The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX ° ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASRA | Kodiak at 1:56 a.m. today to aidjon the barge. Call 416 when in need of a— IIBASEMENT, FIREPLACE or CHIMNEY Don’t accept inferior work from unskilled “tradesmen”. FARL CRASS & SON 'TUG JOHN MICHAEL the tug. Coast Guard headquarters here | REQUESTS ASSISTANCE| < 2 3o o i v 1 0 2 The tug John Michael, enroute Guard authorities had investigated to Kotzebue with a barge in tow, charges of ‘“dangerous practices” called for assistance shortly after| apoard the barge which wad midnight last night after it had|joaded with gasoline. Marine In- been disabled by engine trouble 501 gnection officers found that holes diak Mr., Mrs.A.M. Geyer, in tow and was proceeding to Ko- || Your Deposits ARE SAFE t BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDE one DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION We Emphatically Deny... An important statement from Mr. G. W. Skinner discussing the charges brought against the Alaska Steamship Company. ON June 9, 1950, the Antitrust Division of the U. S. Attorney General’s Office filed a civil injunction suit in Anchorage against the Alaska Steamship Company, myself as President, Mr. R. C. Anderson, Executive Vice President, Mr. H. N, Peterson, General Traffic Manager, and Mr. J. D. Nelson and Mr. Walter J. Manahan, Assistant Traffic Managers. At the same time the Antitrust lawyers procured a criminal indictment against us, apparently designed to serve tw® purposes—(a) to bolster up their civil suit, and (b) to intimidate us. The criminal indictrgent and civil complaint are identical except with respect to the penalties demanded. The criminal indict- ment asks that we be declared criminals, and the civil complaint secks to compress us into a legal “straight-jacket” which would nirnlyze us_hut, leave our, campetitors free to operate as, if, and When they please. The suit, if successful, could mean the end of water transportation to all the Territory by private enterprise. It is the next step toward socialized government operation of steam- ship service to the Territory, the commercial operation of the government-owned and operated NORTH STAR bring the first. It is an unwarranted attack upon our company and is simply another strand in the noose being prepared by certain elements in govern- ment to hang so-called “big” business. The Antitrust policy makers have employed the sarhe sly technique against us that they have used against other and much larger business enterprises. While certain local Alaska businessmen are also to be “punished” by criminal indictments, only Alaska Steamship Company has been singled out for extinc- tion by civil injunction. Our operations, practices and rates are subject to rigid regulation under the Federal Shipping Acts. These Acts are clear and definite and provide heavy penalties upon proof of im- proper business practices. On the other hand, the present Antitrust laws are not a cleancut body of rules; they have been distorted into a confused welter of words in which sharp lawyers can find excuses for charging almost anyone with almost anything that suits the pur- pose at hand. | was frankly told by one of the Antitrust lawyers in a high position that a violation of the Antitrust laws at the present time is anything that their staff can dream up and induce the courts to sustain. Let me proceed with a brief examination of this bulky indictment. It reveals the now fam tern of recent Antitrust prosecutions. Lacking evi- dence of clearcut violations of the law, a multitude of charges are thrown at us in hope that one or more of them will stick. The indictments and complaints are predicated on some amazing charges. For example: The government says that only the Alaska Steamship Company has undertaken to furnish service to all areas and points in the Territory; only the Alaska Steam- ship Company has offered a full line of shipping service; only the Alaska Steamship Company has been able to offer passenger serv- ice; only the Alaska Steamship Company has provided facilities for carrying perishables and refrigerated cargo. Apparently be- cause we have undertaken to serve all of the Territory, because we have offered a full line of freight and passenger service—because we have done all these “bad” things, we are branded as criminals and our service is to be “hamstrung” by injunction, It is charged that Mr. Anderson, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Nel- son, Mr. Manahan and | have “conspired” to acquire a * tual monoply of the business of transporting persons and com- modities by water for hire in the Alaska Trade” by merging the operations of Northland Transportation Company and Alaska Steamship Company. The plain facts are: At the termination of the 1948 maritime strike, both Northland and Alaska Transportation Company were compelled to cease common carrier operations because of the heavy operating losses miles north of Kodiak. The U.S. Navy tug Mohopac lctt’ ward wall of the empty bow tank Former Juneauites,! Are On Summer Visit | had been drilled through the tor- “So very glad to be back,” Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Geyer are thorough- | lly enjoying informal visits with | friends of long standing. | from Seattle to They have returned to tite city | which was their home for 21 years before they moved to Portland,| CALIF | Ore, in January, 1949, when Mr.| Geyer sold his sheet metal firm | [ ” | and retired from business. They '"d ‘" "" East plan at least a six-week visit in the home of their son, Dr. John Geyer, and his family. The former Juneauites drove up the Alaska Highway and flew in Friday from Haines. They timed | their arrival so as to be here for the third birthday of their grand- son, John Geyer, Jr.,, which is to- day, and are having the great pleasure of getting acquainted with | their new granddaughter, Irma Marie, who is six months old. SAN FRANCISCO 2 s, 50 min. LOS ANGELES 4% hrs. CHICAGO NEW YORK 8 hrs. 1% hrs. 5 Mainliners daily from Vancouver to Seattle UNITED AIR LINES Seattle: Call Elliot 3700 Vancouver: Call Marine 5353 Or, see your travel agent. (Times from Seattle) Still time to save at L Goldsteln's, | All items greatly reduced! | the Maritime Commission. At that time Northland possessed but one vessel, namely, the Liberty ship CHIEF WASHAKIE, now the CHENA, which it was buying from the Maritime Commission under contract. The alleged “merger” consisted of Alask: Steam’s nur- chase of Northland’s equity in that purchase contract, plus certain | items of office furniture. The so-called “merger” was approved by | the Maritime Commission, Previously, Governor Gruening and other Territorial officials had often publicly demanded that Alaska Steam and Northland be merged. ol The suit charges that we had prevented others from chartering vessels for the purpose of entering the Alaska trade in competition with ourselves. This charge is completely unfounded. A most cursory study of laws regulating the charter of government-owned vessels would prove that wehave 1o such in. fluence. The Maritime Commission charters vesiiels to those ship operators qualified under the provisions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act, 1946. [ We are further charged with failing to cooperate with the Alaska motor truck carriers. The plain facts are that the govern- . ment-owned and operated Alaska Railroad complained bitterly | when we made through rates with all connecting motor truck car- { riers serving interior points; they insisted that by so doing we | were encouraging competition for the government railroad. Now the government Antitrust lawyers from Washington, D. C., charge that we criminally refused to cooperate with the truck carriers. | | | | | | ) ! | | | | | \ | i The suit demands that we cease operating in a competitive | manner and it would enjoin us from carrying out in general the established business procedures and practices which are known and : accepted by the entire American transportation industry. Thus, our | competition would be the sole ones to gain, at our expense, while the Territorial economy would be seriously and adversely affected. ' The investigation of our operations by the Antitrust lawyers and economists was shrouded in secrecy. We were never confronted with any alleged complaints with respect to our activities as is usual in Antitrust cases, When we learned that our activities were under investigation we wrote the head of the Anti- trust Division offering full and complete access to all of our books, records and files, both in Seattle and in Alaska, and made our executives and personnel available for interrogation. Immediately a swarm of Antitrust lawyers and economists began a study of the company’s voluminous fi{es which continued for more than thirty days. We also prepared and submitted to the Antitrust Division a detailed factual outline of the history and activities of the com- pany from 1908 to date. Despite this, the Antitrust lawyers still refused to advise us the nature of the alleged charges until the filing of the criminal indictment and civil complaint and their simultaneous “Press Release”, ‘;f We emphatically deny each and all charges of violation of law made against us. We deny that we have conspired to destroy competition or to monopolize the Alaska transportation industry. We deny that our business practices have been unlawful in any sense of the word. | The great threat of monopoly hanging over the Territory of Alaska is that which day by day is threatened by govern- ment itself. This threat is now defined more clearly than ever by this assault from the Antitrust Division undertaking to break the back of the only company which as they admit is “able” to offer | complete water transportation service to all Alaska, We pledge to you that we will wage this fight honorably , with our fullest energy and with every resource at our com- mand. We accept this challenge with our conscienge clear and with the conviction that we have striven to operate within the law and to serve the people of Alaska to the best of our abilities. BUT, we ;io not underestimate the heavy odds and the heavy expenses which ace us. 1 ask your support and understanding in this common cause. QAR Sty FOR SALE FURNISHED house, automatic fur- nace, electric water heater, base- ment, garage, large yard. Phone 348. 40-tf WING chair, sewing machine, lamp, 3 antique walnut picture frames, and 2 antigue walnut dressers. Call Black 900. 40-3t AT Port Alexander, trolling boat fully equipped to fish; 31 x 8-6-4 foot. Powered” with Chrysler Ace Marine Engine. Price $2500.00. Reason for selling due to health. ! For further information wire or write B. W. Russell, Port Alex- ander, Alaska. 40-3t CABIN at Lena Cove, has to be sold, contact Gaines Cafe, near airport. Will go to highest bidder. 39-3t ALL NEW 14 ft. weld-wood boat, 4 hp. Scott-Atwater outboard with reverse gear. Model 70— 30-06 rifle. Call 574. John Doo- gan, 39-6t BENDIX Washer, excellent condi- Phone Black 932. 30-4t tion, for sale. (130-40 KRAG carbine, new barrel. VHE PARKER 20 Ga. A very nice double, WINCHESTER M 70 Swift, heavy barrel and 4- power scope, new. 30-30 WIN- CHESTER Carbine, like new. Z-B MAUSER HORNET, a f{ine varmint gun. SKINNER'S GUN SHOP, Box 2157, Juneau. 38-4t LIVE herring, also small house for rent. Vic Johnson, Mile 13 Fritz Cove Road. 38-6t ELECTRIC table stove; electric iron; clothes wringer; cooking pots. 523 E. 4th St. 36-6t IN DOUGLAS, one bedroom home, furnished, full cement basement, large lot with berries. Ph. 1005. 34-tf KROEHLER living room furniture, very good condition, Call at No. 156 Behrands Ave. 33-tf CHRYSLER Crown—110 hp. 1 year old, 100 hours; inquire Bud's Bar. 31-tf SEVERAL Large and Smaud Dia- monds. Perfect stones. Bargain prices at the Pirst National Bank. %o SHOE REPAIR machinery and' equipment, Bank., See First National 5 93-tf SMALL house, 523 4th St. Lot is 50 x 100. Beautiful view. Call Red 153 after 5 p.m. 522-4t 32" TROLLING boat. $850.00 cash. Phone 143. 96-tf LENA Cove, furnished cabin, run- ning water, boathouse. Ph. 278. 29-tf BOAT “Valiant”, halibut and troll- ing gear. See F. S. Epperson or call Black 895. 26 ft. Steelcraft cruiser, sleeps four. Will take late model auto on trade-in. See Lt. Applegate, ACS. 25-tf BOAT, “Blue Boy” completely out- fitted including dishes, two way radio, charts, electric winch, gas 32 volt generator, 32 volt gener- ator driven by the engine, sleeps six. 37% feet long, 2% foot beam, draws 4 feet of water, just been completely checked on the ways. Can be financed. Phone’607 or Blue 564. CRUISER Blue 809, HOUSE, shop and lot—$5500. 940 West 10th St. 16-10t SILVERTONE table battery set, walnut finish, good for boat or cabin. Call 973 after 6 p.m. 23-3t “Northwind.” Phone 17-tf | HIGHWAY nome, Mile 16. Make offer. Ph. 707. 62-t1 BEAUTIFUL BUILDING SITE—2 mi. Glacier Highway, trees and stumps removed, stream, high- way frontage 65 ft., 300 deep— room for two or more houses. $1500. Call 911. . 37-tf LOT 60 x 150 cleared. Located on Douglas Hi-way between Ski Trail and bridge. Red 745. 502-tf CRESENT Apartments. Call 428. MAN SENTENCED AFTER GIVING MINOR Li0U0R Peter Church, 22, was sentenced to 20 days in the city jail by City Magistrate F. O. Eastaugh yester- W-A-N-T A-D-S TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1950 | FORSALE FOR SALE 18-t | (Day and night phones 676 and Mrs. W. A. Wood 207) \TWO NEW LISTINGS TODAY— JUNEAU 3-bdr. unfurnished, large yard, basement, furnace, electric dish- washer, view. Near school, Fed- eral Building. i 2-bdr, furnished, view, near school, Federal Bldg., green house in | connection. |BEAUTIFUL completely re-decor- ated duplex double plumbing, 2 fireplaces, view, best neighbor- | hood, excellent income. |BUSINESS PROPERTIES—rooming ' house and store; also cabins, ]’ heart bus. dist, also Seaview apartments; also several lots in city and on highway. DOUGLAS 3 bdr. completely furnished near The Peterson home furnished or unfurnished, price greatly re- { duced: Claude Smith business property and truck. -+ FHA financed new home 2-bdr. RURAL FRITZ COVE beautitul year-round home, good water, modern, fur- nished, view. LENA COVE 2-bdr. well built home, view, furnished etc. Under $4,000. LARGE patented acreage around 10 miles; also 5-acre pat. with small gcod home and large gar- age, gocd water, G. I. loan; also 4-acres pat. house, root hcuse ete. NEAR Juneau' 2 bdr. home with acreage and can be used good business. 2 small houses on acre patented land, R MURPHY & MURPHY REALTCRS - ACCOUNTANTS Phone 676 over Frisy National Bank SUBURBAN PROPERTY OUT OF THIS WORLD. 2 bed- room home, other bldgs., beauti ful setting, close to civilization but secluded, 55 acres patented. BUILDING LOTS at Auke Bay, Auke Lake, Fritz Cove Road. Beach, view or privacy. 50 ft. frontage to 5 acres. $630 up to $2,500. Patented. COMFORTABLE 3 bedroom home, other buildings, plenty of privacy. 5 acres patented, Peterson Hill. ALSO SEATTLE HOMES—LOTS Bob Druxman-Phone 891 l Fritz Cove Rd. or 123 Front St. ! FOR RENT m Rooms, weekly or Montkly. Colonial Rooms. 69t WURLITZER Spinit piano for rent Anderson Piano Suco. Ph. 1s3 | WANTED FOR cleaning of office building, call Black 990. 40-1mo HOME for six months old part Spaniel pup. Green 153. 40-3t ESTABLISHED Oregon headwear and mitten concern requires ex- perienced salesman in Alaska; state age, experience, references. Write Box 99. 39-6t BABY-TENDA and carriage-stroller in good condition. Red 845. 38-t1 PAINT now! Call Ralph /.. Tref- fers after 5 p.m. for tree esti- mate.' Phone 996 33-tf DAY NURSERY—Mothers care for yout small child. Mrs. Wm. Pas- sey. Ph. 938, 406-t1 MISCELLANEOUS GUARAITEED Kealistic Perman- ent, $7.50. Paper curls $1 up Lola’s Beauty Shop, Phone 201 3156 Decker Way. WINTER and POND, Co., Inc. Complete photographic Supplies Developing-Printing-Enlarging Artists’ Paints and Materialy Blue Printing - Photostats CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received in office of E. Glen Wilder, Executive Director, Alaska Housing Authority, Territory of Alaska, Anchorage, Al- aska at 10:00 A.M., July 17, 1950 and will then be gpened and read, for jthe furnishing of all labor, mater- ials, transportation and equipment necessary for the complete construc- tion of Twenty-five Single Family Dwelling Units in Douglas, Alaska, Plan may be obtained from the Alaska’ Housing Authority, Anchor- school, stores etc., under $4,500.4 being sustained in attempting to serve Southeastern Alaska nnder existing rate levels, and by the payment of full charter hire to ALASKA STEAMSHIP G. W. SKINNER, President COMPANY day afternoon after pleading guilty |age, Alaska, or from Foss, Malcolm to charges of giving liquor to afand Olsen, Archgtects, Juneau, Al- minor. aska. The charges were brought by city | A deposit of $10.00 will be requirtd police, when they arrested Church |for each set of plans and specifica- yesterday morning in a downtowp |tions to insure their return. rooming house. A bid bond or certified check in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the contract price payable to the Territory of Alaska will be required cab driver, [to accompany the proposal. MORELOCK-HANSON Allan J. Morelock, Serving All Alaska and Audrey Hope Harson, beauti- cian, both of Juneau, made applica- tion for a marriage license yester- E. Glen Wilder, Executive Director Alaska Housing Authority Territory of Alaska day afternoon before U. S. Com- | First publication, June 27, 1850. missioner Gordon Gray. Last publication, July 10, 1950, H (OLD established Juneau business, Women’s lines, High income. Current and past books available to accredited buyer. Price based only on,inventory and fixtures. DUPLEX: Very iuxurious owners apartment, with $75.00 per month rental unit. Both apartments completely furnished. Good loca- tion. View. G. E. automatic furnace in top condition, FRITZ COVE. Three bedrooms, Well built house with large living room and modern kitchen, Base- ment. 3% acres cleared patented ground. Large commercial gard- en. Good beach and boat moor- age, GOLD BELT AVENUE: Thres ° bedroom furnished. Large lving room with fireplace. Electric range and refrigerator. Gorage Full concrete basement wito automatic oil furnace. William Winn-Phone 234 Office in Alaska Credit mureau “We sell resi esiate or siarve~ |says Peter Wood, JUNEAU'S ONLY {FULL-TIME REALTOR. {816,000 easily financed in our 3 bedroom home in the Highlands A pre-war house, solid) " Hard- wood floors, plaster walls not ! touched since building in 1940, Price includes wall-to-wall car- pets, drapes, refrigerator, wash- 2 ing machine. Other furnishings j available at minimum cost, take ! any or all SPECIAL—2 bedroom -.ouse, 324 Willoughby. $1900. We will put the money in escrow until the buyer has full possession. Notice given to evacuate not later than ~ I June 26. Cash. i :NEW LISTING—A large hotise { overlooking Juneau Harbor, yard, i flowers, on Douglas bus line, has i both private well and connected i+ with new water main. 25 x 30 | steel-reinforced concrete base- ment, large living room 30 ft. across front with view windows. New modern bath, house befng | painted and finished. Upstairs unfinished, space for three large bedrooms. Construction started 1941, addition 1945. New houses both sides, one going in in front 1 below road. Available only to i finance trip for owners, priced | for quick sale—$10,000. NEW LISTINGS—LOTS—2 lots 4th and East Sts., $400; 1 lot 4th at Kennedy $100; 1 lot end of Tth “St., $500; 4 lots 6th at Park make l of!er: end of steel bridge cleared i $1200; on ski trail 100 ft. above ! highway 1 lot $600; 8 acres Doug- las Road, good water; 2 lots near { Douglas boat shop $600; 1 fot ! with two quonsets gives two build- | ing sites with water and sewer connected $1200; Fritz Cove choice beach property $15 per wacertrgnt foot 200 ft deep; airport lots; 30 acres Loop Road; West Juneau road 1 acre with very large con- crete basement covered $2900. {TWO BEDROOM furnished, com- fortable house with room for kils. Star Hill. $5800. [NEW TWO BEDROOM, basemettt, | unfurnished, priced for'quick sale. Finished stairway makes two mdte bedrooms possible. $7900. Douglas. A CUTE 2 bedroom house in Doug- las for $5500; a paneled 2 bed- room house with fireplace, right on salt water at 16 mi. post, for $8,000; a house with very large rooms and over $2000 worth ' ol new elec. equipment, on Glacier Hwy. for $11,000; house on piling th St. $2500. BOATS—the Bronco, a troller made from an armory tender, $2,800 due to illness of owner now in south. 2 WOULD you give $9,000 for a 3 bedroom home in Seatter Tract— or $4,000 for a 2 apt. house. We'll beat that—for $12,000 both houses, and youll get free rent as well as having your tenants make the monthly payment for you. A couple buying this property can live in' the 1 redroom apt. and put $90 in the bunk each month in equity. PETER WOOD Real Estate No. 3 Klein Bldg, USED CARS CHEVROLET 2 door Stylemaster sedan, late 1947 model. Seat covers, undercoat, extra wheel, " luggage rack, 18000 easy miles, A-1 condition throughout—$1350. See Frank Stejer No, 25 Chanhel Apt. or call Green 845 after 5 o'clock. » 40-tf R SN MRV 1 1940 INTERNATIONAL truck. See at Brownies Barber Shop. Tel. 911 38-4t — 1937 PLYMOUTH 4 door sedan, R. W. COWLING CO. 35-tf LOST AND FOUND FOUND—monogrammed gold tie clasp. Owner may have same by identifying it and paying for this i ad. Call at Empire office. | Uranium ore has been discovered 1,m Michigan’s upper peninsula,