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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
Offer by Bridges 10 Settle Strike Turned Do1v1
Officers, Members, Anchorage Labor Unions Give Testimony
 Al Commie Activities Hearinq|

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 19,- IR Seven members and officers of LaLor Union locals told congressional investigators yester- day they never have been members of the Communist party.
 The investigating Congressmen are Rep. Charles Kersten tR-Wisc) and Rep. o. c. Fisher (D-TexD of the House Committee on Education and Lator They were to go to Juneau today before returning to the states.
 Kersten said his committee was glad to accept" suggestion by the Alaska Jun.or Chamber of Com merce that it investigate the activi- ties and background of Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO longshore- mems union head.
 The Junior Chamber wrote it's request for an investigation to the House Committee on American Activities and then turned 1t over sAs1C lO tiiN tNo NoDiA-il ttti Y.
 Request For Inquiry
 Ralph WeStover, J. c. c. Vice Pres ident, said his organizations writ ten request for a congressional in- quiry said that if any striking maritime union leader is a Com munist, he should be exposed as such. If not communist, em- ployers should withdraw the issue from negotiations. While the J. c. c. is not able to find any concrete evidence that striking maritime un- ions are under communist!c domi-. nation" circumstantial evidence and the pattern of the strike make an investigation imperative w
 Witnesses called at the hearing 'here included John Wiesc. Presi- |dent of the CIO Westward Alaska Fisheries Council; John Montrone, business agent of the AFT. painters union; MT. and Mrs Edmund Edle- man. member and secretary, re- spectiyely. of the CIO Alaska Fish ermens Union; Karl Pennington, member AF'L carpenters union; Ei- ner Huseby, former member of the carpenters and fishermen's un- ions; Nels Nord.n, fishermen's union member.
 Wiese On Stand
 Wiese was on the stand an hour and half
 Wiese testified that he once was connected with two groups which have sometimes been described as "Communistic- c-dominated"--th Ab- raham Lincoln Brigade and the King Ramsey Counter defense Com mittee.
 Kersten asked Wiese: Would you object to communism in union?'
 Not it they advocated good, | strong labor policy" Wiese replied. TT wouldn't object if it came from Catholic, Mason, or anyone else
 If an agent of the Soviet Union issued you instructions in connec- 1 tion with your union, would you follow orders" the Congressman asked the fisheries council head. i T take orders from the executive board of the union, not from any agent of any country" he declared l If an agent issued orders con- trary to the policy of the United States, which would you follow?' ] Wiese replied That of the Unit ed States, of course
 Other witnesses were quizzed brief ly.
 The Congressional party was duo to arrive by Army airplane at o'clock this afternoon from Anch- orage. No interested official in Ju- neau would say whether a hearing on communistic activities would bs held before the party leaves fo, Seattle. The group is scheduled only for an overnight stay here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
L0NG5H0RE (HIEFGET5
 BLUNT NOTE
Employers Will Make No Contrdet Under His Lead
 ership, Which Worthless

SAN FRANCISCO Oct 19-tR- West Coast Waterfront Employers told CIO longshore chief Harry Bridges today that it considered any contract which you and your leadership are ultimately to admin ister . is worthless
 The statement was made in a letter written by Frank P. Foise. President of the Waterfront En- ployers Association, to Bridges. Foise rejected the latter's latest proposal for reopening negotiations in the 48-day old West Coast ma ritime strike.
 Bridges had offered to allow strikers to select a rank and file negotiating committee by secret ballot.
 Future Involved
 Foise wrote:
 "The problem, as you we'll know, is the future administration and observance of any contract between ourselves and the ILWU, under it's present leadership"
 He accused the union leadership of IA years of Responsibility The waterfront employers have refused ito negotiate with unions whose leaders have not signed non-Com- munist affidavits which are requir- ed by the Taft-Hartley law for services of the National Labor Re- lations Board Bridges has not signed such an affidavit.
 The longshoremen demand l5- cent raise from base pay of Sl,67 an hour. Tbe employers off cred 10 cents but withdrew all offers when negotiations broke off. x Four Unlcns Involved Four seafaring unions are allied with the longshoremen in the strike.
 At the same time. Alaska gov- ernment officials again urged &c., attle operators of Alaska shipping lines to accept a union offer to release. strikebound vessels.
 The plea was contained in an open letter" signed by Alaska Gov Erpest Gruening, Delegate E. l.. Bartlett. Atty. Gen. Ralph J. Rivers and Commissioner of Labor Henry A. Benson.
 The letter asked the shippers to reconsider their turndown of the unions willingness to sail all Alaska ships under pre-strike con- ditions, with terms of any West Coast agreement becoming retroac- tive.
 In reply. M. G. Ringenberg, President of the Waterfront Em- ployers of Washington, termed the letter the same old piouS plea of apreasement that has issued from some politicians in Alaska in other forms in recent weeks
 Ringenberg reiterated the oper- ators' determination not to deal with striking unions that he said are under irresponsible leader- i ship"
 The letter is written to the wrong people he said. Tt should have been addressed to the rank i and file of the unions who have it within their power to throw out their irresponsible leaders '"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
(HITosE AIRBAsE
 DESTROYED, FIRE;.
 AIRMEN BURNED

TOKYO, Oct. 19. tR-Belated re- ports from Hokkaido today said one American airman was burned se- velely and 10 others slightly Satur- day night when a s250,000 fire swept Chitose airbase.
 Destroyed in the blaze, caused by faulty wiring, were the theatre, mess hall. laundry. library, service club and the central heating plant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
CONFERENCE TODAY

SEATTLE, Oct. l9.-IR-- Mayor William F Devin scheduled con- ference this afternoon with Will jams Gettings regional CIO Long, shore Union director. for discussion of the possibilities for restoring shipping service to Alaska.
 The Mayor asked for the confer- ence to talk over the unions pro- posal for loading and manning Alaska ships if any later agree ment is made retroactive to cover them. Operators have rejected the proposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

All American steamers tied up by coastwide strike.
 Princess Louise is scheduled to sail from Vancouver at g p. m. to- morrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct l9.--tR Clos ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3is. American Can 8lh. Anaconda 375s, Curtiss- Wright l0ia, International Harvest CT 28Ss. Kennecott 59'2. New York Central l6ii, Northern Pacific 20A. U. s. Steel 83la. Pound $4.03A.
 Sales today were l.030.000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials l86.l8, rails 6o67. util- ities 3546
 Ali Bye of ketchikan Is at the Gastineau Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
Oil Strike On
 Coast May Be
 Settled Shortly
lBy The Associated Pressl

N11y 1fro 1A''''Oo1"OrU fe'7"7
 An early settlement of the West Coast oil strike is possible, says Di- rector Paul Scharrenberg of the California department of industrial relations. He said state conciliators have been meeting separately with oil companies and strikers and joint bargaining meetings are being ar ranged.
 Meanwhile. the Texas company's s nationwide council of the CIO oil workers union is threatening na- tionwide strike Of the Texas com pany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
WA50FFERED
 BIG SUM TO.
 KILL REUTHER
Witness Testifies in Case Against Carl Bolton
 in Detroit

DETROIT, Oct. 19.-tR- Carl Bolton, 39, was held for trial today under S75,000 bond in the shooting of Walter P. Reuther, President of the CIO- United Auto Workers. No date for trial was set.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19

Edward M. Repetti of Haines is at the Gastineau,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-19
The W Washington Merry Go Round
 Bv DREW PEARSON

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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

A copy-Teste:
Lee Stanley, Deputy Clerk
A. NJ. Phipps, pa. $3.50 mp
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In the Clerks Office of the Cir
cult Court of the County of
Dickinson, on the 10th day of
February, 1948.
Murlie Mullins, Complainant
against
Marshie Mullins, Defendant
The object of this suit is to Oh
tain for the complainant from the
a divorce, on the grounds OF de-
sertion and adultery.
And affidavit having been
made and filed that the defend
ant, Marshie Mullins, is not resi-
dent of the state of Virginia, IL
is ordered that ne do appear here
within 10 days after due publ
cation hereof and do what may
be necessary to protect his inter
est in this suit. And it Is further
ordered that copy hereof be
published once a week for four
successive weeks in the DiclSea-
son Herald and that copy be
posted at the front door of the
court house of this county on or
before the End February rules,
1948.
A copy-Teste:
Lee Stanley, Deputy Clerk
A. NJ. PhlppS, p.q. (S7.50 mp
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

Some perennial seeds are very
small. Mix them with sand so that
they will not be sown too quickly
in the row and merely press them
into the soil instead of covering
them. Larger seeds need a shallow
covering of soil. Firm the soil down
on them so that they will make i'm
mediate contact with the moisture
and plant food. Keep the soil moist
but not wet until the seeds sprout
Some gardeners spread damp burlap
over the surface to furnish needed
moisture, removing it at the first
sign of sprouting.
Here are a number of perenniale
that beginners can start from seed
with almost sure success: Column
bine, gaillardia, coreopsis, hollyhock,
painted daisy, sweet william, hardy
pinks, hardy alyssum, and the violas
Perennial seeds usually take some
what longer to terminate than those
of annual flowers. Don't be discour-
aged if the tiny sprouts do not show
themselves for two or three weeks
after the seed is sown.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

a1t&T sowing.
Seed should be started at about
the same time as that of the an
nvals, such as zinnias and mari
colds. The secret of success Is to
get the seedlings to transplanting
size early enough 50 that when set
in their permanent places in garden
or border, they will get a good root
hold before cold weather comes on.
A specially prepared seed bed or
seed box is best for starting peren-
nial seeds. A seed bed can be easily
prepared by knocking the bottom
out of good-sized shallow wooden
box and sinking the sides into the
ground. The top should be about
two or three inches above the sur
face. Use finely prepared, crumbly
garden loan containing plenty OF
humus. It is important to locate the
seed bed where it will be sheltered
from strong winds and from sunlight
during the hottest part of the day.
A seed box or flat may also be used,
with holes bored in the bottom for
drainage. This has the advantage
of being movable to sheltered loca-
tons when necessary.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

tives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Mann call
ed on Allen Martin and family
Sunday evening.
Lewis and Nina Wise were Sat
urday night guests at the home
of Herbert Wise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Robinson
were the weekend guests of Ho1
ly Kiser.
Josie Powers and Viola Ras-
nick spent Monday with Oliver
O'Quinn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Rasnick
were visiting Boyce Wolfe and
family this weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rasnick
were visiting Bonnie Martin on
Saturday evening.
Mary O'Quinn and Viola Ras
nick were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Rasnick Friday.
Leah Kiser and Neva Phillips
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Martin
were visiting N. E. Sutherland
Sunday.
Luke Kiser was a dinner guest
of John Sutherland Saturday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26
Freezing Items

Impressive funeral services
were held Saturday morning for
Private Ralph Haynes, killed in
battle in France July 80, 1914,
with Elders Alex Tompkins and
Alden Carico conducting services,
and burial in the Haynes grave
yard on Pine Greek. A. detach-
ment of ex-servicement who saw
service in Europe and the South
Pacific were in charge. A large
crowd attended.
John Henry and Asa Mullins of
Logan county, w. Va, visited
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lum
Mullins, here last week. Lum re-
turned to West Virginia with his
sons for brief visit with other
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tandy Hall and
son, Andy T., were business vis-
itors at Lackey and Hindman,
KY, Monday, making me trip
there and back the same day.
Truman and Andy T. Hall are
now operating truck mine on
Camp Creek. They are said to be
getting out a good grade of coal
and having a good trade.
Pvt. Adam Haynes, stationed
at Camp Meade, Md, attended
the funeral and burial of his
brother, Ralph, on Pine Creek
Saturday.
Lester Kendrick has started
his farm work for the coming
season. He has been burning
brush and plowed his garden on
Tuesday.
Harrison (Fish Hook Mullins,
who has been confined by illness
for several weeks, is reported to
be slightly improved.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

What would you say if you saw
grounding emerge from his hole
this month with a stack of Savings
Bonds in his paws? Millions of my
nieces and nephews, who own Saw
ings Bonds and are adding to their
bond holdings regularly through the
Payroll Savings or the Bond-A-
Month Plans, would say that MIR.
Grounding has at last acquired
common sense as a prophet of an
early spring. There is no better har-
binger of bright, happy future is
there than the growing, safe, profit
making financial reserve of United
States Savings Bonds.
u S. Treasury Department
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

You, too, can be harvester-and
not once or twice year but every
month. What farmer - even the
wheat men and women of Kansas
and the DakOtas who at this mo-
ment are reaping the greatest har-
vest in history-wOuld not prize
harvest every month. The harvest
a-month plan has popular name
the B0nd-a-Month Plan. Begin to-
day sowing financial seeds. For
every S18.75 you plant during a
month in the form of a United
States Savings Bond SIS will sprout
10 years later.
U. S. Treasury Department
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26
HAZEL NEWS

Mary O'Quinn and Viola Ras
nick, from Watauga, Tenn, are
spending a few days with rela-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26


considerable and add
gardening growing from
quality few and with simple viii
plants garden
perenn seed bloom the second
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26
LISTEN TO

Voice Of rophecy
''The path of the Lord is
straight"
WFHG Bristol " 1899 A NJ.
Bluefield -. 1890 p. M.
(Feb. 1l-46)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

builders usually building
dwelling; th- SMALL that
these the house
he February of Good HOusekeep
Note how of the takes the
look this OOOsquarefoo house which has 3Ofeetong living
feet vide
bath is economical build
Portable and efficient operation
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-02-26

ZACH tablet contains 25ss more
ID, than minimum daily require
ments of these two essential Vi
tannins. insufficient Vitanin A may
cause night blindness. may lessen
resistance to infection of the nose.
throat eyes, ears and sinuses.
Vitamin D is necessary to enable
the body to make use Of the calcdszzm
and phosphorus in our food.
Insure your minimum requirements
of these two important Vitamins. by
taking a ONE-A-DAY Vikamam A
and D Tablet every day.
EconOmical-Soe- or lew paW
Month.
Convenient take ealy eme
tablet q day.
Pleasant-children actually 80
the taste - and 90 win yoRs
MPORTANT-when buying VsAM-
minis. compare posencies and peSea@
Get them ut yosw drssg ssss@. N
Evening star., 1948-01-03
The Bur's Candidates

The District Bar Association has submit
ted three names to the Attorney General
with the recommendation that success
sor to the late Judge Nathan r. Margold be
chosen from among them.
These candidates of the Bar Association
are Frank H. Myers and j. Edward Binoe-
man, well-known local attorneys, anu Mil
ton D. Norman, assistant corporation
counsel. All of these men are qualned 1or
q place on the Municipal Court bench ana
anv one of them could be expected to
serve creditably.
This court is close to the people OF the
community, and that is an added reason
Why the Attorney General should be SYM
pathetically disposed toward the recon-
mendation of the organization which
speaks for the lawyers whose clients In
terests take them regularly before this
tribunal.
Evening star., 1948-01-03

tors Of union strategy. In all probability
another general wage increase would BE
followed Immediately by another general
price advance which would wipe out the
workers gain. OF course, the price advance
may come anyhow, and II 1t does the wage
increase will follow. But this does not
alter the fact that 1t would be dubious
wisdom to insist on a wage policy which
would make the price advance inevitable.
There is some basis for hope, though it
may be slight that the price trend will be
reversed some time in 194s The year, in
Mr. Clague's estimate, holds no prospect
of an economic collapse. The big threat
for the future lies in the price advance.
If that can be reversed, or even checked,
the outlook is good. Wise union leaders
will hesitate, for the sake of some short
range advantage, to commit themselves to
a policy that would make this impossible.
Evening star., 1948-01-03
Wooe-Price Race

The year-end report of Evan Clague,
Federal Commissioner Of Labor Statistlcs'
confirms what has been an all-too-obvious
fact-namely, that rising prices have Oil
but wiped out the 1947 gain in consumer
earnings. Nor is Mr.. Clague optimistic for
the new year, forecasting that consumer
prices will go even higher, at least during
the early months of 1948.
Mr.. Clague's statistics show that the
"second round" of wage increases in 1947
added upwards of 1000, 900 900 to workers
incomes. Rising prices cut SO heavily into
buying power, however that the real wage
gain for the year was only about per
cent, and was At per cent below June, 1s46,
when most controls were lifted.
This is statistical record which focuses
attention on the primary Importance OF
attacking the price level, and which in
creases legitimate concern at the prospect
of demands for third round" of wage in
creases. Those who are against new wage
advances ought not to delude themselves.
If prices continue to advance, the pressure
for another round of wage increases is go
ing to assert itself, and it is not apt to be
successfully resisted It most certainly is
not going to be headed of simply by crying
out against it.
At the same time the record Of what has
happened sho1n9 give pause 70 the direc-
Evening star., 1948-01-03

opened locksmith's shop In New York
City. His reputation won him wide
variety of special jobs in all parts Of the
world. His biggest and most Noteworthy
tasks were his underwater treasure hunts,
including the salvaging Of $5,000,000 from
the sunken liner Egypt in the Bay Of
Biscay and his search for $10,000.0 900 In
gold which went down with HMS Hamp-
shire OF the Orkneys.
In lighter vein but in line with his cru
SADIE for greater security was his invention
of an alarm which could be attached to a
mans trousers to signal when any one
even a wife-attempted to rifle the
pockets This does not seem to have been
as successful as he had hoped. Even Lock-
smith Courtney failed to battle the in
quisitive feminine mind. There were in
tangible factors involved here that made
tumbler aligning and cylinder dismantling
easy pickings by comparison. 1t can be
said seriously that persons and property
have been made more secure against in
truders as result of the lifelong efforts Of
this genius of the art of picking locks.
Evening star., 1948-01-03
Taking a Chance on ERP
Marshall Plan Held Practical Aid to Reconstruction
Even Though It Involves Risks

venture Of Ideas" emphasized this principle
when he wrote: @Our intellectual tradition
is warped by the assumption that each gen.
Grafton will substantially live amid the con-
ditions governing the lives Of its fathers and
win transmit those conditions to mold with
equal force the lives OF its children"
Dangers Of Political Reactions
Politically, the marshalling of American re-
sources for the reconstruction OF democratic
Europe is laden with incalculable risks. As
already has come to pass in the Balkans, an
adverse SHIFT of forces among the states
hitherto committed to this concept would
precipitate the loss Of sizeable slice Of the
Marshall plans area. Inevitably, 1t would be
used to bolster Stalinist bridgehead west
ward across the Rhine. That this is not fam
tastic conjecture may be seen in the impress
sive influence left-wing theology exercises
among decisive elements Of the industrial pro-
letariat Of italy and France
Economically, the task Of restoring the West,
mainly with American fund.-, + an undertak-
ing Of dismaying magnitude. World War II
did not cause but rather simply aggravated
Europss already hardening economic arteries
Her once privileged position in the world has
declined steadily since 1918. This position was
based, In the MAN, upon wide, expanding
market, huge overseas investments, moneys
coming in from her far flung immigrant sons,
and from her ubiquitous merchant marine.
Europes present blasted grandeur has cam
celled all that
Writing In the Autumn 1947 number Of the
Harvard Business Review, Alexander l.. Hood
observes that Great Britain alone has lost 49,
100000 gross tons Of her shipping and two
thirds Of her total prewar capital Long before
the Axis bid for global hegemony, Europes
competitive prestige had been reduced 26 per
cent by the United States and "A per cent by
other non-continental countries That Is to
say that the development Of technology out
side the Old World substantially had lessened
the demand for her exports. It was chiefly
through the revenues from these exports that
she was able to provision the densest urban
population In the world. Export or expirel"
exclaimed Hugh Dalton. What chance has
Europe's enfeebled industry against the match
less puissance Of United States economy? Our
economy Commands two-thirds Of the produc-
tive capacity, and three-fourths OF the invest
ment capital Of the world
These are but q few Of the stubborn facts
with which the experts are quite familiar.
They foresee the bleak prospect Of having to
pour billions into Europe on largely eleemo-
synary basis which must ultimately burden
our people intolerably. Nor is there any as
surance that it will appease those intransigent
elements that refuse to believe that our bounty
is intended to restore them to their former
glory. Western Europe's chief salvation lies in
being able to supply the inexhaustible require
ments of the Eastern Bloc. The exploration of
avenues leading to an amicable understanding
along this line is the only solution for this
dilemma JULIUS DAVIDSON.