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TRUMANS ECONOMIC REPORT
The Unemployment Act of 1946 required the Pres
ident of the United States to make an economic report
i to the nation each year.
According to Mr. Truman’s 1952 economic report,
production in this nation has increased by almost 90
percent since 1939. If we compare 1939 with 1952, we
will also find that the tax burden has risen from ap
proximately $5 billion a year to approximately $70
billion. And expenditures have increased from $9 bill
ion to about $85 billion. The federal debt has gone up
from $40 billion to about $275 billion.
While it is true that increased taxes, increased ex
penditures and increased national debt are mainly a
legacy of the last war, the question that the people of
the nation have to answer, and probably answer in
November, is whether the expensive prosperity and
increased production is worth the cost.
HAPPY ENDING AT HELSINKI
• It did the hearts of free people good to see the Uni
ted States Olympic team come from behind, on the
last full day of Olympic competition and overtake the
Russian team to win the unofficial point total cham
pionship. The Russians, up to that time, were far ahead
in points and on the verge of pulling the greatest upset
in a number of years — defeating the United States.
Four years ago, at London, the United States
finished with an unofficial point total of 662, which
represented a margin of over 300 points above the total
of the second place nation, Sweden. This year, the
United States won by an unofficial total of 610 points
to 553 Mi points, scored by Russian athletes.
Perhaps the most satisfying of all the results of
that last full day of activity is the fact that the U.S.
team overtook the Russians in both the generally ac
cepted scoring system and the Russian scoring system.
1 Shortly after the games at Helsinki began in July, and
after the Russians had piled up a lead which looked
insurmountable, the Reds announced their team was
assured of victory.
United States Population
The Census Bureau estimates that, on May 1st,
the population of the United States had climbed to
156,602,000, 9 gain of 819,000 since January 1. The
figure included members of the armed forces stationed
overseas.
Comm tin is t Party
Calls First Congress
lit 13 Years
By THOMAS P. WHlTWEY
MOSCOW, UP) — The Soviet
Union’s ruling Communist party
announced Wednesday that it will
hold its first party congress in 13
years on Oct. 5 to give the party
a sweeping reorganization and set
up a fifth Five Year Plan to in
crease Soviet industrial output 70
per cent by the end of 1955.
A decree of the party’s central
committee, published in all Mos
cow papers, said the party’s top
control body, its Politburo, would
be replaced by a “Presidium”
which would have the function of
“guiding the work of the (party)
central committee between ses
sions.”
It is clear that the new Pre
sidium erf the central committee
will have as much or perhaps
even more importance that the
present Politburo. It is also con
ceivable—indeed, probable — that
it will have much the same com
position.
However, not until the new
statutes are adopted by the com
ing 19th party congress in Octo
ber and the election of the new
central committee will the make
up of the Presidium be known.
The announcement included di
rectives the Congress will be
asked to approve for the new fifth
five-year economic plan. This, the
party decree said, would cover the
years 1952 through 1955.
The directives, which are ex- |
pected to be the basis of the new |
economic goals the Soviet govern
ment will set, call for total Soviet
industrial production to increase
12 per cent annually. By the end
of 1955, total output would be 70 I
per cent greater than in 1950.
As with previous Soviet econ
omic announcements, the pro
nouncement dealt only with per
centages. The proposed directive
gave no tonnages or other pro
duction quantities.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Bert Bell, Harry Na
panopuk, Myron Wheeler, Betty
Piscoya.
Discharged: Katherine Ezuka
meuw and infant.
I
Pizzaro shot his horses with
silver shoes to conquer Peru.
Fire E^ttipmeftf Airlift
To Alaska Launched
HILL Air FIRCE BASE. Utah,
UP) - Hill Air Force Base launched
yesterday an airlift of fire equip
ment to Alaska. Giant cargo
planes will carry a total of 139,
000 tons of fire fighting equips
ment to be used by bases in Al
aska.
The first plane took off with a
23,000-pound fire truck.
The base did not say where
the cargo planes would land.
A spokesman said that while
there is no •emergency in Alaska,
a fire equipment shortage exists.
The aerial shipment was ordered
to fill quickly the needs of Alas
kan bases and avoid potential fire
disaster as points where base fire
departments lack proper equip
ment.
McCarthy Loses Round
In Suit Against Benton
WASHINGTON, {&) — Counsel
for Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) lost a
fight yesterday for postponement
of pre-trial testimony from Paul
G. Hoffman in McCarthy’s two
million dollar libel - slander suit
against Sen. Benton (D-Conn).
U.S. District Judge Burnita S.
Matthews overruled a motion for
a delay.
Edward B. Williams, counsel for
McCarthy, asked the delay o n
grounds that McCarthy has been
ill and unable to confer with his
attorneys.
Theodore Kiendl, representing
Benton, argued that newspaper
articles indicate McCarthy held a
news conference recently on poli
tical matters. He contended that
if McCarthy is well enough to talk
politics he is well known enough
to confer with Williams.
McCarthy’s two million dollar
suit contends that Benton libeled
and slandered him with unfound
ed charges of fraud, perjury and
calculated deceit of the American
people.
Chamber Meeting- Notes
R. F. LeMargee, assistant traf
fic* manager for the Northern
Commercial Co., was a guest of
the Chamber of Commerce yester
day at their noon luncheon. He
reported on the activity of the
Life-Line Committee of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce, stating
that although the shipping strike
was over they would continue
working until some agreement
has been reached whereby Alaska
shipping would continue without
interruption regardless of strikes.
Vice president Boyd Hardwood
presided at the meeting.
It was reported that the Lomen
Commercial Co. was recondition
ing and painting life preservers
to be placed on the revetment and
jetty at Snake River.
A resolution was received con
cerning the safeguarding of Alas
ka shipping with the request that
all Chambers in the territory en
dorse it. The matter was referred
to a committee of three: Russ Ar
nett, Dewey Goodrich, and Dr.
F. Langsam.
Hamp Hobson, representative
of the Goodrich Tire Co. was
also a guest of the Chamber.
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AN ALASKAN REPUBLICAN
says . . .
To ALL VOTERS —
Especially to Eskimo Voters living in isolated voting
. precincts and other villages, that the Territorial Property
Tax Act was placed upon you by DEMOCRATS — all
Democrats, whom you elected, VOTED to place this Per
sonal and Real Property Tax upon you. You have to pay
it every year, while large mining companies and salmon
canneries have not been paying this annual tax. Because
of this non-payment of taxes by many other citizens and
companies, this Tax is unfair to those who do pay it every
year. VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO
PLEDGE TO HAVE THIS UNFAIR TAX REPEALED.
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VOTE REPUBLICAN! —WIN WITH IKE!
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