The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA, ‘VOL, LXVL, NO. 10,671 “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, | TRUMAN PLEDGES HEMISPHERE DEFE BATTLEMOOD MARKS LABOR ‘DAY ORATORY - Organized Labor Headmen |Violent Accidents Are Re- Pledge All-Out Fighton | sponsible for Hundreds Taft-Hartley Law of Lives Being Taken (By The Associated Press) & Fighting words marked Labor’s observance of its own holiday this!lent accidents over the three-day | year as leaders pledged an all- Labor Day weekend. I out battle to strike the Taft-Hart- Traffic mishaps accounted for by «ley Act from the statute books. |far the majority of the iragedies, CIO President Philip Murray de- | with 290 persons dead in crashes on | DEATH TOLL | IS KIGH ON_ THREE DAYS | | (By The Associated Press) | | clared American workers are in a | the nation's highways. In addition,| Four planes. dug into the west[ Rescue crews clawed through the “fighting mood.” And AFL Pres- 81 persons drowned and 77 were jdent William Green asserted that!killed in other accidents, including “lator is rallying its forces lu}il deaths in plane crashes. s fight against oppression and de-| The traffic toll was higher than pression.” i 8% Murray, speaking by radio from the National Safety Council, but it Kansas City, hammered at the was still well below the all-time | economic consequences he foresees., Labor Day weekend traffic fatality | “I want to say . . . most em- figure of 423 in 1941. In that year | phatically,” he declared, “that the:anocher 73 drowned and 125 died | nation is heading toward another in miscellanous violent mishaps, | depression—a depression that could:bringing the 1941 holidays’ deaths easily make the last one appear | to 621. to ke only a minor economic set-: California compiled the Ilargest | Lack. |traffic death toll—23. Texas was | “I am not saying that another close behind with 22, and New York | depression is just around the and Illinois tied with 18 each. corner,” the CIO Chief continued.! The accident death totals by | I am saying that the present trend: States (traffic, drownings and mis- | of higher profits and smaller and!cellaneous): i smaller purchasing power must be! Alabama halted and reversed if we are to, Arizona avoid economic chaos in the fu- Arkansas ture.” | California As for the fight he said is ahead,| Colorado - Murray pictured Americ#n working| Connecticut men and women as “determined' Delaware ... that their unions will not be. Florida .. weakened.” | Georgia “They are determined to change Idaho the anti-labor complexion of Con-| Tllinois gress,” he went on. “They are de- Indiana . termined to wipe the infamous TIowa Taft-Hartley law from the statute; Kansas Looks.” | Kentucky Green, addressing a Labor Day Louisiana rally at Chicago’s Soldier Field,| Maine pledged that the AFL's fight willl Maryland be waged “not with ill-considered| Massachusetts strikes, but with ballots, in the Michigan .. peaceful, democratic, and Ameri-| Minnesota t Mississippi . can way."” TS Missouri Montana SIO(K ouo"“o“s Nebraska | Nevada NEW YORK, Sept. 2—{#—Closing | New Hampshire quotation of Alaska. Juneau mine! New Jersey stock today is 5%, American Can| New Mexico 88, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright | Ohio 53, International Harvester 86%, Oklahoma Kennecott 45'%, New York Central| Oregon ¥ 15%, Northern Pacific 20%, U. S.| Pennsylvania Steel 1%, Pound $4.03. Rhode Island . Averages today are as follows: In- South Carolina dustrials, 179.82; rails, 49.33; utili- | South Dakota ties, 35.60. | | | Tennessee Texas Stocks were firm today in quiet Utah trading. Bonds were irregularly | Vermont, higher and U. S. Government bonds | Virginia . were easy. Curb stocks were higher. | Washington Cotton was lower. | West Virginia | | I | | | | | —— ‘Wiseonsin ‘Washington D. C. .. INFANTRY SQUAD S ALASKA BOUND FOR 'YUKON EXERCISES' SEATTLE, Sept. 2.—(P—Sixty- four officers and men, comprising the second contingent of the sec- tolond infantry divisions, will leave |today from McChord Field, for Big Delta, Alaska, for “Exercises Yukon.” The group includes clothing ex- He will be re-elected for an-iPerts photographers, transporta- others (his 24th) term at the AFLtion personnel and Signal Corps convention in San Prancisco in|SPecialists who will prepare facil- October. ities for the main body of troops, Weary and ailing, Green had in-|Which will arrive in November. tended to ciose his active career SIEAMER Movmms this' year. After his re-election at the 1946 convention, he stated privately it would be his last term. But two major develop-| Frincess North, from Vancouver, ments have changed the situation.|arrived in vort at 2 o’clock this p.m. Baranof, from Seattle, going west, scheduled to arrive at 3:30 o'clock; this afternoon. One was the inability of the inner clique of the AFL rulers of Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle this afternoon, AFL to get together on a suc- cessor to Green. While he is pres- ident, Green is actually little more than a figurehead. Real Grommet Reefer scheduled to sail AFL control is wielded by a small|{rom Seattle Thursday. coterie consisting of John L. Lewis,| FPrincess Louise scheduled to sail Willisam (“Big Bill”) Hutcheson, |from Vancouver § p.m. Saturday. carpenter boss; Dan Tobin, team- TR MINA COUGHLIN RETURNS Mrs. Minna Coughlin returned Saturday via PAA from Portland ster czar, and George Meany, burly AFL secretary-treasurer. after several weeks in the south for medical treatment. OCNHPACOONOCOHONRNUONOCO R LW RO IHNWOOHORNOOOROWI—OW CWOTHO O HOOHONOHOWOOWH OB HO O OB WHRM®MMB N~ - 9 - - = CRMNPONORN~mwoORNVORONN NG BN RS | | | | | The Washington| Merry -@- Round | 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 8. Allen.) WASHINGTON — Contrary plans, yesterday was not 75-year- old Willlam Green’s last Labor Day | as President of the American Fed- eration of . Labor. All these moguls, plus sundry (Continued on Page Four) New Records, One Fatality Dol A_ur Meet Four Planes Crash During Wildest Race in Sport Flying History CLEVELAND, Sept. At least 448 persons died in vio- |racing's newly crowned champions, At least 35 pe:sons were killed last preparing to go home with more than $100,000 - in prize money, | paused today to study the record;passenger express at the Dugald of the wildest race in sport fly- ing history. dirt near Municipal Airport dur- ing the running of the Thompson | trophy classic at the National Air Races yesterday. The toll was one the early estimate of 250 made by |pilot dead, two injured and one head-on into the express as the|Russia will 35 AREDEAD INCANADIAN . TRAINCRASH Holiday Sp_efia | Collides | “with Express-Search Charred Wreckage | | | z.—m--m:; DUGALD, Man, Sept. 2.—P—| WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.4(m—The; Convinced that Alaska's potential 'night in a collision of a vacation= !ers' special train and a standing station, 20 miles east of Winni- | Peg. burned, twisted wreckage of the two trains in an effort to extricate the dead and injured. The west- bound vacation train smashed 947 U.S.PROVOKED Sen. Capehari JAP ASSAULT| Commitiee SAYS HOOVER' ArrivesHere This Country-S—llouId Have iProposed_ fllp Mill and Stood Aside, Then Dic- | Power Sites Visited tated Peace, His View Enroute to Juneau I Anerican Magazine today quoted | pulpwood supply can be developed | former President Herbert Huover'to aid in meeting newsprint short- | as saying that this country should{ages in the United States and to have stayed out of World War II provide this rich area with a year-| and “we never would have been at- around industry, the members of the | tacked by the Japanese if we had Senate small business subcommittee | not given them provocation.” on newsprint arrived here yesterday In an article for the September | afternoon following five days aboard Issue, writer Sidney Shalett said the Coarst Guard cutter Wachusett the 73-year-old Republican states-|during which they cruised to the man told him Premier Stalin of various sites selected for newsprint make mtemationnllmnls and power stations. : § a | | | EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS - ol PRICE TEN CENTS (e OPPORTUNITY Channel Area residents this evening will have an unusually fine opportunity to lay their convictions regarding the prob- lems of Alaska before men who are in position really to do something about them. Members of the visiting Sen- ate Small Business subcommit- tee on newsprint, headed by Senator Homer E. Capehart, will be guests at a no-host din- ner at the Salmon Creek Coun- try Club, at 8:30 o'clock. This dinner is being arranged by municipal officials and civic groups, with Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson probably acting as ‘Toastmaster. The real residents of this community will be able to sit down alongside the Senators— that is what they are anxious for. They want to listen to the actual citizens of Alaska, and the dinner is open to all who want to attend. Reservations may be made in advance with the Country Club or will be ac- cepted at the door. ) { { ! ! { ! agreements ‘“with the full know-’ Before shoving off today on the The Senators in the group able to walk away from a mass of latter was discharging passengers. |in the day's tragedy. burning wreckage. 7 The day, rich in flying marks, sak Cook Cleland of Cleveiand boost the world’s closed course record to 396.1 miles an hour, a jump of 12 miles, and set a new Thompson mark for one lap by turning up 4044 miles an hour. Cleland's performance in the 20-lap 300-mile race for $16,000 | first prize topped a trilliant three- day exhibition. A second Cleland entry, flown by Richard Becker of suburban Willoughby, finished in | second place. The third Cleland plane figured Tony Jan- crash- nazo, popular young flier, [ed with it in the seventh lap and died in the wreckage. All three planes were Corsair Navy fighters powered with the largest and most powerful reciprocating engines ever flown. c————— LIONS ARE GUESTS OF ROTARIANS TODAY Members of the Lions Club were |guesls at the Rotary luncheon held this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Highlight of the meeting were reports given by a telegram received today by U. s.!controlled House to serve on Mayor Waino Hendrickson and |Marshal William T. Mahoney, from jman commission which will col Frank Maier, winner of Juneau's | Rescue workers tciding at the; scene said this morninz they had recovered 17 bodies from the chflr-‘ red wreckage of the special train, two cars of which burst into flame, immediately after the collision. | Gaye Lewis, 64, of Transcona,| Man., engineer of the Canadian| National Railways special which | was bringing Labor Day holidayers | home from the Lake of the Woods resort, and Mrs. Albert Simpson, of Winnipeg died enroute to the hospitals. How many more bodies might, be buried in the charred wreckage; of the coaches no one knew, but: 'some of the estimates ran high.| All the victims thus far were| said to have been aboard the spee-, ial. | | 'KETCHIKAN YOUTH - SHOT AND KILLED "IN GUN ACCIDENT | 19, was shot and| gl 0 | { Thor Leding, Ikilled yesterday at Ketchikan b, |Bernard Johnson, 20, according t |his Ketchikan deputy. The tele- | {#lict, we could have put our sword estimated shortages of the future. ledge that they aren’t with a damn, Wachusett to visit the proposed mill | if they do not work out to his and power sites in Port Snettisam | advantage.” near here, Senator Homer E. Cape- | Shalett wrote that Hoover de- hart, (R.-Ind.), chairman of the sub- clared in an interview i. would'committee, said: have been in the best interests of = “The Tongass National Forest in world peace if this country had scenic and rich Southeast Alaska | held aloof from the recent f{ight- should easily produce more than one ing with the explantaion: million tons of newsprint each year “My theory is that, if we had which would more than meet the | kept out of the immediate con-'1947 shortage of newsprint and the | 4‘ down on the table with our econ-| <“Development of this industry omic resources intact and made which would employ many persons a decent Dek?ce when the time throught the year would be of tre- for peacemaking came. mendous value to the future of “I never believed the British Alaska without harming the Terri- were in danger of defeat. i tory's fishing industry or its great | “When Germany attacked Rus- attraction to tourists, The committee sia, it made British victory pos- is confident that the project is a 5“:;-."1 S s it | worthwhile one in every detail.” ett . said the former Presi-| With Senator Capehart on the jent does mnot feel that either mu,i‘g’m, projected mill and power | Communist world domination oOr sites are Senators Harry P. Cain,| anotb}?rw WO;ld war is ‘lnevflflhlev (R.-Wash.), and Allen P. Ellender, | and holds that economic weapons (D.-La.) | of the United States will prevail | in the end despite & “whole series g dfi:;};“;,’;"‘m ot | of Communist revolutions now uUn- 4y, gays gs the Wachusett circled | ders WRY."; 3.4 | Revillagigedo Island out of Ketchi- | Hoover made a post-war Wworld yan at the start of the cruise the | survey as a special representative ' committee viewed several sites for of President Truman. Recently he power developments and the project- | was appoirited by the Republican- eq newsprint mill at Ward Cove, | a 12- only a few miles from Ketchikan. | nsid-| The third day out the Wachusett the | carried the committee into Bradfield er ways of- streamlinging Soap Box Derby, on their recent|gram stated that Leding's death|structure of the Federal govern-|Canal for inspection of additional | trip to Akron, Ohilo. ganization and he spoke briefly on |the betterment of relationships be-{missioner P. tween the two organizations. Guests at the meeting included {Hans Floe of Hawk Inlet, Harry Kristofferson, Kodigk, Joe Cheairs, San Bernardino, Calif., Leonard Hopkins, Anchorage, and T. A. Fletcher of Seattle. B e 125 - YEAR RESIDENT FRED MARTINSON DIES AT ST. ANN'S TODAY Alaskan resi- Fred Martinson, ident since shortly after the close of the First World War, passed away today at 12:06 a. m. in St. Ann’s Hospital. Martinson was 56 years old, and was born in Sweden. He served overseas in the First World War, and since has had a varied career working in Alaska as fish- erman, construction laborer and miner. He was the owngr of a 32-foot numbered troller, which is being fished at present by another man. Only known relative is an unnam- ed Ltrother, living in Washington. AT o - 1 N WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 54; minimum, 50. At Airport—Maximum, 55; minimum, 50. WEATHER FORECAST (Junesu and’ Vielaity) Occasional light rains and not much change in tempera- ture tonight and Wednesday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — 0.6 inches; since Sept. 1, 155 inches; since July 1, 14.77 inches At Airport — .07 inches; since Sept. 1, .95 inches; since July 1, 11.27 inches. 0000000 cse®e00g0000 0 Dr. John gppeared to have been an acci- ment. | Geyer, Vice-President of the Lions: gent. |Club was spokesman for his or- | Johnson was arrested and ap-| peared today before U. S. Com-: J. Gilmore for ar-| iraignment on a charge of careless PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1mill and power sites and then into! |wrangell where a public hearing | !was held in conjunction with the | !Senate Public Lands Committee 'which was met there as it pro-| were much impressed by spon- tancous comments of the people of Petersburg at a breakfast there attended by more than 100 of the residents of that city, and they are hopeful that to- night’s affair here will be even more productive. This is the townspeople's chance for a big inning—Fed- eral officials will not be in charge. S e ) SENATE LANDS SUBCOMMITTEE 1S IMPRESSED Butler Anxious to Hear| What Alaskans Have on Their Minds A brief wvistor in Juneau last evening following arrival of the Fish and Wildlife Service flagship Brant on which his committee travelled north from Ketchikan, |Senator Hugh Butler (R-Nebraska) | chairman of the Senate Public Lands Committee, stated that he is “delighted to have made the trip and believes the people of Alaska will profit from it. “Every member of the commit- tee,” Senator Butler continued, NSE U.S.TOKEEP ARMED FOR PEACEMOVE President Makes Poinfed Talk in Brazil-Applause Greets Address QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Sept. 2. —(M—President Truman said today thc United States Is “determined to remain strong” to back up a foreign policy based on a desire yfor permanent peace. He told the Inter-American De- fense Conference that this “is in no way a threat” because “no great nation has been more reluc- tant than ours to use armed force.” But, he said, “our aversion to violence must not Le misread as a lack of determination on our part to live up to the obligations of the United Nations charter or as an invitation for others to take liberties with the foundations of international peace. ) “Our military strength will be retained as evidence of the ser- iousness with which we view our obligations.” Nevertheless, Mr. Truman ex- pressed confidence that current international disputes can be settled without armed conflict and gave this pledge: “The world may depend upon it that we shall continue to go far out of our way to avold anything that would increase the tensions of in- ternational life.” Applause For Truman Delegates burst into applause the United States “shall not for- get our obligations under the (U. iND charter, nor shall we permit others to forget theirs.” | They applauded again when he jdeclared “without the Western | Hemisphere, no world prosperity ils possible, 8 A Presidential | | | | 1 reference to the «United States’ pledge to assist (Latin America in a ‘long-range economic program also was cheer- ed. The delegates broke into loud applause again when the President declared “The United States seeks «world peace a peace of free {men.” i There was an ovation lasting {fully two minutes when he finish- ied speaking., He was introduced ifor the address by the Brazillan ceeded through Alaska studying the |“has been tremendously impressed;poreign Minister, Raoul Ferandez. \use of firearms. He posted '$1,000' oF ju"EAU OPE“ {bond and was released pending a' | hearing. | Predictions of a e 3 g |creased school enroliment went by the board today, as the Grade i | greatly in- | AL WHITE GUEST OF ! | produced valuable material for both 48 Stal problem of Alaskan statehood. |wich the possibilities of develop- !ment of Alaska—development that More than 100 townspeople at-‘ tended the hearing and the discus- | Will Eenefit not only the people of sion of Alaska’s varied problems|Alaska but also the people of the tes.” Senator Butler indicated that Wife, Daughter, Present Mrs. Truman and the Trumans' jdaughter, Margaret, listened to the ,Chief Executive from seats in the ‘second tier on the right hand side of the conference hall. Mrs. Tru- SENATOR CAPEHART ON : PORT SNETTISHAM TRIP | Capehart, made the trip today aboard the Coast Guard cutter | Wachusetts to Port Snettisham. - e PAA FLIES FLOWERS FROM HAWAII FOR JUNEAU GUESTS Carnation leis, flown to Juneau from Honolulu by and for Pan Am- Clifford Davis and Mrs. Peter Cham- | with the Outdoors Writers group. For Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Chambliss, and Mrs. Frank Dufresne, only wom- en on the Alaskan tour of the; OWAA, Mrs. Ernest Gruening and | others who had assisted with OWAA | plans while the group was in Ju- neau, Joseph Fessio, Pan American | Airways excutive from San Fran- cisco, arranged to have leis and or- | chids flown from Hawaii. The baby orchids were made into | corsages for PAA by the Junéau Florists. —————— | SIMMONS HERE ‘ Richard Simmeons, who is a bio- chemist with the research depart-' ment of the Pacific American Fish- eries, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. He has been at Petersburg for the past three weeks and will leave for his home in Bellingham on Wednesday. His wife is the! former Jean Simpkins. I e BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party was given in honor of Dean Royal Johnson, son of Mrs. Bernice Johnson, who was 11 years old yesterday. The party, which was attended by 15 boys and girls, was held at his mother’s home in the Erwin Apartments. Games were played during the afternoon after which ice cream, cake and punch was served. | { |day |acsigning students, and School registration dropped from last year's 905 to 560 students trooping into their classes this morning. {189 pupils enrolled in the Highlday to additional power sites and 70 freshmen, School, including time. Harmon expects the enroll- when late students have register- ed, or about the same as last' portation and statehood problems. Senate. year. All the High School teaching jnto clearing weather for Juneau. ie\'enlnz erican Airways, were worn by Mrs. staff is on the job today excepting, Alfred Bentur, band instructor, bliss when they left Juneau Monday | whose appointment was completed ! speel River location for a pulp mill, on Sunday. Bentur is a graduate of Mil- waukee State Teachers' College, Wisconsin, and taugh last year at Malta, Montana, Harmon expects he will probably arrive in Juneau late this week. No formal classes were held to- in either the Elementary or High School. Teachers were busy handing out * textbooks. Some first day work assignments were made in the @Grade School, but regular class work will not start until tomorrow morning. DEER HUNTING IS JUST THAT, HUNTING Very little luck was had by lo- cal hunters, on the opening day of the deer season. Most reported only a good soaking from rain and wet brush, while a few saw game but were unable to approach closely enough to bag it. One buck, a two-pointer, was brought down from the the top of Nevada Mountain by 15-year-old Clifford Cole. Some hunters bag- ged grouse. e FROM HAWK INLET Hans Floe, of Hawk Inlet, is at the Baranof Hotel. {Senate committees. | Clearing weather i | Senator Capehart’s committee 'then proceeded through the con- Al White, as the guest of Senator | pyincipa] Henry Harmon reported tinuing rain and fog on the fourth | halted at Petershurg on Sunday \largest first year class in somelpjght for another public hearing dustry. where the three Senators again ob- | |ment to reach slightly over 500 tained additional information on {newsprint, logging, fishing, irans- | Yesterday the committee steamed ! The Capehart party left this, morning for Pert Snettisham, the old -1 Page Etght) (Continued on NORAH FROM SOUTH Canadian Facific steamer Princess | Norah arrived in port today at 2 p. m. from Vancouver. Disembarking in Juneau were Ver- | ‘non Brandenburg, Thomas G.! Crooks, Thomas L. Crooks, Alta Gor- | man, Ida M. J. Jensen, Clyde M Jensen, Sandra L. Jensen, Helen Kelly, Dorothy A. Miller, Suzanne L. Miller, Olene R. Volkman, Mr. and Mrs. Roland B. Wurster and lvlnughtel' Emily. —————.——— BETA SIGMA PHI MEETS A regular meeting of the Beta| Sigma Phi will be held tomorrow { evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Gold '"Room of the Baranof Hotel. All| ‘members are asked to attend this important meeting. —————.—— BABY GIRL FOR PAGES Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Page are the proud parepts of a baby girl born on Sunday afternoon at St. Ann’s Hospital. The baby, who tip- ped th escales at six pounds, two ounces, is the first child of the | Pages. Mr. Page is Assistant Archi- tect with the Construction Office of the Alaska Native Service. i | | |of “jtion and the present trip has reasurred him 'man wore a dark blue suit with a and his colleagues of the wisdom'grey hat. Margaret was dressed of the legislation passed by this'in a grey sult. * Congress opening up the forests; The American Foreign Ministers of Southeast Alaska to establish-.formally concluded their confer- memt of a pulp and newsprint in-|ence at 9:21 a, m. Eastern Stand-~ The stamp of approval ard Time, only 18 days after they placed by Senator Butler's com- sat down together to write an un- mittee upon that legislation was 'precedented treaty for hemisphere vital in securing its passage by lhe:pence and security. President Truman left the fog- In a brief interview here lastibound hotel for the 45-mile trip , Senator Butler stated thaz|d0wn the winding mountain road he is “just as interested in the{to Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by industrial development of Alaska his staff and members of the U. as in the development of his own'S. delegation to the conference, State, Nebraska. He hopes that te- {headed by Secretary of State fore his present term in the Sen-|Marshall, ate has expired, his commi.tee | The President arose this morning will have many other things, just:at 6 a. m. and took a walk around as important, to show for the de-'the spacious grounds of the U. S velopment of Alaska, besides a pulp |[Embassy with the White House industry. physician, Brig. Gen. Wallace H. His committee, Senator Buuerlorahnm, He had breakfast with added, is also greatly interested |his family. They left the Emtassy in matters of health and educa-lflbl’\lt 7 a. m. for the trip to the in development of theIQuitamflnhn Hotel, military cefense. His group is Travels On New Plane also studying the problems of state-. The President made the trip kood. Other members of the sub- from Washington, D. C, in his committee headed here by Senator new plane, the Independence. In- Butler are: Senator Zales N. Ecton|cidentally, Mr. Truman is the third (R-Montana); Senator Arthur V.|American Pgesident to cross the Watkins (R-Utah); Senator Ernest equator. His two predecessors, W. McFarland (D-Arizona). |Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Regarding development of the! Hoover, also made presidential defense of Alaska, Senator Butler trips to South America. declared he does not think there! Sunday night, Mr. Truman, his will ke a third war, but he “hopes wife and daughter went to bed he is not so foolish not to beearly after landing in Trinidad, prepared for any eventuality.” jand at take-off time at 3 a. m. Round Table Talks (Monday they seemed better fit The Butler group held a public|than other members of the Presi- hearing upon its arrival at Ketchi- | dential party. The President and kan and participated in round-/his family slept in a typical jungle table discussions with residents nn;house. built on stilts. The others Wrangell and Petersburg. He sa'd sat up most of the night listening his committee is most interested to a calypso band. Yesterday in hearing from every Alaskan who morning they were hollow-eyed has something to say and are con- and weary. cerned that their meetings in the! It's the President’s first ride in " (Continued on Fage Fight) (Continued n Page TWe i