The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1934, Page 4

o P Lt Dm;ly Al;lska E;npiré XOBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER Published ¢ EMPIRE PRINT] Streets, Juneau, evening except Sunday by the NG COMPANY at Second and Main Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Oellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month, By malil, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, 36.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly | notify the Business Office of any f#lure or irregularity | in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is xclusitely entitled to thel use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hercia. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. THE NEW YEAR. No New Year in its history as an integral part of the United States has loomed so auspiciously for | Alaska as does 1924, As no other Territory has ever been, its prosperity is dependent upon Federal policies and activities. That is because we are largely gov- erned from Washington, either by bureaus or Con-| gress. At no time heretofore have the policies of any national administration been so particularly suited to local needs. The Government's monetary policy, the subject of bitter debate elsewhere, is a God-send to Alaska. It has boosted the price of the gold mined from Alaskan mineral areas from $20.67 an ounce to $34.06. No one can estimate the benefit accruing from that single source. Operating mines are earn- | ing increasing profits. Marginal properties are being | brought to the operating stage. Prospects are being| more seriously explored. And prospectors are again | combing the hills and valleys for deposits of the | yellow metal. Silver has come to its own no less than gold. The recent action of Mr. Roosevelt that raised the breaking than in observance. ‘ nation-wide ridicule. There is one, how- ever, that all of us can make. That is that we shall make the most of every opportunity offered. In so doing we will move on to new heighths, to new levels of community advancement and com- munity achievement. PROPAGANDA AND RESTRAINT. Nazi propaganda in its American phase has come more and more to the front in recent weeks. It has passed the point of sympathy for the German movement and has become a skilfully organized agency in many cities. N Because it is based in large part on racial antagonism, it is repugnant to thinking Americans. But what is unwelcome does not necessarily become a proper object for official disciplinary action. Perhaps the real problem here is in the secret nature of Nazi agitation. What is known and understood is rarely menacing. What goes on secretly and subversively there is reason to dislike and fear. In this fashion it appecars that orderly investigation by competent authority, not to harrass any propaganda group, but to put it on record is the sound approach. Publicity corrects a multitude of evils, submit- ting foolish and unreasonable fads to the glare of By dealing openly with Com- we have made it appear a futile thing in America, no matter what it is in Russia. It would be well, thereiore, to learn the facts of Nazi activity and to learn them without arousing some counter emotional movement which would lend itself to the persecution of such groups. It would seem, however, that the weighty problems of America would be quite enough to occupy the minds of all groups of citizens without transport Old World political quarrels to the United States. munism Those two women who have just made a record for an endurance flight needn't be too boastful We know women who are up in the air all the time. No one can tell what the future will bring forti and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. Gold Extremists. (New York World-Telegram.) President Roosevelt's monetary policy appears radical to some. But actually it constitutes a con- servative force. It acts as a buffer against probab1e| printing press inflation by Congress if the moderate Roosevelt gold trading policy fails to work. Those who are viewing with greatest alarm, and! those who are most active in trying to break down the President’s policy, apparently fail to sense the real situation. They fail to see that extreme cur- rency inflation probably cannot be prevented by any other process than a policy between now and the convening of Congress which will so improve con- ditions as to take the wind out of the sails of the price of silver from 43 to 642 cents an ounce on newly mined silver ought to prove as large & factor | in Alaska’s mineral development as the advanced | price of gold. Alaska's silver mining, just getting a start when the World War ended, has been in the | dumps since then. It has a chance now to revive. N . . . The New Year's promise for the fisherles is just printing press advocates. Critics of the President talk as though he were operating in protected academic groves far from |the hard realities of the nation's worst depression and the mass discontent caused by suffering. They talk in awed tones of the gold standard as though it had produced lasting prosperity. If the bankers and orthodox economists are right, “as encouraging as that in the mining industry.| ' Newly promulgated regulations for the salmon fish-| ery indicates a sympathetic attitude on the part of‘ Federal authorities tHat has been sadly lacking for | meny years. Local residents engaged in fishing and‘ workigg in preoessing plants are promised a better | chance to earn their-livelihood than has been avail-| able at any time since the absolute control of| the indusfry was vested in the Department of | Commerce. Fisheries Commissioner Bell has taken important steps to give the seiner and gill netter an even| break with the traps in disposing of their take. He has demonsiyated his concern about the human side of the fisheries. | The Blue Eagle will fly over Alaska canneries next summecr. Under it, wages will be increased, hours of work reguiuied and working conditions improved. Alaska labor, at last, will be recognized and have a about operations in the salmon fishery. . . If nothing had been done except these things that insure ueiler times in the major industries of Alaska, Ncw Year'’s promise to Alaska would be more encousaging than ever before. But it does no: s there. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been aliotted to the Territory for emergency construction work. In every community of any m:terial importance, projects have been approved | and men are working on them, earning enough to tide them over the winter season. Men and women, for ed in the hree years to accept the doles of private ¢ charity, are back at work at no.mal Wi Hundreds are being employed at Emergency Conservation camps under the Forest | Service on generous terms. Roads and other facili-| ties are being built with Government funds. At no time in the past has winter work been so abuadant and labor employed to perform it. The Emergency Conservation camps, the Civil Works Ad-| ministration, the Public Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration all have made it possible for many hundred men to obtain| jobs at livable wages. Most of these activities were | launched in 1933 and will be continued in 1934 . . . . What is true of Alaska Juneau with particular force. The gold and silver policies are peculiarly suited to this region. Our known low grade ore deposits are reflecting the new price on gold. Operating mines are making more money, employing the largest number of workers in| their history. Fishermen in Southeast Alaska are assured of wider markets and better prices than ever before. The unemployed are more certain of jobs than at any time since 1929. A bridge is soon to link Juneau and Douglas into a single community. Significant improvements are certain for the community, on which already many are employed, and more will be added during the winter. Temporary streets and walks on Wil- loughby Avenue are now beiug replaced with permanent structures. Gold Creek is being cleared of dangerous obstructions and walled in with rock. The Seatter Tract sewer project is progressing rap- Work has been launched on Evergreen Bowl. Chance Basin and Perseverance is to be | trail. Other lesser improve- , all affecting the community, generally applies to resolutions are more in their ‘(Ju:hamm I how does it happen that their precious gold system helped to drag us down to depression and helped to keep us there during almost four years? It was not the Roosevelt monetary policy that brought us low. It was not the Roosevelt monetary policy that broke the banks, threw millions of un- employed workers on the streets, bankrupted agri- culture and destroyed American confidence and hope. All that happened under the system to which they now wish us to return as a thing of perfection. President Roosevelt is trying to avoid two ex- tremes. One, the extreme of gold slavery which doubled the value of the March, 1933, dollar in terms of 1926 purchasing power, which prevented debtors from paying their debts and which depressed prices to disastrous levels. The other extreme is uncontrolled inflation of the printing press type. While the critics are call- ing the President names for his restrained efforts to adjust the dollar to a real sound money level, they ignore the fact that continued deflation of prices would almost inevitably swing the country to support of the printing press panacea. The President should be geiting the support rather than the opposition ol those who fear extreme inflation. Labor Unions and the CWA. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) One can understand the insistence of union labor groups that the CWA observe minimum wage scales established in various trades. Those men feel that they have made sacrifices to maintain what they regard as equitable wages. The CWA, in Cin- cinnati and elsewhere, has lakcn cognizance of this situation, and is paying above the union scale for common labor and is meeting it in the case of skilled labor. There is an unfortunate ‘discrepancy between the wage rates paid to skiller labor in line with union scales and those paid to executive personnel. The latter, although holding responsible jobs in the supervision and planning of CWA projects are not paid any better and in many cases not as well as thew skilled subordinates. The most serious employment problem of the CWA is the question of employing union and non- union workers on the same projects. Seeking to apply the rules of the closed shop to a relief proj- ect, a group of painters bluntly asked the city to 'deny work to another group of men who do not happen to be affiliated with the union. It is dif- ficult to imagine such a selfish attitude, when the funds made ‘available are essentially relief rather than necessary expenditures. Organized groups of workers might as properly ask that the service of the City Welfare Department and the Associates Charities be denied to all save those holding union cards. The Ciyil Works program is a nation-wide under- taking. It has for its object the placing of the largest number of men possible in employment at a living wage. The only test to be applied to candidates for this work is their actual need for assistance. There should be, and no doubt in Cincinnati there will be, no disrimination because of race or color or political affiliation, or affiliation with any organization of labor. Japan must be off the territory standard. She never lets any go and she keeps getting more— (Los Angeles Times.) Our day will be recorded in history as the period of the ash tray’s admission to society.—(Tolego Blade.) Says the Governor of North Carolina to the|{ Governor of South Carolina: the empty effort to ALASKA NEEDS CHIEFLY TO BE SELFGOVERNED Troy Emphasizes for Local Self-Government in First Annual Report (Continuea . Page One) Pacific. But the application of so- called conservation policies to Al- aska changed things. Timber lands, coal lands, oil lands, water power and other natural resources were withdrawn from private appro- priation to remain the property of the Federal Government, Caures Exodus of Residents “It w ometime after the with- drawal before the various bureaus and Departments in Washington worked out plans for the utiliza- tion of resources through Ileases, ete. In the meantime, many thou= sands of people who prebably woul have been employed in private en- terprises if conditions had been left as they were, left the Territory. “This evacuation was accelerat- ed, of course, by the World War and resulting enormous wages and profits in the States. “I believe, however, that so-call- Service; ed conservation has been accepted ' Corps; Naval Communications; Mail by the American people as a set- | i Weather, Alaska Airways Weather Signal nid Leans Over Ocean---To Denver Mrs. Jack Levy of Denver, for- merly Alice Rosenthal of Berlin, had to untangle nazi red tape to cross the Atlantic and then pass Am- srican immigration inspectors be- | fore she reached Colorado to become he bride of her childhood sweet- art. (Associated Press Photo) United States Service; United States Coast Guard; [y ~ | (3 | 20 YEARS AGO ! Prom The Empire | L | JANUARY 1, 19i4 New Year’s had been ushered in with pomp 4nd ceremony. The “wild bells rang out,” whistles screeched, the boom of heavy ex- plosives reverberated among the hills and the din was heightened by strings of firecrackers and the sharp crack of revolvers. Receptions were held in ng the afternoon when of the day, good-fellow- {ship and genuine good wishes were extended by friends calling during open-house hours. Judge R. W. Jennings was 10 eave Vancouver, B. C., on the Princess May and was expected to arrive in Juneau on January 6, one day late for court, The Orpheum Theatre opened the New Year with a banner packed hcuse, 2 eritical but highly pleased jaudience and a first class show. “As You Like It,” adapted from Shakespeare’'s play was shown in three reels with Maurice Costello {and Rose Coghlan in the leading roles. e s S | / NOTICE | Telephone number 1603 for pipe ‘Lhawlng or general plumbing. —adv. W. J. MANTHEY. tled National policy. 1 believe,| Territorial Schools; Alaska Agricul- | further, that while transition from|tural Collece and School of Mines; | |V ievelopment through private enter-| Natives of 4 prise to utilization under govern-|service and reindeer service; Mis-| mental regulations was costly, de-|sion schools; Heatlh Conditions; | velopment is now proceeding and|Public Health Service; Livestock | will continue to proceed under the, Imspection; Alaska Insane; Ameri-| changed conditions. can ed Cros: Relief Measures Noticn Large Property Owner under the auspices of the Territory; “However, the change made the|Alaska Historical Library and Mu-| Federal Government the permanent | seum; Territorial Auditor; Corpora- | owner of a large proportion of the|ti Incorporated towns; Govern- wealth and resources of the Terri-|o | tory that would be paying taxes| Several appendixes accompany | into local treasuries if it had Dot the report, and @ number of illus-| Peace . . . been for the interruption of private trations were forwarded to be in- " ownership of resources. That makes' cluded in the printed volume. The | ke n‘}”‘“;‘ il it the plain duty of the Federal text of the report and appendixes | Al o’ aUEALL Government to take the place of occupy 346 manuscript pages. | to ; ?I;e cH m'?t et potential tax-payers and contribute | RRRCRE W T | P ff) re h?mp‘ e largely for the development of the staff of this estab- resources owned by itself. | lishment. The use of “Nothing less would be fair play our chapel is offered for those ploneers who have come ! without ‘cst. into the Territory and invested their money and time and brought suvIET PLAN | Funerals, complete about the considerable development | in every detail— that we have had. It is the ob-| | vious duty of the Federal Govern- ment to build roads that will afford | Is GIVEN uuT‘ The Charles W. transportation that would ihavel Carter Mortuary been supplied by private capital ifi_. | private enterprises could have ac- 'B nd uf |937 Coun[r}fl PHONE 136-2 quired tiie natural resources. e V1 Be Self-Reli ) . Msy Prove ‘Satisfhotiry I ay elt-Reliant, | “The Last Service Is the “It is not improbable,” the Gov-' Authorities Say | Greatest Tribute” ernor said in concluding his intro- | By e 07 ductory remarks, “that development under conservation policies might’ in the end be more satisfactory to the people, though that has yet to be pro The Federal bureaus are clearly striving for progress| and to be useful to the people.” The Governor's review of condi- tions is comprehensive and thor- eugh. He noted that “unemploy- ment . . . was one of the major problems confronting Federal and Territorial officials, as well as local communities.” This was largely the result of unsatisfactory markets for the products of the fisheries industries and base metals. He said toward the close of the fiscal year an ypward trend of prices for some products “gave promise of enabling them again to operate on a profit- able basis with a normal supply of labor. employed.” ‘The ECW program, he comment- ed, had aided materially in relief |of the unemployed. Increase in Mine Labor Gov. Troy reported an increase of 216 persons engaged in the min- ing industry, bringing the total up to 3,754 men. There was a further curtailment in copper mining and a reduction of labor in that branch of mining. A clear analysis of the labor used in the fisheries is made by the report which shows in percent- | ages the relation of local to im-| ported oriental and other classes| of labor. Wage scales are also set up for that industry. | Covers Wide Field i Subjects embraced in the report include: Territorial finances, the Alaska Fund, Territorial banks, Commerce of Alaska, Tourist Trav- el, the Alaska Railroad, Mining in its several phases and the work of the United States Geological Sur- vey and Bureau of Mines; the ac- tivities of the Bureau of Fisheries; Game and Fur Conditions and Ad- ministration, the Alaska Game Commission; Forests and timber- ing, the United States Forest Serv-| the United| States Public Survey Office; Mount | ice; Public Lands; McKinley National Park; Nationa! Monuments; the Territorial Road Commission; Aviation, Road Commission; United States Bureau of Public Roads; Pacific- | Yukon Highway; Rivers and Har-| bors; Aids to Navigation; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; ', the Alaska MOSCOW, Jan. 1.—A new five- year-plan intend>d to make Rus- siagelf-reliant for all necessities of life"1s announced by the end of 1937, According to the plan, the Soviet | Union will nearly triple production in 1932 over the figure réached when the first five-year-plan brought to a clote the proposed production total to about fifty-one billion at nominal value annually. This will be equal to nine times the Russian production before the way. Turk Archives Are Now Open to Serbs BELGRADE, Jan. 1.—A clause in the new Turco-Yugoslavian amity pact permitting Serb scholars to has en- couraged local historians to believe that now there may be solved the question of the real renaissance of architecture, many Serb authorities in search Istanbul archives, claiming that it took place mediaeval Serbia, then under Turk- ish domination. - - Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! 1Tt SRS i FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates } WRIGHT SHOPPE PAUL BLOEDHORN FOR Inexpensive Merchandise | VISIT | The Venetian Shop | FIRST and MAIN L LUMBER Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. | | | | — - - | | Juneau Coffee Shop l || Opposite MacKinnon Apts. | | Breakfast, Luncheon Dinner | | Open 7:30 am. to 8 pm. | | HELEN MODER | — FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS OILS GREASES Juneau Motors FUOT OF MAIN ST. many PREBSRENGR L 7T : PROFESSIONAL Helenc W. L. 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