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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1947-12-25

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16

crease in Alaska's freight bill of about $500,OO0.OO per month or S3,6O0 000.GO per year Although the carriers will tell you that the increase means an increase of only one penny on a pound of meat etc. and that it makes little difference to Alaska, the big concerns dong business in the Territory will say that an equivalent amount of new taxes would be ruinous to the Ter ritory's economy, even though tax es are spent in Alaska and circul- ate over and over again, while money spent on freight is largely taken from the Territory forever. Furthermore, my office has been directed by the Legislature to take all steps possible 10 prevent an in- crease in freight rates pending out- come of a rate hearing.
 Discovers Added Boost
 You have all heard of Congres- sional legislation to allot ships to the carriers and have the govern ment assume the hull risk, for a 16-months interim operation This was to keep rates down and tide the Territory as well as the car liers ever the present unstabilized and high-cost period It was also to protect the national interest by enabling Alaska. as a highly stra- tegic area, to go ahead without be- ing stsangled by prohibitive freight rates.
 Nevertheless, the first thing found when I got back to Wa h ington was a report to the Com mission by it's Domestic Shippins Committee advocating that rates be raised sufficiently to collect $2.- O0O,O00.00 for a cash reserve to protect the government on it's as. sumption of hull risk coverage This alone would have called foI an additional increase in rates oi about l0fo. I thereupou circulated a letter to members of the Con. gressional subcommittee for them to sign advising the Maritime Com. mission that it had not been thf intent to increase rates at the out.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16

set to build up such a reserve. As a result, the Maritime Commission may decide not to do it but to go as far as possible in helping the trade.
 I also found out that the Coast wise Shipping Company operating between San Francisco and Port lJ nd had expressed an interest and that the Portland Chamber of Com merce had asked the Commission to defer approval of any contracts with the Seattle carriers for TWO weeks pending transmittal by said company of its proposal to partici- pate in the Alaska trade by start ing service out of Portland to the rail-belt. The new tariff schedule had not been filed up to that time nor contracts with the Seattle car riers approved because they had not been able to agree among themselves on the allocation uf government ships. However, the Portland move Drecipitated a Gaick seUlement of their differences. tue filing of tae tariff. and prelimiu- ary approval by the Commission of contracts exclusively for the Sent tie carriers. The new tariff sched- Ule. which was filed under the 30. day rule, will not go into effect in any case prior to the 18th of this month Prior 10 that time my af- flee will file a strong petition asG- ing for further suspension of the new rates pending outcome Of a full-dres5 hearing. Strong protests were interposed by Alaska. Oregon and California against provisions in the proposed contracts granting the Seattle carriers exclusive rights to allocated ships and hull risk coyerage As a result. there is a likelihood that Portland will be aI- lowed some participation under the formula. Notwithstanding protest ations by Alaska Steamship Com pany, the Congressional resolution was amended before passage to make carriers based at Portland and elsewhere eligible.
 Purpose To Divide Loads
 The purpose of insisting that w deal to some extent with the Port of Portland is not to hurt the Seattle carriers but to divide the load to the point where the limited Seattle port facilities available tc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16

with the Navy maintaining the channel, so We would not have 70 worry about smaller vessels for he Alaska trade obtaining ingress and .egress.
 Therefore. regardless of the out come of the freight rate struggle, il is still highly desirable to ob- tain some portion of the service from Portland This would not on ly relieve the pressure at Seattle, and bring about increased af- ficiency there, but the element of competition would also put both the Seattle carriers and the Seattle unions on their toes. Ii would al- so have a salutary effect upon he Seattle distributors who have long taken Loo much for granted in their dealings with Alaskans Fur thenmore, establishment of even a small service uum Portland would pave the way for transfeer of ships to that port to serve Alaska during local stoppages at the Seattle waterfront.
 We realize that good service out or stdIIAe Is To De deSlleu ana ludl Seattle should be able 10 hold its own if il cleans house.
 Ne also realize Ina, A'assa can be safeeuordad only by some serv- ice from other ports for the reasons above stated and oppose only the et- l fort of Seattle 10 maintain bottleneeked menopIy at Alaska's ] expense. Even limited service from Portland to the ran-belt and from Prince Rupert lo southeastern AL aska would admirably serve our Ipurpo,e. and Alaska merchants would be expected 10 buy some of their goods at such sources and route shipments in such a way as to give support to such services. ] Besides the foregoing I attended Statehood hearings. conferred with CAA on Alaskas municipal air port problem an conferred with bancraft-Whtney Publishing Co.,. at san Francisco with reference to recompilation of the Alaska code.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16
PROCLAMATIO q AM AN AMERICAN"

Pursuant to the following pro clamation by the President of tie United Staets designating sunday, May IS, 1947, as !" AM AN AM ERICAN DAY.:
 WHEREAS the gise of the Un- ited States of America to a place of eminence among nations in less than two centuries has been great ly enhanced by the migration to It's shores of pioneering, freedom loving people; and
 WHEREAS the political life blood of the Nation is annually re- newed by the coming of voting age of more than two million native born young men and women; and
 WHEREAS the combined tal- ents, skills, service and loyalty of these mingled natiye-born and foreign-born peoples have brought us yictoriously through the great est of all wars; and
 WHEREAS in the teamwork of democracy the requisites for good citizenship are not place of birth or race or religious belief; but character, education, cooperation, and loyalty; and
 WHEREAS the stupendous task of all men in this new age is to strive to remove from the world the age-old curse of warfare, and to advance the cause of freedom and brotherhood:
 NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY s. TRUMAN, president of the Un- ited States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Congress in Public Resolution 67, approved May 3, 194O, do hereby designate Sunday, May IS, 1947, as " AM AN AM ERICAN DAY'' and do set aside that day as a public occasion for the honoring of American citizen ship by giving special recognition
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16

10 those who have become natural ized as citizens during the past year and to the young people who have during the year assumed full responsibilities of citizenship by coming of age.
 And I urge Federal, State and local officials and patriotic, civiC and educational organizations to plan and hold, on or about May IS, exercises designed to help our citi- zens better to understand their privileges and responsibilities as participants in our representative democracy, to the end that world peace and domestic felicity may be attained and perpetuated.
 NOW, THEREFORE, 1, LEW M. WILLIAMS, Acting Governor Of Alaska, call the attention of our people of Alaska to this proclama- tion, and urge that they partici- pate in observing this day.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereuntO subscribed my hand ana caused the Seal of The Territory CT Alaska to be affixed at Juneau, the Capital, this 9th day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven.
 LEW M. WILLIAMS
 Acting Governor
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16

the Alaska trade VIII no longer be
 botIleneeked Even the steamship companies have admitted that the uocks in question are autiquatel and inadequate To efficiently handle the present day volume of
 traffic, and chat standby time
 charged by long lines Of trucks at-
 tempting to unload a the docks is Very burdensOme The carriers also
 blame the unions for featherbsG- ding, stoppages. etc. as do We all.
 but the unions are not to blame
 for inadequacy Of the docks. The fault for our present predicament csn be about evenly divided among several factors However, We are more concerned with obtaining satisfactory solution than attach
 ing the blame
 Urges Fewer Passenger Ships Another point which l discovered in Washington was that the spar- ating record for the third quarter of 194G tthe ships did not run
 during the fourth quarterl uas that the bulk of the loss came from
 1pef ting the passenger shlps.
 whi,l is easily explained because standby time such ships is s costly Many oG the cargo vessels
 were allie To pay their way ac- oordingly. after 6 conference with many AlaskaHs present in Wash lngton, a letter was drafted ana signed by the Governor fer trans initial tc the Maritime Commission recommending that there be fe1en | Iassencer ship included in tha service. so that freight rates could be kept GoWn | told the press thut
 we were going to bring cut tnis point in our petition. l referred to { well known combination freight and passenger vessels with which We are all familiar. The story came out in the pres 1tsi ! was going to recommend fewer i frei. ht ships Through a misun3er- standing. that report was 100ce wrong. We would also recommend upward adjustments on the south
 bound haul to relieve the load cn northbound cargo.
 My next move was to proceed 10
 San Francisco, Portland and Seaf-
 tie on the way home. 1 missed con
 nections with the Coastwise ship
 ping Company man in San Fran l cisco. However. I was treated to . i complete tour of the Portland wat l erfron1 by the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Harbor Pat
 rol The Coastwise Company has il l tremendous deck al Portland alth extensive provision for tailgate
 unloading by trucks. direct un-
 loading from train-to-wharf, ele-
 vators. and most handling done with pallet boards and toW-mot0rs.
 l also found that about 60es Of all
 Alaska bound cargo transported 10 i Seattle from other parts of the country for shipment already goes
 by rail and truck through Port 1 land, and that loading on boats
 there would be much more econ
 omical than funneling through the
 Seattle bottleneck
 Handling Costs Cheaper
 i Incidentally, all such shipments Iarriving in Seattle by train have to be unloaded at the railway depot
 and thence hauled by trucks to the
 Seattle wharfs. This eXtra handl-
 ing is fine for the Seattle team
 sters but mighty hard on Alaska
 The extra cost Of river pilots to
 bring ocean-going vessels into the
 Columbia. River is just a drop in
 the bucket compared to extra handling costs at the Port of Seat tie. As far as the bar at the mouth of the Columbia is concerned. large
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-05-16
Rivers Issues Report
 On Alaska Shipping

Ralph J. Rivers, Attorney
 General fer Alaska and recent
 ly returned from Washington,
 D. C., where he attended hear
 ing on Alaska's shipping prob
 lens, has issued the following
 report on his findings. AL
 though the Maritime Commis-
 sion has since approved the
 35B rate increase and award
 ed contracts to Seattle lines,
 we believe people will appre-
 ciate knowing the effort put
 forth by the Attorney Gen
 erals office in behalf of AL
 aska. Ed.
 a&
 One month ago I proceeded to Washington, D. C., to protect the interest of the Territory as a whole with respect to its shipping prob lem. The Territory is an economic peninsula of the mainland, so to speak and transportation costs en- ter into the prices Alaskans pay te a much greater extent than in the States where you find proximity to markets and local production ot o0st-of-liYing items. Transports tion costs are also an important de terminant of Territorial wages and nf the types of enterprise which are profitable here. Therefore, om development as well as our econ omic survival depends upon eff cient transportation at reasonable rates, and no increase in rates should be allowed beyond those proven. to be necessary to maintain an efficient operation.
 That ia the reason We are oppos- ine tho so-called overall rate ill. crease Of 35fo (which includes passenger flores and in effect aver. ages 45% over present rates or freight. This would mean an in.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Food Problem To
Be Decided At
Geneva Meeting

Washington (LPA)-The confer
ence of the Food & Agriculture Or
ganization of the United Nations
meets in Geneva Aug. 25, to de-
eide whether a continuing world
body to deal with food problems
should be set up. An ominous pic
ture of food shortages of world
wide scope, getting worse unless
something on a global scale is done
soon, will be presented to the dele
gates.
More than so nations delegates
will be confronted with a report
that scarcity, not only of food
stuffs but of lumber and other
forest products, textiles, seeds, fer
tilizers, draft power and farm
equipment will continue thruout
most of Europe and Asia during
the coming year.
"Diets in western and central
Europe will be still lower next
year, and in Asia they will remain
at present very low levels, unless
imports can be increased" accord
ing to report prepared by the
FAC staff for the Switzerland con-
ference.
Minimum needs for Europe, north
Africa and Asia are figured at "a
to 3S million tons-just to keep
people eating at present shocking
~ low levels. Against this need"
the FAC balance sheet shows,
supplies Of grain available for ex-'
port from the surplus countries
may be tentatively estimated at 80
to 81 million tons. Even with some
what larger supplies of certain
other foods, particularly potatoes,
sugar, and fats, the situation will
continue to be grim"
Every delay in improving this
situation further impairs the work
ing ability of labor, slows up recon-
struction, adds to the physical dam
age caused by prolonged under
nourishment, and accelerates social
unrest" the delegates will be told.
Further complicating the prob
lem, world population is increasing
by 15 to 20 million each year, and
consumer demand for food is every
where higher than before the war.
"The answer to short-term scar
city is sustained expansion of pro-
duction," says the FAC report.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
AFLChoIle Ilenges
TuffLuw Aquin

Hartford, Conn. (LPA) - The
Connecticut state AFL gave the
Justice Dept and Sen. Robert
Taft (R., Ohio) another chance I'd,
make test case of the Taft Hart
ley law here last week when it join
ed with local AFL union in plac-
ing paid newspaper ads calling for
the defeat of Sen. Rob't Taft r.,
Ohio) and connecticut members of
Congress who voted for the TIL
law.
Carried in the Hartford Times,
the ads were deliberate challenge
of the Taft Hartley prohibition on
unions making expenditures in po-
litical campaigns. The ads called
for the defeat of Taft if he should
be a presidential nominee and the
rejection of six COP Connecticut
Representatives who voted for the
anti-labor law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Union Data
Kept Secret

Washington, d. C. OLNS). =
Financial data required to be filed
by labor unions before they may
bring action before the National
Labor Relations Board probably
will be kept secret, the U. S. De-
partment of Labor has indicated.
Information forms for the
unions, made public here, do not
state that the information will be
kept confidential, but officials said
this probably would be done in
view of the Legislative history of
the Taft Hartley Act. They pointed
out that an unsuccessful attempt
had been made to write into the
act a provision for making public
the data filed with the department.
The law requires that unions US
ing the NLRB must supply the
same data to their membership.
This is expected to amount to pub
lication as far as matters of pub
! lie interest are concerned, but
there is no requirement that the
information be made available to
the public. Many unions already
make their financial statements.
Full Financial Data Asked
Data showing the following is
requested in the forms for the
unions:
The compensation and allowance
.of the. 3 principal officers and the
manner in which they are selected.
Names, titles and compensation
and allowances of all other officers
or agents whose aggregate COM
pensation and allowances for the
preceding fiscal year exceeded
$4,000.
Initiation fees and dues and 9TH
er fees which members must pay.
All receipts Of any kind and the
sources. Total assets and liabilities.
Disbursements and their purposes.
The form must be accompanied
by a copy of the constitution and
bylaws. These documents or an
additional statement must show
the procedure used with respect
to these items:
Qualifications for or restrictions
on membership. Elections of Off
GERS and stewards. Calling of regu-
lar and special meetings. Levying
of assessments. Imposing Of fines.
Information On Contracts
Authorization for bargaining de-
mands. Ratification of contract
terms. Authorization for strikes.
Authorization for disbursement
of union funds. Audit Of union fl
nancial transactions. Participation
in insurance or other benefit plans.
Expulsion of members and the
grounds therefor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Reufher SoysG GM
Price Hikes Have
No Justification

Detroit (LPA.-The rise in re-
tail prices of GIN products ranging
from $168 to $57 on different car
models, is unjustified in view of the
recent report that GIN profits are
the highest in its history, United
Auto Workers President Walter
Reuther charged last week.
If GIN was genuinely concerned
in cooperating in the national eff
fort to curb inflation," the Auto
Workers president asserted, "It
could well afford to offer price re-
ductions several times as large as
the price increases which it has
now inflicted on the consumer"
Citing second quarter profits
figures were earned while
workers were collecting their Sec
ond round wage increase - the
union asserts that GIN "could then
have either: (a) reduced the whole
sale prices of all its products by
1919; or (b) reduced the wholesale
price of cars and trucks by 5000
each while keeping unchanged the
prices of all its other products =
service parts, Deisel engines and
locomotives, household appliances. +"
This would have meant, to the
millions of men and women who
have been waiting patiently for
new cars only to see the price
rise month by month while they
waited" that retail prices of cars
would have been reduced from $125
to $3.50 for cars now selling at
$500.
Meanwhile, the similar rise in
steel prices was put into effect,
even as first-half of 1947 profits
figures showed that 18 steelmak-
ing corporations with 83% of the
nations capacity made profits
nearly 2H times the 1916 profits.
The steel corporations made $780,
1866 in profits from January to
June in 1947, compared to $78,276,
100 in 1916. AS with GIN, the steel
industry was paying higher wages
over most of this highly profitable
period.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Shipyord Closed
Tiqhf As Strike
Neurs 3rd Month

New York (LPA)-The strike of
nearly 10000 members of the In
dustrial Union of Marine & Ship
building Workers-CIO against 19
east, west and Gulf coast ship
yards neared the end of it's second
month this week with negotiations
still stymied.
Parleys sponsored by the U. S.
Cancellation Service between the
union and Bethlehem Steel, pace
maker for the industry, were sus-
pended temporarily and Regional
Cancellation Director H. II. Colwell
said, "There has been no change
in the positions taken by the par
ties and until there is a change on
the part of either or both there is
no sense in calling another joint
meeting" f
The union, which has already
made two breaks in the employer
front on the east coast, originally
demanded 13c an hour. Bethlehem
offered 12c but excluded piece and
incentive workers from this raise
and added other contract qualifica-
tions that the IUMSW found un-
acceptable.
Ask for Union Labeled merchan-
disc. ee'1 i.ssgs Mp' g Fef 1af
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-08-14
Rail Wages Log
Arbifrufors Told

Chicago (ILNS) ).-Speaking for
the unions of incorporating rail-
road workers asking a wage in
crease of 20 cents an hour, Lester
P. Schoene told a 6-man arbitra-
ton board that railroad pay was
lower than in other industries de-
spite increasing productivity of
rail employees.
Schoene declared the workers
were basing their demands on 8
factors, increased cost of living,
higher worker productivity, and in
equities in rail pay, compared with
other industries. He put strong
emphasis on the last point.
E. H. Burgess, counsel for the
railroads, contended railroad work
ers' pay is substantially higher
than the general level and that any
increase would force higher freight
rates and produce additional infla-
tionary pressure.
Schoene and Burgess made the
opening statements in hearings for
which 35 days have been tentative
ly allotted.