The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1931, Page 4

A § 5 R 4 Daily Alaska Em pire ?QHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER“ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Douglas, Treadwell an. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. A ALL DOUBT IS SETTLED. Weeks ago, it became apparent to most observers, that Pilot Pat Renahan and his companions Samll&'l Clerf and Frank Hatcher, enroute in the seaplane Skagway from Seattle to Northern British Co- mbia to search for a missing plane, had met with a fatal disaster. Unheard from since October 28 da hed into weeks and then months, 1 reasonable hope that they m t have been forced down in the Northern wilderness without serious harm dwindled and vanished. Only the most optim- istic dared to entertain further hope. It was :nerely a question of whether the cause and scene of their lisaster would ever be determined It was this doubt that has kept the search for them alive many weeks. Until it was wiped out, there would inevitably linger in the minds of some an idea that possibly a forced landing had been made under such conditions as to prevent the party from communicating with the outside And until the question was settled, the rashington Airw very prop maintain- 50 od it ch. The finding, first, of spare wheels carried by Pilot Renahan and now of wreckage from the plane itself, both on Annette Island, resolves all doubt and answers the question of where and, prob- ably, how. The tragedy must have occurred in the oximity of Annette Island, only a few minutes flight from Ketchikan and a port of safety. And, Renahan was forced to fly low over the watel by fog and his plane struck a wave or nose-dived | into the sea m some other cause. It is virtually certain that the plane did not land on Annette Island. Had it done so and cracked up, the wreck- age and the bodies of victims would be there io tell the their story. The death of these men was untimely. But it It was not the result xperience of pilot or It came to men who were endeavoring to succor brothers in distress, men who took to the air despite the hazards of unfavorable weather conditions whose danger they realized more adds to the glory of aviation. of stunt flying, or through in unserviceability of plane. fully than groundlings. Had they been successful, Pilot Burke would I been rescued before he, too, died from exposure and exhaustion, and return- ed to his home alive with his companions who were later saved by Pilot Wasson. Death must come eventually to everyone, and Pat Renahan, Samuel Clerf and Frank Hatcher could have met in no nobler fashion THE HOUSE CAUCUSE The caucuses called by Democratic and Republi- | can leaders in Washington for next month to dis-| cuss the organization of the next House of Rep- resentatives undoubtedly will be interesting but hardly to organize fore the con ive. Neither party is sure of power at this time nor can it be certain be- of the next session if Congress does until next December. If a special ses following the adjourn- eve not convene is called i mediately ment of the present term on March 4, the Repub- licans probably will control the organization. At present personnel of the next House is 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats and one Farm-Labor member, with two vacancies. resentatives-¢ November. Death is sure to call others before December, and in the filling of such vacancies the control of the next House. The caucuses can designate the various officers of each side, but whether the Democratic or Republican speaker-desig- nate will occupy the chair now graced by Mr. Lor worth will n be determined for months to Two Democratic Rep- have next ests {in dircct contr d omptly | ness Offices, 37 | | “ | particularly " | cessfully challe | | ( { was {lican Kthe party title is derived from the local primaries; Coolidge is taking | read in it an’indication that Mr this means of expressing a willingness to be the iblican Presidenal candidate in 1932 should ihe ast decide that for good and sufficient cause, cuch as farm relief and the “noble experiment,” it 'can no longer ride in the same bandwagon as ‘,Prluiurv;‘.: Hoove Probably the wish s father to} 'the thought othing in Mr. Coolidge’s attitude lin the past two years supports the theory, and it is { 3 liction to an utterance in one of lhl.\' first writings after leaving the Presidency which | was to the positive effect that never again would { he be a candidate for public office. The criticism of price-pegging and government | interference more likely written by ‘him o defend his own policy during his tenure of the White House. In it he simply restates a position which he took firmly on a number of ocasions, and in the matter of Government relief agricultural industry. In the main the of the Coolidge theory was never suc- 1. Director Woodcock, Prohibition -czar, says the Dry law will be enforced decently or mot at all. It is news that anyone expects a eal enforcement of any kind, decent indecent. was the | soundnes: That Dallas wrestler who tackled Dempsey and kayoed is probably convinced now that a matman has no chance with a prizefighter. Not Parties but Cealitions. (New York World.) The issue which has now been raised is a real one in American politics. What is the hallmark of a Republican? Senator Norris supported the last Democratic candidate for President. He is the lead- er of the most persistent opposition to the Repub- administration. His right to call himself al Republican rests upon his victory in the Republican primaries in Nebraska. In all this discussion there are two conceptions of party. One is that the party label is the property of the national conven- tion which nominates the President and writes the| platform; the other is that the party label is the property of any majority of voters in a primary. Mr. Norris and fellow insurgents believe that Mr. Lucas and others think the party title de- iscends from the national convention. These radi- cally different conceptions of party are the cause of many contradictions and confusion in our politics. | | The rough truth of the matter seems to be that instead of the two-party system of the theorists| we have a system composed of several parties which| become two coalitions only for the purpose of elect-| ing a President. The Western insurgents are for | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 13, 1931. | “My costly surfing suit of red and gold I can't get wet, } So I'll just sit,” says Puff, “and| soak up ultra-violet. i1 Then too, there is a certain Mr.| e Peacoek that I know I% Whom it would please too much to| be allowed to steal the show.” legislative purposes a distinct party. So are the Fastern Republicans. So are the Northern Dcmo-; rats. So are the Southern Democrats. If we had| a parliamentary rather than a Presidential system; there would be no pretense that we had two parties. But the Presidential system is unworkable | with more than two parties. Therefore, we have now and have long had what amounts to compuls cealition into two parties every four years, [ullowcd; Anscel Eckmann has pointed out, it is probable ! died since the clection last| come. | COOLIDGE ATTACKS MAJOR HOOVER POLICY. n one pear cised o of his syndicated newspaper articles ap- Ex-President Coolidge sharply eriti- of the major policies of the Hoover Ad- minis n. The object of his attack was the pric ging operations of the Federal Farm Board in which hundreds of millions of dollars of bublic funds have been expended in an unsuccessful offort 10 stay the decline of wheat prices. n on this subject, wrote: In the field of business whether of in- dustry or of agriculture, government inter- ference in an attempt to maintain prices out of the treasury is almost certain make matters worse instead of b It disorganizes the whole economic fabric. It is a wrong method because it does not work. It is better for everyone in the end to let those who have made losses bear them than to try to shift them to someone else. If we could have the courage to adopt this principle our recovery would be ex- pedited. Price-fixing, subsidies and govern- ment support will only produce unhealthy business. recently commenting Mr. Coolidge to This unquestionably represents the viewpoint of |p,arg and the farmers will be found looking down by natural division into several parties in thr*‘ intervals between Presidential elections. That ex- plains, for example, how Mr. Borah and Mr. Hughes could both support Mr. Hoover in 1928, though| they differ on all vital matters of policy. They | re both Republicans in the sense that they both | | work to elect a Republican executive, but in no| |other sense do they belong to the same’party. In| Mr. Norris's case there is, of course, not even that much common ground, for he bolted the Presi-| dential ticket, and if it were expedient to do so| there would be justification even under our party system of challenging Senator Norris’s right to bei considered a Republican. It is not, however, ex- | pedient to do this, because legally there is no| one to challenge his right except a majority of | voters in the Nebraska Republican primaries. " Uniform Laws for the Air. (New York World.) I The conference in Washington called by Secre- tary of Commerce Lamont to consider the need of uniform air regulations by the several States found | {most of the experts attending, headed by Colonel | | Lindbergh, heartily favoring such uniformity, while | recognizing the difficulties of such legislation as seen by the man on the ground. 5 To the man in the air a State line is nothing at all. In a single day he may fly over a dozen | States and land in half a dozen. He may not al-| ways know—in some kinds of weather he certainly will not always know—what State is beneath him At present he needs to know what State he is over; not otherwise can be know whether he may fly |at 50 feet altitude over towns, or 1,000 feet, or at |any height he wishes. Some States, like Connecti- | cut, have carefully framed regulations for airmen. |Most of them have not. The need of something like uniformity of air codes is fast increasing as the number of aviatc in S ment of planes and navi to the speed and multi- gating S {plies the daily mileage of the shoals of machines| along the great air highways. , The matter should | receive prompt attention in the States that have |been backward in air legislation. Some of the| |States may still have few pilots of their own, |but all of them lie in the path of pilots from other States whose way should be cleared of law confusion. | Pilot Wasson, (Prince Rupert Empire.) S is to marry, before long. T | Federal Government has granted him $1,000 in recoy S nition of his services in finding the Burke party He has the warm regard of the general public, for practically, single handed, he carried on, until that| lone camp on the Liard River was found, and the | two survivors carried back to civilization. | Wasson is only 24, and he's starting out in life, | under helpful and encouraging auspices. When/ {others doubted, and questioned the wisdom of keep- ing up the search, Wasson never faltered in his self appointed tas He's entitled to all the rewar that come to him | After reading as much of the comment on | Judge Clark’s decision as could be expected of a| man of large affairs, we got the impression that the Eighteenth Amendment is invalid, but it's just | as well not to give away the flask yet.—(Boston Herald.) 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