The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1951, Page 2

PAGE TWO | Your NEW - CHENILLE ROBE ; Just Arrived B, 4/14 Full Flare Heavily Tufted Chenille SMART SPRING SHADES Robin Biue Rose Red Pink White ONLY 11.95 Rehrends Co QUALITY SINCE /1887 NUW MORE THAN EVER qIT‘ PAYS TO SHOP AT BEHRENDS .;. [ [} [} ! ! IN THI BY L BARNES AND MESSRS, Wt.,mn STEP: OVICH ! HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 36 To the President of the United| States, to the Congress of the Uni- ted States, to the Secretary of the| Interior and to the Delegate from Alaska: ) Your Memorialist, R Division from which each Member comes: Vous 14: e i T 2 ANORTHERN NOTEBOOK "% DE ARMCND the House of |4th Div. Doris M. Republican Ist Joint Memorial No. 8, and it star ted out: | desiring the fullest measure of self | government are requesting Congres: to earliest opportunity;” | and finishes with the prayer: | ritory of Alaska, respectfully | States to of A ernor.’ ska the 1945 Legislature House on February 19, passed 1945. lmously the 24 members of the House 1945 were Stanley J. McCutcheon, Andrew Hope and C. A. Pollard and that they voted for the Memorial. The voting record of these three Representatives on House Memor- | ial No. 36 in the 1951 Legislature is 1ecorded above. Juneau, Alaska March 27, 1951 o the Public: With reference to the comments of the Governor regarding the Com- missioner of Education in March 26th Empire:— This appears to be another at- tempt to drown this important is- sue in a sea of high-sounding words. | This same purpose was apparent in the statement by Mrs. Nordale, President of the Board of Educa- | tion, which appeared in the March 17 issue of the Empire. These statements confuse but do not fdce the real issue; the fact that action by the legislative ses- sion just ended deprived the vot- ing public of whatever small amount of control of the qualifica- | tions of the Commissioner of Ed- the legislature. | ment T made in a talk on this sub- | ject on KINY on March 22nd. “I ‘the Board of Education are appoin- |ted by the Governor, who is him- self appointed and whose actions |are not answerable to the people | ture’s controls have been removed by this bill (S.B. 92), at no point do the people of the Territory now have any say in the selection of the Commissioner of Education, whose policies largely determine the quality of educauon your chxl-‘ dren will receive.” The determination of the quali- lare now left to this appointed’ Board. % doubt that anyone would argue #hay the qmlmcatmsfl‘gg moved By SB, 92 were or even. desirable, but an tlmend- ment RATSING the qualifications, requiring definite training @nd ex: perience in school and busifiess ad= | ministragion would have in no way "Barnes, hamperéd the Board in its selec- Div. tion of a competent Commissioner | Degnan, Frank A, Democrat 2nd |of Education. But, at the insistence Div. of the Board, such an amendment | Franklin, Glen D. Democrat 4th|was defeated. Why? Even if the Div. motives of this Board are lily-white, Gasser, George W. Republican|when did it become a good thing for education to be completely dom- Representatives of the Territory of | Hendrickson, Waino Republican|inated by politics? Loose talk of Alaska, in Twentieth jon as-| 1st Div. the way being open for the Board sembled, respectfully represents| Johnson, Frank G. Republican|to RAISE standards, under such that: : 1st Div. conditions, merely confuses the is- WHEREAS, the' people of the! Laws, W.W. Republican 2nd Div,|sue. What these misleading state- Territory of Alaska desiring the| Locken, Ed Republican 1st Div.{ments by the Govérnor atid Mrs. fullest mdgsure of self-government| MacKinnon, J. S. Republican 1st Nordale do u&r say is that'the are requeSting Oongress to grant Div. . way is now just as alear to-EOWER them Statehood ‘at the earliest op-| Madsen, George P, Democrat 2nd | the standards. Whepn such a Board portunity;" and | Div. demands the powet to both set the WHEREAS, a bill providing for| Miscovich, George Republican 4th | standards and make the appni_nt- admission of Alaska as a State|Div. ments to top jobs‘in such an im- of the Union failed to become law| Stepovich, Mike Republican 4th | portant field a8 ed‘#tion with'. no in the Eighty-first Congress; and |Div. legislative contrdls; declares _itself has again been introduced in the| Wells, James K. Democrat 2nd|infallible in its choice, and charac- First Session of the Eighty-second | Div. terizes as “ridiculous” anyone who Congress; and ' Wilbur, Alden L. Republican 4th|enters a protest, then I believe it WHEREAS, the acquisition of an|Div. is high time uestion both the additional measure of self-govern- | Nays 10: motives and infallibility of such a ment through provision for the| Carlson, Chester C. Democrat|group. This Board has, by Mrs. election, by the people of the Ter-|3rd Div. Nordale’s own admission, appoin- ritory, of their own Governor, willl Conright, Jack D. Democrat 3rd|ted to the position of Supervisor constitute an important and deci- | DiV- of Education a person with the sive step toward the achievement| Gundersen, Amelia Democrat 1st| educational qualifications qf a Ba- of the ultimate goal of Statehood |Div- chelor of Arts. This puts into the for Alaska; will aid and not de-| tract from the Statehood cause; and | WHEREAS, the people of Aalska Hope, Andrew Democrat 1st Div. Kay, Wendell P. Democrat 3rd Div. McCutcheon, Stanley Democrat deem themselves fully qualified and|3rd Div capable at the present time to ex-| ercise all the duties and preroga- | tives of full citizens; | NOW THEREFORE, your Memor- jalist, the House of Representatives of the Territory of Alaska, respect- fully urges the Congress of the Uni-| ted States to make provision by appropriate action for the election, | by the people of the Territory, of the Governor of that Territory. AND YOUR MEMORIALIST WILL EVER PRAY. Juneau, Alaska March 21, 1951 Honorable E. L. Bartlett Delegate to Congress from Alaska Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: In accordance with instructionsj given me by the House of Repre-| sentatives of the Alaska Territorial| Legislature, after the passage of, HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 36 um March 20th, 1951, the following is a roll call of the vote on the pas- sage of HOUSE MEMORIAL NO. 36 by the House, together with the ] Met Div, Pollard, C. A. Democrat 3rd Div. Democrat 3rd Scavi Div. Speaker Wm. A. Egan Democrat 3rd Di fe, Vernon enius, Jack iv. Very truly yours, Margaret O. Grisham Chief Clerk House of Representatives Identical Letters also sent to: President of The Senate, Congress of the United the United States States House of of Representatives, the United States Secretary of the Interior Democrat 1st Congress position of Supervisor a person with lower educational qualifications than some of the teachers being supervised. If the Board does ap- point a competent Commissioner of Education, it will be despite the present law, rather than because of it. Educators of imtegrity might well be hesitant to accept positions in a system tainted by politics. It is becoming apparent from successive legislative sessions that this is but a part of a pattern de- signed to centralize control of all important Territorial functions in the hands of a few appointees by removing public offices of trust from the elective processes. I be- lieve this a matter for thinking people of the Territory to give their best attention. Sincerely, Hal Weidner, Auke Bay, Alaska This is not the first Memorial 769-1t asking for an elective Governor that has been sent to Congress from COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT the Alaska Legislature, although The Jurfeau.City Council will hold it is, I think, the first to ke sent|a special meeting in the Council there while a bill to make the|Chambers at 8 tonight to open bids Governor elective was before Con- gress. The last previous Memorial seek- ing an elective Governor was, believe, This was House in 1945. and the AB Hall. There are five ordinances to be read, including the second reading of the new teléphone rate ordinance. I “WHEREAS, the people of Alaska grant them Statehood at the | “NOW, THEREFORE, your Mem- | orialist, the Legislature of the Ter- pe- titions the Congress of the United amend the Organic Act for Alaska to permit the peoplc|l to elect their own gov-; House Joint Memorial No. 8 of the It sed the Senate on March 5, 1945, The vote in the House was unan- in favor of the Memorial. It is interesting to note that among in ucation which then remained avail-| |able through elected members of, I would like to reiterate a state- | believe it should be made abund-| {antly clear that these members of | | of Alaska. Thus, since the Legisla- | fications for this important position | on the demolition of the City Hallj THE DAILY ALASKA EN s tures. Musial, age last year. ALEUTIANS CONSIDERED FOR TESTS (Continued from Page One) are of solid rock formation, some of them with soil or tundra cover- ing in the low areas, and many of them of considerable surface area Moreover, the rock formation there would be nearer to average forma- tion than the soft coral of an Atoll, Flat Area Many of the Aleautians are moun- tainous, but some — like' Shemysa'} and Amchitka near the western end of the chain and Unimak toward | flat, with a soil covering. Although the: general air mass movement - from the Aleutians [curves downward to the southeast, a subterranean explosion of an atomic bomb probably would hold release of radioactive matter close l.p the earth and out of upper air nts, whi otherwise might mfif&hflgle mainlandi & The wedthér in the Aleut iang i stormy, but the (cmpemnga{ £ven | in winter; does nm fall to the ex- tremes. reach he erior of Alaska. Fro 9‘ the average ranges Irnm Ahout 85 | to 50 degrees. VALLE - SOMMERS BiD IS ACCEPTED, NEW S(HOOl BLDG. . ( € low bidders for the construction o the new Juneau Public Grade School building near. Twelfth Street and Glacier Highway, were accepted by { the Juneau Independent Schiool Board of Directors at a meeting held last night to open bids for| the project, in the office of Sup intendent of Schools Sterling Sears. The base bid entered by the Valle| and Sommers firm was $743,657.00, | which exceeds by $143,657.00 the $600,000.00 fund presently available| for the job. The Sommers of the firm is R. J. Sommers. Juneau con- tractor. In view of the fact that all base estimates entered by the six con-; struction companies bidding on the job exceeded the funds available for the project, the alternate bids' entered by each company for lesser construction were considered by the School Board. It was agreed by the Valle and Sommers Construc- tion Co. and the School Board that a period of 40 days will be allowed for acceptance of the original base bid. It is believed that it may be possible that additional funds can be obtained in that time for the entire structure provided for in the base bids, Superintendent Sears said. * Plans under the alternate bid pro- vide for a two-story building, 170 feet long and 67 feet wide to con- tain 13 classrooms. The original plans under the base bid provide in addition to the two- story building an adjoining one- story structure to house two kind- ergarten class rooms, a cafeteria, a room for the school nurse and office space. Total length of the entire building would be 274 feet and the width 67 feet First plans for tl tructure, abandoned because of lack of funds provided for a gymnasium two stories in height. The construction work Is uled to start May 1 and the sched- spect- Baseball's batting champions, Stan Musial (top) of St. Louis of Boston Red Sox, demonstrate their batting styles for sequence camera in these training camp pic- named Most Valuable Goodman, last sea | endar d the eastern end ~ are comp#ratively Keeathez, W., E. { T)ocyon (PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA (hamplonshlp Form Player in the National League, ason’s American L(‘.xl;uu champ, hit fications allow 420 consecutive cal- for compietion of the project Bids of the five companies enter- estimates for the job beside alle and Sommers Construction Co. ere as follow 3rady ~ Construction ' Co. of Seattle, base bid $766,000.00; altern- ate, $658,000.00. J. B. Wi ck Co. of Seattle, b: bid $786,500.00; alternate, $608, ing v w 560.00. on Construction Co. ml , Mont., base bid $838,018.00; l ate, $686,220.00. Pacific Construction Co. of Se-| attle, base bid $841,000.00; alternate, $698,000.00. SUNKEN PROCYON IS 'BROUGHT HERE AFTER RAISING BY WALKER a monuwn of bad Walker has arrived at the small boat. harbor on his | koat) the Lady Bess with the raised | troller Procyon in tow. The 41-foot | Proc sank the night of August | 23 in cot Cove at Funter Bay after hitting a fish trap. On his first dive about a month | ago | Walker’s air lines froze. Freez- r er {roze the moisture ,in | his ‘air lines making it impossible to -get air to him, A reserve tank supplied him air until he cguld be raised., The Progyon laid in 84 feet of water at high tide. Thirty drums| were lashed to the troller and com- sed air was pumped into them se the sunken boat. Jchnson on his hoat the accompanied Walker as his and helped in towing the to /Jinyu. Tom Last, towner of the Procyon, was operat- the boat at the time of the accident. He had evidently seen the fish trap too late when the sinking {occurred. Last had tried to miss p but the stern of the troller tove in after Last had spun ¥ Delayed | by Bill Coho tender was the wheel. Tere: nad damaged the trolling les co that they fell from the as it was being raised. 2 in the wheelhouse was also d by the marine worms. Walker raised the Procyon for the Robert O. Fleming Insurance Co., Seattle. Last, owner of the troller is some place in the States. TROOPS FOR EUROPE BIG ISSUE NOW Senate Has Resolution for Two House Action - Cardinals and Billy Goodman (bottom) Vote May Be Close WASHINGTON, March 28 —#— Senator Taft (R-Ohio) put his weight behind efforts to telescope the Senate's two troops-to-Europe resolutions into a single measure re- quiring two-House action, Taft, who heads the Senate Re- publican Policy’ Committee, told a reporter he will vote for a motion of this kind offered by Senators Bricker (R-Ohio) and Cordon (R- Ore). While Chairman Connally (D- Tex) of the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee predicted the move would be defeated, another Demo- eratic strategist said an informal poll indicates the vote may be very close. He declined to be quoted by name, The Benate has before it two reso- Jutions approving the dispatch of four more American divisions to three times, compiled a .346 aver- 354, @) ercphutu join: thie twh now in Europe and al- | ready assigned to the North Atlantic | Defense Force command by Gen.! Dwight D. Eisenhower. | The resolutions would call on the | President to consult with Congres before making any further troop | assignments. One resolution { quires only Senate action. The other | also needs House approval. Neither | would be binding in law. The two-| House measure sought by Bncktr; and Cordon would be. ‘WASH. lAWMAKERS "JUST TALK" F!RSI DAY SPECIAL SESSION | OLYMPIA, Wash,, March 28.—(® | —Sen. Virgil Lee came out of a! conference that wound up the (irst} day of 'the special session of the! legislature last night and told re- | porters: ! “We just talked without cmun,,‘ to any definite conclusions.” His words recailed the deadlocked | 32nd legislature which adjourned q record 71-day session last week | after okaying an overweight appro- priations bill without m»pmvmfh matching taxes. Governor Langlie vetoed the ap- propriations bill and calied legl;- lators back for the «m. cial session. SKINNER TO SPEAK AT CHAMBER MEET D. E. Skinner, vice president and | manager of the Alaska Steamship Company of Seattle, was due to ar- rive on Pan American World Air- ways today. He is scheduled to be speaker at the regular chamber of commerce meeting tomorrow noon at the Baranof hotel. | | JOSEPH CASEY REFUSES GIVE TESTIMONY WASHINGTON, March 28 —(®P—| Joseph E. Casey, former Congress | member who has told of making 250,000 on a $20,000 investment in buying ships from the government, refused today to give investigating | senators any more details about it. } In the witness chair of the Sen-| ate Banking Subcommittee, Casey§ declined specifically to say who were the others in on the big profits deal, but insisted it was “wholly above criticism.” When he first told of the deal on March 12, Casey said one of those | who participated was now a govern- ment official — though not one at the time of the transaction. He did not name the official. Casey contended the banking sub- committee had no authority to go into the ships matter. It was created to investigate alleged influence in RFC lending. The RFC was not in- volved in the ship deal. ‘The senators finally dismissed Casey but not without an implied threat first of contempt action. Chairman Fulbright (D-Ark) said that was a matter for the com- mittee to consider later. Fulbright posed eight specific questions to Casey and got eight re- fusals to answer. » FROM SEATTLE E. Norberg of Seattle is registered | at the Paranof Hotel. ATTLE VISITOR A. T. Colman of Seattle is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. —EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY— re- |4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1951 SHAFFER’S 49-Phone-13 SANITARY MEAT C®O. Meat at Its Bes? — at Lower Prices FREE DELIVERY Prices Caed Thursday, Friday and Saiurday Hormel's Finest BACON Half or Whole Ib. 5O« Rhode Island Red ROASTING PULLETS Ib. §Pc Rath's SLICED BACON Ib. 59 Rath's Black Hawk — No Waste | Picnic Hams Choice Steer Beef Roast b. 7 5 Eastern Grade A — Boned and Rolled Pork Roast Ib. 79¢ i Farm I‘resh——Oven Ready FRICASSEE CHICKENS Ib. 7 5¢ Now is the time fo siock your Food Locker at this exiremely low price. Choice Beef Baking or Boiling Short Ribs Ib. 3Gc