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INCREA5E
“Tough"’ Union Extends
Contract With No
Pay Increases
PORTLAND, Ore., UP> — A
union with a tradition for tough
ness bowed before the recession
and agreed to extending a con
tract without pay increases for
45,000 members.
The International Woodworkers
of America made the stunning
proposal after holding out
staunchly for a 25-cent an hour
pay increase since negotiations
began two weeks ago.
Management was caught by
surprise by the union proposal.
After a three-hour conference,
management negotiators accepted
the union’s offer with praise.
The two sides agreed to extend
until next spring the contract
that would have expired June 1.
They also agreed to a Sept. 16
meeting to discuss possible wage
negotiations then—if economic
conditions warrant.
Affected are 45,000 woodwork
ers in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Washington and California. They
represent more than one third
of the membership in the 127,000
man union.
The union said in a statement
that its decision was reached
with difficulty in the face of
widespread unemployment among
its western members.
The union said, though, it had
to face these two facts: “Keep
as many of our people working
as possible and give our indus
try the opportunity to concen
trate on meeting the prevailing
market conditions.”
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Douglas Says SAC
Has Made No
Provocative Flights
HONOLULU, (B) — Secretary
of the Air Force James H. Doug
las said on his arrival here Fri
day night ynited States strategic
bombers have no provocative
missions and will not do so.
Denying Soviet charges of pro
vocative flights by the U. S.
Strategic Air Command, Doug
las told newsmen “everyone
knows we try to keep SAC on
the alert” as an effective deter
rent force.
But, he added, “we have not
flown any missions that "hre pro
vocative and we don’t intend to.”
Douglas flew in from Washing
ton on his first trip to the Pacific
since he became air secretary
last year.
Big Three Still
Has Hopes For
Summit Conference
PARIS, Uf) — The Western Big
Three reluctantly agreed Satur
day that their Moscow ambas
sadors continue separate consul
tations with Soviet Foreign Mini
ster Andrei Gromyko on prepara
tions for a summit conference.
Britain, France and the Uni
ted States said in a new note to
Moscow they still had not modi
fied their view that more rapid
progress could be made in joint
talks.
The West gave in, however,
because it desires to get on with
the basic task” of preparing the
groundwork for a summit talk,
the note added.
The Russians on April 26* re
jected a demand for joint talks
and said that if the West per
sisted on this point, Poland and
Czechoslovokia should also take
part to equalize East-West rep
resentation in preliminary ne
gotiations.
The West is opposed to any
such enlargement of the prelim
inary talks for fear of the prec
edent it would set in future con
versations on questions in_ which
the Big Four has primary respon
sibility.
Ike Proposes
Conference On
Antarctic Status
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower Saturday pro
posed a 12-nation conference to
seek agreement on freezing the
legal status of Antarctica and
continuing to use it for peace
ful, scientific purposes.
Soviet Russia and the United
States, which are rfbt among the
seven nations which have made
territorial claims in the Antarctic,
would be among the participat
ing nations.
“We do not want Antarctica to
become an object of political con
flict,” Eisenhower said. He' add
ed this country wants the vast
icy wastes “used only for peace
ful purposes.”
While the legal status of the
south polar region would be
frozen during the duration of
whatever treaty the 12 partici
pating nations agreed, upon, the
nations which have filed claims
would not have to renounce them.
Likewise, under the U. S. pro
posal, no new claims could be
filed while the treaty remained
in force.
State Department officials de
clined to predict how Russia
would receive the U. S. proposal.
Officials said there has been
a gentlemen’s agreement during
the International Geophysical
Year (IGY) not to press terri
torial claims in the Antarctic.
They said the only overlapping
or conflicting claims have been
made in the Palmer Peninsula
area by Britain, Chile and Ar
gentina.
Eisenhower urged the 11 na
tions to continue their scientific
cooperation in the region beyond
the end next Dec. 31 of the IGY.
NATO Ministers
Warn Against
Soviet Moves
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, —
NATO Secretary General Paul
Henri Spaak said today the 15
nation alliance would “present a
solidly united front” if an East
West summit conference mater
ializes. But conviction grew here
that there would be no top-level
parley before next year.
Spaak opened the three-day
foreign minister’s meeting with
a warning against Soviet polit
ical, economic and psychological
moves designed to weaken west
ern unity.
Similar cautions were issued
by Luxembourg’s Joseph Bech,
chairman of the NATO Council,
and Danish Prime Minister H. C.
Hansen, host to the conference.
Spaak called on the alliance to
perservere in its efforts to main
tain peace and said “everyone
in the west who desires to live
in freedom should be aware of
the danger he would run if there
was the slightest weakening of
the alliance.”
Beck, Spaak and Hansen all
made clear the West still hopes
for a meaningful summit parley.
Benson Plans Trip
To Russia In July
WASHINGTON, UP) — Secre
tary of Agriculture Benson Is"
planning a trip to Russia—the
first so far by a cabinet officer
of the Eisenhower administration.
Benson said Friday he was
accepting an invitation from V.
Matskevich, Soviet Minister of
Agriculture.
He said he hopes to make the
trip in July—probably for about
10 days, as part of a program to
encourage visits of leading citi
zens of both nations.
Matsekevich extended the in
vitation to Benson while touring
the United States in 1955 with
other Russian farm specialists.
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