The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ‘ VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,501 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAV\'i. Congress To Act On Ship FEBRUARY 12, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES " PRICE TEN CENTS Operators’ Plan . REPUBLICANNEW MOVE Talmadge REPUBLICANS 'SALMON TRAP Former “Miss America” Weds HERTER JOINS ; | g CHIEFS OPEN PLANNEDBY Governor DISAGREE ON REFERENDUM 1 [ - "A8CAMPAIGN WAR DEPT Is Ruling | = 1 il | — b e g oo | “ Will Speak at Scores of To Reduce Regular Army| Superior Judge Hendrix Many Feel National De- ! Senators Served Fish Diet-| Magnuson Will Put Joini . . | . ' ’ ™ 1 % Lincoln Day Dinners | But Establish 'M-Day Hands Down 2,000- fense Would Be Ham- | 10-Year Abolition Measure in Senate- ! . P . Throughout Land Force, Trained Troops word Decision strung by Proposals Period Set Vote Next Week . WASHINGTON, Fek. 12—-The! WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 W;u‘ McDONOUGH, Ga., Feb. 12 | B.{ l‘R-\N_('lfi M. LE MAY : Are fish traps wflh' ('limlmlh‘d! By CHARLES D. WATKINS ¥+ Republican party re-dedicated it-|Department plans for a reduction | Superior Judge Walter Hendrix rul-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Repub- |from Alaskan waters? WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Rep- self today to the principies of its of almest 200,000 in the size of the|ed today that Herman Talmadge is licans ving for a $6,000,000000) That question today was one step resentative Jackson (D-Wash), an- first President, Abraham Lincoln,|regular army and establishment of | the legal governor of Georgia slash in President Truman's $37,600,- |neaicr a referendum place on the, {nounced today he and Rep. Herter and sent its orators far and wide an “M-Day” force of 1,750,000 train-| In a 2,000 word decision Judge 000,000 budget were accused by two'next General Election ballot—but} (R-Mass). werc introducing legis- .. to start beating the victory drums ed troops were disclosed today by |Hendrix said the legislature was Of their own leaders today of im-'With much of its sting pulled by lation fo authorize the Maritime for 1948. | members of the House Armed Ser- | within its constitutional rights when periling the nation’s security end, Senate action d | !Commission to establish st2amship Scores of Lincoin Day dinners— vices Committee. | it elected Talmadge Jan. 15 to the world peace | * The Senate Chamber dripped tff‘: arvice to.Als through contracts ’ part of more than 600 being held The plan depends cn a universal | four-year term of the late Eugene Proponents of the economy move nsh‘m( »I fore \('f.l 'rvdu) 5 ur}m» with private ship ”W“‘i‘( ; over a period of ten days—were training program to build up the dge. his father. insisted, however, that this. is not|Boon session was over; but when The commission has been oper- scheduled tonight in nearly all| National Guard and The organized ! The court sustained demurrers of the case Hit over, those S2nators who tihg. servind” tovhid: ikl e States except th2 South reserves, Committee members said, Herman madge and dismissed| Chairman Guerney (R-SD) of the &re not anxious to meddle with| steamship owners acting as its of the party's potential|so that within one year from “M-|a suit of Lieut. Gov. M. E. Thomp- Senate Armed Services Committee |the cstablished order in Alaska's nts, but its authority expires on idential candidates next year Day" the force could be expanded |son which asked a declaratory | declared the cut voted 8 to 2 by |Prime industry had scored a ma-| \ary 28, are on the speaking programs — to 5500,000 men judgment ousting Talmadge from the Senate-House Budget Subcom-JOr decision, with an “"“"““,‘,‘5"'11; t> operators anhounced that if Gov. Thomas E. Dewey at Albany:| Just how quickly the reduction | the governorship | mittee would lop $1,750,000,000 off “,'“;‘“, “f‘;’.“"‘f'\“ I.““"i e the lines were returned to them Senator Robert A. Taft at Charles- i the regular army will be effect- s 2L the $11,200,000,000 Mr. Truman flak—!:‘h"“' ,"“““ “v“A“‘f:'" > 'f] 9 *“‘:l": they would not oparate them unless w ton, W. Va.; Harold E. Stassen at eq they said, depends largely on ed for the Army and Navy [ r"[){’\‘f“‘“\ ’]‘I‘lfx‘ b“ “)‘r;‘”:g:f:“‘“ i given ‘an . ifEes g New York City; Senator John!jnterational —developments. But GROWING pAINS “I cannot vote for anything (hnt"’o)‘i‘ il “‘;ncl“d;"‘;m'“_‘ g skson and Herter, members. of N W. Bricker at Toledo, and GOV.|iney pointed out that President hamstrings national security.” Guer-| “'l’;‘] “”:‘ x‘"n‘ & Bhaaio: q‘\'l‘]' the House Merchant Marine Com- Dwight H. Green at Springfield, IlL.' rryiman's budget message to Con- | ney told reporters in unnouncingh" g :“mv‘f“"‘““r"‘wm_ mittee, prepared their legislation Stassen planned to speak on 8| grecs contemplates maintaining a | AFF”(I AlASKA that he had abstained from thelfOrs bus Second Divsioner WOl-| after confersnces with the owners world economic pf)lw}'. Taft ““d‘standing army of 1,070,000 during | | ballot. The vote followed a hurried l:‘rm-); Pe I‘ . il aF ! and Maritime Commission experts. Bricker on domestic issues. ‘lhe vear heginning July 1. SAYS GOI.DSIEIN trip to Capiwl Hill late ."‘\Sl(‘x'(h\y‘ A\y Ty sabRES The ol oyt oo g There is talk that Bricker may. o oniire mobilization-day set- by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower tofg DesskEeT Ron to. Bota 06 is t introduced in the Senate announce soon his withdrawal from| =,y mittee members said, is | plead against any impairment U"Cep(‘ilil(" o tha amendment.. the Friday by Senator Magnuson (D- thz 1948 Presidential _pmure In}, osed on a three-point lcglslativej & funds for the nation's fighting for- Rt would i aaked to DuulaKbs Wash), and Majority Leader White m;?;:;u?; fel;]o;:‘iog:]xoaxé,h:laflrf:‘.nn‘p‘_('gmm Juludine ppivaet b, § Be“eves Government S R B8 reaction’ to ‘thess ~ altéinie " (RrMumm chairman ofthe Senate el : NAN o merger of the Armed Forces, ! Same Mistake Wtves S —— Jommerc: Committee. g::{:’r‘lsglf:z"' :h;“r;'s’; ;rl::‘“i:::,una coordinated soientific. research | ShOUNd Develop Power | Sfl\'(l’"fl ”:«‘ ('Omm::""‘ action 8- 3 Snould the practice of fishing | Resemary LaPlanche, Miss America. of 1941, and her husband, Radio S ey ok ; _iand development. ' | peared to him to be one of “the |y, weang of fish traps within the Producer Harry Koplan, stand amid the ruins ¢f the Old Mission after o &0 ; gl::?::egfml:i:h:agl;,e.b‘g:;‘g:&egofl:e1 Details were divulged following and Tlmbel’ ReSOUf(es ;‘::‘:‘[‘ “;,“5_‘]2)‘:‘;"" ;'.“‘3" :‘v“’“"; 1:}:‘_‘;’1‘(':'1:1“:; of Alaska be gradually| (heir marriage at neisco Calif,, Mission. The bride, now a || o m;l”v":;‘m!"_”::‘:i“::. “““Xl‘lm Lincoln Day drive in Chicago last|? meeting at the Pentagon yester- | ST A | W m“ ,(p (h«;u r]n ‘\ ",{ ((. 1 bolished over a 10-year period by movie actress. is 22, and Koplan, 28. (AP Photo) Jackson said, under a plan for & night, and will talk in 8t. Paul to-; 48¥ attended by most members of | SEATTLE, Feb. 12—Alasks 18l o re uel ot through spending | appropriate legislation? i i House Vobs gt weit: hight {the committee, Secretary of War|“just like any. youngster'—subject S300.00 e _f“_“‘l‘(‘i e “’i‘“‘ ‘l“""l 2. Should the practic2 of fishing, Tho IegIISIAN. AP IAI0E ot In . his hicago. -eddrsss; Reece | Patterson, General Dwight D. Eis- to “mumps, chicken pox, the meas- :“ O‘i :n:v“[“‘“:“‘“” I“p“i“ A 1eW lpy means of fish traps be con-| a jonal 1esolution, would authorize declared the “Days of Reckoning”. €nhower, and other top Army offi-|les and every other iliness that dimes now to win the peace. tinued? i 0ne a? rss ears the commission to enter into a con- ave arriving for the Democrats. He Cials. | comes ‘along,” Chaxles Gojdsteln of| CUSRIES somuUelndt Ol S oL Witnesses Heard “t with American citizens quali- said this country In the last 15° The 1750000 “M-Day” force!Juneau said today. jer bldfi of the capitol, chdlmu_u( Not formally 2 Committee of the| fied to. brovide’ thip . Hecesskry. sars vears has “strayed far away” from Would inciude 875000 regulars, 680,- ~ “Trouble said the Alaska’ Andrews (R-NY), of the House whole hearing. yesterday after- Bl Wy sty S e mub @iy Lincolnian principles and added: |000 Naticnal Guardsmen and 195- |Lusiness man, “it never grows up. Armed Services Sannniithe, 15“_ de- 'noon’s Eenate session became that!< as a ay e arges I mission could make availabls gov- ’ “Wa have seen the growth in 000 organized reserves, all ready to I went there with my father in '85, “mlhce’d tlu-»budgc‘! slash practical. when floor privileg . ernment owned vessels at nominal Washington of an irresponsible and take the field on short notice. The expecting something to happen. I'm‘tn“ne\-.smcn‘v | were accorded to one opponent 1 : & charter hire, with the government confused bureaucracy, many mem- Test of the 5,500,000 men expected still waiting. [ “I am sure the majority of Am- - two proponents of H. B. 8 i wrnishing the marine insurance > bers of which seem to be intent up- o be on duty 12 months lmcrfi “Wa have vast water power re.:enmnf. realizing the (vh‘mg we want W. C. Arnold, managing director a e s S l‘!lslo“ The operators would Le required on suppressing, or at least disre-, would be draftees and former ser- |sources, but they are running into most is peace, are willing to fore- of the Alaska’ Salmon Industry, ¥y to furnish such services as the garding, the basic rights of our cit-|vice men recalled to duty {the ocean. We have vast timber g0 a great decrease in taxation at Inc, flatly stated that he was, 2 3 Commission may direct to secure izens. l ——————— iresources, but they are rotting in|this time to assure that peace.” |against the bill “with or without; ARHINGITON. Fob. 18- Thir most economical operation “More recently, we are beginning| the Tforests.” | The issue goes to a vote before the amendment.” H il o SRl ol I‘,““A The measure provides that the to uncover evidence that, in some' Goldstein said he believed thethe full 102-member Budget Com- ' Conditions likely to L2 uneu:u;plAN ‘”‘j'-‘ e “dividad so CPZrators must apply income to the | parts at least, this bureaucracy was | Federal government should take mittee Friday in what may be one'by passage of H. B. 8, stressed by| {"““-( : l\u)“;)“' VJ‘!“HI.I:'H e ‘l'.‘nr‘..lr expenses of operation corrupt, as well as inefficient and' |immediat> steps to develop power of the hottest fiscal battles in his- | the industry spokesman, are: | q.;“. thaki Toxak B It there ara profits the opera- | extravagant. ' and timber resources and create| tory. Approximately 50 percent of the ~ Miss Huval wrote President Tru- tors will be allowed an, amount “We may expect additional evi-] UNDERG ING other inducements to get capital to| Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo), a Alaska salmon pack is taken by| Ry qual to 10 percent of their invest- dence along that line during the, enter Alaska. member of the Senate-House group, traps, with traps cperating in areas. ¥ “We like our state and we are ©d capital before taxes, which coming months.” ! He said the building of at least suggested that plans for the closed uh_erc- no other type of gear is, il Bl i ‘ g 9 ’ s Jackson said would amount to six A G P 1@ |two large pulp and paper mills door session be revised to throw | efficient; - Fe o [ Latery T havs been Kind of wor.|Dercent after taxes. All profits FOURIH DWNQNERS y BlA(K T {would give Alaska a good start the megtiug open *“so that the i quu: y m_\'f’xlmv?;l ':\'H:uu Am.\t‘ 2 : . m’ :‘ "W"‘I I, l" 9. hm.‘n akove 10 porcent would go to the ! {toward growing up. “It is a crim2 people can know what is going on.”'ka is approximately $60,000,000. or | i $ii Aifir 14 newspaper clip- Commission and for insurance costs (and impractical.” he said, “to have| Play Fast and Loose thrze-fourths of the total invested: ¢ xn? me 0 ,‘I ;.: F g I : To BE GUES“ OF ((‘ SRR ia ship leaving Juneau for Seattle| Fev: Ahkian DoTex). a member | —this figure includes shore installa- | —_— (”"t‘ dxl\m;:( l“’\“-‘“*k" becoming Provides Interim Service islature from . . with 15 tons of cargo when Alaska 4 & 9 il o | tions, all gear and various forms of C ‘ Py 38 10 ue? f The measuré will permit such op- e o e e cune D OM €5 i ¢ Elecricity Re- ouia've ‘Shipping out 5000 or sam ot the Subcommitee, comtendea o 1t Gl "l orion Coast Guard Craft Unre- <o aon mind at an but please, cravion unit non tater than. Jume at the Chamber of Commerce | sh‘idions Ext d d tons of sorely needed paper A fast and loose with national secur‘z‘nr this investment where a prepon- ofled m Ru Dd .U-;:(.;| would \(m‘l’n 3 !‘(-\utuvv it i 194‘51. to-pravidy inferint saniioe luncheon meeting tomorrow in the' enae i week." :i[}; in ordc’r' to “aalives on. their derance of the catch taken _b p QQ\. n')‘irv.t R ixthas s Yol hn-r‘x’n(-v until Congress can work out a per- ' Gold Room of the Baranof. Discus-| 0 c ’ Goldstein said it was wrong Lo‘pmmifi_e: to clit taxes™ {traps—such as the Alaska Penin c ' . Or on 1“;~ny ":l*]_ ; \“ m"‘-\” s manent plan ln'r. steamship service e g e vl ver Louniry | eriticize unduly the stamship com-| g2 b, bames. 'sula area—would- be seriously pre-| ouniry In ureg xas just has to romain the 1arg- goryvice to the Territory take place in addition to the enter- taining of the Senators and House ; of Representatives at tomorrow’s' meet. ! The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PHARSON | WASHINGTON - Navy’s big brass, " nettled cver President Truman's in-! sistence that the U. S. land, seai and air forces be united under one| head, may find that big caks from little acorns grew and that their; troubles stem back to an incident of 1940. Harry Truman, then Senator Truman, was a memkber of a joint Senate-House group inspecting U. S. air bases, and traveling in an| Army plane. { On the schedule was a stop at San Diego, Calif,, where the Navy had a complete air base, including paved runways and fine landing facilities. Near by was an Army field, then being enlarged and its landing strips torn up. To add to, difficulties, a heavy rainfall had given the field the appearance ol a lake. Truman's plane was supposed to land at the torn-up Army field. But, arriving over the Army base, the pilot decided to turn back and‘ use the Navy field wéth its clenri and unflooded landing strips. That was when his troubles be- gan. Radioing his difficulties to the Navy field, the Army pilot got word from the Navy field officer that he was without authority to land any planes other than the Navy's.| Then iollowed about®20 minutes (Continued on Page Four) ! LONDON, Feb. 1 ry of Fuel and Por today that domestic strictions would be extended to cover the entire country tomorrow. The daily cuts will be for five heurs’ duration—from 8:30 a . m. —The Minis- ¢ announced to 11:30 a. m. and from 1:30 p. m. to 3:30 p. m., except in thes south- west, where they will be from 9 to noon and from 2 to ¢ p. m. Drastic strest lighting reductions, amounting to blackout conditions, also will be impcsed by night. The Ministry simultaneously ap- pealed to gas consumers to “get down to rzally serious economy” to assure supplies for essential indus- tries, including bakeries. “You cannot werks run spokesman said. Betweenr 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 workers were estimated by a trad2 spokesman to have been thrown out of jobs, Britain’s coal cri > HENSON RITES THURSDAY Funeral services for Paul Henson, who passed away while being taken to the hospital recently, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock 4in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Brig. C. O. Taylor of the Salva- tion Army will conduct the service, and interment will be in Evergreen cemetery. ———e— OBSERVE HOLIDAY Territorial offices, the Legisla- ture and banks are observing to- day as a holiday. otherwise, busi- ness as usual PR IRS D . VISITOR FROM SITKA Glenn Green, irom Sitka, has ar- rived in Juneau on Alaska Coastal tineau Hotel. electricity re-| really let the gas, right out of coal” a} many onto the dole, by| | panizs, railroads, Seattie interests and others for a situation he be- lieves could be remedied only by creating industry in Alaska. ~ - ‘T IMPROVE ROAD ' FROM DUCK CREEK, " AUK BAY SECTION Call for Bids Is Issued by Public Road Adminis- | - fration for Work Chris Wyller, acting Engineer of the Public Roads Administration, (announced today that a call for bids has been sent out for the first post-war construction work on forest highways in Alaska. The road planned for reconstruc- tion kegins at Duck Creek and ex- {tends to Auk Bay and as far as the |Mendenhall Bridge. Wyller said ithe plans include a new bridgz to be constructed over the Mendenhall River to replace the present un- ‘safe one which has teen closed for |the past jyear and a half. { The bids will be opened on ¥ March 4, Wyller stated, and if bids |are acceptable at this time, con- |struction will begin on the first of | April. The project will extend through next summer and late fall. Three firms have already request- ed the plans in consideration of | probable bidding, Wyller said. IS i el MAN OVERNIGHTS SEATTLE | Harry Smith of Seattle was a guest of the Gastineau Hotel over | Airways, and is staying at the Gas- last night before continuing south via Pan American. Rep. Taber (R-NY), chairman of the budgetary group, said “we have no desire to hamstring the Army |and Navy.” ! Chairman Bridges (R-NH), of the | Senate Appropriations Committee | who offered the motion to cut $6,- | 000,000,000 off the President’s bud- get, commented that “there was a feeling of a majority in the Sub- committee that we are in no wa affecting national defense.” | | Both Taber and Bridges disputed | | Guerney's estimate that the overall | budget reduction would take $1,750,~ | They declined, however, to an- nounce any breakdown on how the various departments would be cut. Senators Barkley (D-Ky), and | George (D-Ga), joined Guerney in i refusing to vote on the budget cut. LG G Ty ® oo s v = e oo WEATHER REPORT Temperaturés for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning. 2 In Juneau—Maximum, 29; minimum, 23. At Airport—Maximum, 31; minimum, 24. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Cloudy and somewhat colder tonight and Thursday with occasional snow. Gusty northeasterly winds. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 Lours endirg 7:39 a.m. today) In Juneau — 0 inches; ® since Feb. 1, 128 inches; 40 since July 1, 73.25 inches. 'e At Airport — 0 inches; ® since Feb. 1, .82 inches; ® since July 1, 45.10 inches. S e 00 s o0 000 000,000 irom the Army and Navy.| judiced Arnold stated the indus-: try's belief—based upon a lifetime! MEDFORD, Ore. ¥ {experience and observation—that if police and Forest R |traps are prohibited, mobile gear|sought trace of a mi !will not be able tc make up thé Guard plane in t | difference in production !area north of here State t 3 Coast 1 T4 rugs Stability Dependent | The plans with six men ab The econcmic stability of thelreported to the CAA control tower canned salmon industry is depen- pere at 2:23 p. m y that it ident upon the continued use offwould land in abcut 30 minutes. It !traps, hence, i uch as this 1Slwas thon over nall com- Alaska's first industry and tax munity 40 miles west of Crater source, so is the economy of the rgke. Nothing furt! 1 Territory. i from it. | Submission of this issue to the| Low-hanging clouds :hrouded veters now could only result, Arn-imuch of this arca tc and a old said, in clouding the future of | heayy rain throughout the night |the industry at a time when it iS|continuing into the morning, re- trying to get in step with postistricted air search war conditions and inevitably would| gtata Police Capt. Paul Parsons |mean that extensive plans for re-|djspatched men, aided by the For- | habilitation, involving expenditure|est Service, to make a house-to- of large sums, would be withdrawn. houyse check to determine whether {Expansion would be restricted. |tne plane, a PBY-5A, had ‘been This is not the type of question{hsard or seen as it passed over the properly to be submitted to the vot-iarea enroute from Port Angeles, ers, Arnold maintained. It is not alwashington | political question. It n.saquestlon,’ The plane carried fuel for 12 [not of government, tut of how & hours when it tcok off at 8:42 a Iresource is to be developed. It isim hut Coast Guard headquarters la technical question that is not|ai san Francisco reported fuel con- iof general public concern and on sumption probably was heavier than [which the general public in alljygua) becauss of strong head winds. parts of the Territory cannot be, The CAA tower said plane expected to entertain any speclalwhen it checked in did not teport viewpoint. any difficulties. The tower opera Arnold recognized that organized|tor saig flying conditions were not groups are interested, but not, He|pnarticylarly bad, but that the plane said, for general public reasons, but| was at a relatively low altitude because they see a definite, and at! g, mountain country. least temporary, - advantage for Ry themselves in elimination of a com- | o3 secomnea ohe e SHORT MEMORY surz that has keen brought for| submission of the issue to the| ¥ . voters, but reiterated that it would | BIBXO, — Femomber how [““ ikt | Japanese feared their police in war- prejudice millions in investments a"'umu? time when the salmon industry is the only prosperous industry in the | Well, a thief climbed through a Territory. *secgnd story window of Tsurumi With regard to the ;.mmdmentlpol‘c" station and walked away with a revolver from a detecti (Continued on Fage Etght) desk. . was est in the Union.” The letter was referred to Inter- for Department. Miss Huval (who lives at 436 Nerth Ballard, Pampa) a little out of Texas character when she recognized that Al is 1e but that is the fact Alaska, 586,400 square miles; Tex- as, 267,339 square miles,, > GFFICERS OF EMBLEM (LUB BE INSTALLED [THURSDAY CVENING officers of the Juneau Em- Club will installed at al ¢ tomorrow evening at 8 o'cleck at the Elks Hall. Mrs. An-| nie Whaley, of Ketchikan, District Deputy of the Alaska Emblem Clubs, will be the Installing Offi-| cer, assisted by Mrs. Robert Roady, Installing Marshal. Other offic of the Ketchikan Club will take part in the installation ce mony. ollowing the meeting there be a dance and late supper, is being anged New Elem meet will which by Reva Hardin Peggy Mclver and Dora Rusch All Emblem Club members are urged to attend tomorrow night's © meeting > SOROPTIMIST CLUB LUNCHEON TOMORROW The Soroptimist Club will hold ; the usual Thursday luncheon to-| morrow noon in the Bubble Room Terrace. Miss Claire Olson will sing during the luncheon ‘The guest speaker will be Miss ! Anita Garnick, who is chairman of the Labor nmittee of the House. All members of the club are urg-| ed to attend and be there promptly. The resolution makes no mention of rates. Jackson said legislation on rates could not be enacted, as a rate-fixing is Commission duty. He said he expected there would be “some adjustments” but added he did not know what the Commission planned. Alaskans have notified the Com- mission that they will oppose any increase Jackson said that under the agreement, if there is loss in oper- ating the service it will have to be shouldered by the opsrators, add- ing there was a $4,500,000 loss to the government last year ANS OFFICIALS ARE TRAVELING; STARLING IS NOW IN SEWARD y Starling, supervisor of cation, ANS, is in Seward as- sisting with plans for the removal of the students from Eklutna to Sitka riing will leave for Wain- wright and the far north upon completion of this work to carry on with a three-month field trip among A schools of that area Also leaving this month for a field trip among the schools in the Bristol Bay and Copper River ar- €as s Minna Lee Coughlin of the ANS staff. Her itinerary will take her to such places as Tatitlik, Pi- lot Bay, Port Graham, Pedro Bay, etc. and she will be gone two or three months according to her planned schedule Social worker Kate planning a field trip on the upper Yukon and Tanana River stations in the near future to ip- vestigate welfare conditions. Her will extend over a pericd of about six weeks W. Smith is also