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Auto Industry To Call Back Some
180,000 Workers By Mid-November
DETROIT, Gf) — The auto in- j
dustry, gearing to model pro- J
duction and rosy expectations for
the 1959 model year, has an
nounced plans to call back laid
off workers—many of them idle
"since late last fall.
General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler said more than 180,000
will be recalled by mid-November
as the big three swings into full
1959 production.
First back will be some 42,000
Chrysler workers—the majority
of them Aug. 18 when the com
pany starts output on the' new
Dodge, DeSoto, Chrysler and Im
perial cars.
General Motors’ hourly rated
employees will be increased from
fewer than 200,000 to more than
325,000 between now and mid
November. And nearly 40,000
workers will be recalled at Ford
from the low point of 1959 model
changeover to early November.
A Ford spokesman said a na
tionwide peak of 102,500 em
ployees is expected there at the
height of 1959 production.
In the first quarter of 1957
General Motors had 387,000 hourly
rated employees; Ford had
143.000 and Chrysler had 108,000.
With production anS earnings
off generally throughout the in
dustry this year, the auto makers
have looked to recoup with the
1959 models.
The recalls came as the Michi
gan Employee Security Commis
sion reported that unemployment
in the state hit a new high of
475.000 in mid-July and as the
international executive board of
Jthe United Auto Workers Union
met in secret to map an offensive
on the deadlocked new contract
talks.
Sen. Gore Renominated
In Tennessee Primary
NASHVILLE, UP) — Sen. Al
bert Gore was renominated in
yesterday’s Tennessee Democratic
primary and virtually complete
returns today put Buford Ellington
on the ticket with him as the
gubernatorial nominee.
Gore easily outdistanced for
mer Gov. Prentice Cooper of
Shelbyville, who struck hardest at
Gore’s moderate civil rights stand
and what Cooper called his ad
vocacy of “global giveaways.”
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May Call Legislature,
The governor of the state may
convene the legislature when he
deems it in the public interest
and is required at the beginning
of each session to inform the
group of the affairs of state and
recommend measures he feels
| necessary.
Veto Power
The governor may veto bills
passed by the legislature or may,
by veto, strike or reduce appro
priation bill items. He must,
however, return any vetoed bill
with a statement of his objections.
The legislature, meeting immed
iately in joint session may re
consider the vetoed bill or item.
A three-fourth affirmative vote
of the membership is necessary
then to pass into -law appropri
ation or revenue bills and items.
Other vetoed bills require a two
thirds vote to become law.
Comman der- In - Ch ief
The governor is also comman
der-in-chief of the armed forces
of the state and may proclaim
martial law for the public safety
in case of rebellion, actual or
imminent invasion. Martial law,
however, may not continue long
er than 20 days without the ap
proval of the majority of the leg
islature in joint session.
Executive Clemency
Executive clemency may be
granted by the governor, under
the law, by which he may grant
pardons, commutations, reprieves
and may suspend and remit fines
and forfeitures. This power, how
ever does not extend to impeach
ment.
Twenty Departments
Under territorial government,
department heads in the execu
tive branch have been chosen by
two methods—by election or by
gubernatorial appointment sub
ject to legislative confirmation.
In the new state, the governor
will name all principle depart
ment heads. The Constitution
provides that executive and ad
ministrative branches shall be al
located by law among and with
in not more than 20 principal
departments. Because the pres
ent Legislative Council has been
making a complete re-organiza
tional study and will have recom
mendations ready for the first
legislature, this may be accom
plished during the first session.
Boards and Commissions
The departments will be under
the supervision of one depart
ment head, unless the law pro
vides otherwise. Whether or
not the people prefer to have
board and commissions as heads
of agencies, as in the case of the
health, welfare, education and
some other departments at the
present time, must be made
known tf» members of the first
legislature. The Constitution does
not prohibit this and many may
feel that having a board or com
mission head an agency gives the
public greater control over that
agency.
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IGY Votes To
Continue Program
Through 1959
MOSCOW, UP) — The committ
ee of the International Geophysi
cal Year Saturday formally ap
proved a Soviet plan to extend
the great scientific research pro
gram for another year.
The committee’s closing session
also heard U.S. scientists voice
regret that the Russians have
not yet agreed to a full and auto
matic sharing of knowledge frotn
their rocket and earth satellite
experiments.
The decision for an -extension
of IGY must be ratified by the
International Council of Scientific
Unions, the parent body of IGY,
but this is expected to be a for
mality.
Then it will be necessary to
get the participating govern
ments to agree to foot the bill.
More than 60 governments are
taking part in the 16-month pro
gram which will end next De
cember.
The extended program would
be known as “International Geo
physical Cooperation 1959.” The
decision was accompanied by
recommendations for many of the
IGY studies of the earth, sun
and oceans to be put on a perma
nent or at least a long-term basis.
Resolutions called for a study
of the possibility of permanent
or long-term agencies to conduct
research in the fields of space
satellites, sun and ionsphere.
Also approved was the starting
of a world magnetic study in a
few years to chart the earth’s
magnetic changes.
The International Council al
ready has established special
committees to put research in the
Antarctic and oceanography on a
long-term bpsis.
These decisions were the big
gest accomplishment of the
gathering of about 400 world
scientists who have been meeting
here for 10 days to discuss the
results of IGY.
Soviet delegates, in urging ex
tension of IGY, said the world
wide studies were yielding mag
nificent results. But they said
some, especially in the iono
sphere, cosmic rays and auroras
were not far enough along to
bring maximum results.
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Alaska Law
Extended To
Indian Reserves
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower signed a bill
Friday extending the effect of
Alaska law to its Indian reser
vations.
The bill was prompted by a
federal court ruling at Anchor
age dismissing charges of statu
tory rape brought against two
Indian youths arrested on a res
ervation. Statutory rape is a
crime under Alaskan Law but
not under federal law.
Alaska International
Rail & Highway Comm.
To Continue Till 1960
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower signed a bill
Friday extending until March 1,
1960, the life of the Alaska Inter
national Rail and Highway Com
mission.
The bill also increases the com
mission’s spending authorization
from $75,000 to $300,000.
The commission, scheduled to
expire Aug. 1, was set up two
years ago to study Alaskan trans
portation problems and recom
mend new routes for rail and
highway links between the Uni
ted States and Alaska and within
the territory.
Ike Appoints Woman To
Civil Service Commission
WASHINGTON, UP) — Presi
dent Eisenhower today nominated
Mrs. Barbara Bates Gunderson,
Republican National Committee
woman from South Dakota, to be
a Civil Service commissioner.
Mrs. Gunderson, 41, would re
place Bernard L. Flanahan, who *
resigned recently under Con
gressional charges that he falsi
fied his government application
forms. ,
White House^ press secretary
James Hagerty said Mrs. Gun
derson would resign her GOP
committee post upon Senate con
firmation of her nomination to
the commission. Her term would
expire March 1, 1961.
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