The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1949, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,364 STEWARD JOBS FREE TO ALL -- ALASKASTEAM Company Frees Self of Union in Event NLRB Gives Adverse Ruling SEATTLE, Nov. 30—(»—Employ- ment in the stewards’ department of the Alaska Steamship Company was in effect thrown open to all comers Tuesday. Since 1936 all employment of such personnel has been through the hiring hall maintained here by the National Union of Marine Cocks and Stewards, Congress of Industrial Organizations’ affiliate. The new policy was revealed at &« National Labor Relations Board hearing by E A. Dobrin of Bogle, Bogle and Gates, counsel for the steamship company. His statemenet followed a charge by J. A. Jenkins, counsel for NLRB General Counsel Robert E. Denham that the hiring agreement between the union and steamship operators is illegal under the Taft-Hartley act. “The Alaska Steamship Company is prepared to accept individual applications for employment in the stewards’ department of its vessels and to give such applications bona fids consideration without reference to the preferential hiring provisions ot the agreement of December 2, 1948," he said. Dobrin said he was not conced- ing that the contract is illegal as| charged by Jenkins, The new policy | was adopted to protect the com- pany in the event of an adverse # decision by the National Labor Re- lations Board. . Union officials withheld com- it. Jenkins' charge was made in his opening. .statement at a hearing on an fi%’nfi"éfimplnnt of unfair labor charges filed against the CIO union, Pacitic Maritime Association, American Mail Line and Alaska Steamship Company. The hearing was scheduled to move from the Federal office building to the Fed- eral Court House today. WEATHER REPORT (Thi; data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) In Juneau—Maximum 41; minimum 34. , At Airport—Maximum 41; minimum 35. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday. Low- est temperature tonight near 30, highest Thursday about 35. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 nours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—33 inches; since Nov. 1—12.03 inches; since July 1—48.12 inches. At Airport—05 inches; since Nov. 1—9:20 inches; since July 1—33.10 inches. e o . 2 ® o & & - The Washingion Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ICopyrignt, 1049, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.! tececcecccce | | 'ASHINGTON — Unfortunately it is not illegal for a Congressman to keep a soldier from seeing com- bat duty—and then collect a pol- itical campaign fund from his fam- ily. If this were illegal, Congress- man Parnell Thomas would be tried for another offense in addition to taking kickbacks on the salaries which Uncle Sam meant for his office staff. In 1944, when Congressman Thomas was up for re-election, he received another $100 from the Herman Kimmel of Long Beach, N. Y., which is, of course, outside the Congressman’s New Jersey district. Again in 1946, when the Congress- man faced a primary election, he! reecived another $100 from the same Kimmel. New Jersey voters had no way of knowing what was behind these two | contributions, but here are the in- teresting facts. Most people have forgotten it, but Thomas was not only Chairman oll the un-American Activities Com- mittee, but also a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, which passed on Army legislation; theréfore, had great weight with the War Department. In 1943, private Edward Allen «Continued on Page Four) i NO U. 5. PROTECTION FOR SHIPS RUNNING CHiNESE BLOCKADE WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—(®— Secretary of State Acheson said to- day American ships enter the Chinese blockaded port of Shanghai at their own risk. He indirectly rebuked the Is- brandtsen Steamship Line for hav- ing sent its vessels, two of which nave been shelled, into the area. Acheson also reported that this government has rejected all re- quests of the shipping line for American Naval convoy. He said it is not “this govern- ment's policy to convoy American hipping through ,the so-called blockade’.” At a news conference, however, Acheson disclosed that he has sent a strong new note to the Chinese Nat'onalist government protesting :he shelling of the Isbrandtsen Line’s Sir John Franklin Monday. ‘The note possibly lays the basis ‘or a f{inancial claim by the line .gainst the Chinese Nationalist gov- anment. OTHER POINTS DISCUSSED It was Acheson’s first news con- erence in two weeks and he cov- red a veriety of points including: 1, he government and people of the United States are “thor- sughly indignant over the inhu- nan: treatment” by the Chinese Jommunists of two American serv- ce men who have been held by Communist authorities in the vicin- ty of Tsingtao since October, 1948. The men are Navy Chief Electric- an William C. Fmith and Master Jergeant Eimer C. Bender. I 2. The British government ns-[ wromised to keep the United State j nformed of developments on pos Yukon River Girl While Visiting Man Takes Shot at Self FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 30— (M—Lillian Turner, 18, a native girl from the lower Yukon, was in crit- ical condition from a gunshot wound above the left hip, which perforated the intestines. She told authorities the wound was self-inflicted while she was visiting Pete Turner, a Tanana na- tive, in a basement room of the Ig- loo Supper Ciub, where he is a janitor. Turner,- 28, is held on a reckless use of firearms charge. RUSS CAN'T RETURH SHIPS LENTBY U.S. 30—P—1 WASHINGTON, Nov. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949 \CHARGES MADE BY WITNESS IN, BRIDGES CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30—#— Cross examination of government witness John F. Schomaker was re- sumed at the Harry Bridges perjury trial today, with the defense prob- ing into Schomaker’s relations with the prosecution. Bpecifically, chief of defense Vin- cent Hallinan wanted a detailed account of Schomaker's actions af- ter he left court yesterday. It de- veloped that he had met during the evening with the prosecution staff. “Tell us what you worked out with the prosecution last night to zet out of that box on the Jack Shaw meeting,” Hallinan demanded. This referred to the witness’ earl- ier testimony that back in 1938 Harry Bridges had spoken at a meeting.in the San Francisco home of a man named Shaw. Schomaker testified that Bridges had stated | openly at this meeting that he was a Communist Party member and Russia told the United States yes-|had urged those present to join. terday she won't be able to re- turn two Lorrowed ice breakers next Thurcday, as promised, because hey are “inextricably caught” in an Arctic ice pack. i The Soviets said, however, a third end-lease ice breaker will be handed over December 1 to US.| vaval oliicials in Yokosuka, Japan, The State Department announced this shortly after Viadimir I. Bazy- kin, counselor of the Soviet Em- bassy, was called in to discuss the ong-deferred return of the U.S. vessels, After much prodding, the Sovlele agreed last September 27 to release | he icebreakers by Decemcer 1, with delivery scheduled at Bremer- haven, Germany. ible recognition of the Chinese Communist regime but has not | :aid it has any.plans for recogni- “ion. 3. The latest information from Jonsul Gencral Angus Ward at viukden is that he is working on he problem of paying off his staf. —presumably the Chinese em- nloyees—tut no word has been re- ceived here of Chinese Communist I arrangements for transportation of Ward and his group out of Mukden. | 4. Most of the 30 nations whick the United States asked to pro- test to the Communists against their detention of Ward are taking that action. 5. Acheson ruled out any steps )y this government on the question of possibly recognizing the new rovernment of President Arnulfo Arias in Panama until the situation 2as been clarified. THOMAS THROWS SELF ON MERCY OF FEDERAL COURT WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—®— Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R-NJ) vithdrew his plea of not guilty to charges of payroll padding, and threw himself on the mercy of the court. The 54-year-old legislator changed his plea to one of nolo contendere. That means he does not contest the government's charges. i With this startling development, Judge Alexander M. Holtzoff dis- missed a charge against Miss Helen Camptell, former secretary to Thomas. She was accused of con- spiring with Thomas to defraud the jovernment through padding of the lawmaker’s office pay roll. Holtzoff set December 9 for sen- tencing of Thomas. Thomas faces a possible maxi- mum sentence of 32 years in jail and $40,000 in fines. Pending the sentencing, Thomas was allowed his continued freedom under his present bond of $1,000. Holtzoff said that since Miss Campbell seemed to have acted merely as an employee of Thomas, he would dismiss the charges against her. John R. Fitzpatrick, lawyer for Miss Campbell, had contended at the outset of the trial®on Monday that every act of Miss Campbell was under “compulsion” from Thomas due to their employee- employer relationship. RETIREMENT SYSTEM Territorial Attorney General J. Gerald Williams said today that elective officials of the Territory, although they are included in the Public Employees Retirement Sys- tem, do not come under the com- pulsory retirement conditions se§ down in the law which created the system. SEATTLE GUEST Leila Grunden of Seattle is & visitor at the Gastineau hotel. Just how and where two of the hips were caught in an Arctic ice floe was not divulged. The State Department said Zazykin merely reported that under present] weather conditions the United 3tates should not expect the miss- ing ships before early next spring or summer. American officials are known to be surprised at the Russian story secause the ice breakers are among the most modern afloat and were designed to plow through even the hLeaviest floes. They - were lend- eased to Russia in 1944 and 1945 shortly after they were built. The United States has flatly re-. fused to sell the vessels to Russia, presumably because of thgir war sotential, Return of the ice breakers and| 27 {rigates, which the Soviets! .anded back last week, were fin-| j ally separated from the long-drawn out talks about settlement of Rus- sia’s lend-lease debt of $11,000,- 300,000. These discussions still are stalemated. Money Granted fo Sfudy Stream Pollution, Alaska WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—®— The Federal Security Agency an- nounced today a $9,212 grant to Alaska for studies of stream pollu- tion. It was included in grants of nearly $1,000,000 to the states. Cther grants included: Washing- ton $13473; Oregon $12,208. WOMEN OF MOOSE ARE MEETING TONIGHT The Women of the Moose under the leadership of Mrs. Edna Card, senior Regent, will meet this eve- ning. The following chairmen wil report: Mernice Murphy, publicity; child care, Mary Hagerup; ritual,| Hazel Mantyla; hospital guild, Thel- na Rapelic; membership, Georgia | Weidgallis. 1 FROM PETERSBURG | J. Russell of Petersburg is resis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel. KETCHIKAN VISITOR B. Berg of Ketchikan is a guest, at the Gastineau Hotel. pd S L LOS ANGELES GUEST Robert L. Percival of Los Angeles | is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. | R FROM PELLCAN Mr. and Mrs. P. €. Ganty of Peli- can are visitors and are at the | Baranof Hotel. SRR TS 5 SEATTLE GUEST Annette C. Leaf of Seatlie is a| guest at the Baranof Hotel. FROM KAKE Bob Martin and Calvin Johnson lare stopping at the Baranof Hotel. PELICAN VISITOR " Fred Wetche of Pelican is stop- Object of Defense This the detense has been trying to disprove. Schomaker told Hallinan that he and members of the prosecution staff didn't talk about testimony “except in a general way.” Hallinan insisted on knowing ex- actly what was said and the wit- ness shot right back at him: MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA FIELD HELD SECRET A cloed-door conference of the Alaska Field Committee, consisting of departmental heads of the De- partment of the Interior and led Ly Kenneth J. Kadow, was under way today in the Senate Chambers 1of the Federal Building. M litary commanders of the Ter- ritory and others attended as list- eners, awaiting opening of another closed-door conclave called by Kedow to discuss transportation and communication problems. The Field Committee met three months ago in Mt. McKinley Na- tional Park. Under regulations set down when the organization was drawn up, they are called together at tbree-month intervals to dis- | cuss, skan problems, at various points throughout the Territory. No announcement was made the meeting was to be held. Concerning the over-all meet of top “brass,” territorial chiefs ana Irterior Department appointees, Kadow differentiated between mem- vers of his department and “poli- ! ficians” by declaring in a typed ! publicity release: { “There is no secret to the need for more and better means of trans- UNIFICATION COMMITTEE | DISCUSSED BY 'TOP BRASS Military to Eéiurn With- drawn Land-Top Officials Parley in Federal Bldg. Large parcels of land now held in withdrawal by the military will soon be given back to the public domain in Alaska, according to Lieut. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Al-| askan Command chief. General Twining, in Juneau with “top brass” of the army, navy, and air force to talk over transporta- tion and communication problems with officials of the Interior De-| partment and the Territory, made this announcement last night a few hours after his arrival here. He mentioned no specific spots| in the Interior, but said the armed| forces now ‘“hold too much.” Hél said the Aleutian Islands, now un- der complete military domination,| would be turned back except for' a few strategic locations. { “Of course,” he said, “we know| the public has never asked spcui!-‘ ically for any Aleut islands, and| many of them seem worthless any- way. But in the near future, some “Well, one thing I'll tell you, they‘ portalion in Alaska. Those of us said this Mr. Hallinan is a pretty:who have gathered here to dis- smart boy.” cuss this important problem are Schomaker’s account of the eve«!mcchnnlcs in the huge job of de- ning's events included a visit m!veloping and defending the Terri- immigration headquarters at the Appraiser’s building and return to where the witness is quartered—- the Marine Memorial building in San Francisco. Bridges Paid Dues. Schemaker testified yesterday that Bridges was a dues puylng.' Communist who took orders from State Communist Boss Sam Darecy during the - great 1934 longshg strike.- During that strike e l rose frem obscurity to a power west coast waterfronts. Twice the government has tried and failed to deport the Australian- born Bridges. Now the 48-year-old union leader is charged with per- jury in testifying at his 1945 natur- alization hearing that he neyer was a Cemmunist. Conviction could lead to deportation. Two of his aides, Henry Schmidt and Union Vice President J. R. Robertson, are charged with adet- ting a conspiracy to defraud the government. In his last direct testimony Scho- maker described a clandestine meet-, .ng in a Santa Clara County prune orchard with Earl Browder, then the Communist Chief in this coun- try, during the 1934 strike. Bridges was present, Schomaker said. Brow- der talked about police “terror tac- tics” and advised the strikers to ine up more support. Cross-examination began with Schomaker detailing “lousy condi- tions” he said prevailed on the ! waterfront prior to the 1934 strike. Through a day of bitter cross- examination, Schomaker stuck to his testimony linking Bridges with the Communist Party and his de- claration that the Communists di- rected the 1934 strike. He said they old Bridges what to do. DAN-AM TAKES OUT 34, BRINGS IN 15 Seventeen passengers were taken tc the northward and 17 to the outhward yesterday by Pan Ameri- can World Airways, as 15 persons arrived into Juneau. They were: To Whitehorse: Frank Marshall, F. Hunt, 8. Scully, Percy Pue, Frank Morris, M. Murphy. To Fairbanks: Joy Kolaase, Walter Heisel, J. W. Leivers, H. Stabler, K. G. Merritt, Walter Burt, Harry Heyder, Charles Akins, R. Swanson, Relia Pavegoduck, Phillip Strand. To Annette Island: H. Stevens, Ian Ogg. ‘To Ketchikan: Jerry Beason, H. Follmar. To Seattle: Mrs. J. F. Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pield and child Kay, William Field, Elton Engstrom, E. M. Mundy, Andy Carlson, Mrs. David Reischl, George Rogers, Mrs. Seeds, Mrs. Edna Bemis, 8. Hasko. From Seattle: A. M. Allson, Col. R. A. Arvidson, Fred Andrews, i Patricia Bates, R. D. Egge, S. B. Fisher, Jane Gaynor, J. P. John- son, F. L. Kerzie, Annette Leaf, Ralph Mize, Bob Satre, Honora Schanz, Tousley. FROM SAN FRANCISCO James E. Muldoon of San Fran- . ping at the Gastineau Hotel, lHoteL cisco is registered at thf Gastineau Donald Soderlind, Irene i tory. It is our job to present an accurate pictGre of the over-all {ransportation requirements in Alaska, to recommend additional transportation in the light of the needs of the military and the needs | of Alaskans. “Tie politicians that point.” He stated further that “it is ex- pected that as a result of this con- .erence the military and civilian ! ipterests will be able to unite their ‘effons in expediting the solution of this vital problem, referred to Ly many as the ‘bottleneck’ to Alaskan development.” take over at BARANOF BRINGS 37/ 10 JUNEAU TUESDAY| The Baranof brought 24 passen- gexs fror Seattle and 13 from other Southeast Alaska ports into Juneau yesterday afternoon. She sailed late last night, with four passengers boarding her for Sew- ard. They were: From Wrangell: Mr. and Mrs. Lee L. Lucas and child, Linda Lucas, Prom Ketchikan: B. Berg, Rachel Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Fitzell,, Chester Fitzell, P. J. Gilmore, Jr., Mrs. P. Gilmore, Robert Percival, Frank Thomas, From Seattle: Mr. and Mrs, Glen Byington and child, Jack Conway, Mrs. D. Conway, Mrs. Zola Devl.n, Greig E Ewing, Z. Gross, Leila Grunden, James Heiges, B, O, Hov- use might be found for any num-, ber of them.” Representing each military branch were Brig. Gen. Frank Armstrong, Air Force; Maj. Gen. Stanley L.! Scott, U. 8. Army, and Rear Ad-| miral Frank D. Wagner, U. S. Navy. | A total of 16 men, they began a three day meet today in the Sen- ate Chambers in the Federal Build- | ing. Co-chairmen are General Twin- | ing and Kenneth J. Kadow, head of Interior's Alaska Field Com-! mission, the latter having brought J the men together. It is the first time in Alaskan history such an overall get-together | has been called for unification of needs, and to smooth out future construction and building desires | of those responsible for each branch of government in the Territory, Dispurse Frictions ! General Twining explained that| much needed construction is by- passed by Congress because one de-| partment may ask something which! lies under control of another. i “For example,” he explained, “say | we ask Congress for funds to buu.| a badly needed road. They ask us, f the Interior Department has been | consulted because they might con- trol the land itself. We have had, to say ‘no'—so we get sent back| here with empty hands. ! “This meeting will forestall dif- ficulties such as that,” he said. “it will aid in paving the way for speedier action by Congress xor} projects in the offing. All depart-| ments have discussed it, and Con-. gress then will act.” He believed that statehood, if| grapted the Territory, would aid developments here—not only in military lines, but others as well.| He pointed out that “trading” votes, dahl, James E. Muldoon, Winston >owell, Douglas A. Scott, Mrs. War- ren Emith, Mrs. A. Stevenson, Carole Stevenson, Toni Marie Stev- enson, Robert tevenson, Paul Stev- cnson, Russell Stevenson, Stanton Warburton Jr., Sgt. F. J. Yotter, J. R. Zambrano. To Seward: Mr. and Mrs. How- ard Thornton, Jack Frey, Don E. Ztarkey. ! PNA TAKES 7 WESY, BRINGS 8 10 JUNEAU Eight passengers were brought : from the westward yesterday by Pacific Northern Airlines, with seven being taken there from Ju- neau. They were: From Anchorage: James Browne, Wesley Hayes, Howard Stevens, Sgt. Follmar, Jesse Snyder, Dorothy Whitney, Arthur G. Woodley. From Cordova: Steve Hasco. To Cordova: Honura A. Schanz, Bert Preecs. To Anchorage: Jane Gaynor, F. L. Kerzie, G. M. Tapley, Sgt. Flod- kuist, Louis Matusavage. DOOLAN TO ANCHORAGE John Doolan, assistant district traffic manager for the Pan-Am- erican World Airways Juneau Of- fice, left today for a week's busi- ness trip to Anchorage, it was an- nounced by Fred Dunn, company agent. 40 AND 8 MEETING The regular meeting of the 40 and 8 club of the American Legion will be held in the American Legion Dugout tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. indulged in Washington amcng| statesmen, can't be indulged here,. because “we have nothing to trade.” ! Air General Armstrong pointed |iwining May Don {Spurs and Be A New "Buffalo Bill” | Lieut. Gen, Nethan F. Twining, |chief of the Alasta Command, has |a long title “handle” as some |would say ) ¥ night he announc- ed he was considering another ad- tion, They mizht call me ‘Buffalo Bill' Twining,” he smiled. He explained that he had been |Invited to go on a buffalo hunt, or- |ganized to dispos? of 50 old bulls in one of the Territory's herds in the Interior. Their presence in a herd slows herd migration to new feeding grounds, and they beccme a [burden to themselves as well be- cause of age. The general didn't explain wheth- er the hunt was to be on horse- back, by dog-sled, airplane or by “shank’s mare,” but that the Fish and Wildlife Service was organiz- ing a party to make the kill in scme fashion. He didn’t say if he had accepted the invitation, or if he had any spurs handy. CUNGKING IS TAKEN BY RED ARMY By Associated Press Chunking, which held out against WILL CLOSE - 5 ALEUTIAN AR BASES Personnel Fto Be With- drawn Because of Man Shortage, Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—(#— The Air Force said today that be- cause of money limitations and & manpower shortage it is withdraw« ing personnel from six installa- tions in the Aleutian Islands Air- way System. The installations will Le turned over to other government agencies, “These forces,” the Air Force said in answer to a question, “have little or no defense capatility and their withdrawal will have no ap- preciable effect on the air defenses of the United States and Alaska. “Since the users deriving the | most benefit from these facilities are now civil air carriers, we in- tend to turn over to other govern- ment agencies as they may desire to continue them in operation.” The bases involved are: Sh:mya; an auxiliary field at Amchitka; Davis base on Adak Island; Cape Base on Unmak Island; Thorn- {brough base at Cold Bay near Dutch Harbor; and an auxiliary field on Atka Island. the Japanese invaders throughout the weary war years, was in the grip of the revolutionary armle,s]. of Mao tze-Tung today. Hong' Kong dispatches said 25,000 Chinese Communist troops report- IPLANS ANNOUNCED FOR CARRYING 0UT ?fily entered the outskirts of the DEFE"SE °F ‘uSKA Chiang kai-Shek was leading his| WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—#— troops in the defense of Chunking [Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chiei according to last direct reports|©f Staff, said today that “serious from that city, the third Nationalist | Study is being given to applying capital hit by the Reds this year. EUGENE HI BAND 10 GIVE CONCERT HERE ON DECEMBER 31 EUGENE, Ore.,, Nov. 30—(®—The Fugene High School band’s itinerary for an Alaskan concert tour was set today. The 30 band players will board the Prince George in Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 26, and give their first concert in Prince Rupert, B.C., Dec. 28. They will play in Ketchikan Dec. 29; travel on the Princess Norah to Petersburg for a Dec. 31 concert, with another on the same day in Tuneau. The last two concerts will be in Skagway Jan. 1 and Wran- sell, Jan. 3. / VISITORS TO APPEAR, BPW RADIO PROGRAM Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, over all commander of the Alaskan @mmand, will be the speaker on the Business and Professional out wryly that while everyome in) Washington may seem “sympathet-| ic” toward Alaska, mere sympat’ never got much done. New Uniforms General Armstrong and his aides were clothed in the new “Air For Blue” uniform, as well as Gen- eral Twining himself. The col# is somewhat darker than teal blue, and not as brilliant as Copenhagen blue—it is actually a new hue, and was the first time Juneauites had! seen so many at one time. { The officers wore waist-length | jackets during the afterncon, but; Women’s club program this after- roon at 5:0'clock over KINY. Mrs. | Zlton Epgstrom is radio chairman i for the/club and will interview the | general, At 4:45 o'clock tomorrow after- noon, Mrs. Engstrom will interview group of CAA and CAB chiefs, mcluding Robert O. Kinsey; also Paul Warcer of the Post Office 'uepurtmcn!. superintendent of the | Railway Mail Service. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 30—Clgsing for supper changed to a more for- duotation of Alaska Juneau mine mal uniform coat, similar to the|Stcck today is 3%, American Can Army's in cut, but with patch pock- !98%. Anaconda 287%, Curtiss-Wright ets. Rank insignia is same as the,?'s International Harvester 27%, ! Army, but coat buttons are distinct- | ‘<ennecott 49%, New York Central ively “Air Force.” , Northern Pacific 12%, U. S. New uniform caps for “flag” of-|Steel 24%, Pound $2.80%. 1. ficers have a type /of “scrambled! Sales today were 1,320,000 shares. » i | Averages today are as follows: like the Navy men wear, but :fx: more !subduedystyle. :lndustrla)s 191.55, rails 48.11, util- General Twining expressed my,thes 39.26. satisfaction in / present ° military| - construction, stating that some| GILMORES RETURN work had been completed P. J. Gilmore, Jr., United States ahead of schedule. | Attorney, and his wife and small “Work that everyone used a year| to| daughter, Ann, returned to Ju- think would take two seasons w.ncau this morning aboard the Bar- complete, he said, “is now getting |80l done in one.” # g! Mr. Gilmore went to Ketchikan He said present methods of )25t week to meet his wife and awarding contracts, contrasted to child who were returning from a the “cost-plus” way, had worked *ummer spent in Braintree, Mass., wonders, Contractors now use more 'Where they visited Mrs. Gilmore's efficlent methods, and workmen|Parents. |themselves are faster and more| ‘thorough. “They fire a man once in a while (Continue FROM ELFIN COVE Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brunger of Elfin Cove are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. d on Page Five) the atomic bo! Hog A e 3 His comment, given in answer to a news conference question, rep- resented a departure from earlier military thinking. In the first years after the war, military men felt that the mass destruction characteristic of the weapon meant it would be useful cnly for strategic attack on cities. It would be powerful for use against t in the field. Collins, veplying to other ques- tigns at the ocnference, also said: 1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have agreed on a plan for defense of Alaska which will ke carried out as soon as housing for troops can e completed. It is “not a gran- tiose plan, just a modest plan.” Meanwhile there is an interim plan to “take care of the situation if anything happens” before hous- ing is compleied and more troops are moved in. . Collins knows of no plan to rearm Japan or build up a Jap- anese y. 3. The individual commanders of 2ach of the six grmies in the United ) States now have authority to take immediate action in their own areas if an attack should oceur, without waiting to ask permission from the Pentagon. 4. The Army is buyinz out of current funds new models of 28- ton light tanks, building a sample of a medlum 35-ton tank, and is studying plans—but has no proto- ‘ype model yet—for a heavy tank of more than 50 tons. It also is surchasing many new high-reach~ ing anti-alrcraft guns, the “fky- sweep.” mp to_infantry. tac i WATERFRONT BUILDING ON TREK TO COUNTRY Workmen today began moving the one time ferry-slip waiting room from Juneau's waterfront to the Salmon Creek property of Tom George, Juneau businessman. Cnly a handful of sidewalk fore- men were on the scene to watch the operation as the Jacobsen Construction Company jacked the building up and moved a heavy duty trailer under it. The building was occupied by Bliss' Trading Post for three years. Tom George purchased the tulld- ing and property a few weeks ago from the Juneau Ferry and Navi- gation Company. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from west scheduled southbound Sunday afternocon or evening. Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. i