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Armistice In Korean War Proposed By Russia
BRISTOL BAY
CANNERIES
, OPERATING
Partial Work Reported in
Seattle; Situation is
Complicated
By Associated- Press
An Industry spokesman in Seattle
said today that most of the Bristol
Bay area canneries are operating
despite a strike by the Bering Sea
Fishermen’» Union (Ind..
He reported seven or eight started
handling the red salmon catch this
week, but that the two canneries
scheduled to operate in the Nusha
gak river vicinity and a Libby plant
on the Kvichak have not opened’1
The Nushagak vicinity is the most
populous in the area and includes
Dillingham, the striking union’s
headquarters. It also is the area in
which cannery workers and most
fishermen^'are local residents. The
strike was called to enforce a de
mand for recognition of the Bering
Sea union, which split from the
Alaska Fishermen’s union.
Red Salman Run
The Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.,
spokesman said there was a good
showing of the red salmon run at
the Egegik river, where the run
usually starts first.
Jim Downey, chairman of the
Bering Sea union’s negotiating com
mittee at Dillingham, described the
strike as “still solid despite con
certed efforts of the Alaska Fish
ermen's union (Ind) and the Alas
ka Salmon Industry. We seek close
to parity on fish prices with all
areas of ’Alaska.”
Charge Made
Downey contended that com
pany set netters in Cook Inlet get
75 cents for red salmon and that
the ASI "is attempting to put over”
a price of about 35 cents at Bris
tol Bay.
The Industry spokesman -replied
that there is no basis for compari
son between Cook Inlet and Bristol
Bay prices because at Bristol Bay
the Industry provides the fishing
boats and nets and feeds the fish
ermen. He said government agen
cies have held that in Cook Inlet
the fishermen are not company em
ployes as they are on Bristol Bay.
He said fishermen at Bristol also
get “run money” of $225.
Price References
He also said he couldn’t under
stand the basis of the 35-cent ref
erence “because the price we signed
wifh the AFU for is 40 cents.”
Downey’s statement en the situ
ation also said: “We are offered
$1.10 f.o.b. Anchorage and Kertai
canneries for Bristol Bay red sal
mon. The floaters Alaska Queen,
Eva, Sea Venture and Loon have
signed agreements with us and ad
vice from Naknek indicates the
freezer Campbella and others are
willing to sign for what we ask. So
it’s the Industry’s move.”
The situation is complicated by
union election demands and delays
and the Bering Sea union’s unfair
labor practices charge against the
Industry.
TheWashingion
Merry - Go - Round
By DREW PEARSON
ICoprrlcht. 1MI. or BeU Brnaiciie. Inc.
T^ASHINGTON. r The secret
debate over price rollbacks in the
House Banking and Currency Com
mittee revealed a lot of things
housewives should know about. One
of them , was that Congressman
John Kluczynski, Illinois Democrat,
who represents the Chicago stock
yards district, voted against the
housewife though his district is one
of the poorest in Chicago.
Furthermore, he brazenly admit
ted in the secret debate that he had
been approached by the big meat
packers. '
“I talked it over with them, and
they approved it,” he shrugged, ex
plaining why he voted for the high
price of meat.
"Why wouldn’t they?” snorted
Congressman Richard Bolling, Mis
souri Democrat. “They wiU get a
ten per cent rollback on the price
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Thirsty Tank!
m.
This British Centurian tank resembles an elephant drinking water as j
it stands at a crazy angle, its gun barrel sticking in a water-hole
along a Korean roadside north of Seoul. Working on the vehicles
to salvage its usable parts are Lance Corp. Douglas Bone (left),
Basings, Hampshire, Eng., and Trooper Ronald Rodda, Sunderland,
County, Durham, Eng. (i)P) Wirephcto.)
ENTHUSIASTIC TAKU
REPORT GIVEN TO
JUNEAUCHAMBER
Three members of the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce reported on
their “discovery" of the Taku coun
try at a regular meeting of the
chamber at the Baranof hotel
Thursday noon.
Joseph McLean. Robert Booch
ever and Thomas Stewart made a
river boat trip last week to the
headwaters of the Taku watershed
to fish and also look over the coun
try from a standpoint of a road
location. McLean gave the main
talk illustrating distances with a
blackboard map. He stated that he
believed a road built to follow the
easy grades of the Indian trails
would be feasible and not too diffi
cult. The problem, as he saw it, is
to get the Candian government in
terested in building that part of
the road which would run through
British Columbia to Atlin.
He pointed out the importance of
Juneau having its own road link to
the Alaska highway and to the
states.
Boochever described the fishing,
dollies and rainbows from 16 to 25 I
inches, and the spectacular beauty |
of the 1000-foot waterfalls, glaciers, |
rugged mountains, and the wildlife.
The Juneau Chamber has been
working on this road project for
the past two years.
Stewart will give a talk to the
group when colored slides he took on
the trip are returned.
Secretary F. O. Eastaugh read a
letter from Brig. Gen. O. E. Walsh,
division engineer of the Corps of
Engineers at Portland, in which
Walsh said he would be in Juneau
the latter part of July and would
be glad to meet with representatives
of Juneau and Douglas regarding
proposed small boat harbor develop
ment for the two towns.
It was announced that a Juneau
representative had been invited to
attend a meeting of the Associated
Boards of Trade of Central British
Columbia at Prince Rupert on Sept.
5, 6 and. 7.
W. A. Carson, president of the
Carson Construction Co. and a new
member of the Juneau chamber,
was present and gave a short talk.
He said that he regarded the new
Alaska office building as a most
important addition to Juneau. His
:ompany has the construction con
tract. With the revisions to stay
within funds available, readjust
ments in plans had to be made and
the fourth and fifth floors will re
main unfinished for the present, he
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New Threat
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In Shipping
Along Coast
SAN FRANCISCO. June 28 —IJI—
Leaders of two of the West Coast’s
biggest maritime unions today
threaten to disrupt the week-old
peace on the waterfront.
Harry Lundeberg, head of the AFL
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, said
his men will strike shipping on the
entire coast if the SUP is not given
cargo work on steam schooners.
Lundeberg didn’t amplify. But!
waterfront observers interpreted it
as an answer to Harry Bridges’ In
ternational Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union drive to win
all cargo rights on the schooners.
The ILWU executive board an
nounced it was prepared to use posi
tive action to secure the cargo
rights.
In the past, Lundeberg’s men|
worked one cargo hold on the lum- j
ber-carrying schooners and Bridges’
stevedores the others.
Meanwhile, the ILWU voiced a
new threat. Its executive board said
disapproval by the Wage Stabiliza
tion Board of newly-negotiated
wage increases would be “the sig
nal for simultaneous stop-work
meetings."
The executive board, ending a
two-day meeting here, called for ap
proval by the WSB of ILWU wage
agreements on the West Coast and
Hawaii.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Mrs. George W. Roland of PNA
from Anchorage is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
• WEATHER FORECAST •
• Temperature for 24-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o'clock this morning •
• In Juneau — Maximum, •
• 58; minimum, 50. ( •
• At Airport — Maxim*um, •
• 52; minimum, 48. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Mostly cloudy with oc- •
• sional very light rain tonight •
• and Friday. Lowest tonight •
• near 48 degrees and highest •
• Friday about 62. •
• precipitation •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today •
• City of Juneau — .10 inches; •
• Since June 1 — 6.01 inches; •
• Since July. 1 — 78.20 inches. •
• At Airport — .04 inches; •
• Since June 1 — 3.82 inches; •
• Since July 1 — 45.23 inches. •
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PRESIDENT
DISCUSSES
RUSS PLAN
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Reluctance Shown in Defi
nite Statement in Pre
r sent Delicate Stage
WASHINGTON. June 28 —ifl—
President Truman said today h*
hopes Russia’s cease-fire suggesting
is a Korean peace opportunity worth
exploring,
Mr. Truman made that cautious
comment at a news conference in
response to questions.
He was obviously reluctant to ex-*
press himself on the matter in it*
present delicate stage.
When a reporter asked what might
be the next step, Mr. Truman re
plied that he couldn’t transact busi
ness of that kind in public.
Asked if the government wm mak
ing any effort to bring about a
peaceful settlement, he said he’s
been trying to get a settlement of
the Korean situation ever jitnce the
fighting started June 2, 1850.
Limit War to Korea
Mr. Truman offered the addi
tional comment, however, that he
considers the Russian move as a
sign that administration Far East
ern policy has been the correct one.
That policy has been to try to
limit the war to Korea with the ex
pectation that the Communists
would seek peace as their losses
mounted.
The President said, too, that if
there should be a slowdown in arm*
expansion in the event of a truce in
Korea, ){ would be one of the mos *
disastrous things that could happen
to the country.
More Optimism
Elsewhere there were signs of
more optimism that peace was on
the way to Korea.
In New York, a selling wave hit
the stock market. Some leading is
sues fell as much as $3 a share. The
selling sprang from belief a Korean
settlement would bring a tempor
ary unsettlement of business.
A dispatch from Nat Polowetzky.
an AP war correspondent in Korea,
said optimism was evident in the
mood of many men at U. S. 8th
Army headquarters.
Hours before Mr. Truman’s con
ference, the State Department had
made public a summary report from
U. S. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk of
his talk yesterday in Moscow wgth
Andrei Gromyko. Russian deputy
foreign minister.
SATURDAY HIKE
WEATHER PERMITTING
The dedication of Mt. Troy hike
by the Ship, Shank and Shutter
Club will depend on weather, Dr.
I. J. Montgomery said today.
“If we can see the top of Mt.
Troy, the hike will be on, leaving
from in front of the high school
building at 8 a.m. If it is not vis
ible, the hike will be postponed,”
he said.
RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
Ernest Metropole, electrical engi
neer with the Alaska Public Works
here has left for Washington, D. C„
where he has been called to go with
another branch of the government.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, June 28 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2%, American Can
110%, American Tel. and Tel. 103%,
Anaconda 38%, Douglas Aircraft
43%, General Electric 53%, General
Motors 46%, Goodyear 70 %, Kenne
cott 69%, Libby, McNeill and Libby
8%, Northern Pacific 36%, Standard
Oil of California, 44%, Twentieth
Century Fox 17%, U. S. Steel 38%.
Pound $2.80%, Canadian Exchange
93.68%.
Sales today were 1,940,000 shares.
Averages today were as follows:
Industrials 244.00, rails 73.65, utili
ties 42.22.
SELLING WAVE
NEW YORK, June 28 —Wl— The
Stock Market was hit by a selling
wave today in the final hour of
trading and prices broke by as much
as $3 a share among leading issues.
The rush to sell started soon after
the State Department disclosed de
tails of the Russian proposal for a
cease-fire in Korea.
Fiery Lesson
A flame-thrower goes Into “action” against an enemy foxhole during the daily “batt.le” of Taylor's
Mountain deep in the woods of Ne wJersey. This realistic, “burning out" of the enemy is part of a battle
indoctrination course for the draftees who charge up the shell-scarred hill under fire of “live” ammuni
tion. Battle lessons like this one may mean the difference between life and death in actual combat.
Iff) Wirephoto.
UPPING OF
TAXATION
REQUESTED
t&timan Administration
Asks Senate to Make Hike
to House Measure
WASHINGTON. June 28 —(A*)—
The Truman administration asked
the Senate today to add about $3,
000,000,000 more to the House-ap
proved boost in individual income
and excise (sales) taxes.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
told the Senate Finance committee
the $7,200,000,000 tax hike voted by
the House is insufficient, because
it threatens to put the government
in the red and add to inflationary
pressures.
Backing up his plea, Snyder said
the government already has started
borrowing money again to make ends
meet and will have to borrow “sev
eral billion dollars" in the next six
months. It is the first time in nearly
a year that the government has had
to resort to deficit financing.
Congress, he insisted, should pro
vide at least the roughly $10,000,000,
000 in extra taxes asked by President
Truman originally — and should
aim chiefly at individual income and
excise taxes for the $3,000,090,000
addition to the House tax bill.
The House measure would raise
individual income taxes by 12’ _• per
cent to provide an extra $2,847,000,
000 in yearly revenues. Excise taxes
on gasoline, tobacco and many other
items would be boosted by varying
amounts to bring in $1,252,000,000
more annually.
Snyder was the leadoff witness
as the Senate committee opened
hearings on higher tgxes, using the
House bill as the cornerstone of
its deliberations.
LOSE FIGHT
IN OUSTING
OF ACHESON
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WASHINGTON, June 28 —Of'
By h slim margin. House Republi
cans today lost the first round in a
fight aimed at forcing out Secretary
of State Acheson.
They failed, by a roll-call vote ot
196 to 102, to open for amendment
an emergency resolution providing
stopgap funds for all government
agencies, including the State De
partment, for the month of July.
Republicans had hoped to amend
the measure to curtail, if not with
hold, State Department funds until
Acheson quits.
Home Builders
Choose Winner
New Mexico Home Builders had
an exposition the other day. They
picked Kay Neil, 19, as their
queen. Maybe they just showed
they were good pickers or build
ers or something.
Allied Interpreter
Breaks in Line,
Answers Red Pleas
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, (De
layed by censors) June 28 —— An
AUied Interpreter with the UN forces
today tuned in on a North Korean
radio circuit and answered some
questions for a Communist line com
pany.
"We need 150 replacements,” the
North Koreans said, thinking they
were talking to their own people.
"Replacements are unavailable.”
the Allied interpreter answered.
"We are short on food,” the North
Koreans said. "Can you send some?”
"You will get food in five days,
no sooner,” the interpreter replied.
"When can we get some supporting
(artillery) fire?” the discouraged
Communists asked.
"It’s firing on another mission,"
the interpreter said. Then he broke
the circuit.
He didn't want to overdo it.
VROH SITKA
Hen Bilbo of Sjtka is stopping at
[the Baranof Hotel.
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CHINESE
ATTACKS
SMASHED
.Warning Giveirtetesl Red
Moves May be Prepa
I rations New Offensive
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By Associated Press
Thundering Allied artillery today
smashed a series of Chinese attacks
which Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet
warned may be forerunners of a
new Rqd offensive in Korea.
The UN ground commander fore
saw no “major thrust immediately.”
But, he said on n tour of the fight
ing fronts, “the Chinese nppear to
be building up for another effort
“to overrun UN lines.
Neither Van Fleet nor the su
preme Allied headquarters of Gen.
Matthew B. Rldgway would discuss
a Russian cease fire proposal.
Van Fleet said he knew nothing
about it.
"Of course, in our hearts, we all
want peace,” Van Fleet said, “But
we won't let up on the enemy.”
Sharp Fighting
Sharp fighting flared all aeross
the Central front as opposing armie.
continually probed enemy lines.
Heaviest action was near Kuinli
wa. where a Red battalion attacked
a UN division last night. Allied ar
tillery broke up the attack in the
early morning hours.
Other attacks followed until day
light. All were smashed.
Stubborn Red Defense
In the adjoining Kumsong sector,
two oilier Red battalions beat back
Allied efforts to probe defenses in
that Red buildup area.
The Reds are “continuing to de
fend stubbornly all across the fronW
' Van Fleet commented. "This stub
born defensive attitude shows that
they do not want us to go farther
north.”
And, he added, it “could be screen
ing an attack buildup.”
Ship Movements
Prince George from Vancouver
due about 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Alaska from Seattle due sometime
Saturday.
Princess Louise from Vancouver
due Saturday afternoon.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
Cbllcotin scheduled to sail from
Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 p.m. Saturday.
Princess Norali scheduled to arrive
from Skagway 8 a.m. Friday sail
ing south one hour later at 9 a.m.
Aleutian from Westward scheduled
to arrive sometime Sunday south
| bound.
MILITARY i
QUESTIONS
ONLY, HINT
Some Clarification is Given
in That Cease-Fire Plan
of Soviets
WASHINGTON, June 28 —l/P—
The State Department announced
today that Russia has proposed trfe
United Nations, North Korean and
Red Chinese commanders negotiate
a Korean armistice.
The Soviet Union suggested ar
mistice terms limited "to strictly
military questions.”
The proposal was made yesterday
to Ambassador Alan G. Kirk by
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Gromyko in Moscow.
Gromyko, the department said,
"Indicated that it would be for the
military representatives of the uni
fied command and of the Korean
Republic command on one hand and
the military representatives of the
North Korean command and of the
•Chinese Volunteer Units’ on the
other to negotiate the armistice en
visaged in Mr. Malik’s statement,”
Jacob Malik, Soviet delegate to the
UN, put forward the original cease
fire suggestion in a speech Satur
day.
Clarification Sought
Kirk, on instructions from Secre
tary of State Acheson, called on
Gromyko yesterday to seek a clarifi
cation of Malik’s speech.
The State Department announce
men said:
“The armistice, Mr. Oromyko
pointed out, would include a cease
fire and would be limited to strict
ly military questions without involv
ing any political or territorial mat
ters; the military representatives
would discuss quesions of assurance
against the resumption of hostili
ties.
Armistice — Then What?
“Beyond the conclusion of an ar
mistice the Soviet government had
no specific steps in mind looking
toward the peaceful settlement to
which Mr. Malik referred. Mr.
Gromyko indicated, however, that
it would be up to parties In Korea
to decide what subsequent special
arrangements would have to be
mude for a political and territorial
settlement.
"He said that the Soviet govern
ment was not aware of the views of
the Chinese Communist regime in
Mr. Malik's statement.
Implications Studied
"The implications of Mr. Gromy
ko's observations are being studied.
The Department of State is consult
ing with the representatives of other
countries having armed forces in
Korea under the unified command.”
At the time of the department’s
announcement, Assistant Secretary
of State John D. Hickerson was en
gaged in a series of conferences
with diplomats representing many
of the countries fighting in Korea.
Announced as scheduled to see
Hickerson were representatives of
Turkey. New Zealand, South Africa,
Thailand, Colombia, the Philippines,
Ethiopia and Norway.
American officials were described
as encouraged over Russia's re
sponse- to their first request for
clarification of Jacob A. Malik’s
cease fire suggestion.
THREE RAIL UNIONS
REJECT RAILROADS
PAY BOOST OFFER
WASHINGTON, June 28, — UB —
Three operating rail unions today
unanimously rejected the latest
contract offer of the nation’s rail
roads.
Notice was prepared immediately
to advise the mediation board of
the action of the three unions—
the firemen, engineers and conduc
tors.
A fourth operating union, the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
accepted a similar offer on May 25
and signed a new three-year agree
ment.
The railroads have offered to
boost the pay of yard service em
ployes 33 cents an hour and road
service workers 18 cents.