The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 4, 1937, Page 4

w iRl . tions. 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1937. lmero will be proof of what car be fione and the project ‘bultor supported. Daily Alaska Empire BOBERT W. BENDER - - Editdr and Manager| . . o4 of ours says Roosevelt says thée same EmpiRE| thing over and over. He probably got the idea last Juneau | November when the States said the same thing over — and over. Published e.ery evening except PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Mal Alaska. Entered in er. SUBSCRIPTION RATES elivered in carrier in Juncau and Dougl: . postage pa the following rates One year, in advance, ix months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, §1.25. i Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery | of their papers. Judging from the number of wife killers and vice for $1.25 per month. | versa, it looks like it was about time for a closed season. 2.00; Wally got her divorce in 25 seconds and it took just about that long for the Duke to catch the train for her in France. Romance on wings. Business_Office, 374. TATED PRESS. ively entitled to the use for | patches credited to it or not other- per and also the local news published : residence Telephones: News O MEMBER OF ASS The Associated P republication of all new wise credited in this herein One nice thing about Soeial Security. If it is de- clared unconstitutional we'll get a refund. A = 4 S Does any bright boy in the class ‘happen to re- member what th are fighting about over in Spain? N GUARANTEED BE LARGER | ANY OTHER PUBLICATION { Sober App! al | | { At ‘ (Cincinnati Enquirer) i Although sweeping in_their long-run ‘copstitution- |al implications, the Wagner Agt decisions by no means |reverse the legal principles uhderlying industrials re- |lations. For the moment, the chief significance of the decisions is in the assurance that the Wagner Act will be enforced and respected. as counsel for the Jones and Laughlin Steel Com- [pany have pointed out, is a weapon that cuts both | ways ifor all employees when it commands a majori FOR LABOR TO PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER TIME —_— | within a body of workers, the act may increase or de- There is indication that labor forces in their |crease the effective power of a labor organization. difficulties with employers for better working agree-| It should be remembered, also, that the Wagner ments have overlooked one thing, or, at least, failed jAct is only one of many laws bearing on industrial to pay su{rmcnl attention to a very important point fl:l\’":: m“(I;':)i:)lll'xa.iglr;sa(r;mtb(;y rsj?l)]erjt s;:](lim:;\ra::i ~"“‘;‘:1]}(\3’ “‘l:’:r:}‘:‘ll:hm:‘fll‘l‘lz‘”illons ;tnmm,\ul must show a like willingness to comply vag s work- | s wages, hours and \with the historic law of property which precludes the ing conditions were gained, continue. In some in-|. . .- : stances they are for the same basic r(‘z\.\on.\—vfl(ft! In their elation following ‘the Supreme Court's to better conditions. But two of the latest strike ;ction workers should not overlook the great body flurries are based on an entirely different foundation. |of jocal law which circumscribes their tactics. Respect Both the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad|for law must mean respect for all law, not merely for walkout and the present trouble at the docks In|the particular statute on which one relies for benefit Seattle are reported to be battles for control between lor protection. various groups of workmen. While the upholding of 'the Wagner Act may be While a Mediation Board under the railroad act regarded properly as a victory for labor, it does not follow that the arrogant zeal of some leaders of labor is any more tolerable than it was before the decisions. i » » Hope of the Labor The net result of the decisions is not to change the with the condition there. Charles Hope Bakia’ relablbik NS of . BHpIOSAT AR SoRERES Ko i Relations Board says that the Board has no authority {rather to facilitate the peaceful negotiation of dis- as the trouble is one between unions and not be- .iec when they arise. The act does no more than is functioning in the Copper River situation reports from Seattle indicate that there is no force to cope tween employer and employee. | this. Now that unions virtually have won universal TR A Y recognition, with few exceptions such as Ford, is the Judicial Friend of Labor nation to go through another seige of strikes while e et b labor organizations fight for control among them-' (New York World-Telegram) 1 selves? Overruling demurrers of three poultry union Labor has had a field day during the last tWo officials, including the famous “Tootsie” Herbert, or three years. Vast majority of the nation has been |indicted in charges of grand larceny of union funds, sympathetic due to the general American belief that Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora swept aside good wages and decent working hours are n ¢ the plea that the defendants, as members of the ingredients of the American system. The is no union, had an interest in its funds like that of “part- retraction of that theory except in isolated cases. Ders in partnership property. But there can be a very definite swing away from “It would be incredibly mischievous folly,” the Jus- labor which will prove disastrous to the advances;tice declared, “to hold that a member of a labor union Navewbesn made unless Mbor organiztions| A%, With. impunity, misappropriate any.property of o thald Gos Wt the union which might by chance or design come themselves are capable to cope with their SR fiito his physical possession.” This seems obvious enough. It is nevertheless a There is ample indication that labor organiza- phiow to the type of union czar who tries to make un- tions are being victimized by the racketeer just as jon workers believe he can best promote their inter- business has been the victim in many instances in ests if they never question him as to what he does the past. with their money. One union president hereabout. In a recent case in New York a dozen men we recall, said that if he told he might “go to jail." were sent to the penitentiary when it was proven The implication being, of course, that they must trust that they had worked their “racket” both ways from him to choose “methods”—a dangerous carte blanche the middle. Seizing control of a labor union they for an czar handling money that comes from the had levied on the union members and then had gone to POckets M’ uitan, workers: employers of that particular kind of labor and levied, Sasuce Pecora also said: 3 3 The growth of power which has been accorded assessments on the employers on promise that they'j., . ." i o by wise legislation has imposed upon would prevent labor troubles. The honest workman (pem responsibilities with respect to the exercise of and the employer were paying tribute to a proven that power.” “racket” worked by unscrupulous racketeers. Yet the word “responsibility” still scares some This is not, unfortunately, an éxceptional case.'American unions, though British labor long ' since Such an unprincipled system has been prevalent, greatly strengthened itself by accepting responsibility, especially in larger centers, since the hey day of including a system of union finance reporting which gangsters during the prohibition era when it got its keeps out would-be czars or racketeers. atart. It would seem better and cheaper for a union it- We do not propose to suggest that all differences self lo_ reqmre_stnq accounl{ng of its funds instead between labor organizations is based on the racketeer °f Wailing until faithless officers are prosecuted for ! e Xk stealing them. More resgonsibility in this respect angle. But when such examples as the New YOrK )¢ ave union workers large sums. of money—to case are brought to light it tends to injure the honest oy nothing of sparing them scandal and loss of pres- labor movement in no small way Labor, as we have suggested on various occasions e before, had better get its house in order. The general public, which has been sympathetic, will not remain in that mood if bickering continues between unions for control, such as is now reported from Seattle. The appointment. of Mrs. Borden Harriman as The American people are slow to anger, but if they Minister to Norway strengthens the precedent made become sufficiently aroused by such tactics as are by the President when he named Mrs. Ruth Bryan now contributed to labor organizations, labor will find Owen Minister to Denmark. It is natural that the Madame!Minister itself split asunder and the gains it has made will be first two “Madame Ministers” in the service of the United States should be accredited to Scandinavian countries, where the real equality enjoyed by women assures them welcome and opportunity. Mrs. Harri- men is sure to like and be liked by Norway. By per- sonality and social and political experience no envoy could be better fitted to shine in the role of diplomat. all it has gained and go back to the days when it was!The discussions on political issues over which she | every man for himself. It is up to union workmen |presides with tact and breezy tolerance at her famous | to kick out the racketeers who are victimizing them Sunday night suppers are a feature of the life of and get down to serious business if unionism is to!Washington. Her energy and ability, demonstrated survive, as a member of the Democratic National Committee (e $5.5. 2 i land in distinguished work in the Red Cross.and, the Federal Industrial Relations Committee, should find new outlets and a congenial climate in ‘the fjord- {framed, lively city of Oslo, known to-the inhabifants las “Scandinavia’s American town.” tossed overboard. Labor has two courses open. It can go ahead on a legitimate premise, accept responsibility and take its rightful place in our industrial life. Or it can. through constant strife within its own ranks, lose Alaska Experimental Fur Farm Seattle Fur Journal) Ohmer, president of Yukon Fur Farms, and member of Alaska Game Commission, iding for fur farm research ind establishment of a sta- passed last session of the P before the Governor. It i The Daughters of the American Revolution \imdl_\' executive approval as such |¢heered an attack oh President Roosevelt's plan to an act was recommended in the Governor's message. |Lbpack the Supreme Court. The act carries an appropriation of $15,000 from Perhaps the ladies prefer their ancestors’ method territorial funds for the biennium. It is expected |0f ending tyranny by the use of musket and bayonet. that this will be matched by an equal amount of But the great majority of Americans, sprung from a federal funds. when $15,000 per annum will be pro- |l€ss heroic breed, will stick to more peaceful and wvided. |democratic processes for effecting necessary changes. Alaska fur farmers realize that the funds so far| OF can it be (horrible thought!) that the Daughter: provided will not allow for much work or solving of |¢f the American Revolution don’t believe in change? any problems, neither will there be any important e e building program, but a start has been made in the Those who have won their point in Kansas, after right direction and they are jubilant over the recog- 50 years, are about to lgarn that 3.2 beer is strictly nition achieved. A good deal depends upon the |a moral victory—(Detroit News.) judgment exercised in carrying out purposes of the| ——— law, and if some one is selected for the job who has | An official of the Midwest Physical Education As- accurate knowledge of local conditions, a clear under- |sociation confends that fan dancing is “practically standing of the work to be done and its limitation |no cxercise at all” Not physically, perhaps; it's Earl N Petersburg advises that the bill prc and experimental work tion for carrying it or Legislature and is now expected it will receive Chips (a Long Way) Off the Old Block (Philadelphia Record) also denies the union power to bargain even for its| own members when it commands only a minority. is ill breeding, ignorance, or abso- !By setting up a clear-cut principle of majority rule lute disregard for every-day pro- “(New York Times) 1 HAPPY. The Empire extends mnfiM BIRTHDAY But that act,|ing her own room and making the} [bed Q ja person uses a piece of bread, or \ If the act gives a labor union power to bargain his finger, to push some morsel o ity, it food on his fork? A. The only priety. | Q wrong ed meet you"? A. phrase has been used so much that it has tions and best wishes today, their | birthday anniversary, to the /oil.ow-i\ - ing: e MAY 4, 1917 Although the hands of the clock MAY 4 on the wall of the House of Rep- | Mrs. Guy McNaughton resentatives chamber pointed at Mrs. W. B. Kirk 11:45 o'clock (last night), the Norma Bareksten {watches of the members showed it ¢ Julius Neill |was 8:20 o'clock this morning when Jack J. Donohue the House of the Third Territorial S N Legislature adjourned, sine die. The 15 * |Senate adjourned five minutes be-| ! MODERN fore. Appropriations passed by thel § iLeglslaher totalled- a S;gé‘l n: $1,- L vl 410,803 to cover &' per of two El IQUETTE 4 years. Legislators .weére making % lans . for immediaté departure to By Rotigis o ;fheir homes. President O. P. Hub-| 4 bard, of the Senate, and Speaker| | Q@ Should a house guest clean Luther C. Hess, of the House, were | her own room, when the hostess is a |presented with gold watches from Ibusy housewife; ‘has o servants,|thel members. and has many other .duties to per-' A s i form? | Five seniors were to be given A. ‘Yes, sne: snduid by ail means |diplomas at the commencement ex-| i 2 4 lercises of the Dnuglas high school | do so. Under these circumstances/ held tonight | Ithere is no excuse for her not dust- ' Pe held ey | Members of the ial Legislature, were to flDuugIa; order. What does it indicate when thing it ‘indicates gof. Is there anything really| — 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire Third Territor-| who were Eagles, be feted tonight by the James L. Freeburn was register- o ed at the Gastineau from Chicha-tions. J. J. Hillard, of the customs ser- positions of Horoscone “The stars inclire but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1937 Adverse planetary aspects terets may be exceedingly active. 1931. for United States warships. Uncle Sam will be the object of provocative, gestures intended to precipitdte’ trouble with foreign na- tions. Destructive influences may be ticated 'girls, the air. tal's waitresses also have joined up, ! Uncertainty ‘may retard enter-|pledging to contribute part of their as written prise through this month when'tips and earnings toward the pur-' 7 surprising and unexpected condi- chase of war materfal. ! by your tions abroad may cause anxious| ——————— | doctor. hours, especially among bankers| Freshmen horticulture students ¥ and financiers. The ruie is most promising to edu- Postmaster ceived a regarding the present whereabouts 1 o= of Karl s erg. The inquiry comes from the miss- rule|ing man's mother in Norway. When strongly today when on land and|jast heard from he gave his address sea forces hostile to man's best in-lat Box 588, Juneau. When he left he gave no Naval maneuvers are prophesied|foryarding address. Anyone know-| Thereling the man's whereabouts should is a sign read as indicating that communicate with the Postmaster. Geishas Ready for War | TOKYO—Military drill will be]{ strong while this influence prevailspart of the routine soon of some| | Shattuck Bldg. and many accidents are prognos-'5000 of Tokyo's prettiest who have Aviation comes under a forLunat-e;chapter of the Japan Women's Na-| direction at this time when there|tional Defense. Association. will be great incredse of travel in be outdone, some 6,000 of the capi- lat Oklahoma A. and M. College get practical experience in gardening F MISSING | payn Takit PHONES 92 or 25 Albert Wile has re-| request for information Free Delivery Edward Bjerke nee Ed This was in| — e giesha | ** just become a Fresh Meats, Groceries, Laquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store George Brothers | SIGRID'S | EEAUTY SALON | “YOUR APPEARANCE IS QUR RESPONSIBILITY” Phone 318 Not to 1 | | | | cators who will find among stu- by raising gardens on college plots. | - — dents a serious trend that presages’ s for them in exacting voca-} Today's News Today—Empire. R G Lode ana piacer 1ocaiion notices |for sale at The Empire Office. Both young men and young wo-% men are to be needed in difficult great responsibility. lvi as enroute t neau on the ati r = about the expression, “Pleas- Vice: Was enroute to Juneau on Government operation or employ Northwestern. that the | No, other than was tearing become trite, or hackneyed: ). in a1 girections. LOOK emid LEARN | Alaska and Puget Sound fishing a possible enemy craft By A. C. Gordon Weathexs' Report - 1. What is the latest estimate of the po) 2. What is the source of the title of Ma With the Wind"? 3. How many times has war been declared against the United ‘States? 4. What causes a dog to smell “dogey™? 5. In what city was the first printing office established win the U. B.? ANSWERS 1. 127,521,000; July, 1935 2, derived- from the poem, Cynara,” by Ernest Dowson. 1 have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind.” 3. Once in 1801, by the Dey+of minimum 38, clou — e pulation of the U. S.? Empire ad: are read. rgaret Mitchel’s book, “Gone craft were to be ordered to be paint- ed in white to be distinguished from ment is indicated. American volunteers in Spain now Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig will make diplomatic action neces- through the German cary. The death of young college men on the battlefields will; ‘eause international difficulties. ¥ Persons whose brthdate iffis have the augury of a year of lch,s'pges that may be caused by enemies, but they will prove. beneficial., They should avoid disputés} Maximum 43; Children born on''this day prob- ably w.i be-exact in mental pro- cesses erally succey 300 Raams . 300 Baths Tripoli. 4. Eating too much meat. 5. Cambridge, Mass. brrog, Words Often Misused: Do not say, “John per month. receives month Often Mispronounced: Avoirdu- pois. as in principal accent on last syllable. Often Misspelled: sufferage. Synonyms: atives, cestry. Wor times crease ing one word each day. word: recompense, vidence has given us hope . £nd sleep, many | DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordoxw makes four hundred dellars Say, “John earns. 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