The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 2, 1946, Page 1

| f ? | il | GOVT. RESTS . INCASE OF MINE CHIEF VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,440 J | Evidence Himself at Trial Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — The Government late today rested its contempt of court case against John L. Lewis with testimony by Secretary of Interior Krug that the coal miners’ chief four times re- fused his request to bargain direct- ly with mine owners. Federal Judge T. Alan Golds- borough then adjourned court un- til 10 am. tomorrow. Goldsborough previously an- nounced that the court itself will Present evidence tomorrow tending to show that the UMW leader “did not obey” a restraining order is- sued in an effort to avert the coal strike. During the day eight Govern- ment witnesses were heard. After Goldsborough calls a court rgporter to testify on whether- Lew- is had in effect admitted contempt by any statement in the trial, the upion is expected to present wit- nesses and evidence in an attempt to head off a heavy punishment for Lewis and possible fines against the union. Technical Position Goldsborough said” that, if the court reporter’s testimony estab- lishes that Lewis did not obey the restraining order, it would leave the miners’ leader and UMW “in the technical position of a con- tempt of court.” 3 The - jurist added that it also would tend to establish that the strike of 400,000 mine workers was in violation of the Nov.. 15 court order which instructed .Lewis to call of a work contract termination notice. for the time being at least, a news reél recording purported gquoting Lewis as saying last spring’s coal strike agreement was gcod ior the dufation of Government operation of the mines. 2. Government attorneys sought to show that the contract termin- ation notice was itself the equiv- alent of a strike call—an action outlawed by the Smith-Connally Act prohibiting anyone from insti- gating strikes in Government seized industry. i . The Washington Merry - Go-Round Dy DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Only a ' few peofile in the high burenmhcy of the United Mine Workers know of his own among his top-level ex- ecutives. Despite his calm, David- ghting-Goliath, public-be-dammed ;fltude. Lewis is in the middle a vital tug-of-war regarding his ‘own successor as president ot the union. It '1s no secret that Lewis's health is not good. Not only did he have a close call during his appendix operation last summer, but since then he is reported to be suffering from arteriosclerosis, which keeps sufficient blood from going to his head, and in some people causes mental delusions. At any rate, Lewis knows that his three-decade dictatorship of the hiners must soon draw to a close, dnd already he is thinking about ways and means of preserving the swis dynasty. logical successor is Thomas Ketinedy, secretary-treasurer of the miners and former Lieutenant QGovernor of Pennsylvania. One of ¢ most popular men in the union, Kennedy has consistently polled a vote as great or greater tHan Lewis's and is completely in- depéndent of Lewis's support. Kennedy is more studious, more statesmanlike, than Lewis, is one of the great parliamentarians of the country, frequently disagrees vigorously though :‘privately with Jobn L. Labor lesiders have al- ways wondered why “Kennedy, a close friend of Phil Murray's, did L St ka5 e Sk (Continued on Page Four) | i e ————————— it, but John L. Lewis has troubles HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1946 'MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS i PRICE TEN CENTS | | 100INJURED Franco Is iNRIGTING Asked lo IN SHANGHAI | | Sidewalk Shops Are quest at United Na- Ordered Off Streefs tions Aisgmbly By SPENCER MOOSA . LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec. SHANGHAI, Dec. 2—Some shop- The United States today called on keepers hesitatingly reopend for the United Nations Assembly to ask business today as police with shoot- Generalissimo Francisco Franco to to-kill orders guarded against any!step down as head of the Spanish resumption of the week-end rioting government and at the same time which resulted” in at least 100 in- urge the Spanish people to see juries and unofficial reports, de-ithat Franco surrendered his pow- nied by city officials, of five to 12 ers. deaths. In a resolution which Sen. Tom At mid-morning a city spokes- Connally (D-Texas) was ready to man said, “we think we have the introduce before the 54-nation poli- situation under control.” He reiter-|tical committee, the American dele- ated that nobody had been killed, gation also proposed: by official count. i 1. That an interim goyernment Many of the stores remained be set up in Spain immediately. closed, their owners fearful of' 2. That the people proceed as further trouble. Numerous shops scon as possible after the setting 'had been damaged in the demons- up of the provisional regime to tration. hold free elections to that Spain Rioting began Saturday after the might take a place among the dem- municipal authoritics sought to ocratic governments of the world. . clear ,the streets of the thousands The United States suggested fur- of unlicensed sidewalk peddlers. ther that the Franco regime be Mayor K. C. Wu later easad the or- barred from all organizations start- der by restricting the vendors to ed by the United Nations. certain sections of the city, but! e the rioting continued. { [ The mayor told foreign corres- "Avvs EXPEDITION pondents he blamed the Commun- ists for the outbreak. To SOUTH polE IS He told newsmen the ‘“purpose behind” the riots was to create “disastrous bloodshed and tragedy” SHOV'NG OFF IODAY as a prelude to a general strike, but that the agitators had “failed’ » in their effort to paralyze Shang- By ALTON L. BI;AKESLEE hai.” | ABOARD 'I'HE USS MT. OLYM- Wu announced by radio that he PUS A_T NORFOLK, VA., Dec. Z'f had ordered police to shoot to kill Cperation High Jump, the Navy’s anyone disturbing the peace of‘huge expedition to the South Polar carrying unauthorized firearms. |regions, prepared to shove off to- An Associated Press photograph-;day on a 10,000-mile voyage for er, China-morn Don Carlos Roque, c0ld weather tests and new explora- found a howling crowd menacing, tions of Antarctica. Goldsborough's announcement ¢ whangpoo police station in the! Four ships, the Mt. Olympus, came amid these other trial de- | former French concession in mid- Headquarters and Flag Ship; the velopments: infternoon Saturday. He saw two ice breaker Northwind, seaplane 1. The court refused to admit, pogjes under blankets in the sta- tender Pine Island, and destroyer tion compound, but was chased Brownson, are sailing simultaneous- away by a policeman with drawn bayonet when he sought to take a picture. Coast. | Mecst of them carry supplies for | Roque said police fired point- UP to eight months—everything iblank tc break up the crowd. |from beef to coffee, movies and { el z candy, airplanes and 32 Husky | dogs. The 4,000 man operation un- der command of Read Admiral {Richard E. Byrd will last at least ifour months. Most of the men on aboard the Olympus |thusiastic and interested. SEATTLE YOUTH KILLS HIS DAD SEATTLE, Dec. 2—Sixteen-year- |weather, then into frigid zones, ice old William L. Jenkins looked back 'packs, past majestic icebergs that remorsefully today on the events may measure 40 miles long, and which leaa to his confinement on probably blizzards and storms on | open charges in.the city jail today the world’s roughest sea, the An- {for the Saturday night slaying of tarctic Ocean. |his father. | Ty o o i “Now, I wish that I had only | taken my clothes and started walk- ing when dad told me that I was no longer wanted at home,” he {told Acting Detective Capt. Virgil ‘Webb. Police found the father, Charles F. Jenkins, 62-year-old Seattle Port of Embarkation janitor, dead when they responded to the boy's tele- phoned request to give himself up. Webb reported that the boy said the shooting climaxed a bitter fam- ily quarrel during which his father, jwhile drinking, had struck and knocked down his mother a short | time before the shooting. ' ILLEGAL TRAPPING | | BYRNES, BEVINS IN - CONFERENCE ABOUT PEACE TREATIES NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A private huddle between British Foreign Secretary Ernest evin and Secre- tary of State James F. Byrnes touched off today a concentrated drive to speed completion of peace treaties for the Axis satellites and a bilateral pact for economic merg- er of the Anglo-American occupa- tion zones in Germany. appear en- | ‘Th2 ships will sail into tropicnlj MANEUVERS INALASKA Step Out UNDERWAY OF Federal Juag: fo Present Demonstration Starfs when Unifed Stafes fo Make Re- First MajorAF;o;Iwar Test of Soviets Wa Army Is Started Out on Aleutizns WASHINGTON, Army's first majir Dec. 2.—The post-war test of tactics and weapons for fighting The United States charged today'the in the Arctic w/nt into full swing that the primpry object of Soviet 'and Warehousemen'’s Union (CIO) sumption of private ship opera- /4 hand-pick:d task Russia’s arms. limitations program has given formak notice | yesterday as force in the Aleutians started three months of strenuous operations. Following amphibious war games in warm Southern California, “Force Williwaw” will contend with rain, snow, sleet and hurricane winds which sometimes reach 110 miles an hour on the island of continuing the arms reduction dg.‘\\'ould begin this week and that | Adak. Two other groups of 1,200 or more' committee of the General Assembly, {tWo reasons: Increased living costs, ihe two companies believe Alask men each meanwhile will be operat- Ljuntly rejected the Soviet propos- and to achieve parity with East and can adequately be served by ing in the sub-zero cold of the s as “too narrow and too circum- |[Gulf Coast longshore wage scales. following ves: : Fairbanks area and at Camp Mec- Coy, Wisconsin. The War Department preliminary field maneuver this month was given a foretaste storm which ripped tents. A med- llum tank which undertook to cross 'frozen tundra was mired for nine hours. With Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers as observers, the Adak force will undergo three ten- day meneuvers beginning Dec. 9, Jan. 6 and Feb. 6 Artillery weap- ons, including self-propelled guns, (will be tested along with vehicles, ifield equipment and raticns. ‘The group . conananasd by Col.’ Joseph D. Raney, a veteran of two TAKES SWAT ATPROPOSAL nf Atomic Bomb . Banned-Does Not Men- | o jer Weapons By MAX HARRELSON LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Dec. 2— seemed to be to get rid of the latomic bomb and then place all other erms guestions under the Cuited Natiogns Security Council where they would be subject to the “atem bomb of the veto.” Sen. Tom Connally (D-Tex.), bate before the 54-nation political | scribed.” Connally made it clear that the rcported United States was opposed to any that the East the Aleutians force in a five-day injcction of the veto into the in-iscales were spection and contral machinery of which would be set up to make One union source said the requested worse to come by a sudden 75-mile sure that no nation violated the|boost might be 23 percent. preposed international agreements on arms limitations. “We do not want to turn it all over to the Seecurity Council for its unbridled action” he declared. He said the Soviet proposal, while emphasizing that the atomic ubemb must be outlawed, made no mention of jet-propelled weapons, poiscn gas or other weapons of mass destruction, and added: “We. think a man dead of poison gas is just as dead as if he were struck by an atomic bomb. We RUSSIANS GIVEPLANS Demand Is ONALASKA | (o:Eing Up SHIPPING‘ (Longshoremen and Ware- Two Compa_nieéMake Pro- © housemen Serve Notice for Review on Pay | | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec shipowners’' spokesman said International New Wage posals fo Maritime Com- mission for Service 2.—A SEATTLE, Dec today Ccmumis: Longshoremen’s emergency | | i The Maritime made public today an interim plan for re that it tions in the Alaska trade recently would ask a wage review next Jan. submitted to the Commission by ;1. The present contract provides the Alaska Steamship Company and that wages may be “reviewed” on the Northland Transportation Co. | ithat date, he added. The plan was submitted pend-! Harry Bridges, head of the union, ing the consummation of a per-! ‘told a news conference in Honolult manent long-range program to iSaturday night that discussions serve the Territory adequately. ' In 2 memorandum submitted to| iwage increases would be asked for the Commission it is stated that’ a the { He specified no amount in an-' - Five passenger ships—The Alaska, Enuun(‘ing the new demands, but said | Aleutian, Baranof, Denali and' and Gulf Coast North Sea. ( higher than' western! o 00 vesde i Viotoria ilongshoremen's average of $1.52. Ten combination cargc and re- | frigerator ships of the “Knot” | type, with 5000 tons cargo space, | ' The western longshoremen re- 2 i 1 costing a total of $1,714,570. ':fl‘;n-xzmcwsterr{mN:t‘{erZ? Mty TWO Victory typé dry-cargo et i Y freight vessels of 10,000 tons ca- pacity each, costing a total of $1,- 758,314, ) Two small tank vessels. The companies proposed to un- dertake the operation of the Al- aska service commencing January 1 e upon the following terms and con- WASHINGTON — Representative ditions: jRankin of Mississippi told newsmen | The Commission will make its today that President Truman has foregoing described vessels avail- no intention of calling a special able by charter or otherwise and - oo BULLETINS years wartime service in Alaska. think other weapons must be in-session of Congress to enact labor if it is impractical by charter it The ground forces' operations at cluded—all forms of these extra-|legislation. |Adak and Fairbanks coincide with Army Air Forces training with | Superfortress bombers and P-51 fighter planes over an area which Army and Navy officials deem the world’s most strategic region in the event of another war. The 28th Bomber Group was or-| 4l the nations which get the|Which might sweep belligerents and Elmendort | qtomic secrets shall rigidly observe | non-belligerents off the face of the dered last month to of P-51's from the 56th Fighter Group is due at Fairbanks in De- cember. Each will train about six months. e i SALMONTO STARTEAST SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—Alaska's salmon pack, much of which has moved no further south than Seattle because of the maritime strike, got a lift today. Under a special agreement, 1,250,- 000 cascs of the canned salmon, stered at two piers here, will be loaded in freight cars and moved East. Officials said 33 percent of this salmon is earmarked for the gov- ernment. ‘The fish loading began when the Salmon Terminals, Inc., agreed to of AFL checkers. CIO longshoremen previously had received this in- crease. B Shippers estimated today that there are 600,000 to 800,000 cases of salmon in the holds of strike- kbound Seattle ships. - > ! ordinary weapons of mass destruc- tion.” Then referring to the veto ques-, | tion, he said: “The United States will not agree (to any plan unless . there is inspection machinery to see that ly with five ships from the West Field, Anchorage, and a squadron ne regulations without a veto.” ->-oo — Pipelines fo ~ HelpRelieve - Coal Strike Big and liflTe Inch Lines Will Carry Natural Gas_to East WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-—Secre- tary of the Interior Krug said today the ' government plans immediate movement of natural gas through the Big Inch and Little Inch pipe- lines to help relieve the coal short- age. six days, at the rate of 50,000,000 cubic feet a day,” Krug told the (House Surplus Property committee. Within the next 4 days, Krug said, gas can be moving at the rate of 150,000,000 cubic feet a day over the 1,500-mile war-built pipe lines |from the southwest to the eastern may bke done by general-agency i e & agreement. The Commission will carry all BRADFORD, kEngiana — The hull risks sels s on both vessels |Archbishop of York has wamed jo S e R 3 fth“; nnices _me‘flg ltl;wer,\lre.ack:ha. After payment of all expenses, !good understanding they face the' .. ... gepreciation on the Com- jpossibility of another world WAr ..o« vessels and hull insur- ance, the proceeds, if any shall be applied first, to return 6 per ceni and those —s ASKS FOR 2 SHIPS FOR ALASKA RELIE REQUEST IS MADETOMC FOR VESSELS Enough Caréo Now Avail able in Portland fo Load at Least One Steamer PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 2—The Maritime Commission was asked to- day to assign two vessels tc load re- lief cargo here for Alaska, regard- less of the outsome of negotiations to reopen the Seattle port. Lt. Comdr. E. P. Chester, Aide to Alaska's Governor, said the Governor had telephoned him to proceed with the loading of at least two ships here whether or not the Seattle maritime dispute is settled. Clester, who came here ‘after shipment plans bogged down at Seattle, said he hoped the Maritime Commission would approve the pro- Ject late today, so that orders for cargoss could go out tomorrow and loading begin Wednesday, The port director estimated that enough cargo is “available now to lead a Victory freighter. MEETING I SEATTLE, Dec. 2—The Water- front Employers Association was schecduled to meet today to discuss a propcsal by the striking AFL Checks Asgociation, An answer to the proposal, which Checkers’ Business Agent Crummer sald is “the same one both sides bad practically agreed upon as of Nov. 15" was to be returned when ~~lovers' and 'the ‘nion were to meet at a conciliation conference this afternoon at 4 o'clock. SEATTLE Crummer said the men offered to return to work on condition both parties agreed to abide by a pend- ing arbitration decision in their case. proposals also stipulated that: Purther negotiations will be held on contract changes pertain- ing to wharfage, additional pen- alties, subsistence for cut of town work, length of the work day and definition of supercargo work; all “We expsct to begin movementl pay a 15-cents an hour increase ©F natural gas in the next five or)| } earth. : WASHINGTON-—-A Commerce De- 1partmem official predicts thatefive {million persons will be thrown out ;o1 work within 60 days if the soft coal strike continues for that {ienglh of time. i ; LONDON-—A highly placed Brit- {ish authority has denied the Com- { munist claim that Britain is about jto enter into a secret arms agree- iment with the United States. i LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. — Two jsites are expected to' be recom- {mended to the United Nations for {a permanent home—the Presidio jof San Francisco and the Rox- | borcugh-Belmont plateau area in | Philadelphia. | NANKING-—The Chines !munists’ top military figure, Gen- icral Chu Teh, is sald o have left {China for Moscew on what Gov- lermuent souices dcscribe as an l"lmpl)rcant nilitary mission.” e Com- ROME — An Amciican Catholic yleader, the Rev. Valentine Schaff, ;med last night after an attack of icerebral paralysis. | ‘ SEATTLE Traffic accidents |claimed at least six lives in Wash- {ington and Oregon over the week- |end aiter taxes to the companies UPON cuch changes not settlad by Jan, 1 their capital necessarily employed 1947 wil go before a five-man and second, after the foregoing, arbitration board; wage increases the amounts remaining shall be gy ovisicns for wage and hour divided 75 per cent to the Commis- review, already agreed upon, will be sfon and 25 per cent to the com- included in the new contract; and panies. 'signing of the checkers' contract That the Maritime Commission wijj be current with that of the permit the carriers to file tariffs AFL longshoremen’s association. reflccting an over-all revenue of | 35 per cent apportioned among* passenger and commodity rates as ' CHESTER'S ADDRESS might seem proper aiter discus- | For the information of local mer- sicons. ,chants who may wish to contact USRS ety |Lt. Comdr. E. P. Chester, represen- itative of the Governor of Alaska, the is staying at the Portland Hotel in Portland, Orzgon. His office ‘quarters are in the Corbett Bldg., (Room 818 and the Portland tele- is Beacon 6525. ALASKA COASTAL ON LIFER TURNS DOWN PAROLE, 2ND TIME SAN QUENTIN, Calif, Dec. 2— |Plone number For the second time, Antonia Di | Tardo, 72-year-old lifer at San; Quentin Prison, has turned down | an offer of parole and since under | California law a man cannot be i paroled against his will, it looks as | ONE TRiP, WEEXEND thcuzh he's in the stir to stay. | “Why for I wanta go out?” he| Alaska Coastal Airiines was able asked Warden Clinton Dufiy yes-| © Make only one flight on Satur- terday day and one Sunday because of “Here—1 ' tres everybod, bood They. treat me goud. Fary b2 Weather conditions over South- I hk‘e it. 1 stay” § {east Alaska. Passcngers were car- ; stay. fone " In prison 26 years for shooting !1ied to and from Ketchikan, Peters. his wife to death in a quarrel, Di (burg, Tenakee, Pelican and Sitka. Tardo has a portable phonograph From Juneau to Ketchikan, B. H. in his cell and a large supply nl| Manery, Carl Wiedman, Henry classical records, mostly operas of IWcod‘ A. J. Pingham, Sgt. H. Y. his native Italy. |Harold Grondos, Art Hedges and There was no official statement seaboard. ehaledl Sh e | il 1w d { — Feder: e - DRAWS $100 FINE| 7, > zovu ot e convems, STOCK QUOTATIONS |, 7 5o con be o b i ney CIGAGO — Foter s o |fuel shortage caused by the coal | strike, mug said, “bmy it is notiernment charges of violating the NEW YORK, Dec. 2 — Closing the answer.” |Lea Act file dagainst James C. ! British and American diplomatic Johnnie Fawcett pleaded guilty chiefs was held at Bevin's request.| gl H iMary Hodgman; to Tenakee, H. Floresco and Ira Stevenson; to Im ’ovemenk a | Pelican, Frank Mosher. p ! From Sitka to Juneau, W. H. this morning to charges of illegal Opservers in a position to know Ithe court of U. S. Commissioner conference dealt with the ticklish Felix Gray. The offense was com- | pglestine question. | cursion 1Inlet. | pending agreement to blend econ- the Commissioner’s court was Bert! designed to make their zones self- enson of Idaho Inlet. Benson gystaining at the end of a three- faces disorerly conuet charges. |year period. | John Bergquist was apprehended o Ly et yesterday for the careless use of, ALA xi¥S IN TOWN firearms last October 22 in the| vicinity of Admiralty Cove. Vern Guest Moore, the complainant, charges over the weekend ineluded the fol- Bergquist with threatening to shoot lowing irom other points of the him with a deadly weapon. | Territory: H. P. Elliott, R. L. El- —————— 1110!!, Arthur G. Johnson, and Mrs, The opal seems to have appealed Pauline Nygaard, of Ketchikan; to Shakespeare as a fit emblem of Mr. and Mrs. James Bradley of incenstancy for he refers to it in Seward, Carl C. Snelling of Craig; “Twelfth Night.” Mrs. J. B. Landstrom of Homer, Also arraigned this morning in omic policies in Germany in a move | ust at the Baranof Hotel quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 89%, Anaconda 40%, | Wright 57, International Harvester |U. 8. Steel 69%, Pound $4.03. Dow, Jones averages today are :as follows: industrials 167.50, rails 48.53, utilities 35.08. | e | VISITING FROM STATES Registering at the Baranof from | various points in the States over the weekend were Charles H. Lier of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Pond of Plainfield, New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carter, St. An- thony,” Idaho, and Clarence C. ) Bailey of Palestine, Texas. Sales today were 810,000 shares. | He testified that even the move- ;trapping and was fined $100 in ryled out the possibility that the stock today is 5%, American Can ment of 150,000,000 cubic feet of gas Unconstitutional Government attor-| Curtiss- a day would amount only to the,‘neys will carry the case up. fuel equivalent of 6,000 tons of coal mitted November 21 off the main-| Belief prevailed that Bevim and | 68, Kennecott 47%, New York Cen- while the normal daily coal pro- land shore of Icy Strait near EX- Byrnes got together to seal a long|tral 15%, Northern Pacific 20%, duction exceeds 2,000,000 tons. | —————— KETCHIKAN VISITORS | Arriving from Ketchikan and |staying at the Gastineau ‘are the |tollowing: Archie Van Winkle, Mr. ’and Mrs. J. R. Reynolds, and Mrs. {Maude Clark. RS S, VISITING: PILOTS George J. Oswald and Herb Strauss, . pilots for Golden North Airlines, .Fairbanks, arrived in Ju- neau yesterday and are staying at Jthe Baranof, |Petrillo, holding that the act is| Ketchikan Financed SEATTLE, Lcc. 2—Advances to CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —The! finance preparation of drawings {Army’s Second Division was in the | and specifications for public works ]pr(,cess of re-embarking for Fort: in Idaho, Washington and Alaska iLewis, Wash., today after maneuy- | announced by Federal Works Ad- jers here. Men and supplies will ' ministrator Maj. Gen. Philip B. be loaded on the same ships that|Fleming include: 'brought the army force to South-| Alaska: Ketchikan, construction ern California for the natlon’s larg- |of new and improvement of existing est amphibious maneuver of this| streets, including crushed rock sur- year. }Iucmg and sidewalks, estimated cost el ‘3374.300. advance $7,500. LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. — The/ el |Greek delegation to the United Na- JERUSALEM — Three British tions Assembly said Greek Premier soldiers were killed and one was Censtantin Tsaldaris was expected seriously injured today when a jeep to arrive in New York by air today in which they were traveling was to file charges with the United Na- blown up by a mine in the Jeru- tions concerning fighting along salem-Jaffa road, it was announced Greece’s northern borders. officially. | i 1 Hills, R. R. Weekes, Elmer John- son and A. J. Bingham; from Tenakee, Milos Blain; -from Peli- can, Don Milnes; from Petersburg, Mrs. W. Hansen and Mrs. Tom ‘Thompson; from Ketchikan, Carl Snelling. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS P - 18