The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,662 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1947 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ROSECUTION OF LONGSHOREMEN URGED GOP Clamoring Re-Stirred by .FiStaI_ReporI Senator Bridges Declares Political Vetoes Rob- bed Country imen’s Union, CIO. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—®—| Opinions gathered from a cross- President Truman’s forecast of a|section of the population varied record-smashing ‘Treasury surplus| considerably, but the majority of nearly $5000000,000 next June, stressed their belief that the pres- touched off a fresh Republican|ent strike is inexcusable. The clamor today for a tax slash in!statements which follow are not 1948. | selected, and all those which were Chairman Bridges (R-NH) of the given are included, except one Eenate Appropriations Comminee."statem(‘n( expressed in profane said the President’s mid-year bud-terms. get review estimating tax receipts this year at $41,667,000000 — $2,- . # 100,000,000 higher than any pre-| Nick Rocovick, hardware store vious forecast proves that thisjoWner: “Talk about stopping Com- country was “robbed of a tax re-| munism in Greece and Turkey, why duction by purely political vetoes."‘dm"'- they stop it right here at Mr. Truman twice vetoed efforts home? of the Republican-dominated Con-| ‘I think it's a disgrace to the gress earlier this year to trim in-|town and to the country that these dividual income taxes by $4,000,- strikes could be pulled so often and 000,000. that the companies and the union “Perhaps,” Bridges declared atjwon't get a settlement. The pub- Fall River, Mass, “the President'lic is paying for it.” now will not be so determined| about vetoing a tax reduction k:m‘ Cross-section of Opinion Holds Of Current Lon | Local citizens contacted during the last few days have shown an almost overwhelming opposition to the present tie-up of shipping by Local 1-16 of the International | Longshoremen's and Warehouse- | 1 { Liquor store proprietor: “IUs when it is presented to him.” iabout time people found out who Juneau Public (ondemnation gshoring Strike B e SHIP AHOY! Come on Juneau, how about an all-out effort! One thousand, two hundred en- listed navy personnel will be in town over the week-end. Six hun- dred will arrive this evening aboard four USN submarines and one sub- tender. Six hundred more will be here Saturday morning aboard the Royal Navy cruiser Kenya. These men will soon exhaust the usual tourist entertainment possi- bilities. If each family in Juneau would plan to include one of these ‘men in their regular schedule— supper at home, a movie, a hike, a picnic, a trip to one of our scenic spots, fishing, an afternoon out the road—the men will leave with a pleasant memory of their visit and new friendships will have been formed. Dances for the enlisted men, as well as the officers, are on the iprogram. The ships will cooperate in every way possible. Dances have SENATOR BILBO DIES TODAY OF LONG SICKNESS NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21.—f— Senator Theodore G. Bilbo of Mississippi, master of filibuster |and sharp-tongued champion of white supremacy, died here today| | without ever having taken his dis- iputed seat in the 80th Congress. Death of the 69-year-old Demo- crat left unanswered forever the) question of whether he was en- [titled to his third term in thej | Senate, from which he was barred| | bi-partisan charges of unfit- RUSSIAN VETO BLOCKS ITALY, ALSO AUSTRIA Soviels Mace Australian Proposals for Assem- bly Consideration LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Aug. 21.; —(P—Russia today used the veto| twice in rapid succession to block| action on the applications of Italy| and Austria for membership in the United Nations. These were the sixth and seventh! vetoes cast this week and they| ran the Russian string to a lomlt of 18 against majority decisions in' on {ness when Congress convened last | |January. | At that time Bilbo, seriously| {ill with cancer, was accused of; {intimidating negro voters during | {his campaign, and with misusing!| |his office for personal gain in} dealings with contractors. Both icharges had been investigated bylthe Security Council. | Senatz committees. On koth Italy and Austria, the | But the Senators, who had un-{vote was not on immediate ad»[ |dergcne one mouth operation for mission, but on Australian pro-’ {cancer here in August of 1946, re-{posals to leave the decision up to |turned for another last January!the General Assembly which meets fand a third in June. He spent'in New York Sept. 16. i two weeks in July receiving treat-{ The vote on Austria was 8 to 1, mwent in a Vicksburg, Miss., hos-|with France and Poland abstain-| |pital, and on Aug. 7 entered the, ing. {Foundation Hospital here for & The vote on Italy was 9 to |complete physical checkup. {with Poland abstaining. He developed a nerve inflam-| The action came after the Uni-' {mation which partially paralyzed'ted Nations Security Council had! {him, and later a blood clot on|rejected Hungary's application for; Ithe lungs. Doctors said these U. N. membership by a vote of 1, ON THE WING! GABRIELLE TOYNE Chipper as a young robin and as cute, 5-year-old Gabrielle Toyne is shown at La Guardia Field, N. Y., on her arrival by plane from London. She is on her way to | Auckland, New Zealand, where her playwright father, Gabriel Toyne, and actress mother, Diana Toyne, plan to launch a theatre move- ment. Gabrielle is said to be the most beautiful child to fly the At- lantic and, incidentally, this flight of hers to the other side of the |things, rather than the cancer, | 1 to 1 with nine abscntions. fbeen planned for the enlisted men these strikes. immediate world must be one of the longest | ever made by so young a traveler. But the Chief Executive said'js really behind the $4,667000,000 Treasury surplus' Bridges doesn't care what happens‘ were principal for Friday, Saturday, M nd or Friday, Si ay onday a L& death, causes. The United States, which had ladvocated immediate admission of (International Soundphoto) Devin Appeals|/C-OF-C ASKS For Action in| CONSPIRACY Alaska Strike. BE CHARGED Seattle Mayor Calls on l Juneau Chamber Likewise President-Labor Act Suggests City Request Effective Friday Injunction SEATTLE, Aug. 21.—P-— Mayor' qme juneau Chamber of Com- William F. Devin appealed wd"y!merce today unanimously urged that to President Truman to appoint &{the ynited States Attorney im- fact-finding board in the jurisdic- | meqiately file against all members tional dispute which has closed 5f the Juneau longshoremen’s un- three Alaskan ports. 'ion a charge of criminal conspiracy He acted al request of Irvingli yiolate the provisions of the Reed, chairman of a citizens';Taft-Hartley Law, as one of three committee in Fairbanks, who “'“"‘[measures suggested by the Cham- ed Devin that the ]ongshoremen‘s‘b" to end the current strike strike “threatens the economic, Als, recommended was that the iife of Fairbanks and other LOWNS|city of Juneau institute an in- on the Alaskan Railroad chain.”|junction suit against each mem- Reed said stocks of essent’als inlier of the striking union to en- some Alaska t.own.s have hecum_o‘jo‘n them from continuing to In- so low that air transportation isijure the public health and wel- {being used, resulting in extremely|faye of the community, the “bur- high prices. lden of the preservation of which irests upon the city.” A third suggestion adopted was WASHINGTON—A new era in|that the Chamber support the labor-management relations will be formation of a second longshore- ushered in at midnight when thei™en's union, perhaps AFL, which Taft-Hartley law becomes fully|OUld 80 “;r"":c”:b““; Bl effective. : i b~ s Bplbone B /1. At that hour, tight restrictions HArtey Law. It was pointed oyt Iwill be clamped on trade unions!that I 8 Dey mplon-or gradp, &F representing 15,000,000 workers by'men offered to work the docks New Era Dawns expected for the fiscal year end-' i, the people up here.” | Tuesday evenings. It is hoped that | the first sweeping. union control Saturday, not only the present He died at 1 p. m. !Italy, did not press for further ac- ing next June 30 should go to debt retirement and to a stand-by fund to meet any domestic OF of puplicity will do more to clean | 'S world emergency. Cathclic Priest: he white light| jup a bad situation than anything. Thus, a new tax battle when| f,at least one senior and one junior women's group will serve as hos- Other activities are on the sched- | — e —— | | ition after the Soviet veto. The { Australian resolution, instead of admission now, left up to the Genaral PARAGUAY GOVT. law ever passed by Congress. ,longshoremen, but ship's crews ar Since its passage Juns 23 ovnr"my other union would have no President Truman’s veto, the labor '8Nt to strike if such volunteets law has become potentially one of Wer? employed, but furthermore, the hottest political issues of the if apy other union attempted to i} ) “calling for Ni!.he question d Assembly. |ule. Church organizations hope to | jinclude as many of these men as; i market: “We are dependent “ponlnosslble in Lhcuj regular activities | Seattle for everything, but they and plans are going forward for en- | have let us down every time. I tertainment for those who may not used to be able to use the steam- | °8re to dance or who would prefer GIVEN T SHIP ¢; IND | * (UBA GRINDS ships as my warehouse, but it |t Join other groups. | couldn't be done now. | i AXE FOR u s \ L L] | Any and all suggestions and of- NEE Mg Bnif 1s Rt Carge loaded‘ Call Mrs. Mary Peter—Green 230. 5 T B interfere with such uninading, its members. would be subject to in- !junction. The Taft-Hartley Law forbids jurisdictional strikes or boycotts. The above proposals were ac- cepted by the Chamber as the most practicable. ‘Two other proposals were: Appeal to Federal and Territor- ial officials to use their good of- fices to persuade the local group of longshoremen that their strike {is working a hardship upon . the ‘general public of Juneau and Gas- tineau Channel, but the report states: “Unfortunately, past experience shows an appeal to the officials is unlikely to accomplish much good; Congress returns in January began A. E. Goetz, ld - Storage fish to take form. e s forthcoming 1948 election cam- CLAIMS VICTORY | IN CIVIL STRIFE 555 s o s < ;hfl\'e attacked it as a “slava labor” Insurgent Force Declared mavea i o correcting the “abuses- Su"ounded Near lof the Wagner Act which has gov- Capital City erned labor-management relations ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 21— for the past 12 years. Many of the Taft-Hartley law's | »—The Paraguayan government,| !claiming victory in a civil war| provisions are headed for test cases in the federal courts. b ot - WAl SAN FRANCISCO—The power- ;lus(lo‘rebe]s andp that the remam-“and Warehousemen'’s union (CIO)* e X oe U ldrew up plans today for what may {der of the insurgent forces is SUr~ ,o.;me the first showdown test of jfers are welcome. | fair in Seattle should be handled | U s o Miss Mary Valentine—Blue 330. ! - 5.5. ALASKA ON VOYAGE NORT Ias fair cargo here. There's nothing | & = i | v I like better than clean organized| COme on Junesn, letls see what| {we can do to prove ourselves hos-| | pitable Alaskans in the good old | SEATTLE, Aug. 21—(P—Radarlabor, but look what’s happened to was aiding today in guiding an it here—it's gone to hell. Alaakba Camtior. Alaska-bound civillan passenger! | “They're try-| 1 Return to Displaced Per- 1 sons Camp in Germany Is Threatened LONDON, Aug. 21.—@—Britain delivered an ultimatum today to| i(ontroversy— on "“Economic - Independence” Aired at Pan-Am Meet Showdown Test SERVICE CLUBS ship around dangerous coastal, Airline mechanic: shoals for the first time in his-|ing to get special exemption from tory. | the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill. It's| The Northland Steamship Com- a Federal Law, and they should pany’s S. S. Alaska, which left ablde by it. Yet, in their attempt‘ Seattle Tuesday is the first to get special privileges, they are American ship on the northern!inconyeniencing everybody else.” run to be equipped with the war- perfected aid to navigation. 'rech-‘ Dick Peters: “This could be nicians went along to watch the'bcom, because we're just pulling equipment’s performance along thelout of the last slump. The long- hazardous route. | shoremen are hurting themselves as Alaska Steamship Company has|consumers, even though they may scheduled radar for three passenger:penefit from the strike.” ships as soon as it is available. | T R | Jack Glove AT THE BARANOF HOTEL ! expanding now, but it isn't. A. R. Lang and E. H. Coleman'present troubles are due to a con- the 4400 Jewish off QUITANDINHA, Brazi, Aug. 21.0,.,,4eq along the Paraguay River, in fact, the existence of the PLAN FOR MANY VISITOR GROUPS {Schedules of Enferfain- |Marseitic for three weeks. They ment Laid Qut for Law- makers, Writers, Navies Representatives of Juneau's ser- refugees —IP—Cuba formally presented to 4 the Inter-American Defense Con-| © ference today a demand for joint' g ., 'hemisphere action to protect what h.i!ev‘hs ?;gl:bo:rd th;:e Er‘r} it called the “the economic inde- RPN W ave been Ollipendence” of American states. . F Guillerma Belt, Cuban Ambass- ,l"w( o ]atl}:d o) P‘a!estmihfl r?‘)E"_m‘adur to Washington and aspirant igfl‘“ 1"9‘:';“, e immigrant ship "EX0-|t5 phis country’'s presidency, told g 2 P ithe Committee on Aggression that | The Jews will be taken to the.,,“ is impossible to conceive of! | Bergen-Belsen displaced persons f -camgp \ it ibLaatete S 1gnored {BGcal AR SRRoET Tl Y k| | " *'state also has economic indepen- \a spokesman for the inlemntlonul;dence " |France: Disembark by tomorrow| iafterncon or be transported | Germany. The |ish 40 miles south of here. All transport services in country have been restored to nor- mal, the government said in a ; communique, two rebel gunboats—{ the Paraguay and the Humaita— have surrendered to Argentine au- thorities and leaders of the rebel- lion are fleeing to Argentina. Ancther communique, issued ear- lier yesterday, said the rebels had ceased crganized resistance and that the insurgents’ only means of | the !the Taft-Hartley labor act. The act goes into full tomorrow. A dispute between ¢ strike for more than two weeks | without public knowledge, so far as the ILWU and W€ know, of any official action \the Waterfront Employers' Associa- seeking to stop "',' plainly indicates tion has been smouldering for sav-*¢ither officlaldom’s inability to stop leral weeks over the question of!ll of disinterestedness in its con- whether or not “walking tasses":“"“ed disu"urous effects to, the should be permitted to join a un-,COmmUDItY. 7 1an: | The report further suggested the | The company contends they are development of a strong unified {“supervisory” employzes. 'puhnc sentiment against the known The Taft-Hartley bill denies col- 3‘;"‘:3"&:‘_:2‘ SEpUD, a";:‘“""‘"““ lective bargaining to supervisory, of Siham | L ) L A4 would have brought home to him- effec of Fresno, Calif., are stopping at|tracting economy.” R R oyt vice clubs met with Lt. Comdr.|Tefugee organization said at Ham-\"'rp. pocentation of the Cuban direct communication with the out- | e i jemployees. The Pacific Coast walk- Edward P. Chester Jr, Naval Aide burg, in the British 0ceupation gemanq came after the apparent side World, a radio transmitter, ing bosses, who are in effect fore-1%€ me_fi‘{}fl‘! he is doing to his of San Bruno is also at the Hotel. | Clothing store owner: “My opin- —————-———— The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON By ROBERT S. ALLEN (Editor's Note:—While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation, the Washington Merry-Go- Round is being written by his old partner, Robert S. Allen.) jien of the way to treat the long- | shoremen is to use the same tac- tics they are using on us. They | should be ostracized from the com- | munity, given none of the food they are denying to us by their action, | turned out of rented homes or | apartments, refused all credit and | services.” | t Cab company employee: “I think the longshoremen’s demands are Iunreasonable. but that the steam- | ship companies are not progressive ]enough to prevent labor troubles.” | WASHINGTON Latest mys-| Govt. secretary: “If there’s a tery flustering inner Capital cir-)strike, there’s a strike. Nothing I os "is 8 yery HINUERER Jederall can do about it. IN give Briges| 5:):7:39;;? l;?oti:gw an‘::therm;Nesll Slea?\shlp Sompas. 8 cance, 8y Deal trail. 8l This much learned: B The jury is made up of highly - select group. Two Justice Department torneys are . directing the ceedings. { More than 25 witnesses have| already been interrogated. Practically all these witnesses| are Government employees or| o g | Night watchman: “There are a former employees, connected with} the Treasury, Forelgn Eronomic|f€¥ Tunning .he local , longshore ey : Administration, and the Office "0, who I'd like to see out of of Strategic Services. The investigation has nothing to do with the atomic bomb. Drug store owner: “I think it’s al deplorable situation that just a few 2'men can hold up the welfare of i iseven or eight thousand people. p:’:ilmything wouldn't be too drastic | to deal with this situation.” has been definitely| Halibut fisherman: “This smke! situation has gone too far.” Three prominent businessmen lined themselves up very definitely to the Governor, Acting Mayor Ed | Nielsen and councilmen last eve- ning in the City Council Chambers to prepare a tentative schedule of entertainment for the Congressional parties, the British and American Navy, and the Outdoor Writers, who are all due to visit Juneau this menth. Acting Mayor Nielsen was elected general chairman of the en- tertainment committee and will be assisted by Lt. Comdr. Chester. Other overall chairmen elected last evening were: Mrs. Mary Pet- er, entertainment; Cash Cole, trans- portation; and Burr Johnson, Con- gressional conferences. First on the agenda were plans| for the Congressional parties. Ten- tative arrangements for their en- tertainment include: no-host din- ners, glacier trips, entertainment at the Governor’s Mansion, teas for the wives, public conferences, and attendance at service club luncheons. ‘The Outdoor Writers have a full schedule arranged for them during their stay by the Juneau Sports-| men’s Association, The Americhn Legion offered to assist the sports- men's club in any way. Only civic function scheduled for them will be a ne - host dinner at the Country Club on Wednesday eve- ning. Secretary Warne's party wi be guests at the dinner, also. Entertainment for the four U. S. Navy submarines and tender, which arrive this evening and for zone of Germany. \failure of a series of “coffee table Significant clue on the big-name individuals the grand jury is inter- ested in is indicated by some of the questions tossed at witnesses. They have been asked . . . “Do you know Henry Morgen- e LSS LS T (Continued on Page Four) with those who believe that the|ine men of HMS Kenya, British longshoremen have gone too far, that | .. icer which is due on 'g‘mmy they should be halted because Of|ya; taken under consideration. the damage they are doing to the oyer 1200 men and 129 officers economy of Juneau and the whole|yiy pe visiting ih Juneau for five territory. (Continued on Page xiz) (Conlinwed on Page Two) A Jewish agency spokesman in Jerusalem called the news shock- |ing. He said disembarking of ’lhesc- refugees at Hamburg would ibe “a crime against humanity.” | The Jews said last night they would go on a hunger strike if} |they were not permitted to enter the Holy Land. They were placed ‘aboard the three ships ofi Haifa |after a battle with British board- ing parties, and returned July 29/ |to France, where they began zheir! voyage. They have refused ever| |since to disembark and have re-| |jected a French offer of hospital- ity. ‘The displaced persons camp to which they will be taken if they persist in their stand is less than| thalf a mile from the site of the |infamous Belsen Concentration | camp. The displaced per: camp, | P- P pEreons pf Washington residents registering |at the Baranof Hotel yesterday were: Fred Jones, J. W. Smuck, o!C. H. Hewes, B D. Hart, G. E. e | Kearney and Dorothy Craft, Seat- e tle; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Boyd, e |Longview; and Chester’ B. Ander- son, Gig Harbor - .———— ALASKANS AT BARANOF jconferences” arranged by Confer-} rence President Raul Fernandes, the! Brazilian Foreign Minister, in an! leffort to avert an almost certain! |controversy between the United' States and Cuba. | The island Republic’'s stand was against what it called “economic,; aggression” or “unilateral econo-; mic acts and threats.” QUINTANDINHA, Brazil, Aug. 21—(M—Tentative agreement was reached today among a majority of the delegates to the 20-nation hem-! |isphere defense conference to call 'a special hemisphere economic | conference in the second quarter| of 1948, delegates disclosed. i e A A WASHINGTONIANS HERE i (Continued on Page Seven) R SN e ® 0 0 o v 0 00 0 0o DERBY DEPOT There have been seven more applicants since yes- terday for boat spaces on Salmon Derby Day, August 31. No more boats have registered. Phil Senour, who is handl- ing the reservations at the Alaska Travel Bureau, in the lobby of the Baranof Hotel, reports that almost all of those applying for space de- sire to troll. However, space now available is for strip fishing only. e 0000000000 i | Alaskans registering at the Bar- anof Hotel yesterday were: F. R. Price, L. Whitson, Lena Bierde- Baranof; T. J. Dugan, Ketchikan; and William Ott, Sitka. - e MRS. HERMANN LEAVES Mrs. Frank Hermann flew to Seattle yesterday via Pan Ameri- can Airways. She will visit with her sisters in Seattle for two or three weeks. | Wright 5%; {had been captured. STOCK TIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 21—(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5; American Can 88; Anaconda 37; International Harves- ter 86%; Kennecott 45% ; New York Central 147 ; Northern Pacific 20%%; U. S. Steel 71'%; Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 580,000 shares. Today's averages: Industrials > QUOTA |179.43; Rails 48.04; Utilities 35.68. SMALL, LATE GAINS NEW YORK Aug. 21—(®—Stocks gistered a small gain in late today after earlier hesi- ref trading tancy. Some of the buying reflected the feeling that Anglo-American agree- | ment on restoration of inconverti- bility of Sterling had eliminated for the time being some of the un- certainties created by the British economic situation. —————eee MRS. BLOOD RETURNS Mrs. Amy Lou Blood of Lu-EK’s Photo Shop, returned t6 Juneau yesterday via Pan American Air- ways. She has been visiting her young daughter Penny and her men, Anchorage; M. S. Fenton,'parents, Mr. and Mrs. William | Fromholz, days. ! i in Seattle for a few - e ARRIVE ON PAN AMERICAN Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Elliot of Honolulu, T. H., are registered at the Baranof Hotel. They arrived on the Pan American plane yes- terday from Seattle. men, belong for the most part to (Continued on Fage Eight) Curtiss- | |the ILWU. The union yesterday said it would (strike against any company that . fired walking bosses for union uc-! “um mvms |tivity. The WEA, meantime, held: —_— a meeting “in an effort to dissolve| princess Louise, due in south- an intolerable situation in a legal|pound tomorrow, 8 a. m., salls for manner.” Vancouver at 9 m. Association President Frank P.! R. F. Follis, Standard Oil tank- Foisie declined comment whenler due here Saturday morning. {asked If WEA was considering 1ir-|" ‘Alaska, due here Priday eve- ing union members amonz the ning or Saturday morning north- walking bosses. i bound. The union has charged repeat-i Baranof, due here Sunday from edly some members of the Asso-'the Westward. ciation want to discharge foremen princess Norah, due here north- who are union members as s00n s |pound - Saturday afternoon. |the Taft-Hartley act permits. Aleutian, scheduled to sail from If the walking bosses are lald]s“me August 23. loff tomorrow, a Union spokesman; Isaid, their picket lines “undoubted-| |ly will be respected by the long-;e ¢ ¢ @ ¢ @ ® e 0 0 ¢ @ {shoremen.” |e WEATHER REPORT The ILWU has tied up ships ot, e |the Luckenbach Steamship CO. o Temperdture for 24-Hour here and in Los Angeles for mol¢ ) o period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning {than a month because the com-/g !pany refused to recognize the IL-|gq In Juneau—Maximum, 65; WU as representing the walking g minimum, 45. { hosses. At Alrport—Maximum, 66; minimum, 39. WEATHER FORECAST (Junesy snd Vieiniy) Fair, but with increasing high cloudiness tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 Rours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — None; sinee August 1, 3.59 inches; since July 1, 6.92 inches. At Airport—None, Since August 1, 261 inches; since July 1, 5.19 inches. ee 00000 ® { Wildeat Tieup £2 NEW YORK The United States Lines said today that the'g nation’s largest luxury liners, The o America, will sail for Europe at o 4 p. m, EDT, one day behind o schedule due to a, wildeat long-! 0 ! e shoremen’s strike. The company said that long- shoremen who returned to work: {for a half hour this morning be- fore walking off the job again had loaded the liner with all the neces- sary supplies and perishable foods. 0000000000000 00000000000 (Continued on Page Three)