European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes june 194j strike averted in atom bomb Plant agreement Grants increase of cents an hour Oak june 14 a and labor were sched to sign a contract formally a strike threat at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory settlement to a lengthy wage Dis Between the Al atomic and labor Council and the and Carbon chemicals operator of the re Center for the atomic Energy was announced the agreement provided for an average hourly wage increase of cents to about 875 production workers at the the dispute started last March 1 when Carbide took Over operation of the the Union sought increases contracts an hour average wage and welfare concessions which had been granted by previous operators of the lab the settlement was reached in an extended session began Friday morning and ended Early was announced Here by the company and in Washington Cyrus director of the Federal mediation and conciliation full terms were not made pending signing the workers Laid off Given wage boost june 14 than United Auto workers Cio were added to a Long Layoff list others won the Industry 13 cents an hour wage boost in a series of rapid fire develop Chrysler disclosed it has Laid off workers indefinitely because of a steel both the Briggs manufacturing and the products a major Auto signed wit the Law for the 13cent the new Briggs covers the master contract raises salary of rubber workers 14 Firestone tire rubber and the United rubber workers Cio signed their first master contract including an 11cent hourly wage for bringing the average hourly pay to the contract and wage settlement covers employees in Firestone plants at Potts fall los Noblesville and and Des printers Chicago papers Parley june chicag publishers and representatives of the striking Typo graphical Union Al Are scheduled to up into another contract Neotia tion1 session tomorrow in the drawn out Chicago newspaper Hundred members the Chicago typographical Union have been on strike against major dailies since4ast As Vanderberg led the Battle to restore fund cuts in Erp barnyard leaves from York for new 14 flying 64 animals and 16 chickens will leave new York by air for the including seven two 50 and five 1 Are being sent to Italy As pure Stock for Breeding with them will go 700 pounds of special Truman Call charted key to peaces san june 14 ins president Truman today termed the United nations charter the Constitution of the world and declared that through its implementation will come the president told a cheering Flag Day audience of persons t in san Francisco Golden Park that we must make that Constitution work just As the Constitution was made to work in j Truman added am an i am just As 1 sure As i stand Here that the United nations charter will become the Constitution of the world and its working president Truman cited Palestine and the european Rej covery program As evidence the in charter has demonstrated its he said tation of the in charter work and added and there will be peace 5n the 4 i Vandenberg leaning Forward at right is shown As he led the fight to restore Erp fund cuts in a crowded Senate committee seated at the senators right is a and at his Alben Barkley 11 nations get new Eca Aid june 14 the economic cooperation administration Eca has the Lar Gest foreign recovery allocations so for 11 american Cotton valued at and tobacco Worth 000 have been authorized for Pur Chase and shipment in Batch approvals announced by Paul Hoff Eca eras foreign purchasing pro a thorny Point with legislators who believe the bulk of american financed goods should come from the was advanced by hoffmans venezuelan Oil Canada will furnish More than of Alum Lead and linseed while Venezuela arid other latin Amer ican countries will Supply this action brought Erp authorizations to the following countries in the new approvals Trench zone of Den Mark nor in China received approval to buy Worth of Cotton from the and Trieste was granted supplies totalling nearly per cent of the funds provided so far7 require Purchase in the open Market by foreign governments or their Usan is buying 676 Jet planes  june 14 the air forc3 is buying 676 of one the Jet aircraft in the the North american an air Force spokesman disclosed the planes Speed was not but the spokesman said it was not capable of supersonic last week the air Force an ounce that a Bell aircraft xs1 became the first plane to Fly faster than communist Power declining in Italy june 14 italian ambassador Tarchiani reported today that com Monist strength Italy is falling off who returned last week from in interview that he found Many italians deserting the communists in the Wake of their resounding election he told a correspondent people now have proof that the communists Are not nearly As Strong As they have been Valley forge ends cruise san june 14 uss Valley of the navys Large aircraft has returned from a world gop pushing congress9 end june 14 Republican leaders put heavy pres sure on a half dozen major Bills today in a drive to wind up con Gress work next saturday lined up for expected Quick in one form or were two year draft Bill House its pass the Buck to president Truman to put selective service into oneyear Extension of the reciprocal Trade program without the House approved congressional but carrying a provision making the president con Gress if he goes beyond Tariff com Mission May extend Price supports probably for Only one year and at about present of farm Price supports expiring the end of housing Bill which or May include Senate approved provisions for Federal Aid on Public appropriations measure restoring but not of the foreign Aid funds Cut out previously by measure to continue atomic Energy commissioners in office until gop leaders democrats fight Truman nominations of the commissioners will be acted and recess appointments holding Only until will be gop is storming convention City june 14 political convention jitters have hit a week before republicans sit Down to choose their candidate for the White arriving train and a the gop Advance guard immediately launched into pre conclave mane vering 3hd the vibration will in crease daily As More anymore convention voters Check into City hotels until the Hist crash the Gavel ends the Job of the Philadelphia officials prepared Fot an influx of some tickets is the major problem for convention originally the biggest turned into an embarrassing sur plus when City officials obtained rooms in private Thelma assistant to the chairman of the gop National convention said Only tickets can be issued to the general Public the remainder of the convention Hall seats will be used for the official convention about More How will be Able to witness convention action Ona huge television screen in a nearby National committeeman Walter of West chair Man of the 32member arrange ments says the choosing of the 1948 gop Standar bearer is going to be a difficult it May take As Long As two or three Days to pick our Hal Lanan balloting is set to Start immediately after nominating and seconding speeches on wednesday third Day of the Hallanan this hinges on successful adoption of a Republican platform in wednes Days daytime Horace Sayre of vice chairman the Republican National committee and head of the conventions committee of decorations and therell never Bea pause in the election proceedings once we get if there has to be a slight delay i have singers ready to fill in and keep spectators and delegates enter Al planning big june 14 plans for huge commercial capable of flying oceans with hundreds of passengers and tons Oft have advanced another a Senate House conference Hai agreed on directing the maritime commission to Mafa a study for Congress on develop ment and operation of Owen Brewster 1 said the proposed aircraft would Cost Between and the Bill is still subject to approval by the Senate and a disabled vets voted More Aid june the Senate today passed and sent to the House a Bill to increase the benefits for dependents of the Cost of the Bill of the first year estimated a the measure would affect on veterans with service connected i abilities of 60 percent or different would apply Toj those entitled to wartime and peace time benefits and to those total and partially those totally disabled and eligible for wartime rates would Rece Itri f from a for one child tog for a wife and three children in addition to present benefits totally disabled veterans eligible for peacetime rates would additional benefits ranging from to it movie stunt Pilot Dies in routine flight june 14 Frank who cheated Deal countless times in air plane stun for was dead he and Mark 5l Stu department were kill yesterday on a routine flight to Gold mine they own near Baker Clarke was one of the Pilo in Hells the Howa Hughes picture that brought f to late Jean Platin Blond Bill signed to Aid disabled june 14 president Truman yesterday signs a Bill prohibiting  against physically handicapped Pei sons employed by the govern Meh