OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 14
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963
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Warren Taylor Joins Republicans in
Committee Plan to Organize House
By VIRGINIA C. SIMS
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU Uft—Veteran legislator
Warren Taylor of Fairbanks broke
with his Democratic colleagues to
day in the bitter battle over or
ganization of the House of Repre
sentatives.
Taylor, who was the Democrats’
prime candidate for Speaker of the
lower chamber, a post he has held
since statehood, sided with the Re
publicans in calling for a commit
tee of four from each party to talk
over means of organization.
After two hours of bitter par
liamentary maneuvering, Taylor’s
motion for creation of the commit
tee passed the House by a vote of
21-19.
Democratic leaders indicated
however, they would not take the
action directed by the motion.
The motion called upon the
Democrats to caucus by senatorial
district, with each district to name
a member to a four-man committee
which would meet with a commit
tee of Republicans to make recom
mendations for organizing the
House.
The recommendations worked
out by the eight-man committee
would be subject to approval or
disapproval by full party caucuses.
Taylor’s motion first asked that
a committee of four Democrats be
named by Secretary of State Hugh
Wade, who has been presiding
over the House in the absence of
a temporary Speaker.
Wade said, however, that he had
been advised by legal counsel that
he had no authority to name such
a committee.
An amendment to the motion
offered by Democratic floor leader
John Rader, of Anchorage, which
would have required that all meet
ings of the committee be open to
the press, the public, and all other
members of the House, was defeat
ed by the same 19-21 vote.
After Taylor’s motion passed,
with Taylor voting with the solid
Republican block, Wade suggested
that the House recess for the sen
atorial district caucuses.
“I have called no caucus,” said
Democratic floor leader Rader.
“I call a caucus of Central Dis
trict Democrats in this corner,”
said Taylor.
But, when the House recessed,
he was left alone.
The morning sesion was bitter
and bloody. Taylor’s break came
almost immediately after the open
ing gavel, and just moments after
Rader had asked that the House
remain in continuous session until
the matter of electing a temporary
Speaker was resolved.
He was scarcely in his seat be
fore Taylor bolted by offering his
motion that the Democratic com
mittee be named.
The Price Tag . . .
JUNEAU (#1 — The price tag
for an unorganized State House of
Representatives:
Monday, Jan. 28—$1,776.
Tuesday, Jan. 29—$1,776.
Wednesday, Jan. 30—$1,776.
Thursday, Jan. 31—$1,776.
The total as Friday’s session
started—$7,104.
Each day’s figures includes the
salary and per diem of the 40
members of the House, the daily
salary of Secretary of State Hugh
Wade, who is presiding, and $75
a day lor the salaries of necessary
House employes.
“I offered a motion like this one
two days ago,” Taylor said, “and I
then voted it down myself.
“I agreed to go along with the
rest of the Democrats to give this
‘Russian roulette’ thing a chance.
But apparently there were no bul
lets in the gun,” Taylor said.
He was referring to the earlier
proposal by the Democrats that lots
be drawn to determine whether
the Republicans or the Democrats
would organize the House. That
proposal was voted down by the
Republicans.
“This all or nothing business is
a lot of bunk,” Taylor said. “Other
legislatures have been tied up and
have been able to work out a
coalition.”
The House reconvened after its
recess just minutes before the 48
hour deadline which was set two
ago by Rep. Earl Hillstrand, D
Anchorage. Hillstrand had said
that if the House was not organ
ized by eight minutes to twelve
today, he would nominate Repub
lican Rep. Bruce Kendall of An
chorage for the permanent speak
ership.
That proved to be a bust.
Hillstrand rose, as promised, and
made his motion that the rules be
suspended so that he could nom
inate Kendall for the permanent
post, but was ruled out of order
by the presiding Secretary of
State.
“I have no authority to do any
more than preside over this House
while it selected a temporary
Speaker,” said Wade.
After that, the 12th roll call of
the House for the selection of a
Speaker pro tern went down the
drain, with 20 Republican votes for
Rep. Jay Hammond, and 20 votes j
for the Democratic nominee, Rep. j
Robert Blodgett.
Blodgett then read an editorialJ
from the Anchorage Times urging
the House to get on with the busi
ness of organization, in the in
terests of the state.
After Blodgett sat down, Rep. |
William Boardman, R- Ketchikan. I
took the floor and told the House 1
that its vote to form the eight-man
committee was the “first olive out
of the bottle.
“We have a committee of four
ready to go right now. We can get
on with our business and quit this
blather.”
Taylor then moved to recess un
til 2:05 and joined the Republicans
in approving the motion, 21-19.
Senate Approves Two Bills
JUNEAU W — A bill which j
establishes the newly completed |
Alaska statutes as the law of the j
state was approved by the Senate !
today, 19-0.
The statutes comprise the first
complete revision of Alaska law
since 1949. The bill, SB1, was in
troduced on the first day of the
session.
The Senate also gave its ap
proval to a bill ratifying an amend
ment to the U.S. Constitution pro
hibiting payment of a poll tax as
a condition for voting.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Fair and colder with NW winds
10-20 mph. Low tonight 10, high
tomorrow 12. In the last 24 hours:
High of 29, low of 13. Max. wind
18 mph from the north. Sunrise
at 8:45 a.m., sunset at 3:47 pjn.
Temps, a year ago today: High of
-4, low of -14. Extremes on this
date since 1907: High of 33 in
1936, low of -33 in 1956.
Turkish Planes
Collide In Air;
62 Reported Dead
ANKARA, Turkey UP) — A pas
senger airliner and a Turkish Air
Force plane collided over Ankara
today, spilling flaming wreckage
into the crowded main square.
Police estimated the toll at 62
dead and at least 100 injured—half
of them severely.
Most of the victims were on the
ground. Middle East Airlines
headquarters in Beirut said its
jet-prop Viscount was carrying 11
passengers, including five identi
fide as Americans, and three crew
members. The Air Force plane,
a C-47 Dakota, had three persons
aboard.
Middle East Airlines identified
the Americans as C. W. Bartholo
mew, Miss Caroline Hopp, Paul j
Bragnic, Robert Pritchard, and
Donald Wahl. It was unable to
furnish any addresses.
Firemen, doctors and police
searching wrecked stores and of
fices feared a mounting toll.
The planes collided in an over
cast directly above the central
Anatolian city. They plunged in
flames into Ankara’s Ulus Square,
I heart of the capital’s oldest city.
j The flaming fragments rained
down on pedestrians, stores, and a
five-story bank building on one
comer of the square. Some of
those killed were in the bank,
i which caught fire.
j Clouds of smoke rose from seven
fires scattered around the square.
Burning wreckage showered
pedestrians and stores lining Ulus
Square—the Times Square of An
kara.
Committee Will
Get the Facts On
Buildup In Cuba
WASHINGTON UP) — Sen. John
Stennis, (D-Miss.), called a meet
ing today of the Senate Prepared
ness Subcommittee and promised
it “will get all the facts on the
military buildup in Cuba.”
The facts were demanded yes
terday by Sen. Kenneth Keating,
(R-N.Y.), who told the Senate that:
1. A large Soviet ship unloaded
a cargo of armaments in Cuba last
Friday.
2. “There is continuing, abso
lutely confirmed and undeniable
evidence that the Soviets are main
taining the medium range (missile)
sites they had previously construct
ed in Cuba.”
“There has been no move to
dismantle three sites or withdraw
the launching equipment, as one
would expect if the Soviets intend
ed in good faith to keep these mis
siles out of Cuba in the future,”
said Keating.
Shortly after Keating’s speech,
a Pentagon spokesman confirmed
that two more Soviet ships had ar
rived in Cuba but added “there is
no evidence that either carried of
fensive weapons.”
But the Pentagon spokesman
flatly denied Keating’s claim that
the Soviet missile bases were still
intact, saying:
“Concrete launch pads were
broken up and other parts of the
installations were destroyed. There
is no evidence that these sites are
usable, that they are being used
for any military purpose, or that
they are being maintained.”
Russia and France Sign
$100 Million Trade Pact
MOSCOW WP)—The Soviet Union
and France signed a trade agree
ment today for an exchange on
each side running to about $100
million a year.
Christian de Margery, head of
the French delegation, said the
negotiations were satisfactory from
the French point of view, and
went of well.
The agreement represented about
a 10 to 15 per cent increase over
the previous pact.
The French agreed to supply
what deMargery described as hard
goods, normally machinery and
fabrics.
The Russians will supply the
French anthracite coal, oil and oil
products, and pulpwood for paper,
plus some other raw materials.
U.S. and Canadian
Fishermen Oppose
Japanese Fishing
PETERSBURG UP) — U.S. and
Canadian halibut fishermen agreed
unanimously yesterday to urge
their governments to turn down
a proposal that would permit
Japanese fishermen to take halibut
in the eastern Bering Sea and
herring off the British Columbia
coast.
Such a proposal was made by
the International North Pacific
Fisheries Commission in Novem
ber, but must be ratified by the
United States and Canada before
it becomes effective.
Delegates from Seattle, British
Columbia and Alaska, attending the
eighth annual Conference of Fisher
men and Vessel Owners, passed a
resolution opposing the expansion
of Japanese fishery.
The resolution termed the com
mission’s action “extremely unjust
and unfair” to U.S. and Canadian
fishermen and predicted the pro
posal would “inevitably lead to the
destruction of the halibut, salmon
and other fishery resources” along
the coast of the two countries.
The resolution also asked the two
governments to express their dis
satisfaction with the present North
Pacific Fishery Treaty as failing
“to give adequate consideration to
the rights of Canadian and United
States fishermen.”
Kennedy Nominates
Franklin Roosevelt Jr.
Undersecty. of Commerce
WASHINGTON — President
Kennedy has selected Franklin D.
Roosevelt Jr., a former campaign
lieutenant and son of the late
President to be Undersecretary of
Commerce.
If the Senate confirms the nomi
nation, the 48-year-old Roosevelt
will succeed Edward Gudeman,
who is returning to private busi
ness, in the $21,000-a-year post.
Announcement of Roosevelt’s
designation yesterday opened two
avenues of speculation: That he
might eventually succeed Luther
Hodges as Secretary of Commerce
or that he is being groomed for a
Senate nomination from New York
in 1964.
Newsmen asked Pierre Salinger,
White House press secretary, if
there was any understanding that
Roosevelt would move up as sec
retary should Hodges resign. Sal
inger said he knew of no such
understanding and Hodges issued
a statement describing Roosevelt
as “a dynamic and gifted person.”
Gale-Force Winds
Batter Away at
California Coast
SAN FRANCISCO WP» — Rain
swollen rivers surged through hun
dreds of evacuated homes in north
ern California today, pushed
against hurriedly built sandbag
dikes in Reno, Nev., and blocked
traffic on main east-west highway
and rail routes across the Sierras.
Gale force winds pounded the
northern California coast a third
straight day and began an attack
on the Oregon coast.
The battering wind and rain was
the power head of a chain of
storms raging in the Pacific, from
northwest of Hawaii to the main
land.
Gusts up to 70 miles an hour
lashed the Hawaiian Islands yes
terday closing Honolulu Harbor
and forcing a jet liner carrying
England’s Queen Elizabeth and
Prince Philip from Edmonton to
Honolulu to turn back to Vancou
ver, B.C.
There was no immediate relief
in sight.
The storms meant snow for
chilly western Washington where
two inches was expected by this
morning. The Yakima Valley area
received 14 inches of snow yester
day. Snow was general in eastern
Washington and many schools
were closed throughout the state.
Wind gusts up to 55 mph freed
western Oregon from four days of
: snow and ice. As the thaw extend
ed to northern Oregon it produced
! I rain which froze on power lines,
pulled them down and blacked out
vast areas from the coast 100 miles
inland.
In northern California and Ne
vada the warming rain and snow
melt produced more water than
the rivers could carry.
At Reno, National Guard troops
sandbagged the Truckee River
which runs through the city.
Gambling continued normally in
nearby casinos.
In Napa, about 35 miles north
east of San Francisco, the Napa
River ran bank full, closing sev
eral of the main streets and caus
ing some 40 persons to leave their
homes.
Suddenly rising temperatures
sent melted snow gushing into
Bancroft in southeastern Idaho,
flooding basements and forcing
stores to move out stock.
A chinook wind raised Denver’s
temperature from 46 to 53 degrees
in 15 minutes and two hours later
boosted it another four degrees
in one minute.
Cordova Chamber Urges
Use of State Ferry Chilkat
JUNEAU — A resolution by
the Cordova Chamber of Com
merce urging the use of the state
ferry Chilkat on a Cordova-Valdez
Whittier run was read to the State
Senate yesterday.
The Cordova Chamber’s resolu
tion, sent to Sen. Harold Hansen of
Cordova, pointed out that the
Copper River highway will not be
completed within the next 2 years.
A boat ferry system connecting
Cordova with the state highway
network at Valdez, the Chamber
said, would start economic expan
sion of the area in anticipation of
the completion of the Copper River
highway.
The Chamber said the Chilkat,
previously used on a Juneau
Haines-Skagway run, would open
new markets for the fisheries pro
ducts of the Cordova area in the
remainder of Alaska and Yukon
territory.