The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1947 PRICE TEN CENT] e ——— SE IS STALEMATED VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,678 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS KETGHIKAN SHIP C LABORENTRY (RUSS CHARGE|Ray Brannaman Elecled DEFEATED IN US.DICTATING, Commander-in-Chief of PENN VOTING ATOMI(C Wllli VEW; Entaimiplinenl Ends 6OP Holds—Eo—ngressional‘iGromyko Delivers Most; " Seatin Taft-Harfley | Slashing Atfack-Claims Test Election Actions Contradiction ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 10.—(#—| LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 10.—®— Republican Franklin H. Lichten- |[Andrei A. Gromyko of Russia to- walter has retained for G. O. P. day charged that the United States forces Pennsylvania’s Eighth Dis- | was trying to “undermine” at-{ended v | trict seat in Congress, soundly de- |tempts to reach agreement on in-{0f Ray H. Brannaman of Denver,| featiny a labor - supported Demo- | ternational atomic control. He said|3 55-year-old World War I veter- cratic opponent in a special election |the U. S. was attempting to “dic-180. as commander-in-chief. n junior vice com- CLEVELAND, Sept. 10.—P— Hotels moved their lobby furniture jback and restaurants released their jextra help today as remaining dele- gates to the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment ' prepared to ‘leave for home. | | i JUNEAU ILWU! Escaped Girls Apprehended |UNLOADING | i STRIKE HERE IS HELD UP I 0 Wé.& L}lc\s:‘ . L) - { R mander. IUmon Ofilflal B|ameS 0p- IResu"s of cOn'eren(e Are | veteran selected for the post, | which under the traditional sen- U cOntrad T e eamane P Maintain Vigil at Dock { Among resolutions passed on Lhe; Juncau longshoremen are ready prrn RN Sest. e drew an estimated 40,000 guests|posed revision of the nation's im-|g; tors d 16t to work esterday with the election | migration laws and declaring: lit ?h:p:;‘:ri::r:xiflll‘ u;: pending 7&‘ 3 ET ‘&t‘l‘e’r‘r:::e:mx;yspl:? r::xl-?tlc,:. and appreciative »"I the problems;of two points in dispute, Germain! e b A i of displaced persons throughout|gy)cke second vice-president for| ‘u(ni\‘:x‘\”;ead: m;dz:lp]flc::{:llla.ms, Lewis is the first World War II| tors for Holdi erators for Holding Awaited - Citizens jority system, should result in his The six-day convention which|final day was one opposing & Pro-iyq gion an agreement with steam- (P—The d load! 1 A e spute over unloading o “Whereas we are fully cognizant py.per arpitration and settlement /pants awaited the result of con- e are also faced with|the JLWU, CIO, San Francisco, that had its central issue the Taft- |tate” its will on other nations. Lyall T. Beggs, of Madison, w{s.,!the world, wi Hartley Labor Law. | Lichtenwalter, Speaker of chosen to represent the rich indus- | Frederick H. Osborn, accusations “fals United | the | States atomic deputy, in a prepared {was State House of Representatives, was | statement later called Gromyko's|mander, another World War 1 veteran, definite economic proplems in ‘hehold members of the House Sub- named a senior vice com- United States concerning the hous-|committee on Territorial and In-| and Clyde A. Lewis, Platts- ing and employment of veterans."|qjar Ppossessions, at a nearml{‘ tburg, N. Y., attorney who rose| St. Louis was selected as the pere yesterday afternoon. trial and farming district of Lehigh| Action on the and Bucks counties over Democrat | Nations atomic report was put} Phil H. Storch, President of the off until tomorrow at 10:30 a. m.j CIO-Lehigh Valley Newspaper | Guild. | With only one of the 214 precincts | missing, Lichtenwalter had pulled | up a bigger margin of victory than | his predecessor, the late Charles J.| Gerlach, did in three previous clec- | tions. | The new Congressman had receiv- | ed 47,512 votes to Storch’s 29,967 The total registration in the district | was 73,000 Republicans and 46,000 Democrats. | Despite Lichenwalters’ victory, his | supporters and the backers of Storch | took differing post-election views of | the results. ; G. Mason Owlett, Republican Na- | tional Committeeman from Penn- : | sylvania, declared in a statement that the vote “was a smashing rebuke to the radical labor bosses | who chose to make the Taft-Hartley labor management act the para- mount issue of the election.” Lichtenwalter—who will fill the | unexpired term of the late Charles | L. Gerlach, five times Republican | winner of the Congressionol seat— | in expressing appreciation for “this | vote of confidence,” said: | “Your vote definitely refletts your | decision on the issues of this cam- paign.” | Meanwhile, a statement issued by the United Labor Division of the | *Storch-for-Congress Committee, and | signed by officials of unions af-| filiated with the CIO, AFL and | Railroad Brotherhoods, said: | (EDT) because of a long list of | speakers. In the most slashing attack he; has yet made on the United States | position in the United Nations | atomic energy commission, the! Soviet delegate said that the U. S. actions contradict the “high-sound-; ing” phases by the U. S. for con-! rol ‘of the atoy for peace. i “It is about time,” he told the 13th formal meeting of the com-i mission, “to say directly to the} authors of the American proposals!SE“ATE lA"D their statements are in contradic-! Truman Just HERE TONIGHT Seantors Butler, Ecton and po"Iwog '0 McFarland Are fo Fly King Nemune’ from Fairbanks i Members of the Senate Public 1 Capehart Is Alaska Pulp! 1_ ! ! Lands Committee are scheduled to ABOARD USS M1SSOURI WITH]arrive here at 7:30 o'clock tonight PRESIDENT TRUMAN, Sept. 10.—{in @ chartered Alaska Airlines (P—King Neptune indicted Presi-|Plane from Fairbanks, where they dent Truman, who used to be ajconducted hearings this morning. farmer, and his whole White House| Because of the lateness of their party today as a “collection of |scheduled arrival, plans for a no- lounge-lizards, sea lawveis andiDost dinner tonight have been call- plow-deserters.” ‘ed off. An order from the mythical] ‘Tomorrow, the Senators will have ruler of the ocean depths, myster-j& busy day. At 9:30 a. m. in the Territorial Senate Chambers. second United'(rom private to major in the last'site of next year's encampment 7Fav-oréble fo ndustry; Two Questions Are Puf Forward INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10.—(®— | Senator Homer E. Capehart of Indi- ana, chairman of a Congressional | committee investigating the short- | age of newsprint, landed here last night after a trip by plane from | Fairbanks, Alaska. Senator Capehart suffered a_ throat infection at Fairbanks after | going to Alaska with Senators Cain | of Washington and Ellender of Louisiana to inspect government | forests there. ! capehart said his report would be | favorable on the development of the | pulp industry in Alaska, which he said ultimately could produce “a | million tons of newsprint a year.” | “Right now it's a question of | transportation and whether indus- try will go up there and invest | capital,” he said. COMMUNISTS ARE SUBJECTS OF VFW | Bulcke said “as we see it” the| g |contract doesn’t contain anything| {in_conflict with the Taft-Hartley irls Town, State cerrectional ins ix of seven girls who broke the lock o £ s n a cell door and fled from titution at Tecumseh, Okli., were ,Law. In his testimony concerning de-/ "munds made by the union he did {not mention that the union had ‘asked for insertion of a contract |clause absolving the union from| % {ligbility under the Taft-Hartley {Law, and what has been considered las the main point in dispute. The CIO official accused the House Commitfee Hears [press of telling only “half-truths” land “vilifying” members of the lo-| [] ] [] [cal longshoremen’s union, but he ou Is an Ipplng As Hearings End Here idid not illustrate bis charges with PP RN picked up at a farmhouse eight miles south of the institution. The six above were clad only in panties and brassieres when they escaped, but managed to obtain some nondescript clothing during their flight. ® Photo. |any examples. Bulcke also charged that steam- |ship operators had refused to co- operate with the union in reaching! am agieement, stating that,at the| ‘time_agreement had been reached| W. C. Arnold, Managing B Ao operating. by all parties on a new contract,'or of the Alaska Salmon Industry,'ye pointed out, however, that he Striking CIO longshoremen ar- ranged to picket all night in a ypoutirg rain, and members of a citizens’ committee which offered to kandle the ship's cargo in de- fiance of the longshoremen, con- tinued 2 dockside vigi! The citizens' group was balked in effcvts to move cargo when Se- {attle leaders of the AFL Sailors’ Union of the Pacific. revising earlier instructions, advised SUP members here “not to work under lunsnte conditions. A picket line {would come under this heading." Conciliators Arrive Federal conciliators Harry H. { Lewis and Albin L. Petersop arrived 1l:y plane from Seattle yesterday fand immediately conferred with !1epresentatives of longshocemen and waterfront employers. Germain Euicke, second vice president for the International Longshore- |men's and Warehousemen’s Union, jarrived from Juncau to foin in the ‘uln 'told members of the House Sub- i representatives cf the steamship/Inc., was the main witness as thelqgiq not believe this was the only'“""“’“‘"” on Territorial and In- companies said that they could House Subcommittee on Territor-|facior in the falling off of the not sign because top officials were {al and Insular Possessons con- pack jn that state, naming also in Alaska and would not return foricluded Juneau hearings ycsteyd.’nvmg contributing factors the block- 30 days. : jarternonn and left for Ketchikan|jno of the Frazer River by a slide The two points which would be [last night. jand the advancement of civiliza- \settled after further study and' Answering questions put to hiMiion which tends to discourage the |arbitration are: (1) a jurisdictional by Committee Chairman Rep. Fred'sajmon by encroaching upon their dispute over whether AFL sailors L. Crawford of Michigan, Arnold|cpawning streams. ior CIO longshoremen get the work presented facts and figurss con-j "Referring to taxes, Rep. Craw- of handling cargo aboard ship in cerning Alaska’s largest industty|forq pointed out that because of |Alaskan ports, and (2) the determ-iand presented suggestions toward the uncertain chances of a good |ination of sansfactors_' language For'be(‘lel' conservation and rehabm-‘mck each year if the people de- |the settlement of disputes unsAng‘t_fl'-lOfl of the salmon with special nendeq upon this industry to raise lout of the ‘CPH'.I‘SCL jreference to the declining p"’kllhe money for a future state they | In connection with the first de-|pack oi‘ Southeast Alaska might get into difficulty. Arnold mand, Bulcke said that the CIO! early Teplied that it has Leen the prac- |believes the longshoremen should that tice to increase the per case tax- {be allowed to work aboard the Loats in Alaska to improve their the late run is getting later each He pointed out that the pink run is negligible and es as the pack becomes smaller. sular possessions ," a hearing that the Juneay longshoremen were (ready to sl an agreement with the steamship operators and re- turn ta work if the operators would sign pending arbitration of two points. These isues, he said, ,were the dispute .ver whether AFL sailors or CIO. longsncremen would work cargo aboard ships at Alaska ports, and “determination of sat- isfactory language for settlement 'of disputes arising out of the con- tract.” Bulcke did not discuss the un- 'iun’s request for insertion of a contract clause to protect the union |fiom liability under the Taft- 'Hartley Act, but said “as we see “We carried, seveRu Q. ttie eigh":iously delivered aboard this bat- Z::g.i:;g :ize?zg::;) ‘:,kel,e:: ;Ilestc%:;: itleship, instructed the President"AheS‘I will tlzondml:l”l p;’:’“z ?:“”]“gs-‘ £t to gt 5 and his party to “maintain a sharp] k: noon, they wi ffl en ; ey thas botb a3:a: reciabtl the |and vigilant watch for the arrival cheon meeting of the umeal pudiation on the .. payy Jones” tonight when]Chamber of Commerce at the Bar- annual incomes and make more;Year: but is inereasing. Most of| pDuring the entire history of the it the contract doesn't contain pROIEST AI MEH’Ewages for resident Alaskan work. | the fish packed in this area. heTeriitory, Arnold said, the salmon anything In conflict with the Taft- lers. He said that on the West;Pointed out, is canned within alinqustry has paid 58 percent ot Hartley Law.” | CLEVELAND, Sept. 10—(®— ThP!CmmL 1 thi géatas longshoremen|pe".°d ”of 10 days. A “flexible the taxes to support the Territory,! Chairman Fred Crawford of the Taft-Hartley Labor Law issue.” tradional hi-jinks attending the|anof Hotel. 48th annual encampment of Vel-\ 30"y of this work, except in the| CIoSing" Policy adopted by the Fish|py; today that figure is lower. In'subcommittee asked whether the - Jcros;mg of the equator will begin.] At 6:16 p. m. they will make a erans of Foreign Wars has asked! \_find Wildlife Service, Arnold said, 1946 the salmon industry paid 37, longsharemen . would remain on DON ABEL'S SONS HERE | adio broadeast from KINY and direct government action “to en-| is a feeling out process throughig, 3g percent, he said, and other strike if they are unable to get We don't consider | Ir (Continued on Page Five) Don Abel, Jr., and Joe Abel, sons | of Don Abel, arrived on the Pan | American plane yesterday after-' noon. The two boys will spend the | winter in Juneau and will attend | school here. Den, Jr., is in the fifth | grade and Joe in the third. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — The FBI has come in for criticism for alleged “witch-hunting” as a result of the; State Department’s recent loyalty | purge and the New York Grand| Jury probe of certain U. S. avia- tion secrets. which leakad to the| Russians. Real fact, however, is, that the FBI has leaned over backward against witch-hunting. Most people don't know it, but the FBI was not consulted re- garding the dismissal of State De- partment employees. The State| Department did not even consult FBI records, and there is consid-| erable reason to believe - that cer- tain diplomats started the purge hastily and unfairly in order to! make an impression with Con-/ gress. In the current New York Grand Jury probe of the Russian spy| ring, inside fact is that the FBI| opposed any arrests at this time. Careful J. Edgar Hoover proposed keeping the suspects under sur- veillance for a considerable longer period in-order to gather furth- er evidence and see if they com- municated with any other Russian linksy o However, when orders came from up-above to make arrests, the FBI jed Neptunus Rex himself is due atoard tomorrow. In preparation|at 7 p. m. they will be guests for his coming, a huge dunkmg‘for dinner at the Governor's ¥ tank has been erected amidshipsA‘H‘;“‘:flst' i I leave'i";t Presumabl. the “polliwogs,” as 4y, the Com. et i " | those whuyhaveenevel:ocrosged theifor the States. |fo . request Ehe President ‘: the/ equator on a surface ship are cal- Senator Hugh Butler (R-Neb) is United States trf. instruct the at-: , are to be tossed into it. lchairman of the Committee. Itorney general “to_institute legal| Whether that means President] Other members making the trip action to enjoin the existence of Truman, as well as the rest of theiare: Senators Zales N. Ecton (R- the C.ommunist party of the United| polliwogs, is something the initia-{Montana) and E‘:;,es;i W. Manr—|S'-“95 and to enjoin the opera-| “ r i land (D-Ariz). so in the Tty | b O U B n_m b is Rex Lee, Assistant Dlrg:to:“mmemflmyv a newspaper com-| tion and publication of its in- STE‘MER MOVEMH"S of Territories, Interior Department/monly known and designated as| and Hugh R. Brown, Chief Clerk!“The Dally Worker." Princess Isurain scheduled to sail | of the Committee. oy from Vancouver 9 tonight. T APPROPRIATIONS sompenet peneduied to s oy | agnard Smith Is COM. OF SENATEIS | (AllED_TO MEET| Alaska scheduled to sail from Se-| . 5 attle September 16. Se"o“sly I“ in s Sealtle Hospital | WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—P— SEATTLE, Sept. 10.—/®—Leonard The Senate Appropriations Com-| Princess Louise scheduled to ar-; rive from Skagway at 6:30 a. m.j - Friday, and sails south one hour later. | ! Smith, 53, Superintendent of Pub- Mitiee has been called to meet| lic Works for the Territory of here Sept. 20 to discuss government Alaska and Highway Engineer, was|financial policies abroad. i seriously ill today, Virginia Mason| Chairman Bridges (R-NH) call-| Hospital attendants said. |ed the meeting, it was learned,| He was flown here last Friday after consultation with Secretary after spending 19 days in a of War Royall and other Ad- Juneau hospital. He went to|Mministration officials. ijoin the existence of the Commuii>| party of the United States.” | adopted a resolution direct-] the VFW commander-in-chief ! { i | | E [ — et ® 00000000000 WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:30 o'Clock 'This Morning In Juneau—Maximum, 53; Iemperatur;;n Eighties, However, Prevail- Heavy Rain (By The Associated Press) Warm and humid weather over- spread much of the Eastern half of the nation today although scattered | thunderstorms brought a measure of coolness to some localities. Temperatures in the high cighties were general from the Great Plains eastward to the Atlantic Seaboard. Showers dotted numerous points {within that area, the Chicago | Weather Bureau said. The Rockies also had showers and et ‘;whx'ch ‘,h‘" enforcement agency taxss showed the following per- @ contract signed for the next six imay modify the regulations adopt- centages: liquor 3152, motor fuel,months and shortages occur. Bulcke |late run. He said that an over- tions 401, mining 326, school tax thetical, and he declined to ans- § jescapement of salmon into the 7 anq all others 6.24. In addition Wer. ) ;88 an, undereseapament. |Brady Act the industry pays four| STORES RI-OPENED icents per case on the pack to thej jand research and said that action Federal government and this money Merchants who had closed their P 'must be taken to insure an es- 18 uced to support Territorial pro- stores Monday protesting the re- HEAT wAvE through adequate enforcement of Asked If the salmon Industryiload the freighter Sailor’s Splice, |regulations. ‘The Fish and Wild- ©uld pay one-third more in taxesitied up in the Ifive-weeks-long !money to carry out a good en- Pled tkat the people shouldn't ex-|further negotiations were arrang- I{orcement program, Arnold stated./P2ct to attain statehood and pass,ed. | pink run could ke built up in 4 w‘{almon industry. Present sllmon;l,em,g and Albin L. Peterson 16 years through better protection industry taxes are not confisca- scheduled a forenoon meeting |and because of the tremendous re-|tmes when the taxes have been,Francisco, International Longshore- cuperative powers of the pink burdensome and he telieves other'men’s and Warehousemen’s Union quire a program of 25 years |carry some of the tax load. Despite the negotiators' hopes, no Arnold stated that because fish| The galmon industry’s aunuaq"‘""“” had been arranged be- to en[ifarcc ‘the tr;czuln'nm\s o(! eon-lor g pulp industry in s""m"s‘its\f::c.mt;}r:‘ h‘:"d“::f’::‘:‘;:mplorrs jservation for this type of gear|pajaska was given by Arnold in re-i el & MRS WA & y A 1o imeeting be public or at least be ;1{52 po"(‘jmdw"]:;uthflé wlh“c the | Lelegate E. L. Bartlett. attended by the rank and file of sn A ildlife Service may| Arnold said that the industry is Y 15\ Pickets and members of a citi- {is no way in which the number|pu)y mills even though it will | 7ens’ committee which had offer- mall damage to S H o w E R S ied by guesswork after testing the iness, trades and occupa-'replied that the question was hypo- |streams may be just as dangerous ne stated that under the Federal: Arnold suggested further study| KETCHIKAN, Sept. 10.—f— capement of the early pink runs|J€cts- . !fusal of C1O-longshoremen to un- Ilife Service does mot have enough !0 support statehood, Arnold "'IS“'"‘!» reopened them today as It was his opinion that the early:‘he burden of financing on to the{ Federal conciliators Harry H. {and enforcement of regu]ations!“j“'y' he said, tut there have heen.wuh Germain (Jerry) Bulcke, San salmon. Red salmon would re- | industries should be expected to officials and “other CIO leaders. |traps were not mobile it is easier|yegarding the possible establishment! 'Ween IePresentatives of the two i |than the mobile purse seiners. Heigponse to questions put by Alaska the union. {limit the number of traps, there|n,i opposed to ths coming of the led to handle the ship’s cargo re- minimum, 48. At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum 49. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Rain showers and not much change in temperature tonight and Thursday. Southeasterly surface winds around 20 miles per hour, slowly decreasing. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — 146 inches; since Sept. 1, 5 inches; since July 1, 18.22 inches. At Airport — .44 inches; since Sept. 1, 268 inches; since July 1, 13 inches. Alaska soon after World War I and was a mining engineer at Nome 25 years before assuming his present | post, with headquarters at Juneau, itwo years ago. ——,e———— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 10.——Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American iCan 86%, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harvester i81%, Kenncott 45, New York Cen- . tral 14%, Northern Pacific 20%. U. S. Steel 70, Pound $4.027%. Sales today were 740,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- picked up two former officials —_— (Continued on Page Four) [ . [ e . ° . . . . . . ) ° . ° . . . . . . ° . . . . LSRRG e B W NI ties, 35.34. | The call was issued against tnis background: 1. Persistent talk that special session of Congress may be held |this fall to consider extending ad- |ditional financial aid to Western | Europe. | 2. An assertion by Robert Garner |—vice president of the World Bank |—that it cannot supply “stop gap” !financial ~ assistance to Europe |pending some longer-range solu- jtion, such as the Marshall Plan. ! ————— ! FOOD SUPPLIES LANDED ] Two small, independent vessels | were in port this morning unload- |ing cargees of groceries and iresh !produce for local merchants. They | { dustrials, 176.25; rails, 48.18; utili- :are the Silver Wave from Seattle, in the nation yesterday was 102 de- 'and the Westward, a Seldovia boat. lof purse seiners may be hmned-:probah]y Sobas a | Touching briefly upon the fish'ine salmon pack. He said efforts trap vs. purse seiner CONLrOVErsy, will he made to attempt to work | Arnold said it is a gear fight which | oyy with the pulp companies a rain recorded were 4.60 inches at has been going on for 40 years,!joint research program to deter- |Jacks Creek, Tenn. 144 inches at | has Leen the subject of at least|mine ways of keeping the damage {Bimidji, Minn., and 1.17 inches at |15 Congressional hearings and hasi; the salmon to a minimum. He |Evansville, Ind The readings were had Lills pending in Congress on | revealed that the industry is at for the 24 hours ending this morn- (the problem every year since 1915.| hresent spending $75000 this year ing. Rep. Crawford asked 1f 1Irom|j, recearch in Alaska towdrd im- The downpour was so heavy in|the standpoint of conservation it|proving this resource. Hibbing, Minn,, that storm sewers would help to abolish purse sein-|" pollowing Arnold before the backed up, flooding dwellings and [ing, and Arnold replied that he|commitiee was Philip Briggs,' marooning motorists in their auto- believed there is a place for all presigent of the Briggs Steamship mobiles. Railroad ore trains were |types of gear and he would not|company, who charged the Mari- [stopped by track® washouts. The advocate abolishing seining | time’ Commission with sidestepping! six-hour rain was accompanied by | Referring to the State of Wash-|pis request for furnishing him violent lightning. ington, Arnold said that fish traps|aqditional vessels for his service The highest official temperature |Were abolished there in 1934 and|on the same basis they were furn- there has been a drastic reduction| in the salmon pack, with only al 'mained on duty all night in a pouring rain. The Northland ‘Transportation Company agent said it was undecided how long the Sailor’s Splice would remain +in port, as it also had cargo on board for Wrangell and Peters- burg. cool weather continued in the Pa- cific Northwest. Among the heavier amount of .o FROM FIRST CITY G. E. Howell and J. M. McLaugh- lin, of Ketchikan, are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. — e —— ANCHORAGE ATTORNEY HERE Stanley McCutcheon, attorney, and George Patterson of Anchorage, are staying at the Baranof Hotel. | { . grees at Clinton, Mo, (Continued on Page Five)