March 17, 1954

NY & Cuba Mail Line warns it may abandon pier lease; Internatl Harvester and Caterpillar Tractor Cos plan to cease shipping through Port; ILA flying squads block back-to-work movements; AFL charges dockers families threatened; only 240 rept for work at Army piers; Fed Judge Bondy defers hearing on contempt charges against ILA, Bowers, Lynch and Ackalitis; NLRB directs regional bd to act against Teamsters Local 807 on charges Local engaged in secondary boycott at Moore-McCormack Pier 32; Capt Bradley s to ILA members, NJ; reptd to have made unsuccessful back-to-work plea; ILA members in other E Coast ports threaten to boycott ships diverted from NY; Wagner voices fear for port future; pledges to continue efforts for pier peace, Commerce & Indus Assn meeting

Sen Rules Com, 5-4, votes to ask Sen to declare Chavez seat vacant; vote is on party lines; Chavez statement scores Hurley

Accepts temporary chmnship of Sen Govt Operations Com's investigations subcom for hearings on Army-Sen McCarthy dispute

Sen George, Reprs Rayburn and Cooper see depression bar helped by increasing income tax exemptions

Adonis found guilty of evading $14,774 in '48 income taxes