Communism Not
Responsible For
Hawaiian Strike
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HONOLULU, <//P)—Communism
was ruled out officially Friday as
an issue in Hawaiia’s long and
paralyzing waterfront strike.
A fact-finding board of five,
named by Gov. Ingram M. Stain
back, refused to consider the com
munist question. It said wages
* was the sole issue.
Harry Bridges’ striking CIO in
ternationnl longshoremen’s and
warehousemen’s union had insist
ed the board settle the matter. It
accused employer spokesmen of
saying communism was behind
the stevedore strike.
After this ruling the board be
gan hearing both sides. It must
present its findings to Stainback
by Wednesday. Neither side is ob
ligated to accept the board’s re
port. The strike started May 1.
Post Exchanges
Show Big Profits
! 1 ‘VPi Special Washington Service*
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska said Saturday
the 13 army, airforce and navy
post exchanges in Alaska showed
a net profit of $670,112 in 1948.
He said the report was compiled
for the House armed services com
mittee. The committee has been
investigating post exchanges in
the Continental United States and
is expected soon to determine
whether territories will be in
cluded in the investigation.
Bartlett told a reporter the fig
ures show that the army and air
force exchanges in Alaska had
gross sales of $9,168,819, with a
net profit of $625,093. The navy
ship store had gross sales of $690.
790, vith net of $45,013, he said.
Operation of the stores requireu
the services of 252 civilian em
ployees and 50 military personnel,
he added.
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ing to try to settle their differ
ences whether pensions will be
discussed. There was no sign
either party would compromise on
the issue.
If the issue isn’t disposed of, the
steel industry may have its first
big strike since 1946.
The contract does not expire
until next year but it has a clause
permitting reopening to discuss
wages. The CIO wants to bargain
on pensions as well as the hourly
rate of pay. U. S. steel feels the
reopening clause is limited to j
wage discussions only.
In Detroit company and union
negotiators took up the Ford pro
posal to keep wages at the present
levels, for the next 18 months.
The company on Saturday sug- i
gested to the CIO united auto
workers that the cost of living
should govern any wage increases
for Ford's 106,000 production
workers in the next 18 months.
At present, the company said,
wages should not be upped be
cause the cost of living is down,
unemployment is gaining and the
automobile market may hit a
slump. The union stamped the
proposal as ‘‘economically un
sound and unrealistic and unac
ceptable."
A prediction of five million or
more jobless soon was made by
two national surveys but they
disagreed on what happens next.
The Public Affairs Institute
said "nothing in sight indicates a
halt in unemployment trends.”
The American Federation of La
bor said "a serious business re
cession i< almost impossible.”
Tiio institute recommended the
cu.5 for the low and middle in
come brackets, emergency public
works, revival of the civilian con
reivation corps and other federal
actions to spur business.
The AFL. however, found the
prospect good. It said wages
should keep moving upward to in
crease consumer buying, but sug
gested increases be based on in
creases in productivity. It urged
cooperation by unions with man
agement to cut out waste and re
duce expenses, and opposed gov
ernment tinkering.
1948 Halibut Sales
Same As 1949
WASHINGTON. </P) — Sales of
halibut in Alaska last month al
most equal those om May, 1948,
assistant secretary of interior Wil
liam E. Warne announced today.
Between May 1 and May 30,
i more than 5,742,300 pounds of
fresh halibut were sold in South
eastern Alaska ports compared to
5,907,200 in the same period of
1948.
Warne noted the sales had been
approximately the same notwith
standing a recently enacted one
per cent Territorial tax on gross
value of fresh fish landed in Alas*
' ka ports, which some said would
| cause much of the catch to be di
verted to other ports. Warne edd
ed: “The fishing industry is a vi
tal part of the Alaska develop
ment program, and I am happy to
see this evidence that sound local
tax legislation has not interfered
with an important Territorial in
dustry.”
The Vicki C left yesterday af
ternoon for Wales with a load of
freight and a quantity of mail. The
ship plans to return Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Cut Govt. Costs!
Truman Asks For
Another Dept.
(Continued from Page One*
now is in the federal works agen
cy. Welfare and social security
matters are handled by the fed
eral security agency.
All the plans, if permitted to
take effect, will carry out reform
and economy proposals of the
commission on government or
ganization headed by former Pres
ident Herbert Hoover.
The other five would <A> give
the bureau of employment secur
ity (jobless pay and job place
ment) to the labor department, <B»
reorganize the postoffice depart
ment, <C) enlarge the scope of the
executive office of the President,
<D) streamline the civil service
commission, and <E) strengthen the
authority of the chairman of the
maritime commission.
All seven plans were described
by the White House as conforming
"quite clo.-ely” to the Hoover
commission recommend a t ions
filed with Congress this spring af
ter two years of research.
under tne new law, tne plans
will take effect in 60 days unless
either house of Congress vetoes
them within that time by a major
ity vote of the full membership—
49 no votes in the Senate or 210
in the Hou-c. Each plan is to be
considered separately.
Congressional leaders, a f t e r
talking with the President today,
indicated Congress still will be
in se-sion when the 60 days are
up on August 19. They also pre
dicted two more reorganization
plan4 will be sent up by the Pres
ident shortly.
The proposal to create a welfare
department provides that it take
over the duties now administered
by federal security administrator
Oscar Ewing. Ewing, it he then
holds the job, would become a
cabinet member as secretary of
welfare.
An undersecretary and three
under-secretaries of welfare would
be created and the office ol fed
eral security administrator would
be abolished.
Reclamation
Report Shows
Varied Resources
'Cop. in;led from Page One*
be applied to garden crops during
the growing season to increase
absorption of heat by the soi] and
stimulate the growth of plants.”
The report urged immediate
construction of a modern cement
plant. The “most promising site”
vet surveyed: near Mile 323 of 'the
Vnska Railroad, on the Alaska
range divide. With an initial plant
capacity of 350,000 barrels ,t said
the selling n ice would vary be
between ‘>25 and $35 a ton. Com
pared to the $56 a ton charged ;»1
Fairbanks and $52.50 to $55 a ton
charged at Anchorage.
The report added that:
1. Alaska jade, now cx orteri
raw for $6 a pound, if cut into
small pieces and polished for
mounting into .jewelry would be
worth more than $250 a pound.
2. Alaska is the major domestic
sou ce of platinum for the United
States and has the “most promis
ing” domestic indications of tin
and high-grade chromite.
3. Alaskan dredges and hydrau
lic operations have concentrated
on gold recovery and have paid
too little attention to by-product,
recovery of “such other valuable
metals and minerals as silver, cop
per. mercury, cossiterite, chro
mite, chrysobeivl. columblte, il
menite, magnetite, monazte. tung
sten and a wide variety of gem
stones.”
The report said low-cost power
would permit Alaska’s dredges to
work low-grade ground which
now must be passed over because
of high operating costs.
“Vast quantities of water are
needed in the permafrost regions
—the sub-Arctic and Arctic areas
of Alaska," it continued.
“In order to work these perm
anently frozen properties, the
ground must be thawed a year in
advance.
“Alaska mining engineer- have
learned that the best method of
preparing the ground is by the use
of cold-water thaw—cold water
pumped into a series of holes
drilled to bedrock.
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