European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fage 24 the stars and stripes senator plans last to lift army level to 900.000 tuesday july 14, 1959 Washington a a last ditch Effort to lift the army s Man Power level to 900,000 is planned As the Senate begins debate on the$40 billion defense appropriation. Sen. Allen j. Ellender a la said he had an army increase amendment ready and will Intro Duce it on the Senate floor if i think we can get the  the biggest annual Money Bill provides operating funds for the army Navy air Force and marines for the fiscal year that began july 1. The Senate is expected to passit by tuesday. Ellender wants to add another $132 million to raise the army ceiling from the 870,000 manpower level now planned and previously. Approved by the House. As the Bill reached the Senate from its appropriations committee it carried More than $346 million above amounts asked by the presi Dent and $746 million More than voted by the House. These increases include $380 Mil lion for another Large aircraft car Rier for the Navy and extra Mil Lions to modernize the army and keep the Marine corps and Reserve forces at higher Levels than re Quested by the Pentagon. Ellender lost by narrow margins on previous efforts in the commit tee to put a 900,000 manpower floor under the army. At the same time the group added $43 million to raise the Marine corps to 200,00025,000 above the president s recommendations. The Senate Bill carries slightly Over $39.5 billion dollars of new funds plus $450 million in transfers. The new Cash would be split this Way More than $19.5 billion for the air Force about $11.25 billion forthe Navy and marines just under $9.5 billion for the army and More than $1.25 billion for the various activities directly under the Secre tary of defense. Active duty officers and men would be 845,000 for the air Force,630,000 for the Navy 200,000 for the Marine corps and 870,000 for the army. Both the Senate committee an the. House also put a floor under the army Reserve forces at 300,000 and army National guard at 400,-000. These were 10 per cent above Pentagon requests. Trying to hide a Long face Ike Calls for final Effort to head off steel strike convicts seize 3 in Tennessee mine Petros Tenn. A convicts in Brushy Mountain state prison Coal mine seized three mining fore men and held them hostage. Warden Frank Llewellyn said 116 convicts in the mine later re leased one Foreman Tom Jones who brought out word of the seizure. The prisoners seized the me about two hours after they went to work in the mine Llewellyn said. So far we Don t know what they want there have been no complaints and we Haven t had any trouble in the mines  continued from Page 1 joint news conference let s Cui the conversation and go to work we can make an agreement in  the Industry has insisted on obtaining More management control Over various operations to cover any pay or other concessions that might be offered. The Union has refused to yield on this subject. It said the Industry has refused to make any specific wage increase offer. President Eisenhower held two separate conferences monday on the steel situation the first with Secretary of labor James p. Mitch Ell and the other with vice presi Dent Richard m. Nixon. The White House said the presi Dent did not plan to intervene directly in the dispute. This was his second Appeal for renewed efforts at a settlement the first of which resulted in a two week Extension of the strike deadline. Time for settlement the chief executive did no communicate directly with the labor and management  Secretary James c. Hagerty issued his statement there is Opportunity and time for settlement to be reached before the strike deadline set by the Union. In the interests of Union Mem Bers the steel Companie and the Public the president Hopes that the Union and the Industry will continue to work for a  the steel contract talks had broken off in new York sunday night and Union leaders had called a meeting monday to order a nationwide walkout of 500,000 work ers at Midnight tuesday. Steel Mills have begun banking furnaces for the expected shutdown. The president also conferred monday with a group of his top economic experts.  House did not know in Advance the extent to which the steel situation might figure in this meeting. German Jet crashes Oldenburg Germany up a West German air Force f86 Jet fighter crashed into a group of farm workers near the Niedersachsen Airport Here monday killing the Pilot and wounding one other Man. Long of Louisiana gets ready to cover his face with Pillowcase during a flight from Dallas tex., to fort Worth after newsmen boarded his plane the stewardess trying to keep Long Calm to Linda Foster. United press International photo London a a women s Bra the property of Prince Philip failed to appear on Public display As advertised. The Bra that did t show created a mild sensation. It was supposed to be an integral part of an exhibition opened by is Harold Gillett lord mayor of London. An announcement said visitors to the exhibition Wil see among other things a Clay pea cock a Cricket Bat a Model of a military policeman in a Glass Case a Hookah pipe a bottle of Attar scent four pairs of chopsticks cabbage preparation bow.1, a Back scratcher a Fly swatter and from ens without Bra average hourly wage of workers in major . Industries before 1959 showdown on steel wages dollars per soft Coal $3.26 steel $3.10 r construction $3.06 Oil refining $2.99 autos $2.73 aircraft and parts $2.59 railroads $2.53�  to. I the people of tamana Island brassiere made from Coconut  these were presents Given Queen Elizabeth ii s husband on his recent tour of the Commonwealth. The exhibition was staged in the Petit Salon of a big London department store. Funds collected from paying guests Are to go to the National playing Fields Assn. Of which the Duke is president. Written Berlin agreement or no Summit says Herter continued from Page 1 turn came to speak once again a the Well worn big four table Dur ing the first East West session since june 20. He said Western lifelines to Berlin might be maintained if the West accepts his. Terms. He reit crated the old red time bomb clause by declaring 18 months would be quite enough for negotiations on Germany s future. Gromyko dealt his old cards at a 3-hour 50-minute plenary session in Geneva s steaming palais desna tons. Herter leading off after Western Unity was reaffirmed at a midday Western four Power huddle move Forward by putting on record that the West expects written recognition of its rights and not some vague confirmation by implication of West Berlin s rights. Herter said our purpose in the coming negotiations will be to try to reach understandings which can later be reduced to writing to minimize the danger of subsequent differing  Herter did not reject Russia s test uttering on Berlin although he said Gromyko s june 10 plan at Genevar for a one year Berlin truce on soviet terms was not Only unacceptable because of its unreasonable Content but also because of its threatening  Herter acknowledged Gromyko june 19 offer to extend the time Imit to 18 months. However he added the new Cardinal out of Hospital Boston a Richard Cardinal pushing left. St. Elizabeth s hos Pital after a live Day stay for treat ment of asthma and shingles soviet proposal As presented to the foreign ministers reserved to the soviet government Freedom of uni lateral action at the expiration of that  British foreign Secretary Sel Wyn Lloyd whose government is far More enthusiastic about Quick Summit talks than the other West Ern Powers Rose at once to Sun port Herter. Old tactics Lloyd also supported Herter proposal of immediate secret talks to eliminate grand stand propaganda making. But Gromyko harking Back to the obstructive tactics with which he had open the initial Confer ence May 11, said he would accept these talks Only if East and West Germany were represented. In the first six weeks of negotiations neither of the two Germany at tended these intimate big Power sessions. Lloyd asked Why he wanted to change this. Gromyko replied that he thought the original attitude was unjust and he did not want to see it perpetuated. De Gaulle releases 5, in Algeria Algiers up president Charles de Gaulle ordered the re lease of 5,000 suspects from internment Camps or assigned residence in Algeria monday on the Eye of France s biggest Bastille pay celebrations since Wcur Ludwar ii. V de Gaulle s dramatic new peace gesture was transmitted1 to Al Giers in an order issued by prime minister Michel Debre ii