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Gen. MacArthur Under Political Censorship
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TWENTIETH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
Summary of Bills Passed
The Twentieth Territorial Legis
lature, which met at Juneau from
January 22 until March 22. saw the
introduction of a record total of 270
bills in the two houses, in addition
to something over 80 memorials and
resolutions. The bills were disposed
of as follows:
In the House: House bills intro
duced, 1G4. Of this total. 101 were
passed and six failed to pass, 34 -
were tabled, five were withdrawn,
four \\erc indefinitely postponed
and 14 died without final action,
most of them in one or another of
the committees.
Senate bills received in the House,
79, of which 71 were passed, five
were tabled, one was indefinitely
postponed, one failed to pass and
one died without action.
In the Senate: Senate bills intro
duced 106. of which 79 were passed,
six v. re tabled, six were withdrawn,
one was indefinitely postponed, 1C
failed to pass and four died in com
mittee.
The Senate received 95 Hous<
bills, refusing to receive six. House
bills passed totaled 76 and sever
were tabled, six failed to pass, twi
were indefinitely postponed and
four died without action.
Below is a classified summary of
the more important bills that were
approved by both houses:
DEFENSE
Senate Bill 41—Creates a Terri
torial Civil Defense Council and a j
Department of Civil Defense, with
$150,000 for administration and
$250,000 for construction or pur
chase of facilities.
The Defense Council consists of
the Governor as chairman, the Ad
jutant General of the Alaska Na
tional Guard, the Director of the
Alaska Highway Patrol, the Di
rector of Aeronautics and the Com
missioner of Health.
A Director of Civil Defense will (
be appointed by the Governor, at
a salary not to exceed $12,000 a
year. The Defense Council will ap
point a Deputy Director, to receive
not more than $9,000 a year.
The Act provides for a Territory
wide civil defense organization. It
also gives the Governor broad em
ergency powers in the event of ac
tual enemy attack against Alaska
He will have power to seize proper
ty for the protection of the public,
including all means of transporta
tion and communication except
newspapers and news services; al!
stocks of fuel; food, clothing, equip
ment, medicines and all supplies, I
and facilities such as buildings and
plants.
The Governc- also has power, in
such emergency, to sell, lend or
give or distribute such supplies
among the people, and to make
compensation for the property so
seized. ,
House Bill 43—Empowers oivilian
defense officers, members and per
sonnel to act as police officers and
to make arrests in the performance
of their civilian defense duties.
House Bill 162—Appropriates
$150,000 for the Alaska National
Guard during the coming biennium
($75,000 more than the appropria
tion for the past biennium).
DEVELOPMENT
Senate Bill 27—Provides for zon
ing of airports and prohibits ob
structions near them.
Senate Bill 57—Requires registra
tion of aircraft and pilots, provides
for inspection of emergency equip
ment of aircraft, prohibits obstruc
tion of airfield runways and re
quires filing of flight plans by pi
lots.
Senate Bill 104—Exempts "base”
metals’ mines from the mining li
cense tax for three and a half
years from the date production be
gins. "Base metals” in this Act in
cludes all metals except gold, plat
inum, coal, sand and gravel and
marketable earths.
House Boll 40— Appropriates $10,
000 to be paid as a bonus for the
discovery and development* of com
mercial uranium deposits in the
Territory.
House Bill 64—Appropriates $40,
000 for national advertising of Al
aska’s tourist attractions; to be
matched dollar for dollar by the
Alaska Visitors Association.*
House Bill 101—Dedicates for
highway purposes a tract 100 feet
wide between each section of land
owned by the Territory or acquired
from the Territory.
House Bill 162 (General Appro
priations)—Department of Avia
tion, communications division, $73,
652 ($31,042 more than last bien
nium).
Department of Agriculture, $95,
290.84 ($20,290.84 more than last
biennium).
Alaska Development Board. $70
000 ($10,000 less than last bien
nium).
Alaska Housing Authority, $50,
000 ($200,000 less than last bien
nium).
Fisheries Experimental Commis
sion, $59,612 ($9,612 more than last
biennium).
Alaska Department of Fisheries,
$409,672 ($159,672 more than last
biennium).
Office of Highway Engineer, $64,
250 ($21,630 more than fast bien
nium).
Department of Mines, $230,370
($50,130 less than last biennium).
EDUCATION
Senate Bill 42—Provides for a
referendum at the next general
election on whether the Territory
shall issue general obligation bond.'
up to $12,500,000 for the sole pur
pose of constructing, enlarging, al
tering, repairing, equipping and in-'
italling public school buildings and
facilities. Requires approval by 55
percent of the voters.
Senate Bill 62—Authorizes the
Territorial Board of Education to
discontinue the operation and
maintenance of any school in any
unincorporated town, village or
settlement when in the judgment
of the Board the school enrollment
is large enough and the commun
ity financially able to partially
support its own school as an or
ganized school district.
Senate Bill 74—Authorizes the
Board of Regents of the University
of Alaska to make a study of the
principles and applicability to Al
aska of the junior college; to es
tablish additional extension cour
ses and such other expansion of
accredited courses for students as
may seem advisable; to provide
facilities suitable for carrying out
a university program and take
other measures necessary to expand
educational and cultural opportun
ities in Alaska.
Senate Bill 92—Amends the law
to allow’ the Territorial Board of
Education to establish qualifications
of the Commissioner of Education.
Senate Bill 93—Provides for the :
automatic formation of an inde
pendent school district when a mu
nicipality is organized within the,
boundaries of an incorporated
school district.
Seenate Bill 97—Increases the
membership of the Textbook Com
mission from two to four, who must
be qualified school teachers or
school administrators.
House Bill 33—Increases the sal
aries of school teachers and school
superintendents $300 a year in the
First Division, $400 a year in the
Third Division and $500 a year in
the Second and Fourth Divisions
of the Territory.
House Bill 76—Froviaes live- i
member School Boards for incor
porated school districts, with elec
tions to be held on the first Tues
day in April and each member to
serve five years. (At present the
only incorporated school districts
in Alaska are at Kake and Palmer).
House Bill 77—Appropriates $10,
000 and authorizes the Board of
Education to reimburse school
boards for interest paid on money
borrowed during the biennium end
ing June 30, 1951.
House Bill 127—Provides for five
member School Boards for city
school districts. In municipalities
presently organized, the additional
members will be elected at the next
municipal election and will draw
lots for term in office; thereafter
each member will be elected for a
five-year term.
House Bill 162 (General Appro
priations)—Expense of the Depart
ment of Education, $170,096 ($37,
238 more than last biennium).
For school building construction
and repair of rural schools, $500,000
($1,000,000 less than last biennium).
Support of schools, $7,907,592.32
($2,520,639.02 mdre than last bi
ennium).
University of Alaska, $2,241,655
($85,925 more than last biennium).
Aid to Public Libraries, $5,000
(same as last biennium).
Historical Library and Museum,
$39,824 ($2,074 more than last bi
ennium).
FISH AND GAME
Senate Bill 43 — Appropriating
$50,000 and authorizing its expen
diture by the Territorial Depart
ment of Fisheries to control marine
predators, including hair seals and
sea lions.
House Bill 75—Provides for the li
censing of sport fishing in Alaska
License fees are $1 for residents
and $3 for non-residents and aliens,
plus a 25-cent fee for issuing each
license. Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts
are exempt. Effective July 1, 1951.
House Bill 82—Amends the law re
lating to hair seal bounties. De
creases thebounty to $3, eliminates
the Arctic coast and part of the
coast of Western Alaska from the
areas in which seals may be killed
for bounty and provides that the
bounty shall be payable only to the
person actually killing the seal.
House Bill 147—Provides for n
referendum at the next general
election on the question as to
whether the operation and control
of the fisheries should be turned
over to the Territory.
House Bill 162 (General Appro
priations)—Bounty on eagles, $15,
000 (same as last biennium).
Bounty on hair seals, $100,000
(same as last biennium). S. B. 23,
deficiency appropriation, $198,292.
Bounty on wolves and coyotes,
$100,000 ($25,000 less than last bi
ennium). S. B. 28, $16,510 to pay
wolf and coyote bounty claims now
pending.
GOVERNMENT
Senate Bill 16—Provides that af
ter March 19, 1951, no member of
the Alaska Legislature shall be ap
pointed to serve on any Territorial
board or commission.
Sub. Senate Bill 24—Makes the
Tax Commissioner the ex-officio
inspector of weights and measures
and of weighing and measuring ap
pliances. These duties were former
ly assigned to the Treasurer.
House Bill 30—Removes the Gov
ernor from the Board of Public
Welfare. The board will now have
four members instead ol five, one
from each Division.
House Bill 31—Removes the Gov
ernor from the Alaska Aeronautics
and Communications Commission,
leaving it with four appointive
members and the Attorney General
as a sort of ex-officio member.
House Bill 32—Removes the Gov
ernor from the Territorial Board of
Health, replacing him with an ap
pointive member at large.
House Bill 38—Removes the Gov
ernor from the Fisheries Experimen
tal Commission. The new commis
sion will consist of the fisheries
technologist in charge of the Ket
chikan Fisheries Experimental Lab
oratory and two members appoin
ted by the Governor.
House Bill 39—Removes the Gov
ernor from the Alaska Development
Board, replacing him with an ap
pointive member at large.
House Bill 141—Relating to the
organization of the Territorial gov
ernment and specifically providing
for the reorganization of the agen
cies responsible for financial ad
ministration.
Creates a new Board of Admin
istration, consisting of the Gover
nor as chairman, the Attorney Gen
eral and the Tax Commissioner,
two members of the House of Rep
resentatives and two members of
the Senate. The legislative members
are elected by the respctive bodies
and each names an alternate to
serve in his stead. Legislative mem
bers are to be paid actual trans
portation, $15 per diem in lieu of
maintenance when away from home
to attend board meetings, arid $30 a
day compensation while enroute tq
and from and attending meetings.
Creates a new Department of fi
nance. headed by a Commissioner
of Finance to be appointed by the
Board of Administration and to re
ceive a salary not to ey.ceed $15,000
a year.
The Commissioner of Finance will
appoint a controller, purchasing
agent, and such other assistants as
he may need. He will be in charge
of budgeting, pre-auditing, accoun
ting, purchasing, property control
and treasury management.
The Act also creates a new Of
fice of Auditor. The Auditor is to
be elected by the Legislature for
a term of six years by majority
vote of the House and Senate in
joint session and may be removed
by two-thirds vote of the House
and Senate, each voting independ
ently. In the event of a vacancy
in the office, an interim appoint
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UN Shelling Is
Softening Up
Red Blockade
TOKYO. Wednesday, March 28—
— United Nations artillery today
thundered into forward elements of
90,000 Chinese Communist troops
who blocked the Allied advance' to
the 38th Parallel on the Central
Korean front.
In the west, the Allies cut an en
emy regiment to pieces and trapped
three Chinese Red battalions north
of Seoul.
Honeycombed in the rain drench
ed ridges about five miles south of
the prewar boundary between North
and South Korea were 10,000 Reds
They held tenaciously in the hills
north of Chunchon.
Another 80,000 Communists —
units of five Chinese Army corps—
were massed immediately north of
the old boundary line.
Seven of a total of eight Allied
patrols fanning north of Chunchon
drew heavy Communist fire. In
each case the patrols returned the
fire and withdrew, reported AP
Correspondent William C. Barnard.
Allied artillery then pounded at
enemy defenses where the patrols
were fired upon.
While the Allied Central front
drive ground methodically forward
Tuesday, American troops in the
west mauled a Chinese regiment
and sprang a trap on three more
Chinese battalions.
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WILL INVESTIGATE
POLICY OF INDIAN
BUREAU ATTORNEYS
WASHINGTON, Manhi’27'— W—
The American Bar Association has
decided to investigate the Indian
Bureau’s policies regarding approval
of attorney contracts with Indian
tribes.
The investigation will be made by
a five-man committee headed by
Rufus G. Poole, chairman of the
association's administrative law sec
tion. All committee members are
attorneys in private practice here.
Poole told a reporter the associa
tion has received complaints on the
subject “all the way from San Fran
cisco to New York.’’
He said the committee has asked
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
to arrange for interviews with of
ficials of the Indian Bureau.
Poole said the group tolll look
into whether "the bureau is unrea
sonably interfering with choice of
attorneys by Indian tribles, con
travening the canons of ethics of
the bar association, exercising
questionable statutory authority, or
acting in a manner unfair to In
dian tribes and attorneys alike.”
ENGINES, PRODUCE
PASSENGERS FLY BY
PACIFIC NORTHERN!
In addition to a thousand pounds!
of produce, two automobile engines,
a big console radio and a large con
signment of bread, Pacific Northern
Airlines flew nine passengers to the
westward Monday. Eight arrived
from Anchorage. Today 150 pounds
of produce was flown to Naknek in
Bristol Bay.
Prom Anchorage: Capt. William
E. Plainer, Lt. Lynn W. Ellis, Jr.,
Fred and Robert Stanford, Bill Ford,
D. Bowen, Harvey Gross and Wil
liam Morrison.
To Anchorage: John Parmenter,
Matrons Olympi, David Vlctoroff,
Emeric Sumauang, Percy Ipalook.
B. Cleman, James Cole, Herb Hil
scher, Cliff Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo V. Morris
i and two children are at the Hotel
Juneau.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sale westward during
afternoon.
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive at 4 o’clock this
! afternoon sailing for Skagway at
11:30 tonight returning and sailing
southbound Friday morning at 9
: o'clock.
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m. Friday.
GOING AFTER
CHISLERS ON
TAX INCOME
WASHINGTON, March 27 —(A*)—
The treasury advised Senate crime
investigators today it is setting up
a special fraud section to check on
the income tax returns of gamblers
and racketeers.
Secretary Snyder sent to the
committee a pledge of a continuing
drive to bring “chiselers to justice.”
His statement was presented by Ed
ward Foley, under secretary of the
treasury.
Snyder said there has not been
and will not be any letup in the
Internal Revenue bureau’s warfare
"against major league criminals."
He noted jt was the income tax men
who bagged the late Scarface A1
Capone, Chicago gang overlord of
the prohibition era.
George J. Schoeneman, commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, followed
up Snyder's statement with testi
mony that his agents are now in
vestigating nearly 2,500 tax cases
“in the criminal area."
Foley, Shoeneman and other
treasury officials testified at what
was billed as the crime probers’ last
televised hearing before the sched
uled windup of their investigation
at the end of this week.
Witnesses Default
Several odds and ends are to be
dea’t with before the windup. Chair
man Kefauver (D-Tenn) said the
group will decide on Friday what
further action to take against three
different witnesses who are already
under $10,000 bond each for con
tempt.
The three are Morris Kleinman.
and Louis Rothkopf, both of Cleve
land, described ta,tlyi coi»W}t|tee as
top rank ganSblens* ' A\C0b
(Greasy Thumb) Guzik, Chicago.
Racketeer’s Racket
The crime fcommittce called the
treasury officials before it because
of reports racketeers have been per
mitted to list their income simply
as coming from “miscellaneous
sources.”
In a recent report to the Senate,
the committee complained that
gamblers and other figures were
“getting away with murder" in the
income tax returns they filed.
Oppose Approval
Like Attorney General McGrath
and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover,
who testified yesterday, Snyder op
posed the creation of a Federal
crime commission. He also contend
ed it “would tend toward the crea
tion of a national police system.”
Senator Kefauver has proposed
that such a commission be created
on a permanent basis to keep a vig
ilant eye on organized crime.
Snyder said he felt such a step
“would tend undesirably to relieve
local authorities of respensibility for
law enforcement."
VUKOVICH IS BACK
Stevie Vukovich, well - known
Alaska salesman, returned to Juneau
on the Baranof and Is stopping at
the Hotel Juneau.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(CopTTleht. 1M1. or BeU syndicate. Inc..
ASHINGTON.—Random reac
tions of a citizen returning to the
U. S. A.—stepping off a Pan Amer
ican clipper In New York the other
day I immediately got tangled in
a traffic Jam. But the traffic jam
seemed good. ... In Communist
Yugoslavia I couldn’t find a taxi
to drive from the station in Bel
grade to the hotel (this in the cap
ital of Yugoslavia, t I had to take
a horse-drawn carriage. . . at Idle
wild airport I also stepped in front
of a customs inspector who said:
“Things have been happening while
you were away. A guy named Ke
fauver has taken this town by
storm. We don't get much work
done watching him. That fellow
Tobey and his eyeshade isn’t so bad
either. He’s saying a lot of things
the American people would like to
say.” .... Tobey, I recalled, was
the Republican who squeaked
through the New Hampshire pri
mary by the scant margin of about
" 2.000 votes after all sorts of money
was poured in by the China lobby
and others to defeat him. All sorts
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Territory-Wide Maneuvers,
Known as Exercise 'Firestep'
Takes Place, April 2 to 25
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Headquarters, Alaskan Command
Elmendorf Air Force Base, ANCH
ORAGE, Alaska, March 27 — Ter
ritory-wide maneuvers — the first
in Alaska involving all military of
the three Armed Forces, troops from
outside Alaska, and possibly Civil
Defense organizations — will take
place from April 2 through April 25,
it was announced today by Lt. Gen.
W. E. Kepner, commander-in-chief,
Alaskan command.
Designated exercise "Firestep."
the maneuvers will test ground and
air defenses in this theater, with
major activity centered in the Kod
iak, Anchorage and Fairbanks areas.
An important aspect of tAe exer
cise will be to determine capabili
ties of ••friendly” forces in repair
ing damage to installations and fa
cilities.
Pretended War
The extensive pretended war,
WARNING,
AMERICAN
REPUBLICS
WASHINGTON, March 27 — (fl—
Secretary of State Acheson urged
the American republics today to take
immediate action to meet a menace
posed by International Communism.
Sisaid no free nation anywhere
iSHwJ is secure against the
menace, and called for full economic
apd military cooperation with the
United States.
Acheson delivered the keynote
speech of the first regular session
of the Intra-American Conference
of Foreign Ministers.
The instruments of Soviet Rus
sia’s "new imperialism,” he said,
are “a formidable machine of war
and the International Communist
movement.
“Never before have we faced a
menace of this magnitude,” he con
tinued. "Never before has there been
so great a challenge to our determ
ination to preserve our independ
ence as nations."
Acheson suggested that the Amer
ican republics might prepare a co
ordinated defense plan for the hem
isphere as soon as possible. In con
sidering military strength, he said,
any disturbances to the peaceful re
lations of the republics would be
detrimental and hence all should
“make fullest use of available ma
■ chinery for the peaceful settlement
of disputes.”
STOCK OUCttTIOKS
I NEW YORK, March 27 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 314, American Can
113%, American Tel. and Tel. 154%,
Anaconda 39'.-, Douglas Aircraft
96, General Electric 54Vi, General
Motors 52, Goodyear 72%, Kennecoti
74%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 9%,
Northern Pacific 32%, Standard Oil
of California 45%, Twentieth Cent
ury Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 41%, Pouhd
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 95.31%.
Sales today were 1,250,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 248.74, rails 80.48 utili
ties 42.78.
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• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperature for 11-Hour Period •
• ending 8:20 o'clock ttls morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, *
• 38; minimum, 34. •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 37; minimum, 33. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Cloudy with intermittent •
• rain occasionally mixed with •
• snow this afternoon through •
• Wednesday. Highest this aft- •
• ernoon about 40, lowest to- •
• night near 35. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 34 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — .24 inches; •
• Since March 1—8.65 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 57.55 inches. •
• At Airport — .04 inches; •
• Since March 1—3.57 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 36.05 inches. •
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ranging from the frozen tundra ol
the Far North, over the mountain
anti lowlands of the Interior, to tin
isolated tip of the Alsaka Peninsula
will encompass all elements of U. S
Army, Alaska, the Alaskan sea fron
tier, and the Alaskan air command
the three components which mnkt
up the unified Alaskan command
Col. Branner P. Purdue, USARAI
has been assigned us maneuver di
rector. Assisting him will be Col
William P. Grace, chief Army um
pire, and Col. E. R. Manierre, chie
Air umpire.
Airborne Troops Too
For the first time in the hi;tor.
of Alaskan war-games, atrborn
troops will participate. These con
sist of the First Battalion from th(
505th Airborne Infantry regimen
of the famous 82nd Airborne D
vision, stationed at Fort Bragg, F
C„ supported by n battery of 105
mm. Airborne Howitzers and a pla
toon from the 307th Airborne En
gineers, also from Fort Bragg.
The Dominion of Canada is cc
operating by staging the paratroop
ers at suitable locations, from whic!
they will proceed north and v/esi
to conduct their paratroop drops oi j
Alaska. Participation of these unit
will test the mobility of airbcrm
troops to move in from the conti |
nental United States to suppor
Alaskan defenses if and whei
neeueu.
"Enemy” Footholds
For purpose ol the maneuvers, i
will be assumed that footholds ;i
criticariTWfflrilT AlasWr-WW^sl
ready been secured by the “enemy.’
Air "aggressor” forces, comprisec
orf fighter, bomber and transport(
aircraft elements of the Alaskan All
Command reinforced by element.1
of the Alaskan Sea. Frontier, bear
ing “aggressor" identification, wil
conduct bombing and strafing sor
ties, as well as airborne "invasions.'
Trained for Hole
The entire “aggressor" grounc
forces will be comprised of ele
ments of the 4th Infantry regiment
U. S. Army. Alaska, who have beei
training for their role for more than
a month under field conditions.
None of the multitudinous phase
of actual warfare will be by-passet
in this large-scale test. Evacuatioi
of military dependents will be prac
ticed, and plans for evacuation oi
military hospital personnel and pa
tients will be tested. Military traffic
control and coordination with civil
ian traffic control agencies will be
included, and preparation of plan
for assumed evacuation of casual
ties to the continental United State
will be made.
Watch “Sabotage”
Protective measures against sabo
tage and utilization of alternate
communication facilities will bi
tested, as well as the ability tt
counter "aggressor" psychologies
warfare. Plans will be drawn fot
effective control of civilians in the
event martial rule should become
necessary. Orders of the type that
would be issued to the Nations
Guard in time of war will be pre
pared, and actual volunteer partici
pation by officers of the organizet
reserve corps will take place.
Trained Civilians
Civilians in communities' neai
military installations, already
groomed to the proper procedure
during previous readiness tests, may
be enjoined to utilize their blackou
training, for, wherever and when
ever feasible, blackouts will extent
to such communities.
Governor Ernest Gruening ha
been invited to call upon Civil De
fense agencies to assume the condi
j tions of actual warfare, so they may
evaluate their own capabilities ir
the over-all situation. In time of
actual hostilities, such organization
would perform functions in con
nection with damage control, fire
control, medical aid, blackout activ
ities and traffic control.
Preparedness
As in other maneuvers, progress
of the “war” will be determined by
military umpires, but their job dur
ing the 24-day exercise "Firestep"
will be enlarged many fold as re
ports of action throughout the en
tire Territory flash into headquar
ters. The umpires’ decisions will in
dicate, as closely as possible, the
effectiveness of preparations to de
fend Alaska and protect the north
ern approach to the continental
United States.
TRUCE TALK
STATEMENT
UNAPPROVED
General Must Submit Fu
ture Statements to Wash
ington for Approval
WASHINGTON, March 27 — l/PI—
The Truman administration report
edly has asked Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur to submit for Washington
clearance any future statements
with political significance.
Informed officials who told a
reporter of the request last night
aid it followed consultation among
.he White House, State and Defense
Departments.
In effect, the new message was
i reminder of a general directive
Issued by President Truman last
December calling for advance word
jf any broad foreign policy state
ments.
The message was a follow-up to
MacArthur’s offer of last weekend
to meet the Communist commander
In Korea for truce talks.
In that statement, he raised an
implied possibility that the United
Nations, whose forces he commands,
might change its policy to author
ize attacks on Chinese military
bases on China's coastal areas. Slate
Department officials said MacAr
thur’s statement had not been dis
patched to Washington in advance.
Officials said the purpose of the
new message to MacArthur was to
assure that in the future any such
statements could be approved or dis
approved here or that modifications
could be suggested.
In Tokyo, reports that President
Truman had put General MacAr
thur under political cCnsprship weft
received with considerable shock
and some surprise.
Informed sources said this after
noon no direct orders to that effect
had been received. But they added
any such official announcement
would have to be made in Wash
ington.
MacArthur’s statement was des
! cribed In command circles here as
"a cold estimate of a military sit
uation.’’ Circles which generally
support the general said they could
see no political implications in it.
54 DISEMBARK FROM
BARANOF FROM SOUTH
Fifty-four passengers arrived on
che Baranof this morning. Sched
uled sailing time was 2 this after
noon for the westward. Master of
the ship is Capt. Joseph Ramsauer
vith J. R. Vogler, chief purser.
Disembarking from Seattle: Mr.
ind Mrs. Elmer Burler and two
■hildren; M. Cedric Davis. Mrs. L.
2. Day, R. O. Dlmatteo, Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Dobler, Mrs. William
Durance and three children; Mr.
and Mrs. H. Hansen. Grace Hart
ley. Mrs. K. W. Howt and two
children; Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Kaiser
ind daughter; Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Keil.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Meath and
;wo children; E. Norbert, J. S.
Payne. Mrs. K. Raatikainen, Sidney
J. Smith, John Sweet. Mrs. Gordon
Tracey and daughter; Mrs. Martha
Ulrich and daughter; Dr. H. Vance.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vienola and
daughter; Mrs. J. Wickersham.
From Ketchikan: Carol Cooper, D.
J. Gaudette, Irl Thatcher. Steve
Vukovich.
From Wrangell: L. N. Morrison.
From Petersburg: A. R. Hanson,
Mr. and Mrs. Arne Lund, Mrs.
Agnes Peyton, A. Wirt. Kalle Wirta.
FAULKNER IS ON COURT
BUSINESS, SAN FRANCISCO
H. L. Faulkner, senior member of
the Juneau law firm, Faulkner,
Banfield and Boochever is a south
bound passenger on the steamship
Denali. He will go to San Fran
cisco to represent clients in two
cases to be heard before the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Faulkner expects to return to
i Juneau In mid-Aprit and will be
accompanied by Mis. Faulkner, who
has spent the winter in the Bay
area.
Beverly Notti arrived from Fair
banks on PAA yesterday enroute
to Mt. Edgecumbe.