CIO Objects To
Government’s Cost
Of-Living Index
WASHINGTON, (ff)—The CIO
charged Saturday that the gov
ernment’s new-type cost-of-living
index which may be used to de
termine immediate pay boosts for
more than 1,000,000 workers, does
not reflect the actual rise in
prices.
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The pay increases—four or five
cents per hour-—are allowable un
der a formula adopted last Tues
day by wage stabilizer Eric John
ston and amended by him to per
mit cost-of-living adjustme n t s
agreed to by management and la
bor before the Jan. 25 wage
freeze.
But the question is, will they
be based on the new-type index or
the old-type. It might make a cent
or so difference.
The 800,000 employees of the
auto industry will share the bo
nanza. Some of them—at Ford and
Chrysler—would have been de
nied the full amount of adjust
ment had Johnston not acted.
The cost-of-living increases plus
other raises they have received in
the past year would have pushed
through the 10 per cent pay raise
, ceiling in the unamended wage
stabilization order.
The pay adjustments are made
every three months, at the rate of
one cent an hour up or down with
every rise or fall of 1.14 points in
the bureau of labor statistics con
»sumers’ price index,
i The bureau, acting to gear its
measurement of living costs to
changing buying habits, Friday
put out its first new-type month
ly index. It contained 25 new
items and cut down the import
ance of food in the family budget
i Plan Two New
Heavy Jet Bombers
WASHINGTON, </P)—Tw a new
(heavy jet bomber types, able to
carry atomic bombs speedily to
distant targets, are part of an un
folding picture of revised Ameri
. can air strategy.
*
I The air force has disclosed it is
hastening into the building of
B-52’s, short-cutting the usual
practice of trying experimental
models before ordering a new
plane put on the production line.
First of these big jets is expected
to be delivered this year.
At the same timefi it has order
ed construction of two all-jet ver
sions of the giant B-36, these to
have the swept-back wings which
give airplanes greater speed.
Out of a news conference by Air
Secretary Thomas K. Finletter
also emerged an outline of the air
war plans into which the new
bombers will be fitted. In answer
to questions, Finletter said:
The United States is interested
in getting bases for its aircraft
“within the North Altantic treaty
organization area." North Africa
is considered as being in the area
which of course includes western
Europe and islands such <as Bri
tain and the Azores.
Home had more than 800 public
baths in the eighth century.
of a moderate income family.
This drew the fire of the CIO,
which argued that food prices
have zoomed since the Korean
fighting began last June, and this
was no time to begin a new kind
of index. At least 2,700,000 work
ers now have contracts calling for
periodic adjustments up or down
as the index changes.
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held tonight at the Health Center
(basement of hospital) at 7:00 pan.
The course will teach persons
how to giro immediate care in case
of accident and also some com*
men medical emergencies.
The course will be conducted by
Ralph O. Zwalsman, field repre*
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Pacific area.
All who are interested are in*
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allowed unless an extension has
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NOTICE
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Gordon, Jr„ Bishop of Alaska of
Protestant Episcopal Church will
hold services in American Legion
Hall on the 9th or 10th day of
March, according to an announce*
meat in a letter received by Vera
Huff and Reggie Joule. Everyone
is welcome.
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Senate Determined
To Defeat Draft Of
181/2-Y ear-Olds
WASHINGTON, i/P) — Senate
leaders claimed enough votes to
day to defeat the move setting the
minimum draft age at 18 years
and six months.
A test will come [Monday on the
amendment 'by Senator Morse (11
Ore.) to the Senate bill on uni
versal military training and ser
vice (UMTS). The bill caUs for
lowering the draft age from the
present 19 to 18 years-six months
younger than Morse proposes.
The vote Monday will be the
first measure of full Senate opin
ion on a; provision of the contro
versial bill which originated with
the Defense Department.
Senators Lyndon Johnson (D
Tex.V manager for UMTS, told
rej>orters that the Morse amend
ment “will be defeated by a sub
stantial margin."
Most of the Senate's time yes
I terday was spent in a brisk ver
bal exchange between Morse and
a fellow Republican, Senator Cain
of Washington.
In polite but barbed language,
Cain told Morse, seated a few feet
away, that Morse's numerous
amendments would cripple the
bill and were unrealistic.
Senator Wherry (R-tfeb.) raised
the question in the Senate yester
day whether approval of the bill
to draft 18-year-olds would be re
garded as approval also of send
ing four more US. divisions to
Europe.
Wherry has contended that no
ground forces should be dis
patched to join Eisenhower's army
until Congress passed the policy.
Stake Out Mineral
Claims To All Of
Merrill Field
(Continued from Page One)
May 5, 1952.
The Times quoted Lindemuth
that mineral claims were filed
partially to prevent anyone else
from filing similar claims on land
he occupies. Howere, in staking
the whole area, the group plans to
work it for its gravel yield, the
newspaper said.
Lindemuth owns an apartment
Building and land on portions of
the land being claimed, the Times
. reported.
The article said lindemuth
realized “nobody would be permit
ted to interfere with operations of
Merrill Field duriitg the present
emergency" and his group had no
; intention of doing so.
On the basis of occupancy and
use of land Anchorage City Man*
ager Robert Sharp questioned
whether the lindemuth claim
would stand up, The Times said.
Included in the area filed on
are a CAA administration build*
ing, control tower, department of
commerce installation headquar
ters and numerous airlines.
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