The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1946, Page 1

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LXVIL, NO. 10,342 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESD.;\‘\} AUGUST 7, 1946 MEMB ER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS M - —_———— - HEARING ON FISHERIES STARTED HERE RUSSIA IS PALESTINE PARTITION PLAN SLAUGHTER LOSER IN SAFAD ¢ ' - T0 TRUMAN ONE FIGHT President Wins Polifical Yugoslav P;posal Adopt- ed by Peace Conference Rules Committee PARIS, Aug. 7. — The peace con- ference Rules Committee resumed its sessions today after coming out of a marathon wrangle over vot- ing procedure and voted unani- mously for a Yugoslav proposal to permit neighboring states of fm'm~i er Axis powers to present questions | direct to the Foreign Ministers Council | The Commuttee had adjourned at | 12:30 am. after 20 hours of de-| bate in which it was finally de- cided over the embittered opposition | of Soviet Russia and five other| members of her blog to adopt a| British compromise on the votingl machinerv. 1‘ The compromise proposal, adopt- ed by a 15-6 vote after 20 bours of | debate, would require a two-thirds| majority for decisions of the 21- nation peace conference, but would permit measures adopted by a simple majority to go to the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council as “recommendations.” Al decisions| of the conference are subject to the | approval of the Council. i | | | ”’W lem and Bethlehem (B) and their comprise about 1,500 square miles, Demonstralion in the sur- - e From Pelican, J. L. Beem, Anne| Tally, J. E. Kropps, Fred Wolf anl| Mrs. Don McGee; from Hawk Inlet, H. B. Thorsness and S. Pekovich; from Hoonah to Tenakee, Tony Florenzo; from Pelican to Sitka, Mrs. W. Davis, Jr.; from Sitka, J. Molyneaux, R. A. Johnson, J. Boyce, G. Dole, H. Trent, M. Johns and V. 8. Carrier; to Sitka, Mrs. Price, Soviets Lose rule and strongly opposed the Bri-! Netherlands and Australia spear-| | proved by the committee, must be assured since all 21 nations voted WERE READY bate came after the tired, irritable | amendments and sub-amendinents. | which would. have established a - Months Before Surrender Victory Over Russia which had fought stubbornly for a, TOKYO, Aug. 7.—Adm. Keisuke western powers over Soviet Russia The early part of yesterday’s ses- of State James F. Byrnes and So- having * transmitted “pleading At one point Byrnes asserted|gioiocman gave his behind-th reply, Molotov described Byrnes | correspondent since the occupation declared that his delegation alone! Foreign Office made the first peace |bassador to Japan, Okada assert- wASIAl AIRlI"ES |war had nothing to do with {on the eve of the anniversary of following passengers yesterday: learlier if Russia had promptly re- from Haines, Mrs. Mildred Spark; | Swanson; to Pelican, K. Millard; Inlet, Douglas Applegate, Al M RAIN IS REPORIED | tonight with the Rotarians. It is | will be wet, probably. Some player | or showers, or drizzles, for tonight, Mr. and Mrs. Soly, Mr. Nordling, E. Olsen, Mrs. Harrington and D.|then, maybe. Sofiet Russia had held out from the first for a two-thirds majority | tish amendment permitting simple majority ‘“‘recommendations.” The! headed the fight against the Rus-| sian position. | The compromise con voting pro-, R I s st o cedure, as well as other rules ap-| ratified by the full conference in (lAIMS JAPS plenary session, but acceptance is! in the rules committee. The wind-up of the two day de- delegates finally ran out of argu-! ments and voted on a series of four To lAv DowN The Committee earlier rejected 11 to 9 a New Zealand amendment T o simple majority as the form for all Sov'ei RUSS|a K"ew Slx conference decisions. The bitter debate not only was of Nlpponese Desires a set-back for the small powers, simple majority on all matters, but oraqa key fi also was a solid victory for the alt e)_ e render campaign a year ago, said and the eastern European nations. today that Soviet officials knew six [menths before Russia entered ti sion was featured by sharp EK_‘Pa('ixic war of Japan's desire to sur- changes between U. S. Secretary|render but gave no indication of viet Foreign Minister V. M. Mol- Peace feelers to Russia’s allies. aigy. The former Premier and Elder that Molotov was attempting to geenes version in what he said W dictate to the peace conference. Inipis first interview with a foreign remarks as “violent and perhaps; bellicose,” denied theallegation and| An official representative of the was defending the recent decisions overtures in February, 1945, during of the Big Four Foreign Ministers. conversations with the Soviet Am- ed. | “Russia’s part 1 the Pacific |Japan’s desire to sue for peace,” FlIES 31 TUESDAYISaid the spry 79-year-old Admiral A | surrender. Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the .peace could have come months To Skagway: Stan Levine, MIS. )ayedq Japanese requests.” H. E. Snyder and Mrs. G. Grey;| from Skagway, Milton Schmidt; to 1 Hoonah, R. F. Morgan and S.“ v to Tenakee, Mr. McDowell and J.| I.IONS ROTARIANS- Tennyson; and from Excursion| v r Lee and M. Willis. | The tail twisung Lions are out | of luck. here will be no ball game reported there is rain, now or in | thew offing, consequently grounds ino side mentioned asked for rain, | but forgot there is a tomorrow and the grudge game may be played Milnes; from Fish Bay, J, West- = fall; and from Todd. V. Jones, PRSI Brazil became a republic in 1891, Fight in Missouri-Re- sults Other Primaries ; (BY TME ASSOCIATED PRFSS® | President Truman and backers of his move to unseat Rep. Roger C. Slaughter came out on top today (Wednesday) in what the Missouri ! Congress member had called “a |fight to determine the future icourse of the Democratic Party.” Complete returns from the fifth [ Missouri congressional district gave Enos A. Axtell, 37 year old former INavy Lieutenant, the Democratic ~ LOSES OUT | LABOR WINKS OFF CHARGES OF PILFERING Wilnesses af Conclusion of Shipping Hearing Here | Blame Management Labor came back with some ans- {wers for charges aimed at its ranks {by shipping men, but the best labor spokesmen who appeared before the |Jackson Subcommittee here yester- |day afternoon were able to dig up! {in answer to the cargo pilfering| {allegations laid at labor's doorstep| was an effort to pass off pilfering| icomphnnu as “will-0’-th-wisps,” | {pulled “out of the air.” | ‘The three principal ‘labor repre- | isenlflwwes appearing at the after-| | i i nomination by 2,301 votes over the mocn hearing seemed bent on re- two-termer of whom Mr. Truman fusal to recognize even the existence A PLAN FOR THE FEDERALIZATION of Palestine has been suggested by the Anglo-American Cabinet Committee. Under the proposal, govern- ment areas would locate in the region known as Negev (A) and Jerusa- would remain Arab. White area would also be Arab land. (International) Range Guided Missiles With Atomic Warheads » Manhattan district hasn't told us had said: ! “If he's right, 'm wrong.” i Jerome Walsh, former OPA en- ! forcement attorney, ran a distant third. | Axtell’s November opponent will [be Albert L. Reeves, Jr. ex-Lieu- jtenant Colonel of the Army En- gineers. He was unopposed for the environs, Zionist areas (C) would | Republican nomination. with the exception of Jaffa which + gjaughter was one of the few congressional incumbents defeated ;as voters in Missouri, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, New Hamp- shire and Arkansas chose party nominees in primaries yesterday { The CIO-PAC and the Pender ! gast political organization of Kan- sas City lined up with Axtell { Truman had condemned the in- cumbent as an obstructor of ad- ministration legislative aims in thi powerful House Rules Committee. Slaughter gquestioned propriety of { the President’s iniervention and as- SAN FRANCioCO, Aug. T7—~The|serted that the CIO-PAC, under historic flight of two unmanned B-|Communist influence, hoped to 17 drones from Hilo, Hawall, tojdominate the Democratic Party. Muroc Air Base, Calif., today, was| Intra-Party Battle termed the forerunner of accurate,! The intra-Party battle had much long range guided missiles armed!in common with one in 1938 when with atomic warheads. {the late President Roosevelt took Brig. Gen. William L. Richardson, | aim at Rep. John J. O'Connor, New chief of the Army Air Force Guid-| york Democrat who was Chair- ed Missiles Division, said the un-jmap of the House Rules Committee. precedented radio-piloted flight| py, Roosevelt prevailed over O'Con- proved the air force could have|noy put failed in attempts that struck a target at 2,500 or MOre | vear to unseat four other Con- miles range with any cm'wem,u.malggmSs Democrats whose voting re- Lomber—unmanned—and added: !cords he disliked. “The atom bomb to us is a war- head. We fully expect some day to: have larged guided missiles with! atomic warheads.” i Richardson did no elaborate. He timed a western trip to be at Mu- roc Dry Lake for the drone landings vesterday. He flew on a drone; mother (control) ship for the aer-! ial atomic bomb drop at Bikini on! of Long Each of three Senators up for renomination yesterday won hand- ily. All Democrats, they were: Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, whom the CIO-PAC hoped to oust; Frank P. Briggs of Missouri, endorsed by Mr. Truman; and Harley M. Mil- gore of West Virginia, backed by the CIO-PAC. New Hampshire’s governor June . ; Charles M. Dale, won Republican He did say, however, that thelienomination by only 500 votes air force “has just scratched the over U. S. Rep. Sherman Adams. In Kansas Harry H. Woodring, former governor of the state and siles” and the surface in guided m yet <what slze atomle Warheadigeoretary of War Early in the “‘i’(:ilfi_ be practical for guide mis-|poosevelt admintstration, returned to political prominence as Demo- cratic nominee for governor. Results in brief: Missouri — Senator Briggs over- whelmed two opponents to win the Democratic nomination for the seat to which he was appointed as Mr. | Truman’s Senate successor in 19 Eenroute from Muroc to Hamil-{ ton Field, where he confers today with Fourth Air Force officials on defenses against guided missiles, Richardson said: “Operation Remote (the dronel mission) proved we have control equipment which will operate re- i liably at least 15 hours, sufficiently|Als0 one-sided was the victory to take any conventional heavy!James P. Kem, Kansas City at- Lomber 2,500 or more miles. That|torney in the race for the Republi- reraft could have been loaded | ‘3D Senatorial nomination. Rep. with 5,000 pounds of TNT or other Slaughter was the only loser among explosive. It would not have been 13 incumbent representatives who necessary to fly the mother up to|ran for renomination. the target. The mother could have Byrd Is Winner stocd off 50 miles and directed the} Virginia—A record-breaking Dem- drone in and picked up the target.{ocratic rimary turnout of around “We could have done it with B-i220,000 gave Senator Byrd, who has 325 or B-35s or any other bomber | served since 1933, a 60,000 vote vic- —and with the same control equip-)tory over Martin. A. Hutchinson, ment.” yRichmond lawyer. One incumbent The Hilo-Muroc flight of slight- | congressman was eliminated when ‘]_v mora than 2,500 miles was great- | Porter Hardy, Jr., 43 year old farm- ler than the distance from Fair-|er, ran up a 2 to 1 margin over Ibanks, Alaska, to Murmansk; from |Rep. Ralph H. Daughton of Nor- Honolulu to San Francisco; or|folk. across the North or South Atlantic| West Virginia—Senator Kilgore oceans. ran far ahead of J. Buhl Shahan, | Using B-32 or similar bombers, former state purchasing agent, for . with a range of 10,000 or more;Democx‘anc renomination. Repub- miles, Richardson pointed out, thejlicans nominated Thomas Sweeney United States could strike almost|of Wheeling, former state senator any point on earth with guided;who lost to Kilgore in 1940. missiles. { Kansas—Woodring, who advocat- —ra it ed repeal of the state prohibition NURSES AIDES CALLED law, snowed under three opponents All Nurses Ales are requested 10!, the Democratic gubernatorial volunteer their assistance in the y nomination his opponent will be emergency immunization program ¥ Frank Carlson, sixth district con- at the Juneau Health Clinic m’mjgre&s member, who won easily from 9-11 am, 1-3 pm, and 7-9 pm. i two other | Volunteers are requested to call'_ Murs, Fred Geeslin, Blue 404, " (Continued on Page Five) Mr. | lof pilfering as a serious factor in ir.he Alaska shipping problem into |which the Subcommittee on Mer- | lchant Marine and Fisheries of the | (national House of Representatives (was inquiring here. { Tom Moore, President of the | Alaska Territorial Federation of | Labor (AFL) was first to demand {absolute proof that pilfering is prev- | allent in the Alaska service. Ex-| !cept for “one occasion,” he denied !ever having even heard of it. Moore |admitted having heard of “things missing” from shipments, but claimed there is no prcof when or where they were lost. { What About It? | Mpore was asked by Rep. Schuy-| ler ©tls Bland (D-Va.): ! | Now that you have heard of it, what are you going to do about| Still refusing to recognize pilfer-| ing as a just complaint against lakor, Moore promised an investiga- tion designed to “lay the blame at| the proper door Quoting Moore's remark that pil- ifering accusations have been “pull: ed out of the air,” Bland, who is Chairman of the Full Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, held that the charges “have been pulled out of the air frem many | El they can no longer be dis- mis He stated his view that pilfering should be made a com- pulsory penal offense and seafar- ing certificates of convicted offend- ers revoked. Alaska’s Attorney General Ralph | J. Rivers cleared the air somewhat by pointing out that Moore spoke for an Alaska labor organization to| which pilfering complaints would not regularly be directed, as sea- men aboard the ships are hired out of Seattle. Chris Hennings, Representative in Alaska of CIO national head- quarters, was next to testify before the Subcommittee but he ignored the pilfering ue until directly about it by Chairman Honry Jackson (D-Wash.) Union “Against” It His reply then was that he had heard little about pilfering charges and knows of no concrete cases oc- curring in Juneau. He said the matter had been taken up by Ju- neau Local 16, International Long- shoremen’s and Whrehousemen's | Union (CIO) and that organizaticn is “against it.” George Ford, Delegate of Local 16, affirmed that Juneau long- shoremen try to prevent pilfering. Asked by Jackson, he replied there have been complaints, mostly minor, of pilfering brought against “ex- tra men” put on by Local 16 and in every case the men have been “knocked off the job.” | He declared there is machinery cpen to management to punish pil- ferers, as the West Coast longshore M agreement empowers Port Labor, Relations Committees to impose penalties. Far more voluble were labor’s answer to other charges put by the ship operators. Hennings reversed the allega- tion that difficulties in the Alaska service are 90 percent due to labor ke held they are 90 percent due to management. Causes Piled Up Labor worked through the war der a “no strike pledge,” he pointed out. During those years conditions kept piling up on which| r couldn’t take action until af-| the war. Alaska labor, he maintained, has proved more than| willing to cooperate with Federal ies in efforts to settle dis- whieh is a better record than /(,;rrmllnuv(?(.m'»}’;_f‘l;'v bfil;llfi- In Whirlwird Elopement "MESS’ TAG ISHUNGON SEFISHERY | | = | et | iTrap Issue Again Raised as . Congressmen Open | Ears to Fishermen Congressional :nquiry here into questions concerning control and regulation of Alaska fisheries open- ed late yesterday afternoon with a Iblunt declaration by Juneau attor= ney Willlam L. Paul, Jr., that “the Southeast Alaska fishery is in a | mess It is so bad, he declared, that the jeconomy of the Territory and the i | Territorial government itself are | | threatened. | Paul, who appeared as the first {fisheries witness before the Jackson Latest elopement in the Hcllywood scene is that of Actress Evelyn Keyes and John Huston, insert, film. writer-directcr, who used every- thing but the laddes. Departing chartered a plane and flew strai justice of the peace tied the knot. William Huston, suddenly from a night elab, they ght te Las Vegas, Nev., where a . Huston, 39, is the son of Actor KAISER SAYS, INVESTIGATE West Coast Wartime Ship-| builder Willing for Probe | -Also of Steel Trust 7—Henry J. OAKLAND, Aug. ARMY PLANS NEW UNIFORMS OF BLUE; 'You BET(HA" SHADE IS pUZZLER Fointing out that what the resi- Public Will_iB; Asked to Observe Fashion Parade and Then Decide WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 Army has authorized blue wint: off-post uniforms for officers and enlisted men, but is in a tizzy over what shade of biue the American public would prefer, | Subcommittee of the House of | Representatives’ Committee on Mer- !chant Marine and Fisheries in the capacity of Secretary for the Alas- ka Marine Workers Union (AFL) * and the Alaska Native Brotherhood, was given little opportunity, how- lcver, to expand his remarks. His testimony wes interrupted, to be Iput over until this afternoon, so jthat “hurry up" witnesses who had {to leave town this morning might be beard at yesterday's afternoon | session. Abolish Fish Traps Paul was followed by Alaska |senatorial nominee Frank Pera- | trovich, who is President of the {AMWU. Peratrovich trained his statement on” advocating abolition of 1ish ‘frips..over-a-five year per- iod, a program similar to that in- corporated in a bill he introduced in the 1945 Alaska legislature. Traps Unfair Competition | Admitting traps may be the “most |efficient way to catch salmon,"” Pera- trovich opposed them as being .un- fair competition for the resident ifisherman in his “little boat.” Will traps develop this Territory? he rhetorically demanded. | ent fisherman earns is spent with the merchants of Alaska to their benefit, he sald each trap with its two watchmen could be replaced by two seine boats manned by five men each. Way For Employment This is a way to give employ- ment to returning veterans and to attract new residents, he argued, . adding his belief that, with traps eliminated, seiners would be able to triple their season’s catch. He referred to the tripled pack of salmon in the State of Wash- Kaiser, west coast wartime ship- — Datermined that the defenders of Ington last year as laying the spec- builder, asserted teday he was eag- pational security shall be second to tre that the Washington pack level er to have his war record investi- pope in sartorial smariness, the had been greatly reduced by trap gated, as suggested by New Hamp- Army just can't decide whether the abolition. shire’s Senator Styles Bridges. In yniform shall ke solid color or two Change cof Season turn he called for an investigation tone—that is, dark coats and light. Concerning fishing regulations, of the stecl industry’s war record, trous rs Pe rovich Leld with a later wit- and threw in Jesse Jones and his And co—it is going to ask the hess—Frank G. Johnson, Mayor Reconstruction Finance Cerp. blic to do some observing and re-|of Kake—that the seasons are Kaiser tcld newsmen his stor this fall when soldiers will wreng. Canners and fishermen. are asserted hinderances in the wear sample uniforms at public agreed on that, he said. He ad- opment of his Fonta Calif., steel gatherings. vocated setting back the seasons at plant This will be preceded by surveys least 19 days or two weeks. Asked if he welcomed investiza- in al army camps in which Territorial Control Urged tion, he lied teams will demonstrate sample uni- Asking for more flexible seasons, “I am eager for it. If there is forms. In addition to dressing up Peratrovich urged that control of a stronger word, use it. the soldier in blue, the Army is the fisheries be placed in the hands In short, Kaiser charged “scan- considering replacing the olive drab of the Territory. He set up the dalmongers” with trying to “a sinate” his reputation and ruin the Fontana plant. An investiga- tion, he said, might bring out who the “character assossins” were who e responsible for “a flood of ar- ent to the press,” scme of which he showed the reporters. “Was this campaign evidence that somebody was out to kill your Fontana plant?” he was asked “There isn't any question,” Kai- ser replied. “The facts prove it.” Kaiser, in a pi ared statement complimented the Merchant Ma ine and Fisheries Committee in- vestigation, headed by Rep. S. O. Bland, and said he would “most willingly” appear before the Senate Mead Investigating Committee, and added: “I hope Congress will then want | another investigation, so that the pecple wil] know the facts about steel. During the war, Kaiser Ship- yards were short of steel. The great steel corporations failed to provide the necessary steel for ships. They had shipyards of their own. ‘Kaiser must be stopped’ was the slogan. “There exists sworn evidence that a representative of the defense plant corporation, upder the con- (Continued on Page Five) It would be ries. of a more vital green worn with russet ac - -o STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK‘,'VA;;. 7. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can 100%, Anaconda 46's, Curtiss- Wright 77, International Harvester Kennecott 58, New York Cen- 34, Northern Pacific 277%, U. S. Steel 90'%, Pound $4.03'%. Sales today were 870,000 shar Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 202.96, rails 62,57, utilities 41.36. - e e BUILDING PERMITS Two building permits were issuel by City Engineer J. L. McNamara during the past week They were to A. F. Knight for repair work to Sully’s Bakery and removal of the ovens from the Peerless Bakery, estimated cost $1,000, contractor A. F. Knight; Walter H. Knape for basement construction to a residence at 407 adad irwin Street, estimated cost $140,|"€¢d¢d: and W. J. contractors, Manthey the owner s- and khaki WAC uniforms with one Alaska Game Commission as an ex- ample. We feel the time has: come when we are fully capable to tak- ing care of our own resources, he stated; then answered & query by Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartiett by ¢aying he has no fear that pres- sure on a Territorial government in control of them might result in a depletion of the fisheries. Peratrovich disagreed with a quot- ed statement by the Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior that fish |traps are a desirable and efficient adjunct to salmon canning oper- . ations. | Against Territorial Control Wilfred Stump of Ketchikan, |Secretary of the Resident Trap {Owners Association of Southeast Alaska, disagreed with Peratrovich's Istand for Territorial control. He gave opinion there is more chance | that conservation might suffer from | political pressure if the ‘Territory rather than the Federal government were in control. Stump, referring to the State- hood Referendum before Alaska | voters in October, held out for con- | trol of everything in Alaska at once inot piece-meal. Statehood is what's he inferred. Answering Bartlett, Stump called (Continued on Page Two)