The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1948, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,867 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Ee— LEWIS, MINE UNION GIVEN AVY FINE Communism Is Defeated In Election In Italy RUSSIA IS ROUTED IN GREAT TEST American - Backed Chris-| tian Democrats May | Control Two Houses | (By The Associated Press) Returns in Italy’s fateful election| test between Russia and the west| indicated today a resounding defeat for Communism. A possibility devel- | oped that the American-backed Christian Democrats may gain con- trol of both houses of the republic's new parliament. Interior Ministry returns on three fourths of the Senate vote gave the| Christian Democrats 47.4 percent | of the total vote. The vote for minor parties swelled the anti-Commun- ist total. The Popular Front coali- tion of Communists and left-wing Socialists had 31.3 percent. Early returns on the Chamber of Deputies voting indicated a similar defeat for the Communists. The anti-Communist vote was running (Continued on Page Eight) | | The Washington Merry- [_33 -Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by 'A;ho Bell Syndicate, Inc. { | ASHINGTON— Apropos the current row between the Air For- ces and the Army-Navy, it is in- teresting to recall that in 1840 the Army asked Congress for only six Flying Fortresses, This was one year after war broke in Europe, yet the Army still didn't' see the need of planes. | And had it not been for Con-| gressman Ross Collins of Mississ- ippi who demanded more planes, the Army would have been worse | prepared than it was, Today, President Truman—an ex- artilleryman—is siding with Sec-| retary Forrestal's Navy and Ground | Forces, while 'Congress—as in 1940 —is siding with the Air Force. Backstage battling between For- restal and Air Secretary Symington has been even more vitriolic than| most people realize. Here is part| of the repartee during a locked- | door session of the Senate Armed| Services Committee between thc‘ Air Secretary and the man who/| is supposed to be his boss: Symington—"Supposing' you take this figure of $15,000,000,000 more if the three services get every- thing they want. That is the fig- ure that went around. It would not be $15,000,000,000, it would be a lot more with the mobilization | | plan.” Forrestal—‘We do not accept that.” Symington—“The Army does. They are talking mobilization. We are not. We are talking peactime Air Force in the being.” Forrestal—"“They are talking a little bit higher than they need takk.” Symington—“The Air Force for three years has said it needed the 70-group program in peacetime and it has never deviated because of the strategic aspect of the 70 group. We asked this year what we asked for in 1947 and 1948." Forrestal—“You have to exercise some judgment between extremes. There is a middle ground for judgment which, as I say, I have to rely on the Joint Chiefs of Staff to furnish me with, and they are going to have a very hard wrest- ling match to do it.” TOTAL AIR STRENGTH In additicn to the 70 regular groups, the Air Force is asking for 27 groups for Air National Guard, 344 groups for Air Reserve, 22 squadrons for such activities as reconnaissance, air weather and air communications. The increase from 55 to 70 groups will mean a SRS TR (Continued on Page Four) JUNEAU SPRUCE 10 CLOSE MILL AFTER 30 DAYS mpany Re-Issues Invifa- tion to Employ Men | Wanting Work Possibilitles that the Juneau] Spruce Corporation may permanent- | (o |1y close its Juneau sawmill were re- | Carpenters and Teamsters in their emphasized today by E. H. Card,‘ Personnel Director of the Coos Bay| Lumber Co. who is acting as labor relations consultant during the cur- rent dispute between Juneau Spruce | and local longshoremen. Card, who arrived here last week to assist in negotiations, said today PAINTERS UNION_~ DEWEY TO ‘meiormsisn, (AMPAIGH IN OREGON By HENRY LEADER Three AFL Unions Now on| Strike for Higher ALBANY, N. Y., April 20.—P— | Governor Thomas E. Dewey an- Wages in Juneau | AFL Painters have joined AFL|nounced today he would campaign |for the Repuolican Presidential strike against members of the | nomination in Oregon for at least Juneau Conrtactors and Employers |10 days, beginning .with a speech Association, it was learned today.|in Portland May 1 It was also revealed that AFL| Dewey will fly from New York Electricians and Plumbers may fol- | City to Portland on April 30 and low suit in the near future unless arrive several hours before he is a settlement is reached in the scheduled to address the annual 20 day old dispute over a new | convention of the Oregon State Ju- or Chamber of Commerce. that he was informed by the com-| agreement between the Assoclation |ni pany's President, Henry F. Cheney|and the unions affiliated with the| in Portland, that the mill would| juneau AFL Building Trades Coun- be closed down permanently if thej o) present tie-up lasts more than 30| pew details were avaiiable today | days. Card thus gave further author-| a5 officials from both unions and ity to a previous statement by E. 8.| tne Association could not be reach- | Hawkins, company manager, Who|eq for comment. The strike, how- | in di had voiced a similar opinion. ever, affects only work being done | Dewey also announced that he would visit some other states in the Pacific northwest He will not go to California however, his prac- tice has been not to invade a state that has a strong favorite son can-| date. It is expected that Dewey will re- At the same time, Hawkins re-|p, the pine members of the Con- peated his invitation to men desiring | rootors Association. work. He said that the mill will fur-| nish employment to anyone desiring to cross the picket line established by the ILWU. He said that if a suf- ficient number report for work, the mill will begin full operations again. Await NLRB Action No further news on the dispute was available today. Both the com- pany and the unions are waiting ior word from the National Labor Relations Board which sent an in-| vestigator here last week to examine | charges of unfair labor practices| brought by Juneau Spruce against| Juneau Local 1-16 of the CIO In-| ternational Longshoremen and| ‘Warehousemen’s Union. | The 202 employees of the local| sawmill and 80 employees of the Edna Bay logging camp, under the jurisdiction of the Juneau and Ketchikan Locals of the CIO Inter-| national Woodworkers of America, | remain out of work until a settle- | ment is reached. The Juneau Local | nas refused to cross the ILWU pick- | et line which necessitated a closing | of the logging operations. The company states that it will| not re-open the mill if the long-| |shoremen win a favorable decision|two others wounded seriously last {from the NLRB. It feels that a big|oight by a negro convict who ran| issue is at stake and refuses to back | down from its stand. { S HAGER ACQUITTED MURDER CHARGE OF HOTEL CLERK ANCHORAGE, April 20.—®—A G. Hager last night of a first degree murder charge for a Fairbanks ho-| tel corridor killing. It deliberated | two hours. Hager had been accused of slaying Harry C. S. (Montana) Weiselman in a fight over a woman in the hallway of Fairbanks' Nordale Hotel last August 17, The trial was held here on a defense motion for a change of venue. The defense con- tended it would be impossible to find an unprejudiced jury in Fairbanks. More than 30 witnesses testified. The trial drew capacity court at- tendance. ————— VFW-COOTIE MEETING VFW and Cootie members were reminded of the special meetings by their organizations to be held at 8 o'clock tonight in the VFW Jeep Club. The meetings will dis- cuss some especially important business and all members are urg- ed to attend. - e INTENTIONS TO WED The following persons have filed applications - for marriage licenses with U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray. o Emmett M. Botelho, Territorial Highway Patrolman, 46, and Har- riet I. Tieszen, Territorial Depart- ment of Public Welfare, 31, both of Juneau. George Stieler and Melba A. Christenson, both 38, and both laundry workers of Juneau. i | Last night the Association held |its annual meeting, but details of | that session were not immediately | available. It was known that new | officers were elected and addition- al members brought into the fold. | Scme recommendations were also 4made for handling the present strike but these will probably be withheld until further action has been taken. The Carpenters walked out on March 31 when their old contract | with the Association expired, but| the painters and teamsters wait- 2d until yesterday to quit work after negotiations failed to proceed juickly enough to suit them. - > |main in the northwest for approxi- | mately three weeks and that he will | visit Washington, Montana and pos- sibly Nevada. -——— TRUMAN RECALLS - NOMINATIONS OF A.E. COMMISSION WASHINGTON, April 20—P— The White House today announced inating members of the Afomic En- | ergy Commission for new terms but then recalled the announcement. There was no immediate explana- |tion for the sudden cancellation of plans to send to the Senate the nom- |lenthal for a new five year term that President Truman was remom- | |inations of Chairman David E. Lil-| and his four fellow members for| GOV. GREEN KEYNOTER PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—®— Governor Dwight H. Green of Illin- ois will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Con- vention this summer. A 32-member GOP Arrangements Committee yesterday selected Green as temporary chairman of the con- vention. In that capacity he will dz- liver the keynote address. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massa- chusetts Speaker of the House of Representatives, was nominated to serve as permanent chairman of the convention that opens in Phil- adelphia June 21, “Governor Green enjoys the high- est confidence and esteem of the people of both parties,” said GOP National Chairman Carroll Reece. In Chicago Green said he appre- ciated the “signal honor and grave responsibility. e U.S. OFFERS PLAN TRUSTEESHIP FOR PALESTINE PEACE LAKE SUCCESS, April 20—(®-- The ; United States today offered | for 'United Nations consideration a 47-point trusteeship plan for | Palestine. There was no commitment of American troops. The document, labeled by Amer- |ican spokesman as a group of suggestions and not a formal pro- | posal, dodged a stand on who should maintain peace in the Holy Land. Embodying most of the previous FORG.0.P. 600 WEST COAST FISHING VESSELS SAIL FOR ALASKA | SEATTLE, April 20.—(®—Doughty 1 fishing vessels upped anchor in a dozen west coast ports today to head | for Alaska waters in an open scram- 1tle for choice locations on the north | Pacific halibut grounds. FINING DOES NOT SETTLE MINE ISSUE ‘Presiden-I_MOne UMW. The plan, devised to prevent con-|see” he said, adding he thought gestion of the market, was disrupt- | the final answer would be given by ed last year by Seattle's prolonged| the United States Supreme Court. | dispute over catch shares. He made the comment after| Fishermen here said an m:cord‘wnrnlng that a Federal court in could not be reached this spring with | washington had fined Lewls $20,000 Alaskan ports for resumption of the|and the Union $1,400,000 on erim- staggered schedule, | inal contempt of court charges. ice and bait at Ketchikan and then | stand by until next Monday when| Most stateside vessels will take on| Pirst reaction of soft coal miners in the field to the fine imposed upon their union and its leader MINE HEA NOTGOING, JAIL CELL Sentences Are Passed for | A record armada of 600 ships, in-| H {ctuing 180 Trom Seatce, s owpeci- UNiON Makes Comment- | Confempt-Government {ed to be dispersed throughout the| " " | 2 area when the tniemational moner- NOt S0 Bad”” Another | Asks Only Fines |1es Commission officially opens the — e | halibut season at 12:01 a.m. (local PITTSBURGH, April 20 —P- WASHINGTON, April 20.—»— |time) May 1 | Frank Hughes, President of the|John L. Lewis escaped a jail sen- Jockeying for locations on lhe;l}nllcd Mine Workers District | tence today but was fined $20,000 ktanks developed through failure ul"‘[‘hrm'. today declared fining of | personally and his United Mine |Vnrifi_\ls ports to agree on slflflfl?n‘dl the Union and John L. Lewis| Workers $1,400,000 for contempt of starting times by splitting the fleet| would not settle the issue. court. |as in past years. | “We'll just have to wait and Judge T. Alan Goldsborough ac- cepted a government recommenda- tion for those fines, but said it had been his own inclination to send Lewis to jail. The fines are just double what the bushy-browed UMW chief and his miners had to pay after they similarly were found guilty in 1946 of contempt for ignoring a court’s stop-strike order. Then Goldsborough fined Lewis fishing licenses beome valid. {wns that “we got a dirty deal” This will permit a race for the| qhjs was the comment of Bal- halibut grounds’ best spots beluxe‘dme De: co, 35, of Morgan, Pa,, the season opens. | recording secretary of UMW Local i e e, ANOIHER NAV A Demarco added that he “didn't know” what effect the fine would | have on miners' return to work. (RUISER COMING | “It looks like Wallace for o u EA S \Pmsidem," said one miner bittor- - «__ | vote with me.” |U_ S_ N‘avy Reserve crulse] “If the case had been thrown . jout of court when the pensions fo Brmg 1,100 Men | were granted we'd have been back Here Next Month 1 100 percent right now,” sald De- Another U. 8. Navy cruiser is| ly. ] “That's how I'm going to vote land I'm going to get lots more to marco. | “That's what this strike was| about, that's all we wanted. Lewis never called a strike. I'm record- $10,000 and. the Union $3,500,000, but the Supreme Court cut the Union's fine to $700,000. Criminal Contenipt . The fines Goldsborough imposed today were only from criminal con- tempt. The Judge granted a mo- tion to consider a penalty for civ- il contempt against Lewis and the Union on Friday. Lewis and the Union each wers held guilty by the Judge yester- day of both civil and criminal cons tempt. In civil contempt, penalties are usually based ¢ damages done. So penalties are oiten fixed to in- crease if damages continue. This might resuit in Golds- borough’s imposing a daily penalty n event the miners do not work ONE DEAD, TWO IN]URED- “EGRO [shorter terms. r As first announced by Press Sec- | retary Charles G. Ross, Mr. Truman GOES BERSERK : | was nominating Sumner T. Pike for new four year term, Lewis L. & - | Strauss for three years; William W. COLUMBUS, O., April 20—P—|ywaymack for two years and Ro- One guard was stabbed fatally “"dxberv. F. Bacher for one year. All of the new terms would have begun Aug. 1. e S serserk inside Ohio penitentiary for | infarmal United States spgges-ischeduled to come to Juneau this tions, the plan said merely that|vyear in addition to one which hasf a group of nations to be selected |Previously been announced, it was| later should defend Palestine and |announced today by Mayor W. E.| keep order. | Hendrickson. In a letter from Head- Delegate Warren A. Austin p,-e.;quarters, U. 8. Pacific Fleet, mej sented the draft plan to theimayor was lnfon'_ned t_hal one of '.woi | Assembly’s 58-nation political c‘,m_(llgm cruisers will visit here 1rom! | mittee, which began consideration |May 11-15. | of the whole Palestine problem.| Plans, said the letter, call for eith- The fate of the Assembly's 1947|er the U. 8. S, Pasadena or the U. 8, decision to partition the Holy Land |S. Astoria to arrive here about 4 ing secretary and the word strike is not menticned in any correspon-| dence to our local.” More than a fourth of the 400,000 soft coal miners were idle today in fresh walkouts stemming from the Lewis contempt conviction. A representative of the United Mine Workers District 5 in Pitts- burgh expressed relief at the fine. “That wasn’t so bad,” he said. 20 minutes. The convict, John Thomas, 34, serving a 1-to-15 year term for burglary, surrendered without re- sistance when rifle-carrying guards surrounded him in a dining room. He had escaped from the prison hos- | pital's “strong ward.” No shots were | fired. Walter W. Zimmer, of Wex;tervllle,v 0., a guard since 1942, was killed and S. P. Chesshir, and Frank C. Lower, both of Columbus, wounded. |district court jury acquitted Herbert| “my .o were armed only with billy clubs because of regulations against firearms inside the mid-town peni- tentiary’s slate-grey walls. Warden R. V. Alvis said Thomas broke away from a guard shortly after being freed to empty his bed pan. He obtained a knife in the din- ing room. .- CALIFORNIA VISITORS Lena Christensen and Lulu Don- nely, both from Orville, Calif., are staying at the Gastineau Hotel. e CAREFUL WITH AIR GUNS City Police today asked parents to caution their children on the use of air pistols and rifles which have been used to create consider- able damage recently. Many win- dows have been reported broken and police request parents to ex- ercise more control of their chil- dren's actions. ———— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 20.—(P—Clos- | ing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8%, Americén Can 82%, Anaconda 38, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest- er 92%, Kennecott 56, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 20%, U. 8. Steel 76%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,700,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 180.73, rails 56.22, Aitil- ities 83.79. SEALSKIN PRICES REMAIN SAME AS ST. LOUIS, April 20.—®—Seal- skin prices generally were steady yesterday in opening sales at the semi-annual auction at the Inter- national Fur Exchange. Some lots of extra large Alaska Matrar, which sold last year for $123, moved today at $110, but other prices were nearly the same as 1947. 2 Some 36,000 skins were on auc- ticn for the United States, Canada ments. DAL B 3 S HERE FROM NEBRASKA Robert B. Jullen from Omaha, Neb,, is in Juneau and staying at ]fhe Gastineau Hotel. e o0 0de oo o oo WEATHER REPORT (U.'8 WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 a.m. today In Juneau— Maximum, 39; minimum, 22. At Alrport— Maximum, 41; minimum, 17. WEATHER FORECAST (Junesu and Vicinity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with consid- erable sunshine Wednesday. Occasional northeasterly to easterly gusty winds tonight. Lowest temperature near freezing. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau City— Non since April 1,* 34 inches; since July 1, 8131 inches. At the Airport— None; since April 1, 28 inches; since July 1, 48.65 inches. . e e s e e e m ON 1947 MARKET and Union of South Africa Govern-| will be decided during the debate. ., SITKA VISITORS urville Paxton from Sitka is | at the Baranof Hotel. { S e CALIFORNIA VISITOR G. F. Marwell from Oakland, Calif., is staying at the Baranof Hotel. FROM RENO, NEVADA Mr. and Mrs. A. Higlen from Reno, Nevada, are staying at the Gastineau Hotel. .. PELICAN VISITORS A. Ackerman and Mr. and Mrs. Rattikainen, from Pelican, are staying at the Gastineau Hotel. HERE FROM PORTLAND Philip Deschenes from Portland, Oregon, is in Juneau and regis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel. ————— " MINNESOTA VISITORS Norman Lysne and Kenneth !Wold from Dalton, Minn, are registered at the, Gastineau Hotel. B — DIVORCE GRANTED | Barbara Smith has been granted |a divorce in U. 8. District Court here from Arthur I. Smith. .- RHODE DUE TODAY Clarence J. Rhode, newly ap- pointed Regional Director of the U. 8. Fish and Wildlife Service, is due to arrive here today from Washington, D. C., where he has been in conference with superiors since his appointment. FOR DIVORCE Robert D. Johnson has filed suit in U. 8. District Court for a di- vorce from Frances L. Johnson, charging incompatibility and cruei- ty. They were married at Tampa, Florida, on May 28, 1943, and have one child. He asks custody of the child and retention of their home lin Juneau. The suit was placed iby Attorney Joseph A. McLean p.m., May_11 carrying 750 members of the redular Navy and 350 mem- ters of the U S. Naval Reserve. “Not so bad.” He added, “A jail sentence would | have been bad. {30 until July 6. It will carry 780 members of the regular Navy, 325 members of the U. S. Naval Reserve jand 32 Marines. The Atlanta will be commanded 1by Captain R. W. Simpson. It is now on duty in the Western Pacific but is scheduled to return in time |for its trip to Alaska. (YO PARTY IS HUGE SUCCESS SATURDAY The Catholic Youth’s Organiza-| tion reported today that the results ing numbers to protest Lewis' con- empt conviction. Although a majority on the job, at least 75000 in eight states were idle in renewed walkouts. | Pennsylvania and Ohio were| hardest hit. A spokesman for the Western Pennsylvania Coal Oper- ators’ Assoclation estimated 20,000 diggers in 41 mines quit work to- day. This was in addition to 4,000 miners who had not yet ended| a five-week pension walkout. | Illinois reported at least 3,600 or‘ its 22,000 UMW members idle In| central and southern parts of the remained from their party Saturday evening,| April 17 at the Parish Hall was a huge success and many attended the affair. The door prize, an electric Mix- master, was awarded to Jimmy Bar-| {ragar of Fifth and Harris streets, | and many other prizes were awarded to those participafing in the games of the evening. The dancing was enjoyed by~ the younger group and many adults took part in the s0- cial. The CYO wishes to thank the state. > FISH BAY GUEST i Wallace Westfall, from Fish Bay,| is staying at the Baranof Hotel, R FROM HOOD BAY R. F. Owens from Hood Bay is! in Juneau, registered at the Bar-| anof Hotel. ARy | LOS ANGELES VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Tarner from | | many merchants of Juneau who|Los Angeles are staying at the contributed the prizes for the party,| Gastineau Hotel. > | which assisted greatly in making it o . 2 | the huge success it was. ELFIN COVE VISITOR { Mr, and Mrs. Del Mimer, prom- inent residents of Elfin Cove, are N. W. Roltacher from Anchorage|in Juneau and staying at the Gas- | is in Juneau and staying at the|tineau Hotel. They arrived on the| | Gastineau Hotel. * | Aleutian. { | SEATTLE VISITORS J. O. Marten, F. H. McCrory, | Paul Otto, J. M. Roddy, Louis La-/ Bow, Lynn Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wolfe, Emil Hietala, Mr. and| Mrs. Bob Axman and Mr. and Mrs. | Audas, from Seattle, are in Juneau and staying at the Baranof and Gastineau Hotels. | } e — HERE FROM ANCHORAGE - > 5 FS OFFICIALS TO SITKA | A. W. Blackerby, Admiralty Di- vision Supervisor, and Willlam Fromholtz, Construction Foreman, of the U. S. Forest Service, have left for Sitka, where - they will |work on repairs to the Totem | Square seawall and rehabilitate the 1Halibut Point Recreation Area. in protest against the criminal con- tempt fines. Many were out of the mines today, waiting to see the outcome of the case. Intend To Appeal Lewis' attorney, Welly K. Hop- kins, filed notice of intention to appeal the contempt conviction. This was done right after sentence was imposed. While Lewis sat stony-faced, Goldsborough told him in passing sentence: All the miners| urf this court was to use its Mayor Hendrickson also received|would have gone out amd that's individual judgment it would im- further information concerning the| for sure.” ison sent " isit_here of the U. S. S. Atlanta e g g e i Vi 5 e U. 8. Meantime soft coal miners|” gyt the Judge added that he which will be in Juneau from June|streamed from the pits In grow- was only one man and was accept- ng the advice of the Government. Assistant Attorney General H. Graham Morison had recommend- ed only fines and said nothing about prison, ‘When he proposed them, Marison reminded the Judge that Lewis and the UMW were “second ofienders.” Morison said the court should “discipline these defendants suf- ficiently to impress upon them permanently,” that they must obey the courts. Lewis' constitutional salary is $25,000 a year, plus expenses, but in 1946, the UMW convention au- thorized a ‘“cost of living” in- crease. The amount was left to the UMW Executive Board. How much increase it approved never has been made public. ‘The present state of the UMW’s treasury is a union secret, but the |union has often been reputed to be a wealthy one. The last public report on its finances was in Oec- | teber, 1946, when the UMW con- vention was advised the treasury held $15,000,000. Northern Voyage , {rom Seattle, due Thursday morning. Princess J.ouise scheduled to sail from Vangoucer 9 tonight. Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle April 22, Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle April 24. Sword Knot, 8 am. Thursday. Aleutian southbound from west Sunday. e FROM FAIRBANKS Irvin H. Borjeson of Fairbanks is registered at the Hotel Juneau. southbound, due