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point in the GOP plan which
would allow some relaxation of
the anti-trust laws to permit in
dustries and business to pool re
sources and information.
Asked if he is also opposed to
any relaxation of the anti-trust J
laws to meet the New England
oil shortage, Mr. Truman repeated
that as long as he is President
there will be no relaxation of the
anti-trust laws if he can help it.
Reminded that he had said at a
previous conference that the OPA
was in the form of a police-state
method, the President said the po
lice state method arises only un-,
der dictatorships.
If Congress directs price and
wage controls in a free govern
ment by free legislative action, he
said, that is the free government
approach.
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Ask Huge Sum
From U. S. Jewry
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., iJP)—
American Jewry was asked today
to privide $283,156,000 for aid to
Palestine in 1948, a sum that
would earmark $28,000,000 for
the purchase of arms to equip a
Judean army of “tens of thousands
of men.”
Eliezer Kaplan of Jerusalem,
treasurer of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, told 1,500 delegates
to the national conference of the
United Jewish Appeal a full-time
army must be recruited to meet
current Arab threats of a holy
war. He set no estimate of strength
other than the army should com
prise “tens of thousands.”
Russians Break
Into Supply Train
BERLIN, (/P)—Fifteen heavily
armed Russians held up and broke
into a’U. S. army supply train re
cently on the road to Berlin in the
Soviet occupation zone, the Ameri
can provost marshal's office said
today.
A report made by American
train guards to their commanding
officer said the Russians were in
toxicated. No shots were fired and
although the Russians broke the
seals on nine cars in the 53-car
train, no loot was taken, the report
said.
The incident occurred at night
at the small station of Wildpark,
near Potsdam.
Crew Members Put
Out B-29 Fire
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SPOKANE, (/PI — A B-29 with
three engines on fire crash landed
in a field and broke into three
pieces near Medical Lake, Wash., j
last night and all but 10 crew,
members escaped serious injury, j
The Superfort was from the
Spokane army air field and had
just taken off on a long-range
* navigational flight. The engine
fires were extinguished by crew
members before Medical Lake |
firemen arrived on the scene.
Fred Hauer, a rancher living |
nearby, said he was told the plane
bounced into the air four times as
it swept over the ground and once
sailed over a country road in the
vicinity.
Two crew members were treated
for minor facial cuts and bruises.
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The President’s Committee
Reports...
fleet, and an effec ^ necessary economic
ad" to the Peaces ecom-mV °
atesh.phuUdin,,^try are indispensable
to national security . • •
From the Report of The President's Advisory Committee
on the Merchant Marine, dated November. 1947.
(Certain interests have persistently promoted the view that the United States-Alaska
trade should be thrown wide open to foreign flag vessels, contrary to the best interests of Alaska
and to the American shipping policy effective since 1789. They obviously have not considered
the inevitable results of such a move.
Cheaper foreign labor would enable foreign operators to force American ships from the
trade. Once this was accomplished Alaska would be entirely dependent upon foreign steamship
companies. Lack of governmental control and lack of obligation to Alaska would probably
lead the foreign companies to desert all but the most profitable routes during the most profit
able seasons. Off season service would likely stop, as would service to irregular ports. This would
seriously impair the economy of Alaska.
Furthermore, to permit the disappearance of American vessels from the Alaska trade would
be a critical blunder from a national defense standpoint. The American Merchant Marine is the
right arm of the United States Navy. Its value was forcefully demonstrated to Alaska during
• World War II when it kept the Territory supplied with food and living essentials, provided the
Navy with personnel trained in Alaskan waters, and supported the movement of all armed
forces. Without the American Merchant Marine we hesitate to think of what the outcome
of this war would have been.
The Alaska Steamship Company invites your thoughtful consideration of this issue. Some
might not regard the present service too highly. However, we believe all must agree that
scuttling the American Merchant Marine by throwing open the door to foreign competition
would «not gain the desired objective—completely adequate transportation to Alaska—but
would, in fact, eliminate the possible attainment of this objective.
Alaska and the American Merchant Marine must go forward together. The future of
Alaska—the security of America depend on it.
Sincerely,
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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