The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1948, Page 1

| ¢ & placing THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,948 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'CONGRESS MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION Screen Career Looms PROGRESSIVE PARTY NAMES TICKET HEADS Wallace for President-! Sen. Taylor for V. P.- Platform Adopfed PHILADELPHIA, July 26.7“1’“—' Henry A. Wallace rolled his new Progressive Party today down a road he and his followers promised leads to a glve-and-take peace with Russia. With an assertion that “we've just begun to roll,” the third party Presidential nominee set out toj plant in every state what he call- ed a new political crusade. It was born here in boisterous, singing, shouting convention, that| ended last night in seven and one- half hours of free-to-all debate over a party platform. | Wallace, glued to a television set while his friends were adopting a platform placing “joint bility” on the United States and | Russia to keep the peace, then whirled off to a Youth-for-Wallace meeting. As teen-agers packed into a jam- | med hotel ballroom cheered lustily, | the former Vice President grinned ' widely, shoved back an unruly | forelock and said: ( first screen test for a role in an RKO-Radio picture. “Gosh, it's swell to meet with| of the late A. J. Cooper, Midwest theatre chain owner, folks who are now playing it safe.” That was a keynote of this fi Progressive party convention, which picked Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho as No. 2 man on thej third party presidential ticket head- ed by Wallace. Party Platform responsi- | ‘Government Is The Henry Wallace™ Progressive Party adopted a platform change; joint responsibility for world peace on the United States ! and Russia. The amenament saia: “War be- tween the East and West will mean Fascism and death for all” It| called for enforcement of world| federal law enacted by a world, legislature. It proposed that such! a legislature have, “limited but adequate powers to safeguard the; common defense and the general welfare of all mankind.” The platform adopted calls for peace with Russia, repeal of Amer- ica's draft law. destruction of all atomic bombs, full equality for all, minority Americans, and repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. The Pro-| gressive Party’s publicity depart- | West Germany | | | | FRANKFURT. Germany, July 26 —IP—Military governors and Ger- | man political leaders of the three Western Zones reached final agree- ment tonight on plans for a West- ern Germany government, it was learned officially, “We are all set. said Ambassador | {Robert Murphy, Political Advisor to Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American Mili- | tary Governor. They conferred last week in Washington over the Ber- | lin blockade and othér German questions. | The agreement leaves open the door for participatién in the future ment made public a platform stand on housing today and said it was omitted from previous drafts b)' error. Housing Plank The housing plank said: ' “We pledge that as part of oux' general program of economic plan- | ning, the building industry will be; reorganized and industralized, the capacity to produce presently scarce materials will be expanded, and year-round employment will be guaranteed to workers in the build- ing trades.” 1 Platform By Tugwell [ In formally presenting the plat-| form to the convention, Dr. Rex- ford Guy Tugwell said that if] PFranklin D. Roosevelt were alive,| he would have led a movement; like Wallace’s. The one-time Roosevelt hram-] truster made a statement which some interpret as indireet approv- al of Communist support of the Wallace-Taylor ticket. Said Tug- well: “It is better to fight the enemy than to fight your friends. And anyone is your friend who shares your objectives and will work with you in mutual toler- ance.” Party Funds ! The party publicity director, Ralph Shikes, told newsmen that; receipts at the party rally totaled about $80,000. He said it cost the party $30,000 for park rent and! other expenses—leaving about $50,- | 000 to buy campaign radio time (or! ‘Wallace and Taylor. He said the $50,000 represented gifts in a fund- raising drive during the rally. - AUTO MAN HERE | With the Chevrolet Motor Divis- ion, Seattle, O. D. Daniels is in town, staying at the Baranof Ho- tel. ‘by the Russian Zone in Eastern' Germany. | YACHT (ORSAIR n PORT GOING SOUIHi The Corsair arrived this a’iernoon at 2 o'clock from Whittier, with 62! | Bureau of Mines said six develop- 'round trip passengers atoard. | She is scheduled to leave at 6 o'- clock this evening for Vancouver. COUPLE FROM FAIRBANKS Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beardsley of Fairbanks are gu»sts at the Bar- anof Hotel. s { - TOKYO—A typhoon is reported | inearing the southeast China and | Formosa coasts. >-oo—— The Washlngton Merry - Go- Round| | By DREW PLARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, | Ine.) I ASHINGTON— Sulkiest Nuxlh Carolina delegate at the Demo-; cratic Convention in Philadelpma' was Sen. Willlam B. Umstead, the only U. S. Senator who had been, denied renomination by Norml Carolina. Umstead was defeated| in the recent primaries by North: Carolina’s great war Governor,| Melville Broughton, and his irrita-! tion over that defeat was popping | out all over him at Philadelphia.; Meanwhile North Carolina dele-l gates told this significant story of Umstead's defeat. Shortly after his appointment tol the Senate, following the death of | Christine Cooper, 23, (above) is living with fingers crossed these days. She has taken wardrobe and makeup tests in preparation for her | a frequent performer on Eastern television stations. (P Photo. | Six Engine;fig Parfies| | cement ! Cape Mountain on the Bering Sew- year, will be continued, Johnson teld a reporter:. In addition, these new projects will be started: “Three lead-zinc {surveys, at Groundhog in the | the Lake Illamma region; | two 1 The daughter she has been | i TO SEARCH BASE METALS Coming to Territory for | Specific Purposes WASHINGTON, July 26—(P— Six engineering parties will search Alaska this year for base metals,! not for gold. Others will hunt for the deposits limestone, shale, sand, gravel, rock and gypsum which might stimulate an Alaska con- struction industry. Charles H. Johnson, assistant chiei of the mining branch of the of ment projects for the current fiscal | year are designed to promote min- ing in Alaska for metals other than gold. The started at| search for tin, ard side of Seward Peninsula last Wrangell District, Kuku Island and Taylor Creek in the Duncan Canal area; copper, at Kasna Creek in! copper bullion, Knight Island® in Rua ! Cove. Last year's mercury project along | the Kuskokwim River has been completed. The Mines Bureau and the Geo-| logical Survey both, Johnson said, | will study Alaska's construction ma- terials. | Bricks, cement and concrete cost or three times as much in | Alaska as they do in Washington, | i he said. The Interior Department |is hopeful that Alaska may begin i to produce them locally, he added. The Mines Bureau already has at‘\xted development work on gyp- sum deposits in Southeast Alaska, Johnson said. D 'QUEEN AND. DIXON DOCK AT STORAGE The Queen, skippered by Olat Westby, landed at Juneau Cold Stor- age over the weekend with 30,000 pounds cod and 4,000 halibut; and the Dixon, headed by Emil Samuel- | son was in with 10,000 pounds cod ithe Berlin blockade and other Ger-} iman problems, ' ithe Russian blockade ot Berlin is to tforce the Western Powers to reopen ‘dun. swung Planned for ALASKA FOR itelieved talking about how far the!gymeg pid on Aug. 2 Western Powers will go in talks on| {Ouellet of Bic, Quebec was known {to have been aboard the plane. She |let, { Don NEW ANGLE | IN BERLIN BLOCKADE U. S. and Britain Halt Rail Traffic Between Western Europe and Russ Zone (By The Assoclated Press) The U. S. and Britain halted rail trafiic between Western Europe and | the Russian Zone of Germany to- night. “Teehnical difficulties” were as- signed as the reason. The Russians assertéd a month ago that the lone | railroad between Berlin and the West, «had Leen closed because of | “technical difficulties.” | The Berlin City Government dis-! missed Police President Paul Mark- | graf, whom the Russians appointed in 1945. The act is expected to have wide repercussions. Ranking diplomats of the U. S., Britain and France appeared to bej arranging for talks with Russia on| There was speculation about either BUZZING AT 600 MILES these four F-80 The previous day they completed flying time. Sixteen “Shooting photo) AN H( "Shooting Star Jefs” “Shooting Star” jet-propelled planes gave a demonstration flight over Stars” in Parade Over London DUR past the American and RAF flags at an RAF base near London, London July 22 the transAtlantic hop of 4,245 miles in 10 hours and 58 minutes, actual were in the transAtlantic aerial jet jaunt. (International Souhd- another four-power meeting of the Foreign Ministers’ Council or talks} directly between President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin. The lat- ter seemed unlikely. Many believe the basic reason for the whole German question. BERLIN—Gen. Lucius D. Cla_v.' U. €. Military Governor, just back -from talks in Washington and Lon- indicated the Americans hadj into line with the British and French positions. Both Lho«e\ countries have appeared willing to! italk with Russia about all Ger- many, not just Berlin. H Clay said the U. S. is prepared to| negotiate on all of Germany, but) “not under duress.” Duress meansj {the land blockade of Berlin. | LONDON—Critical ~consultations are going on in London. Walter Be- ' dell Smith, U. 5. Ambassador to|y Russia, is there. The diplomats are Germany if the Russians lift the Llockade, and what to do if Russia’ refuses to unblock the rail, road and' barge routes through their zone. FRANKFURT—Clay and the | | British and French Military gover- nors talked in Frankfurt with Ger-! man leaders on plans for the new; western German state, a project| which has alarmed the Kremlin. | |Sound Pulp and F ONE BID FOR PULP TIMBER IS RECEIVED Forest Servi?é ‘Makes An- ‘nouncement - 50-Year Contract in Prospect WASHINGTON, July {A—The Ketchikan (Alaska) Pulp and Paper Co., a subsidiary of the Puget Paper Co.. was the only firm to qualify today to bid| for 8,000,000,000 board feet ot Alh- ka pulp timber. The Forest Service will open Ilw Tae concern was required to show ! financial atility to handle the huge timber tract near Ketchikan. This is the second attempt by the Forest Service to get paper mills established in the Territory. A year ago this tract and another furth north were advertised for Lids I;ut none was received. The firm, if its bid is will be given a 50-year cont an assurance that more timber be made available when the ct and will 'tract expires 28Killed in Plane (rash, (By Associated Press) | Twenty-eight persons were killed | Saturday night when an .thmml struck a mountain top 195 miles east ! of Rimouski, Quebec. The plane| trasihed and burnéd about 12 miles | from its destination. It was making a fifty-mile flight across the Gulf ! of St. Lawrence from Port Meunier to the town of Gaspe. Ground parties reached the crash scenc today. They say they have Leen able to identify only the bodies of the pilot Emerson Mills, and the co-pilot, Ross Miles. An airlines pilot says Miss Odette was the daughter of Wilfred Ouel- a Vice President of Rimouski Airlines, owner of the plane which crashed. The other 25 passengers are said to be lumberjacks who were heading home from the Anticosti woods for a holiday. reee—— PAA VISITORS Hal Laird of Pan American’s New York City advertising office, and Berard of the Seattle cargo Department visited Juneau the weekend on a familiarizatio: flight. They returned south yes- terday. —_————— Charles Hoyt and Ray Ferguson from Fairbanks are visitors in Ju- | the Spokesman-Review said today, )year on a quadruple project Fo Snnr‘c officials estimated a mill and other facilities will cost the fll'm 830000000 to MUOUO 000 TWO RAILROADS T0 ' ALASKA FROM U. 5. ARE CONSIDERED SPOKANE, July 26— Con- struction of two rail connections between Alaska and the United States may result “within a year, from talks between Canadian Rail- way officials and an unnamed American group. The newspaper said the discus- smns have been under way several ‘weeks. Involved are the ian Naticnal and Canadian Pacific Railways and “the American group that is negotiating with the Pro ince of British Columbia for pur- chase of the Pacific Great Eastern Railroad,” the aritcle said It added: “If plans are worked out, con- struction may be started within a that would give Alaska two rail con- nections with the United States through Canada and introduce rails to the Great Bear Lake min- ing area in Northwest Territory FIRST VESSEL OF 1948 SEASON AT BARROW SEATTLE, July 26—®—The first| vessel to reach Point Barrow this epted, | con- Canad- | Charfered Shlos in Alaska Service Being Withdrawn; Turned Back fo Commission SEATTLE, July 26.—P—Seattle- announcement that two vessels ar Alaska ships are being withdrawn being Held up. Indications wer ifrom service at the startof the bus- | that others would follow, spokes- liest shipping SesSon i tie trade’s men said. war This history Santa Ana Steamship Company, disclosed with | paradox s which served Alaska’s Kuskokwim fi River area, is turning back the freighter Coastal Rider to the Mar- BERING SEA 'S itime Commission. Company offi. : cials said they plan to transport REPORIED RI(H remaining cargo from Seattle to! Bethel by barge. . The Alaska Transportation Com- ing the freighter Noithern Voy- ager to the Commission 'Four Million Dollar Crab Yeerols Py et v oy ’ Spokesmen for both companies Flsh Cargo ‘l’aken South said the vessels are being redeliv-! ered to the government because {of recent expiration of the Alaska . by Pacific Explorer | shipping charter agreement | The commission has declined to ASTORIA, Ore, July 26—IP—|renew the former agreement under Bering Sea's riches are awaiting | which the ship lines chartered | for the American fisherman. government-owned vessels for $1 That's what the experimental|a year. Under this plan, the gov- cannery ship, Pacific Explorer, re-!crnment also paid ship insurance orted here after a four-month! o, v\ml cruise into the northern wat-| Government-owned vessels sail- i {ing to Alaska after the June 30 | The $4,000,000 ship brought I‘.Oll)l"(nmlufl expiration must be oper- | more than $1,000,000 worth of can-|ated by the companies on regular ned king crab and fish | bareboat charter terms; at a co ‘It is a natural outlet for drag'roughly, of 15 percent of the sal(S ermen, who have found slim!prices of the ship, plus payment of pickings elswhere,” Capt. Robert|hull insurance said | Turn-back Reasons | He said the glant crabs were| S. J. Swanson, vice president of caught in such numbers that at| Alaska nsportation Company, times the cannery ship could not|said the Northern Voyager was be- handle them all. He cited one day!ing turned back to the Commission in which eight boats brought in because the company finds it “ab- ,000 crabs in addition to cod and | solutely” impossible to operatée her |other fish caught in dragnets. |on bareboat charter urider the pres- Accompanied by ten fishing ves- ent rate level sels, the Pacific Explorer left Se-| The line is operating two other attle March 26 on the expedition. | freighters under the new charter Last year the craft, operated for|terms, Swanson said. The ! the government in the Pacific EX-lare the Clove Hitch and the Grom- { ploration Company, worked waters | met Reefer; also in service is the (off Costa Rica for yellowfin and!company-owned passenger ship, skipjack tuna *(;uuxge Washington i > ) One Charter Made | Northland Transportation Com-| Eledlon Ordered by pany, which recently bought the Liberty ship Chief Washakie from | the Government, has chartered the freighter Sailor’s Splice from the | Commission. The line is operating | the passenger ship Alaska under ivate charter from Alaska Steam- 'NLRB for Radio Men With Salmon Industry WASHINGTON, July 26.—#— skip Company. |The National Labor Relations| Alaska amship Company, so Board has ordered an_election to|far has chartered the Cape Victory determine a collective bargain-|and the Flemish Knot under the ing agent for licensed radio offi- ' new terms. The company also has cers employed by the Alaska Sal-|purchased the freighter Terminal from the commission. passenger ships, The Aleutian, and mon Industry at cannery and ~.hmc<KL ot stations in Alaska three ’Im» election is to be mndua-'Bamnux and Denali during the present canneryfreighter Victoria, are | ceascn at a date to be fixed by the |the company. |umun,u NLB director, and will de- till indefinite termine whether the employees nine or 10 other | wish to be represented by the Ra-!trade, which is the status freighters in the sailed from Seattle see ships | the i owned by’ of REPUBLICANS WILL WAIT FOR TRUMAN i‘Will Make‘% Decisions Until President Gives Message Tuesday | ASHINGTON, July 26.—(P— The Republican high command de- cided today to make no decision on a legislative program unitl President Truman puts his extra session recommendations before | Congress tomorrow. Hcuse Speaker Martin (Mass) told newsmen after a meeting of Senate and House leaders that “no deefsions” were made. Martin add- ed ‘We want to hear what the Pres- |ident has to say tomorrow before ! making up our minds definitely. “Like the boys at Bunker Hill, we are not going to fire until we the whites of their eyes. Martin then walked into the | House Chamber and rapped to or- der the session summoned by Mr. ! iman in the midst of the 1948 i Presidential and Congressional | campaigns. At the White House, Mr. Tru- | man continued to work on the mes- sage he first outlined to the Dem- jeratic national convention. Demo- tic Congressional leaders were |called in to review the price con- trol and other proposals scheduled Ilux inclusion ! The meeting of Repubtican chiefs held in Martin’s office, was attend- ed by Senators Taft (Ohio), Van- sdenberg (Mich), Wherr; (Neb), {and Millikin (Colo), and Reps. Hal- ileck (Ind), Brown (Ohio), and Arends (Ill.) It lasted almost an [ hour. I Martin called it a (meeting for general He said there will be another get together after Mr. Truman T s his message to a joint ses- {slon tomorrow. On the Senate side, Vandenberg ‘called the Chamber to order after {the GOP meeting. Sixty-five Sen- ators answered the roll call. The Senate remained n session only 11 minutes and quit until tomorrow. Senator Wherry (Neb), the acting (majority leader, and Senator Taft | (Ohio) both said no definite pro- }nxum of legislation will be agreed fupon until after Mr. Truman's message is received. Pregram Qutlined President Truman outlined Democratic leaders today an 11- point legislative program he will | recommend tomorrow to the extra session of Congress. | The message, which the President will deliver (at 9:30 am. PDT) will be topped by an administra- {tion anti-inilation bill. | The White House disclosed that the other ten recommendations Mr. Truman will submit to the special sessfon included: 1. The Taft - Ellender - Wagner Houseing Bill (passed by the Sen- “preliminary discussion.” to ate; now in the Housé Rules Com- mittee). 2. Federal Aid to Education (passed by Senate; in House La- por Committee), |3 An increase in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. 4. An expansion of the Social | Security program to increase bene- jlits and the number of persons covered ! 5. Reform of Federal pay scales. 6. A Civil Rights program, em- vracing the anti-poll tax bill and the anti-lynch bill. Mr. Truman went over the mes- se with Democratic leaders short- 1y alter the 80th Congress met for its campaign session. During the first hour and $0 minutes of the | session, Republicans and Democrats ‘l\wu ading hot words of blame in the House over high prices and the nousing shortage. In the House, 310 members ans=- wered the opening roll call. Al- though the Senate quit for the day within 11 minutes, the House set- ded down to hear numerous speech- {es on inflation and prices, housing, civil rights legislation and other issues. .o GOVERNOR DUE BACK | Governor Ernest Gruening is due "u return tomorrow after a visit T g | Sen. Josiah Bailey, Umstead called a | 'and 1,200 pounds halibut. neau, staying at the Baranof Ho-|summer, the Coast Guard lcebreak- dio Officers’ Union. Marine Divis- | before the old agreement expired. FROM srrxA | meeting of the State Democratic | The halibut went at 18 for large, | tel. er Northwind, arrived Saturday. |ion, Commercial Telegraphers Un- They will be allowed to complete|to Anchorage with Secretary of the Sitka residents staying at '-he‘c(,mmmee to tender his resigna- |€ight for chix and eighteen cents 2| ————— The vessel brought both dentallion (AFL), or by the Radio Di- | their voyages under the past terms, 1 Treasury John W. Snyder and a Baranof Hotel include Mrs. Fran-. o " " 0yoiman The meeting Pound for medium, The cod were| FROM KLUKWAN and medical aid to residents of | vision of the Marine Engineers'|but must either be turned back to!meeting there with Admiral Joseph ‘ cis Roach and Howard Tanben- taken at twelve and seven cents a, Mrs. Rayno A. Johnson of Kiuk-{the community, the northernmost Beneficial Association of the Pac- | the commission, or taken under|Stika and members of a Coast eck and family. i (Continued on Page Four) ! pound. ‘l\\hn is at the Hotel Juneau | point of Alaska ific Coast (CIO) or by neither new charter upon their return. ‘Gu--rd Investigating Committee, _—__—_—__.—_——J