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Evening star., 1947-01-19
COUGHING is OFFENSIVE!
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Buy 2packs today. one for your pocket.
one for bedside If night coughs strike,
Evening star., 1947-01-19
WALLY'S GOT 1T BAD
And it comes from stayin' i'm one place

66TooK," l phone the Editor,
LII just amt got nothin'
to write about. Same people, same
joint, same hamburgers. -"
do you have dictionary" he
asks me. well, go look up stultilo-
quenee."
Since two weeks ago l been
sulkin' around here hummin' the
Prisoners Song" an workin' up
a powerful distaste for everything
familiar. even went an bought a
new toothbrush just because was
tired of lookin' at the old blue
handled one.
"How do you spell that word?"
l phone the Editor back.
"S-T-U-L-T-I-L-o-Q-U-E-N-c-E."
Hold the Phone" l tell him.
Strange - stubborn - stupid -
Here it is. Stnltiloquesce: Senseless
bGbbfe. Foolish talk. Hey, what's
that got to do with it?"
''lT's what happens when you
get in a rut," the Editor laughs at
me. The world is full of exciting
things and interesting people. But
if you stay too long in one place
you begin to babble instead of to
talk sense. Go somewhere.
That's what all the help here
wants me to do," answer him.
you twistin' my arm, too?"
Haven't you any of the spirit
of Columbus? Can't you go dis
eoVer something to talk about?"
Evening star., 1947-01-19

"You think that would cure my
stilted eloquence?" l ask him.
"Stnltiloquence," he says, an
hangs up. So I got to thinkin' it
over. Spirit of Columbus. Adven-
turin. Discoverin' new places.
My crew is tryin' to get me to 60
away. The Editor is practically
orderin' me out of town. An I
been feelin' cooped up an hobbled.
''LooK," l says to the Editor.
calm him again. Il hate to bring
this up, but Queen Isabella hooked
her jewels 50 Columbus could 60
wanderin' -"
"Stultiloquence," he cuts in.
"Foolish babble. That's what
/ said was the matter with you.
Maybe you also remember that
King Ferdinand thought Isabella
had made a bad investment.
But" he finishes, "I'll buy the
gasoline and try to explain it to
the cashier"
Well, l call the Missus. Il got
stnltiloqneree an got to go away"
l tell her.
"You got what?"
''Stultiloquence. Double talk. l
babble."
There is a pause. Then she says
very firm, "Wally, get Jake to finish
out your watch an you come right
home. After I smell your breath,
l can tell whether or not to send
for a doctor" -WAllY bOREN
Evening star., 1947-01-19

Go after those offensive
minor coughs due to colds
or smoking at the very
first scratchy tickle" Get
Smith Brothers famous
The union times., 1947-05-03
Union Drivers
 Await Farley

Truckers unions are awaiting the scheduling of another wage conference with representatives of over-the-road haulers for what Timothy M. Collins, president of the Connecticut Fedora ton of Labor, said he hoped would be the means of settling a wage dis pute.
 Collins said he is confident that the wage and other issues can be resolved at another meeting of the bargaining parties.
 Eleven Southern, New England To- calls of the Truck Drivers Union, AFL, have voted strike action in sup port of their demand for a 30-cents- an-hour increase.
 Management has offered between IS and IS cents, depending on the classi- fcation of jobs and has also proposed adjustments on other monetary bene- fits which drivers receive while away from their home terminals.
 Approximately 6,O0O drivers em- p1oyed by trucking firms in this state, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are involved.
The union times., 1947-05-03
Here's What New
 Anti-Labor Bill Means To You
Measure Analysed In Detail By Judge Padway, AFL
 Chief Counsel

Washington, D. C.-Branding the House Anti-Labor Bill the most "vicious and malicious" measure ever approved by a branch of Government in this or any other country, Joseph A. Padway, AFL Chief Counsel, ana lyzed both House and Senate meas ures in detail before the AFL Execu- tive Council, in Washington this week.
 s'The House Anti-LabOr Bill,' and that is what it really is, is pure, unadulterated Fascism as we have come to understand that term," he told the Council. ''Enactment of either the Senate or the House Bill would unquestionably destroy the trade union movement within short time"
 "The bill which was approved by the House would effectively destroy every constitutional right of workers, such as the right to organize, the right to be free from employer domination and the right to bargain collectively for improved working conditions.
 CAN DESTROY UNIONS
 Tt would vest in the employer the right to deny workers the foregoing constitutional and other fundamental rights. Employers would be herewith furnished the weapons and tools with which to destrop any and all trade unions in the country. In supplement of the powers vested in the employer, the Government reserves to itself similar power effectively to destroy trade unions by imposing prohibitions upon labor under which a free trade union cannot function or survive
 ''The Government, under this House bill, would take over the in- ternal functions of trade unions, and any interference with the Gov ernment's regulations by the un- ions or by the officials would be subject to injunctive decree and penalty of fines and imprisonment for violation of such decree.
 Under this bill, workers no longer would be free men and trade union ism would no longer continue as a free institution"
 ENDLESS LITICATION''
 Expressing belief that Senate and House anti-labor proposals. if enacted
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The union times., 1947-05-03

There's a fair amount of confu- sion in the building trades over who belongs to the Associated General Contractors, the Contractors Gen. eral Association, and similar titles. We have been taken to task for mixing up ACC. with C.G.A.. but we suspect the contractors them selves are also confused. We've asked for an official letter from the ACC. telling us what's what and who's who.
 MIKE BARRY and JIM O'KANE have issued an urgent call for all members to attend the meet ing of the executive board of the State Building Trades Council, to be held at the New Haven Labor Temple, Wednesday, May z at 10 AM. Much important business.
 The strike of District SO, United Mine Workers, at the New Haven Hospital ended last week without recognition for the union.
 Sen. Robert Taft (R., Ohio), in opening Senate debate on his anti labor bill last week, declared: "I have had in mind drafting such a bill, giving power to seize the plants, to seize the unions, their money and their treasury and re- quisition trucks and other equip ment; in fact to do everything that the British did in their general strike of 1926" Why Sen. Taft had to go way back to 1926 is hard to understand. In 1884 Hitler com pletely dissolved the trade unions and thereby solved the problem en- tirely. Or did he?
 Court decisions, NLRB rulings and official speeches now make it clear as muck whom the miners are working for.
 When there's a strike to be broken, they're working for the government; when there's Wag- ner act violation by their bosses, they're working for the private operators; and when there's safe.
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The union times., 1947-05-03
Politicians Seem
 To Be I'm mune From Economy
Feinnark, Strauch, Thorpe Reveal Hollowness Of
 State Program"

The progress of Governor Me- COnaughys economy plan has veered from a fair investigation of the States fiscal policies to an in- vestigatiOn of the administrative and clerical personnel and is in danger of becoming begged down in politics, Harold V. Feinmark, legislative representative of Conn. Council No. l6, Am. Federation of State, County and Municipal Em- ployees, said today.
 An economy program which would reorganize the state services more efficiently cannot ignore horde of political appointees, who are untouch- ables, while dwelling at great length upon the employees and clerks who do the work but receive no credit and get entirely inadequate salaries, he stated.
 Supporting Feinmark was Har- old Strauch, attorney for Council l6, who stated that the Councils bills before the legislature must be supported in order. to assure their passage. He said that the old polit- ical strategy of dragging herring over the trail'' was being used to distract attention from the rapidly mounting cost of living, this in spite of the glowing campaign promises to stop such in1ationary tenden- cies. There is current legislative tendency to grasp any publicity means of diverting the attention of the public from the facts and it is confusing to the public to hear of so much economy but to get SO lit- tie of it in legislation, he reported.
 WHERE'S SCABORIAP
 The State employees have endured many such indignities in the past and expect little from this legislative ses- sion, said George w. Thorpe, Presi- dent of Council No. 16. While the en- ployees know that administrators are not all efficient or inefficient, they wish the Legislature would leave personal matters in the hands of the Merit System and if the management can not be altered because of politics then let the employees alone. Thorpe said it is evident that Glendon A. Scobo- ria has either been silenced or ignored as State Personnel Director. No statement from him has been forth coming since the legislature was in session.
 elf the Merit System is to stand up under political pressure why does not MT. Scoboria and his staff have something to say of the effi- ciency of the employees upon which they have passed, and whose welfare and professional ratings have been placed in his custody ?'' Thorpe asked.
 All possible legislative support will be given the employees rights only if their organized efforts are brought to bear upon the legislators, he concluded.
The union times., 1947-05-03
Rent Rise Killed But Housing Bill Faces Close Vote Work Still Needed To Hold Real Estate Lobby In
 Cheek

Washington (LPA)-The real es- tate lobby suffered two setbacks in Congress last week, but labor spokes- men were not at all sure that en- forceable rent control, and an ade- quate program of promoting home building thru federal aid, would final ly become law.
 The Senate Banking Committee, by tight vote of 2 to 6. reported for Senate debate the General Housing Bill, sponsored by Sena- tors Taft (R., Ohio), Wagner O., N. Y.) and Ellender O.. La.). The measure would encourage private building thru mortgage guarantees, would appropriate funds for a small-scale public housing program for lOw-incOme families, and would provide funds for cities planning slum-clearance and urban develop ment.
 The House Banking Committee fol- lowed the lead of the Senate commit tee in deciding to report favorably a proposal for no overall rent increase at this time. While this was a rever- sal in policy for committee Republi- cans, who had previously voted for a 1O9o across-the-board rent boost, la Dor and tenant groups were reserving judgment until the final draft of the committee bill is available.
 The Nat1 Fair Rent Committee headed by former Mayor Fiorello La Cuardia of New York reiterated its support of simple resolution extending grent control as it ex- isted under OPA until June 30, 194S. The measure is sponsored by Senators Wagner and Murray (D., Mont.) in the Senate and Rep. Helen Cahagan Douglas O., Calif.) in the House.
The union times., 1947-05-03
AFL DeclaresWar On Slave labor Bills
Executive Board
 Outlines Program
Says Hartley-Taft Bills Aimed At Public And Labor And Will Open Door To Fascism' By mpairing
 Freedoms Basic To U. S.

Washington, D. CThe American Federation of Labor this week declared to the 6nishaganst the vicious slave labor legislation pending Congress and drafted the membership and of the Federation the aou fight free trade unionism in America.
 As the first ep the Executive Council unanimously approved the raising of 100000 chest by voluntary AFL affiliate for carrying concerted nationwide edca tional and publicity campaign.
 Immediately, special committee of Council members began drafting series of page newspaper advertisements which will be published part of the country during the next six weeks tell the American people the truth about the hateabor bills now being jammed through Congress
 Simultaneously time being engaged all radio networks and hundreds of local radio stations broadcast of agges attacks the legislation Stars of rado theaer and screen all members AFL entertainment unions volunteered their services to aid in the radio campaign.
The union times., 1947-05-03
Public Hearing
 Asked For Teacher

In a letter to R. F. Storrs, Chair man of Torrington's Board of Educa- tion, Joseph M. Rourke, secretary treasurer of the Connecticut Fedora tion of Labor, backed up a request made by the recently organized Amer ican Federation of Teachers Local 982 and other AFL unions in that city for a public hearing for Miss Mary Carr, principal of East School.
 Declaring that he was shocked to learn that your Board has refused to give this teacher a hearing" Rourke referred to Miss Carr as "a competent educator with an excellent teaching record" who had been principal at East School for three years and a class room teacher for nine years.
 The school principal, according to the AFL leader, was told by Superin- tendent of Schools John Murphy that her contract would not be renewed. No explanation for this decision, however, has been made either by MT. Murphy or your Board" MT. Rourke wrote.
The union times., 1947-05-03
CIO Ousted By AFL Cts OK With CIO)

Washington (LPA)-The AFL a1- most broke up a CIO meeting here last week-but it wasn't a jurisdic- tional squabble. The CIO Legislative Dept rented, for two weeks, a hall owned by the Building Laborers To- cal 74-AFL. To the hall came the CIO representatives from throughout the country gathered here to plan a fight on anti-labor legislation in Con- gress, which meets a few blocks away. But neither the Building Laborers nor the CIO'ers figured on the fact that the AFL union might go out on strike at this time.
 So, last week, the CIO men and women cheerfully vacated the hall while the AFL unionists took their strike vote.
The union times., 1947-05-03

PAINTERS,
 Painters Union No. I86, which this week started the fifth week of its walkout, received the lowest 0f- fer of all. The Painters, whose old agreement called for $l .65, are de- manding $l, l,87N. For four weeks the employers refused to make a bona fide offer. After Mayor Celen- tano had called in both the con- tractors and the union, the con- tractors offered raise of ten cents. A special membership meeting was held, and the offer was rejected with only five votes in favor of ac- cepting. The morale of the Union is high, and the membership, ac- cording to Business Agent Saul Kreas, are determined to resist the attempts of the employers to smash the union.
 PLUMBERS
 The Plumbers, who are now in the second week of their walkout, finally received an offer of 12N
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The union times., 1947-05-03
Drop Jirncrow, Actors Warn

NEW YORK (FP)-Opening an unprecedented fight against Jimcrow, Actors Equity Assn. (AFL) warned that its members would refuse to ap- pear on the National Theater stage in Washington, D. C., unless the theater dropped its ban on Negroes in the audience by May 31. 1o48.
 The headline was set this week at a year from June 1, Equity said, to per init fulhllment of bookings already made for the next theatrical season at the National, Washington's only 1egiti- mate playhouse. Effect of the Equity ban would be to keep all plays and musical comedies out of the National since nearly every professional actor ill the US. belongs to the union.
The union times., 1947-05-03
Building Trades In State Lead Field On Apprenticeship
Almost 17OO Are Learning Trades-Hyman Tells Conn. Council Of Problems Confronting Labor And
 Management Work Yet To Be Done
Ry Nathan Sherman

Apprenticeship in the construction industry in Connecticut is beginning take solid shape and promises make real contribution the labor supply requirements of the industry Joint Apprenticeship Committees, embracing and union representatives, have been up in covering 95 cent of the industry and should have 100 before the At present 700 building trades apprentices in the state.
 There has been rapid extension of classes in related instruction and steadily increasing interest the of unions looking forward toward the successful operation of the ticeshin
The union times., 1947-05-03

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The union times., 1947-05-03
DO YOU?

Westinghouse Electric has invent ed the worlds strongest glue, SO pow erful it can suspend 200-ton 1ocomo- tive. Commented one reporter: "In the past, locomotive suspending has been limited to the very rich, but times are changing. With the 4O-hour week every worker should have some outdoor recreation"
The union times., 1947-05-03
N. Contractors
 Still Fight Unions
Painters And Plumbers Reject Offers Far Out Of Line With Union Scale -Bricklayers May Arbitrate-
 Public Wondering About Local Employers

New Haven Painters Plumbers and Brclayers still had received satisfactory offer from their THE UNION TIMES went press Tuesday, and the still Despite every effort of the three locals settle the controversy results achieved because of the failure the make offers which acceptable the The offers that made turned down practically unanimously by special the membership of the three unions
The union times., 1947-05-03
As We See It
 by THE STAFF
Had Enough :?

Dedicated to the Republicans and Democrats who favor the Taft-Hartley Slave Labor Bill.) Every little striker
 Must now become a fink, Or off he will be taken To the clink, clink, clink. You've got to be a scab Or we'll put you in the jug You didn't know that. did you, When you voted for me, lug?.
The union times., 1947-05-03

ssThe deeper purpose of democratic government is to assist as many of its citizens possible improve their conditions of life, to retain all personal liberty which does not adversely affect their neighbors, and to pursue the happiness which comes with security and opportunity for recreation and culture."
 FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-21

appropriation in 1845 and i940 totaled $30,7S5. Communicable dis ease control and maternal ana child health and crippled children's services funds are held to the IS45 levels of S2O,O00 and S25,000 re- speetiyely, instead of the S30,00o and S40,000 requested.
 Crippled children's services. for which there was no appropriation in 1945, will get $35,00O, or hall of the requested $70,0OO. Sanita- uon and engineering would re ceive $15,0O0, more than twice the l945 appropriation but consider ably below the requested S40,0O0.
 The tuberculosis disqualification program, for which $31O,000 was appropriated during the past bien. nium and for which S527,940 was requested for the next two years will receive $4OO,O0O. Other Departments Department of Taxation: Sl0O.- 900, the same as in 1945. Request ed $194,O9O.
 Department of Agriculture: $35,- GOO. which is $2,5OO below the 1945 appropriation. Requested $S2,93O.
 Rescue and relief of lost per. sons. $10.OOO. same as 1945 and request.
 Aid to public libraries S3,OO0 cut from $5,OO0 in 1945 and re quested for this year.
 Livestock inspections $1,OOO, cut from $1,50O.
 Primary elections: $2O,OOO, nc change.
 Emergency appropriation for ex. penses authorized by the Governor none. $5,O00 requested. Counties on wolves and coyotes S5O,OOO, half the amount request. ed.
 Counties on hair seals: $30,OOO Requested amount, S5O.0O0.
 Fisheries Experimental Commits sion: $30,OOO, the amount request
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-21
Museum


 The Territorial Library and Nu- scum would receive an appropria- ton of $20,450. a cut of little more than S4,00O from the budget request
 Pioneers Home
 The Alaska Pioneers Home would receive S266,78O under the bill, as against $329.155 requestea in the budget
 Communications
 Total appropriation, S39, ,306, for the Alaska Communications Commission, formerly Alaska Aero nautics and Communications Com mission, which had requested $66.- 180.
 Labor Department
 The Commissioner of Labor would receive $53.120 under this bill Request by the budget board was $95.60O Four inspectors, bud geted at S33,60O are eliminated and office and travelling expenses are cut by half.
 Welfare Department
 For administration. the Depart ment of Welfare would receive S13O,O00 instend of the s193,O ,O00 requested, or $3,0OO less than in 1945. The appropriation for old age assistance is S75O,000 which is S200.000 below the request, but S50,OOO above the 1945 level.
 Relief of destitution funds would amount to $3OO,OOO, the same as in 1945. Requested amount was S43S,OO0 The bill allots S75.000 for the care of dependent children and the same amount for allow ances to mothers for care of minor children. Requests were s14O,O0b and $200,OOO respectively.
 Health Department
 The Territorial Health Depart ment will receive $535,OOO under this bill. It asked for $76S,742. Administrative funds are S35,O00. The request was $54,2O2 and the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-21
CUTS 8 MILLION FROM BUDGET BOARD
 APPROPRIATION ESTIMATE

JUNEAU-The House Committee on Ways and Means this week re- turned its own version of a gener- al appropriations bill for the com ing bienuium-Committee substi- ute for House Bill No. 13. Appro- .priating $7.97S,629.4O. the bill lops nearly three million dollars from the approved estimate sub mitted by the Board of Budget and approximately $2.50O,000 from the general appropriations bill submit ted by Reps McCutcheon and Hunt ley, which it replaces.
 The appropriations are for the biennium beginning April 1, 194T and ending March 31, 1949, except for schools. The school biennium covers the period commencing July 1, 1947 and ending June 30. 1949.
 Appropriations for Territorial offices and departments are cover ed in Section l of the bill. Section 2 provides that all appropriations made prior to January 1, 1947, except those for Territorial schools and for the University of Alaska, shall revert to the General Fund upon passage and approval of the act.
 Breakdown of the appropriations be departments is as follows in Substitute HB 113. All individual appropriations are, of course, sub ject to amendment on the floor of the House or Senate:
 Governors Office
 Total appropriation, 14,O74.4O; cut from S29,941 in budget estt- mate.
 Attorney General
 Total appropriation, S35, ,45O. Budget board estimate was S59,- 900 The present bill cuts off all estimated item of $2O,000 for pay ing special counsel in rate hear ings and S3,OO0 for additional compensation for the Attorney General as Legislative Counsel.
 Auditor
 Total appropriation, S64,3 320 Requested Tn budget, $8O,600. Gu, from the budget estimate were S3,0O0 for salary as Commissioner. $1,O0O for contingent office ex- pense, $3,000 in the payments for recording fees, and half of thy
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-21

ed.
 Enforcement Of liquor raguIa- tions none. Requested, S50,0O0.
 Alaska Industrial Board. S6,00O. Requested S6,OO0.
 Alaska Territorial Guard: none Requested SIS, 3,600.
 Territorial Veterinarian: S20,- .0O0. Requested $43,140.
 Alaska Development Board: none. Requested S12O,O00.
 World War II Veterans Revolv- Ing Fund: none. Requested S24O,- .OOO.
 Territorial Banking Board: $5,. 900. Requested $7,5OO.
 Board of Pharmacy, $500; Bmrd of Optometry, S34O; Board of Medical Examiners, $500; Board of Accountancy. $25O; Board of Cosmetology. $6OO. Board of Chiro- practic Examiners, S400. Board of Dental Examinera $2,0OO and Board of Examiners in the Basic Sciences, s2,19O. All of these un- changed from the requested B. mounts.
 Legislative Expenses. $s0,000. Requested, S4O,OO0.