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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-12
K. K KATE ANNOUNCED
 NEW PASSENGER AGENT
 FOR ALASKA TRANS. co

SEATTLE - Karl k. katz. vel eran Alaska transportation eNeeu tive. has been named general pas senger agent for the Alaska Trans pOrtaLion Company. according an announcement here by $. J. Swanson. vice president
 Katz. whose headquarters Nill be at the Seattle office, will assume all duties in connection with the company's entry into the south eastern Alaska passenger servaC field this summer.
 We'll known in Alaska and Pa cific Northwest transportation cir cles, Katz was the Northern Pacif- ic Railroad representative in the Territory for q years.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-12
NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY or ALASKA NRANGELL PRECINCT. FIRST DIVISION
 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF ANDREW RAKkE. Deceased
 Notice ia hereby given that April 2&. l9#S. at the hour of 2soo PM. in the office Of the Probate Judge. Federal Building. Wraugell. flask has been designated as fhe time and place for rhe hearing oG tbe Fir~t and Final Account of F. J. Wheeler administrator of the narg- nership property of Andrew Bakke. deceased. and that Sueh ffma and place any person may appear and file objection f any thes have. to said First and FtaaI Ae- count
 RICHARD SURATT
 Probate 1udea First publication Feb. 2a. 1g4> Last publication March I2. I9#S
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-12

suring the necessities of life dur ing periods of involuntary unem plOyment.
 Unemployment insurance goes long way toward maintaining tn purchasing power of a community 1T was stated. Unemployment pay ments find their way into all chan nels of business and assist greatl. in checking the spread of furthe unemployment.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-12
CURTISES RACK

Mr- and Mrs. Roland Curus. proprietors Of the City Market. re- turned home on the DenaI Monday night after a two months vacation trip which took them to southern EaIifornia.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-12

Entered In the Postoftice at Wran sell, Alaska. as second class mat ter under act of Congress ot March 8, 1878.
 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
 The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for repub l. cation of all the local news pTin ca in this newspaper. as well as all AP news dispatches.
Evening star., 1948-06-17
| Only 6 of 1877 Vetoes
| Since Truman Took
| Office Overridden
By the Associated Press

President Truman, a handy
man with the veto. has turned
down 1877 bills since taking Of
flee. Most OF them have been
so-called private relief bills.
making payments to individuals
for claims against the govern
ment.
When the House overrode the
PRESIDENT S rejection of the Bull
Winkle bill today, it marked the
sixth time the Republican
Eightieth Congress has passed
laws over the veto.
Mr.. Truman used the veto rs
times during the Seventy-ninth
Congress which had a Demo-
cratic majority. All his vetoes
stood.
In its first session, the Eight
ieth overrode only on the Taft
Hartley Labor Act. 1t was one
of Mr.. Truman's 80 vetoes dur
ing that comparative honey
moon with the Republicans.
In this session, Mr.. Truman
already vetoed 20 bills and. be-
fore today. was overridden on
the income tax cut, two social
security measures and the La
bor-Federal Security Admins
tration appropriation bill
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Texans Protest Wins Him Seat
lin G. 0. P. Civil Rights Group
Jersey Womon Yields
Position After Plea
To Give South Place
ey the kssocioted Press

PHILADELPHIA. June IT,
The race issue arose in the Re-
publican Platform Committee
today when a Texas delegate de-
manded-and obtained-a seat
for the South on the Civil Rights
subcommittee.
Orville Burlington of Wichita Falls,
Tex, protested that no Southerner
had been assigned to the subcom-
mittee that will write the COP
plank on civil rights.
He told Senator Lodge the COM
mittee chairman, that the South
is more interested in this question
than anything else" He demanded
that Southern delegate be put on
the Civil Rights Subcommittee.
Senator Lodge told the l04-mem-
ber platform group that it was in
order for members to swap their
committee assignments If they desire
Mrs. Agnes Jones Clifford OF
South Orange, N. j., Immediately
announced that she would yield her
Civil Rights Committee to Mr.. Bull
lington. The Texan then was as
signed to this committee and Mrs
Clifford took his place on the SUBJ
committee dealing with economics
and small business.
This dramatic development oc-
CURED shortly after the Platform
Committee had organized, electine
Senator Lodge as its chairman and
designating nine subcommittee to
See PLATFORM Page A-4.l
Evening star., 1948-06-17
House Approval of Raise for All
u. S. Jobs Likely, Martin Says
Speaker Denies That He and Leadership Had
Decided Against Bill, Calls Reports Untrue

/ Martin and House Majority Leader
Halleck have only expressed their
approval of postal pay raise.
/ Pay raise sponsors said they
hoped House action on the draft
bill would be completed in time to
bring up the postal pay measure by
tomorrow. Any delay past that
date would be nearly fatal to pay
raise chances.
! Chairman Taft of the Senate
Policy Committee has reiterated his
promise that as soon as the House
takes action on the postal pay meas
ure, the Senate will amend 1t to
include all classified Federal and
District Government employees.
In that case, it is virtually cer-
tain that House Senate conferees
would uphold the Senate measure.
. Mr.. Rees and other pay bill spon-
Sors are worried about the time
element. II the House leadership
is not able to take action on the
postal pay measure until Satur-
day, there might not be enough
time left in the closing hours to
send the legislation to conference
! Another possibility being discussed
! is for the Senate to act first and
approve the omnibus pay-raise bill
which revises the Federal Classifica-
ton Act to give $3.50 permanent wage
increases to classified employees, and
s40O raises to postal workers.
This strategy isn't expected to be
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Convention Will Be
Asked to Back D. &.
Representation
By J. A. O'Leoy
Stor Stoff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, June IT.
The Republican National Con-
vention will be asked to put it
self on record this year in favor
of giving Washingtonians rep
resentation in Congress in the
electoral college.
Edward F.. Colladay, veteran
leader of the Republican organiza-
ton in the District, announced to-
day that the voteless condition OF
the Nations Capital will be pre-
sented to the Resolutions (Platform)
Committee of the convention by
MRS. William S. Culhertson and
George A. Parker. They have been
designated as the District members
Of the platform group.
The first issue facing the regular
District delegation, however, is tt
gain title to their seats in this con.
vention, over an opposition grouE
from Washington. headed by Pau
J. Foley, tax attorney.
The Republican National Commit.
tee probably will hold hearing or
this and other contests from tht
States, this afternoon.
Although the dispute may get
second airing later in the Creden.
tials Committee, it was reported to-
day that if the National Committed
decides in favor of the old-line dele.
cations, only legal questions will bt
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Strikes SnowbaIIinq
In France; 100000
May Be Out Today
Leftists Accuse Regime
Of Beating Workers;
Police Occupy Factory
By the Associnted Press

| PARIS, June 17.-More than
Is towns have been hit by a
surge of strikes snowballing
across France, and there are in
dicationS that 100000 French
men will be off the job bS to-
night.
At least $4,000 workers were idle
yesterday, most of them in SYM
pathy with strikers at Clermont-
Ferrand. who were tossed out of a
tire factory yesterday morning by
police and State troopers. Acid
slingshots to throw ballbearings and
rubber clubs made in the factory
were used as weapons in the bloody
fighting there.
The rightist press accused the
Communist-domin General Con-
federation of Labor of taking orders
from the Soviet-backed Cominform
Clermont-Ferran Quiet.
The Communist paper Humanite
and the Radical Franc-Tireur ac-
cused the government of beating up
strikers iii an effort to divert public
attention from the real iSSue-fail.
ure of the government to lower liv-
ing costs.
Dispatches from the tire capital
of Clermont -Ferrand this morning
said conditions there were relatively
quiet.
Police slept inside Bereougnar
tire factory beside their stocked
rifles. 1t was here that more than
200 persons were hospitalized in two
bitter classes yesterday between
10000 Communicated strikers and
thousands of police and soldiers
Another 400 persons were treated
for injuries in their homes.
The big Michelin tire factory still
is occupied by strikers, but the bar
ricades were deserted at nightfall
dispatch said.
20 Per Cent Pay Boost Demanded.
Strikes have been called in metal
trades. printing shops, tobacco
companies, rubber factories and
mines. Most demands are for a
20 per cent increase in minimum
salaries.
Trucks. airplanes and trains car
ried police and troop reinforce
ments to Clermont-Ferrand all
through the night. Five regiments
of troops already are on the spot
First evidence that the strike
wave is reaching Paris came last
night when 1000 railway workers at
Villeneuve-Triage staged a 30-min-
ute sympathy walk-out. The town
is 10 miles from the French capital
Similar demonstrations were
staged at Colmar. at the textile mills
See FRANCE, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Fritz Kuhn, Fugitive 4 Months,
Seized in French Zone of Reich
Former Bund Chief
Taken While Seeking
Chemists License
BY the Assoeioted Press

MUNICH, Germany, June IT,
Fritz Kuhn, former German
American Bund leader, was re-
captured today, Munich public
safety officials disclosed.
Kuhn escaped from the German
internment camp at Dachau under
mysterious circumstances February
4. The camp director, Anton Z1rn-
gibl was dismissed as result.
Kuhn had been awaiting trial be-
fore a German denazification court.
He was convicted in absentia April
20 and sentenced to 10 years at hard
labor as major Nazi offender"
The former bund leader was cap
tured in the French zone town of
Bernkastel, near Trier, by German
police.
Suspicion was aroused when he
applied for chemists license.
He gave his name as G.. Kuhn
The similarity of the name, address
and appearance between the appli-
cant and the fugitive led police to
hold him. They say he was finger
printed and that the prints matched
Klhn's.
He was taken to Munich for
questioning.
At Kuhn's April trial all Of his
personal fortune except about $500
was ordered confscated. and the
81 200 costs of the trial were as
sessed against the 52-year-o Kuhn
Evening star., 1948-06-17
| laps Ex-Envoy
| ToU. S. Calls at
| State Department
BY the kssocioted Press

For the first time since Pearl Har-
Dor, a onetime high japanese Off
cial has called at the State Depart
ment.
Kensuke Horinouchi, former Am
bassador to the United States, made
courtesy visit today to John Al
lison, chief of the United States Di-
vision of Northeast Asia Affairs
Horinouchi was here as Ambas-
sador from 1888 to 1940 He was
relieved by Admiral Kichisabure
Nomura, Nomura and Saburo Ku-
rusu were calling on former Secre-
tary of State Hull when the jap
anese attacked Pearl Harbor.
A japanese labor mediator who
was here last month is the only
other japanese official to call since
the war began.
Horinouchi now is president of a
Japanese agency training future
diplomats. He came to the United
States last month, with permission
OF Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
as a member of q delegation to a
world assembly for moral rearma-
ment at Riverside, Calf.
Evening star., 1948-06-17

to reverse a l56-to-88 tentative vote
tnat cut the draft service provision
from two years to one.
Toward the close of 10-hour
session the House last night also
adopted an amendment against
drafting of doctors and other prac-
titioners. The bill had called fol-
possible induction of medical doc
tors, dentists, veterinarians. osteo-
paths. pharmacists and optometrists
up to As years old.
Rules Suspension Debated.
Resumption of debate on the
draft bill was delayed by House con-
sideration of a Republican leader
ship resolution for suspension OF
rules, If so requested, to expedite
action on bills during the remainder
of the session.
Draft bill supporters and oppo-
nents said this resolution conceiv-
ably would work to shorten debate
on that measure and be used as q
weapon against filibuster tactics an
nounced by Representative Marcan-
tonic, American Laborite, of New
York.
As a practical matter, however, IT
was generally agreed by House
members that suspension of the
rules is not likely to be asked on
the draft bill. If the rules were
suspended so that debate on the
bill were limited to 20 minutes on
both sides and to ban debate on
individual amendments, the bill it.
self or any future amendments
would need a two-thirds vote for
passage, they explained
Chairman Andrews of the House
Armed Services Committee said that
before final action on the bill he
would seek roll call votes to over
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Bulletins
Plane Crashes in Flames

MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. lP).-
A twO-engine DC-3 plane hit
high tension wires over an
anthracite cOlliery today and
crashed in flames. State pO-
lice at the scene said two
bodies could be seen in the
wreckage, but they were un-
able to get close enough to de-
termine how many were
aboard.
In New York, United Air
lines said it understood one of
day near Allentown, Pa, but
was involved in an accident to-
day near Allentown, a.. but
that it had no further details.
Nevius Building Pushed
A Senate subcommittee to-
day approved construction of
a Veterans Administration
hospital in Arlington County
on the Nevius tract of Is acres.
The group approved a provi-
sion in a supplemental apprO-
priations bill already passed by
the House which would remove
p ban on the construction.
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Conqress Beats Rai|Rate Bill Veto
With Third Overrider in 4 Days;
Draft Backers Fight 1-Year Limit
AII-Time Record
Is Set as House
Acts, 297-102
By the Associated Press

Congress made history today
by passing major legislation
over President Truman's veto
for the third time in four days.
The No. 3 bill is the so-called Bull
winkle measure letting railroads
make rate agreements of kind now
barred by antitrust laws.
Final action was completed when
the House voted. 297 to 102. to over
ride. This was 81 votes more than
the tWo-thirds Majority needed to
make the measure law over Mr.. Tru-
mans objections.
The Senate overrode the veto, 63
to 25, yesterday.
Congressional officials said three
vetoes slapped down within a week
is a record not equaled by any other
Congress.
Earlier this week, Congress knocked
down VetoeS of social security
bill and an appropriation bill carry
ing rider transferring the United
States Employment Service from the
Labor Department to the Federal
Security Agency. Both now are law
along with the railroad bill
The railroad bill says railroads and
other surface carriers cannot be
prosecuted under the antitrust laws
Evening star., 1948-06-17

for getting together and making
agreements on rates and fares. pro-
vided the agreements are approved
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The ICC is the Govern
ment's agency for regulating rail-
roads.
When Mr. Truman vetoed it, he
call the bill "inconSistent" with a
vigorous antimonopoly program
William T. Farley, president Of
the Associa ton of American Rail-
roads, said enactment of the bill
will aid orderly regulation of rail-
road rates
Last Monday. the Senate and the
House put on the law books over the
Presidents. objections the social Sc
curity bill which Mr.. Truman
claimed would bar 100000 persons
from old-age benefits.
Yesterday the two branches nulli-
(See VETOES. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Substitute Housing Bill
Sped 10 House Floor in
15-11CommitteeV Vote
Rules Block Any Ballot
On SIum Clearance und
100000 Public Units
By the Associated Press

Republican leaders started a
new housing bill toward House
passage today under tight rules
blocking any vote on public
housing and slum clearance pro-
posals.
The first step was approval by
the House Banking Committee
That came on l5-to-ll vote. Fiji
teen Republicans voted for it. Ten
Democrats and one Republican
Representative Hull of Wisconsin
voted against it.
! A furry of parliamentary maneu-
vers executed last night made it
virtually impossible for the House
to vote on the long-range Taft
Ellender- Wagner housing bill which
passed the Senate under the drive OF
Senators Taft, Republican. of Ohio;
Ellender, Democrat, of Louisiana
and Wagner, Democrat, of New
York
Instead, proponents face choice
between no housing legislation or
the new bill introduced hurriedly
yesterday by Chairman Wolcott OF
the House Banking Committee while
the Rules Committee was tabling
the T-E-W measure.
Public Housing Eliminated.
The new bill does not contain the
controversial public housing. sections
tbot Joop,o5 tho IT z VIZ y,,ooc,,ro IL,
the Rules Committee. 1t calls for
l. Renewal of Government mort
gage insurance on new houses, up to
80 per cent of value
2. Priorities for veterans in buy
ing war-built Government housing
3. An accelerated system of fig
uring depreciation allowances on
new apartment or multiple dwelling
construction. In effect this means
tax reductions for investors in
rental housing.
Closely Parallels Earlier Bill.
This measure closely parallels a
bill introduced some time ago by
Mr. Wolcott and shelved by his
Banking Committee in favor of the
T-E-W measure which Mr.. Wolcott
assailed as "socialistic."
After the Rules group tabled the
T-E-W measure by a 6-to-2 vote
yesterday, it held two quick sessions
to work out procedure to expedite a
House vote on Mr.. Wolcott's SUBJ
stitute
Normally, bill comes before the
House under rules which allow d
vote to send the measure back to
Ic. I1n11c1nIN n.aa q i
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Thief Robs AAA
|Of $500, Using
| SofeCombinotion

A smooth operator robbed the
safe at the American Automooile
Association headquarters here early
today of between 81 500 and $1,000
after forcing desks and searching
drawers until he found the COM
bination.
The intruder entered the fourth
floor Office of the AAA Building at
Seventeenth street and Pennsyl-
yania avenue NV. by jimmying q
transom. He then broke open two
desks and ransacked the contents.
Frederick Blum. auditor for the
AAA of 6157 Thirtieth street NV.
discovered the robbery when he went
to work this morning. The thief
had relocked the safe after remoS-
ing the cash and ignoring number
of checks.
When Mr.. Blum got the safe open
the combination was inside
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Coal Pact Negotiator!
Meet Ching But Fail
To End Deadlock
Operators ond Union
Explain Positions at
Exploratory Session
By Jones Y. Newton

New contract negotiations be-
tween soft coal operators and
John L. Lewis United Mine
Workers remained deadlocked
today after a two-hour Govern
ment-sponsored mediation con-
ference.
Mr.. Lewis and his negotiators met
with the operators in the meeting
called by Cyrus S. Ching. director
of the Federal Mediation and Con-
Citation Service.
Afterward, Mr.. Ching described
the conference as exploratory" and
said each side had outlined its po-
sition in effort to draft a new coal
contract. The present coal pact ex-
pires June 30.
Mr. Ching said he would meet with
the operator representatives sep
arately at 2 pm. and that the UNIV
negotiators we're standing by for a
possible later call.
/ Lewis Repeats Offer.
Mr.. Lewis told reporters that he
| had repeated an offer from the
UNIV to continue operation of the
mines after expiration of the pres
ent work agreement, provided the
operators agreed to activate imme-
diately the now-frozen miners well
fare and retirement fund OF 1947
| The fund, which now is in excess
of s4O,OOO,0O0. is tied up in District
Court litigation brought by the
operators trustee, Ezra Van Horn.
Under the plan proposed by Mr..
/ Lewis the operators would agree to
! the payment of 500 monthly PEN
sions to miners 81 and over and to
continue payment OF distress bene-
| fits which now are being made from
l946 welfare fund collected dur
| ing the period of Government oper-
alton of the mines. The old fund
will be exhausted in less than two
weeks and Mr.. Lewis insists that
its unmet obligations - totaling
about $4,000, ,0o0-be paid from the
l947 fund.
| Any wage increases or other con-
cessions made in a new contract
subsequently agreed to would be
retroactive to July under the
Lewis idea.
| Operators Counter.
| The operators again countered
with their proposal for an entirely
new contract. Their proposition
does not provide wage increase
but agrees to supplement social Sc
curity old-age benefits so that re-
/ 8See COAL, Page A-4J
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Reds in U. 5. Branded
Cold War Traitors

The House Committee on Un-
American Activities today described
the methods of American Commu-
niSts as cold war treason"
The description was carried in a
primer-type series of questions and
answers entitled 100 Things You
Should Know About Communism in
the U. S. A."
The pamphlet posed the ques-
ton: Are the Communists commit
ting treason today?'
In answer. it declared that the
Soviet Union has launched cold
war on this country, Therefore,
the committee added, Communists
are engaged in what might be called
"cOl6 war treason >
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Debate Delayed
By Suspension
Of Rules Plea
BULLETIN

Accusing the draft bill man
ayers of imposing gag rule"
on House opponents, Repre-
sentative Powell, Democrat, of
New York served notice this
afternoon that from now on"
he will. object to every unani-
nous consent request on the
House floor. Armed Services
Committee Chairman Andrews
said he was not seeking to re-
strict debate, but that well
try to pass this bill tonight"
because of the expected Sat-
urday adjournment.
Evening star., 1948-06-17
| Senators Leave Here
Saturday, FiIibuster
Or No, Wherry Says

Acting Senate Majority Leader
Wherry said today that If a
filibuster develops in the Senate
over a conference report on the
draft bill. as forecast by House
opponents, the bill will die.
Senator Wherry said fatty
that Congress will conclude its
business Saturday night. He
said the Senators "all have
their railroad tickets out of
here"
A filibuster on any other sub
ject likewise would kill that
particular legislation, he pointed
out when asked whether the
same conclusion applied to the
displaced persons bill, now in
conference.