February 4, 1954

Rabbi Klein urges Bishop Donegan to revive his plan for inter fait h action for pub morality

AFL strikes at Luckenbach piers, Bklyn; protests failure of co and employing stevedore Turner & Blanchard to halt certain work practices; Luckenbach pres Sinclair gives different version; says union demanded 16 changes requiring negotiation; urges union end walkout; files unfair labor practice charge; dockers, probably ILA members, cross AFL picket lines at United Fruit pier; Capt Bradley reptdly asked J L Lewis to send UMW men to aid clean-up drive; Bradley denial

Eisenhower comments, news conf; CEA repts futures trading doubled, '53, with bulk traded, Dec, Aiken com hearing; repts avg '52 price 58.14¢ lb compared with Feb 1 range of 71.05-71.65¢; com votes unanimously to put trading under CEA; Sen approval seen; Mehl says control can stop unwarranted price rises but do nothing about price fixing or output in other countries

NYC Welfare Dept rules Strike lt Rich 'give-away' show, as welfare agency, needs license for pub solicitation of funds; to apply ruling to all similar programs

J Reston on growing US concern over mil situation; cites French failure to win significant victory and increasing talk of truce, Paris and Saigon; Pres Eisenhower reptdly appts com to rept to Natl Security Council; holds success of war rests with Vietnamese, press conf; White House issues clarification of remarks