The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXXIV., NO. 11,466 HOUSE CUTS FOREIGN AID 20 MILLION WASHINGTON, March 31-—#— In a setback for administration foreign policy, the House today voted to cut $20,000,000 from the $45,000,000 President Truman:has asked for his “Point Four” program of providing technical aid for development ot backward areas of the world. An unrecorded vote of 117 to 78 approved the cut, proposed by Rep. Herter (R-Mass). The House also voted to require an FBI loyalty check, on all em- ployees and officials engaged in the “Point Four” program. ‘The loyalty check was voted 83-35, as the House worked on amendments préliminary to a vote on the “Point Four” idea itself. Debate was heated on the whole idea that American technical aid should be provided for development of backward areas of the world. Critics called it Communist- inspired and a chart for a “World Wide WPA.” Backers replied that it is vital to this nation’s foreign policy. +SPANISH AR BASE * MAY BE LEASED AS PRECAUTIONARY ACT (By the Associated Press) Atlantic Pact military advisers to- day were reported leaning toward the idea of leasing air bases in as extra insurance for a Euro- 1 foothold should@” Russia attack the West. Informed sources at The Hague ® said most of the military leaders ot the 12 Pact countries want Franco ® Spain to have some part in Western defenses. Britain is opposed to the move. , _Spain is not a member of the United Nations. Generalissimo Franco has long been in the inter- national dog house because he was helped to power by Hitler and Mussolini in the heyday of Fascism If the proposal on Spanish air " bases is approved by the military , committee, it must next be endorsed by the Foreign Ministers Council ot the Atlantic Powers meeting soon in London, and later by all 12 gov- ernments concerned. . SQUARE SINNET ARRIVES The freighter Square Sinnet ar- rived here this morning from Seat- tle. It will leave for Pelican early - tomorrow morning. * Max Penrod of Mt. Edgecumbe is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. The Washingion Merry - Go-Round Copyrieht. 1960. by Bell Syndicate. Ine.) «__Bv DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON—President Tru- man really poured it on mud- slinging Sen. Joe McCarthy in 2 long-distance phone conference from Key West with Congresssional leaders in Washington this week. “What’s wrong with that fellow. anyway?” exploded Truman. “Does- n’t he know that he is doing irre- parable harm to his government by ;all this loose talk?” The President commented that # McCarthy’s unsupported charges that the State Department is “load- ed with pro-Communists” already had seriously undermined the mor- ale, and perhaps the efficiency, of this vital branch of the govern- ment. “Think of the great numbers ‘of | loyal personnel in the Department who have given their whole lives to their government,” he said, “and s think what McCarthy has done to the spirit of these people. It would- not surprise me if many of them were thinking of resigning. They . probably figure that they’ll be next on McCarthy’s list and they don't want to have’their families drag- ged through such an ordeai.” The effects of McCarthy’s char- acter assassination and reckless ‘v rantings were even more damaging on U. S. prestige abroad, Truman 4 emphasized, particularly in western Europe, where we must keep -our heads high in the cold war with Russia. McCarthy has played right into (Continued on Page Four) KEY DEFENSE NOMINEES 10 BE APPROVED WASHINGTON, March 31—®— Quick Senate approval seemed like- ly today for President Truman's appointments . to two key defense | posts: Secretary of Air W. Stuart Sym- | ington to become Chairman of the| National Security Resources Boara | (NSRE). Budget Director Frank Pace, Jr., .0 become Secretary of the Army Both Republicans and Democrats on the Semnte Armed Services Committee were loud in their praise of the nominees, This was particularly significant in the case of Symington, since she committee previously had block- 2d Mr. Truman’s effort to appoint nis old friend, Mon C. Waligren, t the Resources Board Chairman- ship. Waligren later won confirmation as a member of the Federal Power Commission. The acting chairman- ship of the NSRB has been held oy Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman, Senator Cain (R-Wash), who lea the fight against Wallgren, said ae will be happy to vote for Sym- ngton’s confirmation. Cain Favers Him “Mr Symington is favorably <nown to the entire country as an outstanding edministrator and ex- 2cutive,” Cain said. “He is the type of man and brain that this import- ant job has been crying for.” The NSRB was created in 1947 and handed the job of advising the Sresident on policy involving mili- qary, industrial and civilian mob- lization in time of war. The agency which includes seven Cabinet mem- oers, also is charged with main- caining reserves of strategic ma- terials and with handling sonic il defense functions. Senator Gurney (R-SD), former Armed Services Chairman, said both | ¢he Symington and Pace nomina- Jons “seem very tine appomtments ‘0 me.” Symington, a former Louis business executive, will get a pay cut of $500 a year in his new job from the $18,000 now paid Se- cretaries of the Air Force, Armjy and Navy. Pace, from Arkansas, will succeed | | Gordon Gray, Jr., who will become President of the University of North Carolina in September. The 37-year-old Pace had never held a government job when he was discharged from the Air Force s a Major in 1946, He served brief- y as special assistant to the U. S. Attorney General, then as executive | assistant to the Postmaster General | before becoming assistant budget di- rector, On the other hand, Frederick J.| Lawton, 49, who succeeds Pace as Director of the Budget, has been n government service for 30 years. He has been in the Budget Bureau | since 1935. FIRE BUG IS TO BE CHARGED, MURDER NORRISTOWN, Pa., March 31— (M — Nicholas Verna, 29-yew-oxa sanatarium inmate, will be cmrged with murder in connection with a fire that killed nine patients at the institution, Assistant District At- torney Bernard E. DiJoseph said today. DiJoseph sald warrants charging | Verna with murder and arson will be issued this afternoon and that he will be given a prelintinary hear- ing-tonight. Verna admitted yesterday that he set the 47-year-old Bella Vista San- atarium afire Wednesday night. Nine male patients suffocated to death, some shackled by leather straps tosiron cots. He said in a statement he burned the institution because of “a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.” FROM UTAH M. J. Winninghoff of the Utah Tailoring Company, Ogden, is’re- gistered at the Gastineau Hotel. LYTLE-GREEN MEN C. W. Kerns and Paul Kendall, of Haines are stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. Both are with Lytle and Green, construction outfit. \ PETTIGREW HERE Donald - Pettigrew of Petersburg | an 18-year-old girl is a guest at ch; Baranof Hotel. VANCOUVER GIRL KIDNAP - SLAYERS NABBED [N SOUTH SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 31 —I{M—A fingerprint on a beer botte brought about the arrest last night of two brothers within four blocks of the Governor's Mansion on charges of kidnapping and Kkilling at Vancouver. Wash. The FBI laboratory in Washing- ton, D. said the fingerprint on the bottle—picked up at the scene of the assault—checked with that on a car owned by Utah Eugene Wilson, 21, a native of Elmo, Kans. That touched off an FBI searcu for Utah and his brother, Turman Gallilea Wilson, 24, a native of Walnut Ridge, Ark. They are charged with kidnapping and mur- dering Jo Ann Dewey, March 19 Her brutally beaten body was found March 26 in Wind Creek near Stev- 2nson, Wash. Last night as the brothers ap- proached an automobile they had parked here, they were nabbed by A'BI agents and police. Neither re- sisted. Officers said Utah had a .25 caliber Spanish automatic pistol and a six-shot revolver was in the tront seat. It was the end of a trail traced by abandoned cars. One had a faulty exhaust which may have played a part in the girl's death. Examina- tion showed that she had died ot carbon monoxide poisoning. Police said the two brothers have long criminal records. Vancouver Police Chief Harry Diamond said his inquiry led himn to believe Jo Ann was knocked un- conscious for resisting her abduc- tors and died on the floor of the kidnappers’ car when fumes leaked into the rear seat. Diamond said she had not beem raped. Her home was et Meadow. Glade, Wash. HELD ON $25000 BAIL The brothers were arraigned be- fore U. 8. Commissioner Adellic McCabe today. They are held here on charges of fleeing across a state line to avoid prosecution. Mrs. McQOabc set their bail at $25,000 each, which they could not furnish. One officer quoted Turman as saying “I knew it was coming. Anything that happens up ther¢ in Washington they accuse me.” When notified as to the amount their bail Turman said “we can’'t make bond.” Police said the of brothers had {about $700 on them when arrest- ed, The brothers denied any know- ledge of the slaying of Jo Ann, City Detective E. Doyle said. Doyle quoted Utah as admitting he was in the vicinity of the mur- der about the time it was com- mitted. But Utah added: “I don’t know anything about if 2xcept what I read in the news- papers.” TIP FROM BROTHER CAMAS, Wash,, March 31—#— Grant Wilson gave police ¢he lead that led to early capture of his brothers, Turman and Utah in Sac- ramento, last night. ‘When police yesterday asked him where his brothers had gone, he told them—for “God honored the truth”—and the brothers wanted on kidnapping and murder charges in the March 19 abduction death of Jo Ann Dewey were arrested with- out a struggle. He showed visible relief when told they had been caught without gunfire, Grant, only one of the five living Wilson brothers who has lived with- in the law, sat beside his pastor and | his wife last night and answered a reporter’s questions. The Rev. Ralph I. Cranston of the Assembly of God church had advised him to tell the truth, he said, so when Vancouver police questioned him he said his brothers left his house Monday saying they were going to Silverton, Ore. But | Wednesday they called from Sacra- mento and one of them said: “This is Tommy (Turman’s nick- name). Have you heard anything?” HELLENTHAL FAMILY ENJOYS JUNEAU VISIT Enjoying a “reunion in Juneau,” are members of one of Alaska’s prominent families, the Hellenthals, friends calling informally to renew acquaintance with the Anchorage branch and to see the baby. Judge and Mrs. Si Hellenthal have as guests this week Judge:Hellen- thal’s son and his family—Mr. and Mrs. John Hellenthal of the,west- ward city, with Cathy and Mare. They expect to go back tomorrow, “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950 ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BANQUETTOPS OFF GOP MEET HELD, JUNEAU Party Leaders, Delegates, “ Candidates for Office Make Short Talks One hundred and fiity-six Repub ‘icans from Juneau, Wrangell, Pet- ersburg, Ketchikan, Sitka, Haines Cordova, Anchorage. Seward, Fair- banks, Nome and perhaps other parts of Alaska, crowded into the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel last evening to hail Austin E, “Cap” Gathrop whose nomination as Re- oublican National Committeeman for Alaska had been unanimously wpproved a few hours previously. The assembled Republicans feasted on turkey and trimmings aind heard briefly from some party ficers, delegates to the caucus and :andidates for office in the coming elections. Toastmaster Howard Simmons in- roduced Mrs. Margaret E. White, Republican National Committee- woman for Alaska, and other speak- ers, and Mrs. White introduced Mr. Lathrop, whose election by the CJentral Committee will take place next week. Lathrop, expressing great plea- sure at the harmony and enthusi- ism shown by the gathering, asked for suggestions for the coming cam- oaign, urged all Republicans to get >ut and work for the party and promised an early return to Juneau {0 report on conditions in other naris of Alaska, ( Albert White, General Counsel for the Republican party in Alaska, redicted that the united party will sive the Democrats a “run for their noney this year,” while Elton Eng- strom, Chairman of the Central Committee, asserted that this caucus | Lennie Engstrom, P, C. McCormarck. ‘has opened a new era for the Re- sublican party in Alaska.” Others who spoke during the eve- ning were: Mrs. Helen .Brosius, Treasurer of the Central Commit- tee, of Seward; Howard D. Stabler, Central Committee member, of Ju- neau; J. C. Morris, Central Com- mittee member, of Anchorage. Maurice Johnson, mayor of Fair- banks and former member of the slature; Senator Andrew Ner- land, Senator John Butrovich, Rep. George Miscovich, R. J. McKenna; Joe Coble, former representative and candidate for the Senate; Mrs Sylvia Ringstad; Mike Stepovich, candidate for the House, and Jack Daum of the Fairbanks News-Miner staff, all of Fairbanks. John Manders, Anchorage attor- ney; Dr. Will H. Chase of Cordova. Senator Charles D. Jones of Nome candidate for reelection; “Duke’ Mitrovich of Sitka; Mayor Ed Loc: ken of Petersburg, candidate for the House; James Wheeler, Petersburg druggist; Rep. Doris Barnes™ of | Wrangell, candidate for reelection; mayor of Wrangell, and Neil Grant, all of Wrangell; Mr. and Mrs. Clar- ence Rands and R. N. DeArmond of Sitka. Sid D. Charles, Ketchikan editor; Perry Hilleary, Ketchikan newspa- perman; Carl Heinmiller of Haines, candidate for the House; R. E. Rob- ertson of Juneau; Senator Anita Garnick of Juneau; J. S. MacKin- non of Juneau, candidate for the| House; M. L. MacSpadden of Ju-| neau, candidate for the House; Waino Hendrickson, mayor of Ju- neau and candidate for the House, and Ray Beach of Juneau, candi-| date for Labor Commissioner. | ® € o -~ o ®» o » i WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum 39; minimum 31, At Airport—Maximum 39; minimum 26. FORECAST (Junean and Vielnity) Cloudy Wwith intermittent o | snow tonight and Saturday. e Lowest - temperature tonight | | near 33 ‘degrees. Highest Saturday near 40. Southeast- erly. winds occasionally as high as 20 mph tonight. PRECIPITATIONGS, (Past 24 nburs ending 7:30 8 m. todas o | City of Juneau—.09 inches; e | since March 1-332 inches; e since July 1—60.57 inches. e At Airport—,08. inches; L3 since March 1—1.42 inches; e since July 1—40.11 inches. . ® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 PLATFORM OF REPUBLICANS IS ADOPTED Opposition fo Present| Statehood Bill-Lathrop _Nominated for Com. immmom of statehood fo Alakka—but not under the enablin: act presently under consideratior by the United States Congress—was advocated by Alaska Republican in a party platform adopted yester- day afternoon in the closing session of its Territory-wide caucus. ‘The statehood plank in the party s platform “deplores the obvious in adequacy of H.R. 331 (the Bartlet: statehood bill) in that it fails tu specify the respective rights and privileges and the respective dutie: and obligations of the Federal gov- ernment’ and the proposed State of Alaska.” ‘The statehood plank was adopted after considerable discussion and a cshange from the original proposal There were two dissenting votes on its adoption. Speakers opposing the present statehood bill stressed that it should contain more specific language ve- zarding reservations and the taking over of properties now owned by the federal government for iise by the proposed state. 8id D. Charles, editor of the Ket- chikan Dajly News, termed the pre- sent bill a “double-cross ot the people of Alaska,” asserting that thi: is an entirely different and less lib- 2rpl bill than the one upon which he pings were held two years ago. Oppose Reservations The platform opposes reservations for Indians, Eskimos or Aleuts in Alaska and calls for an immediate settlement of any and all aborigina claims; seeks protection for Alaskan industries which must compete witn foreign products, and calls for a house-cleaning in the various of- , agencies and bureaus of “the Territory. (See the full text of the Republi- an Platform elsewhere in todays Empire.) Adoption of the platform followe: closely upon the nomination of Austin E. “Cap” Lathrop for Na- ional Committeeman. The well- known Alaskan received the unani- mous vote of the delegates after J. 2. Morris of Anchorage announced hat Elmer Rasmuson of that city was no longer a candidate. Rasmu- son had previously been endorsed by Third Division Republicans. Lathrop'’s name was placed be | fore the caucus by Mrs. Margarel . White, Republican National Com- iitteewoman, who said, “It is most | titting that we honor this Alaskan \t this time more than any other e to show the people not only Alaska but of the nation that w= have every confidence in him.” Seconding speeches were made by sid D. Charles of Ketchikan fo | the First Division, Senator Charie D. Jones of Nome for the Secont ! Division, Dr. Will H. Chase of Cur |dova for the Third Division anc Senator Andrew Nerland of Fair banks for the Fourth Division. “This meeting of a united Repub lican Party is a gratifying and in- spiring sight,” “Cap” Lathrop told the assembled delegates. “The of- fice is entirely unsought by me/ he continued. “My own affairs keep me very busy and now Governor Gruening is proposing to assist me in them, but I intend to work tor the party and to further it in every way possible.” Other business in the closing ses- sion of the caucus included com- mittee reports and the creation of 1 special committee, headed by Al- bert White, to conduct an investiga- tion of government corruption and misfeasance within the Territory. The two-day caucus, attended by pproximately 80 persons, came to a close at 5:30 p.m. It was followed by |2 Republican banquet in the Bara nof Hotel Gold Room. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 31—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine tock today is 27%, American Can 115%, -Anaconda 28%, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvester 4, Kennecott 50, New York Cen- tral 14, Northern Pacific 15%, U. 8. Steel 30%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,880,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: |industrials 206.05, rails 5483, util- ities 42.73, 1950 Platform for Republican Party of Alaska Preamble BE IT RESOLVED by the Repub- fican party of Alaska, in a duly :alled and regularly organized rnu-‘ cus authorized by the Republican | Central Committee of Alaska, held | at Juneau, Alaska, March 29 and 30, 1950: That we affirm adherence | to, and belief in, the form and prin- | ciples of the American Government which our country’s founders set forth in the Declaration of Inde- GOP SOLONS BLAST BACK AT TRUMAN Charge of 'Sa]flage' Hurl- ed Back and Forth-Far East Policy Hit WASHINGTON, March 31—(P— Three Republicans struck back an- grily today at President Truman’s asertion that their attacks are sab- otaging American Foreign Policy ind aiding the Kremlin. Mr. Truman told a Key West, Fla., news conference yestercjy that he was fed up with criticism of the State Department by Sen- ators McCarthy (R-Wls), Bridges| (R-NH) and Wherry (R-Neb). He! added, for direct quotation: “The greatest asset that the| Kremlin has is the partisan attempt in the Senate to sabotage the bi- partisan foreign policy of the Unit- ed States.” McCarthy said he would be ghd to plead guilty to sabotaging the Administration’s Far Eastern pol-| icies, adding that “they couldn’t pe any worse—our batting aver- age is zero.” “If somweone can disrupt the| rlans for turning the rest of the East over to Russia, it would be a secod thing,” he told reporters. “I wish somebody had sabotaged that policy earlier.” Bridges bristled that the only hing he is trying to do is “to sabotage some of the subversives| and security risks so that they will be thrown out of key posts n the government.” The New Hampshire Senator told he Senate earlier in the week that 1 “master spy” must have crammed state Department with bad security isks. Wherry, the GOP floor leader who has criticized Secretary of state Acheson, challenged the Pre- ident to open the FBI and other loyalty files to a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee mwsuunt-, ing McCarthy's charges that Com- munists have influenced State De- >artment foreign policies. YOUTH ARRESTED FOR TAKING AUTOMOBILE A 14-year-old youth was arrested by city police yesterday afternoon ind charged with taking the auto belonging to Rod Nordling withont the owner's permission. Police said the car was taken from Juneau Plumhbing and Heat- ing Company’s lot, on Third street near Franklin at about 3:15 p.m. It was returned by the youth to the | lot. Police apprehended him at 6:15 pm. after witnesses had identitied him as the driver of the car. The car had suffered a dented real fender, the owner said. The youth admitted having takan a car from the Cowling Motor Com- pany several days ago, police said. He was arrested March 13 for hav- ing taken a car without the owner’s permission. Both of the cars—Nordling’s and the one taken from in front of the Cowling Motor Company—were 1949 models. b The youth was turned over to the Department of Welfare after being questioned by Assistant U.S. Attor- ney Stanley Baskin. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah' from Vancouver due Saturday afternoon or evening. Baranof scheduled to sall from Seattle Saturday. Denali scheduled southbound 4 | citizens, | pendence and the Constitution of the United States of America, and | the principles of the Republican y, and we do hereby ehjoin ali Republicans of Alaska and do earn- estly urge all other Alaskans to sup- :purr the following tenets and doc- trines: Belief in full freedom for every individual with resulting higher | earnings and lower taxes for every- one, to be brought about through ‘;l\m\est and efficient government; equal rights and privileges for all protection of local enter- prise against unfair foreign com- petition; a return from socialism; liberalization of homestead regula- tions and modification of the pre- sent tax system. We recommend steps: the following A critical review of all tax laws enacted by the last Territorial Legislature; the retention or enact- ment of only such tax legislation as may be required to raise revenue sufficient for sound and economical progress and administration of the Territory’s business; the restoration of full faith and credit of the Terri- tory financially; providing a fair and reasonable relief from the mul- titude of ill conceived, discrimina- unnecessary tax laws hastily en- acted and imposed upon our resi- dent fishermen, our resident boat owners, our resident fish buyers, our resident cold storage operators, our resident businessmen and property owners and our mining and fishing industries, and all enacted with a reckless disregard of the consequent effect upon venture capital, the economy of the Tvrrlwry and its citizens, or the taxpayers’ abiity to pay, as brought down on Alaskans by the present administration. * Balance the Territorial Budget by curtailing needless expenditures and making appropriations to fit antici- pated and authorized revenues. A cleanup and overhauling of our Territorial offices to the end that they will be placed on a basis o sound, honest and businesslike effi- ciency and to correct the laxity, mismanagement, abuses and cor- ruption of the present administra- tion. Encouragement of full employ- ment of all employable Alaskans on a year-round basis through the de- velopment of both present and new industries which could operate dur- ing the slack seasons of our existing basic industries. Limit the powers of the Board of Administration of the Territory ot | Alaska by being more specific re- zarding the use of public monies. Prompt restoration and mainten- ance thereafter of American ‘prin- ciples of government; the immediate ending of our nation’s present dis- astrous trend to socialism; forever holding life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness superior to bureau- cratic enslavement through what- | ever form of false material security, immediately ending bureaucracy's dangerous, ever spending growth; oppressive and burdensome taxes | and wasteful expenditure of ouc money and resources; acquainting every citizen with the imperative | we are to retain. our freedom and our individual liberties. Protection of Alaska's fur-trapp | ing, fishing, dairying, farming, lum- | bering and other industries from the destructive competition of other countries whose standards of living are below our American standards. Maintenance of a full-time, intei- | ligent and effective administration of our labor laws for the benefit ot poth labor and industry in order that industrial peace may con- stantly prevail. i The support of preferential em- ployment for resident Alaskan work- ers in both private industry and governmental service. Opposition to the creation of re- servations in Alaska for Indians, Eskimos or Aleuts, and favering the immediate and final settlement ot all aboriginal claims in Alaska. We advocate attainment ot state- hood for Alaska, but we deplore the obvious inadequacy of the presentiy introduced enabling act, H.R. 331, in that it fails to specify the re- spective rights and privileges ana the respective duties and obligations of the Federal Government and the proposed State of Alaska. To these self-evident American and Republican party principles we do hereby pledge the Republican tory, irresponsible, burdensome and | Perjury Trial of Harry Bridges Goes To Jury JUDGE GIVES STATEMENT, LAW POINTS Carefully P”r:pared In- structions Delivered- 3 Men Involved SAN FRANCISCO, March 31—# —The perjury trial of Harry Bridges went to the jury at 12:43 p.m. (PST) today—81st day of the court case. In carefully prepared instructions, Federal Judge George B. Harris summed up points of the law for the jury. Bridges, President of the CIO Longshore Union, was indicted on a | charge that he committed perjury by denying he was a Commuhist at his 1045 citizenship hearing. He denied repeatedly at the trial he was or ever had been a Communist. Two other union officers are co- defendants. Outlining to the jury that the defendants had denied they were or are Communists, Judge Iarris named 11 government witnesses who | testified to the contrary. These wit- nesses ex-Com- munists He pointed.out, then, that the defense had put only two ex-Com- munist witnesses, except for the three defendants, to answer the charges of the 11 prosecution wit- aesses directly. At the request of the defense, Judge Harris told the jury “a wit- ness false in one part of his testi- mony is to be distrusted in others.” This would apply specifically to & government, Witness, MW,... L ton Ross c?l Memphis, Tenn. qul{ ted ex-Communist, who -umnud on thé stand he had sworn falsely as to his name, origin and back- ground. Judge Harris said “mere associa- tions between an individual and an organization do not constitute mem- bership . Even sympathy for the program of an organization, or contributions of money to that or- ganization, do not create the tegal status of membership . . . “Even affiliation with the Com- munist party falls short of consti- tuting membership in the Com- munist party.” Two of his union aides, J. R. Rob- ertson and Henry Schmidt, also are on trial. They are charged with conspiracy because they supported Bridges’ statement that he was not a Communist. FIRST LION PROWL TONIGHT AT 8:30 IN AB HALL RANGE Everyone is invited %o “shoot the works” (and the turkeys) at the first annual Lions’ Prowl tonight and tomorrow night in the AB. Hall. Besides the marksmen and novelty rifle shoots, a new feature was scheduled today--a pistol shoot. Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander, chair- man for the first prowl of the Ju- neau Lions Club, has arranged for were professed need of supgorting this program i} nersonnel of the National Guard Instructors’ Detachment to handle details of the “shoot” itself. M-Sgt. William Crawford will be in charge of the rifle range, hand- iing arms and ammunition, and all safety precautions. Sgt. Ralph Brasher will assist, and M-Sgt. Harry Lucas is to be all- around coordinator. While there's shootin’ on the range, exciting and profitable games will be played upstairs. Events on both floors will begin at 8:30 pm, A hard-working gnng of Lions spent last evening cleaning up the hall, setting up the refreshment stand and placing bright streamers and other decorations. In this group were Norman J. Sommers, William Matheny, George Danner, Fred Henning, Elmer Jones and Joseph W. Alexander. On the promotional committee for tonight’s affair are Lions Bob Scott, Bob Faulknet, Harry Watkins, How- ard Andresen, Don C. Foster, J. Gerald Willilam and Dr. Joseph O. Rude. According to Val Poor, president, proceeds will be used to make good the Juneau Lions Club pledge to the Memorial Library fund, any- thing in excess to be used for other club projects of civic betterment. party in Alaska, our political for- tunes, our sacred honor and our a.m. Monday. integrity. Ralph 8. Shupp of Kodiak is a guest at the Baranof Hotel,