THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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VOL. LXXVI., NO. 11,718
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1951
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PRICE TEN CENTS
One-Two Punch Is Delivered by UN Forces
HIGH LEVEL
TAIYA TALK
DISCLOSED
Since newspaper releases on the
proposed Kitimat project in Brit
ish Columbia by Aluminum Com
pany of Canada, correspondence is
rapidly being exchanged on high
levels between U. S. Government of"
ficials and aluminum company,
it was learned in Juneau yesterday
by the Chamber of Commerce.
A Washington offitial has im
plied that the newspapers were
ahead of themselves in announcing
the imminence of a large aluminum
contract with the Canadian Gov
ernment and said that the relative
merits of the two projects (Taiya
and Kitimati would be discussed
with Defense Minerals Administra
tion.
This was in a reply to a letter
from an executive of an alumin
um company who quoted a Dec
ember 31, 1950 story from the New
York Times. The Times story was
headed “Canada Renewing Alumin
um Offer” and stated that C. D.
Howe, Canadian Minister of Trade
and Commerce, in a recent confer
ence with Charles Sawyer, Secretary
of Commerce, was seeking to obtain
for a Canadian aluminum produc
er a contract for the future pur
chase by the U. S. a quantity of al
uminum in the neighborhood of!
Dne billion tons.
The aluminum company indicated
a real interest in the Alaska Dev
elopment that would produce ap
proximately 750,000,000 pounds of
aluminum per year with the pos
sibility of even greater production.
It recognized that such develop
ment would be of great benefit
to the region.
It was pointed out that T^tiya lo
cation was more desirable from a
strategic point of view than the J
Kitimat location and the company j
indicated willingness to undertake |
the Alaska project and carry it j
through to an early completion. i
A willingness to discuss the mat- j
ter on high levels was expressed
by the aluminum company.
3ANFIELD-HARSHBURGER
REPORTED WED IN CALIF.
Norman Banfield, prominent Ju
neau attorney, and Mildred Harsh
buraer who is with Columbia Lum
ber Co., were married at Las Vegas,
Nev. Wednesday, January 24, ac
cording to a wire received today by
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ghiglione. No
further details were given.
The news came as a surprise
to Banfield’s law partner, H. L. |
Faulkner and also to the officials j
of the Columbia Lumber Co.
TEACHERS HELPED
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. — (/P)— Tea
chers helped build Orangeville’s
$350,000 high school to be officially
opened on Jan. 1. Principal H.
Cline and four teachers worked as
laborers, bricklayers and electricians
to help out during a shortagf of
labor.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
(Copyright, 1951, Dy Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
IT/ -
lay morning yse-VBGKFYY
ASHINGTON — Every Wed
nesday morning, a handful of Sen
ators gather quietly in the Senate
dining room for prayer and wor
ship. They try to keep this meeting
secret between themselves and their
Maker, and the words they speak
usually are more poignant and
straight-from-the-heart than their
speeches on the Senate floor. Such
were remarks last week of Virginia’s
Democratic Sen. A. Willis Robert
son.
“A cynic has described the old
Testament as being a history of
wars wrapped up in a prayer for
peace,” Robertson told the little
band d't Senatorial worshipers.
Then he outlined the wars that
have raged over tiny Palestine, the
cradle of Christianity.
Robertson thoughtfully added:
‘‘History teaches and science con
firms that human nature in all
races and in all ages has been
very much the same, with a percen- |
tage of good people and a percen
tage of evil ones. History likewise
teaches us that no nation has ever
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PRICE, WAGE
CONTROL ON
SHORT NOTICE
Freezinz Proposal Delayed
by Wage Stabilization
Board Vote
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 —</W—
Th nation teetered again today on j
the verge of all-out price and wage |
controls.
The latest information from
harassed and haggard officials was
that:
1. Saturday afternoon is the
likeliest time for issuing the two
orders, but don't count on it. They
may come later. They could come
today.
2. Officials now are considering |
a price rollback to the highest levels i
of the period Dec. 15 to Jan. 15, |
but they are waiting until the last
possible moment to insert the roll
back date.
Wage Formula
3. A general wage formula, which
would permit lagging wages to come
up to a certain standard, cannot be
completed this week, and therefore
a temporary flat freeze of wages
may be ordered as a stopgap.
4. But the flat freeze of wages j
has been delayed and the price j
freeze with it — because the Wage i
Stabilization Board (WSB) has j
been unable to get a unanimous j
vote.
Freeze Vote
The three Labor members of the i
nine-man board hesitated to vote for :
a freeze. Chairman Cyrus S. Ching
felt that it would disturb Labor
Management peace if he ordered a
freeze without a unanimous vote.
This led to the possibility that a j
higher authority. Economic Stabil
izer Eric Johnston, would have to
issue the wage freeze himself.
That's the current status of the j
off-again-on-again effort to check j
the rising cost of living.
Officials weren’t kidding them- j
selves: Everything was subject to j
change on short — very short —
notice.
Controls Must Come
The government’s economic chiefs,
from Johnston up to Defense Mo
bilizer Charles E. Wilson, and from
Wilson up to President Truman,
were apparently determined that
prices and wages must be brought
under immediate controls, and sim
ultaneously if possible.
The Office of Price Stabilization
(OPS), headed by Michael V. Di
Salle, was ready with its price
freeze — or practically ready. The
impact is expected to fall upon all
goods except new automobiles and
cowhides, and except those things
that cannot legal'y be controlled un
der the Defense Production Act,
like pork and most otser farm
products.
WINTER OPERATIONS
MOVE SMOOTHLY ON
WESTWARD HIGHWAY
Operations have been moving
smoothly on the 90-mile highway
from Seward to Girdwood this win
ter, according to Hugh A. Stoddart,
Division Engineer of the Bureau
of Public Roads who has returned
from the westward. With the Divi
sion Engineer was Morton Flint,
Division Construction Engineer, and
the two made a trip over the high
way to inspect the winter work.
Stoddard said the snow removal
work on the Seward-Girdwood road
has been entirely successful and the j
road is in fine shape. It is to be j
kept open all winter.
The BPR officials went to An
chorage to consult with Col. J. P.
Johnson on construction work of
the Seward-Anchorage Highway
where the designs place the road
close to The Alaska Railroad in
several areas in the vicinity of
Moose Pass.
In Anchorage Stoddart and Flint
also attended the conference to
determine means for a no-stoppage
building construction program in
the coming season, between govern
ment inter-departmental agencies,
contractors and unions.
BOY FOR CARPENTERS
A 7 pound 11 ounce boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. James Carpenter
of Sitka, at the Government hos
pital at 8 o’clock this morning. He
has been named Thomas George.
Infernal
Securify
Promised
President Names Commit
tee with Powers to
Probe Secret Files
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 —Ml—
President Truman's plans for his
new Internal Security Commission
touched off strong protest in Con
gress today — especially regarding
policy on access to secret files.
Mr. Truman late yesterday named
the eight other “distinguished cit
izens" who will serve on the com
mission under Fleet Admiral Ches
ter W. Nimitz, who was appointed
chairman earlier in the week.
The commission will study the
problem of protecting the nation’s
internal security without sacrific
ing the people’s freedoms. Part of
the presidential assignment calls
for an anlysis and report on the
loyalty program covering govern
ment workers.
The eight other members are:
Miss Anna Lord Strauss, former
president of the League of Women
Voters, as vice-chairman; the Rev.
Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal bis
hop of California; former Repub
lican Senator John Danaher of
Connecticut; Harvey Firestone, Jr.,
of Akron, Ohio; William E. Leahy,
Washington, D. C., lawyer; Charles
H. Silver, vice president of the
American Woolen Co., New York.
The Rev. Emmett M. Walsh, co
adjutor bishop of Youngstown, O.;
and Russell C. Leffingwell, former
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and former Morgan Banking House
partner.
In naming them. Mr. Truman told
his news conference the group will
have access to confidential files on
Federal employes on exactly the
same basis as that afforded Con
gressional Committees which have
looked into the records of govern
ment jobholders.
FISH TAGGED BY FRED
WETCHE CAUGHT NEAR
KETCHIKAN JAN. 11
The tag from a 26-inch, 6'A
pound salmon which was tagged
by the late Fred Wetche of Peli
can at Cape Fairweather August
26, 1949, has been returned to the
Alaska Department of Fisheries,
Bib Parker, bologist said today.
The fish wa scaught by Ingvold
Myking at Mary Island south of
Ketchikan January 11. Parker says,
“at the time of tagging the fish
was an estimated 18 inches and ac
cording to our studies was prob
ably in its second year. Since tag
ged, it had wandered approximate
ly 370 nautical miles and was free
for 503 days. During this time it
grew approximately 8 inches and
3Vj pounds.”
Wetche and his 54-year-old son
Fred, were lost at sea last Novem
ber when his boat, the Dixie, went
on the rocks at Yakobi Rocks off
Yakobi Island. He was interested
in the fisheries research and was
helpful to the program, Parker
said.
THOMPSON PASS OPEN
Thompson Pass on the Richard
son Highway was open to traffic at
4 a.m. January 24, according to ad
vice-t received at the local head
quarters office of the Alaska Road
Commission from its Valdez office.
The Pass was closed January 18
because of high winds and drifting
snow.
STOCK QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 — Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3%, American Can 99,
American Tel. and Tel. 150%, Ana
conda 40%, Douglas Aircraft 102,
General Electric 53 Vi, General Mo
tors 49, Goodyear 71 Vi, Kennecott
74%, Libby, McNeill & Libby 9%,
Northern Pacific 34%, Standard Oil
of California 92%, Twentieth Cen
tury Fox 21%, U. S. Steel 45%,
Pound $2.80 1-6, Canadian Exchange
94.87%.
Sales today were 2,230,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows:
industrials 244.51, rails 82.86, utili
ties 42.01.
SLEUTH BILL
INTRODUCED
BY FRANKLIN
Would Create Investigat
ing Committee, Two
from Each House
A Legislative Investigating Com
mittee of four members would be
created by a bill introduced in the
House of Representatives yesterday
afternoon by Rep. Glen D. Franklin.
The committee, which would re
main active between sessions of
the Legislature as well as during
sessions, would have broad powers.
The membership would include
the Chairman of the Ways and
and Means Committee of the House
and the Chairman of the Finance
Committee of the Senate.
The other two members would be
appointed, one by the Speaker of
the House, the other by the Presi
dent of the Senate.
The Committee would be auth
orized and directed to:
Investigate into the conduct of
any of the departments, boards or
agencies of the Territory;
Arrange for prosecution or remov
al from office of anyone deemed
guilty of malfeasance, misfeasance
or nonfeasance of office;
Use the power of subpoena to
call witnesses to testify or to col
lect data necessary to carry out
a thorough investigation;
Employ such additional help and
incur such other expense as may
be required to carry out the pur
poses of the Act;
Report its findings to the Sen
ate and House when the Legisla
ture is regularly in session and
make such press releases as are
deemed necesary by the Commit
tee.
The bill carries an appropriation
. of $7,500 for carrying out the pur
I poses of the Act during the next
! biennium. It was referred first to ]
] the Judiciary Committee, then to j
I the Ways and Means Committee. |
Cordova Highway
House Memorial 2, by Rep. C. C.
Carlson, seeks an appropriation
of $3,000,000 by Congress. Two mil
lion of this would be used for the
Cordova highway to the Interior,
the other million for an extension
of the road into the Katalla- Yaku
taga area.
Rep. Jack Conright introduced
House Bill 8, to transfer the office
of the Commissioner of Agriculture
from Fairbanks to Palmer and ap
propriating $2,500 to cover the ex
penses of transfer. The bill was
referred to the Agriculture Com
mittee, then to the Ways and
Means Committee.
The House passed a committee1
substitute for Rep. Conright’s H.B.
5. The bill as passed will permit
the Territorial Attorney General
to transfer funds from one item
to another within his budgets spec
ifically, a total of $3,800 from the
appropriation for “compensation for
special and associate counsel in
rate cases and other expenses in
such matters.”
Of this total, $2,000 would go to
the Attorney General’s salary ac
count; $1,200 to the salary of an
additional assistant, $500 to the
purchase of law books and $100 to
contingent office expense.
The House adjourned shortly af
ter 4 pm. yesterday to reconvene
at 10 o'clock this morning.
• WEATHER REPORT •
• Temperatures for 34-Hour Period •
• ending 6:20 o’clock this morning •
• In Juneau—Maximum, 14; •
• minimum, 9, •
• At Airport — Maximum, •
• 14; minimum, 3. •
• •
• FORECAST •
• Continued fair with an oc- •
• casional gusty northeasterly •
• wind. Not so cold with lowest •
• temperature tonight near 8 •
• degrees in Juneau and as low •
• as 0 in outlying areas. •
• •
• PRECIPITATION •
• (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a m today •
• City of Juneau — None; •
• since Jan. 1 — 3.95 inches; •
• since July 1—41.94 inches. •
• At Airport — Trace;
• since Jan. 1 — 2.25 inches; •
! • since July 1—30.25 inches. •
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PRUNING OF
BUDGET IF
NECESSARY
Slate of 16 Senate Com
mittees Approved-Key
Men on Finance Com.
(By Jim Hutcheson)
A tight rein on the Senate’s end
of the legislature’s budget-framing
job was assured today as the up
per chamber approved a slate of
16 committees.
The key finance committee will
be headed again by Sen. John
Butrovich (R-Fairbanks), and the
two Democrats named to the com
mittee were James Nolan of Wran
gell and Howard Lyng of Nome.
The fourth member is Gerrit
Snider, Anchorage Republican.
Nolan showed himself to be a
sharp wielder of the budget-prun
ing knife as chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee last
session and Lyng is an outspoken
foe of Gov. Gruening.
Lyng also drew the chairmanship
of the Rules Committee. Dr. R. M.
MacKenzie (D-Ketchikan) will head
the Taxation and Revenue Commit
tee.
A minor squabble developed in
the Senate over the approval of the
committees in toto, but the approv
al finally was by a vote of 10 to 6
vote.
After approval of the committees
the Senate received its first bill
of the session. It was a minimum
wage act by Sen. Frank Barr (D
Fairbanks).
Minimum Wage
It would raise the minimum wage
law from 75 cents an hour to $1.
It omits any provision for maxi
mum hours of work, an issue that
aroused a big fight over a combined
wage-hour bill last session. It al
so provides exemption for babysit
ters (for which a legal definition
is Included), paper boys and part
time delivery boys and allows the
Commission of Labor to make ex
emptions in cases where $1 an
hour scale would mean loss of jobs
for physically handicapped per
sons.
The full list of Senate committee,
with the chairman listed first for
each, is:
Banks and banking—McCutcheon,
Butrovich, Anderson, Nolan.
Election, public health and mor
als and veterans affairs—Lhamon,
Engebreth, Beltz, Engstrom.
Elections, election laws, per diem
and mileage—Beltz, Engstrom, En
gebreth, Barr.
Engrossment and enrollment—
Ipalook, Engebreth, Lhamon, Nolan.
Finance and corporations—Butro
vich, Snider, Lyng, Nolan.
Fisheries and game—Engstrom,
Ipalook, Engebreth, Lhamon.
Agriculture and forests—Nolan,
Snider, Butrovich, Ipalook.
Judiciary and federal relations—
Huntley, Garnick, Barr, Lyng.
Labor and commerce—Garnick,
Beltz, McCutcheon, Barr.
Mining and manufacturing—Snid
er, Coble, Anderson, Garnick.
Municipal affairs and public util
ities—Anderson MacKenzie, Snid
er, Coble.
Printing, purchasing, contingent
expenses and permanent help—
MacKenzie, Beltz, McCutcheon,
Coble.
Rules—Lyng, Butrovich, MacKen
zie, McCutcheon.
Taxation and revenue—MacKen
zie, Anderson, Lhamon, Huntley.
Territorial offices and institutions
—Coble, Garnick, Lyng, Huntley.
Transportation, highways and
navigation—Barr, Huntley, Ipalook,
Engstrom.
The committee on committees,
which named the other committes
included Anita Garnick, chairman,
Ed Anderson, Snider and Butro
vich.
The Port of New York has 550
miles of developed waterfront and
employs 250,000 persons in handling
all phases of its export and import
business.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 p.m., today.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, 8 p.m., January 31
Denali from west scheduled tc
arrive 7 a.m. Sunday southbound
At Alaska Airport Hearing
The Senate investigating subcommittee holds a public hearing into
allocation of Federal funds for an airport at Palmer, Alaska. A map
of the section (top) is displayed at the session held in Washington.
Left to right: Sen. Clyde Hoey (D-NC): Sen. John McClellan (D-Ark);
Delegate E. L. Bartlett, Alaska; Stanley McCutcheon, counsel for
Alaska Aeroautics Communication Commission. McCutcheon )below)
explains his testimony while waiting to take the stand at the hear
ing. UP) Wirephoto.
Comments on
Message by
Legislators
By JIM HUTCHESON
* Governor Gruening’s message to
! the legislature yesterday was the
first in recent years to draw plaud
its from many political critics as
well as from his supporters.
Most Democrats lauded the gov
ernor’s message as a good over-all
review of territorial problems and
needs.
Republicans like the recommenda
tions for a revised auditing system,
balanced budget and no new taxes
Some observers commented on
the omission of any discussion of
school, labor or fisheries problems.
The governor explained in the clos
ing phase of his message that he
had omitted detailed discussions of
such problems because the legis
lators would be able to get full facts
and advice on them from depart
ment heads as the session proceeds.
Many legislators described the
hour-long speech as the most con
ciliatory and non-controversial in
years — or that they ever had
heard the govern ir make.
Good GOl' Material
Rep. Mike Stepc-Ich (R-Fair
banks) commented: “I think he
took all the Republican campaign
material and if he practices what he
preaches we will be all right.”
Sen. Steve MeCutcheon <D-Anch
orage) said:
‘‘As he indicated, the message was
not as specific in various recom
mendations as in past years. I be
lieve his recommendations toward
government functions should be
seriously studied. It is quite possible
legislation will be introduced to re
tain one of several firms who have
gone over state constitutions to
make suggestions for making our
government more modern and ef
ficient. The need is there. The
temper of the message was the least
controversial I ever heard him
make, which may very well point
to a harmonious session.”
For Audit Report
Sens. James Nolan <D-Wrangell)
and John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks)
who were closely linked with the
between-session audit activity ex
pressed pleasure at the governor ?
agreement with suggestions in the
audit report. Nolan said it was "a
good over-all message.” Butrovich
said he was pleased also by the gov
ernor’s emphasis on the importance
of a balanced budget.
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NEW BILLS
INCREASE
BENEFITS
Maximum Unemployment
Payments Would Be
$30 Per Week
By BOB DeARMOND
Weekly unemployment benefits
would be increased to a maximum
of $30 by a bill introduced in the
House of Representatives this fore
noon by Rep. Wendell P. Kay.
Another bill introduced by Rep.
Kay would extend the benefit per
iod for persons who receive de
pendency allowances as well as the
basic weekly benefits.
The presemt law sets a limit of
$625 on the amount that can be
received by an unemployed person
in one year, including dependency
allowances.
Rep. Kay’s bill removes this
limit, permitting an unemployed
person to draw weekly benefits plus
dependency allowances for as long
las 25 weeks.
Both bills were referred first tc
ihe Labor Committee, then to the
Committee on Ways on Means.
McCutcheon Present
Rep. Stanley J. McCutcheon, An
chorage Democrat ana Speaker ol
the House in the 1949 session, took
his seat in the House this morning
Rep. McCutcheon has been absenl
j during the opening days of the ses
sion, first attending hearings in
Washington concerning the Palmei
Airport, then receiving medical at
) tention.
He reported himself "feeling fine’
this morning, and ready for the
stress and strain of the session.
Rep. McCutcheon this morning
asked for personal privilege of the
floor at 3 p.m. next Tuesday and
the request was granted by unani
mous consent.
At the end of a lengthy recess
this morning, Rep. Wendell Kay re
ported to the House that he hac
requested the recess in order to pre
pare a telegram.
The telegram, he said, was senl
to the Director of the Census, call
ing the attention of that official U
his duty under the Organic Act.
Apportionment
An amendmeid to the Organii
Act, approved Noveinue; 13, 1942
provides, “The United States Di
rector of the Census shall, withii
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IMPORTANT
TOWNS ARE
TAKEN NOW
Enemy Territory Penetrat
ed with Push Made
Toward Seoul
(By the Associated Press)
Allied armored columns with
strong air support swept through
two strategic cities within com
muter distance of Seoul today.
They took and then went beyond
Suwon, 17 air miles south of the
burned out South Korean capital,
and Kumyangjang. Kumyangjang
is 15 air miles east and slightly
southeast of Suwon.
AP Correspondent Jim Becker
said it was a "one-two punch” by
battle-tested and renowned outfits.
They found the streets of Suwon
virtually deserted. The walled city
was a heap of smoking rubble.
There was no resistance inside
the city. But the patrol aimed at
Suwon had some trouble before it
got there.
Field dispatches said the patrols,
feeling out Communist strength,
will go as close to Seoul as they
can. Intelligence officers suspect
the Chinese command has pulled
out 90,000 men formerly massed
south of Seoul.
Seoul Area Pounded
For 36 hours all news of allied
activity in the western part of
Korea had been blacked out by the
U. S. Eighth Army.
The patrol activity pointed to
ward Seoul was preceded by a na
val pounding of Inchon, Seoul's
port. Guns of the U. S. heavy
cruiser St. Paul and U. S. and Ca
nadian destroyers pounded Red
shore batteries. Navy, Marine and
Air Force planes pounded the wholo
I Seoul area.
| Why have the Chinese Commun
| ists pulled back from the approaches
(to Seoul?
Keds withdrawing
United Nations Intelligence of
ficers said the apparent large-scale
withdrawal was because of a short
age of supplies — and possibly be
cause of political reasons on orders
from Peiping. The Chinese are
awaiting results of Arab-Aslan bloc
efforts in the United Nations to
work out a cease-fire.
Indian sources at Lake Success
said that without calling a cease- i
fire the Communist Chinese were i
holding off fighting to create a
cease-fire status pending a UN de
cision.
STATEHOOD
Bill ITEM
IS (HANGED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—OP)— An
amendment to the pending Alaska
statehood bill to ban additional
native reservations “unless and un
til" the Territory becomes a state
was offered today by Sen. Butler
<R-Neb>.
The amendmen is identical with
one adopted by the Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee last
year, but not included in the cur
rent version of the bill.
"If Alaska is to grow and develop
either with or without statehood,"
Butler said in a statement, "this
problem of Indian reservations
must be solved. Under the present
policy of the Department of Inter
ior any development of Alaska
resources policy of the Department
of Interior any development of Al
aska resources is stymied by the
threat that private property will
be confiscated in effect, in order
to create new reservations."
ORDER OF DEMOLAY
INSTALLS OFFICERS
DeMolay officers will be publicly
installed Saturday evening at 8
in the Scottish Rite Temple. After
the installation, dancing will be
j held in the ballroom until mid
night.