The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1950, Page 1

VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,600 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — ] RED ATTACKS HELD FIRM BY UN FORGES Chapman Vigorously Denies Communist Ties Unwnllmg Passengers T REPLIES T0 CHARGES OF SCHOEPPEL Interior Secrefary Hits Back| at Senator - Another Case of Smearing WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — (@ —\ Secretary of the Interior Chapman, with the blessings of President Truman, vigorously denied today | that he has ever had any Com- munist ties. “I have none whatever; I never have,” Chapman tcld the Senate Interior Committee investigating charges brought against him by | Senator Schoeppel (R-Kan.). He said he had never had any con-| nections with any subversive group, “open or closed.” Chapman dared Schoeppel to his| face to repeat the charges outside| the Senate, where senators may say anything without danger of prose-| cution for damages. While he was testifying, Mr. Tru- | man confidently told his White| House news conference that Chap-| man will explode attacks against| him into little bits—us other at- tacks, he said, have been exploded before. Charges Made Schoeppel had said in a Senate speech Tuesday that there was “a| strong and close personal alliance between the Russian Soviet cause| and the present Secretary of the| Interior.” Schoeppel’s attagk, Chapman told | the Senate committee, “far sur-| passes in viciousness, in venality and in utter falsity” any made against him in 17 years with the| Interior Department. | He said he believed Schoeppel | made the accusations in the hope of blocking passage of a bill pro-| posing statehood for Alaska. Smear Technique Chapman called the senator’s; statements “another instance of the use of the smear technique which has become the stock-in-trade of little men in high places.” “Propagandists for Soviet Russia are not the only ones who are (Continued on Page Eight) The Washington| Merry - Go-Round (Copyright, 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON WSHINGTON — It's supposed to be a White House secret, but the President’s personal physician, Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, has been giving the Chief Executive a course in psychotherapy. The treatment takes the form of regular talks between the President | and General Graham, in which Mr. Truman unburdens himself about the aggravations that go with the job of being President. In these sessions, Truman pours out his innermost secrets to his doctor—such ' things as the worry he had over dropping the A-bomb, his worry over his dealings with Stalin, over his decision to send American boys to fight in Korea. Graham analyzes the Presment's; concern, and helps to relieve the tremendous strain under which every President labors. Incidentally, General Graham keeps a verbatim record of these conversations which some day should be among the most import- ant reading in history. Malik Will Stay At the dinner he gave U. N.| colleagues after retiring as Pres- jdent of the Security Council, Rus- sia’s Jacob Malik was jokingly re- minded of his walkout from the council last January. “Was it just a coincidence that you came back when the council was 'preparing to seat the Chinese Nationalists?” inquired one of his guests. Malik insisted that this wasn't the case, but .that the “Rules of BARTLETT | Interior | ppel | released by the Territorial Board b . Two North Korean prisoners captured during the fighting for Yong- san sit stiffly on a jeep hood und infantrymen as they are taken to Korea. (?# Wirephoto by Staff Pho er guard of U. S. Second Division rear in Naktong River sector of tographer James Pringle. GIVES HIS TESTIMONY Delegate Tells of Employ- ing Feltus, Also About Payment Warrants WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — (A — Congressional ~ Delegate Bartlett took the witness chair today in the new and heated controversy over Secretary Chapman and Alaska statehood. He told the Senate Interior com- mittee that the executive group of Alaska’s statehood committee ap- proved an arrangement under which warrants would be sent directly to him for the salary and expenses of controversial Randolph Feltus as a lobbyist for statehood. They were in $5,000 monthly in- stallments. Feltus, a New York public rela- tions counsel whom Senator Schoe- had accused of being “an agent of the Kremlin,” followed Bartlett to the stand with a vig- orous denial ' under oath, Bartlett started out by saying: “I am not a Communist, I am a Democrat. I have never been affil- iated with any left wing organiz- ations.” Bartlett said his records show that Feltus first offered his serv- ices in connection with the pro- motion of Alaska statehood in 1936. Recommended Feltus “At that time I find that I recommend against the hiring of anyone,” he said. Later, he said, after the statehood bill passed the House this year, he did recommend the employment of Feltus because the Territorial Legislature had voted $80,000 for the Alaska state- hood committee and $25000 was i of Administration. Feltus, Bartlett said, did not inform him of his earlier employ- ment by the government of the Netherlands or as public relations counsel for the Polish ambassador prior to his five-month employment by the Alaska Statehood Committee beginning in March, 1950. Reputation of Feltus “I want to state most emphatic- ally,” Bartlett said, “that no one has ever brought any proof to me that Mr. Peltus is anything but a| good American. I have talked with several people who knew him well' in Louisiana, where his ancestors settled in the early part of the 19th century, and all spoke of him highly and none has failed to men- tion that he thinks it is non- sensical to imply that Randolph Feltus is tainted with even the slightest bit of red.” Statehood Expense Checks Bartlett said it was “not necés- sary” for Schoeppel to distribute (Continued on Page Four) e (Continucd on Page Eight) | ACTION ON STATEHOOD UNCERTAIN Question of Senate Vote Up to Democratic Pol- icy Committee WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 — & — The fate of Alaska and Hawalii statehood bills at this session of Congress rested today with the Senate Democratic policy commit- tee. The bills already have passed the House and have the strong support — expressed anew yesterday — of President Truman. In the Senate, however, Demo- cratic leader Lucas of Illinois has maintained they were too controver- sial to squeeze into the Senate's crowded schedule. Much of the opposition has come from southern senators. This was pointed up again in advance of the policy committee meeting (9 a.m. PST) by Senator Russell (D-Ga.). Agenda Demanded He blocked an agreement yestef- day on fixing a time to vote on the anti-subversive bill now before the Senate, saying he wanted the policy committee first to lay down a specific agenda for the remainder the session, expected to end next week. If a vote on the anti-subversive bill is put off -until Monday or later, any chance for passage of the statehood bills' would fade. Senators are anxious to avoid a drawn-out debate that would delay their return home. Senate Democratic leaders have been hinting that the statehood measures might be called up promptly if the anti-subversives bill were acted on either today or to- morrow, as had been expected earlier. Truman’s Influence The Alaskan and Hawalian dele- gates to Congress reported after a call on President Truman yesterday that he told them he would ‘“use every influence” to get a Senate vote on statehood before adjourn- ment. Chairman O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) of the Senate Interior and Insular ! Affairs Committee which has ap- e (Continued on Page Two) STEAMER MOVEMENTS Baranof from Seattle scheduled to arrive at 4 a.m. tomorrow. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Freighter Ring Splice scheduled to sail from Seattle Sept. 15. Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive at 8 a.m. Friday and sails south at 9 am. Alaska from west scheduled south- bound early Saturday morning. PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES T0 MARINES Receives Ovation When| ' Attends League’s Conven- , tion - Incident Closed WASHINGTON, Sept. | President Truman made an unher- | alded visit to the Marine Corps | League's meeting today and express- | misunderstanding” between him and | ! the Marines. | It was a persenal and emphatic | follow up to his apology of yesterday { for his earlier “unfortunate” words | about the fighting corps. | The League gave him a standing | ovation and applauded furiously | when he said, with a grin: | “You succeeded in enticing me over here.” With his mind obviously on the | furor over his description of the | Marines as a “police force” with al “propaganda machine that is almost | equal to Stalin’s,” Mr. Truman | said: “There are incidents that some- time appear almost as if it was the! end of the word at the time” but that eventually turn out to be for the good--of ‘the country. Then he added, that when he makes a “mistake, I try to correct| it | Attacks Resented Mr. Truman went on to express his resentment over “unfounded at- | tacks against certain men in the public service.” He attributed those attacks to politics in connection with the approaching November el- ection. He did not name those he said | were victims of these “unfounded and unjust” attacks, but he said the attacks were not aimed actually at these men but were “direct attacks on the President of the United Stat- es.” There has been criticism of Se- cretary of State Acheson and Sec- (Continued on Page Two) NAVY FIGHTERS KNOCKED DOWN SOVIET BOMBER Official Word Is Given Re-| garding Incident-Fire | T— B — tinue throughout the week (Sept. BIG PLANE EXPLODES; 11 KILLED | Three INS War Correspond- enfs Among Victims- Sixteen Now Listed TOKYO, Sept. 7—M—Three In- ternational News Service war cor- respondents, four other passengers and four crewmen were killed today when a Korea-bound C-54 transport plane exploded over southern Japan. The INS office here said the three correspondents were: Frank Emery, 23, Beverly Hills,| Calif., formerly INS Bureau chief in Manila; Charles Rosecrans, Jr., 30, Honolulu, and Ken Inouye, 23, New York and Tokyo. The Far East Air forces said the plane exploded about eight minutes after leaving a southern Japan mr- base. The cause of the explosmn was not determined. Korean territory . Sixteen war correspondents now | are listed as dead or missing in ac- STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 7 — Closing | tion., | Is Exchanged WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—{#—The Navy acknowledged today that two of its fighter planes shot down the Russian bomber off Korea on Mon- day. This was the first official word that American planes knocked off the twin-engined Soviet craft when, the U. 8. charges, it attempted to attack United Nations naval forces At the time the incident was first reported the State Department said the bomber “opened fire upon a UN fighter patrol, which returned its fire and shot it down.” A Navy spokesman at a briefing session for newsmen in the Penta- gon identified the fighter planes a two Navy Corsairs attached to task Force 177, composed of carriers supporting units. He said the Navy had no informa- tion that would support the Moscow claim that two other Russian plane were in the vicinity or that 11 An erican fighters took part in the brie! fight. Moscow also ccntended the destroyed bomber was on a trainit flight and was unarmed. ‘The Navy spokesman said the ac- tion took place about 30 miles fro: the center of the task force. The State Department announcement the incident had said the bombe! passed over a screening ship and continued toward the center of tix formation “in hostile manner.” ‘The Navy’s report cleared up pre'- ious indications that British for ‘might have been involved. |is 94%, quotation of American Can today Anaconda 34'%, Curtiss- Wright 9%, International Harvester 30%, Kennecott 65%, New York Central 143%, Northern Pacific 22, U. S. Steel 37%, Pound $2.80%. Sales today were 1,340,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 218.33, rails 63.79, utilities | 38.83. Fat S A R o FROM CALIFORNIA Stan Ames of Belmont, Calif., registered at the Baranof Hotel is | e o o o WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 53; minimum, 45. At Airport—Maximum, 54; minimum, 45. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Fair tonight with lowest temperature near 48 degrees Mostly cloudy Friday with highest temperature near 55 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m today City of Juneau—.13 inches; since Sept. 1—4.04 inches since July 1—15.10 inche: At Airport—.01 inches; since Sept. 1—2.32 inches since July 1—14.32 inches. - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ° . . . . . . .| . . the annual Miss America Beauty Pageant. Emery was wounded recently while | accompanying a U. S. patrol in Red | Beauly lme-Up 4-9). (M Wirephoto. I e e s et e et S Sttt Spiesin U. 5. Facing Arresi By FBI Forces WASHINGTON, Sept, 7 — (® — FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was reported to have told senators to- day his agents are ready to arrest 12,000 dangerous Communists if war should break out with Russla. A member of the Senate appro- priations committee, asking not to be named, quoted Hoover as telling the group in a closed session that he needs more funds for additional agents to keep a close check on these persons, He said Hoover wants his agents to be able “to put these people to ( bed at night and get them up in | the morning” in watching their | activities. ST. ANN SISTERS - CELEBRATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY FRI. To commemorate the one-hund- reth anniversary of the founding | High Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at the Catholic Church Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patronal feast of James U. Conwell, S. J., and he will preach the sermon. The deacon will Leo Sweeney, S. J. The children’s choir’ of St. for the benefit of St. Ann’s Hos- September 8, at St. Ann's Hospital jailable for all interested to sign, then a meeting will be called at a | of the Nativity at 9 a.m., Friday, Juneau’s Catholic Church. be the Rev. Robert L. Whelan, 8. J., 1 School will sing the mass. tea and a linen shower sponsored by from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m, a guild for the hospital and dur- later date. ‘ 1 of the Sisters of St. Ann, a Sclemn | September 8, which also is the The celebrant will be the Rev and the sub-deacon will be the Rev. Ann’s The public is invited to a silver some of the ladies of the parish pital being held Friday evening, The sisters are anxious to form ing the tea hours a book: will be av- Many of the Sisters have put in many years here, Sister Mary Mo- deste who has been here for 27 years and Sister Mary Magdalene who has spent 23 years here. The latter two are still here and very active on the St. Ann’s staff. SEATTLE VISITOR Kermit Bengton, of Seattle is a guest at the Hotel Juneau. I"IIOM OREGON Dr. R. H. Leer of Beaverton, Ore., is registered at the Hotel Juneau. PROM I’E’I‘ERSBURG Fifty-four competing beauties, Miss Atlantic City, their hostess, and Jacque Mercer (center), “Miss Am- erica of 1949”, line up on the edge of the Brighton Pcol in Atlantic City, N. J., to signal the opening of Competition for the title of “Miss America of 1950” will con- TRUMAN T0 G0 ON AIR SATURDAY Will Discuss Home Front Economic Controls-Talks at Press Conference By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, Sept, 7T — B — President Truman said today he will go on the radio Saturday night to tell the nation what he has in mind in the way of homefront economic controls during the emer- gency. He said the plans will be put into civilian hands and added empha- tically there will be no military dictator in charge. In making these statements at a news conference, the President re- ported the anti-inflation bill passed by Congress is now being analyzed by many Federal agencies, He said he will answer a lot of questions about it in his radio address over four networks Saturday at an hour still to be set. He expects to sign the measure in a few days. No Special Agency Mr. Truman, in reply to ques- tions, said he is not now consider- ing setting up an independent agency to handle price and wage contrils when and if needed. Mention of reports that W. Stu- art Symington, chairman of the National Security Resources Board would be the overall boss of home front mobilization drew from Mr Truman the retort that it was the first he had “heard of that. Dealing with other questions, the President said: 1. He considers the Marine Corps incident closed. This was a refer- ence to his crack for which he later apologized, that the Marine Corps is simply a Navy police force with a “propaganda machine al- most equal to Stalin’s.” Won't Sign Bill 2. He wouldn’t sign' the McCar- ran Communist control bill now be- (Continued on Pas,e Two) 1 Raids on Commies Made, French Police; Hundreds Arrested (By Assoclated Press) French police have launched a sweeping drive against foreign Communists in an attempt to rid the country of spies and saboteurs. The first raid came at dawn to- | day and 200 persons were arrested. | The raids are continuing to clean up a list of 300 suspects. And it's j understood that deportation orders ASSAULTS, WIDE RIM, REPULSED Massing for Deep Wedge Repdrted Threatening at Northern Wall (By Associated Press) United Nations forces held firm against new Red attacks today all along the 120-mile 'rim of their beachhead in South Korea, but a re- newed Communist general offensive seemed in the making. The Allies threw back assaults north of Taegu and 20 miles to the east along their imperilled north- ern wall and the threat there was 2ased, at least for the time being. But the Reds were reported mass- ing at the rear of the deep wedge they have driven into the right flank of the Allied northern wall. And at the other end of the battle peri- meter, on the southwest front, Red forces kicked off at dawn behind an intense artillery preparation against the ‘U. 8. 25th Infantry Di- yision west of Masan, port city 27 miles west of Pusan, main Allied supply base and ultimate Communist goal. Americans Hold Fast The drive -in - the -south .made & slight penetration of American lines and then the Americans held fast. The twin drive in the north— apparently part of the developing Communist master plan—also was contained. Elements of the U. 8. 24th Division, troops which have been fighting ever since the invasion began, drove three and a half miles southwest of charred Pohang, the Communist-captured east coast port which had served the Allies well. Red Forces Halted Red forces had reached the out- skirts of Kyongju, a road hub on the direct road southward to Pusan, yesterday before being halted. The Allies now battled to reestablish a strong northern line anchored in the sast on the Sea of Japan. The western anchor of the Allied northern wall was also being held firmly with U, 8. First Cavalry Di- vision troops pinning down the ene- my northwest of Taegu. - British In Fight At the side of the U. 8. Cavalry Division were British infantrymen, who weta fighting off bing at- tacks in their second day combat. Just to. south,” along. the Naks tong River front, 1. 5. Marines and infanfry advanced against the Red bridgehead west' of Yongsan, 32 miles south of Taegu. The Red assault in two days on the northern front has cost the enemy '65 tanks, put out of action by Al- !ied air power. This was Of a total of 84 Rus- sian-made tanks the enemy had committed to the northern offen- gu and Yongchon sectors. aircraft was credited with knock- ing 41 tanks out of action yester- day alone. Red Losses In a week of fighting, Red losses were estimated at 20,000 killed and wounded of a total of 150,000 troops rigging the perimeter. The U. S. De- fense Department put American cas- ualties for the week ending Sept. 1 at 1,977, and for the war since its beginning through Sept. 1 at 8863, of whom 682 died and 2898 were missing. All-out Smash A U. 8. intelligence officer said a captured Communist officer told American questioners the Red mast- er plan entails an all-out smash on the southwest front, shoctest route to Pusan, accompanied by heavy and steady pressure in the | vicinity of Taegu. The Reds had shifted east of Taegu to attack Yongchon in their northern offen- |sive when they learned the town | was lightly defended. Principal thorn |in the Red side is the steady Allied | air action against Communist sup- ply lines, reducing the Reds to mov- ing ammunition by human carriers, | village to village. Allied aircraft, flying a record, day of 625 sorties, concentrated the Mrs. Melvin Brady of Peter:burg have been prepared against all of | bulk of their attacks on close sup- ® e o 9 ¢ ¢ 9 e e o isstopping at the Gastineau Hotel, lthcm. | port of front line troops,