a legitimate political parly why do
they object to being asked if they
are Communist?
Congressman Mundt of South
Dakota is not the only one who is
“burned up" by the policy of ex
porting American freight cars to
Russia when those cars are sorely
needed here to transport food
stuffs for overseas shipment to Eu
ropean countries resisting Com
munist aggression. To call such a
policy “inconsistent" is putting it
too mildly. It is downright asinine.
Not only are the American people
entitled to full information on re
cent American shipments to the
Soviet Union, but they should
know why the government, which
controls all exports, has allowed
this.
CHESTER MILLIGAN
RETURNS FROM OUTSIDE
Chester Milligan, mining man
of the Council area, returned to
Nome on the Pan American plane
on Monday from the States where
he spent the past month.
The Milligans-plan to spend the
winter in Nome.
Alaska SS. Service
To Remain As Is
SEATTLE—Circumstances may
force extension, for at least another
year, of the formula under which
steamship service is being provid
ed Alaska, the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce has been advised by
Christy Thomas, manager of the
Chamber’s Washington, D. C., of
fice.
“That, at least, seems to be the
consensus of Congressmen, who, as
members of the House committee
an merchant marine and fisheries,
sat through preliminary hearings
just concluded,” Thomas said.
“The preliminary study was de
signed to develop ideas on the
problem which may be useful in
an ultimate solution.”
Under terms of the present
agreement, Alaska Steamship
company, Alaska Transportation
company and Northland Transpor
tation company are serving the
northern territory, principally
with vessels rented to them by the
Maritime Commission for $1 a
year.
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Orders All Strikers
To Return To
Work In France
(By Rembert James)
PARIS, i/P)—A month of labor
strife and Communist-engineered
strikes ended today on the dead
line of a government ultimatum,
and foreign diplomats said France
j could count now on at least a
month of industrial peace to patch
up the damage.
The Communist-dominated gen
eraal confederation of labor <CGT>
bowed to the government’s de
| mands last night and ordered the
: strikers back on the government’s
' terms of settlement.
About 1,500,000 workers still
were out when the settlement was
reached, but the strike movement,
had been collapsing rapidly. Be
tween 2,000,000 and 3,000.000 men
were idle at its peak.
The foreign diplomats said they j
I expected a new Communist on
. slaught on the nation’s economy
1 before bolstering American aid
J might make such an attack too
! late to be effective.
The.se sources said, however, no
j move would be made to engender
i widespread strikes at least until
alter the first of the year, because,
j first, the workers need a few
weeks’ pay to buy food; second,
the memory of this hard-fought
strike wave would be too fresh;
and third, the Christmas holidays
• would not be a good time for such
i activity.
The foreign observers said they
detected deep bitterness in CGT’s
statement bowing to the govern
ment’s terms, particularly in the
j charges that the government is re
j actionary and is toadying to the
Americans. They also noted that
the CGT openly appealed to work
■ ers to prepare for “future combat
! that will be severe.’’
There were no official figures
I
available on the exact number of
workers who returned to their
jobs today, but CGT leaders said !
all went back.
4Stars And Stripes"
Looses Blast At
’Communist Paper
l TOKYO, (i^P) — Two “damn an
gry” editors of Stars and Stripes
denied vigorously yesterday
charges made in the New York
Daily Worker that General Mac
Far East, at whose morale the Daily
per to give his troops “his dis
torted propaganda.”
A lengthy page one editorial,
first ever published in Stars and
Stripes, was signed by Hanson H.
, Hathaway, managing editor, and
, George W„ Hurd, executive city
\ editor, both of Washington, D. C.,
I and both civilians.
It declared that neither MacAr
thur “nor any of his delegated of
ficers or civilian aides have ever
dictated or tried to dictate what
Stars and Stripes in the Pacific
should or should not print.
“We are a damn angry newspa
per,” continued the editorial,
whose authors said it was written
French charge d’affaires in Mos
“The American soldier in the
Arthur is using the army newspa
Worker is blasting in this attack
on his chief, is no sucker for such
Communist propaganda.
“Without doubt these (Daily
Worker) charges stem from the
typewriter of one of two former
! Stars and Stripes staff members
I who were dismissed and returned
i to the United States after a nega
tive loyalty check.”
Council Discusses
Breakwater Problem
The City Council mot at the
regular meeting time Monday
night and several local citizens
were present.
The main discussion of the eve
ning centered around the Engi
neers Department rejection of the
Nome breakwater proposal. Coun
cilman Carl Anderson stated he
had asked William Brown, resi
dent harbor engineer in charge, to
explain to the council, how to pro
ceed in the matter, and the rea
sons for the rejection.
Mr. Brown stated that the En
gineers Department turned down
the project because it was not
economically sound from an engi
neering standpoint, as it would
cost much more than the property
it would protect.
Councilman Lester Bron son
said he felt the citizens of Nome
let the council down by not show
ing up at the meeting to take part
in discussion of the problem and
to help formulate a plan to con
tinue the plea for relief against
storms and beach erosion.
A. Polet told the council he had
received a copy of the Engineers
rejection notice from the Alaska
Development Board, also a letter
New Lighterage
Company For Nome
Archie Ferguson, busy little man
of the north, is planning to be in
Nome in a few days to make
necessary arrangements for his
new Nome Lighterage Company.
Archie stated in a telegram to
Carl D. Anderson that he would
soon publish new lighterage rates
for Nome and the Seward Penin
sula to “lower the high lighterage
rate in Nome. We must have your
support. Give us your business
and we will do the rest.”
For the past twenty years
Archie has been in the mercantile
and lighterage business in Kotze
bue and the Kobuk area, and in
recent years has operated a coast
wise passenger, mail and freight
service.
MRS. JACK BULLOCK TO
SPEND HOLIDAYS HERE
Mrs. Jack Bullock arrived from
Teller for the holidays and is the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Mahan.
stating the board would assist in
any way possible to obtain the ex
tension of time necessary to pre
[ sent further information in the
case for the City of Nome.
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