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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
WAGE-PRICE SPIRAL

The CIO Executive Board has called for an i'm mediate labor management conference ito the end that the demand and need for immediate wage n- creases may be given full and official recognition and to provide flor stabilized national economy" The basis for this demand is the alleged rise of es- sential living of approximately 40 per cent m the past two months and of approximately 25 per cent since the OPA law was permitted to lapse In addl-
 on it is declared that the upward spiral has not even begun to swing into its force and intensity"
 There is no good reason to Believe that the proposed labor-management conference could bring about the stabilization which the CIO desires. This is so be- cause such conference could not attack the basic cause of the present pressure upon price-namely, past present and future budgetary deficits It would, at the same time set into motion pressures for price rises if the CIO wage demands granted. There is certainly no basis for the claim that living costs have risen 25 per cent the past two weeks, or 40 per cent in the past two months The compre- hensve wholesale price index prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics about per cent in the first two weeks in July. The food component of the index about Is per cent during that period Since it is well known that retail prices rise less sharply than wholesale prices it is probable that the cost of living has risen about or per cent since price control has been allowed to lapse. The rise during the past two months has been about 6 or per cent 40 per cent charged by the CIO. Such an increase while significant substantially smaller than that which has taken place in wages Hence it is not that this rise has wiped out all the wage increases of this year"
 Practically all of this increase in living has been in the prices of foods and has been due chiefly to the elimination of food subsidies Prices of non food products have remain relatively stable If the wage increases which the CIO demands were to be granted the net result would be to substantial
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

calls came from American citizens. Finally Byrnes remarked So far I have received no petition from any group of citizens favoring a fair peace for America. If I receive anything from league for a just peace for the United States I shall give it No. l priority"
 New York hotel men can write it down as certain that the 5000 rooms reserved for the United Ma tions General Assembly will be cancelled There's nothing official on it yet but the Paris peace con- ference can't possibly finish in time for the United Nations Assembly to be held on schedule in Septem- Der.
 The U. N. is reluctant to post pone the assembly because of the expense involved. Reservation ot 5000 rooms meant canceling sev- : eral conventions and the U. N probably will have to reimburse the hotels. Despite this, postponement is certain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
Economy Makes Conversation
(NeW York Sum


 His first quarterly report as Reconversion Director gave John Steeman the opportunity to get in little teamwork with President Truman the subject of through at his press conference said that he agreed with Steemans demand for cuts in Federal spend- ing; that the Federal government was reviewing its fiscal policy particularly with respect to Army and Navy funds and expenditures for veterans and for public works.
 Before the public gets too enthusiastic about this of thrift at the capital let it remember that the appropriation bills fixing expenditures for the present fiscal year which to July 1 next are finished business It is possible that Congress and the President between them might persuade some of the departments to practice little economy and turn back of their appropriations unused. But it far likely that the practical implications of what Steelman urged and the President appauded limited to the fiscal year of 1948, almost twelve months distant.
 It would be encouraging if the Steelman report meant recognition at Washington that price control i,as been but weapon against imitation and that high prices the result of imitation and not it's cause. The level of the public debt, the national deficit and Federal expenditures far relevant subjects than the cost of beefsteak butter But the Steeman report, in giving support to other policies of the Truman Administration indicates only too plainly that there is fundamental change at Washington. When Steelman wrote that the United States still had the opportunity to move forward through the final stages of reconveson with effective price and wage controls" he must have puzzled even himself. What wage controls did he mean? Those eagerly talked out of existence by the President last August?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
Those Tapped" Telephones
(New York Sum

Recently the War Department and other executive agencies have been recording the telephone messages they receive The is simple Oral messages are subject to misunderstandings and msnterpretations which do not ordinarily apply to the written ones. But telephonng time, especially when bridging continent By recordings the agencies could obtain less permanent data. This was dark secret Many persons, especially those doing business with the government have known about it and there few who did not regard it a wise and justitiabe precaution.
 Now, the Associated Press reports certain mem bers of Congress are up in arms the practice. They speak of it as wiretapping, and are proposing
 full-scale inquiry There is talk of denying future appropriations for the purchase of recording devices and of denying salary to any government worker transcribng recording conversation without know ledge of the talker. As in the of the of recording devices themselves, the reason for this indignation is also easy to find. One member of Congress has had his intervention in behalf of a contractor thrown in his face. And many of his colleagues wonder whether of the strings they have pulled for constituents still to be found in departmental files If many of their constituents will feel is just too bad The public is unlikely to worry much about the matter sound method of avoiding mistakes should not be scrapped because a few Congressman may have been indiScreet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

Leslie White was singing between shows at the Palace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
fConttnued from Page Onsj

sweet-tempered delegate at the peace conference, really hit the ceiling during little-noticed incl dent the other day. What made him mad was when Molotov re- vealed a private deal he and Burnes had matched together.
 Molotov was debating the same controversial question of rotating the chairmanship or letting France be the permanent chairman and he let drop the significant remark that Secretary of State Byrnes had promised him to vote for a rotat- ing chairman.
 Byrnes controlled his temper and said nothing. But his aides re- vealed he boiled inwardly at Mol otov's indiscreet disclosure.
 Unfortunately for the American position, this confirmed what the smaller nations have suspected namely, that the United States instead of being the real leader of the nations which devoutly favor an impartial peace actually is ap- peasing the bloc which favors a oviet-dominated peace. They hope that Byrnes won't make any more backstage deals with Molotov.
 The real fact is that the chair manship wasn't mportant-eXcept as a symbol of another milestone in the many victories won by Rus. sia. Byrnes could well afford tC compromise on it. But what many people don't realize is that wher all these preliminaries are finished and the conference gets down tC real debate, Byrnes is hamstrune and hogtied on most of the treaty provisions.
 He has agreed in advance not tt differ with most of the origina treaty text. On points where tn, United States had made definit, reservations-such as the Triest, boundary-Byrnes can differ, bu on all other non-reseryed point the Big Four must vote as a unit That is why the small nations vii have such hard time making an. real changes in the treaty Tn, cards were stacked against then well in advance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
U. $. PROPAGANDA
 NEGLECTED

Five hours in France convinces any observer how badly the USA has neglected it's propaganda. The French people know almost nothing about United States victories during the war in the Pacific, our tremen- douS donations of food or our un- selfish, historic giving of independ- ence to the Philippines. They think Russia defeated Japan and because the Soviet landed few ballyhooed cargoes of wheat in France, they think their bread comes largely from Russia
 A skillful educational campaign to cement old friendships with France, Belgium and Czechoslovakia should be relatively easy, but here's what happened during the closing days of Congress. It illustrates the tough job Secretary Byrnes faces both abroad and at home
 The House of Representative had passed the Benton Bill permitting the State Department to engage in a broad educational campaign ex- changing students and professors and other badly needed propaganda to win friends and to counteract Soviet myths ill other lands. Un- dersecretary of State Dean Acheson then persuaded Texas minor statesman, Tom Connally,. to push the Benton Bill through the Sen ate.
 But at the last minute, when Connally moved for passage of the highly important bill he yielded to colleague who wanted to speak on another subject.
 During the interim, Senators told
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
JUNEAU COUPLE IS
 MARRIED, ANCHORAGE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. B. Dorothea M Hendrickson, daugh- ter of Mayor and Mrs. Waino Hen drickson of Juneau, was married to Pvt. Linn A. Forrest, Jr, of Fort Richardson at noon yesterday in the Anchorage Episcopal church. Father Warren Fenn read the cere- mony which united the daughter of Juneau's mayor and the son of Linn A. Forrest, chief architect with the forestry service in that city.
 The bride wore a powder blue afternoon dress with white roSettes at the shoulder, and a white halo hat. She carried a white prayer book covered with spray of white roses. Her only attendant, Joyce Smith, who accompanied her from Juneau for the wedding, wore a dress of white eyelet embroidery with a blue hat and veil. Her cor sage was of white roses.
 Miss Hendrickson's mother who flew to Anchorage from Juneau for the ceremony, wore a black dinner dress with aqua hat and gloves and a corsage of white roses for the noon-time nuptials..
 Miss Hendrickson was given in marriage by J. c. Morris of An chorage, for her father was unable to leave his civic duties to attend the wedding. Cpl Don Pegues of Fairbanks was best man for Pvt Forrest.
 Mrs. Alice Ghignone of Anchor age sang Because" and Grieg's T Love Thee" preceding the cere- mony. Miss Hendrickson entered the church to the music of Wag- ner's "Lohengrin" and left as Mrs. Forrest to the strains of the Men delssohn wedding march. Plans for a reception following the ceremony had to be cancelled because of the diphtheria epidemic. Actually it was not until 9:30 am. yesterday that health officials gave permission for the ceremony to proceed as planned, Mrs. Hendrick- son explained.
 Pvt. Forrest and his bride plan to make their home in Anchorage for the present. He is recent army inductee and is now mem- Der of the Recruit Training De- 1 tachment at Fort Richardson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

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 SYNONYMS: Exactly, accurately absolutely, precisely.
 times and it is yours Let us Todays Pronounce second NO thoughts of beingotnson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
MODERN ETIQUETTE RoRrRrA Ry LEE

e. Robert way, she Martha M. Brown?
 correspondence purposes the name should
 
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 somewhat awkward dinner partner is is Does show bad have scrolls and ornate trimmings engraved invitations any kind?
 A. Yes, it very poor to do this.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

Bulgarian territory. The situation is so worrying that Jimmie Byrnes may ask Molotov to have his satel- lites pipe down. Mexican Foreign Minister is enroute to Paris to pro- test to both Byrnes and the Bri- tish against MeXico's exclusion from the peace conference.
 Despite Jimmie Byrnes' fearless crusading for open diplomacy, his chief career diplomat, adviser, Jim- mic Dunn, has just circulated in- structions to State Department em- ployees to tighten secrecy. Open diplomacy, he implies, is impossible
 (CoPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

the bushy-haired gentleman from Marlin, Texas, that if he insisted on passing the Benton Bill they would call up other bills, thus re- quiring Congress to spend three more days in the heat of Washing ton.
 So Big Tom traded peace for a vacation. The Senate ditched one Of the most important moves it could make to improve cur foreign rela- tions and went home to cooler weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

price rise for non-ood products The prices of these products still reflect the wage increases granted earlier this year particularly those for steel coal and railroad rates The only effect of further round of wage increases would be to increase those sectors of the cost of living which have remained relatively stable and this accentuate the upward spiral of prices and wages. Price stability cannot be obtained in an environment of unbalanced budgets and higher wages
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
20 YEARS AGO FME TIT EMPIRE
AUGUST g, 1926

AUGUST 1926 defeating the Miners 19 oupayed and got Jimmy McCoskey finally driving Seim Jack a for the Bills
 Leslie White singing between at several days side of the channel
 officials reported deer seemed plentiful and good hunting was indicated many Southeast Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09

Weather report: High, 7s; low, 69; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
DECIDING THE DIPLOMATIC
 POUCH

Albanian and Bulgarian armies, both with strong Russian backing, are now moving toward the Greek border to forestall any Greek de- mands for slices of Albanian CT
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-09
PRESSURE GROUPS BUSY

Secretary of State Byrnes got various transatlantic phone calls in Paris from Senators on U. s. groups urging better treatment for Greeks, for Italians, for Ethiopia, and for the Austrian Tyrol All the
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-18

papers in Georgia appeared to be
in accord with the decision. The re-
lception and endorsement given by
the white press was taken by OBJ
servers as foreshadowing a new de-
termination on the part Of respon-
sible white leadership in the state
that the integrity of the law shall be
upheld and the Negroes shall be CIV
en- their just rights as citizens.
Continuing It's stand on the fran
chise for Negroes, the Atlanta Jour
nal, one Of the states great white
dailies, declared editorially:
can Expected Decision"
"Primus King, a Negro of Co
lumbus, has won his second and
probably final round of his legal
fight to vote in Georgia primary
elections. i. Kings case was argu-
ed in the first instance by white at
torneys, Georgia born and bred,
that Negro citizens who profess to
be Democrats cannot legally be ex-
cluded from Democratic primaries.
The opinion of the appellate court,
sustaining Judge Davis ruling, was
written by Judge Samuel H. Sibley
of Marietta, Georgian born and
bred. There can be no charge, there
fore, that Georgia is being afflicted
with carpet-bag government or that
the law is being laid down by out
siders unmindful of our traditions
and our Ideals"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-18
FIGHT FOR NEGRO ON
BOARD LOOMS
AT UAW MEET
By Robert Crump

DETROIT, Mar. 18 (ANP)-
According to Negro leaders here,
one of the many hot issues which
will most certainly come up in the
international convention of the
UAW-CIO in Atlantic City begin
ming March 23 will have to do with
the placing of a we'll qualified Ne
gro on the international executive
board. Some of the leaders here who
do not want their names disclosed
at this time are marshaling their
forces preparatory to making it hot
for the international board and
they promise not to give up until
something is done about it.
One of the labor spokesmen said,
"For the past three or four conven-
tions this same matter has been
brought up but the board always
held to the excuse that there were
no openings" And of course it
would be unreasonable to ask that
one man be replaced by another.
While there was always the talk of
a Negro member of the board at
large, this issue was fought by we'll
thinking Negroes who had the sup
port of many of their white union
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-18

brothers who felt that no special
place should be created for Negro
as an appeasement.
With the retirement of Richard
T. Frankensteen from the execu-
tive board of the UAW as we'll as
from the vice-presidency of the in
ternational union, an opening is
created and no bona fide excuse can
be offered this time, they say, for
not electing a Negro to the board.
These leaders hold to the fact,
and it is part of their strategy, that
the union breaches no discrimina-
ton. They have gone all out in word
and deed to see, as far as is possible,
that discrimination is abolished
both in the local unions and in the
plants with a degree of success.
They also have fair practice COM
mittee composed of entire execu-
tive board with a Negro as director.
And now the time comes, they add,
for the international to practice
what they have been preaching to
the rank and file membership.
When asked if the members of
the executive board are elected at
large from the floor of the conven-
ton, the answer was that while
they are elected by regions the
board can use it's power and influ-
ence in helping the delegates from
a given region select it's candidates.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-18
GEORGIA VOTE BARS
APPEAR FALLING AFTER
COURT DECISION

ATLANTA, Mar. 18 (ANP)-
Latest concensus of opinion in
Georgia is that the barriers of Ne
gro voting in the primary are fall
ing slowly but with certainty.
Following the ruling of the three
man tribunal of the New Orleans
Circuit court of appeals that Ne
groes are eligible to vote in Georgia
Democratic primaries, upholding
the Middle Georgia's courts ruling
in the Primus E. King case, there
was considerable stir among the
states race-baiting politicians to
keep the ballot out of the hands of
over million black residents. How
ever, last week the voices of hate
and supremacy appeared stilled or,
at least temporarily stymied by
newspaper and public opinion.
Make sure, nevertheless that the
Talmadge-Harris forces were not
asleep.
Meanwhile, the Negro leaders
throughout the southern Empire
State" stocked up for registration Of
100000 citizens Of color before the
deadline for the early fall primary.
Latest reports were that Gov. Ar
nall would not call a special session
of the legislature at the suggestion
of House Speaker Roy Harris. Har-
ris and Charles Block, president of
the Georgia Bar association and
chief defense lawyer in the King
primary case, went to Washington,
repeatedly to seek an appeal hear
ing before the United States SUI
preme court. The best sources in
Georgia-even in the capital itself
however, agreed that the highest
tribunal would only concur with the
rulings of the lower federal courts.
Both rural and urban news
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Cerdan Gets $4,000
For Beating Abrams
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-As box
ing bugs in town still talked about
Marcel Cerdan's sensational United
States debut against George
Abrams. the Casablanca sailor had
some of his wounds attended to to-
day and then stepped up to the cash
windows to receive a purse of about
$4,000 for his 10-round effort in
Madison Square Garden last night.
Cerdan, a squat little swinger
who never stopped throwing punches
to earn the decision, had nasty
6-inch cash over his left eye sewed
up by DR.. Vincent Nardiello, ply
sician for the New York State Ath-
letic Commission.
Whether or not the Frenchman
will be able to defend his European
middleWeight crown against British
Champion Vince Hawkins in Paris
December % depends on the condi-
tion of the wound. Cerdan, who is
scheduled to sail for France De-
cember IA. will have the injured
optic examined by Nardiello in the
next few days and if the doctor
gives his o. k. the battler will go
through with the Partisan bout.
Meanwhile there was much talk Of
a redo of the Pier Six classic put on
last night.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Brother Says Chewing
Didn't Like Treatment

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 7.-[P)-
Edward Chewing of Richmond
told reporter today his brother
Lynn Chewing, had resigned from
the Naval Academy because he
didn't like the way he was treated
up there"
Chewing declared that Lynn
didn't get a fair chance to play
football for Navy" and that Lynn
was disappointed with the whole
setup and decided he would be bet
ter off somewhere else"
Lynn was in the Navy Columbia
game at right halfback for 26
minutes" the grid stars brother
added, "and carried the ball only
one time.
"Other football players have got
ten the same treatment at Navy
Minisi (Tony Minisi, who starred
for Pennsylvania this year, played
for Navy last year, and he didn't
go back. And there have been
others"
He said he didn't know what
Lynn plans to do next year, but
that he was certain my brother
will go to school-some school
where he will be eligible for foot
ball" Chewing added that if the
Southern Conference didn't have a
rule against it, Lynn would prob
ably return to v. M. I. Lynn Chew
ming made the All-C Conference full.
back post year ago and led the
l6-member circuit in scoring.
Evening star., 1946-12-08
BY the Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Dec. 7. - John
Bromwich distracted" Americas
Davis Cup team again today-and
he did it without the benefit OF any
extra tennis balls. In turning back
Ted Schroeder of Glendale, Calf,
In straight sets, 816, 6-4, Ga, be-
fore $4,000 chilled fans at Kooyong
Courts in the final of the Victorian
Championships, the Australian titlist
gave Uncle Sam's lads additional
notice that they face difficult task
later this month. The challenge
round matches start December rs.
At the same time he killed the
"loose BALI controversy abornlng
by scrupulously disposing of the
extra pellet behind the baseline
throughout his convincing victory.
The only thing that distracted
Schroeder was his own many errors
at the net after he apparently had
points slowed away. That and Brom-
Wich's ability to rifle passing shots
down the lines on crucial points.
Efficiency Not Impaired.
One of the most remarkable fea-
lures of the Australians triumph
over his violently attacking oppo-
nent was the fact that he only twice
charged in beyond the service line
in the three sets.
The only thing that can be de-
duced from Bromwich's calm, eff
cient disposal of the extra ball to-
day is that he must have been net
tied by the Americans protests In
earlier matches over his habit OF
dropping an extra ball on the play
ing surface after his first service
went in.
There was no indication today
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Briqqs Talks With Harris,
Denies Offering Him Job
By the Associated Press

DETROIT, Dec. 7-Walter o.
Briggs, jr., vice president of the De-
troit Tigers, said tonight he had
talked by telephone with Yankee
Manager Bucky Harris, but denied
the New York pilot had been offered
a job as general manager OF the
Tigers.
II talked with Bucky at Los An
geles after George Trautman re-
signed as our general manager, but
there has been no offer of any job
as yet," Briggs said.
He added, IT simply asked him
what his contractual relations with
Larry McPhail of the Yankees were
and he gave me to understand that
there were none. However. we are
proceeding slowly as we wouldnt t
want to interfere in any way even
with gentleman's agreement be-
tween them"