Seek National
Emergency End
WASHINGTON,, (/P)—President
Truman today asked Congress for
legislation to make possible “an
early ending” of the state of na
tional emergency under which the
country has lived since 1939.
Mr. Truman asked outright re
peal of 24 laws, proposed that 36
other emergency statutes be al
lowed to lapse upon a declaration
of the end of the emergency, and
recommended that most of 20 de
fense appropriation measures be
wiped out.
Mr. Truman proposed that only
12 of the*“more than 100” emer
gency acts still on the books be
extended by permanent legislation.
Ten others would remain in
force for six months after the ac
tual proclamation ending the
emergency, whenever it may come,
or for some other stated period.
“The progress of reconversion
now makes it possible to take an
additional step toward freeing our
economy of wartime controls,”
Mr. Truman said in his message to
Congress.
High White House advisors
have indicated to newsmen that if
Congress acts with reasonable dis
patch, the emergency may be ter
minated by July.
The proclamation would cover
both the “limited” emergency pro
claimed Sept. 8, 1939, and the
“full” emergency declared May 27,
1941.
CHUCK O'LEARY HAS GOOD
TRAPPING SEASON
Word has been received from
Chuck O’Leary that he has com
pleted a succesful trapping sea
son and is going to the States for
a few weeks before returning
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bullock who
were with him will remain at Cir
cle Hot Springs for a while.
EASTERN STARS HELD
MEETING MONDAY
The Eastern Stars held a meet
ing and social last Monday with
Worthy Matron Grace Mahan pre
siding. Winners of the card game
were Mrs. Mahan, Rose Silver
man, Col. J. Bodle and Con Yen
ney.
Senate Split On
Budget Slash
(By Francis M. LeMay)
WASHINGTON, The stand
by a majority of Republican Sen
ators against a $6,000,000,000 bud
get slash stirred sharp debate in
, both Senate and House today with
Rep. Owen (R.-Ill.) shouting that
the Senators acted "cowardly.”
The G.O.P. split apparently
made it a foregone conclusion that
the Senate would favor a $4,500,
000,000 cut, proposed by Senator
Millikin (R.-Colo.) as a substitute
for the $6,000,000,000 recommend
ed by the joint Senate-House bud
get committee.
Most Democratic Senators were
backing Millikin’s figure.
The chief argument of those op
j
posing the bigger figure is that it
would require too heavy cuts in
military spending.
The budget committee’s recom
mendations were up formally only
in the Senate. While the House
will not consider them until to
morrow, Owen’s criticism of the
Senators touched off an advance
debate there.
Rep. Whiteen (D.-Miss.) argued
that a $6,000,000,000 slash not only
! would take money from the war
and navy departments but would
! cripple agriculture.
The large budget cut, he said,
would reduce department of agri
culture funds by 42 per cent, from
$947,000,000 to about $553,000,000
Daily Double
Pays Off Big
MIAMI, Fla. (/P)—A daily double
of $2,691—largest in the history of
Hialeah Park—was paid 28 two
dollar ticket holders today when
Cedar Farm’s Fiery Dawn won the
first race and Mrs. E. Biller’s
Bud’s First copped the second.
Fiery Dawn, with jockey A.
Snider up, returned $79.60 in the
opener, and Bud’s First survived
a foul claim in the second event
to return $39.50. He was ridden
by G. Potter.
The track said only the 28 two
dollar tickets were sold on the
combination. The largest previous
daily double was $1,459.20 on Feb.
4, 1936.
You are invited to attend a
PUBLIC DANCE
at the
High School Gym
Saturday, February 22
Admission: Gents $1.00, Ladies 50c
DANCING at 9:00 P.M.
COME OUT AND SUPPORT
THE HOME TOWN TEAM
CIO Murray Warns
Congress Against
“Punitive” Laws
(By Harold Ward)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—CIO pres
ident Philip Murray told Congress
today “punitive” laws against un
ions will encourage business mo
nopolies and thus prove to be
“forerunners of a serious depres
sion involving all Americans.”
In testimony before the Senate
labor committee Murray opposed
all pending bills to outlaw the
closed shop and industry-wide bar
gaining, change the Wagner act
and lift the Norris-LaGuardia act’s
protection of unions from injunc
tions.
The CIO chief took this stand
after issuing an invitation for all
organized labor to join in a con
certed fight against restrictive leg
islation as a prelude to talks be
tween the AFL and CIO ove\ a
proposal to merge their 13,500,000
total membership into one huge
organization.
: Murray appointed a committee
j of five to begin the discussion
with a similar AFL group.
| He declared in his statement to
' the Senate committee “it is not too
late” to “achieve an expanding
peace-time economy of full pro
duction and full employment by
i measures of cooperation between
industry, labor and agriculture
which run directly counter to the
i present drift.
j “But Congress,” he said, “must1
j make it clear to the people of this J
j country that it will not tolerate the 1
efforts of monopoly to defeat the
posibility of achieving such co- j
operation.
“We cannot move far down the I
road of punitive legislation against
labor inspired by monopoly indus- j
tory and invoked by the legislative ,
arm of government without disas
trous consequences.”
Murray contended that postwar
industrial strife could have been
headed off without new laws by
full use of White House machinery
for grappling with labor-manage
ment ills.
He referred to the advisory
board for the office of war mobil
I ization and reconversion created
, in 1943.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—CIO pres-j
| ident Philip Murray today asked i
I Congress to “send for” William
I Green so he and the AFL chief
| “can work out an agreement” to
! prevent jurisdictional disputes be
; tween unions.
I Murray told the Senate labor
' committee:
“You get Willie Green down
here so he and I can sit down wit .
i this committee and work out an
agreement right here.”
Murray made his suggestion af
ter Senator Morse <R.-Ore), de
i manded that Murray say “what
you are going to do about juris
dictional strikes.
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No Unskilled Work
In Alaska
ANCHORAGE, </P)—A warning
to unskilled laborers not to come
to Alaska to “get rich quick” be
cause there will be no work be
fore spring, was given today by
Felton Griffin, president of the
i Alaska Territorial Federation of
Labor (AFL).
“We found work for skilled
workmen but there will be nothin
for unskilled workers for 69
days,” Griffin said.
“There will be plenty of work
this spring,” he added.
I_ _
As a service to veterans in the
community, this newspaper will
publish a weekly column of news
briefs from the Veterans Admin
istration. For more detailed infor
mation, vetearns should contact or
write to the nearest VA contact
unit at 46 and 47 P. O. Bldg., An
chorage.
Q. Where can I get information
about readjustment allowances?
A. Inquire at a public employ
ment office or at an office of the
unemployment comp e n s a t i o n
agency in the state or territory in
which you reside.
Q. Can I pay my National Serv
ice Life Insurance premiums at
the Veterans Administration con
tact office?
A. No. Contact offices are not
authorized to accept remittances
for insurance premiums. Payments
may be made in person at the re
gional office in your state or ter
ritory, or mailed to:
Collection Unit, Insurance Serv
ice, Veterans Adminis t r a t i o n
Branch No. 11, 821 Second Ave.,
Seattle 4, Washington.
Q. I was captured by the enemy
during World War II and was in a
prisoner of war camp for 15
months but my claim for disabil
ity was denied by the Veterans
Administration. What can I do
now that the disability is getting
worse?
A. The Veterans Administra
tion will give special consideration
'Atom Scientist
“Thankful” U. S.
Controls Bomb
(By Gene Lindberg)
, DENVER, — “Let’s be glad we
have got the atomic bomb,’’ Dr. J.
Robert Oppenheimer, the man who
; contributed more to its develop
ment than any other single indi
vidual, said in Denver recently.
| “Don’t misunderstand me,” Dr.
j Oppenheimer said. “I don’t mean
we should be glad to have a wea
i pon we can use to threaten other
nations. That’s not the American
way of doing things.
“We are devoutly thankful that
the means of creating such a wea
pon fell to us. And now, let’s be
glad that the development of
atomic energy and all that it
means for the future welfare of
the world is in our hands, pro
gressing along American lines,
guided by the philosophy of our
way of life.”
“There’s a struggle going on in
the world,” Dr. Oppenheimer said,
between the way of life represent
ed by Russia, and our own Ameri
can way. Atomic energy gives us
a powerful advantage, but it also
puts us on the spot. We’ve got to
be good, scientifically, economic
ally, politically, industrially. The
whole world is watching us. We’ve
go to prove our way is better. We
can’t do that by talking. We have
to produce the facts and deliver
the goods. We must show the way
to peace in a world where war has
taken on dimensions too terrible
for human tolerance.”
to disability claims filed by veter
ans interned in enemy prison
camps. You should get in touch
with your nearest VA office and
have your case reopened.
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