The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1948, Page 1

VOL. LXVIIL, NO. 10,997 NLRB HEARING LOCAL DISPUTE IS UNDERWAY Examiner Mon Boyd Is Getting Evidence in JSC- ILWU Case-Witnesses jatcd sinc Examiner Melton Boyd, hearingiave; claimed to represent any em- ofiicer for the 19th Regional ployees of the Juneau Spruce. Office, National Labor Relations| ¢ jyneqy Spruce operates its Board, Seattle, had a long day|,un parges to which lumber is Tuesday, after the hearing of the|)qeq from its docks for shipment. charge of the Juneau Spruce Cor-| 5 work of loading barges is poration against the International|ng continuous, is wholly intermit- Longshoremen’s and Warehouse- | tent anq performed by men em- men’'s Union began in the Senate ployed by the company as common Chambers, Federal Building, at 9|)aporers, am, and so did the counsels and| g I WU has demanded that { & Local M-271 IWA had agreed to recommend to its ' members that they cross the picket line and re- turn to work. The mill has oper- ated since that time behind a pic- THE DAILY A JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1948 By CHARLES HASLET WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—P— Rep. Short (R-Mo) said today the next Congress must provide more meney fer national defense and strengthen deienses in Alaska and the Aleutians. Short is slated to head the| House Armed Forces Committee in | the new Congress if he wins re- election and the Republicans keep control of the House. The Missourian told a reporter “ALL THE NEWS P GIVE PLAN FOR PEACE {Republican Presidential Candidate to Give Talk Tonight, Albuquerque By JACK BELL l EN ROUTE TO ALBUQUERQUE WITH DEWEY, Sept. 22—M—A formula for preventing a new world war was promised today bty Gov. ALL THE TIME” International Convention Meeting In Defensesin Alaska, Aleutians |DEWEY WILL - [TRUMAN ON Must Be Strengthened; Short ~ Announces His Proposed Plan WAY TODAY T0 COAST In Oaklandfin Francisco Tonight-Given Big Wel- come in Salt Lake By ERNEST B. VACCARO ABOARD TRUMAN CAMPAIGN TRAIN, Sept. 22.—(M— President ‘Truman offered Western voters to- day what he said was choice be- MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Aerial Offensive from Alaska With New B-50 Bombers (an Be (onduded, Saysfi Twining POWERS IN AGREEMENT ONBERLIN PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 22.—(®— Military operations in arctic areas would be as tough for the Russians as for Americans, Lt. Gen. Nathan F, Twining said today, adding: “And we know that we can op- erate on land, sea and in the air The Air Foice General, com- manding Alaskan Armed Forces, | told a news conference that newly | completed Eielson Field near Fair- | banks, is capable now of maintain- June Thomas E. Dewey, as he cut across|tween the most amtitious irriga- PRICE TEN CENTS —=;i | au CANADIANS . MEETING ALASKANS rDeIegale?t;f Boards of } Trade, Chambers of Com- merce Are in Session The gromise of an ever-develop~ ing relationship between Alaska and Central British Columbia, was the keynote of the opening session of the Associated Boards of Trade of tion and power development pro- | ing an .serial ofiensive with the|central British Columbia and af- | new B-50 bomber, which is Boe- he does not believe a war with|the Southwest for a vital presidens Russia will come ary time in the near future but “the United States must keep strong.” ! “We will have to provide more witnesses and various attendants at|employers agree to call on Lecal the proceedings, for it was after 616 for members of that local to p. m. before suspension of theijoad barges with lumber and to was announced. Long and involved and repititious ; as the testimony was, few left un-|these demands. tfl Examiner Boyd announced the Purpose of Picketing hearing would continue this morn-| 19, Purpose of picketing is to ing. . force employers to accede to de- At the end of a day of Ques-!mand in paragraph No. 8 above. ~and answers no conclusions| ;. That on August 31, 410,000 reached. Mr. Boyd maéde itifeet of lumber was shipped by for the | barge to Prince Rupert where Local '“1515 ILWU refused to unload the the testimony t0'parge because the lumber had NLRB General ! come from behind Local 16's picket line. ployees. And that, finally, the picketing in ‘Woodworkers | this case is an unfair labor prac- e a contract With|tjce under Section 8b of the Taft- foriall the oD~ Hartley Law. which the 's and Defendants’ Position e Paul, stating the position of the hould delendant, maintained _that the " ILWU is a cohesive group of long- & ant, h it attorneys,|little change, that it operates on “ pgers and Norman C. Ban- (8 rotating plan; that it has been field, contends that ILWU is in vio- | 80 existing practice since 1934 lation of certain Sections of the|When the local longshore group M.y Act; that the issue|became affiliated with the AFL and is between the Gen-|1938 when it changed to CIO affil- unsel of the NLRB, who is|lation for the longshore group to i contends | include _loading of | in eral. in the position of a representative :8ct as a bargaining unit for all of the public in the enforcement | longshore units in Juneau; that of a pubiic law; that the position the group was recognized in a sim- of . the employer is that of princi- ilar capacity throughout the coast palwitness for the General Coun-'0f Alaska, the Pacific Coast and British Columbia, and recognized by all employers, including the Ju neau Lumber Mills and Juneau iSpbruce Corporation. i “It is our position that the Juneau Spruce Corporation should not on a legal technicality ibe allowed to make a minor jvariation in the appropriate bar- sel. . i The International Woodworkers of America are intervening to de- fend their contract with the Juneau Spruce Corporation. Henry Roden and William Paul, Jr., represent the ILWU and Al Hartung of Portland, is attorney for the IWA. Violation Alleged 1 Alleging violation of the Labor 'tinued. “if anyone has committed Act, ~ Juneau Spruce’s Attorney!unfair labor practices, it is the Rogers, in an initial statement,iJuneau Spruce.” brought forth these points: { Mr. Hartung, IWA attorney, pre- 1. On April 10, 1948, Local 16, sented that Local M-271 IWA had ILWU, had placed pickets around signed contracts regarding wages, the Juneau Spruce plant, that thehours and other working conditions picket line had been around the with the Juneau Spruce Corpora- plant continuously since that time.[tion. “We believe the contract 2. At all times the employer has |sPeaks for itself. The contract is had a contract with Local M-271,|being lived up to by Local M-271. IWA, which represents all of the|Therefore we believe our union eligible employees of the mill; thntxhfis no dispute with the Juneau the contract, signed Nov. 3, 1947,|Spruce; we believe the dispute is is to run until April, 1949. between Juneau Spruce and the gaining unit,” Paul said, and con-! money for aircraft and for larger testing fields because of the pow- er and distance of guided missiles,” hearing until Wednesday morning|agree not to assign loading to em- {he said. “We must strengthen our defen- | We should enlarge, improve and tial campaign speech at Albuquers que tonight. ‘The Republican presidential noms. inee planned in his third formal address to tell the country just how he proposes to establish a “just and lasting peace.” Dewey gave an overflow audience in Denver's last night a preview of some of 9. Employer will not accede tolses in Alaska and the Aleutians.|his jdeas on foreign policy. He predicted that to the more 4,000-seat. audlwrmmft t gram ever devised and Republican “strangulation.” He carried his campaign into Ne- fyada and California on the theme that a Democratic victory in No- vember will mean “a glorious West lwith wealth and security for our ople.’” A major address before a cheer- ling overflow crowd in Salt Lake ity’'s Mormon tabernacle set the fone for rear platform speeches at strengthen the airports.in Alaska|than 100 serious problems he said|“whistle stops” enroute to address- and we must have ground forces|face the U. N. Assembly “may beles in Oakland and San Franci there too.” Short announced he expects to introduce a bill to establish a na-; tional air academy similar to Lhe]slstem." foreign policy, the Re-{building while a loud speaker cnr-! naval and military academies. e SEWARD HITBY | \Work on Highway May Be| . Curfailed - Stocks Re- i | ; ported Running Low SEWARD, Alaska, Sept. 22.—(P—| Acting Mayor Russell Painter says {that construction work on the Sew- | ard-Anchorage highway will be; curtailed unless the shipping tie-up ends soon. He made the statement in reply- ing to a request of Governor Er- nest Gruening for a list of the needs of various communities to be supplied by a relief ship. The Munter Phillips Company,‘ Iwhtch has a contract to construct 124 -bridges on the highway, cited a ineed for heavy shipments of steel. Lytle Green, contractor for con- struction of the road itself, listed need for dynamite and other mater-l ials, in addition to food for work-; \ers required at camps of both com-} panies. l Meanwhile food supplies were | running low in Seward. Some gro- cers .reported they had no eggs, butter, canned milk, flour, bacon, yeast or sugar, Others have sup- plies sufficient to last a month or more under normal buying ‘condi- tions, tion in Berlin.” added action on the critical situv‘1 a “strong and con- Calling for presidential nominee de-} ‘It is my firm belief that oum: country should never again seem to! wobble in foreign affairs so that dictators may think us weak andy irresolute. We must not only havej the strength of freedom—we need|( leadership which knows how to usef this power to build lasting peace.”| e, l RENNEBOHM IS WINNER, WISCONSIN Will Battle with Democrat Thompson for Governor- ship in November : MILWAUKEE, Sept. 22.- P—A: 59-year-old drug chain owner and a 34-year-old former army sergeant; will fight it out for Wisconsin's| governorship in November. The odds will be overwhelmingly | in favor of the drug executive, Os-l car Rennebohm, the present chief executive and the Republican party victor in Wisconsin's primary elec-flines, smashed windows and bill- tion yesterday. His opponent will be Carl W Thompson, young Soughton attor-} ney and hope of the Democrats. ! The Republican primary pro- duced only one upset, the unseat.ng in his race for renomination of Rep. William H. Stevenson, third|winds, and:aluminum shutters torn!, district representative for eight years. He trailed former Congress- man Gardner Withrow by 1300 0 tonight. Tabernacle officials said 11,500 persons sat and stood within the ried the President's words to ad- ditional thousands in an assembly hall on the grounds. e Drenching Hurricane Florida Coast Bla‘fited vmh 160-Mile Gusts-Dam- age Reports High MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 22—P—A drenching hurricane with its 100- { | ' TRY imile-an-hour winds still imact,:MIN'“G l N D us moved over Lake Okeechotee in South Central Florida today and aimed for the state’'s rich citrus belt. Two persons have died and many have suffered minor injuries in the big storm which blasted the Florida keys with 160-mile gusts early yesterday and pounced Miami last night. Heavy gales and rain still tat- tered the keys and ‘Miami today. Damage to Miami was limited to uprooted palm trees, broken power boards. Streets were flooded by tor- {rential rains. Transportation wasf ~o. ., disrupted, schools remained closed and business suspended. Miami Beach reported some show windows blown in, trees uprooted or snapped off by the gusty, twisting off. A wall of a night club, being rebuilt, was flattened. Rough water undermined a span " Boyd Makes Siraight | 'BeVin AnnOUfl(eS Bel’na' } langzg larger version of the wartime | B-29. { dofle'S PO“(V On Pale' | :w!uh\yz,iair commander in the . Sclomons during the war, express- sfine fo Be Followed ef “tnat 1 i |ed belief ‘that American forces | “now can operate as well, if not | By The Associated Press | better, than anyone else” under If the Moscow talks over Berlin|arctic conditions. fail, the three Western Powers are| “We do know that the Russians |in “absolute agreement” on a julm{hnve the same problems as we jpolicy, British Foreign Secretary | have,” he said. “They put on their {Ernest Bevin told the House of pants one leg at a time the same Commons today, (as we do.” Returning to London brietly | Jet Fighters In Alaska from Paris, Bevin pledged Britain's| Twining said the Air Forces have isupport to Count Folke Berna- a full group now of jet fighters— idotte’s recommendations for the about 75 proved F-80's—operating solution to the Palestine problem. in Alaska. Britain thus joined the United ‘of long-range B-50's will undergo !States in backing the Bernadotte |aretic training this winter. i plan. | Twining and Rear Adm. Alfred |" Speaking on the Berlin crisis,' E. Montgomery, commander of the Bevin told the British Parliament| Alaskan Sea Frontier, are confer- Ithat “we are in close consultation|ring here with Admiral D, C. j—we are still working it out—and | Ramsey, Commander in Chief of | :shall be coltinuing our consulta-the Pacific Fleet. {tion in Parls during the coming| The big problem of the Armed iweek.” g | Forces in Alaska, said Twining, is ! He denied rumors there had heefl‘hausmg and manpower for base- | disagreements: between the three | gilding, Montgomery wryly ob- Western Powers. He said the three |served that Russia “as a dictator- + joint action if the talks failed. | democracy. | b | Commandeer Workers | TEL AVIV.—Jewish military au-| «phe Russians “can send con- {thorities announced Arabs ambush- | s yetion workers where they need {ed and killed four persons in | hem " said Montgomery. “wg |can invite them.” Asked about the size of Eielson Field, 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Twining replied with a smile: “Just say it’'s a big one.” - He said the United States 'has \ 7\Conunued on Page Five) | -es | 'pRoBlEMS RE[AIED | developed a considerable number | 7! of Alaskan Air Fields from whlchl | B-29's can operate. Because of the [weather and the terrain, Alaskan bases actually are like a series of i Ly | islands “and the supply problem is {Diredor of U. §. Bureau e rousn cne Supplies At Barrow In this connection, Montgomery said a full year's supply was put ianhore at the Point Barrow oil de- Ivelopmem base by a Navy amphib- Talk on Conditions {ious force in only five days. | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22—(M| “myis gdded the Admiral, was —The time has come for closer h“"more tonnage on Point Barrow's |ison between those who shape thely...;, than went ashore at OKin- ipolicy and those Who |,y quring the invasion phase furnish the sinews of war, "'m's[’mere » Boyd, director of the U. 8. Bureau, Twining said American forces i;{,er’:‘::ie:::; the American Con-| .. corypulously observing the lim- i In an address prepared for de- s "“,wg"’?c""" Rusulank terri- ivery Boyd warned,. “the critical iy, “sud-—s far 88, we Kngw- state of world affairs has added innumerable problems to govern- ment and the mining industry.” (In regard to American territory.) “We'd like to know niore about He added that a group | were in ‘absolite agreement_Qn LP}*" dreg_yoj, have- a. pannower. | IBeflin policy=-amd had a MM.,,I' lem “as does the AmerieanCani the Russians are doing the same"l 3. 'Employees refused to cross the picket line April 10 and the mill was shut down until July 19. 4. Before July 19, officers ofl lILwu. The meat supply was reported sufficient to last only two weeks to a month. Supplies of winter clothing and rubber footwear also were said to be running low. Hawkins Testifies On the witness stand, E. S. Haw- kins, manager of 'the Juneau! Spruce Corporation from the timeg of its purchase May 1, 1947, until | June 1, 1948, recited the history votes with only five of the district’s|of the MacArthur causeway con-| . : n government ex- 372 precincts missing. {necting Miami and Miam! Beach,, o langer oal; [and the bridge was closed to traffi; |{Emporize or deal with these prob- are real. They are urgent,” he said. He told the mining men that the| American mineral supply is run-| !what's going on in Russian terri- tory,” Twining concluded. “We are | using all means we can to find | out.” z — e - The Washington ‘Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) of negotiations with the IWA from the time the Juneau Spruce pur- chased the local company until he lended his employment with the mill. The contract of Nov. 3 with the do longshoring or all work re- quired by the company, Mr. Haw- kins said. Presence of longshoremen for ASHINGTON — When Presi- dent Truman got out to Iowa on IWA permitted IWA employees to| his present campaign trip, he put in a long distance call to Gov. Jim Cox, Democratic candidate for President against Harding in 1920 and grand old man of the Demo-l cratic party. Though the conver- sation was about other things, Gov. Cox made this suggestion: loading of box shooks on cannery! scows was explained by Mr. Haw- LEGISLAURTE . IN LOUISIANA | CALLED TODAY! {Effort Will B—eilade fo Re- i store Truman’s Name fo State Ballot kins, who said that the company was in the position of a stevedor- BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 22.— Reports of damage trickled in. lems in an academic fashion. They Thirty privately owned boats were sunk, three Navy craft damaged and (By The Associated Press) | In Haifs, Israel, a reliable source said members of the outlawed Stern Gang have made at least indirect threats against the life of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, who replaced the assassinated Bernadotte as mediator two Coast Guard bodts drivanl ashore at Key West. Houses were unroofed and water Tose to a depth of three feet on the east side of the island. All docks at Tavernier, midway down the keys, were washed out. The overseas highway from Miami to Key West was flooded and closed to traffic. ning far below the level necessary | U.N. ASSEMBLY IN ing agent, or agent for canneries, P—President Truman’s change to when canneries asked them to se- 'Y on even terms for Louisiana's cure longshoremen for loading ten electoral votes today was in the purposes; that the Juneau Spruce, hands of the state’s legislators, converted into something impor- tant and marketable, he then has to seek a lease from the Govern- ment, and is even forced to bid for in Palestine. Anothel: dispatch from Israel said COMMIE FORCES, BESEIGED TSINAN, ARE ANNHILATED the Irgun Zvai Leumi, had turned in its arms to the government and disbanded “I can tell you how to casry|would pay the longshoremen and Towa, Mr. President.” in turn charge the cannery or “How?” asked the President. company for whom it was acting “Give 'em rain today.” for the longshore wages. Mr. Truman chuckled. Here, Henry Roden brought forth “Fhe Republicans will probably a receipt for a longshoreman’s. ‘Eghthermg here for a suddenly sum- ,moned special session set for to- | night. | Gov. Earl K. Long called them 'on one day’s notice to re- ,storing Mr. Truman's name to the ‘,Auslrfiififl?g NANKING, Sept. 22—P— Gov- |emmenl sources today announced the_complete annihilation of Com- To Take Number of | that ‘second Jewish extremist gruup,l i SLAYER OF BRIDE 10 DIE IN CHAIR; BnA National spokesman safd the! VERDICI QUKK 0" committee on public lands, sutmit-| on our free enterprise system that' (By The Associated Press) |Bmt,es., Britain, France, Russia, | Charles P. Willis, chairman of PAR'S MAPS ou.l. ted proposals for improving the: Government's land policy. i when a person discovers a deposit| Tne U, N, General Assembly, (which ‘he can utilize or which, by!meeting briefly today in Paris, vot- | China, Mexico and Poland should | supply vice presidents for the com- ithe minerals advisory council, sub-| GENERAL PROGRAM ! “It is rather a sad commentary ihis own inventive genius, may be|eq tnat delegations from the United |ing year. Each delegation chosen what he has discovered,” he stated.| ;) “soject the delegate to act asj i a | vice president. General debate | morrow. } The priority item is the Pales- ! tine dispute. The delegates have the late Count Folke Bernadotte's | plan for settlement, endorsed by the is to start to- promise them rain,” continued [ withholding tax, signed by Juneau ;state ballot from which it was munist forces within besieged Tsin- { Europes’ Refugees fighting within the city reached lUnhed States, despite objections. b | The Assembly will also consider GREENVILLE, Ky. Sept. 22—!2 proposal of its Secretary-Gen- Cox, “and then take credit for it|Spruce Corporation as employer. Stricken by the Democratic State| GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 22.|“a climax” during the early morn- when the equinox sets in.” Hawkins also said that the Ju- . neau Spruce, in its purchase of the Juneau Lumber Mills, had agreed not to assume any contracts of the JLM. “The Juneau Lumber Mills property was sold with exeeptlonl . U. 8. HESITATES Future historians may chalk up a certain moment of American in- decision last July alongside the in- (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Two) Central Committee on Sept. 10. ——————— GANTY HERE FROM HOONAN Prosper H. Ganty arrived in Ju- neau Tuesday by private pllnei from Hoonah. He was at thei Baranof. - {P—Australia has offered to take|ing hours. He added that the city’s (M—A Muhlenberg circuit court jury an unlimited number of Europe’s|inner defenses had not been broken |last night convicted Raymond Elli- 800,000 refugees ! by Communist troops at any point.|son, 37, on a murder charge Brig. F. G. Calleghan, head Of!l(ennwhlle the American Embassy |death of his 12-year-old bride last the Australian military mission inisaid eight American Missionaries March and fixed his punishment at Germany, relayed the offer yester- were inside Tsinan, capital of 'death in the electric chair day to the International Refugee Shantung province. Their names The jury reached fts verdiot after Organization. were not available here. 20 minutes’ deliberation. eral, Trygve Lie, to establish a | United Nations Police Force to re- in the|store order in troubled areas and ',, {for protection of its mediators. ’ el i FROM KETCHIKAN Mr. and Mrs, James Morton, of Ketchikan, are at the Baranof. filiated Chambers of Commerce of Southeast Alaska, which was held {this morning in the Elks Hall. In attendance were 71 delegates and visitors from Canada, members of lthe Juneau, Haines, and Ketchikan Chambers of Commerce. | Dr. L. M. Greene, President of the Association, officially opened the 17th Convention and stated that it Imarked a great ang historic occa- sion as this is the first meeting ever held on American soil, . Gov. Ernest Gruening voiced the hope of all Alaskans when he stated that he would like to see develop=- ment of a closer relationship be- tween the two neighboring regions for the mutual progress of both countries. In conclusion, the Gover- {nor said that it was his hope that .this was not the last but the first jof many meetings to help solve mu- tual problems. Delegates Welcomed On behalf of the City of Juneau, iMayor Waino Hendrickson welcom- 'ed the delegates and stated that the ‘city was honored to have teen chds- en as a meeting place for_the group. Joseph McLean, ! ,of the Juneau Chamber, which is -m% pro- gram ol entertanment that has !been arranged. : Four Past Presidents of the ABT are in attendance at the Conven- tion and President Gaeene called * ,upon them for a few words. ¢ ., George McAdams, Past President from Terrace, stated it was his !personal belief that the boundaries separating Canada and America ishould be completely « obliterated ;and he belleves that this meeting will help materially toward that ob- ‘jective. In conclusion, he reminded ‘the delegates that “what we say |here will ring a bell both in Wash- {ington, D. C., and Ottawa.” h Juneau Complimented ¢ Frank Dockrill, former President (from Telkwa, praised Juneau for the substantial progress that has ‘been made since his last visit in | He said that as citizens of the .United States and Canada, we tshould recognize that we are on ;the spot in world affairs. To ward ioff other idealogies, it is our duty {to show that the free enterprise Isystem will provide better govern-" ment and better living. This grave iresponsibility can te met, Dockrill |mud, by everyone accepting indi- vidual responsibility, Other past presidents speaking were J. W. H. Day of Vanderhoof, B. C, and Jim Harvey, of Rupert. Officials introduced at the meet- |ing included: John T. Gawthrop, | Direction, Regional Development Di- ‘vision of the Department Trade and Industry, who is representing the government of British Colum-~ bia; H. W. Brighton, Vancouver representative of Department of {Trade and Commerce; D. C. Knapp, representative of the Pacific North- west Trade Association; W. H. Crocker, Field Represéntative of Department Trade and Industry; F. W. Dobson, President of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's As- sociation. { President Gives Report | President L. M. Green presented {his report on the yearly activities. He stated that the confirmation of the establishment of a Celanese plant at Prince Rupert was the greatest development of the year. He cited the interest of the Alumi- num Co. of Canada in establish- ing an even larger manufacturing plant in the area augured well for greater progress. He reported on the resolutions made at the last year’s convention and stated the pressure that they had brought to bear on the govern- ment by the resolutions, would soon |show tangible results. | Dr. Greene, who was in Scotland the time of his nomination, re- {ported on his trip to the United |Kingdom and said three British ‘lirms displayed interest in coal (Continued on P:éz Efiiit‘)——“ Prince .