^ "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIBE
TIME* '
VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,809 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. MAY 14, 1951_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
Reds Making New Threat In Korean Warfare
DEFENSE OF
ALASKA NOW
DISCUSSED
Regular Army Regimental
Combat Team May Be
First Addition
By ELTON C. FAY
Al* Military Affairs Reporter
WASHINGTON, May 14 — UP) —
The military hopes to use regular
Army units in meeting congres
sional demands for a buildup of the
Alaskan garrison, keeping Federal
ized National Guard divisions intact
for other assignments.
A regular Army regimental com
bat team may be the first major
addition to the force guarding
Alaska against the danger of a
possible Russian attempt to gain
a foothold there, it was learned to
day. Only the narrow Bering Straits
separate Alaska and Soviet Siberia.
A Senate Armed Services subcom
mittee on preparedness, headed by
Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex)
turned in a critical report earlier
this year on the slate of Alaskan
aeienses.
Last week Defense Secretary Mar
shall, testifying in the Senate in
vestigation of Far Eastern policy,
said he was concerned in 1948 over
the Army obtaining enough men to
guard even air strips in Alaska
against a possible seizure attempt,
by airborne troops. He did not say
what he thought about the situa
tion now.
Army r^ifrUoa Buildup
By midsummer cf 19t9, the Army
garrison had increased to about
6,500. This included both combat
and non-combat units. The former
included one battalion of an infan
try regimental combat team (such
a battalion usually is composed of
between 600 and 1,000 men) and one
antiaircraft battalion.
Although there have been fewT|
Alaskan strength figures publish® J
since then (and none at all sp&t the I
start of the Korean ' tfiere have 1
been indication of some increase j
beyond tly 1949 strength, particu- j
JfFin antiaircraft units. Such units
"are essential for holding airfields
against enemy paratroops.
Strategic Concept
The strategic concept of defend- |
ing Alaska is predicated on the idea j
of using comparatively small but
highly mobile and heavily armed
units which could be deployed to
threatened points. A "total” defense
of all corners and the interior of
the vast and roadless territory was
ruled out as too costly in manpower.
An airborne regimental combat,
team is considered by some strate
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"siEAMER MOVEMENTS
Denali from Seattle in port bound
westward.
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Wednesday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(CoDTTUht. 1951. »» Bell Bmdteete. Inc..
TTaSHINGTON. — There have
been numerous headlines about the
oil-tanker deals of ex-Congressman
Joe Casey, Admiral ’’Buir’ Halsey
and the late Ed Stettinius. Real
fact, however, is that these deals
are peanuts compared with the way
a fabulous group of wealthy Greeks
bought American ships on a shoe
string and parlayed their fleet into
one of the largest in the world.
Furthermore, they did it largely
with the use of other people’s mon
ey.
One of the Greeks who purchased
an American ship, incidentally, is
the present Premier of Greece,
Sophocles E. Venezelos, though he
did so before he became Premier.
These Greeks, though private
citizens, used the credit of their -
government to buy up bargain-rate
American liberty ships, grew fat on
the post-war boom, and are now
operating hundreds of ships under
a dozen different flags. Because
they pay almost no taxes, they
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Plays Gift Piano
President Truman plays a gift piano at the W hi le^ House with obvious
enjoyment. The instrument is a specially-designed one made for him
by the American piano industry from materials assembled from United
Nations countries. </P) Wire photo.
NEW STRATEGY
IS PLANNED FOR
OUSI^ACHESGii
House Republicans Seek
Elimiiafion of Secretary
from Payroll
i _
WASHINGTON, May 14 — UP) —
Rep. Phillips (R-Calif) today came
up with a new strategy for House
Republicans seeking to force Dean
Acheson out of office as secretary
of state.
Such a campaign has been under
discussion in House cloakrooms for
several weeks, and administration
leaders have conceded privately they
are not at all sure they can stop it.
Phillips, a member of the Ap
propriations committee, has drafted
an amendment which would strike
Acheson from the State Department
payroll without mentioning him by
name. Attempts to eliminate indi
viduals by name have been blocked
in the oast by court rulings.
Phillips’ amendment would pro
hibit use of any State Department
funds to pay anyone in the depart
ment who in the previous five years
‘ was connected directly or indirectly
with a business or professional of
fice. any part of whose income was
derived from business relations with
or professional services for any gov
ernment, other than the government
of the United States.”
“That would get Acheson,” Phil
lips told newsmen, "because his law
firm represented some foreign gov
ernments within the past five years
and while he still was associated
with it.”
MARRIED
George L. Walker, a printer of
Alhambra, California, and Esther
F. Davis, also of Alhambra, were
married Friday, May 11, in the
office of U. S. Commissioner Gor
don Gray.
Witnesses were Hal Windsor and
Martha Windsor.
•
WEATHER REPORT •
Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
In Juneau — Maximum, •
50; minimum, 43, •
At Airport — Maximum, •
55; minimum, 45. •
FORECAST •
Cloudy with some very •
light showers tonight and •
Tuesday. Lowest tempera- •
ture tonight about 44 degrees. •
Highest Tuesday near 52. •
PRECIPITATION •
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
City of Juneau — :54 inches; •
Since May 1 — 1.08 inches; •
Since July 1 — 69.13 inches. •
At Airport — .20 inches; •
Since May 1 — .53 inches; •
Since July 1 — 39.30 inches. •
Associated Press
War Correspondent
Cited for Courage .
TOKYO, May 14 —(*t— A lanky,
eager war correspondent drifted out
of the Korean dusk one night and
asked permission to accompany an
American outfit preparing for an
attack.
The battalion commander tried to
talk him out of it, because it was
April 23, the second night of the
heavy Chinese offensive on the
Western front.
But John Randolph, Associated ;
Press war correspondent, went along j
anyway.
The next day many American
newspapers carried his graphic ac
count of the fight put up by Com- j
pany B, first battalion of the U. S. j
Seventh Infantry regiment.
Today, three weeks later, the rest
of the story came out.
Randolph has been cited for "his
courageous actions under fire on
behalf of my men” by the battalion
commander, Lt. Col. Fred C. Wey
and of Healdsburg, Calif.
The Americans were under con
stant fire from automatic weapons,
mortars and artillery, Weyand said
in a letter to the Associated Press.
Several men in the lead platoon fell
in the open.
"With complete disregard for his
own safety Mr. Randolph moved for
ward to carry these wounded men
to less exposed positions where they
could receive medical attention. All
in all. I believe he made four such
trips.”
The AP newsman mentioned only
casually in his story that he had
helped carry some wounded.
TOP SHOOTERS ARE
LIONS GUESTS TODAY
The three top shooters in the
Lions Marble Tourney were guests
of the club at a regular meeting
at the Baranof hotel this noon.
Mike Korhonen was in the 9-year
old class, with Bob Bowman in the
10-11-year-old group and Norman
Clark tops in the 12-14-year-old
bracket.
The question of whether or not
to spend the $2,000 raised by the
club for a filter unit instead of a
heater unit for the swimming pool
took up some conversation with the
argument that the recirculation of
the water through the filter unit
allowed for some heating. It was
decided that if any donors objected
to the use of the filter system the
money would be refunded.
Charter nights for the new Lions
“Cubs” at Haines gnd ' Skagway
were auuonced for May 19 and 20.
Guests were Don Kantola of An
chorage and Max Lewis of Juneau.
A fishing picture taken by a 10
year-old lad was shown by Alva
Blackerby. The' film was sponsored
by the Alaska Coastal Airlines.
SIBERIAN
FORCE IS
BUILT UP
Marshall Testifies Russia
Increasing Strength
Near Korea
WASHINGTON, May 14 — liPt —
Secretary Marshall testified today
Russia had made “sizeable increases”
in its military garrisons near Korea
since last December.
Marshall told senators that while
the Soviets always have maintained
strong forces in their Siberian bor
ders, there has been a recent buildup
in strength.
He had mentioned this in testi
mony last week but his reference
to December pin-pointed the time of
the buildup as he had not done be
fore. t
Under questioning, Marshall also
insisted that Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur’s plan of stepped up air and
sea fighting would not defeat Red
China in Korea.
For the seventh day, the defense
secretary was before the Senate
Armed Services and Foreign I
tions committees which are in
ing into MacArthur’s dismissal i >.n
his Far Eastern commands.
Red China Issue
Chairman Connally (D-Te> of
the Foreign Relations group ked
Marshall whether "our air power
and Navy could win a war against
Red China and .... keep them
from making an invasion ofK<
"Formosa, you mean?” Marshall
asked.
“No,” Connally replied. “I mean
keep them from coming over like
they are now. Could our Navy and
air alone, without any ground
troops —”
“I do not think they could, sir,”
Marshall replied.
MacArthur has testified that ot.ly
a few more ground troops 'vou'u
be needed in Korea to win a icto> v j
there if American bombers we e
permitted to raid Red China’s base (
in Manchuria, a naval blocka w: •;
clamped on the China coas and
Chinese Nationalist troops were used
against the Communists.
Russ Intervention Feared
In previous testimony, Marshall
had argued this program involved
too big a risk that Russia might
intervene and touch off a global.
war.
He had questioned, too, whether
the MacArthur program would end
the war quickly. But Marshall once
said that if he had absolute cer
tainty the Russians would not come
in he would favor bombing Chinese
bases in Manchuria.
At the outset of today’s hearing,
Senator Russell (D-Ga) warned his
colleagues against any "leaks” of
secret testimony from the closed
door hearings.
Unlocking Secrets
He said “We are unlocking secrets
that have been pro tec tied in steel
safes” and declared thiat "neither
our God nor our fellow citizens will
ever forgive us” if indischtlons add
to the danger facing: American
fighting men.
Reporters and the public are
barred from the hearings, but a
stenographic report of "what is said
is sent to newsmen. Censors first go
over it and cut out anything they
think might be damaging to the na
tional interest if made B ubllc.
Russian Streng th
Senator Bridges (R-N1I) took up
with Marshall the question of the
Russian strength in tly.e Korean
area.
Senators have heard estimates
that approximately 500,000 Russian
troops are available within a range
of 200 miles from the Kor ian border.
Bridges noted Marshall! had “re
ferred several times to t'.ie' unusual
strength or the very sizable strength
on the borders up there in this area.”
“I want to ask you,” Brid ?es con
tinued, “if it is not true that Russia
has consistently maintained large
numbers of ground forces and air
forces and so forth on these borders
for a period of many years even
before this thing started?"
Correct Version
Marshall: “That is correct, but I
was given the impression or the
information that more recently,
notably since I think Decemljer.
that there had been sizable fncrea ses
in the garrisons in that region.”
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Greeting for Defense Secretary
Seim or Tom Connally (D.-Tex.) (right, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, shakes hands
Him Defense Secretary George Marshall (center) while Senator Richard Rusell (D.-Ga.), chairman of
ti,,* joint Senate inquiry into the firing of General Douglas MacArthur, chats with the Pentagon chief
prior to the start of hearing, in Washington, in the great dispute over Far East policies. The hearing j
aga a is closed to the public. (/PI Wirephoto.
UNION HEADS
SUBJECT T-H
ACT IS RULED
WASHINGTON, May 14 — Iff) —
The Supreme Court has decided the
T ifi-Hartley Act requires officers
< l “parent" labor federations such
■. the CIO and AFL to file non
Communist affidavits. Such leaders
have already signed the affidavits.
The court disagreed with a ruling
by the National Labor Relations
board that the oath requirement
applies only to union groups which
take part in collective bargaining
and are empowered to call strikes.
The high tribunal at the same
time rejected an NLRB contention
that an employer has no right to a
court finding as to whether union
officials have propertly complied
with the affidavit requirement. The
board insisted its own decision on
compliance is final.
In other actions the high tribunal:
1. Refused for a second time to
review the cases of seven Nazis
sentenced to hang in Germany ior
World War II atrocities. The refusal
removes the last pending legal ob
stacle against the executions, orig
inally set for last February.
2. Upheld 7-2-the right of state.'
to regulate the sale of natural gar
piped across their borders if it is to
be sold in competition with an es
tablished utility.
3. Denied a hearing to John F.
Maragon, one-time White House
intimate and prominent figure in
the Senate “five percenter" investi
gation, sentenced to eight months to
two years in prison for lying to
senators during the inquiry.
4. Dismissed an appeal by the
Pioneer News Service. Inc., of St
Louis, against an order shutting off
its telephone service because it was
used in horse race betting. Pioneer
itself asked that the appeal be dis
missed but gave no reason.
ADULT SEWING CLASS
STYLE REVIEW POSTPONED
The style review to show the gar
ments that were made in the win
ter and spring adult sewing clas
ses that was scheduled for Wed
nesday night, May 16, has been
postponed until Saturday, June 2
at 2 p.m. Miss Price, Home Dem
onstration Agent informs us that*
several garments are still not quite
completed. The place of the review
will be announced later.
In addition to the review—Miss
Price states she will have bulletins
available and will discuss briefly
canning and freezing fruits and
vegetables and will have recipes for
the snack items served as refresh
ments available for distribution.
Worldwide
Ban on War
Goods, China
UN Sanctions Committee
Votes for Action-As
sembly to Accept
By STANLEY JOHNSON
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y„ May,
14 —(JV— The United Nations Sanc
tions committee today voted a
world-wide ban on shipments of war
goods to Communist China. The
vote was 11 to nothing, with Egypt
abstaining.
The sanctions group, formally
known as the Additional Measures
committee, is a 14-nation body set
up to consider punishment of Red
China for her intervention in
Korea. The committee's vote is only
the first step toward imposition of
he worldwide embargo.
Following this, the ban must be
debated by political committee ol
the General Assembly, and then by
he Assembly in plenary session.
The Soviet block is expected to fight
t in both forums to the last ditch.
India, leader of the neutralist group
n the UN, is also expected to oppose
the embargo as endangering any
chance of peace negotiations with
Peiping.
All signs point to eventual assem
bly acceptance, however, and the
U. S. hopes adoption will be by an
overwhelming majority.
British and French opposition to
the move, based on the fear that it
might enlarge the area of conflict,
evaporated last week.
Pushing of punitive measures
against the Chinese Reds indicates
the extreme pessimism with which
the UN regards the possibility of a
negotiated peace in Korea.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, May 14 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%. American Can
107%-, American Tel. and Tel 154%,
Anaconda 43, Douglas Aircraft 99,
General Electric 55%, General Mot
ors 51%, Goodyear 76%, Northern
Pacific 38%, Standard Oil of Cali
fornia 47%, Twentieth Century Fox
20, U. S, Steel 43%, Pound $2.80%,
Canadian Exchange 94.06%.
Sales today were 1,250,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 256.08, rails 82.66, utili
ties 42.42.
FROM SEATTLE
E. P. Edwards of Seattle is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
BRITAIN m
NEW MOVE,
IRAN ISSUE
State of Readiness Order
ed for Parachute
Brigade Group
_ i
LONDON, May 14, — 1*1 —Brit
ain told its trouble-shooting 16th
Independent Parachute Brigade
group today to bring itself at once
to a state of readiness. .
Simultaneously Foreign Secretary!
Herbert Morrison — interrupting
his Whitsun holiday on the Isle of
Wight — kept in touch with the
foreign office by phone on the
latest developments in Iran.
There was speculation that the
two events were connected, and
that Britain was ready to make a
strong stand, if necessary, to hold
its rich oil concession in Iran.
But this speculation was with
out official confirmation. A war
office spokesman stressed that the i
Parachute Brigade was not under
sailing orders. He described the
alerting order as routine war of
iice business.
Some sections of the British
press have been demanding a
stronger attitude toward Iran. The
line taken by these publications
is that Iran's oil is so important
to Britain and the Atlantic powers
that the British should resist any
attempt by Iranian auhorities to
take over the installations of the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, as
Iran's parliament has voted to do.
A few days ago The Economist,
a weekly independent journal of
opinion, said Morrison has drafted
a note to Iran hinting that Britain
will resist by force, if necessary.
I —
MRS. DAVID RAMSAY MAKES
ROI'NDTRII* HERE FROM SITKA
With her son Jakie and two friends
from Sitka, Mrs. David Ramsay ar
rived in Juneau Sunday on the Bar
anof and left on the Denali to re
turn to “the most scenic town in
Alaska.”
Mrs. Ramsay, whose husband is
the Alaska Steamship Company
agent in Sitka, and is a former
Juneaulte, was accompanied on her
trip to Juneau by Mrs. Hugh Nelson
and Mrs. Ken Cravens, who made
the journey so they could see more
of Alaska before returning to their
Washington, D. C. homes. Their hus
bands are with the Coast and Geo
detic Survey at Sitka.
The early Egyptians are said to
have worshipped the cabbage.
OFFENSIVE
EXPECTED,
TEN DAYS
Commies Quietly Building
Up Forces-Bad Weather
Screens Movements
By Associated Press
Chinese Red troops expanded a
threatening bridgehead across the
Choyang river on the Central Kor
ean front today despite the pound
ing of American guns.
These forces northeast of Chun
chon may spearhead a second spring
offensive by the 500.000-man Red
Army, expected in about 10 days.
Elsewhere along the 100-mlle
front UN patrols probed no-man's
land with little opposition. How
ever, two sharp clashes broke out
on the Western front.
Into Ambush
One American task force ran into
a Chinese ambush and pulled back
after a determined battle. The sec
ond prolonged fight begun when an
armored American outfit ambushed
a Chinese patrol.
For the first time in the war UN
forces are getting a small but steady
trickle of Chinese deserters, AP
Correspondent John Randolph re
ported from this front. The desert
ers, often showing up with surrender
leaflets, include some officers.
Reds Await Buildup
The Reds appeared to be avoiding
strong contact while rushing fresh
troops into buildup areas on the
West and Central fronts.
Bad weather screened their move
ments Monday.
In Washington there was intrigu
ing talk of an early Allied success
in Korea. Senator Flanders (R-Vt)
said "there seems to be something
big in the wind” and Senator Ke
fauver (D-Tenn) said he had a
definite feeling the top command
has a plan "which makes the out
come look optimistic."
Move Toward Success
The senators’ statements stemmed
from the assertion of Secretary of
Defense Marshall that the Allies
are moving toward success in
Korea. They are members of the
committee investigating the firing
of Gen. MacArthur and Far Eastern
policy. Marshall made his statement
Detore tne committee, me live siur
general went before the committee
again today.
A spokesman for the U. S. 8th
Army said the Reds could strike
anytime they wanted and the con
census was that this would come
in about 10 days.
A new Red air field was spotted
at Pyong, 25 miles northeast of
Pyongyang, the Red Korean capital,
and B-29s tore it up with 130 tons
of bombs. A captured Red patrol was
found equipped with an unusual
number of automatic weapons.
GOV. COMMUTES
PRISON TERM OF
Z. E. EAGLESTON
The Governor’s office today an
nounced that the three-year sent
ence being served by Z. E. Eagle
ston, for conviction in the Third
Division of assault with a danger
ous weapon has been commuted.
Commutation will allow Eagleston's
release two months earlier than
was otherwise scheduled.
The Governor's action followed
recommendations from the pardon
board, the trial judge, the past
and present United States attor
neys from the Third Division, and
various others.
Among the factors considered
pertaining to Eagleston's release,
was the critical illness of Eagle
ston's one close relative, a niece
vho resides in the midwest. A vic
tim of cancer, the niece's doctor
had written that she could not live
beyond July 1.
Eagleston's trial was followed
with much interest some years
ago and, since his conviction, he
has paid some $41,000 civil dam
ages arising from the same offense
for which he was sentenced.
FROM B. C.
Doug Lingel and Vic Weber of
Kasla, B. C. are at the Gastineau
Hotel.