The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1947, Page 1

34 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,471 ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INCREASED RATES TO ALASKA DENIED Byrnes CPOSTIN | CABINET CHANGES lll-Health For(es State Sec | refary to Quit - 5-Star General Takes Over BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—The Senate unanimously confirmed | teday the nomination of Gen. | Marshall, acting within 55 min- utes after the nomination had been received on Capitol Hill. | Vandenberg stepped down | from the Presiding Officer's chair ¢f the Senate to urge speedy disposition of the nom- ination, a move he said would demonstrate unity to the world and that the United States has “a continuing and effeetive | foreign policy. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER i WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-—James F. Byrnes’' resignation as Secretary of State was announced suddenly last night and five-star General George C. Marshall was designated as his successor. It had keen known that Byrnes health. was not - too. good, but the| White House disclosure that he was leaving the cabinet came with so! little advance talk that it was a shock to many officials concerned ! with foreign affairs. Byrnes asked that the resigna- tion be effective Friday, but agreedt to continue in the post until his; successor qualifies. [ Marshall, who has been Mr. Tru-! man's special envoy to China, is! on his way here by air. His selec-| tion must be approved by the Sen- ate before he can take ~fiice No Break Expteted No break or shift in foreign pol- icy is expected from the change.. During a stop at Guam today,| Marshall declined to discuss hisj policies or plans. “I am sorry. I have to be silent; for the present,” he told a reporter.| An aide said Marshall knew his appointment was in prospect, but} first learned from the radio en- route that it actually had been| made. White House Secretary Charles G. Ross said there had been “an understanding for some time” be- tween President Truman and Gen- eral Marshall that the wartime chief of staff would be the new Secretary of State when Byrnes re-* tired. Ross nodded in the affirmative! when asked if the understanding! had been “a matter of months.” — > —— The Washington' Merry - Go-Round! By DREW PEARSON | WASHINGTON — It may be a long time before the full inside story of what happened at the historic Big Three conferences is pieced together, but gradually im- | portant parts of it are leaking out.; Elliott Roosevelt has written one | Continued “on Page Eignt) | i version. Winston Churchill is writ- | ing his. Probably Stalin will never record his. But perhaps the most unbiased accounts are those of U. 8.-Brit-! ish interpreters who sat with the! Big Three all during ‘their talks, and who faithfully recorded the details in their diaries. From one such source has been bbtained the following authentic story of how General Eisenhower was selected as Supreme Commander of the English Channel invasion. The decision was made on the last day of the Teheran Conferance, after Churchill and Stalin had rowed bitterly over the 2nd front.| Churchill demanded that it go through the Balkans, Stalin that it cross the English Channel. Stal- in had won. But at this final| meeting, with the detailed invasion | plans before them, Stalin was still e (Continued on MB Four) ! generally regretted Brynes’ SURPRISE IS CAUSED OVER RESIGNATION Expressions of Regret Mingles with Bewild- erment Overtones (By Associated Tic The v adon of James F. Byrnes as United States Secretary of State was received in world 38) capitals today with sharp surprise,’ and expressions of regret were mingled with overtones of bewilder- ment, A chorus of approval for the ap- pointment of Geq. George C. Mar- shall as Brynes' successor extended to the Russion-controlled press in Berlin, but foreign offices buzzed with speculation over the possible effects of the dramatic change up- on America’s foreign policy. Among United Nations represen- | tatives at Lake Success, N. Y., at- tenticn centered on the fact that Byrnes’ resignation followed closely that of Bernard M. Bar- uch as U. S. member of the UN atomic Commission. But there were no immediate indications that the American Delegation would seek any postponement of the disarma- ment discussion Security Council agenda tomorrow. Oificial London received the se-! lection of Gen. Marshall with ap- proval. But the press, which treat- ed the announcement as top news, retire- ment. The influential Times prais- ed Brynes’ skill and tenacity, hail- ed him for securing bi-partisan American support, and said: successes achieved at the end of the year owe much to him.” The Communist Daily Worker speculated that Brynes was ‘“re- garded as an old Roosevelt man,” and expressed belief he had been custed by President Truman. - e — {IMPORTANT MEET OF CHAMBER SET TOMORROW NOON Representatives attending the present Territorial Convention of the CIO will be guests at the Chamker of Commerce noonday luncheon tomorrow noon in the Baranof, according to President Norman Banfield. The special guests will ke: Joseph F. Jurich, President of In- ternational Fishermen and Allied Workers of America, whose head- quarters is in Seattle. John Olofson, Agent of Alaska Fishermen's Union at Ketchikan. Verne Albright, Delegate from International Longshoremen’s and Warehousement's Union at Ketchi- kan. Carl Weidman, Delegate from Local No. 56, United Trollers of Alaska at Juneau. The Chamber of Commerce is anxious to hear the views of these, representatives regarding the need for additional funds to be made {available to the Fish and Wildlife, Service for the conservation of the salmon fisheries, particularly for enforcing the regulations by pre- venting unlawful fishing. Its Legislative Committee is pre~" paring a report on this subject’ which will include its findings re-: garding the penalties imposed hy Commissioners’ Courts with respect to such violators, TG e AP e One thousand, one hundred twenty-six American students have attended the University of Oxford, England, as Rhodes scholars. so! scheduled for the| “the | Resigns; Terrific Wind Storm Nears Aleutian Chain; Damage Already Done SEATTLE, Jan. 8.—Residents of| the Aleutian Island chain dug in| today in anticipstion of another heavy storm, their third in less| than a week, reported to be ap-| proaching the outer islands withJ‘ wind velocity of from 85 to 145) miles an hour. The report from Kodiak said the storm centersd about 250 miles southeast of Attu, and it was ex- pected to hit about dawn today. | Even as the new forecast was is- | sued, military authorities contin- | ued to assess damage from the| double beating received in storms last Thursday and over the week end. Rear Admiral F. A, Daubin, com mandant of the 18th Naval Dis. trict, said Navy property received an estimated $250,000 damage. ! Principal loss was suiiered at the naval air facility at Attu,| where several hundred men are! stationed. Power and communica- tions lines were snapped in winds| averaging 110 miles an hour, and 36 Quonset huts were destroyed, he | said. - Several Quonset huts were picked up bedily and blown some learly in each year on prospective, Marshall Named Successor ECONOMIC REPORT BY PRESIDENT SaySAmeriEfieeds Lower Prices - Labor Should Stop at Demands WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Presis{ dent Truman told Congress today that for greater prosperity Ameri- ca needs lower prices and ought not to press demands which will keep them from dropping. He sent the legislators a mes: sage in which he also said that for the nation’s economic health the; should (A) continue taxes af | present wartime levels (B) extend rent controls, (C) increase social security benefits, (D) boost mini- mum wages (E) extend the wage- hour law, (F) start a long range housing program, (G) enact new labor laws. Mr. Truman's message Was his' first economic under the employ- ment act of 1946. That law re: quires that he and his economi advisers send Congress a report business and employment conditions | distance and stove pipes were snap- ped off of roofs. | Legislation ~ | On Labor Is " Infroduced 1 | | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Senator| Ball (R-Minn,) today introduced Jegislation to bar all labor contracts | which make either membership or| non-membership in a union a con- | dition of employment. The Bill would outlaw: 1. Closed shop contracts. These require a worker to join a union | before he can be hired. | 2. Union shop agreements. Un- der these an employer may hire | a non-union man, but he must join within a certain period. | 3. Maintenance of membership | contracts. Under such contracts,| | no one is compelled to join a un- | ion, but those who do not join must maintain membership during | | the life of the contract, or lose their job. ! Ball’s Bill also would specifically prohibit the so-called “yellowdog” | contract, under which employers | { make non-membership in a union| a condition of employment. | Actually, these contracts, already\ are banned under the Norris-La- Guardia Act of 1932. ‘GIANT ARMY PLANE WITH LARGE CARGO, 'ON ARCTIC FLIGHT GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 8—| A giant army plane took off from | the army air base here yesterday, heading for the Arctic, with 72) tons of cargo aboard. The huge four-engine C-74 left for 90 days of cold weather tests iin the far north. | Before departure, the plane’s pi-| lot, Capt. F. G. Bastain of Phila-| delphia, reported the airship wa.s' carrying 144,955 pounds of cargo in- cluding 14 crew, members, army technicians and an aircraft manu-| facturing representative. ! The plane, which came here| Sunday from Long Beach, Calif., is| capable of carrying the heaviest jload ever airborne—172,000 pounds —and will cruise 7,800 miles at| 245 miles an hour without refuel- ing, the pilot said. | Lpaded with 6,200 gallons of fuel, t.he plane was scheduled to fly non- |awp to Ladd Field, Fairbanks, ‘where the tests will be conducted. —— - Infants born in the United States todny have an average longevity at nearly 65 years, | crease in the following 12 months. The main points he emphasized to tke Republican-held, ecuuomy] minded Congress were these: The country should produce 5 percent more goods this year than last and keep employment at its record-breaking level. | But the purchasing power of the | people may not support those goals | unless wage and price adjustments are quickly made. | A major approach “must be, through reduced prices.” i Rent ceilings should remain be- yond mid-1947, because “a large in- crease in rents would subamnuallv |reduce consumer purchasing power.’ “Business can and should reduce | prices wherever possible in order| to bring about the necessary in-| in consumer purchasing power to bolster markats.” LONGSHOREMEN AT SEWARD WILLNOW . UNLOAD §i STEAMERS Agreement Reached After Conference with | Union, Others [ ANCHORAGE, Jan. 6—An agree- | ment by Seward longshoremen to work all ships docked in that city | was announced here today by Albin L. Peterson, Federal Conciliator, tafter conferring in Seward with Ed | Coester, agent for the AFL-Sailors | Union of the Pacific and represen- tative of CIO Longshoremen. | Peterson said the longshoremen‘\ will petition the National Labor | Relations Board for exclusive bar-| gaining rights for all employees o the Alaska Steamship Company en- | bo gaged in loading and unloading vessels in Seward. Al Moser, Secretary of the CIO Lecal, said the petition would give Jurisdiction over everything defined | as longshore work. { Besides Peterson, Moser and Coe- | ster, the day and night sessions were attended by J. E. Ritchie, Alaska Steamship Company; Milo| Martin, President, Longshoremen.‘ Local; Fred Axford, President, An-| chorage Chamber of Commerce; G.| Gustafson, representing Fairbank's| Mayor Hjalmar Nordale and the! Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce,! and Ben Potter, Fairbanks Build ing Trades Council. - ‘end of week. ‘5 %, Kennecott 50 New YOrk gjzed suddenly and sank Dec. 16 VISITING IN JUNEAU | Alaska scheduled to sail from Central 18, Northern Pacific 19%,| A battering blow from the under- Seattle today. 1U. 8. Steel 72, Pound $4.03's. water explosion of an atomic bomb Fred Bryant of Sitka and Earl D. Graves of Palmer are registered at the Hotel Juneau. | — e, GUESTS AT JUNEAU | labor |- | been an active base ~ Recondliation Fails, Wife Strangled | e - two weeks. ALASKAN ‘Navy Tug Rushmg to Vil- lage at Foot of Akutan fo Evacuate People SEATTLE, Jan. 8—A Navy tug was enroute from Kodiak to Aku- tan Harbor in the Aleutians today | for possible evacuation of a native | village lying six miles from the | 4100-foot - Akutan valcano which was reported in active eruption. Messages from the North said the peak was first seen erupting by the Coast Guaxd Cutter Ws- | chusett Sunday The wlcano obsmed through a blinding snowstorm, was said to light the sky with “bright orange | flames” of varied intensity. A subsequent report by the Navy Fleet Tug Sarsi, enroute from Ko- | |diak to Dutch Harbor, said “hot | lava is flowing down the m')ummn side.” Rear Admiral Freeland A. Dau- bin, Commandant of the 17th Naval District with headquarters at Ko- diak, directed Naval aircrait in the | district to observe and report ex- tent of the activity. Last reported eruption of Aku- tan was in May, 1929, when lava flowed two-thirds of the way down.! the mountain sides. Akutan is, about 40 miles East of Dutch Har-, A ( During the war, the Harbor wa:‘ | used by Russian ships for refuel-|,fficers of Juneau Assembly No. 2! ing, loading lend-lease supplies. Ex- tensive shore instaliations were ! maintained, including a radio sta- | tion, In previous years the harbor had for the Pa- cific-American Whaling Co, a Bellevue, Wash., concern. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Sword Knot, from Seattle, due} [ tomorrow. | Princess Norah from Vancouver, |due Priday afternoon or evening. Sailor Splice, from Seattle, due 93%, Anaconda 39%, Curtiss-Wright North Sea scheduled to sail (romE | seattle Priday. Tongass scheduled to sail trum | Beattle Saturday. | Denali held up at Seward, time} Rod Sudman of Windham and of arrival in Juneau indefinite. G. W. Glasser of Fairbanks arej guests at the Juneau Hotel during their visit in the city. milk may - eee Unpasteurized goat carry undulant fever. | VOLCANO f ' refreshments Demlwe Lieut. Michael Melia d New York (‘ily sml(l that Teny Milazzo, Anna, 24, shown with him at left, after a futile attempt to effect a reconciliation. (right) was found in their auto in Brookiyn where Melia says Milazzo said he strangled her with a cord frem a box containing a fur ccat he had given her asa Christmas present. Milazzo was booked on a homicide churge COMMANDER Maj. Gen. H. a. nam-d by President Truman to ‘hluze was started by the igniting of head the Alaskan Ccmmand in [£85 formed when a drum of carbite; the plan to establish unity of sprang a leak, and the carbite: P p came into contact with water. I command fer U. S. armed forees |4 101 of three New York City! overseas. (AP Wire ,.nm.n cibate JUNEAU ASSEMBLY INSTALLS OFFICERS SATURDAY NIGHT: The newly elected and appointive (will be installed Saturday at 8 o'clock at a meeting in Scottish Rite Temple. A dance will follow the ] an stallation All OES, Mu,\nns ]“\.mmv\ (ur] o ATOMIC EXPLOSION STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, : 8 Clming (APSIZES SI"KS quotation of Alaska Juncau mine ey Nazj heavy ‘cruised Pring Eugen stock today is 5%, American Cal Sales today were 790,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as 178.06, Rai follows: Indust 50.46, Utilities 37.04. - The highest temperature ed in Honolulu in the last was 90 degrees In October, the lowest 52 degrees in 1902. recor (AP “'lr(‘nh(rlo) raig (above) was evening P he in- years 1891; ilor, killed his wife, The body of the wife 25 25, ex- They had been separated for FIRE RAGES, FANNED BY HIGH WINDS | Millions of DoIIars of Dam- | | the War ! HIGHER RATES, ALASKA SHIPS, Maritime Commission Re- fuses to Grant Increase Requested by WSA WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 — The Maritime Commission has refused to grant an increase in the ship- | ping rates and fares between west coast ports and Alaska or between Alaska points. The Commission’s rejection of Shipping Administration’s petition for increase holds until the three shipping lines are return- | ed to private ownership and after | Pebruary, if the three lines “desire to resume private operation” after that date, the Commission said they may submit tariffs in conformity with the Intercoastal Shipping Act jof 1933, The WSA requested higher raies | immediately based on its estimates that additional passenger and freight revenues were required for ! operation. Under Government regulations 16.43 percent increase was required for ireight alone but private own- ership. required 24 percent more. The WSA claimed a loss of about $2,000,000 on the lines during the last year of the war. At recent hearings owners of the private shipping lines said they would not resume operations unless | rates were increased. ‘The lines involved are the Alas- ka Steamship Company, which re- quested a 61 percent increase in rates; Northland Transportation Ccmpany, which requested 58 per- ent increase and Alaska Trans- portation Company which requested ' age Results from Blaze | on Export Piers | WEEHAWK®W, N. J., Jan, 8.— A, general alarm fire, fanned by high | winds, roared through two freight! ¢ export piers of the New York Cen- i tral railroad today, blanketing the | Hudson River waterfront opposite | midtown Manhattan with dense clouds of smoke. < i Damage was expected run intoj ,‘ several millions of dollars, a rail-! - road spokesman said | Five railroad employees were in- jured when the blaze started on Pier 3, a quarter of a mile north of the West Shore railroad p: enger terminal. Pier 3 was destroy ed. | New York Central Fire Chief Er- nest L. Wevill said he believed the augmented by 20 railroad ,tugs and land apparatus from Wee- hawken, West New York and Union City, battled flames on Pler 4, toj ithe north of Pier 3. Thousands of New York-bound commuters of the West Shore rail- road watched the billowing smoke and spurts of orange flame shoot| . hundreds of feet into the air Railroad spokesmen said the jers were loaded with general merchandise, including flour, auto-| 4 mobiles and carloads of limestone, | destined for ships in nearby New| Ymk Hanbox N lwhich survived both atomlc ex- plosions at Bikini last summer cap- July 25 presumably loosened n;oi Eugen’s stern plates, which gave way as she was riding quietly at |anchor in Kwajalein Lagoon with |other survivors of atomic power The Eugen was the fourth Lapllul ship sunk by the underwater atomic | lexplosion. The others were the). ‘Aikansm». Nagato and Saratoga. Is a 67 percent increase. VICTORY, SAYS BARTLETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Delegate E. L. Bartlett of Alaska today hail- ‘ed the Maritime Commission’s re- fusal of increased rates for Alaska shlppmg as a “victory for the Ter- ritory.” Bartlett had opposed the request- ed increases on grounds the Terri- tory's industry and commerce could | not afford them. He conceded, however, that the whole subject probably will be re- opened wh. private companies re- sume ship operation. In its denial of the War Ship- ping Administration’s request, the Commission said that if the three lines “desire to resume private op- eration after the end of February when WSA relinquishes operation, “they may submit tariffs in confor- mity with the Inter-coastal Ship- ping Act of 1933, as amended.” “Such tariffs should be framed with a view to correcting any ex- isting inequalities as between com- modities,” the order said. The Commission said its refusal of the WSA petition took into con- | sideration the “iminent expiration” of the Government control of the lines. The WSA said it lost about $2,- 000,000 on the lines during the last year of the war. The former pri- vate owners announced during hearicgs they would not resume op- erations ol the lines unless rate in- creases were authorized. The owners suggested that Con- greas should consider subsidies for | the construction of combination cargo and freight and passenger vessels for transportation in the | Alaska trade. Leocal Viewpoints The United States Maritime Commission has entered an order denying all rate increases requested by steamship lines serving Alaska. This decision followed recommen- dation of the Examiner who heard the case in Seattle and Washing- ton, D. C. War Shipping Admin- istration and operating companies had petitioned for increases up to 100 percent, Alaska Development Board retained David E. Scoll as ccunsel to oppose any increases. Alaska’s Governor hailed the out- come as an important victory for the Alaska public and shippers. He (Continued on Page Five)