The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,135 Lar e —— e O BOND ISSUE . REFERENDUM J ge Fund App JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949 ? : 1S APPROVED House Also Votes for Bus Control Ath Health | By JIM HUTCHESON i In a session that ran ‘until 6 o'clock last night, the House voted | for a $20,000,000 bond issue refer- | endum, for creation of a regulatory Bus Transportation Commission and for a pre-marital examination ; bl All were passed along to the Senate. The vote was 21-2 for the refer- | endum by the electorate on whether | to ask Congress for the right to have the Territory issue up to $20,000,000 in bonds. The same ballot would ask whether the terri- tory should proceed with the issue if Congress should approve. Three-fourths of the amount would be for school buildings with the rest for other institutions re- quired after statehood. The House passed, 22 to 2, a pre-marital -health examination bill introduced by Rep. Amelia A. Gun- dersen and Doris M. Barnes. Pas- sage came after deleting a propos- ed imprisonment penalty. It carries 7 a $250 fine for violation, Oppornents expressed skepticism about its work- ability in the Territory, but it carries waiver provisions for iso- lated spots. Another bill introduced by the same women passed, 21-3. It re-. quires a compulsory pre-natal blood test for expectant .mothers. The House also voted, 18-6 for a ' McCutcheon-Taylor bill for creation of a Bus Transportation Commis- ' sion to control Territory bus lines, issue certificates of operation and regulate fares. The bill provoked a lively debate, with Rep. Frank! Angerman leading the opposition and charging that it would open ! the way for franchises and mono- poly. He'read wires from Fair- ' banks labor leaders in opposition. | He failed to get the support of other labor members of the House, , however, who swung into line be-! hind the argument that franchises would keep order in the industry and prevent big operators from the ! states coming north and squeezing out local bus operators. | The Board of Road Commission- | ers—composed of the Governor, the highway engineer and treasurer— | would be constituted as the Bus Commission. The House scheduled & night ses- sion tonight at 7:30 but might have to cut it short—or cancel it—to board the S.8. Denali for the an- nual inspection trip to the Sitka Pioneers’ Home. The House killed for the second ! time a revised bill by Rep. w;;rren( A. Taylor to admit experlenced: stateside dentists without a Board s examination. i 1 i ——r WAMCAT OUT AGAIN Equipment trouble on Sentinel Island took the ACS duty boat, ‘Wamcat, out early this morning so technicians could make repairs. The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) | ASHINGTON— House ieaders are quietly investigating one of the { biggest franking grabs in Congress- jonal history. It involves jaunty GOP Representative Ralph W. Gwinn of New York, the man who, at minimum wage hearings las week, angrily told a laundry-work- er witness to take in washing at home if she didn't like the wages paid by her employer. Gwinn has launched the most ex- tensive one-man mail crusade since the days of former isolationist Con- gressman Ham Fish—aimed at un- dermining President Truman's "hirl Deal” program. He is mailing out more than 900,000 letters containing 2,250,000 copies of speeches against public housing, federal aid to educatlon,l rent control and cther planks of the Democratic platform. A good part of this already has been sent to the Committee for Constitutional Government and two e (Continued on Page Four) ¥ AWAITING CALL_ candidates for places in a Lon- don production of the Folies Bergere wear fur coats over their bathing suits as they await the call of the director to audition. NAVAJO INDIANS Tl 4 JOINING FORCES TO AID NAVAJO INDIANS, caravan of Sixth Army and U. 8. Indian Service pauses in lee of towering Black Buttes near Black Mountain, Ariz., while scouts reconnoiter rugged trail leading to snow-bound village. (International Soundphoto) STRENGTHIS CABMULLING CALLED FOR ' REGULATION OF NONSKEDS | | SEATTLE, March 4 —®—The fate | {of the nonscheduled airlines of the { | Northwest and Alaska is now in the lap of the Civil Aeronautics Board. America Must Remain Strong for Peace Says . New Defense Head By ELTON C.FAY WASHINGTON, March 4. — (# o+ Louis A. Johnson, soon to be Secre- tary of Defense, said today that Am- erica must remain strong. This was the word brought back | from Washington, D. C., by John F. Dore Jr., counsel for the 13 non- scheduled airlines of this region. He spent three weeks in the capital arguing before the board and sub- mitting briefs in opposition to the MOLOTOV IS LONDON, March 4.—®— The Moscow radio says V. M. Molotov is “rclcased from his duties of So- viet Foreign Minister.” 3 Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet dele~ gate tc the United Nations -and former deputy Foreign Minister, has been named to the post. 1 Vishinsky recently returned to Russia from Czechoslovakia where e had been treated for illness. The radio also announced A, K Mikoyan has been released as Min- ister of Foreign Trade. PR PRI COMMITTEE PROPOSED Would Gather Information for Use by State Consti- tutional Convention By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, March 4—®— Statehood for Alaska was approved mittee of the House Public Lands Committee. A similar measure for zot the committee's favoral yesterday. | Chairman Redden (D-NC) said the vote on Alaska was unanimous. He said the bills will go before the full committee next Tuesday. He added that he is sure both will be approved in committee and will pass when the House gets to them. The committee- heard short oral cestimony in favor of statehood _or Alaska before going into execu- ive session to vote. Father Paul C. O'Connor of -looper Bay, Alaska, said the Terri- tory is ready for statehood. He redicted that it will develop just 15 fast as other states “to make { our state one of the principal states {of the union.” Interior Department representa- iives and army oificers also testi- tied in favor of statehood. Hawaii ble vote 1 > by the Public. Lands Committee st year but the proposed legisla- jon never was cleared by the Rules Committee for House debate. 90-Day Convention The bill provides that on pas- sage the Governor of the Trritory shall call a constitutional conven- a ‘:ion composed of elected represen: tatives which will draw up a con- Ismu!lon. It is required that this work be done in 90 days. The constitution then would be submitted to the voters of the ed to the President, who would i Territory a new state. The bill proposes to admit Alaska iNew Mexico were admitted to the union, It provides the new state now under federal control, and would give to the new state ap- for use in raising funds for schools and other activities. Territory and, if ratified, forward- issue a proclamation making the Inn the same basis as Arizona and would have control of its fisheries, proximately 42,000,000 acres of land During the Hawaii statehood STATEHO0D today by the Territories Subcom- | Statehood for Alaska was approv- | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS == o ————— PRICE TEN CENTS STATEHOOD Vote Unanimous-Measure Now Goes to Full Com- mittee, then fo House By BOB DeARMOND An Alaska Statehood Committee, of 11 members and three ex-officio members, to gather information and analyses for use by the Constitution Convention in drafting a state con- stitution, would be created by a bill introduced in the Senate this morn- ing by Senators Victor C. Rivers and ‘ Frank Peratrovich. | The 11 members of the commit- tee, not more than six of whom would be from one political party, would be nominated by the gov- ernor and confirmed by the Leg- Ilslalure. The governor, the dele- 1gate in Congress and his immediate lpredecessor (Judge Anthony J. Di- “mond) would be ex-officio members {of the committee. i An appropriation of $80,000 is ;provided to cover expenses of the {eommittee. Members would be en- fitled to receive transportation, per diem in lieu of actual expense and 1“such reasonable rate of allowance {for time lost from other pursuits as ithe Committee, acting by a majority, ymay authorize.” l. Any bona fide adult resident of lo,he Territory would be eligible for membership on the committee, in- icluding Federal, Territorial and . municipal officials. The committee would be empow- lered to have a qualified person to idg, necessary research and would, 'in addition to providing information pertinent to the drafting of a con- stitution, would assemble informa- tion upon which the Constitutional Convention could base recommenda- tions to the first state legislature. Baby-Sitters A letter signed by “Two Baby-Sit- ters” and asking that the Senate give consideration to that occupa- tion by not passing the “baby-sit- ters' bill,” was read this morning and brought an assurance from Senator Collins that baby-sitting will be taken out of jeopardy. Senator Collins, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, admitted that the position of baby- sitters had been overlooked in the section of the bill which prohibits employment of minors under 16 years of age after 7 pm. Judiciary Committee that they intro- duce an amendment to put in defi- | nite language to exempt baby-sit- ters. I think they should be ex- empted; they are profitably employ- ed and can study their lessons while so engaged,” Senator Collins sald. Conference Committee Senate members of a new Confer- | ence Committee, with powers of free jconference, were named this morn- .ing at the request of the House and (will try to reach an agreement on H. B. 38, regulating the number of roved For S.E. Alask “I have suggested to the House | ,passengers carried by buses. Sena- \tors Peratrovich, Garnick and But- rovich were named Senate members of the committee. | Three memorials were passed by ithe Senate this morning: Asking the | Forest Service to make regulations !to protect salmon spawning steams ifrom injury by logging operations; 'expreaing thanks to Secretary Krug innd other officials for the rehabili- tation program being carried on by the Alaska Railroad, and seeking flood control measures at Nenana.,® H. B. 8, the wage collection bill, | school teacher and becomes a | \ . "Blondie” Chic in Hawaii RELEASED | IS APPROVED FROMPOST| BY SUB. (OM Looking entirely at home and considerably more poised than his brainchild Dagwocd Bumstead, Chic Yeung, who draws “Blondie” for The Empire, is shown during a visit to Hawzii. The original idea behind Ckic's trip was to find a house wherein he and his family could reside, but these two charmers, fellow guests of the Youngs at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, don't exactly look like real estate agents. “The blonde is Nancy Wilcox of El Paso, Texas and the brunette Ahna Ahakuelo of Hawail. Mr. Young plans to draw “Blondie” ‘while win- tering in Henclulu He wears a ¢oconut hat woven from palm fronds and the typteal Hawailan *‘Atcha® shirt. HOUSE KILLS (REDITSBILL BY131010 Legislators Support Em- ployers’ Side on Con- froversial Issue By JIM HUTCHESON The House rejected today a bill , to climinate the employers’ exper- ience rating credits from the Terri- terial Unemployment Compensation Act. The vote was 13 to 10. ! The rating section allows credits estimated at $1,200,000 this year to employers who maintained stable payrolls. They get the credits in the form of a reduction in the , unemployment compersation tax . on their payrolls. Organized labor has opposed the {;red!l'g. The bill was introduced | by P. Alfred Owen, Jr., of An- !;ko ‘SME R"— Beil_!yh?:fl;‘le looks Echorue. e this after a figl n her new | The rating clai s efore 1in San Francisco on appeal after lDlsmct. Judge Anthony Dimond ”lruled it invalid on the ground of an error in legislative procedure in ® jits enactment. o Moore Testifies The House vote came after tes- ® | timony for the bill by Tom Moore, ® legislative representative of the ® | Territorial Federation of Labor, and ® |testimeny for continuation of the dance hall queen. The picture is still in production. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 40; ® minimum, 34. “Strength means peace, and with- iout strength there is no peace,” he | said. Johnson talked with reporters at the White House. He said the pur- pose of his call on President Tru- iman was to express appreciation for |his appointment and “my full de- | voted loyalty.”s Accompanying Johnson was Sec- | retary Forrestall. Johnson said he thad been meeting regularly with l?orresml and ‘would continue to do {so until March 31, when he takes |over, getting familiar with the job. Forrestall said the two would spend the next month arranging for |a “smooth, practical, and easy tran- sition.” He said the cabinet office arries great responsibility and he is | confident Johnson will handle it. Forrestal, a former New York fi- nancier, was asked his plans for the ‘future. He said he had made none except to get a long rest. “I have had the usual temptation to write which I trust T will resist,” { | carriers. he laughed. proposed change in regulations. He said they would amount to a “death sentence” for the small independent Gov. Gruening of Alaska wired the board that the nonscheduled air- lines had been a vital factor in the development of Alaska and their sus- pension would be a severe blow to the economy of the Territory. Dore made his report to the op- erators at a -meeting yesterday afternoon at Boeing Field. Floyd Davis, mewly-appointed President of the Independent Carriers’ Con- ference, presided. o — PRINCETON-HALL TO LEAVE HERE SATURDAY The Princeton-Hall leaves Satur- day morning for Kake and will re- turn here with the Rev. Harold Voelkel, Korean missionary, who will conduet services at the North- ern Light Presbyterian church next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. nearingyemerdny ey, Manatiel {188 BIG e Wil SO (D-Mont) urged approval of state-, o, . ‘continued in second reading so | hood for both zemw;ies. that some of the proposed amend- He said he would “like to see the |\ b0 o " one present law may be | stranglehold of Seattle business in- more thoroughly studied. l terests broken in Alaska.” Yesterday Afternoon | AR Statehood Memorial CEMETERY PROVES TO A House memorlal urging enact- BE GOOD BEDROOM ment by Congress of an Alaska l 'isenne yesterday and, upon re- :quest of Senator Victor C. Rivers, Ii.s being wired to President Truman, | Secretary of the Interior Julius A. | Krug, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahon- BRISBANE—#— If you're hitch-hiker, take a tip from an Aussie and sleep in a cemetery. Francis Keaney, 18, university student, gives the advice, He has hitch-hiked a few thousand miles {down under. Says Francis: “You can genefllly."‘d Delegate E. L. Bartlett. ’ i The memorial, House Joint Mem- count on cemeteries not being well ¢ t orial No. 17, was introduced in the kept. There is always long, soft which to make & fort- House by Speaker Stanley Mc- gl {Cutcheon. It is being rushed to able bed. Besides, you are ""‘”w:.sm -4 ngton because hearings on 1safe from GRME 8 OV, Fosk ifliwho:doare currently bemggheld —————— : wned by Cha there. . The WO B, b rlh| The Senate also passed a memor- Iwilson, 15 expected to leave forl . 'yu oo o Dayes seeking Fed- Angoon today if the weather per-! 2 | mits. (Continued on Page Eight) . © 0000000 000 e ACS AUDITOR HERE Lieut. Brooks Ydeen, te statehood bill was passed by the|® ey, Congressman Andrew L. Somers, | ® At Airport—Maximum, 39; minimum, 33. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Continued cloudy with rain tonight - Saturday. South- easterly winds 15-25 mph. Little change in temperature with lowest tonight 38 and highest Saturday 42. e PRECIPITATION . . . . . @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 s.m. today @ e In Juneau — .89 inches; since March 1, 1.74 inches; since July 1, 93.74 inches. At Airpert .19 inches; since March 1, .72 inches since July 1, 59.02 inches. Alaska, at various ACS stations. traveling auditor for the Alaska Communi- cations System, expected to go to Seattle on today’s Pan American flight, aiter two month’s work in ® |credit system by John McLaughlin, ® director of the Unemployment ® | Compensation Division ® | Moore testified that labor organ- * lxzaunna feel the approximately $12,- :LUOOOO in the unemployment fund p |1s insufiicient to weather the drain b4 lof a serious business recession, and credits which reduce the payments ® |iuto the fund should not be grant- ® cd. He said organized labor feels ®ithat If the fund reaches a size where payments could be safely re- ® lduced, the reduction should apply ® [to all employers instead of only to ® [those with stable employment rec- ‘ McLaughlin testified the Unem- ® iployment Compensation Commis- ® |slon favors continuing the exper- ience rating credit system and feels the fund is sufficient to protect the unemployed reasonably_ through a depression period <liminate the credits was: (Conunuedmu_n‘ -l"lg_e Five) a Roads $9,050,000 Recommended By President Favorable Action by Bud- get Bureau on Forest Servi(g Request The Juneau office of the Forest Service received a wirg .!f-‘ day from Regional - Forester B, Frank Heintzleman, who fs now n Washington, D. C., that favor- ible action has been taken by the Bureau of the Budget on the For- st Service request for Forest High- vay funds to improve and construet -oads on the Tongass National For- St adjacent to those cities wherg sulp mills are contemplated in the: 10t distant future, This includes Ke i es Ketchikan, Juneau The President has recommended to Congress that a supplemental ap- ropriation of $2,660,000 and con- ract authorization of $6,400,000 be nade to the Public Roads Adminis- tration for this construction, In addition to new construction wnd improvement of Forest high- vays this fund will provide for the onstruction of several spur roads 0 open homesite areas on the Na- foual Forest. These additicnal homesites will e urgently needed by workers in he various pulp mills. Division Engineer H. A. Stoddart ! the Public Roads Administration tated that.-this will be in addi- ion to the regular appropriation or PForest highways alréady pro- srammed, . the. .pilhelpal ones of ‘Ward Cove reloca- ion job at Ketchikan, hard sur- acing the Glacler Highway between uneau and the airpoft, and the celontion of {the Kennai River ridge section of the Anchorage- Aomer road. >ee IEUSLER 1§ LEAVING FOR JUNEAU, SAT. SEATTLE, March 4. — F. A, Zeusler, Executive Assistant to the President of the Alaska Steamship Jompany, will sail for Juneau to- norrow on comoany business. J. Fred Zumdieck, Superintendent of Alaska Steam. and Emil Hansen, Superintendent of the Alaska Term- nal and Stevedoring Company, ‘ar- rived back yesterday on the Baranof -Iter an inspection tour of Alaska Jort facilities. ———————— - I — |20 60 SOUTH ON | PAN AM (LIPPER Thirty passengers left Juneau yes- terday by Pan American clipper :una for Seattle, and 13 arrived re from the south. Passengers ‘neluded : Prom Seattle: Steven Parker, Mar- cella. Bunker, Laurence Irving, Roy Anderson, - Harry Norris, Clancy Jenkins, Mike Punsti, Clarence Nor- on, From Annetté: Norman 3 Marcella Leask, Kathie w&“g:sn- sell Carter, Pred Urban. To Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. Antti Penittinen, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bur- ford, Mrs. H. O. Hulberg, Helen Hulberg, Spencer Workman, Max Christianson, Hernod Tofte, James Prevatt, Mrs. Kenneth Bowman, Ti- mothy Bowman. " To Ketchikan: Eden Abercrombie, Leo Kaye, Wayne Walther, Alice Walther, A. Howard, Oscar Erick- son, Elsie Degrickson, Marion Hun- skar, Windell Stimson, Virginia Bliss and . infant Judith, Tarlan Croker, Malvin Croker, Joanne Croker, Ruth Gervasi, Violet Haynes, Ellyn Lo- paz, George Salkeld. - e RHODE TO SEA' TTLE | 1 The House vcte on the bill to! Clarence J. Rhode, Alaska direct- or of the U, 8. Fish and Wildlife Service, plans to go to Seattle on , Monday. He expects to be gone a week or so, concerned with weir { and vessel operations, and to accept !bids on two new fast small patrol i boats. ~