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VOL. LXXV1II., NO. 11,824 ' _•JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1951MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESSPRICE TEN CENTS
Red Resistance, Mud, Slows Allied Advance
BIG STRIKE
IN BRISTOL
, SAY AREA
Fourteen Hundred, Mem
bers oi Independent
Union Walkout
SEATTLE, June 1 — — Some
1,400 members of the Bering Sea
Fishermen’s Union (Ind) went out
on strike today in Bristol Bay, Alas
ka. in support of demands for union
recognition, an official rep: rted by
telegram.
Jim Downey, union business agent
wired from Dillingham, Alaska, that
the strike against the Alaska Can
ning Industry coincided with tiie ar
rival of the first cannery supply
ship from Seattle.
Downey said the Sailor’s Splice
reached Naknek today, and his un
ion would picket lighters and tend-1
ers taking supplies to shore.
The Bristol Bay fishing season
opens June 25.
There was no immediate report
whether members of the AFL Sail
ors’ Union of the Pacific would re
fuse to unload cargo onto the
lighters and tenders in support of
the strike. The SUP mans the supply
ship.
Are Resident Alaskans
The Bering Sea fishermen broke
away from the Alaska Fishermen’s
Union (Ind) in January and peti
tioned the National Labor Rela
tions Board for a collective bargain
ing election. All members of the
striking union are resident Alaskans.
In splitting from the AFU. mem
bers of the new union said they ob
jected at moves aimed at bringing
the AFU into the Harry Bridges-led
International Longshoremen’s and j
Warehousemen’s Union (Ind). The
ILWU was expelled fast year from
the CIO on grounds it was Com
munist dominated.
No Decision by NLRB
The NLRB held a hearing March
28 on the Bering Sea union’s elec
tion petition, but has made no de
cision. Meanwhile, the union filed
unfair labor practice charges with
the NLRB on April 4 against the
Alaska Salmon Industry. Inc., for
its recognition of the'AFU.
George Johansen, secretary-treas
urer of the AFU, said here today he
had been informed that some resi
dent workers quit their jobs yester
day at canneries at Nushagak, near
Dillingham, but had not established
picket lines.
Longshoremen Act
In his telegram, Downey accused
the NLRB of being unable to en
force the law last year when long
shoremen refused to load supplie -
for Alaska canneries. The longshore
men’s action was in support of de
mands by the ILWU to have its
Local 7-C recognized by the Alaskn
Salmon Industry.
“We will enforce the law this year
by closing down the industry unti
the NLRB moves,” Downey mes
saged.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
fCopyright. 1951. or Bell Bynaic-ie, Inc.
'M^ASHINGTON.—President Tru
man has been holding a series of
confidential “fireside chats” with
Congressional leaders at Blair
House in order to provide better
cooperation between the White
House and Capitol Hill. The meet
ings were suggested by Senate
leader McFarland of Arizona, and
they have been so secret that Dem
ocrats not yet invited don’t even
know they have been taking place
However, those who attendee:
the last Blair House meeting were
Senators Long of Louisiana. Kil
- gore of West Virginia, Frear oi
Delaware, Benton of Connecticut
and Pastore of Rhode Island; Con
gressmen Rocsevelt of New York
Lesinski of Michigan, Baring of
Nevada, Blatnik of Minnesota and
O’Brien of Illinois; also two presi
dential assistants, Dave Stowe and
ex-Congressman John Carroll of
Denver. *
For close to three hours, Prc»
dent Truman let his hair down
and talked about his troubles ruiv
iConunucd oa Page Poun j
Jel Ace Welcomed
Capl. James Jabara, world's first jet are, is shown being welcomed
by his wife at Travis Air Force Base from Korea. Mrs. Jabara wears
an orchid which the captain brought her from Hawaii. !,<Pi Wirephoto.
PRESIDENT
OIL CRISIS
Truman Urges Iran's Pre
mier to Negotiate in
'Explosive'Situation
TEHRAN, Iran. June 1
President Truman intervened per
sonally today in Iran’s oil crisis;. He
sent a letter to Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh urging that negotiation
be instituted with Britain for set
tlement of the present “explosive
situation.
British Foreign Secretary Herbert
Morrison offered on May 19 to send
a high diplomatic mission to nego
tiate all outstanding differences be
tween Iran and Britain — mainly
the problems arising from Iran’s in
sistence upon nationalizing her oil
resources, including the big Anglo
Iranian Oil Company.
President Truman’s letter was de
livered by U. S. Ambassador Henry
F. Grady at Premier Mossadegh’s
home this morning. Mossadegh re
portedly is sick in bed with a fever.
Informants in Tehran said the
presidential note apparently was in
spired in Washington from the State
Department and not by suggestions
from diplomats on the scene. This
seems to emphasize the importance
Fresirient Truman attaches to the
oil situation. An earlier U. S. state
ment said the crisis is a threat to
the unity of the whole free world.
BART GIVEN
JAIL TERM
ON CONTEMPT
WASHINGTON. June 1 — (iW —
Philip Eart, 48 Genera! manager cf
the Daily *Workcr, has been sent
enced to three months in jail and
fined £509 for contempt.
The sentence was imposed by Fed
eral Judge Burnita S Matthews
afleV the turned down a plea for
probation for the long-time Com
munist party organizer. Judge Mat
thews, who heard the case without
a jury, convicted Bart on eight
counts cf contempt May 3.
Bart was indicted for refusing to
answer questions put to him by the
House Un-American Activities com
mittee during an investigation into
his Communist activUcs.
ALASKA CLAM
IS
MILLION LBS.
Diggers Will Collect Big
Sum for Work - Catch
of Reds Picking Up
COHDOVA, Alaska, June 1 —Ml—
Cordova’s razor clam pack, which
repre ent 85 per cent of the total
Pacific Coast domestic pack, wound
up this week with 1,500.000 pounds
being taken from nearby beaches.
Clamdiggers got a 20 per cent raise
this year to 15 cents a pound, ancl
will collect close to $250,000, the
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
estimated.
Cannery workers, who got a 15
per cent across-the-board increase,
also will clean about $250,000.
The FWS also said the red salmon
catch is picking lip with indica
tions of a fair season. Distribution
among fishermen will be bad this
year, however, as fhere was an un
usual influx of outside and other
Alaska district fishermen.
The Service estimated there was
approximately 100 miles of nets on
the fishing grounds, or more than
double the normal amount.
OFFICER IS
CONVICTED,
EMBEZZLING
WIESBADEN, Germany, June 1—
Ml— Capt. John J, de Angelis of
Ne-nuehoning, Pa., '.vns convicted
today of embezzling $70,837 of Fed -
eral funds intended to buy marble
headstones for U. S. soldiers’ graves
• A U S. Air Force court martial
sentenced de Angelis to seven years
imprisonment and fined him $10,
000. If he fails to pay the fine, two
years will be added to his sentence.
He was dismissed from the military
service.
The verdict is subject to the usual
military review.
De Angelis was disbursing officer
for the American Battle Monuments
cornii’.i: ion in Home.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Mabel A. Jones of Ketchikan i.
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
SEATTLE VISITOR
II. M. Sullivan pf Seattle is at
j the liaiancf Hotel,
ACHESON IS
TESTIFYING
AT INQUIRY
Question Regarding Mak
ing Public Formosa Docu
ment Halts Hearing
WASHINGTON, June 1 — —
Secretary of State Acheson took the
witness chair today in the Senate’s
MacArthur inquiry. But the first
two hours brought only debate over
whether to make public a 1949 State
Department document dealing with
Formosa.
Then, without deciding the ques
tion, the senators ordered a recess
for lunch. Acheson was told to come
back at 1:30 p.m.
Some members of the committee
have said the document indicated
Formosa might fall to the Commun
ists and questioned Its strategic
value. Formosa is the island where
the Chinese Nationalist forces took
refuge after they were driven from
lheir mainland by the Communists.
“Confidential’’ IAibei
The State Department lias kept a |
■‘confidential” label on the docu- ]
ment and doesn't want it made pub- ,
| lie.
Senator Tobey <R-NH> told re
porters the committee would vote
later on the question of releasing
it. He said he would cast his ballot
I against making it public since the ,
State Department contended "it is I
in the best interest of the country!
that it remain confidential.”
But Sensxov McCarthy tR-Wis|(
said he had listened to a reading of
the text at the closed door sessions
of the inquiry panel. He told re
porters: “I don’t think its release
would endanger the security of the
country. It might endanger the se
curity of Acheson.”
Formosa Problem
| McCarthy is not a member of the
[ Senate panel inquiring into the dis
I missal of MacArthur and related
j policy differences. However, all sen
. at'ors are permitted to attend the
j sessions by the‘.combined Armed
, Services and Foreign Relations com
mittees.
McCarthy said the text of the doc
ument verified news stories about
its contents. These indicated that
Formosa might fall to the Commun
ists and questioned its strategic
value.
Since the present hearings be
gan, all the top 'U. S. military men
have testified Formosa should not
be allowed to fall into the hands oi
an enemy.
Acheson Has Statement
MacArthur, when before the com
mittees, contended that Formosa ir.
Communist hands would pierce the
whole Pacific defense line of the
United States.
At the start of the session. Chair
man Russell (D-Ga) of the com
bined Armed Services and Foreign
Relations committees announced
Acheson had an 18-minute state
ment he wished to make. Russei)
said it dealt with over-all policie
and the dismissal of MacArthur.
Most of the 26 members of the
Senate Armed Services and Foreign
Relations committees were on hand
when Chairman Russell ordered the
doors of the hearing room closed.
It was the 24th day of hearing
by the two committees.
That Formosa Issue
^Secretary Acheson testified the
State Department vetoed in 1949 a
'Defense Department effort to send
a military mission to Formosa.
The group had voted 15 to 9 to
take the secretary label off a 1945
State Department document saying
that Formosa — island held by the
Chinese Nationalist government —
"has no special military signifi
cance.”
Except for the veto in 1949 of
the proposed military mission.
Acheson said, there was no break
in the “unanimous” American pol
icy toward Formosa until the de
cision last June to go into Korea.
Up to that time, he said, military
and -diplomatic leaders were agreed
that no U. S. forces should be used
to keep Formosa out of the hand
of the Communists.
“Neutralize” Formosa
President Truman ordered the
Seventh Fleet to "neutralize" For
mosa last June, when he sent mili
tary forces into Korea.
Acheson said that in the closing
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Fourth Division TroousslBsmerhaven
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First units of the l!. S. Fourth Division to reach Germany to bolster the Western defense line stand on
the dock at the U. K. port at Bremerhavcn after debarking from the U. S. Transport General Patch
(background). ;(P) Wircphoto by radio from Paris.
New World Rotary President
Frank E. Spain (left), Birmingham, Ala., attorney, newly elected
president of Rotary International receives the gavel from retiring
president Arthur Lagueux. Quebec, Canada, at Atlantic City, \. J.
M Wirephoto.
MAY AVERT
BIG STRIKE,
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, June 1 — UP)—
James B. Carey, president of the
CIO International Union of Electri
cal Workers, said today “there is a
good likelihood”, of a compromise
settlement which would avert a mid
June strike by more than 50.000
IUE members employed by Westing
house Electric Corp.
Carey made the statement after
meeting briefly with the conference
board of the union. The board voted
vesterday to strike June 11 if no
agreement is reached by that time.
There was no immediate comment
from Westinghouse officials.
However, after last night's se sicn,
a company spokesman said: “We
! made progress toward a settlement.'
—
RETURNS FROM SKAGWAY
Mrs. Leah Macchia, wife of chief
radio electrician Macchia with the
Coast Guard here, returned from
Skagway on the Princess Louise.
She had been teaching school there
during the past year. They are liv
ing at the Gastineau Hotel.
Sam A. Miller of Seattle is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle late today.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver June 6.
Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday
8 a m. southbound.
STRIKE OF 10
THOUSAND IN
SEATTLE OFF
SEATTLE, June 1 —!T)— A strike
of 10,000 King County restaurant,
hotel and tavern workers, set to
begin at midnight last night, has
been postponed two weeks.
Union officials announced the
postponement early today.
Meantime, workers will consider
a new employer propgsul offered at
midnight last nigh^.
VISITOR FROM CANDLE
Mrs. Henry Xavier of Candle is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel. She
came in on PAA from Fairbanks
yesterday.
PORTLAND VISITOR
Charles E. Sweet of Portland
arrived from Seattle on PAA yes
terday and is at the Baranof Hotel.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, June 1 — Closin
quotation of American Can stock
today is llO'j, Anaconda 41 i.
Douglas Aircraft 481 ■, General Elec
tric 53 '-. General Motors 49 ., Good
year 79. Kennecott 737., Libby; Mc
Neill and Libby 8s, Northern Pa
cific 41, Standard Oil of California
45;'-, Twentieth Century Fox 18..
U. S. Steel 41, Pound $2.80'», Canad
ian Exchange 93.50.
Sales today were 980,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 219.33, rails 79.30, utilities
42,50
CEASE FIRE
NOWUPTO
COMMIES
UN Secretary Lie Puts Fight
Issue Directly Up to
Those Engaged
OTTAWA, Canada, June 1 —(£)—
United Nations Secretary General
Trygve Lie today called upon the
Communists to say whether they
would agree to a Korean cease-fire
in the general vicinity of the 38th
Parallel.
At the same time, Lie warned that
if the fighting continues, U. N.
members would be expected to throw
in additional forces and battle with
all the strength that can safely be
committed to action.
In a speech prepared for deliv
ery here before the UN Association
of Canada, the UN chief said:
T believe that the time has come
for a new effort to end the fighting
in Korea. The UN forces there —
as things stand today — have re
pelled the aggression and thrown
the aggressors back across the 38th
Parallel.
“If a cease-fire could be arranged
approximately along the 38th Par
allel, then the main purpose of the
Security Council resolutions of June
25 and 27 and July 7 will be ful
filled, provided that the cease-fire
is followed by the restoration of
peace and security in the area.”
The 38th Parallel is the line
w'hieh separated the Republic of
Korea from the Communist-domi
nated North Korean regime before
the Communists invaded South
Korea last June 25.
WINTKERS HERE
Mr and Mrs. Olaf Winther cf
Pelican are stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
• end*?. 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, »|
• C2; minimum, 42. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 65; minimum, 43 •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Mostly cloudy tonight and •
• Saturday. Lowest tempera- •
• ture tonight near 44 degrees. •
• Highest Saturday about 63. ®
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 liours ending 7 30 a m today w
• City of Juneau — None; •
• Since July 1 71.88 inches. •
• At Airport — None; •
• Since July 1 41.41 inches. •
• •
***** * *
RED FORCES
BOLSTERING
ALL LINES
Allied Patrols Bitterly Op
posed-Brief Air Bat
tles Reported
By Associated Press
' Chinese Communists bolstered de
fenses today in ridge lines guarding
their vital massing area in Red
Korea. Mud hinders Allied advance
also.
An Allied tank patrol rumbled
back into Yanggu nt the eastern end
of Hwachon Reservoir on the East
ern front Friday noon for the sec
ond straight day. It had fought its
way in Thursday. Friday it met no
opposition.
Communist troops bitterly oppos
ed Allied patrols along the 125-mile
Korean front except at the two ends
of Hwachon Reservoir. Gains up to
two miles were reported near Hwa
chon.
Reds Digging In
On the Western front, an Ameri
can staff officer said Chinese ap
peared to be digging in to “resi ,t
any further Allied advance toward
the Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang
supply triangle.”
Reds streamed into new positions
north of the 38th Parallel to de
fend the concentration area, start
ing point of their ill-fated spring
offensives. They filtered into new
positions by groups of .50 to 500.
Some dragged new artillery pieces
through the mud and set them up
facing UN positions.
New Red Attacks
An American offjcer said the ar
tillery movement may indicate the
Reds plan new attacks in an effort
to break up the UN counteroffen
sive. One purpose of the big Allied
drive was to try to touch off a Red
infantry attack prematurely.
In the air three more Russian
type jets were shot down. Th s
brought to six the number reported
destroyed in 24 hours by swift Amer
ican F-8G Sabre Jets and a B-29
Superfort. One air fight flared near
Pyongyang, North Korean capital
and far south of the traditional jet
battle scenes.
U. S. Planes Crash
Two American planes—an F-80 jet
i and an F-51 Mustang—crashed and
j burned Friday afternoon behind Red
j lirftes The Fifth Air Force said the
j pilots could not have survived. It
did not say whether they were
downed by air or ground fire.
The Pyongyang radio said four
Allied Grumman fighters were shot
down over Hamhung on the east
coast. There was no such report
from UN sources.
American seaborne air bases were
augmented by the arrival of the
big U. S. Carrier Bon Homme Rich
ard. She sent her fighters over Korea
Thursday for the first time. Pilots
reported excellent results in hitting
Red-held ridges near Hwachon. *
SIX ARRIVE ON PNA;
14 FLY WESTWARD
_
Twenty passengers flew with Pa
cific Northern Airlines yesterday
with six arrivals from Anchorage;
; eight went to Anchorage and six
! to Cordova.
From Anchorage: A. Sweet, Helen
Keenan, Lloyd Zimin, H. L.- Moats,
Stan McCutcheon, Sgt. Grabell.
To Cordova: Nettie Hanson, P.
! Corgatellt, K. F. Ulrickson, M. F.
| Hudson, Lt. Samuel Taylor, James
Derkin.
To Anchorage: Anna WilSon, K.
! Wilson, Don Bainter, R. W. Algeo,
•Bob Landre, M. J. Lynch, Ray
' Richard.
WRITE CHAMBER
A first class machinist and a
lirst class electrician addressed an
inquiry for employment to ‘‘Cham
ber of Commerce, Territory of Al
aska, North America” and it came
| to the Juneau Chamber. Tne two
men seek to find employment and
bring their families to settle in Ai
| a ska. Anyone interested can obtain
the names of the two men by con
tacting F. O. Eastaugh, secretary.
TO KETCHIKAN
Dr. and Mrs. John Clements went
to Ketchikan yesterday to attend a
meeting of the Alaska Territorial
j Medical Association.