Railroad Strike
Called for Thurs.
On 4 Major Lines
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
m e n and Enginemen Tuesday
called a strike on four major
railroads to begin at 3 p.m. (local
standard time) Thursday.
President David B. Robertson
said a work stoppage is “the only
course left open to obtain long
overdue increases in wages and
improved working conditions.”
All major railroads have been
under government seizure for
some time. This makes the em
ployes technically government
workers, and the government
quite probably will seek a court
injunction to stop the strike be
fore it begins.
The union represents 105,000
rail firemen, enginemen and
yardmen, but only a maximum of
71,000 of these members are af
fected in the current dispute. The
union announced Oct. 24 that a
membership vote favored a strike
10 to 1.
Robertson said the controversy
has been unsettled for two years.
He said that for 13 months there
has been a deadlock on its de
mands for a general wage in- !
crease for all its members and a
40-hour week for men in yard
service. The latter now work a
48-hour week.
Japan Speaks For
Conservation Of
North Pacific Fish
TOKYO, OP)—Japan urged con
servation of North Pacific sea re
sources at the opening Monday
of negotiations with the United
States and Canada for an inter
national fisheries agreement.
The negotiations were provided
for in the Japanese peace treaty
signed two months ago in San
Francisco.
A Japanese delegate said fish
ing “is a life or death matter to
the Japanese people.” He said
Japan favors “appropriate con
servation” of North Pacific . un
dersea life and has “no desire or
intention to leave fisheries activi
ties uncontrolled and unrestric
ted.”
Canadian Minister of Fisher
ies R. W. Mayhew said Canada
wants an agreement “based on
good sense, giving to each of us
some responsibility for promoting
the development of fisheries in
a way that will maximize pro
duction and maintain constant
yields of food for the people of
the world.”
The negotiations are expected
to last three or four weeks.
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Truman Tells Cartoonists
Ike Came Here To Discuss
Europe Economic Stability
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said it was problems of
European economic stability,
growing out of the rearming ef
fort, that brought Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower to Washington.
“That is the reason—all specu
lation to the contrary—that is the
reason General Eisenhower came
to see me,” Mr. Truman told the
National Society of Cartoonists.
The president went to the Stat
ler Hotel to address a breakfast
meeting of the cartoonists -and to
thank them for help in defense
bond drives and other govern- i
ment programs. He spoke without \
a prepared manuscript and did !
not go into details of the prob
lems talked over with Eisenhower
Corn Cobs Freed
From Price Controls
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Corn
cobs were freed from price con
trol today.
The Office of Price Stabiliza
tion said cobs are badly needed
in production of certain defense
materials. The exemption, effec
tive Saturday, is aimed at stimu
lating the collection of corn cobs
to meet *a sharply stepped-up de
mand.
Monday.
Implicit in his remarks, how
ever, was the question whether
U.S. allies in Europe can go
through with the armament pro
grams they have tackled without
upsetting their economics.
As the president spoke, Eisen
hower was preparing to return to
his European defense command
in France.
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... and Alaska Payrolls
Mrs. housewife’s decision, as she approaches the grocery
shelf in Medford, Oregon or Bangor, Maine, is important to
everyone in Alaska.
Will she select a can of Alaska salmon? Or will she choose,
instead, a competing fish or meat product?
Because historically the salmon industry has been the
backbone of Alaska’s economy, this choice in a free competi
tive market is vital to all of us. The salmon industry can
prosper only if consumers continue to choose this healthful,
appetizing food.
The success of the industry in selling the Alaska salmon
pack is directly reflected in its ability to pay adequate wages
to fishermen, cannery employees and others, as well as taxes
to support schools, build roads, and maintain other functions
of government.
That’s why we say the 1951 salmon season really hasn’t
ended. The fishing and the packing are over, but the impor
tant job of selling has only just started. It is a job important
to all of us.
HEAR SAM HAYES, noted radio commentator ...
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write today for your copy of “Welcome to Alaska/'
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