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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1948.
RAIL STRIKE CALLED OFF
Unions Surrender After Secret Talks
President's Order For Seizure
Washington; May 10. Union leadors tonight colled off their threatened train strike after President Truman seized the railways and obtained a Foderal Court order forbidding a walkout.
The railway men made up their minds to surrender shortly before ten p.m. EDT, at a secret meet- ing in their hotel headquarters.
Alinut the line the executive order was issated, representatives Brotherhoods left the House declining in kuy White
woult their members walkout whether
work accede to the President's
14:MHསL.
ale That *II* two hotars Federal Judge Alon Gold diaragh
the day had slappid strike priler on them and alt nine hrs before th was to have begues in the Eastern Time Zone.
Λ Ban
The offical fold United Pran, "word is now going across the entry that there will by no grike on Tuesday "
Earlier, Fuskent Truman hunt radrunds sized United States and called on every ni woker to cooperate with the Govern- ment by Tenhining on day
erder
"A Tragedy"
was
diately.
Flag Dispute In Siam
The
Bangkok, May 10. Slamere - Ministry of Education today ordered the closing of 30 Chiness achaola for alleged violation of the flag-holating regulation.
The Ministry has made it compulsory for all schools to hoht the Siamese national fing, but some Chinese schools protested against the order, insisting on holating the Chin-
Instead. ese national Mag Reuter.
JAPANESE REPARATIONS
Shanghai, May 11.
President Truman's seizure Chinese sources snitt today that effective Imma the whipment of Japanese res parations equipment to Chinn will be completed by the middle of May.
President Truman said, "A strike on our ratiroads would be
nationwide
with tragerly wouldwide repercussions,
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the The order provided that present wages and working con-
to The sources said that up dute 1,388,009 tons of tolerim re- purations items have already and
two shiploads are being unload-
The Presistent acted us repres senlatives of the three Brother- hoods which called a strike mitions would continue in effect, been reveived in Shanghal
m on Tuesday and represent-whale the roads are under Army
can-operation. It said that since theed. atives of the management finued fruitless thacussions at the three Brotherhoogs refused to des teept the rpeominendations of the White House.
President's Emergency Board, President EDT signed the seizure eder and sitrected the Army Secretney, Kenneth Toysi), 10 operate the lines in the name of the Govern movat.
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They sal that applications for reparations iteins exceeded total alloted to China by three
the
situation had developeri makinimes, but distribution has not yet Government seizure "imperative
our arted due in the dispute over protection of for the
priority. United Presu.” ritizens."
General In Command
Ball designaled Major Gen. 11, H. Lenvy. Army chief of Trans- fedhism, iu operate the railroads
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11.15 Weather
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
The Authority Gri “Authurities,
West
Boyall Buhl, "ty assuming this task rely on the couperation of the ailint labour and manage-
what sce watching to men mul the entire publie, for
A SPECIFIC ADVANTAGE nly through united efforts of all
Making a sult bid has one would play. When the 3 went on ur population run the task be
which can never be the first of these and the 4 on ucessfully performed. I earnest advantage
achieved in quite the same dell- the next, the case looked hope- V request that all citizens
nite, exact, specifle way by mok-lesa to him unless West had an- and could trump heir help."
space -། Н No Trump call or an In the meantine, Semlor Withing
it. So, on the off-chance had been sing- om F. Knowland (Republican, formative double. It tells your wit allfornia) introduced legistation partner exactly what sull he may that the heart
opponents leton, he returned that suit, his ons Fafetly lead, if the
the unions making
at the deal a 2. That made it easy, for the railway ubject to the Tufi-turtley law. wind up playing
United States distrlet Judge T. contract of their own. That is, it declarer to set up the dummy by Alan Goldsborough on Monday can if the suit is approximately simple reverse play and so take 2-Diamonds night issued a restraining order as indicated by the bid and if the the rest of the tricks,
It East had bid in an attempt to stop the strike.bidding itself is not too unusual,
to instead of making that very bad Goldsborough's order TO. In some cases 11 points out quires the three strike-threa him a lead he could not consider double-of-i-Heart, West would perfect bold defen- Lening Brotherhoods engineers, at ull unless you bid the suit-have had
often the only lead that could sive stroke advertised to him. In this event, he should have led firemen and switchmen--to re.
possibly defeat the contract.
the diamond K. The repeat of his voke their walkout call.
lowest card he could possibly hold, would have told East he was now out of the suit. Simple counting would have shown East that his partner could ruff, but
Will Obey
--If-the trainmea.. fail to obeys. 6 2 Coldshorough presumably could fine them.
The order requires the unlops to call off the
S. AJ 5 4 H. KQ 0 7 5
D. Q 10 7
C. A
N H: JB 3 D. K 4 WED. AB 5 Three walkout CQ-10-9-
4 3 2 and
also bars the unions their leaders from doing any- thing to encourage a walkout. The decision to invoke the power of the court was made when the union lenders turned down
cancel Ariny's request Strike.
32
S. K 8
H. A 30 4
c. I
S. Q 10 9 7 3
H. O
D. J 6
C. K J 8 7 5 the (Dealer: West. the vulnerable).
2
so could South. The heart A and would Juter spade. however,
have furnished enough tricks-to beat the contract.
TOMORROW'S PROBLEM
S. 0 4 3
H. K 10
·D. 6 5 2
C. K Q 10 3 2
S. QJ 7 5
North-South
Earlier,
South West North East
1 H
Dil
1 S
'S. 10 9 8 2 3 S
4 S union spokesmen, Pass a
Pass of the Ci Pass Alvenley Johnston
With no specifie suit informu. Q 4 3 soil-the-unions "of!
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WE PAQJ3
dier.
S
C. 7. 5 4
would obey a court or-lon, West led his club-10-because.D.10-9.4.
ha preferred the make-up of C. J 8 6
་་
He and his associates later told that suit to the other three hold- Sveretary of the Army Kennethings. After winning in dummy, Souill mide a safety play in! troyall they would not cancel the trumps, Counting on East for the strike call, and Royall thereupon asked the Attorney General to K, because of the double, the de-
clarer scored the spade A get injunction.-United Pressed the 4, his purpose in this be and Associated Press.
Ipg to protect himself from any possible defensive ruffs.
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