The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1943, Page 6

ATTEMPT 10 WHITEWASH LABOR PROBE Cochran Admonishes At fempt fo Sidefrack Investigation (Continued from Page One) | :“’ould have meant that it was lost, |or perhaps the intent was that Gordon's motion was lost by a l6-2 vote, himself and Senator H. |H. McCutcheon voting for it, in a |vote taken after Cochran had fin-| ished speaking. i Said Cochran: “If Gordon’s mo- tion is carried, the mvesligntlon‘ will be lost. We, as legelly elected | representatives of the people of | | Alaska are sworn to do our duty. “Charges have been preferred . against a former official of the Ter- ritory and a member of this body ! is involved by inference, by his own statement.” He referred Walker. to Senator A. P. Serious Charge | Charges of a very serious nature,!| ~ including malfeasance of office, are propriation paragraph be stricken, invaived, and. the peopls afe very Attempt To Table much interested. He said that the Gordon made a motion to table charges effect bveryone in the Ter- the resolution, stating that former ritory because every “man woman Commissioner Michael J. Haas has gn4 child is interested in the pro- been called to San Francisco. The per expenditure of funds. intent of Gerdon's motion was “It is our duty,” he stated, how- clear, since to table the resolution eye, ynpleasant, one we cannot conscientiously shirk, to investigate this matter thoroughly.” Cochran pointed out that Senator A. P. Walker, himself, had urged| the investigation, and that he was to be commended. If the charges are true, he said, proper nction‘ should be taken. And if they are| not true, Haas and others should, e vindicated. | To make the investigation is | only thing we can do if we are to‘ honest with ourselves and our| “the| be constituents,” Cochran said. > told how the resolution had! arisen. This was at the request of A. P. | Walker. Senator Edward D. Coffey | also strongly urged a thorough! investigation, and was appointed | with Attorney General regarding drawing up resolution Duty Clear | “The resolution has been pre- pared,” he said, “and we have it| sefore us. 1t provides for an orderly nd proper investigation without! whitewash—without bias and pre- judice. “Our duty is clear. We must probe it to the bottom and develop the facts. et current,” Cochran went on, “trying to influence this investigation. } “I give fair warning now to those | who are attempting to influence us! —cease and let us alone. I warn, that if they do not cease action will be taken upon this pernicious| SILK ROBES COLORS ARE: effort.” i Gold‘—Rose—Blue Senator Stewart L. Stangroom Wine—Aqua carlier had protested that the am- S endment introduced by N. R. Walk-| Sizes 12 to 20 (4 Plain and Brocaded Satin Priced $9.95 New Shipment of RAYON HOSE $1.25 10 $1.95 Jones-Sievens Seward Street er, an apparent attempt to stall the | resolution’s passage in the House, was presumptious on the part of| the Senate because it told the House what committee it should name for the investigation. Cochran Agrees Cochran said he agreed with Stangroom's protest. He said that |it was all right with him if the! | Senators decided to take the power, | of appointing members of the com- | mittee away from the President of | the Senate—or if the Senate want- | ed its Judiciary Committee named as the investigating body from the Senate. But he said to appoint the com- mittee for the House “is not a| proper procedure and should be re- PERCY'’S Valentine Candies! Send Your Love in the American Tradition {the Judiciary Committees, [VALENTINE TEA NEXT SATURDAY | The annual Valentine Tea given by the Senior Guild of Holy Trinity Cathedral will be held next Sat-| urday, February 13, in Trinity hall. | The hours are from 2 to 6 o'clock| {in the afternoon. | Arrangements were made for this| annual affair at the meeting of the Guild last Friday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. E. M. Polley ONE BILL IS PASSED IN HOUSE The House this morning passed and sent to the Senate a bill which would repeal a Territorial law' pro- viding that any employee earning $200 & month or more with the At Which there was a good attend-| Territory cannot accept outs)d("“"u of members. | employment. The bill also would repeal the law prohibiting employment of mar- ried persons whose spouses are earning more than $200 a month Sponsor af the bill is Mrs. Alaska — el 1 T RATIONED It was announced that House Bill Mo. 9, to amend unemployment | | compensation laws making an em- ployer of one person liable under| the act will be considered by the| House as a whole on Wednesday.| At presenty only employers of eight' or more persons are liable. The House adjourned until a. m. tomorrow. Order Issuemmiting Pur- chases to Three Pairs Each Year WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—The Gov- ernment suddenly put shoes under rationing in the United States pro- ’per and sales are prohibited today| endment. land rationing will start tomorrow.| posef{e“a:i:‘ihn A. P. Walker ask-| Ration is three pairs of shoes a ed for the investigation, and now Year to every man, woman and wants- to name the investigators. child, but members of a family| He said, “T know the resolution was may 1 their coupons in the| not the hand of Senator (A. P.) States so that some may buy more| Walker's. if the others buy less. 10 sented by the House.” Referring to the proposal to name the Judiciary Committee, however, Cochran said he objected to “hand-| picking” as is proposed in a resol- ution submitted by A. P. Walker, and also in N. R. Walker's pro- { “It's like packing a jury,” Coch-. Rationing covers all shoes con- ran stated ~ taining any leather, all rubber| F {soled shoes but not slippers, soft| Doesn’t Look Right Cochran insisted that the action: of the Senate on the resolution “doesn’t look right. There is some- thihg back of it—something sin- ister.” Cochran was then by Gordon who claimed that motion which he made was debatable. - A " check of the s soled baby shoes or storm wear,| such as rubbers and aretics. Shoe repair work and second hand shoes are not rationed. When rationing starts tomorrow interrupted 1P the states, number 17 of the] the Sugar and coffee ration books, may| not be used and every such stamp will| be good for one pair of shoes until | rules “There seems to be an under-| g weq this, but Cochran had fin- June 15 when a new stamp Will be partment of Public Welfare, was | designated. ished by then. | 3 ¥ The i’noflon was lost when the Officials said the Nation still has! Not Clear The last reason was not clear, because the Senate, as a whole, could request that the President appoint himself, thus relieving Cochran of any embarrassment. N. R. Walker said that if the House didn’t like the resolution, they didn't have to pass it. Ob-| viously, that would serve the pur- vote was taken & few minutes later. & large stock of shoes. N. R. Walker, speaking on his| R R amendment, claimed there was S(Hool "'Ax Blll nothing presumptious about it. He said that if the House didn't like it, it could refuse it. He said there IS INTRODU(ED were -three reasons for his amendAf ment. One, because by appointing| mre BY A. GUNDERSEN lawyers would be on the committee BT e et ;:fnbif_"‘:'f n‘lvg";"b"e:"gsl A bill to amend the Territorisl the lmve.stlgntmg body. Three, to school tax bill, making certain avoild ctMeRAanmant t;n the Iparb provisions more specific ahd pro- of Cochran, who would otherwise yxding for better enforcement, was | make the appointments and mighl‘::;::;"s;d;:p "Tn d?::’segha:;ef;: ::l;_reel Justified in appolnting him-| "o iy brovides for an ncrease | in penalties for delinquent tax- payers, also provides for criminal prosecutions by the Tergitory in| making collections. The tax — $5 per year—would remain the same. - e W.D. SHANNON HAS mag delaying the resolution’s 0" wa BUSINBS The Senate recessed until 2| o'clock this afternoon without tak- | ing any action on the resolytion or| N. R. Walker's amendment. Senator Coffey had the floor when the Senate recessed. Earlier, | he had introduced a resolution' which would appropriate $2,000 for the investigation. NOTICE! PLEASE PAY ALL ACCOUNTS DUE THE CASE Fruit Centers! Nut Centers! Caramels! Hard Candies! All Sizes Ail Prices HROUGH the years, CANDY has been the traditional gift for Valentine’s Day. And no wonder! When you see PERCY'’S delightful Val- entine assortment, you'll know why Sweethearts young and old still love to receive Valentine “Sweets” on February 14th! 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Pending final decision on my application, I have received permission from OPA to charge the follow- ing rates: Residences One weekly pick-up—One-family house One weekly pick-up—Two-family house One weekly pick-up—Three-family house One weekly pick-up--Four-family house Apartment Houses: For one weekly delivery—$2.50 plus 25c for each apartment over four. Charge per month. For one daily delivery—$3.75 plus 37'.c for each apartment over four. Charge per month. Commercial Establishment: Rates to be set by negotiation. PETERSON REFUSE COMPANY $1.00 a month 1.50 a month 2.00 a month 2,50 a month !compilation of all of the laws o(i {low one-half of what is collected | |to go for this purpose—up to $50,- |bill to fix the responsibility of ap-! | proving, certifying and disbursing THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA S , BILLWOULD COMPILE ALL ALASKA LAWS Part of Taxes from Liquor Would Be Used for Project Two bills, one calling for the| Alaska, and the other providing| the funds to do the job, were in- troduced in the House Saturday afternoon by Rep. Joseph W. Ke- | hoe. The bill providing the money for the operation would amend the liquor license collection act to al-| 000. Any money above this amount would go into the Building Fund of the Alaska Pioneers’ Home at Sitka. Rep. Kehoe also introduced a| officers, requiring them to furnish ' bond to protect the Territory. R Emergency Coal Supply GivesRelief An emergency coal supply in order to relicve the present emer- gency caused by the failure of 1egular coal shipments to arrive at Juneau was made available over the weekend through arrangements conducted by the Territorial De- announced by Russell G. Maynard, Director. An emergency supply of coal for public consumption is now avail- able at the Alaska Dock and Stor- age Company. In order to assure all those needing coal during the present cold spell, not more than five sacks of coal may be pur- chased by any one person to re- lieve their immediate emergencies. It is also understood that efforts have been made to asceitain when a commercial supply of coal may again be available for the City of Juneau. Indigent cases coming un- der the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment of Public Welfare are also being arranged for, sald Mr. May-| nard. | OFFICIALS RETURN FROM LOGGING MEET | | Joseph T. Flakne, Acting Direc-| tor of the War Manpower Board,‘ W. D. Shannon, Manager of the| War Production Board in the Northwest, has postponed his pro- posed trip to Alaska due to new regulations and , other which he wishes to clarify before coming north, according to word received at the Governor's office. Alaska Area, Arthur A. Hedges, | Acting Director of the United | States Employment Service and Major Robert Hutchinson, returned | changea!m Juneau today from Ketchikan |Lenz, Miss Charlotte Lenz, Stanley Iwhere they went last week to at- tend a meeting of logging opera- | tors, labor representatives and | others interested. | | At the meetings discussions ot‘ |the stabilization of wages and | {hours and other employment fac- tors concerning logging operations | during the coming season were| {held. The plan adopted at the ses-! sion is to be submitted to the War Labor Board representative in Ju- neau. x ! Those attending the meetings in addition to Mr. Flakne, Mr. Hedges | and Major Hutchinson, were: Mil- ton Daly, Ketchikan Spruce Mill J. R. Reynolds, Sawyer-Reynolds ! Logging Company; A. S. Barnes,| Sawyer-Reynolds Co. and Juneau Logging Co.; Abe Lokke, Lokke | Logging Co.; Allen MacDonald, Ket- chikan Spruce Mills and MacDon- | lald Logging Co., B. F. Heintzleman, United States Forest Service. Eldon Daly, President Ketchikan iSpruce Mills; J. M. Wyckoff, Al- aska Spruce Logging program; | Charles D. Burdick, Alaska Spruce | Logging program; Orvel Holum, Ketchikan Industrial Council, CIO; E. W. Borgen, Acting Ketchikan manager of the U. 8. Employment Service; Sig Brandt, AF of L, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Un- | ion, Local 2556; Basil Fitzwilliams, AF of L, Central Labor Council; ‘W. M. Walker, Walker Spruce Co.; E. M. Buol, Buol Logging Co.; R. R. Greenwood, Walker Spruce Co.; W. Spencer, prospective logging camp operator; C. M. Archbold, U, S. Forest Service and John Olof- son, business agent for the Alaska Fisherman’s Union and the Ket- chikan Logging Union . - e | BUY DEFENSF BONDS WH PHONE 9 FORTY-ONE IN FROM SOUTH; ELEVEN LEAVE Passengers. arrM;g in Juneau| |late Sunday from Seattle were Vern{ Juneau yesterday. A report will be Members of a legislative commit- 3 k. | tee investigating the Alaska Pio- EXCIu51ve Reptesen neers’ Home at Sitka returned to tafive in Juneau submitted shortly. for D. Trawoski, Mrs. Martba Trawoski, Silas - Glockle, Mre. Cynthia L. Glockle, Elmo W. Pringle, John Maurstad, Mrs. B. C. McNallen, Bert H. Flotre, John E. Taylor. Mrs. Nellie A. Taylor, Miss Mollie P. Taylor, Thomas J. Taylor, Mrs. Frances V. Beebe, William Ellison, Mrs. Beulah P. Ellison, Ludwig Kann, James Fitzgerald, Mrs. Leota Russell, H. J. Lenz, Mrs. Irene | McNallen, William J. Oakom, Olaf Westby, Gaylord Madison. Mrs. Clarice Westby, Lester Cran- son, Jack Karbins, William J. O'Brien, Ben J. Willming, Fred O.| Bohn, Tolley West Shaw, William ! R. Parnum, George Pavlicek, Rob- ert O. Bennett, Harry J. Naimen,! John Yarbor. | Arriving from Wrangell was T. R. Curtis; from Petersburg, Carl| E. Swanson, Mrs. Asbjorg, H. Mol- ver, Mrs. B. Folger. LEAVE FOR SITKA Taking passage from Juneau mi Sitka were Steve Vocovich, J. C.| McDonald, Helen Burnette, Eula | Epsch, Theodore Childers, Gordon | McDonald, Adolf Refenstahl, Mar- tha Young, Robert Jernberg, Mrs. M. L. Seevens and Oat Sweeney. DR. RUTH GRUBER RETURNS TO ALASKA FROM_VIASHIHGTOH Dr. Ruth Gruber arrived in Ju-| neau this morning from Washing- ton, D. C., as a representative of the Department of the Interior and has several matters which she will present at the current session of the Territorial Legislature. Dr. Gruber left Alaska last Aug- ust after spending more than a year travelling throughout the Ter- ritory as a special representative of Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior. With credentials from Secretary Ickes, Dr. Gruber visit- ed practically every military post in Alaska as well as every section of the country. She took volumin- ous notes from which she made up her confidential report to the Secretary upon her arrival in ‘Washington. I'MINTOWN ——H. J. BAKER PIANO TUNING CALL AT GASTINEAU HOTEL or ALASKA MUSIC SUPPLY No Shortage of Food Here 300 sacks 3 toms 3 toms 112 tons 75 crates Celery 50 crates Lettuce 200 bhoxes 150 boxes 100 boxes Grapefruit 25 boxes 15 tomn 100 cases Eggs A GOOD SUPPLY OF COFFEE AND BUTTER! We Can Fill AlIl Y our Needs! PHONE OR WIRE [ WE DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—————EACH TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET! GEORGE BROTHERS In business since 1908 and still doing the largesi grocery business 1943 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Potatoes Carrots Rutabagas Cabbage Apples Oranges Lemons Bananas YOUR ORDERS TWO DELIVERIES — 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. PHONE 95 in Juneau! LEGISLATORS ARE sack rrom sra| IS GBAVES The Clothing Man Making the trip were Senators O. D. Cochran, Edward Coffey, Hjalmar Nordale and H. H. Mc- Cutcheon, Representatives Joseph W. Kehoe, Jesse Lander, Mrs. Al- aska Linck and Willilam Egan. Lil- lian Clements, Secretary of the Senate, also made the trip. e e ATTENTION PIONEERS All Pioneers of Alaska are invit- ed to attend the meeting tonight at 8 pm. in the Odd Fellows Hall. It is the First Session of the Grand Igloo. adv. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suils and Overcoats FLORSHEIM SHOES e Empire Classifieds Pay! Ptodsr.d by Darryl F. Zanuck by John Ford e A 20th Century-Fox Picture Alaska Territdrial DRIVERS’ LICENSES FOR 1943-44 WERE DUE JANUARY 1, 1943 Apply Room 100 Assenmbly Building FOR NEW DRIVERS’ LICENSES