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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LXI No. 109 , NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1959 Per Copy—15*
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ANCHORAGE, 'The 78-day
old strike of Alaska carpenters
has ended.
Members of the union through
out the state voted yesterday to
accept a new three-year contract
with the Associated General Con
tractors.
Unofficial returns from nine of
13 locals assured ratification of
the new agreement.
With • only votes from four
small locals still untabulated, the
new contract had been approved
by a vote of 337 to 257.
Carpenters have been on strike
since June 27. Acceptance of the
new contract will send about
2,000 carpenters back to work
starting today.
In addition, another 2,000 mem
bers of other craft unions af
fected by the carpenters’ strike
also will go back on jobs.
The new contract calls for wage
increases amounting to 78 cents
an hour, spread over a three-year
period.
The first raise of 30 cents an
hour will be retroactive to last
March 15. In 1960, the carpen
ters will receive a 25-cent-an
hour boost and in 1961 another
increase of 23 cents an hour.
The contract would raise the
journeyman rate from the pres
ent $4.25 an hour to $5.03 an
hour in 1961.
Under the new contract, travel
pay provisons will be .subject to
arbitration, to become effective
March 15, 1961. All other terms
are the same as those of a pre
vious agreement negotiated and
rejected in July.
Sunday’s balloting was the 4th
time this year the carpenters had
acted on a new agreement with
the AGC. The last proposal, three
weeks ago, was rejected by the
union by a 32-vote margin.
A strong favorable vote from
Anchorage put the agreement
over despite opposition from Fair
banks.
Internal Labor
Regulating Bill
Becomes Law
WASHINGTON, Uft— President
Eisenhower today signed into law
the bill regulating internal af
fairs of labor unions and limiting
their boycott and picketing ac
tivities.
The measure, a landmark of the
1959 session of Congress, repre
sents one of Eisenhower’s most
important legislative triumphs. It
contains Taft-Hartley law amend
ments he insisted were essential
to any effective bill.
The new law is designed to
curb racketeering and other
.abuses in some unions spotlighted
in congressional investigations.
The law also puts new restric
tions on organizational picketing
by unions and on secondary boy
. cotts.
A secondary boycott is one di
rected at an employer with whom
the union has no direct quarrel.
The AFL-CIO contends these
Taft-Hartley changes will weaken
labor’s legitimate economic pow
ers. Employers argue that the
boycott and picketing weapons
were abused by the Teamsters
and some other unions. The mea
sure was strongly opposed by or
ganized labor in its final form.
The act contains the most far
rewriting of the nation’s labor
management relations law since
the Taft-Hartley law was passed
in 1947.
Eisenhower signed the bill with
out any special ceremony. But
two hours after the signing, Reps.
Robert Griffin (R-Mich) and Phil
Landrum (D-Ga) authors of the
late-session bill, called on Eisen
hower at the White House to ex
press their thanks.
The original bill was intro
duced by Sen. John F. Kennedy
(D-Massh
Col. George F. Rogers
Is New C.O. For A.C.S.
Col. George F. Rogers recent
ly assumed command of the U.S.
Army Alaska Communication
System at headquarters located in
the Federal Office Building In
Seatie. Col. Rogers is not new to
the System having served in the
capacity of Executive Officer
from 1952 to 1955.
Fifteen Recent
Robberies Laid
To Juveniles
In cooperation with the city
police, the U.S. Marshall’s office
has apprehended juveniles res
ponsible for 15 unlawful entries
into homes, businesses and ware
houses recently. Items including
firearms, foodstuffs and money
have been recovered.
Marshall Bob Oliver states that
there was vandalism in some of
the homes and that authorities
are still seeking the person who
cut himself while entering Ca
va ta’s tSore.
Two juveniles have already
been apprehended, confessed and
petitions have been filed on them.
Oliver cautions the public to
secure their homes day and night
as the entries were made both
during the day as well as at night,
and to report to the authorities
any suspicion or loss.
Reds Accuse India
Of Sending Troops
Into Chinese Area
TOKYO, CP — Red China ac
cused India Sunday of sending
troops into an area which even
Indian maps show as Chinese.
Radio Peiping said Foreign Min
ister and Deputy Premier Chen
Yi made the charges before the
closing session of the Standing
Committee of the National Peo
ple’s Congress.
Ch6n said India was using “two
faced tactics” in her border dis
pute with China. He rejected an
Indian proposal that Red troops
withdraw from Longju, a dis
puted border post on the Tibetan
frontier, but added that China
was willing to discuss Longju.
The outpost was overrun by
Red Chinese troops Aug. 26 after
a skirmish with an Indian border
patrol. In a note to Peiping last
Thursday, the Indian government
proposed that Longju be made a
temporary no-man’s land while
its status is discussed.
But Chen said the post is de
finitely north even of the Mac
Mahon Line, which India claims
as the dividing line between
northeast India and Tibet.
Front Street Paved
Favorable weather Sunday en
abled Green Construction to comr
plete the paving of Front Street.
The paving was started Saturday
from the south side of the street
and was completed Sunday after
noon from Steadman Ave. to B
Street. Part of the B or Bering
Street was paved before dark yes
terday and was completed today,
joining the already-completed 3rd
Ave. The approaches to the in
tersecting streets were being
worked on today.
On Front Street the paving ex
tends from sidewalk-to-sidewalk.
It is to be hoped that civic
pride should be strong enough to
keep the pavement free of debris
and refuse.
Communists Move
Troops In Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos, UP> —Large
scale Communist troop move
ments were reported today be
tween the North Viet Nam bor
der and the northern Laos de
fense headquarters at Sam Neua.
A military communique said
government patrols had discov
ered a large movement of guer
rillas of the Laotian Communist
Pathet Lao party in a wedge
shaped area 30 to 35 miles north
and east of Sam Neua.
The communique said there
had been no fighting.
SUNDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 3, Boston 1
New York 2-1, Cleveland 1-0
Kansas City 9-4, Baltimore 5-1
Washington 5, Detroit 1
National League
San Francisco 1,'Philadelphia 0
Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 2
Pittsburgh 4, Los Angeles 3
Chicago 8, St. Louis 0
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5, Salt Lake City 2
Vancouver 7, Seattle 0
Spokane 7, Portland 3
San Diego 5, Phoenix 4
SOVIET MOON SHOT ENHANCES
KHRUSHCHEV PRESTIGE ON EVE
OF HIS VISIT WITH EISENHOWER
By STANLEY JOHNSON
MOSCOW, IJPi — Premier Nikita
Khrushchev is flying to Washing
ton Tuesday amid worldwide ac
claim for the Soviet feat of land
ing a rocket on the moon.
Congratulations streamed in to
day from the six continents for
this development in the conquest
of space.
American scientists were among
the' first to hail the handling of
the 860-pound lunar probe as a
remarkable job of scientific reck
oning and marksmanship.
The official reaction of the U.S.
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration was summed up
in Washington by its deputy ad
ministrator, Dr. Hugh Dryden.
“ . . . We hope that the scien
tific data obtained in this flight
will soon be available for study
by the scientists of all countries.”
The Soviet news agency Tass
picked up a British story quoting
Heinz Kaminsky, director of the
Bochum Observatory in the Ruhr,
as saying the feat could be com
pared to a rifleman hitting the
eye of a fly at a distance of six
miles.
Raises Dust Cloud on Moon
Radio Budapest said Hungarian
scientists spotted a dust cloud
raised on the moon when the
rocket landed at 12:02 a.m. A
black ring was visible for more
than an hour after the probe’s
radio signals stopped on impact,
it said, and the scientists ex
pressed belief this outlined a new
crater into the sand <and rock of
the moon’s usrface.
A leading Soviet astronomer
said today the next step in the
preparation for landing people on
the moon is to set up a robot ob
servatory there.
There was no immediate reac
tion from President Eisenhower.
But Saturday, after the Soviets
announced the launching of their
newest moon rocket, White House
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty said: “It has been known for
some time that both the Soviets
and the United States have the
capability for such shots, and this
comes as no surprise.”
The Russians were clearly de
lighted about the success of this
effort in the enhancement of So
viet prestige as Khrushchev pre
pared to start his exchange of
visits with President Eisenhower.
Alexander Topchiev, vice presi
dent of the U.S.S.R. Academy of
Sciences said the moon shot pro
vided a vast amount of informa
tion that is now being processed.
Preliminary reports indicated that
all scientific instruments in the
rocket functioned normally up to
the moment of impact, he said.
236.160 Miles In 35 Hours
The Soviets did not disclose the
exact time or site of the rocket
launching, but newsmen esti
mated that it took off sometime
early Saturday. They reckoned
the capsule soared 236,160 miles
to the moon in about 35 hours.
The rocket carried pennants
bearing the Soviet hammer-and
sickle emblem and an inscription
“Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics September 1959.”
Tass said special measures had
been taken to make sure the pen
nants bearing the emblem re
mained intact despite the terrific
impact of the moon landing.
The dramatic shot, sure' to give
Khrushchev’s visit a sharp pres
tige boost, marked the first time
man has lobbed a missile thru
space to hit a celestial target.
THE OUTLOOK FOR ALASKAN OIL
(This is the first of two articles
on the search for oil in Alaska—
■how much revenue has been pro
duced so far, and what the future
outlook is.)
(By The Associated PressI
Alaska has received $19,070 in
revenue from oil production since
a booming search for petroleum
lands was touched off in the state
more than two years ago.
The production total is a min
ute sum compared with the near
ly seven million dollars Alaska
has taken in as its share of min
eral leasing fees.
Within the next few weeks —
perhaps within a matter of days
— another check for more than
$3,000,000 is expected to be de
livered to the state. It will repre
sent a. federal payment on oil
leases issued during the first six
months of this year.
Income io be Trimmed for a Time
After that check has been re
ceived, it appears Alaska’s oil in
come will be trimmed sharply for
at least a time.
Royalty values show no indi
cation of an immediate jump, un
less production is stepped uj)
from the three wells now being
pumped — or unless major new
strikes are made.
The leasing of new land—which
has produced the major portion of
the petroleum wealth so far—has
slacked off. Lease offers still
being processed are comparatively
few.
Oil production and revenue fig
ures obtained from the State De
partment of Natural Resources,
from the 1957 discovery date to
the end of August show:
Alaska oil production has
amounted to 107,000 barrels,
worth $335,000 at the Bureau of
Mines rate of $3.13 a barrel.
The state received 90 per cent
of the 5 per cent royalty, amount
ing to about $15,000. A one per
cent state severance tax, applied
after payment of royalties, has
amounted to $3,200.
The production revenue comes
mainly from the first two or thr^e
wells on the Kenai Peninsula. It
does include,* however, a small
amount from the third, well which
began production recently.
President T.S. Petersen of Stan
dard Oil of California, reported at
Fairbanks two weeks ago that
present production totals about
650 barrels a day from the three
wells.
Mineral leasing is where oil, or
the prospect of it, has paid off in
Alaska thus far.
Two Year Income $6 Million
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment at Juneau reports total oil
and gas lease receipts on rentals
and bonuses from July 1, 1957,
through July 31 this year, have
amounted to approximately $6,
818,000.
A little more than 32 million
acres of land in Alaska is under
lease at the present time.
The lease receipts largely have
been based on the old rental rate
of 25 cents an acre — although
some revenues have been received
at the new 50-cents-an-acre rate.
The BLM collects the rentals
on federal lands, and refunds 90
per cent of the receipts to the
state twice a year. The royalty
payments—at 5 per cent for the
first 10 years and 12Vfe per cent
thereafter—are made'through the
Geological Surveyat Los Angeles.
Future royalties, of course, will
depend on how much oil is pump
ed from Alaska’s wells.
Future oil and gas lease reve
nues depend on a number of fac
tors, including how much addi
tional land is claimed for possible
exploration and how many of the
existing leases are continued
when the time comes for them to
be renewed.
Lease Applications Decline
At Fairbanks, applications still
are outstanding for 282,740 acres.
(Continued on Page Two)