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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
PRICE, WAGE
CONTROL ON
SHORT NOTICE
FreezinzProposdl Delayed
by Wage Sterilization
Board Vote

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -4R-
TIL nation teetered again today on
the verge of about price and wage
controls.
The latest information from
harassed and haggard officials was
that:
l. 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
price rollback to the highest levels
of the period Dec. Is to Jan. Is,
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 tagging wages to come
up to 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
has been delayed and the price
freeze with it = because the Wage
Sterilization Board (WSB) has
been unable to get a unanimous
vote.
Freeze Vote
The three Labor members of the
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
higher authority. Economic Stabil-
izer Eric Johnston, would have to
issue the wage freeze himself.
That's the current status of the
off-again- again effort to check
the rising cost of living.
Officials weren't kidding them
selves: Everything was subject to
change on short very short =
notice.
Controls Must Come
The governments 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 Sterilization
Ops, headed by Michael v. Di-
Sale, was ready with it's 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 legally be controlled un-
der the Defe.-Se Production Act,
like pork anG most ot1er farm
products.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. &c - Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 3as. American Can SO,
American Tel. and Tel. 1905. Ana
conda 401s, Douglas Aircraft 102,
General Electric 53A, General Mo-
tors 40, Goodyear TN. Kennecott
74ss, Libby, Mcneil & Libby ga,
Northern Pacific 34as, Standard Oil
of California 92M, Twentieth Cen
fury Fox 21A, U. s. Steel ASS,
Pound $3.50 1-6, Canadian Exchange
94871a.
Sales today were 2,230,000 shares.
Averages today are as follows:
industrials 244.51, rails 1926, utili-
ties 42.01.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
RANFIELD- HAR5HBURGER
REPORTED WE'D IN CALF.

Norman Banfield, prominent Ju-
neau attorney, and Mildred Harsh
burger who is with Columbia Lum-
Der Co., were married at Las Vegas,
Nev. Wednesday, January "a, 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 Banfields law partner, H. L.
Faulkner and also to the officials
of the Columbia Lumber Co.
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The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
copyright, 1851, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.

N
Gay morning yse-VBGkFYY
ASHINGTON = Every Wed
nesday morning, 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 q, Senatorial wors'1ipers.
Then he outlined the wars that
have ragged 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
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
new BILLS
INCREASE
Benefits
Maximum Unemployment
Payments Would Be
$50 Per Week
BY BOB DeARMOND

Weekly unemployment benefits
would be increased to maximum
of $50 by 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-
tendency allowances as well as the
basic weekly benefits.
The present law sets limit of
1925 on the amount that can be
received by an unemployed person
in one year, including dependency
allowances.
Rep. Rays bill removes this
limit, permitting ar unemployed
person to draw weekly benefits plus
dependency allowances for as long
as IS weeks.
Both bills we're referred first to
the Labor Committee, then to the
Committee on Ways on Means.
McCutcheOn Present
Rep. Stanley J. McCuteheon, An
chorage Democrat AID Speaker OF
the House in the 1949 session, took
his seat in the House this riorning.
Rep. McCutcheon has been absent
during the opening days OF the SEES
sion, first attending hearings in
Washington concerning the Palmer
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 pm. next Tuesday and
the request was granted by unani-
nous consent.
At the end of a lengthy recess
this morning, Rep. Wendell Kay re-
ported to the House that he had
requested the recess in order to pre-
pare a telegram.
The telegram, he said. was sent
to the Director of the Census, call
ing the attention of that official to
his duty under the Organic Act.
AppOrtiOnment
An amendment to the Organic
Act. approved Noveniuei 10, 1912
provides, 1.-The United States Di-
rector of the Census shall, within
Continued on Page Eight
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Comments on
Message by
Legislators
BY JIM HUTCHINSON

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 overall
review of territorial problems and
4. needs.
| Republicans like the recommends
tons 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 hao
heard the govern IL make.
Good Cox Material
| Rep. Mike Stepo7ich (R-Fair-
banks) commented: II think hi
took all the Republican campaign
material and if he practices what tt
breaches we will be all right"
Sen. Steve McCutcheon D-Anch-
orage) said:
GAS he indicated, the message was
not as specific in various recon-
mendations as in past years. / be-
lieve his recommendations toward
government functions should be
seriously studied. 1t 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 oui
| government more modern and ef-
ficient. The need is there. The
temper of the message was the least
controversial ever heard him
make, which may very well point
to a harmonious session"
For Audit Report
Sens. James Nolan D-Wrangel)
and John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks)
who were closely linked with tine
between-session audit activity eS-
pressed pleasure at the governor
agreement with suggestions in thu
audit report. Nolan said it was Z
good overall message" Butrovicf
said he was pleased also by the gov
ernor's emphasis on the importance
of a balanced budget.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
THOMPSON PASS OPEN

Thompson Pass on the Richard
son Highway was open to traffic at
am. January "a, according to adj
vices received at the local head
quarters office of the Alaska Road
Commission from its Valdez office.
The Pass was closed January 10
because of high winds and drifting
snow.
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SLEUTH BILL
INTRODUCED
BY FRANKLIN
Would Create Invesfigaf.
ing Committee, Two
from Each House

A Legislative Investigating Com
mittee of four members would be
created by 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 investigations;
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 Sem
ate and House when the Legisla-
ture is regularly in session and
make such press releases as are
deemed necessary by the Commit
| tee.
The bill carries an appropriation
of $500 for carrying out the pur-
poses of the Act during the next
biennium. 1t was referred first to
| the Judiciary Committee, then to
] the Ways and Means Committee.
| Cordova Highway
! House Memorial 2, by Rep. G. G..
Carlson, seeks an appropriation
of 100000 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 Copyright introduced
House Bill 8, to transfer the office
1 of the Commissioner of Agriculture
from Fairbanks to Palmer and ap-
propriating $4,000 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 committee
substitute for Rep. Conright's lib.
S. The bill as passed will permit
the Territorial Attorney General
to transfer funds from one item
to another within his budget spec
ifically total of $1,000 from the
appropriation for compensation for
special and associate counsel in
rate cases and other expenses in
such matters
| OF this total, $4,000 would go to
the Attorney Generals salary &C
count; $1,000 to the salary of an
additional assistant, $500 to the
purchase of law books and 500 to
contingent office expense.
| The House adjourned shortly af-
[ ter a pm. yesterday to reconvene
! at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
BOY FOR CARPENTERS

Al pound IL ounce boy was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. James Carpenter
of Sitka, at the Government hos
pital at o'clock this morning. He
has been named Thomas George.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
TEACHERS HELPED

ORANGEVILLE, Ont. III Tea-
cheers helped build Orangevllle's
$35O,O00 high school to be officially
opened on Jan. l. Principal II.
Cline and four teachers worked as
laborers, bricklayers and electricians
to help out during a shorts9s OF
labor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
ORDER OF DEM0lAY
IN5IAllS OFFICERS

DeMolay officers will be publicly
installed Saturday evening at 8
in the Scottish Rite Temple. After
the installation. dancing will be
held in the ballroom until mid
night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle pm, today.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver, 8 pm, January 81.
Denali from west scheduled to
arrive z am. Sunday southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26

The Port of New York has $50
miles of developed waterfront and
employs 250,000 persons in handling
al phases of its export and import
business.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
F O r. E C A S T


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.
PRE- CIPI T A T ON
CPast "a hours ending 7:30 am. today
City of Juneau - None;
since Jan. 3.95 inches;
since July ALBA inches.
At Airport - Trace;
since Jan. - 2.25 inches;
since July 1-30.25 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-26
PRUNING OF
BUDGET If
NECESSARY
Slate Of 10 Senate Com.
mittees Approved-Key
Men on Finance Com.
(By Jim Hutcheson)

Wy JIM IIubClACSOh
A tight rein on the Senates end
of the legislatures budget-framing
job was assured today as the up
per chamber approved 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-
CELL and Howard Lying 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 Lying is an outspoken
foe of Gov. Gruening.
Lying also drew the Craftsmanship
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 approx
al finally was by vote of 10 to 6
vote.
After approval of the committees
the Senate received its first bill
of the session. 1t was minimum
wage act by Sen. Frank Barr Cd
Fairbanks).
Minimum Wage
1t would raise the minimum wage
law from rs cents an hour to 81.
1t omits any provision for maxi
mum hours of work, an issue that
aroused a big fight over combined
wage-hour bill last session. 1t al
so provides exemption for babysit-
tiers (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 81 an
hour scale would mean loss OF jobs
for physically handicapped per-
sons.
The full list of Senate committee,
with the chairman listed first Tor
each, is:
Banks and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Butrovich, Anderson, Nolan.
Election, public health and NOR
ais and veterans affairs-Lhamon,
Engebreth, Beltz, Engstrom.
Elections, election laws, per diem
and mileage-Beltz, Engstrom, En-
gebreth, Barr.
Engrossment and enrolment
Ipalook, Engebreth, Lhamon, Nolan.
Finance and corporations-Butro-
vich, Snider, Lying, Nolan.
Fisheries and game-Engstrom,
Ipalook, Engebreth, Lhamon.
Agriculture and forests-Nolan,
Snider, Butrovich, Ipalook.
Judiciary and federal relations
Huntley, Garnick, Barr, Lying.
Labor and commerce-Garnick,
Beltz. McCutcheon, Barr.
Mining and manufacturing-Snid-
err 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, Lying, Huntley.
Transportation, highways and
navigation-Barr, Huntley, Ipalook,
Engstrom.
The committee on committees,
which named the other COMMITTEES
included Anita Garnick, chairman,
Ed Anderson, Snider and Butro-
vich.
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WEATHER REPORT

Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending $40 O'Clock this morning
In Juneau-Maximum, IA;
minimum, 9,
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MlIIIIIIIUIII, ..
At Airport = Maximum,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-27
Veteran Craft Arrives 10 Be
 De-Commissioned

| The oldest vessel in the Fish and Wildlife Service fleet arrived in Juneau yesterday from Craig on which was her last trip for the Service.
 The Bluewing, patrol vessel for more than 25 years, and one hav- ing seen service through most of the waters of southeast Alaska, is in port under the command of Capt. Mel Gill to be e-commissioned. The Bluewing, 50 feet in length, is still a good boat, according to Howard Baltzo, assistant regional director, and will be sold at a later date to the highest bidder. But the veteran vessel is being re- placed with a new, more modern craft the Auklet II.
 Capt. Gill will leave with the Auklett II for Craig this week end. Int new patrol boat is 57 feet in length with twin engines and a single screw. The screw can be driven with either one or both of the two powerful Diesels. The Auklet II was built in the Blanch- ard shipyards in Washington state.
 Paul Foster, who has been en- gineer of the Bluewing, is goirg to Kodiak as operator of the refuge vessel Sheerwater Foster will leave Juneau on the Dennis Vim, FWS cargo ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-27
WESTERN POWERS CONCERNED

n Because of the importance of the Suez Canal to international trade and to the defense of Western civilization the United States and other western powers as well as Great Britain, concerned about the attempt of the Egyptian Government, by uni lateral action to force the British out of that country against the terms of the Anglo-Egyptain Treaty of 1886
 The background of this dispute reveals that the ambassadors of the two English speaking nations ad- vsed the Egyptians time ago that proposals for the settlement of the issues were about completed. They gave Egyptian officials indication of the proposals which would be backed by France, as well as the other two nations involved
 Before these proposals could be formally made to the Egyptian Government, legislation was introduced in the Egyptian Parliament to push the British not only from the important Suez Canal zone, but also from Sudan. Treaties giving the British Government the right to maintain soldiers and arpanes were abrogated by the Egyptian Government without barley
 In the view of the Western nations, which make it plain that they are not opposing changes in the Near East, the action of the Egyptians approaches international blackma being in defiance of legiti- mate international agreements and tending to create
 military situation which would be beneficial to no one but the Russians.
 Meeting in Ottawa last month the Western na- tions agreed to suggest to Egypt that the Treaty of 1886 be abrogated and replaced by international agreement in which Egypt would be an equal mem Der of the Near Eastern Command including the United States Great Britain, France and Turkey Headquarters of the defense area would be in Egypt Under this arrangement the United States would be involvld in the defense of the entire Near Eastern area, including Egypt, but would seek to replace Great Britain the principal guardian of Near East security.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-27
HARRY'S IRON CURTAIN

President Trumans order permitting civilian Fed eral agencies to mark documents top secret IS another instance of the we-intentioned type of blund- ering that leads farther along the road to tota- taranism.
 First fruit of the order the announcement that anything which tends to embarrass the OPS IS "security information" not for publication The OPS announcement was later rescinded, but 1t points up one of the very real dangers of censorship
 The President says he issued the secrecy order because newspapers and magazines had published so per cent of the nations secrets But reporters at that press conference reminded MT Truman - and showed him that these so-called secrets had been handed out by agencies already authorized to prevent their publication
 This brings out another basic fact = that govern mental agencies are unconscionaby eager to pup ncze anything creditabe to themselves or favorable to their propaganda program. When an agency wants
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-27
20 YEARS AGO FIFE {yiT EMPIRE
OCTOBER 27, 1881.

OCTOBER 27 1881
 fall winter of Shrine dances nvons were committee charge included Charles WI 5avkesWorth J. Simpson MacFSinnon.
 bookkeeper at the Harris Hardware Company paenger He vacation month a Long Beach, Calif
 The steamer Victoria saileS with including gold a
 mechanic with the Connors Motor Com pany the Princess Noah for visit to the States Leoy serious pneumonia at St. Anns Hospital
 Deputy William Sitka the Esebeth.
 had laid attack of un bago He expected Weather: High, 34
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the current democratic" era, such gentility is out of vogue. When, as in England, Tass representatives claim diplomatic immunity, the whole process has reached a new low, for while Tass regards itself as part of the press, it is actually owned by the Soviet government.
 So is everything else in every Soviet country. It would be like granting the operator of a sewer system diplomatic immunity be- cause the government owns the sewer. I am sure that could hap pen, too.
 The State Department seems to be delicate in such matters, disliking apparently to keep anyone out of the United States who has a dip lomatic passport. There is the case of Roman Kutylowski, president of the Gdynia America Line, on whose ship, "Batory," Gerhart Eisler es- capped. The Immigration and Natur- alization Service sought to deport him and locked him up on Ellis Island. But he was let off by order of the State Department. This is the testimony between the commit tee and the services chief investi- gator:
 MT. Arens. Now do you have in- formation as to who it was in the State Department who made that representation?
 MT. Pennington. The Board of Immigration's discussion of Feb ruary 1, 1851, indicates they have a letter from the Secretary of State dated January 29, 1851. That let ter, however, does not-appear in the New York file and would prob ably be found in the Department file.
 MT. Arens. Now who in the State Department would be the in- dividual who would pass upon this type of case to make the represen- tation to the Justice Department?
 Pennington. That can't answer assume that the correspondence would be signed by either the Secre- tary or the Under Secretary. I can only assume that, however"
 So MT. Kutylowski was released from Ellis Island because of some kind of diplomatic special privilege.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-27
LOOK and LEARN 9y Iy' c. GORDON

l. More the world collected connected bodies of water? lowest possible poker hand hold? 3 That a symphony about America?
 better-known of the country, Chosen? B. parts spech the words "yes" and mo-?
 ANSWERS: 1 Two three, five and (mxed suts). Anton 41-1904); "The New World Symphony"