The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JMPIRE [— ——— VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,852 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Tax Reduction Measure Vetoed By President Ip_péars at Fad-Finding Meel 7 D e FOREIGN AID BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS Six Billion Dollar Measure i Sent to White House for Truman to Sign | WASHINGTON, April 2 —®— Congress today sent the $6,098,000,- €00 Foreign Aid Bill to the White House for President Truman's sig- nature Mr. Truman is expected to act swifdly, thus starting the flow of American materials to stem the rush of Communism in Europe and China. Senate approval of the single- package aid measure by voice vote completed Congressional action. A few hours earlier the House had passed it by a thumping 317 to 75 vote. The bill in final form is a compro- mise worked out late last night by Senate-House Foreign Affairs ex- | | Quickl ' But House, Senate UMW Chief John L. Lewis, on court order, appeared before Presi- ® deritial Fact-Finding Board in Washingten, D. C., to testify on the walkout of his 400,000 coal miners. Lewis inferred before the board that he was “not instigater of walkout.” (International Soundphoto) The Washington COURTORDER Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyrignt, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) - WASHINGTONATheSE‘ are days when it isn't easy to write a column. It's partly the cherry blossoms, the magnolia trees in front of the White House and the violets in my own back yard. They make closed-door committee meet- | ings, Army-Navy feuds over ai)ui plane carr —the things edimr-;‘ pay me to write about—dull and | drab in contrast. The world looks so fresh and clean and 1rcady to begin life over again . at least nature's parl of it. So you don't want to wrile about backstage skulduggery or Communists’ threats or prepara- tions for war. And you can't help but think that if man’s part | this world only kept up with na-| ture’s part, we wouldn't have to! worry about war and preparation for war. All these things make me sa and depressed. I shouldn't be. For| my grandson has just come to see me. He's redheaded, named for me, and cute enough to make you | forget all the headaches of the| world—except when you remember that he and a lot of other kids are | being brought into a world of| atomic bombs, germ warfare, rock- ets and guided missiles, while we who are old enough to know bet- ter have devised no system what-| svever to keéep these weapons of | death from being touched off. | While these kids grow up, we sit| mute and helpless—we who are; supposed to know something about | government—merely watch the world drift towards another war. Hope is the symbol of Easter—| The hope inspired by Christ risen | from the dead. Hope was never| more desperately needed than now. And as I look round the country there is one thing that gives me hope—the American people. That'sl our greatest wealth—our fine, won- derful generous people. You have to go out as I did on the Friend- ship Train to know and appre- ciate them. And the greatest hope of uther‘ countries is exactly the same thing—the people. I also found that France and Italy are full of the same kind of warm-hearted, ! friendly, eager people. Their one great hope was peace and friend- ship. { The funny thing is that despite all the propaganda and iron cur-| tain between us, I'm suré the Rus- | sian people are exactly the same | way—if you can ever get by their| Continued on Page Four) ( IS FORECAST, Administration‘ Plans Ac-‘ fion to End 19-Day Walkout WASHINGTON, April 2.—/#—~The Truman Administration was report- ed today akout decided to seek a court order to stop the 19-day coal strike, Giving weight to these reports from top government officials was the decision of Attorney General Tom Clark to pass up an out-of- in {town date and stay in the Capital | because of the strike situation Action was expected tomorrow ington from his trip to Williams- The White House said there would be no action today. RUSS FILM AWARDED PRIZE FOR ATTACKS ON AMERICAN PRESS MOSCOW, April 2.--®—“The Russian Question”—A Soviet cinema attacking the American Press—has Leen awarded a Stalin prize, Mos- cow papers announced today. The film was based on a play by Konstantin M. Simonoy, following his trip to America in 1946. The award amounted to 100,000 Rubles ($18,867) . A similar award was given Ila Ehrenburg, Soviet commentator, for his novel “storm.” The novel con- tained many passages critical of their policies during the war. He also visited America two years ago. PREREE ¢ S GLEN JEFFERSON HERE Glen Jefferson, Regional Direct- or of the U. S. Weather Bureau for Alaska, was scheduled to re- turn to his Anchorage office today after a two day visit in Juneau. e eee ANCHORAGE VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. M. Keating of An- chorage are staying at the Baranof Hotel perts. The Senate agreed to accept | the House plan of packaging all foreign aid in one bill. ‘The Legislation went to Mr. Tru- man just three and one-half months after he first called on Congress to approve the European Recovery Pro- gram, known as the Marshall Plan. The European Recovery Program is to receive $1,000,000,000 advance; China, Greece and Turkey will re- ceive $50,000,000 each, 'NAVY ICEBREAKER- RESCUES RONNE'S COAL STRIKE ICEB0UND PARTY 'Vessel Returns After Five- Month Cruise — Brings Valuable Data LOS ANGELES, April 2—®— The Navy icebreaker Burton Is- land is back_in port with addi- tional Antarctic lore. | The rugged vessel has returned 23,000-Inile | from a five-month, 'cruise with identifications for some 700,000 charts and photo- graphs made on a previous ex- pedition, | included: | Rescuing the American Antarc- |when Mr. Truman returns to Wash- | tic Society’s Finn Ronne expedi- 'tion which had been icebound for d‘burg. Va. Clark evidently wants to 14 months. |ke on hand to receive the possible A helicopter crash into an iee- | Presidential order to get out a court perg without injury to two fliers. |injunction under the Tnft-Hartley‘ Battling a swell which shower- ed 100-pound ice chunks on deck. Visiting a campsite of Sir Er- ,nest Shackelton’s 1908 eéxpedition land finding a metal match case ‘ythh matches still intact inside, A. MacDonald, | preof. 'WOMAN IS FOUND striking one . for | COLUMBUS, O., April 2—{P—A | woman found slain in the Ohio Ho- tel Wednesday night has been iden- |tified through fingerprints as a fu- gitive from Denver and Salt Lake | City, Detective Chief Glenn Hoff- |man announced today. He said records of the State Bu- |reau of Criminal Identification at London Prison Farm showed her to (be Mona McBride, alias Ferguson, formerly of Yuma, Colo. She was wanted in the western cities in 1937, he said, but did not give the rea- son. 2 The woman was dne of two slash- ed to death Wednesday in separate slayings. ' QUINTS BORN ATHENS, April 2.—®P—A press dispatch from the village of Komot- ini reported today that Mrs. Ellen Heropoulous gave tirth to quintup- lets—three girls and two boys—who are “doing well"” There were no other details Other highlights, the crew said,! “Have a light,” sald Comdr. E.| SLASHED TO DEATH, i i | | New York Stock E Viclence flared up in strike of 1,100 unionized exchange empleyees after a girl picket was arrested by ‘ pelice on disorderly conduct charges. (International Soundphoto) Pulp, Paper Fir POLITICS GROWHT, ~ WISCONSIN {Dewey Swings at Truman- Bowles Quits Truman Camp-LaFollette In | by JACK BELL MILWAUKEE, April 2.—(®—Gov Thomas E. Dewey staked his | chances for Wisconsin Presidential backing today on a program of blasting Communism but keeping the peace. As the turn of poliiies sent New Dealer Chester Bowles scurrying from President Truman's camp, the three-way bout for Wisconsin's | GOP nominating votes reached an infighting stage before Tuesday's primary. Dewey led off with a sharp flurry of punches at Mr. Truman’s “wobbling” foreign policies The New York Governor aimed {a right at Gen. Douglas Mac- | Arthur’'s “military genius"—which Dewey said isn’t enough to win the cold war with Moscow. ! He let go a left hook at H old E. Stassen's “inexperience” | in dealing with Communism Stassen countered with a round- the house claim that he will get | support of 14 of Wisconsin's gates. | He suggested MacArthur | Dewey backers might be ganging up on him. By inference he left and them to divide the ‘de fon | minority. | MacArthur's counter-attack was handled by Rep: A. L. Miller (R- Neb) and Phil LaFollette, former Wisconsin Governor running as a MacArthur delegate. In Eau Claire, where Dewey planned a speech -today, LaFollette said people can judge MacArthur ;on his record and don’t need 10| rely on campaign promises. Faced with a highly doubtiul outcome in the Wisconsin battle, | Dewey pulled out the stops on| Communism before a capacily| crowd of 1,500 in the Mxhunkre“ Theatre last night msWithdraw FORRESTAL All Bids for Alaska Timber Because of Int. Dept. Policies SEATTLE, April 2-—® The trade publication Pulp and Paper said today that firms which had contemplated making bids for two Alaska pulp and paper mill areas | have withdrawn from the field because of Department of Interior| policies. « | The - magazine charged the In- terior Department with ‘“intrigue” to usurp control of the Alaska forests from the U. S. Forest| Service. It said officials of the Interior| Department, either with or with- out the knowledge of Secretary Krug, have consistently given sup- | port and advice to Washington lobbyists and attorneys for the Kake and Kasaan Indian tribes, | who are seeking to establish ab-! original claims to Alaska resources. Settling of the Indian claims has been one of the major obstacles reported in projected commercial development of the Alaska timber resources. ! A Ketchikan timber unit for @ gesiified that UMT is the most demo- | SPain was cut out of Marshall Plan pulp mill is scheduled for sale by auction in the Forest Service sffices in Washington, D. C., April 14 Julp and Paper predicted there will be no bids on it, nor on the Petershurg-Thomas Bay f unit. Its sale was postponed re-| cently. It is the proposed site| | for a newsprint mill E IMMENSE CACHE OF ARMS FOUND | IN RAID AT ROME ROME, Aprii 2—®—Caches of arms estimated sufficient to equip a battalion of men were uncovered by motorized troops in about the approaches to Rome today. Be- tween 30 and 40 persons, identified as “Communist extremists,” were arrested . - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW“YORK, April 2—Closing quotation of Alaska Ju u mine stock today is 3%, American Can 80%, Anaconda 36, Curtiss-Wright 6 1-2 International H ter 89%, | Kennecott 53%, New York Central 8.1 14%, Northern Pacific 20%, U Steel 73%, Pound $4.03% ‘\ Sales today were 1,080,000 shares.; Averages today are as follows: In-| dusrials 17.32, rails 5378, utilities 331 ly Passes Police Bale Stock Exchane Siriker‘ $ KEEP FIRM, BERLINACT e | Turn Down Profests with | Bitterness-Hint New - Moves in Offing (By The Associated Press) The Russians rejected Western | protests teday on the blockade of Berlin with a bitterness which hinted new moves in the offing to force the American, British and French out of Germany's first city “What we have decided on bord- | et | er and traffic controls will remain ]ln force,” Col. Sefgei Tulpanof, In- | formation Chief of the Soviet Mili- | tary Administration, told a meet- |ing in Halle of the Communist-' 1 sponscred Socialist Unity party. | He railed against what he called | the evil jnfluences of “American and British plunderers and im- perialists.” !from Germany to the U. S, in De-| {hart, a native of Free Danzig, was | She was last in the U. S. in 1930 and says | change pickets and police are shown in melee near entrance to Wall Street Exchange. URGES UMT BE PASSED Eisenhower_,~A—Iso Devine Give Support to Bill for Self-Defense ’ WASHINGTON, April Secyetary of Defense Forrestal form- ally asked Congress today to adopt universa! military training and to draft men from 19 to 26 years of age for military service. | Forrestal's message with the draft of a proposed kill to add manpower to the military handed the Sen- | ate Armed Servic Committee just before General Dwight D. Eisen-| hower, former Chief of Staff, testi- | fied Eisenhower told the Senators the United States “cannot live as an isle | of Democracy in a surrounding sea | of dictatorship.” He sald it is absolutely necessary | for America te strengthen her arm—l‘ ed forces for self-defense. Ear . Maj. Gen. M Devine | cratic system of, training men | Devine, who is Director of the! Army's experimental UMT program | at Fort Knox, Ky. said “selective! service builds up the army, but that| UMT builds up the nation.” l - NEW ALASKA COASTAL | PILOT AND WIFE HERE T | James C. Rinehart, former pilot with the -Alaska Coastal Afrlines, | arrived in Juneau ves with his | wife and will rejoin the Alaska | Coastal staff, He will te stationed at Sitka, He arrived with Shell| Simmons who brought up a new| Grumman for the fleet Rinehart and his wife, who came| cember 1046, were married about a| year ago in Southern California | where she was nursing. Mrs. Rine- taken into Germany by Nazi forces just before the war broke out in 1939. it has always been an ideal place to live for her. She is well sat- isfied with what she has seen thus far of Alaska, and notes a remark- able similarity between the territory | and her home country | e SEATTLE VISITORS J. O. Martin and Walter Lowen, It Over Veto RUSSIANS TRUMAN SAYS REDUCTION 1S NOT TIMELY Would Uhde—raine Sound- ness of Gov. Finances— Overriding Discussed BULLETIN— Washington, Apr. ‘ongress enacted into law cver President Trpman’s veto a $4,800,000,000 income tax cut for America’s 52,000,000 taxpayers. Passage ¢f the bill making the tax slash effective as of last Jan- uary 1 was clinched when the Senate rolled up better than the two-thirds majority requircd to il a veto. The Senate vote was 77 to 10. This was 19 more votes than need- ed. Fifty Republicans and 27 Demo- crats voted to cverride the veto. The ten voting to uphold it were I Demcerats. Before the Senate acted, the " Heure had voted 311 to 88 to over- Planes Landed | Flight after flight of American planes landed at the U. S. com-| ride the Presidential dissent. That was 45 votes to spare. In the House veoting 229 Repub- trolled Tempelhof ~Airtield after 233-mile trips over the interna- | llcans and 82 Democrats voted to tionally guaranteed air corridor | Verride.. Supporting the veto were 84 Democrats, two Ropublicans and two American Laber Party mem- bers. The Republicans were Rep- 1esentative Carl Andersen of Min- necota and Morton of Kentucky. With both chambers piling up more than the necessary two-thivds from Frankfurt. They brought pas- sengers and supplies for the 8575 Americans in Berlin. The British and French also pressed planes into service. The Russians early yesterday be- gan, 'with less than 24 hours notice, w system of inspections for all MATEIn, the Republican-sponsored military traffic aground passing bill thus became law at the mo- through the Soviet zone of occu- Mnt the Senate vote was an- pation. | ncunced. Squeeze Play 5 o - Anti-Communist German politi-| WASHINGTON, April 2P cal leaders inside Berlin begged President Truman today vetoed the western powers to resist all the $4,800,000,000 tax reduction bill. In a message to Congress, he said it would “undermine the sound- ness of our government finances at a time when world peace de- pends upon the strength of the United States.” The President also said the Re- publican-sponsored measure “is in- equitable as well as untimely.” Russian efforts to squeeze them out ol the city In London, a British Office said the British main in Berlin where they “have just as much right” as in their own zone. The Americans served similar notice yesterday. ! Foreign will re- In Washington, Dwight D. Eis- " enhower, retired former chief of| Consressional leaders had an- ticipated a veto and had their staff, was to testifly belore the Senate Armed Servi Committee in a plea for passage of universal lines all set for a quick vote on the question of passing the bill over military training and revival of Mr, Truman's disapproval. the draft for American prepared- Plan Overriding ness. + That takes a 2 to 1 vote in hoth House and Senate. Leaders To Halt Communism The Senate and House were ex- pected to wrap up by nightfall a $6,098,000,000 package aid bill to| halt Communism in Europe and| China. The compromise bill was approved unanimously by Senate and House conierees just before midnight i | Spain is out of the bill. In Madrid the Spanish press charged sald they had the votes and plen- ty to spare. Congress sent to bill Truman last Wednesday. On tinal passage the House ap= proved it 289 to 67—51 more than the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. On March 22 the Senate approved it 78 to 1118 to spare, * The bill cuts taxes on 1948 in- comes for all the 52,000,000 in~ me tax payers and frees 7,400~ C00—those with smaller incomes— irom any income taxes at all. ‘The cut ranges trom 146 per= cent in the lowest bracket to five percent in top brackets. Veto Mescage Mr. Truman sent the legislators to Mr. participation as a measure to ap- pease Italian Communists. In Palestine, a Jewish food con- voy bound for Jerusalem was re- ported trying to blast its way through heavy Arab gunfire in the (Continued on Page Three) s 5 A a 2,000-word veto message. . “It is a bad policy,” he said, ralns ove “to reduce taxes in @ manner (Continued*on Page Three) e MARINE INSURANCE RATES REDUCED ON ALASKA BARGE LINE SEATTLE, April 2—»—-Marine insurance rates on Alaska Freight Express Corporation cargoes were reduced yesterday. Traffic manager T. A. Thron- son, said that, effective April 1, marine insurance rates quoted by Lloyd’s of Londcn through Han- sen and Rowland, Inc., of Tacoma and ttle, on cargo carried by the line were reduced from $1.40 Info Berlin BERLIN, Apri] 2.—(®—The British moved a freight train into Berlin today with supplies for British oc- cupation troops and the U. 8. Army issued orders for the movement of a similar train here with American supplies. Tae British announced their freight had reached Berlin without undue trouble from the Soviet in- spection regulations, imposed yester- day. | The American order for the freight train was the first to be issued by Gen. Lucius D. Clay'’s command since the Soviets imposed the in- spection regulations. to $1 per $100 valuation. Wiile the Russians announced| “This reduction applies to all that all incoming passenger trains traffic on the large line and brings and outgoing passenger and freight| Alaska Freight Express closer to trains had to be inspected, their new | its goal of the lowest possible ship- both of Seattle, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. |regulations on incoming freight were | ping costs for Alaska.” ‘Thronson vague. | said.