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The union times., 1944-11-25
Realtors Break
 Through Rental, Sales Ceilings
Get Permission To Boost Home Prices; Boon To
 Speculators, Labor Says

Real estate speculators have won a long pressure campaign to break through rental and sales ceilings on new wartime housing, in congested areas, as a result of action taken this week by the War Production Board and the National Housing Agency.
 Heretofore, priorities for new con- structlon were granted only in the case of homes to be sold for a maxi mum of $6,0O0, Or to be rented at not more than $50 month. These limits were designed to curb use of scarce materials and prevent profteering at the expense of war workers. Organ lzed labor supported the restrictions.
 For many months, however, real estate pressure groups campaigned to have the curbs removed. They got the N.H.A. to take their side. That agency, according to labor spOkesmen, proposed dropping of all limits on costs.
 The WIPE, which has authority over materials, refused to go that far but gave an "okay" to construction of new homes at up to $8,000 and rent ing at up to $65. Organized labor vigorously objected to the relaxation
 ''The new program simply gives the green light to real estate specu- latOrs," union spokesman de- clared. ''Prices of materials haven't gone up sufficiently to warrant an $8,OOO ceiling. The fact is, what the workers will get now is a $6,OOO home for $8,OOO.
 While the agencies claim the change will permit construction of better quality housing they have laid down no standards to assure such bet ter quality.
 Labor contends that only housing designed for rental purposes should be built in congested areas during the war. Most of the workers will be moving elsewhere after the war They should not be required. to buy sub standard wartime homes at high prices, simply to have a place to live, and then be forced to sell at great loss when their war jobs end. We think the government agencies did war workers a disservice in approving the new program"
The union times., 1944-11-25
Housing Project In Chicago Owns Its Coop Store
Consumer Project Is Some thing New In History
 Of Public Housing

The spirit of John P. Altgeld must have smiled the other day. His name has been perpetuated in community erected for the bene- fit of people like those for whose rights he had once fought as a courageous liberal Governor of Illinois.
 Coming from the crowded tene- ments of a great city, these Negro families were now the residents of a city within city, in attractive homes built on land which year ago had been meadow. Only 126 families have moved into the housing project, called Altgeld Gardens, which, when fin ished, will have 1900 dwellings. But they already have in full operation hne consumer owned cooperative food store.
 Something had happened in this place, even before it became community. For three months loyal band of pioneers. who had caught a vision, with the advice and assistance of Richard Leekley and others of the staff of the Coun- Gil for Cooperative Development. had been working on a project of their own which would make this place more than q neighborhOod. Unable, because of Housing Au- thOrity rules, to obtain a complete list of their new neighbors, they had sought them out in he fac tories where they worked, in the streets where they lived. Through out the summer they had met weekly, had laid their plans, had raised the necessary funds, and when the first families moved into the project, Coop store, owned and operated by the Altgeld Gar dens families themselves, was ready, in temporary quarters, to serve them with groceries, meats and produce.
 Here, was something new in the history of public housing Other hous- ing projects had opened with privately owned stores in operation. In other projects the tenants had organized their coop food stores after they had moved in. But in Altgeld Gardens, the people, before they moved in, met to- gether, organized their coop, and on opening day the Altge1d Gardens Con- sumers Cooperative, Inc, was the only store of any kind in the community.
 There is no freedom without happi- ness, no happiness without freedom, and here you have provided your selves with both," said Dr. Rudolph Treuenfels, executive secretary of the Council for Cooperative Development, as he brought to the new cooperative greetings from cooperators all over the country.
The union times., 1944-11-25

THERE wouldn't be a man left in civilian clothes today if every. body was as easy to draft as MT. Dewey.-Eddy Orcutt in the San Diego Labor Leader.
The union times., 1944-11-25

cation, we have a thoroughly illus trated S2 page booklet ''Know Your Money" which may be had by application to me at the U. S. Secret Service, Treasury Dept, Washington 25, D. C. If they are desired for distribution through a union, have its secretary or other officer request the number needed on your locals letterhead. This booklet has been made a unit of study in l2,OOO high schools throughout the nation. It is train- ing our people to ''Know Their Money"
 Additionally, we have a 16 nm. sound film, an exceptionally interest ing feature, that we show to interested groups. It IS available for union hall showings and arrangements can be made through my office So far it has been showed to 43,143 times to schools, clubs and organizations to more than 10A million persons, in- cluding GA million students.
 The U. s. Secret Service is an agency of your government created to protect you and your family from bad money. Another of its major duties Is to protect the person and family Of the President of the United States.
 I would like for organized labor to become better acquainted with the U. s. Secret Service which today has AZ of its male per sonnel in the armed services. Our service flag has 37l stars, 4 of them gold.
The union times., 1944-11-25

IN THE birth column of the AlpenG (Mich.) Nes0s was this item: ''To It. and Mrs. H-- E, a daughter, at Grace Hos pital. It. Els next assignment is overseas as commander of an engi- neers combat group"
The union times., 1944-11-25

labor body in which the CIO and other United Nations Labor move ments will be given their rightful representation, President Philip Mur- ray announced.
 LOS ANCELES-If industry can not employ millions above the pre- war level, then government must, an AFL spokesman and banker told postwar planning conference of 500 small businessmen here.
 RYE, N. Y.-International trade, key to postwar peace and prosperity, must be regulated by collaboration of organized businessmen without inter ference from their governments, spokesmen of American business told the representatives of 51 nations at the opening of the first wartime In- ternational Business Conference.
 WASHINGTON = Immediate abolition of the rigid Little Steel formula to maintain a high wage economy and stave off a postwar depression was demanded in a na- tionwide broadcast by AFL Secre- tary-Treasurer George Meany. Chairman William H. Davis of the National War Labor Board put a January l deadline on disposal of the wage question.
 CHICAGO-S. L. Avery, diehard Republican boss of Montgomery Ward, ignored an appeal by the union of his own workers, Local 20, United Retail Wholesale & Dept. Store Elm p,oyes, to join Gov. Dewey in pledg- ing support to President Roosevelt.
 DETROIT-Sixty million full time jobs can be had if our peace time economy is on the same large scale as our present wartime econ- Omy and foreign trade, especially
The union times., 1944-11-25
Covering The - American Scene

WASHINCTON-Declaring that full employment and international cartels don't mix, the Senate war subcommittee headed by Sen. Harley M. ilgOre O., W. Va.) called for outlawing re- trictive cartels as the first step in developing sound world markets based on international cooperation.
 LOS ANGELES defeat of Prop. l2, closed shop ban, and its sponsor, Assemblyman John B. Knight, was tribute to the strength of labor's political action, said Executive Secretary Raymond F. Leheney of the United AFL Committee, political action organ ization of all AFL councils and locals in Lost Angeles County.
 LITTLE ROCK, Ark-Passage of the so-called right to work amend nent banning the closed shop in Flori- da and Arkansas sets the stage for other states to approve such legis- lation, Val Sherman, associate direc- tor of the Christian American Asso- ciation, which led the campaign for the union busting measure in this state, said here.
 WASHINGTON -FP-Main is- Ste to be presented by the three CIO delegates to the preliminary world lcbor meeting in London Dec. 4 will be the creation of permanent world
The union times., 1944-11-25

HEADLINE in the Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot said: JACKSON SOLDIER COOKED FOR STILWELL IN BURMA.
The union times., 1944-11-25
Campaign Slogan Is Know Your Money
By Frank J. Wilson Chief, U. s. Secret Service

Ever ready to try new methods to carry out its mission of protect ing the public, the U. s. Secret Service is definitely in a novel field in addressing American workers through the Federated Press.
 But the Secret Service believes in reaching everybody with its message of Know Your Money" as a means of stopping losses that none of us can afford-losSes that are unnecessary and that means increased crime and encouragement to counterfeiting if not checked.
 For 75 years the Secret Service operated on the old fashioned basis of hunting down counterfeiters, getting a lead on the individual passing 'sphoney money'' and tracing back to the engravers and printer.
 In 1885 the U. s. losses from coun- terfeiting reached peak of $l,5O0,- 900. Last year the total national loss was only $50,0O0.
 By virtue of eight years of oper- ating under our modern plan-educa- ton of the public-we not only sharp ly reduced the loss to persons "stuck" with bad money, but we also stopped to a great degree the incentive of criminals to produce and pass bogus bills.
 Until 1886 the Secret Service had been sending from one to three thousand persons to the peniten- tiary each year. Last year we sent away only 26.
 You in the labor movement be- lieve that the union label is sign of good workmanship, the product of skilled craftsmen.
 In the Treasury Department S Bureau of Engraving and Printing, good workmanship and craftsmanship go hand in hand to make Uncle Sam's money. Illustrations accompanying this article compare good and bad money. The fake looks bad, 1t isn't properly done and little care will protect you from ever accepting a bogus bill.
 With the passing of bad money reduced to an historic low through out the country, the Secret Service is engaged in a national drive on check protection. We have adopted the slogan ''Know Your Indorser" and our drive is not only protecting the government, but also cOmmer- cial users of checks. In the end, that also protects the workers, the people who are paid by check.
 So far 33,330 firms are putting our Know Your Indorser" slogan on their checks. These include the Union Pacific Railroad, the city and county of Philadelphia, Sears, Roe buck, Swift & Co.,, Boeing Aircraft Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,, the state of New York and the Sun Ship Corp.
 If everyone cashing checks would insist on flAl identification of the in dorser, or better yet, know the indivi- dual personally, these losses would be sharply reduced immediately.
 To further our campaign of edu-
The union times., 1944-11-25

"A plan to reduce Industrial Plant costs'' is the theme of the first city-wide Industrial Safety meeting to be held in the Hotel Taft Colonnade, Thursday, Nov. 30 at 8 PM, under the auspices of the New Haven Safety Council.
 Ralch J. Crosby, Safety Engi- neer of Marsh & McLennan, Inc, New York City, will speak on the subject, ''ParaIleIism = Production and Accident Prevention.'' MT. Crosby, nationally known speak CT, has had twenty years experi- ence in the field of accident pre- ventiOn.
 In addition to MT. Crosby, a pro- gram of entertainment with both musical and moving picture fea- lures have been arranged.
The union times., 1944-11-25
cret SerVice Head Tells Of Dve To Stop Countereters

with the Soviet Union, will help put it there, Senator Harley M. Kill gore O., W. Va.) told 4,OOO De- troiters at an American-SOviet Friendship Council rally.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (FP) = F Jour mill workers represented by the American Federation of Grain Proc essors (AFL) laid their case for wage increases and improved working conditions before a regional War Labor Board panel in a two-day hear ing here.
 BENTON HARBOR, Mich - (FP)-The fascist movement in America is operating under ground through a nationwide net work of small organizations spread ing race hatred in preparation for ''crisis'' it plans to create after the war, Gustav HOrner Maertz, leader of ChicagO's pro-Nazi and anti-Jewish Silver Shirt movement, revealed.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines

The Lodestar arrived last eve ming with the following passen- gers: Nick Gray, Gertrude Lund- stam, Fred Yenney, Grace Kul- koni. It departed this morning with Ivna Darnell, A. Hood, E.. Koutchak, May George, D. B. Camp, Edwin Anderson, Jack Gould, Arnold Hildreth and z. z. de Parvien. The crew for this trip was Captain Duggan and Co., Pilot Courtmanche.
 Pan American
 A Lodestar arrived Wednesday with Capt. Al Monson and First Officer Olson as crew. Passengers were Maude McAIee, John Hu- detr, Mrs. Bennie Leonard and mail. It departed Thursday with John Dellutri, Lawrence Klein, Richard Lee, Jr., Carl Anderson, Herman Miller and Peter Sol
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15

evening message. There will be special Christmas music. 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Prayer meeting.
 8:30 p. m. Choir practice. 200 p. m. Saturday, December 18th. Sisterhood meeting. Dec. 18th: Christmas Vesper Service at 500 p. m. Sunday:
 200 p. m. Sunday School. 7:30 p. m. Gospel Service. Thursday:
 3:30 D. m. Child Evangelism Class.
 Friday: 7::30 p. m. Adult Bible Class.
 Our Message: The Book, The Blood, The Blessed Hope.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15
ing. Mail was also carried.
 Wien Airlines

The Boeing came in from Fair banks with express and Mrs. Eff fife Bell, returning the same day with MT. and Mrs. Jake Nefstad, Robert Steel and Roy Swanson, all for Sommers Construction Co.,; T. A. Doherty, R. McWil- Hams, all for Fairbanks; Corpor al Toler of the A. C. s. for Ga lena.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15
MIDNIGHT MASS TO BE HELD IN NOME

Volunteer workers have been busy working on the big Cath ollie Church to make it possible to have the customary midnight mass on Christmas Eve. New heating. equipment has been in- stalled and other improvements made for this special occasion, which has become a part of Nome's Christmas, to which all people of the community have responded to year after year.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15
CHURCHES
FEDERATED CHURCH

FEDERATED CHURCH Rev. Vernon L. Booker, Pastor Sunday
 9:45 a. m. Sunday school. 7:45 p. m. Special music. Wednesday, 400 p. m. Junior Choir re- hearsal.
 Thursday
 700 p. m. Christian Service Mems League.
 8:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal. Friday
 400 p. m. Junior choir hehear- sal.
 7:30 p. m. Christian Colony Fellowship.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15
ALASKA EvANGELIzATIoN

SOCIETY Main St. just West of Polets Store Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. Loveless.
 Missionaries LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG . MISSION
 Eskimo Church.
  Constance Erickson, Deaconess-
 Pastor Sunday, Dec. 17th: 11:00 a. m. Church School. FOO p. m. Evening worship. Rev. A. Gather will bring the
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15

Around the World News in Pictures" appears regularly in The Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
 CAWoh
 Edmund A Ana5le, g. J.
 Pastor Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 .. m. Weekday Mass 700 .. m. Religious instruction for the children: Monday afternoon, pri- mer class; Tuesday afternoon, advanced class.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-15

IT'S simple arithmetic. More B-2o Il Super Fortresses that cost $6OO,- 900 each in War Bonds. More P-47 Thunderbolts that cost $50, ,OOO each. More amphibious tanks! More air. craft carriers! More gasoline and oil than it took for the invasion of Europe! Over seven billion dollars a
Evening star., 1944-09-21
luuqhIin
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decision, Sanders granted Mr.. Buck
ley permission to testify.
Are you friendly or unfriendly
with me?" Mr.. Laughlin asked the
witness.
"Friendly-I always have been,"
Mr.. Buckley replied.
Mr.. Laughlin was indicted on
June 2, and charged by the Govern
ment with having introduced testi-
mony and af1davits which he knew
to be false at the trial of Sanders
to show that the man was a visitor
at the State prison farm in Raiford,
Fla, on the day of the robbery.
Sanders was convicted along with
William Leo Keefe, and both were
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
in the robbery case.
The Laughlin case is expected tc
reach the jury late today or to-
morrow.
Nine additional witnesses took the
stand in rapid succession for the
Government yesterday afternoon
Immediately after Mr.. Laughlin hao
closed his case. Several of the re-
buttal witnesses were agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
who denied that any threats OF
promises had been nnade to peni.
tentiary inmates who testified a.
Government witnesses against Mr.
Laughlin,
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Grand Jury Iestimon,
OF viereck, Dennett
Fought by Defense
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

Chief Justice Edward G. Eicher
heard at the sedition trial today ex-
tended arguments over the admissa-
bility of statements which two de-
PENDANTS, George Sylvester Viereck
and Prescott F. bennett, made be-
fore District grand jury.
Defense attorneys contended the
Government had shown no justifi-
cation for violation of the secrecy
ordinarily surrounding grand jury
minutes. To admit the evidence
would be, in effect, to force the de-
PENDANTS to testify against them
selves. they argued.
Chief Prosecutor o. John Rogge
cited list of court decisions hold
ing that grand jury proceedings
could be used at trials whenever,
in the judges opinion, they would
serve the end Of justice.
Evidence Concerns " Card
The testimony which the Gov
ernment sought to bring before the
District Court jury concerned the
printing and circulation Of the So
called ''V card" already admitted
in evidence This card describes
the horrors of climate, vermin and
disease awaiting soldiers who might
be sent to West Africa. At that
time Americans occupied only Ice
land.
Mr. Rogge said the Government
would not contend the grand jury
statements could be used against
any defendant other than the one
who gave the particular testimony
Thus. the prosecutor explained,
Dennett's testimony would affect
only bennett and Viereck's testi-
mony would apply only to Viereck
There are "a other defendants in
the conspiracy case.
Appeals Court Weighs Petition.
The Court of Appeals had under
consideration today a petition by
eight defense attorneys to intervene
as friends of the court in a motion
by Eugene N. Sanctuary, a defend
ant, to be eliminated from the case
because, he contends, he was forced
to accept counsel against his will
Several weeks ago the appellate
court denied Sanctuary a writ of
prohibition requiring Justice Eicher
to grant a severance in Sanctuary s
case. The defendant moved for
reconsideration, and the eight de-
tense lawyers, none representing
Sanctuary, asked permission to ap-
pear in this proceeding.
The petition filed by the eight
attorneys attached voluminous
record of the proceedings affecting
Sanctuary and asked that a writ be
issued eliminating him from the
trial. The document was signed by
E. Hilton Jackson. John w. Jack
son, William A. Gallagher, Claude
A. Thompson, Frank H. Meyers.
Harry A. Grant, Ethelbert B. Frey
and Elizabeth r. Young.
Evening star., 1944-09-21

goods only to recognized and
reputable" firms.
Mead Issues Statement.
The committee revealed earlier
that Gordon was subpoenaed on the
complaint of Mayor La Guardia.
The committee believes that par
ticular evidence showing the man
ner In which Gordon and his asso-
ciates dealt in surplus properties
their financial transactions, their
relationships with Government OH
cials, will serve as an illustration
of the type Of abuses which may be
expected to develop If the disposal
Of surplus properties is not handled
with the greatest Of care" a state
ment issued in advance by Chair
man Mead said.
Gordon Has Large Suite Here.
Committee employees said Gordon
was one of a group which has a
large suite in Washington hotel
and Offices in a Madison avenue
building in New York.
11uOil, VIII WdS COIlNlCLeO as
pickpocket before the last war, came
into national attention when he was
prosecuted in 1888 for failure to
pay income tax on annual earnings
placed at more than 100000 by
Thomas E. Dewey, then district at
torney Of New York. 1t was Mr..
Dewey's first big prosecution. Cor
don got 10 years.
He was released from a Federal
penitentiary a few years ago.
Evening star., 1944-09-21

suffered In . single day since 1t
came to France. But they nowhere
approached the German losses.
This column alone has Knocked
out % tanks, destroyed 454 other
vehicles, destroyed % guns larger
than 88s and taken more than 1000
prisoners since 1t dashed across the
Moselle under fire north Of Nancy
just q week ago. 1t also overran an
armored division headquarters and
captured 10 vehicles.
Fogs have limited visibility in the
last few days.
"The Germans are getting tough;
they stand and fight and don't give
an inch, even when we get behind
them" said Capt. Stedman Seay,
Albany, N. Y.
This was easy to see last night.
The fires Of burning towns where
the Germans were holding out dot
ted the horizon in an almost COM
plete circle around this camp.
To all intents and purposes. this
Is enemy territory" The inhabi-
tants speak German instead of
French. AL signs are in German.
The Nazis sought for four years to
Germanize the territory seized from
France with immigrants and sup
pressed the French way of life.
The German civilians give some
trouble by spy activity. Evidence has
been received that the day after the
crossing of the Moselle German
troops in this area had detailed
knowledge of this columns move
meslts, something which never hap
pened in France before.
I'VE are not giving civilians
around here the leeway they had in
France" Maj. Yuel Havens of Me.
Evening star., 1944-09-21
Surplus Goods
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man and Harry Berman, Mr.. La
Guardia said.
Mayor La Guardia named Cor
don's employer as the Wide World
Mercantile Co. and Consolidated
Industries, Inc.
During the morning session, Al
bert Terry Fahye, an officer of the
company and corporation, testified
that Gordon was fired only this
morning because the unfavorable
association was giving the company
a bad name.
Gordon, New York beer baron of
the prohibition era, who has served
at least three penitentiary terms,
sat impeturbably chewing an un-
lighted cigar through it all.
Mayor La Guardia disclosed that
the War Production Board had given
New York City representatives
names of four dealers who might
supply much-needed tires for New
York Citys garbage trucks. Three
of the four firms, he said, proved to
be junk dealers.
Its getting to be that instead of
looking up suppliers In Dun g.
Bradstreet," the Mayor said, you
check them with the Police Depart
ment and the FBI."
The Mayor said one of the firms
located in Illinois was reported bv
the FBI to be under investigation
for interstate car thievery on the
part of its personnel.
Surprised at Protest.
Mayor La Guardia said he was
surprised that his testimony before
the committee on August % had
brought protest from officials of
the Treasury procurement division
Chairman Mead of the committee
asked him to speak into the mi
crophone SO that those in the spec
tator seats behind him, including
the Treasury officials you are crit
icizing," could hear him.
What" asked the Mayor, "are
those buns here?"
Asked about his conference on the
tire problem with Acting WIPE
Chairman Krug. he said Mr.. Krue
was sympathetic. The Mayor
thought a minute then added, 81
would have made out all right il
what 1 needed was what goes in the
tires"
Mayor La Guardia recommended
that the Government selling
agencies be ordered to sell surplu