The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 25, 1949, Page 1

| » = "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXII, NO. 11,102 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1949 " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 RC—— 17 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET F President Confinues Pace HOUSE GETS EIGHT BILLS FOR STARTER Moribund Measures from Special Session Given | | New Lease on Life By JAMES HUTCHESON The Democratic-controlleq Ter- ritorial House received eight meas- ures in rapid fire order yesterday afternoon after organizing for the regular session. Three bills introduced in 'the House were passed during the spe- cial session which ended Saturday, ! but all died in the Senate. They were the general property tax, the; quadrupled fishtrap tax and in- creased lobbyist fees bills. ROADBLOCKS To first attempts to rush through | measures without sending them to} committees, the House applied road- ! blocks. One was that same prop- erty tax bill it had passed in the! special session. The other was a memorial to Con- gress and Federal officials for im- mediate abolition of fishtraps. Both bills were held back and referred to committees after several members counselled slower treatment than! some measures had received during the special session. OLD AGE PENSIONS Measures were introduced to make | the maximum old age assistance $75 instead of $60 monthly, by Alm-j quist, Beltz, Owen and Dale, andl is followed closely by Gus Cook, assistant capitol architect. unidentified tourists look on. ( Wirepheto. President Truman (left), on the first full day of his full term, waves as he leaves a surprise breakfast with the Missouri Congressional delegaticn in the House Speaker’s dining room at the Capitol. He Two to pay a $50 bounty for wolves, $30 for coyotes, by Gundersen. C. (Red) Carlson; Cordova Demo- crat, introduced the memorial for abolition of fishtraps. The rules were; quickly suspended for a second ; reading, but on an attempt by Wil- liam Egan, Valdez Democrat, to suspend for a third reading and a vote on passage, Democrat War- ren Taylor of Fairbanks objected! to speedup tactics which, he said,| had- brought some criticism for; “steamrollering” during the special was needed to support Bartlett’s| bill in Congress, but Carlson con-! sented to sidetrack his memorial to the judiciary committee upon urg- ing by several members. ¥ HAYFLOWN; NORTHWEST LIVESTOCK STARVING selon. e for speed, saying 1t Airplanes Dropping Tons of Fodder to Cattle and Sheep in Storm Areas IS HIT BY | | | | | | Degrees Below or Lower Six Deaths Reported (By The Associated Press) i1 In i ithe regular se f » ot 4 5 : ] . _Mlum of duplications.” This, he said, (OLD WAVE";""”“. Frank Bair, Fourth DIVIS- s uigea) for the tax eaters but bad Jdon airlines executive, to enable m"for those who have to pay the bill.” \Temperatures Range 20 'NORTHERN LIGHTS IN BIG SHINE} Cold Brilli;h; Display| from Pacific Northwest [ fo San Josf, Calif. | | SAN JOSE, Calif, Jan. 25— | [The cold krilliance of the northern | {lights, making a spectacular dis- play in the Pacific Northwest last night, were also observed as far south as San Jose. | An astronomer at Lick observa-! |tory near here termed it “quite a iremarkable display,” with colored |streamers risng 20 degrees above the horizon. They brightened grad- into brilliant reds and pale greens, then faded from sight. i | The observatory tried recording |the scene on color film. Santa Rosa, 75 miles to the Inorth, residents telephoned the of- fices of the Press Democrat to ask the cause of the flaming skies. D Bl se for i Leaving Blair Ho photo. @New Measures To Consider By BOB DeARMOND | The Senate in a brief session this: merning tefore joining the Housc| ito hear the governor's message, re-, iceived two bills, one of them re-; ,vived from the special, session, a resolution and several communica- | | tions. " Government WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Comptroller General Lindsay War- e . iren told Congress today that the At the forefront of Senate bills for | pogera) Government is a “crazy sion is a measure by laska municipalities to participate in; ‘the Federal airport program. He urged passage of the govern- E iment reorganization bill sought by ‘prff:]d?: ifi:.n,‘Zixl’eynsseel::;ormfor:;s'}Pn.sidem. Truman. The measure i 3 " would give the President broad pow- [tractors. The same bill died in the| "o consolidate offices and elimi- i ; Senate Taxation Committee in ‘he‘lnate duplicating services, It is be- 15P; al session. ing considereq by the House Com- ! mittee on executive expenditures, nate Joint Resolution No. 1, {By Bewstar E. B. Collins, resolvesi . orore which Warren testified. Enroufe fo InaugurEanlh Ta!(in auguration oath taking at Capitol are left to right: Bill, Now Urggd by I_.jndsay Mrs. Truman, Margaret Max Truitt, daughter of Sen. Barkley; Sen. Alben Barkley; President Truman. (P Wire- Passage of Reorganization, SKAGWAY | oo o Deparfmenis MAY GET Chairman Spence (D-Ky. of the nounced an arrangement to speed sl on there bl axd on nous-| America Studying Possi- o bility of Plant There Spence’s committee will act first on the rent control measure. British with a was studying Lia's resources INDUSTRY, VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan, 25.—(® pilc L PO i : el |—The Vancouver € sald ster- 4 shigs mpany ol 41jow; remedial liquor control mea=- Co-| {u oy Vit tat S el st Srtyiant % has “become out of hand"; Ieae ;\)l'; k"“g up a plant at SKag-!ment system for Territorial em- | 71 DEBS ployees and open to city employees; The watershed in the far north- (By The Associated Press) The coidest day of & record- ,that a copy of the June 3, 1948, preaking winter tormented Pacific @mendment to the Northwest residents today. Temperatures were 20 degrees be- [Legislature. low zero or lower in parts of | The amendment, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. bearing on the General Property Montana's lowest was 42 below at f : leration to April 15 and requested | Bozeman, almost equalling the na-|an addition to the portion of theiyn, pregigent to name fome indi- {tion’s lowest reading of 43 below Act which specifies that “all taXeS{yiqua ¢ coordinate the relief work. yshall be uniform upon the same |at Big Piney, Wyo. lclass of subjects and shall be lev- iied and collected under general laws, and the assessments shall be{ After a similar result in an ef-| fort to rush the property tax Lill: R RS 9 through again, the House voted for | More _,emf‘"“_“‘ _f""d“. I.ur bk . storm-stricken western plains states the Ways and Means Committee to | * ks were sought in Congress today as make the measure its first order of s " .._|airplanes flew cver the snow-cov- business.' James Nolan, First Divis- ? 5 ered rangelands dropping hay to ion Democrat, led in urging delay 0|,y angs of starving cattle and assure a better law. A short time|sheep » 2 v : later the committee named Nolan! > 3 3 i The firs d rd- chairman, succeeding Taylor. e first cash aid for the blizzard ‘swepn areas came yesterday from STEAMER MOVEMENTS {by a Senate committee, | which has | “mp, cenate Interior Affairs Com- | tives of nine federal agencies on a resolution introduced by a dozen western Senators yester {President Truman who made avail-| | jable $100,000 for immediate aid for snowboungd Indians and livestock. Six Deaths Reported Six deaths were blamed directly NEW YORK, man pianist Walter Gi M- | i | An emergency fund of $750,000 to | lvanian e eaah Orga:u,. Af't}?;nescue snow-bound livestock in sev- | T0 EUROPE provided for each member of W€ q.5) western states was approved | | Tax. Sl now belare thie” House, 1s | Tiacc ML, Hie emergency o-German Pianist Cancels Tour-Picked Up by Im- The committee heard repr :S(‘mu-‘( mlgra"on 0fl|(|als —Ger- | eking, his article added. Reynolds Metals Company, have an |coast, tapping interior |the needed power. The Canadian comps |cussing with Provincial govi { buildin, is |officials the possibiliti 4 or indirectly on the cold in east-[according to the true and full The funds are for relief in the e Washington during the past|value thereof " |t toaaToN svarst ) - | plofesing - Amsrican poncert ‘BNRIIBENANDSIO0 DI ANE Baranof, from Seattle, scheduled | Dakotas, Ne-raska, Utah and Ne- few days. | The amendment adds the word-\ Socretary of Commerce Sawyer|-ancelled, left this country by plane R to arrive at 0:30 tonight, Will vada—the areas which have been) In citles, cars froze up, water |ing; “except that unpatented min-|went pefore a Senate su:commitiee |for Paris today, complaining he had | call at Sitka westbound to Sew- hit by severe snow storms and cold| pipes cracked and fuel dealers|ing claims and nonproducing Pat-iio ask for an ‘e’;m,“qo‘" Vm‘ml Sep- | been treated “too roughly here.” i ard. iweather for the last several weeks.|worked night and’ day to keep (ented mining claims, which are a1 | temper 30 of the voluntary alloca-| The bald concert pianist’s open- Princess Norah scheduled to sail |About a million sheep and tens of homes supplied with fuel. Farm-lunimproved, may ke valued at ”m,licns program set “]‘) !"\,‘ the ]'“. ing recital at Carneg'e Hall \\'ns! from Vancouver January 27. {thousands of cattle are stranded in ers struggled to keep livestock |price paid the United States 'publinnn-éouu-ofled S0th [,"f"m_l ancelled last night several hours Alaska scheduled to sail from the desolate areas of the western warm and fed. Rural schools were for, or at a flat rate fixed by the 1t 15 due to expre March 1. fter he had been picked up by Im- Seafile Janyary 26, Tange; jclosing, as drifts plled up on the Legislature, but if the surince| Pprincipal use of the voluntary al- | migration officials. 0. A roads. r ha - 3 r ! Y oV, rvine FUNDS FOR RELIEF i 5 ground is used for other than min-{iocations system has been to dis-| His attorney, Irving J. Kurz, told msx;:nlffi gum ME:: Tps‘x ure | ke x | Washington was bitter cold alljjny purposes, and has a SePAraleirhyte steel for essential uses iepor at LaGuardia Field that e a ance ane 4 | But western Congressmen want over. Coldest spots reported were|gz,q independent value for such| nrogt developments at the Capitol Gieseking left voluntarily. A num- Skating Club will meet tonight at!more funds—at least $500,000 to help Newport with 24 below and Omak |,iner purposes, or if there are im-lyere in committee. The Senate was ser of Jewish and other groups ob- T-HREPEAL Two other companies, the Alumi- num Company of Canada and the{«your actions here will shape Al- -laska’s destiny for generations. to .. nounced they would like to set up!come.” iplants on the British Columbia| streams for | dis- nment R ALASKA GOVERNOR PRESENTS MESSAGE i Says BudgeT Is of Record Proportions-Must Be Balanced IMANY GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS PROPOSED Legislators Told to Investi- gate Requests for Appropriations By JAMES HUTCHESON Governor Ernest Gruening told {the Territorial Legislature today {an Alaska budget of record propor- tions “must be balanced.” i In an hour-long message prepar- lpd for the Legislature's joint ses- sion, he described . the $17,000,000 Fudget as “modest” in view of the Territory’s long-accumulated needs and untapped revenue sources. He described it as $6,000,000 above the previous biennium but tin line with constantly increasing {budgets of states and other terri- the budget, however, he suggested num- erous other governmental projects and social services which he said i1t would be advisable for the legis- lature to consider. Special Projects Amony " theni he “ficluded estab- {lishment of a National Guard; re- jvival of a financing plan for vet- for ‘erans ald; a- eontinued drive statehood to. bring Alaska a greater House Banking Committee an ‘Alumlnum Company 0f|shlre St Pedepalidlae funds) el {other benefits; expansion of the Highway Patrol and extension of iits authority to fill “the no man’s (land” fap in law enforcement as |a counterpart of 'the Northwest ,Mounties; creation of a fisheries commission to take over as much { sures to meet the problem where it retire- and strengthening of 'the Work- ‘[(x;n sector 14>( the provincs ms. boen]me".s Oompensaticsi Act 'with, s surveyed by company engineers, um‘wnge collection law and equal pay for equal work by women. He admonished the legislators: Prudent Spending | He lauded passage oi the income tax measure and saidethe special session was valuable in laying the groundwork. fer other ngeded rey- g'ex:ue measures. The Govertior call= ed on the legislators to investi- igate thoroughly requests of the ld»par\ments, adding. “it's part of the legislative functions to keep a check on executive departments and ito see moneys expended are ex- |pended prudently and economi- |cal]y." School Buildings' In the educational field, he cited buildings for the Territory's schools as the most acute need and said the University of Alaska should | |huve new buildings and better sal- 8 oclock in the Roller Skating|pring relief to the storm area. |and Moses Lake with lows of 22) hinery or other i b i P8 BLES 20,1 6 avery Dhnorianh| ns’ sirboran codtitihs o taka] degracs balow il G RTR To | BrOVEIDELLS 07 O T Ov othet|in recess and the House scheduled |Jected (0 bis AL bbb o el aries for “grossly underpaid” fac- meeting and all members are asked [food to the starving cattle and sheep | Ellensburg, 15 below in Spoknnelpmpe"y sk :” L haea only a routine session with no im- H'tl“’ y ; o B ,p » throughout| WASHINGTON, Jan. 25— l““y members. to attend. Stan Perry is president |which started in Nevada and Utah and Ephrata. Seattle’s low was 1.7|i:ls tshbe dt;em‘:d':(‘l’ s portant legislation ready for action. m‘e r‘: 7“1":&"?“‘,"2.”(“:1::" ‘(](“xlxli[(d l‘1‘c A bill 1o repeal the Taft-Hartley | On social legislation Gruening ! ] ,"then the same shi L, a 3ieseking denied he | A : 7| doctasnt ’ . of the organization, which has a|yesterday appeared a success. There above. v, NEW MONEY REQUEST | @70 W 0 {Tabad Bmw . sped today (uwurdmx::ltm:& .u nfi;fin wvlitai;ou;n sm:i. (accurdlng to the true and full value thereof. The amendment to President Truman, however, sent i up a request for $480,702,340 in ad- ditional money to be spent this fis- cal year ending June 31. His re- quest covered some 60 items of ex- pense which had not been antici- pated when the regular appropria- tions were made last year. FILIBUSTER FIGHT The Senate Rules Committee held membership of 75. were 17 big C-82 planes available ! Oregen’s Cold Wave for the hay lift from Fallon, in west- | Orxggon’s record cold wave con- the Organic ern Nevada, to Ely, Nev., 260 miles tinyed, The low readings includ-;Act also raises the ceiling on prop- : i i he The washlnglon to the east. Stockmen described the | oq 25 helow at Baker, 17 below at |erty tax rates in the Territory o two M G R d air force operations a 100 percent glamath Falls, 7 below at Pendle-|percent for Territorial purposes and municipal pur- By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) SHIP A success. The first of the big “Ilying ' ton and 14 above at Portland. .{three percent for i boxears"—carrying five tons of hay. The cold wave continued in Ore- | poses. —dropped the food for 10,000 sheepigon, reaching 57 consecutive days| The Senate received a communica- on three ranches in a 200-mile on the frigid central Oregon plat- |tion from Secretary of Alaska Lew -se I SEATTLE {the whole measure on the { Eight Demccrats on the | Labor Committee teamed up again st the five committee Republican: | yesterday to set a deadline for winding up hearing: fon the bill. The Democrats ap. parently intend to replace Taft | stormy Senate action, with aroused | Republieans threatening to rewrite floor. Senate February 10 quate old-age pension, and he re- viewed a wide field for public health program expansion. 3 i National Guaid S{ The Govermor dealt, at ‘length _|with the National Guard proposal. S1He sald the Federal government ~ |would advance about $400,000 while jprobably Territory cost would be radius. ; leau. Portland recorded its 25th|M. Williams certifying the vote on { “ : 8, /\SHINGTON —One of the| The cold air from Canada covered conséoutive day of freezing temp—ixap?at the last clection as 19,713|ts second day of hearings on pro-| i‘;{‘l‘:‘i :‘l‘l“:’ g “‘“"“.‘“ X‘;:‘: $100,000 per biennium for a mini- semi-comic, semi-tragic sights ou"“’,‘,‘ ohehe m"m‘"t‘ and western erature, equalling a record set inlfor abolishment over a 10-year- posed changes in the rules of Sen-| - {mus i ‘P” :‘;-\ P {mum program involving 1,300 men inauguration was big Jim Farley.lsemons of the country. 1893. ¢ period, 2624 against the proposltm'm ate debate, designed to ‘km the fili- . Blle e ““‘:“‘“‘“‘ o {and substantial increases in in- resplendent in shiny top hat, cut- | LOW TEMPERATURES | sp_ckanes 15 degrees below zero|The report of the Grand Jury mll;uster process which in the past| gEATTLE, Jan. 25. —®— The|__genator M< s OPodmsactl come to Alaska communities. away coat, with boutonniere and i 2 3 X reading was the lowest since Jan.|Ketchikan, which advccr_;tes the es-‘has enabled fimxnll groups of Sen2- | freighter Lucidor, loaded with a full| favors Taft-Hartley “‘;KZM but He said he agreed with the mili- cane, looking for a seat at .n_“_l sontle;;lré) ztx:rn;)ggw.szl:c;qled 'I‘O. 1937, when the low was 19 be-’tabllshm('nl of a pmpxtal for theftors to talk bills to death. an; yrgo for Southwestern Al-Ecnly B Socer hesrin: aail tary that scout battalions probably man’s swearing-in ceremony. |;m aM c] '.n. , N. D, -26, Miles ?w. Today was the 20th day thislmsans» and a juvenile correction in-{ Thednubuster ]n:s b_eun the South- | 55ka, was held, up here today by the GOP will have its day whenlwuuld be of greulesl_ value. There- Big Jim, who once ruled FDR's|(Clty, Mont.; -2 Casper and Lan-| winter Spokane had a sub-zero!stitution, was read and referred toferners’ most effective WeapoOln|yefusal of members of the marine ‘the bill goes before the full Sen- fore, he said, a minimum program political roost, hadn't bee given a der, Wyo. minimum. N the Committee on Public Health. |against legislation they consider un- | cooks and stewards union to signate, s |\vculd involve units in 54 undis- seat with the top dignitaries. The | The U. s.' Weather Bureau re-: Water energy reserves in the! The Senate also received the re- ‘desirable. ! articles. “If we are not heard in the‘cmsm pamuynities. i, the" S Gabinet, the Senators, the Repre. (Ported that the “unprecedented cold | Northwest power pool continued to|port of the Department of Public PEPPER IN BREAK The vessel was ahut down AnAHisd| odthsuittee,” he declared, “warll el s Ion-us- Sikisions caverig sentatives sat near the Presldent““'”‘h" brought new low tempera- ! dwindle and the region’s power welfare and a resolution from the! Senator Pepper (D-Fla) troke up after representatives of the Alas- heard on the Senate 11(;ux 5 west angl northern coast areas. Other bigwigs had favored seats.[tures for January to Spokane, shortage became more acute. . Development Board request-|with his colleagues today, coming|ka Steamship Company, the ship's| Another committee Republican, | .He said the Pederal Sovarnment But Jim Farley, his top hat wwer-'w”h" and Reno, Nev, both of) e that the law restricting the sal-'up for rules which would make it operators, and the union could not|Semator Taft of Ohio, has aatd (2150 Rpproved & proliats IArOiHER ing above everyone else, had to)“Pich had minima of -13 degrees.| One of the most famous rings in ary of the ABD manager to $6,600 a 'possible to cut off debate. Senstor | agree on overtime asked by the!much the same thing about the same additional number make shift among the press and |Below freezing temperatures again the world is the papal “ring of be amended and mo 1imit Morse (R-Ore.) also testified in 1av-|union. The tie-up is the frst on e ‘of men units in towns including lesser-lights. He lookedias ill-at-{0CCurTed in the inferior valleys of the Fisherman,” and has been placed on his salary. The resolution or of the change. |the coast since settlement of the| JUNEAC VISITOR fi:;,‘,:::f(:’ K:;g:““'s“:;“,‘m:::' I was referred to the Committee on Chairman Maybank Territorial Offices, (D-8C) the Senate Banking Committee and winter, Ic;llrornla, with Fresno reporiing a known to exist as the personal sig- (Continued on Page. Four) ilow of 25 degrees. net ring of the pope since 1265. ¥ ) of | coast maritime strike last fall and| J. H Mommsen of Anchorage |is staying at the Gastineau Hotel, " (Contiued on Page Two)