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

SILNGTON, D, ¢, SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition VOL. LXXIX., NO. 11,979 - Walkout On Coast Is Threat SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1—P—A walkout of west coast ship cooks and stewards today because of a condi- tion the Pacific Maritime Associa- tion put on a 6.2 percent pay raise. The PMA said yesterday a Marine Cooks and Stewards Union pay in- crease would not become effective until other seamen’s increases have been approved. (The AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific has a 6.2 per- cent increase pending before the Wage Stabilization Board). Union President Hugh Bryson last night answered that “we're not signing on any vessel until the in- creases are put into effect.” Bryson rejected the PMA pro- posal as “no offer at all.” Insurance Agenis Begin Walkout For Higher Pay NEW-YORK, Dec. 1 — ® — A coast-to-coast strike of Prudential Insurance Company agents seeking more pay began today. | The walkout began technically in) 33 states when a two-year union- management contract expired at| midnight last night, but there were no outward signs because Saturday is not a working day. The AFL Insurance Agents Inter- naticnal Union, claiming to repre-; sent about 15,000 of the company’s more than 18,000 agents, has an- nounced that picketing of company offiges will begin Monday. ! Only then will the extent of the strike become apparent. The com- | pany has predicted that some union members will ignore the walkout. The company announced that it will notify its policy holders by mail and through newspapers and | i top-ranking military guests arrive HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Goveriior's Day To Be Celebrated By National Guard A review and parade of the 208th Infantry Battalion (Sep) of the Al- aska National Guard will mark the observance of Governor's Day to- day. The parade starts at the subport at 2 p.m. From the subport the units will march along Willoughby Av- enue to Franklin Street at Admiral Way then up Front Street. Along Front Street, the parade goes to Main Street, down Main to Wil- loughby then return to the subpori. The governor's review will be held at the subport immediately folowing the parade. It will be the t full scale battalion review held the 208th Infantry Battalion since its formation in the summer of 1850. Guests of Gov. Ernest Gruening at the review will be Lt. Gen Wil- liam E. Kepner, commander-in- chief of the Alaska Command; Ma- jor Gen. William D. Old, command- ing general of the Alaska Air Com- mand; and Brigadier Gen. Richard Pence, deputy commanding general of the U. S. Army i Alaska. The via special plane from Elmendorf Air Force Base. At Reviewing Stand Representing the U. S. Coast Guard on the reviewing stand will | be Rear Admiral Joseph Greenspun, 17th District Commander. Col. L. Lars Johnson, adjutant general of Alaska National Guard, will conduct the review for Gov. Gruening, com- mander-in-chief of the Territory’s! guard organization. Arriving by special plane for the review is the 43rd Army band from Ft. Richardson. Troops participat- ing in the review will include units irom Juneau, Ketchikan, Angoon, Honnah, Sitka and Metlakatla. Bat-( alion Commander Lt. Col. Dwight | W. Dean of Juneau will direct the crder of the formation. Eisenhower Trophy Due for special attention during radio that they can mail in their premiums or take them in personienhowes:"Trophy, awarded for the | to company offices in areas where agents are not collecting. Federal mediation has failed to the ceremony is Company B of Sitka, which will receive the Eis- (first” time to & National Guard funit in Alaska. } The award is presented to out- “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA,” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1951 Policy Made on Fisheries Destrudion The Alaska Fisheries Board took a peek into the future yesterday and established a broad long range, over all policy regarding the com- pensating methods for the des- truction of a fish producing poten- tial. In a resolution passed by the board, now in sesslon here, the policy stated was that “any destruc- | insisted in the Panmunjom truce tion of fish producing potential shall | ta)ks that construction or repair be compensated for by the develop- | of gir bases in North Korea be ment of at least an equal produc-|phanned during an armistice, tion potential in an unproductive| The Reds promptly accused the nearby area or by other compensat- | ynjted Nations of trying “to deprive ing methods by the responsible}yr side forever of the right to de- party or parties.” fend ourselves.” The action was taken as a result| mhe air base issue was raised of a survey and report by the water- | quring a stormy Saturday session shed management division of the|in which Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, Alaska Department of Fisheries, of | chief U.N. negotiator, underscored the Ward Cove area—site of & new| iy forceful language the Allied posi- pulp mill near Ketchikan. The Ward | tjon that there be no military Cove Basin has and is producing|pyjjqup and that joint observation valuable salmon runs that will be|teams be given free access to all destroyed by the puip il con-| gorea to police the truce. struction’ there. UN Insists Reds Curfail Air Power By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea, Dec. 1—P— The United Nations Command to- day disclosed anxiety over mounting Communist air power in Korea. It Industry Unopposed Members of the board emphasized that they did not oppose industry coming into Alaska and instructed the Alaska Department of Fisher- ies to cooperate in establishment of any new industry affecting the fisheries. However they felt that if in- dustries, such as pulp mills, des- troyed a fishery like a salmon run, it would only be fair for the com- pany to develop another potential fishery area, nearby, if possible. In that way industrial development and Alaska’s long-time asset of fisheries could thrive together to the advantage of the Territory. The discussion concerned mea- sures of a broad nature. 1952 Regulations Discussed Yesterday morning was taken up with a discussion of recommenda- tions for regulations with officials of the Fish and Wildlife Service. There was a discussion on how cooparation between the Alaska Department of Fisheries and the FWS could best be carried out, Lot i commderelid wid speros Hsie ing. Sports Fishing Program 1952 commercial fishing | bring about a truce in the dispute.|standing company units on the bas- | A report was given regarding the North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam I! insisted it was “necessary” to strengthen air bases. “. .. I cannot but point out that the real objective of your proposai of allowing no increase of so-called military facilities is merely to de- prive our side forever of the right to defend ourselves,” he said. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols said the purpose of Joy's statement opening Saturday's session was to make the Allied position on enforce- ment of the armistice ‘“crystal clear.” Nuckols emphasized, however, | that the statement was “not consid- cred an ultimatum.” Twe Heroes Are Revealed, Result |0f Plane Crash CLE ELUM, /Wash., Dec. 19— A young minister who walked bare- footed 14 miles through snow and' cades plane crash called arother man a hero today. The Rev. Harold W. Borhauer, 29, 1 Channel j portunity of the season to see out Mot Auitinair B stbet o Oae-| 158 Little Action For Infantry On Cold Front SEOUL, Korea, Dec. 1—(#—Uni- ted Nations foxhole Infantrymen today battled the bitterest cold wave Jf the winter and for the most part tired at Communists only when the Reds probal near their positions. A US. Eighth Army communique said a UM, unit yielded advance po- sitions northwest of Yonchon on the western front to a grenade-tossing group of Reds. Other U.N. troops threw back a platoon-sized Communist probing ttack after a three-hour fight southeast of Kumsong. The mercury plummeted to five degrees above zero in the moun- tainous eastern sector Friday. An Eighth Army briefing officer said the low temperature had no “ad- verse effect” on:Allied operations. There were no reports of ground action from that front or from the western front Friday. Six NG Squads fo Play Basketball On Sunday P. M. - Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock the Alaska National Guard will hold its first basketball tournament at ‘the Juneau High School gym, and the results may be a preview of the 1952 Gold Medal Tournament. Sis teams are lined up to give residents their first op- of town players in action. Teams participating include the H¢. and Service Co. team which is compoesed mhinly of players on the local Columbia Lumber team. The Cg. A team is composed of players from both Ketchikan and Metla- keilla and features the stellar play of Jeff David and Harry Johannson, " experiénced Gold Médat play- ers. The Angoon ANB is playing prac- tically as a unit under the C Com- |Recapture Tiger \Guns and Butler MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SATURDAY 1 P.M. Edition PRICE TEN CENTS Woman' Slayer O0f Juneau Women PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 1 — (B — Winnie Ruth Judd, the one-time “Tiger Woman” who killed two girl friends 20 years ago, was recaptured here last night, and went back to the state hospital for the insane as meekly as a frightened kitten. Her fourth escape from the asylum zave her slightly less than 24 hours sf harried freedom. Two police officers picked up the 48-year-old trunk murderess three blocks from the apartment court in which two former women attend- ants of the hospital lived. Mrs. Judd, wearing a fur coat she had taken from one of the apart- ments during the occupant’s ab- sence, offered no resistance, but pleaded with patrolmen George Sanders and Harold DeWitt to turn her lose. “Why did you have to pick me up?” she asked. “I've served 20 years out therc (the hospital) and T think it should be turned loose. I had a tragedy 20 years ago that T wasn't wholly responsible for.” It was in October, 1931, that M Judd shoc her roommates, Agness Anna Le Roe and Hedvig Samuel- son, to death here. They were from Juneau, Alaska. She shipped their dismembered bodies to Los Angeles. Mrs. Judd was convicted and sent- enced to hang. Within 72 hours of the execution time she was found insane and was committed to the hospital. Mrs. Judd, still an attractive wo- man with tinted red hair, escaped Thursday night by prying open a second story screen window and sliding to the ground on a ladder | fashioned of rags, yarn and an! electric iron cord. Truman, Wilson Talk Priorify of KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 1—#®— President Teiuson st agide this af-| ternoon for a full-seale review of | military production with Defense; Mobilization Director Charles E. Un-American Adivifies Group Says 'Ernest Gruening’ Not Listed in Garland Fund File Delegate E. L. Bartlett todsy re-# leased a letter from the clerk of the | House of Representatives commit- eox:l“b:;::‘. I:::el:‘:dczsy::ema::::; te on un-American Activities stating | gop your information and, I trust, that “no reference to Ernest Gruen- | po, publication in the Em;’;lra The ing” appeags in the Committee files. | originl - letter and memorandum The letter was in response to one | zre in m i y possession and are avail- written by Delegate Bartlett ‘m’"[nble for inspection. reproduction of pages by California Sincerel. % ) ly Yours, investigating committee appeared ETT, leg ‘) in the Empire last week. The reprml § L BAITY + Del e duced pages showed information about the Garland Fund, said to be |, rore 1* further Information: a fund giving-money grants to Com- | Hou w'o:fl : B' ‘mmeu munist enterprises. Among eother i 00, ST Washington, D. C. names of well-known men, that of b ? Ernest Gruening was listed as hav- Dear Mr. Bartlett:—In response ing served as an official or director f\icf:?;g r:q;:sl:‘ot;:n!::;‘y.d'lfln’:. of the Garland Fund. {mation from public records, files Delegate Bartlett wrote the fol-|qng publications of this co;w;. lowing Iotter to the Empire. The | o concerning the Qarland Pund letter from John W. Carrington, | (a1s0 known as American Fund for clerk of the un-American Activitles | pyyiic Service); no referénce to committee follows, along with in- formation from the files of the| committec sent to Delegate Bartlett | by Carrington follows. After outlining the history of the Garland Fund, the memorandum states, “No reference whatever ap- pears in public records, files and publications of the Committee con- cerning Ernest Gruening. The following explains itself: The Editor:—Following publica- tion in the Empire of certain ma- terial originating from California | and having to do with the so-called Garldnd Fund I thought it advis- able to check with the Committee on Un-American Activities of the United States House of Representa- tives. This committee, as you know, is commonly and properly regarded on account of its official status and the tremendous volume of re- search work it has done, as the most authentic agency of the legis- lative branch of government deal- ing with communistic activities. You will ke interested to know that the memorandum furnished | me by .Mr, John, W, Carrington, clerk o(wt'iie'gconfmlme. discloses that the committee’s files contain no reference whatsoever to Gover- Ernest Grueniny tee files, Sincerely Yours, (signed) JOHN W. CARRINGTON Clerk of Committee g appears in Commit- Information from the files of the | Committee on Un-American Activ- ities. Date: Nov. 26, 1961 For:—Honorable E. L. Bartlett. Subject:—Garland Fund (also is known as American Fund for Pub- lic Service); and Ernest Gruening. Public records, files and pibl tions of this Committee contajn & following ‘tnformation congern the Garland Fund: ye “The American Fund for Public Service was established by Charles Garland, son of the wealthy Jam A. Garland. Young Garland, - ditioned against wealth through radical acquaintances at Harvard, declined to accept his inheritage for his own personal use. Instead, he established, in 1922, the Ameri- can Fund for Publi¢ Service with the sum of $800,000 which largely of . condervative : During the lush twenties, the grew to some $2,000,000. “A self-perpetuating board of di- nor Gruening in connection with The agents are demanding a raise in pay from $35 to $556 a week. ! Prudential’s President, Carroll M. | Shanks said such a boost would cost | the company $35,000,000 a year. He said the agents now average more than $99 a week. A union official said the average agent’s salary was not more than $93 and that not more than 50 per-E cent of the men received that amount. TheWashington Merry - Go-Round #Copyright, 1951, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) By DREW PEARSON .WASHINGTON — Meeting wnh! the joint chiefs of staff in Wash- ington last month, General Eisen- hower indicated that the great- est danger of war was a possible attack on Yugoslavia by Soviet satellites next spring. If this happens, U. S. defense planners _have figured the Red armies are almost certain to strike through the Ljubljana Gap in northern Yugoslavia, then rush down the Dalmatian coast to Sov- ietized Albaniac . This not only would cut off most allied supplies sent to the aid of Yugoslavia, but would put Moscow ' within a few minutes’ bombing distance of Rome and the Vatican. Thus the entire Adriatic sea- coast of Italy from Venice to Brind- isi, would face a Red waterfront, and the Italian population, one- third Communist, inevitably would be subject to sabotage, upheaval and eventual revolution. These were some of the factors I had in mind in urging Marshal Tito to cut red tape and release Archbishop Stepinac right away. For this now famous churchman had become not only a football of politics but a symbol of perse- cutiort, which was seriously hurting relations between our two ocuntries. Actually I knew, from having spent two years in Yugoslavia di- recting, Quaker relief work after World Was T, also from my visit there last winter, that there is lit- tle religious diserimination in Yugo- slavia, I have seryed on the same hospital with Moslems, Or- thodox and Catholics, seen them work together and live -together. Probably there is more tolerance there than here. e SYMBOL OF BITTERNESS National Catho- ¢il in cooperation is of loyalty, enthusiasm, participa- tion in training and recruiting and soldierly conduct. The company re- ceived federal recognition in May, 1949 and consists mainly of men from the Mt. Edgecumbe Vocation- al School. | PR Following presentation of awards an announcement of commissions will be made by order of Col. John- son. Observors Here Included in the review will be members of the First and Second Scout Battalions from the Nome and Bethel areas who are attend- ing the two week encampment as observors. The 43rd Army band, with its full | complement of 34 pieces, is sched- uled to play at the dance at the} Moose Hall tonight at 9 o'clock. Special entertainment will start at 9:45 o’clock. A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of an award | sports fishing rehabilitation pro- | a Presbyterian minister from Wil- | pany banner, while other members Wilson, the Garland Fund. Copy of Mr. rectors was set up for the purpose gram being carried on in the Fair- |banks area at Lost Lake where rainbow trout are to be planted next spring. Due to the’ heavy fishing préssure near population centers, [res&ockmg will have to be carried oni periodically. It was brought out ithat at present it would be cheap- er. to bring “eyed-eggs” from one of Ithe many fish hatcheries in the States than to build a hatchery ! bur, Wash., said skillful piloting by Paul Gemberling, 34, Spokane con- tractor, probably saved the three occupants of their plane when it crashed in the mountain wilds late! Wednesday. Borhauer said the plane was in a spin but Gemberling managed to straighten it out and bring it | | in “fairly level” just before the i crash. of the same Company have formed’ Wilson’s flying visit here from an additional team. Company D | Washington follows complaints by, has two teams composed of play-!the Senate Preparedness subcom- ers from Mt. Edgecumbe, Sheldon|mitiee that rearmament is lagging Jackson and Sitka High School. | dangerously behind schedule be- The first round pairings finds the | €ause “guns” have not received Juneau aggregation pitted against|Ppriority over “butter.” the Angoon ANB squad. The sec- Mr. Truman told a news confer- ond game will be between Sitka|ence Thursday that the very best No. 1 and the other team from |effort is being put forward to meet Company C. The third game will' defense requirements. If military of handing out this easy money. " | Sidney, Hillman was among them. Assoctated with Hillman as direct- ors were Roger N. Baldwin, Willlam %. Foster, Lewis Gannett, James Weldon Johnson, Robert Morss Lov- ott, Scott Nearing, Mary E. Mec- Dowell, Judah L. Magnes, Norman Thomus, Harry F. Ward, Morris Ernst, and Walter Nelles. Willlam Z. Foster has been -the national Carrington’s letter to me dated Nov- \;lage Increases Given Local Light Company Workers for this purpose in Alaska. Gemberling was critically injured Every effort will be made to re-| when the plane struck the ground. be played between the Ketchikan- | Metlakatla combine and the Sitka | production is lagging, he said, he will soon find out about it and do | tain access to all areas where work |is carried on by the department. . Hair Seal Control A report was given on the depart- ment’s work on hair seal control. Fishermen said that there was re- duction in damage to fish in the gill net fishery on the Stikine River where this work had been carried on. Dynamite bombing of hair seal concentrations on the Copper River to the winning guard drill team. The winning team will also give a short exhibition drill. Admission to the ' danee s free and open to the public. Many of the guardsmen will hout partners. It is hoped that all of Jungau, and particularly its young ladies, will be on hand at the dance to extend a welcome worthy of the Capital City and its military guests. Visitors Day at Camp Sunday will be observed at the guard encampment as visitor’s day, beginning at'1 pm, Col. Johnson announced today. g 5 Two free busses will leave from the Yellow Cab stand opposite the Baranof Hotel at 12:30 p.m. Visitors will be given an opportun- ity to inspect the campsite. Early visitors may attend Catho- lic and Protestant services to be held in the field at 11 am. Regular visiting hours are from 1 to 5 p.m. ° WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod At Airport: Maximum, 29; Minimum, 21. FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly fair tonight. Low temperature around 25 de- grees in town, colder in out- lying areas. Increasing cloudiness Sunday with some light snow, lightly. High temperature near 30 degrees. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today @ At Airport None; . since July 1—17.65 inches. L] ® 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 ° o0 @s0e®eccevoecscccnce flats proved highly successful and the suggestion was made that a conference be held with officials of the Air Force, FWS, and Delegate E. L. Bartlett regarding bombing of seals from the air. . The board continued its meetings today after » lengthy night ses- sion which was given over to fu- ture work programs for the coming year. This morning Attorney General J. Gerald Williams met with the board regarding legal questions. " Joe MdLean Will Be Speaker at Elks v . Memorial Service ' Joseph McLean, local attorney, will deliver the eulogy at the annual BPOE. memorial service to be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after- noon, Exalted Ruler LeRoy West announced today. With Mrs. Jane McMullin as di- rector and Mrs. Ruth Popejoy as accompanist, the Methodist church choir will provide musical selections. While this is a yearly ritual of the Elks lodges everywhere, the public is invited to attend, West, said. FROM SEATTLE L. C. Hansen of Seattle is register- ed at the Baranof Hotel. Alaska scheduled to arrive south- bound Sunday at 11 p.m. Baranof scheduled to sai]l from Seattle today. The Rev. Borhauer suffered broken ribs and an injured arm. Harold Lanphere, also of Wilbur, the third passenger, received a broken arm, head injuries and lost some teeth. Rescue parties came ‘out of the Cascade wilderness late last night with Gemberling and Lanphere. | The Rev. Borhauer had left them | behind on the trail because of their injuries while he stumbled through deep snow and icy streams to find help. State patrolmen, forestry men and loggers in the rescue party said they reached the injured men just in time. They had spent one night in the open and another might have proved fatal. Half-frozen and with his feet badly cut and bruised, the Rev. Borhauer stumbled into a logging camp near Easton late yesterday. He had lost his shoes after he left the plane and his stockings wore out as he dragged himself across the rugged \lerrain in search of help. BENSON RETURNS Henry A, Benson, Territorial Commissioner of Labor, has returned from the Interior where he had been cn hearings for a safety code for the construction industry. He re- ported conditions good in Anchorage and Fairbanks with little unemploy- ment. He is living at the Gastineau Hotel temporarily. Mrs. Robert Sadler of Sitka is at the Baranof Hotel. TIDE TABLES DECEMBER 2 High tide 4:20 am, 16.1 ft ‘Low tide 10:00 a.m.,” 3.7 ft High tide 3:58 p.m., 18.6 ft. Low tide 10:44 p.m., -2.0 ft DECEMBER 3 High tide 5:13 am,, 157 t Low tide 10:58 a.m., 4.3 ft High tide 4:53 p.m., 173 ft Low tide 11:37 p.m., -03 ft ® 0 9 0 0 00 0 something about it. He added that the defense pro- No. 2 squad. Both Company C nnd‘ SEATTLE, Dec. 1—(®—The Re- gional Wage Stabilization Board an- nounces approval of'a general wage increase of 30 cents an hour for chairman of the Communist Party for many years. Scott Nearing was for a long time one of the leading writers for the Communist Party. | condemned men, heard the news Company D were allowed to enter | two teams from their members to allow as many players to partici- pate as possible, A nominal admission fee will be charged and the money raised from this will be put into the company funds- of the participating units. No admission will be charged to National Guardsmen. Brothers Saved From Gallows for Indefinite Time WALLA WALLA, ‘Wash., Dec. 1 —M—Utah and Turman Wilson, were saved from the gallows only 1 few ' hours before the trap was to have sprung, but it was uncer- tain whether ‘it would be for days or weeks, A stay of execution granted by a federal judge in San Francisco saved the Camas, Wash., brothers Thursday night, only eight hours before they were to have been hanged for the 1950 kidnap-slay- ing of 18-year-old Jo Ann Dewey of Vancouver, Wash, The order, signed by Judge Wil- liam Healy of the U.S. Ninth Cir- uit Court of Appeals, directed that the execution be delayed until mid- night Dec. 3 or “to such time that the Supreme Court of the United States, or a justice thereof, shall direet.” The stay raised the question of whether the state could proceed with the double execution Dec. 3 if he Supreme Court should decide not to intervene. Under Washington state law, per- ons not hanged on the day set by the courts are required to be re- turned' to the courts for re-sentenc- ing. Turman’s cellmate in the peni- tentiary here said that when the over his cell radio he declared: “This gives us a chance. A little more time. Now if we can only get an honest investigation,” gram is under eonstant review by the Cabinet, the national security covucil and Wilson, and that what- ever is necessary will be done. ‘In Washington yesterday, Wilson said that the effect of the nation’s rearmament program will hit home more and more in the months ahead as defense production picks up speed. “From now on,” he said, “it will not be so much a case of guns and butter, but of guns and less butter Robert Morss Lovett, recently the secretary of the Virgin Islands, has an extraordinarily long record of affiliation with Communist front org tions. Harry P. Ward was naif chairman of the American 22 employes of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company of Ju- neau, Alaska. 2 The increase was unanimously approved by the 12 man board as being in line with permissible in- crases under wage regulations. The petition for the increase was presented by the company and the AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. —or guns and margarine.” McGrath Offers To Talk Publidy [n Tax Probe WASHINGTON, Dec, 1 — ® — Attorney General J. Howard Mc- Grath says he would be “delighted” to testify publicly before a House Ways and Means subcommittee probing reports of corruption and irregularities in the nation’s tax collection system. This was his answer last night to demands by two Republican members of the investigating group that he be called for questioning about the Justice Department’s policy in prosecuting tax fraud cases. Reps. Kean of New Jersey and Byrnes of Wisconsin also said they wanted to ask McGrath about testi- mony given by T. Lamar Caudle, i recently ousted Assistant Attorney General who directed the Justice Department’s tax fraud prosecu- tions, The subcommittee’s hearings, re- cessed unexpectedly yesterday, are to be resumed Monday with Caudle scheduled to return for further questioning. He had been in the witness chair all .week until yes- terday. FROM HOONAH Mr. and Mrs. Harry Douglas of Hoonah are stopping at the Gastin- eau Hotel, Tacoma Official Says Army Asked Red-Light Area TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 1—P— Public Safety Commissioner James | T. Kerr testified today that an Army Major requested that certain houses of prostution in Tacoma be left open for soldiers at military bases in this area. The silver-haired bespectacled commissioner told members of the legislative crime investigating com- mittee that the request was a verbal one made at a public meeting. Kerr made the statement when George Kahin, attorney for the committee, asked if the Tacoma Public Safety Department had an understanding with the armed| forces disciplinary board regarding prostitution. | “I thought we did, but it didn't work out,” Kess said. | Q—"“What happened?” | A—“The army made a request' which I didn’t answer.” | Q—“What was the request?” | A—"“To leave certain houses of | prostitution open for soldiers.” Continuing, the witness said the| request was made so the soldiers ‘could have some relaxation.” Kahin asked the commissioner if | he had a list of the places the army requested him to leave open. “No,” Kerr replied, “it was a verbal request. They just said it would be nice if certain -places were left open. That the army would League for Peace and Democracy. “A tabulation of some of the bene- factibns of the American Fund for Public Service reveals the extent to which it was a major source for the financing of Communist Party enterprises. The ‘Daily Worker,’ official organ of the party, received $57,000. The ‘New Masses’ Coms munist publication whose ownership was vested in the American Pund for Public Service, received $64,600. The Vanguard Press was established by the fund with a donation of cap- ital amounting to $139,000. A series of propoganda books on Russia, edited by Jerome Davis, was one of the first large publishing projects of the Vanguard Press. The Feder- |ated Press got $76,000 from, the fund. The Russian Reconstruction Farms, under the direction of Her- old Ware (son of Ella Reeve Bloor), received $34,000. The International Labor Defense was the fund's bene- | fictary in the sum of at least $54,000. Commonwealth College got & lif 1éss than $25000, and Brookwood Labor College benefited to the ex- tent of at least $115,000. . ." (Re- port 1311 of the Special Commit- tee on Un-American Activities dat- cd March 29, 1944). No reference whatever appears in public records, files and publi- cations of the Committee concern= ing Ernest Greuning. | like that,”