Seven-Year Battle
Between Alaskan
Firm, Union Ended
San Francisco (U.R) The
seven-year legal battle between
the International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's
Union and the Juneau Spruce
Company of Alaska ended yes
terday in a $250,000 settlement.
An attorney for the union
handed a company lawyer a
check in settlement of a damage
suit against the union totaling
more than $1,000,000.
In return, the union attorney
received documents that will
unlock all the union's bank ac
counts. A federal court had or
dered them frozen last year
pending the outcome of the suit.
The dispute began in 1948
when the union went on , strike
against the company, demanding
the only ILWU members be al
lowed to load lumber aboard
ships at Juneau Spruce docks in
Alaska.
The firm ceased operations. In
1949, it sued the union under
the jurisdictional strike pro
vision of the Taft-Hartley Act.
It won a 5750,000 award. By
this year, it had grown to more
than $1,000,000 because of
interest.
Sued Employers
Meanwhile, the union sued a
number of employers in Hawaii
for $750,000 in back 'wages in
an overtime dispute. The case
went to the Supreme Court.
Early this year, union offic
ials began negotiating with Ha
waiian employers on a settle
ment. The sum of $250,000 was
agreed to.
Several days after the agree
ment was worked out,- the Su
preme Court ruled that Ha
waiian employers did not have
to pay the back wages. However,
the settlement had already be-r
come effective.
Presumably, the $250,000 the
union got from Hawaiian em
ployers is going to pay off the
claim of the Alaska firm.
Cigarette Blamed
In Blaze at Club
A cigarette dropped on the
floor is presumed to be the
cause of a small fire which filled
the Y club, 1909 North Pacific
highway, with smoke yesterday
fuorning, firemen reported.
They said two pumpers re
sponded to the alarm, and found
the interior of the club filled
with smoke from a small fire
burning in a corner on the
floor. Damage was confined to
a foot-square burned area and
to smoke damage to the room
and contents, firemen said. The
alarm was given at about
8:40 a.m.
At 2:58, firemen were called
to a grass fire behind Barnum's
nursery on the Pacific highway
near Phoenix. About six acres
was burned over, but no prop
erty damage was listed as a re
sult of the fire, they said.
No Flood Danger Seen
In Northern Idaho
Bonners Ferry, Ida. (U.R)
The Kootenai river dropped 1.20
feet to 29.9 this morning, more
than a foot below flood level, de
spite some rain through the
area.
It was not raining here this
morning and the weather bureau
forecast only scattered showers
for northern Idaho. Officials
said yesterday there appeared to
be little danger of flooding unless
heavy rains hit the area.
Hoffman Warns
Against Process of
Trial by Innuendo
Portland (U.R) The prin
ciple of "voluntaryism" was urg
ed on Americans yesterday by
Paul C. Hoffman, addressing the
annual convention of Advertis
ing association of the West here.
The chairman of the board of
the Studebaker-Packard Corp.
told admen, "if un-American ac
tivities are to be thwarted . . .
our major reliance must be on
voluntary action."
He warned that the process of
"trial by innuendo, or public
accusation" was a new type of
Klu Klux Klanism in which a
"group of Americans having no
judicial status whatsoever can
set itself up to pass on the loy
alties of fellow citizens, and gain
a considerable measure of ac
ceptance."
He called for a rededication of
American business to advertis
ing the nation's ideas to the
world.
Delegates to the 52nd annual
convention of the admen yester
day elected Miss Neva Elliott,
Portland, by acclamation to the
highest post open to a woman in
the association. She was named
vice-president-at- large, accord
ing to Charles W. Currier, San
Francisco, ' AAW's executive
vice-president.
Eugene Man Chosen
One other Oregonian elected
to an association office was Her
bert Michael, Eugene advertis
ing man who will serve as as
sociate vice-president of District
No. 3, the Oregon area.
Oregon winners in asosciation
competitions included Coos Bay
Lumber dealers, along with Har
ry W. Bultmann of the Coos Bay
Times, and Bill Studios, Astoria,
along with D. W. Radich of radio
state KVAS.
rBEGINNER, NO DOUBT
Halifax, England (U.R)
The Royal Society for Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals re
ported today it is treating a
woodpecker that was found suf
fering from concusion and a
stiff neck.
Alturas, Calif. -JttJ.R) Pat
rick Covey Compton, 20, Altur
as, drowned Sunday evening in
a swimming pool about four
miles south of Eagleville, the
Modoc county sheriffs office reported.
Benson To Consult
With Trade Before
Starting Program
Washington (U.R) Agricul
ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson
will consult with the trade and
Congress before going ahead
with any program of price sup
port discounts on low grade
wheat.
Benson announced Sunday he
would order "appropriate dis
counts in price supports for cer
tain designated varieties of
wheat ... in an effort to im
prove the quality of the wheat
crop."
At a news conference yester
day, reporters asked the secre
tary if he was "going to change
rules in the middle of the game."
Benson replied that, "We'll be
slow in taking away from farm
ers what they thought they were
getting when they voted. We
will consult generally with
wheat men and Congress."
Under the present law, Ben
son must support the 1956 wheat
crop at an overall average, of 76
per cent of parity. However, he
can raise the support rate of high
quality wheat and lower jt on
low grade wheat, thus encourag
ing production of the better
variety.
Firemen Seek Cause
Of Ely Explosions
Ely, Nev. (U.R) Firemen
sought today to determine the
cause of an explosion and fire
that destroyed .three downtown
buildings and caused damage es
timated at $500,000.
. No one was killed or injured.
The fire began shortly before
7 p.m. after a "big blast" in one
of two adjoining casinos, the
Capital club of the Alpine club.
The blast blew windows of
both two-story buildings to the
sidewalk, and shattered win
dows in business establishments
across the street.
The resulting fire caused the
walls of both casinos to collapse.
The flames also destroyed the
adjacent Popular cafe. The brick
walls of the four-story Ely thea
ter prevented the flames from
spreading further.
Highly Flammable
Caps Discovered
Albany (U.R) Discovery of
highly flammable "Davy Crock
ett' caps in Albany and Schenec
tady stores prompted a warning
today from Michael H. Prender-
gast, state director of safety, to
all New York state fire chiefs.
The memorandum, which the
chiefs will receive in tomorrow's
mail, identified, the dangerous
caps by their emblem and color.
They bear no trade mark or
other identification, but a Penn
sylvania concern is known to be
the manufacturer, a division
spokesman said.
Centennial Convention
Scheduled by Foundation
Portland (U.R) The cen
tennial convention of the American-Syrian-Lebanese
foundation
which convenes here . Friday will
hoor Danny Thomas, Ambassa
dor Charles Malik, Dorothy
Thompson, Congressman Franc
is Walter and the Rockefeller
Foundation.
Twenty other American men
and women including Helen Tho
mas, United Press Washington,
D.C., staff correspondent, will
be honored with awards at the
group's banquet here next Sun
day night.
Turncoats To Get
Last-Minute Chance
For Reconsidering
Seoul, Korea U.R) The
three former U.S. soldiers who
want to return from Communist
China will be given a last
minute chance to reconsider if
they are brought out through
Panmunjom, a U.S. embassy
spokesman said today.
. Robert Speer, official spokes
man for the embassy, said the
three former Korean War pris
oners who refused repatriation
will have to abide by certain
conditions. If they do not choose
to do so, they will be allowed to
go back to the Communists,
Speer said.
Must Go to U.S.
Speer said the Americans will
not be permitted to go to any
country except the United
States, and they will be warned
they "must be prepared to be
subject to accept the conse
quences of any action they have
committed.
"They will get no hero's wel
come," Speer said. "We aren't
laying out the red carpet for
these fellows."
Speer said these plans for
handling the Americans apply
if the men come out through
Panmunjom. He added he pre
sumed it would be the same if
they were released at Hong
Kong.
Mirror Pond Pageant
Under Way at Bend
Bend (U.R) Mirror Pond
Pageant week begins here to
night with a parade of princes
ses and the selection of the 1955
queen.
Some 500 persons are expect
ed for a barbecue which will fol
low the queen's coronation. She
will reign over Deschutes river
pageants in the tri-county re
gion on Saturday and Sunday
nights July 2 and 3.
The lighted floats will move
down the river after dark.
A giant arch being prepared
for the fete was toppled by
heavy winds last night, but em
ergency crews started repair
work immediately under flood
lights.
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