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, 1948-10-19
Statement by Secretary Marshall
For United Nations Day
October "a. 1913
October "a, 1913

It is our great hope that Oc-
tober "a will become a day of
significance in the history of
civilization. On that date in
1945, the United Nations was
brought into being as an inter-
national organization. The
purposes defined in the
Charter were agreed upon at
a time when the thoughts ST
people Throughout the world
were concentrated on the hope
for a lasting peace, for the eli
mination of war as a method
Of settling disputes. Sorrowful
& tragic memories dominated
the thinking of mankind. The
casualties and overWhelm-
ing destruction of modern war
were current events. AS war
memories dim, we find our
selves less mindful of the So
Der resolve which went into
the making of this great or
ganization. United Nations
Day is to remind us that the
maintenance of the peace and
freedom we long for require
persistent effort and constant
vigilance on our part.
No government or people
can rightfully claim to have
entirely fulfilled the purposes
and principles of the Charter.
A commons effort is required
to save succeeding generations
from the scourage of war, to
redefine the fundamental hui
man rights, to establish con
ditions under which justice &
respect for obligations can be
maintained. If we in America
cannot show a final accom-
plishment, we can neverthe-
, 1948-10-19
REspoNDEN
Dear Mr.. Editor

g
Please allow me space in
your paper to make a few re-
marks about the Campaign
that is being carried out at this
time. We have had similar
Campaigns in the past, but
none SO ridiculous as this one.
# a candidate cannot find
something to tell the people
that is of interest to them,
then he had better not get on
the rostrum at all. That man
has been in the Council for two
lor three terms, what did he
achieve? Only fighting and
fighting to no avail. There
are those of US that know all
the happenings and | do not
believe that any sane voter in
the Island that has a Chris
tan mind and a love for the Is
land will prefer Carol to take
the stand of a truthful and
most honorable man as Lud-
Wig Harrigan. The way that he
IS conducting himself now is
enough to cause his defeat and
| am giving all the workers in
the Island a warning that Car
rol and his bunch and all the
others that are fighting Mr..
Harrigan, it is we, as workers
they are fighting against. If
we allow him to be taken from
that position in which we have
placed him it will be too bad
Tor us as workers.
Since D. H. Jackson had put
the Union down, workers have
not been represented until LIE
Harrigan came on the scene,
and that is without fear of any
criticism. The truth must
stand, envy is the cause of
everything that is happening
to that Honorable gentleman
but election day will tell all.
There are those of us that
Continued on Page AZ
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HIDDEN TREASURES
In Your Soil
Waste Of Soil Fertility
A National Tragedy!

70 the progress OF the Amer1-
can people, and the important
part 1t has played in making
America the worlds richest
nation, is appreciated by only
"a comparatively few. Real
wealth is largely in material
things, coming mostly from
the soilLfood stuffs for man
and animals; wood, coal, oil,
steel and the precious metals.
America is fortunate, indeed
in that her proportion of land
per individual is large. That
our soil is not being carefully
nurtured, as compared with
thickly populated t o.n S,
where the production of maxi
mum crops is necessary for ma
Jpnal existence, is a fact well
Known to travellers who are
agriculturally minded.
We do not need to look far
to locate land which, while
once highly productive, now
hardly produces enough to pay
for seed and labor costs.
Any one who has travelled
over the abandoned farms of
our Eastern States; observed,
even in parts of our rich corn
and hog belt, the ravages Of
soil erosion; and seen in the
dust areas of the west the ha-i
voc played by wind, must sure;
~ realize that our occasional
big SURPRISES are of only a tenn
porary nature. The rapidityI
with which much of our soil
productivity is being depleted,
points toward a time in the
near future when necessity
will force a more careful hus-
banding ofseuf natural resour-
ces.
Fortunately, Nature has pro
vided a way to prevent the ra-
pid loss of productivenesS in
land devoted to straight crop
ping. Robbing the soil-taking
everything away and return
ing nothing-is just about our
biggest national blunder.
There is hope in the fact
that man-directed revitalizing
methods are much more quick
~ resultful than when the pro-
cess is left to Nature. Among
these rpUifa1izin0 aOpncinc orc
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the selection of proper rota-
tons, legumes to replace the
nitrogen, heavy cover crops to
maintain and increase humus,
livestock to supply animal fer
tilizer, vast deposits Of phos-
phorous and potash minerals,
etc. The intelligent use Of
these natural forces will do as
good a job Of soil building in
a few short years as Nature,
unaided, would be able to ac-
complish in many decades.
, 1948-10-19

sTRENaTH
IN
UNITY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
MITCH ROC0vICK PLEADS GUILTY:
 FINED; JAILED

Mitchell Rocovich, 34, of Juneau pleaded guilty in U. s. District Court today on two counts of petty larceny and was sentenced to serve 90 days in the Federal Jail and pay a $250 wine on the first count. On the second count, he was given a one year suspended jail sentence.
 Judge George w. Folta, in sus- pending the sentence on the second count, warned Rocoyich that the suspension would be revoked unless he lived up to five conditions which were imposed. He was told not to violate any Federal, Territorial or municipal laws; discontinue the use of intoxicating liquors; meet all ot his financial obligations; report monthly to the U s. Marshall and work for his father. At the end of his 90 day sentence, he will be re- leased to the custody of his father.
 Rocovich had been indicted on grand larceny by the Federal Grand Jury for the theft of two guns from the Juneau Young Hardware Co The charges were reduced with the consent of U. s. District Attorney P J Gilmore Jr. He was repre- sented by attorney Norman c. Ban field
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
WRAkGELL MILL SALE
 I5 COURT TOPIC HERE

An informal of the record" dis cussion was held in U. s. District Court this afternoon by interested parties in the proposed sale by the receiver of the property of the AL aska -Asiatic Lumber Mills at Wran- gell
 Judge George w. Folta presided at the discussion which was attend ed by attorneys Henry Roden, Nor man c. Banfield and M. E. Mon- agle and U s. District Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr Also present were Col Otto F. Ohlson, who is acting as receiver. and George C. Butler representative from Seattle for the Birch-J -Johnson-Lytle Co, and John Donohue, from the U. s. Army Dis trict Engineers office at Anchor age
 A regular court hearing on the proposed sale is scheduled for Jan uary 23 but this afternoons meet ing was called in order to saye time and attempt to iron out some of the existing differences.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
DENALI HERE SUNDAY FROM SEWARD; 5AILS
 FOR SEATTLE WITH B

Alaska Steamships Denali docked here from Seward at 4:50 yesterday afternoon, with eight passengers for Junsau. one from Cordova.
 Thirteen Seattle bound passengers were aboard the steamer when it sailed at 5:52 pm, and four persons tock passage for Ketchikan.
 Arrivals from Seward were. Steve Clintuk, T. o. Dickinson, Joseph B Mangan, Mrs J. B. Mangan, George L. Nelson, Henry R. Trusty, Sigftls Sigfusson.
 Cordova to Juneau: Earl Means.
 Passengers for Seattle were. Nels Anderson, Dan R. Dotson, Mrs. D R. Dotson, Charles Kuhn, Frank l. Holmes, Miss Bertha Seldon, Mrs Florence Olson, Gertrude L. Wetzel Ruth Underwood, Edward Tufts Stanley Frisbie, Harold Johnson Fred Kirkpatrick.
 To Ketchikan: Charles Heinde M. Harris, Henry Benson. J. Brooks Hantord.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
Americans Arrested by Russ
 Authorities Making Visit 10
 Soviet Settor Of Berlin

BERLIN. Jan 12.-tR Dr Her. man B. Wells, President of Indiana University, was arrested and held for three hours by Soviet occupa- tion authorities yesterday as Rus sian troops intensified campaign against Americans visiting the Sov- ret sector of Berlin.
 Four other Americans with Dr. Wells also were, held, in violation of Allied agreements providing for the free movement of Allied per- sonnel in. all four sections of the city.
 American authorities disclosed to- day that total of IT Americans, in cluding l2 soldiers have been ar rested and detained by the Russians in recent weeks, some as long as three days.
 Dr. Wells is on leave of absence from Indiana University to serve as adviser on cultural affairs to Gen. Luoius D. Clay, U. s. Military Gov ernor Arrested with him yester- day were MT and Mrs. Charles Rot stein, Peter A. Fraenkel and Wade E. Ferris, soldier driver for the party Fraenkel and Rotstein also are mili- tary Government ecployees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
FurroW in Snow
 May Be Clue 10
 Missing Airman

NOME. Alaska, Jan, 12 2-tP- A deep furrcw in the snow, run ming two miles from near the wrecked B-29 "Clobbered Turkey to a flat ice-coverid surface. may have marked the spot where one of the missing air force paratroop- CTS was dragged by his chute dur ing rescue efforts, Charles Chuck OLeary, wartime Alaska Scout, reports
 OLeary, an Eskimo and their dogs were flown back here by bush pilots Prank H. Whaley and Bill Munz The two had lived comfortably several days at the wreck in snow house, despite 30 below weather and winds 40 to 50 miles an hour, they said
 The body of one of the three paratroopers has been found, and the pilot and navigator of the B-29 are still missing The plane crash ed Dec 23 on the northern Sew ard Peninsula Six of the crew were rescued
 The Army still has Q searching party in the wreck area
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
TRUMAN
 SUBMITS
 BUDGET
Spending for Government Agencies Is Record for
 Pea(etime Year

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-- lR - President Truman gave Congress to- day his estimates of how much Gov ernment agencies should spend in the fiscal year l949 They added up to $39 9,668, 1893, ,OOO, record for a peacetime year
 His budget, listing amounts for each of the separate programs, fig ured in many new proposals he made in his State-of-the- Union message last week The White House and leaders of the Republicans con trolled Congress are already at odds over many of these election-year proposals.
 The budget total assumes, too that Congress will approve the aid program MT. Truman has proposed for Europe. That calls for $6,8o0.- 0c0,000 to be sent in the first F months of four years of aid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
BREACH WIDENS BETWEEN TRUMAN,
 G0pER CONGRESS
Budget Presented Tod ay Causes More SpIii-An-
 other Message Soon

WASHINGTON, Jan 12.---tR- President Truman sends to Con- gress today a 1949 budget certain to widen the breach between the White House and Capitol Hill over his election-year proposals
 While the Presidents estimates remain officially secret until the clerks start reading the message in the Senate and House shortly after noon tEST), there have been reports for weeks that the budget would approach S40000, 100000.
 That would exceed by more than S2,000,000,000 estimated Federal spending for the current fiscal year ending June 30.
 Chairman Taber (R-NY) of the House Appropriations Committee has termed anything in the neigh borhcod of 100000, 900 too damn high Other Republicans have joined him in predicting that the total will be chopped down.
 And. taking note of predictions that the budget would show a record surplus of s6,000 100000 or more, party members insist that factor will add steam to their drive to put through $500 100000 tax cutting bill.
 MT Truman proposed in his State of the Union message last week that Congress vote a $40 person cost of living" tax credit and make up the revenue loss with higher levies on corporation pro- fits
 Still a third White House mes sage is due this week-the Presi- dents economic message on We'd nesday, and every indication is that it will simply add to the differences between the Chief Executive and the OP-controlled Congress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
Marines Moi
 Being Sent
 TopaIesiine
Definite Word Given by Gen. Gates and Fleet
 Admiral HdlseY Jr.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-tPl- The Commandant of the U. $. Ma rine Corps labeled as untrue a report that Leathernecks would be sent to protect the American Con- sulate in Palestine.
 Gen. Clifton B. Gates, in an in- terview before rally opening Ma rine Corps Reserve Week here, said the Palestine situation is none of our official business"
 Gates and Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr, were among the top ranking officers attending the rally in Philadelphia Convention Hall. More than 17.000 persons, many of them Marine Corps veter- ans, packed the hall, while an- other 5000 were unable to enter.
 General Gates told reporter that the announced dispatch of 1000 Marines to the Mediterran- can was perfectly normal and that the contingent will merely re- place those that are already there 7"
 Were not looking for trouble, |" General Gates said, and if we did, we wouldn't be sending scrub team to take the place Of the var sity.'
 Admiral Halsey reminded the wildly cheering gathering that American history is not all behind us"
 New pages, he said. will be written this year and in the com ing decade have no doubt that the most interesting footnotes will be written by the Marines"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
Ouer 25 Million Dollars Proposed For Alask'
Budget
 Briefs

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-lH- Here, in brief, is President Tru- mans budget estimate on how the government will spend and col lect in the 1949 fiscal year which starts July 1:
 Total outgo. S39,669 GOO 900. This compares with S37 ,728, 100000 cur ing the current year
 Total income: $44 ATT ,000 900. h. come this year is put at S45.2lG,- o00,o00.
 For thls year the surplus is es- timated at $7500 100000.
 The National Debt. A reduction is forecast from S25S 900. .000,0oO on June 30 l947 to S246,000, ,000, GOO by June, l949 This is based on a budget surplus of more than ST. 000,000,000 this year and more than S5,oo000o,0o0 next year.
 Where the government looks for most of it's income: S22, ,506, 900 GOO in individual income taxes; $l0,- oC0000,000 in corporation income taxes
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
MARSHALL ASKS FOR
 SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
 HEAD, EUROPEAN AID

WASHINGTON Jan. 12.-tR- Secretary of State Marshall told House members today "husiness like administration of the pro- posed European aid program is inn portant and the way to get it Is to put it under single individual.
 Marshall testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee where considerable sentiment has developed for an eight-member ad- ministratiye board. Those backing this idea say it would mean business like" administration.
 Both President Truman and Secretary Marshall want a single administrator who would be re- sponsible to the Secretary of State on matters of foreign policy
 As he did when testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations com mittee last week, Marshall urged that Congress authorize a European aid program adequate to provide genuine recovery"
 He said the time for relief pro- grams is past" and added.
 If we do not move out to meet the problem in Europe today it will eel tainly come to us here in the United States under conditions far more unfavorable to us"
 The administration is asking Congress to authorize a fouryear program of aid for Europe's econ cmic recovery and to vote S6,800,- 00o,000 for the first l5 months of the program. The amount of later spending would be up to the Con- gresses Of the future.
 Some influential Republicans are talking of cutting the S6,80o, 100000 figure in half.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
SENATOR THOMAS
 NOW INVOLVED IN
 STOCK READINGS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-LRt- Commodity trading by Senator FL mer Thomas D-Okla) drew the attention of Investigating colleag- ues today as Edwin w Pauley an ncunced that he had made S932. .703 in the commodity speculation dur ing the last three years.
 Pauley, speciai assistant to Secre- tary Of Army Royal, made the statement of his profits in tele- gram to Harold E. Stassen in which he accused the Republican Presidential aspirant of false statements"
 He told Stassen ne would eX- pose" him if the former Minne- sota Governor returns to testify before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee looking into Stas- sens accusations that government insiders" profited in commodity dealing.
 Stassen told the committee last week that Pauley had made almost Sl,000000 in the markets and con- tended the former Democratic Ma tional Treasurer had not told the group of all his operations.
 Pauley insisted in the telegram that he already had given the committee the information and added:
 Why not stop the pretense as well as the evasion"
 Senator Thomas acknowledged over the weekend that he had dealt in commodities and other markets for years but, like Pauley. asserted he had not made use of any in side information.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
NOT GUILTY PLEAS
 RECEIVED IN THREE
 COURT GASES TODAY

i Pleas of not guilty were receiv- ed in three cases and dates set fol their trials by Judge George w Folta in U. s. District Court here this morning.
 Oscar J, and Florence Bennett represented hy attorney William L Paul, Jr. pleaded not guilty to negli- gent homicide charges brought against them for the Christmas Day death of their eight months old sor at their Sitka home They will be uied here on Feb. l8
 James Carpenter, also of Sitka represented by attorney Howard D Stabler, pleaded not guilty on a charge of larceny in home and will be tried on Feb. l6 He is accused of stealing a gun from Sitka home
 Frank "Bucky' Harris, of Juneau represented by attorney Joseph A Mclean, pleaded not guilty to a grand larceny charge involving the theft of an overcoat His trial was set for Feb. 24
 Harry Keller, of Tuanna, Texas was brought in for arraignment on a charge of violating the White Slave Traffic Act. Judge Folta will name an attorney for him later.
 Robert c. shannon, of sSitka, re- presented by attorney Joseph A. Me- Lean, was also arraigned and will enter his plea at 10 am, Friday He is charged with embedding funds telonging to the Sitka bartenders union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
pR0p0SE CHANCES IN REGULATIONS,
 HALIBUT FISHING

SEATTLE, Jan. 12.--lR-Changes in regulations for the l948 halibut fising season were proposed to the International Halibut Commission at a meeting here.
 A conference hoard, consisting of fishermen and fishing-vessel owners, made the following recom- mendations to the commission:
 l. That an increase in the quota ol 5,000,00O pounds be made, di- vided between Area No. 2, extend- ing from Willapa Harbor to Cape Spencer, Alaska, and Area No 3, extending from Cape Spencer to the Aleutian Islands.
 2 That the limit of incidentally caught haibut while fishing for sable fish and other species, be increased from 14.2 percent to 25 percent.
 3. That the commission continue to prohibit the landing and sale of halibut caught in nets of all kinds and that the commission pro- hibit the taking of halibut by vessels operating in conjunction with mother ships.
 4. That small hooks and small lines be prohibited in the catch ing of halibut.
 The conference board recom- mended that the 1948 halibut fish ing season open May l as in pre- vicus years Both an earlier and a later opening of the season has been suggested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
 SEES FUND
 SHORTAGES
Says Territory Faces Un- Dre(edenfed Finan-
 (ial Crisis

FAIRBANKS, Alaska Jan. h. lR-"Alaska faces an unprecedented crisis in the tremendous gap be- tween Territorial revenues and nec- essary expenditures, the Cover nor of Alaska said last night in an 8O-minute radio address in which he appealed for passage of Ter ritorial income and general prop critics taxes. and reiterated his con- viction that both the defense and development of Alaska depend on it's acceptance by the Union into Statehood.
 The Governor deplored the ac- tions of the last Legislature which proposed a budget of more than Sl0O00,O0O despite prospective rev. enueS of only $3,750,000.
 'Alaskas basic problem for 35 years has that there is no tax sys- tenn in the Territory he said, ex- planning that some industries reap spectacular" profit in Alaska, yet remain untaxed, and others are taxed negligible" amounts.
 He listed construction companies, steamship lines, airlineS and oil companies as being beyond the pow CT of Territorial regulation.
 He said a billion dollars has been spent since 1889 on defense con- struetion by firms whose workers took the bulk of their earnings lack to the United States.
 If industries inVovled in that un- expected Bonanza had been judi ciously taxed, we might have now among other things a great uni versity at Fairbanks-not that drab, half starved institution which many say looks like a reformatory."
 One of the principal purposes be- hind the Governors visit here was to seek a solution to the University of Alaska's financial plight which threatened to preclude reopening its doors next September.
 Gruening disclosed that Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, Fairbanks in dustrialist and member of the Uni versity Board of Regents, had agreed to match a S25,000 on-interest loan previously offered by James Wooten, President of Alaska Airlines.
 Lathrop has promised, Gruening said, to urge other territorial lead CTS to join in the effort to make available s250,0O0 cash necessary to assure reopening of the University this Fall.
 Continued On rage Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
BRIDGE ON kECAN HIGHWAY REPORTED TO BE UNDERMINED

OTTAWA, Ian Govern ment sources state the north pier of the 2.130 foot Peace River sus- pension bridge on the main link Of the Alaska Highway has been undermined dangerously by swift water
 The Canadian government is planning immediate repairs esti- mated to cost $250,OO0 The bridge, between Dawson Creek and St. John, B C., was built by the U. S. Public Roads Administration at a cost of about S1,000,000 dur ing the war
 Army Engineers checking the structure found that floods of last spring had secured a deep hole beneath the pier. It was believ- ed that future run-offs might top pie the bridge unless the founda- ticn is strengthened
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah, from Vancouver scheduled to arrive at 830 o'clock tonight, sails for Skagway at 10, re- turning to Juneau Wednesday morn- ing at 8. am. and sailing south one hour later at o'clock.
 Aleutian, from Seattle, due some time tomorrow morning.
 Glove Hitch, from Seattle, due Thursday
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Alaska schelIulsd to sail from Seattle Jan. 20
 Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail from Seattle Jan. 23
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
HENRY RIDDEN AND JOE MCLEAN WILL
 DEFEND LAMO0RE

Juneau attorneys Henry Roden and Joseph A. Mclean were ap- pointed today by Federal Judge George w. Folta to defend Eugene LaMoore alias Austin Rollan or charges of first degree murder and perjury.
 Roden and Mclean also defended Austin Nelson who was convicted here last year for the murder oi Juneau groceryman Jim Ellen. IT statement made just few day, before he was to have been hanged Nelson implicated LaMoore in the crime
 LaMoore was arraigned this morn ing and Will enter his plea on the charges at 10 am, Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-12
INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLE MEETING TUESDAY

The International Round Table will have it's regular monthly meet ing tomorrow evening at o'clock in the Governors House. Material prepared by the Peoples Section of the LIN and UNESCO will be dis cussed, with emphasis on the In- ternational Trade Organization and the European Plan.
 Mrs. w. Johnson will speak on the Human Rights Commission.