2 Conventions
Meeting Here
!n September
Dept, of Alaska, American
Legion and Auxiliary,
Will Convene Here
The American Legion, Depart
ment of Alaska, will assemble in
Juneau September 2 for its 31st
annual 5-day convention, according
to Perry S. McLean, Department
Commander, of Anchorage.
At the same time the American
Legion Auxiliary will hold its 27th
annual convention in the capital
city. President of the Auxiliary for
Alaska is Ethel Tonseth, of Fair
banks.
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respondant of the Grand Voiture
of Alaska, Forty and Eight, has
issued a call for the Grande Prom
enade of 1950 for the same dates
in Juneau.
A record attendance has been
predicted by officials of the or
ganization. Last conclave to he
held in Juneau by the Legion was
in 1944, when Waino Hendrickson
served as Department Commander.
Among nationally known officials
whose attendance has been con
firmed are Mrs. Norman L. Sheehe,
of Rockford. 111., National Presi
dent of the Auxiliary, and John E.
Martie, Reno, Nevada, National
Vice Commander of the Legion.
Mrs. Ethel West, JCetchikan, was
chosen at the last National con
vention to serve in the office of
National Chaplain of the American
Legion Auxiliary. She will partici
pate in the 1950 convention at
Juneau.
Arrangements for an extensive
prgoram of entertainment and bus
iness sessions in Juneau are in the
hands of a general convention
committee of which Chester Zenger
is chairman.
All of the various groups of the
organization are participating, and
present world conditions indicate
that the 1950 sessions are destined
to be of significant importance.
GOVT. APPEAL MADE
FOR SETTLEMENT OF
ANCHORAGE STRIKE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11—IA>>—Thu
government is appealing to the
"good citizenship” of labor and
management to settle a wage dis
pute threatening defense installa
tions in Alaska.
. Cyrus S. Ching, director of the
Federal Conciliation Service, sent a
telegram to the eight contractors
and the AFL plumbers union in
volved in the dispute, saying:
"Neither the employers nor the
union, I am certain, desire to em
barrass their country in this matter,
Good citizenship and concern for
the national welfare require the em
ployers and the union in this situ
ation to make extraordinary efforts
to compose their differences by col
lective bargaining aided by media
tion.”
To help settle the case, Ching
called a meeting of the contractors
and union representatives in Seattle
next Tuesday,
Secretary of Defense Johnsor
said at the White House this week
that the possible tie-up imperils na
tional security.
Regional Director Harry H. Lewis
of Seattle, here for conciliatior
service meetings, said that if th<
plumbers' dispute is permitted to run
its course, it could tie up $200,000,00(
to <400,000,000 in defense work.
The plumbers, asking for a 5(
cent hour pay increase, have agreec
to compromise their demands or
the defense projects outside An
chorage for a temporary rate of $:
an hour and room and board. Thej
now receive $2.50 an hour and roon
board outside Anchorage and $3 a:
hour within the city limits.
Ching assigned a panel of threi
commissioners to meet with thi
union and contractors in Seattle a
the conciliation offices. The com
missioners are Albill Peterson,'Wil
liam Hosie and Leo Kotin.
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STATEHOOD
UNOPPOSED
BYA.AJ.A.
— I
Statement Is Issued by La
Farge Denying One by
Alaska Delegate
WASHINGTON. Aug. U—W-^The
Association on American Indian Ar
1 fairs said today that Delegate Bart- j
| lett of Alaska was "inaccurate” in ;
charging last Friday in a House
speech that the association opposes
1 the Alaska statehood bill.
"The association is opposed to the
anti-reservation clause in the bill
and asks that the clause be stricken '
out," association president Oliver
LaFarge said in a statement.
That clause prohibits the Interior
Department from designating any
Indian reservations in the Terri
tory until statehood is attained.
“In effect we will ask that the
bill be improved by amendment,”
La Farge said. “This is very differ
ent from ODDosintr the bill.
"Our organization and officers
have recently stated publicly and
j in letters to Congress that the anti
reservation clause must be elimi
nated because it is detrimental to
Alaskan native rights, will retard
the progress of the new state, and
at this time will endanger our I
Alaskan defenses as well as the pres
tige and good will of the United
States.”
In his speech to the House, Bart
lett referred to the association on !
American Indian Affairs in connec
tion with a letter he said LaFarge j
wrote Senator O'Mahoney, chair
man of the Senate Interior Com
mittee, on July 25.
Bartlett quoted a portion of the
letter in which LaFarge said “it is
possible undei the Alaska Reorgani
zation Act of May 1, 1936, for na
tives to obtain clear title to their
lands by negotiation.”
Bartlett then told the House.
“That statement runs directly
counter to the conclusions of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
“In May Of 1949 ... the Supreme
Court stated that the Secretary of
Interior cannot dispose of federal
1 lands through any authority con
ferred upon him by Section 2 of the
; Act of May 1, 1936 . . .”
j Earlier in his half hour speech,
. Bartlett said, "my personal convic
tion is that these organizations de
; voted to the protection of minority
rights have been badly fooled ... by
a few individuals seeking personal
profit who are now opposing state
hood because they fear it would in
i terfere with their highly personal
1 plans.”
Korean War
At a Glance
(By Associated Press!
Eastern Front—Pohang, U. S.
1 east toast base, falls to Reds in
' flaming battle. Fighter planes
! abandon airstrip as Reds press to
its edge. Red Fifth Division at
tacks South Koreans below Yngdok,
less than Z5 miles north of Pohang
battle.
Central Front—MacArthur head
quarters says all Red Naktong FCiV
er bridgeheads save one in Chang
nyong area wiped out, but Com
munists mass great strength—pos
sibly 40,000 men—on west bank be
fore Taegu for expected new blow
at key U. S. inland base. New
Communist troops enter salient in
Changnyong area.
Southern Front—8th Army says
Communists are abandoning their
Chinjut base, but other reports say
they dig in west of city ahead of
' slow American advance. Red troops
slow down retreat, attack advancing
Americans.
Air War—Marine planes batter
enemy infantry and installations in
! south, exacting heavy casualties.
! Navy pilots report heavy damage
; in raids ranging all the way from
■ Seoul to south coast.
Lake Success—War of words set
to continue in United Nations,
where U. S. has struck strong
i propaganda blow by pinning blame
’ for Korea on the Russians.
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HAWAII STATEHOOD
CONSTITUTION IS
PRESENTED TO INT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 — —
Delegate Farrington of Hawaii and
Samuel Wilder King, former dele
gate, have given Secretary of the
Interior Chapman a facsimile of
the proposed constitution for Ha
waii, if it becomes a state.
They told the secretary it was the
first new state constitution to be
dratted since Arizona and New
Mexico entered the Union in 1912.
A b 11 to grant Hawaii statehood
has passed the House and has
been approved by a Senate com
mittee. It now awaits Senate ac
tion.
The facsimile contained signa
tures of 61 of the 63-delcgates wh6
attended the Constitutional Con
vention. The constitution now
awaits ratification by the people of
Hawaii.
Chapman cheerfully greeted the
two officials as "the first senators
rom the new state of Hawaii.”
King said that after the consti
tution has been ratified, it will be
submitted to Congress.
Senator Says
U.S. Production
Uranium Ahead
(By Associated Press)
The chairman of the Congres
sional Atomic Energy Committee,
Senator Brien McMahon, says that
we are now getting more uranium
from this country than from Can
ada. The Belgian Congo still is
our biggest uranium source. But
the McMahon statement means
that there has been a recent in
crease in production from the low
grade Colorado ore.
NO Worry About
Wheal, Corn Crops
Says Department
(By Associated Press)
The nation's 1950 farm produc
tion should be at least 24 per cent
larger than the 1923-32 average and
not far from the high average of
the wartime period. The Agricul
ture Department in its monthly
progress report forecasts a corn
crop above 3-billion bushels.
The wheat estimate has been
| raised by about 40-million bushe's,
j making a total crop of more than
| 956 billion bushels.
CONGRESS IS TO GET
NEW PROGRAM FOR
ill. S. MIL. TRAINING
—
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 — (AP) — A
Defense Department spokesman
told senators today that a new
I proposal for universal military
1 training of youths should reach
l Congress soon.
Rear Admiral H. A. Houser, who
represents the Defense Department
on legislation, gave that informa
tion to the Senate armed services
committee. ,
Chairman Tydings (D-Md.) hau
! told his committee that he under
stood a vast training program,
probably applying to all youths, 18
and 19 years old, now was under
study. ;r
Presided! Will
Not Urge Traididg
Bill This Codgress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 — (A>) —
President Truman will not seek
passage of a universal military
training bill at this session of
Congress, the White House said
today.
Presidential Secretary Charles G.
■ Ross said that the President is as
strong as ever for such a measura,
but feels that pressure for it at
this time might interfere with other
vitally needed .legislation, related to
Korean war needs.
(By Associated Press)
A spokesman for western cattle
| men- is blaming retail meat hand
lers for increasing meat prices.
J General counsel Joe Montague of
the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association made the state
ment.
He told newsmen that the price
of choice beef cattle on the hoof
has dropped seven cents per pound
since June first. Montague said
that in the same time, the aver
age price of meat over the retail
counter went up 12 cents per pound.
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FISH PRICES UP
TO 25c A POUND
ON COL. CHINOOKS
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 11 — (Ah —
j Columbia salmon were rolling in
! today as the price went up to 25
j cents a pound.
One packer and union agents
announced the new price, retro
j active to the beginning of the sea
j son April 30.
The former price was 17% cents
| to the end of season on Aug. 26.
All other packers are expected to
I follow the price raise.
Packers said that a limited catch,
| plus the high quality, made it pos
sible to pay fishermen the higher
j price.
Meanwile, salmon hauls were
• heavier than in any time during
i the season. One gillnetter brought
I in 1400 pounds of Chinook. The
average of all deliveries hung at
the 500-pound mark.
Fishermen said they were “nice
fish," weighing out at about 25
; pounds, on average.
The retroactive price rise ob
tained by the CIO Columbia River
Fishermens Protective Union was
i reported to have included a bontis
[ payment, amounting to as much as
$400 in some cases.
Tuna catches meanwhile were
; slumping.
—
50-50 Chance for
U. 5. Victory, Says
Strategy Expert
CAMBRIDGE, Eng., AUg. 11—CW—
The United States has only a 50-50
chance of victory in Korea, a dis
tinguished British military com
mentator said today.
He is Capt: B. H. Liddell Hart,
military editor of the Encyclopedia
Britanica, and author of many
books on war strategy.
Hart, speaking at the Liberal par
ty’s summer school, said the danger
of defeat arose because the U. S.
had followed two conflicting poli
cies.
First, he said. President Truman
decided to evacuate Korea in June,|
1949, declaring it to be indefensible.
Then, he added, because “the
Americans could not bear to watch
! it happen, Mr, Truman took the
steps which staked U. S. prestige
on what was previously judged 'a
forlorn hope.’
“The danger of world war has
fceedme acute through two contrary
American decisins—to withdraw and
then return.’ ”
The kilt-wearing elite troops of
the Greek army are called Evzones.
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i i ■
4,000 Passengers
From Orient Check
Through Anchorage
SEATTLE, Aug. 11 — (Al — More
than 4,000 plane passengers from
the troubled Orient have checked
through the immigration service
port of entry at Anchorage, Alaska,
in the past six months, District Im
migration Director John P. Boyd
reported today.
Nearly half this number arrived
In military and private planes dur
ing June and July, after the out
break of fighting in Korea.
Many are refugees from Korea or
families of American civilian em
ployees in the Far East. Almost all
are American nationals.
Boyd, who just returned from an
Alaskan inspection tour, said he ex
pected an even greater influx in the
next six months. To handle the
load, the service expects to expand
its Anchorage staff from two men
to three.
MOSCOW ACCUSES
U. S. OF BLOCKING
COUNCIL ACTIONS
■i
MOSCOW, Aug. 11—UP)--1the Mos
cow press accused the United States
of hampering the work of the Sec
urity Council by .concentrationg at
tention on "artificially advanced
procedural questions designed to
hinder the Security Council from
continuing discussion of the Soviet
Union's proposals for peacefully
settling the Korean question.”
Moscow's press also accused the
South Koreans of having planned
germ warfare against North Korea
this year. Pravda said the Reds
found "documents" proving this.
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