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t ► • I 1 i i I | . 1 I i • • • . UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS , Auto Workers Returning to Work c DETROIT, Mich., May 23. — The number t of auto workers idled by supplier-plant t strikes reached 144,000 today, but there were indications some 50,000 of these would be back at work early next week. Budd Co., hit by a wildcat strike, which forced lay- l offs of 8,000 there and approximately 44,800 at four Chrysler Corp. plants, said it ex- i pected all of its working force back on the job by Monday. i Egypt Seen Becoming Republic t CAIRO, Egypt, May 23. — The abolition of . Egypts 5, 000 -year-old monarchy and the 1 conversion of this country into a republic I appeared today to be only a matter of time, i It was announced that the committee ap- t pointed to rewrite Egypts-30-year-old con- i stitution approved the republican plan in a series of unanimous votes as the founda- I tion for a new constitution. Only details 1 remain to be worked out. : H-Bomb Workers Reject Union AIKEN, S. C, May 23. — Some 1,800 operational employes at the huge Savannah River H-Bomb plant have voted against union representation, the duPont Co. reported today. DuPont, general operating and building contractor for the ,400,000,-000 plant, said an unofficial count of the balloting showed 135 for the CIO, 700 for the AFL and 966 against any union. Draftees to Fight Mau Maus NAIROBI, Kenya, May 23. — The government of this British African colony announced today that it has decided to draft naturalized Asians for service against the Mau Mau terrorists. All Asian men. between the ages of 18 and 23 who are British subjects — an estimated total of 7,000 — will be registered for service at their own request, and about one-third of them probably will be drafted, official sources said. Approve Rivers Appropriation WASHINGTON, D. C, May 23.— The House Appropriations Committee today ap- proved 98,884,100 for rivers, harbors and flood control work in this year starting July 1. This is 62,640,000, or 39.6 per cent less than the Truman administration asked in January. It is 0,606,000 less ; than the Eisenhower administration asked. Mail Bombs as Protest BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 23 — - Fire bombs in envelopes addressed to prom-; • inent Ulster officials exploded prematurely today in the main post office here. The ! bombs contained in letters burned other • mail, but did no serious damage. Police ; believed they were sent to protest the elabo- • rate preparations the city is making to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth • II. on June 2.
