THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME'
VOL. LXXV., NO. 11,635
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1950
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE TEN CENTS
GREENGLASS
MAKES PLEA,
ESPIONAGE
Says He Is Guilfy-May Es
cape Death Penalty as
Govt. Witness
NEW YORK, Oct. 18—David
Greenglass, 28-year-old former
Army Sergeant pleaded guilty today
in federal court to a charge of
conspiracy in time of war to convey
secret government defense informa
tion to Russia.
The chunky defendant, who had
worked on the atom bomb project
at Los Alamos, N. Mex., pleaded to
the charge in a firm voice before
Federal Judge William Bondy.
Greenglass was originally indicted
frl New Mexico and was named in I
a superseding indictment here last
week with four others, including
Anatoli A. Yakovlev, former Rus
sian vice-consul in New York.
Because of his plea, it was ex
pected that Greenglass would turn
government witness and thereby
escape the death penalty.
Ammunition
Ship Blast
Is Thwarted
SEATTLE, Oct. 18—(/PI—A mili
tary officer disclosed today how
deadly dangerous flashes on a load,
ed ammunition ship spread shiv
ers of fear at a Seattle area piei
Sunday. The pier’s exact location
was not disclosed.
He told, too, how heroic inspection
crew members risked disaster be j
fore they found the trouble an; I
ended the threat
Commodore M. E. Eaton, Deputj
Chief of the Military Sea Trans
portation Service, said the shir
was 80 percent loaded when work
men saw blue flashes in the holds
There were terror-filled minute:
before electrical machinery coulc
be shut down and the flashes stop
ped. Then there were almost twc
days of painstaking checking te j
make sure the trouble was elimin- j
ated.
The inspectors found the blui
flashes were due to a faulty gen
erator producing too much power
It “blew" light bulbs throughou.
the ship.
TWO CAA MEN HERE
F. H. Fuqua and William Schoon
over from the CAA at Anchorage
are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM BELLINGHAM
Henry C. Peterson of Bellingham
is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
I Copyright, MM. by Bell Syndicate, Ine.l
By DREW PEARSON
J^ASHINGTON — The taxpayers
don’t know it, but they are paying
for the honeymoon of a Congress
man’s daughter. She is Mrs. Jules
De Porre, daughter of Democrat
Congressman Louis Rabaut of Gros
se Pointe Park, Mich.
Carolyn was the last in a line I
of daughters who worked as Con- ]
gressman Rabaut’s secretary. But
she quit to get married shortly af
ter Easter, and became Mrs. Jules
De Porre on July 8. Despite this,
she has continued to draw $643.33 a
month.
While the Congressman’s daugh
ter draws her salary, her job is1
taken by Marion. B. Lacey, who is
paid $331.71 per month by the
House Appropriations Committee.
Very conveniently, the committee
“loaned” her to Rabaut to handle
“committee business.” She is not
on, his regular pay roll.
When queried by this column.
Rabaut explained that his daughter
never quit working for him, but just
shifted to his Detroit office. Actual
ly, this explanation doesn't hold
up. For the Congressman didn’t
open an office in Detroit until
Congress recessed Ihe last week
of September. Furthermore, when
the Congressman takes a trip to
Detroit, his office help in Wash
ington complain that he scribbles
letters in longhand and sends them
back to Washington to be typed,
thus making a mystery as to what
his newly married daughter is sup
(Continued on Page Four)
PACKERS OF CRABS,!
SHRIMPS ON STRIKE,
PETERSBURG PLANTS
Pay Wages Nearly Double
of Present Demanded
Managements Balk
I
PETERSBURG, Alaska, Oct. 18—
—(>Pi—With management balking at
pay increases nearly double what
they're now paying and twice the
wages being paid in Seattle, a full
scale shrimp and crab strike is set
for next Monday.
Members of Local 85 of the Shell
Pish Workers Union, affiliated with
Harry Bridges' International Long
shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s
Union, recently expelled from the
CIO for asserted Leftist tendencies,
already have gone on strike.
But yesterday they said they
would process about 2,000 pounds of
crab which one operator already
has picked, and will take care of
crabs already fished before the
strike was called. Picket line will
be set up Monday.
Proposals Rejected
Operators of Kaylor and Dahl
and Ohmer’s plants met with union
members last Thursday to hear
proposals. On Friday they rejected
them. The union advised it would
start picketing Monday of this
week.
The operators went out by plane
to notify the crab and shrimp boats
of the pending shutdown. All but
two crab boats were contacted.
The industry has a $2,000 per day
payroll here.
Petersburg packers, who compete
in the Seattle market, said the add
ed cost of the workers’ demands
would price Alaska shellfish com
pletely out of the market.
Union Demands
Here are union demands:
Crab butchers—now getting $1.4f
an hours, asking $4.50 an hour, plus
ime and a hall from 6 to 10 p.m.
and between 10 p.m. and 8 a m
double time. Butchers normally gi
co work at 7 a.m.
Packers and general workers—
new getting $1.40 an hour, demand
$2.50, also with time and a hall
ind double time provisions.
Piece workers—now getting 24
cents a pound to pick shrimp; ask
ing 35 cents a pound, or 70 cents
r pound if shrimp are held over
to following day. A good picker can
pick 80 pounds daily.
Crab shakers—now getting If
cents a pound; asking 20 cents. Oc
casicnlly women have made $30 a
day at the present rate, with the
average present daily wage $20-2!
x day. Operators are paying It
cents a pound for crabs.
Besides the wage increases, the
workers also submitted a long lisi
of other demands. These included
Coffee time every two hours, with
the employer paying (A) for th<
coffee; <B) for the pastry; (C)
the hourly rate to piece workers
during "coffee time.”
TOASTMASTERS MEET
AT BARANOF TONIGHT
—
W. A. (Budi Elkins will be toast
master at a meeting of the Juneau
Toastmasters Club in the Baranof(
l Gold Room at 6 o’clock this eve
ning. Dr. John Clements will give
a ten-minute talk. Five minutes
I ?ach have been allotted to Bill
Ellis, Wayne Richey and Mr. Old
ham. •
Gene Vuille will be called on for
an impromptu speech. Wes OverD^
is scheduled to be chief critic and
Herb Rowland topic master.
ALASKA POTTERS MEET
FOR CLASSES, A.B. HALL
The Alaska Potters will hold
their third in a series of classes
at 8 o’clock tonight in the Arts and
Crafts quarters at the A.B. Hall.
Following a short business session
there will be a demonstration class
in the pinch or block method.
Members having bisque firing pieces
are requested to bring them as
there will be a firing.
Several pieces have already been
completed and a large group of
enthusiastic new members have
joined the Potters this year. Anyone
interested in joining the club is
requested to contact Mrs. L. J.
Holmquist, telephone 248.
BPR ME?4 BACK
Four men who have been with
the Bureau of Public Roads on
Johnson River, 150 miles from Fair
banks all summer are back in Ju
neau for the winter. They are Rob
ert W. McCrone, W. L. Smith, O. C. i
Dwyer, and John C. Moore. All are
staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
tony schwamm here
Tony Schwamm of Anchorage is
| a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
IPALOOK, O’LEARY ,
TAKE LEAD, RACE
FOR SENATE, 2ND
NOME, Alaska, Oct. 18—(ffl—Rep.!
Percy Ipalook, a Republican mem-1
ber of the 1949 Territorial House,)
has forged to the front in the race
for the Second Division's two seats
in the Senate. Two Democrats are
only 25 votes apart in the contest
for the second seat, on the basis
of 28 of the Division's 35 widely
scattered precincts.
In the race for the Division’s four
House seats, three Democrats and
one Republican are leading.
If the present standings continue,
here and in other Divisions, it will
result in a margin of 14 to 10 for
the Democrats in the House and an
even eight-to-eight break between
the parties in the Senate, where
the Democrats have a margin of
six-to-two in holdover Senators.
Ipalook, a full-blooded Eskimo
missionary from Wales, has 738
votes on the 28-precinct tally;
Charles O’Leary, Democrat, 715, and
Rep. William Beltz, Democrat, 690
Sen. Charles Jones, the veteran
Republican legislator, is out of the
running.
Ipalook and Beltz are expected
to continue to gain on late returns
from the outlying Eskimo precincts.
The leaders for the four House
seats are: W. W. Laws <R) 754;
George Madsen <D> 728; James
Wells (D) 719; Frank Degman (D)
591.
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Absentee ballots may have a
trong bearing on the winners ol
closely contested seats in the First
and Fourth Divisions.
In the Fourth, Republican Alden
Wilbur is leading Democrat Tom
Jones by only 60 votes for the Fifth
House seat. There are only an es
timated 100 or less votes still to be
reported from outlying precincts
I The final decision is expected to
rest in 130 absentee ballots, to be
counted next Tuesday.
There are more than 400 absen
tee ballots in the First Division
They might decide the winner of
the eighth House seat. Rep. Amelia
Gundersen of Ketchikan is 126
rotes ahead of Rep. Marcus Jensen
of Douglas for the seat, on latest
tabulations. Both are Democrats
out Mrs. Gundersen is a supportej
of Governor Gruening and Jensen
is anti-Gruening.
REPUBLICANS
DOMINATE RACE
IN 4TH DIVISION
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 18—
IK)—With more than 90 percent of
the Fourth Division’s total vote re
ported, Republicans continued to
dominate the legislative race, while
Democrat E. L. Bartlett had a 2%
to 1 margin for reelection as. Dele
gate to Congress.
The legislative standings on the
basis of 54 out of 70 precincts were:
Senate (2 to be elected)—Lhamon
(R) 1895; Coble (R) 1774; Lander
(D) 1521; Taylor (D) 1402.
House (5 to be elected)—Stepovich
(R) 2206; Miscovich (R) 1951;
Franklin (D) 1835; Gasser (R) 1733;
Wilbur (R) 1681; Jones (D) 1681;
I Joy (R) 1574; Dale (D) 1549; Anger
man (D) 1362; McCombe (D) 1362.
I The only possibility of a change
in the races appears to lie in the
150 absentee Dallots which will be
counted Thursday.
ALEXANDER ATTENDS
NAT. GUARD MEETING
To attend the meeting of Nation
al Guard adjutant generals of tht
States, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and
Alaska, Col. Joseph D. Alexander
acting adjutant general of the Al
aska National Guard, leaves tomor
row for Washington, D. C.
Problems that will be discussed
at the meeting are the armory con
struction program, current personnel
problems, accelerated training pro
gram for all National Guard units,
funding program which deals with
the Federal support of the National
Guard, national legislation as it af
fects the guard and instructions to
units to be alerted in the future.
Following the meeeting, Col. Al
exander will have several confer
ences for two days on specific
problems pertaining to the Alaska
National Guard only.
PARTIAL HOLIDAY
Territorial and v city offices are
closed today, Alaska Day, but busi
ness continued as usual and Federal
offices were also open. The public
schools observed Alaska Day by
dismissal of all classes at 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
TO PROBE
CRIME IH
SEATTLE
_ i
CHICAGO, Oct. 18— l/fl —The
chairman of the Senate Crime In
vestigating committee said he Would
, leave today for Seattle, Wash., to
look into the “crime situation"
there.
Sen. Estes Kefauver, committee
chairman, told newsmen, however,
that he has “nothing definite” in
mind about any investigation of
west coast crime.
Kefauver said that during his
west coast visit he would attend
a Jackson Day celebration at Ev
erett, Wash. He said Henry Jack
son, Democratic U. S. Representa
tive in the Second Washington dis
trict and candidate for reelection in
November, is a personal friend.
In Seattle, the committee chair
man said, he intends to talk to
law enforcement officials and “var
ious persons” about the general
crime situation there.
Kefauver announced plans to end
Chicago hearings, at least tempor
arily, after hearing testimony con
cerning big financial dealings of
i two police captains.
One of them, Capt. Daniel Gil
bert, chief investigator for thi
State's Attorney’s office and Demo
cratic candidate for sheriff, wat
questioned how he managed tc
amass his admitted $365,000 for
tune. Gilbert, who appeared vol
untarily before the committee, said
! he made his money in legitimatf
deals in stock and grain market
investments.
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JUNEAU ELKS TO
CONDUCT DOINGS,
SKAGWAY LODGE
The Elks Past Exalted Rulers
Club of Juneau has been requested
by Skagway Lodge No. 431 to con
duct the ceremonies of dedication
of their new home and an initiation
next Sunday, October 22.
A large delegation of Elks and
their ladies are making the trip
to Skagway aboard the Canadian
Pacific liner Princess Louise which
will leave here Saturday night.
October 21, for Skgway and return
here early Tuesday, October 24.
A gala schedule of events have
been planned by the Lynn Canal
lodge and Elks desiring to make the
trip are requested to contact Se
cretary W. H. Biggs of the* local
lodge or make reservations direct
with William MacFarlane, local
CPR agent.
Arrangements have been made
with the Canadian Pacific Steam
ship company so that members of
delegation will be permitted to re
main aboard the ship while it, is
in Skagway.
BARTLETT TO SPEAK
AT CHAMBER MEETING
Important matters will come up
for discussion at a regular Juneau
Chamber of Commerce meeting at
the Baranof Hotel tomorrow noon,
Fred Eastaugh, secretary, announc
ed today.
Delegate E. L. Bartlett will be
the main speaker. Other matters
for discussion will include tax in
centive legislation and the mat
ters of the Juneau airport and road
projects which will be presented
to the visiting senators due tomor
row evening. All interested per
sons are urged to attend.
KIWANIS WILL ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT WEEK
Richard Peter of KINY gave an
interesting informal talk on his re
cent European trip at a regular
meeting of the Kiawnis Club at the
Baranof this noon. He discussed the
effectiveness of Communist propa
ganda in France and Italy, especi
ally in industrial centers. He said
that Switzerland was the most pros
perous of the countries he visited
and while there was no Communism
there, the Swiss feared that they
would not be able to maintain their
neutrality in event of another war
involving Europe.
Election of officers for the com
ing year will be held next week.
The nominating committee pro
posed Larry Parker for President,
Don Burrus for Vice President and
Ed Heinke for Secretary.
AT THE JUNEAU HOTEL
John Goetz of the CAA An* i
chorage is stopping at the Juneau
Hotel.
SACRED COW TO
BRING WATCHDOG
SENATE GROUP
I _
! Military Defense Hearing
at 9:30 A. M. Friday in j
Senate Chambers
The famous Sacred Cow is ex
pected to land about 5 p.m. tomor
row at the Juneau airport, bringing
three members of the U S. Senate
Armed Services subcommittee in
vestigating Alaska defenses.
Senators in this “watchdog” com
mittee will stay overnight, to hold
a hearing at 9:30 a.m., Friday in
the Senate Chambers. As one Sena
tor put it, they are here “to learn
what the defense dollar is provid
ing in Alaska” and to consider ur
gent military defense needs.
They were instructed by Sen. Lyn
don B. Johnson (D-Tex), chairman,
to concentrate on housing, radar de
fenses and communications.
The party will take off in the
Sacred Cow Friday noon for Ketchi
kan and another hearing. (A
luncheon had been planned here,
but now the travelers will eat box
lunches while in flight.)
The “watchdogs” are Sen. Lester
Hunt (D-Wyo), Sen. Leverett Sal
tonstall (R-Mass) and Sen. Wayne
Morse (R-Ore).
Accompanying the Senatorial
party here will be Lt. Gen. William
E. Kepner, commanding general,
Alaskan Defense Command; Brig.
Gen. Elmer J. Rogers, Jr., director
of Plans and Operations at Alaskan
Command headquarters, who
headed the advance party making
arrangements; Col. Justice Cham
bers. Col. Glenn W. Martin, Jr., and
Walter Walsh, all of Washington,
D.C., who also were here earlier
this month; and two other spec
ialist-advisors, Chapman and Pet
erson.
Gov. Ernest Gruening flew to An
chorage Sunday to Join the party.
He has made the Alaska tour with
them and will continue to Ket
chikan, where he is to address the
American Federation of Labor con
vention opening there Saturday.
On their speedy trip since arriv
ing in Anchorage, the Senators have
also visited Whittier, Seward, Nome
and Fairbanks, besides all major
military installations.
VISITING SENATORS HONORED
BV ANCHORAGE REPUBLICANS
Sixty-two early-rising Republicans
honored Senators Wayne Morse and
Leverett Saltonstall at a 7 o’clock
breakfast this morning in Anchor
age.
The Republican Womens Club
arranged the early breakfast honor
ing the two Republican Senators
who are members of the defense
committee making a flying trip
through Alaska.
SEATTLE CHAMBER
URGES INTERVENTION
WATERFRONT TIEUP
SEATTLE. Oct. 18—t#—The Se
attle Chamber of Commerces
Board of Trustees urged President
Truman yesterday to intervene in
the waterfront dispute which ha;
halted Seattle-Alaska passenger ser
vice.
The group said immediate en
forcement of the waterfront secur
ity act would rectify the ship tie
up. The law, sponsored by Sen
Magnuson (D-Wash.) is designee
to prevent sabotage by barrinf
subversives and “bad security risks'
from waterfront installations and
ships.
JOINT SQUARE DANCE
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
The Promenaders and Bubbles
and Beaux Square Dance clubs will
hold a joint dance on Saturday
October 21, at 8:30 p.m. in the
, Parish Hall.
Will Reedy, assisted by some oi
the older members of the clubs,
will be on hand at 7:30 to give in
structions to the new members.
MOOSE WOMEN MEET
Women of the Moose will meet
tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the
Moose Lodge with initiation in hon
or of Mooseheart Chapter Night.
Carmen McNeil is chairman assisted
by Dorothy Divenny and Marguer
ite Dudley. Refreshment committee
is made up of Ruth Maurstad,
Mary Hagerup, Florence Bergen
and Blanche Peterson. Senior Re
gent Beatrice Albegoff announces
that plans for a potluck dinner on
Oct. 27 will be completed.
PYONGYANG
IS ENTERED,
REPORT NOW
, i
Fall of Communist Capital
in North Korea Seems
Imminent
(By the Associated Press)
The Republic of Korea's First Di
vision troops were reported by South
Korean sources today to have en
tered Pyongyang. With Americans
and South Koreans hammering at
its gates, the fail of the Communist
capital seemed imminent.
The Pusan radio was quoted as
saying the South Koreans, racing
U.S. First Cavalry units for the
honor of entering the Communist
stronghold first, took the Pyongyang
airfield and then crossed the
Taegong river to the capital.
Prize Is Taken
The South Korean claim that
their troops entered Pyongyang,
major Allied prize in the nearly
four-month-old war, came from the
Korean information press quoting a
Pusan broadcast. There was no offi
cial confirmation. First Allied entry ]
had been expected Thursday (Ko
rean time).
The ROK (Republic of Korea)
troops were reported “squirming
with impatience” to overthrow the
seat of Red Premier Kim II Sung's
government whose forces had once
swarmed over nearly all South Ko
rea.
Pyongyang is the first capital of
a Soviet satellite to come under
direct attack and the Communists
had beeh expected to throw every
thing into their last desperate stand.
Reds Use Artillery
Allied air reconnaissance said no
fixed installation had been observed.
The Reds were lAylng down heavy
artillery fire from entrenched posi
tions. . .
The Allied Juggernaut had rolled
up from the 38th parallel swiftly
and easily against only light opposi
tion. Communists surrendered in
great numbers. MacArthur’s head
quarters said 5,000 Red Koreans
were captured in the last 24 hours
bringing the total bag to 70,000
prisoners.
Industrial Cities Captured
On the west coast the U.S. 24th
Division, first in Korea, was slicing
into Chinnampo, port of Pyongyang.
It had sped 78 miles in 24 hours
and vied with the First Cavalry in
the contest to get into the Red
capital first.
On the east coast, ROK troops
captured the industrial cities oi
Hamhung and Hungnam, 110 miles
south of the Manchurian border.
The South Koreans on the ap
proaches to Pyongyang, exultant at
the turning tide of battle, tore down
Red Korean flags and trampled on
posters of Joseph Stalin.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Princess Louise scheduled to sail
from Vancouver at 8 tonight.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 18 — Closing
quotation of American Can stock
today is 10314, Anaconda 36%,
Curtiss-Wright 10%. International
Harvester 32. Kennecott 67%, New
York Central 17%, Northern Pacific
28, U.S. Steel 41, Pound $2.80%.
Sales today were 2,410,000 shares.
Averages t&day are as follows: in
dustrials 230.60, rails 70.76, utilities
40.72.
WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures tor 24-riour Period
ending 6:20 o'clock this morning
In Juneau—Maximum, 48;
minimum, 33.
At Airport—Maximum, 50;
minimum, 23.
FORECAST
(Janeaa and Vlelnltr)
Continued lair tonight and
Thursday. Lowest tempera
ture tonight near freezing in
Juneau and as low as 25 in
outlying districts. High
Thursday near 49.
PRECIPITATION
(Past 24 hours ending 1:30 a m. todai
City of Juneau — None;
since October 1—3.86 inches;
since July 1—25.94 inches.
At Airport — None;
since October 1—1.40 inches;
since July 1—20.74 Inches.
"Partnership cf Peace" Offered
To All Asia by Truman; Tells of
Soviet Plans; Warning Is Given
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18—Itf—
President Truman set the world
stage today for an unprecedented
counter-offensive to Soviet peace
propaganda. He offered a full "part
nership of peace" to all Asia, backed
up by United States military might.
The.State Department's-"Voice of
America,"’ bombarded every reach
able listener with . a constant repeti
tion of Truman’s warning to the
peoples of the Far East that Russia
DELEGATE BARTLETT
ANALYZES ELECTION
Delegate E. L. (Bob) Bartlett re
turned yesterday from Anchorage
and Fairbanks, planning to be here
the remainder of the week, then
go to Ketchikan.
The Democratic Delegate to Con
gress made these comments on the
October 10 General Election:
"When all returns are in', It seems
assured the Democratic party will
have a comfortable working majority
In the House. Senate control will be
evenly divided, with each party
having eight members, or the Demo
crats will have 9 of the 16 members. |
The outcome depends upon late re- j
turns from the Second Division, i
Only then will It be known whether j
two Democrats or one Democrat
and one Republican have been
elected.
“This is an exceptionally hard
election to analyze. Incumbent Ter-]
ritorial officers were returned by
large majorities — a unanimous vote
for Henry Roden, the unopposed
Democratic candidate for Treasurer,
a large majority for Henry Benson,
Republican candidate for Commis
sioner of Labor seeking reelection,
and a similar vote for me as Demo
cratic candidate for Delegate to
Congress. But in the Third Division.
we find all Democratic candidates |
for the House elected and both Re- \
publican candidates for the Senate I
selected over their Democratic op- |
ponents. No one has explained to I
my satisfaction how that happened.
"In last Tuesday's election the
Democratic party suffered reverses.
It would be nonsensical to claim
otherwise. As a Democrat who is
convinced this administration de
serves the support of the great
masses of Alaskans, including the
business groups, I believe the chief
reason for the ‘change from 1948
was brought about by the failure of
the Democratic party to place its
record of accomplishment com
pletely before the people. Had that
been done, there could have been
only one result. There were other
reasons. Democrats were accused—
and in my opinion unjustly and lm
properly—of various crimes and mis
demeanors. This campaign had its
effect. There were local causes which
contributed in local instances to the
result. Internecine warfare was not
absent — atlhough the Republican
party was not entirely “unified"
either.
“In every field this administration
las worked constantly and diligently
.'or the welfare of Alaska. The list
jf accomplishments has been long—
ind important. Had the Democratic
party been more alert to stress this,
rather than assuming everyone
understood it, my opinion is that
the Republican trend noted after
last Tuesday’s election would not
have occurred."
LIGHTLESS BIKES WILL
BE IMPOUNDED: POLICE
Beginning tonight bicycles found
operating on the Juneau city streets
without lights will be impounded.
Police Chief Bernard E. Hulk, an
nounced today.
‘•Bikes without lights after dark
are not only dangerous to the riders.,
but they are a hazard to other traf
fic," Hulk said, "The police have
been Issuing warnings to violators
of this city ordinance, but there are
too many so it will be necessary to
take some action."
Parents are advised to check their
own children’s bicycles for lights as
A safety measure.
The Joneau City Code provides
“That it shall be unjawful for any
bicycle, during the period beginning
one half hour after sunset and end
ing one half hour before sunrise,
unless same is equipped with at
least one lighted headlight in front,
and a yellow or red light or reflector
in the rear thereof, all in good
working condition” when on the city
streets.
I
[ Is trying to turn them Into “colonial
slaves of a new imperialism.”
And the President left for the
Russian Politburo a bold and blunt
reminder that the United States
will not stop short of war to resist
aggression and preserve a free way
.of life."
Mr. Truman flew back to Wash
ington shortly after delivering his
major foreign policy speech last
night in the War Memorial Opera
House where the United Nations
charter was born five years ago.
He left Sun Francisco’s Interna
tional Airport at 1:15 a.m., EST.,
on the last, eight-hour left of a
14,400-mile round trip flight during
which he talked with General
Douglas MacArthur on Wake Is
land about what, he said, were the
“dangers which still face us."
Partnership With World
“What we want Is a partnership
for peace with all the world,” Mr.
Truman told a cheering audience.
He said “We want peace but It must
be a peace founded upon Justice.
That American policy Is as old as
I our republic and It Is stronger today
than ever before i» our history. And
with God's help we Intend to keep
it that way.”
The crowd applauded Vigorously
as the President declared “We are
Increasing our armed strength be
cause Soviet policies leave us no
Mother choice.”
■
Now tip To Russia
If the Soviets "really want peace,”
Mr. Truman continued, they can
prqye It “by living up to the United
Nations charter;” "by joining the
rest of the United Nations in calling
upon the North Koreans to lay
down their arms at once;” "by lift*
tug the Iron Curtain am1 permitting
the free exchange of Information
and ideas," and, finally, by joining
with the UN to establish a system
of collective security "which will
permit the elimination of the atomic
bomb and the drastic reduction and
regulation of all other arms and
armed forces." *
Common Defense
Mr. Truman declared that until
the Soviet Union does these things
"we are determined to build up the
.common defensive strength of the
! free world.”
What the United States did for
Korea, he said in effect, it stands
ready to do, in conjunction with the
United Nations, for any peaceful
country that finds its borders vio
lated and its freedom attacked.
"We liate war,” the President de
clared, "but we love our liberties.
We will not see them destroyed.”
LANDS IN MARYLAND
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — <A>1 —
Delayed by a heavy fog. President
Truman landed at Andrews Airfield
at 10:04 a.m., EST, today to end a
week’s flying trip to the Pacific.
Mr. Truman’s plane, the Inde
pendence, was shifted at the last
moment from fog-bound National
Airport to the Air Force base 12
miles away in Maryland.
Among those who had gathered
at the airport to welcome Mr. Tru
man back were Mrs. Truman. Secre
tary of State Acheson, and Secre
tary of Defense Marshall.
TRUMAN'S SPEECH
GETS RED SILENCE
LONDON,' Oct. 18—MV-President
Truman’s San Francisco speech
calling on Russia to display a will
lor peace was greeted warmly In
parts of Western Europe and with
silence in the Soviet-dominated
East.
Newspapers in the zone of Rus
sian influence published nothing at
ail about the address. Their silence
was matched up this noon by the
Eastern radio-stations. But the
address was big news in Western
European lapds.
West German newspapers pub
lished the text under such banner
headlines as. “Truman Warns So
viets Against New Aggression,”
"Truman Demands Lifting of Iron
Curtain,’ and “Truman Demands
Russians Give Proof of Will for
Peace.”
In Rome, the Communist news
paper L’Unita published a short
summary under the caption "War
Policy of Washington Intensified.”
In Paris the independent Le
Figaro hailed the address "a great
speech," and added "the solemn
warning to the imperialists of Mos
cow makes the talk an episode of
considerable international import
ance.”