Administration
“Played Politics”
With Labor
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tors, declared before the Senate
committee that G.M. “never will
sign” a closed shop contract—one
which requires a man to join a
union to get a job. The big union
now in GM’s plants is the CIO
United Auto Workers.
Both Congressional committees
have before them a wide variety
of proposals for new labor laws.
Among them some to outlaw the
closed shop.
In Senate and House themselves
sessions* were largely given over
to routine.
Rep. Gore ‘D.-Tenn.) lashed out i
in a House speech at the plan, j
backed by some Republican lead
ers, for an “across the board” 20
per cent cut in individual income!
taxes. He declared that would give;
those with big incomes the major
share of the reduction in total tax ;
burden.
It may be another month before
the tax bill gets to the House floor.
Other high-spots of the Congres
sional day:
Testifying before a Senate com
merce sub-committee, Glenn L.
Martin, veteran aircraft manufac
turer, said that five years from
now air transports probably will
be cruising at 500 miles an hour.
David E. Lilienthal told the Sen- i
ate atomic committee that Yio one I
can question the complete loyalty \
to the United States of Herbert1
Marks, named as general counsel
for the domestic atomic control
commission.
ATTENTION
A Valentine’s Dance is coming j
here, It’s sure to bring you lots of :
cheer. Everyone’s welcome, be
sure and come,. We’re stopping no
one, you’ll have some fun. The
army band will keep up the swing
Of waltzes, two steps, and every
thing. If you’re in the mood to cut
a rug, Music will be supplied for
the jitterbug. We’ll have hot mu
sic, slow music, dreamy and mel
low. Any kind you want to dance
to with your fellow. The Fifteenth
of February soon will fall. So we
hope to see you one and all!
Steamship Lines !
Threaten 35% Hike
Or No Service
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price executive, now economist for j
the Interior Department assigned •
to Alaska, demolished his claims ]
in nothing flat. Rogers brought out |
the folowing facts “The Maritime
Commission has rejected the steam-;
ship companies report as not cov-!
ering a representative period ol1
time, for these reasons:
“1.—Operations of the first six :
months of 1946 were by the War
Shipping Administration nad not j
by private carriers.
“2.—The War Shipping Admin
istration does not receive pay for
mail and other freight carried for
government agencies, which is a j
fruitful source. The lush months:
during which salmon is shipped1
south, bringing in greatly aug
mented revenue.
“3.—Operating expenses claimed
in the report include some large!
labor awards and over-time pay-1
ments for services performed prior
the 1946.”
Rogers also showed that an over
all increase of thirty-five per cent
included pasenger rates as well as
freight, and that the actual freight
rate increase was forty-five per
cent above the present rates and
sixty-eight per cent above 1941
rates.
The report also listed numerous
categories of freight important to
the cost of living in Alaska, includ
ing building material, cars, food,
furniture, etc., in which the in
crease ranged upward to seventy
two per cent.
Following the testimony of Rog-;
ers, the legislature voted to wire
Delegate Bartlett that it protests
the proposed rates unless and un-1
til approved by the Maritime Com
mission as justified. Senator D. C.
Brownell <D.-3rd Div.) of Seward,
was the only person opposing.
Resolutions being passed today
under supervision of rules affirm-1
ing the legislature action.
A wire from Secretary of Inte
rior Krug today promises to help
the legislature in establishing its
own Shipping Authority as pro
vided by a bill now pending before
the legislature, in the event ^the
legislature approved this action.
OPEN EVENINGS
POLAR
CURIO
SHOP
Drop in and see us.
15 Go Swimming In
Ice-Choked Water
(By Alton L. Blackeslee)
L.ITTL AMERICA, — (De
layed) Fifteen men, imitating po
lar bears, splashed and swam for
21 minutes today in the ice-choked,
30-degree water of the Bay of
Whales to test new rubber swim
suits.
The men were expert swimmers
of underwater demolition team
No. 4 with the United States
navy’s Antarctic task force. They
wore heavy underwear, socks and
gloves underneath skintight green
suits, first designed for the inva
sion of Japan.
Commdr. Harry G. Eisberg,
medical officer, said that without
protection they probably would
have suffered fatal exposure with
ing five or six minutes. As it was,
a medical checkup showed no
harmful effects and only slight
temperature changes. Some had
numb or aching hands, feet and
faces. All were rewarded with
whisky.
Lt. <jg.) Hal Iverson of Savan
nah, Ga., led his 14-man team in
the frigid experiment. The men,
moving through slushy ice a quar
ter of an inch to two inches thick,
stayed close to the flagship Mount
Olympus and an attending boat
with ropes attached to their backs.
One ate ice cream while lolling in
the water.
A lookout meanwhile kept his
eyes peeled for killer whales; none
appeared. Four men had to leave
within six to 14 minutes because
icy water entered their suits
through rips or face openings.
Seaman first class Fletcher L.
Speer of Cordova, Alaska, forced
out by a leaky suit after nine min
utes, said: “The water is not bad
if you don’t get wet, and I’d do it
again.”
President Says U.N.
Has Made Progress
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman told Congress today that
the United Nations has made
“great progress” in the past year
but^that world hopes for peace can
“be betrayed and lost.”
“The difficulties and dangers
' that lie before us are many and
serious," Mr. Truman said in a
letter transmitting to both the Sen
ate and House a report on United
States activities in the world or
ganization during 1946.
He declared in the report itself
that progress made on internation
al control of atomic energy is
“heartening" due chiefly to in
creasing Russian agreement with
American proposals for a world
control system.
On the other hand the chief ex
ecutive described as “disappoint
ingly slow” the work of the military
staff committee. That U. N. agency
has the task of organizing the
forces which the security council
is authorized to use against any
future aggressor.
Mr. Truman said, however,
“there are already signs of greater
speed and it is hoped that the pace
of the committee’s work will con
tinue to accelerate.”
The President listed as one out
standing accomplishment of the
peace agency during its first year
the unanimous agreement by the
54 member nations, including Rus
sia, on the principle of interna
tional control and inspection of
atomic energy, “established by
4 4 H
AFL Against
Military Training
(By Harold W. Ward)
MIAMI, Fla. f/P>—1The AFL ex
ecutive council went on record to
day as being “unalterably oppos
ed” to military conscription of any
kind.
The 15 leaders of the AFL de
, cided unanimously to work against
j any Congressional proposals re
quiring youths to undergo a period
of military training. That would
( be the first step toward regimenta
, tion, the council members said.
The conscription issue came be
for the council in its survey of
what it considers anti-labor bills
in Congress. Already it has at
tacked the measure of Senator
Ball (R.-Minn.) to outlaw the
closed shop and other union secur
ity provisions of labor contracts,
and the Ball-Taft-Smith omnibus
bill restricting many labor activi
ties.
George Meany, AFL secretary
treasurer, reported the federation
founded in 1881, now has 7,505,
446 members—a record. The rival
CIO claims more than 6,000,000
adherents.
President William Green will
testify Feb. 18 on legislation pend
ing in the Senate labor commit
tee. John L. Lewis, head of the
United Mine Workers, and David
Dubinsky, president of the Inter
national ladies garment workers
union, will appear later in the
month.
Lewis in an off-the-record news
conference yesterday talked for
more than an hour about the fu
ture of the trade union movement
—and also the world—if certain
anti-labor bills get enacted by the
80th Congress.
In a way, it was a preview of
Lewis’ testimony before the Sen
i Portal se Mav Go
i ^ y
To Supreme Court
DETROIT, (/Pi— Federal Judge
Frank A. Picard, terminating the
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Pottery com
pany case, deferred today for 24
hours a decision on whether the
United States Government may
become a party to the portal-to
portal suit.
The court said that he hoped to
have an opinion in the pottery
case, which let! to nearly five bil
lion dollars in portal pay claims,
by this week end.
John F. Sonnett, assistant United
States Atorney General, said the
government wants to enter the
case and return it to the Supreme
Court “as soon as possible.’’
Earlier Son nett told the federal
judge that this course of ac’ion
had “been cleared by every gov
ernment agency, including the
President of the United States.”
LADIES AID TO MEET
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Federated Church will meet Fri
day night at eight o’clock at the
home of Mrs. Robert Baldwin.
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ate committee, scheduled for Feb.
26. For that reason he asked re
porters not to quote him. In a talk
ative and genial mood, Lewis let
his shaggy hair down to newsmen
as he rarely does. He would not
discuss the pending Supreme
Court decision involving himself
and the miners, however, or what
his union proposed to do about
getting a new contract.
Lewis indicated he will consider
himself under court restraint, but
there wrere no signs that any coal
operators or representatives of the
government had approached him
to discuss a new contract.
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BERING SEA CLUB
Dancing every Saturday and Sunday Night
HYDE’S ORCHESTRA
Bridge Every Tuesday Night
All Bridge Players Invited
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LIGHT & POWER CO.
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Electrical Appliances Washing Machines
Wiring Material
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