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

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,161 US5 ROANOKE 15 JOINING NAVY TODAY New Secrefary of Defense Johnson Scheduled to Make Initial Talk PHILADELPHIA, April 4—(®— The U.S.S. Roanoke—the mightiest light cruiser in the world—joins Uncle Sam’s fleet today. And the most prominent native| ° of Roanoke, Virginia—Louis John- | son—is slated to keynote the com-| missioning ceremonies at the Phila- .Former Juneau Girl Honored delphia Naval base. | & It is to be Johnson's first public| address since he was sworn in as Secretary of Defense last Monday. | The navy says the 17,000 ton cruiser Roanoke cost 30-million | dollars and took four years to build. | JOHNSON MAKES SPEECH PHILADELPHIA, April 4—®— The world’s mightiest light cruiser joined Uncle Sam’s fleet today and Secretary of Defense Louis John- son sald “it will keep In training| for its primary mission.” | & He didn’t say what the mission is but he left no doubt that he was referring to war. Johnson, in his first public speech since joining-the cabinet last Mon- day, told the gathering at the cere- mony: ! ST “The Roanoke—the last word in| her class—goes to join the greatest fleet we, have ever maintained in time of supposed peace. | “New and shining as she is today, I am afraid she will be a weather- Leaten, seasoned veteran of the seven seas before we find a real, stiding spencs- in ~ this 'troubled world.” The navy says the 17,000-ton cruiser Roanoke, sister ship of the Worcester, cost $30,000,000 and took four years to build. The 680-foot ship has a beam of 70 feet and has a designed speed of 33 knots. The ship carries a complement of 51 officers and 522 enlisted men and is commanded by Capt. John D. Kelsey of Silver Springs, Md. Besides her main battery of 12 six-inch guns in six twin turrets, the Roanoke carries a secondary battery of 20 rapid fire three-inch guns in twin mounts and six twin 20mm guns. | SECOND REVOLT IN COSTA RICA GETS CRUSHED QUICKLY (By The Associated Press) | In Costa Rica, the second revolt in four months has been crushed by Jose Pigueres, head of the mili- tary junta now governing the little republic. The rebellion broke out last Sat- urday and was all over by yester- day morning, with Edgar Cardona, war minister and leader of the re- volt, in custody. The Wash‘ington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ! (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON— There’s been a lot of petty bickering between tne| President’s Council of Economic Ad- visers, but there’s one unpleasantl fact they all agree on. They fore-| see definite depression in 1950 or 1951—unless immediate steps are taken to head it off. The Council, it will be recalled, was created by Congress in 1946 to advise the White House on how to ward off depression. And although the three members differ on a lot of things, they feel that depression can be stopped—though only by the concerted cooperation of the admin- istration, Congress, business, farm- efs and labor. To understand the background of the Economic Council’s vitally im- portant business diagnosis, it should be recalled that for the past 100 years American economy has been riding a roller-coaster of ups and downs, inflation and deflation, of (Continued on Page Four) Pictured above is Miss Viginia deGanahl, nominated by Delegate for the Annual Cherry Blossom Festival which was held in Wash- ington, D. C, April 1, 2, and 3. Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls in Virginia. She is a former resident of Juneau. Her father, the late Commander deGanahl, served at Sitka during the war. —_— Russia Warned as Atlantic Alliance O.K’D Churchill Gives Vicory Span ’ HEARING ON | FISH TRAPS Delegate Barflett Asks Ac- fion on Abolishment at Present Session WASHINGTON, April 4. —(®— Congress is asked to legislate this session against the use of salmon raps in Alaskan waters. Witnesses committee that the salmon industry 1s being wiped out by trapping. They jasked that it be returned to the net lishermen. Delegate Bartlett (D-Alaska) also appeared at the hearing and sawd mit gradual elimination of fisn ent session of Congress. | No Reason To Delay “There is no sound reason for delaying action on this bill,” Bart- lett said, “The people of Alaska | they voted last fall to abolish sal- mon traps.” Bartlett pointed out that there were no Salmon Industry represen- deGanahl, daughter of Mrs. Joe |tatives at the hearing, and added; E. L. Bartlett as Alaska’s Princess nesses, and if they are to appear the committee should require their presence very socn.” Juneau Man Testified Lester Roberts of Juneau, rep- B resenting the Native Brotherhood Miss deGanahl is now attending ) Longshoremen Given 10 Da In Which fo Make Reply fo NLRB Ruling in Juneau Case ANTI- TRUST SUIT FILED, 12 AIRLINES Charges Made Defendants Enfered Combination Designed Monopolize WASHINGTOR, April 4—P—A $1,500,000 anti-trust suit was filed in Federal court today against 12 major airlines and two air associ- ations. The suit was brought by a cor- poration designated as S.S.W., Inc., of Concord, Calif. In addition to the 12 major air- lines named as defendants, 20 other airlines were named as al- leged co-conspirators. The suit charges that the 14 defendants and the 20 lines named as co-conspirators made contracts to “directly and unreasonably re- strain and (entered a) combina- tion and conspiracy to monopolize the air-born transportation, trade and commerce of the United States.” Specifically the S. S. W. Co., whose president is S. E. Spicher, charges that those named in the suit persuaded ticket agencies not to handle the business of irregular “non-scheduled” air carriers; ob- tained preferential treatment from administrative agencies; disrecited and disparaged “non-sked” carriers; elimination competition in passen- ger and freight transportation; cut prices; encouraged consolidations and mergers; obtained price dis- counts of gasoline and oil; and caused refusal or delay or main- tenance service to “non-skeds” ati airports. The S. 8. W. corporation named the following, all of Washington, D.C, as defendants: Air Transport Association of America, Air Traffic Conference ot America, American Airlines, Ameri- can Overseas Airlines, Braniff Air- ways, Capital Airlines, Continental Airlines, Eastern Airlines, North- west Airlines, Pan American Air- ways, Pan American-Grace Airways, Transcontinental & Western Air, and United Airlines. of Alaska, said the salmon fishing s tors in the reduction in seed sal- of fish traps.” He said that only a few of the traps are owned by year-round Alaskan residents. William L. Baker, publisher said the abolition of traps wouli have an improved effect on busi-! ness. He added that business was found to be more stable in areas where the traps have been elimin-| ated. Baker said he believed Alaska it-, self could better handle the salmon problem. “Our status as a step-) child has a tendency to leave ::o, wide open,” he added. i [ WASHINGTON, April 4—(®—The | National Lakbor Relations Board ‘ruled against the CIO Longshore- | men's union in a jurisdictional dis- |pute with the CIO Woodworkers| union at a lumber company in Alaska. . Fish Destroyed H Peter Tandstad, who said he has| lived in Alaska for 25 years, testi- fied that the traps were causing the “destruction of all kinds of fish.” He said “I believe if we get; rid of the traps the fish will come back in a period of years.” Others to testify for abolition of the traps included: Robert J. Mc- Nealy, representing United Fisner- ies Union; Robert G. Korn of Cor- dova; Mayor K. C. Patton of Sel- dovia, and H. J. Lannen of Cor-} dova. Michigan Holding | Election (By The Associated Press) Michigan is holding an election that is of interest both to the na- tion and to the state. Nationally, the voting is the first on a large scale since the Demo- cratic party made sweeping gains last November. Michigan is tradi- tionally Republican, but it named a Democratic governor five months ago. Today is will be watched close- ly by koth major parties. The election also puts the young admin- | istration of Governor Mennen Will- jams to its first crucial test. A Michigan highway commissioner and state superintendent will be chosen. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle scheduled to! l The case involved the Juneau !Spruce Corporation, of Juneau, iAlaska. The dispute was over the loading of lumber barges. It has closed the big Juneau plant for the past year. The board decision was 3-2. The majority ruled the longshoremen have no legal claim on the loading jobs. The two dissenters, Abe Mur- idock and John M. Houston, said the board #hould refuse to make a de- termination now because it is “both futile and unnecessary,” since the company has already made its own decision which the board has no power to reverse. The longshoremen’s union, i headed by Harry Bridges, claimed a legal and traditional right to load the karges.. The company said it nad a contract with the woodwork- ers union for all work at the plant, ncluding barge-loading. The long- shoremen picketed the docks. The jcompany said members of the long- shoremen’s union also refused to unload one of the ‘barges- when it arrived at a Canadian port. So the company filed .. unfair labor practice charges last sum. jmer, under the Taft-Hartley pro- | vision that bans strikes or' refusals to handle goods when the object is to force an employer to assign particular work to a particular unijon. The board in the decision did not | decide this unfair practice case. It only ruled that the longshore- men's union has no legitimate claim to the jobs—either by con- tract, ‘board order or any other way —and therefore is not entitled to force the company to assign the| work to its members. The longshoremen’s union was| given 10 days to announce what it intends to do. | T |arrive tomorrow night. DAUGHTER TO VISIT Denali scheduled to sail from Se- | CHARLES GOLDSTEIN'S attle Thursday. ! _— Alaska from west scheduled to Mrs. John Dolgiher has arrived arrive at 5 o'clock this afternoon here by Pan American from Bever- | and sails south at 7:30 tonight. ly Hills, Calif,, to visit her mother Princess Norah scheduled to arrive and father, Mr, and Mrs. Charles Wednesday morning at 8 and.sails IGoldsteln. south one hour later at 9. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1949 TESTIFY AT | “They- are well able to have wit-| STRIKES industry is “now in a bad state”| and added that the “principal fac- mon-is due to the intense operation ol the Ketchikan, Alaska, Clronicle,! PIRE — MEMBER ASSO( JIATED PRESS i § ! from Alaska told a; House Marine and Fisheries sub-i that pending legislation would per-! trapping. He asked that the mea- sure be considered during the pres-{ | showed they were not fooling wheu| ° s IN MANY SECTIONS Police Sv?i—n_g Clubs ini (leveland-12 Arrests in Columbus-Bus Men Out |sightly. It was the fourth scuftie (By the Associated Press) Club-swinging police fought with strikers in Cleveland Monday. Twelve pickets were arrested in Columbus. In New York City and Scranton, Pa., public transportation was crip- pled by taxicab and bus and trolley stuikes. New York brewery worker strikes sought to dry up the city’s taverns by Friday by picketing tridges and tunnels to keep beer out. In Chicago, AFL printers rejected a publishers’ offer and thus voted to continue their 16 months ola strike against five major dall \ewspapers. POLICE CLUB SWINGS Deputy sheriffs and policemen in Cléveland swung clubs in a fight with 300 marching strikers and sympathizers at the Fawick Air- tlex company. Four pickets were arrested. A few were injured in the four months old strike by .he CIO United Electrical workers, protesting company withdrawal of _ompany recoznition because unicn leaders failed to sign non-Com- munist affidavits. 12 ARRESTS ; In Columbus, Ohio, sheriff’s deputies arrested 12 persons, in- cluding ' the Ohio State director of the Progressive party. Those ar- rested were accused of violating & court ban against picketing at the' American Zinc Oxide company plant. The company’s labor dispute involved the CIO Mine, Mill anc| Smelter Workers. In New York City, a mediator re- ported some progress in etforts to| end the city-wide taxicab strike. More cabs rolled and violence de- creased Monday, The United Mine Workers District 50 seeks recogni- tion and pay increases. BUS STRIKE A strike of 400 bus and trolley workers at Scranton choked off main transit facilities for 4,000 per- sons in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna valley = It tegan Sunday. AFL workers seek pay boosts. The striking CIO Brewery Work- ers union in New York, seeking an $8.50 weekly pay boost and other benefits, said the city’s taverns are feeling .the pinch of union pickets. Friday is set as “D-(for dry) Day”| in New York oons. About 7,000 are on strike. [ Winston Churchill acknowledges applause of the nearly 14,000 persons-who heard his speech at M. L T. convocation in Beston with his familiar wartime victory gesture. Dr. Karl T. Compton and at lower left is Massachusetts Gov. Paul Dever. ® Wirephoto. {Hoopes Files Charges in Gov. (ase WASHINGTON, April 4—(®— Robert Hoope: of Fairbanks, Alas- ka, filling station operator, today iled a statement with the Senate Interior committee accusing Alaska Gov. Ernest Gruening of influenc- ng contributions of $350,000 by the Mexican government in 1926 or 1927 “to aid the cause of Com- munism” in England. Governor Gruening, whose nomi- natlon for a third term is before the committee, said he disliked to reply to anything “as ly. ’'But e added to a reporter, “the Sen= ate made a thorough investigation of documents referred to by Hoopes) and found they were for- geries, and the whole thing fizz- led." Hoopes asserted in his statement: “I have received information Dr. Gruening was in England on a ecret commission for President Calles of Mexico in February of 926 or 1927 and that upon his re- urn he again visited Mexico City and made a report to President Calles. Shortly thereafter, accord- ing to the terms of the photostatic documents, the Mexican govern- ment made two separate transmis- sions of funds tc England to aid the cause of Communism. The first was in the sum of $100,000 and the <cong in the sum of $250,000.” e e NURSING SHORT NOW AT CAPITOL “Gir:s m White,” a film on tne life of a student nurse, should be seen by all high schoo! girls and osung women who are considering a career in nursing, it was an- nounced today by Miss Lois M. Jund, Chairman of the Committee Vocational Guidance of the efoptimist Club. The film, showing today and to- morrow at the Capitol Theatre, is an accurate and interesting story of the training young nursing stu-| dents receive and the fields they may enter after graduation. “Nursing as a career is absorbing and many sided,” said Miss Jund, lwho has been arranging a series of vocational guidance talks in the schools in the past month, “No registered nurse need ever lack work while the present acute shortage exists. This year the country 1is short about 130,000 according to the American Association, and unless more young women enroll, the shortage . will be more serious next year.” : Information concernin oppor- | tunities for nursing education can be obhtained from the Alaska De- partment of Health, in Juneau. Ny At righ iing of the treaty—which has yet to PRICE TEN CENTS BIG PACTIS SIGNED BY 12 NATIONS | Pledge Taken for Joifit 'A(- K reliring M. L. T. President HISTORIC CEREMONY 1S OPENED Secrefary of State Acheson Declares Alliance Is Powerful Warning WASHINGTON, April 4—P— Secretary of State Acheson, opening the historic ceremony for signing the North Atlantic Treaty, today called the pact a powerful wnmlng{ “for those who set their feet upon the path of aggression.” ‘The purpose of those who drafted | it was, he said, “to set down reali- | ties for the guidance of man,| whether well or ill disposed.” In his preparex speeci, Acheson continued: “For those who seek peace it Is a guide to refuge and strength,,a| very present help in trouble. For those who set their feet upon the path of aggression, it is a warning| that if it must needs be that of-| fenses come, then woe unto them| )y whom the offense cometh.” .| Acheson acted as host at the| ceremony in the government's dc-‘ vartmental -auditorium where the | reaty signing was arranged before| diplomats, government ‘officials and | eaders of Congress. lands, tion in Face of Any Aggression (By The Associated Press) A dozen non-Communist nations pledge themselves today to joint ac- tion in the face of aggression. The United States, Britain, Can- ada, France, Belgium, The Nether- Luxembourg, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Portugal are to sign the North Atlantic Security |Alliance at 3 p.m. (EST) in Wash- ington. The signing by the foreign min- isters of the 12 nations is the next to the last step to bring the Atlantic treaty into full force. In the U. S. Senate, which must ratify the treaty, there were signs that a reservation would be asked | barring any advance commitment by the United States to re-arm Eu- rope. The signing of the treaty, denoun- ced hy Russia as “obviously aggres- |sive,” comes a day before the re- opening of the United Natioms General Assembly in New York. Ori- ginally scheduled to deal with items of untinished business from the Paris session, the Assembly now faces an agenda of several new and explosive items. Protests By Boliva Bolivia has requested the Assem- bly to take up a compiaint against Hungary in the casé of the im- prisonment of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty; Australla seeks an air- ing of the Bulgarian trial and im- India and Australla want the In- donesian-Netherlands dispute back on the Assembly agenga. In addition some delegates may ‘|bring up the Berlin crisis and the North Atlantic Alliance, against which Russia is expecied to express her anger. CANNERY CREWS GETTING READY 10 COME NORTH Workers, Fishermen Leave on Denali-Others Are Aboard Baranof SEATTLE, April 4—®—Laden with morg than 200 passengers, principally cannery workers and fishermen, the Steamship Denali of the Alaska Steamship Company will sail from Seattle Thursday. The vessel will make the Alaska Line's first 1949 cannery sailing and will have fishermen and can- nery crews for Alitak, - Uganik, | Chignik, and Uyak. 9 MONTH NEGOTIATIONS The ceremony marked the end of | nine months of negotiation which| finally resulteq fimw the treaty to| bind the United States, Britain,| France and nine other nations of| the European-Atlantic-American re- | gion of the world into a defensive | alliance on the principle of one| for all and all for one. | It would not automatically pledge | each country to go to war in case| of an attack on another, bhut does bind each nation to join with other pact members in resisting the attack. GOOD FOR ALL PEOPLE Acheson said that from the sign- be ratified by the 12 governments —“will flow Increasing good for all peoples.” “From this joining of many wills (Cunnm'x__e?J on Page Six) R $750,000 Blaze in Philippine Town MANILA, April 4—P—Fire de- stroyed 40 buildings in the town of Meycauayan near Manila today. Damage was estimated at $750,- 000. About 400 of the town's 21,000 population wert left homeless. | The fife started in an empty! theatre and destroyed a 300-year-| old Catholic Church, The meh will be employees of the Alaska Packers’ Association, the San Juan Fishing and Packing Company, the Pacific American Fisheries and the Kodiak Pisheries. The Steamship Baranof of the Alaska Steamship comptn ', which sailed at 11 am. Saturday for southeast and southwest Alaska, has a cannery crew for the San Juan Fishing and Packing Com- pany at Port San Juan. —— ® 0" o0 v 0 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 a.m. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 41; minimum, - 3. At Airport— Maximum, 39; minimum, 33. FORECAST (Junea Nletnity) Cioudy with light rain show- ers aceasionally mixed with snow tonight and Tuesday. Lowest tonight near 34 de- grees and highest Tuesday about 40 degrees. PRECIPITATION o (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ In Juneau — .62 inches; @ since April 1, 2:07 inches; since July 1, 89.41 inches. At Airport — .23 inches; e csince April 1, 207 inches; o since July 1, 56.93 inches. 8 0 90200 e . . . . 3 ] i