Europe Will Be
Squeezed Until
Congress Can Act
WASHINGTON UP) — All evi
dence including Prime Minister
Attlee’s report to Commons indi
cated yesterday that western Eu
rope faces a tight squeeze between
now and the time the Marshall I
plan can become effective.
It is equally evident that no new
American financial aid will be
forthcoming — barring economic
, disaster abroad — until Congress
* can pass early next year on the
Marshall recovery program.
Attlee’s report Wednesday evi
dently was well received here be
cause of the way in which it em
phasized Britain’s intention to sur
vive the next few months on herj
own dwindling resources with a
minimum of help from the United
States.
This was regarded as dovetail-j
ing with the Truman administra-'
tion’s promise to Congress that
there will be no further foreign fi-,
nancing on a piece-meal basis and j
that the only workable solution is
to try to promote European recov- ’
ery as wohle.
Officials here are sensitive to j
the fact that this country’s initial
postwar economic policy for Eu
rope was based on a bad calcula
g tion:' that the multi-billion dollar,
credits authorized for the British,;
French and Italians last year
would be sufficient to get all of
Europe back on its feet.
Since events have not turned |
out that way the American govern-;
ment has come forward with the
Marshall program of a continental
approach.
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About 75,000,000 living persons
have Federal social security ac- j
counts.
20 Men; Navy I
Plane Missing In !
Aleutian Islands
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KODIAK, (A*)— Wind-whipped
waters along the Alaska peninsula
and the adjacent Aleutians today
were the cehter of a second day’s
air and ship search for a missing
navy PBY-5-A with 20 men on
board.
Seventeenth naval district head
quarters said the Kodiak-based
plane; with 15 passengers and a
crew of five, last reported by ra
dio at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. It
said it was 150 miles from its
Dutch Harbor destination, with
enough gasoline for six hours’ fly
ing. It had started the 600-mile
flight at 6:25 a.m.
Searchers held the hope that the
plane might have made a safe
landing in sheltered waters along,
the route, with its radio damaged, i
But the navy yesterday notified
next of kin of navy personnel that
they were missing. Names were
being withheld, it was reported,
until all army personnel kin were
notified.
At the time of the plane’s last
radio report, visibility was about
a mile but it was bucking heavy
head winds.
Weather conditions in the area
forced a search plane from Kodi
ak to turn back once yesterday,
but it later joined the hunt.
The PBY had participated in
several rescue missions itself. The
last one was July 8 when it picked
up a critically ailing fisherman
from a trawler at sea.
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was with me overseas, my first
meeting since 1918 with by good
friend George Goshaw. It will be
a day long to be remembered.
“I am reminded of a group of
enlisted men I picked up one day
while flying to the Azores. One of
them wore a paratroopers uniform
and was very nervous as the plane
prepared to land. He said, “Gen
eral do you think I can go up to
the front.”
“What is the matter with you,”
I said, “you’ve been up before,
what are you so nervous about? ’
The boy responded, “Yes, sir,
I’ve been up 19 times but this is
the first time I’ve landed.”
“One feature about this dinner
that I like is the group itself. I be
lieve that the army is part of
America, the officers present, ci
vilians, and officers wives are all
part of the army. It is yours and
you are part of it. . . . The army
cannot be divided from America.
You are the whole of America and
must pull together.
“I am honored by the Legion
and the Pioneers who I understand
are a powerful group. When they
speak governors tremble and leg
islators respond. They are influen
tial whether it be taxes or sea
walls. Thank you.”
Thursday morning General Ei
senhower addressed the army per
sonnel in the Base gymnasium be
fore he and his party left for Nak
nek and Adak.
He stated that there must be co
peration from all branches of the
service, that all we want is peace
and the spirit of co-operation must
spring from within, from the
heart. He stated further that he
knew full well that each of the
men understood that they must
work together with friendliness
which means a friendly spirit be
tween soldiers in all branches of
the service.
Friendship must be sought be
tween the air forces and ground
forces and all forces must co-op
erate and he felt certain that they
would.
Col. Bodle is to be compliment
ed on arranging for General Eisen
hower’s short stay by fitting into
the program as much as was pos
sible under the circumstances.
Laundry Workers
May Re-Stril ce
In Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Three city
laundries were faced yesterday
with the prospect of new labor
difficulties less than 24 hours after
issuing a joint settlement with
union officials announcing singing
of a year’s agreement providing
for pay increases and maintenance
of a union shop.
The new dispute was said by
Mrs. Lucile Mooney, secretary
treasurer of the laundry and dry
cleaners union', local 333 <AFL> to
have resulted because a “major
ity of union members have not
been allowed back on their jobs."
There was no comment from the
laundry operators.
The agreement, to be in effect
until Aug. 6, 1948, granted increas
es ranging from 10 to 20 cents an
hour. It provided that operators
may hire anyone carrying a union
work permit with the stipulation
that such employees must join the
union after a 30-da<y probationary
period.
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T. B. Association
Gets $2,000 Grant
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The Territorial Department of
Health has received a grant of
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two thousand dollars from the
Alaska Tuberculosis Association to
be applied to the tuberculosis ed
ucation consultant’s annual bud-1
i get. Miss Lois Jund, tuberculosis
education consultant loaned to
Alaska by the National Tubercu
losis Association, receives half
her salary from the National as
sociation and half from the Terri
torial Department of Health. The
sum of two thousand dollars is a
generous and most worthwhile as
. sistance in carrying out the tuber
culosis control program through
out Alaska.
In addition to this donation the
Alaska Tuberculosis association
assisted in establishing the ortho
pedic hospital at Sitka, which
treats nearly ninety per cent of
tuberculosis of the bone — five
hundred dollars was assigned tow
ards alterations to make the hos-l
pital facilities more useful as an
orthopedic hospital, and five hun-i
dred dollars was contributed tow
ards the purchase of orthopedic1
equipment.
The Alaska Tuberculosis asso
ciation further donated two hun
J dred dollars towards the cost of
printing an illustrated booklet on
! the crippled children’s program.
Doctor Albrecht stated that this
, continued evidence of a working
cooperative program between the
non-official and official agencies
in the Territory of Alaska is an
indication of the spirit of every
one that tuberculosis must be con
trolled. Everyone contributing to
the Alaska seal sale drive should
be proud to know that their dona
tions are used effectively and in a
worthwhile manner.
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Wage records of the old-age and
survivors insurance program show
approximately 1,450,000 “Smiths”
• including Smvthes Schmidts, etc.>
, —more than any other surname
group.
Administration
Will Spend Entire
$37,500,000,000
WASHINGTON, f/P>—President
Truman’s entry into the battle of
the budget bolstered evidence to
day that federal spending this fis
cal year—as the administration
adds it up—will be close to the or
iginal White House estimate of
$37,500,000,00.
Taking an indirect poke at
claims of big savings by the Re
publican Congress, Mr. Truman
announced he has ordered a “de
tailed and exhaustive’ study of
federal outlays and income.
When this is completed he wdl
issue a review and analysis of “ail
the facts,” presumably in the cus
tomary mid-August budget re
view.
Administration budget officials,
immediately after Congress ad
journed, said that despite numer
ous cuts in appropriations the gov
ernment probably will spend fair
ly close to the amount estimated
by Mr. Truman in his budget mes
sage last January. They spoke
anonymously, to keep out of the
political crossfire.
Alaska Must Have
Big Plane Facilities
ANCHORAGE, (/Pi—Brig. Gen.
Joseph H. Atkinson, commanding
officer of the Alaska Air Com
mand, said last night that Alaska
must have facilities to serve 500
heavy bombers, 500 long-range
cargo troop carrier planes . id
1.000 fighters.
Explaining that he was express
ing his personal, rather than offi
cial opinion, he added:
“These facilities should be avail
able within three years.”
General Atkinson said the ‘~oop
carriers he had in mind were
‘‘ships that already exist, cap: ble
of carrying 400 troops fully etp ip
ped.”
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