The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 21, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE m—— —— VOL. LIIL, NO. 8084. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS UNIONS RESTRAINED FROM PICKETING No Interfer *» L * ence HEARING ON BRIDGES I$ T0 PROCEED Deporfation_aarges Ord- erd Considered by Sec- | refary of Labor IMMIGRATION BUREAU IS T0 TAKE EVIDENCE Pacific Coast Cl0 Chieftain Alleged Member of Communist Party WASHINGTON, April 21 Sec- retary ‘of Laor Perkins said she has ordered the Immigration Service to proceed with the hearing on the de- portation charges against Har Bridges, CIO chieftain on the Pa ific Coast One of the charges is that Brid- a member of the Communist ty. Urges New Neutrality Law Henry L. Stimson and Senator Key Pittman Testifying before the senate foreign relations committee in Wash- ington, former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, left, urged that most of the neutrality law be repealed and that instead the . B * With * - * * Sh SLOVAKIAN GUNS BOOM ONBORDER ‘Hungarian i;V'iHage Fired . On - Cannon Shot Refu?héd 'RUSSIA DEMANDS FULL Hitler Drafting Answer fo| Roosevelt’s 10-Year | Peace Plan By ASSOCIATED PRESS | i | A surprise order flareup on the frontier between Hungary and sm-‘ vakia was reported today as Europe's anxious powers continued choosing | sides. Hungarian military authorities in Budapest said Slovak artillery bom- barded a Hungarian border village.| Artillerymen and infantrymen on ipping Britain Sharpens Her Air Detenses e the Hungarian side, are reported president, In the case of a war which threatens American interests, to have returned the fire, but neith- | Secretary Perkins, at a press con- t be empowered to name the aggressor and stop commerce with the ference, said the hearing ordered Caught off base during the Munich crisis, Great Britain has spared neither money nor effort in building up her defenses and is now reported ready for any eventuality, With all branches of her armed forces on the alert against a surprise attack, anti-aircraft crews demonstrate what enemy bombers will have to will determine whether Bridges is a member of the Communist Party in the light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision that previous mem- bership is not grounds for deporta- tion Asked how the court ruling will affect the Bridges' case, the Secre- tary of Labor replied: “We do not think it futile to continue the Brid- ges’ case but the evidence has to be examined at the hearing.” - - Kirkpatrick Plane Raised Near Cordova Eviden(eTndicaIes Ship. Crashed with Terrific | Force-Pilot’s Position | CORDOVA, Alaska, April 21.—The wreckage of the airplane in which Pilot M. D. Kirkpatrick and his passenger, Con Miller, fell to their deaths last Friday on a flight from McCarthy to Cordova, has been ex- amined by airmen and officials. They said the plane apparently struck the water in Orca Inlet with terrific force. The craft was raised and brought here after dragging operations locat- ed it 300 feet off shore. Pilot Kirkpatrick’s body was in a flying position, hand still on the throttle. { The plane was badly damaged. | The right wing and engine are gone. The cargo, including several hun- dred dollars worth of furs, is be- ing dried out. Funeral services for Kirkpatrick awaits word from his parents in Wichita, Kansas. — >, — HOUSE VOTES PERMISSIONTO DEVALUE AGAIN Money Bill Sent fo Senafe| —Subsidies for New | Silver WASHINGTON, April 21. — The House passed and sent to the Sen- ate today a bill extending for two| years the President’s authority to devalue the dollar against the Treasury’s two billion dollar sta- bilization fund. | Its right to pay subsidies for newly mined silver was passed by a voice vote. country named. Stimson is shown with Senator Key Pittman, chair- man of the committee studying the neutrality act. CONCERN FELTIN JAPAN OVER RETURN OF UNITED STATES FLEET T PACIFIC | | TOKYO, April 21—In contrast | with official expressions of no con- cern, two Tokyo newspapers inter- | pret the return of the United States 45 - UR wEEK' | Battle Fleet from the Atlantic to | the Pacific as a threat to Japan. NEW SALES TAX National D@se. Calls for Sacrifices of Citizens The newspaper Hochi Hochi said the move is designed to relieve Great Britain from the burden of defense | pecially if there is war in Europe, jon the thebry that Japan will join | Italy and Germany. | The Daily Miyako declares that | Great Britain has concluded agree- |ments with the United States, PARIS, April 21.—Minister of Fin- | france and The Netherlands for ance Paul Reynaud announced to-|joint defense of their respective Pa- day the French Government had|cific bases in event of conflict. established a flat 45 hour work week | R and a new one percent sales tax in| an effort to strengthen national de- 7 fense. { Reynaud said the Government ex- pected to realize $396,000,000 from | the tax. i The new series of decree laws ex- tinguishing the new tax measures| and slashing ordinary Government expenses in favor of increased arm-| aments declared the time had come for French citizens to consent to| “immense sacrifices” as a result of the armament race. R - | . 1$10,000,000 Air Research ]_ Thompson Station in California les o u WASHINGTON, April 21. — Col. |Charles A. Lindbergh’s pleas for . better American airplanes gave im- I ny esi | g a f or who Un- | petus to a drive for more Federal k d D c funds for aeronautical research it m ru became apparent today. fis 5 P g Aon(ern The noted flier told the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ead, Fasses way that emphasis should be placed on uality instead of quantity in plane NEW YORK, April 21 — Julian|dov ¥ THetad of Quantiiy & b Thompson, aged‘ 59, Treasurer of the The committee has corresponding- McKesson-Robbins _drug concern, |jy recommended the construction of whose personal investigation of the | §10,000,000 research station at Sun- corporation’s affairs led to the ex-|jyyqe California, which the House posure of President F. Donald Cost- er asthiliP Mus»ica. ex-convict, died ‘ $4,000,000 to begin the project. today as the result of an attack of |~ ool Linabergh told the committee e S ienin: {that plane production could be Iy | speeded in an emergency, but quan- tity could not be developed in plane | designs in a hurry. il 8 s oo s R -—,e COMES AND GOES Mrs. Vera B. Harmon, Federal| Social Welfare Worker in the Office| when laundering colored linens of Indian Affairs returned to Juneau op synthetic fabries always use luke- last night from Sitka and is going| warm water and mild soap or soap out today to Kake. powder. in the Pacific and permit her to i concentrate her fleet elsewhere, es-| rejected while the Senate approved er side apparently crossed the new frontier, In London, an informed source aid that Russia has demanded that Great Britain and France pledge Russia their full military support in return for her cooperation with the Anglo-French front against the Rome-Berlin axis An obstacle to the Russian demand is that Rumania and Poland, now | holding British and French guar- antees of independence might ob- Jject Chancellor Hitler is reported to be drafting a speech he will make April 28 before the Reichstag in response to President Roosevelt’s plea for at least ten years of peace. D | Friendship Pledged by ~ 1Didators | Hitler, Mussolini Exchange Assurances on For- mer’s Birthday BERLIN, April 21.-—Messages pub- lished here show that Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Premier Benito Mussolini exchanged assur- ances on the Nazi Chief’s fiftieth \birthday yesterday that the friend- ship between the two nations could | not be disturbed by enemies of the Rome-Berlin axis. e RESIDENT OF ANCHORAGE 17 YEARS IS DEAD | SEATTLE, April 21.—E. L. Ever- ett, for 17 years a resident of An- | chorage, Alaska, died Thursday. He | was connected with the salmon in- |dustry for many years and had been residing in Seattle for the past three years. Jto the committee, face, during war games in London’s Hyde Park, HOW NEUTRAL SHOULD U.S. BE IN CASE OF WAR; THREE PROPOSALS ARE EXPLAINED CONGRESSMAY PROBE ALASKA 1 I The U. 8. Neufrality Resolu- tion of 1937, center of current debate in Congress, bans en- tirely the sale of arms and mu- nitions to belligerent nations— after the President decides a state of war exists. A temporary provision, which FISH PROBLEM expires May 1, allows sale of Dimond Resolufion Asking 532, ot uch ana cur Investigation Now | Do o b a paints Under Study are explained in this article. WASHINGTON, April 21. — The| WASHINGTON, April 21.—It will House Merchant Marine Committee ] help in understanding the present has decided to ask the Rules and | neutrality debate in Washington to Accounts Committees to authorize | narrow the field down to the main an expenditure of $25,000 for an in- points of conflict. vestigation of the fisheries of Alaska. ongress s agreed, and probably Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di-)the whole country, that the main mond now has before the Rules Com- | purpose of any such legislation is mittee a resolution that would dir-| g keep the country out of war. ect the Merchant Marine Committee | Members of the Senate Foreign Re~ to investigate Alaska's fisheries With | jations Committee, now conducting special reference to the use of traps| g hearing, as well as their two ma- in catching of salmon | jor witnesses so far, Bernard Bar- Other things to be investigated|ych and Former Secretary of State would be the changing of the &]"Ht‘nr,v L. Stimson, all agree on that. mon season, the effect of herring| rhey all agree also that no one fishing on the salmon industry,|plan so far advanced has all the whether or not taking of herring|right answers. for conversion into oil and meal‘ Complete repeal of the legisla- should be prohibited, and the ques-|tion, as tentatively favored by tion of offshore fishing by foreign|senator Johnson, throws the coun- nationals, |try back where we were in 1917, ALASKA PREPARED Johnson concedes that. As a prac- The recently adjourned l-‘mu'u‘onthi tical matter as well, it is almost Session of the Territorial Legisla-|impossible to repeal the whole ture passed a measure setting aside | peutrality legislation. Too much $10,000 to defray the expenses of an support for some variety of such Alaska Legislative committee 10 jegislation has been built up in serve with a Congressional inves- | recent years. : tigational committee asked for in| memorial, | THE PRINCIPAL ISSUES Representatives A. P. Walker,| Then come the major points at James V. Davis, Harvey Smith, Sen-| jseye: ator Henry Roden and St Hofman, now deceased, were named | By PRESTON GROVER ately upon the outbreak of war, prohibit American ships to carry WASHINGTON, April 21. — The‘ Senate has passed and sent to the | House a bill authorizing the Coast Guard to construct three cutters of 2,000 tons displacement each. COAST GUARD MEASURE FOR ALASKA AIR BASE 15 PASSED BY SENATE war supplies to belligerent na- | tions? The net effect of such| legislation would be to permit warring nations to come to the| | United States with their own | ships, buy supplies, and get them | | home if they could, U. 8. ships | | would be kept out of the | | | war | zone. That is the point of Ser tor Pittman’s bill and he con-| cedes its present purpose is to| permit such nations as England and France to get supplies, while Germany and Italy, blocked up by superior naval powers, could get nothing. { |2. Should the President, subject to! congressional approval, be per- \C;;nunued ;Eaze 'r;vo) The bill will also authorize es-| tablishment of a base and air sta- tion in Alaska, site undetermined, and purchase of 15 seaplanes having a cruising range of 2,000 miles éach. 1ator Joe | 1, Shall the United States, immedi- | FISH TROUBLES NEARING PEACE WITH ONE UNION 'Alaska Fishermen Grou p fo Permit Many Ves- sels to Sail North SEATTLE, April 21—An official of the Alaska Fishermen’s Union announced that proposed labor ag- reements affecting between five and six hundred employed in west- ward Alaska Cook Inlet canning op- erations would be voted upon tonight by union membership. A third agreement covering Kod- iak Island also may be ready to be voted upon, the spokesman said. Union officials said the packers are offering a five per cent wage increase over 1938 in Westward Al- aska, which would return the wage scale to the 1937 basis. Cook Inlet Proposal In the Cook Inlet proposal, the| agreement contains a five per cent | increase proposal with reference to amounts of workers' profits on the | total pack, but no union wage in- creases are provided for. However, Unien officials said “lots of working conditions concessions are being made.” Proposals affect trap watchmen, tendermen, pile driver men, rigging scow workers, and culinary workers. “Releasing” A. E. Harding, Secretary of the Washington Council of the Mari- time Federation of the Pacific, said the Federation is “releasing” all cannery tenders and supply ships in Seattle, except those destined for the Copper River. “Operators are continuing sincere | efforts towards settlement of nego- tiations with unions of the Feder- ation,” Harding said. Copper River boats will not be per- mitted to sail until workers are paid “wages still due fishermen of the Copper River area from the 1938 season,” Harding said. Acceptable agreements by the Al- aska Fishermen's Union may not mean complete settlement of the ju- risdictional dispute affecting some | branches of the industry, as the APL‘ union for tendermen, APU claims juri- has a’ rival over which diction, any cov the - NCIL MEETS TONIGHT Several new proposed ordinances will be discussed at tonight's meeting of the Juneau City Council. Also expected tonight is action on a.Ju- neau Public Health Council request for a City appropriation for a visit- ing nurse. The Council meets at the City Hall at 8 o'clock, COURT ORDER ‘GIVEN TODAY BY CUSHMAN \Federal Judge'at Tacoma Signs Document Direct- | ed af Labor Ranks ' KETCHIKAN CASE IS " CAUSE, QUICK ACTION Tongass fo ~D§harge (an- nery Supplies - Pre- cedent Believed Sef | TACOMA, Wash., April 21. |—Federal Judge E. E. Cush- man ruled late yesterday that |picket lines must not inter- {fere with Interstate Com- merce. The ruling was made as the | veteran jurist granted a tem- porary order restraining | picketing at a Ketchikan pier !where the Alaska Transpor- ':t ation Company’s steamer |Tongass was prohibited from unloading cargo last Tuesday because the longshoremen re- fused to go through picket lines. Defense Attorney John C. Stevenson, representing more than a score of unions, told the Court: “We will go to the |United States Supreme Court on this.” RULING PRECEDENT | Edward G. Dobrin, attor- Iney for the Alaska Steamship Company, Northland Trans- portation Company and Al- aska Transportation Com- (Continued on Page Eight) NO JOBS IN ALASKA FOR OUTSIDERS Public Welfare Director Says Situation Bad- | Relief Impossible The days in which it was “easy to get a job in Alaska" are over, | Willlam B. Kirk, Territorial Dir- |ector of Public Welfare, said to- day, but there seems to be no end to the people who come north at this time every year without funds, without prospects and with nothing but a vague expectation they will find employment as soon as they step off the boats. These transients soon find them- selves in difficulties, Kirk said, be~ cause with no work to be had, they are soon applying for relief, which cannot be furnished them until they | have been residents of the Territory | for a fuil year. “Anyone wishing to come to Alas- ka looking for work, unless he has a return ticket and sufficient funds to support himself for a year, had better remain at home in the States, where at the worst he can be furn~ ished relief,” Kirk said. “Land Of Opportunity” | Outside magazines and newspap- |ers which advertise Alaska as a place of easy employment and great opportunity are largely to blame for the trek north of these unfortunate people, Kirk said. “Alaska is a place of great op- portunity,” he declared, “but it takes one who is familiar with the country and who has capital to make use (Cun{m—;b on Page Two)