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Catholic Information
Thou shalt not steal-Cornelius!

If thou emloypest men and pay est them not in accordance with their worth and their needs, but growest unjustly fat by the sweat of their brows, then thou art taking from them what thou hast not rightly paid for-and thou shalt not steal, Cornelius!
 If thou Workest for another for a just wage, and givest not thy full time and skill-or, if because labor CTS are scarce, thou demandest more than is thy due-then thou cheatest thy employer-and thou shalt not steal, Cornelius!
 If thou art a teacher and dos, remove from youthful minds and hearts God, religion, and all moral ity-teaching as facts that which thou canst not prove-then thou art a robber of the innocent-and thou shalt not steal, Cornelius!
 If thou art a welded man and dost misuse the privileges of the married state, then thou robbest God and the world of human be- ings-and thou shalt not steal, Cor nelius!
 If thou art a surgeon and dost mutilate the body of an innocent man who thou thinkest (and only thinkesD may bear ill fruit, then thou art destroying in him God given function-and thou shalt not
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Department of the Interior
 Bureau of Land Management NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Arne Tangen Sundby has made applica- ton for homesite under the Act of May 26, 1886 (48 Stat. 809) An chorage Serial No. 0l4745 for tract of land described as Lot No. 10, Cooper Landing Group of Home sites, No. l, situated on left bank of Kenai River about a4 mile S.W. Cooper Landing, Plat of U. s. Sur vey No. 2526, containing 4.67 acres, and it is now in the files of the Dis trict Land Office, Anchorage, Alas ka.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above men, toned land should file their ad- verse claim in the District Land Of- flee within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provi- sions of the statutes.
 CHESTER w. McNALLY,
 Acting Manager Date First Publication Mar IA, 1850 Date Last Publication May g, 1850
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steal, Cornelius!
 If thou, as physician, dost end the life of one thou deemest to be unfit, or because he suffereth ex- ceedingly, then thou takest betimes that which belongeth to God alone and thou shalt not steal, Corne- Illus!
 Because Everybody doth it'' or "business is business" - because organism and animalism are tol- erated and applauded by many-be- cause much of the world hath dis carded God and hath thus gone mad - none of these, Cornelius, giveth thee right or excuse to do likewise.
 Surely, dear Cornelius, such of these teachings as would rob God and man and the world of what is essentially and rightfully theirs. must bring down afresh from the heights of Mt. Sinai that terrible and unmistakable warning to all men of all time - THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!
 If it's anything Catholic. ask a Catholic!
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Lorraine Ferguson was the hos tess at a miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Judy Hatch.
 Each guest was the recipient of dainty bridal corsage of heather and daisies. They played games for entertainment and an attractive dessert to fit the occa- sion was served.
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US. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Carl Baier, entryman, together with hls witnesses, Al F. Heady and Sumner Stanley Woodman, all of Homer, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. 012674 for the SE14SE4 Sec. 29 T. 5 s. R. 12 w. S.M., con- taining 40 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certifi- cate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Feb. 2l, 1850 Date Last Publication Mar. 2l, 1850
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US. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Mauritz Richard Kallman, entry man, of Anchor Point, Alaska, to- gether with his witnesses, John Preston Fucker Jr, of Anchor Point, and Cecil Hubert Miller, of Anchor Point, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead, An- chorage Serial 0l1564, for Lots and 2, sec. II, T. s. R. Is w. SIM, containing 109.01 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office, Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate is- sued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Feb. 21, 1850 Date Last Publication Mar. 21, 1850
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MT. and Mrs. w. R. Miller of Hope came in on the Denali Thursday. They have been vaca- tioning in the States for the past four months.
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boyfriend, Robert Wal1i, came over from Homer on Wednes- day. She is trying to keep him in town for the dance Saturday night.
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Red sends word that her l
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U. s. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Mich olas T. Weller has made application for Headquarters Site, under the act of March 3, 1927 GA Stat. 1364) Anchorage Serial 010731, for Lot l, Sec. 35, T. 6 N. R. 12 W.S.M., con taining 4.2l acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the local land office, within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Mar. T, 1850 Date Last Publication Apr. 4, 1850
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U. s. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that LeRoy A. Erickson, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, Martin Cooper and Edward Jackinsky, all of Ninilchik, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead Addi- tional entry, Anchorage Serial No. 010397 for the Lot and the SEA- NWA Sec. 3 T. S. R. IA w. S.M., containing 79.88 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certifi- cate issued
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Feb. 21, 1850 Date Last Publication Mar 2l, 1850
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US. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that John Henry Van Housen, en- tryman, together with his wit nesses, Glen Howard Chad and Eugene Henry Lawrence, all of Homer, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial Mo- 012840 for the NWA Sec. 26 T. 5 S. R. 12 w. S,M., containing 160 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certifi- cate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Feb. 21, 1850 Date Last Publication Mar. 21, 1850
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Sir:
My Daughter, Wilda Moore Will
son, was accidently drowned in the
bath tub on June 8, 1850.
Mr.. George H. White, Claim
Manager Of The N. B. o. p. Group
Insurance, came to my home on
June 10, 1860. He explained that
my daughter was insured for
$4,000 for a Natural Death under
the Union Labor Life Insurance
Company Policy. He also informed
me that The Hoosier Casualty
Company policy, which is part of
the group insurance, provided
$500.00 additional benefits for an
Accidental Death.
signed the necessary forms and
Mr.. White Immediately gave me a
check for $5O0.00 in payment Of
the accidental death under The
Hoosier Policy. He explained that
| would receive a check from the
Union Labor Life Insurance Com
pany for $500.O0 Natural Death
benefit within a few days.
/ deeply appreciate the quick
service rendered by the Group In
.surance.
Very truly yours,
Bertha Moore.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22

Washington (LPA)-The House
Ways and Means committee, slow
ly working it's way through new
tax bill, had written into it at the
end of the first week in June one
new loophole- plugging provision.
This would make it impossible for
spectators in securities or commo-
dities to pick up a little extra cash
by making short-term profits look
like long-term profits. 1t will in
crease the taxes they pay about
So 100000 a year, according to COM
nlittee experts.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22

regime Of Franco will not prevent
his ultimate economic collapse.
And, when that collapse comes,
the Spanish people will not turn TO
the nation which tried to bolster
the dictator whom they have by
then discarded"
4 T. 4
The WFTU is losing; the ICFTU
is gaining, which is all to the good.
Here is the story for May:
The Communist-dominated World
Federation of Trade Union S
(WFTU) lost 2 member unions,
and the International Confedera-
tion Of Free Trade Union S
0CFTU), which includes the AFL,
CIO, and United Mine Workers of
America, gained 3 members in
May. IsraePs Histadrut, with $780,
GOO claimed members, and Colom-
bias Confederation de Trabaja-
dores (CTC) disaffiliated from the
Communist WFTU, and the Col
ombian union was accepted into
the ICFTU.
New Zealands Federation of
Labor, representing 10000 work
ers, and Mexico's Confederation
Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT)
were also admitted to the TCFTU,
which now has members from Sc
countries representing more than
80 million free trade-unionists. The
Burma Trades Union Congress
with 100000 members, joined the
WFTU in May.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
INCREASE AVERTS UAW
STRIKE IN WINDSOR, ONT.

Windsor, Ont. OPA)-On the
eve Of a strike, an agreement was
reached between Chrysler of Can
ada and Local 1876, United Auto
Workers. The 5000 workers involv-
ed quit work for three hours, then
voted to accept the agreement,
which calls for an 11H-cent pack
age, including a wage hike of 6
cents an hour, company-paid hos
pital care, medical insurance and
increased life insurance, vacation
pay and accident benefits. The con-
tract runs two years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
Lobby Probers
Specifically Vote
Subpoena Powers

Washington (LPA)-The House
Select Committee on Lobbying Ac-
tivities removed all doubts about
the power of its chairman to issue
subpoenas at his own discretion by
specifically voting him that power
Meanwhile, Chairman Frank Buch-
anan Cd, Pa.) told reporters he
firmly believed he was given the
authority to subpoena recalcitrant
witnesses by the House resolution
setting up the lobby probe.
Buchanan disclosed his reinforc-
ed subpoena power in announcing
he had called Merwin K. Hart of
the National Economic Council to
appear before the committee June
20 to be followed by DR.. Edward
p. Rumely of the Committee for
Constitutional Government, TOP
lobby fighting the Fair Deal. Earl
ier this month both Hart and
Rumely were subpoenaed by Buch-
anan to appear before the commit
tee and bring financial details
about their hackers they had re-
fused to give committee investi-
gators. Hart complied in full, but
Rumely, an old hand at defying
Congress, refused to produce the
requested information although he
did put in an appearance.
Buchanan said there was no plan
now to cite Rumely for contempt
of Congress, an offense for which
the Cog executive head has been
tried twice. He said the plan was
to conduct a full inquiry into
Hart's and Rumely's organizations.
If Rumely still refuses to name his
big hackers, known to be big corp
orations and their representatives,
he can be subpoenaed again or an
attempt can be made to get Con-
gress to cite him for contempt of
the old subpoena.
Joe Kamp of the Constitutional
Educational League, who also de-
fled a subpoena, has not yet been
scheduled for a committee hearing,
Buchanan said. Kamp was slated
to start serving a four-month pri-
son term June 16 for contempt of
an earlier committee.
Buchanan said that more than
100 of the 166 corporations he ask
ed to supply data about their legis-
lative activities in Washington had
acknowledged his request and that
nearly 60 had already submitted
data.
Commenting on the apparent
outright refusal of Inland Steel
and Southern California Edison to
comply, the Pennsylvania Con-
gressman said he planned further
correspondence with the two COM
panies. He didn't think their re-
fusals were final, he indicated.
However, observers believe these
cases to be crucial in Buchanan's
attempt to probe the big corporate
lobbies. If they are permitted to
refuse to submit data they will set
a precedent that may make the
whole inquiry fruitless, it is be-
lieved.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
An Open Letter To The Members OF
The House Ways And Means Committee
Dear Mr.. Congressman:

Dear Mr.. Congressman:
\ Because billions of dollars are
involved, we ask you whether you
favored or opposed continuing the
present depletion allowance" fol
the oil industry when the matter
came up in your tax-writing com
mittee earlier this month.
Of course, the question is load
ed with dynamite. The allowance
has actually amounted to $780,
0O0,00O0,00 subsidy to the oil in
dustry in the last 81 years. Never
theless, we are sure you won't want
to hide your answer. Meanwhile
we'd like to remind you how the oil
depletion allowance got into the
tax laws in the first place.
These big tax loopholes for the
oilmen date from 1918 when an al
lowance known as discovery de-
pletion" was slipped into the war
time tax bill. This was provision
by which oil land could be "deplet-
ed'' or "depreciated" on its value
after oil was discovered instead OF
on a cost basis. In other words, g
100000 investment might be de
preciated on a $10,000,000 basis
Anyone who owns income property
knows how this would cut taxes.
Oilmen claimed the subsidy was
needed for "wildcatters," small
time operators who would search
for new oil for wartime needs pro-
vided they had special encourage
ment in the form of income tax de-
ductions. A wildcatter couldn't
stand his losses when he hit dry
hole unless he had tax relief from
his successful operations, they said
The big fellows were careful never
to say they wanted the deduction
for themselves, but their ostensible
concern for the little fellows was
laughed out of court by the House
Ways & Means Committee. How
ever, they concentrated their fire
on the Senate, where Bob LaFol-
lette made a vain but valiant fight
against them, and finally got their
scheme through Congress. They
had their foot in the door.
Next step was to get the Trea-
sury Department to interpret the
law for the greatest benefit to the
oil industry. Just how the depart
ment did their bidding didn't come
out until the middle 20's when Sen.
James Couzens of Michigan tang
led with Andrew (Gulf Oi) Mel
Ion, then Secretary of the Trea-
sury.
You know, if the public doesn't,
that there's secrecy" provision
in the income tax laws, making it
a criminal offense for any Trea-
sury employe to reveal facts from
an income tax report. Big taxpay-
,ers. see to it that this provision re-
mains on the books. Thus all the
oil lobby had to do was get the kind
of law Interpretation and the kind
of tax regulation it wanted with
out telling anyone.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
Donnell Blocks Hiring Hall Bill

Washington (LPA)-When the
bill to amend Taft Hartley to
make the maritime hiring halls
legal came before the Senate, Sen.
Forrest Donnell (R, Mo- objected
to taking it up. Under Senate rules,
this means that the measure, al
ready approved by the Senate
Labor committee, is passed over,
and may not reach the floor during
this session Of Congress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
Comment On
World Events

Urging President Truman to
turn down proposed Export-Im-
port bank loan to Franco Spain,
American for Democratic Action
(ADA) through its national chair
man, Francis Biddle has suggest
ed that the u. s. send food and
medical supplies for direct distri-
button to the Spanish people, by
passing their "repressive" govern
ment.
This seems easy to say but hard
TO do, if Dictator Franco is oppos-
ed. But ADA says there is "ready
means of sending food and makes
this proposal, which quite likely
would work:
"The United States can send
food and medical supplies as a gift
to the Spanish people, with the
provision that they be distributed
by an independent and non-political
agency such as the American
Friends (Quakers) Service Com
nittee or the Red Cross. This
would make lit plain that our dis
dain is not for the Spanish people
but for the government which has
forced itself upon them; that for
humanity the United States can
afford much, but for tyranny no
thing"
ADA said it had been informed
that the question of the loan-now
being considered by the Export
Import Bank-may be referred to
the President for decision "on ac-
count of the significant implica-
tions of such a change in our
policy"
A loan to Franco, Biddle wrote,
would neither help contain Russ
ian Imperialism nor strengthen
democratic freedom, the two ave
nues of American foreign policy
for the achievement of peace.
Spain stands as a symbol of re-
action and dictatorship to men
everywhere" Biddle said. aiding
the Franco government places Am
erica, in the minds of European
democrats, in the Fascist camp;
and strengthens in their minds the
Soviet propaganda that, when the
time comes for action, the United
States is found on the side of the
Fascists."
Challenging the assertion that
"a loan to Spain is no different
morally speaking-from a loan to
Tito" the ADA chairman said any
such aid must be judged by its
results in furthering our large
policy"
"The assertion of Yugoslavia's
independence has been a telling
blow to the Kremlin," BiddIe said.
"A loan to the feeble and rotten
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22


Here's what the Treasury did. 1t
said the depletion subsidy should
be applied to all discoverers Of oil,
not just to "pore iii ole Wildcat
ers." 1t was that simple. The oil
men no longer had their foot in the
door-they'd moved in the house.
Couzens, LaFollette and others
exposed the whole deal. Then Sen.
David |. Read of Pennsylvania, a
Mellon lawyer, came to the oil
mems rescue. He trotted out the
wildcatter. He said discovery de-
pletion" was hard to administer.
He and others working for the oil
men had a solution, however. Let's
repeal discovery depletion, they
said, and substitute a new law
one giving the oil companies an
even greater break in the form of
a straight percentage depletion.
Why not 371a percent, they sug-
gested, but quickly settled for
|27H percent.
That deduction has stood since
1926. The majority of your COM
mittee has voted to retain the same
deduction in the 1850 tax law. You
know the provisions: It's the one
allowing oilmen to deduct (1) the
cost of developing oil lands, PLUS
(2) 271a percent of their gross in
come, before worrying about taxes.
What's more, most of the benefic-
iaries are corporations having as
sets of 100000, ,000-not the "pore
iii ole wildcatters." Just to drive
the point a little harder, let US re-
mind you because corporation tax
rates have gone up the oil COM
panies now save three times what
they used to. Similar allowances
are applied to other resources.
Last January in his tax message,
President Truman, backed by the
Treasury Department, asked you
to reduce this allowance for oil. He
said the oil loopholes were among
the most important loopholes
through which big business escap-
ed paying taxes.
"For example," the President
told Congress, during the five
years 1943 to 1947, during which
it was necessary to collect an in
come tax from people earning less
than 500 a week, one oil operator
was able, because of these loop
holes, to develop properties yield
ing nearly $5,000,000 in a single
year without payment of any in
come tax. In addition to escaping
the payment of tax on his large in
come from oil operations, he was
able through the use of his oil tax
exemptions to escape payment of
tax on most of his income from
other sources. For the five years,
his income taxes totaled less than
500, 900, although his income from
non-oil sources alone averaged al
most $1,000,000 a year."
If you figure that the oil trust
has netted $2O,0O0,000,OOO from
the deal-which is one expert esti
mate-you must conclude that it's
cost each American family about
$500 not to know what's been going
on. We know you are concerned
with this question, whether you
agree entirely with our view of
depletion allowances-or with the
Presidents. We will be glad to tell
the same readers of union news
papers who read this letter how
you voted in the Ways & Means
Committeeman why you voted
that way.
Sincerely yours,
Alvaine Hamilton and
Cushman Reynolds
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-06-22
KnowIond BOBBY Trap Exposed In
Senofe SocioI Security Law

washington (LfA)-An dmenu-
ment to the social security law
which would have allowed the
states to refuse jobless benefits to
workers who refused to scab was
nearly slipped over on the Senate
by Sen. William Knowland OR,
Calif.) in debate leading up to the
June 20 vote on the 1850 social
security law.
Knowland's description of the
bill was a purely technical one, and
he tried to pass it off as unimport-
ant. But a resolution by the CLOS
executive board, meeting in Wash
ington a few days before the vote,
and the warning of AFL radio
commentator Frank Edwards SPELL
ed out the dangers involved.
The amendment, which was also
endorsed by Sen. Harry Cain Or,
Wash.), would end the authority
given federal agencies to shut off
jobless benefit funds to states that
violate federal standards. 1t grows
out of a ruling by Labor Secretary
Tobin, threatening to shut off
funds to the state of California
when it refused benefits to several
hundred striking maritime work
ers in 1948, and to 269 carpenters
in another strike situation.
"The Knowland amendment" the
CIO charged, "is the brain-child of
the Waterfront Employers Asso-
citation of San Francisco and Of the
California Employment Security
Administrator who travelled here
at federal taxpayers expense to
promote the bill. 1t is now being
pushed by the Interstate Confer
ence of Employment Security
Agencies. The executive board of
this conference is meeting now in
the city of Washington, having
travelled here at public expense.
ats members are eating and
sleeping at federal taxpayers ex-
pense by the Bureau of Employ
ment Security of the Labor De-
partment. This scandalous non
registered lobbying organization
which has been operating for years
was rebuked by the House Appro-
priations committee in 1949. We
urge an immediate thorough in
vestigation of the Interstate Con-
ference of Employment Security
Agencies, with full disclosure of
its expenditures and activities, in
cluding it's relationships with such
organizations as the Unemploy-
ment Benefit Advisors, Inc. of
which Stanley Rector is legislative
director"
Edwards, sponsored nightly by
the AFL on the Mutual network,
called the Knowland proposal a
"rider" to the social security bill
(which is using that vital piece of
legislation as vehicle upon which
this cunning bit of underhand acti-
witty Nigh become law"
"The BOBBY trap amendment of
Sen. Knowland," Edwards warned,
"would remove those simple, sem
sible federal projections from the
nations workers. If the Knowland
becomes law, state
politicians can kick workers off the
rolls if the recipient
fails to do the bidding of the poll
tician-," at least until the months
and perhaps years that the work
ers' appeal might be in the state
courts.