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Unions Agree To
Release Ships To
Supply Alaska
(By the Associated Press)
A conference of waterfront
labor and business interests with
Alaskans yesterday brought an
agreement for two freighters to
sail to the Territory next Tues
day.
A spokesman said after the con
ference that leaders of the AFL
Maritime Trades Dept, agreed to
clear as many ships, during the
current Seattle waterfront tie-up,
as are needed to provide neces
sary business items, construction
materials and staple foods.
Eight Alaska Steamship Co.
vessels had been idled by an
interunion dispute.
After the conference, which was
arranged by Mayor Allan Pome
roy and the Chamber of Com
merce’s Alaska Lifeline Commit
tee, Alaska representatives went
into session with the Alaska
Steamship Co. to get the early
relief ships started north.
Meantime, shortages were re
ported developing in Alaska.
Through the Alaska governor’s
office, Mayor Ralph Rivers, Fair
banks and Mayor Lew Williams
of Wrangell expressed acute con
cern over the cut-off of incoming
supplies. Mayor Claire Wilder of
Petersburg expressed fears for the
town’s economy because of the
absence of ships to take frozen
fish and seafoods from storage
there.
Failure To Bail Out As
Ordered Caused Deaths
In Montana Crash of C-119
BILLINGS, Mont., (/P)—Men of
the Air Force Flying Boxcar
which crashed and killed eight of
16 aboard, were “just milling
around” after orders to bail out,
the pilot said Tuesday.
Col. William E. Shuttles, 45, of
Dallas described the scene in a
hospital interview. He suffered a
head injury.
The pilot said he ordered a bail
out; unhooked his safety harness
and went to the lower deck.
“Not one soul had made any
effort to bail out,” Shuttles said.
“They had the doors open, but
were just milling around.”
Shuttles said he was convinced
that “it was hopeless in the min
utes left to bring order,” and re
turned to the controls.
“I couldn’t just jump and leave
the others in,” he said. “I decided
to ride her down. But I don’t be
lieve anybody would have been
hurt if they had bailed out.”
NO PUBLIC OFFICE FOR
STEVENSON, BUT HE'D LIKE
TO. GIVE OPINIONS ON ISSUES
SPRINGFIELD, 111., (/P)—Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson says he is not
considering any public service
after his term of office expires in
January.
But, the defeated Democratic
presidential nominee told report
ers Tuesday: “I would like the
privilege of expressing myself
from time to time on important
issues” during the next four years.
Senator Butler
Still Opposed To
Alaska Statehood
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Senator
Hugh Butler (R-Neb), who will
head the Senate Interior and In
sular Affairs Committee in Janu
ary, predicted today Hawaii will
be admitted to the union as a
state by the next Congress.
Butler, whose committee han
dles such legislation, opposed
statehood for both Alaska and
Hawaii when it was proposed
earlier this year.
“We’ll have a statehood bill for
Hawaii,” he told a reporter, “and
it is my prediction it. will pass. I
am inclined to think I would sup
port it this time.”
He said he believed Alaska is
not yet economically ready for
statehood although they are mak
ing great headway and I hope it
will not be too long before they
themselves feel qualified to carry
the load of a state. I don’t believe
they really do now.”
Sen. Lester C. Hunt (D-Wyo),
who led the fight for statehood of
both territories in the last session
of Congress, said he would vote
for recognition of Hawaii alone if
that is the only choice, but said
he still favors admitting Alaska,
ton.
“I’d think,” he said, “that the
Republicans, after Alaska gave
them a majority in the election,
would back Alaska for statehood
We can only hope.”
CAB Urged to Prevent
Religion from Interfering
With Alaska Mail Delivery
WASHINGTON, (JP)—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board was urged yes
terday to prevent religion from in
terfering with mail plane flights
in the Alaska bush country.
James F. Bell, Alaska Airlines
attorney, told CAB that pilots for
one airline seeking mail flight
rights are members of the Sev
enth Day Adventist Church and
the line doesn’t operate on Sat
urday.
The pilots, Bell said, are em
ployed by Western Alaska Air
lines in the Bristol ay area. Fail
ure of an airplane to operate on
Saturdays, for religious reasons,
he said, should bar it from con
sideration in the granting of mail
flight licenses.
Both Alaska and Western Al
aska Airlines are competing for
mail flight rights in the Bristol
Bay area.
Eastchester Votes Down
Annexation to Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, (A5)—A proposal
to add one square mile and about
6,000 residents to the City of An
chorage by annexing a portion of
Eastchester was rejected by voters
Tuesday.
The issue passed overwhelming
ly within the city but Eastchester
residents rejected it.
The vote within the city was
493 fc^ annexation, 108 against.
In Eastchester, 275 voted “yes,”
and 327 against.
A simple majority was needed
inside the city to approve the
annexation, tout a 55 per cent
majority was needed in East
chester.
$15 Billion Cut In
Budget Is Goal
Of Republicans
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A 1'5-bil
lion-dollar cut in the new federal
budget was the goal of two Re
publican leaders today—if Presi
dent Truman’s budget request
calls for the 85 billions some pre
dict.
. Sen. Robert Taft, chairman of
the GOP’s Senate Policy Commit
tee, told a news conference his
target for the fiscal year begin
ning .next July is a 70-billion-dol
lar budget.
Taft said he and President-elect
Eisenhower, at their Sept. 12
meeting in New York, agreed
upon this as well as upon a 60
billion-budget goal for fiscal 1955.
The Ohioan and other Repub
lican leaders in Congress are dis
cussing legislation with Eisenhow
er at a conference today in New
York.
Meanwhile, Eisenhower kept
the road open today for other
changes in Truman administra
tion policies when he takes over
the presidency Jan. 20.
The carefully - worded joint
statement issued by Eisenhower
and President Truman after their
historic — if chilly—White House
conference yesterday was regard
ed on Capitol Hill as indicating
Eisenhower has some of these
changes definitely in mind.
The statement emphasized that
Eisenhower was not asked to as
sume—and did not assume—any
responsibility for decisions taken
by the Trumart administration in
its last weeks.
Republican lawmakers were
speculating, for instance, that the
new President may call for sharp
cutbacks in the budget Truman
is required to submit by Jan. 18.
Indications are the Truman bud
get will run well above 80 bil
lion dollars—possibly as high as
85 billions.
There also might be early shifts
of emphasis in the handling of
foreign affairs, although no one
expects any sudden change in
basic policies despite the general’s
forthcoming personal inspection
trip to Korea.
Anchorage Businessmen
Seek to By-Pass Seattle
And Port Labor Troubles
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Anchorage
businessmen asked Portland’s
help Tuesday in finding an an
swer to waterfront tieups which
have blocked ship sailings from
Seattle for a week.
Businessmen’s Association, Inc.,
a group representing 175 Anchor
age firms, wired the Portland
Chamber of Commerce that “busi
nessmen here are resolved to find
more reliable shipping schedules.
“Labor relations in Seattle have
become intolerable, apparently
destined to remain so,” the tele
gram signed by the Association
president Paul Hoblett said.
The telegram asked the Port
land Chamber to help in forming
long-range plans which would by
pass Seattle.
The Association said Seward
and Fairbanks businessmen are
interested in such a program.
Scandinavian DC-6
Enroute Over Pole
To Copenhagen
LOS ANGELES, (/*>)—'The trail
blazer of a new polar air route
to Scandinavia soared away to the
northeast today.
It’s the Arild Viking, a new
Douglas DC-6B bearing the dra
gon insignia of the Scandinavian
Airlines System. It cleared the
runway at International Airport
here at 8:40 a.m. for a flight to
Copenhagen, Denmark, via Thule
Air Base, Greenland. Aboard
were 22 passengers and a flight
staff of 13.
Ambassadors from Denmark
and Norway—Henrik de Kauff
man and Wilhelm M. de Morgan
steierpe—headed the list of pas
sengers dignitaries including Col.
Bernt Balchen, Norwegian - born
director of installations for the
U.S. Air Force, and Frederick B.
Lee, deputy Civil Aeronautics ad
ministrator.
The 24V£-hour flight will cover
a minimum of 5,852 miles. The
North Magnetic Pole is scheduled
to be passed between Edmonton
and Thule, where the flight will
make stops of two hours each.
Estimated arrival time is 10 p.m.
tomorrow, Copenhagen time.
The flight, trail-blazing a new
route which SAS plans to install
as soon as U.S. and Canadian
government approval is received,
will be made at 15,000 to 20,000
foot elevation.
Col. Balchen, Arctic veteran
who did the exploratory work
leading to the establishment of
the Thule base, said he did “not
foresee any particular difficulties”
involved in the flight as long as
the plane can be warmed at heat
ed hangars at Edmonton and
Thule.
The Air Force has flown more
than 60,000 hours in the Arctic
area without mishap, Balchen
said.
Gen. Vandenberg Says Air
Force Capable Aggressive
War Against Manchuria
SEOUL, (JP)—Gen. Hoyt S. Van
denberg, Air Force chief of staff,
said today the Air Force is cap
able of beginning an aggressive
war against the Reds’ Manchurian
bases at any time the U.S. gov
ernment changes its war policy.
Reporters had asked if the Air
Force was strong enough to bomb
effectively beyond the Yalu River
boundary of North Korea.
“Do you mean the Air Force in
Korea could carry on an aggres
sive campaign in Manchuria with
out bringing in more squadrons
to build up strength?” a corres
pondent asked.
“No,” Vandenberg replied. “I
said the Air Force.”
The Air Force chief was asked
to comment on the fatal crashes
of four C-119 Flying Boxcars in
the past 10 days—one in Korea,
two in Alaska and a fourth in
Montana.
“From what I have read,” he
replied, “there were no mechani
cal failures found, so I think it
has been mostly pilot errors.”
He said he thought the four
crashes were a coincidence . . .
“You know those things go in
cycles.”
Ralph Lomen Says
He Wants To Be
Alaska Governor
SEATTLE, (fP)—Ralph Lomen’s
hat is definitely in the ring for
the governorship of Alaska.
Lomen, of Nome and Seattle, is
a member of one of the Terri
tory’s best known business fam
ilies.
“If you want something, you
have to let it be known,” said
Lomen, who has an Alaska busi
ness background of 49 years, in
an interview. “I want to be gov
ernor of Alaska and I have asked
my friends to support me.”
Lomen, who was in the first
Nome High School graduating
class in 1906, has been active in
the varied Lomen family enter
prises.
“What Alaska needs today,” he
said, “Is a businessman’s ap
proach to territorial problems. We
need a sound, continuing economy
based on prudent development of
our natural resources.
“As governor I would advocate
wise development of the tourist
industry; encouragement of the
development of the forests in lum
bering and pulp manufacture; aid
in the development of gold, tin
and strategic metal mining; es
tablishment of Alaskan industries.
“The economy now is largely
based on defense projects. Devel
opment of natural resources
would provide an economic cush
ion.”
Lomen is a former member of
the Nome City Council and of the
Alaska Legislature.
In The War In Korea . . .
By ROBERT TUCK MAN
SEOUL, (JP)—Allied warplanes
roared deep into North Korea
Wednesday and blasted a large
Communist military headquarters
and oil storage area about 25
miles from the Manchurian bor
der.
Along the frozen ground front,
Allied infantrymen hurled back
violent Red assaults on the west
ern front and parried repeated
Chinese thrusts against their cen
tral front positions on Sniper
Ridge. Temperatures dropped to
a bone-chilling eight degrees (F),
coldest of the winter.
The Air Force said its fighter
bombers leveled 25 buildings at
the military headquarters and de
stroyed the oil storage plant.
“Stinking Weather” Bars
Search for Missing C-119
ANCHORAGE, (ff) — “Stinking
weather” virtually nullified ef
forts of 14 search planes yester
day as the 10th Rescue Squadron
continued its efforts to find a
missing C-119 Air Force Flying
Boxcar and its 20 passengers.
The unfavorable description of
the weather was given by Maj.
Robert Fudge of Troy, Ohio, com
mander of the search mission. He
said fog, snow and low ceilings
were making the search task very
difficult.
Numerous snowslides, all of
which have to be investigated as
possibly related to the missing
plane, were reported by Capt.
Laval Trembaly of Nashua, N.H.