European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april Lewis denies inspiring soft Coal mine strike March 31 forced to testify under court told a presidential fac finding Board yesterday that be had not inspired the soft Coal the United mine workers chief testified for 50 minutes after Bow to a Federal court decree and the threat of another contempt the government got the court order after Lewis ignored a it Pena issued by the boards directing him to appear before it Lewis denial that he inspired the current strike of soft Coal miners came when chairman Sherman Minton asked him if it was not a fact that the nations Coal Supply had been interrupted a the result of a letter Lewis to Union members March Long delayed report5 Lewis said the letter was much overdue report on the miners welfare fund under the in that Lewis charged that the operators had violated their contract by refusing 1o agree to his pension com there any further Mun cations Minton not from my Lewis then he added that if you Are trying to show by your questions that my letter inspired any action by the United mine workers of America you Are entirely in report to president who also is a Federal District thanked Lewis for his testimony and then adjourned the he said the three Man Board might Able to report to president Truman it must report to the White House not later than Midnight after the Board tru Man in expected to instruct the Justice department to obtain a court injunction compelling Lewis to off the now in its 16th Itu agrees contracts with nonunion clause March 31 the International typographical Union Al last night wrote instructions for its local unions to offer full year contracts without discrimination against nonunion Job government attorneys agreed that new instructions comply with a Federal court injunction issued against the Union both Union and government lawyers expressed the Hope that the new Docu ment will Clear up All current disputes Between the Itu and press opposed to censorship la peacetime March 31 a committee representative of the news radio an television reported to Secretary of defense James Forrestal that peacetime censorship is neither workable nor desirable in the Public the committee met at Forrestall invitation and reported after considering for several weeks the problem of peacetime it adopted a Resolution holding that the National defense depart ment had primary responsibility for Security of military the Resolution added that this responsibility is shared to a degree by All Media of Public the Resolution recommended that Forrestal establish a Security advisory Council representative of the various Public information Forrestal told the committee he agreed that peacetime censorship would not be he said he would adopt the Security Council Best trial jurors quizzed on for March 31 special questions dealing with com president arid antisemitism were asked prospective jurors in District court today at the treason trial of former foreign correspondent Robert h of the questions by Federal judge Francis j Ford were directed at 99 venire men remaining from an original panel of the others excused for personal reasons serving As his own counsel with three lawyers As assistants and government prosecutors reached agreement with Ford on the preliminary questioning o venire men after a series of conferences at the Bench and in the judges Chambers occupied nearly half of the first Days session Jiggs and his children sack from Moscow Nancy Norman Ballet who has returned to the after six weeks in said that Henry Wallace is 1 pinup boy in she added that russians Are not thinking of but they Are opposed to Aid Truman assail 1 5 rent control Seasun March 31 Truman yesterday into Law the new rent control Extension Bill but Strong that it will hold the line fully on the presidents action came less than 36 before existing coi tools were due to the new a revised form of present tools leaves final decisions on disputed local rent 3 to the emergency appeals it gives americana eminent rent Protection March j Truman was sharply Rifa of Many he said issues jump As heavy trading brings 48 highs new March 31 Stock Jaar Ket had one of its Best sessions of the year rails led prices higher and activity in brokers handled the bigger volume strike against the Exchange because they had bolstered their staffs from brokerage dozens of issues made 1948 highs for the the rail average came within a fraction of its top for 1948 and was at its Best since the Industrial average reached its Best level since Oil stocks ran up coppers mad new amusements spurted to new steels swung into line1 on the upside and the motors registered gains after Early a other groups joined the Superior Oil of Cali fornia soared 22 other gains ranging to More than 2 enlivened the Market closing prices included Skelly up 3 Plynn Outh up Century up Mission up Southern up up 1 general up 59 up american up underwater blasts to test Navy ships 31 the Navy is going to test the chills of three ships with under water convention nation atomic explosives will be the Navy said the tests will begin next month in Chesa Peake a series of explosions will be 1 fired near the ships Day periods about a month apart during May and one of the the attack transport was part of the Guinda pig Fleet in the Pacific atomic bomb tests two years the other hulls used will be the partially built aircraft Carrier reprisal and the Light Cruiser surveys Industry for preparedness March 3f National munitions Board yesterday announced the beginning of a countrywide Survey of Mili tar Industry preparedness covering Industrial Thomas munitions Board said the Survey is the beginning of a tremendous Effort that eventually will Register the productive and abilities of 90 per cent of the nations officers of the armed forces will go into each Plant discuss Emer gency wartime potential production with Plant the munitions Board emphasized that the information will be sought on a voluntary the results of the inventory will be the basis of a new Industrial preparedness program the a if Tine went to War tomorrow it would revert to the old world War ii wartime production the program is aimed at eventual elimination of the Competition be tween the Navy and air Force for the productive capacity of individual Hargrave said he hoped this would eliminate much confusion and provide greater efficiency and i weakened his at rent but that Congress Gar him no Choice but to j claiming the measure will not g tenants All the Protection they have during the present hot he added that it was Ter than no rent control at All expediter to push Law he his officials wills All they can under the new to keep rents at reasonable Leve and he said housing expedit would make full use of his Power to file injunctions Aga landlords who charge higher ceiling but we cannot Hope to be successful in holding their ii rents with the Powers Grante this he since control Law was weakened rents have risen More six per cent Over a period of Truman the new rent control Law tines most of the provisions old including permission landlords and tenants to tary 15 per cent rent Miike under the new leases must through d and no new increases granted on top of old provisions listed the new act also ceilings non1 keeping rooms in private having no two r restrictions on i use of building for recreation Arica plans for mobilization i March 31 the housing e Brewster urges to Lay j Owen Brewster called on 1ihe Truman administration yesterday to submit its plans for to Diter to file injunctions landlords who charge More ceiling term Najr to ceiling As Bilzing Industry an manpower 4requires 65 Ber cent oils the event of owners in cooperative the senator told reporters he feels very strongly that a standby mobilization Law should be writ ten Brewster is chairman of the sen special investigating which expires at the end of next month and will report in about a week on its inquiries into mobilization problems of the last Joe father of movie sur Mickey Rooney and a Star in his right and Maggie in is shown with Bis two and Mary Rooney wife will file for divorce in 3q Days Marchaj 31 Mickey Rooney says she is going to file suit for divorce against her freckled Young actor husband because two trial separations did not work j announced yesterday that she would file the suit within 30 Days the former Betty Jane said she has an attorney and we Are trying to work out details of the Haven been served with any Rooney told but if the final i guess it must be my chief concern1 Row the two Chil Cire parents of l Mickey married miss Rase in september 1944 when he was in the and their Union has been a series of separa tons and Rooney was Birmingham in the 1944 Atlantic Cit Beauty con it was her first Rooney is the former husband of film Herald Tribune honoured March 31 a the Herald Tribune was awarded the Wayland Ayer highest recognition in the 18th Nual exhibition of newspaper typography conducted by Ayer the Herald was selected from More than entries on the basis of excellence of and press be ended on houses the exhibition was open to whose signed the All English language dailies in the rental leases left j april when effect t Truman proclaims i am an american j March 31 president Truman yesterday for Observance of May an am 1 he said a Pyo Damstrom foreign ing the nation Devotion arid unit Elf Effort on part of a Ideal has tag which and every developments to tenants and Ujj a tenants sworn ments that leases providing increases Are Vii the housing sex to Grant hardship rent when landlords prove they ing t leases of signed per cent increase at ments old Law the orig March they Origi were to expire Deer Ceu Ings on a con tons whose tenants sign Ems cent increase leases under Thel if the March and before i t 1949 when the leases oui the old Sajtl Fortl