The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1949, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE" VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,223 ARMED FORCES PAYUP House Passes Legislation on Voice Vote - Bill Greefed in Senate | By HOWARD DOBSON WASHINGTON, June 16—®—A warm Senate welcome today greeted the [kattered—but only slightly bent—military pay bill. |showing the percentage of in-| It passed the House late yester-icrease for each rank. | day on a voice vote after several| The figures, compiled by the vain attempts to shave down in- creases for the top brass and to cut extra pay for flight and sub- marine duty. Chairman Tydings (D-Md) of the Senate Armed Services Com- mittee promptly announced that hearings would open on the bill today with Secretary of Defense Johnson as the first witness, backed by a staff of military pay experts armed with charts and MILITARY PAY UPS PROPOSED lFigures Are Given Show-| { ing Increase in Armed Forces of U. S. 1 WASHINGTON, June 16— — Here is a comparison of present' military pay with that proposed in the bill passed by the House, civilian commission which helped write the bill, show the basic monthly pay and allowances re-! ceived by men with “typical years of service” in each rank. example, the typical length of serv-, ice for a Major General is 32' | years. | The comparison uses Army terms | throughout. Navy, Air Force and; Marine Corps ranks designations' iare different in some cases. ! For| ° “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1949 New Report on Resources o Alaska Gives Possibilifies of Increase Vipifishing!gduslry LABOR LAW WILL HIT COMMIES Requirement for Non- Communist Oaths Wri- fen Info Measure WASHINGTON, June 16. —(#— The Senate today wrote another Taft-Hartley law feature into the Truman labor bill-a requirement for non-Communist oaths. It was approved on a voice vote. figures. Raon:mcmPresent EnCn N Inc.! Three other amendments which It took two tries to get the mea- Maj. Gen. $805 $1,006 231 have a Taft-Hartley look about sure through the House. It w‘s|Brtg_ Gen., 72 975 37 them were Fdded to the Adminis- opposed both times by young;. ., 693 81 2' tration measure by the Senate yes- :Nurld WI.I'"I'I U:etil;‘lns l:z:me s:zm;:gim_ Col. 616 n 1| l!;;:a);a bl:r ;.:\: ;:r;;‘evoung of its ’:m!;on‘c:nme juni:r o!fiwr and | M&): m 908 18/ “The changes, all approved by enlisted ranks. !?s";mm ;:_‘; ‘Sg :i’ voice votes with no audible opposi- H 3 tion, ( ' X The first bill would have cost l2nd Lt 282 345 23 on, would (1) require unions, as about $406,000,000 In- creases under it a year. ranged from about three percent!4th Grade would havel WARRANT OFFICERS ... 550 612 { well as management, to bargain in . good faith; (2) guarantee freedom 12| of speech, short of threats or prom- for the next to lowest enlistea|3rd Grade 454 485 10| jses of benefits, in labor relations; rank up to almost 50 percent for/2nd Grade ... 379 415 10/ and (3) require both unions and Brigadier . Generals and Navy offi-|1st Grade ... 309 340 14! employers to file annual financial cers of equivalent rank. ENLISTED MEN | reports. The new bill--wiich-the House|Master Sgt. ..316 303 24, The non-Commuynist Oath Propos- debated for two days, would co“ls:t. 1st CL .. 244 334 37{al would require~the officers and a-out $358,000,000 for the first’ full Sgt. .o 201 275 37{ the policy-making leaders of both fiscal year ‘it is in effect, but this Corporal ... 106 132 26 unions and companies to file non- would drop off to about $302,000,000 ' Priv. 1st. Cl. 9450 102.90 9! Communist and non-Fascist oaths a year about 1952. Pvt. . 3 80 8250 3|if their organization wanted to use ol Recruit (more than { the facilities of the National Labor The individual increases would) “go, months) 75 80 7, Relations Board, run from three percent for the lowest rank after four cuty up to about 37 percent for Brigadier Generals. There also is 2 provision continuing family allow- ances for enlisted men through current enlistments. The new pay scales, product of the first general military pay re-- vision since 1908, would go Lnt,ol 1 this year. The! effect October bill would apply to all the uni- formed services, their reserves, the National Guard and the Air Na- tional Guard. STEAMER MOVEMENTS | Princess Kathleen from Vancouver due Saturday at 3 p. m. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday 9 p.m. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. H Princess Norah scheduled to sall from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway 8 am. Friday, sailing south ome hour later at 9 am. Baranof scheduled south Sunday! afternoon. The Washington, Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By VERN HAUGHLAND WASHINGTON, June 16— h— Salmon heads are tasty and ought to be canned instead of thrown away, report on Alaska said today, Most of the canned heads would have to be exported to ' foreign; |counmu, however, the report con-} ceded. Immense quantities are dis- carded in Alaska each year. “Squeamishness is felt in most isections of the United States re- ianrding use of fish heads,” the re- port explained. ‘The report, comprehensive perhaps the most study of Alaskan! | resources yet published, suggested| .that Alaska’s fishing industry imight also develop markets for caviar, octopus tenacles—"'they are exceptionally tasty”—seawood and canned fish balls of salmon, flounder and black cod. “New methods, new products,; new fisheries and new areas hold ! promise of boosting the value of Alaska's fisheries far beyond its present $115,000,000 annual mark,! creating additional employment as| well as more permanent employ-' ment for thousands of Alaskans,” the report said. “It is true there is little likeli-! {hood the canned salmon pack, the | fisheries largest industry, will in- crease. { However, the majority of for- mulas now used by the industry in; canning salmon are not only ar=| chaic but also unreasonably waste- { ful. i . “Part of the waste material would | te suitable for canning of fish; chowder, and ,much of the remain- a Bureau of Reclamation|: { rector, J. Edgar Hoover. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NATION NOT HELL BOUND SAYS TRUMAN Uproar Over Spies Part of ! Postwar Hysteria-Dis- csses FBI Hoover { By STERLING F. GREEN i |WASHINGTON, June " 16.—P— President Truman today described the current uproar over spies as part of a postwar hysteria which | will die out as it has after other ‘wars. If any members of his own ad- ministration are infected by it, Mr. Truman said, he will clean them out. | But he would not comment at his | news conference on an editorial| proposal that a commission be nam- | ed to investigate the methods and | proceedures of the FBI and its di- No Hoover Resignation He stated flatly, however, that Hoover has not submitted his resig- | nation. This was in reply to ques- tions about a published report of | a quarrel between the FBI boss and | Attorney General Tem Clark. | When asked whether Hoover has | his confidence, Mr. Truman replied ' that Mr. Hoover has done a goodl job. | And when asked whether he thought Hoover could be included in those denounced by Mr. Truman last week for headline hunting, the President invited reporters to| make their own estimates of the! situation. E More Comment Withheld { Neither would he comment on whether it wouid be a good idea to der for badly-needed fertilizers for| farm use. Dried meal is a rlchi source of nitrogen and phosphor- ous two elements most essential clear Federal files of what a report- | er called “unsubstantiated” reports. The question obviously referred to | for years,” May Be Lost New Bog PRICE REVIEWS BILLS AIMED AT ALASKA GROWTH A top Department of Interior official this noon gave ‘the Cham- Ler of Commerce an over-all pic- ture of legislation in the Congres- sional hopper aimed at Alaskan development. Reginald Price, special assistant to Assistant Secretary William E. Waine, Department of Interior, spoke for a full half-hour belore the group outlining the status of vital bills on statehood, transpor- tation, power and settlement. “The Department of Interior is taking steps toward the solution | of removal of obstacles which have blocked the development of Alaska Price said. DISCUSSES STATEHOOD On the matter of statehood, Price reported that the bill is, at ast information, i;ogged down in the House Rules Committee, where a number of obstacles are prevent- ing it from going to the floor. Support from both Democratic and Republicans can be expected on the measure, he said, with a representative group going to bat for the bill. HOUSING PICTURE On the housing front, Price told the Chamber that the program for meeting the projlem 1s W full swing, with 'the Alaska "Housing Authority act providing means for getting the ball rolling on housing in Anchorage and Juneau. First shovels of dirt for a 264- i reports of anonymous INformants|upit housing development in An- to the FBI which have been read |chorage will be moved next week, !Recruit (less than Aftidavits would not have to beifor growing Alaska crops. i in the Judith Coplon espionage | months’ Ito file for old-age and survivors'| four months) 75 % This bill would create a specmi Fourth Grade enlisted rank .for! |men with seven years or more | service. Men in this category would go from $141 a month to $238—an| increase of 69 percent, the largest iin the bill. WOMEN MUST FILE | | MARRIED NAMES | FOR SS BENEFITS' | Women workers should notify the | Social Security Administration | when they marry, so that their| names can be changed on the Ad-! ministration’s records in the cen- tral ofiice, James G. Browne, man- ager of the Juneau Social Security | Field Office advised today. | By so doing, they will make it; easier for themselves and the Ad- ministration when the time comcs| | i insurance benefits, he explained. Browne stated that for the wo-| man who marries and wants to record the chamge in name, the Ad- ! ministration has provided a special form which maye be obtained by calling at the local field office, or ! filed, however, if the union or the company already was barring subversive persons leadership. effectively from SEAMEN GET WAGEBOOST, EAST, GULF More fhan 60,000 Wil Benefit-Confract Set- flement Is Made (By The Associated Press) More than 60,000 seamen were awarded wage increases today in contracts by two CIO maritime un- ions and Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipowners. The contract settlement, reached ! in New York, must be ratified by union rank and file. Involved are 60,000 members of ,the National Maritime Union and about 1400 *| were received on the few shlpmemsi tical strategy to delay action’until “It has been estimated that there|yiig) ‘These reports, still unevalu- | are sufficient vitamin A units mlated by the FBI, named many| ::sx:hw:?tihl:‘;‘::::xlltwuz?t‘:zlysg:z; prominent persons as Communists. | requirements, and enough vitamin As.for, the subject of sples, he. in-y 4 | vited reporters to read the history | D units to supply one-twentieth. |o¢ tne glien and sedition laws of | “In addition, oil extracted from|ne 1790, following the revolution- | :fe‘:ci:’lasti]::s mm:;:mzlb:r?n;; ary war. You'll be surprised at the # | parallel, he said. raints and varnishes, tanning " rha¢ pysteria finally died out and processes, oilcloths and linoleum. | ne country did not go to hell. “Experiments indicate the waste, | Not Go To Hell ke pprihareds U | B0 SRE Wk tyseris, ana! g | country will not go to hell. (n:ms. | The spy discussion took up most of o Eus eggs—the roe of salmon,;yne news conference but the Presi- | irock cod, gray cod and herring— geng glso had this to say on other | Inow have little commercial value.| postars | Thiess ltems woulc:l find & lucn.mve: Declared the Brannan farm plan ,cav_iar market in the Eastern| will be pagsed by the present Con- | | United States. | gress. Reports from the Demo-! “Salmon roe makes an excellent. .. iio farm meeting at Des Molnes.: caviar and although g0od reports| pinging that it might be good poli- | which have been made, this phase: of the industry has never .been| Rully developed. | Expressed belief that Congress “Opportunity also exists in the|gyoug extend regulation which au- salmon egg field for preparation horizes federal controls over in-! {of bait for sport fishermen.” |gtaiment terms and bank credit “Trawling, just coming into. mne 1ay expires June 30. prominhence in the Pacific, may be| o sty s v PACIFIC NORTHRN | FLIGHTS CARRY 32 1950, definitely are not Administra- tion policy, he emphasized. by mail. She should fill it out, {attach the social security card described as the largest trawlable| members of the American Radio body of water in the world. The Association. The old contract ex- bearing her maiden name and send ired last midnight. the form to the SSA. DInR, et Jvdnin On the West Coast CIO ware- Gulf of Alaska has barely been touched. “It has been estimated that 1,000,- in the future,” the report said. | “The Bering Sea has been; Pacific Northern Airlines carried 32 passengers on flights yesterday | While the Administration does| not assign her a new number, it issues a new card bearing her pres- | W\SHINGTON—B-“ smlent name and the number origin- While Congress has been inves- tigating possible finagling on B-36l contracts, the inside fact is that Consolidated‘ Vulfee has been fbrced, to curtail ‘produstion of 'the glant bomber—because. .of .a . prolopged strike ' in one key 8 The strike s 'at Bendix, Sbuth Bend Ind., which supplies vital air- plane parts throughout the indus- try. Effect of the strike has been so severe that the Air Force is run- ning short of spare parts for some of its most effective squadrons and may be forced to cut down on flying time. 3 Meanwhile, the FBI is checking reports that strike leaders are Com- munists, infiltrating into this key industry because of its power to paralyze the Air Force. Federal| mediator Arthur Viat fears a sym-| pathy strike may now spread to the Studebaker plant. ‘Al the fault ms‘t« not {been ~on:1abor's side, “however. | (Continued on Page Four) * formation received from the work-| ally assigned to her. Thus, she will have only one social security num-| ber during her entire lifetime. If she had more than one number, she ‘might stand to Jose ber. benefits. | e* ion keeps all in-| er lg.atrict; eonfidence. 'l"l?;fik ‘obtain further info! fon ‘the Juneau office of the Social Security Administra- tion, Room 121, Federai Building. { STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 16. A—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American/ |Can 88%, Anaconda 25%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvester 24, Kennecott 42%, New York Cen- tral 10, Northern Pacific 12%, | U. S. Steel 21%, Pound $4.03. Sales today wexe 680,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: Imdufl.rllk 16548, rails 4271, 'util-| ities 34.06. ‘ housemen called @ strike against commodity distribution houses in thé San Francisco area. The strike is for higher wages. The union estimated the walkout would involve at least 6,000 men and women working for some 200 firms. In Chicago two nonsstriking rub- ber workers were knocked uncon- scious in an outbreak of violence at the strike-bound Dryden Rub- ber company. The strike was call- ed by the CIO United Rubber,| Cork and Lineoleum Workers. At Bluefield, W. Va,, southern coal operators continued negotia- ‘ tions with the United Mine work- ers in an effort to reach a new contract. The present agreement expires in two weeks. WHIPPLE RITES FRIDAY -The funeral of Marion Whipple who died recently in Pelican City,; will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel of the Charl- es G. Carter Mortuary with Capt. Sexton Johansen in charges of the services. Burial will be in the Evergreen: Cemetery. as follows: 000,000 pounds of fish Der year; mprom Anchorage: K. G. Hillman, could ke trawled from the North|pgin ging Burton Young, Col. Pacific.” Nationalists Win Over Communisis | In Fig_hl Near Sian (By The Associated Press) ! Chinese Nationalist infantry and {cavalry were reported to have | counter-attacked with success against Chinese Communists in the Shensi Province. A Nationalist spokesman in Canton said the Com- munists Had suffered 23,000 cas- ualties near Sian. | Sian is in Western China about| 250 miles north of the Yangtze River. The Communists captur- {ed it last month. The spokesman !said thé Nationalists had suffered only 2,000, casuaities. ;- Nationalist | casualty figures often are exagger- ated, however. | | Jameg Orton, Ed Spear. Upson, Capt. Stephans, Cpl. F. R. Advent, Lt. McCormick, Jack Crow- ley, D. Cheney, Albert Birch, Joe! Wing, Robert Thoquette, Pete Gil-| more. | From Cordova: M. Reihl. From Yakutat: Tom Dyer. To Yakutat: Dr. and Mrs. N. E. Odell, Joe Woodford, Russell Cloud. | Dave Dishaw, William Hainworth. | To Cordova: Col. John Noyes, To Anchorage: F. L. Kerr, Larry Larinoff, Mr. and Mrs. John Mat-| son, Al Baker, C. W. Stein, Fred| Powell, Mrs. Stella Green. AGRICULTURE MAN HERE Lynn O. Hollist, head of the De- partment of Agriculture, University of Alaska, came jn yesterday trom| Fairbanks, to confer with the Vet- erans Administration regarding be- | ginning. phases of an On-the-Farm | trdining program for veteran home- steaders in the Interior and West- | ward, i he said, adding that with the im- plementation of the $15,000,000 re- volving fund for the Alaska Hous- ing Authcrity, the problem, one of Alaska’s most vital, would be near solution. TRANSPORTATION 'MEASURES On the subject of transportation, { Price cited two (ills before Con-| gress, HR 221 and HR 7534, aimed at providing for transporting passengers and freight on Cana- dian vessels in Southeast Coast- | wise shipping. HR 2634, providing for Canadian transportation between. Haines, Skagway and Hyder and other Southeast ports, has passed the House and is now before the Sen- ate Committee. He added that the Department is hoping for quick passage without further modifica- tion. ALASKA RAILROAD FUNDS Interior Department efforts to secure restoration of funds cut from appropriations for the Alaska Railroad were referred to by Price. He said that both Secretary Julius A. Krug and Warne have appeared before the Senate Committee to testify on the special need for funds for railroad rehabilitation. | POWER PROJECT MEASURES Two companion bills, aimed at development of power potentials in Alaska are in the legislative mill, Price sald. HR 940, reported out favorably by the Public Lands Committee yesterday, authorizes the $21,000000 Eklutna hydroelectric project, serving the Anchorage area. A proposal to extend the recla- mation law—now limited to the Western states—to Alaska is now Lefore the Bureau of Budget. AID TO SETTLEMENT Citing tie up of lands by obsolete land laws as one of the main ob- stacles in Alaskan settlement, Price referred to two pieces of legisla- tion aimed at easing the situa- tion. Price cited HR 2859 which pro- vides for the sale of pu:lic lands, and which received the endorse- ment of the:Chamber in the busi- ness session preceding the speaker. This would provide one vehicle for th quick disposition of land, he said. ' About the Lemke Bill, HR 4424, Price indicated that the Depart- nient of Interior would be in favor of such legislation with -cartain revisions, including administrative discretion regarding size limita- ns on land plots, and a restric- (ContinueG on Page Three) foU.S.Gels st for S!glehood WASHINGTON, June 16.—M— An Interior Department observa-| tion that some day the United | States may lose Alaska brought a renewed demand in Congress today | for Alaska statehood. | the lawmakers with these words in a report submitted to the White House: “It is quite conceivable that sometime in the future the United Naticns might demand more equit- able division of unpopulated and potentially rich regions of the globe, “Therefore, the United States is faced with the problem: Who will develop Alaska? . . . Today Alaska “Nonsense,” commented Rep. Ta- ber of New York, top Republican on the House Appropriations com- mittee. “Never,” ‘said Rep. Bolton (R- Ohio), a member of the House The Interior Department arousei belongs to the United States; to- morrow it cculd belong to the! world.” 14 49 PRICE TEN CENTS Bridges Pleads Innocent to 2 Charges Made Observation that Alaska LONGSHORE LEADER IS IN COURT Two Associa—eS'Also Make Pleas-Trial Date to Be Set Se'ple_mbr 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, June 16—~ As expected, CIO longshore leader Harry Bridges and his two union aides pleaded . innocent in loud ringing tones today to a Federal indictment. Bridges is charged with perjury | and conspiracy in connection with (his 1945 naturalization, Henry Schmidt and 'J. W. Robertson are i accused of conspiracy. The defense, pleading won a continuance to Sept. { when a trial date will be set. “It is our view,” said Attorney | Herbert Resner, “that the govern- ! ment is out to get Mr. Bridges after three failures. That's why we {are asking time.” | Assistant U. 8. Attorney Robert ?or time, 1, i i ‘F()relgn Alfairs committee. “Alaska should become' the 48th state of the Union, not the firsi state of a World Union,” said E. L. Bartlett, Alaska's Delegate to the House of Representatives. Bartlett told reporters the Inter jor Department’s observations, con tained in a Reclamation Bureuui survey of Alaskan resources, point- ed up the urgency of admitting Alaska to statehood. “Why should we give Alaska to! the United Nations or to anyone else?” Bartlett asked. our most valuable possessions from any standpoint.” Bartlett suggested, and Represen- | tatives Taber and Bolton agreed,! that “suitable” foreigners be invit- led to settle in -Alaska and help populate and develop it. | | “But they should be required to! become United States citizens and| take an oath of allegiance to this country,” Bartlett said. “In that way we can develop Alaska for the United States by Americans.” MISS COPLON ON STAND IN OWN DEFENSE Gives General Denial in' Washingfon Court fo | All Charges Made WASHINGTON, June 16— @ — Judith Coplon denied today that she ever was a Communist, en-| gaged in subversion, or- was guilty! of “any offense against the United | States.” | Specifically she denied that she ever took information on espionage in the United States from confi- dential Justice Department files. | The tiny brunette esplonage de-| fendant, former political analyst! in the Justice Department, is ac- cused of having filched secrets for “It is one of | rested in New York March 4 in company with Valentine A. Gubit- chev, a Russian then employed by | the benefit of Russia, Ehe was ar-| IMcMilhn said he would not object | to any reasonable continuance. On Sept. 1, Resner indicated to- ! day, the defense will file a num- | ber of motions, including one for & bill of partielars and another for a tramsscript of the entire rand jury proceedings which led to the indictments. § McMillan said the government would resist such motions, since grand jury proceedings are secret and disclosed only in ‘“capttal The ‘three union leaders stepped {up in turn and said “nbt guilty” | when: asked -how -they pleaded. Schmidt was granted permission to return to Hawali until Sept. 1. leave the court's J iction for a week on business. All three are free on bail. ARC FINDS FERRY SYSTEM FEASIBLE; TO REPORT SOON The survey as to feasibility of 8 car ferry system for Southeast.Al- aska has been completed by .the specialist employed by the Alaska Road Commission, which will soon send the Danaher report, with its own, to Washington, D. S. Col. John R. Noyes, Alaska Road Commissioner, returned Tuesday from Washington, also S8an Fran- cisco, where he went in connec- tion with the report. John T. Danaher, Assistant Vice | President of the American President Lines, was engaged to make the survey, and he prepared the bulk of the report, according to Noyes. Miss Lois Smith, Colonel Noyes' secre- tary, went to San PFrancisco to help complete it. “Until the report is approved by Secretary J. A, Krug, who requested it in Pebruary,” commented Col. Noyes today, “all we can say is that this office belleves the plan feas- ible.” Having completed this assign- ment, Danaher was to leave San ‘!'rlncuwo today for his company, igoing to Chipa and Korea in the ! hope of working out shipping ar- rangements under the new govern- ment. Colenel Noyes went to Washing- ton to attend the hearings of the <aid they found secret material in on the Department of the Interior the United Nations. Federal agents Senate Appropriations Committee - TRUMAN HAS NO COMMENT, CANDIDACY { WASHINGTON, June 16— | President Truman had no comment | today on a report that he will not run for President in 1942, | He was informed at his news con- ference that Quick Magazine had | printed such a story, but he would not. be drawn' out on’it.’ A ‘The United States has more than three million miles of rural roads. led. METLAKATLA VOTES FOR SAWMILL FUND ' METLAKATLA, Alaska, June 16. —IM—The Metlakatla town council has adopted a budget of $160,014 for the 1949-50 fiscal year. It 1s $18,000 above ahe current year's budget. It includes $30,000 for the com- munity sawmill. That fund carried $89,500 this year, of which $33,520 remains, but which is earmarked for spenditig. { The mill i designed to cut about 50,000 feet of lumber per day. The community - expects it to provide employment in the fall. and.winter - when thete ia;no fishing-and-the . "ative community’s cannery is clos- « %5 A