The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1950, Page 1

e THE DAILY ALASKA 'EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV,, NO. 11,636 PAYROLL OF GOVT. GETS | SENATEO. K. ' ‘WASHINGTON, June 22 — (® — The Senate today approved a $660,- 299,000 appropriations bill providing funds for government operations until June 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Passed by voice vote, the mea- sure now goes back to the House for action on Senate amendment which hiked the bill nearly $35,- 000,000 A considerable part of the money will go to pay mgher salaries voted by Congress last year Other items include $600,000 for the Office of the Housing Expediter which administers federal rent con- trols; $3,620,000 to fight forest in- sects in Colorado, Idaho and Wyo- ming; $2,000,000 for the President’s "(apfive Reds’ Won't Risk Fight: Dulles ger, But Communists Can Take Over from Within (By the Associated Press) U.S. State Department adviser John Foster Dulles said in Tokyo today the “captive world” of Com- munism would not risk war with the free world at this time because it is too weak. He told the American Chamber of Commerce such a war, if it came, would see “the total demolition of the artificial, rigid and relatively weak structure that Soviet Com- munism has built.” disaster relief fund for helping flood victims primarily in Minnesota and North ‘Dakota; and $3,500,000 for construction of wind tunnels at universities and colleges for ex- perimental work. He warned, however, that the real danger to non-Communist coun- tries is that they may be taken over from within by small, dis- ciplined Communist minorities. Dulles talked with General Mac- Arthur in a review of American foreign policy in the Far East. They were said to be in virtually com- plete agreement on the need for \ prompt American aid for Commun- ist-threatened Formosa. MacArthur ladvocated an American military mission to administer the arms aid to the Chinese Nationalists on For- BIG FLEET WILL FiSH mosa. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Johnson and General Omar N. Bradley inspected the air defenses of Okinawa, which is likely to re- main an American base following the signing of an early separate peace treaty with Japan now advo- cated by U.S. foreign policy, ad- SAN DIEGO, Calif, June 22—(P— One of the largest fishing fleets ever assembled in an American harbor is expected to operate out of San Diego during the 1950 al- bacore season which is just getting under way. The hunt for albacore, prized- grade tuna, already has brought fishing boats here from Ketchikan, Nome and Bristol Bay, Alaska, the Sacramento and Columbia Rivers and from Puget Sound. Tom Smith, state Fish and Game Commission warden, estimated that 800 fishing boats will be in San Diego harbor by Saturday and that when the albacore season really gets underway the fleet will total 1,000. Skippers of the northern boats said they brought their vessels here because of the $400 a ton which they will be paid for their catch® of albacore. They pointed out that the salv mon season this year in Alaska and the North Coast waters has been the poorest in years and that they hope to recuperate some of the losses. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 22 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 115%, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 8%, International Harvester 28%, Kennecott 57%, New York Central 13}, Northern Pacific 15%, U.S. Steel 36%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,840,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 224.51, rails 55.89, utilities 43.68. The Washington Merry - Go- Round Bv DREW PEARSON (Copyrisht, 1960, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) msmnc'row— The chairman of the un-American activities com- mittee is supposed to root out Communism wherever he finds 1i, regardless of friends, foes or fees. However, it has already been shown that Congressman John S. Wood of Georgia, when chdirman of the committee in 1045-46, did not investigate Communism in Hol- lywood even though his committee was supplied ' with important in- formation on Communist film- writers, later convicted. It was the Republicans not Wood, who brought about the convictions. At that time—1945-46—an obscure Georgia lawyer, Edgar Dunlap, liv- ing in Congressman Wood's dis- trict, was hired by Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and quite mysteriously the Hollywood probe was postponed. Later, when the Republicans took over the un-American activities committee, and Congressman Wood stepped down from the chairman- ship, he still continued "to be Mayer’s ace-in-the-hole inside the committee. On the” night before the long- (Continued on Page Four) e e et ——————— ———cema et e i visers in the Far East. -Dulles said at a news conference his, Johnson’s and Bradley’s con- clusions will' be pooled on their re- turn to Washington and “I think they - will form the basis for some positive action but I cannot forecast what.” He added that it is U.S. policy to “preserve international peace, se-} curity and justice in the world—and that includes this part of the world as well as the so-called Western world.” COLONEL BAIRD DENITS CHARGES- KOREAN WOMAN YOKOHAMA, June 22—M—Col. John E. Baird of Saylesville, R.L, denied today he supplied military information to an attractive Korear woman under death sentence from a Korean military court as a Red agent. ] The woman, Miss Kim Soo Im, 39. testified in Seoul that she asked Colonel Baird, then provost mar- shall, when U.S. Army forces would leave Korea and when Korean po- lice would be disarmed. She said she asked not to learn military secrets but because she feared Baird would depart. She said she passed the information on to Pak Min Ho, a Korean Communist, because he, also, was working for the US. Army and was afraid ot losing his job. Interviewed here before his de- parture for the United States, Col- onel Baird said the woman had never worked in his office. 9th Anniversary of Hitler's Invasion Gefs Russ Comment LONDON, June 22—(®—Pravda aoted today the ninth anniver- sary ‘of Hitler's invasion of Rus- sia and said the Soviet people ‘under comrade Stalin’s brilliant guidance; fighting the Fasclsts single-handed, completely routéd Hitlerite Germany.”- STEAMER MOVEMENIS Chilcotin tiom Vancouver sched- uled to arrive at 6 o'clock tonight. Princess Louise from Vancouver due to arrive Saturday afternoon. Alaska from Seattle due to arrive Sunday. Baranof scheduled to sail xrom Seattle Saturday. sail from Vancouver Saturday. Pri;.cess Norah scheduled to ar- south at 9 am. Aleutian from westward scheduled southbound Sunday. !ing Chinese Communists, declared ! War from Without NoDan-] L B TS e Gl O FUE o md I AT PRI SRR e IR e B e Rt S SR Ml AR e ot ~ i L LR D o RN S G - Pl Princeses Kathleen "scheduled w[ . rive at 8 am., Friday and sails|e JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1950 SERVICE DENIES AT PUBLIC HEARING HE AIDED CHINA REDS WASHINGTON, June 22 — # — Career diplomat John S. Service, ac- cused by Senator McCarthy ot aid- today that on the contrary he had done all he could to resist “the domination of China by Commun- ism.” The veteran foreign service officer was before a public session ot the Senate Foreign Relations sub- committee which is investigating the contentions of McCarthy, Wis- consin Republican, that the State Department harbors Communists and Red sympathizers. The Senators had first planned to hear him behind closed doors, but Service asked for a public hearing. A thin wiry man, Service leaned forward in the witness chair and Jtold the Senators it just is not -true that he was a ‘“collaborator with Communists” as McCarthy charged He also declared that he was “in- nocent of the charges” placed against him in the 1945 Amerasia secret documents case. The 1945 case involved the di€- covery of hundreds of confidential federal papers in the New York headquarters of the now-defunct Amerasia magazine. Service and five others were ar- rested and charged with conspiracy to obtain illegal possession of the government documents. A grand jury refused to indict Service and he was returned to duty in the State Department. Service identified a document the FBI seized in its 1845 Amerasia raid as “notes” on what he had told magazine writer Mark Gayn about wartime messages from Pres- ident Roosevelt to Chiang Kui Shek. The paper said the information was “Top Secret” and “Special Caution” must be used concerning it. But Service contended to Senate investigators that the facts were then public knowledge and had been published in the New York Times months. before his conver- sation with Gayn. Service said, too, that it was part of his State Department job to give newspaper and magazine writ- ers “background information” on the situation in China. Senator Hickenlooper (R-Iowa) prodyced the paper while Service was in the wAtness chair of a Senate foreign relations subcom- mittee. The group is looking into charges by Senator McCarthy (R- Wis.)—charges that Service has vigorously denied—that Service col- laborated with Communists. MUTUAL SAVINGS BANKS MORTGAGE FAIRBANKS APT. NEW YORK, June 22—®—Two New York state savings banks have made a $3,080,000 mortgage on a 272 apartment project in Fairbanks, Alaska, it was announced today. The banks are the Community Sav- ings Bank of Rochester and the Buffalo Savings Bank. The F.H.A. insured mortgage was issued under a trustee agreement with Institutional Securities Corn., a wholly owned mortgage affiliate of the New York state savings banks. It was believed to have been the first mortgage loan ever made in Alaska by any mutual savings bank. Frederick W. Walker, vice-presi- dent of Institutional Securities Corp., visited Alaska to appraise the project and reported a critical housing shortage, especially in Fair- banks. The development will consist of four buildings on 12 acres of land fronting the Alaska highway. It will contain 272 apartments with 808 rooms. R 00 0000 0 0 0 0 . . ° WEATHER REPORT . ¢ In Juneau—Maximum, 62; ® minimum, 45. . At Airport—Maximum, 60; @ ® minimum, 40. . . . . FORECAST . . (Juneau and Vicinity) . . Continued fair and warm e o tonight and Friday. Lowest ® ® temperature tonight 47 de- o ® grees and highest Friday 72. @ LJ . CSPRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneu — None; ® since June 1 — 083 inches; since July 1—72.07 inches. At Airport — None; e since June 1 — 049 inches; ® since July 1—46.26 inches. L] . CAMPAIGN COSTS TO | BEPROBED Senate Inveshga!ors will, Delve Into Expenditures in Primary Races WASHINGTON, June 22 — i — Senator Gillette (D-Ia.) says Sen- ate investigators will check numer- ous complaints of “alleged hugh expenditures” in at least four sen- atorial primary races. He said the complaints invelve campaigns in North Carolina, Flor- ida, Pennsylvania and Illinois, and other undesignated states. Gillette is chairman of the Sen- ate subcommittee on privileges and elections, which has the duty of policing this year's election of 36 senators. Gillet'e noted that newspaper reports filed with the committee on the recent Republican primary elec- tion in Pennsylvania listed “ex- penditures of between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 in the senatorial contest have been reported by the candi- dates to proper state authorities.’ Gov. James Duff won the Penn- sylvania GOP senatorial nomina- tion in a bitter battle with Rep Kunkel (R-Pa.) GOP KNIVES ARE OUT 10 WHITTLE FUNDS FOR MARSHALL PLAN (By Associated Press) Republicans in Congress are pin-pointing a heavy attack on :conomic and ilitary aid Western Europe, The biggest barrage is against in the Sen- te the Marshall Plan, ate appropriations committee. GOP knives are out to whittle the size of the appropriation and in the same committee, Repub- licans are lambasting President Truman's demand for 35-millibn dollars to aid backward areas of the world. Republicans charge it's a toe-in- the-door maneuver to extend thc Marshall Plan, after the air pro- gram comes to an official end in 1952. Administration leadera deny this is the case. | Votes for Confempt (harges_@gainsl 36 (By Associated Press) The House Un-American Activi ties Committee has decided to pun ish all persons who refuse to answer questions. As a starter the commit- tee has voted to issue contempl citations against 36 persons who re fused to answer questions whii€ this committee was investigating Communism in Hawaii during the month of April. New Trial Request For Judith Coplon (By Associated Press) The federal district court in the national capital will hear a plea to- day for a new trial for Judith Cop- lon, now under sentence of 25 years imprisonment for two Communist espionage convictions. The plea will pe argued on grounds that new evidence warrants recohsideration of the spy charges against 20-year-old Miss Coplon, formerly a Justice Department analyst. Douglas Says Not (Candidate; Wans Remain on Beach (By Associated Press) H a candidate for President. President Truman’'s program !m‘-! PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS -_— NO SETTLEMENT REACHED IN APT. PROJECT STRIKE Workmen. were idle for the third full day today as a strike continued against the Anderson Construction Company, which is building a 12-} apartment at Fourth andj \ story Franklin Streets. However, union officials at least were hopeful that a settlement would be made by tonight. The strike began Monday nooa after a disagreement over payment of transportation costs to workers hifed in other cities for the Juneau job. Martin A. Anderson, president ot the construction company, arrived in Juneau yesterday to attempt to negotiate a settlement with the striking United Brotherhood of Car- penters and Joiners of America, Local 2247 (AFL), and the Con- struction and General Laborers, Local 1203 (AFL), which has asked for a wage increase of 21 cents an hour to bring laborers’ wages up to the scale agreed upon by the Asso- ciated General Contractors. Anderson met with both organi- zations last night. Ervin Hill, business agent for the carpenters organization, said that the carpenters were “favorably im- pressed with the progress made in negotlntions." But Anderson said he “couldn’t say the situation looked hopeful.” He said, however, that a settle- ment had been agreed upon with the laborers’ organization. Carpenters want Anderson to pay for the transportation of workers from the point of hire to the job- site. Anderson has advanced transpor- tation costs to workers hired in Seattle for the Juneau job and then deducted the amount from the pay- checks of the workers after they began work, the union claims. Anderson said today he had with- held the money advanced for trans- portation from the paychecks in in- stallments to make sure the car- penters would stay until the job was finished. Of six cases of this kind, four have been settled, Hill said today. The carpenters also want an agreement on the future transpor- tation payment policy. They will talk with Anderson at a special meeting again tonight. ANNUAL ROTARY PICNIC SUNDAY, -AUK BAY BEACH From 2 o'clock to ???? Those are the hours for the an- nual picnic of the Juneau Rotary Club Sunday afternoon at the Auk Bay Recreation Area. Swimming promises to be an important diver- sion, at least for the youngsters, and President Bob Akervick prom- ises a special surprise attraction. Coffee, soft drinks and ice cream will be served by the refreshment committee, but Rotary-Anns are cautioned to provide basket lunches and utensils for their families. Howard D. Stabler is chairman of the picnic committee, with Franz Naghel and Alex Young the other members. Rotarians needing transportation are asked to call Tom Morgan at 387 or 349. A special invitation is extended to visiting Rotarians and their fami- lies. Bank Bandit Is DRAFTBILL | BILLSPEEDED | | i WASHINGTON, June 22 — # — Stripped .of a controversial segre- gation amendment, a Senate bill to extend the draft law was put on a speedup schedule today in an ettort to beat a Friday midnight deadline. | That's when the present selective service law expires. It still seemed likely that Congre: 1 | { would be forced to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the act in effect beyond tomorrow. The extension bill had several obstacles to hurdle before it could be sent to the White House. Among them were: 1. A promise by Senator Russell (D-Ga) to revive and modify his proposal—beaten last night on a 42 to 29 vote—to permit servicemen to joln units of their own race if they so desire. 2. A Republican move to give Congress “trigger control” over ac- tual drafting or inductions, as pro- vided in a House-passed measure. The Senate bill would retain this authority in the hands of President Truman. 3. Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the House Armed Services Commit- tee told a reporter the House will insist on its version of the dratt extender-—thus raising the prospect of further delay in final passage ot the bill. TEMPORARY EXTENSION WASHINGTON, June 22 — (A — Congress today voted a stop-gap, 15-day extension of the dratt law, | due to expire at midnight tomorrow. House approval sent on to Presi- dent Truman a resolution the Sen- ate had adopted earlier in the day. The 15-day extension is to give time for Congress to work out changes in the present law and en- act a longer extension. Arms Deducdtion Program Taken Up at U. N. Meet (By Associated Press) The United States asked the United Nations today to set up an international authority to reduce and regulate conventional weapons of war. Not included among such weapons would be atomic and other mass destruction arms. Despite Russian objections and boycotting of its sessions, the U.N. commission for conventional grma- ‘ments is meeting today to continue lwork on what may prove the basis for a program of arms reduction. Former Trapper 0f Alaska Leaves Estale fo Niece SEATTLE, June 22—(®—The es- tate of Carl I. Carlsen, of Vashdon | sland, former Alaska trapper, min- ar and trader, was valued at De- ween $125,000 and $150,000. The ‘oulk will go t9 a niece, Gyda Fred- :rickson, Vashon Island, Wash. Mr. Carlsen, 69 years old, died June 14. Hunted, Canada|india Communists (By Associated Press) Ontario police are closing in on a swampland area near Saint Thomas to which they have tracked a bank bandit. The gunman killed two pursuers yesterday after holding up a branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada in Langton. He abandoned his $23,000 loot when the chase got too hot. Planes and radios are aiding the manhunt. Secret Marriage 0f'47 Revealed, Musical Cirdes PARIS, June 22 — (A — Negro Supreme Court Justice William | singer Lena Horne and MGM mu- o {Douglas was asked last night in|sical director Lennie Hayton, who o | Cheyenne, Wyoming, if he might be|is, white, were secrety married n Paris in 1947, Miss Horne's man- Douglas réplied that he wanted|ager, Ralph Harris, announced to- to stay on the high court for the rest of his life. He wants to beat the record of Justice John Marshall, who served on the court for 3% years, | I day. Harris said the couple kept the|last night when the ceiling over|sanatorium wedding( secret for profepsional | the balcony of the Sequoia theaterito a heart ailment. reasons, and now have decided, “it is time that everybody knew.” 3 Trying fo Desiroy Nation Is Charge RANGOON, Burma, June 22—#®) India’s + Premier Mawaharlal Nehru charged today that India Communists are attempting to “de- stroy our country and our younger generation.” Nehru said the Reds in India were busily arming strong-arm gangs, thinking it would benefit them when the next war comes but “instead they are destroying their own country in the process.” The Indian leader was enroute home from a visit to Indonesia, |30 Injured in - Balcony Collapse! REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 22 —{P—Thirty persons were injured collapsed and showered 10 tons ox' ]ammenm plaster on moviegoers. 1 {BEZ UNHURT WHEN PLANE CRASH LANDS BY SENATORSiCannery Op_e;élor Misses Injury in Take-Off Mis- hap Near False Pass SEATTLE, June 22—(P—Nick Bez, wealthy Seattle cannery and airline operator, escaped injury in an air- plane takeoff accident Tuesday near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. Business associates here reported the takeoff mishap today. They said Bez and his pilot, Merle Sasseen of Everett, walked away f[rom the lightly damaged two-engine plane after it crash-landed in takeotf from Cold Bay. ‘William Calvert, president of In- tercoastal Packing Company, which owns the plane, said Bez told hun by telephone last night that the only damage was to a landing gear, one wing and a wing tip float. 10-GROUP AIR FORCE OPPOSED Truman Says—Nafion Can't Afford It-Predicts Taft's Opponent Will Win WASHINGTON, June 22 — i# — President Truman said today thr nation can't afford a 70-group air force at this time, He made the news conferexe staternent in commenting on a Congressional proposal to boost tie air force to that strength. It now has about 48 groups. -Mr. Truman hammered on the theme that this country should buy the nimed forces which are within its budget capacity. He said it ‘The plane is one used in Alaska cannery operations. Bez is vice president of Intercoastal and presi- dent of the P. E. Harris Co. He was taking off for a visit to the Harris plant at False Pass, about 50 miles away on Unimak Island, when doesn’t maken any difference how many air groups are authorized— the question is how many the bud- get will allow. The President's discussion with the newsmen also ranged into the the plane was forced down. Calvert plane was brought down on the soft tundra after an engine failure about 100 feet in the air. He said Bez proceeded to False Pass by cannery boat while the pilot remained be- hind to repair the damaged plane after parts could be obtained. Bez gained national recognition several years ago as one of Presi- dent Truman’s fishing trip hosts during the President’s visit in Wash- ington state. Besides his large fishing industry holdings, he also heads West Coast Airlines, a Pacific Northwest line. said “Bez reported thé field of domestic politics, foreign affairs and other matters. On pol- itics, the President said sharply that if he were voting in Ohio— where Senator Taft, Republican, is running for reelection—he would vote the straight Democratic ticket as he always does. He predicted that Taft's Democratic opponent, Joseph T. Ferguson, will win. On foreign affairs, Mr. Truman said Charles M. Spofford, New York lawyer, will get the important job as Eecretary of State Acheson’s deputy on the North Atlantic Treaty Council. The appointment of dép- uties by the 12 treaty allies will provide full time machinery for building up the joint defenses of North America and Western Europe. The Chief Executive was then’ asked whether Govs. J.' Strom P ey e leaders in the states rights move- ment of 1948, had turned down or had not received Invitations to to- day's White House luncheon for some of the governors who wound up their annual conference yester- day at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Mr. Truman replied that they were not invited. He said he had only invited Democrats. SURPLUS SHIPS BILL APPROVED BY HOUSE COM. Alaska Stgnship Com- pany to Be Benefited by Legislation WASHINGTON, June 22—#—A House Merchant Marine subcommit- tee today approved a bill extending the government's authority to sell and charter war-built surplus ships. The sale right would be extended to Jan. 31, 1951, and the charter right to Sept. 30 of this year. Both rights now are due to expire at the end of this month. However, the Secretary of Com- merce would be permitted to charter vessels for six-month periods after Sept. 30. Under the bill, Alaska Suumhn Co., will be permitted to continut use of 11 vessels chartered from the government if it can show this would be in the public interest, that service would be continued if the charter is not continued and that it can not obtain vessels from pri- vate sources, : Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) said the same privilege of continued use of chartered vessels will apply to refrigerator vessels now used in the Japanese trade. GUNFIRE WOUNDS THREE AT STRUCK RAYON FACTORY| MORROSTOWN, Tenn., June 22 —(A—Three men were wounded by gunfire at the American Enka Corporation today and two hours ater a barrage of gunfire shat- tered windows in the strike-har- issed rayon producing plant. Guntire erupted at 7 a.m. dur- Ing a change of shifts at to plant, scene of recwrrent di- orders since the CIO Textile Workets Union Local 1054 went on strike March 28 in support of 1 wage increase and other bene- lits. Three men were felled firing. The rattle of gunfire was heafd again shortly after 9 a.m,/ when, plant officials said, bullets ap- sarently were fired from a high- way leading to the main gate. Windows were shattered by these slugs but no one was injured. The 'officlal said at the time 3 the second outbreak about 60 0 75 men were milling around ‘he gate armed with rifles, shot- suns and pistols. The state highway patrol im- mediately sent 70 heavily armed patrolmen with gas bombs speed- ‘ng to the trouble cenfer. NATIONAL AIR RACES ARE OFF FOR THIS YEAR CLEVELAND, June 22—®—The 14th running here of the National Air Races has been called off for this year. The Labor Day weekend spec- tacle which drew some 200,000 last year was cancelled for 1950 last night by the event’s exec- utive committee. - Apparently Sec- retary of Defense Louis Johnson's in this refusal to allow military planes to participate was the clinchifig 0“[[" (0“ ' reason for the decision, VOTE THIS P. M. The first official count of the vote received by the July 4th queén candidates will be made this after- German' 's Dead noon between 5 and 5:30 o'clock a?. the Juneau Drug store, accord- BERLIN, June 22— —Kurtling to announcement by Judy Fischer, 49, Communist chief of} Greene. East Germany's police, died todny. The four candidates and the or- The West char his force act-|ganizations supporting them have ual) p 40,000 men. |been hustfing since the tickets went government’s | on sale and this afternoon’s count Inmrmntion mnistry announc’ |of votes may give some indication Fischer’s., h occurred in a|of the spirit of the campaign. d sald it was due - Communist (hiél Of Poiice of East FROM SKAGWAY Barney Anderson of Skagway is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. * Plans were made to give him a state funeral