The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,080 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1948 MLMBhR A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT$ SEATTLE’S WATERFRONT STRIKE ENDS Truman Is Again Named "Man |0f Year” ; NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—P—Presi- dent Truman is Time Magazine's “Man of the Year" for 1948. It is the second time he has been so honored by the News Magazine. Time said in its Jan. 3. issue—re- leased today—that the President’s PUin( Ufged '0 Discussielccfion “Wwas a personal victory al- W5 Proposals B 0 " % Tenes - | Meeting Tomorrow Mr. Truman was selected by Time All interested persons are urged s “Man of the Year” for 1945, the| jvear of the atom bomb. | to attend the public hearing to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, when proposed regulations for com- (HAMBERS mercial fishing during the 1949 season will be discussed. | The meeting will be in the Fish | GIVES OUT and Wildlife Service Office, Room ! 430, Federal Building. HEARING ON “This is the last chance to make minor changes in regulations for Southeast Alaska, for the coming season,” said Clarence J. Rhode, FWS Alaska Regional Director, to- ! day. “The proposals to be approved early in January are based on ex- tensive hearings in Alaska and Se- | attle, but it is possible that rules: concerning local boundaries can ' best be established with informa- | (More Deialled Information| on Espionage Activi- | fies Revealed ] Dec. tion from those who know each| BALTIMORE, 30. —P— area best, and who are the most Whittaker Chambers met with | concerned. We are eager to get Reps. Mundt (R-SD) and Nixon all possible views on the proposals,” | (R-Cal) on Chambers’ Maryland Similar hearings will be held in farm yesterday and under oath Sitka, Wrangell and Ketchikan to- |disclosed new names and more de- morrow and Saturday. "tmled information connected with | Fishing Closures espionage activities in the govern- The 1949 regulations, proposals ment 10 years ago, the Baltimore for which were released today by Sun said today. the Fish and Wildlife Service, calw In a special article by William for closing approximately 31 per 'Knighton, Jr., of its Washington | cent of all fishtraps, and the clos- Bureau, the Sun quoted Mundt as | ure of a number of areas as “re- Saying Chambers had furnished serves” subject to reopening if the |enough fresh leads to ‘“keep the abundance of fish so warrants, cOmmittee and staff constantly at| which otherwise will be closed w‘work for six months or a year.” all fishing. The two members of the House “THe ‘trap Closures will be “mage ‘Un-American Activities- Commit- | on the basis of the previous con-|tee, With Robert P. Stripling, its dition of pink salmon runs. In,cmef investigator, a stenographer scme areas the closure will be 100 'and other committee aides, drove per cent, in others, this percen-'(’“'- to the admitted ex-Commun- tage will range downward to no!lst agent’s farm near Westminster, trap closures. This proposal has|the newspaper said, no_relation to the recently an-; For five hours, Mundt said, they notinced proposal to limit units of | let Chambers tell his complete fishing gear, which would require /Story in his own way, unhurried, | a change in the basic Fisheries 2nd almost witkhout interruption, i Act by the United States Congress Knighton wrote. | and could not be made effective | The Sun said: i even if adopted before 195, i “The acting chairman (of the i committee) said Chambers reveal- Majomy“‘;';f:i'mf“:’t"“me earlier |0 neW names connected with the | hearings “seemed to be that the|°PY FBE but he declined to make season originally proposed was mo‘them Hubje. short to warrant a fishing oper- ‘The figures . . . did not include | jany new suppliers of information ation.” i Xz to the ‘apparatus” They includ-| The original season proposed by d s the. . Service - was . Augusb.is’ o ed, he added, some persons who are dead and some who now are operating in other countries . . .” Bv DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1948, by 'l“ln Bell Syndicate, Inc. September 3 in the southern por- tion of Southeast Alaska south of Frederick Sound, and August 22 to ticn, where the runs are more ser- iously depleted. Under the new | proposals, the open season north OF GOERING IS of Sumner Straits would be from south of Frederick Sound, August Gull"| IREASON 8 to September 3. i ety “This is no¢ quite as long a sea- | VIENNA, Dec. 30.—(®—Hermann| son as requested by many of the|Goering’s Lrother-in-law, Dr. Franz' Rhode, “but is considerably 10ng-|at hard labor by a Viennese people’s | er and earlier than originally pro- |court today. posed, and goes as far toward Hueber, 54, minister of justice bz- meeting public recommendation as for the Anschluss, was found guilty iship in the Nazi party. i The court also ordered confisca-| The w asn l nglon tion of a!l Huebers property. I i Merry - Go- Round|Bataan Surrender | SAN ANTONIO, Tex Dec. 30.— ; (A—General Jonathan M. Wain- A O~ Eresident Tru- lwright, US.A, retired, today denied man’s Council of Economic Ad-l, ¢iatement that Lt. Gen. Edward they are now studying an antl-ies on Bataan against Wainwright's deflation - program as well as an|orgers, anti-inflation program. The statement was made yester- The President’s advisers have day by Dr. Louis Morton, chief of four weeks with confidential mem- ! pgeific section. He told a group of ! oranda revealing that business is!nistorians gathered in Seattle that | down in many parts of the coun- King had disobeyed Wainwright's try. Department stores in some {orders to continue defending Bataan as 18 per cent. The appliance in-| I flatly deny that General King dustry also complains that thelever disobeyed any order from me,” demand for radios, refrigeratcrs,fWamwrlght told a news conierence. electric ranges, vacuum cleaners |“I think Professor Morton, or who- Layoffs have been growing nnd the matter.” employment has dipped below th . 60 million mark for the first tlme IE‘ in close to a year. This, of course, I S MER MOVEMEMS September 3 in the northern sec-!BRO'I'HER.l"_lAw August 15 to September 3, and fishermen and operators,” said Hueber, was sentenced to 18 years T (CnntM?fi) g |oI high treason and illegal member- ( Order Not Disobeyed Visers 1s keeping it very quiet butp ging gurrendered defending forc- been bombarded during the past|the historical division of the Army's! areas report business off as much [in 1942. and other produce has slumped. ever he is, is not fully informed on! is still an extremely high flguref Princess Norah scheduled to sail i‘mm Vancouver 9 tonight, (Continued on Page Four) Hosnital Operation Is Probed Ribs Remov;firom Wrong Side of Tubercular Woman's Chest WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.— District of Columbia officials are investigating an operation perform- ed Tuesday at the Government- owned Glenn Dale Sanitorium in which a surgeon removed ribs from the wrong side of a tubercular wom- an’s chest. The woman, whose name was withheld, was reported in a serious condition but Glenn Dale officials said her chances of recovery are | good. They said her left lung was tuber- cular, but the operation, preliminary to collapsing of a lung, was per- formed on the right side, unaffect- ed by the disease. Dr. Frank Ashburn, local chest specialist, performed the operation following a schedule made out by Dr. James S. Conant, chief of sur- gery, at the hospital. They said X-rays were in the operating room at the time. Dr. Conant said: “It was my fault. I scheduled it wrong. “There is really nothing to hide, Dr. Ashburn told a reporter, add- ing that the schedule had been on file for a week and no one noticed ! Ithe error. He said the right lung actually was not collapsed because such op- erations are performed in stages. He explained that he removed the top two and a halt rbs to make the lung a.ccessxble ror later cperatiuns SHAKEUP IS, PLANNED BY HOUSE DEMOS To Clip Powers of Rules: Committee Pigeonhol- ing Legislation WASENGTON, Dec. 30.—(®— The House Democratic leadership was reported today to have agreed | tentatively to clip the powers of the Rules Committee to pigeonhole legislation. ‘The ccmmittee has used that pow-: er in the past to sidetrack some] labor and civil rights bills, Thej purpose in chopping down its pow- | ers would be to ease the way for action on such measures. Democratic leaders talked over prospects for the new Congression- al Session at a conference in the office of Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-| Tex.) who will become the House Spenker When it broke up, Rep. Sabath (D-IIL.) told reporters he expects the new House will: 1. Change its rules so as to take some power from the rules commit- tee. 2. Appoint a committee to recom- mend a “code of fair treatment” for witnesses before Congressional committees. The idea would be, Sabath said, to ! “protect the rights” of citizens call- ed before committees. Suct: a code should apply to all committees, not just the committee on Un-Ameri- can Activities, he added. Alaska Steamship Gefs Another Ship SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—®-~The Lib- erty ship Abigail Adams, recently chartered by Alaska Steamship Company from the Maritime Com- mission, was delivered at the com- pany dock last night. The vessel for- merly was under charter to the fi.epard Steamship Company, had been in Tacoma. She will be used in the Alaska trade. —o— NIGHT WATCH SERVICE A night watch service will be conducted at the Douglas: Bible ! Church Friday evening starting at 10 o'clock, according to nouncement made today. and | S ANAI.YZED\ Government Spending ' SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—(#—A panel | of Pacific Northwest business an- ulysts have predicted good busi- DEFENSE SYSTEM systems in the Territory. | In another section of the report, iwest stumbling blocks the power ' I:horlngv possible rail rate increas- | (es, inadequate housing and concern 'which covered the period from Sep- jover the effect of the U. S. Su-|tember 1947, through this fall, h)r-; ‘preme Gourt’s basing point declswre%ml said in connection with geo- | More Commanding Authority Good Business Ahead for| | | (1)%49 lll)sulin e!;;penzz on r AI-ASKA 1 |the White House for NORTHWEST Forrestal Urges Re- Arming of COAST PROSPERITY INon Communist Europe; Wanis ELTON C. FAY i Dec. 30 By WASHINGTON, Sccretary of Defense Forrestal set the stage today for a pusmbh‘ new fight in Congress with his | | plea for greater power over the na- tion’s armed services. At the same time, the Cabinet officer declared this country must | help re-arm non-Communist Eu- | the cost “may | ' pute Between Sailors and FOREMEN, CHECKERS STRIKE AVERTED OPEN PORT Seftlement of Wage DiS-[AFL Union Votes fo Refurn to Jobs-Alaska Sail- Shlpowners Ends Threat ing Is Cancelled | SEATTLE Tl'r .wnl(-mvnl of a wage dispute g emen ang between the Pacific American Ship- | vorur to owners' Assoclation and AFL Sail- Dec. 30, —#— AFL checkers voted today n to work on Seattle's wat- establishment under his direction, together with recommendations to | changes in the unification law. | But it was spiced by a terse but near ness ahead for 1949, But they rope even thovgh levtront |cite continued heavy goyernment ate hard decisions by our [crs Union of the Pacific, today er -1 The action, announced by State spending asea vital factor. “‘T“ ;‘”k“[“’""f" | Federation of Labor President E. Charles J. Miller, editor of the For itself, the United States “is erms of the agreement were not | (Ed) oS bR re: » W Pacific Northwest Industry, report- FOI'I'eSfal MakeS RetOm |12ss vulnerabie today” than it wna‘l- inounced, tut spokesmen for the ‘?j. (v(r:p;r“‘]xt;m(xx‘x‘ :Il::\.g:xl:z;;‘ ;N:‘r{ fed the general agreement today. when the Army, Navy and Air eémployers and the union I'l"lll““fh(|“\ afternoon. The publication obtained the opin- mEHdahon n B'" for | Force were unified/ a year ago last | their respective memberships would CIO longshoremen, who recentl ions from analysts in Montana, i | September, Forrestal said. RooepE: She Soudment. Thay NaVE L iy S fkas A a it bm{ |Idaho, Oregon, British Columbia COflgreSS fo Truman But, he added that this is*not [been negotiatng for three weeks.|UCH (el 'on8 MUK B Shikt 8 land Washington. The magazine i§ Ak enough: “We must do all in our| The SUP was not a participant ’“!“(ek Lecause of the stoppage by the publishied by the Bureau of Busidl WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—(P— power fo re-create the confidence the ecent, lengthy waterfront strike |\ heotuse of the “‘:i‘ i dh ness Research at the University|Defense Secretary Forrestal has|and hope of Europe.” {but asked for the wage-boost after| Weston said the Viaterfront Em- of Washington. recommended to President Truman Fight On Communism ;Sea-going members of other "m""*‘p, yers Assoclation had promised to ] “What happens in our economy{a bill for submission to Congress| Fo \ did not say what "lmr(l"’e""""d Increas | discharge any workers who intimi- in the next 12 months,” Miller |which would authorize the Army to|decisions” he had in mind. But; The AFL sailors had asked for |date or beat up checkers i’ foves noted, “will be in substantial part [construct a communication system [plainly he meant the possibility 'increases ranging from $20 to $60 8| men determined by the actions of our |in Alask jof higher taxes and more short-|month. Employers countered with| government—domestically and in-; The ef reference to the pro- ugm at home while American dol- [8n offer ranging from $16 to $35. AFL manums. union |c1\au; ;‘l:- ternationally. Our present pros- (posed measure, contained in For-|lars and goods are poured into the 'The top pay of the highest n:nup‘:uf“f‘ :1"’ CIo l‘."‘;‘h(""ll’“ """ b s {Perity rests heavily on government |restal's annual report, did not ex- dike being crected against Russian —Loatswains—now is $200 mionthly,Pe k"_‘d\ "'%‘"“ the AF A;“‘]Ln ‘:t !spending. Should that be substan- {plain how extensve the proposed|Communist aggression. SUP Secretary Harry Lundeberg gy i THeotib 0 S0 PO tially curtailed, ~serious readjust- system would be or whether it would | i first annual report, made pub- [said the Union Negotiating Com- ;‘"“ 4 ,'ew”':ec b oostar OO ments would be necessitated.” i{be an expansion of present Army lice last night, was devoted large- 'mittee would recommend acceptance I‘ “h l‘l. l“ (‘)fl.s lpg:‘i: e He cited a- major Pacific North- and Air Force telegraph and 1ado|ly to a review of the military of the settlement at a special meet- | OPESPOremen’s union leaders de inied that their men were responsi- ing tomorrow night. Ibls for any violence. An agreement also appeared to be | Sailing of the Alaska, scheduled in the Coast steam schooner (¢ =) am tomormw,' Hilas hoas dispute. They remained tied up m"tancelled Alaska Steamship Com- the end of the recent strike. A $12 pany nll,’( la]s'nnnmmced today. Hon Under the latter decision, {graphical explorations: intriguing notation that military a month increase had been proposed T %) he; ave labor difficulties as !manufacturers would have to set' “Scientific programs for two ex- | scientists are working on an “earth by overators. Three unions lcluivd‘mc‘miq;l o 3 |their prices at the points of pro-!peditions north of Alaska Were |q,tanite vehicle program’—perhaps to accept the offer. i {duction, so the full freight costs Planned for the strategic air CU’"'\a man-made moon from which Yesterday, however, the unattili- to distant points would, in effect, ‘have to be met by distant buyers, peditions advanced ty non-service | § PGP B sponsors were appraised by the com- | i mittee on -geographical explora.uon‘ RR F h| i (of the national military establish- | “As a result of these latter ex- peditions, the services expect to |gain useful information xegardm,{w \kon, Ungava, Northern and Ct‘r\'.ml‘l Alaskn Central Africa, and South-| i 'ern Arabm‘ 1 | WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—-m—JBOOST l“ ‘\ {The Interstate Commerce Commis- ,slon today granted the railroads WAGE FOR ieragmg a little more than 5 per cent. { The railroads had asked for an a [per cent temporary increase. | \ The increases authorized todAy‘ commission rules on the railroads‘ TR request for a permanent 15 per cent! NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—f—Labor- | 'fate Loost. {management negotiators early to-| ithe ICC said, will bring total ac-|for a ten-cent-and-hour general cumulated increases in freight re»e-!h’dge increase for 4,000 Pan Amen-‘ 'nue since June, 1946, to atout ;z.‘um Airways mechanical employees. crease of 52 per cent. cisco, international vice-president | The railroads were authorized to, \of the CIO Transport Workers Un- put the higher rates into effect up()n‘lflll which negotiated for the em- | {means ftive days after tariffs havelisubject to union membership ap- | lbeen filed with the commission. ;proval. ! B The new one year contract re- Dec. 31. Negotlations have been der way since Dec. 1. Originally o" AlASKA BouND the union demanded a 24 cent { The new system-wide contract, sHlp Go[ BA(K Grogan said, would boost Pan Am- erican’s payroll by more than a SEATTLE, Dec. 30—®—A crack| A company spokesman said oth- Il“ the hull of the Army Transportffeaith plan changes, personnel ad- | Sgt. Charles Mower yesterday ’““!vancement and weekend time off. after it had left port for Alaska. S voyage since it suffered a nine-foot (2l % %% PLUTONIUM ~ PLANT, ago. soldiers who would have spent New WASHINGTON SIATE | Years at sea, were disembarked to await repair of the vessel. ‘Io (OSI HAlF Bllllo“. ment.) | l Rales Are such little-known areas as the Yu-| Going Up | tempmary freight rate increases av- | wit remain in effect until the { The increases authorized today, day reached a tentative agreement 1900,000,000 a year—an overall m-‘ William Grogan of San Fran- | five days’ notice to the public. This|ployees, said the agreement was ‘(RA(K IS FOUND iplaces an agreement which expires hourly wage increase. million dollars annually. nearly two feet long was discovered|er contract provisions included | { ‘The Mower was making its first | | | i Eight civilian passengers and 155 el ol LA e U ‘Winter Training, | | U. S. Occupation Forces, Germany FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 30. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—® | A new plutonium production plant being built at Hanford, Wash., will cost an estimated half billion dol- lars, Chairman David E. Lilienthal of the Atomic Enerqy Commission has disclosed. ‘The project Lilienthal told news- | men, is “the largest peacetime con —{M—American occupation forces in|struction job in American history. jGermany will test their ability to| “We are now considering in our operate under winter conditions in|report to Congress just how much training exercises next month. ‘may be said about production ca- U. 8. Army headquarters said to- |pacity,” he replied, “but renuin-‘ mgm the exercises will concentrate ly it is intended to increase the pro- an- on speedy movement through smow |duction of plutonium as well as to |other churc and cold. i assure continuity of production. ( |was that the unification ‘amended to give the Defense Sec- | eralization | legislation would produce | schisms.” mand, and six other proposed ex- }gr(‘vl destruction might be heaped ated marine firemen and- coastwise cn any threatening nation. Wants More Authority ‘The chief, but not unexpected, | recommendation from Forrestal act be retary more direct authority over the three armed services. Without referring directly to the bitter feud between the Afr Force ' and Navy over long range bomb- ing and super-carrfers, Farresml sald there have been “many argu- ments and disagreements.” And, |he added, “there are still grear areas in which the viewpoints of‘ the services have not come togeth- | er.” | He left no doubt he wants to be able to tell the services to get to- | —and make his order stick. | For New Post | Another Forrestal recommenda- | uun—crea(lon of the post of Un- dcrsecretmy who, as “alter ego” to, |the Secretary, would become the acting chief of the military eciab- lishment in the absence of the Secretary—also paralleled a recom- | mendation of the Hoover Commit- | tee. | Forrestal steered away from an- ' other subject certain to arouse wrath in Congress—federalization | |of the Ground National He did, however, recommend fed- of the Air National! Guard. About National Guard I The Defense Chief said frankly !regrouplng lfect every ecoffomy of |he thinks the idea of federaliza- tion of the Grourd National Guard Guard. {Communists. There were abundant Cperators reached a tentative set- ]MEMORANDUM To tlement on a $16 monthly increase.! c A union meeting will be held today . to discuss the employers’ offer. A s'milar offer was made to CIO radio | officers and marine <ooks and ; ALASKA S S (o meetings are pending for both nowre " unions. - >-eoe A memorandum to the people of iAlaska has been issued by F. A, 1 Zeusler, executiye assistant to the !president of the Alaska Steamghip 'Ccmpnny, containing many perti- nent issues regarding transporta- IUDn to Alaska, aims and other pro- !posals of the company. l The memorandum, under date of (Decrmber 17, is as follows: “On December 10 the SS. Bar- fanof of The Alaska Line departed 14 {for Alaskan ports, the first regular ;service since the beginning of the three month West Coast maritime strike. It is our hope that the (By Associated Pres:) Peace or war talk China tcday while Chiang Kai-shek [sible this sailing will afford steady conferred with his leading generals, |and dependable shipping for years who have failed to stop the Com-!to come. munists. “With the resumption of regular A government spokesman denied ! steamship service to Alaska, we be- the meeting In Nanking ,was to dis- lieve that a statement from tbe cuss the overall future of China.|Alaska Steamship Company regard- The approaches to the rapnlul plus|ing future freight rates is essen- the great cities of Peiping, 7 =tsinitial for realistic planning on the and Taiyuan, all are besiege.. oy the part of those who ship or receive (freight in the Alaska trade. “The Alaska Steamship Company progress. is desirous of maintaining freight The war itself was comparatively lrates at the present levels, and is {aulet, with the Communists reported | determined to do its utmost to ef- cperation, short of curtailing service, to real- ize this goal. Reluctant as we may signs that peace talks were in e teiigicdivion is sound from u military stand- |point—but any attempt to push “‘serious Even the proposal for cnmbinq ing the Air National Guard withl‘ the Air Reserve under direction of the regular Air Force may produce | Congressional dispute. The Nation- al Guard Assoclation already has denounced the plan as an enter- 'ing wedge for eventual full federal control of the whole Guarc ¢ tem. i 1 - Hungarians Are | Excommunicated | By Vafican Orders; VATICAN CITY, Dec. 30. AM-I A Vatican spokesman disclosed to-| |day that all Roman Catholics who | (had s2y connection with the arresl of Hungary's Cardinal Mindsz have been excommunicated. wam-! munication c\'lfi off members of the, church from all sacraments. | The Cardinal bhas been arrested by the Communist government in Hungary on charges of treason and | black market money dealin, Ten figures also are held by the Red regime, IMORE SAILINGS OF |Long Beach, be to increase rates, however, there are two essentlal factors without which there is no conceivable means "Ew llNE Io NORIHIM' volding additional raises: “(1) We must have the full co- cperation of the unions in adhering SEATTLE, Dec. 3""‘"‘?‘ Two ad-[sirictly to the letter and. spirit ot ditional saflings between Callfornialip, ney agreements, and in avoid- and Alaska via. Portland, Ore., areling walkoum, slowdowns and other announced by the Coastwise Line,|forms of so-called “job agtion” which recently entered the Alaska which have previously disrupted trade. {shipping. And The steamship James W. Cannon| «(3, Wwe must have the s@pport is scheduled to sail from San Fran-{,f Alaskans and all these who cisco January 17 and from Portlandiship to Alaska in utilizing our serv- January 23, to arrive in Seward ONjice for their water transportation January 30. {requirements in order that our ves- The John Cropper, now making sels operate with the greatest pos- the line’s first voyage stnce the|gple load factor. West Coast maritime strike, is “Granted favor in these elements, scheduled to sail from Los Angeles- | e consider that. it is possitle to an- January 28, San Fran-|ijcipate that the present level of cisco January 31, and Portland On rates could prove adequate to pro- February 8, to arrive in Seward | yjde future service. During the Reusey 15 coming months the Alaska Steam- ship Company proposes to test this ! possibil'ty. “The general freight rate struc- jture under which we arc now oper- ating went into effect' May 21, 1947, Since that date several occurrences thave added greatly to our already heavy operating expenses. “On July 26, 1048, I presented a imemorandum to the people of Al- eee - \Beautiful Duchess Convicted, Treason MADRID, Dec. 30.—#—~The beau- tiful Duchess of Valencia was con-| victe h reas E ‘“l‘;'”:rl “:gi: :“‘ “1’1‘1 !l(::'l‘:;‘ : ‘1“? aska in which I enumerated the sentenced ear rison 1o g cvents leading up to, and the rea= her cutspoken mwonarchist activi- ’ d.l e ties, (Continued on Page Three) rtominated jun‘on agreements which made pos- 3 1< ® 59