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

SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIII., NO. 11,325 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1949 .‘-I-Y‘..\IBFAP. ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 11 Convicted Communists Behind Prison Bars How fo Greef a Beauty Queen LEWIS' BID GETS SILENCE; SOME DISSENT Miners Wafifi)wn Kitty - Steel Strike Slows Minqrs’ Chances WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. | Va., Oct. 15.—(®—Cool silence irom | rival union leaders today hung over John L. Lewis’ dramatic tid for a | united labor front in the coal and | steel strikes. But a few low mutter- ings of dissent could be heard just ofistage. | AFL President William Green had no comment on the United Mine Workers chief's suggestion yester- | day that nine of his international | unions join with the miners to pro- vide a proposed $2,500,000 a week for Philip Murray's striking steel- | workers. Murray, at Pittsburgh, was just as silent. But in Washington, an oilicial | at AFL headquarters had this to| say: “If the steel workers need any help, they are certainly capable of asking for it themselves.” And a group of Lewis’ own miners (voiced their opposition to the plan. The St. Michael, Pa., UMW local | 3648—500 members—wired its chief: “We believe a Kkitty should be| raised to alleviate poverty in the | mining fields first. The policy of | advocating bread for every utherl Johnny except Johnny Miner can: have no other effect than to demor- alize the digger.” Observers also noted that the steel strike was putting a crimp in Lewis’ Largaining with the coal op- erators. As long as steel plants weren't gulping coal into their huge furnaces, it left that much more for the more modefate users. | An the higher the coal stockpile stood, the longer the coal operat- ors could hold out against the miners’ demands, Cther la:or developments: In Chicago, Swift & Co. one of the largest meat packers, reached | agreement on new contracts with three packinghouse unions for some | 30,000 workers in 46 plants. No gen- | eral wage increase was granted but union leaders said concessions allowed provide hikes ranging from | 1, cent to 10 cents hourly in var- ious wage brackets. | A strike of AFL Union Bus Oper- ators and maintenance men tied up transportation in Sioux City, Ta. The union is seeking pay hikes. Some 40,000 persons ride buses daily in the city of 85,000 popula- tion. WOOTEN JOIN; NEW AIRLINES NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—(P—The resignation of James A. Wooten as president of Alaska Airlines, Inc., to become chairman of the board of Near East Air Transport, Inc., was announced today by R. W. Mar- | shall, chairman of Alaska Airlines. Wooten’s successor has not been named. ¥ The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) ‘VASHXNGTON — In view of the B-36 probe, a lot of people are asking questions about Secretary of Defense Louie Johnson—what kind of man he is, how does he operate, what makes him tick. A thumbnail answer is that Johnson fancies himself a great politician, but is one of the world’s worst. He considers himself a smoothie when it comes to perscnal relations, though actually he’s a bungler. It was Johnson who ne- glected his personal relations with Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee, while the admirals were buttering him up. But, as Secretary of Defense, Johnson has one quality absolutcly essential to running the Armed Services of the United States. He can make decisions. He isn't always tactful about them, but when the | (Continued on Page Four) At left, Jacque Mercer, Miss Ameri 19, a student at the University of Chicago, as she stepped from a plane at the Chicago Municoipal idle chatter (right). last year with the beauty gqueen Columbus, O. (# Wirephoto. Cock was a fellow student at Phoenix College ica of 1949, is greeted by Doug Cook, Airport. Doug wasted no time in | who stopped at Chicago enroute to Models 'Plunger” MOVING zipper southward, Veeda Hires demonstrates new «Caribbean Plunger” swim suit aimed at bringing plunging neckline into beach wear. Dem- onstration occurred on shore at Miami Beach, Fla. (International) e e 0o o 0 0 0 0 o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 45; minimum, 30. At Airport—Maximum, 45; minimum, 26. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Clear and cool tonight with | Could Put 300 Divi ee e a2 lowest tempecature 28. Con- @ | tinued fair Sunday with | ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 15.—@ highest temperature about ® | _Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg 40. | was released today from Univer- ® sity Hospital.. He was ordered, PRECIPITATION @ however, to rest without interrup- (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ |tion for 90 days. City of Juneau — None; | The Republican foreign affairs| since Oct. 1, 581 inches; e leader was operated upon Cct. 3 since July 1, 27.07 inches. o:‘and half of his left lung was re-| At the Airport — None; e|moved. His ¢ ndition today was| since Oct. 1, 278 inches; Oidescrihcd at “excellent.” since July 1, 18.98 inches. e Vandenberg planned to go to his ® | home in Grand Rapids by automo- | ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o s bie i RUSSIA HAS - BIG FORCE | ~ READY NOW sions‘ | Into Combat in 30 Days Says Gen. Bradley | | WASHINGTON, Oct. 15—®—| | Gen. Omar N. Bradley was quoted |today as saying that Russia is | capable of putting 300 divisions into combat within 60 days. | ! Bradley gave this estimate oi | Russia’s military strength, a Sena- ! tor said, in urging the Senate Ap- propriations Committee to approve; the $1,324,010,000 foreign arms money bill. The measure was ap- proved by the House yesterday on| a voice vote. | “Bradley told us Russia could put 300 divisions into combat in 60 | days and could muster 502 divisions within a few months,” a committee | member said. | He quoted the chairman of thej Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying| a total of $1,000,000,000 worth of arms for Western Europe would be werth the cost if only to boost the morale of the European countries. |'* The General spent an hour with the committee discussing the mili- | tary situation in Europe. | The committee tufned to | foreign arms bill as this, nation’s {own armed forces went technically !broke in a stubborn row between | House and Senate over a $735,000,- 1000 Senate cut in Air Force funds.| | The Defense Department said it |had money to meet the regular| tOct, 15 payroll but things might be ldmerent next month. SEN. VANDERBERG | LOSES PART LUNG; MUST TAKE REST the| { | its offer: { from steelworker officials. | strike parade. | are out. iof the law. STRIKE IS FACED NOW BY ALCOA Sixteen Thousand Work-| ers May Be Affected at | 12:01 A.M. Monday PITTSBURGH, Oct. 15.—P—| " Nine plants of the Great Aluminum Company of America face a strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday. 5 ALCOA and the CIO United | Steelworkers union last night broke | § off pension and insurance negotia- tions. The company said the breakup | - came after the union refused to ac- | cept the pension and social insur- ance plan offered by ALCOA. ALCOA said it offered six cents for pensions and four cents for in- surance—just what the union is| seeking. | But ALCOA attached a string w{ ¢ it insisted the pension | plan be subject to adjustments in line with any future changes in the Social Security laws. That was the snag. ALCOA said | the union turned the offer down flai There was no immediate comment | she will seek a divorce. il vould ecome the Aluploum,. .yould... .1 D€l The 21-year-old actress who ma third major industry to join the| The nation’s coal | mines and the steelworkers nlreadyE | — 5 3 An ALCOA strike would affect | ¢ 16,000 workers in plants at ALCOA. | Walks on Watel enn., New Kensington, Pa., Badin, | g 5 N. C., Bridgeport, Conn., Edgewater, N. J., Detroit, Bauxite, Ark., Rich- mond, Ind., and Motile, Ala. ARMED FORCE UNIFICATION "MUSTWORK" Not Law, But Administra- fion Blamed for Air | Force-Navy Clash WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—®—| House members served blunt notice on the bitterly quarreling Armedl Zervices today that military unifi-| cation must be made to work. Expressions from key members of the Armed Services Committee in- dicated clearly that the Navy's sharp | criticism of Pentagon high strat- egy has convinced them that blame | for flaming military differences | rests in administration of the law | rather than in the law itself. Rep. Kilday (D-Tex) said that on that point he shares the opinion of Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of | Naval Operations. | Denfeld summed up te Navy's! case against Defense policy maks on Thursday as a failure of the| clashing services to coordinate their efforts—not failure of the intent| A B S T I F l E S | ’ | The committee took a breather HIlS(HER SAYS over the weekend before hearing the Air Force and the Army side ot the controversy. ! Next Week Johnson, Secretary of | COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 15.— Air Symington, Gen. Dwight D. iu!’#’rhe Civil Aeronautics Board is Eisenhower and the joint chiefs|accused by a member of the Alask- of staff will get an opportunity to an Development Board of acting to answer Navy charges that the stifle the Territory’s development. cards are stacked against Naval| Herb Hilscher of the Alaskan sea and air power in the Pentagon. |Board told the University of Mary- {land Air Transportation Class that |the CAB has forbidden independent, unscheduled air carriers to con- |tinue in business. r? 1 3 : e TATEST Hollywood {llusion 1is walking on water as demon- strated by Ellen Koller. It’s done by placing transparent runway under surface. (International) | | «I think it all means simply that the unification law needs-to be administered in accordance with its letter and spirit,” Kilday told a re- porter. That also was the opinion of Rep. Price (D-II). TENAKEE VISITOR W. D. Trim of Tenakee is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. “By it's legal action,” he said, ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 & g Board is saying, in effect, that » ® | two large air carriers certified to . SUN RISES - SETS fly between the United States and ® s —rs ® |Alaska are sufficient for the Ter- [ OCTOBER 16 ® [ ritory’s needs.” ® Sun rises at | He sald the independent carriers : Sun sets at . ® last year hauled 73 per cent of all air cargo into Alaska and 83 per . OCTORKR 17 ® |cent of all air cargo out. The rates e Sun rises at ......7:37 am. ®|,¢ the independents are much less, : Sun sets at o {lhe said and a passenger can make e o o 0 o ® o 0 0 0 0 (Continued on Page Three) e e s e T i el fhitiey Viimple Joot Brwr Shirley Temple’s attorney has announced that the blonde, one-time child film star, and her husband, Jchn Agar, have separated and The announcement was made in Hollywood. Agar, are shown admiring their daughter, Linda, They were mar- ried in 1945, Linda was born on Janua . '000,000 for military public works —_ visitation tour e ROOT'EM | " OUT LAWS ARE URGED Verdict Haifias Signal fo Start National Drive on Subversive Groups | WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—P—The | convictionof 11 national Communist * |leaders in New York stirred de- | mands in Congress today for State land local crackdowns, backed by laws to root Communists out if they go underground. Rep. Velde (R..-IlL) said the staff of the House Un-American Activi- ties Committee has been “alerted™ to the possibility that the Commun- ist Party may publicly dissolve,"with |its members operating thereafter | from behind the scenes. Party officials have disclaimed y such intention. Capitol Hill greeted the New York | |jury’s verdict with almost unani- | | mous acclaim, although Rep. Mar- _ |cantonio (ALP-N.Y.) called it ai |blow to “the basic American right lof free political opinion and free | political association.” ! Most members of the House and 1senate declared the decision should | al establish ‘to everyone's satisfaction |that the Communist Party’s pur- pose is the overthrow of the gov- | ernment by violence. - Some saw in the jury's action a signal for a national drive to wipe out all “subversive” elements in the country. Velde, a member of the Un-Am- | erican Activities group, sald Attorney SENATE LOPS de a comeback as an adult and ry 30, 1949. ( Wirephoto. | final disposition of the case through |the ecourts of appeal, so similar D E F E “ S E Blll prosecution can be brought against State and local Communist leaders. Senator Mundt (R.-S.D.) declar- |Armed Forces Committee| Cuts $73 Million from | ed the New York convictions em- e st B v helped write last year. fose esre | REDS MOVE IN CANTON;POINT AT HONGKONG Occupalion_atfiet -32,000 British Troops Stand | by Cro!n_ Colony | WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—(P—The | Senate Armed Forces Committee approved the Alaska defense con- struction bill yesterday, but chopped 1 $37,000,000 off the House-approved | measure. | The House Tuesday voted $130,- | | | | | including housing for service men. | The Senate committee cut $20,- | 397,345 from the Army's proposedi program and $16,365,066 from the | Air Force program. Navy projects totaling $25,164,000 were not altered. | | Specific cuts were: | /Eielson Air Force Base—Petrol- | HONG KONG, Oct. 15.—(P—Chi- | nese Communist conquerors walked | ,eum terminal storage reduced from | . .0 canton today. Their spear- $6,.800,000 to $2,000,000. HOUSING |pegqs shot beyond the late Na- quarters and utilities from sz““"inonausc capital toward the boun- /200 to $19,262,880. daries of Britain's crown colony of Fort Richardson—Housing, quart- | Hong Kong. ers, hospital and utilities from $46,- | The pro-Communist newspaper 1720000 to $34,253,655. Wen Wei Pao said green-clad Re{ Whittier — Housing and utilities | troops “completely liberated” Can- from $12,645,700 to $9,514,700. Air-|ton this morning after an “orderly craft warmup shelters were cut|and peaceful” entrance into the from $1,000,000 to $300,000. | South China metropolis, cradle of Ladd Air Force Base — Family|the revolution that overthrew the quarters and utilities from 55,610,—‘!["199"31 Manchus. A | Hong Kong was flooded with re- 000 to $2,472,854. Flmendorf—Utilities from $3,664,- | Ports of Canton’s occupation. But full details were not available be- 600 to nothing. A committee spokesman said the | cause normal communications have not been restored. armed forces submitted the list of | cuts after being asked to scale down | Communist troops slashed down their requests to amounts necessary I the Canton-Kowloon railwag lead- for expenditure within the next few | 18 t0 the mainland borders of the moniths, Crown colony. Hong Kong calm- |1y awaited the approach of the EDU(AIOR SEES NEED yII:'D :}o:;fl”:ms ::xpn;:::e - . FOR SEHOOLS ON TOUR, | | Military dispatches reported the Communists were at Cheungmiktau, a rail town only 20 miles from the’ British frontier. | | Kenneth 8. Clem, Education Su-| Over 32,000 British troops were on pervisor for the Territory, has seen guard in a broad security belt just| evidence of Alaska’s growth |south of the frontier. They were| He returned Thursday from a}backed with tanks, artillery, nav- four-week inspection and rating al power and air cover. tour of schools in the Second and| The fate of the 80,000 Nationalist | Fourth Districts. He said today|troops who had garrisoned, Canton that the situation is like he ex-| was not known. pected, “with normal 10 to 12 per e cent increase in enrollment.” | There is a sad need for new;’BA“D pRA(II(E AI | school housing at Anvik, Fort Yu-' kon and Ruby, he said, and plan- s MONDAY "IGHIr ning for future school housing in | Marshal (Fortuna Ledge) and Ga-| e | lena is mandatory. | The Juneau City Band will hold His trip was part of the annual the weekly practice Monday eve- of 84 Territorial ning at 8 o'clock in the Grade‘ schools, | School auditorium, ) J SENTENCE BE PASSED ON FRIDAY Party Is Ng;Fa(ed with Fight for Its Life-Bail Is Refgsed NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—(®—Elev- en of the nation's top Communist leaders were behind bars today with their Communist party in America facing a fight for its life. They were convicted yesterday as plotters of violent revolution against the country they professed to love. The historic verdict, which de- fense lawyers said would be prompt- ly appealed, cast a heavy shadow over the future of the Communist party in this country. The Communist Daily Worker, of London, Eng., said the verdict has virtually made the party “illegal in the United States.” “For the first time in the his- tory of the U. S.” sald the Worker, “it has been declared a crime mere- ly to be a member of the Com- munist party.” Not Outlawed However, the Communist Daily Worker, in New York, said the par- ty “has not been outlawed” and that the American people would defend its “‘absolytely constitution- al right” to continue to function. Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a party National Committee member, denied that the verdict would drive Communists underground. She said the party will still “operate as us- ual.” But some reaction in Washington was that the verdict put the party outside the confines of law. There were. also demands for stronger crackdowns ‘on Communism. tuegal Conspiracy Rep. Harrison (D-Va), of the House UnAmerican Activities Com- mittee, sald the verdict confirmed that the “Communist party s an illegal conspiracy.” Across Capitol Hill, Senators Mundt (R-SD) and Ferguson (R- Mich) were expected to use the verdict to try to pry through the Senate new Communist-registration laws in the next session. But it appeared that the custo- mary appeals would forestall the hour.of decision for the Commun- ist party. The Smith Act, under which the 11 were tried, may come in for re- view by the Supreme Court. Passed in 1940, it makes it a crime to advocate the viofent overthrow of the U. 8. government. Leveled at the 30-year-old party for the first time, the statute brought its leaders face to face with the possibility of up to 10 years each in prison and $10,000 fines, Bail Is Refused They will hear their sentence next Friday. Federal Judge Harold R. Medina refused them bail. The went to jail within the hour of their con- viction. The Judge then sentenced their leader, Eugene Dennis, and their five lawyers to jail from 30 days to six months for contempt during the 39-week trial. The sentences’ begin Nov. 15. Baranof from Seattle due Tuess day. Princess Louise scheduled to arrive at 7 a. m. Sunday and sails one hour later at 8 a. m. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound 4 a.m. Monday. FROM Clyde Wahrhatig of San Fran- cisco is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. SAN FRANCISCO TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 16 Low tide, 2:42 am., 28 ft. High tide, 9:33 am,, 121 ft. Low tide, 15:07 pm., 68 ft. High tide, 21:00 p.m., 13.4 ft. OCTOBER 17 Low tide, 3:52 am, 21 ft. High tide, 10:31 am, 136 ft. Low tide, 16:22 pm. 50 ft. e High tide, 22:20 p.m., 14.5 ft. . o0 00 0 v e 000