The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1948, Page 2

PLATFORM OF REPUBLICANS, SITKA MEET the complete dopted by the Re- Sitka convention by the Republi- ; Alaska a duly called ar ly organized con- bled at Sitka, Alaska 948, as follows our allegiance of Republican Party of govern- it is; and provide a better live and raise mericans, we the following Alaskans to in accom- following is 1€ ventior T to and our families place t as loyal / all pledge ours hood for immediate (Suggest no legis- Alaska's peaple the traps p ienate from the We abolition and that lation fishery Al demand of fish Congre hat wil rescurces of ska.) Labor recognize conditions, a higher living, and economic basic in the growth and prosperity of Alaska. We, there- fore, urge and effective wage col- lection law, a child labor law, and an expanded apprenticeship pro- gram, and a retirement plan for all Territorial employees Equal Pay pledge ourselves to secure for the workeis Alaska le lation to guarantee equal pay all labor regardless of sex improved stan- se- 3. We that ng rd of curity are ic W for Taxation We believe in a basically sound taxation system for Alaska. We re- solve to work for economy in Terri- torial government and pledge our- selves to eliminate extravagance and waste in government However, we recognize that cer- tain costs of government must be met, and that adequate tax rev- enues must be raised to meet them We further believe that a sound tax program should be based upon the principle of ability to pay—and especially, that those vested inter- whose incomes are derived oitation of our natural re- ources ought to pay their full sha of the necessary mainten- ance of the Territorial government. Finally, we recognize that our x system must be of a nature to and stimulate new indus- Alaska ests from ¢ attract tries to Transportation 4. We demand that the Federal Aid Highway be immediately ex- tended to Alaska. We urge, also, the construction of highways con- necting all Alaskan communities, with proper f where nepded to link up the main highway sy: tem. We also urge the constru tion of a railroad linking the Pacific Northwest to Alaska. We further condemn the ocean transport menopoly that is throt- tling Alaskan development, We demand that the ocean transport stem, and rate structure be by ional statute, placed under sdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission away from the U. S. Marine Com- mission. Aboriginal Rights 5. We recognize the justice of the claims of the aboriginal peoples of Alaska to tribal lands. We de- mand that Congress pass the nec- essary legislation to provide for ad- judication of such claims and make appropriations to pay in cash for the settlement of all claims. Liquor condemn the past and present policy of the Democratic party of approaching the liquor problem of Alaska purely from a standpoint of revenue, and with complete disregard of social and human weliare Education 7. We recognize the need for in- creased appropriations to our pub- lic schools for adequate salaries, new buildings, replacements and modernization, essential supplies and equipment. We urgently request the Federal government to take cognizance that Alaska is spending a major share of its annual income for tional purposes, and that it is en- titled to more liberal Federal assis- tance. We also recommend the expan- sion and exiension of the Terri- torial Vocational Training program, and Territorial aid to incorporated towns, cities and independent school districts relative to costs of tuition for children not resident of such towns, cities and districts, and that Territorial refunds for such pupils be increased to $6.00 (six) per month Health 8. We urge the construction of tubercular and isolation hospitals in Alaska. Pioneers and Needy 9. The aged, the infirm helpless and the involuntary un- employed should be adequately aid- ed. Their requirements should be supplied by increasing bene- fits as their conditions may justi- fy, and suggest that the evils and @efects of the present Social Se- 6. We the and taken| curity legislation and enforcement be equitably corrected. We also favor the enactment a law to pay to the sum of $75.00 per month Veterans' Aid 10. We favor necessary priations by the Alaska Legislature | to continue the benefits of the Vet- erans of World War II Gold advocate a free market | mined gold and urge abolish the government | on sale of gold produc- | of pioneers the .. IROOPS ARE | | & ; 11. We for newly Congress tc monopoly tior - o NEW MOVEMENT OF ATA GROWING IN' IMPORTANCE In a recent report made by the Alaska Tuberculosis Association, it was stated that the Association’s Decentralization Movement, started ago, has had splendid re- Specifically in all Alaskan of any size, groups have been sponsor the annual Christmas seal sale. The sponsoring group, by special arrangement with the Association, may retain 20 per cent of the local receipts for local use in connection with tuterculosis | and its problems Last year Fair- banks, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Seward and Wrangell took advantage of this offer. The funds retained by | them provided transportation for patients entering sanatoriums; food and lodging for he same enroute; supplies needed in cases of home provided clothing for children whose parents were tuberculous pa- tients; and by way of preven- tion, gave fopd and vitamines to undernourished children. In Seward, among other activities, lunches were 2iven Hope residents arriving there fcr the mass X-ray survey and in addition 24 bed lamps were ordered 1or Seward Sanatorium. Because of the success of the plan, eight more tewns have now joined the move- ment and will be ready to report activities at the end of the next fisca! yeax Mrs. Bess Winn, Executive Secre- tary of the Association, states that | many of the above expenditures| rightly belong to the welfare office Lut that since adequate relief funds are not available, the Association is to provide some temporary aid. “However,” she adds, “this ap- | palling lack of relief funds has created as much of a crisis in the tuberculosis program as it has in other fields. “Too oftel a year sults towns forme to she says, “fathers and. mothers refuse to enter hospi- tals because if they do there is no one to care for the children.” ), concluded Mrs. Winn, “until we have sufficient. welfare funds to pro- vide aid for dependents orphaned y tuberculosis, the whole program is jeopardized.” .o e — FISHERMEN LEARN RUDIMENTS FIRST AID COURSE,WASH ATTLE, May 21.—®—A little ckilled first-aid comes in mighty handy when somebody is ill or in- jured aboard sea. a ing Skippers’ Association have beeh | soned members of the Alaska Herr- ing Skippers' Association has been soaking up the technique Al Beal, Red Cross first-aid structor. The skippers put in their final session with Beal Wednesday night at the I.O.OF. Hall in Twenty-four of them, all old-time Alaska fishermen, completed the course which Beal tailored to fif the usual hazards of the industry. Among the veteran fishermen in the group were Sig Hovland, skip- per of the Ann B.; Emil Johanson, | president of the Association; Olaf Jacobson, skipper of the Henning J., and Ed Hansen, skipper of the American Star. Jacobsen, who has in- been fishing UNQUALIFIED Army Will Return Men fo States Sent to North by Mistake FORT LEWIS, May . 21 Three hundred men recently sent from Fort Lewis to Alaska should never have been sent to the north- ern outpost and they will be re- turned here by mid-July, the army announced todgy. Lt. Col. Frank C. Mandell, 2nd Division Personnel Officer, said the men, one-seventh of the contingent rushed to Alaska on War Depart- ment orders two months ago, were unfitted, unsuited or ineligible for such an assignment. Some, Colonel Mandell said, had not been in the States the required 12 months after return from over- seas duty; some had signed up at enlistment for duty in the States only, and others were doing work for which they were unfitted or untrained, The Colonel cited examples for men trained for specialist duties being assigned to rifle platoons. It couldn’t be helped, he pointed out, as the officials in Washington ordered the far understrength 2nd Division to send 2,100 men to Alas- ka, “and that was the only way we could do it."” Replacements for the 300 men will be sent to Alaska from posts all over the United States. D ASST. DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S BUREAU GOES T EDGECUMBE Elizabeth Deuel, Assistant Director of Field Services U. S. Children's Bureau, Federal Social Security Administration, concluded her first week of consultation with the Alaska Department of Public Welfare and the Regional Office of the Social Security Admin tion at Juneau by an -Zlicial visit to the Mount Edgecumbe institutions at Sitka Miss On invitation of the Alaska Na- tive Service, Miss Deuel, in com- pany with Dr. Dale Butler, Miss Kate Smith of the Alaska Native Service and Miss Alice Brandebury of the Deparment of Puclic' Wel- fare, will examine and consult with officials there on the operations of the large boarding school main- tained by the Alaska | |vice and before returning Saturday‘[said meet with local mission groups and others, on child weliare problems. Miss Deuel is in Alaska to confer with the Regional Office of the So- the Alaska Department of Public Welfare on the operations of the Territory's child welfare services program, it was announced by Di- rector Maynard of the Deparment fishing vessel at of Public Welfare. While in Alaska she will meet with interested groups With this thought in mind, sea-|on child welfare planning and ob- tain a first hand picture of child welfare problems in the territory. Miss Deuel and Miss Brandebury, of Plan to leave Sunday for official | visits to Anchorage and Fairbanks | where they will confer with other| groups Offices on problems in those areas. Ballard, | They expect to return to Juneau and Department District about the end of the month. Miss Deuel was guest Tuesday ¢ | afternoon at an unofficial reception | at the Baranof Hotel for the pur- pose of meeting many of the per- sons and officials with whom she is holding conferences. On Thursday she participated in a joint conference of an Inter- Agency Committee dealing with health, welfare and educational problems, as well as with other re- Native Ser-| | House approved it May & o | : Jo : G s mous consent. | cial Security Arlministration and | educa- | |lated activities, after having been | a guest speaker at the luncheon of i | the Soroptimist Club of Juneau. seriously ill or hurt at sea knows| Following her return to Juneau since 1913, said: “Any man who has ever been v ; |on child welfare, and upon leaving child welfare services plan of opera- ICE, BRISTOL BAY 1 ditions incident to the increased mi- Coast Guard here said last nigh!j Square Knot to open water. | is north of the Alaska Peninsula. SEATTLE, May 21—®—Seattle on the Alaskan mainland. Puget Sound ferries out of Seattle e ATTLE VISITORS R. C. Bagley, Donald Cameron,| A time differential between this the value of such training as tms'ifrom the north, Miss Deuel will | for her headquarters in Washing- tion. Of particular concern during | gration of people to Alaska from that the Cutter Bittersweet has SEATI[E GoB 0" The Square Knot had been ice The Bittersweet radioed that the goes on daylight saving time June The freighter, an Alaska Steam- will be on daylight saving time. But and John Tegard, from Seattle, are city and outlying communities Sometimes it's the difference be- | spend five or six days in direct con- SOUARE KNOI Is |ton, D. €., will take with her the her visit in Alaska, said Miss Deuel, | broken through 19 miles of ice in bound since Tuesday in floes| DAYI'IGH' SAV'"G Square Knot suffered no damage 1 and a profusion of confusion will ship Company vessel, was carry- some of the communities they serve |in Juneau and staying at the Gas-|which fail to make the switch will THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 300 ALASKA ! (o | b HELPING DUCHESS_— Mrs. Harriet Adducci and children, Marybeth and Edward, s to help Duchess, their Dalmatian, feed her 11-pup, all-male litter, bottles with nippl PRESIDENT OKS VETO OF APPROPRIATION FOR AIR FORCE TRUMAN UPHE'_D Combat Pr?g?am of 70 Groups Approved by Truman WASHINGTON, May President Truman today $3,198,100,000 appropriation bill to start the force building toward mbat strength of 70 groups In nent, Mr. Truman that Congress had €20,000 more than 2. thought when he ed for ed-up of the military aircraft am. But he added: rovisions had been made, how- ever, that the funds shall not be spent without a {finding by the President the ‘contracts let are necessary in the national fense’ and that the procu uits in the maximum of improvements in equipment consistent | fense needs of the U. £ o EATTLE POLICE DRILL TEAM PIX ARE ON DISPLAY Photographs oi the Seattle Police Department Drill Team were put ’ | town locations for the benefit of | interested presons. The | famous organization scheduled to arrive here Monday on board the Alaska to spend one day in Juneau an their good will tour. The pictures are in the Lu-Ek's Photo Shop and the Electric Light and Power | WASHINGTON, May 21.—(#—The ‘Senuw today upheld President Tru- |man’s veto of a bill which would have permitted qualified Senators |to order an FBI investigation of | key atomic energy appointees, The vote was 47 to override and 29 against. C The action kills the bill. Mr. Truman had called the meas. |ure “wholly unnecessary and un- | wise.” He said its enactment would be “an unwarranted encroachment of the legislative upon the execu- tive branch” of the government. He | term it “impractical” in disapprov- |ing it last Saturday. The Chief Executive said he fully | recognizes his obligation to obtain | the facts about anyone he names to |the atomic posts. Every facility | available, including the FBI, is utilized to obtain those facts, heé 21— signed a eCessary utilizatior afl, the de- The Senate originally passed the [bill April 12 by voice vote - - ARMY AIR FORCE WASHINGTON, May 21—(®— Senator Wherry (R-Neb) said to- day the Army Air Forces will trans- fer headquarters of its Strategic| 4ir Command--nerve center its long range striking ferce—from An- drews Field, Md., to Offutt Field near Omaha. Wherry told a reporter the trans- fer will be made as quickly as possible. As part of the shift, the Air Forces must move head guarters of the Second Air Force from Offutt Field to some mldwesterr.n location. nth‘l' 'wo JUNEAU BOYS wnder Gen. George . Keaney, OUESTS AT SKIERS' BANQUET, OREGON of cf Al Co. The Police Drill Team wiil par- ade through downtown Juncau streets and will later give a free how at the Firemen’s Ball Park. — e ska When the transfer takes place, more than 1,000 officers and men will| be stationed at Omaha. | The command at Omaha will to learn that they will be repre- have under it two subsidiary com- sented, in a round about way, at mands now located at Colorado the Gretchen Frazier Skiers Ban- Springs, Colo., and Fort Worth, |quet being held tonight in Eugene, Texas. ! Oregon, at the University of Oregon. Wherry said Omaha was chosen| Two Juneau boys will be present out of some 44 cities which bid at the affair being held in honor lor the top strategic command. |of the only American woman skier — who ha_s won an Olympic Ski (?lmm- BREAKS INTO SAME | 8 Buddy anter and they wil be BUILDING FOR 3RD TIME; JAILED, T00 |accompanied by Jerry Lowen a fel- James Y. Peters was arrested by | {low student at Salem City Police last night when he was | - E i SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE e w AVAILABLE AT PAA A complete hunting and fishing broken window of the Odom ware- | The Juneau Skieiz will be proud guide of the Territory, made pos- house on the Alaska Dock. Peterssible by the Pan American Air- had just returned to Juneau after |ways, is now available to interested serving approximately eight months [parties and may be had by calling of an 18 month sentence at the|at the local flight office. Federal Penitentiary on McNeil| The pamphlet lists hunting and Island, Washington for the same {fishing areas with their seasons, offense last year. locates bird and wildlife refuge: Police said that this marked his|and offers a brief account of li- third time for attempting the same |[cense and guide information. thing. He is accused of breaking the| Locations of Alaskan animal warehouse window and reaching in|fish and birds are also plainly ind and helping himself to beer mstde."cu!ed on the pamphlet map. He was arraigned before U. S.{ Included with the various Commissioner Felix Gray this after- ncon on a charge of breaking and entering. Bond was set at $2,000 and he was transferred from the City Jail to the Federal Jail pending a sea- tisger are also explained. FROM FUNTER BAY R. H. Williams from Funter Bay busen. Jife and. depiyl |sultation with the Welfare Agency Alaska agency's next fiscal year 'RESCUED' FROM is to observe child and family con- SEATTLE, May 21—®— The the States. Bristol Bay to lead the freighter about three feet thick. The area ‘I‘IME ON Ju"E 1 and was proceeding to Nushegak follow. ing cannery supplies. may stay on standard. | tineau Hotel. bring on similar bus line grief. trial. {is a guest at the Gastingau Hotel. de- world- | windows | | and | |a' re-established base. He said the !sons, the limits for each hunter or fhe North Pacific centers in South- , | use (Y §180,000 15 BID, CTY FIRE HAL JAIL BUILDING cit have its r and Jail theugh ta recently for special city Juneau . probab combined Fire e time to come $125,000 | in & | The won't Ayers that vote purpose v Co,, of Juneau, submitted a bid of $180,000 ), The com- ably mo: it was t 1 new Hall wot $86.000 only and det ail Fire previous pla Fire Hall had been different Is. It was would ccst 1 on present at agreed ti which th Jai in othe: ,00¢ hose opening were no way fir >stimate could bui bid the the 1 act on the tonight and is it i | WOMEN OF MOOSE 4 HOLD FLECTION OF | CFFICERS JUNE 3 | The Women of the Moose, Junedu | Chapter No. 439 met Thursday night in the Moose Lodge rooms, wi Senior Regent Betty Casperson pre- | Program was held | by Hespital Guild committee. | Three candidates were initiated, Lucria Jordan, Maude Graham and | Ethel Westfall. | Two s were given- by Irene | McKinley “Among my Souve- | nirs” and “Smoke gets in Your| a Hermansen, associate | of the Academy of Friend-| sented several megnbers | with their Academy of Friendship | certificates. { At the close of the meeting cake wd coffee were served by the re- | freshment committee. | The next meeting will be held | June 3 when there will be election of officers. e — Reesiablishment 0f Kefchikan (G Base&m Urged WASHINGTON, May 21—(P— Delegate Bartlett of Alaska urged a House Appropriations Subcom: mittee today to re-establish the| Ketchikan, Alaska, Coast Guard | District. | The district was consolidated with the Seattle district a year ago. Bartlett iold the committee handling treasury funds that the district is needed to protect some 1,600 miles of coast line from Seat- | e north and aid a fleet of 1,800 fishing boats that make Ketchikan r home base. : He said the present Coast Guard facilif constructed at a cost of $2,500,000 are ample to take care of apter nigk the bulk of the Coast Guard work in east Alaska. FROM HELENA, MONT. W. C. Carson from Helena, Mont. is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948 Holiday Special » DECORATION DAY week-end eruise on Motor Ship NAHA, including stay at Taku Lodge. LEAVE FERRY FLOAT adjacent to Alagka Coastal at 3:30 p. m. Saturday May 29th. RETURN TO JUNEAU Monda) P. M., May 31st. 10 FOR RESERVATIONS See Earl Forsythe Telephone 288 EATTLE IS ALMOST A SUBURB «o.by Pan American Clipper . an/y dfll”e, 1o reaxfys; From “ o ME ® only bregkfyst o dinner frop FA'RBA“KS o only on afternoon from .... JUNEAU G clear to Seattle—on frequent, regular schedules. 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