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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-24
Discouraging Building
(CIncinnati Enauirerl

tOInclnna1 Enqulrer) It costs today from 1000 to $7500 to build a house that would have cost $5000 at the beginning of the And those in greatest need of homes, for the most part veterans, simply haven't the money the income building the of houses they want and deserve The primary object of any govern ment housing legislation therefore ought to be to keep down the of home construction and to keep down the cost of money borrowed for financing home construction Of the two, the cost of houses is more important than the cost of borrowing money because
 interest rates generally low. Construction costs anything but low.
 And what is the Senates contribution to housing costs? By vote of 51 to 20, our Senators amended
 the principal housing bill to require that the ore vaing wage fees be paid on any homes financed through the FILA. In other words, what began as housing bill out of the Senate a subsidy to labor organizations.
 In most of our larger cities this amendment will have importance because the building trades are quite fully organized and the prevailing wage" is in fact the union scale But in smaller towns, where incomes and living costs lower, construction costs have been materially lower In such cities the pre- vaing wage" will usually be interpreted the union scale although that is not the prevailing wage in fact but the maximum wage.
 This amendment is an interesting example of how strong Hobbies cut the heart out of well-meant legislation The CIO and the AFL demanded the prevailing wage amendment and got it. The men and who want homes and can hardly afford them at present costs are not organized They are noJ loppy lne veterans WHO are ueSpeIdIeiy seIcH-
 ing for houses not organized True there many small organizations of World War II veterans but returned servicemen do not belong to them And
 in any event, the veteran groups have nothing like power of labor groups punish offending members of Congress.
 Housing today is largest domestic problem in the United States. The unduly high cost of house construction is the biggest difficulty Yet such is the power of Hobbies that veteran who has fought for his country and back will not be entitled to borrow for house under FILA unless he toes tho | mark set by AFL and CIO.
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HOROSCOPE E "The stdrs incline
 bat do n0t compel"
SATURDAY, MAY 25
HEART AND HOME

HEART AND HOME
 This is an suspicious day foi starting renovations, repairs and additions to the home. Outdoor activities, in vegetable or flower garden or in sports, promise re- lease from many needless worries. A little work with the soil can bring elusive irritations to the surface where they can be recognized, in most eases, as trivia which should tc instantly kicked out of con- sciousness.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 A sellers market awaits manu- lecturers and retailers of almost every variety of small boats. There are indications that the nations in- land lakes this summer will see the greatest display of small craft in history, incuding everything from canoes and outhoards to cabin cruisers.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 In the fight against racial pre- judice, progress will depend very largely on the conduct of those discriminated against. Arrogance counter discrimination and gen. erally aggressive attitude will not help to overcome the unwholesome influences which would grade the human race according to color or ancestry.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Attention will be turned toward Australia again in the near future Relative isolation and the fears growing out of it are responsible for many of Australia's problems.
 Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of constructive and profitable ac- tivity
 Children born today will be emo tional and affectionate, but not al- ways obedient As adults, they will te admired and respected and gen. erally loved.
 Copyright, 1946l
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been known to reverse ltself), and it seems to me that when any large union ties up the entire country it is a clear monopoly and is ham, pering free competition just as much as the Aluminium Corpora tion or International Nickel or other big corporations you have prosecuted.
 If, for instance, John L. Lewis calls strike in part of the indus try, as the United Auto Workers did against General Motors, while allowing Ford and Chrysler to op- i crate. there can be no charge of monopoly. But when he uses the power voted the miners by the Am erican people to bring a monopolis- tic strike against all the American people then, in my opinion, he should be prosecuted under the Sherman Antitrust Act. And if you, as Attorney General don't feel you have enough legis- lation to support you in such a prosecution, you should ask Con- gress for it.
 For if you or someone in the Ad- ministration does not act first to meet this situation, a hog-wild Congress will pass haywire labor law which won't work and which will wipe out all the hard-won gains of other labor groups which cont deserve to be penalized be- cause Of John L. Lewis or certain rail labor leaders.
 The American public is fast com ing to the conclusion that our mo- dern economy is too intricate and I interwoven to have any monopoly, whether it be miners, rail workers or telephone operators, tie up the entire country; any more than they were willing to have Standard Oil i of New Jersey conspire with Ger many to keep synthetic rubber pa- |
 tents from the American people.
 That pre-war conspiracy set the i nation back in its manufacture Of rubber for three years. And the public has been grateful to Thur man Arnold and the Justice De- ] partment's Antitrust Division for exposing it.
 i Likewise the current wave of monopoly strikes is setting back postwar reconversion and heading l toward disastrous imitation. The i country will be equally grateful if you check labor monopoly, at the same time protecting the great mass of American labor which has i not abused it's privileges.
 Hoping you will forgive these curbstone opinions from one whose only legal knowledge is the law of libel, I am,
 Sincerely yours,
 DREW PEARSON
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D,ISCELL-DEMOCRAT

Representative John Dinsell of Detroit, staunch Administration Democrat, was welcomed into the Republican party during the Sem ate debate on the Case Anti-La- bor Bill. Dingell was erroneously called a Republican by Senator Claude Pepper, Forida Democrat, and it might have passed unnotic- ed had not Pepper himself realized his error
 While many Members of Con-
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MODERN ETIQUETTE RoRrRrA 8y 1.Er

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COAL MINERS. MONOPOLY

There was day when John l.. Lewis struck one group of coal miners and let the others operate. This was something nobody could complain about Furthermore it en- hanced the principle of competi- tion The mine operators who were struck didn't like to see their conl- petitors, who were not struck, rake in the profits-while they didn't.
 But in the last l2 years we have let John L. Lewis build up an air. tight labor monopoly in the coal fields. This did not use to be the case. When Lewis called his last big strike after the last war, only about 50 percent" Of the nations ooal production stopped. But in thls Ia est strike, probably l0J was shut . VII.
 The import nt thing is that Lew is go -4Is monopoly through the closed shop and the Guffey Coal Act 4nd the Wagner Act.
 Pcs nally l don't begrudge him th e its. On the contrary Tie mlners were at an all-time economic low in 1883 They had to have relief. Furthermore they should also have better mine safety and a reasonable welfare fund though not dominated by one man
 So say do not begrudge the miners their new and powerful or ganization-provided they don't lei an unsuitable, ruthless leader mis- use this power against the inter- ests of the American people who gave it to him. For it is important to remember that when John l. Lewis and the miners were voted the closed shop and the Wagner Act and the Guffey Coal Act and the means Of building a powerful monopoly, the vote came from the American people who did not ex- poet their humanitarianism to be thrown back into their faces.
 And what the American people voted, they can later vote to modify CT take away.
 Righ here. in my opinion, is where the Sherman Antitrust Act comes in.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

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 Foliage Observe the IA. SYNONYMS: Advety, misfortune hardship disaster i'll luck three times and is yours" Let
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the right of small businessmen to compete with the big. Except for a few brass hats in the Army and Navy and few big-wigs on Wall Street, the country has been with you every inch of the way.
 Today, however, we are faced with new threat to free competi- tion-the ability of certain labor unions to shut down every coal mine and every railroad in the country, and, with them, business both big and small. When this hap pens, the whole spirit of American free enterprise goes up in smoke
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CAPITAL CHAFF

President Truman will postpone naming a new Chief Justice until after the 30-day period of mourn ing for Chief Justice Stone. . One carload of food was recently loaded at Springdale, the Main Street" of Arkansas, and donated to the starving Main Streets of the world The American dis tillins industry is donating 50,000.-
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ARE UNIONS MONOPOLIEs?

l know that the Supreme Court has ruled against you in scme cas- es sbut the Supreme Court has
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LOOK and LEARN sy z. GORDON

What States border 2. What modern originated among  g. Who the last the Of what kingdom the ruler? Tn what Snakespeaean play a character? ANSWERS Wisconsin Michigan Illinois, Indiana Ohio Penn sylvania g.. William F. Cody, popularly Buffalo Bill" 4. Prussia.
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round

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 DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: g A. M. to 5 P. M. The Erwin E eed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 7O4 HAY. GRAIN, COAL
 and STORAGE l CALIF 0 R MIA | Grocery and Meat Market
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 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices Jones-Sievens Shop | LADIES'-MISSES' READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third 1 Don s Radio Service l Electrical and Radio Repair eve pick up and deliver) Phone 659 909 West 18th Alaska Music Supply I Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pis1os-Music&, Instruments and Supplier i Phone 206 Second and Seward | - HEINKE GENERAL
 REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 2O4 929 w. 18th St.
 The Store for Men" | SAREN,S l | Front St.-Tridngle Bldg.
  ! WarfieId's Drug Store Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) WAL Family Remedies 1 HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM
 HUTcHINGS ECONOMY ' MARKET Choice Meats At All Times LoCa ed in George Bros. Store PHONES 553-92-95 IG B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. E. c. REYNOLDS, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14
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Excursionss returning the Victoria Day celebration at horse reported delightful trip and something interesting d
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-14
GEORGE BROS. HERE
 REPRODUCE NEWEST
 VEGETABLE DISPLAY

Most modern protection for fresA vegetables is now being afforded produce and dairy products dis pl yed here by George Bros. Supar Market through recent installation of a cleaning refrigerated self service case.
 Manufactured by Hussman, and distributed locally by Floyd Fag- erson, the display case now at George Bros, is the first of three units on ordar for that firm. It holds green stulfs open to full view and handy selection by shop pers, yet at the same time main tains the produce at correct tsm- peratures for best preservation.
 The case. finished in sparkling white procelain, with chrome fit tings and. black trim stands ap- proximataly four and one-half feet high and is about twelve feet long. Mirrors arranged tehind the dis plays allow full view from dis ance
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BRITAIN REFUSES
 10 MOVE TROOPS
 FROM IRAN'S SOIL

LONDON, Aug. 14.-A high gov ernment source said today Britain had rejected Trans request for the withdrawal of Indian troops from Basra, Iraq, city on the Iraq-Iran7 ian border near the trouble Anglo Iranian oil fields of southern Iran.
 He said a British note prepared for presentation to the Iranian gov- ernment rejected Trans allegation that the troops presence endangers ed Anglo-Iranian relations.
 A British Foreign. Office spokes'- man. after reading Trans Aug. 8 note of protest, had said Britain stood ready to take "unilateral &C., tion"-before referring the matter to the United Nations-to put down any violent or sudden threat" to her interests in Iran.
 Britain's 1880 treaty of alliance with Iraq enables her to keep troops in Basra.
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EMPLOYEES OF NY STOCK EXCHANGE
 WALK OUT TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Aug. 4-Unionizsd employees of the New York stock exchange forced that world market place to operate on an emergency make-shift basis for nearly two hours today when they walked out to take ballot that was counted 652 to in favor of calling g strike at any time.
 Members of the Stock Exchange Local of the United Financial Em- plcyess Union. dnd) came back to their jobs at HAS a. m, Eastern Daylight Time. after placing strike authority in the hands of their leaders.
 M David Keefe, union president, said he hoped for a 'psaceable settlement" The union members are demanding a 25 percent wage increase, five day week and saven- hour day, overtime on a daily basis, industry wide pensions, insurance and other benefits.
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will serve as reunion for the various members now in town.
 All top officers of Rainbow will be serving at the party.
 Entertainment will be provided by several of the girls who have recently returned to Juneau Vocal selections will be presented by Miss Frances Paul. who recently grad mated from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N r. Miss Pat chaffer, who is home for the sum- mer after attending Northwestern University in Evanston, III, will play several piano numbers. Miss Anna Lois Davis, Junior Past Grand Wcrthy Advisor, will give a talk during the evening.
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DIRTY WORK

SEOUL, Korea, Aug. IA = U. S. officials who declined to be named said today a cache of seven pis- tols and ammunition and "amaz- ingly detailed" documents on U. 5. installations. were confiscated by Korean police last Wednesday in a raid on the home of Kim Sci Yung, head of the political section of the Leftist Peoples Par ty.
 Kim is sought for questioning.
 The same officials said that a Korean youth arrested recently on an espionage charge admitted he had attended an espionage school in Russian occupied North Korea.
 He was quoted further that he was given map of southern Korea, an itinerary, 800 yen for expenses, and a briefing on his south Korea mission that included spreading a rumor that war was likely between Russia and the United States.
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the sale of the company's gold dredging property and equipment in the Yukon Territory to w. N. Miner of Vancouver, B. c.
 The property will be sold for nearly S500,000 he said.
 This does not mean we are confining our operations to Idaho alone" said Hardy. We are still locking for good properties outside Idaho"
 The company operates the fa- nous Sunshine Mine in the Occur D'Alenes of Idaho.
 w. N. Miner. reported purcnas- ing the Sunshine interests in the Yukon, is also President of the Felaris-Taku Gold Mining Con- pany which operates the largest yJlkina mine in the Juneau re- zion.
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali. from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Friday.
 Freighter Palisana, from Seattle, due tomorrow
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 North Sea scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
 Freighter Sqquare Sinnet sched- uled to said from Seattle, August p.
 AleuJian, from the west, sched- uled south sometime Friday.
 Princess Norah, from Skagway, due to arrive at 7:30 am. Friday and sails south at g am.
 Estebeth scheduled to leave for Sitka 6 pm. Thursday.
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TERMINAL PAY PROCEDURE I5
 SpEED GEARED
Vets Told 10 Look for Pay. ments Within 60 Days
 from Claim

Washington, Aug 14.-The War Department says veterans can eX- pect to receive tkair terminal leave pay within 50 days of filing their applications To speed up the pay ments, army finance officers have been authorized to hire $500 addi- tional employees until September
 The first of the forms already are being sent out to post offices throughout the country, but they probably will be available in the larger post offices before they can reach the smaller ones. Disuibu- ton is expected to be completed by mid September or soon there after.
 Disbursing officers have been in- structed to accept sworn statements from applicants on how much ac- cumulatsd leave they have to their credit, unless the officers have req son to suspect fraud.
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from last winter, piling on the shores. The natives caught over fifty walrus the week I arrived in Barrow. This spring too, they caught a number of polar bear and oogruk
 "On two days we had clear sun ny weather with beautiful fleecy white clouds, blue skies and white ice. I chose two of the prettiest native girls, one was Charlie Brow CTS l7-year old daughter, and pho tographed them in color. They wore their best parkas and mukluks and willingly posed.
 T visited the underground meat cellars dug out of perpetual ice. Here they store food supplies for the coming year. walrus, polar bear, seal, ducks, etc. The natives were short of certain supplies; flour, sugar, cigarettes and matches, as the annual supply ship had not as yet arrived at Barrow. I trad ed candy bars, matches and trink- cts for eiderdown and ivory"
 FLIES ALONG coAs1
 Leaving Earl1w Mrs. Wagner flew down the Arctic Coast with Sig Wien on his mail run.
 Sig gave me chance to photo- graph the Will Rogers-Wils Post Memorial at lonely Walakpa, II miles west of Barrow.
 At Wainwright I had my first experience landing on a beach. Sig circled the village three times, fly ing lower as he buzzed the village. Later I learned why A drift log had not been pulled high enough out of the water and two umiaks tied up in the wrong place. He had difficulty setting down the Bellanca between the obstructions on the narrow cliff-Sided beach
 AT POINT HOPE
 Another stop was made at Point Hope with it's whalebone cemetery and the middens of an early native people. Then flying over Kivaline and down to Kotzebue, we landed in that village at II p. m and spent the night there"
 Mrs. Wagner visited with old friends and took many pictures of new structures built by Archie Fer guson and Mrs. John Cross dur ing the past year.
 At Nome she spent three days and took the Wien Boeing to Fair banks with a Pan American plane back to Juneau.
 As souvenirs of her flight over the Top of the World, Mrs. Wagner brought back many interesting ar ticlcs, two polar bear skins, Eski- mo dolls, ivory and whalebone carvings and several pounds of Barrow eiderdown.
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MRS. WAGNER FLIES TO TOP OF WORLD, BACK TO JUNEAU
Writer and Photographer Gives interesting Account
 of Three Weeks Trip

Mrs Estelle Wolf Wagner, writer and photographer, has returned to her Juneau home after an adven turous three weeks trip to Barrow and the Arctic Coast.
 The trip was made in a Bellana with Sig Wien, Alaskas well known pilot and a friend of Mrs Wagner for many years.
 A delay of several days in Fair banks was necessary to await clear ance of smoke from tundra fires over hundreds of miles of burned areas Visibility was almost zero in spots. Smoke obscured the coun- try so badly that they had to mak5 wide detours.
 Smoke and heat rose into the plane so that I had to remove my coat said Mrs. Wagner. These fires have been burning all summer in widely separated areas but ap- pear to be centered around Beetles
 Flying over the high Brooks Range, then the Endicotts. they dropped altitude as they flew down the Arctic Slope. At Umiat the Navy's oil project on the Colville River, stop was made for gas and for Sig to get Barrow's weather" Considerable sunspot activity recently in the Arctic is said to have caused radio black outs" Barrow had not been con- tacted for several hours with last report the village fog-locksd.
 HERDS ol CARIBOU
 After leaving Umiat we flew very low over the tundra, at times so close I could clearly see tiny flow CTS and birds There were so many herds of caribou they appeared like so many ants below us,' said Mrs Wagner.
 T held map on my lap and followed our course on the entire trip. Sig was very cooperative and pointed cut our position and points of interest. It was very foggy so We erawled under it and stayed al 100 to 300 foot altitude.
 Sig dipped his wings as he flew over Tom Brewers reindeer camp 60 miles from Barrow"
 RIDES IN WEASEL
 He raised Barrow twenty min utes before landing The Navy base first appeared, then, four miles far ther the tiny Eskimo village. We landed on the tundra half a mile from the village Here was my first experience in climbing into weasel, those tractor-like vehicles which are the only means of con- yeyance used at Barrow, except of course, dog sleds."
 Mrs. Wagner spent six days in Barrow as guest of friends. She took many Kodachronle and black and white pictures carrying two cameras. Temperatures ranged from 30 to 34 degrees at all times with brisk wind. Snow fell on several occasions starting July 4, but us- ually melted off after lightly coy- ering the ground.
 ICE IN ARCTIC
 There is still considerable ice in the Arctic Ocean which remains
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Rainbow Girls 10 Give Bon Voyage
 Party On Friday

Rainbow girls in Juneau are re- minded of the bon voyage party Friday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Masonic Temple honoring Mrs Dora Sweeney, Past Mother Ad- visor
 Miss Patte Davls, Worthy Advis- or, has announced that all Board members and Rainbow girls are cordially invited to attend. The get-together party is for the pur- pose of honoring Mrs Sweeney be- fore her departure t5- Spokane to attend Grand Assembly. Also, it
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MRS. CASE LAID TO
 REST IN PORTLAND

Mrs, w. H Case, pioneer Of AL aska, who died last Saturday in Portland after brief illness, was laid to rest in that Oregon city yesterday. It had been planned by her daughter, Mrs. Hugh J. Wade, to bring the remains to Juneau for torment but transportation troubles prevented and the last rites were held in Portland.
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L0NGShOREMEN ON PUGET SOUND ARE
 10 GET BACK pay

SEATTLE, Aug. 14.--The Water frcnt Employers Association says it will pay retroactive wage increases to hundreds Of Puget Sound long, shcremen during the first two weeks of September. The Association es- inmates a million and a half dol lars is involved. Tie pay will represent a five cent per hour wage increase from October first 1944 to October first, 1945.