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~ ALASKAPLAN By Truman * Program D;s}g;ned fo En-EWiII Have Power fo Order | Ballotting on Now at 50 f A \ THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIR VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,334 WORLD PEACE §RUG ALIGNS SEVEN- POINT courage Development Many Times Present | WASHINGTON, July 29, — An| “aggressive and comprehensive | 1D NLRB MEN OUT A'FISHIN' FOR CANNER VOTES OPA Conirol Board Named Southeast Alaska Salmon Plants — AFL vs. CIO WASHINGTON, July 29. — The Taking Off Pricesor | Reimpose Them WASHINGTON, July 29.—Presi- dent Truman has nominated Roy National Labor Relations Board is| program” for developing the vast L. Thompson, President of the Fed- economic potentialities of Alaska” eral Land Bank of New Orleans, is being drafted by the In'.erior‘nnd two others to serve on the new Department, Secretary Julius Krug/price control board set up under said Saturday. {revived OPA. Thompson will be The program is designed to en-|designated as chairman. courage new business, industry and‘ Named with Thompson are Dan- agriculture in the Territory in or-|iel W. Bell, of Washington, form- | der to “support many times its € Undersecretary of the Treasury, present population of appruximflte-!m‘d George H. Mead of Dayton, engaged in a far-flung fishing ex-| pedition—taking a collective bar- zaining vote among the Alaska sal- | mon canners. Like the workers who follow the | salmon, prepare him for the table and clap a red can around him, an| NLRB staff of six agents is visit- |ing each big cannery as the salmon | run hits its peak. Clad in long-handled underwear JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1946 | { ly 80,000, Krug said in a state-iomo- ment. | Krug and key officials of interior| agencies concerned with Alaskan affairs will begin an Alaskan in- spection trip Aug. 11. During his ten days in Alaska, Krug said, he| will discuss with Alaskan business, government and labor leaders the| tollowing points: | Induce Investment | 1—A program of complete nnd‘ reliable information about Alaska’s| present position and prospects rur‘ the future; early settlement of| questions concerning the availibility | of public lands, and a campaign to induce business interests to invest| capital in the Territory. 2—Making the Territorial gov- ernment a full partner in putting the program into effect, with a! greater measure of self-government. .3—Industrial development, with the RFC establishing an office in| Alaska to make small business loans; expansion of road construc- | tion, rehabilitation of the Alaska| Railroad, construction of more power | projects. i Tourist Facilities 4—Development of the tourist industry by making public land Mead is chairman of the board|and layers of sweaters, the Board's| of Mead Corporation, a pulp and|gajdes, some accustomed to Wash-| paper company, and is a member, ington’s sultry summers, are hop- of the advisory board of the Office | ping around by pontoon plane to| of War Mobilization and Recon-|count the ballots of approximately | version. He is a former member|;3o0 workers eligible to vote. | of the War Labor Board. | The canners are employed by The Board will have the POWEr mempers of the Alaska Salmon In- to order OPA to take oft price con-|qustry Inc, an association, and trols or reimpose them. ,}rour independent operators. The Senate Banking committee| Tne palloting at fifty widely today unanimously approved Pres-|guatiered canneries in the south-! ident Truman’s three nominees {or‘easmm district of Alaska, from, the new price decontrol board. = yagyutat to Hidden Inlet, will be, The committee’s action sent the ', heteq some time next month. | nominations to the Senate for its Take Vote At Peak { consideration, possibly today b“"l Voting at each cannery is timed | more likely tomorrow. to coincide with peak payrolls so} In creating the Board with toP the maximum number of workers | authority over removal and restora-| i) cast ballots. Thus, starting out tion of price. controls, Congress|of juneau early in July, and work- . stipulated that no more than tWo ling down to Ketchikan, the agent's appointees should be members of yovements are dictated by the na- the same political party. Mead IS|yra) habits of the salmon and the a Republican and Thompson &|yegther, Elections don't start at Democrat. Bell says he has no any cannery until it has been in party affiliation. | cperation five days. i They will be paid at the rate “qpne palloting is being managed of $12,000 a year. by Russell R. Miller, the Board’s The Board’s first big assignment ' ace vote counter who arranged and | is to decide by August 20 whether | meats, dairy products, grains, cot-| (Contjmued on Page Eight) i | R i, | Atove is Leo Osterman crcssing the finish line Sunday in the Soap Box Derby to win the big race, and clesely pressing him is Dick Keithahn, runner-up. The crowd is eagerly watching the finish on Twelfth Street. Ficture by Jack FI EXCITING FINISH, SOAP BOX DERBY | ATOMIC BLAST Leo Osterman Winner, CRIPPLED 5TH TARGET FLEET Sty | Tougher Ship Hulls Fore-i seen-Already Prepping | for Deep Sea Burst | BIKINI, July 29.—Work on “test.‘v Charlie,” when an atom bomb will MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =} _ CONFERENCE CONVENES BELATED SESSION STARTED Urge Made fo Abolish ‘The Plague of War' by French President PARIS, July 20.-—-The nation’s peace conference, convened formal- Soap Box Derby Classic RUNNER-UP IN DERBY PRAISES FIRST - PLACE | be detonated far down in the deep available along the Alaska High-|ton seed, soybeans and hundreds way, encouragement of private in-|of products made from them should vestment in the tourist industry such as adequate hotel facilities at Mt. McKinley National Park and at Glacier Bay. 5—Agricultural development through an Alaska farming pro- gram with the Department of Ag- riculture to work out the establish-! ment of an Alaska research admin- istration to advise on types of agri-| culture, size of farms and market- | ing conditions. 6.—A public works program for the expansion of schools, hospitals, water systems, sewage disposal 8ys- | tems and small boat harbors. - 7.—Improyement of a government administrative services. . .. . — .- Hawaii officially came under the Jurisdiction of the 'United States in 1898. [he Washington erry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON EN ROUTE TO PARIS—Today in' the Palace of Luxemburg begins the conference on which so many mothers set their hearts, for which 50 many mothers’ sons gave their lives—the conference to~ win the peace. Some 13,000,000 men in the Amer- fcan armed forces alone fought four long years—with the hope that it might be the last time human _beings would have to go through the terrible ordeal of war. Today in Paris comes the climax of their dreams, and already disil- lusionment has begun to set in. Already the dreams are tinged with nightmare—the spectre of another War. Here are some of the distressing facts this conference has to face in trying to chart the peace of the world: 1.—Historians criticised Woodrow ‘Wilson because he was slow in ne- ‘gstiating peace. But he got started 0 months after the war. In con- b ast, it is now almost one year dfter the armistice with Japan and Yifteen months after the armistice with Germany, yet the final peace conference is only getting started. 2.—The longer peace is delayed, the more the Allies fall out, the more the other nations forget their 7 (Continued on Page Four) be placed back under price con- trols at that time. If it makes no decision, ceilings automatically will be restored. NO PASSAGE Govi. Pocke Fair Game i éWar Spending |Warren CaF”Cosi Plus” OF HOUSING B I |. I. S E E N‘ Greatest Treasury Pump- | ing Device Ever WASHINGTON, July 28—Admin- \ istration leaders virtually aban- WASHINGTON, July 28.—Comp- doned hope today for passage of troller General Lindsay C. War- the Wagner-Ellender-Taft 10ng ren told Senate investigators that range housing bill at the present “it has looked as if everyone and session of Congress. |his brother were out to get the Chairman Spence (D-Ky) told government during the lush war newsmen after a closed door session years.” of the Banking Committee: Warren made this statement to “I think you can say we have the Senate War Investigating com- given up hope, if Congress goes mittee. At the same time, he ap- through with its plan to adjoum; pealed for greater powers for the Friday.” | General Accounting office as “the Shortly before, Speaker Rayburn'last bulwark for the protection of told President Truman the House taxpayers of this country against would consider the bill—provided unbridled and illegal expenditures the Banking Committee sent it to of public funds.” the floor. | Some high officials of govern- Notwithstanding urgings by Pres- ment, he said, accepted entertain- ident Truman, Spence said, a ma- ment, including cocktail parties, jority of the Committee members hotel bills and even travel from insisted on complete public hear- contractors “while at the same time ings before acting on the bill. A drawing travel expense and per group of opponents were outside diem (daily allowance) from the the committee clamoring to be government.” heard while the Committee sat in| Not Ezception — Rule | This practice, he added, was “the rule rather than the exception.” “It got so bad in the Maritime executive session. The measure, authored by Sena- tors Wagner (D-NY), Ellender (D- La), and Taft (R-Ohio), contem- Commission, for instance,” War-| !sea, already is starting, Vice Adm. |W. H. P. Blandy said today as he | awaited damage reports from a | target fleet still dangerously radio- | | active after Thursday’s shalbow | blast. | Seabees have been assigned to| | prepare the deep-sea mooring lines | {for next spring's tentatively-plan- i |ned deen-water burst. | | 'The deadly X-Rays barred close | ilnspecnon of inner-circle ships in! | the Lagoon again tcday—more than five days after the harbor-depth| explosion. But live animals have |been found on at least twe ships| jon the cuter circle. | War Crews Would Risk If it had been a wartime blast, Admiral Blandy explained, crew- men would have faced these radio- ,active risks to save their ships and |lives of the injured. | He could give no estimate of the icost of such heroism. | The Admiral said only that it {may be a week before it is safe to igo back aboard some of the ships. ! The incomplete, tentative damage | toll meanwhile rose to 16. Latest | addition was the submarine Den-| tuda, beached with her forward torpedo room flooded. | As a result of these tests, atom- powered warships with hulls tough- ened to withstand such bomb blasts | {may be constructed within five| predicted Capt. Edward L. | Cochra:w, construction chief of the | | Naval Bureau of Ships. | | | years, Atomic-Power Ideas Capt. Logan McKee of the same bureau, added that “we have a lot jof ideas on atomic-powered sub- !msrincs.“vNeither he nor Cochrane | went into detail. The latest box score of the shal- Dick Keithahn Glad Leo Osterman Won-Claps Him on Back If its true that a man “born to a winner makes a good loser,” oung Dick Keithahn, 12, second- placer who yesterday lost the Soap Bob Derby to Leo Osterman, should make excellent first-man material for the 1947 Soap Box Derby. “Leo got there the fastest, with the most car,” he said. Young Keithahn didn’t stop for congratulations or Empire reporters his car came to a smooth uick stop just past the finish line in the final race. Vaulting out of his second-place winner (the smartly shellacked laminated “Elec- tric” sponscred by Parson’s Electric Company’ he made it over to First- Place Osterman on the double quick to extend hearty congratula- tions and a clap on the back. “Boy, but were you fast!” he said undisguised admiration. To Win AL Akrcn Looking around for the second lace winner, judges found Dick ringing along with all the other ifollowers behind Leo. “I bet he be in |wins at Akron tco,” said Dick loy- ally. Forced to talk about himsclf, Dick finally supplied the following facts—but only in answer to direct questions: the “Electric” was made | in approximately three weeks; its construction cost exactly $8.12 (he kept “books” on it), and it weighs 101 pounds without Dick and 212 pounds with him. An eighth grade student, Dick has lived in Juneau five years. Born in Ketchikan he has lived in Slaged» Here on Sunda: Leg “Virginia Flyer” Osterman, 14-year-old Juneau boy, whizzed down the 1350 feet of Twelfth Street Hill yesterday in 43 sec- |onds to become the winner of the annual Soap Box Derby sponsored by the Daily Alaska Empire and the Juneau Rotary Club. Leo, who (wins the trip to Akron, Ohio, to compete in the national races, -was | sponsored by Dr. William M. White- il\- in Luxembourg Palace more than | a year after the end of the second world war in Europe, was summon- ed by President Georges Bidault of France today to abolish “the plague of war.” Addressing the 1,500 delegates of the victorious Allies on behalf of the host nation, Bidault pleaded: long suffering peoples of , “The the world today look to you. If we her, engraving by Larry Parker. i cannot get complete peace solutions, I hope that at least we will get ' reasonable ones.” + In an apparent reference to the United States and Russia, Bidault said that whatever blame could be attached to the failure to keep the peace after the first world war, a “fundamental cause of that failure was that the two great powers who had taken a decided part in the conquest of arms remained on the sidelines during the solution of Leo Osterman, 14, a bona-fide Alaskan, born in Ketchikan and a temporary resident of five different head. ‘,Alflskan cities, yesterday had al | Despite torrents of rain and the trué sourdough's reticence toward | resulting slick course, the boys run- | his victory over runner-up Dick ning in the race and the spectators Keithahn (also pure-bred Alaskan) enthusiastically cheered the 20 boy- in the rain-swept 1946 Soap Box made car drivers down Twelith|Derby, sponsored by the Daily 1-| Street. In the second Soap Box Aaska Empire and Juneau Rotary Derby ever to be held in Alaska, |Club. a crowd of nearly the anticipated| “It was a good race,” he said. 1,000 spectators stcod along both |“I'm glad I won.” sides of the entire course. The| steady drisde of ralny which Jater. iy T UigL e ssconds fester grew to a downpour was jgnored | 3 9 ! by most of the onlookers and com-!.‘h“n Jerty Chiapmait's tar mpde iy petitors aliks in the excitement ofji® 1941—Leo’s blue “Virginia Flyer,” 3 o e |a stream-lined laminated job, spon- #0 Taoe: |sorcd by Dr. Wiliiam M. White- | The 2de before th e be-| 5Tt e o ¢ e 5. parase, Do £ xaom. Do | head, was designed and built in| gan at 2 o'clock from the Alaska! N : Steamship Dock. It ended at the | 'hree weeks. Leo, who will be a sophomore Bti top of the hill after proceeding 3 y 3 o along Franklin Street o Fourth Juneau High this fall, came to this | and aleng Fourth to Calhoun ¢ty Just one month ago with his Avenve. Led by the Juneau City Parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Oster- Band, the parade wes composod of | Man, three brothers and one sister. the Juncau Fire Department truck At that time he had not only never| ridden by Chief Minard Mill, Les Seen a Soap Box car, but had never | Linchan and Horace Ad and | heard of the Soap Box Derby. | the 20 Soap Box Derby cars with; Although he “got hints” from the \their drivers being pulled by mem- | Printcd booklet sentout by Chevro- | Lers of the Juneau Rotary Club. In let Cumpany to all Soap Box Derby{ spite of having to pour rain out °ntrice, he made up the actual con- ¢f thair instruments, the Band Struction plans for the “Flyer” him- provide music throughout the/self. parade.. The Rotary Club’s clowns, . Modest In Win i Dr. William Whitehead and Jack| Obviously quite shaken by his Burford, were a source of great|sudden rise to fame in his new| amusement during the parade and “home-town,” Juneau's latest Soap | later in the afternoon as well | Box King, was nevertheless modest After the programs for the ram‘nboul his achievement. “Dick was were pasced out by Henry Sully even with me on the bridge,” he | and Don Skuse and the track had sald. “He really had me scared for been cleared of all canines, the a while there. He's got a good car.” races began at approximately 2130: Asked if he had been receiving o'clock. | many congratulatory greetings, the Making the downhill sweep in 43/ | i | i LUCKY BOY ‘ ‘pence." H Historic Oceasion ‘ IS Ex(ITED ‘( “The hopes of plain men are | iturned toward us today,” he said, concluding his 10-minute, slowly ‘spoken speech. Bidault was then OVER WIN | named Provisional Chairman of the | | conference on the motion of U. . | i Becretary of State James F. Byrnes. | S Bidault’s words were carried to H il in'a press gallery jammed for the :leo Abou' Happles' Kld m;hlstarlc occasion and throughout 1 {the rambling plus building as . he . Juneau-Looks Forward .5, ategais o he | H j victor nations to fashion a peace | 'O T”p '0 Akron, 0' :ror Italy, Rumania, Hungary and | Finland, which the Foreign Minis- ters of the United States, Britain, Russia and France ‘can approve. Discension Seen The conference convened, how- ever, in an atmosphere of dissen- sion. For more than 38 hours the De- puty Foreign Ministers of the four principal powers—Britain, France, Russia and the United States—had argued before agreeing even upon puklication of the five treaty drafts prepared by the four powers for submission to the conference. It finally was agreed to release the five treaty texts, along with statements on disagreements, at 11 pm., Greenwich Mean Time (3 pm., PST) Tuesday. The conferenee also opened with Secretary Byrnes ready to confront | the delegates with the urging that they have all conference negotia- tions wide open to the press of the world. S 1 "Some Sunshine” iSunday? Oh Yeah, Where and How! The weatherman, in his fore- cast Saturcay for Sunday, said “some sunshine” but he missed it by several downpours. It rained, then repeated, several |times during the day, but failed to rain out the Soap Box Derby, al- though the hundreds who lined the ‘cpurse, and the young drivers, for the most part, were drenched. The \sunshine failed, it too Lteing rain- ed out. STOCK QUOTATIONS plates a . 10-year-housing program Ten said, “that I called personally calling for construction of 1,500,000 dwelling units a year, including| 125,000 public housing units a year. Truman Signs Bond Bill for Anchorage WASHINGTON, July 29.—Legis- lation authorizing the city of An- chorage to issue bonds not ex- ceeding $5,000,000 for construction or acquisition of permanent pub- lic works, has been signed by Pres- ident Truman. — o —— Ox-hair is used in plaster as a binding m-divm, | jon Admiral Land , (chairman) whose name was not mentioned in any of the reports — and also wrote him officially. He issued an order condemning such practices.” Warren declared that legislation lieralizing government contract ipractices during the war had great- ly weakened the power of the Gen- eral Accounting office to prevent extravagance or misuse of public funds. Denouncing “abuse of the vastly broadened authority given to the procurement agencies, all under the guise of war, as well as the de- generation of moral standards” War- ren declared that “cost-plus” pro- curement “is the greatest device (Continued on Me Five) low-depth bomb test showed: Sunk: battleship Arkansas, car- rier Saratoga, and a yard oiler. Destroyed: landing ship from which the bomb was hung. Damaged: battleship Pennsylva- nia, Japanese battleship Nagato,| cruisers ®alt Lake City and Pensa- cola, transport Fallon, destroyer Hughes, one landing craft, the sub- marine Dentuda and four others, which early cbservations indicated had gone to the bottom: the Aro- gon, Skipjack, Searaven and Pilot- fish. | Thus, the single blast cripped al fifth of the 75 target vessels. | ————— i The banana plant, resembling a| tree, actually is a herb with ught-ll ly rolled leaves serving as stems. | wrangell (where he knew Leo), and Hydaburg, but likes Juneau best of all. Son of Curator Ed Keithahn, Dick says his travels through Al- aska come from the fact that “Dad moves around a lot.” Thrilled Sisters Dick's victory in the Class B di- ision yesterday and his close run sainst Osterman for first place in the entire race was witnessed by two thrilled sisters, Yvonne, home for the summer from Washington State College where she is a soph- cmore, and Loretta, a sophomore at Juneau High, and Dick’s parents. With college still too far away “t0 was the winner of Class B ,m‘race. also has mechanical inclina- worry about” young Keithahn is Osterman of Class A Compeunun,immsv according to big brother Leo. nct sure just what he plans to (Continued on Page Three) One Broken Wheel On oné occasion When Osterman’s “Virginia Flyer” wa8 racing Ger- ald “Mail Train” BShaw's car Heat No. 8, Leo was forced to run out on the gravel at the end of Twelfth Street. This resulted in one broken wheel for Osterman’s car and caused a 15 minute delay while the car was taken to the re- pair pits. This, the only mishap of the afternoon, possibly could have been avoided if the specta- tors had been e little more coopera- tive in clearning the runway. Dick Keithahn Second Osterman beat out Dick “Electric” Keithahn, sponsored by the Par- |son’s Electric Company in the fi- Inal heat of the race. Keithahn i They were pitted together in the Fobo (Eontlr;u;d on Page ane:) Iboy who has been followed all over! NEW YORK, July 29—Closing | town by starry-eyed youngsters, and quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | adults, said “Well, not many. Sev-!stock today is 7%, American Can | eral people said they liked my car.” 95%, Anaconda 6, Curtiss-Wright ‘Whethe: Leo wins the four-year 7%, International Harvester 93%, college scholarship at Akron or not,lxennecon 54%, New York Central he expects to continue his educa- |227%, Northern Pacific 26%, U. S. tion beyond High Scheol. A lypical‘stuel 88's, Pound $4.03'%. | 14-year old American boy, Leo is| Sales today were 720,000 shares. |not too interested in history, foreign; Dow, Jones averages today were | languages, math, and those ulhu"‘as follows: industrials 198.23, rails | things you do with your brain. “He | 61.40, utilities 40.53. | prefers” making things and ro:pah‘-wl e e — Texan Takes Office With Int. Department !ing them.” He thinks he wants to| Ibe an engineer or maybe just a’ !pltin mechanic so he can enjoy his favorite hobby “making wheels, winner of heat! WASHINGTON, July 29.—Mastin G. White, a Texan, took office to- day as solicitor of the Interior Department. White succeeds Warner W. Gard- motors, etc.” His brother Dale, ner, who recently became assistant secretary, | | two and heat seven in yesterday's | Asked if he thought mechanical 1 1’Contx’micd cm rPape Seven)