Social Security
Stays At 1% ’ j
W A S H I N GTON, (*>) — The
House quickly approved without
opposition yesterday a compro
mise bill freezing the social se
curity payroll tax at one per cent
for another two years.
Speedy Sena^ action is expect
ed to send the measure to Presi
dent Truman for signature, thus
forestalling a $2,000,000,000 in
crease in the tax Jan. 1.
The House voted shortly after
House and Senate conferees broke
a deadlock on conflicting versions
of the bill. Without the “freeze”
action, the tax would automatical
ly go up from one percent to 2.5
per cent on employees’ pay and
employers’ payrolls.
The compromise provides that
the levy—imposed to pay old age
and survivor’s insurance—will in
crease to 1:5 per cent in 1950 and
to two per cent in 1952.
The present one per cent tax
yields approximately $1,500,000,
000.
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PAA Doubles Air
Volume
SEATTLE, (P) — Air express
volume on Pan American Airway’s;
Pacific-Alaska division, with one
of its major gateways in Seattle,
more than doubled during the
first half of 1947, the company re
ported here today.
June riv express business alone
totaled 161,244 pounds, against
70.359 in January, with Seattle’s
portion of it jumping from 24,249 i
‘o 59.664 pounds by that com- J
parison; the rest of the increase
coming from San Francisco and
Los Angeles, it was stated.
Kaiser Pul “Heat
Of Hell” On All !
Of Washington
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war production board in August,
1944.
“All 1 could tell them was what;
was hearsay with me,” Krug said.
“What was it, then that you
told them?” a reporter asked.
“I said that Kaiser put the heat
of hell on everybody in Washing
ton,” the cabinet member replied.
“Initially they tol$l him that he
couldn’t have an airplane contract
because he had no aircraft man.
“He lined up Hughes and came
back and said that now he had an
aircraft man. Then he got the con-|
tract.”
Krug flatly denied previously
published reports that he had tes- j
tified before the committee. He.
said he had discussed with Fergu-;
son the contract letting but main
tained he knew nothing person-1
ally about it.
The interior secretary declined
to comment on reports that he had
attended any Hollywood parties
arranged by Hughes.
Ferguson said only that he had
discussed the Kaiser-Hughes con
tract with Krug but would furnish
no details of the conversation.
INTERNAL REVENUE
AGENTS ARRIVE HERE
H. McGee and C. J. Watson, j
special agents of the U. S. internal
revenue department arrived with
Wien Airlines yesterday.
BOYD HARWOODS CALLED
TO STATES BY ILLNESS
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Harwood
and son Bob left suddenly Wed
nesday for the States upon re
ceipt of a telegram that their
daughter was very ill.
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American Medical
Association Team
Visits Alaska
During the two weeks of July 21
to August 9, a team of specialists,
representing the American Medi
cal Association, are making an
extended tour of Alaska at the re
quest of secretary of the interior
Krug. This is the first time in
American Medical history that a
survey of thie sort has been made
in Alaska.
Members of the team represent
five separate fields of medicine.
They are: Dr. Harry E. Barnett,
orthopedics; Dr. Arthur Bernstein,
internal treatment; Dr. Jack Fiels,
eye; Dr. George Milles, tubercu
losis; and Dr. Joseph Silverstein,
surgery.
At the conclusion of their tour
the American Medical Associa
tion will make a report on their
observations which will have a
very strong influence on the fed
eral government’s future policies
in financing medical needs in the
Territory.
Accompanying the team for the
entire tour will be Dr. C. Rufus,
Medical Director of the Alaska
Native Service and Dr. Leo J.
Gehrig, tuberculosis consultant of
the Alaska Territorial department
of health. Dr. C. Earl Albrecht,
commissioner of health for Alas
ka will travel with the group as
far as Bethel only.
Weather permitting, the dectors
will fly by Alaska Airlines to
visit the following towns: Seward.
Bethel, Unalakleet. Nome. Gam
bell, Kotzebue, Point Barrow,
Fairbanks, Anchorage and Jun
eau.
Where hospital facilities are
available emergency operations
will be performed in conjunction
with the tour. Clinics are being
planned in all villages where
stops are contemplated, but in
general the doctors will be observ
ing. They will hear of your many
needs; as they talk with the doc
tors and teachers of the Territory
and visit your homes but most of
all they will hear the word tuber
culosis. Already they have seen
the seriousness of its proportions.
They have learned that many
people must travel hundreds of
miles for medical care and then
have to be turned away for lack
of beds, turned away to spread the
disease among others. They have
seen a few gallant men and wo
men working under extremely dif
ficult circumstanc2s to bring com
fort. They have witnessed a great
need for federal assistance; for
appropriations to build fireproof
buildings needed to house the
thousands of beds necessary to
give proper care: for appropria
tions needed to bring in more doc
tors and nurses and then give
these doctors and nurses tools to
work with; for appropriations that
represent a bargain sale if we plan
to continue our development of
Alaska.
Although an official report by
the doctors is not at this time
available, Dr. Arthur Bernstein,
as spokesman for the group in
timated that thus far the trip had
been highly successful. “We had
no idea when we came here, even
though we had been carefully
briefed as to the seriousness of
tuberqulosis, that it was as criti
cal as we have found it and that
proper health facilities were, so
inadequate. We are overwhelmed
by your needs and will do every
thing in our power to impress this
upon the correct authority. We
only regret that we can not do
more immediately.”
Legal Blanks at Tie Xug.'ei o:t
May Omit Russia
From Jap Treaty
(By John M. Hightower)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — A new
split between United States and
Russia—this time over drafting a
Japanese peace treaty—threatens
today to destroy what little unity
remains between the great pow
ers.
Another prospect is that it may
delay indefinitely work on a
peace settlement for Japan.
Up to this week there had been
considerable hope here that Wash
ington and Moscow would be able
to devise some means for fashion
ing the Japanese treaty which
would eliminate many of the fric
tions that have beset peace mak- (
ing in Europe.
Russia’s rejection Wednesday of
American proposals along this
line greatly dimmed, if it did not
kill off, these hopes.
Some officials said the major
question now facing the American
and other governments interested
Search Fire Ruins
For Two Men
SUSANVILLE, Calif. UP)—The
smouldering ruins of three-story
Mt. Lassen hotel, which collapsed
during a fire, were searched today
in the belief that two men were
trapped and killed by tons of de
bris in the basement.
Thirty guests were rescued
down firemen’s ladders while
choking smoke obscured the scene.
Owner Fred Abbey estimated the
loss at $750,000.
The fire, of undetermined ori
gin, began early yesterday and
burned all day while fire equip
ment from Susanville, Hurlong,
Westwood and Susanville Lumber
company were used against the
flames.
in early progress of the Far East
peace settlement is whether they
should go ahead with a “separate
peace"—that is, a treaty without
1 Russia.
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