U.S.A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 May 1943, Page 2

U.S.A. AFFAIRS

ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL TALKS

NEW YORK, May 15. “Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill are devoting the week-end to intensive conversations on overall strategy,” says the Washington correspondent of the “New York Times.” “It is assumed that their decisions can be reached relatively quickly. Indeed, some intimation of progress may be given on Tuesday, when Mr. Churchill has tentatively planned to attend Mr. Roosevelt’s press conference.

“Meanwhile, competent observers are closely watching the attack on Attu. They explain that if it is the start of a series of offensives in the Pacific, it could have an important bearing on Mr. Churchill’s and Mr. Roosevelt’s planning. On the other hand, if it remains a local operation it will not complicate their planning.”

C. 1.0. AND MR. LEWIS

NEW YORK, May 16.

Committee of Industrial Organisation executives at a meeting to discuss wartime policy, adopted a resolution urging equitable wage adjustments for united mineworkers, also asserting that the President, Mr. John Lewis has jeopardised the miners’ just demands by “exploiting injustices within the mining industry in furtherance of his personal political vendetta against President Roosevelt.” The resolution added: “The C. 1.0. must condemn the actions of Mr. Lewis and any others rejecting established procedures for equitable adjustments of labour’s true grievances.” Mr. Lewis consistently ..schemed to undermine duly established wartime agencies, which he sought in the present emergency to substitute although he must know that \lhey endanger the existence of the nation and the lives of millions of Americans at the war fronts.” Mr Lewis announced that the United Mineworkeus’ Union would not be represented at the meeting called by the War Labour Board at Washington, to-morrow, to discuss miners’ wages. Mr Lewis declined to say whether the miners would continue working after midnight next Tuesday, when the fifteen-day truce expires. “The War Labour Board demonstrated the malignity of its purpose to block the new wage agreement,” said Mr Lewis. “The miners feel their case is now outside the Board’s jurisdiction. We believe that jurisdiction and responsibility rest with the agents of the Government now in charge of the coal mines.”

SIR W. BEVERIDGE’S VISIT NEW YORK, May 15. Another programme providing for maximum employment after the war is being worked out by Sir William Beveridge, who came to America in order to find out by his own questions the views of the people of many different standpoints on the main problems of the post-war world. He gave this information in an interview with the “New York Times.” 1 Questioned about the reaction of the British people to the “cradle to the grave” plan, he said: “It will be accepted after the war.” He estimated that ninety-five per cent, of the British people supported the plan, and added: “Some of my friends believe the figure is more like 95.44 per cent.”