The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,158 Alaskans Lined NATIONS OF WEST LINED UP FOR PACT Solid FroanditaIed for| Alliance-Major Con- ferences Started (By the Associated Press) Natlons of the West today began | lining up a solid front which they hope will enforce peace in the world. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Secretary of State Dean Aclfeson scheduled the first of a series of major conferences in Washington this afternoon. While the main reason for Bevin’s visit to the United States is the signing of- the North At-| lantic Security Treaty Monday, the meetings were expected to cover the whole protlem of reinforcing the unity of the West against Russia. ANOTHER ISSUE Also slated for detailed discussion is the future of Western Germany. French Foreign ter Boberr. Schuman probably will’ iee ‘Ache- son tomorrow and the three foreign ministers will make_ a/ getermined effort to end policy ‘differences Hreventing creation of a single German government over the American, British and Freach occu- pation zones. MORE ISSUES Other issues to be threshed out may include: . The security of Middle Eastern ~countries such as Turkey, Greece ang Iran, the possibility of form- ing a Mediterranean defense treaty, and how to block the spread of ccm;nflglm in Southeast Asia. 'NCH DEMANDS A French cabinet spokesman said in Paris that Schuman will demand that the French army be built up and armed heavily under the pact so it can take on the role of Western Europe’s main defender in the event of war. SCHEDULED ARRIVALS Others scheduled to arrive in Washington in the next few days include upxesentann, of Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg ;M The Foreign Ministegs of I land Denmark, Norway are also expected in ti "for’ ‘the first formal meeting of the pact coun- tries Saturday morning. Iceland and Portugal ‘decided yesterday to Jjoin the alliance. In Bonn, uermany, members of the Constituent Assembly made an- other try today at reaching agree- ment on a constitution for the West German state proposed by the U. 8., Britain and France. Squabtles between German polit- ical groups over how the state should be set up have blocked assembly action on adopting a con- stitution. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 tonight. Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Alaska scheduled sometime Monday. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) southbound ASHINGTON — John L. Lew- is’ control' over the nation’s coal production is well known, but what few peopl: realize is that the burly bess of the mine workers also wields life-and-death power over the Government's atomic energy. This fact is behind the Govern- ment’s proposal to build a gas pipe- line into the Oak Ridge Tenn., atomic eaergy plant, so that plant can be supplied with gas as weil as coal. Some significant testimony has gone into the record since the East Tennessee Natural Gas Company, supported by the Atomic Energy Commission, applied for a certificate for the pipleline. At a recent Federal Power Com- mission hearing, Walter J. Will- ams, atomic production chjef, was telling about the coal shortage at (Continued on Page Four) | Giibert §S, TERRITORY HEADS PROPOSE SHIP MEASURE With Lew William, Acting Gov- ernoro of Alaska, presiding, repre- sentatives of the Alaska Steamship Company and of the Territory, held meetings Tuesday and yesterday. These were for the purpose of agreeing on provisions of legislation to be introduced in Congress au- thorizing the United States Mari- time Commission to allocate govern- ment-owned freighting vessels to |common carriers in Alaska service at a nominal charter hire, such legislation to be patterned after the so-called interim plan which recently expired. Since the Alaska Steamship Com- pay has been paying the govern- ment full charter hire for vessels used, it has incurred an overating deficit. Free use of government ships, with marine insurance borne by the government, would amount to in- direct subsidy to the Alaska trade of about $2,000,000 a year, and en- able holding the line on freight rates, with the possibility of grad- ual reductions on northbound freight. Comment:ag on the meetings, At- torney Gceneral Ralph J. Rivers re- ports the conversations as satisfac- tory and that, in all likelihood, the Territory will support the desired | legislation as being for the interests of all concerned. At the meeting tne Alaska Steam- ship Com:pany was presented by ‘W. Skinner, president; Stanley Long, attorney, of the firm of Bogle, Bogle and Gates; and D, S. Duryea, company representative from Ketchikan. Representing the Territory were Attorney General Rivers, George Sundborg, consultant, Alaska De- velopment Board, and J.' Gerald Williams, Attorney General-elect. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have reser- vations for Monday’s southbound sailing of the Alssks PlU(I(Y AVIATRIX SECURES PLANE 10 CONTINUE HER TRIP SEATTLE, March 31.—(®— Eng- land’s plucky round-th-world avia- trix was flying high again today. Mrs. Prudence Richarda Morrow- Tait said contributions had made it possible for her to purchase, for $600, a second-hand army trnmer‘i plane to finish the globe-circling | flight that ended in an Alaska crash. “I'm just purring,” she bubbled. “I'm terribly happy. I'm just get- ting ready to wire my husband that TI'm coming home like a bat out of hell.” Mrs. Morrow-Tait said she also had obtained an American license so she can fly the BT-13 trainer plane to Canada. She said she ex- pects to take off next Tuesday or Wednesday, fly via Edmonton to the Alaska crash scene, and then pick up her course again. Extra gas tanks will be installed, she said, by Northwest Industries at Edmonton. Her new plane will be christened “Next Thusrday's Child.” ‘The plane in which she crashed after flying more than half way around the world was “Thursday’s Child.” She said the BT-13, a low-winged single engine plane, “is in pretty fair shape.” She said she will have as her navigator, Jack Ellis of Seattle, an English ycuth of her own age, 25, who served in the Royal Air Force during the war. She said it is still indefinite, however, whether he will accompany her over the ocean. She said she will have one other companion, a Husky pup named Shemya, which was presented to her in Anchorage, Alaska. .- — STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 31—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 90%, Anaconda 31%, -Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harvest- er 24%, Kennecott 45%, New York Central 11%, Pacific Northern 15%, U. S. Steel 73%, Pound $4.08%. Sales today were 980,00 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 177.10, rails 49.02, util- ities 35.52. - IN FROM KETCHIKAN Hugh Ramsdell and George H. | Thorson ot Ketchikan are register- :. |mendations were made that other |ed | prerequisite for the city's coopera- o — RECOMMEND USE A. B. HALL SITE FOR TERRITORY The Juneau Chamber of Com- | merce this noon recommended that the A.B. Hall be turned over to the Territory as a site for the proposed $600,000 Territorial building. Executive members of the Cham- ber plan tc meet with City Council members tomorrow evening in the Council Chambers to carry their recommendation to the City Fath- ers. ‘Chamber members appeared to be | in accord with the executive board action. The suggestion met with little resistance, although recom- sites in the city be investigated as possibilities. The Alaska Board of Administra- tion uvnanimously decided last Fri- day tawt the buiiding authorized by House Bill 115 would be construct- “on some suitable site in the Gastineau Channel area.” A sub- committee was appointed to seek such a site. With speedy action as a prime | tion with the Territory, Chamber members pointed out that the city’s | clear title to the A. B. Hall prop- erty was one of the most vital factors, and would result in little or no delay mn property transference, W. Burr Johnson, spoke on be- half of the city council, reminding the Chamber that the matter would have to come before the public in a referendum vote. Much discussion was devoted to the desirability of locating Terri- terial buildings in prox‘mity to ex-‘ isting facilities, and also consider- | ing a site which would allow for additional governmental building to | be added. The Chamber aiso recommended that the City. Conneil consider the advisability of sending Mayor Hen- drickson «c Washington to confer with Congressional leaders regard- ing the pending Public Works and Housing Bill. The suggestion 1or all Mayors of Alaska to converge on Washing- ton to put in bids for pagt of a $50,000,000 appropriation, came from Delegate E. L. Bartlett. According to the Delegate, the| fund has been designed for the | purpose of alleviating necessary public works, public buildings, street | systems, fire halls, etc. Bartlett pointed out that Ketchi- kan has already asked for aid in construction of a permanent water- front street. Chamber executives recommended that Mayor Hendrickson be sent to the nation’s capital to initiate work on securing for Juneau a national cemetery, Gastineau channel dredg- ing, the Dorothy Lake Power Pro- ject, a new boat harbor, work on Gold Creek, and an extension of the Juneau Airport runway. G. W. Ekinner, president of the Alaska Steamship Co., spoke briefly before Chamber members at the request of President F.O. Eastaugn. Skinner told members that steam- ship officials had concluded this morning a series of meetings with Territorial officers. Most important outsome of the conferences was the designing of a bill aimed at presentation in Congress by the Department of In- terior for the restoration of an in- terim agreement under which the Alaska Steamship Co. can charter government vessels at a nominai charge. Disposition of the bill by Con- (Continued on Page Eight) ——re— ® e o e 00000 | WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 39; minimum, 33. At Arport— Maximum, 37; minimum, 33. FORECAST @ and Vielnity) Cloudy with light rain oc- casionally mixed with snow tonight and Friday. South- easterly winds 15-25 mph, decreasing Friday. Lowest to- night r.ear 34 degrees. High- est Friday near 40 degrees. eee®enescencsssoe u JUNEAU, ALASKA, THU! PRESIDENT TALKS OUT ON ISSUES Anii-lnflaliIProgram Is Not Shelved - Gives Newsmen His Views By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, March 31—(#— President Truman said today a 30 is a far more serious threat to the nation’s economy than his pro- posed $4,000,000600 tax increase. He told a news conference he did not agree with Senator George (D= Ga) that the tax increase, as a reporter put it, is the only thing that would get the country into a serious depression. George is wrong, he said. The president also denied that his anti-inflation program or any part of it has been shelved as some published reports said. He said the mere fact that he had requested standcy price and wage control |powers and other steps has been the main reason for the temporary heading off of inflation. He added that those powers are just as necessary now as when he made the recommendation. Exist- ing powers have been used in the public jinterest and the new ones The president said he certainly will recommend & extension of in- stallment buying curbs June. He made this statement in reply to a question whet! Federal Reserve Board is ing further regulations. Mr. Truman emphatically op- posed any cut in the $5,580,000,000 the administration wants to. ecarry on Marshall Plan aid to Eutfope. relaxation rof duction urged by Senators Taft| (R-O) and Russell (D-Ga), he said the sum should not be cut at all. He added the total requested was |based on the best possible informa- tion and is needed to run the plan through the next fiscal year. Mr. Truman also predicted the Senate would ratify the North At- lantic Defense pact. A reporter quoted a report that Taft is op- posed to it and thinks a majority of the Senate will be. The presi- what Taft thinks, tut Le believes the Senator is wrong. J-HIGH DEBATE TEAM TRAVELS 10 PETERSBURG A nine-member Juneau High School debate team left at 6 o'clock * | this mornirg aboard the motor shi. Afognak bound for Petershurg, where they will compete with cde- baters from the Viking school and | from Ketchikan. Miss Helen Schaefer, hard work- ing dramatic teacher and enach t-s the debaters, and Mrs. Elton Fng- strom, who will serve as one of three judges, were also aboard. Subject for the debate compeii- tion which will be continue throngh Friday and Saturday is “Resolved: That the United Nations Should Be Revised to Form a World Govern- ment.” Student debaters include, affiri- ative: Clifford Cole, Carl Weidmen, Pat Oakes; negative: Mary Lou; Fagerson, Bill Johnson, Mary Thibo- deau; comtined: Martha Newbould, Walter Johnston, Roberta Messer~ schmidt. Students are expected to return here Suncay. Be Thing of Past; Stop Contributions HOLLYWOOD, March 31— (®— The chances are that the Academy Award Oscars soon will become a collector’s item. For years the Oscars have been symbols of excellence in the motion PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — 42 inches; since March 1, 555 inches; since July 1, 97.09 inches. At Airport — 25 inches since March 1, 188 inches; since July 1, 57.69 inches. ed at the Baranof Hotel. ® 00 00000 00 picture art, but now five top movie | producers have said they are stop- ping their contributions to the awards. Robert Montgomery says without their support, the Oscars are a prospective federal deficit on June|’ would be used the same way, hel | added. beyond | Asked about the 10 percent re-| dent said he had no way of telling| RSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU SHIP WRECK PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, March 831—(#—A British Columbia police koat is heading toward Safety Cove, 215 miles south of Prince Rupert, to pick up the five survivors of the D1-fated Alaska tug Redendo. The Alaska-bound tug foundered tnd sank early yesterday after striking Canoe Rocks. She at- tempted to reach the beach at hefore touching shore. Reports reaching Prince Rupert indicated one of the six crewmen, identified as Burton Bushe of Ju- neau, was injured in the accident and was said to have fallen over- ktoard. Circumstances surroundir\g the death are still to be investi- pated, The tug, skippered by L. H. Clarke, was proceeding from Seat- tle to Tenakee, Alaska, with a barge in tow when it struck the rock. American authorities have ord- Salvor to investigate the wreck. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.—#— The body of Burton Bushey, Ju- neau, killed when the U. S. Tug Redondo foundered off Canoe Rock, 215 miles south of here, has been recovered. A police rescue hoat reported to- ltlay the body was found at Safety ove, near the wreck scene and so that it had picked up four Burvivors, including Capt. Loyal H. [Clark, master of the tug. The rescue boat is heading for ean Falls, BAMC, 300 miles orthwest of Vancouver, where a roner’s inquiry will be held. Capt. Clark of Tenakee, and his ‘trew members—Seamen Leslie Al- her the[pough, Daniel M. Snyder, both of consider- 505 Angeles, and Cook Johan Ascua, "enakee—made shore 'safely after vessel was wrecked. e JANAB DISCUSSES ON-POST SCHOOLS WITH DR. RYAN An Army airplane with 16 in the party, including the crew, managed to land here this morning, after’ |spending the night at Gustavus. |The C-47 flew at 250 feet for much | ‘ul’ the way i1 this region. The par- “zy hoped tc make the return flight | teday. Passengers had two objectives | here—to confer on schools and to plan Juneau's observance of Army Day next Wednesday. ‘The larger part of the group came to confer with Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Education, regarding operations and plans for “on post” schools. ‘These schools, operated jointly by the Territory and the Federal | Government—and in some cases with military personnel paying part of the costs—are at Davis Air Force Base, Adak; Naval Operations Base, Naval Air Station, Kodiak; Forl Richardson at Anchorage; Ladd Air, Force Base, Fairbanks and Eielson Field at Mile 26 (Fairbanks). Meeting with Dr. Ryan in his office today were members of the Jeint Army Navy Air Board, De- pendent Schools. Col. Edward A. Rein, staff chaplain, Alaskan Air Command, is president. Others are Maj. T.M. Colkitt, Information and Education oificer, Alaskan Com- mand; Maj. M. A. Koehler, U, 8. Army, Alaska assistant director of organization and training; Chaplain A. M. Oliver of Kodiak, represent- ing the U. 8. Navy; and Lt. G. H. Goodman, Jr. Airmen Infor- mation and Education Officer, Alas- kan Air Command, Who is record- er. Others in the military party at- tended the luncheor in the Baranof Hotel, at which plans for Army Day observance were worked out with civic leaders. o L e Plane Reported in Crash in Mo. Pond KANSAS CITY, March 31—®— Not far from Edgar Springs, Mis- souri, an air force plane has crashed in a pond during a storm. Six persons may have been aboard, but found. Special equipment is being sent to the scene to pull the plane from the pond. e thing of the past. Montgomery i8| A report that there were secret o sccretary of the Academy of Mo-{papers aboard the plane has been o tion l’l.cture Arts and Sclences. denied by an air force spokesman, T0 BE INVESTIGATED, Safety Cove but sank in deep water | ered the converted L-S-T Kodiak) none has yet been| FiSH TRAP ABOLITION REQUESTED ImmediaTe~Action Is Demanded at Hearing- Limit Oiher Gear Immediate abolition of fish traps| and limiting of certain other fish- )ing gear in’ Alaska to build up sal- on <zhe chairman of the Alaska Fish- eries board. Ira Rothwell, Cordova mayor and toard chairman, testified before a House Fisheries subcommittee on the bill to abolish fish traps over a 10-year-period. “There is no such thing as ‘orderly transition for an industry in as desperate a situation as the {Alaska fish industry,” he said. “I would advocate the immediate abolition of fish traps, shortening of nets and other steps for the period necessary to build up the salmon runs.’ Rothwell disagreed with the sub- stitute measure proposed by the Interior department for the bill sponsored by Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. The department bill would set up control of fishing gear on lall kinds of vessels as well as akolish the traps. It would provide a licensing system for fishermen. OPPOSES LICENSING “We are opposed to licensing proposals,” Rothwell said. “We be- lieve it would give Alaskans a com- plete monopoly of fishing in Alaska. We do not want that. We want every ohe to have the right to fish for a living." Rothwell said that in the Bristol Bay area the permit system would give packers now operating there a monopoly. This is true, he said, {because under Fish and wildlife .Servlce regulations only sail toats can operate in Bristol Bay and fishing is done by two men to a boat, who work on a share basis with packers. Newcomers can not enter the in- dustry in the area because fisher- men cannot afford to purchase sail | boats, he said. Bartlett told the committee that Alaskans had voted overwhelmingly to abolish fish traps. Seaton Thompson of the Fish and Wildlife Service said that ! Alaska fish traps represent an in- vestment of approximately* $6,000,- 000. Bartlett said that previous | testimony has been to the effect that owners have more than gotten their investments back. The hearing was recessed until Saturday to give Alaskans an op- portunity to appear at tomorrow's thearing by the Senate Interior {committee on the nomination of Governor Gruening for another term. Suspends; Last TACOMA, Wash,, March 31.—(®— The Tacoma Times announced to- day that it was permenently sus- pending publication after 46 years in the Tacoma newspaper field be- icause of continually increasing costs of operations. George R. Skaugset, general man- ager of the Daily Time sand Sun- day Times, released a formal an- nouncement under the name of the Tacoma Times Publishing Company which said publication would cease lsner today. Frank S Baker, publisher of the Tacoma News Tribune, said today arrangemcnts are being made to take over the circulation lists of the Tacoma Times Publishing Co. He added that no purchase of the Times buiiding and printing equip- ment is contemplated. - - COM. BATES NOT COMING; SALVATION ARMY PLANS ARE OFF LT. 1 Cancellation of plane arrival bringing Lt. Com. Claude E. Baker has also cancelled all plans of the Salvation Army for a public meet- ing scheduled for tonizght in his honor. WASHINGTON “Mareh 21— | runs was advocated today by | Tacoma Times - | port. Issue Today CIVIC, MILITARY LEADERS MEET T0 PLAN ARMY DAY/ All Gastineau Channel residents are invited to jein in the obser- | vance of Army Day April 6, accord- | ing to Lt. Delbert P. Appleg: who is acting chairman in the sencé of Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander Three officers frem U. S. Army, Alaska Headquarters, Fort Richard- | | son, joined Juneau civic leaders in | | making plans at today's luncheon in the Baranof Hotel Iris Room. | They were Col. W. N. Taylor, Maj. | |M. A. Keehler and Maj. P. N. Nab- | \b(‘ who is in charge of Army D'\y‘ ,celvbmnmh for all Alaska. Colonel Taylor recently arrived at | Fort Riche wrdson headquarters from | the Armed Forces Staif College at | Norfolk, Va, to be director of Or- | | sanizaticn and Training. " He came | here partly on matters pretaining © the training of Reserve Officers in the Juneau vicinity, and training plans for the newly created Alaska Nat‘onal Guard. At the luncheon today were May- or Waino Hendrickson, in his offi- cial capacity and also representing civic groups of Juneau; Gene Vuille, represented the Kiwanis Club, the | spansoring group. Others present were Alan Mar- | cum, Deputy District Commander, | VFW; Bob Druxman first vice com- | niander of the American Legion post; Miss Betty Taylor of Col. Alexander’s office, and Lieutenant | Applegate, | It was decided to arrange for a speaker from Fort Richardson to} be announced later. There wll be a display of Army equipment in the display windows of the AE.L. and P. Company. The day's observance will center in the big civic luncheon in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room. It is hoped that the Juneau Oity Band will play outside the Baranof be- fore the luncheon, as well as on the program. The Army speaker will give the main address and also be heard later on a radio program. As it is expected that the crowd will tax luncheon facilities, the com- mittee requests all interested per- sons, whether members of the groups mentioned or not, to make reservations with Miss Sylvia Strong, of the Juneau Woman's Club. Call Green 855 to reserve for the luncheon, which will be no-host, and is open to the public. DR. DOW, 4 OTHERS KILLED IN CRASH OF PRIVATE PLANE LONDON, Ont., March 31.—®— Dr. Willard H. Dow, president of the vast Dow Chemical Co., his| wife and three other persons were killed today in the crash of their private plane near London, Ont. The 52-year-old Midland, Mich.,, executive and his party were head- ing for Boston, Mass., when their plane plunged Into the ground a mile from this Canadian city’s air- Airport officials said icing con- ditions might have caused the crash. p, Governor’s Appointment BOTH SIDES ARE READY T0 TESTIFY ‘Groups of All Walks of Life in Washingion-To Appear at Hearing By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, March 31—#— Alaskans trom all walks of lifé¢ are here to carry before the Senate In- terior Committee tomorrow their support and opposition to the ap- pointment’ of Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska for another term. The committee set the hearing on Gruening's nomioation, after two postponements to give residents of the Territory an opportunity to voice their views in person. Four members of the Alaskan Legislature are here to oppose con- firmation, while four others came in a party of 43 to urge approval of the nomination. ‘The opponents also include Cap- tain Austin E, Lathrop, Fairbanks newspaper, theater and mine owner and banker, a Republican., Lathrop |said Gruening “doesn’t belong in Alaska at all” and sald the Govern- or's chief interest in in “promotion of Gruening rather than of the Territory.” The Other Side But it was a different story from the jubllant 48 who flew here and cheered Giruening's names as they alighted at the National Airport. They said each one had paid his or her own way to speak up for mz Govarncr. ,, they labeled. opponents to ,the nuverxwr‘( conffrmation “die hards” who had fought Gruening’s tax and other programs in the leg- islature and had lost. “Governor Gruening is the only governor the Territory has had who acted as a'governor should and who has showed interest in the peorle of the Territory and their welfa:2,” Mayor Z. J. Loussac of Anchorage teld a reporter, “He is the only one of the gov- ernors who has had the welfare of the Territory at heart.” Other Views Expu-oed Stanley J. McCutcheon, Speaker (of the Territorial House of Repre- sentatives, spokesman for the party, said the group believes Gruening has given the Territory the best 3overnment in the history of Alaska and feels that for the Senate not to confirm him now will be a blow to plans for continuing the fight for statehood. “We pioneers feel he should be retained.” “We are here to see what we can |do in behalf of statehood and what we can do in behalf of our loyal friend, Governor, Gruening,” Claz- ence Keating, Democratic member of the Territorial House, said. He said members of the legisla- ture on the Democratic ticket ran on a platform to support Gruening’s tax program and other reforms. “We put the program across be- fore the legislature adjourned,” Keating told a reported. “A few die-hards are now trying to humil- iate Gove:nor Gruening. The Ter- (LUB MEN CONFER, AMBULANCE DRIVE Spearhearing a drive or the pur- ‘ |chase of a new ambu..nce to | turned over to the City of Juneau, | & three-man committee representing | civic organizations will meet to- night to mgp out a campaign for| |the drive funds. The session has been called lnx‘ 6:30 o'clock at the H and Q Sport- Ing Goods store with Robert Pra-| ther, VFW; Bill Matheny, Lions | Club; and John Quilico, Junior | Chamber of Ctinmerce‘ making up the commiftee. First donatior to go into the Ambulance Fund has already been received from the United Trollers | Assoclation, who turned over spec- ial collections from a weekend | dance. | —— e FROM OKLAHOMA Willlam D. Wyatt of Muskogee, | Oklahoma, is a guest at the Baran- of Hotel. > | HERE FROM PORTAGE James Griffin, Portage, is a guast at the Baranof, | realtor, |ritory wants him reappointed, def- | initely.” Mrs. Audrey Cutting, Anchorage said the “people of the Territory are for the reappointment of Gruening” while Miss Dorothy | Tyner, Anchorage, said'she believed “Governor Gruening could not be improved upon by any appoint- | ment.” “I believe,” she exclaimed, “that if he ran for Governor of Alaska in an election, he would be over- mholmmgly elected by the people.,” Others In Group In the group was William Beltz, [first Eskimo elected to the Alaska legislature on the Democratic ticket, Joe Nashalook, Unalakleet, and Lester Roberts, Juneau. Nasha- ook Is secretary of a fisherman's | union, ‘vhile Roberts is Grand Sec- retary of (he Alaska Native Broth- | erhooc three said they favored Gruening’s confirmation. Arthur Elde, president of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo 15, An- | chorage, asserted he has lived in |the Territory for 35 years, knew |all of the Territorial governors, and “Gruening has done more for the people than any other governor.” “We pioneers feel he should be retained,” he said. . Has PFirst Air Trip Mrs. Farnie T. Phillips, complet- * " Continued on Page Eight)