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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
Government ForCerI1lany
 Mapped 0ui

MOSCOW, March 21.-iR-Bri- tish Foreign Secretary Ernest Rev. in laid before the Foreign Minist- CTS Council today a six-step plan for the creation of federalized government structure intended to make Germany a self governing, democratic state.
 Britain's views on the govern ment structure for Germany were set forth in a 600-word paper.
 It called for creation of two- house legislative along the lines of the U. S. Senate and House of Re- presentatives, a President without executive powers and strong state rights.
 Bevin was the first of the four ministers here to place his ideas on the structure of the German state before the Council
 Informants said the British plan envisioned lower legislative cham Der elected according to population and an upper chamber elected on the basis of fixed number of re- presentatives from each of the laender tstates).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
STATEMENT
 GIVEN OUT
 BY A(HE5oN
State Department Official Answers Questions at
 Com. Hearing

WASHINGTON, March 21--Ri-. Under Secretary of State Acheson said toady the existence of Com munist dominated governments any place in the world is danger ous to the security of the United States
 Acheson made that reply when Rep. Judd tR-Minn) asked wheth- CT a Communist-domin gov- ernment of China would te a danger to United States security.
 For the second straight day, Acheson testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee on President Truman's request for authority to use $4Oo000 plus mili- tary advice and materials to help Greece and Turkey resist Con- munist aggression.
 Before Judds question, Ache son said that a Communist -dom- mated government would be con- sidered dangerous to this country's security.
 A moment later, he commented that Communist organizations throughout the world appear to act with high degree of discipline and unanimity which is beyond the probability of coincidence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
Gold Nugget Awaited by
 Grubsiaker

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.- lR-Theo A. Ebert, 31-year -old San Francisco housepainter who served as an Army sergeant in the Yukon, is awaiting the aerial ar rival of Chuck and Pete Schwerdt, Yukon mining brothers, with a surprise" which may be half a gold nugget as big as an Idaho potato"
 The brush yielding former ser geant grubstaked the Schwerdts several years ago, but then lost track of the gold-seekers.
 After sending letter to New York telling of striking it rich, the Schwerdts learned through an As- sociated Press story Ebert was in San Francisco. Their letter said they wanted to reward their packer with half big gold nugget.
 Last night Ebert talked by phone with the Schwerdts, who were in Toronto, and afterwards said the brothers were flying down to give him surprise" That was as much as they'd say but Ebert as- sumed it was the nugget.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
F0UR.ENGINE PLANES FOR
 ALASKA RUN

SEATTLE, March 21-tR-Four- engine Douglas DC-4 Clippers will replace twin-engine equipment on Pan American World Airways Pacific Alaska Division, Thomas Wolfe, Divisional Vice President, announced today.
 Service will begin as soon as proving flights have been com pleted and additional aircraft have been added to the one DC-4 al- ready delivered, Wolfe said. The new clippers will have triple the load capacity of the old equipment and will cruise 40 miles an hour faster.
 Army permission to use Ladd Field at Fairbanks made the new service possible The four-engine planes will clip three hours off the present 12-hour schedule to Fairbanks with intermediate stops, and four hours nonstop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
Auto Workers
 MakeRequesf
 Higher Wages
By CHARLES c. CAIN

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 21- R-The CIO United Auto Workers today formally asked General Motors Corporation for 23i2 cent hourly wage increase for an estimated 225,0 ,000 GM production workers.
 Union spokesmen said the pro- posed boost would bring the av- craze wage of the company's pro- duction workers to Sl.56is an hour and would cost GM about S2,115,000 week.
 JAW sources based their compu- tation on reports that GM work CTS now average Sl33 an hour. Some other sources set the earn ings at $131.
 GM was asked to grant the wage increase effective as of March l9, although the UAW-GM contract provides that no wage increase can be put into effect before May 31, without mutual consent of the two parties.
 Walter p. Reuther, JAW pres ident and co-dhector of the un- ions GM department, presented the proposals to GM officials at Detroit today by proxy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
krug Predids Early Development of Pulp
 pIants in Territory

WASHINGTON, March 21.-lR- Any newsprint concern which plans to saw into Alaska's untouched forests must also process it's logs there, Interior Secretary J. A. Krug has ordered.
 Krug told reporters the Interior Department fully supports Forest Service policy" in this regard
 Krug said a number of groups are very actively considering" es- tablishing Alaskan newsprint and pulp plants costing S20,000,000 to $30,000,000 each, and capable of producing 600 tons of newsprint a day.
 He predicted that "one or more of the projects will go through be- fore too much time passes"
 Some interests want to cut logs in Alaska and bring them to the United States or Canada for pro- cessing," Krug said
 One of the chief reasons we want to establish an Alaskan pulp and newsprint industry is to pro- mote the Territory's economy.
 Just one of the six mills pro- posed would support a greater pop ulation than the biggest town now in Alaska.
 One plant, with it's employees and their families, would bring to Alaska 12,O0o persons. The Interior Department fully supports the For est Service policy that processing oi Alaska logs must be done in AL aska.''
 Krug said timber resources of Alaska can permanently supply one-fourth the present U. s. de- mand for newsprint.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
KNOT FREIGHTER5
 ARE BOUND NORTH;
 HEAT DISPUTE ENDS

SEATTLE, March 21.-R- The freighters Rose Knot and Terminal Knot are enroute to Alaska today after installation of temporary portable electric heating units end- ed a dispute over heating facil- ities yesterday The two vessels. whose departure had been delayed several days, sailed last night.
 Demands by the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union for larger boilers and sealed quarters brought guarantee by the Mari time Commission that all such vessels would be equipped with new boilers as they became available, not later than next October IS.
 A tieup of 12 of the Knot" type freighters serving Alaska had been threatened.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
DEMOCRATS
 TO OPPOSE
 TAX SLASH
Republicans Count on Ma. jorify Control 10 Push
 Over 309o Cut

WASHINGTON, March 21.-tR- Democratic members of the House Ways and Means committee to- day decided to oppose any tax re- duction plans proposed by Repub- licans or anyone else at this time.
 They met with Democratic Floor Leader Sam Rayburn as the Re- publican-controlled committee went into session to approve a bill call ing for a 30 percent slash for small taxpayers and a 20 percent cut for most others
 Rayburn told newsmen following the Democrats meeting that they felt the entire matter of tax re- duction should be deferred until Congress has a better idea of the nations fiscal situation and how much money will be appro- priated.
 That will be the attitude of Democrats in the committee and in the House." he commented.
 The Republicans counted on their five-man majority in the committee-made up of Is Re- publicans and 10 DemocratS-to drive through the income tax cut.
 As approved by the Republican steering committee yesterday the bill gives a 30 percent income tax slash to low-backet taxpayers and a 20 percent cut to most others. The original tax-cutting legislation was proposed by Chairman Knut- son (R-Minn) of the committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
Army Unable 10 Assist In Expense of Keeping
 haines Cut.0n Open

WASHINGTON, March 21.-IR- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff, informed Senator Mag nuson (D-Wash) today the War Department does not feel justified in participating in peacetime maintenance of the Haines Cut off from the Alaska Highway
 Magnuson had asked the Gen eral if the Army would aid in keeping the Cutoff open if it is closed March 25 by the Canadian government.
 The Cutoff built by the Army, runs from Haines, Alaska, through Canada to the Alaska Highway. which leads to the interior of the Territory.
 As you know, the Alaska High way was built to provide an over land route of supply to Alaska during a period when sea routes to that territory were threatened by enemy action Eisenhower  wrote to the Senator.
 In order to utilize the protect ed inside passage water route in conjunction with the Alaska Highway, the War Department constructed port at Haines Alaska, with connecting road to the Alaska Highway, known as the Haines Cutoff
 The overall value of such an alternate route of communication during World War II justified its construction and maintenance.
 Tn peacetime, however, the in- terest of the War Department in Haines Cutoff is concerned sole ly with it's strategic value.
 Considering this view point only I am sorry to inform you that the War Department would not fec justified at this time in partici- pating in the maintenance of the Haines Cutoff road"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
The W ashing ion Merry -Go- Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-The U. s. Mar inc Corps, with one of the greatest fighting records in the world, has now been reduced to the degrada- tion of acting as servants.
 The Marines don't like to admit it, but two official orders signed by Col. Donald J. Kendall cannot be disputed Despite the great re- cord of the Marines at Two lima, Tarawa, and dozen other places, and despite Marine regulation 553 which states that under no cir cumstances shall any enlisted man be employed as a servant" they have recently been drafted as ser wants just the same.
 The orders were issued at Mar inc barracks in the District of Col umbia, oldest Marine Corps post in the USA, to serve at two cock tail parties given by the Marine Corps Commandant, General Alex ander A. Vandergrift.
 The first order drafted 12 ser geants and seven corporals to act as bartenders, assist in checking coats and hats, act as doormen and park cars at a Christmas party. Most degrading part of the order was that the sergeants and corpor-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
Spring Is Here! Hurrah

CHICAGO, March 21-tR-Spring arrived officially today and the nation had fresh, warm welcome for the first season of the year.
 Generally fair weather prevail ed over virtually the entire coun- try, the U. s. Weather Bureau re- ported. However, cloudy weather and light nsow covered an area comprising Wisconsin and Illinois eastward into Ohio. Temperatures generally were moderate and near or slightly below the seasonal nor mal
 But tEe departing winter will be remembered in many sections of the country as generally disagree able.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
FUNDS FOR LABOR DEPT.
 CUT DOWN
Props Are Knocked from Under uses as Climax
 10 Long Feud

WASHINGTON, March 21-(R- The House Appropriations Com mittee voted today to knock the financial props from under the United States Cancellation Service by refusing pay for Director Edgar L. Warren and a number of top aides.
 Climaxing a long feud between Warren and Rep. Keefe tR-Wis) |, the action highlighted $l ,685, ,558, 78O bill to finance the Labor Depart ment and the Federal Security Agency for the year starting July l.
 The measure will be debated in the House next week.
 Keefe is Chairman of the Sub committee which drafted the bill. He has accused Warren of having been affiliated in the past with Communist inspired fronts" and of having advocated the right of government workers to strike.
 The Cancellation Chief denied knowledge of any Communist sponsorship of the groups when he joined them and told the Com mittee he has changed his mind about the right of Federal workers to strike
 In addition to it's blow to the Cancellation Service, which pro vides Federal mediators in labor disputes, the Committee also cut by nearly 50 percent the money President Truman asked for the National Labor Relations Board
 In granting the NLRB only $4,- 033,700 of the S7,984, ,O00 requested, the Committee said it was split over a suggestion that the Board be abolished because it has made no real contribution to industrial peace"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
50vIET5 ARE 0BSTRU(T|NG
 LIN ACTIVITY
Re|u(tan(e 10 Participate in World Economic Ac-
 fivies Is Handicap
By MAX HARRELSON

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, March 21.-tR-One of the greatest ob- staclss faced by the United Ma tions today in the field of long range economic planning is the reluctance of Soviet Russia to participate in the specialized agen- cies designed to coordinate and improve world economy.
 Some delegates to the economic and social council state frankly in private conversation this eventu- ally may be as important to the future of the U N. as President Truman's request to Congress for $400, 100000 direct aid to Greece and Turkey.
 They point out that Russia s position has attracted very little notice, since it has developed over a long period of time, but that her reluctance to take part fully in world economic activities is ser iously handicapping many organi- cations.
 Russia has refused to join such key organizations as the Inter national Bank for Reconstruction and Development. the International Monetary Fund, the Food and Ag- ricultural Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organ ization.
 She also has refused to partici- pate in the preliminary work to set up world trade organization, which would have jurisdiction over such matters as tariffs, industrial development, restrictive business practices and international com modity arrangements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
SHIPMENT SEED
 OYSTERS COMING
 FOR PETERSBURG

SEATTLE, Marc:l 21.-lR-A 10,- pound shipment of Japanese seed oysters part of the cargo of the freighter Tongass, scheduled to sail today for Petersburg.
 The oysters will be delivered to the Kayler-Dahl Fish Company of Petersburg and planted in nearby waters, according to representatives of the firm in Seattle. They are part of a recent shipment which arrived from Japan on the motor ship Island Mail.
 The Tongass will also put in at Ketchikan, Juneau, Haines, Skag- way, Hoonah and Pelican.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
ACTION ON
 VETO TO BE
 TOMORROW

The House of Representative this morning cooled off what had promised to be an inflamatory forenoon session by postponing a second consideration of s. B. 32, the net mining tax bill, which had been vetoed by the Governor until tomorrow morning, and to put off discussion of s, B. TT, the closed shop referendum bill, until this evening at 7:30 o'clock
 The only other House action this morning was routine passage of one Senate bill and four Senate mem orials and a preliminary hearing on the merits of s. B. AS, the bill to set up an Alaska Aeronautics Commission.
 The latter measure was placed at the head of the calendar to per init Marshall Hoppin, president of Alaska Airlines, to be heard. Hop pin was scheduled to leave at noon today for Anchorage.
 Ten million dollars in Federal funds is available for construc- ton and improvements to air fields in Alaska during the next seven years, Hoppin told the House Availability of these funds, however. depend on two things Matching to the extent of 25 percent with Territorial or Muni- cipal funds, and an enabling act such as s. B. AS.
 Uniform Legislation
 This bill, Hoppin said, follows the requirements for uniform legis- lation set up my the Civil Aero nautics Authority except where it was found necessary to modify it to comply with the Organic Act. He pointed out that the half-cent per gallon tax levied on aviation gasoline used in the Territory would make the commission self sustaining and gave $50,000 as a rough estimate of the amount that will be collected from the avia- tion industry during the next bien- nium.
 Transportation has become one of the prime economies of the Territory, John Manders, who fol- lowed Hoppin on the stand, told the House. This bill, he said, would benefit all airlines in Alaska by assisting to build the facilities by which aviation can be carried on.
 Manders, executive vice presi- dent of Pacific Northern Airlines, explained that most military alrfields in Alaska are inadequate to handle the four-engined planes now rapidly coming into use, and that this bill, if enacted would permit both municipalities and the Territory to secure Federal funds for their improvement.
 Measures Passed
 The House this morning passed the following Senate measures: S.. B. 1G2, amending the Veterans Tax Act as it applies to exports, SUM. 20, asking for negotiations with Canada for the purpose Of keeping the Haines Highway open; SUM 21, asking for an extension of roads on Kenai Peninsula, and SUM. 24, asking that all Federal checks for Alaska veterans be airmailed to their destinations in stead of being sent by regular mail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
LIGHTERAGE CASE BRIEFS
 ARE FILED IN WASHINGTON

Notice has been received in Ju- neau that the Territorial Attorney General and the Alaska Develop ment Board have filed briefs with the U. s. Maritime Commission in Washington, D. c. requesting a 25 percent reduction in lighterage rates charged by the Lomen Com mercial Co. at Bering Sea ports.
 The brief contends that "a prop CT scaling, of the general and ad- ministrative expenses of the light craze operation would make pos sible the requested reduction and still leave the Lomens with an ade- quate return for their efforts and investments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
RUBBER STRIKE
 MAY BE AvERTED

AKRON, O., March 21.-tR- Union and company officials of the Big Four" producers of the nations rubber hinted strongly to- day that there was still a fair chance of averting strike set for Sunday midnight.
 Leaders of the CIO-United Rub- Der Workers disclosed that they handn't given up the idea of a peaceful sediment of the wage con- troversy by scheduling meeting in Cleveland tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
WA(HU5ETT OUT
 ON EMERGENCY
 GALL OF EDNA D

USCG Cutter Wachusett receiv- ed an emergency call for assistance shortly before one o'clock this af- ternoon from the Edna D. of Sitka, and left immediately for Outer Point of Douglas Island.
 Comdr. Edgar " Carlson said that the report stated the Edna D. was highland dry near Outer Point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
FISH TRAP FEEV0TED
 FAT RAISE
Disabled Fishermen sFund Measure Is Worked
 Over This Morning

A big bump was raised on the fish trap tax this morning when the Alaska Senate passed H. B. 93, by a l3-3 vote, Senators Engebreth, Peratrovich and Scott opposing.
 The Senate discussed taxing fish ermen for medical care, unani- mously tabled bill for beer par lors, empowered city councils to zone, plan and collect garbage, and refused Saturday holidays for Ter ritorial employees.
 The lump on the trap license tax amounts to an additional $100 each on four-to-ten traps held by a single operator and $200 more each on traps over ten multipally owned. That total tax on driven or floating traps in those categories would now be $500 per year and $700 per year, respectively, plus the already prescribed per-thousand- fish levy on all salmon taken in ex- cess of 100000 per season.
 Industry Not Opposed
 Senator O. D. Cochran did not vote against the bill, but did com ment that taxes can be advanced to a point where they can become confiscatory. Taxation Committee Chairman Victor c. Rivers was up- held by w. c. Arnold, managing director for the Alaska Salmon h. duStry, Inc, in a statement that the canned salmon industry does not oppose, though it doubtless does not welcome, the added levy.
 Senator John Butrovich, Jr. was thereupon joined by Rivers in the ironical assumption that it would be all right for the Senate to pass the bill Senator Edward D. Coffey closed the discussion by asserting that passage of this additional fee might bring in so much revenue from traps that the Territory would never get rid of them.
 The House Fisheries Committee bill-Substitute for H. B. 34-pro- viding for upped commercial fisher nlen's license fees to create a fund to care for sick and disabled fish ermen, was carried over until this afternoon to prepare an amend ment for which it was reverted to second reading. Arnold appeared also on this measure, and it was he that suggested the amendment, which would exclude employees on fixed salaries who are now covered by the Alaska Workmen's Compen- sation Act-such as trap watch men.
 Taxed, No Benefits
 Arnold objected to these men who would receive no benefits un- der the bill, being subjected to the license increase Senator N. R. Walker had already secured adop- ton of an amendment excluding fishermen, such as those aboard documented boats, who are eligible for care by the U S. Public Health Service.
 Arnold expressed no other real
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-21
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 21.-CloSing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can 95, Anaconda 391a, Curtiss- Wright 59s International Harvester 84, Kenne- colt 44ha, New York Central l7A Northern Pacific 1874, U. s. Steel 73, Pound $402%.
 Sales today were 710,000 shares.
 Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: industrials l76.91, rails 1888, utilities 35.76.