Truman Signs
‘‘Inadequate”
Housing Bill
WASHINGTON (^—President
Truman signed the housing bill
into law yesterday with a blast
at the Republican-controlled Con
gress for “deliberate neglect” of
peopie most in need of adequate
living quarters.
Mr. Truman said the measure
falls “far short of the legislation
which could and should have
been enacted.” He said in a state
ment that he was signing the bill
because it would be “of some
help” in meeting the critical
housing shortage.
The President accused the i
House Republican leaders of
blocking consideration of another
bill which would have provided
“decent housing” for millions of
families.
Mr. Truman referred to the
Taft-Ellender-Wagner meas u r e
which included public housing,
slum clearance and rural housing
provisions. This bill was shunted
aside by the GOP leadership in
the closing days of the extra ses
sion o fthe 80th Congress.
In his message, to Congress
SHIP NEWS
Alaska Steamship company’s
M/S Terminal Knot is unloading
at Deering today.
USS Washburn, known in Navy
circles as the AKA 108, is anchor
ed in the Nome roadstead today,
and will remain for about 24
hours. The captain of the vessel,
Comdr. Burrel C. Allen, brought
his ship on the return trip from
Barrow where he unloaded the
cargo and supplies on the Arctic
Ocean shore for the Navy opera
tions in the area.
He stated that the eight landing
barges attached to the ship will
be busy for the next 24-hour
round-the-clock operation, taking
aboard empty 55-gal. oil drums
to be discharged at Seattle. The
vessel is scheduled to sail for
Seattle some time Thursday.
M/S Kotzebue is reported to be
anchored at Kotzebue.
Mr. Truman had referred to the
T-E-W bill as the bill which the
country needs. Housing and anti
inflation topped the list of propos
als the President offered in calling
the Congress back for the session
I which ended last Saturday.
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Machinists Will
Meet Boeing
“Half Way"
SEATTLE. —An official of
the international association of
machinists, parent union of the
striking aeronautical mechanics
union, said yesterday that if the
Boeing Airplane company will
make a “legitimate offer ... we
will meet them half-way.”
j It was the first indication of
(the union’s willingness to give
i ground in the 109-day strike.
I The IAM official, who declined
use of his name did not indicate
how far the union is prepared to
recede from its original demands.
That, he said, is a matter to be
worked out at the conference ta
ble.
He added, however, that “if the
company says it is willing to bar
gain in good faith, the aeronauti
| cal mechanics union membership
will return to work immediately.
Boeing spokesmen had no im
mediate comment.
The union official’s statement
followed an exchange of letters
by the union and company Mon
day.
The AMU advised the company
it will “unconditionally terminate
the strike” upon immediate noti
fication of compliance with the
|union’s July 26 application for re
instatement of all striking em
ployees. That application also de
manded acceptance of recommen
dations by a trial examiner for
the National Labor Relations
Board.
j Replying to the union letter,
Boeing said it plans to file ex
ceptions to the examiner’s report
but will reinstate the strikers un
der certain conditions.
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U. S. Wins Olympic
Canoe Race
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Eng
j land, (£*) — The United States
team, in a homemade canoe, won
the 10,000 meter (six miles, 376
yards) Canadian pairs race in the
Olympic canoeing competition to
day by a margin of a city block.
It was the first time America ,
had ever scored in Olympic ca- I
noeing. Czechoslovakia was sec
ond and France third.
The U. S. team of Steve Mack
nowsi and Steve Lysak of Yon
kers, N. Y., jumped off in front
! and led practically all the way.
Macknowski, 26-year-old ma
chinist, built the canoe himself.
Sweden won the 10,000 meter1
(6 miles, 376 yards) Olympic kay
ak pairs Olympic canoeing race in
46 minutes, 9.4 seconds. Second
over the Thames course was Nor
way in 46:44.8 with Finland third
in 46:48.2.
The United States team of Ray
Clark of Washington, D. C., and
John Eiseman of Chevy Chase,
Md., finished 13th in 50 minutes,
26.6 seconds.
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Disturbances
Interfere with ACS!
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SEATTLE, </P> —Magnetic dis
turbances have interfered with
radiotelegraph and radio tele
phone comrtiunications between
Seattle and Alaska during the last
two days, the Alaska Communi
cations System reported yester
day.
Col. T. J. Tully, commanding
officer of ACS, said the disturb
ances have been so severe at times
as to completeyl halt overseas ra
dio phone circuits from Seattle to
such widespread points as Ketch
ikan, Adak. Kodiak and Nome.
Submarine cable, landline cir
cuits and other alternate routes
have been used to keep messages
going. Col. Tully said forecasts of
the disturbances, received from
Washington, D. C., indicated they
are at their peak and that radio
conditions should return to nor
mal soon.
CHARLES CLASBY
HERE ON BUSINESS
Charles Clasby, Fairbanks at
torney, formerly of Nome, is in
town on business. He flew in yes
terday with the Wien Alaska Air
lines from Fairbanks and will re
main here a few days. ✓
LOSS 1 CHAIR IN FIRE
ON METTLER WAY
Fire damage was limited to one
upholstered chair and a small
hole in a first floor apartment at
the corner of Front St. and Mett
ler Way.
The fire was discovered when
the occupants of the lower apart
ment came home to the smoke
filled room. Several soldiers in a
passing truck saw the smoke,
went in,, took out the burning
over-stuffed chair to a vacant lot
across the street and went on
their way.
Fire had started from the stove
in the apartment above and
dropped burning burlap which
had been stuffed in the open end
of the pipe to the lower apart
ment, onto the chair which was
directly beneath the pipe. Other
than the chair and a small hole
burned in the floor, no damage
was done.
The building is owned by Frank
Coplin.
$5.00 DONATION FOR
HOSPITAL FUND
Martin Marion dropped into the
Nugget office yesterday and gave
us a five dollar bill to be donated
to the Emergency Hospital Fund.
Future donations can be given di
rectly to the hospital it was an
nounced.
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