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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
Wad of Money, Blood Stains Is Testimony
BoteIho on Witness Stand in Meeks' Case-Hark-
 ness Also Tesfifies

The re-trial of George Meeks, accused of the murder of Clarence Campbell, resumed this morning with the testimony of Highway Patrolman Emmett Botelho.
 Botelho had accompanied Chief of Police John Monagle and Assist ant Chief of Police John Gilligan to the room of the defendant on Monday evening, December 10, 1945.
 ne said a pair of heavy woolen work pants were stretched across the radiator and that Meeks told him that he had washed them be- fore sending them to the laundry, because they were stained with plaster. Monagle noticed damp spot on the wall at the foot of the bed, and in his testimony Botelho maintained that as far as he knew the stain was caused by washing and not by evaporation from the heating pipe or by a leakage of rain through the wall.
 He said another spot was found at the head of the bed, and that as he was reaching for it, Meeks grabbed under the bed and threw an envelope of bills to the foot of the bed, saying "as long as you know it's there, I'll get it.
 Meeks had previously told them that the money was in the safe at the Hotel Juneau. Botelho tes- tified that he noticed mans suit jacket hanging near the door, and that it had blood stains on the lapel, collar, lower front and right sleeve
 Defense Attorney Monagle ask ed him to identify suit jacket used in the previous trial as a plaintiffs exhihit, but Botelho was unable to say positively that it was the same coat. He pointed out stains to Prosecuting Attorney Boochever however, that corres- bonded to the ones he had seen on the garment in Meek's room.
 Hardness On Stand
 Kelso Hartness was then called to the witness stand. He testified that he had previously been con- victed of forgery in the same court, cf petty larceny, and had been ar rested for drunken driving
 He first met Meeks at the Im- perial Cafe around noon on Dec g. 1945 There was considerable argument between the defense and prosecuting attorneys as to the ex- act time, as Hartness had pre- viously testified that he met Meeks at 12:05 p. m. and today re- vised his estimate to some time after l2:30.
 He said Meeks invited him to his room and propositioned him about robbery, saying that a big shot from Hoonah was here with over $2,0O0. Meeks said he knew him and suggested that they get him drunk take him into the alley, and roll him.
 Flashes Wad
 Hardness next saw the defen-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 33s, American Can 7S, Anaconda 33h. Curtiss-W Wright l-2, International Harvester 88. Kenne- colt 467s. New York Central l39s, Northern Pacific l9, U. S. Steel 7Sls, Pound s4!03A
 Sales today were l,l9o.000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows h. dustrials l7353, rails 4973, utilities 32.70.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
GORDON NOT SURE ABOUT STATEHOOD
 FOR HAWAII NOW

HONOLULU, Jan 2l.-lR-Sen- ator Guy Gordon (R-Ore) told the annual meeting of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce that as an investigator he could not yet take a position on the issue of Hawaiian Statehood, but reiterated his pro- mise ito do everything in my power" to assure a Senate vote at this ses- sion Of Congress.
 A Statehood bill was passed by the House in the last session. Senator Gordon has been visiting the Terri tory as Chairman of Senate Sub committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Alaska, from Seattle, is scheduled to arrive Friday night or Sat- urday morning.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January 23.
 Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail from Seattle January 23.
 Sword Knot scheduled to sail from Seattle January 23.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle January 24.
 Denali, from west, scheduled southbound January 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
KETCHIKAN BOWLERS
 ARE AT BARANOF HOTEL

Maxine Moore, Gladys McCon- nell, MT. and Mrs. Verne Sted- man, E. A. Vincent, Joseph Bailey, Mrs. R. M. Mckenzie, Ruth Stump, Helen Arthur, Mae Pederson, Ken neth Flagler, and Anthony Zorich are registered at the Baranof Ho- tel They are on the bowling teams from Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
DEEP SILENCE IN U. s.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-lR- The report by Trieste newspaper that Marshal Tito claims Yugo- slavia has atomic bombs produced the customary deep silence in of ficial quarters here today.
 Spokesmen for the atomic en- ergy commission said that, as in the case Of previous similar re- ports from Russia and elsewhere, there would be no comment on the Trieste story.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
GOVERNOR TO KETCHIKAN

The Governor of Alaska left this morning for Ketchikan. where he will deliver the keynote address at the Territorial Democratic conven- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
GRUMMETT MOVES OFFICE

Stan Grummett, of the Juneau insurance Agency, is moving his cffice from its present location in the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association to the Goldstein Building. He will occupy the former space of the Woods Coffee Shop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
FAIRBANKS VISITORS

Carol Erwin and Lorene Me- Donald of Fairbanks are regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
sT. LouIs. MO.. VIsITOR

Dolores Marie zeiss of St. Louis, Missouri. is registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-21
WEATHER REPORT

GU. S. WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am today In Juneau Maximum, A; minimum, 35.
 At Airport Maximum, AZ; minimum 36.
 WEATHER FORECAST
 (Juneau and yicinity) Variable cloudiness and light rain showers tonight and Thursday Cooler tonight.
 PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today Tn Juneau 140 inches; since Jan. 1, $50 inches; since July l, 7l.ll inches. At Airport .85 inches; since Jan. l, 6.22 inches; since July l, 4253 inches.
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Hartness next saw the defen-
The union times., 1948-07-10
Truman's s Stand On Civil Rights Is Questioned

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - CPD - Pres. Trunlan's sincerity in pushing his civil rights program was ques- toned by Clarence M. Mitchell, labor secretary of the Natl. Assn. for Ad- vancement of Colored People at its 39th annual conference here. Only an executive order would be needed to ban racial discrimination in federal employment, he said.
 Thurgood Arnold of New York, association counsel, in discussing recent judicial decisions hitting re- strictive covenants, criticized for Federal Housing Administration for aiding segregation by its home loan policy. He asserted that in some cases the FILA has insisted on re. strictive covenants on property be- fore granting a loan.
 Pres. Willard s. Townsend of the United Transport Service Workers lashed out at draft legislation and failure of Congress to end segregation in the army under the new draft law. Charles H. Houston, Negro attorney of Washington, said the draft law would place Negro youth under con- trol ot a reactionary army caste sys- tenn.
The union times., 1948-07-10
It Takes Two
 To Bargain In "Cood Faith"

One of the selling points of the Taft -Heartless law, according to its packers, is that it diminishes industrial strife. The .pallid resemblance of this claim to the truth is based on those sections of the law which grants in functions to restrain unions from strikes.
 The real fact is, of course, that the law has increased not only the number of strikes but their feroc. ity, and has caused industrial un. rest in industries which were com paratively free from labor trouble under the Wagner act. The print. ing trades, the coal miners, and the shipping workers, among host of others, have had to threaten work stOppages because of the law.
 As the agency set up to administer the law, and thus to lessen industrial strife the NLRB has its hands full A typical problem is the w. w. Cross case decided a few days ago.
 The company had been charged with refusing to bargain in good faith be- cause 1t would not agree to an ar bitration clause at the end of the grievance procedure or to mainteance of membership. Both clauses are al most universal i'll the industry. It also instituted group health insurance plan without consulting the union.
 The board found that unilaterally instituting the group health plan was indeed a violation of the law but that the refusal to grant arbi- tration and maintenance of mem bership was legal. Any union man knows that arbitration and mainte- nance of membership clauses do far more to preserve industrial peace'' than do health plans. But that's not the point.
 According to the law the employer doesn't have to give anything as long as he is willing to talk to the union and say so over and over again at reasonable intervals. The violation on the group health plan came about only because the employer said that it was none of the unions business, and not because it was something that the union wanted.
 With that kind of bargaining what sort of industrial peace can you expect?
The union times., 1948-07-10
Auto Makers Urged To
 Protect Passengers

It's about time the auto industry paid less attention to the new look in automobiles and began to worry more about making them safe to ride in.
 Dr. C. L. Straith of Harper Hospi- tai in Detroit is a plastic surgeon who sees many of the results of auto acci- dents, and spends a great deal of time repairing the damage In a recent arti-, cle he pointed out that in this as in many other aspects of medicine, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
 Dr. Straith believes that drivers oc- cupy the safest seat in the car. AL though drivers are often injured when sudden stops force them against the steering wheel, they actually escape injury in many severe accidents be- cause the steering wheel protects them.
 MOST DANGEROUS
 lie believes the passenger in the front seat next to the driver is in the most dangerous spot because of the lack of protection in case of sudden stops Children sitting on mothers laps or standing in the front are frequently hurt and sometimes killed when sud den stops cause crushing injuries on the dashboard.
 Head injuries occur quite com mOnly to passengers in the front seat. Some of these injuries occur because the passenger is thrown forward into the windshield and his face is cut by the broken glass. Others occur because the passen- ger is thrown forward into the windshield and then down onto the dashboard.
 Crushing injuries take place when the passenger is thrown directly against the dashboard Knobs, cranks, drop open ash trays and sharp lodges do considerable damage, knocking out teeth, breaking bones and cutting the passengers face.
 To reduce the staggering toll of ac- cidents, injuries and deaths, Dr.
The union times., 1948-07-10
AFL Reaffirms Its Support Of Marshall Plan

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)-T The AFL stands solidly behind the Mar shall plan, US. labor delegate Frank Fenton told the Intl Labor Organiza- tion here. "The working people of America want international coopera- tion," he said. 'We want to have peace. And we intend to see that the peace is preserved and that democracy is maintained"
 Fenton spoke sharply against the use of migrant workers imported from abroad to sabotage local la. bor standards. ''Whatever country imports migrant workers to do sea. sOnaI work has the positive duty of safeguarding their conditions of employment" he declared. World labor must also fight, he added, ''to end enforced labor in any fOrm.''
 The conference ended a dispute among workers delegations when it voted to seat Leon Jouhaux of France. Jouhaux represents the recently-or- ganized breakaway French labor group, the Force Ouvriere (Workers' Strength). His credentials were chal- lenged on grounds that the breakaway body does not represent the majority of French workers, who remain in the General Confederation of Labor.
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The union times., 1948-07-10

Stralth urges full use of the three Els enforcement, education and engineer ing.
 Enforcement of speed and other ne cessary traffic regulations is essential In all traffic surveys, speed is still rated as the greatest cause of accidents
 Education should be directed towards all groups of drivers, but particularly towards the younger ones, since the age group from Is to 24 produces the greatest number of accidents. Drinking is responsible for many accidents, and even the liquor manufacturers advise everyone not to drink for at least two hours before driving.
 ''IF POSSIBLE"
 Mothers should know that babies held on their knees are in the most dangerous place in the car. They should hold children firmly if riding in the front seat or place them in proper carriers. If possible, children should be kept from standing in the front.
 Collapsible steering posts have been suggested to protect drivers. Raising and padding the lower edges of the dash to lessen knee injuries and having fewer floor pedals to reduce ankle in Jur1es are also proposed.
 To protect the passenger in the front seat, pr. Straith favors the removal Of all knobs, cranks, drop down ash trays and sharp lodges from the dash board. He also urges the use of rub Der crash padding over the dashboard III front of the guest passenger.
 Passengers in the back seat, who are frequently thrown forward in auto accidents, can be protected by eliminating sharp ash trays and heavy robe rails from the back of the front seat and by providing pad ding for the back edge of the front seat.
 Auto manufacturers would do well to follow these suggestions. New mod els should be designed for safety as we'll as appearance.
The union times., 1948-07-10
Stage Union
 Sends Bids To Congressman

Members of Congress who voted for the Taft-Hartley Act were today invited to attend unions interna- tional convention as a means of finding out at first hand whether America needs more or less labor control legislation.
 The bid came from Richard F. Walsh, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Opera tors of the United States and Canada. He said Congressmen, the press and public will be welcome at the biennial gathering of his union in Cleveland on August 16. There, he declared, they will find conclusive proof that the duly selected delegates are our su- preme government"
 This democratic precept Walsh added, s'is law for a vast majority of America's labor organizations and is ''scrupulously applied" He said labors enemies ''have made capital of the myth that unionists are helpless victims of so-called dictatorial leaders, and that through this means they ''hope to divide and conquer us."
 Eligible to attend the convention are 1,171 delegates, representing 938 locals. Since the last Alliance gathering, two years ago, 2o new locals have been chartered. These are made up of tele- vision broadcasting studio employees. moving picture machine operators, stage employees, theatrical wardrobe attendants, treasurers and ticket sell CTS, theatre employees and film ex- change employees.
The union times., 1948-07-10
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

In an advertisement in the .IOLiet (In.) Spectator:
 ''For the Sweet Girl Graduate a Personality Corsage $l
 and up. Best Tomato Plants
 in Town.''
 Appointment of new Secretary of Labor was again deferred this week. President Truman told his press conference last week that he had offered the post to his assistant, John Steelman, who had turned it down. Truman is expected now to defer the decision until after the Democratic convention, when la- bOr's attitude toward Truman as a candidate will be clearer as a result of the balloting. Whether or not labor leader is named will prob ably depend on whether such step would strengthen the Democratic ticket in the November elections.
 Under the new tax law the $3, ,OOO-a-year man has his taxes cut $50 per LOGO while the lOO,OOO-a-year man has his taxes cut by more than $l66 per $l ,OOO.
 General Electric (which opposes giving its workers any more dough-: reports first quarter (of l948) profits of BPS, 5,389.149. In the first three months of l947 CE made $l7,9l8,59l. Any schoolboy can tell you that here is an increase of 42%.
 The decline in the workers pur- chasing power was in sharp con- trast to CE's soaring profits.
 And Atlantic Refining: First quarter profits of $8,l8O.OOO ys. first quarter profit of $2,765, ,OOO. That's about 2OO%o, neighbor.
 And General Portland Cement: First '48 three months $814,OOO vs. first AZ three months $4O9. 900.
The union times., 1948-07-10
Of Taft Hartley Act Worry
Here's The Story Of Ralph Lemon And The Badge He Likes To Wear

This is Ralph Edward Lemon of Columbus, Ohio. Ralph is three and half years old and a great collector of badges. The prize of Ralph's collection is big International Association of Machinists stewards badge that he wheedled from his Grandpa = Oscar Brown, LAM. shop committeeman at RancO, Inc.
 Ralph wouldn't take off the button after he got it, even wanted to wear it to bed. Then he had his picture taken and, sure enough, the badge was still there.
 Grandpa Brown was so proud of this picture he submitted it to the company so it could be printed alongside the pictures of children of oher employees in the Ranco company paper, CONTACT.
 The Ranco management turn ed this picture down, sent it back to Grandpa Brown with this note, signed by Assistant Per- sonnel Manager Morris Bern- hardt: ''The picture of Brownies Grandson cannot be used. If Brownie has a picture without the Badge we will be glad to use it.''
 Edward E. Wiggins, business representative for LAM. District g at Columbus, sent the pie ture to The Machinist. ''In the eyes of its employees, RancO, Inc, has reached a new low in labor relations" Wiggins re- ported.
 The UNION TIMES is print ing the picture on page one just to let Ralph know that the Union badge he is wearing is one he can be proud Of-whatever the company says.
The union times., 1948-07-10
You'll See This Repeated Often

FORT WORTH, Tex (FP) = Discarding its 50-year traditional hands-off policy toward politics, the Texas Federation of Labor indorsed Coke Stevenson for US. senator and Roger Q. Evans for governor. The action was taken at the federation's 50th convention here.
 We are not going into politics be- cause we want to-" Exec. Sec. Harry Acreman explained. "We must in self defense. We are going to get out the vote this year. Out of our 225,OOO membership, we have 98% paid up polltaxes and all of us are going to vote. We are plenty worked up."
The union times., 1948-07-10
Rental Building Halted As Price
 Of TEW's Death

Washington (LPA)-There will be at least 100000 fewer homes built this year because Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R., Mich.) and the House Rules Commit tee blocked passage of the Taft-Ellen- der Wagner long-range housing bill. This IS most unfortunate" says Frank Cortright, executive vice-presi- dent of the Natl Association of Home builders which lobbied vigorously against the TEW bill, but it is my opinion that 1t is not too great price for veterans and the industry to pay for blocking the socialization of hous- ing i'll this country"
 Unless Congress is called back by President Truman, the price paid by the anti-TEW forces was the death of Title VI mortgage in- surance funds previously admins tered by the Federal Housing Agency. The Title VI money was intended to stimulate the building of rental units in the middle-price range.
 The House Rules Committee re- jected the TEW bill as passed by the Senate and approved over Wolcott' s objections by the House Banking Com mittee. The FEW measure included extension of the Title VI mortgage insurance program. Sen. Robert A. Taft (R, Ohio), and other TEW bill supporters, have insisted that the Title VI program was inhationary, and shouldn't be passed as a special gravy train for the builders without TEW's balanced program including assistance tor local low-rent housing projects, slum clearance and city planning, and research into quicker and cheaper building methods.
The union times., 1948-07-10
Hartley's At It Again

Washington (LPA) = Lame-duck Rep. Fred Hartley (R., ND an- nounces that he'll not be too busy this summer to run another of his in quiries into "reds" in the union move ment. This time, he's scheduling an investigation of CIO department store locals in New York City. The locals are already under fire from the Retail, Wholesale & Dept Store Union-CIO, their parent body, and RWDSU Pres ident Samuel Wo1chok has indicated he thinks the investigation is just a prediction maneuver" by the New Jersey Republican.
The union times., 1948-07-10
M entally Ill Will Be Helped By Musicians

NEW YORK-(FP)-The sooth. ing qualities of through ths courtesy of Local 802, American Fed eration of Musicians-will now be used as therapy for the mentally ill, it was announced here.
 Pointing out that musical therapy is still an unknown as a medical aid, Dr. Sam Parker declared that it would be tried on 300 patients at the Kings County Hospital. The objective is to use music as a general environmental influence, he said, and "to create an altered emotional atmosphere for the patients"
 The tunes will be provided free by Local 822. Musicians will be paid from union royalties on records and tran scriptions. Under present plans, the players will make two visits a week to the hospital for from four to six weeks. If 1t works out well, Local 802 spokesmen said, the program will continue.
The union times., 1948-07-10

PERHAPS not too surprising headlines in the Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner:
 Father of 10 Shot;
 Mistaken for Rabbit" SELDOM seen is the type of government servant mentioned in a headline of the Harrisburg (Pa.) EUening NesUs:
 Delinquent Tax Collector
 On Job."
 THE Houston (Tex.) Post re. gently printed this headline: t'Jury to Try sLala' for Murder Half Com. pleted."
The union times., 1948-07-10

'sTO all locals of the New Haven Central Labor Council and afhliates of the Connecticut Federation of Labor.
 Greetings:
 ''On Thursday evening August 5th, l948, a meeting of the New Haven League for Political Educa- ton will be held at the Labor Tenn. pie at 8:OO PM.
 ''This is a SPECIAL MEETING. called for the purpose of explain. ing in detail, the action to be taken by the Labor's League for Political Education in rewarding those Con. gressmen and Senators who are of the opinion that the Taft-Hartley Law is such a WONDERFUL piece of legislation.
 ''After reading in the local morn. ing paper a 'blurb' about how HARMLESS this law is (which was reprinted from a non-union Bridge. port paper), it is evident that labor must definitely be on its toes in this Election Year.
 'sYou cannot change this law by wishful thinking. Therefore, re- member YOU and all the officers of your Union have an important meeting at the Labor Temple, Coffe Street at 800, Thursday, August 5th.
 ''Please do your utmost to have a full attendance of your officers and Executive BOard."
The union times., 1948-07-10
Building Trades Win Pay Boosts

CINCINNATI-(FP -AFL build ing trades unions here, striving tc keep up with the rising cost of living report the following gains in recent negotiations
 Carpenters: Increase of 221z%0 ar hour effective June 1, and double time for all overtime effective Jan. 1, 194o
 Bricklayers: Increase of 25c an hour effective June 1.
 Electrical workers: Increase of 25c an hour, effective June 1.
 Millwrights: Increase of 27c an hour.
 Hodcarriers and building laborers Increase of 21c an hour won after a strike.
The union times., 1948-07-10
Special Meeting
 Called For Aug. 5
Labor League For Political Education Campaign To Ge Underway = All Unions Invited To
 Attend Letter Issued

All A. F. L. local unions in the Greater New Haven have been invited attend special meeting be held the New Haven Labor Temple Thursday, August PM for the purpose of planning the campaign be under taken by the New Haven branch of Labors League for Po cal Education.
 Joseph Egan, secretary of the New Haven Central Labor Council has issued the following letter the unions in this