The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1950, Page 1

(A=) THE DAILY ALASKA. EMPIRE VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,526 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1950 SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MORE INDICTMENTS ON WAY--M'SRATH VOTING IS TO BEGIN MONDAY FOR QUEEN; 4 BEAUTIES IN RACE Juneau civic and fraternal or- ganizations have made their choices, and now it will be up to the people of Juneau to decide who will rule during the Fourth of July celebra- | tion. ‘The deadline on entries in the Fourth of July Queen Contest passed last night with four local beauties named as candidates for the coveted royal diadem. The pretty foursome is made up | of: Shirley Casperson, candidate ot | the Central Labor Council; Carmen | Mantyla, backed by the Moose and Lions Club; Roberta Messerschmidt, sponsored by the Rotary Club; and | Nella Jermain, candidate of the American Legion. Voting to decide which will be queen will begin Monday after local organizations have received tickets from the Queen Contest headquar- ters at the Juneau Drug Company, according to Miss Judy Greene who is in charge of the contest. “The organizations sponsoring the queen candidates will see that every- one in Juneau hag a chance to vote for his choice,” Miss Greene said. Voting will end June 30, she de-| clared. i With each vote also goes an op- portunity to own an auto. FIGHT URGED ON COMMIE_PURGE | BY JAPAN GOV, (By the Associated Press) The Chinese Communist radio urged the Japanese to fight back against General MacArthur's purge of Communists today as the Jap- anese government met with police officials to effect further curbs on Reds. ‘The Peiping radio, beamed for propaganda purposes on restless Japan, asked the Japanese to “deal effective couaterblows” against an occupation crackdown on 24 Com- munist Politburo members and 17 editors of the Communist news-| paper. It called MacArthur's purge ot Red leaders a complete contradic- tion of the Potsdam agreement and said: “Unless the Japanese people deal counterblows, they will once more be driven along the path of destruction by Japan’s ‘modern | ‘Tojo-MacArthur.” Meanwhile a new reported plot| on MacArthur’s life—the second in 10 days—was labelled a “fake” by American officials, as was the earlier | report. A letter was intercepted | mentioning vaguely a plan to take the Supreme Commander’'s life. It bore a false address and its author | remained a mystery. | Premier Shigeru Yoshida met with | his cabinet and rural and Tokyo police to consider stronger measures against the Communists’ anti- occupation campaign. FROM SKAGWAY Betty Thomas of Skagway is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyrisht, 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'ASHINGTON — The Senate’s genial chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris and Vice President Alben Barkley were exchanging domestic intelligence in the Sen- ate cloakroom. £ “My wife’'s away in St. Louis for two weeks, reported Barkley. “I'm in the same boat,” said the chaplain. “My wife's out of town, too.” . “Well, let's do something about it,” suggested the Veep with a wink. “They’ll never know the difference. How about a little pin- ochle or a night baseball game at Griffith Stadium.?” Brass Bosoms The Italian Embassy celebrated | the anniversary of the founding of the Italian republic last week by bestowing medals on several people around the White House, among them General Harry Vau- ghan, Generdl Louis Renfrow, and General Wallace Graham, the Pres- ident’s personal physician. The medals were supposed to _ (Continued on Page Four) | Some | deserving. THE STATEHOOD HEARINGS No. 4 By BOB DE ARMOND The land grants to the proposed new State of Alaska were among the knottiest of the problems en- countered by a group of United States Senators when they studied the enabling bill and heard wit- nesses upon it. Almost every witness had some- thing to say about the grants, | and the testimony of the p . statehood people, unified on most points, was contradictory on one. Moreover, the land grants provisions of H. R. 331 were the main point of attack by the op- ponents of the bill. Closely tied in with the land grants were the questions of bu- reaucratic control of Alaskan re- sources and the development of these resources. The first of a long list of wit- nesses to appear at the hearing was Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior. Because of the vast power the Interior Depart- ment wields in Alaska, . Alaskans are likely to read with interest any statement by the Secretary. And because of long experience with many Secretaries of the Interior they are apt to read such pro- nouncements with care. Chapman Gives—and Takes Secretary Chapman started off on a note that was heartening to the Alaskan public. He said: “As an official of the Federal government, I know we have been accused many times of being grasp- ing and looking for jurisdiction to extend our powers within our de- partments. I want to say to you gentlemen here I want to get rid of that power in the Department of the Interior. I want to trans- mit 1t back {0 the people of Alaska, who have every right and I think the ability to manage their own affairs. I want to turn it over to them, insofar as it is practical and feasible at all to do so.” Now there is a statement that would receive a round of applause from any audience between Hyder and Barrow, and a number of Al- askan residents did applaud it in their testimony. But wait. Let us look again at those last dozen words: “insofar as it is practical and feasible at all to do so.” Do they have some special meaning? Evidently they do, because when Secretary Chap- man got down to the specific pro- visions of the Alaska bill he pulled out a different sheet of music, one written in the minor key. Here he says: “In some places we are giving three sections (of land) and in some four sections. have suggested that we give more. I think it is unwise to give more. I don’t think they will be quite proper to manage and ad- minister quite as efficiently as We are doing.” Proper—Or Improper I will confess that I am unable to understand exactly what the Sezretary means when he uses the word “proper.” It is a word that fits very handily into officialese— a variety language designed to be impressive but vague. Perhaps that is why he selected it. Previously the Secretary had said he thought Alaskans have the abil- ity to manage their own affairs. Now he doesn’t think they will be quite “proper” to manage and ad- minister. My abridged dictionary lists an €ven dozen definitions for the word “proper.” It means, among other things, honest, respectable, deserved and fitting. We have the ability to manage but are not honest enough, or respectable enough, or Is that it? I do not know. One of the synonyms listed for “proper” is “modest.” Per- haps we are not modest enough to manage as efficiently as the In- terior Department is doing. Here is another synonym: “con- venient.” Ah, now.maybe we are getting somewhere. We have the ability to manage our affairs but it is not convenient to let us do so. That is an entirely “proper” statement from the Interior De- partment. Bautler is Skeptical Senator Hugh Butler, for one, stuck his tongue in his cheek at the whole Interior Department rfg- amarole. Along in the heating the Senator said he thought statehood should come “when the people of Alaska can get the right sort of a deal from the Department of Interior; I would not say the Fed- eral government because I am sure that most people in government IS TRUMAN ATTACKS RUSSIA President fies Address Fairly Bristling with Chargeson S. U. £T. LOUIS, June 10—(P—Presi- dent Truman bitterly accused Sov- iet Russia today of preaching peace while “fomenting aggression and oreparing for war.” Using language like a prosecut- ing attorney, he declared Russia’s leaders, “with a cynical disregard ‘or the hopes of mankind,” have been “an obstacle to peace.” At the same time, he declared that Russia’s threat of a third world war is being “offset by the yrowing strength of the free world” and that the United States is en- iisted “for the duration” in the struggle to preserve peace. The President chose the site for a Jefferson memorial on the Miss- issippi River front as the setting for this country’s most vigorous answer to the Russian peace prop- aganda offensive, His prepared speech fairly bris- tled with charges against Russia in language in keeping with the matter-of-fact phrases of his native midwest. Time and time again he men- tioned Russia by name as he in- dicted the Soviet Union for: 1. Maintaining the largest peace- dme armed force in history, far greater than it needs for the de- fense of its own boundaries.” 2. Seeking to extend the bound- aries of their totalitarian control “by means of infiltration, subver- sion, propaganda and indirect ag- sression.” 3. Talking Democracy but setting up “dictatorships.” 4. Proclaiming national independ- 2nce but imposing “national slav- ery.” 5. Turning the school children of Eastern Germany “into the same gind of pitiful robots that marched into hopeless battle for Hitler.,” WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 58; minimum, 48. At Airport—Maximum, 61; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy with little change in temperature to- night and Sunday. Lowest temperature tonight 46 de- grees and highest Sunday 65. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None; since June 1 — 0,75 inches; since July 1—71.89 inches. At Airport — None; since June 1 — 038 inches; since July 1—46.10 inches. GAME SUNDAY The Elks and Coast Guard will meet tomorrow afternoon at'2:30 o'clock in the Firemen's baseball park. The Elks are now on tcp of the heap in the standings with two won and one lost and the Coast Guard are in second spot, 2-2. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 7 o'clock to- night and sails for Skagway at 11:30 p.m. Prince George from Vancouver, with Los Angeles Chamber of Com- merce tour party, scheduled to ar- rive 2:30 this afternoon. Alaska from Seattle scheduled to arrive 3 p.m. Sunday. Chilcotin from Vancouver sched- uled to arrive 6 p.m. Sunday. Freighter Square Knot from Seattle due sometime Monday. Baranof from Seattle scheduled to arrive Tuesday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Aleutian from west scheduled southbound midnight Sunday. ® ee00ccscc00ccccvccese00oo e ® 0000000000000 0%000000000 0 FROM PELICAN Mike Goodman of Pelican is at (Continued on Page Six) the Baranof Hotel, PRESIDENT, BOYS OF BATTERY D, DISCUSS WAISTLINES AT EATS ST. LOUIS, June 10—M—Presi- dent Truman and his boys of Bat= tery D got together today at a gay reunion breakfast in which they compared expanding waistlines and swapped stories of the First World War. The breakfast for members of Battery D. 129th Field Artillery, which Mr. Truman commanded, Started another full day of activity for “Captain Harry,” here for the 35th Division’s annual reunion. SENATE WRANGLES AT ALL NIGHT MEET ONRENT CONTROLS WASHINGTON, June 10— (@ — The Senate, wrangling along in an all-night session over rent controls, finally agreed to a test vote Mon- day on the issue. Most of the past-midnight hours were taken up in trying to get cnough members together to vofe and in Parliamentary skirmishes. The sergeant at arms was sent cut to order missing senators to the chamber, a device not used for eight years. Present Federal rent controls ex- pire in less than three weeks; the administration is trying to get them extended over vigorous Republican opposition. CREEL LIMIT DROPS T0 15 FISH ON JULY 1 | FOR STREAM ANGLERS The creel limit for fresh water fish will drop from 20 to 15 begin- ning July 1, it was announced today by Clarence Rhode, h2ad of the Fish snd Wildlife Service. The alternate poundage Wwiil re- main the same. In other words, a fisherman will allowed 15 fish, or 15 pounds plus one fish. Reduction in- the number 1is brought about because the pisca- torial population of Alaskan streams has been reduced to where a de; crease was necessary. The cold water and rocky bottoms of streams in the north are not conducive tc large numbers of spawn, and the only reason fish have been in abundance is that fishermen have never showed up in large numbers to take them out, Rhode explained. “The poundage limit allows a man to catch, for example, a 1l4-pound trout,” he said, “and inasmuch as that is not the limit, he may take one more fish, even though it also weighs 14 pounds.” He also announced that next year the Salmon Creek reservoir will open May 15 — two weeks earlier: than this year, when it opened on June 1. Miss J. Casperson Becomes Bride of James Trevarthen At a 9 o'clock nuptial mass this morning in the Church of the Na- tivity, Miss Jeannette Casperson became the bride of Mr. James Trevarthen. The Rev. Robert L. ‘Whelan officiated at the double ring ceremony. The bride, who wore a rose-beige suit with white accessories, was at- tended by her sister, Miss Shirley Joyce Casperson. Mr. Trevarthen had as best man Mr. Gordon Potlicchio. After the ceremony, there was a breakfast for the wedding party in the Baranof Hotel Iris Room, where variegated spring flowers in pastel shades centered the table. Mr. Trevarthen and his bride will greet’ their friends at a wedding reception at 8 o’'clock this evening in the Baranof Gold Room. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Casperson of this city. She is on the staff of the Em- ployment Security Commission here. The bridegroom, a Coastguards- man, came here from Long Beach, Calif., more than a year ago. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Trevarthen of Long Beach and| Pontiac, Mich. The new home will be made in Juneau. INCREASED TAXES NECESSARY TO MEET TERRITORY'S COSTS Henry Roden Tells Sorop- timists of Alaska's Fi- nancial Condition The Soroptimists went to the man who knows to find out about “The !Financial Situation of the Terri- tory,” and it was Henry Roden, Ter- ritorial Treasurer, who addressed the group on the subject at its juncheon Friday in the Baranof Terrace room. J Introduced by Mrs. Mildred Her- mann, Mr. Roden gave members ot the women’s club a picture of the Territory’s finances at the time of appointment as treasurer a year ago, the history of financing the Territory during the last year and {told what could be expected when Increased taxes. “It didn’t take me long to find out that our financial situation was critical,” Mr. Roden said. “There was no cash in the treasury and bills had accumulated until we had no credit. We were hardly able to keep the Pioneer’'s Home open. “When we went to the .banks to borrow money, we found, in some instances that politics were involved and we encountered certain diffi- culties. However, we were able to | borrow half a million dollars with- out interest, by agreeing to freeze $5,500,000 of funds appropriated by the last legislature.” The Board of Administration has made available only such funds as ’are absolutely necessary for the jrunning of the Territory, Mr. Ro- den said. .., “And this practice will continue,” added, “with the possible excep- tion of advancing some funds for the builaing of the Territorial of- fice tuilding in Juneau.” | Revenue Not Sufficient | so far, anticipated revenue is not | sufficient to meet the Territory's | anticipated expenditures, Mr. Roden |said, “As long as this is the case, the Board of Administration will hold down expenses to a minimum.” By February 1 of this year, when the money was due, the Territory { had paid the funds it had borrowed from the banks. Credit Established A month ago Mr. Roden attended the territorial bankers convention in | Anchorage and accomplished two purposes by his appearance before them. First, he established the Ter- ritory’s credit and second, a rate of interest at 4 percent was established { for territorial loans. | With the Territory’s going costs of Pioneers Home, University of Alaska —amounting to $750,000 a month, | monthly, Mr. Roden said. The Tax Commissioner and the legislative finance committees dur- ilng the last session of the legisla- 4 ture had figured income from terri- torial taxes to be about $24,000,000 for the biennium and the Territory’s budget was based on this tigure. From April 1, 1949 to April 1, 1950, the income was about $8,500,000 but of this earmarked funds from the gas tax (about $1,750,000 for the biennium) and the tobacco tax ($500,000 earmarked for the con- struction of schools) cannot be used for general territorial costs. While anticipated revenue for the current year, April 1, 1950—April 1, 1951, is $10,000,000, it might, in turn be less than last year, Mr. Roden said. | Last year the fisheries paid a tax jof 2 percent of the total value of |the pack. “But pink salmon last | year brought $23 a case and today | the wholesale price is $14.50," Mf. Roden said. “And there is a question also of some canneries not operat- ing this year.” { Income tax is expected to be the ;’Terflwry's first source of revenue, the canneries next and liquor taxes are third, the treasurer said. Increased Taxes How to meet the increasing cost of government? To do this Mr. Roden suggested the possibility of |an increased gas tax. Now 2-cents, | the gas tax could be raised to 3- jcents or 4-cents. | Should the general property tax be upheld, once the cost of setting it up is overcome, this should pro- vide a considerable income “if we {can find a proper and economic system of collecting it,” Mr. Roden said. (Continued on Page Three) 1 the legislature meets in 1951 as to| operation—schools, salaries, welfare, | {the Territory is running behind ! tl-“e'.ershux'g. is visiting among her 'Stale Ag efi Pulls Out- | Southeast Alaska — a year longer INDUSTRY T0 SET UP OWN HIRING HALL 400 to Be Hired Next Week for Bristol Bay ' SEATTLE, June 10—®—A possi- | ble solution to the erratic dispute in the Alaska salmon industry over a hiring agency for non-resident workers was offered today by in- dustry operators. Walter P. Sharpe, assistant mah- ager for the Alaska Salmon Indus- try, Inc, said the industry will begin operating its owr “iring hall ‘or non-Alaska workers un Monday | n Seatle TL- mu.2 was made after efforts to reach accord on an impartial | hiring agency failed. The Wash- ington State Employment Service, which was acceptable to both un- lons and management, pulled “out of the picture this week. Spokesmen for the three unichs representing the non-resident work- ors said the hiring hall operated by industry management would be acceptable “with reservations.” They added that it would cléar the way for the first movement of workers north. First cannery workers will be hired for dispatch to the Bristol Bay area, Upward of 400 will be employed next week. Sharpe said employment will be tased on seniority in the indusiry as shown in' the records of the industry and - affiliated canneries. He said union membership will not be considered. - Two CIO locals and one AFL union local are competing for rep- resentation of the non-resident workers. All currently hold sim- ilar contrdcts with the industry. CURTIS IRWIN LEAVES; NALLY NEW FBI HEAD After three years as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for than the usual tour of duty, Curtis | Irwin has been transferred to San Francisco. He will leave Juneau to- morrow. Irwin’s successor is Thomas J. Nally, who has been on the F.B.I. headquarters staff at Anchorage since January. MRS. RAGNAR STOKKE HERE FROM PETERSBURG Mrs. Ragnar Stokke, of Peters- burg, arrived in Juneau during the week by Ellis Airlines and is at the Baranof Hotel. ' Mrs. Stokke, long a resident of ! many friends here. She will return to her home the first of the week. VESSEL LOSES RUDDER The fishing vessel Yakima III, owned by Chris Jackson of Sitka, was towed 14 mhiles to Sitka early today by the Coast Guard cutter Cahoone, The Yakima IIT had lost its rudder. FROM SANTA ROSA Mr. and Mrs, E. T. Stannard have returned from a side trip ahd are again at the Baranof Hotel. Mf. Stannard is owner-mnager’ of the Santa Rosa Hotel in Santd Rosa, Calif, i SEATTLEITES VISIT Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Phillips and Homer O. Blair of Perkins Lane, Seattle, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. ' JOHN CUSHING HERE John J. Cushing of Sitka is regis- tered at tne Baranof Hotel. | ART WOLF HERE Arthur Wolf of Seattle, well- known cannery man, i85 a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. White of Sitka are guests at the Baranof Hotel. e WALDRON HERE Drew D. Waldron of Pratt nnd’, ‘Whitney Aircraft, Anchorage, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. L’Anse, county seat of Baraga County, Michigan, was for years the site of a camp used by French explorers and missionaries. | | Franklin ~ Street, ALASKA LINE "DOES ME FAR T00 MUCH CREDIT: GRUENING Gov. Ernest Gruening today issued a statement regarding the indict- ments returned by the Anchorage grand jury which accuses numerous | tirms and persons doing business in | Alaska of violating federal anti-| trust laws. i He disclaimed any “power or in- fluence’ 'to persuade charges to be brought. His complete statement follows: “Mr. Gilbert Skinner, owner of| the Alaska Steamship Company, | has issued a statement charging me with responsibility for the indict- ments reported in the press aganst thr Alaska Steamship Jo.apany | and others. “Mr. Skinner does me far too much credit. He is wpparently not fully aware of the method by which the federal government operates. The Governor of Alaska has no power or influence to persuade the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of the anti-trust laws. “My first information that the! Federal authorities were interested in checking on alleged violations ot these laws came a little over a year ago when I learned that, in response to complaints from Alaskans, the | anti-trust division of the Depart- | ment of Justice was investigating these complaints. “I neither sponsored nor insti- gated the proceedings which have followed. Neither does the Governor have the power or the influence to persuade a Grand Jury, compcsed wholly of Alaska citizens, to bring in indictments. “Actually, I have had no contact whatever with the Grand Jury pro- H not know what the éfi‘i‘: wn% not ’A'lnon:'”!he 263 witnesses reportedly ‘éalled on to testify; and know only what I have read in the ngwspapers. “Whatever may be the merit of the charges for which certain al- leged violators have been indicted, the matter will in due course be determined by the courts, and it would be Lighly improper for me to nake any comment while court ac- Jon s pending. “We must assume that following the time-honored American prin~I ciple, people are innocent until proven guilty. On the other hand, if it is demonstrated that laws have been violated it is fitting and proper that justice take its course.” SEMAR ON BUSINESS TRIP IN SE ALASKA William Semar of Seattle is mak- ing the Baranof Hotel his head- quarters while on a business trip | to several Southeast Alaska points. He has gone on a short trip to Sitka. For many years head of the Northland Transportation Company, Semar now is President of the Sitka Cold Storage Company and the Aleutian Cold Storage Company at Sand Point. Another Seattleite wellknown in Alaska, August Buschmann, is vice president of both concerns. RESIDENT FISHERMAN FINED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF LICENSE FAILURE TO REGISTER WITH FWS Max Lindoff, a native residen,; fisherman, was fined a total of $40 yesterday by U. 8. Commissioner Gordon Gray for not having his Territorial tax license and for not having registered with the Fish and Wildlife Service. Lindoff, arrested near Pelican, was fined $25 for not having paid his $5 license fee required of all resident commercial fishermen, and $15 for not having registered his type of gear with the service. . Attorney Willlam L. Paul, represented Lindoff. Jr., FIRE ALARM ‘The Juneau Fire Department an- swered a one-five alarm at 10:30 o'clock this morning and rushed to the Juneau Coffee Shop, 248 South where a small grease fire was burning. Little dam- age was done by the blaze, and all clear was sounded 20 minutes after first alarm. ‘ HALIBUT LANDED The halibut boat S.J.8. arrived this morning from Area 3 with 5,000 pounds of halibut aboard. The tish had not been sold when The Empire went to press, DENIALS HINT 'MOTIVES' 10 BE AIRED OUT ‘Development Obsiructed’ Say Charges—Alaska Line Predicts Vindication WASHINGTON, Jue 10 — 9 — The biggest string of anti-trust pro- secutions ever undertaken at one time in a single area was aimed today at a sizeable segment of busi- ness in Alaska. Prosecutions were started yester- day in Anchorage against 23 cor- porations, 138 individuals and two liquor dealer associations, and At- torney General McGrath said last night that more actions are to come. McGrath announced that ‘the move was directed against what the Justice Department described as “collusive arrangements among business groups which have ob- structed the development and ex- pansion of the Alaskan economy.” The Department, he said, had been investigating the situation for I nearly a year. Based on 10 sealed indictments re- turned last Monday by a federal grand jury at Anchorage, the ac- tions were directed against several lines of trade, including shipping, ° fuel supplies, food, the liquor busi- ness, taxicabs and dry cleaning services, 5 A to the Justice Depart- ment, the “most significant” of the prosecutions was a double-barreled indictment and ctvil suit against Seattle and five of its officers, in- cluding the President, Gilbert W. Skinner. “Controls Economy” The Attorney General said that because it is the only line serving the entire territory, Alaska Steam- ship “virtually controls the economy of Alaska.” ‘The company was accused in the court actions of excluding competi~ tion in passenger and freight trade in Alaskan waters by “a wide va- riety of coercive and illegal means.” In Seattle, the company issued an immediate denial. It declared in a statement: “We are determined to fight these charges and to bring into plain view the motives of those who have in- stigated and sponsored them. We are satisfled that a full trial of this matter before a fair and im- partial tribunal will vindicate the company and its personnal.” “Drive to Free Restraint” McGrath asserted in a statement: “In recent years, Alaska has be- come of great strategic importance as a defense area. Since economic development and defense are in- separable, it is essential that bar- riers to the expansion of trade be speedily removed. The group of cases filed constitute only the first visible results of the Department’s drive to free the Alaskan economy of crippling trade restraints and monopolistic practices.” He noted that President Truman, in recommending statehood fqor the Territory more than a year ago, said it was important to the country to open up Alaskan economic op- portunities ‘on a sound, long terny basis.” Offiolals of other indicted Seattle firms also denied charges. Liguor “Fix” Denied “Our firm never has engaged in price-fixing of any sort,” said Ir- ving J. Levine, President of K.L. Distributors, Inc, “and to my knowledge there’s been no price- fixing by other firms supplying liquor to Alaska. “Our practices of distributing liquor in the Territory of Alaska are the same #5 those of distribu~ tors in the United States. We dis- criminate against no one and re- fuse to sell to no one where credit has been properly established.” Al Shyman, owner of Alaska Dis- tributors Company, backed Levine's statement that liquor prices in Alaska on nationally-known brands are the same as those in the United States, except for freight differen- tial. The shipping indictment and civil suit named Alaska Steamship Company and Gilbert W. Skinner, Raymond C. Anderson, H. N. Pet- erson, John D. Nelson, Walter J. Manahan, all of Seattle. ‘The coal indictment named Healy " (Continued on Page Three)