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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,052 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS STRIKE SETTLEMENT TERMS REACH MURRAY 1§ REELECTED (10 CHIEF Fight ""Degrading Effecls”| of Communism-Stage 39 Min. Demonstrafion PORTLAND, Ore., Philip Murray was re-elected Cl()‘ President acclamation today :lmi‘ promptly to left wing CIO unions to and desist” Communist doctrines Murray appealed to “every mem-| Ler” of every CIO union to fight, the “degrading effects” of com-] munism. He declared: “Under no circum- stances am I going to permit Com- | munist infiltrat'on into the national | CIO movement.” Murray was given a frenzied 39- minute demonstration, the longest| he has ever received from the CIO. In his acceptance speech he also said that the CIO is prepared to meet with representatives of the AFL—and any other labor group— “for the purpose of giving considera- tion to plans of a social, economic, | and political nature designed to ad- vance the cause of the American people.” ‘This, Murray said, was the CIO’s| reply to statements attributed to AFL President William Green last| week. These stateménts were in the nature of inviting the CIO to come back into the AFL on a merger basis. Murray said nothing about mer-; ger. H ase e — WORLD FLIER 15 OFFERED POSITION | BY KEITH CAPPER SEATTLE, Nov. 26—P— An! Alaska night club and radio sta-| tion owner says he has offered a| job to Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait to help her finance repairs on her i wrecked ‘Tound-the-world plane. | The British aviatrix ex-model | crash-landed along the highway | between Anchorage and Fairbanks | last Sunday. She said she would | have to go to work to finance] plane repairs and resumption of her flight. Keith Capper of Anchorage, who read of her accident while in Se-! attle, said he had wired Mrs, Mor: row-Tait an offer of a job at his| night club or radio station. He said he wired her “as one| pilot to another: I've cracked up m} that country myself. T know what | it'’s like.” e BARTLETT TO WASHINGTON After a pleasant, but busy, stay | in Juneau, with numerous en-| gagements elsewhere in the Terri-| tory, Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bart-| lett will leave tomorrow for Wash- ington, D. C. The Wasningioni Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON {Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, | Inc.) { ASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marshall, now pushing 69 and inclined to worry, has come back to Washington reasonably en- couraged about the Russian situa- tion. 3 He has reported to the White House and others that the Berlin airlift has been a tremendous de- feat for the Soviet and that the Russians are- worried over the way public opinions has turned against them at the Paris sessions of the United Natjons. In general, Marshall believes; that come next spring, when the! Russians see the airlift can bei carried on the year around, they will find their own way of lifting the Berlin blockade. Marshali reports a disturbed state of mind inside Soviet councils for two reasons: 1. ERP is making far better progress than generally realized. 2. The General Assembly has consistently voted the Rujsians down. In contrast to the New| York UN meeting last year, where Russian propaganda was much | more successful, the Paris meeting has lined.up almost solidiy against | (Continued on Page Four) Reuther Assails Communisfs sued a ‘“‘special appeal”| Walter Reuther, auto werkers union chief, has arm still in a sling from a gunshot wound received when someone attempted to assas- sinate him several months ago, joins with CIO President Phil Murray in telling pro-Communists to change their ways or get out of the CIO at the union’s natiol (® Wirephoto. GOVERNOR IS NOWIN BERKELEY | 1 | I | | ) May See Tramfian in Wash- ington-No Comment on Coming Legislature BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 26.— st Gruening of and Mrs. Gruenir plan is! es Alaska, | to leave| here by plaue today for Taxco, Mox—i ico. | tof the They arrived here Wednesc vistt a son, Peter, a senior at University of California He he p conter Taxco William Spratling garding ibility of intro some n 5 in Alaska. Si his revival of at} re- | said with P to tives, has interested in| 3'in the Te tor N among M been to Alaska and is ablishment of itory, Gruening . Governor said he and hisj probaily will go to Washing-| ton in about two weeks. d whether bhe would 1t Truman while there, ‘I don’t know; I hope s0.” He declined comment on | matters he might take up in Wash- | ington, as well as his forthcoming | message to the Territorial Legisla-| ture. He said he naturally had giv- | en some thought to the message, but was not ready to discuss it for publication. © ——————— SHIFT MADE, CHINA WAR (By The Associated Press) i Chinese Communists fighting | east of Suchow shifted suddenlyi southward today, closer to the’ Yangtze River in the crucial bnt-% | ! see he| | tle north of Nanking. Nationalist troops in the Peip- ing area of North China prepar-i ed for a major action which may | break any time. Gen. Fu Tso-yi,| Supreme Chinese Commander in| the north, said confidently his| troops are ready and willing to] fight the Reds “at any time and any place.” Dr. Sun Fo, son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who founded the Chinese | Republic, became Premier of the | | shaken land, replacing Wong Wen- | hao. Sun is a bitter enemy of Russia and has the close support ! of rightists ift the legislative Yuan,' of which he was President. s ic |u nal convention at Portland, Ore. CHIANG IS NOT CGMIKG, U.S. VisIT Truman PUQ;TNO" to Sug- gested Proposal-Mrs. Coming, However WASHING TON, President Truman to rejected a suggestion that Chlang Kai-shek be invited to this country to present the Chinese Government's plight in person. This sugges Rep. Sol ed to be cha Affair 26.—M— Nov. stion was advanced by (D-NY) who is man of the House organizes n January. m told reporters at the White e at Mr. Truman “didn’t see Chiang could China at this time.” After talking it with Mr. Truman, Bloom said agreed. But e added “what we need is real in- formation about the Chinese situa- tion. Blo: s call on the President co- incided with news from the State Department that the Chinese Gen- cralissimo’s 'wife, Madame Chiang Kei-shek, is planning a visit to the United States. When, or for what purpose, was not known here. Chiang hos written personaily to President Trunggn in behalf of his hard-pressed Nutionalist Govern- ment, battered by southward ad- vancing Communist forces. The Chinese Embassy said mean- while it had been advised by the Nanking Government that Madame hiang is planning to come to the mited States, but did not know when she is planning to make the trip or under whose auspices she would ceme here. Michael J. McDermott, State De- partment press officer, earlier had indicated that no official invitation had been extended to her by this government. e, - Two Jap Farmers Learn War s Over MANILA, Nov. 26.—(M—A couple of Filipino farmers didn’'t know the war was over. Two actors dressed in Japanese how leave over | uniforms were waiting on location Christine Foss, skippered by Will- when along came the farmers. They stopped dead when they saw the Nipponese uniforms. Then they raised their hats and bowed low from the waist. Japanese soldiers required bows when .they occupied Philippines. such the committee when the! FIREBUGS MAY HAVE SET FIRE 'Two Persons Questioned | as Result of Disastrous Blaze, Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Nov. 26 | lice said today they tho | which destroyed four busix {es here early Wednesday wa: |a firebug. | Police are questioning two per- | sons in connection with the fires "bul they had no evidence |+ lagainst either of them. One was | picked up a day before the blaze | for questioning in connection wiml previous fires. The newest outbreak destroyed Nerland's warchouse, Adler's Book Store, The Alaska Architectural and ! Engineering Company, and Jessen's | Weekly E. F. Jessen, owner of the weekly, announced he plans to build a mod- ern fireproof building to replace the {burned structure. Meanwhile the pa- per was being printed in the plant of { {the Fairbanks News-Miner, localf daily. Radio Station KFRB offered ; {Jessen office space in its studio and | .the Anchorage Times wired offer-i ing temporary jobs to members of !Jessen’s stafi. { Pirst estimates of the loss placed the figure at $100,000 partly cov- ered by insurance. h After daybreak, long lines of hose | lay frozen solid in great ice pools| lalong Third Avenue, with downed power lines ice-coated like great icicles. Many families moved all their be-| {longings out into the hitter coll r:; !the blaze threatened to spread. 1 | Jessen’s Weekly was founded | |.)Ln|xt 10 years ago and has a wide | distribution throughout the t |ritory. Jubilant University of California they mill aronnd a bonfire in the photo. “AIRLINER IS BURNED AFTER L. A. LANDING PRRRSERS D S SRS R. R. BARGE i i 18 Passengers, Five of | Crew Make Escape SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—(/»—The Al-! it aska Railroad barge aground near|{ LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26—#— Cape Spencer has broken “““”‘{"he Civil Aeronautics Board has mi{'e lc‘;:’;“;";';i ;:f:(’ :"R ‘g?;:}luuncnug an investigation into a sicns, Railroad representative he fire which consumed a four-motor said officials still are studying the PTWA airliner just atter it landed possibility of salvaging some of jat the Municipal Airport. Eighteen the cargo, which has been esti-|passengers and five crew members mated around $700,000. ped safely. Sessions said a further reporl; rThe fire started in the right it awaited from Walter L. Martiz- i guthoard motor aiter what the pi- noni, the last salvage expert t0ljot called a rough landing in a i visit the rocky beach. He said|dense fog yesterday. The plane Martignoni was supposed to be|was from Washington, D. C. back in Juneau today. Police credited the pilot, Capt. He said Martignoni reported the|myan Lewis, 44, of Los Angeles, hull is broken and separated abjwith preventing the plane, a Con- the No. 1 forward hold and thelstenation, from cracking up in a bow is submerged completely. Thelditch near the runway aft part of the hull washed farth-i 'he passengers, including four er ashore after breaking off. |[children, and crew members es- Meanwhile, another barge of the | caped minutes before the flames Railroad line was nearing its des-|crgekled through the fuselage. tinatioh with emergency Cargo.|Some air mail was destroyed. One R. R. barge previously madei Captain Lewls said he believed a trip to Seward before the second |gas line snapped in the landing. one met disaster. The third one -oeo —— and its tug have been waiting in sheltered water near the ground- ing scene, awaiting the end of rough water. It is expected to| reach Seward tomorrow afternoon. | i a e o c o 00 WEATHER REPORT 3 . . . (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) SR ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod BARGE CARGO TOTAL LOSS Bears' selection to meet Northwestern in the Rose Bowl at CAB Starts Investigation—| ® 'military manpower needs. students spilled th downtown business district fcllowing Armed Services Given Waming NEW LABOR 0f What Congress May Do With LAW BEING Proposed Cosis of U. S. Defenses By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON WASHINGTON, Nov. 26— Senator Tydings (D-MD) served | notice on the Armed Services today |that the new Congress will aim at |a $15,000,000,000 ceiling on defense | costs next year. | “We must keep America strong {and the world at peace,” he said, | “but do'that with the idea that the | taxpayer also must survive | et “We will cut out every bit of | military expense that is not fully justified,” he told a reporter. Tydings is due to become chai |man of the Senate armed serv committee when the Democrats over Congress January 3. He a!s()} will be a ranking member of the | Appropriations Committee, which | had a hold on government purse-j strings. | “It is my hope,” he , “that for rely aymed services at home and| abroad we will make expenditures| less and cercainly no greater than| the present year.” ! The current defense budget ranges| around $15,000,000,000. But next year,| tydings said, “we may be able to cut it t¢ 14'z, 14 or 12, We'll have to e a little tough and make them prove their cast ake | | | Tydings the Armed Services Comm ttee plans to call in Seeretary | %07 Etate Marshall and Secretary of | Defense Forrestal at the start of ! the next Congress for a full report on world conditions. eir cclebrating over into San Fraeise asadena, Calif., New (al Students Celcbrate 4P s streets. Here the announcement of the Golden r's Day. P Wire- PREPARED Subsfitute for Taft-Harfley Legislation Drafted by Five-Man Board WASHINGTON Nov. 26— The administration is preparing a substitute for the Taft-Hartley Law with built-in compromises to meet possible objections from Con- gress, industry or labor This, it was learned today, is the plan being followed by a five- man lawyer team assigned to draft the new law: 1. Write labor legislation which can be sent to Congress with Mr. Truman's blessing, and 2. Write alternatives for several { sections of theif draft, as possi-| ble substitutes.along what may a bumpy legislative route. They plan to file the gist of the suggested new law with President Truman's aides by Monday. Exactly what it will contain is a carefully guarded secret, but it was reported to cali for reinstate- ment of most of the old Wagner Labor Act, plus some modified Tagft-Hartley provisions. The men doing the drafting job are William 8. Tyson, Labor De- partment solicitor; Kenneth Meik- eljohn, the Department’s Liaison Officer with Congress; Fred W.! MARITIME WALKOUTS MEAREND \Basic Agreeme.t Reached with Striking Longshore- men on Pacific Coast By RICHARD CUSHING , SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.—(P— Terms for settling watexfront strikes yon East and West coasts today | cleared the decks for early re- {sumption of normal American | shipping, Negotiators in the 86-day CIO | longshore strike on the Pacific | Ceast announced settlement terms {last night. Earlier in the day ne- gotiators agreed on peace in the | 17-day strike of AFL longshoremen Jun the Atlantic Coast. | « Both tentative agreements must | be ratified by the union member- ship before some 515 strike-bound | ships put to sea. As expected, the East Coast em- ple; announced in New York tcday that they had accepted the | Atlantic Coast settiement worked lout with the aid oi lederal media- tors i A spokesman said “members of ‘the New York Shipping Association | have accepted the mediators’ pro- ! pesal in order to prevent furth- ler losses to the nation.” t On Pacific Coast | On the Pacific Coast four other ‘unions are involved in the strike, ! but the longshore terms are con- !'sidered the key to peace. The . ‘iour other unions scheduled meet- !ings with managemént’ today. X Final settlémeny - would., . 02,000 to maritime jobs nxm . thousands more to work in other . industries halted or curtailed by ithe strike. { It would release $30,000,000 of Marshall Plan cargo in eastern ‘docks and restore business run- (ningz into the milijons of dollars. The Pacific tieup, second long- est in history, has cost by estimate of the Pacific American Ship- Lowners about $344,000,000 in trade ‘at the rate of $4,000,000 a day. Basic Wage Increase | The negotiators agreement wijl beost the western longshorg basic wage by 15 cents to $1.82 an hour, which was the amount the union was asking when it struck Sept. 2. The AFL union officers tenta- tively agreed on a 13 cent hike jretroactive to August 21 to bring ;the eastern daytime basic scale to $1.88 an hour. The 65000 AFL union members’ vote Saturday on the terms. The i ’un:cn’s lowest previous demand was 125 cents above the prestrike $1.75 {hourly daytime rate. Predict Ratification Waterfront observers predicted union ratification of the Pacific sagreement but believed othat if no | hitches developed it would be iabout a week before dock work ‘resumen on the 265 idled ships. The Pacific Coast Waterfront i Employers Association with the Commenting that defense andiLivimgston, Labor-Management €ON- | jongshoremen carried provisions for forelen occupation policies are not|Sultant, and Charles Donohue and |, {hree.year contract, to be op- “static propositions,” senator said: | “We want to be brought up toj date on the hazards to peace both | in the East and the West. Then we | |want to know how they affect the [peace of our own nation” He said the armed services group also will take a fresh look at the! draft law to see how it is meéeting the veteran ' i i Tydings said he plans to reintro- | duce legislation to put the air force on a full 70-group combat basis.' Kenneth Robertson, attorneys. > CAPT. HAUG LEFT LARGE ESTATE; WAS KILLED IN ACCIDENT SEATTLE, Nov. 26— Capt Carl Haug, veteran Seattle seatarer killed last September in a tragic Martignoni, salvage expert, and The House approved such a plan last finaje to a Kodiak hunting trip, left In Juneau— Maximum, 19; 3 ession but the Senate later modi- 'an $80,480 estate to bis wife, Alma minimum, 5. At Airport— Maximum 16; minimum, 5. Capt. Orville Sund, towing con- tractor, returned the Juneau early this morning on board the tug Christine Foss from the scene of the ill-fated barge. 7 Barge and cargo were termed a total loss by the two men. Ac- cording to crew members aboard|® the Christine Foss, tug which was|® { towing the barge to the Westward, ® the wrecked craft was being pound ed to pieces on the rocks by suoug] . seas whipped by a southerly wind.{® Martignoni and Sund said zhlsl' morning that they plan to re. turn to Seattle today by plane. The | FORECAST (Juneau and Viclnity) Variable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with a few very light snow flugries. Continued cold with the low tonight near zero and the highest tomorrow 17 to 10 above. Gusty Northeasterly surface winds. . 3 . . . . . . PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — 02 inches; since Nov. 1, 20.04 inches; since July 1, 66.35 inches. At Airport — .05 inches; since Nov. 1, 10.65 inches; since July 1, 45.62 inches. |iam Star, will leave here today for the West Coast. - e o | Neutral members of the Security ® Council kept up their dogged efforts "® to find an acceptatle compromise ® between the West and Russia over @ the Berlin blockade, ® 0 0 0 fied 1t. At the same timey he expressed lopposition -to any special Congres- ssicnal inquiry into bickerings be- | tween the Air Force and Navy. No| one expected the unification act to| “work smoothly” right away, Tyd-| {ings said. { .o STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Noy. 26—®—Clos- [ing quotatien of Alaska Juneau) ! mine stock today is 2%, American !Can 78, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, International Harvest- | |er 27%, Kennecott 55, New York ! Central 127, Northern Pacific 17%, |U. 8. Steel 70, Pound $4.08%. Sales today were 1,040,000 share Averages tod are as follows:! industrials 173.17, rails 53.05, util- ities 32.94. | Eophia Haug of 10742 Second Ave- nue, NW, it is shown. The inventory filed with County Clerk Norman R. Riddell by the estate counsel, David O. Hamlin and Edwarde M. Hay, included a partnership in the Cape Karluk Fisheries Captain Haug's partner, Lee H. Wakefield, said the captain, return- ing in an outboard motor-equipped skiff, was killed when the skiff cap- zéd upon him. Hé did not drown - - URNS WITH BRIDE James H. Clough, Forest Service assistant ranger in Cordova, has just returned from his annual leave in the states, during which he was married He and his bride will leave shortly by ‘Pacific Nor- thern Airlines for his Cordova station RE lerated under a peace plan under- | written by the National CIO om one side and the San Francisco Employers' Council on the other. ! It provided for improved griev- {ance machinery, increased vacation (Continued 'on Puée Eiuhll Slacks Ban In Berlin EERLIN, Nov. 26.—®-—The new look in blockaded Berlin this win- ter will be designed not tor chic but for warmth. Many female legs will ke hidden entirely—by slacks. Recognizing the approach of win- ter for this coal-short city, the U. S. Army through its daily bulletin has formally announced lifting its {ban on the wearing of slacks by female civilian employees, in mess halls as well as offices. Even the American Harnack House Club is permitting females in slacks during the noon meal period. ‘The new rules apply, the Army announced, “for the duration of the coal-saving emergency.”