CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The Chamber of Commerce met
»t the Northern Grill yesterday
md spent the noon hour studying
committee reports.
John McNees on the co-ordin
ating Committee of the outlying
sections of the 2nd Division sub
mitted the draft of a letter to be
mailed to merchants and influen
tial residents of Northwestern
Alaska, outlining a plan so that
residents of these parts of th| Di
vision will take more interest in
fcheip own welfare and the district
referred to as the “Forgotten Cor
ner.”
Ted Duffield of the Housing
Committee reports that an effort
is being made to compile a list of
residents of Nome who desire aid
in building so that the list will be
ready to meet the Territorial
Housing Authority committee on
their projected visit to Nome.
Larry Galvin reported on start
ing work on the BUY AT HOME
campaign and that he had written
to other Alaska cities on similar
programs which they have been
•arrying on. He proposed that
people here submit slogans for
the campaign. These can be drop
ped in suggestion boxes which
are being placed around town this
week
L e gislation committee head,
Chas. O'Leary stated that a prep
aration of the legislative program
will get underway this week. A.
Polet presented the committee
with copies of the Chamber’s pro
gram for the 17th, 18th and 19th
Legislatures.
A. Polet, of the tourist commit
tee reported the receipt of many
communications in reply to the
cohamittee letter which was mail
ed out to various agencies, etc., in
terested in the program and stated
that co-operation and help has
l>een, offered in the movement for
a Territorial wide unite deffort
for all year ’round tours.
No report was made on the
booklet as chairman Geo. Beacom
was not present.
President Harper sugges ted
that the Board of Fire Underwrit
ers report be endorsed by the
Chamber and pointed out that the
report *is comprehensive, reason
able, Liberal and its 18 recommen
(“Liberty Vs.
Socialism;” GOP
Campaign Issue
(By Jack Ball)
WASHINGTON, </P> —Republi
can picked “Liberty vs. Socialism"
as their top 1050 campaign yester
day in a platform which Demo
1 crats promptly accused them of
i stealing from the administration.
In a 2,000-word statement of
party policy for the Congressional
campaigns, the Republicans held
themselves up asthe last hope of
those who oppose" an all-power
ful federal government with un
limited power to tax and spend.”
On the domestic front, they
called for a balanced budget, re
duction in spending, repeal of
; wartime excise taxes, “improve
ment” of the Taft-Hartley Act,
continuation of farm price props
and expansion of social security
benefits.
In the international field,1
' |
i they promised cooperation on for
eign policy if they are consulted
in advance on major decisions.
| They denounced “secret agree
ments” at Yalta and Potsdam,
demanded Congressional checks
I on foreign commitments and
pledged support for non-commun- j
ist countries “within the total lim
| its which the American economy
! can afford.”
With an eye on the Alger Hiss
and Klaus Fuchs cases, the Re
publicans deplored “the danger
ous degree to which communists
and their fellow travelers have
been employed in important gov
i ernment posts and the fact that
! information vital to our security
; has been made available to alien
| agents and persons of question
able loyalty.”
The policy declaration, approv
jed by Republicans in the Senate
and House and by members of the
party’s national committee, bore
down on the Truman administra
tion’s Fair Deal with these words:
“Basic American principles
are threatened by the administra
| tion’s program for a planned
economy modeled on the socialist
dations were not only beneficial
but not hard to carry out so that
rates could be reduced on fire in
! surance.
Miners Will Refuse
To Obey Taft
Hartley Law
(Continued from Page One)
of the United Mine Workers.
Now railroads say more thou
sands of furloughs are in the
cards. Duquesne Light Company,
a big Pittsburgh utility, said it has
only enough coal to insure elec
trical power to 2,000 plants for
another week.
Over the nation, less than two
weeks’ coal reserves remain
stored above ground. The coal in
dustry said the supply is poorly
distributed.
Through the coal fields, the
miners are out for a showdown
in their struggle for a new con
tract and the five-day week.
“The Taft-Hartley law cannot
dig coal,” declared Althronia
Brown, a committeeman of the
Maxwell local near Uniontown,
Pa. “We won’t be blackjacked in
to the mines.”
The only UMW members work
ing are 80,000 anthracite (hard
coal) miners in eastern Pennsyl
vania and about 30,000 bitumin
ous (soft coal) miners covered by
new contracts,
It is the first nation-wide coal
walkout since Dec. 1. That one
ended a few hours after it started
on order of UMW chief John L.
Lewis.
Word that President Truman |
reluctantly had invoked the Taft
Hartley act in the 10-month-old
coal dispute had little effect on
the embittered miners. They have
termed this a show-down fight in
their battle with the coal opera
tors for more pay, and an increase
in welfare fund payments.
About 32 per cent of American
farmers now are tenants, the
lowest percentage of farm ten
ancy in the United States since,
1900. |
governments of Europe, including
'price and wage control, rationing,
socialized medicine, regional au
thorities and the Brannan plan
with its controls, penalties, fines
and jail sentences.”
Bosh, Democrats replied gener
ally, with Senator Humphrey (D.
MinnJ, accusing the Republicans
flatly of trying to steal the ad
ministration’s program.
NEWS IN BRIEF
(Continued from Page One*
ing completion under a separate
contract. The Narrows is part of
the inside passage to Southeast
ern Alaska.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
House approved and sent to the
White House today a Senate bill
to permit the navy to pay the Pu
get Sound Bridge and Dredging
Co., of Seattle, Wash., $9,789 for
loss of supplies and a scow while
in transit to Alaska.
The supplies were lost in 1942
and the scow in 1943 during con
struction of naval air bases in the
Territory.
SEATTLE, (JP)—Invitations to
bid on construction of six airports
in Alaska have been issued by the
Alaska department of aviation.
The airport to be built are at
Dillingham, Ninilchik, Skagway,
Fort Yukon, Seldovia and Kotze
bue. Plans and specifications may
be obtained from director of
aeronautics, Alaska aeronautics
and communications commission,
Anchorage.
Bids will be opened at 10 a.m.,
March 20.
LLGAL ADVERTISEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Box, 2185, Anchorage, Alaska
INVITATION FOR BIDS
(CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT)
SEALED BIDS, in single copy
subject to the conditions contain
ed herein will be received until
March 10, 1950, and then publicly
opened, for furnishing all labor
and materials and performing all
work for construction of the Dill
ingham Municipal Airport located
near the town of Dillingham,
Alaska, and/or the Ninilchik Mu
nicipal Airport located near the
town of Ninilchik, Alaska, and/or
the Skagway Municipal Airport
located near the town of Skag
way, Alaska, and/or the Fort Yu
kon Municipal Airport located
near the town of Fort Yukon,
Alaska, and/or the Seldovia Mu
nicipal Airport located near the
town of Seldovia, Alaska, and/or
the Kotzebue Municipal Airport
located near the town of Kotze
bue, Alaska.
Bids will be publicly opened in
the office of the Director of Aero
nautics, Glover Building, Anchor
age, Alaska, at 10 a.m. AST on
March 10, 1950.
Bid Bond Guarantee will be re
quired with each bid as follows;
Five (5) percent of the total bid.
Plans, Specifications and Pro
ject Documents may be obtained
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from the Director of Aeronautics,
Alaska Aeronautics and Commun
ications Commission, Glover
Building, Anchorage, Alaska or
from the Superintendent of Public
Works, for the Territory of Alas
ka, Juneau, Alaska, upon deposit
of $25.00 for each set of plans and
specifications.
That the bids shall be under
seal, and shall be publicly opened
at the time and place specified in
the call for bids, and in the pres
ence of any bidders desiring to be
present or in the presence of any
two other persons, and the con
tract shall be awarded to the low
est responsible bidder.
Performance bond will be re
quired for an amount not less
than 50% of contracts to protect
the Territory against liens and
i claims arising from the construc
! tion, and also to furnish compen
sation to cover any loss that might
occur in connection with construc
tion.
Payment bond will be required
for an amount not less than 50%
of contract.
Liquidated damages for delay
will be as stipulated in the Gen
eral Provisions for Airport Con
struction Specifications. %
Partial payments will be made
monthly.
Minimum wage rates applicable
to the contract shall be as listed
i nthe Special Contract Provisions.
Bids must be submitted upon
Proposal Form and the successful
bidder will be required to execute
the Standard Form of Contract
for Construction.
j The Director of Aeronautics,
Alaska Aeronautics and Commu
nications Commission or the Su
perintendent of Public Works, on
behalf of the Territory of Alaska
reserves the right to reject any or
all bids and to waive all informal
ities.
FOR THE TERRITORY
OF ALASKA
FRANK A. METCALF,
Supt. of Public Works
By GEORGE S. SCHWAMM
Director of Aeronautics
ALASKA AERONAUTICS
AND COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION.
Pub. Feb. 8, 15, 22, Mar. 1, 1950
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