European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To. The stars and stripes sunday july 19, 1959 a Mirin Mil m a  Ihm Tun iii m 500,000 steelworkers struck at plants in 24 states  settlement f doubted in  conditions issues United steelworkers president David j. Mcdonald climbed to the top of an automobile outside . Steel s Benjamin Fairless Plant in Morrisville pa., waving a picket sign and the 1959 steel strike the sixth since the War was on. Half a million us workers after banking tie giant furnaces in arched out of plants in 24 states. Federal mediator Joseph Finne Gan reported to the government the strike was not susceptible to an easy or Early  the issues wages the Union wants a 15 cent per hour raise in wage rates and welfare benefits each year of any new contract an amount Sim Ilar to gains realized in expiring contracts. The Industry represented by r. Conrad Cooper said the Union plan would involve More than 15 cents and at any rate it would not agree to any wage in crease on the ground that it would Spur inflation. Work practices the Industry demands a tighter control of work practices to maintain Economy and maximum efficiency charging that loafing and overtime add up to an re fat l Mcdonald Cooper undue Cost Burden. The Union maintains the present Umpire sys tem is Able to handle such Dis Putes but the Industry claims the umpires Are forced to decide these disputes on the basis of past prac Tice rather than on what is Equit  Competition the Indus try says labor must realize that r foreign Competition is Able. To in de Price american steel and. Must help keep costs Down before . Is priced out of its markets Union s rebuttal is that american steel prices Are unrealistic. The Union has been saying that Ste companies Are raking in huge prof its running advertisements de1 dieting owners with Diamond stick pins clutching huge Money bags other industries layoffs began in related industries and picket lines Cut off the " steel plants More than 30,000 me were furloughed from rail Ore Carrier and Cadi companies. Nearly 5200 million in construction work was halted for the duration of the , stockpiles of steel and Stee products a Cre expected Ito stave off any severe dislocation of  v Economy for the immediate future " general motors for example announced it had sufficient stocks on hand to operate for. One month into the 1960 Model year. During the strike which has halted 90 per cent of the nation s steel production the loss to in austry will run about 300,000 tons b of steel$300 million weekly. 4wwage losses will run about $7c fat Fishon weekly. Cutman Premier Fidel Castro re signed his Post then withdrew the resignation after forcing cuban Long skid ended ordeal for 113 on Jet Sparks Fly As a  american world airways Boeing 707 Jet Airliner screeches. Along a foam covered runway on eight of its 10 wheels at jew York s Idlewild Airport. The London bound air liner lost two of its wheels on take off and ordered Back to the Field. All 102 passengers -and11 crewmen landed safely despite confusion on the ground which the Pilot called a menace. Topi president Manuel Urrutia to step j Down. Castro first announced his Resig nation. Urrutia said he would no accept it and broadcast an Appeal to Castro to reconsider that the nation needed him to guide the revolution. Proc Astro crowds gathered outside the presidential Palace and shouted for the rebel Leader to change his mind. Castro then went on the air Withan attack on Urrutia saying that relations Between the president and himself had reached the break ing Point. Castro virtually accuse Urrutia an anti Batista judge whom he appointed As chief executive of treason. Urrutia in the midst of Castro Marathon speech announced his resignation. Castro withdrew his own. Reaction varies Castro s reaction varied with the sources one said he promised Urrutia exile another that the sex president would have to face the dire  cuban Cabinet named Osvaldo Dorticos to succeed Urrutia. One statement of Castro a tha Urrutia had made needless charges against the communists underlined the testimony in Washington of Castro s former air Force commander maj Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz who fled  told the Senate internal Security subcommittee that Castro had brought Cuba a communist dictatorship instead of Liberty. He described Castro his brother Raul who Heads the armed forces another High officials As communists. Castro protested Diaz testimony called the Man the Benedict a nold., of cub i and termed the Senate committee hearing As inter Ference in Cuba s internal affair elsewhere the big four foreign ministers and observers from East and West Germany reconvened talks in Geneva to find a Way Butof the Berlin tangle Hopes died but Hopes for a solution a or even some sort of temporary Compromise quickly died. West Ern sources described soviet for eign minister Andrei a. Gromyko As More stubborn than before and the West had about reached Heend of its possible concessions. Each Side accused the other  stalling. The West asked Gromyko to Cut his Price for a Stopgap settlement but Gromyko said he could riot and nother Vii Progress sign was Hung on the  a Senate House conference com Mittee put together a Compromise $3,556,200,000 foreign Aid Bill 5353,200,000 less than the president asked but considered a Victory for Lim anyway. Largest Cut in the Bill was $200 million fro Rii the $1.6 billion military Aid request. Both houses were expected to pass the Bill. Main criticism was that the Bill stresses military Aid too heavily. The Senate passed a $40 billion defense Bill. The Bill now goes to a conference committee. The House passed defense measure authorizes $746 million less than the Senate s Secretary of state Christian  told Senate republicans he would make no decision on the appointment of Diplomat Charlese. Bohlen to become top russian adviser until after the Geneva con Ference. Reports of a possible Phlen appointment touched of criticism among such gop senators As styles Bridges of new Hampshire and minority Leader Everett m. Dirksen who while admitting Bohlen s Basic ability franc but the money1 did t look any different. Until the populace Las become used to the new table of values old Money is to be used with two zeros struck off. Storms s napped Europe s disastrous heat wave but a Lack Ofrain in West Germany and other countries still posed the threat of Forest fires. In Washington Gen Maxwell a. Taylor ret called for an Overall reappraisal of the nation s defense forces saying that no such Survey had been made since 1953. He said he had made this recommendation several times but that it had been  russian Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev flew in to Poland to Knock christianity. Christ he said offers Paradise after death while communism offers Paradise on  you satisfied with your lot in life he asked the  was no answer. Khrushchev later admitted he had been a Star sunday school Pupil in his childhood. Dirksen Bridges said Bohlen was connected with such russian diplomatic victories As the Yalta agreements. President Eisenhower told his news Confer ence nothing was being done Abou Bohlen now. Later the president said newspapers Hhd misinterpreted his remarks As coolness Towar Bohlen which was not so. Britons were glued to their papers for results of a fantastic race Between London and Paris to Corr nem orate the flight of Louis Bleriot 50 year Sago. Prizes were offered for the fastest and for the most ingenious methods of travel. Only restriction was that a plane had to be used across the Channel itself. Record so far Raf Cadet John Volker s42 minutes 34 seconds by motor heavy helicopter and Jet France introduced the Long cursed while texan covered ears the Earl Long Saga kept unroll ing like a roller Towel in a restau rant rumpled a Little smudged andr seemingly endless. Arriving in fort Worth tex., for a vacation he cursed so loudly a Mother covered her Little girl s ears. He must be mad she said. At his hotel newsmen and photographers closed in on Long. He cursed arid shouted and a body guard floored a reporter who crammed into the hotel elevator with Long. Long apologized but said the press was treating him like a wild  wife called settled in his hotel room the Louisiana governor 1 fired1 his doctors because he said he knew As much As they did 2 said hell is going to break Loose when he gets Back Home 3 said his wife had taken him for several Hundred thousand dollars 4 received in this Viride shorts the pres ident of the general ministers Assn. Of fort Worth and 5 said his wife called him to say she still loved him. Moving on to Elpaso Long and friends crossed into Juarez mexi co for a night on the town but the friends pooped out while the governor was still going Strong and returned to the hotel Hilton to sleep. Long stormed Back swear ing at the photographers and re porters who trailed him and threat ening to shoot them he kicked at the door of his friends room until a Bellboy hurried up with a key. The door open Long rushed in Shook the men awake and berated them for not remaining with him. 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