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VOL. LXXVIII., NO. 11,800__JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951 _MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS_PRICE TEN CENTS
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OUST ACHESON
BY PAY STOP,
RESIGNATION
House Coalition Plans to
Force Secretary of State
Out-Two Ways
WASHINGTON, May 3 — UPI —
A potent coalition of House Repub
licans and Southern Democrats is
gearing up a drive to try to force
the ouster of Dean Acheson as Sec
retary of State.
Some administration supporters
are openly apprehensive the move
may succeed.
Leaders of the coalition propose
to deny any funds to pay Acheson’s
salary after June 30. They are even
discussing tying up the whole State
Department budget for 1952 until
Acheson resigns or is replaced.
The State Department's 1952 bud
get, financing its activities for the
year starting next July 1, is due to
come before the House late this
month. A subcommittee concluded
hearings several weeks ago but has
delayed sending the budget bill to
the House floor.
“We just are afraid to try it now,”
one committee member who asked
not to be quoted by name told
newsmen: “They would tear it to
pieces in order to embarrass the
administration."
Catholic
Mother of
'51 Named
NEW YORK, May 3 — (41 — A
Japanese-born mother — three of
whose 13 children are U, S. war vet
erans — has been selected as the
Catholic Mother of 1951.
The winner is Mrs. Theresa Mat
sudaira, 49, of Seattle, Wash.
Her selection was announced last
night by the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, which annually
chooses the Catholic Mother of the
year. *
Mrs. Matsudaira, who will receive
a gold medal on Mother’s Day, May
13, was converted to the Catholic
faith in 1929. Her husband, a Seattle
restaurant worker, became a Catho
lic in 1942.
Mrs. Matsudaira came to i the
United States with her husband
after their marriage. During World
War II, she and members of her
family were interned in Idaho.
Twelve of her 13 children are still
living, all in Seattle.
PETERSBURG, Alaska, May 3 —
W)— Striking cold storage workers
here voted last night to continue
handling fish landed by all local
small boats.
The strikers explained that a ma
jority of the local fleet fishes “Area
2” and is unable to make the run
to Prince Rupert or Seattle to un
load its c&„ch.
Cold storage workers in most
Southwestern Alaska ports are on
strike for higher wages.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
•CoDTrlgnt. 1951. oy Bell Syndicate, Inc..
Washington. — Locked in the
files of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee is some dynamite-laden
evidence by a former adviser to
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
which would be of great interest in
the MacArthur-Trur.ian debate if
it were made public.
Secret testimony was given on
April 6, 1949, before the Foreign
Affairs Committee by Maj. Gen.
David G. Barr, former military ad
viser to Chiang. At that time Barr
testified, among other things, that
Chiang’s, staff officers were incom
petent, lazy, derelict and in some
cases downright dishonest. He des
cribed the surrender of some Man
churian cities to the Communists
by Chiang's Generals as so suspi
cious as to raise possible doubts of
a sell-out to the enemy. In some
cases, Chiang's staff officers were
not even present when the troops
under them surrendered.
General Barr also told how great
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HOUSE VOTES
(UTINTERIOR
j DEPT. FUNDS
Seven Million for APW
$22,600,000 Alaska
I Roads - Sharp Cut
i
WASHINGTON, May 3 — (tfl —
The House voted without opposition
yesterday $7,009,000 for Alaska Pub
lic Works, $20,000 000 for construc
tion of roads in Alaska, and $2,600,
000 for operation and maintenance
of Alaska roads. They were included
i in the Interior Department bill.
Backing pleas for economy, the
House voted $496,764,000 for the de
; partment in the year starting July
j 1. a reduction of $62,521,500 from
| the $559,286,000 asked by President
Truman.
This amounted to a 11.2 per cent
I cut, the sharpest voted so far on
! any major money bills. Previously
i voted were funds for the Treasury
Post Office and Labor Departments
and the Federal Security Adminis
j tration.
In spite of statements by admin
istration supporters that all power
should be developed to aid produc
tion during the present emergency, |
the House lopped off $9,450,000 ear
marked for construction of power
and transmission lines.
After approving the money items,
| the House on a vote of 224 to 169
I adopted an amendment by Rep.
! Jensen (R-Iowa) to cut the depart
i ments personnel during the fiscal
! year starting July 1. Under this, no
j more than 25 per cent of the job
I vacancies that oecui *»liou
! except by transfers within the de
partment.
i The exceptions to this would be
; various persons under the Indian
: Bureau, such as school teachers,
, medical personnel and law enforce- j
! ment officials.
! No attempt was made to cut the
$65,000,000 recommended for the In
dian Bureau.
; - i
SENATE COM. OKS
SPECIAL CIVIL DEE.
PROGRAM, ALASKA
WASHINGTON, May 3 — I* —
A special Civil Defense program for
Alaska was approved today by the
Senate Armed Services committee.
Senator Hunt (D-Wyo), who is
floor manager for the legislation
said it would permit the Federal
, Government to put up “three or four
dollars to every one put up by Alaska j
for Civil Defense.”
Previously Alaska and other Ter
ritories were required to match Fed- |
eral funds on a dollar for dollar
basis.
“Alaska presents many peculiar
problems for Civil Defense in addi
tion to being nearest Russia,” Hunt
said. “There are gnrt distances be
tween its communities and most
transportation must be by air in
emergencies.”
Hunt'said air raid shelters could
not be dug into the ground because
of a permanent frost and so must
be constructed “into the sides of
hills.”
Hunt said the Alaska Legislature
already has voted $400,000 for Civil
Defense and that under the Senate
bill the amount of Federal aid would
be determined by the Federal Civi
Defense administrator.
NICHOLS- DEATH IS
REPOR D, NATURAL
_____ *
KEY WEST, Fla., May 3 — UP>—
A coroner’s jury reported yesterday
that Stanley J. Nichols, former U
S. Marshal at Fairbanks, Alaska,
died of natural causes.
Nichols was found unconscious ir.
a tourist court February 12 and died
five days later. His widow flew here
from Fairbanks and requested an
investigation of the death, saying
$600, a watch and portable type-,
writer were missing.
Dr. Ralph Hertz said death was:
caused by a cerebral hemorrhage
He reported no marks of violence on
the body. A man who left a note in
Nichol’s room was sought, for ques
tioning but has not been located.
Happy Family
Kobert Vogeler and his wife (left) pause for a family picture at
the International Airport, X. Y., with their sons Bobby (left) and
Billy and Mrs. Vogcler's sister Pia Eykens, on arrival from Vienna.
Vogeler was reelased from prison in Hungary recently. I/P) Wireplioto.
ANTI - TRUST
LIQUOR CASE
IS DELAYED
Settlement Imminent as
Jury Excused Until Fri
day-Case Bogged Down
ANCHORAGE —DPI— Settlement
of the government's anti-trust case
against the Anchorage Retail
Liquor Dealers’ Association, five
corporations ar.d five of their of
ficer; and 42 individual retail liquor
dealers appeared imminent today.
Federal Judge Anthony Dimdnc
excused the jury yesterday until
Friday, saying the “case has been
continued . . . for good cause . . .
with both parties agreeing.”
Neither government nor defense
attorneys would comment but Fed
eral court sources said they ex
pected settlement of the price-fixing
case to be announced Friday. The
two government prosecuting attorn
eys returned to Seattle yesterday
and some evidence was returned.
Unconfirmed reports indicated
charges against some of the defend
ants might be dismissed. Others
were expected to plead nolo con
tendre uio contest).
Case Bogs Down
The trial began April 20 with pre
dictions it would last two months.
However, it immediately bogged
dojvn in a morass of legal techni
calities that threatened to extend
it longer. The defense fought hard
to prevent introduction of almost
every document that the govern
ment attempted to get in evidence.
Monday the government succeed
ed in getting minutes of certain
meetings of the association, as well
as a copy of a letter sent to a liquor
dealer at Seward.
Undercutting Advice
The minutes named indiriduals
who had been appointed to com
mittees to check on dealers re
portedly undercutting prices. The
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STOCK OUOt’ATIONJ
NEW YORK. May 3 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2% . American Can 113,
American Tel. and Tel. 15G, Ana
conda 43%, Douglas Aircraft 52%,
General Electric 56, General Motors
54, Goodyear 78%, Kennecott 77,
Libby. McNeil! and Libby 9%, North
ern Pacifio 38%, Standard Oil of
California 50, Twentieth Century
Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 45%, Pound
$2.80%, Canadian Exchange 94.81%.
Sales today were 2,060,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 263.13, rails 85.71, utili
ties 42.60.
LOSES
Dorothy Bailey (above), who was
thrown out of her S8,(IOO-a-vear
job in thelJ. S. employment serv
ice, lost her court fight for rein
statement by a 4 to 4 tie vote of
the Supreme Court in Washing
ton. The court upheld the gov
ernment’s right to fire without a
trial Federal workers suspected of
di: loy alty. I If) Wirephoto.
Relations Not
Hurt Between
0. S.r Mexico
WASHINGTON, May 3 — fjP —
Secretary Acheson said today he
knew of no evidence that the Sen
ate Crime committee’s criticism of
Ambassador William O’Dwyer has
hurt relations between the United
States and Mexico.
Acheson also told a news confer
ence, in response to questions, that
he had no plan to confer with
O’Dwyer as a result of the com
mitte’s year-long investigation and
report.
He said that if he thought there
was any reason to remove an am
bassadpr of course this would be
taken up with the President. Asked
whether such a step was planned
on O’Dwyer. Acheson said with a
smile that he had no comment to
make on a loaded question like
that.
Then he replied with a crisp no
to a question whether there was
any evidence that developments
have adversely affected U. S. rela
tions with Mexico.
At the White House, meanwhile,
Presidential Secretary Joseph Short
told reporters he was unaware of
any plan to recall O'Dwyer from his
diplomatic post.
SEATTLE VISITOR
Z. A. Neal of Seattle, arrived
yesterday on PAA and is stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
TRUMAN SAYS
TO WAIT FOR
TESTIMONY
WASHINGTON. May 3 — UFl —
President Trumfln said today that
Gen. Douglas MacArthur had per
suaded him at the Wake Island con
j ference last fall that the Chinese
1 Red would not enter the Korean
war.
The President was asked at his
news conference whether he could
say Gen. MacArthur persuaded
t' f p at the conference that the
■ Chinese Communists would not en
I ter sne conflict.
Mr. Truman said he could not
speak fur the others, but he de
i dared:
■ He persuaded me they would not
! name in.”
The chief executive asked that
the country wait until all the evi
dence is in before making up its
mind on his controversy with Mac
! Arthur.
Wake Island Conference
Reporters, after a series of ques
| tions dealing with the conference
j on Wake Island last October 15,
asked the President if he was sur
prised when the Chinese Reds at
tacked the UN forces in Korea.
Mr. Truman said he was not ex
actly as surprised as he Was sorry
to see this happen.
‘ Was Gen. MacArthur surprised?"
a reporter asked.
MacArthur, the President said,
was very much surprised.
Intelligence Agency
Mr. Truman said the general re
fused to permit the Central Intel
ligence Agency to operate in Tokyo
' it Gett. Walter Bedell Smith, it?
chief, made a special trip to Japan
to persuade him.
On Capitol Hill, MacArthur testi
fied that the Central Intelligence
Agency felt last November there
was “very little chance” the Chi
nese Reds would enter the Korean
war on any major scale.
The President was asked if he was
confident that when the entire case
is in, it would show he was justi
fied in removing the general from
his Far Eastern commands.
Mr. Truman said that when the
facts are all in. the reporters would
know the answer. But he said he had
already given the answer.
ALASKA NEEDS
TRADING STOCK
DUNN TELLS CC
ALASKA NEEDS.■ ba7
Alaska problems will be features
at the next session of the Pacific
Northwest Trade Association meet
ing at Missoula, Mont., in Septem
ber, Fred Dunn told the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce today at a
regular luncheon business meeting
He has just returned from a meet
ing in Portland of that group where
he represented the Juneau chambei
Bob Ellis, temporary president oi
the newly created Alaska Visitors
Association, gave a pep talk and
asked that a chamber committee be
appointed to head a fund drive foi
Juneau to raise its share of the
funds to match the legislative ap
propriation.
Dunn’s Report
Dunn gave his personal opinion
that whfcle the PNWTA was work
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WEATHER REPORT
Temperature for 24-Hour Period
ending 6:20 o’clock this morning
In Juneau — Maximum,
52; minimum, 35.
At Airport — Maximum,
52; minimum, 35.
FORECAST
Cloudy tonight and Friday
with light rain late tonight
and Friday. Lowest temper
ature tonight about 38. High
est Friday near 52.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. today
City of Juneau — None;
Since May 1 — Trace:
Since July 1 — G8.05 inches.
At Airport — None;
Since May I — .02 inches:
Since July 1 — 39.29 Inches.
General MacArfhur
Is Giving testimony
On Korean Warfare;
Censorship on Talk
_ <t»-*
WASHINGTON, May 3 — (/>PI —
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today
he does not believe Soviet Russia
is in position to “launch any pre
datory attack from the Asiatic con
tinent."
The deposed Far Eastern com
mander gave that estimate to the
Senate Armed Services and For
eign Relations committees inquiring
into MacArthur's dismissal and Far
Eastern policy.
MacArthur testified behind closed
doors, but a censored transcript of
his testimony was given to news
men.
The general said he believes Rus
sian forces in Siberia “are largely
defensive.”
In this connection, MacArthur ob
served:
“I believe that the Soviet has so
often repeated the incorrect state
ment that we are planning to at
tack him that he has finally begun
to believe it himself.”
Russ Strength Deleted
Senator Russell <D-Ga), chairman
of the combined committees, called
for an estimate by MacArthur on
Russian strength in the Far East.
Part of whnt MacArthur had to
say on that was deleted from the
transcript given reporter!*
In that connection, Senator Hugh
Butler iR-Nebi, on leaving the hear
ing earlier, had told reporters Mac
Arthur also said he doesn’t believe
Russia could move more troops east
ward because the trans-Siberian
railroad already is taxed to it^
limit.
The transcript recorded Russell
as asking MacArthur about the haz-.
ard of having removed all U. S. gar- j
rison troops from Japan to Korea i
when the war broke out last June.
Japan Capture Doubted
"If Russia had seen fit to have
moved at that time, I assume they
could have captured Japan, could
they not?” Russell asked.
"I would doubt it very seriously,
senator,” MacArthur replied.
He added that he does not believe;
Japan could have been taken ex
cept by an amphibious effort. Then
he said:
"As long as we held control of the
sea and of the air over tha sea. I
would doubt that the Soviet Union
would have been able to overrun
Japan in any coup de main."
(A coup de main is a sudden and
unexpected movement and attack l.
The questions of what Russia
might do in the Far East — and
the Soviet capacity to act with
strength there — are important one^
in the whole controversy revolving
about MacArthur.
General Urged Blockade
MacArthur has urged blockade of
Communist China and air action
against it because of the Communist
move into the Korean fighting.
The Truman administration's po
sition is that the war should be con
fined to Korea if possible — that
the steps MacArthur propo.s."
might spread the war into a great
conflict.
The Russians have a treaty of
mutual assistance with the Chinese
Communists. Russian arms have
been used by the North Korean
Reds and the Chinese Communists
but thus far there has been no evi
dence — at least none has been pub
licly disclosed — of direct Russian
intervention in Korea.
MacArthur First Witness
Two Senate committees, meeting
jointly, called MacArthur as the
first witness at a general inquiry
into his differences with the admin
istration and the whole question of
U. S. Far Eastern policy.
Reporters were barred from the
hearing room on grounds matters
of vital importance to national se
curity might come out in the hear
ings.
To inform newsmen, and through
them the public, an arrangement
was made to give out a censored
stenographic report of. the testi
mony.
This naturally, however, lagged
far behind the actual progress of
the hearing.
MacArthur Praised
The first sections of the trans
cript disclosed that Chairman Rus
sell of the Armed Services commit
tee opened the hearing with a gen
eral statement that he considered
them dealing with "momentou
questions.”
Russell went on then to prai i
MacArthur as “one of the grea
captains of history through threi
armed conflicts” and as “a grea
military leader” who has endearei
himself to his countrymen.
The first • take” of the “combed'
testimony disclosed MacArthur then
was asked about the unity of Ameri
can fighting forces in the Fur East
He said it “has been as complete
as I could possibly imagine."
“The responsiveness of each serv
ice to the desire and wishe of th<
other has been almost perfetlon,"
he added.
Cooperation Okeh
In Korea, MacArthur went on,
there has been more than mere
integration of the three U. S. serv
ices — the Army, Navy and Ait
Force. '
“It has been the integration of
the forces of a number of nations,
all of which had various compon
ents there," he said.
“I would rate It as 100 per cent,
and the only reason I do not rale
it higher is because I believe the
mathematicians say 100 per cent is
all there is.”
No Prepared Statement
At the outset, MacArthur told the
joint committee he had no prepared
statement He said he had expressed
his views fully when he addressed
a joint meeting of Congress two
weeks ago today.
"I appear today,” the general
said, “not as a voluntary witness
at all, but in response to requests
of the committee, and I am entirely
in the hands of the committee.”
Russell remarked then that the
lawmakers had received "conflicting
reports as to the battle efficiency
ol the South Korean forces.”
Fine Korean Troops
MacArthur said that “In courage
and in determination and in reso
lution they arc very fine troops.”
“They lack the background of long
tradition,” he said. "They lack an
officer corps, which takes years to
build up. They lack in the efficiency
of long periods of training.
“They lack in certain instances
of material and other deficiencies
are apparent. But within the phy
sical limitation , that exist, I regard
them as very fine, indeed.”
Spirit For Victory
MacArthur said Korean casual
ties, compared with the forces that
were committed “reflect an indom
itable spirit for victory.”
“They are lightly armed and arc
at their best in what you might call
the reconnaissance and exploitive
features of campaigns," he said.
MacArthur and his aide , were
greeted in their arival at National
Airport from New York by Senator.
Bridges (R-NHi and Byrd iD-Vui
as they came down the ramp from
the four-engined Constellation, Ba
taan.
In contrast to his previous visit
here last month, when a crowd of
more than 10,000 welcomed him
with wild cheer.*, there was virtually
no turnout at the airport today.
FLASHES OFT AT TKl'MAN
WASHINGTON, May 3 — si’
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today
the way President Truman sum
marily fired him from his com
mands “jeopardized the nation’s in
terest.”
Before Senate Investigators, Mac
Arthur hit back hard in dt fen.se Of
his conduct of the Korean war and
at the President’s dismissal of him.
The 71-year-old general said he
did not question “in the slightest’
Mr. Truman’s right to recall him.
But he said the manner of his
dismissal was another thing — he
was relieved of command on re
ceipt of the order.
"Being summarily relieved that
way,” he said, “made it impossible
to carry out directive that I was
working on at the moment.”
He said he had to turn these over
to His successor. General Hidgway
who was 350 miles awry on the
Korean front.”
F. S. Jeopardized
Then MacArthur added:
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REDS LINE
UP, SECOND
610 MOVE
Six-Hour Skirmish Breaks
Quiet on Front-New
Blows Expected
By Associated Press
Sharp skirmishes broke the quiet,
of the Korean front today ps UN
patrols probqd Red forces building
up for new offensives.
The fights were fierce, but small
scale.
Two U. S. F-80 Shooting Star jets
were knocked down today by enemy
fire in Korea.
The Air Force said both pilots
were presumed killed.
Four ground clashes Involved Al
I lied tanks rumbling north from
Seoul. An armored column drove
back a Chinese regiment after a
two-hour skirmish northeast of the
! shattered old South Korean capital.
To the east, in the Pukhan river
bend, tanks won a brief clash with
Communist troops.
MX-Hour Murmisn
On the 'Central front Allied
ground troops fought a six-hour
skirmish with 150 Reds dug in atop
a hill. Communists kept the hill,
! but an estimated two thirds of them
were killed.
Action up to dusk Thursday was
light — as on the preceding day,
one of the quietest of the war.
Intelligence officers said three
Communist divisions were getting
ready to strike at Seoul Iraqi. the
northwest. The enemy worked fev
erishly beyond the' range of Allied
artillery. Olher forces were building
up in the hills around Ilwachon
Reservoir on the Central front.
Reds Shift Attack
After their offensive was blunted
in the west, the Reds shifted their
weight to the center of the penin
sula. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet,
UN ground commander, said yester
day the enemy had failed in its
I spring drive objective but he warned
| the Reds were capable of striking
another blow in an attempt to drive
the Allies from Korean soil.
Reds Building
That blow may fall within days
or weeks — no one knows except
Red commanders. Enemy forces are
poised in their favorite spot for a
build-up — the wild hilly country
north of Seoul and the rough ter
rain of the Hwchon area hide their
movements and make it easier to
infiltrate at night.
The Reds gre reported to have
3.00J planes available for action.
Three Communist night fighters
were driven off by B-26 bombers in
first appearance of enemy night
fighters.
Marine Corps
Increase Is
Recommended
WASHINGTON. May 3 — —
A permanent increase in fighting
strength of the Marine Corps was
recommended to the Senate today
by its Armed Services committee.
The group approved a force of
not less than four full-strength
combat divisions and four air sup
port wings plus necessary support
ing forces. A ceiling of 4OO,0'JO was
placed in the bill — about twice the
present strength.
At the same time the committee
recommended that the Marines com
mandant be given added authority
in the joint chiefs of staff, now
limited to Army, Air Force and Navy
leaders plus a chairman.
The commandant would be "a
consultant” on the JCS with the
right to speak for the corps on Mar
ine matters.
5TFAMFR MOVEMENTS
Freighter Sailors Splice from Seat
tle scheduled to arrive Saturday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Princess Loui: 9 scheduled to sail
from Vancouver Saturday 8 pan.
Denali scheduled to arrive Sunday
at 3 a.in . southbound .