The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIIL, NO. 11,247 Steel PACIFIC | PACTNOW PROPOSED Senator Magnuson Urges Government to Take Immediate Action By CHARLES D. WATKINS WASHINGTON, July 15—(®-— Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) cal- led upon the government to nego- tiate a Pacific Pact along the lines of the Atlantic Pact. He interrupted debate on the At-) lantic Pact yesterday to tell the Senate that a Pacific Pact could eventually be a means of estab- lishing a strong China and gov-} ernments in Southeastern Asia. | He said that if the State Depart- ment has not already started the negotiations, under a resolution by Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich), it) should do so at once. ] TWO OCEAN PACT Magnuson said the world's peace | cannot be assured under a one! ocean pact but must include the entire world. He suggested that the first step| should be the immediate strength-! ening of Alaska which he said; would be the key to peace in the| Pacific. He said Alaska’s defenses! have been neglected and have not: teen of a permanent character. “There are not enough defenses in Alaska,” he said, “despite the lessons we should have learned in World War II. | “With a strong Alaska and our! intention to carry out the terms ot| an Atlantic Pact we might be able} to establish a strong China and| strong governments in southeastem, Asia. “The State Department should| begin to put plans for a Pacific Pact in operation. We can't have peace in the world in only onej ocean.” H CAIN TO SPEAK OUT Senator Cain (R-Wash) and E.) L. Bartlett, Alaska Territorial Dele-} gate, both also said they would, speak in Congress on Alaskan un- preparedness, basing their speeches | | be priced higher and consequent'y Str SITUATION IN BRITAIN NOW TENSE IStrike Paraflng Foreign: Trade-Cut in Purchac- | ing Condemned Housing Bill Is Signed WASHINGTON, July 15, —(#— President Truman signed the long- | range housing bill today and said | it must be put into operation quick- | ly. | ago gave Mr. Truman his first ma- (By the Associated Press) The British Labor government struggled today to settle a stubborn waterfront strike stifling desper- ately needed internationl trade. The | government faced a storm of criti- cism from the British press for its latest austerity plan to cut dollar purchases by 25 percent. | Under proclaimed emergency i regulations, British troops tegan| loading export cargoes on London docks. Foreign trade is Britain's| lifeline. Already the 19-day old| waterfrent strike of nearly 15,000 stevedores has dealt the island kingdom a crush blow. The British motor industry said the 1 strike | ‘crippled the export of some 5,000 cars, trucks and tractors weekly| through the port of London. i More than 6,000 troops wera poured into the government-seized ! docks. Others were unloading food i shipments badly needed by the British consumer. | Meanwhile, union 1leaders met| with leaders of the wildcat strike in an effort to reach a settlement. The men claim they were locked | out by the dock management be-1 cause they refused to work two Canadian ships involved in a dis-| pute_between two rival Canadian’ unions. ‘The British press took & dim view of yesterday’s announcement by | Chancellor of the Exchequer Siri Statford Cripps that purchases of | goods like tobacco, cotton, timber, and sugar in dollar areas would be| slashed 25 percent. Newspapers, said buying outside the dollar areas | would increase British costs and| British goods for export would thus; | less would be sold. ! Jor victory in the present congress- ional sessions. ‘The most controversial provision of the bill authorizes construction of 810,000 public housing units dur- | ing the next six years. It also provides for slum clear- ance and aids to farm housing. Housing Administrator Raymond M. Foley has promised a “rapid | start” of the public housing fea- tures. He said he hopes to get 50,000 publicly-owned dwelling units under way within the first year. SECRECY AT NIGHT MEETING President Confers with Top Leaders in Many Departments By OLIVER W. DeWOLFE super-mysterious conference which brought President Truman together with top military, atomic, diplo- matic and Congressional leaders. For two hours and 33 minutes these men—the list was impressive —were together behind closed doors last night in historic Blair House,! the President’s temporary home. There . was no announcement | Passage of the legislation a week | JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1949 tke Set for Midni Wreckage ollrah FILESUIT | IN HAWAII ~ WALKOUT Million and Half Dollar Damage Action Taken, Waterfront Strike HONOLULU, July . 15.—(®— A- | 1,500,000 damage action marked | Hawaii's lingering waterfront strike | today—the 76th day since CIO stevedores tied up the ports for a | 32 cents an hour wage increase, The damage suit was tiled by Matson Navigation Company, larg- est shipping firm serving the is- ilands, It asked $20,000 additional | damages for each day the tleup ;.cominucs. ! Matson named three defendants: | The International Longshoremen's !and Warehousemen’s Union, to) which the 2,000 striking stevedores | | belong; the CIO Marine Cooks and | Stewards Union, and the Indepen- idem Pacific Marire Firemen, Oil- | ers, Watertenders and Wipers Asso- ciation. A spokesman for Matson said the | | suit was filed yesterday under pro- | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS % 'lmilx.n ‘rcs(‘u;rx probe the ght Is ] alled Off ed Dutch ilner _ north of Bombay, India, carrying forty-five peérsons inciuding 14 American newsmen to their deaths. ® Wirephoto via radio from Bombay via London. . ! visions of the Taft-Hartley Act.| | These provisions, he said, author- | | ize companies to “sue for damages ! | resulting from illegal acts by un- | | ions” and for “damages by reason tof breach of exisiting contracts,” ! The suit charges the two mari-| | time unions with breach of con-! ' | tracts. Firemen and stewards walk- | | ed off five of the 10 Matson ships | tied up here by the strike. The walkouts came on three when Mat- . | son tried to sail them back to San ! | cargo. i i Fred Low, Jr., chairman of the | ILWU strike strategy committee, | isaid filing of the suit “obviously | | is another attempt of the Big Five {to break the strike and harass | | the union. It will not work.” ! (The Big Five is composed nffi | five companies dominant in the| | economic life of the islands at ! NAVY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WORKING ON RICE ASSAULT CASE The chief of Naval Intelligence for Alaska is in Juneau to make an investigation into details of the assault and robbery of Robert R:cfl.‘ WASHINGTON, July 15—#—A | Francisco and when two others!gs, well as for a general check on | White House shield of secrecy to- | Were seized temporarily under fed- ' giscipline, iday threw a tight cover over a|eral court orders for unloading of | Capt. W. E. Kaitner, USN, 17ta | Naval District Intelligence Officer, arrived from Kodiak yesterday af- ternoon aboard a Navy PBY piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Donald White. With him is Lt. Cmdr. T. Brooks, District Legal Officer. Captain Kaitner said today, “We are making a routine check of the discipline situation as far as visit- L. | (PST) Jake Bird Is Hanged WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 15, —-P—The snap of a trapdoor on the Washington state: penitentiary gallows ended the hicedy wander- ings of Jake Birc 12:20 AL M today. The 48-year-old Negro transient who had confessed knowig about or taking part in 44 murders dur- ing his cross-country roaming, was hanged for the ax murder of Mrs Bertha Kludt in Tacoma, Wash., on October 30, 1947. Mrs. Kludt and her daughter, Beverly, were fatally knifed and bludgeoned when they caught Bird prowling their home. The canny Negro had managed 'DEADLINE TONIGHT, * SOAP BOX ENTRIES: LAST TRIAL RUNS | "The deadline day is here with | final inspection and check-in to- night for the Soap Box Derby cntrants,” sald Dr. William Blan- toi. “The Jast trial run will be |held tonight at 7:30 o'clock on | Twelfth Street hill, scene of the 960 foot long course.” Ed Dire, lone Haines entry, was to arrive on the M.V. Chilkoot to- 'day. There is some possibility the irillh Sitka entry might not make it in time for the race. Several of the boys are a little hefty and have been trimming the " weight off their cars to mflk:cm {, Beshigheln ‘st Republie Ay tain the combined weight of car| 'TRUMAN REFUSES 70 MAKE CHANGE 10 AVERT STRIKE ' Only About 315,000 Work- | ers Scheduled fo Walk- out af Midnight BULLETIN WASHINGTON, July 15—(P— The steel strike was called off to- | day with President Truman the | winner in his dispute with the | “Big Three” companies over hiy ‘1 peace plan. | Bowing to White House insis- | tence, the industry giants aceept- | ed Mr. Truman's proposal for a tact-finding board to investigate | their differences with employees over wages and pensions. Since the million-member CIO | United Steel Workers already had | accepted it, the action of the “Big | Three” producers headed off for at | least 60 days a strike scheduled to | begin in same plants at midnight. | WASHINGTON, July 15—®-- | President Truman today refused to ! modity his steel strike peace plan lat the request of the U.S. Steel Corp. ' | Cyrus & Ching, under instruc- Itions of the President, called Presi- dent Benjamin F. Fairless of the | U.S. Steel Corp., early this morning and informed him that Fairless's request for a fact-finding board | without power to recommend a | settement. could not be granted. Ching is director of the U.S. Con- ciliation Service. i Since U.S. Steel had rejected Mr, Truman's plan, there appeared to ibe every indication that-barring {some last-minute development—the | CIO steelworkers would strike the | UiS~steel” plants “at midnight to< night, Truman's plan calls for a three-man panel to study and recommend a solution to the wage- | pension dispute of 1,000,000 CIO | Steelworkers and the entire steel ]Induxlry. . U.8. Steel proposed that such a |board merely make findings of | fact; that it has no power to make | recommendations. Companies also have balked taking the President’s plan. at whatever of what went on. How- | least until the beginning of the g ships are concerned, besides . thias! nravidie Srll ever, the identity of the partici-| War with Japan, Some s(,u,.c“|getting more details in connection | {0 POstpone three previous walk GIVES IESIIMONY pants pointed strongly toward | deny their control exists to such |With the Rice robbery.” S galen | some development in the atomic|&n extent today and in fact, they | The intelligence officer is work- | weapons field on an international | 52y, never extended to the Ex~| IoKYo ROSE (ASE i level. ! tent credited to them before the | and driver does not exceed the 250 ! poung limit The ‘steelworkers union agreed to |accept it and hold off a strike at |companies which accepted it. The million-member union poised ' for a walkout against all steel firms refusing to go along with the | President’s recommended plan, and jonly a maximum of about 315,000 | workers are due to leave their jots |tonight in the first wave of the on testimony of Fergus Hoffman,; Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter, before a Senate committee. Cain said he would speak on the Senate floor and place Hoffman's, committee statement in the Con-| Warning Issued | For Resistance, Tofalitarianism | i Wb e | | 19 ABOARD PNA'S THURSDAY FLIGHTS ing closely with Curtis Irwin, FEI representative here. The New York Times said the | War. | ;meeting dealt with the question of ressional Record. 5 | Bartlett also asked for time onjg ... Lo correspondent’s testi- | atomic bombs. ) the House floor. He said he would discuss the 15-million dollar Alas- kan Civillan Housing Bill, which he described as needed to provide quarters for construction crews building military winter quarters. “It will astound many members of Congress to learn that our; Alaskan defenses are so primitive, s0 backward, that we haven't even the quarters for the builders which must start the defenses,” he said. Vice President Barkley also met} Hoffman and heard some of his description of Alaska and what he called the “greatest collection ot potential Pearl Hartors under the! American flag.” | The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyright, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ASHINGTON — A bill vital- ly affecting small-business men came within a hair's breadth ot being passed in Congress the other day. The law was sO technical that it was difficult for Senators and Representatives to catch its full significance—let alone the poori public. Also, some Congressmen were thrown off guard by the fact that two trusted liberals fronted for the| bill. They were: Sen, Joe O'Ma- honey of Wyoming and Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York, Dem- ocrats. However, two alert freshmen Senators and one sophomore Repre-' sentative intervened. Their amend- ments should save small business from legalized cutthroat compen-l tion by which the big trusts could bleed them to death. The three interveners were Kefauver of Ten-‘ nessee, Long of Louisiana (son of (Continued on Page Four) |due tomorrow afternoon or eve- mony that Iva Toguri D’Aquino told him she was Japan’s only war- | time Tokyo Rose. Clark Lee, a government withess | Mrs. D'Aquino's treason trial,; lone was the Tokyo Rose of} Japan’s wartime propaganda | broadcasts. Defense Attorney Wayne Collins strove in cross examination to gain an admission that it was to Lee's advantage to build up the Los An-| geles born defendant as the only| Tokyo Rose. “No that is not true,” replied Lee. Lee described how he and Harry Brumdidge, then an associate editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, obtained an interview with her in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 1945. Collins asked him if she did not tell him that she was not the only girl on Radio Tokyo—or only Tokyo Rose. “No,” Lee answered. “It's just half true, She said she was not the only girl on Radio Tokyo but that ‘she was the only Tokyo Rose.” Clark said he and Brumdidge paid a Japanese employee of Domei | (the Japanese News Agency) l250| to put them in touch with her.| They offered Mrs. D'Aquino $2,000 for an exclusive interview about 300 other correspondents were try- ing to get, he said. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise from Vancouver ning. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p. m. to- morrow. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver July 19. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from ' Vancouver July 20. Baranof scheduled southbound unf Sunday. | It was learned later, however, the newspaper added, that no de- cisions were made during the ses- sion unless the President came to some determination that he did not [ testified yesterday she told him she| disclose. Any decision to give information to Britain would require an act of Congress before it could be car- ried out. Present law forbids dis- closure of atomic information to other countries. DEMANDS TO KNOW WASHINGTON, July 15—®— Senator Jenner (R-Ind) demanded in the Senate today that the ad- ministration tell the people what went on at last night’s hush-hush conference of top military, atomic, | diplomatic and Congressional lead- ers. In a speech against the North Atlantic Pact, Jenner stormed that the administration is keeping the public in the dark about this country’s foreign relations. CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THIS EVENING The report of City Dock opera- tions, presented by Cleo Commers, wharfinger, will be one of many items for consideration by City Council members at the meeting tonight. i Routine matters also include bid- opening for lease of taxicab office space at the Airport Building, a petition for city annexation of the Highlands Sukdivision, applications for the position of harbormaster and second reading of Ordinance 331. Action also may be taken on a reviséd city traffic code. The regular meeting will be at 8 o'clock in the Council chambers. The Bible was translated into the Gothic language almost 400 years after the death of Christ. Step Out | | : I | WASHINGTON, July 15—(P—| Friends of both Senator Taft (R-! | Ohio) and Gov. Thomas E. Dewe,vl of New York were reported leaning | | today toward former Senator John! | Danaher of Connecticut as a suc-! cessor to GOP National Chairman | Hugh B. Scott, Jr. Danaher's name was tossed into the pot as Scotty finally conceded publicly that he will quit his post i if a man can be found “who can bring the desireq harmony and co-| hesiveness to the party orgnmza-! tion.” | SCHOOL BOARD BUYS FOUR-UNIT APARTMENT FOR SUPT., FACULTY Purchase of a four-unit apart- ment house by the Independent 8chool Board to be used as living quarters for the Superintendent of Schools and faculty memcers, was announced today. To be taken over by the schooi Idl.strlct are the Alder Terrace | Apartments at Sixth and Gold Streets. Apartments will be rented to the faculty by the board. Ar- ! rangements for the purchase were completed yesterday. Juneau Schools new superinten- dent, Sterling S. Sears, is expected ito arrive here today aboard the M.V. Chilkoot car ferry from }Haina:. Sears, accompanied by his | wife and two children, made the trip by auto over the Alaska High- way from Meeteetse, Wyo., where he formerly served as superinten- dent of the Meeteetse Consolidated Schools, T0 JUNEAU ICE CAP FOR TWO-WEEK TR Planning to leave some time to- day for two and a half weeks ol climbing and specimen collecting on the Juneau Ice Cap are Fred Beckey, Andy Griscom, Harry King, David Michael, Gruham Matthews and Bill Putnam of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, The group of six arrived yesterday from Bay aboard Oscar Oberg's fishine :odt, the Hyperien. They were picked up on July 6 by Oberg afte: an unsuccessful attempt to (-ms:l the bay to try their hand at chmb—'l ing Mt. Vancouver. Ice from thel glaciers in the area had pn-wmc-.xl their crossing in rubber boats. { here ; Before leaving the bay, the group built what is believed to be one of the largest cairns put up by any climbing party. They built a 17 foot high one off the end of Oranze Glacier which torders on Disen- chantment Bay. The group was flown from Cor- dova to the bay by Merle K. Smith pilot and operator of the Cordova Air Service. The six fellows have financed their own trip and cal it “Colossal Enterprises.” With them is a full grown male- mute that answers to the name “Skagway.” The fellows claim over 20 first mountain ascents to ele- vations of over 10,000 feet for him One of the fellows said that the dog was almost made a member of the American Alpine Club under the name of Henry S. Pinkham. O1 of the club direcfors discovered the dog's name disguise and barred his membership. The mountaineers club is the top one in the States The President got in a dig at Progressive party leader Henry Wallace. In referringsto Wallace and other sponsors of a ciyil rights conference in New York Mr. Tru- man spoke of—that gang. Pacific Northern Airlines carried 19 passengers on Thursday flights follows: Fiom Anchorage: Andrew Bjor- en, E. A. Gidlof, John W. Livings- on, David Ramsay, William M Jollins. From Cordova: Grace Filkins Victor Manson, Robert Fleming To Anchorage: Harry Bates, R J. McClullough, Dr. J. D. Googe, Oon Pegues, Suzy Winn, Margaret Cain, M. F. Largo, Paul Puckett, Disenchantment } R. Schauffner, James P. Crown, D. H., Zieger, Ralph Johanson. Birthday Party for 'Five Young Imps’ Delaygflor Schoot BUENOS AIRES, July 15~ - The Diligenti’s “five young imps, is their father calls the quintup- ets are siv today—that is six years Ja. Their household = will realize it sptter tomorrow beca.pu they are n sehool today. Franco Diligenti's sarental bLoss of the two boys and hree girls, postponed their sixtn inniversary party so the hilarity would not interfere with their edu- cation. Franco, Jr., Carlos Albert, Maria Fernanda, Maria Esther and Marie Cristina Diligenti—the precocions and peppy youngsters—are ex- sected to keep a large staff of serv- ants on the go, when they cele- orate tomorrow. Papa Diligenti says they really tear the house apari when they get started. They all speak English and French and their mother’s native ongue, Italian, in addition to Spanish, California gvows . almost | one- half ef the nation's commercjal Usupply of fruits and nuts. CHICHESTR, England, July 15— #—The World Council of Churches has issued a militant call for all Christians to resist totalitarianism. It reminded those who may be| ‘sukject to persecution as a resuit | that “the liberty they receive from their Lord cannot be taken away | by violence, or destroyed by ! suffering.” “A totalitarian doctrine is a false | doctrine,” said a resolution adopted by the 44-nation organization of | | Protestant churches. The council| concluded a six-day policy making | meeting here. {scheduled strike. Union locals had their strike orders from CIO President Philip Murray. One major instruction was that no Communists were to he allowed to capitalize on the strike. Murray is fighting “Reds” in his own steelworkers union and in the CI0, STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 15.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American West Marks Being | Confiscaled from | Berlin-Bound Trucks (By Associated Press) Russian troops have begun con- liscating. West Marks from Berlin- sound truck drivers inside the Soviet zone. Arriving drivers say they nalted briefly at Michendorf, “‘"i miles from Berlin, by a new Rus- sian checkpoint American military officials immediately started anj investigation of the new Soviet maneuver, which followed easing | of the “Little Blockade" of West Berlin. The trucks flagged down at Michendorf had been cleared a! few hours earlier at Helmstedt on ' the Soviet zone frontier by Rus-| stan guards who quickly stamped! their travel documents and did not| make a detailed inspection of their cargoes. . The cargoes likewise were not' inspected at Michendorf, but the Russians concentrated on confiscat- | Ing West Marks which are out- lawed as currency in the Soviet| zone. ’ w government | Can 92%, Anaconda 28';, Curtiss- Wwright 8%, International Harvest- er 257, Kennecott 47's, New York Central 10'%, Northern Pacific 13%, U. 8. Steel 22!, Pound $4.03. Sales today were §00,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: industrials 17348, rails 44.32, util- ities 35.40. MINNESOTAN IS GUEST AT M. J. WHITTIER HOME Spending a six-week vacation at the home of her sister, Mrs. M. Judson Whittier, is Miss Janet Walker of Pipestone, Minn. Miss Walker, who arrived here aboard the Princess Norah last week, was guest of honor at a party for 12 held at the Whittier hcme Monday. Miss Walker is a member of the faculty on the Sioux Falls, 8. D, schools. PAA OFFICIAL HERE On his third trip to Alaska, R. A. Arvidson is spending several days in Juneau, before visiting other Pan American World Air- ways key points in the Territory. Arvidson is Regional Communi- cations Superintendent, stationed in Seattle, S e e R L SEATTLE VISITOR Bob Kinney of Seattle is guest at the Gastineau Hotel,