The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1951, Page 1

¥ “ALL TUE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXXVI,, NO. 11,745 Y ALASKA EMPIRE — JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1951 . MEMEER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — | Red Battleline Punched by putes between two of the nation’s major crime syndicates, the sena- tors declared. In a preliminary report on its far-flung probe, the senate com- mittee said the nation is menaced by highly organized criminals fi- DISCOVERY OF URANIUM ported crises building up over new increases due March 1 — to today or tomorrow. The Big Question The big question mark was: How would labor react? Initial comment of labor leaders was unfavorable to act | MacKinnon), asking Congress to | exampt Alaska fishing vessels from |a proposed Federal act to put ves- | sels of 15 tons or more under the | Coast Guard inspection service if they are going into offshore waters. | The memorial said = such action a referendum at the next General Election, with approval by the vot- ers to be a petition to Congress. Rep. Barnes opposed the memor- ial asking for the right to bond the Territory on the grounds that it would adversely effect statehood. merican forces by the Council of State Govern- ments. ‘Ten legislators at the bi-partisan session expressed themselves favor- ably on a proposal which would create a Department of Finance, headed by an executive who in ef- “The territory's problem is pe- culiar in its having NC elected gov- {ernor. Because of that, the govern- ment is substantially in the hands of boards that have little effective responsibility to anyone. “The board system once was com- 2 TRUMAN, MARSHALL | i ifori ’ . SENATORS OKAY INGOF |Shakeup inTerriloria RED SUPPLY T0U.S.GOVT CIALLY OPEN PUT 3 MEMORIALS . . . - « [RED CROSS DRIVE IN QUIET DAY RITOR inancial Operations ROUTE NOW e | ED NEW YORK, Feb, 28.—(®—Presi- | The ‘rerritorial Senate passed dent Truman apd Defense Sscre- | th 1 i u e ve bty Cieos’ B0 GHRg 2Sh ree mtorx;ona s at a quiet morning ) 8! . 12 session ay. . Sty launched the 1951 Reu Cross fund —_— It was ju.sza warmup for a “spe- i * s campaign with appeals to the na- i s : —_— H nani tior b vl WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 | cial order of business” at 2 p.m.— By JIM HUTCHESON setting up the tax system in the Repon H|ghly Orgamledl“,.,:;\“;yc p‘u;mi}x::l organization on 8|,y " otion's top labor leaders de- | ® continuance of the hearing on HOUSG PasseS Amendmen' Both houses of the legislature | SWitch from naval to civilian con- commle For(e Qe or' d Yy “The President said the Red Oross | gvernment'e new wage ceilings or | IO Of 8 Bouse-approve, wages: morrow morning as the first step Called To Alaska Moving in ‘Utter Confus- |||egal Gambllflg m : ‘,"' .pu,).]i(( )-mt n.;n,z .:m_(.l to cooperate in the hope they will hours bill labor Ad toward possible overhauling of ter-| The 37-year-old financial adviser| ° ", l‘\Lnlu.hl y in the event of armed|p, relaxed as recommended by Sta- | The tk ee memorials passed¢ unan=- ritorial financial operations. came to Alaska after numerous leg- ttack on this country.” : el lon"on | Korean rron adil oty al 1 . k.>lv Gl bilizer Eric Johnston | imously this morning were: g The 9 am. session will be open, |islators had expressed the hope of WASHINGTON, Feb. e DO B . broadoast| Jonnston, arter aimosi two weeks | SM2 (By R. M. MacKenzie), crit- By BOB DT ARMOND with the governor and heads of all {getting an outside consultant but e vt s ot L y(-m sl Onmufil n(m::!onu ‘:1:: of deliberation. signed the wage | ICIEnE ‘top Federal offiolals for al-| The issue of bonding the Territory departments invited. (had learned that the Arthur Ander- By Associated Press pictured Charles “Lucky” Luciano,|Red Cross drive 95,000,000 for |Poares regulation No. 6, limiting | lesed failure to view Alaska’s re- of Alaska in order to construct and| A special committee recommend- | $on Company auditing firm would| Tank-led American forces punch- % deported New York vice overlord,|1gs1 i ey wage increases to 10 por cent above | SOUFces realistically and to make an FEpair school facilities, previously fed the joint session, after a confer- [NOt be able to have anyone here od st milles oo, SR N e as the czar of a vast and secret| = T 52900 tevels, Sumitransowy | cffort Sofutiliss’ them {n SRS pMInd in tha Genattl AR KSR |ehop iy ilkhy 10 alow Ml et until March. Then Senate President | ¢rn flank of the fed hattieline to- underworkl government. @ e T e the nasid o softén they |toDale Gmisrgency. 'Tha' MMSNNUEEIDS Mo of RepresetiiGVES Mdt-R HRSma 0 HoNH e rePort itk t9oqta s Gunnard Engebreth communicated | day on the Central Korean war- s I S el L Soniiiile 1 gaven Important way _]cn.ed chromite ore waste on a Kenaijend of a three-hour session this | mendation of a consultant from the | With the Council of State Govern- |front. said, could easily become the basis rmula in seven important w3 | peninsulabeach and numerous in- | MOMIng and had not been conclud- | Gouncil f State Governments. ments; Gov. Gruening did Mkewise,| The armored patrol of the U. S. ot s il s Chairinan Cyrus 8. Ching to- con- | StAnoes n which ' it sald ‘Alssks ed at the time of the zoon recess. | The committee acted after hear- |and the council sent Reeves. i o S SR bl e A sider Johnsten's recommendations, | lumber possibilities have been ham-| There were indications, however. ling a report by H. Clyde Reeves,| One of his observations on the 0{1 .ll\midong 31 milds douth of Par- X & e e i ol ik 1o DA a0 oomrremmise misht bb teneieq] Kemtieky - teveriue * cotimissionet | Aladka sitibtion, aftar | his ‘ifsv{RCE T o | pidissthag i il e Luciano, now in Italy, settles di N tration by American forces th HJM7 (By El Locken and J. S.|in the form of a bill providing for [who was sent here as a consultant |round of checking, was: L R o ast-Centrol ront. Other division elements pushed westward from the anchor point of Pangnim and linked up with the U. 8. Second Division on the vital lateral highway to Hoengsong 28 miles to the west, The link-up broadened from 8 to nanced largely by illegal gambling. | By FRANK CAREY the Johnston solution to the de- onla’ seriembiy Alaska fish r It said they cooperate in many| WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 —(P— limma which has vexed them all| o =" R b Vg'ei.have ¥ :m'm pan f":, a|fect would be a general financial|mon in the states but it is not rec-|13 miles the American control of places with the connivance and|TO bep up domestic prospecting for |since the three labor members |8 o G : ol Betle woull add %0, S manager for the Territorial Govern- | ognized as good practice.” the Red supply route. protection of law enforcement of- [ uranium, the precious A-bomb ma- | walked out of the wage <lablhza!mn‘mg foikh ly)po:zomer M:}C]lser]\;vrask; Ba;nes if““:h She Ix;\'ored a refer-|ment. B e vy T Al Sap C“.' s icials at all lev Zovi > terial, the Atomic Energy Commis-|board Feb. 15 in a huff over the| su o e Defense {endum by the people. s 1 ficials at all levels of government. pLi the Atomis Ruevgy emess | Minerals Administration and the U.I Rep. Kay, on the other hand,| The pln:’womb:::: all offices 5 Z;ey:ter of twgatne o) e ORI I serateh. thrusting six miles north of Pang- The committee estimated *con- servatively” that $20,000,000,000 changes hands every year in United States as a result of or- ganized, illegal gambling. It added that millions of dollars of this are paid out as “ice” or protection the | sion today offered new jackpot prizes as high as $35,000 for uran- inum hunters ‘Applying such pay-offs even to very low grade ores, the AEC said 4‘1110 new bonus offer will not take | the place of its long-standing —and stillauncollected — prize of $10,000 formula. The ceiling was proposed by a 6 to 3 vote, with public and industry members in the majority. None of the labor union chiefs would predict what their United Labor Policy Committee would do. Labor Not Satisfied AFL President William Green S. Bureau of Mines in exploration and development of Alaska's strate- gic mineral deposits. Three bills of wide interest camei out of Senate committees with “do pass” recommendeds. Two of them | are house-approved bills. One would said he favors a request for a 512,-| 500,000 bond issue instead of the $9,000,000 provided in Rep. Con- right’s memorial. “Our school houses are falling down and the only way we can meet our obligation is to raise a and departments under closer fi- Inancial supervision and create an independent auditing section as a 1 watchdog. All budgets would be closely scrutinized. Possible revision of the Board of Administration, to include legisla- “The territory 1s fortunate in not having some of its administrative monstrosities written into a consti- tution,” he explained. “The legisla-~ ture has an opportunity to establish the most efficient government ad- ministrative organization in the nim reported the Reds were disor- ganized and moving in all direc- tions. One officer told AP Corre- spondent Tom Stone the Reds might be attempting to regroup but “more likely” were moving in “utter con- fusion.” money, in various forms. 1 Johnston | increase unemployment compensa-large sum of money by bonding,”|tive leaders instead of elective of- |world.” The officer said the Reds were if From the thousands of pages of | for prospectors who deliver 40,000 testimony it took from some 500 witnesses, the committee said the conclusion is inescapable that there is a second government within the country—a government by the un- derworld. The five-member committee headed by Senator Kefauver (D- ‘Tenn). §0. CALIF. SHIVERS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 — & — Southern California shivered today in the wake of a rain and snow- storm yesterday. The Weather Bur- more showers today. is | pounds of very high-grade ore from ja newly-discovered deposit. At the same time, the AEC an- nounced it would pay substantially imore than it has in the past for ' certain uranium-bearing ores of the Colorado plateau, the richest known U. 8. source of the metal. The commission said it would continue to pay for acceptable uran- tum ore at so much a pound where- ever it is found and that the jack- pot “bonuses” would be paid over and above the regular payments. Thus, a commission spokesman said, it would be possible for a pros- i i | certain grade of uranium for $35- 000 — and then collect a bonus of $35,000 on top of that. EXCEPTIONS FILED | | pector to sell 10,000 pounds of a, said yesterday that | ments to the board, labor would not | be satisfied. Stabilization officials took an- other big step last night, announc- ing a new system of price controls which will apply to more than 200,- 1000 retail stores selling clothing, shoes, furniture, rugs and textile ! commodities. It replaces the Jan. 125 price freeze with controls over mark-ups allowed retailers. The Office of Price Stabtlization chpertvd the action to bring about both price rollbacks and advances. Officials said they couldn’t be sufe which would predominate but many price changes were certain. MRS, ZEUSLER 1§ HONORED GUEST AT signed the order and left the amend- | | tion benefits from $25 to $30 a week; the other would incyease depend- ! | ents’ allowances. Both were approv- | led by the labor committee. Both bills are by Rep. Wendell Kay. The taxation committee recom- mended “do pass” on Sen. Gunnard { Engebreth’s bill to allow independ- {ent and incorporated school di tricts to levy 2 per cent sales tax if the people vote for them. Engebreth introduced a bill to jcreate a mineral resources board im “promote and develop the min- |ing industry.” It carries a $40,000 appropriation. | Engebreth and Sen. Walter Hunt- |ley introduced another bill to allow school boards more independence from city councils in handling school budgets. Sens. Elton Engstrom and Percy Ipalook joined on a bill to reduce the hair seal bounty from $6 to S4.I It also would reduce the bounty i | Ray asserted. “It is not right that tha Territory be denied the privilege of bonding.” No Security Rep. Locken, Petersburg banker, contended that the Territory would not be able to furnish security for a bond issue and that in view of the Territory’s present financial ! condition it would probably be im- | possible to sell the bonds if they were authorized. He pointed out that interest on the issue would amount to half a million dollars a year and retire- ment of the bonds to another half million. “If we could afford a bond issue we could afford to appropriate a !million dollars a year for school construction,” Locken said. Picturing schools where “you can throw a cat through the cracks in the walls,” Rep. McCutcheon said, “Rep. Locken’s suggestion that we ficials whose budgets come under the board’s scrutiny also was sug- gested. If the Legislature takes the same favorable view as the special com- mittee did in a three-hour session, legislators will instruct Reeves to draft a bill for legislative action this session. Reeves will remain here thiough Inext week. Reeves — Who Is He? Which raises the question: Who's Reeves? Reeves was named Kentucky rev- enue commissioner in 1939 and has filled the appointive job under four governors. He took time out for four years as a Coast Guard officer and his only previous visit to Alaska was in September 1945. He left his ship in the Aleutians and stopped off at Ketchikan on the way home to put his lieutenant commander’s uniform into mothballs. “Man-Killing Duties” In discussing the plan for an over-all financial head, Reeves said it would be a job with “man-killing duties” for the first few months of operation. His No. 1 suggestion was that such a finance manager should be ap- pointed, probably by a reconstituted board of administration. Another key man would head an auditing de- partment which would be engaged continually in checking government department books. The office would take over the jobs nmow done by outside auditing firms. Reeves said such an office should be completely free from the admin- istrative departments. He said the audit department head probably could best be elected by the legisla- ture. He advised a comparatively long term so the man on the job could step on toes freely without worrying about losing his job by surrendering in' ever - increasing numbers. He added: “They're just getting a bellyfull.” Amidong is six miles south of Changdong and some 40 air miles inland from the east coast. Aerial spotters reported Changdong may be an assembly point for the Kor- ean Reds. ' Spring Push Reported It was the major ground action in the eight-day-old “operation kil- ler” offensive aimed primarily at wiping out the Communists and up- setting their timetable for a possible spring countéroffensive. Chinese prisoners reported the enemy plans a major push next month by 33 divisions of Red China's third field army — 300,000 men backed by 1,000 planes. Allied Intelligence officers gave the re- port considerable credence. S. K. Marines in Raid A delayed announcement said b | TUESDAY LUNCHEON 1 : | waters off western coast where Es- |appropriate a million dollars a year shields W a Sherman | ——— < He tool th aldls fn. Tnglsood (eniiplircmen ¥ kimos have had much of the kill|is the most sensible thing I've heard | oee m::iiagefizfl?ffpm:&: JES maxIng pz‘:""l'l‘; ned' Gulla 50:'-" Harapn ;’:‘“m”‘m;‘ fl’d ‘ ashore near ngjin, Wwi ve Oaks today as the mercury dim)ed‘ to 38 in downtown Los Angeles— coldest of the season. Snow up to 20 inches whitened the mountains. HOTELMAN HERE Bruce Kendall of the Arctic Hotels, Inc, from Aachorage, is a guest at the Gastinedu Hotel. CALIFORNIA VISITOR G. M. Pettet of Laguna Beach, Calif., is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. The Washin, gton Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.. ASHINGTON.—Drew Pearson, departing for a news survey of gathering European war clouds, left the following instructions for his staff: To the Staff: I shall be traveling in Europe and CANNERY WORKERS SEATTLE, Feb. 28—M—An AFL attorney has filed exceptions to 1a recommendation that local 7-C of Harry Bridges’ Longshore Union Ipe certified as bargaining agent mon cannery workers. The action was taken by John Geisness, counsel for the AFL Al- aska Fish Cannery Workers Union. filed the exceptions with the al Labor Relations Board, egional director, Thomas P. Graham, Jr. had recommended ]cemhmlmn of local 7-C, Interna- ‘uonal Longshoremen’s and Ware- housemen’s Union (Ind). The AFL union and local 77 of the CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union were defeated by Jocal 7-C in an election last year to determine which would repre- sent the Alaska no-resident can- nery employes. Graham said the NLRB will sus- tain him in his recommendation, overrule him or call a hearing. 1 lfor 3,000 mon-resident Alaska sal- | Mrs. Frederick A. Zeusler of Seat- tle, was the honored guest at a luncheon given in compliment to her by the member of the Wives of the Seventeenth District, U. S. Coast Guard at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the Terrace in the Baranof hotel. Mrs. Zeusler is in Juneau with her husband, Admiral F. A. Zeusler, executive assistant to {the president of the Alaska Steam- ship Company, here on business. Twenty-two places were laid at the beautifully appointed table, on which bowls of spring daffodils and itulips, and yellow tapers were ar- ranged. At the luncheon for Mrs. Zeusler were Mrs. Henry E. Green, wife of the Alaska Steamship Company Juneau agent, and Mrs. Ralph E. Robertson, wife of the Juneau at- torney, and members of the wives of the Coast Guard the Mesdames Joseph Greenspun, Fred Detterick, Victor Tydlacka, Donald Morrison, Fred Statts, Edward P. Chester, Wayne Goff, Garth Reed, Arnold Larson, Eldin Hawley, Robert Bec- Kker, Stanley Puttzke, Howard Sch- leiter, Thomas Prather, Louis Til that has run the bounty fund $128,~ 000 into the red. Senator MacKenzie introduced an tenabling act which would open the | way for territorial or municipal or{ other public employes to qualify for | benefits under the Federal Social Security program. The house-approved legislative investigating committee bill had a close shave yesterday afternoon when its head popped up on the Senate floor for the first time. Sen. R. M. MacKenzie (D-Ketch- ikan) moved to table the Glen | Franklin-fathered bill. The motion failed on an 8-8 vote. Sen. Howard Lyng (D-Nome) called attention to the fact it would take nine votes later to get the bill off the table if it once got there. The rollcall was: For tabling — Democrats Barr, Beltz, Huntley, MacKenzie, McCut- cheon and Republicans Garnick, Ipalook and Engebreth. Against tabling — Republicans Butrovich, Coble, Engstrom, Lha- { man and Snider; Democrats Ander- son, Lyng, Nolan. Then the bill was kept in second’: | from a Republican during this ses- slol “Anybody here who has guts enough to face the issue squarely will vote for this memorial,” Mc- Cutcheon said. “It doesn’t take any guts to vote for this memorial,” contended Rep. Stepovich. “It takes guts to vote ‘no’ and to face the fact that some- one is going to have to pay for these bonds if we issue them. We aren't going to get this money free.” Rep. Kay charged that it is the legislature’s duty to provide school houses and other educational facil- ities. Rep. Hendrickson took ex- ception, asserting that “it is unjust to infer that the legislature is not caring for school needs. The school budget this year is over nine mil- lion dollars and about 75 per cent of our budget goes for education and health.” Rep. Scavenius claimed that talk of deficiencies in the Territorial budget are exaggerated. “I am sure there are banks and bonding houses in the states that would be willing to take up an entire issue of Terri- torial bonds,” he said. pany. He is a part-time professor of |government econumics at the Uni- versity of Kentuc<y. He has been consultant to two state govern- ments, a couple of Federal agencies, and has gone overseas twice in con- sultant roles. Onc: he went to Parls as a fiscal adm nistration adviser to a United Nations group. Last year he went to Guam to assist in BILL SMITH HERE William F. Smith of Sitka is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. Baranof from westward scheduled to arrive Sunday morning south- bound. @ e 0o 0o 0o 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod ending 6:20 o'clock this morning The finance department boss on the other hand, would be remov- iable by the appointive head — whether that be the board of ad- ! ministration or some other author- ity. In states where there is an elected governor, he said, it would be the governor's responsibility. In his outline of “the best thing that could be done about the or- ganization for financing adminis- tration” Reeves listed: 1. Require all agencies of the territorial government to submit to financial supervision. 9. Establish a department of fi- of budgeting, pre-auditing (to make sure spending is authorized); ac- counting, centralized purchasing, property control and treasury man- agenrent. 3. Appoint a well qualified, well paid commissioner as head of the department of finance; give him adequate authority to do his job. 4. Reconstitute the board of ad- ministration to get legislative repre- sentation. Responsible Agency 5. Provide an agency responsible miles of the 38th Parallel northwest of Seoul Sunday. They reported killing a Red brigade commander and 20 other officers and capturing equipment and documents before returning to their ships. South Koreans captured their fifth island in two weeks in and near Wonsan harbor on the east coast. nance and place in it the functions | A U. S. Third Division patrol stabbed into Seoul last night and killed six Reds and captured an- other before pulling out again. The Far East Air Force blasted Communist supply lines and rail centers. VANDENBURG HAS RELAPSE AFTER TWO CPERATIONS G~AND RAPIOS, Mich., Feb, 28 —{# - Sen. Vandenberg (R-Mich), suffering from complications that followed two tumor operations, was countries adjacent to the iron bets, Charles Freymueller, Charles § " : i reading until after the legislature{ Passed by the House this morning curtain for the next two or three 0re un Fish law Rudolph, Hawlett Allen, Suell| . 14 hear from H. c]yd:gReeves on a 1,_:’;,0,2 was the Hope-Sca In 'Juneau — Maximum to the legislature or the electorate|reported today to have had a re- weeks. During that time you may : Grivim. I'iho. is here from the Council of |venius child labor bill which would}® 32 minimum, 26. to do auditing of all transactions. |lapse that will prevent his return At Afrport — Maximum, When. asked about the cost of |to Washington any time soon. have to write an occasional emer- gency column in case I get too far away from a cable office or the going gets tough. In writing such columns please bear in mind the following: Don’t hesitate to admit an error. Double and triple check in order to avoid errors, but if you find you are wrong, say so. It is only fair to the man you have wronged, in addition to which the public will respect you for being fair. If you are sure you are right, however, stick to your guns and if necessary we will battle it out. Never bear grudges. If a Presi- dent or a Senator calls you a name, don't call one back. Because he is (Continued on Page Four) Is Refused Ruling By Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 —®— The Supreme Court has refused to rule on the validity of an Oregon law which prohibits the taking of Columbia River salmon by fish \ traps. | Pete Anthony and other owners Tof such traps questioned the law but the high court said no sub- volved. | FROM SEATTLE gistered at the Baranof Hotel. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 28 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American Can 107, American Tel. and Tel. 157%, Anaconda 43%, Douglas Aircraft 104, General Electric 557%, General Motors 50%, Goodyear 75, Kenne- | cott 74%, Libby, McNeil and Libby |9%, Northern Pacific 34!, Stand- jard Oil of California 93, Twentieth Century Fox 23%, U. S. Steel 44%i, | stantia’ sesti vas in- i 4 ial Federal question was in-|Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchum\.e;ing of one at-large actually meant ) 95.75. Sales today were 1,640,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: John E. Putnam of Seattle is re- . Industrials 252.05, rails 85.10, util\-‘ s | ties 43.62, i | state Governments to advise on government financial problems. | The Senate passed two bills at the !nflcrnoon session. One would re- | move the governor from the board ! of Public Welfare. The other would | make annexations by cities easier. The vote was 13 to 3 on a Senate substitute to a house-approved bill [to remove the governor from the | board. The Senate also voted to cut | the board from five to four after | Sen. John Butrovich argued strong- |ly for a one member from each | division makeup. He said the nam- | only that one division would have | two members. | Lyng, who has been a long-time permit minors over 16 to work dur- ing school vacations in certain in- dustries and under conditions pro- vided by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Also passed, but held over an- other day on a notice of reconsid- eration, was H. B. 66 which penal- izes employers who do not meet payrolls by providing that wages shall continue to accrue until paid, with a limit of 30 days for the ac- crual. Rep. Carlson’s bill to provide as. sistance for sick and disabled fish- ; ermen went through second reading and was continued until tomorrow for possible amendments, Another of Carlson’s bills — to (Continued v Page Two) 3 : «Continued on i’agé‘ Two) 32; minimum, 23 FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight. Low temperature about 26 deg. Cloudy Thursday with inter- mittent light snow. High temperature about 34 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 8.m. today ‘ STEAMER MOVEMENYS City of Juneau — .16 inches; Since Feb. 1 — 4.75 inche: Since July 1 — 46.83 inches; At Airport — .07 inches; Since Feb. 1 — 225 inches; Since July 1, — 3250 inches. e 9 0 0 0 0 0 00 ©0 000000000000 0000000000 s 0 2000 0000%0sc0cscseccsscscntoe such governmental revision, Reeves said he did not think it would be would save money in practice. Some territorial offices have to be embraced or absorbed in the revamping. Legislators who sat in on the spe- cial committee conference With Reeves were: Senators Engebreth, John Butro- vich, Steve McCutcheon, Anita Gar- nick, William Beltz and James No- lan. House Speaker William Egan and Reps. Glen F. Franklin, Mike Step- ovich, Andrew Hope. The proposed 9 am. Thursday session is planned as an open one. much more, if any, than the pres-l ent system at the start, and that it | this year. The 66-year-old Republican For- | eign Policy leadeér has counted on returning to his Senate seat early But his personal physician Dr. A. would | B. Smith, acknowledged yesterday there had been “unforseen develop- ments” in his condition in recent days. “The Senator’s condition is not as favorable as it has been,” Dr. Smith said. FROM KETCHIKAN J. L. and Faith Sherman of Ketchikan are registered at the | Baranof Hotel. Sherman arrived 1herl yesterday to attend the Rotary traveling library deditation here last night, [