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► UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL i I NEWS I BRIEFS NATIONAL: Mirie Pickets Avoid Non-Union Mines HAZARD, Ky., May 1.— United Mine Workers union pickets stayed away from most non-union mines and ramps in strikebound Perry and Letcher counties today, but UMW officials declined to say whether a federal court restraining order granted the National Labor Relations Board was responsible. Federal Judge H. Church Ford granted a five-day temporary restraining order requested by NLRB attorneys at Lexington yesterday afternoon. The temporary order prohibits violence and mass picketing. Mrs. Roosevelt Discusses Unified Germany UNION, N. J., May 1. — Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said last night she believes neither Russia nor the West is anxious to see a unified Germany. She told a lecture audience at Newark State College the West would be uneasy about German militarism and Russia would fear it could not control a unified Germany. Await Arrival of Space Mice1 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 1. — A colony of black mice, specially bred to withstand the rigors of space travel, will arrive here within two weeks for the first U. S. effort to place animals into orbit in an earth-satellite and recover them alive. I Predicts Restrictions on Labor Monopoly PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 1.— Avery C. Adams, chairman and president of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp,, predicted yesterday the government will restrict "the growing labor monopoly even as other monopoly powers, which have threatened our welfare, have been restricted.- He told the annual stockholders meeting that such action was the obvious solution to the "eagerly-stimulated" inflationary spiral. Former President Compliments Herter WASHINGTON, May 1.— Former President Harry S. Truman complimented Secretary of State Christian A. Herter today for reaching a "very successful" agreement with Western allies for a United front at forthcoming "Big Four" talks with Russia. He added that he knows and likes Herter ! and expects him to be a good Secretary of j State. j I FOREIGN: | , ! Short, Peaceful May Day Parade •MOSCOW, May 1.— Soviet Communism celebrated May Day today with a seven-minute military parade — shortest since the revolution. The emphasis was on peace and prosperity. In past years the military section of the parade was a showcase of Communist military might. Today it was a token display and despite brilliant warm weather no aircraft were flown overhead and there were no tanks. Picked units of all the armed services, in white gloves and knee-length boots, goose-stepped past Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, vice premier Anastas Mikoyan and other members of the ruling presidium. West Aligns Firmly Against Russians PARIS, May 1.— The Western foreign ministers have agreed to hold a united line against Russian attempts to split the Berlin problem from an overall German settlement, informed sources said today. The sources said U. S. Secretary of State Christian Herter and the British, French and West German foreign ministers reached this firm decision during their day and a half conference which ended yesterday. Apologizes for Cracks About United States LONDON, May 1.— Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery returned from talks with Nikita S. Khrushchev today and apologized for cracks he had made about the United States before going to Moscow. Montgomery refused to give details of his meetings with the Soviet prime minister and he did not indicate that his Russian trip had caused a change in his attitude toward the United States. But he insisted that he had just been "joking" in a television interview earlier this week when he said American leadership was "rather sus-. pect" and that American blood should be shed on the first day of any new war. i Says 500 Unexploded Bombs in Britain LONDON, May 1. — Home secretary R. A. Butler told the House of Commons yester-i day there are about 500 unexploded Nazi : bombs still buried in Britain. He said 27 of , the bombs are awaiting removal or investi-i gation, and the rest have been abandoned , after examination showed they presented no serious risk to life or property.
