GM Strikers OK Pay Compromise

WESTERN EUROPE EDITION One Year Ago Today- The Wsather Today Reds 70 miles from Germany. PARIS: Fair, frosty—31 Firsi Army cuts last Ardennes StARS A S. FRANCE: Fair—53 highway. 20,000 Jap troops be- TRIPES DOVER: Fair, frosty—33 lieved drowned off Indo-China. GERMANY: Fair to cloudy—29 Unofficial Newspaper of U.S. Forces in the European Theater Vol. 2—No. 181 2Fr. Id. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 1946 Hold Ennis. First of the Would-Be Conquerors Start Westward GM Strikers OK Lichfield Court Asks Pay Compromise, By Art White Stars and Stripes Staff Writer Co m Balks LONDON, Jan. 14. — The pany military court hearing the Jfc Lichfield trial formally re- DETROIT, Jan. 14 (INS).—The United Automobile quested the appointing au- Workers (CIO) voted last night to accept a recommended thority today to "confine" hourly wage increase of 19 1/2 cents and reinstate its war- 1/Lt. Leonard W. Ennis, time contract with General Motors if the corporation also former 10th Reinf. Depot pri- would accept the recommendation by Jan. 21. son officer, after complaints A GM spokesman pointed out to- 6y a brother officer that En- day that the company had rejected nis was trying to influence his this solution when it was proposed testimony. By rnes Urges Friday, and added that this rejec- The court's action came after tion stood unless the company Capt. Earl J. Carroll, assistant pro- changed its mind before ..'an. 21. secutor, bitterly protested the fact Swift Action by that Ennis was living without re- If the corporation persists in its strictions in London, and was "act- refusal to accept the proposal of ing as a deterrent" to the testimony UNO on Atom President Truman's fact - finding of 1/Lt. Granville Cubage. board, the union decided, the UAW Carroll declared: "The authority LONDON, Jan. 14 (AP).—Secre- will revert to its original demand of this court is being flagrantly tary of State James F. Byrnes flaunted and something should be for a 30 percent increase. done about it. Witness after wit- The first of 1,462 Japanese POWs are marched aboard the Dutch ship called on the United Nations ness has given evidence that his Kotainten at San Francisco, for shipment to Hawai labor battali-ns. Assembly today to "approve prompt- NLRB to Cite GM testimony has been influenced by ly" the Big Three proposal at In Washington, the National La- people outside the court." bor Relations Board agreed to hold Moscow for creation of a special a hearing on union charges that Cubage on Stand commission to study and control GM failed to bargain collectively Cubage, who along with Ennis is MacArthur Sets 48 Points atomic energy. with striking CIO workers on wage awaiting trial on charges of mis- "We must not fail," he said, "to demands. The board said it would treating prisoners, and who testified devise the safeguards necessary to cite GM for hearings in Detroit on earlier at the trial, took the stand Or r8 Months for Discharge insure that this great discovery is the corporation's refusal to open its in the morning at his own request used for human welfare and not books to the fact-finding commis- to give "further evidence." for more deadly human warfare." sion When he stepped on the stand TOKIO, Jan. 14 (UP).—Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur today Byrnes also called for an imme- The union also voted to request Cubage said: "When I testified be- followed the lead of Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, mid-Pacific diate beginning on the job of tool and die workers throughout fore, there were facts I knew abou, commander, with an announcement that all enlisted men under having countries pledge land, sea the nation to "overlook" GM or- and air forces to the United Na- that I didn't know could be used at his command with 48 points or 38 months of service now are ders as a means of applying econ- the time. But several things have tions Security Council. In that omic pressure on the corporation. come up and I think these facts eligible for discharge. manner, the 11-nation council will The union asserted such action can now be used." Under the new order, officers be able, when necessary, to use force would have far-reaching economic Wi Tells of Threat with 68 points or 47 months of to try to prevent aggression or effect on the corporation, since Lockout Starts service also will be eligible for re- restore peace, he said. many tools and dies are now on (Since Cubage's • original testi- lease from the service. Important Task order for GM's 1947 models. mony, Maj. Richard E. LoBuono. On Friday, Richardson announced former Lichfield provost marshal, In Argentina from Honolulu that enlisted men Declaring that the atomic com- Phone Union Orders Strikes testified that he was threatened by in the Middle Pacific Theater with mission, as agreed upon at the The National Federation of tele- Col. James R. Killian, former post 48 points or 39 months of service council of Big Three foreign min- phone Workers ordered a nation- CO, and Ennis.) BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 14 (AP). would be eligible for discharge. isters at Moscow, dealt with a wide telephone strike last night, Cubage's "further evidence" today —Commerce and industry in Ar- MacArthur's order was issued, "task of transcending importance," but announced that the walkout •was a damaging indictment of En- gentina were virtually suspended according to thfe announcement, to Byrnes said: "The establishment of would be postponed 30 days. nis, who, he said, was introduced as today as a 72-hour stoppage called make full use of available shipping a commission to deal with the A federation spokesman said this a disciplinarian at the guard house by the country's business leaders problems raised by the discovery of commenced. from the Pacific. Earlier, he had was done on advice of counsel to in October. 1944. decreed that no ship leave port atomic energy is inseparably link- comply with the Smith-Connally Cubage said nothing he considered The shut-down was in protest with an empty berth. ed with the problem of security. labor-disputes law. "brutal" occurred at the guard against the government's refusal It is a matter of primary concern (In Calcutta, 5,000 GIs holding to all nations. At the same time, the union an- house before that date. Subsequent- 1 a ma£ m Mon£ n nounced it would request the Asso- nicieasemc^'and^s aim jeaLi^n^Tnlerfo eiiu oonuses lor j ,„ *, riavrlo^n iinrW *»th» fhnir°° - "I hope that the Assembly will ly, when the 316th Replacement Co., SquarRr arce Garden under the chair- ciation of Communications Equip- commanded by Capt. Joseph A. Ro- workers. approve promptly the resolution ment Workers, an independent Only some transportation lines manship of Sgt. James M. Senor, proposed by my government in as- bertson, took over, Ennis was put unanimously passed a resolution union, to withdraw its picket lines in and around Buenos Aires func- sociation with the United Kingdom, throughout the 30-day truce. More in charge. tioned normally, as other businesses "that the Congress of the United the Soviet Union, China, France After describing conditions at the closed down. States stimulate demobilization of and Canada, so that this commis- than 7,000 equipment workers had Lichfield guardhouse for three (The United Press reported that all military personnel and effect sion may begin its work without thrown picket lines around tele- hours, during which he quoted immediate repatriation of all men phone exchanges in 44 states. a government communique stressed delay." The decision of the union on a several incriminating statements the orders of the Minister of Inte- not absolutely essential to fulfill- In effect, the resolution would allegedly made by Ennis. Cubage ment of overseas responsibilities." 30-day truce dispelled the likeli- rior to Brig. Gen. Pilomeno Valezco. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) hood "of President Truman's order- told the court:, "I certainly don't commander of the national police, (Sgt. Norman Owen, wearing his want to see too much of Lt. Ennis to use "force of weapons" if neces- stripes despite a report that he had ing the government to seize and now. Ennis is a tough man." sary to "suppress any armed at- been reduced to the rank of private operate the Bell Telephone System. It was at this stage that Carroll tempt, no matter from which social for distributing pamphlets urging Atrocities to PWs A union spokesman declared, how- requested that action be taken or political sector it comes." speedier demobilization, received a ever, that the employees would against Ennis. After a half-hour (The government, meanwhile, is thunderous applause when he ap- Get Life for Jap walk out regardless of consequences deliberation the president of the expected soon to answer the request peared at the meeting after being if its compromise pay demand of court, Col. Louis P. Leone, an- of the nation's employers for a 90- released from the psychiatric ward a $1.20 daily wage increase was not nounced, "The court directs that day suspension of the year-end of the 142d Gen. Hosp. this morn- YOKOHAMA, Jan. 14 (INS).— granted. the Trial Judge Advocate convey to bonus which has brought on the ing. Chotaro Furushima, former Jap- The strike would have affected the appointing authority the court's protest lockout, the UP said.) (Owen drew delighted, sustained anese prison camp commandant radio stations, news-agency news- recommendation that Ennis be con- cheering- when he opened with: here, was convicted of condoning printers and "many things serviced fined." "Thanks a lot, sane men." ) atrocities and sentenced to life by leased lines," Joseph Beirne.

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