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NEWS IN BRIEF
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—'The classy
Adak boxing team won the Alas
ka armed forces boxing champion
ship at Fort Richardson Friday
^ night with 22 points, before a
crowd of more than 5,000 at the
big army hanger.
Fort Richardson and Amchitka
tied for second with 16 points
each.
SITKA, </P)—Fred R. Geeslin,
acting superintendent of the Alas
ka Native Service made a trip Fri
day to Mt. Edgecumbe, the former
naval base .across the bay from
Sitka, to study building facilities
which might be converted into of
fice space for administrative of
fices, now located in Juneau.
Such a move is under considera
tion in an effort to curtail operat
ing expenses-because of a propos
ed budget cut for next year.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman Saturday appointed Lt.
Gen. Geoffrey Keyes to be United
States high commissioner on the
Allied council for Austria, effec
tive at once.
General Keyes will replace
General Mark Clark who has been
assigned to a new command in
this country.
Keyes is in command of U. S.
armed forces in Austria and is
now acting as high commissioner.
No Senate confirmation of his ap
pointment is required.
SEATTLE, (/P)—Five Califor
nia teams, including the winners,
the “200” magazine for bowlers,
San Francisco, placed in the first
10 top. teams as bowling in the
open team division, class A teams,
wound up last night at the North
western International Bowling
» Congress.
The “300’ team rolled 3,008,
followed by Fort Lawton, Seattle,
a commercial class C team, and
winner in that class, with 2,863.
SYDNEY, (/P)—While a navy
band played the Australian folk
song “Waltzing Matilda,” the flat
top Shangri-la, nosed into Wolloo
mooloo pier today and an hour
later several thousand Yanks—
warned that they were on a good- j
will tour and to behave themselves !
—hit for shore.
Before they were turned loose
in Sydney’s amusement centers,
the men were given a brief talk on
moral guidance by the American
Center and initiated into the mys
teries of Australian slang. Sheila,
they were told, meant babe; plonk,
cheap wine; shivo, party; and
bloody beaut, swell.
PITTSBURGH, (/P) — Margaret
Truman said today that against
the wishes of her aged and seri
ously ill grandmother — “who
wanted me to go on with it”—
cancelled her concert stage debut
- scheduled here for tomorrow
night. \ Miss Truman made the
Cancellation because of the grave
condition of Mrs. Martha E. Tru
man, 94. '
The President’s daughter, arriv
ing here from New York, decided
to switch from train to plane to
rush to Mrs.' Truman’s bedside atl
Grandview, Mo.
j Vote To Raise
Postal Rates
—
WASHINGTON (A>), The House
post office committee today ap
proved legislation increasing pos
tal rates to pi'ovide an estimated
$110,000,000 additional revenue
annually.
The committee voted to raise
! the air mail rate from five cents
i to six cents an ounce and recom
1 mended increasing rates for sec
ond-class mail—newspapers and
periodicals—if the papers are
mailed beyond the county of pub
| lication.
Rees said the latter increases
: are based on zones and on adver
tising content in addition to a
I boost of half a cent a pound on the
' reading portion of the publication.
Besides the increase in the air
| mail letter rate, the committee
j recommended establishment of an
, air-mail postcard which may be
mailed for four cents.
The committee rejected a post
, office department suggestion to
double the present one-cent rate
I on postcards, retained existing
rates on newspapers and periodi
j cals sent through the mail in the
! county of publication, and con
j tinued the present first-class mail
: ing rate of three cents for letters.
Increased piece rates and ad
; vertising surchages recommended
by the post office department for
i second-class matter also were re
! jected by the committee.
The legislation is subject to
House action next week.
Need Regional
Foreign Air Lines
1
WASHINGTON, (/P) —William j
A. Patterson, president of thej
United Air Lines, declared today
the “only' intelligent way” for the
United States to compete with for
eign air lines is to create single or
regional companies “to operate in
specialized fields.”
Patterson appeared before a
Senate interstate and foreign com
merce sub-committee considering
legislation to establish a single;
American flagline to operate for
eign routes.
He made clear he was not en
dorsing the proposal, to limit U. S. |
participation in international air
travel to a single company. Be
cause, he said, “It may be that
one or more chosen instruments
should be designated.”
“For example,” Patterson ex
plained, “I could divide the inter
national field into three parts—
Europe, South America and Latin
America, and the Orient—which
to me are separate and distinct
problems requiring special under
standing and treatment.”
PIONEER SMORSGESBORD
NEXT FRIDAY
Plans for the Pioneer Smorges
bord have been completed it is re
ported and Mrs. M. J. Walsh has
been named chairman of the com
mittee for the party, with Mrs.
Robert Baldwin in charge of en
tertainment and games.
This party is scheduled for next
Friday for Pioneers and families. J
Snyder Says Taxes
Will Be Reduced
(By Francis M. LeMay)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of treasury Snyder told Congress
today that “a period of tax reduc
tion is approaching” but he made
no recommendations as to what
taxes should be cut or when.
Snyder told the House ways and
means committee that Congress
should “consider” how to reduce
taxes at some later—and unspeci
fied date.
The 5,000-word prepared state
ment by the treasury head made
no mention of the $4,000,000,000
tax reduction bill passed over
whelmingly by the House despite
administration opposition. The
bill is now awaiting Senate action.
Nor did Snyder’s statement say
I whether President Truman might
I veto this tax-cut bill if it reaches
| him.
He did not elaborate on his
reference to an approaching peri
od of tax reduction, saying simply:
“We are nearing lower peace
time levels of government expen
ditures and continuing high levels
of national income and produc
| tion. A period of tax reduction is
approaching.”
Snyder’s statement contained
thumbnail sketches of 20 levies!
which have been under treasury;
study, but made no recommenda
tions concerning them.
Snyder said of individual in-1
come tax rates:
“The rates must be re-examined I
to determine their effects on in-'
centives to work and invest and j
their effects on living standards i
and purchasing power. Revision
of the . . . rates should be co-or- j
dinated with other changes in the
income tax such as personal ex
emptions and. the treatment of
family incomes and with changes
in other taxes.”
(A bill to revise the rates, in
crease personal exemptions, and
allow the splitting of family in
comes along lines mentioned by
Snyder has been introduced .by
Senator Lucas (D.-Ill.), but Sny- j
der did not refer to it specifical
.
Riots Spreading
In Lahore
LAHORE, India, (/P) — Police
and troops today patrolled the
streets of Lahore, capitol of the
Punjab, following week end riots
which caused thousands of per
sons to flee to city to escape
spreading battles between Hindu,
Moslem and Sikh mobs. It was
Lahore’s fiftieth day of communal
unrest, and the <Hty was placed
under 24-hour curfew .
No estimate of the casualty to
tal was made this morning, but
police reported that 15 had been
killed and 12 wounded in one skir
mish alone. One hospital said it
had received 11 dead and 32
wounded.
MRS. C. SIEVENPIPER
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. C. Sievenpiper of Candle
came in over the week-end to be
hospitalized.
Phone Picket Lines
Re-establisherl
(By Max Hall)
WASHINGTON, (/P> — Striking
installations workers of the West
ern Electric Company today re
established their picket lines, forc
ing curtailment of telephone serv
ice again in some areas.
In New Jersey, the Bell Tele
phone company reported several
main exchanges were “heavily
picketed.” Service was placed on
|
an emergency basis at points
where operators refused to cross
the picket lines.
• i
Some curtailment also was re
ported in Illinois, but in New York
,other workers ignored the pickets
I
and went to their posts.
The association of communica
tion equipage workers, claiming
20,000 members, sent the pickets
back to their beats pending the
outcome of negotiations here for a
strike settlement. The lines were
withdrawn temporarily last week.
An 18-hour negotiating confer
ence failed to beat the deadline
set by ACEW for restoration of
the lines.
John Murray, a labor depart
ment conciliator, announced only
this:
“At 4:30 a.m., the company ^ib
mitted a wage proposal. The con
ference recessed at 5 a.m., until
2:30 p.m., today, at which time the
union will make a reply to the
company’s offer.”
Neither the labor department,
Western Electric nor the ACEW
would say what the proposal wasJ
Previously the company had of
fered pay increases of seven, eight
and nine cents an hour, to be ap
plied in three areas. The union de
manded 15 cents across the coun
try.
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Labor Bill Will Go
To President
WASHINGTON, (£>)— Republi
can Senators Taft (Ohio) and Ball!
said today the Senate-House com-!
mittee will complete the compro
mise labor bill this week.
At the same time Democratic
Senator (Ga.) predicted the result;
“won’t be as drastic as the Case
bill” of last year and that Presi
dent Truman will find it “diffi
cult to veto.”
George noted that organized la
bor leaders have bitterly attacked
both Senate and House bills, but
he said he is convinced the Senate
measure does not retsrict union
activities unduly.
Voicing confidence that the final
version will be much closer to the
Senate bill than the one the
House passed, the Georgia law
maker added to a reporter:
“It may not even be as strong
because, in rewriting its terms in
conference, some of its provisions
may be diluted. In fact, it prob
ably won’t be as drastic as the
Case bill that the President vetoed
last year. It will be difficult to
veto.”
The House sustained Mr. Tru
man’s veto of the Case bill.
Truman’s Mother
111; Delays Signing
•Aid” Bill
WASHINGTON, President
Truman’s absence from Washing
ton at the bedside of his mother
in Grandview, Mo., will delay his
signing the of $400,000,000 Greek
Turkish assistance bill.
Eben Ayers, Presidential aide,
told reporters Saturday that Mr.
Truman had planned to sign the
measure Monday or Tuesday. He
said the ceremony will be post
poned pending outcome of Mrs.
Martha Truman’s illness. The
President flew to Grandview Sat
urday to be with her.
Congress gave final approval to
the measure Thursday and Mr.
Truman has 10 days to affix his
signature and make it law. Mean
while, he is seeking a director for
the aid program, whose nomina
tion must be confirmed by the
Senate.
Senator Vandenberg indicated
Congress may close the door on
further direct foreign relief with
approval of a pending bill, but he
did not foreclose action on reha
bilitation and other assistance
funds.
The chairman of the Senate for
eign relations committee told re
porters without elaboration that
he expects no further direct re
lief requests. However, it seems
likely President Truman must
seek additional funds for econo
mic assistance for nations hard
hit by the war.
Korea has been mentioned as
one possible recipient or help and
other countries are expected to
line up with requests after the
President signs into law the $400,
000,000 Greek-Turkish assistance
bill now before him.
A Senate-House com m i 11 e e
Friday on the terms of the $350,
000,000 relief measure will be sub
mitted to both chambers this
week. Because of its terms, Con
gress is expected to take no action
on a special United Nations fund
to provide medicine and nourish
ment for Europe’s hungry chil
dren.
Runaway Plane
Kills Three
BURLINGTON, la. (/P) — Two
ball-playing schoolboys and a
navy pilot were killed yesterday
when a fighter plane careened out
of control at an air show and
plowed across a school play
ground.
Six other youths were injured
as wreckage, debris and flaming
gasoline showered the neighbor
hood over a four-block area. AH
of thd injured were improving to
day.
More than 3,500 persons saw the
plane, one of a Corsair fighter
squadron from Lambert Field, St.
Louis which was putting on the
naval air show plummet behind a
clump of trees north of the air^
field.