European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1949 the stars and stripes Tage t National guardsmen patrol Iowa strike area i i y d e it in 06 re St by r a of by Aboc bit Senate unit drops Fig lit to draft 18yearolds National guard troops face strikers and sympathizers in Street near the Rath packing the soldiers were called to the scene of a meat packers strike after the fatal shooting of a picket set off order was restored after the troops Norb accuses ump chief of unfair labor practice May 25 in a new government crackdown on John the National labor relations boards general counsel yesterday accused the United mine workers chief of an unfair labor the boards counsel went to court to Force Lewis to bargain with the Southern producers association and Federal judge Alan twice has fined Lewis and his Union for set june 1 for a hearing on the plea for an i latest court action arose because Lewis refused to seat Joseph president of the Southern at bargaining conferences to negotiate a new contract for the soft Coal talks were broken off on that Issue and Moody complained to the congressman seeks of fire disloyal workers May 25 Gerald Landis proposed yesterday the Taf Hartley be amended so employers could fire subversive1 employees without being charged with unfair labor he made the recommendation to House Senate labor committee opened hearings on proposals Lor changes the ilm Anthold labor t Irving Ives r and spokesman for the a labor relations Board apr geared to urge that the require for Union shop be both Landis a dives Are members of the woman nominated for top acc Post May 25 Truman yesterday pro to give the com its first woman the president nominated miss Rieda new York City her name sent to Senate a seven year acc be ship in Success onto Corn Oner Clifford Durrs expires june 30 president trying to Stop National Telephone strike new May 25 wage dispute involving Long distance Telephone workers in 42 states was turned Over to a presidential Board of inquiry today in an Effort to head off a nation wide president Truman brought the Threeman Board into existence last week under provisions of the Taf Hartley Law after talks be tween the Union and the american and Telegraph broke the american Union of Telephone workers Cio suspended strike plans pending outcome of Board the announced last night on the eve off the boards first it had signed 13 new general wage All but two of the the announcement were for three year the settlements affected Bell system employees new Indiana and the District of a spokesman said present hourly the groups contract expired Bank robber slain in gang warfare May 25 flurry of bullets ended the life of one time Bank robber Leo yesterday while sought for questioning about another known Little died on the Street of three head his slayers first fired Froman then walked Over to finish the witnesses re was shot As he walked toward his hotel with his Poliete Harry Penzin said Friedman had Beena close associate of policy Racket but thought the motive for the slaying might be simple retaliation for someone else violent of pilots May lie Down on Job May 25 the air Force is working on designs for a new High Speed plane that would be piloted by a Man lying on his the advantages of piloting a plane from a prone position Are according to Mal Colm air he said preliminary tests showed men could he prone for eight hours or More in perfect Comfort some men reported after the tests they were less tired than if they had been in a sitting streamlining a Pilot in a prone position could dive and execute other sudden Maneu vers with far less Chance of blacking the reason for developing ships whereby the Pilot would lie Down is in a Small fighter plane built to and pass the Speed of nothing must break the smoothness of the most present fighters have a Bubble canopy for the Pilot and a thick f grow said he reasoned the flying Wing was the most perfectly Stream lined shape for an by having the Pilot lying even a fighter plane of this design could be perfectly this would eliminate the Bubble canopy As Well As the Pilot would lie in the Center of the facing win would be open in front except for a smooth Glass canopy that would not break the streamlining vision above and the rear would be assisted by Means of mirrors and students request retention of Blind instructor May 25 Thomas 4jv is nearly Blind Buthis students at the University of Wisconsin said yesterday there is no reason Why he cannot teach mechanical they signed a petition asking school officials to reconsider their decision not to rehire Osterhus when his present appointment expires students said Ijjas failing eyesight no Way inter with his Truman asks Rise n Security tax Washington May 25 Truman sent Congress a program for expansion of the social Security program including in creasing present benefits by at East 50 per cent and calling for a increase in payroll taxes from 1 to per cent 1 instead of waiting until in recommending expanded cover age for social Truman said More than persons who work an average week Are not n jobs which carry rights to old age or survivors the president called for Liberal nation of the Law so As to make persons earning under a month eligible for benefits Extension of coverage for unemployment insurance insurance against loss of earnings due to illness or disability improved Public assistance for the other developments in Congress the Senate began a speedup to Clear up Congress is seeking to adjourn in weeks for the National John Sherman Cooper r proposed 000 to number of Home Ess europeans to be admitted to the under the pending up in the an i armed services subcommittee approved a proposal for Tolje army to buy Cotton and Nave it processed in and approved the Senate Bill to set up for the profits on the Sale of finished goods would be retained by the president seeks funds to Aid Eugis in school president Truman asked Congress yesterday for an additional for the veterans adminis it would be used to help pay higher living allowances granted Eugis in Bih would Call up men lft25 25 the Senate services com Mittee yesterday formally gave up its fight to include compulsory service for 18yearolds in pending draft i j chairman Gurney an amendment to Rej move the draft feature from the committee the measure was expected on the floor later this r if the amendment adopted appeared Senate manpower Bill still would for a w25 two year would allow volunteers the change still allow 18 Jearolds to the 18year Olds who enlisted for could not be assigned out Side Continental r gurneys action had been expected since last week when re publicans in both houses urged compulsory service youths of 18 be s a High ranking Republican said opposition to the peacetime draft among House members was now much stronger than it was a month he a draft Bill would Southern senators served notice they would possibly to get a voluntary segregation amendment into the Senate version of the Compromise draft Bill approved by Taft May 25 Robert Taft Ohio announced his support today of the modified draft now stripped of its mandatory induction of 18 the Senate Leader said the com Promise to permit Only voluntary enlistments of 18yearolds still would not satisfy the but added ill vote for Taft said the Compromise eliminated any need for further study of the manpower legislation