PUNE OF TYPE WHICH CRASHED
A Douglas DC-6 of the type shown above in flight, crashed near
Mt. Carmel, Pa. sarrying 43 person? to their death. (AP Wirephoto)
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fered to the Party Convention
opening July 12, in Philadelphia.
On that basis, arrangements
were reported made for Alabama
to yield its first crack at nomina
ting speeches to Kansas, for a
home-state nomination of the Gen
eral.
This would put Eisenhower’s
name in the pot before President
Truman could be officially listed
as a candidate.
It would give Eisenhower’s sup
porters the chance for a shouting,
cowbell-ringing, stomp dance by
which they might hope to stam
pede the convention.
TJpere are clear indications that
Mr. Truman’s friends are scared
at what might happen in such a
situation.
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ON THE BALLOT in the Oct. 12th election there will be a referendum on “the practice of fishing by means of traps should
be continued or ... should be abolished.” To abolich traps, we believe, would amount to confiscation and would permanently
injure the Territory of Alaska.
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The future of Alaska is the most im- v.
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portant consideration in the voting to \
continue or abolish fish traps. Not the i'
future of trap fishermen, or gill net I
fishermen or seine fishermen—but the
business future of Alaska is at stake, §
Each type of gear is necessary because I
each catches a quantity of salmon that ®
the others could not catch. Each con- F
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tributes to the prosperity of Alaska. All
three work together as a team to utilize
Alaska’s salmon run to the fullest Vote
to insure Alaska’s future prosperity.
VOTE TO
CONTINUE TRAPS!
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Here's why YOU Should
VOTE to CONTINUE
TRAPS:
1. Traps mean jobs—not just for 45 days but for
six to nine months for approximately 4.000
people, mostly Alaskans.
2. Traps are the best means of conserving
Alaska’s salmon. *
3. Traps pay taxes. Without them the Territory
would have to levy additional taxes on all
other Alaska businesses and individuals.
4. Traps, together with mobile gear, allow can
neries to operate efficiently. Without traps,
at least 25 large canneries would close down
became they would be stripped of their de
pendable supply of salmon—thousands of men
would lose their jobs.
5. Traps are vital to Alaska’s economy. Confiscate
them and you undermine the Territory’s sta
bility. An unstable region cannot develop a
diversified economy.
6. Traps so stabilize the entire salmon industry
that they make it possible for packers to pay
fishermen maximum prices. Confiscate traps
and you cut down these earnings. Nobody
gains—everyone loses.
7. Traps are vital in maintaining U. S. world
leadership in the canned salmon industry. Con
fiscate them and you so weaken America’s posi
tion that it will be possible for Russia, utilizing
U.S. built floating canneries, to seize this prize
in world trade. The Japanese demonstrated,
in 1937, by their operations in Bristol Bay,
that such floating canneries constitute a real
threat.
I. Traps represent large investments in venture
capital. Confiscate them and you discourage
other industries from investing in Alaska’s
future.
9. Traps provide healthy competition. Confiscate
them and you establish a gear monopoly in the
catching of salmon.
10. Traps, seines and gill nets — ALL THREE
TYPES OF GEAR ARE ESSENTIAL to
maintain Alaska’s canned salmon pack. Vary
ing conditions in the Alaska fishing grounds
make it economically feasible to fish certain
areas to full advantage only by means of traps.
COMMITTEE OF ALASKA*TRAP OPERATORS
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Lawyers Peruse
New Draft Law
In Mine Seizure
WASHINGTON, — </P) —Gov
ernment attorneys took a long
look at the new draft law today
to see whether it gives Piesident
Truman the power to seize steel
company coal mines if next Tues
day’s threatened strike occurs.
The steel firms squared away
Friday for what looks like a ma
jor tussle with John L. Lewis over
his union shop contract with the
rest of the soft coal industry.
They asked the National Labor
Relations Board to seek an in
junction against the union shop
provision.
The steel company mines pro
duce one-tenth of the nation’s
bituminous coal—but all of their
output goes to fuel the steel mills.
Thus a strike at the “captive”
mines would quickly become ser
ious. Closing down blast furnaces
and steel mills would shortly para
lyze the auto industry and hun
dreds of other companies depend
ent on steel for basic operations.
The stepped up national de
fense program would be affected.
That’s where Mr. Truman’s new
seizure powers fit into the pic
ture. The new draft law says he
| may take over “any plant, mine
or other facility” and operate it
for the production of government
j ordered materials in cases where
j the contractor has failed to pro
| duce on schedule.
This provision was inserted at
j the request of Senator Russell,
(D-Ga.>, but there has been no
official opinion yet as to its pos
j sible application to the captive
mine dispute.
Albania Breaks
Off All Agreements
With Yugoslavia
LONDON, — (/P) —Albania has
broken off cultural and trade re
lations agreements with Yugo
slavia and ordered Yugoslav mis
sions and military experts to leave
the country, the Belgrade radio
broadcast said today.
Premier Marshal Tito's foreign
office, the broadcast said, protest
ed in its fourth stiff note to Al
bania of the week and warned
that Yugoslavia would hold her
“responsible for all the consequen
ces.”
Albania’s action was declared
as “brutal” “revolting” and "gros
sly insulting.” The broadcast was
monitored in London by Tanjug,
the official Yugoslav News Ag
ency.
The radio said Albania gave
the trade and cultural missions
of her big neighbor 48 hours to
cross the frontier. The foreign min
isters office was quoted as saying
the expulsion of the Yugoslav
military experts as violently in
sulting to “our army and its lead
ers.” (Tito is the chief of those
leaders).
The Yugoslav-Albanian quarrel
was the outstanding development
in the Soviet sphere of the Com
inform’s denunciation of Yugo
slavia’s brand of Communism last
Monday.
Napoleon Bonaparte originated
the idea of odd and even house
numbers for different sides of the
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