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Evening star., 1948-12-26
Steel May Pace
Wage Increases
Fourth Round Talks
Due in April When
Contract Ends
By WiIIiom 6. Smock

PITTSBURGH-Battle lines are
being drawn for the 1949 fourth
round" wage increase struggle. Steel
may well play the pacemaker's role
again next spring.
Eying big income reports of steel
companies for the first nine months
of 1948, the CIO- United Steelworkers
have served notice its $4,000 men,
bers will demand pay raises.
Testimony given last week before
Senate House Economic Subcom-
mittee disclosed the trend of employ
ers' defensive arguments.
Chairman Voorhees, of the U. S.
Steel Corps Finance Committee
told the profit investigating group
that while big STEEL made lot of
money its current rate of profit is
exceptionally low in the light of its
present full capacity rates of opera
tion."
Profit Figure Down
Mr.. Voorhees, said the profit return
for the first nine months of 1948-
from net income of $88,042150-was
only S per cent of total sales. He
added that while 1947 profits set a
record, the sales figure was per
cent. Profits in the first nine months
of that year were $97, 300, ,461.
On the other hand, the union
said it would seek higher wages Gin
l949) to build a high consumption
level economy wherein wage earners'
real income is continually in
creased"
The union also will press for a
broad program of social insurance
and pension plans. The 1949 de-
mands will not come before the steel
producers formally until April, when
the present two-year contract ex-
pires.
Steel Set Pattern
In 1916, after a major steel strike,
the steel industry set a Nationwide
pattern for wage earners when the
basic producers and the union set
tied on hourly pay boosts Of 1914
cents. In 1947, when second-round
pay hikes were negotiated, steel
again played a major role in setting
i. the pattern at IS cents. In 1948, the
same industry and union had lot
to say about setting another formula
when they settled on boosts of about
13 cents an hour.
J A wage policy resolution adopted
lat the CIO convention last month
said: Rising prices have forced the
mass of American workers to de-
plete their savings to meet living
expenses. The only ones who are
saving are those whose incomes
were sufficient to start with to per-
init them to absorb higher prices.
This means the ability to save has
become almost the exclusive nrivi-
ege of the wealthy"
distributed by the Associated Pr D
Evening star., 1948-12-26

pean countries from the Marshall
Plan. The present Marshall Plan
countries do not form unit like
the United States, with balanced
industrial and agricultural re-
sources. Their economies are on the
whole parallel and competitive
rather than simple heritage. The
biggest and most important Of them
Britain, France, Benelux, West
ern Germany and Italy-are highly
industrialized and rely to different
degrees on exporting industrial
products to pay for imported raw
materials and basic foodstuffs, o1
which they cannot produce enough
at home.
Must Rely on Imports
Even taking into account the
agricultural resources of Easter.
Europe, it is doubtful whether thes,
foodstuffs can be found in sufficient
quantities inside Europe. Western
Europe alone must certainly con-
tinue to rely on heavy imports from
outside. Many raw materials, such
as cotton, wool, vegetable oils, rub
ber, various metals, timber anc
hides also certainly have to be i'm
ported from outside Europe, al
though some Of them, while politi-
cal conditions permit, can be found
in colonial territories controlled by
Western European countries.
The economic unification of West
ern Europe would ease the problem
of economic survival, but cannot
completely solve it. The Western
European unit would still have to
export large quantities of industrial
goods to pay for its imported food
and raw materials. In doing so it
would have to overcome dificulties
caused by the loss of its privileged
position in world trade during the
past two generations.
Not an Easy Step
If economic unifcation is West
ern Europe's first step toward a
solution of this general historical
problem, it is for political reasons
not an easy one to take. For real
economic unity implies free
movement on all resources within
the area concerned-labor as well
as capital. This movement can be
either planned as a whole, or left
to the adjustments of free enter
prise. It cannot be a mixture either
of separate national planning or Of
national planning in some countries
and free enterprise in others. !
(copyrisht, London Observer Fcreisn
News serviee.)
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Sound Economy of Swiss
May Aid Europe Recover
Switzerlands Stability Best Attested by
Strength of Its Currency; Franc Is
Harder Than American Dollar
By Lothrop Stoddord

shifting of Eropes war-ton economies there exists
popu-
lation it not large Switzerland small country with an
ess than half the size OF Vrga) and
significance cannot
the number OF its people Lying
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Committee >Skirmishing
Awaits New Legislation
Spade Work Must Be Done in Reorganized
Congressional Groups Before Major
Issues Ever Reach the Floor
By J. A. O'leoY
The new Democratic CT

which January has
Capitol committee rooms before II
which it rode into power with Pre-
Truman
will backgrounds which the
first place the reuvenaed Demo-
Evening star., 1948-12-26
Problem of European Economic
And Political Unity Unsolved
Marshall Plan Nations Must Adjust Relations With
Each Other and the Outside World
BY Robert Stephens

attempt being made by the Organization for
coordinate 9 plans into
European plan brought the surface the whole
vast economic and political unity
faced clearly than
objective of Marshall Plan-Euopean
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
DON {. FOSTER GUEST
 OF AMERICAN LEGION

Don c. Foster was the guest of honor last night at the American Legion meeting held in the post Dugout. He showed colored slides of Alaska to the members, of the following areas; Nome, Point Bar row, Kobuk River, Nunwik Island, St. Lawrence Island, Little Diomede, Pribilof Islands and Colville River. The slides were very interesting and educational as it showed liv- ing conditions, schools, churches and other interesting subjects of those areas. The education system in that area was an exceptionally subject in it's self.
 Tommy Mierzejewski, player and for the American Legion baseball team for 1948, stated that anyone wishing to play ball this season should contact him IS soon as possible.
 After the regular business meet ing and the entertainment program, of pumpkin pie and whipped cream with coffee were served by Fred Cameron, chairman of the refreshment committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
CONTRACTORS TO CALL ADDITIONAL
 EMPLOYERS MEET
No Decision Re ache d al Last Nighi's Meeting
 on Carpenter Strike

4 meeting at the City Council Chambers last night, called by the Juneau Contractors and Employers Association, was the subject of con- siderable controversy today. An Association spokesman said today that another meeting will be call ed for Friday evening at the Elks lodgeroom because there was not a sufficient representation at last nights session to reach a fair de- cision on the demand of Juneau union carpenters for a wage in- crease to meet the higher cost of living.
 About 20 employers were present at last nights meeting but it was felt that more should attend in order to reach a binding and eff fective decision. The Contractors Association called the meeting i'll order to present three possible courses of action to all Juneau employers of organized labor.
 The contractors want support on one of the following: Q) Hold the line at present wage scales; (2l Grant reasonable wage increases; or (3) give the unions whatever they ask and then pass the in- creases on to the consumer.
 The nine members of the Asso- citation declare that they are anx- ious to avoid future complaints on already high costs of construc tion which they claim would be higher if wage increases are granted now.
 Their spokesman said: Every ether employer and every other union will demand and get some thing unless a united effort is made" For this reason, the Asso- citation asks that a bigger repre- sentation of employers be present at Fridays meeting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

cuded in the provision for lo43 dividends pocyhoders, become payable the policies in these categoes terminate 98 by death maturity surrender for cash after having been in force at least twenty years.
 
 Surrender AllosVances For the year l948 the Com pany adopted plan for allowance of amounts in addition to contracua cash values under life insurance policies issued before June 1914 which during l943 surrendered for cash This plan has been made possible because o the Con- panys having completed the major steps in its longrange program of strengthening insurance which has been in progress for several years.
 Neso Series of Policies On November F, l947 the Company introduced series of policies with cash and other forfeiture values based the Commissioners l94l Standard Ordinary Table of Mortality and interest at per cent In the Companys series of policies issued from June 1914 November IT, l94 such values were based on the American Experience Table of Mortality and interest at 2]2 per cent
 Life Insurance In Force At the end of 1947 the Com panys life insurance in force exceeded nine billion dollars, which the largest volume of protection in force Tn the Company during its entire history Policyholders have S9O63 64 of life insurance protection under 3o8329l policies This $520 99 greater than at the close ot the previous year.
 Sales Sales of new life during l947 totaed S87 OOO In the of sales and life insurance in force Family Income policies paid for in 947 are reported on higher basis than in previous years This change has been adopted conform with the customary pracce among many other companies On corresponding basis, sales of new life insurance l947 approximately 2H per cent less than the sales III l94o
 Payments to Policyholders and Beneficidries During l947 the Companys total payments pocyholders and benecares aggregated 7o7 Of this amount living pocyhoders received $ll5 o39o and the beneh- cares of 9 804 pocyhodes who died received S8 Ol A Nationsvde Organization The Company does business in each of the 48 States the District of Columbia, Alaska Hawaii and the Dominion of Canada While national scope the New York Life is very largely local in its opera tons in providing services to it's pocholders through loo Branch Offices in principal business centers, well as through sales organization of 5,o0O agents located throughout the United States and Canada
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted to St. Anns yesterday were Edward Carlton Dick and Jack Lee for medical treatment.
 Albert Parker, and baby Trinidad Antioquia were discharged yester- day.
 At the Government Hospital Mrs Rena James gave birth to a baby girl at 7:20 o'clock this morning, weighing seven pounds and six ounces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
HENRY KuCHEN RITES

Last rites for Henry Kuchen, who passed away Saturday after noon at St. Ann's will be held to- morrow afternoon at o'clock in the Chapel of the Charles w. Car ter Mortuary. The Rev. G. H. Hillerman will read the eulogy. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

Open All Night! avery Night! Salmon Creek Country Club. S54 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
vANpERLEEsT TO STATES

H. R. VanderLeest left Juneau aboard the Princess Norah en- route to Grand Rapids. Mich. where he will visit his mother, who is ill. A short stay with his daugh- ter, Mrs. c. c. Ricke, of North Ill., is also planned. AL though expected back hear the end of the month, the date of his re- turn to Juneau is not definite.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

Representatives of the press, and of the Carpenters Union, who att tempted to attend hast nights meeting were asked to leave the room as it was intended to be a private discussion between employ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
POLICE COURT NEWS

George E. Maund forfeited S35 bail this morning in City Police Court to City Magistrate William A. Holzheimer on drunk charge. The trial of John Mason, for vag- rancy, was continued over until tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 A Brief Review Of the IO3rd Annual Statement to its POliCyKOIderS

Assets The assets held for the protection of the Com panys life and annuity and other obligations otaled S4 234 5o8 the end of lo4 Bonds and stocks are valued conformity with the laws of the several States and prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
 
 Liabilities The Companys insurance and annuity and other liabilities aggregated $4 003 065 84 the end of l947 Surplus funds held for general contingencies totalled $23l, ,1l8,724
 Reserves At the close of 1947 the Company reached major objective in its program for strengthening insurance and annuity All of its life insurance held interest basis of either 25 per per cent All of its annuity per cent basis The program of strengthening which undertaken to protect the interests of pocyhoders has given recognition the effect upon the Company net earning rate of exceed ngy low yields high-gade investments Poicyholders take renewed from the knowledge that the Company has overall basis strong if not stronger than that of any other life insurance company in the country
 Mortality Exberience The Company's mortality peence 947 favoraby low In November of l947 the Company adopted for its series of policies mortality table based recent mortality experience and there fore the years to the margin between expected mortality and actua mortality experience should not be great as in the past.
 Expenses The Company, in common with practically all individuals and businesses throughout the country quite understandab has been affected by rising costs of materials and wages Continued efforts being made to improve efficiency and effect economies without mparng the essen tia services rendered by the Company.
 Interest Earnings While the of interest earned by the Company in 9fg exceeded the required to maintain because of the Companys program of reserve strengthening the of return available invest of high quality continued low throughout the better part of the year However in the closing months of 947 there was encouraging upurn in interest investments which it is hoped will continue. Divdends The provision for l948 dividends to policy holders is $37 l5l312 compared with $4l ,73O229 for lo47 The amount available for dividends affected by the low yields from prime and increased expenses due to higher costs of materials and wages we'll by the Companys program of strengthening reserves mentioned above
 Termination Dividends The Company has declared termination dividends payable in 948 life insurance policies in certain categores Such dividends which n
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
REVENUE AGENTS HERE

Mike LeCompte and George Ny man, agents from the Seattle Di- vision of the U. s. Bureau of Internal Revenue are in the Ju- neau office on a routine cneck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

P. Kay and O. Morris, both from Anchorage, are staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
STUDY OF PRE-. SCHOOL CGTLD

Starting by Nursery Mother on Wed, 300 p. m, April ', at Gov. Mansion. All mothers interested are invited to attend. For infor- nation, call Mrs. Brooks Han lord, phone 292. 854 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

Open All Night. Every Night!' salmon Creek Country Club. 854 2t
Evening star., 1948-07-22
y Who Came Across
Atlantic in 64-Foot
Vessel Face Inquiry
BY the Associated Press


PROVINCETOWN, Mass, July %.
The Pilgrim-like voyage of seven
European families turned toward
Boston today and toward Official
consideration of their plea for
homes in a land of freedom.
The 64-foot ketch Gundel. which
crossed the Atlantic from England
in 43 days, put out from this old
Colonial port early this morning
with its crew of 20 Baltic-born men,
women and children.
Capt. John Rosenberg, SO, master
Of the craft, said they hope to find
berth at Boston this afternoon.
At Boston they will be awaited by
immigration officials who said yes
terday they would Investigate" the
ship and her company.
Ran Short of Fuel.
Capt. Rosenberg told newsmen
I'VE are all very pleased" with their
Provincetown welcome just before
he headed the ketch out from her
mooring at a spot which tradition
says was the first anchorage of the
Pilgrims Mayflower.
The party of Is men, seven women
and seven children were headed for
Boston, but turned in here yesterday
when they ran out of fuel for the
| vessels auxiliary engine and became
short of food.
Capt. Rosenberg said his party
had sailed from Dover, England.
with only wrist watch and sextant
to guide them.
Fled Red-contr0lled Latvia.
|; They originally had fed Soviet
Evening star., 1948-07-22
Karl ". Bradley, Architect,
Dies on Streefcar

Karl w. Bradley, IS, an architect
who lived at 1908 Wisconsin avenue
NV, collapsed and died last night
on q streetcar at Wisconsin and
Dumbarton avenues NV.
Mr. Bradley, whose widow is on
vacation at Oak Bluffs, Mass, was
pronounced dead on the scene by
an Emergency Hospital doctor. The
body is at the Morgue pending an
autopsy. Mrs. Bradley has been
notified and is on her way. here, ac-
cording to Mrs. Leroy Gollus, with
whom the Bradleys lived.
Mrs. Gollus said the Bradleys had
a son in New York and a daughter
in Michigan.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
MORE! MORE"

what you'll hear when
you give your children
COCOMALT! That's
because this chocolaty-
r / c h, m allied food
drink adds a "dress-
up" favor to milk that
any youngster will
Evening star., 1948-07-22

au0Te =. making even MIX
haters do a quick "turnabout" the
instant they taste it! Take a
sprint down to your Grocer's for
a ID. or h-lb. can! COCOMALT
contains SO much calcium that
adding two teaspoons to each
glass makes three glasses equal
to full quart Of milk in calcium
value! Easy to see why mothers
are going "all out" for Coco
MALT, for it's not often you find
something that pleases the young
sters' finicky tastes helping
them to grow up with strong,
straight bones and teeth, too!
Evening star., 1948-07-22

"bottom-side" the most up-to-the-
minute refrigerator you've ever
seen, And 5000 beautiful! Your
FRIGIDAIRE Dealer will be glad
to tell you about the Imperial
and the other new FRIGIDAIRE
Refrigerators the Master"
and the "De Luxe" These three
brand-new refrigerators give you
Q models in all each with the
famous Meter-Miser, simplest
cold-making mechanism ever
built. Made only by FRIGIDAIRE,
a Division of General Motors.
Evening star., 1948-07-22

cellent English, told Coast Guards
men I'VE want to live in freedom.
If we can't land in the United
States, we will have to try Canada. /"
I'VE can't go back" he added.
Evening star., 1948-07-22
TWO LOVES IN ONE

> l1N oANI q
home freezer and
a roomy new re-
frigerator! That's
W h at you'll fin d
in tn e bran d.n e W
F R I G / D A I r E
Cold-Wall Imperial!
"Top-side," a home
freezer that h olds
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25
COOLER INDOORS

Weather forecast: Cooler to-
morrow-if you stay indoors.
That's the comforting pre-
diction being trumpeted across
the land by the synthetic wea-
Their industry - producers of
air conditioning equipment, to
chill you in the dog days
ahead. Manufacturers plan to
turn out over $500 million of
cooling gadgets this year, more
than three times the pre-war
volume.
More stores will be cooled
for the shoppers comfort, as
merchants bid for patronage.
In office and factory, more
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25
WORK DONE AT LAKE
FRONT CLUBHOUSE

Working under the direction
Of Elder Jabez Taylor and
Oversee Lee, members of the
Church staff and others have
accomplished two important
steps toward the completion Of
the new Church Club house at
the Lake front. Early in the
summer a concrete roof was
poured with a heavy coating of
asphalt and felt paper. Recent
ly the cement floor was poured
and as funds are available the
building will be completed.
Profiting from previous exper-
fence with Lake Michigan, the
new club house is set back a
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25
lhe gheOCraf

workers will toll under re-
frigerated conditions. At home,
more families will be famed
by mountain-fresh breezes. On
the highways, many travellers
will be whisked coast-to-coast
in blissful temperature. Tomor-
rows sky-riders may encoun-
ter the newest air conditioning
models. Even some pedestrian
trolley cars are being chilled.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25
Wednesday, Aug. 18th, 1913

good distance from the waters
edge. The old club house, it
will be remembered, was dis
troyed by the Lake as the shore
line changed.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25

Shoeshone Falls, in Idaho,
are forty feet higher than Nj
agara Falls.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-08-25

The Library of Congress, in
Washington, D. c., was estab-
lished April "a, 1900.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-08-13
PADEKA

PADEKA
Dekojame savo dukrelei Sta
sci uz surengima musu 81 me-
tu vedybiniu sukaktuviu pami-
nejimo, Liepos 25 d. Dekojame
visoms mano trims seserirs
atsilankiusioms is kito miesto,
atvezusioms grazias dovanas ir
padejusioms vaiSes suruosti
sunui ir marciai uz grazia do
vana, pusseserei Antaninai vi
sockienei ir svogeriui Ignui vi
sockui, broliams Antanui ir
Broniui Adomaiciams su EMO
nomis, visiems giminems ir vi
stems draugams uz atsilanky-
ma ir uz gausias dovanas.
Dekojam klebonui Kun. j.
Angelaiciui, Kun. sirvaiciui uz
pamaldas ir grazu pamoksla, uz
apsilankyma ir uz dovanas.
Jusu geru sirdziu mes neuz-
mirsime visa gyvenima.
Pranciskus ir Rozalija
Sankalai.
Chesterland, Ohio.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-08-13
LVS l Skyriaus Drau-
giskas Viesas Isvazziia-
vimas 81 Sekmadieni

LVS l skyrius rengia save
smagu metini isvaziavima ge-
guzine 81 sekmadieni, Rugpju-
clio Is, nuo 2 val. po pietu, DR..
S. T. Tamosaicio sode, 26OO1
Lake Shore Blvd.
lnejimas ten bus nemokamas
visiems, bus pasisokimo, pasi-
dainavimo, uzkandziu ir pasi-
vaisinimo. Kvieciami jaunimas
ir suaugusieji, senieji Ameri-
kieciai ir naujai atvykusieji.
Nuvaziavimas automobiliais
Lake Shore Blvd, arba busais,
persedant nuo Euclid Beach.
Sis piknikas bus filmuojamas
ir veliau kada visi galesit ma
tyti save filmose.
Visus uzkviecia Komisiia.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-08-13
ANNEXATION OF BALTIC
COUNTRIES NOT RECOGNIZED
BY AUSTRIA

The Austrian Government has in
formed Lithuanians, Latvians and
Estonians in Austria that they are
not obliged to register with the So
yiet authorities and that the Soviet
Union has no right to force them
to repatriate since the A US tria a n
Government does not regard them
as citizens of the USSR.
This statement of the Austrian
Government was issued in connec-
tion with a declaration Of the So
Wet authorities that all the Lith-
uanians, Latvians and Estonians on
Austrian territory are required to
register with the Soviet repatriation
commissions.
(The preceding article is a reprint
from Behind the Iron Curtain News
letter.