OT.nEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LIV No. 65_ Per Copy—15*
President Asks
$3,341,000,000 For j
Atomic Expansion
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman asked Congress Thursday
for $3,341,000,000 for a “major
further expansion” of atomic pro
duction facilities.
The money, in the form of a
supplemental appropriation,
would go to the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Truman said, in a letter to
House Speaker Rayburn, the ex
pansion is necessitated by the fact
that “the Soviet Union has shown
no disposition to cooperate in an
international program for control
and regulation of •armaments.”
Lacking international control of
atomic energy, he added, “the
national security and the security
of the free world demand that we
maintan and increase our leader
ship in this field.”
A n v expansion presumably
would not only speed up additions
to the U.S. stockpile of/conven
tional A-bombs, both of World
War II and smaller size, but
would permit pushing ahead with
greater speed the development of
new military uses.
Of top priority among the new
uses is the hydrogen bomb, which
some scientists have estimated is
potentially as much as 1,000 times
as powerful as the uranium bomb.
Anchorage Chamber
Opposes Army Withdrawal
Of Susitna Valley Land
ANCHORAGE, (£>)—An Army
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request for immediate withdrawal
of 86,000 acres of Susitna Valley
land across Knik Arm from An
chorage has prompted renewed
protests from businessmen and a
Chamber of Commerce commit
tee.
The Anchorage Times said Sec
retary of the Army Frank Pace
requested withdrawal of the land
without public hearings in a let
ter to Secretary of the Interior
Chapman and also requested the
right of entry to the land before
publication of a public land order.
The New Industries Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce
voted to request the board of di
rectors to reiterate the Chamber’s
previous stand in opposition to the
withdrawal and in favor of pub
lic hearings.
The Times said the move for
land withdrawal was initiated
months ago, the Army contending
the land was needed for use as
an artillery range. The New In
dustries Committee held Susitna
Valley was the natural area of
growth for Anchorage and op
posed withdrawing it from use.
SHINING EXAMPLE
ENID, Okla., (^P)—In a solemn
and stirring ceremony, Brad Mc
Donald planted the traditional
sprig of ivy symbolizing the Enid
High School seniors’ graduation.
“As the ivy grows, so will we
grow, climbing upward,” the
graduates were told.
After the ceremony, two science
teachers checked the plant, found
it was poison ivy.
Alaska Steam Cancels
Sailings of Baranof And
Denali On June 4th
SEATTLE, (JP) — The Alaska
Steamship Co. announced today
that sailings of the passenger
ships Baranof and Denali June
4 have been cancelled.
The line said the cancellations
were forced by the West Coast
strike of the AFL Sailors Union
of the Pacific. There had been
some hope the Alaska passenger
liners would be permitted to sail,
but the union notified the com
pany today they would remain
strikebound.
A spokesman said the two ships
had full passenger lists, with ISO
155 signed for the Baranof and
150-170 for the Denali.
Senate Passes
$6,700,000 000 Bill
For Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Sen
ate has overwhelmingly passed a
$6,700,000,000 foreign aid bill but
the Mutual Security Program is
almost sure to be cut further be
fore any money actually becomes
available.
The final Senate vote on pass
age Wednesday night was 64 to
10 with 39 Democrats and 25 Re
publicans joining in support of
the measure to aid America’s
friends all over the world. Nine
Republicans and one Democrat,
Olin Johnston (SC), said “No.”
But the bill now goes into1 con
ference with the House which vo
ted last Friday, 245 to 110, to
authorize the spending of $6,163,
000,000 in the fiscal year starting
this July 1.
This 537-million-dollar differ
ence between the two branches
means that an additional cut in
the Senate total is almost inevit
able.
President Truman asked for
$7,900,000,000, declaring this was
the minimum needed for Ameri
ca’s security.
The bulk of the money in the
authorization bill is for direct
military assistance designed to
equip the forces of American
allies in western Europe and else
where.
AIR TRAVEL ZOOMS
BACK TO NORMAL
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Airline
travel and other private flying
can zoom back to normal at 3:01
Eastern Standard Time next Tues
day morning.
Secretary of the Interior Chap
man made this possible Wednes
day night when he signed an
order lifting restrictions at that
time on the amount of gasoline
commercial and sports flying
could use.
Chapman said the results of
the aviation gas cut had been
tragic for some airlines.
The restrictions were imposed
May 6, when the government cut
airline gas consumption to 65 per
cent of use in the March base
period. The restrictions resulted
from a strike by 90,000 oil work
ers. The effects of the strike have
eased as the result of individual
settlements in the industry.
Memorial Day 1952
WASHINGTON, (/P)—While the
nation mourned its war dead this
troubled Memorial Day, Ameri
can troops fought in Korea, other
U.S. soldiers in Europe paid trib
ute to fallen comrades of past
wars, and Communists rioted in
Japan.
In both the Orient and in Eu
rope, military leaders called for
renewed devotion to ideals for
which Americans have died. 1
“We best honor our fallen com
rades by our devotion to the great
causes for which they died and
for which we continue to battle,”
said Gen. Mark Clark, supreme
Allied commander in the Far East.
“We can pay no greater tribute
to our honored dead than to re
dedicate ourselves to the cause for
which they died,” agreed Gen.
Thomas N. Handy, commander of
U.S. European Command.
On the green hills of Arlington
National Cemetery across the Po
tomac from Washington, wreaths
from President Truman were
placed at the tomb of the Un
known Soldier, and at memorials
to dead of the Spanish American
and Civil Wars—both Union and
Confederate.
Four Children and Mother
Of Two Die In Cabin Fire
Six Miles from Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, -(JF)—Four small
children and the mother of two
of them died in a fire which de
stroyed their home about six miles
southeast of here yesterday.
Dead were Mrs. William Mc
Lean, 27, her two children, Bar
bara Jo, 2, Tommy, nine months,
and Eddie Null, 7, and* Tommy
Ray Null, 6.
Allyson Null, mother of two of
the fire victims and Mrs. Calvin
Coe, sister-in-law of the dead
woman, were in Providence Hos
pital here suffering from burns
and shock.
William McLean, who lost his
wife and two children in the fire,
Ed Null, whose two children also
died, and Calvin Coe, husband of
one of the injured women, were
treated for shock and released.
The three families were living
on a homesite in a three-room hut
in which the five died, a tent
house which caught fire from the
hut, a trailer house and a cabin.
Mrs. Coe made a heroic' effort
to enter the burning buildings
to save the victims but was turned
back by smoke and flames.
ALLIED ARTILLERY SMASH
RED ATTEMPTS TO TAKE
"LUKE THE GOOK'S CASTLE"
SEOUL, (/P) — United Nations
troops Friday beat off two at
tempts by a pair of North Korean
Red companies to capture a tow
ering East Korean peak which
Allied soldiers call “Luke the
Gook’s Castle.”
The peak rises 3,000 feet above
valley floors and overlooks sev
eral miles of Communist front
lines.
Allied artillery, already zeroed
in on every approach to the peak,
shattered the attack in only seven
minutes.
Communists Hint At
Reprisals For Killing
Red POW on Koje
MUNSAN, (/P)—The Commun
ists’ chief truce negotiator Friday
called the killing of a Red war
prisoner on Koje Island an atro
city and he dropped a thinly
veiled hint of possible reprisals
against Allied prisoners held in
North Korea.
United Nations authorities on
Koje had reported one Communist
prisoner was killed and another
wounded Thursday by the acci
dental discharge of a guard’s rifle.
North Korean General Nam II
demanded that the Allies “immed
iately stop these atrocities.” Then
he told the U.N. delegation:
“I clearly remind you that to
protect the war prisoners is a mu
tual and reciprocal responsibility
of both belligerents. You should
not fail to see the consequences of
your action.”
New Price Ceilings
Boost Food Costs
$100,000,000 a Year
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Retail
grocers Thursday began compu
ting new price ceilings on hun
dreds of food items based on gov
ernment approval of higher profit
margin for the industry.
The new ceilings can go* into
effect Monday. The Office of Price
Stabilization (OPS) issued an or
der Wednesday night authorizing
increases ranging up to 25 per
cent in the mark-ups retail food
stores can apply to their costs.
OPS said this averages about a,
penny an item on the selected
list of foods affected.
Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall es
timated the margin hikes will in
crease food costs to the public by
from 100 million to 150 million
dollars a year. He said a minimum
of 10.9 millions is needed by the
industry to assure fair and equit
able earnings under the law and
pricing standards.
Truman Still For
Statehood For Alaska
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said Thursday he is still
for statehood for both Alaska and
Hawaii and will do everything he
can to get it for them.
He made this comment when
told at his news conference that
delegates from both territories
had expressed belief there was
little hope for enactment of state
hood legislation at this session of
Congress. The reporter wanted to
know what he thought about this.
Why Texas Doesn't Want
Alaska To Become a State
WASHINGTON, (JP)—President
Truman Thursday passed on to
Interior Secretary Chapman for
reply this note from Billy Hanson,
2110 West Vickery, Fort Worth,
Texas: »
“Business letter.
“Dear Mr. President.
“Please don’t make Alaska state,
because I live in Texas, and if
Alaska is made a state, Texas
won’t have anything to brag about
then.
“Sincerely yours,
“Billy Hanson, a boy in Texas.”
Eisenhower Turns .
Over Command
To Gen. Ridgway
(By the Associated Press)
Gen. Eisenhower, surrendering
his defense command in Paris
Friday said he will refuse to en
gage in an active campaign for
the Republican presidential nom
ination.
A spokesman for Eisenhower’s
campaign headquarters in Wash
ington said, however, that what
the general meant by that state
ment was that “he won’t go on any
transcontinental train trip or go
around shaking hands.”
The spokesman said the head
of every delegation to the July 7
GOP national convention has been
invited to call on Eisenhower be
fore the convention to learn his
views on the major issues of the
day. He said the talks, to be held
at Abilene, Kas., New York and
Denver, will be “give-and-take
sessions. The delegates can ask
the general anything they want.”
Eisenhower turned over his
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion Command to Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway in Paris and let it be
known he’ll shed his uniform on
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Senator Taft sup
porters bought newspaper adver
tising space to assail Eisenhower,
due in Washington Sunday. Citing
Taft’s stand on top issues, the ads
said Eisenhower is on record for
Universal Military Training and
the draft of women in wartime.
They linked Eisenhower to what
"was called the Democratic Ad
ministration’s “plan for unneces
sary foreign aid and wasteful
spending.”
Salmon Industry Suit
Against Fishermen Union
Settled Out of Court
SEATTLE, .(/P) — Settlement of
the labor dispute between the
Bering Sea Fishermen’s Union
and Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
resulted today in the dismissal in
federal court at Seattle of a $208,
872 damage suit against BSFU
and two other unions.
The suit, filed March 6 by 12
packing firms, charged BSFU, the
Sailors Union of the Pacific and
their parent group, the Seafarers
International Union of North Am
erica, with conspiring to force
packers to recognize the BSFU as
bargaining agent at Bristol Bay.
Meanwhile, the Alaska Commit
tee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce appealed to John R.
Steelman, assistant to President
Truman, for action to assure un
interrupted steamship service to
Alaska. J
Glen Carrington, chairman of
the committee,' estimated 90 per
cent of the cargo destined for the
Seward-Anchorage and Fairbanks
areas was “directly or indirectly
tied to the defense program.”
Continuous shipping is essen
tial because of the short building
season in Alaska, as well as the
brief canning and mining seasons,
Carrington said. The' whole econ
omy of the territory may be af
fected by any delays, he added.