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The Nome nugget., 1952-04-09
President Seizes Steel Industry In
 Unprecedented Government Action
By NORMAN WALKER

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman seized the vast steel in dustry Wednesday in the name of the United States government, averting a union shutdown of vital mills but touching off a great court battle.
 However, the nations giant steel plants stood idle, despite the seizure order.
 Steelworkers reporting for work were turned away by company guards, except in isolated instan- ces in smaller plants.
 Steel firms blasted the Presi- dents drastic move as an attempt to confiscate private property and rushed into court to block it.
 Secretary of Commerce Sawyer, whom Truman made boss over the seized industry, ordered the American flag flown over all steel plants and notices posted that they were now government property.
 The steel firms contended their rights under the fourth and fifth amendments to the Constitution were being violated.
 These amendments provide guarantees against illegal search and seizure and against depriv- ing of property without due pro- cess of law.
 The presidential directive, send ing some 650,000 men back to their jobs just as they headed for a walkout, apparently was with out precedent. It could be com- pared only generally with fed eral seizure of the railroads in mid-1950. That action was spec ifically authorized by law.
 Truman disclosed his seizure de- cision to the nation Tuesday night in a hastily-written speech broad cast over radio and teelvision.
 He said the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations for set
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The Nome nugget., 1952-04-09
Canada Cuts Taxes 10 to Is Per Cent

OTTAWA, R-Canadian tax payers-smokers, housewives and auto buyers especially-got cuts of 10 to 15 per cent in taxes on major items Wednesday.
 Finance Minister Abbott's 1852 5 budget also set up a new in come tax rate which he said would cut these payments an av- craze of six per cent, but he added that a new social security levy would keep the governments bite from most paychecks as high as ever.
 The record balanced budget, read to the House of Commons Tuesday night, promised a nine million dollar surplus.
 Only a few corporations and businesses were given any tax re- lief. But tariffs up to 20 per cent were imposed to protect Canada's growing plastics and chemical in dustries from American competi- ton.
 Abbott warned Canadians not to look for much in the way of lower taxes next year unless conditions at home exceed even my generous expectations and un- less the clouds that overhang the international scene lift more rap idly.
The Nome nugget., 1952-04-09
Alaska Steam Threatens Sue Union for Damages

SEATTLE, (P) - The Alaska Steamship Co.,, Monday threat ened suit for damages from $1,95O to S47,500 per day against the Marine Bremen, Oilers, Water tenders and Wipers Union.
 The suit, which vice-president and general manager DE. Skin ner said would be filed in federal district court Tuesday, would be an outgrowth of the current strike against the company. =,
 Cost per day will depend on the number of vessels affected by the strike.
 Skinner called the strike "an outright breach of contract" and said "it is imperative it be ter minated immediately to avoid an interruption of essential defense cargo and regular freight and pas senger service to Alaska.
 eff the companies employed the same shutdown tactics when dis putes arise in this or any other industry, the wheels of production would grind to a halt"
 He said ". if we were to give the firemen anything additional to what our commitment calls for, this would in all probability pre- cipitate another whole round of wage increases involving all sea- going personnel"
The Nome nugget., 1952-04-09
U. s. BATTLE CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, R)-Announ- ced US. battle casualties in Ko- req reached 1O7, ,134 Wednesday, an increase of 178 since last week.
 Killed in action 16,779; wound ed 7,798; missing 12,557.
 By services: Army 87,502; Navy 1,266; Air Force LII; Marine Corps 17,255.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
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Evening star., 1952-12-05

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Evening star., 1952-03-11
Injunction Offers No Solution
Compulsory Arbitration of Lobor Dispute on Rurood
Brought Nearer by New York Central Strike

is settled in fairness to the
rights of our members"
The disp lte has been going
on for three years, and ever
since August IS, 1850, when
the railroads were put under
the operating control Of the
United States Army. the par
ties have been trying to find q
basis for settlement. The mat
ter has been In and out Of the
White House and several at
tempts at compromise have
failed.
In recent months the railroad
unions have become rather
petulant about Mr.. Truman's
course. and he is reported to
have resented some Of their
criticism. being unwilling to see
the railroad union spokesmen
and preferring that they talk
with John r. Steelman, his
assistant, who Is an expert on
labor matters. But the union
heads refuse to do business with
Mr.. Steelman, and thus the
whole thing has drifted from
bad to worse.
The sudden calling of a strike
no doubt marks a decision to
sharpen the issues and empha-
size that the unions can act
tough if they wish. The rail-
roads, on the other hand, have
all along promised the increases
in wages that the unions have
requested and have agreed to
the 40-hour week, but have in
sisted that such changes re-
quire notifications in certain
working rules. To this the
unions have offered vehement
objection.
It does seem as If the roads
cannot very well agree to the
demands without some stiff in
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Peril in u. S. Southern Backward
Botsto Revolt Prompted by Strides That Moscow Agents
Hove Been Mokinq in Centre! Amerieo in Lost Decode
Constantine Brown:

There seems to be more than
meets the eye in the rebellion
staged in Havana by the half
Cuban and half -Asiatic former
army sergeant Fulgencio Ba-
tista, who in the thirties took
over the presidency of the re-
public by force and remained in
Office for 10 years.
Batista was then considered
q revolutionary and was sup
ported by the Cuban masses
against what he described as
an oligarchy serving exclusively
the interests Of the few rich.
However. he never joined the
Communist agitators and was
definitely opposed to the Mos
cow subversives.
According to some observers
the present rebellion. apart
from BatiSta.S desire to become
once more the head Of the re-
public by other means than. an
election, was prompted by the
strides the Moscow agents
have been making in Central
America In the last decade.
A dangerous situation exists
today in the United States
Southern back yard, The Mexi-
can labor leader. Lombardo
Toledaro. while pretending to
organize labor unions to improve
the standard Of living Of the
Latin American working classes,
is actually extolling the bless
ings Of communism in all these
republics. So strong are his ac-
tivities that the Mexican govern
ment has suspended for an In.
definite time the negotiations
with this country on the mill
tary assistance program.
A number of Communist coups
are reported to be in preparation
in several Of the Central Amer
ican republics. The Soviet gov
ernment has worked efficiently
and steadily in that area, for
the last 40 years At the end
OF the last war 1t established q
strong subversive headquarters
IN Mexico City under the guid-
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the Caribbean. According to
certain intelligence reports, ma
jor revolutionary movements
were being prepared for the end
of this year throughout that
area.
ALI these facts were known to
BatiSta. who had been living
for q number of years a quiet
and leisurely life. He watched
uneaSily the lackadaisical atti-
tude Of the various Cuban gov
ernments toward Communist
inflltration. Soviet gold weak
ened the vigilance of those
whose job was to prevent it.
Many politicians running for
high Office considered it good
politics to accept the support
of the growing number of CONF
munist sympathizers and occa-,
Sionally the assistance Of Soviet
gold to get elected. Underpaid
officials saw no harm in shut
ting their eyes to the antics Of
the Communists when adequate
sums were passed under the ta-
bic to them. Batista. who Is Q
nationalist and is said to hate
communism, probably was
prompted by these conditions
to take over the government by
force.
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Dovid Lawrence:

Compulsory arbitration Of
labor disputes on the Nations
railroads has been brought
nearer by the suddenly called
strike on the New York Central
lines.
When a private organization
can at will tie up transportation
IN q vital section Of the Nation,
interrupt passenger and freight
traffic and interfere with the
delivery Of the mails, a case has
been made for governmental
action 'in the public interest"
The device of issuing an in
junction through the Federal
courts. ordering the workers to
resume their accustomed tasks,
offers no solution. The strike
which began on Sunday was
called by the union leaders with
full realization of the conse-
quences-a court action. But
this is now q piece of routine
strategy and means merely that
the unions choose such occasions
primarily to infiict heavy dam
age on the railroads.&c. is cost
ing the New York Central ST..
100000 a day in loss-in order
to bring economic pressure to
bear on the companies.
But, as matters stand today,
the problem is tangled up in
legal relationships. Thus, for
instance, technically the rail-
roads are being operated by
the Army. It was on August 4,
1850. that the heads Of the
railway conductors and train
men unions telegraphed Presi-
dent Truman recommending to
him that the Government take
possession Of and operate the
railroads Of the United States
until such time as this dispute
Evening star., 1952-03-11

fluence in Washington, but it
will not happen. Aside from
the Presidents deep conviction,
he has little reason to offer Mr..
Connally a helping hand at this
time. The Senator recently filled
half q column of a Texas news
paper with a list of the occa-
sions on which he had voted
contrary to the Presidents
wishes. His campaign theme, in
fact. Is that he is as much
against the President as Price
Daniel dares to be, which is
quite considerable.
Fighting for his own political
life on the same issue Is Sena-
tor Knowland Of California. He
has found a phrase for the Gov
ernment's theory that he seems
to enjoy using. He calls it the
Robin Hood theory. the theory
that it is all right to rob the
rich States to give to the poor
States. Not a sound theory, he
says.
Evening star., 1952-03-11

creases In rates. which the In
terstate Commerce Commission
has been reluctant to grant,
and 1t does seem as II the rail-
road union leaders have got
themselves into an adamant
position from which it is politi-
cally difficult. inside the unions,
for them to extricate themselves.
So compulsory arbitration
the hand Of Government as the
final arbiter when the public
interest suffers-is is. the only way
out. Seizure Of the properties
has availed nothing. In fact, the
unions may contest the legality
Of the form Of seizure now in
effect by claiming in court that
the law Of 1916 specifies Gov
ernment possession" The union
spokesmen say that possession"
means impounding the profits
and actually taking the receipts
into the Federal Treasury. But
it also could mean iillpounding
union dues and 1t. could mean
changing all the previously ex-
isting rules on the railroads to
conform to those which the
Government itself might specify
as working conditions.
The whole episode proves how
weak Is the machinery for set
tlement of labor disputes that
affect the national interest,
especially in time Of national
emergency. Distasteful as COM
pulsory arbitration is to both
the railroads and the unions. it
may turn out to be the only
solution for Mr.. Truman to
recommend instantly to Con-
gress If the strike becomes
Nationwide, or If there are a
series Of paralyzing strikes in
different regions Of the country.
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ance Of its top trouble shooter,
the former ambassador to Wash
ington, ConStantin Oumansky.
He was killed under mysterious
circumstances in an airplane
accident" Soon thereafter
the center OF the Red propa-
ganda was moved to Havana
where the Soviet embassy num-
bered not less than 119 officials.
1t is from there that the activi-
ties Of the Communist Suhver-
Sives. backed by millions Of dol
lars in gold. expanded through
out the Central and South
American republics.
These were greatly stepped up
during the cold war. The Latin
American republics, the Kremlin
was aware. were Of the highest
Importance to the American de-
Tense. II the oil, tin and other
] strategic materials could be de-
MED to this country through
establishment Of governments
controlled by the Soviets ideo-
logically and with gold. this
country might face real difficult
! ties In its efforts to get ready to
meet the Russian challenge all
9 over the world.
In 1850 the headquarters Of
the Kremlin subversives were re-
turned to Mexico but q strong
branch" was left in Havana
to operate principally in the
Caribbean and Central America.
The reported appearances of So
Wet submarines in the terri
torial waters of the Dominican
Republican may be connected
with the efforts Of the So
Wet government to provide
its "sympathizers" with arms
and ammunition. since the
source Of arms boot-legging-
from the United States had
dried up. Similarly the oc-
casional visits Of Soviet fishing
fleets and icebreakers moving
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
were connected with the unload
ing Of military equipment for
the "Red battalions" in Central
America and the republics Of
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Many Fear an Economic Squeeze
Voters Unlikely to Take Recent Social Gains for Granted
When They Ballot on Candidates in November
in November

accompanying disclosures Of
corruption among the tax col
lectors must further the cause
of the Republican Party. Never
theless. as a Washington taxi
driver succinctly remarked to q
complaining passenger last
week end, Mister. now ! gotta
buck"
There can be little doubt
that the taxi driver and millions
like him now think they have a
vested interest in their prosper
ity which they will be slow to
relinquish.
.Curiously, Gen. Macarthur
absent entirely from this coun-
try during the years of the great
change-shows the most politi-
cal perception about it. He cam
paigns against the administra-
ton on a high level of emo
tionalisrn.e with the >revivalist
spirit. An emotional drive Of
the Macarthur style could we'll
be the only appeal that could
anesthetize the pocketbook
nerve Of the voters.
In contrast Senator Taft con-
tinues to make it almost inevi-
table for voters to feel that in a
deflation he will not hesitate to
apply the economic squeeze
when and as he sees fit. This
may be right conduct-it is not
SO certain it's the way to be
President.
Looking at today's campaign
against this background Of what
could happen, one cynic puts it:
Is the country so prosperous
1t can afford to be moral next
November?
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Lowell MeHett:
Conno|Iy on Spot in Oil Fight
Must Demonstrate He Can Do in Senate What
His Opponent FoiIed to Do in Supreme Court

The senior Senator from
Texas. Tom connally. is a
troubled man these days. Cam
didate for a fifth six-year term,
he finds himself In one of the
toughest fights of his life. His
long service has brought him
prestige and power in the Sem
ate, but it has not assured him
the gratitude Of his great State.
At the age Of IS he has been
compelled to campaign like a
beginner and the campaign al
ready has taken the form famil-
lar to all States. The issue is:
Who can do the most for the
State? Senator Connally unques-
tionably has done a lot for
Texas in the past, but that
doesn't count unless it helps to
prove what he can do In the
future.
More important in this re-
spect than anything else i'm
mediately in sight Is the
question Of what he can do to
protect the States claim to the
rich oil-bearing offshore land
beneath the Gulf Of Mexico. Or
as Texans express it. the ire
covery Of the stolen tidelands."
The alleged theft, you under
stand. was committed by the
Truman administration, work.
ing in cahootS with the United
States Supreme Court. Can Old
Tawm persuade the Senate to
join with the House and undo
this foul deed? The answer may
be given next week when the
issue comes to . vote on a bill
to have the Federal Govern
ment grant q quitclaim to
Texas. California, Louisiana and
any other States that may later
be involved.
II the states win, Senator
Connally will not be too modest
to accept q full share Of the
credit. He may not be too for
bearing to remind the Texas
voters that his principal oppo-
nent, Price Daniel. lost the case
for Texas In the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Daniel, as the States at
torney general. as well as prin-
cipal pleader for the other
States, handled the case in the
high court. Tie court over
ruled his contention. holding
that the submerged lands belong
to the United States, not to the
particular States.
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Fletcher KnebeI::
Potomac Fever

New Hampshire chooses between Ike and Taft Results will
settle the big foreignpocy question remaining
foreign land is candidates worst policy k.
Senator Kefauver campaigns minute against Pre
dent Truman in New Hampshire all pr-
mary-the raccoon the mink. .
school editors they hard boys will be-
famous political writer's predict on any election
almost the results in
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Treasury Secretary Snyder denies he's differing the
Federal Reserve Board handle You don't
have to about how debt being handeds the
heathiest in the world. n -.#
Navy Secretary Kmbal that $4,000 pounds of ham
that spoiled at the San Diego naval Salvage value
Mighty lucky spoiled too They running out Of
old ham TV t.a 4ssaee..se
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Senator Connally thereupon
was heard to hint publicly that
Mr.. Daniel had mishandled the
case. He suggested that the
Texas claim should not have
been joined with those Of the
other States. Texas. he said,
has a special claim based on the
agreement under which Texas
entered the Union. AS a matter
Of fact. Mr.. Daniel did make
this a part Of his appeal, but
1t failed to impress the court.
Congress, Of course, can set
aside the effect Of the courts
ruling by the enactment of a
new law. the proposed quit
claim law. Equally, Of course,
the President can veto the law
II 1t is enacted. and he will do
just that. having made his views
on the matter well known.
Senator Connally cannot hope
to persuade the President to
change his mind. That would be
q real demonstration Of his IN
Evening star., 1952-03-11
Doris FIeeson:

Republicans would have a
much easier presidential cam
paign problem if they could be
sure beyond peradventure that
everybody will still have money
In their pockets next November.
There are already signs that
they cannot be sure Of it.
No drastic changes impend in
the vast leveling-up processes
that have accompanied the
rapidly rising national income
since the thirties. Spotty un-
employment has appeared, how
ever. and in some areas like
New England and Detroit 1t Is
severe.
Defense spending has not
gone forward at the rate fore
cast. Republicans are leading
an effort to cut 1t down even
more and to trim the Federal
budget wherever possible. Since
civilians have not been pinched
for goods despite defense spend
ing, few Slack-taking possible
tiles exist In that field. Agri-
culture also has been getting q
leSsening share Of the national
income.
Thus it is quite possible that
voters will not be taking their
recent social gains quite so
much for granted when they
actually ballot in eight months
on presidential candidates be-
ing nominated now on q quite
different set Of issues.
Democratic confidence that
they can come up from behind
with Q fighting candidate des-
pite the mess in Washington Is
largely based on the fact that
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these social gains took place
under Roosevelt and Truman.
They will Of course promise to
continue them.
The internationalism which
the party in power practices is
also a spending policy in large
part. It is often little realized
how much of the congressional
support for the Marshall Plan
was spurred by back home
business which profited from it.
The principal motive was United
States security-the saving Of
Western Europe from COM
munism so it could fight at our
side-but the plan had its
economic aspects too. Members
Of the House particularly were
influenced by interested busi-
ness in their districts.
Among Republican candidates
Senator Taft is generally re-
garded as the hero Of business.
Significantly. however, much of
really big business is backing
Gen. Eisenhower. and Harold
Stassen, an internationalist,
has support there, too, though
he has lost much of it to Gen.
Eisenhower.
It is perhaps more true to say
that Senator Taft can do no
wrong with little or medium
size business and that he 'ap-
proaches the heroic among peo-
pie with fixed incomes and the
middle class which has shared
comparatively less in the recent
social gains. These groups are
articulate; they are not too
numerous.
The shock Of higher taxes
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