THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
' VOL, LXXVI., NO. 11,713
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1951
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
McCutcheon Quizzed on Palmer Airport Deal
RED TROOPS
RETAKE KEY
TOWN. KOREA
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* Overwhelming Reds Push
on Un Troops-MacArthur
Again Visils Korea
* —
P TOKYO, Jan. 20—i/PI—Allied prob
« ing troops were forced out of the ■
key road-rail hub of Wonju in
r*" central Korea today by Reds attack
ing in overwhelming numbers.
An Associated Press field dispatch |
said the reinforced Allied patrol i
held off an attack. Then as Red \
fire subsided the Allied force with
drew to positions south of the city.
# An Allied convoy bringing food
^ to Wonju had to cut its way
., through a Communist roadblock
southeast of the city earlier. It left
I - Communist dead strewn in the snow.
The dispatch described the fight
* ing in Wonju itself as intense.
General MacArthur, on a flying
visit to Korea, gave new assurance
that the Allies’ fight will continue.
Plenty of FiglU
In Washington, Gen. J. Lawton
Collins said the Allied army has
“plenty of fight left in it.” The Army
[ * Chief of Staff added, at a Penta
I ^ gon news conference: "If the enemy
I* attacks in any strength they will
I be very severely punished.”
^ Collins returned earlier this week
from a Korean front inspection and
conferences with MacArthur. He |
said Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air |
Force Chief of Staff, had found no |
signs of an enemy buildup in the
entire eastern section of Korea.
To Stay in Korea
General MacArthur on his quick i
. visit with Lt. Gen. Matthews B. j
r Ridgway in Korea told a news con- i
« ference:
“No one is going to drive us Into I
the sea. This command intends to j
maintain a military position in Ko- j
* rea just as long as the statesmen |
of the United Nations decide that I
we should do so.
“The Army stands resolute and I
undefeated, awaiting that further I
^ political decision which can only
i come from the chancelleries of the
world now' faced with this new' and
entirely unanticipated problem.”
_,•> Stand Against China
At Lake Success, the United
4 States pressed its view that the Chi
nese Communists arc aggressors in
Korea and moved for a strong stand
against the Peiping regime. Ameri
can diplomats sought to line up sup
port for a resolution condemning
• Red China.
The resolution faced Soviet-bloc
• opposition, a move by 12 Arab
v Asian countries to try another peace
appeal and a fear in European
countries that the U.S. would be
come so involved in Asia that they
would be left open to attack.
FROM SEATTLE
Samuel Weems of Seattle ar. I 'd
■ here yesterday on PAA and is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
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The Washington!
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, t>y Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
. Washington — Mobilization
boss Charles Wilson has ordered
i his staff to be ready to clamp
down price and wage controls with
♦ in two weeks. He got the nod last
week from President Truman who
has finally agreed to all-out con
trols.
Previously the President had gone
along with the Federal Reserve
Board, which advised against put
ting the economy in a govern
ment strait jacket. The Board ar
gued that indirect controls, such
as higher taxes and restrictions on
consumer and bank credits, would
eventually curb inflation. These in
direct methods, however, have fail
ed to hold down prices.
At the same time, a shake-up
in the mobilizatioon high-command
may also accompany the new con
trols. For example, Wilson makes
• no secret around his office that he
hopes to get rid of Price Adminis
trator Mike Di Salle and Di Salle
doesn't try to conceal his distaste
for Economic Stabilization Director
Alan Valentine. All this backbiting
is likely to result in some heads;
rolling.
Meanwhile, across the Potomac in i
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Stalin Is
Criticised
By Truman
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 — IJPI —
President Truman last night de
clared "there isn’t any difference”
between Soviet Premier Joseph
Stalin and Hitler, Mussolini and
other notorious despots of history.
"They are all just alike . . . they
believed in the enslavement of the
common people,” Mr. Truman told a
'business mobilization dinner' of the
Society of Business Magazine Edi
tors.
But, he added, “we are going to
win.”
The President has often scored
Soviet Russia as the fountain of
Communist imperialism, but his pre
pared comment last night was one
of the fare occasions when he has
criticized Premier Stalin by name.
His denunciation of Stalin as a
dictator recalled that in 1948 Mr.
Truman referred to the Soviet leader
as “Old Joe” and called him a pris
oner of the Politburo, Russia’s top
political council.
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR WEST JUNEAU
HOUSING PROJECT
Problems standing in the way
of a 25-unit low rental housing
project for West Juneau were par
tially solved at the meeting of the
Alaska Housing Authority Commis
sion which ended here yesterday,
E, Glen Wilder, executive director,
said today.
An agreement with the Gastineau
Utility Company to provide water
services at a comparable rate with
Juneau, was approved. Approval
was also given to an arrangement
to make payment in lieu of taxes
to the Douglas Independent School
District; and today final kinks in
a contract with the City of Ju-:
necu to provide fire protection, were
being ironed out. It hoped that bids
may be advertised soon, Wilder
said.
At the same time approval was
given for low rental housing pro
jects for Fairbanks and Ketchikan.,
Other prospects for housing de
velopment were reviewed involving
beiwene 7'- and 9 million dollars.
It is likely that another Com
mission meeting will be called near
March 1. Loans will be considered
at the regular annual meeting
which is scheduled for April 16 in j
Anchorage.
Wilder planned to leave for Ket
chikan and then return his head
quarters in Anchorage to attend
the labor-contractors meeting. He
expects to return to Juneau in three
or four weeks in connection with
legislative matters concerning the
Alaska Housing Authority.
JOHNSTON HERE AS
CONSULTANT ARCHITECT
Laurance P. (Larry) Johnston,
former Juneau architect and well
known here, returned on yesterday’s
Pan American Clipper on a four
weeks’ visit. His visit has a two-fold
purpose, to act as a consultant in
the office of the local architect
firm Moss, Malcolm and Olsen, with
which he was formerly associated,
and to spend some time with his
son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and j
Mrs. D. D. Marquardt.
Johnston will return from Juneau
to Washington, D.C., where he has
established his own architect firm.
WHO IS BUTCH?”
In a larger town Pan American
Airways would have some delivery
problems on strangely addressed
cargo. Yesterday two packages ar
rived marked, “Butch, Juneau.”
Of course, everybody knows Butch
is Mae Suhrdier, popular waitress
and Bubble Room hostess at the
Baranof Hotel.
Ed Anderson of Nome is stopping j
at the Hotel Juneau.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Norah from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive at 7 tonight,
sails at 11:30 for Skagway returning
to Juneau Tuesday 7 a.m., south at
8 a.m.
Denali from Seattle scheduled to
arrive Monday night.
Baranof from westward sched- 1
uled to arrive 5 p.m., Sunday, south- '
bound.
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"Miss Pin-On-Girl"
Miss Nina “Honey Bear” Warren, daughter of California's Governor,
who contracted polio last November has been named “Miss Pin-On
Girl” of the 1951 March of Dimes campaign. Shown at the Gov
ernor’s Mansion at Sacramento, Calif., and anxious to be the first
contributors are polio victims Danny Smith, 6, of Los Angeles and
Donald O’Conor, 18, of Sacramento as they drop their donations in
Nina’s pln-on coin collector which will be used extensively during
the drive, tWirephoto.
23-HOUR DELAY ON
PAA NORTH FLIGHT
At noon presstime today, Pan
American World Airways south
bound tlight was expected to take
off from the Juneau Airport. The
northbound flight out of Seattle
today was delayed 23 hours, it was
reported.
Yesterday’s flights brought 201
persons from Seattle, took ten to I
Seattle and three to Annette.
Prom Seattle: A. Anderson, Ches
ter Loop. George Madsen, Duncan
McGibbon, Mrs. S. A. Starbuck,
Robert Sneddon, Bill Wilson, Don
Abel, Ted Brady, Walter Field,
Marty Fliehler, Harold Foss, Jane
Hawkins, Charles, Virginia and
Sharon Hermens.
Laurance Johnston, George Mis
covitch. Louts Potter. Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Scavenius, Sgt. H. Rutledge,
Leoonard Schibi, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Sommers, A1 Sollars, and
Malcolm Stockwell.
To Seattle: Joe Pike, Burton
Young, Fred Knotti, Robert Slater,
Z. J. Loussac, J. C. McLean, Emily
Mowry, Stephen Johnson, William
McHaffs and Jack Hendrickson.
To Annette: O. R. Walker, Samuel
V.'eems and George Crammer.
BRITISH PUT SMOKES
BEFORE FOOD IF CUT
SHOULD BE NECESSARY
LONDON—(jf)—Britain’s little peo
ple would rather trim the food bin
than deny themselves those cigar
ettes if a salary cut struck. Mass
Observation, a commercial outfit
that polls the British public on
timely topics, got that result in a
poll of middle class folk on this
gloomy line:
“Given a one-tenth reduction in
income, where would you make
your cuts?”
Ignoring a dismal country parson
who replied “across my throat,”
the figures showed that 32 per
cent of those queried would take
the first hitch in the food bill. But
only 22 per cent would cut down
on smokes.
DON ABEL IS BACK
Don Abel, Juneau building con
tractor, was a passenger for Ju
neau on yesterday afternoon’s Pan
American plane, returning here
from a business trip to the states.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Paul H. Shannon of Anchorage!
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
Lewis E. Potter of Seattle is re
gistered at the Juneau Hotel.
GEORGE MADSEN HERE
George Madsen, Representative
from Nome, arrived here yesterday
via PAA from Seattle and is stop
ping at the Bafanof Hotel.
VFWA SPONSORS
MARCH OF DIMES
TAG DAY JAN. 27
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring the
annual March of Dimes Drive in
Juneau again this year and has
named Saturday, January 27 as a
special Tag Day when funds will be
solicited from Channel citizens for
the care of the victims of Infantile
Paralysis.
Mrs. Dan Mahoney is chairman
and Mrs. James Brunette is co
chairman of the Drive. All mem
bers of the Auxiliary are named as
a working committee, Mrs. Ma
honey said.
Posters calling attenion to the
need for funds for treatment of
polio, and banks, in the shape
of an iron lung have been placed
in Juneau business houses. Anyone
may make contributions to the
banks, it is pointed out.
Mrs. Mahoney said today fi
substantial contribution has al
ready been received from the of
fice staff of veterans administra
tion who subscribed to the March
of Dimes one hundred percent. ,
‘With teh recent and tragic epi
demic of Infantile Paralysis which
struck the territory such a short
ness of need for aid to fight the
of the need for aid to fight the
disease, we are confident Alaskans
will make a record response to
the March of Dimes Drive this
year,” declared Mrs. Mahoney.
Mrs. Mahoney said that anyone
who is not contacted and wishes
to send in contributions may do so
my mailing them to Box 1654, Ju
neau.
TED MATHEWS HERE
Ted C. Mathews of Fairbanks is
at the Baranof Hotel.
• •
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 18; •
• minimum, 11. •
• At Airport—Maximum, 13; •
• minimum, —3. •
• •
• FORECAST •
0 (Juneau and Vicinity) •
• Cloudy with gusty north- •
• easterly winds and occasional •
• light snow tonight and Sun- •
• day. Lowest, temperature to- •
• night about 16 degrees and •
• highest Sunday near 25. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today •
• City of Juneau — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 3.82 inches; •
• since July 1—41.81 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace; •
• since Jan. 1 — 2.21 inches; •
• since July 1—30.21 inches. •
2 GUNSUSED
IN SHOOTING,
ANCHORAGE
Further details of the shooting
at Anchorage early this week in
which Mrs. Mernice Murphy of
Juneau and Charles Rohda, of Se
attle and well known contractor,
were the principals are given in the
following as appeared in the An
chorage Times of Thursday. Jan
uary 18:
Two guns were used in the shoot
ing in which a Juneau woman and
a Seattle man were injured here
late Monday night, police revealed
for the first time today.
Questioning of Mrs. Mernice
Murphy at Providence Hospital this
morning brought forth the tentative
admission that she owned both the
.25 caliber and .380 caliber revolvers
found in her room after the shott
ing. Six slugs fired from the .25
| caliber pistol and four fired from
| the .380 pistol were accounted for
by police investigators.
Charles Rohda, who received
bullet wounds of the arm, face and
shoulder was believed to have been
shot with the .380 gun, according to
position of slugs found in the
woodwork of he room. The possibil
ity that Mrs. Murphy might then
have fired "hesitation shots" at the
ceiling with the .25 caliber auto
matic before attempting suicide was
advanced by officers.
Possibility that one of the guns
might have been taken to the room
by Rhoda and fired by him was
tentatively ruled out by investigat
ing officers from statements made
by Rhoda and from Mrs. Memlce
Murphy’s admission of ownership.
When questioned last night Mrs.
Murphy was "unable to remem
ber anything,” and this morning
refused to make a statement saying
she did not remember the details of j
the shooting.
Rohda had previously stated to
police that he went to the woman's
room for a private conversation at
her request and was there a few
minutes when she drew the gun out
from behind her and fired three
shots at him. Rohda's version of
what took place and the conversa
tion before the shooting, was with
held by police until a statement
could be obtained from Mrs. Mur
phy.
After he was shot, Rohda fell
to the floor. The woman made no
further move but when he got up
and ran out of the room he saw
her pointing the gun at herself,
Rhoda told police. Officers investi
gating his story found her uncon
scious on the floor in a pool of
blood. She had a bullet crease
along the top of the head and
powder burns on the forehead Just
below the hairline.
R. D. Egge, Rhoda’s partner
the contracting business, told po
lice that Rohda was only gone from
the room for two or three minutes
before he returned with blood
streaming from his face and said
"she shot me.”
Mrs. Murphy was believed to
have taken a large dose of sleep
ing tablet which kept her uncons
cious until yesterday morning. Both
are recovering in Providence Hos
pital.
Mrs. Rhoda arrived last night
from Seattle to be at the bedside
of her husband.
Tough Marine Gunner
Is Taken Irom Lines;
But He's Civilian
(By Associated Press)
The Marlr.es in Korea are wond
ering what to do about a civilian
who is a tough man with a ma
chinegun and one of the fighting
est leathernecks in the bloody Kor
ean campaign.
He’s Joseph Washburn of Long
Beach, California, and he’d be en
titled to wear a Corporal’s stripes—
of he hadn’t got an honorable dis
charge from the Marines Just be
fore the fighting started.
It seems Washburn has been a
1 civilian all during the important
| fighting he’s been doing—from In
chon to the terrible rereat to
1 Hungyan. The error has finally
j been traced—he is indeed a civilian.
And they’re pulling him out of
: the front lines until they get his
j status figured out.
$1,200,000 IS
ALLOTEDTO
JUNEAU BLDG,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 — WPI —
Secretary of the Interior Chapman
says $1,922,750 has been alloted for
a public works construction program
in Alaska for the current fiscal
year.
Chapman said the major share of
this, $1,200,000 will go to construc
tion and equipment of a five-story
reinforced concrete territorial office
building at Juneau.
He said John D. Argetsinger, Dis
trict Engineer for Alaska, has been
instructed to complete negotiations
promptly with engineers for the
professional services required for
the construction program. The other
projects for which funds were al
loted :
Furnishing and installing coal
handling facilities at the Fairbanks
electric plant, $221,800.
Construction of water supply
system, including supply dam and
supply lines, at Petersburg, $152,000.
Improvement of Ketchikan’s
Third Avenue between Tongass and
Washington Streets, $198,500.
Improvements to existing water
system at Seldovia, including stor
age dam and supply lines, $85,950.
Hoonah water system, including
replacement of the conversion dam
with a storage reservoir on Shotter
Creek, construction of a new con
version dam on Dalton Creek, and
the erection of a 100,000 gallon stor
age tank and supply lines, $64,500.
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BIDS TO BE ADVERTISED
Bids will be advertised immedi
ately on the $1,200,000 Alaska Office
Building, John Argetsinger, district
engineer for the Alaska Poblic
Works, said today upon receipt of
word from Washington, D.C., that
the allotment of construction funds
for the project had been approved.
Plans have been ready and ap
proved for several weeks.
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Security Is Secure,
General Eaton Finds
CAMP COOKE, Calif.—<41—They
teach every buck private that
“loose lips can sink ships.” This
one learned the lesson well. One
night a unit was drilling in the
dark. A stranger passing by asked,
"what unit is this?” .
“None of your business," promptly
replied the soldier.
And Brig. Gen. Homer O. Eaton,
assistant commander of the recently
activated 40th National Guard Di
vision. continued his lonely walk,
unapprised of the unit’s name, but
perhaps consoled by the thought
he was bossing a security conscious
outfit.
Mayor of Falmouth
Visits 11 Falmouths
FALMOUTH, Eng.—UPI—The may
or of Falmouth, A. V. Baker, is off
at his own expense to visit 11
other Falmouths which took their
names from his town. His trip in
volves travel in the United States,
Canada and Jamaica. At each
stop Baker will wear his mayoral
robes and chain of office, and
hopes to be given an official recep
tion by his hosts.
FROM SKAGWAY
Leonard Sahbl of Skagway is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
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FROM PETERSBURG
Marguerite Bidwell of Petersburg
is at the Baranof Hotel.
W. W. LAWS AT GASTINEU
W. W. Laws, Representative from
Nome, is living at the Gastineau
Hotel.
dr. Mackenzie at baranof
Dr| R. M MacKenzie, Senator
from Ketchikan, arrived yesterday
and is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
AT HOTEL JUNEAU
Marie Fueston of Juneau has
moved into the Hotel Juneau.
SKAGWAY VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hermens
and daughter of akagway are at
the Baranof Hotel.
Legislature
Starts Work
Next Monday
Tightening of Laws, Re
vamping of Departments
Are Now in Prospect
Alaska’s lawmakers were gather
ing here today for Monday’s open
ing of what might be their last ses
sion as a Territorial Legislature.
Whether the next session is as
a territorial or state legislature,
however, will depend on what hap
pens in Congress, not what hap
pens here.
With control of the House solidly
in Democratic hands, 14 to 10, the
evenly divided Senate—with one or
two "unpredictables” in each party
lineup—looks again like the cham
ber in which the big controversies
will whirl.
The first one is likely to be over
the election of a Senate President.
There might also be one over the
Senate Secretary’s post.
In the House, reports indicate
that Rep. William Egan of Valdez
may step up to the speakership if
Stanley McCutcheon of Anchorage,
the 1949 speaker, chooses to exer
cise his majority leadership from
the floor. Rep. Warren Taylor of
Fairbanks was McCutcheon’s right
hand man on the floor in 1949, but
with Taylor gone this session the
Democrats may figure McCutcheon
can fill his party leader role better
on the floor than in the chair.
The lineup in the Senate on the
election of a President and on the
issues that will follow is u tough
one to predict.
On the Democratic side, Sen. How- j
ard Lyng of Nome, broke openly i
with Governor Gruening, with a |
bitter blast at him after the elec
tion.
Sen. James Nolan of Wrangell
has been definitely opposed to many
Democratic majority proposals.
In the Republican camp, Sens.
Anita Garnick of Juneau, Gunnard
Engebreth of Anchorage and Percy
Ipalook of Wales have supported a
number of proposals of the pro
Gruening faction in the past.
Few Favor More Taxes I
There seems to be little sentiment,
among legislators for increasing of j
taxes. Several have expressed the1
opinion that some ironing out, and
tightening up, of present tax laws
should suffice. Liquor control pro
posals are another likely prospect.
Sen. John Butrovlch, who is ex
pected to be the Republican leader
in the Senate, said he doesn’t expect
any new taxes and that keeping a
tight rein on the budget is the major
Job.
Sen. Steve McCutcheon of An
chorage, who is likely to be the
Democratic floor leader In the Sen
ate, commented:
“It would appear that the most
important problem facing the legis
lature is holding the line at appro
priations made in the past bien
nium. However, we should probably
try to appropriate more for reve
nue-producing departments — The
Department of Taxation and the
Territorial Attorney General’s of
fice.”
McCutcheon said moves to re
locate certain government agencies,
in a stream-lining effort, probably
will be supported by Third Division
Legislators. They sought to get
some of them, and a new territorial
office building, in the Anchorage
Palmer sector last session.
"It seems odd, for example," said
McCutcheon, "that the territorial!
Department of Mines is located in
Juneau when all the mining is done
in the Second and Fourth Divisions.
Similarly, the Department of Agri
culture is in Fairbanks, while the
highest percentage of farming is
carried on in the Matanuska Valley
and the Kenai Peninsula.”
Tax on Contraciors
Sen. Gerrit (Heinie) Snider, a
newly elected Republican, suggested
in Anchorage:
“Why hasn’t a tax been placed on
contractors working in the territory
on government projects, as Governor
Gruening suggested to the legisla
ture at the start of the 1947 ses
sion? Contractors working on gov
ernment projects operate on a cost
plus fixed fee basis, so it would be
a painless tax, with the contractor
passing it on as part of the cost of
operation to Uncle Sam."
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EXCHANGE
IS HEATED,
STATEHOOD
Issue Brought Up at Hear
ing-Denial Made ot In
tent to Detraud Govt.
By FRANK W. VAILLE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 — </Pl —
The Senate Investigating Commit
tee hearing into allocation of fed
eral funds for the Palmer, Alaska,
airport has been recessed indefin
itely. after a heated exchange over
whether the inquiry was an offshoot
of the Alaska statehood fight.
The assertion that the statehood
question was involved in the Palmer
investigation was made yesterday
by Stanley McCutcheon, speaker
of the Alaska House of Represen
tatives and attorney for the Terri
torial Aeronautical Commission.
McCutcheon also denied that there
was any intent to defraud the gov
ernment and asserted that the
Civil Aeronautics Administration
"knew exactly what we were doing
every step of the way.”
Land Values Involved
The subcommittee Is investigat
ing circumstances concerning the
commission’s rejection of one CAA
approved application for funds for
an airport at Palmer and its sub
mission of a second request listing
higher land value figures. The sec
ond request would have raised fed
eral participation in the program
from $94,750 to $145,125.
McCutcheon frequently crossed
with the committee and its counsel
during his testimony.
At one time, while reading ex
cerpts from his diary, McCutcheon
admonished committee member i
sharply: “Now pay attention.”
Later, when committee counsel
Barney Flanagan broke in during
the middle of a statement, Mc
Cutcheon cautioned, “Now Mr.
Flanagan, if you won’t interrupt
me, I won’t interrupt you."
When Flanagan asked if Mc
Cutcheon had discussed with Chris
Lample, CAA administrator of
Alaska public airports, an agree
ment between the Territorial Com
mission and the Palmer Airport
Association for return of $145,000 of
the $150,000 purchase price, the
Alaskan rose in his chair and de
clared:
"My dear Mr. Flanagan, I’ll say
we did.”
McCutcheon Rebuffed
McCutcheon was rebuffed by the
committee in his efforts tc tie the
airport investigation to the state
hood question and also was denied
permission to read a lengthy an
swer to charges which he said had
been made concerning the airport
applications during the statehood
fight on the floor of the Senate.
His answer was accepted however
for Inclusion in the record.
Although definite throughout his
testimony that CAA personnal had
been aware that the commission
did not actually own the airport
land at the time of its first appli
cation, McCutcheon refused to be
pinned down to a definite answer
later when questioned by Senator
McClellan (D-Ark.)
False Certification
The Senator asked repeatedly
whether, when McCutcheon certi
fied the application as commission
counsel, he did not know, and CAA
officials in Anchorage did not
know "that it was a false certifica
tion.”
"I signed the statement,” McCut
cheon replied.
“You didn’t answer my question.”
"Senator, I have said I signed the
application and you have heard my
testimony,” McCutcheon said. “I
will say no more.”
"If you want to leave your testi
mony at that,” replied McClellan,
“I can draw no other conclusion."
Later when Senator Mundt tD
SU) asked virtually the same ques
tion regarding whether the CAA
had knowledge that the commission
did not own the land, McCutcheon
replied:
Brunt Carried to CAA
"Absolutely—there’s no doubt in
my mind.”
At one point he testified that
George S. Schwamm, commission
director, made such frequent trips
to the CAA office for advice in fill
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