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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30

federation of Cuban Workers for the
construction Of a Workers Palace in
the national capital. President Grau
San Martin had the support of the
Confederation and the Communist
Party in the recent elections. Who
says politics does not pay? /. s. -.
UNRRA, writes the Scripps-Howard
staff writer Charles Lucey, has in 16
months of it's rather expensive exist
ence shipped only 5000 to 1000 tons
of supplies overseas-not enough to
fill a single Liberty ship . The
manner in which the German people
have been bamboozled and frightened
out of their wits by Nazi terror and
propaganda is demonstrated in a re-
cent article by Joseph Driscoll in the
New York Herald Tribune. After the
occupation of small town, Oberweis,
by American forces, the writer re-
ports, the civilians were ordered not
to stir from the camp on the eastern
OeiIlh VI CilO IlNGI. ALI OUcyeu,
except young woman with babe in
arms who was caught crossing the
bridge. She explained she was on
her way to visit relatives few miles
away. An American M. P. was sum-
moned to escort her. When the young
woman saw the M. P approaching with
his tommy gun she fell to the earth
screaming and kicking and begging
him not to shoot. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that she was per-
suaded that the M. P.'s assignment
was as guide and not as an execu-
toner.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Big Merchant Marine
Asked By Seafarers

Washington, D. C.-Demands for
large postwar merchant marine to
keep America prosperous and to pro-
vide jobs for American seamen were
presented by officials Of the Seafarers
international Union before the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries.
Morris Weisberger, Vice President
of the AFL union, expressed unalter-
able opposition to pending legislation
which would give the Maritime Com
mission authority to set ceilings on
postwar shipping and dispose of sur
plus vessels to other nations.
"Don't sell those ships now to for
eign operators" Weisberger warned.
"Wait until American operators have
had a chance to build their own trade
routes. No one can know how large
our fleet should be until after the war
ends and our operators have had an
opportunity to extend their lines"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30

with the larger combat ships OF the
fleet, the Apache brought her guns
into action soon after sighting enemy
planes 10 miles off the starboard
quarter. Sharpshooting members OF
the gun crews shot down the first Jap
plane with their 20mm and 50-caliber
machine guns, when 2 of the enemy
planes peeled off in an attack from
the stern.
Tug In News Before
The other 6, maneuvering to take
position in the sun, came down to at
tack, one by one. With her fighting
forties es"-40mm guns-blazing along
with the rest, the tug hit 5 out OF the
planes. In the final count her gun
crews had destroyed A out of the at
tacking planes.
The Apache was in the news last
summer too. At that time she was OF.
ficially lauded for her work at Guam
where she successfully dislodged q
beached landing craft while under
heavy artillery and mortar fire.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Construction Total
In January Drop

New York City (ILNS).-Continua-
tion of declines in publicly owned con-
struction in the 81 states east of the
Rocky Mountains is revealed in the
record of contracts awarded during
January, F. w. Dodge Corp. reports.
At the same time it is made known
that privately owned nonresidential
and heavy engineering construction
during the month exceeded that re-
ported in the first month of 1914.
Nonresidential construction in the
81 eastern states, measured by con-
tracts awarded in January, amounted
to $81, $4,000 as compared with to-
tai of $67,908,000 in January of last
year. Residential construction declined
from a total of $4O,997 900 in January,
1914, to $19,536,000 in January, 1945.
Total construction volume in the first
month of 1914 aggregated $159,238,-
900 as compared with $140,949,000 in
January of this year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
AFL-Made Fleet Tug
Shoots Down A Out OF
8 Attackers in Jig Time

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-1t took
the USS Apache, little fleet tug whose
guns pack big wallop, just 9 min
utes to dispose of out of 8 attacking
Japanese planes while steaming for
Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. The
vessel, part of a salvage group at the
time, shot down g. of the planes and
forced the fourth to crash in the
water.
The Apache was made at the yards
of the Charleston Shipbuilding & Dry
dock Co., Charleston, S. c., by mem
bers of the AFL's International Broth
erhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship
Builders and Helpers of America.
Proving her fighting prowess along
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Basic Labor Policies Seen Applied:
AFL Committee Strongly Endorses
lnter-American Meeting Program
To Insure Peace and Prosperity
Approves Act OF Chapultepec and the Economic Charter
of the Americas, Adopted by the Conference

ius, Jr., and the capable Assistant
Secretaries of State, William L. Clay
ton and Nelson A. Rockefeller, of the
labor, management ,and agricultural
advisers.
'The Act of Chapultepec, adopted
unanimously by the representatives of
20 American nations provides for
united action in accordance with con-
stitutional processes to prevent or de-
feat aggression against member ma
tion. Economic and military sane
tions are to be provided against any
would-be war-maker. The act of
Chapultepec applies in effect the fun
damental policy of free trades unions
and of traditional Americanism
against any aggressOrs.
Act of Chapultepec Commended
eve commend the Act of Chapul-
tepec as a sound and essential Amer
lean doctrine to which the AFL has
long and loyalty subscribed.
'The rights of workers to join to-
gether in unions and to bargain col
lectively with employers is endorsed
in the tenth principle set forth in the
Economic Charter of the Americas, in
which the 20 American nations pledg-
ed appropriate steps to realize the OBJ
jectives set forth in the international
Labor Organizations Declaration of
Philadelphia. The AFL has long
asked that these rights be assured to
the workers of every nation.
Basis of Better Living
eve pay our sincere respects to the
national delegations which have
pledged their common efforts to win
prosperity for all people through max
imum efforts of private initiative and
economic cooperation"
In ending, the committee said the
conference has provided "a basis of
equitable treatment for all to assure
economic growth of each nation and to
bring about rising levels of living OF
the peoples of every participating ma
tion."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Senate House Conference Group Packed In Favor
OF Labor Draft

Washington, D. C.-The legislative
situation in Congress on forced labor
draft proposals has taken a critical
and dangerous turn.
The House of Representatives, fol-
lowing it's recent anti-labor trend, re-
fused to concur with the voluntary
manpower bill adopted by the Senate
and sent the measure to conference
The legislation now rests with the
conference committees appointed by
the House and the Senate and the
membership of these committees ap-
pears to be packed with proponents of
forced-labor schemes.
During the next week or two the
conference COMMITTEES will try to work
out a compromise between the dam
gerous May Bailey Bill adopted by the
House and the more acceptable O'Ma-
honey -Kilgore Bill passed by the Sen
ate.
After their first meeting, conferees
predicted eventual agreement on bill
for Limited" national service which
will provide Jail penalties for workers
who refuse to take war jobs to which
they are assigned.
The American Federation of Labor
has fought bitterly since the begin
ming of the year against any such
compulsory legislation. Lined up
against labor has been a powerful
coalition of Administration forces, the
War and Navy Departments and the
old guard reactionaries in Congress.
While the AFL triumphed in the
| Senate, after an initial setback in the
House, it was pointed out that it is
extremely more difficult to defeat a
conference report in either branch of
Congress than a bill coming up for
original consideration.
That is why legislative experts con-
slider the present situation more dam
gerous to labor than at any time since
the President first recommended labor
draft legislation to Congress.
Even the fact that, the armed forces
of the United Nations have been MAX
ing such tremendous progress against
Germany that collapse of the Nazis by
summer is being freely predicted, is
not likely to halt adoption of some
| oF Iol
Senator Thomas of Utah, chairman
of the Military Affairs Committee,
stated that the Senate conferees had
suggested that the House managers
agree to provision under which the
VINO would be authorized to investi-
gate the utilization of labor by the
War and Navy Departments and other
agencies of the Government.
"In view Of the findings in investi-
cations by the Byrd Economy Com
mittee and the Mead Committee In
vestigating the War Program" Sen
ator Thomas declared, II don't think
anyone is disposed to disagree to that"
He reported the beginnings of COM
promise"
I'VE have pretty well talked our
selves out on generalities," he added,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-The
American Federation of Labor's In
ternational Labor Relations Commit
tee has heartily endorsed the pro-
gram and declarations of the Inter-
American Conference held recently at
Mexico City, as in harmony with fund
amental policies of the free labor
movement.
Meeting in Washington, the AFL
committee approved the Act of Chapul-
tepec and the Economic Charter of
the Americas, adopted by the confer
ence. Recognition of the rights of
workers to organize and bargain col
lectively, included in the Economic
Charter, is singled out for special
praise.
Enjoyment of the benefits afforded
by the Economic Charter will depend
on the organization of workers into
effective trade unions. We hope to
help in the accomplishment of this
purpose" the committee declared
Fruitful Meeting of Minds"
After expressing hearty approval OF
the accomplishments of the conference
and commencing to the American peo-
pie 'the able and far-sighted contri-
buttons of the non-partisan delega-
tion which represented the United
States" the committee said:
Rarely has any conference of So
vereign nations achieved such fruit
full meeting of the minds. Hardly
ever had an international conference
before faced so many or such difficult
problems :. Yet the nations of the
Americas which met at the Castle OF
Chapultepec created powerful ma
chinery for hemisphere security and
economic progress.
sThe American Federation of La
Dor, which was represented at the con-
ference by Secretary Treasurer
George Meany, pays deserved tribute
to the distinguished delegation from
the executive and legislative branches
of our government and particularly to
Secretary of State Edward r. Stettin-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Which Road, War or Peace?

Detroit (ILNS). (Which Road,
War or Peace 2" is the provocative title
of a leaf1et recently issued by the
Michigan Labor Committee Against
Peace-time Conscription. The leafiet
asks "Do we want to give up on peace
before we have sat down at the peace
table p" 1t points out that military
conscription never meant security
against attack for European nations,
and it raises the dangerous possibility
of the use of conscription for strike
breaking and union-busting. Copies
of the leaflet and further information
on the work Of the committee can be
secured from Victor Reuther, presi-
dent, Michigan Labor Committee
Against Peace-time Conscription, 8O3
Hoffman Building, Detroit l, Mich.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
NEWS and VIEWS
By Alexander Lipsett
Can ILNS Feature)

The latest prediction that England
will go Socialist after the war comes
from Congressman Charles M. La Fol-
lette of Indiana who has just returned
from one of those husband hurry
trips in which our statesmen excel.
The good Representative tells US
that political parties in England talk
great deal more about control over
industry than they do here. He does
not seem to realize that L. blowing off
steam is an excellent way of clari-
flying the underlying issues; p Brit
ish industrial and social conditions
are different from those at home; and
81 shallow comparisons are mislead-
ing, to say the least. Knowing very
little of the British people, he of
course sees the whole of the British
labor movement committed to an all
out program of socialization.
Too bad that the gentleman from
Indiana opened his mouth before Prime
Minister Churchill spoke on postwar
election issues just few days ago.
He would have learned that Mr..
Churchill, as head of the Conservative
Party, definitely discouraged conserva-
tive acceptance of state control and
had very little to say on British So
cialism in our day."
This column is impressed with the
recent address of Pope Plus on labor
and the wise utterances of the head
of the Catholic Church on the subject
Of industrial relations. Organized la
Dor will do well to study the speech
carefully. 1t is likely to rank second
only in Importance to Pope Leo XIII's
statements on labor, some 40 years
ago, and which showed the Church
deeply aware of the social and eco
nomic undercurrents of modern times.
The Pope, noting the need for pro-
tecting public interest in all capital
labor accords, made it nevertheless
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30
Serious Crisis Faces Labor
On Work-or-Jail Proposal

clear that he looks upon organized la
Dor as primarily a trade union move
ment, dedicated to the defense of the
workers interests in all agreements
with the other side. His advice that
labor abstain from going beyond that
function might we'll be weighed by
those who consider politics a more
promising and important field of labor
endeavor.
And by way, seeing Giuseppe di Wit
torio, one of the Communist secre-
taries of the Italian Confederation of
Labor, come forward in praise of the
Pope's address, is surely something
new. 1t is far cry from Lenin's slo-
gan of "Religion-the opium of the
masses" to this latest endorsement.
X
Passing glances in the passing pa
rade: ILNS reports from Cuba a gov
ernment grant of $750,0O0 to the Con-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-30

An elderly farmer drove into town
one day and hitched his team to a
telegraph pole.
"Here," he was told by burly po-
liceman, "you can't hitch there!'
Cant eh?" the mad old farmer
answered. "Well, why have you got
sign up, "Fine for hitching?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
FISHERIES AGENTS
 MEETING HERE ON
 PLANS FOR SEASON

Holding their annual meeting to outline work for the commercial fishing season, District Fisheries Agents for the Fish and Wildlife Service conferred in Juneau today with Alaska Director Frank w. Hynes, and Fisheries Management Supervisor, J. Steele Culbertson.
 District Agents here for the session include: Charles Petry Bristol Bay; Mark Logan, Ketchi- kan; Fred Headlee, Cook Inlet, and Clay Scudder, Juneau.
 Agent Headlee is to leave tomor- row for his Cook Inlet post aboard the F&WL vessel Teal Also on board will be Patrol Agent Don Mclean, bound for Cordova, from where he will patrol the Prince William Sound area aboard patrol boat No. 8. Mrs Mclean is &C., companying him to Cordova.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
NEW (HAIRMEN ARE
 NAMED C MEETING

At the meeting oi the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today noon in the Baranof Hotel, reading of the minutes of the Executive Board meeting, held yesterday, revealed that B. F. Heintzleman has been appointed chairman of a special committee to study possibilities of public agencies and institutions locating in the Juneau area. He is to appoint his own committee.
 J. P. Christensen has been ap- pointed a committee of one to work with the City on problems relating to Keeping Juneau Clean"
 Claude Carnegie is chairman of a special committee on National Cemeteries, to study and foster the placing of National Cemetery in the Juneau region.
 Through the cooperation if Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, members were shown highly educational film on contributions of optical science. This film showed the highly skilled art of making lenses, binoculars and similar related articles and the help these goods have given to all different fields of work, such as crime detection, medical science. manufacturing of every type of materials, farming, etc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
FOSTER, GOVERNOR
 TO MAKE EXTENDED
 TRIP TO VILLAGES

Don c. Foster, Alaska Native Service Director, was to leave Ju- neau this afternoon on an extended trip which will take him into many of the Aleut and Eskimo villages where ANS activities are carried out.
 MT. Foster disclosed that he IS going first to Kodiak, from where he will return to Anchorage to join Gov. Gruening, who left today for Anchorage with the Alaska Housing Authority.
 The Governor and Foster will then make a trip to villages as far out as Seward Peninsula, giving atten- tion to postwar needs and develop ment possibilities in the communities they visit.
 MT. Foster expects to be gone from his Juneau headquarters some weeks, though the Governor, it is anticipat- ed, will return sooner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
MISSIONARY HERE

Mrs. Ida Irvy, of Tenakee, mis- sionary, has spent several days in Douglas visiting Mrs Gust Wahto. She will return soon to her home at Tenakee Springs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
MUSIC, COMEDY IN FEATURE AS
 CApIT0L'S BILL

Life in a teeming shipyard with accent on music and comedy is the subject of the new M-G-M musical Meet the People, at the Capitol Theatre, starring Lucille Ball and Dick Powell
 The movie. which is based on the successful stage revue of the same name deals with the gay side of things in busy war industry. The shipyard workers are revealed in simple, human terms.@
 Miss Ball plays famed Broad way actress VITO meets riveter Dick Powell on a bond-selling appear ance at the shipyards. She learns he has written play which she is willing to produce on Broadway. Dick agrees, but when the play is in production he learns that the mes- sage of his musical has been chang ed and withdraws the play. Lucille follows him back to the shipyards to get the play back and stays to become worker for while and really meet the people" in it. She and Dick fall in love but quarrel just before she is to return to New York. Before she can leave they learn that all war workers are frozen to their jobs. Things are finally patched up when without Dicks knowledge Lu- cille produces the play at the ship yards. When Dick learns what Lu- cille has done they kiss and make up in the approved manner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
MARY ARNOLD E
 8 NEXT TUESDAY

Mary E. Arnold, loved by scores of friends when she resided here with her son, c. B. Arnold, then manager of KINY, will be 93 next Tuesday. When she celebrated her 90th birth day, Juneau friends sent Mrs. Arnold letters and cards. Her present ad- dress is 4512 Fremont Avenue. Seattle 3, Wash, where she is now residing with her son.
 Letters received in Juneau from Mrs Arnold's intimate friends says she wants to come back here some day and in spite of her age, keeps well and quite vigorous, although she tires little quicker. She says she believes she is getting old. She makes shopping trips, spending the day downtown by herself and reads all the new books and keeps up with war and national news.
 About a year ago Mrs. Arnold came across the country from Chicago to Seattle by train and stood the trip beautifully.
 Mrs. Arnold recalls she knew Secretary Seward in Auburn, N. Y., where she lived as girl and remem- bers the ridicule that was heaped upon him when he purchased Alaska for Uncle Sam.
 Mir and Mrs. c. B. Arnold will hold open house in Seattle on May IS and any Juneau friends will be most welcome osattend, and any cards or letters will also be appre- ciated
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
Baby Boy Is Born
 To Eugene NeIsons

MT. and Mrs. Eugene G. Nelson are the happy parents of baby boy born last night at St. Ann's Hospital. The future mining engineer weighed in at 5 pounds, 14A ounces.
 MT. Nelson, mining engineer, has been on the staff of the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Co.,, for many years. Mrs. Nelson, a former school teacher at Kodiak and Bethel, was also on the staff of the Douglas School for short time.
 The baby's grandmother, Mrs. R. P. Nelson, is also very happy over the arrival of her first grandchild.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
''MINESWEEpER"
 CLOSES TONIGHT
 AT 10TH CENTURY

To obtain a series of novel and spectacular underwater views for "Minesweep9r," Paramounts dra- matization of the Navy's minesweep- ing service in war, specially con- structed diving bell was submerged thirty feet to the ocean floor
 The bottom of the bell was made wide so the cameraman was able to walk about carrying his equipment with him. Since artificial illumina- tion was not possible the photo grapher, Fred Jackson, Jr., was able to work only when the sun lit up the water.
 "Minesweeper," which stars Dick Arlen and Jean Parker will be shown for the last two times tonight at the 20th Century Theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
VISIT IN DOUGLAS

Barney Kane and Dermott O'Toole were Douglas business vis- itors yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
IMLER BAGS SEA LION FROM LYNN
 CANAL TO STUDY

Ralph Imler, Research Biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Service, has completed the first piece of his probe into the sea lion situation in Alaska fishing waters. He has re- turned from a venture up Lynn Canal on which four sea lions were killed at Eldred Rock and two others taken for study near Berners Bay.
 Continuing his quest for sea lion and seal stomachs, MT. Imler is to leave here tomorrow aboard a Wild life vessel, bound for the area of Cross Sound, Pelican and possibly Cape Spencer If possible he will go aboard commercial fishing craft that can take him to where sea lions may be found.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
ENTERTAINMENT AT
 WINFIELD SCHOOL

Ire amusing circus show, which the pupils of the Winfield School at Lena Beach, will present to the public tomorrow evening. will start promptly at 7:30 o'clock.
 The young performers have been busy all week preparing acts and costumes, and promise the audience pleasant evening.
 Following the entertainment at the school house, Miss Minnie Field, director of the Winfield Home, will be hostess at the main building, serving refreshments to those at- tending.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
 WILL CONTINUE STUDY

Miss Catherine Bastress, public health nurse with the Territorial Department of Health, has resigned her position and arrived in Juneau today from the Westward enroute to her home in Jamaica, New York. She plans to take post graduate course in public health work at the New York University.
 Miss Bastress has been with the Territorial Department of Health the past four years. She served two years as public health neyse at Wrangell and for the past two years has been stationed at Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
NO GUARD TONIGHT

According to Capt. w. Cahill, there will be no meeting of the Territorial Guard this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10

LADY IN THE DARK about psy- chology wants somebody to interpret her dreams. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-05-10
WORKING ON HARBOR

The James V. Cole Piledriving Company is at work on the Douglas small boat tie-up float, adjacent to the cannery dock. The former float was demolished during a bad storm last winter. This work is part of the city's agreement with the Territory as it's share of putting the dock in shape to accommodate local fishermen. The city must also surface the rock fill and put up railing on the fill for safety, as per agreement.