V ArmyProbers Ask End of Social Distinctions EUROPEAN EDITION USAFE WEATHER FORECAST NORTH & WEST: Partly clouSy, Propose EM Max. 37, Mill. 54; SOUTH & EAST: Cloudy with light showers. Max. 65, Min. 53; BERLIN: Partly cloudy to cloudy, Max. 75, Min. 58; BREMEN: RIPES Partly cloudy with lif ht rai», Max. 73, On Courts, Min. 56; VIENNA: Same as S * E, Max. Fcicts in At European Theater 68, Min. 52. FURTHER OUTLOOK: Unofficial Newspaper of U.S. ArmeV3SSd ,; § Partly cloudy and warmer.. Less Saluting Volume 2, Number 147 20 pig., 20 gr., 2 fr., 1 d Tuesday, May 28, 194* WASHINGTON, May 27 (INS) —The Doolittle board studying Truman, through. officer-enlisted man relation- Whitney Declares ships recommended today to Robert P. Patterson, Secretary Lewis' Men on Strike of War, a 14-point program which would involve a sweep- ing reorganization of the Army and would virtually abolish social distinctions and off-duty exercise of rank. At U. S.- Seized Mines Li Gen. James H. Doolittle, * WASHINGTON, May 27 (AP)—A renewed strike paralyzed leader of the first raid on Tokyo, and his five co-investigators, all the soft-coal industry as the Government pressed negotiations veterans, demanded equal breaks with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, AFL, for enlisted men over a wide range in an attempt to avert a prolonged shutdown. of Army activities. Recommenda- Mining by the UMW came to almost a dead stop in the big tions included a proposal to abolish the use of such phraseology as coal producing states across the nation, despite Governmental "officers and ladies, enlisted men operations of mines. and wives." Reports from state after state—Pennsylvania, West Vir- The board based its suggestions on complaints collected from 42 ginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama—in the major coal mining representative witnesses, running areas showed that the bulk of 400,000 diggers who are without from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a collective bargaining contract Army Chief of Staff to onetime Pvt. Marion (''See Here") Hargrove, were remaining away from UMW Leader Has as well as 1,000 letters. their jobs. It was to have been 'Nothing to Say' 'Poor Leadership' Cited the first work day since the ex- piration Saturday of the two-week The members traced poor rela- truce. , tionships between officers and en- Lewis showed up promptly Mon- listed men in general to "undeniably day morning for a conference with poor leadership on the part of a J. A. Krug, Federal mine ad- small percentage" and "a system ministrator. The meeting was that encourages wide official and arranged after President Truman's social gaps." personal intervention Sunday night In its 53-page report, the board failed to win continuation of the recommended that: truce. 1. All military personnel be pro- The UMW chieftain was ac- vided with a sense of security companied by seven other members through equitable distribution of of the union's negotiating committee allowances for food, clothing, quar- when he arrived at the interior ters and travel pay, increases in department. line with civilian salaries and Asked whether he had anything to assurance of a chance for ad- say, Lewis replied, "Nothing." vancement. In administration of military Railroads Threatened justice, the higher the rank, the Later Sen. Alben Barkley (D.-Ky.) severer be the punishment; enlisted reported after a White House call personnel should be permitted on that prospects are hopeful for an courts martial and all cases should early settlement of the soft-coal be reviewed where wartime oper- dispute. ations necessitated very strict hand- The apparent coal shutdown, a ling. renewal of the 42-day-long strike John L. Lewis 3. Selection of officers be based that ended with a truce on May 13, on one year in the ranks and know- poised a new threat to the nation's ledge of "human relations" under railroads, operating again after the a new system providing for easy dis- dramatic settlement of the rail labor Labor Bill Hits missal of privilege-abusing officers, A. F. Whitney (standing) and Alvanley Johnson dispute. promotions on a merit basis and Lack of fuel might bring coal- retirement after shorter periods of CLEVELAND, May 27 (AP)—Smarting under his defeat in the rail- burning locomotives to a halt again Snarl in Senate service. road strike in Washington, A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood soon. 4. Enlisted men be enabled to of Railroad Trainmen, asserted here that President Truman had "signed Aside from negotiations with WASHINGTON, May 27 (AP)— his political death warrant." He denied bis union would spend its entire accumulate leave or furlough time Lewis the Government apparently President Truman's "strike-draft" and receive terminal-leave pay on §47,000,000 treasury to defeat Mr. Truman in 1948, as he was quoted as contemplated stern measures to saying in Washington, but added: "We will spend upward of $2,500,000. labor program hit fresh Senate the same basis as officers. keep the mines running. Troops trouble, despite its quick approval 5. Use of discriminatory references But that won't be necessary—President Truman has defeated himself." were sent into Kentucky to provide by the House. be eliminated. Alvanley Johnson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, protection to the Pond Driver 6. All military personnel be al- could not be reached for comment. colliery, in Hopkins County. Democratic Leader Alben W. lowed when off duty to pursue nor- Officers ordered to direct opera- Barkley, of Kentucky, voiced hope mal social patterns "comparable to tion of Government-seized mines, of pushing the proposed legislation our democratic way of life." took over their new posts. Comdr. through by tonight, with perhaps 7. The hand salute be abandoned Molotov Says L . S., Britain some modifications, but a number off Army installations and off duty J. Gordon King announced on ar- rival at Ashland, Ky., "Every effort of his colleagues spoke in terms of except under specified conditions. days. 8. A system of decorations and will be made to run the mines." Renewal of the soft-coal crisis, awards be established to provide (lamed Failure of Talk* He will direct mines in all or, part more equitable distribution and (Continued on Page 8) however, put the element of eco- nomic uncertainty back into the (Continued on Page 8) LONDON, May 27—Vyacheslav M. Molotov, foreign minister of the Soviet Union, declared today that Great Britain and the United States picture, and gave su^norters of the were to blame for the failure of the foreign minister's conference in Paris. Ex-Wac, Holdup Suspect, program new ammunition. The opposition shaping up to the He charged that the two nations had acted by previous arrangement Calls Civilian Life 'Too Dull' Deputies Map in opposing Soviet demands and that any attempt to have the incomplete bill is an unusual coalition of drafts of peace treaties submitted to the 21-nation peace conference CHICAGO, May 27 (UP)—Dorothy Republicans and pro-labor Demo- would result ultimately in there® Wojeak, 24, ex-Wac charged with crats who balked at Mr. Truman's Bijy 4 Agenda being not one peace conference, but the holdup of a beauty parlor with recommendations for drafting work- two. JNine Babies Dead, a wooden gun, said she would like ers who strike against the Govern- PARIS, May 27 (AP)—Deputy In a statement broadcast by Radio to reenlist "because civilian life is ment and for slapping criminal foreign ministers of the United too dull." penalties on union leaders. Moscow and presumably meant as Congress Inquiry The way the House whipped States, Great Britain, France and a reply to the American viewpoint She told police she had served 32 months, including six months in through the program by a vote of the Soviet Union today resumed on the treaty drafts at the Paris Is Threatened the Pacific. She was arrested after 306 to 13 evidently made little im- preparations for the next Council council, Molotov asserted that the of Foreign Ministers session be- NEW YORK, May 27 (AP)—A she allegedly had robbed a woman pression on Senate critics of the U. S. proposals were contrary to the Congressional investigation was ginning here June 17. patron in the beauty parlor. (Continued on Page 8) The four deputies met in the Potsdam decisions. He served notice threatened today as two more deaths Victor Hugo salon of Luxembourg that the Soviet Union would not be raised to nine the number -of babies Palace briefly this morning to map forced into their acceptance by who have died as a result of illness contracted aboard "bride ships" out their agenda for the next three "threats and intimidation.'' German Rightists Lead in Cities; weeks. This afternoon they were crossing the Atlantic, Sharply critical of Secretary of Rep. Henry M. Jackson (D.- to hear Italian spokesmen expound State James F. Byrnes, he spoke of Wash.) said he would ask the War Communist- Run a Poor Third Italy's attitude on proposed changes "an Anglo-American bloc," which in the Franco-Italian border. Department about the deaths and he declared, "did not wage an offen- about conditions aboard the ships. FRANKFURT, May 27 (AP)—The showing in war-ravaged industrial The deputies will hear Austrian sive for peace, but an offensive Latest deaths were those of Alvin conservative, church - supported centers, took a bad beating, winning and Italian representatives Thursday against the Soviet Union." Harris, 2-month-old son of Mr. and Christian Social Union emerged only 47 of 1,025 seats in city councils. on Austria's requests for minor Mrs. Alvin H. Harris, of Fulton, The Social Democratic Party—a frontier changes.