the men who want the political
power required to put some paper
"plan” into effect. There is no sub
stitute for the opportunity of hon
est work, under the kind of free
economic system we have in
America. When some political sys
tem calls for all the economic
power it can get, you may be sure
that the common man is going to
lose out. One of the first powers
sought Is the power to control in
dustry.
In a country that speaks our
language and enjoys our same
civilization, a government that
manages industry has brought
forth no solution for industrial
strife. Government management
of industry has made conditions
worse. It has brought loss of effi
ciency in England, to the tune of
60 million less tons of coal a year.
Do we vyant high wages <which
come only with efficiency and
high production), and do we want
industrial peace and national pros
perity? Then surely we want no
part of government management
^ of American industries.
Soviets Re-Arrest
Released German
Pi •isoners Of War
BERLIN. 'jP)—Roman Catholic
church authorities estimated today
40,000 Geman prisoners of war
released by British-American of
ficials were “re-arrested” by the
• Soviet authorities when they re
turned to their homes in the Sov
iet zone.
They made this estimate in con
nection with an official statement
from the general office of Ger
many’s Catholic bishops in Co
logne announcing that the bishops
had protested to the Allied Con
trol Council what they termed the
“kidnaping” of more than 2,000
j German children in the east zone
and the internment in the east of
German civilians.
Church authorities said that the
Romanian Leaders
t
Accused of Dealing
With United States
BUCHAREST, Romania (j*P)—A
military tribunal indictment ac
cused Dr. Juliu Maniu, aged lead
er of the opposition National Pea
sant party, today of conniving
with U. S. representatives and
striving to bring about foreign
intervention in Romania.
Eighteen of Maniu’s associates
also weer on trial. They had been
under arrest since summer but
charges were not specified until
today.
. <The United tSates had protest
ed twice to Romania about the ar
rests*.
The lengthy indictment assert
ed that a letter from Dean Ache
son, former U. S. undersecretary
of slate, hud been found in Man
iu’s secret files and that the letter
dissuaded Maniu from using vio
lence “at this moment.”
The letter was alleged to have
been in reference to a meeting in
April of Maniu and Burton Y.
Berry, U. S. minister to Romania.
The indictment alleged that 75
ycar-old Maniu asked Berry whe
ther the party should use violence
and that the U. S. representative
replied that this was an “essential
question” which he would refer to
Washington.
The indicement asserted that
Maniu misinformed Berry of the
1 political situation in Romania and
demanded that the United States
should send diplomatic notes,
which came.
German prisoners-of-war, mainly
former army officers, were re
arrested and handled again as
prisoners of war mainly on I
charges that they were “spies” for I
the western powers.
They said there were indications
that the men were transported
into Russia to work in the mines
and industry.
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wave broadcast by British Listen
ing Post).
Controversy About The
House Of Lords
Nearly all the papers lead on
the Prime Minister’s announce
ment of the government’s inten
tion to bring in legislation to curb
the power of the House of Lords
to delay measures of which the
Lords disapprove. Most of the
headlines stress protests made in
both Houses of Parliament against
this proposal. The Daily Express
has a banner line: “Churchill
Lashes War On Lords” and it
quotes his criticism that the move
is "a deliberate act of social ag
gression.” The Daily Mail has the
headline: "Peers Demand Election
Before Reform.”
As for comment, all the papers
have editorials analyzing the Gov
ernment program outlined in the
King’s speech at the opening of
the new Parliamentary * session. |
Apart from the Labor Daily Her- !
aid. most of the papers attack the
proposal to curb the Lords' pow
ers. They say that the proposal is
irrelevant to the problems facing
the country at present and that it
is needlessly provocative repre
senting a concession to the left
wing element. The Daily Herald,
on the other hand, urges that the
proposal is aimed at carrying out
the Labor Party’s election pledge
that it would not tolerate obstruc
tion of the people’s will by the
House of Lords. The Herald says
that by endorsing that pledge in
1945 the electorate gave the Gov
ernment a clear mandate, wh'ich
it cannot ignore, to prevent such
obstruction.
The Times says the bulk of the
program of legislation outlined in
the King’s speech is taken from
the stock of constructive purposes
shared by the best members of all
parties. "But at a time when the
country calls for rescue from the
stress and decline, Mr. Attlee and
his colleagues have chosen to in
cite bitter constitutional argu
ments without need or reason.”
The Daily Express and the
Daily Graphic accuse the Govern
ment of raising a smoke-screen to
cover blunders in administration
and economic policy while the
Liberal News Chronicle thinks the
Government is inviting trouble.
They cannot, the Chronicle says,
put the Upper House on file, for
the Lords have done nothing
which can be charged against
them.
Coal Output Up
The front pages also report the
British miners’ achievement in
turning out more than 4,000,000
tons of coal in the week ended Oc
tober 11.
Another story is the news that
British exports were up in Sep
tember.
National Wages Policy Proposed
The Daily Mirror leads with the j
report by a correspondent who
says that a national minimum i
wage has been proposed by the
Government to the Trade Union
Congress at a series of private
meetings between cabinet minis
ters and union leaders. The cor
respondent says the proposal is
part of a new government move to
get the T.U.C. to accept a national
wages policy, which would help
to attract workers to undermanned
industries.
Truman's Call lo Congress Leaders
Several papers feature President
Truman’s call to Congress leaders
to confer with him at the White
House next Thursday on Europe’s
financial and economic plight.
Ketchikan Pioneer
Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE, (/P) — Mrs. Emma
D. Bergseth, 66. of Ketchikan,
died Sunday in a Seattle hospital
after a long illness.
She came here from Ketchikan
two weeks ago for medical treat
ment.
Mrs. Bergseth was born in Glen
coe, Minn. She was a member of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Eagles in Ketchikan. Funeral
services were held yesterday at
3:00 p.m.
Surviving are her widower, Al
bert; three daughters, two sons
and eight grandchildren.
Hollywood Investigation
Another story from the Unites
States which gets front page sp i •
for the second day in succession
the Washington inquiry into all.
gations of Communist activity in
Hollywood. Some of the pap r
carry photographs of the ac
tor Adolphe Menjou and spotlight
his declaration that Hollywoo I m
his opinion has been one of the
main Communist activities of
America.
Royal Command Show
The Daily Mail features a list of
the stage performers who wi'l
take part in this year’s Royal
Command variety show in London
and points out that American top
liners will play a bigger part in
this show than 'ever before.
France
The French municipal elections
are again on the front pages, and
the headlines concentrate on the
news that General de Gaulle is to
issue a statement to the press
within the next twelve hours. The
Daily Express has a headline: “De
Gaulle To Demand General Elec
tions.”
Pictures
Most of the papers have photo
graphs of the Royal Procession at
the state opening of Parliament,
and several print pictures of Prin
cess Elizabeth in a glass coach
which, they point out, will be used
again on her wedding day.
Bermuda Sky
. Queen Burns
Billows of smoke rise from
ill-fated Bermuda Sky Queen
alter the last of its 69 passen
gers and crew had been rescued
and the plane was destroyed by
shellfire from the Coast Guard
^ Cutter Bibb, as a menace to
■ navigation on the Atlantic
Ocean recently. (/P) Vi rephoto
f _-_i_
MRS. CHARLES CAVANAUGH
VISITS IN NOME
Mrs. Charles Cavanaugh,
daughter of the well known old
Nomeite Charles Ross visited in
Nome this week. Charles Ross, it
will be remembered, was a build
ing contractor who constructed
many residences and business
houses which are still standing.
The' Ross family left here in 1913
after the storm washed away their
hotel, the “Green Tree” in the east
end of town.
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