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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
SIX BILLS FOR ALASKA
 ARE PASSED
Senate Approval Is Given But House Must Agree to
 Amendments 10 Two

WASHINGTON, May 26.-tR- Legislation to authorize construc- ton of a $1,875, ,0OO seawall at Nome Alaska, was passed yesterday by the Senate
 It goes back to the House for action on Senate amendments pro- viding that the 3,350 foot seawall be constructed in accordance with Army Engineer plans.
 Other Alaska bills passed by the Senate would.
 Authorize mail power boat ser- vice to the Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands at a cost of S250,000 instead of $125,000 allow ed at present.
 Transfer a small area in the Third Judicial Division to the Fourth Division.
 Transfer lot one in block Ills in Fairbanks to the city for school purposes.
 Permit the Territorial Legislature to Increase taxes from one to two percent and to permit incorporat- ed towns to increase taxes from two to three percent.
 Extend benefits of the Civil Service retirement act to employees of the Alaska railroad. The bill was amended to hold the retire. ment pensions to the regular Civil Service amounts.
 Of the last five bills, the first four were sent to the White House; the fifth to the House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 26.-R-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is A.. American Can 87as, Anaconda 40h, z Curtiss- Wright 8h, International Harvest 'er 96, Kennecott 58A, New York Central IT, Northern Pacific 25A U. s. Steel 79%, Pound $403h.
 Sales today 1,840,00o shares. {.
 Averages today are as follows. industrials .19lo6, rails 6l.43, util- ities 3668.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
The w ashington Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copyright i94s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl

me-
 WASHINGTON The President has resorted to new strategy in handling White House callers.
 For some time, Washington ob- servers were amazed at the num- Der of visitors President Truman saw daily. But now the calling list has tapered off. The official list released every morning shows only a handful of visitors.
 What most people don't know, is that there are five separate en- frances to the White House, and in recent weeks Truman has been fooling the press. While the regu- lar White House correspondents wait in the lobby of the executive offices watching for Presidential visitors, various private callers slip in other doors. Sometimes as many as 25 will flow into Tru- mans office unnoticed. They come in through various side doors, sometimes even the distant East Wing, and are then spirited around the back through the rose garden and in to the President.
 In recent days, Truman has held numerous significant confabs, none listed. He has seen Joe Keenan, head of the AZ. of L. political ac- ton committee, British Ambassador Lord Inverchapel, French Ambass- ador Henri Bonnet, and various Zionist leaders including Chaim Weizmann, new President of Israel.
 Some old Senatorial friends also drop around to see Truman at breakfast. Others come in after breakfast, but before the press ar rives. Ed Flynn has been in twice lately, unnoticed. Former Judge Sam Rosenman is again a White
 tCOntinued on Page FOur)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
She's Past 90
 But Will Wed
 Beau, Who Is 37

BRUSHTON, N r., May 26.-IR Wedding plans are in the mak- ing for widow who figures she's past 90 and her 37-year-old beau.
 Clarence McBee hasn't been counting me very l.lg,' Mrs. Eliza Murray said. But Clarence and I like one another well enough to get married and that's just what we plan to do'
 T only feel like 80," she added.
 She was about IA when she went to the altar with Charles Murray, she thinks. This will be McBee's first marriage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
Urgent Needs or Alaska Outlined By Krug
Millions Recommended
 For Highways, Railroad,
 Other Items for Alaska
By CHARLES D. WATKINS

WASHINGTON, May 26.-tRl--- The House Appropriations Con- mittee recommended today S35,200,- 900 for Alaskan Highways and the Alaska Railroad for the year start ing July 1.
 The sum it contained in the h. terior Department appropriation bill It includes Sl5.oO0,000 cash to carry on $47,858,7 ,790 rehabilita- ton program of the Alaskan Rail- road plus $6.700,000 in contract au- thcrization The $13500,000 for road construction and improvement includes $5,O00,O00 in contract au- thorization
 The road allocation is $3,2l1, 400 under budget estimates and pro- vides maintenance and improve ment of existing roads $l,700,0 900; construction or roads, $6,000,00 cash, $5,000.000 contract authori- zation; construction of repair shops and district headquarters $300,000, and surveys $500,000
 The Army urged the committee to be liberal with it's funds for the Alaskan Railroad and for the roads.
 Alaska Native Service
 The bill provides $4,5l8,962 for the Alaska Native Service. $325, ,000 for investigation of mineral re- sources in Alaska by the Geolo- gical Survey and funds for the Territorial government These latter include salaries and expenses $62,785 legislative expen- ses $48,000, public schools $50,000; care of insane $400.000; and con struction and repair of roads and trails $100,000.
 In addition sums for Alaska are contained in funds for number of other Interior agencies includ- ing the Indian Bureau, the Mines Bureau, Fish and Wildlife, tho National Park Service and others
 One Indian Bureau item is con tract authorization of $5,9250o0 fol new hospital.
 No Move From Juneau The committee recalled reports that Interior officials planned re- moval of Alaskan headquarters from Juneau to Anchorage. II said it had not been informed of such plan and told the Depart ment not to take such action until the committee has approved it.
 The committee disallowed $4,500 for painting the Governors Man sion and said it would be better to remove the present stucco fin- ish and replace it with wood.
 Read Work
 It said the road improvement program included the asphalt sur- facing of portions of the Richard son Highway and the Glenn High way; continuation of construction of the Kenai Lake-Homer road, the Eagle-Forty Mile road. the Anchorage Potter road and several farm roads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
HEAVY SALMON RUN CALIFORNIA COAST

EUREKA, Calf, May 26-R- Commercial fishermen today were harvesting the heaviest run of sal mon of the year. Boats flooded this port with fish taken in deep waters west of Blunts Reef, 60 miles off shore southwest
 Norcal Packing Co. of Fields Land ing on Humboldt Bay last night and today accepted deliveries total ing more than 35,000 pounds, mostly large Chinook salmon.
 Many of the delivering boats are larger craft from Oregon and Wash ington. currently fishing the Hum boldt Bay Area,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Grommet Reefer scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 George Washington scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday
 Alaska scheduled to arrive Thurs day evening, sailing south some- time before midnight.
 Princess Louise scheduled to arr rive 9. m. Friday and sails south one hour later.
 Baranof scheduled southbound late Sunday or early Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
HOWELL SERVICES TO BE DELAYED PENDING
 ARRIVAL SON JAMES

The last rites for MT and Mrs. Sewlyn Howell, who passed away within few days of each other will be delayed pending arrival of the son James A. Bradley, from Falmouth, Mass
 Both remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
Choir from Sifka In 5eattIe;; Sings
 Al Church Meet

SEATTLE. May 26-tR-The choir of the Sheldon-Jackson Junior Col lege, Sitka, Alaska, arrived in two small powerboats yesterday to sing at the National General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church here. The seven-day assembly opens Thursday.
 The choristers said they had some rough weather, but everyone ap- peared to be fine on arrival.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
! Earth
 Trennors,
 Alaska a
CBy The Associated Press)

Earth tremors in Alaskan waters described variously as moderate and strong, were recorded on two seis- mographs in the United States about l:25 am. Seattle time, today
 The John Carroll University seis- mograph at Cleveland recorded a moderate" two-hour shock, believed to be in the eastern end of the Aleutians or little to the north oi them.
 The Boston College seismograph recorded strong" tremors in the Gulf of kla3ka, near Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
Mi. Mckinley Park
 Given Working Fund

WASHINGTON, May 26.--lR-- The amount of $5l,865 was ap- proved for Mount Mckinley Park in Alaska, for the year starting July l, in the House Appropriations Committee recommendations am nounced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
TWO NEW F&WS AGENTS

J. c. Lanier, of New Orleans, Louisiana, and D. F. Shuffler, of Long Island, New York, arrived here via PAA yesterday on a tenn porary summer assignment with the Alaska Region of the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
TO REMOVE AMERICANS

WASHINGTON, May 26. tR - The Ua-i.e3 Coates has assembled a fleet of air transports at Cyprus in readiness to remove Americans from the Middle East
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
HERE FROM TENAKEE

M. H. Wilson from Tenakee, is visiting here and staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
HERE FROM sITKA

Frank Wright, Jr., from Sitka is registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26
FROM LOS ANGELES

Edna Olson and Mrs. Hannah Fjollman, both from Los Angeles, are at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-26

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Evening star., 1948-04-24
Reserve Officers Urge
SeIective Service in
Adopting New Policy

Immediate enactment by Congress
of a selective service program was
urged last night by the District De-
partment of the Reserve Officers
Association.
Delegates representing some 1900
local Reserve officers passed the
resolution in the course of its an
nual convention in the Army and
Navy Club.
The resolution represented a de-
parture from the previous stand
taken by the association, which had
been strongly behind universal mill
tary training but cool toward selec-
tive service legislation.
The resolution stressed recent
developments of world affairs which,
it said, make necessary an immedi-
ate increase in the armed services. )"
1t was passed only after eliminating
from its language any possible i'm
plication that the group opposed
eventual passage of universal mill
| tary training.
Other Resolutions Passed.
Among other resolutions passed by
| the convention were:
l. Urged the integration Of Army
Navy, Marine and Air Reserve Asso-
Citations.
2. Respectfully petitioned" the
Army Department to establish
program for the promotion of officers
and enlisted men of the Reserve
forces on a basis equal to that estab-
lished for the Regular services.
3. Urged passage of bills pending
in Congress concerning retirement
| benefits for Reserve officers.
| 1t. Col. King Elected.
| Elected president of the District
department was 1t Col Thomas. H.
King. He succeeds Col. Sidney
Morgan, who is secretary to the
United States Tariff Commission.
Other new officers are Col. Paul
S. Anderson, 1t. Col. Daniel F..
Boone, Capt. Thomas j. Marcel
lino Col. Howard G. Hill, 1t. Col.
William F. Kraemer and Capt.
Myron G. Erich, U. S. N. R., all
vice presidents; Maj. Richard H.
Love, judge advocate: Capt. Victor
Condos, jr., historian: Maj. Milton
B. Crist, chaplain, and Maj. Philip
A. Stebbing, surgeon.
Evening star., 1948-04-24
CAA Files Protest as HeIicopter
Flies Low Near White House

regional Office and that later he OBJ
tanned permission from CAA as
sistant administrator to fly under
provisions of CARGO.
This regulation recognizes the un-
usual landing capabilities of the
helicopter and permits flying at any
altitude from which the craft can
land with a dead engine, Mr.. Fischel
said.
The closest the craft flew to the
White House was three blocks, he
added.
Mr.. Fischel said he thought the
matter would be Strengthened up
Monday when the CAA considers all
angles of the case. The CAA, how
ever, was proceeding with the COM
Evening star., 1948-04-24

Bombarded by telephone reports
that a helicopter was flying low
around the White House grounds
and other downtown areas, the Civil
Aeronautics Administration yester-
day filed the first complaint ever
recorded against that type of craft.
The complaint charged that the
plane, owned by Roto-Wing Air
Service, Inc, and piloted by Roland
Roelofs, had violated regulations by
flying too low in restricted area.
"Our inspectors reported that the
craft appeared to be nearly in the
streets part of the time yesterday
afternoon, CAA official said.
He explained the company was
given permission to fly at 1000
feet except over the White House
and Capitol to take color photo
graphs for National Geographic
Magazine.
j.. Robert Fischel, Roto : Wing
president, said there apparently had
been a mixup in arrangements With
CAA. He said the 1,000-foot waiver
was granted by the New York
Evening star., 1948-04-24

crown colony by unidentified men
who accused them Of being mem-
bers of the Chinese Communist
Army.
The newspaper said the four were
seized shortly after they crossed the
border into China. Their bodies
were found later by the roadside at
Shawan, miles north of the
British border. Their teachers said
they we're bonafide students, not
members of the Communist army's
small devils company" as their ac-
cuSers charged.
Evening star., 1948-04-24
4 Chinese Teen-Aqers
Executed as Communists
By the Assoeiated Pre-.

HONG KONG, April 24.-The
Kung Sheung Daily News said to-
day four teen-age students were
executed just outside this British
Evening star., 1948-04-24

plaint before the Civil AeronauticS
Board. Maximum penalty for the
violation is 1000 fine and suspen-
sion or revocation Of the pilots
license.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02
COP Watchdog Unit
Against Changes In
Taft-Hartley Law

Washington = ALL The congress
sional watchdog" committee on lab
or-managemen relations voted to do
nothing about the Taft-Hartley law
this year
Thus, in effect, the committee gave
its blessing to the law as it stands des-
pite the overwhelming evidence pre-
scented by labor spokesman showing
the ill-effects of the law upon labor
management relations throughout the
nation.
The action was taken by the COM
mittee after one week of the schedul-
ed three weeks of hearings called by
Senator Joseph H. Ball to consider
proposed amendments to the law.
Meanwhile since announcement of
the committees decision, parade of
industry witnesses had appeared be-
fore the committee using it as
board to support the present
law or to recommend tougher"
The one amendment on which there
to be some chance of success
called for the elimination of the re-
quirement that the national labor re-
Iations board conduct elections before
4 union shop contract can be nego-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02
Claims Butte Group
Motivated by
High Purpose
Peoples Voice. Helena, Montana

Peoples Voice, Helena, Montana
I was rather amused at mention
in your June 18th issue of People
Voice of me as doubling in BRASS
and the rest of the article in general
I have heard great praise for your
paper and have had several copies in
the past and | want you to know that
| respect any independent publication
that is outside the run of the closed
press.
| also want you to know that while
| am president of Citizens, Inc, and it
was not created as you state in your
June 18th issue | am proud to lead
q movement that has as its aim a
worthy purpose.
| also as an independent wish to
convey to you that | am not in any
way doing anything even in connec-
ton with Citizens, Inc. to hamper the
election of Attorney General Bottomly
to the supreme bench. I am support
ing, boosting and voting for him!
Our organization, while it has a
certain "color" connection is not
controlled body by any corporation
or clique.
[ would like very much TO go into
detail and put you and anyone else
right on our organization and l be-
lieve you will have a different opin-
ion when we are through.
| will show you how necessary it
was to act as we have in connection
with meeting the attorney general
which was mighty fine step on his
part and no harsh or hard feelings
before or after said meeting.
Again congratulations and best
wishes and hope to meet with you |
soon. Yours sincerely, P. ]. CAVA-
NAUGH, Butte.
Editors Note: Our thanks go to Mr..
Cavanaugh for his thoughts concern
ing The Voice. Likewise, we are
most hopeful that "Citizen's Inc" is
everything he believes it to be and
that it will accomplish worthy mis-
sion in politics in the Mining City.
One kilowatt-hour of electricity will
pump a thousand gallons of water
from the average farm well.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02
mlAnlAS COOP HAS
new OFFICERS

Shelby, June 25-The annual mem
bership meeting of the Marias River
Electric Cooperative, was held here
with Donald Hellinger, chairman, pre-
siding. Hellinger introduced the trus-
tees of the coop, E. J. Byrne, William
Judisch, Otto Kiehlbauch, Morris
Sundby, F. H. McPhillips and William
Newhouse.
Byrne gave a talk on the organi
cation and difficulties the promoters
of the rural line service had in devel-
oping the cooperative to it's present
status
Trustees elected were: District 1,
Maurice Ramsey and Morris Sundby;
District 2, Donald Hellinger; District
5, William Judisch District 6, e. j.
Byrne; District z, Otto Kiehlbauch
and District 8, Chris Sewald Retir
ing trustees were Fred McPhilIips
and William Newhouse ST..
r The new trustees elected the fol-
lowing to serve on the new board for
the coming year: president, Donald
Hellinger; vice president, E. J. Byrne;
secretary-treasurer, Morris Sundby
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

| trag1c-cOnSequen to all Americans
For, with our Imprisonment, anti
fascsm becomes a crime under the
| law of the land. Charity becomes
| crime. To aid the sick and the
hungry becomes crime if the
politics of those you aid are not the
politics of the un-American COM
mittee.
This is the burning, terrible shame
of America today This is what we
cannot and must not accept | need
not and will not apologize for my
native land. I know it too we'll and
love it too deeply. Tens of millions
of you have read my books; | need
not testify to you that | have never
written a word except out of love and
concern and respect for the land
which gave me birth and sustenance.
cannot remain silent while a group
of evil men attempt to make that
land an abomination in the eyes of
free people everywhere.
My voice will be heard The voices
OF the ten brave men and women
whose sentence | share will be heard
And yours must be heard, too-for
this is long step toward the be-
ginning of the awful night, that ter
rible and inhuman night which has
descended upon so many nations and
which men call fascism
Howard Fast
Howard Fast, novelist biographer
and short story writer, has been one
Of Americas most productive authors
since 1882. Among his best known
work are Citizen Tom Paine, The
American Ga novelized biography of
Peter Altgeld) The Last Frontier, |
The Unvanquished "a portrait of
as Revolutionary War
LEADER, and Freedom Road-Ed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

| tiated. Even this went by the board
in the committees decision to do
nothing
Senator Ball was reported to have
said that he saw no need to change
the election procedure as suggested by
Senator Irving Ives of New York and
Rep. Gerald w Lands of Indiana.
Although the machinery of the
NLRB has broken down hOpelessly
under an avalanche of union shop
election petitions, and despite the fact
that unions have won SO per cent of
the elections conducted so far, Ball
said he expected the board "to be over
the hump by next fall"
Senator Balls decision was support
ed by Ray Smethurst, counsel for the
National Association of Manufactur-
ers, who urged continuation of the
election procedure.
On the other hand, representatives
of the construction industry supported
Richard J. Gray, president of the
AFL's Building and Construction
Trades Department, in opposition to
the union shop polls.
James D. Marshall, assistant man
aging director of the Associated Gen.
eral Contractors of America, Inc, told
the committee that the requirement
Of the union shop authority election
Inder conditions where the closed
shop had recently prevailed in the
industry lis only a most
time-consuming and ex-
)ensive process of demonstrating a
oregone conclusion"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02
ALETTER FROM AN AUTHOR ABOUT TO GO TO JAIL

Reprinted from PM, New York
Dear Sir: Through you, / should like
to address, the following open letter to
the American people:
My fellow Americans
In sense, it is presumptuous OF
me to attempt to- speak to all the mil
lions of good people who inhabit this
land. For many months now, almost
all of our newspapers have been closed
radio as well. To SANDER a man; then
to permit him no answer, no defense;
there is the simple rule of free press"
in todays America.
Yet would be remss indeed If |
did not raise my voice concerning
the refusal of the United States
Supreme Court to hear the appeal of
the Board of the Joint Anti-Fascist
Refugee Committee. This is not a
time for silence and forbearance.
In a few days, eleven men and wo-
men will go to prison. Their crime,
for which they are being punished, is
twofold Firstly, they are anti-fas-
cists: secondly, they have devoted
years of effort to healing the sick, to
feeding the hungrp, to aiding the lame
and the halt who have fought for Re-
publican Spain. For this, they are
branded as criminals.
For two years, we, the board of
tee, have been bounded and perse-
,uted and questioned, and no other
acts but those list above emerged. !
Hundreds of pages of sworn COM
nittee and court testimony have been
aiken. Yet no other facts but those
list above emerged
There are those who say we are
oreign agents. They lie in their |
eethi There are those who say we
re un-American. / call them I'M |
| know of no better
americans than my fellow members
# this board, no more loyal, no more
evoted to those splendid principles
hat once made the very name Amer
ca such a good sound in the ears of
IL men.
That we are going to jail is not |
natter of great consequence. We
ersonally accepted these jail SEN
ences rather than surrender our prin-
iples and the principles of our nation |
0 the ethics of the un-American com
littee. But the reasons why we. go
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02
REA PROGRESSES RAPIDLY

Rural identification progressed at
a record rate between June 80, 1916
and June 80, 1947, with almost 100000 |
farms hooked up to power lines for
the first time.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

In the spring of 1885, the Flu Central
Exchange together with several other
cooperative WHOLESALERS pioneered in
the development of the coop tractor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

If she gets all the water she wants,
"a COW will give to Is percent more
milk.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

Reprinted from PM, New York
Dear Sir: Through you, I should like
to address, the following open letter to
the American people:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-02

One kilowatt-hour of electricity will
pump a thousand gallons of water
from the average farm well.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-07

FOR SALE-Fernery, with ferns.
Phone 1896. 3-30-2tS