Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1959, Tokyo, Japan Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february it 1959 Bill introduced to Cut Union chief or Power Reform proposal designed to oust labor hoodlums Washington a a Bill de signed to wrest control of certain labor unions from mobsters an Power mad demagogues was introduced by rep Graham a. Bur Den of the House labor committee. Among other things Union of i cars would have to get the approval of the membership in secret balloting before a strike could to called or dues changed. Burden said his commit tee will begin hearings later this week on his two other major labor management proposals. These two. Which arc less drastic and the Eisenhower administration s Bill and one written by son. John f. Kennedy a mass and former sen. Irving m. Ivos r . Unlike the Othor two Bills bar Den s proposal docs not rely principally on provisions for disclosure of Union financial records and court authority to hold Union of Vicera accountable for and ministry Tion of Union funds. Written Protection Barden proposed that unions be required to write Protection against abuses of Power into Union constitutions. Among these would be a require ment that strikes could be called Only after majority vote by secret written ballots. If a Union voted to strike no units of the Union which voted against the strike could be forced to participate or contribute to the walkout. Other proposals would prohibit use of Union funds for political purposes. Specifically prohibit acts of Vio men convicted of specified offences from holding or continuing in Union office. Permit the rates of duos and initiation fees to be changed Only toy majority secret ballot vote. Limit officers terms to the period Between conventions and conventions would have to be held at intervals of no greater than for years. Require a majority vote of Dele gales on officers salaries. Specify that go per cent of Dele Gates to International unions be rank and file members elected by secret ballot and that local Union members would have the right to give binding instructions to Tho ii delegates. Fund 100-Page Bill also would Hole Union officers responsible for the funds they handle guarantee the right of any Union member to Seel enforcement of the Bill s provision in state or Federal court and Rogu late investments of surpluses. Barden wrote the Bill after Lonj consultations with sen. John l Mcclellan dark chairman o the special Senate committee which has been investigating Labo management racketeering. Mccool Ian was understood to be writing a similar but not identical Bill. Barden incorporated in a Separ ate Bill also introduced monday provisions against secondary boy Cotts and restricting picketing use As a Union organization tactic. The Bill included provisions intended to eliminate a no Man s land be to Viveen Federal and state labor Lav enforcement. It s a grand slam for Italy brother to travel with die Washington a presiden Eisenhower will be accompanied by his brother or. Milton s. Eisenhower when he goes to Aca Pulco Mexico for talks thursday and Friday with Mexico s presi Dent Adolfo Lopez White House sold. Mateos the j. Solomon foreground nonpaying Captain of the . Contract Bridge team present individual trophies and the championship trophy to the victorious italian team in now York. Italy Defeated . And Argentina trains after a week of Competition. Associated press photo Soldier scientist gets 4 months for hissing officers Edgewood my. A a 24 car ocl Soldier scientist at the army chemical Center Here has can sentenced to four months at hard labor after being found guilty of disrespect and Dis obedience. A court martial also ruled that pfc Richard c. Savage of Salem mass., must forfeit .$52 of his monthly $90 while he is in specifications c h a r s e d Savage " hissed three second lieutenants and made uncomplimentary remarks to them at an All night diner in Edgewo ocl. In civilian clothes Savage was in civilian clothes when the three officers in dress uniform entered the diner with their officers Are 2d it John Jurasck 2d it Charles d. Mor and 2d it Paul r. Murphy All graduates of Roth programs. Savage who has a degree i chemistry from Lowell mass in Statuto of technology is n Mem Ber of the army s enlisted scientific professional program. Ten other members of the same outfit were found guilty last octo Ber of being disorderly during a Beer party near the Post. They were restricted to the Post for 2f Days finet1 $25 Ench and reduced in rank. Would dramatize unemployment al Cio chiefs weigh mass March on capital san Juan puerto Rico a al Cio leaders Are considering mass March of hundreds of thousands of jobless americans on Washington to dramatize the unemployment labor Union chiefs holding their Winter meeting Here were Gallant trawler in he Toft search hit iceberg itself Bremer Haven Germany up the Little German fishing trawler which fought to find survivors of a sunken danish ship was damaged itself by an iceberg during its search the damage to the Johannes Kruss the 050-ton ship which sought in vain for survivors of the Hans he Toft lost off Greenland after ramming an iceberg was revealed tuesday by the ship s own Kaempf said the Little ship whose search was carried out against the Odds of heavy seas High winds bitter cold and the ice suffered damage estimated at $23, 870 when it struck an iceberg. 4 injured As Airliner zooms to avoid collision with b47 Miami Fin. A a Veteran Eastern air lines Pilot tuesday told of a near collision with Anair Force b47 Jet bomber near Chattanooga Tenn. Three Passen Gers and a stewardess were reported injured. Capt. Raymond Ruprecht 51,who has been flying 19 years for Eastern said his prop Jet Electra carrying 17 passengers and a Crew of five was five minutes Southeast of Chattanooga at 23,000 feet when i happened to glance to my left and saw this big bomber threw his Airliner into a climb and the air Force plane wheeled into a Steep turn. He must have just seen us Ruprecht said. The Chicago Miami flight was met at Miami International air port by ambulances which took i to injured to a Hospital. Lois Borchers of Miami the stewardess was treated and re leased. Listed in fair condition were the passengers All from the Chi Cago area Phillip Kaplan 44 mrs. C. R. Allen 55, and Sam Landsman 49. Mrs. Alien and Kaplan reportedly suffered broken Ankles. Lands Man underwent a rays for posse by internal injuries. Reported planning a series of dec rations criticizing president Eisenhower s economic policies and Irving More government spending o achieve full production and full Walter p. Reuther has been drafting a series of state cents in closed sessions of the al Cio economic committee. An initial statement reportedly denounces or. Eisenhower s $77 Bil Ion budget As inadequate for meet no Russia s production threat. Mass Appeal Studie Reuther is reported considering Abor sponsorship of a mass influx 4 die 3 hurl a � to. In fiery crash of Navy Blimp Washington. . A one of two Navy blimps on a North bound cruise crashed and burned in a swamp tuesday. Four Mem Bers of the seven Man Crew died in the crash or subsequent fire. The other three were critically injured. Three Farmers awakened by the crash about 2 am. Waded into the swamp and brought out the three burned survivors. The Farmers Cut Pine saplings attached fabric from the wreckage and with the injured on these make shift stretchers struggled out to a dirt Road. They carried the injured by tractors to Highway. From that Point ambulances took the three to a Hospital ship attached to Lynco naval air station near Brunswick a. Was in route with another Blimp to the Lakehurst n.j., naval air of Airship so two at Lynco said the Blimp was in radio Contact with the other Only about five Miles away but gave no word of trouble. Hovered Over area this led to the belief that the Blimp was flying at cruising Speed and went directly into the Earth an Accident almost unknown for that Type of the crash the second ship hovered above the area relaying distress signals and marking the area before proceeding on to Lake Hurst. The injured were listed As it Linford May of Oswego Ore. Roylton of Ferndale mich., and or , of Mcalester and Moore Are enlisted men. Fifth District naval he at nor Folk va., identified the dead As it Luther a. Ahrendts 34, Wilkes Barre pa., Pilot Ling August gather 24, Brooks Ore., Copilot Anderson j. Howard jr., 21, Avia Tion technician second class col lege Park ga., and Frank Day 33, aviation Mechanic first class St. Simons Island a. By train Auto and foot of thousands of Idle workers on Washington to Appeal to the presi Dent and Congress for economic first broached the idea of a jobless March before an al to legislative conference in Ansing mich., feb. 6. He said it would shatter the complacency of the nation s said Here the nation s january jobless total of 4.7 million would increase to 5 million this month. He said that at least 1.5 million additional jobless were to discouraged to seek work and Don t show on the unemployed Rolls. Millions of others Are underemployed working time he said. We have to use a Little Shock treatment to Wake up our govern ment to this dire situation said Reuther who Heads the United Auto workers and the Industrial Union division of the al Cio. Chef gives Downs of eating for Long life Covina Calif. A on his birthday retired chef Wilberto Diblase offered this advice for healthy eating in every 24 hours make sure you eat one vegetable that grows underground and one on top of the ground. Top this with Good fruit. Don t mix different meats in one Dibiase who has followed his own instructions was celebrating his 103d birthday. Agent claims dual spy role Karlsruhe Germany Dpi a confessed communist spy ring Leader on trial Here for treason said tuesday he also worked for american intelligence. Carl Helfmann 60, confessed monday he worked for the East German state Security service for nearly five years. He said he collected Western espionage material from Many sources and delivered it to the East germans. Helfmann said he also obtained information from the Wiesbaden office of the american scientific research tuesday Helfmann said he once did an intelligence Job forthe research division. One Day i was asked by the research division to get Back air Craft construction plans left in East Germany by a technician who fled to the Helfmann was then asked by the court if he worked for Western intelligence As Well As for the East. In this Case yes Helfman answered. After this testimony spectators had to leave the courtroom for secret inquiry into information Helfmann obtained from one of the women agents working for woman Irmgard Roemer was a stenographer in the West German foreign office. She was sentenced to three years hard labor by the state court Here re of the Type of information Helfmann obtained an passed on i to East Germany was not revealed. I
