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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,147 — JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949 MEMBER A QS()( IATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HEARING SET ON NOMINATION OF GOV.: BRI 1 Imp ortant Labor Leglslat ion Has Set-Back WAGE, HOURS HELD IN STRANGE 'SLAVEf cf&se S]’M[HOOD BILL LOSES ON 8-8 VOTE Forty Hour Week Proves Stumbling Block, Labor- | Supported Measure | By BOB DeARMOND The Maximum Hoyrs and Mini- | mum Wages bill, which was in-| troduced in the House on the sec- ond day of the regular session and _ passed by the House on the 19th day with a 16-8 vote, was killed by the Senate on an 8-8 vote yesterday | afternoon. Providing for a minimum wage of | one dollar an hour and for an 8- hour work day, a 40-hour working week, with time and one-half for overtime, the bill has been hanging fire in the Senate since the 22nd day of the session, when it came over from the House. The tinal vote on the bill came without preliminary debate follow- ing a demand for the previous question in order to tut off furth- er- hearing of witnesses. Voting against the bill were Re- publican Senators Butrovich, Col- lins, Dawes, Jones, Munz end Ner- land, Memocrats Barr and Lyng. Senators Barr ana Lyng, as weil as some of the others, had pre. viously expressed themselves as opposed to the 40-hour provision of the bill, but attempts to amend that feature out of the measure were unavailing. Voted Down | An amendment offered by Sena- tor Barr to eliminate section one of the bill, covering the hours of | labor, was defeated by an 8-8 vote. | “This bill as it stands does not‘ exempt the mining and fishing in- | dustries, our two mainstays in this| Teiritory and both of them sea- sonal, and I will not vots for tneA bill so long as it contains one fihgle thing that I don’t like,” Senator | Lyng announced after the defeat of } Senator Barr's amendment. | “It contains two medicines in one | pill, and I'm not going to swallow | in. | After the amendments had failed | and the bill was advanced to third | reading T. E. Erickson, executive | secretary of the Alaska Territorial Federation of Labor took the stand | in behalf of the bill. Desirable Standards “The standards set up by the| bill,” Erickson said, “are desirable | for working men as a whole. If restaurants in Juneau were on a| 40-hour week we wouldn’t have un- employed cooks and waitresses| here. “Most people,” he added, “can (Continued on Page 'I'hreeb The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) On March 8 the Washington Merry-Go-Round column pre- dicted that Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia would join the Re- publicans on the Armed Ser- vices Committee in voting against ex-Senator Mon Wall- gren of Washington to be the Chairman of the National Se- curities Resources Board. In reporting this, Drew Pearson also sald that Dixie Democrats were planning to gang up with the Republicans to rebuff Tru- man. That day Senator Cain of ‘Washington denounced Pearson from the Senate floor for inac- curately reporting the situation. But exactly on week later, Pear- son’s diagnosis and prediction turned out to be exactly right. Senator Byrd did vote against Waligren and his nomination ‘was blocked. ASHINGTON—If a grand jury ever getstothebottomof the New York wire-tapping scandal, it will | processor ESCAPING from life of cap- tivity, Gerald Sullivan, 14, of Rosbury, Mass., is enjoying thrill of seeing commonplace things after life in barred room. Ashamed of Gerald’s illegitimate birth, his mother, Mrs. Anna F. Sullivan (left), kept him isolated past nine years. (International) - ANOTHER TAX BILL IS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR Fisheries De?rimem Ad Also Gets Final Leg- islafive 0. K. By JIM HUTCHESON A new major tax act was signed into law today by Governor Gruen- ing. His office announced the signing °f the general business license tax act. It doesn't become effective towever, until after Congress ap- peals the act under which present miscellaneous business license tax- es are collected. It provides for $25 license !peb-i nd a levy of one-half of one per the pill,” Senator Collins chimed |C¢1\t On gross revenue above $20,000 | in and one-fourth above | $100,000. Legislative action was completed this morning on the bill to create a territorial Department of Fish- ies under an appointive board of ive persons—three fishermen, and one. representative of the general public. The concurred “nanimously in amenc- ments by ¢he Senate. The bill now soes to the Goverror. per cent Caries Appropriation The bill by Rep. Alired Owen, Jr., 'provides. that the new department | | would work in conjunction with Federal agencies as long as they continue to control the Alaska fish- {eries. In event of statehood, it would take over all duties now pre- scribed to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The bill carries a $250,000 appropriation. The board would name a director at a salary up to $10,000. * Legislation for a popular refer- endum on whether the Territory should ask Congress for authority for a $20,000,000 bond issue, mostly for school buildings, hung by a weakened life-line today. The House leadership failed to muster a two-thirds vote this morn- ing to suspend the rules to accept the Eenate bill after the deadline for such transmittals. The vote was 15-9, but 16 votes were need- ed. There were two votes by the same count. The second was a recon- sideration ‘motion by Rep. Warren Taylor. There were strong indications, however, that the issue might be re- vived this afternoon on a parlia- mentary maneuver on the prospect of getting one vote switched. Sharp Words Some sharp words were said against the Senate during the House discussion. Should the Senate-approved bill} fail to be revived in the House,| the only chance of the bond issue referendum would be on the basis —_— e (Continued on Page Four) (Conunued on Page 2) one | ir House | (UNCLE SAM - TOPAYFOR LOST FOXES Claim of Kfik Rancher | Approved, Also Payment ' to Alaska Juneau Mine | AP Special Washington Service WAZHINGTON, March 18.—(®— inum foxes cost real money. The House has approved lezisla- ion to pay Jacob A. Johnson of Ko- liak, Alaska, oung foxes due to defense activities near his Crooked Island fox farm | Jensen, | consistently independent Democrats Uncle Sam is finding cut that plati- | $15,103 for losses of | I: ACTBRINGS * HOUSE TIFF Attempt to Block Bill Be- cause of Delayed Arrival Fails By JIM HUTCHESON Delayed arrival in the House of he Senate bill for creation of a statehood committee stirred up a controversy in the lower chamber last night. An attempt was made to block the bill on the ground that it was 10t listed by number on the list of bills passed in the Senate on the 50th day, and transmitted to the House by number only. The two #Houses had an agreement on the {ransmittal by number because of the jam of bills to be processed on the 50th night—which was the deadline for each house to consid- er its own bills without suspennnn f the rules. Reps. Glen Franklin and Marcus who have been the most in the House, and Frank Angerman joined in the fight against accept- ing the bill. Rep. Willlam Egan was in the chair at the time. He ruled that the bill should be received by- cause" it passed the Semate before the 50th day deadline. He said the intent of the inter-house agreement was that anything passed during (nat day or evening would be re- ceived and an omission on the iist shouldn't shut out the bill. Senate Secretary Bonnie Jo tonroos was summoned, and she explained that a corrected list had been sent to the House with the statehood bill, SB 49, on it. Bill Accepted The House majority finally up- *id the ruling of the chair and | acceptec the bill after an argu- Million Dellar Fire Smoke still pours from the rulm of the Army’s big supply dewt and pier at ()-kllnd. Calll.. in this air view taken several hours after a spectacular fire did damage estimated at more than a million dollars. w erephow TERMS OF NEW PACT REVEALED Norih Atlantic Treaty Binds U.S. and Allied Nations fo Resist Attack By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER | ment in which Rep. Essie Dale once in Kodiak Channel. Johnson said that Army and Navy operations near his fox farm caus d the mothers to kill their young 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944. The services agreed that th*r | cperaticns—largely plane flights | o ver the farm—caused loss to John- rough the killing of the young {con t} foxes He claimed he lost 235 fox pups 1941, 230 in 1942, 77 in 1943 nd 84 in 1944, Johnson asked for $26,669 but lthe committee reduced the amount.| , "The bill now goes to the senate. 1 The house at the same time ap-| | proved legislation to authorize the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic wreh to acquire title to a small plot of and cemetery is located at South| Naknek Village on Bristol Bay. It alsc goes to the senate. It also approved and sent to the | cenate legislation to pay the Bank of Kodiak, of Kodiak, Alaska, $3,000 for mutilated currency it withdrew from circulation and sent’ to the Treasurer of the United States. The shipment was lost on the steamship Yukon, which sank in 1946. Another bill approved and sent to the senate provides payment of $80,000 to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company of Juneau, Alaska, for building material furnished the {United States for use in urgently needed defense projects including the subport of embarkation and air landing fields at Juneau during the ‘war. | RAINBOW GIRLS PLAN TWO EVENTS SATURDAY will hold a short business meeting, the Scottish Rite Temple to be followed by a St. Patrick's Barn Dance in the Temple Ballroom | The girls plan to wear cottons aid the boys will wear their jeans. Mem- ibers of the DeMolay and Rainbow | Pledzes are invited to attend the | dance. As always, members of the Order of the Senate bringing Rep. Jack Of the Eastern Star and Mason; arc|” invited to attend the rseeting 2 dance. Refreshments -will be served.| land on which its church | The Order of Rajnbow for Girls| Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock in . charged that the opposition was| | prompted by “animosity.” | | The House passed the Senate bill | | “limiting the liability of stockhold. | ers’ in Territory chartered banks, | | but only after knocking out the | liability-limiting section. Speaker | | Stanley McCutcheon made the mo- | | tion to strike the section, arguing | that double liability of stockholders should be retained despite lederal| insurance in order to keep them cautious. The House also knocked out a| section that would have authoriz- | ed the Territorialr Banking Board | | to exempt federally-insured banks| | from Territorial examination. | The bill was introduced by the| Senate committee on banking. Wickersham Day | | During the afterneon, ‘the House | | completed legislative approval of| the Senate bill for designation of | August 24 as Wickersham Day in | | Alaska. The date commemorates | both the birthday of Judge James Wickersham and the date of the birth of the organic act in the drafting of which he played such an important role. The measure was introduced by Senator Anita Garnick and cites many of the contributions of the late judge and first delegate to Congress. It sug- gests the day be commemorated with suitable public observances. Other Senate bills approved by | the House included: Lim.ting precincts to 500 voters o e.iminate the election day jams .ud long delays in vote counting at | Fairbanks and Anchorage; estab- Lishing machinery for dissolutian of I school districts; eliminating money in banks and so-called intangibles— stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc—f{rom liability to the property tax of mumcipnhues. The change was made by inserting “tangible” in eference to personal property in (he old tax law. Actually, muni- ipalities have not attempted to cliect on intangible, but they have cmained subject to tax under the existing law. The House passed 20 to 3 a mem- ,rial by Rep. Andrew Hope against a proposed congressional act to al- low Federal agencies to tighten up n taking of fish from streams 1 Alaska. It was amended, how- (Continuéd on Page 2) . |of State Acheson went a little fur- ito use it under WASHINGTON, March 18. —(#—! The Atlantic Pact powers today made public their security treaty, officially disclosing this big point: he United States would be bound utomatically to counter an attack on any ally, perhaps even by use of “armed force.” In a news cocnference, Sccretary ther than the bare words of the proposed treaty. Asked about the extent of the ob- L'gation to fight in event of an at- tack, Atheson explained it this way: | If in the judgment of the United | States government, armed force would be necessary to restore the security of the North Atlantic area, then there would be an obligation the treaty. When Effective The treaty wilk become effective only dfter ratification which in the United States means it must be ap- proved by the Senate. The “parties” referred to in the pact are the nations signing it. These will definitely include the United States, Canada, Norway, Britain, France, Belgium, the Neth- erlands and Luxembourg, In addi- tion Iceland, Portugal, Denmark, and Italy have bcen invited and are expected to sign. Some Senate criticism is expect- ed by administration officials, but they are confident of eventual rati- | fication. Acheson talked at various stages of the negotiations with such foreign policy leaders as Senators Cennally (D-Tex), chairman of the | Foreign Relations Committee, and Vandenberg, (R-Mich), the form- er chairman. The unprecedented treaty, pro- posing for the first time in peace to bind America in an alliance with European nations, was made | public at 8 a. m. (PST) by the! United States and seven other coun- | tries which intend to sign it here about April 4. { Denounced By Soviets This official disclosure of the terms is expected to arouse Russia 1o ‘new heights in propaganda at- tacks against the alliance. The Soviets already have denounced it 48 an agzr2ssive move against them, despite the repealed assertions o! e mueo un Puue Two) T0UGH PROBLEM OF ARCHIC IS LICKED, IS U.S. NAYY'S BELIEF New Gadget Is Breathing| Mask Which Aims fo Keep Body Warm By ROBERT M. FARRINGTON WASHINGTON, March 18.—®— The Navy thinks it has licked the toughest problem of living and {izhting in the Arctic-—keeping warm, Its scientists are periecting a new imple gadget that saves 80 percent of the body heat normally lost by breathing, and turns 70-below zero cold inhaleq eir into a spring-like 54 above. Nearly half of the total heat loss in cold weather is through breath- ng, regardless of the kind of cloth- ing worn, the Navy says. During the war, complicated electric air warmers were tested, but the re- sults weren’t very gcod. The nhew gadget is a breathing mask which weighs less than one | pound. It works on the principle It you| known to every farm boy: wrap a scarf abound your nose, the sutside air doesn't feel so cold. Etarting with this, Dr. Norman E. Fhillips and Loyal Goff of the Uni- versity of Maryland developed for the Navy a face mask only a few inches in diameter containing sev- eral feet of air passages. Heat and moisture is extracted frem exhaled air and retained in the passages, warming and humi-| lying the inhaled air. That's al there is to it, tut the Navy says it! will enable 2 man to breathe com- fortably even in the 70 below zero| of the Aretic. Military men regard the Arctic as the most likel7 route of an alr attack on the U. 8. They have been hard at work on specfal lubricants that won’t congeal in the cold, on mechanized equipment, that can tuild air bases in icy weather, on ouses that men can erect wearing thick mittens, and hundreds of oth- er problems of the Far North. But this is the first success reported on ‘ow to keep men warm away from heated barracks, out where the iting cold brings lethargy and even death. ——e—— NEW YOLK, Mar. 18, —(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 90, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss- Wright 9, International Harvester 24, Kennecott 46%, New York Central 10%, Nort! Pacitic 147%, U. 8. Steel 727%, Pound $4.08%. Sales teday were 670000 shares. Averages todiy are as follows: ndustrials 176.29, ities 35.01. vails 4804, util-| HERRING TAX ISREDUCED BY SENATORS Raw Fish Tax Measure Is | Amended-Final Vote Expected Tomorrow By BOB DeARMOND A turther reduction in the pro- posed tax on Alaska herring, as contained in the raw fich tax bill, was made this morning when the bill came up for second reading in the Zenate. Senate Taxation Committee amendments to the main bill, re- ducing the tax on herring, crabs, clams and other shellfish from four to two percent of net value, had been \adopted when Senator Steve Mc- iduce the herring tax to one percent formed yesterday while another Lill was under consideration, while the| prices of salmon, halibut, crabs nnd other fish products are advancing,”| Senator McCutcheon said in support | {of his amendment. Theve was no argument on lhe {point and the amendment was | adopted by a 12-4 vote. Under the bill as it now stands, salmon canneries will pay four per- ent on the value of the raw fish, !which will be calculated as equal jto 50 percent of the market price| of the canned salmon. Crabs, clams and other shellfish, except butter clams, will be taxed raw produet. « | erring and butter clams will be {taxed one percent of the value of the raw product. COLD STORAGE BILL originally a part of the main bill, cold storage fish, including halibut, salmon, livers, viscera and other lishery prcducts will be taxed one percent of the value of the raw product. “Salmen and other ducts” was amended Lill yesterday after |wording had been omitted from the bill as introduced. ! ‘The reason for dividing the matter into two bills was not entirely clear, {and Senator John Butrovich receiv- ed little enlightenment when he inquired about it yesterday. “The subjects are far apart and should not bhe treated together,” Senator MacKenzie stated in - ex- planation, “They Loth levy a tax cn (Continued on Page 2) fishery pro- ack into the the {Cutcheon offered another one to re-| but extend it to cover bait herring.| “The price of herring products ap- | pears to be falling, as we were in-| at two percent of the value of thel, In a companion bill which was: the covering OPPONENTS T0 GOV. T0 TALKNOW Chairman OTM;honey Sels March 28 for Public Hearing in Wash. | WASHINGTON, March 18.—P— i’l‘he Senate Interior Committee to- day set March 30 for a puclic hear- ing on the nomination of Gov. Er- | nest Gruening of Alaska for anoth- | er four-year term. Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo,) | sald that no “substantial” protest | against Gruening had been received, | but It was decided to hold the hear~ ing to give opponents a chance to | \ppear. | \ O'Mahoney sald the committee has learned that a telegram re- ceived by it and signed by Donald MacDonald, Alaska engineer, oppos- ‘ng Gruening, was rot in fact signed by MacDonald. | He =ald he had been intormed tnat MacDonald has stated he not only did not sign the telegram but knew nothing of any plan to fly a delegation to Washington to oppose the nomination. The telegram said that opponents of Gruening had chartered a plane to fly 30 witnesses to Washington. MacDonald was a member of the one-time Alaska International High- way Commission. MORE RETURNS IN ON TRAVELING OF BANDED WATERFOWL ‘To the five previcus reports on migratory waterfowl icanded last summer by the U. 8. Fish and Wild- life Service, Urban Nelson, Federal Aid biologist, has three from wide- ly separated places. An adult white-fronted goose, banded July 1, was shot October 6, 1948, near Fleet, Alberta, Canada. A juvenile baldpate (duck) band- ed July 28, was shot October 31, near Mexico came a report on a juve- nile pintail banded July 9. It was found dead by Antonio Jauregui of Tepic Nay, Mexico. All were banded in the Innoko River area by Robert F. Scott, as part of the Federal Aid to Wildlife program, e - - STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Baranof scheduled to sail from | Seattle tomorrow. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver March 21. Alaska scheduled southbound ear- ;ly Monday. | —_——————— LAMARRE . SENTENCED FOR LYING WASHINGTON, March 18.—(®— | Bleriot H. Lamarre, 37-year-old for- mer accountant, was given a sus- | pended sentence today for lying to a | ‘enate committee about the wartime tusiness affairs of Maj. Gen. Ben- | nett E. Meyers. Lamarre pleaded guilty to three |counts of perjury a year ago but sentence was delayed pending a | probation officer's investigation. | The maximum penalty on each | count could have been 10 years' im- prisonment. Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoft sentenced Lamarre to one to three years but suspended the sentence and put him on two-year probation. Attorneys for the slim, blond de- ‘endant as well as the government, { ked leniency for Lamarre. They i aid that without his help Meyers -ould not have been convicted. { San Diego, Calif., and from