The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 23, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE N Y WS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,715 JUNEAU. ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1947 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CONGRESS IS CALLED TO MEET NOV. 17TH Alaska To Put Up Fight On Freight Rates HEARING ON RATES NEXT WEEK Northland Representatives. fo Make Protest at Meeting in Seattle Have Reco (Yesterday, Drew Pearson called attention to the report of five physicians who ‘nvestigated health conditions in Alaska. Teday the Associated Press sub- stantiates the report in the fcllowing dispatch to the Daily Alaska Emoire oo released by Secretary of Interor Krug). By CHARLES D. WATKINS | WASHINGTON, Oct 23.—(P— Representatives of Alaska are heading for Seattle to oppose pre: ent steamship rates to. the Terri tory at a hearing next week be- fore a Maritime Commissioner Ex- aminer The overall rates to summer ‘Territory. Alaska WASHINGTON, Oct. 23- Five doctors assigned by the Am- erican Medical Association to sur- vey health conditions in Alaska list tuberculosis as the Territory’s Commission an 35 percent Alaskan over the granted increase in shipping last protest of the al- the the contended the rates ready were the highest in world and rapidly increasing cost of living in the Territory took greatest health problem. nett, Jack Fields, George Mille: Joseph Silverstein and Arthur Bern- The increase was granted after an interim service plan under which the government chartered ships to the Alaska Steamship| Company, the Northland Transpor- | RED HEARING to get them to take over the service the government operated during, the war. The mterim service enas next | Fditor Gordan Kahn Be- mission hopes the Seattle hearing| lieved Sparkp|ug of will develop information from which | it will be able to draw up a plan, for permanent service. H attorney for the Territory, and WASHINGTON, Ot 3. i Donaldl’ J, ‘O'Gontior, eemomist. for| capecity crowd jamined the House the Territory, are on thelr way to| CAUCUS r00m to hear big-name ‘a take part in presenting the Terri-|'Crs as the House Committee on Protest Barge Rates |fourth day of hearings on Com- Meantime, the Alaska Steamship '®unism in the film capital Company has entered a protest Actor Robert Montgomery told against the rate schedule filed by the committee that there are Com- poration, which plans to inaugurate | But, said Montgomery, “never un- a barge service from the Pacific | der any circumstances” have they Northwest to the Territory. | succeeded in dominating the actors. The steamship company says the| As Montgomery put it: “We have away from the steamship lines!very militant, a very small minor- enough traffic so they will have; ity well organized, well disciplined to revamp their rate schedules,| Montgomery was the first of four with a possible advance. {actors called to testify. Others are vice became effective today. The|a y Cooper. action is without prejudice to the] When Montgomery took the stand, rights of the Alaska Steamship sigh went up from the au- — — | dience, largely feminine. the stand, a veteran screen | Fred Niblo Jr., described the The w ashlng‘ton Writers' Guild as “the sparkplug {of the Communist movement” in Mel’l’Y * GO # Round{u: the Guild, told the Congressional | Committee he believes that Gor- By DREW PEARSON don Kahn is a Communist. But, said Niblo, “I can't prove it.” He poultryless Thursday might have peen avoided had the White House | Writers’ Guild magazine. Niblo de- let one hand know what the other [scribed the magazine, ‘The Screer: hend was doing. On the Sunday af- | Writer,” as “a_literary supplement his food-saving appeal to the na-| Nibio turned a phrase in stating tion, Secretary of Agriculture A"_ihp could not prove that Kahn was derson sai outside the door of press |2 Communist. “No,” he said, “I secretary Ross, waiting to get a {can’t prove it any more than Cus- But theé chance never came. Poul- People who were massacring him tryless Thursday was announced |Were Tndians” ‘\ withcut benefit of advice from R 3 S. agricultural experts who had i for weeks, were convinced that| NEW YORK, Oet. 23—Closing more chicken should be eaten, ra- |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ther than less. Later, Chuck !stock today is 4'z, American Can Luckman, harassed and unenvied |89, Anaconda 35%, Curtiss-Wright compromise proposal whereby the{ Kennecott 48%, New York Central public was urged to eat. stewing|13%: Northern Pacific 21%, U. 8.| hens. . . .Biggest food problem still | Steel 767, Pound $4.03%. ! remains grain fed on the farm. It's| Sales today were 1,180,000 share: Ambassadorial Report: Three top | industrials 18451, rails 50.53, utili- ambassadors reported to the Pri ties 35.63. { dent last week that there would be | z o, i 3 : no war with Russia, though a ser-| REGULAR “BIRTHDAY NIGHT"| Last Saturday night was “birth- U. S.-Russian troops are cheek-and- |day night” at the Salmon Creek jowl couid start almost anything Country Club. Four birthday parties 7. The ambassadors were: Lou|were yiven at the Club and the Douglas from London; Walter Be- | honored sguests were Mr Murphy from Germany. _All [ Card and Mrs. John Payden. | three urged a special session of o 200 Congress. Truman countered that FROM KETCHIKAN Miriam J. Daly of Ketchikan is The physicians, Drs. Harry Bar- the Commission had worked out WRITERS A]' tation Company for a dollar a year June 30 and the Maritime Com-| Hollywood Commies Malcolm Miller, of Washington,' tory’s arguments | nn-American Activities opened its the Alaska Freight Express Cor-!mMunists in the Screen Actors Guild proposed targe service will drain had in the Screen Actors Guild a The rates for the new barge .«(’r-‘chald‘ Reagan, George Murphy (Continued on Page Thres) 1‘ e S |the film capital. Niblo, a member WASHINGTON,—Trouble over :\md Kahn is editor of the Screen- terncon President Truman made ©of The Daily Worker.” chance tc see the boss's speech. €l could have proved that the s sercuw exerie who ted - STOCK QUOTATIONS | focd czar, was asked to accept a . 9% International Harvester 88%, disappearing at an alarming rate. Averages today are as follows ious incident in Germany where! dell Smith from Moscow; Bob |Cahill, Mrs Beulah Lee, Mrs. L. registered at the Baranof Hotel. | (Continued on Page rn;; ‘m'e substandard . weighed eight pounds at birth. The Five Declors, Making Survey ' Of Alaska Health Conditions, mmendafions stein, a. of Unicago, reported to Secretarv Krug of the Interior De- partment “Tuberculosis is a preventable disease. It can be controlled in Al-| ¢ and in a period of live to eight vears the death rate and in-; need be greater than best in the United ! not the areas States.” Krug in making the report public today saia the Alaska investigation is the first of several the Medical Agsociation is to make of territories and island possessions. “The American people must pro- vide suificient money to eradicate the evils that are menacing the development of our great territory,”| Krug said, be willing to accept | the blame for failure to heed the warning that is contained in the penetrat.ng report of health and| sanitary conditions in Alaska b Criticized The team of physicians «-nurued, the lack ol Federal aid to improve health conditions. in Alaska, saying the situaticn had existed for many years “without even an effort being, made toward a solution until 1945 It said the Territory'’s funds are; insufficient to meet needs for tu-: berculosis control. | “The war years and its present eminence as the ‘left flank’ of the| North American Continent have brought Alaska into the national conscience’, the report said. “The! defense of Alaska would best be u('—; { { “or complished with a healthy popula- tien Congress Censored “In the face of the serious tuber- )sis problems in Alaska, Con- gress has seen fit to reduce the al- ready meager funds of the Alaska Native Service for care of tubercu- | losis. It must be emphasized to; thcse who may be color or raceq conscicus that the tubercle bacillus knows no cclor line. To those who measure in terms of tax dollars it must be evident that in the course of years inadequate attempts at control of tuberculosis are waste- | ful.” The report said a labor market “grossly infected with tuberculosis is an eccnomic liability” and to the military “it is both a ‘direct imped- | iment to the efficiency of their forc- | es as well as demoralizing fac tor.” i ' | i a More Beds Needed The pl ians recommended that a minimum of 1,000 beds be pro- vided at once for tuberculosis pa- tients, including an increase to 220 in scutheast Alaska by expansion of hospital service on Alice Island. For other areas they recommend- ed: Anchorage 400 sanatorium be Arctic, 106 bed sanatorium at Fair: and isolation units of 25 ach M Bethel, Kotzebue, Un- alakleet, Fort Yukon and Nome. Hospital Replacements The report recommended replace- ment of hospitals at Palmer and Valdez, destroyed by fire, construc- tion of a hospital at Sitka; increas- | ed facilibes at Fairbanks, Anchor-| age, Ketchikan and Juneau and re- | | i | banks | | i | placement of hospitals at Seward and Nome. The physicians said they found eye diseases prevelant among the natives, and added that venereal disease, alcoholism, sanitation, com- municable diseases, housing and; mental health facilities are prob- lems that must be solved They said lack of housing hin- dered the building up of a stable populaticn and added that in addi- | tion to being “appallingly insuffi- cient” fifty percent of the houses - DAUGHTER FOR LUCAS' | Announcements have been | ceived from Mr. and Mrs. Ha Lucas Jr. of Anchorage, of the! pirth of a daughter. The baby| | a new baby joins one sister, Donna Louise. ‘\ - HERE FROM FAIRBANKS Marie Quirk of Fairbanks is stopping at the Baranof. | fand {Club, the Governor said '} scale,” TAFT WILL ANNOUNCE | CANDIDACY Ohio Senat(;r to Throw Hat Into Ring - Going After Delegates WASHINGTON, Oct Friends say that Senator Robert A. Taft will formally announce his active candidacy tomorrow for the Republican ~ Presidential nomina- tion This will place Ohioan who heads his icy committee in th ace that already has rmal entry of former Go E. Stassen of Minnesota and pro- bably will have several other par- ticipants, including Gov. Thoras E. Dewey of New Y Taft's announcement ~ will be made in letter to the Ohio State Republican Committee. It will put him in a position to n an ac- tive drive for the delegates sary to win the nomination at next June's GOP convention Phila- delphia year-old y's pal- ate in rawn the Harold - in - > ‘Governor Is Making Campaign CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—#—he Gov- ernor of Alaska declared today that Alaska’s strategic importance is not sufficiently appreciated and that only through statehood can it be- come a “bulwark of defense for the Northwest, the United States the Western Hemisphere.” Addressing the Chicago Woman's “Alaska i the only part of America which extends into the Eastern Hemis- phere. And it is the only part of the United States which fronts on the Arctic Circle. If we had two Senators and a Congressman, we believe we could be better heard in Washington.” The Governor needed a stronger Coast Guard $90,000 annually for agri- 1 research, lower freight rat and more settlel He said the Soviets are develop- ing Siberia, with “agricultural periment stations every 100 miles and are “pushing agriculture furth- er and further north, tieing it in with industry, mining and the mili- tary.” said the Territory ex- - SITKA MAN Walter Petri of Sitka e Hotel Juneau. - AM ASP HERE Sam sp of Tenakee is staying at the Baranof Hotel. -e FROM CHICHAGOF 0. B. 'Twedt of Chichagor is stop- ping at the Gastineau. HE s staying at th Increased Military Defense In Alaska Now Demanded By J(_thnson; WASHINGTON, Oct. 23— (®-—The United States is “leaving the back door wide open,” son (D-Okla) said today as he urg- ed increased military defense in Al aska. “In view of reports by Congres men coming back from Europe of activities in the United Natio we should strengthen our defer in Alaska on an Johnson told a reporter “If there should be an unexpec ed attack cn Alaska it would be 1o diiferent from that on Pearl Har- which Rep. Glen John- | o unprecedented | |and there 1 L B0se (above), 16, of Milan was chosen “Miss Ltaly of 19 ih a pastry shep and got into the contest w BRITAIN WILL Juneau Chamber Profes’s Hydaburg Reservation in (UT BUILDING 300 MILLION Cripps Deciares May Bal- ance Overseas Accounts By End of Year 1948 (M—Sir Staf- Telegrams CLAIMS FDR AWAREWAR COMING, '38 Louis C. Jofin;)n Testifies Against Cabinet Mem- bers, "'Brass Hats" WASHINGTON, Louis C. Johns cretary of War, LONDON, Oct. 23. ford Cripps, Minister of Economic Affairs, served notice today that Britain :mmediately must cut ex- snditures on housing, factory con- struction and new capital machin- by $800,000,000 a year to help deenening eccnomic crisis. Sir Stafford declared the Labor Government expects to balance its over s accounts by the end of oritical )omic position in the 1948, Beginning a review House of Commons, Cripy that the problem of balancing pde with dollar countries s far more difficult than that of balanc- ing “total overseas payments.” Cripps said it was impossible make a fully accurate forecast but, allowing for various contingencies, ‘we calculate that we should arrive cretaly {rem 1937 until 1940 b an. approkimaté balange of cur|iestified .befarf, e Bgnate War fotal oversens payments by the end Investisating Committee which is aay et trying to learn why a detailed in- “The iu'nb]--m dustrial mobilization plan was dis-| B A e carded after Pearl Harbor. | more stubborn of solution and is At first Johnson asked that his fBlsed. he central -problem fiwith | AcC0Unt T DIGNAL MO¥es.AN- con~ we in this country, like so Mection with the late President be N et toitrles, are todaply ol the reshrdlr, ‘ot Chairman | A (R-Maine) said the testi- | mony should be open to the public , i nson sald that his efforts to prepare this country for war were| blocked by two former Cabinet members—iormer Secretary of La-| bor Perkins and former Secretary of War Woodring—and Gen. Bre- hon Somervell, wartime chief of the army’s supply service 5 Johnson said that a c ditched iy brass hats because it| did not suit the program of General it wis ne. | Scmervell.” ocean, But| He ajso said that Secretary of could be Defense Forrestal had made “in-| correct” and “inexact” statements sbout the reason for the program At one scmervell ot ery case a ec Britain's added of Oct. 23— former Assistant | said tcday that | and President Roosevelt knew | early as 1938 “that war was 1 and we could not stay out | to Johns who rved @ Assist .of our dollar ol is very much many taced,” ailed in- At latter point or, the ess: to trave an n Alaska ground forces 1sed. It is more important to guard \laska than was Pearl Harbor.” Juhnson expressed the opinion hat not only should air strength se increased but hat the Army’s ntelligenc hould be ex- anded in that area % Every strategic point hould have wdequate should be with mobile any it shelving testified, rid time Johnson “even planned to get General Marshall.” He referred to George Marshall,! then Army Chiel of Staff and the now Secretary of State. ... IN TOWN R. McDaniel is registered aranof service Alaska base strong to n in alr units point round force reinforce troops event of danger, Johnson said, at at She s Chosen ""Miss Ilaly of 1947" in a conte: hen 2 fellow worker submitted her photo. ® Wirephoto. SPECIAL SESSION CALLED Rising Pricé Situation and - European Plight Calls for ‘' Action Says Truman WASHINGTON, uOct 23— President Truman today called Congress back into session Nov. 11 the rising price situa- the European economic | : to consider f | tion and i | plight >T‘ Announcing his action, ‘he told a news conference the cr in Eur- ope is so grave that he would not wait until January to seek legisla- ! ' tion Congress is regularly scheduled to meet in January Mr. Truman said he had made the same announcement, giving the 1me asons, to Congressional leaders at a conference immediately preceding his meeting with news reporters. Prior to the session with the Con- cressional group, he had called his Cabinet to the White House for an extraordinary session. “It is urgently necessary for the Congress to take legislative action | designed to put an end to the con- | tinued rise in prices, which is caus- ing hardship to millions of Ameri- can families and endangering the prosperity and welfare of the en- tire nation,” the President sald in a statement Legislation Planned added he would recommend “dealing with inflation, and the high cost of .4 A st at Milan, Lucia is employed He egislation high prices living.” The European crisis, nother ‘“compelling calling Congress back fo Washingt 0 ¥vashingion reason” for The Juneau Chamber The President said that in west- merce by unanimous vote today ern Europe certain countries have swung into action against the lat- exhausted their financial resources est threat to the possible develop- and are unable to purchase the ment of a pulp and paper industry food and fuel which are essential if in Southeast Alasl authorizing | their people are to survive the com- telegraphic protests to key officials mg winter.” trom President Truman on down| Mr. Truman announced he will ind lequesting Attorney H. L. make a nationwide radio broadcast Faulkner, now in the States, to'at 18:00 (EST) tomorrow night to take up personally with Secretary |give the people an explanation why of the Intericr Julius A. Krug a re- | his action is necessary. It will be cent order proclaiming a large re- carried by all major networks. servation for Hydaburg natives The President said France can meet its minimum needs with pre- sent funds only until about the end of December while Ttaly “will ed 'equire substantial assistance before the end of this year. of Com- Faulkner will attempt to see S retary Krug at the American Min- ing Congress session in El Paso. Meanwhile, it has been learn that Secretary Krug may not have signed the October 16 proclama- Call For Session ticn which purports to award 101, Mr. Tiuman said he gave the 000 acres of rich timberland and Congressional leaders “detailed in- beach to the Indians under the furmation” concerning what he de- findings of former Secretary of the scribed as “the alarming and con- Interior Harold L. Ickes, Word re- | tihuing increases in prices in this ccived from Washington indicates | country” as well as the situation that the publicity cn the proclama- | regarding “the need for emergency ticn was premature, that Krug had foreign aid.” signed it. thatan investigation The call for the special session has been ordered to determine who “2ys that “public interest” requires made the premature announce- that the Congress be convened at ment nocn Menday, Nov. 17 “to receive 1t was also learned that the De- | Such communication as may be partment of the Interior did not Mmade by the executive.” The pro- talk the proposed reservation over clamation adds that “an extraor- with the Forest Service of the De- dinary occasion” requires the ses- partment of Agriculture, Last week, | SiOn George Sundborg, executive ist- While the President listed legis. ant to the Governor, stated he was 'ation on high prices first in his ‘eenfident” the action taken by the formal statement, Senator Barkley Interior Department the result 0! Kentucky, the Senate Demo- of discussions between the Interior ¢ratic leader, indicated the foreign Department and the Agriculture tmergency aid might be ready for Department in Washington and of ration first greement between them on a okt e Policeman, Wife Following is the text of the radio- | ga Aid Woman, Thief's Victim gram which the Chamber of Com- merce is sending to President Tru- man, Secretary Krug key members of Congress ¢ “An Associated Press GGDENSBURG, N, Y., Oct. 23— P—Twas Police Sergeant and Mrs. ‘Timothy O'Leary who came to the rescue when someone stole a 50- ar-old shamrock plant from Mrs. ot consi and releas October 16 carried news of Seer tary Krug's proclamation of D! sion of existing land reserves of the native village of Hydabu aska, by 101,000 acres, to become yrge Valley final upon ratification by the The O'Learys, reading a news- tives by secret ballot, with 60 days!paper account of Mrs. Valley's llowed for filing written objections | plight, sent her some slips from to this action their own shamrock plant, brought The Interior Department rea- here from Ireland 92 years ago. ons this expansion would clear R e up the questicn of land title 1d HERE FROM HAIN uld benetit both the native econ- Steve Homer of Haines is stay- (Continued on Page Etght) ing at the Gastineau, we