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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,783 ___ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1951_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
Mac Arthur Will Discuss Far East Problems
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NPA NAY PUT
SKIDS ON NEW
TERR. BLDG.
NPA MAY PUT . baz
Alaska’s new Territorial building,
which was authorized and appro
priated for by the 1949 Legislature,
was in jeopardy today by National |
Production Authority. Robert L
Hosmer. field liaison officer from
the Seattle office of NPA, yesterday
ordered construction of the Sturm
locker building on 9th and E streets ,
suspended indefinitely.
The Territorial building gets into
the controversy because of the nec- 1
essity for Sturm to find quarters j
before he vacates his present loca
tion which is to be demolished to !
make the site available for the new
Territorial building.
In an interview today Hosmer
said the matter was now "out of
my hands and is up to higher au
thority.”
Hosmer’s trip through the Terri- |
tory was for the purpose of ac
quainting the people of Alaska with
regulations governing civilian con- !
struction in the Territory.
The mix-up in Juneau started 10
days ago when he was through Jun- '
eau and informed Sturm, of Sturm’s |
lockers, that a permit was necessary
before construction on his new ,
building at 9th and E could be con
tinued. Sturm was using materials j
he already had on hand.
On Hosmer’s return from the in
terior yesterday he said he found
Sturm had not obeyed his cease
work order and immediately shut
the project down indefinitely. In :
the meantime, Sturm had contacted j
the Seattle office for a permit to j
build and in a telephone conversa- I
tion last night with Phil M. Craw- !
ford, regional director for the Seat- j
tie NPA office, was told that he ,
would hear from that office Satur- !
day or Monday.
Gov’s Office In It
The governor’s office entered the
picture when Hosmer told them of !
the cease-work order he had given j
Sturm. Acting Governor Lew M.
Williams expressed concern due to
the delay entailed in starting con- :
struction of the Territorial building.
“The governor’s office has never
received information of any sort on
specific requirements under NPA,”
he said. “It seems now that the
method of informing us is to stop
construction."
Several Juneau contractors con- !
tacted by The Empire also said they <
had never heard of the NPA regu- I
lations.
At a chamber of commerce meet- ;
ing in Fairbanks last Tuesday Hos- J
mer outlined the NPA’s military ,
order. He pointed out that it pro
hitbits construction of buildings or j
structures to be used in connection,
or for, recreational, amusement, or
entertainment purposes. He also j
noted that the order makes it nec- i
essary to obtain NPA authorization ;
before commencing construction of :
most types of commercial buildings
such as, personal services, barber i
shops, laundries, buildings for dis- j
tribution, display or sale of con- i
sumer goods, retail stores, shopping
centers and wholesale establish- j
ments.
Exemptions
Exempted under the order, he
said, are certain types of ware
houses and wholesale establish
ments, such as “those forming a
part of manufacturing or processing
plants; wholesale food establish
ments; wholesale supply facilities
for fuel oil, gasoline, coal, gas dis
tribution systems and pipelines, edu
cational institutions, religious build
ings and hospitals.”
He further pointed out in Fair
banks that the regulation on recre
ational, amusement and entertain
ment purposes went into effect Oct.
26, J950, and the permit require- j
ments on most commercial building ;
went into effect January 13, 1951.
At mention of the Territorial build- !
ing, Hosmer said he had no knowl- j
edge of any Territorial building to i
be built. He said no permit had been j
filed with NPA for such a building, j
Hosmer is scheduled to leave this |
afternoon for Ketchikan and then
will go to his Seattle headquarters, j
Asked by a reporter if it was his i
duty to recommend construction or i
non-construction on various jobs in !
Alaska, Hosmer said it was not. He ;
said that he simply turned in his
report and it was up to higher au
thority to be guided by his report.
Z. A. Neal of Seattle is at the
Baranof Hotel.
U. S. SAYS NO
RED (HINA IN
JAP TREATY
WASHINGTON, April 13 —(A>)—
The United States today turned
down a proposal by Britain to bring
Chinese Communists into the prep
arations for a Japanese peace treaty.
At the same time the State De
partment said that the U. S. posi
tion on Formosa remains unchang
ed. This is to keep the island neutra
lized during the Korean fighting and
leave its final status for future
determination.
Britain proposed 10 days ago that
Red China be brought into the
treaty negotiations. In a memoran
dum the British proposed also that
the treaty provide for the return
of Formosa to China.
This was interpreted by officials
here as meaning the Peiping Com
munist regime which Britain recog
nizes and the U. S. does not.
The American rejection was an
nounced by State Department Press
Officer Michael J. McDermott.
Previously it has been announced
that Ambassador John Foster Dulles
was to leave by plane today for
Tokyo to confer with Lt. Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway and Japanese
leaders on the proposed treaty.
Flying by the North Pacific route,
his plane will stop at the McChord
Air Force Base, Wash., to refuel.
LIQUOR CAUSE
TREASON SAYS
WIS. SENATOR
MILWAUKEE, April 13, —UPI—
The Milwaukee Journal quotes Sen. j
McCarthy <R-Wis> as saying that j
“Treason in the White House” has |
been accomplished by "Bourbon |
and Benedictine.”
McCarthy asserted, according to I
the Journal, that the "treason"
was accomplished by men who knew |
how “to get the President cheerful,” j
and continued that the dismissal
of Gen. MacArthur by the Presi
dent is “A Communist victory won
with the aid of Bourbon and Bene
dictine."
I n Washington, Presidential i
Press Secretary Joseph H. Short
read a copy of this dispatch and
said “no comment.” McCarthy was
enroute back to the Capital by
plane from Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Senator accord
ing to Journal reporter Robert
Fleming, made the statements
Wednesday night in a speech be
fore nearly 600 members of the
Wisconsin Retail Furniture Deal
ers Association.
Fleming said that in an inter
view before the speech he asked
McCarthy whether he believed that
President Truman should be im
peached. Fleming said McCarthy
answered he should be impeached.
But on the other hand he’s not im- j
portant. It’s the crowd around him
that causes the trouble.’1
The Journal quoted McCarthy’s
reference in his speech to "Bour
bon and Benedictine” as follows:
“This is a black day, one of the
blackest in the history of this coun
try. A day in which America and
all western civilization suffered a
tremendous defeat and the Com
munists, home made and foreign
made suffered a great victory, a
victory achieved on Bourbon and
Benedictine.”
McCarthy said the record showed
that “the pals of Alger Hiss are
still running the State Depart
ment.”
STOCK OUCsATIONS
NEW YORK, April 13 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3, American Can 11114,
American Tel, an£ Tel. 153 , Ana
conda 41%, Douglas Aircraft 101%,
General Electric 55%, General Mot
ors 5314, Goodyear 7514. Kennecott
74%, Libby, McNeill and Libby 10,
Northern Pacific 714, Standard Oil
of California 47%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 20%, U. S. Steel 43%,
Pound $2.80, Canadian Exchange
94.43.
Sales today were 2,120,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 254.78, rails 83.44, utili
ties 42.42.
The Old Passing Game
Stones pass from hand to hand as Korean laborers help First Cavalry engineers build an emergency
span over a rain-swollen stream on Korean’s central front. Heavy seasonal downpours had caused a road
washout. i/W Wirephoto.
HOUSE SAYS
26 MONTHS
MIL. DUTY
WASHINGTON, April 13 —UR—
The House stood firm today on a
proposal to extend the length of
military service for draftees from
the present 21 months to 26.
By a vote of 126 to 60, it defeated
a move by Rep. Shafer (R-Mich)
to change the pending draft bill to
make the proposed extension 24
months. This would have made the
length of service the same as pro
posed in the Senate-approved draft
bill.
Earlier, the House beat down an
attempt by Shafer to bar the as
signment of American troops to any
war theater unless the commander
there has full right to bomb enemy
sources of supply.
Shafer said such a provision
would prevent a repetition of the
"MarArthur situation.”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, just re
lieved of his Far East command, has
provoked hot controversy over his
contention that he should have au
thority to bomb Red Chinese .bases
in Manchuria.
ELTON ENGSTROM LEAVES
ON TRIP TO SEATTLE
Seattle-bound on a week’s busi
ness trip, Senator Elton Engstrom
was a passenger from Juneau on
Pan American Airways today.
Senator Engstrom is president cf
Engstrom Brothers, fish-buyers, of
Juneau, Wrangell and Pelican.
MISS TILSON HERE
Miss Norma Tilson, with the
Alaska Native Service at Sitka, is
in Juneau for a week. She is stop
ping at Hotel Juneau.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
47; minimum, 33.
At Airport — Maximum,
45; minimum, 32.
FORECAST
Fair tonight. Lowest tem
perature near 33 degrees.
Variable cloudiness Saturday
with highest temperature
about 46.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today
City of Juneau—.04 inches;
Since April 1 — 7.27 incres;
Since July 1 — 65.20 inches.
At Airport — Trace;
Since April 1 — 2.54 inches.
Since July 1 — 38.39 inches.
"Enemy" Was
Over Juneau
On Wednesday
HEADQUARTERS. Alaskan Com
mand, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
Anchorage, Alaska, April 13 —Jun
eau, capital city of Alaska, was for
the first time theoretically bombed
Wednesday night during exercise
“Firestep.” Four ''aggressor” night
intruders, which conducted a mock
bombing in the Anchorage area re
sulting in a blackout at Elmendorf
Air Force Base, proceeded to the
Southeast capital, but no details
have been received concerning tht
results of their action there. Civil
Defense officials did, however, or
der a test blackout in Juneau, and
other passive measures were taken
The past 24 hours have seen ex
tensive enemy activity throughout
Alaska, with simulated bombing;
and strafings in the Fairbanks and
Anchorage areas, as well as straf
ing at bases in Southwest Alaska.
The Fairbanks area took the
brunt of the ' enemy's” fury, with
considerable simulated damage to
installations. Forty-eight enemy
fighter aircraft were engaged there
by friendly fighters at 1 p.m., Wed
nesday, after having been picked
up by ground observers. .The “ene
my” sustained extensive damage to
their aircraft, but four intruders
were back again at 10:50 last night.
No indication has been received as
to the results of that raid. Damage,
traffic and fire control wefe said
to have been effective throughout.
In the Anchorage area, bombing
and strafing sorties by the ''aggres
sors” were made at 8:30 Wednesday
night and 10 a.m. Thursday. Mili
tary officers announced that in
Wednesday morning’s raid, friendly
fighters claimed three of twelve
enemy bombers destroyed.
Out in Western Alaska has come
the news that an Eskimo National
Guard scout observed a number
of Eskimos migrating to avoid con
tact with -‘enemy” forces entrenched
there There were indications that
the pretended "enemy" in that por
tion of the Territory are building
up their strength, and that there
is the possibility of an airborne at
tack in the near future.
“ENEMY” PROPAGANDA
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 13—
OPI— Aggressor forces opened a pro
paganda attack over the Armed ,
Forces radio station yesterday as a j
new phase of “Operation Firestep,”
war maneuvers testing Alaska’s mil
itary defense.
Uncheduled broadcasts warned the
defenders of an “inevitable” at
tack on Elmendorf Air Force Base
and invited them to surrender im- 1
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CAB RATES
WERE SET,
MILITARY
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 13,
—(At—A taxicab owner described in
Federal District Court yesterday
the strong hold he said military
officials have over cab operators
whose cars haul passengers to and
from nearby Fort Richardson and
Elmendorf Air Force base.
The witness was Harry N. Ba
ker, one of the defendants among
nine Individual cab owners, two
' taxi companies and two cab as
sociations who are accused by the
iovemment of illegally fixing pri
ces and eliminating competition.
Provost Marshal Boss
"Every provost Marshal who has
ever been out there (Fort Richard
son) has called a meeting of some
dnd to set rates for us,” Baker
declared.
He recalled five or six meetings
on the post and three or four in
town.
“The provost Marshal has the
power at the snap of a finger to
stop us from going on the post,”
Baker testified. “ We have about
J5 men dependent on us for their
livelihood. So when he calls us on
the phone and tells us to do some
thing, we ask no question.
Military Is Boss
Baker said at one meeting held
it the Post in • the spring of 1949
'I received the worst verbal shel
lacking of my life” because prior
.o that time he had installed me
ters in cabs without consulting the
Military.
Similarly, Baker testified, "You
done as you were told and
liked it” when city police or the
city manager gave instructions.
The witness said otherwise they
might find themselves out of the
cab business.
City Council Acts
Baker said he remembered sub
mitting rates to the city council
for approval. Although the only
ones approved were in-city rates,
he said he was certain the council
had approved some rates some
time during 1946.
One of the main defense points
throughout the trial has been
that the council and the military
set rates for local cab firms.
The only other witness yester
day was Winfield Arvln, former
city councilman, who said he re
called the council approving cab
rates.
"There was no argument about
them,” he said.
HOONAH VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oamble of
Hoonah. are at the Hotel Juneau.
REDS READY
TO STRIKE
FROM AIR
Belief Expressed Commun
ists Preparing for Air
Attack - Warning
By Associated Press
Red Chinese withdrawals In North
Korea Friday coincided with a
warning that they might be pre
paring the way for heavy air strikes
at the advancing Allied ground
forces.
In the wake of history’s greatest
jet air battle, Lt. Gen. Qeorge E.
Stratemeyer, commander of the U.
S. Far East Air |brces, said the
growing Communist air arm might
soon start ground attacks.
In nine and one-half months of
war, such Red raids have been lim
ited to minor nuisance bombings by
one or two planes.
Allied airmen are forbidden to
strike at the Manchurian bases of
the Red air force, Oeneral Strate
meyer noted in an interview. “Our
only recourse is to blunt the attack
once it is launched,” he said. •
Warning Given
Strateineyer’s warning came in
the wake of the Jet battle.
Deposed Supreme Commander
Gen. MacArthur will fly home to
the United States Monday at the
height of a boiling controversy!
swirling around his dismissal for
veering from administration foreign
policies.
Tokyo dispatches said the Pacific
war hero was in a fighting mood
i and ready to challenge "President
Truman on the explosive issue of
meeting Communist aggression in
Asia.
MacArthnr’s Policy
His close aide, MaJ. Gen. Court
ney B. Whitney, said MacArthur
has.never advocated or even con
sidered extension of the war except
j to the limited degree necessary . . .
j to bing the (Korean) campaign to
' an honorable end with the mini
I mum loss of human life.” 1
Whitney, in a statement of Mac
j Arthur views, declared:
“He believes that appeasement
| would mean not less but Infinitely
| more ultimate bloodshed and, fol
| lowing historical precedent, might
: well carry within the seeds of a
new World War."
This fresh exposition of the 71
year-old general’s position came as
his successor, Lt. Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, issued his first general
orders taking over MacArthur’s
commands.
REPAIRS TO
GOV. HOUSE
HERE ARGUED
WASHINGTON, April 13 —<AV
| At least one member of a House
I Appropriations subcommittee Isn’t
impressed by the stuccoed exterior
of the governor’s mansion In Alaska.
"The fellow who recommended
that the house be stuccoed In that
Alaska climate sure was silly,”
commented Rep. Jensen (R-Iowte)
at a hearing on Interior DeDpart
ment funds.
Jensen made his observation dur
ing testimony concerning a $5,000
budget request for repairs to the
governor's house. The record of the
hearing was made public today.
D. H. Nucker, executive officer,
said "the ceilings are rotting, plas
ter is falling. The floors in places
are sagging. The house is in a state
of utter disrepair both inside and
out.”
Jensen, however, said he visited
the house five years ago and
thought ft “well-constructed” ex
cept for the stucco.
“It’s going to be one expense after
another as long as that stucco is
there,” he said.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali scheduled to sail from
Seattle late today.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Baranof from west scheduled
southbound Sunday morning.
5 Bombers
Shot Down
In Battle
_
Several Others Are Report
ed to Have Been Dam
aged in Air Fights
WASHINGTON, April 13 —(At—
The Air Force announced today
that five U. S. B-29 Superfortress
bombers have been shot down l'n
Korea.
The announcement was. made
after an Air Force briefing officer
disclosed the loss of two of the big
bombers in an air battle with Red
Jets near the Yalu River yesterday.
Three additional B-29s have been
lost to enemy air action in prior
engagements, it was announced.
None of the three earlier losses,
the Air Force said, was from ground
fire. No dates were given, but pre
sumably they were recent losses. ,
In yesterday’s air battle several
other U. S. bombers were damaged
but they were able to land at friend
ly bases.
An Air Force spokesman said none
of the 100 U. S. Jet fighters en
gaged in the largest air battle of
the Korean war was either dam
aged or destroyed.
He said final reports on the suc
cession of air flights yesterday were
that eight Red MIG-15 Jets were
definitely shot down, three more
were probably destroyed and 11
were damaged by U. S. fighters and
bombers.
PARATROOPS
ENTER TERR..
WAR GAMES
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE.
Va„ April 13, —(#)—A paratroop
battalion combat team took of!
from North Carolina for Alaska
yesterday to engage a theoretical
invading enemy force.
Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon, com
manding General of the tactical
air command, said 31 troop carrier
aircraft left Pope Air Force base
with paratroops to take part in
the mock Alaskan war operation
labeled "Firestep." The force is ex
pected to arrive at Elmendorf, Al
aska, in three days.
Despite adverse weather condi
tions ahead, seven Douglas C-54's
and 24 Fairchild C-119 troop car
rier planes shoved off on schedule.
I The aerial armada was to refuel at
Tinker Air Force base, Oklahoma
City, Okla., and continue to an
overnight stop at Rapid City, S. D.
From there it will proceed to Great
Falls, Mont., and to Edmonton and
Whitehorse, before touching down
at Elmendorf.
TOKYO PRESS HAS
NO JUDGMENT ON
LOSING MacARTHUR
TOKYO, April 13 —UH— The To
kyo press today avoided Judgment
on the tiring of General MacAr
thur.
Instead, editorials unanimously
praised MacArthur’s occupation po
licies and expressed regret and
sorrow that he would no longer
head the U. S. forces in Japan.
The newspaper Mainchl said the
reasons for MacArthur’s dismissal
were "outside of our sphere of
comment.”
The editorial praised the General
for giving to Japan “a thing en
tirely new to the Japanese—free
dom and respect for the individual.”
Like most other papers, Malnchi
said U. S. occupation policies would
probably change little since "the
reason for the dismissal of the Gen
eral is not related to the Japan
ese issue.”
FROM SITKA
Anna Jackson, Sitka, is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANGOON
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald John of An
goon are at the Baranof Hotel.
GENERAL 1
LEAVING
FOR U. S.
Is Willing to Appear Be
fore Joint Session Con
gress or Committee
WASHINGTON, April 13 —m—
The House Democratic leadership
today approved Inviting General
Douglas MacArthur to address a
Joint meeting of Congress.
Speaker Rayburn told newsmen
the House Rules Committee will
meet next Tuesday to consider a
Republican-sponsored resolution of
Invitation. He predicted its ap
proval.
WASHINGTON, April 13 —<*1—
Gen. Douglas MacArthur today was
Invited to appear before the Senate
Armed Services Committee to dis
cuss American policies in the Far
East.
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) an
nounced the invitation in a state
ment saying:
"The American people are en
titled to know all of the facts in
volved — except those which cannot
be released for reasons of security—
about the clash in policies advo
cated by President Truman and
MacArthur in Asia.”
MacArthur, relieved of his Pacific
commands by the President, is ready
to fly to the United States, and is
expected early next week. He has
indicated through an aide his wil
lingness to appear before Congres
sional groups.
The move by the Armed Services
Committee assured that the general
will have at least a limited Congres
sional forum for his views.
Joint Session Wanted
Republican leaders In Congress
have been insisting that MacArthur
should be asked to address a joint
Senate-House session.
Meantime, MacArthur-for-Presi
dent sentiment was reportedly be
ing renewed and the president of
Remington-Rand, Inc., confirmed
reports that the ousted general wiU
become an executive with his firm.
Senator McFarland of Arizona,
the Democratic leader, said no
final decision on giving MacArthur
a Congressional hearing has been
made. He said he had talked to
House Speaker Rayburn of Texas
about the matter and would con
fer with him again.
Unofficial Action
Others predicted the admlnigtcp
tlon would bow to the inevitable hot
would like to keep MacArthur’s 4P“
pearance on an unofficial plane slm- ,
liar to that on which Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower recently reported to
lawmakers at a meeting in the Li
brary of Congress.
Although Eisenhower addressed
an official joint session at the close
of World War II, it was pointed
out that MacArthur is coming home
in the role of a commander fired
by the President because he per
sisted in expressing views contrary
to presidential policies.
V -
Leave Tokyo Monday
MacArthur ana ms family plan
to leave Tokyo Monday by plane
for San Francisco. They will 'Mop
overnight In Hawaii. A top aide of
the general has said MacArthur Is
willing to appear before Congress.
Senate Republicans apparently
were lined up almost solidly behind
a resolution by Senator Wherry of
Nebraska, the OOP floor leader, lor
a Joint meeting.
The resolution had the public
support of Democratic Senators
Eastland of Mississippi and McCar
ran of Nevada. It also had the back
ing of some other DeDmocrats who
didn’t want to be quoted by name.
Unity Knocked Out
One of these told a reporter he
thinks the split over Far Eastern
policies dramatized by the Presi
dent’s firing of MacArthur has cut
so deep that there can be no hope
of unity until President Truman
replaces Secretary of State Ache
son.
The senator added that he doesn’t
expect the President to take any
such action.
The national headquarters of the
“MacArthur for President” commit
tee here declared that the furore
over MacArthur had generated re
newed demand for him as presi
dent.
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