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Friday. Dec. 5. 1952
Constructive Role Seen By Truman, Stevenson
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman and Gov. Adlai E. Steven son agreed that Democrats should refrain from needling the Eisen hower administration until it is comfortably settled in office.
That much of the party strategy, which they worked out during two days of White House talks was disjointed. They put statements from both too Democrats.
They also agreed that Stephen A. Mitchell, the political amateur picked by Stevenson to run his campaign, should remain as chairman of the Democratic National committee.
What else they decided was their own secret as Stevenson wound up his brief visit to the executive mansion.
The President told reporters he will be just as happy as anybody else if the Republicans do a good job in control of the government. But, he added, if they make any mistakes, the Democrats will certainly point them out.
Mr. Truman's remark that everyone should give Eisenhower a chance to operate before criticizing his administration may have been intended, in part, as a shot at the President's old ode, Sen. Robert A. Taft.
The remark came only a moment after a reporter had asked Mr. Truman whether he agreed with Taft that Gen. Eisenhower made a mistake appointing Martin P. Durkin as Secretary of Labor.
Mr. Truman replied that he had
no comment on that, but then added that he considered Mr. Durkin a very fine gentleman.
The retiring chief executive gave a blanket endorsement to statements which Mr. Stevenson had made to reporters earlier about the need for the Democratic party playing a "constructive" role when it lapses into the minority for the first time in 20 years.
Japanese Strike Causes Rail Tieup
Tokyo — (U.P.) — Government railways slashed passenger and freight services by 25 per cent today because of the 48-day nationwide coal strike.
A complete transportation tie-up in the Tokyo area was threatened as six private railway and bus company unions scheduled walkouts unless they are granted wage increase and year-end bonuses.
Some 3,000,000 persons in Tokyo depend on public transportation. Government gas corporations have rationed gas to six hours daily because of the coal shortage. The striking miners demand higher wages.
Walter Reuther, CIO President Alludes Organized Labor 'Crusade'
Atlantic City, N.J., —U.P.)—Walter P. Reuther, battling young new president of the CIO, served notice on the nation today that organized labor is going on a "great human crusade."
In the aftermath of his dramatic
Mr. Reuther fired warnings on industry and government that the 4 million-member CIO, under his leadership, would aim to "recapture the crusading spirit."
An exhibition entitled "Children's Books from Fifty Countries" will be displayed on the second floor of Watson library from Monday through Sunday. Dec. 28.
Library Displays Children's Books
The collection, which contains 130 volumes, includes books of such widely separated places as Greece, Australia, Burma, Formosa, Haiti, and New Zealand.
This exhibition will be augmented with a selection of fifty children's books from the KU library. These will be books printed in the United States about foreign countries.
The exhibition, which was obtained from the Smithsonian institute in Washington, D.C., is sponsored by the Children's Library association of the American Library association and the Information Center service of the United States department of state.
Bette Davis Stubs Throat As Singer
New York—(U.R.)-For years Hollywood writers and directors put Bette Davis through practically every human suffering in movie shots, but none of them ever thought of afflicting her with a $700,-000 case of laryngitis.
It remained for Broadway to do that—in real life.
The star, who gained fame as a heavy dramatic actress in films, returned to the stage Thursday night, after an absence of 22 years, as a song-and-dance star of a musical revue, "Two's Company."
A few hours before the opening, doctors decided she couldn't work and would have to rest for "several days" to clear up throat trouble that started plaguing her almost eight weeks ago in rehearsals.
During a six-week tour to break in the big show, the star's throat never was thoroughly healed. Sometimes it was worse than others. Her momentary collapse on opening night in Detroit Oct. 19 was due, however, to general exhaustion from long rehearsals.
There was $700,000 in the box office of the Alvin theater here when the troupe moved in this
week after the last road date in Boston.
Unofficially, it is expected that the show will not be able to open now until Dec. 15. This means the loss of 11 performances and the return of approximately $65,000 to customers. Keeping everyone standing by and rehearsing will cost the producers another $50,000 or more.
Miss Davis's threat troubles may be explained in part by the fact that using the voice on a stage is vastly different than on the movie sets to which she has been accustomed for so long.
In addition, she is not only engaging in the boisterous dialogue of revue sketches but also is singing in this show. Bette, never a singer, is unaccustomed to this strain on the vocal chords.
Lloyd Nolan went through a similar ordeal two summers ago after a long absence from the stage when he attempted the leading role, and some singing, in "Courtin' Time." Mr. Nolan bowed out before the show came to New York. Conversely, an opera singer such as Ezio Pinza, who had a lot of vocal ills in "South Pacific," may have trouble adding the unaccustomed speaking to his singing routine.
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election victory yesterday over rival CIO candidate Allan S. Haywood, the 45-year-old president of the United Auto Workers said that "failing to get economic justice . . . We shall march together on the picket lines of America getting what is rightfully ours."
Mr. Reuther pledged a new militancy to the CIO and warned that labor was out to get "economic justice." But the boyish-looking scrapper, head of the powerful auto union the past six years, set his sights on wider, international goals.
He promised that the CIO would "stand and work with free men everywhere . . . You cannot make freedom secure in the world as long as hundreds of millions of people are denied the necessities of life, as long as millions and millions of people are committed to belong to the have-not nations . . ."
But Mr. Reuther vented most of
New York —(U,P).— A New York attorney said today he will go to Tokyo to defend an Air Force sergeant charged with trying to sell military secrets to Communists.
N.Y. Lawyer Plans Airman's Defense
Stephen Biesicke of Poughkeepsie said he had been retained by the family of Sgt. Gluspee Caskey and 14-44-year-old Addie at his fortnomning military trial.
Mr. Biesieck said he would present evidence that a Veterans Administration doctor diagnosed Mr. Cascio in 1946 as "a dangerous paranoid and psychiatric case." This doctor, the attorney says, believes Mr. Cascio should not have been allowed to re-enlist in the Air Force.
5 Mineral Men Attend Lindley Hall Talks
Five members of the mineral industries council of the State Geological survey attended the annual meeting held in Lindley hall this week.
At the meeting, reports by division heads of the Geological survey were presented on ceramics, oil and gas, geo-chemistry and industrial minerals, petroleum engineering, subsurface geology, ground-water resources, coal resources, petrographic mapping, coal resources.
his feelings against "our enemies" in a summary of his program as president of the CIO. He said these were the "fat men on the plush cushions
Mr. Reuther stated his program in an hour-long address to the convention after his election and one critic promptly remarked:
the 'tire hell on the plus. . . . in the Union League clubs and millionaires' clubs all over America . . . who would drive us back and rob us of our hard-won social and economic gains."
"He'll be using the platform of the CIO to make that speech all across the country."
While holding the esteem of his fellow union members, Mr. Reuther is not considered "one of the boys." After the election, it was announced that the non-smoking, non-drinking Mr. Reuther would "drink a beer" to his victory.
But the betting was that the beer was never downed by the purposeful labor chieftain.
Mr. Reuther has been battling for labor since the age of 15 when he went to work as an apprentice tool and die maker. He was fired soon after for organizing the workers against Sunday work.
In 1926, Mr. Reuther first tangled with the auto industry and seven years later was again fired for union activity. He climaxed his early fight in leading the sit-down strikes at the auto plants in the middle 30's and rose to vice president of the Auto Workers union in 1942.
On his way up, Mr. Reuther made a lot of enemies. In 1948, while sitting in the kitchen of his Detroit home, an unidentified assailant fired a shotgun blast through the window and seriously injured his right arm.
Mr. Reuther, still partially paralyzed from the attack, has since been accompanied by a bodyguard.
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