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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,687
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1950
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PRICE TKN CENTS
Steel Hurled at Reds Attacking Beachhead
BRIDGES
BLASTED
BY UNION
Names Called al Election
Sandin Defeats Schmidt
for President
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 19—<A*I—
A top aide of Harry Bridges was
defeated for the presidency of
Bridges’ own longshore union local
last night following heated name
calling.
Phil Sandin, right wing opponent
of Bridges’ policies, defeated Henry
Schmidt, ardent supporter of the i
union chief, by about 100 votes to
win re-election in Local 10. The
Local of the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union has 6,000' members.
Both Bridges and Schmidt were
convicted several months ago of
perjury in having testified that
Bridges never was a Communist, j
Their testimony won Bridges U. S.
citizenship in 1945, both are free
on bond pending an appeal.
Preceding the election, right wing
ILWU members blasted Bridges
for having called President Tru
man’s state of emergency speech
a “declaration of war against the
basic rights of the working people.”
BARGE LOADING LUMBER
Finished lumber is being loaded
aboard the 208-foot army cargo
barge at the Juneau Lumber Co.
dock for shipment to the army in
stallation at Whittier. Towing the
barge is the army tug ATA 241 (LT
60) under the command of Dewey
Stack, veteran of Alaska waters..
The tug and barge depart some j
time tomorrow afternoon. Crew of
the tug numbers 18.
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• WEATHER REFORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period 9
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 34; •
• minimum, 29. • •
• At Airport—Maximum, 32; •
• minimum, 26. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• * (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Partly cloudy tonight. Cloudy •
• Wednesday with intermittent •
• light snow. Low temperature . •
• tonight near 28 and high •
• Wednesday near 32. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau — Trace; •
• "since Dec. 1 — 2.53 inches; •
• since July 1—35.77 Inches. •
• At Airport — 0.01 inches; •
• since Dec. 1 — 185 inches; •
• since July 1—24.97 inches. •
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The Washington
Merry - Go - Round
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By DREW PEARSON
PPaSHINGTON—It looks as if
the cost of certain key food items
isn’t going to be controlled very
soon, after all.
Price Administrator Mike Di Salle
who came to Washington prepared
to do a job for the housewife got
a rude shock when he read the
price-control law thoroughly. For
the farm lobby had neatly inserted
certain exceptions to price control,
and one of them is grain. In brief,
Di Salle has no power whatsoever
to control the price of grain or
any food made from grain.
So Di Salle will have to go back
to Congress in January and get the
law rewritten.
Aside from this the new price
Czar has decided that he will not
try to control a whole variety of
prices, but will stick chiefly to a
few cost-of-living items plus basic
metals and war production raw ma
terials.
Note—Di Salle arrived in Wash- ■
ington from Toledo, Ohio, to find
he had no telephone, no staff, and
no full legal power to stop price
rises. All he had was a heap of
angry letters from housewives. At
first he was tempted to buy a re
turn ticket to Toledo, but he has
been getting to work at 6 a.m., go
ing to bed after midnight, and is
“ (Continued on Page Four)
President Signs Proclamation I
President Truman (Dec. 16) in his White House "office signs a pro
clamation of a state of national emergency, summoning the nation
to marshal its strength against the threat ol “Communist world con
quest.” t#) Wirephoto.
Air National
Guard Groups
To See Duty
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—W—'The
Air Force announced today it will
call live air national guard groups
and “a number” of supporting un
its into Federal service on Feb. 1.
A, brief statement said that “des
ignation of the units or of the bases
at which they will be assigned can
not be announced because of se
curity • consideration.”
Most National Guard groups are
fighter organizations, with about
75 planes to a group.
Five guard groups already have
been brought into Federal service.
They were called up in October.
Today’s announcement followed
closely on the decision of the De
fense Department to call in two
more National Guard ground divi
sions to be added to the four al
ready in service. That decision
was announced Saturday.
called' to duty
SF-OKANE, Wash.. Dec. 19—(tfl—A
National Guard fighter squadron
and a weather detachment, both
based in Spokane, have been called
to active duty, Col. Ellsworth C.
French said today.
French is Chief of Staff for the
air section of the State Adjutant
General's Office.
The units are the 116th Fighter
Squadron and the 116th Weather
Detachment. Headquarters for both
are at Geiger Field.
Members of the units called will
report for duty Feb. 1 at Geiger
Field, French said.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Dec. 19 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 214, American Can 94,
American Tel. and Tel. 150, Ana
conda 38’ £•, Douglas Aircraft 93,
General Electric 481 , General Mo
tors 46, Goodyear 62%, Kennecott
75, Libby McNeill and Libby 8%,
Northern Pacific 31, Standard Oil
Of California 83%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 20%, U.S. Steel 41%, Pound
$2.80, Canadian Exchange 94.81.
Sales today were 3,650,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 231.54, rails 77.28, utilities
38.99.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof from Seattle in port and
scheduled to sail westward at 6
o’clock this evening.
Denali scheduled to sail from Se
attle F/iday.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver December 30.
ATLANTIC PACT
NATIONS GIVING
OUT STATEMENT
- 1
Approve Naming of Eisen
hower as Commander
Speed Up Production
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 19—W)
—The 12 Atlantic Alliance nations
announced today Oen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower will begin early in 1951
to organize an international army
to keep the peace in Europe.
A communique issued at the end
of a two-day conference said the
Atlantic Pact chiefs also agreed on
plans for German participation in
“an integrated force under a cen
tralized command.”
The 12 nations earlier had ap
proved the appointment of Gen.
Eisenhower as the Supreme Com
mander for the international force.
The terse communique said “Ger
man participation would strengthen
the defense of Europe.”
The bulletin emphasized that all
plans agreed upon by the Allies are
destined for purely defensive pur
poses.
The Council of 12 Foreign Min
isters asked the United States, Brit
ain and France, as the occupying
powers in Germany, to “initiate”
talks with the West German gov
ernment on the question of getting
Germans into the force.
The Council also agreed to set up
a sort of high command—officially
called a “Defense Production Board”
—to speed up and expand the manu
facture of armaments.
In doing so the Council was ac
cepting recommendations made to
then by the Defense Ministers of
the 12 Pact Nations who met here
yesterday. The aim is to speed up
production of all sorts of war ma
terial-including aircraft, ships and
tanks.
23 ARRIVE ON BARANOF;
SAILS TONIGHT AT i
The Baranof from Seattle had 23
passengers disembarking this noon
and is scheduled to sail at 6 to
night for the westward. Master of
the ship is Capt. Carl Nilsen.
Disembarking from Seattle were:
Cecil H. Burns, John H. Dlmond,
Ida Fay, Mrs. Maude Hamlin, Har
vey Hildre, Robert Larson, Ruth
Lingley, Tillie Martin, Betty Martin,
Foy A. Midyette, R. Robertson, Cpl.
G. E. Snead, Ken Thibodeau, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Thomas, Lydia Ann
Tilson.
From Ketchikan: John B. Wilkin
son.
From Petersburg: Mrs. Hazel
Igtanloc, Janice Igtanloc, Irving
and Myron Igtanloc, Mr. and Mrs.
P. R. Niere.
i
ACHESON
REMAINS
ON JOB
President Says He Refuses
to Dismiss Secretary
of State
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — Cfl —
President Truman said today “I re
fuse to dismiss” Secretary of State
Acheson.
He made that statement at a
news conference when asked about
the demands from Republicans in
Congress for him to fire his top
ranking cabinet officer.
Anticipating the questions, Mr.
Truman had a prepared statement
which he read.
In it Mr. Truman recalled that
President Abraham Lincoln, when
asked to dismiss Secretary of
State Seward, had refused.
“So do I refuse to dismiss Secre
tary of State Acheson,” he said.
His statement went on to say this
is a time of "great peril” which
calls for unity.
It continued:
"Communism, not our own
cbuntry, would be served if we lost
Mr. Acheson.”
Charges “False”
Mr. Truman said that if Com
munism were to prevail in the world
—as it shall not, he insisted—“Dean
Acheson would be one of the first,
if not the first, to be shot by the
enemies of liberty and Christianity.”
He said charges made against
Acheson are "false” and have no
“basis in fact whatever."
Separate meetings of Senate and
House Republicans last week adop
ted resolutions asking the dismisal
of Acheson. Their main contention
was that his foreign policies in the
Pacific area had failed and that
Acheson had lost the confidence of
the country.
Mr. Truman supplemented nis
prepared statement by saying
American foreign policy has been
a continuous one since 1939. He said
he has had four Secretaries of
State and there had been no change
of policy under any of them.
Then, with a trace of bitterness,
the President attacked what he
termed the raising of personalities
in the recent Congressional election
campaign.
Campaign Vicious
He said the campaign was a
vicious one and people were slan
dered.
(Continued on Page Twc)
U.S. NAVY
BOMBER
MISSING
Extensive Search Starts for
Craft that Disappears,
Washington Coast
SEATTLE, Dec. 19_a/h—Units of
the Royal Canadian Air Force
Joined the search today for a mis
sing U.S. Navy patrol bomber and
its 11 occupants.
The twin-engined Neptune van
ished yesterday during a tactical
training mission and is feared to
have crashed or ditched in the frigid
waters of the Pacific ocean.
Navy spokesmen said "a minimum
of 10 planes” would spearhead the
search over an ocean area 400 miles
out from Washington state's Cape
Flattery. The Coast Guard cutter
Bonham also raced toward the
scene throughout the night and
was expected to arrive about 1 p.m.
(4 p.m. EST).
It was in this area that a plane
from the McChord Air Force base
reported yesterday it had seen sea
markers such as those carried by
planes for use in distress.
Three RCAF Aircraft and a
Coast Guard helicopter were as
signed to scan the Canadian and
Washington sides of the Strait of
Juan de Fuca and nearby island and
coastal points on the possibility that
the missing craft might have
crashed during an attempt to reach
its Puget Sound base.
They Made It
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Although they had just gone through long miles of fighting hell in breaking out of a Chinese Communist
trap in the Changjin Reesrvoir area, these Marines were still able to make plenty of noise and smile on
their arrival at Hungnam, Dec. 13 (If) Wirephoto.
ALL-OUT
CONTROL
COMING
Truman Discusses GM Halt
ing Aulo Sales-More
Power Is Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — UP) —
President Truman said today prices
of General Motors cars will be
fixed at what the Economic Stabili
sation Administrator says they
should be.
The law will be enforced, Mr.
Truman told a news conference in
commenting on the action of the
General Motors Corporation in halt
ing sales of 1951 model Chevrolets,
Cadillas and Pontiacs after the Eco
nomic Stabilizer, Alan Valentine,
ordered a roll-back to levels of
Dec. 1.
Valentine acted under the De
fense Production Act of 1950. This
grants authority to freeze or roll
back prices and wages.
A reporter asked if Mr. Truman’s
comments were to be taken as
meaning government action to un
freeze the sales freeze ordered by
General Motors. The President said
the government will cross that
bridge when it gets to it.
All-Out Mobilization
Meanwhile, Mr. Truman’s request
for additional wartime powers was
greeted in some quarters as a sign
that the machinery is in motion for
all-out mobilization.
The President asked Congress’ yes
terday to approve legislation that
would let him Juggle government
bureaus and set up emergency
agencies, as well as permit renego
tiation of defense contracts.
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash), a
member of the Armed Services com
mittee, told reporters he thinks this
is only a step toward the full mobi
lization of resources he said is
necessary to fight off Communist
aggression.
To Move Cautiously
However, Chairman McCarran
(D-Nev) predicted the Senate Ju
diciary Committee will move cau
tiously in giving the President
authority to reorganize agencies.
McCarran indicated the proposed
legislation may have to wait until
the new Congress meets next month.
The government continued to
move gradually with the broad le
gislation it already has.
Meat Iudustry Talks
The Economic Stabilization
Agency called in meat industry rep
resentatives yesterday but it" said in
a statement the session was “not to
be taken as an indication of any
imminent (price) controls on
meats.” The agency said Price Ad
ministrator Michael V. DLsalle held
only exploratory talks with officials
of five packing firms, none of them
the giants of the industry.
EISENHOWER NAMED
AS COMMANDER OF
NEW FORCES, EUROPE;
U. S. TO SEND TROOPS
New Chief
Gives Ouf
His Plans
•'
Eisenhower Will Go to Eur
ope About First of Year
-Hopeful for Peace
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19 — W — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower said today
he plans to leave for Europe around
the first of the year to lay the
groundwork for his new job as
Supreme Commander of an inter
national force.
Hs said he would take with him
Lt. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther,
Deputy for Plans and Operations
of the U.S. Army, who will be Eisen
hower’s Chief of Staff in his new
assignment.
Eisenhower made his plans known
to reporters at a special press con
ference here. He stopped in St.
Louis enroute to Denver where he
is to spend the Christmas holidays.
Won’t Smile
The General was in a serious mood
when he talked to the newsmen. A
photographer asked him to smile
for a picture. He refused, saying:
“I don’t see much to smile about
in these times.”
“International peace," he said,
“is the one important problem of
our times.” He stressed that the
purpose of the international force
is to maintain peace.
Asked if he was hopeful peace
could be maintained, Eisenhower re
plied :
Hopeful for Peace
“Well, of course, I’m hopeful. But
it’s not going to be easy and it's
not going to be quick.
“This is a new and very great
responsibility for the United States.
This should be a period of study,
soul searching and sacrifice.”
Big Word “Duty”
Later he said: “The big word in
America should be duty, for all of
us.”
Eisenhower explained that he is
being granted a leave of absence by
Columbia University, of which he
President.
He said he would go to Washing
ton for consultations before leaving
for Europe around Jan. 1.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — <i« —
President Truman said today addi
tional American armed forces will
be sent to Europe as soon as possible
to join the combined forces under
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's com
mand.
Mr. Truman made the announce
ment at a news conference shortly
after naming Eisenhower as Su
preme Commander of the integrated
European Defense Force.
The President wouldn’t say, how
ever, how many American soldiers
will be included in the new com
mand, or how soon they will be
sent to Europe.
He said they will be sent as soon
as possible, as soon as they can
get ready.
About 100,000 American ground
troops are in Europe now, including
combat and constabulary forces.
There has been speculation the
United States might, under a long
range program, eventually send over
five to 10 divisions more. The forces
going over in the immediate future,
would, of course, be much smaller.
In addition to the ground troops,
'he U.S. has three Air Force fighter
.groups and three B-29 bombing
groups in Europe. There are also
American naval forces in the Medi
terranean.
A reporter wanted to know from
Mr. Truman whether any National
Guard divisions will be Included in
the new forces going overseas. The
President said he couldn’t answer
that.
Mr. Truman said he talked by
telephone with Elsenhower last
night and the General is coming
in to see him. He said it would be
up to Eisenhower to pick his own
staff.
Much Authority
Eisenhower, the President added,
will have the same position in
Europe that Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur now has in the Far East.
Mr. Truman named Eisenhower to
the Western European post at the
request of the North Atlantic
Powers, now meeting in Brussels.
It was announced there today that
Eisenhower will begin early next
year to organize an international
army to defend Europe against
Communist aggression.
It had been a common assump
tion for months that "Ike”—who
has a tremendous personal popu
larity in Europe—would be given
the command as soon as planning
of the United Defense Force had
advanced to the point where filling
of the post became advisable.
Formal Appointment
The formal appointment was dis
closed in an exchange of telegrams
(Continued cn Page Two)
GROUND IS
GIVEN UP
BY ALLIES
UN Forces Fighting with
Their Backs to Sea-Air
field Is Abandoned
(By the Associated Press)
Allied Naval, Air and Ground
forces slammed tons of steel today
at Chinese and Korean Reds press- '
ing down on the slim Hungnam
beachhead in northeast Korea.
The Allies slowly were giving
ground with their backs to the sea.
A delayed field dispatch said the
U.S. 'Air Force abandoned Yonpo
airfield, Hungnam’s major airport,
Sunday. The dispatch had been
withheld for security reasons. Army
engineers destroyed supplies and
disabled aircraft that had to be left
North Korean Communist troops
showed their biggest strength yet
iround the beachhead.
A U.S. 10th Corps Intelligence
officers said advance combat ele
ments of three wholly reorganized
Red Korean divisions had replaced
the Chinese Communists on the
right flank of the beachhead. It is
estimated the force is at 7,000 to
8,000 men.
Attack Blasted
Allied forepower was credited
with blasting Communist attempts
to mount a major attack against
he beachhead.
"Prisoners say they are trying to
hit us in force but every time the
officers get men massed for an at
tack our artillery scatters them,”
said Col. William Quinn, Crisfield,
Md.
“They just can’t get started.”
Reds Loot City
Refugee reports said Chinese
Reds were looting abandoned Ham
hung, big northeast Korea indus
trial city six miles inland from
Hungham. Terrified Korean civil
ians were reported streaming north
and south from the looted city.
The Red Korean buildup on the
east flank brought determined
punches against that section of the
Allied line.
Artillery fire smashed one such
attack and killed an estimated 200
Korean Reds in 20 minutes.
Western Front Quiet
In contrast, the western front
north of Seoul was quiet. No direct
contact between the U.S. Eighth
Army and the enemy was reported
Tuesday.
The battleship Missouri Joined
the cruisers St. Paul and Rochester
in hurling shell fire against the
Reds.
The Mo’s big guns have a range
of 20 miles or more.
Red Targets Slammed
Allied warplanes ranged over the
whole North Korean peninsula,
slamming the Reds at 100 target
points.
Four new American F-86 Sabre
Jets tangled with 12 Russian built
MG-15 Jets near Slnuiji and sent
them zooming across the border
into Manchuria.
General MacArthur’s headquar
ters said the Korean Reds now have
150,000 troops in North Korea and
others either are on the way to
battle zones or training inside the
safety of Manchuria.
Korean Communist troops already
reorganized and in position to
strike number at least eight divi
sions, prisoner reports said.
A North Korean communique
claimed the Reds had cleared all
towns north of parallel 38 along
the west coast and many border
areas inland. It was broadcast by
Moscow radio Monday night.
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