Daily Sitka Sentinel
Herne-Owned Newspaper
volume xvi
and The ARROWHEAD PRESS
Member of The Associated Press
Monday, December 5, 1955
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Eisenhower appeals to new
merged union to benefit all
Should display its
democracy to
all nations
' NEW YORK VP) President
Eisenhower appealed to the new
ly merged AFL-CIO today to
use its great strength for the
benefit olf the whole world.
•He called -u<pon the 16 million
member organization to display
its democracy for all nations to
see and to (guard the rights of
minorities.
The president addressed the
initial convention of the new
organization by telephone from
his farm at Gettysburg, Pa.
George Meany, president of
the old AiFL, was elected AFL
CIO president shortly before
the president spoke.
In his address, Eisenhower
said the American philosophy
of lalbor consisted of three ma
jor principles.
“First,” he said, “man is cre
ated in the divine image and
has spiritual aspirations that
transcend the material;
“Second, the real interests of
employers and employees are
mutual;
“Third, unions and employers
can and should work out their
own destinies.” 1
Eisenhower said “as we
preach and practice that mes
message without cease, we will
wage a (triumphant crusade for
human prosperity, freedom and
peace among men.”
In declaring unions and em
ployers should work out their
own destinies, Eisenhower said
this should (be done “without
government’s unwarranted in-:
terference.” j
“The history of labor is stud
ded with the names of men and
V eotchcombing
• Coach Marsh did three
things 'Saturday night which I
particularly liked -
(1) When he (talked to the
players at time-out or quarters
he talked to the WHOLE squad
— not just those playing;
(2) He sent itJhe hoys who won
the trophy out to collect it and
not just the captain;
(3) And heat of all — when
he was called on to he in the
pictures — he called the entire
squad along with him.
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j§ The Lions tournament is
getting “high-toned” or “citifi
ed”. One of the officials appear
ed Ifor his duties in a tuxedo.
Next thing they all will he
wearing them — though we
can’t see the referees wearing
evening dress!
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• The beautiful you nig ladies
(in scant attire) who so ably
lead the cheering and put on
the stunts — would cardh any
Hollywood talent scouts *eye,
let alone the old duffers who
occupied the press box.
women who have inspired our
working people, our country
and mankind,” Eisenhower said
“In their example, you can
help toward a better citizenship
and nation. Abroad you can
help liberate (hundreds of mil
lions from slavery.”
Eisenhower said America’s
“industrial maturity” is demon
strated by “the splendid record
of labor peace and unparallel
ed prosper!.y during the last
three years.”
This has come about, he said,
“against the backdrop of non
interference by (government ex
cept only to protect the public
interest, in t!he rare cases of
genuine national emergency.”
Eisenhower had talked over
his message in detail with sec
retary of labor Mitchell and oth
er advisors. He stressed the
view that employer and em
ploye must work together for
“mutual prosperity.”
After his election as presid
ent, Meany pledged, in a key
note speech, that he would lead
it'he new 16 million member or
ganization as “a force for good
and for all America.”
He said this would include
greater labor political activity. I
Meany said he was “amus
ed” by those charging that the'
AFL-CIO will try to control!
workers’ votes, form a Labor
party or capture one of the ex-;
isting political parties.
“No one can control a work
er’s vote — me or anyone else”
Meany said. We have no senti
ment for a Labor party, nor
any Ifor taking over either of
the existing parties.
“We want our people to 'be
informed on all issues facing
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Promotion for
Malenkov seen
ps possibility
LONDON (IP) Deposed Sov
iet premier Georgia Malenkov
was described in a Moscow
radio broadcast today as“ifirst'
deputy chairman of the USSR
council of ministers.” That
would make him a firs: depu
ty premier, the council being
the Soviet equivalent of a
government cabinet.
It was not clear w*he her
Malenkov is aigain moving up
tihe ladder of power in the Sov
iet Union. Since he was forc
ed out of the Soviet premier
ship last February, he had
been described merely as a
deputy chairman —- without
the first.
Announcements of the Sov
iet lineup after Malenkov’s
ouster listed five first deputy
chairmen of the council of
ministers. These were foreign
minister V. M. Molotov, L. M.
Kaganovich. A. I. Mikoyan. M.
G. Pervukhin and M. Z. Sab
urov. Malenkov then was list
ed along with seven other de
puty chairmen. He also was
named minister of the electric
| power station industry.
Pioneer in aviation
I*
field passes
BALTIMORE (JP) Glenn L.
Martin, one of aviation’s great
est pioneers, died here last
night of a cerebral heomor
rhage.
The 69-year-old founder of
the Glenn L. Martin Co. was
stricken yesterday morning at
Glenmar, his ibiig farm on
Maryland’s eastern shore oif
Chesapeake Bay.
He was taken to University
of Maryland Hospital in Balti
more, where death came at
8:25 ip. m. (EST).
Behind him stretched a fab
ulous career crammed with
aviation “firsts.”
Tax incentives,
mining, tops list
at convention
FAIRBANKS (ff) Tax in
centives and the problems of
Alaska’s prospectors topped
the algenda during iwo public
hearings on finances and re
socrces at the constitutional
convention Saturday.
From 40 to 60 persons filled
the gallery for committee hear
inigs.
Barrie White, secretary of
the finance committee, said
the thinking of that commit
tee is to leave ta$ incentives
up to the future state legisla
ture.
From the audience, James
Hurley of Palmer urged that
“all reference to tax exemp
tions be eliminated from the
constitution and left to the
legislature governments.”
Delegate Jack Hinckel of
Kodiak appeared before the
finance committee to urge that
the constitution contain “a tax
ceiling on non-income single
family dwellings.” He said he
didn’t know where else than
the constitution could relief
be obtained ifor people w»ho
work all their lives to estab
lish a fine home, then find af
ter they are re:ired they can’t
nav taxes on it.
Delegate James Nolan and {
convention president William!
Egan said they felt Hinckel’s
proposal needed lelgal study
with regard ito possible con
flict with uniform taxation
laws. i
Mrs. Irene Ryan, a mining
engineer and member of the
territorial legislature ifrom An
chorage, was principal speaker
at the meeting of the commit
tee on resources.
Mrs. Ryan told the commit-)
tee there should be no acreage
limitations on mining prop
erties. Mininlg acreage limits, ■
she said, would work against
the peoples’ interests.
Mrs. Ryan also urfged that]
miners be allowed to obtain1
patents 'to their claims rather,
than lease their land from the]
state. She said there would be
an “uproar and resistance from
miners if they cannot obtain
patents to their land.”
Ernest Wolf, Fairbanks min
ing engineer, said miners
should be aible to obtain own
ership of their claims. A big
incentive ito prospecting is the
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Flood of proposals offered to
constitutional convention
Ban on fish traps
asked by fisherman
from Petersburg
FAIRBANKS i/P) A flood of
.proposals were in reduced into
tlhe constitutional convention
plenary session Monday morn
ing calling for abolition of fish
traps, reduction oif voting age
to 20, prohibition of ithe closed
shop, and revision of non-util
ized land to the state and the
staging of a convention for con
stii.utional revision.
Delegate Eldor Lee of Peters
burg introduced a proposal
that reads:
“The use of fish traps for the
taking of salmon for commer
cial purposes is hereby prohib
ited in all waters of i‘.he state of
Alaska.”
In explaining his proposal,
the Petersburg fisherman said
that “the people of Alaska have
made a clear expression of
their wishes in regard to the el
imination of lish traps. Several
referendums have been taken
on the issue. The legislature
has memorialized congress a
bout it. But the fish traps are
still there.”
He said chat it does not look
o him that the “five year plan”
Cold wave plunges
temperatures in
border region
by The Associated Press
Freezing cold slammed into
the northern border region to
day to replace the weekend
'blizzard tihat played havoc
wiiih the central and northern
plains area.
The storm, which dumped
as much as 16 inches of snow
over the prairie area, wheeled
yesterday and turned toward
Canada. The snowstorm, for
the most part, left a (thick
blanket of snow Saturday in
Nebraska. Kansas, the Dakotas
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The resulting cold wave
plunged temperatures well be
low zero across the northern
border section while covering
most of Minnesota. Strong
gusty winds accompanied the
temperature drop.
While Fraser, Colo., Presi
dent Eisenhower’s (favorite
fishing spot, reported the morn
ing’s lowest reading at -20,
Minnesota and North Dakota
were almost as cold.
In the Gopher state, Inter
national Falls recorded -11 and
Alexandria -8. In North Dako
ta, Grand Forks and Bismarck
reported -10.
The warmest portion of the
nation was reserved for Flori
da and the immediate gulf
coast region wh£re* the mer
cury hoVered in the balmy 60s
and 70s.
Snow fell in Seattle early
in the day, but later turned to
rain,
to abolish fish traps is working
out .properly.
j He said he introduced his pro
posal with the express inten
tion of getting it into the con
stitcion.
(Delegate George Cooper of
Fairbanks proposed that Alas
kans be allowed to vote in
state and local elections at the
age of 20.
I. E. (Robertson of Juneau pro
posed: “Every person is grant
ed the enjoyment of the rigiht
to work, and every two or more
granted the enjoyment of the
right to collective labor bargain
ing.”
It is expected that this pro
posal will Ibe protested when re
ports (begin reaching the floor
from committees.
A final proposal of the brief
but busy plenary session was
introduced by Yule Kilcher,
Homer delegate.
It would require that a con
vention for constitutional revi
sion be held fifteen years after
the last one. This would be com
pletely without precendent, Kil
dher said. There are provisions
in a her constitutions requiring
a vote be taken to determine if
a revision constition shall be
seld. An automatic convention
requirement is a new thing, he
said.
A total of 35 proposals have
now been introduced.
Lodge asks U. N. to
endorse 'open sky'
inspection plan
UNITED NATIONS </P) Hen
ry Cabot Lodge, Jr., today urg
ed the U. N. (political committee
to endorse President Eisenhow
er’s '‘open sky” program for
mutual aerial inspections be
tween the Soviet Union and (the
United States.
Speaking with the full back
ing of the Eisenhower admini
tration, ilhe chief U. S. delegate
drew a verbal picture of So
viet planes flying over the Un
ited States and United States
planes flying over the Soviet *
Union on peaceful missions of
aerial photography.
He said Nikita Khrushchev,
Soviet communist party chief
tain, in a talk to an Indian au
dience Nov. 26 seemed “ to find
this picture (fantastic.”
“We Americans do not,”
Lodge said to the U. N. dele
gates. “We believe that many,
many others do not find it fan
tastic.
“We believe this vision of
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Marine forecast from ‘Mon
day to Tuesday.
Outside waters Dixon En
trance to Cape Spencer nomh
to northeast winds 25 to 40 mph
with very strong gusts, decreas
ing to 20 (to 30 mph with occa
sional strong (gusts late tonight
Cloudy with occasional rain,