The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1949, Page 1

VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,200 NO CURB, FISHERY PRODUCTS State Depariment Makes Report to Congress- Limitation Asked WASHINGTON, May 19.—#— The State Department reported to Congress today that despite indus- try protests there is no present need to curb import of fishery products. New England and Pacitic North- west fishery interests have repeat- edly asked Congress to limit fish- ery imports, particularly frozen fil- lets. At various Congressional hearings, industry representatives have plead- ed that higher tariffs will not help; that rigid quotas are mandatory. The House Fisheries Committee last month asked the State Depart- ment to study the effect of imports on the domestic industry and to recommend remedial steps. The department said that a Fish and Wildlife Service review describ- ed 1948 a heaithy year for the U. S. fishing industry. “The total commercial catch was normal, theproduction of frozen fish was a record, to total canned pack was relatively large, and consump- tion of fishery products in the United States increased over the previous year,” the review said. The report admitted imperts of certain fish products have increas- ed much more than others. Noting particularly an increase in ‘groundfish fillet imports, the Department sald however that there is a vigorous.and. apparently ex- panding demand for the product. “There is reason to believe,” it added, “that the United States mar- ket will continue to support ex- panding domestic production even should imports continfle to in- crease.” ‘The Department said the domes- tic industry apparently has, “by and large, maintained and increas- ed production in the last three years. Imports have increased, but less, in absolute terms, than produc- tien.”. Limiting imports, the Department explained, would mean re-establish- ing trade barriers, may lead to re- taliatory actions by other countries and aggravate “the basic problem which concerns the world today— the so-called dollar shortage.” ' Under the general tariffs and trade agreements there are provis- ions for limiting imports in specitic situations, “none of which appears applicable to the United States fish- ing industry,” the Department said. PHOTOGRAPHERS LEAVE Frederick Machetanz, noted pho- tographer and artist who has just started the filming of the first documentary motion picture on Al- aska, went to Ketchikan to “shoot” in that area. Mrs. Machetanz, also a photo- grapher, is with her husband, and assisting him on this project. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) msfllNGTON — Firmly . and without fanfare, France has told the United States it will not with- draw its occupation troops from Germany—regardless of what is de- cided at the Big Four meeting on Germany. The French Ambassador, popular Henri, Bonngtt, told this to Secre- tary of ‘State Acheson on Thursday on orders -from his government. Bonnet, who had just returned from consutlation in Paris, stated flatly that France does not feel the Germans can be trusted yet, therefore cannot take the chance of pulling out its occupation forces. The French attitude has upset Acheson’s plans somewhat for he was considering the evacuation of all four powers in return for quick elections in eastern and western Germany. Acheson has cabled the American Embassy in Paris to try to ‘induce French Foreign Minis- ter Schuman to change his mind (Continued on Page Four) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SE ALASKA FERRY PLAN PRACTICAL, SAYS DANAHER Feasibility of the operation of car ferries capable of carrying 900 passengers and 100 passenger cars on a daily schedule between Prince Rupert and Haines on a year-round basis, was discussed by a West Coast steamship man tefore the Chamber of Commerce this noon ai the Baranof. John T. Danaher, assistant vice | president of American President Lines, here from San Francisco tc make a survey on the proposed plan .or the Alaska Road Commission, told the Chamber that the plan i not only feasible but practical. There appears to be every possi- Lility that there is sufficient traf- fic _to operate such a ferry system in the black for the entire year with the heavy tourist season off- setting the slimmer winter load. Danaher said. TOURIST PROMOTION Possibilities for tourist promotion under such a plan are tremendous ae said, adding that railroad and wus transportation companies could extend their tour routings to in- clude the inland waterway to in- terior Alaska by car or by bus. ‘The ferry study calls for two 318- foot ships similar to those used in Hawaiian Island ferry service, Danaher explained. Vessels would e capable of making 18!2 knots, and would not ke fitted with state- rooms, but would have reclining chairs, similar to thé type used in commercial aircraft. Operation of car ferries would be under the Alaska Road Commis- sicn as an extension of Territorial bhighways. Col. John Noyes, ARC chief, was a guest at the Cham- ber's speakers table along with Danaher. Robert Shea, deputy manager (of the American Red Cross from San Francisco, one of two Red Cross men on a tour of the Territory, spoke briefly on their mission to the north. “We have come to get to know Alaska better, and to learn to know the people of Alaska better so that we may serve more adequately,” Shea said. With him is Earl 8. Dombross, ARC regional director, San Francisco. DYER REPORTS ON AIRPORT The airport terminal building is finished, was the good news Tom Dyer, aviation committee chairman for the C. of C., told members in a report this noon. OPENING IN JUNE Plans for official opening of the n:unicipal airport building are in the making for early in June, Dyer said, adding that the city will make a real occasion of the affair. Air- une companies will move in within several days, and operations will be in full swing before the dedica- tion ceremonies. Dr. Clayton Polley, chairman of the Chamber’s housing committee reported that the committee had met to draw up plans to get facts on the rental unit situation in Ju- neau, and to prepare a file of all available units. WEST COAST VISITORS Several members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will arrive in Juneau next Tuesday afternoon, Chamber President Eastaugh an- nounced, Seattle men will be hosts at a cocktail party at the Baranof from 3:30 to 6:30, followed by a no-host dinner in the Gold Room beginning at 6:30. A delegation of Ponllnd tourists will arrive aboard the Prince George the same evenirig on a spe- cial cruise promoted by the Port- land Journal. The Chamber plans to go aboard later in the evening to greet the Oregon visitors. A total of sixteen guests from Alaskan and stateside points joined in the Chamber meeting today. They were: L. O. Luken, theater manager of Seattle, W. H. Baum, La Salle Extension University ot Seattle, Ray Holland of Seattle, Ivan Wick of Ketchikan, Marshall Crutcher of Kodiak, Walter B. King of Ketchikan, Clayton Ess- linger, President of Palmer Cham- ber of Commerce and Mrs. Esslin- also from; - Power Barge Explodes Then Burns at Seattle Eisler Dragged New Regulafions on Game Hunfing in Alaska Issued; Deer Season Is Cuf Down WASHINGTON, May 19— (- .| The shooting of mountain sheep in Alaska is forbidden this ‘year for the first time in the Territory's history, the Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice said today. The agency said it also has started a program to reduce wolf and coyote packs in an effort to save the dwindling herds of white mountain sheep from extinction. The 1849-50 game regulations for Alaska, to go into effect July 1, ilso reduce the deer hunting sea- son in Southeast Alaska and elimi- nate entirely the Dec. 1-15 caribou season south of the Alaska range and the five-day December season on moose in the Kenai peninsula. The Southeast Alaska: deer sea- son is from Sept. 1 to Nov. 7, with a bag limit of two in a season for :‘sidbnts, one for non-residents. For the rest of Alaska except for the Kediak-Afognak Island group, the season is Sept. 10 to Oct. 10, and there is a one-deer limit. Moose may be hunted in South- east Alaska, except in the Stikine and Unuk river areas, Sept. 1 to 20. In the Stikine and Unuk river areas and on most of the Kenai Peninsula, the season is Sept. 15- Oct. 14. Elsewhere in the Territory, with a few exceptions, the season runs Sept. 1-20 and Dec. 1-10. The indiwidual limit is one moose. Other regulations: Caribou — south of the Alaska range, Aug. 20-Sept. 30. Elsewhere in Alaska, with a few exceptions, Aug. 20-Sept. 30 and Dec. 1-15. Limit—one each. Mountain Goats—Aug. 20 to Nov. 15 except in several closed areas. Limit for residents, two a season; non-residents, one. CI0 LEFT WINGERS WARNED Must Break Ties with WETU ~Murray Denounces Harry Bridges WASHINGTON, May 19.—P— CIO left wingers have been given five months to break all ties with the Russian-dominated World Fed- eration of Tfade Unions and quit defying CIO leadership. With that ultimatum the organi- zation’s 52-man executive board prepared today to end a fiery three- day meeting, which ran a day over schedule because the arguments lasted so long. If the left-wing unions don't leave the WFTU, they may be kick- ed out of the CIO. President Philip Murray said the board would declare itself on wages today. Big CIO unions already have demanded a fourth round of post- war wage raises, without naming a precise figure. Murray announced that: 1. He had denounced Harry Bridges, left-wing president of the CIO longshoremen, for ‘“misrepre- sentation” and other offenses, and had told him his conduct would be brought to the attention of the Cleveland convention, 2. The board by a 38-9 vote formally withdrew the CIO from the World Federation of Trade Unions. The CIO and AFL have agreed to take part in-building a new international union movement. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Denali scheduled o sail from'Se- attle today. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to safl from Vancouver Saturday. Baranof scheduled southbound on Monday. last night ger, Ehzer G. Johnson, President Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce end Mrs. Johnson, W. F. Roark, Alaska Representative, Chicago Milwaukee railroad afd Miss Helen Cass, American Red Cross, San Francisco, 1 Council Chambers. JUNEAU, AUASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 19 ,1949 RED CROSS (ONFERENCE SCHEDULED Representahves from Pa- cific Area Office, Terri- fory Meet Friday Red Cross represeniatives from the Pacific area office and the Territory are scheduled to arrive in Juneau today for conferences with local and Territorial officials and Red Cross personnel. Included in the party are Robert Shea and Earl Dombross of Pacific Area office, San Francisco, and Miss Helen Cass, General Field Representative from Alaska. Also accompanying them will be Vern Smith and Mrs. Francis Zepp from the Wrangell chapter. Mrs. Mavis Soldin will be here at a represen- tative of the Skagway branch chap- ter. Friday morning a visit with Acting Governor Lew Williams and local Territorial officials is plan- ned, and Friday from 3 to 5 pm, a Red Cross Board of Directors :s scheduled to be held in the City Friday at 6:30 p. m., a no-host, dinner will be held in the Baranof Terrace. : All Board members and also any local individuals interested in Red Cross work and future planning for Alaska are cordially invited to at- tend an infermal conference to be held in the City Council Chambers Saturday, May 21, beginning at 9:30 am., and continuing all day. Dis- cussion of community and indivi- dual problems, and the role ct Red Cross in the community will be on the a:endl Bob Boochaver. .hmenu cha chairman, and Mrs.' Dan Li executive chairman, urge all board members and all interested parties to attend the meetings, schedul- ed. Mediaiion !s Requestedin Ford Strike DETROIT, May 19— (®—The Ford Motor Company today asked the Federal Mediation Service to move directly into its peace talks with the United Auto Workers (C10) for settlement of the two- week old Ford strike. e 0o 0007 00 00 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU ‘This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 6:30 am. PST. In Juneau— Maximum, 58; minimum, 41. At Airport— Maximum, 62; minimum, 39. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Fair today and Friday. Highest temperature today about 65. Little change in temperature Friday. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today In Juneau City — &Trace; since May 1, 4.04 inches; since July 1, 111.30 inches. At the Airport. — Trace; since May 1, 32 inches; since July 1, 6381 inches. ®0000000eve000000000000 000 ©0 0000000000000 0000000so0 ® 0 00 00 900 0 0 YACHT CLUB WILL MEET 8 TONIGHT At tonight's meeting of the Yacht Club at 8 o'clock in the Iris Rod® of the Baranof, the committee re- port on the Capital-to-Capital Yacht Race will be given. Members and interested parties are reminded that the charter clos- es June 1. Dues have been reduced to $6 a year. This will be the first meeting where women have attended. Last month’s meeting changed the by- laws so that they could also join. During the “scuttle-butt” session following the meeting, coffee and doughnuts will be served. < REDS MOVE [ sailing Sunday. | RUSSIANS SNIPE ON BLOCKADE Remove OnEm on Trucks | But Demanding Per- mits from Others (By Associated Press) Russia kept the Western Allies i confusion today with a changing pattern of restrictions on transport to and through Berlin. Yesterday's ban on some freight- laden trucks from West Germany was reported lifted and the vehicles now will be allowed through with- cut permits. : On the other hand, the Russians were demanding that any other frucks crossing the frontier Bear permits. Maj. ‘Gen. George P. Hays, Dep- uty U.S. Military Governor, called she new Soviet demand “a violation of the Four-Power agreement in New York for lifting all blockades.” He said he would try to get the Russians to drop it. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN BERLIN, May 19.—#—The Rus- sians informed the British tonight they had lifted traffic restrictions of Berlin-bound trucks for one night only and will mmpose them | again tomorrow. All three Western Military Gov- ernors immediately sent a sharp protest to Soviet Commander Gen Vasily Chuikov. The protest ac- cused the Russians of violating the agreement to lift the blockade of Berlin. NEARER T0 SHANGHAI Nalionalists—Fe]ce Gunfire |, But Bombard Com- mie Pockets (By Associated Press) Chinese Nationalists clung to the vital Whangpoo river today in the face of Communist gunfire. The Communists, however, were re- ported to have seized several small creek bridges only six miles from the great city of Shanghai. ‘They kept up their pressure on the Pootung industrial and dcck area across from Shanghai’s Bund. Nationalist planes maintained a steady kombardment of Communist pockets in the area. In New York, the United Nations General Assembly’s spring session ended after the delegates rejected a Polish move to debate the case of Gerhart Eisler, Commul fugitive. ILWU MOTIONS ON SPRUCE CO. CASE BE ARGUED TOMORROW Tomorrow being motion day 1in District Court, the motion filed earlfer this week by local and in- ternational longshoremen, as weil| ‘as two related motion, will be ar-| gued then. William L. Paul; Jr., attorney for the co-defendants ,in the Junenu‘ Spruce Corporation’s. damage sult, filed a motion for a new trial. Last week, the jury brought in a| verdict against the ILWU and IL- WU Local 16, assessing $750,000 damages. | Court was not convened today, | and it will be adjourned after to-| morrow’s sessions until Monday, June 6. | WILLIE FLYNN HERE | Willie Flynn, retired engineer ux‘ the White Pass gnd Yukon Rail- road, is a visitor in Juneau for a | week, staying with his sister Mrs. J. K. McAlister. Flynn arrived by Alaska Coastal ‘Afrlines and plans to return to Skagway on the steamship Denal { MIMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 0ff Polish Shlp wwv Gerhart Eisler (partly obscured by rail), fugitive Communist from the U. 8, is carried down the gangway of Polish ship Batory off Southampton, Eng., by British policemen after his arrest May 14. Eisler, who jumped $23,500 bail in the U. 8., where two prison sen- tences are hanging over him, was carried into the tiny cabin of the tender Romsey. After a swift run from Batory’s anchorage to South- ampton docks, the squat 52-year-old Eisler was taken ashore without undue pmtost, » erephow Slxry one Refugees from China, Vancouver Bound, Are in (are 0fU.S. Army, Is PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL of Congress — Busy Day of Adivities By JACK RUTLEDGE WASHINGTON, May 19— ®— Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra told Congress today the friendship of Brazil and the United States is the major link in the streng chain that binds the West- ern hemisphere together. President Dutra; who arrived here yesterday for a 10-day visit to this country, addressed a joint session of Congress. President Truman ac-| companied him to Capitol Hill. Speaking in Portuguese from the speakers rostrum of the House, | Dutra said the 120-year-old ties be- tween his nation and the U. 8. are “founded upon their identity of purpeses and harmony of interests.” He predicted they will become stronger in the years to come. He spoke in high praise of American Demccracy, which he credited for the *“high degree of ' civilization ywhich you have achieved.” Dutra sajd American respect for |the law and rights of others is a “main, fagtor”. of Democracy and this’ nation’s strength. The talk came in the middle of |a day crowded with activity. PLEA FOR ECONOMY The Senate studied a $1465,000,- 1000 appropriation bill for the Agri- | culture Department, | by the House. Economy advocates who want to 1alnnce the budget by cutting gov- ernment spending rather than by 1aising taxes sought to trim this total, 'despite two previous setbacks when they tried to reduce other already passed | money bills. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) of- (Continued on Page Three) | fled irom Germany in 1938. TALKS OUT Appears at Joint Session | Same OldThing By O. H P. KING TOKYO, May 19.—(®— The U. S Army today is caring for 61 refu- | gees from China while they awa® | plane passage to Vancouver, B. C.s To all but two cf them the role of refugees is nothing new. They The two new refugees are children born in China during the 11 years they have been waiting for a permanent home. The 61 arrived in a single Alaska Airlines planes last night. To keep the plane within its weight limit, each discarded 10 pounds of bag- gage at the Shanghai airport. There were seats for only 44 aboard the C-54. None weuld talk today. They sald “any talk” may interfere with the escape chances of 1500 more Jews still in Shanghai. Eric Goldstauf of the Migration Department of the American Jewish Joint . Distribution Committee 1s their chairman. “We are under orders from the Joint Committee not to say any- tiing,” he explained. Shanghai at one time was a hav- en for 15,000 German Jews who fled Hitler. They lived from hand to mouth as watchmen, clerks and shopkeepers. They received help! from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. They have not, their leader said, | rengaged in any political nctlvity since leaving Germany. #Goldstauf said the Army's care was “wonderiul.” They may be| here a few hours or a few days.| Two cther plane loads may come out of Shmghul ‘later wduy ONE MAN MISSING; 3 ESCAPE Explosion S;aies‘ Ballard, Interbay Areas-Fire Boats to Scene SEATTLE, May 19—(®—One man is feared killed and three others escaped with injuries when a 105- foot power rtarge exploded and burned in £almon Bay shortly after 1¢ am. today. The barge, the Nuchek, was on its way from- a ship repair “yard in Lake Union to a Salmon Bay dock, The explosion shook the Bal- lard llg interbay areas. Fire boats finally extinguished the flames. Four men were known to have been aboard. Three were employees of the New England Fish Company and one was a mechanic of the Ncerthern Commercial Marine Com- pany. The missing man was identified as Gerald R. Percival, 37, a me- chanic of the marine company. The three who escaped were T. H.-(Pat) Davis, 58, Seattle, the barge cap- tain; C. V. Colsen,, 54, Seattle, foreman of the fish company's Ketchikan cannery, and Richard Funk, 21, a deckhand from Des Moines, Wash. James Young, nearby Standard Oil Company dock, said he saw the barge as it exploded. . to stern. catin was enveloped in flames, taw three men dive overside.” ‘The barge was an Army F-8 barge used as & small freighter during the war. It was being readied to ge north next week for the fishing season. FLOODS STILL SPREADNEAR FORT WORTH Find Tenth Viclim - Prop- erfy Loss Is Estimated at $6,000,000 DALLAS, Texas, May 19—®—A tenth flood victim was found at Fort Worth today as high waters of the Trinity river, receding there and at Dallas, spread over rich farmlands downstream from Dallas. National guardsmen, police, air force, army and American Legion personnel wrapped tight patrol lines around flocoded areas at Port Worth. City Manager W, O. Jones has estimated Fort Wcrth's property lcss at “well over $6,000,000." Fort Worth still was mostly de- pendent on imported water. Tank trucks and other vebicles rumbled in from every direction. Meanwhile Oklahoma, which had torpadoes two nights in a row, faced serious floods today. Prairie creeks and shallow rivers, | overtaxed by four days of storm, flooded the western flatlands, in some places they swelled to more Guinea Plgs lrom U. §. Reach Tokyo TOKYO, May 19—®—The first installment of 10,000 guinea pigs| from the United States arrived w-’ day aboard an Alaska Alrllnes plane from Anchorage. General MacArthur's public| health and welfare section said| the animals will be used to check | Japanese biological preparations for safety and potency. How many arrived? Somewhere around 2400. No one has had time | to count the additions enroute, than a mile wide. B STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW. YORK, May 19.—#—Glos- ing quotation of Alaska - Juneau | mine stock today is 3%, American Can 90%, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 9, International Harvester 24%, Kennecott 44%, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 15; | U. 8. Steel 70; Pound $4.02%. Sales today were 840,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 174.14, rails+47.35, util. ities 35.74, FROM SITEKA Mrs. E. P. Speer of Sitkais at the Baranof Hotel,