The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,951 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” T — JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948 l\nLMBI;R ASSOCIATE.D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AN ASKS AUTHORITY TO CUT PRIGES TRUM Britain Considers Halting Demobili ANTI-POLL THREAT OF WAR GIVEN AS CAUSE Foreign Sei;unry BevinI Makes Announcement in Parliament (By The Associated Press) The British government is con- sidering halting mobilization of its Armed Services because of war threats between Russia and the West. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin made this known today in Parlia- ment, but offered hope that cur- rent diplomatic moves might pre- vent the cold war from becoming one of guns. The British have been returing 20,000 soldiers, sail- ors and fliers every month to clvfl- ian status. U. S. Ambassador W. Bcddell Smith reached Moscow after talks in Londen and Berlin. He and the British and French Ambassa- dors are expected within a few days to sound out Foreign Minister v. M; Molotoy on the chances of peacefully settling the Berlin block- | ddé problem and other German | questions. (Continued On Page Two) (Cont g The Washington| Merry - Go- Round By DBEW PEARSON IMIMK 1948, V‘“!;Iu Bell Syndicate, | ASHINGTON — A lot of my southern friends have been telling me I should be awfully careful how I discuss the current political rebelling below the Mason-Dixon Line. Undoubtedly they are right. But, ‘since so many people are already sore because of my nose- poking into all sorts of things, from the high cost of ambassadorshipsi to Secretary of the Treasury Sny-,; der’s bibulousness at President’s birthday dinner, I suppose it won’t hurt to get a few more people sore. So here goes. One thing I can’t help thinking about the civil-rights row is that the boy who is getting most satis- faction out of it all is Joe Stalin. He and his pals in the Kremlin must be licking their chops—and pumping stuff out over the Moscow radio every day about how Ameri- cans are feuding and name-calling over civil . rights. I also can't help thinking that a time when we are very much on the spot in Berlin is a time when we ought to be preserving a reason- ably united front back home. WHAT THE RUSSIANS FORGET The Russians, of course, know—or care—that all things are relative and that we've made a lot of progress in this country. It was only as recently as the 1919-20 post-war period ' that a horrible massacre of Negroes occurred in East St. Louis, while disgraceful race riots took place even in the nation’s Capital. The present post- war period has been largely free from such violence. And on the same night Birming- ham was staging its rebellion, Satchell Paige, Negro pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, in the nation’s Capital, and a white batter who tried to unnerve him was booed. I remember also the great furor created when Oscar De Priest, Re- publican Negro Congressman, was invited to a White House tea in the Hoover administration. The Republicans were supposed to be the champions of the Negro, but s0 many of them protested and Mr. Hoover got so worried, that Con- gressman De Priest discreetly stay- ed away. In recent Democratic administra- tions, two Negroes have served here after leaving the Senate. His|arrive 8 a. m. tomorrow. sailing | consistently in Congress, both| tall. spare figure was a familiar|south one hour later. |sight around the Capitol even ati{ Aleutian scheduled soulhbon.nd (Continued on Page Four) View of Hous GENERAL VIEW OF CONGRESS ing the joint meeting of House and Senate in the House chamber. mendations for legislative enactm ugh'.s (International Soundphom\ MARITIME UNIONTS IN COURT Musi Answer fo tontempt Charges of Delaying Sailing of Ships BULLETIN, SAN FRANCI CO, July 29.—M— A 24-hour continuance was granted by Federal Judge Michael J. Roche today to the Marine Cooks and Stewards Unicn (CIO) on the hearing of a suit filed by the Pacific Shipowners Association. The union is charged by the association ' with contempt of the maritil anti-strike in- junction by delaying the sailing | of three Alaska-bound ships. | SAN FRANCISCO, July 29—(P— Representatives of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union were to appear | in Federal Court today to answer charges that the union delayed sail- | ing of three ships in violation of) an injunction forbidding a strike. The charge was made by the Pa-! cific American Shipowners, Associa- tion yesterday in a petition asking| that the union be found in con-, tempt of court, ' ' James P. Davis, Direcior | with Gov. Ernest Gruening and | {other local Interior Depar'.mem ! officials, 1 e, Senate in Spedial Session President Truman is shown address- The President outlined his recom- housing facilities and civil in extraordinary session July 27. ent on anti-inflation bills, wage controls, Dr. llbby (ommg North To Be Flying Physician For Bnlsol Bay Sedtion MOSES LAKEE Wash., July 29:) (P—Dr. John E. Libby said today | he will leave Seattle about August 10 for Alaska to become a flying physnc!an for Bristol Bay. Until a year ago, Dr. Libby was! ]Mcses Lake's only doctor. Now he, \vull become the only physician to ! serve 4,000 persons scattered over Bnbl.ol Bay. Dr, Libby will leave next week| TAXBILL IS UP, SENATE Southerners Immediately Start Out on Filibust- ering Tactics BULLETIN, WASHINGTCY, July 29.—P— With Senator Stennis (D-Miss) as lead-off man, Scutherners plunged into a Senate talkfest today de- signed to bar action on anti- poll tax or any other ‘‘civil rights” legislation, It was touched off when Sen- ator Wherry (R-Neb) moved to take up the House-passed anti- poll tax bill. Stennis got the floor snd chal- lenged the right of Congress to pass the bill. He called it unconstitutional. By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON Washington, July 29—(P—Anti- Poll Tax Legislation was brought up in the Senate today and southern- ers immediately began filibustering tactics. It was evident that’ this first measure to get consideration in the special Congress session would draw a lot of talk, but probably no action e “Triiman’s Anti-] tion Program. Paul Porter, former OPA Administrator, took a detailed bill embracing the program berorel the House Banking Committee. Iti asks price control and rationing power and aims at shoving prices of cost-of-living items back townrd\ November, 1947, levels. A storm of GOP hostility greeted Porter and the till. Chairman Wol- cott (R-Mich.) said the administra- t | for Wichita, Kansas, to take de- llvuy on a new Cessna 140 plane! \whlch he will equip with pontoons and skis. He has a commercial | pilot’s license. ( His wife and four-month-old son | | will accompany him to the Kana-| of Territories, Warns Bubble W|" Bfeak | kanak Hospital 300 miles west of Anchorage. The hespital, which Federal spending m Alaska will| will be his headquarters, is a 30- | not last forever, warned James P. \bed institution being expanded to ! Davis today. Davis, the Diregtor of | include a tuberculosis clinic. the Divisions of Territories and! Dr. Libby was a Naval physi- Insular Possessions for the De-jcmn during the war, serving over- ipartment of the Interior, arrived seas with the Marlne Corps. here yesterday for a brief visit| { Alaska must develop its own pex-; manent econonuy, Davis cautioned, | if it is to expand and retain its - expansion. In addition to develop- | ing local large imdustry for export, REAPPOINTED AS GOVERNIR| | quorum call. pitched | against the Washington Senators The petition identified the ships'small industries must be developed | as the George Washington and the ' for local consumption, he declared. Alaska, at Seattle, and, the Henry D.: Davis suggested that small wood- Lindsay at San Francisco. | working and fisheries by-product (In Seattle, the union’s dispawher.,plams are two examples of what Charles Nichols, said it has “noj;he means. knowledge of the SS Alaska belnm Scutheast Alaska Industries delayed on that date, July 1)." | In the large industries, for (Of the George Washington, helSouLheast Alaska, Davis «ecom- donf.lsaw the steward department had amends fuller exploitation of tour-|jy two dozen nominations to the concerning | jsts, wood products and mining. He shipboard conditions and could not, sajd that these could be developed sail “until they had some assurance py private enterprise alone, al- they would be corrected.” This dls-nhough the Federal Government can pute occurred June 20.) | be counted on to act as a partner, | Federal Judge Michael J. Roche|if necessary, to supplement private said he would talk with union repre- | capital. He si however, that sentatives before ruling on the order. | private interests should take the ——— lead. Davis pointed out that Congress | in Alaska and that Ex.Gop SENAIOR | is interested | the record of the last Congress has been the best so far toward show- JAMES WATSONIS | DEAD IN INDIANA! 1 WASHINGTON, July 20—®—| James Eli Watson of Indiana, Re- puyblican leader of the Senate dur-inoon or evening. ing President Hoover's administra-| Alaska scheduled to sail tion, died today at the age of 84. iSeame today. The colorful Hoosier served in' Baranof scheduled to sail from Congress under eight Presidents,! Seattle July 31. but was swept out of office by the‘ George Washington scheduled to Democratic landslide of 1932. Hevsall from Seattle Jyly 31. was stricken with internal hemorr-| Flemish Knot scheduled to sail ihages on October 12. from Seattle July 31. | Watson maintained a law office! Princess Louise scheduled to ar-| “legitimate grievance” (Continued ued On Page Two) STEAMER MOVEMENTS from | the last session of Congress. Sunday night or early Monday. Princess Norah, from Vancouver, | scheduled to arrive Saturday arter-i‘ President Truman Sends| Nominations fo Senafe | t for Confirmation WASHINGTON, July 29.—(P— President Truman today sent near- | Senate in the face of a decision ‘by the Republican leadership not ‘to conisder any appointments at the extra session. Most of the nominations were re- | appointments of United States At- \v.omeys and Marshals. | Among the reappointments was | that of Ernest Gruening of New! York as Governor of Alaska. Other nominations included the | reappointment of Harry O. Arend |as United States District Attor- ‘cny for Division 4, Alasks WEND[INGS 10 TAKE | tion had powers it was not using. {He also asserted that President Tru- man broke “the price line” by en- couraging a wage increase for steel werkers near the end of the war. The Anti-Poll Tax Legislation would outlaw payment of state poll taxes as a requirement for vot- ing in federal elections. It has passed | the House. Senator Wherry (R-Neb) moved that the Senate consider it, saying he did so in a “hopeful spirit.” Senator Russell (D-Ga.) promptly | started delaying tactics. He asked a This is a call of thel roll to determine whether a majority of the Senate is present. Senator Stennis (D-Miss.) ready to make a long speech. —_—— . — Plane (rash, Arclic OTTAWA, Juiy 29— Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters was says a Canso amphibian aircraft carry'ng a crew of 10 crashed and sank i Arctic waters yesterday, killing ‘one and injuring nine. Details were sparse, but officials here believe the plane hit a cross- wind when it nosed down for a| {landing at Kittigazuit, an RCAF station in the northwest territor- ies. The plane was being used to haul supplies to airmen stationed in the Arctic. 250 TRANSPORTS EXTENDED VACATION| Mr. and Mrs, Herbert Wendling |will leave here on the Princess ‘Lsuise to take a two month vacation {in the States. ‘They will visit rela- tives in Minnesota and purchase a new automobile in Detroit, Mich. 1 Wendling is employed by the Pub- |lic Roads Administration here and ‘Mrs Wendling is secretary to Ter- wrltorinl Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers, A G ' Toivo Andersen arrived here from Pelican yesterday and is 'rmvl»u'r(-d at the Gastineau Hotel. CANFLY FOOD T0 BERLIN IF NEEDED| HONOLULU, July ZD—MH—Ap-i |Proximately 250 Military Air Trans-, port Service (MATS) planes are, available to augment the Berlin air- lift if necesary, says Maj, Gen. L. S. Kuter, MATS Commander. Kuler, stopping here on the last leg of a flying inspection of MATS operations in Alaska and the Pacific, will proceed to San Francisco to-ievery contact with the Legation | Isuu.e that time.’ morrow. Truman Addresses (ongress ! PRESIDENT TRUMAN DELIVERED IN PERSON JULY 27 his mes- sage to Congress. It bristled with fighting phrases. He emphasized an all-out attack on inflation, asked for re-enactment of price and wage controls, demanded legislation to provide “more housing at lower prices—both for sale and for rent,” and said “delay . . . would be most dangerous.” Photo shows the President as he addressed the extraordinary session of the joint houses of Congress. (International 2 SUP! EXPLOSION, BIG PLANT | 2 SUPERS CONTINUE IS PROBED iSearch Conhnues for Vic- Inveshgaiors Deny Com- ON FLIGHT tims of Crash Off | -mie Charges that War Arabian Coast Material Being Made TUCSON, Ariz, July 29—@— By JAMES J. DEVLIN Two B-20's will continue their| LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, flight around the world while the|July 29.—#—German investigators search goes on for more victims of the greatest European disaster of the crash of a sister Super-|since the war brushed aside today fortress off the south coast of Ar- Communist charges that the ex- abia, Davis-Monthan Air Force | ploded Farhen chemical plan here base announced today | was making war material. The planes probably will take off | from Aden today. The base has announced names of five crewmen killed, six | mh;ing and presumed dead. uxc‘and that about 250 persons were To missing and one survivor. The B-29 | the apparent death toll of 334, they | which fell into the sea about a mile | added 2,000 injured. oft Aden Tuesday night is believed | Mannheim police across the riv- to have had a crew of 17 or 18|es estimated the dead between 500 men. lnnd 800. U. 8. Army officials there The two remaining B-29's will | said 6,200 were injured, many in follow the original route, makmu‘Manneh im and other nearby their first landing on United States American Zone places by the ter- Territory at Anchorage, Alaska rific concussion. The dead included M-Sgt. Ken- The plant employed 22000 work- neth 8. Selleg, Hoquiam, Wash, ers. The explosion and swiftly flight cnglneu !spreading fires demolished or dam- Hungary Arresls ‘ Yugoslav Official In Murder Case BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July 29 —P-—The Director of Information | l d w h said today Hungary has arrested the on on a'e ouse Secretary of Yugoslav Legation in LONDON, Juiy 2v—a’--A van load Budapest in connection with the of men were captured today after murder of a Yugoslav student. -ngmmg a pitched battle with police. The Information Director said the The men had attempted a raid on a Hungarians tlirew a ring of 40 warebouse at the London airport. policemen and six automobiles| Nire men were charged with| around the Yugoslav Legation and treaking and entering a bonded on July 22 arrested Zhovko Boarov,|warehouse used to store gold and largest plant in the French Occu- ¢ (Continued On Page Two) 60 Gang Is Frusirafed In Raid on Bonded | to the | the i Peclice in this French Zone Rhine | | City sald 84 bodles were recovered | 1 price levels. 1zation PRICE CUT POWER BY PRESIDENT { Truman Makes Reques! on Congress—Roll Back fo Nov., 1947, Level WASHINGTON, July 20.—M— President Truman asked today that Ccngress vote him power to cut prices on cost-of-living items, and set as his goal a roll back to the November, 1947, level. But proposed legislation he sent Capitol recognized that price slashes that deep probably could not be made on most items. It sald levels of November, 1947, should be the base but that price- slashing “ceilings” must take into account rises since then in costs and cther factors. Porter Drafts Measure Paul Porter, former OPA Ad- ministrator, tock a draft of pro- posed legislation to the House Banking Committee. He argued to the committee—as President Truman did in his message to the special Congress session on Tuess day—that without inflation curbs the nation is flirting with a pos- sible economic collapse. But Porter said t even. with e mediate roduction of expect an Immediate of He added: “We do expect them to end lllé'r' upward mareh of prices and to-re-i |duce, so far as Is possible at this {late date, the threat of future:. collapse.” Proposals In Bill The bill proposes also limited powers between now and June 30, 1950: 1. To ration a few products in short supply. 2. Some authority over wages in the manufacture of items put under price control. 3. Restoration of war time con- trols over consumer credit, such as restraints _in installment buying. 4. Direct authority to regulate speculation on commodity ex- changes. 5. Authority to regulate bank credlt. ! 6. Strengthening of rent control 'with the administration to bring de-controlled housing units back under rent ceilings if it deems it necessary. i 7. Inventory control of scarc commodities which basically effecl the essential industrial production, or the cost of living, and the right to ration them to industries. Porter told reporters that a sep- arate bill will be sent to Congress proposing the restoration of the war time excess profits taxes. Even before the program was presented, Republican leaders had declared they would not approve such controls, Some said it would mean a “police state.” Immediately after the President asked for authority to control prices {throuxh a little OPA, Chairman Wol- icott (R-Mich.) of the House Bank- ing Committee immediately said. the President’s bill is doomed—and some Democrats agreed, Wolcott said: “We cannot have price and rationing controls and +still have full production. And. only (through full production can we stablize our economy.” Rep. Monroney (D-Okla), a Bank- ing Committee member, told report- ers: “The Republican opposition shows the President’s bill does not have & |ghost of a chance.” | The measure asks that Congress vote My. Truman power to cut pri= {ces down to last November's size. —_— e — STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 29.—{M—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 83%, Anaconda 36%, Curtiss- Wright 12, International Harvester 30%, Kennecott 58%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 23%, {U. S. Steel 719, Pound $4.08%. Sales today were 750,000 shares. Legation Secretary, “preventing jother valuables. "the fight Nine policemen were injured inj Averages today are as follows: industrials 18357, rails 60.89, utils | itles 34.90,