European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4he,stars, Alp stripes tuesday August 4, 1959 Pennsylvania steelworkers local i t approves new 3-year contract Reading a. A members of the United steelworkers us at the beryllium corp. In nearby Laureldale ratified a new three year contract. It Calls for an immediate wage increase of 16 cent san hour and improved fringe Bene fits. George Medrick District director of us District 11, said the agree ment is probably the first in the nation this year in which a metals producer has not Only granted a wage boost but also increased fringe benefits. The agreement worked out be fore the expiration of the old con tract provides 6 cents an hour per worker during the first year a Union spokesman said. Under the agreement the 425 us members at the Plant also new York a negotiators for the steel Industry and the us held their second joint-bargaining1 session monday in an Effort to end a walkout which started july 15.talks in the dispute had recessed for the weekend after Federal mediator Joseph f. Finnegan conferred for two hours with us officials. The strike has idled 500,000 steelworkers and 85,000 in other  Union seeking a 15-cent hourly wage boost and fringe Bene fits contends the Industry could absorb such concessions out of profits and need not add the costs to the Price of steel. Will receive a 12-cent pay boost next year and an additional 10 cents in 1961.the us members employed by beryllium corp. Received from $1.84 to $2.62 an hour under the old con tract. Under the new agreement the company also will pay for $2,000 life insurance for workers retiring at 65 increased sickness and Accident benefits and higher hospitalization benefits for work ers and their families. The new agreement also Calls for an escalator clause similar to that in the old steel contracts based upon the Cost of living Index. The new agreement provides that any change in that clause agreed upon in the National steel strike will be come effective in the beryllium corp. Contract. Rockefeller reiterates he s not a candidate in present conditions san Juan puerto Rico a gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller has said again he in t a candidate forthe Republican presidential Nomi nation in 1960. But he adds that circumstances could change completely. Under present conditions Rockefeller told a news conference i am not a candidate and i have no intention of becoming  he added immediately that he wanted to be entirely honest an did not want to preclude the possibility of completely changed circumstances which could compel him to reconsider his position. Rockefeller fielded skilfully and often humorously All the political punitive labor Bill seen As bar to real Reform Washington up sen. John f. Kennedy a mass warned that approval of a punitive labor Reform Bill in the House would endanger passage of any anti racketeering legislation this year. Kennedy chairman of the Senate labor subcommittee issued a state ment strongly endorsing a moderate measure approved by the House labor committee. He said it was compatible with the Strong work Robeson raps . At Vienna Vienna a Paul Robeson the american negro Singer actor criticized restriction of negro rights in the United states before a meeting for youths from asian -.,and, african countries at the communist sponsored 7th world youth festival  but when British and american youths tried to get up and Chal " Lenge Robeson on his views the reported they were either shouted Down by the communists or ruled out of order by the communist chairman. So Robeson left the meeting amid applause and cheers from a audience which anti communist observers charged was either rigged or captive or  won Fame in .Robeson, who made his Fame in the .," told his audience that it was Only in 1934, when i went to the soviet Union and stood on so Viet soil that i for the first time Felt a full human  american youths in the audience who reported hearing Robeson make this statement said they were denied Opportunity to question him. They said they wanted him to Tell his. Audience about his career in the . As a famous College athlete Singer and actor before he be came enchanted of the  shouted Down an English youth who Rose inthe seminar to try to question Robeson about his remarks re ported he was shouted Down. Meanwhile the . Information Agency Usia broadcast to the world a charge that communist guards had brutally beaten anti communists who tried to hand out 1 literature and carry Freedom sighs at the festival s saturday night Parade Here. The broadcast said the festival authorities "fail1 to apologize for these actions. Able Bill which he originally sponsored in the Senate. The Senate toughened the Kennedy Bill before passing it in the  the same time Kennedy hardly criticized an administration backed House substitute which would provide tougher curbs on labor unions. The House was expected to begin debate on the Bill late this week or Early next week. A bruising floor fight was considered certain. Endorsements Kennedy said the substitute offered by a group of House republicans and Southern democrats an endorsed by president Eisenhower would weaken labor s legitimate rights at the bargaining  rep. John h. Dent a a con tended that both the moderate committee Bill and the tougher substitute measure go too far i subjecting unions internal affairs to government regulation. Dent said this could set a Prece Dent for future legislation regulating medical Legal and other professional societies. One of the substitute Bill s authors rep. Robert p. Griffin r Mich denied that the measure goes too far. He said Reform legis lation could not be effective with out some government regulation of Union affairs. Kennedy Smathers said on teamster blacklist Washington up sen. John f. Kennedy a mass said he and sen. George a. Smathers a Fla Are among the lawmakers on the teamster Union s political blacklist Kennedy sponsor of the Senate slab or Reform Bill said teamster president James r. Hoffa has announced he will put up a list of those that he will be against next year and in the  i think you re going to be on Hoffa s list and he has announced that i m going to be on it Defini Tely Kennedy told Smathers that s a badge of Honor in Many respects Smathers replied Long harangues country crowd making a bid for re election at Coushatta ln., the state s gov. Ear k. Long denounces Snake clunkers Snake handling sects and hot tempered wives. He said he was going to change Louisiana s mental health Laws because you Ain t got a prayer of getting out if a wife gets mad and gets Yogi committed to a mental Hospital. Later Long said he knew the state Law Banning inter racial athletic events was a waste of paper when i signed  a photo 15,000 reds demonstrate Rock legislature in India new Delhi up fifteen thousand communists demonstrated outside parliament As the communist party began a nation wide protest against the govern ment s ouster of the communist state government in Kerala. 12 drown in bus plunge Manila a twelve ppr sons were drowned when a bus Slid off a ferry into the Bagayan River in Isabella province North Ern Luzon. Beer flow aids Berlin s children Krombach Germany up residents of this town broke tradition and paid for their first drinks from a new Beer Fountain. The Money will go for the welfare of West Berlin children., i by tradition Fountain Beer is free but 3,000 residents and visitors paid for the first three hours of the flow at the dedication of the new Fountain. N. West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt thanked the town in a letter for its contribution to the children of his City the new Fountain was created by artist Hermann Kuhmichel Andis ornamented with figures representing the groups in the area which traditionally drink the mos Beer foundry workers Rel Nurs Mill workers and Farmers. The idea of donating proceed from the Fountain to Berlin Chil Dren  from the Fountain donor Berhard Schadeberg a native of  pattern of their protest appeared to be mass demonstration and legislative sabotage. New Delhi communists Marche Ion the legislature after communist members walked out of the lower House with red. Banners charging democracy is in danger they shouted Nehru to will no last for Long Nehru beware in Dira Ghandi beware const Tutor in pieces. Democracy in peril and other slogans. It was one of the largest demonstrations in the last 10  members of Parlia ment walked out after Home minister a b. Banda refused to Mak Public the government s report on the Kerala situation which was the grounds for the Central regime s intervention. In Bombay communist member of the stat legislature Caus such an uproar when the session began that it was adjourned , question s Flung at him by news Len at Ohe of a series of question he an ver sessions with Gover prs Here for their annual con Eren Coj. Many of the governors figure Rockefeller can t delay much longer n announcement for 1960-if he has by Hopes of grabbing the Nomina Ion. Asked whether any governors Ere or elsewhere had urged him o Battle it out with vice presi Dent Richard m. Nixon for the nomination Rockefeller replied they Haven t changed my  after that apparent confirmation hat some fellow governors have some to his Side Rockefeller de lined to name them. He said he Lenored their anonymity. The governor said he has Dis used with former gov. Thomas e. Dewey of new York and former us. Attorney general Herbert Brownell jr., not the possibility of his becoming a candidate for the presidency but press reports about the possibility. Question of intent asked what the difference is he answered that i would say it Wasa question of  Rockefeller said that he setting letters urging him to run and there Are probably hundreds of hem. To a question whether it is Cor rect that under no circumstances will he accept a vice presidential nomination Rockefeller  that is  the Core of Nixon backing among governors the support he has else where plus the headlines he has been commanding out of Russia form the basis for a belief among Many governors of both parties that Rockefeller must make Aphis mind quickly. Illinois gov. William g. Stratton who has been mentioned As a potential 1960 gop vice presidential candidate told a news conference he would t consider second place on the ticket under any Circum  Stratton to run indicating he intends to run for re election Stratton predicted the powerful Illinois delegation will go to the next year s Republican convention uncommitted to an candidate.  In their spare moments Gover nors at the conference and their families and staffs Are going in for Sun bathing swimming sight seeing boat trips cock fights an horse races. Groups of puerto rican demonstrators one for statehood one for Independence were patrolling out Side the conference hotel. No More snakes plea of Bount less county West Palm Beach Fla up no More rattlesnakes please receptionist lil Robertson the Palm Beach county com Mission pleaded. Above All no More live rattle snakes she added. Mrs. Roberts troubles began when the Florida legislature passed a Law allowing a $3.50bounty for rattlesnakes. The Law s application is optional she pointed out and Palm Beach county is not offering the Bounty. Dead snakes Are bad enough said the clerk but last week swamp Hunter plopped a wire covered Box on her desk. Where shall1-i put him the Hunter asked. Him was a live Rattler As big around As my Throat said