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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
Building Wages
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 The agreement that has just been negotiated be- tween the Building Trades Employers Association of New York City and representatives of 70 per cent of the building trades unions in that will for the time being. serious obstacle the placing of contracts-that is, the uncertainty regarding labor costs For the unions-chastened no doubt, by fear of growing unempoyment-have agreed to make no further demands for wage increases for the dura- tion of the contract expiring June 30 1850, unless living costs rise than Is per cent by April 1949 In that case wages would be advanced by half the excess over the Is per cent increase
 With the conclusion of this agreement which will it is expected. shortly be accepted by other ticular industry it suggest possibilities of similar pad their bids to allow for unforeseen wage in- creases That will facilitate placement of contracts for municipal projects and other undertakings in- yolvng large capital expenditures over considerable period With wage uncertainties removed efforts can building materials and equipment which constitute a continuing formidable deterrent to building activity
 The New York agreement not only points the way to a reasonable settlement of wage disputes in par ticular industry it suggests possibilities of similar action in other industries plagued by constant de- mands for wage adjustments Through agreements to freeze wages fairly long periods of time with provision for adjustments in imitation gets out of hand one of the jor of mounting imitation -recurrent wage ncreases-could be eliminated and wage increases when obtained would then represent increases in real purchasing power instead of tenn porary offsets to higher living costs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
GETS HIS IRE UP; DEMANDS
 AN INvESTICATI0N

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l. lR-Ed- win w. Pauley demanded today that Senate investigators either prove he used inside Government informa- ton for personal gain or acknow- ledge publicly that he made money in commodities through sheer busi- ness ability.
 He insisted that the full record Of his admittedly profitable market dealings is a story of profit honest ly and honorably made, legally, eth icaIly and in the American tradi- tion."
 Pauley, a Special Assistant to Se- cretary of the Army Royal, de- clared T have never at any time in my life used any Government posi- tion, or any inside information for my personal financial gain.
 He made the assertions in letter to Chairman Bridges (R-NH) of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
JANUARY 21, 1928


 given by the Guild of Holy Trinity oa'heaa at the American Theodora Budwin and MT Wean Hobook won first prizes Faulkner and MT w L. Coates second places
 and Douglas hgh choos e Juneau toppers defeating the Islanders ~ to 3 thus giving a victory the Channel series Ira Jackson Walonen were assigned to committee charge to be given February by the Wome o the Nooseheart Legion
 Clifton McwIliams former visiting with his uncle John McWiliams Douglas
 Mir and Mrs Richard Douglas expected home after three California
 H Terhune U. Biological Survey in Alaska announced the Alaska Game Commission would be n February G.
 Ms John baby left the St. Ann Hospital the previous their home of gifts presented which they visited in 1923 be sent Marion Ohio Names of donors the gifts also requested Fire quantity ubrcatng products the big warehouse 0O00gaon gasoline tank of Oil Company endangered.
 High 36 low, 32; partly cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
Still Increasing
Cincinnati Enquirer

The war in Europe left the continent sadly de- peted financially and economically, but in terms of human life the score contrary to popular inn pression.
 Actually, the population of Europe now is in creasing faster than before the And even allow ing the vast number of deaths in the conflict the continents population has increased 100000 during the last decade Present expectations that it will increase another 22 900 during the coming 10 years During the first postwar year 1946, the l6 European nations listed for aid under the Marshall Plan counted 4,7l0000 babies.
 Some European nations still giving bonuses fer large families. And while the population in crease of the United States has been commensurate with that of have three acres of cultivated land for each person compared with but one acre of cultivated land per capita in Europe. European overcrowding-a classic excuse or cause for war clearly is net a solving problem And so long as the heads of governments deliberately try to spur population growth far of proportion to the natural resources for it's support they merely producing, Intentionally or otherwise more cannon fodder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
VESSEL OWNERS pERTURBED OVER
 US COAST GUARD

Highly pcIturbed over certain con- ditions affecting tke operation of their vessels in Alaskan waters, a group of local beat owners have banded together in an attempt to find a solution to their problems. Jack Westfall, Captain and owner of the charter yacht Monterey, speaking belo-e the group, today strongly criticized the Marine Ins- pecticn Service of the U. s. Coast Guard
 This service maintained Juneau Office until last year when it was transferred to Coast Guard Head quarters at Ketchikan. Prior to World War Il, the service was un- der the jurisdiction of the U. s. Department of Commerce and was known as the U. s. Steamboat In spection Service.
 Westfall censured the Co s t Guards inspection service, licens- ing procedures. maintenance of lights and many other things. He was particularly critical of the pre- sent officer in charge of the service. He said that he and the other boat owners are also dissatisfied with the location of thc Marine Inspec- ton Service offices in Ketchikan and believe it should be relocated in Junsau.
 Westfall announced today that the boat owners will hold 8 public meet ing here next week to air their problems. Anyone else dissatisfied with conditions is also invited to attend the hearings. Among those present, in addition to the toat own CTS. will be the Governor, Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers, George Sundborg and It. Comdr E. P Chester, Jr.. USCG, Naval Aaide to the Governor.
 The meeting will be held at pm Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Territor- ial Senate Chambers in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

pie are still free agents when it comes to politics.
 Hungry people of course will grasp at anything, and that is why Communism has won such sur prsing number of converts in France and Italy. It is also why they can be won back again when they are not hungry.
 That, of course, Is where the Marshall Plan and interim aid to Europe come in In the opinion of this observer, you need only a brief look at Europe to realize that had It not been for American food most Of western and southern Eu- rope would have gone into the Communist camp long ago.
 However, food and money alone will not win Europe back The people of Europe will always take cut food, but they will think we are bribing them unless we also take the trouble to sell them on scme of the things this country stands for-peace, friendship and American ideals generally.
 What most of us here at home don't realize is that the Russians nave put over an amazing job of propaganda. While we, the great est advertising nation in the world, have been both asleep at the switch and hamstrung by the nickel-nurs- ing policy of certain Congressmen, Russia has been constantly ham meging away against the USA un- til a lot of people abroad-even the Communists believe this propaganda.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
WHY ITALY IS COMMUNIST

Tn fact 9 large part of the Com mulst population Of northern Italy gees t church, gets along well with 5as parish priests, and ob- yalg have become Communists iar tw0 reasons: L Because they ae hufsf5, 9. Because they labor ulall tas impression that they will a mata aIaI reward As one Con- auuL farmer expressed it.
 The Communists are going to dm5e ap lAa land l now have .su heogaas, end under the Com mmi should get ten more, IT. a total of twenty hectares. lAat make me pretty good lalr
 o9v-ously this farmer hadn't the
 st conception of what Com la.i3.a was; for no good Con- rlt eYar talked like that.
 la ether words, II someone did
 r Ter selling job on some other
 and at the same time pro- lxad greater material reward, thele would be pell-mell de- seraon from the bandwagon of Italian Communism. And the same
 true ia France and would be true also m Poland, Czechoslovakia and ctler countries on the edge
 chg aoA curtain were It not fer Cue very p0tant reason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN NISUsED: say. claims that mstreaed CLAIM means 
 NdISPRONOUNCED Chasm Pronounce in AS ando one syllable
 MISSPELLED: Moccasin Cs, one S. SYNONYMS: Disturb, perturb unsette, upset agtate a times it yours Let
  dspovng argument evidence proof This is a of claim"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
HOW RUSSIA DEPICTS UsA

Many have neen led to believe, for instance, that the United States has nc social security, no old-age pensions, no unemployment insur- Gnce, is completely controlled by Wall Street, keeps labor in virtual enslavement, and is helping Europe only as bribe to keep it from go- ing Communist.
 That was why we on the Friend ship Train were glad that we could trutmully tell how the railroad brctherhoods in the United States helped to haul the train free, how the teamsters union helped to load the cars and how the CIO steel workers. the musicians union and various ether uniCns-in addition to business, schools, churches, veter- ans, etc.-all helped make the Friendship Train a success. The fact that American labor freely played it's part seemed to make a tremendous impression on the French and Italian people.
 Thus in order to win back our lest ground in Europe. the United States has to do more than merely clam fcod down peoples throats. r also has to engage in friendly missionary and propaganda work. Equally if not more important, it has to give Europe new hope, new Ideals, new goals to work for.
 That is where the Communists have been so much smarter than we. Phony as their propaganda
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
oN tHE EDGE CF
YHF CURTATfl


 In Czechoslovakia many people alc itching 10 break away from Russia. m Poland a large seg- meut of the population, includ- ns the amy, regularly marches t0 the Catholic church But these ccuusrie5 a4e under the shadow if not the arm oI the Red Army Ine potent element Of force enters n These people are not free agents.
 u is true that the Polish sec re late which long fought un- Gergg g-4d against Hitler, now has cen igad against Russia And ii Ju seslayia General Mlhanoy.ch's Chatnk l.euteuants are again or an4z.rs n B0snia and southern ae.ola
 However the hlg advantage in France and Italy is that those two countries have not yet felt the heel ci tie Red Army Their peo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
MODERN ETIQUETTE py HyoRrpTA LEE

e. necessary seated in theatre other public place, what should say?
 A. beg your pardon is sufficient.
 the knife the receptacle of salt that provided for general use?
 A small usually provided for this Should hat when walking through the riders of a hotel, where seated and passing?
 A. he should his hat
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

for ostcutting past, there remain some possi- blities for realistic price adjustment Such possi- biities are not to be considered ways of giving something away. They the means by which for ward looking in key places in industrial sruc ture can themselves help to guide common eco homie evolution into sound, stable channels
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

is, it holds out alleged hope for the future. And many of the peo- pie of Europe innocently have fall- en for it, as a downing man grasps at the last straw
 What hope we in turn can hold out to Europe is something I want to discuss i'll detail in future column.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
TIDE: TABLE

NO TIU E I will not be responsible for any bills contracted by any person other than myself. (748-Mar 1) Steve Feist.
  There's news ill the Want-Ads!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

pUmanently in Italy confirm this many e1 thLs Communist mayors a.e only skln deep They are either thcoslueai Communists or else Communists by reason of political exgeolaneg. And ii popular senti- meut shifted they might shift a4s-.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
LOOK and LEARN zs,' (. GORDON

How life the 60 years? 
 s consanguinity? What the largest and all ambegr is perfume?
 ANSWERS: Il nearly doubled. w. HayesC Garfield Taft 
 Blood relationship. Stream. he wha
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
The Washington NenY-Go-Rollnd
By DREW PEARSON

continued from Page c..e'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

basketball game between Juneau ana Doue8s nsi the Juneau Hioppers by defeating the aot IS thus giving victory in the Channel serles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

bridge party was given by Guild of Holy Trinity Cau the American Legion Miss Theodora Budwln ana MT obrook won first prizes H. Faulkner and Coates scored second places
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21

Weather: High. se; low, s2; partly cloudy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
ENGAGEMENT Told

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Kenney of
Hyattsville. announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Doris
Marie Kenney, to Mr.. Robert Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
February W edding

The engagement of their niece,
Miss Joan Louise Zimmerman, to
Mr.. John Leonard Gawler, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. william W. Shthnaker,
is announced by Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

Mrs. G. I. Shirley of Kokomo, Ind.
The wedding will take place In
June.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
immaculate Conception Academy
and will be graduated from I'M
maculata Junior College in June.
Mr.. Shirley attended Indiana Uni
versity.
The morning sun first strikes the
United States atop Mount Katahdin.
5,267-fot peak which is the highest
In Maine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

Lawrence, son of Mrs. Inez D. Law
renee of Riverdale. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Both are graduates Of Hyattsville
High School and Mr.. Lawrence
recently was discharged from the
Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

Harris EtUing Photo. 8
nard Viens. The wedding will take
place February 7.
Miss Zimmerman attended I'm
maculata Seminary and Mr.. Gawler
served with the Navy in the Pacific
for three and half years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

To Be June Bride
Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. Archie j. McElroy OF the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth McElroy,- to Mr..
Richard c. Shirley, son of-Mr. and
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Evening star., 1948-12-17

that he might be cut out Of the
picture II he stayed on the outside.
Speed Never Disclosed.
The Air Force has never disclosed
Capt. Yeager's actual speed or the
altitude at which he attained It.
At sea level, with a 5s-degree tenn
perature and no wind, the speed OF
sound is 761 miles an hour. At
higher attitudes, between 10000 and
100000 feet, the speed is 663 miles
an hour.
The trophy was established 81
years ago by Robert J. Collier, first
editor of Golfers Weekly. It's GUS
todian is the National Aeronautic
Association and the Trophy Com
mittee this year was headed by
John F. Victory, executive secretary
of the NACA.
The presentation touched off a
round Of honors for the three men.
A luncheon given by Golfers and
attended by top figures in CONNER
cial and service aviation. was held
at the Wardman Park Hotel at /
pm. and the Aero Club Of Wash
ington will honor them with a ban.
quet at the Statler Hotel tonight.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

$3.50 pay boosts given other Federal
employees last July "as . matter pf
simple justice"
y 4 4
CAPITAL ROUNDUP Several
bills are expected to be introduced
in the next Congress to exempt from
taxation the first $1,400, in annual
annuities of retired Government
employees. . Jonathan Daniels, who
served as an aide to the late Presi.
dent Roosevelt, and BARLEY Crum,
the publisher Of The New York
Star, are being mentioned for White
House jobs. Ward and diet
kitchen attendant jobs are available
at Walter Reed Hospital, with the
positions restricted to persons with
veterans preference. Apply at room
2E-1030, the Pentagon.
(Be sure to listen In every Sun.
day at 11:15 am. over WMAL,
The Epening Star station, for
Joseph Young's broadcast Dersion
OF the Federal Spotlight, teatur-
ing additional ne,Ds and uieWs Of
the Government Scene.)
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Young Democratic Club
Elects Leonard Williams

Leonard williams. Silver Spring,
was elected president Of the Young
Democratic Club Of Montgomery
last night at a meeting in the
Meadowbrook field house in Rock
Greek Park.
Other officers are william F. Carl,
Chevy Chase, first vice president;
Miss Helen Cooper, Silver Spring,
second vice president; Charles
O'Shaughnessy. Bethesda, treasurer;
Robert Cremins, Chevy Chase. exc
cutive secretary, and Miss Martha
Havens, Bethesda, secretary.
Elected to the Executive Com
nittee were Miss Leita Laws and
Jack OHearn, Chevy Chase; Blair
Lee, Silver Spring; James Miller,
Takoma Park; Dick BeaH. Ken
|sington: c. r. Hunt, GaitherSburg,
ana Richard Wisda, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
| Morse Puts In His Bid
For Foreign Relations
Committee Vacancy

Senator Morse of Oregon has put
in an early bid for the one vacancy
the Republicans hope to get on the
Important Foreign Relations Com
mittee in the new Congress. He
made fight for the assignment two
years ago, but was given the Armed
Services Committee instead.
The hberal-minded Westerner
pointed out in a letter to the Com
mittee on Committees that the West
Coast Is not represented on Foreign
Relations. He came to the Senate as
stanch supporter Of international
cooperation, and took an active
part in 1946 in urging adoption of
the resolution for compulsory juris-
diction for the World Court.
There were reports that Senator
Taft, Of Ohio, might be interested
in the Foreign Relations place, but
friends Of the Ohioan said today
they had never heard him indicate
such a desire. Senator Taft ar
rived in New York today from
Europe, and probably will be back
in Washington tonight or tomorrow
The Morse request is only one of
Ia score of committee placement
questions likely to arise in the re-
shutting of committees, but no de-
cisions are probable until early in
January.
Before the Republicans settle any
assignments, they must wait until
the victorious Democrats tell them
how many seats they can have on
each committee. The ratio usually
is fixed to correspond to the per-
centage of total membership each
party holds in the Senate.
This means that the gains the
Democrats made in November will
result in a reduction Of the Repub-
llican contingent on most commit
tees. The Foreign Relations Com
mittee is likely to be left at seven to
six, however, in the interest of con-
tinued bipartisan action. The Re-
Ipublicans now have the seven places,
but two members-Capper of Kansas
and White of Maine-are leaving
the Senate this month. Even If the
Democrats give the, Republicans six
places on the committee, only one
vacancy will have to be filled.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
3U. 5. Flyers on Trial
In Indies Gun Runninq
by the Associoted prexs

TANDJOENPIANG, Netherlands,
Indies, Dec. 17.-Three American
flyers, held more than three months
by the Dutch in connection with a
gun-running investigation, are on
trial before a Dutch court here.
One defendant, Albert w. On
stott, 26, of Yuba City, Calf, told
the court yesterday he thought 40
cases Of arms he flew from Manila
to the Dutch island of Airaboe Sep
tember IA were consigned TO a Ma.
layan planter.
Mr. Onstott Is on trial with Con-
ME w. Seigrist, 27, of Gore, Okla,
and William B. Hallam, IS, Of Port
land, Greg. A Briton, Carlton A.
Hire of Singapore, Is expected to 60
on trial early in January.
Mr.. Onstott said the arms ship.
ment from Manila to Singapore
was requested by Mr.. Hire, who told
him he had a friend in Singapore
with government. contract to buy
surplus property on behalf Of the
Malayan Federation.
The three Americans were seized
September IA by Singapore police
when Mr.. Onstott's Catalina plane
landed at Airaboe Island, northwest
of Singapore, loaded with arms.
MIR. Hire, waiting In boat for
the plane, was arrested ut the same
time.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
President Presents
Collier Air Trophy 10 ;
For Supersonic Work

A youthful pilot who has flown
faster than any human, and two
men who made it possible, received
today from President Truman the
Collier Trophy, the Nations top
aeronautical honor.
Forty-flve years ago the Wright
brothers put their Kitty Hawk
aloft and attained q 3o-mile-an-
hour speed.
The ceremony at the White House
today honored a scientist, an air
craft manufacturer and a pilot re-
sponsible for a fight In excess Of
the speed of sound.
Recipients Listed.
Beaming and put at ease by the
Presidents smiling informality, the
three men whose names had already
been inscribed on the big trophy
are:
John Stack. Hampton, Va, Gov
eminent career scientist of the Na-
tional Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics. for his pioneering re-
search to determine physical laws
affecting supersonic flight.
Lawrence D. Bell, president of
Bell Aircraft Corp, for the design
and construction Of the special re-
search airplane, the XII.
Air Force Capt. Charles z. Yeager,
Is, who. on October IA, 1947, first
achieved human flight faster than
sound.
In the crowd which jammed into
the executive Offices were Capt.
Yeager's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
H. Yeager.
The President, In a highly ami
able mood, said it gave him great
pleasure to present the trophy for
one year. He emphasized the one
year and laughingly renal . ed that
would be as long as they could keep
it. At another point In the cere-
mony, while photographers asked
for additional pictures, the Presi-
dent laughingly moved Capt. Yeager
nearer to the trophy remarking
Evening star., 1948-12-17

posite stand, the independent Ma
tional Federation Of Federal En-
ployes wants the pay boosts to be
made within the framework of
Classification Act revisions. The
NFFE says that overhauling of the
classification structure is long over
due and should get first priority.
1t doesn't agree with its rivals that
this necessarily would result in only
token pay raises, asserting that a
regular pay raise could be provided
for in the Classification Act changes.
All the unions are agreed on one
thing, however: Government en-
ployes face an uphill fight in their
drive to get another stable pay
raise. The backing Of the admin
istration Is needed to assure success
Of the drive, and thus far the White
House has given no commitments.
NO KIDDING-Shortly after the
Civil Service Commissions fourth
regional office announced exams for
underwriting aides, it received a
telephone call from a sweet young
thing who shyly said:
II think my boy friend Is trying
to kid me, but I want to be sure.
Those jobs don't have anything to
do with testing pens that write
under water, do they?"
STATE DEPARTMENT-Insiders
at the State Department now say