The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1939, Page 1

oy THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” IMPIRE o— OL. LIIL, NO. 8087. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCI \Il D PRESS \PRIL 25, 1939. MEMBER A! PRICE TEN CENTS SWEEPING REORGANIZA TION PROP 0SED Machinists Rejec ARuos velt Condemns !gg-_;'rvssinn‘BIG BUDGH’ SETTLEMENT, LABOR ISSUE IS HUNG UP More Trouble Manifest in Present Controver- sial Dispute ALASKA SEASON IS DELAYED FURTHER Tugs Race Out of Golden (Gate fo Overtake Bris- fol Bay Craft SEATTLE, April 25.—The Seattle Machinists Union has rejected the proposition offered by the cannery owners in an effort to effect part of the settlement of the complicated labor controversy which has delayed opening of the salmon fishing sea- son in Alaska 1. A. Sandvigen, Secretary of the Washington Machinist Council, said +the terms of the offer are not made public but the “proposals are not as favorable as those agreed upon Mon- day by the cannerymen and machin- ists at San Francisco. We are hold- | ing out here for the same agree— ment.” E. P. Marsh, Commissioner o( Conciliation of the Labor Depart- ment, said five conferences between cannery owners and Wworkers were held yesterday and last night and some progress was made in settlem ment of the present controversy. TUGBOATS SPEED NORTH | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 25. \ —Tugboats Alitak and Chilkat have sailed from here under full speed | in an attempt to reach the Brislol‘ Bay fishing region. The two tugs are following Lhe Alaska Packers Association steamer Chirikos which sailed through the| Golden Gate shortly after midnight | Sunday with nearly 500 cannery workers and others aboard for Chig- nik and Karluk Ba Ala&ka t Cannery Owners Prop osal Addressing the Geverning Board Washingten, President Roosevelt condemned aggre leus” and “cri nal” and pledged any Pan-American country whose freedom is threatened by Shown greeting the President pressure” from abread. dress is Jose Richling, Minister fro of the Pan American Union in on as “ridicu- this nation’s economic support to “economic er his ad- At left is Dr. Lew S. m Uruguay. Rewe, Directer General of the Pan American Union. PUBlI( RE(EPTION TOMORROW, HONOR 'BISHOP COADJUTOR | Affair for lhe Rev W J Fitzgerald Will Be at ] Parish Hall The Most Reverend Walter J Fitzgerald, S. J., Coadjutor Bishop of | Alaska, arrived on the Yukon this | morning, his first trip north, and | tomorrow night will be honored at | {a public reception in the Parish Hall sponsored by the Catholic | Daughters of ~America and the| CYCLE MUSHER | WILL JOURNEY OVER HIGHWAY Dog Team Driver fo Begi Fairbanks - o - Coney | Island Trip Soon “Slim” Williams, lanky, weather beaten dog musher and motorcycle driver, passed northbound through | Juneau today on the steamer Yu-| kon, for the New York World Fair| via Fairbanks and the route of the proposed International Highway— on a motorcycle. | It’s like this. Slim likes this International High- way idea, he likes his Alaska, and he likes ‘motoreycles. Adding his likes, Slim decided the best thing he could do for Alaska and his high- way and motorcycles, is take a motoreycle trip to the fair where the highway will some day run. | And so, the first week in May, with John T. Logan, 25-year-old| Pittsburgiy hardware company pres- ident, Slim will head across coun- try to Chicken in the Fortymile on the first lap of a 6,000-mile journey by motoreyele. From Chicken the pair will hit the Dawson road into the Fortymile, and then from' Dawson, they will| go over the winter trail to White-| horse, i From Whitehorse, they will take | the old trail to Telegraph Creek. Slim doesn’t figure on much trouble until they get there. | “There's about 900 miles of pretty | tough country between Telegraph Creek and Hazelton,” Slim said.| “but we'll get through if we have to pack the cycles all the way.” In 1932 and 33, Slim mushed nine| dogs to New York from Fairbanks and took 13 months to make the AConnnued on page sixb | waltz Knights of Columbus. No invitations | | have been issued- for the reception | and the public is invited. In the receiving line l.mnouowK | night at the reception which' starts | | at 8:30 o'clock, will be Bishop J. R.| | Crimont, Coadjutor Bishop Fit gerald, the Rev. W. J. Lt'VuMMIl' The Rev. E. C. Budde, The Rev. E.| A. McNarama, Miss Isabell Cd\hl’n‘ and Mr. M. E. Monagle. The address of welcome will be given by Mr. Monagle. Following the | reception, refreshments will be serv- | ed. Musical Program | The musical program for the ev- ening will be given by Marye Berne- Ehler, soprano, and Ernest Ebhler tenor, during which the following selections will be given: i Duet—“On Wings of Love” by Mendelssohn, and “Sweet Song of ! Long Ago,” by Charles. Solo—*"Jubak’s Lyre” from Joshua | by Handel; “We Two Together” by Kernochan—Marye Berne-Ehler. Solo—"“One Song” from Snow White, by Churchill, znd “Ah Sweet | Mystery of Life, by Herbert—Ernest | Ehler. 4 Duet—*“The Call of Life” and “I'll{ See You'Again,” from “Bitter Sweet,’ by Coward, and “With All My Heart,” by Strauss from the “Great The accompanist will be Miss] Francis Wheeler. | The Royal Alaskans will also pro vide music during the evening. | Bishop Fitzgerald was concecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Alaska by Bish- op J. R. Crimmont at a ceremony two months ago in Spokane, Wash- | ington. Former President of Gon- zaga University in that city, and| Rector of the Seattle College, in Seattle. Bishop Fitzgerald was re-| cently Provincial of the Oregon Pro-| vince of Jesuits during which time | he made his home in Portland, Ore- gon. In 1902, the Reverend Fitzgerald | entered the Society of Jesus, making |”, his novation in Los Gatos, Calif- % (Contmued on Page Five) MOST REVEREND | WALTER J. EITZGERAL]), S. 3 | SPARKS PLEADS GUILTY; GIVEN CELL SENTENCE KETCHIKAN A]a\ka April James E. Sparks, who pleaded gullly to robbing the mails while employed in the Federal and Territorial Build- ing in Juneau, was today sentenced by Judge George F. Alexander to seven years in prison and also pay a fine of $500. AMUNDSEN WORKING ON TULSEQUAH RUN Marine Airways piiot Johnny Am- | undsen made a flight to the Polaris- Taku mine at Tulwquah vesterday evening, and faced “as many trips ‘as possible” for his working day to- day. Sixteen men and considerabie | freight were to be transported to the | mine in the Bellanca. | - - - - A survey of gifts and bequests o 49 colleges shows that gift receipts| | declined only 2.3 percent for the! years 1930-1938, 2 Forest Fire Season Gets Early Start FOR DEFENSE OF BRITISH Enormous Skum Will Be! Spent During Coming | Fiscal Year ESTIMATE SUBMITTED T0 HOUSE OF COMMONS Revenue Will Also Be In- creased — Many New Taxes Be Imposed LONDON, April 25 Sim Chancellor chequ Britain's largest budget since the World War. | The budget, introduced in the House of Commons, shows that | the Government will spend three pillion, one hundred and fifty million dollars for defense, and possibly more. Many new taxes will be im- | ok ot 1iKE 1988 6. foir ML, 4ARMY DEFENSE A MEASURE GOES TO PRESIDENT Sir John the of r, introduced today Great The combinaticn of a rainless spring and hot weath:r got the Pacific Northwest forest fire season off to an early start this year, and brought threats of gxtensive damage on a wide front. This fire is shown sweeping through hills on the Washington side of the Columbia River. A portion of the Bonneville Dam is in the foreground. seven hundred and thirteen mil- lion doliars. Sharply increased tobacco and sugar taxes are also announced but the auto owner is the hardest hit BRITISH CABINET MEI LONDON, April 25.—The B Cabinet is meeting in an (‘xudnnhnv ary session and it is reliably report- ed the purpose is to outline a new compulsory military service. This proposal will make it mandatory, it is said, for physical training and enforced elementary military train- ing of men between 19 and 21 years of age. GOVERNMENT MAY PURCHASE OUTFIT - AT McKINLEY PARK " Senate Final Legislation Action Is Completed on $580,- 000 000 Fund WASHINGTON, April 2. — The has approved and sent to' House the $580,000,000 appropriation bill which provides | for the Army's defense plans for the next fiscal year i The appropriation is earmarked | for $94,000,000 to be spent in pur- | chasing about 600 modern fighting | planes. | - the White SIDE BY SIDE sit President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins (left) who, some observ- ers think, is F.D.R.’s favorite for the 1940 political sweepstakes. The picture was made at Warm Springs, Ga., about the time Hop- kins said he expects to establish his legal residence in Iowa to provide a home for his daughter. Diana., Commlflee Ads Favorably' pHYSI(IAN on Proposal to Secure Transportation Co. perdld: WASHINGTON, April 25. — The House Territories Committee has ap- proved of the bill to authorize the Government to purchase all property and equipment of the Tourist Trans- portation Company in Mount Mc- Kinley Park. Dr. Ernest Gruening said the rifhts of private cohcessionaires expired after ten years. Dr. Gruening said the property could be acquired for approximately $35,000. The Committee also endorsed the bill by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond to permit Alaska to reserve two Lracw of land for protection of the vater supplv Ior Ketchikan. AMBASSADOR 10 UNITED STATES IS NAMED BY KING ‘Marques L(Sth_ian.Appoim- ed Successor fo Sir Ronald Lindsay LONDON, April 25. — The King has appointed Marquess Lothian 57, Ambassador to the United States succeeding Sir Ronald Lindsay who returns sometime during the sum- mer. Lothian is a large landowner and | Govs-mor of the Bank of Scotland.| |He has been labeled pro-Nazi and pro-Fascist by Liberals but has not | spoken recently of Hitler nor Mus- solini although he once favored approachment of Germany. SHOT DOWN -~ f CHICAGO, Il April 25, — Dr.; James McDonald Scott, 74, physi- cian, was shot and killed by three men last night as he left his office. The motive is not made clear. No arrests have been made but those near the tragedy scene report three | men were involved —————— Leiserson Nominafed For NLRB WASHINGTON, April 25—Presi- dent Roosevelt today nominated William Leiserson, of Ohio, to be a member of the National Labor Rela~ tions Board. Leiserson will succeed Donald | Wakefield Smith, the latter's term expiring several months ago. Leiserson 15 a new member of the | National Mediation Board. (i L 5 French Newspapers - Under Strid Law PARIS, April 25. — The French | Government has clamped down a | rigid press law forbidding publica- | tion of foreign propaganda or at- tacks on race or religion. The pen- alty is heavy fines and imprison- ment, Sprmg Movmg, Espeually In California, Gives Your Unde Sam Severe Headache Spring moving—but nof the kind you're probably thinking of—is one of the country’s big problems. This is the first of two articles telling about 'it. 'ON GROVER WASHINGTON, April 25.—Out- side of the recovery problem, the Government’s most acute domestic distress these spring days is the migrancy problem — and nobody knows fully what to do about it. About 300,000 men, women and children, perhaps double that num ber, resume in March and Apr their seemingly endless quest farm work. The center of the prob- lem is in California. There are two classes of mi- grant workers. One group of many thousands, mostly single men, for many years has followed habitu- ally the trail of farm work as it developed with the climate. They are a self-sustaining lot and need little attention. Most troublesome, both as fo themselves and in - the problem they create, are the migrant fami- lies. Driven from the land, either b, drought or the steady advance ol power farming, they travel'in fami- lies. They carry a mass of prob- lems of health and economy. for | | 1 g0 | of | nese, “FOLD-UP” HOMES — They have nothing but an auwo- | mobile and a few rugged household gomi\ perhaps a tent. Why do they to California? There are long asons and a wide varlety Bul they have far over- growing crop: done it In California today there are two| or three or more hungry migrants for every farm job. The huge supply of labor is at once California’s curse and its blessing. California has mass pro- duction agriculture, Its citrus crops, truck crops and cotton come mostly acreages. Much labor is ni It has been increasingly that way for 50 years. Chinese first upplied the labor, then’ the Japa- the Pilipinos and Mexicans huge ded Now these are almost exclusively replaced by Oklahomans and Ar- kansa They call them “Oakles” | and “Arkies.” Probably there are 50,000 mi- | grant families, 250,000 men, wo- men and children. That is a con- servative Farm Security Adminis- tration estimate. They get a few days work in the Imperial Valley plantings early in the year, then move northward. During the season (Continued on Page Eight) PRESIDENT REGROUPS AGENCIES !Welfare, Wofi(s, Lending Functions Merged in Plan Submitted 'EFFECTIVE UNLESS CONGRESS SAYS NO Annual Savflof from 15 fo 20 Millions Is Estimated WASHINGTON, April 25.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today submitted to Congress a sweeping Government reorganization plan calling for cre- ation of three new Federal agencies by merging the welfare, works and lending functions. The fourth point of the plan, first to be projected under the Govern- ment reorganization act, calls for transfer of the Budget Bureau from the Treasury to the Executive De- partment and for a new Federal Se- curity Agency to be created as well as a Federal Works Agency and Loan Agency. The plan is to become effective at the end of 60 days unless both houses of Congress vote against it. Security . Agency Under the Security Agency would be grouped the Social Security Board now an independnet establishment; the U. S. Employment Service, now under the Department of Labor; the Office of Education, now under the Department of the Interior; the Public Health Service, now under the Treasury Department; the Na- tional Youth Administration, now under the WPA; the CCC, now in- dependent. In a new Federal Works Agency would be grouped the WPA, except for the Youth Adminjstration; PWA; the U. 8. Housing Authority, now under the Deparment of In- terior; the Bureau of Public Roads, now under the Department of Agri- culture; the Public Works branch of the Treasury's Procurement Div- ision; the branch of Building Man-~ agement of the National Park Ser- vice, so far as it is concerned wilh public buildings which it operates for other departments or agencies now under the Department of In- terior. Change Name of WPA The name of WPA would be chang~ ed to Works Projects Administration “in order to make its title more des- criptive of its major purpose,” the President explained. The President estimated the plan would result in an annual saving of from 15 to 20 million dollars. He placed the annual overhead of all agencies concerned at about $235,~ 000,000. Another proposal submitted today was to transfer the Farm Credit Ad- ministration, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, the Com- modity Credit Corporation and as=- ~ociated agencies to the Agriculture Department, FISHERIES BOAT EIDER IN PORT, ENROUTE KODIAK Unloads Slfilfiies for Ju- neau Office-Scarbo New Captain Bureau of Pisneries vessel Eider, bound for Kodiak, arrived in Ju- neau at 9 o'clock this morning from Seattle and was expected to sail |this afternoon. The Eider brought a small ship- ment of supplies for the Juneau district. . Capt. George Scarbo, formerly in command of the Blue Wing, is the Eider's new skipper. From Juneau the Eider is heads ing straight across the Guif for Kodiak, where it will unload sup= plies and personnel for the operas tion of three weirs,