122 NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. LV No. 113 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1953 Per Oopy—15^
President Will Ask
Congress Correct
X-H Law Defects
ST. LOUIS, on — President
Eisenhower, in a message to the
American Federation of Labor,
today described the Taft - Hartley
Act as essentially sound but pro
mised to ask Congress in January
to correct “a number of defects.”
The President gave his message
to Vice President Nixon to de
liver in person.
It came in the midst of hot con
troversy between the White House
and Eisenhower’s former Secre
tary of Labor, Martin Durkin,
over whether the President back
ed out of an agreement to sup
port certain specific changes in
the labor law.
Durkin told the AFL yesterday
Eisenhower had promised to send
Congress 19 specific amendments
to the Taft-Hartley Law but re
pudiated this understanding. Dur
kin said that was why he re
signed from the cabinet on Sept.
10th.
The White House denied that
Eisenhower had made any deci
sion on changes or any commit
ment.
Eisenhower said in today’s mes
sage that deliberations on modify
ing the law are still going on and
“I shall send my own suggestions
to the Congress at the opening of
its session in January.”
Eisenhower said too that Dur
kin’s participation in the talks on
revision of the law had been of
great value and that the Secre
tary’s resignation was “unfortun
ate.”
Alaska Steamship
Company Truck
Makes Round Trip
VALDEZ, (fl> — The first truck
and trailer bearing the insignia
of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany completed a round trip up
the Richardson Highway Monday.
Larry Parker, veteran Alaska
driver who took the truck from
Valdez to the interior and back,
said the Alaska Steamship Co.
name and flag emblazoned on the
trailer evoked wide-eyed interest.
“One old timer said ‘I’ve seen
a lot of things in my time and
have had a lot of dealings with
Alaska Steam, but never thought
the day would come when one of
their ships on wheels would come
rolling up to my door’.”
Walter Manahan, assistant gen
eral traffic manager for the com
pany, said “This marks the be
ginning of a new era in ship
truck service to the interior of
Alaska.”
Alaska Steam, working in con
junction with the trucking firm,
Alaska Fast Freight, is the first
major steamship company to
serve Alaska and offer through
tariff from Seattle to all interior
points.
TUESDAY SCORES
American League
New York 7, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 7, Detroit 3
Cleveland 8, Chicago 3
National League
Milwaukee 4-7, St. Louis 3-10
Cincinnati 1-1, Chicago 0-4
Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 9, New York 3
Heintzleman Invites Nation s Miners
To Look Into Alaska’s Possibilities
SEATTLE, UP)—Alaska’s Gov. B:
Frank Heintzleman told the Am
erican Mining Congress today that
mining must be the real founda
tion for an expanding economy
in the greater part of the terri
tory and invited the nation’s
miners to' look into Alaska’s pos
sibilities.
“Alaskans want this great gath
ering of mining people to know,
above everything else, that the
Territorial Government and the
Federal bureaus which administer
the federal lands . . . will offer
every encouragement consistent
with the broad public interest, to
prospective industries,” he said in
an address prepared for drfivery
at the Congress’ annual conven
tion.
Heintzleman spoke with regret
of the “loss of the old-time pros
pector and with him, the decreas
ing interest in prospecting” which
he said have contributed heavily
toward the decline of Alaska min
ing in recent years.
He said the territory is looking
for some means of luring its
young men into the mining field.
The Governor’s speech was a
frank appraisal of possibilities for
investment in the territory. The
territory, he said, is now con
vinced that such generalities as
“mountains of ore,” “unlimited
forests,” and “fisherman’s para
dise” will not bring in investors.
“We became convinced that
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facts—detailed facts—would have
to replace the generalized state
ments of our potential wealth.”
The territory is engaged in ob
tained these facts, he said.
Heintzleman expressed belief
that Alaska can provide a living,
on the American standard, for a
substantial share of the rapidly
increasing population of the U.S.
He said the territory had been
greatly encouraged by the start of
major industries in Alaska and
told of the great water potential.
“When boom times taper off in
Alaska, gold mining will again be
a major industry,” Heintzleman
told the Congress. “The known
gold reserves aggregate many mil
lions of ounces in both placer and
lode deposits.”
Heintzleman saw' in petroleum
and natural gas two “of the best
propects in the near future for a
great expansion of our economy.”
“Considering mining in Alaska
as a whole, it can be said that
public incentives for prospective
investors should be sought, due to
high costs of labor, materials and
transportation,” Heintzleman said.
“The Territorial Legislature
passed a bill exempting new
mines from the territorial tax on
net income for a period of three
and a half years. A similar incen
tive by the federal government
would be extremely effective.” .
Report L. P. Beria
Lands In Spain
Unconfirmed
MADRID, Spain, tffl—The Mad
rid morning newspaper ABC to
day published a story that Lav
renty Beria parachuted into Spain
several days ago—but admitted it
did not know whether the story
was true.
The Spanish National Police
chief said officially he knew no
thing about the report. Unofficial
ly, he said it was laughable.
“It looks as though Beria will
now be replacing the flying sau
cers,” he said.
The story followed days of spec
ulation over a report from high
U.S. Senate sources that a man
looking like Beria had turned
himself over to American investi
gators in an unnamed European
country. These reports said he
claimed he had escaped from his
Kremlin jailers and wanted asy
lum in the United States.
Sen. McCarthy confirmed pub
licly Tuesday in Washington that
his investigations subcommittee
was looking into the matter.
Generals Acheson, Parker
And Maxwell Here For
“Colonel Williams Day”
Colonel Harold I. Williams Day
started off this morning with a
luncheon by the Chamber of Com
merce with Maj. Gen. George
Acheson, U.S.A.F.; Brig. Gen.
Hugh A. Parker, U.S.A.F.; Gen.
Maxwell, Col. William Boyd, Col.
Radburn and Col. Henry Douglas
as special guests.
Both Gen. Acheson and Gen.
Parker expressed appreciation for
the good relations between the
military and civilians in Nome,
saying that such a favorable state
of affairs can only be maintained
through the cooperation of both
sides.
President Dewey Goodrich of
the Chamber greeted the guests
and expressed the feeling of the
community on the lack of military
stationed in this important area,
as well as calling attention to the
deplorable condition of runways
at Nome Field.
Jim Walsh of PAA stated that
Pan American could give better
service here if the field was in
condition to handle larger planes.
The school children, this af
ternoon, lined the street near the
school and cheered and waved
flags in honor of Col. Williams
Day, after which participation of
the National Guard, American Le
gion and King Island Village, was
followed by a bus tour through
the flag-decorated streets and the
mining and scenic area surround
ing Nome.
Reservation were sold out, it
is reported, for the dinner this
evening at the Bering Sea Club.
Places were set for 75 guests and
many who would have liked to
attend this farewell to Col. Wil
liams had to be turned away.
SEATTLE, 0?)-»The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service reports the
Japanese salmon expedition of
1953 has returned home with IV2
million salmon. That’s more than
a third above expectations.
Senator Butler Wants Federal Govt.
To Build Highways In Alaska To
Help Develop Potential Resources
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American MininglCongress
Calls For Strengthening
Of Taft-Hartley Law
SEATTLE, UP) — A strongly
worded resolution calling for 10
amendments to strengthen the
Taft-Hartley Labor Law was
adopted yesterday at the 56th an
nual convention of the American
Mining Congress.
Other resolutions proposed:
A flexible tariff to safeguard
against dumping of foreign im
ports.
Stockpiling of strategic and
critical materials on a perman
ent basis.
Revision of the federal tax
system.
Repeal of the silver bullion
transfer tax.
Curtailment of government ex
penditures.
The convention called for
“stiffening” amendments to the
Taft - Hartley Law after hearing
an address by Denison Kitchel,
Phoenix, Ariz., labor attorney, at
tacking changes he said the ad
ministration recommended just
before adjournment of Congress.
Sixteen of the 19 recommenda
tions, he said, favored stands
taken by labor leaders.
He charged that their adoption
would be “an opening wedge to
the eventual reestablishment of
the black era of the Wagner Act.”
AFL Ousts 60,000 Member
Longshoremen Assn. And
Will Form Rival Union
ST. LOUIS, Iff)—The AFL yes
terday ousted its 60,000 member
International Longshoremen’s As
sociation (ILA) for harboring
“gangsters, racketeers and thugs,”
and laid the groundwork for for
mation of a rival union.
Joseph P. Ryan, 69-year-old
president of the ILA, made an
unavailing personal appeal to pre
vent his union’s ouster.
The vote for ouster was 72,362
to 765, each vote representing 100
members of the union.
The convention resolution said
a new AFL union will be estab
lished under a five-man trustee
ship to try to take over all ILA
members wanting to remain in
the ILA as well as take over bar
gaining rights and welfare funds
now held by the ILA.
CAB Sets Equal Air
Rates To Alaska From
Seattle and Portland
PORTLAND, UP) — A new Civil
Aeronautics Board ruling requires
equal air freight rates between
Portland and Seattle to Alaska,
Sen. Cordon (R - Ore) reported
Tuesday.
Cordon notified the Portland
Chamber of Commerce that the
CAB had overruled its hearing
examiner who had recommended
slightly higher rates between
Portland and Alaska than be
tween Seattle and Alaska.
> OMAHA, \to—Sen. Butler said
today he Relieves the hearings
held recently in Alaska by his
committee on interior and insular
affairs helped to educate Alaskans
to a better understanding of prob
lems involved in acquiring state
hood.
Although a majority of Alas
kans undoubtedly favor state
hood, Butler said, there are a
“good many” in the rank and file
who don’t want statehood to
come at this time.
“I am in favor of statehood for
Alaska when they get what they
should have of the territory and
its resources as property of this
new state,” he said in an inter
view. His comments were made
to clarify the interpretation of a
statement he made recently on the
subject.
“My position is that the federal
government has the responsibility
of constructing highways so that
the undeveloped areas and the un
developed resources of the terri
tory are accessible to the people
who want to go there.
“The federal government assist
ed in the construction of railroads
across the nation, which opened
up the west. We want to do some
thing similar to that in Alaska
but it won’t be railroads, it will
be highways.
“And I think that when the
undeveloped areas and undevel
oped resources are made acces
sible, that Alaska will develop
much like the western territory
did and in time will be the
wealthiest spot in America be
cause of its potential resources —
timber.. minerals and water
power#
Butler said a previous state
ment on statehood, attributed to
him, may have given the erron
eous impression he thunks most
Alaskans are opposed to state
hood at this time. The majority
undoubtedly favor it, he said.
MESSAGE TO THE
CITIZENS OF NOME
I wish to express my regret
that the time has come for me
to rotate.
As usual with persons in the
military service, transfers be
come a matter of routine and
one usually does not try to
make friends but just becomes
acquainted with the commun
ity so that when the time comes
to move on, it isn’t so hard to .
say goodbye.
The friendly attitude of the
people of Nome precludes any
thought of just becoming ac
quainted and during my short
stay among you I have become
friends with a great many of
you.
I am not going to say good
bye but just so long and I will
always remember my tour of
duty with such wonderful
people.
Lt. Col. Harold I. Williams