The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1950, Page 1

1 . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,535 \BRIDGES APPEALS SALES TAX B ok {How fo Beat Sales Tax - Only Don’t Get Caught At It SEATTLE, June 21—(P—Alaska - JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950 OLD-AGE PENSION DOUBLED INVOTE; ACTIONBY SENATE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS (CONVICTED | COMMIES DESTROYERS TO (ARRIVE HERE AT 3P.M.TOMORROW 1 | | HOPES HELD FOR | EARLY SETTLEMENT | PRICE TEN CENTS STATE BILL AMENDED; T0 | HIS CITIZENSHIP| |11censing as a new wrinkle in mot- SAN. FRANC 21— ISCO, June 21—(P— orists’ attempts to escape the Wash- WASHINGTON, June 21 — (& — e Mendenhall CIO longshore leader Harry Brid- Workmen on th The U.S. Navy 21,000-ton destroyer | ington State sales tax on new cars | Senate approval by 81 to 2 carried Shields and the destroyer escort . this morning he believed this would ges still has his citizenship. The government says he obtained The ordinance setting up a one- |it fraudulently by denying he ever' percent special purpose tax on sales|was a Communist. Yesterday Fed- over 35 cents, was passed at meleml Judge George B. Harris signed special city election held in Juneau yesterday. citizenship of the Australian-born There were 1028 ballots cast, of |labor leader, but his attorneys im- which 593 were marked “yes” and|mediately filed notice of appeal. 431 were marked “no” while four| Judge Harris said Bridges' status ballots were* blank. would remain that of a citizen It required 55 percent of the voters | while the appeal is before the to pass the ordinance. The ordi- |courts. nance passed by 579 percent and| Bridges’ appeal from his convic- against 42.1 percent. tion of perjury, based on his Com- The polling place was in the city|munist disavowal at the hearing council chambers at the city hall|Which resulted in his naturaliza- and the judges and clerks report|tion Sept. 17, 1945, also is pending steady voting the entire day with|That appeal has held up the ex- spurts during the lunch hour and }ecution of the sentence—five years| after 5 o'olock yesterday afternoon.|in prison. £ The polls opened at 8 yesterday Should revocation of his citizen- morning and closed at 7 o'clock last |Ship be upheld, Bridges would be evening. subject to possible deportation pro- The revenue from the tax will be | ceedings—if Australia will permit used only to pay off the present}his return there. ::d t‘uture bonded indebtedness ot e g W L e city. $ ’nfe iales fax ordinance must be H“skles pla‘? 3 On All-America . Rowing Squad read and passed for the third time before collection of the one percent NEW YORK, June 21—{#—Wash- ington placed a coxswain and two on sales begins. Mayor Waino Hendrickson said i oarsmen on the All-America rowing squad announced today—and very nearly added two more. As expected, the Pacific coast is most stoutly represented on the All- Star boat selected annually by the nation’s coaches in collabora- tion with Royal Brougham, sports writer on the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer. California also is represented by two oarsmen. Of the Eastern schools. three had a one-man representation —Harvard, MIT and Navy. The Midwest had one, from Wisconsin. take place at the next meeting of the City Council. He termed yesterday's vote “a good expression of opinion” on the sales tax issue. ALASKA BOY SCOUTS REACH SEATTLE ON WAY T0 ‘JAMBOREE; SEATTLE, June 21—{®—Thirty- seven Boy Scouts from 15 Alaska communities arrived here yesterday aboard the Steamship Alaska en- rolte to the anriual scout. jamboree to be held at Valley Forge, Pa. The Seouts were accompanied by five leaders and Maurice F. Powers, Juneau, executive of the Alaska Scout Council. They were to join Seattle Scouts on a special train leaving for Valley Forge this after- noon. The seven-day jamboree will open June 30. Special Survey of Unimak Pass Being Made; Warn Ships SEATTLE, June 21— (®—The U. 8. Coast. and Geodetic survey announced today ° radio. ‘current buoys are being used to determine velocity and direction of the cur- rent in the Bering Sea’s Unimak Pass. During progress of the survey, the buoys will be anchored dt var- ious locations in Unimak Pass and at night will show two red lights at five and eight. feet above the water. All vessels are requested to give the buoys a 500-yard berth to avoid ; possible damage to the equipment.} - The Washington Merry - Go-Round Bv DREW PEARSON % 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) WSHINGTON ~ Eavesdropping is an old family pastime with Maine’s Sen. Owen Brewster who, as this column- revealed, tapped the telephone wires of California air- plane manufacturer Howard Hughes. More than three years ago—Feb. 18, 1947—Senator Brewster appeared before a judiciary subcommittee to oppose the appointment of John Clifford as U. S. District Judge for Maine. The senator explained that Clifford came to Brewster’s hotel room to discuss a local hous- ing problem. “He said he would come up to my hotel room and see me,” Brew- ster continued. “I did something which I have never done before, and I do not think I will ever do again. We had two rooms at the hotel, the door open between, and I asked Mrs. Brewster to listen to the conversation.” Since then it's been a standing joke in Maine whenever anyoneg mentions having a talk with Sen- ator Brewster to ask: “And was Mrs. B. standing behind the door?” Diogenes Puts Down Lantern Most Congressmen are scrupul- (Continued on Page Four) L. A. Moves Up fo Fourth Place in U.S. Largest Cities DETROIT, June 21—®—With a bow to Los Angeles, the city of De- troit now yields its once proud place as the nation’s “Fourth City.” The census now gives Detroit a population of 1,837,617, compared to Los Angeles’ 1954,036. Los An- geles takes fourth place behind New York, Chicago, and Philadel- phia. Detroit drops to fifth. ACA BRINGS 31 IN, TAKES 44 TUESDAY Yesterday's 1ilights of Ahulml Coastal Airlines took 44 persons to points in Southeast Alaska and brought 31 to Juneau. 5 Arriving here from Sitka were John Cushing, Mrs. C. Johnstone and infant, Dale Johnstone, Tom Morgan; from Taku Lodge: Bob Forbes; from Skagway: Ruth Mor- tensen, Clara Dahl, Mrs. R. Hart: son, Richard Hartson, Mrs. Gladys Welch, Virginia Breen, Bud Phelps, Brooks Hanford, Larry Lindstrom. From Haines: J. Frank Feld, Grace C. Field, Bud WhitesiGe, Edith Auldridge, Ray Mitchell; Charles Brouillette, Bob Churchiil; from Pelican: C. A. Shaffer; from Ketchikan: Charles Sprout, Thorh- as Nally; from Hoonah: Esobel Metz, Vaunee Metz, Mrs. Robert Hanson, Robert Hanson, Jr. From Tenakee: Anna M. Kemp; from Angoon :Cyril George; from Tulsequah: Andrew Strang. Passengers leaving Juneau on yesterday’s flights to Sitka were: Max Rogers, Paul Kinney, Ruth Martinson, Clara Dahl, Jack Fowle$, R. W. Sheaffer, Mrs. E. Lauden,| Charles Hiott; to Taku Lodge: Paul Livingstone, Bob Forbes, Buck Wilson, Norm Turner. § To Hawk Inlet were Matt Kiovul. and E. Wright; to Haines:, Leon- ard Williamson, C, Mendeza, Harry ©ee, E J. White; to Pelican: Don Neal, W. McDonald, Mrs. Conrad Klipperl and infant, Zerina Klip- pert, Peter Oswald, Laurel Larsen.| Going to Ketchikan were Will- jam L' Paul, Diane Clark; to Petersburg: Jerry Beason and Joe DuPlante. To Skagway: Ruth Thuerer, Anna McKinnon, W. A. Lunden, Mrs. W. A. Lunden, Lee Shank, Mrs, R. Hartson and Rich-} ard; to Tulsequah: V. E. Nelson,| F. E. Burnet, J. Ross, J. A, Crumb | and D, McGhee; to Superior, A1| Lagergren and to Gustavus: H. L. Jester and Otis Creasman. FROM RENO Ona W. Cordill of Reno, Nev., is!all of Mt. Edgecumbe, are at ‘the|Detroit resident is a guest at the|dustrials 22253, rails 55.62, utilities }Barano( Hotel, stopping at the Baranof Hotel. was reported today By the state patrol—with an admonishing note. The state does not require the payment of the three percent tax a formal decree revoking the U, .! ($60 on a $2,000 car) on cars that are to be removed from the state. The patrol said some motorists have written to Alaska to get car licenses and then displayed them as supporting evidence for stories that they bought their cars to take them north. The patrol cited the tase of a Seattle motorist who was caught at such a plan. He paid an $80 fine. then added $82.75 in sales tax, sur: rendered his Alaska plates and coughed up about $30 for his state vehicle fees. License plates sell for from $1( to $15 in Alaska—under the Wash- ineton level. which ingindes an ex. cise tax along with the license fee, SEATTLE TO SEE HYDROPLANETRY FOR WORLD MARK SEATTLE, June 21—#—A mar with a slow smile and a fast boat /Who has beaten the world hydro- plane mark in secret runs, wil scald the surface of Lake Washing- ton today in his first try for a: official record. Only one person appeared confi- dent that automobile dealer Stan- ley S. Sayres would pflot the water- churning, 1500 horsepower “Slo- Mo-Shun IV” in a successful chal- lenge of the world mark of 141.7 miles per hour. That was Mrs. Sayres, who dis- closed for the first time—authen tically—that her husband’s specially designed craft had bettered unofti- cially ‘the record set 11 years agc by Sir Malcolm Campbell. Sayres has always refused to say how fast the “Slo-Mo-Shun” could move. Several onlookers at his tria runs said they clocked him at “bet- ter than 150.” The big flat craft rises from the water and all but flies when turned loose. It has no clutch. When the motor starts the *“Slo-Mo-Shun” takes off like a startled flying saueer. An airplane fin augments underwater rudder. ! ! the ! the promise of higher old-age pen- sions for millions of persons a long step closer to reality today. By this thumping vote, the Sen- ate last night passed a bill that would roughly double benetit pay- ments under the old-age and sur- vivors insurance system in the feds eral social security system, As the bill was passed by Senate, it would increase mon benefits an average of 85 to percent for current beneficiari under the old-age and survivors ins surance system. For those retiring in the future, 1 new benefit formula would ap- Jroximately double the benefits pro- vided by present law. ‘The present payroll tax of 1% Jercent each on employer and em- oloyee would be continued until 1956. Then it would rise gradually t@ 3% percent on employer and >mployee alike in 1970 and there- after. ‘Taxes would be collected on indi- vidual earnings up to $3,600 a year, instead of $3,000 as at present. The effect would be not only to increase tax collections but also to boost the maximum pension under the bill to $80 a month. Under present law the maxi- mum is $56 and the average bene- fit now being paid is $26. Both House and Senate bills would raise ‘he maximum family benetit from 385 to $150. U. 5. Vice Consul Is Suicide, Frankfurt FRANKFURT, June 21—®—The U.S. High Commission announced today that Clay H. Henderson, 33, a US. Vice Consul in Frankfurt, committed suicide yesterday. Henderson, an official announce- ment said, was found dead of a self< inflicted gun shot wound in hi§ apartment. EAST GERMANY T0 MAKE REFUGEE'S EXILE PERMANENT BERLIN, June 21—(®—Commu- Sayres also could pick up a couple {nist-ruled East Germany will rec- of additional standards for garnish- ment. The North American record is 138.60 miles per hour and the United States mark is 127.00-plus. BELLINGHAM FIRM LOW BIDDERS ON 3 PROJECTS, ALASKA ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 21— (P—Gaasland Construction ‘Com- pany of Bellingham, Wash., under- bid four .ther major firms . yester- day for comstruction of three sec- ret military installations, in Alaska. The firm's total ‘of bidé on the three was $8,835499, The govern- ment’s estimate of ‘the probabie cost was $9,253,268, if completed be- fore Dec. 1, 1951. The Gaasland bids were the same for alternative completion dates. The second low bids were by Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co., Seattle. They totaled $9,443,000. Haddock Engineers and Associa- tes of Santa Fe, N. M., bid $9,771,6uC for completion Sept. 1, 1951. Other bids were by Anderson Construction Co., with - Benston- Montin of Oklahoma City and C. H. Pomeroy Co. of San Francisco. SWATOW IS UNDER ATTACK FROM AIR ‘TAIPEI, June 21—®—Air head- quarters said medium bombers and fighter planes today attacked Swa- tow, mainland Chinese port. Bomb hits were scored on Swa- tow’s airport runway. Four ‘ships unloading in the harbor were re- ported attacked. One tank landing ship was re- ported sunk and damage was said to have been inflicted on three ships. There was no indication as to their identity. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashby and Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Hardin, Baranof Hotel, ognize the permanent expulsion of more than 2,000,000 Germans from Czechoslovakia, it was learned here (onight. This is one of the major items igreed upon by negotiators at Prague who are drawing up an extensive Czechoslovak-East Ger- man agreement for economic, pol- itical ‘and cultural cooperation. A iormhal declaration relinquishing all claims for the return of the expellees is expected to be signed shis week at Prague by East Gét- nan Deputy Pretnier Walter Ul- bricht. The forthcoming renunciation is certain to provoke a storm of pro- est from many Sudeten Germaps, now refugees in West Germany, who are ' campaigning for resettle- nent in“ Czechoslovakia. TRUMAN POLICY DETERS ENLISTING SAYS GEORGIA SEN. WASHINGTON, June 21 — (®# — Senator Russell (D-Ga) told the Senate today that President Tru- man’s policy of abolishing segrega- tion in the armed forces “is drying up enlistments.” Russell made the assertion in de- bate on a bill continuing for three years selective servige registration of men aged 18-25 for possible emergency military service. The biggest issue is a proposal by Russell to gjve every future enlistee the right to serve in ‘units made up only of persons “of his age.” While debate was going ahead, the Senate Republican policy com- mittee held a meeting. After it was over, Senator Taft (R-Ohio) told reporters that “so far as I know” all Republicans would oppose Russell’s proposal. On the floor, Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass) called the Russell plan unworkable and said it would upset the present anti-segregation system inaugurated by the President. ‘ONE SHOT’' O'NEIL Registering, as he does every year, as “One Shot George O'Neill,” that INAPPEALS \Hearing Is Before 3-Man| Court-Armed Guards in Attendance NEW YQRK, Jine 21—@—The f] US. Court of Appeals heard today the appeal of 11 Communist leaders who were convicted last October ot advocating the violent overthrow ot the government. The argument, scheduled to last three days, was opened by defense counsel Abraham J. Isserman who attacked the constitutionality ot the Smith Act, under which the 11 were convicted. The Act, passed in 1940, makes it a crime to advocate forcible over- throw of the U.S. government. “The practical effect of this act,” Isserman said, “is to outlaw the Communist party and jail its lead- ers.” Unusual precautions were taken to preserve order in the federal building where the three-man court convened. Six guards were assigned to the courtroom itselt,] while another operated the specinll elevator that carried principals and spectators to 17th floor on which the courtroom is located. All were armed. There were no incidents. WIDOW IS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CASE, ANCHORAGE! | Nickel are scheduled to arrive in Juneau tomorrow afternoon about 3 o'clock. They will remain here on visit all day Friday, leaving to con- tinue their cruise Saturday morn- ing at about 5 o'clock. Commander James L. Foley, USN, is in charge of the Shields and Lt. Comdr. Robert R. Weir, USNE, commands the Nickel. The vessels will carry 300 reserve enlisted men and more than 50 officers on their annual training cruise from Cali- fornia. While here the men will be given shore leave to enjoy their Juneau stay and on their way south will carry out maneuvers in battle prac- tice. SOLONS MOVE T0 | CUT BRITISH AID UNTIL THEY ‘POOL’ WASHINGTON, June 21 — (A — Top-ranking Republican senators drafted a proposal today to strip $340,000,000 out of Great Britain's recovery funds uniess the labor government joins in a pool of Eur- ope’s coal and steel. And in a separate move, Sen- ator Lodge (R-Mass.) sounded out Senate sentiment on the chances of overriding administration oppos- ition to his plan to tap $5,000,000,~ 000 of Marshall Plan recovery funds for part of the cost of re-arthing western Europe. The penalty proposed against Britain would be in the form of an amendment to the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) Act which sets the rules for the ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 21-- European recovery program. m—Paul Kotongan was shot to A rough draft of the plan is death early yesterday and his niece,|being passed 4round among sen- Lena Coemara — the 23-year-old|ators as the first step toward widow of a bush pilot—was in jail{placing the proposal before the today on a charge of first degreelswnte appropriations committee, murder. In its present form, the amend- U.S. Marshal Paul Herring saidjment would cut Great Britain's Kotongan was killed during ajMarshall Plan aid in half during drinking brawl at his small cabin|the time Britain “fails to particl- in the suburbs of Anchorage. Mrs. Coomara, & two children. Her husband, Ted Coomara, was killed in an airplane|funds authorized by Congress Is crash two years ago at Moses Point. $685,000,000. No date was set for a preliminary hearing for Mrs. Coomara, who #as arraigned yesterday afternoon ml U.S. Commissioner’s Court. | | 1 Search for Body Of Plane (rash Vicim Fruilless' FAIRBANKS, Alaska, ‘June 21—{ iM—A two-day search of the Kus-[ kokwim river for the body of Pat-j rick J. Carroll, whose plane crashed into the stream Sunday, has been fruitless. Carroll was a Civil Aeronautics Administration employee who came to Alaska from Cleveland, O. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Carroll of Cleveland. The crash scene was about 275 miles southwest of here. SLAST RIPS BRI, SHIP TO SPLINTERS [} SUEZ, Egypt, June 21—M—The l | blast that tore apart the British freighter Indian Enterprise Monday night, with the probable loss of 73 men, left debris no bigger than three feet across, eye witnesses said. One survivor, a Pakistani seaman, was fished from the Red Sea by the freighter H. Westfal-Larsen. At least five British officers are among those believed lost. The survivor said fire did not precede the blast. The vessel's cargo included 580 tons of explosive chem- icals for the Indian government. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 21 — Closing quotation of Alaska mine stock today is 2%, American Can 114% Anaconda 31%, Curtiss-Wright 8} i International Harvester 28%, Ken- i necott 56%, New York Central 13% Northern Pacific 15%, U.S. Steel 36, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,750,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- 143.45. full-blooded |ing Eskimo woman, is the mother of fsteel.” | | | | pate in the Schuman plan for pool- western Europe’s coal and Britain’s share of Marshall Plan Claude Wickard Due In Alaska in July PALMER, Alaska, June 21—#— Claude R. Wickard, head of the Rural Electrification Administra- tion and former Secretary of Agri- culture, is expected in Alaska next month, The Matanuska Valley REA oftice said he is due in the Territory July 5 for a 10-day survey of all REA projects. JULY 4TH MEETING TOMORROW 8 P.M., COUNCIL CHAMBERS ‘There will be a meeting of Fourth of July celebration planners at the council chambers in the city hall tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 8 o'clock, according to announce- ment this afternoon by Mayol Waino Hendrickson. Representatives of all organiza- tions, concessionaries, parade, etc., are requested to be in attendarfce so that arrangements can be made for the big days in Juneau. e o 0 0 0 0.0 0 0. 0 WEATHER REPORT In Juneau—Maximum, 57; minimum, 50. At Airport—Maximum, 59; minimum, 50. FORECAST (Juneau and Vielnity) Mostly cloudy and not much change in temperature with an occasional light rain shower tonjght and Thurs- day. Lowest tonight near 50 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m, today City of Juneau—0.10 inches; since June 1 — 093 inches; since July 1—72.07 inches. At Airport — 0.15 inches; * since June 1 — 0.49 inches; since July 1—46.26 inches. e e e e e e e e et e e — e ——————— e — e e OF LOCAL STRIKE' Apartment building were idle again today, but hopes were held that,a settlement in the labor Wdispute which stopped work on the project Monday noon would be reached this afternoon or tomorrow. Martin A. Anderson, president ot the Anderson Construction Com- pany which is erecting the 12-story apartment building at Fourth and Franklin Streets, was scheduled tc arrive here from Seattle this after- noon by air. E. K. Eskestrand, superintendent of the apartment construction for the Anderson company, said An- derson “will probably go into nego- tiations with the carpenters’ unior as soon as he arrives.” The dispute arose when the con- struction company refused to'pay for the transportation of carpenter: recruited outside of Juneau from the place they were hired to site of the Job. None of the 38 men employed on: the job have worked since Monday afternoon. Ervin Hill, business agent for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joirlers of America, Local 2247 (AFL), said the carpenters in ne- gotiations with Anderson would seek: . 1. Full payment of transporta- tion costs borne by those men who were hired in other cities to work on the job here. 2. A permanent agreement on the payment of transportation costs for workers from the point of hire to the jobsite. He said it has been the practice here for the past 12 years for con- tractors to pay the transportation costs when workmen are brought in for jobs and to pay their return passages if they stay until the job is completed. Anderson is also expected to meet with representatives of the Con- struction and General Laborers, Local 1208 (AFL), to straighten out & w rate prohlem, spokesmen safd. CALIFORNIA FIRM WINS BARROW AIR LIFT CONTRACT BID FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 21— P—Transocean Airlines of Oakland, Calif., was awarded a contract to supply chartered air service for line haul and bush operations of the Petroleum Reserve No. 4 project at Barrow, Alaska, the Navy an- nounced. Three local companies had sub- mitted bids. Transocean’s winning offer was $720450 and the bids ranged upward to Alaska Airlines’ $1,072,700, Other bids were $840,450 by Arctic Pacific Airlines and $969,180 by Wein Alaska Airlines. The high bidder has been hand- ling the “Barrow Airlift” for the past two years. The Navy said it expected a slight increase in the Barrow program this year. Five or six large aircralt will be used for line haul opera- tions between Umiak and the other points in the Arctic and nine or ten bush planes will be needed at Bar- row during the peak of the season. In addition to aircraft for its own operations, the Navy charter planes are used on the project by person- nel of the U.S. Geological Survey, Arctic Contractors, United Geo- physical Company and the Arctic Research Laboratory. Occasionally the Navy gives a hand to the Air Force in hauling building materials and construction equipment. Transocean has said it intends to use only experienced Alaska bush pilots for the Arctic operations. The Alaska Airlines contract expires June 30 but the company will con- tinue operations until Transocean is ready to take over, probably in about a month. STEAMER MOVEMENIS Chflcotin trom Vancouver sched- { uled to arrive 6 p.m. Thursday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday. . Baranof scheduled to sail fro Seattle Saturday. i Princess Kathleen scheduled L sail from Vancouver Saturday. Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive at 8 am., Friday and sails south at 9 am. Aleutian from westward scheduled southbound Sunday. 1 a ! JOHN CUSHING HERE John Cushing of Sitka is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. VOTE MONDAY O'Mahonefidakes An- nouncement on Alaska- Hawaii Measures WASHINGTON, June 21 — # — The Senate Insular Committee is expected to act on the Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills no later than Monday. ' Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) told a reporter today he hopes a vote can be taken on both bills Fri- day. If not, it will be taken Mon- day at the latest, he said. The committee wrote into the Alaska bill today a provision to pro- tect unpatented mining claims. 1t provides their status shall not be changed through grant of land to the Territory or through selection of land by the new state. The bill would give Alaska 400,000 acres of land when it becomes a state and 20,000,000 more acres five years later. O’'Mahoney said the committee in its closed door session also approved a provision to retain status quo of all native rights in the Territory. He said the provision requires that land and fishing rights of the na- tives shall be held entirely by the federal government until finally disposed of by Congress. BUNION DERBY IN LOS ANGELES ENDS; CARS: BUSES ROLL LOS ANGELES, June 21 — (A — The big Bunion Derby ended in Los Angeles today, N L S to the delight of a million daily and thousands of . visiting Shrine conventioners who have been hoofing it since last Priday. The union voted last night to accept a new contract and go back to work. ‘The new two-year agreement pro- vides: A wage increase of five cents an hour the first year over the average of $1.47 an hour; an additional three-cent boost after one year; an eight-hour day, 40-hour week; improved vacation and oveér- time plans. CHARGES MADE BY McCARTHY NOT S0; FBI MAKES REPORT WASHINGTON, June 21 — & — Senator Tydings (D-Md.) said toddy the FBI has found nothing to sus- tain charges by Senator McCarthy (R-Wis.) that State Department loyalty files have been tampered with and papers removed. McCarthy charged the files had heen “raped” at the time President Truman agreed recently to let Senate investigators look over tffe data gathered on the loyalty of some 81 department employees. Tydings told a news conference that ' McCarthy’s. charge was “not sustained by the facts.” He said his statement was based on a report from the Justice Department and an examination of the files by the FBI, The Maryland lawmaker is chair- man of a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee which is investigating McCarthy's charges that the de- paggment harbors Communists and fellow travelers. THIS SALMON DIDN'T TRAVEL FAR WITH TAG ‘The first tag recovered since the Alaska Department of Fisheries be- gan its tagging program was taken from a fish which had travelled 80 miles in 11 days. The second was recovered after the king salmon carrying it had gone seven miles in 14 days. This was revealed today by C. L. Anderson, director of the fisheries department. He said the second tag was turned in by Mike Bunsto, Ju- neau fisherman, who caught the 30- pound king carrying the red-and- white celluloid marker in a gillnet in Taku River, The fish had been tagged by fish- eries biologist Robert R. Parker off Point Bishop May 12. It was caught lmy 26.