The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1951, Page 1

SUNUGRESSIONAL LIBRARY 7ASHINGTON, D. G. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NflWs ALL THE TIME” 7\'0 11,844 OL. LXXVIIL, N JUNEAU, ALASKA, RSB WIONI)»\\ MlaMl l R AS SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT"{ Truman Replies to Prbposed Russ Peace Plan Hero's Son Returns Salule MACARTHUR Seven-year-old David Desiderio returns the salute of Gen. Omar Bardtiley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, as he holds the medal of honor awarded his father, Capt. Reginald B. Desiderio of EI Monte, Calif., who lost his life in a one-man charge that saved his task force command in Korea. The captain’s widow, Mrs. Patricia Jean, and her other son, three-year-old Timeothy, watch the ceremony in the Pen- tagon at “'ashmgmn, D.C. ® Wirephoto. DONOLIE WINNER INTERNATIONAL CRUISER EVENT Announcements of Ray Hart’s 36-foot Donolie as winner of the 1951 Cruiser Race, Bremerton to Juneau, was made Sunday morning because word was not received un- til midnight Saturday that extreme- ly bad weather had caused Dr. Wayne Graham aboard his Nickenus to drop out of the race at Alert Bay at 5:05 p.m. Friday. Alert Bay is the mid-way point between Johnstone Straits and Queen Charlotte Sound. Norton Clapp’s Carmelita was de- clared second place winner in the international event. The Donolie also won the Bremerton to Prince Rupert to Juneau legs in the three- in-one race. Second place in the legs went to Norton Clapp’s Carmelita. Third place plaque for the Prince Rupert to Juneau race will be given to the Nickenus as a token for en- tering the race. Presentation of awards for all of the three-in-one races is to be made at the December, 1951 meeting of the International Power Bnat As- sociation in Seattle. The exact date of this meeting is to be an- nounced later. Heavy Weather Encountered A northwesterly wind ranging from 25 to 35 miles per hour hit the boats early in the morning of Sunday, June 17, at Trincomalie Channel just south of Naniamo, B. C. From there into Prince Rupert, (C(munued on Page “Two) TheWashington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc., ASHINGTON. — The President jokingly admitted the other day that he had given daughter Mar- garet a fatherly briefing about Eur- opean gigolos before she left the country. The admission was made in a chat with Harold Russell, Na- tional Commander of Amvets, when Russell was commenting on the good-will aspects of Margaret’s trip. “She’s a better Ambassador than anyone we've got over there,” the Amvets boss told Margaret'’s proud papa. “1 swell up like a pizened pup whenever I hear that,” Truman beamed. “It’s hard for me to real- jze that she's grown up. I still think of her as so high.” The President held out his hand | about even with the top of his desk. “In fact, I still call her ‘baby’ sometimes, but I warned her before | ATOM BOMB PLANES ARE | READY NOW Could Strike Quickly if US Attacked; MacArthur Hearing Ending WASHINGTON, June 25 —(®@— Maj. Gen. Emmett (Rosie) O'Don- nell told senators today the Air Force is keeping atom-bomb-carry- ing planes ready to strike back swiftly if this country is attacked. “We have streamlined our pack- ages and equipment so that we can get out there in an absolute mini- mum of time and go into action O'Donnell said. O'Donnell, former head of the strategic bombing command in the Far East, was testifying as the 12th, and scheduled final witness, at Sen- ate hearings on the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The sen- ators aimed to finish with him and complete the inquiry today. 42nd Day It was the 42nd day of hearings by the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees. Before O’Donnell * began testify- ing: 1. Senator Knowland (R-Calif) put into the hearing record a letter from Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, World War II chief of Naval oper- ations, in which King said that at the time of the Yalta conference he “was agreeable” to efforts to bring Russia into the war. 2. The senators spent consider- able time debating whether to call W. Averell Harriman, presidential adviser Foreign Affairs, as a Wit~ ness. There was no final decision put Senator McMahon said he would in any case put a sworn statement from Harriman, former ambassador to Russia, into the record. Wantz Rebuttal McMahon wants Harriman to re- but testimony by Patrick J. Hurley, Republican former ambassador to China, that President Roosevelt commissioned him to get a modifica- tion of the Yalta agreement which gave Russia concessions in Man- churia. - That agreement —made by Roose- velt, Prime Minister Churchill of Britain and Premier Stalin of Rus- sia — has figured extensively in the hearings. Secretary of State Acheson has contended the Yalta concessions were necessary to get Russia into " (Continued on P;;e Four) (Cundnued on Page Two) HEARING IS Last Witness Sa ys "We Made a Mistake™ in Not Bombing Red Bases MACARTHUR HEARIN G baz WASHINGTON, June 25 —P-—— Senate hearings on the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArihur were closed today with testimony from a former Far Eastern Air Force general that “we made a mistake” by not bombing Chinese bases in Man- churia last fall. Maj. Gen. Emmett (Rosie) O’Don- nell, who commanded the big bomb- ers under MacArthur, said he gues- tioned, however, that it would be wise now to make attacks on Man- churia. He said he is not sure the Air Forces could do it and “still retain the Sunday punch for Rus- sia.” i O'Donnel was last witness (13th) in the unprecedented hearings that publicly aired disputes over U. S. Far Eastern policies as well as the firing of MacArthur, one of the na- tion’s World War II heroes. He now has an air command on the west coast. The hearings began May 3 and piled up a total of more than 2,000,- 000 words —enough to make a whole shelf of novel-length volumes. When O'Donnell was dismissed from the witness chair at 12:47 p.m. Chairman Russell of the inquiry panel announced: S “This will conelude the onl { | hearings.” Russell said he hoped to have the committee meet again Wednes- day or Thursday to discuss future plans, such as additional written material to be placed in the bulky recard. He said the 26 committee mem- bers also must decide whether to issue a report on their prolonged investigation and, if so, what type of report to draft. UN PRES. T0 MEET WITH RUSS MALIK WASHINGTON, June 25 —I(P— Iranian Ambassador Nasrollah Ente- zam, president of the UN general assembly, sald today a Korean cease fire would “not be too difficult to arrange” provided Russia is sincere in desiring an end to the fighting. Entezam said he will try to meet with Russia’s Jacob Malik in New York prior to tomorrow’s general assembly session on Malik's cease fire suggestion. He described as “very jmportant” a published report that the Peip- ing radio announced Red China ful- ly supports the cease fire sugges- tion. There was no immediate con- firmation of the report. “Entezam talked to reporters after a 20-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary of State George C. Mc- Ghee. He said it dealt with the Iranian oil situation entirely and was “routine.” TELEPHONE STRIKE HITS NORTHWEST CITIES, WALKOUTS PORTLAND, Oregon, June 25 —(® Telephone company Wworkers here and at St. Helens walked off the job today and CIO Communications Workers said they expected walk- outs at other cities in the state. A spokesman for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. said fewer than 100 employes left their jobs in Portland. A union spokesman said some 800 walked out, There was no interruption of dial service in Port- land. Union spokesmen said the walk- out was in protest over delays in getting a new contract. ENDED NOW | Richard Rutter, Hibbing, mil of Mllli to b‘r unb (ooperafion on Korean Froni Revealed WITH U. 5. SEGOND DIVISION, KOREA, June 2 —(#— United Na- tions cooperation at m !khuni front is revealed. A Dutch soldier wound~ | ed South Korean infa an, ntal tached to a French batfalion, to a American ambulance ’drivm by L‘ GI of Welsh descent: TFIRE IS SWEEPING B.C. SECTION VANCOUVER, B. C., June 25 —(® Strong northwest winds today swept the Queen Charlotte Islands area where a forest fire has destroyed more than 6,000,000 board feet of timber. The winds threatened to cance out the efforts of more than 500 loggers to confine the Moresby Is land fire, which has also destroyed logging equipment in ripping a pat} 15 miles long and nearly two mile: wide. Moresby Island is one Queen Charlotte chain. The blaze has charged through thousands of acres of virgin Sitk: spruce woodlands near Skidgalr Lake. Forestry officials at Prince Rupert, B.C., said the situation was “tense.” HOSPITAL NOTES Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital Saturday were William Farris, C. V. Brown; admitted Sunday was Edward Laurie; discharged Satur- day were Mrs. Louis Anderson and baby girl; J. Riederer, Peter Jack- son, George Crisman, James Mc- Gehee, Rose Leonard; discharged Sunday were Mrs. H. L. Clark and baby boy; Dorio Neira, Robert Hil- dre, Mrs. E. M. Kauzlarich and baby boy. Admitted to the Government Hos- pital Saturday were James Jackson, Juneau, Agnes Shelton, Alakanuk; discharged was Martin Geonett, Juneau. Two babies were born over the weekend at the Government Hos- pital. Born Saturday morning at 12:40 to Mrs. Leo Jacobs of Haines, a boy weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. He is to be Leo Jacobs, Jr. Born to Mrs. George Williams of Juneau at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, a girl weighing 9 pounds 6 ounces. She is to be named Adelle Lynette. of the POLICE WARNING ON OPEN MUFFLERS “All noisy automobile mufflers must be repaired within 10 days,” Police Chief Bernard E. Hulk said today. “On. July 5 police will begin arresting offende's — and the po- lice mean business,” he declared. All muffler cut-outs, by-passes, and any device, such as an expand- ed tailpipe, which affect the oper- ation of the muffler, are illegal, Hulk said. WRANGELL VISITOR Lou Ella McKibben of Wrangell is stopping a: the Baranof Hotel. GOOD BUT CAREFUL SAMARlTAN—- § ogger, wears a glove as he feeds found wnnderlnz in nnr'.h woods. KOREAN WAR ROARS INTO SECOND YEAR Reds Appear More Ag- gressive; Jet Battles Continue Eighth Day By Associated Press The world talked of peace, but the Korean. war ‘roared into its second year today: Chinese and North Korean Reds were more aggressive all along the 100-mile battlefront. Communists jets streaked out. of their Manchurian sanctuary on an- other typical hit-and-run attack. Allied warships confinued to pour a hail of steel into East coast ports in North Korea. The cease-fire and armistice pro- | posal by Russia’s Jacob Malik had put no damper on the fighting. Red ground forces showed more fight than usual. But by late after- noon there was still no sign of their expected anniversary offensive. Enemy Buildup Allied officers, noting an ominous enemy buildup in the west, had pre- dicted a limited Communist counter- wttack to celebrate the war's first birthday. Thirty red-nosed MIG-15 jets darted back and forth across the Yalu river boundary of Manchuria Monday, jockeying for position tc attack Fifth U. S. Air Force F-86 Sabre jets. One of the Russian-made planes was shot down in flames. The Reds broke off the 10-minute battle and scurried back to safety in Man- churia. It was the eighth day in the last r\ie. that jet battles have swirled high over Nprth Korea. The Reds have lost 13 planes destroyed and 29 damaged. The Allied have lost 11 planes in that period. EARTHQUAKE , PALISADES, N. Y., June 25 —® An earthquake of “moderate in- tensity” was reported today by the Columbia University seismological station here. The shock, recorded at 11:21:08 p.m, EST last night was about 3400 miles northwest of New York City and may have centered in or near Alaska, the laboratory said Aleutian from Seattle with Seattle CC tour party aboard due midnight Princess Norah from Vancouver due tomorrow afternoon or evening Prince George @cheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 p.m. tomorrow. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Wednesday. Baranof scheduled to sail Seattle Friday. from Russia’s Puzzling Peace Feeler Causes Diversified (omment; (auhon byBrmsh UNITED NATIONq » X, Jum_ 25 —{(#—President Truman respond- ed to Rus 's puzzling peace feeler today with an assurance the United States is rmdy to join in a Korean | REDS FAVOR PROPOSALS BY SOVIETS Nationalisls, However, Made Threats, Also Give More Propaganda SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 —(P— The Chinese Reds today endorsed the Soviet suggestion for a Korean cease-fire but implied that they sted on terms favorable to If Amerk‘a should refuse, she will be totally defeated on the battle- field, the Communists threatened. The statement that “the Chinece people fully endorse” Saturd Soviet proposal was coniained in a long, belligerent editorial by the People’s Daily, broadcast in full by the Peiping radio, . ‘Red Accusations Bristling with the familiar Red accusations of American aggression, the editorial sald if America “is willing to.stop the war she should thevefore fall in at once with the just and reasonable measures for the peaceful settlement of the Korean question repeatedly proposed by the people’s Republic ' of China (the Reds), the Soviet Union, and the other ¢ountries which desire peace.” The Communist broadcast was heard in San Francisco by the As- sociated Press, Sought Settlement It asserted that the Chinese Com- munist regime as far back as last August 20 had urged peace in Korea, and listed numerous occasions on which the Reds had sought a set- tlement. It neglected to say that the terms demanded op all those ogcasions ; dricludgd ¢ sbatigg Red China in the Unitéd “Nations, -title 0 Formosa and withdrawal of UN forces from Korea. More Propaganda Today's broadeast then declared: “On June 23, Saviet delegate to the United Nations, Jacob Malik, in a broadcast speech, once again out forward proposals for the peace- ful settlement of the Korean ques- tion, “The Chinese people iorse his proposal., “This is another test for America to see whether she accepts the les- sons of the past and whether she is willing to settle the Korean ques- tion peacefully.” Malik's latest proposal simply called for negotiations to arrange a cease-fire on the basis of the 38th Parallel. That is the old boundary of North and South Korea. The Chinese and Korean Reds now have been drivén a score of miles north of it at all except one small posi- tion. fully en- WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o’clock this mornjng In Juneau — Mgximum, 57; minimum, 49. At Airport — Maximum, 57; minimum, 49. FORECAST Continued fair tonight and and Tuesday. Lowest temp- ature tonight near 44 deg. Righest Tuesday around 62 degrees. I’RECIPlTATlON (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — 51 inches; Since June 1 — 5.51 inches; Since July 1 — 78.10 inches. At Airport — .46 inches; since June 1 — 3.78 inches; Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. e Since July 1 — 4519 \nche». e o o 0 0 0o o ' L ] settlement. But he said any | ment must end the aggression and ‘brmg security to the Koreans The President's comment topped | world-wide reaction to the sugges- ‘l'(ll\ of the Soviet Union’s Jacob A. | Malik for discussions on a cease-fire and withdrawal of all troops from | the 38th Parallel. The Peiping radio broadcast Malik's proposal; Pravda and Izvestia printed it in Moscow— all without comment. settle- Optimism Caution Foreign Secretary Morrison said Britain is studying ways to follow up “this possible opening,” and cau- tioned against too much optimism. Foreign Secretary Schuman of France called the Malik move a posi- tive element which would permit the opening of negotiations without con- diions. Foreign Minister Pearson of Canada said it would be a great mistake not to follow up Malik's proposal. Australia’s Foreign Minister Rich- ard Casey, said the Australian view is that restoration of the sovereign- ty of the (South) Korean Republic is the “essential first step.” Financial markets were ‘lower all over the world, but the New York Stock Exchange steadied as the day wore on, Malik made his proposal in a hroadcast Saturday night. President Truman spoke today at a new Air Force development centér at Tulla- homa, Tenn, He said: Build Up Strength “We must build ur strength, bt wryxlnus( agmmp the door open to peaceful settlement of dif- ferences. ', #We pre ready to join in a peace- ful séttlement in Korea now as we always have been. We must be ready to take any steps which truly ad- vance us toward world peace. But we must avoid like the plague rash actions which would take unneces- sary risks of world war or weak ac- tions which would reward aggres- sion.” Peace or Propaganda As the President spoke, sentiment was growing in the United Nation$ for a determined effort to smoke out the Russians and sce whether Malik was talking peace or propaganda. The president of the UN general assembly, Nasrollah Entezam of Iran, made reservations to come t¢ the UN late today from Washing- ton. Perhaps for a personal confer- ence with Malik. He will preside to- morrow at a special meeting of the zeneral assembly to hear President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador. Move a Trick Opposition' to the Pussian peace feeler came from South Kores and from Nationalist China. A kesman for the government of President Syngman Rhee, of the Republic of Korea, said the Russian move is a “trick.” Rhee spoke in. Rusan today—the first anniversary of the invasion of his country by North Korean forces. He said Koreans would fight on un- til the last Communist is driven north of the Yalu river. South Korean spokesmen have been worried by indications that the UN might agree to a cease-fire stop- ping the fighting somewhere along the 38th Parallel and leaying to the future any political settlement on unifying the country. While the delegates and their capitals are working on ways and means to find out what the Russians mean, Secretary General Trygve Lie called for “negotiations for a mili- tory cease-fire” at the “earliest pos- sible date. STOCK QUOTATIONS stock today 1s 2%, American Can 108, American Tel. and Tel. Anaconda 387%, Douglas Aircraft 45, General Electric 527, General Motors 47%, Goodyear 79%, Kenne- cott 73%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 8%, Northern Pacific 38%, Standard Oil’ of California 45%, 93.68%: ties 4247, US IS READY T0 CONSIDER 'REAL’ TERMS ' Must However End Agares- sion, Restore Peace fo Korean People By ERNEST B. VACCARO TULLAHOMA, Tenn., June 25— President Truman said today the United States is ready to join in & “real settlement” of the Korean war “which fully ends the aggression and restores peace and security.” | NEW YORK, June 25 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 153%., Twentieth Century Fox 17%, U. S. Steel 38%, Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange Sales today were 2,400,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 245.27, rails 75.15, utili- While Mr, Truman did not so label it, that was obviously his reply to the proposal by Jacob A, Malik, Russian delegate to the UN, for a cease-fire and withdrawal of troops from the area of the 38th Parallel¢ Mr, Truman, on this first anni- versary of the Communist attack on South Korea, said the Reds suffered 1,000,000 casualties and have been thrown back “behind the line they started from.” 4 GOP Critics Blistered The President, in a major Foreign Policy speech, blistered Republican crities for “spreading fear and sland- er and lies” and trying to “destroy Dean Acheson, whom he called “one of the greate‘t secretaries of state in our history.” /In guarded language, which did not mention Malik or his proposal specifically, the President told a crowd gathered to dedicate a new us'r.mom Alr Force fésting center: in a peace Robmnt xukmm o e T always been, But it must be a real settlement which fully ends the ag- gression and restores peace and se- curity to the area and to the gal- lint Korean people. No Rash Action “In Korea and In the rest of the world we must be ready to take any steps which truly advance us to- ward world peace. But we must avoid like the plague rash actions which would take unnecessary risks of world war or weak actions which reward aggression.” The President flew here from Washington to the Arnold Air Force engineering development center, to be devoted to the development of je# propulsion and supersonic flight power. ¥ His talk fairly bristled with de- nunciations of Republican support- ers of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Korean poliey and critics of Ache- son, Secretary of Defense Marshall, Gen, Omar Bradley and the Joint Zhiefs of Staff, The MacArthur Policy Mr. TFruman - ousted MacArthur for publicly advocating a broadened war against the Chinese Commun- ists. MacArthur said his program wouldn’t necessarily bring in Russia.. MaeArthur ‘said if the other United Nations would not join in, this coun- try should “go it alone.” Witheut naming MacArthur, Mr. Truman sald of those who would “take a chance” that the Soviet Un- fon won't fight in the Far East: “They .want us to play Russian roulette with the Foreign Policy of the United States — and with all the chambers of the pistols loaded.” Go It Alone Policy He continued: “Unfortunately, it isn’t only the Kremlin that has been trying to sep- arate us from our Allies. “There are some people in this country, too, who have been trying to get us to ‘go it alone. There are peoplée here who have been sow- ing distrust of our Allies and mag- nifying our differences with them. Some of the people advocating this policy, he continued, “aren’t en- gaging in honest debate.” “They are trying to set the peo- ple against the government by spreading fear and slander and lies,” the President continued. “They have attacked the integrity of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.” TEN TRAVEL ON ELLIS AIRLINES Five passengers arrived on Ellis Airlines Monday flight with five traveling on interport. Arriving from Ketchikan: Mr. and tMrs. Dibrell, Jim Dibrell From Petersburg: E. Armstrong. From Wrangell: Mr. Boman.