The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1947, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE +.VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,679 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 “MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ___ PRICE TEN CENTS TEN CENT Records for the Salmon Derby held in Juneau the last two Sun- days have now been completed by the judges and prizes will be awarded probably tomorrow eve- ning in a special ceremony, Chair- * man Milo Clouse stated today. A number of ties are recorded, especially in the cohoe division of the derby, with as many as three persons bringing in fish of iden- y . tieal weights. Grand prize of the Derby, for the largest king salmon, goes as previously announced to Richardi Harris for his 40 pounder caught| August 31. His prize will be the Plymouth Sedan from the Terri- torial Sportsman Association, and the salmon rod from E. & O. Fish- ing Lures Co., Olympia, Washing- ton. Second prize for kings was won ® by A. R. Duncan with a 38 pound and 4-ounce fish. His prize will| be the Alumicraft skiff and a 4% . \ | i | weighing 26 pounds, 2 ounces, Ju:l[ one ounce less than Robards. His| prize for twelfth place will be nl pair of field glasses from Pimmm‘ placed number 13 Jewelers. 1. Goldstein with a king weighing 25 pounds: 14 ounces. His prize will be a floor lamp from the Parsons Electric Company. In fourteenth place is Richard Wells, with a 25-pound,i 11 ounce fish. His prize will be an E. & O: Action Rod from E. O. Fishing Lures Co. Gets Slecping Bag Fifteenth place goss to Jane MacKinnon, who landed a 25 pound, eight ounce king, and will} receive a sleeping bag and tie| from H. S. Graves Men's Store. Les Fragner will receive a pic- ture of Auk Lake donated by Winter and Pond for his 24 pound, 14 ounce king, in sixteenth i unity nDerby Winners, AFL-CI0 MERGER IS UP IN AIR Another AHempt fo Be Made at Consolidation- Green for Re-election CHICAGO, SEpt, 11, —P—. AFL Jeaders indicated today they would make one more try at bringing about a merger with the CIO but !he\ held out little hope it would | Le successful President William Green said lh. 15-man executive council, meeting| here, would make another state- ment on the negotiations toward which began last winter Green said that both the AFL| and CIO had agreed to work for organic unity when committees for the two organizations met in May. However, the AFL wanted immediate merger on its terms, while the CIO preferred to develop place. Seventeenth award goes to horsepower outboard motor gwem by the Territorial Sportsman Asso- | ciation. George Harju, a Montague fly rod given by the Daily Alaska Em-‘ details slowly, while working to- gether for common goals. The T74-year-old AFL President | pire, for his 24 pound, eight ounce ha,s kept quiet about his plans for FL-C10 [Freight Movesin Fast Time Of Five Days from Seattle fo MIKE HAAS ~ QUITS HIS LABOR JOB . S. Deparlmenl of Labor Representative to Work for Callfornla Relatives Michael J. Huaas, Territorial Representative of the U. S. De- partment of Labor, announced to- day that he has resigned from that position effective October 3. Haas said that the reason for his resignation is that his fam- ily needs him in the management of their factories near Los Angeles. | shipment Fairbanks Yia Haines Cutoff SEATTLE, Sept. 11—#—A suc- cessful trial run of freight from| Seattle to Fairbanks via the Haines cut-off highway, in the fast til of five days, was reported today by an official of the Alaska Trans- porfation Company. Traffic Manager E. W. Hundle) said he was informed that the food of 80 “measurement tons” reached Fairbanks in less than half the time by the usual shipping route. It left here last Thursday and arrived on Tues The cargo, consigned to the Army at Fairbanks, moved to Haines on the freighter Grommet Reefer and!| was carried from there in refrig-| erated trucks to Fairbanks, over the highway, which joins the Alaska Highway in Canadian territory. The freighter's run to Haine: took four days. The cargo was then unloaded from the ship onto trucks at the dock, and they start- ad out immediately. undertaken jointly by the shipping The trial cargo was half perish-! able vegetables and half frozen meat, Hundley said. The run was WATCH 1S ABANDONED, Ports - Conference 1 Is Scheduled KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 11.— | @ unable to unload here because of the strike of CIO Longshoremen, sail- ed today to take cargo to other Al- | aska ports. The ship was scheduled to unload | empty cans at Kasaan, 35 miles west, | for the Pacific American Fisheries | | cannery ship. From there the Sail- | or's Splice was expected to proLeed to Wrangell and leave 156 tons of | Ketchikan freight. Longshoremen | at Wrangell are AFL-affiliated. Meantime Federa: conciliators | awaited arrival of three steamship company representatives from Seat- tle for more conferences in efforts to settle the five-week strike. chants’ Association, who offered Monday to handle cargo of the Sail- or's Splice in defiance of striking KETCHIKAN ' Sailor’ sSpllce » Sails for AFL| - The freighter Sailor's Splice, | Members of the Ketchikan Mer- | JUNEAU VISITOR | | Senator Hugh Butler (above), Re- publican of Nebraska, is Chair- man of the Senate Public Lands Committee, conducting a hearing in Juneau today. SENATORS GUESTS, JUNEAU CHAMBER, PROMISE T0 AID | Senator Hugh Butler and Senators Zales N. Montana and Ernest W. of Arizona, members of Public Lands Committee, chairman, Ecton, of McFarland the Senate were DEATH OF LEMKE MEASURE IS FORECAST Salmon Derby Winners, With Prizes, Announced; Flips Decide Many Iles Butler Feels Commitiee fo " ThumbsDown Senator Ecton Definitely States Opposition at Hearing Here Quiet demise—or at least consid- erable revision—was prophesied for the Lemke Bill here today by Sen- ator Hugh Butler, before whose Sen- ate Public Lands Committee that much-condemned bit of Alaska homestead legislation for veterans is now resting. Though stressing that officially he can speak only for himself, the Senate Committee Chairman added that he believes he has talked with enough of the 13 members of the Public Lands Committee to be able to give “reasonable assurance there is no chance of the Lemke Bill, in its present form, ever coming out of the committee.” Senator Butler qualified the statement by saying it is possible that the bill can be amended into acceptable form. Another member of the Senate | I i iking. continuing in office, but the word 1 y 1ab licies in group now in Juneau, Montana Re- ‘Gomg on down the list of Win-| ). oayes Janded a 24 pound,jis getting around among Council f!!]ee w]‘alnts“h\‘f;:}ch a(:: )Ijgc;:ted\ at|firm and the auto freight line, longshoremen, ~abandoned their |guests of the Juneau Chamber of | bublican Zales Ecton, was more out- ners in the king salmon division, 5, PR with cooperation of United States watch on the dock before the ship 'Commerce this noon, along with spoken. He forthrightly declared ounce king for eighteenth |members that he wants to ke re- y per: , Calif, Reynolds Young placed third With| .00 “ang will receive a prize of elected at the San Francisco con- Santa Ana and Maywood, Call and Canadian military authorities.| departed. {Hugh Brown, chief clerk of the|{hat he is “not in favor of the Lemke Haas stated that his resignation 4 his 32-pound, 4-ounce fish, and| vention, beginning October 6 b 2 .| Hundley said the shipment is ex- - — | committee. » will receive a five horse Evinrude | S 0 Toiotndie from NeE|YC g { the Will not separate him from the|,.iieq to be the forerunner of | : il aubbard iotor given by Juneau|Devand. | Plabing nineteenth wasj Cireer.nas heen resident of the po . tment of Labor but oaly frem 7 A Cooperation in Congress onl The two Senators advanced their 8 y J. S. MacKinnon, Jr., with a 24{AFL since the death of Samuel \; "' ocont position which he has steady flow” over the route. Ieoblems ‘relating to Alasks Wax} somimente SRR 2 the it “The Haines cut-off is. in good e = X .TRUMAN I§ Spruce Mills and Cowling Motor " i sac-! | Company. pound and four ounce king. His Gompfrs in 1924. A former sec-ip o1 el ihe past five years. «Hel, & 0 LR Cand it is hoped ft | promised in short talks by allllic hearing held before the com- i |prize will be a $20 coupon book jretary-treasurer of the United Mine|, . = yooiested a one year leave §| _“DK% e ool . is X;efl iwhree Senators. mittee in the Alaska Senate Cham- n fourth place, with & 30- for use at Salmon Creek Country|Workers, he was John L. Lewis of absence which may be stretched 'Wl- remain in such condition | Senator Ecton remarked that if{ber. Their remarks were in veply pound, 4 ounce fish, is Arne Hen- club, donated by George Brothers |candidate for the post, and was pe beigeradioang Ml i ol throughout the winter. | | Alaska doesn’t get statehood, after|to statements in opposition to the drickson. His prize will be theriquor Store. linstrumental in getting Lewis to i‘;m‘:;’ it ‘es,‘;‘m‘m o eer| 1t is 680 miles from Haines to| Lieting - ne p:ople b here he|lemke Bill made by opening wit- Magnum Winchester 12-gauge shot-| ibiing the miners' union back to Fahbanks. The cut-off covers 160 R |would be proud to have Alaska gun given by Northern Oommercm‘ Company. Women Win Fifth place is held by Margaret Williams with a 28 pound, nne ounce catch. Her reward will be the eight-man rubber boat from Juneau Young Hardware Company .. With a special prize of a ring, moccasins and pin from the Bar- anof Gift Shop for the largest king salmon caught by a woman. In sixth place is Mildred Mec- Nollen, who landed a 28 pound, 1% ounce king. An Argoflex cam- era from Lu-Ek's Photo Shop is her prize. Seventh place, with a $50 Heddon Company fishing rod, goes to Gordon McDonald for a king which weighed in at an even « 28 pounds. In eighth place is Mrs. A. R. Duncan, with a king recorded at 27 pounds, 12 ounces. Bailey's Bar donated her prize, a salmon rod, re2l and line. Gus Gissberg plac- »d ninth with . a 26-pound, 8! ounce king. He will receive a -Motorola radio donated by Home Beautiful and the Capitol Theatre. A sleeping bag from Fred Hen- ning’s store goes to Lorraine Hold- % 'en, in tenth place with a 26 pound, 5'% ounce fish. Placing eleventh was Cliff Robards, whose king weighed in at 26 pounds and three ounces. His prize will be a pair of field glasses from the Nugget Shop. Joe McNollen brought in a king / . - "The Washington -Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Last word has not been heard of the Senate »«probe of Howard Hughes, the Hollywood plane builder and chief owner of Trans World Airlines. Inside fact is that Senator Van- »#denberg of Michigan and other GOP Senate chiefs have demanded that Senator Brewster call Hugh- es back to Washington for an- other going-over. Republican lead- ers say that the way the probe Lackfired in Brewster's fact was - very bad politics and left a sour § ‘aste in the public’s mouth. They 4 want this taste removed. { Brewster has assured * Vanden- berg and the others that a re-| ®hearing will be held as soon as his sidekick, Senator Ferguson of Michigan, returns from a Europ-| can trip in November. To this end, committee sleuths are doing their best to dig up more dirt to *{hrow at Hughes when the gong ’_sounds for round two. Note Meanwhile Democratic Jeaders have not been idle. They are quietly working on evidence | * with Pan American Airways, fivnll -_— (Continued on Page Four) Two More Women Win ! & T. Clothing store donated { a hunting coat which will be' place with at 23 pound 8% ounce fish. Margaret Seaton placed 21st with a 23 pound, seven ounce king, and will receive a spotlight donnledl by Connors Motor company { Leonard Harju 1s in 22nd place with a 23 pound, six ounce catch. His prize will be 48 largs cans of | assorted fruit from Case Lot Gro- cery. Home Grocery dor.ated a| case of fruit cocktail and a hamj which will go to J. Wayne John- son in 23rd place with a 23 pound, four ounce Kking: Norman Johnson placed 24th with a 23 pound, 2'z ounce catch,; and will receive an airplane elec- tric clock from the Occidental} Bar. Pat Oakes placed 25th, ]ust half an ounce behind Norman Johnson. Her king weighed 23 pounds, two ounces, and her prlze will be an air mattress from Mad- sen’s Bike Shop. In 26th place is Pat Doyle, wuh‘ a fish recorded at 22 pounds, 15 ounces, qualifying her for a salmon ! reel and line donated by the Pamaray Club. Stephen Sheldon, Jr, is 27th, and the prize for his| 22-pound, 14 ounce king was two| gallons of Best Paint from the! Ideal Paint Shep. Kenneth Kearney'’s 22-pound, 10 ounce king put him in the 28th place, with a prize of a Cole- man G. I stove donated by the Yakobi Transportation Company. A case of peaches from DeHart's Grocery will go to Robert Cowl- ing, in 29th place, for his 22 pound, 9% ounce king. Placing 30th was Hermia Darnell, 'who will receive a case of Gold Shield Coffee from the 20th Cen- tury Market for her 22-pound, sw‘ ounce fish. Next, in 31st place, is C. Lubkcke, with a 22 pounc, four ounce king checked in, which will bring him a pair of sports- men's boots, from Lou Hudson's store. Jo Abel placed 32nd with a king weighed in at 22 pounds, two ounces and will receive a case of grapefruit juice and a case of| tomato juice from the Harbor Market. There will be $10 in ‘merchan- dise from Hutching’s Market for either F. A. Slegar or Dr. Clay- ton Polley, who tied for the 33rd and final award position. Each brought in a king weighing 21| pounds and 12 ounces. Decismn‘ will be by the flip of a coin. For the smallest king salmonl caught, Arnold. Brashier qualified | with his 10-ounce fish. ' And Pat Oakes will take a McGregor’s boy's jacket donated by the ‘Tot to Teen | 1Shop for her 23 pound, two ounce | king, largest caught by a person 14 years or age or under, the AFL in January, 1946. Green and Lewis were at odds for 10 years after the United Mine |awarded Fiorence Phelps, in Wth‘Workers chief organized the CIO and led the exodus of industrial unions from the craft-loving AFL. Later Lewis withdrew from the CIO which he founded, and now {he is back on the influential AFL executive council, in a position to help dictate AFL policy. Daniel sters of the Carpenters, who with L make up the Big Three in council, also have endorsed Green for another term in the presld?ncy if he wams it. FOOD COST FORECAST POINTS UP WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—®— Government officials forecast still higher food prices today when the Agriculture Department scaled down its estimate of this year's corn crop to 2,403,913,000 bushels. even before the forecast, grain pri- jces were soaring on leading mar- kets. Corn and oats set record highs—$2.64': and $1.23% a bushel respectively for September deliv- ery—at Chicago. Corn is the basic feed grain. Prices of meat, poultry and dairy products reflect its price and sup- |piy. AIRLINE SHIPS SUPPLIES FOR SHEMYA DEPOT SEATTLE, Sept. 11—(#—Bound for Shemya of the Western Aleut- ians, where a base has been es- tablished by Northwest Airlines for its trans-Pacific planes, a barge laden with $100,000 worth of sup- plies will leave Seattle Friday morning in tow of a tug, The barge, now loading at the Ames Termin-| al, has been chartered from Ocean Tow, Inc. Aboard the barge will be 210,00045%, pounds of lubricating oil, 152,000 gallons of alcohol and furnishings| and supplies for eight houses and a hotel, which will be part of Northwest Airlines base for use by the Company's staff and passengers traveling between the United COHOE PRIZE WINNERS ‘hat Senator Brewster was linked| Mrs. Silva Zenger placed first in! the cohoe division, with a fish (Continued on Page Eight) S |'States and the Orient. ———————— VISITING JUNEAU Evelyn Sellers, of Seattle, is regi- stered at the Baran Hotel. J. Tobin of the Team-! and William L. Hutcheson the | cepted by the Secretary of Lator lon August 28, but was not reveal- \ed until today. vious to teking his present po.slunn, Haas was Commissioner of Labor for the Terticory of Alaska. ‘WageBoost Demand of AFL Sailors More Pay S;uzht for Ordi- nary Seamen, Also for Boafswains SAN FRANCISCO Calif., Sept. 11. —{P—The AFL Sailors Union of the | Pacific sought wage increases of !from T2 to 30 per cent from the employers in the Pacific Coast mari- time industry today, simultaneously with management announcement of a “strike fund” to reimburse operat- tors for losses in a CIO longshore union tie-up. Harry Lundeberg, President of the SUP, said the 7'c per cent demand on the Pacific American Shipown- ers Association was made for ordi- nary seamen and the 30 per cent for boatswains, the most experi- enced category in the union. The contract expires Sept. 30. The hiring hall issue will be discussed | after the settlement of other phases | |of the new agreement, Lundeberg | |said. He has threatened to call a strike unless the hiring hall clause |is continued. The Waterfront Employers Asso- ciation of the Pacific aanouncedl the strike fund, intended to reim- | burse the Outer Harbor Dock and {Wharf Company of Los Angeles | and the Luckenbach Steamship Company of San Francisco for loss- es in the two-month-long tie-up | over stevedore “walking bosses.” e N o ST STOCK QUOTATIONS | ! NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can {95%, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 81%, |Kennecott 45'2, New York Central 141, Northern Pacific 79%, U. S. Steel 69%, Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 800,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- dustrials, 176.17; rails 48.02; utili- ties, 35.29. At AT THE GASTINEAU John H. Pace, Jr., of Keene, New | i | | on foreign vessels. ]upon the motion of Attorney Gen- mids of the aistance. TR g g il HIGH CCMMAND OF ARMY GIVEN HIGH, CENSURE AMVETS Speaks Out on Military Training WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—M— Ray Sawyer, National Commander of the Amvets, said today that! what he called the failure of the Army to .improve military justice' to obtain congressional approval of a universal military training; program. +“The high command,' Sawyer| said in a statement, “is still prone to protect and whitewash fellow brass hats while GI's—the men in the ranks—are subjected to an au- tocratic system of regulations, government and punishment.” The veterans organization head- ed by Sawyer has endovsed pas- sage of universal training legisla- tion. Sawyer said the Amvets thave concluded, however. that is virtually impossible to sell it to Congress until important changes are made in the conduct of the military itself.” “It is time,” he added, “for the bass hats to determine whether want UMT.” - e SHIPPING SERVICE +The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce today went on record as en- dorsing the 1949 proposed new pas- senger-auto ferry service of the CPR and asking Congress for a modifica- tion of the Coastwise Passenger Act | of 1886 to allow passengers and autos to be carried between Alaskan ports The action came eral Ralph Rivers. neau Attorney Norman Banfield had reported on the proposed service and the need for the construction of a dock elevator or a proper barge for the loading and unloading of autos. —eee— ARRIVES ON PAA Max Rogers, Deputy U. S. Mar- shal at Sitka, arrived from Seattle yesterday via Pan American Air- Hampshire, is stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. {ways. He is staving at the Baranof l Hotel, National Commander of a1t CHAMBER ENDORSES, NEW PROPOSED (PR This move came shortly after Ju- | ~ ATEQUATOR 'Works, However Is Given' | to President's Aides, Espeually Steelman ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI | WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN, !Sept. 11—M— Top Presidential |assistants got the works, but Pre: {ident Truman was let off easy to-| {day in the traditional hazing cere- imony at the crossing of the equa- tor. King Neptune, the seas, only mythological god. of required Mr. fledged “shellback,” “vile landlubber and jcome a full jinstead of a { polliwog.” | Paddling, ducking and other in- dignitics were saved for the Pres idential aides, such as John R. Steelman. The initiation ceremony was waived for Mrs. Truman. Daughter |Margaret, who has made her debut as a concert singer, had to sing a song with the ship’s sextet. But thore wasn't any leniency for Steelman. After passinz King Neptune's throne, he was led to an ‘“operating” table, where his feet were tickled. He was sawad with a paper knife and forced to !swallow a vile-tasting drink. | Then, with paddles fashioned of canvas-drapped cloth soaked in they want to continue with POmP|ga); water, Neptune's minions Leat| and circumstance or whether they {the living daylights out of him as| ‘he was led up a platform wired {for electrical shocks. There was more shocking and |more noxious medicines and |grease for his body until he reach- |ed the final chair, — e, WEATHER REPORT Temperature for 24-Hour Period Ending 17:30 o'Clock This Morning In Junaeu—Maximum, 57; minimum, 51, At Airport—Maximum, 55; minimum, 51. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Showery tonight and Fri- day with occasional brief periods of sunshine Friday. Cooler tonight. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — 167 inches; since Sept. 1, 6.67 inches; since July 1, 19.89 inches. At Airport — 0.92 inche: since Sept. 1, 3.60 inche: since July ,1 1892 inches. R R R N W R Y jannexed by Montana. ! Senator Butler told of the pas- sage of a bill at the last sessich to allow Puerto Rico tc elect its v own governor and providing for the appointment of a ‘“Federal | coordinator” as a “hint” as to what might be done along the line |of securing more home rule for Alaska if the pending statehood | bill fails. | | Senator McFarland stated that the scenery of Alaska is only bet- (tered by that of Arizona, Lis home state, and that he is optomistic about the future of Alaska. He commented upon the hospitality shown the party by Alaskans and sald that the Governor and his statf had been particularly gra- |cious and helpful during the trip. | Chief Clerk Brown, who was: in- bas made. it “Wirmally. impossible™ [Truman to make a speech to be-|stiumental in aiding Alaskan rep- | resentatives recently in their ef- | forts to secure passage of the Ton- |gass National Forest pulp resolu- tion, pointed out that the mem- 'kers of the Public Lands Committee were given a good example of how the restrictions of the Jones Act work in Alaska when they had to secure special permission at Skagway to get Senator Arthur Watkins of Utah to Juneau on a Canadian boat. Other guests at today's meeting included Royal O'Rellly of Taku Lodge, Lt. LaVerne Nash of the Salvation Army and Attorney Frank Butler of Omaha, brother of Sen- ator Butler. MS BLACK DOUGLAS VISITS OVERNIGHT ON WAY TO BERING U. 8. The MS Black Douglas, PFish and Wildlife Service boat, arrived here last night from Se- attle and left this afternoon for l,he Pribilof Islands. On board the Black Douglas, for Juneau, were: Mrs. Milton Fur- ness, Sr., Milton Furness, Jr, Ann Furness and . Billy Bright. Doctors Victor B. Scheffer and | William H. Shole, Fish and Wild- |life Service Biologists, are trav- elling with the Black Douglas to | continue their studies of the habits of fur wnha in the Pribilofs. > STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Nomh Imm Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday at 10 a. m. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se-| attle September 16. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 6:30 a. m. tomorrow and sails south one hour later, | | | , Norman who was :;'mmhm-m of the American Legion and the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Resume After Lanch The hearing was recessed at noon oday after a number of witnesses ¢2ad appeared, It was resumed at 1:30 o’clock, after the Senators went to lunch with the Chamber of Com- merce. Third United States Senator in she visiting group, Democrat Ernest W. McFarland of Arizona voiced no spinion on the Lemke Bill but did display deep interest in other Al- aska problems, particularly the tuberculosis plague as set forth by Commissioner of Health C. Earl Al- brecht, who was the last to testify before the recess. The hearing today was opened by the Governor of Alaska who intro- duced the Public Lands Committee as the most impartant of the major committees of the Senate as far as Alaska is concerned. Of its five sub- commmitees, four directly influence legislation for Alaska, he said. They are the subcommittees on Terri- tories, Indian Affairs, Mines and Mining, and Public Lands. The fifth, dealing with irrigation and reclama- tion, will in time be also of great importance to Alaska, he pointed out. { Chairman Butler replied by ex- pressing pleasure at the results ob- tained by his group on its Alaska trip, adding regret that the entire committee could not be along. The fourth member who did arrive ite Alaska, Arthur V. Watkins (R.- Utah), was forced to turn back from Skagway because of illness. Senators from West Butler emphasized that all 13 { members of the Public Lands Com- mittee are from Western States, probably for the first time in the history of Congress. He discounted the influence of partisan politics in the work of the Congress, declaring his party is in Alaska on a non- partisan basis to listen — because that is how the committee does its work, on a non-partisan basis. Also an official member of the Senate group now here is Hugh R. Brown, Chief Clerk of the Senate ands Committee, who also was ac- tive in today's hearing. The entire group, traveling back to Juneau by chartered plane, was delayed over- night at Gustavus and only arrived |m Juneau this morning in time to {begin the hearing. A number of wives and other family members are traveling with the Benators. At the conclusion of the informal public hearing, the Senators had “private investigations” to make in | Juneau, as Senator Butler deseribed | it, after which they are to be dinner | guests, with their families, this eve- jning at the Governor’s House. The rparty is to sail south aboard the ! Princess Louise tomorrow morning, | to return to the States. Other Witreses Besides Banfield and , Albrecht, (Continued on Page Five]