The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1951, Page 1

GONGRESSIONAL ABRARY VOL. LXXVIIL, NO. 11,853 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” “THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1951 —— PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS At i Peace Talk Envoys Receive Safe Conduct LRB TO HOLD Was Ready for Fireworks Charges Aga—inst Industryj May Hold Up Counting of Ballots SwATTLE, July 6 —M— A plan to send seven National Labor Rela- tions Board election examiners tc Naknek, Alaska, to conduct an elec- tion among resident and non-resi- dent Bristol Bay 'fishermen was announced today. The Regional NLRB office said they will leave Seattle by plane at 1 a.m. tomorrow. It is an aftermath of the com- plicated labor controversy which ended with the return to work of Bristol Bay resident fishermen and cannery workers today. There is a question, however, over when the election ballots will be counted — if ever. The counting might be blocked by the existence of unfair labor practices charget which the Bering. Sea Fishermen'’s union (AFL) filed against the Alas- ka Salmon In{ustry. It was involved in the strikedhat. was ended this week. Two Weeks forzElection Thomas P. Graham, Jr., regional NLRB direcor, estimated it will take at least two weeks to conduct the election. Russell Miller of Washing- ton, D. C., chief NLRB election ex- aminer, will head the group. Fishermen, net tenders, tallymen, tendermen and culinary workers on the roll next Monday will be e to vote. The total is ex- pected to be about 2,300. The Bering Sea uhioni, which broke away from the Alaska Fishermen’s union (Ind), originally asked for the election last January. The NLRB ordered it June 15, after the strike had started. By that time the union opposed holding it. It filed the un- fair practices charge against the In- dustry. That blocked the election Charges Against Industry It charged the Industry with en- tering illegally into a contract witk its divorced parents, the Alaske Fishermen’s union, while the elec tion petition was pending. It alsc charged the Industry with aiding the rival union in a manner that might influence the election outcome. Graham said the voting will be conducted in hopes that by the time it is completed some disposal can be made of the charges so that the ballots can be counted. If not, they will be impounded for possible fu- ture counting. The Bering Sea union originally asked that the election be limitec to resident fishermen but it was overruled by the NLRB. Observers believe that inclusion of the non- resident fishermen in the balloting. along with recent developments in the dispute, have lessened greatly the chances of the Bering Sea union to win the election. TIMBER SALES NET $44,470 Assist. Regional Forester Charles Burdick reported today that during the spring quarter of 1951, 18 mil- lion feet of timber were cut in Ton- gass National Forest bringing ¥ total of $44,470 in stumpage. TheWashington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc. /ASHINGTON,—In the middle of last week's hectic baftle over price controls, President Truman called Leo DeOrsay, attorney for radio star Arthur Godfrey, and begged him to beg Godfrey to go on the radio and arouse the pub- lic for price controls. This personal appeal by a pa- thetic President, battling almost alone, illustrates the greatest loss Truman has suffered—the inability to mobilize public opinion. And realizing this loss, he appealed to a radio personality to mobilize opinion for him. It also illustrates the greatest as- set Franklin Roosevelt had—the | ability to appeal over the heads of | congressmen to the public. Congress never liked Franklin Roosevelt. Most of them did not agree with his policies. But they feared him (Continued on Page Four) i Sgt. Jack Kersey of Tampa, Fla., Air Force armament technician, straddles a giant “firecracker” intended for a communist target, s he held sign announcing plans for celebrating the Fourth-of -July in traditional American fashion, coinciding with his own 24th birth- day. The sign reads, “175th anniversary of American Independence July 4th—Big Fireworks display above 38th—Only communists in- vited. Courtesy of 19th and 307th photo via (® Wirephoto.) EAST GERMAN DEATH TOLL 27 CHILDREN BERLIN, July 6 —P— East Ger- | man authorities announced today they have found the bodies of two more children drowned in the ex- plosion of a small ship yesterday on the Spree river, raising the official death toll to 27. East Berlin People’s police at the same time ordered the seizure of all gasoline-engines and a critical in- spection of all other river craft in | the Soviet sector. The police blamed the tragedy on a faulty gasoline which caught fire. The eastern announcement today ackngwledged the accident as the worst' disaster involving children in postwar Germany. But the Soviet sector press today limited coverage to publication of a 400-word official communique from the city govern- ment. Apparently on orders from ‘above, no details or pictures of the accident were published. The explosion came at a most unfortunate time for Communist authorities who are waging a pro- paganda campaign for their World Youth Festival in East Berlin next month. STOCK QUOMTIONS NEW YORK, July 6 — Closing quotation ot Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 109%, American Tel. and Tel. 154%, Anaconda 39'%, Douglas Aircraft 45%, General Electric 54%, Genera! Motors 487, Goodyear 82%, Kenne- cott 717%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 834, Northern Pacific 37%, Standard Oil of California 45%, Twentieth Century Fox 18%, U. S. Steel 39%, | Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchang 93.93%. Sales today were 1,170,000 shares. Averages today were as follows: Industrials 250.01, rails 75.73, utili- ties 42.82. PRISONERS HERE FROM WRANGELL U. S. Deputy Marshal Jack Krepps from Wrangell came to Juneau yes- | charge and terday afternoon with two prisoners for Federal jail. Conrad Edwards was sentenced to 20 days on a drunk and disorderly Henry J. McCullough | was given 180 days, charged with | giving liquor to a minor. Both were sentenced by U. S. Commissioner Joel Wing, of Wrangell. | | @ high Saturday near 76. - bomb groups.” (U.S. Army radio- PW IN ALASKA GIVEN BOOST, SENATE (OM. WASHINGTON, July 6 — ® — The. Senate Appropriations commit- tee has recommended increases of more than $2,000,000 in Alaska items in the Interior Appropriations bill. The biggest increase over the House-approved bill is $1,500,000 re- instated for public works, bringing the total to $8,500,000,. The Senate version represents a compromise between ,the House-adopted figure and that originally requested. The Senate committee also in- creased the item for operation and maintenance of roads to $2,900,000. This was an increase of $30,000 over the House figure and is to be used, the committee said, for “ma- jor roads.” Full Report for Eklutna For the Bureau of Reclamatiop’s Eklutna project the Senate recom- mended the full $5,761,400 requested in the budget estimate. The House cut the item to $5,478,040. No changes were made in the House-approved figures for road construction or the Alaska Railroad These items remain at $2,600,000 and $2,000,000, respectively. The Senate committee, however, proposes to change from 25 to 20 per cent the amount of road con- struction money which may be spent for work on a force account or hired labor basis Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Addison of Lo- rane, Oregon, are guests at the Baranof hotel. e e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning . ° . s In Juneau — Maximum, 84; minimum, 57. At Airport — Maximum, 83; minimum, 51. . FORECAST Fair tonight. Increasing e cloudiness Saturday. Low e temperature about 55 tonight, e PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today City of Juneau — None. e Since July 1 — .04 inches. ® At Airport — None. Since July 1 — .04 inches. 000000 eccecvscecs0toce AMERICAN LEGION LEADER ARRIVES - JUNEAU SUNDAY Sunday, July 8 should prove to be a milestone in the affairs of The American Legion of this community, and of its Auxiliary, for on that | date the national commander, Erle J. Cocke, Jr., youngest man ever to eau on one of three stops of a fly- ing trip through the far North. Plans have been announced by the, committee of Legionnaires headed. by Vern Harris, commander of the local post. The national commander. Wwill be met at the municipal air- port by the ccmmittee which in- cludes, in additicn to Harris, Waino Hendrickson, Homer Nordling and Harold Dawes, past commanders of the Department of Alaska. Included in the itinerary of the national commander are Anchorage and Fairbanks, winding up at Jun- eau, whence he will fly via Pan American on Monday, June 8, to Seattle enroute to national head- quarters in Indianapolis. The route to this point will be covered by military planes. After a sightseeing trip through the Glacier and Auk Bay region, the group will gather at the Bar- anof hotel, where a no-host dinner will be held with Commander Cocke as guest of honor. This will be held in the Gold room, and the commit- tee desires to have reservations made as soon as possible, These should be telephoned to Saxon Snow, lst vice commander of Juneau Post No. 4. The dinner hour has been an- nounced for 6:30 Sunday evening. Following this event there will be a reception in room 207 of the hotel for those wishing to personally greet the national commander. Commender Cocke is an Eagle Scout,. and. plans haye been made by the committee to have him award Eagle Scout badges to three out- standing young men of the com- munity. These are the first to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout in Juneau. They are Wayne Powers, Eddie Dull and Arthur MacKinnon, members of Explorer Post 713, spnosored by Voiture 1126, Society of Forty and Eight. Wayne Powers was first to complete the requirements for advancement to Eagle Scout. having qualified at the 19561 Eagle River Scout camp of the Gastineau Channel region about 30 days ago. Objective of the’ national com- mander’s Alaska journey is to alert Legion membership to critical prob- lems which face America today, it has been reported by the organiza- tion’s national headquarters. With that objective in view, the commit- tee is desirious of a large attend- ance at the Sunday evening dinner by members of The American Legion and The American Tegion Auxili- ary, and their guests. A dynamic and untiring ‘worker Commander Cocke recently com- pleted a trip of more than 30,000 miles around the world. He visited outpost positions in the front lines of Korea, held conferences Witk Gen. Douglas MacArthur a short time before the return of MacAr- thur to the United States; paid 2 visit to Chiang Kai-Shek at the headquarters of the generalissimo on Formosa, and quite thoroughly cov- ered the Balkan regions including Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia. Thus, the welcoming committec Chairman Harris said, feels that Legionnaires from the various com- munities of Southeast Alaska should avail themselves of seeing and hear- ing their national leader. It is to facilitate this that the reception has been planned, following the dinner. Monday has been reserved for the convenience of National Commander Cocke, and to provide time for con- ference with the Governor of Alas- ka, Dr. Ernest Gruening. g With Alaska a pivotal factor In defense of America and the Western Hemisphere, leaders of The Ameri- can Legion in Alaska feel the Ter- ritory is fortunate in having the of- ficial head of the nation’s largest veteran organization gather first hand knowledge of this region tc present to his huge audiences in the continental United States of America. i That he will do that job dramatic- ally and effectively and thus bring about a better understanding at large of Alaska’s problems of the day are the convictions of the wel- coming committee. LARRY HAGEN HERE Larry Hagen of the Standard oil Co. from Seattle is stopping at the | Baranof hotel. hold this high office, will visit Jun-| street car tracks. Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington’s histori Autos Take Over-Trolley T__ra_cksA thoroughfare fi rom the Capitol (background) to the White House presented this scene of automobiles jamming normal traffic lanes and parked crosswise on A city-wide strike of trolley and bus operators forced thousands of workers to drive their cars into the downtown area. (P Wirephoto. FREE NATIONS ARE CAUTIONED BY GOV. DEWEY Says ""Peace by Surrender or Appeasement’’ Must Never Come TOKYO, July 6 —(#— Thomas E. Dewey satdfoday the United States is dedicated to making world peace inevitable but cautioned the free uations against “peace by surrender or appeasement.” The New York Republican gov- ernor made no direct reference tc the Korean cease-fire talks sched- uled to begin. Sunday. He spoke before the American- Japan -society, composed of promi- nent Americans in Japan and Jap- anese business and government leaders. The speech was broadcast in the U. S The United States, he said, is not afraid of internal and external Communist aggression and has not “the slightest doubt of the final out- come.” Likewise, vewey added, the U. S. is unafraid of the “continuing threat of warlike Communist aggression” because of America’s tremendous’in- dustrjal might. “Neutralism Is Illusion” The twiee-defeated Fepublican aominee declared “neutralism is an illusion from which only the harsh reality of defeat and slavery can result.” He said the free nations “with unity and development of over- whelming strength” can “look for- ward to the gradual exhaustion and disintegration of the Communist forces of slavery and aggression.” The United States, he said, building its strength to prevent war and will never attempt to “use other nations for purpose of ag- gression.” “We do not believe war is in- evitable,” he declared. “We are dedicated to the high purpose pf making peace inevitable.” Dewey. conferred with Gen. Mat- thew B. Ridgway and U. S. Am- bassador William J. Sebald Thurs- day before completing the final draft of his speech. Tt was his first speech on a six-weeks, 29,000-mile tour of nine countries of the Far East. Dewey, just prior to his speech, visited the Japanese diet. is Ship Movements Freighter Flemish Knot from Seat- tle due at 8 a.m. Saturday. Princéss Norah from Vancouver due to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle this afternoon or evening. Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver 8 tonight. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Chileotin scheduled to sail from | Vancouver Monday. Baranof from westward scheduled southbound Sunday, | ' Peggy Dow W Peggy Dow (above), rising young dramatic actress, prefers to date college, boys instead of actors. «] have nothing against actors,” she declared. “But let's: face it— they are self-centered and . ego- centric.” Peggy went further to say that being with acting folk in Hollywood duriig the work day is cnough. (P Wirephoto. 26 MILLION FOR ALASKA NAVY BASES WASHINGTON, July 6 — B — The House Armed Services com- mittee gave tentative approval yes- terday to a $26,263,000 appropria- tion for four Navy ~conséruction projects in Alaska. The committee is making an item- by-item study of the Defcnse De- partment’s $6,561,262,000 military construction program. The projects, with amounts re- quested shown in parenthesis where cuts were made, were: Naval operating base, Kodiak, $7, 677,800; Naval station, Adak, $2,810,- 000 ($3,210,000); Naval air station, Kodiak, $1,936,500 (2,956,800); Naval communications station, Kodiak, $7,000,000 ($14,537,000). Cyril Zubotf with the Territorial Department of Labor is spending three weeks in Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage on an industrial safety ingpection trip. FIELD GOES T0 JAIL ON COURT ORDER BULLETIN — NEW YOI“&. July '| 6 —M— Millionaire Leftist Freder- ick Vanderbilt Field was jailed to- day for contempt of court in re- fusing to- telt-who postea for four fugitive Communist leaders. The Federal Court sentence was for 90 ‘days or until the “Angel” of Left-Wing causes purges himself of contempt by revealing the names. Deputy United States Marshals led Field from the courtroom to a detention cell. NEW YORK, July 6 —®— Fred- erick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire Leftist, was ordered committed to jail today for contempt of court in refusing to tell who posted $80,000 bail for four fugitive American Com- munist leaders, Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan rejected a defense plea to continue the secretary of the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund on parole until his appeal is heard this afternoon in New Haver, Conn. Ryan adjudged Field in contempt yesterday for his repeated refusals to tell who contributed to the bail fund. The four missing leaders, who jumped bail earlier this week, are the object of a nationwide FBI hunt in which the public has been asked to join. - Discontinue Parole In refusing to continue Field on parole pending the appeal hearing. Ryan said that to do so would be to recognize that “a substantial question of law or fact existed in this case.” Field had been on parole since being judged in contempt yesterday. Ryan said he had permitted Field freedom overnight on the theory that “a night's sober reflection might bring the desire on the part of this man to give the court the information it seeks.” Ryan has held that identities of the bail contributors are needed to help trace the missing men. POSSIBLE ATTEMPT REPORTED ON LIFE OF H. LUNDEBERG SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 —I(®— Harry Lundeberg, Sailors union leader, isn't reporting a possible at- tempt on his life to police because “I can handle these things myself.” A spent bullet nicked the wind- shield of Lundeberg's car yester- day. The head of the AFL Sailors Un- ion of the Pacific said he's uncer- tain “whether it was a professional job, or maybe someone was Just target shooting.” Lundeberg is a militant foe of Communist elements in waterfront unions. Police said they wouldn't investi- gate unless a complaint is filed, / * $80,000 baif SAFE GUARD " FOR ENVOYS PROMISED 'Reds Will Fly White Flag; | No Attack by Planes is U.S. Order By Assoclated Press Communist commanders gave final approval today to arrangements for preliminary cease-fire talks — five hours before their emissaries were scheduled to leave for Kaesong. In a midnight message, the top Red generals acknowledged the UN guarantee of safe conduct for their emissaries. . The Allles already were putting the pledge into effect when the Red Pyongyang radio broadcast the eighth message in the series of radio negotiations. No Air Attacks UN warplanes were ordered to keep away from the highway down which Communist negotiators will travel today for cease-fire prelimi- nary talks in Kaesong. Lt. Gen. O. P. Weyland, Far East Air Forces commander, issued the order a few hours after opposing commanders completed arrange- ments by radio for a Sunday meet- ing — and guaranteed safe conduct to the emissaries, The Communist delegation leaves Pyongyang, the Red Korean capital, at 5 am. Saturday (midnight PDT tonight). ; White Elagy for Reds ‘ The Communiist convoy will fly white flags as it travels down the bomb-pocked Pyongyang - Sariwon- Namchongjom highway to Kaesong, three miles south of Parallel 38. General Weyland ordered his war planes to make no attacks along the route. v Safe Conduct Pledge The order carried out the pledge of safe conduct made earlier in the day by Gen. Ridgeway, UN com- mander. And it banned Allied bombers from one of their favorite targets. The highway is & main Red supply artery to the Western front. Highway Badly Cratered It has been under almost constant attack for months. Bombs have cratered it badly. And it is liberally seeded with tetrahedrons — sharp, four-pointed cast iron devices for puncturing tires, Bombers and fighters also were ordered to make no attacks within a five mile radius of Kaesong ohce the Red delegation reaches it. This carried out another pledge Ridgway made. Sunday Meeting The two delegations meet Sun- day to arrange for a cease-fire ses- sion scheduled: to start in Kaesong Tuesday. The shooting will continue until an agreement is reached at the sec- ond meeting, and approved. Air scouts spotted half a dozen people in Kaesong today but could not tell whether they were Reds, Al- lies or civilians. A UN patrol head- ed for the city for the third suc- cessive day while engineers swept mines from the “peace road” the UN delegation will travel if it goes . by jeep. Red Stronghold Blasted Forty-four UN planes blasted a Red stronghold on the Western front 20. miles northeast of Kaesong. It was one of three mass air strikes Friday. The others were by Ameri- can jets on two Red air fields. One is 40 miles north of Pyongyang and the other 40 miles southeast of the Red Korean capital. Without firing a shot — or being shot at — an armored UN patrol rumbled up the western side of the “iron triangle” to its tip and enter- ed Pyonggang, 95 miles southeast of Pyongyang. But another tank-led patrol was stopped by heavy fire on the east side of the triangle six miles from Pyonggang. TIDE TABLES July 7 3:16 a.m. 16.3 ft. 9:53 am. -1.1 ft. 4:16 p.m. 14.8 ft. .10:22 pm. 38 ft. | High tide .. Low tide | High tide Low tide ‘