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Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Wednesday, August 8, 1951
THE COURTS ANI) THE ILWU
It may be that the public is tiring of the pushing
around it has been receiving at the hands of some of
the gangster-controlled labor unions. We refer speci
fically to those unions that have repeatedly resorted
to violence and coercion to further their aims—always
at the expense of industry, the general public and
their own membership.
Last week, in Portland, a federal jury ordered the
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union and 44 members of its Portland local to pay
a total of $277,492 in damages as a result of the 1949
“hot pineapple” riot at Ttfe Dalles, Oregon.
The jury awarded $201,274 to the Hawaiian Pine
apple Company and the remainder of the sum to two .
truckdrivers who were bitten and severely injured in
the riot.
In this instance, violence, broke out as American
Federation of Labor workers unloaded canned pine- j
apple brought by barge from Hawaii while a long
shoremen's strike had paralyzed shipping to and Irom
the mid-Pacific islands.
This award brings to mind the judgment of $750,- ;
000, plus costs, awarded in the case of the Juneau
Spruce Corporation vs. the ILWU and local 16 two j
years ago.
What has happened to the local case? In Jan- j
unry, the U. S. Court of Appeals upheld the verdict j
of District Judge George W. Folta in favor of Juneau
Spruce.
Since then, the ILWU has applied to the Supreme
Court for a writ of certiorari and has until September
to present the writ. The high court will then examine
tire petition and determine whether sufficient reason
exists to warrant consideration of the appeal.
It is probable that the Oregon case will also be
brought before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme
Court before final disposition is made.
Should the ultimate judgment of these cases call
for payment by the ILWU of the more than $1,000,000
involved in the two suits and, continuing the con
jecture, should the ILWU be unable to satisfy such
judgment, the next step would probably be appoint
ment, by the court, of a receiver to administer the
financial affairs of the union.
The long jurisdictional dispute that closed the
Juneau Spruce mill lor so many months caused untold
losses to the mill, its hundred or more employees and
the business community oi Juneau.
It was a strike that none of the mill employees
wanted. Less than 20 members oi ILWU's local 16
managed to close the mill and throw out of employ
ment more than a hundred men.
These are the destructive tactics of the ir
responsible unions to which the general public is
finally objecting. These are the tactics which in
evitably redound to the detriment of the rank and
file members of those unions.
NOT A DEPENDABLE ALLY
There is considable agitation for the inclusion of
Spain in the framevVork being erected for the defense
of Western Europe. While the military experts as
sert that the participation of Franco's regime would
oe advanugeous, there are consequences which might
make it unwise for the United States to enter into any
bilateral arrangement with Spain.
North Atltjtrtifc Treaty Organization fs a group
of nations wit!? muen in'common. ’ Their‘peoples pos
sess basic "-tind,. elqmtiMal freedoms, Including the
power to throw off their government at elections
in which .every citizen cap vote. Also included in
the elements essential to a progressive civilization are
the basic freedoms of free spech, a free press and
freedom of religious worship. None of these basic
freedoms are without restriction in Spain.
The strength of an alliance is not to be found
in a paper called a treaty. It is a similarity of pur
pose and interest that makes treaties effective. Few
alliances, based upon a paper contract and without
the other essentials, are worth anything. Circum
stances may come about that make it possible for
one party or the other to seek greater benefits on
the theory that no treaty Should interfere with the
interests of a nation.
.: ■ > v i. ’!..n - * i i
Advice: Take advantage of the opportunity that
now presents itself and save some money; it will
come in handy in future years.
The Washington
Merry-6o4totind
(Continued from Page One)
United States consumes about 14
million pounds a year, chiefly for
metal-cutting tools. This doesn’t
count the critically needed tung
sten ior jet engines, armor-pier
cing shells and atomic energy. In
fact, our anti-tank warfare de
pends on these armor-piercing
shells, which can’t be built with
out tungsten. Yet the Russians
know that the most tungsten we
can scrape up this year will be
about 12 million pontiffs—unless
the Korean mines can be rushed
into full production.
Note—our government has re
cently received several mysterious
offers of Portuguese tungsten. The
offers all mention the same figure
—3,000 pounds. U. S. experts sus
pect these offers are feelers from
Russia, which may be preparing
to trade tungsten for critical war
materials needed in the Soviet
Union.
Declaration of Independence
Two newspapers have now tried
the experiment of asking Ameri
cans to sign a petition containing
nothing but the Declaration of In
dependence and the original
amendments of the U. S. consti
tution. First was the Capital Times
of Madison. Wis., which had 111
out of 112 people refuse to sign.
Second was the New Orleans item
which had 24 out of 33 refuse to
sign.
The New Orleans petition was
circulated after both President
Truman and this commentator
had publicized the shocking 111
to 1 refusal in Wisconsin. Never
theless its results showed how
many of the American people
either have forgotten the inspir
ing precepts of the founding
lathers or else become afraid of
the expression of liberal ideas.
Here are some of the reactions
received by reporter Allen John
son when he circulated the New
Orleans copy of the Declaration
of Independence and the Bill of
Rights:
“Three jnen,” reported Johnson,
“called me a Communist. One
said, My "family's with the govern
ment, it would get them in trouble.
You kno\* the FBI checks up on
these things.' ”
Another read Jefferson's stir
ring words: "Wherever any form
of government becomes destruc
tive of these ends, it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish
it. . . • ”
“That,” remarked the man ap
proached by reporter Johnson,
"sounds Russian to me. ’
A housewife didn't like the
amendment to the constitution
guaranteeing a free press and free
speech.
"That part ought to be narrow
ed down,” she said. "There's too
much talk, going on.” She refused
to sign. v
Maybe . Senator Joe McCarthy,
who has circulated thousands of
copies of his speeches through
ithe mails at the - taxpayers’ exr
jpenae, should circulate free copies
of . t£e _Declaration of Independ
ence’instead. It might ooiitt^VacT
some of tha fair he has instilled
|in peoples’, minds. .
Truth About Voice
Congressmen are always1 quick
to put the lie to newspapermen
when they don’t like’ criticism.
But it’s not often that a Cong
ressman is called for a lie by his
own colleagues.
That was what happened to
Congressman John Taber of New
York the other day when he got,
careless of his facts regarding the j
Voice of America.
Taber, campaigning to cut the |
State Department’s vitally im- j
portant propaganda budget, quo-1
ted Ben Hibbs, editor of the Sat- j
urday Evening Post, as a foremost1
critic of the Voice. Hibbs is a j
member of a committee of dis- ]
tinguished Americans who advise
the State Department regarding
the Voice and other propaganda.
”The Editor of the Saturday
Evening Post who" is on that com
mittee,” declared Congressman Ta
ber, "has. never been called to a
meeting. And he wrote Just a little
while ago just what he thought
about the situation and the way
it (the Voice! was not .being car
ried out for the good of the Am
erican people."
Mr. Hibbs, however, was quick
to nail Tiber's unfair and untrue
distortion* of tlie truth. In a letter
inserted in the Congressional rec
ord by Congressman Rooney of
New York, Democrat, editor Hibbs
stated:
“There have been two regular!
meetings of the commission since
my appointment and I have at
tended hot h yf them.
"I urtderstffiid that it was also
said on tha Jtoor of Congffess that
I recently *~‘wrute something' ex
pressing critical views of the
Voice oi America. This is not true.
! I have writtefi ilathing about the
Voice of America sinte I have
[been on the . commission. . .
“My position 'tat- fl»t there is
room for improvement in the
whole State Department's infor
mation program, as there always
| is in any activity, governmental
! or private. But I do not believe
that this program has been a
latlure, and I do believe that it is
being steadily improved.
Moreover, I believe most ur
gently that the program is oi such
enormous importance that we
simply can't throttle it by deny
ing funds for its continuance.
'Signed* Ben Hibbs."
Note—other members of the
committee advising the State De
partment on propaganda are Har
old Dodds, Prtsident of Princeton;
Rev. Martin McGuire, president
of Catholic University; Edwin D.
Canham, editor of the Christian
Science Monitor; and Philip Reed,
| chairman of the Board of Gener
i ul Electric. The commission issued
[ a favcvable report On the efficien
cy of the State Department’s an
ti-Soviet propaganda program.
Agriculture is the basic industry
in Yugoslavia. .
! Prisoner's Song
Will Be Theme
For Draft Dodger
SAN FRANQISCO, Aug. 8, -rtf'!
tf)—Dick Contino, 21, popular ac
cordionist, was sentenced today to
six months in prison and was
fined $10,000 on a draft evasion
change. 7l9*lWi>
Oontino, who rnade as much ^
$4,000 a week ftf (HUtter and mglrt
club engagements, pleaded guilty
July 24 to a dratt dodging charge.
After the sentencing, Contino
told newsmen "it’s all right.”
Federal Judge Michael J. Roche
told him “the court feels a penal
ty should be imposed in this case.
It is not a proper case for pro
bation.”
SULPHUK SURVEY
IN ONTARIO
PORT FRANCES, Out. —(,f!—A
new search for sulphur deposits is
under way in the Nickle Lake area
near here where six holes about
1,000 feet have already been
drilled. Of the large area being
surveyed, much of the property is
owned by Fort Frances residents.
ATTENTION
No meeting of the Central Com
mittee. Treasurer & ex-Chairman
is out of town. 881-2t
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
Al'GUST 8
John J. Cashen
Martin Lynch
Arthur L. Pederson
Henry Roden
Sarah J. Cameron
Mrs. Harry Sturrock
Linn A. Forerst
Ronald Peterson
Ralph Marsh
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130-Miie Height
Reached by Rocket
To Set Record ,
WHITE SANDS, N. M„ Aug. 8—
?—A new record of more than 130
miles in altitude was set today by
an American built Viking rocket.
Soaring higher than any single
stage missile, the five-ton Viking
No. 7 stayed in the air 10 minutes.
At the peak, it made an estimated
speed of 5,600 miles an hour—just
under 111 miles a minute.
The firing of the rocket was de
layed 1 hour and 30 minutes to elim
inate last minute mechanical diffi
culfiees. The rocket was touched off
at ll a.ni, All clear was sounded 12
minutes later—perhaps a minute
kft'er rolling thunder told the rocket
had landed.
The rocket hit earth about 41
miles north of the launching plat
form, the Navy announced.
Secretary of Army Frank Pace,
Jr., watched the shoot from about
three miles distance with a group
of military personnel. He had no im
mediate comment.
The highest single rocket has gone
previously was 114 miles. That mark
was set Dec. 17, 1948 by a -rebuilt i
German V-2—the missile that ter
roized Britain in World War II.
Both the Viking and V-2 are
single stage rickets, each making its
flight on a single burst of. power.
i. By aorttrast, a two-stage- rocket
launched here Feb. 24, 1949, soared
■15C miles above the earth.
t<
Sitka -Seine Boat
Captain Fined $308 !
For Illegal Fishing ]
Captain John F. Joseph, of the !
seiner Two Brothers, pleaded_^uil-1
ty to an illegal fishing chArge 'ill j
Sitka and was fined $300 by U.'S.‘
Commissioner Frank KiehafdS'.''
Jieikt of' hl$ fivfe crew members
4mv' fines of $225. A 30-day jaik
sentence, also levied, was suspen
ded by the court.
The complaint charged the boat
with fishing at a stream mouth
and was signed by John Klingbeil,
agent for the Fish and Wildlife
•Service.
RHODE TO REPRESENT
SECRETARY AT
SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Clarence Rhode, regional director
of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Sere
vjce, will represent tire office of*
, the Secretary of the Interior at the*
Alaska Science Conference to be'
held September 4 to 8 at McKinley.
National Park.
Rhode received a letter from Sec
retary Oscar Chapman today con
taining the request.
The Alaska organization is a
branch of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
and the conference is being held
| to survey the progress of science
in Alaska and examine prospects
j for better application and develop
ment of science in Alaska research.
I Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
L Topaz hum
ming bird
4. Decline
7. Scene of
action
12. Tart of the
mouth
13. Female deer
14. Cubic
decimeter
15. Summit
16. Prove to -be
guiltless
18. Feminine
20. Flowering
plant
21. Foray
22. Fish sauce
23. Vegetable
26. Scruple of
conscience
23. Separate
30. Dressing for
32. Everlastings
poetic
33. Eastern
potentate
31. Mountain
ridge
35. Small soft
mass
36. Rowing imple
ments
S3. Edible
seaweed
41. Having offen
sive smell
42. Funeral
oration
43. Those who
gather into
one volume
47. Staff
48. Around
40. Threaded
metal fast
ener
O; Of i —il
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle !l
60. Masculine
name
61. Annoy
62. Golf mound
63. Has the
ability
DOWN
3. Change
2. Stringed
instrument
3. Applied by
way of
ornament
4. Paradise
5* Container
6. Make quiet
«• Distribute
8. Mature
9* C'tt.t k letter
10. Device for
catching
11. Exist
J7* Hubber tree
10. Elicit
Danish Island
£3. Medicine
-*• Sea eagle
Consumed
37. Meteoric
stone
29. Part of certain
flowers
Be held
31. Ancient win*
vessel
• Bitter vetch
: 1. Zealous
•o. Trouble N
2j. Greek market
place
40. Part of a for
tification
41. Musical work
42. Princely Ital
ian family
43. Feline animal
44. West Indian
sorcery: vaf#
45. Extinct bird
40. llegr«6 '
20 YEARS AGO
EMPIRE
AUGUST 8, 1931
The Territory ended July with a net cash balance on hand in the
’•( , ury ol' $032,137.14. according to the monthly financial statement
, j w. G. Smith, Territorial Treasurer. Total cash on hand was $702.
078.20 with outstanding warrants $69,949.08.
The Princess Charlotte is due to arrive at 6 o’clock tonight with
I, following passengers for Juneau: John Jacobson, Sister Mary Agnes,
S: ter Mary Constantine, Sister Mary Irene, Sister Mary Hildegarde
nd Sister Mary Alfreda.
Charles Miller, local business man, returned to Juneau from Pitts
: ir:'h where he represented the local Serbian Society at the first
annual convention of that organization ever held in the United States.
L. M. Carrigan, representative of Armour and Company, returned
to Juneou today from a business trip to towns south of here.
In a wedding today, which came as a surprise to her many friends,
Mis- Mildred Morrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Morrison of this
city, became the bride of Mr. Baird Miller French. The ceremony wes
performed by Dean C. E. Rice of Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Enroute to Santa Clara, California, where he will enter college,
John Hellenthal, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hellenthal, left here on the
steamer Prince Rupert for Seattle.
Charles Ferdene, who entered St. Ann’s Hospital July 8, has left for
his home.
Weather: High, 62: low, 55; showers.
| Daily Lessons in English w.l. cordon !
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Avoid ’the use of “party” in the sense
of a "person." Leave the word "party ’ to the legal documents and
the telephone operators. * Ndt, “Have you heard from that party
yet?” Instead, say, "Have you heard from that PERSON yet?”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Melee. Pronounce as may-lay, accent
an second syllable.
OFTFN MISSPELLED: Battalion; two T's, only one L. Medallion;
rne D. and two L's.
SYNONYMS: Fertile, fruitful, prolific, productive, abundant.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
incerase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
SQUALID; dirty through neglect. "The family was found in squalid
listress.”
I MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
Q. When you are a member of a group of persons, and one of them
begins a s,tory you have heard before,''it is all rjght to break into the
ubiY'with'this"lnnimsttm-i? - - - - * , - .
A. Never. This is exceedinly rude both to the story-teller and
to those who may not have heard the story before. It is much better to
ippear interested and act as though you had not.heard the story.
Q. Which is correct, when a man and wife are signing a greeting
Sard, Marv and John or John and Mary?
A. "Mary and John" is the correct form.
Q. 7s it proper for a woman to serid flowers to a man?
A. Yes, to any man she know’s when he is seriously ill or con
valescing. Cut ones or plants are equally suitable.
LOOK and LEARN a!c.GORDON !
1. What three Vice-Presidents served during the administration of
?r‘anklin D. Roosevelt?
2. What part of the body is the fermur?
3. Which is farther north, New York City or Rome. Italy?
4. What is a masochist?
5. Of what plant family is garlic a member?
ANSWERS':
1. John Garner, Henry Wallace and Harry Truman.
2. The thigh bone.
3. Rome. g. w AJ: - ,
4. A person who takes perverse pleasure in pain inflicted upon
himself.
5. Lily family.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska point*
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 51—Rain
Annette Island. 54—Fog
Barrow . 45—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . 50—Rain
Cordova . 50—Rain Showers
Dawson . 55—Rain Showers
Edmonton ... . 53—Partly Cloudy
Haines .... .... 53—Drizzle
Havre . 57—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 51—Rain
Kodiak . 52—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue 50—Cloudy
McGiath . 46—Cloudy
Nome . 47—Rain Showers
Northway . 51—Rain Showers
Portland . 53—Cloudy
Petersburg . 53—Cloudy
Portland .. 60—Cloudy
Prince George 49—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 55—Cloudy
Sitka . 54—Rain Showers
Whitehorse . 54—Cloudy
Yakutat . 52—Drizzle
8 !n; 26 Out;
22 Through on
PNA Monday
FIELD COMMITTEE
MEETING POSTPONED
The Alaska Field Committee
meeting, scheduled for Anchorage
August 14, has been postponed to
Sept. 18, it was announced today
by Clarence Rhode, acting chair
man.
Reason for the postponement,
Rhode said, was that Assistant Sec
retary of Interior Dale E. Doty, who
had planned to attend was prevent
ed from doing so for business rea
sons. He will come to Anchorage for
the September meeting.
ARRIVES HERE
TO SUPERVISE
WATER POWER SURVEYS
To supervise water power dev
elopment surveys, now being car
ried on in Southeastern Alaska,
Arthur Johnson arrived in Juneau
yesterday.
He is with the Tacoma office ~oi
the U. S. Geological Survey.
Tire work is being done as a
joint project between the survey
office and the U. S. Forest Ser
vice B. Frank Heintzleman, reg
ional forester, said today.
Crews* are working at Dorothy
Lake, in Taku" Inlet, and at Cra
ter and Long Lakes in Speel In
let near Point Snettisham.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
OFFICIALS ARE HERE
U. W. Killingsworth and L. C.j
Wesson, of the Alaska Steamship]
Co., from Seattle are in Juneau for
a few days in connection with com
pany business. They are staying
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM WHITEHORSE
Visitors from Whitehorse, Y. T„
who are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel include Mrs. A. B. Powell, Mrs.
C. P. Holden, Mrs. B. P. Kearney,
and Mrs. A. C. Brett.
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EKOLITE
DEPTH SOUNDERS
MADSEN
Cycle & Fishing Supply
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor 8portswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
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FHED HENNING
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperflold,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V._
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting1 every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2308
J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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PHONE 216—DAT or NIGHT
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Newly Renovated Rooms
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HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Llqnor Store—Tel, 699
American Meat — Phone SS
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117 Main St. Phone 773
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