davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1952-07-20

Kefauver led the fight against organ
lied crime and corruption and could
never be tagged personally with the
g. o. P.'s favorite issue, corruption
in Government. Still, the Truman
coolness and the lack of real en-
thusiasm in the South is a handicap.
Self f-Mode Millionaire
The remaining top candidate is
Senator Kerr of Oklahoma. It's true.
the delegate muses.. it's hard to think
of too many things in Mr.. Kerr's
favor, but it Is also hard to think of
many things against him. He Is
millionaire, but self-made Million
aire who was born In q log cabin.
He's an oil man. and he alienated
some Northerners with his natural
gas bill, but that was couple Of
years ago and it was q pretty Nechni-.
cal bill to be made into an issue.
Senator Kerr is q great campaigner
and has friends (but enemies. tool IN
both North and South. He's q possi-
bility for q compromise candidate, but
still not big name.
How about the favorite sons and
the talked Of" but. not interested
Democrats? Senator Mcmahon Of
Connecticut is inexperienced and also
a Catholic: Senator Humphrey of
Minnesota is about as well loved in
the South as was Gen. Sherman;
Senator Douglas Of Illinois doesn't
want the JOB, nor do Chief Justice
Vinson or Justice Douglas.
Open conventions? AS Mr.. Average
Delegate completes his inventory Of
the candidates, he suddenly realizes
that the good old days when Roose-
yelt and Truman were running were
D lot easier. particularly from the
standpoint Of the delegates who must
east the votes ON the convention floor
Evening star., 1952-07-20
By Richord FrykIund

want the job. The nomination was
all but handed to Stevenson by the
President this spring, but he said
mo" vigorously and repeatedly.
The delegate will be convinced that
Stevenson won't connive in q phoney
draft. But how about a real draft?
It's never been done before. No
candidate has ever been nominated
against his will. Not even Steven
sons political mentor, Jake Arvey,
is still talking about q draft. But If
worst comes to worst, well, it's q
possibility.
Heir Apparent
Then there is Averell Hartman,
Mutual Security Administrator and
heir-apparent of the Truman wing.
Hartman was given q quick build
up, but he still is relatively obscure
and looks like less than q winner.
Also he is unacceptable to the South.
because he made his pitch ON q strong
civil rights platform when he won the
p. G. primary.
The delegates thoughts will turn
to Senator Russell, the pride Of the
Southland -or most of it. anyhow.
The Senator has most Of the south
ern delegates in his camp, although
the enthusiasm of several blocs was
chilled slightly when he called for
repeal Of the Taft-Hartley law
Wednesday.
Senator Russell. however. Is un-.
acceptable to the North. His new
stand against Taft-Hartley would
help some. but he would still be
sure to lose minority group and Fair
Deal votes because Of his civil rights
stand. He doesn't look like the man.
And there's the weep. Mr.. Bark
ley Is well liked In both North and
South. He voted with the New Deal
Evening star., 1952-07-20

now was on in earnest. It has been
going on ever since.
The Presidents cheek tingled
from the slap 1t had received from
the High Court. Congressman,
gleeful or doleful according to their
political lights in political year,
offered the President advice But
the only advice officially rendered
by Congress was some that hardly
needed to have been given: Use the
Taft-Hartley Act.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

THE Nationwide steel strike en-
l. ters its eighth week tomorrow,
with the disputants hardly more
than a hairsbreadth apart on a
single major issue. But for all the
progress that apparently is being
made toward a settlement OF this
issue, industry and labor in the
steel situation might as well be
separated by a chasm.
Superficially, even on this 49th
day Of the costly dispute, the Ma
tons economy appears sound. It
is. of course, far from sound today;
leaders Of the defense effort are
quick to admit that the country
stands in grave peril.
But that even the appearance of
soundness should persist so long
after the start Of strike in the
Nations key industry attests to the
basic strength of America. Gov
ernmental leaders-whose reputa-
tions protect them from the charge
of being alarmiSts-Said nearly two
months ago that the Nation could
not stand even a days strike in
steel. The fact is that the country
did stand a days strickland two
days and three. Only now, after
seven weeks, the industrial COM
plex Of America is beginning to
show strain.
Big Steel and Big Labor today
stand divided only on the issue of a
union shop. And their disagree
ment Is not even so great as the
answer-yes or no-to the question:
Shall there be a union shop? Their
difference today Is only this: How
watered- down shall the union shop
be? On issues of wages and other
benefits labor and management ap-
pear to be in accord. When this
last big difference Is ironed out,
there will be peace again In the
steel industry. The accord could
come today at Pittsburgh. But
even If it does, the Nations trouble
will not be over.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

creases. About the union shop
clause, industry said no, without
qualification.
(. But, still cherishing the hope of
peace, the Government asked for a
fourth strike postponement, until
April 4. Perhaps-thought Defense
Mobilizer Charles Wilson and others
AN agreement could be reached.
It was clear, in early April, that
there would be no agreement with
out a generous upgrading of steel
prices. What was "generous?" The
industry was talking about $12 a
ton on carbon steel, which makes
up 90 per cent Of the Nations pro-
duction. The Government stood
pat on figure near So, to which
the industry was entitled under the
so-called Capehart Amendment to
the price control law.
Charlie Wilson tried to get the
two sides together by offering the
industry $3.50 a ton. He was re-
pudiated by President Truman. This
reputation may have been the
thing that made the strike inevita-
ble-although there is no definite
assurance that Mr.. Wilson could
have purchased peace for $3.50.
The man behind the Presidents
action was Ellis Arnall, head of the
Office Of Price Sterilization. Late
last week, Mr.. Arnall was still in
there fighting against anything
that would break the Capehart
Amendment line. The only differ
ence between then and now was
that while peace was still possible
in April, last week the Nation had a
long and expensive strike on it's
hands.
The Old compoioner
President Truman, that night Of
April 8, was the same cocky cam
paigner who gave 'em hell" over
the back end Of a railroad train
in the fall of 48. His eyes sparkled
angrily into the television cameras;
his voice betrayed more emotion
than 1t ordinarily carries when he
Evening star., 1952-07-20

Federal conciliator, summoned an
industry-u union conference in Wash
ington. He gave up after two days,
and reported his lack of success to
President Truman.
In Mr.. Ching's report lay the key
to the whole difhculty-which
neither Mr.. Ching, nor the Presi-
dent, nor labor, nor industry could
do anything about. It was the
matter of controls. Labor's wages
and industry's profits were under
Government control. There could
be no climate of untrammeled give
and-take, under which the law of
supply and demand could operate
at the bargaining table.
This was the situation at the end
Of 1851. At the stroke of midnight
December 81, the strike was due to
begin. But a few days before the
deadline, Steelworkers Chief Philip
Murray postponed the strike until
action could be taken early in jan
uary by a union convention at At
lantic City. Meanwhile, the Govern
ment ordered the Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board to take charge Of the
case. A special panel was set up by
WSB. The union voted to postpone
the strike until February 23 to give
the board a chance to study the
issues.
AS the new strike date rolled
around, the Wage Sterilization
Board still was working on the
matter. Mr.. Murray and his union
held off for another 80 days, until
March "a.
WSB Findings
Four days before this third strike
deadline, WSB made its findings
public. The union applauded and
industry shrieked. The recon-
mendation would cost industry rs
cents an hour-according to Gov
eminent estimates-and would
grant advantages like the union
shop. Again industry refused unless
a price increase were guaranteed
In advance to care for the wage in
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Effects

What effects are being felt in the
Nations economy? To the average
man in Washington this Sunday
morning, they are hardly notice
able. But elsewhere in the country,
the effects are more obvious.
An estimated is million men are
jobless-almost a million of them
in industries other than strike
bound steel. There are relief lines
in Youngstown, and men out Of
work In the auto capital of Detroit.
RailroaderS by the thousands have
been laid of. FabricatorS, who take
steel from the mills and proceSS it
into finished goods, are shutting
down for lack of raw materials.
And in this interlocking society
Of ours, it is not only the laboring
man and the capitalist who are be-
ginning to feel the pinch. Eighty
million dozen tin cans, which should
be rolling of factory lines each
week, are not rolling OF. Farmers
are beginning to worry about the
crops that soon will come to harvest.
Some already have lost their crops
and face ruin. VIII there be tin
plated steel available for the to-
mato and string-bean packs? viii
apricotS in California come to
golden ripeness, only to soften and
rot for the want of containers2
DwindIins Supplies
At the Pentagon, military plan
ners are watching with growing
concern their dwindling supply
levels. There are no real shortages
in Korea yet. But will the strike
end and production resume before
ammunition and equipment pipe
lines run dry?
A man in q lockhouse at Sault
Ste. Marie is scanning the western
horizon, looking vainly for the
normal summertime parade of ore
boats, eastward bound from the
iron ports Of Lake Superior to the
steel ports Of Lake Erie. The lock-
master thinkS-even in the bright
warmth of midsummer-of the ice
that will be choking the lakes In q
few short months.
At Cleveland, too, men are glanc-
ing anxiouSly out onto the lake f.
a sight Of ships which are I
coming in. These men, like the
lockmaster at the 500 Canal, are
wondering what will happen when
the ice jams the lakes. These men
know that for every day after
July Is that passes without ore
reaching Ohio, there will be a day
of enforced idleness at the mills
this winter. They look, too, at the
almost non-existent stockpile Of
ore, which the furnaces must con-
sumo endlessly If steel Is to be
made.
Secondary Victims
Coal miners, secondary victims Of
the strike, are staying home in
good many communities. It is pleas
ant to go fishing, they reflect, but
q day beside q stream is no sub
stitute for day at the pay window
-and there is no pay at idle mines.
A tank manufacturer at Detroit
reads the inventory sheet again.
Figures don't lie; he cannot make
tanks when there is next to no
armor plate in the supply yard.
Almost forgotten in the big pic
ture is the little man most directly
affected-the individual steel work
er whose particular bit Of misery
bulks big when multiplied by 6Oo,-
O0O-the number out on strike.
Actual want has struck towns where
steel is the only industry. when
the mills shut down, the town shuts
down, too.
Very gradually, shortages are
I j
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Balance Sheet

II balance sheet in steel were,
to be struck today, it would show.
all liabilities and no assets. b, No,
one has won in this dispute to,
date. and apparently no one can
win. Every one who is party to
the strike has lost, in money, or
prestige, or both.
The union has lost. It sought
to prove that, backed by Govern
ment, it was unbeatable. Industry
met the union, and while industry
did not win, neither was industry
beaten.
The workers have lost. Six hun :.
dred thousand wage earners have
not had a payday for seven weeks.
II the strike should end tomorrow
on the wage terms now agreeable
to both sides, it would take the
workers more than a year and a
half to earn back the money they
have lost.
lndustry's Loss
The industry has lost. Although
one steelmaker was quoted as say
ing a 60-day strike would suit the
industry just fine, his point was not
well taken. True, big inventories
in carbon steel have been con.
sumed. But while production re-
mains at standstill, overhead goes
on. Money is going out, but no
money Is coming in. Some damage
must have been done to some
plants as a result of last months
rapid shutdown. And the scarcity
OF ore this winter will be painful
to management as well as to labor.
The stockholders have lost. There
are about as many stockholders as
workers in the steel industry-most
OF them little folk with 10 or IL
shares. They are not gamblers, but
are planning on their dividends.
Where will their dividends be when
this years earning sheets are pub
lished?
Governments Loss
The Government has lost. Per-
haps 1t has lost more than all the
others combined, for the Govern
ment is the great loser in prestige.
1t tried to be a peacemaker, and
failed. It tried to.be master of the
situation-after the situation had
deteriorated beyond redemption
but was not allowed to maintain its
mastery. It risked a decision on a
great constitutional issue and lost.
The Nation has lost. Millions Of
dollars in personal income, millions
Of tons Of steel, millions Of man.
weeks Of non-striking labor have
disappeared during the strike.
While stockpiles and pipelines have
managed so far to keep the Korean
war supplied, these have been de-
pleted BY unabated demand in q
period Of curtailed production.
The tragedy of steel has hardly
been noticed in the last seven
weeks. Now is the crucial time:
from now on the pain viii begin
to be felt, and will get progressively
worse. Soon it viii get so bad that
q remedy viii have, to be found.
As all parties to the dispute
Government, labor and industry
alike-ag the only real remedy
can be found when collective bar
gaining brings the two sides into
accord.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Nanooks Win 3, Lose 3
In Base-Town BIB League

The Nome Nanooks broke even
at the 500 mark last evening as
they edged a scrappy Lomen
Commercial team 45-42. Out of
the six games played by the High
School, they managed to get an
even split. In the first contest
the land Radar knocked over the
50O1st 1927.
Lomen's, made up ex-high
school players, led through most
Of the game and midway in the
final quarter the Nanooks broke
through to take the lead Milt
Willoya was knocked unconscious
by blow to the stomach in the
1lnal quarter, but the injury was
Mt too serious and he is expected
to see plenty of action in the
Palmer series at the end of the
week here.
For the victorious high school,
George Bell and Buzzy Swanberg
each scored II points, Willoya 10,
Elmer Green 7 and Al Sahlin and
Chubby Olson two each.
Chug Willoya of Lomen's hit
for Is, Pete Larsen II, Vincent
Ahkolik 10, Issac Larsen and John
Bell 3, Louie Kost 2.
In the first game, which was
very close until the last couple of
minutes, Pate of the 142nd paced
his team with 16, Pulleam 5, and
Mosely 4. For the losing 5001st,
Mcintyre 10, Damn 7, Kramer 5.
ide acknowledgements
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Jonishes To Go To Africa

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Jonish left
yesterday via Alaska Airlines, en-
route to the States for a visit, after
which Mr., Jonish, who is with the
U. S. Engineers, expects to be
transferred to Africa. Mrs. Jonish
plans to accompany him there.
Their home on Second Ave-, has
been sold to Don Perkins, whose
wedding to Jane Scott is sched-
uled for Dec. 6.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Tentative Lineups
In Pal1ner-Nome
Basketball Games

The Palmer High Moose, their
coach Bob Critics and a small
crowd of local rooters will arrive
by air in Nome Friday afternoon
for the big two-game series ag-
ainst the Nome Nanooks. This will
be Palmer's first visit to Nome
and the first time in many sea-
sons that guest high school team
has played on the Nanook's home
court.
The big Moose lost several play
erS, due to graduation last season,
but have fast, scrappy team led
by McKenchnie, Larsh, Brown
and Geiwitz In their first game
of the season, they downed the
333rd Reconnaissance team 1875
at Palmer. On Dec. 6, the Moose
are scheduled to meet strong
Anchorage team on the latter's
home floor.
In the "a" tournament h d
last season over at Fairbanks, the
Palmer Moose gained victory
over the Nome Nanooks 1928.
Coach Hahn and his boys will be
seeking revenge for the setback.
Palmer uses a fast break style
Of play and matched with the ex-
plosive charge of the Nanooks, an
exciting evening Of basketball
should be played
Tentative lineup for Palmer in
cludes: Larsh, Brown, Ross, Hem
mer and Winegarner. For the Ma
hooks: Willoya, Sahlin, Swanberg,
Greene and George Bell.
A preliminary game both nights
beginning at will pit the 7th
and 9th grade Mustangs against
the Baby Nanooks, to be followed
at 8:15 by the feature game.
Tickets may be purchased at
the school or at several local mer-
chants in town and those seek
ing tickets for one game can buy
them at the gymnasium On game
nights.
For two games, adults $3.50, one
game $3.50. Children, two games,
$500 and for one game SIPS.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Minstrel Show is Special
Feature Of Forthcoming
Pioneer Roof Garden

An old fashioned minstrel show
under the direction of Mrs. G.. R.
jackson will be staged at the
Nome School gymnasium on Dec.
10 as one of the main features Of
the Roof Garden entertainment.
Two rehearsals with a cast of
% members participating have al
ready been held, and it was learn
ed from one who was allowed
brief preview, that it promises to
be the best "Ole Time Minstrel
Show" ever put on in Nome.
Appropriate costumes have
been ordered from the States and
will arrive this week by air ex-
press. New lighting fixtures are
being installed, which will give
added effect to the performance.
And as to the jokes, imperson-
ations, ETC., well, just be prepared
for the cleverest original take-offs
you have ever enjoyed. You will
be laughing until Christmas.
Save Your Date - make ar
rangements now. You cannot af-
ford to miss it.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Wallace McIvor Heads
Xmas Tree Committee

At the meeting of the Nome
City Council last Monday, Wal
lace McIvor was named chairman
of the Community Christmas Tree
celebration for this year.
The annual event for the en-
tire community has become ira
dition of the holiday season.
A meeting has been called for
Sunday, Nov. 80 for a general
meeting and the appointment of
committees.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
Views On 7. B. Problem
Aired at Chamber Lunch

The Chamber of Commerce had
two guests at their noon luncheon
yesterday, DR., Fred Coddington,
chest surgeon from Mt. Edge
cumbe, who discussed the T.B.
situation before the meeting. He
stated that there still was a sad
lack Of beds for tubercular pa
tents in the territory and that
until there were enough beds for
all having the disease, only those
patients are selected who have a
chance of survival AS a result
advanced cases are still at large
and in contact with the popula-
ton. Only by education can the
spread of the disease be checked,
he stated.
BIGGER Martinson, x-ray tech
nician for General Electric, told
of his work in installing x-ray
equipment in the MIMI hospital.
He is installing a mobile x-ray
unit so that patients may be x
rayed in their beds instead Of
being moved to the x-ray room.
Mr.. Martinson, who has been in
this work for over 20 years, stated
that the equipment here is COM
parable to any other hospital in
the territory and equal to some of
the best Of similar size in the
States.
In discussion on ways and
means of the community to- i'm
prove the T.B. problem, DR.. Lang
sam went on record as being very
much in favor Of the hot lunch
program for school children as a
program very worthy and having
his Wholehearted support.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26
To Be Married Thanksgiving Day

Wedding bells will ring on
Thanksgiving Day for Frederik
Bockman, son of Helen Bockman
of this city, and Mary Louise Fink
Of the Territorial Welfare Office
The wedding has been announced
for 10 in the morning at the Com
munity Methodist Church with re-
ception following in the social
rooms of the church.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Kunnuk are
the parents of a son, Dominic
Poloc, weighing 8 pounds / ounce,
born on November Is. Mr.. Kun
nuk is employed by US. Smelling
Company.
The Nome nugget., 1952-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Murdoch
are the parents Of a son, Jimmy
George, born November Is and
weighing 8 pounds IA ounces. Mr..
Murdoch is a radio technician
with the CAA here.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1952-06-30
NATURE STRONGER THAN MAN

A forest fire originating from smoke
bomb set off by q Aeliocopter pilot to
attract his escort When engine trouble
forced him to land. ra ged for over
week about fifteen mi hes North and bit
VTost Of Dill ingham.
Thousands Of dollars Of damage has been
estimated by the expense involved in
fighting the fire. in the vegetation that
has been destroyed in a country where it
Is only the hardest Of plants that grows.
Wild animals have been burned up and driven
from their homes and some Of the trees
that were destroyed were about $50 years
old. 5
Continued Page s.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1952-06-30

Resident; fl shermen employed by the AS
Inc. IN the Bristol Bay area as Of July s.
1852 WILL go to the polls during the month
Of July under tho supArvi sion Of the NLRB
to determine whether they desire tho Ber-
ing Sea Fishemen's Union, tho Alaska
Fl sher men's Union or neither to represent
them in collective bargai ming with their
employer.
Originally scheduled to be held last
year, it was postponed due to unfair Labor
practice charges filed against the 1SI. I,
by the BsFU. Meanwhile the extent Of the
election was modified in such q way that
only resident fl shermen are eligible to
vote whereas last year all Fl shermen wou1'
have been eligible. This greatly improves
the chances Of victory for the BSFU.
One Or more authori zed observers. q
non-supervi sorry employees Of the employer,
will be PERM tied to each Of the uni ons i,
question provided they are desig nated in
writing prior to the time Of the election
Those eligible to vote include all re-
sident Fishermen. set METERS. beachmen.
net tenderss boat crews including cooks
on tenders end tally scows). mess house
= employees, tally mon and utility men en-
ployed by the Alaska Salmon Industry. Inc
as Of July 8, 1862.
Voters may be challenged but the cha1-
lenge must be made before tho voter has
deposited mis- ballot in the ballot box.
The election will be by secret ballot.
Schedule Of voting is as followss
Nushagak area at each operating cannery
from July: So inc1usive3 Ugashik and Ege--
.gik .arsa. from July lo-15 inclusive; -,
Ky4cRak ayea together wi tn, Peterson Point
,0annaFy JpaX415s22 S(aaueiysA.and Naknok
: area July 24-2T ino1usAvas Arrangement
to conduct ba1loting on floaters will be
made after the election team enters the
area. If possible. it Will vote these
WTTVFxx-xH
Big FOURTH OF JULY DANCE AT THE v1LInS
The beacon of Dillingham., 1952-06-30
WRECKED IN CRASH LANDI NJ

One Of the PHILOSOPHERS cracked up
somewhere in the vicinity Of the recent
fire viii le on a reconnai ssance flight
last week. The pilot was unhurt. but the
plane IS said to be a total wreck One
Of the props is supposed to have broken.
(Thi s information was given to The
Beacon from reliable source, though it
is not an official releases