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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-25
The Budget and Defense
Washington Starr

When it takes over in January, the new Republican Congress will have excellent opportunityafter the long years defcitsto restore order to the Nations fiscal affairs. Any effort to do this, however, will involve serious hazards the chief of them being temptation to reduce taxes prematUrely and balance the budget primarily by making in-considered cuts in Army and Navy appropriations.
 As far as taxes are concerned Senator Taft. who probably will be majority leader and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has just suggested a re- assuring approach. He feels that the Federal budget for the fiscal year beginning next July can be cut down a figure between s25 100000 and $30000- 900 0O0 of least SIS 600 from the otat outlay estimated for this fiscal year But he would slow on tax reductions; he would not make them
 until after the lower levels of spending actually have been reached.
 Such an approach obviously commends itself to common sense It remains to be however, whether Senator Tats colleagues will adhere to it or whether they will rush pell-e into the politically popular but dangerously unwise course Of cutting taxes without really effecting a proporuonate cut in expenditures Moreover, even assuming that they will first reduce the spending there is some reason wonder whether they may be setting their sights too high in esti mating military economies-the biggest single reduc- ton they have in mind.
 Although he says that any decision on this point must be governed by what the Army and Navy recom- mend, Mir Taft himself believes that S8,000000,005 probably will be enough for the armed forces in the fiscal year This would be 5O000000OO less than at present There be question. of that our military expenditures must be substantially re- duced sooner later but the reduction must be timed carefully if not to do grave injury to our selves while the world is passing through period O. serious tension and when it is important for to be strong.
 Events within the next few months may prove that Senator Taft has soundly estimated what the Army and Navy will need. Meanwhile, though, it ought to be kept IL mlnd that our expenditures on national defense intimately linked with our foreign policy and that pare them down too swiftly and tco drasticaly, shall be undermining our efforts in the United Nations to promote the kind of peace that will best guarantee our own security.
 Now that they control both the House and the Senate the Republicans have a heavy responsibility in this respecta responsibility to be satesmanlike, and not merely political in dealing with the budget and taxes. We have a sound bipartisan foreign policy and keep it that the new Congress will be well advised listen attentively to the State, War and Navy Departments before acting on military appropriations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-25
DEPRESSION TALK

The conviction that business recession is just around the has gained ground rapidly of late Even the resolutely optimistic Civilian Production Ad- rninistrator John D. Small qualities his opinion that
 business recession is mot inevitable" by concedlng that some industries may overshoot the mark and recede He also warns that the exercise Of common snse reasonableness and restraint by both manage ment and labor continues to be absolutely essential This tact acknowledgement that the road ahead is beset with pitfalls is not calculated to tighten the glcom that prevades many business forecasts.
 The reasons for pessimism are multifarious. In come instances, predictions of depression-or to use a milder word recession-are based on superficial reasoning Because periods of rapidly rising prices and high industrial activity have in the past been followed by a downswing it is assumed that the familiar cyccal pattern bound to be repeated This argument based historical analogies may be dis missed as improved However, knowledge of what has happened in the past does enable the business forecaster to detect readily the indications of underlying maladjustments that may lead to a sharp decline in industrial activity.
 There are many such danger signals that neither management nor labor can afford ignore. High and rising prices distorted wage structure, and the prospect of a new crop of wage demands accompanied by strikes the most immediate causes of pessimsm Moreover increasing consumer resistance to high prices is anticipated because the incomes of large pro- portion of the population have not kept pace with rising lying costs. Only relatively small percentage of organized workers have received substantial wage increases since VJ-Day If these favored groups should succeed in obtaining mere wage increases prices of manufactured goods would advance again and the ability of other groups sustain high prices would be further impaired The result would be contraction of retail sales reduction in manufacturing activity and growing unemployment.
 If strikes occur to force payment of higher wages the effect industry will be equally disastrous. The
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losses caused by strikes during the past year are appealing in of the goods that might have been produced Another strike wave would mean continued shortages materials and finished products reflected in piled up inventories of unfinished goods lacking essential parts.
 Added to these justified causes of anxiety is the widespread fear of sudden price recesons that migh compel the unloading Of stocks in hand at loss and lead to heavy cancellation of orders, as in l92o-2 with resultant ctrtaiment of manufacturing and increased unemployment
 Of course, threatened strikes may not materialize prices may be held down sufficiently to permit 0. sustained consumer buying, and labor unions may refrain from excessive wage demands. In that event the prophets of depression will happily be discredied However, they have performed public service by calling attention the dismal consequences of rash behavior the part of either labor or management The recent sharp declines in stocks and in raw cotton prices are in part at least a reflection of fears regarding the business outlook. They too, sound an alarm that it would be folly to ignore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-25
i5O,OOO FORMER GIS LOSE OUT IN
 DECISION OF VA

MOSCOW, Nov 25-The Soviet Veterans Administration reported today it has suspended subsistence payments to approximately 150,00o ex-GI's for failure to report earn ings in school or job training.
 The payments, made under the 'GI Bill of Rights, amount to s65 monthly for unmarried veterans in school or on job training and to S9G monthly for married men. More than 100000 veterans draw the allotments.
 Tuition payments. made directly to schools, are not affected.
 Under legislation passed last sum- mer, veterans payments and earn :ngs are limited to a total of SITS monthly for those without depend- ents and to S200 monthly for those with dependents. In the event those figures are exceeded, the sub sistence allowances must be reduc- cd accordingly
 The Veterans Administration warned on Nov. that the subsist- ence allowances would be halted unless reports of earnings were re- ceived Nov. 5. Suspensions are to remain in effect until the informa- ton has been received.
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This Thanksgving Day in Juneau, business was su gatherings held and everybody nearly had turkey
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-25
LEWIS'S SECRET FINANCIAL
 DEAE

How close Edmunds Jn and Lewis were at that time, is shown by the way Edmundson, then presi- dent of District 12, appeared be- fore mine locals to squelch criti- cism of the S300,000 payment. The Illinois miners had had no idea this amount of money was being taken out of their dues to pay a mine operator to stay closed for two years and a half. In fact, they did not know it until the Secretary of the Treasury started his income tax probe of Lewis.
 When word finally leaked out, however, the rank and file of the United Mine Workers were sore, es- pecially in Illinois where they had been asked in the fall of 1940 to vote an assessment of l per cent against their earnings in addition to regular dues Though they did not know it, this was to pay the S300,c00 hush fund given to mine owner ElShoIf
 This extra assessment was voted down. However, six months later, without a vote, LeWis's controlled executive board, acting through Edmundson, went over the heads of the miners and levied the assess ment anyway. Thus Illinois min CTS in May l94l, unbeknown to them, were called upon to pay
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The Washington MerrY-Go-Round
fConttnneG rom Page OneJ

P which takes ill the entire state Of Illinois, was duly elected by his district as a delegate to the Cincin- natl United Mine Workers Conven- ton in 1944, at which he proposed running against Lewis for Presi- dent.
 However, Lewis had Edmundson barred by, the credentials commit tee from even setting foot on the onyention floor. This was con- trary to all the bylaws of the United Mine Workers, which gives my delegate the right to be heard. Furthermore, Lewis proceeded to kick Edmundson out of the union, thereby making it impossible Tor him to be employed as coal miner.
 Edmundson then sought an in- junction in the U S courts, citing the bylaws of the United Mine Workers which cali for free and fair elections, and demanded the right to sit as a duly elected dele gate and also to have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate !or president.
 Not in ten years had any miner had the, courage to challenge Lewiss iron-fisted rule. Edmund son at least had the satisfaction of forcing Lewis into court That however, was as far as he got Judge Goldsborough, who last week ruled against Lewis, in this case ruled for him. John Us rival can didate for presidency Of the United Mine Workers found himself out of court
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LEWIS'S RATCHET MAN

To those who knew the inside dealing of the mine workers, Ray Edmundsons break with Lewis had great significance; because for ten years Edmundson had been Lewiss So-called hatchet man in the long and bloody Illinois hattle with the Progressive Miners. Testimony talk en by the Illinois Mining Commis sicn shows page after page where Edmundson operated for Lewis in the feud which saw 2l of Lewis's rivals killed.
 Most significant Of all was the fact that .Edmundson helped Lewis put across the payment of around $300,000 to mine operator Carl Elshoff atsSuriugfield H. to keep
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CAPITAL CHAFF

Secretary of State Burns had a closed-door meeting with UNRRA boss LaGuardia in New York last week at which he flatly rejected LaGuardia's idea for an interna- tional organization to take over UNRRAs work. With UNRRA out of the way and the United States solely responsible for relief in the U. s. zone of Germany, Byrnes wants to cut down the number of displaced persons living in camps simply by cutting off relief.
 COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. l946)
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20 YEARS AGO fyfm FIFE EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 25, 1926

NOVEMBER 25, 1926
 Thanksgiving Juneau business suspended home gatherings held and everybody nearly had turkey dinners delayed between and and Capt Cafe serving Thanksgiving Day dinners held the Presbyterian 
 Club staging Thanksgiving rifle report: High 27 low, cloudy Daily Lessons in English v. v [. GORDON 1
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MINERS BLAST LEWIS

When the U. g. Treasury un- earthed the facts, local members of the United Mine Workers hit the ceiling.
 Its a hell of a policy to hand over our dues to a mine owner" remarked Robert Martin, head of Local 49
 Had this come before the ex- ecutive board I would have oppos- ed it" said John Glasgow, a mem Der of District 12s executive board Advancing money to mine owners
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LOOK and LEARN 9y q GORDON

What The 9 Is pewter basic metal a alloy? B. About how cng does it to mile? Is a prairie dog really dog? Who referred to as the Captain the My Captain?
 ANSWERS:
 The main of the Rocky Mountains which divide flowing to the Pacific from those flowing Mississippi Valley of fn alloy 5-s J S a rodent
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MODERN ETIQUETTE S5 SonrprA ,rr

O. When been invited a wedding, obligatory call the bride and bridegroom they honeymoon?
 Yes after the date time when they will be home"
 O Is it for tc shake hands?
 A.
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STATED COMMUNICATION

of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, Mon- day evening at 7:30 pm. Work in the E. A. degree.
 W. J. LEVERS, Secretary
 434-2t. -dh.
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$300,000 spent three years before by Lewis and Edmundson to keep a mine closed in order to throw 500 cCher miners out of work.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
BY The Assoeiutsd Press

i RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 30.-Tht
4 Virginia Education Association wal
ON record today as demanding that
Gov, Tuck call special session Of
the General Assembly to provide ar
additional State appropriation OF at
least 5000, 900 for teacher salaries
in the current school year.
The action came at q general
business session yesterday In which
1.-THE teachers demanded d definite
depression on minimum salaries
and protested lowering teacher
standards by allowing instructors to
be employed without minimum
lot four years training"
The four-day session, attended by
more than $500 teachers and school
administrators, ended last night
with adoption Of committee recon-
mendations and an address on de-
sign for Waging Peace" by DR..
Harold Benjamin, director of the
Division of International Education
al Relations, United States ONCE of
Education.
At the Capitol the Governors of
flee said Gov. Tuck had no COM
men" on the proposal for a special
legislative session.
S2,400 Minimum Is Asked.
In.a subsequent resolution on min
imum salaries the YEA delegates set
/ as a goal for the school years
! 1948-50 a minimum salary of
$2.400 a year with appropriate in
crements."
Originally the resolution was
drafted without any specific min
imum salary mentioned. but dele
gates refused to permit the motion
to come to q vote until q specified
amount was set as the minimum
goal,
Request for the special session of
the General Assembly was embodied
kin q resolution presented both as a
part of the YEA Board of Directors
proposed program of action and as
a resolution of the YEAS school
Finance and Legislative Committees.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously.
Also asked were supplementary
appropriations from local sources
where possible to augment the re-
auested $4,000, 900 State appropria-
ton for teacher salaries.
Committee Of 1s to Act.
A committee of classroom teach
ers will be named from the IS
districts in the association to handle
the request for the special State
appropriation with State and asso-
ciation officials.
The proposed YEA program OF
action also asks that a uniform,
State Financed sick-leave system be
established for all school employees
equal to the benefit now received
by State employees, and that funds
be made available for establishment
of scholarships for teachers.
1t also asked that full support be
given to the Retirement Commit
tees four recommendation that the
maximum limit of annuities be one
half of a members earned compen-
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Teachers Ask Special Session
On $6 ,OO0, 900 Virginia Raise

ISation as calculated under the pres
|ent law with q limit Of Sl,800 an
|nual retirement allowance. that the
|age of optional retirement be low
erred from 65 to 60, leaving eompul-
sorry retirement age at 10: that the
privilege Of taking membership II,
the Virginia retirement system with
full credit for prior service to July
Ia. 1912. be reoffered to school en-
|ployes who rejected membership In
1912, and that all teachers who re-
tire with so or more years service
be guaranteed a minimum allowance
of $500 annually.
During the morning various sec
tions met and elected officers. Mrs,
Pauline G. Gorham of Alexandra
was named president OF the ele-
mentary principals section.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
American u. Students
Complete Transport Study

Certificates Of successful conple-
ton of course at American Uni
versity's Highway transportation
Institute were presented to az stu-
dents, including three from the Dis
trict area. at dinner last night at
the Hotel 2400.
The course, conducted by Prof,
L. M. Homberger, was planned for
employees of highway and public
utility commissions, truck and bus
transportation agencies, and as
|sociations interested In private car
rier operations and in highway
safety.
Students included Stanley A,
Abarcromhie Of the National Com
Evening star., 1946-11-30

mission on Safety Education Of the
National Education Association, and
Walter O. Koehler, student In the
Greyhound Corps technical train
ing program, both Of washington,
and Grant L. Clarke Of the Amer
lean Automobile Association. Ar
lington, Va.
The second rail transportation in
stitute will be conducted during
March. 1947, and an air Transports
ton institute Is being planned for
later in the year.
Evening star., 1946-11-30
Price Greatly Reduced
8713 Bradford Rd.
Open 1 till dark
Saturday and Sunday.
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SuLHTuuy uTEU 0HTIUuy'
New-Detnehed
Center holI plan, 6 nice rooms,
3 bedrooms. bath. full base
ment; close TO shopping center.
Immediate possession. See this
todoy,
Out Piney Branch Rd. to FloDer
Ave, left to Reading Rd., turn
left one block.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
NOTICE OF o OF
REGISTR

Notice is hereby given that the
registration for the special election
to be held on May 20, 1916, for the
purpose of submitting to the quail
fled electors of the City of Laurel,
Montana. the proposition of issuing
General Swimming Pool Bonds in the
amount of $25, 100000 will close on
May 4th, 1916 at 1900 o'clock noon
of said day.
Electors of the City of Laurel,
Montana, may register for the en-
suing election by appearing before
the County Clerk at his office in
the Courthouse, or by appearing
before a Deputy Registrar, Notary
Public or Justice of the Peace with
in Yellowstone County, Montana,
in the manner provided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, this
30th day of April, 1916.
EARLE KNIGHT,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio
Registrar of Yellowstone
County, Montana.
(Date First Pub. April "a, 1946-1t)
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
New Mechanical Lung Is
Portable and Not Heavy

BEVERLY HILLS, CALF. - A
portable, plastic mechanical lung
weighing less than go pounds may
replace the 600 to 2,4OO pound iron
lungs now in use
It's designer, A. l.. Bergere, said
the machine was already in full
production here. 1t can be worn in
or out of bed and manufactured at
two-thirds the cost of the cheapest
iron lungs.
The part of the lung that fits over
the patients chest is made of pleXi-
glass and weighs about five pounds,
Bergere said. The rest of the weight
is in a motor, pump and flexible
tube.
Patients can sit, stand or lie down
with complete freedom of arms and
legs, he said.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
Is Badness Sign of Old
Age? Eagles Don't Admit 1t

TOWER, MINN.-Baldness in hui
man beings may be a sign of feeble
ness and old age, but in eagles it
doesn't mean a thing!
Authority for this startling revela-
ton are the inspectors of a northern
Minnesota power company.
The trouble began when the in
spectors complained of being at
tackled by vicious dogs, singing
bees and stubborn goats while
trudging through the wilderness.
Accordingly the power company
decided to send them by plane. Now
the inspectors complain that bald
eagles have attacked them on sew
eral occasions and forced them off
their course.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
Police Chivalry Turns
SQUAD Room Into Laundry

ALBANY, CALIF.-Two girls and
some lingerie threw police here into
confusion.
The two young women, Ruby
Reaves, 20, and Patricia Bitney, Il,
were discovered by Sgt. Arthur K.
Smith standing on the sidewalk out
side a naval housing project from
which they had been evicted with
their washing only half done.
Smith invited the girls-wash and
ALTO take temporary refuge at the
police station.
Patrolmen reporting in were
greeted by the sight of freshly laun-
dered lingerie hanging on a line In
the squad room.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
POinsettias Last

A native shrub of tropical Amer
lea, the %poinsettia has fiame-red
leaves clustered about inconspicu-
GUS flowers, but nee the leaves fall
it has no particular value as an or
nament. If ~poinsettias are kept In
warm, humid atmosphere the leaves
will be retained for a long period.
The plants should be thoroughly
moistened each day, but care given
that no water touches the leaves.
When water strikes the leaves they
begin to turn yellow and drop. Keep
ing these plants out of drafts and
cold air helps prolong their life:
They require plenty of sunlight and
! 65-degree Fahrenheit temperature.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
Soldiers, Others Held
For Jeep Thefts, Sales

MANILA, P. Limited States
military police announced the ar
rest of six AWOL American enlisted
men, eleven Philippine army officers
and four employees of a printing
shop on charges of completely in
a well-organized jeep theft ring. Fiji
teen jeeps have ,,>een recovered.
Capt. M. H. Traylor, chief inves-
tigator, said the ring even gave
printed ownership" papers to buy
ers Of the stolen vehicles.
Several American G.I.s in the
group, he said, were posing as Of
ficers and were living high" on
the proceeds of the jeeps, which had
been sold to Philippine army Of
ficers.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT
Cove Irrigation Co.
Incorporated at Laurel, Montana

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of COVE IRRIGATION
CO., held on the 3rd day of April,
1916, an assessment of S1.00 per
share was levied upon the subscrib-
ed capital stock of the Corporation,
payable on or before the Bird Day
of May, 1916, to the Secretary
Treasurer of said Company at No.
1922 First Avenue North, Billings,
Montana.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the
Bird day of May, 1916, will be de-
.linquent and advertised on May
18th, 1916, for sale at public auc-
ton, and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on May 31st,
1916, to pay the delinquent assess
ment, together with cost of ad-
vertising and expense of sale.
By order of the Board of Direc-
tors.
LLOYD LIPP,
Secretary-Treasurer
Box 1904, Billings, Montana.
date First Pub. April 10. 1946-4t)
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
British Plan 2 Flights
Daily Over Atlantic

LONDON. - The British Overseas
Anyways corp. announced plans re-
Gently for a double North Atlantic
service to the United States and
Canada, providing daily flights from
London to New York and from Lon
don to Montreal in "the future"
Lord Knolly, BOAC chairman,
said that later two flights would be
provided on each route.
He said the fare was expected to
be less than $500.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Jill III CREDIlORS
Estate of John F. Jackson, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of John F. Jackson, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice. to the said admins
traitor at Billings. Montana, or to
Melvin N. Holness, Attorney for
said administrator at his office in
the Court House in Billings, in the
County of Yellowstone, State of
Montana, where the business of said
estate will be transacted.
Dated at Billings, Montana, this
23rd day of April, 1916.
G. w. FENTON,
Administrator of the estate of
John F. Jackson, deceased.
MELVIN N. HOLINESS,
Court House
Billings, Montana
Attorney for Administrator.
date First Pub. April "a, 1946-4t
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-24
Britain Plans Bedroom
Flats to Cost So a Week

LONDON. - Health Minister An
eurin Bevan announced new hous-
ing subsidies designed so local au-
thorities can provide unfinished
three-bedroom apartments for an
average rental o. 10 shillings (S2)
a week.
The annual cost of the subsidies
for each 100. 900 apartments was
estimated at $40, $3.50, 900. OF this
amount, SO, 200, 900 would be pro-
vided by the government.