The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXXIL, NO. 11,183 Labor Legislatio TOMILLION FOR ALASKA REQUESTED Dr. Albrech@ys Territory| Needs 174 Health Faci- lities—4-Year Plan By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, April 29— — Dr. C. Earl Albrecht, Health Com- missioner for Alaska, told a Sen- ate committee yesterday the Ter- ritory needs money for 174 health facilities that would cost $30,- 178,000. He urged a Senate Public Works sukcommittee to approve legisla- tion to set up & $70,000,000 com- munity facility public works pro- gram in the Territory to be con- structed over a four year period. The measure contemplates the Federal government furnishing 50 percent of the cost of the program, | with the Territory, cities, school districts and other political subdi- visions furnishing the remainder. Alaska angd its communities would be permitted to apply to the Fed- “eral Works Agency for funds to carry out their programs. | In a few instances the applicant would pay only 25 percent of the| cost of a project and in others mught have to pay up to 75 vercent. PROGRAM EXPLAINED Dr. Albrecht said his program would include 38 new waste dis- posal set ups and improvement of another 20 to cost $8,111,662; 29 water supply systems and improve- ment of 29 to cost $11,456,930; 12 new hospital facilities with im- provement - of ‘another 13 to cost $9,100,000"- ahd 80 -health centers with improvements to three to cost $1,509,500. He said that lack of safe water supplies causes outbreaks of dysen- tary, typhoid fever, and a general prevalence of gastro-intestinal dis- turbances throughout Alaska. He reported that less than 25 percent of Alaska’s communities with popu- lation of 200 or more have a com- | munity sewer system of any kind. | F.W.A. PROPOSALS The FWA told the committee earlier that it is contemplated that| in the tirst year Congress appro- priate $2,000,000 and give the FWA) contract authority for another $15,000,000. In the second year an appropriation of $15,000,000 and; contract authority of $30,600,000 would be required while in the third year appropriation of $28,000,000 and contract authority of $25,000,- 000 would be needed. In the fourth year an appropriation of $25,000,000 would be required. : Dr. Albrecht said that all com- munity facilities in the Territory are inadequate cecause of the in- crease in population and predicted conditions will become worse un- less immediate action is taken to meet the Territory’s problems. PROGRAM EXPLAINED The FWA estimated that of the proposed $70,000,000 program water and sewer system would require (Continued on Page Five) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1049, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) ASHINGTON— While it’s dif- ficult to get the right man to fill top government jobs, the propos-; ed appointment of Curtis Calder, head of ‘Electric Bond and Share, as Secretary of the Army is going to cause 8 lot of eyebrow-lifting among -farmers. In the first place, Electric Bond and Share was one of the power trusters whose abuses led to pas- sage of the Holding Corporation Act and the records of the Federal Trade Commission regarding its op- erations make juicy reading. Second, and more recently, Elec- tric Bond and Share has been one of the most effective and ruthless members of the power-trust gang in fighting the Government's pro- gram for public power and rural electrification. Nevertheless, it is now proposed to take the head of this giant corporation which has bitterly op- pesed the Government, and em- brace him ‘in the bosom of the 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE CHIEF TO WED | The only active member cof the New England fire chiefs’ associa- tion, Patricia Koltonski, 21, (above) of Rutland, Vt., chief of the school fire department at Emerson College, has found a flame that wouldn’t go out, but she knows what to do about it. The fire chief’s wedding invita- tions will read “Patricia Anne Koltonski and U. 8. Navy Lieu- tenant (jg) Harvey Lyon” of Den- ver, Colo., and they will be mar- ried in September. Her father is fire chief at Rutland. (P Wie- GRUENING SEEKS PRESIDENT'S AID ON STATEHOOD BILL WASHINGTON, April 29 —®— Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska sought President Truman’s aid to- aay in speeding the Alaskan State- | hood bill through Congress. | The legislation, the Governor said, is now awaiting action by the House Rules committee. He told reporters after a White House call that the President was very sympathetic and eager to see! the legislation passed. i Sentiment in Alaska, the Gov- ernor said, is “overwhelmingly” for! statehood. | If a referendum were held today, he added, the vote would be nine te ene in favor of statehood. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8 WEATHER BUREAU This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 51; minimum, 37. At Airport— Maximum, 54; minimum, 38. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy with inter- mittent rain tonight and Saturday. Not much change in temperature with the low tonight near 40 and the high Saturday around 47. South- easterly winds as high as 20 miles per hour. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau — .20 inches; since April 1, 933 inches; since July 1, 106.67 inches. At Airport — .05 inches; since April 1, 4.10 inches; since July 1, 60.50 inches. 00000000000 C0000®00000000% 00 PAA CARRIES 27 ON THURSDAY FLIGHTS Pan American Airways carried passengers yesterday with 18 here and 9 departing .as 2 arriving follows: From Seattle: D. P. Newman, R. T. Kyser, Herb Larson, Albert Larson, Marie Boyd, Fred Chase, W. H. Scates, Eleanor O'Reilly and Danny O'Reilly, Lee Holmes, Mrs. Frank Mosher, Mrs. Carl Sims, in- fant Danny, Carlene and Bonnie Sims, Marion Williamson, Stanley Soho, Jerry Dean, Lucille Dean and infant Larry. From Annette: Richard A. Page. To Seattle: M. J. Lynch, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Lisiak, Howell Hough, Catherine Hough, George Kippola, J. H. Wakefield, W. C. Arnold, e e e et e e (Continued on Page Four) Oscar Bergseth., | Corporation sesks $1,025,000 dam- i versy sifted down today to a Ju- “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASK: FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1949 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =« HAWKINS GIVES FIRST TESTIMONY FOR SPRUCE CO. With the weekly motion calen- dar cccupying this afternoon in District Court, the million dollar damage case of the Juneau, Spruce Corporation vs. ILWU was con- tinued from this ncon to Monday mornine at 10 o'clock. ' Afier obtaining a jury at 2:55 o'clock yesterday afterncon, both sides made their opening ' state- ments. The plaintiff called Eu- genc S. Hawkins to the stand, and his direct testimony continued through the opening of court this morning. Hawkins, the first manager of Juneau Spruce, was questioned on foundation of the corporation which took over at midnight April 30, 1947, and on the company’'s agree- ment with the International Wood- workers of America, Local M-271. The suit is against the Inter- national Longshoremens and Ware- housemen’s Union, both the inter- national organization and Local 16, Juneau. Under the Labor-Manage- ment Relations Act of 1947, better snown the Taft-Hartley law, which places financial responsibil- ity on labor unions, the Spruce as ages as a result of longshoremen's picketing the mill and refusing to; handle lumber for the company, resulting in the closure of the mill. | INJUNCTION CASE CHANGED SEATTLE, April 29.—#—A court move against the NLRB. in the| Juneau Spruce Corporation contro- 1eau local union action. Inclusion of an international offi cer of the CIO Longshoremen’s union as a plaintiff was described as a “mistake.” . The Federal Cowrt. suitattempts %o block Thomas. Graham, region- al director of the National Labor Relations Board, from seeking an | injunction in Alaska courts against continued picketing of the Juneau mill by the International Long- shoremens and Warehousemen'’s un- ion. U. S. District Judge Lloyd L. Black issued an order late yester- day to delete the name of Ger- main Bulcke, second vice president cf the international, as plaintift.} Sulcke is attached to the union’s San Francisco office. It leaves Erland Pearson, presi- dent of Juneau Local No. 16, as the lone plaintiff. The court or- der was issued on petition of Merle D. Cohn, Pearson’s attorney. He old the court that Bulcke, as an nternational officer, had been in- cluded by mistake. e HANFORD CHAIRMAN OF JOINT BOARDS OF ALASKA ASSESSORS ANCHORAGE, April 20 — (A — PFred G. Hanford of Wrangell was elected chairman of the new joint Boards of Alaska Assessors at an organizing meeting here yesterday. The board is set up under the property tax law enacted by the recent legislature, Hanford also is chairman for the First Division board. Other Divi- sional Chairmen' elected were George Goshaw for the Second, Bud Nock for the Third and George Jarris for the Fourth. | The boards conferred later with former Attorney General Ralph Rivers on legal phases of the prop- erty tax law. The boards will have | the task of setting values on propA’ erty in the various divisions. | RED FORCES ARE MOVING ON SHANGHAI Key Point E;;;orled Cap-| tured-Evacuation Plan for Americans By FRED HAMPSON SHANGHAI, April 29—'M—O&m- nunist troops today seized Wuhing, 1 key point 40 miles north of Hang- how, the main prop for Shi ai Wuhing is 36 miles west OZ:E.- 1ing, control point on the Shing- hai-Hangchow railroad. Kashing, 62 miles southwest of , Shanghai, was in the path of a y Red column driving south fivm‘ S The USS El Soochow (Wubhsien). N il i e A Nationalist communique Said acado, (isgshiy 1 Red drive on Shanghai appeared to be a move to protect the flank of the southbound columns, It asserted the force coming fiom the west had bteen checked about 37 miles west of the metrop- olis near Kunshan, on the Shang- hai-Nanking railway. Trains to Kunshan had quit running. Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger, commander of the Western Pacific {deet, said U.S. Navy forces would Je retained at Woosung as long| as needed “in the safe evacuation of American nationals from Shanz- kal.” Woosung is some 100 miles’ trom Shanghai where the Whang- | boo flows into the Yangtze. :Rucsja MustWake Radical | President Truman said yesterday | i washingon such_ provisions| - Policy Changes Before | Any Agreement Landing facilities used by the (By The Associated Press) Navy on the Whangpoo at Shang- hai have been closed. Badger's an- Washington diplomats sald today lie in the hai. SNAGS IN BLOCKADE PROPOSAL | | nouncement was taken here 't mean the Navy will keep units i 1, Irplemy of snags still path of East-West agreement on American Con- the thorny Gepman issue. i 1 i No Bargaining " The Secretary promised there __lwill be no bargaining away of (rights of 45,000,000 Germans in ,,mm"l'the West zones or the rest of Eu- Jear the Yangtze mouth with per- sulate moved into the Glen Line; Observers said, despite hope for slackened. Some flights reported a|State Dean Acheson and other top ragreement can be reached. ican Ambassador Philip C. Jessup 1 Jakok Malik are reported to have jmesting—but not with what the WITH ARMS Acheson, in a New York speech power talks with Russia are re-!| of Alliance the North Atlantic Pact {rope. up with arms for treaty partners. |y,o. want to unify Germany along far towards making available man-; "'y, Ly ig the UL 8. is pre- “The main lack in this great| .. program”—a separate state defense.” Merger Proposed Unless its terms are Vigorously|yn,e if four power talks resume, bc a war,-we should have to Pa¥l,n4 the West German Republic, (Continued on Page Pive) 1 $1,150,000,000 program _Ior thej 1aps one vessel at Woosung. suilding on the waterfront. an early end to the Berlin block- few vacancies and cancellations. - officials indicate Russia must make i One Issue Dismissed | ideal! only with the blockade and i |four powers might accomplish in . St |las£ night, pledged that the United Secrefary of Defense John- sumed, to work out a German set- ti WASHINGTON, April 29 —# be relied upon” to attain its goals| oy oion made it clear that it is He told the Senate Forelgn Re- .o 'ynoq 1aig down by the Western power and strategic positions “tor'w to “continue to lend vigor- partnership,” he said, “will be m"!whlch would fgnore Russia and the Johnson urged Senate approval! (The New York Times said an implemented its force for peace|ine ynited States and Britain will '.n‘ inordinate price.” Jlliance members, , e — T \ of the Whangpoo River after leaving Shanghai’s famed “ sattleship row.” She will anchor at the mouth of the Whangpco ready to leave if the Chinese Communists take Shanghai. (P Wirephoto via radio from Shang- The Shanghal Air lines said evacuation ‘had ade, statements by Secretary of GO i g e lrndlcal policy changes before any The talks held to date by Amer- 3 jand Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister BE BA(KED arranging a foreign ministers’ such talks. | States will do its utmost if four- son Urges Rafification |ement that is tair to an. Secretary of Defense Johnson says unless the United States backs Ity o pussia to declde whether lations committee the treaty goes powers. common defense. lous support to the Western Ger- terials—the materials required mr.Russhn-occu pled zone. the pact, but cautioned: iauthoritative source has disclosed will te vitiated and, if there should| o000 merger of the Soviet zone The administration has proposed| Johnson, in referring to *stra- STEAMER MOVEMENTS —— tegic positions,” gid. not make clear Denali from Seatile scheduled to| whether he meant ' this dountry atrive sometime Sunday. | would obtain new bases ahroad im- Baranof scheduled’ to sail from mediately. b Seattle tomorrow. Johnson went before the com- Princess Louise scheduled to sail | mittee after it heard'a ‘plea from, from Vancouver 8 p.m. tomorrow.|Warren R. Austin, Chief U.S. Dele- Alaska scheduled southbound |gate to the United ‘ Nations, larl early Monday. | ratification of the treaty. —————— Austin said that Russia is losing FUNERAL SERVICES FOR | the “cold war” and Soviet rulers JAMES MAKRIS TUESIMY]are finding it out. pl e — e e———— Funeral services for James Mak-| ANCHORAGE MAN HERE ris, 67, who died early yesterday morning, will be held Tuesday af- ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Charl- es W. Carter Mortuary. Services will be conducted by the Royal Order of Moose, Lodge NO. 700, with interment in the Moose Plot in the Evergreen cemetery. S. R. Holte, CAA man from An- chorage, is at the Baranof. - e — AT BARANOF —— J. L. Connor and .Jim Pfeffer ‘of Anchorage are at the Baranof: "’Foml " i Ltooking for Job in Alaska EEATTLE, April 20—®-—A man in a position to know says: “If you're hoping to, get a job in Alaska soon—forget it.” A. A. Hedges, director of the Territorial Employment Service, re- ported today there would be no reed for additional workers in Alaska prior to June 15. He said his office had received more than 4,000 letters from job- seekers in the States since Jan. 1. Applicants in the Territory far out- number available jobs, and even highly skilled workers are drawing unemployment compensation, - he added. gl R e U. 8. Navy command in ¢l ALASKA STEAM REPORTS LOSS, FIRST QUARTER SEATTLE, Apiil 29 — @ An Alaska Steamship Company operat- ing loss of ,643 for the first Guarter of 1949 was reported today by President G. W. Skinner. A company statement said some ioss is normally expected during the winter season, but added: “A loss of this magnitude in the face of the heaviest winter traffic in the company's history presents a serious situation.” The statement attributed the heavy loss to the end of the interim agreement last July, adding: “That agreement was negotiated in May, 1947, to offset the need lor an additional 50 percent rev- enue increase. Under its terms the government furnished Alaska ope- rators freight vessels at nominal charter hire and paid marine in- jurance charges. “Since July 1, 1948, the Alaska Steamship Company has paid full charter hire and marine insurance on all vessels. The difference in operating costs is npproximateiy ihat, reflected by the present loss.” The company said “some definite action must be taken,” and sug- gested reviva, of the interim agree- ment by Congress as “the most de- sirable course.” GRDER ISSUED TO ARMED FORCES T0 GUARD TALKING WASHINGTON, The armed forces have issued orders to all their military and civilian personnel to guard against disclosing secret information to the public. The formal instructions have been issued separately and at different times during recent weeks by the Alr Force, Navy and Army. The orders were spurred by a sharp directive from Capitol Hill. At the same time, the Army gave out. some: military secrets. Taken off the setret list are’'two items— everyday motorcycle and an ordinary watch. Loyal citizens have ceen using these secret weapons for years. Now that the items are no longer technically secret, they may be exhibited without fear of violat- ing the nation's spy laws. D aammmmmn o o e d ARCHERS HERE VISITING DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW April 29 — (A — an Arriving on the Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Archer of Walla Walla, Wash., are here visiting their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Alstead, and to await the arrival of a new grandchild, This is the first trip to Alaska for the Archers. onm;nl (ompens”alion} Code Case Ordered Dismissed SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-# —The Ninth Federal Court of Ap- peals today prdered the dismissal of a taxpayers suit brought in Alaska which challenged the valid- ity of an amendmen' to the Unem- ploymznt Compensaiion Code of the Territory. The amendment, adopted by the ‘Territorial Legislature in 1947, changed the waiting period for-un- employment compensation ftom two weeks to one week. It also set up a system of credits for employers on an experience merit basis. Felton H. Griffin, identitied as “a citizen and a taxpayer,” ob- tained an injunction to prevent the Unemployment Commission of Al- aska from enforcing the amend- ment. On the appeal of eight employers representing mining, fishing, lum- r, laundry, and cab companies, the circuit court reversed the de- cision of the lower court. The circuit court said that Grif- fin had not suffered any injury. It added: “To entitle himself to be heard, Griffin is obliged to demonstrate that the statute he attacked is void and that he suffers and is in im- minent danger of sustaining a di- rect injury as a result of its en- forcement.” — e - ILL ENSIGN IS FLOWN SOUTH: NOINFANTILE PARALYSES, REPORT FORT LEWIS, April *20—(®—~ Madigan General Hospital doctors said that Ensign Harry N. Charl- ton, 22, who was flown here from Anchorage while in a hand-oper- ated iron lung, is not seriously il Charlton, stationed at Kodiak, Alaska, was believed to be a vic- tim of infantile paralysis when his transfer from the 183rd General Hospital in Anchorage was ordered. The C-82 in which he was brought from Alaska landed at McChord Pleld and Charlton was brought to Madigan in an ambu- lance. There his ailment was di- agnosed a8 Guillian-Barre syndrome, a form of Inflammation of the nerves and a non-fatal ailment. A temporary muscular paralysis charaeterizes the condition and n Now Under Debate in House NEW LABOR BILL NOW PUT FORTH EMakes Three Proposals | Before House-Political Plum Issue Resented WASHINGTON, April 29 — (P — Rep. Marcantonio (AL-NY) sought tc force a straight out House vote today on simply repealing the Taft- Hartley law and returning to the old Wagner Labor Relations Act, He offered a bill which would do that as the House argued away in |its fourth day on debate on & new labor law. Off the flodr, there was continued i rumbling over President Truman’s broad hint that Democrats who do rot support the administration on |this issue need not look for any olitical plums. One House leader said privately that the President “lost votes" for the ‘administration’s cill by tying it in with political patronage. But Le still predicted the administra- tion's measure would be passed. Marcantonio's move put three principal choices before the House: (1) the administration bill to re- peal the Taft-Hartley act and re- instate the Wagner act with several revisions; (2) a substitute, offered Rep. Wood (D-Ga) which wouid keep a large part of the Taft-Hartley law, and (3) Mar- cantonio’s bill. . Marcantonio said his bill “brings before the House for the first time” the issue of the debate. ‘Turning toward the Democratic side. of. .the chamber, he L “A vote for this is a - your campaign promises. If you vote against it, you are weaseling on your promises. This is.it."” | | by i FIRST VOTE, LABOR BILL WASHINGTON, April 20.—#— The House refused emphatically to- day simply to repeal the Tatt- Hartley law and go back to the original Wagner Labor Relations Act. The proposal was made by Rep. Marcantonio (AL-NY), but was vot- ed down. The roll call count against it was 275 to 37. ‘The House got around to its first votes after four days of dabate on a new labor law. Still ahead was the big test —whether a - substitute offered by Rep. Wood (D-Ga) would be tak- en instead of the Administration’s bill. | APPSR Sale of Surplus Properfy Shows Tremendous Loss WASHINGTON, April 20— ®— Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress today the vast job of disposing of American World War Two surplur property overseas is more than 99 percent completed. The State Department’s office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner is due to close down June 30. Its operations will be absorbed by per- manent government departments. Acheson submitted a quarterly report on surplus sales to date which showed that up to March 31, property which originally cost rine-billion 236-million dollars has teen sold for. 192 cents; on the dollar. e Dewey Reporied as 1 @fte 1s the most widely culti= vated beverage plant. the iron lung necessitates the continued use of | Havhg Hk E”s on Charlton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Trafford Charlton of Oakland, Cal., met the plane on its arrival. Word War Il Vets Government Checks (By Associated Press) Thousands of World War Two veterans have been receiving gov- ernment checks in recent weeks for overpaying, on their G.I. life in- surance. The surprise bonuses are ar unexpected by-product of the Veterans Administration’s efforts to start’ insurance dividend checks rolling by the end of this year. White House Again . (By Associated Press) Governor Dewey is said to have | s eye on the White House, despite |his two defeats. A source close to |the New York Governor says that IDewey still has the presidential bug. | Dewey himself has gone on |record against running for a third time, but ‘Dewey's associates say ke longs for political “vindication.” ————————— MRS. O'REILLY RETURNS Mrs, Royal OWReilly and son Danny rveturned yesterday by PAA irom a. several day stay in Se- attle. | pi