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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
REPUBLICAN
HARMONY IS
GIVEN BLOW
Coleman Quits Committee
with Blast at Chair
man Hugh Scott

WASHINGTON, June % = -
Vice Chairman Thomas E. Cole
man quit the Republican Strategy
Committee today with a blast at
GCP National Chairman Hugh D.
Scott, Jr., for failure to keep the
group moving along"
Coleman, Wisconsin Republican
finance chairman, wrote Scott that
ne no longer can spend the time
or take the responsibility Tor a
committee that is not moving
along"
"The responsibility must be
yours the vice chairman said.
Coleman's step was a t.ow to
party harmony that Scott has
teen publicly stressing since he
won 81 to SO vote OF conf 'dence
and kept his job at a January
meeting of the COP National Com
mittee in Omaha.
The 23-member strategy cnmrlit-
tee, which Scott heads, was formed
at Omaha. 1t grew out of agree
ment that the party needed new
machinery to put over its view
point.
Scott had called the group into
session here today for the first
time since its organization April "a
Coleman said in his letter to
Scott that he believes the strategy
group has merit because it COM
Lines Republican men and women
experienced in politics on state ana
national levels into small enough
group to be effective"
However" he said, your long
delay in appointing members d
1.-THE committee and the executiv;
committee has caused the loss CT
several months of working time
during this session of Congress.
The strategy committee was
created in Omaha in January Now
at the end of June, it has had ne
opportunity to be of any particular
service to the party"
On the other hand, Coleman
said, the Republican Senatorial
and Congressional committee
have been functioning effectivel,
and our state organizations ar
iooing much more than usual il
preparing for the 1850 election
Which l think we will win"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
1873 SEATS
OF 262 ARE
LIBERALS
Prime Minister Louis 81.
Laurent Given Per-
sona| Triumph

TORONTO, June 28.--tA- The
Liberal party of Prime Minister
Louis st. Laurent has won a
smashing political victory reminis-
cent of the 1886 landslide OF the
Roosevelt New Deal.
Returns today from the, national
election showed the Liberals-Can-
ada's nearest equivalent to Dem
ocrats-had won 1893 OF the 262
seats in a new House OF Commons.
They led in all the provinces but
Alberta. 1t was the greatest party
triumph in Canadian history.
The Progressive Conservatives,
the main opposition party. took AZ
seats. The other Commons men,
bers will come from minor parties.
The Canadian party dominating
the House of Commons names the
government. The Liberals now have
mandate until 1854 That will run
their incumbency to 10 years they
took over from the Conservatives
In 1885,
1t was personal triumph for
st. Laurent, who has been In poll
tics only eight years. The soft
spoken French Canadian, 81 years
old, assumed the Prime Ministry
last November when w. 1. Macken-
zie King bowed out because Of i'll
health King personally selected st.
Laurent to lead the Liberals to VIC
tory--and the staunchest Conserva-
tive could admit today that King
, was smart.
| There were 2ls seats in the last
Commons, and the Liberals held las.
, The greatest triumph ever run up
by party, until yesterday, was in
1910. That year the Liberals took
178 Of 245 seats.
The Social Credit party. which
governs Alberta, won 10 seats there
yesterday against the Liberals five.
The Socialists cooperative Com
monwealth Federation took IL seats
in five provinces. Independents
took the remaining five.
All 10 Communist candidates lost.
So did all the is women running.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
HOT WEATHER
SPELL BROKEN,
SOME AREAS
Cool All, Rain Brings Some
Relief : Cool Wave
Reported in West
(By the Associated Press

Cool air and rain brought tenn
porary relief to many areas in the
nations hot weather telt today.
The dry-stricken Northeastern
states didn't get much rain to help
the whiting crops, but cooling
breezes from the Hudson Bay re-
gion broke long hot spell in many
sections.
Rain over many Midwest states
also brought temporary relief from
the hot humid weather. Heavy falls
we're reported in parts in Missouri,
Kansas and Nebraska,
COOL AIR MOVES IN
New York, sweltering in hot and
humid weather and without sub
stantial falls of rain for 80 days,
got welcome relief last night as
the mass of cool air moved in The
weather bureau at the city's inter-
national airport at Idlewild,
Queens, reported 10-degree drop
from 81 to II degrees-in three
minutes.
The New England states, rainless
and hot most of June, reported
temperatures in the 70's, a drop in
some areas Of from 10 to 20 de-
grees.
RAIN BRINGS RELIEF
There were thunderstorms in
parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska. The weather bureau re-
ported fall Of All inches In six
ours at Tarkio, Mo-: 3.54 inches in
six hours at Concordia, Kans.; and
214 inches at Omaha in three
hours. In Omaha, asphalt streets
were buckled by the rain, piling
i ashpalt three feet high. At nearby
Council Bluffs, Ia, traffic was
blocked on the main street 80
minutes by high water.
COLD WEATHER WEST
While the East Midwest and
Southern states suffered in the
heat and humidity yesterday, cold
weather covered most OF Idaho and
the mercury dipped to below freez-
ing in Central Oregon. Wheat crops
we're believed damaged by frost
in Central Oregon. The cold
weather blackened potato and pea
vines and nipped wheat and other
crops in Eastern Idaho.
Airplanes cruised over the South
Central Idaho area to keep 80.0c0
acres OF Camas County wheat crop
from freezing. The cruising planes
famed the surface air blanket
tending to ward off the freezing
Temperatures.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
TAFT PLAN
N5TRIkE5
GETS 0kEH
Government May Use Both
|njuneiions, Plant Seiz-
ures in Emergency

WASHINGTON, June %. -R-
The Senate today approved the
plan of Senator Taft R-Ohio) for
the government to use both injunc-
tons and plants seizure in dealing
with national emergency strikes.
The vote was so to 40.
1t wrote this proposal into the
Truman Administrations labor bill
at the climax of a bitter scrap
over what provisions should be
made in new labor law to meet
the problem of strikes which threat
ened the national health or safety.
The acceptance of the Taft plan
altered the Administrations bill
still further toward the likeness of
the Taft-Hartley law which the
Democrats and President Truman
are pledged to repeal
In the preliminaries to accept
ance, the Senate took these three
votes:
/. An amendment by Senator
Holland (D-Fla) and others provid-
ing for injunctions without seizure
was defeated 81 to ST.
g.. A move by Senator Lucas GIL
W., the Democratic leader, to
knock out the injunction authority
from Taft's plan. This lost, 46-44.
3. A proposal by Senator Ives
(R-NY) authorizes neither injunc-
lions nor seizure, but depending
on Congress to act in national
emergencies case by case. This is
substantially the same amendment
that was defeated 81 to ID week
ago. Today the vote against it was
81 to 40.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
Liberals Win Smashing Victory in Canada
OVER 8 HUNDRED
ARE UNEMPLOYED,
FAIRBANKS AREA
June JobIess Total Breaks
Record-Mine Workers
threaten Strike

FAIRBANKS, June 28.-tH Ter-
ritorial employment officials ek-
pressed concern over total of 645
men and women unemployed this
month in Fairbanks. the highest
June jobless mark on record.
Milton Ward, director of the Ter
ritorial Employment Office, said
new applicants are streaming in
daily, A new applications being
registered in a single day last week.
He said that normally applica-
tions run from zero to 100" dur
ing June, which ordinarily is. the
peak employment month in the
Territory.
Most applicants, he said, are UNI
skilled or semi-skilled workers, but
several skilled workers and crafts
mr. also are on the list.
Further deterioration on the job
situation is seen in the threatened
OIL INT vi dll Udliko lIllllC WOIkCko
against the u. S. Smelling Com
pany, scheduled to come off July /.
Although the union claims about
200 members it is estimated that
double that number would be
thrown out of work.
Union members will vote tomor-
row night whether to accept an
agreement, reached by union Off
GERS and Fairbanks city officials to
keep the mining company power
plant at sufficient capacity to pre-
vent interruption on the output Of
mining concerns for its domestic
power supply.
Ii the union membership fails
to ratify the agreement, all but a
small business area OF the city will
be without electricity. However.
Frank Angerman, union organizer,
predicted ratification because. Our
contentious are with the company,
not with our neighbors.'
The dispute centers around a
wage increase demand.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28

CRISIS IN
BRITAIN
Com mon wealth Confer :
enee Called for Facing
Serious Problem
(By Associated Press

Britain has called a British Com
monwealth conference to deal with
a deepening financial crisis. The
Finance Ministers of the British
nations are faced with a serious
problem of fast-draining gold and
dollar reserves.
Investors in England are selling
their government securities to
serious extent. British manutac-
tured goods are finding the going
hard in dollar areas. Eveli sales
of raw products like tin, rubber,
cocoa and wool are falling elf.
Finance Ministers of Canada.
Australia, Ceylon, India, New zea-
land, Pakistan and South Africa
will confer in London early in July
with Prime Minister Clement Attlee
and Economics Chief Sir Stafford
Grips.
The crisis has come to head be-
cause the year-old system Of pay
ments among Marshall Plan coun-
tries is up fer revision. The old
system by which nations settled
their affairs on a bi-lateral basis
ends Thursday Britain wants the
bi-lateral system retained. believing
it is more easily controlled. II does
not provide for payments in dollars,
Come ether countries are proposing
that currency be fully convertible
in dollars and gold as spur to
international trade. The United
States is supporting the latter
system.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
The w ashinqton
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
copyrisht. 1919, BY Bell Syndicate. Inc.

WASHINGTON = The State De-
partment's DR.. Philip Jessup, trail
ing home after the failure of the
Big Four conference in Paris, was
reflecting on the high hopes which
preceded that conference.
Jessup had been in on the dis
cussions with Gromyko before the
conference, and he remembered
May 3 particularly. That was the
day when the final Russian note
was delivered to him in New York,
the day when all the world WON
dered what was in that note. Would
the Russians say yes or no?
The note reached Jessups office,
No. Park Avenue, in the morning.
and he knew it was the fatal docu-
ment that would tell whether the
blockade of Berlin was to be lifted.
He knew it was the climax Of his
weeks of secret negotiations and
hidden meetings with Malik and
Gromyko.
But nobody in his office could
ffyc,tty,i,od ~, paOa To,,rl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle in port and
sails westward at 9 tonight.
Princess Kathleen from Vancouv-
er in port.
Prince George scheduled to sail
from Vancouver tonight.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday, pm.
Denali scheduled to sail from Sc
attic Thursday.
Aleutian scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 28.-~tR--Clos-
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 3. American
Can 89A, Anaconda 20. Curtiss-
Wright 8A, International Harvester
243s, Kennecott 42%. New York
Central 10. Northern Pacific 1915,
U. S. Steel 20S4, Pound s402ia.
Sales today were 100000 shares.
Averages today are as follows
industrials 1851, rails 4319, util-
tiles 3414.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
So FIRE CALL

A SO fire alarm last night at $3.50
O'Clock brought out the Fire De-
partment to the Spickett Apart
ments on Fifth and Gold Streets
because OF smoking motor on a
refrigerator. Slight damage was re-
ported.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28
WEATHER REPORT

70. 8, WEATHER BUREAU I
tThis data is for 24-hour PEI
riod ending $50 am. psf I
In Juneau Maximum, 66; I
minimum, IS.
At Airport Maximum, 81;
minimum, 40.
FORECAST
Juncsa and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy with occas-
ional light rain tonight and
Wednesday. Lowest tempera-
ture tonight around As de-
grees. Highest Wednesday
near So. Scutheasterly winds
as high as rs miles per hour,
r r T. lPIT TION
tPast .. hours endins 7;ao m today
In Juneau None: since
June /. 800 inches; since
July l, 1889 inches.
At Airport = None; since
June l, 4:30 inches; since
July l, 1925 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28

Because of Egypt's dry climate.
more of the objects used by its an
cient citizens have been preserved
than those of the ancient citizens
OF Greece and Rome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28

In parts OF upper Egypt rain falls
only about once in every five years.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-28

CONTINUED On Page Four
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14
esvsissy iashfvts fss Amsfissn Dsms<sssy. lac.

lobb, and putting millions 81 ten
ant> at the uncontrolled mercy OF
greedy landlords.
The new law will not phase those
who believe that rent should be
frozen forever at pre-war levels nor
will it please those who believe
that landlords should be able To-
rroiiteer freely against the victims
ri the housing shortage
The highlights OF the bill are
these
|. Rent control is extended Is
months Ia June 81. l9Nn
States and localities ma, end
rent control earlier ii conditions in
their area 81 warrant t,osernor>
approval is required IN local de.
control.
J. Landlords are IA receive. not
whatever the market will bear. but
a lair net operating income
I The Housing ENpcditcr ,an re-
control areas that he mat release
from controls ii subsequent events
justify recontrol.
$ The Housing ENpeditcr ma, sue
for triple damages i'll black market
rent eases. plugging up a loopiolc
in the old law which lett the legal
expenses ri a suit 10 the tenant.
q. Controls OF cvictions are tight
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14

lie he held the post OF secretary
emeritus oi the American Federation
oi Labor which he saw grow from
an organization OF 2S0,ONW members
To It's present strength Of nearly
S.taN.ihM trade u%nionists.
\ kindly whiie-haired gentleman
oi the old school. Frank Morrison
was held III the warmest regard by
the veterans oi labor's fight for a
place in the sun. He was an active
figure in many OF labor's historic
struggles during the era when the
rights OF trades unions TO mere ex-
~istencc was often challenged by pow
eriul employers and their allies, hos
tile pallce forces and injunction
Judges. He stood shoulder To shout
der with Samuel Gompers, whom he
served under Tor ~ wears. i'll the bat
ties which make up such a large
part OF the early history OF organ
ICED labor in North America.
%lForty-one years ago, in a histor-
zeal fight against the issuance oi
injunctions i'll industrial disputes
Frank Morrison, Gompers, and Johr
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14

Mitchell OF the United Mine Wor-
kers were tried on a charge OF con
tempt of court. They were found
guilty and sentenced to Jail terms
However, the American Federation
oi Labor carried its case 10 the
United States Supreme Court twice
and the case was finally dismissed.
Mr.. Morrison continued to work
hard TO publicize labor's arguments
against the use OF the inJunctions Tor
the benefits OF unfair employers. Fin
ally, in 1914. he had the satisfaction
ni seeing the Clayton Act passed. AT
that time il was believed that this
law would stop the injunction per
secu,ion Tor good. but later i, was
found that the new statute had too
many loopholes. Labor was forced
To renew lis light and Mr.. Morrison
PLAYED al, important role III the
campaign which eliminated III the
passage oil the Norris-LaGuardia Act
in 1882.
In addition to his part i'll the drive
10 eliminate the injunction abuses,
Mr.. Morrison became known as a
champion OF the shorter work week
and as an advocate OF measures to
eliminate child labor. He was also
active in backing legislation which
resulted iii the creation OF the De-
partmcnt OF Labor. In the political
sphere. he helped form the AFL's
traditional non-partisan policy and
Tor several years served as chairman
OF the organizations national non
partisan political campaign COM
mittee.
Born in I'ranktown. Ontario, Can
ada. on November .. 1889. Mr.. Nor
risen became an American citizen in
1880 in Chicago. He began his ca
reer as a printer and throughout
his life he maintained membership
in the Chicago Typographical I'm
ION. He also studied law and OBJ
tanned a degree in 1905 at Lake For
est University. He was admitted to
the Illinois bar and practiced law in
Chicago.
His election as AFI. secretary
came at the first convention he at.
tended as a delegate from the In
ternational Typographical Union. A
that time the AFT. was only IS year:
old. From his election in 1896, Mr.
Morrison witnessed the stead,
growth OF the organization during
the 43 years he served as its sec
rotary. Because OF his capabilitie:
and the great respect which unioi
members held for him, he was neve
opposed in an election over tina
43-year period. His retirement came
as the United States was drawn
closer to the struggle which deman-
ded the energy OF a younger mar
in the post Of AFL secretary.
During the first World War, Mr.
Morrison served the nation with dis.
tinction as a member OF the exec
uti,e committee of the National De
tense Advisory Council and chair
man of the National Committee Oh
Wages and Hours. For his service
he received an official commenda
ton from the government.
While Mr.. Morrison devoted hi
life to the cause Of labor organiza
tons. he was a man Of many inter
ests and affiliated with other ira
%ternal, religious and social organ
zations.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14
Morrison, Retired
AFL Secretary, Dies

Wishington-Frank Morrison. one
ui the pioneers oil the American labor
movement and secretary OF the AM
crican Federation OF Labor Tor 43
wears until his retirement i'll 1910,
died here at the age OF 50.
Always in the forefront OF organ
izcd labor's struggles during his
active service in the labor movement.
Mr.. Morrison maintained his Keen in
terest in trade unionism and eco
nomicproblcms after his retirement.
During the last few years OF his
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14
CAPITOL COMMENT

ANliAHk NiAtAfAtN 81 lAtAAN0 -
teey energies pretty clearly a. a
switch on an old military maxim
The COP has abandoned futile q
forts To divide and conquer in
iavor oi Divide and Ob>truot"
Currently the Republican PARTY
has divided itself wide enough to
work both sides oi the street. Some
time, this feat has been achieved
b, the same speaker in the same
speech.
On one side ii the stree, the
COP i, appealing 10 reactionarie>
with charges that the Fair Deal pre-
gram i Socialism"
On the other side vi the street
the COP is seeking 10 blame the
Democrats ior failure to pass the
Truman Fair Deal program over
the obstruction OF the COP and
any temporary allies the COP can
lind by sacrificing pledges and prin-
, cihles Tor the sake Of temporary
obstructionism.
This program is getting pretty
good cooperation from the press al
though the transparency OF the Re
publican hypocrisy on the iilihuster
issue was too much even for many
normal, 100 per cent Republican
Papers.
But in general ii any Truman
measure is debated at any length or
amended in the slightest degree this
becomes a resounding rebuff for the
President and proof that the No
vembcr election was actually a man
date Tor a continuation oi Repuhli-
canism OF the stripe enacted by the
Stth congress.
SO write the pundits. with the
S,amc solemn certainty with which
they elected Governor Dewey to
the Presidency.
Ii. on the other hand. Repuhli-
can efforts To obsruci legislation iail.
dN W fiNii llt iAtiiid> Hilt NiN itiNf'
eded out OF Senate committee with
out amendment. this is hailed As die
,atorial. "steamrolline" and a
wicked violation OF sound legislative
practice.
Thus a good many Republican
papers manage To work both sides
oi the street along with the Republi-
can Congressional team.
This week. talking to a sympa-
thetic audience Of Mayors who
know first-hand how much the Fair
Deal program means to the people
Of their cities. President Truman
faced the divide Gnd Ohstruct"
scheme and discussed il IN plain
words
He said Il have been much in
~tcrestcd in the attempts of the usual
trouble-makers to make il appear
that there is bad feeling between
the Eiehtv-First Congress and the
President Of the United States.
1T seems that whenever | make
a recommendation to the Congress.
many newspapers and columnists
set up a howl about the President
trying to dictate to the Congress.
The new rem control law protects
both the tenants and the landlord.
95 COP Congressman and II Re
publican Senators wanted no law
whatsoever and So voted.
Thus the Republicans placed them
selves on record as iavoring the in
terests OF the real estate lobby over
the interests OF the rest OF the
country.
The new law is evidence that the
Democratic Administration does not
desire to retain wartime controls
lust for the sake OF retaining power,
1t is also evidence that the Demo-
~cratic Administration wants To place
the maximum possible responsible
itv III the hands ii state and local
governments.
At the same time. It shows that
he administration is not discrimin-
ating against property owners nor
i il surrenderine to the real estate
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14
AFL Plasterers Union
Wins Health Benefit

New Nork-Ecgunue MAJ /.
! $40 workers affiliated Xi,h the
pla,icring ndu,trg IN ihi, area will
receive health and lie insurance
benciri as It rtsalt ~ All agreement
hct~,cn Local 90 III the AfI', op-
craiise pla,i,rcr. aud cement iini-
>hcr International Association
and several cmplp,rr groups. II was
announced here.
Nccorins 10 the term, u the agree
mcui. Hluc Crp,, disqualification
hcnciii, lor union member, and their
family dependents viii be provided
through Associated Hospital Service
Ncw York, Blue ,ro,, Plan Lie
insurance amounting a. $1,000 and
u am,ai, mp to SlS1 inr surgery viii
al>n be- provided io union member.
through the Union ahor itc In
,urance tomran,
Nc ,au ike without r%,lri,ai
spccehc, aud economists, statistic,
hut where 4, the worker who an
MAINTAIN uni,n Wages without lu,
ine Union J abel goods
We hiam muior wages cdllcsiN
eIs hui don't forget We MAINTAIN
them /, buinc i~ndNiduallv De
maud the Union | abel. shop lard
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14

cn,d 10 plug another %loopholc aud
the i. called ",oluuiar,' Is per
cent increase provision l. ended
Credit lar the drica, ii the real
estate lohh, and the anti control
Republican, should ~ IN large part
Ia the t%irclc>s work al senator, lu
cas-. sparkman and Masbank aud
Congressman Mccormack. Spance
and Buchanan IN committee and
during debate.
Montana labor news., 1949-04-14

Worker. with the know-how never
ask. How know" They look for
the Union Label.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
7 Hurt in SaiIp|ane Crash
On Prince Georges Farm

Clarence Joseph Clements. jr.,
20, of 9418 Wire avenue. Silver
Spring, was reported recovering
today from back sprain and other
minor injuries received yesterday
in the crash of a sailplane near
Accokeek, Prince Georges County.
Mr.. Clements, laboratory
supervisor at the Engineering Re-
search Corp, Riverdale, is a pa
tient in Providence Hospital.
A companion, Ralph Thomas
Queen. Is. a Catholic University
engineering student, escaped with
less serious injuries when the
craft crashed on the Middleton
farm and broke in two.
State police at Waldorf said the
accident was due to a down draft.
It occurred when the flyers sought
to make a landing. They had
taken of. from Beacon Airfield,
Alexandria. a short time before.