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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
5IEAMtR MOVEMfNTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow.
 Denali scheduled to arrive at g o'clock tonight and sails at 10:30 for Sitka and westward.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar rive at am. Sunday and sails south at 10. a,m. st i. Alaska from west scheduled south some time Sunday via Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 4.-tR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 89A, Anaconda 31A, Curtiss- Wright 9, International Harvester 24A, Kennecott 46ss,. New York Central 107s, Northern Pacific 14h. U. s. Steel 715s, Pound S4O3A.
 Sales today were 730000 shares. . Averages today are as follows: ndustrials l73.66, rails 47.50, util- ties 34.63.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
INSPECTOR ON TOUR
 SOUTHEAST AIRp0RT5

Don Gretzer, Chief of the Air men Division of the Territory ot Alaska is in Juneau today on an inspection tour of Southeast Alaska airports and bases. He arrived yes- terday from the regional offices in Anchorage. Getzer will be &C., companied by Norman J. O'Brien, Coordinator of Aviation Safety, Ju- neau District Civil Aeronautics Au- thoriity office.
 Scheduled for today is an inspec- tion of the Juneau Airport, Alaska Airplane Charter Inc, Alaska Coastal Airlines and hop to skagway and Haines for a looK at air bases there. Tomorrow the two will go to Sitka and Hoonah, Sun day to Petersburg, Monday to Wrangell and Ketehikan and Tues day to Annette.
 Gretzer will continue his tour to Seattle next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
CALL FOR BIDS ON
 400-BED ANS HOSPITAL

Call for bids on the 400-bed Alaska Native Service hospital planned for construction at An chorage went out this week, ac- cording to Rheinhold Brust, assist ant superintendent of ANS.
 Bids for the hospital unit will be opened April 26 at Seattle and sent to Washington, D. O., for re- ylew and announcement of award.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
ANGEL OF YALE DIED TODAY Al
 NEW HAVEN HOME

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March A. R-James Rowland Angel, Presi- dent Emeritus of Yale University, died at his home here today after a long illness. He was 79 years of age.
 He retired as Yale's President in 1887 subsequently, becoming educa- tional advisor for the National Broadcasting Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
FOR SALE

NEW attractive 2 bedroom home, good neighborhood, unfurnished- $13,650. FIVE BEDROOMS. downtown, furn- ished, needs repairs-s12,000. OTHER residential property in all price ranges. BUSINESS and investment proper- ty also available.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
RJRFORDS TO STATES
 FOR BUSINESS TRIP

MT. and Mrs. Jack Burford left yesterday by Pan American Air ways for a quick business trip to the States They plan to be gone for about two weeks and will tyav- el east as far as Michigan before returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

There are about 137,00O clergymen in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

WOMAN wants work of any kind by day or week. Ph. Blue 655
 45 (
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

l947 GMC pickup; l941 Lodge F.
 ton panel; l941 Plymouth 4-door Sedan. R. w. Bowling Co. IS tt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
TOR RENT

ROOM for working girls with
 kitchen privileges. Phone Blue 127. 36 If
Evening star., 1949-03-20
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. Hard-fnished Worsteds Shakskins! Naheads! Sipes
A|-woo| TropcaIs!

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finished worsteds or tropco|s in spring shades OF
blue, tan, brown and grey. Single and double
breasted models Regular sizes 36 to "a, long 81 to
49, short 3o to ID, stout 40 to SOL An excellent
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Evening star., 1949-03-20
|a933!3: CURTAINS

Mercerized cotton moroul-
sette, 90" wide for cr'ss- S
crossing; e3". r., 81" or
90" lengths. Ivory color
with 51z" setup ruffIe.
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Evening star., 1949-03-20
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Royon norquisette with
"Watoset" shrnkoee con- 90
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to the poir; g.. Y" or
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Evening star., 1949-03-20
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printed stripes and fIoro| ~
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Evening star., 1949-03-20

Cotton doveno or studio
couch covers in small or TX
Ioroe floral prints. Noturo'. A'S~
orey, rose, blue or green
grounds.
The Hecht Co., Downstairs Store Upholstery
Evening star., 1949-03-20

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feothers. 2O0o down, fin - 90
ished with removable Zip -
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Evening star., 1949-03-20

Seconds. Soft Cannon cot ~
ton sheet bIonkets in plaid .Z6
designs, size 66"x76".
Choice color combinations in
blue. rose OF ereen.A 49,: -,
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Evening star., 1949-07-19

entertainment world. Altogether,
it promises to rank with such cele-
brated carnivals as the Hughes
Brewster, Elizabeth Bentley. etc.
sessions Of precious memory.
The new hearings. however. will
be. run by a member of Congress
who has never been known to
grab at a headline. The frock
coat invariably worn by Senator
Hoey of North Carolina typifies
the old-fashioned dignity of his
personality; with it and his flow-
ing gray locks he is one who
looks like a Senator"
Hoey Noted for Action.
But Senator Hoey has been
governor Of his rich, progressive
State and he is no Southern
stereotype in political action or
anything else. 1t was noticeable
that when another North Caro-
Imam, Secretary Of War Gray
learned that a Hoey committee
was after two of his generals
Secretary Gray took immediate
steps to put his department in the
clear by suspending the generals
There is even a rumor that the
Senator wants the hearings con-
fined to a small room minus the
newsreels, though it is doubtful
If Washington will consent to be
robbed in such fashion. In any
case the hearings will run their
course under the experienced guild
Evening star., 1949-07-19

States. Y u o. eenap"ns nro"n'
slavia and Spain are typical IL
Illustrations of the distinction.
CavendiSh Cannon. the Ameri-
can ambassador at Belgrade. has
been instructed to leave no stone
unturned to persuade Tito to ac-
cept economic aid from the
United States to make up for the
losses which his anti Moscow
policy has caused Yugoslavia.
Never Friendly to U. s.
Tito has never been friendly to
this country. In fact. at one
time he ordered his fighter planes
to shoot down an American
transport, causing the deaths of
five American flyers. Tito also
has told us in recent months that
we must not consider his break
with the Cominform as any indi-
cation that he is disavowing
communism.
The Yugoslav dictator has be-
come the standard bearer of the
variant of the Moscow brand Of
communism. He is a nationalist
Communist. Yet we are prepared
to help him-ruthless as he re-
mains as a dictator-with the
same things we are providing the
Western democratic nations.
From the old-fashioned, real
istic point Of view this is good
politics. We are not interested
in what form of government he
has in his country. So long as
he is willing to play ball with
us, does not allow Yugoslavia to
become a springboard for even
tual Eastern aggression, and is
willing to stop Communist guer-
rilla incursions from Yugoslavia
into Greece, it is to our advantage
to help him. regardless Of his
political and social beliefs.
Many observers in Washington
wonder, however, why the same
realism is not adopted by Secre-
tary of State Acheson toward
Spain, whose strategic Importance
in Western Europe is admitted
by the general stats of the West
ern nations, and whose economic
Evening star., 1949-07-19
New Senate Carnival
Hoey Hearings on Influence Business
To Be Upper.Bracket Entertainment

ance of Counsel William P. Rogers.
Mr.. Rogers. the Pentagon doubt
less recalls shudderingly, is the
man who started the Air Force
procurement general, Benny Meyer
on his way to jail.
Some Of those who have given
thought to the vast proportions
of the influence business have al
ready fixed upon one possible de-
terrent. They are ready to pro-
pose legislation requiring S per
centers to register, exactly as lob
byists do. and also requiring busi-
ness firms to register the names
of all those they employ to get
business here for them.
The fact is that the lobbyist
statute itself requires revision and
Tightening. as a lobbying inquiry
and some court cases now under
judicial advisement are expected
to prove. The statute can well be
opened up to include both fields.
Remedies to Be Sought.
Ample discussion of possible
remedies for the influence situa-
ton will take place in the Hoey
hearings. 1t is understood that
in many instances. improprieties
rather than venality are involved
of kind that criminal prosecu-
tions cannot touch but publicity
can.
There is no present intention of
calling Gen. Vaughan to testify
though he will OF course be per-
mitted to answer such references
to him as may be made. The gen.
eral has been claimed as a spe-
cial friend by one of the per
centers and he has replied to the
effect that influence was just an
old Washington custom.
That is true and there is a cer-
tain amount of hypocrisy in some
Of the hand-wringing now going
on. especially in Congress, whose
ex-members, hating to go back to
Pocatello, settle here and get along
the best way they can. But it is
equally true that this administra-
ton has been as thoroughly un-
discriminating in its contacts as
any since the Harding era. So
cially. it Is almost notorious for
its nose for free food and liquor.
The new hearings may shed light
on how far that lack of .discrimi-
nation reaches.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

than his prices and profits permit.
But the question does not arise in
that simple fashion. 1t grows out OF
the effect of price, profit and wage
policies on the national economy,
plus the effect on the economy
of the interruption Of essential
production by large-scale work
stoppages.
1t is the labor organizations
that have made the issue. The
ground work of the present dis
pute between the steel industry
and the steel workers was laid
back in December, 1945, during a
strike of the auto workers against
General Motors. Walter Reuther,
for the union, declared the work.
ers would forgo a wage increase
if the company could prove 1t
would make a price increase nee
essary. This probably was the
most dramatic effort in the history
of American labor to persuade the
American people that the inter-
ests of labor and the public are
Identical.
Startled by Proposition.
The proposition startled not
only industry leaders. but many
labor leaders. Some old-line trade
unionists openly demurred. Gen.
orally speaking, while they were
accustomed to seek the support of
public opinion in any battle that
upset the public's convenience,
the settlements when made sell
dom took the public's interest into
account. II higher wages meant
higher prices, that was simply the
public's bad luck.
Even Philip Murray, head of the
C1O and. in that capacity, Mr..
Reuther's chief. was slow to in
Evening star., 1949-07-19
On the Record
All Governments Seldom Tell
Their People the Whole Truth

States holds her present power
position in the world.
Never. in history. not even in
the free trade world of the 10Th
century. has there been equili-
brium in the balance of payments
between nations, without external
aid from the chief creditors. II, in
the 10Th century, Britain and
France had not perpetually made
loans there would have been a
shortage Of pounds and francs as
there is now a dollar shortage.
And. by setting q time limit on
Marshall aid instead Of working
out an enduring policy. we are
fostering exactly what we aim to
avoid.
Autarchies Developing.
Looking toward 1852 every Eu-
ropean nation-and in the first
line Great Britain-has drawn up
a national plan to remedy the
deficit in its payments by in
creased self -sufficiency. What is
developing is not European eco
nomic unity and multilateral
trade but many partial autarchies
which will ultimately result in
universal discrimination against
the purchase of American goods.
II. however, this happens,
American recession will increase.
and the slump here will be ex-
ported abroad with disastrous po-
litical consequences.
This is not to say that such
measures as the Marshall Plan
can be indefinitely continued at
the same volume. Many different
possibilities must be combined
gifts. private credits, use of gold.
the international monetary fund
and above all. energetic meas
ures to counteract every sign OF
recession in the United States, OF
which a bold Federal housing
plan would probably be today the
ideal pump-priming instrument.
But Europe must know that no
American Congress is suddenly
going to scuttle into wholly illu-
sorry safety"
Whether we like it or not. the
United States must be continue
ously a heavy exporter of capital,
a strong buyer of foreign prod
ucts, a courageous investor in our
own economy, whenever recession
demands it, and a continuously
prosperous nation - in short, a
sound creditor. II we are all these
things, we don't need to worry
about Russia and communism,
profiteers only Of instability, an
archy and cowardice.
RELEASED BY the Bell Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1949-07-19

ability to fright Henry MeLemore.
en- customers. Bankers excepted,
no one has ever loved a bank.
The first person you meet on
entering a bank is a watchman
or a doorman, and he is possibly
policeman who was fired from
the police force because he was
too mean. He gives you the i'm
preston of being a trigger-happy
fellow who wants to fill you full
of lead slugs. each one placed
where it will hurt the most.
All Over the Place.
What do you get in bank after
you pass the doorman?
will tell you.
Vice presidents.
They are scattered all over the
place, each wearing a deep-freeze
look. Their expressions seem to
say to the customer, mo matter
what you want, no matter what
you need, we are here to see that
you don't get it,"
Today's discussion of bankers
was prompted by my going to a
well-known New York bank for
travellers checks. which I needed
for the trip I am soon to make.
1 walked in the bank with the
money in my hand. Perfectly good
money.
The bank didn't like it. I was
referred to Mr.. Jones. Mr.. Jones
said would have to see Mr.. Phil
lof. Mr.. Phillof looked me up
and down as if I were Jesse James
or Lana Turner and said, do you
have an account here in this
bank?"
I told him that I didn't. His
hair receded another quarter inch,
and he asked. Where do you have
an account?" and his tone made
it quite clear that he didn't be-
lieve that I had so much as a
Christmas savings plan.
Keeps Thumbing Money.
I held out my money and told
him that all wanted we're some
travellers checks.
Now. Mr.. Phillof's bank was 60
ing to make money from my pur-
chase of travellers checks. For
every one hundred dollars worth
I bought the bank would make
seventy five cents. MIR. Phillof
kept cycling me skeptically. He
kept thumbing my money.
After about 10 minutes of this,
Mr.. Phillof rose to his. feet, ad-
justed his bow tie and his second
Evening star., 1949-07-19

w II Z ~ 1U1lud-
mental changes from a former
established pattern are required.
initiating a decisive new epoch
likely to endure for generations,
they present measures necessitat-
ed by such changes as designed
to meet temporary emergency.
Sooner or later, then, they must
break the bad news that the
emergency" has not been over
come, and that further measures
are required. At that point the
public reaction is likely to be dis
appointment, disillusionment. or
even panic, in the face OF
failure"
Goals Not Accomplished
The Marshall Plan held forth
the hope that by 1852 Europe
would achieve economic independ-
ence from the United States,
unity and reestablishment OF
monetary convertibility and null
tilateral trade. This goal was
more brilliantly than soberly pub
|licized. It greatly overestimated
Europe's strength; it greatly un-
derestimated European political
divisions stretching back through
centuries; and it failed to recog-
nize that the shift in the center
Of financial, economic and mil
itary power of Western civilization
from Europe to the United States
is, for all foreseeable time. per-
manent. entailing an enduring re-
sponsibility.
The Marshall Plan has saved
Europe from starvation, anarchy.
the predictable seizure Of power
by the best organized and most
ruthless minority groups who hap
pen, in these times, to be the
Communists, and the almost in
evitable result Of a third world
war. But the goals have not been
accomplished, nor will they be by
1852, nor by any other date that
can be fixed by an administration.
The situation in which the United
States finds herself and the re-
sponsibilities arising therefrom
viii endure as long ss the United
Evening star., 1949-07-19
This Changing W0r1d
State Departments Opposite Policies
Toward Tito and Franco Battle Many

revival is as important to our
global policies as Is that OF the
other countries which are receiv-
ing Marshall Plan aid.
Mr.. Acheson sneered when he
referred to the $5o.000.000 ear
marked for Spain out of European
Recovery Program funds by the
Senate Appropriations Committee.
saying the money could be used to
better advantage in other ways.
At the same time the State De-
partment is prodding the leaders
of the Senate to defeat the Ap-
propriations Committees bill when
it comes to the Senate floor.
The administration has in
formed the legislators-who are
at a loss to understand our pol
icies regarding Spain-that a re-
sumption of full diplomatic rela-
tions is not possible because
France and Britain are against it.
Moreover. according to our agree
ments with the ERP countries, the
billions voted by Congress for the
Marshall Plan must be spent in
accordance with the wishes Of the
recipients.
Record of Business Deals.
It would be a political catas-
trophe, say the State Department
aides, to 60 against the wishes OF
the British and French govern
ments. either by sending an AM
bassador to Spain, or by permit
ing the inclusion Of Spain in the
Marshall Plan. It would also be
offensive to our European allies
to increase the flow Of trade be-
tween America and Spain.
Yet the record of the business
deals between Paris and London
on one side and Madrid on the
other is so imposing that it gives
rise to wonder whether motives
other than theological are not at
the bottom Of the British French
veto on our relations with Spain.
Here is part of the record: In
1947 British trade with Spain
amounted to $116,000.000 and in
1948 to $185, 100000. The recently
concluded agreement provides for
an interchange of slightly more
than $500. 100000 in 1949. During
1948 the French dealt with Spain
to the tune of $4,000. 900, while
the agreement for the current
year amounts to some $107. .000. 900.
American trade with Spain in
1947 amounted to $72 100000. In
194S, when Britain and France de-
cided to increase their own trade
with Spain, our trade was reduced
to $54,O00,000. while the expected
interchange this year will not ex-
ceed $40,000,000. Since January l
this year our trade with Spain
amounted to only $29.000.o00. Mr..
Acheson's recent statement that
Spain is . poor credit risk is not
likely to increase the desire of
our business firms to sell on any
terms but cash.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.


chin, and said, Wait here for me,
will you?"
That was too much for me. I
walked out. When I leave here
in a few days I will have my
money, in money. not travellers
checks. Risky? Sure I will un-
doubtedly lose half of it before I
get to Madrid. But I will have
the satisfaction of knowing that
for once in my life I was man
enough to stand UP to a bank.
You don't suppose banks have
let money go to their heads?
Yes, I'm afraid they have.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-07-19
On the Other Hand
Presidents Fact.F Finders in Middle
OF Big Issue-Prices, Profits, Wages

dorse this new labor doctrine. Not
until the national convention Of
the CIO the following fall did he
declare himself behind the ca
theory.
Mr.. Reuther. meantime con-
tinued to demand that the union
and the public-be allowed to
"look at the books" When the
strike had been in progress for a
month President Truman per-
suaded the parties to submit the
dispute to a fact-finding board.
He named q board composed of
Walter P. Stacy, Chief Justice OF
North Carolina, Lloyd K. Garri-
son and Milton Eisenhower,
brother Of the general and presi-
dent of Kansas State College.
General Motors took the po-
sition that profits. or capacity to
pay, were outside the purvieW of
the board. The question was put
up to President Truman. He held
that capacity to pay was a proper
factor to consider. General Mo-
tors declined to participate fur
ther and withdrew. The board,
on the facts obtainable. recon-
mended a wage increase of 1912
cents as one that would not make
a price increase necessary. The
union accepted this figure, the
management rejected 1t. The
strike proceeded, but eventually
was settled on the basis of an
1914 cent increase.
Public Pays Steel Bill.
Then came the demand Of the
steel workers for an increase. The
steel industry. reversing the pic
ture. refused to negotiate unless
assured of a price increase by the
Government. The steel workers
struck. After three weeks. as di-
rector of the ONCE of War Mo-
biliZation and Reconversion, John
w. Snyder awarded steel an in
crease of IS a ton. Chester
Bowles, head of what was left of
OPA, protested the increase as
unnecessary and soon afterward
resigned.
The war had not ended. The
country needed steel. The in
dustry got its price and the work.
ers their wage increase. The pub
lie paid the bill.
Now the Government cannot
intervene in prices. There is
nothing to prevent an increase If
the industry is so inclined. But
the steel workers have indicated
that they hope to prove that steel
profits are sufficient to warrant
a wage increase without price
increase and that they intend to
fight it out on that line. -
Evening star., 1949-07-19

he European
press have been
expressing anx-
iety since April
over the crisis
which has only
lately begun to
concern Amer
ican readers.
A character
istic Of all gov
e n m e n is is
h.a they sell
dom tell their
pc ople t h e
whole tru t h.
w h on fllnda.-
Evening star., 1949-07-19

Our top dip
lomats in S i S t
that while 1t is
proper to deal
econom / ca lily
W ith Eastern
d | c t atorships,
we must crack
down on West
ern totalitari-
ans, who are
far less perni-
cious and GER
t a inly more
sympathetic to
t he Unit e d
Evening star., 1949-07-19

WCd U11Cl.
The hearings,
it Is now known,
will be literally
spiced with per-
sonalities, in
cluding P e ST.
dent Truman's
ubiquitous mill
tary aide, Gen.
Vaughan, and
there Is even a
diary a m o n G
the evidence to
put the show
in the upper
hrooLotc If tho
Evening star., 1949-07-19

themselves In
the middle Of
one Of the great
issues Of our
times. It is the
gu e s t on OF
whether prices
a n d profits
have any prop
er relation to
wages. Stated
that way. the
question seems
to answer itself,
since no en-
ployer can pay
htpher wages
Evening star., 1949-07-19

Sas BollWeevil
Bank and Trust
Co., or the Big
Town Bank and
Trust Co. of
New York City,
and my knees
behave in the
manner of the
most t i m i d
bridegroom.
Banks m a Y
not know it,
but through the
years they have
d e v e loped an
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Of Big Issue-T
By LoweH MeHen

Before the three fact-finders
appointed by the President in the
steel wage controversy get very far
In their 60-day Job. they will find
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Constantine Bro,cn

It Is difficult for those who
have not been ideologically ini-
tiated to swallow the policies OF
our State Department.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
By Dorothy Thompson

Dangers are always earliest
registered where they are likely
to become soonest acute. Thus
writer's on economic matters in
Evening star., 1949-07-19
By Doris FIees0n

The influence business here is
about to be scrutinized by Sen
ate committee and the red faces
about town will not be due to the