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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL TLIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI, NO. 11,729 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, lil*‘.[‘.l{l';\l{\' ¢ Chinese Plastered in Sizable Reds Beg Ior b — ARMY WILL TAKE OVER RAILROADS President lssues Orders After Condemning Walkout BULLETIN — \WASHINGTON— Feb, § —P— The Army served no- tice on striking railway men today that they will be dismissed unless they repert for werk by 4 p.m, (EST) can prove they were phys- work, ahle i ARMY TO TAKE WASHINGTON President Truman teday Army to propriate action” to return the railroads to full oper- ation t Te accu: striking workers of running out on an as ment like a bunch of Russi The I ident did not say action Secretary of the Army would take. Tie-up “Intolerable” Mr. Truman, in a statement which he read his W conference, said he had been * ly concerned about the interfer- sential military and ci- vilian railroad transportation.” He called the tie-up “intoler in an emergen He complimented | “the vast majority of railroad work- ers” who stayed on the job and others who returned at the govern- ment’s request. Mr. Truman’s reference rail workers running out agreement presumably pact initialed by unior the White House last De The unions later refused to ratify the wage-hour proposals. Workers Returning Before the President made remarks, more rail worker: back to work in Chicago, last holdout of the striking The nine-day “sick call” strike virtually ended in most parts of the country. But in Chicago two-thirds of the switchmen on the day trick yed off the job. However, the Army said 727 of them came to work fo-: day compared with only 402 yester- day. Elsewhere mail restrictions easec as the rail services back to normal. Many freight embargoe were lifted. The Railway Express Agency also tock away some strictions. Throughout the east and south. train, mail and expre.s movement: were about normal. Most trains were running in and out of New York City on regular schedules. ke at rington ‘grave- to the| on an to a his or Army ‘Yakes Over The Army told the king rail- way men today they will ke fired unless they report to work by 4 p.an (EST) Saturday or can prove they are physically unable to do so. This notice to end the “sick call’ (Continued on Page Two) The Washingiar Merry - Go - Baund By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, ©s Beil Syndicate, Inc.) .WASHINGTON—Fi\'E of the na- tion’s top labor spokesmen, led by Phil Murray of the CIO, had it hot ‘and heavy with Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson last week over the government’s manpower pro gram, The ill feeling which flared be- tween them lcoked like a curtain- raiser for more trouble on the labor front, and raised one of the most difficult problems of any de- fense or war program. Purpose of the labor leaders’ call on Wilson was to keep the nation’s civilian manpower program under the Lakor Department. This has been the subject of a bitter back- stage battle for some time, with Wilson and Gen. Lucius Clay want- ing to take manpower away from Secretary of Labor Tobin and Assis- tant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenkerg, and with the latter two threatening to resign if the labor problem is taken out of their hand Labor leaders have good reason to fear General Clay and any man- 1 " (Continued on Page Four) | Young ercy i ¥ i | ecutor frent, kneel before an Allied soldier in the belief that they were about to be shot and kitled. P ctims of their own pr a relief to the Reds, apparently ture taken by Associated Press staff photographer Jim Martenhoff. (¥ Wirephoto. MINIMUM WAGEA(T | IS PASSED By JIM HUTCHESON The territorial senate passed two measures today, received four new ones and heard a lot of discussion on auditing needs and problems. The senate passed unanimously . Frank Bar “minimum wage ' It proposes a $1 hourly mini- im wage for employment in Alas- ka, with emptions for s time work as babysitting boy jobs. It omits the maximum hour provision that is included in a bill fore the house, which has controversy in the past. 16-0 vote came after Barr ibed it as non-controversial be- tually all work in the terri- vs muore thaa $1 an hour The low cit city treasurers, w second biZ passed would al- io set bonds fi in certain lim- who said the present law requires a bond of $12,000,600 ic > Anchcrage treasurer. As the bond can be fixed at ent of the collectable prop-‘ erty tax in:the. city but need not be more than $100,000. The vote was 15-0. Sen. John Buirovich (R-Fair- banks) refrained fiomn voting. He 2xplained that he ugreed with Mc- Cutcheon’s original proposal of let- { ting the city council fix the bond and thought the amendment mess- ed it up. The senate heard a letter from the auditing firm of Arthur Ander- son Co. of Seattle, which deflated the discussion of having an outside concern come in to set up a plan for reorganizing the territorial gov- ernment in line with the auditors’ mendations. he Anderson company is the one that conducted the audit in 1949-50. The letter was sent in response to one by Butrovich and Sen. Jame Nolan (D-Wrangel), who acted as a special auditing committee be- tween sessions. Long-Range Program The Anderson Co. letter expressed the belief that “carrying out of the principal recommendations is a long-range program and will re- quire two to four years before the projected goals can be accom- plished.” It added: “We also believe that it would be impracticable for the territory to engage an outside organization to carry out the detailed steps of thg suggested program because the cost would be prohibitive.” " (Continued en Page Two) ONGRESS 1S DARED WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 — (B — President Truman today dared Con. gress w cut his $71,000,000,000 budget. He told u néws conference it is a good bucget and a tight budget, and that he dared the legislators to do anything to it. His remarks were touched off byl pssertion that a num- s members have said squeeze the dent’s spend- ber of Cong they were water” out of the Pres ing recommendations. Mr. Truman said they were wel- come to try He added to do the same thing in past years that they threatened and instead of cutting his budgerlz\ bill to give each territory andj | they had added a couple of billion|the district one vote in the elec- | dollars to it. its. It was introduced by Sen. Steve | I { Fairbanks d ALASKA BASES’ EVACUATION S DLANNED NOW Women and Childen fo Be Taken fo Highway in Driil on Safurday FAIRBANKS, Ala; Feb, 8—{M— Winter highway drills weather evavcuation plans will be held at military installations near and Anchorage Satur- vy, Brig. Gen. L'avid Baker said yesterday, Baker, commander of Ladd Air Force Base, said private automobiles will carry women and children from military installations in the Fair- banks area down the Alaska High- way to designated points where they will be formed into convoys. The test will be held in sub-zero weather in some areas and the “evacuees” will wear heavy cold weather gear. Cars will carry special equipment. Women and children at Ladd, Eielson and Elmendorf Air Force bases and Fort Richardson will take part in the tests. They will return to their bases once the convoys are [} formed. The simulated evacuation will be in line with a previously announced military plan to remove dependents of military and civilian personnel nd women employees at Alaska bases in the event of an emergency. Alaska civilians will not be af—:v lected. M | | | | | | i i ! to test cold|three fo | I BY TRUMAN R. R. WRECK CHARGEDTO R.R. SYSTEM "Complete, Indifferent Dis- regard for Human Lives,’ Says Prosecutor WOODBRIDGE, N, J., Feb, 8—® A Middlesex County official in- vestigating the Pennsyivania rail- road crackup which claimed 83 lives, today accused the big railroad of a complete and indifferent disre- gard for human life. A Alex Eber, in a statement ich he termed “my personal in- dictment of the railros told a news conference in nearby ' New mmswick: ‘We shall carefully explere any criminal aspects involved and pre- sent the matter at some appropri- ate time to the grand jury.” Eber’s statement came as work- dug into frozen snow {o remove aining wreckage of the ae- ident. “The failure of caution signals along the right of way . . . repre- sent a complete and indifferent dis- regard for human life that is to be condemned,” he said. { Police Chief George Keating said the death toll from Tuesday night'si disaster — the third major rail wreck in the New York metropoli- tan area within a year — probably will remain at 83 unless some of the 11 persons still hospitali: in critical condition succumb. He said there had been no reporte of anyone missing. The debris was covered last night by a light snow. Meanwhile, separate investiga- tions into the cause of the derail- ment of the crowded express were slated by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Middlesex County authorities. PROPOSAL THAT ALASKANS MAY VOTE FOR PRES. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 —®—The people of Alaska, Hawaii and the District ¢ Columbia would be al- lowed tc sote for President under a propos. | put before Congress to- day. Senator Case (R-SD) introduced | e t c | I i Alaskans and Hawai- territorial eiec- of the district terial college. ians now vote in tions but citizens are voteless. Case told the Senate in a speech there is ‘considerable doubt that either territory will win statehood in the immediate future. “It has occured to me that grant- ing the territories and the District of Columbia an opportunity to vote for President, with representation iz the electorzl college, might com- 2 mand the respect of many members of Congress who oppose statehood.” Since Case’s proposal is to amend the U. S Constitution, it would re- quire approval by Congress, the President and the Legislatures of hs of the States. A. L. BOOTH HERE Alton Lee Booth, Anchorage con- tractor, is in the city. e 0o o 5 ® ° 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 20; minimum, 16. At Airport — Maximum, 21, minimum, 1. FORECAST Occasional snow flurries tonight and Friday. Lowest tempperature tonight about 15 degrees and highest Fri- day near 25. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — .14 inches; since Feb. 1 4 inche: since July - — 42.08 inches; At Airport — .10 inches; since Feb. 1 —,.10 inches; since July 1—30.35 inches. e 00 0 02 0 0 0 ¢ B . . ° ° . . . . . . . . . . . 58 | . . I e e . . . . « . . . . e . ° ° . . . . . . ° . . . ] ‘dow had they chosen to do so. ant Middlesex County Pros-| & & PRICE T/ CENTS =3 el Prisonef P Chinese Communist prisoners captured in the hills north of Suwon are marched to rest past Allied tanks loaded with trovns, front. ¥ Wirephoto. 3RD DIVISION LOSES FIGHT Civilian Use | ON DELEGATES Basic Melals 1-7 Vote Holds Solid- "Rocking Chair”" | Bills Passed | By BOB DE ARMOND i Uttering cries of ‘“sectionalism,”| ‘discrimination”™ ind “disenfranch isement,” Third members of tos House of Repre- sentatives yesterday afternoon went| down to utter defeat at the hends of their 17 colleagues from the other | three divisions, The issue was a memorial intro-| duced during the forenoon session and carrying the names of all 17; Representatives from the First, Second and Fourth Divizions. The memorial seeks a new ap- vortionment of delepates to the constitutional convention in the| statehood bill now before the U. S. Sendte, The 17 ‘authors of the memorial, holding more than a two-thirds| majority of the House votes. had sufficient strength to have thrown all of the rule books out the win- seven Divisior Fight Against Odds Despite the odds against them, the seven Third Division members | of the House put up a last ditch fight but did not d in re- cruiting a single vote from the solid tri-Division ranics. The “skirmishing iately after the n Rep. McCutcheon amendment to mal a joint memoricl If adopted, ibis' would have re- quired that the memorial also go to the Senate for consideration. “It is only fair that a memorial of this imavertance be given con- sideration both houses,” Mec- Cutcneon sail Rep. Glen ankli effectively scutued i gument,. He dragged out and pointed to H. M. 4, introduced by the seven ird Division Represenlatives. “They did not see fit to inake this a joint memorial,” Franklin| said. “Yet that is a memorial call-| ing for secessicn from the United States ,and if that isn't an import- ant matter, then I'll put in with you.” sueH immed- s when n started oon rece: offerec the mea quickly and at line of ar- P Penies Secession Wanted Rep. Kay, one of the authors of what has now become known as the “Republic of Alaska” memorial, arose to deny that the measure calls for secession. H “What we ask is only the right| to declare our independence, a right guaranteed us by the Declar- ation of Independence and an lssue I will debate with anyone” Kay said. Rep. Kay charged that the ap- portionment of delegates requested! in the memorial “is arbitrary and (Continued on Page Two) | using such things as | | stance, in place of the armored vehicles moved up towar Cut Planned WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-—(-—The government plans a cut of to 40 percent April 1 in the amount of basic.metals going into automo- | biles, stoves and Official tion Authority (NPA) disclosed this tod saying it will ve ne to save steei, copper and for defense purposes. home apy y essary The cut in actual number of cars nd appliances produced may be omewhat smaller than the cut in ‘owed use of metals, these officials It will depenc. on manufacturer’ ahility to substit ite and conserve, stics, for in- tals. The auto industry last promised a cut in use of basic met- als for the present q but NPA xperts said a h r drop in automotive orders for stecl appar- ently has not taken place. Cconsequently, the mandatory ac- tion is contemplated affecting steel, copper and aluminum. Some other metals, such as nickel and cobalt, already are subject to curtailment s severe, or worse. The order prob- appear in about two weeks, giving producers at least a month to get set. ter, PRESIDENT I DEFENSE OFDAWSON Declares Répé;l Asinine in Findings of Charges, White House Aide PRESIDENT NSEt- WASHINGTON sident Truman accu Banking Subcommittee having made an asi its findings that Wh Donald Dawson ha fluence on RFC loan At a news confer dent strongly one of his ac He said he had « dence in Dawson and Dawson should not seek a heartng before the Sena headed by Senator Fulb Ark.) The Fulbright committee, Truman said, ought to hav Dawson for testimony before made what. he called asinine report. Mr. Truman said he wanted talk to the authors about it. The President added that the chairman—he did not mention Ful- bright by name—left town when he found out he wanted to see him IN DENF Feb. 8 the Presi- Dawson tant confi- that publi group ght (D~ lete added it th of the National Produc- | iminum n River on the western Korean RIGHT 10 SECEDE IS AT ISSUE [House Deb;fé; Third Divi- sion Memorial De- manding Statehood By BOB DE ARMOND The War of Secession, Alaska sec- tor, broke into the open this morn- Jing in the House of Representatives {when Hous up in second reading. } The memorial, authored by the seven Representatives from the Third Division, démands statehood or “the instant right to our ahsolute independence of and from the Government of the United month ; States, and to form ourselves ‘“L“'\A fr foreve Alaska’,” Backing away from this proposi- tion, one of the authors, Kep. Ks moved to strike the closing sen ences of the mw.omorial, including the quotation al ve. Rep. McCutehe n’ expleined that rather than jeopurdize the memor ial's plea for statehood, the autho: were willing to drop the demand fc the right of independenc He d, that it was feared the demand might damage the tatehood cause. v Word True asserfed that ‘“every and we have the right n soclety of free men to be called the ‘Republic of too, Rep. word s t o do the it things requested al.” His purpose in d ' memorial, he said, was to “shock ip!€ of the United States into s and show them l.hil“ ve this right.” Scavenius, another of the ponsors of the memorial, feli the mand for independence n. “I want to awaken public opinion and to embarrass Congress for ignoring us.” Commenting that “a lot of rhet- orie is being throwed around here th a lot of pathos'in it," Rep Carlson, also of the Third Division called for even stronger languace “It takes strong English to wake up those babies the: he aid. back Stand and Be Counied Rep. Mike Stepovich, opy he deletion of the “independenc ause, demanded that every mem- r of House stand and be ounted upon the main issue whether we loyal citizens, do r do not demand the right of in- dependence, or do we wish to fol- low the democratic procedure of majority rule? . “The people of Alaska have been abused, scorned, walked on and de- prived of control of their own re- ources,” Rep. McCutcheon charged. 1t is about time we took some strong action!” McCutcheon recited a version of Alaskan history, which he aftribut- jed to Janette Paddock Nichols but } which was considerably at variance jwith that and other authorities. i the as (Contimied on Page Tw g € ;j Vi&. e lo. 4 came | declare | shou M‘ ”® tory ALLIED LINE ADVANCEDIN SEOULARE/ Armored PL;;;Hes,Bayonei Charges Rid Reds from Snow Crusted Ridges (By Associated Press) U. S. tanks shelled Seoul's black- ened ruins today and howitze wheeling into easy range, plaster. Chine positions th of th fr River ¢ht (Thurs- day). Puerto Rican doughboys seized commanding height only 4' mi outh of the former Korean public capital The entire A ced coul. Han n the et south of the Han in sector, the objective of phase of the limited proceeding and may up a sizabie victory i of en losses. , further, implicatio ittached the present tion." po he western he current ansive, is ) my shoul to situa Bayonet Charges That was a cool military appraisa of a two-week series of armorec punches and bayonet charges thar have violently rid the snow-crustee ridges and vplleys of thousands of Chinese on Seoul's approaches, The Eighth Army has estimacs¢ {more than 57,000 Red cosualties, (most of them in the westérn soctoi. Now the Chinese had their quilte¢ backs to the Han. Red resistance was crumbling. In some sectors there was no opposi- Lion. Heavy Air Assaulty American Superforts, light pomb- {ors and fighters staged cne of the {heaviest air assaults of the war on the east coast agair:t North Ker- rear key rail centers Western Allied sources tave cred- ence to a Berlin report that top sviet politburo member Georgl alenkov may be meeting with East German officials on the future of Germany. These talks could be ex- { pected as a necessary prelude to ! proposed talks between Russia and the Western Allies on the German problem. The Austrlu:* newspaper Neue Wiener Tagdsz:itung, which earlier 3} week reported the escape of Czechoslovakia's former Commun- ist Foreign Minister Vlado Clemen- tis from his homeland, said today he had arrived in anti-Cominform Yugoslav last night and asked for asylum. {BOY SCOUTS HOMORED BY LEGISLA URE The Boy Scouis of Ame: ca wert honored by both houses of the Al- aska Legislature today, the 41st | anniversary of the founding of #! Seouts LIlke Wade, Sam McPhetres, J fla *monies 1 h houses i the Legislature this morning. In addition, the Scoute conducted Carl Beyer and Don Abel, 1 the members of the House of R resentatives in the pledge of They ‘e memb of . u. me ceremony was perfo ied in Senate by John Jensen, Tem Cashen, Jr, Pat Wellington rd John Hoisington, members of I'reop 610, Douglas. The galleries were filled with Bo t in uniform during the cere- monies. i leziance. Troop The on STEAMER MOVEMENTS. Baranof scheduled to sail fron Seattle at 4 p. m. Friday Princess Norah scheduled to sai! !from Vancouver 8 p.m., Feb. 14. Denali from westward schedule! to arrive Sunday morning sout! bound. i FROM KAKE Mrs. Ray Bell of Kake is at the Baranof Hotel,