The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1948, Page 1

» | & e ¥ ?a\ © ' Fad Fl P ——— i VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,981 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1948 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” CLAIM LABOR|AIR PROGRAM DAVIDSON | DUE HERE Any Adion, MIEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PACIFIC COAST WATERFRONTS TIED UP REPUBLICANS|CAA FAVORS| Named "Miss Arizona” President Powerless fo Take Marifime Strike in the West Coast maritime strike PRICE TEN CENTS ST e—— WALKOUT COMPLETE SUPPORT NOW|FOR JUNEAU THIS P. M. isrpixe siuamon 1s)-zcesess i ON COAST Campaign ' Manager An-)Tom Dyer Gives Extelleml nounces Lineup-Senator | Reporf at Chamber | Lucas Makes Prediction Luncheon Today |STUDIED BY TRUMAN; NO ACTION IS TAKEN WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—P— The White House said today that Assistant Satary of In- terior on Flying Trip to Northland SEATTLE, Sept. 2—(P—Assi except through negotiation. He made this remark at his news conference when asked what ac- 'tion he contemplates in that case and in the New York truck strike. Mr. Truman did not reply as to the New York strike but he has taken every possible action he saidi |Hundreds of Ships Idled as | Longshoremen Leave | Their Jobs g 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.—#—= Pacific Coast ports were idled to- (By The Associated Press) Tom Dyer, chairman of the Avia- | Anbi g esident . : | Republicans laid claim today to|tion Committee for the improve- Secretary of the Interior C. Girard] resident Truman ;‘:‘;‘ t‘:: NeW under the law in the West Coast| s i &M och ot omen quit work “substantial” labor support in all|ment of the Juneau Airport, ten- ‘?“V‘d”" &ow, 1o Alwske foday. to Coast maritime walkout “under i and prepared with allied unions for sections of the country for the|dered an excellent report of his try tuut leml-n facts behind a de- Bitidye The government acted under the a strike W r Wail Hendrickson's crease {n salmon runs. It was his|~ "V : x .| Taft-Hartley Law last June to get 4 De'x::ey '23.:'& ::f-l‘ze'Zxaxm with an :‘c‘immfi?;; tofl::chorage where first trip north. Press Secretary Charles G. ROSS|, ;i grder preventing a maritime| Pickets patrolled the waterfronts y coupl “In the three or four days I win|fcld reporters Mr. Truman “is| ;. for g0 days. That time limit|besinning at 10:30 a. m. docal they conferred with General A. D. Atkinson of the U. S. Air Force in the Territory, and Walter Plett, announcement that Barak T. Mat- tingly of President Truman's home state of Missourl will direct GOP aware” of both situations, but that 2 in Alaska I hope to get some no action has been taken. ..{information ‘as to why the salmon runs seem to be on the decrease,” As to whether any government| !explred today and the court, sitting |In Seattle, dissolved the injunction. The administration s still trying time) today. . Harry Bridges, pres- ident of the International Long- 'shuremcn's and Warehousemen’s lat;::ta:r;pmiysn :c;i;m;i;ns e !:;eg::m’lns Director of the CAA bhe said. nc_tlm} i contemplated, Ross x-e-l,0 settle the walkout By negotiation, | Union, predicted the strike would ney and Zenernl l:o’unsel for thel Repnrtix{g at the Chamber of ; Another purpose of the trip will| Blied: “That, I cannot say Mr. Truman said, but he has no|last three months. tu survey national park facilities emergency powers left. | Contract otiatiol hiefly con- ; 1 oA ¥ e : \ mergency power | ract neg ns chiefly cf Republican National Committee. | Commerce luncheon y, Dy lat Mount McKinley, he said. He - oo cerned with wages and the hiring said that both he and the Mayor ments Mr. Truman has been re-|were well pleased with accomplish- ceiving from AFL and CIO lead-!ments, and were especially impress- ers, GOP campaign manager Her- ed by the courtesy with which | bert Brownell, Jr., said Mattingly|they were received. ! Without mentioning the endorse- expeets to return to Seattle Sept. 5. “My interest in Alaska is not ohly for the purpose of obtaining infor- mation there in order to discuss matters with Secretary Krug, but TRUCKING STRIKE IN NYC IS SPREADING; was picked because of “the mutual respect and confidence existing be- i In the first place, Dyer said that Plett was in full accord with the lengthening of the present air The curvaceous beauty with the silver crown and winning smile is »; also to assist development of the entire Pacitic Northwest,” Davidson | i | BARGE SERVICE T0 ALASKA MAY ALSO hall collapsed last night. The strike will affect about 16,000 longshoremen and seafarers, About 500 ships are involved. The walkout raffects 2,500 Puget Sound longshoremen. The action idles 23 ships in Seattle and oth- ers at Everett, Bellingham, Aber~ SOME DOORS LOCKED impen, him, andh ppigeentative Joad ! 18-year-old Donna McElroy of Phoenix, named Miss Arizona of 1948, |said. strip, whieh is incapable of hand- ment.” Brownell atded: ling jet propelled or extremely" “I am confidént that he will| heavy aircraft. Dyer pointed out! City, N. J. ® Wirephoto, ers of the American labor move- She’ll represent the State in the Miss America contest at Atlantic 1 “We are anxious about increasing the salmon run,” he said. i { He said he hopes to see leaders!_::::s intricate economic lifelines NEW YORK, Sept. 2—(@— New weld into an effectiye campaignithat the length of the present force pledges of substantial llbor‘st.np is slightly more than 5,000; g ( support.” |teet and that it is desired to mos RAllY Io Big Labor Vote {lengthen it by 2,000 feet. i In a Labor Day statement issued To Survey Strip IWT OF MOVIE - sl i wn“'l Altogether in favor of the move, year labor, always -interested m] ey el gy zouod e Breat | neering force of CAA personnel efforts. to get out the vote m‘m.v R e amr-L veringithe: flvldmv}\;';" stiga gitey and D CAUGHT of the Taft-Hartley Act, repeal and said better labor-management relations legislation is “an nmlun! necessity.” 4 P The President will open his cnm-1 paign with a Labor Day speech at‘ i Detroit next Monday. Meanwhile, Senator Lucas (D- I said Mr. Truman will add his personal campaigning to a spiritéd drive to land Illinois’ 28 electoral votes for the Truman-Barkley ticket. Close, Hard Fight l As for the national campaign, Lucas said he expects a “close, | hard fight” between Mr. Truman| and Governor Dewey. 1 struction. Dyer said the engineer- ing job is expected to be com- plete within the next three weel and that construction will be un- dertaken as soon as possible. i Second topic on the agenda of approved proposals, was that which provides for an improved light- ing system for the Juneau air- port. Dyer said the CAA has the [money on hand without additional appropriations, and is making a study for the lighting installation. This would include additional light- ing between Juneau and Gustavus on strategical mountain points. “o advise the committe concern-; ing recommended means of con- | i 1 {dancer Vickie Evans, 25, With a heavy stake in three un- released Robert Mitchum pictures, two studios have rallied defense of the 31-year-old cinema hero, accused of violating narcotics laws. RKO and Selznick Studios an- nounced last night that Jerry Gies- ler, noted western criminal law- yer who has figured in several cases involving sereen stars, would represent the handsome Mitchum. The actor and real estate agent | Robin Ford, 31, were arrested with, 20-year-cld actress Lila Leeds and | in what police said was & marijuana smok- g party in the girls’ room early to the! | {of the salmon industry in Alaska SEAOAC Jevar. By 8. wAke iand emplogees of the Depulment“):! of 9.:d00 APL‘!ruc:drivers that of Interior who can give him the,‘ reagen: igiepeend to 3°-°‘.’° fagts. lother truckers in the metropoli- @ = {tan area. i Davidson plans to meet Clarence v i J. Rhode, head of the Alaska Fish| The walkcut, which began at land Wildlife Service, at Juneau to- | Midnnight Tuesday, crippled most Jaay. of the city's widespread trucking i Operation of the air field at Moum:operatmns. ‘To preveqnt piling up :of merchahdise in rail yards, an }embacgo. wassclamped ort ail. rail- road freight headed for the Metro- NO TOMATOES FOR WALLACE of the few which has an airfield. | Politan area. | Davidson flew via Pan American.; Most retail outlets still had ade- { 2 iquate stocks on hand. But the ef- Alabama yesterday was quiet and b AT | (fects of thinning supply lines al- DEwEY STASSE" ready were felt by many stores. A he drew scattered cheers when he | ’ } said: “I do not come smh, to P preac dinis ' HAVE CONFERENCE; few firms, cut off from deliveries, The Progressive candidate, who 1 shut their doors. S A R was met with a barrage of toma- (H ARGE IS M ADEIWESIER“ pOWERS toes, eggs and boos in North Caro-| lina, spoke to an orderly crowd or' i 600 from the front of the Morganl ALBANY, N. Y. Sept. 2.—(@—I YIElm"G To Russ tHarold E. Stassen today accused k is one of arly wants DECATUR, . Ala., Sept. 2—(P— Heny Wallace’s first appearange in County courthouse. His audience was not segregated,!gecretary of Agriculture cmnes' F. Brannan of a “deliberate at- but only a few Negroes were seen. At the end of his talks, Wallace|tempt to stop the downward trend | SEATTLE, Sept. 2.—(®—Hopes of { maintaining large-scale barge ser- vice to Alaska in the event of a prolonged steamship tie-up were dashed today with the announce- !ment by a major barge line that it “will ‘shut down if the coast { shuts down.” | The announcement came from a Preight Express. Z JE§ lier, the Griffiths & Sprague ing Company, ‘which han- I dles cargo opérations’ for the’ barge ! firn, announced the signing of a { two-year contract with the CIO longshoremen. The stevedoring company was one of three independent Seattle waterfront firms to sign such con- glmcts. ‘The others, none affiliated iwith the Waterfront Employers | Association, were G & S Handling !Compnny and the Dahl Transpor- tation Company. i 'The latter firm operates one |=;ma!l freighter betweén Seattle (and Juneau. Officials said crew of the 130-ton vessel is nol involved in the current maritime controversy. BE HIT BY STRIKE : een, Olympla, Raymond, Port Gamble and Port Townsend. Longshoremen at Tacoma, Ana- cortes and Port Angeles are unaf- fected since they are affiliated with |the APL. 1 Nation To Feel Tieup The tleup from Seattle to San 'Diexo will be felt across the na- tion. Railroads had ordered an em- ihargo on most freight destined for jthe coast ports, Military freight The longshore walkout was alled ted for 10 a. m. meetings to hear ireports on the failure of negotia- | tions which had begun last spring. | Union spokesmen said the strike | Would become official at 10:30 a. | W because at that time an 80- day Federal Court injunction for- bidding a strike was expected to be dissolved. It halted a threatened strike 80 days ago. ! Others To Walkout | 10 Marine Cooks and Stewards, {CIO Marine Engineers, Independent the i \farine Piremen ad Marine Radio | Operators are expected to follow !|the longshoremen out. !fons had agreed not to sign a con- The un- |thanked them for their courtesy.{of food prices.” Again there were some cheers,' Stassen, former Minnesota Gov- mingled with boos. ernor, who was defeated for the “I do not come South to preach|Republican Presidential nomination | disunity,” he declared, “but to|py Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, told a| “The Republicans are going to! Winter- Maintenance % find they will havetodoalot more| Another sorepoint which has. Simultaneously, the studios and. | campaigning than they have beenpheen up for consideration for some | Giesler asked that Mitchum be; | talking about if they expect to:time is that regarding winter main- jgiven the benefit of doubt until] yesterday. ¢ Refreat May l]kely leadfo! winam Gettings, regional tong- ! tract unlaas all Wi, Thé redic o I_lffing Of Blo(kade on {shore representative, said the c‘m‘:eramru are also involved in a juris- i o mldicuoml dispute between the AFL nereases of 151 aarine Radio Officers Union and |tract with the independents call (for hourly wage cents for straight time, bringing it “arte de Peron, win,” he said. Mr. Truman's traveling plans promise to be more extensive than ever as there are signs of cam- paign money from sources outside the National Committee. i tenance of the Juneau air field.{all evidence is in. Dyer said this formerly came with- out the jurisdiction of the CAA, ‘as the Juneau strip was not ac- credited on the route of CAA air- circumstances Credited points are those, ways. Giesler, coun- sel for Charlie Chaplin and Errol Flynn in past cases, said there were “many unexplained facts and surrounding raid” and that the actor’s friends CIO President Phillip Murray | Which can te maneuvered by in-!were convinced he would be clears announced after a White House; call yesterday his union’s members | will be asked to kick in to helpi back up the union board’s endorsement of the Tru- man-Barkley ticket, i - e - FROM WRANGELL At the Gastineau Hotel from Wrangell are Lena and' Maxine Davis. The W;;l;i;gton: Merry - Go-Round BY ROBERT S. ALLEN (Copyright, 1948, l;: '1)1:. Bell Byndicate, c. (Editor's Note — While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation The Washington Merry-Go- Round is being written by his old partner, Robert S. Allen.) ASHINGTON—Maria Eva Du- beauteous blonde wife of the swashbuckling Argen—l tine dictator, is very eager tol visit the U. S. Last year, the glamorous senora toured Franco Spain, France and Italy, and collected an assortment of decorations, costly gifts, and a few boos. The last were not re- ported in the iron-censored Argen- tine press. Evita, as she is familiarly known in her country, thinks a U. 8. junket would enhance her politi- cal ambitions. She wants to suc- ceed her husband as president. But so far, Washington has turned deaf ear to hints for an official in- vitation. The U. S. Government has nol Al ued on e ) | strument flying. However, Dyer continued, maintenance of the field was approved by the last Congress ers is now provided with funds for that purpose. Relative to the flight schedules from the Juneau field, scheduled flights were formerly confined to the hours between sunrise and sun- set for landing and take-off. Dyer explained that due to rezoning of Territorial flight regions relative to the extent of favorable light fol- lowing sunset, the hours during which the field may be used have been inccreased. Dyer pointed to this as a defin- ite advantage inasmuch as a good portion of flights will not be held up in Juneau over-night because of stringent field regulations. Still going strong with favor- able response to the airport im- provement program, Dyer then an- nounced that Plett had extended the service of the CAA to include the landscaping of the Juneau terminal building. Plett said he would supply both materials and men when occasion for landscaping was on hand. Further saving the city of Juneau from expensive con- struction, the CAA has extended the use of their power lines to the l Juneau Airport. Air Force Visitations Dyer said that he and Hendrick- son spoke with General Atkinson and were told that “the General would endorse the program for the 2,000 foot extension for the run- way, and that an effort would be made to send a greater number of Air Force personnel to Juneau than has been done in the past. ed. executive',‘“ Bill N. 647, and CAA headquart- | the others accused, were released on bail of $1,000 each. e ISTRIKING WORKERS 'T0 SACRIFICE VOTE |UNDER NEW RULING WASHINGTON, Sept. The Naticnal Labor Relations) Board has ruled that workers who; | have been filled. strike for higher pay cannot vote in collective bargaining elections held during the walkout if their jobs The board’s unanimous decision, which may have far-reaching ef- fect, reversed the board’s stand taken a decade ago under the Wagner Labor Act. The board made these two condi- tions clear however: 1. The jobs of strikers involve: strikers. (The replacements would then vote in place of the strikers.) 2. That it is not a strike over an uniair labor practice by the employer. (That would include re- fusal by the boss to bargain with the union, discriminatory firings, and similar issues.) —————— PRIEST HERE The Rev. Joseph Forget, O.M.I, Atkinson said this would be done | IS Visiting in Juneau and will leave in an effort to acquaint the Air tomorrow to resume his duties at! Force with Southeast Alaska and|the Catholic Church at Telegraph, have this " (Continued on Page Eight) region become more|B: C. During the summer months he has been in the Whitehorse Vicariate, was given under the Taft-! Hartley Act passed a year ago. It}Jackson with a State Highwayjmunications System. | the ‘ develop Christian cooperation.” Mitchum, rising star whose sal-ilone Alabama mayor even Wrot€|ers after concluding a conference tary~has been $3,000 weekly, and | ' | | 1 | | —Henry Wallace cleared Mi i the birthplace of the state's rights 21— f Imust have been taken by n d_l NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—(M—Clos- | i 4 advocate that we all pull togeti’er news conference that the Agri- There is too much hatred in the|cyiture Department, with Bran- world and I say it is possible t0|pan’s approval, had issued state- I " ments intended to “raise food pri- Bringing his campaign into thelces when they should be shaking Deep South, Wallace faced an icy'qown.” reception from municipal officials.| The Minnesotan talked to report- (By The Associated Press) ‘The Western Powers appeared to- day to be yielding to Russia’s de- mands that only her German cur- lrency be allowed in Berlin. A Western retreat on that point quite likely will mean a lifting of the 71-day-old Russian land block- the GOP campaign which Stassenjaqe and an end to the expensive will make in Detroit next Tues-|.i. gt day. | The anti-Communist city gov- It will be a reply to Presidentiernment, which the Russians and Truman's Labor Day address in{Reds have been attacking, appeal- the same city. ed to the Blg Four meeting of ST, iy Military Governors to end the West-East political strife in Ber- lin. While the Governors maintained secrecy, the Russian and Social- ist newspapers in Berlin tipped off the way the currency issue hlm. “Your presence is not desired!with Dewey about a speech opening | ere.” Other city officials warned him they would strictly enforce segre- gation laws. Mississippi and Ar-| kansas refused to permit the form- er Vice-President to speak from the steps of their state capitols. IN MISSISSIPPI VICKSBURG, Miss., Sept. i;")?v‘(s SERGEAM IS RESCUED AFTER 36 movement, without incident today. ‘The Progressive party Presiden- ¢ tial candidate spoke to a non- likely is going. The official pap- segregated group of npproximnwly' er of the Russian military govern- ment predicted that the Russian East Mark will be adopted “very soon” as the sole Berlin money. “It means heavy defeat and cat- astrophe for the entire anti-Soviet 300 ‘people on the courthouse lawn here. There appeared to be about!{ SEATTLE, Sept. 2—M®—A plane 50 Negroes on the outskirts of the jrescue of Sgt. Leonard L. Warner crowd with two or three in thelof Nome after he spent 36 hours center. There was no demonstra-istranced and alone in barren waste- i B "R sal y tion. lands 45 miles north of Nome was|PONCY in Berlin said the news- He motored {paper, Taegliche Rundschau. to Vicksburg from reported today by the Alaska Cam-l cialist party agreed. They pro- tested that the Western Allies should resist adoption of the Rus- sian money as the only currency for the city. i — Patrol escort., At Jackson he fil-| Sergeant Warner, an ACS em- ed a slate of presidential electors, |ployee, accepted an invitation from an Army pilot to take a short ride STOCK QUOTATIONS in an Army plane last Thursday. Engine failure forced the pilot toi land on a small island in the Sinuk “ River. Ing quotation of Alaska Juneali pepairs were made but the flier | mine stock today is 3%, American |yag ynaple to take off until the Cal_l 81%, Anaconda 37%, C“““‘s'jplme stripped of all but bare es- Wright 10, International Harvest-igentials and Sergeant Warner re- er 28%, Kennecott 59, New York|mained behind. Later an Army Central 17%, Northern Pacific 23'%,|C.47 plane was sent out to locate U. S. Steel 81%, Pound $403%. |the sergeant and dropped an Sales today were 900,000 shares. lemergency kit to him. Averages today are as follows:| He was picked up later, exhausted industrials 184.41, rails 62.90, util-|put uninjured, by 1st Lt. Stanley R. ities 35.39. Morgan and Sgt. 1-¢c Frank E. Wil- % cox Jr.,, driving a weasel, AT THE GASTINEAU George H. Meyer, Ketchikan, is at the Gastineau Hotel. STEAMER MOVEMENTS George Washington, from Seattle, due tomorrow afternoon, Prince George, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday eve- ning. Pringess Louise &scheduled | sail from Vancouver Saturday. Henry Benson, Territorial Com- } Princess Norah scheduled to ar- missioner of Labor, left today for| Ralph H. Stewart and Erwin J.|rive at 7 a. m. tomorrow, sailing Fairbanks and Anchorage. He will| Grimstead, both with the CAA in|south one hour later. conduct Workmen’s Compensation Anchorage, are registered at lhel Baranof, from west, hearings in the Interior for a week. Hotel Juneau. ‘wumbound early Tuesday. WD it to BENSON LEAVES Berlin, Indicated | blockaded' Newspapers of the dominant So-| to $1.82, and 22': cents for over- jtime, boosting it to $2.73. REQUESTS TO WED The following marriage applica- tions have been made in the U. S. Commissionet’s office: Mildred Jean Andersen and Sgt. 1st Class Gerald David Marsh of the ACS, Della Esther Ripoli Lee Messer. Edwin E. Enrmann and Gerald- ine Blanchard, both of Skagway. i Murlel Kellogg Milnes and Jer- jome John Charles Chapman. \ i | and Elwin McIVERS TO HAINES Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Mclver left lon the Alaska for Haines for a short vacation. Tentative plans off with friends who reside in |Haines. Mrs. Mclver is on annual leave from her position of Assist- scheduled ant Deputy Clerk of the U. S. Dis- | triet Court. 4 yinclude a trip up the Haines Cut-| the CIO American Radio Associa- tion. i Loaded ships sailed abruptly yes- B {terday to beat the strike deadline. 1P O « > e e of Twenty-five left San Francisco, | ® .ileaving that many more partly {* WEATHER REPORT e iloaded vessels alongside the docks. i (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) '| Bridges' Statesment ' | @ Temperatures for 24-Hour Period | After the negotiations collapse, e In Juneau— Maximum, 62; e|Bridges said: o minimum, 50. “The employers handed us & e At Airport— Maximum, 58; e |contract and said: ‘Take it or e minimum, 47. o |leave it We wanted to go on te FORECAST o |and negotiate, but they walked out . (Juneau and Vieinity) o {On uS, . ® Mostly cloudy with light e| “The length of a strike? With @ rain showers tonight and e |these characteristics ‘it will take e Friday. Southeasterly winds e |three months to get wound up.” e occasionally as high as 20 el An employer spokesman said: e mph. tonight. Not much e|"The ILWU walked out of the e change in temperature. o jmeeting. They announced they e PRECIPITATION eofWere on strike as of 10:30 a. m. i @ (Pust 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ | THUrsday. The union negotiators |® In Juneau — .19 inches; e flatly rejected proposals, practical- e since Sept. 1, 153 inches: ol all of them.” le since July 1, 1385 Inches. o Employers had offered to leave |® At Alrport — 09 inches; e |the disputed question of whether o since Sept. 1,- 75 inches; e!@ union employee or an impartial ® since July 1, 910 inches. o | dispatcher shall run the hiring hall ® © @ » o e« o 6 @ o o|up to the Supreme Court. The ->oo Iprcnem union dispatcher mean- while would continue. Wage Issue Unsettled But last night Bridges said: “We cannot accept a hiring hall clause with strings on it.” He said another major unsettled issue was wages. Employers offer- jed hourly hikes oi 10 cents and 15 cents for overtime. The un- ion asked 15 cents straight and 22% cents overtime. No provision was made by long- | shoremen to handle shipments of military cargo. Bridges said: “Only the dead will | be worked.” He referred to funeral ships bringing home war dead. “We offered to set up a com- mittee to work perishables but em= ployers wouldn't have any,” he added. | The Pacific American Shipown- ijers said the strike would threat- en the economy of Alaska and iHawaii and would seriously hamper the European and China aid pro- 17 (Continuea On’ Page Two)