Scandinavian American. [volume], August 01, 1948, Page 6, Image 6

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Wm. Green Hays Inaction
0f Republican Congress
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor. re
cently stated he suspects Congress
launched a Soviet-spy probe “with
the purpose of covering up" its
OWn “shocking failures."
Speaking to the International
Association of Theatrical Stage
Employees. Green referred to “a
commotion in Washington" over
Communist spy rings and said
"perhaps this is intentional."
A quick look at what the special
session of Congress did not ac
complish may shed some light on
Bill Green's charges.
Pigeon-holed were President
Truman's requests for legislation
on:
Extess profits tax.
Regulation of commodity specu
lation.
Authority to allocate scarce
materials.
Rent controls.
Stand-by rationing.
PriCe control and limited wage
controls.
Federal aid to education.
Minimum wage rise to 75 cents
an hour.
Increase in old-age insurance
aid. .
Liberalization of legislation ad
mitting displaced persons.
Civil rights legislation.
The Republcan-controlled Con
gress thus passed up an excellent
opportunity to do something for
the people.
Their record would have been a
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complete goose-egg, but for taking
action on consumer credit con;
trols and regulation of bank cred
it.
A long-range housing bill was
denied in favor of a limited meas
ure not touching on public housing
and slum clearance but providing
new aids to private construction
of small homes and apartment
houses.
We agree with Senator Barkley
who said: “The theme song of the
Republican party between now and
November should be ‘I've got plen
ty of nothin'."
Documentary Film Tells
Of Merchant Marine
NEW YORK, N. Y.—An authen
tic film. dealing with the wartime
work of the Norwegian merchant
marine. has been produced in
Oslo and will be released this
autumn. ~ '
The film tells of the proud story,
the bitter sacrifices and heavy
losses of the Norwegian sailors
in the war from April 1940 to
May 1945.
Norway Fifth Among
Shipbuilding Nations
‘ OSLO—Norway ranks today as
the fifth largest shipbuilding
country. Great Britain leads with
549 ships out of a total of 1180
ships now under construction all
over the world. ’
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When the Swedish American motorilner “Gripsholm” arrived
at New York recently, from Sweden, with 1303 passengers. CBS
radio commentator Wilfred Fleisher was "on hood with Mrs. Fleisher
and their two children, Benita. and Frederic. Mr. Fleisher has been
in Stockholm for a year and a. hall broadcasting {or CBS.
Picture Statistics
Teach Main Facts
STOCKHOLM.—Specially pre
pared statistics have for some
time been used by Swedish banks
as a poular medium for economic
education. Through their central
organization. the Association of
Swedish Banks, they have pub
lished a series of information post
ers illustrating in a popular man
nenvital facts in Swedish econo
my. The idea has turned out to
‘be a great success, and the ma
terial issued is now also being
used on a considerable scale by
organizations. firms, trade unions.
schools. etc.
The origin of the poster series
was a suggestion that bank win
dows ought to be made more at
tractive to the public. As the
first experiment with displaying
}posters proved quite a success,
the series was continued. At pre
’sent it comprises some 25 “pic
tures."
’ The posters are all printed in
Foolor and have a uniform size
of 20 by 30 inches A simple lang
'uage of symbols is used to illus
trate economic facts: how the
"cake" of Sweden's national in
‘come is cut up: the average
iSwede‘s expenditure on consump
ition goods. taxes, etc.; the origin
iand distribution of Swedish im
3ports and exports etc. Sweden‘s
‘production in various branches—
‘wood, pulp and paper. iron and
steel. etc.— is illustrated by color
ful pictograms, and so are Swed
ish agriculture and fishing. Piles
of timber show the gradual de
velopment of forest industries.
and a picture of a large electric
power station. partly operating
and partly in process of extension.
illustrates, together with some
easily comprehensive figures, the
exploitation of Swedish water
power resources.
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CBS Commentator Returns To IISA
Sweden Surgeons Use
“Atomic Energy” To
Diagnose Heart
Diseases
STOCKHOLM, July 5—(By air
mail )—A new heart clinic, employ
ing the latest methods and equip
ment, has been opened at the 86-
dersjukuset Hospital in Stock
holm. Among the methods em
ployed at the Cardiac Clinic is the
catheter method. whereby a cath
eter of plastics is inserted in the
veins of the arm and then grad
ually. following this arterial pas
sage, is made to penetrate right
into, or through._ the patient's
heart. The position of the catheter
is determined by means of X-Ray
photographs, and analyses of the
blood are made regularly during
the progress of the catheter.
“Atomic energy" is also used
for examinations. The method. or
iginally developed by the Nobel
Prize winner, Professor George
von Havesy, employs radioactive
phosphates. which are introduced
into the blood stream and serve to
“brand" the red blood corpuscles
hr the purpose of determining the
quantity of blood and its speed of
circulation.
The metabolism of oxygen in the
muscles of men and animals is a
third problem which has been
studied Hy specialists at the Car
diac Clinic. They have found that
the ability of certain mammals,
such as seals. to stay under water
for lengthy periods is due to the
special nature of the myoglobine.
the substance that gives the
muscle its red'color.
Altogether thirty-two heads of
suites sent telegrams of congrau
lations to King Gustaf V of Swe
den on his ninetleth birthday
June 16.
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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
“Tirpitz” Salvage
Under Way
NEW YORK, N. Y.—-Fifty
skilled Norwegian workmen are
beginning a 5-year task of break
ing up the German battleship “Tir
pitz" now lying belly-up on the
shore of a north-yorwegianfjord
near 'I‘romso. Once the pride of
Hitler's navy, the “Tirpitz” met its
end in October, 1944 under ‘a.
deluge of 72 six-ton bombs. Mas
sive craters on the nearby island
of Hak remain as grim reminders
of the raid and now serve as water
reservoirs for the islanders. Even
in death. the "Tirpitz" represents
a valuable piece of property. Over
20,000 tons of iron and steel are
expected to be salvaged. as well as
over 100 electric motors which
have never been touched by water.
Many large auxiliar engines are
undamaged. as less than a third of
the vessel is under water. Water
damage in sunken sections has
been reduced, thanks to quantities
of oil floating within the vessel
‘which greases the equipment twice
idaily—with each tide. One 460
iH.P. diesel engine has already been
salvaged and installed in a fish
fillet factory near Melbo.
But the work is dangerous.
Stored in the ship are believed to
be thousands of tons of ammuni
tion and large stocks of gasoline
and oil. The rist of fire and ex
plosion is very great. Also locked
in the lightless flOOded compart
ments are the bodies of 1200 Ger
man Marines which must be re
moved and buried.
iNew Negotiations
lOn Sale of Aluminum
OSLO—Negotiations have been
opened for further sales of alum
inum to the Soviet Union. A first
contract of one thousand long tons
has been filled already.
The demand for aluminum is
still heavy. according to Mr. Owe,
Director of Aardal Veg-R. The plant
at Aardal is now being enlarged
‘and by the turn of the year 1949-
50 production is expected to be
doubled
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