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Evening star., 1949-10-24
Non-Red Affidavits
By UE Chiefs Sent 10
Justice Department

| The general counsel of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board to-
day referred to the Justice
Department for whatever action
you deem appropriate the non
Communist afhdavits which off,
cials of the left-wing CIO United
Electrical Workers signed last
week.
| General Counsel Robert N. Den
ham sent along to Justice for in
vestigation the written oaths dis
avowing communism of the three
top officers and 10 vice presidents
of the UEW. The top officers are
President Albert J. Fitzgerald, Sec
retary- treasurer Julius Emspak
and James j. Matles, director of
organization.
Mr.. Emspak and Mr.. Matles re-
fused to tell a House committee
IA year ago whether or not they
were Communists. Mr.. Fitz-
gerald denied that he was or
ever had been a member of the
Communist Party.
Last week, after holding out
for more than two years, the
officers of the UEW filed the nom
Communist afidavits so that the
union could be recognized by and
do business before the NLRB, a
requirement of the Taft-Hartley
Act. The Justice Department is
designated by the act to "police"
the filing of afiidavits.
Justice attorneys already have
under investigation the affidavits
of officers of several other leftist
CIO unions, including the Food,
Tobacco and Agricultural Work
ers, which were referred to them
by Mr.. Denham. The UEW. third
largest union in the CIO, is by
far the most important of the
group.
The oath which union officers
are required by Taft-Hartley to
take reads. in part: Il am not a
member of the Communist Party
or affiliated with such party.
''* I do not believe in and !
am Hot member of nor do
SUPPORT any organization that be-
lieves in or teaches the overthrow
OF the United States Government
by force or by any illegal or un-
constitutional method"
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Old School BuiIdinu
May Be Used as Court
For ; New Judges

Proposals to remodel a grammar
school interior into courtrooms
will be inspected this afternoon by
District Court Chief Judge Bolitha
j. Laws, who is seeking quarters
for his three newly-appointed
colleagues.
Judge Laws didn't waste any
time putting to use the S35 900
allotted by Congress for remodeling
and space.
The st. Patrick's Grammar
School, SIS Fourth street NV, is
being considered for leasing, for
the courts by the Public. Buildings
Administration. If such a lease is
approved by the PBA and the ad-
ministrative offices of the United
States Courts. Judge Laws said he
hopes work will begin on two
judges courtrooms and chambers
which would be housed there.
The old school building, after
standing empty a number of years,
onw is under private ownership,
a PBA spokesman said.
Space Is Main Problem.
Courtroom space is the big
worry" Judge Laws said. Mrs.
Matthews is coming in to see me
this afternoon, Judge Mclaughlin
already has, and Judge Kirkland
will"
The three judges appointed are
James r. Kirkland, Charles F..
Mclaughlin and Mrs. Burnita S.
Matthews.
A swing shift may have to be
used for a while, Judge Laws said,
although, he added
I'm pondering right now how
to squeeze out some more court
room space.
To Use Jury Assembly Room.
Judge Laws said he will make
one courtroom out of the jury
assembly room on the top floor
of the District Court Building.
An adjoining room now being
used by United States Attorney
George Morris Fay will be taken
over by one judge and his secre-
tary. The jury assembly room will
be moved to a section of the bar
library.
The three judges appointed to
the United States Court of APP
pealS, George T. Washington,
David L. Bazelon and Charles
Fahy, also would be housed in
part of the old grammar school.
well, I can borrow one court
room, at least. until the new Mu-
nicipal Court judges are ap-
pointed" Judge Laws said.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Defense for Burgman
Loses in Move 10 Call
Doctor From Red Zone

OlSIIlCJ NUuI u JuuBc AlchdIlucI
Holtzotf today denied motion
aimed at putting Secretary OF
State Acheson and Soviet Ambas-
sador Alexander Panayushkin to
work for the defense in the Her
bert J. Burgman treason trial.
| Defense Attorney James j
Laughlin had asked that an at
| tempt be made to obtain the CO.
operation of Russia in producing
a witness at the trial here, but
Judge Holtzoff ruled that every
thing feasible along this line al
ready was being done.
The witness in question, identi-
fed only as "Dr. GRACE" is said
to be in Chemnitz, Germany, in
the Soviet zone. Mr.. Laughlin
says DR.. Grage would testify that
the 53-year-old defendant, ac-
cused of broadcasting propagan-
da for the Nazis during the war
was treated for a mental illness
in 1888 and discharged uncured.
No Reply From Chemnitz.
Judge Holtzoff ruled out the
move by Mr.. Laughlin after learn
ing that the State Department
already had sent as a matter oi
routine two kilograms to its con-
sui in Chemnitz. trying to get in
formation about "Dr. Grage." Sc
far no reply has been received.
The jurist also denied an alter
nate defense motion that, failing
the doctors physical presence al
the trial. a purported certificate
regarding Burgman's condition
and treatment might be admitted
in evidence. Mr.. Laughlin said
he got the certificate in 1916.
Judge Holtzof said it would be
unfair to the Government to ad-
NIT the certificate. since Chief
Prosecutor William A. Paisley
would be denied the right tc
cross-examine 'Dr. Grage" as to
! its authenticity.
Another Motion Denied.
At the same time Judge Holt
zoff turned down another defense
motion to produce Walter Baeder
of La Crosse. Wis, a boyhood
friend of Burgman's as a witness
in the trial at Government ex-
pense. The judge said Mr..
Baeder's testimony would be ir-
relevant to the issues of the case.
The government hopes it will be
able to play recordings of the
Station Debunk" broadcasts, al
legedly made by Burgman, for the
jury of seven men and five women
late this afternoon.
Mr.. Laughlin this morning con-
tinued to cross-examine Mrs. Ur-
sula Lechleitner Schroeder, one
of the German radio technicians
brought here by the Government
to identify Burgman and the rec
ords of his broadcasts.
The defense attorney concen-
trated his questions on Mrs.
Schroeder's statement that Burg
man once told her one of his
broadcasts, one the falling ex-
change rate of the dollar, had
caused Americans to storm the
banks" to withdraw their funds.
Evening star., 1949-10-24

able, while the amount of money
available to buy them remains
about the same.
ITO counter this risk of infla-
ton. and that a rising from ex-
cesSive demand on the home mar
ket, we must reduce expenditure
and increase production"
1t was understood that cabinet
ministers, in shaping the reduc-
! tions, considered what effect the
cuts would have on the nations
already unhappy middle elias.
voters when the general election
comes around next year.
Newspapers carried such head
| lines as "black Monday secrets
over their accounts of Mr.. Attlee's
appearance before Parliament.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Interservice Armistice
Settles on Pentagon;;
Custer Talk Persists
BY the Associated Press

| An uneasy truce settled over the
Pentagon today in the wake of
congressional airing of bitter pol
icy differences among the Armed
| Services.
| But the quiet along the Potomac
! seemed more illusory than real.
Hardly had the. House Armed
Services Committee recessed its
hearings than a top-placed Off
cial of the Defense Establishment
limited the ak was out for Admiral
Louis E. Denfeld. chief of Naval
Operations.
Admiral Denfeld fired the final
broadside for the Navy in it's case
against the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He summed up Navy complaints
that naval sea and air power were
being scuttled to the detriment of
national security.
If He Goes, Others Might.
There was a widely-held belief
that should Admiral Denfeld go,
he probably would be followed by
some other top admirals who have
bucked Pentagon policy.
Despite sharply worded warn
ings from some members of Con-
gress against a Pentagon. purge,
the word was reported passed that
nom -conformists on the military
unif1cation steam" would have to
be replaced.
Those talking of such action
said this would not mean reprisals
as a result of House hearings.
They said it did mean that those
who could not work on Secretary
of Defense Johnson's team"
would have to give way to those
who can.
|. Senator Thomas. Democrat, of
Utah. one of the sponsors of the
unlfication law, said the current
quarreling will in the end bring
the services closer together.
Lawmakers Perplexed.
Perplexed lawmakers. mean
while, set themselves to the task
of charting a middle unification
course for the quarreling services.
Both the Navy and Secretary
johnson are expected to get an
other shot in rebuttal before the
members come up with their an
swer to the weeks-long hearings
which ended Friday.
In this case, however, the rebut-
tails will be submitted on paper
rather than in person.
Representative Bates, Repubu-
can of Massachusetts. said men,
bers would call on the principal
antagonists for an assist in evalu-
ating the voluminous testimony.
Summaries Sought.
''The Navy will be asked to sum-
Marie it's views and hit the high
lights of its case" he told a re-
porter
Then the Secretary of Defense
will be asked to go over it-in
rebuttal of he chooses-prirnarily
to say what he is going to do about
those things the Navy is aggrieved
about"
Chairman Vinson has asked
committee members to be pre-
pared to decide on some course of
action when they come back
January 3 to write a report.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Chino

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Horses Feed British

LONDON P.-They're still eat
ing unrationed horse meat in ra-
toned Britain. The British Road
Federation says there were only
$4,000 horses in the country in
1948, compared with 1922 in
1924. Each week hundreds are
slaughtered to make dinners for
meat-hungry Britons.
Evening star., 1949-10-24
Lecture on RELIGION

Prof. Francis T. O'Malley of the
English Department of Notre
Dame University will speak on
Religion and Modern Literature"
at 8 pm. tomorrow at Dunbarton
College of Holy Cross, 2935 Upton
| street NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-24

The cooking experts say that
cider can be used in making the
! finest kind of apple sauce. 1T also
1 is help in apple pies.
Evening star., 1949-11-20
What is your favorite alibi?

What is your favorlte allpl?
AL of us have our pet excuses
by which we seek to camouflage
our faults and weaknesses to the
world and to justify our short
comings to our own souls.
Perhaps the most overworked
alibi in the world is heredity. You
rarely meet any one who will
acknowledge his faults are his
own. Oh, dear. no. They ARE al
ways poor grandfather's or grand
mothers. Apparently the chief
advantage in having ancestors IS
to have some one to whom you
can pass the buck.
Anyway. did you ever know OF
a drunkard who confessed that
the reason he drank was because
he liked the taste Of liquor or be-
cause of the kick he got out OF it?
Never. He tells you between
maudlin sobs that he is the VIC
tim of heredity and that drink is
In his blood.
Did you ever know Of a virago
of a woman who was ashamed OF
giving way to her temper? Far
from it. On the contrary. she is
rather proud of taking after
grandmamma. who was so high
strung that she kept everybody
about her paralyzed with fear.
Did you ever know of a slovenly
housekeeper who blamed herself
for her laziness and inefficiency?
Not on your life. She merely re-
marks that it doesn't run in her
family to be good cooks and goes
along wallowing in filth and
poisoning her husband and chill
dren.
Another alibi that is called upon
to do yeoman service is temper
ament. You never hear a man
confess that he is shiftless and
Evening star., 1949-11-20
Dorothy Dix
Every One Tries to Excuse Faults
By Offerino Some Sort of AHbi

trifling and no account and that
he would rather bum his way
through life than work has pas
sage. No. indeed. The reason he
never sticks to job is because he
is so temperamental that he just
simply can't bring himself to do
ordinary, commonplace things,
such as keeping books or selling
goods or making bricks.
Noeeing Women Is Nervous
Did you ever know an irritable,
nagging, petty tyrant of woman
who ever admitted her faults and
tried to reform? Mercy, no! Her
alibi is nerves. -..
1t is her poor nerves that make
her fly into tantrums every time
she is crossed in any way and
say things that stab like knife
It is her poor nerves that make
her have Mysteries, until she gets
a new car or new dress or a
new fur coat. It is her poor
nerves that make her rule her
family with a rod of iron so. that
they dare not do anything that
displeases her for fear of bringing
on one of her spells. Heaven
only knows what mean, selfish.
bossy women would do without
nerves. They might have to be-
have themselves.
The ever-present alibi that the
man who is a failure in life offers
for his lack of success is that he
never had a chance. He wasn't
born a millionaire. He couldn' I
go to college. He never had any
pull. He has had to help others.
And so he has sat all of his life
on the do-nothing stool, with
folded hands, without ever max
ing an effort to achieve anything.
It is a grand excuse for lack
of energy and initiative and gen.
eral shiftlessnesss but it isn't very
convincing in a country where
nine successful men out of ten
were born poor and are self-edu-
Gated and have made their own
chances and have hammered at
the door Of opportunity until they
broke through it.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
FLOWERS FOR the LADY
by Charles &, Hottie
sxEs,uHr. SOCIETY Or sssfstaw Hussyss

DEAR ME- E8TTxs Can
and what is the therne
The question florist asked frequently
Wlat kind Of corsage would yua suggest grip
IF le ynmg who be 80 years old
the T dress it's
szzna.1as carnations
II tia sat planning Surprise the GIL and really anxss
s becoming ho~es ne Should ask her advance what
cor se asl be WEARING. dlse her telephone number that the
asrrs csal and ass ef her preference.
dcesnt iook"
hiding And skeald feet they send
ccess inexpensive sefs just as weconst
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By rule
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zasaenias csneas dort p6ee thar
lance faas A tie ieft aey the popular pio bu w not
rass Fs dantifs it ret shder ID better the flowers are
less Iefs cstsse there gs may osefs afost
wafste her give at her threat
Wss.y otter r4,zsed of wearing
ovsaaaast reiYs w'ere the guest Of hror president ard
Chairman, corsaerS u ther Under
nsearess II es. that will
thsse al he sreakerss atFe simple which
n.saraf atdstson he cnstrre oSever, ase III order
Ro ho,s ,oa % ato assi ,dfittf his aisostpts
vsH he ,e peased> Rerd merit asSks 'EtsFysofs
Ertqaer,e" ~ Robert H;'ryer, PnttseF Prf+s psf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
FOREST SERVICE MEN
 IMPRESSED BY RENAL

Charles G. Burdick, Assistant Re- gional Forester, returned to Ju- neau this weekend after a trip over the Kenai Peninsula and from An chorage to Fairbanks.
 He had travelled with John Seiker, chief of the Forest Service Division of Lands.
 And he described the region through which they travelled as outstanding in any mans country ,
 The two Forest Service men had been Investigating lands along the new road between Renal and Homer with view to opening them as homesites and recreation areas
 wonderful country" is the way Burdick described it. Some Eeauti- full ski slopes to be developed"
 The drive between Anchorage and Fairbanks, through rolling hill country and over mountains, was much more colorful than in autumn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
GRIFFIN TALKS TO
 klWANIS CLUB ON
 FRONTIER FREEDOM

Alaskans' characteristic free-and- easy acceptance of the new, the different and even the eccentric can he danger in these days of restricted land frontiers, a mem ber-speaker told fellow Kiwanians at today's luncheon meeting.
 There is danger of the Ameri- can people receiving harmful ideas and harmful people with the whole hearted welcome of the frontier . he said
 ''The new frontiers of freedom are in the parks, on soap boxes and in legislative bodies. America has grown to such stature and impor- tance that we must all be on guard against those who would destroy the great freedoms of our history. the freedoms we would maintain. D
 The speaker was John w. Griffin, treasurer of the Alaska Mission, Seventh-day Adventist. He urged that every Kiwanian watch for ear- indications of trends dangerous to freedom, and quick to write poli-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
FISH TRAP TAX CASE PROBABLY GOES TO JUDGE TOMORROW

Although previous estimates have fallen short of the actual time con- stunned, attorneys in the fishtrap tax hearing now in District Court predicted at press time that all the evidence would 5e completed in this afternoons session They guessed that arguments and rebut- tai should be concluded tomorrow noon or early afternoon, the case then to be taken under advisement by Judge George w. Folta.
 In the suit brought against Tax Commissioner M. P. Mullarey. by P. E. Harris and Company, with partners in the Mutual Trap Com pany as intervenors, Attorney Gen eral J. Gerald Williams called a number of witnesses today, in his presentation of the case for the defense.
 w. c. Arnold, co-counsel for plaintiff and intervenors, who testified last week for his clients after Williams waived objection, was called as a defense witness to- day, and questioned on comparative prices of trap-caught and seine caught fish
 He succeeded Paul O. Nielsen on the stand. Nielsen, Seattle C.P.A. who has audited the books of the Mutual Trap Company since it's inception, had been the intervenors only witness. Williams examined him on the financial interests of the Mutual partners in salmon canning companies.
 Pursuing line of yesterdays questioning on the night-catching of salmon, Assistant Attorney Gen. eral John H. Dimond called Andy Barlow to the stand this morning. Dimonds examination and Arnold's cross-examination pertained to the capability of standing and mobile gear for catching fish at night.
 Succeeding Tax Commissioner Mullaney on the stand yesterday, his assistant, Norman Sommers, was called to identify a schedule prepared Ey him.
 Rep. Alfred Owen of Anchorage, testified in the capacity of Secre- tary of the United Fishermen of Cook Inlet, but his evidence later was stricken.
 The hearing, which opened Thursday morning, is on major tax measure passed by the l949 Legislature, increasing the gradu- ated tax on fishtraps The Harris Company and intervenors seek a permanent injunction restraining collection of the tax.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14

tical leaders at the first sign.
 Griffins talk seemed especially timely as it followed discussion of the loyalty oath now required by Territorial employees under leg islation urged and sponsored by Kiwanis clubs.
 Griffin, program chairman for the day, had found no suitable non club speaker, so gave the program himself-to the enthusiastic recep- ton of felloWmembers.
 Ed Hink, an employee of the U'i- ion oil Company, who recently ,e- turned here after a two-year resi- dence in Wrangell, was the only guest.
 President James Mcclellan presid- ed at the weekly meeting in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
IS DISEkBARk FROM PRINCESS NORAH LAST
 NIGHT; SAILS SKAGWAY

Docking at 6 o'clock last night and sailing at 11:30 o'clock, the Princess Norah will be back in port from Skagway at ' o'clock Friday morning, sailing one hour later
 From Vancouver, passengers were Harry H. Davies, Mrs. Marie Day and son, Mrs Dorothy Rowland and son, Mrs. Dorothy L. Smith, Mrs. Jessie L. Wall, Carol and Gloria Wall, Joseph Kennedy, Miss Patricia Carroll, Miss Wilma Lig- on, George w. Pearce, Mrs. Ruth B. Pearce, Burke Riley, Mrs. Maria B. Riley, Miss Robin B. Riley, Paul s. Windrem.
 For Skagway: Mir and Mrs. Will fam Feero, Mrs Olsen, Don Dix kan, George Abadie, William Say age.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
18TH ANNIvER5ARY
 OF GOA OBSERVED,
 DINNER LAST NIGHT

The Catholic Daughters oi America observed their 18th anni- versary last night with a dinner in the Gold Room of the Baranoi Hotel.
 Guests introduced by Grand Re- gent, Mrs Glenn Leach, who en- tertained with brief talks were Rev Robert L. Whelan, Rev. Leo H Sweeney, Rev James Ccnwell ano Rev. C'Connor from Hooper Bay Miss Juanita DiaZ. the 4th of July Queen, whom the GOA. helped sponsor. appeared as guest and en- tertained with songs. She was ac- companied ey Mrs. A. M. Uggen.
 The party was able to hear a part of the Family Rosary Crusade pro- gram through the courtesy of Mrs Miles Godkin, who supplied tht radio.
 The court was pleased to honol Mrs. Walter Hellan, Past Granc Regent who was able to partici- pate in the event again after an ab- sence due to illness. She spoke briefly, stressing the Catholic Daughters part in the Family Rosary Crusade.
 The occasion was completed witf interesting slides of Alaska pre-. scented by Miss Anne Lello.
 Acting committee for the affail was Mrs. L. L. Winter, food; Mrs Zola Devlin, and Mrs. Mary Gio- vanetti, telephone; Mrs. Wm. Bigg' and Mrs. w. T. Mahoney, flowers Mrs. Miles Godkin, radio; Mrs Esther Gullufson, secretary, anc Miss Anne Lello, entertainment.
 The next meeting will be the reg ular September business meeting to be held Sept. 27 at 8 o'clock in the Parish Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
AUCTION, AUCTION;
 PROPERTY iS NOW
 FOR SALE, TAXES

A crowd of 50 people went to the Council Chamber of the City Hall this morning; but most of them wanted to view the property up for sale for unpaid taxes before bidding.
 So c. L. Popejoy, City Clerk and acting auctioneer. put off the sale until this afternoon to give pros pective buyers an opportunity to look at the property.
 Bidding was to reopen at 4:30 pm.
 Two pieces of property had been redeemed before the sale began; 28 were on the block.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
"HoT ROD" AUTO RACERS TERR0RIzE
 ENTIRE HIGHWAY

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14.-SR- Some 150 hot rod" auto racers early today errorized motorists on husy Sepulveda Boulevard, forcing many off the road.
 Police managed to capture eight of the wild speeders but only after two of the stepped-up home made racers had crashed, injuring the two drivers. The others easily got away.
 Police Chief John H. Stroh of suburban Torrance said the youth ful speed demons, doing 85 miles an hour or better, outraced six pa- trol cars from Torrance to Redondo Beach. sOe
 Sepulveda Boulevard in that. area is the heavily travelled U. s. high way 101, the Pacific Coast highway.
 Stroh said the mad racing has been a problem for sometime in the area but that the super-fast racers always manage to flee squad cars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
WINNIE WILLIAMS
 HERE TO MAKE HOME

Mrs. Winnie Williams, wife of Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Will jams, arrived in Juneau this week and will make her home here. Mrs Williams, with Lew, Jr., has been publishing the Wrangell Sentinel in recent years, but the plant has now been leased to Julius H. Ferney. Mrs. Williams has raised the lever on the linotype for the last time she hopes, and Lew, Jr. is going south to college.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
BOAT WORK AT JUNEAU
 MARINE BASE, N. C. co.

At the Juneau Marine base of the Northern Commercial Co.,, the Woodrow, owned by Vincent Sobo- loff of Kootznahoo Inlet was in re- gently for shaft work. The Hyacinth owned by James Hodnett of Cor dova, is on the ways now for shaft work. It. Applegate's Steelcraft cruiser was hauled up yesterday for winter storage. The Marian J. is being completely rebuilt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14
JERUSALEM TROUBLE

The United Nations plan for the international control of Jerusalem appeared heading for trouble at Lake Success. The plan calls for government under a U. N. com missioner, and would give some self-rule to the Jewish and Hashe- mite Jordan areas. The Vatican has urged full international con- trol Israel wants full sovereignty over the area she now holds with the U. N. merely supervising con- trol and protection of the holy places.