The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1951, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,711 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1951 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTS Hearing Takes Place on Palmer Airport Deal Aluminum Plantin Canada, Projed at Skagway, Is Now Taken Up by Rep. Tollefson FISHERIES IN ALASKA TALKED UP Acheson Asked to Have FWL Expert at Japanese Peace Treaty Meeting WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — » — Rep. Mitchell (D-Wash) has urged Secretary of State Acheson to send a representative of his fisheries and wildlife division to aid in the formulation of a Japanese peace treaty. Mitchell made public a letter to Acheson in which he said he had learned that John Foster Dulles, soon to depart for Japan for pre- liminary drafting of the treaty, had not included a fisheries expert on his official staff. “Consequently, it would appear,” Mitchell wrote, “that Mr. Dulle does not contemplate including Pa- cific fishery provisions in the pro- posed treaty.” Japanese fishing activities off Bristol Bay in Alaska waters and other Pacific coast areas prior to World War II, Mitchell said, threatened our conservation pro- gram and thus impinged on our national security.” “Both should be protected in the proposéd Japanese treaty,” he said Mitchell said he recognized that | the fish industry is an impor:::nl! one in the Japanese economy, but added: “Alaska is even more de- pendent on the continuation and enlargement of Pacific fish runs.” Noyes Will Atfend Monday Conference Held inAnchorage, Col. John R. Noyes, Commissioner of the Alaska Road Commission, is returning to his Juneau headquar- ters office tomorrow from Seattle and will go from here to Anchorage | to attend the conference of inter- departmental representatives of in- terested government agencies with unions and contractors engaged in building construction in Alaska scheduled to be held next Monday in the railbelt city. Col. Noyes left Juneau Tuesday enroute to Washington, D.C., to ap- pear before hearings of the House Appropriations Committee regard- ing budget funds for Alaska road building. He has been advised the hearings have been postponed a week permitting him time to attend the Anchorage conference. The Washington Merry - Go-Round Ry PREW PEARSON I (Covyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) | ASHINGTON—It has been the policy of the brass hats that mili- tary mistakes, no matter how glar- ing, are not to be rehashed after they are made, That perhaps is why even the files on northern militry blunders in the civil war still are secret. That is also why our intelligence error in the battle of the bulge. which cost the lives of thousands of young men, still remains uninves- tigated; with the general then in charge of U. S. intelligence being promoted to be No. 2 man in the central intelligence agency. And that is also why the Naval commanders responsible for shooting | down and killing 400 U.S. and Brit- ish paratroopers in the invasion of Sicily never were investigated . American newspapermen, includ- ing this columnist, have written about these tragic errors .But no official investigation ever was made public. Likewise suppressed may be the tragic Korean error which cost us the greatest proportionate casualties in history. Certainly they will not be published if Senator McCarthy has his way. It was to shed light on some of these errors that this columnist published paraphrased excerpts from General MacArthur's cabled estimates of actual Chinese power. These showed that while MacAr- thur was announcing more than | ey (Continued on Page Four) {zate Bartlett to arrange for a| | tourist committee. |ken to stage a CAA flight demon- (C PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED; REPORT ON HONOLULU VIsIT President Herbert S. Rowland of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce reviewed the importance of work by committees and the various pro- Jects now being pushed. A membership drive is to be launched shertly not only to raise needed money for the Chamber but to enlist more local business leaders in its activities. Secretary F. O. Eastaugh read copies of letters that have been: written to the Aluminum Company | of America asking the status of the contemplated Taiya hydroel-j ectric project; to Secretary of In- terior Oscar Chapman urging the | moving of the Fish and Wildlife Service marine depot from Seattle | to Juneau; and to Delegate E. L. Bartlett asking that tax incentive, legislation for Alaska be introduced in the Congress as soon as possible. He also reported that Chapman had been written urging the un-| freezing of funds for the Alaska Oifice Building. { Letters accepting honorary mem- | bership were read from Judge George W. Folta and Governor | Gurening. Concert Group Coming It was announced that an Al- laska concert group would arrive nere on the Princess Louise March 24, | Freq Dunn reported that letters | would have to be written to Post- master Crystal Jenne and Dele- cachet to be stamped with a Ju-| neau slogan on outgeing letters. Gov. Ernest Gruening spoke and Pete Wood appealed to help house legislators with families. 1 Guests were Bert Barrer, publish- or of The Alaskan, T. P. Hanson of the Union Oil Co, from Ketchi- kan, Representative Doris Barnes, new president of the Wrangell ! Chamber of Commerce, Ken Ubbel- ohde of the Boy Scouts from Nam- | pa, Idaho, and Tom Wittenberg.!‘ engineer wit hthe 17th U. S. Coast | Guard District. Plans are getting under way to sntertain approximately 40 mem- ers of the Honolulu Chamber of} Commerce who will visit here in mid-dung, it wns reported by RESERVISTS ARE CALLED, AIR FORCES WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — ® — The Air Force announced today it is immediately calling up “a major portion” of the Air Reserve and the National Guard and large numbers of volunteer air reservists. The call involves about 150,000 men and is designed to increase Air Force manpower to 971,000 as soon as possible. The Air Force said it will call at least 12 additional National Guard wings, 21 air reserve training wings, most of the ground supporting units and a volunteer reserve personnel. The Air Force has already ordered 10 National Guard wings, a Guard tactical contre® group, 4 reserve wings, and 50,000 individual offi- cers into active duty. LEFTOVER COUNCIL DISH FRIDAY NIGHT It is expected that the police committee of the Juneau City Coun- cil will report tomorrow night on tichtening of traffic violations, re- commendations on allowing card table licenses and a night watch- man for the small boat harbor. Other unfinished business cludes a decsion on setting a date for increased rates, and a decision on publication of a financial bud- iget and report, Only one application for night watchman at the small boat harbor had been received at the last meet- ing. Applicants for card table licenses involve five establishments as fol- lows: L. E. Dubois of Blackies Bar at 316 S. Franklin for two tables of rummy and pan; Bill Sweeney of Sweeney's Corner Bar at 202 S Franklin for one takle of any non- gambling games desired; Steve and | Dan Stanworth and George Barou- Charles W. Carter, chairman of the A tentative agehda calls for! greeting party at the airport upon arrival by Pan American plane. A no-host dinner at the Baranof { Hotel will follow that evening at| which time the skit, “The Shooting | of Dan McGrew” will be given. The | following day a visit to the Ter- ritorial Museum, a Chamber of Commerce luncheon, and an after- noon of sightseeing to the Menden- hall Glacier and St. Teresa Shrine are planned. The evening will be as they wish. | A variety of optional activities are arranged for the following day such as fishing trips, flight to Taku Lodge and an Icecap trip. Fnrewell! ceremonies at the airport are scheduled upon the departure of the Hawaiian guests. PAVING JOB ON B. C. | na River Highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George, B. C, is expected to begin early in the 1951 working season, the Alaska Development ‘Board has been advis- ed. According to the British Colum- bia Department of Public Works, hard-surfacing crews will work east from Prince Rupert. Increases in traffic to and from corded during 1950. It is believed that paving the road will further increase traffic and speed develop- ment plans for a car-ferry service between the Canadian port and Haines, the Development Board said. pe left open for the visitors to do Paving of Highway 16, the Skee- Alaska over Highway 16 were re- e el L S CAA TROUPE HERE Robert Behol, Ansel M. Winham, | Mr. and Mrs. Norman Potosky, all of the Anchorage CAA office ar- rived here yesterday from Ketchi- stration and show a film here.; Bethol is in charge. Friday morning at 11 o'clock the demonstration will be put on for high school students and Saturday evening for the Juneau public. FROM ANCHORAGE Dorothy D, Tyner of Anchorage is at the' Baranof Hotel. | mes of 184 S. Franklin, New York Tavern, for four tables of rummy pinochle or pan; Jack Kristan of the Alaskan Hotel for two tables of pan; and John P. Pasquan of the Imperial Billiards for three tables of pan, rummy, pinochle or whatever is allowed. These applications, together with checks for $35 per table have been pending action for several weeks, were finally referred to the police committee because of hours opera- tions involved. city Engineer McNamara has been making minor revisions on the proposed new approach to the small boat harbor and they may be ready for final presentation. Because Ter- ritorial funds are involved, specifi- cations have been slightly altered to meet the approval of Territor- ial Highway Engineer Frank Met- calf’s suggestions. These do not alter the original plans substantially. KIWANIS NAMES 1951 (OMMITTEES Committee appointments for 1951 in the Juneau Kiwanis Club are announced by President Larry Par- ker as follows: Youth services: John Griffin, Dr. | john Clements, Ed Hinke, Howard Biggs, Gene Vuille, Ken Morgan. Citizenship services: Henry Leege, Martin Victor, Dr. Henry Harris, Ted Oberman. Kiwanis administration: Vice President Don Burrus, Archie Betts, Fred Dunn, John Turner, Chet Zim- merman. Club meetings: Norman Setinig, Ed Shaffer, Wayne Richey, Vuille, Oberman, First listed are designated chair- men. —_— ONE BIDDER ON TRUCK The Anchorage Motors were the only bidders to furnish a half-ton panel delivery truck equipped for heavy duty as advertised by the Alaska Department of Health. The was for $2184.70, f.ob. Seward. The truck will be used by an itinerant nurse stationed in the Homer and Kenai area. The annoyncement was made by the business office of the Health Department today. . PELICAN VISITOR _Emily Mowry of Pelican is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. in-1 "ALL HELL MIGHT BREAK LOOSE” ON FRONT IN KOREA Allies in Fierce Battle with Reds-Big Commie Con- centrations Reported (By the Associated Press) Tank-led Allied troops battled two companies of Chinese Reds to- night in a brief but fierce local clash on the Korean western front. The U.N. patrol, under air cover, then smashed out of a threatened enemy envelopment, Allied commanders expected a general Communist offensive may come at any time. “All hell might break loose soon,” an officer said. A U.N. raider patrol, one of sev- eral exploving the strength of enemy troops msssed all along the battle front, jabbed in and out of Kum- ‘yan';jang, 25 miles southeast of Secul. Air Gives Support The commander of the Allied motorized patrol said he met strong resistance in Kumyangjang and called for air support when it ap- peared his troops were being flanked. But after 90 minutes of tough fighting he said both his patrol units had safely withdrawn from !the battered town, Associated Prest Correspondent Jim Becker reported The Kumyar);jang battle was the heaviest action reported by Allied patrols prowling the far-flung lines during the day. They penetrated as far as abandoned Wonju, 26 miles north of Chungju, a road hub in U.N. hands. Patrols Active A patrol probed into the no- man’s-land highway center of ‘Wonju Wednesday and then with- drew safely Thursday afternoon after spending the night in the ruined town. Eighteen prisoners | were brought back from villages in i the Wonju area. An ominous quiet prevailed in most sectors but there was abund- ant evidence of heavy Red troop concentrations. Communist forces massed in the west, below Seoul, were expected to I,smke down the Seoul-Taejon high- way when the Reds have succeeded in assembling ammunition and sup- plies for a sustained push. Red Push Expected The threat of an all-out Com- munist push coincided with Red China’s rejection of United Nations cease-fire proposals. An emergency meeting of the U.N. Political Com- Immee has been called today to consider Peiping’s rejection of the peace bid. The United States delegation pre- pared to introduce a resolution which would condemn Communist China as an aggressor. The Ameri- cans fear a collapse of the collec- tive security principle if aggression is allowed to go unpunished. Free World Split There were indications the U.N. course of action on Red China threatens to split the free world. In Washington, Secretary of State Dean Acheson and other top offi- cials are said to be keenly aware of the dangers of a showdown and are proceeding with caution to draft in cooperation Wwith other nations a U.N. resolution indicting the Reds. In Paris yesterday, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a power in Asia, said that to brand China as an aggressor “would bolt and bar the door to peaceful settlement” in the Far East. This indicated that India and at least a part of the bloc she leads might not go along with the UN. anti-Communist bloc in further di- rect action against Communist China. STOCK OII_O_TA'HOIIS NEW YORK, Jan. 18 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 3%, American Can 99%, American Tel. and Tel. 154, Ana- conda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 81%, General Electric 52%, General Mo- tors 49, Goodyear T1%, Kennecott 78%, Libby McNeill and Libby 9%, Northern Pacific 33%, Standard Oil of California 94, Twentieth Century Fox 21, U.S. Steel 45%, Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange 95.12%. Sales today were 3,490,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: in- ;‘lzu;;rhls 247.39, rails 83.78, utilities i REPORTERS CHALLENGE PRESIDENT Truman Claims Newsmen Don’t Report His Facls— Quick Denial Is Made WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — B — President Truman said today he will appreciate it highly if the Senate approves sending more troops to Europe, but repeated he will do whatever is necessary to meet the world situation. He told his news conference he is not asking the Senate to take such action. However, he said he is happy the Democratic majority is working on an affirmative resolution ex- pressing approval of the use of U.S. troops in Europe under Gen. Dwight D.. Eisenhower's new Western De- fease Command. The President last week insisted he was constitutional authority as Commander-in-Chief ‘o send addi- | tional troops to Europe with or with- out approval of Congress. The Dem- ocratic move to back him up de- veloped after Senator Wherry of Nebraska, Republican floor leader, offered a resolution to bar sending additional troops unless Congress first approves. Mr. Truman also told reporters: Newsmen Challenge Truman 1. He had made his position clear last week that he was willing to consult with Senate committees on !ehe troop controversy and was will- .ing to talk with any Senator who requests it, but would not. be bound i by Congressional action. He said his statement then was not printed in a single newspaper in the country. Reporters sharply challenged this, saying his statements were printed widely. Branding Red China 2. The United States will press vigorously in the United Nations ifor a resolution to brand Red China an aggressor. He said he had ap- proved in advance Secretary of State Acheson’s statement yesterday re- jecting Red China’s counter pro- | posal for a cease-fire in Korea and branding it “contemptuous disre- gard of 'a world wide demand for peace.” Tax Program 3. Experts are working on a new tax increase program and he hopes to send a message to Congress on it before ine House Weys and Means Commi’, ge starts hearings February 1. He would n/{ comment on a possibie federal sales tax. Control Plans 4. Price wage controls will be put into effect just as fast as the ma- chinery can be set up. He said he could not set a definite date for such action. In suggesting that reporters make sure they report the facts as he gives them at his news conferences, the President said he was not scold- ing the newsmen, but just stating the facts. Press Accused He accused the press not only of failure to record his consultation- with-Congress remarks last week, but saidereporters garbled his re- marks of several weeks ago when he said use of the atomic bomb had always been under consideration, but he did not want to use it in Korea. Reporters Speak Up One after another, reporters arose and challenged the President on his claim that they had not reported his last week’s remarks on the troops to Europe controversy. Each said they had reported the Presi- dent’s remarks fully. Mr. Truman replied that might be but sometimes rewrite men don’t agree with what you write. His Candidacy Mr. Truman declined to indicate whether he would run agaiun in 1952. A reporter asked his comment on an article in Look magazine by Edward T. Folliard of the Washing- ton Post indicating Mr. Truman hopes he will not have to run but carrying a headline saying he does not choose to run again. l TRUMAN REPEATS CHARGES i ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— (A — President’ Truman said today not a single newspaper in the United States quoted his remarks last week concerning his readiness to consult with Congress before send- (Continued on Page Twc) ' USE ATOM BOMB ON CHINA NOW MARCH AIR BASE, Calif, Jan. 18—(M—Maj. Gen. Emmett (Rosy) O'Donnell, returning from command of Far East bombing today, urged that “we use the most effective weapon we nave against Red China.” Asked if he meant the atom bomb, he said: “Yes.” DRAFT LAW EXTENSION PROPOSED ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 18— (B — Maj. Gen. Lewis B, Hershey to- day asked Congress for an inde- finite extension of the draft law with authority to induct men from 18 through 26 years. “This is not an emergency shot in the arm,” he told the Senate Armed Services preparedness sub- committee. Hershey, who has operated the Selective Service System for 10 years, gave full support to the broad universal military service and training bill sent to Congress late yesterday by Secretary of De- fense Marshall, “It is the best act we can hope for at the present time” he told Chairman Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex) of the Senate Group. et MINERS T0 GET BOOST IN WAGES WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — B — John L. Lewis and representatives of virtually all the soft coal mines today signed an agreement calling for a $1.60 daily wage increase, effective Feb. 1. Lewis told a news conference that “the country is now free from any thought of a so-called coal crisis for an indefinite period of time.” The United Mine Workers Presi- dent added that was not a “no strike pledge,” however. Lewis said the scattered opera- tions not represented in the sign- ing of the agreement would be brought in “in a very short time.” He added that “mechanics, time and distance” had been factors in not getting them all signed up to- day. P S e o 0 o o o e o o WEATHER REPORT ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau—Maximum, 17; minimum, 9. At Airport—Maximum, 18; minimum, —2. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) Partly cloudy with an oc- casional snow flurry tonight. Fair and slightly cooler Fri- day. Occasional gusty north- easterly winds tonight and Friday. Lowest temperature tonight about 10 and highest Friday near 18. PRECIPITATION (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 8.m. today City of Juneau—0.01 inches; since Jan. 1 — 382 inches; since July 1—41.81 inches. At Afrport — 0.02 inches; since Jan. 1 — 221 inches; since July 1—30.21 inches. e o 0 0 0 00 (AP Special Washington Service) WASHINGTON, Jan, 18 — # — Rep. Tollefson (R-Wash) posed a series of questions today for Charles E. Wilson, Defense Mobilization Di- rector, concerning “a rumored pro- posal to expend United States funds for the construction of an alumi- num plant in Canada.” (The proposed aluminum develop- ment in the Kitimat area of the northern British Columbia wilder- ness has come under fire in Alaska. Published reports in Alaska have sald the Canadian project will knock out, for the present at least, the planning for a possible project at Skagway. (The Anchorage, Alaska, Times said editorially last week that the plan to use United States funds for the Canadian project “has all the | badges of a double-cross.” It said the setback to the Skagway pro- posal came after some four years of preliminary study of its possibility.) In a letter which Tollefson made public he asked the director these question: 1. Does,the project entail con- struction of a power dam and, if so, would not the same expenditure fill the same requirements if made in the United States: 2. Would such an aluminum plant compete with US. industry after the present emergency is over? 3. It construgtion of a power dam is invalved what plans, if any, are under ponsideration for the protec- tion of fishery resources? Regarding the latter question, Tollefson said his particular con- cern was whether the dam would be built on the Fraser river in British Columbia. The Washington Congressman said “several millions of dollars” have been spent by this country and Canada in rehabilitat- ing the Fraser's sockeye. salmon fishery, and added: “Most certainly much of their work could iconceivably be for naught if power dams are con- structed on the Fraser river wn.h-‘ out fish ladders and other protec- tive devices.” The aluminum development, de- scribed as a $500,000,000 over-all project, is slated for the Kitimat wilderness areas of northern British Columbia. It is about 400 miles north of Vancouver. B.C. Lands Minister E. T. Kenney announced Jan. 3 the signing of an agreement giving the Aluminum Company of Canada water rights. The Canadian press reported at the time that a great power pro- ject would be built on the Kemano river, a coastal stream about 50 miles from Kitimat. However, the report said, a dam also would be built on a headwaters tributary of the Frasep river. It is the Nechako, which flows inland into the Fraser river. However, according to the Canadian press report, a first step would be to build a dam in the Nechako’s grand canyon. Its pur- pose would be to back up the waters in the Tahtsa-Kemano watersheds, thereby providing more water for the Seward-flowing Kemano, which would provide the actual hydroelec- tric power, UNIVERSITY ASKS AHA FOR ADDED HOUSING UNITS W. B. Stewart, Ketchikan, mem- bet of the University of Alaska Board of Regents, met with the Commissioners of the Alaska Hous- ing Authority here today to request housing for the University at Col- lege. The Commissioners were seriously interested in providing 12 family homes and 12 efficiency apart. ments. Investigations will be insti- /tuted as soon as possible. Douglas civic leaders continued discussions with Keith Jackson, loan representative from the An- chorage AHA office, in an attempt to obtain 25 single family dwell- ings for Douglas. It is expected that the AHA meeting here will be concluded by tomorrow noon, E. Glen Wilder, executive director, sald today. FROM BETHEL John Kinzy of Bethel stopped overnight at the Hotel Juneau en- olro\m to Mt. Edgecumbe. ENGINEER TESTIFIES ABOUT DEAL Government Man Talks on Application-Hike in Price Admitted By FRANK W. VAILLE (AP Special Washington Service) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 — (P — A government engineer denied to- day pressure had been brought upon him to approve an application by the Alaska Aeronautics Commission for federal funds for an airport at Palmer, Alaska. Edward G. Fisher, stationed at the Civil Aeronautics Administra- tion’s 8th Region Headquarters in Anchorage, was one of three wit- nesses to testify at a morning ses- sion of a Senate Investigating Com- mittee. The committee is inquiring into purported irregularities in the hand- ling of applications for funds for the airport. Fisher made his denial of pres- sure after testifying that he had been instructed by his superior, Chris Lample, CAA Administrator of Alaska Public Airports, to for- ward a second application to Wash- ington. He sald he had.called Lample concerning the application because he was “dublous” as to whether he should accept it in view of changed figures. Fisher at Meeting Fisher testified also concerning a March 6, 1950, meeting at An- chorage attended by himself, Joseph Fitzgerald, CAA regional attorney; Stanley McCutcheon, counsel for the territorial commission, and other members of the commission. Members of the commission re- newed inquiries at that meeting, he said, as to whether they were en- titled to include $5,000 airport con- struction costs made prior to the application in any request for fed- eral funds. He said he told them they were not. Commission members passed a re- solution then, he testified, directing George S. Schwamm, commission director, to purchase the entire air- port from the Palmer citizens group. “Hike” Admitted Senator Mundt (R-SD) asked if “it wasn't obvious to you that the intention of this action was to hike” the amount of money to be asked in federal funds and get back the previously expended construction costs. Fisher replied: “Yes.” Fisher also was questioned closely regarding his check into ownership of the airport land. In its original application, the commission said it owned a portion of the land and was negotiating for the balance. In its second application, it said it did not own the land and would have to spend $150,000 to buy it. No Investigation Fisher said he had made no in- vestigation of the land ownership nor of the commission’s claim that it held purchase options on the lands. Fisher ‘estified that subsequent to the first application’s approval by the CAA, Schwamm told him it was being rejected by the com- mission because the $5,500 land cost figure included did not represent the purchase cost of the original land tract. Application Questioned Phillips Moore, director of the CAA’s office of airports in Wash- ington, testified that he felt the application had “not been handled properly” by his office. Fisher and Fitzgerald still were on the stand when the morning session recessed until afternoon. Still to be heard by the subcom- {mittee are Lample, Roland Snod- grass, Secretary of the Palmer Aero- nautics Committee; McCutcheon and Schwamm. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday after- noon or evenings. Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle 4 pm,, Friday. Baranof from westward sched- ! uled to arrive 9 a.m., Sunday, south- ‘bound. l l