Telephone Strike j
Slowly Paralyzes
Communications
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phone Company, involved in a;
separate wage dispute with the
company.
Within five minutes after the
walkout, the strikers stationed
picket lines around exchanges
from coast to coast—a maneuver
designed to keep nearly 300,000
fellow union members, including
operators, away from their jobs.
Following instructions from
their union, mcfst of the non-strik
ing employees refused to pass
i through the lines.
The strike struck first at the
key American Telephone and1
Telegraph building in New York
City. A handful of employees
braved the picket lines there but
others, including a union-estim
ated 2,700 long distance operators j
refused to pass through. The
building handles an average of i
73,000 long distance calls daily. A !
Western Electric spokesman said j
there were no reports of impaired
service.
In Little Rock, Ark., Southwest
ern Bell obtained an injunction
which forced removal of pickets
from the Exchange Building there.1
Tliev also were withdrawn in \
Memphis for an unexplained rea- i
son.
Service in manually-operated
exchanges was slowed in many;
areas. In New Jorsey most manu-!
ally-operated calls were being re
stricted to emergency only.
As the walkout reached the
west coast, Seattle’s 200 striking i
equipment workers also began■
picketing. The city has 7,000 other j
CWA members who had been in-1
structed to respect teh picket lines. |
Alelenegik School
Burned to Ground
(Juneau Empire)
The main building of the Bris
tol Bay Mission School at Alekna
gik, burned to the ground on Sun
day, October 29, John Griffin,:
treasurer said today. This school
is operated by the Alaska Mission
of Seventh Day Adventists for na
tive students from all areas of
Alaska. In addition to those from
the Bay area, several are from St.
Lawrence Island and Nome.
Although complete information
has not been received, it is under
stood that the new dormitory
built by Robert Wagner, was un
damaged. A letter from Mrs. Wag
ner revealed that they lost all of
their personal effects. The great
loss will be to the students who
make this place their home.
A new shipment of musical in
struments had just been received j
by Mr. McGhee, principal of the
school. McGhee conducted a 35
piece band at the school last year.
In addition to regular instruction
each student was given lessons on
the musical instruments of his;
choice. This program is going tor {
be seriously hampered by this fire 1
loss.
The three story main building
contained living quarters for some
of the students and faculty, class
rooms, dining room and kitchen.
A 10,000 watt light plant was lo
cated in a corner of the basement.
The building was partially cover
ed bv insurance.
The history of mankind os one
long record of giving revolution
another trial—and then limping
back to sanity, safety and hard
word.—E. W. Howe.
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Minority Groups
To Attack Foreign
Policy Handling
WASHINGTON, (ff) — Republi
gain in the Congressional elec
tions appeared to herald a slam
bang new attack on the Truman
administration’s handling of for
eign policy.
The prospect raised the ques
tion of whether President Truman
will move to head off the expected
volley of GOP criticism by trying
to restore 'bi-partisan cooperation
which lately has been withering.
However, the Republican price
to any real harmony seemed al
most certain to be the firing of
Secretary of State Acheson, and
Mr. Truman so far has refused to
yield on that. Acheson said Wed
nesday he has no intention of
quitting.
The outcome of Tuesday’s vot
ing, where foreign policy was one
of . the main issues, put the Repub
licans in a position to be exceed
ingly troublesome so far as the
Truman program is concerned in
the 82nd Congress, which con
venes Jan. 3.
The Democarts retained numer
ical control of both branches of
Congress, but the Republicans
made big in-roads in the off-year
balloting.
In the Senate, the Democrats
squeaked by with 49 seats to 47
for the GOP. That is a net gain of
five members for the Republi
cans, who toppled key administra
tion leaders out of the Senate in
chalking up their victories.
In the House, where one con
test still was undecided, the Re
publicans hiked their count to 199
members in contrast to the 169
they have in the present Con
gress.
The new Democratic total in
the House stood at 234 as against
259 currently.
In the House at present there is
one American-Laborite, who was
defeated Tuesday. The new group
there will be one Independent,
who heretofore has been identi
fied politically as a Democrat. Six
vacancies also were filled in the
election.
Two hundred eighteen House
seats are needed for a mathemati
cal majority. Hence, the Demo
crats will have a bargin of about
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scott are the
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parents of a daughter, bom yes- j
terday who has been named Iva
Clara. The Ccotts have three other
children, two boys and a daughter.
16 seats instead of the present 44.
On both sides of the Capitol
the Democrats’ edge is too narrow
for any comfort. It means the old
coalition erf Republi cans and
Southern Democrats which has
thwarted the administration in
the past is in a position to do it
again—with ease.
The outcome appeared to have j
thrown an effective roadblock in j
front of the Truman “Fair Deal” !
program. It calls for such things'
as universal health insurance,f
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production payments to farmers j
and repeal of the Taft-Hartley
law. !
WINDS WRECK COVENANT
MISSION CHURCH
Strong winds this morning,
which according to the U. S. Wea
ther Bureau, reached sixty miles
an hour blew down the frame
work of the new Covenant Church
which was being built on the cor
ner of Front Street and B Street.
The building was well under
way, with the work started on
closing in the building yesterday.
The framework collapsed
against the residence of Rev. Paul
Carlson, breaking the windows on
the south side of the building.
Mustard has been esteemed at
time as a snakebite cure and a
love potion.
Evangelistic services each night,
Nov. 12-19. Church of the Nazarena
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