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Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06

participate in the program and instructions.
 Exercise "Firestep"
 While local plans moved eff ciently forward despite lack of instructions from the military, operations "Firestep" moved in mock war across the territory.
 Reports from the front" in- cluded:
 "Aggressor" forces have se- cured footholds in at least two To- cations in Western Alaska. The enemy" has made bombing and straffing attacks against military installations the Fairbanks, Anch- orage and Kodiak areas, with air. craft of the Alaskan Command ounter-attacking.
 The island of Kodiak became a focal center, with enemy" forces attempting to seize the U. S. Ma val Station. Bombing and straf- fling sorties continued in the Ko- diak, Fairbanks and Anchorage areas.
 This is a mock war but it is training and test for what might happen, Civil Defense authorities reminded.
 Twelve girls who will volunteer to help man stations during civ il defense maneuvers are wanted to sign up at once as typists, stenographers and clerks. Call Hugh Johnson. Eight Boy Scouts will serve as messengers, the Rev. Victor Alfsen, scoutmaster, prom ised.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
Grass Fire Threatens
 Miles France Farm; " Slight Damage Reported

What could have been a dis astrous fire except for prompt action menaced the Miles France home on the Wasilla road We'd nesday.
 A grass fire whipped by a high wind swept toward barns and outbuildings. Volunteers of the Fire Association were on the way almost before the siren stop ped sounding. Two trucks re- sponded, manned by Lew Hanks, Bob Peterson, Al Hagen and Sandy Sands with a good fast turnout from other volunteers.
 The fire was out in record time with little damage.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
Incorporation Up To Voters Tuesday
ROBERT SHARP, CITY MANAGER, ANSWERS INCORPORATION QUESTION

Incorporation will not automa- tically bring services, but it will provide the vehicle by which the people of a city can obtain ser vices, Robert Sharp, city mana ger of Anchorage, told members of the Kiwanis Club at their pub lie meeting Monday.
 "Au you need must come through your own efforts and out of your own pockets" he warn ed. "You can determine the cost of government by what you want. The standard of service is a local determination"
 Sharp told the overflow meet ing that he was present merely to state facts and answer questions and that what he had to say was not to influence the decision of the people one way or the other.
 City Income
 Sharp listed possible sources of income as general property tax, GAO per cent of the income of Anchorage is from this). Licenses and taxes on a territorial basis with the refund on liquor. The business license tax with the re- fund to the municipality. Police court fines. The authority to set
 Continued on page 4
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
CASUALTY STATIONS DESIGNATED,
 NURSES AIDES TRAINED IN MOCK WAR

Strategic casualty stations have been designated in Palmer for participation, if called upon, in the military exercise ''Firestep"- or in case of grim war reality for emergency treatment of the wounded.
 Concrete fireproof shelters, with water, heat, light and toilet faci- lities, located in the more heavily populated districts and easily &C., cessible, were chosen.
 The school was made a central first aid clearing station. Casualty stations are the school shop, the basement of the Matanuska Val- ley Lodge, and the basement of the Valley Theatre.
 , The Matanuska Valley Nurses Association is prepared to staff the casualty stations on 24-hour basis with graduate nurses nurses aides, and other volunteer workers.
 Seven Nurses Aide classes of men and women have put in six weeks of training. In these classes have been trained nearly 100 wo- men in the Matanuska Valley who will be able, skilled assist ants to doctors and nurses in medical and nursing care of the sick and wounded.
 A special meeting of the Nurses Association has been called for 8 o'clock tonight Friday) at the Health Center, to assign person nel to the designated casualty stations. Dr. Clarence Bailey will
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DRAWS LIGHT VOTE

Winners in the school election aeld Tuesday, April 3, were James J. Hurley, incumbent, 116 votes; Harold L. Thuma, incum- bent, 98 votes, and Mrs. Richard H. Washburn, 89 votes. Lew E.. Hanks trailed with 80 votes and two "write-ins" had one vote each. Ballots cast were only 131.
 Judges of the election which was held at the school, were Mrs. Earl Graves, Mrs. I. M. Sandvik.- Mrs. Charles Wilson and Mrs Clayton Esslinger.
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torn off by the election judges as doub1e-check.
 In the matter of candidates for council, Frank Brown filed while in the States. His affidavit of candidacy was in the mail before the deadline on filing and Judge Dimond ruled he was qualified to file as candidate. His name therefore appears on the official ballot.
 Steering Committee
 When the question of incorpor- ation first became an important problem in Palmer, a large group of business men called a meet ing and decided the issue should come before the electors, if enough wanted it. ~.*
 They appointed a steering com mittee to look into the matter. A petition for incorporation was circulated and 228 names, includ- ing 96 who lived outside the pro- posed corporate limits but whose interest and business centered in Palmer, were signed to the peti- tion to put incorporation up to the electors.
 The steering committee, chos- en at large from a representative cross-section, feels now that it's job is done. In a joint statement, members of the committee said:
 Your steering committee was charged with bringing the question of incorporation to an election. where the najori- tY of electors could decide. This we have done. Our job is finish cd. We favor no candidates. Each elector has his own choice. Our final word is: VOTEl"
 The incorporation vote will not be valid until the Court de. cides ii official.
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On Tuesday. April 10, here is the procedure for the electors:
 At the polling place, in the Palmer Drug Bldg, you will have two ballots. ..
 One ballot is YES or NO on in- corporation.
 The other ballot has a list of 18 names. The elector votes for 2 out of 18 for city council.
 Voting booths at the Palmer Drug building are open g a. m. to 2 p. m. Tuesday. Voting booths are plainly marked with signs VOTE HERE" and with the American Flag. Each person vot- ing must sign the registration book which carries at the top of each page, the oath:
 T, the undersigned. hereby
 certify that I am a qualified el-
 ector in the community of
 Palmer. Alaska. residing with
 in the limits of the proposed
 incorporation of the City of
 Palmer: that I am a citizen of
 the United States and have re-
 sided in the Territory of Alas
 ka for one year. and within
 the boundaries of the proposed
 incorporation for 90 days. next
 preceding the election"
 Judges of the election are Mrs. Emil Larsh, Mrs. Nan C. Curtis, and Arthur L. Madison. No el- ectioneering is allowed in or near the polls, but any vote may be challenged if the challenger is sure of his information. Liquor stores and bars will be closed during voting hours.
 Two Thirds Vote Required.
 After signing the registration book with the oath, the voter is given two ballots. He marks his ballots-on incorporation, and for council-folds the ballots and drops them in the ballot box. When the polls close, the three election judges tally the votes, seal the ballots, and turn the ] sealed packages over to U. s. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton.
 If. incorporation carries by two-thirds vote, the seven name on the councilmanic slate of 1, who receive the highest number of votes, are elected. They choose a mayor from one of their num- ] Der, and proceed from there. 1
 To safeguard possibility of bal lot stuffing", each ballot is mark and carries on perforated cor ed with a consecutive number ner the same number which is
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
ELECTORS DECIDE CITY OR VILLAGE, SEVEN COUNCILMAN TO BE NAMED

People of Palmer face turning munitY
 They will vote Tuesday April be- incorporated city. remain a village.
 also will corporation carries Eighteen candidates fo1 against incorporation but all feel become incorporated etYbY the welfare and of the community VOTE.
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FOR C0UNClL. VOTE FOR '

Here are your candidates: Ray Adams Frank Brown Bernard R. Bouwens Al J. DeJulio A. V. Hagen Al King Ray Lancaster Mrs. Betty Mears Dr. Allan Mick Carl Fl. Meier Oliver Onkka Matthew Perkins Robert Bob" Peterson C. A. "Chet" Sandvik LlYod ". Seve1ns John L Sullivan Steve Ward @ Mrs. KatherYn Wilson
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-06
CANDID

Statements of inc l8 candi- dates who have filed for city city council will be found printed in their own words on page 6. .-. <....
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Election. April lN' on Incorporation of Palm CT. Voting in Palmer Drug Bldg.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08

the brotherhoods, was gn e d
"merely to identify it," according
to Kennedy. "In so doing, | made
no commitment, expressed or i'm
piled, to recommend its accept
ance."
He said nothing was fundament-
ally wrong with the Railway Labor
Act of 1926, but there was with the
attitude of the carriers. Kennedy
recommended that m ergen y
boards include representatives of
carriers and rail unions, so that
complicated technical rules dis
putes could be ironed out realistic
ally.
Other changes recommended by
Kennedy: sixty instead of thirty
days for board to give decision;
attempted mediation by the emer-
gency board; shortening of long
delays between serving of notices
and first meetings with carriers;
and the employment of more rep
resentatives by the carriers SO that
negotiations could go faster.
He raped the Donnell bill, which
would require compulsory arbitra-
tion, as "un-American" and said
"the American worker would never
submit to such compulsion.." A gov
ernment which can fix wages, Ken
nedy warned, can also fix profits.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Hard Bargaining
Not Refusal. Says
NLRB Examiner

Dallas LPA)-There's a differ
ence between "hard bargaining"
and refusal to bargain, accord
ing to Louis Plost, National Labor
Relation Board trial examiner.
He dismissed charges brought by
Local TOT, Stationary Engineers
AFL against the United States
Cold Storage Corp. here because
the company had made some con-
cessions--no matter how reluctant
during negotiations.
Whether or not the company's
wage rate was inadequate, or the
unions demand unreasonable, is
not a matter to be considered here" !"
Plost ruled. "All that is at issue is
whether the company bargained
in good faith with respect to all
bargainable issues raised. The out
come of the bargaining, if carried
on in good faith, is of no concern
here"
He said it is apparent the com
pany "was a hard bargainer, but
there is no evidence it approached
the bargaining table with closed
mind and a fixed determination to
make the gesture of bargaining
only" Plost noted that "the union
was also a hard bargainer."
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]. c. RICH RESIGNS AS
EDITOR OF HAT WORKER

New York (LPA)-J. c. Rich
became editor of the Hat Worker,
publication of the AFL United
Hatters, when it was launched, 13
years and 2 months ago. He re-
signed two years ago, was persuad-
ed to continue, resigned again a
year ago, again was persuaded to
remain, and now he is really re-
signing. He will continue as con-
tributing editor.
In his farewell "The Mad Hat
ter" column, issue of Feb. Is, 1851,
Rich explained that for some years
he had wanted to get more time to
do other writing. "There must be a
novel or two in my system that
ought to be put on paper" he
wrote. "There are dozens of short
stories | haven't written and that
still beg to take form on paper.
Magazine articles. :. are a tempt
ing possibility"
When Rich retired, so did
Janice Rogin," which was a psued-
onym for j. G.. himself.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Truman Urges
Action On Civil
Rights Program

Washington (LPA)'- President
Truman March l expressed hope
that the 82nd Congress will enact
his civil rights program into law
He renewed his pledge to fight foi
the program "with all the vigor
possess"
In a letter to the Fourth An
nual Conference on Civil Liberties,
the President said the program and
bills to make it law are now before
the Congress. "By strengthening
the privileges of citizenship" he
said, the program "will add greater
substance to the American tradi-
tion of equality and equal opport-
unity. 1t is another step in solidi-
flying the unity of our people"
Truman noted that the Congress
is busy with mobilization legisla-
tion but said that the civil rights
measures must also be passed. Il
am not among those who take the
view that in times of stress we
must shelve all efforts and pro-
grams for the betterment of our
people," he commented.
"The maxim, first things first, is
entitled to it's due; but it cannot
stay. the inexorable drive and in
evitable progress of humanity in
ridding itself of the inequalities
and imperfections of our social and
economic life."
Among the 100 organizations
taking part in the civil liberties
conference are the AFL, the CIO,
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, the National Farmers Union,
and a number of individual CIO and
AFL unions. 1t is sponsored by the
Natl Civil Liberties Clearing
House.
Speakers at the first days ses-
sions included Senators Wayne
Morse Or, Ore.) and Herbert H.
Lehman Cd, NY).
The conference call warned that
in the name of security, freedoms
are being curtailed. Legislation
such as the McCarran Act abridges
traditional rights of expression
and association" it said, "and it
apes the Russian iron curtain in an
attempt to insulate Americans
from hostile ideas"
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US Supreme Court To
Rule On NOn-Red Oaths

Washington L(PA) - Whether
top officials of the AFL and ClO
must sign non Communist affidav-
its under the Taft Hartley act be-
fore member unions can use facil-
tiles of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board will be decided by the
Supreme Court.
The high tribunal agreed to re-
view a case involving the Textile
Workers and the Highland Park
Manufacturing Co. of Rock Hill,
S. C. The NLRB ordered the COM
pany to bargain with the union at
time when top officers hadn't
submitted anti-Red oaths. The
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
refused to enforce the order and
government attorneys appealed.
Since then, officers of both the
CIO and AFL have filed affidavits.
However, "a union complaints OF
unfair labor practices are now in
the courts pending final judicial de-
cision.
The Taft Hartley act requires
union officers to submit affidavits
before union can use the NLRB.
Whether officers of the national
labor bodies are union officers
within the meaning of the law is
the point at issue.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
OBITUARIES
DANIEL C. MILLER

Daniel G. Miller, 82, a member
of the old Crockery City baseball
team 60 years ago, died March Z
in the Gibbs Nursing Home ir
Wellsville, where he was a patient
seven years.
Like several of his old team
mates, Mr.. Miller entered the pro-
fessional ranks before quitting the
sport.
He played in the old Central
League, known for several years
as the Iron and Coal League, and
often was in the field with and
against the famed Cy Young and
Bobby Westlake and with Jack
Darrah of East Liverpool, who
died last December.
Mr.. Miller was born near Apples
Corners in Madison Township and
was employed as a jiggerman in
district potteries for many years
before retiring.
He leaves four sons, George F.
Miller of Madison Township, Ed
ward w. Miller of Cleveland,
Donald S. Miller Of East Liverpool,
and Clifford b. Miller of Flint,
Mich; two daughters, Mrs. Grace
Creamer of East Liverpool, and
Mrs. Rose Davis of Toronto, and
20 grandchildren and one great
at-grandchild.
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init productivity clauses to operate
through June 30. There was a
chance he would write his own reg
ulations in these matters too.
That there might be fairly liber-
al treatment from Johnston of
other contracts was indicated by
the new agreement negotiated by
15 incorporating Rail Brotherhoods
March /. The settlement called for
a straight increase of 12a cents
for a million men, plus an escala-
tor clause expected to produce a
further raise of four or five cents
April /. The 1212 cents was just
under the 10 percent limit, but an
April l cost-of- living raise was
sure to push the total pay boost
above the limit. However, President
Truman himself told his March l
press conference he congratulated
both parties to the contract. 1t
looked as if Eric Johnston had no
choice but to okay it-and set a
precedent.
But as the first weekend in
March approached, organized labor
was still at war with mobilization
czar Charles f. Wilson. What labor
would do about the Wage Stabiliza-
tion Board or wage formula
would probably have to wait until
labor scored against it's principal
target-Wilson. AS head of the Of
flee of Defense Mobilization Wilson
reported only to Truman, was vir-
tually a law unto himself. AS the
former president of General Elec-
tric, Wilson had a record that
showed great capacity in the field
of production and great resistance
to understanding either the feel
ings or the abilities of labor-the
"plain people," as the United Labor
Policy Committee put it.
In their Feb. 28 statement ann
ouncing labor's Withdrawal from
the defense program, the members
of the United Labor Policy Com
mittee charged Wilson with "arro-
giant seizure" Of control of the ma
tons manpower, a control they
feared might lead to a draft of
civilian labor. They said his offer
to put a labor representative in his
office was debated" and indicated
no intention on his part of using
such a man as other than window
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Union Shop Clause
In UNIV Contract
Violated TIL Act

Washington (LPA)-To the sur,
prise of nobody, the Supreme Court
sustained by implication a lower
court finding that the union shop
clause in the 1948 contract between
the United Mine Workers and the
captive" mines was violation OF
the Taft-Hartley act. The high
court refused to review the lower
courts decision.
Under the Taft Hartley act, a
union must win a union shop cleo
ton conducted by the National
Labor Relations Board before bar
gaining for the union shop. Since
Officers of the United Mine Work
ers never signed the anti-Commun-
list affidavits required under Til
before a union can use NLRB fac
ilities, no such election could be
held even if the UNIV wanted one.
Nevertheless, the union obtained
a union-shop clause in the l948
agreement with "captives", the
mines owned by Is steel companies,
claiming the contract to be an ex-
tension of an earlier one not COW
cred by TIL. The court ruling
knocks out the union case.
The decision is without moment,
however. In it's 1850 and 1851 con
tracts the UNIV amended its union
shop clauses in contracts covering
all segments of the industry by
adding the words Ito the extent
and in the manner permitted by
law"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Columbus Experiments With Home
Rule For Rent Control

Columbus, o. (LPA)-This city
will try an experiment to settle
rent disputes quickly. Guided by
William G. Barr, general manager
of the Office of the Housing Ex
pediter, tenants and landlords will
sit down across an arbitration table
to thrash out differences.
A rent control office arbitrator
will work with them, try to iron
out such problems as increases,
overcharges, and evictions in a
matter of minutes or hours rather
than months. Barr said this city
was selected because relations are
reasonably friendly between own
ers and renters and because land
lords have expressed a desire to
work out some method of "home
rule" for rents.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
|Anti-Strike
Law voided By
Supreme Court

Milwaukee (LPA) - Wisconsin
labor has won it's fight on the state
law forbidding strikes in public
utilities. The US Supreme Court
ruled 6 to 3 on Feb. 26 that the law
is inconsistent with federal law.
The cases came up on appeal
from decisions of the state Supreme
Court upholding the law, by the
AFL Amalgamated Association of
Street, Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees and the United
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers.
The state law forbids utility
strikes and forces compulsory arbi-
tration in disputes over wages,
hours and working conditions.
The transportation union ques-
toned a state court order of Jan.
8, 1949, forbidding a strike against
the street railway company and a
later decision of a state arbitration
board in settling the dispute. The
state supreme court upheld both
Judgments.
The chemical workers local and
three union officials were fined
$3.50 each for contempt because
they failed to call off a strike inn
mediately in October 1949 against
the Milwaukee Gas Light Co. as
ordered by the court. The state
supreme court upheld both the
fines and the constitutionality of
the law Nov. 8, 1860.
The unions, in their arguments
before the US Supreme Court, de-
clared the state law conflicted with
the Taft Hartley act, which should
be paramount, and also deprived
them of their constitutional rights
to equal protection of the laws.
The states of Kansas, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania and Nebraska
argued for upholding the Wiscon-
sin law.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
co-ops Pay Taxes
voorhis Reminds
House Committee

Washington (LPA) = Coopera-
tives should pay taxes on any actu-
al profits they make, but they
shouldn't be taxed ON the money
they refund to patrons, Jerry Voor-
his, secretary Of the Cooperative
League, told the House Ways &
Means Committee, March /.
In fact, Voorhis said, coopera-
tives do pay taxes despite propa-
ganda to the contrary by the Ma
tional Tax Equality Association Ca
"small business" front for big busi-
ness). He told the committee that
"cooperatives pay property taxes,
sales taxes, school taxes, county
assessments, state and county lie
ense taxes, vehicle taxes, social
security taxes, and all other taxes
on the same basis as competing
or other businesses pay them. And
for most cooperatives in the ma
tion, the same statement can be
made as to federal corporation in
come taxes as well.
But, Voorhis declared, the Coop
erative League doesn't think coop
eratives should be forced to call the
money they owe and have allocated
to patrons as profits. He said that
to force cooperatives to do SO would
be the same as forcing regular
corporations to view rebates as
profits and pay taxes on money re1
bated to customers. He suggested
that regular corporations would
object to paying taxes on such a
basis.
Voorhis appeared before the
Ways & Means Committee because
it was considering a proposal by
Secretary of the Treasury John
Snyder that the taxation of the in
come of cooperatives be looked into.
Voorhis pointed out that money re-
bated by cooperatives becomes part
of the taxable income of patrons.
Voorhis, a one-time liberal Con-
gresham from California, said the
League officially fav-
ored pay-as-you-go financing for
the defense program, which re-
quires heavier taxes.
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quires heavier taxes.