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INC CUB TRACTOR as low as s7l5;
INC, Silver Spring. Md. JU. S-3333
NEW EQUIPMENT-IHc Super A
e. II and M tractors. plows, cult.
fert; att. mowers, harrowS, leaders
graders. manure spreaders, lime and
tert. sprsaders, drills. balers, ham.
heavy and light disk. WAGONS anc
bodies. New Holland ensiiage har-
yester, blower, wagon unloaders
baler, saw, cement mixer. New Idea
spreaders, corn pickers, wagons and
corn leaders; BriIlion grass seeders
barn equipment. /. II. c. and New
i.9H;Ha holland 6aier aa ,iEy. tEtns. ,pHaarts ane
Spring. Nd. JU. S-3333.
PLoW-TRACToR. j. 1. Case, double
bottom. l25inn3 S1O0; saddle horse
hne one, SlOo. Cedar 3-264l.
FRUIT AND NUT Trees, shrubs
yard and garden. B. C. Dooley, sales
Tepr. -WAYNEsBoRo NURSERY
FOUR HIVES Italian honey bees in.
cluding Is Supers with honey,
extra brooders. 8 supers mostly with
and mech. extractor. Probable value
$3.50. A real bargain at 500
Owner in bad health. Call MARI
GARDEN pHRI i21'9i 9TiRAcToR-s h.p. Husk,
Sh ssss sSssShRiP's s Sell fes fof ss75 By SsE S.
one SHHrcf Re- a"It CATERPILLAR BULL
DOZER, excel. eond. Apply n, D.
MONROE, Doncaster, Nd. Phone
rMnES rMsn!sm9S 3SSE STs%i %1iApnvN rp.CTGp
plow. cultivator, disc and mower
one BoLEN R1DEMAsTER TRAc-
TOR. with plow, disc and cultivator
in good condition. 1895. AL. 1853
HOLLY TREES for sale; 10 to Is
feet, with berries. Priced S125. Cal
TOP TP' Soil, SOIL, COW manure and We wood
earth' reasonable, Rockville a275
RHoDoDENDRoNs, . to 8 it.. 81
$50, per 100. Also shade trees
AZALEAS. ali coIors. kinds: bloomine
size. SOC up. S211 Sligo Greek Park.
way. Takoma Park, Nd, ewes, week
Lawn SPECIALIST. seeding. feeding
top dressing, grading, wedding: free
estimates. JU. 7-54S4,
TREE SURGERY, pruning. topping
sured and exper. JU. 7-5484.
DOGWO0DS, oft, pink. white: blue
spruce shade trees, evergreens
shrubs. JU. 7-54S4
TOPSOIL. enriched and sifted; ma.
nure. rotted and sifted; humus; free
delivery. JU. 7-54S4.
TOPSOIL
/ If you want the best, you want sol
| from the rich Patapsco Valley. HI
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COUNTRY BoARD

CARE FOR eldeit or conValescent,
IN private modern home; no children,
lovely grounds and porches. Wood
stock 1901.
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CHILDREN WEI COME

and sink. next to bathroom. Close
to chools, shopping center ano
Transportation. Laundry privileges
White. Reas. rent. Gail any time
RA, 1906. 4313 Kansas ave. NV
~
COLORED-FURN. LIV. RIM. bedrm !;
priyil. kit: quiet couple or 2 men.
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COW MANURE-Clean, nc
trash, corn cobs or weeds;
also Chester loan fertilized
top soil; guarantee both
manure and topSoil; best
obtainable; SIS, ton; $50,
tons, delivered. GEORGE
w. SABINE, GaitherSburg,
Md. Phone 686.
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WESLEY HALL

" cAOAIG i 44k1A1
Spacious dble. rms. in remodeled, re-
dec. bldg. Running water in every
rm. Large closets. Dances and free
movies Recr. rm.; BendiX washer
selected menu. S50-S60 1926 2lst
st. NV. HU. 1924.
THE JOHN KILPEN HOTEL
.2310 ASHMEAD PL. NV.
Double and single rms. some with
private bath. American plan; excel.
meals; home atmosphere HO. 1866.
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If you want the best, you want soil
from the rich Patapsco Valley. HI.
1894 IN
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112s y ST. N,w.-Attractive sgle,
suitable for artist; $50 SO mo;
1sss Sls n 81. N.W.msmail esm GnsE Single and
n0pr nopT. fESnE; SSa so permanent gentleman
FURNIsHED ROOM for rent. Private
CHEVY CHASE, b. C.03i15 81 5uoSsy, ouesada
81: lovely front room; pvt. bath;
neg home; near bus. $40. WO.
FOR EMPLOYED LADY-ssle roon
quiet home of adults: laundry priyls
unlim. phone; good transp. GE.
liz MADISON sT.-Lee. sale rm
next bath. cedar closet; porch; tel
LGE' LePeonf FR99ST 99Sst RSne' RM GE eto5zssls zsis
beds, pvt. bath; vic. Walter Reed;
PVT, h9me. Just OF 10th; gentlemen.
1907 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE. NV
fos Nicely Lsehnd furn. single nm, pvt home;
press bus; SIS. GE. $3.50. Is "a
5113 GA. AVE.-Rm for 2 girls or
cple.; kit; and liv. rm. privils., conv.
1903 RHODE ISLAND AVE. NV
Pleasant rIn.. pvt. entrance, near
room, sa5. NE. S15s. NV 0ef m2
BEAUTIFUL ROOM with twin beds.
2 closets. close to. transportation
S4S Delafield place NV. Ia. 773S.
ONE OF BETTER PLACEs-ssie.
rnl., breakfast, roommate for young
lady. DE. s367.. 1876 Columbia .rd.
ROOM IN APT; twin beds, home
privileges, plenty of hot water and
heat; q blk. transp. RA. 9410. -
142O PERRY PL. N.W.-SgIe. front
rnt.. for refined gentleman; shower
bath; 14th-16th st. transp. TU.
sGIE. RM. IN PVT. HOME for sober
gentleman; good transp. unlim
phone; no other roomers. RA. 3177.
NICE SINGLE RM.. next bath. in re-
tlne Jewish homet conv. and reas.
5117 Illinois ave. NV. ia. 1914. .
PARK RID. SECTION-Attrac. rooms,
pvt. home; phone, laund., kit. priyil.
OPTIONAL. RA. $500. -
UPPER 18th ST.-Master bedroom.
| pvt. bath. = closets; in private new
home: conv. transp. Tu. 5496. -
lCH. CHI. ID. C.--For discriminating
person: rf11.. pvt. bath; adult gentle
home, $50. Gar. avail. Wo. 1852.
DOWNTOWN. 14lo NJ st. NV, Apt.
706-Sleeping rm., conf, 24-hour
elev. service. next bath. 20
LIKE APARTMENT-2 lovely bright
rms. SO ca. sgl,s maid service: no
cook; mr. bus. center. park. AID. BIB,
lFURN. RIM. and pvt. hath, $40 mo.
For men only, ia. 6x66.
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WANTED empl. girl to share apt.
private room. next to bath. on bus
ana carSine, ne. section; reas. Box
lSS-M Star
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GIRL. 25 to 30. to share lovely lge.
-Deurm. apt, with 3 girls; excel
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IARLINGTON-Will share my at
tractiVe, modern. duplex apart
ment with two young women.
Large master bedroom available.
twin beds. TV, unlimited phone;
excellent transportation, Refer
ences. S42-60 each. Alex. 1854.
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DUPONT CIRCLE tbeIow)--Spacious
studio rm. TOR ! person; lge. closet,
firepl., Vent. blinds, reliable maid
service. $40 mo. 1891 Jefferson pl.
Any Any Day except Sun: bet; 81. d
quiet and clean; conv. transp.; re-
fined quiet person only; S35 mo.
Call DU. S023, -
GEORGIA AVE. AND ALLISON ST.
Large 3-wtndow front rn., lge. closet,
telephone. laundry prtvil. Lady. TU.
Ga. AVE. AND INGRAHAM ST..
gentleman preferred. ia. 53i7 20
WILL EXCHANGE attractive rm, for
girl in large 1-family house on WASH
ington Circle for bahy-Sitting ewes,
Free week ends. Call DI. 1896, -7
1900 N ST. N.W-Hall room, coy,
nicely furn., reasonable. HU. 3749.
NEWLY FURN. RIM. next bath for
man in pvt. home. Unlin. phone,
Mr.. BUREAU OF sTANDARDS, and
betw. Conn. and Wis. ayes., rm. adj,
bath. Gentleman only. EN-. 3637
CHEVY CHASE. d. c.. 3115 ouesSda
ST., master bedroom, pvt. bath. phone
In room; 2 closets, large desk. $45.
|sGLE. RIM. warm and sunny; gentle
gentleman; $3.50 wk. Mt. Pleas
5I0i 18th ST. / biz. from 14th and
Georgia ave. y blk. transp. Nice
cpl, with references. RA. 1874;
5OOs 7th sT. NV. iEe. front nm, i
goo. nsishborho9d, EScd trensp; =, ;
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va. STUDIO RIM. NV. downtown
apt; housekeeping privil. for ouiet-
reaned empl. lady. Box 149-M. Star.
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Continued on Next Pasel
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DECOR, sunny dble. rm.;
twin beds: daily maid service; semi
pvt. bath; large closet; refgr. DU.
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= GIRLS. pvt. bedrm.. use rest
ouSe; S37 80 mo-: 20 min. town;
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
Elect Officers

Sedalia Lions held their reg
ular dinner meeting for the month
of April, Monday, April Dist in
the recreation room of the Metho-
dist Church. A fried chicken din
ner was served by the women of
the Presbyterian Church.
After short business session
a program was enjoyed, featuring
THE Green Weeds" three Hill
liards high school boys from New
Rome. The Green Weeds string
band has been on various televi-
sion programs.
Officers elected to serve for the
ensuing year are Kermit Hankins,
President, Jessie A. Thornton,
Secretary-Treasurer, Ned Davey,
First Vice President, Chester
Kelso, Second Vice President,
Robert Edwards Sr., Third Vice
President, Ray tty, Lion
Tanner and Homer Robinson,
Tail Twister. Directors are Afford
Moore, Gordon Knisley, Leroy
Peck an Glenn Davey.
The Club recently erected a
fence around the school yard for
the protection of the children. The
project was paid for out of the
Clubs treasury and members did
the work.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK

1927-TWENTY-FVE YEARS AGO-192I
APRIL 8London Club and London Chamber OF Commerce con-
London Commercial Club head
ed by R. B. Howard. IS ssstsssss
APRIL Rankin London Madison Recorder
signs position position with Columbus
Farquhar who recently purchased
Skinner dygood London rents Claude Humel property
Washington Avenue. sss.ep esss ss~. - la5 s
19Rosedae School Alumni present play That's One on
Bill"
APRIL 2o-counl authorizes cleaning London improve
APRIL 2oM Catherine Mnsha deputy county recorder and
caused by resignation OF b.
Rankin
21Wam London appointed special delivery mes
APRIL 22George dealers awarder con-
William Jennings Bryan memorial In airing
Cemetery Washington D. George Dodds member the ir
London for before moving to xenla
c. Shough, Captain
APRIL R K Shaw London of four commissioners
Pesbyey attend General Assembly or PresDy-
Creath London chosen deie-
gate to Synod of Church in Wooster.
H.. fe42-TEN YEARS AGo-1s42 ss54.. e.
ordinance that all riders OF py
have license
APRIL Lewis chairman organizing county for
employee payroll plan purchase Bonds Tyson pre-
sdent of Ohio 1000 partcp
of Ia employees in his plant
priority to equipment and supplies :.
APRIL Phillips 6yearod daughter OF Madison Coun
Highway Superintendent and Mrs Robert Phps ses
Buddy" buy defense bonds
APRIL 2o-Deposors of The Security Building Loan Co., MT
Sterling dividend making 1907 return on their
investment Final amount distributed $145O0O.
Defense School has had 81 women enroheo
opened January 3.
April 2iBher Gibson teaching posi-
at Manisblrg S. Air Corps Dayton
April 22Iondon Country Golf for
APRIL M-Pre-school clinic London School
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
..-I-. --

cannot forgive him, however,
one basic Misrepresentation of
which he was guilty. He tossed off
vast figures of profits without
telling the American people that
he meant profits before taxes.
He said, for example, 1.-The steel
industry makes $3.50 of profit on
a ton aof steel" and neglected to
say that he takes at least two
thirds of that away in taxes. Steel
companies cannot pay wages and
taxes with the same dollar. Nor
can the steel industry build new
plants when the country calls for
steel with the dollars it pays the
Government in taxes.
Profit Decline cited
The truth is that in terms of net
profit, by which I mean the money
the company has left after all
costs are paid, the steel companies
made-per ton-less than one
third of the $3.50 that the Presi-
detn talked about. And that was
off ID per cent from the preceding
year.
The actual cost to the steel COM
panies of the package recommend
ed by the Wage Board is 80 cents
per man-hour. But even this is
only half of the ultimate cost.
When steel wages go up, the cost
of things that steel companies buy
goes up in the same degree. Every
business man who hears my voice
knows this Is true. That makes the
full cost $12 per ton of steel.
With a wave of his hand, the
President tossed this fantastic
wage increase aside by saying the
steel workers would thus merely
be catching up with workers in
other industries.
Actually it is the steel industry
itself that has been in the fore
front of increasing industrial
wages. Since Korea the cost of
living has gone up II per cent,
while the earnings of steel work
ers have gone up 1872 per cent.
Does this mean that the steel
workers have been unfairly treat
ed?
My time is running out. AS you
may have sensed, l present this
fortnight reply to the President
only because / believe deeply in
the truth of what I have said. 1
should feel derelict in my own
duty as citizen if / did not to-
night call upon Americans every
where to take up the challenge
the President threw down last
night.
This is America at the cross
roads. To the housewife this means
that the whole giddy spiral of in
flation starts again. To freedom
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
Clorenee Brown
House Office Building
Washington D. G.
George n. Bender
House Office Building
Washington D. c.

ity conferred upon him by the
Constitution.
But I say, my friends, that the
Constitution was adopted by our
forefatherS to prevent tyranny,
not to create it. When he asked
the Congress for power to seize
private property they said no.
They gave him instead the Taft
Hartley Act which he now spurns,
and the power which they denied
him he now has seized.
For whom has he done this?
Let no American be misled. This
evil deed, without precedent in
American history, discharges a po-
litical debt to the CLIO. Phil Muir
ray now gives Harry S. Truman
receipt marked, paid in full"
He speaks of war. I know some
thing of war. I was in uniform
when Harry Truman was, in
France as he was, and by an odd
circumstance for some months in
the same division he was. l lost
my nephew in the last war on D.
Day plus 6, but l say to you
fathers and mothers of our brave
men in Korea that if any man now
threatens their safety for lack of
steel, that mans name is Phil
Murray.
He called the steel strike; the
steel companies did not. And not
forty-eight hours ago he rejected a
last effort at settlement by the
companies when they offered to go
from cents to 1919 cents of in
crease per hour, plus all the costly
fringe benefits previously offered.
Is your boy making S1.70 an
hour in Korea? That is what the
steelworkers got before Korea.
And this new offer is a dollar a
day more in straight pay, or a
total package with fringe benefits,
that would give the companies
new and added costs of three
quarters of a billion dollars.
Blames Public Members
Who were the actors in this
corrupt political deal? The So
called public members of the
Wage Sterilization Board, public
in name only, for Harry Truman
knew in advance that they would
not let Phil Murray down. Nor did
they. In the name of stabilization
they gave him twice as much as
he had ever secured by collective
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25

Harold Sparling has been ap-
pointed administrators VIVA. of
the estate of Thomas F. Golden,
late of London.
ACCOUNTS
The third and final account of
Sam r. Sharpe, executor of the
estate of Nancy E. Bowers, has
been allowed and confirmed in
probate court.
First and final accounts allowed
and confirmed, were, Margaret
Cutler and Helen c. Brock, execu-
trices in the estate of Lena Bren-
nan and Mary Roger, administra-
trix in the estate of George w.
Roger.
INHERITANCE TAXES
In the estate of Pearl A. Cart
mile, late of Fairfield township,
inheritance tax in the amount of
S287.O .O5 was paid to Fairfield
township.
In the estate of Kathryn M. Glib
son, late of London, inheritance
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
COURT NEWS
ESTATE $2e, ,a57

ESTATE s2s,357
Pearl A. Cartmille, late of Fair
field township, left an estate of
S29, ,357.36 according to inventory
filed in probate court. Real estate
was valued at S19,575 and person.
al at SO, 9,782.36. Laura T. Cartmille
is executrix and Herman Webb,
Lon johnson and Robert Kavaney,
appraisers.
WILLS PROBATED
In the will of Bessie E. Creamer,
late of London, admitted to pro-
bate here, she left her entire es-
tate to her husband, Taylor
Creamer, who was appointed ex-
ecutor to serve without bond by
provision of the will.
Leo E. Creath, late of London,
left his entire estate to his wife,
Ruth, who was appointed execu-
trix to serve without bond by pro-
vision of the will
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25

ing? Or should he in all candor
have taken the opportunity last
night, talking as he was to every
fireside in America, to make it
clear whether or not he had seized
the steel plants in order to compel
workers to join a union against
their will?
The President talked on infla-
ton, but does anyone really think
that he understands thst word ?
Economists say that initiation is
too much money chasing too few
goods. When the Government runs
in the red and borrows from the
banks, it increases the supply of
money. The bigger the deficit, the
more the borrowing, and the
greater the amount of money
chasing the same goods.
Yet when Harry Truman tries to
put this great new cost burden on
the steel companies, while at the
same time forbidding them to
raise prices, he deprives the Gov
ernment of vast sums in taxes
now levied on profits, and has to
borrow that much more. It's as
simple as that.
But for downright distortion of
fact, Harry Truman was at his
magnificent best when he talked of
profits in the steel industry. / am
not sure, and / say this soberly,
that he knows what the word
profit" means in industry, or the
vital place it holds in an economy
based upon free enterprise.
Nor could / understand his
arithmetic Struggle as / will, l
cannot get the answer he did when
/ divide our tons of steel produced
into dollars as he did.
But I am fair-minded enough to
know that in the midst of his busy
life he cannot have accurate
knowledge of such matters, and
that speeches must be written for
him by others, as this one obvious
ly was. The most charitable view
point is that he was improperly
informed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25
Robert A. Toff
Senate Office Building
Washington. D. G.
John Bricker
Senate Office Building
Washington. D. c.
STEEL INDUSTRY'S REPLY
TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN

(This statement issued April 9,
1852, is a document of historic
Importance. President Truman's
usurpation of power in the seizure
of steel plants. was violation of
the Constitution and long step
toward Executive dictatorship. II
must be rebuked and reversed so
that, in the future, no president
may ever again dare such usurpa-
tlon of dictatorial personal power.
The stranqlehold of Phil Murray
and other labor bosses over the
nations economy and the govern
nent itself, must be Iiouidated by
legislation prohibiting the danger
Gus monopoly power arising from
industry wide bargaining.
BY CLARENCE q. RANDALL
President of the Inland Steel
Company
l have a deep sense of reSponS-
'bility as l face this vast audience
of the air. / am here to make
answer on behalf of the steel
industry to charges flung over
these microphones last night by
the man who then stood where l
stand now. 1 am a plain citizen.
He was the President of the
United States.
Happily we still live In a coun-
try where a private citizen may
look the President in the eye and
tell him that he was wrong, but
actually it is not the President of
the United States to whom l
make answer.
1t is Harry S. Truman, the
man, who last night so far trans
gressed his oath of office, SO far
abused the power which is temp
orarily his, that he must now
stand and take it.
l shall not let my deep respect
for the office which he holds stop
me from denouncing his shock
ing distortions of fact. Nor shall
] permit the honor of his title
blind the American people from
the enormity of what he has done.
He has seized the steel plants
of the nation, the private property
of one million people, most of
whom now hear the sound of my
voice. This he has done without
the slightest shadow of legal right
No law passed by the Congress
gave him this power. He knows
this, and speaks of general author
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25

ieying people it means the closed
shop and compulsory unionism. To
the business man it is the threat
of naturalization. A sad chapter
has been written in American his
tory, which must be erased.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-25

tax in the amount of $3.50 was
paid to the city of London.
LICENSE REQUESTED
James Robert Harris, xenia,
material handler and Alice Haw-
kins, London.
LICENSE GRANTED
Perry A. Yoder and Mary Ellen
Yoder.
Evening star., 1952-09-19

curtains over the window when
he feels he should be sleeping.
An electrician finishing circuits
in our two-day-old barracks told
me:
After I put in my 10 hours,
7 get cleaned up, eat and see a
movie. Then I hit the sack. I'm
working harder than I ever did in
my life. In fact, there's nothing
else to do"
Oddly enough, with the advance
of winter, flying conditions inn
prove here. Shows are far lighter
than around Goose Bay, in
Labrador. and freezing fogs un-
known.
Precipitation here the year
around is little more than that in
the arid regions Of the Southwest
ern Uunited States. In December
this field is clear for visual land
ings about SO per cent of the time.
The worst months for visibility are
in June and July, when fog and
overcastS occur.
Record is 43 Below.
Temperatures here have reached
a record low of minus 43 degrees
This occurred last winter. The
temperature here now is slightly
below freezing at sundown. 1t
probably is several degrees warmer
at the pole, the base meteor
ologist said.
The base here began in 1916
when we carved out a small land
ing strip on a gravel bank in sup
port of a Danish weather station.
When the Danes agreed to an en-
largement. the Military Air Trans
port Service was assigned to de-
liver the initial men and supplies.
At the same time. the army
engineers were making plans, let
ting construction contracts. and
assembling men and materials for
embarkation by sea. The plan was
set in motion in the spring of
1851.
Before the first surface convoy
could pillow through the ice to
reach Thule in July. MATS planes
Evening star., 1952-09-19

melt down their foundation. Here
hangers are built with heavily
insulated floors beneath which
cold air is circulated in winter
No foundation has shown fault
as yet, since no heat is trans
mitted to the soil.
The hangers. like all permanent
buildings are rooted and walled
by pre-fabricated panels. These
are sheeted with aluminium on the
outside and contain two layers of
plywood enclosing pad of in
|sulating material three and a half
inches thick.
Windows i'm Three Layers.
All windows are sealed i'm three
layers. doors are double, and all
buildings are air conditioned
Central steam heat is backed by
standby oil burner units to take
over in emergencies.
A wind space is allowed beneath
the barracks to insulate the floors
from the ground, and buildings
ARE weighted down by strips OF
concrete along the lower edge OF
the outer walls to secure them in
gales of 1875 miles an hour OF
more.
The Army engineers have spent
about $165 million on the base
so far. Outside work is to END
soon, but plans are complete tc
get an early start next summer
Ice-cruSted seas, storms and colo
Inumbing to machines as well az
men have caused delays and extra
costs. But charges of waste anc
inefflciency by a Senate subcom-
mittee appear in a different light
this far north. Skilled construc-
ton men who could meet the
screening tests for proficiency
were reluctant to leave jobs ano
families in the States for a land
quite unknown to them.
Engineers here say that stand
by pay at 81 a day appeared es-
Isential to meet the schedules and
requirements. Regular wages
started while the men were il
Evening star., 1952-09-19
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

through in July. The vessels hac
come behind Navy and Coast
Guard ice breakers. The first un-
loadings were accomplished with
landing craft. like the many am
phibuous operations in the Pa
cific.
+ But the situation now, accord
ing to one Air Force supply Of
ficer on duty here since June. 1851,
is approaching the point of stabil-
ization.
He told friend in the mess hall