Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1944, Cairo, Egypt Ments Montgomery Ward mail order Plant in Chica bitterly contested by Coati Toft republicans and Antiado ministry Tion democrats promises to be come one of the hottest political issues of the reports United administration supporters Hack the move As necessary to hold up prestige of the War Labot Hoard while opponents contend that it is a despotic violation of the Constitution and civil Montgomery Ward contends that it is not a War Industry and was an justly attorney general Kiddle asserts that the presidents Sei Viire of the Chicago Plant within the chiefs executives wartime one fact seems certain that the Case is and this is the As compiled from and Plant is seized the seizure ordered by president Roosevelt the Rhiddie of last week when the company failed to comply lbs order to extend a new contract with Cio pending the outcome of4he Worb the presidents want ing Telegram linked the com pants business with the War in connection with the production of visual farm equip machinery electrical and other goods essential for he Economy in shortly undersecretary of Commerce Wayne Lor read the presidents order of seizure to Sewell Lee chair Man at and announced that lie was taking Avery refused to permit such la tar in the Taylor returned with nine Deputy marshalls Only to meet a second refusal1 from Taylor returned in the evening with three truckloads of sol Diers and Avery he return to his office next morning and later in the Day two soldiers carried him bodily from the room after he refused to turn Over the firms books or cooperate with Commerce department agents injunction is issued with Issue flaming the Chicago court issued an injunction restraining Montgomery Ward officials from further interference with the government in the operation of the firms Chicago pro Avery had said that executives and employees would fur Nish practically 100 per cent hindrance to the efforts of amateurs running the add ing that the company would is sue an injunction to oust the government in Chicago and controversy Over the seizure a a coalition of republicans and democrats in the House rules committee passed a Resolution which would create a committee to investigate the seizure All the eighteen Republican congressmen from Illinois signed a the congressional race to investigate the incident went into High gear la Guardia sponsors socialized Medicine new York something new in socialized Medicine May be initiated in mayor fio rello Laguardia this week proposed a Cit sponsored Al inclusive health program eligible to All per sons who live or work in the City of new York and earn less than he Hopes to have Che plan in operation by if his plan is it will he the first of its kind in the nation to cover All aspects of medi surgical and Hospital care for its under the mayors the project would he administered by a nonprofit corporation charging about four per cent of the Mem Bers yearly income with employers paying at least half and the the 01 Setirie judiciary conf Smittee it he already had aft the Obi Inch a that Mcca Riatt acted under authority of a previously passed Resolution directing the judiciary subcommittee to in quire into legislative authority of All orders and presidential directives issued under the Roosevelt Federal court hearing this a Federal court hear ing was held in which officials sought dissolution 01 the temporary injunction barring them Troia interference with the govern ment s operation of the Plant at this attorney general Francis Biddle he contended that the seizure of the comes within the dents wartime jurisdiction and that at to prevent the spreading of labor trouble during the Busi Ness of an kind is immune from the presidents Power As Coiman adding there was Noi thing in the War Lobar disputes act to prevent the ordering seizure of a Plant during a labor the attorney Gen Era 1 pointed out that the company was engaged in activities of kind that Are essential to the main of our War and he asserted that the president has ample authority both inside and outside Tho Connail act in general War Power to seize the company it tit stars and Middle East a Beautiful Spring arrives in new just at the time when poets of Spring and the Birds had settled Down for their summer att fam visit to new York came the Snow i the Blix Ardi lasted for this scene on Buhre is tvo Caf of Gotham in is typical of gotham1 in International race Allied Southwest Pat Douglas Macarthur last Equi vocally rejected All suggestions that he be candidate for president and said any such movement was our we immediately after for president clubs throughout the nation were Macarthur statement was his first open acknowledgement of efforts being made 4n the states to enter him in the Republican presidential his according to ran As follows upon my return from the Hbl Lundie i have had brought to my attention number of newspaper articles professing in the strongest terms a wide spread Public opinion that is detrimental to our War Effort to have on officer in a High Posi Tion and on Active service at the front considered for nomination Bullet ends Chase Buffalo police bullets put tin end to the escape of Stanley whose passion for vehicles was police took Drozdowski from a greyhound bus i Buffalo when the bus Driver said he had tried twice to steal the bus on its run from Detroit to while police questioned Drozdowski hop Jed in the police patrol car and fled at High Speed along main five lice cars joined the Chase which ended when a Bullet stopped the car and another killed the run sea tragedy probed Washington after inter views with 15 survivors of the ill fated John Straub which report edly broke up and Sank in Alaska Waters with terrific toll of the Wir revealed further particulars concerning the it was revealed that the ships cargo was highly inflammable arid an explosion caused the the official investigation thus far is not conclusive As to whether the explosions were internal or Exter said the adding that faulty construction of the freighter was also a Factor in its for the office of i have on several Occia sighs announced that i was not a candidate for the in View of these and in order to make my position entirely in i request that no action be taken that would link my in any Way with Nomina i do not covet nor would i Dewey and for Lead preferential primary returns were recorded in two influential voting states this in Mas the regular democratic slate was successful in 13 of 14 congressional districts and the state democratic chairman hailed the results As a definite fourth term according to while till delegates Are technically candidates favouring Joseph anti new were unsuccessful in six of seven districts in which they were no official figures were Given concerning the Republican primary but it was indicated that Dewey strength was demonstrated with the election of his candidates Over opponents whose preference had not been when the bulk of Pennsylvania precincts were Tho Mas Dewey appeared the Republican favorite by Dewey tally reached votes while his late Macarthur was next High with the 72 democratic delegates to the National convention pledged their votes to president the president received votes in the preferential Are Klondike visitors the Seattle familiar on streets of of tics Days Are russian aviators Fairbanks is one of the major Points on the route for Aerial delivery of lend lease War planes according to to the soviet Union the russian pilots crowd towns buying clothing and they have also developed a liking for a Herr ican soft Tho Fairbanks residents find it a common sight to sue numbers Clunes streaming Over the City built in the states hut carrying Tho red this Story followed the disclosure by the War department that for the past two planes have been flown by soviet pilots from the to Russia Over the North Ern air offers Eye to go fog causes sinking ten seamen were lost in the collision of two freight ers on Lake Erie direct v North of Ashtabula when the James Reed crashed into the Ashcroft during a heavy ten the Reed Crew were lost but 28 seamen were picked by the Ashcroft which was not badly simultaneous a similar Accident occurred when the freighter Frank slowed into the Phillip Mich in foggy Canadian Waters 30 Miles Southeast of the Pelee be Agern trial Washington Jinx on the whose outstanding tenure so far is the visors Crew Pauline a of California coed whose husband is in the has admitted that she is the woman who offered her Eye to Forest gunner faced with blindness in red crossover top the american hed Cross announced it had exceeded its War fund goal for 1954 Morf than it number of was up to form finally after two weeks Effort i to judge Edward Escher discharged the fun postponed the resumption of the Case for a Day called an immediate hearing on the possible contempt citation of one of the de fense5 the judges action climaxed a second week of Days 12 jurors had been tentatively seated when k the court re convened a the trial of 30 persons accused a Abang plot to establish nazi government in the u eighteen of the jury panel remained to be ques the trial reopened the dense attorney James who drop Ped a Hom Aheu earlier by Reguett ing a subpoena for Henry Ford and Chanes added two More big names to the list of per sons he wants called As witnesses general Francis bid dle and Martin Dies of Hopes that the trial would get Down to business on the following Day were Rajnes one of the defendants failed to show up Trues attorney said his defendant collapsed the night before arid was critically and conveniently ill at his a at this the selection of the jury had not been completed and with the arrival of the 1st of it was necessary to select a new jury from Mays new Pool of be after Over two the defense was still accomplishing its Pur delay the trial As Long As rescued 20 pie in ship fire civilian workmen Are dead of nation and 20 others fire treated for injuries out in the hold ship undergoing repairs Norfolk Navy a of tree Tims were from Portsmouth and
