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vent Yugoslavia—the communist
thorn in Russia’s side—from be
coming a member of the powerful
security council.
Vishinsky threatened “painful
consequences” for the United Na
tions if Yugoslavia, the Comin
form outcast, is chosen for the
council over the acceptable com
munist satellite, Czechoslovakia.
A reporter asked if Russia
would refuse to sit in the security
council if Marshal Tito’s govern
ment won out.
Vishinsky replied: “The Soviet
Union never tells in advance what
it is going to do.”
European dispatches said Nor
way and Denmark would vote for
Czechoslovakia while Swe den
would support Yugoslavia.
Vishinsky said at his conference
that the atomic bomb has been a
“real weapon” for the Soviet Un
ion since 1947.
Observers in the Far East said
Chinese communists are planning
to invade the nationalist air and
naval base of Chusan. This is the
base, 150 miles from Shanghai,
from which the nationalists oper
ate their coastal blockade of com
munist ports.
Troops from the nationalist
stronghold of Formosa have been
ordered to reinforce Chusan.
The last of 1.000 war crimes
cases was disposed of today in
Tokyo by a U. S. millitary com
mission. A former Japanese army
officer got a five-year jail term
on charges of beheading a cap
tured American airman. The com
mission found that he had acted
under orders.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh
ru of India said yesterday in New
York that the East and West cold
was is less menacing to world
peace than the issues of colonial
ism. racial discrimination and
poverty in Asia.
Speaking before the overseas
would recognize the new commun
press club he hinted that India
ist regime of China. He said in re
ply to a question: “The govern
ment of India has sent for its am
bassador in Nanking to confer n
the subject.” He added:
The government of India, like
any other government, cannot ig
nore realities.”
Refunds On Social
Security Tax
The Juneau field office of the
Federal social security administra
tion is receiving an unusual num
ber of requests for a refund of so
cial security tax in excess of $30,
deducted from wages, according to
James G. Browne, manager.
Many of the requests for re
funds have come from wage earn
ers who have had several employ
ers, all of whom have deducted
social security taxes from their
pay. Social security taxes apply to
a worker’s wages only up to $3,000
in one calendar year. However,
each employer is required by law
to deduct taxes on wages up to
$3,000 paid to each employee.
The federal social security ad
ministration keeps a record of
wages paid to an employee as re
ported by his employer, Browne
aid. In this report, the employer
is required to show the name and
social security account number of
each person who worked for him
during a calendar quarter, and the
total amount of taxable wages
paid to each employee. The em
ployer sends this report, along
with the required tax payment, to
the collector of internal revenue.
Since social security taxes are
! paid to the collector of internal
revenue, the federal social security
administration does not handle the
claims for these special tax re
funds, Browne pointed out. To get
such a refund, the worker must
apply to the nearest office of the
collector of Internal Revenue
within two years after the year in
which the taxes are paid.
If you want to claim a special
tax refund of social security tax
in excess of $30 deducted from
your wages, write to, or call at,
the nearest office of the collector
of internal revenue and ask for
the proper forms, Browne advised.
In the Territory, there is an office
of the collector of internal revenue
in Ketchikan, Juneau,, Anchorage
and Fairbanks.
MOTHER OF MRS. O. S*.
WEAVER PASSES ON
Mrs. O. S. Weaver was called to
the States last Sunday due to the
death of her mother, Anna O. Fos
ter. who lived in Nome with her
family in the early days. She has
been ill for some time in Tacoma.
Wash., where Mrs. Weaver spent
considerable time with her this
spring before returning home.
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Gigantic Military !
Appropriation
(By Don Whitehead)
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WASHINGTON (£>)—Final Sen- j
ate agreement to give the air force
enough money for 58 combat 1
groups shook loose a $15,585,863,
498 appropriation for the armed j
| services today.
In this and two other bills, the ’
[ lawmakers mirrored their deep
distrust of communist Russia by i
planning ot spend over $17,000,- ,
000,000 for military defenses at
! home and across the seas.
Senate and House committees
i reached agreement late Monday
I to pour these billions into the
greatest peacetime military spend- !
ing program this nation ever has
undertaken in a single year.
Included in the total is $1,314,- I
010,000 for nations lined up with
j the United States in the cold war
against Russia—the bulk of it to
Western Europe.
Also, $157,611,700 is earmarked
! for military construction in Alas
ka and on the Pacific island of
; Okinawa.
A $50,000,000 item provides for
the start of construction on a ra
dar screen to guard the United
States from enemy air attack.
Tiie votes which will send the
money bills to hte White House
are expected to be a mere formal
ity.
The size 58 airforce carries ten
I more groups than President Tru
man had requested.
Tins was a victory for the House
lover the Senate which had fought
i for a 48-group force. The Senate
conferees finally ' capitulated in
conference last night to the un
j budging House demands for the
; expanded air force. The makeup
of a group varies, from 30 bid
bombers to 75 fighters. About 400
combat planes of all types could
’ be added with the extra money
! provided.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, Demo
cratic floor leader, said there will
bo no organized light against the
military appropriations bill when
it reaches the Senate.
8he Alaska-Okinawa program
was divided as follows:
Army construction $32,000.000;
cash and $48,363,700 contract au
thority: navy petrol reserve No. 4.
Point Barrow $3,000,000 bureau of
vaicl and docks $10,000,000 cash
and $13,414,000 contract authority;
••ir force $20,000,000 cash and
$28,834,000 contract authority.
In addition, the Seante com
mittee voted $2,000,000 cash and
$8,000,000 contract authority for
a program of Alaskan public
works. The House approved only
half this amount.
Lewis Blasts At
Green's Refusal
To “Cooperate""
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do anything. You didn’t. You ;
rarely do. Unfortunately, you fol- j
low invariably your well known i
policy of anxious inertia. You cry
loud for labor peace and security,
but seldom do anything to achieve
it.’’
This seemed to write off Lewis’ !
hopes for AFL aid in Murray’s
steel srike. There was no indica
tion that Lewis would go it alone
and provide his proposed $250,000
weekly from the miners union
treasury.
The leaders of the three big di
visions of organized U S. labor
were once closely associated but
have split widely as the labor
movement divided.
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