are accused” of conspiracy to lobby for higher commodity pri- ces without registering with Con- gress. He said they had a per- isonal interest in higher prices be- !cause of trading on commodity | markets. Those indicted included: J. E. McDonald, Texas Commis- sioner of Agriculture. Tom Linder, Georgia Commis- sioner of Agriculture, The National Farm Committee, a Texas corporation headed by Linder. The Farm Commissioners’ Coun- cil, which has headquarters here, A IR, Strikes Spread in France, Elsewhere By .ASSOCIATED PRESS Strikes spread in France again. At least 150 persons were injured at Clermont-Ferrand when police eject- ed Communist-led strikers who oc- cupied @& rubber plant. Southern, central and northeastern France were teset by walkouts similar to those of last winter. Some 250,000 Belgian steel and metal workers struck for pay in- creases. Another 8,000 dockworkers walked out in London. A 24-hour strike in heavy Italian industries at ‘Turin ended. All stylkes were in nations seek- S. billions under the foreign aid program. i i