The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1937, Page 4

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The Associated republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER - THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION THE DIFFICULTY OF SELL ALASKA NEEDS Alaska’s need for air mail service is well known to all of us in the north but the difficulty of impress- ing it on those unfamiliar with the Territory was clearly demonstrated in the recent efforts of Delegate Dimond to get an added amount of $72775 10 CAITY |sympathy with, labor’s broad objectives, now stronger | on the service to the Westward cities after $68,692] had been set aside for the Juneau-White Horse- Fairbanks service. In appearing before the House of Representatives in support of the added appropriation, the Delegate had occasion to quote the House committee's report on star routes in Alaska. It was: Star routes, Alaska: The appropriation carried is $207 , which is the current year’s figure. It provides for 65 routes under con- tract for transportation of mail within Alaska by dog team, motor- and horse-drawn vehi- cles, and airplane, The committee has dis- allowed a Budget request of $72,755 for an additional air-mail route from Tanacross via Cordova, Valdez, and Anchorage to Seward, a distance of 480 miles, one rbund trip per week. The committee has placed elsewhere - in this bill the funds for an air-mail route from Juneau to Fairbanks via White Horse (Yukon Territory) and Tanacross. The route eliminated from this estimate was expected to tie in with this latter route to expedite delivery of mail arriving by boat from Seattle by taking the mail off the boat at Juneau and putting it into Seward several days earlier than it would otherwise: arrive. The com- mittee finds merit.in the line from Juneau to Fairbanks but is not impressed with the need of this considerable expenditure in order to expeditc the boat mail to Seward by a few days. Commenting on this report in his address before the House, the Delegate had this to say: With the most respectful deference to the committee and its able and distinguished members, may I say that the route from Tanacross south should be considered as a part and parcel of the mail route between Juneau and Fairbanks, and that all of the sound reasons which led to the granting of the item of appropriation for the Juneau- Fairbanks service will in the fullest measure justify the item for the service between Tana- cross on the north and Cordova, Valdez, Seward, and Anchorage on the south. This line, too, will, to quote the language of the report, “be of benefit in the development of the Territory and an advantageous facility of national life that the people of Alaska should have the benefit of. There is ample justifi- cation for it on the basis of the facilities, that the Government has provided for citizens liv- ing in the States. No money carried in the bill can be ex- pended to better advantage for the people of the United States, leaving out of consideration the benefit of the people of Alaska, than this $68,692 now carried in the bill for Juneau- White Horse-Tanacross-Fairbanks route and the small amount of $72,755 additional that we request * * 1 dare say it is hard to justify from the standpoint of dollars and cents and from the standpoint of the postage that is received, the air-mail service in the States. If we had in -Alaska the same conveniences for carrying mail that the people of the States enjoy, I do not think we would ask for any air mail at all. If we had roads, railroads, and rural free delivery all over the country so that not a single town, hamlet, or even a farmhouse is omitted from the mail service, I would not be here asking you to enlarge the appropria- tion for ail mail in Alaska. But we have not the roads and railroads. and the only speedy and efficient way in the interior of Alaska that we can gel mail is by air; therefore 1 submit to you that in the interest of your own constituents in your own districts, and for the general welfare of the country, it is wise to appropriate this comparatively small amount of money in order to give us the service we de- sire, a service that is recommended definitely and even enthusiastically by the Department, and one that meets the approval of the Bureau of the Budget You may ask, how is this going to help the people of the United States? It will help them because Alaska is probably the most valuable and profitable . resource that the United States of America possesses, Our annual exports from Alaska, princi- pally in fish, gold, copper, and furs, for the last few years has probably averaged some- where between 60 and 65 million dollars. Nearly all of it goes to the United States. Our average imports are between 30 and 40 mil- lion dollars a year. Most of that comes from the United States. As I pointed out to the Members of the House two years ago, if the exportable surpluses of the United States were as great in proportion to population as the exportable surpluses of Alaska, the United States would have the enormous exportable _ surplus every year of about 66 billion dollars. Where does this wealth come from? We take, we will say, $30,000,000 of merchandise Editor and Manager | ess {5 exclusively entitled to the ucs for | into Alaska from the United States; and that is quite a substantial market for the people of the United States of various kinds of pro- duce, mining machinery, food, clothing, and almost everything else that human beings, that civilized people use. We send out about $60.000,000. Most of that surplus of $30.000,000 goes into the pockets of people who reside in the United States. Despite these strong and factual arguments by the Delegate, the item for extending the air mail | service to the Westward was defeated. It is an excel- lent example of how hard it is to sell the needs of Alaska to those on the Outside. Primarily, of course, because of our lack of population. It is naturally difs sections of the States with 60,000 persons. We must take that into consideration. But the picture demonstrates forcefully again that the great need of the Territory is increased populds tion and we must keep everlastingly at’it, just as Delegate Dimond is doing, if we hope to bring people jinto the north and gain advantages for Alaska. Mr. Ford says he is going to show the auto indus- try what's what. Some of us recall that Mr. Ford on one occasion in history also was going to “get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas.” There seems to be indication that Italy, Germany and Russia are improving their war equipment at the expense of war-torn Spain, | Meningitis effects the spine. |witness the report from Bethel, But so does gin, as (New York World-Telegram) The American people, who love fair play, watch | with patient concern as unorganized and newly or- ganized workers Lin increasing numbers wield a new and illegal economic weapon—the sit-down strike. Their tolerance is due to several things—general than usual begause of exposire of past abuses by iemployefs; recognition that the it-down ‘s less de- structive of life and limb thafi cerfain other forms of strike; resentment over employet defiance of the | Wagner act; a hope that the sit-down is a temporary ‘phenomenon that will pass as more employers accept collective bargaining and-as the new unions grow in-| experience and responsibility of property rights through sitdowns and the threats of sympathetic or general strikes now heard in De- troit will bring a swift and bitter "public reaction. ish Trades Disputes act followed the English general | strike of 1926, and also how the same strategy has {always failed, when tried, in this country. The last volted, the general strike collapsed vigilante movement spread terror. and pon as the sitdown can be. Industrial paralysis was {out Italy’s labor unions. !this country any evidence of such a violent reaction. | But popular resentment is beginning to appear. | Witness the demands being made upon Congress to act, and, the Gallup poll's report that 67 per cent jc( the people favor prohibitory State laws. It is :quite possible that the labor sitdown may be followed ‘b\ a public crackdown. | If they are wise, employers, workers and the pub- lic will join to seek preventives, | Statesmanlike employers will drop the old labor- baiting tricks, accept self-unionization of their men and put their relations with labor on a legal and orderly basis. Statesmanlike labor leaders will frown on sit- downs, “quickies,” sympathetic and general strikes. | They will organize under the accepted rules and will |live up to agreements, | Statesmanlike lawmakers, executives and judges | will work to extend the rule of reason in management- \1abox relations as laid down in the Wagner and Rail- \\\ / Labor acts. The government could at once ex- ,lmd to other vital industries the mediatory practices nu\x so effectively prevailing in the railroad industry. This sensible railroad mediation system does not :mula\\- strikes or provide for compulsory arbitration. It does encourage: labor peace and order by a series of statutory steps—collective bargaining agreements, due notice of new demands, conference government ‘me(hauon investigation, and finally submission ot facts to the jury of public opinion. A system that has kept the peace between 1,000,000 railmen and their vers for a decade can do the same in other in- s. provided its principles are accepted by em- ployers and workers. We cannot, of course, stop strikes by “passing a law.” But we can make strikes less necessary by lifting the economic status of the nation’s lower one- third, and we can provide machinery for the peaceful mediation of disputes between organized industry and organized workers. ‘This cannot be done, however, without popular support.© And popular support may be lost if ir- resonsibility and outlawry continue. The “Sit-Down” Philology (New York Times) been among the Sumerians or Hittites, for all we know, or among Etruscan pottery makers, or among Spanish miners in Roman imperial times, who had the habit of rebellion. They fortified mountains. Mines may have been good places to hide in, but from a military point of view their seizure was hardly im- portant, For hundreds of years the London appréntices vere a lively lot, but though they lived with their be street. The “occupation” of factories by Italigh vorkers in 1920 is usually cited as the classic prece- dent, lately repeated in France, of the sit-down: strike. Members of the Federation of Mechanical Industries idopted an expedient that has not yet been followed in he United States. They kidnapped managers and swners_and made them run the factories for the oenefit of the employees. Doubtless sporadic in- stances of the sit-in can be raked up. The only refer- nce in A New England Dictionary under “strike” is: 1850, Athenaeum, 7 Dec.: Three hundred men on strike have taken a mill!” The earliest suggestion of the term may be said 0 be that found in Isaiah xxx 7: “Their strength is o sit still.” Persons who have other notions about respass will stand on Hosea ix, 15: “I will drive them out of my house.” “Sit-down” is an adjective as well as a substantive. A “sit-down” meal is “something substantial or formal.” A “sit-down” fight is a hard fight. Thus among other virtues philology has some- hing of prophetic strain. A delightful relative of our adjective-substantive is “sit-down-upons,” a mar- "owy substitute for “trousers” If Caesar sits down long, even he, the imperious absolutist, must be sub- ject to the wear-and-tear ‘of ‘his sit-down-upons. Chief Justic Hughes likes lemon on his oysters. What the bench needs, of course, is a young Chief Justice who can eat the shells—New York Sun. [ ficult to impress Congressmen from thickly populated, the needs of a mere | There is danger, however, that the continued abuse | Experienced labor leaders know hew the harsh Brit- | failure was in San Francisco, where the public re- | a vicious | They realize, too, what a boomerang such a wea- ! what gave rise to Mussolini’s dictatorship which wiped ! Fortunately there is not in | b A | When was the first sit-down strike? It may have nasters their powers of mischief were exercised in | HAPP Y- BIRTHDAY | The Empire extends congratula- | lion3 and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the fouow- | ing: - APRIL 12. John Reck Thomas Osborne Mrs. P. M. Schnieder Wilhelm S. Hansen Ross W. Swift Robert ' Kenny | D MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee i | () Q. What is the rule for a may ried woman in the use of “Mrs. before - her name when telephor- ing? A. A young woman may hj‘ 1“This is Jean Walker,” if g 1a social call. When any woman,| iness call, she should say, “This is Mrs. William Walker.” | Q. May one use an abbrevation | in the saluatory phrase of a let-l let, such as Dear Dr. Brown? A. No. Do not use abbrevia-| tions in the salutation. Write, Dear Doctor Brown. “ <t Q. How can one overcome lis ing? A. Reading aloud, and drnmalh recitations, if persisted in, will us-| ually overcome this fault. | e LOOX ecnid LEARN By A. C. Gordon - | { 1. What are the seven colors of | the rainbow, in the order of their brightness? | 2. Who was the first American| (novelist of note? 3. What people first introduced | negro slaves into the United State;"‘ 4. How much does a cubic fcm lof water weigh? 5. What parallel marks the nor- |thernmost boundary between the |United States and Canada? | ANSWERS 1. Violet, indigo, blue, yellow, orange, and red. 2. James Fenimore Cooper. 3. The Spaniards. 62> pounds. Forty-ninth parallel. e i DAILY LESSONS i IN ENGLIEH By W. L. Gordow greéY 5. Words Often Misused: Do not say(, The President of the company gave me lief to speak to him.” Sayy “gave me leave to speak with hu:rfi Often Mispronounced: Pothéo prenounce both os as in no, not pq‘ tay-tu Often Misspelled: Control; 0‘& 1 two 1 3 Controlled and controlling; Synonyms: Extentuate, pardon, palliate, forgive. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in{ crease our vocabulary by master-| ing one word each day. Tod: word: Insidiously; treacherou: deceitfully. “His suggestion was in- sidiously worded, but she read its meaning in his face.”g r—— WOMEN OF THE MOOSE | Meeting Monday, at 8 p.m. GERTIE OLSEN, adv. 2 Recorder. excude, : | 5 | Today's News 'i'oaay—Empire. The Vanity Box BEAUTY SALON 307 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 371 | PERSONAL HAIR STYLING i f Winter Rates | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every | taste. Reservations Alaska Air Transport. | y rhvld mil! | | ) |t |cloudy. ; - 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire Horoscope “The stars inclire but do not compel” APRIL 12, 1917 Final organization of Co. A, First & kit Alaska Military Training Corps, was TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1937 completed and Capt. George Irving Until late in the day it is well announced regular drills would be[to be extremely cautious in all important transactions. = Accord- ing to astrology benefic aspects Douglas was organizing a home|rule after the noon hour: corps. Labor continues under sinister A planetary influences and A bill was organized in the Ter-|may hear news of an unsatisfactory ritorial House providing for erec-|natyre 'in regard to an: important on of shelter cabins on trails. issue. = ¥ Merchants and manufacturers The Americ&n and National|should push thejr affairs whil figngues opened the. regular 1917|this configuration lasts. Money will seball season with fourteen clubs!be spent generously and prices will’ playing games. rise. There is a promising sign today for the legal fraternity. Charges on the benches of high courts will bring honors to noted jurists, The stars appear to sumulate ln— tellectual activities. Many books will be published and leaders -’ A‘,Stex\mm' Spokane arrived in port after hanging up for seven hours n rocks in Rose Inlet. The craft wis not damaged. The Army Bill had passed the U. regardless of age, is making a bu -|S. senate in which was an item of {in thought will command atten-|the same as 24 KARAT on gold — 500,000 for roads in Alaska. tion. | While peace will be preached per- A blizzard was delaying the dog sistently at this time there will be races at Nome in which Seppala, a strong current of -opposing| Delzene and Anderson were leading thought, the seers forefast. Embas-! at Council. |rassing international incidents for the United States wul be numer-, ous. | Oceultists stress thel.t eclaration |that in this new era meén h all iparts of the world should he pAtlcm with one another. Selfish individ- ualism is to become more apparent it is foretold, and: bwodshed more {difficult to avoid. v Motion piét : comte under a direction of thg stars which will cause them to° be -recognized as leading factors in world under- standing, astrologers announce. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good fortune. To certain ones legacies will be generous. Children born on this day probab- ly will be steady and well-balanc- ed. Subjects of this sign usually are moderate in all things and ex- ceedingly fortunate. James Harper, publisher, was born on this day 1795. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include William H. Beard, artist, 1825; Richard T. Ely, political economist, 1854; John W. Davis, statesman and diplomat, 1873. (Copyright, 1937) - - DOUGLAS | NEWS i’ COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED A meeting of the Douglas City Council is scheduled for Tuesday evening at the usual the matter of settling results of the recent election and other business will be taken care of. -ee DOUGLAS RELIEF MONEY Public Works Administration of- ficials from Juneau with a Doug- las committee this morning laid out the program for distribution of the $10,000 appropriated from the PWA at Washington to take care of emer- gencies arising out of the fire. The $10,000 used accerding to the following schedule, the officfals said; for la- (bor 90 percent and for materials, 110 percent. L. W. Kilburn was ‘this 'morning named as foreman of the street 1epah crew at 3150 per month, fn;ecast — 35 above, e — ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Regular meamg Juneau Chapter INo. 7..8. pm: Tuesday. Entertain- |ment ‘and refréshments. LILLIAN G. WATSON, Secre(ary i SIGRID'S D S BEAUTY SALON | “YOUR APPEARANCE IS | | OUR RESPONSIBILITY" | Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 Weather 300 Roams . 300 Baths from $2.5C Sfecial Waekly Kates ALASKANS LIKE THE I "HOTEL JUNEAU | Formerly Hotel Zynda CLARENCE WISE Manager TAP BEER IN TOWN! THE MINERS' Recreation Farlors |! | ® BILJ. DOUGLAS Fried Frog Legs and Other Delicacies 257 S. Franklin Phone 324 “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” 3 Juneau’s Own Store The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Mxlhon Dollars "Srupporl the Music Feetivdl by attendance at lhe Conéerts. industry - so appropriated must be - a little more than $1 per hour for|: the 140 hours allowed to be worked. For truck drivers or labor using tools, 75 cents per hour, and for common labor 60 cents per hour is the schedule. H Kilburn will immediately take charge of the crew on street re- PHONE 206 3 A Juneau Radio Service For Your RADIO Troubles 122 Second St.—Next door to San Francisco bukery pairs. A S WORK TO START SOON ON NEW CITY HALL N. Lester Troast, of Troast and _PHONE 105 Associates, Architects, was here this- | Free Delivery morning making the necessary ar- |3 Service” ety Bert’s Cash Grocery Juneau ,' ] rangements for beginning tomor-'g: row on excavations.for the new Fire and City Hall buflding. B NEW DAIRYMAN Frank Dunlap is the new assist- [ant to ‘Mike Rieser, proprietor of the Douglas Dairy, succeeding Or- PHONE 26 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY | | | | | 'vme Gulhagen, who has gone to ‘work at the Treadwell Foundry. \Dunlap worked for the Juneau Dairy about two years ago, since then he has been similarly employ- ed in different towns in Washing- | ton. | ———————— ; | FLEISCHMANN ou gins means ! Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 25 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store George Brothers jand it costs no more than ordinary |gins! Available in either DRY or isLOE GIN! Ask your dealer. adv. et Try The Emptre ciussifieds f): | resuits. i J. C. Thomas You ar= invited to presellt this coupon at the box office of the Capntol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or g relative to see “My Man Godfrey” As » paid-ap suvscribér of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. 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