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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-21
RADAR GUIDES
 S.S. ALASKA ON
 VOYAGE NORTH

SEATTLE, Aug. 2l.-IR-Radar was aiding today in guiding an Alaska-bound civilian passenger ship around dangerous coastal shoals for the first time in his tory.
 The Northland Steamship Com panys s. s. Alaska, which left Seattle Tuesday is the first American ship on the northern run to be equipped with the war perfected aid to navigation. Tech nicians went along to watch the equipments performance along the hazardous route.
 Alaska Steamship Company has scheduled radar for three passenger ships as soon as it is available.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-21
Wildcat Tieup

NEW YORK The United States Lines said today that the nations largest luxury liners, The America, will sail for Europe at p. m. EDT, one day behind schedule due to a wildcat long, shoremen's strike.
 The company said that long, shoremen who returned to work Tor half hour this morning be- fore walking off the job again had loaded the liner with all the neces- sary supplies and perishable foods.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-21
New Era Dawns

WASHINGTON-A new era in labor-management relations will be ushered in at midnight when the Taft Hartley law becomes fully effective.
 At that hour. tight restrictions will be clamped on trade unions representing 15,000,000 workers by the first sweeping union control law ever passed by Congress.
 Since it's passage June B over President Truman's veto. the labor law has become potentially one of the hottest political issues of the forthcoming l948 election cam paign.
 Labor unions and some Democrats have attacked it as a slave labor law. Management generally has hailed it as correcting the abuses" of the Wagner Act which has gov erned labor-management relations for the past 12 years.
 Many of the Taft-Hartley laws provisions are headed for test cases in the federal courts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-21

AT THE BARANOF HOTEL
 A. R. Lang and E. H. Coleman of Fresno, Calif., are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. o. F. Lockert of San Bruno is also at the Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-21
Showdown Test

SHOWDOWN leSt
 SAN F'RANCISCO-The power full International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union tCIO) drew up plans today for what may become the first showdown test of the Taft-Hartley labor act.
 The act goes into full effect tomorrow.
 A dispute between the ILWU and the Waterfront Employers Associa- tion has been smouldering for sev- eral weeks over the question of whether or not walking hosses' should be permitted to join un- ion.
 The company contends they are supervisory employees.
 The Hartley bill denies col lective bargaining to supervisory employees. The Pacific Coast walk ing bosses, who are in effect fore men, belong for the most part to tie ILWU.
 ut uiliOil yCotCiudy odlu " Wouio strike against any company that fired walking bosses for union ac- tivity. The WEA, meantime, held meeting "in an effort to dissolve an intolerable situation in a legal manner"
 Association President Frank P. Foisie declined comment when asked if WEA was considering fir ing union members among the walking bosses. The union has charged repeat edly some members of the Asso- citation want to discharge foremen who are union members as soon as the Taft-Hartley act permits. If tEe walking bosses are laid off tomorrow. Union spokesman said their picket lines "undoubted- ly will be respected by the long, shoremen.
 The ILWU has tied up ships oi the Luckenbach Steamship Co here and in Los Angeles for more than month because the com- pany refused to recognize the H. WU as representing the walking bosses.
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Evening star., 1947-12-08
BY the Assoeioted Press

JERUSALEM, Dec. 8.-Eight
Jews and an Arab died today in
bitter, continuing communal
strife over the partition of Pales-
tine, while both sides intensified
mobilizations for the expected
showdown.
Unofficial tallies show 80 persons
have been killed in nine days in
wrangles over the future of the
country, which the British said they
intended to quit as mandate power
next May Is.
Five Jews were killed and num-
ber of Arab stores and houses were
set 'afire in a renewal of the fight
ing on the border between Jewish
Tel Aviv and Arab Jaffa.
Yehoshua Bloberman, a promi-
nent officer of the underground
Hagana defense force, was reported
by Jewish sources to have been
killed when the motor convoy in
which he was travelling was attacked
after police had searched the con-
voy for arms. An Arab, stabbed by
Jews in Tel Aviv two days ago while
breaking curfew, died of injuries.
Another Jew was killed by gunfire
and another was stabbed to death.
Numerous Jews and Arabs were
wounded in sporadic exchanges of
automatic weapons and small arms
fire in various parts of the country.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Hebert Is Quitting
District Committee

Representative Hebert, Democrat.
|of Louisiana is resigning from the
House District Committee to be-
come a member of the House Conn
mittee on Un-American Activities,
to which he was named today. As
a member of the District Committee
he has played q prominent role In
legislation for the Capital.
Mr.. Hebert has sponsored many
bills for Improvement OF the penal
system Of the District and has been
credited as largely responsible for
improvements In the Police Depart
ment, the Jail and other phases Of
the Districts penal system.
As chairman OF committee in.
vestigating the whole penal system
OF the District, In the 10th Congress,
Mr.. Hebert conducted q long in
vestigation and introduced in the
80th Congress nine different bills
for improvements. Some Of these
became laws. notably the one for
setting up an alcholic clinic In the
District to be financed by increased
taxes on the liquor licenses Of the
District.
On the Un-American Committee,
Mr.. Hebert fills q vacancy caused
by the resignation OF Representative
Bonner, Democrat, OF North Caro-
lima. His selection was made by the
Democratic committee on COM
mittees, which has charge Of
Democratic committee assignments.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
(See MINISTERS, Page A-5.)
What theRussiuns
| Are Saying of Us

The MoscoiD radio, brOddcdStt1,g q
English to North America, said:
"The United States Govern
ment, far from abandoning
China, far from rejecting inter-
ference in China's, domestic
affairs, is training and equipping
10 new Kuomintang divisions on
the island of Formosa. United
States officers are setting up a
military academy in Hankow.
The Kuomintang is receiving
new loans and is promised larger
ones.
"It is the opinion of the demo-
cratic circles of China that, in
the history of international rela-
tions, such a hopeless and costly
policy as that which the United
States is pursuing in China has
no parallel.
United States policy has pro-
tracted the civil war and added
more suffering to the lot of the
Chinese people. That is why the
masses of China show increasing
indignation over this policy"
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Cold Wave Moves
Swiftly Over Nation
BY the Assoeioted Press

Another fast-moving cold wave
was overspreading a large area OF
the Midwest today with prospects
that temperatures would sink fa1
below zero in most of the Northern
States by tomorrow morning.
The Chicago Weather Bureau said
the icy blast, coming down from
Canada, would bring temperatures
ranging from zero to 5 below In
Northwestern Wisconsin and North
western Iowa to as low as lis In
Northwestern Minnesota.
A storm described as Of marked
intensity" and whipped along by
strong winds was moving across
Lake Huron. today into Canada
after leaving a layer of from
to 6 inches of new snow along its
course through Northwestern Iowa
Northeastern Minnesota, Northern
Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
The forerunner of the predicted
increasing cold for the Midwest
had reached as far as the Texas
Panhandle this morning where
temperatures dipped to freezing.
Thirty-four towns In Iowa were
cut off from long distance telephone
service following snow, sleet and
high winds yesterday and last night
Highways were hazardous but open
A storm sweeping on New Eng
land today out OF Canada carried
mixture of sleet and snow. A
snowfall of from 4 to 8 inches Ii
predicted by nightfall In Northern
Maine.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Police Records Room Opens;
Master Card Index Complete

receiving complaints and the ONCE
of Capt. John Agnew, in charge Of
the bureau. Completion Of the
bureau has been awaiting the in
stallation Of telephone lines.
Work of reclassifying 1,400, ,00o
criminal records and eliminating
obsolete ones has been completed
by a corps Of IS clerk -typists
Through the process thousands Of
records have been eliminated and
many more combined under q
master card index system.
Records for persons who were 70
years old in 1910 and for those not
charged with an of1ense since 1926
have been placed in an inactive file
As many as 80 cards had beer
kept for a single person. Under q
new identifying system, persons
whose names are similar to others
viii be more easily recognized. When
they are booked they will be asked
the names Of their parents. places
Of birth and armed forces serial
numbers, II such exist.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Trade Union Leader.
Call on All Workers
To Back Chest Drive
Labor Hos Big Stake
In Campaign Success,
Spokesman Emphosize

Trade unionists in every field
are working to make the Com
munity Chest Federation cam
paign a success, according to
leaders of the AFL Washington
Central Labor Union, and the
independent Washington Tele-
phone Traffic union.
With four days to go before its
final progress report meeting, the
campaign has raised only $3.OO7, $50
or about II per cent of the So, 200, ,OoO
goal.
Washington area residents who
already have contributed to the
drive may still increase their gifts,
it was pointed out.
Leaders Stress Importance.
In statements last night, Glen
F. Preller,. president Of the WASH
ington Central Labor Union; Jay
G. Turner, business representative
of the International Union of OPP
Grating Engineers, Local No. II, and
Mrs. Mary Cannon, president of the
Washington Telephone Traffic
Union, stressed the importance of
supporting the campaign.
Letters to all affiliated local unions
of the Washington Central Labor
Union prior to the campaign from
Mr.. Preller, chairman of the AFL
Advisory Committee OF the Chest
Federation, stressed 'it is the re-
sponsibility of organized labor to
join vigorously in the Community
Chest concept and to help mobilize
adequate financial support for the
work Of the (Chest-supported)
agencies"
Success Vital to Workers.
I'VE trust every trade unionist will
participate to the best of his ability,
the letter said.
The drive is to raise funds for
the 1948 operation of 125 human
welfare agencies supported by the
Community Chests OF Washington
Alexandria, and Fairfax, Arlington
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
Failure of the drive. Mr.. Preller
declared, 'is prospect no real trade
eSee CHEST, Page A-50
Evening star., 1947-12-08
|CCApprovesIncrease
In First-CIass Fares
On Western Railroads
EouuIizes Eastern Raise
Last Summer; New Haven
Gets Higher Rote
By the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce
Commission today authorized
increases in first-class passen-
ger fares on Western railroads
and in passenger coach fares on
the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad.
The increase effective on all lines
operating west of the Mississippi
River amounts to 6.06 per cent for
travel In sleeping and parlor cars.
This brings these charges even
with the rate schedules authorized
for first class travel In the East last
June.
The coach fare increase granted
to the New Haven involves Is per
cent increase over the present coach
fare rate of as cents per mile, rais-
ing the rate to 2875 cents a mile.
Increase Granted Last Summer.
The New Haven Railroad was in
cluded among the 60 Eastern car
riers which were permitted to in
crease both coach and Pullman fares
an average 10 per cent last summer.
The ICC subsequently authorized
a temporary general 10 per cent in
crease in freight rates for all rail-
roads. The roads now are seeking
a 80 per cent permanent raise in
the freight schedules.
The New Haven Railroad told the
(see RAIL FARES, Page A-20
Evening star., 1947-12-08
u. ). Officials Homes.
Searched in Romania
BY the Assoeioted Press

Oficial reports that police In
Communist dominated Romania
searched the homes and automo-
biles of American diplomatic and
military officials were made public
today by Senator. Knowland, Repub-
lican, of California.
He said he would tell the Senate
that "our diplomatic and military
personnel has been pushed around
In violation of ordinary diplomatic
courtesy.
Senator Knowland told reporters
he first learned of the incidents on
an overseas European inspection
trip and that o cable from the
American Minister in Romania,
Rudolf z. Schoenfeld, confirmed
these instances:
/. Romanian secret police" twice
searched the home of captain
attached to the American military
staff despite protests Of the cap
tain that his wife was expecting
an infant" and could not be dis
turbed.
2. A car carrying an American
nag and Secretary Ferguson OF
the American Legation" was halted
by five men, including uniformed
policeman and Mr.. Ferguson was
questioned "at gun point" and then
detained 20 minutes.
s, Homes of a sergeant and q
lieutenant on the American mill
tary staff also were searched 'by
secret police"
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Fiqht Verdict Stands
Truman Takes Off for Capital
After Five-Duy Florida Rest

tending morning services at the
base chapel, where he joined in the
prayer of 1t. w. J. Davis, the
Protestant chaplain, "for those In
the world less fortunate than we.'
The theme OF the chaplain's SER
mon was the accomplishments OF
the handicapped-Helen Keller was
one example cited.
Some of the worlds great works
have been accomplished by men
and women with handicaps," he
said. Life handicaps can be turned
into stepping stones If you and ]
desire"
The President congratulated the
chaplain on the sermon as he left
the chapel for the quarter mile
walk back to the quarters Of Capt.
g. G. Adell, area commandant,
where he is quartered. Capt. Adell
and several members Of the Presi-
dents party accompanied him to
the service, which was attended by
approximately 100 persons.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
By the Associated Press

Chairman Wolcott of the
House Banking Committee said
today Republicans will submit
''in a day or two" a broad anti
imitation program based on "vol-
untary agreements"
The plan, he told reporters, is to
give the administration the au-
thority and the money to deal with
the living costs through voluntary
procedures and industry wide agree
ments with none of the price-wage
and rationing controls asked by the
President.
Antitrust laws, Mr.. Wolcott said,
would be set aside temporarily for
operation of the voluntary agree
ments among industries to deal with
economic problems.
Mr.. ,Wolcott has been conferring
Evening star., 1947-12-08
By Joseph A. Fox
Stnr stnff cnrrexnnndent

BOCA CHICA AIRPORT, Fla,
Dec. 8.-President Truman took of
for Washington aboard the Sacred
Cow at 10:30 am. today, ending his
f1ve-day holiday in the Keys.
The flight to the Capital requires
around four hours. He will go i'm
mediately to the White House, but
had no engagement scheduled.
The President drove miles to the
airport from the naval base at Key
West, where he has been since
Wednesday, after the base personnel
had turned out to render the Gus.
tomary honors.
The President has done little work
since leaving Washington, but has
talked over with his advisers his
forthcoming Marshall plan message
to Congress.
The President spent a very quiet
Sunday going for q swim after at
Evening star., 1947-12-08

The Police Departments record
room OF the new Communications
and Records Bureau opened for bus
mess today on the fourth floor Of
the Municipal Building.
For the first time, criminal rec
ords, formerly on the third floor,
and traffic division records, previ-
|ously on the second floor, are made
available in the same room.
This adds to the convenience Of
record hunting policemen and civil
|ians alike. The latter frequently are
Obliged to consult criminal records
for Civil Service job applications,
visas and the like.
Opening of the 40-by loo foot
record room on the Indiana avenue
side. Of the building near Fourth
street is the first step IN completing
the bureau.
Eventually an adjoining room will
contain teletype machines, disratch-
ers' ONCE equipped with two new
radios, 4 telephone department for
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Both Jews and Arabs Step Up
Mobilization Clashes Continue
Cairo Conference Nay Set Zero Hour
For MosIem Uprising Against Partition

Seven Jews and an Arab were
killed during the night.
Sharing the spotlight with the
situation in Palestine were develop
ments in Cairo, where leaders of the
seven member nations of the Arab
League met to decide the steps they
should take to prevent implementa-
ton of the partitioning plan.
Some observers thought that the
meeting might fix zero hour for
general Arab uprising throughout
the Middle East.
The exiled Mufti Of Jerusalem
commented:
When the sword speaks, every
thing else must be silent"
Secret sessions are being held at
the Egyptian Foreign Office. Rep
resented are Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Trans-Jordan. Iraq, Lebanon, Syria
and Yemen. The premiers of Syria,
Iraq, Lebanon and Trans-Jordan are
present.
Hal Amin Ell Husseini the Multi,
arrived in Cairo by plane from Bel
rut, Lebanon.
Samir Ell Rafaie Pasha, premier
of Trans-Jordan, said the whole
Arab nation is volunteering to save
Palestine"
The Egyptian government cabled
Trygve Lie, secretary general Of the
United Nations, asking to be repre-
(See PALESTINE. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Marshall Sees Bevin
And Bidau|t on Eve
OF Soviet Showdown
Western Position Believed
Consolidated on German
Economic Unity Issue
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 8.-Secretary OF
State Marshall's office said today
that he had conferred with both
the British and French foreign
ministers last night on the eve
of today's showdown sessions
with Russia over German eco
nomic unity.
Gen. Marshall saw British Foreign
Secretary Bevin and Frances Bid
ault in what apparently was an
effort to consolidate the Western
position prior to meeting this after
noon with Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov.
Shortly after the Ministers con-
vened in their 18th session today
they adjourned to study in individ-
uaI delegations a new document
submitted by Russia.
Mr.. Bevin, reported suffering from
a slight illness, was absent and his
place was taken by Lord Pakenham,
Minister responsible for the British
zone of Germany.
American diplomats expressed the
conviction that today's meeting
would open a week of decision for
the conference. Some said one ses-
sion might be adequate to show
whether there would be any chance
of Russian-Western agreement on
Germany.
Dulles Reports to Marshall.
Gen. Marshall was understood to
have received a report from his
Republican adviser, John Foster
Dulles, that if the conference fails
France can almost certainly be ex-
pected to join the United States
and Britain in unifying Western
Germany. Mr.. Dulles returned last
night from a trip to Paris which
he described as most satisfactory
Mr.. Dulles saw various French
leaders including Gen. de Gaulle
who has returned to French politics
as chieftain of the Rightist Rally
of the French People RPF. Mr.
Dulles is believed to have told Gen
Marshall that France will join In
unifying Western Germany regard
less of what kind of government she
has, so long as it is not Communist
According to persons familiar
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Cotton Crop Estimate
Raised $4,000 Bales
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The Agriculture Department, in
its final report of the year, today
estimated this years cotton crop
at 11,6s4,o00 bales Of 500 pounds
gross weight.
This Is an increase of 189, 900 bales
over last months estimate of H.
sos, 900. The crop totaled $780,
600 bales last year and averaged
Il, 5000 bales for the 1886 -1945
period.
The indicated yield Of lint cotton
per acre was put at 1854 pounds,
compared with 1853 last year and
250.6 for the 10-year average.
The acreage harvested was re-
ported at 81 ,148, 900 acres, compared
with 17,615,000 last year and 23,-
845, 900 for the 10-year average.
The department said IL per cent
of the, acreage planted was aban-
doned before harvest.
In an accompanying report, the
Census Bureau said 10,056, ,347 bales
of this years crop were ginned to
December /. Ginnings to the same
date last year totaled 1857 400 bales,
Cottonseed production was esti-
mated at 4,744.000 tons, compared
with 3,5l3, 900 last year and 5,143 ,000
for the 10-year average.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
All Strikes Outlowed
by Greek PorIioment
by the Assoeicied Press

ATHENS, Dec. 8.--All strikes were
outlaWed In Greece today under
Parliament-a pproved legislation
which authorizes military courts to
impose penalties on violators rang
ing from six months imprisonment
to death.
The legislation. sough by the gov
ernment, will remain In effect until
the leftist rebellion In Northern
Greece has been crushed.
Justice Minister Christos Ladas,
who drafted the bill, told Parliament
that disturbance Of tranquility on
the home front is inadmissable' e.
while the government Is trying TO
smash the rebellion.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Truman Names Scotten
Minister to New Zealand
BY fhe Associated Press

President Truman today nomi-
mated Robert M. Scotten, career
diplomat, as minister to New zea-
land
Mr.. Scotten was named to sue
ceed Avra Warren, recently as
signed to Finland. He is native
of Detroit and has served in diplo-
matte posts in China, France,
Turkey, Germany and Spain.
Mr.. Truman also sent to the
Senate for confirmation the nomi-
nation of 1t. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway as senior United States
Army member Of the Military Staff
Committee of the United Nations.
Gen. Ridgway has been serving in
the post under recess appointment.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
COP. Anti-InfIotion Program
7oBe Submitted in Few Days
Voluntary Agreement Plon for Industry Would
Suspend Anti Trust Lows Temporarily

with Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio and others on a Republican
counter program to the 1O-point
anti-infation program submitted to
Congress by Mr. Truman.
Senator Taft said last week that
measures being considered included
a plan for industry agreements
dividing up scarce materials. Mr..
Truman asked for power to allocate
materials.
Mr.. Wolcott indicated the volun-
tary program would be the major
phase of a multi-pointed Repub-
lican plan, which also is expected
to include proposals for tax re-
duction and continuance of rent
ceilings.
The banking chairman suggested
also an increase from Is per cent
to 40 per cent in the gold reserves