The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1951, Page 1

& I VOL ISV, THE DAILY ALAS ¥ Y“ALL-TIIE NEWS ALL THE TIME” | NO. 11,746 EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 Marines Bayonet Wa: (ONCENTRATION | SALMON CANNING 10 BE PROPOSED A concensva 1 pian for H\lzmm‘ canning and fishing operations ir Alaska for the 1951 season proposed | & by the Defense Fisheries Adminis- | tration will be informally discussed | at a meeting of interested agenci called by the DFA o open Ma: in Seattle, according to advices re- | ceived by the Fish and Wildlife | & Service headquarters in Juneau| from its Washington, D. C. office.! The meeting is to be conducted by Defense Fisheries Administration | deputy Administrator Maurice Rat- | tray, with Don Chaney, chief coun- | sel for the FWS and Seton Thomp: son, chief of the Branch of Alaska Fisheries for the FWS. i Representatives of packers, labor | and fishermen are invited (o attend | the meetings. A regional official from the local FWS office will be present at the meetinsg in an ad- vi capacity to the Defense Fisheries Aziministration. Furpose Purpose of the proposed concen- | tration plan, FWS officials here said today, imed at the conservation of manpower and materials, along a plan similar to that utilized in World: War II and carried out in an over-all program for Alaska. It was found to be an economical ar-! rangement in the conservation of! industry operations program dur- | ing that period. Mgamoce vpes s The concentration plan proposed at this time would affect only three Alaska areas: Bristol Bay, Cook In- WAGE‘HOU let and the Alaska Peninsula. 1 It is understood the plans to be discussed would apply also to lhog amount of fishing gear to be used | as well as to plant operations, m-l ward the. effort for conservation.of | iy 1 materials. il General Invitation ’ Cpl. Jay Ritter of Hempstead, L. Rosenthal of Beacon, N. Y., stand out their washing en the Western The local FWS office has advised its agents, Robert Mahaffey in! Bristol Bay, Holger Lersen in Anch- e 5 orage and E. C, Hinsdale in Seattle |+ i BY IV HUFOHESON to contact fishermen, unions and | si..and. cons “developed some operators in the areas involved 1 | ShaIply_conflicting opinions, 4t yes the concentration plan to extend an | terday ‘afternoon’s- Senate hearing invitation -to them to send repr sentatives to the Seattle meetings, in accordance with the suggestion from the Washington, D. C. FWS of- [ and Labor Commissioner fice. i Benson testified for the biil The Defense Fisheries Adminis- | that would bring benefits to a large tration has set the dates for the|Eroup of workers ir the Territory. Seattle meetings for March 12 for | Attorney Norman “sanfieid labeled the Bristol Bay area operations,|it as a breeder of confusion that March 13, for Cook Inlet and March or the 14 for the north and south distri on the Alaska Peninsula. $1 an hour minimum wage STOCK QUOTATIONS ...« 0 v NEW YORK, March 1 — Closing | proved by the Seizate in a separate quotation ‘of Alaska Juneau mine bill. stock today is 3%,”American Can| The sharpest clash of opinions 108, American ‘Tel. and Tel. 157%, came in the testimony of Lottie Anaconda 43, Douglas Aircraft 101, mdelman of Anchorage, agent for General Electric 56, General Motors | the Alaska Fishermen’s Union of 50%, ' Goodyear “77%, Kennecott Cook Inlet, and Attorney Norman 747%, Libby, McNeil and Libby 9%, Banfield. Northern Pacific 35%, Standard Oil | Mrs. Edelman contended court de- of California 46%, Twentieth Oen- | cisions held that fishermen — the; tury Fox 23%, U. S. Steel 44%, | ;men who actually man the linesl bill. ‘Three labor union represeniative: Henry 1s one The section in controversy call or time and a half pay after 40 of work. There is no dispute on the House-approved wage-hour ; { Gruening f Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange | a4 nets — are “independent con- 95.56%. ! tractors” and therefore would be | Sales today were 1,610,000 shares. | exempt from the proposed law. Averages today were as follows: ! In response to a question after Industrials 252.80, rails 85.77, utili- | he was called to the stand by Sen. ties 43.63. Howard Lyng, Banfield said: “Her statement is true to a cer- 1 & | tain extent — but not very far.” The Washington "5 s Kai: tinine ! industry . there were “many more MerrY = Go RS Round { employes than independent oper- ‘aun's" under the court interpreta- By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., | tions. He predicted that if the bill were W’ | enacted into law “a lot of people ASHINGTON. — Alongside the | who think they would be covered iron curtain, Adrianople, Turkeb'-—,would find they wouldn't be” Winston ~ Churchill's well-coined | He contended that Congress took phrase “the iron curtain” has now over the field of the fisheries in- become so universal that some pec- | dustry on interstate commerce ple really believe the Soviet border | grounds, and therefore the Terri-) is encased in iron. Actually, however, | tory could not impose regulations the curtain is made of barbed wire— | where Congress had seen fit to give and rusty barbed wire at that. | exemptions. This writer visited the southern-| Mrs. Edelman contended the bill, most seement of the iron curtain |if enacted into law, would benefit today at a spot where Democratic labout 5,000 workers in Alaska. Turkey and Communist Bulgaria, She protested that most of the meet. This border is the start of a |questioning by senators, and the long tangled barricade zigzagging | testimony in response, was aimed north past Hungary, Austria, Czech- | at emphasis on what detriment the oslovakia, Germany and Poland. And | law might be — to mining, to fish- thouzh the fields of winter barley |ing, to hospitals, to commission men. are just as green on both sides of | She declared it was more proper this barbed-wire barricade, it might | to talk about. how it would be a! just as well have been made of iron | benefit to workers. | as far as free exchange of human | She said that some 1,400 cannery | intercourse is concerned. i\\'ox'kon of the Kuskokwim-Kotze- I drove up to the curtain in a | bue region would benefit, as one jeep with Captain Peths Seckin and |specific example. | Lieutenant Ali Aksoz of the Turksh | Ervin Hill, president of the Alas-! L, N. Y, (left) and CplL Norman ankle-deep in mud as they wring Korean front. # Wirephoto. SOLONS OK ORGANIZING PROPOSALS EXP. RATING REPEAL BILL 1S ON TAB The Scaven!'s bill to repeal ex= | perience rating credits provisi of the Alaska Employment r Law was laid on the table in the House yesterday afternoon by & 134 11 vote, and appears likely to s there for the rest of the session. The motion to table the bill made by Rep. Alden Wilbur when the measure came up on the endar for third reading. The m under House rules, is undel Ten Republicans and three Del crats favored tabling the bill, th vote being as follows: b To table the bill: Barnes, G ser, Franklin, Hendrickson, John son, Laws, Locken, MacKinnos, Madsen, Metcalfe, Miscovich, Step~ ovich, Wilbur. Against tabling the bill: Carlson, Conright, Degnan, Gundersen, Kay, Hope, McCutcheon, Pollard, Scave- nius, Wells, Egan. Rep. Conright's memorial seek- ing permission of Congress for the { Territory to bond itself for $9,000,~ 000 for school construction and re- pair, passed the House by a 20-4 vote after amendment. The amendment provides that the Legislature is not to use the bonding authorization, if it is grant- ed, unless 60 per cent of the voters lat a referendum election favor the | proposition. | Voting against passage of the lmemorinl were Reps. Locken, Mad- 1 sen, Miscovich and Stepovich. The House adjourned early yes- terday afternoon to allow the Comj~ mittee on Edueation and the Com- mittee on Ways and Means to hold { a hearing on the budget for the University of Alaska, Abolish ANS A joint memorial by Reps. Kay JOini Commlflee '0 D[a"!and Johnson calls upon the Presi- Legislation Revanmiping Financial Managament A detailed plan, fully charted, for reorganization of the Territory's financial administration was pre- sented to the Legislature during a three-hour joint session this morn- ing. The plan, presented by H. Olyde Reeves, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Kentucky, was heard also by a full gallery which inciuded the heads of many Terri-| rial departments, and by Gover- nor Gruening. was sent to Alaska by the ot of State Governments in response to requests by Senate President Engebreth and Governor legislative advisor. Opening his statement with 2 pat on the back for his official audience, Reeves said his observation is that the Alaska Legislature is more or- derly and more expeditious than most state legislatures. He outlined briefly the matters to be considered: Organization for fi- nancial management and the set- ting up of machinery for develop- ing plans to solve other adminis- trative problems. Finance Department The first problem, Reeves sug- gested, could be taken care of by a central Department of Finance headed by a Commissioner of Fi- nance, a sort of general manager for all of the Territory’s financial affairs. Under this department he would place, budgeting, pre-auditing, ac- counting, centralized purchasing, property control and treasury man- agement, with post-auditing as a closely related division. The present functions of the Board of Budget, Reeves pointed out, are inadequate and unsatis- factory to the members of the board itself. He proposed that the scope be enlarged to include planning and submission of plans for the Legis- lature. Efficient Auditing Pre-auditing, or checking of vouchers before payment is made, is very efficiently done at the pres- ent time for some departments, Reeves said, but some funds are not now subject to this control. The accounting division needs to be expanded, he said, to include an accounting of obligations as well as of expenditures in order to give a true picture of the Territory’s fi- nancial condition. Central purchasing, Reeves sug- (caxunued on i’-nge Four) T Continued on Page Two) (Continued cn Page TWo) i dent, Congress and the Secretary of | the Interior to' abolish the Alaska Native Service, a branch Bureau of Indian, Affairs. Reasons cited in the memorial for this request are: “The Alaska Native Service has built up a staff of Federal em- ployes running into the hundreds whose salaries and expenses con- | stitute a heavy drain upon the Fed- eral treasury, including the portion derived from Alaska taxpayers; “The condition of the Native resi- | dents of Alaska has despite these 1 expenditures shown no material im- provement but on the contrary has steadily declined; | “The policies and activities of the ANS appear to be directed more to- ward the growth and perpetuation of a Federal bureaucracy than the ‘improvement of the condition of Alaska’s Native people.” Seeks Funds The memorial asks that funds in sums consistent with what has here- tofore been spent to maintain the ANS be turned over to the Territory for use in improving,the condition of Alaska’s Native residents and placing them on a plane of absolute and actual equality with the rest of the citizens of Alaska. Rep. Amelia Gundersen introduc- ed a bill to amend the Alaska Prop- erty Tax Act by fixing the assessed valuation of unpatented mining claims at $25 an acre instead of $500 per claim and reducing the tonnage tax on boats from $4 to $2. A bill by Rep. W. W. Laws would change the date of Alaska’s Gen- eral Election to the first Tuesday jafter the first Monday of November. This was the date of General Elec- tions in Alaska from 1912 to 1932. Jlt was changed to the second Tues- day of September, which was elec- ition day from 1934 through 1944. The 1945 Legislature set the present daté, the second Tuesday of October. Another bill by Rep. Laws pro- vides a fee of $1 for filing certifi- cates of birth or death except when filed by a doctor or nurse in the regular course of duty. MRS. SMITH RETURNS FROM TRIP TO HAWAII Mrs. Ann Smith of the Territorial | Department of Taxation office staff, has returned to Juneau after a two months’ vacation visit in the Hawaiian Islands. Her second visit to the Islands, Mrs. Sinith enjoyed a rest in the sunshine, sightseeing and a visit with her sister and her family, who live there. Charles F. Badger of Anchorage lis stopping at the Baranof Hotel. of thej MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ;" o A U. S. Marine Corps tank on the Central Korean front pa N e ol uses near what is left of a Chinese Communist anti-tank gun which was used in an attempt to stop the advancing UN forces. It was disclosed (Feb. 27) that U. S. Marines are back in action in Korea. (P)Wirephoto. IRAILROADS, UNIONS IN But Labor Mels af De- fense Mobilization Pro- | gram Claiming Exclusion By Associated Press A big labor settlement was an- nounced by the White House today —between the railroads and 15 non- operating unions — but labor unrest over the mobilization program still was a thorny problem. The pay settlement for a million irallway workers came after four months’ negotiations. It granted a wage boost of 12!2 cents an hour retroactive to Feb. 1. In addition, the non-operating workers will get a cost of living adjustment which should give them four or five cents more an hour April 1. ! Labor Bucking [ But where the Defense Mobiliza- !tion program was concerned, labor was bucking like a wild stallion. The nation’s top labor chiefs flatly refused to participate in the pro- gram — and instructed union of- ficers to “resign immediately” from posts ‘with defense agencies. The union leaders were out for the scalp of Charles E. Wilson, di- rector of the Office of Defense Mo- bilization. They claimed he was running the program for big busi- ness and excluding labor. Truman Sits Tight But President Truman, at his news conference this morning, said Wilson will remain as mobilization director despite labor’s walkout. The President indicated he felt no sense of crisis. The decision to boycott the de- fense program was made last night by the United Labor Policy Com- mittee and was endorsed by some of labor’s biggest names, including AFL President William Green and CIO President Philip Murray. “Legalized Robbery” The committee protested against “legalized robbery” in price control, “unjust” wage ceilings, and “big business” domination of the defense effort. Although labor’s break from the mobilization agencies carried the implication of widespread industrial | unrest, President Truman told| mnewsmen he saw nothing in the cur- - rent situation to prevent his rlylngj to Key West, Fla.,, tomorrow for a vacation. . STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday afier- noon or evening. ) Denali scheduled to sail from ‘Seattle 4 p.m. Friday. 1 Baranof from westward scheduled | to arrive Sunday morning south-| ‘bound. | AGREEMENT | THREW 60D KISS Benna Kay Kime (above), aged six, of Tulsa, Okla., wiggled her toes recently for the first time since polio struck her four years ago. She kissed her mother, Mrs, Carl Kime, and said: “I've asked God to make me walk again, I've never said it out loud before. But now I can. I guess I had better throw Him a kiss, too.” Her par- ents say the slight, faint move- ment gives them hope she will recover. (# Wirephoto. WORKS STARTS NEXT WEEK ON FWS VESSEL HEADQUARTERS HERE Establishing of offices and plans for operations of the Fish and Wildlife Service vessel fieet head- quarters at the Juneau subport will be put in effect next week with the arrival of Earl Bright, Super- visor of Vessels, it was disclosed at the local FWS office today. Bright is expected here over the weekend from Seattle. Offices for Bright and his staff] will be located on the second floor at the subport, over the shops. According to present plans Bright will start work immediately on the | ministration plan HUNCHGIVEN T0 CONGRESS BY TRUMAN Can Debate on Foreign Policy Bui It Does Not Help Foreign Relations WASHINGTON, March 1 —(®— President Truman said today Con- gress can debate the troops-to-Eu- rope issue and anything else it wants to, but that does not mean it helps relations with the rest of the world. He made the remark ‘n response to news conference questions dec!- ing with a report on presidential and congressional war powers. ‘The MARINES CAPTURE HEIGHTS Four American Jefs Tangle with 12 Russ Migs in Aerial Dogfight By Associated Press U. S. Marines bayoneted their way today to two prominent heights north o$ Hoengsong, key to the Chinese Communist -defense line of the Korean Central front. In the east, the U. 8. Seventh Division captured Amidong, 30 miles south of Parallel 38. Four American jets tangled with 12 Russian-built migs over Sinuiju, a few miles from Red China’s Man- churin air base. Three of the enemy jets were hit and damaged. There were no losses reported for the Americans in the first aerial dog- fight for several days. Allies Push Over Whe whole Allied line, supported by tanks, artillery and warplanes was pushing forward from east to west along a 60-mile front, aimed at straightening the line in front of a dangerously increasing Red buildup. UN commanders said, however, that it was not a general offensive but was limited in scope. AP Correspondent Tom Brad- shaw, in an analysis of the situation, said the UN forces are holding & gigantic Chinese firecracker which may be burst into an all-out Red offensive. within the next. three weeks. Enemy Has Planes He said the enemy has 3,000 planes it could throw into such a massive drive — planes they have been reluctant to use thus far. If they should use the planes, Brad- shaw said, the UN troops would be sitting ducks. Absence of enemy air attacks so far has made Allied front-line forces contemptuous of the possible danger and can be seen from the air, braz- ‘enly spread out in open and vulner- able places. The Marine assault on two crests of Cloverleat Hill was the spearhead of a Central front march toward the heart of a 40,000-man Red Chi-~ nese force dug in north of Hoeng- SONg. report was prepared at the request of Senate committees which have been holding hearings on the ad- to send more troops abroad to bolster Western Europe's defenses. Mrs. Elisabeth May Craig, a re- porter for the Portland, Me., Press- The thrusts into Amidong was the most northerly point to which the Eighth Army has moved since its current offensive began Feb. 21. OVER MILLION IN Herald, quoted the report as say- ing “the circumstances of the pres- ent crisis make any debate over prerogatives and power essentially sterile if not dangerous to the suc- cess of our foreign policy.” Truman said he did not feel in any way that Congress should not GENERAL FUND OF TREASURY FEB. 28 The balance in the Territorial Treasury's general fund was $1,- 170,989.81 on the last day of Febr- uary, according to figures released today by Treasurer Henry Roden. conversion of three of the 38-foot Coast Guard picket boats, recently facquired by the FWS for use as fishery patrol vessels. Work is also to be started on the construction of a number of finger floats at the subport dock to ac- commodate the Service vessels. Overhaul of vessels will be carried on in the shops at the subport. RAINBOW GIRLS MEET A regular business meeting of the ainbow Girls will be held Satur- day, March 3, at 2 p. m. in the Scottish Rite Temple. dEb?le Torelgfl, palies: W6 wenk o The fund reached over the million to say that Congress could talk a dollar mark with a deposit February about anything it wanted to, but 28 of $407,659.11 received from the 1::.;,::"::,;::“ 2 Aopases balp Territorial Department of Taxation. The total balance in the treasury Much of today's news conference, Febi 28 was $4,753,932.66 was devoted to organized labor's[® ¥¢ Phnis e g8 “* | outstanding warrants totaling $986.- withdrawal from participation in 978.11 duded it to $3.766.954.55 the defense mobilization program | " r'e kAt ds nn’mou‘:t-‘ in protest against the way it is be- ?:g :8‘3 ;;:162385 left $763,330.10. ing handled by Director Charles The deposit from the Tax Depart- E. Wilson. ment of $407,659.11 brought the re- The President declined comment maining total up to $1,170,989.81. on most of the questions, but said he had full confidence in Wilson and that he considered the action of the United Labor Policy Commit- tee as just a disagreement. The President refused to comment on the current Senate investiga- tion of crime, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation’s lending oper- ations, or last year's senatorial elec- tion in Maryland. TERRITORIAL INCOME TAX DUE MARCH 15] It's nearing that time again!|e The deadline for payment of Ter- ritorial income tax on March 15. ANl persons who derive their in- come from sources both’ within and without the Territory are sub- ject to the ten per cent tax on federal income reported. Blanks and information can be obtained from the Department of Taxation, Simpson Building or Box 2751, Juneau. Elgin E. Gregory of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel. e @ ®» o ° o o * * WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 34-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau Maximum 33; minimum, 24. At Alrport — Maximumn, 33; minimum, 19. FORECAST Mostly cloudy with inter- mittent light snow tonight and Friday. Lowest temper- ature tonight near 28 deg. and highest Friday about 34. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — 8 inches; Since July 1 — 4691 inches; At Airport — 07 inches; Since July 1 — 3257 inches. 1. e 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 . . . . . . . . . Ik