The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1948, Page 1

bt SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition CONURESSIONAL A UIBRARY & WASHINGTON, D. C. > “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,912 ew Threats Made By Rising Truman on Transcontinental Tour MARINE STRIKE THREAT Nation May_lglied Up on Tuesday-Taft-Harley Law Is Blamed WASHINGTON June 12—(P—A Presidential inquiry board today blamed the Taft-Hartley law for the deadlock which threatens the entire U. S. merchant marine with a strike next Tuesday. In a report to the White House the five-man board said maritime employers and unions want to con- tinue their traditional hiring hall system but the employers consider that the new labor law makes it illegal. The board, headed by Harry Shulman of Yale University law school, spoke of an all-coast ship- ping walkout as inevitable unless barred by court order. President Truman is expected to order the Justice Department to apply for a Taft-Hartley injunction against the strike, which would stail the nation’s foreign relief program. An injunction is the next step under the Taft-Hartley Act’s pro- cedure for handling national emer- gency labor disputes once an in- quiry board has done its fact-find- ing job. can flag ships on the Atlantic and gulf coasts and all’ American and foreign shipping on the West Coast. The board, Pag L under terms - the Tait- Hartley Act, said it wds “entire-| 1y clear” the basic dispute from the act itself. appointed by the} rises | WASHINGTON, June 12. — (B — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR SATURDAY 1P.M. Edition . JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS === EENLET —pretty Ki apple blossoms in (ongress Driving ' | For End A strike would tie up all Amen-: Clearing D;(Is for Final Action on Important i~ Bills, Then Adjourn The board said that if it hndnll'x‘ax tariff, farm and Social Security been for the “perplexities present-|legislation had Congress working to- ed by, the impact of the new law on the established practices” of the industry, it seemed likely “the. succeeded in;decks for final action next week on parties would have reconciling their differences with- day in its drive for adjournment one week from tonight. The lawmakers want to clear the a draft bill, a housing measure and out the probability of a strike.”|a wide assortment of odds and ends ———-————— SUES FOR DIVORCE Letha M. Burns filed suit In U. S. District Court here today for a| divorce from Gilbert Eugene Burns| They |Hon. were married in Seattle on Augustic"” Y 12, 1942, and have no children. Noj . on grounds of desertion. property rights are at issue in the case. The_Washi‘;iQton’ Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON Out on the West Coast, the oil boys and the Pauley pals have been licking their chops over the arrival of President Truman and their chance to per- suade him to right-about-face on tidelands oil. They hope that, with a tough campaign and the Democratic cup- board bare, they may be able to persuade the President not to veto a tidelands oil bill this time. All of which is doubtful. Harry Truman doesn’t change easily. Furthermore, if there was one thing threatenjng a last-minute jam that might force their return after the { political conventions. The House set aside an unusual Saturday session to debate, and pass if possible, bills dealing with taxa- ‘tion, farm prices and Social Se- The Senate was expected to spend day debating a House-passed bill to extend the reciprocal trade act until June 30, 1949. The ad- pires at midnight tonight. Another measure facing a renewal tinue the present farm price sup- port program, in modified form, until June 30, 1950. — e WIFE BEATER IS GIVEN JAIL TERM Otis H. Price, of the Glacier High- way, was convicted on one count of jury in U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray's Court with a recommenda- tion of leniency. He was found not ing his wife. This morning, Commissioner Gray sentenced him to serve four months in the Juneau Federal Jail. Attorney M. E. Monagle did not give any no- he got fed up on, as a Senator,rtice of appeal but has 20 days in it was lobbyists; and the tidelands oil crowd have been using the most variegated assortment of lobbyists ever seen in Washing- ton. Of them, perhaps the weirdest— though one of the most effective —is Dr. Edward A. Rumely, who served a term as a German agent after World War I, was pardoned under interesting circumstances, and who has more recently man- aged to enrapture a larger collec- tion of millionaires and lesser lights than almost any other lobby- ist in the nation. Rumely operates under the pon- tifical and high-sounding name of the “Committee for Constitutional Government.” And he has been busy as a bird-dog distributing lit- erature supporting the tidelands oil lobby—literature which he claims is “educational” and therefore in- came-tax-deductible. Rumely has been flooding law- yers, doctors and others with pleas to buy this literature, and a lot MBS (B e P R R (Continued on Page Four) which to file. Jurors were Walter McKinnon, Jack B. Buford, Bess A. Winn, Sig- rid Dull, J. P. Christensen, G. A. Baldwin, Anna Bodding, Thomas H. Hutchings, Katherine D. Nor- dale, J. G. Osborn, Marcus F. Jen- sen and Abel Anderson, HIKERS DETOUR FOR 2 BROWNIES There’s bar in them thar hills! And Kirk Jones, Martin Victor and Ray Hope are in Juneau today with all the verbal evidence need- ed. The trio hiked up the Montana Creek Trail yesterday and when jabout 13 miles from the highway they found themselves facing two brownies coming down the trail with no desire to change course, The bears were given the green ly taking the detour. ministration has asked a three-year | extension of the tariff law that ex-| deadline in the House would con-| assault and battery yesterday by a! guilty on one other count of sssault-l | tty Todorovich smiles as she clasps Walla Walla, Wash. * TAFT URGES CONGRESS 10 ' END SESSION Declares Truman "Black-| guards” Both Houses on-West Cmpaugn PH!LADELFHIA June 12.—P— Sen. Robert A. Tait charges Pres ident Truman “is blackguarding Congress at every whistle stop in the west” and urged an immediate adjournment of Congress “There is little use in keeping | Congress in session while President Truman is delivering an attack on the principles of representalive} government itself,” the Ohio Re-| publican said * here yesterday. “We had better adjourn now and appeal to the people in November tor a vote of confidence in thej election of a President,” the GOP| Presidential aspirant said. “Our gallivanting President,” said Taft, “is making an effort not only | to condemn this Congress, but (oi discredit the institution of Con- | gress.” He said Mr. Truman’s attack on Congress “gives aid and comfort to those who want to destroy repre- sentative government as do fTe Fascists and every believer in a totalitarian state.” ’ Taft criticized the administra-!| | tion’s “appeasement of Russia on every point since Teheran.” ‘The result, he said, is that “Rus- sia, crusading for the theory of ; Communism, now is placed in al strategic position.” i ! ® & & v o o 0o 0 o o {* WEATHEK REPORT e (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) . | makes agreements. And if he could, he would keep them; but the people lence was a group of townspeople {will have peace in the world” { ol 308 St and T ke Old doe; ltry, are going to understand that | ta whole . . . . ! moved (GERMAN ZONE TRUMAN IS TOURINGTO CALIFORNIA Gives Chatfy Talk on "“Old Joe” Stalin-Discusses. Russian Sifuation By ERNEST B. VACCARO ABOARD THE TRUMAN TRAIN ENROUTE TO BERKELEY, Calify June 12. — (® — President Truman contended today that Russian forces stronger than “Old Joe” Stalin are preventing the Soviet Premier from keeping agreements vital to world peace. In a chatty tone of a man passi the time of day with neighbors the corner drug store, the President said he liked “Old Joe" and gave this personal view of the Russiah Premier: “He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo. He can't do what he wants to do, He who run the government are very specific in saying that he can't keep them.” The President said he would elab- orate in a major foreign policy speech at the University of 0!11-. fornia at Berkeley on his hopes for ! eventual understanding between ¢ Russia and the United States. [ The setting for the President’s most intimate public appraisal of Stalin was Eugene, Ore. His audi- clustered about the back platform lof his private car along the rail-! road tracks H | i In casual tones, he talked .o them ! through the loud speaker. kb He called the foreign poliecy al | United States policy and said, “We | if it lis carried out. “I want peace in the world Justw as badly as anybody in the world,” | !'he went on. “I went to Potsdam ‘in 1945 with that view. I went| there with the kindliest feelings in the world toward Russia, and we made certain agreements, specific agreements. “I got very well acquainted v,nh‘ he confided. On the future, he said: “How some time or other that great country, and this great coun- their mutual interests mean the| welfare and peace of the world as The 16-car Presidential Special | into California after the President spent an active day in Oregon looking over some of the flood damage and promising all Fed- eral aid possible. REDS BLOCK FREIGHT IN ‘Temperatures for Z4-hour period e ending 7:30 this morning L In Juneau—Maximum, 79; e minimum, 50. of At Airport— Maximum, 78; minimum, 40. FORECAST (Juncau und Vicinity) Continued fair with some high cloudiness and with the highest temperature near 75 this afternoon, becoming mostly cloudy and cooler on Sunday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. todsy In Juneau City — None; since June 1, 290 inches; since July 1, 88.66 inches, At the Airport —— None; since June 1, 184 inches; since July 1, 53.87 inches. . ® o o o o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 H BN R PIONERR III AT STORAGE | WITH 20,000 LBS. i FISH The Pioneer IIT landed a 20,000 pound halibut catch at Juneau Cold Storage this morning, which was taken by Engstrom Brothers at 18.6 medium, 85 chix, and 17.6 cents a pound for large. ————————— FROM PETERSBURG Mrs. Jack Leer and Miss Ruth light—with the hikers very willing-| Ohmer, both from Petersburg, are in passing so that it may be re- !stmylng at the Baranof Hotel. {TAKES 30 GAL. MONTHLY, ifor use of thz public. {other- BERLIN, June 12—(#-—The Rus- sians blocked freight shipments from the Western occupation zones of Germany throughout the night but agreed today to restore the traf- | fic to Berlin, U. 8. and British afll—{ cials announced. An American official said the Russians consented to discuss the whole question of Berlin® freight at a special meeting of Russian, Amer- ican, British and French transport officials Monday. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. S. Military Governor, said earlier he would re- instate the Frankfurt-Berlin Air Ferry if necessary to get supplies to the Germans and Americans in the U. 8. sector of the city. The air 1ift was used in last April’s Soviet-engineered transportation crisis. FAMED QUANTOCK CHASE LONDON—!" -ziorses eat oats and dogs eat meat—but it still takes thirty gallons of gasoline a month to operate the famed Quantock stag hunt in Sometset. One use is collection of the deer that the hounds run down. The “noting any damage which may have been caused by the hunt aired.” PRESIDENT TRUMAN, ON HIS TRANSCONTINENTAL SPEAKING TOUR, is shown in To President’s far left is Washington Gov. ington, waving to crowds on the Mon C. Wallgren. The President, Northwest before continuing on to Rail Link fo Ala streets and in buildings. with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret, rest of his itinerary. California and the ska Through British (clumbia Requested; Resoluhon Given fo Senate| JET PLANE f | ACTRESS— Adele Mara | of the films wears two-piece cos- | tume designed for swimming as well as play. | { EVERGREEN BOWL NEARLY READY FOR | RECREATION SPORTS | Robert C. Garrett, Supervisor | at Evergreen Bowl, reports the recreation center will soon be ready Bince his arrival nere, Garrett has cut- the grass, put the tennis| court in condition for play, ready | perhaps this afternoon; repaired the pipeline to the swimming pool and this will be filled within the| next several days, and has worked on the softhall diamond which will also be ready for play within the coming week. | justified the building of a trans- “of the Territory’s mineral, | to the security of the United States,” ‘he said. WASHINGTON, June 12—P-A 'rail link with Alaska through Brit- | 1sh Columbia was urged in a resolu- tion introduced jointly in the Sen- | ate today by Sens. Magnuson (D- ! Wash.) and Butler (R-Neb.) The resolution asked President ! Truman to begin negotiations with | the Canadian government for ex- tension of the Pacific Great Eastern | Railroad to the Alaskan boundary The present northern terminus of the line is at Prince George, B. C.| The President was further to authorize surveys to de- termine the feasibility of extending | the Alaska Railroad to connect with the Pacific Great Eastern at the Canada-Alaska border. Plans, specifications, cost esti- mates and budget requests would be included under the terms of the resolution. | Mr. Truman also was asked to include reciprocal tariff and immi- | gration arrangements in his nego- requested | i tiations with the Canadian gov-| ernment. H Magnuson and Butler said |he| | defense and development of Alaska continental railroad to the Terri tory. A similar resolution was i duced in the House by Rep. Jones | (R.-Wash.) i The Bremerton Congressman said that existing transportation must be | extended to bring fuller utilization | timber | and other resources so vital to my defense. “The defense of Alaska is essential | intro- | ————— ON G. WASHINGTON Denna and Gardnell plan to leave Juneau night aboard the George ington for a summer visit with relatives at Port Angeles, Wash. They will visit their grandmother, | Mrs. C. N. Buckner, an aunt, Mrs ; Tullicksop and two uncles. The | girls plan to spend a month at Hot Springs. ! ‘They will be accompanpied en-| route to Seattle by Mrs. John Will- | ijams who is leaving here to live in the Seattle area. Mrs. Elsie Buckner plans to leave the last of next week for Elfin Cove, where she will operate a restaurant for the summer, after which she will return to the Bar- anof Hotel. Buckner tomorrow | Wash- | e e — KEN KEARNEY HOME Ken Kearney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kearney, arrived home via PAA yesterday to spend the summer. He has been taking a busi- ness course at the Broadway Tec nical High in Seattle for the past three months, with a “top speed approaching 760 miles an hour, That is only three miles under; the speed of sound under standard | lower | warplanes already School Lunch Funds | ' Are Wanted Now for | {would be on the same basis as that! | tion approved today by a House {Education Subcommittee. 'BUCKNERS T0 LEAVE | (aska are the same . |mittee for action. i Spokane, Wash- is completely touring the (International) RUSSIA IS DEVELOPING Claims Made Top Speed: Has Approached 760 Miles an Hour LONDON, June 12-—(#-—The Daily Mail said today the Russians have developed an experimental jet plane |conditions—at sea level and 59 de-! jgrees Fahrenheit. It is above the speed of sound at high altitudes and temperatures. e I:s'p()rls," the Mall “Russia’s jet-propelled number several hundreds, »nd that the rate 0! pro-1 jduction is being stepped up.” The newspaper seid Russia has about a dozen different types of jel' planzs in squadron of experimental use, including a four-jet heavy bom- ber, “Intellig said, show - -— ) Both Alaska, Hawaii WASHINGTON, June 12, — # — | Allocation of school lunch funds to children of Hawaii and Alaska used in the States under legisla-| ‘The seven-man subcommittee was unanimous in its action after hear- ing the author of the measure, Delegate Joseph R. Parrington of Hawalif, testify that it was only “a matter of justice.” “The children of Hawali and Al- as the school | children in the States,” Farrington said. ‘The bill now goes to the full com- - STEAMER MOVEMENTS | George Washington, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive 3 p. m. Sun- day Prince George, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive 3 p. m. Sunday. Ties up at City Dock. Aleutian, from Seattle day. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vacouver 9 tonight. Princess Norah, from Vancouver, scheduled to sail June 16. Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to ! sail June 17. due Tues- Columbia River THREE NEW AREAS NOW FACE FLOOD Fraser River Continues on Rampage-Truman Signs Emergency Fund Bill PORTLAND, Ore., June 12.—{P— The raging Columbia River rose today in renewed threat to three industrial areas in the Paeific Northwest. President Truman vidwed the de- vastated American flood zone ot Oregon and Washington yesterday as three high spots were develop- ing in the three-week battle against the Columbia and Fraser Rivers, worst rampage in the U. 8. and Canada: 1—Water from the Columbia lap- ped at a secondary dike protect- ing a $43,000,000 aluminum plant east of Portland in Oregon. Soggy levees remained critical along the 100-mile industrial and farming belt from Portland to the Pacific in Oregon and Washington. 2.~The Columbia cracked sag- ging defenses on its Canadian headwaters near the half-flooded smelter city of Trail in British | Columbia. One hundred summer homes were washed away. Levee leakage into the city increased. { 3—U. S. Army engineers said the | Columbia dikes were in critical condition at Richland, near the hune Hanford atomic energy works in Washington. The plant itself was not in danger, but the en- gineers said they were ready -to evacuate workers from their Rieh- (land homes if necessavy; - In Portland, Mr. Truman signed a $10,000,000 emergency housing bill that had been rushed through Congress. It will alleviate suf- fering caused by the Memorial Day drowning of Vanport—most dis- astrous single blow of the flood wave, Meanwhile, the toll for the two {nations mounted to 38 known dead. (Five new victims were added yes- terday. One was from Vanport, Increasing to five the number of bodies recovered from the smashed war housing project. The damage advanced upward i through yet untotaled millions of dollars. Only a few hours before Mr. Truman arrived, another dike cav- 1ed in just east of what was Van- port. While he was here water overran Portland’s $6,500,000 air- fport, two swank country clubs, two public golt courses, a lnkpdde re- sort, rich commercial gardehs and homes where some 5,000 persons lived. . PMESTINE S 2-DAY TRUCE THREATENED CAIRO, June 12—(P—Charges of violations cy both sides threatened to blow up Palestine’s powder-keg truce today. “The Arab governments reserve he right of quick action in reply to criminal Zionist attacks,” and Arab league note the the United Nations mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte, warned. An Arab league representa- itive routed the mediator out of his bed before dawn message, The Jews also warned that viola- tions would provoke, Jewish coun- ter-attack, and they charged the truce, now in its second day, had been broken in several Palestine sectors. Bernadotte and his aides left Cairo by plane early today for the Greek Island of Rhodes, by way of Trans- Jordan and Jerusalem, to begin preparations for peace talks. B TWO DIVORCES GRANTED to give him the Two divorces were granted in U, S. District Court here yesterday by Federal Judge George W. Folta. Vienna Lempi Rhoades was grant- ed a divorce from Claude Oscar Baranof scheduled southbound Monday morning, possibly about 1 o'clock. Rhoades and Bertha Mabel French recelved a decree from Walter Ere nest French.