The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1950, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,630 House Seats Change as New Returns Count UNOFFICIAL RETURNS - FIRST DIVISION - GENERAL ELECTION - 1950 Delegate Treas. Labor Com. LIVELY DISCUSSON TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW BUSINESS {Juneau Chamber Airs Views on Proposed Bill to Attract Industry CHARGE IS HURLED AT SHIP UNION Attempting fo Tie Up AI-‘ aska, Orient Traffic- Probe Demanded A lively aiscussion on new pro- posed tax incentive legislation to | encourage new business development iin Alaska took place at a regular | | luncheon meeting of the Juneau| SEATTLE, Oct. 12—#—The In-| Chamber of Commerce this noon. dependent Marine Cooks and Stew- | This followed a report given by ards Union was accused yesterday of | Joseph McLean, chairman of the “attempting to tie up Alaska and | legislative committee, which en- Orient bound ships.” dorsed the proposed bill in principle The charge was made by Rep.|but recommended clarification and Mitchell (D-Wash) in demanding | changes: (1) What constitutes an investigation be launched by U.S. } “new” industry; (2) what percentage Attorney General J. Howard Mc- |of the domestic corporation income Grath. |must be from the new industry; Earlier the Alaska Steamship Co., | (3) time limit such as 15 years announced that “as a conseguence | tax exemption be given but not of the union’s refusal to comply | beyond 1975; (4) clarification re- with Coast Guard screening of |garding constitutionality, if and crewmen” it had cancelled a sched- | when statehood is granted; (5) in- uled Saturday sailing of the steam- | clusion of provisions to help re- ship Denali and ordered the vessel habilitate old industries which are decommissioned. |now paying taxes and still have Because of difficulties with the |not prospered. union, the Denali, formerly a pas: ‘ Broad Program senger vessel, had been redesignated | It was pointed out that Delegate to. sail as an express cargo ship. More Trouble Trouble with another union had developed earlier. F. A. Zeusler, executive assistant for the com- pany, said that when the deadline for crews to sign on the Denali was reached, the Sailors Union of the |E. L. Bartlett would support the bill if it did not interfere with statehood for the Territory. Com- mander Ed Chester stated that there was a broader program under con- sideration in Congress to aid states and territories, which in effect would be a domestic Point Four Pacific (AFL) told the company its | program, to encourage industry in members would not sign on less than | undeveloped areas. a crew for a passenger vessel. As an | Curtis Shattuck said that he be- express freighter, the Denali would | lieved it was as important for such carry 54 fewer crewmen than as a |proposed tax legislation to encour- passenger vessel. The SUP balked ;age existing industries as it was to at reduction in the deck department | attract new ones. Several others from 15 to 12. | agreed. After refusing to do so earlier,| H. L. Faulkner pointed out that stewards signed on two other Alaska | the proposed bill was mainly to en- line freighters, the Sailor’s Splice | courage paper mill capital to invest and the Susitna. {in the Territory and that the bill “On the Spot” Inquiry {might be jeopardized if there were Congressman Mitchell's wire to;many requests to broaden it too McGrath urged sending an assistant | attorney general to make an ‘“on much. To Discuss Legislation The legislative committee was di- the spot’ 'investigation. - | «Believe this ease a clearcut viola- | rected by President Robert Booch- tion of the Magnuson port security {ever to meet with a Senate sub- act . . . such delaying tactics . . . committee due in Juneau next could be dangerous to national se- | Thursday. It had been decided that curity.” jonly two projects would be dis- He wired that the union, “ex-|cussed with the committee mem- pelled from the CIO because of | asserted Communist domination, is| attempting to tie up Orient and | Alaska bound ships by refusing to | comply with Coast Guard screening | procedures. Many of these ships | contain defense materials vital to national security.” | (Continued on Page TWwo0) Bellingham ILWU Local Quits C10 SEATTLE, Oct. 12—{®—The CIO | claimed gains today in its campaign jto draw fishing industry workers away from Harry Bridges’ longshore rhe w a S h 'i' n g I on ‘ ““;;r;- W. Atkinson, regional CTO Merry - G - Round| director, said & group of workers at Bellingham is the latest to dis- (Copyright. 1950, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON | affiliate from the International | Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s { Union (independent). He identified the group as Local International Fishermen and HOLIDAY - NO STOCKS | NEW YORK, Oct. 12—{®—Major security and commodity markets in the United States were closed today in observance of Columbus Day. FROM CORDOVA William Miller of Cordova is | | { | stopping at the Baranof Hotel. | (Editor’s note—This is the se- cond column in Drew Pearson’s |g, important crime expose, calling | Allied Workers of America, a union the roll of the Mafia, secret |that has been a division of the black hand society which rules |11,WU. Both the ILWU and IFAWA the underworl. ). have been expelled from the na- | tional CIO. ASHINGTON—How a group of | Atkinson said other groups in Italian-Americans have been able to domihate the big crime rackets of the nation, spreading murder ! Blaine and LaConner, Wash., are expected to vote soon to leave the ILWU and seek CIO charters. and political corruption in their | He said other locals that have left wake, is one of the least-knuwunhe IFAWU since it was merged stories of the U.S.A. | with the ILWU include a group of The complete story may never beljo0p cannery workers at Astoria, told. For it is locked behind the|gre 800 Bristol Bay cannery work- lips of men who have sworn 10 ers 300 Aberdeen workers and the die rather than talk, and Whose | ajaska Trollers of Juneau, with 200 campaign contributions to big POl- | members. All these, he said, now iticians have largely put them out- |nave CIO charters. side the law. Senaor Kefauver of | gne Alaska Fishermen’s union, Tennessee is the only man, 50 far |joroest TFAWA affiliate with some who has had the courage to beard | gg50 members, voted to withdraw this gang of criminals. | from the IFAWA-ILWU in a refer- Meanwhile, a roll call of their|e,qum completed Saturday. Atkin- leaders, never before published,! son said a group at Copper River, gives important insight into meialaska. has withdrawn and that power and ramifications of the |, 4oys fishermen are voting on a Mafia. The roll call begins in New | withdrawal proposal. These three York City with Frankie Caste]lo,‘-‘mmpg have not applied for CIO the man who carried a suitcase 'fugcharlers however, and are reported Ellis Island on the morning his| 1anniné to remain independent. chief, Lucky Luciano, was deport-‘p Mhe Alaska Fishermen's Union ed back to Italy. disclosed, but union It is significant that Costeuof;’l‘;':ddt:iwx::t sources said it was VISAS FOR ALIENS ARE SUSPENDED American af—fi(ials All| . Over World Given Instructions WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 — ® —| American officials all over the world have been ordered to suspend tem- porarily passport visas issued to aliens planning to come to the United States. Officials said today the State De- partment telegraphed the orders yesterday to Embassies and Consuls to permit a recheck of individual records because of the tight new in- ternational security law. The order does not apply to offi- cial representatives of foreign gov- ernments. Also the order does not affect Ca- nadians coming to this country on visits since they do not have to have visas. It does apply to Ca- nadians coming as immigrants since they must have passports and visas. The State Department said the |K suspension order was asked by At- torney General McGrath, the fed- eral government’s chief law en-! forcement officer. The law, enacted over President Truman’s veto, bars the entry of aliens who have been at any time members of the Communist “or other totalitarian” parties. Its enforcement has resulted in the detention of several hundred aliens who already had been granted visas—entry permits—when the law went into effect. More than 200 were being held yesterday at Ellis Island, N.Y. Ger- many and Italy have protested against the detention of their na- tionals. 1 MORE CASES OF POLIO REPORTED BY ANCHORAGE Poliomyelitis cases in Alaska to- day had risen to total 37, with the report yesterday afternoon from Anchorage that two more children had been stricken with the disease. They are Louis Berry, 14, and Don Anderson, 12, according to the re- port to the Alaska Department of Health headquarters here. Since the outbreak of the disease in Alaska August 10, there have been 15 cases in Fawbanks, 13 in Anchorage, 6 in Ketchikan, 1 in Juneau, 1 in Wrangell and 1 in Pt. Barrow. INSURANCE RATES ON AUTOS ARETO BE CHANGED NOW NEW YORK, Oct. 12—(®—The National Automobile Underwriters Association today announced re- vised insurance rates and prem- jums by its 250 member companies for Alaska,' Idaho, Montana and Nevadas The changes become ef- fective Oct. 16, The approximate over-all effect of the changes in the various states and territory: Alaska—Private passenger auto- mobiles: Comprehensive rates and collision premiums increased 10 percent. Commercial vehicles; local, intermediate and long distance hauling, fire and theft rates reduc- ed 5 percent; local hauling, collision premiums reduced 12 percent; in- termediate and long distance haul- ing collision premiums increased 10 percent. LAVENIKS TO OREGON Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lavenik left Tuesday via Pan American clipper for Seattle where they will visit the next two weeks and then go to Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Laveniks may establish their home in Klamath Falls but have not yet decided their definite plans. Both retired from the postoffice service in Juneau last year. They sold their home on Glacier High- way to Mr, and Mrs, Lance Hend- rickson recently. SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR Mendenhall JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950 Juneau No. 1 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Senators © (@ Tequrs © (@) uBON (@) udtaonerag “ (¥ wonssug g | 8 Juneau No. 2 Juneau No. 3 .. Divisional Representatives | Bl moworourreg “ (@) e 8 ®| (@ ussispunp 3 (@ uyws ~_(@_unysnop < (@) uasuap = () uosuyop © (@) uaydoT ) uosided © (@) 3emals (3) uappedsoe &) & gl uoswoupuen 243| 200| 1 352( 234| 198 )| 216| 164| 113] - Thane Salmon Creek Pennock Island Wacker Douglas Bridge Ward Cove ... Hydaburg Lynn Canal 29 19] Douglas . | 39] 33| Mountain Point Clover Pass . Gravina Island Skagway (141 174 Wrangell “68] 61 Stikine 20‘1’ 5 19 | 11| 10| 38| 28 23 Ketchikan No. 1 214/ 135 230 90| 131] 85, 130 114 193 193|| 202 181] 106] 171] 127 166] 214 144 271| 252]] 2 278| 148| 229] 161 267| 226 Retersburg 3| 264 146, 156 75| 182 138] 133( Sitka 329] 254 163| 230| 250 167| 224 Haines 36 19 38| 20 West Petersburg - |8 7 6 L Scow Bay ... 14 11] 11 Port_ Chilkoof 10 18] Angoon 10 | precincts now Tenakee Baranof Chilkat Craig Klawock Metlakatla STATE DEPT. [TWO CHIEFS GIVEN BLOW, AMER. LEG. Demand Made that Tru- man Reconstitute Dept. =Stiff Floor Fight LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 — ® — After a stiff floor fight, the Ameri- can Legion voted today to “demand” that President Truman reconstitute the State Department. But it sidestepped naming Secre- tary of State Dean Acheson, or sug- gesting his ouster. The convention was to end today. The latter had been urged by the Legion’s retiring executive commit- tee, but was not incorporated in a report by the foreign affairs com- mittee which condemned the State Department’s “failure . . . to deal adequately with the grim and bloody advance of Communism throughout the world.” It went on: “We submit that this failure is due fundamentally to a lack of understanding of Com- munism itself, and to refusal on the part of Secretaries of State, past and present, to evaluate prop- erly the gravity of the dangers to America and all free peoples which Communism presents. . .” | WILL MEET AT WEEKEND {Truman, MacArthur Con- ference Expected o Be Important for Peace ST. LOUIS, Oct. 12—{M—President Truman held out hope today that he and General Douglas MacArthur may find a way to counter the ex- plosive threat of Communism in the Far East. He contended that the free na- tions are “making progress” toward peace “in spite of conditions which are prevailing in the Far East.” Out of his weekend conference in the Pacific, the President predicted, may come ‘“some contribution to the peace of the world.” Mr. Truman'’s talk last night, to a meeting of the Missouri order of the Eastern Star, highlighted his stop- over here in route to the spectacular rendezvous. with MacArthur, 6,500 miles away. Although - some 12,000 persons heard the President’s speech, to a closed meeting of the Masonic affiliate, \newspapermen were bar- red. 40 Typewritten transcripts of his (Continued on Page Eight) 12 ALASKANS TAKE SAFETY PROBLEMS [UN FORCES T0 CHICAGO MEET BOMBARD Alaska will have two representa- tives at the National Safety Con- ference which will open in Chicago Monday. Harry R. Bates, Alaska Road Commission safety engineer, will represent the Juneau Federal Field Safety Council, the only delegate from -Southeast Alaska. He left yesterday by Pan American Airways. Both he and Carl Steeves, Alaska Railroad safety engineer, will be armed with questions, as requested, for the forum discussion on prob- lems in the field. tanks, pushed ahead toward the Chief of these, according to Leon- | communist North Korean capital ard Evans, Alaska representative of | on three fronts today. Far up the the U.S. Department of Labor, is|eastern coast near Red Manchuria, “How can the Juneau council help | the rail center of Chongjin shud- federal agencies in the Territory|dered under a massive Allied sea prevent and reduce accidents?” bombardment. Evans was one of ten members| The reeling Communists on the| attending a special meeting of the | fighting front north of parallel 38 council yesterday afternoon in the ! were outmanned and outgunned, Senate Chambers. Their specific|and apparently close to final de- questions will be forwarded to Bates, | feat. Some were resisting fiercely as who had to leave earlier in the|they were told to do by the Red| day. government, but others were fleeing According to Milton J. Furness,|jeaving heavy equipment behind. Council president who presided yes-! To this staggering, shattered terday, the group is participating | army, the world leader of Com- in President Truman’s safety pro-|munism, Russia’s Prime Minister gram by which it is hoped to reduce } gtalin, sent wishes for success in accidents by 50 percent in the 4-)what he called their struggle for year period of 1948-52. “the creation of a united, indepen- dent Korea.” This was Stalin’s reply CHONGUIN Reds Stagger Under Mas- sive Sea Attack Led by Mighty “Mo” (By the Associated Press) United Nations forces, led by lomatic recognition of Pyongyang. North Korea's Premier sent word | Executive committeeman George \ Clear asked the convention to|® ©® © L] IN STANDINGS, of “gratitude” for Russia’s “friendly support. A dispatch from the “Big Mo,” the | change the wording’ to read “Sec-|® retary of State” apd eliminate (!m‘ L phrase “past and present.” o Former National Commanc John Steele said, “Let's name) ® names; let’s name' Acheson.” le National Commander George N | Craig said: “I feel it would be sac-[® rilege to name.the.person meant. |® “I think the original wording of the resolution will feave no doubt & to who is meant.” SULLYS RETURN Henry Sully of the Juneau-Youns Hardware Co., and Mrs. Sully re- turned Tuesday by Pan Ame clipper from Seattle after a bu ness and vacation trip in the stales TO VISIT IN TENAKEE Nick Grandsma left yesterday|® via Alaska Coastal Airlines for|® Mrs. Marian Keller of San Fran- | Tenagkee where he plans to Spe“a‘ . -_— : (Continued on Page Four) Pbout two to one for withdrawal. cisco is a guest at the Juneau Hotel. l most of the winter. |® I WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Fiour Period ending 6:20 o'clock th's morning In Juneau—Maximum, 48 minimum, 44. At Airport—Maximum, 48; minimum, 44. FORECAST (Junesu and Vieinity) Mostly cloudy with occa- sional rain showers tonight and Friday. Low tempera- ' ture tonight near 40 and high Friday near 50. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau—0.82 inches; since October 1—3.48 inches; since July 1—25.55 inches. At Airport — 0.22 inches; since October 1—1.09 inches; since July 1—20.43 inches. ;| ALASKA OFFICES U.S. Battleship Missouri, said that | historic battlewagon took part with | With 80 out of 233 precincts now | American, British, Canadian and | reported, the election tally for Ter- | Australian ships in the bombard- | ritorial officials stands as follows:|ment of the Japan Sea port of Delegate to Congress: ! CHfongjin, only 3¢ miles from Red Bartlett (D), 9,395. China’s Manchuria border. | Ppeterson (R) 3,530. I Assault from Sea | Treasurer: The U.S. cruiser Helena's 8-inch ' Roden (D) 10,178, guns began the asasult, followed Labor Commissioner: 1 quickly by the thunder of the mighty Benson (R) 17,245, Mo’s 16-inchers. Navy warplanes Kimball (D) 5,148. spent 30 minutes over targets in the | same area, strafing and rocketing in advance of the Naval assault by a task force under Vice-Adm. Arthur | D. Struble against the industrial rail and road center town of 190,000. | After an hour’s bombardment, TODAY'S LANDINGS Trolled salmon landed today were from the Wild Bill, Ken Millard, 1,000 ' pounds, Edrie, Cliff Mason, parts of the city could be seen 1,000 pounds, the Aurora, Al Schra- | yyming Chongjin, 49 miles from men, 1,000 pounds. The St. Francis | yno goyiet Siberian bord landed 3,000 pounds of seined sal- e 20| ed GOP GAINS CONTINUE IN SENATE {Rivers, Peratrovich, Tay- lor Among Casualties of Tuesday’s Election Democratic Party Chairman, Sen- ator Victor C. Rivers of Anchorage, appeared today as a definite polit- ical casualty in Tuesdays General Election. Two other Democratic incumbents, Senator Warren A. Taylor of Fair- banks and Senator Frank Peratro- vich of Klawock are also apparently on the way out. In the House race, Republicans are leading in the First Division for six seats of the eight; in the Fourth Division for four of the five seats and in the Third Division are hold- ing on to two of the seven seats, although by only slim margins. On the basis of returns so far re- ceived, Republicans will elect one Senator in the First Division and two in each the Third and Fourth. No new returns have been re- ceived from the Second Division since yesterday. First Division With 37 of the 57 First Division reported, Senator Frank Peratrovich was still trailing Engstom of Juneau and Nolan of Wrangell by a thousand votes. Nolan is considered a conservative Demo- crat. Republicans Doris Barnes of Wrangell, ; Waino, Hendziokson of Juneau, Ed Locken of Petersburg, J. 8. MacKinnon of Juneau and Frank G. Johnson of Kake are holding the lead in the House race and are apparently assured of elec- tion. In sixth place is Vernon Metcalfe of Juneau, Democrat. Trailing him are M. L. MacSpadden of Juneau, Republican, and Marcus Jensen of Douglas, Democrat. Amelia Gunder- son of Ketchikan and Andrew Hope of Sitka, both Democrats, are not far behind Jensen. Last places in the House race in this division may depend upon the absentee ballots, which will not be counted until October 24. There are estimated to be around 400 ab- sentee ballots in this division. Third Division Thirty-eight of 70 precincts in the Third Division, including all of Anchorage, shows Gerrit Snider, Republican, in the lead for the Sen- ate with 3,194, He is closely fol- lowed by Gunnard Engebreth, Re- publican Senate President in the 1949 Legislature. Engebreth tallied 3,171 votes. Democrats Victor C. Rivers and Z, J. Loussac trailed with 2,323 and 1,826 votes respectively. The Democrats, on the other hand, apparently hold at least five of the seven House seats, with a possibility of taking all seven. Standings of the leaders for the House: Kay (D) 2925; Scavenius (D) 2,888; Stan McCutcheon (D) 2,842; Egan (D) 2801; Gill (R) 2,546; Carlson (D) 2,520 and Gor- such (R) 2520, tied for seventh place. Trailing were Pollard (D) Snodgrass (R, McKinley (R), Chase (R), McLane (R) and Osbo (R), in that order. Fourth Division Fifteen of 70 precincts in the Fourth Division, estimated to be two-thirds of the total vote, gave Lhamon and Coble, Republicans, substantial leads for the Senate with 1,342 and 1250 votes respectively. Democrats Lander and Taylor had 924 and 919, respectively. Republicans were also ahead for four of the five House seats. Stepo- vich with 1,530, Miscovich with 1290 and Gasser with 1,228 lead the race. All are Republicans. Next is Frank- lin, Democrat, with 1207. In fifth spot is Wilbur, Republican, with 1,172, followed by Joy, Republican, with 1,085. Democrats who trail the field are Dale, 966; Angerman, 820; Jones, 936 and McCombe, 832. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Freighter Sailor’s Splice sched- uled to sail from Seattle tomorrow. ‘There will be no Saturday sailing from Seattle. Denali to be decom- missioned. Princess Louise due to arrive from Skagway at 7 a.m. tomorrow and mon, (Continued on Page Eight) sails south one hour later at 8.