European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse December 1964 Thuc stars and stripes labor making gains in Battle for Shorter hours in persuading Congress to Cut the 40hour work is quietly winning the Battle for Shorter hours no the bargaining contracts covering 8 million workers 15 per cent of All wage and salary employees provide for less than 40 the whats said an article in the labor organizations Publica the american federation with rare the Shorter work week was achieved not so dramatic As the proposed Blanket Cut by Federal the Progress in reducing hours adds up to some surprising for the article among office one third Are on schedules Shorter than 40 in the printing 98 per cent of All workers Are on Standard work weeks under 40 so Are 97 per cent of the ladies garment work ers and 15 per cent of brewery and whole Sale Illmie Villre and real the service industries and in stall1 and local it the report was based largely on labor department some contracts go even lower than 35 new York elec who have had a 115hour week since Are the classic rather than slashing several hours from the work week in one workers and Wei Emilli and in Knell work any is effective at by 10 a year another 10ininute reduction becomes effective in a third ill Mannle Seg ment is Cut reducing the present 40hour week to 371 hours by july the growing reduction in hours i is being accomplished without i loss of income to in hourly wage Rales and improved fringe benefits generally have Hein while noting considerable Suc Cess at the bargaining the a filcic is nut giving up its at tempt to write u week into the fair labor standards which covers some 29 Mil lion if the la Lair organization will step up its efforts in i the new Congress in 15 in unaware reds Rule China new York up the re gulls of a nationwide Survey indicate that More than 15 per cent of the american Public does not know that the chinese main land is ruled by a communist a similar percent age also is unaware that a War in being fought in South the dealing with policy toward was con ducted by the University of Michigan Survey research the results were re leased by the Council of foreign relations As part of a three year study called the United states and China in world against admitting China the Council said the conclusions were based on inter views with a Cross Section of the american it sold the sur vey indicated of those who Are aware that communist China a majority opposes that nations membership in the United 95 per cent oppose Wlsh drawl from the United nations in the event red China is the Council said that a Siz Able proportion of those inter viewed were unable to think of any chinese government other than the communist indicating that nationalist China is not a salient reality to Many Amerl four larger War the Survey showed that on overwhelming majority of americans opposes the idea that the Aid the chinese nationalists in an attack on the Mainland As the prime reason a fear that such action would involve the United states in War on a larger a Large majority reacted a Vor Ahly to the notion that presi Dent Johnson take the initiative and suggest to red China tha the two nations discuss acini problems and try to reach car Tain those who said they had heard of the fighting in South Vietnam were asked to comment on pos Bible actions the slate might take in reaching a so Lutlo a majority favored the proposal that the United state make a Compromise a Reemer with communist China on soul such As installing Neutral government a Large majority opposed withdrawal from the Southeast Asia nation and favored con ten cd military Aid to South vie the Council on foreign rela tons in a nonprofit inst Tutlo devoted to study of the interns tonal aspects of poll la economic and strategic Pryl it takes no stand on the issues family wreck fatal up Joh w killed when his pickup truck co used with his wife car at Rural intersection near says he knew 13 Days beforehand for was dying Library plans Robert Ken Nedy and Jacqueline Kennedy announce at a press conference in new York that Public contributions to the John Kennedy memorial Library fund have passed 110 million and that architect Loeh Ming u naturalized american who was born in has been commissioned to design the up photo new York up former resident Harry Trumain said e knew 13 Days beforehand that Ranklin Roosevelt would die n in an instalment f a television series the conflicts of Harry tru Man to be broadcast ii would have been very polish nol to realize that presi Dent Roosevelt was a very sick it inca to perfectly obvious to me that due to his health i Torild eventually inherit the Truman i had seen him just 13 Days Truman ills eyes were his mag head of the party National com and asked have you got that fellow lined up yet Hann gun loll him tru Man Mill was hulking Al being a candidate for the who was in the room it the said he overheard into Sevelt say you Lell him if he wants to break up the Nain Static party in the Middle of the maybe lose the or Truman said he was floored by fits statement and look thu i i had my tru Man i would just As soon Lave been senator Foj thu ins eyes Waif milk Nave neck re Elf cent smile was missing from 0 my her careworn he seemed a spent i realized i would probably hive to take Over an impossible ant i had a strange feeling that Roosevelt knew Roos Elt died of a cerebral Haemorrhage at warm april it the age of ant1 Truman was sworn in is president the same or Truman also tells How he came to be selected As Roose belts running male in the 1944 election and says he accepted the Noel nation because of Roose belts he said he was attending tile National democratic convention in when Roosevell Tele phoned Robert then Scran ton influence leaves with office housing code challenged in California Sacramento a action challenging the constitutionality of proposition 14 was filed in Sacramento county Superior Nathaniel attorney for the a act filed the proposition 14 nullified Calif Ornias Law against racial discrimination in Jio using and gave properly owners absolute discretion to refuse to rent or lease to any person for any Clifton a negro who lives in North charges that his while Crawford is trying to exercise the absolute discretion clause b evicting a sgt irs uncovers wide cheating in Albany j new York a an As is slant internal Revenue serv ice commissioner said a scheme has been uncovered in the at Bany District whereby hundreds of Federal income tax i refunds Hwy been one non employee has been or i rested and a null ice of employees have resigned even before the investigation Hus urn said assistant Boner Vernon in and we will recover Many j hundreds of thousands of dollars of Acree thai a cleanup of the irs in new York Hus been i under Way for iwo with u number of prosecutions of employees and said All 58 District offices arc being checked in see whether there arc similar Acree credited a new auditing technique for unmasking a scheme which he said involved about 400 Albany false claim he said taxpayers there had arranged with irs employees to bypass Normal audit Hus avoiding any scrutiny of heir income tax re funds As High is were claimed and irs officials Here said Anthony of a former new York slate tax was arrested on an attempted bribery Acree revealed the investigation during a ceremony honouring regional irs staff members he declared the scheme disclosed during a regular audit of the Albany of fice involved the preparation of returns by employees and the avoidance of classification proce dures la Mitish collusion with other As a result of joint efforts of our internal audit and internal Security hundreds of in porn peril processed returns were As Well As Many re that had not been properly Pinko recorded in a a Sharp earthquake possibly entered South of re corded by the Spring Hill College Seismograph a Pennsylvania William Scranton said he believes his political influence nationally will diminish after he leaves office in january i dont i Hank a person who does not have any political status or Power is Apt to be very effective in changing the Structure of the so Runyon i would think my ust efforts in this behalf pub ask will be insofar As they Are in the nest two who unsuccessfully sought the Republican Nomina Tion for president last is prohibited by the slate Constitution from succeeding himself As in the Wake of the defeat of Barry he has emerged As a Leader in the movement to replace Dean lurch As National Republican this the first in an interview with John Scoutin of the likening he named some lie considers qualified to succeed they include Ray Ohio state Republican chairman Charles Defeated of gubernatorial candidate in former Robert Taft unsuccessful candidate for senator from Ohio and former Waller Judd of Scranton repealed his opposition to what he called Burghs exclusionary he said i think the most important Hung is to get an individual to be the head of the National commit tee who will Lake into consideration All the elements of the party and work with
