The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIII, NO. 11,329 ACT BRIGHTENS FARMING OUTLOOK FOR NORTHLAND An Act of Congress, approved by the President yesterday, brightens the agricultural horizon in Alaska, according to B. Frank Heintzleman, local Regional Forester and Alaska Commissioner for the Department of Agriculture. The new Act enables the Depart- ment of Agriculture to make loans to homesteaders to assist them in the first and hardest steps in set- tlement: It will make available funds for erection of buildings, and for clearing, leveling and draining enough land to produce a fairly large crop, he said today. Very few homesteaders could in the past finance these necessary steps in land settlement and devel- opment, he declared. The loans will cover periods as long as 40 years and will draw three and one-half percent interest. HOW LOANS REPAID They are repayable in annual in- stalments starting two years from the date of the loans. Loans will be handled through the Farmers’ Home Administration of the Department of Agriculture. An earlier law makes funds av- ailable through the Farmers' Home Administration for short-term loans to provide such things as farm ma- chinery, seed and fertilizer. Both laws apply to farmers own- ing the land they occupy as well as to homesteaders, Heintzleman pointed out. He added that the two laws, in addition to other services to farm- ers by the Department of Agricul- ture—free soil analysis, advice on soil erosion control, and techni- cal research on farming problems; by the new agricultural research laboratories at Palmer—will have “a great and good effect” upon the de-! velopment of th agricultural poten- tial of Alaska. “Since 1945, Delegate Bartlett has been pressing for action on a succession of Lills like the one just passed,” he said, “and Alaska mem- bers of the Departments of Agricul- ture and Interior have spent much time in supplying material on-the subject to Congressional Commit- tees.” He added that Alaska groups in- cluding the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, have worked actively for the passage of such a measure more than four years. Barflett o Come North WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—(@— Alaskan Delegate Bartlett, who re- turned to Washington only a few weeks ago from his Alaskan home, will depart next week for the Ter- ritory. He will participate in fish- eries hearings there. Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) is en- route home by automobile. Tollef- son will leave for Alaska in a few days as a member of a House mer- chant marine subcommittee assign- ed to investigate the Territory’s fisheries problems. The Washingion Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.! ASHINGTON — John L. Lewis was so miffed about a Washington Merry-Go-Round account of his or- atory at a recent closed-door ses- sion on the coal strike that he or- dered his right-hand man, John Owens, to bawl out the southern coal operators for allezedly leak- ing the story. L Owens carried out his instruc- tions, waving the newspaper clip- ping at Joseph Moody, bpresident of the southern coal producers. “We know you leaked the story,” protested Owens. “Well, you're talking to the wrong people. These columnists all have their price.” Moody vigorously and correctly denied that he had been the source, but adged: “Let's be honest. You were there and so was I. Won't you agree that the story was an honest and factual account of what happened?” “But it didn’t make Mr. Lewis look very good,” growled Owens. “Well, he didn't look good in the meeting,” replied Moody. BATTLE OF THE ADMIRALS One of the angriest men in the battle of the admirals is the Under- secretary of the Navy himself, Dan Kimball. . Kimball was invited to an off- the-record meeting of 60 top Navy —_— (Continued on Page Four) ALASKA COLLEGE IS ACCEPTED PROJECT OF METHODISTS A college for Alaska is already an accepted project of the Methodist Church, and more than $500,000 has teen pledged toward its establish- ment. But the location of the college is vet to be determined, acording to the Rev. B. Gordon Gould, who ar- rived in Juneau yesterday on an ad- ministrative trip for the Methodist Board of Mission and Church Ex- tension. He spoke at the noon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce in the Baranof Hotel today. Decision on the location of the proposed college will be made when the annual meeting of the Board of Mission and Church Extension is held at Buckhill Falls, Penn,, in December, he said. + The decision will depend on three things, he pointed out. 1. The community’s willingness to share in the establishment of the college; that is, its willingness to provide a suitable location for the college. 2. The community’s interest in the project: its willingness to make the college a community-church co- operative venture through the guar- antee of such things as police pro- tection for the college and pledges of financial help. 3. The community's location in Alaska; it must be so located that a college situated in it will draw students from all over Alaska. Rev. Gould, who stopped at Fair- the college at all his stops. communities interested to prepare and submit briefs to us kefore the decision is made,” he said. The Rev. Gould was born on Unga Island on the south side of the Al- aska Peninsula. He is accompanied on this trip by the Rev. Frederick L. Pedersen, associate secretary of the Methodist Church’s section of | Church Extension, and L. H. Tri- bus, Legal Counsel for the Board of National Missions. At the mnoon meeting today, Chamber President F. O. Eastaugh announced that Archie Shiels will be Chamber of Commerce repre- sentative to the Northwest Trade Association conference at Spokane, Wash., November 14 and 15. Other visitors at the meeting were the Rev. A. B. Morgan, Methodist minister here, and the Rev. J. P. Porter, pastor of the Methodist Church in Douglas. Million Cash, Public Works In Northland WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—®— Congress has approved $1,000,000 cash and $4,000,000 contract auth- ority for a public works program in Alaska. Senate-House conferees on the second supplemental appropriations bill finally passed last night agreed on the figures originally voted by the House. The Senate had doubled the amount, but backed down. 1SCOTTISH RITE COUNCIL ADVANCES 5 ALASKANS The Supreme Council of the Scot- tish Rite has announced in Wash- ington, D. C. that the following Alaskans have been made Knight Commanders of the Court of Hon- or | John E. Johnson of Ketchikan, Glenn O. Abraham of Juneau, Tony Craviolini, of Anchorage and form- erly of Juneau, Robert William Clark of Fairbanks, and Perry Schuyler McLain of Anchorage. PHILADELPHIA GUESTS The Rev. Fred L. Pedersen and P. Gordon Gould of Philadelphia are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. { FROM PELICAN Mr. and Mrs. Richard & . Stamm *lare guests at the Baranof Hotel. ELFIN COVE VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Swanson of Elfin Cove are registered at the Baranof Hotel. BELLEVUE GUEST Mrs. John Burrows of Bellevue, Wash,, is stopping at the Baranof { Hotel, banks, Nome, Anchorage and towns |down pretty much to the view that on the Kenai Peninsula before com- | things will work out all right if ing to Juneau yesterday, said heleveryone will just take it easy and saw evidence of great interest ininot get excited. In unification as {in war, he said, setbacks must be “There will be ample time for all | expected. i the world.” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949 Eisenhower Gefs Into Defense War Unificationfih Early Set- backs, Will Work and "We Can Lick World’ WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—(P—! Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower confi- dently told Congress today he be- lieves armed services unificationt will work “from this moment on” and “the unified America can lick He called on the quarreling arm- ed services and Congress to give un- ification a chance and not to “penic” at the first setback. The Commander of Allied Forces in the victorious European war— Cutbacks in Auto Making Looms Now Plants wm’sfm Down Un- less Steel and Coal Strikes Settled PITTEBURGH, Oct. 20.—M— Ma~ jor automobile producers are plan- ning cutbacks unless the nation’s first twin steel and coal strikes are settled soon. There's no indication of a settle- ment in the walkouts which have idled around a million workers. Everything points to skyrocketing unemployment. Only direct government interven- tion seems likely to end the stale- now the President of Columbia Uni- versity—stenped into the bitter in- ter-service row with this observa- tion: “We are expecting perfection too quickly.” He appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to speak off the cuff on unification differen- ces, and at the invitation of Chair- man Vinson (D-Ga) to “give us the Lenefit of your advice.” “We are in hot water in the Pent- agon, and we are in hot water up here,” Vinson told him. Eisenhower’s advice simmered| From Gen. J. Lawton Collins, the Army’s present top leader, the Committee had just gotten assur- ance that the Army is not plotting to deny the famed Marine Corps its “right to fight.” YUGOSLAVIA mate which is costing an estimated $58,600,000 a week in lost wages. The lost to business firms is stag- gering but there’s no way of arriving at the exact amount. As one ex- ample, the coal-carrying Baltimore and Ohio Railroad said strikes had cost it $1,500,000 already this month. PRESIDENT WATCHING President Truman is keeping a close watch on the situation. He said today he has no present plans. Ford, General Motors and Chrys- ler—the auto industry's “big three” —are agreed shutdowns are in pros- pect by mid-Novemter if the twin walkouts continue, General Motors will feel the pinch by the end of the month as will Chrysler, Ford, which makes about half its own steel, will be forced to shut down most operations by about Nov- ember 11 if the strikes run on. Its assembly operations could continue until November 15. A GM spokesman says some of its auto plants may go on a four- day week by October 31. Hundreds of smaller industries face shutdowns for lack of steel. “The zero hour is now at hand for many steel users,” says the Iron Age, metalworking trade.weekly magazine. SQUEEZES IN | U.N. COUNCIL NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—P—Yugo- slavia won a seat in the United Na- tions Security Council today over the Soviet-sponsored Czechoslovak- ia. The action by the 59-nation gen- eral assembly was a rebuff to the Cominform Soviet kloc. “GET-TOGETHER"—TRUMAN WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—(P— President Truman suggested today that labor and management get to- gether and settle the coal and steel strikes in the interest of themselves and the country. The President told a news con- ference he had no present plans for seizure of other industries and he still hopes that mediation will be successful. The sooner employers and employ- ees come to a’'conclusion and go back The vote on the second ballot, was Yugoslavia 39 and Czechoslovakia 19. Thirty-nine votes were required for election. Yugoslavia thus squeez- ed by on the minimum number of votes needed. The voting was secret ballot. The United States supported Yu- goslavia for the Council seat now held by the Soviet Ukraine. The seating changes Dec. 31. On the first ballot, Tito’s regime got 37. Czechoslovakia 20, Afghanis- tan 1, Philippines 1. ‘BEHIND SCENES' MANEUVER Russia's Andrei Y. Vishinsky took the floor immediately after the’re- sults were announced. Vishinsky charged the election of Yugoslavia was a violation of the UN charter because it failed, he said, to take into account provis- ions regarding geographic distribu- tion of Council seats. The west previously had contend- ified to represent eastern Europe as Czechoslovakia. Vishinsky declared Yugoslavia’s candidacy was advanced by the United States and Britain through behind-the-scenes maneuvering. Assembly President Carlos P. Ro- mulo banged his gavel repeatedly but Vishinsky held the floor about four minutes. “yugoslavia cannot and will not be considered a memter of the eastern bloc,” Vishinsky said. e o o TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 21 High tide, 1:04 am., Lowe tide, 7:03 a.m. High tide, 13:13 p. Low tide, 19:37 p.m., 18.0 ft. -0.8 ft. 20.1 ft. -32 ft. e o o o o o e o o Al L e o6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SUN RISES - SETS OCTOBER 21 Sun rises at 46 am. Sun sets at .5:38 p.m. | |WATER PIPES FREEZE IRIGHT DOWN IN AL ed that Yugoslavia was just ‘as qual-, to work, he said, the bettcr it will be for the country and themselves. Fish Trap Hearing In Sea![lg Monday SEATTLE, Oct .20—®—A sub- committee of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries will hold hearings here Monday on the gradual abolition of fish traps in Alaska. The hearings are in connection with House Biyly 1515, introduced by E. L. Bartlett, Alaska Delegate. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20—®— Water pipes and car radiators froze today in Big Bear Village, more than 5,000 feet up in the San Ber- nardino Mountains, as the thermo- meter dipped to 10 degrees above zero. Residents said it was the coldest October weather in memory. There is still three inches of snow on the ground from the four-inch fall Tuesday. The thermometer registered 22 degrees at Lake Arrowhead, which has an inch of snow. There was no damage reported in the citrus and vegetable areas, however. The Weather Bureau said coastal areas generally reported lows around 40 although Santa Maria hit 32, damaging the tomato crop. CITY COUNCIL MEETS IN REGULAR SESSION Juneau City Council will hold its regular meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Council Chamber of the City Hall. Busines to be considered will be the setting of the rate for city tax- es and applications for city posi- tions, acording to City Clerk C. L. Popejoy. TRUMAN WILL ASK MORE § AT NEXT SESSION Increase in Taxes Will Be! Asked When Congress Meets in January WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—(®-- 'President Truman made it clear to- day he will ask for an increase in taxes at the next session of Con- He told a news conference, un- der questioning, that if anybody can tell him any way to avoid tax increases to meet the deficit, he'd like to be told. Congress went home last night but will come kack in January. Mr. Truman last January asked for $4,000,000,000 more taxes, but did not get them. He dropped the demand during the summer because of the business turn-down that had set in. THe statement of new plans 1o seek a tax increase at the next session grew out of news confer- ence questioning a2bout the $5,000,- 000,00, leficit which Mr. Truman said he had no plans to meet. He blamed the deficit on the Republican-controlled 80th ~ Con- gress which he said passed a rich man’s tax reduction bill. Told that Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, resigning chairman of the Econo- mic Advisory Council, had said ne was unhappy over deficit financing, the President said he was just as {unhappy, as who isn't. RUSS TROOPS, MOVING IN ON YUGOSLAVIA Paper Charagforts Being Built on Several Yugo Borders By ALEX SINGLETON BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Oct. 20. —{M—Yugoslavia charged last night that Russian troops have moved in- to neighboring Communist countries to build up “warmongering” pres- sure against Tito's regime. The charges, printed in the offic- | ial newspaper Borba, said Red Army | troops have moved into Rumania. Fortifications are being built un- !der Russian supervision along the Yugoslav borders in Bulgaria, Hun- gary and Albania, the paper de- clared. (In Athens, well-informed intel-| ligence officers said privately that| Russia had placed five divisions] aleng the Yugoslav borders in the | | last month. (These sources—American, British and Greek—said Russia apparently feared that Tito was secretly back- ing plans for a revolt in the iso- lated Soviet satellite of Albania.) Borba’s charges were the most specific accusations yet made in the Yugoslav capital about Russian troop movements. Two weeks ago Tito accused Russia and her satel- lits of “rattling their arms” in an attempt to intimidate Yukoslavia. The Borba report charged Russia thad moved into Rumania through| Bucharist, with some small Red Army units approaching the border toward Yugoslavia. The article said also that the Cominform countries with Russian help were strengthening their bor- der guards and building trenches and bunkers all along their fron- tiers with Tito-land. STEAMER MOVEMFTS Princess Louise scheduled to safl from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali scheduled to sail Seattle Saturday at 10 a.m. Baranof scheduled southbound Sunday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—(#—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 95'%, Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvest- er 27%, Kennecott 47%, New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 14%, U. S. Steel 24%, Pound $2.80. Sales today were 1,270,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: | industrials 186.61, rails 48,54, util- from MK Culminating nearly 20 years of planning and effort on the part of several organizations and a great many individuals, a bronze statue, Alaska’s first, was unveiled at Sitka on Tuesday, Alaska Day, and dedi- cated to the memory of the thou- in Alaska. “Although modeled by one man, this statue represents a group, al- most a race, of men,” Territogjal Treasurer Henry Roden told the large audience which assembled around the statue for the dedication ceremonies. The race has been a long-lived and hardy one, Gov. Ernest Gruening asserted. Leif Erickson and Colum- bus were both prospectors, as were thousands who followed them to America, prospecting in enlightened self-interest for better living con- ditions, the Governor said. “This statue is dedicated to the memory of the last great race of prospectors, the Sourdoughs of Al- aska,” Gov., Gruening added. ARRIVED EARLY The prospector, it might have Leen added, was an early comer to Alaska, arriving even before the transfer. The statue is a monument not only to the thousands who came to the north in the great Gold Rush of '97 and '98 and later years, but also to “Buck” Choquette and the other “Sixty-One” men to prospect successfully on the Stikine six years before the transfer; to L. N. McQuesten, Arthur Harper, Joe Ladue and others who were on the Yukon in the 1870s; to Ed Doyle and Nicholas Haley who made the first gold discoveries near Sitka and to Joe Juneau and Rich- ard Harris who found gold at the present site of the City of Juneau; to Edmund Bean and companions who, leaving Sitka in 1880, made the first crossing of the Chilkoot Pass to the headwaters of the Yu- kon for the purpose of prospect- ing for gold and to the many men who followed them and mined on the Stewart and at Forty Mile and on Birch Creek near Circle City long before the real Gold Rush. TRIBUTE TO SEWARD “Alaska was discovered by Vitus Bering, another of the great race of prospectors,” Gav. Gruening told the audience. “It was rediscovered by Wwilliam H. Seward, Secretary of State in the eabinets of Lincoln and Johnson, and this statue should te also a tribute to his foresight in securing it for the United States. “Rediscovered by the prospectors for gold during the 30 years after the purchase, Alaska has only re- cently again been rediscovered as an area of great strategic import- ance,” the Gov. added. STARTED BY A. Y. P. A monument to the Alaska Pros- pectors was conceived by the Al- acka Yukon Pioneers at Seattle in May, 1930, Henry Roden related in a talk on persons responsible for the statue, » The A. Y. P. commissioned the late Victor Alonzo Lewis, widely known artist and Sculptor Laureate of the State 6f Washington, to de- sign the monument. It was the or- iginal intention to erect the monu- ment in Seattle. Lewis, who sculptured Ezra Meek- er statue at Puyallup, Wash., the War Memorial Group at Olympia, Wash., and many other works, spent more than three years on the Al- aska Prospector and considered it his finest creation. The A. Y. P. was unable to com- plete its project and about 1934 two e o o o 0 0 o o0 WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAD) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 a.m. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum, 44; minimum, 39. At Afrport—Maximum, 42; minimum, 39, FORECAST (Junesu ang Vielnity) Cloudy with rain showers e tonight and Priday. Lowest e temperature tonight near 38 e degrees. Highest Friday near 45 degrees. . ePRECIPITATION @ (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today e City of Juneau—.69 inches; since Oct. 1, 7.80 inches; since July 1, 20.07 inches. At the Airport—.22 inches; since Oct. 1, 365 inches; since July 1, 1.95 inches. ®e0000c00c000n0e ee0cecesesccran rlIEI 38.30. | sands of prospectors who pioneeered | 'MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CE! Days Alaskans, the late Eiler Hansen, then Superintendeat of the Alaska Pioneers' Home, and W. D. Gross of Juneau, took an interest in the statue, Roden said. STATUE PURCHASED “Eller Hansen gafhered about $13,000 and Dave r about $7,000, which they turned over to the Territory for the pur- pose of buying and erecting this statue,” Roden continued. “Every penny came from private sources: there is not a cent of gov- ernment money, either Federal or Territorial, in this monument—a fact of which we can be proud,” Roden asserted. Additional funds, he said, were contributed by individuals and by the Pioneers of Alaska and other organizations, the statue was ship- ped to New York to be cast in bronze and was brought from Seat- tle to Sitka without charge by the Alaska Steamship Company. MRS. FONDA PRESENT Model for the Prospector statue was William “Skagway Bill” Fonda. and present for the dedication cere- monies was his widow, Mrs. Lucy Fonda, presently of Seattle but formerly a resident of Anchorage where she first went in 1916. Mrs. | Fonda spoke briefly to the crowd, | bringing greetings from the Alaska Yukon Pioneers at Seattle, The 13%-foot statue, which stands on a base of native rock in front of the Alaska Pioneers’ Home, was unveiled and dedicated by the sculp- tor's daughter, Mrs. Charmaine Gross, of Juneau. FLAG IS RAISED A special observance of Alaska Day completed the afternoon’s cere- monies. E. L. Keithahn, Curator of the Territorial Litrary and Mu- seum, related briefly the events of Qctober 18, 1867, when the U. 8. 8 Qssipee, U. €. 8. Jamestown and U. 8. S. Resaca were in Sitka for the formal transfer of the Territory Following his talk, the Sitka Sea Scouts and Sitka Boy Scouts, re- presenting respectively the Russian troops and American troops, ber- formed the ceremony of lowering the Russian colors and hoisting the £Etars and Stripes. They recited ex- cerpts from President Johnson's proclamation of purchase and re- enacted the formal transfer by Cap- tain Peschouroff, the Russian Com- missioner, to General Lovell Rous- seau, the American Commissioner A gun salute to the flag by a fir- ing squad from the U. S. S. Baga- duce followed the raising of the American flag. The Alaska Day ob- servance was concluded with the |singing of “Alaska, My Alaska” and the day's ceremonies ended with group singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” to the accom- paniment of the Sitka High School Band. Charles W. Carter of Juneau. acted as Master of Ceremonies. LARGE ATTENDANCE Despite a drizzly rain, a crowd attended the ceremonies in the large open square in front of the Pioneers’ | | | Home. It was, perhaps, fully as col- orful a crowd as that which attend- ed the original transfer. It includ- ed a squad of United States Mar- ines which acted as Color Guard, members of the crew of the Navy fleet tug Bagaduce, in Sitka from tits Kodiak base for the occasion; the High School Band in blue, white and gold uniforms; a group of Thlinget men and women in beau- tiful and colorful ceremonial robes and blankets; students of the Shel- don Jackson Junior College and Mt. Edgecumte School, and the citizens of Sitka, most of the men in full beards which were sprouted especially for the occasion. HI-JINKS, TOO The Alaska Day events commenc- ed Monday evening with dances the Moose Hall and Elks Hall, feat- luring prospectors, giners, dance hall girls, old fashioned girls in long skirts and bonnets, flashy gamblers and bartenders, and beards, beards and beards. There were prizes for costumes and for beards—the longest beard, the most unique beard and, best of all, for the “most caressable beard.” A special feature of the evening was a troupe of dance hall girls, can-can dancers and songsters who reached Sitka by way of Ruby, Ram- part, Dyea, Silver Bow Basin, Koot- znahoo and other thriving camps and brought down the house with their verformances at both the IElks and Moose parties. A Sourdough Mug-Up, complete with beans and other victuals ap- ' propriate to the trail, and dancing a la Days of '98, held at the Sitka ]Cammumty House, wound up the 'rullvmeg on Tuesday evening. | | Gross gathéred " Unveiling of "Prospedor” Is LAWMAKERS Tribute fo Thousands of Those| GO HOME AS Pioneered in Early Alaska SESSIONENDS - 289 Day s_of_lawmaking Recess—"Results Well Worth While” BY JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Oct. 20— With a 75-day breather ahead, members of Congress went home today to listen to the voters' ideas about how to run the country. Behind they left, along with their accomplishments, an imposing ar- ray of issues settled only tempor- arily—or not at all—in a 289-day session of the Democratic-controlled Congress, But it had been a busy, if sometimes acrimonious, session, and the lawmakers greeted adjourn- ment joyfully on both sides of Cap~ itol HilL There was some horseplay; there were a few notes of criticism. And there was a congratulatory message from President Truman to send the -egislators on their way. ¢ LONG, HARD SESSION The President noted in letters to House Speaker Raybturn and Vice President Barkley, the Senate's presiding officer, that it had been a long, hard session. Then he added: “I am confident that the Ameri- can people will agree that the re- sults have been well worth while.” In the House Chamber, three jirls who work for Congressional Committees serenaded the Repre- sentatives with “the Eyes of Texas” and “Down By The Old Mill Stream.” In the Senate, Senator Donnell (R-Mo) slyly poked fun at Barkley for his reported romance with Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, St. Louis widow. Barkley responded in kind. HEAVY SCHEDULE NEXT ’ At Donnell’s invitation to visit Missouri during the recess, Bark- ley grinned- broadly. as the Benate chuckled, but “not in my capacity as Vice President.” The lawmakers face a heavy schedule: when they return in Jan- uary. Awaiting them will be such warmed-over international prob- lems as that of extending the Eu- ropean recovery and foreign arms assistance programs, as well as such recurring domestic issues .as rent control extension of the low-rent - housing program and repeal of the . Taft-Hartley Act. MARINES NOT LOSING RIGHT 10 FIGHTING WASHINGTON, Oct. 20— Gen. J. Lawten Collins assured Congress teday that the army is not plotting to deny the famed Marine Corps its “right to fight.” Collins, Army Chief of Staff, said “Some of our Marine friends, have misrepresented the Army’s position. “We have no slightest purpose to impose the Army’s will upon & sis= ter service.” Collins testified before the House Armed Services Committee. The committee is getting now the counter arguments against Navy and Marine complaints that present defense policies are lopsided—that, they overemphasize the Air Force and strategic bombing while cut- ting down on the Navy and Marines. Collins was replying to testimony that the House group got on Mon- day from Gen. ‘Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of Marines. Cates had complained that ap=- parently there was an intention among some high military policy planners to reduce his iighting corps to a “police force.” Collins picked up where Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the policy-making Joint Chiefs of Staff left off yesterday in replying to Navy-Marine charges. Bradley used bitter language at times. He hit at “Pancy Dans” who won't give their all for the team. And he spoke of “open re- bellion” and declared the public airing of grievances among the armed services has done ‘infinite harm” to mational security. Taking a more soothing ap- proach, Collins said he wanted to dispel any notion that the Army is pro-Air Force and anti-Navy. “Nothing,” he said, “is further from the truth.” And he said he thinks the var- fous services can work together and get along all right, | 3 ' 1 1 l