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Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
TAX SLASH:
DebatabIe

Ali signs pointed to an income tax
cut of one kind or another this year
as the house of representatives
changed the bell for the opening
round of crucial, election-year de-
bate on that much-belabored issue.
Joseph Martin (Rep., Mass.),
speaker of the house, started things
off with the assertion that an in
come tax slash is in the bag. He
conceded, however, that it might not
run as high as the 6.5 billion dollars
provided in the Knutson bill, now
up for debate.
But in the end, he said, the Re-
publican congress would override a
presidential veto "of the tax bill we
send to the White House."
In order to beat the veto that Mr..
Truman might slap on the tax bill,
however, the Republicans would
have to line up a few Democrats to
vote on their side to make the neces-
sary two-thirds majority. And to
bring enough Democrats around, it
was thought, the senate Republicans
would tone down the bill.
Rep. Robert Doughton (Dem.,
N. c., ranking Democrat or the
tax-fxing ways and means commit
tee, pointed out the obvious fact that
Republicans would have to trim the
size of the cut to get anywhere.
Otherwise, he said, congress will up
hold the veto land we will have no
tax reduction at all"
AS far as K%nutson's 6.5-billion-
dollar measure is concerned, COP
congressman we're touting it on the
grounds that it would spur business,
increase production and relieve the
price-pressure on taxpayers in adj
dition to leaving the government
enough revenue for an 11-billion-
dollar payment on the public debt in
the next two years.
Democrats, Of course, take the
Numerically opposed view, holding
that a tax slash that big would force
the government to borrow money,
threaten national security and him
der the European recovery plan
upon which so much of the current
phase of U. S. foreign policy is
founded.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
LITTLE MAN
And What NOW?

To the senate banking and cur
rency committee came a repre-
sentative of Americas beloved cit
tie man" to talk of imitation and
ask the question "What now?"
Economists may define an infla-
tionary condition as an excess of
demand over supply or a dispro-
portionate amount of money and
credit in relation to exchange, but
to Cyrus J. Waud of Camden, N. j.,
imitation simply means that his $50
a-week salary can't take care of
his wife and six children.
Waud, a cannery worker, told a
story familiar to millions of his CO.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Germ ~'FIypaper'

One of the latest developments in
this century of scientific Wiling
dings is a bacterial fypaper to keep
rooms freer of disease germs.
1t is a chemical that can be put
on floors, blankets or curtains to
catch and hold tiny organisms, in
Guiding those which colds,
when they settle out of the air. I'm
like Hypaper, it doesn't kill, but it
does keep germs from circulating
around the room.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
-WEEKLY NEWS ANAL vs.
Gandhi's Death Leaves India Bitter;
House Prepares Tax Slash Debate,
COP Leaders Confident of Victory;
Released by wNU Features.

EDITORS NOTE: When opinions are oppressed In these columns hey are hose Of
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
ALLEGATIONS:
Steel
Steel

Tentative answer to some Of the
nations most e~xasperating short
ages came into being when the gov
ernment's voluntary ALLEGATIONS pro-
gram moved into low gear with a
commerce department request that
the steel industry guarantee freight
car manufacturers enough steel to
build 10000 cars a month.
How much good this would do
was, like steel supplies, an unknown
quantity.
Present government plans call for
concentrating on freight cars, petro-
leum equipment, farm machinery
and building materials. Steel lead
ers previously had agreed to CO.
operate in the voluntary program.
Major emphasis for the time be-
ing will be IN freight cars, but the
commerce department also plans to
describe other key programs it be-
lieves will require steel ALLEGATIONS
within the next month.
Many government transportation
experts believe the 10, 000-a-month
freight a goal is inadequate.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

horts across the nation: The end
less, ~insufferable rise in prices; the
hand-to-mouth struggle to keep
even with the implacable economic
circumstances which gradually
were beating him down.
With the dispassionate bitterness
of a good U. S. citizen who knows
that it is within his rights but not
within his power to have economic
freedom and comfort for his family
and himself, Waud summed it all
up in the 1948 little mans" tragic
cliche:
"We're not living, we're only
existing"
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
DEATH:
Candhi

Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi, India's
champion, peacemaker, patient
saint, was dead at the age of 78-
a victim of an assassin's bullets.
He died barely two weeks after
Hindus, Sikhs and Moslems alike,
overjoyed at the possibility of peace
that Gandhi's latest fast had pro-
cured for their dominions, were
shouting "Gandhiji XII jai" (long live
Gandhi) in the streets of Delhi.
1t was a violent ending for the
mahatma who all his life had
preached and practised a philosophy
based on an adherence of violence.
A Hindu from Poona approached him
during a prayer meeting and fired
three shots into his body from close
range.
To India and to midas Hindus to
whom Gandhi had devoted his life,
his death was a bitter experience
and a shock that left the already
turbulent sub-continent in an even
more complete state of turmoil.
After the partition of the country
into the dominions of India and
Pakistan Gandhi had been the man
of strong spirit to whom all three
opposing factions, Hindus, Moslems
and Sikhs, had looked for guidance.
And in his last fast, of fve-day
duration, he had given it to them.
He had provided the three clashing
religious groups with a foundation
for peace. His action had tended
to narrow the schism between Mos
lens and Hindus, had lessened the
talk of
Whether his death would undo the
good that the last days of his life
had accomplished remained, for the
time being, an open question.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
KEY HARVESTS:
For Initiation

Any crop failure this year would
endanger greatly the fight on infa-
ton, and the size of the 1948 and
subsequent harvests must be looked
to as the "key" in arresting infa-
tionary trends, DR.. Edwin G..
Nourse, chairman of the Presidents
council of economic advisers said in
a Chicago speech.
If there were better than average
crop conditions this year, prices
would level off, he said.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

were Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Bezdek,
William Hardin, j. H. Crutcher, w.
C. Phillips, A. w. Armstrong and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rangitsch.
A class of so candidates was in
itiated at ceremonies conducted By
the Billings lodge. Among the can
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

1t isn't only loyal Democrats
who r lining up to express their
views in favor of the Marshall
plan. Norman Thomas, perennial
U. S. Socialist leader, also en-
dorsed the scheme in his testi-
mOny before the senate foreign
relations committee. Then, in a
biting statement, he added that he
did not like: (a) commodity spec
ulatorS, (b) Herbert Hoover, (c)
Henry Wallace and Cd the Tru-
man doctrine.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Visit Billings Moose
Lodge Friday Evening

In attendance at the meeting and
dance held by the Billings Moose
at their hall Friday evening
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

dldates was Nh. Rangitsch, who he
came a member of the Laurel lodge.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21

 Ready for
 High Red

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 2l.--- uH-A House committee subpoena will be ready today for J. Peters. the man named as the head of the pre-war Communist underground in this country Right now, Peters is out on bail while awaiting a de- portation hearing, and it is not known just where he is.
 But Immigration Commissioner Watson Miller has promised an early hearing in the deportation case, and then the House Un-Ameri- can Activities Committee will be able to tag Peters with its subpoena,
 Of course, even when the com mittee does get hold of Peters. 1t may not learn very much about the Communist underground. Peter s may refuse to talk. just as several other witnesses have done. However, committee members point out that Peters might be willing to name names in exchange for immunity from deportation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
SOUTH TO SUPPORT M0VEF0R POPULAR
 pRESlDENTIAl VOTE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l-R- Southern Democratic support ap- peared today for move by Sena- tor Lodge (R-Mass) to put presi- dential elections on popular vote basis. M Senators Sparkman (D-Ala) and Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) told a reporter in separate interviews they will back in the next session of Congress a proposal to change the present system by which a states entire electoral college vote is cast for the candidate who tops the popular ballot test.
 Lodge offered in the last session Iand intends to revive proposed constitutional amendment under
 which each candidate would share lin the electoral vote on the precent- Iage of his election day total. Thus an aspirant who lost out by only a few popular votes to his presidential opponent would get
 nearly half of the states support in the electoral college, instead of
 none at all.
 Sparkman said he thinks Southern
 Democrats generally will support the proposal because it would "go long
 way toward doing away with minor | ity rule in this country"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
DUE ON VET INSURANCE,
 REIN5TATED, JULY

Alaskan veterans who reinstated their G. l. insurance just before the July 31 easy reinstatement deadline should pay another month ly premium to the Veterans Admin istration Branch No. II, Exchange Bldg, Seattle. Wash, immediately to prevent the policy lapsing again the VA said today.
 Most veterans who reinstated their National Service Life Insurance last month paid only the required two- months premiums, the VA ex- plained. Under c. I. insurance regu- lations, one premium covered the 30- day grace period before the policy lapsed and the other the month of 
 G. I. Insurance premiums may be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-an- nually or annually. Advance pay ments, other than monthly, are dis counted by the VA and result in even greater economy to the c. l policy holder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
LABOR DISPUTE TO BE
 INVESTIGATED

Ken Bowman, AFL International Representative for Alaska, return ed here yesterday afternoon from Ketchikan in order to investigate the dispute between the AFL Uni ted Alaska Fishermen and Cannery Workers Union and the Douglas Cannery.
 Bowman said this morning that he is still Investigating all angles of the dispute and will be unable to give report until his investi- gation is complete.
 The union claims that it had reached an agreement with the company but that when the con- tract was presented for formal sig nature. found that the company had already signed up with the CIO .. Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
Princes Margaret k
 1S Years Old Today

LONDON. Aug. 2l.-tR-Princess Margaret, officially of age, aban- dons her role of little sister today.
 It is her eighteenth birthday and solemn occasion for the merry Princess whose wit and nat uralness have endeared her to the entire commonwealth.
 All her life, Princess Margaret has been overshadowed by her old CT sister Elizabeth. the heiress pre- sumptive to the throne of Britain But now Elizabeth, expecting her first child in the fall, has virtual ly discontinued public appearances and it falls to Margaret to should CT some of the duties of state.
 Actually, Margaret's coming of age in this case means only that in the event of her succession to the throne she could rule without a regent and that her social re- responsibilities henceforth will be greater. Otherwise, however, she remains a minor until she is 2l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
CONSIDER NAMES
 AT GLACIER BAY
By vERN HAUGHLAND

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l-R-An inlet created by the gradual melt ing of an Alaskan glacier may be manned for the University of Wiscon- sin.
 It is one of 32 places in Glacier Bay National Monument, Southeast Alaska, under study by the U. $. Board on geographic names.
 The National Park Service is pre- pairing a new map of the area, and has asked the Board to designate officially the names for various fea- lures, including those created by the year-to-year recession of the glaciers.
 Many of the names proposed are connected with early expeditions in- to Alaska.
 The feature which has been shown on sonfe maps as Cushing Inlet would be named Wisconsin Inlet, in one proposal before the Board, be- cause of the many University of Wisconsin scientists who have studied the Glacier Bay area. The inlet was formed in recent years by the recession of Plateau Glacier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
PROTEST HIGH TAX ON TOBACCO, PACK OF CIGARETTES 70t

LONDON, Aug. 2l.-th-A trade union leader threatened the Labor Government today with revolt" unless taxes on cigarettes and beer are cut.
 Tt should be clearly understood" |" said General Secretary E. J. Hill in his monthly report to the Boiler makers Union. that the workers in heavy industry do not intend to give up beer drinking and smok- ing and the sooner the tax on them is reduced the better. Other wise they will revolt, and their profound loyalty to the Labor Gov ernment will turn to hostility"
 The Government increased the tobacco tax drastically last spring in an effort to compel a reduction in consumption which would save dollars for other imports. : A cig- arette shortage has resulted. The price has risen to 70 cents for a package of 20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
SOVIET CONSUL BOOKS PASSAGE
 FOR TRIP HOME

NEW YORK, Aug. 21-tR-Soviet Consul Jacob M. Lomakin, whom the State Department has expelled, has booked passage aboard the Swedish American liner Stockholm, sailing next Saturday
 The steamship line said that Lomakin had made reservations for himself and his wife and two children. It said it could not dis close when the discredited envoy had booked his passage.
 A line spokesman said, however:
 We have no record of the book ing here. It was done in Europe.
 The Stockholm plies between New York and Gothenburg. Lomakin's return to Moscow presumably will be made via Finland. Lomakin. accused by the U. S. ot Imisrepresenting the facts in the case of Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, has re- fused to comment on the U. s. de- mand to the Soviet Embassy ir Washington that he be recalled te |Russia.
 Lomakin had claimed he rescued Mrs. Kasenkina from an anti-com- |munist farm retreat, operated by |conntess Alexander Tolstoy.
 After the teachers leap from the Consulate window, however, police quoted her as saying she had beer held prisoner.
 Consulate officials however claimed she was trying to commit suicide and was under great her |vous tension because of the actions of the White Russian anti-Ccm nnunists and American officials.
 The U. s. demand for Lomakin's custer was the latest in a series of charges and countercharges in the case between Washington and Moscow.
 Meanwhile, Dr. Grant Pennoyer hospital resident physician, said Mrs. Kasenkina, who suffered muiti- fractures and internal injuries in her plunge, is improving right along
 MOSCOW, Aug. 2l-R-Soviet papers have not yet carried the news that the U. s. State Depart ment has asked for the recall oi the Soviet Consul General in New York. Jacob M. Lomakin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
ALBERT FISK, FORMER JUNEAU MAN, KILLED
 IN MINING ACCIDENT

Albert L. Fisk. 40, former Juneau resident. was fatally injured in a mine accident at Republic, sWash., Wednesday. according to wire re- ceived here by William H. Riggs, Secretary of the Elks Lodge, from Fisk's brother. Roger L. Fisk.
 Funeral services will be held Mon- day at Valley, Wash. MT. Fisk, be- lieved to have been an employee of the Alaska Juneau Mine many years ago, had been a member of Juneau Lodge No. APO. B. P. O. Elks since 193l He was born December 3l, 1908. in Valley. Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
Greek Army Reported Gaining Against Reds

ATHENS. Aug. 2l.--lR-Uncon- firmed press reports said the Greek Army today closed giant armed pinchers in the Grammos Mountain sector cutting the Communists forces in two.
 The General Staff could not con- firm the report but said the long awaited ,uncture of two Greek armies in that area was possible.
 Casualty figures indicated the Greek Army is paying a high price for victory as their armies roll on. A communique said p men were killed and l48 wounded in the Nes- torian sector alone yesterday. It said 57 dead guerrillas were counted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF HOLDING
 SECRET MEETING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.--lh'-- A closed tight gathering of U. 5 Joint Chiefs of Staffs worked in the quiet of the Naval War College at Newport, R. l.. this weekend on military defense secrets.
 Meeting with Secretary of De- fense Forrestal. the nations wal chiefs were billed to take up a broad study of weapons and con- slider problems of strategic air warfare.
 Gen. Hoyt vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff, was there fresh from observing the Berlin air lift Forrestal was prepared to report on his talks last week with Can- adian defense chiefs.
 Such meetings will be held every few months, the Defense Depart ment said. away from the pressure and interruptions of official Wash- ington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
PAN AMERICAN
 pI0NEER5 NEW
 FLYING METHOD

The long way around is sometimes the shortest line between two points.
 That's what Pan American Air ways master pilots. navigators and weathermen can show practically any day in the airline's trans-Paci- fic flights.
 It's a newly perfected scientific method of navigation called pres sure pattern flying" in which the weather men forecast the winds along flight routes in advance and the captains of the planes shop around for favorable currents.
 The old yankee clipper captains. piloting their rakish craft across the Pacific in the China tea trade used to seek out the prevailing wester- lies" on their way back.
 And so today master pilots of PAA Clippers seek out the winds that will help them along their way by boosting the planes speed in the desired direction.
 These favorable air currents make an important difference in Pacific flights where a plane crosses 1000 miles ocean without stopping. They can take hours off flight time, de- crease gasoline consumption, enable the planes to carry greater loads.
 In the opposite sense, if the pilots and navigators of the plane are not forewarned, and strike air currents blowing them. they are delayed, use more fuel and decrease the pos- sible passengers and cargo loads. As he goes along in flight the pilots instruments, altimeters, baro- meters and such, show him where he is in relation to the weather pressure pattern map. He regulates his course accordingly. But since pressure areas are constantly chang ing, the captain may find that the air currents have changed somewhat in the short time since the weather reports were incorporated into his map. He can then figure the possible path of the currents, shop around in the upper reaches of the air until he finds the winds he wants.
 He can also receive adjusted wea- ther reports by radio while in flight that help him in plotting his course. The resulting course sometimes rep resents a deviation of a couple of hundred miles from straight line.
 Pan American Airways pioneered this new and scientific form of air craft navigation. It sounds simple, but it is no game for amateurs, they point out. Only experts can, get results in pressure pattern fly ling. The men who master-mind it are not only fliers and navigators, they are weather specialists in ad- dition.
 The technique is being steadily developed and improved as exper- fence and training grow. PAA. al- though it is their own development. are not selfish about the thing They are sharing their knowledge of flying with master pilots and navi- gators of other air lines
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof arriving here south- bound 4 p. m. Monday.
 Square Sinnett sailed north from Seattle at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. Coastal Monarch sailed north bound from Seattle Thursday. George Washington due north bound at 3 pm. Monday.
 Princess Norah arriving north- bound this afternoon or evening. Aleutian leaving Seattle today. Jumper Hitch scheduled to sail northbound August 26.
 FISH BAY
 Mrs. Kenny Westfall and Allen Westfall from Fish Bay are visiting in Juneau, and staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
Weekly Salmon paek Report
 Shows Decrease

SEATTLE, Ang. 2l.-tR-Alaska' $ salmon pack totaled 2.745,994 cases through August IA, compared with 3,388,897 cases at about the same date last year, the. Federal Fish and Wlidlife Service reported today.
 The pack was lower this year in all major districts. Figures for Aug. IA this year and Aug. l6, l947; Western Alaska. 1,373,443 and l,4l8,- 266; Central Alaska, l,187,9l9 and 1 ,668, ,887; Southeast Alaska. l95,- 632 and 301, ,744.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
NAVY SHIP E DUE IN SEATTLE WITH
 pRIbIL0F CARGO

SEATTLE, Aug. 2l. = R = The Navy cargo ship Thuban is due in Seattle today with a $4,000.0O0 load of seal skins and by-products from the annual sealing expedition to the Pribilof Islands north of the Aleutians.
 Seal skins will go to St. Louis for auctioning. The proceeds, under an international agreement for con- troled sealing operations. will go to Russia. Canada and the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
NLRB Charges ILWU Violating Provisions
 Of Taft-HartIey At|

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2l--tR- Harry Bridges CIO Longshoremer must appear before National La. bor Relations Board trial examiner here Sept. to answer an NLRF complaint charging them with vio- lating the Taft Hartley Act. The complaint was issued yester- day by Regional NLRB Director Gerald Brown. It cited the Inter- national Longshoremens and Ware lhousemen's Union and two affiliated groups with refusing to bargain in good faith and by insisting upon a hiring hall arrangement which is illegal"
 The Waterfront Employers Asso- oiation filed unfair labor practice charges against the ILWU last June 10. a few days before scheduled coastwide strike by five maritime unions.
 The strike was averted by feder- Ial court injunction which expires Sept. 2. A second injunction to ex- tend the strike ban could result from the Sept. l hearing.
 The employers, in a stand upheld by the NLRB this week. have main tained that hiring halls in which dispatchers are union members arc illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act They have insisted 0n impartial third parties" for dispatchers.
 The controversy has been the principal issue in the deadlock over Ia new contrnct toSfepIaee- the 0sIt which expired June Is. But last night a coastwide caucus of the H. WU declared settlement of the hir- ing hall issue would not settle the projected Sept strike
 The caucus rejected final off err by the WEA which included a five percent wage increase.
 West Coast employers have de- elined to follow the lead of At- lantic and Gulf Coast shipowners who have agreed to continue a union dispatcher hiring hall ar rangement with the National Mari time Union unless the Supreme Court rules it illegal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-21
District Attorney Conduds Gambling
 Raid al Anchorage

ANCHORAGE. Aug. 21-Former Anchorage City Council candidate Walter B. Orr was arrested early yesterday morning and charged with maintaining and operating a gambling house here. He was re- leased on $1,00O bail. The arrest was made by a party of leading law enforcement officials including the District Attorney. Deputy U. s. Marshal, Chief of Police and Police Captain.